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BallStateDailyNews.com Players chosen for MAC weekly honors

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Sept. 5: Junior middle Lauren Gilliland and senior libero Maggie Huber were selected as MidAmerican Conference (MAC) cooffensive and defensive player of the week, respectively. Gilliland had 37 kills and a .440 hitting percentage at the Lipscomb Tournament, while Huber had 5.50 digs-per-set last week.

New U.K. Prime Minister announced

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Sept. 6: Liz Truss was named the U.K. prime minister, replacing Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader. She received 57 percent of the votes from the Conservative Party. Truss said that she plans on cutting taxes for economic growth, strengthen the National Health Service and “deal hands on” with the energy crisis.

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Indiana taxes student loan forgiveness

Sept. 6: The Indiana Department of Revenue confirmed on Tuesday residents are required to list their forgiven loans as taxable income, and the tax rate in Indiana is 3.23 percent. People who are eligible for the $10,000 loan forgiveness will pay up to $323 in taxes. County taxes will also be on top of this tax.

Goetz set to leave Ball State after four years

Sept. 7: Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns announced Sept. 7 that Director of Athletics Beth Goetz accepted a position at the University of Iowa as deputy director and chief operating officer, and Mearns will announce the interim director of Ball State Athletics Sept. 9.

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National

Reliance on air conditioning leads to blackouts In the midst of a historic heat wave, there is concern about blackouts in California due to the reliance on air conditioning in households to avoid the reported 100-115 degrees Fahrenheit. State officials said energy usage could be the highest the state has ever seen. Over Labor Day weekend, a reported four people died due to wildfires caused by said heat.

Ball State’s Annual Day of Action will be on Sept. 9.

Campus

Arrests made in Sept.

4 gun firing On Sept. 4, police were called to a Ball State parking garage around 11 p.m. after reports of hearing gunfire. The firing happened on the top floor of the Student Center parking garage, and three men were arrested. Police were able to find the men due to surveillance footage after the incident.

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Events planned for Family Weekend

Ball State professor Kate Elliot talks to her class about creating bookmarks for United Way: Day of Action Sept. 1. Elliot is on the board of this foundation and is looking to introduce it to her students by having them participate in making inspirational bookmarks. MEGHAN SAWITZKE, DN Hannah Amos Associate News Editor The Media and Society class, taught by Kate Elliott, Ball State University lecturer of journalism, opened with an activity she’s done for several years.

Elliott started her 9 a.m. class with a statistic that shows why Ball State’s partners with United Way (UW). In the five-county region, including

Delaware County, 50 percent of people do not have access to basic necessities.

She had her students make bookmarks meant for donation to Little Free Libraries. Elliott had her students make these bookmarks for Ball State’s Day of Action, which is a part of the United Way campaign.

Her supplies were stickers and markers, along with a strip of paper. Her students, despite the early

hour, showed interest.

“I thought [making bookmarks] was really fun because it gives us a break from all the learning we’ve done this past two weeks,” Danielle Arenas, first-year journalism and graphic design major, said. “Also ... because I’m not from here … it’s nice to do things that give back to [the] community that I’m nearly in.”

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Ball State University Family Weekend takes place Sept. 16-18. Numerous events are scheduled to be offered for students, staff and their families, as a part of Family Weekend.

Among others events, Dean’s List Receptions, Late Nite and a Children’s Fair are set to be held.

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Through their free-to-all ‘Impact X Class,’ those involved hope to bring about innovation from within Muncie.

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Kyle Smedley News Editor “I really thought Stuart [Williams] was full of crap,” Mike Martin said. “There’s no way this guy is really going to do that.”

When Martin first heard about an In Place Impact class at the College of Charleston School of Business in Charleston, South Carolina, he said he didn’t believe it would affect any area, let alone Muncie, Indiana. Creator of Impact Economics, Stuart Williams, asked Martin, “What’s it going to hurt to let me show you?” and after Martin took the “Impact X Class” in Charleston three separate times, he realized the effect the course could have on an entrepreneur, experienced or not.

Seven years later, Martin, along with Christina Mann and Kory Gipson, is set to teach a 12-week “Impact X Class” starting Sept. 13, a collaboration between Ball State University’s Entrepreneurship Center, the City of Muncie and the In Place Impact Muncie Initiative, hoping to help Muncie’s entrepreneurial and economic scene grow.

“We love the past and the industrial things that built Muncie, [but] it’s not going to be the future of Muncie,” Martin said. “If we can create a startup culture here and a tech culture, getting those things going can be just a huge change in the way that things have always been. Profit with a purpose.”

Martin said while a city like Charleston may not necessarily need a course like “Impact X” to help their community grow and thrive, Muncie does. Each hailing from Fairmont, Indiana, Gipson agreed, as he said all you have to do is look at the success this program has generated in areas like Charleston and even Argentina.

That said, Gipson stressed that anyone, Ball State

student or not, is encouraged to attend the “Impact X Class,” so they can not only put their ideas into motion, but they can also work together with other members of the community to help make Muncie a better, stronger place.

“This isn’t coming from a giant corporation.

This is coming from a couple of hillbillies from a small town,” Gipson said. “The invitation is literally open to everybody and that doesn’t necessarily mean just the class. This could have an impact on the entire city. This community does have a history of corruption and neglect for the

was able to make that connection. Martin and Mann met while Mann was an inspector with the Muncie Health Department, permitting and reviewing retail food establishments.

Mann said she saw many people involved at Ball State excited and willing to see this class in action, including Dean of the Miller School of Business Stephen Ferris.

“I truly believe it’s going to be sustaining,” Mann said. “The commitment from their part with the facility, allowing me to participate as a faculty member, by welcoming our guests at the university,

“This isn’t coming from a giant corporation. This is coming from a couple of hillbillies from a small town. The invitation is literally open to everybody and that doesn’t necessarily mean just the class. This could have an impact on the entire city,” - KORY GIPSON, Common Market co-owner and Community Listener poor and all of that, and there’s a lot of people that have a lot of naysaying, and the truth is nobody’s coming to save this. This is going to have to be done from within.”

Martin, with Gipson, is a co-owner of Common Market in Muncie. From 2006-13, he was the coowner of Doc’s Music Hall in downtown Muncie and is currently a musician in his band, Mike Martin and the Beautiful Mess, along with being part of a handful of other business ventures.

After taking the class in Charleston and shifting his mindset on the program entirely, Martin said he wanted to bring the class from Charleston to Muncie but needed a partner, and a university partner at that. As a Ball State employee, Mann

by providing parking and opportunities like that, this is a program that’s going to sell itself.”

Martin and Mann said a class like this has been talked about for Ball State and the Muncie community since the 1990s. Mann said during that time, people who didn’t live, attend or work at Ball State didn’t come to campus, as if there were an “invisible wall.”

Mann, Martin and Gipson each said they believe this class will help further the relationship between Ball State and the City of Muncie. Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour furthered their statement.

“Whether you are a government entity, or whether you are a business, or whether you are a supplier, whether you are an employee, whether you are a nonprofit, whether you’re just a neighbor,

we are all connected to each other,” Ridenour said.

“We certainly will have more success if we do things in our decision making [process] that help us do more to help all sides.”

Ridenour, like Martin, first heard of this opportunity through Williams and the class at the College of Charleston. Ridenour and those who worked to make this class possible saw the success those in Charleston had with their “Impact X Class” and wanted to bring that success to Muncie.

“What I have always found is it’s a lot easier to model success than to try and create something new on your own,” Ridenour said. “So if you find something that’s working in another community, as a mayor, it’s helpful to model what they are doing and [to] follow the mistakes and the learning experiences that they went through and eliminate those from our process.”

The biggest goal, from all accounts, is to “cultivate innovation” in Muncie’s community, on and off Ball State’s campus, Gipson said. To him, innovation is about survival.

He said in an increasingly digital world, business models have to adapt to thrive, and this class teaches students and entrepreneurs about business and entrepreneurship.

“One of the cool ideas behind this ... adapting at its core, is problem solving,” Gipson said. “That’s what this seems to generate people who really, genuinely want to solve problems. One of the cool things about it, even inherent in its name, In Place Impact, implies that the solution is in the place that you’re at. The solutions are here; they’re not going to come from outside.”

A large aspect of the class is that anyone can attend, and it is free to enter. Martin said this way they can “eliminate barriers for entry” and hopefully let citizens know they’re “invited to an institution of higher education where maybe they didn’t feel welcome.”

Ridenour said the goal for this class is for it to be inclusive and for it to “hit all segments of the community.” Martin said if these goals of helping “underserved” sections of the Muncie community and springing innovation from the city are met, it would be a unique feat.

“I think going forward if we see that relationship really grow into what’s possible, with the resources of the university and the city together actually collaborating with citizens who are bringing ideas forward, you are talking about something that’s never necessarily been done,” Martin said.

Martin said with both the City of Muncie and Ball State working together, this project feels like a “genuine effort” to connect the people of Muncie and bring them together in the spirit of innovation and growth.

Ridenour said while the course may not produce results immediately, he is confident results will come with time.

“You may not be able to see the difference in the first year, but [in] two years, three years, four years, five years, somebody is on a completely different trajectory for their life, their family, their neighborhood and their community,” Ridenour said. “That’s what we hope to happen, to make a small difference and be able to extend it over time.”

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Representatives from the Inclusive Excellence Program hire a new associate vice president.

Adanna Mbanu Reporter Effective Sept. 19, Rashida Willard advances as the associate vice president for Inclusive Excellence on Ball State University’s campus.

While Willard is excited to advance to this position, at first, she said she had to complete a tedious application process with multiple steps along the way.

“I applied to the position, received a first interview with the search committee, [and] then was invited out to campus for the day-long campus forums,” Willard said. “This process included seven different stops from PACIE [President’s Advisory Council for Inclusive Excellence], to the Cabinet, to the President, the Chief Strategy Officer and the Office of Inclusive Excellence to name a few. It was a long day, but I got to know the values of the university and the wonderful people within it.”

president much longer, she said she feels Willard will be a great addition to the program.

“We have been working with other units to implement the Inclusive Excellence and strategic plans,” Messineo said. “We have a very small team, so having her energy and experience will be extremely helpful to help move the work forward.

I think she will design programs that leverage the strengths of the unit and help units reach their Inclusive Excellence goals.”

Members of the Inclusive Excellence programs have been informed of certain plans Willard intends to execute when she comes into the position.

“I know her first task will be to engage in a listening tour of campus,” Alexander said. “She will meet with various stakeholders across the university to better understand how the Office of Inclusive Excellence can continue to advance the incredible work already underway.”

Even with new ideas in mind, Willard still

initiatives to support the recruitment and retention of employees and students. I know the Ball State community will join me in welcoming Dr. Willard.”

As well as the staff members of the Inclusive Excellence Office, Willard said she is over the moon to be joining the small but sturdy team.

She said it will be an adjustment, since she is moving from the Pacific Northwest and is an empty nester, and she is hoping to “build a community here in Muncie.”

“All of the colleagues and people I have met at Ball State have been so great,” Willard said. “I went home after the campus forum really feeling as if I could make a home here. I look forward to getting to know students, staff and faculty and collaborating on initiatives that further inclusive excellence at BSU.” Contact The Daily News with comments at editor@bsudailynews.com or on Twitter @ bsudailynews.

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All of the colleagues and people I have met at Ball State have been so great. I went home after the campus forum really feeling as if I could make a home here. I look forward to getting to know students, staff and faculty and collaborating on initiatives that further inclusive excellence at BSU.” - RASHIDA WILLARD, Associate vice president of the Office of Inclusive Excellence

1.45% - Unknown 0.60% - International 0.097% - Pacific Islander 1.72% - Asian

3.78% - Multi-Ethnic 6.56% - Hispanic

9.56% - Black Chief Strategy Officer at Ball State Charlene Alexander, along with a committee, announced Willard’s hiring. The committee put in a great deal of effort to make sure everything ran smoothly for Willard.

“Ball State University engaged Spelman Johnson to support this search,” Alexander said.

“We had two consultants from Spelman Johnson, who worked closely with the search committee chaired by Ro-Anne Royer Engle, vice president for Student Affairs.”

During her time as associate0 vice president for Inclusive Excellence, Melinda Messineo worked on the PACIE, conducted High Education Data Sharing, as well as submitted Ball State’s application for the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. Although Dr. Messineo won’t be holding her position as interim associate vice

plans to take the community’s ideas into account before starting.

“Of course, I have a lot of ideas; however, I am not going to come in changing things just yet,” Willard said. “My philosophy is to listen to the community, assess the needs and build upon the great work done by Dr. McGriff and the Inclusive Excellence team.”

Staff members in the program are providing a warm welcome as Willard enters the office.

“I am extremely excited to welcome Dr. Rashida Willard to Ball State University,” Alexander said.

“Dr. Willard brings with her more than 20 years of experience in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DEI]. She was a first-generation college student and has a unique perspective and understanding of the needs of first-generation students. She is a strategic leader and very skilled at developing

Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates

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Men’s Golf

Player wins MAC Golfer of the Week After Ball State Men’s Golf placed second at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Sept. 2-3, senior Joey Wiseman was named Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week.

Wiseman shot a career-low round of 4-under-par (66) and co-medaled at the competition finishing 2-under-par for the weekend.

Cross Country

Cardinals have four finish in the top 20 at Vic Godfrey Open Cross Country placed fourth at the Vic Godfrey Open Sept. 2, finishing with 85 points in the 4k race. Sophomore Sarah Mahnensmith led the Cardinals with a time of 15:06.5 and finished eighth place. Rounding out the top 20 finishers for Ball State was Sarah Greer (13th), Juliana Stogsdill (15th) and Vivian Van Eck (17th).

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New Ball State Field Hockey coach is actively changing the culture with the Cardinals.12 Ball State Field Hockey Head Coach Caitlin Walsh poses for a photo near a goal Sept. 3 at Briner Sports Complex. Walsh spent three years as an assistant coach at Kent State. AMBER PIETZ, DN

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Men’s Golf places second at Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational

The Cardinals finished with a score of 19-over-par [859] for two combined days, trailing Wright State by 13 strokes [846].

Sophomore Colin Nasser smiles after a putt on the second hole at the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept. 3 ELI HOUSER, DN

Members of the Ball State Men’s Golf Team walk towards the fairway after teeing off from the second hole at the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept. 3.

Ball State started the day trailing Wright State by five strokes.

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Men’s Golf Head Coach Mike Fleck (left) and sophomore Kash Bellar look for a shot on the green of hole 11 of the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept. 3. ELI

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Graduate student Joey Ranieri stands just off the green of hole 11 lining up his putt during the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept. 3. Ranieri would go on to finish in the 12th overall shotting a 78. ELI HOUSER, DN

Redshirt sophomore Carson Orr tees at the second hole at the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept.

3. Going into the second day of the invite the Cardinals held second place with four individuals in the top 5. ELI HOUSER, DN

Ball State’s (left to right) Carson Orr, Evan Bone and Colin Nasser walk down the fairway of hole three at the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept. 3.

Sophomore Colin Nasser lines up his shot on the second hole of the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club. Sept. 3 ELI HOUSER, DN

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Redshirt sophomore Ali Khan waits for his turn to putt on the green at hole 11 during the Earl Yestingmeier Invite at the Delaware Country Club Sept. 3. ELI HOUSER, DN

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The stands sit full of fans for Ball State’s homecoming game at Scheumann Stadium Sept. 17, 2019. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

The Cardinals play Western Michigan in their 2022 season opener.

There’s nothing better. Our players love it when they come out and see a full crowd [at Scheumann].”

I’m really excited, I think the attendance the last few years has grown more and more, I think the campus is pushing for it.”

- MIKE NEU, Head coach

- CLAYTON COLL, Junior linebacker

FUN FACT The stadium was built in 1967 and renovated in 2007. New turf and graphics were added in 2015.

22,500 15,703 Scheumann seats

The largest crowd in 2021 was

fans and also includes a lawn space for fans to sit in addition to seats

DID YOU KNOW? Scheumann Stadium was named after John B. and June M. Scheumann, a former Ball State football player (Ball State ‘71).

during the Homecoming game Oct. 23

Top 10 Crowds at Scheumann 21,581 vs. Toledo, Nov. 16, 1996

21,527 vs. Central Michigan, Oct. 18, 1997

21,119 vs. Akron, Nov. 1, 1997

21,581 vs. Toledo, Nov. 6, 1997

21,278 vs. Toledo, Oct. 20, 2001

23,549 vs. Indiana State, Aug. 28, 2003

23,718 vs. Boston College, Sept. 2, 2004 23,813 vs. Indiana, Sept. 9, 2006

22,517 vs. Navy, Sept. 5, 2008

vs. Western Michigan,

23,861 Nov. 25, 2008

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25,000 AMBER PIETZ, DN DESIGN Sources: Ball State Athletics; Ball State University

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High Up on Rocky Top Ball State fell 10-59 against the Volunteers.

Ball State redshirt freshman quarterback Kiael Kelly looks at a replay in a game against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 1. JACY BRADLEY, DN

Tennessee fans celebrate scoring a touchdown in a game against Ball State at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 1. Tennessee beat Ball State 59-10. AMBER PIETZ, DN

Ball State graduate safety Trenton Hatfield takes down a Tennessee player at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 1.

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A member of the Tennessee dance team high fives fans as she runs toward Neyland Stadium Sept. 1 before the game between Tennessee and Ball State in Knoxville, Tenn. AMBER

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A Ball State fan cheers on the Cardinals in a game against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 1. JACY BRADLEY, DN Ball State Football plays Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn, Sept 1.. Ball State lost 59-10.

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Ball State redshirt junior wide receiver Amir Abdur-Rahman pushes for a call in the Cardinals’ favor in a game against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 1.

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Sophomore running back Carson Steele runs with the ball in a game against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept 1. AMBER PIETZ, DN

OUR VIEW: Read from the perspective of editors Kyle Smedley, Amber Pietz, Jacy Bradley and Daniel Kehn as they covered Ball State vs. Tennessee Sept. 1.

The Pride of the Southland marching band walks by as fans watch at the University of Tennessee before the game between Tennessee and Ball State in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept 1. AMBER PIETZ, DN

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As the new Ball State Field Hockey coach, Caitlin Walsh is actively changing the culture with the Cardinals.

Derran Cobb Sports Reporter In March 2022, Ball State University found their new field hockey coach, and she is making an early impact.

Caitlin Walsh came into the season with the intention of changing the culture. Once she met her new team, she knew Ball State was the place she wanted to be.

“When I came here in the spring, it kind of all lined up. Meeting this team and seeing their work ethic, their grittiness, their drive and desire to want to get better,” Walsh said. “It just describes kind of how I am as a player and my philosophy as a coach.”

Walsh explained that Ball State reflects her own principles and her own standards.

“I kind of grew up like that, blue collar. We work hard and work for each other. We do the simple, and we do it well,” Walsh said. “Our culture is just that. Working hard for each other on and off the field, that never give up mentality.”

While this is Walsh’s first season as head coach, she is not new to coaching Division 1 Field Hockey.

Walsh spent three years as a starter in the midfield and on defense at Old Dominion University (ODU), in which she helped lead her team to three NCAA Tournament appearances. She said she knew then that her time in field hockey wasn’t over.

She was first hired as an assistant coach at Davidson University before spending the past three seasons as an assistant at Kent State University.

While coaching for the Golden Flashes, Kent State went 34-18 and 20-5 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) play along with two MAC championships.

“I knew towards the end of my career at ODU, that I was not even close to being ready to give up field hockey,” Walsh said. “Having been an assistant coach for six years, I was kind of ready to take the

Our culture is just that.

Working hard for each other on and off the field, that never give up mentality.”

- CAITLIN WALSH Field hockey head coach

Ball State Field Hockey Head Coach Cailtin Walsh coaches the team from the sidelines in a game against Lehigh at Briner Sports Complex Sept. 3. AMBER PIETZ, DN reins myself and kind of lead my own program.”

Senior midfielder Libby Kraus and junior midfielder Emma Hilton said they knew Walsh was the right fit from the start.

Kraus and Hilton were in the interview process with Walsh and both felt Walsh met the team’s value.

“We both thought she [Walsh] fit our values, as well,” Kraus said. “Once we got to know her, it just solidified that. I feel like she was the best choice we could have picked.”

Friday, Aug. 26, the Cardinals played their first game, but it was more important than just the first

Ball State Field Hockey Head Coach Cailtin Walsh watches the team in a game against Lehigh at Briner Sports Complex Sept. 3. AMBER PIETZ, DN

game of the season. It was Walsh’s first career win as a head coach.

“I kind of knew what to expect, but of course, when you’re sitting in that seat, you’re like, ‘Oh, wow, this is it,” Walsh said.

She explained that as a coach, she can do all she can for her players, but she is not the one playing.

“You can do your job and prepare the team, but at the end of the day, they’re the ones that go out there,” Walsh said. “We prepared the team for this moment, but they’re in charge at that point and they did it on [Aug. 26]. It was amazing.”

Walsh said when she first arrived to evaluate the team, some leaders stood out from the rest. There were three seniors and one junior that were chosen for the leadership team. “[The team’s] leaders kind of have emerged just naturally,” Walsh said. “It makes it really easy for me when the leaders buy in, and they want the same goals that you do for your program, so I’m really fortunate that we have a great group of leaders who want to compete.”

Kraus described the atmosphere that Walsh generates from her squad and the drive she instills into them.

“I feel like within our team, [we] all are wanting to reach the same goals with her. She’s very open with us,” Kraus said. “She’s very motivational. She just hypes us up by saying, ‘You guys are ready, you all know what to do. Let’s just get out there and do it.’”

Hilton stated that the change in culture and

environment from last season to this season has been apparent and beneficial.

“I feel like we’re more team oriented and like we’re playing for each other more,” Hilton said.

“Working towards the same thing, rather than individuals, which I felt that we were like last year.”

Looking into the near future, Walsh believes her team is already where they need to be, and other programs in the MAC should be on the lookout.

“I do think that we can make some noise this fall,” Walsh said. “You saw us win on [Aug. 26], but there’s more of that to come.”

Contact Derran Cobb with comments at derran. cobb@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Derran_cobb.

Ball State Field Hockey Head Coach Caitlin Walsh poses for a photo at Briner Sports Complex before a game against Lehigh Sept. 3. AMBER PIETZ, DN

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Community

James Murray (left) and Ryan Murray (right) stand in front of a display case at Murray Jewelers. The two are co-owners and the fifth generation in their family to run the business. MAYA WILKINS, DN

Muncie Three Trails Music Series The fourth of five free, public concerts takes place Sept. 10 in the Muncie Three Trails Music Series at the Canon Commons at 600 S. Walnut St. Pokey LaFarge, a blues and folk musician from Bloomington, Illinois, is headlining, and the Ball State University Jazz Ensemble will open for him. The show begins at 7 p.m.

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A Century of Silver and Gold

After 137 years of service, Murray Jewelers is still going strong.

Maya Wilkins Reporter The year is 1885. James Murray graduated from watchmaking school and moved his family to Muncie from Ohio.

Once in Muncie, James planned to start a watch repair business and partnered with a horse harness maker and repairman.

Now, 137 years later, the business the late James Murray started is still going strong — with his great-great-grandsons at the helm as two of the store’s co-owners.

“Fortunately, every generation of my family has had at least one person who was interested in the business and keeping it successful,” Ryan Murray, co-owner of Murray Jewelers, said.

The family continued to repair watches until the need for watchmakers was no longer necessary due to the popularity of electric watches. In the ‘70s, the business transformed into strictly a jewelry store.

“My dad decided that they needed to do something in order to keep the business going and started doing custom jewelry,” Ryan said. “Instead of buying finished jewelry from the manufacturers and reselling like most jewelry stores, we actually started making the jewelry from scratch in-house.”

The new focus was “enormously successful,” Ryan said, and Murray Jewelers became known for their custom design and in-house repair work.

Growing up, Ryan did not think he wanted to be part of his family’s business, and he did not consider working there until the end of his time in business school at Indiana University.

While he may not have planned to work with his family, Ryan said it’s “really special” to be part of this business.

“It’s really wonderful because all the time we have customers coming in and telling us about how their grandparents were customers,” he said.

“It’s really, really nice to be part of something that’s been in the community for a long time.”

James Murray, co-owner of Murray Jewelers and Ryan’s brother, said after graduating high school, he did not know what he wanted to do but was not opposed to working with his family.

“I don’t think I knew that I had an interest, but I had an interest in sciences,” James said. “And then, as the path of least resistance, I think I agreed to go out and try the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).”

During his time at the GIA in Carlsbad, California, James said it became clear he fell in love with his classes, and it was close enough to what his family did that he figured he could use his knowledge at the store as well.

“You just get to know about crazy amounts of stones that no one’s ever heard of, and you might not run into in a retail atmosphere …” he said.

“But you need to have the skillset to be able to identify practically anything out there as it runs across your radar.”

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BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN DEBT INITIATIVE

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of debt forgiven for single borrowers making under $125,000 a year ($250,000 for heads of household).

Students, faculty comment on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness Miguel Naranjo Associate Lifestyles Editor 1.62 trillion dollars.

According to Education Data Initiative, an organization dedicated to compiling statistics to promote education discussion, that is how much collective federal student loan debt there is among 43 million borrowers.

That is enough to purchase a used car with cash and have about $5,000 left over, not accounting for interest accrued.

President Joe Biden announced Aug. 24 that the federal government will be forgiving student loan debt “to address the financial harms of the [COVID-19] pandemic, fulfilling the President’s campaign commitment.”

Cecil Bohanon, professor of economics at Ball State, said this initiative would shift the burden of debt from borrowers to the U.S. government. The government will have to recoup the costs some other way, examples being spending cuts, raising taxes or borrowing more money.

“Do you really get the economy ahead by robbing Peter to pay Paul?” he said. “In the macroeconomy, it’s hard to see this having much effect.”

Bohanon also cites the economic concept of moral hazard, which states people will stray away from monetary risks they cannot manage. He said the student loan forgiveness initiative may skew the risk and reward factor of taking out federal student loans. He said people may think the government will help them out again.

The Indiana Department of Revenue told The Associated Press Tuesday that Indiana residents will be required to list any amount of forgiven student loans as taxable income. County taxes will also apply.

Emmy Winter, senior theatre technology and design major, has taken out about $15,000 in student loans over two years and qualifies to have two-thirds of it forgiven, but she doubts the debt forgiveness plan is feasible. “[Biden] has kinda been saying this since he got elected two years ago,” she said. “... a lot of senators have been saying, ‘We’re going to forgive student debt.’ But with all the years of them saying that, nothing’s been done, and [the President] still does not seem any closer to forgiving student debt than when he got elected.”

She does still welcome the idea of her debt being forgiven, saying she worked hard to earn her

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of debt forgiven for Pell Grant recipients, most of which come from families making less than $50,000 a year.

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Tuition costs have continued to rise while the maximum Pell Grant available has not increased at the same rate.

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and creative writing double major, has another perspective, saying the initiative will encourage more people to go to college, even for jobs that don’t earn high salaries.

“Social workers and teachers and things like that, even the value of art in a society is super, super important. Because of the way our economy is set up, we don’t directly reward them with cash,” they said. “But a lot of times, it can take just as much work to go through the collegiate programs, and they’re left with just as much debt.”

However, they don’t believe President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness is enough to support low-income Americans as the initiative intends.

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It’s the grocery store shelves saying that the prices are higher that’s at the forefront of my mind right now.”

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degree and still foresees more hard work ahead of her after graduation.

“Yeah, I’ve got a house, and I’m pretty okay with paying for school, but there’s still a lot more I have to pay once I get out,” Winter said. “The pressure is on for me to get a job immediately when I leave school, so I can start paying those [debts] off.”

Winter also said she’ll have more pressing issues than paying off her student loan debt when

she graduates.

“Do you know how much it is to get a box of pasta? In Pennsylvania, it was $1.22,” she said.

“It’s supposed to be a dollar. As much as I hate being in debt, I feel like the cost of living is a much bigger problem. The loans aren’t right in front of me. It’s the grocery store shelves saying that the prices are higher that’s at the forefront of my mind right now.”

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“[Communities] will put money into big high schools or colleges, but not give as much money back to … poor neighborhoods or violenceridden neighborhoods,” they said. “Putting money into, say, systems for people who don’t or can’t go to college like trade schools, helps find jobs for everyone and makes sure they have resources.”

Isabella Stratton, on the other hand, is a sophomore studio art major who sees the initiative as good news. Though the benefits will not apply to her, Stratton says student loan debt forgiveness gives people more agency to pursue a college education. “[The initiative] kind of takes away that classexclusivity and allows people not to be gatekept by their current financial situation when it comes to having … better opportunities for the future,” she said.

Contact Miguel Naranjo with comments via email at miguel.naranjo@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ naranjo678

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Grayson Joslin is a sophomore journalism and political science major and writes “Soapbox” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

Grayson Joslin Opinion Editor The downfall of Andrew Tate has been on some people’s minds lately.

The former kickboxer grew a dangerous presence online as he espoused his misogyny to an audience of young boys and men. Tate’s content consisted of abhorrent remarks, including him saying that depression isn’t real and comparing women to property.

Meta, which includes Facebook and Instagram, and YouTube banned Tate due to him violating their policies against hate speech in August.

Tate’s story of despicable remarks and wide

social media reach reminded me of a similar tale of a couple holding their Bibles, preaching their religious views.

This couple has been trekking to college campuses all across the Midwest for close to 40 years now and have experienced a new surge in popularity thanks to social media.

They are husband and wife duo Jed and Cindy Smock, known to college students everywhere as “Brother Jed and Sister Cindy.”

Brother Jed preached on campuses across America since 1972. After his death in June 2022, Sister Cindy announced she would be going on a Brother Jed Memorial Tour via her social media accounts.

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With “Sister Cindy” Smock planning to come to Ball State’s campus Sept. 14, she has another chance to introduce her dangerous rhetoric to a new generation of students.

Smock said she would bring her sermon to Ball State Sept. 14, her second consecutive year of coming to Ball State, as she delivered her sermon here last September.

Let me be perfectly clear: I have no problem with people coming to college campuses and professing their religion and faith. It is one of the rights we have been granted under the First Amendment.

This freedom of speech applies to you, me and Sister Cindy; it is what allows me to write this article expressing my viewpoint about her.

The message of this tale is simple: people should not go to events they do not agree with.

And the fact of the matter is that people have been attending Sister Cindy’s sermons to protest her contested views; however, these protests may be the fuel that allows Sister Cindy to become more popular with each passing day.

What does Sister Cindy preach? She preaches people to be a “ho no mo,” and most of her sermons demonize people who have sex before marriage or outside of one monogamous

However, by being there, you are complicit in her ever-growing popularity. You are giving her more of a reason to continue her neverending tour of college campuses across America and to spread her dangerous rhetoric.” relationship. At her sermon at Ball State last year, she called feminists “feminazis” and held up a sign claiming it was “slut-shaming time.”

Over the past year, I have talked to many people where the conversation turned to Sister Cindy.

People have admitted to me, they think Sister Cindy’s sermons are a show; that she actually doesn’t believe what she says, that it is all one elaborate satire. When you type in “Is Sister Cindy…” on Google, the first autofill response is “Is Sister Cindy satire?”

She is not satire.

Brother Jed open-air preached since the 1970s, and Sister Cindy was converted to Christianity at the University of Florida, thanks to Brother Jed.

Still believe that Sister Cindy is some act? The former “Disco Queen” herself said her sermons are “not drama or humor just to be funny,” it is her presenting her own personal beliefs.

I hear people say to “separate the art from the artist” when it comes to controversial figures like her. However, in this case, the art and the artist are intertwined and cannot be separated.

Sister Cindy believes, and Brother Jed believed, in what they preach. It is no Sam Kinison act they are pulling off.

I subscribe to the belief college students think Sister Cindy is a comedy act. For example, her popularity is seen on social media. Sister Cindy has over 15,000 followers on Instagram and 422,000 followers on TikTok. How did Sister Cindy amass such a following in the social media age?

She transformed herself into one of them — embracing the jargon of Gen Z, bringing her sermon into the modern age with her now famous catchphrases and familiarizing herself with modern culture. From the outside, people flocked to Smock because of her blunt way of preaching, something Brother Jed and her called “confrontational evangelism.”

The shock value of this curt, 60-year-old preacher reading the lyrics of “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion without stuttering may have drawn people to her, whether they shared her views or not.

This combination of shock value and controversy made her tailor-made for success on social media, and she has leaned into her new-found fame with her own store, selling merchandise with her now infamous catchphrases.

However, her adoration has not left her immune to controversies. When the Smocks made their way to Ball State in 2012, before their surge in popularity, several students who knew what the preaching couple taught called them out on their views.

Sister Cindy’s divisive and extreme statements aren’t new. When she returned to the University of Florida in 1981 to preach alongside Brother Jed, the Independent Florida Alligator said “She accused a woman of being a lesbian and a bad mother because she was wearing jeans and cut her hair short and straight,” called a man “a miserable wrench” because of his party lifestyle and said, “There was only thing worse than one queer: two queers.” Even from her early days, her views riled up those in attendance, and it has not stopped.

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“Sister Cindy” Smock preaches at a rally near North Quad Sept. 17, 2021. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

“Brother Jed” Smock preaches to students at Ball State University Sept. 17, 2021. JACY BRADLEY, DN Our campus is open to students, faculty, staff, visitors and members of the community,” Andrew Walker, senior communication strategist for Ball State, said in an email.“The University is aware of potential visits by individuals utilizing our campus for lawful demonstrations, as was the case in Sept. 2021. The University supports freedom of expression and assembly as referenced in our Non-Commercial Expressive Activity and Assembly on University Property policy. Any demonstration on campus that violates policy will be handled accordingly.”

Ball State’s Assembly on University Property policy states speech or conduct that is “unwelcome and directed toward a person on the basis of that person’s membership or perceived membership in a protected class that is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive” is forbidden on campus property. Has Sister Cindy’s sermons on campus in previous years considered to be a violation of this policy?

On college campuses across our nation, some students have shown up to argue and protest

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Sister Cindy and her degrading viewpoints on the LGBTQ community, among other things. In September 2019, the Smocks were issued a trespass warning at Indiana University after the University Police Department received a claim that Sister Cindy made contact with a protester.

Protests have created great change in society; from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to keeping abortion legal in Kansas this August, the idea of what Henry David Thoreau called “civil disobedience” has seen people disregard systems they feel are unjust. However, protests against Sister Cindy, in my viewpoint, do not work when people show up to her sermons and are bombarded with hateful rhetoric.

I can fairly assume some people who showed up last year do not believe in her viewpoints but are only there for entertainment or are not reasonably educated in what Smock stands for and ignorantly cheer her along. They might want to skip class to see this woman from social media preach.

However, by being there, you are complicit in her ever-growing popularity. You are giving her more of a reason to continue her never-ending tour of college campuses across America and to spread her dangerous rhetoric.

People might “ironically” support Sister Cindy because of her off-the-wall theatrics, but it is still supporting her nonetheless. It doesn’t matter if the support is genuine or a joke, it is still giving someone your time and energy to promote their platform.

If you are thinking about seeing Sister Cindy preach Sept. 14 — don’t.

As long as we keep giving Sister Cindy attention, she will succeed.

Contact Grayson Joslin with comments at Grayson.joslin@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ GraysonMJoslin.

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Arenas is a student in Elliott’s class. Elliott said that last year, her students made around 500 bookmarks.

“We all asked our students to write bookmarks of favorite quotes about reading or just encouraging phrases and things like that,” Elliott said.

United Way is an international nonprofit organization that focuses on helping communities.

Their website said, “United Way uses its global reach and local presence to build stronger, more resilient and more equitable communities where everyone can thrive.”

The Day of Action is a way for Ball State employees to help Delaware and surrounding counties. The day itself is set to be held on Friday, Sept. 9, with events all-day.

There are events happening leading up to the actual day, such as the feminine hygiene drive and the used book drive, according to Ball State’s Day of Action website. Elliott plans to do more than just make bookmarks for the Day of Action. She is serving as the Ball State chair for the United Way campaign.

The Day of Action is one sect of her responsibilities. She is also in charge of going

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James thinks it’s “fantastic” to be part of a family-owned business that’s been around for five generations.

“I mean there’s plenty of family businesses that are just two or three generations old, but you know, the luck runs out,” he said. “How many decades are you going to find a kid in the family that’s just like, ‘Yeah, I’ll go do that’?”

While the Murray family may own the store, not all employees are family members, such as Judy Lee, who has worked for the Murrays for eight years. She said she’d known the family her whole life and told James she was looking for a job.

“And he said, ‘How do you feel about working for my family?’” Lee said. “I said, ‘Well James, I know nothing about jewelry. I probably know less than the average Joe, so is that something you guys are comfortable with?’”

Lee spoke with the rest of the family, and they decided to teach her everything from the ground up when she started in summer 2014.

“It came naturally to me,” she said. “It’s a really fascinating industry. I appreciate the creative side.”

Lee said she’d worked with plenty of family businesses in the past, but none of them had been around for five generations like Murray Jewelers.

Although it was a “little uncomfortable” to start working for a tight-knit family, she said it’s “a

out into the Ball State community and spreading awareness about the United Way campaign. She said she’ll encourage faculty to donate their time and money to the campaign for more than just Day of Action.

“The Day of Action is one element of that, where [faculty] can give up their time,” Elliott said.

Along with being the chair, Elliott is also in charge of the “Beautify Muncie Community Schools” project. In this project, volunteers will help organize, repaint and landscape the school and school grounds.

People in the Office of Community Engagement is the one who fronts the planning of Day of Action.

Representatives from the president’s office, Ball State facilities and University Marketing and Communications also help, Krista Flynn, program director, said via email.

Flynn has been involved with Ball State’s United Way programs since the beginning.

In 2015, the first year of involvement, the Office of Community Engagement would volunteer directly through United Way. In the second year, Ball State’s programming grew to two projects due to contracts and grants, Flynn said.

“These first two years were warm ups for what was to come next,” Flynn said. “When President Mearns started at Ball State, it was very important to him for us [Ball State] to be strong partners with beautiful thing.”

“They treat me like family,” Lee said. “They have always welcomed me into that fold.”

While the business has been able to count on a steady clientele, Murray Jewelers has not been without its challenges, such as the Great Depression in the 1930s. Ryan said his father found old payroll information to see how that time impacted the store.

“He was able to see the number of employees, and it was something like four or five people,” he said. “That was a pretty fascinating thing to see. Obviously none of us here remember or saw that time.”

Ryan also said the Great Recession in the early 2000s and the COVID-19 pandemic were difficult for the business.

“The pandemic was pretty scary,” he said.

“When we had to shut down for an unknown amount of time, that was pretty scary when we were in that situation.”

Although the business has seen hard times, Ryan said the family is “really happy” to still be based in Muncie, especially as they have watched the city change and develop throughout the years.

He said the business has moved around the city since its beginning, but it’s been fun to watch other businesses grow and watch the city change.

“Our family has been here for well over a century,” he said. “It is very, very much home, and we love being part of Muncie and downtown.”

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“It’s really wonderful because all the time we have customers coming in and telling us about how their grandparents were customers. It’s really, really nice to be part of something that’s been in the community for a long time.”

- RYAN MURRAY, Co-owner of Murray Jewelers

“I thought [making bookmarks] was really fun because it gives us a break from all the learning we’ve done this past two weeks. Also ... because I’m not from here … it’s nice to do things that give back to [the] community that I’m nearly in.”

- DANIELLE ARENAS, First-year journalism and graphic design student the United Way. With his support, we created our own projects in the community that would benefit the UW and our numbers exploded.”

Though Day of Action and Ball State’s United Way campaign is geared towards Ball State faculty, students can be involved as well.

“Some professors make these opportunities extra credit. Coaches have their teams work on a project as team building and any student can count time volunteering on Day of Action towards volunteering goals they need to meet,” Flynn said.

Flynn said in 2021, 431 students, employees and retirees were involved with Day of Action.

Flynn said, for the 2022 Day of Action, Ball State has 11 projects planned. Three are on campus: Literacy Kit, Snack Attack and Warmth for Winter.

Elliott’s bookmarks will be a part of the Literacy

Kit event. The Literacy Kit project plans to assemble 200 literacy kits to help encourage reading to children.

The project is from noon to 3 p.m. at John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium, according to Ball State’s Day of Action website.

Snack Attack will have volunteers “assemble over 1,000 snack packs for local elementary schools to distribute to kids who rely on school meals and snacks for basic nutrition,” according to the website. The project will be held at Emens from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Warmth for Winter is also at Emens, and volunteers will put together winter clothing for children. The winter clothing will be donated to local shelters, according to the website.

Contact Hannah Amos with comments at hannah.amos@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Hannah_ Amos_394.

Computer science major with a concentration in web and app development Mikahayla Palicte creates a bookmark design using various colored markers for United Way: Day of Action. MEGHAN SAWITZKE, DN

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