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SMART YouTuber Kylee Larson creates art and science channel for kids.

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Kylee Larson, kids art YouTuber, kneads material to make letter molds at her home in Indianapolis Sept. 21. Her YouTube channel, Kylee Makes It, is about incorporating a creative element with whatever kids are interested in. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN Sumayyah Muhammad Lifestyles Editor Dressed in a white-and-black striped long sleeve shirt with a solid yellow patch and black overalls, Kylee Larson sets her iPhone on her tripod and turns on her microphone pack to start filming a video for her kids’ art YouTube channel, Kylee Makes It. Thinking about what they wanted to do with their lives while quarantining during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Larson and her husband, Phil Larson, decided to create their own YouTube channel after spending most of their time in lockdown watching videos with their 3-year-old son, Dax Larson.

“My husband is a musician and composer, and I just like making things,” Kylee Larson said. “It all kind of came together that making the channel would really fit [with] what we wanted our family to look like on the other side of [quarantine].”

As parents, Larson and her husband had already done their research on what a kids’ YouTube channel looked like. Before she created her channel in June 2020, Larson

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With Kylee, not only are [kids] getting cool art and science projects they can do, but they’re getting this kind, safe, happy adult that is also talking to them about their feelings.”

- KIRSTEN STRIET-HARTING, Kylee Makes It viewer and pastor at Park Place Church of God

worked as the director of the communications team for Church at the Crossing in Indianapolis for three years.

There, she learned how to find a way to bring art and creativity into her role and identity.

Larson said she was able to be creative with her communications team at Church at the Crossing when they had to come up with a way for people to reflect on the meaning of Ash Wednesday. Larson and her team created a space for people to walk through various stations that invited them to reflect through different words, images and creative expressions.

“I think sometimes we can reach something in our souls with art and creativity that can’t be reached in our traditional ‘church’ settings,” Larson said.

Larson and her husband began filming for their YouTube channel in August 2020 and posted their first four videos the following October. Combining art with science for kids ages 3 to 9 and their parents, Larson said Kylee Makes It is about incorporating a creative element with kids’ interests.

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Sept. 30: Gov. Eric Holcomb again signed the executive order Sept. 30 extending the COVID-19 public health emergency through Oct. 31. The extension comes after COVID-19 cases have remained steady in Indiana over the past month. This was also the 19th time Holcomb has extended the public health emergency since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.

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Oct. 5: Ball State Men’s Golf took part in the two-day University of Denver Paintbrush Invitational, placing eighth out of 11 teams.

Senior Joey Ranieri shot a 77 in Monday’s opening round and then turned in a 1-under-par in the second round to finish with a score of 74. The Cardinals return to the course Oct. 11-12 at the Purdue Fall Invitational.

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Oct. 5: Ball State freshman forward Lexi Fraley was named MidAmerican Conference Offensive Player of the Week as she scored her first career goal in Ball State’s 3-1 defeat of Akron Oct. 3. Fraley and the Cardinals return to action Oct. 7 against Bowling Green in a rematch of last season’s MAC Championship game, which saw the Falcons defeat the Cardinals 2-1.

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Board of Trustees discusses enrollment At its Oct. 1 meeting, the Ball State Board of Trustees discussed reasons for a nearly 8 percent decrease in freshman enrollment for the 202122 school year. Indiana has been experiencing decreased enrollment for the past five years. However, Ball State accepted a higher percentage of people of color and Pell Grant recipients for the 2021-22 year.

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Muncie groups help Afghan resettlement Before the “Gen: i” meeting begins Sept. 23, quantitative psychology graduate student Viveka Melo shows Charity Coffman, associate program director at the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute, something on her phone. The meeting started at 7 p.m. in the Oakwood Building. ELISSA MAUDLIN, DN

Ball State’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute launches new ‘Gen: i’ program.

Elissa Maudlin Reporter With the tap of keys on a keyboard and the click of a mouse, a group of undergraduate and graduate students each pressed “send” on an application. They were chosen from a small pool of applicants after presenting who they were to the lens of a camera and writing a 1,000-word-maximum essay to explain why they should be part of a program that’s never been done before.

There were 10 of them, and they would become “Gen: i.”

Ball State’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute recently launched its new yearlong program, “Gen: i,” which takes a deep dive on leadership, discovery and

I mean, we had one thing in common and that was the interest in this program…

[Now] it’s the second meeting, and I know these people on a first-name basis, and we joke as soon as they come in the room.”

- CALEB SHOLTY, Junior human resource management major

innovation through a mindset of creativity and entrepreneurship, said Charity Coffman, associate program director at the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute.

The program runs from September to April, and the institute is located on campus in the Oakwood Building, according to the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute’s website.

“Gen: i” stands for “generation innovation,” but the “i” also represents the individual innovator in everyone, Coffman said. A big part of the program is “redefin[ing] the traditional sense of entrepreneurship,” according to the website.

“I think that a lot of people really think of entrepreneurship just in the very traditional way of ‘entrepreneurship is starting a business,’ and that is not really what entrepreneurship is,” Coffman said.

“It is thinking creatively. It’s thinking about self and others. It’s problem solving — it’s pursuit of opportunity.”

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Members of the Muncie community are coming together to help create an easier transition for Afghan refugees moving to Muncie from Camp Atterbury. The Muncie Afghan Resettlement Committee is a group of churches, health networks, the mayor’s office, small businesses and nonprofit organizations working to help refugees find a new home in the Muncie community.

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Ball State hosts practice facility ribbon cutting The university hosted a ribboncutting ceremony for the Scheumann Family Indoor Practice Facility Oct. 2. The facility is named in honor of John Scheumann, a 1971 Ball State alumnus and former Cardinal football player. As for the field inside, it is named Briner Field to honor Peggy and Kenneth Briner.

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Athletes exit the water after the swimming portion of the Ironman 70.3 Muncie triathlon Oct.2. DANIEL KEHN, DN

Hundreds of triathletes, and even more supporters and volunteers, gathered at Prairie Creek Reservoir to compete in the Ironman 70.3 Muncie triathlon Saturday, Oct. 2. Participants raced 70.3 miles to complete the entire competition, swimming, biking and running their way to the finish line. Volunteers lined the course handing out water and snacks to triathletes to help them maintain their energy throughout the race.

Three athletes wait in line to enter the water for the first leg of the Ironman 70.3 Muncie triathlon Oct. 2. DANIEL KEHN, DN

A volunteer cheers athletes on as they finish the 2.7-mile swimming portion of the Ironman 70.3 Muncie triathlon Oct. 2. DANIEL KEHN, DN (Left) Ben Tolliday holds up the banner at the finish line at the end of the Ironman 70.3 Muncie triathlon Oct. 2 at Prairie Creek Reservoir. Tolliday finished first with a time of 4:00:59.

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Continued from Page 03 The program has 10 students of different majors, including psychology, nursing and business, Coffman said. There was an application process in the spring 2021 semester, involving a written portion addressing why applicants were interested, their future goals and why they should be chosen, according to the website.

The application also included a YouTube video pitch.

Parker Czizek, junior marketing major, said he felt like he had to sell himself to the staff of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute with the video pitch. “[I had to make] sure they know, ‘Hey, I want to be here — I promise,’” he said. “I had a sticky note under my lens of lists of stuff that I wanted to make sure I hit on.”

Caleb Sholty, junior human resource management major, said he struggled with the written portion of the application. He said the essay questions “actually made you think.”

“I love writing and everything, but I was definitely

What a neat network and networking opportunity and a chance to really get diverse thoughts and perspectives that you may not get at any other time in your college career.”

- CHARITY COFFMAN, Associate program director at the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute sweating when I was writing that paper,” Sholty said.

Along with the essay and video pitch, students were permitted to send other supporting documents or letters of recommendation, according to the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute website.

Participating in the program costs $975, and the money will go toward personal development assessments, such as tests measuring students’ psychological talents, personalities, leadership, creative talents, innovation and communication styles. Coffman said she will possibly add other assessments for this year’s group depending on how the year goes.

Once in the program, students create a personal mission and vision and also participate in “Lego Serious Play,” an artistic way to visualize business and innovation topics that open up group discussions.

“I’m very excited about [Lego Serious Play].

You learn how to express creativity through Lego,” Coffman said. “Let’s say that you’re talking about ‘What does your ideal leader look like?’... you put it

together and you design what your ideal leader looks like.

Then, you share that and you talk about it.”

The group meets twice a month, and the program will provide different experiences throughout the year, including a trip to Disney World and the LUME exhibit at Newfields in Indianapolis. Coffman said students are also encouraged to participate in Slack discussions on a weekly basis. “‘Gen: i’ is built on some of the soft skills the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) look for,” Coffman said, including communication, critical thinking, knowledge and awareness of inclusivity and leadership.

The group had its second meeting of the year inperson at the institute Sept. 23. With moments of laughter and discussions about their personal lives, students went over their results from the Gallup CliftonStrengths 34 test, which outlines the students’ core strengths and how those strengths present themselves in their lives.

Before this meeting, Czizek said he wanted to learn more about himself through the “Gen: i” program. He said he doesn’t like being too comfortable and uses innovation to learn from his mistakes.

“I’m an only child, and my parents are my best friends, and we promote a lot of collaborative conversations whenever we’re talking,” Cizek said.

“Jokes never die — ideas never die. I feel like that gives me a really big upper hand, in a sense of I’m OK with making jokes that don’t make people laugh … I’m OK with being collaborative and opening up to people.”

Sholty said his innovation style is personalitybased, meaning he wants to learn about different ways of thinking and behaving with others.

“I’m so used to just thinking, ‘Oh yeah, I know what to do — I’ll be fine,’ things like that, but will I actually be?” Sholty said. “Do I actually know what to do? I think that [creating a personal mission] is a nice little way to confront that.”

Another aspect of Sholty’s innovation style is breaking free from the mindset he has set for himself to see the bigger picture, he said.

“I always like to think that I have myself figured out, and in many ways I do, but I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what other holes I can punch in myself or what other people can do,” Sholty said.

Although “Gen: i” teaches students about themselves, it also teaches them about others and generates awareness for the differences between them and the people in their lives.

“We say ‘personal awareness’ and ‘others’ awareness’ — [the program] just makes you a better contributing member of society,” Coffman said. “‘Person X approaches this completely different than me, but it’s not bad — it’s just different because they see things through a different lens.’ That just gives you a different appreciation for them.”

When it came to meeting other people within the group, Czizek said he was excited to put faces to names.

“I’m a people person at heart,” Czizek said. “I’ve always had best friends — I’ve never had, ‘Oh yeah, they’re my friend.’ Ever since I was younger, it’s just like, ‘OK, they’re all my best friends — we’re all super close here.’ It’s fresh faces, and it’s new people to tell stories to.”

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Jenni Flanagan, assistant director of engagement, culture and wellbeing of Working Well at Ball State, speaks at the Sept. 23 “Gen: i” meeting and discusses the Gallup CliftonStrengths 34 test. At the beginning of the meeting, she displayed quotes on the board, including a statement by the creator of the test. ELISSA MAUDLIN, DN Like Czizek, Sholty said he was excited to get to know people, see how their minds work and how they behave.

“Freshman year is all about meeting new people, doing new things and getting accommodated to those things,” Sholty said. “By the time you’re a junior, you have your routine — you have your groups, you have your organizations, there’s no reason to stray outside of that net.”

Coffman said one of her favorite parts of “Gen: i” is how it brings diverse groups of students together.

“We have just all these different majors that are coming together,” she said. “What a neat network and networking opportunity and a chance to really get diverse thoughts and perspectives that you may not get at any other time in your college career.”

Czizek wants to start his own business and aims to use this program as a leg up for him in his business ventures, but he also wants to make more friends and was looking for like-minded people when he entered the program.

“On the first meeting … I was like, ‘This is it. I think I’ve found the people I’ve been looking for,” he said.

From a student perspective, the mingling of different kinds of people is also something Sholty said is important about “Gen: i.”

“I think [the program just shows] … with the 10 different people that are here … just how easily we can fit together, how we can find that foundation no matter who we are,” Sholty said.

“We had one thing in common, and that was the interest in this program … [Now], it’s the second meeting, and I know these people on a first-name basis, and we joke as soon as they come in the room.”

As the pilot group, the 10 students going through the program are the first of their kind.

For Sholty, he said being the “guinea pigs” allows the students to set the standard for the future of the “Gen: i” program.

“There’s going to be things that we teach [Coffman] about what works in this program, and she’s going to teach us the things that she thinks are important,” Sholty said. “I think it’s just going to be that constant … back and forth, until we finally hit that point where we’re like, ‘Yes, this is what we wanted to learn — we didn’t know it’s what we wanted, but this is what we wanted.’”

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BRIDGE Ball State’s Intensive English Institute offers free English classes at the Ross Community Center.

Grace McCormick News Editor For Jacqueline Hanoman, executive director of the Ross Community Center, well-rounded programming goes beyond after-school crafts and youth baseball.

Since joining the Ross Community Center in 2015, she has put an emphasis on expanding programming for multiple age groups.

“As I was creating our strategic planning every year, I realized one of the things we were missing was the outreach to our community friends who speak other languages,” Hanoman said. “So, I became very interested in what opportunities are out there for our community friends, and one of those things is a gathering place. As I was speaking

Many times, a second-language learner will blame grammar as the reason their second language is not that good. I think my teaching will be based on community themes like transportation, career, school, post office, library and all kinds of categories.”

- SUSAN LUO, Assistant teaching professor at the Intensive English Institute to people within my own community, I suddenly realized there was a need for English as a second language for adults.”

Hanoman reached out to Ball State’s Intensive English Institute (IEI) because she knew IEI staff members were teaching English as a second language (ESL) to students and parents of Ball State and surrounding K-12 public schools.

“I knew you had to pay for those courses, but I wanted something that would either be very low cost or free to be able to reach out to our friends who have fewer economic resources and people in the community who have no connection with Ball State or with the schools,” she said.

Hanoman and IEI staff members developed a program aimed at adult immigrants who wanted to learn or strengthen their English speaking skills. She said the program officially started in 2019 but paused because of the COVID-19 pandemic. After more than a year of not being able to host the program, the IEI is offering free ESL classes at the Ross Community Center once again, using funds from its individual budget to support the program.

Nell Rose Hill, IEI interim director, said interested community members will have the opportunity to meet at the community center four times per week, with Tuesday and Friday classes focused on reading and grammar and Wednesday and Thursday classes focused on conversational English.

Hill said the IEI had taught classes at the Ross Community Center before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but the three current members of the IEI team hadn’t taught classes at the community center before.

The relaunch of the program was in part encouraged

by Susana Rivera-Mills, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.

“When I met with the provost about our program, she did again emphasize this desire to connect with the community and create courses, even a community learning unit, and broaden it not just to linguistic needs, but any kinds of needs with the international community,” Hill said. “That definitely is a focus of hers, and we’re trying to help.”

Hill said the ESL classes complement the university’s strategic plan of community engagement and impact by “mobilizing and leading partnerships that revitalize and sustain our city and our region.”

The IEI instructors — Susan Luo, assistant teaching professor, and Safwan Malasalih, assistant lecturer of intensive English — plan to take a needs assessment the first week of classes, which began Oct. 5. Luo said her reading and grammar assessment might

Assistant Teaching Professor Susan Luo teaches to (left to right) Sultan Aladwan, Matilde Mata and Selma Seemann Oct.. 5 in the Ross Community Center. Aladwan is originally from Jordan and has lived in Muncie for one month. RYLAN CAPPER, DN include free writing exercises and discussions about what students want to learn from the course, focusing specifically on concepts with which students struggle.

Malasalih said he will ask students questions about what they want to use English for, such as getting a job, schooling or running errands.

Malasalih said the needs assessment for students in his English conversation class will help determine how to adjust his teaching and activities to fit what learners hope to get out of the class.

“It might be, ‘I need to be able to read a consent form for my child,’ or ‘I need to be

able to communicate with a loan or mortgage professional,’” he said. “I cater to their needs because that’s a huge part of what we do.”

Malasalih also said he will use tasks and application-based instruction so people attending class can apply what they’ve learned to their daily lives.

“The experience with the community is something that has always been immensely rewarding for the program and also to get the word out regarding what we do here on campus,” he said.

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RESILIENCY After a strong start to his collegiate career, Kash Bellar keeps a competitive nature at his forefront.

Charleston Bowles Associate Sports Editor It doesn’t matter what the competition might entail — Ball State Men’s Golf freshman Kash Bellar said he refuses to lose.

“I really hate to lose,” Bellar said. “I just have a fiery passion and hate losing. That’s with golf, doing drills or even playing a board game. I just hate to lose.”

Bellar has been around golf since he was 3 years old. His father, Chewie Bellar, played collegiate golf at Franklin College. When he played at different courses, Chewie would bring Bellar along with him.

“Even when he was little, I would take him out for the course when I was playing,” Chewie said. “He was always around golf because I still played in some competitions. He always had access to good golf around him when he was little.”

I think he kind of grew into it a little bit. He got the taste of winning when he was younger, and I think he’s kept the passion to win as he’s grown older. It’s amplified quite a bit.”

- CHEWIE BELLAR, Father of Ball State Men’s Golf freshman Kash Bellar As he grew older, Bellar said he remembers spending many nights at the driving range until 9 p.m. As he hit each ball off the tee, his father would be right there with him. Bellar said he can think back to a time when he went a month without

talking to Chewie because he was so angry after losing to him in golf. When the day came that he finally defeated Chewie, Bellar described it as the “happiest day of my childhood.”

Chewie said he believes Bellar didn’t instantly have the competitiveness he has today but has molded into it over time.

“I think he kind of grew into it a little bit,” Chewie said. “He got the taste of winning when he was younger, and I think he’s kept the passion to win as he’s grown older. It’s amplified quite a bit.”

After COVID-19 concerns canceled his junior season at Peru High School, Bellar had one final chance at winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association Boys’ Golf State Championship. As a sophomore, Bellar held the lead in the state championship tournament with six holes to play. However, over those six holes, he finished 7-over-par, which led to a tie for seventh place.

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Ball State redshirt fifth-year wide receiver Justin Hall was named the Mid-American Conference West Special Teams Player of the Week Oct 4. In the Cardinals’ 28-16 win against Army, Hall returned the firsthalf opening kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown. It was his first career kickoff return for a touchdown and the fifth-longest play in program history.

Women’s Golf

Ball State places 4th in invitational The Cardinals finished fourth out of five teams with a final score of 645 (69-over-par). Graduate student Liz Kim tied for fourth after scoring a 150 (6-over-par) over two rounds while senior Morgan Lewis tied for 24th with a final score of 82 (10-overpar). Ball State returns to action Oct. 11 at the Rocket Classic Invitational in Port Huron, Ohio.

Women’s Volleyball

Ball State sweeps Ohio in 2-match series After defeating the Bobcats 3-2 Sept. 30, the Cardinals defeated the Bobcats 3-0 to complete the twomatch series sweep at home Oct. 1.

Sophomore middle blocker Lauren Gilliland led the Cardinals in kills and blocks with 11 and six, respectively, in Friday’s victory. Ball State has won five of its last six matches. The Cardinals travel to Akron Oct. 8.

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Nate Grubb Reporter Patience is said to be a virtue, and in the case of Ball State Soccer goalkeeper Alex DeRuvo, remaining patient has paid dividends.

DeRuvo, who is entrenched in the Cardinals’ starting role for the first time since stepping on campus in 2018, has made the most of her opportunity.

Against bigger opponents, including Purdue, Cincinnati, Butler and Xavier, DeRuvo has stood her ground.

“In the beginning, we played some pretty big teams.” DeRuvo said. “I think we prepared well for them — I’m happy now that we’ve played well.

I’m happy that I got my first shutout.

Although giving up all those goals wasn’t the best thing, it’s gotten us ready for MAC play.”

During her childhood, DeRuvo wasn’t primarily a goalkeeper, and playing soccer at the collegiate level wasn’t in her mind until she was around 13 years old. In her middle school days, DeRuvo played both goalkeeper and midfielder. She played for the Michigan Hawks soccer club for five years after making the team as a goalkeeper.

Throughout the recruiting process and while playing at Salem High School in Canton, Michigan, DeRuvo said she knew Ball State was the school for her and her family. She committed to the Cardinals her junior year.

Nearly after every game, every practice, she’s asking for feedback. That says a lot about her and where her goals are . . . She’s everything you ask for in a goalkeeper.”

- GARY YOHE, Ball State Soccer Assistant Coach “It was really important to me that my parents, especially my dad, were able to come watch and see me play,” DeRuvo said. “He coached me for eight years before I went to travel soccer. I always wanted to go somewhere that was close enough to home but far enough away that I still had the college experience.”

DeRuvo spent the first three seasons of her career as a backup goalkeeper, playing in three matches behind former goalkeepers Maitane Bravo and Tristin Stuteville. However, even though she didn’t get much playing time, she knew Ball State was her home.

“Honestly, it was the people here,”

‘THE CONSUMMATE TEAMMATE’ After three seasons as a backup, Ball State Soccer senior goalkeeper Alex DeRuvo is shining in a starting role.

Senior goalkeeper Alex DeRuvo kicks the ball out of the goal against Akron Oct. 3 at Briner Sports Complex. AMBER PIETZ, DN DeRuvo said. “There’s 10 people in my [graduating] class, and I love them all.

I think a lot of it was the team and the atmosphere that I had. I told my dad from the moment I got here, even if I don’t play, I don’t want to leave. I love it here, and I love the people here — it would take a lot for me to want to leave.”

DeRuvo recorded her first shutout this season in Ball State’s Mid-American Conference opener, a 0-0 draw against Eastern Michigan Sept 23. In MAC play alone, DeRuvo has given up four goals over four games, helping lead the Cardinals to a 2-1-1 conference record.

“I give my back line a lot of credit,” DeRuvo said. “They played really, really well. I didn’t have to do a whole lot — they basically played the game for me.”

Ball State Soccer head coach Josh Rife has coached DeRuvo since he first arrived at Ball State in 2019. He, along with her teammates, speak very highly of her character.

“She’s been the consummate teammate,” Rife said. “Up until this point, she’s played behind two veteran keepers, so she’s had to wait her time. It kind of goes one of two ways for players: either they sulk and become bitter, or they get better. She’s done a great job of preparing herself for this opportunity — throughout the entire time, she’s been a great teammate. She’s been very

supportive of the players in front of her.”

As a former goalkeeper for Marian University, first-year assistant coach Gary Yohe said he recognizes traits of what makes a player great at the position, which DeRuvo has shown.

“Alex is a very coachable kid — that’s the thing I’ve taken away most,” Yohe said. “Nearly after every game, every practice, she’s asking for feedback. That says a lot about her and where her goals are. On the field, she’s very aggressive — almost too aggressive. We have to find a balance. Off the field, she’s very outgoing. She’s everything you ask for in a goalkeeper.”

This season will be DeRuvo’s last on the pitch, and she has seven regular season games left before she receives her bachelor’s degree in marketing.

While she said she doesn’t plan to play professionally, soccer has been a part of her life for so long, and she doesn’t know what she will do without it as part of her everyday life.

“I don’t know where I would be without soccer.” DeRuvo said. “I was kind of debating whether to go to school at home — maybe I’d be there if I didn’t have soccer. I don’t know what I would do.”

Contact Nate Grubb with comments at nathaniel.grubb@bsu.edu or on Twitter @GrubbNate43.

I told my dad from the moment I got here, even if I don’t play, I don’t want to leave. I love it here, and I love the people here — it would take a lot for me to want to leave.”

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BILLIONAIRE ASTRONAUT The modern space race is based on the wrong motivations.

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Columnist, “Fine Print” John Lynch is a senior journalism news major and writes “Fine Print” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

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John Lynch Opinion Editor Growing up, “Star Trek” always had a hold on me.

Gene Roddenberry’s groundbreaking series, which has now spawned a dozen-odd shows over six decades, always envisioned a world where our differences were relics of our past.

Captain Kirk and the crew showed us a world where humanity’s goals were no longer based on our desire to dominate each other but rather to explore the stars and work for the common good.

I don’t think Elon Musk got the memo.

The problem I always had with “Star Trek” was it was set in the future, meaning I wouldn’t get to see that idealistic utopia come to be. People like Musk, owner of automotive company Tesla and space travel company SpaceX, are actively making that disappointment worse.

Our motivations to go to space, simply put, are not pure. That’s not to suggest they ever were — the whole reason the space race of the 20th century happened was to put nuclear weapons in space to get the upper hand in the Cold War — but our motivations for leaving our blue marble behind haven’t exactly gotten any better.

Billionaires like Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, who have all invested heavily in space exploration and transportation, aren’t in it for the final frontier — they’re in it for more money.

To understand how we got here, we need to look back through several decades of space travel. Following the success of the Apollo missions to the moon, continuing the space race became too expensive and politically unpopular to continue receiving the plentiful funding it had enjoyed during the ‘60s, according to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) report.

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NASA would continue on after the moon landing with the launch of the Space Shuttles, reusable exploration vehicles that would eventually be responsible for the deployment of hundreds of vital satellites like the Hubble Telescope and the International Space Station (ISS). However, even with the success of the ISS, sending astronauts to space became cost prohibitive, and NASA’s funding stagnated.

Just as importantly, NASA’s work has given the world countless scientific advances that we use in our day-to-day lives. We owe CAT scans, LED lights, modern home insulation, baby formula, phone cameras and, most importantly, portable computers to the innovations NASA made during their space race heyday. How many of those inventions do you think for-profit companies would have given the world out of the kindness of their hearts?

At its peak in 1964, NASA’s budget was more than $57 billion, or more than $500 billion in today’s money, a truly massive sum at the time.

NASA’s budget for 2021? $24.8 billion.

Enter the billionaire astronaut. In the early 2000s, as the Space Shuttle program began to wind down, private companies began to see success in the world of space travel. Notable players like Musk’s SpaceX, Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Bezos’ Blue Origin have all now sent multiple successful flights into space. These missions accomplished a variety of tasks in their early years, including test flights, satellite deployments and supply runs to the ISS. However, it comes with a big caveat: These guys are privatizing the final frontier.

To call these ventures vanity projects may, in fact, be inaccurate — silly even. But what exactly were we aspiring

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to when Musk shot a Tesla Roadster into orbit in 2018?

The starship “Enterprise,” it was not.

2021 has been the year of the billionaire astronaut, a space race in its own right fueled by the egos of some of the most fantastically wealthy people in the world. Branson made it to space July 11 while Bezos had to languish in terrestrial gravity until July 20. Poor guy.

As it turns out, billionaires are not, in fact, explorers. They’re businessmen first and foremost, and they will continue to be businessmen no matter where in our solar system they are.

The funny thing is, Musk, Bezos and Branson may genuinely believe they are helping the world by pushing the privatization of space into the modern age. They might even be right. However, they’re not doing it for the right reasons.

We are not going to space anymore to further human knowledge or unlock the secrets of our universe. We’re going based on ego and profit.

Yes, SpaceX intends to put humans on Mars.

Yes, private companies have picked up the slack where NASA was unable to continue in the 21st century.

No, that doesn’t make them right.

The idea of space exploration has captured the imagination of millions of people and brought even more together. The moon landing — which is real, by the way — united the country when they watched Neil Armstrong take his “giant leap for mankind.” Millions of people around the earth were able to live through history as we pushed toward a goal few thought we could achieve.

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The difference between these eras of space travel comes from who owns the means of getting to space.

Keep in mind, some of these space venture capitalists have only gotten as far as they have with substantial help from the U.S. government. As of 2015, Musk’s ventures like Tesla, SolarCity and SpaceX have received $4.9 billion dollars in government funding.

While the private sector has been successful in space, they wouldn’t be there without a lot of help from taxpayers. If we’re willing to fork over that much money to the private sector, which we have no control over, then why not fund our own program?

We’re already about to witness the beginning of space’s transition to the public sector. NASA intends to put astronauts on the Moon via its new Artemis program in 2024, but guess who’s going to be taking us there? SpaceX and its $2.89 billion contract with the agency.

With NASA at the helm, space travel and exploration were the property of the government and, to a certain extent, the people. With the Musks and Bezos of the world leading the charge, the knowledge we could gain and the progress we could make are in the hands of for-profit corporations.

The precedent is too dangerous, and there is too much at stake to put our future in space in the hands of the rich. Our intentions have never been perfect in space, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take our next “giant leap” with better ones.

Contact John Lynch with comments at jplynch@bsu.edu or on Twitter @WritesLynch.

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Exploring the Sky The Charles W. Brown Planetarium is attached to the Cooper Science Complex off Riverside Avenue. The planetarium hosts members of the Muncie community and Ball State students and staff for its shows. It features three different projectors, and all of them combined cost more than $1 million.

The planetarium offers free shows every weekend, and visitors can schedule field trips, private shows or virtual tours. The Ball State planetarium sees over 20,000 visitors a year, according to the website. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

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“Straight Outta Nowhere” is a crossover with Scooby Doo and Courage the Cowardly Dog where characters search for a villain together. Filled with easter eggs for its veteran viewers to look for, the comedy-horror special keeps the familiar structure of other Scooby-Doo movies while adding a humorous twist from Courage.

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A Rey of Sunshine Ball State students share their experiences with service animals.

Tori Smith Reporter Like Star Wars’ Rey Skywalker, Ball State freshman nursing major Sara Harmeyer’s golden retriever, Rey, is caring and ready for a challenge. Rey is a psychiatric service dog named after the fearless and passionate female protagonist in the “Star Wars” films.

Harmeyer adopted Rey when she was a puppy from a breeder in southern Indiana.

Two-year-old Rey is Harmeyer’s first service dog.

For six months, Harmeyer trained Rey how to sense her anxiety attacks and is currently teaching Rey how to retrieve her medication. Harmeyer said while she had to spread out Rey’s training because of her busy schedule, she learned relatively fast.

“I get very shaky before my anxiety attacks — that can be shaking my leg or fidgeting with my hands,” Harmeyer said. “[Rey] helps me with my anxiety and panic attacks and alerts me when she’s aware I’m having one.”

Even though she’s my service dog, she’s also my best friend.”

- SARA HARMEYER, Freshman nursing major Any animal can be qualified as an emotional support animal, but the

qualifications for a service animal are different. Service dogs are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. According to the American Disabilities Act (ADA), dogs and — under separate provisions — miniature horses can be considered as service animals.

Before Harmeyer started her freshman year at Ball State, she reached out to Disability Services to let them know she was bringing Rey along for the fall semester.

Rey attends all of Harmeyer’s regular classes, Harmeyer said, but when the nursing major is in the laboratory, Rey does not tag along. When Harmeyer is having an “easy day” where she feels as though her anxiety isn’t so bad, she lets Rey stay in her dorm room.

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Historical marker celebrates Ball State’s 2018 centennial On Sept. 30, Ball State unveiled a historical marker commemorating the university’s centennial. The marker was originally set to be unveiled in 2020, but the ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. The marker’s caption, written by students, is a brief history of the university from its formation to present day.

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A home ‘built for a lifetime’ After beginning the home building process in 1993, Muncie residents Kathy and Jeff Clary knew they wanted to create their dream home, according to their specific wants and needs. The couple explains how being satisfied with the plans is extremely important when building a home since “you’re the one that has to live with this,” at the end of the process.

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Kylee Makes It currently has more than 24,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Follow Kylee Makes It on Facebook or on Instagram @kyleemakesit.

Kids who become interested in science and art will become more inquisitive, more interactive and more expectant with the real world around them — as opposed to just being entertained.”

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“We always try to have an element of something that [parents] could do with your kid or a teacher could use in a classroom,” Larson said.

“A lot of people say things like, ‘I’m not an artist — I can’t draw.’ But we’re all makers. We all do something.”

Cartoonist Dee Parson, or “Supr Dee,” guest-starred in Larson’s video, “Kylee Makes a Cartoon,” to teach Larson and her subscribers how to draw Plush Maria, a character from his comic strips. Parson said he was nervous at first to film for a kids’ show, but he wanted to make sure the viewers saw someone having fun while doing something they love. “[My hope is that the kids] get those same feelings doing the things that they want to do — even if it isn’t art related, to just see someone who’s having fun drawing and seeing it in different ways that they probably haven’t seen before,” Parson said.

Because Larson still considers herself “a kid that makes stuff,” coming up with ideas for videos

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Kylee Larson, kids’ art YouTuber, places her letter molds onto her work surface at her home in Indianapolis Sept. 21. The goal of her YouTube channel, Kylee Makes It, is to give kids opportunities to explore and create with art while giving them a unique set of tools to communicate ideas and feelings. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN on her channel was not hard as she has “more ideas than time.”

“There’s so many great content creators, especially around kids’ art,” Larson said.

“Everybody kind of has their own spin. We’re just trying to make good content, trying to connect with parents and that’s always the best part — to hear from parents or teachers who have actually used it and kids who are connecting with it.”

When Hannah Stephens worked as a special education teacher at East Washington Academy in Muncie, she would play Larson’s videos for her kindergarten through fifth-grade class. As a friend of Larson and a teacher, Stephens said Larson and her husband asked for her thoughts on their videos.

“I loved how [Kylee Makes It] didn’t just catch my students’ attention, but it also caught mine and other teachers that came into my room,” Stephens said. “I had one student that was very particular about what was played in the classroom. If it was something she didn’t like, she would leave the room and refuse to come back in.

“When I had on Kylee Makes It, she stayed in the room and watched every second of it and

would sometimes get up and restart it or find another one we haven’t seen.”

Kirsten Striet-Harting, a pastor at Park Place Church of God in Anderson, Indiana, met Larson when they attended graduate school together at Anderson University. Striet-Harting said she and her two daughters, Nora and Hazel, have watched Kylee Makes It since Larson began posting videos.

“With Kylee, not only are [kids] getting cool art and science projects they can do, but they’re getting this kind, safe, happy adult that is also talking to them about their feelings,” StrietHarting said. “I always have a big smile on my face because they’re so good, and it’s so fun to see my friend doing something that she clearly was meant to do.”

Larson said her favorite video to film so far has been “Kylee Makes A Solar System,” as she was able to come up with her own way to create her papier-mâché solar system for her son. Although Larson does film with her son from time to time, she said she doesn’t like to include Dax in every video because she feels as though that is a lot of pressure for a kid.

“There’s nothing shy about Dax,” Larson said.

“He loves being in front of the camera. He is a ham.”

Molecular biologist and friend of Larson, William P. Ranahan II, guest-starred as “Dr. Bill” in four science-art videos for Kylee Makes It. Larson drove to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to film with Ranahan II in his laboratory at Oral Roberts University, where he is currently “training” mushrooms to live on cancer cells to use the products as natural chemotherapeutics.

In the lab, Ranahan II taught Larson how to create an ice volcano, regular paint and black light paint. There, Larson was able to film versions for kids to safely do at home or in the classroom.

Ranahan II said he hopes Larson’s videos will teach kids how to develop hidden creativity within themselves so they can build up their confidence.

“Kids who become interested in science and art will become more inquisitive, more interactive and more expectant with the real world around them — as opposed to just being entertained,” Ranahan II said. “[Kylee] is always in creative mode and just being around her helps me see the world through more creative eyes.”

Contact Sumayyah Muhammad with comments at smuhammad3@bsu.edu or on Twitter @sumayyah0114.

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Continued from Page 15 “My anxiety was a lot worse before I got [Rey],” Harmeyer said. “It has gotten a lot better over time with her help, but I’ll still have bad flares of it. Even though she’s my service dog, she’s also my best friend. She has helped me a lot.”

When Rey is out around campus, she wears a vest to let others know she is working with Harmeyer, who has experienced people asking to pet Rey without her permission.

“You shouldn’t ask to pet Rey when she is working or even interact with her,” Harmeyer said. “People shouldn’t shout her name — it distracts her.”

Sophomore film major Shea Moloney has an emotional support ferret on campus.

Her ferret, Mochi, helps her with her attention deficit disorder (ADD), symptoms of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In September 2020, Moloney decided it was time to have an ESA. She adopted Mochi this past July from a pet store.

“For me, ADD is a blanket term for all the different things going on,” Moloney said.

“I’ve had those symptoms for as long as I can remember — I was getting so stressed and overwhelmed. I figured that I’d wait until next year to have [an emotional support animal].”

When it came to choosing which animal to adopt, Moloney considered both cats and dogs before settling on a ferret, as she felt it would be easiest to take care of and adapt the best to life in

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This is Rey, a psychiatric service dog who accompanies freshman nursing major Sara Harmeyer to most of her classes.

a college dorm.

“Ferrets are basically like cats in rodent packages,” Moloney said.

“I felt like a dog would’ve been too difficult to keep taking outside, and a cat would feel cooped up [in a dorm].”

Because Mochi is only 8 months old, Moloney said the biggest challenge when training him is teaching him where to go to the bathroom. When Moloney takes Mochi on walks around campus, she said she experiences mixed reactions from students.

“Fifty percent of people want to stop and pet him, and 50 percent of people are weirded out,” Moloney said. “Some think it’s funny, too.”

Marcy Hintzman, research specialist at Great Lakes American Disabilities Act Center, works to keep people educated on the ADA and its policies. She said one of the most common misconceptions people have is the difference between a psychiatric service dog and an emotional support animal.

According to the ADA, a psychiatric service dog is considered a service animal if the dog is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. For example, a psychiatric service dog senses an anxiety or panic attack, then takes action to relieve the problem such as retrieving medication. If the dog simply provides emotional support, it is not considered a service animal.

Hintzman said she had an interesting encounter with a colleague who had a service animal and a passerby.

“The person was trying to hold the leash of the animal and help out my colleague while they really didn’t need it,” Hintzman said. “They didn’t understand that they could just ask my colleague if they needed help.”

There are things that should and shouldn’t be done when passing a service animal, Hintzman said. Because service animals are on duty, passerbys should not pet or whistle at them.

“Just remember that their animal is an extension of themself,” Hintzman said. “It’s their personal space, assisted device and property. I wouldn’t want someone leaning or touching me without my permission — it’s all about respect. If you’re not sure what to do, just ask.”

Contact Tori Smith with comments at tnsmith2@bsu.edu or on Twitter @tori_ncl_writer.

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Though ESL classes are currently only booked through the end of the fall semester, Luo said she hopes the program continues into the spring and other semesters.

“I hope this program will be sustained and [developed],” she said.

“Maybe in the future, we will involve more graduate and undergraduate students because it would be a great internship for them.”

Luo, whose classes will focus on reading and grammar, plans to also instruct with application-based models.

“Many times, a second-language learner will blame grammar as the reason their second language is not that good,” she said. “I think my teaching will be based on community themes like transportation, career, school, post office, library and all kinds of categories.”

Hill said if faculty are available, the IEI may consider offering ESL classes on Ball State’s campus during the evenings.

“It really depends on the demand, too,” Hill said. “From my experience, it’s a lot of word of mouth and just how fun the class is.

They’re looking for return on investment, even when it’s free — what am I getting out of this, and is it worth my time?”

Although she appreciates being able to spread awareness about

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Continued from Page 07 Two years later, Bellar won the state championship in June as an individual. He shot a two-round score of 138 (6-under-par) and set a tournament record in winning by eight shots.

Bellar committed to Ball State his junior year, citing the program’s values set forth by head coach Mike Fleck, which he said separated the Cardinals from the rest of his suitors.

“I felt like I had the best opportunity here to get better with everything,” Bellar said. “Whether that’s becoming a better person, becoming a better golfer, becoming a better friend, I just felt I could become better at everything here.”

Following his arrival on campus in August, Fleck said he knew Bellar had attributes on and off the course to make his transition to the collegiate level a smooth experience.

“I’m just impressed with his attitude and his approach toward life and toward the game,” Fleck said. “He’s a fierce competitor, and physically, he can do some things on the golf course that not a lot of people can do. I mean, come on — he shot a 62 in his first round of collegiate golf. There’s not a lot of people that play college golf that can say that.”

Despite failing to qualify for the Cardinals’ lineup in the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational Sept. 5-6, Bellar made his Ball State debut as an individual in the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational a few weeks later — where he made history in his collegiate debut.

Bellar opened the weekend with a school record score for a single round of 62 (8-under-par) in the first round. He finished the invitational with a score of 207 (3-under-par), good for fourth place.

“It was a mindset of going out, proving myself and finding a way to get back into the lineup,” Bellar said. “My game felt good going into it, but the stars aligned basically where it just seemed like I couldn’t do anything wrong during that round. The last 36 holes, I wish I could have played better, but mistakes happen. You live and you learn. It definitely gave me some confidence.”

As much of a physical game as golf may be, Fleck said it’s just as much mental for Bellar, as he is impressed with how he carries himself on a daily basis and believes he has the mental makeup to achieve his goals.

“I think he fully understands and appreciates the preparation and the front-end work that it takes to be able to go out there and put yourself in a position to be successful,” Fleck said. “Again,

the IEI and connect Ball State initiatives to the Muncie community, Hill said the overarching goal of the free ESL classes is to provide a service to the community.

Hanoman is working to organize childcare at the Ross Community Center for ESL students who may have young children with them during the day but would still like to come to classes.

“Most immigrants do not have close family members who can take care of their children while they’re out doing something,” Hanoman said. “So that’s why I thought about it — I thought we might be able to get more people. Then, we also provide not only the service of the English classes but that care of family and community that our community center is all about.”

Hanoman said she looks forward to talking with ESL students about what they are learning and enjoying from the classes. Through the continuation of the ESL program, Hanoman said she hopes participants will be able to “live a fuller life in this society by being able to speak and understand some of the cultural norms.”

“It’s also sharing with the immigrants where spaces of comfort are, and that’s what the Ross Center would do, too,” she said. “The instructors are there to teach English, but they’re also there to — through the teaching of English — create a cultural bridge because language is culture.”

Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu. edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.

between the ears, he’s got a lot of really, really impressive qualities that I think will allow him to be special here.”

Even though Bellar has only donned the cardinal and white in two tournaments so far, Fleck said he believes his potential is through the roof.

“I think he can be one of the best players ever to play for the program,” Fleck said. “We’ve talked about scoring records and things that he wants to accomplish. I think one of the really good things that I’m seeing on the front end [is] he’s a coachable young man. In our culture and environment here at Ball State, that quality is going to go a long way.”

Contact Charleston Bowles with comments at clbowles@bsu. edu or on Twitter @cbowles01.

SIGN UP FOR ROSS COMMUNITY CENTER CLASSES English-as-a-second-language courses are scheduled each week Oct. 5 – Dec. 17, 2021.

Students will focus on reading and grammar Tuesdays and Fridays from 10-11 a.m. and conversational English Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1-2 p.m.

Classes are located at the Ross Community Center at 1110 W. 10th St. Class size is limited to eight students for each class, and face masks are required.

Call 765-747-4741 to register.

Source: Nell Rose Hill, interim director of the Intensive English Institute

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