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Keith Overall, a sophomore acting major, and Samuel DeMoya, a sophomore musical theatre major, demonstrate violence against black teens on Aug. 24 in front of Ball Gymnasium. During this demonstration, junior acting major Shay Stewart read the names of black teens who have died as a result of police violence.
GROUP PROTESTS POLICE BRUTALITY
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STUDENTS DISCUSS FERGUSON
« If Michael
Brown were a white 18-yearold who was unarmed, with the circumstances of his death, the sheer number and volume of outrage throughout the country would be significantly greater and that’s a problem. That’s the problem that the color of one’s skin does that. Racism is a very real thing. Especially in the subconscious level. Any step towards equality I can make, I feel is my responsibility as a human being to take that step.
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ore than 200 people walked in a silent peaceful protest Sunday afternoon to raise awareness about police brutality and the events going on in Ferguson, Missouri. Nathaniel Thomas, president of Ethnic Theatre Alliance, organized the protest along with the help of others in ETA. “Because we’re all American citizens and we all live here, it’s important to stay up with all of these events,” Thomas said. “Indiana has to wake up to what’s going on in the world. Muncie has to wake up to what’s going on in the world.” Before the march started, members of ETA and others spoke on the steps on Ball Gymnasium.
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group of Ball State students are on their third day in Ferguson, Missouri, investigating the media’s role in the protests following 18-year-old Michael Brown’s death. “We think the issue is the press and there is nobody to report on them,” Alex Gracie, a senior video production major, said. After seeing reports and photos from journalists who had written and captured the media around Ferguson, where they were seen outnumbering the protestors two to one in some cases, Gracie and his friends decided to focus their efforts on how the media may be making the situation worse, he said.
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JOHN BANES, a junior musical theatre major
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STUDENTS TRAVEL TO MISSOURI FOR FILM
Defensive end looks to make name for himself this year Redshirt junior defender prepares to take over for Colts draft pick Newsome |
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Michael Ayers has just one career start under his belt, but he is assigned one of the most daunting tasks Ball State football has to offer this season. He has to replace Indianapolis Colts draft pick Jonathan Newsome. Newsome finished the last two seasons with a combined 16.5 sacks and 24 tackles for loss, bringing constant pressure and disrupting opposing offensive lines. But living up to Newsome’s reputation isn’t on Ayers’ radar. “Newsome was a great player, but
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that’s not what I’m focused on,” Ayers said. “I’m focused on being the best Michael Ayers I can be and keep working through the process.” With Newsome playing the majority of the snaps the past two seasons, Ayers’ playing time has been limited. A junior, he made his first and only career start in 2013 against Army, where he recorded a career-high eight tackles. With the lack of starts, defensive line coach Nick Siatras sees Ayers as an underrated prospect that can surprise offensive lines throughout the season. Siatras praised his strength and ability to close gaps during running plays. “He’s like any other backup in college, now it’s his turn to show up,” Siatras said. “Hopefully he removes that underrated tag.” Ayers isn’t the only Cardinals defensive lineman who plans on bringing pressure this year.
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Nick Miles, a senior who started every game for the last two seasons, will play opposite Ayers on the defensive line. At just 6-foot-1 and 238 pounds, Ayers doesn’t appear to be a dominating physical presence, but Miles thinks otherwise after competing with him in practice.
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A Muncie Symphony Orchestra member plays the baritone on Aug. 28, 2013, at the Picnic and Pops concert at Minnetrista. Minnetrista hosts three to four concerts like this each summer.
WEDNESDAY SUMMER STAGE FEST AT MINNETRISTA: PICNIC AND POPS WITH MUNCIE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Summer Stage Fest at Minnestrista will host Muncie Symphony Orchestra at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The symphony will perform classical music with a theme of Salute to Broadway. The event is free for the whole community. Go to minnestrista.net or call 765-2824848 for more information.
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FRIDAY Women’s volleyball begins its season with an 8 p.m. home match vs. Western Illinois.
SATURDAY Ozzie Mann makes his first collegiate start, as the football team opens the season vs. Colgate at 2 p.m.
SUNDAY The soccer team hosts Morehead State at 2 p.m. in the Briner Sports Complex.
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Sophomore defender Orla Travers-Gillespie tries to kick the ball away from an IPFW player Friday at the Briner Sports Complex. Ball State won 3-0.
TEAM STAYS UNDEFEATED WITH WIN With today’s 2-0 victory over Green Bay, the Ball State soccer team moved to 2-0 on the season. “We prepared and performed very well today against a physical opponent,” head coach Craig Roberts said. “The girls executed in game and scored two great goals.” Sophomore Gabby Veldman gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal in the 26th minute of the match. The goal was Veldman’s second in as many games. Ball State took a 2-0 advantage on sophomore Abbey Fiser’s goal in the 67th minute of the match. Seniors Victoria Jacobs and Cailey Starck assisted on the play. The Cardinals will look to continue their winning streak as the team travels to West Lafeyette, Ind., for a 7 p.m. match on Friday against the Purdue Boilermakers. – ZACH CAINS
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U.S. freestyle skier Nick Goepper talks to reporters Dec. 26, 2013, at the Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Ind. The Indiana native’s career in freestyle skiing sparked once he started participating in small local competitions in North Carolina, West Virginia and Michigan mountains.
Professional skier visits campus, sister Olympian says his life is ‘different than most normal kids’ MATT MCKINNEY MANAGING EDITOR | @Matt_D_McKinney If not for Nick Goepper’s passion for skiing, he might have been a student at Ball State. Instead, he’s a professional skier and represented America in the 2014 Olympic Games. Goepper got a taste of the college life when he visited Ball State’s campus on Thursday. His sister is a freshman this year. “I thought I’d get the tour, check out her dorm, meet some of her friends and try to embarrass her a little bit,” Goepper said. While he was on campus, a few people came up and talked to him. “It’s cool to still have that recognition six months after the fact,” Goepper said. Goepper took the bronze medal in the 2014 Olympic Games in February. His event, ski slopestyle, was featured in the Olympic Games for the first time in 2014. At Ball State, Goepper toured
the campus, saying he loved the “hustle and bustle” of college. “I love the idea of college so much,” Goepper said. “I never had a normal high school experience.” Half of Goepper’s high school diploma was earned online while training. “My whole adolescent life has been a little different than most normal kids,” he said. Goepper has been skiing since he was 5 years old. From Lawrenceburg, Ind,, he got most of his skiing experience at a young age at the nearby Perfect North Slopes. He said he thinks a lot about what it would be like to go to college. “I don’t want to cut myself short, but all I’ve done is skied for the past five years. ... It’s so fun to kind of live vicariously through my sister for a minute,” he said. Goepper said he wasn’t prepared for the aftermath of the Olympics. “There’s no handbook that says ‘this is what you’re supposed to do when you go to the Olympics, do well and come back home,’” he said. He is in the process of moving his permanent home from Indi-
ana to Colorado. “My home is out west now,“ he said. “It’s no longer temporarily Indiana and temporarily here or there. As much as I love being a Hoosier and where I’m from, I can’t really continue my career living in Lawrenceburg.” While not a full-time student, Goepper will take a critical thinking class at DeVry University in Colorado — his first college class.
final out, several hundred supporters who gathered for a TV watch party in a South Side community center gym jumped to their feet, roared and clapped— as if the team had won. “They showed what heart they have. The city could not be prouder of them,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who attended the party, said of the young players who sought to mount a comeback rally in the last inning. Watch parties were hosted across Chicago to support the team, which is based on the city’s far South Side, including one on State Street outside the iconic Chicago Theatre. Neighborhoods from in and around Chicago embraced the Little Leaguers, who defeated a Las Vegas team 7-5 Saturday to become U.S. champions, as their own.
“I have never seen the community come together like this,” said Eldridge Dockery, 44, who lives in the South Side’s Morgan Park neighborhood. “We’re usually behind our walls or gates—but this team brought us out, talking and celebrating together.” The Jackie Robinson West All Stars, made up of all black players, made their first appearance in 31 years in the Little League World Series. The team’s journey has been an inspiration for many in a part of Chicago that has grappled with poverty and gang violence. Asked about the good feeling that infused the area as the Little Leaguers went on to the international championship game, Dockery said, “I hope it lasts.” The sense of unity fostered by the team even applied, in part, to political rivals.
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Olympic skier Nick Goepper talks during an interview with the Ball State Daily News Thursday in the Unified Media Lab. Goepper’s sister, Kasey Goepper, is a freshman at Ball State.
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Fort Wayne, Ind. BIRTHDATE
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South Korea beats Jackie Robinson West All Stars to win ‘World Series’ Governor Pat Quinn shows support for Little League team | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago cheered on the hottest sports team in town on Sunday and, for the day at least, it wasn’t a team called the Bears, White Sox, Cubs, Bulls or Blackhawks. The buzz in the nation’s third-largest city was for a group of 11- and 12-year-old boys from Chicago’s South Side who took on South Korea in the Little League World Series championship game. And it didn’t matter all that much to supporters that the Jackie Robinson West All Stars ended up losing 8-4. Far from falling quiet with the
Both Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican gubernatorial challenger Bruce Rauner showed up at the community center gym to watch the Jackie Robinson West All Stars. “It’s all about bringing the city together,” Rauner told a reporter. Rauner sat in a front row, bobbing his head at one point as a green alligator mascot led the crowd in a chant to thumping music. At separate times during breaks in the action, both he and Quinn—who are locked in a tight race—got up and danced. Emanuel, who is a Democrat, stood with his arms folded at the same event, rocking in apparent nervousness as the game went on. After the loss, he said a celebratory parade would be held anyway on Wednesday for the Little League team.
AYERS: Defense fills gaps left by former players | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “He’s not the biggest guy but he really plays big. He’s physical and isn’t scared of anyone,” Miles said. “He’ll throw his body around and be a disruption.” In addition to replacing Newsome, the Cardinals defense will also have to adjust to the loss of former defensive tackle Nate Ollie. Ollie graduated after the conclusion of last season, leaving a 295 pound hole to be filled. He was named to the All Mid-American Conference Second Team. Defensive tackle Darnell Smith, who Miles said plays with fierce physicality, will replace Ollie. Miles also named nose tackle Keenan Noel as a player who he expects to step up for the defense. “We have to rally to the ball, play ruthless, use that chip
on our shoulder,” Ayers said. “We’ve been doubted as a defense but if we play within the system [head] coach [Pete] Lembo created, it’ll take care of itself.” With two of Ball State’s top defenders gone, Ayers and Miles both said there is no use thinking about what Newsome and Ollie gave the team last season, and their only option is to create their individual identities when the season kicks off against Colgate Aug. 30. “There’s no way to replace Jonathan Newsome, he plays for the Colts for a reason,” Miles said. “But as a group, we can still perform well. We’re out here late all the time, perfecting little things because we know in order to be good on defense, it all starts with the defensive line.”
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“Who keeps a news organization in check? Some guy can’t go to his editor and say, ‘Hey, I think the press is the problem and I want to make a story about it,’” Gracie said. “Because, you know, you can’t air that on CNN because you are the press.” On Aug. 9, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, 18, six times, twice in the head, according to a federal autopsy ordered by Attorney General Eric Holder. Police said Wilson shot Brown after a scuffle over the officer’s weapon. Brown’s deaths has led to two weeks of protests and riots in the Missouri town. Ferguson and county police have responded with riot gear, employing military-grade equipment and issuing curfews. Gracie got the idea to take a trip down to Ferguson Monday evening, after all of the restrictions were placed on the city. “I’m looking over the news articles and I’m just wondering, ‘I wish there was something I could do,’” he said. “For the sake of kicks, I look how long it is to Ferguson, Missouri? It’s about a five hour drive, 310 miles.” Over coffee the next morning, he mentioned his desire to do something about the situation to his friend Wes Lorenz, a senior video production major, who initially snickered at the idea but finally said he would go with him. Originally, they planned to just take some photos of the protests, said Gracie. “Our big passion is videos and documentary work, so we decided to go down there and shoot a video documentary,” he said. “Something short and brief, 10 or 15 minutes.” The focus of their film is the opinions of storeowners and protesters and how the media has affected their situation there. “We want to talk to them about, ‘If the press weren’t here and it was only a small amount of press obeying the regulations, do you think your store would be affected like this?’” Gracie said. “We want to talk to the protesters. The media is a double-edged sword. Without
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Ball State students capture visuals of peaceful protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Members of the media walk in the streets, ignoring police orders to move back on to the sidewalk.
the media they have no voice, with too much their voice is only being misconstrued.” Robert Connett, a senior journalism news major, is one of the four students in Ferguson. He has been live tweeting the experience from @ RobertConnett, some of them have been from interviews. He tweeted a quote from one of his interviews, “.@CaptainRayLewis: ‘this is not how the police should’ve handled it. You don’t shoot a kid for stealing ANYTHING.’ #Ferguson.” In another interview, a woman praised the students. “Woman after we interview her: ‘you guys trying to get the word out, that we want peace, not riots... we need more like you.’ #Ferguson,” Connett tweeted. Protests have been relatively peaceful the past few days with tensions rising late Saturday evening. However, even with the protests growing more peaceful , the group of students hesitated on taking the trip because of safety and ethics. “It’s hypocritical to go down there with cameras and say we are anti-media or anti-press,”
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Four Ball State students traveled to Ferguson to cover the media’s effect on civil unrest. The students’ film is based on storeowners and protesters opinions and the media’s effect on the situation.
Lorenz said. Two other students – Connett and Tony Sandleben, a sophomore journalism news major – have joined Gracie and Lorenz on their trip. The students will return today following Brown’s funeral. Connett posted on Facebook, “After talking it out, we have decided to stay an extra night in
#Ferguson as tomorrow is Mike Brown’s funeral. We feel like we can’t pass up this event.” Gracie and Lorenz will live tweet their experience. Their twitter handles are @wes_lorenz and @eicarg_xelA. Updates will be posted on ballstatedaily. com as well. Aric Chokey contributed to this article.
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At the end of the first week of classes, students weren’t the only ones who had opinions on Ball State’s new president Paul Ferguson. Many faculty members had positive things to say about Ferguson from the brief interactions they had with him. John Lorch, chair of the mathematical science department, said the only interaction he has had with Ferguson was in the lobby of John R. Emens Auditorium, prior to his address to faculty on Aug. 16. He introduced himself and some of his mathematical science faculty, before listening to Ferguson speak. “I find him to be refreshingly approachable,” Lorch said. “He seems just very nice and someone you might really feel comfortable talking to. University presidents aren’t always like that I suppose.” He said it’s difficult to see the clear differences between former President Jo Ann Gora and Ferguson, since he doesn’t work in upper administration. “I do know that in the academic leadership meeting, he expressed a commitment to teamwork in the university, and not making it simply a top down affair,” Lorch said. “That I perceive is a little bit new. There is an emphasis on collaboration, as opposed to top down directives.” Bill Jenkins, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, said he had an email exchange with Ferguson, in addition to listening to his speech. Jenkins invited him to the department’s shows and said he received a great email from him in response. So far, he is impressed with Ferguson. “I think in general, he seems like he is going to be a terrific leader for Ball State,” Jenkins
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dean of the dean of the honors college College of Fine Arts said. “I think as a whole, all of the folks on the faculty are very impressed and taken with his focus on Ball State as a large extended family. Here in theatre and dance, we really respond to that because we all feel very much like we’re part of a large collaborative team that’s working together to change the lives of students.” James Ruebel, dean of the honors college, is optimistic about the future of Ball State as well. “Everything so far looks real good,” Ruebel said. “I really like his emphasis on academic affairs and on student learning. That’s why I came here.” Ruebel said he has noticed a difference in styles between Gora and Ferguson. “He is considerably more laid back in his manner and speech,” Ruebel said. “[Gora] was a splendid public speaker I think. She certainly gave some boosts to the honors college.” Robert Kvam, dean of the College of Fine Arts, also thinks highly of the new president. “President Ferguson is a breath of fresh air,” Kvam said. “He promises to be transparent and collaborative, both attributes which will be welcomed by me and my fellow deans ... He will put academics and quality education at the forefront of all we do.”
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One of the speakers was Keith Overall, a sophomore acting major from Ferguson. “Today we are here to acknowledge and join protests happening all over the country for change,” Overall said in his speech. “It’s not only for Missouri, but for all the other occurrences that continue to go unnoticed.” After the speeches, five white members of ETA wearing white tank tops stood on the steps of Ball Gymnasium facing five black members of ETA wearing hoodies. As the names, ages and hometowns of people who have died at the hands of police were read off, one by one, the members in hoodies put their hands up as the members in white simulated shooting them down. The marchers then walked around the Quad to start their silent peaceful protest. Protestors held posters with sayings like “You don’t have to be black to stand up with your neighbors and say that things are not okay” and “My hands were up” as they marched along McKinley Avenue, toward Frog Baby. Amelia Windom, a senior acting major and member of ETA, said police brutality needs to end. “I understand that they need to do their job and protect people, but there are other ways,” she said. “They need to be trained differently and look through the eyes of the law, since they are the ones holding up the law.” She said she hopes this march shows people that this isn’t just a one-time thing. “This has been happening for dozens of years and we need to come together to protect black
men and women,” she said. “Just because someone is poor and uneducated doesn’t mean they deserve to be shot.” Windom said the most important part was seeing all the people of different races and genders come to join ETA in the protest. “If you want to change something, you have to come together for a cause,” she said. Along with the Ball State chapter of ETA, the Wright State University chapter was there. Ball State ETA is their mother chapter. Stephen Kell, the treasurer of the Wright State University chapter, said he came to show support for all the injustices going on in the United States. “Since I am a white man, I want other people to realize that you don’t have to be black to fight against the injustices,” he said. “Having all these people come together and talk about the issue as a conversation is the only way something like this is going to be solved.” Evan Duff, a sophomore musical theater major and member of ETA, said he marched for the end of unarmed violence against people. “We’re forgetting that people are all humans,” he said. “We all need to be viewing each other as human beings and stay towards peace instead of violence.” He said this protest is a reminder of who he is, not only as a black male, but also as a person and as a part of the community. Hannah Wedig, a Burris Academy student, watched the protest at the Scramble Light. She said she thought it was very brave, and she wished she could join. “I hope people pay attention to it and take it to heart,”
QUAD TALK
« We have to realize that we can’t separate each
other, we can’t separate ourselves from groups, we can’t separate ourselves from anything. We have to accept that fact that we are all in this weird, insane, huge world together as humans and we can’t let color divide us.
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BRANDON MERRIWEATHER, a junior acting major
« The biggest thing to note about this protest,
this peaceful protest, it’s not about black versus white, or the people versus the police; it’s not about that. It’s about stopping violence, stopping racial profiling, gender profiling, sexual orientation profiling, all of those things. It’s not just about race — that’s part of it but that’s not everything. No one is outside of this issue, it’s about all people and I think that is what people need to realize. Not just about men, not just about women, it’s about everyone.
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DAVID MERTEN, a junior acting major
« Being a voice in general, you don’t need to have a big group in order to be a big voice for yourself. We speak as individuals just on the way we act in society, and we should erase the stereotypes and not try to pretend we’re something we’re not, but live as if we are representing our society.
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KAYLA ROBERTSON, a sophomore musical theatre major
– CALEB Wedig said. “It’s nice to see all these people gathering together for this.” After the protest was over, Thomas said he was happy with the turnout. “I am so pleased, happy, excited, praiseful,” he said. “I cannot even express how happy I am. It’s something you dream about and this is more than I was expecting. If anyone came after my board, I was successful. If I got one person or 200 people, those people will tell other people and the word will keep spreading.” He said for people participating in this, they got to be a part of something that doesn’t
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happen a lot. “The Ball State community was able to accept it for what we are, and we saw lots of people with their hands up,” Thomas said. “Because we’re all American citizens and although we all live here, it’s important to stay up with it with peaceful protests, so students who don’t know can go and research it and learn what’s going on.” He said the diverse amount of people at the protest showed him that Ball State was coming closer to becoming a truly diverse school. “Today,” he said, “we popped Ball State’s bubble.”
Magnitude-6.0 tremor results in damages, injuries
he tried to flee. “When I woke up, my mom was screaming, and the sound from the earthquake was greater than my mom’s screams,” the 20-year-old Rivera said. | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS While inspecting the shatNAPA, Calif. — The larg- tered glass at her husband’s est earthquake to hit the San storefront office in downtown Francisco Bay Area in 25 years Napa, Chris Malloy described struck before dawn on Sunday, calling for her two children in sending scores of people to the dark as the quake rumbled hospitals, igniting fires, dam- under the family’s home, tossaging historic buildings and ing heavy pieces of furniture knocking out power to thou- for several feet. sands of homes and business“It was shaking and I was es in California’s wine country. crawling on my hands and The magniknees in the dark, tude-6.0 quake, EARTHQUAKE looking for them,” which ruptured DAMAGE the 45-year-old water mains and woman said, weargas lines and daming flip flops on feet aged some of the left bloodied from homes are unlivable region’s famed crawling through wineries, sent broken glass. residents running Gov. Jerry Brown received by Pacific out of their homes Gas and Electric declared a state in the darkness. complaining about gas of emergency for Three people — smells southern Napa two adults and a County, directchild — were critiing state agencally injured. cies to respond Dazed residents with equipment too fearful of after- were without power at and personnel. shocks to go back 5 p.m. Sunday President Barack to bed wandered Obama was briefed through Napa’s on the earthquake, historic downthe White House town, where the broke or leaked in Napa said, and federal quake had shorn officials were in a 10-foot chunk of bricks and touch with state and local concrete from the corner of emergency responders. an old county courthouse. Napa Fire Department OpBoulder-sized pieces of rubble erations Chief John Callanan littered the lawn and street said the city had exhausted in front of the building and its own resources trying to the hole left behind allowed a extinguish at least six fires view of the offices inside. after 60 water mains rupCollege student Eduardo Ri- tured, as well as transporting vera said the home he shares injured residents, searching with six relatives shook so homes for anyone trapped violently that he kept getting and responding to reports of knocked back into his bed as 50 gas leaks.
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Beyoncé receives Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, Cyrus takes video of year
MICHAEL JACKSON AWARD
Beyoncé closed the MTV Video Music Awards with a nearly 20-minute performance and was joined onstage by her husband and daughter which brought her to tears. Beyoncé sang and danced in a metallic leotard — while Blue Ivy and Jay Z watched from their seats — as the diva declared: “MTV, welcome to my world.” The family was onstage together as Beyoncé accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award. Jay Z called her the “greatest living entertainer.” A teary-eyed Beyoncé thanked her fans and looked at her daughter and husband, telling them she loved them. Miley Cyrus won video of the year. Unlike last year’s VMAs, when Cyrus twerked and danced shockingly onstage, she took a back seat Sunday night by sending her guest, who said he was homeless, onstage. –
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BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Drake feat. Majid Jordan “Hold On (We’re Going Home)”
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5 Seconds of Summer “Don’t Stop”
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Let’s
Spoon Alumnus to open frozen yogurt shop near Promenade
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After graduating from Ball State in 2012, Trake Carpenter wanted to give back to the Muncie community. “I wanted to start something,” he said. “It’s always been kind of a pipe-dream growing up – inventing something.” Carpenter plans to open a new location of Let’s Spoon in the Village Promenade across the street from Insomnia Cookies, although an opening date has not been set. Let’s Spoon uses YoCream, which is kosher-certified, does not contain high fructose corn syrup and most cartons are gluten-free, according to YoCream’s website. “There are people who are conscious of what they eat,” Carpenter said. Carpenter said the name Let’s Spoon’s is edgy enough to appeal to the college crowd. “I think the name is big,”
he said. Although Carpenter wanted to open his own business, he found that a pre-made business plan was more practical and allowed for more “flexibility,” especially when money became an issue. “I think frozen yogurt is a great way to quench your sweet tooth,” he said. “When I wanted to start my own business, it was kind of a time crunch. So, I started looking for franchises.” Despite having an outline for the business, Carpenter sought the help from the current owner of a Let’s Spoon branch in South Bend, Holly Lederer. “[Holly] helped me with everything from supplies to local employees. She had everything I needed to get started,” Carpenter said. Even with the help, the franchise has not come without obstacles. Carpenter said even though he had an outline with steps and goals established, throughout the process these steps change and more are even added into the equation. “The legal stuff was a lot more difficult than what I [first] thought,” he said. “There are so many things
out of your control. A couple months ago I wondered what I was doing, but once you sign the papers and spend the first dollar, there is no turning back.” Aside from the obstacles – raising capital, obtaining legal documentation, and finding a location – he said it will be worth it when the doors finally open. Although there is already a Berry Winkle and soon there will be an Orange Leaf in Muncie, Carpenter said the competition among the local yogurt shops will be beneficial to the quality of service each company has to offer. Service to the community is also a major goal for his franchise, Carpenter said. Once Let’s Spoon opens in the Village, Carpenter plans to help school organizations and sports teams through fundraising and promotional campaigns. “I want people to be aware of what’s coming to The Village,” Carpenter said. “I do believe that Village Promenade is choosing good companies to get involved [with the Muncie community]. Come support your local businesses. If you support them, they will support you.”
LAVERNE COX TO SPEAK AT PRUIS HALL
Emmy-nominated actress, transgender advocate and “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 in Pruis Hall. The Excellence in Leadership program announced Friday via Facebook that the actress would appear on campus in February. She’ll be presenting “Ain’t I a Woman: My Journey to Womanhood.” The event is free and open to the public. -STAFF REPORTS
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