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4Jan. 19: Ball State University’s Office of Institutional Diversity announced Jan.19 the university received the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award. The award measures a college’s level of commitment and achievement dedicated toward broadening diversity and inclusion on its campus.

4Jan. 20: Ball State gymnastics (5-3) had its fourth straight second place finish at North Carolina State Jan. 20. With their second place finish, the Cardinals saw point improvements in three of four events and improved their overall score by 3.025 points. Ball State will host No. 22 Kent State Jan. 28 before traveling to Denver Feb. 3.

4Jan 23: Last weekend marked the start of Ball State’s spring season as women’s tennis traveled to Illinois to face Northwestern and Illinois State. The Cardinals fell to the Wildcats, 6-1, but came out on top against the Redbirds, 6-1. Ball State will return home Jan. 28 at 1:30 p.m. as it hosts Eastern Illinois.

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4Jan. 23: In a university-wide email sent Jan. 23, the director of Housing and Student Life said gender-neutral housing is available to any students who are “respectful of gender identity issues” starting Fall 2018. Sixty bed spaces will be reserved for students who have “mutually-confirmed” that they want to live in gender-neutral housing.

4Jan. 24: The former sports doctor who admitted to molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years was sentenced Jan. 24 to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: “I just signed your death warrant.” The sentence capped a seven-day hearing in which Larry Nassar’s victims were able to confront him face to face.

4Jan. 23: Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” fished out a leading 13 nominations. Greta Gerwig became the fifth woman nominated for best director and Rachel Morrison from “Mudbound” made history as the first woman nominated for best cinematography in nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards.

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4ON THE COVER: Cecil Bohanon examines “The Theory of Moral Sentiments” by Adam Smith Jan. 23. The book is a first edition copy and is part of the Remnant Trust collection, which is currently on exhibit at the E.B. Ball Center. RYAN SHANK, DN

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After receiving a shots fired call minutes before midnight Tuesday, Muncie Police responded to a shooting on the south side of Muncie. Police were dispatched to Village Pantry, at the corner of East 18th Street and South Macedonia Avenue, where a person was reportedly shot. The victim was taken to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital by Delaware County EMS.

Fires

MFD responds to three different house fires The Muncie Fire Department responded to three structure fires on the city’s south side Monday afternoon. The first fire was around 1 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Memorial Drive, the second was around 2:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of East 5th Street and the third was around 3:40 p.m. in the 2100 block of South May Avenue. No injuries were sustained.

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SGA allocates money to make free T-shirts SGA voted to take $650 from the $1,300 budget originally allocated for National Student Employment Week to use at the Athletics Social Media Night Feb. 6. The money will provide free T-shirts, that will include the SGA logo, in order to help advertise the organization, said treasurer Kaia Thompson.

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Report shows the true Excessive video impact of Ball State gaming to be considered disorder by mid-2018 Without Ball State, Muncie would shift from being a metropolitan area to a rural area, one professor said.

Andrew Harp Reporter

If a person displays a pattern of lost control over a 12-month span, they may be diagnosed with video gaming disorder.

Hannah Gunnell Reporter Everyone remembers the joy of getting a new toy as a child — the quick, haphazardous unwrapping only to spend hours upon hours playing with it — but what if the act of playing with that toy could now be considered a disorder?

The World Health Organization (WHO) will now include “gaming disorder” in their 11 revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11), which is set to release mid-2018.

Gaming disorder is defined in ICD-11 as a pattern of gaming behavior over a 12-month time

I don’t think there’s any behavior that’s problematic –– it’s the overdoing of that behavior that becomes the problem.”

- DR. GEORGE GAITHER, Associate professor, Ball State’s department of Psychological Studies

span where a gamer is unable to control how long they play a game, puts gaming before their responsibilities and repeats this pattern despite knowing it has negative consequences, according to WHO’s website.

This means that if a person plays video or internet games non-stop for a year and puts aside daily tasks like showering or homework, they have a disorder.

This appears to be in line with the American Psychological Association’s inclusion of “internet gaming disorder,” said Dr. George Gaither, an associate professor in Ball State’s Department of Psychological Studies and a licensed psychologist.

Gaither, however, doesn’t believe excessive gaming is a disorder, but rather an addiction. He said one can be addicted to anything, including video games, if they use it in excess.

“I don’t think there’s any behavior that’s problematic –– it’s the overdoing of that behavior that becomes the problem,” he said.

According to “360° Gaming Report,” a Nielsen study — which surveyed 2,000 13-year or older U.S. consumers from 2013 to 2014 — the average gamer spends 6.3 hours a week playing video games, which to some is not enough to be considered an addiction or a disorder.

Senior Jeffery Porter, president of the Super Smash Bros. Club, said the addictive thrill of a game is lost after a period of time “After playing it for just some time, maybe a good three to four hours a day after a week of having it ... I’ve played a good chunk of it not to be concerned about playing more,” Porter said.

However, he said the difference between playing video games or playing sports for long periods of time is that “video games are looked down upon by adults.” Because working or playing sports are considered positive activities by society, he said they are encouraged, so there won’t be an excessive working or excessive sporting disorder in the ICD-11.

“I think it’s interesting that WHO is making this a disorder and not [making] watching TV or movies one,” said senior Alex Franklin, a psychology major and a member of the Super Smash Bros. Club. “At least with video games, you’re doing something and not just sitting in front of the TV doing nothing.”

Sophomore Ian White, also a member of the Super Smash Bros. Club, pointed out that video games require active attention from a player the same way a book would from a reader. Because there is a stigma on gaming, White said, playing a game for an extensive period of time seems worse than reading for that same time span.

“A book and a video game can do well at immersing you into a world. Both do a good job of keeping your attention for a long time and getting you lost,” White said. “There’s been more of a stigma when it comes to talking about video games than something like books, even though I feel like they’re somewhat similar in terms of the end goal of getting you lost in a world, or even lost in an experience.”

Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments at hrgunnell@bsu.edu.

Ball State University is approaching its centennial and the university has changed campus and the surrounding areas drastically within those 100 years.

“The Economic Impact of Ball State University: A Brief Review,” is a report from August 2017 that detailed the economic impact Ball State University has had on Delaware County and the surrounding area.

The report written by Michael Hicks, a professor of economics and business research, through the Center for Business and Economic Research and the Miller College of Business. Hicks said the Department of Marketing and Communications wanted to see the true impact of the university, and discovered that the school is the largest institutional effect in the county.

“I think many people don’t realize how large a role Ball State plays in the local economy,” Hicks said. “The size of the effect is much bigger than I think most people know.”

Hicks said if Ball State disappeared or moved, the city’s population would drop, the county would shift from a metropolitan area to a rural or micropolitan county, per capita income would drop significantly, the size of the hospital would shrink and the number of businesses decrease.

“What we’ve come to see is Muncie would disappear substantially as a consequence of all that [Ball State leaving],” Hicks said.

Hicks said Ball State has a lot to learn about Muncie and vice versa. The size and role of the university and the economy is the most relevant in this understanding.

“We share the same future,” Hicks said. “It’s important we understand one another.”

According to the report, economic impact

is measured in population, earnings and the total economic activity. The report examines employment, industry, taxes, tourism, construction and various other aspects.

The nearly 22,000 students that attend the school account for more than $20 million. Ball State’s presence also adds more than 10,000 jobs and $586 million of GDP to the county.

Hicks said that he didn’t realize that the tax effect of the school would be as large as it is as Ball State accounts for more than one in five property tax and local income tax collected in the county.

Economic impact reports can be found from other schools across the state. Notre Dame University has published an economic impact report nearly every year since 2012 through the Office of Public Affairs, the most recent from July 2017.

Jessica Brookshire, the associate director for public affairs at Notre Dame University and the coordinator of the impact studies, said over email the goal of these reports was to show the impact of Notre Dame regionally and locally within Indiana and even beyond.

Brookshire said the office worked with an outside consultant who reviewed the data that was supplied to them.

“We felt it was important to document the numbers and highlight the impact of jobs and purchases being made and showing the benefit to our local community,” Brookshire said.

An economic impact analysis of Indiana University and its locations came out in February 2012. This report also detailed the impact of Indiana University Health and its hospitals, and found IU was a major employer in the state and because of this, was a major source of personal income for Hoosiers.

Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @retr0andrew.

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Indianapolis joins other cities nationwide in Women’s March Sara Barker Digital Editor In her senior year of high school, Emily Badger tried to create a feminist club, but administration denied her on the grounds that “the guys would feel left out.”

So, when the freshman secondary English education major found out she had a chance to go to her first demonstration with other friends from Ball State, she said she felt a responsibility to attend.

“I think [the Women’s March] is a way to show [that] people aren’t going to stop until they get what they need,” Badger said.

The Women’s March reconvened for the second year Saturday, with the Indianapolis march joining more than 200 planned worldwide to call for women’s rights.

Marchers gathered at the American Legion Mall to begin rallying and listening to speakers.

Then, around 2 p.m., the crowd marched south to Monument Circle and headed to the Indiana Statehouse.

Prominent figures spoke at different marches nationwide, including Natalie Portman in Los Angeles, who described the personal experience that made her a part of the #MeToo movement, and Halsey, who recited a poem in New York about sexual assault.

Organizations present in Indianapolis included Indy10, Spencer Pride and Planned Parenthood.

Various speakers conveyed a similar message: voter participation in elections is not optional.

Indiana Metropolitan Police blocked roads to allow the marchers, their children and pets to pass through downtown streets. On Facebook, over 1,000 people said they went to the event.

After finding out about the event on social media, senior marketing major Emily Neuhauser said she couldn’t pass up her opportunity to attend.

“As soon as I saw the Facebook invite circulating, I was like, ‘I’m so there,’” Neuhauser said.

To Neuhauser, rallies and demonstrations like the Women’s March not only support a cause, but create a synergy between like-minded individuals.

“You can talk about it by yourself all that you

want, but when you get a group of people together, it kind of has momentum behind it,” Neuhauser said. “I think that is easier to make an impact and show that we all feel really strongly about this.”

You can talk about it by yourself all that you want, but when you get a group of people together, it kind of has momentum behind it.”

- EMILY NEUHAUSER, Senior marketing major

Robert Coleman, a junior computer information systems major, also said he felt a sense of community while rallying, something he said he didn’t expect to feel.

“It’s a lot more family-friendly and communicative than I thought it was going to be, and I think it’s awesome,” Coleman said.

And Coleman found no problem with calling himself a feminist.

“It means standing up for disenfranchised women, women being able to do everything that men can and everyone having the same, level playing field,” Coleman said.

Some in attendance said they recognized that political action doesn’t end on the day of the march. Badger said just one voice can create a chain reaction.

“When it’s a bunch of like-minded people gathered in one place, there’s this energy that you can feel something is going to happen, and if people are going to keep being loud and people are going to keep being angry and people are going to keep demanding for their rights, I think someone, somewhere is going to listen,” Badger said.

Contact Sara Barker with comments at slbarker3@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @sarabarker326.

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People of all ages, races and gender identities march for unity

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Community members gathered for the Annual Women’s March Jan. 20 at the American Legion Mall. Members from various Indianapolis organizations spoke before joining the march from Circle Monument to the Indiana Statehouse.

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Senate and House approve bills, could make Sunday sales legal Lauren DeLorenzo Reporter Buying alcohol on Sunday has been illegal in Indiana since Prohibition — but that might be about to change.

As of Tuesday, both the House and the Senate approved two identical legislative measures that would repeal the ban of Sunday alcohol sales. The bills passed with a large majority in both the House (87-10) and the Senate (39 - 10).

The bills will now be sent to the opposite chamber for approval. If they are passed, lawmakers will choose one of the bills — either Senate Bill 1 or House Bill 1051 — to be sent to Gov. Eric Holcomb.

Holcomb previously stated that he supports changing the state’s alcohol laws. Both bills would allow the sale of alcohol from noon to 8 p.m. on

They think, ‘Why would people come into liquor stores as much on weekends, when you could go to Meijer and get it. And you know if you think about it from their perspective, that’s pretty reasonable.”

- SEAN HILDEBRAND, Political science professor

Sundays in liquor stores, drug stores, grocery stores and convenience stores. Attempts to extend these hours were defeated in both chambers.

Previous attempts to legalize Sunday sales failed to receive a hearing in the Senate. But this time, the support of two important groups helped to push the measure forward.

An unlikely alliance between big box stores, such as grocery stores, and the powerful liquor lobby was forged late last year. The liquor store group, known as the Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers, has previously been opposed to Sunday sales, while big box stores have been in favor of it. “[Sunday sales] are a popular thing,” said Sean Hildebrand, a political science professor.

“The hold-up was always on the other side —

the business side. The liquor stores were kind of apprehensive about opening the extra day.”

This apprehension stems from a fear of increased competition from retailers and convenience stores on weekends.

“They think, ‘Why would people come into liquor stores as much on weekends, when you could go to Meijer and get it?’” Hildebrand said.

“And you know if you think about it from their perspective, that’s pretty reasonable.”

A separate bill to allow the sale of cold beer in convenience stores and grocery stores was defeated earlier in January. The fate of these bills reflects a deal made between big box stores and the liquor store lobby last fall, which proposed to legalize Sunday alcohol sales and halt expansion of cold beer sales.

“It’s like a trade off, right? So they give us Sunday sales, at least appease some of the public demand for this, we won’t push cold beer as much,” Hildebrand said. “Without the committee votes, cold beer can’t really get anywhere.”

State Sen. Ron Alting (R-Tippecanoe), who authored the bill, has identified the support of liquor stores and big box stores as important influences in the success of the bill. Alting has received more than $90,000 in campaign contributions from liquor stores since 2011.

The Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers called Senate Bill 1 “a landmark piece of legislation,” saying that it is “eager to continue working directly with legislators to make sure that this bill is ultimately signed by the governor and becomes law.”

Polling by both the Bowen Center for Public Affairs and Fabrizio, Lee and Associates show strong public support for both the sale of cold beers and Sunday alcohol sales, with approval at around 60 percent.

“I feel like the sale of alcohol being limited to certain hours doesn’t make logical sense to me,” said Isaac Mitchell, a sophomore political science major. “In most states, you can purchase alcohol 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That just seems to be the most logical way forward.”

Erin Goff, a sophomore English education major at Ball State said the alcohol laws don’t align with modern beliefs.

“It seems like something that’s very old fashioned,” Goff said. “It mandates something that’s a belief of some people that they are welcome to hold, but it doesn’t mean that everyone else should be held to that same level.”

Indiana is one of the 12 remaining states to adhere to the Prohibition-era Blue Law banning Sunday alcohol sales.

Contact Lauren DeLorenzo with comments at ledelorenzo@bsu.edu.

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Rare books go on display for public at E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center

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Centuries-old texts from notable authors around the world are being used for a special economics class.

Casey Smith Editor-in-chief Thirty-three books are sitting under glass at the E. B. and Bertha C. Ball Center — but these aren’t your regular paperbacks.

Some are by philosophers, poets or novelists.

Notable names — including the likes of Aristotle, Galileo Galilei, Alexander Hamilton, John Locke

There’s something magical, I think, about touching something that was done at that earlier age.”

- CECIL BOHANON, Economics professor and Mary Wollstonecraft — are still legible on the spines. Many are first editions, and most are difficult to come by. A Vulgate Bible is the oldest in the assortment, dating back more than seven centuries.

The rare and ancient books are on loan from The Remnant Trust, a public educational foundation which makes the collection of early works accessible to the public. Through various grants and donations, economics professor Cecil

Bohanon helped bring the public display to Ball State in hopes of “helping [us] understand the present by looking at the past.”

Despite their age, he said, the books aren’t meant to be under lock and key. Instead, visitors are encouraged to get up close and spend time examining the texts for themselves.

“There’s something magical, I think, about touching something that was done at that earlier age,” Bohanon said. “These are not things that no one should touch. It’s part of our heritage, and so you’ll want to be able to feel and look at and read it.”

Bohanon, who has a knack for working with students on immersive learning projects, is integrating the books into his ongoing special project economics class, Econ in Motion.

This semester, students in the class are studying the Scottish Enlightenment and will create a film script about the intellectual and scientific accomplishments happening in Scotland during that time. A fall iteration of the course will put the script into production.

Students have already started reading some of the texts, and by using the books on loan, the experience has been different from most other reading assignments.

“It was surreal to see and read the actual books that caused so much controversy at the time that they were published,” Chase Curry, a senior economics major in Bohanon’s class, said. “There are just so many works in the room that we’ve read … and it was just incredible to see them all, like the Magna Carta, The Twelve Pamphlets including

The Law, the Articles of Confederation … that was very surreal.”

As a part of the project, the Ball State students will also share what they’ve learned with classes at local high schools.

Junior economics major Noah Underhill said that’s a part of the semester he’s looking forward to, especially since he was one of those high school students not so long ago.

“When [Bohanon] came and his students presented their videos to my class when I was in high school, it really sort of started my interest in econ and growing it,” Underhill said. “I’m hoping we can do that with some of the other students we help lecture and get them interested, too.”

The books are anticipated to be on display until May. Professors and students at other universities around the state are expected to make visits in the coming months, and Kathryn Kennison, director of the E. B. and Bertha C. Ball Center, is hoping others will schedule times to visit the assortment of books, too.

“It makes the best of sense that [the collection] is here, because our reason for existence is for community enrichment,” Kennison said. “I think it would be hard to find anything that would be more enriching for this community — or for any community — than these books that contain the ideas that formed Western civilization.”

Senior economics major Colin Steitz agreed, adding that he wants more of his peers — regardless of what they’re studying — to take a look at the rare books for themselves.

HOW TO SEE THE RARE BOOKS To view these materials, contact Cecil Bohanon at 285-5363 or by email at cbohanon@bsu.edu.

Specific times must be set for making trips to the E.B. Ball Center through Diane Waters and/or Kathryn Kennison at 285-8975.

Preferred times for visits are between 9:00 11:00 a.m. on Tuesdays and 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays.

“I think it’s always incredible to see a book that has survived for hundreds and hundreds of years, especially considering what that book went through from original printing to now,” Steitz said.

“I just encourage that anyone who’s interested set up an appointment and come down and see [the books]. That’s the best way to truly engage with these, outside of just reading the texts, and to actually see the works and see their importance and see that they have survived this long.”

Contact Casey Smith with comments at editor@ bsudailynews.com.

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Amazon’s growth adds to retail apocalypse The addition of a second headquarters could create more jobs, but it would mean less shopping for brick and mortar stores.

Liz Rieth Reporter Amazon is more valuable than Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Macy’s, Kohl’s, JCPenney and Sears combined, according to Yahoo Finance.

A headquarters for the booming company could soon be just an hour away. On Jan. 18, Indianapolis was announced as one of 20 finalists Amazon is considering for a second headquarters.

While he said this won’t affect Muncie much, Michael Hicks, professor of economics and business research, said it could bring new jobs to Hoosiers.

“For a Ball State student in the college of business or a computer science major, the potential employment options are huge,” Hicks said. “It’s the biggest economic relocation in history.”

While Amazon’s new headquarters could bring 50,000 jobs to the area, it shouldn’t affect small businesses said Eric Harvey, director of the center for advancement of digital marketing and analytics.

“Small businesses, especially in a small town like Muncie, aren’t that affected [by Amazon and online shopping],” Harvey said. “It’s that experience that they get in small businesses — it’s cool. The product is unique.”

Though the addition of an Amazon headquarters is unlikely to affect small businesses, it could affect

retailers. Amazon’s growth is a part of a growing trend in e-commerce, or online sales.

Harvey said the trend to shop online is a part of the retail apocalypse, or the large number of retail stores that have closed over the past few years.

“Retailers are in a world of crisis losing customers to the online market,” Harvey said. “Amazon, Walmart, Kohl’s — they have [e-commerce] figured out.”

Approximately 65,000 U.S. jobs have been lost in retail in the past year according to a report by the Union Bank of Switzerland. This is because e-commerce is predicted to account for 17 percent of all U.S. retail sales by 2022, according to the “Online Retail Forecast, 2017 To 2022” report by Forrester Data.

“People prefer online shopping because it’s convenient. People don’t have to leave their houses or put on real pants to go outside,” said Emily Mixter, a sophomore advertising major and a frequent online shopper. “You don’t have the fear of running into someone you know or don’t want to talk to. It’s just more convenient.”

Surprisingly, a majority of millennials make their purchases in-store rather than online or from Amazon, according to the “The Millennial Shopping Report” from CouponFollow.

“I prefer in-store shopping. I don’t like to put

Indianapolis is being considered as a second headquarters for Amazon. This addition could create more jobs for Hoosiers and add to the convenience of online shopping. TNS PHOTO my debit card online. Plus, it’s easier to try stuff on in-store,” said Sarah Humphrey, freshman geology and earth science major. “I feel like online would

be easier in college, but it’s still not my preference.”

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

Delaware County, Muncie sees spike in heroin usage Devan Sticka Reporter While Delaware County is infamous for being the methamphetamine capital of Indiana, Muncie is now seeing heavy use of opioids and heroin.

In the month of November alone, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office saw 13 heroin overdose cases, according to Cpl. Jeff Stanley of the narcotics unit.

So far in 2018, Delaware County Emergency Communications has received at least 35 overdose calls, though this includes all overdoses.

Thomas Clemons offers instructions on how to use naloxone, also called Narcan, to reverse heroin overdoses. TNS PHOTO

Heroin is found throughout the entire city of Muncie and among many different users, Stanley said.

“That’s the thing about heroin, there’s no particular area or community that it’s used [in] and there’s no particular demographic,” Stanley said. “It could be in the most troubled neighborhood [of] all, or in any particular socioeconomic group or demographic.”

Because there is no one area where the use is most prevalent, it can be difficult for police to stop the epidemic throughout the whole county, Stanley said.

“Muncie’s drug units are doing a fantastic job at trying to stop [heroin] from coming into our community. But like any other drug, because it’s so prevalent and because the demand is so high, you stop one person and three more are stepping up,” Stanley said. “Until the next flavor comes in, heroin is definitely the one that is difficult to get a grasp on right now.”

Over the past six years, Stanley, who has worked in narcotics since the late 1990s, has noticed “it’s spiked.”

Stanley said often times, officers in Indiana won’t arrest a highly intoxicated heroin user because of liability reasons.

“A lot of times, if someone is highly intoxicated, or has too much in their system, they’re going to have to go to the hospital. I know what sheriffs try to avoid is taking the burden of bills from the patient,” Stanley said. “If they’re admitted into the jail, they’re automatically our responsibility, so if something was to happen to them and they have to go to the hospital for treatment, that’s our responsibility and we have to pay for it.”

If a department were to incur the hospital bills, the payment is made from taxpayers’ money, and departments are “trying not to

burden taxpayers,” Stanley said.

To avoid this, police wait for a patient to be cleared from the hospital and then get a warrant to arrest them.

While in the hospital, a heroin overdose can be reaffirmed through certain signs, such as respiratory depression, pinpoint pupils with no reaction to light and eyes rolling in the back of the patient’s head, said Tim Gant, a trauma nurse at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

It’s hard to pinpoint how many heroin overdoses the hospitals sees in a week, Gant said.

Heroin affects the brain in a negative way when overdosed, Gant said. This can include lack of oxygen to the brain, which could lead to the patient becoming completely brain dead.

The process of recovering from a heroin overdose includes a Narcan injection as soon as possible. Injections can happen inner nasally or through the veins from an IV, Gant said.

“Narcan is a drug that competes for opiate receptors in your brain and basically takes over when the opiate are binding with neurons,” he said. “It’s almost an instantaneous reversal of the opioid effects.”

Narcan has no bad effects on the brain, but common side effects of using Narcan include instant withdrawal, which can lead to the feeling of being cold and tremors known as the “Narcan shakes,” Gant said.

While stopping the overdose is important, Gant said the main concern is making sure the patient has an open airway. Some cases involve bagging, which is a process where nurses pump oxygen into a patient’s lungs.

Contact Devan Sticka with comments at desticka@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @de_sticka.

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Men’s Tennis

Cardinals entering break on win streak

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Ball State men’s tennis (2-1) will head into its next competition coming off a two-match win streak after it picked up victories over Eastern Illinois and Belmont last weekend. Ball State’s freshman class came to play, winning five total singles matches. The team won’t return to action until it travels to Xavier Feb. 2.

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Ball State swimming hosts senior night After falling to in-state rival Indiana State 160-135 Jan. 20, Ball State women’s swimming and diving will enter its next contest with a 4-5 record. Ball State will host Buffalo for its last home meet of the season.

The meet will honor its seniors prior to the meet, which starts at 12 p.m.

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Men’s Volleyball

Matt Walsh picks up pair of awards

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Ball State men’s volleyball middle attacker Matt Walsh was named both Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Offensive Player of the Week and the Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week Tuesday for his efficient performances in the team’s wins against Sacred Heart and Harvard.

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Worthen Arena seems louder this season, here’s why KAITI SULLIVAN, DN FILE

Robby General Reporter As the midway point of conference play draws near, one thing has become increasingly obvious –— it’s hard to win on the road in the MAC. Only three Mid-American Conference teams —Buffalo (3-0), Miami (2-1) and Toledo (3-1) — ­ have winning road records when playing conference opponents. MAC schools have a combined 14-29 record when traveling to another opponent in the conference this year.

At home, however, it’s a much different story.

This season, MAC teams are winning nearly 80 percent of the time (93-25) when playing on their home court.

Inside Worthen Arena, Ball State men’s basketball is 9-1, suffering a single loss to Buffalo, who remains the only team unbeaten in conference play. One of the contributing factors to that success

We play an entertaining style of basketball so they really like coming out to watch the guys.”

- MARK SANDY, Ball State athletics director has been the number of fans, both students and community members, who have been coming out to games.

This season, the men’s basketball team is averaging 3,382 attendees per game, good for third in the MAC. That number is up from 3,121

last season and 2,764 from the 2015-16 campaign.

While it’s nowhere near sell-out games of the ’90s or attendance numbers that exceeded 5,000 fans a game 10-plus years ago, it’s a clear indicator of the growing success of the men’s team over the past couple of seasons.

“We feel good, but we’re not satisfied,” said Shawn Sullivan, associate athletics director of marketing and fan engagement.

According to Sullivan, season ticket sales are up 11 percent from last season and up 16 percent from two years ago. He also said the number of students coming out to the games has helped boost the numbers. While the numbers have been improving, Sullivan said there might be another reason Worthen looks and sounds louder this season compared to years past.

“Potentially one of the reasons for that is we’ve gone to a ‘no general admissions’ seating map,” Sullivan said. “In the past, particularly for men’s basketball games, fans who would come in and buy a general admission seat would sit anywhere.

Now, when you come in and buy a ticket, we’re giving you the best available, which means we’re pushing people closer to the court.”

Pushing fans closer makes every play seem that much more momentous, like the stream of dunks made by Jeremie Tyler and Tahjai Teague in a recent game.

Ball State athletics director Mark Sandy said exciting plays, beating then-ranked No. 9 Notre Dame and Valparaiso on last-second shots and the nine-game win streak have all helped keep fans coming back.

“I think all of that together is why people are excited about the basketball team,” Sandy said.

“We play an entertaining style of basketball so they really like coming out to watch the guys.”

It’s hard to argue that fan support hasn’t helped Ball State men’s basketball, but the recent success of the team has also helped increase the fan base.

Before back-to-back 20-plus win seasons, Ball

State had lost an average of nearly 1,000 fans per game, spanning from 2011 to 2015.

Both Sullivan and Sandy expect fan attendance to rise over the next few home games with the addition of more promotions and the soon-to-be-announced

“Social Media Night,” which has drawn in some of the largest home crowds over the past few seasons.

Contact men’s basketball reporter Robby General at rjgeneral@bsu.edu or on Twitter @rgeneraljr.

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Ball State men’s golf team makes special addition to its 2018 roster 9-year-old Manasseh Crum joined the men’s golf program through Team IMPACT in December.

Kara Biernat Sports Editor He swung the golf club and missed the ball — an acceptable mistake on his first day of practice, right?

“I learned what you call it when you don’t hit the ball,” Nine-year-old Manasseh Crum said. “It’s called a practice swing.”

Manasseh looked at the golf ball in front of him and lined his feet up for another swing. He raised the oversized club and this time around, the ball shot straight into the simulator on the wall.

“Now that was no practice swing,” head coach Mike Fleck said to his newest member.

Manasseh, a Muncie local, became a member of the Ball State men’s golf team Dec. 13 when he signed the official document to join the program.

Manasseh’s addition to the men’s golf family was made possible through Team IMPACT, a national non-profit organization that connects children facing serious or chronic illnesses with collegiate athletic programs in hopes of forming a positive future for both the children and athletes.

In an almost life-long battle, Manasseh was diagnosed with Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) by his pediatrician when he was eight months old and has been treated for it since

He thought it was the most amazing thing. Through the golf team, he was able to bless other kids. That was really special to us and to the infusion center.”

- JENNIFER CRUM, Manasseh Crum’s mother he was three and a half. For about six years now, Manasseh goes through his everyday routine with flaring fingers and toes.

Manasseh can now be found at the Earl Yestingsmeier Golf Center putting golf balls and hanging out with his new teammates and coaches.

“It’s been fun having him around,” Fleck said.

“He’s an inspiration and he’s connected with the guys, and we’re learning a lot by being around him and his family, too. Hopefully we’re providing kind of a similar experience to him — like learning the game of golf and what our guys do.”

Fleck, now in his 20th season with Ball State men’s golf, is happy with his program’s decision to get involved with Team IMPACT. “It was actually my assistant, Tyler Ostrom,

who first reached out to Team IMPACT to see about establishing a relationship,” Fleck said.

“UIndy men’s golf team has a relationship with a youth with Team IMPACT, so we wanted to get involved too. [Ostrom] was the one who inquired about reaching out.”

Fleck and Ostrom, a graduate assistant coach in his second season with the golf team, made a decision that had the potential to change a little boy’s life, and according to Manasseh’s mother, Jennifer Crum, it did.

“It’s just really touching to us that the golf team would be willing to reach out to a kid they don’t know that’s having some difficulties,” Crum said. “We already feel really supported and I can already see how happy Manasseh is and it’s only been a month.”

When it comes to Manasseh’s role on the golf team, practicing the sport is only half of what he can expect for the spring season. He not only has 12 college mentors, but also a brand new support system.

“I like coming here,” Manasseh said.

“Everybody is special and unique, and everybody is capable of doing different things. It’s not every day that there is a kid my age that gets to join a team like this — a golf team.”

Manasseh receives much more than the support he gets on the greens or the opportunity to attend a Ball State basketball game and volleyball match with his teammates.

When the golf team found out Manasseh was collecting toys for the prize closet at his infusion center in Fort Wayne, team members put together a gift card so he could buy more toys for the drive.

Manasseh and his family visit the infusion center once a month, where he receives medication for his arthritis, and sometimes even chemotherapy.

“He thought that was the most amazing thing,” Crum said. “Through the golf team, he was able to bless other kids. That was really special to us and to the infusion center.”

While this opportunity of becoming a team member has already affected Manasseh’s life, the same can be said for this group of college athletes.

In just one month, Manasseh and his family have left an impact on players like freshman Miles Jena.

“I was there on his signing day and it was honestly cooler than my signing day,” Jena said. “It was a really cool experience to give him something special like that. It felt awesome for me, so it must have felt special for him, too.”

Jena, a freshman from Middletown, Ohio, is in his first season with the team. He thinks having Manasseh around will benefit the guys in more ways than one.

“I think he gives us some perspective,” Jena said during Manasseh’s first practice. “We’re all Division I athletes, so we kind of grew up playing our sport in a little sports bubble. Sometimes I don’t think we got to look outside and see that

Ball State men’s golf head coach Mike Fleck works with Manasseh Crum on his swing. Crum has Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. He is part of Team IMPACT, a national non-profit organization that connects children facing serious or chronic illnesses with college athletic teams. He was signed to the team over winter break.

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other people face different challenges than we do and that we’re pretty blessed to be in the position we’re in.”

It didn’t take long for the Ball State golf members to see the light that Manasseh brings to the program every day. In fact, he doesn’t do it all by himself. Along with Jennifer and his father Randall Crum, Manasseh’s entire family is now involved with the program. At his first practice, he was accompanied by his four younger brothers: Cassius, 8, Azariah, 6, Caedmon, 1 and Jairus, 1.

Another admirable trait Manasseh adds to the Cardinal roster is his positivity. While living a life full of pain in his fingers and toes, Manasseh doesn’t often complain about it, no matter how excruciating it may be.

“He has always been a really positive little guy,” Jennifer said. “He’s not happy that he has arthritis, but he sees it as an opportunity to get to know other kids and help them through their arthritis struggles.

“It can be really painful, and a lot of kids struggle with it. I think since he’s had it since he was an infant, that he doesn’t recognize the pain very often. We have to watch for signs of it because he doesn’t recognize it’s happening a lot of times.”

With the addition of Manasseh and his family, the Ball State men’s golf program has a lot to look forward to in its 2018 season. The Cardinals will continue to practice and form new relationships while preparing for the new season at the brandnew complex.

When it comes to relationships off the green, Manasseh and his teammates will continue to attend other Ball State sporting events, go out to dinner and bond in any way they can.

“We’re just looking to have him be as much a part of the program as our everyday guys,” Fleck said. “Hopefully he continues to learn a little more about golf and enjoy his time with us, and I know we’ll enjoy our time with him. I know we look forward to learning more about his condition and maintaining a relationship with him.”

But for Manasseh, his golf career is only getting started.

“I’m learning how to golf now and it’s getting easier as I go,” Manasseh said. “I can’t wait to be real, real good.”

Contact Kara Biernat with comments at karabiernat@gmail.com or on Twitter at @karabiernat.

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Ball State cruises past Bowling Green, hosts NIU on Saturday Cardinals defense dominant in victory, even as team was without leading rebounder Destiny Washington due to injury Sam Barloga Assistant Sports Editor

Ball State freshman Oshlynn Brown jumps for a two-point shot during the game against Buffalo Jan. 13 at John E. Worthen Arena. REBECCA SLEZAK, DN FILE

As Cardinals fans poured into Worthen Arena Wednesday night, the 1077 in attendance were in for a surprise when they looked to the floor during warmups.

Team leader in rebounds and secondleading scorer senior forward Destiny Washington was not dressed and stood in the corner with crutches as Bowling Green (10-9, 2-6 MAC) and Ball State took their pregame warmups.

However, at least on Wednesday, the loss of Washington didn’t seem to phase Ball State (16-3, 5-3 MAC). The Cardinals dominated the Falcons for a full 40 minutes in a commanding 82-41 victory.

“Wow, we were good today,” Ball State head coach Brady Sallee said. “We’ve been practicing well and again, I think it starts with our energy and effort. I challenged [the team] to really do the work on the boards and was proud [of] what we did on them. Across the board I think we worked really hard rebounding the basketball, took care of the ball and turned them over. Just top-to-bottom a great effort and a great win.”

After the game, Sallee said he did not know the extent of Washington’s injury or how long she would be out of action.

Ball State’s defense was potent, holding Bowling Green without a point for the first nine minutes of the second quarter and its offense matched the pace, going on a 26-0 in the process to take a 41-9 lead less than two minutes before the first half ended. The Falcons shot just 19.7 percent as a team on the game.

“You play like you practice,” Sallee said. “And to the kids’ credit, they’ve been practicing that defense really well and I think they have a lot of confidence playing it.”

By the time the third quarter was over Sallee was able to have most of his starters on the bench and give playing time to some of the members of the bench who haven’t seen much action in the team’s first 19 games such as freshman guard Katie Helgason and freshman forward Sara Price.

The 41-point win marked the largest Ball State victory over Bowling Green in program history, and the second-largest victory in series history, just behind Bowling Green’s 47-point, 115-68 win in 1992. Senior forward Moriah Monaco led all scorers with 23 points and 10 rebounds in just 28 minutes,

junior Carmen Grande added 12 points and senior guard Frannie Frazier had 10 to round out the Ball State starters in double-figures.

“Honestly, in this game and the Kent game I think we’ve gone back to playing how we were in non-conference,” Monaco said. “We just run up-and-down the floor and it’s hard to do that for 40 minutes.”

Freshman forward Oshlynn Brown got the start for Washington down low and filled in well, picking up a team-high 12 rebounds and scoring nine points. Sallee went to his bench early, using sophomore forward Aliyah Walker and junior guard Nakeya Penny to help run the Ball State defense.

Now Ball State turns its attention to Northern Illinois, who comes to Worthen Arena on Saturday as the middle game in a three-game homestand for the Cardinals.

The Huskies come in losing their last five in a row, but all of those games have been decided by seven points or fewer.

Saturday’s tip-off is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Next Wednesday Ball State hosts Akron to round-out the homestand at 7 p.m.

Contact Sam Barloga with comments at sabarloga@bsu.edu on Twitter @SamBarloga.

No. 14 men’s volleyball travels out east for matches against No. 12 Pepperdine, George Mason over weekend Ball State begins a stretch of six matches away from home by playing a ranked opponent in the Uvaldo Acosta Invitational.

Nate Fields Reporter No. 14 Ball State men’s volleyball (4-2) will look to keep building on its current momentum after winning both of its matches last weekend as it sets out on its first road trip of the season, traveling to Fairfax, Virginia, to take on No. 12 Pepperdine Saturday and George Mason Sunday in the Uvaldo Acosta Invitational.

Head coach Joel Walton knows that being out of the comfort of home court will present a whole new challenge to the Cardinals.

“The margin [for error] on the road is really what makes it hard to get victories,” Walton said. “If you’re playing at home there’s a level of comfort,

there’s a routine that you have when you’re in town. When you go on the road, everything matters: Travel, sleep, diet, motivation, the other team’s motivation.”

Ball State’s first opponent, No. 12 Pepperdine, should be a motivated bunch coming into Saturday’s match. After starting the season off with a win, Pepperdine (1-2) dropped its next two matches — both by a 3-1 margin — against No. 6 UC Irvine and No. 15 UC Santa Barbara.

Despite Pepperdine’s 1-2 record, Walton knows that the team will need to prepare for senior outside hitter Alex Harthaller, who has recorded nine of Pepperdine’s 20 service aces this season.

Harthaller’s .900 service aces per set percentage leads the nation.

George Mason (2-4) is coming off a challenging stretch of matches, during which it faced four ranked opponents in its first six outings. The Patriots rank ninth in the nation in kills per set at 12.59 and eighth in assists per set with 11.91.

No matter the records, Walton knows that when you play good teams, one must avoid being predictable.

“You just can’t be patterned,” Walton said. “If you’re patterned then all of a sudden you might be really good at that one shot that you hit, but if you hit one shot, good teams are going to know what it is and they’re going to take it away, so that becomes one of our challenges.”

Although Walton wants to shore up the offense and make sure it has a diverse attack, the defense has

put together some solid performances this season.

The Cardinals rank fifth in the country in blocks per set at 2.80, while senior middle attacker Matt Walsh, the reigning Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Offensive Player of the Week and Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week, is second in the nation in total blocks per set at 1.409. Walsh is also ninth in hitting percentage this season, complementing his blocking numbers with a .433 hitting percentage.

Ball State will play its first match of the invitational against Pepperdine at 7 p.m. Jan. 27. The team’s match against George Mason is scheduled for 5 p.m. Jan. 28.

Contact Nate Fields with comments at nefields@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @NateNada.

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Musings from Moorman

The March for Life: Testament to joy for life rather than scorn of abortion

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After his return from Washington, D.C., one columnist reflects on his experience at the March for Life, along with life, love and joy.

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Columnist, Musings from Moorman

Jordan Moorman is a junior political science and history major and writes “Musing for Moorman� for the Daily News.

His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Jordan at jamoorman@bsu.edu.

Past the Washington Monument, past an unending flock of geese and with the Capital Building

on the horizon, I walked toward the rally that would feature tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people, gathered to testify to the joy of life in Washington D.C. They were there to peacefully protest Roe vs.

Wade, whose anniversary would be just three days later.

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Dominic’s Politics

For a liberal, conservative media is dishonest After only consuming media from Fox News on the day a federal government shutdown loomed, liberal beliefs only strengthened.

Dominic Bordenaro a sophomore political science major and writes “Dominic’s Politics” for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Dominic at dabordenaro @bsu.edu.

Today I had a mission. My job was to wake up and, all day long, only read and watch rightwing media.

Dominic As soon as I woke up, I grabbed Bordenaro my phone, opened Twitter, and Columnist, failed. I did not realize how Dominic’s difficult this would be.

Politics My social media, Facebook and Twitter, as well as the many apps on my phone, are all what I consider “quality journalism.”

My usual morning routine is simple. I wake up, take a shower, make a cup of coffee and delve right into the news for about 45 minutes. I read and listen to CNN, The New York Times, Politico, The Washington Post, IndyStar and many, many more.

Today was different. Besides my little flop of a CNN article about the possible government shutdown, I was consuming the other side. I waded through the muck of journalism that claims to be the truth, yelling day-in and day-out “Fake News.”

Before I got started, I decided to do a little research.

Fox News was created in 1996 as a response to the success of CNN. Rupert Murdoch, a media mogul from Australia, appointed known conservative Roger Ailes to permanently lead the network. It was instantly successful. In January of 2002, Fox News surpassed CNN as the No. 1 news cable channel and has remained No. 1 to this day.

After that, I opened my laptop, started a word document and went right to foxnews.com.

The first thing I notice is a countdown timer in the corner, ticking down to the impending government shutdown. The first article, and the biggest on the screen, is titled “Democrats ready to block bill to avert shutdown sang different tune in 2013.”

The article was tough for me to read. Essentially, it compared certain Democrats’ statements against Republicans made in 2013 to comments made today. It was not what I expected, especially as an article they clearly want their readers to click first, but I have to give them credit because, it was actually an interesting read.

However, Fox failed to do what everyone else is doing. Republicans are in control of both houses of Congress and the White House. If they fail to pass a budget, it is their fault. Most networks

and newspapers are showing both sides, stating Republicans are trying to frame Democrats and vice versa. Fox News is not. I scoured their website to find an article or even headline pointing the blame to the President or Republican leadership or even at least discussing it.

I couldn’t.

I think the biggest question to ask, with a President who likes to scream the term, is this: Is Fox News fake news?

Technically, Fox News is part of mainstream media. They are the highest-rated cable news network in the country. Fake? Maybe not. Biased?

In my opinion, very much so.

I think the network provides an incredible disservice to its viewers by not providing alternative opinions or the complete facts. For example, in a segment about the economy, an anchor stated that the President is not receiving enough credit for the economy. The anchor listed supporting reasons, but did not attempt to give voice to the other side of the argument.

Honestly, Fox News thinks their viewers are stupid. I don’t think they are, I just think they are being deceived by journalists with an agenda, things that should never go together.

Yes, Fox is just giving its viewers what they want. The average age of a Fox News viewer, according to Nielson, is 68. Older viewers also tend to be more conservative. However, a journalist’s job is not to give a viewer what they want, but rather what is true. I believe that a news network should be providing facts as well as balanced discussion and the presentation of both sides of an argument.

Fox News fails to do this. During my time watching Fox News, the network did not have a guest on air that argued a liberal opinion or anything an anchor disagreed with. They had several Republican lawmakers on air, but not a single Democrat. That’s a problem, especially since polls have shown that most Fox News viewers only get their news from Fox. “Fair and Balanced” used to be Fox News’ slogan. The network is anything but that, and I believe it is nearly impossible to argue that it is fair or balanced. My adventure into the darker waters of conservative media helped me reaffirm my beliefs.

I think one of the most important things in a healthy democracy is a free, unbiased press.

Being an informed voter requires that you educate yourself on both sides of an argument, which is why I will continue to read Fox News every once in a while.

Everyone should be reading, watching and listening to more than one source of news.

Be educated and be informed. Our Democracy depends on it.

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People often ask me, “Why are you pro-life? Why are you going on this march? Why are you against a woman’s right to choose?” These are huge questions, to which I have no simple answer. However, the spirit of the march in D.C., with tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people, was that of joy. Unexplainable joy. Not hatred. Not scorn. Not spite. But love, and joy. Indeed, the theme of the march this year was “love saves lives.” And that it does.

I had the privilege of hearing some very powerful speakers, including Congresswoman Herrera Beutler from Washington, and Sister Bethany Madonna from the Sisters of Life, among other equally moving speakers. Packed shoulder to shoulder in 40 degree weather, I listened, sometimes with tears in my eyes, to the powerful testimonies of these two amazing women. Rep. Beutler stood out to me because of the authenticity of her words. Her daughter was on stage, so we had the opportunity to see the little miracle for ourselves. You see, her daughter was not supposed to live. The little child in her mother’s womb had been diagnosed with a fatal lung deformity at 20 weeks.

Doctors told her to terminate the pregnancy, or induce early to get it over with because “the sooner you start over, the better off you will be emotionally,” the doctor said, according to Beutler.

After much prayer and contemplation, Beutler and her husband decided not to start over. They found doctors willing to perform experimental treatments on their baby. She wasn’t supposed to survive. Her lungs were supposed to fail. But there she was, up on stage, smiling, holding her mother’s hand and waving to the crowd that must have looked eternal to the small child.

Her mother saw potential. Not just potential for that little girl to jubilantly exclaim, “Mommy, a balloon!” while interrupting her speech, but potential for something great. To build something. To lead someone. To create, to teach and to show. Indeed, I believe the congresswoman’s daughter taught everyone something that day. She reminded us that life is a gift. Even when survival looks bleak, God and science can find a way. Just because no one had seen a baby survive this condition does not mean it can’t be done. Miracles do happen, and that beautiful little girl is a walking miracle, with infinite potential.

Rep. Beutler loves her daughter, and love saves lives.

Sister Madonna reminded us of joy. Not scorn or spite in the pro-life movement for those who are tempted to have an abortion, have had an abortion or are apathetic to abortions; but profoundly enough, joy. The Sisters for Life, Sister Madonna’s order, ministers to women who are pregnant, seeking abortions, are scared, have had abortions or are simply not sure what to do. Over 400 women have sought help from the Sisters for Life.

After all the speakers, the march began. Clergy, students and people of all ages and backgrounds were walking together in unison, for love and for saving lives. There was a sign that read, “I regret my abortion.”

I walked up to the woman, said hello and introduced myself. She was timid, careful with her words and very soft spoken. I explained that I was

writing a column about the March for Life, and a testimony like hers would be powerful, moving and maybe even sway opinions. She nodded her head that she would try her best to answer any questions I asked her.

Her name was Dielia. She was 21 when she got her abortion 33 years ago. The first question I asked her was, “Why are you here marching?”

“For my daughter” was her succinct, yet emotional response. I knew by her eyes, by her voice that her daughter was the one that had been aborted. “She deserves to have someone speak up for her... she’s supposed to be here on Earth.” I then asked her, “So, your sign here says, ‘I regret my abortion.’ Why do you want to carry that for everyone to see?”

“Because I want people to, anybody who wants to come up and ask me, you can ask me why … someone on the other side can ask me why,” she said. “Because I want people to communicate and not be afraid to communicate that this isn’t an option.

It should never be an option, and the women out there who have done this, what good does it do us to be silent and say nothing? How are we helping this next generation to not do this horrible thing that we’ve done?”

“It’s not a political thing … it’s a moral thing,” she added.

I was intrigued. Here I was talking to a woman in pain, longing to hold her daughter Danielle, whose life ended so long ago. But she was not angry. In fact, there was a hint of joy in her voice when she shared her message, that she can help other women in her situation, that she and all of us, through love, can save a life.

I asked her, “What would you say to a woman considering an abortion?”

“I’d say, ‘There is hope, your world is not coming to an end, you have a great big life ahead of you,’” she said.

She cried two or three times during the conversation. She smiled and laughed and grimaced at the painful emotions coming back. She was scarred. But the beautiful thing about a scar is that it heals. She had just finished explaining to me that there was hope, a hope that yanked her from suicide and depression in the aftermath of her abortion. Tears streaming down our faces, smiling, connecting, I knew she was strong. I knew she ached for her daughter Danielle, but I also knew she was ready to fight for her daughter, and give hope for her daughter.

The point of the march is to remind everyone that they are loved. The joy and longing for a better world, the joy to save lives, born and unborn, the spirit of love, was present at this march. Pro-life or not, I believe everyone should go to the march for life once in their life. The crowd of people manifests a joy and love only describable through experience.

I am pro-life because I believe in a voice for the voiceless. I march because our country is systematically allowing the destruction of human life. I speak out because of the death and destruction that comes in abortion. I’m pro-life because I don’t want to live in a world where violence is used to solve our problems and shirk responsibility. As Mother Teresa said, “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use only violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.” I concur.

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The Muncie community will be able to participate in a world-wide game development event Friday. More than 800 sites are dedicated to allow participants to collaborate and create unique games on various platforms. 419

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Muncie EDMC hosts Radiance 2018 Ocean Keys headlined for the Radiance show Jan. 20 at Be Here Now. Muncie EDMC hosted the show and accepted clothing donations for Muncie Mission throughout the night. Other performers included Kaneko, Mav Brooks, Kazie, Ejion, Medicinal and Mephysto. 423

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Students perform at Latinopalooza 2018

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Latinopalooza took place in the Student Center Ballroom Jan. 19.

The talent show is run by the Latinx Student Union for students and clubs to perform. This year they began a raffle whose money went to La 72, a refugee shelter on the southern border of Mexico.

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Ball State’s First Lady gives students career advice:

“Be a sponge”

Jennifer Mearns shared her career experiences and advice with students during speech

Ball State’s First Lady Jennifer Mearns spoke about her experience in public relations in AJ 175 Jan. 18. Mearns graduated from Bryant College in Rhode Island before moving to New York, where she got her first job. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

Alexandra Smith Reporter Ball State First Lady Jennifer Mearns reminded students to keep an open mind during her talk Thursday night.

“As a society, we try to plan too much,” she told students. “I think it’s really important to be open-minded, to see where things lead you. Get that first job, don’t worry what it is. … Get a job, because you need to live, and make the most of that job.”

Mearns has first-hand experience in that area.

After graduating from Bryant College in Rhode Island, Mearns moved to New York City, and was denied the first job she applied for with a racing company due to lack of experience in the field.

She started working at an insurance agency, volunteering on the side with the local road runners club and networking with the people she met.

“Really, I pushed my way in,” she said. “One day I got a call from somebody and they said, ‘There’s a job open at Madison Square Garden.’”

Mearns got the job as a public relations assistant while learning about the industry from the director. She would ask for extra work in order to gain the necessary skills.

“Be a sponge,” Mearns said. “Don’t just do your job. Once [you’ve done your job], go and find out what other people are doing.

Get to know them, get to know how they got into their job, and get to know what skills you need to acquire in order to be prepared in one of those roles.

“Those first couple years in your career are to learn as much as you can. You work really hard and you try to take on more than you’re supposed to take on, and you look for new opportunities.”

That’s what Mearns did; she took the opportunity to network with everyone who passed through “the bowels of the Garden.”

She worked with the public relations staff of every act who passed through the arena.

This led to her next job: traveling with the Men’s International Professional Tennis Council, currently the ATP Tour, as the media liaison.

Her job included getting advance stories in place, working with local public relations staff, giving all the updated player information and scheduling post-match press conferences. She traveled across the globe, sometimes running events where people spoke very little English.

Mearns left the public relations industry in 1997, after learning she was pregnant with twins. In 2003, she started her own business, JPM Consulting Services, a virtual company that deals in recruiting for businesses. The job’s flexibility works well with her husband’s, she said.

The transition to recruiting was easy because the skills she learned in public relations are transferable to many fields.

“No matter what you’re doing, it’s important to communicate,” Mearns said.

Carli Hines, a sophomore public relations major who attended Mearns’ lecture, said keeping an open mind was the most important takeaway.

“You can’t expect to get the highest-paying job right out of college,” Hines said. “You need to be willing to get a lower-paying job and get experience first.”

Mearns’ lecture was part of the Department of Journalism’s Professional in Residence series, which brings experts to campus to teach students about insights and opportunities that await them after graduation.

The Ball State chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA, also helped organize the lecture.

“A valuable asset to students is real-world experience,” said Derek Heim, a junior public relations major and the vice president of PRSSA. “Bringing in professionals allows students to get that experience, as well as hard skills like writing. We bring in professionals to give students the information we, as students, can’t get.”

Heim said it “just made sense to ask the first lady of the university to speak about her experience” after hearing about Mearns’ professional background.

After the lecture, Mearns summarized the advice she would give to a student of any major.

“It’s OK to not know what you’re going to do,” she said. “It’s OK if the first job you get isn’t exactly what you want. And keep pushing to get where you want to go.”

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Global game developing event to be hosted at Ball State For the second year, Ball State will host a development site for this 48-hour long event.

Melissa Kraman Reporter The countdown begins at 5 p.m. Friday and ticks until 5 p.m.

Sunday. It’s 48 hours filled with collaboration and creation while team members work to develop a game of any sort under a common theme during Global Game Jam. There are more than 100 countries participating in Global Game Jam, and more than 800 sites around the world where the event will be held, including Room 355 in the Robert Bell Building at Ball State University.

From Egypt to America, people of all skill levels who are passionate about games are encouraged to form teams, create a game and post it onto the Global Game Jam website for anyone to play.

“Our aim is to get people working together, creating interesting, inspiring games and to try and open up the community globally as much as possible,” said Jo Summers, executive producer of Global Game Jam. “We want to get people to have an insight into other communities or cultures through the language of games.”

Participants can create any variety of game, from board games to card games or choose-your-own-adventure books, but Global Game Jam primarily promotes digital and video games.

Some games, such as “Resonance,” “A Normal Lost Phone” and “Pentagrab,” have even reached commercial success and recognition.

Last year, Paul Gestwicki, an associate professor of computer science, was the site organizer for Ball State’s participation in the event. This year will be Ball State’s second time hosting.

“I see Global Game Jam as a great way for me to help promote this idea that games are important, that they’re important cultural artifacts, just like books, movies and music,” Gestwicki said. “It’s something we make that represents us.”

The night begins with a prerecorded opening keynote, and then participants break into teams of their choosing to brainstorm. The rest of the event is dedicated to the creation of the game.

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Participants may either leave and return the next day or stay throughout the night in the Robert Bell Building to continue work on their games, and the event will conclude with a pizza party and presentation of the newly-created games.

The theme that games must be related to will not be announced until the opening keynote, but during the event participants will be able to use software made especially for Game Jam participants or use free trials of software to enhance their games.

There is also a list of diversifiers and restrictions that jammers can attempt to apply to their game to add a challenge, like creating a game playable for those who are colorblind or only using graphics from the ’90s.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s work you have complete creative control over, so it’s very motivating,” Gestwicki said. “You can make whatever you want.”

Contact Melissa Kraman with comments at mmkraman@bsu.edu.

Burris Class of ‘67 graduates show Muncie they still ‘Give a Hoot’ The Owls have raised almost $12,000 for the Muncie Soup Kitchen.

Alona Krantz Reporter While planning their 50th class reunion, the planning committee for the Burris Class of ‘67 decided they wanted to offer more than just a party. They wanted to give each other the opportunity to give back to the community.

When the group discovered that their classmate, Loretta Parsons, was the director of the Soup Kitchen of Muncie, they decided donating money to the kitchen would be a great way to give back to the town where they grew up.

The group contacted Parsons, who then created a list of “needs and wants,” which outlined upgrades the soup kitchen would benefit from.

The soup kitchen provides a hot meal and a sack lunch for every guest, which on average is 139 people per day, Parsons said.

In order to save electricity and increase the kitchen’s efficiency,

Parsons included items like refrigerators, freezers and a double convection oven on the list.

Andy Young, president of the class, created the slogan “Give a Hoot About Your Roots!” and fellow classmate David Shank went to work promoting the fundraiser.

Although he lives in Indianapolis now, Shank said he remembers Muncie as his hometown and was glad to help make a difference in the community, even if it was in a small way.

Emails and letters were then sent to other class members, asking for donations of money, time and food. Then the group began collecting donations.

During the reunion, which was held on Sept. 22, 23 and 24, 2018, 13 members of the class volunteered at the soup kitchen. Money continued to be donated even after the reunion.

Parsons said the Owls have raised almost $12,000 for the soup kitchen.

To cover what the donations do not, however, Parsons and Jeff Quinn, another member of the class, applied for a grant for the soup kitchen from the Muncie Community Foundation.

“If we can provide a hot meal for someone now, it may enable them to have a better life in the future,” Shank said.

In light of their success, the Class of ‘67 plans on sharing their

methods with other classes when they plan their reunions. They are also continuing to contact classmates asking for more donations, and the soup kitchen is holding a fundraising event in March.

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

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1 Friday

6 P.M.

UNIVERSITY SINGERS DAY FUNDRAISER CABARET This May, the University Singers will be traveling to England. The group will be using this fundraising event to not only entertain guests, but also to collect donations towards the trip. The Cabaret will be held at Vera Mae’s Bistro with a dinner at 6 p.m. and a show at 7 p.m.

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Friday

9 P.M. PUSHING DAISY’S/FATE OF ETERNITY

Be Here Now and Crafter Brew Bar will be hosting local act Fate of Eternity and Indianapolis jammers Pushing Daisy’s. Fate of Eternity will start at 9 p.m. and Pushing Daisy’s will start at 10 p.m. Cover charge is $5 for those 21 and over and $10 for anyone under 21.

Saturday

1 P.M.

MUNCIE STRIKES! 2018 ANNUAL DCHS BEER TASTING The fourth annual DCHS Beer Tasting will feature a historical presentation called “Muncie Strikes: A Story of Labor in Muncie.” Tickets are $30 per person and are available online, at the Fickle Peach and at the Delaware County Historical Society.

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Saturday

2 P.M.

NATIONAL SEED SWAP DAY

Gardeners new and old are invited to bring any vegetable, flower or herb seed packets they have saved and share or swap them with fellow gardeners. Beginners are welcome to participate without seeds. The swap will take place at Maring-Hunt Library at 2 p.m.

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More than 90 photos were entered in the “Rare INdiana Finds” Instagram Photo contest and fifteen of those are on display at Kennedy Library throughout January. Photos include pictures of frogs, longhorns, dewdrops and flowers. The exhibit is open during normal library hours and will run until the end of the month.

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The Cup will be hosting a free poetry reading event from 6-7:30 p.m. Anyone is welcome to read their poetry. Lucian Cruor will be the host for the evening and his only request is that audience members purchase something from The Cup.

It’s Hip-Hop night for BSU Jam at Be Here Now featuring Mula Kkhan, Gary Carme, Dośe, The PaigeGod, Peteyboy, Luke Hazel, D-Truth, and KEEF. There is a $5 cover charge for those 21 and older and $7 for under 21. The event starts at 9 p.m.

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