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NFL team releases Rice Running back gets suspended indefinitely after video surfaces | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE (AP) — Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released showing the running back striking his then-fiancee in February. The grainy video, released by TMZ
Sports, shows Rice QUAD TALK RICE CASE A and Janay Palmer TOPIC FOR WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RAY RICE BEING LET GO? in an elevator at an DISCUSSION The I think he’s Atlantic City casino. Students at Ball suspension getting exactly Each hits the other State weigh in is just, the what he before Rice knocks on Rice’s release Palmer off her feet and suspension Ravens did the deserves. No + PAGE 5 and into a railing. right thing. It’s matter if he’s an Earlier Monday, concerning that NFL superstar or the Ravens said they it came so late not, he still has to never saw the video. Hours later, MATTHEW PATRICK after the original be punished by O’CONNOR, they sent out a one-sentence release: DUNCAN, a freshman a freshman incident. But the full extent of “The Baltimore Ravens terminat- journalism and telecommunications better late than the law, just like ed the contract of RB Ray Rice this telecommunications major afternoon.” never right? any one of us. major
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Same-sex marriage ban falls in circuit U.S. Appeals Court strikes down unconstitutional Indiana ruling KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals banned same-sex marriage in Indiana on Friday. However, same-sex couples still cannot get married in Indiana. Christie McCauley, president of Spectrum, said her response to hearing about the ban being ruled unconstitutional was mixed, because of the staystill in effect. “We knew immediately that the stay was still in place, so even though the We knew ruling happened, we still can’t get married,” Mc- immediately that Cauley said. the stay was On June 25, U.S District Judge Richard Young de- still in place, so clared the ban unconstitu- even though the tional and same-sex couples were allowed to get married, ruling happened, but then later in the day, we still can’t get the state of Indiana filed an emergency motion to stay married. the pending appeal with the CHRISTIE U.S. District Court. McCauley said since this is MCCAULEY, president the second ruling, it solidi- of Spectrum fies the progress that was already made by the first ruling. “It kind of solidifies that yes, this is unconstitutional to do this,” McCauley said. “I know at least the Indiana case is going to go to the Supreme Court so that’s even more of visibility, and again a more secure statement that yes, we are here and yes, we are demanding our rights.” To McCauley, the rulings show that marriage equality is inevitable and is going to happen. But before that happens, she said she thinks a Supreme Court decision would help to end the battling. “I think as more laws pass, that helps change public opinion, so as public opinion changes, then it’s going to be full and open,” McCauley said. Nineteen states and Washington D.C. give same-sex couples equal marriage rights, according to freedomtomarry.org. Twelve have a pro-marriage court ruling that is on hold pending appeal and approval, including Indiana.
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record turnout for sorority bid day ended with screaming and every chapter meeting their quota. All 10 Panhellenic Council sororities welcomed between 43 to 54 new women. About 14 percent of the student population is involved in Greek Life, said Jennifer Jones-Hall, assistant vice president for student affairs and director of student life, compared to about 12 percent last year. Above, a new member of Alpha Phi puts on her Bid Day shirt. Right, a sorority member reacts to a new sister being accepted on Monday at the Quad. Below, 10 sorority chapters form a circle while the new bids sit in the center before being released to their sorority. FOR COMPLETE STORY, page 3
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Running back returns from knee injury Banks had surgery over offseason to repair torn ACL suffered last year DAVID POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | @DavidPolaski Horactio Banks still remembers the play from practice, on Nov. 13, 2013, less than 12 hours before the Ball State football team took on Northern Illinois in a critical MidAmerican Conference matchup. He took the handoff and ran a stretch play to the left, waiting for his blockers to set up. Not a player near him, he planted his left leg, and it gave out. He crumpled to the ground. No player had touched him. His season was over. Banks didn’t know it at the time, but he tore his anterior cruciate ligament. He said he didn’t hear a
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pop, snap or any other sound typically heard when a player tears the ACL, so he didn’t initially think the injury was serious. “I never felt anything like it before,” Banks said. “I actually didn’t think my knee was torn because I was able to get up and hobble over to the sideline.” He underwent an MRI on Thursday, and learned the result on Friday. He had surgery on Nov. 29, 2013, the day after Thanksgiving, at Ball Memorial Hospital. The result was a scar just over two inches long, running along his left knee, and the beginning of an arduous recovery process. ACL injuries are notoriously dangerous and difficult. Even when fully healed, the chance a player returns to the same athletic form achieved in the past isn’t guaranteed.
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