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President's contract features additions Ball State includes agreements that differ from Ferguson's Casey Smith News Editor The job pays well, but there are conditions.

Ball State’s incoming president, Geoffrey S. Mearns, will be making in the range of half a million dollars. But according to his contract, he’ll have to meet new criteria laid out by the Board of Trustees.

Mearns’ agreement includes more details than the last president’s agreement regarding fundraising, citing personal

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Police respond to a shooting at 1701 N. Rosewood Ave. Saturday. One person was shot and transported to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

Investigation continues for weekend shooting Muncie police are investigating after an unnamed male was shot at the apartments at 1701 N. Rosewood Ave Saturday evening.

Police confirmed that the individual was taken to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, but it is unknown if the injuries are life threatening.

Neighbors reported hearing gunshots around 5:30 p.m.

Julius Kovacs, a sophomore telecommunications major, lives a few houses away from the scene and said he could hear a shot from his home.

“I was taking out the trash and walking back inside my apartment I heard a distant thud,” Kovacs said. “There could have been more [shots], but I know I heard at least one.

I just locked my door and got my gun out of its lock box.”

Ball State emergency notification services issued an alert at 5:32 p.m. stating that police were searching for a black male armed with a handgun.

At 5:44 p.m., the university issued a second notification advising that there was no ongoing threat to the campus and that a suspect had been located.

University police assisted at the scene, but Muncie police will handle the ongoing investigation.

Check ballstatedaily.com for updates.

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relationships with alumni, donors and potential donors as “a critical aspect of the President’s duties.”

According to his contract, Mearns is expected to be a guest in the homes of alumni, donors and potential donors, and he’ll also be required to participate in social and recreational activities.

“The board believes that such relationships are critical to the University’s fundraising, development, and alumni relations effort and expects the President to participate in such activities,” according to Mearns’ employment agreement.

The president will also be required to

“communicate regularly” with the board regarding the “status and progress of [those] duties.”

According to a separate $105,000 transition contract made between Ball State and Frank Associates — a consultant specializing in leadership changes at universities — Mearns will have a “100day plan” put into place to assist with his onboarding process. During those 100 days, the contract states that Mearns will have assistance identifying his needs and resources, and his transition team will help implement and monitor a “game plan” for his first three months as president.

Every 12 months, the president and the board will hold meetings to develop and articulate goals for the following year. Initially, according to the contract, goals may include the president’s “full cooperation and participation” in the onboarding plan and performance management plan.

“Different people have different perspectives — students are going to have different perspectives, faculty, staff and alumni are going to have different perspectives — that’s part of this job,” Mearns said.

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GRANDE Sophomore from Madrid works overtime to be at the top of her game Colin Grylls Sports Editor

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very few days, the general ruckus of the Rec is interrupted by routine.

A couple guys are usually running the floor on the court in a semi-organized attempt at reliving the high school glory days, and the one guy who can touch rim tries to dunk, convinced his vertical has improved by two inches since the last time he tried.

But it isn’t until an errant 3-pointer rolls onto the next court that anyone notices the 5-foot-8-inch girl with a long, dark brown ponytail and Ball State women’s basketball gear.

Carmen Grande is often the most

accomplished basketball player on the floor, but it doesn’t matter. They just want their ball back.

They don’t realize the sophomore point guard is third in the nation with 7.8 assists per game.

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Basam Helwani described the past year of his life as very fun and one that has brought him a sense of accomplishment.

He opened his second Muncie restaurant, Two Cats Cafe, on Jan. 29, 2016, in the Village.

He spends three to four hours each day preparing and managing things at Two Cats and Damask Cafe, but said

he is in the business for the reaction from the customers.

That is what keeps him coming back every day.

“When I first opened, I wasn’t sure what the reaction was going to be or if we could get any kind of niche market, but I feel every day when I come here that people are here and that they’re happy. It really makes me feel better, [like] I’m on to something,” Helwani said. “Originally the idea was to have a place where students, they could come here and do their homework and chill and enjoy their time and I think for the most part, we did that.”

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Trump shuts door on refugees, but will the US be safer?

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations and ban on refugees is being done in the name of national security. But it’s not clear the measures will help prevent attacks on American soil, and they could wind up emboldening extremists who already view the U.S. as at war with Islam.

Recent acts of deadly extremist violence have been carried out either by U.S. citizens or by individuals whose families weren’t from the nations singled out. And the list of countries in Trump’s order doesn’t include Saudi Arabia, where most of the Sept. 11 hijackers were from, or other places with a more direct link to terrorism in America.

The admissions ban announced Friday also does not directly address a more urgent law enforcement concern: homegrown violent extremists already in the United States who plot their attacks without any overseas connections or contacts.

“The primary terrorism-related threat facing the U.S. today comes from individuals living here who become inspired by what they see on the internet, who carry out attacks independent of any terrorist organization,” said John Cohen, a former Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism official who worked in government under Democratic and Republican administrations and who has

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been involved in refugee vetting policy.

The FBI has for years been concerned by the prospect of airplane bomb plots and terrorists dispatched from overseas to commit violence in America. But the ascendancy of the Islamic State, and the group’s ability through slick and easily accessible propaganda to reach susceptible young Americans in all corners of the country, has been a more immediate challenge — and a more realistic danger — for counterterrorism officials than any threat posed by refugees from abroad.

“Dealing with that threat should be a top priority for this administration,” Cohen said.

The executive order suspends refugee admissions for 120 days and bars all immigration for 90 days from Muslim-majority countries with terrorism concerns: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

It indefinitely bars the processing of refugees from Syria, a country that’s been of particular country to the FBI even though the number of Americans who have looked to travel there to fight with the Islamic State has been dwindling.

But the culprits of recent deadly terror attacks aren’t linked to the countries singled out by Trump’s order.

Omar Mateen, the man responsible for the Orlando nightclub shooting, the deadliest terror attack in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks, was born in New York to Afghan parents.

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Betsy DeVos not qualified for Secretary of Education About 90 percent of students in the United States attend public schools and the Trump administration is now at war with every one of those students and their families.

DOMINIC Recently, Betsy DeVos was nominated BORDENARO by Donald Trump to be the next is a freshman Secretary of Education. political science She is simply not qualified. major and writes Betsy DeVos has arguably never set “Dominic’s foot in a public school and has certainly Politics” for the never received public education. Her Daily News. children attended private schools. She His views do has never even had to take out a loan not necessarily for college.

She is not an educator, or an education agree with leader. Her expertise is not school those of the curriculum or governance. newspaper.

In fact, she is more of a lobbyist. She Write to has used her and her family’s millions Dominic at of dollars to influence places, such as the dabordenaro@ state of Michigan’s education system. bsu.edu.

In a country that is built on the separation of church and state, she wants to bring religion back into public schools.

She has invested billions into the charter school industry, even though that industry continues to fail.

Again, she is simply not qualified.

She recently stated she would not be afraid to defund public schools. Over 50 million children attend public schools. This shows she is out of touch.

The fact is, charter schools favor the wealthy. They provide a choice, yes, but a choice for the highly privileged.

Charter schools take funds away from public schools and deprive them of much-needed resources. Charter schools are not even held to the standard of public schools, and her family donated $1.45 million to the Michigan Republican Party after they derailed a measure that would have ensured more oversight over charter schools.

As a private citizen, Betsy DeVos can hold whatever opinion or belief she wants. However, as Secretary of Education, she would have a duty to protect public schools and to make sure they are improving. With her work in Michigan, there is zero evidence to suggest she is capable of doing just that.

If you still think Betsy DeVos is qualified, go watch her committee hearing. Watching that hearing, especially the questions given to her by Senators Warren, Sanders and Kaine, made me embarrassed for this country. She could not directly answer the most basic questions. She didn’t even seem to know what her job would entail. In the hearing, she even stated that we need guns in schools to protect us from bears.

It is also unclear where DeVos stands on Common Core.

She served previously on the Board of Foundation for Excellence in Education, which supported the extremely unpopular standards.

What this country needs is better teacher pay, lower tuition costs, better access to technology in public schools and more freedom for the teachers. I’m not saying we shouldn’t have private or charter schools, but we should be in full support of our public schools. No taxpayer dollar should go to anything but public education.

You can like Trump. You can agree with his populist message. But please, call or write your senators and tell them to vote “no” for Betsy DeVos. We can do better.

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“There is a lot of accountability with that ... and my transition [to Ball State] will be carefully planned.”

He has an annual base salary of $450,000 — which is $100,000 more than his base salary at Northern Kentucky University — and under the terms of his contract, an annual performance bonus could also be included. If the goals he and the board set are achieved during the 12-month period, Mearns would be eligible for a performance bonus.

The contract does not specify the size of that bonus, but Mearns was eligible for a $25,000 annual bonus while serving as president at NKU, according to his contract with the Kentucky university.

The contract also includes a provision, requested by Mearns, that he will contribute 50 percent of any bonus he receives to the Ball State University Foundation. The contract does not specify which fund the money will go toward.

Although former president Paul W.

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Ferguson’s contract stated that he could receive a cash bonus or contribution to his retirement plan, no dates or timelines were listed for review or consideration for that bonus.

During Mearns’ time in office, his base salary will also be reviewed annually and can only be increased.

At the end of the president’s term, the board has also agreed to offer a tenured faculty appointment for Mearns in an academic department “appropriate to his educational background and professional expertise.” If he accepts, Mearns will then work as a professor with a full course load per semester.

University spokeswoman Joan Todd confirmed that Ferguson’s contract did not include such an agreement.

In that tenured position, Mearns’ firstyear salary would be equal to the highest salary existing for full-time tenured faculty in the department he is appointed to.

Mearns has a law degree and previously taught law at Cleveland State University.

Contact Casey Smith with any questions or concerns at news@bsudailynews.com.

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Geoffrey S. Mearns addresses the crowd for the first time after being named 17th president of Ball State Tuesday in Sursa Performance Hall. According to his contract, he’ll have to meet new criteria laid out by the Board of Trustees.

Lunch with an Administrator

Program bridges gap between students, admins Michelle Kaufman Greek Life Reporter

After the 2015 Beneficence Dialogue and seeing the success of Lunch with a Cop, the university decided to launch the Lunch with an Administrator program.

Ro Anne Royer Engle, interim associate vice president for student affairs and enrollment services, said students at the dialogue wanted more informal and formal interactions with administrators.

“We spent this past fall trying to figure out how we could set it up and talked with administrators about how we could set it up, so we launched it this spring,” Royer Engle said. “Hopefully students will be engaged, and then at the end of the semester we I appreciate will do some assessments.” any opportunity Those assessments to meet students will come from and learn more students and administrators to about their determine what went well with experiences the program, what could be as a Ball State done better student.” and if it serves — Kay Bales, vice the purpose president for student affairs students wanted. and enrollment services Six administrators volunteered to participate, and each is a member of the president’s cabinet. So far, 33 students have signed up for the program.

Students can visit ballstatedaily.com to find the sign-up link, and the first five students who select a given date will get a free lunch with whichever administrator chose that date. A confirmation email will be sent with the administrator’s name and meeting place.

“We’re excited about it [and] to see what happens because it’s something students asked for. It’s great when you can actually deliver something like that and give students more access to administrators, but also give administrators the opportunity to talk with students informally over lunch, get to know them and their experiences at Ball State,” Royer Engle said. “That’s important for them as administrators but also for students to see the face and the person behind this position.”

Royer Engle wants not only student leaders, but any student to take advantage of Lunch with an Administrator and interact.

“I just really encourage students to take the opportunity to engage with administrators,” she said. “It’s not something that a lot of administrators across institutions do on a regular basis, so it’s really a different program … that’s what they really want to do, and sometimes just in the task of doing your position [as an administrator], it’s hard to find that time, so being able to dedicate that time to do that is something all of them wanted to do and eagerly participated in.”

Kay Bales, vice president for student affairs and enrollment services, who also serves as dean of students, was one of the administrators who signed up to participate.

“I appreciate any opportunity to meet students and learn more about their experiences as a Ball State student,” Bales said. “I hope these exchanges are mutually beneficial as we share ideas and discuss topics of interest to students. I look forward to hearing about our students’ journeys and what they hope for in the future.”

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Contact Michelle Kaufman with any questions or concerns at mekaufman@bsu.edu.

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The historic, 102-year-old Kitselman House will now house Parlour Salon, a beauty salon. The salon plans to utilize the 31-room house by creating a spa, wellness center and event/office space.

Historic home gets new owners Kitselman mansion will now be 31-room spa, salon Andrew Harp & Brynn Mechem Daily News Reporters The historic Kitselman House won’t be a normal home for much longer.

Parlour Salon, a beauty salon based in Muncie, received permission from the zoning board to move its business into the 102-year-old mansion Thursday.

The salon intends to utilize the 31room house by creating a spa, wellness center and event and office space.

Parlour applied for a variance to own the house because it is in a residential neighborhood. This means that businesses can’t operate in that area without permission of the zoning board.

In the application, Parlour said the Kitselman house will be “maintained and designed with the utmost respect for the church as well as the historical significance of the property.”

According to the application, the previous owners, Hazelwood Christian Church, couldn’t afford to keep up with renovations.

“The intended future use for the space would preserve the historic facade of the home and provide a small, quiet, neighborhoodfriendly business that would benefit the community and surrounding neighbors,” Parlour owners said in the application.

While some people are hesitant about the new ownership, there has also been an overwhelming amount of support for it.

“This is a very important historic structure both to our neighborhood and the city of Muncie,” said Bill

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The intended future use for the space would preserve the historic facade of the home and provide a small, quiet, neighborhood-friendly business that would benefit the community and surrounding neighbors.”

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Morgan, former president and now treasurer of the Riverside-Normal City Neighborhood Association.

“Unfortunately, the church has just been really struggling to try and take care of the house. We’re excited to have new owners, new incentive and

hopefully some new funding sources now, as well.”

Another supporter of the change in ownership, Sara Shade, is both a patron of the salon and a neighbor to the Kitselman house.

“I know both of the owners, and I think they’re going to be an asset to the neighborhood,” Shade said. “It’ll be great for Muncie in general to keep the property in place.”

Maintenance and restoration for the exterior of the house will begin in the spring.

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Gymnastics team falls short against Kentucky Menzione has career-best score in floor routine

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Senior Sarah Ebeyer competes on the beam at the gymnastics meet against the University of Kentucky Sunday in Worthen Arena. The Cardinals lost to the Wildcats 195.300-194.025.

Ball State gymnastics returned home Sunday to take on No. 6 Kentucky.

The Cardinals couldn’t quite pull off their third upset in a row, falling to the Wildcats 195.300-194.025. Both teams were coming off wins against ranked opponents — Ball State upset No. 24 NC State in their last meet and Kentucky recently took down No. 16 Auburn.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Menzione stole the show with a career-best score of 9.900 on the floor, which was enough to take first place. As a whole, the Cardinals set a season high score of 49.100 on the floor.

Sophomore Sydney Finke and senior Kayla Beckler tied for second with a score of 9.825.

“Floor is definitely a strong event,” head coach Joanna Saleem said. “At this point

in the season, when you’re hitting season high scores, you want to keep on building on that. It’s nice to be able to go back into the gym and focus on other events that weren’t as strong as the floor event.”

Other highlights of the night included a first-place finish by Beckler on the uneven bars and a second-place finish by junior Baylee Bell on the balance beam.

Bell saw a 0.2-point improvement on her beam performance since the last meet. “’I’ve just been focusing the little details each practice and not settling for a bigger mistake than I should,” Bell said.

“I think doing more repetitions in the gym has really helped me.”

Ball State will travel to Washington, D.C. Feb. 5 to take on No. 18 George Washington and New Hampshire in their third tri-meet of thew season. The meet is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

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Continued from page 1 Grande’s routine varies, and this year her time in the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center has been a little sporadic because of her class schedule. Sometimes she works on three-pointers, other times it’s free throws or layups.

“I want to be — how you say it — an all-over player,” Grande said with her Spanish accent.

It’s subtle enough that she’s easily understood, but thick enough that a well-tuned ear can pick out her hometown of Madrid. “I want to be able to shoot the ball, pull-up jumpers, finish around the rim, create for other people. … But like right now, [my strength is] distributing the ball.”

In the preseason, head coach Brady Sallee said Grande was going to be one of the Cardinals’ keys this season. Her freshman year stat line is reminiscent of a prototypical passfirst point guard. She finished last season fourth nationally among freshmen, with 5.0 assists per game and was fifth in the MAC with 1.7 steals per game. Her assist numbers are up this season and she has 40 steals through 21 games (1.9 per game).

“Carmen is a huge part of what we’re trying to do this year,” Sallee said. “She had a great freshman year at the point, and that’s not easy to do. … And then you throw in [that] she speaks something other than English, that’s really not easy. She had a great freshman year and now she’s got to take control of this team in between the lines. Our tempo’s got to be her tempo. She’s got to be the head of the snake defensively.”

Her shooting, however, hasn’t been as great. She finished her freshman season with a 34.5 percent shooting percentage and is shooting 36.6 percent this season.

But that’s part of why she spends so much time at the Rec. “In life in general, when you have that mindset, when people know how hard you work at it, they’re a lot more tolerant ... if it doesn’t go perfect,” Sallee said. “Because they know what you put into it. She’s not only one of the hardest workers we have, but in my career, she’s one of the hardest workers I’ve seen.”

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Sophomore guard Carmen Grande dribbles down court at the game against Northern Illinois University Saturday in Worthen Arena. Grande came to Ball State from Spain to play basketball.

and it can be frustrating. Or things that, in Spanish, you know how to say and it will be fun for people — here it will be like, “what is she saying?”

Grande and Fernandez, along with Ball State soccer players Monica Padilla and Paula Guerrero, from Valladoid and Valencia, respectively, have formed their own little Spanish community on Ball State’s campus. They can talk about their favorite foods — in Grande’s case, the thin-cut steaks her dad cooks — or Spanish-style chorizo, a salamilike deli meat. Here in the U.S., stores generally sell the Mexican-style chorizo, which is much greasier.

“I miss the food a lot,” Grande said. “Like the Skittles for the food and stuff, sometimes I’m like, ‘what am I doing with my body?’ I don’t know anymore.”

Hanging out with other Spaniards is helpful, Grande said, because a lot of people hear them speak Spanish and assume they’re from Mexico — if they can recognize the language at all.

“Like some people don’t even know what language we’re speaking because we don’t have the Mexican or South American accent,” Grande

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“In life in general, when you have that mindset, when people know how hard you work at it, they’re a lot more tolerant ... if it doesn’t go perfect.”

— Brady Sallee, head coach

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Sophomore guard Carmen Grande dribbles down court at the game against Northern Illinois University Saturday in Worthen Arena. Grande is third in the nation with 7.8 assists per game.

COMING TO AMERICA Grande isn’t the only Spaniard on the roster. Grande and sophomore forward Lucia Fernandez, who pronounces the C in her name with the Castillian “th” sound, spend a lot of time together off the court.

“Having Lucia has been awesome … whenever you forget where you come from, that’s a reminder,” Grande said. “It’s just fun because, like, it’s sometimes hard to express yourself in English

said. “But we just joke around, like ‘We’re from Spain and it’s not in Mexico.’”

The language barrier makes it a little ironic that she chose to be coached by Sallee, whose Kentucky upbringing influenced an expression-heavy speaking style that some Americans struggle to understand. Colloquial words like “squirrelly” and “daggone” make regular appearances in his press conferences, and Grande said his accent can be difficult to understand at times.

“Some things are weird,” Grande said. “Like last year, the first time he said ‘giddyup,’ I was like ‘What does he want?’ And I had the ball and I had to start the play. … Hopefully by the end of this year I’ll be able to understand everything, but I still struggle sometimes.”

It’s not as bad as it could be, though. Most American movies are translated into Spanish and Grande said “we get all of the music.”

In school, she said they were taught British English, but she also attended an after-school academy where an American teacher led activities and exposed them to some of the nuances of American English — just not all the words in Sallee’s vocabulary.

Playing for Sallee also exposed Grande to an almost cartoonish intensity to the sidelines. Ball State’s pregame hype video features Grande passing the ball in her clips — and ends with Sallee yelling at a referee.

“I’ve learned throughout the years that no matter how people deliver the message, if they’re saying something to you, it’s because they care about you,” Grande said. “Like you’ve gotta take what the message is saying, so like whenever he’s pissed or when he’s — I don’t know how to say it another way –— rude or something, you just have to be like, OK, he wants it this way.

Let’s just do this.”

Sallee can also dial it down though, often cracking jokes at press conferences. Grande sometimes goes to him with off-the-court issues, too.

“She was in [my office] asking me about leadership books, and one book was for class and the others were just for her spare time,” Sallee said. “So she’s out searching for that kind of stuff, that’s just a kid that’s wired special. Not many kids want to just read a book in the middle of the semester, especially when you’re a physics major, just in your spare time. Like, what?”

Their shared love of basketball made the transition easier for Grande, but the sport isn’t as popular in Spain.

SPANISH ROOTS In Madrid, Grande said, the basketball courts were always booked so she couldn’t work out on her own like she can in the Rec. “There, it works like you have a time slot,” she said. “The court is yours for like an hourand a half, so every team has an hour in a half and then the next team comes in. It’s really hard to find open spots. Here, you guys have an outside court and it’s actually a nice court.

In Spain, you’ll just have a hoop and it might not even be the right height.”

Grande even had to fight to start playing basketball. When she was two, her parents enrolled her in a gymnastics program.

“One day, I fought with one of my friends in gymnastics class and I was 8,” Grande said. “I got out of that class or practice and I told my dad, ‘I want to play basketball,’ crying.”

She instantly became a "baloncesto" (basketball) junkie. When she had tickets and her parents could take her, she’d head into central Madrid to take in Liga ACB (Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto) games. Otherwise, she’d head to the local courts.

“I would spend the whole day watching my club because I could walk, it was like a 10-minute walk to [the court],” she said. "My friends played and I knew everyone on the club.”

Watching NBA games was tougher — the six-hour time difference between Madrid and the East Coast of the United States meant 7 p.m. games started at 1 a.m. But her coach would give her flash drives loaded with recordings of NBA games, and she would look up even more clips on YouTube.

“As easy as it is to say that the love of the game gets you a long way, at this level, with as hard as these kids have to work and the time demands and everything they go through, if you don’t love it, it can eat you up,” Sallee said. “And I think it’s easy to draw the parallel, or rather the connection, if she didn’t love it to the level she does, there’s no way she’d work as hard as she does.”

Grande eventually played on the Spanish U-16 National team, and when she decided to play in the United States, her decision came down to three schools: Akron, Ball State and Indiana State.

She had offers from schools in California and New Jersey, but the schools weren’t quite as good as Ball State. She said it came down to her official visit, and she fell in love with Ball State’s campus — and the Rec. Grande said her schedule will be easier to work with in the spring semester, so her long, dark brown ponytail will be a staple on the floor on off nights, taking shot after shot while the boys run the floor on the next court.

“I love working hard,” Grande said. “Even though some days you’re like, ‘I really feel like just taking a nap,’ once you get the hard work done — I don’t think there’s a better feeling than that.”

Contact Colin Grylls with any questions or concerns at @dn_sports.

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Ball State drops shootout to Northern Illinois Women's basketball falls to 2nd in MAC West Division Colin Grylls Sports Editor

Worthen Arena's 25th anniversary celebration didn't quite go as well as Ball State women's basketball wanted.

The Cardinals (14-7, 7-2 MAC) lost a fast-paced 101-96 matchup to the Northern Illinois Huskies (15-5, 8-1 MAC) that broke the tie atop the Mid-American Conference West standings Saturday.

"I give a lot of credit to Northern because they made big play after big play," head coach Brady Sallee said. "My kids fought and I'm proud of them for that, I thought we played at a high level.

Northern just played at a little bit higher level. Again, whale of a game between two really good teams, but it counts just like the rest of them."

The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Cardinals, but most of the offensive numbers were there. The Cardinals shoot 44.7 percent on the season and shot 44.2 percent against the Huskies. Six different players scored double-digit points, led by 23 from junior forward Moriah Monaco. Sophomore point guard Carmen Grande, who is third in the NCAA with 7.8 assists per game, recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists.

Tempo was the biggest difference.

Ball State is third in the MAC with 73.7 points per game, but its two conference losses are to the top two offenses in the league — NIU scores 89.1 points per game and Central Michigan (14-6, 6-2 MAC) scores 75.2.

"It probably starts with me because I

game's going, the good teams have an ability to see something that just broke down and then fix it on the fly. ... I think we did that at times, I think at other times that showed up in some 'undiscipline.' And when we're undisciplined, they burn us."

Ball State scored 96 points against NIU, including 50 points in the paint, but only hit 29.4 percent of its threes (10-34). Sallee isn't too worried though.

Just like the defensive end, he's more concerned about open looks and scheme instead of which players had an off night.

"We understand that some nights they're going to fall, and some nights when they don't you've got to be able to lean on something else," Sallee said.

"For most of the season, we've leaned on our defense, and we've been able to stop a team when we haven't made a ton of threes."

The Cardinals still own the best average scoring margin in the MAC Breanna Daugherty // DN (plus 11.1 points) and their defense gives up just 62.6 points per game. Ball Junior forward Moriah Monaco attempts to pass the ball at the game against Northern Illinois University State is 0-3 when its opponents score Saturday in Worthen Arena. The cardinals lost 101-96.

80 or more points though, so Sallee is most efficient three-point shooting teams in considering switching up the play-style said, 'Let's go play,'" Sallee said. "We're the conference, and both made more than OK with this tempo, I don't think our — depending on what he sees on tape. half of their three-point attempts against kids shy away from going up and down "If this was the championship game, the Cardinals. In this game, NIU made 52 and playing in this type of a game, I then maybe we go about it differently," percent (13-25) of its threes and on Jan. 11 think we're very comfortably playing in Sallee said. "But there's a lot of basketball Central Michigan hit 60.7 percent (17-28) in this type of a game. And so, I chose the left and what I'm worried about is us, a 101-92 win over Ball State. how are we playing. I don't know that first time through playing these people Sallee said he'll look at the tape to see to play. If it wasn't for some breakdowns, whether the Huskies were getting too many this loss changes how we're playing."

Ball State's next game is at 7 p.m. and again, you give them credit because easy looks or if they were just on a roll.

Wednesday at Akron. they made us pay, we were right there."

"Those are the things we'll learn from The Huskies (38.0 percent) and film," Sallee said. "We'll come back in Contact Colin Grylls with any questions or and practice we'll get better. But as the Chippewas (36.2 percent) are also the two concerns @dn_sports.

Cardinals win on Worthen's 25th anniversary

Men's basketball in 3-way tie for 1st in division Ryan Flanery Men’s Basketball Reporter

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In the Ball State men’s basketball (14-7, 5-3 MAC) 84-78 victory over Western Michigan (6-14, 2-6 MAC) sophomore guard Tayler Persons (24) and senior forward Franko House (18) combined for 42 points.

“I felt pretty good, my teammates trust me out there,” Persons said. “When they [Western Michigan] have people like Trey and Franko to worry about down on the block, it makes it easy for me out there.”

On top of House’s 18 points, six rebounds and four assists, sophomore forward Trey Moses added nine points, four rebounds and three assists.

After scoring only 3 points and securing one rebound in the loss to Bowling Green Jan. 21, House has responded with what head coach James Whitford called aggressive play against Eastern and Western Michigan, helping lead Ball State to wins.

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that were exceptional,” Whitford said. “If you look at his numbers he has been great.”

Over the last two games, House has scored 35 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and recorded 7 assists.

“I just try and go out and play my game,” House said. “If I pick up fouls then I pick them up — it is something you have to play through, I have been playing through it my whole career.”

House attributed his poor play at Bowling Green to worrying about foul trouble, but in the victory over Western Michigan, House drew four fouls, still close to fouling out, but still playing his game. House has a team leading five foul outs this season.

Over the last six Mid-American Conference games, Ball State has won five of them, only losing to Bowling Green, when House had “his worst game in a Ball State uniform,” Whitford said.

Leading the team in scoring, rebounding and assists in the win over Western Michigan, Whitford was impressed with his leaders House and Persons.

“Both of them were exceptional,” Whitford said. “We need them both to lead and I thought they did that with no question tonight.”

As good as Persons and House were against Western Michigan, Whitford still sees a chance for improvement in their games.

“We need Tayler to be more aggressive on defense and we need Franko to be more aggressive on offense,” Whitford said.

Persons and House were aggressive against the Broncos, scoring, grabbing rebounds and finding open teammates at will, and Whitford emphasized that is what Ball State men’s basketball needs — aggressive play.

Sitting at first place in the MAC West Division with Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan, Ball State is in action Tuesday as they host Toledo for the second of three straight home games at Worthen Arena.

Contact Ryan Flanery with any questions or concerns @Flanery_17.

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Sophomore guard Tayler Persons dribbles around a Western Michigan player at the game Saturday in Worthen Arena. The Ball State men’s basketball team had an 84-78 victory over Western Michigan.

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Children's museum boasts interactive learning Local attraction first opened in 1975, created by 4 mothers Justice Amick Daily News Reporter

Editor’s note: Muncie Origins is a Ball State Daily News series profiling various businesses that originated in Muncie.

Walking into the doors of the Muncie Children's Museum, you're greeted

by Laura, the front desk assistant who welcomes you to a place full of laughter and fun for all ages. You give her $6 and the rest of the day is yours to frolic through the hours of fun and excitement that awaits on the two floors in the museum.

After more than 40 years of growth and play, the museum is just as fun as it was in 1975, when it all started. Four moms created the museum as a way for the children in Muncie to learn through fun.

The Muncie Children's Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is located right next to the convention center downtown. It is only a 10-minute car or bus ride away from campus.

The museum's managing director,

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Two Cats will soon launch a new menu, but will still feature smoothies and Mediterranean cuisine, such as gyros.

Helwani wants to focus on vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options and is currently talking to a bakery to provide vegan desserts as well.

He is also talking to some local breweries so Two Cats can begin to sell beer and wine.

“I think that’s something that most people are excited about. I’m not going to be another bar in the Village, what we are focusing on is bringing something that is not available in the Village — exotic beer, some kind of pairing with our food,” Helwani said. “[We’re in the process of] getting the proper license.”

The small stage on the upper level of the restaurant has been a space for poetry readings and a comedy show, and Helwani plans to host an event every month this year.

“We’re putting [together] a talk show where we have interviews with members of the Muncie community, live music and

Kynda Rinker, said their main goal is for children to come to the museum and utilize the exhibits and play areas as learning tools, while having so much fun it doesn't feel like learning.

From a fake Marsh grocery store and kitchen to a red tractor to sit and ride on, there are a variety of interactive exhibits and areas for children and adults to explore.

There are live animals, such as rabbits and snakes that are shown in animal shows, and craft time for children.

There are also play areas, such as a play stage and a reading nook where parents can sit and read with their children.

Ball State students are always welcome at the museum, especially for employment and volunteering.

Students and faculty have actually helped the museum before, by creating the Tot Spot for children five and under for an immersive learning project.

Rinker had nothing but positive things to say about how working at the museum has impacted her life.

"I've been here a long time," she said. "I

comedian stand-up. We’re adding belly dancing very soon [and] we’re going to try to bring a magician [at some point],” Helwani said.

Upcoming events include a tapas sampling as a fundraiser for the We’re Trying Collective, and a Valentine’s Day special.

Two Cats is staffed entirely by students — something Helwani wants to continue to allow them to get real-life experience if they are interested in the hospitality business.

This has posed the challenge of finding qualified kitchen staff that can accommodate the restaurant’s hours.

“We open [for] lunch, breakfast and dinner. Most students have morning or mid-day classes, so the challenge has been figuring out the schedule for the kitchen staff,” Helwani said.

While it has been in the Village for a year, people still aren't quite sure what Two Cats has to offer, something Helwani wants to focus on improving.

“The other challenge for me is that people still don’t know what Two Cats Cafe is. They look at our front window and they see this neon color painting on the window, and it really doesn’t do it justice,"

work mainly in the office but that's OK because when I do have a moment to come out on the floor and watch the children play — it tears me up a bit because they love it here. We have many children who cry when they have to leave and that makes me so excited because it means were doing our duty for the community."

College students can become educators at the museum and work with people of all ages while also helping plan birthday parties and field trips.

Mercedes Hoover, who graduated from Ball State in 2016, liked that working at the museum allowed her to give back to the community.

"It's a super cool and valuable experience to be able to work here. You get to help give children gain an experience that they might not get to have anywhere else in the Muncie community," Hoover said.

Volunteering is also a big part of the children's museum, and they encourage people from the community and college students to come and volunteer. The museum works with Ball State's Student

Voluntary Services, giving students the chance to monitor and get credit for volunteer hours.

In addition to its regular exhibits, the museum often hosts events for the community — it hosted the Ball State football team last week, and the team members taught football skills and how to score touchdowns on and off the field.

On March 18, the Muncie Ballet Company will host an event to teach dance and acting.

Many of the events the museum hosts fall on the third Saturday of each month, when admission is free.

Michelle Logan, a mother of four small children, knows her first trip to the museum won't be the last.

"It's definitely a place I hope to take my kids again," she said. "It's so awesome to find a cute museum like this in a small area like Muncie."

The Muncie Children's Museum is an educational, but fun destination for children of any age and adults who want to feel like kids again.

Contact Justice Amick with any questions or concerns at jramick@bsu.edu.

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Two Cats Cafe is located in the Village. The cafe is the second restaurant that has been opened by Basam Helwani.

he said. "Once they get inside, they are all at awe of the atmosphere here or the ambiance of inside … I’m working with a sign company to change our signage.”

Micaela Kosty, a junior exercise science major, has been working at Two Cats for the past month and a half. As a former barista, Kosty thought she could bring her skills to restaurant, which offers specialty coffees.

“It’s nice to see how many different types of people come in here and a lot of people come in here to do their homework, which I think is really cool," Kosty said. "They’re always down to have a conversation with you [and] tell you how their day’s going.”

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Basam Helwani stands behind the counter at Two Cats Cafe Thursday. Basam opened Two Cats a year ago.

After a successful year, Two Cats Cafe, complete with their friendly environment and exotic menu, is here to stay.

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