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Candidates for president pro tempore for the Student Government Association listen to speeches from other candidates at the election on Wednesday. Aric Hopper, a junior political science major, was elected by the panel.
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Former senator to take over vacant SGA position, duties RAYMOND GARCIA CHIEF REPORTER | ragarcia@bsu.edu Aric Hopper, a junior political science major and senator for off-campus, has been elected as president pro tempore for the Student Government Association. The position was left vacant by Bryan Kubel who took the role of vice president on Sept. 10. Former vice president Carli Hendershot resigned earlier this month after being hospitalized and diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression. Moments after being named president pro tempore, Hopper Aric Hopper said it was a surreal feeling. “I was like, ‘This can’t be real, Hopper is a what’s going on here?’ but an- junior political other part of me realized that science major of course this is real,” he said. and former SGA The candidates were required senator. to give a five-minute presentation to the senate about who they are and what goals they would like to accomplish for the year. This was followed by a five-minute question-andanswer session. One of the points Hopper made in his presentation was his intention to make past SGA legislations and other resources available online.
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new documentary, spearheaded by telecommunications professor Chris Flook, aims to explore Muncie’s rich history as it was shaped by the Ball brothers. Above: Walnut street in Downtown Muncie plays host to a parade in the 1910s. Left: Students from the early 20th century work in the Administration Building Library. Students like these were some of the first to go to the university after it was named Ball State Teacher’s College. Right: The Ball brothers, William Charles Ball, Frank Clayton Ball, Lucius Lorenzo Ball (seated), Edmund Burke Ball, George Alexander Ball, founders of Ball State, are the subject of the documentary, which shows how their glass factory changed Muncie forever.
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Kicker leading nation in field goals Redshirt senior has ten makes in four games this season DAVID POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | @DavidPolaski Ball State football’s kicker Scott Secor says he thinks he’s the best kicker in the country. One look at the statistics and it’s hard to blame him. Secor is ranked first in the nation in field goals made with ten, tied with just three others. It’s still not good enough for the redshirt senior.
“It’s not where I want to be,” Secor said. “Even though I’m at number one, I have two misses that I could have easily made. I’m not happy about that.” Secor connected on three of four field goals on a soaked field Sept. 20 against Toledo, keeping Ball State in the game when drives faltered deep in opposing territory. A 49-yard field goal in the first quarter was a new career long for him. But that’s only during game action. Secor said during practice, he’s hit from 63 yards away. And when he’s practicing alone, it’s 68.
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A proposed program to change the way printing is done on campus this year is getting backlash from faculty. Members of the Ball State president’s cabinet met Sept. 23 to address the problems with the communication and implementation of the Managed Print Services program and how those problems could be fixed in the future. The MPS program is a result of an agreement Ball State made in December to contract all campus printing services to Ricoh Printing Systems. The agreement lasts for five years, according to the contract. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said they are trying to develop new communication strategies to make sure departments know what to expect. “We are assessing the implementation strategies to determine if there are ways that we can ease concern among departments,” Proudfoot said. Compared to Ball State’s peers, the university prints twice as many documents per year and has double the amount of printing devices. It also prints three times as many color prints. The purpose of the Managed Print Services program is to try to reduce the cost of printing at the university and become more environmentally friendly. Proudfoot said when the program is fully implemented, it could save Ball State $800,000 to $1 million per year. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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In a three-way tie for first in the nation, kicker Scott Secor has made 10 field goals this season. Secor’s ranking comes from the fact that he’s attempted more field goals than any other kicker in the country.
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DOCUMENTARY TELLS BROTHERS’ STORY Best known for founding Ball State University in 1918 and owning the Ball Corp., the lives and accomplishments of the five Ball brothers are documented in “A Legacy Etched in Glass: The Ball Brothers in Muncie.” The film is an immersive learning project spearheaded by telecommunications professor Chris Flook. Ben Redar, a Ball State alumnus, directed the film. Redar said people may not think much of Muncie, but he hopes the documentary will catch the attention of students. “The Ball brothers transformed Muncie into what it is today. Students might not think Muncie is the coolest place to be, but it has a lot of character many people don’t know about,” he said. An additional series about Muncie’s quality of life efforts titled “Primacy of Place” and a short-documentary series about non-profit organizations in Muncie are also being produced. Both series will debut fully in Spring 2015. The film will premier tonight at 6 p.m. at the Minnetrista Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public. – STAFF REPORTS
Left: The Willard Building, circa 1935, is still in Downtown Muncie and a landmark location. Buildings like this were built in the late 19th-early 20th centuries to hold a booming population that was in part thanks to the Ball brothers. Above: Downtown Muncie, as it was seen in the 1930s, was home to many shops, restaurants and apartments during the first half of the century. Below: Students in the Ball State Applied Technologies Building at the turn of the century.
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Normalized obesity common in Indiana Ball State study cautions of future health implications KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu When it comes to weight, a false sense of security can lead to health issues in the future, according to a Ball State study. In “Overweight Misperception among Adolescents in the United States,” Ball State professors Jagdish Khubchandani and Maoyong Fan said adolescents in America tend to misperceive their weight. Indiana is ranked ninth in the United States for obesity rates, with 20.5 percent of its population considered obese, according to an annual report done by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Khubchandani said people are in denial about what their true weight is, and they think they are healthy. “They don’t want to accept it, so they’re trying to convince themselves ‘Yes, I’m okay, nothing is wrong,’” he said. “They need a correct perception to make sure they go to the gym and eat right.”
Still, some students disagree. Elizabeth Wood, a sophomore elementary education and special education major, said having a positive body image is more important to them than weight. “People should exercise because they want to, not because they want to be beautiful as society sees them,” said Wood. Aside from body image, exercising is still important to stay physically healthy, Khubchandani said. “Many people are not aware that they have to walk 20 minutes a day and eat five fruits and vegetables a day,” Khubchandani said. Carol Friesen, a nutrition and dietetics professor, said obesity is associated with heart disease and diabetes, as well as self-esteem and potential discrimination. Most Americans will not call themselves fat or think their weight is unhealthy. “People don’t want to admit that they need to make healthier choices and that they need to make changes,” Friesen said. “I think they look in the mirror and they see themselves the way they used to be, and they don’t acknowledge the changes that have taken place.” She said the first thing that needs to be done to combat obe-
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The historic neighborhood just west of campus will open its yards and garages this weekend for people to shop. Westridge Neighborhood will host its first neighborhood-wide yard sale from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sept. 27. Tracey McCaughy, a Westridge Neighborhood Association board member, said dozens of homeowners in the neighborhood will participate. McCaughy said one resident who will be participating has lived in Westridge Neighborhood for about 40 years and has never had a yard sale. “There are going to be amazing treasures from basements and storage spaces, so it should be an exciting opportunity,” McCaughy said. The yard sale will be a good opportunity for students, because the neighborhood is walking distance from campus and yard sale prices are afforable, McCaughy said. Many of the items will be records, antiques and house goods. The Westridge Neighborhood Association decided the neighborhood yard sale would be a good idea after McCaughy and a few other local homeowners had a much smaller yard sale last year. McCaughy said the yard sale last year was very successful, even aside from the amount that was sold. “It was just such a great way to meet neighbors and find out what we all have in common,” she said. McCaughy said she expects this yard sale to become annual, especially since there has been a large amount of interest and feedback already this year.
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This year’s Zombie Walk food drive will not only be on campus, but also in the Village. “It’s one way to get hundreds of people dressed like zombies together ‘flash-mob style’ and go wandering through the campus and the Village,” said Robert Abner, campus minister at Grace Village Ministry and Zombie Walk organizer. The walk benefits the Second Harvest Food Bank. Abner said the event raises about 1,000 pounds of food each year. Participants will meet at 2 p.m. at North Quad with the walk beginning at 3 p.m. Door prizes will be given out at the event, and there will be a costume contest. Abner said that he and Brian Blair of Scarevania Haunted House and other organizers of the event are still putting on the final touches. Last year’s event featured a zombie wedding, where two people got married dressed as zombies. Abner said he is not sure if they can top that, but still hopes for this year’s event to be a success. – SCOTT MINOR
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This weekend marks the beginning of Mid-American Conference games for the Ball State soccer team. It’s been a long road to get to this point for the Cardinals. Countless practices and eight non-conference games have all served as preparation for the team to improve its game for MAC play. “The girls and I are really anxious and ready to begin this part of the season,” head coach Craig Roberts said. “The competition has been strong already this season and has helped us be prepared to face the tough schedule coming up.” The Cardinals have fought hard to enter this part of the season with a 4-1-2 record, giving them the third-best record in the MAC standings, behind Miami (6-1) and Western Michigan (6-2). Ball State has also performed well statistically, ranking near the top in many areas, compared to the rest of the MAC. They currently place in the top three in goals, goals per game, goals allowed and goals against average. Records and statistics to this point show how far the team has come, but the real season starts now. “The team is ready, we have been playing really good lately, and we just want to go out there and play and win,” senior Jasmine Moses said. Last year, the Cardinals went 5-4-2 through the conference matches, ranking them sixth overall and seeding them sixth in the MAC Championship Tournament. Ball State upset Central Michigan, the third seed, in the first round with a 2-1 victory. The team continued its path as an underdog when it defeated the No. 2 seed Miami in penalty kicks to advance to the team’s first MAC Championship game
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Junior Kalynn Flanagan, playing in the game against IPFW above, along with the rest of the Cardinals, will be in action in the MAC Conference games starting this weekend.
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in school history. The unlikely tournament path ended there, as Ball State went on to lose to the No. 4 seed Western Michigan 1-0 to finish in second. “It wasn’t how the girls wanted to end last year, and this year they want to get back to that game,” Roberts said. With 20 members of the
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SATURDAY The Ball State field hockey team hosts MAC opponent Central Michigan. The game will start at 1 p.m.
The men’s tennis team concludes the three-day Ball State Fall Invitational. It will be an all-day event.
SECOR: Preparation, confidence are key | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 There’s some power behind that top-ranked right leg, but Secor says all the success comes from what happens before the ball is snapped from the holder, before he runs onto the field and before the lights come on at Scheumann Stadium. “My confidence and preparation are keys,” Secor said. “During camp, we kicked a lot of deep field goals, so it’s just knowing I can do it and executing during a game.” DN FILE PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK Special teams coordinator Secor is a redshirt senior, has been Justin Lustig is in his first sea- Scott a nationally-ranked kicker since high son working with Secor. When school and has goals of going to the NFL. Secor is pacing the sidelines during practice and booting “It was just a small thing I practice field goals at the south pointed out to him about his end zone of Scheumann Stadi- steps,” Lustig said. “Just the anum, Lustig leaves him alone. gle of his steps was a little bit off, He compared kickers to golf and it’ll make you push the ball players, saying he doesn’t want right, and I’m pretty sure that’s to become too involved with what happened. Next time he’s Secor and end up messing with on the right hash, he’ll have to his head. He said when Secor is think about that.” doing well, he’s mostly handsSecor hasn’t thought about off and tries to stay uninvolved. misses too much lately. The But if misses start creeping miss against Toledo was just in, Lustig isn’t afraid to tell his the third of his season, a seakicker what’s going wrong. Af- son in which he’s attempted ter Secor missed against Toledo, more field goals than any Lustig noticed something off other kicker in the country, acabout his footsteps. cording to ESPN.com
Sometimes, impressive performances come with added value. A tattoo that looks similar to thick barbed wire wraps around his left bicep and tricep. He said it’s a tribal band he drew one day that represents eternity and that he’ll live forever, and he came up the design when he was bored. His senior year of high school at Lincoln-Way Central, he placed second during a national competition with Kohl’s Kicking. As a result, his dad bought the tattoo for him. Secor may get another tattoo if he finishes the season first in the country in made field goals, but his sights are set on something larger. “Hopefully I’ll be getting a shot at the next level,” Secor said. But right now, he said he’s hoping to get Ball State back on the winning track, and he’s not concerned with personal glory. He said he never looks at his stats during the game, but always looks later on because it helps keep him grounded. If he were to look at the statistics for made field goals, then look at his jersey number, he’d see the same thing. No. 1.
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I probably won’t live to see 30. Statistically, the cards are not in my favor. Malignant mesothelioma is an incredibly rare, terminal cancer that carries a five to 10 percent five-year survival rate. I’ve known this since my diagnosis in 2013. Statistics for my age group don’t even exist, according to the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, because less than 16 people my age are diagnosed annually. That’s not a large enough number to do valuable research on, especially with such limited funds. More than 2,000 people are diagnosed with a form of mesothelioma each year, and a total of 2,574 Americans died of mesothelioma in 2010. So, you know, that’s pretty awful. But, with such a high incidence of death, the government is totally looking into those statistics and doing research, right? Turns out, only .1 percent of the National Cancer Institute’s budget actually went to mesothelioma research from 2004-2007. That equates to about $6 million. To put that in perspective, breast cancer research received more than $625 million dollars from the NCI in 2011. Their budget was more than 10,000 percent larger than that for mesothelioma.
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That number is not an error; it’s a sick joke. There are also several chemotherapy treatment options for breast cancer, and only one FDA-approved chemotherapy treatment for mesothelioma. In my case, it didn’t really work. I’m not saying every single case of breast cancer is treatable by any means, and every individual case of cancer is its own animal. There are just more available resources, support and options for breast cancer patients. Breast cancer received more funding than lung and prostate cancer combined, both of which have higher death rates. We live in a culture that values social activism, or “slacktivism,” over actually making a difference. If we buy a pink t-shirt adorned with boxing gloves and the phrase “Fight Like a Girl” thrown across the
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front, we feel like we’re making a difference and consider ourselves advocates for cancer research. In reality, we’re consumers buying into a trend that makes more money for the people creating those products than for actual cancer research. This is not a rant against breast cancer or the government, this is a public service announcement directly from me to you: be better. If you want to make a difference, actually do a little bit of research. Donate your money to a specific cause or organization. Find out what programs don’t receive enough federal funding, and make sure your dollars go somewhere that will make a difference. Stop blindly handing over your money and sporting a pink-colored whatever to make yourself feel better. You’re not making a difference; you’re just lining the pockets of CEOs. Tomorrow is National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, so do me a favor, OK? I don’t care if you donate. I really don’t. But at the very least, Google the word “mesothelioma” and see what you can find. Just spend five minutes making yourself aware of the disease, so maybe the next time you feel charitable, you’ll remember that there are more causes out there than the one attached to the color pink.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8. Unexpected good fortune surprises you. Count your blessings, and maintain your idealism. A dream provides a secret clue. Discover you have what it takes. Partnership is the key that unlocks the lucky door.
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JACQUELYN BRAZZALE LET ME TRY JACQUELYN BRAZZALE IS A JUNIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND WRITES ‘LET ME TRY’ FOR THE DAILY NEWS. HER VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE OF THE NEWSPAPER. WRITE TO JACQUELYN AT JRBRAZZALE@BSU. EDU.
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Right: A junior chemistry and pre-medicine major, Matthew Marshall defends against a sophomore criminal justice major, Nick Caroll, while playing wheelchair basketball. Above: Marshall and a senior social work major, Sarah Sims, pick teams for wheelchair basketball. Wheelchair basketball is available through the Rec Center for free.
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