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his year’s Student Government Association president has been preparing for the position since he was a freshman at Ball State. Now in his last semester as president, Jack Hesser and his slate have already accomplished many of their original platform points. At first, Hesser, president and senior microbiology and botany major, was hesitant to join SGA because his father had participated in SGA in college, and Hesser didn’t want to follow his exact footsteps. What landed Hesser in SGA was his goal of becoming a resident assistant. In order to better qualify to be an RA, Hesser was told he should join DeHority’s Hall Council. When he tried to find a position that would fit his schedule, however, the only one that worked was SGA representative. See HESSER, page 4
from the beginning was I wanted to be able to walk in on day one and be able to do the job. » JACK HESSER, SGA president
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Kent State beats Ball State Cardinals lose 76-68, fall to 3-2 in MAC after 2nd home loss
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Former president of Ball State John J. Pruis died on Friday at the age of 92. Pruis was president for 35 years and is the person after whom Pruis Hall is named.
FORMER PRESIDENT OF BALL STATE DIES FRIDAY John J. Pruis, former president of Ball State, died Friday morning, according to Meeks Mortuary. Pruis was 92 when he died. Even 35 years after his presidency, Pruis’ name is still a familiar one around campus due to Pruis Hall, which was built in 1972, according to bsu.edu. Pruis was president from 1968-78. During his tenure, foreign language houses and special programs were established. Scholars programs and scholarships, like the Whitinger Scholars program and Martin Luther King scholarships, were also implemented during his time. Construction of Bracken Library, the College of Architecture and Planning, Cooper Science Complex and two parking garages were completed, as well. But his impact wasn’t only from construction and establishing programs. Under his tenure, the Ball State University Annual Fund grew from $170,758 to $1.8 million. Before his time at Ball State, he was a professor of speech, a vice president and a secretary to the Board of Trustees at Western Michigan University — his alma mater. – STAFF REPORTS
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Ball State men’s basketball team lost for only the second time at Worthen Arena this season on Tuesday against Kent State, 76-68. The Cardinals are now 12-6 and 3-2 Mid-American Conference. Kent State came into the game matching Ball State’s record at 12-5, and now the Golden Flashes stand alone atop the Mid-American Conference East Division. The Golden Flashes dominated on the offensive end of the ball by getting into a rhythm early and never looking back, never once surrendering the lead to Ball State. “I would rather us have a bad offensive game than a bad defensive game. They shot
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The Ball State men’s basketball team never held the lead in its 76-68 loss to Kent State on Tuesday despite closing the gap to as close as one. The Cardinals are now 12-6 (3-2 MAC) this season.
51 percent from the field, 42 percent from three and had 25 free throws. That is a great offensive night,” head coach James Whitford said. “With the slow start, we dug ourselves too big of a hole.” The big hole came early. By the first media timeout, Kent State already held a 10-2 lead. This is the second straight game in which Ball State has come out with a slow start, but
this time they were not able to pull away a comeback victory. Redshirt senior guard Ryan Weber knows that his team must come out to play strong in order to compete with the top teams in the MAC. “We cannot come out slow against a good team with good players and expect to win the game,” Weber said. Weber finished the game with 16 points off of 5-11
from the field and 4-9 from behind the three-point line. Kent State was able to finish the game with three players in double digits: Jimmy Hall with 14, Kellon Thomas with 20 and Xavier Pollard with 22. During the halftime break, Whitford decided to put in sophomore guard Jeremie Tyler over junior guard Naiel Smith.
to deny accommodations for transgender individuals, prohibit same-sex dating between students and not allow transgender students on athletic teams that are not of their assigned gender at birth. News of the exemption request came to light from a report by the Human Rights
Campaign in late 2015 called, “Hidden Discrimination: Title IX Religious Exemptions Putting LGBT Students At Risk.” Bethel College did not respond for comment. The law permits religious institutions to file for an exemption for matters where compliance is in conflict with religious doctrine, according to the Title IX blog. And now that the DOE is increasingly applying Title IX to avoid discrimination of LGBT individuals, religious institutions have been using the exemption more often. Mike Gillilan, Ball State’s director of student rights and community standards, said the
Title IX waiver discussion has been coming for some time. This is a new facet of a civil era, he said, referencing RFRA and the Hobby Lobby contraception controversy. “As a state institute we can’t take advantage of the waiver, and I can’t imagine that we’d want to,” Gillilan said. “If a student can’t go to X-Y-Z school, there’s always us.” Ball State aims to be inclusive, he said. “If Bethel wants to do this, well fine. They can come to Ball State instead,” he said. “Why would someone want to go to a school that wouldn’t accept them, anyway?”
COLLEGE AVOIDS NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS School in Indiana opts out of Title IX on grounds of religion ARWOOD GENERAL REPORTER | LAURA llarwood@bsu.edu In the U.S., 56 universities and colleges — including one in Indiana — are allowed to opt out of the Title IX nondiscrimination mandate due to an exemption from the law. Bethel College’s request for a Title IX exemption was approved in July by the U.S. Department of Education on the grounds of religious belief, and it allows the school
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