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FEMINIST FELLOWSHIP Feminists for Action begins its return to campus.

SCOTUS rejects vaccine mandates for businesses The Supreme Court blocked a plan by the Biden administration Jan. 13 to require employers to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Such mandates would have required employees at large businesses to either receive the vaccine or wear a mask and test regularly. The court allowed the administration to continue with a plan to require vaccines for most health care workers.

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Education bill blocked in State Senate Indiana Senate Bill 167, which would have controversially required teachers to make their curricula public and allow parents to opt their children out of specific lessons, was confirmed to not be moving forward Jan. 14. This decision comes after teachers raised their concerns about the bill Jan. 5. A similar bill continues to move through the House.

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Grants awarded to Delaware County organizations

A demonstrator holds a sign during the annual Slut Walk event hosted by Feminists for Action and Alliance for Disability Awareness Sept. 23, 2016. The group has not hosted the event since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. SAMANTHA BRAMMER, DN FILE

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The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County announced Jan. 13 that $3.75 million in grants were awarded to organizations around Delaware County. The grants focused on areas like arts and culture, community betterment, economic development, education and human services.

Most grants are awarded through permanently endowed funds, ensuring their perpetuity.

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Grace McCormick News Editor Eric Salazar knew after a high school jazz band bass clarinet solo what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. After former Brownsburg High School band director Joe Vrabec credited him as the reason the band won a judge’s choice award from a 2007 Purdue University jazz competition, he said he wanted to become a music performer to “help people feel their feelings and help people through music.”

Now, almost nine years after receiving his bachelor’s degree in music performance from Ball State, Salazar is a professional musician who manages his own music business and markets classical music events around Indianapolis.

One of Salazar’s recent music composing opportunities came from a Facebook post by Andrew Gustin, who was collecting instrumental submissions of two-minute original songs describing what living in Indiana felt like to the musicians who submitted songs.

“I happened to be on [social media] that day, and saw it and was like, ‘Ooh, that would be cool.

I’d love to do that,’” Salazar said. “Apparently, I made the cut.”

Salazar said he wanted his composition, “Under the Tulip Tree,” to capture how he felt as a child lying under a tree in his backyard.

“I was sort of fixated on that idea of this lazy, beautiful, serene relaxation,” he said. “I did some research and realized the tulip tree is the state tree, so I’ll have that be the title.”

Salazar is used to playing classical compositions that are often longer than 10 minutes, so he said composing his own piece of exactly two minutes was a fun challenge. He said he is also looking forward to the album printing on vinyl because he likes having physical copies of his music.

Through a crowdfunding campaign on the platform QRates, Ameliorate Records — which Gustin owns — is raising money to print 100 vinyl albums of “Two Minutes in Indiana.” If there are more than 100 donations and pre-orders, Gustin said he can print more than that, which he hopes to be finished with sometime this spring.

Salazar said, of the tracks composed by other artists he’s been able to listen to, they all encapsulated a feeling of open space.

“I get a feeling of space and openness, which really makes sense when I think about Indiana

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I feel like the tracks do have kind of a sense of home to them in a way of people trying to convey Indiana as their home. It was a little bit challenging [to curate], but I think the results turned out really well.”

-ANDREW GUSTIN, Owner of Ameliorate Records and “Two Minutes in Indiana” curator Some of Salazar’s songs have been printed on vinyl, including “Records for a Reason,” which

Ball State’s student-run music label Beneficence Records released in 2017.

“It feels to me like a more purposeful and deliberate experience to listen to a record on vinyl because you have to put in more effort than just using your thumb to tap three times on your phone,” Salazar said. “I’m excited to think about someone deliberately dropping the needle and maybe listening to my music and feeling more connected than they would just through streaming.”

Gustin said the physical vinyl release emphasizes tying together multiple Indiana-based artists and gives them the opportunity to own physical copies of their work. He added he limited everyone to two minutes because he worked on a digital album previously that asked artists to limit themselves to one-minute compositions, but he thought that time was too short.

“I kind of wanted to take that to the Indianapolis and Indiana music community and just kind of give a creative prompt,” Gustin said. “So, in April of 2021, I put out an open call to artists on social media with this challenge to create a new solely instrumental composition that lasts exactly two minutes with the theme being to capture what living in Indiana feels like. So, the idea was to have the participants think of their composition as being a scene in a larger work.”

Gustin didn’t limit anyone to what genre or instrument they could submit or sounds they could record. Some people submitted classical works like Salazar, while others used electronic instruments or recorded sounds of nature.

Sorting through the submissions and

deciding what order to place the tracks in took about three months, Gustin said.

“I feel like the tracks do have kind of a sense of home to them in a way of people trying to convey Indiana as their home,” he said. “It was a little bit challenging [to curate], but I think the results turned out really well.”

In addition to putting out open calls for submissions on social media, Gustin personally reached out to musicians he knew in the Indianapolis area and invited them to contribute to the project, one of them being Michael Moskaliuk, whom he met through mutual friends in the music industry.

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Moskaliuk, who plays synthesizers, said his work has b e e n printed on cassette tapes before, but never vinyl. After growing up in Chicago, Moskaliuk moved to Indiana in 2008 and said living in the Midwest his entire life has helped him appreciate both busy cities and rural areas.

“Chicago was, of course, noisier [and] busier.

There’s just more of a density to it than Indiana, but it was still the Midwest,” he said. “So, when I moved away from Chicago and came to the central Indiana area, it was a lot more relaxed, and there was more space to breathe. It helped me appreciate both aspects of the Midwest and appreciate what Indiana had to offer as well.”

Moskaliuk said he tried to reflect the state of being relaxed in his composition, “Inspire.” He said he hopes listeners will be able to appreciate the cityscapes and nature of Indiana when they listen to his song.

“When I was composing, I was trying out different things, so it was a little bit of a surprise to me as I was making it,” Moskaliuk said. “I hope that the listener will also be a bit surprised

and even a little bit inspired.”

Though all artists featured on “Two Minutes in Indiana” are Hoosiers, they aren’t all career musicians.

Nate Gonzales, 2005 Ball State journalism alumnus, said he picked up guitar and singing as hobbies when he was about 12 years old and played in a few high school and college bands. At Ball State, he took a few introductory music classes, but never considered a major or minor. He found himself meeting Gustin through mutual connections in the Indianapolis music community, and they even played a few songs together in summer 2020.

When Gustin presented Gonzales with the opportunity to compose a two-minute song for his album, Gonzales said he wanted to use some of the sounds around his house that fade into the background, like the refrigerator or air conditioner running.

In his final composition, Gonzales said he used some background noises of his house and electronic sounds to create a somber tone. He thought about what being inside for most of the COVID-19 pandemic felt like — a feeling he wanted to reflect in his song.

“It’s kind of melancholy at first,” he said. “Then it kind of picks up, and there’s a little bit more of a happy refrain at the end, so that was kind of my thing was it was coming out of my least favorite time of the year … and then knowing that spring was right around the corner and it was time to go back outside.”

Gonzales named his song “Sleep City,” as a reference to how he has heard people say Indianapolis is boring.

“That’s a little bit of a play on the ‘naptown’ moniker that Indianapolis gets,” he said. “It’s

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just a little tongue-in-cheek thing. It’s one of those cities that it’s not quite a giant booming metropolitan city that stays up late.”

Gonzales said he wanted to make sure he included optimism in his song to reflect the “duality to living [in Indiana].”

“I didn’t want my contribution to this, my two minutes in Indiana, to be like this sad take, because I love Indiana in a weird way,” he said. “I lived in Florida for a couple years, so missing the Midwest was something that I’ve experienced, and I think it’s one of those old things that when you travel, you appreciate what home is.”

Gonzales, who grew up with a vinyl collection and has one of his own, said he is excited for the album to be printed on vinyl, as it encourages people to listen to the whole album.

“People are going to listen to both sides and get to hear everything,” Gonzales said. “For me, the artwork was always a big component. There’s this big, tactile thing that you hold in your hand.”

Sunny Smith, Indiana-based graphic designer who designed the “Two Minutes in Indiana” album art, has never had her art printed on vinyl before, though she has designed for CDs. “This project was different because I had to generate artwork that represented 20 different artists with 20 different takes on what Indiana means to them,” Smith said via email. “I really had to layer and refine to get to the final piece.”

Smith listened to the entire album while she was designing the artwork and said each track sounded like home in a different way.

“You truly felt like someone was stepping into a chair every two minutes, but the scene, the encapsulated

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reality, would change,” she said. “In almost every track, it would invoke another typical ‘Indiana feeling,’ but each time different than the last.”

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the vinyl fundraiser To financially support the effort to press “Two Minutes in Indiana” on vinyl, or to pre-order your own copy, visit the crowdfunding page at https://qrates.com/ projects/25064-2-minutes-in-indiana.

Any eventual profits made from the album sales will be donated to the nonprofit Musical Family Tree. The campaign ends Feb. 1.

Source: Andrew Gustin, curator of “Two Minutes in Indiana” and Ameliorate Records owner

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After its membership dwindled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Feminists for Action is planning to host more events this semester.

R Maya Wilkins Reporter

achael Smith, assistant lecturer of women’s and gender studies, wishes there was a club like Feminists for Action when she was in college. As a 22-yearold freshman and commuter student, Smith wasn’t involved much in extracurriculars.

“I really didn’t have the opportunity to [join clubs], and I wasn’t in a position to seek out social groups and clubs that were social justice clubs and organizations,” Smith said. “But, if [Feminists for Action] had been around and I’d known about it, I would have done it.”

Now, as faculty adviser for Feminists for Action, Smith is one of the people helping the club return to campus after its membership dwindled in March 2020 due to classes and clubs

I want to see it grow to where everyone feels comfortable, to where people understand that just because the word ‘feminist’ is in the name doesn’t mean that it’s just for women or those who identify as female. I want people to understand that feminism is equal to equality, and that’s what we’re fighting and striving for.”

- RACHAEL SMITH, Ball State assistant lecturer of women’s and gender studies and faculty adviser for Feminists for Action

going online because of COVID-19 concerns.

Feminists for Action is a student organization dedicated to equity and empowerment through advocacy and education, said Betsy Kiel, third-

year master’s student and women’s and gender studies graduate assistant.

“We are really concerned with enhancing and empowering the feminist community at Ball State and in Muncie,” Kiel said. “We want to keep learning — we want to grow and be better feminists, be better advocates and then also take that knowledge and help improve various things around campus that we think need improved in terms of equity and accessibility.”

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Kiel said, the organization was having some issues with membership, and there were other organizations similar to Feminists for Action popping up around campus. Once everything shifted online, Kiel said it was even more difficult to keep their membership high and have steady leadership.

Kiel and Smith are two people who have been restarting Feminists for Action this school year.

The idea came about after students reached out to both of them with things they wanted to change around campus but didn’t know who to see.

“For a long time,” Kiel said, “the answer had been Feminists for Action, but Feminists for Action didn’t exist anymore, so it was harder for us to help students figure out how to navaigate some of the systems here.”

Smith said Feminists for Action previously hosted various events on campus throughout the year and, to increase membership, they are hoping to bring some back if they can.

“Our first meeting of the semester is Jan. 27 [on Zoom] because we wanted to give students some time to get adjusted to their schedules before we started,” Smith said. “We need to elect our board, we need to plan an agenda, we need to plan and we’ve basically got four months to be active before the semester is over.”

Smith said Feminists for Action is planning to take part in Women’s Week at the beginning of March, and as of now, all of its events will most likely be in-person. Once the executive board for the spring semester is elected, the group will also look at planning other activities for the semester.

“The future of this club is entirely dependent on us and where [the group] wants to take it,” Smith said.

“But, as the faculty adviser, I want to see it grow to where everyone feels comfortable, to where people understand that just because the word ‘feminist’ is in the name doesn’t mean that it’s just for women or those who identify as female. I want people to understand that feminism is equal to equality, and that’s what we’re fighting and striving for.”

Contact Maya Wilkins with comments at mrwilkins@bsu.edu or on Twitter @mayawilkinss.

Emma Engler, former president of Feminists for Action, holds a shield up before speaking at a resistance rally to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, 2017.

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Jacqulyn Ryan, a senior journalism student, joins the Progressive Student Alliance’s march across campus Dec. 5, 2016, in support of Standing Rock and the halt on construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The march was co-sponsored by the Ethnic Theatre Alliance, Men and Women of Color, Ball State’s Call To Action, BSU Feminists for Action and the Delaware County Green Party. GRACE RAMEY, DN FILE

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BUILDING BREAKING THE CEILING

During the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, minimalism was all the rage with artists, writers and designers going for more simplicity in their works. In the modern age, a growing number of people are becoming minimalists. According to a study

by Civic Science, 38 percent of Millennials and Generation X say they are working to become more minimalistic.

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Taylor Swift’s Maturing Moment

Volunteer construction projects geared toward women help increase confidence in the Muncie community.

A Muncie Habitat for Humanity women’s build volunteer from First Merchants Bank laughs while applying window tape to prepare for window installation. Women from First Merchants Bank are one of nearly a dozen sets of volunteers who worked on the house at 713 E. Willard St. TAYLOR SMITH, DN PHOTO; ALEX HINDENLANG, DN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

Sophie Nulph Reporter Editor’s note: Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity does not release the last names of their affiliate partners to protect domestic abuse survivors and promote a peaceful community.

Dark blue clouds cover the sun as the October wind picks up the coconut logs outside 713 E. Willard St. The light sprinkle is a relief to the grime and sweat but can be bad news for the hog’s pen in place of a front yard.

The ankle-deep mud is ignored as it’s stomped into the dusty subfloor littered with metal ladders. The sound of constant hammers, drills and the kind of mechanical vibrations that feel like they interfere with your brainwaves echo between houses like a community windchime.

The construction site sounds normal enough, and no inclement weather is deterring the hard workers from meeting their timeline. However, 713 E. Willard St. is different. The footprints in the mud display the hard work the community’s

female volunteers have put into this house, building it from the ground up.

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Each Habitat home is a beacon of hope in our community and a testament of the great things that can happen when we work together.”

- EILEEN OAKS MOLTER, Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity director for resource management and other programs, women continue to empower each other in the construction field, and Muncie’s affiliated sector with

Habitat for Humanity has aimed to help empower and inform women since 2001 through its women’s build projects. The women’s build is part of a larger group of themed builds the organization puts on to help bring community volunteers together.

Eileen Oaks Molter, Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity director for resource management since March 2020, has been hands-on with 713 E. Willard St. from the beginning of the project.

“These themed builds are groups of like-minded people who come together to fundraise and to build a house,” Oaks Molter said.

The organization has hosted themed builds in the past, including an interfaith build, and plans to host a veterans-themed build later this year.

The latest women’s build house began in September 2021, which has hosted 13 groups of women to volunteer and build confidence when it comes to working with their hands. These groups range from a community Zumba class to bank tellers to office workers.

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In Taylor Swift’s newest album “Red (Taylor’s Version),” listeners get to hear just how much Swift has grown as an artist and matured in her songwriting. It features new songs released from the vault along with re-recordings of the original songs.

The changes improved the original album but still kept the timeless stories that made the original recordings successful.

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Finding a Furry Home Adopting a pet can be a great way to add some warmth and love to your home while also helping a furry friend have a better life. Many adoption centers have different kinds of animals available, and the center may have different qualities charted about the animal, like temperament and dates of vaccinations, which can be important when choosing a pet.

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Sensing SUCCESS

Five ways to stimulate your senses to achieve your academic goals this semester

The new year and a new semester have begun, and many college students are looking for ways to start it off strong.

Some may try out new studying tools they discovered or make changes in their routine. However, for other students, these changes might only stay in place for a couple of weeks before being cast away to the island of forgotten semester goals. If you’re looking for ways to start off your semester strong that you may actually stick with, consider these five tips you may have not considered — each involving your five senses.

-Staff Reports

Sight

The environment you are in can greatly impact your focus. If you’re in a cluttered space, you are more likely to get distracted easily and may not be as productive, especially if it’s a space with a large amount of people or noise. Consider doing work in a more organized, quiet environment in order to study effectively and do well on any exams you may have. A setting change is another way to stimulate your brain and allow you to be more productive, so consider taking a walk break outside or switching up your normal study locations.

Sound

It’s common for students or office workers to listen to music throughout their day, entertaining them when things seem too quiet. However, there are different types of music that can help stimulate your brain and keep you more focused than others. Classical or softer genres of music are more calming than louder, faster songs.

Listening to your favorite songs may make your brain focus on the music more than the content you’re studying, so try listening to something not on your go-to playlist.

Smell According to ScienceDaily, certain scents connect with the emotional parts of the brain and can often trigger vivid memories. If you’re cramming the night before an exam and are worried you won’t remember everything you need to, try using an unfamiliar scent while studying and use it again before you take your exam. There are also certain scents that can affect your mood or help you relax, such as lavender, which helps you recall information and peppermint, which helps energize you, stimulates the mind and calms nerves.

Taste

Touch

Taste is similar to smell, where certain foods can help you recall memories that you may not remember clearly. If you eat unfamiliar food or chew a new kind of gum while studying for an exam, you are more likely to remember what you were doing when you try it again. Again, peppermint is a good flavor to go for if you are trying to stimulate your mind, especially peppermint tea. According to Northumbria University, drinking peppermint tea can enhance your mood or improve your long-term memory, compared to chamomile tea, which is more calming.

If you’re a person who is always moving, try squeezing a stress ball to help you focus more. Stress balls can help you feel like you have more control and can relieve any tension or stiffness that may be in your body, leaving your brain free to focus on the task at hand and ease any anxiety that may come along with the schoolwork or task you are working on.

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Volunteers at 713 E. Willard St. pose with a donation check on the porch in front of the property. After the women of First Merchants Bank raised nearly $6,000 for the Greater Muncie Habitat for Humanity’s women’s build, the bank’s general manager donated an additional $20,000 toward the build. TAYLOR SMITH, DN

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Continued from Page 07 “Women Build empowers women to step out of their comfort zone, to fundraise and build,” Oaks Molter said. “As the women come together to learn new skills, they also get to interact with other teams, volunteers and our partner families.

Each Habitat home is a beacon of hope in our community and a testament of the great things that can happen when we work together.”

On top of volunteering their time, the women fundraised at their day jobs to help fund the supplies for the house. On Oct. 29, 2021, the First Merchants Bank came out to volunteer for the day, fundraising $5,300 through bake sales and Jean Fridays — opportunities to dress casually on Friday for a small donation. The bank met the women’s amount and surprised Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity by donating an extra $20,000 the day of volunteering.

The program raised $63,000 total in 2021 — the themed build’s biggest donation year yet.

The house is primarily built by the women in these groups, with few exceptions for plumbing, electrical and roofing materials and labor, donated

by Bone Dry Roofing and Corning Shingles.

Muncie’s Tuesday and Thursday crew, made up of skilled volunteers, also help move the house along, though there is no set date for when it will be done yet.

Jay Earehart, site supervisor, accompanies the groups and has worked with Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity for seven years. Originally from Farmland, Indiana, Earehart always wanted to volunteer more for the organization but could never find time until his wife submitted his resumé behind his back. Having worked for Habitat for a while, Earehart realized how important the neighbors of communities can be in the construction process.

“Your best assets are your neighbors — they keep an eye on your product, even if some neighbors are reluctant to associate with you

because they’ve been in situations like that,” Earehart said. “I’ll find something in their house that I can fix to get on their good side. Now, everybody around the neighborhood knows me, and they keep an eye out on my job site.”

Much like learning to ride a bike, with construction, you need to scrape your knees a few times before you can learn to ride with no handlebars.

[Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity] taught me a lot of confidence in myself and knowledge of things. I don’t have to sit here and call somebody to come out and help with this or that — I’ll just do it myself.”

- BRANDIE, Long-time volunteer for the women’s build At the beginning of the day, Earehart explains the goals for the day and demonstrates anything needed to be done with power tools. After that, the women are ready to work. While working on the house’s foundation and setting up wooden support beams for insulation and drywall last October,

the women of First Merchants Bank struggled at first to find the confidence to use tools, Earehart said. By the afternoon, though, the ladies were climbing ladders and drilling screws into beams like they were raised in the trade — Habitat for Humanity’s secret goal for every volunteer group.

“It’s building more than a home,” Oaks Molter said. “It’s building confidence — it’s building courage to try new things. We brought out a group from Jay-Crew, the landscaping company, and all of their office ladies got to come out. One of them was putting up siding and she’s like, ‘I think I could do this on my own house — why am I ever paying anyone?’”

Brandie, long-time volunteer for the women’s build, had similar feelings after receiving a home build from Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity.

Getting out of a bad domestic situation with no prior construction skills, Brandie didn’t feel like she could build or take care of a house because no one told her she could.

“It was drilled into me that women don’t know how to do this and that — which, that’s kind of what people think,” Brandie said. “But [Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity] taught me a lot of confidence in myself and knowledge of things. I don’t have to sit here and call somebody to come out and help with this or that — I’ll just do it myself.”

The newfound construction knowledge has helped Brandie maintain her home and give her the confidence to keep working with Habitat for Humanity and inspire other women. She has continued volunteering for more than a year and has been hands-on with the site managers at the women’s build project. When it comes to helping women build their confidence with the walls, Brandie learned everyone has a hesitation about something. For her, it was heights.

“I eventually have to clean my gutters,” Brandie said. “It’s OK to be hesitant, but it’s also good to sort of push your boundaries, too. You don’t know what you’re capable of.”

After learning all the basics from other skilled volunteers, Brandie learned the most important lesson was to love her space.

“It makes me take more pride in it because I know who built my walls and picked out the cabinets and stuff,” Brandie said. “Before the drywall went up on some of the doors, I had my church come in and write scriptures — I got to see all everybody’s name that helped build my house or their loving words or bible verses, and it just gives you so much more meaning.”

The priority to give back to the community came after her house was finished, but Brandie knew she didn’t want to stop volunteering for the organization that gave her life and confidence back.

Helping new families and women learn the true meaning of Habitat for Humanity has meant more to her than she thought it ever would, she said.

“I would like to help someone else and make their dream come true, too,” Brandie said. “When I first started with Habitat, I was a little bit scared because people kind of look at you like this is a handout. Then I learned, no, it’s not a handout — it’s a hand up. When somebody would tell me that they were [part of] Habitat, it made me look at everything differently.”

Contact Sophie Nulph with comments at smnulph@bsu.edu and on Twitter @nulphsophie.

Volunteers from First Merchants Bank work together to apply tape to prepare for interior insulation. For most volunteers, this was their first time handling construction tools.

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New and established businesses Jack’s Donuts In early October, Jack’s Donuts opened its doors in share the inspiration behind the Village after the franchise announced it was moving into the former Subway last April. The building was opening their doors. remodeled to include space for customers to sit and Eli Houser and Grace Bentkowski Reporters The Village wasn’t always as lively as it is now. After the 2008 recession, many buildings sat vacant while landlords tried to find buyers. While some businesses, including Village Green Records and White Rabbit Used Books, survived 2008, the recession coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic saw some businesses move out of the Village and others move in. Jack’s Donuts and Rustic Rebels Geode and Crystal Mine are two businesses that just opened last semester, with ScreenBroidery also moving its location.

charge their laptops.

Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour helped cut the ribbon with store owner April Simpson Oct. 5. Simpson said she is happy Jack’s Donuts made its return to Muncie after closing its former West White River Boulevard location.

“We want to make this [a] comfortable space to enjoy coffee or hang out with friends,” Simpson said.

Simpson said the location has worked out an agreement with Ball State to accept Cardinal Cash from students as a form of payment. She also said different seasonal doughnuts will be available throughout the year, as well as special promotions.

Rustic Rebels Geode and Crystal Mine As one of the Village’s newest additions, Rustic Rebels Geode and Crystal Mine is a family-owned establishment looking to share an exciting experience with the community after gaining popularity through TikTok. “It’s fun for me,” owner Luke Helvey said. “I get to have all these rocks, sell all these rocks and buy a bunch more.

It’s something me and the kids like doing.”

The family business moved into the new location in October 2021 after working and creating videos in their garage, located off West Bethel Avenue, starting last March.

Helvey said any Ball State student, faculty member or Muncie resident wanting to learn more about geocaching or crystal collecting can stop by the business.

“We have a unique business here, and we’re the best date spot,” Helvey said. “We’ve got mining buckets and sleuths so you can mine your own gemstones. The items you’ll get here, you’ll have for a long time.”

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White Rabbit Used Books

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Derek Edwards, owner of White Rabbit Used Books, has been at his current location for 31 years. He remembers eyeballing the perfect spot for his book emporium in the ‘90s.

“I was waiting for this building to be available because I really liked it,” Edwards said. “There was another business here at the time, so I had to just wait.”

What was once just a collection of used books for sale on the first floor and balcony of the location is now the entire space. Edwards said the bookstore is completely full to the point that he has “no room for anything now.”

Edwards said he always gets requests for Kurt Vonnegut books, “The Catcher in the Rye” and more from students every year.

“I’m happy to see people are reading more,” Edwards said. “It seems to be making a comeback.”

As one of the oldest locations in the Village, Village Green Records (VGR) serves the local and regional community with its vinyl records and accessories.

Travis Harvey, VGR owner, said his clientele travel from around east central Indiana to his record shop. He added he hopes to host live events again in the future, which were postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

Harvey said he enjoys running his business and sharing his love of vinyl with customers.

“The only way to make a lasting impression on people to either live or continue living in Muncie is by providing things that people I think are passionate about,” Harvey said. “You could call it a labor of love, but I would say that it’s just being realistic and pragmatic and trying to provide something that will end up reaching a larger clientele.”

ScreenBroidery owner Steve Millben said he wanted to market printing services to Ball State students and staff who lived or worked on campus and did not have the ability to drive.

“We knew we wanted to do something with Ball State, and [the Village] seemed like the easiest place to reach Ball State students and faculty,” Millben said.

Millben opened ScreenBroidery’s original storefront in 2015 in the Village. When the lease was up last year, Millben decided to move his company to the corner of University Avenue and Martin Street, just a few storefronts down, which he said has been a success.

“It’s always busy, and [we] always have something that people want, which is nice … we make things we think all students, faculty and alumni will want,” Millben said.

Contact Grace Bentkowski with comments at gmbentkowski@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @gbentkowski. Contact Eli Houser with comments at ejhouser@bsu.edu.

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MEMORIAL MARCH Ball State and local community members gather on campus to share memorable messages from Martin Luther King, Jr. GRACE DUERKSEN, DN

Ball State students, Muncie community members and supporters walk through Ball State’s campus in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March Jan. 17. Marchers traveled from Emens Auditorium to the Multicultural Center before changing direction to head to Shafer Tower.

The cold morning temperatures didn’t stop the marchers from remembering King’s legacy, as they walked for roughly 25 minutes in below freezing weather.

Members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority pose for a photo after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March in front of Shafer Tower Jan. 17.

Jarron Tichenor, one of the participants in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March, speaks to the crowd gathered at Shafer Tower about remembering King Jan. 17. Tichenor led the march while holding a banner alongside several other participants.

(Left) Participants of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March stand together Jan. 17 at Shafer Tower and listen to a prayer from one of the other participants. The event happens on the third Monday of each January, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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G ANT Payton Sparks flips the switch for Ball State Men’s Basketball but doesn’t forget where he started.

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Payton Sparks remembers his roots on the court.

Charleston Bowles Associate Sports Editor Preparing to go grocery shopping, Tracey Sparks and his son, Payton, walk toward the Walmart entry doors in Winchester, Indiana.

“Hey, Payton. How are you?” a man walking in the parking lot asks.

“I’m doing great. How are you?” Payton asks the man.

Tracey and Payton continue walking. Tracey then turns to Payton and asks, “Who was that?”

Payton responds, “I don’t know.”

While Payton might not know everyone in his hometown, his face is easily recognizable to those around him through his basketball experience. As a people person, Tracey said Payton welcomes conversation with people of all backgrounds because it’s the type of person he is.

“He was one of those kids in the community that was just kind to everybody,” Tracey said. “In return, most everybody loved him, which was a really great experience for him. A lot of kids that

Seeing your child get introduced and watching your child do the jump ball and play, it’s surreal in a way, because it’s very much real.”

- TRACEY SPARKS, Payton’s father get some success get really arrogant, and that was never Payton.”

Payton grew up in Winchester and started playing basketball in second grade at Jay County Community Center. Last year, he graduated from Winchester High School, where he was named ​​ small school all-state and conference player of the year his senior season.

“I loved playing for my hometown,” Sparks said. “The people, they’re amazing.”

Sparks began his freshman season with the junior varsity team, but Winchester High School boys’ basketball head coach Dustin Baldwin noticed his work ethic and decided early in the 2017-18 season to move him to varsity. “[Baldwin] believed in me when I was young as a freshman,” Sparks said. “He played me, but he didn’t give anything to me. He made me work hard for my spot.”

Baldwin, 2005 Winchester graduate, said Sparks

worked to improve at multiple facets of his game — ball handling, 3-point shooting, free-throw shooting and using both of his hands.

“He was one of our best free-throw shooters on the team,” Baldwin said. “That stuff just doesn’t come easy. He worked at it, and I think that was just his thing — he just wanted to get better in any way he could to help our team and help himself.”

Andrew Martin, program director of Midwest Basketball Club, met Sparks as a sophomore in high school at a Crossroads Showcase workout in Indianapolis and recruited him to join Midwest Basketball Club for Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) competition in early 2020. Due to COVID-19 concerns, Sparks played a limited number of tournaments with Midwest Basketball Club, but Martin said he left an impression on and off the court.

“He’s easily one of the nicest kids I’ve ever met and been around,” Martin said. “I don’t know what happens or what gear flips, but as soon as he steps on the floor, he turns into a different beast. The thing that stood out to me the most is just his effort and his energy level. The kid is relentless. When he steps on the floor, the dude is unbelievable — he’s just a special talent.”

In summer 2020, Sparks competed in a tournament in Indianapolis with Midwest Basketball Club against Gateway Basketball Club.

Facing now-Pepperdine freshman center Sekou Gassama and now-Missouri freshman center Yaya Keita, Martin said his performance marked a turning point in his basketball career.

“He killed both of them,” Martin said. “We already knew he was good, but we didn’t know how good he was until then. I think he scored 20 [points] and 10 [rebounds] against players that were highly ranked.”

Sparks committed to Ball State in July 2020 and has started the Cardinals’ first 17 games this season. Ball State head coach James Whitford said his attitude in practice has paid off on the court.

“In every drill we do, it looks like he’s trying out for the New York Knicks when he does the drill,” Whitford said. “It’s why he gets so much better.

His work ethic and his process is off the charts.

That’s what stands out to me the most, is just his daily approach.”

Two months into his freshman season, Sparks said he knew he could achieve success at this level.

He is averaging 11.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and has recorded double-doubles in three consecutive games. Heading into Ball State, Sparks knew he needed to change his body if he wanted to play. He dropped from 278 to 240 pounds before the season began.

“The first game of the season, it wasn’t easy,” Sparks said. “It really opened my eyes because I’m like, ‘I can really play at this level, but there are some big boys out there,’ and I picked up my things and I started rolling. I never doubted myself.

I knew I could play at this level — I just needed to perform out there on the court.”

Sparks said he isn’t worried about the accolades and stats but is instead focused on doing anything he can to help the Cardinals win.

“I just work hard on the court,” Sparks said. “I’ll do anything for the team — loose ball, dive on the floor, taking charges. I just keep the mindset, ‘The last day might not have been your best, but you keep going the next day — just keep going and going.”’

However, basketball comes second for Payton

Freshman center Payton Sparks (5) celebrates his layup against Buffalo Jan. 14 at Worthen Arena. Sparks scored 18 points and 16 rebounds and recorded his second career double-double against the Bulls. AMBER PIETZ, DN after school. Even though Payton’s aspirations are to become a professional basketball player, he said, Tracey made it a rule in his house that Payton had “a plan B,” requiring him to give his best effort academically. If he doesn’t play professionally, Payton said he is interested in teaching history and understands his role as a student-athlete.

“I take great responsibility about [academics],” Sparks said. “My parents taught me school first, then ball. I just want to make them proud and do anything I can.”

As Tracey enters Worthen Arena and sits down for Ball State Men’s Basketball games or plants

himself on his living room couch to watch road games, he has trouble processing what it’s like for Payton while watching him fulfill his dreams.

“Seeing your child get introduced and watching your child do the jump ball and play, it’s surreal in a way, because it’s very much real,” Tracey said. “It was taken up a level the first time we ever watched him on TV, knowing we’re just normal people from small town USA, and you flip on the TV, and there, your child is playing. It’s almost so amazing to be watching — it’s almost like a fantasy.”

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Senior Nick Martinski (22) serves the ball toward Maryville University players Jan. 13 at Worthen Arena. The Cardinals beat Maryville University 3-0 in their home opener.

Sophomore Dyer Ball (14) tosses the ball into the air while waiting for the signal from officals to serve Jan. 15 at Worthern Arena. The Cardinals play George Mason University Jan. 21 at Worthen Arena.

Ball State Men’s Volleyball players line up for the national anthem Jan. 15 at Worthen Arena. The Cardinals moved to 2-0 on the season after sweeping Tusculum University 3-0 .

Ball State Men’s Volleyball players celebrate after scoring a point against Maryville University Jan. 13 at Worthen Arena. Junior outside attacker Bryce Behrendt (9) led the Cardinals with 17 kills and four aces.

(Left to right) Brandon Shepherd (18), Vanis Buckholz (8) and Dyer Ball (14) look back after a ball escaped their block Jan. 15 at Worthern Arena. Senior outside attacker Kaleb Jenness (2) led the Cardinals with seven assists.

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‘THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND’

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Columnist, “Open-Minded” Sophie Nulph is a senior magazine journalism major and writes “Open-Minded” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

Betty White was a loss leaving 2021, but her death shows how widely her impact spread.

My paternal grandparents passed away when I was in middle school. In a storybook tragedy, my grandfather got sick, and my grandmother became so absorbed in taking care of him she failed to see her own health declining.

When she died at the end of 2008, weeks away from their 55th wedding anniversary, my grandfather’s heart broke.

He died 16 months later, begging to be reunited with his best friend.

With my maternal grandparents hundreds of miles away and my paternal grandparents suddenly only visiting me in my dreams, a hole started to form in my heart that could only be filled with a raspy voice and white wispy set of curls, until my mom brought home a new movie with the groceries one day.

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17 “The Proposal” looked light-hearted enough, and my family gathered around our couch with our popcorn to fit in a laugh before our heads hit the pillow that night. This was my first experience with Betty White’s work, and it is safe to say I quickly became infatuated with the sex-obsessed grandma hell bent on getting her way. I watched the movie on the giant monitor tower my family gave me almost every night going to bed, and after the family computer was upgraded to a laptop, Betty lived there, helping me go to sleep.

It wasn’t until college I began expanding myself to her other works. Betty not only helped fill my sorrows as a young kid — she traveled down the road and back again with me. She was with me as Rose, from “The Golden Girls,” while I finished my projects at 3 a.m.

She was with me when I felt the loneliest I ever felt, reminding me my strength comes in finding myself, and she was with me in the middle of the night, when my ulcer kept me up for hours on end.

The half-eaten cookie-shaped hole in my heart was filled by the witty personality on the screen, but I was not alone.

Betty filled the grandmother, mother and friend role needed by so many generations of women before me.

Defying the misogynistic odds, she paved a path for women in Hollywood through career advancements and advocacy. Betty hosted a number of reality shows before making her way into the production side of acting.

Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame embeds the empowerment Betty emanated — while pioneering the production industry and advocating for the LGBTQ community a decade later, she always made sure to include everyone in her family.

She helped fuel my love of animals and fighting for the voices who can’t speak up. I always rescued animals as a kid, but she educated me on why it’s so necessary to adopt rather than shop. Betty was an active member of the Los Angeles Zoo Commission, the Morris Animal Foundation, the Farm Animal Reform Movement, Actors & Others for Animals and Friends

January 17, 1922 Betty White is born in Oak Park, Illinois.

February 8, 1960 White becomes one of the first of 1,558 celebrities honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame before the landmark’s grand opening in 1961.

May 18, 1975 White wins her first Emmy for outstanding continuing performance by a supporting actress in a comedy series for her role in the criticallyacclaimed sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

September 14, 1985 White is cast and appears as Rose Nylund (née Lindström), a Norwegian American, on NBC sitcom “The Golden Girls.” Her character becomes wellloved for telling bizarre stories about life in St. Olaf, Minnesota.

December 31, 2021 White dies in her sleep at home in Brentwood, California, at the age of 99 — 18 days before her 100th birthday.

Source: Britannica, Emmys. com, Hallmark Channel, The Hollywood Walk of Fame, IMDb

for Animals, and through her involvement in organizations like these, she taught me and so many others the importance of loving our neighbors in nature.

“I’m not into animal rights.

I’m only into animal welfare and health. I’ve been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the ‘70s. We’re a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife,” Betty said in a Q&A with TV Guide in 2009.

As someone famed for timing, Betty White knew how to make her exit. In her final memoriam to her 83 years of award-winning performances, produced shows and movies, Betty left the world with just as impactful an exit as all the others she made throughout the past eight decades.

Upon hearing the news of her passing on the very last day of a year many of us wished to end, we felt 2021 take away with it one more thing, and that was the comfort of knowing Betty was still around as a shoulder to lean on when it felt like we didn’t have anywhere else to turn.

Without her around, not only will TV and movies seem to be missing the sassy, curly-haired tiny woman we all adore, but advocacy groups everywhere will feel the loss of having an overwhelmingly loud voice standing in their corner.

But Betty wouldn’t want cobwebs to form where she made her arguments strong — she would want us to be just as loud as she once was, and people are already beginning to step up. Before her passing, Betty had planned to celebrate by releasing a retrospective documentary that will still be released to memorialize her career in the industry. To celebrate her 100th birthday and passing, millions of fans from multiple generations are helping donate to animals in need in honor of the actress. This trend, called The Betty White Challenge, has already raised more than $550,000 to animal rescue organizations around the country. Even in death, she wanted no creature to be alone.

Betty, thank you for being a friend.

Contact Sophie Nulph with comments at smnulph@bsu.edu or on Twitter @nulphsophie.

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HOROSCOPE FOR JANUARY 20, 2022 ARIES March 21-April 19 Today is an 8 — Slow for sharp corners and difficult sections. Choose stability over illusion. Prioritize work and health. Postpone the rest.

Nurture yourself with good food.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 Today is a 7 — Domestic repairs and renovations satisfy. The difference between the imagined ideal and reality could seem glaring. Research options.

Savor the comforts of home.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Today is a 9 — Review statements. Monitor expenses carefully for hidden fees or unused subscriptions. Guard passwords and account security. Gain and stash resources. Keep things simple.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Today is an 8 — Settle somewhere cozy to relax and enjoy simple pleasures.

Romantic ideals could fade.

Abandon expectations and notice what you have.

Discover hidden beauty.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Today is an 8 — Edit and revise. Don’t show incomplete work yet. You don’t have the full picture. Articulate your vision clearly. Research illuminates new aspects.

Study possibilities.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Today is an 8 — Take extra care of yourself. Stay practical.

Illusions fade and you can see what wasn’t working. Find ways to reduce stress. Gain strength and options.

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Continued from Page 05 When Smith designs for albums, she said she listens to all the tracks and tries to reflect their theme in her artwork. Because she’s been around records her entire life, she said her art being printed on vinyl is “a dream come true.”

“There’s just something special and classic about the needle on the vinyl reading the bumps

I didn't want my contribution to this, my two minutes in Indiana, to be like this sad take, because I love Indiana in a weird way. I lived in Florida for a couple years, so missing the Midwest was something that I've experienced, and I think it's one of those old things that when you travel, you appreciate what home is.”

-NATE GONZALES, 2005 Ball State journalism graduate featured on “Two Minutes in Indiana”

and grooves,” she said. “It’s like getting back to your hometown — it just feels right.”

Even if people don’t own record players themselves, Gustin said the artwork is unique and the vinyl can be displayed in homes if not played. He said he commissioned Smith to design the art because he knew she could capture “the feeling of the album.”

Smith said she “jumped at the opportunity” to design the “Two Minutes in Indiana” album cover and said the final product is a keepsake for Indiana residents.

“I don’t think anything has been done like this before and I know it would be a welcomed conversation piece in any Hoosier home,” she said.

Salazar said he looks forward to other people listening to the album because he enjoyed listening to everyone else’s compositions, especially because he knows all the other artists.

“I knew who all else was on the album and I was just so excited to be on the album with all of them, but we didn’t have interaction about, ‘What’s your’s going to be about?’”

Salazar said. “It was just a surprise I was really looking forward to — to finally listen to everyone else’s tracks.”

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LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Today is a 7 — Stick close to home. Privacy and peacefulness inspire contemplation. Nature soothes your spirit. Review and revise plans around a challenge. Rest and let thoughts roam.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Today is a 7 — Pull together.

Share team support over a hurdle. Focus on practical priorities and short-term solutions. Review the big picture later. You’ve got this.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Today is an 8 — Focus to support a professional project through a challenging section. Provide stability. Stay connected with colleagues and allies. Practice makes perfect.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Today is a 7 — Prioritize practical basics on your educational path. You may come up against barriers.

Assumptions could prove false. Slow to reassess.

Discover creative solutions.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Today is an 8 — Changes with shared finances necessitate budget revisions.

Plan strategically. Consider options. Reinforce structural elements. Join forces for a coordinated push.

Collaboration pays off.

PICSES Feb. 19-March 20 Today is a 9 — Shared support saves time and trouble. Collaborate with your partner. Work together to navigate a breakdown. Let go of idealistic expectations.

Relax and reconnect.

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