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FROM ‘THE OFFICE’ TO THE UNIVERSITY Best-known for his role as “Dwight Schrute” from “The Office,” Rainn Wilson will be speaking at Ball State as part of the 201415 Excellence in Leadership speaker series. The NBC Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actor will be presenting “SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions,” a program that aims “to create a space where people from all walks of life could discuss and question what it means to be human,” according to Ball State’s website. Lauren Berger, graduate assistant for Excellence in Leadership, said that Ball State works through a series of speaking agencies to find people who have a great name, as well as a popular recognition. Wilson will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. March 16 in John R. Emens Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. – STAFF REPORTS
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A “For Rent” sign sits in the front yard of a local property around Muncie. People who rent have certain legal obligations and rights that might be unknown to many renters.
Attorney talks how students can rent Reviewing leases, coordinating with landlord important steps
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With a new academic year underway, many students are living off-campus for the first time and may not know their rights and responsibilities as renters. John Connor works as Ball State’s attorney for students and gives free legal advice on any topic to students. “When they come in, it’s the first time, really, students have entered into contracts,” Connor said. “I think I can be of help to them in explaining what it is they are agreeing to, and I like to think when they leave here they have a different level of knowledge of what their rights and responsibilities are.” In 2013, he saw 158 clients about renters’ rights and responsibilities, second to criminal matters, which were about twice as common. They will come in with questions about damages and roommate disputes, such as issues in paying rent or utility bills. However, lease review is a subject he wishes he saw more. During a review, a potential leaser comes in with the contract and he explains to the leaser for what they are responsible.
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Junior Jenna Spadafora practices her setting during the team’s practice Monday. The setter is starting for the first time in her career this season, and looking forward to embracing her new role.
Spadafora takes over at starting setter after serving as backup for two seasons
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fter waiting two years, Jenna Spadafora is looking for her chance. This year, she will get it. A junior on the Ball State women’s volleyball team, Spadafora has played behind former Cardinal setter Jacqui Seidel for the last two seasons. Despite not starting, Spadafora has been difficult to keep off the floor. She contributed as an outside hitter in 2012 and 2013 due to injuries on the Cardinals roster, and she has also played sparingly at her natural setter position. See SPADAFORA, page 5
PLAYER COMPARISON 2013 STATS
Siedel 111 58 1,095 57
Sets played Kills Sets Total blocks
Spadafora 95 86 335 23
Bringing in a Netflix star Campus food prices, meal cards rise ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress Laverne Cox to discuss womanhood SEE PAGE 3
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Dining Services deal with increasing costs throughout industry KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu Food prices in the dining halls have risen since last year, along with an increase in the meal plan amount. Jon Lewis, director of Campus Dining Services, said that the change in food prices had to do with the rise of company prices. “[Dining] looks at our pricing every summer before fall semester and food prices in general
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Breakfast: $4.45 Lunch: $7.75 Dinner: $7.75
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stir fry in Woodworth being premade instead of designed by the students, are because of a lack of student employees. “As soon as we get enough employees, we’ll go back to custom stir fry,” Lewis said. “The first week, or two or three, this year we’ve had a difficult time hiring student
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increase, so the food prices of what we’re selling have to go up as well,” he said. Lewis said Jamba Juice was one of the chains that changed its prices over the summer, so the on-campus location also had to adjust prices. Because of the increase in food prices, Lewis said that it was only natural the amount allotted for each meal went up as well. “We looked at the amount the food prices went up and we adjusted the price of room and board based on a percentage,” he said. “We tried to make it as fair as possible.” According to Lewis, other changes in dining halls, such as the TWEET US
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employees. We’re behind last year, so we had to make some modifications in some dining halls.” Sophomore dance major Nicole Popovich said she has definitely noticed the price changes in dining halls. “It’s kind of to be expected that the prices will go up,” Popovich said. “But at the same time, it’s kind of redundant that prices go up and they give you more on your meal plan, like what’s the point of that?” But even so, Popovich said that she thinks she still gets the same value as last year. “I feel like I still get a similar amount of food as I did last year,” she said. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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