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BallStateDaily.com Ball State women’s golf closes out season

Track and field sets new school record

Cardinals secure tournament bid

4April 23: Ball State women’s golf faced challenges en route to its sixth place finish in the Mid-American Conference Championship in Naperville, Illinois. Ball State tied with Western Michigan with a score of 950, putting the Cardinals at 86 over par.

The MAC Championship concluded Ball State’s season.

4April 23: Ball State track and field split up again to compete in the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State and the War Eagle Invitational at Auburn. The 4x100 relay team made up of juniors Jazmin Smith and Peyton Stewart, along with sophomores Bryeana Byrdsong and Jasmine Harris, broke the school record with a time of 45.28.

4April 23: Ball State women’s tennis knew what it had to do this weekend against Akron. The Cardinals secured a bid to the MidAmerican Conference Tournament.

On April 20, Ball State (11-10) bounced back to get the 5-2 win over Akron. The first match of the tournament is against Toledo April 27 at Cardinal Creek Tennis Center.

President Mearns to finish informal visits

4April 24: President Geoffrey S. Mearns will complete his last round of informal visiting April 26. The day begins at 7 a.m. and stop at the following buildings: Amelia T. Wood Health Center, Child Study Center, Service Stores Building, Showalter Building, University Apartments Office and Service and Community Building.

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Dean of College of Fine Arts steps down

Dining removes romaine from menus

4April 24: Robert Kvam, dean of the College of Fine Arts, will step down in December 2018 and retire in June 2019, according to a university-wide email. Kvam, a National Association of Schools of Music evaluator, joined Ball State in 1997 as director of the School of Music. After becoming dean in 2000, he served for 18 years.

4April 25: Ball State Dining has temporarily removed romaine lettuce from all menus due to a recent E. coli outbreak found in romaine lettuce originating from Yuma, Arizona. Karen Adkins, director of dining and dining initiatives, said in email she is unsure how long romaine will remain off the campus menus.

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Crime

Two months since Muncie’s last shooting

Sun alleviates

SAD

Despite six shootings since the start of 2018, Muncie hasn’t had a shooting since Feb. 18. Muncie Police Capt. Joe Todd and Chief Joe Winkle said this was caused by a number of factors, including changes in the department, weather and luck.

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Motivate our Minds seeks new director

With warmer temperatures rolling in, those who have Seasonal Affective Disorder may see less symptoms.

An organization that has educated Muncie children through programs and extracurricular activities for the past 30 years is now looking for a new executive director. Motivate Our Minds is searching to fill the position after former executive director Monique Armstrong resigned in February, said Marchal Hudson, MOMs board president.

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After an unwelcome suspect entered a home near campus, Ball State University Police Department sent students tips on how to prevent crime: lock all doors and windows when leaving home and before going to sleep, use an alarm system, be cautious when sharing personal information — especially on social media — and make sure outside lights work properly.

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Ball State professors share their stories of overcoming cancer Brynn Mechem and Mary Freda News Editor and Assistant News Editor In 2018 alone, 610,000 Americans will die from cancer. For Cancer Control Month, The Daily News shadowed and sat down with Ball State professors to reflect on their past and continuing journeys with cancer.

In the brisk October morning, Stan Sollars quickly walked through the automatic sliding glass doors into the almost too-bright lobby. He took a seat in the pale blue and green chairs that are meant to be comforting, but the lumps didn’t help overcome the anxiety that accompanies waiting.

He put his arm around his nervous wife. “It’s going to be fine,” he said. “We’ve done this before.”

He walked through the labyrinth that is Indiana University Health University Hospital, never even looking at where he’s going. He clutched the “football,” the giant accordion-style folder that houses all of his medical information, to his side. He smiled and gave an animated hello to the receptionist, greeting her like he would an old friend. She smiled, the blue light from the computer screen reflecting in her glasses.

She knew him.

They all knew him.

They had seen him more than 40 times in the last three years.

He took a seat in the familiar chairs. He clutched a large water bottle that he purchased in

You have to put on horse blinkers, like you would put on a race horse, because if you’re distracted one way or the other — ‘What about Fred’s cancer?’ ‘What about Jane’s cancer?’ — that spreads. I had to focus on my cancer and survival.”

- STAN SOLLARS, Lecturer of telecommunications, Ball State University anticipation of the day’s events. He explained what his body was about to endure.

“I have to drink a liter of water so that I can flush out all of the radioactive stuff as quickly as possible,” Sollars said.

A liter may seem like a lot, but to Sollars, a couple extra trips to the bathroom is a small price to pay for his life. The radiologist called him to the back. He walked past a patient left in the hallway, too weak to lift his head off the pillow. In a cold room, he showed off the machine that would soon send an army of X-ray waves and radiation into his

body, scanning for any signs of a foreign object.

Sollars lay still, the machine whirring around him, waiting for any signal of something that could again consume his life.

In the reception room, his wife fought back the tears that were perched just behind her lids, threatening to tumble over the edge.

“There’s always a fear that it will come back,” said Allison Pareis, Sollars’ wife. “That’s why I always get really antsy on scan days. I mean, he’s fine and I don’t have any reason to really think that there’s a problem, but it’s a human thing just to have that little thing that says, ‘What if, what if, what if.’”

Sollars, a Ball State lecturer of telecommunications, isn’t alone in his fight. He is just one of the 1.8 million U.S. citizens who get a cancer diagnosis every year, according to the National Cancer Institute. Of those, 67 percent will still be alive five years down the road, up 17 percent from 1974.

Of the estimated 1.8 million, nearly 610,000 will die.

In the waiting room, Pareis nervously thumbed through the pages of a book she never got the chance to read. With her right knee bouncing up and down as if she were calming an imaginary child, even as she talked, she couldn’t peel her eyes from the door. When he finally came back, she went through her routine checklist.

“How did it go? How do you feel? Did you finish your water? We need to go upstairs now.”

As they made their way back through the neverending maze, the couple explained life during treatment. Sollars initially had surgery to fix an issue with his esophagus, but during the surgery, doctors found a tumor. When Pareis found out the surgery meant something more, she didn’t handle it very well.

“That first day, he was so heavily drugged, we were all sitting in the room waiting for the ER doctor to come and explain to Stan, because nobody had told Stan yet. I was just trying to hold myself together so I couldn’t say it,” Pareis said.

“So they have the ER doc explain it to him, and at that point my parents and I are just, like, stunned.

I’m really just upset, like, I had been screaming and everything. Stan was like, ‘It’ll be OK. It’ll be totally OK. I’ll be fine, I already know that I’ll be fine.’”

It is this mindset that Sollars would later say got him through.

“You have to put on horse blinkers, like you would put on a race horse, because if you’re distracted one way or the other — ‘What about Fred’s cancer?’ ‘What about Jane’s cancer?’ — that spreads,” Sollars said. “I had to focus on my cancer and survival.”

A white and teal wedding It was on her 30th birthday that Kendra Zenisek, lecturer of kinesiology and coordinator of physical

Lecturer of telecommunications Stan Sollars sits in a checkup on Oct. 11, 2017, with Dr. Shadia Jalal. Sollars was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2014. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN FILE

fitness, got preoperative testing to see if she had cancer. She found out two weeks later she did.

“Thirty wasn’t a great year,” Zenisek said. “I didn’t really enjoy 30. Turning 30, most people are like, ‘Oh, it’s just 30, it sucks,’ and I was like, ‘No, 30 is different for me.’”

For the newly-engaged woman, the diagnosis was worse than she could’ve imagined. She had adenocarcinoma, an aggressive type of cervical cancer.

According to The National Cancer Institute, adenocarcinoma is when cancerous cells skip around to various parts of the body. This type of cancer is much harder to treat than squamous cell carcinoma, which tends to be more isolated.

“The recommended path of treatment at that point in time coming from the doctor that I had was complete hysterectomy, which means ovaries, uterus — everything,” Zenisek said. “At that age, I was like, ‘What if I want kids or what if I want a family?’”

After being recommended to doctors in Indiana and Georgia, Zenisek found a doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City that could perform a surgery that would still allow Zenisek to have a child through a C-section delivery. However, during surgery, doctors found the lesions had spread further than they first thought and Zenisek had a complete hysterectomy.

The complications didn’t stop there, though. A few days after the initial surgery, Zenisek developed

Lecturer of kinesiology Kendra Zenisek found out she had cancer shortly after her 30th birthday. Zenisek had her final surgery in October 2009. KENDRA ZENISEK, PHOTO PROVIDED a bowel restriction and underwent another surgery, keeping her in the hospital for another three weeks.

“The thoughts kind of at the time were, ‘What did I do wrong?’” Zenisek said. “I did everything that I was supposed to. I worked out regularly, I ate healthily, I tried to take really good care of myself — I did everything right.

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Assistant Professor of communication studies Peggy Fisher battled breast cancer in 2001 and 2015. Fisher had a simple mastectomy in 2015. MADELINE GROSH, DN

“You start to think, ‘I’m a good person and I do everything I’m supposed to do,’ and then all the sudden you get hit with a diagnosis.”

After returning to Muncie, Zenisek’s doctor recommended she undergo six to eight weeks of chemotherapy, including daily radiation, which ended up burning her intestines to her abdominal wall. So, Zenisek went through another surgery and quit chemotherapy and radiation.

“I had to eat through a tube in my arm, which is not a diet plan that I recommend,” she said. “I lost about 20 pounds during the whole process, but fortunately at that point, I was still in the process of getting ready for a wedding, and I was like, ‘I don’t want to lose my hair,’ and I was fortunate enough that I didn’t.”

Zenisek’s final surgery happened in October 2009 and she and her fiance were married the following May. Zenisek didn’t have to move her wedding day and even got inspiration from her journey — she added teal, the color for cervical cancer, to her wedding dress.

And while it has been nine years since she was diagnosed, Zenisek said there is still a fear that the cancer may come back.

“You’ve been diagnosed once, you’ve gone through the process and you know what it feels like and you know how hard it is not only on you, but on your support system because you see it in their face,” Zenisek said. “You know the challenges and so every time you go back for that test, you question, ‘Am I that strong enough to do it again?’ and, ‘Can I put my family and my loved ones and

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A routine check up It was 1995 and Peggy Fisher, then 36, discovered her mother had breast cancer. Nine months later, her mother died.

After that, she and her three sisters made it a habit to get routine mammograms. But in 2001, Fisher’s routine turned into a months-long relationship with breast cancer.

At the time, Fisher, who is an assistant professor of communication studies, was a single mom with two small children, but said she had support from everyone.

She went through chemo, had three lumpectomies — a surgery where only the tumor and some surrounding tissue are removed — and the cancer was gone — or so she thought.

Fourteen years later, Fisher found herself in the doctor’s office for another routine mammogram.

She got the call 10 minutes before her class that day.

“I got the phone call on my phone and I recognized the number,” Fisher said. “You just go into fight mode. It’s like, ‘OK, what do I do next?

Let’s get this going so I can get it over with.’”

The cancer was back in the same breast. This time it was more aggressive and a completely different chemical makeup.

She had a simple mastectomy — the removal of an entire breast, including the nipple, areola and skin, according to the American Cancer Society — and the doctors brought out the “big guns” with

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chemo again. This time it was harder, she said.

“You lose a boob and what does that do to you? And I never really thought that it mattered.

I was like ‘OK, well, no big deal,’” Fisher said.

“Physically it didn’t really matter to me that much.”

During her second round with cancer, Fisher was teaching a fall 2015 immersive learning course in collaboration with Little Red Door — a local nonprofit that provides cancer patients with resources.

Fisher recalled leaving class to throw up and sometimes not coming in at all because she physically couldn’t. So, she would Skype in, and her students continued to show up.

“Those students got more than they bargained for that semester. They shaved my head, they came to chemo with me, they came to doctor’s appointments with me. They helped me pick out a fake boob,” Fisher said.

Despite the support from her students, there were times she felt others thought she invited the disease into her body. “It’s your diet,” they would say.

“That frustrated me that people thought I was doing something lifestyle-wise to cause my cancer,” Fisher said.

Now, Fisher said she still deals with, and will forever have, some side effects, like pain in her feet, legs and hips and “chemo brain,” which affects a person’s ability to remember certain things, complete tasks or learn something new, according to the American Cancer Society.

The hardest part for Fisher, though, was and still is the emotional recovery.

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3 months: What’s happened with House Bill 1315 Since Jan. 17, talks of Ball State assuming responsibility of Muncie Community Schools (MCS) have been in the works.

However, on March 14, those conversations came to an abrupt stop when the General Assembly left a few pieces of legislation on the table, including House Bill 1315, which would allow Ball State to assume responsibility of Muncie Community Schools.

Now, the bill will be reintroduced during a special legislative session May 14. Although Gov. Eric Holcomb said March 19 the session would focus on a one-time, $12-million loan to Muncie Community School Corporation, the bill will be presented to lawmakers the way it was left March 14.

If passed as it was left March 14, the bill would allow Ball State to serve as emergency manager to the corporation, but the university wouldn’t be legally or financially responsible for MCS.

House Bill 1315, which would allow Ball State to assume responsibility for Muncie School Corporation, could be addressed at a special session May 14. If passed, the bill would go into effect July 1. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN FILE

Legislation announced In a campus-wide email on Jan. 17, President Geoffrey S. Mearns announced he and Board of Trustees Chair Rick Hall testified in front of the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee where new legislation was introduced that would combine the futures of the university and MCS. The amendment was written by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) and would’ve allowed Ball State Board of Trustees to appoint five of the seven MCS school board members. The other two positions would come from recommendations from the Muncie mayor and Muncie City Council.

If passed, the bill would’ve taken effect July 1.

When the amendment was announced, community leaders, such as Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler, said they were unaware of it.

HB 1315 passes the House After two weeks, HB 1315 passed the House 64-27.

During its two weeks in committee, four out of 32 amendments failed. The amendment included provisions that would have required two public meetings to be held by Ball State’s Board of Trustees by July 1 and put a deadline on the appointed school board term.

Two amendments were passed that included prohibiting nepotism and conflicts of interest when appointing members to the school board and making sure appointees lived in the school district.

HB 1315 passes the Senate On March 6, an amended version of HB 1315 passed the Senate 35-14.

The amendments included adding provisions to ensure the appointed school board would reflect the geographical and socioeconomic composition of the Muncie Community School District and provided MCS with financial support that a distressed unit appeals board would’ve had.

However, an amendment that would’ve reconstructed the guidelines of the management

OVERVIEW OF EVENTS HB 1315 passes the House

HB 1315 dies

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failed. The motion included: revisiting the arrangement after January 2027 to let voters decide if they want to continue the relationship, as well as decide what the relationship would look like through the corporation’s school board.

Because of the changes, HB 1315 returned to the House.

HB 1315 dies After returning to the House, legislators didn’t vote on the bill during the final hours of its legislative session.

In a campus-wide email sent March 14, Mearns

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said the result was surprising because it was just approved by the Senate.

Now, the future of MCS will remain in the hands of an emergency management team — something Mearns said could change the trajectory of MCS. “This result is also disappointing because it means that, for the next several years, MCS will be governed by an emergency manager as a “distressed” public school system,” Mearns said.

“I am concerned that we may have squandered an historic opportunity to change the trajectory of MCS.”

Shortly after the regular Legislative Session ended, Holcomb called for a special session, which would allow a one-time, $12-million loan to MCS.

HB 1315 comes back during Special Session Holcomb announced in a press release April 20 that HB 1315 would reappear during the special session May 14. However, the press release only mentioned the loan.

In a press conference, Senate President Pro Temp David Long said the bills would be heard the same way they were March 14, meaning Ball State could still assume responsibility of MCS, something both Long and House Speaker Brian Bosma said is the best option given the poor financial decision-making of MCS. “All I had to hear was that a $10 million capital bond was used for operating expenses, and as a practicing bond lawyer, I didn’t have to hear anything else,” Bosma said. “Fiscal irresponsibility is paramount, but also, fiscal irresponsibility translates to educational responsibility as well, so I’m enthused about Ball State.”

Mearns said in a campus-wide email that the university is still committed to the long-term success of MCS and Muncie.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder affects Ball State students Liz Rieth Reporter The warm sunshine, new flowers and green grass of spring contrast the dark evenings, cold walks and barren trees of winter.

While these traits may mark the change in seasons for some, the contrast causes 10 million Americans to suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, according to an article by Psychology Today.

SAD is a depressive disorder that correlates to the seasons, starting in fall and easing up in spring.

While the exact cause is unknown, SAD is thought to be caused by the differing amounts of light in the winter and summer, said Ellen Lucas, a psychologist and associate director of outreach and consultation.

“When there is no sun, basically it is a lot harder to pull myself up out of those feelings of depression or isolation,” said Emma Davidson, a freshman elementary education major who experiences SAD. “Things compile in the winter. It is always

so gloomy out. There is no life outside. People in general want to be indoors, you don’t see people milling about.”

The amount of light likely decreases the amount of serotonin produced in a person’s brain, according to an article by National Center for Biotechnology Information.

“Serotonin regulates symptoms associated with depression, such as appetite, sleep, concentration, mood memory,” Lucas said. “The amount of light that we are exposed to is decreased in the winter.

This has the effect on the amount of serotonin our brain produces. We have less serotonin so if we have a lower level of serotonin it tends to [be] associated with depressive symptoms.”

Davidson said while she suffers from depression and anxiety year-round, her mental health becomes worse in the winter.

“I get depressive episodes. I can be totally fine all day, have the best day and then this cloud will just come over me in my mind. I’m miserable, I’m sad, I’m frustrated,” Davidson said. “I can’t really get

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myself out of it. But in the summer it is definitely much easier to do that.”

SAD occurs four times more often in women than men, according to an article by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. However, despite Davidson’s struggle, she said she has developed ways to help her cope.

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“Focus on the light in your life, honestly, as cliché as that sounds,” Davidson said. “You know what makes you happiest. Taking those things and reminding yourself of them ... helps a lot.”

Coping strategies are important to help someone with SAD to prepare for the seasons, Lucas said. “[It is important] to know they may be feeling better in the summer months, but they need to be aware of triggers and catalysts that show a recurrence of that depression in the fall,” Lucas said. “Make sure they are on top of it as they go into the fall and take special care of their mental health at that time.”

If students think they are suffering from SAD, Lucas said she encourages them to schedule an appointment with the Counseling Center.

“Ball State student’s mental health is our No. 1 priority,” Lucas said. “It is easier to resolve something the sooner you come in.”

Contact Liz Rieth with comments at ejrieth@bsu. edu or on Twitter @liz_rieth.

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1 Million Cups creates communityfocused entrepreneurship in Muncie The group gives local entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch ideas to the community.

Andrew Harp Reporter “What can our startup community do for you?”

That’s the first question asked when someone picks up a 1 Million Cups flyer.

1 Million Cups (1MC) — which got its name from the premise that entrepreneurs network over a million cups of coffee — is a free program meant to educate, engage and connect different kinds of entrepreneurs and allow them to express their ideas to the community.

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the leading entrepreneurial research organization in the country, developed 1MC in 2012. Now, the program reaches more than 160 communities in the United States.

“From that was born a real grassroots effort within communities to get together and to celebrate the community of entrepreneurship,” said Theodore Baker, Ball State instructor of entrepreneurship.

Last summer, Baker, who is also the executive director of Innovation Connector in Muncie, attended an innovation summit in Kansas City with the Kauffman Foundation. There, he learned about 1MC. After the summit, his new determination to

become an entrepreneurial ecosystem builder led Baker to create a 1MC community at the Innovation Center.

The entrepreneurial ecosystem of a community refers to the social and economic aspects that might affect entrepreneurship within a community. Baker said this can mean discussions about anything, from businesses to nonprofits to banks.

“We just take advantage of trying to get as many connections as possible, collaborations as possible, to really develop the entrepreneurial mindset in this community,” Baker said.

The first Muncie 1MC event was held the third Wednesday of November 2017.

Since then, from 8-9 a.m. on every second Wednesday at the Innovation Center, two groups or two individuals present their ideas for a business, a startup, a product, a service or a nonprofit. These six to seven minute pitches are usually connected with the community, which leads back to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

After a presentation, the audience asks the presenters questions for 20 minutes while presenters engage and take notes. The entire program is free and, of course, coffee is provided. No pre-registration is required for participation.

“The magic isn’t the pitches. The magic is when

the people start talking,” Baker said. “People leave inspired. Not just necessarily because of the pitches they heard, but because everyone is involved.”

We just take advantage of trying to get as many connections as possible, collaborations as possible, to really develop the entrepreneurial mindset in this community.”

- THEODORE BAKER, Ball State instructor of entrepreneurship

Kyle Parker, senior software engineer for Developing Technologies, is the co-founder and CEO of 1411 Development, which focuses on software, mobile and application development.

Parker and his partner founded the company a few years ago to acquire the intellectual property of a mobile app he developed called The Traveler, which captures and organizes travel experiences.

Parker said he has been connected with the Innovation Connector for the past three years because of his start-up. Through that, he learned about 1MC and decided to go to the first meeting.

“It’s just a great way to do that networking and meet people in the community and find out what’s going on with all the different start-ups, with the different ideas, with the different businesses that are working in the Muncie area,” Parker said.

He said being able to have the opportunity to hear from others regarding a business, start- up or idea is very beneficial and allows him to grow.

“It’s a very friendly, helpful, collaborative environment that people are truly there to make that person succeed, as well as their community,” Parker said.

Parker will be pitching for the first time at the May 1MC meeting. There, he will work with Krystal Geyer, the assistant director of the Ball State Entrepreneurship Center and the lead organizer of the 1MC community.

Geyer meets and talks with presenters before their presentations to make sure the presenters feel prepared and comfortable with their pitch. Geyer said 1MC is really all about the opportunity to make connections and receive some criticism.

“You never know who is going to be in the audience and what their personal network is going to be like,” Geyer said.

Geyer said doing a pitch at 1MC is very low-risk and high-reward, since the pitch is in front of a public audience, but the pitcher ends up with plenty of great input for their idea.

“Entrepreneurship is a very vulnerable thing, to get up and kind of share your idea in front of a lot of people and strangers and know that they’re going to be silently judging you and asking questions,” Geyer said.

While the 1MC community in Muncie is still growing, Baker said he wants everyone interested in pitching to come to one 1MC event to see what it’s like.

“You’re pitching among friends and people who are for you,” Baker said.

Those wanting to pitch an idea can apply through the 1MC Muncie community website. The next meeting will be from 8-9 a.m. May 9.

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Alyssa Rothwell named Pitcher of Week Ball State sophomore right-handed pitcher, Alyssa Rothwell, was named MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week. Rothwell finished last week with a 0.00 ERA and a .083 opponent’s batting average, while picking up a win and a save against Central Michigan. Rothwell is Ball State’s single season (8) and career (11) saves record holder.

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Ball State hosts MAC Championships The men’s golf team will host the Mid-American Conference Championships this week at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne. The Cardinals and eight other MAC teams will play 36 holes Friday and 18 holes both Saturday and Sunday. This competition determines the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Regionals.

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Baseball drops game to Indiana State

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Ball State baseball hosted Indiana State Wednesday afternoon. The Sycamores took an early 3-0 lead in the second inning and never looked back, as they defeated the Cardinals 10-6. This loss drops the Cardinals to a game under .500. Ball State will look to redeem itself this weekend when Northern Illinois visits for a three-game series.

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Head coach Bob Thomas leaves mark on Ball State swimming and diving program Although retiring, Thomas has impacted many throughout his time as a Cardinal.

Patrick Murphy Reporter Bob Thomas spent 14,235 days serving as the head coach of Ball State men’s swimming and diving program. On April 11, the coach announced his retirement.

Thomas has been around the pool all his life.

During his swimming career at Eastern Illinois University, he was a Division II champion in two events from 1973-1974. After graduating from EIU, he became a volunteer coach and won 14 national championships; seven NAIA national titles in 1971 and 1972; and seven NCAA Division II titles in 1973 and 1974.

“I went from competitive swimming into a volunteer coach while I was getting my master’s, and I enjoyed it thoroughly,” Thomas said.

Before he even swam at EIU, Thomas had one coach that stood by his side: his mom. “[My mom] had a big part in it,” Thomas said.

“She had been my coach on-and-off throughout my development. Then, as I progressed through swimming, the coaches that I was involved with became mentors in terms of that is something that I would like to become. It’s not one person in particular. It’s a lot of people.”

Thomas was named head coach for Ball State men’s swim and dive program in June 1979.

Throughout his 39 years of coaching, Thomas has achieved more than 217 wins, and while the wins are important, Thomas never let his team’s success drive his coaching experience.

“When you look back at it, it’s nice to see what you have been able to achieve. But while you’re in it, you start all over, and you just try to do the best you can,” Thomas said. “I really never looked at how many wins or losses there were.

That’s more for the record books for someone else to go after.”

Without the Ball State community, Thomas wouldn’t have the opportunity to coach this program. Thomas said he was drawn to Ball State because it was a school that respected all of its programs.

“I wanted to raise my family in a nice town,” Thomas said. “I wanted them to move up through the ranks. They all went to college here, and it was very rewarding in that regard, to be able to stay in one place for such a lengthy time.”

While coaching, Thomas impacted the lives of hundreds of student-athletes. Under his guidance, the men’s swim and dive team has achieved academic success. In all but one semester, his student-athletes were named to the College Swimming Coaches of America Academic AllAmerica Team.

“You’re working toward an education and typically, the better you do in the classroom, the

better your opportunities are when you graduate,” Thomas said. “My feeling is that we’re going to approach this with education being the priority.

The swimming and diving is the fun part of the day.

The education plays a bigger part in what happens later on.”

Junior swimmer Cullen Tyler has enjoyed his time at Ball State under Thomas. One memory Tyler enjoyed this season was winning the 200-yard breaststroke at the Eastern Michigan Invitational, and neither him nor Thomas realized it. “[Thomas] was just smiling and laughing after I had won the 200-yard breaststroke,” Tyler said.

“He thought that it was hilarious that I didn’t realize I had won. He thought that it was so funny that I wasn’t even paying attention.”

Tyler also enjoyed the humor Thomas incorporated into the team’s training. Once, when the team was doing a small swimming set but was supposed to be doing 4x100’s, Thomas told everyone to stop after the third 100 unless they thought they could go faster.

“I was like, ‘I still think I can go faster,’” Tyler said. “Then, they timed me, and I broke a minute by about .4 seconds, and he looked at me and said, ‘You never thought that you would be able to do that, did you?’ I told him ‘no,’ and he started laughing and just thought it was the funniest thing.”

Aside from the fun the team shared with Thomas, sophomore Ben Andrew has learned from Thomas by taking each day at a time.

“A big takeaway that I’ve learned from [Thomas] is to not be thinking too far ahead while I’m at the meet,” Andrew said. “Just to think about one race.

You can’t think about all of the meet. You just have to do whatever is in front of you the best you can.”

While the mark left on swimmers was an integral part of his career, Thomas also made an impact on other Cardinal coaches.

Ball State men’s tennis head coach Bill Richards and Thomas have remained close friends, as their offices are right down the hall from each other.

Richards said he respects Thomas’ coaching, given the program’s lack of funding.

Because the men’s swimming and diving team receives no scholarships from the school, other coaches pride Thomas in his ability to keep his athletes motivated.

“I have so much respect for him because for the last 15 years, he’s coached a program without any scholarships,” Richards said. “The funding has been minimal, and I’m not sure if I could have done that, quite honestly. I give him all the credit in the world.”

With his retirement, Thomas plans to devote more time to his family.

Contact Patrick Murphy with comments at prmurphy2@bsu.edu or on Twitter @PMURPH505.

Bob Thomas, head coach of the Ball State men’s swimming and diving team, prepares to swim laps at Lewellen Aquatic Center April 23.

Thomas has decided to retire after coaching for 39 years at Ball State.

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Sophomore John Baker takes talent to elite Cape Cod Baseball League Ball State pitcher to play summer ball among college baseball greats 950 miles from home.

Kara Biernat Sports Editor It was a normal day of fall ball when John Baker got the news. After scrimmages and practices, the Ball State right-hander found out his plan for the upcoming summer.

“I talked to coach, and he wanted me to go play [baseball] in the Cape,” Baker said. “He had the connections for that and made it work out. I’m grateful for the opportunity and hopefully I can go out there and show off what I can do.”

The sophomore pitcher gets to spend his summer playing baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers.

The Cape League is recognized as the best amateur summer league in the country by college coaches and professional baseball scouts. Players from across the United States, representing all college divisions, are recruited to play in the 10team loop. Located in Massachusetts, the league has served as a stepping stone for many future MLB players during their college years.

During the 2014 MLB season, 265 professional players spent at least one summer in the Cape League prior to being drafted. Additionally, over 1,000 Cape League alumni made it to the big leagues in 2006.

Now, it’s Baker’s turn. The 6-foot-3-inch sophomore from Hartland, Michigan is in his second season with the Cardinals and will put his talent to the test this summer.

“It’s a really great honor,” Baker said. “It’s pretty crazy actually. I didn’t think I would ever

Sophomore pitcher John Baker will spend his summer playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers. The league is recognized as the best amateur summer league in the country by college coaches and professional baseball scouts. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN

see myself there, but I’m going to try my best and see what I can do.”

Ball State head coach Rich Maloney knew that Baker was cut out to play among the best college baseball players in the country, especially given Baker’s record for strikeouts.

“He wasn’t consistent enough [last year],” Maloney said. “Then this year, pitching 67 innings and having 91 strikeouts ... having one of the most in the country, shows that he has something that separates him from other people. He’s a guy that deserves to go and see how he does against some of the best players in the country.”

Baker is a 2017 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and was awarded Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week last season. He currently has 91 strikeouts on the season in just 67.1 innings of work.

“Hopefully I go out there and keep striking out guys,” Baker said. “It will probably be a lot tougher playing against the best players in the country. But at Ball State, we play those bigger schools and always compete with them, so I feel like it will be a good fit for me, playing with all of those guys.”

Baker will take the mound for head coach Mike Roberts, who will return for his 15th consecutive season coaching the Cotuit Kettleers. From 1978-1998, Roberts was the head coach at North Carolina. Roberts coached his teams to nine NCAA postseason and two College World Series appearances. Eight of Roberts’ former players were first-round draft picks, and sixteen of his former players played in the MLB. Now, Roberts is looking to pick up another Cape Cod League Championship and looks forward to having Baker on his team.

“I really press the coaches, and Rich Maloney from Ball State is a tremendous human being,” Roberts said. “When he called me about John, I told him I’d be happy to have his players because I know that they can compete at the highest level.”

Baker’s success so far this season hasn’t gone unnoticed either. Roberts thinks he will be a nice addition to the pitching rotation.

“I’ve looked at his stats and certainly talked to Rich about him,” Roberts said. “We hope that he will continue to be a starting pitcher and have the success he’s had there in the MAC. The thing I like the most is that when you look at his strikeout ratio, he misses bats. To be successful in the Cape League, you need to miss bats often.”

Because the Cape League brings the best players in every conference together for 44 games every summer, professional scouts crowd the 10 fields every chance they get, hoping to find talent ready for the major leagues.

“Being in the summer league, that’s a big step up,” Baker said. “A lot of scouts are going to be

there, so hopefully I can just continue to show my stuff and make a good impression. I’m going to try and impress as many scouts as I can and hopefully, sometime in the future, get to play in the big leagues.”

Although he said it’s not a necessary step by any means, Maloney is excited that Baker is taking a step in the right direction toward becoming a professional. Maloney has had a handful of his players go to the Cape League and continue on to the MLB. “If you can go into the Cape and do well, you’re adding value to yourself,” Maloney said.

“Anytime you can add value, that’s a good thing.

Ultimately, John’s going to be on the radar for the number of guys he’s struck out regardless if he goes to the Cape or not. But if he goes to the Cape and pitches well, it’s just going to increase the curiosity about him. It raises the bar a little bit higher, that’s for sure.”

With the first game on June 12, Baker has less than a month before he moves 950 miles away.

When chosen to play in the Cape, the players are assigned a host family to stay with. The players also participate in events around the community while getting the chance to practice at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. “It’s going to be a cool experience and like nothing that I’ve done before, so it will be interesting to see how it goes,” Baker said.

While Baker prepares to spend his summer on the mound pitching to college baseball greats, Maloney plans to support his player every step of the way.

“In the summer, we keep track of them,” Maloney said. “If it ends up working out, I might make my way out there and see him play. I’ve done that a few times, too. You want to show your support, and it’s just how we’re trying to run our program. So, we’ll definitely be following him closely, that’s for sure.”

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Softball’s dedication to the program shines Senior Maddy Labrador throws the ball during the first game against Central Michigan April 21 at the softball field at First Merchant’s Ballpark Complex. Ball State won its 1,000th win April 13. BRIANA HALE, DN

The Cardinals reached a milestone of 1,000 wins.

Jack Williams Reporter April 13 will go down in the Ball State softball record books ­— and for a good reason.

There were two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in a game where Ball State led Western Michigan 7-6. Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Rothwell was on the mound looking for her 10th career save to secure the Cardinals’ ninth win of the season.

With a spin on her pitch, Rothwell struck out the batter for the win.

That victory marked the Ball State softball program’s 1,000th win — the first team in the MidAmerican Conference to do so.

A home for the overlooked Ball State joined elite programs that have also achieved this mark, like Alabama, LSU and Tennessee.

However, this wasn’t a milestone accomplished by a flashy program that breaks the top 25 in the rankings every year. Unlike prestige programs in bigger conferences with the winningest backgrounds, Ball State softball has earned this as an underdog.

“This program has had a lot of success because they have recruited a lot of girls with grit, power and a lot of knowledge to the game,” senior pitcher

Carolyn Wilmes said. “I feel like we’re a lot of girls that are overlooked by a lot of big programs, but can very easily compete at those big programs.

I think that’s what makes us so special.”

In some cases, Ball State’s underdog vibe has served as the main attraction for athletes looking to play softball. Senior infielder Danae King played at Ole Miss and Phoenix College for the first two years of her career, before deciding to come to Ball State.

“We’re kind of the underdogs,” King said.

“I like being looked at as someone who is the underdog versus someone who is supposed to be on top. That offered a lot of ability to be something great and being able to do that stuck out to me.”

Fighting spirit For over 40 years, the Cardinals have fought to prove they are one of the best in the nation.

En route to reaching their 1,000th program win, the Cardinals have picked up three MAC Championships (1998, 2010, 2015), five regular season titles (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015) and three NCAA bids (1998, 2010, 2015). “[Ball State] is tough and gritty,” head coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett said. “They weren’t scared of anyone or anything and just didn’t back down.

That’s been the staple of this program for a really long time. They don’t care whose ballpark they are in — they’re going to play as hard as they can.”

Hard work fueled the program, but so has the team’s passion for the game. According to King,

she believes this is the reason why the Cardinals stayed dominant all these years.

“Passion has driven this program very, very far,” King said. “Being very passionate and gritty towards what we do has really helped the overall success of this program.”

her reach. However, she worked hard enough to eventually find a place on the roster.

“I thought they were out of my league and they were so great,” Moore said. “To give my ability up and play here has been so great.”

Holding down the Hoosier state

Beyond the 1,000th win, Ball State softball has had its share of highlights throughout its time. With three conference championships to its name, a twotime All American in alumna Jenny Gilbert (20112014) and a first round upset at Notre Dame in the 2015 NCAA Regional, the sky is the limit when it comes to the program’s expectations.

“I think we’re going to end up winning a national championship for sure,” Moore said.

“Just the progress I’ve seen has shown that the future is infinite. With how hard we work and the people coach brings into this program, anything is possible.”

While Bartlett came to the program and fueled the team’s high expectations, she continues to set the bar higher for the program’s future, in the hopes of adding more accomplishments.

“I’m hoping in my tenure we’ll see a regional championship, many MAC Championships, and I hope I get to coach in the school’s first Super Regional,” Bartlett said. “I really think that we’ll have the talent and, hopefully, have the grittiness to win that two-of-three series.”

Contact Jack Williams with comments at jgwilliams@bsu.edu or on Twitter @JackWilliamsBSU.

Fighting for a reputation against in-state foes Indiana, Purdue and Notre Dame, has left Ball State no choice but to prove its worth and show it’s not to be overlooked.

In a state with many notable programs, the Cardinals have set the standard as a mid-major powerhouse in Indiana.

“Honestly, this has been a school that the state of Indiana and the people in it have expected to win,” Bartlett said. “Ball State has done such a great job over these 40-plus years and I plan to work to make it better and better.”

Focusing on the east central Indiana region, certain players have grown up watching the team and have worked to earn a spot on the roster. For freshman Isabel Moore, playing for this program has been a dream of hers after growing up and watching Ball State play near her hometown, Yorktown.

“I was always around Ball State when I was growing up,” Moore said. “I always came to the games and it’s always been a dream to play softball here. When I finally got the opportunity, it was really exciting.”

While growing up around Ball State softball, Moore looked at the program as something beyond

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Demi’s Diems

Our time here shapes us into who we are meant to be Demi Lawrence is a freshman telecommunications journalism major and writes “Demi’s Diems” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Demi at dnlawrence@bsu.edu.

Growth. If I had to describe my freshman year in one word, it’d be that one.

Mistakes were made, lessons learned. There were good days Demi and bad days and sometimes Lawrence even good weeks and bad Columnist, weeks. Changes came about Demi’s Diems slowly but surely as I became a self proclaimed “adult-intraining,” and the bags under my eyes from minimal sleep grew bigger and bigger.

But if I can say one thing, it’s that I grew between August and now.

I’ll never forget the first night sleeping in my lofted, dorm-room bed. I kept reminding myself to be careful to not hit my head on the ceiling when I woke up in the morning. My room still had that new room smell, somewhat like a new car. My desk was still clean, posters and pictures still straight on my walls. Questions jumbled around in my head as I tried to not turn over and fall off my tiny mattress.

Through it all, I wondered: Would I make friends? Would I learn enough to make my thousands of dollars of tuition worthwhile?

Reflecting now, I can clearly see that I did, in fact, make some great friends. I’ve learned more than I could have ever dreamed, inside and outside the classroom. It’s made it all worth it.

I remember meeting the people who are now my two best friends. In that moment, I had no clue how important they’d become to me.

We’d spend the rest of the year inseparable, taking adventures near and far. We were there for each other.

We laughed together, we fought together and, most importantly, we grew together.

I remember writing my first column, and it was no good at all. I had ideas, just no clue how to organize them. All I knew is I wanted to reach people with my words, even if it was just one person. Somewhere along the way, I sort of got it figured out with the help of those far better than me.

The freshman experience is something unique to every first-year college student, but at the same time, it’s so similar for us all.

While we were all scared at one point, we were excited somewhere along the way too. We all faced utter terror while studying for our first round of midterms, but we all felt the simple beauty of ordering cheap pizza at 2 a.m. with our best friends as well.

In the end, as the sun shines a little brighter and the summer comes calling — students clamor to return books and others dawn caps and gowns — we are left with a simple truth; you cannot control what happens to you, only how you react to it.

Learning from your past is important, dwelling on it is not. Because learning is growth, and growth is power. We should never stop seeking experiences that will make us learn more about ourselves and the world around us, and something about a college campus really heightened that awareness for me. The welcoming hands of self discovery and the unknown fit together quite beautifully.

More times than not, staying up late to laugh with friends was worth the grogginess I faced the next morning. The songs you dance to at parties, the movies you cry to when you feel alone, the papers you finally turn in after working on them for an entire semester.

That’s what this is about. It’s not even about being a freshman, though there is something golden about experiencing this all for the first time. It’s about living, not just existing.

Garrett Looker is a junior magazine journalism major and writes “Finding Beneficence” and creates illustrations for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Contact Garrett at galooker@bsu.edu.

Many people consider the “lasts” of life to be the most bittersweet. Instead, I see the “firsts” as such. I am never going to feel what it’s like to sleep in my dorm room bed for the first night again. I’ll never feel the relief of not failing my first college midterm again. These “firsts” are something truly extraordinary.

Call me the over-zealous, dreaming freshman.

Tell me that life will become too real, too soon and that I’ll stop living it in metaphors. Because that’s who I am, and I own up to it without shame. If living my life as fully as I can even in the face of unknowns is a crime, then lock me up. At least I’ll be with everyone else who agrees with me.

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the first time, or for the last, I hope you grew through it all. Make a change to be the change in the world around you. Change doesn’t need to be giant or immediate, and it doesn’t need to be for others. Grow, and grow in the way that best suits you.

Live for the “firsts” of life. Appreciate them as they happen as best you can.

Embrace the fear, embrace the excitement, embrace the primacy of every experience you possibly can. Make mistakes and learn from them, too. But most importantly, grow.

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Our view: We need to support, save student newsrooms Editor’s Note: This editorial was published as part of the #SaveStudentNewsrooms day of action April 25. To learn more about the movement, visit savestudentnewsrooms.com.

For nearly a century, The Ball State Daily News (formerly The Easterner and The Ball State News) has kept those at Ball State informed about what’s happening on campus and in the surrounding communities.

Over time, our publication has covered important news events including presidential campaigns, natural disasters, student governmental affairs and university controversies. In 1982, Daily News reporter Don Yaeger was even nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of conflicts of interest in university investments.

Today, The Daily News remains an independent, student-run newspaper. Students are at the forefront of all editorial decisions, and neither faculty nor university officials can, nor should, dictate what or how we publish.

The staff has recently reported on a wide array of topics: the resignation of a former university president, an investigation into Ball State Fact Book data errors, the 2017-18 Interfraternity Council “social pause,” on- and off-campus sexual assaults and implications of felonies on faculty members’ records.

We’ve won numerous awards for such work, among them Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards, College Media Association Pinnacle Awards, Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards and Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.

However, many student newspapers at high schools and colleges across the country are not independent, meaning their stories, photos and other content is often required to undergo prior review and censorship. Sometimes, student journalists in these newsrooms are even prohibited from publishing important information regarding their schools.

When student newsrooms lack editorial independence, they cannot properly inform their campus communities. Everything students in these circumstances publish is forcibly cloaked in university bias, and by requiring prior review of content before anything publishes, factual reporting — which at times can be critical of the school or its officials — is lost.

Student journalism is just as important as the work taking place at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Indianapolis Star, The Muncie Star Press and so on — real journalism is real journalism. We are protected under the same First Amendment rights, we follow the same Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics and are held to the same standards as full-time journalists. We take those responsibilities seriously.

The Daily News operates as an independent

publication, however, we still face challenges — some of which have the potential to disrupt the nature of our independence.

For years, reporters and editors at The Daily News have struggled to acquire information from Ball State’s administration as a result of its lack of transparency.

Most recently, the university’s marketing and communications department attempted to implement “guidelines” which would directly affect the work of student journalists. On Sept. 20, 2017, vice president for marketing and communications Kathy Wolf met with Daily News editors to introduce and discuss details about such.

According to the proposed guidelines, all requests to interview or gather any information from faculty, staff or students would have been required to go through university media relations for approval. This would have meant that any time Daily News reporters needed to speak with anyone on Ball State’s campus for a story — this is the case for numerous reporters each day — they would have had to obtain prior approval from the university. Although not explicitly stated in the guidelines, students and university employees who do not follow the outlined expectations could have faced repercussions.

While these guidelines have thankfully not been implemented, our reporters continue to face issues accessing university administrators for stories and accessing information in a timely manner.

Like many other newsrooms, student and otherwise, finances have also posed a challenge for The Daily News. Last August, we reduced our print schedule from three print days per week to one. We joined dozens of other student newsrooms in doing so.

Additionally, due to budget cuts, we have continued to reduce wages for those working on our staff. To date, only 11 out of 17 members of the editorial board are paid minimum wage, and not a single reporter, staff photographer or videographer on our staff receives payment for their work. The volunteer nature of our newsroom continues to limit the number of students who are able to work with us, and it further limits our breadth of coverage.

Taxpayer dollars help Ball State operate, and students’ hard-earned tuition provides the rest.

Good democracy calls on the free press to operate a system of checks and balances in order to hold our government — and our university — accountable.

Without our independence, covering how exactly this money is used and how our university operates would not be possible.

The Daily Campus newspaper at Southern Methodist University recently announced, due to lack of funding, the paper no longer has editorial independence. Other publications have come close to doing the same, or shutting down their operations altogether.

In the wake of these events, student-run media organizations across the country have started to come together to bring attention to the challenges we face, as many of us are continuing to fight to maintain financial and editorial independence under university administrations.

We are also uniting as editorial leaders to highlight the need for student media and importance of supporting it.

Today — and every day — The Ball State Daily News supports student journalism and will fight to ensure our newsroom and others have the editorial independence necessary for reporting on what’s happening on and around our campus. Without such, the Fourth Estate will not exist.

If you want to support our work and protect student journalists, we welcome donations: Ball State University Department of Journalism The Daily News Art and Journalism Building, Room 300 Muncie, Indiana 47306

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Five Ball State students display work in Indianapolis college art show The artists dedicated weeks to creating work for the show, which runs from April 20 to June 13.

Melissa Kraman Reporter For five Ball State students, their art assignments did not just receive a grade — it earned them a spot in the Indianapolis Art Center College Invitational, which is a part of the Spring Exhibition Series.

Alex Mikev, Sarah Anderson, Seul Yi, Teddy Lepley III and William James Lupkin represent Ball State among the 24 artists featured in the series, which will be on display until June 13.

Each of the artists dedicated no less than eight hours every day for weeks to brainstorm, plan, create and perfect their masterpieces.

The students said they were excited to be featured in the exhibition because of its prestige and the wide, diverse audience that travels to see the art.

Alex Mikev After taking something he already knew how to do and adding a restraint element to the process, Alex Mikev, a senior intermedia art major, created “Heavy Marks,” one of his two pieces in the College Invitational.

The work is a video of him drawing a still life of a plant, but rather than using a pencil or pen, he uses a 35-pound rock.

Mikev’s inspiration for the piece stemmed from exploring work by Matthew Barney, an artist who explores restraints while creating art, such as tethering his hands together or drawing with extremely large sticks.

“I’m interested in investigating a spectrum of futility to utility in the work process,” Mikev said.

“This piece is about me exploring the idea of work itself and how easy or hard it is to do work, like setting up challenges for myself and seeing if I’m able to overcome those challenges with really weird obstacles because that’s how it feels to be an artist anyway.”

“Work Tie” is Mikev’s second piece, and features a photograph of himself in professional work attire suspended in mid-air with his tie breaking the edge of the image. The image he created took between 15 and 29 hours to create.

With this piece, he said he aims to emphasize the sense of gravity on the body, as well as exploring other unusual forces.

Mikev hopes his work will resonate with viewers because his pieces center around themes people can relate to.

“Work deals with a lot of internal turmoil,” Mikev said. “[My art pieces] address that fact that life is hard and ridiculous and funny. You can laugh and feel uncomfy, but you bite the bullet and keep going.”

Sarah Anderson In her piece “Land and Sea,” Sarah Anderson, a junior sculpture fine arts major, uses a common household utensil to demonstrate the power of the ocean.

Her work features two spoons cast out of bronze — one designed to look like wood, representing how land is sturdy and strong, and the other to look as if it is corroded in browns and blues covered with barnacles to represent the ocean.

The contrast of the two spoons is meant to reveal the ocean’s strength and how it can manipulate and distort even the strongest of materials with its chemicals and natural processes, Anderson said.

Creating the spoons took Anderson about a month. She started with rubber molds, created wax figures, and finally cast the wax to make the bronze structures.

Anderson said she was inspired to create the piece because she has always had a love for the environment and has been an advocate against pollution and waste, especially in the ocean.

“I want [my art piece] to show that this does happen, this is a naturally occurring thing,” Anderson said. “It’s really cool that the ocean makes really cool art all by itself — without us having to do anything — but also, if we don’t take care of our oceans, if we don’t prevent pollution and excess waste, we’re not going to have this beautiful, natural[ly] occurring art.”

Along with having her art displayed in the exhibit, Anderson received a summer job at the Indianapolis Art Center as a metal instructor for the children’s art camp.

communicate gender stereotypes.

Currently, Yi is working on another set of belts that will be more “Americanized” because she found that some non-Korean viewers did not understand all of the cultural aspects.

In her new version, the man’s belt will be a leather toolbelt and the woman’s will be an apron.

“Art is a way that I can communicate with a larger amount of people and an easier way of communicating,” Yi said. “Because I do work with a lot of Korean imagery, I think it’s also great that I can use my art to share the culture or at least broaden someone’s knowledge. Even if I could get one person to research Korea better, other than what they hear from the news or from other people, my goal has been reached.”

Teddy Lepley III Teddy Lepley III’s piece “Relations and Revelations” is a large accordion book of etchings and letterpress with hand-marbled paper.

The etchings are made from quick figure drawings of Lepley’s friends, family and live models. The letterpress, he said, is meant to reveal ideas about relationships and how people are easily changed by one another.

Together, Lepley said the book is like a

“portable gallery.”

To create the book, Lepley took drawings and made them into etchings, a printmaking process that uses acid to etch drawn lines into a metal plate.

He also etched fabric textures onto the plates to make unique surfaces throughout his work.

Once etching was complete, he printed them on sheets of special paper and folded them to create the inside of the accordion book.

He also hand-marbled paper with colored ink and shaving cream, and then glued all the pieces together.

Lepley spent nearly half a semester working on the etchings, and several weeks during breaks to finish the piece.

Currently, his art is being showcased in four separate shows. “Relations and Revelations” has also won three “Best in Show” awards of the five competitive exhibitions it has been in.

William James Lupkin While William James Lupkin was unavailable for comment, his work was also selected to be featured in the gallery.

Contact Melissa Kraman with comments at mmkraman@bsu.edu or on Twitter @missy_kraman.

Seul Yi Through objects from her Korean background, Seul Yi, a graduate student studying fine arts, aims to discuss universal gender issues in her piece “Gender Molding.”

Her work features two traditional fabric belts children wear on their first birthday, with multiple brass symbols and pouches sewed onto them.

The first belt is red and smaller in length to symbolize the perceived weakness of girls in society. There are also pearl earrings, a miniature sewing machine, and flowery symbols attached to the belt.

In contrast, the second belt is blue and resembles a royal courtsman belt with miniature baseball bats and tools to indicate a man and his power.

“I want to emphasize how gender roles are placed onto us by society from the moment we come into this [world],” Yi said.

For the project, Yi conducted weeks of research to find the perfect images that would clearly

Teddy Lepley III will exhibit his piece, “Relations and Revelations,” at the Indianapolis Art Center College Invitational. This will be a part of the Spring Exhibition Series which features 24 artists, five from Ball State. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN

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Students apply skills, help teach community Cardinal Zumba encourages healthy living by offering free classes, childcare and food.

Nicole Thomas Reporter Cardinal Zumba works to help Muncie residents move exercise off the back burner and become more physically and nutritionally healthy.

The idea for creating the program formed after Shannon Powers, assistant professor of kinesiology at Ball State, saw the “staggering statistics” about Muncie residents with obesity and Type 1 diabetes. After finding no program similar to her idea, Powers said she felt she had to do something.

Powers started Cardinal Zumba in 2014 as a pilot study, and it eventually evolved into an immersive learning program to help students gain experience in a professional setting and spread the idea of healthy living throughout the community.

In August of 2017, the program was expanded to offer free childcare, food and transportation to members to better serve participants and encourage involvement.

“We want [Cardinal Zumba] to be the place to be,” Powers said. “We want everyone exercising — that’s what they need.”

The program is run by about 15 students from different majors — including exercise science, health promotion and nutrition and dietetics — and attracts an average of 40 participants each night. “[Cardinal Zumba] is a collective experience, not just a program for moms,” Powers said. “It’s family, multi-generational oriented.”

Lea Sims, junior health education and promotion major, and Rebeca Thomas, junior nutrition and dietetics major, are among the students working at Cardinal Zumba this semester.

“For the last year and a half, I had been studying how to correctly run a successful research project, and I was excited to actually have a hands-on experience [through Cardinal Zumba],” Sims said. “Being in a classroom and learning versus being out there, actually putting what you learn into practice just gives a greater appreciation for everything that health professionals do.”

Students like Sims and Thomas have many responsibilities within Cardinal Zumba to make sure the business runs smoothly.

They help record exercise tests every three months to track participants’ progress,

including height, weight, blood pressure, waist measurements and grip strength.

I hope the participants gain a sense of confidence in themselves and take control of their health.”

- LEA SIMS, Junior health education and promotion major

Dietetic and graduate students also help teach participants how to eat and prepare healthy meals during nutrition classes offered alongside Zumba courses.

Cardinal Zumba also hosts “Ask the Doctor

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Through participation in Cardinal Zumba, both Sims and Thomas said they have seen many participants grow socially, physically and nutritionally.

“I did not expect to build somewhat of a bond with the participants,” Sims said. “I see some of them around town and they speak [to me]. Even at Zumba, there are many different stories you hear, and it is cool that they feel comfortable enough to share with us.”

As Cardinal Zumba continues to grow, the organization hopes to start offering more programming, such as yoga, so that individuals involved can continue to take what they learn and apply it to their lives outside the gym.

“I hope the participants gain a sense of confidence in themselves and take control of their health,” Sims said. “I also hope they gain a sense of confidence in the people who are running the program because we do have their best interest at heart.”

Contact Nicole Thomas with comments at nrthomas3@bsu.edu.

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Tips and tricks to help when packing a suitcase for summer vacation Alona Krantz Reporter Whether driving or flying, packing for a summer vacation in any climate can be daunting without the right mindset.

It’s not uncommon to find difficulty in choosing what is needed on each adventure, but some are able to adapt with each trip they take and learn techniques anyone can use when packing.

For any situation, Christina Miller, a senior health education student, said she saves space by underpacking, as well as strategically choosing what shoes to put in her suitcase. Because they are more bulky, she typically opts to wear her tennis shoes while traveling and packs her sandals.

Amy Harden, associate professor of fashion merchandising, also suggests rolling clothes in stacks of two or three to help prevent wrinkles and save space.

There are also many other important decisions that need to be made when choosing what to bring, however.

“You should start with thinking about the number of days you will be gone, but you should not have a different outfit for every day,” Harden said. “If you will be gone for a week, come up with three base outfits that can be mixed and matched in various ways.

This allows for less to be packed for the same

number of looks.”

When it comes to toiletries, Miller said she puts her shampoo and conditioner in travel size bottles, and she knows if she forgets something, she can replace it at her destination.

On the other hand, Miller said she must pack a curling iron, her glasses and contacts, no matter how much space they take up.

Contact Alona Krantz with comments at amkrantz@bsu.edu or on Twitter @alonamaelyn.

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5 P.M.

10TH ANNUAL HOMICIDE BALLOON RELEASE

The Muncie Police Department and Muncie Victim Advocate Program will host its 10th annual homicide balloon release at 5 p.m. Thursday at City Hall to honor those who have died. The event is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. Multiple community members will speak on behalf of lost family members, and there will be a name ceremony where every family in attendance will stand when their loved one’s name is announced.

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5:30 P.M. MUNCIE’S BRIDGE DINNER

The dinner is coming back as a result of last year’s success. At 5:30 p.m. Thursday foods from Karma Kitchen, The Big Easy, Sea Salt and Cinnamon, Speedy Dogs, Fire and Brimstone Pizza and Guardian Brewing Company will be offered on the Washington Street Bridge in celebration of the iconic site.

There will also be live music from the ECI Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Ball State Trombone Choir. The event is free to the public, but it is best to reserve a spot online.

Friday

10 A.M. 48TH ANNUAL K-12 ALL CITY ART SHOW

Muncie Community Schools will host its 48th annual All-City Art Show Friday to showcase the achievements of K-12 students. All artwork will be on display at the Muncie Mall in Center Court. Most of the work in the exhibits are examples from the visual arts programs in Muncie schools and provides students a way to show their talents.

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FINAL FRIDAY AT DOMA

On Friday, the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) will feature Braydee Euliss and Paul Shortt, who will talk about what is unique about Muncie. The two will present a Pecha Kucha talk which is a presentation that features 20 images for 20 seconds each, with speakers talking over the slideshow.

A late-night viewing of work from Richard Diebenkorn will also be available after the speeches. Admission for Final Friday is free to everyone.

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Spring Sprint Triathlon. Participants will start the race in Lewellen Pool with a half mile swim, and then transition to a 12 mile bike around campus where the public will line the streets like a traditional triathlon. Racers will finish with a 3 mile run to the finish line. Three hundred spots are available for the race, and a T-shirt and snacks will be provided afterward.

OUTDOOR NEON LIGHT SHOW

73 P.M.

As an end of semester wrap up, the Glick Center for Glass will present its annual outdoor neon light show. The neon course was an option to Ball State students this semester, where they worked with the neon qualities of lights and glass. The show is a final project for students. The event will be located in the picnic shelter west of the Glick Center for Glass, and parking will be available in the commuter lot at Tillotson and University avenues.

Participants are welcome to bring food to the event that they can grill and light refreshments will be provided.

Sunday

CONCERT CHOIR

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Ball State’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus and University Choral Union will join the Statesmen, an all-male vocal ensemble, for an end-of-the-semester concert in Emens Auditorium. The event will feature music by Leonard Bernstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, J.S. Bach, Jules Massenet, Luke Flynn, Rene Clausen, C.A. Pinto Fonseca, Dominick DiOrio, David Dickau, Anton Bruckner and many others. General Admission is $5, but students can get a free-in-advance ticket with their ID.

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In fall 2016, Fisher shared a PowerPoint presentation with her students, which showed a photo of her with a newly-shaved head in the wig room at Little Red Door — she had to send her students home that day.

“I’ve looked at these slides 100 times. It was no big deal, but as soon as it popped up on a big screen and I saw [it] larger than life, I had to stop class. I just stood there and bawled,” she said.

Winning the war In another waiting room, the couple is much more relaxed. They joke and tell stories about their dogs. Various people give side-eyed glances as they laugh, something Pareis said was not uncommon for them.

On chemo days, Pareis said she, along with family and friends, would play games.

“We were always up there joking around and having fun and some people are like, ‘It’s

chemo, why are you laughing about chemo day?’ [But] why not,” Pareis said. “You’ve got to have fun to get through craziness like that, so why sit and be depressed about it because it’s dark enough as it is.”

Despite 28 days of back and forth trips to the hospital, Sollars only missed a couple days as an anchor for Indiana Public Radio and physical class, but on those days he had digital lessons for his students.

“We basically told him you have to stay home. If we were to have given him a choice, he would have been there,” Pareis said. “Right before chemo we video recorded him teaching his students by himself in the studio. He was just like, ‘They won’t miss anything.’”

The couple sits in an examination room, the doctor checking his vitals. He shivers as she presses a cold stethoscope to his chest.

They hold their breath as the doctor tells them the news — he is clear, a diagnosis that still makes the couple wary.

“After I got the all-clear, I said, ‘Now what do we do?’ From the time of the diagnosis up through surgery to post-op, we had definite

steps,” Sollars said. “I don’t know what it feels like to be in the armed services, but I can imagine that’s what a soldier feels after they get off the battlefield.

“I won the battle, but I had to figure out a way to win the war.”

They leave the examination room triumphant. Once more, they stroll through the network of hallways, saying goodbye to the receptionist, back through the sliding glass doors and into the adjacent parking garage.

His wife points out the spot where Sollars passed out after a nasty round of chemo. It is a reminder of a scarier time, a landmark of a past battle. The couple got into their car. He pulled out of the garage and onto University Boulevard. Their biggest worry was what they were going to eat for dinner.

And for today, that was enough.

Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ BrynnMechem. Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Mary_Freda1.

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