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Argentine health minister resigns

Feb. 19: President Alberto Fernández removed Argentina’s health minister, Ginés González García, after reports that people in political power received vaccines despite not being in the priority group of doctors, health personnel and the elderly authorized to receive them. In a tweet, González Garcia insisted he was forced out over a “misunderstanding.”

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Chaye leads men’s swimming and diving

Feb. 20: Sophomore swimmer Owen Chaye secured four combined individual and relay victories as Ball State defeated Southern Illinois 180-108. The team of Chaye, sophomores Bryce Handshoe and Aiden Maurer and freshman Joey Garberick earned a win in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:26.13, a new Lewellen Aquatic Center record.

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Ball State Gymnastics remains undefeated

Feb. 19: The Cardinals improved to 12-0, defeating Bowling Green 195.550-193.250.

Freshman Hannah Ruthberg led the team with a score of 39.225 across all four rotations — the secondhighest score in the Mid-American Conference this season and sixthhighest in school history. Senior Arden Hudson also set a new school record on the balance beam.

Inmates injured after power outage

Feb. 22: Nearly 30 inmates were injured after a power outage plunged a privately operated jail in Indianapolis into darkness and a backup generator failed to kick on, officials said. CoreCivic, the contractor that operates Marion County Jail II, said 28 inmates were treated for injuries — 11 were transported to a hospital, and 17 were treated by jail medical staff.

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National

U.S. passes 500,000 COVID-19 deaths The United States’ COVID-19 death toll passed half a million Feb. 22, approximately a year into the pandemic. The first known deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. happened in early February 2020, both of them in Santa Clara County, California. It took just over a month after the nation reached 400,000 dead in January 2021 to pass another tragic milestone.

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Virginia to abolish state death penalty

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Queer Chocolatier owner shares future hopes for business after Village lease ends.

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It’s a great safe space for students to be in with it so close to campus.

I would hope that if I do find another place, hopefully, we can still encourage students to come visit.”

- MORGAN RODDY, Queer Chocolatier owner

Strolling down West University Avenue past some of Muncie’s iconic local restaurants, a large, glaring “For Lease” sign hangs in the window of Queer Chocolatier in the Village.

Owner Morgan Roddy said her business needs a new location, but she will miss her current storefront.

“I feel very cozy in the Village, and I like a lot of the people that are there,” she said. “I love my neighbors and getting to say ‘Hi’ to them.”

With her lease expiring in March, Roddy must find a new property to move her business into. She said she needs a larger kitchen for her chocolate-making equipment.

“The pandemic really made that decision, in some ways, for me, but before that, there was the question of should I renew the lease and stay in that particular location longer,” she said. “The shift to becoming more of an online business really made it very clear that I need to have a bigger space for production.”

Since March 2020, Queer Chocolatier has been closed for all in-person business, and Roddy said all orders are being taken online. She is fulfilling delivery orders for the local Muncie community and shipping domestically for online orders across the U.S. From mid-May through Labor Day 2020, Roddy said, she had to stop shipping orders because the chocolate would melt in transit.

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State lawmakers voted Feb. 22 to end capital punishment in Virginia, a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people in its long history than any other. The legislation repealing the death penalty now heads to Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who has said he will sign it into law, making Virginia the 23rd state to stop executions.

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Moscow court denies Navalny’s appeal A Moscow court on Feb. 20 rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal of his prison sentence, even as the country faced an order from a top European rights court to free the Kremlin’s most prominent critic. Navalny, an anti-corruption crusader, has built a resistance movement against President Vladimir Putin and fueled waves of protests across Russia.

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Grace McCormick News Editor The courtroom was full every day — standingroom-only full.

Journalists filled every available chair, leaving members of the public to crowd in where they could for a trial that weighed heavily on the nation.

It was 1997, and Terry Nichols stood accused for the role it was believed he played in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people — the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Tension was high for prosecutors, who felt a great deal of responsibility in representing the United States. At least, that’s how Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns remembers those days.

“It was a very complex case — one of the most complex prosecutions in our nation’s history,” he said. “It, in essence, was a murder trial with the families of 168 different victims.”

Nichols was an accomplice to Timothy McVeigh in a bombing at the Alfred Murrah Federal Building April 19, 1995, that killed 168 people, including 19 children. Nichols was convicted of conspiracy and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter Dec. 23, 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.

Mearns was one of three principal trial lawyers in the federal case against Nichols. He was about 10 years into his legal career as a prosecutor when Beth Wilkinson, a former classmate from the University

of Virginia, recommended he be considered for a role on the federal prosecution team. Wilkinson had already been on the prosecution team against McVeigh and thought Mearns would serve the case against Nichols well.

“We had been assistant U.S. attorneys together in New York,” Wilkinson said. “I knew him from law school, and I knew him to be an excellent lawyer.”

Mearns flew to Denver to interview with other members of the prosecution team and Merrick Garland. Now, Garland is President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, but back then, he was the associate deputy attorney general.

“That’s when I met [Garland], and it was based on his recommendation to Attorney General [Janet] Reno that I was selected and appointed to serve,” Mearns said. “Judge Garland was our liaison from our offices in Denver to the attorney general’s.”

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Inside the courtroom Though Nichols was at his home in Herington, Kansas, when the bomb went off, the prosecution team linked receipts, coded letters and McVeigh’s getaway car to Nichols. Witnesses also reported seeing the Ryder truck that contained the bomb at a lake in Kansas, where McVeigh and Nichols allegedly built the bomb together, The Associated Press reported at the time.

Mearns specialized in presenting forensic expert testimony connecting plastic fragments found in the bomb rubble to drums Nichols owned. He also heard statements from victims’ family members.

Events during the Oklahoma City bombing Source: Associated Press, FBI, National Park Service, Wikimedia commons, and Geoffrey Mearns ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN

It’s very important for us to reflect on what happened in the period that led up to the Oklahoma City bombing so that we do all in our power to be sure something like that never happens again.”

- GEOFFREY MEARNS, Ball State president

The FBI released a sketch of a suspect who turned out to be McVeigh.

Aug. 11, 1995: A federal grand jury indicted McVeigh and Nichols on murder and conspiracy charges.

June 2, 1997:

Feb. 20, 1996:

A federal jury in Denver convicted McVeigh on 11 murder and conspiracy counts. He was later sentenced to death.

Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch moved the case to Denver because of pretrial publicity.

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April 19, 1995:

A 4,800-pound bomb made of fertilizer and fuel oil packed inside a rented Ryder truck exploded in front of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building.

An Oklahoma State Trooper arrested Timothy McVeigh 90 minutes after the bomb went off for driving without a license plate and carrying a concealed weapon.

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April 20, 1995:

Dec. 23, 1997:

Merrick Garland arrived in Oklahoma City to lead the FBI investigation and supervise the prosecution cases against McVeigh and accomplice Terry Nichols.

Nichols was convicted of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter, aquitted of weapons and explosives charges. He was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.

April 21, 1995:

Federal authorities arrested McVeigh on probable cause connecting him to the bombing.

Nichols surrendered to authorities.

Merrick Garland was the chief judge on the Washington D.C. circuit court from 2013 to 2020.

The FBI established a command center a few blocks from the Murrah building to coordinate recovery and investigative efforts.

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05 “On a regular basis, the testimony from those families and the survivors was introduced for various reasons as part of the evidence in the case,” Mearns said. “The emotions were, at times, almost overwhelming.”

Mearns said the judge insisted lawyers for the defense and prosecution maintain composure in the courtroom, which was sometimes difficult.

While working on the case in Denver, he said, he was more than 1,000 miles away from his wife, Jennifer — who was pregnant at the time with the couple’s twins, Geoffrey Jr. and Molly — and their other three children, Bridget, 6, Christina, 4, and Clare, 1.

“It was difficult to hear the testimony of a mother whose 4-year-old daughter was killed — who was looking forward to the day when she could take her daughter to her first day of kindergarten and how she would never be able to do that,” Mearns said.

“You couldn’t help hearing these stories without thinking about what it would be like if that had personally had an impact on you.”

The path to prosecution Amy Beckett, Ball State assistant teaching professor of criminal justice and criminology, said the Oklahoma City bombing changed the way some Americans thought about terrorism.

“I think this case was the first time that we accepted the fact that it could be our own people that are terrorizing our own citizens,” she said. “I remember thinking after 9/11, ‘How do we know

this wasn’t domestic terrorism like Oklahoma?’”

Beckett said she knew someone involved in the forensic evidence investigation in Oklahoma City.

“I had a friend who had a cadaver dog over there, and they had to find dead bodies,” she said.

“They said the dogs were getting so depressed that the firefighters had to hide and pretend to be recovered so the dogs would be motivated to continue to look.”

Garland led the evidence investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing and supervised the prosecution team for the cases against McVeigh and Nichols.

When former President Barack Obama nominated Garland for a seat on the United States Supreme Court March 16, 2016, he praised Garland’s dedication to ethics and the rule of law in the Oklahoma City case in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House.

“Throughout the process, Merrick took pains to do everything by the book,” Obama said during a press conference he called to announce his nominee. “When people offered to turn over evidence voluntarily, he refused, taking the harder route of obtaining the proper subpoenas instead, because Merrick would take no chances that someone who murdered innocent Americans might go free on a technicality.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee, controlled by Republicans in 2016, refused to hold a hearing for any Supreme Court nominee until after the 2016

‘Driven by a desire to serve’ Mearns said Garland is an admirable appointment for attorney general, especially because of his experience as a prosecutor for the Justice Department and as a federal appellate court judge. He said Garland embodies qualities of servant leadership.

“He’s thoughtful, and he’s modest, even to the point of being humble,” Mearns said. “Here’s somebody who has had an extraordinary career, had a great deal of responsibility and authority, but is at his core modest, and humble and driven by a desire to serve others and to serve the interest of justice on behalf of every member of our country.”

In his Feb. 22 Senate confirmation hearing, Garland said investigating political extremists and domestic terrorists will be his first priority if he is confirmed.

Because of the increased use of social media that can be used as communication platforms for political extremists, Garland said, “We are facing a more dangerous period than we faced in

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Garland mentioned that FBI Director Christopher Wray has said white supremacists pose a domestic terrorism threat. Mearns said for students born after the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11 likely shaped their understanding of terrorism.

“We know now that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security say the biggest terrorism threat in our country right now is not international terrorism … it’s domestic terrorism,” Mearns said. “It’s very important for us to reflect on what happened in the period that led up to the Oklahoma City bombing so that we do all in our power to be sure something like that never happens again.”

As a prosecutor, Mearns estimated he was personally responsible for a couple hundred convictions and served supervisory roles for a few more hundred cases.

Mearns left legal practice to pursue administrative roles in higher education in 2004, serving as the provost of Cleveland State University and president of Northern Kentucky University before coming to Ball State in 2017.

“Do I miss occasionally an argument or being in court? Sure. It was rewarding and exciting,” Mearns said, “but no regrets because I really enjoy very much the rewards of what I get to do now.”

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

June 11, 2001:

March 29, 1999:

McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy charged Nichols with 160 state counts of firstdegree murder and said he will seek the death penalty. Another count involving the death of a fetus was added later.

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presidential election. When Garland came to the Senate floor for his hearing for attorney general, he received positive comments from Democrats and Republicans.

Chuck Grassley, Republican senator of Iowa and former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Garland Feb. 22 during his hearing, “I respect you, and I think you are a good pick for this job.”

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Terry Nichols

McVeigh’s hatred of the federal government intensified in 1993 after an armed standoff in Waco, Texas, resulted in the deaths of 76 people.

McVeigh went to Waco during the standoff and handed out antigovernment literature.

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Jan. 31, 2000:

Nichols was moved from Florence Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colorado, to Oklahoma City to face state charges.

April 19, 2000

The Oklahoma City National Memorial was dedicated, five years to the day after the bombing. The memorial features 168 empty chairs representing each of the people killed in the blast.

Every part of the Outdoor Memorial symbolically represents pieces of the story of the Oklahoma Bombing.

May 26, 2004:

Nichols was convicted of 161 state murder charges. Jurors could not come to a unanimous decision regarding the death penalty.

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“The tricky thing about being a chocolate business is in the summertime, I cannot ship chocolate,” she said. “There was like three months of it being very difficult. One of our customers actually helped us survive the summer by launching a GoFundMe to help us cover our overhead costs since we weren’t having very much business at that time.”

Daniel Todd, student life team leader at the Indiana Academy, created the GoFundMe, which he said Roddy was unsure about doing herself. He said he Facebook messaged Roddy in May 2020 asking if she had considered starting a fundraiser.

“She was adamant, being a for-profit business, that she didn’t feel right taking money from people, and I was very surprised by that kindness,” Todd said. “It inspired me to start the fundraiser on her behalf, which she gave me permission to do.”

The fundraiser has raised more than $11,000 for Queer Chocolatier so far. Todd said he was

only expecting a couple hundred dollars worth of donations, but the fundraiser was shared widely on

Whether it’s your 10th time there or your first time there, you’re greeted like you’re an old friend. It’s a very welcoming space, and I think, no matter who you are, you can walk in and feel like you belong there.”

- DANIEL TODD, Queer Chocolatier customer social media, and the original $6,000 goal was hit nearly overnight.

Todd said he orders online from Queer

Chocolatier often and encourages his Indiana Academy students to visit the shop.

“Whether it’s your 10th time there or your first time there, you’re greeted like you’re an old friend,” he said. “It’s a very welcoming space, and I think, no matter who you are, you can walk in and feel like you belong there.”

Roddy said the GoFundMe helped her pay for rent for May through September and allowed her to buy new equipment to prepare and store chocolate.

She said delivery orders also increased when people heard the business was struggling.

“I think there’s been a lot of support for small businesses, and if it wasn’t for that support, a lot more small businesses would have gone under during this time,” Roddy said. “I’m very grateful and appreciate that we’ve received so much support from that GoFundMe and just people continuing to order and spread the word about who we are.”

After the difficult summer, Roddy said, online sales have also increased, especially during Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Christmas 2020 sales were about the same as previous years,

Roddy said, but Valentine’s Day 2021 was the most successful holiday season in the business’ history.

Roddy estimated she made about 2,000 truffles for Valentine’s Day orders, with 85 orders to ship and 40 for local delivery. She said she’s “still in recovery mode right now.”

Online orders have primarily been from Muncie community members, but Roddy said she thinks about 60 percent of her usual in-person business comes from Ball State students and faculty.

“It’s a great safe space for students to be in with it so close to campus,” she said. “I would hope that if I do find another place, hopefully, we can still encourage students to come visit.”

Roddy said she wants to make sure Queer Chocolatier’s new storefront is accessible.

“Maybe we can host meetings and events when the pandemic is in our rearview mirror,” she said.

“Community and relationships is the absolute core of our business, and we’ll do everything we can to keep that going.”

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

How Queer Chocolatier makes chocolate

Step 7: Let the chocolate sit in molds for “as long or as little as a chocolate maker prefers” before using it for truffles.

Step 1: Order raw cocoa beans.

Step 2: Sort the beans to remove bits of burlap, rock and twigs.

Step 3: Roast the beans, and remove shells from cocoa nibs.

Roddy said she uses a machine to blow off the shells.

Step 6: Once the mixture is uniform and refined, pour chocolate into molds for bars or truffles.

Step 4: Grind the cocoa nibs in a stone melanger with melted cocoa butter to make chocolate liquor.

Roddy said her melanger holds about three kilograms of chocolate.

Step 5: Add granulated sugar, and let the mixture grind for several more hours.

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Morgan Roddy, owner of Queer Chocolatier, dumps out a fresh batch of roasted cocoa nibs to let them cool Feb. 22, 2021, at Queer Chocolatier in the Village. The shop sells hot chocolate mixes, 12 different kinds of truffles and other baked goods. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

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Making a

DIFFERENCE

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Ball State SAIAC starts conversations about racism and inclusivity.

In January 2020, Jordyn Blythe, junior communications studies and political science major, attended Beverly Tatum’s speech at Ball State University on why schools are responsible for fostering conversations about the importance of diversity and inclusivity.

“I said, ‘That’s a lot easier to do when you’re in an elementary school or high school and students have to do whatever the administration puts out, but in college, there’s way more choice,’” Blythe said.

Tatum had a solution to Blythe’s problem: Offer a class where students can have conversations about racism, anti-racism, intersectionality and inclusive excellence.

Emily Rutter, associate professor of English, and Blythe partnered with multiple other students to establish the Student Anti-Racism and Intersectionality Advisory Council (SAIAC) to create this class at Ball State.

“It was by design that we make sure that I, particularly as a white faculty member, was really actively collaborating with students of color on campus and valuing them as institutional stakeholders in this kind of work,” Rutter said.

Over time, the SAIAC began partnering with other professors and groups, such as the Counseling Center’s diversity team, to create a wider network of people who are dedicated to providing students with these resources about antiracism and intersectionality.

“We discussed the importance of having faculty members work with students to design such a class,” Rutter said. “It wasn’t just understanding race, but instead, actively working to dismantle racism on our campus, in Indiana, in our nation and in the world.”

This class, “Understanding Race, AntiRacism and Intersectionality,” is offered in the Honors College and the College of Sciences and Humanities, with Rutter and her colleagues teaching the course.

In addition to providing resources through a class, SAIAC also has a website and an Instagram account that give people access to anti-racism materials and events.

Lauren Reynolds, senior interpersonal communication major, is one of the students in charge of running the Instagram account.

“We post a lot of educational content that is easily digestible, accessible and helps our followers have a basis for anti-racist terminology and concepts,” Reynolds said in an email.

Reynolds also said the Instagram account utilizes real-world examples of how the terms they discuss affect people in today’s world and throughout history. She said followers are encouraged to challenge the SAIAC and form their own opinions based on resources they find.

SAIAC also employs the Instagram account to

It wasn’t just understanding race, but instead, actively working to dismantle racism on our campus, in Indiana, in our nation and in the world.”

- EMILY RUTTER, Associate professor of English tell people about the events they hold over Zoom.

“At our last ‘Campus Conversation,’ there were over 100 people — it was like 120 or 130 people on the Zoom call. I almost cried because it was so heartening and exciting,” Blythe said.

“We’re just really excited to see all these people who care about making Ball State an inclusive place.”

Blythe said these “Campus Conversations” were originally planned to be in Pruis Hall or Emens Auditorium, with students talking to their neighbors about the topics presented. With the COVID-19 pandemic, this wasn’t able to happen.

Instead, SAIAC has utilized Zoom breakout rooms for students to have these conversations.

Some professors encourage students to attend these conversations as extra credit for their classes, which is something Blythe thinks is going to help SAIAC contact a wider range of students. She would also like to partner with other organizations on campus in the future.

Blythe has high hopes for the SAIAC in the future and feels it will continue to foster a community of inclusivity on Ball State’s campus, even when students cannot meet in person.

“It’s just really hard with the nature of this kind of work to connect online,” Blythe said. “I think in the next year, we can continue to find ways to make people feel comfortable doing that when they can’t necessarily be right next to someone else.”

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

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The bigger

PICTURE After etching his name in Indiana high school basketball record books, Al Gooden knows his coaching has a larger purpose.

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n his seventh season as head coach of Lawrence Central High School boys’ basketball, Al Gooden made history. He became the first African American high school boys’ basketball coach in Indiana to reach 500 wins when the Bears defeated Decatur Central 58-38 in the Marion County Tournament Jan. 12.

“When I started coaching,” Gooden said, “I never said, ‘I’m going to win 100, 200 games.’ I didn’t do that. I just coached for enjoyment — I enjoy helping the kids.”

Gooden played for Ball State Men’s Basketball from 1977-81, and he received his first head coaching job in 1988 with Heritage High School boys’ basketball. He coached there for two years before spending 21 years at Fort Wayne Harding High School and three years at New Haven High School.

Gooden credits most of his coaching journey to Ball State. The Cardinals won their first-ever Mid-

Lawrence Central boys basketball head coach Al Gooden watches his team take on Center Grove Feb. 12, 2021, at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis. Gooden was a member of Ball State’s first Mid-American Conference Championship team in 1981. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

American Conference Title and earned an NCAA Tournament berth his senior season.

Ten years after his graduation, Gooden was inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame.

Former Ball State head coach Steve Yoder, who recruited Gooden out of high school, said Gooden’s success following his playing days has come as no surprise “because he was a good listener.”

“The biggest thing about Al — he was serious about the sport,” Yoder said. “He was one of those guys that, if you’re a coach, you just love to have around because he would respond to just about anything. He was a major part of that [Ball State] team all four years he played there. He just worked, and worked [and] never complained about anything. He was always trying to get better.”

Gooden said he always had an interest in coaching, and he began to see his future come to fruition during his time in Muncie because of his success at Ball State. In his current position, he understands he plays an important role in his players’ lives.

“They need to have somebody to look up to and somebody that looks like them,” Gooden said.

“Whatever color you are, basketball is that common thing that brings different people together, my kids together. I coach all kinds of kids, and basketball is a good focus point.”

Over the years, Gooden has coached Sacramento Kings guard Kyle Guy, former Notre Dame forward V.J. Beachem and Kansas State freshman guard Nijel Pack, just to name a few.

Pack, who played under Gooden at Lawrence Central from 2017-20, said he was ecstatic when he heard about Gooden’s milestone because he set an example for all African American head coaches to follow.

“This is a great achievement for not only [Gooden], but all African American coaches in Indiana,” Pack said. “Coach Gooden will always be remembered — not only in Lawrence Central history, but across the entire state — as one of the greatest coaches to ever do it.”

Pack said he believed Gooden’s traits and values played a key role in helping Lawrence Central

Top: Lawrence Central boys’ basketball head coach Al Gooden talks with his team during a timeout Feb. 12, 2021, at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis. Gooden has coached at Lawrence Central for the past six seasons. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN Below: Then-Cardinals junior Al Gooden shoots the ball against Nebraska Dec. 27, 1980, at Irving Gymnasium. BALL STATE DMR, PHOTO COURTESY find success during his time as a player. He credits Gooden for getting him out of his comfort zone and becoming more vocal on the court. Gooden once pushed Pack to receive all As in one semester in exchange for a dinner on Gooden.

“The leadership role was a big key for me being a point guard on his team,” Pack said. “He felt I had to be a leader no matter my age. I’m not a very talkative person, but he told me I would have to change to be a Division I athlete.”

Gooden said he believes the true benefit of team sports doesn’t just pertain to what happens on the court. He believes his players can implement the lessons they learn from a team setting in whichever way life leads them after their playing days.

“For the rest of life, you’re going to be a part

of a team,” Gooden said. “When you get married, you’re a part of a team. When you have kids, you’re a part of a team. When you get a job, you’re a part of a team. That is one good value I learned from playing basketball and coaching.”

For the younger generation, Gooden’s message is simple.

“First, get a good education,” he said. “That’s the most important. If you have a good education, they can’t take that away from you. Also, have some kind of stick-to-itiveness. Things are not going to be easy at all. Sometimes, you’re going to make errors [and] have some adversity. If you like it, battle for it [and] fight for it if it’s worth doing.”

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

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MUNCIE BLACK BUSINESSES Lifestyles

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JohnTom’s Barbecue, BE’s Beauty and Tailored Technology are three prominent Black-owned businesses in Muncie.

JohnTom’s Barbecue

Tailored Technology

Lathay Pegues remembers waking up to the sweet, tangy smell of his grandfather John Tom Branson’s barbecuing. Branson would often get up early and cook for the whole neighborhood using his secret recipe.

Pegues’ grandfather passed away when he was 11 years old, but some of Pegues’ fondest memories of him involve that famous barbecue recipe.

“I spent a lot of time around my grandpa growing up,” Pegues said, “so I was kind of embedded in this barbecue culture.”

One weekend, Pegues, then attending Indiana University, was barbecuing and decided to see if he could recreate his grandfather’s recipe. This started a five-year experimentation process, trying to get all the ingredients just right. Pegues never exactly recreated his grandfather’s sauce, but he discovered something new in the process: He’d made his own delicious creation — so delicious it could be bottled and sold.

Pegues and his business partners, Terrell Cooper and Rodney Robinson, started JohnTom’s Barbecue in 2006, combining his grandfather’s name to create their brand. They bottled three distinct flavors: JohnTom’s Original, Hoosier Heat and Sneaky Hot. They did a test run at the Indianapolis Black Business Expo in July 2006, where they gave out free samples and brought 576 bottles to sell.

By the end of the day, only three bottles remained.

“All I can say is, by the end of the first day, there was no question we had a product that people were raving about,” Pegues said.

Since that day, business has taken off. JohnTom’s Barbecue is sold in more than 100 stores, including select Kroger and Target locations. It’s used by restaurants and has accounts with Ball State University and Indiana University. It’s been reviewed by Food Network chefs, such as Pam Ward, and barbecue aficionados alike. In 2017, JohnTom’s Barbecue was named Indiana’s favorite barbecue sauce by Indianapolis Monthly magazine.

JohnTom’s Barbecue is part of the new Muncie chapter of the Black Chamber of Commerce. Pegues said the experience of starting the chamber and the outpouring of community support the project has received is inspiring. Because the Muncie community has been supporting his business, Pegues said, he wants to continue giving back to the community by hiring Muncie residents.

George Foley Jr. has big plans for his Muncie small business.

“I’m kind of good about thinking outside the box,” Foley said.

“Muncie is small, but I sometimes have a big-city mentality, and I think we need to think bigger than the size of our table.”

The Muncie graphic designer and owner of graphic design business Tailored Technology said his favorite part of his job is being able to help other businesses succeed.

Foley said he saw a surge in business when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

“It really boomed to a whole other level,” Foley said, “because people needed the technology. They wanted to be more visible.”

Foley started Tailored Technology in 2011 after graduating from Ball State University with a degree in marketing, followed by a master’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. He noticed there were few minority designers in the Muncie area, and he wanted to make a difference.

Foley said he saw a lot of success when Tailored Technology designed public relations materials and advertisements for the 2018 NAACP state conference in Muncie. That was when people really started to see his work and ask what he could do for them, he said.

Lathay Pegues sits at his desk where he runs his barbeque business, JohnTom’s Barbeque. CORYNNE MENARD, BALL BEARINGS

Bernisa Elliott, owner of BE’s Beauty, stands by her wide array of wigs, as her shop is filled with hair care supplies. SHANNON MCCLOSKEY, BALL BEARINGS

BE’s Beauty When Bernisa Elliott started BE’s Beauty 16 years ago, there was only one hair salon that primarily served minority women in the Muncie area.

She wanted to give minority women another option, so she opened her own salon, which specializes in selling wigs, extensions and hair supplies.

BE’s Beauty has since been open for over a decade, built a loyal customer base and expanded by adding a beauty bar next door.

“I love my customers, and just the satisfaction that I get from them coming in feeling some type of way or wanting a new look,” Elliott said, “and for me to be able to assist them just to get a new look and just help them on their journey.”

Elliott said the coronavirus shutdown in March was a challenge for her business, but she was surprised at the amount of regulars who supported her and kept coming back for curbside pickup.

Many of her regulars were still excited to get their hair done and wanted to take a look at new arrivals. Elliott was committed to them, holding up products through the windows of her store for them to view. She said she believes her customers remained loyal to her business because beauty is more than just looking good.

“Whatever it is for each woman, when you achieve that look, then you just feel better and have a little extra pep in your step,” Elliott said.

Like Pegues, Elliott is also a member of the Muncie Black Chamber of Commerce. She said she is passionate about helping her community and giving opportunities to other minority-owned businesses. Elliott’s purpose is to show that minority-owned businesses aren’t just for minorities but the Muncie community as a whole, she said.

Muncie is small, but I sometimes have a big-city mentality, and I think we need to think bigger than the size of our table.”

- GEORGE FOLEY, JR., Owner of Tailored Technology

George Foley, Jr. runs his graphic design business, Tailored Technology, out of the arts staple Madjax. SAM NOWER, BALL BEARINGS

Since then, Foley has designed websites for the Health Coalition of Delaware County, First Choice Electric and Terry Whitt Bailey’s campaign for Muncie mayor, among many others. Foley said his work with Whitt Bailey’s campaign was one of his favorite moments so far.

“She just let me use my own creativity, and she trusted me with the project,” Foley said. “She came that close to being the first African American woman to be the mayor of the city, and she always would tell me that I was a big part of that almost happening for her.”

Also a member of the Muncie Black Chamber of Commerce, Foley said he’s proud to serve the Muncie community.

“I saw a need for [this business] in Muncie because I want to see this city grow back to what it was when I was younger,” Foley said.

“Whatever I can do to help a business grow, and, of course, hire more employees, which helps our city — that was the passion that I had.”

Contact Sam Nower with comments at srnower@bsu.edu.

11 Mali Simone Jeffers, a 2004 Ball State alumna, looks up at a building around Monument Circle for a portrait Feb. 22, 2021, in Indianapolis. Jeffers promotes GANGGANG across social media platforms, and the cultural development firm currently has more than 2,200 followers on its Instagram. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

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Paving the way

Ball State alumna launches development firm to invest in artistic “people of culture.”

Sumayyah Muhammad Assistant Lifestyles Editor On a Thursday night in June 2020, Mali Simone Jeffers, a 2004 Ball State alumna, and her partner, Alan Bacon, brainstormed ways to support artists and entrepreneurs who are “people of culture” in Indianapolis.

The couple came up with the idea of GANGGANG, a cultural development firm, to invest in artists and entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on Black people and people of color.

“2020 was this explosion of tension that begged for something like GANGGANG as its revival,” Jeffers said. “I thought about what Indianapolis needed right after the thick of being in a race war and a pandemic and realized it was culture.

If we focus on what cities love most and what humans are connected by most, we not only repair humanity, but also we progress cities and repay people of color for what they’ve contributed most to America.”

Jeffers named the firm GANGGANG after the original definition of the word “gang:” to go on a journey. Because the word “gang” has been used over time as a way to criminalize groups of Black men, Jeffers said, GANGGANG dismisses this way of thinking and instead celebrates the beauty of its real meaning — people going on a journey together.

Jeffers and Bacon, who met in 2014 during a leadership exchange in Nashville, Tennessee, spent “every waking minute available” creating GANGGANG and reaching out to leaders in their network to bring their idea to life. In July 2020, the couple pitched GANGGANG to the Central Indiana Community Foundation — an organization they knew would understand why GANGGANG should exist, Jeffers said.

“We set up meeting after meeting to pitch this stellar new idea and to find support,” Jeffers said. “That initial seed round lasted six months, and now we’re collaborating on major projects while still fundraising. The process has been exhilarating, non-stop and full of great lessons.”

Ellen Neiers, an employee at Pivot Marketing and leader of GANGGANG’s public relations and branding efforts, partnered with Jeffers and Bacon in September 2020 to help them prepare for GANGGANG’s launch to the public in November 2020. “[Jeffers] is one of the coolest people I know — she radiates creativity in all the best ways possible,” Neiers said. “When [Jeffers and Bacon] first told us about GANGGANG, you could hear the passion and excitement for what they were starting. There was no doubt in my mind the success that GANGGANG was going to be.”

Nathaniel Rhodes, an Indianapolis-based artist,

They constantly remind us that they’re doing this for us — the artists — and the culture.”

- NATHANIEL RHODES, Indianapolis-based artist

met Jeffers and Bacon at a Black Lives Matter protest in Indianapolis in May 2020. While painting one of his art pieces at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument entitled “Power,” Jeffers and Bacon approached Rhodes and asked to purchase his work. “[Jeffers said], ‘I love that. How much do you want from me? Can I buy it from you?’” Rhodes said. “I [said], ‘Well, right now, I’m still using it to spread my message and convey how I feel about this movement in this pandemic and social

injustice. But, when I am ready to sell it, [I’ll] put it on my Instagram, and I’ll let you know first.’”

Later that summer, GANGGANG was asked to take part in a gallery exhibition at Newfields — a 152-acre art and nature campus where the Indianapolis Museum of Art is located — called “DRIP: #BlackLivesMatter Street Mural.” As a guest curator, GANGGANG was responsible for deciding what was included in the exhibition, the title of the show and what viewers would learn while attending the exhibition.

Having stayed in contact with Rhodes, Jeffers asked him to take part in the two-day project of painting the mural, where each artist would paint one letter. The first day, Rhodes said, it started raining as he was halfway through painting the letter “B” in the “#BlackLivesMatter” street mural. So, he and the other artists had to cover up their progress the best way they could with any available tarps and trash bags. Even after it had stopped raining, the concrete was too wet to paint, so they returned the next day to complete the street mural.

“For [Jeffers and Bacon] to quit their jobs and put all of this into us as artists — the things that [they] have done for me and the other 17 artists who were involved in the mural — we really feel like we should have paid them,” Rhodes said.

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ARTISTIC ACTIVISM

Senior public communications major Taylor Hall poses for a portrait in front of Beneficence Feb. 19, 2021, in the Quad. Since May 2020, Hall said, she has performed at about 20 protests. KRISTEN TRIPLETT, DN

Ball State student Taylor Hall shares her passion for activism and music.

Grace McCormick News Editor When Kent Millard attended civil rights marches in the 1960s, he was taught to link arms with fellow protesters so no one would be separated from the group. Millard knew attending marches and protests could be dangerous even though participants were nonviolent. Trainers told him what to do in the face of violent retaliation.

“They told us if somebody hits you over the head with a club, just go down and cover your head,” he said. “And if you see someone being beaten, you jump on top of them and someone else jumps on top of you so you’ll all get a few blows, but you won’t be beaten to death.”

If any protesters fought with the people who were beating them, Millard said, it would have undermined their efforts to secure voting rights for African Americans. Nearly 60 years later, he still emphasizes the effectiveness of nonviolence to his granddaughter, Ball State senior public communications major, Taylor Hall.

“My grandfather marched with Martin Luther King, and he shares his story all around the country for different churches and schools,” Hall said. “Growing up and hearing his stories kind of established a family orientation.”

Hall said she started getting involved in the Black Lives Matter movement in May 2020 after Indianapolis police shot and killed Dreasjon Reed. She joined Black Women in Charge, a community formed by young women to protest racial injustice, in June 2020 and played a part in organizing protests in Indianapolis after the death of George Floyd.

“Over the summer, you saw people from all over Indianapolis come together for this one cause, so

Senior public communications major Taylor Hall stands on top of a car in Indianapolis during a protest this past summer. Hall’s grandfather marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s. TAYLOR HALL, PHOTO PROVIDED

it felt like a family,” Hall said. “I felt very safe and very comfortable. I would stray off by myself inside of protests just because I’m so comfortable inside of Indianapolis and I never felt in danger.”

Hall’s father wrote a song called “I Can’t Breathe” after Floyd’s death, which she first performed in front of what she estimated was about 10,000 people in Indianapolis.

You can’t ask for a change in the world or in the state until you change your community.

You have to help the people around you.”

- TAYLOR HALL, Senior public communications major “That being my first time performing the song was amazing, and from there, I really haven’t stopped performing,” she said. “In the summer, I was performing every week, sometimes multiple times a week, multiple times a day.”

Hall said she received invitations from principals and school administrators to talk with middle and high school students after they heard her perform.

She said she loves teaching students about social movements and inspiring them to use their voices.

Hall founded Artivist LLC and developed a six-week education program for middle school students ages 12-15 to inspire them to be activists.

Each week covered a specific topic: art, activism, education, diversity, inclusion and self-esteem.

“Afterward, I had my first ‘Youth Voices Matter’ rally at the statehouse, and the students had an opportunity to show what they learned through the ‘artivist’ series,” she said. “That’s probably my favorite part of what I’ve done so far — giving students an opportunity to have their voices heard and feel part of a movement.”

The mission statement of Artivist LLC is “inspiring activism through art.” Hall said she thinks music helps make social movements feel more accessible.

“It’s easier for some people to understand your cause when it comes to music and other forms of activism,” she said. “Most people are used to having someone speak to them … but with music, people can just take it in, and process it easier and really take in each line and understand what that means.”

Hall said she was inspired to create Artivist LLC to give back to the local community in Indianapolis.

“For me, what’s most important in activism is community engagement and community development,” she said. “You can’t ask for a change in the world or in the state until you change your community. You have to help the people around you.”

Hall estimated she performed at more than 20 protests through last summer and fall. Sam Boro, Hall’s manager, encouraged her to travel to Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington Aug. 28, 2020.

13 “She just came out with [‘I Can’t Breathe’], and we were thinking, ‘It only makes sense to go to Washington, D.C. and make connections with people out there,’” Boro said. “She had a lot of success, a lot of people wanted to book her and she got a lot of news and radio outlets trying to cover her.”

Hall said she is in the recording studio weekly and hopes to come out with an extended play of about five songs within the next few months.

After she graduates this summer, Hall said, she wants to pursue music and public speaking as a full-time job.

“Taylor has always had talent,” Boro said.

“With her music, I feel like she’s thinking of it more as a job instead of a hobby. When you

transition a job from a hobby, you can see the success that comes with it too. She’s taking it more seriously, and people in her audience are aware of that.”

Hall tries to speak to students over Zoom once or twice a week and hopes to become more involved in the Indianapolis community after she graduates.

She also still frequently talks with her grandfather, who said they meet for lunch a few times each month.

Hall said she remembers the ideology of nonviolence and the resilience of activists before her each time she sings her song’s lyric “don’t stand for hate, stand for love.”

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

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“They haven’t asked for anything in return,” Rhodes continued. “They’re very humble, and they constantly remind us that they’re doing this for us — the artists — and the culture. It’s not like they ask for any praise or any recognition.

They’re just very humble and very inspiring.”

While there’s representation of people of color in certain sectors, like hip-hop, rap and basketball, Rhodes said, he believes this can make ethnic individuals feel boxed into these particular areas. So, he plans to continue advocating for GANGGANG for “the long run” as the cultural firm works to change this issue.

When it comes to art, Rhodes said, there aren’t a lot of famous artists who are people of color who are world-renowned. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kehinde Wiley are who come to mind for Rhodes as individuals who grasped “a once in a lifetime” opportunity as artists.

“GANGGANG is trying to change that,” Rhodes said. “[Artists of color] just have to get [their work] where people can see it and purchase, admire or

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appreciate it. The right people just have to see it, and GANGGANG is making that possible.”

Currently, GANGGANG is working with Visit Indy, Indianapolis’ tourism organization, to identify an artist to create cover art for the spring/summer visitors guide. GANGGANG is also curating more than 200 performances throughout March Madness.

Jeffers said some of her goals for GANGGANG this year are to raise $1 million to fund their affiliated artists’ work, invest in a cultural entrepreneur and produce high-quality cultural programming to activate the creative economy in Indianapolis.

Because of GANGGANG’s positive reception from the public so far, Rhodes said, he believes the cultural firm can increase tourism in Indianapolis and make the city a cultural spot for minority artists.

“It doesn’t matter if [you’re] Black, Hispanic or Asian,” Rhodes said. “These people, whose art probably wouldn’t be held to the highest regard and used — I believe those people can come to Indianapolis searching for opportunities. Those opportunities will be brought about because of GANGGANG’s efforts.”

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

Mali Simone Jeffers poses for a portrait Feb. 22, 2021, at Monument Circle in Indianapolis. Jeffers previously worked in arts administration at the Arts Council of Indianapolis.

She said, “My experience in arts administration [was] all about connecting artists to opportunities and expanding the landscape of opportunities through advocacy.” JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Senior public communications major Taylor Hall holds up a sign during a protest this past summer. Hall has performed her song, “I Can’t Breathe,” at multiple protests in Indiana and at the March on Washington Aug. 28, 2020. TAYLOR HALL,

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A detail of the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue remains Feb. 22, 2021, in Indianapolis, as some of the mural has been washed away by weather. GANGGANG helped organize painting the mural this past summer. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

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Black History is American History Gabriel Tait, Contributor

Editor’s Note: The Daily News publishes Letters to the Editor and guest columns with minimal copy edits and provides a headline only if the author does not provide one. The views expressed in letters do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. We reserve the right to withhold submitted letters depending on the content.

It’s Black History Month! Say it with me, “It’s Black History Month!”

Each semester, I have the challenge and blessing of teaching our students about the complexities and opportunities of diversity, equity and inclusion in our American experiment. As one can imagine, this is not an easy task.

Let’s pause for a minute. Breathe — take an inventory of and reflect on what I just said.

If my experience and educational acuteness is correct, a number of you have already started to question some of the words in my opening sentences. I’m sure a few of you have asked — or at least thought — “What does he mean when he says the ‘American experiment?’ What does he mean with this idea of

‘blessings and challenges’ with teaching diversity, equity and inclusion? Why is teaching and learning diversity, equity and inclusion even a necessary task?”

If you’ve asked these questions, this reveals and affirms the need for our communities to realize that our American history is complex and diverse. One only needs to take an inventory of the last year to see when racial, cultural, ethnic, social, sexuality and religious intersectionality is challenged — or at least enters into the proverbial American history equation— it causes people to feel uncomfortable. This uncomfortableness can create stress, fear, the need to retreat and/or myriad other unsavory emotions that divide us.

This takes me back to the important point that each February — the shortest month of the year — Americans come together to highlight and observe Black History Month.

According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the idea of Negro history was birthed in 1915, when Carter G. Woodson, known as the father of Black history, developed the ASALH as a way to highlight the contributions of Black Americans.

If I can use my contemporary language for a historical time, Woodson was acknowledging that Black Lives Matter.

For some who may not be aware, the establishment of the week happened fewer than 50 years after the decimation of the Reconstruction Era (1863-77), a time of great hope for many Blacks in America. The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

The history behind Black History Month

1909

Carter G. Woodson, a historian from Harvard, and Jesse E. Moorland, a minister, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), which is an organization completely dedicated to promoting Black American achievements.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on the centennial anniversary of the birth of president Abraham Lincoln.

1915

are a testimony to this important time. Unfortunately, in the years following Reconstruction, Blacks saw the idea of freedom and equity destroyed by white supremacy and the implementation of horrible policies that disenfranchised Blacks. By 1926, Negro History Week was established to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14), a former slave and abolitionist, and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12), the former president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation and was assassinated. Former President Gerald Ford formalized Black History Month in 1976.

Black History Month is not meant to encourage the isolation, or even elevation, of Black history over American history, but rather to emphasize that Black history is, in fact, an essential part of American history. As referenced above, because “Black Codes” and “Jim Crow” laws were established to alienate the Black voice, Black History Month has become an opportunity for historians and others to carve out spaces to acknowledge the contributions of Blacks in America’s history.

This brings me to the significance

academic spaces. Each semester, I teach multiple sections of the Diversity and Media course.

This semester, I also have the privilege of teaching an Honors Black World Studies Class.

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of Black history for our students in these

1926 ASNLH sponsored the first Negro History Week, and decided on the second week of Febraury as it coincidentally overlaps the birthday’s of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

In the peak of the civil rights movement in the ‘60s, Negro History Week had transformed into Black History Month because of the increasing awareness of Black identity.

1960

1976 President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976.

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Cardinals split 4-game series with Arizona

Born into a

Ball State traveled to Arizona to play the nationally ranked Wildcats. The Cardinals dropped the first game, won the next two and lost the finale.

The four games were highlighted by the pitching of junior Tyler Ruetschle.

In Ball State’s second win, Ruetschle worked 5.2 scoreless innings and struck out nine batters. He was named MAC Pitcher of the Week.

WINNING CULTURE Sydney Freeman has brought her winning ways from Central Noble High School to Ball State.

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Ball State wins 1st of 2 against Oakland

Then-Cougars senior forward Sydney Freeman celebrates with her Central Noble teammates after winning the IHSAA Class 2A Championship game Feb. 24, 2018, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. KPC MEDIA, PHOTO PROVIDED Evan Weaver Reporter Before she stepped foot onto the hardwood of Worthen Arena, sophomore guard Sydney Freeman was already well known in the Albion, Indiana, community.

Then again, everyone stood out in Albion. Her hometown had a population of 2,349 people in 2010, and she was one of only 106 in her graduating class at Central Noble High School.

So, what was it that made Freeman stand out in a place where almost everyone was known?

Freeman is most remembered for her involvement in the turnaround of Central Noble’s girls’ basketball program. The Cougars had not won more than five games in a season since the 2009-10 season, but Freeman took the team from one of the worst in the state to one of the most dominant, beginning with her arrival

in 2015. The Cougars finished 18-7 her freshman season before going 23-5 her junior year and 27-1 when she was a senior.

Sydney could basically ‘two-ball’ from about the time she could walk.”

- TODD FREEMAN, Sydney Freeman’s father While Freeman said she wasn’t the most vocal player on her record-setting high school team, she doesn’t shy away from what she enjoys.

“I like winning,” Freeman said. “One reason I came [to Ball State] was [because] Carmen Grande was here, and they were

really good. I watched their games, and I committed because I wanted to play for a good team. The culture here at Ball State is that we’re winners, and that’s what [head coach Brady Sallee] tells us.”

Freeman’s love of basketball began long before she was even in elementary school. Her older sister grew up playing youth basketball, and while Freeman was just a toddler, she would constantly beg to play in her sister’s scrimmages.

Freeman was also exposed to a winning culture at a young age. Her father, Todd Freeman, had coached her from the time she was in fourth grade until she graduated high school, including her Amateur Athletic Union teams.

“Sydney could basically ‘two-ball’ from about the time she could walk,” Todd Freeman said. “Once she kept developing and she understood how good she could become, that was probably the biggest thing for her.”

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The Cardinals kept their momentum moving as they earned a 6-1 victory over Oakland Feb. 23, extending their winning streak to five. Senior Rebecca Herrington and sophomore Amy Kaplan won against their respective opponents in straight sets, and sophomore Emma Peeler clinched the team win in her match.

Men’s Volleyball

Kaleb Jenness leads way over Lindenwood Ball State moved its winning streak to seven matches after completing a weekend sweep of Lindenwood. The Cardinals won both matches 3-0 and were led by junior outside attacker Kaleb Jenness. He had 18 kills with a .353 hitting percentage in the second match, also adding six digs to his total. Senior Quinn Isaacson also had 37 assists in the match.

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RECAP

Wins were hard to come by for Ball State Athletics this past weekend. Men’s and women’s basketball fell to Akron and Buffalo, respectively. Women’s volleyball also lost its match to Northern Illinois in straight sets. However, men’s volleyball provided a bright spot for the Cardinals with a 3-0 sweep over Lindenwood, and men’s swimming and diving defeated Southern Illinois 180-108.

Freshman swimmer Jackson Ketcham swims with the butterfly stroke Feb. 20, 2021, at Lewellen Aquatic Center. MADELYN GUINN, DN

Junior middle attacker Felix Egharevba jumps to hit the ball Feb. 20, 2021, at John E. Worthen Arena.

Senior forward Oshlynn Brown shoots the ball Feb. 20, 2021, at John E. Worthen Arena. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

Redshirt junior forward Miryne Thomas dunks the ball Feb. 19, 2021, at John E. Worthen Arena. RYLAN

Redshirt sophomore setter Esther Grussing sets the ball Feb. 19, 2021, at John E. Worthen Arena. GABI KRAMER, DN

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Bundled

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Exercising with masks while in a pandemic Because of COVID-19, some people are concerned about wearing masks while exercising. However, according to the CDC, wearing masks during a workout has shown no harmful effects on the body. However, there are additional precautions people can take to keep themselves and others safe while exercising.418

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New members join University Singers Ball State’s University Singers adjusted to performing with COVID-19 restrictions while bringing joy to students and faculty on campus during its biannual pinning ceremony. New members received a name tag and pin from an alumna as an initiation into the group.

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‘The Giver’ differs from movie trend

A student walks their dog in the snow Feb. 8, 2021, at the Scramble Light. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

Ball State experiences its first wave of heavy snow throughout early February.

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The lack of violence in “The Giver” series may have been the reason why more movies weren’t made.

While recent dystopian films include overthrowing leaders, Lois Lowry, author of “The Giver,” instead tells a story of how cruel it is for a government to keep humanity bottled up in one man.

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Mask Up. Work Out.

What to consider while exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic to stay safe and healthy

Junior theater major Emma Grow runs on a treadmill Feb. 22, 2021, at the Jo Ann Gora Recreation and Wellness Center. If you choose to work out indoors at a gym, the CDC recommends to keep your workouts as brief as possible to avoid prolonged exposure. JADEN

Junior business administration and marketing major Russell Chain bench presses Feb. 22, 2021, at the Jo Ann Gora Recreation and Wellness Center. Before exercising at a gym, the CDC recommends to wipe down machines and equipment with disinfecting wipes and use hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

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WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR EXERCISING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

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If you’re exercising at a gym, visit during low-usage times so there aren’t as many people there.

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Arrive in your workout clothes and shower at home to avoid using shared locker rooms and bathrooms.

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Maintain social distancing of at least 6 feet (about two arm lengths) from other people, even if you’re exercising outdoors.

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To prevent overexerting yourself, limit indoor high-intensity activities, such as vigorous dancing, pick-up basketball, running, racquetball/squash and spinning. Lowerintensity activities, such as yoga or walking, are safer indoor options.

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Keep workouts as brief as possible to avoid prolonged exposure to others.

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If your mask gets sweaty, replace it with a dry, clean mask while exercising because a damp mask can impact its effectiveness.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

By February, 80 percent of people don’t continue with their New Year’s resolutions, according to U.S. News and World Report. According to a YouGov survey, 50 percent of people want to improve their fitness for their 2021 New Year’s resolution, and some may feel even more pressure to keep up with this resolution in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are concerned about visiting the gym and whether wearing a mask while you’re exercising will affect your performance, consider the information below so you can decide how best to go about exercising during the pandemic to keep your New Year’s resolution into the spring.

How does exercise affect your body’s oxygen levels?

As you exercise, your heart pumps more oxygenrich blood to the muscles that are moving, according to Breathe, a clinical educational publication from the European Respiratory Society. Your muscles are working harder, so your body uses more oxygen and produces more carbon dioxide.

To cope with this extra demand, your breathing has to increase from about 15 breaths per minute (12 liters of air) when you are resting up to about 40 to 60 breaths per minute (100 liters of air) during exercise. Your blood circulation also speeds up to take the oxygen to the muscles so they can keep moving.

Does wearing a mask while exercising affect how your heart and lungs receive oxygen?

For healthy people, wearing masks while exercising has not been shown to be harmful, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, if you have asthma, COPD or heart disease, you should consult your

doctor before attempting exercise with a mask.

The rate of perceived exertion, one’s heart rate and tissue oxygenations are not affected by wearing a mask, according to a study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research. The study’s participants wore three-layer cloth masks while cycling and then repeated the activity with no mask. The results showed no difference in the participants’ rate of perceived exertion, heart rate or tissue oxygenation.

How does asthma, COPD and heart disease affect your lungs’ and heart’s function while exercising?

With asthma, the airways in your lungs are often swollen or inflamed, according to the American Lung Association. Dust, chemicals and smoke in the environment can make your airways swell even more.

This narrows the space for the air to move in and out of the lungs. The muscles that wrap around your airways can also tighten, making breathing even harder.

With COPD, the airways in your lungs become inflamed, and the tissue where oxygen is exchanged is destroyed, according to the American Lung Association.

The flow of air in and out of your lungs then decreases.

When that happens, less oxygen gets into your body tissues, and it becomes harder to get rid of the waste gas carbon dioxide.

With heart disease, plaque builds up in the walls of the arteries, according to the American Heart Association.

This buildup narrows the arteries, making it harder for blood to flow through. If a blood clot forms, it can block the blood flow, which can cause a heart attack or stroke.

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A stone plaque reading “Ball State” catches some snow outside John E. Worthen Arena. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

February snowfall has covered campus for the last few weeks with 9.5 inches accumulating over the course of the month. The temperatures have dropped down to an average of 25 degrees. Students have taken advantage of the snow by making snowmen, having snowball fights and writing in the snow.

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Eating disorders don’t discriminate Debunking eating disorder myths and stereotypes

National estimates of eating disorder hospitalizations 26,034 21,535

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There were 4,499 more female hospitalizations from eating disorders in 2009 than in 1999.

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Source: Health Care Cost and Utilization Project.

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With a 53% change from 1999-2000 to 2008-09, males are increasingly being hospitalized from eating disorders but still not at the same rate as females.

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Taylor Smith is a junior news and magazine major and writes “Bold Type” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

I don’t look the part.

If you didn’t know more than the fact that my thighs touch in the middle and my stomach isn’t perfectly flat, you wouldn’t know I have been struggling with an eating disorder and body image issues for nearly my entire life.

Taylor When people look at me, they see an average Smith girl — brown hair, green eyes, size 10 jeans. They Columnist, see meat on my bones and muscular legs that carry “Bold Type” her from Kinghorn to Cooper every morning — not that she hasn’t eaten a full meal in nearly a week or that she woke up much earlier than she had to this morning to cycle until her brain told her it was okay to stop, that she had burned enough calories for the time being.

I don’t look like I have an eating disorder, but I do — a severe one. Yet, the stereotypes surrounding eating disorders still tell me I’m not small enough to be anorexic, I don’t eat enough to be bulimic and I’m not sick enough to have any other unspecified feeding or eating disorder.

The logic that one can only have an eating disorder if they look a certain way, are a certain gender or weigh a certain number is stereotypical and discourages those who do not fit the societal criteria from seeking help for serious disordered eating.

The truth is there is no one way to have an eating disorder because they are just as mental as they are physical. The National Eating Disorders Association defines eating disorders as “complex medical and psychiatric illnesses.” Yet, most people continue to associate eating disorders with being severely underweight and recovering with returning to “normal.”

One stereotype surrounding eating disorders is that those afflicted

are vain — they have a desire to be skinny and small, and skinny and small is automatically associated with being sick.

What people don’t realize is that someone doesn’t have to be under/overweight — or any weight — to have an eating disorder.

Eating disorders aren’t solely physical, and they aren’t always centered around vanity or wanting to look thin.

When medical professionals diagnose someone with an eating disorder, a patient’s weight is not the first thing considered.

Unfortunately, across most of society, the underlying belief is that someone can’t be struggling with a real eating disorder if they aren’t visibly underweight.

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, less than 6 percent of people suffering with eating disorders are medically diagnosed as underweight. Yet, people in average-to-larger bodies are half as likely as those described as “underweight” to seek treatment or be diagnosed with an eating disorder, despite the fact that the struggle is almost entirely mental.

And while we struggle to accept that eating disorders are mental illnesses, we also shed little light on the fact that men can suffer too. Men see photos on social media of six-pack abs and biceps the size of footballs, and this is just as harmful to men as photoshopped images of underweight models are to women.

According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), one in three people struggling with an eating disorder is male, and subclinical eating disorder behaviors, like binging, purging and abusing laxatives, are nearly as common in men as they are among women.

A number of men struggling with eating disorders also suffer from a type of body dysmorphic disorder known as muscle dysmorphia, according to NEDA, causing them to be preoccupied with not being muscular or lean enough and therefore excessively working out and overexerting themselves while weightlifting. However, oftentimes, these actions are not generally associated with disordered eating behaviors.

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Our students are awesome and are willing to engage difficult subjects and conversations in order to gain an enhanced perspective.

The discussions we’ve had during our first six weeks of class have been exhilarating, encouraging and challenging. Interestingly, these conversations have pointed back to many of the same concepts of the contributions of Blacks, the atrocities of slavery and the “white washing” of this history.

Some of our students reading about the Reconstruction were frustrated that they were not aware of this history. One student wrote that, in all of their time studying AP World History, these historical intersections were never mentioned.

Another student shared they “felt embarrassed” they were not aware of this important history. Finally, another student reflected, “The readings challenged my education about American history, particularly in terms of Lincoln and the Reformation. Most Americans

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Sallee said he first found out about Sydney Freeman when she attended one of his camps between her freshman and sophomore years of high school.

“She was the best guard there,” Sallee said. “One of the biggest things I remember is every team that we put her on in that camp, her team won. Whether it was three-on-three or five-on-five, her team won. You look at what she was able to do in high school — her team won. You look at what she was doing in AAU — her team won.”

After Freeman’s sophomore year, Sallee compiled a list of seven of the best point guards in the Midwest. He spent the first half of the summer doing nothing but scouting them.

“We came out of it, and I said, ‘Sydney’s the best one,’” Sallee said. “She’s the one that, on day one, we can give the keys to the Corvette, and she can drive away.”

Sydney Freeman led the Cougars to three conference championships and their first-ever sectional title in 2017. She then led Central Noble to its first state championship in 2018 and became the school’s all-time leading scorer.

One of the best memories former Central Noble teammate Meleah Leatherman has of Freeman was her presence as a great team player.

“Sydney was super fun and easy to play with,” Leatherman said.

“We never argued or butted heads, and she always knew where to put the ball. A lot of my success [at Central Noble] was from her

are taught that Lincoln is a hero who freed the slaves, when, in reality, the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the seceded states, and Lincoln was fundamentally opposed to equality between black and white people, seeing black people as an ‘obstacle to national unity’ that were better off returning to Africa, even though black American families were centuries removed from their continent of origin.” These anecdotal opportunities give us an opportunity to look back and reflect on the complexities and challenges that are a part of our shared American history.

Several weeks ago, I watched “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” a documentary about the Black Church, narrated and produced by historian extraordinaire Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The two-day, four-hour-long series chronicled the complexities of African Americans and sometimes contradictions of people in their intersection with a complex America. For me, as a Gates fan, his works always reveal the possibilities of understanding the historical contributions of Blacks. I first learned about Gates when I was in seminary. An African American professor of mine lent me a series of videos to watch that exposed me to the contributions of Africans in assists, and I’m blessed to have had a point guard for four years that was so good at putting the ball where it needed to go.”

Todd Freeman said members of the Albion and Central Noble community still text him almost daily about how his daughter is doing at Ball State.

“It’s unbelievable when you think of all the things she’s done leading up to this point,” he said. “You just hope that she can be at that point where she can play some games, and then you see her take the lead and do well.”

However, when looking back at the beginnings of Sydney Freeman’s playing days, she said, it is believable — it’s all just been part of the process.

“I used to grow up going to middle school boys’ practices when my dad coached, and I would always ask my mom if I could go to practice,” she said. “It’d end at 8:30 p.m., so she’d be like, ‘You need to hurry home,’ and I’d just be in the gym shooting all the time.”

Sallee said Freeman has the potential to become the best point guard in the Mid-American Conference. She is currently averaging 12.1 points per game in her second season with the Cardinals.

“If you start putting the list of point guards in this league, it is stupid how talented it is at that position,” Sallee said. “My hope is that she looks at that and she wants to be that kid. If she works to that level and has that fire in her belly, it’s scary to think what she can do here.”

From turning around her high school program to making an impact in the cardinal and white, Freeman left a winning culture at Central Noble High School that she brought with her to Ball State.

Contact Evan Weaver with comments at erweaver@bsu.edu or on Twitter @evan_weaver7.

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Continued from Page 21 But because of the existence of stereotypes and cultural biases, men are much less likely to seek treatment for their disordered eating than women. Stereotypes surrounding disordered eating continue to prevent most men from seeking help for these problems.

Not only does it take courage to admit to yourself that you need help, but it takes even more to stand up in front of a society telling you otherwise.

The longer we allow these stereotypes to exist, the more harm we are committing as a society. We are responsible for creating circumstances that prevent people from taking care of themselves, and it is important that we change our ideology quickly, because no one deserves to suffer in silence. No one deserves to suffer alone.

I don’t look the part, but neither do the 94 percent of normalto-overweight individuals — both men and women — who are struggling with me.

Eating disorders don’t discriminate — we do.

Contact Taylor with comments at tnsmith6@bsu.edu or on Twitter @taynsmithh.

shaping the world as we know it. I think it would be fair to say this video series helped catapult me to a career where I seek understanding of this diverse world while recognizing that history does not often illuminate the contributions of people that look like me. I believe seeing and understanding the history/historical contributions of others different from ourselves provides a bridge for understanding the social, cultural, religious woes and triumphs of humanity.

Perhaps, in the future, we will be more consistently inclusive in our history narratives and intentional about sharing the collective and comprehensive history of America in our courses. When that occurs, there may no longer be a need to have a Black History Month. However, until that time occurs, let us be intentional about using Black History Month as a wonderful opportunity to learn, acknowledge and embrace the impact of those who have traditionally been omitted from our history narratives.

- Gabriel B. Tait, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Journalism, College of Communication, Information and Media

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