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PEYTON MANNING AND DAVID LETTERMAN VISITED CAMPUS 05 A smooth transition: Yorktown native Kate Vinson eagerly awaits her ﬁrst season with Ball State Women’s Volleyball. 08

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SMILING through the struggles Matthew Peiffer makes a difference as Muncie’s Smile Man and an advocate for ending child abuse. Sophie Nulph Reporter As the chilly October wind whips up the litter at the corner of McGalliard Road and Walnut Street, an alien dances, lighting up the Texas Roadhouse building. Cars honk as they drive by, and children wave their arms out the window to say hello to the mysterious man in an alien costume. Since 2019, Matthew Peiffer has dressed up in various costumes and danced along McGalliard Road with one goal in mind: to put a smile on everyone’s face. “You can actually see the difference people are having on people’s lives,” Peiffer said, “Whether that be ofﬁcers on the street telling me that they went to a domestic where the kids were talking about seeing me that day or people reaching out to me … saying, ‘My son lost his baseball game last night. He saw you walking [in a costume along McGalliard] and couldn’t stop laughing.’” With more than 2,000 followers, the Muncie’s Smile Man Facebook page helps families keep track of Peiffer’s whereabouts. Peiffer did not start the page or come up with his nickname. Bailey Smith, a 19-year-old Muncie resident, created the page in August after she noticed people were continuing to get Peiffer confused with her friend dressing up as the Pokemon character Pickachu. People kept making Facebook posts asking who Peiffer was, Smith said, so she came up with a nickname and Facebook page for everyone to put their pictures together.

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“He would make little subtle comments under posts that people made or little jokes,” Smith said. “Then, I found his actual Facebook page, so I started talking to him, and he told me why [he dresses up in costumes].” Peiffer said he wants his good deed to go further than putting a smile on a child’s face in a passing car’s window. He hopes children who are being abused behind closed doors will see him and “ﬁll the rest of their night with happiness.” Peiffer said he holds child abuse advocacy close to his heart. After being born to a mother who struggled with drug addiction, Peiffer and his two sisters were adopted in 2000. For 13 years, Peiffer said, he and his sisters were abused until they landed back in the foster care system. He was separated from his sisters and began a two-year journey moving through eight different foster homes. When Peiffer was 19 years old, he said, his younger sister died by suicide after years of abuse. His sister’s death sparked Peiffer’s motivation to help end child abuse and advocate for children like him and his sisters. Less than three percent of foster children graduate from a four-year college, according to the National Foster Youth Institute. Peiffer is a 23-year-old social work freshman at Ball State. He said the foster care system isn’t set up for academic success, and his goal is to help change the world of social work for the better.

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Matthew Peiffer, dressed in a Mr. Potato Head costume, dances on the sidewalk Oct. 16, 2020, outside Texas Roadhouse in Muncie. Peiffer started dressing up in various costumes to bring happiness to children. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

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season, Ball State Men’s Basketball held its ﬁrst practice of 2020-21. The Cardinals will look to build off of last season’s momentum after winning the Mid-American Conference West Division, ﬁnishing 18-13 overall and 11-7 in conference play. Ball State welcomes two freshmen to this year’s squad in guards Teemu Suokas and Josh Bryan.

Oct. 16: Finishing second place the previous two seasons, Monroe Central (6-1) won its ﬁrst MidEastern Conference Title in school history, defeating Shenandoah (6-3) 28-7. Senior defensive linemen Khaner Phillips and Max Bradley combined for 14 tackles. Monroe Central is on a four-game win streak heading into sectional play, where it will play Taylor (1-8) Oct. 23.

UN arms embargo on Iran expires

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Oct. 18: A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons, like tanks and ﬁghter jets, expired as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States. Iran can now, in theory, purchase and sell weapons abroad, but its economy remains greatly affected by U.S. sanctions. VOL. 100 ISSUE: 10 CONTACT THE DN Newsroom: 765-285-8245 Editor: 765-285-8249, editor@bsudailynews.com

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BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS iMADE Muncie students create new Minnetrista benches.

Grace McCormick, Assistant News Editor After designing 12 buildings for class projects without being able to see any of them built, Steven Polchinski, fourth-year architecture major, spent part of his spring 2020 semester working with graduate students to assemble new benches and trash cans for Minnetrista. Polchinski took an immersive learning elective operating out of the MadJax Muncie warehouse that helped architecture students apply what they learned in classes and see one of their designs come to fruition. “It was really fun to see how these things can move from the computer to the real world,” Polchinski said. “So often in classes, we design really cool things, but it just exists on our computers, and that building is never going to get built.” Polchinski joined the project to develop Minnetrista benches and trash cans after designs were approved and a prototype had been built. “A lot of what I did was more

so the fabrication and assembly toward the end,” he said. “Getting

It was really fun to see how these things can move from the computer to the real world. So often in classes, we design really cool things, but it just exists on our computers, and that building is never going to get built.” - STEVEN POLCHINSKI, Fourth-year architecture major the right dimensions, all the right lengths [and] staining the wood so it looked nice.”

Betty Brewer, Minnetrista president and CEO, said the bench project has been developing since 2018 when Kevin Klinger came up with the idea to create a portable farmers market sign. Klinger, Ball State professor of architecture, runs the 5Chickens farm stand at Minnetrista with his wife and oversees iMADE Muncie projects. The farmers market sign includes a map of Minnetrista and shows where vendors are located along with their product lineups. Brewer said the sign was delivered in January 2020. Klinger has been involved with iMADE since 2005 and serves as a coordinator between students in iMADE and industry partners. “iMADE is Indiana made, but the ‘i’ is actually a bit nebulous,” Klinger said. “The ‘i’ could be Indiana, industry, information or it could mean ‘I,’ the author.” iMADE worked with local industry partners Indiana Hardwood and MidWest Metal Productions to build the Minnetrista benches and trash cans.

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COVID-19 infections surpass 40 million Countries are responding differently to national and local lockdown restrictions as the conﬁrmed number of COVID-19 cases ofﬁcially passed 40 million worldwide Oct. 19. Experts say the number of infections is probably much higher due to testing limitations and asymptomatic carriers. Some governments are also suspected to have concealed their true number of cases.

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California to review any COVID-19 vaccine California Gov. Gavin Newsom said any coronavirus vaccine won’t be distributed to state residents until after an independent review by a panel made up of 11 doctors from top California universities along with state and local public health ofﬁcials.

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Thai authorities aim to stop protests

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chanocha attempted to block the Telegram messaging app used by pro-democracy student protestors Oct. 19. Demonstrations have persisted for months and grown in recent weeks, despite lockdown restrictions banning gatherings of more than four people and Chan-ocha aiming to censor news coverage about protests.

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Safer together & apart John Lynch Reporter

Though many of Ball State’s in-person services are shut down for the foreseeable future, the university is still doing its best to educate students and faculty on LGBTQ issues. Safe Zone training, a program intended to improve awareness and sensitivity toward the LGBTQ community, moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to comply with social distancing measures taken by the university. “By having virtual Safe Zone trainings, we have been able to reach out to more members of the Ball State student population, such as commuters and distanced learners,” Safe Zone Coordinator Kiara John said. Since starting Oct. 16, each virtual training session has lasted four hours and hosted 15 to 25 participants once every two weeks. “It can be a challenge to stay engaged virtually due to the distractions that virtual environments can entail,” John said. “We recognize this and try to incorporate a variety of activities and presentation styles to address this challenge.” Along with the switch to online training sessions, Ball State’s Student Government Association

(SGA) has allocated $350 from it’s budget to provide additional funding to the training. SGA president Connor Sanburn said the decision to provide additional funding to the program fulfills one of the Bold slate’s platform points, which outlines increasing accessibility to Safe Zone training. “During the spring election, our slate felt that it was important to build upon the safe environment that Ball State University has already begun building for members of the LGBTQ+ community,” Sanburn said in an email. Sanburn said the Bold slate’s decision to make Safe Zone training a platform point was influenced by the slate’s participation in a training session prior to the election. The funds, he said, will be used to improve awareness of the program on campus through a variety of exposure methods, including SGA’s social media, T-shirts with QR codes with registration links, business cards for the training and buttons Safe Zone-trained faculty and students can wear. Eli Lucas, president of Ball State LGBTQ organization Spectrum and former Spectrum representative to SGA, said he thinks the additional funding combined with the increased online

What makes a Safe Zone?

The LGBTQ and transgender Safe Zone signs indicate a faculty member has participated in Safe Zone training and that their office can be considered a safe space for LGBTQ individuals. A Safe Zone sign signifies allyhood and solidarity with Ball State’s LGBTQ community. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

The objectives of Safe Zone, as described in the program’s participant manual, are as follows:

1. To increase sensitivity, knowledge and skill in understanding and responding to LGBT issues 2. To increase efficacy at being both an ally and advocate for the LGBT community

3. To create a better understanding of heterosexual privilege, heterosexism and its impact 4. To create an understanding of challenges in being an ally and an LGBT person 5. To understand what it means to be an ally 6. To provide resources and encouragement to allies and advocates KAMRYN TOMLINSON, DN

Ball State Safe Zone training continues during COVID-19.

training will help Safe Zone accomplish its mission on a larger scale.

It can be a challenge to stay engaged virtually due to the distractions that virtual environments can entail. We recognize this and try to incorporate a variety of activities and presentation styles to address this challenge.” - KIARA JOHN, Safe Zone coordinator

Lucas said going online isn’t the only improvement Safe Zone has made to its training

recently. Since last year, Lucas said, Safe Zone has made an effort to update its presentation of LGBTQ issues. “I know that the updated programming has also taken some more intersectionality-focused approaches, [like] trying to teach participants that it’s not just an LGBTQ identity that might affect them,” Lucas said. “It might be their skin color, or their religion or their ethnicity coupled with their LGBTQ identity that might add additional or different pressures.” The program also modified some of its terminology, Lucas said. The term “transsexual,” which Lucas said holds “negative connotations” within the transgender community, was removed from Safe Zone’s programming. Lucas attributed the improvements to the program to John, who said making changes is necessary to the content of the program, and her promotion to coordinator of Safe Zone last year. “Safe Zone programming was completely updated during the 2019-2020 academic year, and we plan to continue having ongoing updates as we move forward,” John said in an email. “It is important to us to remain current on LGBTQIA+ issues.” Contact John Lynch with comments at jplynch@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @WritesLynch.

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LOCAL LEGENDS VISIT

Former Indianapolis Colt and two-time Super Bowl Champion Peyton Manning visited Ball State’s campus Oct. 20 to film an episode of “Peyton’s Places,” a football-themed documentary series hosted by Manning and produced and broadcast by ESPN. Accompanied by Manning

was former “Late Show” host and Ball State alumnus David Letterman, who suggested the episode be filmed at Ball State. “It was exciting to have David Letterman and Peyton Manning on our campus today,” Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns said. “Mr. Letterman is

An NFL Films crew member stands with the rest of the production Oct. 20, 2020, at Frog Baby. The crew was filming an episode of “Peyton’s Places” that is set to air in January. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

proud to be a Ball State graduate, and I am grateful that he returned to our campus with Mr. Manning.” Filming was done with members of the Cardinal football team at Scheumann Stadium and Frog Baby. “The team was thrilled to engage with these two

Indiana legends for ‘Peyton’s Places,’ Ball State Athletic Director Beth Goetz said. “We are grateful for the opportunity to help showcase our campus, as it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our student-athletes and coaches.” The episode will air in January.

Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Ball State alumnus David Letterman pose for a photo with Ball State redshirt senior linebacker Brandon Martin Oct. 20, 2020, at Ball State University. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning stands next to Ball State alumnus David Letterman for a photo Oct. 20, 2020, at Frog Baby. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Ball State redshirt senior linebacker Brandon Martin puts a No. 500 Indianapolis Colts David Letterman jersey on Frog Baby, Oct. 20, 2020. The jersey is a reference to Letterman’s IndyCar team winning the Indianapolis 500 in August. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

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Continued from Page 03 The hardwood underwent thermal modification to cook sugars out of the wood and make the products weather-resistant to prevent warping and last longer outdoors. Because of the wood’s durability, Klinger said these products are environmentally-friendly. “There are a lot of great benefits to thermallymodified wood. It can last 15 years with minimal treatment,” he said. “We feel like it’s a win-win to partner with these people who are willing to be our industry collaborators and provide students with material to work with and experiment with.” Klinger said he was pleased with how their industry partners worked with students to produce prototypes and final designs. “We’re only going to work with local manufacturers,” he said. “They see the value in education and experimentation of students’ ideas.” iMADE’s spring 2020 projects were interrupted due to COVID-19 and MadJax closing temporarily. Klinger said students focused on documenting their ideas for new projects after classes transitioned online, and the benches and trash cans were finished slightly later than expected. Brewer said six benches were delivered to Minnetrista’s

campus in June 2020, and trash cans were delivered in late September. iMADE students worked with Minnetrista groundskeepers to find appropriate places for the benches and a picnic table. The first prototype bench, which Brewer said was brought to Minnetrista in fall 2019, was too tall for people to comfortably sit on, so it operates as a coffee table. “When most people sat on it, they could barely touch their toes to the floor,” she said. “It’s sitting in our lobby now as a coffee table. Everybody loves it.” Though Brewer said the design and production process for Minnetrista’s benches and trash cans took longer going through iMADE than it would have a construction firm, she was happy with the end result. “We weren’t on a hard deadline of any sort, and we enjoy working with Ball State and their students,” she said. “They learn from it, and we learn from it. Everybody had input into the final product.” Brewer said she looks forward to iMADE’s future projects in the Muncie community. “It’s great experience for the students in making, fabricating, and designing and also in meeting client needs,” she said. “I’m sure as they continue to work with other organizations in town, we’re going to see some great products.” Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.

John Smith, president of the industrial division at Mid-West Metal Products, talks to students in the MadJax studio fall 2019. Mid-West Metal Products is based in Muncie and provided materials for the Minnetrista farmers market project. KEVIN KLINGER, PHOTO PROVIDED

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Ball State Sports are officially back. Well, almost. Football will be the first fall sport to resume action Nov. 4, but the rest of fall sports will have to wait until March to compete — except for women’s volleyball, which begins Jan. 22, and cross country, for which the MidAmerican Conference is still exploring options to start a season. Ball State Athletic Director Beth Goetz said the process of ensuring a season for fall athletes has included “a lot of very thorough planning.” “We’ve been working closely with the conference to finalize what those schedules look like and have tried to be strategic in aligning those with the NCAA championships but also be mindful of minimizing as much overlap as we can,” Goetz said. “This is so that we can ensure that our personnel can support those activities.” Women’s volleyball will be the first fall sport to resume action after football.

The season is coming now, and that’s exciting, but it is still off in the distance, so you try to take it one day at a time.” -JOSH RIFE, Ball State Soccer head coach

play each other twice in that two-day span at one site. “It’s going to be a lot different than what it was last season,” sophomore

Ball State releases full schedule

The Cardinals will play all six MidAmerican Conference teams twice in the spring. Their season begins March 12-13 with two games against Appalachian State. They play their first games at home against Ohio March 19-20. Ball State will remain at home March 26-27 when it plays Longwood. The conference semifinals and championship will take place May 7-9.

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The MAC’s current volleyball plan is to have teams compete in 22 conference matches in a double-round-robin format over 10 weeks between Jan. 22 and March 27. Matches will take place Thursdays and Fridays, and schools will

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Ball State fall sports look ahead to unprecedented spring season.

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middle blocker Marie Plitt said. “I think that it’ll be good to be able to play people back to back because we’ll be able to see them that one night, and then the next night, we’ll kind of know what their team is going to look like.” The conference tournament will also look different next season because only the top four teams will earn a berth instead of the typical eight. The tournament will take place Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April 3 at the site of the highest seed to determine the automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament. “Every game truly does matter,” Plitt said. “It’s going to be kind of tough not being able to play other teams because it’s all conference, but I think that everyone is really excited to even just play. So, they’re doing everything they can to just be able to play one game at a time. I don’t think it’s going to be an issue at all.” Volleyball, along with every other fall sport, has held in-person practices. However, the Cardinals must follow health and safety precautions.

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Ball State Football will start its season with back-to-back games on CBS Sports at 7 p.m. The Cardinals will visit the defending MidAmerican Conference Champion Miami (Ohio) Wednesday, Nov. 4. The next week, the Cardinals will welcome Eastern Michigan to Scheumann Stadium for their home opener. The third game on national television will take place Nov. 18 against Northern Illinois on ESPN2, ESPNU or CBS Sports Network.

High School Football

New Palestine stays ahead of Delta The Dragons (6-1) took down the Eagles (5-2) in a battle for second place in the Hoosier Heritage Conference. New Palestine won the battle 28-21 thanks to a strong first quarter, scoring 14 points. The Dragons were led by freshman running back Grayson Thomas, rushing for 130 yards and two touchdowns. Senior running back Lincoln Roth added 64 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

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THE NEXT

GENERATI Kate Vinson becomes the latest Yorktown alumna to join Ball State Women’s Volleyball. Connor Smith Assistant Sports Editor Stephanie Bloom, Yorktown volleyball head coach and former Ball State Women’s Volleyball player, labeled Kate Vinson as a “quiet competitor.” It was Vinson’s freshman year at Yorktown, and Bloom was watching the Tigers play Delta in the sectional championship. Down by one point in the ﬁfth set, Vinson was up to serve. She was the only freshman on the court at the moment for Yorktown. “Because she was a little bit more subdued, I think I misunderstood her a little bit and didn’t realize how much

Whatever you throw at her, she is very willing to accept and do the best she can in that particular role in that moment.” - KELLI MILLER PHILLIPS, Ball State Women’s Volleyball head coach

competitiveness she did have,” Bloom said. “I just remember thinking, ‘OK, we’re going to see what she can do.” Vinson served an ace, tying the set at 14 apiece. The Tigers went on to win the set 19-17, which also gave the Tigers the match. “That was the moment for me when I was like, ‘All right, this kid has got a ton of grit in her, and she’s going to make it,’” Bloom said. “That was a really cool moment that I

will always remember about her.” Throughout her high school career, Vinson guided the Tigers to three Hoosier Heritage Conference titles and recorded 2,505 assists in more than 400 sets played. Now, just over 6 miles away from her former high school, the defensive specialist/setter looks to bring her competitiveness to the Cardinals as she prepares for her ﬁrst season with Ball State Women’s Volleyball. Not only is Vinson excited to represent her local school, but she will mirror Bloom’s playing career. After playing for Yorktown, Bloom played for the Cardinals from 2001-04 before accepting the Tigers’ head coaching position in 2008. A 2015 inductee into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame, Bloom ranks third in Mid-American Conference history with 2,273 digs over her collegiate career. “[Bloom] had a really big impact,” Vinson said. “She has taught me a lot about each position and how to be a really good volleyball player. It’s just amazing to look back at how much she has impacted my volleyball career and my personal high school career.” While Vinson is the only former Yorktown player on this year’s team, Ball State has a history of recruiting defensive specialists from the Tigers. Kate Avila and Kati

Former Yorktown volleyball player Kate Vinson passes the ball in a game. Yorktown head coach Stephanie Bloom played at Ball State from 2001-04. YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS, PHOTO PROVIDED

Vasalakis — 2020 and 2016 Ball State graduates, respectively — previously played the position during their time with the Cardinals. Unlike Avila and Vasalakis, though, Vinson will also play setter for the Cardinals. Head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said Vinson’s versatility was one of the ﬁrst aspects of her playing style that stood out when the Cardinals began practicing earlier this fall. “She’s a super hard worker,” Miller Phillips said. “She’s capable of playing libero, she’s capable of playing defensive setter, she’s capable of setting. Whatever you throw at her, she is very willing to accept and do the best she can in that particular role in that moment. She doesn’t get overly amped up, but she doesn’t get overly low.” Vinson is one of four freshmen on this year’s team, along with outside hitter Cait Snyder, middle blocker Lauren Gilliland and defensive specialist Zoe Conway. Bloom said she is proud to see Vinson represent her alma mater. “It is super fun for me when I have former players go and play [at Ball State],” Bloom said. “It will be an awesome experience to get to have people in the community that already know them come to their games and cheer them on. It’s a win-win in a lot of areas.” For many high school seniors, the process of choosing

N a college can be lengthy and exhausting. However, that wasn’t the case for Vinson, whose relationship with Bloom and knowledge of Yorktown’s ties to Ball State greatly influenced her decision. “I kind of knew this is where Stephanie had gone, and I just wanted to stay kind of close to home,” Vinson said. “I had many talks about how she liked it here. She said it was a really good choice for her, and I knew it would be a good choice for me.” When contrasting Bloom’s coaching style to that of Miller Phillips’, Vinson said there aren’t many differences. “Both of them are very competitive with working hard on every single play and not taking a play off,” Vinson said. “I loved coach Bloom throughout my high school career, and it was just really nice to come to college knowing that I would have those similarities with Kelli as well.” Although the postponement of MAC fall sports delayed the start of Vinson’s collegiate career, the conference released an operational plan Oct. 12 for women’s volleyball to begin a conference-only schedule this winter. Ball State is tentatively set to begin its season in January, playing 22 matches. This winter won’t be the first time Vinson has played on the hardwood of Worthen Arena. She played at Worthen twice over her high school career — in the 2016 and 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association state final matches. The Tigers won both matches, defeating Providence High School in 2016 and Avon High School in 2018. “It won’t be the state championship every single game, but I feel like it will give me that competitive drive to want to play hard when I go into that gym to play,” Vinson said. “I think it will help me with playing in there for Ball State now and knowing what the atmosphere’s like.” Contact Connor Smith with comments at cnsmith@bsu.edu or on Twitter @cnsmith_19.

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Class creates new podcast: ‘Indelible’

Spend Halloween curled up with some popcorn, candy and these horror movies.

Students in English Professor Jill Christman’s creative nonfiction class created a podcast about sexual violence called “Indelible.” The podcast was created as part of an immersive learning course through the Virginia B. Ball Center. The word “indelible” means “written in permanent ink.” 4BallBearingsMag.com

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At University Theatre, Ball State theater and dance students performed the play “The Children’s Hour,” which follows the lives of two female teachers in the 1950s who get accused of a forbidden act by a student. The play is the last inperson performance of the semester, as the Department of Theatre and Dance moved the rest of its fall 2020 lineup online. 4ByteBSU.com

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Places to take your dog in Muncie Muncie locals Hannah and Kane Smith share their favorite spots to spoil their three dachshunds, Jaxon, Lincoln and Harrison. One of the dog parks the Smiths recommend is Emerson Dog Park, where there are two sections of fenced-in play areas so owners feel more secure about letting their dogs run around leashfree. 4BallBearingsMag.com

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Continued from Page 01 “It seems like [after] 400 years, [social workers] have all done the same thing — just named it different names and said that it’s a brand new idea — but it’s not,” Peiffer said.

It’s all about, at the end of the day, trying to think of who this is going to save and who this is going to help.” - MATTHEW PEIFFER, Muncie’s Smile Man “[Social work is] not really changing anything. We’re still in the same spot that we were in years ago.” Advocacy has been a part of Peiffer’s life since 2014 when he began serving on the Indiana Youth Advisory Board. He saw six different bills passed within the Indiana Youth Advisory Board in the six years he was a member. One he was most proud of was helping children in the foster care system get their driver’s license. “It used to be by law, the BMV said we had to have a blood relative give us permit hours,” Peiffer said. “Foster kids — we don’t have blood relatives. We can appoint somebody else now.” While he said he still struggles with school, Peiffer continues to take classes while running his nonproﬁt

organization, A Voice for Kids, to prevent and end child abuse. He began A Voice for Kids in March 2020 when he aged out of being a member of the Indiana Youth Advisory Board. Kevin Planck, executive director at Northwood Manor Senior Living, is a one of A Voice for Kids’ board members. Planck said he has always had a heart for foster care kids needing adoption. He adopted his son, who had been in foster care and abused in six different homes, when he was 6 years old. After a child homicide case in his hometown of Gas City, Indiana, angered Planck to the point of motivation, Planck’s cousin put him in contact with Peiffer. Planck didn’t want to just be a board member or do a fundraiser, he said, and Peiffer’s organization was a perfect way he could “get his hands dirty” and make a difference. “I had a lot of hopelessness that nothing could be changed with these kids’ lives,” Planck said. “I thought it was all talk, but through getting hooked up with [A Voice for Kids] and seeing the changes [Peiffer] is making, I realized there are advocates out there. ... I help him out, and it gets me back engaged in the advocacy and the grassroots of taking care of kids and making sure they’re protected.” Because U.S. states create their own child abuser lists rather than working together, Peiffer is currently working on a national database for child abusers. Peiffer said this database would be similar to a list of sex offenders people can see around their neighborhood. Another one of Peiffer’s projects is helping local foster children get their permit hours by recruiting volunteers in

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the Muncie community to let foster children use their cars to practice their driving skills. He is also working with the Muncie Police Department to speak with new officers about foster children’s experiences. “Every cycle that the Muncie Police Department hires new officers, they’ve allowed me to go in and speak to the rookies,” Peiffer said. “I’ve been pulled over countless times, and as a foster youth, you always look at cops in the bad light that they might be the ones that ripped you away from your parents … If officers were able to step back and learn about our story and where we come from, they might be able to handle those stops a little bit better.” As Peiffer stands on the corner of McGalliard, letting the wind whip his inflatable alien suit, he holds onto the same motivation he has had since his sister died in 2016. While he still catches himself tearing up talking about his experience in foster care and his sister’s death, he said he is proud of the differences he’s making so foster children don’t have the same experiences he did. “It’s never something you can truly overcome, especially about my younger sister committing suicide,” Peiffer said. “That’s probably the hardest thing I ever have to talk about when I give speeches, but it’s important because kids are dying, and they’re going through trauma for so many years. So, it does get easier with every speech, but I won’t say that I’m overcoming 100 percent. It’s still rough ... but it’s all about, at the end of the day, trying to think of who this is going to save and who this is going to help.” Contact Sophie Nulph with comments at smnulph@bsu.edu.

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Released: Dec. 14, 2007 Rating: PG-13 Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga and Dash Mihok Rotten Tomatoes Score: 68% Synopsis: U.S. Army virologist Robert Neville is the last person in New York after a virus killed most of mankind. Immune to the virus, Neville must develop a cure as he defends himself against those who the virus turned into cannibalistic mutants called Darkseekers.

Released Feb. 9, 2001 Rating: R Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman Rotten Tomatoes Score: 39% Synopsis: FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling works to capture Hannibal Lecter before Mason Verger, Hannibal’s surviving victim, seeks his revenge.

Released: Sep. 6, 2019 Rating: R Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean and Bill Skarsgård Rotten Tomatoes Score: 63% Synopsis: Set 27 years after “It,” this sequel follows the Losers Club again as they discover the murderous clown Pennywise has returned to their Maine hometown.

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“Scream”

Released: Sep. 8, 2017 Rating: R Stars: Jaeden Martell and Bill Skarsgård Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85% Synopsis: Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, seven children called “The Losers Club” come together to ﬁght the murderous clown Pennywise, who preys upon children in their small town in Maine.

Released July 14, 1999 Rating: R Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86% Synopsis: Three ﬁlm students set out to ﬁlm a documentary about the Blair Witch, a local legend in a Maryland forest. The students disappear, but a year later, their footage from what they discovered in the forest is found.

Released Dec. 20, 1996 Rating: R Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78% Synopsis: The ﬁrst movie of the “Scream” franchise focuses on teenager Sidney Prescott one year after her mother’s murder. A new killer named Ghostface attacks Sidney’s small hometown of Westboro as he murders his victims when they wrongly answer his trivia questions about horror movies.

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Released Oct. 18, 2002 Rating: PG-13 Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and David Dorfman Rotten Tomatoes Score: 71% Synopsis: Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a cursed videotape where anyone who watches it dies a week later. After watching the video herself, Keller now only has a week to uncover its mystery.

Released April 6, 2018 Rating: PG-13 Stars: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Synopsis: Lee and Evelyn Abbott raise their family in silence to hide from blind, extraterrestrial monsters who kill anyone who makes a sound.

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Released Dec. 12, 1997 Rating: R Stars: David Arquette, Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81% Synopsis: After two students are murdered during a preview of “Stab,” a movie based on the events of the ﬁrst “Scream” ﬁlm, Sidney Prescott realizes there is now a Ghostface copycat on her college campus.

Released Nov. 19, 1999 Rating: R Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci and Miranda Richardson Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69% Synopsis: Police constable Ichabod Crane investigates a series of decapitations in New York by the Headless Horseman.

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‘Fake news’ hurts

Mackenzie Rupp is a freshman telecommunications major and writes “Political Commentary” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. “Fake news” is a term many Americans have come to know all too well. The term is meant to represent false information but has been into a political tool to Mackenzie morphed disavow legitimate journalism Rupp as a whole. I became familiar Columnist, with the term during the 2016 “Political Commentary” election. My interest in politics and journalism grew together. To me, this November’s election is almost a matter of life and death. If you can vote, please take the time to do so. It will be worth the outcome. The first notable use of the phrase “fake news” took place in 2014 by Buzzfeed News media editor Craig Silverman when he discovered a site known as the National Report. President Donald Trump picked up on the term during the 2016 election when he called Buzzfeed News a “failing pile of garbage.” Since then, the term has become a political weapon. The term “fake news” affects both sides of the aisle. It is still being debated on whether or not false information helped Trump win the 2016 election. A recent study by the Knight Foundation, an American nonprofit organization that invests in journalism, suggests that nearly 700,000 fake Twitter accounts were

created in 2016 to help spread fake ideas. For Trump, winning the upcoming election would be considered a positive effect of false information. Trump’s challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, has been dealing with false information since he announced his campaign. One of the most popular claims taken from Politifact is a debunked QAnon conspiracy theory suggesting Biden is a pedophile, and Trump supporters have gone as far to make shirts for their children that say “Hidin’ from Biden.” These theories have been debunked, and all of this negative attention is an example of a negative effect of fake information. False information can also impact journalists because about half of all Americans currently distrust any form of journalism. This is something I have personally experienced as a telecommunications major. Comments from family members such as “Remember to stay

False information is threatening our democracy.

unbiased” are not uncommon. The increasing use of social media helps fake information spread even faster. The stay-at-home order issued in March of 2020 led to an increased use of social media platforms — with Facebook, Netﬂix and YouTube having the highest spike in viewership. Facebook usage increased almost 30 percent, which almost deﬁnitely helped fake information to spread. The right-wing audience is older and whiter than any other audience. Pew Research Center reported in an article released in April 2020 that Fox News is what those who identify as conservative like to hear, and people like to hear what they want to hear, so they block out everything else. Of course, the same thing goes for other political parties, but it seems to me Republicans depend on it based on the evidence produced by the Pew Research Center. All this seems to be a little ridiculous, right? Shouldn’t the incumbent candidate be focused on his own reelection campaign? Right now, it appears to consist of tearing others down, lying — according to an article about a compilation of

*FAKE NEWS*

lies published by “The Atlantic” — and relying on foreign governments to win. Trump did not invent the term “fake news,” but it seems he has adapted it for his own manipulation. Turning the media into “truly the enemy of the people” is a horrible thing to do and should be a huge concern to the American people. Unfortunately, we are currently in the middle of a pandemic and arguably the most controversial election to ever take place, so the demonizing of the media is not a concern to most people. This election is so important that people and organizations who hardly ever endorse a candidate are endorsing Biden. The magazine “Scientific American” is endorsing a candidate for the first time in its 175-year history. Public figures are also reinforcing voting as a whole. Entire platforms, like Facebook, have set up resource tools to direct people on their state’s voting laws and regulations. Hopefully, these endorsements mean something to people. “Fake news” should no longer be seen as funny. It’s a serious problem. Before we know it, false information will be used to rewrite history. Fact-checking sites exist, but what about television news? Radio programs? Conspiracy theory YouTube channels? Fake material needs to be re-evaluated and re-defined to society as just that — fake information, and there is only one way to do that. Vote. Contact Mackenzie Rupp with comments at msrupp@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @kenzieer18.

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First-Time Voters

First-time voters are plagued in a world of false information. Emily Hunter is a sophomore journalism major and writes “Speak Out” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. For the past several months, the 2020 U.S. election has been taking over our lives. Between social media ads, campus Emily campaigns and countless Hunter news articles, we can’t escape Columnist, it. As a first-time voter, it is “Speak Out” starting to feel overwhelming. When I was younger, I was taught that voting is not only a right and privilege, but an expectation — if you don’t vote, you don’t care about your country. This made perfect sense to me when I was young, but as I grew, the wool was lifted from my eyes, and the reality of my “civic duty” became clear. I saw the ugly side of politics — the conflicts, the deceit and the parties that were constantly at war. I saw the hatred seeping into the heart of our country. Each side started shoving their own agenda down my throat without remorse.

I was being groomed to think the way they wanted so they could force me into a box titled “left” or “right.” People would ask who I was voting for with disinterest and a critical eye, waiting for me to challenge their views so they could strike. Turning 18 felt like stepping into a battleﬁeld. I almost didn’t register to vote this year. The pressure of the newfound knowledge and responsibility made me want to not participate at all. Why would I willingly jump into this cesspool of toxicity? It may just be the trademark Gen Z nihilism talking, but it all felt so hopeless. On Oct. 5, the last day to register to vote in Indiana, I came to an important realization. The hand my generation has been dealt is horrible. There’s no doubt about that. The country that is being passed

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down through generations has cracks as deep as the ocean floor. It’s not fair that we are burdened with cleaning up a mess we didn’t even make. However, no matter how unfair the entire situation is, sooner or later, this country will be in our hands. Why not start shaping it now, before any more damage is done? A single vote may seem like whispering in a hurricane, but with enough voices, a whisper becomes a roar. Eventually, the storm will pass, and we can begin the repairs. With only a few hours left, I registered to vote for the 2020 election. Nothing is more important than this Indiana girl’s voice. I believe many college students have come to the same conclusion I have: sitting silently in the shadows does more harm than good. So, if you’re like me and so many other first-time voters and are terrified of what Nov. 3 will bring, have courage. Educate yourself. Seek truth. Step into that booth with the knowledge you are not alone. There are millions of us stepping with you. Contact Emily Hunter with comments at ekhunter@bsu.edu.

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provide everybody the support they need, and, hopefully, that’s the biggest challenge we face outside of COVID.” For Ball State Football, which begins next month, home games will be closed to the general public. For the rest of fall sports taking place this spring, Ball State and the MAC are still undecided on whether fans will be allowed. Goetz said although Ball State was not ready to begin fall sports when it was supposed to, it gives Ball State and the MAC the opportunity to provide student-athletes with a “more meaningful experience.” Schedules for each sport have not been released yet — with the exception of ﬁeld hockey, which was released Oct. 20 — but are expected to as each team’s season grows closer. Contact Evan Weaver with comments at erweaver@bsu.edu on Twitter at @evan_weaver7.

Continued from Page 07 “We felt like we had the safety protocols in place that allowed teams to practice early,” Goetz said. “We’re getting more information in and around COVID and the protocols that help ensure safety. Obviously, testing has become more accessible, and as scientists learn more about directives, we have more information that will make managing all of that a little bit easier.” Plitt said the Cardinals must wear masks at all times and maintain social distancing during practices. Off the court, the team has held Zoom calls to build team chemistry. Other than women’s volleyball, Ball State Soccer will wait an additional month before it plays its ﬁrst game. Head coach Josh Rife said his team’s morale has been high, despite the delayed start. “The season is coming now, and that’s exciting, but it is still off in the distance, so you try to take it one day at a time,” Rife said. The MAC’s soccer plan consists of 10 conference games in a divisional-double-round-robin format taking place over a six-week period between March 4 and April 11. Matches will occur Thursdays and Sundays, culminating in a single-match championship April 17 between the two divisional winners. Rife said he is not concerned about only playing MAC West Division opponents. “This is somewhat cliche,” Rife said, “But I think you just control what you can control. Yes, we’ll have a sample size of teams in our division for scouting purposes, but up until then, you just need to prepare yourself and your team the best you can and trust the process inside.” Field hockey will have a similar layout to soccer. Teams will compete in 13 to 14 conference matches in a double-round-robin format over a seven-week period between March 12 and April 24. Each team will play 12 games against MAC opponents in addition to one or two against Bellarmine University, which will become a ﬁeld hockey-exclusive MAC member in 2021. Games will occur Fridays and Saturdays with teams playing each other twice over the weekend. There will be no conference

A Ball State Field Hockey player stands on the sideline during a game in 2018. The team was created in 1975. DN FILE tournament, and the regular-season champion will be granted an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. While the MAC has yet to decide if cross country teams will compete, many cross country athletes can participate in track and field during the indoor and outdoor seasons. “Both the cross country and indoor track championships are scheduled in the spring, but we are having conversations with our coaches and some student-athletes to figure out how that would impact their training,” Goetz said. “We’re still trying to explore what the best path is for those student-athletes.” There are three other challenges Ball State and the MAC have yet to figure out: weather, overlap with winter/traditional spring sports and scheduling. “For some [fall] sports, [weather] is going to be a challenge,” Goetz said. “I think the other thing is we’ll have a lot going on at one time, but I think we can manage that. We’re confident we can

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