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Alliance presidential candidate Aric Fulton hugs treasurer James Schwier Feb. 18, 2020. The runoff election will be between Alliance and Bold. OMARI SMITH, DN

Bold presidential candidate Connor Sanburn reacts after hearing the results of the SGA elections Feb. 18, 2020. This election is the second time Sanburn has been part of a slate that made a runoff. JACOB

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Life

RUNOFF, AGAIN

SGA elections head to runoff after third-lowest first-round voter turnout in a decade.

John Lynch, Reporter | Charles Melton, Assistant News Editor | Rohith Rao, News Editor

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For the second year in a row, with no slate gaining 51 percent or more of student votes, two slates — Bold and Alliance — are headed for a runoff election to determine the winning Student Government Association (SGA) executive slate for the 2020-21 academic school year.

Despite three slates running this year, the approximately 9 percent voter turnout, calculated using total student enrollment from fall 2019, was one of the

Results and voter turnout Securing the two highest number of votes, Bold and Alliance will head into the runoff election.

Bold: 44.16% | 866 votes Alliance: 28.20% | 553 votes Aureum: 25.29% | 496 votes No confidence: 2.23% | 46 votes Total votes: 1,961 Source: Megan Markarian, SGA elections board press secretary; EMILY WRIGHT, DN

lowest in a decade for the first round of the SGA election.

There were two elections with a lower voter turnout — when two slates ran in 2011 and when one ran in 2018.

Low voter turnout: Thomas May, SGA’s election commissioner, said one factor that might have caused the low voter turnout was the need for two-factor authentication to cast a vote.

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Feb. 11: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary, edging out moderate rival Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. The New Hampshire results gave Sanders the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s 2020 primary.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar scored an unexpected third-place finish at the primaries.

Women’s basketball wins 4th straight

Feb. 15: Ball State closed MidAmerican Conference East Division play the right way Saturday. The Cardinals swept Buffalo in the season series after winning 69-58 to extend their winning streak to four games. The matchup was the last Ball State will play against the MAC East Division in the 201920 regular season, as it went 6-2 against the East Division.

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Men’s volleyball win streak snapped

Feb. 15: Dropping its first match at home this season, Ball State’s five-match win streak came to an end against No. 6 Lewis in a 3-1 loss. Heading into Saturday, a balanced offense served as a major focal point in the Cardinals’ prior five matches. However, Lewis outhit Ball State .449-.197 on the night.

The Cardinals will be back in action Feb. 21 at Purdue Fort Wayne.

Mearns sends updates on inclusion plans

Feb. 18: In a campus-wide email, President Geoffrey Mearns shared updates on steps he has been taking since the Jan. 23 classroom incident between Sultan “Mufasa” Benson and his marketing professor, Shaheen Borna. Mearns said he would continue consulting with campus partners to listen to people committed to “mutual respect and inclusive excellence.”

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National

Senate limits Trump’s military powers

The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Feb. 13 limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran. The measure, authored by Sen. Tim Kaine, (D-Va.) says Trump must gain Congress’ approval before engaging in further military action against Iran.

Eight Republicans joined Democrats to pass the resolution 55-45.

Campus

Ball State discusses minority issues

(From left to right) Actors Ted Raimi, as Mr. Reggie, and Alex Dunning, as Briggs Sheridan, interact during a scene from the movie “Popsy.” Raimi and Dunning both won outstanding acting awards at the Zed Fest Film Festival in Los Angeles. PALE MOONLIGHT CINEMA, PHOTO COURTESY

Pale Moonlight Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation wins awards.

Hannah Gunnell Reporter Editor’s Note: Jake Helmen, The Daily News video editor, was involved in the filming of “Popsy.”

Pale Moonlight Cinema’s (PMC) crew of about 50 Ball State students and alumni gathered at the Horrorhound Weekend Film Festival September 2019 in Indianapolis to view the debut of their fifth short film, “Popsy.”

For many, it was the first time they’d

seen their adaptation of the Stephen King short story from start to finish.

Since then, the film has been featured at six other festivals and is halfway through its scheduled screening tours.

So far, “Popsy” has won five awards — four of which its crew received at the Zed Fest Film Festival in Los Angeles for outstanding producing and directing and two for acting. It also won the Best Twist award at the Independent Horror Movie Awards.

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We involved many of the Ball State students so they could have their name on something that was a great project and a great learning tool.”

- ABIGAIL URBIK, First assistant director and Ball State alumna

The University Program Board held an event Feb. 5 evening with a panel of black students, faculty and staff from Ball State to discuss issues faced by people of color on campus. The event, titled “Surviving a Predominately White World,” was held in partnership with the Multicultural Center, Alpha Phi Omega, Impact and the African Student Association.

SGA

New floor debate resolution introduced Senator Jake Biller introduced an amendment during Student Government Association’s Wednesday meeting that would make it easier for gallery observers to participate in floor debates. The proposed “Senate Meeting Inclusion and Transparency” amendment would open floor debates to gallery observers without having to be yielded time by a senator.

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Continued from Page 01 May said there was at least one instance of a student being unable to cast a vote at the on-site polling location because they didn’t have their phone available at the time.

Regardless, students could have voted via the link sent to their Ball State email.

Another reason, he said, might be poor attendance during SGA debates — with not more than 50 people in attendance at each of the three debates.

While turnout in recent years has been low, Jim Hague, director of student life and SGA adviser, in an interview prior to the voting, said it was on par with other institutions of similar size to Ball State.

Hague said the low voter turnout is because students are busy and have several competing responsibilities.

“Folks are aware of different opportunities available to them on campus, but if they’re not personally connected to [SGA], I think that there’s a thought like, ‘Why am I going to vote in something that I don’t know,

something that I’m not actively involved in presently, even though I might know about it in the periphery?’” Hague said.

May said he’s going to be working with SGA senators soon to amend the elections code and bring institutional changes in to help improve voter turnout.

“Any opportunity that we see to get more voter turnout would absolutely be seen as beneficial and something we want to pursue,” he said.

In order to increase voter turnout for the runoff election, May said, SGA will try to improve engagement with students and spread more information about the upcoming all-slate debate and voting through social media and distributing flyers on campus.

He said two emails will be sent out to students on the two voting days reminding them to vote.

Runoff elections: In 2019, the runoff elections that followed had a lower voter turnout than the first round of voting.

Matt Hinkleman, SGA senator and sheriff of the elections board, said in an email there was

RUNOFF SCHEDULE Feb. 20: All-Slate Debate The second All-Slate Debate and fourth debate of this SGA election will be held at 7 p.m. in the Art and Journalism Building room 175.

Feb. 24-25: Voting for runoff election

Voting for the runoff election will be available online starting at 8 a.m. Monday and ending at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Thomas May, SGA elections commissioner

Chiara Biddle explains the slates Feb. 18, 2020, in Bracken Library. Voting took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 17-18. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

interest all around in eliminating runoff elections.

Along with Senator Lauren Kamykowski, Hinkleman said he plans on introducing legislation after this SGA election to replace runoff elections with ranked choice voting where students can rank their slates by preference.

“I think the legislation is important because it would significantly simplify the executive slate elections every February,” he said. “A runoff

essentially doubles the time SGA spends on its executive elections, which means more stress on the elections board and a lot more stress on the candidates.”

Hinkleman said both the introduction and voting on the legislation should be expected by the end of the spring SGA session.

Reflections on the first round: While Bold was “pushing to win” in the first round,

Historic voter turnout

Percentage of students who voted in the 2020 first round of SGA elections

The first round of the 2020 SGA election had the third-lowest first-round voter turnout in a decade. The following are the voter turnouts for SGA elections in the past 10 years.

Based on fall 2019 total student enrollment

8.7% of Ball State students voted

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5,000 voters

Connor Sanburn, the slate’s presidential candidate, said the runoff will give the slate “another week to fight.”

“We all want to win without having to go into a runoff election,” Sanburn said. “We have done a good enough effort, a very valiant effort, to get out the vote.”

If an election system that wouldn’t require a majority vote was used, he said, Bold, which secured the most votes of the three slates, would have been “the clear winner.”

Highest voter turnout

91.3% did not vote

4,000 3,532

3,392

2,871

3,000

2,636

2,438

2,199 2,000

1,961

1,932 Second-lowest voter turnout

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First round

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2012

One slate ran; lowest voter turnout 2013

2014

2015

Source: The Daily News archives, Ball State 2019 enrollment synopsis, Megan Markarian; EMILY WRIGHT, DN

2016

2017

1,624 Runoff

1,172 2018

2019

2020

Sanburn said he would advocate for a different voting system for future elections. He said a runoff election is “tolling” on students and slate members, and it is difficult to carry the “momentum” from one week to another.

However, he said he’s glad the runoff election will be held before spring break, unlike last year when he was the campaign manager for the Empower slate — allowing him to enjoy the week-long vacation.

The Alliance slate narrowly edged out Aureum by fewer than 60 votes to secure second place in the first round of voting.

“We first need to celebrate because, you know, little accomplishments definitely mean something,” said Aric Fulton, the slate’s presidential candidate.

Following the initial excitement of the announcement, Alliance slate members began planning to secure more votes in the runoff, suggesting ideas like reaching out to more residence halls, trying to pick up Aureum’s voters and bringing in more new voters to close the gap.

“I would definitely say participate in student democracy,” Fulton said. “Try to hear out both slates that are currently running, and pick whichever slate you think would best finish [the race].”

Following Aureum’s elimination from the race, Miryam Bevelle, the slate’s presidential candidate, said she was “definitely disappointed” with the result.

“We put a lot of our heart and soul and a lot of our experience into this campaign,” Bevelle said.

Going into future elections, she said she was hopeful to get more students involved because fewer than 2,000 students voting “is kind of shameful.”

While Aureum will not unanimously endorse any slate for the runoff elections, Bevelle said, her slate members could individually endorse anyone of their choosing. Speaking for herself, she said she wouldn’t endorse any slate.

Contact John Lynch with comments at jplynch@bsu.edu or on Twitter @WritesLynch.

Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu. edu or on Twitter @Cmelton144.

Contact Rohith Rao with comments at rprao@bsu.edu or on Twitter @RaoReports.

FIXING THE

FACADE

Hannah Gunnell Reporter

Ball State College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) students are working with the City of Knox on a plan to revitalize the city’s downtown area.

In January, students ventured to Knox, Indiana, a town of about 3,700 people, on a field assessment.

During their visit, they collected information about Knox’s downtown area to design a facade program for that part of the town.

Facade programs encourage business owners to improve the outer appearance of their buildings.

Knox Mayor Dennis Estok said the facade project will affect eight to 10 buildings located on

Main Street. He said improving the outer appearance of the buildings will encourage new businesses to relocate to Knox.

“We want a more thriving downtown,” he said. “Not only will people not come if the buildings are run down, but you also won’t encourage any new businesses to try their business downtown.”

Because the buildings on Main Street were built in the late 1800s or early 1900s, they need to be refurbished, Estok said.

The project is estimated to cost the City of Knox $6070,000 when completed, Estok said, with business owners expected to put some money into the program.

“The majority of the downtown area is excited for it,” he said. “We’ll get it done.”

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Ball State CAP students plan to revitalize downtown Knox.

Estok reached out to Ball State after attending an Association of Indiana Municipalities (AIM) meeting, where another member recommended him to the university’s CAP program.

Michael Burayidi, director of the project, and 10 students stepped up to the task. Burayidi teaches a class every semester that pertains to comprehensive planning, and he said this project fits that description.

The goals of the comprehensive class are to identify the issues Knox faces, appropriately design ways to improve downtown conditions and present the data in a way that is easily understandable to the city’s residents, Burayidi said.

Jacob Ihrie, a graduate student in urban and regional planning, said class members held a public

forum in Knox during their visit to get input from the community.

“We are analyzing the strengths and challenges that the community is facing and using the input we got at the public forum and integrating that into where we are going to go with the plan in the future,” Ihrie said.

He said they just started coming up with a plan for the town.

“In the case of Knox, for the Main Street strip and downtown, it just involves the basic renovations of the facelift and the beautification of the facade, but sometimes it can go into making the design cohesive so all of the buildings have a natural flow to them,” Ihrie said.

In addition to the facade project, the students used the residents’ input to draft a revitalization action plan that

will help make the downtown area “more economically viable” for the future, he said.

Burayidi said despite the plan’s goals of bringing

“We want a more thriving downtown.

Not only will people not come if the buildings are run down, but you also won’t encourage any new businesses to try their business downtown. ” - DENNIS ESTOK, Knox mayor more people to live in Knox, increasing business for retail stores, improving parking and better publicizing downtown events on social media, there is no guarantee of success.

“If we simply improve the facades, that might not be

A mural is displayed diagonal from the Starke Circuit Court symbol painted on Main Street in Knox, Indiana. The top portion was added in 2019. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

enough to bring the downtown back to life,” he said.

The students will return to Knox to present the plan and obtain feedback from the city March 24.

Estok said his community welcomed the students’ help, and support has been strong for the program.

The design portion of the project should be completed by the end of the spring semester, after which the city of Knox will contract a construction company to carry out the designs, Burayidi said. The project is expected to be complete by April 2021. “[The plan] is important for the City of Knox because the downtown is the heart of the city, so if the downtown is not doing well, then the city is not going to do well,” he said.

“So, the goal is to help the city to redevelop the historic part of the settlement so that it will have a ripple effect on the rest of the neighborhoods and the city.”

Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments at hrgunnell@bsu.edu or on Twitter @hagunnellNEWS.

O’s Tap is a bar located on Main Street in Knox, Indiana. A facade program would redesign buildings like this to encourage more business. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

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Continued from Page 03 “Popsy” tells the tale of a desperate gambler who picks up “the worst child possible” to sell into child trafficking in order to pay off his debt, said Jac Kessler, the Ball State alumnus who directed the film.

PMC obtained the rights to film this horror story through King’s Dollar Babies program, which allows film students to make short film adaptations of some of King’s stories for as little as $1.

In addition to the recognition, Kessler said there were a few obstacles that made the film one of the more memorable ones for PMC, particularly the “brutal” weather, which delayed filming for about four months.

“You can blame Stephen King, it’s his fault — he had a lot of outdoor stuff,” Kessler said jokingly. “In trying to stay true to the adaptation, yeah, it’s his fault.”

First Assistant Director Abigail Urbik said “Popsy” is “the biggest and the grandest” film PMC has ever produced since the company made its first film in 2015. Half of the crew was comprised of Ball State alumni and the other half Ball State students.

“We involved many of the Ball State students, so they could have their name on something that was a great project and a great learning tool,” Urbik said.

“We like to help the younger students kind of get their swing into some other roles that maybe they’ve never tried before.”

The number of students working on the film, she said, posed a challenge for her because she had to schedule filming sessions around everyone’s schedules.

“It was definitely a challenge, but it is my favorite thing to do, so it wasn’t so much a job for me as it was something fun,” Urbik said.

Graduate student Jordan Flora, who operated the boom microphone, was one of the Ball State students who worked on the film. It was her first time working on a film with PMC. “It was a wild ride, I think, from start to finish,” Flora said. “I’d only ever done things that were student projects, and I’d helped

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS “Popsy” was nominated for at least eight awards and won five awards at national and international film festivals.

Buried Alive Film Festival, Atlanta Official Selection

Halloweenapalooza, Ottumwa, Iowa Official Selection

Horrorhound Weekend Film Festival, Indianapolis Official Selection

Independent Horror Movie Awards Best Original Concept (NOMINATED) Best Short (NOMINATED) Best Special Effects (NOMINATED) Best Writing (NOMINATED) Best Twist (WINNER)

Optical Theater Fest, Rome

Official Selection Horror Icon: Ted Raimi (NOMINATED)

Terror in the Bay Film Festival, Thunder Bay, Ontario Official Selection Best Actor (NOMINATED) Best Featurette (NOMINATED) Best Supporting Actor (NOMINATED)

Zed Fest Film Festival, Los Angeles

Official Selection Outstanding Producing (WINNER) Outstanding Directing (WINNER) Outstanding Acting - Alex Dunning (WINNER) Outstanding Acting - Ted Raimi (WINNER)

with some independent studies for students, but this really felt like a full-blown, huge production just because the crew was so large, we had so much gear and it just felt incredibly professional.”

We had late nights together, long hours and it’s kind of impossible not to make friends in that environment.”

- JORDAN FLORA, Boom microphone operator Flora added the student films she worked on were also professional, but this production “had a different vibe.”

“I was very shy at first, but that quickly changed because it very much felt like a family by the

end,” she said. “We had late nights together, long hours and it’s kind of impossible not to make friends in that environment.”

The purpose of making a film like “Popsy,” Kessler said, was to help convince investors to help fund PMC’s potential feature film projects. He said funding is always an issue when it comes to making films.

“Popsy” cost PMC between $25,000 and $30,000 to make.

Kessler said about $17,000 came from PMC’s Indiegogo page, and the rest came from the crew’s personal funding.

“I think the film says, ‘Look how talented everyone is,’ and that was our purpose in making it — to then say, ‘If you give us additional funds, we can do even more,’” he said.

Kyle Benham, the film’s producer, spearheaded most of the crowdfunding efforts, which he said were successful due to the “finesse and personal touch” the team put into it.

The movie poster for the film “Popsy,” directed by Ball State alumnus Jac Kessler. PALE MOONLIGHT CINEMA, PHOTO COURTESY “So many crowdfunding videos are just people sitting in front of their laptops, and we took the time to shoot basically like a short film every time we put up a new video,” Benham said. “I think that really went a long way in showing the people how much time and effort we were willing to put into this project.”

“Popsy” will air at the Nevermore Film Festival Feb.

28 through March 1 at the Carolina Theater in Durham, North Carolina. Kessler said he entered the film in about 50 other festivals that will take place throughout 2020 but hasn’t received confirmation from any of them.

While most of their other films are posted on their YouTube channel, Kessler said, the crew will not be able to release “Popsy” because of the contract

with King. Kessler also said there is a small possibility, if King views and likes the film, Kessler can negotiate a limited release. PMC is preparing to send the film to King now.

“We hope he likes it,” he said.

“We think we stayed pretty true to his original story.”

Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments at hrgunnell@bsu.edu or on Twitter @hagunnellNEWS.

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Team breaks school record in victory

LEADING THROUGH L

EXAMPLE EXAM Brachen Hazen is the spirit every team needs.

After Sunday’s meet, the Cardinals won their second meet over Eastern Michigan to sweep the season series with the Eagles. The 195.750195.425 win for Ball State broke the school record for total score, topping the previous record of 195.650, which was set at the Mid-American Conference Championship in 2016.

Women’s Tennis

Ball State extends win streak to 5 matches

Ian Hansen Reporter “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

The quote from former NFL coach Vince Lombardi fits perfectly for redshirt junior forward Brachen Hazen and Ball State Men’s Basketball. Earlier in the season on the team bus, Hazen made a sacrifice beyond his own personal goals and aspirations for the betterment of the team.

“We were on our way to UIC, and I was talking to [Hazen] on the bus,” head coach James Whitford said. “He told me, ‘I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what this team needs from me, and that is to be a great leader, rebounder and do all of the hustle stuff.’”

Whitford said he was pleased to have a guy like Hazen on the team and believes he is a role model of what he wants in not just a player, but a person.

“He is a model, a great teammate and great person,” Whitford said. “He is both a leader by example and vocally. For him, under his own volition, to be thinking outside of himself speaks volumes of who he is and how he thinks.”

When Hazen was asked how he views himself as a role model, he paused, looked up and gave credit to somebody who has contributed to Ball State outside of putting the ball through the net.

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Redshirt junior forward Brachen Hazen celebrates with the basketball pep band Feb. 11, 2020, at John E. Worthen Arena. Hazen had seven points against the Huskies. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Ball State Women’s Tennis took to the court Sunday looking to extend a four-match win streak against Oakland. Carrying their momentum forward, the Cardinals snapped the Golden Grizzlies’ three-match win streak in a 7-0 win. Ball State plays Indiana next in Bloomington.

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Cardinals go 3-2 in Florida weekend trip Normally, a trip to Florida this time of year is meant for relaxation, but not for members of Ball State. The Cardinals played five games over the weekend in the Jacksonville/North Florida Challenge and earned three wins — one each over Jacksonville, North Florida and Alabama A&M.

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“I’d say Trey Moses is that guy,” Hazen said. “He was here four years and created a legacy on and off of the court. He is so good to the community, and I don’t think I am to that point yet, but that is for sure something I strive for. Having a guy like Trey to look up to and have that standard is something I want to do.”

Moses, who now plays professionally overseas in Bulgaria, left a trail of inspiration for players like Hazen when it comes to positivity and bringing a team closer together.

Actions speaking louder than words is something Moses praised Hazen for in their time together.

Moses said he is fond of Hazen as a person and a friend.

“Guys can say whatever they want, but it is really about actions,” Moses said. “A lot of people will say they want something and say they want to be a certain way but act [differently]. I always tried to be a vocal leader, but I tried to lead with action as well, and so does he.”

Last season, there was a moment that stood out to Hazen after missing 15 games due to injury. It was a game the team lost, but it served as a miniature victory in a lot of ways. The reason was because of Hazen’s positivity and actions to help the team mentally.

“Last year, when we were

Redshirt junior forward Brachen Hazen and redshirt freshman guard Jarron Coleman celebrate during the Cardinals’ game against Howard Nov. 23, 2019, at John E. Worthen Arena. Ball State won the game 100-69. PAIGE GRIDER, DN FILE playing in Miami, they went on a run, and it was one of my first games back from injury, so I made it a point to be in constant communication,” Hazen said.

“I wanted to make sure I was speaking, encouraging the guys that basketball is a game of runs and that we are a talented team and can fight back. We ended up losing, but it was one of those games where everyone was connected.”

So, what happens when the guy who is motivating everyone else gets down? The answer lies

in redshirt sophomore center Blake Huggins. “[Huggins] hasn’t seen a lot of action this year, but he is someone who always challenges me,” Hazen said.

“He knows me pretty well enough to know when my attitude is shifting toward the negative side. He definitely talks to me and gives me words of encouragement.”

Huggins is somebody who looks up to Hazen based on his attitude toward life and the team. He said he tries to

emulate that attitude when he needs it most, and he takes inspiration from the constant communication and positivity.

“He is the liveliest person we have on the team,” Huggins said. “He is always talking, and he is always energetic. I always laugh at everything he says, and he always brings positive energy to me, so whenever I notice he is off, it is easy for me to get the energy back out from him.”

Hazen doesn’t have the statistics or flashy plays to jump out to someone casually

watching a basketball game.

For him, it’s not about the numbers. Rather, it’s about keeping the glue intact and doing the little things.

“Brachen is one of the best people I have been around,” Moses said. “He is so genuine and honestly one of the funniest guys I have ever met as well.

He has a great personality, and I don’t think there is anybody in the country that would not want to be Brachen Hazen’s teammate.”

Being the comedic relief for the team and a guy people can go to during the grind and hardships of a basketball season may seem so insignificant to winning games. For the Cardinals, it goes a long way in keeping the team engaged.

Hazen loves to joke. He even loves to make fun of his teammates, but he also knows when to cut it out and pick up a player if they make a mistake and help them move on to the next play. In the end, he said the whole point is to have fun.

“I also want us to have fun because if you aren’t having fun, you won’t play to the best of your ability,” Hazen said.

“Whether it is joking around, making fun of somebody when they mess up, but making sure during games people aren’t taking a turnover too seriously, and when they mess up, they can turn it around and stay positive.”

Contact Ian Hansen with comments at imhansen@bsu. edu or on Twitter @ianh_2.

Not an ideal start Ball State came into the new year ranked 39th on Collegiate Baseball’s 2020 Preseason NCAA Division I Baseball Poll. After three losses this past weekend, having been outscored 29-4 by Georgia Southern in their first game in nine months, the Cardinals may not rank quite as high when the next poll comes out.

Was it a weekend to forget?

Yes. Was it also a weekend to remember? Yes. “It certainly wasn’t the weekend we had expected or hoped for, but at the same token, it’s part of the journey,” head coach Rich Maloney said. “We got work to do, but I believe in this team, and I think they’re going to do some great things.

It’s one of those series we’ll learn from, and we’ll try to do a better job next weekend.”

Maloney said there were two main contributing factors to each loss: lack of hitting and one inning that got away from the team.

Through the entire series, the Cardinals could muster just 16 hits, only four of which were for extra bases.

Senior right fielder Ross Messina had three of those 16 hits, and he said it won’t take long for the offense to break out of its slump.

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“Finding Neverland” is a musical retelling the story of the Academy Award-winning film, following playwright J.M. Barrie’s creative process as he develops his fictional world. The main character, Sylvia Davies, is a widowed mother of four sons. Davis is speculated to be the inspiration behind Wendy Darling in J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan.”11

After nearly six months of rehearsals, six Ball State trumpet players will head to a national competition in March.

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Izzy Burks Reporter Growing up, Hannah Weibert, a first-year trumpet performance graduate student, said her father constantly told her stories about his experience as a trumpet player.

“He was a real hot shot trumpet player in the ’70s in his college band,” Weibert said. “He would always play me old recordings — he’s got them on vinyl — and he would tell me things like, ‘This is my big solo — here it is!’ He told me all these stories that I loved.”

Now, Weibert plays her dad’s trumpet as a member of a trumpet ensemble in Ball State’s School of Music. She and five other Ball State music students — Grant Mason, Kieran McNamara, Eric Rodriguez, Alex Shilling and Jenna Tribbett — will head to the National Trumpet Competition Quarter Finals in Pennsylvania in March.

Shilling, freshman music education and performance major, never thought he’d be playing the trumpet in an ensemble. In fifth grade, he wanted to play the saxophone.

“We had sort of an instrument petting zoo [at school], and I went up to the trumpet and made a sound,” Shilling said. “I remember I couldn’t really play the saxophone, so I went with the trumpet, and now, it’s ended up being everything I want to do. “[Playing in the ensemble] is a really cool experience — I’ve never done anything like this. The six of us are all really close. We have a good time, and we get a lot done.”

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The six students, who are part of the School of Music’s trumpet studio, were individually selected to be members of the ensemble due to their skill level. The ensemble has been practicing three times a week since August to prepare for the competition.

“At the very beginning [of the rehearsal process], it was a little tough for us to rehearse because we’re kind of all coming from different backgrounds,” Weibert said. “There’s another

guy who’s my same age, and so we’ve got the most experience, but we don’t want to take charge and take over the whole thing, so it was tough to figure out how to work together at first.”

Mason, sophomore music media production major, said he has been a member of the selective ensemble since his freshman year. “[Eric Rodriguez] picked us for [the ensemble],” Mason said. “I guess you could say it’s kind of the higher level players. He knows how we all play, so he just put together the ones that he wanted.”

To qualify for the competition, the ensemble had to learn a piece and submit a video for

(Left to right) Kieran McNamara, Hannah Weibert, Grant Mason, Eric Rodriguez, Alec Shilling and Jenna Tribbett hold their trumpets in unison Feb. 17, 2020. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

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Feb. 15, 2020, and lasting until 2 a.m. the next day, students, volunteers and children from Riley Children’s Hospital danced and played games at the Jo Ann Gora Recreation and Wellness Center.

Both Dadrian Landreth and his brother Dominick are regular Riley patients who shared their stories at Ball State’s Dance Marathon. Thirty-one other Riley families also participated in the marathon.

judging. Weibert said the application process was competitive.

“It is a national event,” Weibert said.“They took something like 40 ensembles out of maybe 200 [to] 250 that applied.”

Going into the competition, Shilling said, he and the ensemble members feel both excited and nervous.

“Performance anxiety is something I think almost everyone goes through,” Shilling said.

“For me, I’ve always had performance anxiety as long as I can remember … As an ensemble, we’ve put ourselves in as many [performance] situations as we can to get us ready.”

The ensemble will be judged based on its accuracy and how it expresses the feeling of the piece during the performance.

“One of the big things is volume when we play, but we do move, and in chamber music without a conductor, that’s really important,” Weibert said.

“It’s seeing and feeling the breath. You can take a breath and know it’s an intense thing or if it’s a softer thing. It’s a timing thing, but it’s also style.”

For the competition, the ensemble will play “Dürrenhorn Passage,” which they have made adjustments to in hopes of standing out, Weibert said.

“We changed what’s on the paper to fit what our group plays a little better and what brings out what we think the composer was going for,” Weibert said. “Little volume things, direction things — we tried to adjust it to tell more of a story. We’re hoping that comes across and sets us apart.”

Contact Izzy Burks with comments at irburks@bsu.edu.

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‘Finding Neverland’ The Broadway musical tackles grief on stage at Emens Auditorium.

Madeleine Mills-Craig Reporter Throughout the past seven months, actress Josephine Cooper said, acting as Sylvia Davies in the Broadway musical “Finding Neverland” has allowed her to grow not only as an actress, but also as a person.

“Being vulnerable in our everyday lives is challenging,” Cooper said. “For me, to be challenged to do that every single day as Sylvia helps me in my everyday life to be more in touch with my feelings and to be more in touch with the way I communicate, speak and hopefully live in a thoughtful way. I think Sylvia’s bravery and resilience just really reminds me to find it in myself, and really notice it and find it in other people.”

“Finding Neverland” is a musical retelling of the Academy Award-winning film

of the same name, following playwright J.M. Barrie’s creative process as he develops his fictional world.

Cooper’s character, Sylvia Davies — a widowed, single

I think that ‘Finding Neverland’ tackles grief in a really sensitive and beautiful way that a lot of people relate to because, of course, we all experience grief in our lives.”

-JOSEPHINE COOPER, Broadway actress

mother of four sons — is speculated to be the inspiration behind Wendy Darling in J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan.”

“Sylvia is this example of someone who wants to bring life and joy into the lives of her sons as they’re dealing with grief,” Cooper said. “That’s the sort of mentality she finds in J.M. Barrie as they start to get to know each other. He starts to spend time with her and her family and gets inspired to write ‘Peter Pan.’” “Finding Neverland” is part of Ball State’s artist series performances, which are shows that are selected for their Broadway significance and community interest, said Kristi Chambers, assistant director of marketing and communication.

“We try and put together a Broadway-based artist series that has a mix of student appeal and an older audience, retiree appeal,” Chambers said. “‘Finding Neverland’ was a good mix.”

Past performances of other musicals at Emens have been theatrical and didn’t use a lot

Actor Mark Bacon, who plays J.M. Barrie, and Josephine Cooper, who plays Sylvia Davies, perform during the finale of “Finding Neverland.” The company will continue its national tour until April 12, 2020. DENISE TRUPE, PHOTO PROVIDED of props, which made it hard for audiences “to wrap [their] minds around [the content] if [they] weren’t already immersed or understood theater,” Chambers said. “‘Finding Neverland’ [is] different in that most audiences can easily understand and follow along with the script,” she said.

“They [didn’t] have to have that theater background to enjoy it.”

Cooper said “Finding

Neverland” has a good dose of spectacle and an amazing ensemble of dancers and singers, along with the show’s beautiful projects, flying actors and big show-stopping ensemble numbers.

“The audience can expect a nice combination of big, exciting and magical spectacle and then also really soft, gentle and vulnerable themes,” Cooper said. “That’s what I really love about the show.

It does the big and magical really well, but it does the small and subtle really well too.”

For freshman psychology major Kyah Harris, her favorite parts of the musical included the Golden Doodle, Porthos and the show’s ending scene.

“I really liked the ending of the play because it was really dramatic and brought a lot of emotions out,” Harris said.

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Unrolling tensions Destressing becomes so much easier when doing yoga.

Molly Ellenberger is a sophomore journalism news major and writes “Indiana Scones” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

Have you Molly ever looked at Ellenberger the clock, see it Columnist, says 11:58 p.m.

Indiana Scones and realize you somehow forgot to turn in the essay that is due in one minute? Well, let me tell you, you’re not alone — we’ve all been there at some point. We all have had mornings when we are so exhausted we miss the cup and pour coffee all over the counter.

I’ve been there and done that, let me tell you.

When we’re in this rut of college that all of us know too well, we must get out of it somehow. The laziness and lack of motivation starts to hit me hard around midterms, and I begin missing my hometown more than usual.

Around this time, I know I have to change something, so the best way for me is to destress by using yoga.

When I first came to college, I was incredibly stressed to the point where I wanted to drop out and just go home where life was easier. That’s when my mom told me to find some

way to let all my stress go. I tried watching TV, drawing and simply just going to events around campus. This all helped, but I was not yet at ease.

That’s when I decided to

try yoga.

I don’t do yoga every day, but I do incorporate it into my weekly exercise routine.

When I feel stressed, I roll out my yoga mat and get

to destressing. I feel all my tension leave my body even after 10 minutes — it really has changed my life. Whether you live in a dorm, apartment or house, you can do yoga right at home.

If you need some freedom from the stress of college, here are some reasons yoga may help:

1. Yoga clears the mind and promotes happiness.

Yoga poses can help you feel more relaxed, according to Harvard Health. Whether you are doing the downward dog pose on all fours or the child’s pose laying down with your head tucked, you could feel happier trying yoga. When I first started doing yoga, I noticed how much time I had to think, and I wondered how anyone could have a clear mind doing this exercise. Some yoga poses are very simple, yet very relaxing. After a few sessions on my living room floor, I realized if I just focused on what my body was doing, my mind would clear, and all my worries went away.

2. Tension vanishes so you can relax.

Molly Ellenberger does the cobra yoga pose Feb. 11, 2020. The cobra pose benefits the chest by opening up the lungs. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN ILLUSTRATION

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Cow-Cat Pose

With your palms and knees on the ground in table pose, inhale and reach the tailbone up toward the ceiling, arching the spine and letting the belly drop down. Next, exhale and tuck the tailbone, round your spine and let the head drop down.

Institutes of Health, yoga is twice as likely to relieve back pain and tension than medicine. When I have a lot of assignments, work many hours or miss home, my shoulders tend to stiffen up, and I end up with a headache. When I start feeling stiff, I get on my computer and find an easy yoga routine. I never knew how much yoga helped me eliminate my worries wand aches.

3. Moving your body may relieve some worries.

After sitting all day in class, doing homework and watching TV, your body builds up stress you might not be aware of.

During these times, my fiancé and I do yoga in our living room, so we can get our bodies moving and destress for at least 10 minutes a day.

Yes, there are some days we don’t do anything, but for the most part, we do yoga

when feeling lazy. According to the Mayo Clinic, yoga can improve your mood and release endorphins. You can even do yoga in your pajamas if you want, and you won’t have to worry about getting them dirty.

I’m a very active person, so when I sit around all day, I can feel my stress building up.

When I feel that, I just unroll my yoga mat, and I feel so much better.

Yoga has really changed the way I manage stress in college.

It is a great way to start or end your day, and it is so much fun to do by myself or with my fiancé. With less worries and stress, I can focus on my classes and get better grades.

I feel happier when I do yoga, and I love that me. I think if you give yoga a try, either in your dorm, apartment or house with an online tutorial or in a class on campus, you will fall in love with it too.

Contact Molly with comments at mmellenberger@bsu.edu.

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“I really think we can be an offensive juggernaut. I really do,” Messina said. “You just got to relax and swing it like you can. In intrasquads and live [at-bats], we’re hitting the ball really well, and that’s because we’re relaxed and comfortable. You got to get comfortable in the game when it really matters.”

It’s all part of the process.”

- RICH MALONEY, Ball State Baseball head coach On Feb. 14, the game was scoreless until a wild pitch brought home a run for Georgia Southern in the fourth inning.

Following three more scoreless innings, the Eagles put up five runs in the eighth to take a 6-0 lead that wound up being the final score.

In the first game of the doubleheader Feb. 15, the Cardinals held a 4-1 lead after six innings. The Eagles again worked their late-game magic, scoring six runs in the seventh and going on to win 7-4.

So, through the first two games of the season, Ball State was leading, tied or trailing by just one run for 13 of 18 innings.

“It was that close. One inning each game cost us,” Maloney said. “That being said, there were opportunities to win, and we didn’t get the job done.”

Game two Feb. 15, however, was a different story.

The Cardinals went down in order in the top half of the first inning. About 40 minutes later, the Eagles finished the bottom half.

Georgia Southern sent 20 batters to the plate in the opening frame — the first nine without recording an out — and only five didn’t come around to score. Only one run was scored the rest of the way, and the Eagles took a 16-0 victory.

“When the other team has a big inning, it’s the offense’s job

to get us back in the game. It’s kind of hard to do that when you give up 15 runs. It kind of takes the wind out of you,” Messina said. “Nothing comes easy. No matter what the score is, you got to have every single person playing as hard as they can.”

Maloney said those games are a part of baseball, and the only way to move on is to keep plugging away.

“I always tell the guys that in a 56-game regular season, you’re going to have eight games where you handily beat a team, and you’ll have eight games where you’re beaten handily. The other 40 tell the truth about whether you’re a championship team or not,” Maloney said. “Unfortunately, this weekend, we had one of those eight games you don’t like to have, but they happen.

It’s all part of the process.”

The process continues Friday when Ball State travels to Texas for a three-game series with Houston Baptist.

Contact Zach Piatt with comments at zapiatt@bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.

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In addition to the child actors, Cooper said, she enjoys working with her co-lead, Mark Bacon, who plays J.M. Barrie and “carries the show” because he is only off stage for 10 minutes.

“He has this incredible stamina and just an incredibly genuine way about him and his character that I always can’t wait to get on stage, sitting there staring into his eyes, listening to him say something deep as J.M. Barrie,” Cooper said.

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experience grief in our lives,” Cooper said. “I think the show provides a catharsis for a lot of people who are dealing or who have dealt with grief.”

After watching the musical, freshman telecommunications major Atyra Seymour said she agreed with Cooper that the show did well handling grief.

“It still looks at [grief] as a saddening thing, but it embraces it as a part of life,” Seymour said.

Along with grief, Cooper said, the musical does a great job exploring the vulnerability of young boys.

“I think audiences, especially kids or young boys — seeing boys be allowed to have their feelings, and be sad, be hurt and also be excited and joyful,” Cooper said, “I think that’s really powerful as well.”

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