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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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UP CLOSE: PLAY THAT FLIPPED GAME See the breakdown of how Hawkeyes got the lead and win against the Cardinals SEE PAGE 4 MUNCIE, INDIANA

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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CHICK-FIL-A OWNER DIES AT 93, CREDITED SUCCESS TO POVERTY

ATLANTA (AP) — Chick-fil-A founder and billionaire S. Truett Cathy rose from poverty, building a privately held restaurant chain that famously closes every Sunday but drew unwanted attention for the Cathy family’s opposition to gay marriage. Truett Cathy died early Monday at 93. Truett Cathy began his career in 1946 by opening an Atlanta diner called The Dwarf Grill with his brother, named for the short and stout shape of the restaurant. He attributed his hardworking nature to growing up poor. Even as a little boy he made money by selling six bottles of CocaCola for a quarter. “I’ve experienced poverty and plenty and there’s a lesson to be learned when you’re brought up in poverty,” he said in 2007. “I had to create some good work, habits and attitude.”

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3. HOME DEPOT CONFIRMS SECURITY BREACH NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot confirmed on Monday that its payment systems have been breached, and says the hack could affect customers who used credit and debit cards at U.S. and Canadian stores. The largest U.S. home improvement chain says it has not found evidence that debit card PINs were compromised, and nor that online customers or shoppers at stores in Mexico are affected. The company did not say how

many cards might be affected, but did say that customers will not be held responsible for fraudulent charges to their accounts. Home Depot said it is looking into the breach and is working with outside firms, its banking partners and the U.S. Secret Service. Home Depot Inc. said last week that it was working to investigate a potential hack but had not confirmed a breach of its data.

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S. Truett Cathy, 87, founder of Chick-Fil-A takes a seat in his newest restaurants in 2008. Truett Cathy died Monday at age 93.

2. TWITTER TESTS ONLINE SHOPPING BUTTON NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is taking its users shopping. The short messaging service began testing a “Buy” button Monday that lets some of its users make purchases or donate money to charities without leaving Twitter. After clicking the “Buy” button, users are asked to enter their address and credit card information. The company said in a blog post that users’

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personal information will be encrypted and saved on Twitter so that they can buy things again without re-entering their information. The shopping button could help Twitter add another source of revenue as the digital advertising market and online shopping grow. Twitter did not offer financial details about its new service and did not respond to a request for comment.

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of children in more than 10 states have been sickened by a severe respiratory illness that public health officials say may be caused by an uncommon virus similar to the germ that causes the common cold. The virus can cause mild coldlike symptoms including runny noses, coughing and wheezing, but Mark Pallansch, director of the viral diseases

division at the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said this summer’s cases are unusually severe and include serious breathing problems. “It’s not highly unusual but we’re trying to understand what happened this year in terms of these noticeable and much larger clusters of severe respiratory disease,” Pallansch said on Monday.

5. DISTRIBUTOR FIGHTS INDIANA LIQUOR LAW INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana beer distributor with a long history of challenging the state’s alcohol laws is bracing for another court battle over its quest to enter the hard liquor business. Indianapolis-based Monarch Beverage Co., the state’s largest beer distributor, has filed documents

seeking a liquor wholesaler’s permit for a separate corporate entity. Monarch officials accuse the commission of letting politics influence its decisions and the agency’s chairman of prejudice against the company. CEO Phil Terry said the company expects to file a court challenge if its permit is denied.

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Bid Day tops record attendance Sororities recieve more members than previous years KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu

Shouts and chanting filled the air as each chapter of the Panhellenic Council yelled their sorority’s cheer, all trying to be heard over the other groups. This year had the biggest group of incoming members in history, said Jennifer Jones-Hall, assistant vice president for student affairs and director of student life. She said Greek Life now is about 14 percent of the student population, but her goal is to get to 20 percent. Last year, it was 12.31 percent of campus. Kari Murphy, associate director of student life, said this was the first year that all chapters have made their quota, or the number of women each chapter needs each year. There were between 43 to 54 new women in each. About a half hour before Bid Day began, each new member received an envelope containing the name of their new sorority. After they received their bid card with the name of their sorority in it, the new members went and sat in front of the rest of the chapter. At the end of the event, they all ran to join their chapters and were united with their new sisters. Demie Johnson, a new Delta Zeta and a sophomore broadcasting major, said she was most excited to have new sisters.

“Everyone was so nervous and excited at the same time,” Johnson said. “I don’t think anyone really knew what to expect, they were just excited to get up and see who their new chapter was.” Since all of the women going through recruitment had similar problems, Johnson said it was exciting to meet a lot of new people going through the same things. Danica Craig, president of the Panhellenic Council, said 615 women registered for recruitment, while last year there was just under 600. “We were definitely hoping to break 600 because we were so close last year,” Craig said. “I think it’s just growing with the size of Ball State growing, and also the size of the organizations growing. I think that more people in the organization spreads the word because there are more bodies to talk about it.” Craig said the growth will be interesting because there are so many new women joining the chapters. “I think the chapters are all equipped to handle it because they are already larger in size and they can accommodate these new women and get to know them and provide them with a great chapter.” Taylor Rohrman, an Alpha Phi and a sophomore athletic training major, said her favorite part about Bid Day was getting the new members. “It makes our chapter bigger and it’s exciting,” Rohrman said. “And [the energy level] is wild, it’s fun.” Rohrman was on the other

GREEK LIFE 2013 • Greek Life on campus makes up 12.31 percent of all students •3 4 chapters make up Ball State’s Greek Life • 2,022 students were part of Ball State fraternities and sororities • 1,982 students were in Greek Life in the 2013-2014 academic year • 12.31 percent of total students were part of Greek Life on campus • 18.4 percent of Purdue students were part of Greek Life • 20 percent of Indiana University students was the rough percentage of students in Greek Life side of recruitment last year, and while she said that was more exciting, she still loved the atmosphere of this year. Miranda Miller, an Alpha Chi Omega and a sophomore special education major, said she was excited to get her Pi Chi’s back. Pi Chi’s are the recruitment counselors for the new members, and they have to disaffiliate from their chapter in order to do their role as a Pi Chi. When the Pi Chi’s were returned to their chapters, some of the women from their chapter ran up to them through the aisles screaming and tackled them. Miller said getting the new members is so much fun because they can replace the seniors from last year and expand the chapter. “It expands our chapter with a bunch of great new girls we all get to love,” Miller said.

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Ten sorority chapters form a circle on Monday at the Quad while the new bids sit in the center. Greek Life has raised to 14 percent.

New sorority members hold up the symbol for Alpha Omicron Pi during their chant at Bid Day on Monday at the Quad. Each sorority gained 42-54 new members.

Live to Give event offers more ways to contribute Combined drive asks for donations, donor registration

LEGEND Gay marriage legalized Cases pending challenging bans Bans that have been overturned and are pending appeal MCT GRAPHIC

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GAY MARRIAGE: Decision is ‘big win for Indiana,’ says political science professor

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Ball State will host its first combined Angels for Life blood drive and Live to Give event today. Students can donate blood and register as a bone marrow and organ donor during the event. Kristine Pierce, Indiana Blood Center Representative, said this event is different than other blood drives the university holds. “The university has a blood drive every 56 days but this particular drive is important because it’s a Live to Give event,” Pierce said. “It’s sort of a one-stop shop for donation and life-saving.” Indiana Blood Center has about 100,000 donors annually and supplies 60 hospitals around the state. “We rely on the generosity of our donors,” Lucy Wehking, Indiana Blood Center communications specialist, said. “They donate blood and time.” An individual unit of blood is broken up into separate parts and undergoes 12 tests.

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Phlebotomist Nancy Del Campo collects blood from Chase Wills at a Red Cross blood drive on July 11 in West Hollywood, Calif. Ball State will hose the Angles of Life Blood drive this week, which will allow students to both donate blood and requester to be an organ and tissue donor.

The parts of the unit are then shipped to various hospitals throughout the state. Angels for Life blood drive is typically successful, especially in the fall, Pierce said. The turnout for the drives in September and November typically increases every year. “We usually have one of the largest drives in the state,” Piece said. Kelsi Hall, a junior dietetics major, said she has donated blood every year since she was a junior in high school.

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Walk-ins or donorpoint.org “If I have blood to give, and it will help save someone’s life, then why not? It’s important to me, and it’s not that hard to

help,” Hall said. The help that donors provide to patients might also come back around to help donors, Wehking said. “You never know when you’ll be on the receiving end,” Wehking said. “It could be a stranger’s life or it could be your own.” The combined donation event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday at Pruis Hall. Appointments to donate can be made at donorpoint.org, but walk-ins are welcome.

Charles Taylor, an associate professor of political science, said he thought long term, the decision was a big win for Indiana. “[This ruling] shows the effect that the lower courts have taken,” Taylor said. He said although this impacts a small amount of people, compared to the whole population, it makes a big impact on their lives. “They have incentive to push to be treated in a way they feel is fair and constitutional,” Taylor said. The ruling, written by circuit judge Richard Posnar, said, “We’ll see that the governments of Indiana and Wisconsin have given us no reason to think they have a ‘reasonable basis’ for forbidding same-sex marriage.”

Posnar wrote that the grounds Indiana and Wisconsin gave for their discriminatory policies were implausible. While everyone might not be affected by this decision, there are still many people who feel very strongly about it. “There are a lot of people who aren’t directly affected by it who kind of feel like it’s a matter of fairness that the policy should change and I feel like that segment of the population has been growing and public opinion has been swinging this way,” Taylor said. “On the other side, you’ve got a significant portion of people that feel very strongly that same-sex marriage shouldn’t be permitted under the law.” He said whether or not the Supreme Court makes a ruling will mandate how big of an issue this will be in the future.

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FRIDAY The Ball State men’s tennis team travels to play in the Milwaukee Classic. This is their first action this season.

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The softball team will play their first game of the fall schedule as they host Taylor. The game will begin at 5 p.m.

SATURDAY The Ball State football team hosts Indiana State at 3 p.m, looking to improve to 2-1 on the season.

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Ball State allows two scores late in game in loss at Iowa Saturday DAVID POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | @DAVIDPOLASKI

Ball State leads 13-10 with 1:10 left and the ball is on the Ball State 12-yard line, on the left hash. Rudock is in the shotgun, his running back to his left. There is one receiver to the left, and two to the right. Duzey, a tight end, is lined up next to the right tackle.

With the clock winding down in the fourth quarter, Ball State’s defensive line was exhausted. It struggled to get pressure on Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock, allowing him time to survey the field and find open targets. “When [Iowa] went basically exclusively through the air, that’s when we started giving it up in chunks,” Ball State head coach

Pete Lembo said. “We got a little tired, and we weren’t able to get a great pass rush late.” With just over a minute to go, Rudock found receiver Jake Duzey for a 12-yard touchdown, giving Iowa a 17-13 lead and eventually, the win.

Ball State is in its nickel defense with four linemen, two linebackers and five defensive backs. At the snap, Ball State’s defensive line is stuffed by Iowa’s offensive line, giving Rudock plenty of time to throw from a clean pocket. The running back slips off to the left and starts curling past the line of scrimmage, beginning his route.

Instead of staying on the line to protect Rudock, Duzey runs a quick route over the middle, then turns to his left and starts running across the field. Ball State linebacker Ben Ingle leaves the middle of the field to cover the running back in the flats, while linebacker Zack Ryan drops back into coverage.

#2 (LB) Zack Ryan

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#15 (QB) Jake Rudock

When Duzey turns to his left and starts running, there’s nobody around him, as he’s in the space formerly occupied by Ingle, who is no longer there because he’s covering the running back. Rudock quickly sees Duzey open, and fires the ball to him, caught at the six-yard line. Duzey runs into the end zone, before any Ball State defender can get to him.

#87 (TE) Jake Duzey

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Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Robert Mathis sacks Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne in the game on Dec. 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. Mathis is out for the season after tearing an Achilles tendon.

A person with knowledge of the injury tells The Associated Press that Colts linebacker Robert Mathis is expected to miss the entire season after tearing an Achilles tendon during a private workout last week in Atlanta. The person spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because the team had not confirmed Mathis’ injury. Mathis began a four-game suspension on Aug. 30. He was penalized for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance policy and was expected to return to the team following the Colts’ game Sept. 28 against Tennessee. Mathis led the NFL with 19.5 sacks last season and was expected to give Indy (0-1) a pass-rushing boost. –

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PENN STATE RELEASED FROM SANCTIONS On Monday Penn State’s football team was released from several severe sanctions imposed upon it two years ago over the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal. The NCAA will allow the team to complete in this year’s postseason and permit all scholarships in 2015. The surprise announcement, linked to progress the school has made in reforming its athletics programs, moved the university a step farther away from the fallout from Sandusky. The former assistant coach was convicted of sexual abuse of 10 boys, including acts inside the university facilities. The scandal badly tarnished what had been one of college sports’ most respected programs and led to charges of a criminal coverup against former university administrators Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz and Tim Curley, whose cases are still pending. Penn State had been halfway through a four-year postseason ban handed down during the summer of 2012. Some of the scholarships were restored earlier than expected a year ago. The school still must pay a $60 million fine and vacate 111 wins under former coach Joe Paterno plus one under Tom Bradley. The school remains under monitoring. –

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HOW AN ACL TEARS

“Initially it was kind of disbelief and not a lot of faith he would come back from it,” running backs coach Justin Lutsig said. During the season, Banks had made a name for himself with speed and elusiveness. He accumulated 616 yard and seven touchdowns, averaging 6.3 yards per carry, playing the role of change-of-pace running back in a dynamic 2013 offense when relieving Jahwan Edwards. They seemed like distant memories in the days after surgery, when all he could physically do was lay in bed. Banks was on painkillers to lessen the pain in his leg, and had a large lump of fluid buildup around his knee. He said his leg felt like dead weight, unable to move it on his own. “I had zero control. I couldn’t lift it up, I couldn’t do anything, I didn’t have any strength,” Banks said. “After so long, I was able to do things on my own.” He started rehabilitation just a few days after surgery, but there was no running, lifting, jumping or anything resembling physical activity. He’d contract his quads, over and over. It was all he could do, a sign of how far he’d need to go to be back on the field. Walking was a task, Banks used crutches for the first week he was on his feet. It didn’t take long for him to be walking under his own power again, but he was far from healthy. With his rehab increasing, there was one everyday activity that challenged Banks above all: getting to his home on the third story of Windermere Place Apartments. “There was a point I was walking up those stairs sideways instead of going up

An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is becoming a more common injury with athletes today. Here’s a look at where the ACL is located in the body, and how the tear can happen.

The ACL Femur

Patella

The injury

lage Articular cartilage Lateral meniscuss Lateral collateral ligament

ACL tear Medial meniscus Med

Med Medial collateral ligam ligament Fibula T Tibia

Common to hear a “popping” noise in knee. Partial tears of the ligament are rare. Most injuries to the ACL are complete or near complete tears.

Causes • Changing direction rapidly • Stopping suddenly • Slowing down while running • Landing from a jump incorrectly • Direct contact or collision DN FILE GRAPHIC RYAN WIARANOWSKI

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them straight,” Banks said. “It was just easier that way.” Banks said each step on those stairs tested him, a version of rehab that didn’t require a trainer’s supervision, and the constant bending of his knee improved his range of motion. The rehab continued at Scheumann Stadium under the watchful eye of athletic trainer Shawn Comer and in the weight room by David Feeley, director of strength and conditioning. But through spring and summer, frustrations mounted. Banks said there was never a fear for re-injury, but Lustig disagreed. “I think the hardest thing was this summer, when he got really cleared to play,” Lustig said. “Coach Feeley would complain all the time about the lack of confidence in his knee -- I think he was certainly scared in the back of his mind about hurting it again or coming back too soon.”

The anterior cruciate ligament connects the femur to the tibia. The ACL runs diagonally in the middle of the knee. It prevents the tibia from sliding out in front of the femur. It also provides rotational stability.

Banks would go through a workout successfully, then attempt it the next day and not be able to complete it. “We got to the end of summer conditioning and I just still wasn’t where I wanted to be. I started thinking, ‘I’m not going to be ready for camp,’” Banks said. “The first day of camp came and I was still trying to trust my knee.” When he started practicing, Banks said there’s no problem running and making moves, but the hardest part was trying to come to a stop. He didn’t want to put too much pressure on his knee, trying to suddenly stop his momentum. Banks said he drew inspiration from other athletes who had gone through ACL tears, like Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. “If one human being can do it, I can do it. No matter the stage or trainers, you’re still a man at the end of the day,” Banks said. “There’s not much more they can do to

fix a knee that our trainers aren’t doing.” Later during practice, Banks started testing himself. He said he’d suddenly take off, sprinting as fast as possible, gaining trust that his knee was fully healed. In Ball State’s week one matchup with Colgate, Banks faced the most difficult test to date: full contact at full game speed. 13 carries and 134 yards later, the knee appears to be just fine. Lustig said there’s no doubt Banks is back to being fully healthy, and the game against Colgate is proof. 10 months later, hundreds of workouts and countless steps up the stairs of Windermere later, Banks is healthy. “There was a point in time when I couldn’t do this, I couldn’t do this for a long time,” Banks said. “There’s somebody out in the world who can’t play football again -- I just go out and attack the day, like for somebody else who can’t do it.”

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When a video surfaced of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice dragging his then-fiancée out of an Atlantic City casino elevator, the National Football League dealt Rice a two-game suspension. The same league suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon an entire season after he tested positive for marijuana. Washington’s Brandon Meriweather received a two-game suspension after he committed an illegal hit in a preseason game against Baltimore. Safety, particularly in the area of preventing concussions, has been a priority for the NFL in recent years. Rising concern for players’ health in life after football has caused the league to make its rules on helmetto-helmet contact more strict. Meriweather is a repeat offender, having faced punishment for illegal hits on six different occasions. But MCT PHOTO can doing what he is paid to do — playing fast, physical football at an Ravens running back Ray Rice, right, and his wife Janay made statements to the news media on May 5, regarding his assault charge for knocking her unconscious in a New Jersey casino. On Monday, Rice was let go from the Baltimore Ravens after a video surfaced from TMZ elite level — be put on the same showing the incident. level of Rice’s offense? NFL officials said they were not accused of having committed abuse. Among them is an altered QUAD TALK made privy to a video of Rice twice assault “specifically by striking conduct policy stating that the WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT striking his then-fiancée her with his hand.” The first violation involving a domes- RAY RICE GETTING LET GO? until Monday, when summons and a little de- tic abuse case will result in a sixI didn’t get ductive reasoning alone game suspension. There will be TMZ leaked the footage. Let’s assume that to it right. Simply should have led Goodell considerations given to longer be true — assume NFL to drop the hammer. suspensions on a case-by-case Commissioner Roger put, we have Despite the incomplete basis. A second offense will reGoodell is honest about to do better. surveillance video, Rice sult in a lifetime ban. everything that was should have been gone Why bend on this at all? If a seen behind closed of- And we will. from day one. We all had player puts himself in position fice doors during the some idea of how the to be investigated for domestic ROGER GOODELL, scene inside the eleva- abuse, kick him out. Professional Rice investigation. I believe he Ray Rice Let’s assume he had NFL Commissioner tor played out, and I’m athletes — role models for milgot what he deserves what he no idea what hapguessing Goodell did lions of fans — should be held to deserved. I got. The Ravens pened behind the too. But in a letter sent a higher standard regardless. closed elevator doors that opened to the league’s 32 owners on But domestic abuse goes far be- agree with the did the right thing in the first leaked video to reveal Monday, Goodell admitted that yond the realm of professional foot- NFL’s decision by cutting him, a woman’s limp body. In that case, he missed on this. ball and athletes. It affects men and to suspend him and the NFL also Goodell would have had no real “I didn’t get it right,” he wrote. women of all social statuses, and it’s indefinitely. did by suspending idea of what caused the woman to “Simply put, we have to do bet- important that on the NFL’s stage, him. fall unconscious. ter. And we will.” those involved in domestic abuse JACOB LAMBERT, a CADY DAWSON, a He did, however, have access to In the letter, Goodell breaks cases are treated as an example. freshman athletic freshman journalism a court summons, also released down six ways the NFL will There is no need to keep the doors training major and TCOM Major. by TMZ, stating that Rice was change its policies on domestic closed on domestic abuse.

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Started 12 years ago by husband and wife Tamar and Peter Lask, Juniper Boutique began in Oxford, Ohio as an independently owned specialty apparel shop that caters specifically to college and high school-aged customers. “There was only one other boutique of the type in Oxford at the time and it was not liked,” Peter said. “When we first opened, people were very excited.” The couple has since opened a second shop near Purdue University and will now be opening another one here in Muncie. “This will be our third Juniper,” Peter said. “We like Muncie as a town, but we also like Ball State. Ball State students are a large, very diverse group and we like that. We like the more artsy feel of Ball State [compared to Miami of Ohio].” According to Peter, he and his wife felt that Muncie was an underserved market, especially since many of the local boutiques are either national chains or vintage stores. “The thing about a national chain is that when you shop there, you are going to see the clothing you’re wearing

walking down the street to- formal dresses and accessoward you on the street, even ries for high school and colin a different city,” Peter said. lege students alike. “When we order something “We have a wide variety of in a size for a store, once it’s styles of clothing — we don’t sold out, it’s gone forever.” try to fit any particular mold,” One of the aspects of Juni- said Peter. per Boutique is its ability to They also strive to carry reach a particular audience. affordable apparel for their When Tamar goes out shop- particular audience. Since ping for the Muncie location, most college students do not she will think about what the have very much disposable students of Ball State would income, the prices at Juniper be interested in will be lower purchasing. than many As an independent other specialty When we shop, this boutique boutiques. also has the abil- order something “We’re looking ity to react quickly forward to getto the changes in in a size for a ting the store trends — much store, once it’s opened,” Peter faster than many said. “It’s gonational chains — sold out, it’s ing to be a welespecially since gone forever. comed addition Tamar goes on Junito the Village per shopping trips PETER LASK, owner and to the town frequently through- of Juniper Boutique in general.” out the year. The Juniper “National chains Boutique will don’t give you as much flex- be located at 1612 University ibility since they dictate what Ave. in the Village, right next is available for you to wear,” to The Cup. Peter said. They look to hire prospecSpecializing in clothing, jew- tive employees as well and eselry and accessories, Juniper pecially look forward to hirBoutique will offer Ball State ing Ball State students since students a unique selection of two of their managers are apparel, from semiprecious both BSU graduates. Those stones and fashion jewelry to interested can look for the tops, skirts and dresses. job openings to be posted on Seasonally, the store will their Facebook page: www. carry prom, homecoming and facebook.com/Juniperstyle.

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A sign hangs in the window of the former site of Grandma Betty’s, which will re-open as Juniper, a clothing boutique. The store, which opens later this month, will feature fashion jewelry, clothing and accessories.

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