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‘IT’S A DRESS, NOT A YES’ Students march down McKinley to fight sexual abuse
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Mistakes, missed opportunities cost Ball State game Despite early lead, Cardinals fall 24-19 to Northwestern
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Ball State was leading over Northwestern for three quarters on Saturday at Ryan Field. Next week, the Cardinals will face Toledo, which is currently 3-0 in its season, while Ball State is 2-2.
10-ranked defense coming in, Ball State got the ball back after a turnover on downs. They pushed the ball down the field, but freshman Morgan Hagee missed a 43-yard field goal. Hagee missed two field goals in the game, finishing 2-of-4. Just a few drives later, the Cardinals were knocking on the door again. A 34-yard James Gilbert run took the ball to the 4-yard line to end the first quarter. But quarterback Riley Neal,
in the first start of his career, fumbled the snap while attempting to hand it off, and the Wildcats recovered. Another chance to extend the lead, another costly mistake. Neal agreed with Lembo that it may have been the difference in the game. “If I [didn’t] fumble that ball on the 5-yard line, we’d have more points on the board,” Neal said. “We left plenty of points on the field where it should have been a different ball game.”
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New math program aims to improve passing rates Class assesses students’ strengths, weaknesses RAYMOND GARCIA AND TYLER WALKER | news@bsudailynews.com The fourth floor of Bracken Library is no longer only for solitary studying. When students step off the east elevators on the fourth floor of Bracken and turn right, they will see a group of nearly 100 students sitting around computers working on math problems. Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) was introduced this semester to the MATH 108 Intermediate Algebra and MATH 111 Pre-Calculus Algebra courses. The program uses an online assessment to figure out what the students need to focus on. Robin Rufatto and Holly Dickin, two instructors from the mathematical sciences
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department, piloted the program. “Our students in [intermediate algebra and pre-calculus algebra] had a high repeating rate; they wouldn’t pass it the first time,” Rufatto said. “We thought if what we are doing is not working, then let’s try something different.” As of this semester, all intermediate algebra and pre-calculus algebra classes are only taught using ALEKS, Rufatto said. On the first day of class, students take an assessment to determine what skills they have, she said. Then the program guides them through topics they didn’t perform well on or didn’t know on the assessment. It’s organized in a way to facilitate the most success on the topic, Dickin said. “Students come in at different places, with different strengths and weaknesses,” Dickin said.
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earing as little or as much clothing as they wanted, students marched through campus in protest of victim blaming and slut shaming. Feminists for Action, an activist group dedicated to supporting women’s rights and eliminating oppression, hosted the third annual SlutWalk Friday as part of Student Government Association’s Diversity Day. Students gathered at 3 p.m. at North Quad, each student having their own reason for participating in the march. Many had personal ties to the cause. Daishawn Smith, a junior social work major, walked for personal reasons. He said the cause hits close to home. “I did this last year when I took my women’s and gender studies class,” Smith said. “It’s also something I’m passionate about, because I was personally molested twice when I was 14.”
Students gathered at North Quad on Friday and marched down McKinley Avenue with a police escort in the SlutWalk to protest victim blaming and slut shaming. They paused at the bell tower and told their personal stories, some being their first time telling more than a few people.
On the surface, Ball State’s 24-19 loss at No. 17 Northwestern doesn’t seem like a bad one based on the Wildcats’ prowess. Northwestern was a clear favorite in the game, and many people probably picked Ball State to get blown out. Ball State controlled most of the game, however, and either tied or outscored Northwestern in three quarters on Saturday. Missed chances and the Wildcats’ big third quarter doomed the Cardinals in the loss. “Again, not a bad effort by any means,” head coach Pete Lembo said. “But one where we needed to make a few more plays in six or seven different situations.” After taking an early 3-0 lead against the nation’s No.
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