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Ball State Women’s Volleyball players celebrate after winning the Mid-American Conference Championship match against the Bowling Green Falcons Nov. 24 at John E. Worthen Arena. The Cardinals will face Michigan in the round of 64 of the NCAA tournament Dec. 3. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN PHOTO; GETTY IMAGES, PHOTO COURTESY; AMBER PIETZ, DN DESIGN

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FDA panel backs the Merck COVID-19 pill

 In 1978, The Ball State Daily News reported on a three-vehicle crash that injured two students and killed one Yorktown man. Merrill Pennybacker, who was killed in the crash, crossed the center lane and collided with two students traveling in the opposite direction.

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Nov. 30: A Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) panel voted 13-10 to back a COVID-19 pill from Merck. If the FDA, which isn’t bound by the panel’s decision, authorizes the pill, it would be the first at-home drug Americans could take to treat the virus. The panel specifically voted to back the pill for highrisk adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms.

Volleyball coach Don Shondell dies at 92

Cardinals reschedule game with Mastodons

Nov. 23: Don Shondell was the founder of the Ball State Men’s Volleyball program. He accumulated a 769-280-6 career record, and his 769 wins are the second-most wins by a head coach in NCAA men’s volleyball history. Shondell led the Cardinals to 19 regular season Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) titles and 12 MIVA tournament championships.

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 Nov. 30: Ball State Women’s Basketball rescheduled its game against Purdue Fort Wayne for Dec. 2 in Worthen Arena. Tipoff is 6:30 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for Nov. 12 but was canceled due to COVID-19 cases within the Mastodons’ program. The Cardinals won their last game against Saint Joseph’s University 73-67 Nov. 28 in the Van Chancellor Classic.

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‘Turning Trash INTO TREASURE’ Ball State students help create a “White River Guide.”

Krystiana Brosher Reporter Through the center of downtown Muncie runs the White River, a primary source for drinking water in the community that has both literally and figuratively had its highs and lows. It’s a 13-minute walk from the heart of downtown Muncie to the White River — accessible to everyone and an almost daily sight.

At the end of September, the Muncie Arts and Culture Council collaborated with Ball State’s School of Art to create a “White River Art Guide” that showcases the White River’s past, present and future. The White River runs alongside White River Boulevard and cuts through most of Muncie’s parks, making it a prominent feature in the community.

PlySpace’s artist-in-residence is a program under Muncie Arts and Culture Council located in downtown Muncie that allows artists to pursue projects in the local area. Two artistsin-residence from Texas, Makenzie Goodman and Adam Stacey, partnered with a fall 2021 Ball State 2D Foundations class taught by Devon Ward, assistant teaching professor of graphic design and visual communication, to create the “White River Guide.”

For the duration of the project, which lasted five weeks, a group of 14 Ball State students — all members of the class — visited the White River to get a firsthand experience of the area.

Goodman, Stacey and the students used multiple art mediums and turned them into a cyanotype map — a photographic printing process that produces a cyan blue print — focusing on the history of the White River.

“Our goals were to create something that could be collaborative and community-based and was also in response to the White River with students,” Stacey said.

The finished piece was a 30-by-36 inch large scale print featuring Goodman, Stacey and the students’ work. Goodman said the piece was challenging, but it was exciting to create the finished project with different perspectives incorporated in one large piece.

“The purpose of this project was to showcase the White River and the history surrounding it,” Goodman said.

While Goodman and Stacey have spent most

of their time working together in California and Texas, Goodman said coming to Muncie has been a different experience. “[Muncie’s] history is just so much older than the history out west,” Goodman said.

In the spring 2021 semester, Ward taught an art class exploring how biodesign — a process of integrating organic materials into the creation of buildings and products — could improve the ecology of the White River, so he already had background knowledge of the river. In Ward’s fall 2021 class, the students started by learning about the history of the White River and its pollution.

“Students love the site visits,” Ward said. “They love the experience outside of the classroom that then can inform their artwork once they’re back in the class. And they also like rubbing shoulders with professional artists that are making their work today.”

After learning about some of the history, the students went to the White River in early October to do site-responsive artwork, which included taking photographs and sketching what they saw.

Students were then able to create drawings and photograms — a technique that allows objects to be set on a light-sensitive surface,

A visitor looks at an art piece during “The First Guide” art gallery Nov. 18 at PlySpace in downtown Muncie.

The gallery was part of a one-night-only event. ELI HOUSER, DN

and then creates a shadow of the object, looking similar to a photo.

“Some students really gravitated toward the rustic sort of steel bridges that was kind of this representation of the industrial Muncie,” Ward said. “And then, others responded to the more natural elements, so they took photographs of the animals there [and] they took photographs of the trees and the plants there.”

After the initial site visits, the students continued to work and go back to the site multiple times to finish their individual parts of the project, which included re-sketching and modifying their work. The White River project was showcased Nov. 18, at PlySpace downtown.

“The event was really amazing,” Roland said.

“It was great being able to see the work we had created with Adam and Makenzie displayed for more than just our class to see, as well as the other work that they were making while staying at PlySpace.”

Ward said he thinks this project was beneficial for his students because they didn’t have a lot of requirements and just had to create something that tied back to the White River.

“If you have every possibility open, where do you actually turn to, that’s actually a really productive thing, because as artists, when you graduate, no one’s telling you, ‘You have to do this or you have to do that,’” Ward said.

Kendal Roland, freshman art education major who was involved with the River Guide, created negative transparency of photos she took.

“I took items I found from around the White River such as glass, scrap, metal, leaves and branches,” Roland said.

Roland said she has enjoyed being involved in the “White River Guide,” especially because of the networking and teamwork opportunities it gave her.

“From this project, I learned a lot,” Roland said. “I learned what traveling artists do in order to share their work and make a living, explored new creative briefs, worked in a group setting to create [a] collaborative piece for the first time and, overall, found a new passion for turning trash into treasure.”

Contact Krystiana Brosher with comments at krystiana. brosher@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Krystiana_21.

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Minnetrista and Indiana State Museum staff share goals of exhibit dedicated to the opioid epidemic.

Grace McCormick News Editor When Indianapolis-based photojournalist Bill Foley asked people living in his hometown who had used opioids why they chose to enter recovery treatment, he said they all gave him the same answer.

“I interviewed and photographed roughly 44 people,” Foley said. “I asked everybody at the end of my interviews, ‘What was the catalyst for you to go into recovery?’ … The answer was, ‘I didn’t want to die.’”

Foley said he used his connections with recovery coaches in the Indianapolis area to ask some patients if they would be comfortable being interviewed and photographed. Each subject also signed releases. He said he approached the portraits similar to his work for The Associated Press and Time Magazine and was grateful people were open to sharing their stories with him.

Foley said he spent six or seven months on this assignment for the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites to be displayed in the exhibit “FIX: Heartbreak and Hope Inside Our Opioid Crisis.”

Now, 10 of Foley’s subjects can be seen in the FIX exhibit at Minnetrista on display through May 2022 before it returns to the state museum.

The Ball Brothers Foundation and George and Frances Ball Foundation are two of the sponsors of the exhibit, and Ashley Mann, associate director of experience and education at Minnetrista, said foundation leadership wanted the exhibit displayed locally in Muncie.

“We brought it here because we felt like the opioid crisis or substance use disorder is a major issue everywhere, but especially in this area right now,” Mann said. “We could use as

many resources as we can get, and it’s a public health problem that needs to be brought out and worked out.”

Jessica Jenkins, vice president of collections and storytelling at Minnetrista, said about 12 people helped move the FIX exhibit from the state museum to Minnetrista’s Cultural Center.

“Our team and the state museum’s team worked very closely on figuring out how to not just get it here literally on the road and get it to Minnetrista, but also how to make the exhibit that they designed to fit their gallery spaces then work in our galleries,” Jenkins said. “So, we worked very closely with them to kind of adjust the design to make it work in our space.”

Jenkins said each piece in the exhibit had to be broken down before traveling to Muncie to be reconstructed in the Minnetrista gallery space with help from Indianapolis exhibit technicians.

“It’s always wonderful to see an exhibit get installed because you go from bits and pieces to this full beautiful, built-together thing that’s telling a story [and] sharing a message,” she said. “That was really wonderful to see happen in our space.”

Mann said she appreciates how the FIX exhibit

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emphasizes a personal connection to the opioid epidemic through displaying statistics of how many people have been affected by opioid use in Indiana and also bringing in other addictions including alcohol, tobacco, shopping and social media. “[The exhibit] brings the substance use disorder into the light and makes it less of a taboo subject — it destigmatizes it a lot,” she said. “That was the goal — to make

1,875 deaths from opioids in the state of Indiana.

Source: The Indiana Department of Health

people understand that this isn’t just whatever sort of derogatory term you want to use, the person on the street or whatever. This is people who live next door to you, and it’s a disease — it is no choice. It’s something that changes your brain function.”

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“FIX: Heartbreak and Hope Inside Our Opioid Crisis” is an interactive exhibit of the impact the opioid epidemic has had on Indiana. Ashley Mann, associate director of experience and education at Minnetrista, said one of the main goals of the exhibit is to remove stigma associated with opioid use disorder.

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Ball State launches new Excellence in Leadership program to teach leadership opportunities.

Richard Kann Reporter Whether you are entering college, filling out job applications or working for a company that requires hands-on teamwork and being quick to think, leadership is an asset that comes in handy.

Students lead themselves on to letter grades and a degree, while those searching for work lead their own way toward finding a new place to commute to every morning.

Leadership is valuable, and the Excellence in Leadership program serves to emphasize its worth.

Excellence in Leadership aims to give Ball State students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and provide them with opportunities to garner professional experience through campus and community engagement.

“This program works to offer leadership or leadership development workshops to all students across campus, regardless of their leadership style, skill level and experience,” said Bridget Webster, assistant director of student life.

Webster is hosting the program alongside Jenna Spini, graduate student in the Office of Student Life. The program involves three different series of workshops — individual leadership, group leadership and community leadership — with three workshops per series. Students who complete one series can still attend other workshops in the current or future semesters.

Chandlar Williams, sophomore English studies

major, said the activities in the program are fun and engaging, as well as appropriately challenging.

Every activity she puts her energy into improves her leadership skills, Williams said.

This program works to offer leadership or leadership development workshops to all students across campus, regardless of their leadership style, skill level and experience.”

Williams said she also enjoys the scenarios and discussions that allow her and others to practice problem-solving and creative solutions, two scenarios leaders often find themselves in both as students and in the workplace.

“Sometimes, we’ll have activities where it’s almost like a puzzle, and we have to communicate with each other,” Willaims said. “We have to come up with solutions or ideas to fix [theoretical] problems. It’s a lot of communication and teamwork.”

Williams and other Excellence in Leadership participants recently worked through a situation in which they had to come up with an ethically sourced price for an imaginary carnival, Williams said.

“We broke out into small groups and came up with different ways we could be more sustainable and ethically friendly,” she said.

The Excellence in Leadership program is also associated with the 18-credit-hour leadership studies minor, which Webster said can be added to any major. Many students involved in the Excellence in Leadership program are minoring in leadership studies, including Williams.

“There’s a multitude of different classes I will be taking [with the leadership studies minor],” Williams said. “There’s a lot of higher education, different electives and communication classes.

There’s even classes for military leadership and philosophy, and it’s a really easy minor to fit [into your academic schedule].”

Webster said students who complete all nine workshops of the program can apply to become a leadership ambassador, a selective role

within the program that provides professional development opportunities through mentorship, workshops and community engagement in Muncie and Indianapolis.

“We’re really excited to ramp up the leadership ambassador program,” she said. “Right now, we have a partnership with the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute, which is housed in the Miller College of Business.”

Webster said she encourages any and all students to reach out to her if they are interested in the Excellence in Leadership program.

“We really like to highlight that every student on campus has the abilities and skills to define themselves as a leader,” Webster said.

Contact Richard Kann with comments at richard.kann@bsu.edu.

Senior Olive Flick (left) and sophomore Lauren Nekola (right) craft holiday cards for senior citizens during an Excellence in Leadership workshop Dec. 1 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Nekola is majoring in biology, and Flick is studying public communications. GRACE DUERKSEN, DN

- BRIDGET WEBSTER, Assistant director of student life “I really like that [the activities and discussions] push you out of your everyday comfort zone,” she said. “The things we talk about can make us feel uncomfortable at times, but it makes us a better leader because we’re able to effectively work together and communicate.”

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JOIN THE EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM The Excellence in Leadership program meets every Wednesday from 4–5 p.m. in room 301 of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Throughout the semester, the program will host three workshops for three different facets of leadership — individual, group and community leadership.

Students are welcome to attend any and all workshops, and those who attend seven of the nine total workshops per semester are eligible to apply for a leadership scholarship.

The final workshop of the fall 2021 semester will be Dec. 8 for community leadership.

Source: Office of Student Life web page

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MADE FOR BASKETBALL Basheer Jihad and his brother’s basketball careers come full circle.

Ian Hansen Sports Editor When Basheer Jihad was 5 years old, he played basketball for the first time, but he didn’t take much interest in the sport. He stopped playing and decided to go on to soccer.

However, as the now-freshman forward continued his childhood, he decided to return to the sport that would eventually be a staple of his life.

Basheer has six siblings. He considers his oldest brother, Yusuf, who currently is a redshirt freshman center for Eastern Michigan University, a big part of his life along with their father, Garett.

Basheer’s natural ability caught the attention of his coaches at a young age, and Garett said it was a big reason why he returned to basketball and continued playing .

Basheer also said watching Yusuf and his cousins playing motivated him to play.

Yusuf and Basheer would always play against each other when they were younger, and it is what they said helped shape them as not only players but brothers.

“I wouldn’t beat him until later on,” Basheer said. “He used to beat me all of the time. I used to come close sometimes, but he used to always beat me. The day came where I finally got a win. It was just about competing more and blossoming from there.”

Garett said the competition was always friendly. Basheer and Yusuf spent many years competing

with each other one-on-one and eventually got the opportunity to play with each other for one year at North Farmington High School in Detroit.

“They weren’t always together in the same grade, but they did get a chance to play together for varsity in one year,” Garett said. “They always kind of complemented each other. We always enjoyed watching them play together — it is going to be strange seeing them go against each other.”

Basheer said playing with and against Yusuf helped him with more than just basketball. He said it taught him about hard work and working to improve at whatever someone wants to do in life.

“It definitely taught me competition and working for something,” Basheer said. “It also helps me see the progress. The day I beat him, I could tell I was getting better and improving at my game.”

Yusuf echoed Basheer’s sentiments about brotherhood and what they meant to one another on and off the court.

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Freshman forward Basheer Jihad shoots a 3-pointer against Omaha at Worthen Arena Nov. 13. Jihad scored nine points for the Cardinals. JACY BRADLEY, DN

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Ball State Baseball announces schedule Ball State Baseball released its 2022 schedule Nov. 30. The Cardinals begin their season in Charleston, South Carolina, for the Swig and Swine Classic at the Shipyard Feb. 18. The Cardinals open against Bucknell and will also play Iowa, Air Force and Army during the classic.

Ball State starts Mid-American Conference play against Eastern Michigan March 11 in Muncie.

Men’s Basketball

Men’s basketball wins 2nd home game Ball State defeated Indiana State 9775 Nov. 27, winning its second home game this season. A total of five Cardinals scored double-digit points, including a team-high 15 points from junior guard Tyler Cochran.

The Cardinals forced the Sycamores into committing 13 turnovers. Ball State scored 18 of its 97 points off turnovers. Cochran also led the Cardinals defensively with two steals.

Women’s Volleyball

Cardinals set to square off against Michigan After winning their eighth MidAmerican Conference tournament title, Ball State Women’s Volleyball will travel to Louisville, Kentucky, to play Michigan in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Dec. 3. This will be the 10th appearance in the tournament for the Cardinals. Ball State’s 19-match win streak is tied as the fourthlongest active streak nationally.

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Cardinals set sights on NCAA tournament after MAC Championship victory.

Ball State junior middle blocker Marie Plitt (left) and junior outside hitter Natalie Risi (right) celebrate after scoring a point against Bowling Green Nov. 24 at John E. Worthen Arena. The Cardinals claimed victory over the Falcons 3-2. ELI HOUSER, DN

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ifth set. Win or go home.

It was match point for Ball State Women’s Volleyball against Bowling Green in the 2021 Mid-American Conference Volleyball Championship title match. Hundreds of fans hoist their “Chirp” hand sign in the air. A murmur whispers around Worthen Arena, awaiting the final play.

The Falcons’ serve flies over the net to the Cardinals.

Risi digs.

Wielonski sets.

Bulmahn kills.

Risi falls to her knees.

Bulmahn stomps her feet.

The players rush the court.

Ball State Women’s Volleyball wins the MAC tournament title.

In a win-or-go home moment, the Cardinals extended their season and reveled in the win.

Joel Godett, Ball State director of broadcasting, exclaims “phenomenal” to fans listening and watching at home. Cardinal players embrace each other in joyous tears as a dogpile forms at center court. Talk of the celebratory locker room dance circle tradition bubbles around the players and coaches.

Players look with pride at the championship shirts being passed around, featuring the nine-letter word representing their season’s work: champions.

“It’s kind of surreal in the moment,” freshman setter Megan Wielonski said. “We went into the locker room after, and we were like, ‘Is this really happening?’ It’s just insane.”

Wielonski had one of the final serves of the match for the Cardinals and could feel the anticipation building around Worthen Arena.

“Going back to serve when [we were at] 13 [points], I went up there, and tears of joy were just already coming out … in that fifth set, the crowd really kind of just gave us that extra boost of energy that we needed just to push away with that win and pull through,” Wielonski said.

Junior outside hitter Natalie Risi was named the MAC Tournament MVP, but her performance in the championship match solidified the award. Risi had a season-high 19 kills against Bowling Green and added 13 digs.

“Honestly, it was just such a team effort,” Risi said. “Even though maybe the numbers showed up on me, it was really due to all my other teammates, all the other hitters — driving opening shots for me and Megan trusting me and giving me great sets and the defenders calling shots.”

Risi shared the love and happiness that resonated around the locker room after the Cardinals’ eighth MAC title.

“Just so much joy, just knowing that we were able to go out there and do that with every single one of my best friends — I love every single girl out there,” Risi said. “Knowing that we were able to achieve that together was an awesome feeling.”

Despite taking Bowling Green to five sets and coming from behind in parts of the match, head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said she felt like the Cardinals’ identity came into play in the final match of the tournament.

“That’s kind of been what we’ve done all year,” Phillips said.

“Our team is about toughness and being mentally tough, staying the course, and that’s what they did tonight. We knew it was going to be a battle — we absolutely knew we were going to have to battle and earn every single one of those [points]. And no matter what the score was, no matter what happened the point before, I felt like we reset and went again.”

The Cardinals’ championship win came one day after the death of Don Shondell, former head coach of Ball State Men’s Volleyball and 1983 inductee into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Ball State junior middle blocker Marie Plitt celebrates scoring a point during the Mid-American Conference Championship title match against Bowling Green Nov. 24 at John E. Worthen Arena. After their win, the Cardinals moved on to play Michigan in the NCAA Division I Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 3. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Ball State Women’s Volleyball players celebrate after winning the MidAmerican Conference Championship match against the Bowling Green Falcons Nov. 24 at John E. Worthen Arena. The Cardinals beat the Falcons 3-2 in five sets. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Ball State junior outside hitter Natalie Mitchem and junior middle blocker Marie Plitt go for a block during the MidAmerican Conference Championship match against the Bowling Green Falcons Nov. 24 at John E. Worthen Arena.

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“Dr. Don has done so much for volleyball at Ball State, in the Midwest and the whole country,” Phillips said. “He brought volleyball to the Midwest. He brought volleyball to Ball State, and his legacy will live on forever and ever.”

Shondell founded the varsity men’s volleyball program at Ball State in 1964 and was head coach for 34 seasons before his retirement in 1998. He co-founded the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) and was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1996. Shondell’s 769 career wins is the most by a Ball State coach in any sport.

Phillips felt like Shondell’s spirit was in Worthen Arena, cheering on “the volleyball capital of the world,” a famous expression used by Shondell to describe Muncie.

“He’s truly going to be missed, but I know that he was looking down on us tonight and cheering for the Cards,” Phillips said.

This season, Ball State won an NCAA-leading 29 matches, added the program’s ninth regular season championship to the trophy case, finished their MAC campaign with 19 straight victories and booked a spot in the NCAA Division I Championship for the 10th time in program history.

However, the last milestone is the only focus for Ball State now.

“Oh, man, we’re not done yet,” Phillips said. “It’s huge for Ball State

I think the way we’re playing right now is the highest level of volleyball that we’ve been playing all year, [and] it’s the best way to go into the national tournament ... We’re so happy to be able to get into the NCAA tournament.”

- MEGAN WIELONSKI, Freshman setter

[and] for our program to be able to get into the NCAA tournament again, and we’re going to enjoy every moment of that. We’re going to be ready to battle again… we’re looking forward to getting out there and showing what Ball State can do.”

It was announced Nov. 28 the Cardinals will be traveling to Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 3 to face the University of Michigan in the round of 64 of the NCAA tournament. Risi said going to the next level of competition on the national stage will not matter if Ball State sticks to its game plan of trusting the process.

“Just keep it us, because we’ve been successful, because we’ve trusted the process and remained calm and confident,” Risi said. “So, just keep it us and take that into NCAAs.” While the championship victory is still a fresh memory for Ball State, the Cardinals believe there is much more they can bring to the national stage.

“It’s kind of been our goal this whole season is to get a chance at the NCAA tournament,” Wielonski said. “I think the way we’re playing right now is the highest level of volleyball that we’ve been playing all year, [and] it’s the best way to go into the national tournament ... We’re so happy to be able to get into the NCAA tournament.”

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“In games, we would always be telling each other what we can do better and just pushing each other to work out and those kinds of things,” Yusuf said. “Those are all of the things that helped us grow as brothers and at basketball.”

Basheer’s basketball career took off in high school, as he was a candidate for Michigan’s “Mr. Basketball” by the Detroit Free Press after helping North Farmington rank top-10 in the state. He also averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game his senior season. He said he credits his coaches for helping him get to the next level.

“The coaches made me the player I am,” Basheer said. “They taught me all of the fundamental things and all of the tools I needed — I really give credit to them.”

After graduating high school this past spring, Basheer had to make a decision about where he wanted to play collegiate basketball. He received offers from Oakland University, Youngstown State, Eastern Michigan and Ball State. Garett said he stayed out of the decision, and Basheer made it himself.

“I kind of stayed out of it with him on that,” Garett said. “We did have a good meeting with [Ball State head] coach [James] Whitford when we did the Zoom call and everything. I think we took that and the promises of developing [Jihad] as a player.”

Basheer chose Ball State and loved the fact he would have unlimited resources to practice and could improve his game.

“I feel like it is a family here,” Jihad said.

“This place has the right tools for me to get to where I need to go. The practice facility, that is

Ball State freshman forward Basheer Jihad poses with his father, Garett, sister, Suhailah and younger brothers, Imran and Hamza, after the Cardinals victory over Indiana State Nov. 27 at John E. Worthern Arena. Basheer Jihad is averaging 14 points and five rebounds this season. ELI HOUSER, DN

the biggest thing. That is a really big thing for me, just being able to come in here any time of the day. I am just trying to use them to the best of my ability.”

Whitford recruited Basheer because of his

It is unreal. It is so awesome to be in the same conference as my brother. As Muslims, we are like an anomaly — we aren’t supposed to be here. Muslim basketball players are not as common. It is just weird how we are doing things a lot of people haven’t done before.”

- YUSUF JIHAD, Eastern Michigan redshirt freshman center and brother of Basheer Jihad abilities on the court and what he describes as his “competitive character.”

“The biggest thing that sticks out to me is his character,” Whitford said. “He is extreme in the category of what I call ‘competitive character’ — he is highly competitive. He really wants to be a good player. He works at it. He is a team-first guy all of the way.”

Whitford said there was another characteristic that jumped out to him when he was interviewing Basheer to get to know him better: his willingness to always put in the hard work.

“He wanted a place where there were no shortcuts and where he had to earn everything,” Whitford said. “That struck me as very impressive in making a decision.”

In his first season with the Cardinals, Basheer has averaged 14 points and five rebounds. He said it has been an adjustment learning how to contribute in Division I basketball, but he loves where he is at so far.

“It has been a long road since the summer,” Jihad said. “It has been a grind. I came in, like a lot of freshmen, lacking a lot of things. I lacked [basketball] IQ. It has been a long haul. Each and every day, I keep improving — I am just excited for where things can go.”

Life will come full circle for Yusuf and Basheer when Ball State faces Eastern Michigan Jan. 8.

Yusuf said it is still surreal that both of them get to play Division I basketball.

“It is unreal,” Yusuf said. “It is so awesome to be in the same conference as my brother.

As Muslims, we are like an anomaly — we aren’t supposed to be here. Muslim basketball players are not as common. It is just weird how we are doing things a lot of people haven’t done before.”

Contact Ian Hansen with comments at imhansen@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ianh_2.

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Beneath the noon sunlight, two painted hands hold onto their coffee cups and cheer with one another on the wall of Rosebud Coffee House Nov. 23. Sydney Johnson, muralist, painted the mural to make the café look more “trendy” and was inspired by coastal murals. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

Local artist paints murals to bring Muncie’s southside community together.

Shwetha Sundarrajan Reporter Drive on South Hoyt Avenue, and you’ll see businesses decorated with colorful murals, adding a pop of color to the otherwise bare street. Several local businesses, such as Rosebud Coffee House and the Common Market, have set up shops in Muncie’s southside to bring the community together.

Enter Sydney Johnson, 2020 Ball State animation graduate and the mastermind behind the murals that decorate the brick walls outside the businesses.

In September 2020, Johnson was on the hunt for her next mural project when her pastor, Neil Kring at The Revolution, recommended the Common Market as a potential location. Johnson said she fell in love with the Common Market because it is a mix of a grocery store, commercial space for entrepreneurs and activists and a music venue.

If a place looks beautiful, you take more pride in it. [So,] if you think something looks fun and cool, then you just believe that it’s fun and cool.”

- KORY GIPSON, Co-owner of the Common Market

This year, Johnson painted a mural on the brick walls of the Common Market. Facing 8th Street, the mural features a robot emblazoned with the words “Common Unity.” One of the market’s owners, Kory Gipson, said he wanted something that conceptualized the community aspect of the Common Market.

“The Common Market is so far away from campus that few students know about it,” Johnson said. “But once I discovered it, I started hanging out with these 30-somethingyear-old men, Mike and Jerry Martin, and it was super fun.”

Johnson and a handful of her friends created a volunteer group, Motivation Mondays, that has met every Monday at the Common Market since September 2020. The crew helps at the shop by organizing, cleaning and moving furniture around, in addition to whatever needs to be done.

After attending a Logic concert in San Francisco two years ago, Joseph Robert Bellah’s life changed, he said. Professionally known as Prod.

JRB, Bellah was in the front row before Logic invited him on stage to perform his song, “Gang Related.”

After a personal meet and greet, Logic invited Bellah to sign to his record label “BobbyBoy Records.”

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“Sometimes, we just have a fire going and have community nights with volunteers and the family,” Johnson said. “They’re basically nights to help out at the market but also to build community.”

Gipson said he is grateful for Johnson’s art and volunteer support of his business and the local community.

“Her art inspires people when they drive by, and it makes a difference,” said Gipson, who opened the Common Market in May 2020.

“It’s easy to see the ugly that’s around, but if there are people who care — especially Ball State kids — [they can] seek that opportunity to put their mark on the world and show that they’re also interested in seeing change.”

Gipson also said he hopes the mural lasts many years and attributed its success to Johnson’s ability to conceptualize the theme he wanted.

“When we bought the building, one of the first things that we heard from our community and our neighbors was a lack of access to places where they could get food safely,” Gipson said. “We want to base it off of concepts that come from the coasts so that this stays a trendy place that is kind of like the Rosebud Coffee House, but where it appeals to different groups.”

After painting the Common Unity mural, Gipson recommended Johnson speak to Tiara Hicks, owner of Rosebud Coffee House, as a location for her next project. On July 8,

It’s easy to see the ugly that’s around, but if there are people who care — especially Ball State kids — [they can] seek that opportunity to put their mark on the world and show that they’re also interested in seeing change.”

- KORY GIPSON, Co-owner of the Common Market Hicks received a Small Sparks Grant from the 8twelve Coalition, a team of more than 20 organizations and nonprofits driven to improve the quality of life in the South Central and Thomas Park/Avondale neighborhoods.

The grant supports small projects within the

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neighborhoods that will positively impact its quality, and Hicks used the grant to give her business a new look.

“I knew I wanted to create something to draw people to Rosebud, but I just didn’t know what I wanted it to look like,” said Hicks, who opened Rosebud in December 2020. “I had a huge canvas of a big gray wall, and when I took over this building, I painted it all gray to give it a facelift and give it a different look and vibe, but I wanted to add a mural.”

Johnson and Hicks sat down to talk about the mural before Johnson began painting in August. “[Tiara] knew she wanted it to encapsulate the feel of Rosebud right, so I made a list of things that she thinks Rosebud stands for in her backstory for Rosebud,” Johnson said.

Johnson finished the mural in about one week. The mural shows an image of two coffee cups clinking together, signifying how people from all backgrounds can bond over coffee. Hicks said the mural helps consolidate the Rosebud brand.

“The mural helps solidify my mission in breaking down barriers and making people of all places colors, races [and] ages feel comfortable, and it’s really about bringing the community together,” Hicks said. “I felt like the mural was a nonverbal way of communicating that.”

Not only does the mural add a pop of color to an otherwise drab street corner, Hicks said, it also serves as a beacon for the community.

“I feel like, for a lot of people, we’re a destination … they came to the end of the world to come to the southside of Muncie,” Hicks said. “Now, they’ve got an extra little

The sun beats down on a mural painted by Sydney Johnson on the side of the Common Market Nov. 23. Johnson is a 2020 Ball State animation graduate. RYLAN CAPPER, DN something special to be around.”

Johnson said bringing people together is the purpose of her art.

“If a place looks beautiful, you take more pride in it,” Johnson said. “If you think something looks fun and cool, then you just believe that it’s fun and cool.”

Johnson is now working for Circuit Riders, a mission work movement, as a media intern in southern California. While she is not sure what her future holds, she wants to continue pursuing art in multiple forms, like animation and painting, and trying to use them for a greater purpose.

However, despite being a long way from home,

Johnson said she still hasn’t forgotten Muncie.

“Muncie meant so much to me,” Johnson said. “The city and, most importantly, the people I’ve met really allowed me the space to push out of my comfort zone and grow into whatever I was passionate about, and that changed and shaped through college. Muncie and the Avondale neighborhood definitely isn’t something I’m saying goodbye to forever — I’ll be looking forward to visiting and investing time where I can into my relationships there.”

Contact Shwetha Sundarrajan with comments at ssundarrajan@bsu.edu or on Twitter @fengshwe.

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Once combined, add the mixture to the pan of apples, lemon juice and zest.

Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes before adding an egg wash and raw sugar as topping. Cook an additional 45 minutes at 350 degrees, crimping foil around the crust to avoid burning.

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Transfer the apple pie filling into a pie crust. Then, add another pie crust to the top ­— either in slices or as a whole. Fold the edges and crimp them to keep the pie filling within. Place the whole pie in the fridge or freezer for about 20-30 minutes for a flaky crust.

Step 3: Add 1 and a 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon, a 3/4 teaspoon of nutmeg and a 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom to the mixture. Stir slowly to not break the apples. Cook for 20 minutes until apples are soft and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.

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UNREST IN KENOSHA, MINUTE-BY-MINUTE Aug. 25, 2020

8 p.m.

Mayor John Antaramian imposes curfew east of I-94 in Kenosha County due to civil unrest.

11:11 p.m.

Protestors gather near a gas station on Sheridan Road, where Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, clashes with protesters and counter-protesters alike, acting agitated.

11:33 p.m.

Kyle Rittenhouse, then 17, and other militia-style demonstrators are seen speaking with police, asking for water.

An officer speaks to the group over a loudspeaker, saying, “We appreciate you guys. We really do.”

11:48 p.m.

Rosenbaum throws a bag at Rittenhouse and chases him through a car lot. Rittenhouse shoots Rosenbaum three times, killing him in the lot. After seeing the body, Rittenhouse runs from the scene.

17 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.

John Kenosha used to Lynch be boring, as far as Opinion Editor hometowns go.

The fourth-largest city in Wisconsin, my hometown enjoyed a position of relative calm between the two metropolitan sprawls of Chicago and Milwaukee. Known just as much for its summertime “Tall Ships” festivals on the harbor as it was for its automotive manufacturing background, it was a quintessential Midwestern city you’d be happy to leave just as readily as you’d be happy to settle down.

However, now it’s different. These days, when I mention I’m from Wisconsin, and Kenosha specifically, I usually get two reactions, in this order: First, the look of surprise at seeing someone from that far out of Indiana attending Ball State, and second, the dawning of the realization that yes, he just said that Kenosha.

On Aug. 23, 2020, Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times — four times in the back and three times in the side, by Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey during an arrest on charges of third-degree sexual assault, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The shooting paralyzed Blake from the waist down and sparked protests against police brutality, during which Kenosha’s downtown was flooded with a mix of protesters, rioters and looters.

The shooting of Blake wouldn’t be the end of the bloodshed, however, as then-17-year-old Antioch, Illinois, resident Kyle Rittenhouse decided to take the law into his own hands.

Rittenhouse would cross state lines to pick up an AR-15 rifle purchased by his friend, Dominic Black, because Rittenhouse wasn’t legally old enough to own his own. He would go on to kill two protesters and seriously injure another.

The killings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum by Rittenhouse were caught on video, and the defense in Rittenhouse’s trial showed the actions of Huber and Rosenbaum before their killings were not entirely peaceful, causing Rittenhouse to be declared not guilty on

all counts based on a self-defense argument.

Here’s the deal, though: Rittenhouse was never going to face a real penalty for his actions.

I knew that before Judge Bruce Schroeder denied the prosecution the right to call Huber and Rosenbaum “victims,” instead only accepting “arsonists,” “looters” and “rioters.”

I knew that the moment Schroeder dropped the misdemeanor possession of a firearm by a minor charge thanks to poor wording in Wisconsin’s gun laws that allow for minors to possess firearms over a certain barrel length.

I knew that the moment the news of Rittenhouse’s killings hit the Internet.

Rittenhouse was always going to get away with murder, not because of the facts of the situation, but because of the country we live in, a system that prioritizes white innocence over the suffering of others.

Rittenhouse is not a hero, nor is he the innocent pariah the right-wing media ecosystem and politicians have made him out to be in the last year — Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he would make a good Congressional intern during an appearance on Newsmax. However, he is white, and in our judicial system, that’s often enough.

One needs to look no further than the way our legal system has traditionally treated Black defendants in similar or less serious criminal trials compared to the intentional homicide Rittenhouse was acquitted of to see the obvious disparities in our legal framework.

See, over the last year of following this trial, I’ve done my homework — read from both sides of the aisle, paid attention to the circumstances, looked at the legal precedents that could prove or disprove Rittenhouse’s innocence — and this trial is extremely dangerous.

Rittenhouse was always going to get away with murder, not because of the facts of the situation, but because of the country we live in, a system that prioritizes white innocence over the suffering of others.”

Where to start with the Rittenhouse trial?

I have a hard time seeing the fairness in this trial. Schroeder showed Rittenhouse kindness not typically shown to a defendant on trial for intentional homicide, going so far as to let Rittenhouse pull the slips of paper from a bucket to decide the final 12 jurors on the trial — an uncommon courtesy which the judge claimed was common practice in his courtroom — and shouting down prosecutor Thomas Binger during a cross-examination of Rittenhouse.

According to an article from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, a video taken 15 days before the events in Kenosha showed Rittenhouse fantasizing about shooting looters at a CVS, in which he could be heard saying, “Bro, I wish I had my f---ing AR. I’d start shooting rounds at them.”

For reasons currently unknown, Schroeder did not allow the prosecution to use this video as evidence, but the point is still the same — he had intent to harm people in similar situations well before he made that fantasy a reality.

The precedent Rittenhouse’s case sets should scare you if you care about the First Amendment or your own safety. Rittenhouse knew the situation in Kenosha was dangerous and went anyway. A curfew had already been put in place, and Rittenhouse and everyone else in the streets of Kenosha was out past the curfew at that point.

So, how is crossing state lines to pick up an AR-15 with the intention to guard property and potentially use that weapon on other people an argument for self-defense?

Yes, Rittenhouse was chased through the streets

by Anthony Rosenbaum, one of his eventual victims, but Rittenhouse decided to show up to a violent situation with a gun. He failed to consider the message that bringing an assault weapon to a protest that turned violent sent — his privilege as a white person in this scenario protected him more than his AR-15 did. The Kenosha Police Department did not deputize him to protect the city, but they clearly had no problem with

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his “help.”

Citizens are not the arbiters of law, but Rittenhouse has effectively been allowed to do just that. No one in Rittenhouse’s defense denied Rittenhouse killed people that night — the argument was just about whether he was legally justified in doing so.

When people say our legal system is built to uphold white supremacy, this is what they mean. No one, from the cops who didn’t arrest Rittenhouse until the morning after the killings to the judge who was clearly in his corner, thought a white kid shooting protesters in an act of vigilantism was a punishable offense.

No matter how this ruling was going to play out, Rittenhouse’s supporters would have still managed to make him a hero. Had he been jailed, he would be a martyr for the gun rights political machine. Free, he’s a shining right-wing beacon of freedom and patriotism— if your definition of patriotism counts shooting up protests.

Rittenhouse’s freedom disgusts me, and I don’t buy the crocodile tears he shed on the witness stand. You cannot convince me that someone who wore a T-shirt reading “Free as F---” in January, got a photo op with former president Donald Trump days after his trial and had his own merchandise glorifying his actions feels remorse for what he did.

As someone who lived in Kenosha for 18 years, I know the events of Aug. 25, 2020, are not reflective of our community.

Speaking about my hometown now has a tinge of sadness because Kenosha has become synonymous with Rittenhouse’s misdeeds and the harm he inflicted.

Kenosha is not a community that asked for Rittenhouse’s “help,” and it’s worth remembering for so many other things than a “wannabe vigilante.” I want to remember it for all of its positives, but its streets are forever stained now.

The next Rittenhouse will be able to point to this case and get away with the same things he did in Kenosha — or worse. With this ruling, we’ve entered a new legal world where someone with a gun can show up to a protest, claim they felt threatened, open fire and get away with it. While all amendments in the Constitution are created equally, this ruling shows a clear preference for the Second Amendment over the First.

Kyle Rittenhouse was always going to walk. I can’t help but wonder who’s next.

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

Nov. 19, 2021 11:49 p.m.

A crowd of people follows Rittenhouse from the scene, trying to stop him.

Anthony Huber, 26, attempts to grab the barrel of Rittenhouse’s weapon and hits him with a skateboard. Rittenhouse fires once, fatally shooting Huber in the chest.

11:50 p.m.

Rittenhouse runs from the scene of the second shooting, falling to the ground. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, approaches Rittenhouse and raises his hands in the air, but feels threatened and pulls out his handgun. Rittenhouse shoots him in the right bicep.

11:51 p.m.

Police arrive on the scene as someone in the crowd can be heard saying, “Hey, he just shot them!”

Rittenhouse walks toward the police with his hands raised and his weapon hanging from a strap.

Rittenhouse is acquitted of all charges, which included two counts of intentional homicide, each carrying a life sentence, along with attempted homicide, reckless endangerment and the misdemeanor of possessing a weapon as a minor, which was dismissed prior to the trial.

Sources: The New York Times, ABC News

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It’s always wonderful to see an exhibit get installed because you go from bits and pieces to this full beautiful, built-together thing that’s telling a story [and] sharing a message, so that was really wonderful to see happen in our space.”

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Minnetrista staff set up a resource center that greets visitors after they’ve traveled through the exhibit with pamphlets on health and emotional support systems available in Muncie and Indiana. Mann said the resource center isn’t just for people who use opioids but those worried about their family members or neighbors as well.

“It really brings it to people so they don’t have to seek it out,” she said.

Mann said she worked with an advisory committee made up of local Muncie organizations with expertise in substance use recovery to help her organize programming around FIX and offer support in the resource center. Local exhibit partners including Meridian Health Services, Open Door Health Services and other treatment facilities are promoted in the resource center.

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“I think the main thing is to destigmatize the substance use disorder and to understand it and to not be as derogatory because sometimes people don’t even know that they are being derogatory,” she said. “I think destigmatizing the disease, understanding it as a disease and not just a choice that people make, I think those things are pretty important.”

Brian Mancuso, chief officer of engagement for the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, said he started developing the idea for the FIX exhibit in 2018 with other team members as a way to support Gov. Eric Holcomb’s NextLevel Recovery plan, which aims to prevent drug dependence through marketing campaigns and legislation like allowing people to accept less than the prescribed dose of opioids and piloting mobile treatment facilities.

Mancuso said the state museum’s creative teams wanted to create a “safe space for people to go in and explore this topic that has a lot of unknowns.”

Through interactive exhibits and close consultation with recovery experts, Mancuso said the exhibit is different from other ways people probably interact with the opioid epidemic such as news articles, movies or lectures.

“The different ways that you consume something or the different ways that you experience something really speaks to different learners,” he said. “We tried to tap into many different kinds of learners in FIX.” Mancuso said before the exhibit was created, state museum staff talked with employees from the Family and Social Services Administration to determine how the museum could help people recovering from substance use.

“We can’t offer recovery beds, we’re not a hospital — we’re not a lot of things that typically people would reach for to address it,” he said. “We all landed on that we were there to reduce stigma by increasing understanding, by increasing conversation … every piece in there is about humanizing those in recovery, amplifying their stories and decreasing stigma.”

Mancuso said he wanted to make sure the exhibit was welcoming to all visitors and created a safe, judgement-free space for people to explore different topics about the opioid epidemic.

When Foley visited the exhibit with his portraits of people recovering from substance use, he said he thought it was well put together. The goal of his portraits, he said, was to show how everyone makes mistakes and those mistakes don’t define people’s lives. While taking photos, Foley said he wanted to make sure his portraits told the story of his subjects and not just one moment in their lives.

“I haven’t seen the show in Muncie, but I visited the show here in [Indianapolis] numerous times,” Foley said. “Every time I went to the museum, I would learn something new. That’s the great thing about this show — everyone can learn something.”

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

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