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Andrew Luttrell, Ball State assistant professor of psychological science, argued for social distancing by framing it in two ways: “think about your own health” and “think about everyone’s health.” Then, he asked people which argument was more persuasive. Emphasizing a moral responsibility to slow the spread of COVID-19 could persuade more people to socially distance and follow public health guidelines, according to a recent study by Luttrell and Richard E. Petty, Ohio State University professor of psychology. The study took less than five months to publish after research began in March 2020, which Luttrell said is probably his fastest project. He began his study with Petty through online surveys and said the peer review process was quicker than normal research papers due to the timeliness of coronavirus research. “Probably, this project moved faster than any other research project I’ve been involved with,” Luttrell said. “The criticism is it’s going too fast … How do you make sure that you’re doing the best quality research as possible, even though you’re trying to move quickly?” Despite that criticism, Luttrell thinks they may have started research a few weeks too late because people were already being asked to practice social distancing by the time the study started. “These messages had been flying across social media and on the news,” Luttrell said. “Lots of cities were having lockdowns … so you kind of were forced to practice distancing.” Over the course of the study, Luttrell and Petty collected data from 863 voluntary participants through crowdsourcing platforms Amazon Mechanical Turk and Prolific. Survey questions asked participants if they thought of public health as a moral issue and to rate the persuasiveness and morality of different arguments for socially distancing.
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Aug. 28: Ball State Swimming and Diving head coach J. Agnew announced the hiring of assistant coach Chris Bals and graduate assistant coach Geena Freriks for the 2020-21 regular season. Over the past two seasons at Ball State as a graduate assistant coach, Bals helped Cardinal student-athletes break seven program records. Bals graduated from Kentucky in 2019.
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Aug. 29: Chadwick Boseman, an American actor who played iconic Black fictional and historical characters such as Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Black Panther, died Aug. 28 at his home in the Los Angeles area. According to a statement from his family, Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago and had not spoken about it publicly. VOL. 100 ISSUE: 3 CONTACT THE DN Newsroom: 765-285-8245 Editor: 765-285-8249, editor@bsudailynews.com
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Past franchise owners to sue McDonald’s More than 50 Black former McDonald’s franchise owners are suing the restaurant chain, saying the company had steered them toward less-profitable restaurants and did not give them the same support as white franchise owners. The 52 plaintiffs are seeking compensation of $4 million to $5 million. The suit was filed Tuesday.
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Ball State professors on teaching during fall semester, summer preparations Charles Melton News Editor A red-haired, wide-eyed face with a hazard mask on looks directly at the viewer. A castle that sits on top of a hill. A cat sitting next to a scattered assortment of paints and brushes. These are the types of images you’ll see on bsuinquarantine.
Bsuinquarantine, an Instagram page that showcased students’ artwork during their time away from campus, was a way Audrey Barcio, assistant professor of painting and drawing, was able to still show what her students had worked on without face-toface contact. “Stressful” was Barcio’s initial feeling toward not being able to
have her students in class last semester, she said, but once that initial feeling was gone, she saw an opportunity to become more connected to her students. To prepare to have face-to-face classes again during the 2020 fall semester, Barcio said she took every opportunity “through Ball State and other resources” to learn “how to teach better,
how to be better organized [and] how to use different strategies for success for our students.” According to research done by The Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 percent of its nearly 3,000 institutions sample are doing hybrid-learning. Ball State is listed as a “primarily inperson” return plan in its study.
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French Education Minister JeanMichel Blanquer acknowledged safely reopening schools may not be possible during France’s continuous rise in coronavirus infections. Learning gaps between rich and poor students worsened during lockdowns, and the government wishes to reduce these gaps and hopes parents return to work soon to revive the economy.
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Louisiana residents face property damage Many Louisiana residents returned to homes with water damage or no electricity after Hurricane Laura ripped through south and northwest areas of the state. State and federal authorities are working to help citizens fix damage and book hotel rooms, but Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday the rebuilding process could take several months.
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ONE WEEK IN Ball State students react to President Geoffrey Mearns’ letter adressing the rise of COVID-19 cases on campus.
Charles Melton News Editor After the possibility of students having to move off campus before Thanksgiving break presented itself again, students had mixed feelings on whether in-person classes should continue. Some argue leaving campus will help keep the Ball State community safe. Others call into question the policies put in place at Ball State and whether or not they are effective. On Ball State’s COVID-19 dashboard, as of 7:45 p.m. Sept. 2, the university has seen more than 500 positive cases, with 245 coming from IU Health and 336 coming from other sources, primarily self reports. Near the end of the first week of classes, Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns sent out a campus-wide email warning students that their actions over the following weekend would “impact whether we are able to continue to provide the on-campus experience that students have told us they value.” In the email, Mearns said the cause for the rise in positive COVID-19 cases at Ball State was “some” students’ actions off campus and not linked to academic activities or students living in residence halls. “Our Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities prohibits conduct that causes or threatens harm to the health or safety of another person, both on and off campus,” he said in the email.
He added that the university is “taking appropriate disciplinary action against several students and three fraternities,” with consequences for breaking policy including suspension and expulsion. Knowing his on-campus experience could be affected by other students, Paul Butler, sophomore music media production major, said the letter was “anxiety-provoking.” He added that it was good that Mearns made a statement. While the possibility of moving back home early “makes your heart sink a little bit,” he said if moving home is better for the safety of the university, then he is “all for it.” “I’m more than willing to go back home if that’s what needs to happen to help out other people to not get sick and spread it,” Butler said. Chance Green, junior English major, said Mearns’ letter was accusing students for the rise in cases, while he believes the issue was the university reopening campus. Because Ball State had already been online in the past, Green said, there was “a step that needed to be taken” to move fully online and not bring students back to campus. “I think [Mearns is] accusing the students of not social distancing,” he said, but Ball State was the one that brought all the students together — to have been quarantined and socially confined on their own for months, and they brought them all together and then were shocked
when they wanted to socialize and have the college experience.” Green said while the letter accused students of partying, the university continues to have Late Nite, a weekly gathering hosted by Ball State. Butler said, as an out-of-state student, it would “be a bummer for him to move out of Indiana again.” “I love it here at Ball State, and I have all the opportunities to succeed here,” Butler said. He said he was not sure whether or not he had been refunded for his payment on a dormitory room, but added that he was refunded for the rest of the semester last year. The in-person classes Green has, he said, discuss changes for online learning more than the class material itself. A lot of professors don’t have experience working solely online, and “they shouldn’t have been expected to” know how, Green said. As a bassoon player, Butler takes A car sits parked with “Wearing Is Caring” painted in the window Aug. 29, 2020, near the Art and in-person music lessons, which he Journalism Building. Ball State requires students to wear masks indoors, according to the Ball State said is “crucial” so the instructor can website. CHARLES MELTON, DN see his hand movements. The second week of classes, he will be starting in band, and he said his instructors will On-Campus Tests and Positive Cases be “precise” about social distancing and sanitization. Ball State’s COVID-19 dashboard shows both tests and positive results for One of Green’s main concerns is he students and employees that were tested through IU Health. The tests doesn’t know what the future holds through IU stretch from Aug. 17 to current, according to the dashboard. IU for his education or for his career. Health only conducts tests for people who have symptoms of COVID-19. “I [really] have no concept of how it is going to look,” he said. “This is a new situation for all of us.” 416 Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Cmelton144.
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“There is no one perfect strategy,” Luttrell said. “The messages that work best for one part of the population are not going to resonate with another part of the population.” Luttrell and Petty’s study divided arguments for social distancing into categories of self-focused and others-focused. Self-focused arguments for social distancing emphasized protecting personal health while others-focused arguments emphasized personal obligations to overall public health. Luttrell said hypotheses for others-focused arguments about moral issues have been studied before, giving him and Petty a foundation for their coronavirus research. “The others-focused messages are really only superior for those people who are already moralizing public health,” Luttrell said. “They’re not doing anything special for the other half of our participants.” According to the study, others-focused messages were perceived to be more of a moral argument and only slightly more persuasive than self-focused messages. “I think that’s an important message for public health communicators,” Luttrell said. “It really takes understanding the audience you’re talking to to know the best way to approach the conversation.” Even though others-focused arguments for social distancing were not persuasive for some participants, Petty said, the messages weren’t rated less effective based on participants’ feelings. “We didn’t find there was any particular group for which the selfish argument actually worked better than the helping-others argument, so that’s really important information,” he said. “If there were groups of people for whom the help-others argument was counterproductive, that would really be important to know.”
Signs directing people to walk on the right side of hallways were placed around Ball State University to keep people on one side of the path they are walking on. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN Luttrell and Petty’s study only focused on social distancing because Luttrell said they couldn’t think of an effective self-focused argument for wearing face masks. However, Petty said there may be an effective
way to appeal to a moral responsibility for wearing a face mask for people who believe their freedoms are being infringed. “There’s some freedom, but sometimes we give up our freedoms in order to help others,” he said.
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What we found in our studies is that by appealing to that sense of community, that sense of duty to other people, that tends to be more compelling.” - ANDREW LUTTRELL, Assistant professor of psychological science “You start out by saying, ‘I don’t think you’re stupid. I understand there’s some reasonable things on your side.’ Then, you go on to give the core of your message.” Petty said this is a psychological technique called the two-sided argument, when people are more likely to respond to something counter to their beliefs if their own thoughts are understood first.
“It’s more just of an acknowledgement or tip of the hat to that side,” he said, “which then basically opens the person up to listen to you because you’ve said something nice about their side.” Though the study focused on social distancing, both Luttrell and Petty have investigated responses to issues people perceive as moral before, including drinking and driving, recycling and cigarette smoking. “There have been tons of health campaigns in the past. You can think about wearing your seatbelt, which got to be accepted,” Petty said. “When seatbelts first came up, you saw exactly the same thing. ‘I’m not going to have the government tell me to wear my seatbelt’ or whatever.” Looking back on gradual behavior changes with seatbelt wearing and cigarette smoking, Petty said, “With the pandemic, we don’t have years to change people’s opinions on this.” After analyzing the research results, Luttrell said, he and Petty found that appealing to a sense of community tends to be more compelling. Ultimately, others-focused arguments to practice social distancing were effective, especially for people who thought of public health as a moral issue. “When the reasons you give someone are about the moral, ethical, right-versus-wrong nature of the issue, that’s what we mean by a moral argument,” Luttrell said. “This is about not accidentally spreading this thing to people who could really be harmed by it. Presumably, that approach is going to be more persuasive for face masks, which we didn’t test explicitly, but I think the link is pretty clear.” Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.
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Barcio said she believes in the students, faculty and essential workers on campus and that they want “nothing better than success.” “I know everybody misses hanging out and going to parties, but I do think that everybody values their education and their future more,” Barcio said. Barcio planned for all of her courses to go fully online in the case students and faculty are sent home earlier than the planned time after Thanksgiving break, she said. However, Barcio said she knows how important it is to have in-person classes for her students, and she trusts her department to make decisions that keep her students safe. “I have been very careful and have the very best mask and filters I possibly can buy,” Barcio said. “I’m going to do everything that I possibly can do to make sure that my students, first and foremost, are safe and getting the most quality education they can, whether it be in person or online. And then I remain safe, my family remains safe and so on.” Dom Caristi, professor of telecommunications, also used the summer to prepare for the upcoming semester, doing an “unbelievable amount of webinars, and workshops and boot camps online.” Caristi said he felt stressed after hearing the news of a complete transition to online classes last
semester. He added that while he wasn’t totally unprepared for the change, he was still concerned. “I have been very actively pursuing recommendations, and skills and the things that I can use in my teaching,” Carisiti said. “I think a lot of the concern was about the fact that we didn’t have a guarantee as to when things would shift. I am currently, as of this morning, face-to-face. The plan is to be face-to-face until Thanksgiving. No one can promise that.” Carsiti said using the summer to prepare made him feel “a lot better” about the upcoming semester than he felt earlier this year. “I think the advice over and over again was to build a course that could be an online course and that any face-to-face is gravy,” Caristi said. Caristi teaches three sections of communications law classes with 40 students in each section. He records a 15-minute “mini-lecture,” posts it on Canvas and uses his class time to have discussions with his students. Douglas Bernstein, associate professor of biology, said he is glad to be getting back into the classroom with his students, but there are challenges about creating the lab experience from home. This year, Bernstein will be teaching microbiology for the Allied Health Sciences, which will be completely online this semester, he said. “We didn’t really have the option for even trying to do anything in person,” Bernstein said. “It was not a realistic alternative given the amount of social distancing, and the size of the class and
I have been very careful and have the very best mask and filters I possibly can buy. I’m going to do everything that I possibly can do to make sure that my students, first and foremost, are safe and getting the most quality education they can, whether it be in person or online. And then I remain safe, my family remains safe and so on.” - AUDREY BARCIO, Assistant professor of painting and drawing at Ball State things like that.” Bernstein and his colleagues spent time over the summer creating a new online curriculum that would still provide students with some form of lab experience that is possible from home, he said. Their goal was to make sure the program was
“not going to be outrageously expensive for [the students] and would still be safe.” A higher level course Bernstein will be teaching about recombinant DNA and RNA techniques will still meet in person, Bernstein said. The class will be split in halves with one half attending in person one day and the other half the next. Bernstein said in this higher-level course, students do a “decent” amount of in-person laboratory work including cloning genes, cloning DNA constructs and making them into plasmids or taking a construct and trying to edit a genome “in vivo” of an organism. Bernstein said having half of the students there virtually and the other half in class would certainly be a challenge and not something he “would want to try and mimic,” but doing more computer-based experiments “provides a large benefit to the students.” “You can control the types of things that the students learn, and you can do things much more quickly in that format,” Bernstein said. Carisiti also said there were some advantages to being able to teach online like having a “back channel” for in-class discussions, relating it back to a student who never spoke in class but was more vocal online and using the chat window. “While my preference is face-to-face,” Bernstein said, “there are definitely some advantages to doing it online.” Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Cmelton144.
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A FAMILY LEGACY The Wiseman brothers embrace their differences and learn from one another. Connor Smith Assistant Sports Editor
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NCAA furloughs entire staff of about 600 The NCAA will furlough its entire Indianpolis-based staff of about 600 employees for three to eight weeks in a cost-saving move, according to a memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The memo from NCAA President Mark Emmert went out to the association’s more than 1,200 member schools. The furloughs will not affect senior executives.
Women’s Basketball Timothy, Joey and Tommy Wiseman enjoy some quality time together in their childhood. The three competed in a number of sports during their youth before landing on golf as their sport of choice.
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hen Timothy Wiseman, 2019 Ball State graduate, picked up a golf club for the first time, he didn’t realize what would be in store for him for years to come. Along with his older brother, Tommy, and his younger brother, Joey — a sophomore organizational communication major and current member of Ball State Men’s Golf — the Wiseman brothers participated in a number of organized sports during their childhood. However, as the three of them grew older, they gravitated toward golf. “I think Joey and I both kind of realized that golf was maybe something we could have a career in,” Timothy said. “You could include [Tommy] too — we were all kind of close in age.” Having competed with Ball State Men’s Golf for the entirety of his collegiate career, Timothy, the firstever Ball State student-athlete to compete in the U.S. Open, said Tommy was a major source of inspiration growing up. While he didn’t compete at the intercollegiate level, Tommy — a 2018 graduate of the University of Southern Indiana, grew up with the
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game alongside his younger brothers. “His IQ about the game is really high,” Timothy said. “When we were younger, I was always striving to beat him. It finally got to the point where I
As Joey kind of finds his way through this process, I’m sure that he will have as equal a successful career as Timothy did.” - MIKE FLECK, Ball State Men’s Golf head coach could do that once in a while.” When Timothy graduated from Ball State in May 2019, a new Wiseman joined the Cardinals the following fall.
Although his spring season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Joey gained valuable experience as a freshman, competing in four events and nine total stroke-play rounds. Joey said there are more differences than similarities between him and Timothy when comparing their demeanor and attitude on the green. “I guess it’s kind of stereotypical for a younger brother to be more outgoing,” Joey said. “[Timothy’s] definitely a lot quieter than I am. I would say I’m louder and less filtered.” Despite their differences, Ball State head coach Mike Fleck said Joey’s familiarity with the program prior to committing has played a key role in his success, even though his Ball State career has been relatively short. “As Joey kind of finds his way through this process, I’m sure that he will have as equal a successful career as Timothy did,” Fleck said. “The family is well aware of our traditions and expectations of Ball State Golf.”
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Ball State hires new assistant coach Ball State Women’s Basketball welcomed Roman Tubner to its staff Aug. 27 as a new assistant coach. He spent last season as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He worked with three student-athletes who received All-Colonial Athletic Association honors.
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COLUMN: Pacers make right call firing coach The Indiana Pacers made the right decision firing former head coach Nate McMillan. He served as Indiana’s head coach for five years and was often criticized for an archaic style of offense. His biggest issue was not advancing out of the first round of the playoffs in any of his seasons coaching. It is up to the organization to find the right coach.
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Last fall, Joey posted his top numbers of the season in the team’s final event — the Musketeer Classic in Cincinnati — where he tied for 38th and finished 10 over par. Fleck said the lack of a 2020 spring season was a setback regarding Joey’s development, but he remains hopeful for his future. “Joey’s a gamer,” Fleck said. “He’s learning what it takes not only to be the best that he can be, but bringing teammates along is
really important to him. Having that season cut short last spring was really tough because he was starting to emerge as one of the guys who was really starting to be relevant.” Although COVID-19 has sidelined the Cardinals until at least the spring, both Joey and Timothy gained competitive experience this past summer. The brothers competed in the Indiana PGA Southern Open June 15. With no opportunity to compete for Ball State in the foreseeable future, Joey said he recently modified his class schedule to allonline, giving him more time to practice during the day. “I’m not trying to convert
myself right now,” Joey said. “There’s not a tournament next week to peak for. I’m trying to keep my game shape enough to compete in a couple of weeks.” If there’s one lesson he has learned from Timothy over the years, Joey said, it’s a simple one: Stay positive at all times. “[Timothy’s] pretty good at golf,” Joey said, “But there are a lot of people who are good who I don’t look up to because of what separates him from the rest: staying calm and composed as opposed to throwing clubs.” Contact Connor Smith with Joey Wiseman (center) is honored as a member of Corydon Central Boys’ Basketball along with his brothers, Timothy and comments at cnsmith@bsu.edu Tommy, in addition to his parents, Michael and Jennifer. Wiseman played varsity basketball and golf throughout high school or on Twitter @cnsmith_19. before arriving at Ball State. TIMOTHY WISEMAN, PHOTO PROVIDED
Letter from the Editor
VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD
Even without sports, there are still many stories to be told and goals to be met.
Scheumann Stadium sits empty, Sept. 2, 2020. The Mid-American Conference canceled its fall sports season due to concerns of COVID-19. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN
Ian Hansen Sports Editor You may be wondering why you should bother reading the sports section of The Daily News this year or asking yourself how it is possible for this section to consistently put out stories without any intercollegiate athletics going on at Ball State. As I am quarantining for 14 days at home in Indianapolis, I can tell you firsthand it will not be easy. Despite living through uncertain times, there are no excuses, and the sports section still plans on providing you with as much meaningful content as possible. Even in times of normalcy, the primary goal of The Daily News is to give a voice to people who may not typically have one. This goal is magnified in the midst of a global pandemic, stripping playing time away from many of Ball State’s talented athletes whose voice comes from playing the sport they love. It is our job to make sure they do not lose it. There are athletes who will benefit from the extended time off and others who will struggle. There are athletes who improved their game while quarantined and will not have the opportunity to show it. The bottom line is there are so many people whose voices are waiting to be heard, and it is our job to make sure they are. As student journalists, we know the professionals don’t make a living from game recaps
— they make a living by telling powerful stories and impacting those who read them. We would be selling ourselves short if we assumed that because there’s no competition, there isn’t a powerful story to be told. If anything, there are more stories waiting to be written than ever before, and we will make sure they are shared. Behind the scenes, we are working late nights trying to put together the best content possible. My reporters and I would be lying to you if we said it was easy. I can’t be part of the storytelling process in person, and I can no longer work with my peers face to face. Almost all of our work is done virtually, and while this is the best way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, it makes things difficult. Luckily, the sports section has great people around it to help all of our goals come to fruition. With that being said, our main goal is to stay safe. Nothing is normal right now, and we have to make sure we can do our jobs in the safest way possible. Despite this, time keeps ticking, and stories need to be written. We are doing the best we can to find as many stories as possible, but please let us know if there are any you would like us to tell. Sincerely, Ian Hansen, Daily News Sports Editor Contact Ian Hansen with comments at imhansen@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ianh_2.
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Bread Boss Shane Heath offers an assortment of baked goods with his bakery, The Bearded Baker. Sumayyah Muhammad Assistant Lifestyles Editor Shane Heath, owner of The Bearded Baker, a Muncie-based bakery, said the Food Network show “Good Eats” was the catalyst behind his decision to attend culinary school at Ivy Tech in 2009. Because of his love for bread, Heath said, he realized early on that he needed to go into the culinary business for himself. “When I first got started, it was more about teaching and less about
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competition,” Heath said. “I already knew a lot about what they were teaching already. It was easy for me. It’s weird because I never really considered having a talent in my life. It was just perfect for me.” Heath has been the sole business owner of The Bearded Baker for seven years, where he said he works in a commercial kitchen and is free to do what he loves. With no employees and hardly any bills, Heath said he is just as much as his own boss as he is an employee.
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Fostering makers around Muncie Georedt Michael Huggins began Foto-Therapy Photography in Muncie to be a creative space for students and locals. Huggins said he often hears Muncie is nothing without Ball State, but he believes Muncie has fostered success for him and other creative locals. Huggins said he would love to give students a reason to come off campus and maybe stay in Muncie after graduation. 4Ballbearingsmag.com
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Creating the new face of downtown Downtown Muncie was nearly a ghost town until local Muncie residents and organizations made an effort to revitalize it. With a grant offered from the Muncie Redevelopment Commission (MRC), the city of Muncie repaved Walnut Street to give Muncie locals the opportunity to meet new people and get involved in the community. 4Ballbearingsmag.com ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN ILLUSRATION
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Helping Muncie one mask at a time Susan Danner sews thousands of masks for her friends, family and others throughout the Muncie community. Grace McCormick Assistant News Editor Since March 8, Susan Danner has been isolating in her Muncie home, only going outside to get her mail, care for her flowers and feed her birds and squirrels. Throughout the past five months, Danner has also hand-sewn more than 4,000 face masks for Muncie community members, selling some and donating others. Her daughter, Moth Danner, gave a few masks to neighbors and close friends after visiting her while wearing face masks and speaking through the front door. Moth said selling her mother’s masks felt similar to other projects they’ve worked on together, such as baking pies for Susan’s “The Pie Lady” booth at the Muncie Makers Market and volunteering together at the Soup Kitchen of Muncie. Moth is more of the public face for the masks than in the past, she said, because her mother isn’t out and about due to the pandemic. When Moth began seeing international news coverage about the pandemic in January, she said, she started to feel worried about the coronavirus. “I felt it would be really bad here by March and would stay at least somewhat risky for about a year,” Moth said. “We’d already begun stocking
We were open anyway because we have the post office here, but it’s helped us stay afloat, and it’s helped the citizens get their masks.” - SHAREEN WAGLEY, Manager of The Mailroom up on supplies and Mom’s medication, as well as emotionally preparing for the long haul and Mom staying fully indoors well before it hit here.” When Susan started sewing masks in late March to keep herself busy and safe while staying inside, she ran out of elastic for ear loops and couldn’t find any in Indiana stores. Moth said they bought ribbon from Muncie shops to tide them over while they searched for more elastic. She said a family member in Kentucky told her about Walker Fabrics in Crestwood, Kentucky, that received a large shipment of elastic, and she ordered several pounds of it. “That Kentucky shop got a giant — like the size of a car — crate of white elastic in, and it
Shareen Wagley poses at The Mailroom with a new delivery of Susan Danner’s face masks. The Mailroom sells Susan’s adult- and child-sized masks as well as masks from seven other local seamstresses. MOTH DANNER, PHOTO PROVIDED was water damaged, so they started selling it in bits and pieces, no rolls of it,” Moth said. “It was weird to buy something like that by the pound and not by length.” Susan is still using elastic from that purchase in addition to other colors of elastic Moth had found on an Etsy shop. Susan has donated half of the masks she has
sewn, and she uses the money she earns from masks she sold to buy more supplies. She also sells masks on Etsy but for a higher price than local shops to cover shipping costs. Moth said Shareen Wagley, manager of The Mailroom, and Hailey Perkins, owner of Roo’s Holistic Pet Supplies, reached out to her offering to sell Susan’s masks.
“They both reached out to us, [and] I was very happy that they did,” Moth said. “I was becoming more and more concerned about my personal exposure selling from my porch and the possibility of exposing Mom through me.” Wagley said The Mailroom also sells masks from seven other local seamstresses who all have charitable causes to support through their sewing.
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Continued from Page 09 “I’m chubby — I like food, [and] it really satisfies the creative part of me, and it fits my temperament,” Heath said. “It takes patience and deliberate thought. I own my own business because I make a poor employee.” Heath said he bakes all of his food by hand and within 24 to 30 hours of an event, such as farmers’ markets or nearby festivals. Customers can purchase baked goods like pull-apart garlic cheese bread, cinnamon bread, chocolate babka and his chocolate chip cookies, “The Greatest Cookies in the Universe.” This summer, Heath baked for the Saxony Farmers Market in Noblesville, Indiana, and the Irvington Farmers Market in Indianapolis.
This red Indiana fabric is one of Susan Danner’s many 100 percent cotton fabrics she uses to hand sew masks. Moth Danner said the roll of black elastic pictured was “coveted,” especially when Susan was running low on elastic and started to use ribbons for ear loops during April through June. MOTH DANNER, PHOTO PROVIDED “This was clear back at the very beginning [in] March [and] April,” Wagley said. “[The Mailroom was] essential. We were open, and you couldn’t find masks anywhere. So, when I saw that she was selling them — and I knew [the Danners for years] — I just messaged her and said I’d be willing to sell them from here.” The Mailroom was selling hundreds of masks per day in earlier months, Wagley said, and she estimated it had sold close to 10,000 masks total from its local supply, which also helped the business financially. “It’s probably been one thing that has helped us stay afloat during COVID,” Wagley said. “We were open anyway because we have the post office here, but it’s helped us stay afloat, and it’s helped the citizens get their masks. It was much easier for people to come here and get them rather than having to track down one of the seamstresses.” Perkins said she buys Susan’s paw print masks for $5 each and sells the masks for $7 at Roo’s Holistic Pet Supplies with the profits going toward animal rescue projects. Currently, Roo’s Pet Supplies has sold 180 of Susan’s masks, raising $360 for Muncie Animal Care and Services. “There is a good and bad side to offering masks to the community right now,” Perkins said. “Some people have pretty strong feelings about the masks and the requirements around them, and we want no part in that argument. We simply want to offer our customers the option of cute, functional masks with paw prints and cute animals on them.” Susan said she enjoys making and selling masks for the community, and she thinks she has helped protect her family and friends. “It feels really great,” she said. “It has also helped keep me from going nuts.” Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.
It takes patience and deliberate thought. I own my own business because I make a poor employee.” - SHANE HEATH, The owner of The Bearded Baker
Stephanie Bryant-Lipp, a nurse practitioner and regular customer of The Bearded Baker, first met Heath at the Fishers Farmers’ Market in 2018. Bryant-Lipp said all of Heath’s breads are creative and delicious.
Shane Heath, owner of The Bearded Baker, sells his baked goods with his son, Ramiel Heath, at the Muncie Makers Market in 2018. Shane Heath said he never did a lot of baking as a child, but his passion for baking started as he came from a family of bakers and realized he could bake well in culinary school. SHANE HEATH, PHOTO PROVIDED “I really like any of the cheese bread, and I typically get those every week,” Bryant-Lipp said. “The cinnamon bread makes the best French toast. My personal favorite is rosemary French bread.” Out of all the baked goods Heath makes, he said, his favorite would also be his rosemary French bread. Heath said adding his sourdough culture to his French bread makes it more complex and better tasting than basic French bread. “True French bread is salt, water, yeast and flour
only,” Heath said. “You’re not allowed to add anything else to it for it to be considered French bread. I like to tinker with my recipes though, and I added my sourdough culture… to it.” Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Heath said his business has been down, but he’s still baking and selling while wearing a mask. To fit accommodations, Heath said he offers delivery services to his customers in addition to selling at markets and festivals.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies Advertised on his menu as “The Greatest Cookies in the Universe,” Heath bakes his chocolate chip cookies using 60 percent Dark Ghirardelli dark chocolate.
Cinnamon Rolls Heath’s House Recipe Cinnamon rolls are filled with Vietnamese cinnamon and demerara sugar. Each roll is approximately 1 pound.
Rosemary French Bread Heath’s favorite bread to bake is his Rosemary French bread. Baked the same way as his Bearded French, his rosemary loaf’s special ingredient is organic rosemary.
Bearded French Bread One of Heath’s rustic breads is his Bearded French bread, which is described on his menu as looking “like the surface of a planet.” Source: The Bearded Baker’s Facebook KAMRYN TOMLINSON, DN ILLUSTRATION
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Screw the Charmin Ultra Strong Bears, use a bidet In times of crisis, turn to bidets rather than toilet paper.
Shwetha Sundarrajan is a junior journalism major and writes “This is the Shwe” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. The Shwetha Charmin Sundarrajan Ultra Strong Columnist, Bears are “This is the Shwe” trending. Toiletpaper-obsessed Americans have been brawling it out for that incredibly soft, 2-ply toilet paper in Walmart aisles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Toilet paper has become more of a valuable commodity than gold, with people having meltdowns over the very prospect of not having a lifelong supply of toilet paper stocked up in their households. As someone who has grown up without particularly needing toilet paper to function, let me propose an alternative to washing one’s backside: water. What a concept — nature’s very own, fully-organic, nonGMO and gluten-free. Humans have thrived for
thousands of years by washing their “output orifices” — for the lack of a better term — with water and have been completely fine. Many cultures still use water to cleanse themselves, and I can say from experience that one feels infinitely better if they use water, not toilet paper, post-defecation. For one, using water is far more hygienic. All toilet paper does, in essence, is smear the remnants of your digested lunch. You may be thinking, “Why Shwetha, you sound quite ignorant. Toilet paper works just fine for me.” While it may, using toilet paper carries a higher risk of infections, especially “down there.” If you’re a woman, you’ve probably been told to wipe from the front to the back to reduce the risk of contracting a UTI. If you’re a woman and didn’t know that, then you should be using a bidet. In addition, using toilet paper can actually lead to injuries. Yes, you read that correctly. The skin around your butthole is actually very sensitive, and repeated wiping can lead to tears and bleeding, also known as hemorrhoids. Have I convinced you yet?
No? Wait, what did you say? The people who use water to cleanse their backsides are from less-developed countries? Well, for one, that’s quite ignorant. Many countries like Japan, Italy, Indonesia, India, Nepal and countless others use bidets or variations of the bidet. So, if nearly half the world utilizes water as a means for cleansing postmorning poop, then why hasn’t the United States jumped on the bandwagon? Here’s a brief history lesson: During WWII, American soldiers first saw bidets in French brothels and inferred that bidets were inherently used for sex work. America’s long-standing aversion to the bidet can be best summarized by Norman Haire, a birth control pioneer: “The presence of a bidet is regarded as almost a symbol of sin.” Despite the repeated efforts of many businessmen attempting to indoctrinate the bidet into the American people’s lives, other options to clean the rear took up the spotlight — such as toilet paper and its cousin, wet wipes. If you think toilet paper is economically better, think again. The typical person uses
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around $10 worth of toilet paper in a month. If we do a little bit of math, an average roll costs about $0.84 and contains 150 sheets, so you’re using 11 rolls per month. A pack of toilet paper can range anywhere from $10 to $30. Also, a quick Google search can show you that you can install a bidet in your own home for $30. A bidet will last you forever and cut down on your monthly grocery bill by at least $15. If I still haven’t convinced you, then allow me to guilt trip you Greta Thunberg style. As a matter of fact, using a bidet is actually environmentally friendly, contrary to popular belief. A bidet actually uses significantly less water than the 437 billion gallons of water that’s needed to make toilet paper. You’re also saving 15 million trees if you stop using toilet paper. Imagine that — a cleaner environment and a cleaner butt. So, screw the Charmin Ultra Strong Bears. Use a bidet, and save the world one bowel movement at a time. Contact Shwetha Sundarrajan with comments at ssundarrajan@bsu.edu or on Twitter @fengshwe.
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Continued from Page 11 Sonja Distefano, a housewife and another regular customer of The Bearded Baker, said she sees how passionate Heath is about his business as he takes the time to explain his products to each customer at farmers’ markets and festivals. “I can see that he really lights up when new people come up to his booth, and he starts telling them about his products,” Distefano said. “I’m not a very good baker myself, but I do know that it requires a lot of patience and precision. He’s also willing to go above and beyond for people. Making deliveries is evidence of that.” Currently, Heath said, he is busy making as much bread as he can during the summer to “hang on for dear life.” In the future, he said, he’d like to have a brick-and-mortar store to have a permanent bakery rather than relying on farmers’ markets and festivals. Heath said he would also like to have his bread and cookies at stores such as Fresh Thyme and Target.
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Bryant-Lipp said she believes it’s important to support small businesses like Heath’s that “keep things natural and make things by hand.” The Bearded Baker is unique to her compared to other bakeries she shops at, she said, because she sees not only how Heath clearly loves making bread, but how he bakes bread for others’ enjoyment too. “It is important because it truly is rare to find people who
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