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SGA, state consider gender in restrooms
Indiana bill would make people use bathroom of sex at birth |
LAURA ARWOOD GENERAL REPORTER llarwood@bsu.edu
An Indiana senator has proposed a bill that would make it illegal for people to use a restroom or locker room that does not match their sex at birth. Under Indiana Senate Bill 35, using a restroom that does not match a person’s sex at birth could result in being charged with a Class A misdemeanor and a $1,000 fine. If passed, the bill will become effective on July 1, 2016. Indiana Sen. Jim Tomes (R), who proposed the bill, did not respond for comment. However, Ball State’s Student Government Association is currently proposing legislation that recommends the university allot space for gender-neutral restrooms in new and remodeled buildings. The legislation is sponsored by more THE BILLS than 15 student orWhat is each Senate ganizations and 44 considering? students, including SGA Spectrum and the Gender-neutral Alliance for Disabilbathrooms in new and ity Awareness chair. renovated buildings The restrooms SB 35 must be compliant Would not allow people with the disability to go in any bathroom other than for their standards, which is designated sex at birth an important eleSOURCE: in.gov, SGA legislation ment to the legislation, SGA President Jack Hesser said. Lexi Williams, chair of diversity and the multicultural committee on SGA, said the issue of gender-neutral, accessible bathrooms was brought to her. “It’s not just about it being gender-neutral, it’s about people who would need to help their grandpa or their grandma if they come to visit,” Williams said. “If I needed to help my grandpa, I couldn’t just stand outside.” Brendan Jones, SGA representative for Spectrum, said having options for restrooms is important for people who don’t fit with the binary gender system.
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Telecommunications majors create university commercials |
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MICHELLE KAUFMAN COMMUNITY/BUSINESS REPORTER mekaufman@bsu.edu
our groups of students worked to direct, produce and edit four television commercials for the university. The commercials promote Ball State’s goals of being studentcentered, community-engaged and a 21st-century public research university, as well as promoting the athletic department. They began airing this semester. When President Paul W. Ferguson took office in 2014, he and his senior adviser Julie Hopwood took a tour of the telecommunications facilities. They discussed Ball State’s new campaign and “that’s when the lightbulb went off,” said Tim Pollard, the chair of the telecommunications department.
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Four groups of students worked to create television commercials about Ball State. Tim Pollard, chair of the telecommunications department, came up with the idea, one that has never been done before.
He suggested something that had never been done before: having the telecommunications department produce the commercials. The idea was originally rejected, but Pollard didn’t give up. At the beginning of Fall Semester, Pollard, Hopwood and the strategic communications department held a meeting. Pollard pitched the idea again; this time, Hopwood said yes. After the meeting, Pollard
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approached four faculty members with the proposition. “All four of them said yes because they saw the possibilities and the opportunity to do something that had never been done before,” Pollard said. “Then they went to the students and every single one of them was enthusiastic about it. … They wanted to do it because these are the Ball State commercials; … imagine that on your résumé.”
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COLLEGE-AGED HIV TESTING RATES LOW People ages 20 to 24 have highest number of STD diagnoses SABRINA CHILDERS SGA REPORTER | sechilders2@bsu.edu Many college-aged people are prone to contracting HIV — especially because many don’t even get tested. Of the U.S. people ages 13 to 24 diagnosed with HIV in 2013, 81 percent of them were college-aged people (ages 20 to 24), according to the Centers for Disease Control. The 20 to 24 age group had the highest number of
diagnoses with 8,053. A 2012 study showed that only two in five college students had ever been tested for HIV, and men were less likely than women to be tested. That’s why the Ball State Amelia T. Wood Health Center offers free HIV testing. The Health Center offers the testing twice a month through the Heartland Community Services Foundation. Christopher Simons, a counselor and tester as well as a hepatitis education trainer at Heartland, said getting tested is the most important way to manage the virus.
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Two Mid-American Conference basketball officials have been suspended for two games following Ball State’s 88-87 double-overtime win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday, according to an official statement from the conference. The statement says the officials made “several errors” during the game. Neither official will be considered for 2016 post-season assignments in the MAC Tournament. With Ball State trailing 87-85 on the final possession of double overtime, sophomore Francis Kiapway missed a 3-pointer from the left corner. An Eastern Michigan player grabbed the rebound and dribbled into the left corner before being doubled by Franko House and Ryan Weber. After a struggle for the ball and what appeared to be several missed calls, Weber came out of the scrum with it and passed it to Kiapway at the top of the key, who hit a game-winning 3-pointer. The statement also included that the MAC holds its officials to the highest standards, and “multiple errors in judgment on one play, as in this case, must be met with swift and firm disciplinary action.” “The final play of the game was not handled appropriately by several officials and, unfortunately, took away from what was a highly competitive and entertaining game for the competing students and fans,” MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a statement. “I, along with our membership, have higher expectations, and as a result have directed our coordinator of men’s basketball officials to take appropriate disciplinary action, including multiple-game suspensions.” 3. PARTLY CLOUDY
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