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Rosebud Coffee House invites neighbors to “gather around the kitchen table” on Muncie’s Southside. Nicole Thomas Lifestyles Editor Sunday mornings throughout her childhood, Tiara Hicks would wake up on her grandparents’ farm to the smell of freshly brewed coffee. She would gather with her grandparents, Larry and Joyce Patty, around the heart of their home — the kitchen table. At 4 years old, Hicks shared her first cup of coffee with them. She’s been drinking it black ever since. Her grandfather, who enjoyed his coffee with sugar and cream, always joked with her. “That’ll put hair on your chest,” he’d say. “I’m not big enough to drink it black.” Around that kitchen table, Hicks would read her grandparents their horoscopes from the newspaper before flipping to the advertisements. There, she and her grandfather would find their adventure for the day. Sundays were the only day her grandfather had off from working as a gardener on another local farm,
so they’d often try out a new restaurant, visit an antique store or buy horses for their own farm. Larry Patty taught her the meaning of hospitality, Hicks said. He always opened the door for visitors and invited them in for a cup of coffee and a chat at the kitchen table. When Hicks opened a coffee business on Muncie’s Southside, she named it Rosebud Coffee House after her grandfather, whose nickname was “Rosebud” because of his love for yellow roses. The shop’s specialty drink — the Rosebud — is nutty, floral and fresh, as its ingredients are espresso, rose and pistachio. “I swear to you, I never saw him drink anything other than coffee,” Hicks said. “Coffee and gathering around the table — it’s
We’re pulling people from Cowan and Selma, and people who are out in the country … They have a reason to come to the Southside now.” - TIARA HICKS, Owner of Rosebud Coffee House the conduit to conversation and community for me. It just seemed natural that I would make [Rosebud Coffee House] about him.”
Tiara Hicks stands by the front cash register March 10, 2021. Hicks’ favorite drink she offers is the Rosebud, which none of her customers or employees have disliked, she said. NICOLE THOMAS, DN
Renovating Rosebud Hicks always knew she wanted to start her own business, and seeing a vacant ice cream stand for sale was the first time she visualized creating her own cafe with a coffee bar, she said.
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US Capitol police officer killed
April 2: William Evans, 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police force, was killed after a man rammed a car into a security checkpoint at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Law enforcement officials said the suspect emerged from the car wielding a knife. An officer shot the suspect, who later died at a hospital. Another law enforcement officer was also injured at the scene.
Women’s tennis stays perfect in MAC play
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April 3: The Cardinals defeated Buffalo 4-3, extending their win streak to 15 matches and improving their Mid-American Conference record to 6-0. The Cardinals swept doubles play before winning four out of six singles matches. Sophomore Amy Kaplan sealed the victory with a 6-4, 7-5 singles win. Ball State will play Northern Illinois April 9. VOL. 100 ISSUE: 29 CONTACT THE DN Newsroom: 765-285-8245 Editor: 765-285-8249, editor@bsudailynews.com
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Men’s volleyball clinches No. 4 seed
April 3: Splitting their twomatch series, the Cardinals defeated No. 10 McKendree 3-2 in their regular season finale, earning the No. 4 seed in the 2021 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament. Graduate student outside attacker Blake Reardon recorded 21 kills in the win. Ball State will face No. 5 Ohio State April 10 in quarterfinal action.
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April 6: One Ball State Day 2021 raised $778,851 from more than 9,000 gifts. In its third year, the campus-wide fundraising event broke its previous record for the most funds raised and gifts donated. Social media challenges and matching funds offered more than $175,000 to participating organizations and winners of challenges throughout the day.
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OUR SHO (S) Sophomore journalism and telecommunications major Maya Wilkins gets the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine April 7, 2021, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. An Indiana state press release said more than 5.4 million Hoosiers are eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19 after the state opened eligibility to people ages 16 and older. JADEN WHITEMAN, MAGGIE GETZIN, DN ILLUSTRATION
Students discuss receiving COVID-19 vaccines. Grace McCormick News Editor Editor’s note: Maya Wilkins, pictured above, is the assistant news editor of The Daily News. Only five hospitals and clinics in Indiana had received doses of COVID-19 vaccines the week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use in December 2020. Nearly four months later, more than 400 vaccine clinics have opened in the state. Ball State opened its own on-campus clinic in the Health Professions Building March 19. Blair Mattern, director of interdisciplinary clinical operations, said the clinic was opened with help from a Ball Brothers Foundation grant.
The Health Professions Building clinic is open Wednesdays and Fridays, which Mattern said was based on the time availability of nursing students and faculty supervisors. “Almost all of our vaccines have been administered by nursing students, so that’s really exciting,” he said. “College of Health students and students from other colleges are part of the administrative staff helping with check-ins … It’s almost like a student-led vaccine clinic.” Mattern said all students involved in administering the vaccines were required to complete a training module following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, and the clinic had to be approved by the Delaware County Health Department before opening.
Mattern said the county health department was “very gracious about getting us access [to vaccine doses] and trying to do so as quickly as they could.” Patients abide by strict social distancing protocols in the lobby of the building, Mattern said, and go through temperature screening when they enter. “We have a one-way patient flow through the clinic, which is fantastic,” Mattern said. “You don’t have patients crossing back and forth. We’ve seen a lot of people for vaccines, but the way we’ve scheduled them and our setup has allowed for great crowd control.” Sarah Clinton, junior communications major, received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine March 31 after scheduling an appointment
through Meijer’s waitlist for employees. Clinton said she signed up to be on the waitlist one week before the state of Indiana opened vaccine eligibility to people ages 16 and older. “As soon as they said it’s opening to 16-year-olds, I was like, ‘I want it,’” Clinton said. “I was not expecting to get [the vaccine] until probably June. I was shocked it was this soon.” Clinton said she is the first person in her immediate family to get the vaccine. She said she worked at Meijer in her hometown of Kouts, Indiana, last summer and is currently searching for a summer job in Muncie. She said she doesn’t have any plans to change her behavior after being fully vaccinated.
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UK to test COVID-19 vaccine passports Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the United Kingdom will be lifting many of its COVID-19 restrictions beginning April 12. Johnson said in addition to lifting a ban on overnight stays outside of England, the U.K. would test a vaccine passport program in late May, allowing people to travel and enter events if they can prove full vaccination against COVID-19.
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FDA approves new ADHD drug The Food and Drug Administration approved Qelbree for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children ages 6 to 17. Unlike nearly all other ADHD medicines, Qelbree is not a stimulant or controlled substance, making it harder to abuse than older drugs. It is the first ADHD drug approved by the FDA in over a decade.
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5-year engineering partnership announced Ball State and Anderson University announced a new partnership March 31 that allows students to earn a dual degree. Students will study either physics or astronomy at Ball State and also take accredited courses in computer, electrical or mechanical engineering at Anderson University. Interested students in the five-year program can apply on the Anderson University website.
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Continued from Page 03 “I think I will still wear my mask [and] try to keep others as safe as possible because a lot is known about the vaccine but not everything,” Clinton said. “Until it comes out that whoever is vaccinated is safe [and] doesn’t need to wear their mask anymore, I will continue to wear mine.” Evan Gosnell, freshman biology major, also received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine March 31 at Meijer. Gosnell
said he called to ask if the store had any vaccine appointment cancellations in late March before state eligibility was opened to all adults. “The actual process of getting the shot was really quick,” Gosnell said. “The line was kind of long, but I showed up early for my appointment, and I was out in maybe 30 minutes.” Gosnell’s second dose is scheduled for April 21. He said he will follow CDC guidelines about wearing a mask after being vaccinated. Gosnell said he is looking forward to in-person gatherings
in the fall 2021 semester, where he hopes he can meet fellow students. “It was kind of underwhelming to come to college when the pandemic was in full swing and have a lack of in-person events,” Gosnell said. “I felt like I missed out, but, hopefully, it will be better next year.” By the start of the fall semester, Gosnell said, he thinks more people will be vaccinated and some campus restrictions
BALL STATE’S COVID-19 PLANS MOVING FORWARD will be lifted. “It’s just speculation, but I imagine [Ball State] will probably require the vaccine to get on campus — that seems like a logical step to me,” he said. “If that happens, I think a lot more on-campus events will open and we’ll possibly be mostly back to normal.” Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.
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Phishing is a cyber crime where someone posing as a legitimate institution tries to lure targets into providing their sensitive data over email, phone or text message. Attackers often try to get information like banking and credit card details or passwords.
Indiana creates new Cyber Blog to help Hoosiers stay safe online.
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Angelica Gonzalez Morales Reporter As people search for information about COVID-19 vaccines, cyberattackers are targeting people to give health care information, payment or passwords for scams related to the pandemic. Vinayak Tanksale, Ball State senior lecturer of computer science, said phishing scams and misinformation are spreading quickly on social media as more people fall victim to these cyberattacks. “There are certain attacks of misinformation being spread about facts — those are pretty much targeted to a core group that hold a certain position,” Tanksale said. “The number of cyberattacks have been going up the past 20 to 25 years.” Tanksale said anyone can be targeted in a cyberattack through links or information that looks real but might actually be dangerous. He said each attacker has a preferred demographic in their attacks, and older generations are likely the most at risk of cyberattacks because they might not know signs to look for in a phishing email. Emails that come from untrustworthy sources, redirect users to unknown links or convey an unusual sense of urgency are three main ways to spot a phishing attempt, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Tanksale said firewalls that block suspicious links from being opened are useful tools in cybersecurity for technology. Tanksale’s advice is to “check before you share” or “check before you forward” to prevent inaccurate information being shared and any online identity
thefts. One resource he recommends is Indiana’s Cyber Hub, a weekly blog that gives advice about how to stay safe online. The Executive Department of Indianapolis started the Indiana Cyber Hub in December 2020 to combat phishing attempts and provide educational resources to prevent scams. Chetrice Mosley-Romero, Indiana cybersecurity program director, said the blog works to be understandable for all audiences and attempts to feature blog posts from people from different backgrounds and job fields.
Cybersecurity is everything. Tying it only to technology is why people still don’t understand cybersecurity.” - CHETRICE MOSLEY-ROMERO, Indiana cybersecurity program director “Cybersecurity is everything,” Mosley-Romero said. “Tying it only to technology is why people still don’t understand cybersecurity.” Mosley-Romero said the Cyber Hub works to organize its resources by job field to make it easier to navigate. While the Indiana Cyber Hub launched last
year, Mosley-Romero said her department hasn’t been promoting the blog much because her hope is people can explore the blog on their own time and find information most relevant to their personal lives. She said what exists on the blog right now has been helpful for schools and health care employees. Particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mosley-Romero said, schools have been popular targets of cyberattacks. This can be seen in “Zoom bombs” during online classes. To promote web safety in a virtual classroom, the Indiana Cybersecurity for Education Toolkit suggests creating unique passwords for each Zoom meeting, avoiding posting Zoom links to social media and disabling screen sharing except for the meeting host. In addition to safety advice, the Cyber Hub provides links to report a cyber crime, disproves common phishing scams and posts weekly content from different authors in their individual areas of expertise. David Ayers, program communication manager for the Indiana Department of Technology, said blog users can choose specific topics of cybersecurity that apply to them. He said he thinks the Cyber Hub will get more visitors as people learn about and interact with the blog. “The State of Indiana is working proactively involving the issue of cybersecurity,” Ayers said, “and, in turn, serving all Hoosiers.” Contact Angelica Gonzalez Morales with comments at agonzalezmor@bsu.edu or on Twitter @angelicag_1107.
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Phishing attempts often change one character of a trusted source in phone numbers or emails. Carefully examine the email address, URL and spelling used in any correspondence. Don’t click on anything in an unsolicited email or text message. Look up the company’s phone number on your own, and don’t use the one a potential scammer is providing. Call the company to ask if the request is legitimate. Be careful what you download. Never open an email attachment from someone you don’t know, and be wary of email attachments forwarded to you. Set up two-factor authentication on any account that allows it, and never disable it.
Be careful with what information you share online or on social media.
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Constructing a community
(Left) A 1972 view of the Johnson Complex. (Right) An updated view of the new construction. BALL STATE
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University plans for new residence hall to be a hub for education and humanities majors. Eli Houser, Maya WilkinsReporter, Assistant News Editor Reporter, Assistant News Editor LaFollette Residence Hall was a key structure in Ball State’s campus skyline just two years ago, casting a large shadow over the two-story Carmichael Hall close by. Now, the majority of LaFollette and all of Carmichael Hall is gone, and in their place stands the North residential neighborhood, which includes North Residence Hall and North Dining. The new residence hall will open in fall 2021. When finished, North West Residence Hall will stand in the footprint of the former Carmichael Hall across from the Duck Pond. The hall will be the Living Learning Community (LLC) for education and humanities majors, with spaces for students to learn, study and create outside of the classroom. The process of building the North residential neighborhood began June 2019 with the demolition of Carmichael Hall. Construction continued despite the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to be completed by April 23, 2021. Robert Ramey, campus projects construction manager, said Messer Construction, the contractor for the project, has done “a fantastic job” following the university’s COVID-19 guidelines. He said construction is a personal business where people are always physically interacting, so it can be challenging to continue that
interaction when employees have to social distance and wear masks. “I don’t think it was as big of a challenge as we thought it was going to be, but [Messer Construction] did a very good job with effectively rolling out those precautions and measures early on,” Ramey said. Once construction is complete, Ramey said, university staff will clean and furnish the inside of North West Residence Hall. Jeff Shoup, Ball State assistant director of Housing and Residence Life, said the university has begun the process of planning for incoming students. “We have a departmental action team that will create a ‘to-do’ list of all the programmatic and desk area needs,” Shoup said via email. “That process has already begun, as 10 [resident assistants] have been selected to serve in North West next year. We will soon be hiring for desk staff and, then, looking for volunteers for move-in crews for August.” Mary Engle, junior English major, is one of the 10 resident assistants (RAs) hired to work in North West residence hall beginning fall 2021. Engle is currently an RA in Park Hall and said she was willing to move residence halls in her application process to be an RA again for the upcoming school year because she “was excited for new experiences and to try new things.” Because Engle is also an English major, she believes she was assigned to North West because it will be an LLC for education majors.
Seeing other people succeed makes me really happy, and the added social involvement [of being an RA] is just a bonus.” - KATE SWOPE, Freshman business administration and pre-law major
“There’s no LLC my major really fits under, but I will say, most of my linguistics classes are very education-oriented and have a lot of education students,” she said. “I do feel like talking to education students is something I can relate to because it fits with my major.” Shoup said the residence hall will be home to a variety of resources for students in the specific LLC, mimicking various other residence halls on campus. “North West will feature a resource room — or MakerSpace — that has been specifically designed for students majoring in education and humanities fields of study,” Shoup said. “North West will also feature music practice rooms, a large multipurpose room and private study or writing spaces in the central hub of the building, which looks out over the Duck Pond.” Shoup also said North West will have a variety of equipment to help students develop skills for the classroom, and various workshops and events will utilize the “MakerSpace” and other facilities in the building. Engle said she thinks the “MakerSpace” will be a good way for residents to get involved with their hall on campus. “I think having a special space for education majors to do work can be a really great way to do programs because it integrates their major,” Engle said.
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Softball Harold Hogue, CoSpero Consulting managing partner, talks with his business partner Lauren Coppedge. COSPERO CONSULTING.COM, PHOTO COURTESY
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Collective hope
Former Ball State Football player Harold Hogue created his own business inspired by his experience as a Cardinal. Hunter Skillman Reporter
Before every home game, a bagpiper leads Cathedral High School football players onto the field from the locker room. However, in their seventh game of the 2008 regular season, things were different. The Fighting Irish had one of their captains back for their matchup against Moeller High School. Defensive tackle Harold Hogue was set to play his first game of the season after two torn knee ligaments and countless hours of physical therapy sidelined him for the first six games. After Hogue’s return, Cathedral won every game and defeated Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 10-7 in the 2008 Class 4A State Championship game. Hogue grew up playing football and said sports were a major part of his family. His father, Harold Hogue Sr., played football at Central State University and was a
professional wrestler in the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling. “[My dad] used to always talk about being the first one in the weight room and the last one out — just being the hardest worker even if you didn’t have the most talent on the team,” Hogue II said. “He certainly pushed that on [me] at a young age.” Despite Hogue’s success throughout the rest of his senior season, he said his knee injury led to a slower recruitment process. He eventually decided to attend Ball State as a preferred walk-on. After redshirting his freshman season, Hogue earned a full-ride scholarship and the Scout Team Player of the Year award. He said he made a point to get through the setback with hard work and discipline. “It’s not the sexiest award in the world, but I’m really proud of it,” Hogue said. “I came in as a preferred walk-on. I knew I was going to redshirt, I knew I wasn’t going to play, but that never stopped the effort I took
to practice every day [and] that I took to the weight room every day.” Hogue graduated college in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science and is currently using his life skills he learned from his football career to run his own Dallas-based business, CoSpero Consulting. According to its website, CoSpero Consulting works with clients ranging from local food pantries to multimillion-dollar entities to help those organizations find ways to help people in need. Hogue said he sees many similarities between running his own business and playing football, such as looking out for others and prioritizing teamwork. “We came up with CoSpero, meaning ‘collective hope,’ because the more people that work together, we’re going to be a hell of a lot better,” Hogue said. “We’ve got to be a team. You can’t win the game with just a quarterback — you’ve got to have all 11 folks out there. It’s just like that in the social sector.”
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The Cardinals swept Central Michigan in their four-game series against the Chippewas. Junior Faith Hensley led the Cardinals with a .667 batting average and a 1.333 slugging percentage, earning MAC Player of the Week honors. She has also reached base safely in 19 consecutive games while recording a team-high eight RBIs in the series. Hensley also accounted for 12 runs in the sweep.
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Tahjai Teague signs contract in CEBL Former Cardinal Tahjai Teague became the 14th player from Ball State to play professional basketball, as he signed a contract to play in the CEBL in Canada. Teague finished his Ball State career ranked among the school’s top 10 players in points with 1,518. In his senior season, Teague averaged 14.4 points per game and earned First Team All-MAC honors.
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Egharevba earns defensive honors Junior Felix Egharevba had a recordbreaking weekend, as he won Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Defensive Player of the Week. In the Cardinals’ 3-2 victory, Egharevba set a Ball State record with 16 blocks. He also had 14 block assists — another a Ball State record. The Cardinals split their seasonending series with McKendree.
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SWEEPING UP THE COMPETITION
Ball State Baseball and Field Hockey went undefeated April 2-3, winning a combined five games over the weekend. Junior outfielder Nick Powell slides into third base April 2, 2021, at Bulldog Park in Indianapolis. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN
Senior forward Abby Ferenczy trips a Bellarmine defender while battling for the ball April 2, 2021, at Briner Sports Complex. REBECCA SLEZAK, DN
Senior outfielder Ross Messina celebrates with junior outfielder Nick Powell after Powell’s home run April 3, 2021, at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN
Sophomore pitcher Zach Losey pitches the ball April 3, 2021, at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN
Freshman forward Rachel Bohn swings to fire a pass to a teammate accross the field April 3, 2021, at Briner Sports Complex. MADELYN GUINN, DN
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How to use your five senses to combat homesickness this spring semester
Because of this semester’s adjusted school calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students weren’t able to travel home for their typical week-long spring break from classes. While the university has held two study days so far, students were encouraged to stay on campus to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. During this last month of the spring semester, some students may be feeling homesick, as they haven’t had a school break in 11 weeks to spend quality time with their friends and families. To combat your homesickness, consider the suggestions below to bring a sense of home back to your college dorm, house or apartment.
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Fill your space with familiar aromas
According to Discovery, sensory information is sent to the thalamus, a part of your brain that relays information to other structures in your brain. The thalamus sends sensory information from sounds, tastes, sights and feelings to your hippocampus — the part of your brain that’s responsible for memory — and your amygdala, which is responsible for processing emotions. With scents, this information is sent directly to your brain’s olfactory bulb, which is connected directly to your brain’s hippocampus and amygdala. Because the olfactory bulb is so close to the hippocampus and amygdala, this is why smelling a certain scent can easily remind you of something from home. To immerse yourself in memories of home, consider purchasing the same candle or air freshener your family uses. Other ways to trigger memories through your sense of smell could be using the same laundry detergent or spraying the same perfume or cologne a family member wears.
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Cook meals that remind you of home
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dishes they often bring to family get-togethers. Not only can these homemade meals fill your space with nostalgic smells, but eating these dishes can also trigger memories of family events for you to think back on fondly.
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Set aside screen time for your family
While you can’t see your friends and family members in person, there are many ways to reunite virtually. Host a virtual game night with your family over Zoom, Skype or WebEx. Try out virtual games like JackBox Games — a series of quiz-based party games — or online versions of 20 Questions, Cards Against Humanity and trivia to spend time with your friends and family from miles apart.
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Hug it out
When people don’t receive enough physical contact, they can develop touch deprivation, which can increase one’s stress, depression and anxiety, according to an article by Texas Medical Center. When someone receives a hug, their brain releases oxytocin, a hormone involved in increasing one’s trust, emotional bonding and social connection. Because of social distancing, it may be difficult to hug those
you were once able to before the pandemic. Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is available to Indiana residents 16 and older, hugs, high-fives and other platonic ways of physical touch are becoming safe again. If you aren’t vaccinated yet, reach out to those who you already safely spend time with, such as your roommates. Once you, your friends and family members are fully vaccinated, hugging each other can help lower the touch deprivation you may have developed from being away from home all semester.
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Listen to what sounds like home
If you miss the sounds of your city, search through the 38 cities on the website Drive & Listen to find one that’s similar to your hometown. If you live outside of a city, test the variety of sounds on Noise.Online, which features running streams, ocean waves, tweeting birds, chirping crickets, pouring rain and more. If you have a favorite coffee shop you would frequent nearby your home, visit the website Coffitivity, where users can listen to soundtracks recreating the ambiance of pouring coffee, murmuring voices and clinking dishes. -Staff Reports
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Sarah Leatherberry, junior social work major, froths whole milk for a drive-thru customer’s chai latte March 10, 2021, at Rosebud Coffee House. When Leatherberry started working at Rosebud Coffee House, she said, she was surprised at how precise making coffee is, such as how espresso shots need to be pulled after 28 seconds. NICOLE THOMAS, DN
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After a local realtor showed her the property, Hicks presented her business plan for a cafe to the Selma Town Council. Although the council accepted her business plan, if Hicks followed through with it, she would have taken on a lot of debt to repair the building. Ted Baker, executive director for the Innovation Connector, was present at Hicks’ meeting with the Selma Town Council. He shared her proposal to Muncie’s Southside with the 8twelve Coalition of Muncie, a team of 15 organizations that operate in Muncie’s core neighborhoods bordered by 8th Street and Memorial Drive. The coalition is driven to revitalize the area through a sense of community, social cohesion and collective action. In December 2020, Rosebud Coffee House opened its doors across the street from the Greater Muncie Habitat for Humanity, one of the organizations part of the 8twelve Coalition. “I get a lot of folks from Ball State who have never been past downtown,” Hicks said. “We’re pulling people from Cowan and Selma, and people who are out in the country … They have a reason to come to the Southside now.”
Gathering around the table With her family’s help, Hicks began renovating the former bank in fall 2020. One of Hicks’ challenges was deciding how to bring a cozy feeling to the cold, gray concrete throughout the building. Now, when visitors first enter the single-story building, they’re met with antique mirrors lining dark green walls, a gold case display filled with sweets and large potted plants soaking up the sun streaming through the windows. Visitors chat at repurposed dining room tables Hicks bought from auctions, estate sales and Goodwill stores. “I want you to come in and sit around the kitchen table,” Hicks said. “A family gathered around this table at some point in time, and I feel like those little touches helped warm up the space.” To further emphasize Rosebud Coffee House isn’t a drive-thru stop, the space offers two meeting rooms for customers to use and stay awhile. Customers can reserve a meeting room or take advantage of an empty room during their visit. One of the coffee house’s meeting rooms was the bank’s vault. Hicks kept the vault’s original door, but inside is a floral black-and-white tiled floor framed by artwork and a white board. “People sometimes — I kid you not — still pull up in our drive up and say they want to make a deposit,” Hicks said. “It was a bank, and that’s what people remember it as, so I just played off of that.”
The morning rush Hicks starts her workday at 5:30 a.m. when she turns on the stove and espresso machine before opening Rosebud Coffee House’s doors at 6 a.m. In the early hours, Hicks works alongside her mother, Darla Fox, who bakes muffins, cinnamon rolls and other pastries. A few days a week, Hicks’ grandmother cooks in Rosebud Coffee House’s kitchen as well, “supporting me in full heart as my biggest cheerleader,” Hicks said. Two to three employees arrive at 7 a.m. and take full
Josh Matthews, regional vice president at Primerica, drinks his house blend coffee as he works on his laptop March 10, 2021, at Rosebud Coffee House. Whenever Matthews feels like his office walls are closing in on him, he said, he visits Rosebud Coffee House to enjoy its white noise and friendly atmosphere. NICOLE THOMAS, DN
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responsibility of making customers’ orders at 8 a.m. Ball State junior Sarah Leatherberry and Brian Carless, a 2016 Ball State alumnus, both work the morning shift at Rosebud Coffee House. Leatherberry, a social work major, said she typically works from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. making customers drinks. She enjoys seeing regulars’ cars pull up, she said, because she knows their orders and she’s able to have them ready. “Hicks is one of the best managers I’ve ever worked for,” Carless said. “She’s really encouraging and graceful when mistakes are made. A lot of us are newbies in the coffee world. She’s been super supportive and is always making sure we’re getting enough sleep.”
Rosebud’s community impact Juli Wright and Dorothy Douglass are two of Rosebud Coffee House’s regular customers. Wright and Douglass have been friends since they met during a women’s retreat in Winchester, Indiana, in 2005. The two Southside residents bonded over their birthdays being two days apart and their love for crafting homemade cards. Because supporting small, local businesses on Muncie’s Southside is important to both Wright and Douglass, they said, they regularly sit on Rosebud Coffee House’s leather couch to catch up while eating French toast muffins. “On Saturdays, you have to be here by 9 a.m., or they’re sold out of cinnamon rolls. That’s the only day I can sleep in, but, sometimes, I have to wake up and come anyways,” said Wright, who visits Rosebud Coffee House almost four times a week. “I pull up on the drive-thru, and they say, ‘Do you want your usual?’ Out comes my large black coffee and my French toast muffins.”
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Above: Brian Carless and Tiara Hicks serve a drive-thru customer March 10, 2021, at Rosebud Coffee House. Along with coffee, Rosebud Coffee House offers muffins, scones, croissants and more. Far Left: Dorothy Douglass drinks an iced chai tea latte March 10, 2021, at Rosebud Coffee House. Douglass uses the coffee house’s meeting rooms to gather with her friends to work on their resumes together. Left: While renovating the building, Tiara Hicks decided to keep the original bank vault door for one of Rosebud Coffee House’s meeting rooms. Throughout the day, Hicks occasionally takes virtual meetings for her second job to her car if her shop’s meeting rooms are full.
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At 5 p.m., Hicks locks the doors to Rosebud Coffee House and drives home to her three teenagers. Since owning her small business, Hicks said, she and her employees have learned a lot together. For example, Hicks was making iced drinks by adding the flavoring, espresso, milk and then the ice. One day, she saw one of her employees put in the ice before the milk, which prevents splashing. She’s now an ice-first advocate. “Patience is a virtue that escapes me, and I am having to embrace it,” Hicks said. “I’m delegating now, making sure I’m not trying to do everything myself and letting go to let the team handle things. Just because I said do it one way doesn’t mean it was the right way is what I’m learning.” As Hicks interacts with her customers, her neighbors have offered compassionate and encouraging words. Hicks said her customers all want to see Rosebud Coffee House continue to succeed as a destination for people to come together on Muncie’s Southside. “It takes a village — it’s not an individual,” Hicks said. “As an entrepreneur, you’re by yourself — you’re jumping off the cliff, and you’re taking all these risks … but my family and in-laws gathered around offering support and assistance … They’re all proud of it, and they all take pride in what we’re doing.” Contact Nicole Thomas with comments nrthomas3@bsu.edu or on Twitter @nicolerthomas22. Read the full story on
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If you don’t like pineapples, you’re wrong, but you’re even more wrong if you put them on pizza. Ian Roesler is a senior creative writing major and writes “The Gaggle” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. Pineapples are among my favorite fruits — not my most favorite, but they’re in my top five. Nonetheless, I love ’em. Another thing I enjoy that starts with “pi” is pizza. I don’t have many particularly strong opinions on it except that pineapple doesn’t IAN belong on pizza. It’s unnatural, like those ROESLER creatures from the 1997 horror film “Aberration.” Columnist, Biting into pizza and discovering there’s “The Gaggle” pineapple on it is like walking in the woods on a warm, sunny day, and, whilst walking, you turn your head to look at some frolicking geese. In this brief moment, you walk right into an eastern tent caterpillar nest and feel hundreds of cute, fuzzy caterpillars swarm you. It’s a day-ruiner. Pineapples are good. Pizza is good. Combined, however, they are not. It’s a culinary aberration, the likes of which has been normalized in Western society and ingrained itself into the hearts and young minds of impressionable individuals. So, I, the shining beacon of righteousness amidst a world gone mad, must now educate the philistines and bring them to a higher plane of existence. One reason why I detest pineapple on pizza is I abhor that sickly sweetness. It overpowers every other aspect of the pizza, from the toppings to the crust and sauce. All that is left is this candy-like sweetness. People say it isn’t all that bad or that I’m overexaggerating. I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion — even if it’s wrong — but what is wrong with these people’s taste buds that they don’t find the pineapple’s flavor too overpowering? I also don’t like the texture pineapple becomes when it is cooked on pizza. It’s this mushy nonsense that’s somewhere between
already chewed and stringy. If there were two hypothetical pizzas — one pineapple fresh out of the oven and the other regular but someone immediately vomited pineapples on it and spread them around — I guarantee you couldn’t tell the difference. You bite into a pineapple chunk on a pizza expecting a solid, or at least soft, piece, and, next thing you know, you’re biting through what feels like a partially digested, stringy mess. Like many fears and abhorrences, my issue with pineapple on pizza stems back to my childhood. Whenever my family ordered pizza, we always got two. My mom and I shared one — half-sausage and half-mushroom — and my grandparents got one — either supreme or Hawaiian. The next day, I’d usually be the one eating the leftovers. If it was supreme, I’d just take the mushrooms off, and it’d be a regular pizza. If it was Hawaiian, I’d take off the pineapples, and, even though they were gone, the taste lingered wherever that pineapple piece had been. One bite of this, and I knew it was wrong — something vile. I tried eating around where the pineapples had been. I tried removing the cheese from the affected area. I tried sprinkling red pepper flakes. It was no use — the taste persisted. If you’re still on the wrong side of liking pineapples on pizza, I offer my final reasoning: Pineapple pizza looks like a horrible medical condition. I used to, and sometimes still do, get poison ivy rash. Especially after scratching, these yellow, almost translucent bumps form with this clear liquid roughly the same color as pineapples. When I look at pineapple pizza, those pineapple pieces remind me of those fluid-filled bumps. Is it a coincidence pineapple pizza looks like horrible, cellular death? No, it is not. It is the universe’s way of saying such an infernal abhorrence ought to not have been birthed and allowed to proliferate. So, I say unto thee, let us not waste pineapples any longer. Rather, let us find those who would ruin them and pizza and dissolve them in pineapple juice. Contact Ian Roesler with comments at icroesler@bsu. edu or on Twitter @IanRoesler.
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She also said she is hoping to plan other interactive events for residents because she believes those events are the most popular. Chania Freeman, freshman nursing major, is another student who will be an RA in North West in the fall. The 2021-22 school year will be Freeman’s first year as an RA, and she said she’s happy she was assigned to North West. “I’m very excited to work in the newest building,” Freeman said. “To me, it’s a fresh start and a great way to start my position.”
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Continued from Page 07 Despite the parallels he sees between his football career and CoSpero Consulting, Hogue said the path toward his career was unexpected. His mother, Michelle Williams, taught in Indianapolis Public Schools, but Hogue didn’t want to work in education. That changed when he made a trip to Charles A. Tindley Accelerated High School, just a few miles south of Cathedral. The school opened in 2004 as part of a community-wide revitalization project, sitting in an abandoned building in what was once a crime-ridden neighborhood. When attending Ball State, a Teach For America recruiter convinced Hogue to check out the project. He said he was blown away by its academic excellence. “In that moment,” Hogue said, “my whole entire life changed because what I realized is it’s absolutely possible that education can still be a thing that changes people’s lives no matter what ZIP code you are born in, no matter the color of your skin — if we give kids a true shot at a good education.” Although Hogue didn’t end up working in education, like his mother has for 21 years, she said he found his calling and landed right where he needed to be. “I always wanted Harold to be kind and give love,” Williams said. “I think that’s equally as important as working hard, and perseverance and all those things — just having a kind heart, and a kind spirit and being understanding and empathetic toward everyone.” Visiting Charles A. Tindley Accelerated High School made Hogue consider all the opportunities he had received, which many people close to him never could afford. He thought of how those
Freeman said the new residence hall will help her create a new community from scratch and build new connections. She said she’s already begun planning events for North West, including a “self-care Sunday” event for her floor, which she thinks will be a way for her residents to get involved on campus. Kate Swope, freshman business administration and pre-law major, is also excited to be an RA in North West in the 2021-22 school year. Swope said she wanted to be an RA because she has always liked taking care of people and finds comfort in helping others. “Seeing other people succeed makes me really happy, and the added social involvement [of being an RA] is just a bonus,” Swope said. She said she is “thrilled” to be living in North West in the fall, especially because there is an opportunity for RAs to set the tone and create a community for the residence hall. Swope also said she is
opportunities could change someone’s trajectory, which led him to the vision of CoSpero Consulting. Hogue said he tells his clients from the very start that he views them as family, and doing so has helped him find success. “There will be days we all show up at 100 percent, but, some days, I might be 100 percent, and you might be at 40 percent,” Hogue said. “We still have got to take care of each other, and that’s the same perspective that I bring to our team here in Dallas every day. It’s what drives the type of work that I take with our clients.” More than a decade later, Rick Streiff, former Cathedral High School football head coach and 10-time Indiana State Champion, considers Hogue one of his all-time favorite players. Because of Hogue’s work ethic, he said, he is not surprised to see him achieve great things away from the gridiron. “He just was incredibly determined to make himself as good as he possibly could be,” Streiff said. “I have a mantra that is, ‘I don’t really know how good my team is going to be until 10 years from now when they’re adults.’ If they are doing great things as adults, we had a pretty darn good team.” Hogue said while some people might graduate college, find their first job and not quite feel at home, that doesn’t mean they’re doing something wrong. He emphasizes networking, learning and pursuing something that will bring joy and happiness. “If I could give any final words of wisdom to Ball State students, it would be to trust your heart but to make sure that trust is backed up by some core values,” Hogue said. “The desires of your heart might shift, but those core values and principles — you’ve got to have those. If you have those, it’ll be a lot easier to follow what your heart is telling you to do.” Contact Hunter Skillman with comments at hjskillman@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @HunterSkillman1.
planning events on how to be a good ally and mental health advocate. “I want everyone to feel safe and valued within the community,” Swope said. “School is almost inherently stressful at times, and I want to see if I have any power in alleviating some of that.” Swope believes the only disadvantage of living in North West is she is unable to see the inside of the building and get to know it more before she becomes an RA. “This is honestly also exciting because it’s a surprise, but I have a tendency to get lost,” Swope said. “I’m going to feel bad if I end up sending my residents on a wild goose chase during the first couple of weeks.” Contact Eli Houser with comments at ejhouser@bsu.edu. Contact Maya Wilkins with comments at mrwilkins@bsu.edu or on Twitter @mayawilkinss.
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