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Finding answers Lloyd the cat’s owners share his skin cancer diagnosis.406

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Her road to recovery Coming off of an injury her freshman season, Anna Clephane’s consistency has helped the Cardinals find success.407

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A summer adventure Ball State senior traveled to Kodiak, Alaska, to photograph the city’s surfing community.409

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MitchSlap: Let your kids be kids Encouraging your children to specialize in one sport does more harm than good.412

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North Dining employees reflect on the hall’s popularity

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t the beginning of the fall 2020 semester, Ball State students saw many changes across campus. Face masks and social distancing were implemented in each building, a new residence hall was built and North Dining Hall opened to the public.

North Dining Hall is the only dining hall on campus in the North Residential Neighborhood,

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which includes Schmidt/Wilson, Botsford/Swinford and the new North residence halls.

“New dining options such as North Dining foster a sense of community and add to the total of 15,000 transactions daily campuswide,” said Karen Adkins, senior director of auxiliary services.

Adkins said North is positioned to replace dining services that were inside the LaFollette Complex and offers a variety of restaurants,

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including a barbeque, all-day breakfast, bakery, grill, Boar’s Head and Italian food. North also has an allergen-free zone that is free of the top eight major allergens and gluten.

“In North Dining, we focused on efficiency and customer service,” Adkins said. “The majority of the food production takes place within the micro-restaurants in front of the customers.”

In addition to having a wide

variety of restaurants students can choose to eat at, North has a unique dining room setup, with about 100 tables built from Indiana hickory trees and chairs that are made from recycled plastic bottles.

“North Dining is one example of Ball State’s commitment to providing the campus with an exemplary dining experience and adding to our vibrant campus culture,” Adkins said.

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Phillips invited to NFL Combine

Jan. 29: Ball State senior cornerback Antonio Phillips confirmed via Twitter he will participate in the 2021 NFL Combine, consisting of on-campus workouts and remote interviews.

Phillips is one of three Cardinals declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft, along with graduate student wide receiver Antwan Davis and senior running back Caleb Huntley.

Myanmar military seizes government

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Feb. 1: Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained senior politicians in response to the government ignoring claims of election fraud. This marks a sharp reversal of the significant progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following 50 years of military rule. Military members said they would take control of the country for one year.

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Ball State hosts MLK speaker over Zoom Feb. 2: Civil rights activist Cheryl Brown Henderson spoke over Zoom as the MLK speaker for Ball State’s 41st annual Unity Week. Brown Henderson, a daughter of Brown v. Board of Education plaintiff Oliver Brown, discussed the legacy of the Supreme Court case and her own philanthropic career as an activist for educational equity and reform. Brown Henderson is the founding president of The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, which encourages civics and diversity education and provides scholarships to teachers who teach in low-income areas. During her lecture, Brown Henderson took questions from moderators and students in the virtual audience and gave advice to young people of color.

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Mexican president works from isolation

AND Rebranding Fraternities and sororities cope with COVID-19 challenges.

After a positive COVID-19 test Jan. 25, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador worked from isolation and missed his daily news conference for the first time as president. On Jan. 30, López Obrador said he was still testing positive, but the worst of his illness was in the past. He is focusing his efforts on securing more coronavirus vaccines for Mexico.

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As spring rush week began for the Greek Life community, fraternity and sorority members were having a different experience compared to last year.

Ball State’s Greek Life is in the process of rebranding as Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) to alleviate confusion for international students, “especially [those] who come from a Greek background,” said J. Chris Hager, associate director of student life.

A name change isn’t the only adjustment FSL is having to make this semester. The rebrand falls in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which members are still learning to work around.

Alpha Tau Omega has put measures in place after having to quarantine in the fall semester, including mandatory mask-wearing in public spaces, a biweekly cleaning and disinfecting of the fraternity house and shifting more of its meetings, such as induction ceremonies for new members, online.

Jack Johnson, 2020 secretary of Alpha Tau Omega, said one challenge was holding students’ interest during the extended online meetings.

“Everyone has dealt with the pandemic in different ways, and it has been draining for most people to say the least,” Johnson said via text message.

Johnson said he felt the toll of this energy-draining school year, but he and his fraternity brothers persevered. He said they promoted a message of brotherhood to make sure members knew they were “all in this together” and “not alone in how they’re feeling.”

“As a leader and a senior in trying times, I learned not to get down on myself for the way things are currently and that I should focus on doing all that I can to accommodate the younger guys in the fraternity to make sure they can reap all the benefits that Greek Life has to offer,” Johnson said. “It is important to be a part of the solution rather than part of the problem.”

Under normal circumstances, “Meet The Greeks,” an event hosted at the beginning of the school year, would be where new students could get a look at FSL on campus. However, COVID-19 forced recruitment events online.

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Trump names lawyers to impeachment team Former President Donald Trump announced a new impeachment legal defense team Feb. 1 after it was revealed he had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys with just over a week before his Senate trial. The two representing Trump will be defense lawyer David Schoen and former Pennsylvania district attorney Bruce Castor.

International

AstraZeneca agrees to supply deal with EU Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, according to a Jan. 31 European Commission statement. The new target of manufacturing 40 million doses by the end of March is still only half of what AstraZeneca planned.

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North is also home to the university’s second on-campus Starbucks location, with the first at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center on the opposite end of campus. Julie Hopwood, associate vice president for business and auxiliary services, said the North Starbucks location has experienced higher sales “due to the location and proximity to residence halls.”

Hopwood also said she believes opening the new dining hall has been successful and will continue to be that way in the future.

“Our students, employees and campus visitors have embraced the convenience of this new location, additional culinary options and overall environment as another opportunity for an enhanced campus experience,” Hopwood said.

Hopwood isn’t the only campus employee who believes North was a success during its inaugural semester. Amy Grasso, general manager of North Dining, said opening the new facility was exciting and thinks the future is bright, especially when it’s able to open full scale after the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Just the other day, I was looking out over the new lawn being constructed where LaFollette once stood, thinking of our future when students can roam together in large groups and be out on the future greenspace,” Grasso said. “We look forward to our future with large events around this facility.”

Grasso said she is proud of how the Ball State community has received the new dining facility but believes there have been some challenges due to COVID-19, particularly with following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

Each table is limited to only three people to try to keep social distancing principles in place. Guests in the dining hall are also required to put their masks on after they are finished eating so everyone is following the university’s and Indiana’s mask mandate.

“We have an excellent director and administrative team that has helped guide our department during this

challenging time,” Grasso said.

Kaitlynn Santino, sophomore hospitality and food management major, is an employee at North Dining Hall. Santino said she applied to North when she heard there would be a bakery because she hopes to open one of her own some day. Working at North’s bakery, she helps make fresh goods, such as doughnuts, brownies and cookies. Santino said she loves her job at North and learned a lot from working in the bakery, primarily through decorating the doughnuts.

“Working at North has been such a great learning experience that I don’t think I could have gotten from anywhere else,” Santino said.

She also said working at North has allowed her to build a great relationship with the staff and that the workers there feel like her family.

“I have never worked in a place that was so clean, treats staff and students well and teaches me so much,” Santino said, “If I was just eating there, I don’t think I would have as close of a relationship with the kind staff that works there.”

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

Going the distance Before the presence of North Dining, the roughly 1,500 students that live in the upper north dorms of Botsford/Swinford, Schmidt/Wilson, and the North Residence Halls had to travel to the Atrium or Noyer for their closest meal. These students now have access to a significantly closer food option, increasing North Dining’s popularity among students. *Elliott

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Continued from Page 03 “I would say that they’re handling it really well,” Hager said. “We’re seeing more of our Panhellenic chapters being more innovative as far as their chapter meetings [and] how they’re engaging their chapter members.”

Despite COVID-19, Hager said FSL’s retention numbers are at 91.1 percent, a 12.74-percent increase from last year. Hager said he thinks retention rates are high because FSL is encouraging members to “stay involved and contribute to the community.”

It is important to be a part of the solution rather than part of the problem.”

- JACK JOHNSON, Former secretary of Alpha Tau Omega

“We had almost 700 hours of hands-on community service that was completed by members of [the FSL] community,” Hager said.

“I would say that is a big success.”

The Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing council that works with the Panhellenic Association and the National Pan-Hellenic Council to oversee FSL, has been working with chapters during this time, including with community service.

The IFC has also helped accommodate necessary changes to routine activities, such as online instruction, to help fraternity members maintain good academic standing. The IFC provided community service opportunities for

chapters to raise money for organizations like Dance Marathon, Secret Families of Muncie and Angel Tree. It also provided recruitment outlets through Zoom.

“Our implementation of online resources will be vital in our progression moving forward, as we now have a baseline of conducting our operations completely virtual, thus allowing us to integrate hybrid methods of in-person and virtual events,” said David Apple, former president of IFC. To help adjust volunteer community service requirements, the Sigma Chi fraternity partnered with the DeHority Complex for a food drive in November 2020 to get students involved in helping the Muncie and Delaware County community. There were a total of 746 items donated to the food drive, with 235 of those being from Sigma Chi. “The thing that I would love to accomplish is, obviously, serving our local community, but I also love the idea of a student government body cooperating with an off-campus organization, such as a Greek Life, especially because that is so rare,” said Joseph Gassensmith, president of DeHority Hall Council and member of Sigma Chi. Because of the coronavirus, all donations had to be cleaned and organized by members of the DeHority Hall Council. Sigma Chi members also couldn’t go door to door accepting donations.

Instead, they created an online message template that could be individualized before being sent and spread around.

Xavier Miller, head of philanthropy at Sigma Chi, said he wanted to help relieve food insecurity through the food drive.

“We realized Muncie was hurting right now and people aren’t doing the best, so we wanted to look for different ways to be able to help out our community,” Miller said.

Though in-person recruitment tours of fraternity houses are canceled because of the pandemic, Sigma Chi and other FSL organizations are rushing new members via social media and Zoom for their spring recruitment week, which began Feb. 2 and will end Feb. 9.

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BALL STATE FRATERNITY AND SORORITY CHAPTERS PHA Sororities

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CONFINED FELINE Maya Wilkins Assistant News Editor

Ball State has its fair share of campus icons, from Beneficence to Frog Baby to Shafer Tower.

One icon is a lot smaller than the rest. It’s considered more of a secret but just as important to the campus community.

Lloyd the cat, 14, was diagnosed Jan. 14 with nonmetastatic skin cancer, meaning it will not spread to the rest of his body and will stay on his nose and top part of his lip. His owner, Jody Mason, said he cannot go outside because the color of his fur makes him more vulnerable to skin cancer.

Lloyd was introduced to the university’s campus in 2017 when Mason, a 1996 Ball State graduate, moved back to Muncie. Mason began living in one of the houses that faces the Cow Path behind McKinley Avenue that runs from the Johnson Complex to the Quad.

“Lloyd liked to wander a lot,” Mason said. “He always did where we had [lived] before, and that continued in town, which made us nervous.”

Because Lloyd liked to wander around campus, Mason bought a collar for him that would not only identify him, but would be able to track where he was going around the area.

“As a joke, I just made an Instagram and thought, ‘Well, maybe I can see where he goes,’ and we put a QR code on his tag,” Mason said. “Then, things just kind of went nuts.”

Mason posted pictures tracking Lloyd on his adventures and encouraged people to send in pictures of him from around campus and tag him to see where his favorite places were. Lloyd mostly hung out by the Cow Path and the Johnson Complex residence halls.

“People just kept following him, and I think it was within a month, there were 400 followers [of the Instagram account],” Mason said.

In October 2019, Lloyd was crossing the Cow Path behind the Lafollette Complex near a loading

dock when he ran into a car.

“I think he was chasing something, like a chipmunk, and he ran,” Mason said. “He didn’t run out in front of the car — he literally hit their tire while they were driving down the Cow Path.”

He’s always gravitated toward whoever was upset. It has always seemed like him to calm them down and make everything right.

That’s just who he is.”

-MIKEY MASON, Lloyd the cat’s owner The accident broke Lloyd’s jaw and gave him a laceration on his face. It also tore up his nose, which is what Mason believes led to Lloyd’s recent skin cancer diagnosis. After the accident, Mason said, Lloyd would not leave the wound alone. Over

Lloyd the cat and owners seek medical treatment for his cancer.

time, it began to heal, so Mason took him to the veterinarian, where they found out he had a feline herpes virus.

Lloyd was treated for the virus, but as time went on, the spot on his nose continued to get worse.

Mason believed it was just the virus again, but the veterinarian did a biopsy, where they found out it was skin cancer.

“He’s always gotten into enough scrapes,” Mason said. “He’s almost always had this spot on his nose — whether it was because he was messing with another cat or he liked to go under the chain link fence to the Cow Path from the neighborhood.”

She made a post about the cancer diagnosis on Lloyd’s Instagram account, @lloyd_the_people_ cat, Jan. 24.

Mason explained to the account’s followers what the diagnosis meant, the symptoms he had and what they could do to help him get better. She also thanked Lloyd’s followers for their support. This post was met with well-wishes and encouragement from followers of the account.

Hailey Byall, sophomore photography major, has been following the Instagram account since her freshman year.

“I’ve seen him in person around campus a few times, and he always brightened my day,” Byall said. “I have pets at home, and being away from them is hard, but Lloyd always helped with that.”

Byall saw the post Jan. 24 and said she was shocked by the unexpected news of Lloyd’s cancer diagnosis.

“It makes me sad to know that there may not be a good outcome, but all I can hope is that he pulls through so he can continue to comfort people on campus,” Byall said.

Mason’s husband, Mikey Mason, is selfemployed and spends more time with Lloyd. He also takes the pictures for the Instagram account.

“He’s always had a close relationship with Jody, but now, he spends time hanging out with me and chilling on my lap,” Mason said.

He also described Lloyd as a charismatic animal, who the family has loved to share with the Ball State community.

“He’s always gravitated toward whoever was upset,” Mason said. “It has always seemed like him to calm them down and make everything right.

That’s just who he is.”

The Masons said they are thankful for all the support they have received since Lloyd’s diagnosis and are hoping for the best during this time.

“We appreciate everybody always looking out for him and thinking he’s as cool as we think he is,” Jody Mason said. “He’s just a huge character in this little cat body.”

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

TREATMENTS FOR SKIN CANCER IN CATS White cats and cats with lightcolored fur are more likely to get skin cancer. One of the leading causes of skin cancer in cats is long-term exposure to sunlight, and the cancer is most often seen in older cats.

Treatment varies depending on how many cancerous growths a cat has and how large they are. The most severe treatment is surgery, but if sores are diagnosed before they become cancerous, medication can be used.

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Lloyd the cat sits in front of a window at his house. Lloyd has non-metastatic skin cancer, and his owners said they believe he was exposed to it after his car accident in October 2019. JODY MASON, PHOTO PROVIDED

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Redshirt sophomore guard Anna Clephane pushes past a defender during a game against Miami (Ohio) Jan. 27, 2021, at John E. Worthen Arena.Clephane played in all 31 games of the 2019-20 season after returning from a season-ending injury in 2018. GRACE WALTON, DN; ALEX HINDENLANG, DN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

WINNING HER OWN

BATTLE Anna Clephane’s toughness and consistency translates to success on the basketball court.

Evan Weaver Reporter Consistency.

Redshirt sophomore guard Anna Clephane is accustomed to consistency whenever she steps on the basketball court. She is averaging 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game in her third year donning a Ball State uniform.

However, Clephane’s stats don’t speak to how consistent she has been throughout her career. Head coach Brady Sallee said her consistency has been “really, really big” for the Cardinals.

“I think what you’re seeing is what we knew we had when we signed her,” Sallee said.

What Sallee saw in Clephane during the recruitment process was something that had been brewing since 2006.

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Clephane made her varsity debut as an eighth grader for Scott High School in Taylor Mill, Kentucky. Her team defeated Ludlow High School 69-31, and she finished the game with five points, four steals, two rebounds and two assists.

“My school, especially, barely had any people playing basketball,” Clephane said.

“They asked me to do it or else they wouldn’t have enough girls on varsity, and I thought it could be fun.”

By the time she got into high school, Clephane said, she was pretty set on the idea of playing in college.

“My friends around me all wanted to [play college basketball] as well, and people started to tell me that I could actually play at a higher level,” Clephane said. “Once Ball State reached out, I said to myself, ‘Oh, I can actually do this,’ and I was pretty pumped.”

Clephane contributed 19 points in a 56-51 victory against George Rogers Clark High School — a game Sallee attended.

Clephane was a junior at Scott High School at the time, and she led her team with averages of 22.5 points and seven rebounds per game — nearly doubling the numbers of her next teammate — as well as three steals per game.

Ten days after Sallee saw her play, Clephane announced her commitment to Ball State via Twitter.

“Going into the recruiting process,” Clephane said, “my family and I didn’t know how it worked because no one around me had ever been recruited to [Division I] schools. I [didn’t know] what was going on, and Ball State was one of the first schools to reach out to me.”

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Cardinals defeat Valparaiso

Ball State got into the win column, defeating Valparaiso 6-1. The Cardinals took all three doubles matches, and the twosome of sophomores Jessica Braun and Amy Kaplan did not give up a point in their match. The Cardinals took five of six singles matches with 6-0 and 6-1 victories from Braun and graduate Rebecca Herrington.

Gymnastics

Ball State remains undefeated The Cardinals started their season 2-0 after defeating Illinois State 194.425-187.95 Jan. 31 in Muncie.

Ball State had vault scores of 9.825 from senior Arden Hudson and freshman Suki Pfister, who tied for first in the event. Sophomores Grace Evans and Megan Teter and freshman Victoria Henry all scored 9.800 or better on the uneven bars.

Men’s Swimming

Men’s swimming defeats Xavier The Cardinals won nine of 14 events at the Butler Invitational, defeating Xavier 827.5-738.5. Freshman Joey Garberick swept both breaststroke events, and sophomore Owen Chaye won the 50 and 100 freestyle.

The two also led the Cardinals to a victory in the 200 medley relay with a final time of 1:32.80.

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Other mid-major schools had also recruited Clephane, but she said Ball State called to her.

“From the beginning, I just felt very comfortable with Audrey [McDonald-Spencer] and Brady [Sallee],” Clephane said. “They made me feel like I was really wanted here.”

Nov. 8, 2017 In front of hundreds of community members, Clephane signed her national letter of intent to play collegiate basketball at Ball State.

“It was a crazy day,” Clephane remembers.

“I think I was the first [DI recruit] in a really long time for women’s basketball for my school.

It really caught me off guard, and I was like, ‘Wow, I’m actually doing something here.’ It was super exciting.”

Clephane finished her high school career for Scott setting school records for games played (151) and points in a season (903). She also finished second all time in scoring (2,674 points).

Nov. 7, 2018 As a true freshman, 364 days after signing her letter of intent, Clephane made her Ball State debut in the season opener against Purdue. She played 23 minutes, contributing five points and a team-high two steals in the Cardinals’ 80-38 loss to the Boilermakers.

“I remember just being super nervous to play in a gym that big because I’ve never done that before,” Clephane recalled. “I didn’t know if I was going to be good enough to play here, but coming out of it, I was excited and ended up loving my teammates and the coaching style. I felt relieved after a few games.”

If someone looked at my career, I want them to see the most hardworking player and the hustle player who would do anything that their team needed.”

- ANNA CLEPHANE, Redshirt sophomore guard

Dec. 6, 2018 “Not the best date that I recall,” Clephane said.

Starting her ninth game against Vanderbilt, Clephane tore her ACL during the second quarter, putting an end to her potential-filled season.

“It just caught me off guard completely,” Clephane said. “I had never been around someone with that injury, and I never thought it would happen to me, so it was just so disappointing. I had finally gotten to where I knew I fit in.”

Dec. 7, 2018 - Nov. 4, 2019 Recovering from her torn ACL, Clephane said, marked one of the hardest periods of her life — experiencing her first major surgery and rehabilitating her knee so she could step back on the court.

“It was a constant battle, not only physically, but also mentally,” Clephane said. “It was really frustrating at times, but I don’t think I’d be the same player I am today without going through that.”

Nov. 5, 2019 “Injuries are tough,” Sallee said. “There are a lot of times where it’s a long haul to get back. It’s hard work, and you hate missing games, but when you’ve got a team that cares about each other like ours does, you know they’re going to wrap their arms around each other.”

The Cardinals did just that, and Clephane bounced back like she had never left.

Nearly a year to the day following her career debut, Clephane returned for Ball State’s season opener against IUPUI. She scored nine points and recorded a season-high five steals in 25 minutes.

The Cardinals lost the game 65-48, but Clephane’s return that night was a feel-good moment for her as a player.

Nov. 28, 2019 Twenty-three days after making her return, Clephane achieved a first in her basketball career: a game-winning buzzer-beater against Lehigh in the Bahamas Hoopfest.

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Redshirt sophomore guard Anna Clephane shoots a free throw during a game against Miami (Ohio) Jan. 27, 2021, at John E. Worthen Arena. Clephane scored a career-high 24 points two weeks prior against Ohio. GRACE WALTON, DN

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Five upcoming movies this year Mikey Goodman and Brayden Stevens surf together at Three Mile Beach July 7, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. At the head of the Aleutian islands, wildflowers bloom on the mountains. Off the shore, waves of cold water break, perfect for surfing. “The wave is pure energy in the ocean,” Goodman said. “When I catch that wave, it feels like me and that energy is one in a dance. To be in the presence, let alone feel that energy, is a spiritual feeling that is so addicting.”

Rebecca Slezak Contributor When I shared I’d be spending my summer on an island with a grizzly bear every square mile, I told everyone, “I hope this doesn’t turn into one of those stories of ‘Whatever happened to …’ and I get eaten by a bear.”

A canceled internship and another job rejection led me to have the best summer of my life.

When I asked my uncle if I could visit him in Alaska, he said he wouldn’t be around but that I could borrow his surfboard and stay at his home. I was astonished to hear he and others were surfing in Alaska. He mentioned there were some boys about my age that surfed there and lived in a cabin by the beach. We talked about it during a Friday in May, and I bought my plane tickets the following Sunday. My

parents thought I was nuts.

I didn’t know if I would meet these surfers he spoke of, but I was willing to take the risk.

After four weeks of searching for them, I dropped my cousin off at the airport — she’s my travel partner, and she came to visit me for three weeks. I said to her, “If I don’t meet them and photograph them, I’ll still make the most of being here these last four weeks.”

Those four weeks turned into seven.

After we exchanged goodbyes, I drove to the beach with my notebook to journal. It was raining, and I thought it would just be a peaceful day to sit among the wildflowers. When I pulled up, to my surprise, I met Mikey and Brayden.

Working on this project reminded me why I am a photojournalist. It’s really fulfilling work.

It was definitely risky to buy a ticket and seek out people to photograph, not knowing whether I would have their permission. I wasn’t going

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on much. I could have gotten mauled by a bear.

I had no idea what I was walking into, but I knew I needed to do something — I couldn’t waste the summer before my senior year sitting at my parents’ house. This risk led to an opportunity to receive coaching from an editor at National Geographic. They believed in me and what I was doing. They made me think about shooting and piecing together the story in a different way.

I won’t forget the feeling of watching water bend as a wave crashes over my head. I won’t forget the beach parties. I won’t forget praying in the woods that I wouldn’t get eaten by a bear on one of my solo hikes. I won’t forget watching the boys surf naked under the moon.

I won’t forget the summer love I experienced. I don’t think I could have had a better summer.

Contact Rebecca Slezak with comments at rmslezak@bsu.edu.

With many movie releases from 2020 being pushed back, several blockbusters and indie movies will be released in 2021. One of the movies to be released this year stars actor Tom Holland as an army medic turned opioid addict in the Russo Brothers’ film “Cherry.”

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DC sequels, reboots to release soon The DC Extended Universe has been known to change its lineup of movies and TV shows it will release.

However, fans can look forward to several confirmed DC films in the works, such as a Batman reboot starring Robert Pattinson and “Flashpoint,” a standalone Flash film.4ByteBSU.com

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Mikey Goodman and Brayden Stevens walk up the beach after surfing July 7, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska, at Three Mile Beach.

Mikey Goodman, 19, grabs his surfboard and belongings before leaving to work on a fishing boat July 15, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. Growing up in the area, Goodman worked on a boat every summer for the last 10 years. Goodman brings his board because there will be places the boat stops along the way where he can surf. When he returns home, he will surf again with his fellow Groms.

Mikey Goodman waits on Marine Hill with other local residents during a tsunami warning July 21, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. Goodman received a call from his mother after surfing at the beach more than an hour away from town telling him to get to higher ground.

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Polaroids and printed photos of the Groms and Mikey hang on a bulletin inside the surfers’ cabin July 22, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska.

Signs sit outside the Groms’ surf cabin where they sleep, store their boards and party July 31, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. The young surfers, who refer to themselves as “the Groms,” found the sport of surfing on their own time and in their own way.

The Groms are all between the ages of 19 and 23.

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The Groms, Mikey and their friends shotgun beer and party for the first time together after the summer fishing season came to a close July 22, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska.

Mikey Goodman wears a Mjölnir and a bear claw around his neck July 21, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. After finding a bear carcass with friends, Mikey pried the claw from the remains. Both items dangling from his neck represent the strength Mikey has found through his own life experiences.

Mikey Goodman does a backflip off of his longboard at Three Mile Beach July 31, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. To forget the daily stresses of life, “this is where we go to heal,” Goodman said.

Mikey Goodman sits in an old fishing net hung among the trees July 15, 2020, in the flats of Kodiak, Alaska. While looking up at the trees, Goodman said, he reflects on past relationships and his boyhood on the island.

Caroline and Mikey Goodman hold each other while looking out at the waves July 31, 2020, in Kodiak, Alaska. The pair represent two generations of surfers.

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Sport specialization at a young age is hurting your children, not helping.

Mitchell Carter is a junior journalism major and writes “MitchSlap” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

So, you’ve signed up little Robert for tee ball, and before long, you realize your child is good. Not just good — this kid is going to be the next Derek Jeter.

So, naturally, you take the next step and install a full baseball infield in your basement, spend every Mitchell weekend at the batting cages and travel all over Carter the country competing in prestigious Little League Columnist, tournaments. After all, you want to give your little “MitchSlap” champion the best chance at getting that college scholarship and set them up for a beautiful, storied career in the MLB, right?

Research shows you’re far from correct, and you may actually be pushing your child in the wrong direction entirely.

There are nearly 8 million student-athletes at the high school level

in the United States, according to the NCAA. Whether you sign your child up for gymnastics, football, basketball, marching band or badminton, sports have the unique ability to provide a dramatically positive impact on a child. Sports offer an increase in motor skills and physical prowess. They also get kids active, which reduces the risk of obesity, helps kids develop healthy bones and ligaments and provides them with a greater ability to relax, which leads to less chronic muscular tension. Children can improve their sleep, develop social skills, maintain discipline and grow their own self-esteem simply by participating in sports, no matter the skill level.

Once they get into sports, many parents think their children are the best, and there’s nothing wrong with that. The line becomes blurred between support and obsession, though — when the parent begins to live vicariously through their children. A parent forcing his or her child to specialize in one sport in the hopes of getting college coaches to take notice of them is one of the most detrimental things one can do for their child and their well-being.

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According to the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, a sports specialization survey at UCLA found that 88 percent of the Division I athletes they surveyed participated in an average of two to three sports as children. The idea that a college pipeline exists at the age of 12 and the only way to get exposure is to compete yearround in your sport of choice is simply wrong. Another study by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine on Olympians in Germany found that, on average, the athletes participated in two other sports during childhood before or during participation in their main Olympic sport.

Both of these studies support the idea of sports diversification in adolescence — not specialization. Supplementing your child’s practices with professional private coaching is unnecessary, and the risk you run with injuring your child isn’t worth what little physical reward is gained.

I have sports to thank for opening numerous doors for me in my own life. I participated in a wide variety of sports growing up, and

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they allowed me to make friends, boost my own personal confidence and stay healthy — both physically and mentally. While I only participate in one sport now, I have the number of sports I played growing up to thank for the opportunity to specialize at a high level.

I also have my parents to thank for never pushing me in any one specific direction. Rather, they let me explore and find things I liked.

Instead of focusing on specializing, I diversified, and I believe that is what led me to a collegiate football career. Many of my teammates and personal friends come from similar sports backgrounds; rarely will you find collegiate athletes who have only ever participated in their respective sport.

There are a lot of issues that come along with specializing in just one sport, especially those who specialize at a young age. A clinical case study by the American Journal of Sports Medicine stated, “There is an independent risk of injury and serious overuse injury in young athletes who specialize in a single sport.” Children who specialize in a singular sport are 81 percent more likely to experience an overuse injury.

Physical injuries aside, the mental toll sport specialization can take on a child may be even worse. We see professional athletes retire all the time — their bodies giving out on them and not allowing them to compete at a high level anymore.

What happens when a kid retires?

Their young minds and bodies are tired of doing the same thing day in and day out. Things become gray when parents cross the line between encouraging, or even coaching, their children to living vicariously through them. Suddenly, that fastball has lost its pop, that breaststroke has a little less gusto or there’s no more knee-drive in that tackle.

Specialization is inevitable when sports reach the collegiate and professional levels, but it’s not necessary to be pushed at a young age. When sports transfer from “fun” to “a job” for a child, something is wrong in the algorithm.

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“That was just an adrenaline rush,” Clephane said. “Knowing that I worked so hard to get to that spot is super exciting, and my team was really excited for me, so that made me really happy.”

Jan. 27, 2021 Two weeks after hitting career highs in points (24) and field goals made (nine) in an 88-85 overtime win against Ohio, Clephane helped the Cardinals to a victory over Miami (Ohio) 85-82. She tallied 12

points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals, proving to Sallee and the rest of her teammates that she still belongs.

“I’m constantly fighting to make myself better and prove that my injury is not who I am,” Clephane said. “If someone looked at my career, I want them to see the most hardworking player and the hustle player who would do anything that their team needed.”

Sallee said he has a ton of confidence in the way Clephane is playing right now, and her performance against the RedHawks was what he is accustomed to seeing from her. “[She’s] just a thirsty, hungry player that doesn’t want an injury to be the story of her career,” Sallee said. “Now, you’re seeing a healthy young lady playing at a high, high level, and I couldn’t be more excited for her because she’s just a great human.”

Because of her medical redshirt, Clephane has three more seasons left with Ball State. She said there are plenty of areas she wants to improve on before she graduates, including her 3-point shooting, defense and overall confidence.

“I also want to work on being more of a leading voice on the team and being someone that I know people can come to and trust,” Clephane said. “Because I’ve been here for so long, I know the ropes, and I want [my teammates] to know that I have their back.”

A long road to recovery has brought Clephane to where she is today — a starter once again and one of the Cardinals’ top contributors.

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

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