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Be Here Now now has a license to sell liquor; previously, it could sell beer and wine. Management at Be Here Now hopes selling three types of alcohol will contribute to the business in the long run.

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Be Here Now hopes to attract new customers with license MORGAN KING GENERAL REPORTER | mrking2@bsu.edu Be Here Now is newly licensed to sell beer, wine and liquor, after obtaining a three-way liquor license.

In the past, the bar and music venue has only served beer and wine. Owner Whitney Stump said the new license should help attract customers.

“We hope that our investment in a [three-] way will provide more of a reason for people to attend Be Here Now and support the many amazing talents on display here each week,” Stump said in a Facebook message.

Be Here Now, which was founded by Ball State graduates, typically hosts three to four live music shows a week. Stump said the acts that play at Be Here Now are very good for the size of the building.

“We consistently bring in some of the best national acts possible for our size of venue,” Stump said.

In the past, people ages 18 years and older have been allowed to enter the establishment, which is concurrent with the state’s policy to allow anyone over 18 to come into bars, but not be served, according to ServSafe National Restaurant Association.

Stump said they are reconsidering their policy after an incident earlier this year where a 19-year-old girl told police she had been drinking at the bar before she crashed her car into Muncie Liquors, but, in general, Be Here Now is a good place for the under-21 crowd.

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Sophomore medical technology major Shelby Sneed celebrates with Charlie Cardinal on Friday at the Scramble Light after winning the Chirp! Chirp! Spirit Scholarship contest.

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helby Sneed had never watched a field hockey game before Oct. 11. But that game, along with her attendance at a volleyball and soccer game, earned the sophomore medical technology major a scholarship.

The Ball State Chirp! Chirp! Spirit Scholarship was established by the Athletics Student Rewards Program this season to increase attendance at athletic events. The scholarship proved to be successful, albeit on a smaller scale than originally envisioned.

Increasing attendance and the number of returning spectators, especially among students, were the main goals for Shawn Sullivan, the assistant athletic director for Marketing and Fan Engagement.

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On the scholarship game days, attendance hit a season-high for soccer and field hockey. The chart below compares the Fall 2015 season’s attendance average for each sport to the attendance of the scholarship games.

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Lack of focus causes losing streak BALL STATE SENDS Cardinals allow total of 121 points in 2nd-quarter play

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Focus, or lack thereof, continues to be an issue for Ball State football this season. After a loss to the Georgia State Panthers, the team’s losing streak has grown to four games.

The first half has been a struggle for the Cardinals all season; they have been outscored 159-80.

The bulk of the damage, however, has come in the second quarter, where they have allowed 121 points. In the last three games, the Cardinals have been outscored 69-27 in

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Head coach Pete Lembo takes responsibility for not being able to get through to his players.

“It’s my responsibility to get them ready, and I got to do a better job of that because we don’t seem to be able to play 60 minutes of football right now,” Lembo said. “I’ve got to find some more creative ways to get through to them.”

In order to be bowl-eligible, the team has to have at least six wins.

The Cardinals are currently sitting on a 2-5 record, meaning they would have to win out against multiple tough opponents to make it.

The Cardinals have done better in the second half.

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Members of the Ball State football team are saying their problem is a lack of focus. Senior linebacker Ben Ingle had four individual tackles and two tackle assists in the game against Georgia State.

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In a campus-wide email sent on Friday, the Beneficence Dialogue report was released, summarizing the concerns and solutions about diversity and inclusion.

The Beneficence Dialogues were prompted after controversy sparked over the selection of the recipient of the John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award in March.

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March, students were able to share their concerns about the university. More than 100 students participated in the conversation in small groups facilitated by faculty, staff and administrators.

The facilitators took notes and observations during the discussions, then compiled them into a report, which was organized and written by Ro Anne Royer Engle, director of the Multicultural Center.

Three of the five sections for improvement were diversity-related. The other sections were increased training for faculty and staff, and response and interaction from the university administration.

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“SPEECH AND DEBATE” As a part of the Cave Studio Series, “Speech and Debate” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at Cave Studio Theatre.

The play is about three Oregon teenagers who have to band together during a local sex scandal with the mayor and a teacher at their high school. Tickets are $6 for the general public.

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WEDNESDAY ART OF JAZZ SERIES: JAZZ ENSEMBLES WITH GUEST ARTIST GRANT STEWART, SAXOPHONE Grant Stewart, a Toronto native, is coming to perform for the first Art of Jazz Series concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. at Sursa Performance Hall. He regularly performs at New York City jazz clubs and has 12 recordings on various labels. Admission is $5 for students with an ID and seniors, and $7 for general admission.

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FINAL FRIDAY: BEING The David Owsley Museum of Art will be hosting its monthly discussion to highlight what is creative and cool about Muncie. There will be music by DJNELL, refreshments, sculpting demonstrations and art at the event, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at the David Owsley Museum of Art.

LETTERMAN LECTURE SERIES: GAIL SHEEHY As a part of the David Letterman Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series, Gail Sheehy will be coming to speak at 8 p.m. at Pruis Hall. Sheehy is the author of 17 books and was named the Best Magazine Writer in America for her character portraits of national and world leaders.

She will be speaking about her latest memoir, “Daring: My Passages.”

HALLOWEEN ASTRONOMY The Charles W. Brown Planetarium will be hosting a special Halloween presentation over the day as an astronomical holiday. The show is free and open to the public, and the runtime of the show is approximately 45 minutes. The show starts at 6:30 p.m.

TAKING CARE OF THE CAT Gay Nation, director of sales at PAWS Inc., will be speaking about Garfield and its creator, Jim Davis, a Ball State graduate, from 2-3 p.m. at the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center. There’s no charge for the event, but registration is required. To register, call 765-285-8975.

CIRQUE ALFONSE TIMBER Cirque Alfonse Timber will be performing at John R. Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The show involves acrobatic apparatuses inspired from forestry resources based on its real-life family farm.

The circus troupe comes from a small town, Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, and it draws on its country roots to get inspiration for the show. Tickets for Ball State students are $5 in advance or $10 at the door. Tickets for adults are $18 in advance or $21 at the door.

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‘Speech and Debate’ characters’ stories hit home Student actors relate to topics portrayed in play

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While the characters in the latest Cave Studio Theatre show “Speech and Debate” struggle with sex scandals and blackmail onstage, their student actors have been dealing with presenting a play that hits close to home.

In the play, lonely high school student Diwata, played by junior acting major Sophia Foldvari, engages in “well-meaning blackmail” to get fellow classmates to join her speech and debate team.

Among this band of misfits are Solomon and Howie, played by Jacob Barnes and Gardy Gilbert, who are both

sophomore acting majors.

Throughout the show, Solomon attempts to write a news article about the mayor’s recent sex scandal, as well as uncover the secrets of a high school teacher’s, both of which involve same-sex relations, which makes them almost unspeakable in their conservative town.

Howie is an openly gay senior in high school who has just transferred to the Salem, Ore., high school from a more liberal school in Portland. Howie tries to balance starting a gay-straight alliance club at the new school while attempting to avoid drawing too much attention to himself.

“He’s trying to remain unknown, which is kind of difficult when you are trying to be openly gay in this religious, conservative town,” Gilbert said.

Many of the actors in this

performance were able to relate to the show on a personal level. For Barnes, the show’s focus on sexuality hit close to home. It allowed him to draw on his personal experience of being in the closet in high school.

“What’s been hard for me is going back to that place,” he said.

Gilbert said he can especially relate to Howie when it comes to his own sexuality and his ability to be open about it. As a gay man who has yet to come out to his parents, he empathizes with Howie’s struggle to be comfortable in his own skin.

Gilbert can see the events in the play from both perspectives. He comes from a religious household where sexuality was barely discussed, as well as a performing arts high school where “it wasn’t a big deal.”

“It’s been a lot about not

letting [being gay] be the only characteristic my character has, ... it is just a tiny piece of my puzzle,” he said.

Emily Kipp, the director of the play, said she’s had to be mindful of putting on a show that investigates sensitive subjects and consider the effect it might have on her actors.

“I don’t want to dig too far into [painful memories], but I also want to find ways to use that past and those memories to find their characters and to find their ways in the world,” she said.

In order to do so, Kipp said she has worked to maintain a healthy and “open conversation without pushing.”

The fact that the group of artists were already friends has helped with this process. They got together many weekends and found themselves talking about these issues organically.

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$6 for general public “One day, [Barnes] opened up about how a scene really impacts him because [his character] was him in high school, and that led into everyone else talking about stuff,” Kipp said.

The play deals with serious subjects, but it’s still a comedy. “[The play] deals with them in a light way,” Kipp said. “It treats them as seri-

ous issues without making them dramatic or sad.”

Foldvari said there is a quote at the end of the play that summarizes how she sees their performance.

“A reporter is writing a story about their team, and she basically says, about the show they are creating, that ‘if you go to listen, you will leave talking,’” Foldvari said.

Barnes agreed. The quote is a “beautiful statement” about the nature of their production, he said.

“You will go and everyone will be talking about something different,” he said.

The show will cover topics including gay rights, abortion, scandal, politics and others.

“This show is very relevant to today’s audience and hits on a lot of the big ones people have a lot to say about,” Barnes said.

Switch up your common tattoo Once a mark very unique and personal, some tattoo designs have become standard

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FEATHERS

Meaning: Like dream catchers, feathers can also be tied to Native American culture. Feathers were given in some Native American tribes to people who had done a brave thing. Eagle feathers could be seen as a sign from the heavens, according to the website for the American Indian Heritage Foundation.

Variations: Some tattooed feathers are shown exploding into a flock of birds.

Others include a feather intertwined in an infinity sign and a feather accompanied by lyrics from the Beatles song “Blackbird.”

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attoos have signified something greater than what meets the eye since ancient times: proclamations of religious affiliation, “declarations of love,” and even punishments, according to Smithsonian Magazine. However, with the introduction of the Internet, some tattoo designs have become more popular, and tattoo artists are seeing them repeatedly.

“It’s mostly because [customers] see [tattoos] on Tumblr or on Pinterest in a black and white photo, and it looks really cute and that’s what they want to get,” said Sam Leys, a tattoo artist at local tattoo shop Black Sword Alliance, located at 1304 E. Princeton Ave. Here are tattoos that she sees regularly:

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INFINITY SIGNS

Meaning: Infinity sign tattoos can mean a multitude of things. Couples get the ink to signify their never-ending devotion to each other, while other people use the sign to signify that there are no limitations in their lives.

Variations: Infinity sign tattoos can include words to give more meaning to the design. Example words are “love,” “faith,” “family” and “hakuna matata” from Disney’s “The Lion King.” Pictures that are incorporated with the design can include anchors, feathers and birds.

SEMICOLON

DREAM CATCHERS

Meaning: Dream catchers are Native American objects created to keep nightmares away. The tattoo is supposed to bring good dreams and protection to its inked owner.

Variations: Some dream catchers use natural elements, such as vines or leaves, but they can also include birds, sunsets or personal quotes. New Health Guide’s website warns that dream catcher tattoos can be considered cultural appropriation, when aspects of one culture are stolen by members of another culture. They recommend being informed before getting inked.

DOGS OF MUNCIE

Meaning: Semicolon tattoos are associated with suicide prevention, because semicolons are used to join two independent clauses in a sentence. The sentence could’ve ended, but it didn’t, similar to how a life can end, even though it didn’t have to. These tattoos were started by Project Semicolon, a movement started in the spring of 2013, which went on to become an organization of hope and support.

Variations: The semicolon tattoo can be plain — just the punctuation mark — or it can be intertwined with other words, such as “continue” or “live.” Some semicolons are portrayed as part of an anchor.

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Meaning: This tattoo can signify a personality trait or an important moment in a person’s life.

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Spadafora believes that the team will be able to regroup and bounce back with eight games remaining on the schedule.

“If one of us struggles, we all struggle. So we have to work hard and balance each other and keep us all going to succeed, and I think we can,” Spadafora said.

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“I’ve been working a lot this year on just making all my skills consistent for the team match in and match out,” Spadafora said. “My teammates need to know what I’m going to bring every match, so that’s what I try to do for them.”

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Sneed was the type of person Sullivan envisioned when they created the scholarship, since she had never watched a field hockey game prior to the scholarship contest.

“I honestly didn’t even know that field hockey was a thing that was done competitively,” she said. “I thought it was more of just a club thing. ... I really honestly didn’t even know we have a team.”

Although she had not attended many games in the past, Sneed plans to watch more Ball State games in the future. This hits the returning attendance that Sullivan is working for.

“Going to games in general, I think, helped me boost my school spirit,” Sneed said. “Not even just the scholarship, but going to a game and seeing how hard our athletes work and seeing how they put everything they have into a game that they love is very rewarding. I was an athlete in high school, so I know what that feels like. … It’s nice to be on the other side of that and see it more than feel it.”

The scholarship also creates an opportunity for students to supplement the costs of college.

Sneed currently works at the front desk of the Woodworth Complex to help pay for school.

“It’s going to help so much,” she said. “Right now, I’m working 15 hours a week, sometimes 20, which is the maximum allowed to work on campus as a student, plus my full class load, so it’s going to help a lot.”

There will be a second Chirp! Chirp! Spirit Scholarship awarded to a random student who attends and swipes in at Saturday’s football game against Central Michigan.

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off the court, and it has led to us having a great trust in each other on-court,” Hopkins said. “I know that she is always going to put the ball where it needs to be.”

Along with Hopkins, Spadafora makes sure to talk with all the other hitters as well.

The team has played with as many as five freshmen on the court at a time, but so far have been able to find success. Communication is key to help them become comfortable on the court.

“I always am talking to them, asking them where they want the ball so they can have the best hit possible,” Spadafora said.

Spadafora’s communication ability and calm demeanor under pressure has made her a major leader on the court.

She constantly calls out plays and keeps the team on its toes, ready for anything.

“She is always rallying the team together, keeping us calm and keeping us looking forward to the next point,” Hopkins said.

As a leader of the team, her dynamic nature has allowed her to step up into other roles when needed.

Due to various injuries of other players, Spadafora has become a force above the net. She has 116 kills this season, which falls just short of matching the 130 total she had all last season. Her attack percentage has also risen from .259 last year to .266 this year.

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“I think it worked out okay,” he said. “It could certainly be better and we’ll see if that’s something we want to continue do. What we do know is that we were able to generate better-than-average crowds at three different events that perhaps normally we wouldn’t have.”

To qualify for the first of two scholarships, students needed to attend the Sept. 25 soccer game against Eastern Michigan, the Oct. 3 women’s volleyball game against Northern Illinois and the Oct. 11 field hockey game against Bellarmine University.

Attendance spiked in the three games that students were required to swipe in at to be eligible for the scholarship.

The soccer and field hockey games set season-high marks (562 and 406, respectively), with both totals surpassing the next-largest totals by more than 150 spectators. Although the crowd of 741 at the women’s volleyball game did not set a season-high, it surpassed the average crowd of 508.

There were other factors that may have contributed to the increase in attendance, like the large turnout from Bellarmine fans at the field hockey game or the fact that certain games were aired on ESPN. Sullivan previously said the scholarship was created in order to develop “a growth in attendance, excitement and atmosphere of home Ball State events.”

Sneed’s scholarship pays off half of in-state tuition for a full semester. The total comes out to a little less than $1,900.

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Ball State women’s volleyball has played through a lot of adversity this season with multiple key players sitting out at different times, leaving the Cardinals potentially vulnerable on the court.

Even with so many inconsistencies, senior setter Jenna Spadafora has been consistent in her efforts.

Spadafora has put up big numbers for the Cardinals.

Her 848 total assists this season are the most by any player in the Mid-American Conference. She averages 9.64 assists per set, the third-best average in the MAC. As Spadafora grew as a player throughout her collegiate career, her numbers rose as well. Head coach Steve Shondell has been watching her progress since she came to campus in 2012.

“Since last season, I’ve seen her become just a much more mature player,” Shondell said. “She doesn’t get rattled by anything that happens on the court and is playing like a great senior.”

Spadafora’s success can be attributed to her great communication skills with her teammates, including fellow senior Kelly Hopkins.

Hopkins’s close off-thecourt relationship with Spadafora has led to a good in-game relationship, as Hopkins has managed a team-leading 189 kills this season.

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Ball State has been competitive this season, almost knocking off No. 17 Northwestern on the road and playing a close game against Toledo, who moved into the top 25 after beating

Ball State on Homecoming.

The lack of consistency leads to losses like this weekend’s defeat against Georgia State, who came into the matchup with one win in the Football Bowl Subdivision in five years.

Lembo knows his team is capable of beating most teams, but the consistency isn’t there every week.

“With each step forward, it was a step back,” Lembo said.

The Cardinals will host a struggling Central Michigan at Scheumann Stadium Saturday.

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In the past three games, Ball State has been outscored 69-27 in the second quarter alone. Freshman quarterback Riley Neal passed for 218 yards and threw one interception during the game against Georgia State on Saturday.

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Humans vs. Zombies hits home

UGL biannual game returns to Ball State campus

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“We have chosen to be all-ages to give young people an opportunity and a safe place in which to participate in this culture, and in five-and-a-half years of business, we have had no issues with this,” Stump said.

Marissa Long, a sophomore business major, said she likes going to Be Here Now, especially because she’s not old enough yet to participate in the rest of the Village’s nightlife.

“I’ve enjoyed going to Be Here Now since I’m not 21 yet. It still gives me the atmosphere that I’m excited to participate in once I can go to all of the bars in the Village,” Long said.

Brady Hertel, a junior history major, said the new liquor license shows that Be Here Now cares about what their customers want.

“Now that Be Here Now is selling beer, wine and liquor, I see it as a possibility to try them out since they’re trying to reach out and meet peoples’ needs,” Hertel said.

Zombies have been ravaging throughout campus in the pursuit of their favorite dish: human brains.

The Urban Games League, a Ball State recreational gaming group, finished its biannual Humans vs. Zombies event Sunday.

The five-day event started on Wednesday.

HVZ is played at more than 600 college campuses across the United States, and there are 140 students registered for BSU’s game.

UGL’s website keeps track of how many humans and zombies there are at any given time; as of print time there were 76 zombies and 70 humans.

All players are marked with a green bandana that represents which side they are on. A bandana on a player’s arm represents a human, and people with one wrapped around the head are zombies. Moderators

are at every mission to enforce the rules, settle disputes and provide first aid if needed. They are marked with a white bandana.

Humans are armed with Nerf guns, foam swords and balled-up socks to fend off zombies that try to tag them. Zombies that are hit get stunned, rendering them useless for a short amount of time.

But what do participants like most about Humans vs. Zombies?

ZOMBIE AMBUSH “[A zombie] was hiding out in Bracken, then a human came through the back side near the University Green, and so the zombie calls his friends, and 30 people show up for one human. It was amazing, and that human almost peed themselves because there was a crowd of zombies for just one person. It was fantastic.”

— Burton Fisher, a junior stage management and sound engineering major

“GET HIM!”

CHARACTERS

“Last year in the spring, I was running away from a bunch of zombies. I was running back to Elliot Hall from the CAP building and I got tired and my friends, who are better runners than I, managed to leave me, so I went and hid in some bushes. ... I got halfway across the parking lot south of the Atrium and I look over and there are about 30 zombies and I hear someone scream, ‘Get him!’ So, I take off running as fast as I run, which is more of a jog at best. So I run in between the Teachers College and the Applied Technology building, and I turn around to fight and, luckily, only six zombies actually followed me. They came at me one at a time and I managed to kill every one of them, but I also wasted every single dart that I had, so I had to hurry up and get back to my hall. So that was pretty exciting.”

— Tyler Lhamon, a senior criminal justice and criminology major

“There are some characters out there. People get really hyped and super crazy and dressed up for this. Just be prepared to see anything, and the unexpected isn’t so unexpected anymore.”

— Kayla Jones, a sophomore theater education major

TREE MAN COMES ACROSS DRUGS “I was playing ... another [non-playing character] in a game, and I was walking back to try and help out with the briefing to help everyone get back on schedule. As I was walking past, I was in a Ghillie suit, like the big tree-looking things that snipers wear. I was walking in one of those and I run into kind of sorority-looking girls walking and it turned out they were waiting for an ambulance to come up because one of them had been mixing marijuana edibles and anti-depressants, so she is having that time of her night and this giant tree man walks up and offers to help them out.”

— Jules Patalita, a senior telecommunications major

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Get connected with campus Today’s Birthday (10/19/15).

Expansion, freedom and fortune come this year through contemplation and planning. Communications and networking produce results.

Invent your purpose newly.

Align your career to that, for breakthroughs next spring.

Reconsider personal priorities.

Careful organization sparks a new phase in work, service and health next autumn. Creativity blossoms.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. (c) 2015, by Nancy Black. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9. You want to expand, but the path is blocked.

Leaving seems difficult. Get more organized.

Step back for a wider view. Postpone travels for better conditions. Remain forgiving with miscommunications. Ignore rumors and gossip.

Take it all philosophically.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8. You can get whatever you need. Relax and enjoy it. Move quickly, complete the task, and make more money.

Anticipate financial changes. Minimize risks. Listen, learn and stick up for your view. Don’t go along if you don’t agree.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is an 8. Finding out what doesn’t work counts as learning.

Encourage a beneficial transformation. Collaborate with your partner. Talk about sales and marketing.

Friends help make an important connection.

There’s more work coming in. Keep your sense of humor.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9. Make an amazing discovery at work. It’s OK to cheer when you win! Help others to see the big picture. Find a more efficient use of resources. Fix up old before buying new. Watch the budget closely.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9. Work smarter, not harder. Let people know what you need, and speak clearly. Arrive on time. Ask good questions.

Talk is cheap, though. Don’t believe everything you hear. Postpone a financial discussion. New developments change the assignment.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 9. Let changes occur naturally. Ask for what you want. Creative work pays well. Sell what you no longer need.

Misunderstandings seem likely. Refuse to be bullied. You have more than you knew. Comfort a friend or sibling.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8. Income irregularities could put a kink in things. Postpone expansion for now. Costs can vary widely. Wait for developments. Reassure a loved one that you won’t forget a promise. Negotiate a shrewd deal.

Feed everyone.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9. A breakthrough leads to new resources. Share acknowledgments. Postpone a financial discussion until you have all the facts. Read contracts before signing. Establishing an efficient routine now saves money later. Alternate between physical exercise and quiet reverie.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9. A breakthrough leads to new resources. Share acknowledgments. Postpone a financial discussion until you have all the facts. Read contracts before signing. Establishing an efficient routine now saves money later. Alternate between physical exercise and quiet reverie.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8. Don’t spend all your loot in one place. It’s an excellent time for travel. Yoga and exercise relax tension.

Tempers fray easily, so avoid controversial discussions. Choose your words carefully. There’s no need to antagonize anyone.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8.

Something you try doesn’t work. Friends bail you out. Your team is hot. Success comes through diversity of talents and views. One friend has the right contacts. Another provides stability. The more tasks completed, the more gained.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8. Invest in your home. You’re motivated to make it awesome.

Convince others to participate. Talk about finances another day. Avoid gossip. Find time for love after work is done. Take extra care with sharp tools.

Have a backup plan.

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Professor researches paternity leave « As a result, religious fathers who take Findings reflect periods of paternity leave may find importance of paid extended more meaning in daily parenting tasks, viewing time off for men them as more important than nonreligious When sociology professor Richard Petts’s wife was pregnant with their first child, he was interested in taking time off after his son was born.

Petts began researching paternity leave after discovering that Ball State does not have a paid paternity leave policy. The university does have a child care leave policy in place, which guarantees six months of leave for both men and women employees, but it is unpaid.

Petts presented his research on paternity leave, titled “Paternity Leave, Religion, and Father Involvement with Children,” Friday in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Paternity leave is an important topic for families, but there isn’t a lot of focus on it, Petts said.

“Being already involved in research on fatherhood, I soon learned that this was a widespread issue that fathers experienced,” Petts said in an email. “Moreover, very little research has been done on paternity leave, which led to begin a research agenda focused on this topic.”

Federal law guarantees new parents 12 weeks off, but only at companies with 50 or more employees, according to the United States Department of Labor. This leave does not have to be paid.

Petts said paternity leave is not an uncommon practice in the U.S., although it

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RICHARD PETTS, sociology professor is the only developed country to not offer any form of guaranteed paid parental leave. Seventy-four percent of fathers took paternity leave in the datasets Petts researched, usually for just one to two weeks.

The amount of time fathers take is an important factor in paternity leave.

While many fathers were able to take off one to two weeks, Petts said that this does not make a big difference for the children.

“Taking more than two weeks of paternity leave is associated with an increased likelihood of playing with young children daily and singing and talking to young children daily,” Petts said. “Shorter periods of leave-taking (less than two weeks) is unrelated to father involvement.”

Petts found that the influence of paternity leave-taking on father involvement varies by religious attendance.

Fathers who take more than two weeks of leave and attend religious services frequently were more likely to interact with their young children daily than fathers who attend services less frequently.

These fathers who attend religious services weekly are also more likely to take

paternity leave than fathers who attend religious services infrequently. Furthermore, fathers who attend services weekly are especially more likely to take less than a week of paternity leave than no leave at all.

“Religious fathers may view these relationships as having spiritual meaning or significance. As a result, religious fathers who take extended periods of paternity leave may find more meaning in daily parenting tasks, viewing them as more important than nonreligious fathers and thus engaging in them more frequently,” Petts said.

Because paternity leave is not normally paid in the U.S., though, fathers may not always have the chance to create these relationships. Petts said that fathers who are financially more stable are more likely to take paternity leave, but this is not an option for everyone.

Petts said the benefits of paternity leave are important for both men and women. He said it could help people understand and possibly reduce gender inequality in the U.S. “If paternity leave al-

the university responds to recommendations and communicates progress on action items at regular intervals,” Royer Engle said.

Updates will be made on

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The full report is available online and includes all the student concerns and the proposed solutions.

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skill,” Andler said. “Anyone can do it. It’s extremely important that both parents are present.”

Erica Somerson, a sophomore women and gender studies and sociology major, said the practice of paternity leave would help people realize that both parents have influential roles in a child’s development.

“Without paternity leave, we’re deeming the father figure as less important,” Somerson said. “I would hope that most men would want [paternity leave].”

Petts said his research shows that paternity leave can encourage men to be more invested in their families, which is advantageous for the child or children.

“This time off of work may

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One of the concerns students had was how the university markets itself as diverse when many students feel it is not, according to the report. The solutions recommended for this included improving marketing strategies to attract diverse student populations and ensuring marketing images reflected the true diversity of the student population.

Another concern was how students of privilege are not aware of diversity issues. Some of the proposed solutions included launching a required diversity course or seminar in the core curriculum and expanding the diversity peer advocate program, which presents diversity workshops to students and organizations.

With these proposed recommendations, a council on diversity and inclusion has been established to monitor and carry out these solutions, Royer Engle said in the email.

“The team will work with the vice president for student affairs to ensure

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lows men time to become more involved in childcare duties, this might help to reduce some of the burden and stress placed on mothers,” Petts said. “Moreover, if men were expected to take paternity leave, similar to how women are expected to take maternity leave, this has the potential to reduce the disadvantages that women face as a result of these expectations.”

Sterling Andler, a sophomore women and gender studies major, said childcare is the responsibility of both parents. Both parents should have an equal hand in raising the child, she said.

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