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Sexual Assault

President Mearns releases statement His remarks follow several reports of sexual assault this semester 407

Sports

Narcan comes to campus

Coach Ben Armer’s weight room Football strength and conditioning coach runs tight ship412

New coaching role Women's volleyball gains a new student assistant coach413

Opinion

Nasal spray, vaccine can block effects of opioids, reverse overdoses in emergency situations

America’s ongoing gun problem

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It's not about regulation, it's about standing up for what's right416

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BallStateDaily.com Field hockey opens conference play

At least 59 killed at Las Vegas concert

Renowned musician Tom Petty dies at 66

4Oct.1: Ball State field hockey

4Oct. 2: A gunman unleashed a shower of bullets on an outdoor country music festival, killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 527 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

4Oct. 3: Petty died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles a day after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California, spokeswoman Carla Sacks said.

Petty and his longtime band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had recently completed a 40thanniversary tour.

(4-6) hosts three-time defending Mid-American Conference Tournament champion Kent State (4-9, 1-1 MAC) 3 p.m. Oct. 6.

The Cardinals haven’t beaten the Golden Flashes since Oct. 14, 2007.

Ball State also hosts Northwestern (8-4, 3-1 Big Ten) noon Sunday.

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Spectrum hosts Proud Month 2017 events

DWNTWN Muncie hosts ArtsWalk

Minnetrista to host first You and Me Workshop

4Oct. 4: Spectrum will host seven events in honor of LGBTQ history. The month of events kicked off with a showing of “Paris Is Burning,” a documentary that focuses on 1980s Harlem drag balls.

The month of events will end with Dragmageddon, Spectrum’s fall drag show.

4Oct. 4: Muncie organizations and businesses teamed up for the 2017 ArtsWalk in downtown Muncie. DWNTWN Muncie is launching an app to help visitors navigate their way through Muncie and easily locate ArtsWalk events, including a soup crawl and virtual reality projects.

4Oct. 5: Minnetrista will offer the first event in the new series, You and Me Workshops, at 10 a.m. on Oct. 7. Classes originally offered to adults have been adapted so that children can safely enjoy them too.

Minnetrista hopes to offer families a chance to make memories and learn together.

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Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center hosts Renaissance Faire this weekend Justice Amick Reporter Hoosiers will have the chance to travel back in time to the age of Queen Elizabeth at the Indiana Renaissance Faire Saturday and Sunday at the Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, formerly known as the Klipsch Music Center.

Focused on recreating aspects of the 16th

RENAISSANCE FAIR What: Indiana Renaissance Faire When: Saturday and Sunday Where: Ruoff Home Mortgage Music

Center, Fishers, Indiana (Drive is 40 minutes from Ball State) Price: Adult $14; Youth (6+) $5; Wee folk (5 and under) free

century, the volunteer-run faire is in its 13th year of historical fun in Fishers.

“Believe it or not, this is my 12th year attending the faire,” said Emily Malone, faire goer, cast member and Ball State alumna. “Love the cast, love the joust, love the food, love the entertainment. It’s possible I’m biased, seeing as I’m on cast. But I mean it, this is one of my favorite weekends of the entire year.”

The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days and will showcase a variety of events.

There will also be over 70 artist vendors for shopping and plenty of food vendors to match.

Some of the entertainment includes jousting, meeting the queen, knighting ceremonies, acrobats and swordplay.

Phyllis Zanoria attended the fair last year in bad weather, but she said it was still a great experience.

“It was amazing,” Zanoria said. “The weather and mud made it even more authentic. Great vendors, food and drinks, too. Performers did a

great job, especially the jousters. Costumes were beautiful and I felt bad that I wasn’t wearing something more appropriate for the theme.

Definitely upping the effort next year, and doing both days.”

A few new shows have been added to the schedule this year including Brian O’Brian, Kilted Kings and Chaste Treasure.

Adam Fivush, the faire chairman, has participated in faires for many years and even met his wife at one. He said the people behind the scenes don’t do it for the money.

“We love to do it. We’re all volunteers,” Fivush said. “So the only thing we get out of the faire is seeing smiling faces. Plus, with so much bad stuff going on around the world, people need an escape from reality.”

Admission is $14 for adults, $5 for youth and free for kids ages 5 and under.

Contact Justice Amick with comments at jramick@bsu.edu.

Junior Spanish major Charlie Campbell battles with senior sociology major Cole Heady in a round of Dagorhir at the Renaissance Faire Oct. 16, 2016 on the University Green.

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Paint Warz Pi Beta Phi and Phi Delta Theta hosted the event to benefit Read>Lead>Achieve and The ALS Association on Saturday at the University Green.

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UPD Immersive Learning

Heading to Heartland Officers get tased for K-9s The Muncie Police Department will continue fundraising efforts to attain two more dogs this Friday at City Hall. A K-9 costs $10,000 on average.

Attendees can donate money to see an officer get tased. 406

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Mearns releases sexual assault statement After 11 sexual assaults this semester, many students called on President Mearns to take make a statement on what the university plans to do to eliminate the assaults. 407

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Documentary highlights last year’s Torch Relay that went through all 92 Indiana counties in celebration of Indiana’s bicentennial. 409

What does it cost?

What does the perfect road trip cost?

Many students are getting behind the wheel to head home for Fall Break, but what does it really cost to make a trip home successful? 409

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Muncie police officers participating in taser fundraiser for new K-9 unit Department wants to bring in 2 new dogs, which cost $10,000 each on average Andrew Smith Reporter The Muncie Police Department will host a K-9 fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at City Hall.

The department began a large fundraising effort in order to bring the total number of K-9 officers to six.

The department had two K-9s when the fundraising efforts started.

Since then, one dog was purchased through donations stemming from fundraising efforts and another was donated to the department by an Indianapolis woman.

“The average cost per dog is about $10,000,” said officer Chase Winkle.

“That’s getting it with about a year to a year-and-a-half of training at the kennel.

And then once we get it, we do incur about another $5,000 cost to get the dog and the handler trained together.”

On Friday, Muncie residents will have the opportunity to donate to the fund while picking an officer to receive a shock from a taser.

Donators will be able to place their donation in the bucket of the officer they want to receive the shock. The officer with the most money in their bucket will receive a shock from a taser at 2 p.m. in the City Hall parking lot.

Participants can choose between Investigator Jami Brown, Capt. Steve Cox, Sgt. Chris Kirby, Sgt. Daxton Lovell and officer Chase Winkle.

The department stressed that although the taser will cause officers some discomfort, it is a safe tool and is a normal part of law enforcement training. Kirby said the discomfort won’t bother him at all if it means the department gets a new K-9.

“If we had more dogs on the street, we could stop all crime,” Kirby said.

“If it caused me five seconds of mental pain, then that’s what I gotta do. I take ownership in our police department and I believe that those K-9s on the street would make for definite improvement.”

The department will fundraise at Dogtoberfest from 2 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 at Canan Commons.

Contact Andrew Smith at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @ AndrewSmithNews.

If we had more dogs on the street, we could stop all crime. If it caused me five seconds of mental pain, then that’s what I gotta do.”

- CHRIS KIRBY, MPD sergeant

Donna Maitlen (right) meets the K9 officer she purchased for the Muncie Police Department. K9 Rasse is currently training with his handler, Patrolman Chase Hunter.

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Alumna dies in Hamilton County car accident Bethany Moore remembered for her contributions to women’s tennis team Colin Grylls Reporter

Geoffrey S. Mearns addresses the university for the first time after being named its 17th president on Jan. 24 in Sursa Performance Hall. BREANNA DAUGHERTY, DN FILE

President Mearns releases statement about sexual assault

Since August, 13 cases of sexual assault have been reported on, off campus Staff Reports On Tuesday, President Geoffrey S. Mearns released a statement on Twitter regarding the number of sexual assaults the university has reported this semester.

Since August, the university has sent out five emails regarding sexual assault. The five reports come as the university is under federal investigation for the mishandling of a sexual assault that occurred during the 201617 academic year.

However, since August, 13 total cases have been reported both on and off campus.

For the past week, students have called on Mearns to release a statement regarding the sexual assaults both on and off campus. His statement reads: “Over the past few weeks, there have been several reports of sexual assault on or near campus. I know that behind each report is a person who deserves our support.

The issue of sexual misconduct on university campuses is not just a professional matter. For me, and for many of you, it’s also a very personal concern. Three of my four daughters presently live in a residence hall on a university campus, and in January, my son will resume living in a residence hall at the University of Virginia. I have entrusted the safety of my children to the administration,

the faculty and the staff of those institutions.

And I expect them to honor that trust.

Here, at Ball State University, we are committed to providing a safe campus for all members of our community. That commitment includes doing all that we can to prevent sexual misconduct.

The ultimate objective ... is to eliminate sexual violence and sexual misconduct on our campus. That’s an ambitious goal.

But that must be our collective aspiration.

Anything less is not acceptable.

As we continue to work toward achieving that goal, however, our University must continue to investigate and adjudicate complaints of sexual misconduct. The Department of Education recently rescinded previously issued guidelines for these processes. Notwithstanding the DOE’s decision, our University will continue to follow our current policies and procedures, which were developed in compliance with the DOE guidelines that were promulgated under the previous administration. It is my hope that any future DOE guidance will improve and enhance our efforts to create a safe campus for all students, staff, faculty and our visitors.

Through the collective efforts of many people here at Ball State, we provide services, resources and policies that support

students affected by sexual misconduct.

These resources include an on-campus victim advocate and counseling, both of which are confidential services available to all members of the campus community, regardless of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation. Our Ball State Police and Title IX office also provide response to complaints.

If you or someone you know has been victimized, please use our services. Hearing about these recent reports may be unsettling, but they may indicate that our students feel confident in the support they receive when they come forward.

Campus safety is a collective commitment.

It is a partnership involving all members of our University community. All of us must work together to create a safe campus. I will continue to be an active member of this vitally important effort.

Thank you for your support and engagement.

Geoffrey S. Mearns” Mearns also advised students to participate in the various programs that Ball State offers to help promote the prevention of sexual assault such as: • Think About It • Red Zone • Greek Peer Advocates

Former Ball State women’s tennis player Bethany Moore, 23, died in a two-car accident in Noblesville Wednesday morning.

Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a head-on collision in the area of Strawtown Avenue and Prairie Baptist Road around 7 a.m., where medical personnel pronounced Moore dead at the scene.

Cardinals women’s tennis coach Max Norris says he remembers Moore as a loyal and honest person.

“That’s the unfortunate part about life — it can be taken away very quickly,” Norris said. “The very first reaction I had was just to try and remember all the positive things that happened and all of the positive things she was as a person.”

As a senior at Ball State in 2016, Moore helped the women’s tennis team win its first-ever Mid-American Conference Championship, going 5-2 in singles play and 19-4 in doubles matches.

In 2014 she earned an Honorable Mention on the Academic AllMAC team, and Ball State was an ITA All-Academic team in all four of Moore’s years playing for the Cardinals.

“I just am bummed for the future players here that will never get the chance to meet her and know all the great things she brought to the program and why the program was so successful — in part because of her,” Norris said.

Before attending Ball State, Moore went 103-6 at Lebanon High School, where she lettered all four years and received first team AllState, All-District and All-Conference honors.

Norris says his thoughts are with Moore’s parents.

“No matter if things were going well for Bethany or not, if she was playing or if she wasn’t playing, her parents were so classy and I just always remembered that,” Norris said. “I just feel so awful for them.”

The other driver, a 33-year-old man from Anderson, was transported to the hospital for unspecified complaints of pain.

The sheriff’s department said toxicology results for both drivers are still pending.

If you have any information, contact the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Crash Team at 317-773-1282.

Contact Colin Grylls at crgrylls@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @colin_grylls.

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Narcan available without a prescription Overdose-reversing drug available for purchase at Health Center, Ball Memorial Andrew Smith Reporter In the moment of an overdose, emergency responders race to a scene to help get the victim a lifesaving drug. But with Aaron’s Law in Indiana, victims are able to get the drug even faster.

Senate Bill 406 is named Aaron’s Law after Aaron Sims, a 20-year-old from Indianapolis who died of a heroin overdose in 2013. The bill, which was signed in April 2015 by then-Governor Mike Pence, allows for people to carry, administer and obtain naloxone without a prescription.

Naloxone, or Narcan, is a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. It can work in a matter of seconds, almost instantly saving a victim’s life.

“If administered in a timely manner, naloxone can reverse the life-threatening respiratory failure that is usually the cause of overdose deaths,” according to the Indiana State Department of Health. “Naloxone has been proven effective in reversing overdoses caused by heroin and prescription medications such as OxyContin, Percocet, methadone and Vicodin.”

Overdose Prevention Therapy-Indiana allows people to see where to pick up naloxone from a registered entity.

In Delaware County, nine places, including the Ball State Amelia T. Wood Health Center, are registered entities where you can get naloxone without a prescription.

All IU Health retail pharmacies, including the Pavilion Pharmacy at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, sell Narcan kits.

A Narcan kit, which contains two prefilled nasal dispensers, costs around $135 per kit. People can also purchase two syringes and the aspirator for around $75 per kit.

“There is also an auto-injector product called Evzio, like EpiPen, but it is so incredibly expensive, we do not stock it right now,” said Max Barnhard, the administrative director of IU Health Retail Pharmacy Network. “It runs around $5,000.”

The Health Center and the hospital have not sold any Narcan kits since they started carrying it.

Jammie Bane, administrator for the Delaware County Health Department, said the department offers Narcan training for those interested in carrying it.

“The training is pretty short and simple, focused on a video provided by the state,” Bane said. “Anyone who wishes to have Narcan must complete an application and the training.”

Bane said the reason Narcan holders go through the training is to ensure that the limited number of

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doses the Health Department distributes are going to those who need it, not just those who want to carry because it’s free.

“For example, someone who has family members who are drug users would be more likely to receive Narcan than someone who acknowledges no contact with drugs users and just wants it because it’s free,” Bane said.

On Monday, Governor Eric Holcomb introduced Next Level Recovery, a website for state resources on the opioid crisis.

“This website will change and develop over time along with our efforts, and I hope it will become a go-to resource for communities, families and individuals,” Holcomb said in a press release.

The website contains information on prevention, treatment, enforcement, healthcare professionals and first responders.

Contact Andrew Smith at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @AndrewSmithNews.

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The Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay came through Delaware County on Sept. 27, 2016.

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Student-led documentary chosen for film festival Project highlights Torch Relay that went through all 92 Indiana counties in celebration of Indiana’s bicentennial last year Andrew Harper Daily News Reporter A documentary produced

by Ball State’s Department of Telecommunications was selected for screening at the Heartland Film Festival.

The film, “Everlasting Light: The Story of Indiana’s Bicentennial Torch Relay,” was commissioned by the Indiana Office of Tourism Development.

The documentary highlights the Torch Relay, one of the many events put on by the state to celebrate Indiana’s 200 years of statehood in 2016.

Over 2,000 people carried a lit torch through Indiana’s 92 counties covering over 3,200 miles.

The relay began in Corydon Sept. 9 and ended at the statehouse ground in Indianapolis from Oct. 15. The torch made its way through Delaware County last year on Sept. 27.

Chris Flook, a telecommunications lecturer, was the faculty adviser and one of the editors for the film.

Flook said over email the project was unique and the students did a great job capturing the uniqueness. Flook said the film was “a recap of what happened, how the project evolved and the process to carry it out.”

“They did an excellent job in putting everything together and they understood the significance of what they were doing,” Flook said.

Ball State 2017 alumna Samantha Hunter directed the film. She graduated

with a degree in telecommunications video production and currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Hunter directed short commercials and videos at the university and said she immediately took the opportunity to direct the film when Flook mentioned it in class.

Hunter said because she had never directed a film of that magnitude before, the experience was unforgettable and that the opportunity was once in a lifetime.

Despite a few challenges, she said it was incredible how smoothly the project went, considering its size.

“It was a really nice way to kind of like, give back to the state that raised me before I went on and started my professional career,” Hunter said.

She stressed the importance of everyone who worked to help make the film a reality.

“The documentary isn’t just mine, it’s everyone’s who worked on it,” Hunter said.

The Heartland Film Festival takes place every year in Indianapolis. This year marks the 26th running, which will show 213 films from 104 countries Oct. 12-22.

According to the festival schedule, the film will be shown along with other Indiana short films on Oct. 17, 19 and 20. Tickets can be purchased at heartlandfilm.org/festival.

Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu.

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Ball State looks to improve as it travels to Akron After a 55-3 loss to defending MAC champions Western Michigan, Ball State football (2-3, 0-1) will travel to Akron in hopes of getting its first conference game win. The Cardinals will take on the Zips at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Basketball

Ball State men’s and women’s basketball start practice Practice is in full force for both the men’s and women’s basketball squads. The women’s team had its first practice Tuesday, while the men’s took the court Sept. 3. Both teams look forward to their season openers, as the men play Dayton Nov. 10 and the women travel to Cleveland State Nov. 11.

Women’s Golf

Cardinals to face challenge at Bettie Lou Invitational KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

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Ball State women’s golf travels to Lexington, Kentucky, this weekend to compete at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational. The Cardinals will enter some high-intensity play over the weekend, as numerous tough opponents are scheduled to compete in the meet.

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Ball State baseball hosts annual Scout Day Major League visitors watch team run drills, practice at Ball Diamond Kara Biernat Sports Editor With the fall season in full swing, Major League Baseball isn’t alone in utilizing the month of October. Ball State baseball joined in on the October baseball fun with its annual Scout Day. Almost 20 MLB scouts came to Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex Monday to watch the team run through drills and take batting practice.

Head coach Rich Maloney said he enjoys days like this because it allows his squad to get some early exposure.

“I tell them just to go out there and play on days like this,” Maloney said. “You have to play like there’s always someone watching you. That’s a maturing process, which is why it’s always fun to have days like this. They get exposed and can find out what they need to

work on.”

The Cardinals plan to get as much playing time on the field as possible before winter hits.

“The fall season is all about improvement,” Maloney said. “It’s about getting better so by the time the season comes, we’ll hopefully be solid in all the areas that we need to be solid in.”

Ball State concluded the 2017 spring season with a 30-28 overall record and 1410 Mid-American Conference record. The season marked the fifth straight year the Cardinals reached the 30-win plateau.

“We need to throw strikes, be able to move the baseball and just play the game the way it’s supposed to be played,” Maloney said. “That’s where the fall comes in. It’s about development and the guys are doing a great job.”

Ending the day with an intrasquad scrimmage, the team divided into two teams (Red and White) which allowed it to put its

skills to the test in a real-game setting. In the fall season, the team typically plays about three intrasquad games a week. Monday’s scrimmage was one of the two highlighted scrimmages of the fall season.

The team has previously included an exhibition game in its fall season, but was not able to schedule an opponent at Ball Diamond this year.

With the addition of the new freshmen to his roster, Maloney uses the fall season to give the fresh faces a chance to gain exposure.

“We have a lot of new faces because we lost a lot of seniors,” Maloney said. “We have a lot of evaluation to do as far as who’s going to be the guys come spring. We have a lot of talent this year that will continue to get better.”

Ball State will wrap up its fall season with a scrimmage at noon Oct. 22 at Ball Diamond.

Contact Kara Biernat at karabiernat@ Redshirt junior pitcher Evan Marquardt pitches the ball during the Red and White scrimmage game on Monday at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ball Park. gmail.com or on Twitter at @karabiernat.

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Soccer looks to stay atop MAC as team faces Western Michigan Win over Broncos would extend Cardinals’ unbeaten streak to 6 games Nate Fields Reporter Ball State soccer will look to stay in first place in the Mid-American Conference as it travels to Western Michigan.

Ball State (5-5-2, 3-0-1 MAC) has found its stride at the right time. The Cardinals are coming off a 3-1 victory against Ohio and a 1-0 win against Kent State in a physical battle for the top spot in the MAC last weekend.

Western Michigan (7-3-1, 2-1-1 MAC) comes into Thursday’s game with some versatility of its own. Eight different Broncos have scored at least one goal this season. Western Michigan is an attacking team, making this matchup another test for Ball State’s back line.

“They’re very technical and they’re patient enough to wait for scoring options so we’ll have to be patient defensively and make sure we’re calculating when to step and make sure we have

the coverage to deny any shots they may have,” head coach Craig Roberts said. “We have solid goalkeepers so they shouldn’t be much of a threat if we’re able to keep them at a distance.”

Western Michigan ranks fourth in the MAC in shots per game with 15.5, and got off 24 shots against Toledo last Sunday, although none of them found the back of the net in the 0-0 draw.

Ball State has been a dangerous passing team when it gains momentum and find openings. The Cardinals are tied for second in the MAC with 17 assists. Twelve different players have been credited with at least one assist this season.

“I think we’ll be adjusting tactics slightly to make sure we emphasize our strengths,” Roberts said.

“Overall, we know what we can do well and what we’re good at and that’s what we’ll be focusing on when building and enhancing our performance.”

Ball State has consistently defended well throughout its unbeaten streak and has limited opponents to 9.8 shots per game and has recorded three shutouts this season.

After Ball State plays Western Michigan 4 p.m. Thursday, the team returns to Briner Sports Complex to host Northern Illinois at 2 p.m.

Sunday.

Contact Nate Fields at nefields@bsu.edu.

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MAC Man: Coach Ben Armer’s weight room Ball State football strength and conditioning coach turns passion for weightlifting into career Elizabeth Wyman Reporter As a 12-year-old growing up in Janesville, Wisconsin, hockey was everything. So when Ben Armer turned on a VHS tape of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky demonstrating the importance of weight training, he knew the words coming out of “The Great One’s” mouth were significant.

“I went down, got my dad’s weight set from 1970-whatever and started lifting weights,” Armer said. “Probably incorrectly, I was probably too young to start; I didn’t care.”

Seventeen years later, Armer finds himself in the John W. and Janice B. Fisher Football Training Complex demonstrating that same importance of weight training to the Ball State football team.

A MAC Man

In the midst of his second season as head strength and conditioning coach for the football team, Armer is no stranger to the Mid-American Conference.

After receiving a Division-I football offer to be a punter at Western Michigan, the three-sport athlete began his first of nearly nine years (and counting) spent as a player and coach in the MAC. “It was my only opportunity to play at the highest level, but I think when you are younger and probably stupid in my case, everybody always thinks they’re going to the NFL,” Armer said.

He said he struggled with the fact that his role as a punter was “one dimensional.” That’s when the weight room became his best friend.

“I kind of took the weight room on as a way to keep my teammates challenged and make me feel like I was doing enough to help the team,” Armer said. “It was kind of a way for me to earn respect from my teammates at the time.”

Armer graduated in 2012 earning Academic AllMAC honors three straight years and was named to the All-MAC third-team selection in 2009.

It wasn’t until his junior year of college that he realized he wanted to make a career out of his passion for strength training instead of business management.

“I was like, I can’t sit at a desk for 30 years,” Armer said. “I want to be on the floor; I want to be moving around.”

After interning for then-Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck, Armer attended a one-day strength and conditioning clinic at Ball State with then-head strength and conditioning coach, David Feeley.

Only three coaches showed up to the clinic. Two left at lunchtime, so Armer used that opportunity to learn one-on-one from Feeley. Armer then received a call less than two years later from Feeley, offering him a position as a graduate assistant.

athletes are going through physically and then being able to prescribe it scientifically, he’s the best scientist and artist that you can hope to have running a weight room.”

With traits of a scientist and an artist, Feeley said Armer is that methodical in his weight room.

“He’s basically taking care of somebody’s baby,” Feeley said. “Just knowing who he is, and how methodical he is on planning … he plans scientifically, but also personally.”

If it wasn’t apparent enough already how highly Feeley thought of Armer, the greatest compliment that Feeley gave him was recommending him to Ball State football head coach Mike Neu to take his place when Feeley left to become the assistant strength and conditioning football coach at South Carolina.

“I brought him in and I was like ‘oh my gosh, I feel like I was talking to the same guy [Feeley], just different hair,’” Neu said. “His passions, his intensity and his organization was very detailed and we believed obviously in the same things.”

The Culture

Most young coaches would be over the moon to receive an offer to be part of a Division-I coaching job. He was, but he didn’t take the job because of

that fact.

“This was a great opportunity, but I think I’ve learned from enough good mentors of mine to know that you have to be in a good enough situation to take a job on,” Armer said. “If you don’t have the right culture created, you’re not going to have a job for long.”

Neu’s culture was one he wanted to be a part of as he liked the family aspect that the Ball State football program portrayed.

“Every coach he [Neu] brought in replicated that same type of passion that same type of energy,” Armer said.

Most of all, Armer took this job because he loves MAC football and prides himself in witnessing the hard work his players put in transpire to the field.

One of those guys is cornerback Josh Miller.

The redshirt junior started summer workouts at 170 pounds. Now 10 pounds heavier — which Armer knows doesn’t seem like much — he’s watched Miller grow faster and stronger on a day-to-day basis.

“More than anything, it’s the intangibles that he brings now,” Armer said. “The toughness, the confidence and the attitude that he has is contagious around the entire team.”

Miller knows he’s bigger and stronger now. He

credits Armer, even if it hasn’t always been enjoyable.

“If he sees me not going 110 percent, then he’ll let me know,” Miller said.

“You’re slacking today,” or “hey, I thought you wanted to be great type of thing,” are all phrases Armer throws at Miller during workouts if he’s not up to standard.

Senior defensive lineman Anthony Winbush — FBS leader in sacks and five away from claiming the all-time career Ball State sacks record — knows not to slack off in the weight room, even if he’s not getting the immediate results he wants. Slacking off is unacceptable to Armer.

“It’s very high energy; if it’s not high energy things do not go well,” Winbush said. “He [Armer] has a protocol in the weight room. If it’s not up to his standards, it’s not going to be a good day.”

Those standards are high, but when it’s his job to whip Division-I MAC football players into shape, it’s a necessity.

“This is where I want to be,” Armer said. “I love this level of college football. It’s blue collar and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Contact Elizabeth Wyman with comments at egwyman@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @_ ElizabethWyman.

The Scientist

Feeley said he immediately knew Armer was a smart coach.

“He’s one of the strongest strength coaches I ever met anywhere in America,” Feeley said. “When you have somebody that can understand what the

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Injured athlete returns to court as assistant coach Women’s volleyball welcomes back Sabrina Mangapora in what was supposed to be her redshirt senior season Kara Biernat Sports Editor Sabrina Mangapora didn’t plan it this way.

She’s the student assistant coach for Ball State women’s volleyball this year, but it was supposed to be her redshirt senior season until a career-ending shoulder injury forced her hand.

“I sat out two seasons ago, completely,” Mangapora said. “I kept pushing it back and tried to control the pain, but when I went to physically put my arm in a

What I felt kept happening to me my whole career here was that I would work my butt off and then be set back again by factors I couldn’t control.”

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position to overhead block and couldn’t, that’s when it really hit me that it wasn’t going to happen this season.”

Mangapora suffered persistent shoulder pain from an arthroscopic labrum surgery and labrum tear in a multidirectional instability operation that she had in the summer of 2015. The Canfield, Ohio, native never fully recovered from the injury and was medically disqualified before the 2017 season.

However, head coach Kelli Miller reached out to Mangapora to keep her involved with the program.

“We’d been constantly communicating with different options when we agreed that I couldn’t physically hit anymore,”

Mangapora said. “[Kelli] presented me with a couple different options and was very encouraging and said they’d love to have me back as an assistant coach.

When she said it, I just knew that’s what I wanted to do.”

During matches, Mangapora charts shots and keeps track of her team’s hitters.

Sometimes, she said, they respond to her a little better than the coaches because they played with her when she was an outside hitter last season.

Miller prides Mangapora’s dedication to the program, and knew right away she wanted to keep her around if she could.

“She’s super competitive, she relates well to the girls and she is going to lead the team on and off the court,” Miller said. “You want successful, competitive and good people around your program.

I didn’t want to lose her in all aspects if all possible, so if that meant the max she could help was to be a student coach, then that’s how we were going to take her.”

As a redshirt freshman in 2014, Mangapora earned Second Team All-Mid American Conference and made the MAC All-Freshman Team. In 2014 and 2016, she was named Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete.

When she stops to think about it, the experience has been nothing short of emotional for Mangapora.

“It has been very hard for me because of my injury situation,” Mangapora said.

“What I felt kept happening to me my whole career here was that I would work my butt off and then be set back again by factors I couldn’t control.”

Still, she doesn’t have any regrets during her time at Ball State as an athlete.

“I don’t wish anything would have happened differently,” Mangapora said.

“I’ve just had so many people in my life here to support me and make me feel like I’m still just as important as I was when I was an active member of the team.”

Contact Kara Biernat at karabiernat@ gmail.com or on Twitter at @karabiernat.

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Soccer wins 1-0 against Kent State in physical battle for top spot in MAC Ball State celebrates its first goal against Kent State during the first half on Sunday at Briner Sports Complex.

The Cardinals won 1-0.

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LEFT: Ball State freshman midfield/forward Melissa Diceman kicks the ball while Kent State junior defender Paige Culver slides in on Sunday at Briner Sports Complex.

RIGHT: Kent State sophomore defensive player Amanda Reed faces off against Ball State senior forward Allison Abbe on Sunday at Briner Sports Complex.

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How far does the First Amendment go?

White supremacists, counter-protestors; the placement of hate speech in our Constitution is debated in light of recent events Demi is a freshman journalism and telecommunications major and writes “Demi’s Diems” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Write to Demi at dnlawrence@bsu.edu.

DEMI LAWRENCE Demi’s Diems

“Well, it’s my right to ____!” is something we hear often these days.

Whether it be talking down on the government or cussing out a sales clerk at your local Bed Bath & Beyond because they didn’t have the brand of forks you wanted, it is your right.

You have the right and protection of

free speech, via the First Amendment to the American Constitution.

You also have the right to peacefully protest, the right to petition and the freedom of a secular country. But where does hate speech fall into that?

Technically, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. Yes, hate speech is awful, disgusting and in some cases inhumane, but it’s protected. All the credit to my TCOM 101 professor for this quote, but I hate violation of rights more than I hate hate speech.

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Hate, destruction take center stage far too often After mass shooting in Las Vegas, “there’s nothing we can do, no question we can ask, to find out why” Garrett is a junior journalism major and writes “Finding Beneficence” for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Garrett at galooker@bsu.edu.

When you hear a gunshot from far away, it sounds like a firework. It reminds you of when Finding you were younger, memories of Beneficence popcorn, soda and the Fourth of July.

But it’s not the Fourth of July. The early October night’s chill tells you otherwise. There’s no longer any popcorn, and it’s no longer a firework, regardless of what you dream it to be.

You’re no longer a child, and you’re no longer dreaming.

I heard it six or seven times as I sat in the restaurant’s parking lot. As I leaned up against the door of the car, I told myself that they were just fireworks, some drunk kid lighting them off for the hell of it. I looked over the tops of buildings to see that familiar spectacle of red, white and blue shimmering on the horizon, but it never came.

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Continued from Page 15 A few months ago, radical neo-Nazi white supremacists wreaked havoc on Charlottesville, North Carolina. Police officers surrounded these men and women as they spewed abhorrent words such as “you will not replace us” and “white lives matter.”

I thought that those people needed to be arrested. It’s natural to get this detestable speech off the streets, right? But as I thought deeper, and I battled between my emotions and my wit, I realized this: There is a fine line between free speech and outright violence. And hate speech, sadly, is on the side of free speech.

Now when I say “free speech,” this coincides with peaceful protesting. Peaceful, free speech is protected by the First Amendment. Protesters and counter-protestors can scream and stand against hate, but as soon as the first punch is thrown, that’s when the line is crossed.

Over a year ago, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began his protest against police brutality and blatant racism by kneeling during the national anthem. Reasonings behind his kneeling became twisted, and many Americans shouted “Fire them!” President Donald Trump called these protestors “sons of bitches” and demanded they be fired. But what these folks don’t realize is that the same amendment protecting neo-Nazi’s rights to preach racism is the same amendment that allows these NFL

Monday Morning

I was asleep the night more than 50 people took their final breath here on Earth. When I woke up to the news, my phone’s screen told me that it was at least 50, most likely more. The number would begin to increase as the hours went on.

In my morning haze, a state of mind where nothing seems to exist quite exactly as it is, I remembered two nights before. There were gunshots near the Village on Ashland. Something had to change, but I knew that it was a slim chance that America would feel the same.

I remembered Orlando. Forty-nine. Again, someone found a way to top the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

That night in Las Vegas, people ran for cover.

They held bleeding bodies and cried out as a man from the 32nd floor of a hotel shot rounds of ammunition from his window.

His name was Stephen Paddock, but quite frankly, it doesn’t matter to me. In six months’ time, there will be another name, another background, another source to investigate, another mass shooting to tell the story of America – more bullets and more holes, and no answers. players to kneel for the national anthem.

Where would we be without the First Amendment?

We would, in essence, lose the freedom that makes this country so great. I am displeased with where we are as a country right now, but I love this place enough to try to make a difference.

Last week, I went to the Scramble Light when protesters rallied against preach hate toward our students. They said we were damned. But even as they said that we would find ourselves in Hell, I went and watched them.

I exercised my First Amendment right of free, peaceful speech by laughing at him and running around him with a little handheld rainbow flag. And as much as my skin crawled with every word that came out of that sick and terrible man’s mouth, I knew that he was protected just as I was. I wanted him to leave.

I wanted him to creep back into whatever dark hole that was teaching him to hate everyone.

But we were doing the same thing; exercising our First Amendment right to say what we want within the limits of nonviolence.

Our rights as Americans are unalienable.

That is the defining factor for this country: freedom. I’d rather a neo-Nazi make a fool of himself, an NFL player be ridiculed and a radical Christian protester use their rights than have me not be able to say, “I don’t like what Donald Trump is doing in the White House” without deep punishment. So, where do you draw the line?

Contact Demi Lawrence at dnlawrence@bsu.edu.

It’s our greatest problem. We have no answer.

Searching

The door’s bell jingles as Kaiti and I walk through. I see a short barreled gun with a drum magazine on the wall. It looks like what you would see a 1930s gangster holding.

I’m out of my element. Of all places to find myself on a Tuesday morning, a gun shop doesn’t come to mind. But 59 people have died, and I wanted to find answers. If anywhere, this would have one.

The man behind the counter came around. He listened patiently as I asked him my questions. He knew what I was there for.

He pointed to a menacing looking rifle on the wall. He picked it up and squeezed the trigger.

“This is what he would have used, I think,” the old man said. It had been more than 40 years since he came home from Vietnam, where he used something like he was holding now. He didn’t say much about it, the war that is. He held his hands and looked down.

I asked about the sound a gun makes.

How quickly does the bullet leave the chamber?

How fast could he have shot?

“It was an echo trigger, but that’s just my

opinion,” he turned back and put the gun down.

While a fully automatic weapon is illegal, he explained, an echo trigger is available across America, in stores like the one I was standing in just then.

With each press of the trigger, a bullet is fired.

When the shooter releases, a second bullet it sent hurtling towards its target.

The old man explained to me that if Paddock wanted to kill as many people as possible, he would have had to have been good with the trigger.

I wondered what it would have been like to have had that skill, used for nothing but hate and destruction.

The Way Home

Later on, after I would shake the man’s hand and thank him for being so informative and honest, I would drive away from that gun shop thinking about the hate and destruction that seems to take center stage in this country too often.

It’s on us. All of it. There’s nothing we can do to stop what happened in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

There’s nothing we can do, no question we can ask, to find out why Stephen Paddock attempted to kill as many people as he could. He’s dead, and we’ll wait patiently for the next person to take his place.

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amuel Koch, owner of local business Life Skateboards, views skateboarding as an art form.

Sam began skateboarding when he was 8 years old. He remembers tirelessly riding up and down the driveway while sitting on his plastic skateboard.

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Where They Were Before

Joseph Marchal discusses importance of teachers today Ball State associate professor of religious studies combines writing, teaching, learning, traveling to form career Justice Amick Reporter Editor’s Note: “Where They Were Before” is a Ball State Daily News series profiling various faculty members and their lives before teaching.

Joseph Marchal, an associate professor of religious studies, said one of the “greatest tragedies of our culture” is how teachers are treated.

“People don’t see most of the work that we and other educators do,” Marchal said. “We keep really long hours, hours of preparing classes, grading, meetings, serving the community, while also keeping up research and writing agendas.”

Learning, however, is something Marchal has never found difficult and always loved.

He was identified as a “smart child,” and he used his intellect to learn as much as he could as often as he could.

Growing up in a large family with both his parents working as educators, Marchal experienced poverty and was exposed to many different cultures at a young age. He often had to work a variety of jobs, but they eventually led to positive outcomes in the future.

“When I was young, I delivered newspapers, raked leaves, shoveled snow and baby-sat,” Marchal said. “As I got older, some of that work set me up to do landscaping work on summer and winter breaks, which helped me to afford the expenses of college.”

Marchal also spent time working in a cardboard factory.

“I learned the value of a person’s time and effort doing that work with them, but a lot of them would also tell me stories about how often they didn’t have as many choices as they

would’ve liked,” he said. “Many of them encouraged me to not mess up my opportunities when I got into college and then graduate school.”

Marchal attended the University of Notre Dame for his bachelor’s degree, Harvard University for his master’s degree, and University of California, Berkeley for his doctorate. It was at Notre Dame where he first declared a major in religious studies.

While studying, Marchal said he was drawn to people in more creative fields like music and photography. The friends he made taught him how important it was to be passionate about both life and work. “[Being passionate] involves risk-taking, but it also requires a day-in, day-out grind, doing what you love every day, in whatever way you can,” he said.

After earning his doctorate, Marchal worked in a number of positions across the country — including California, Maine, Texas and Iowa — before securing his current position at Ball State.

“I’ve loved getting to know our country and all of the different ways colleges and universities educate their students,” Marchal said.

He has also traveled to speak on different topics in countries like France, Norway and South Africa and studied in London for six months.

“I’ve spent half my life in the ancient world, and the other half in the modern world,” Marchal said.

Even with all of his traveling, Marchal’s opinion of where he lives has not been changed.

“I have family and friends all over the country, all over the world, but I love living in the Midwest and love the students

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we get at Ball State,” he said.

Juli Thorson, a professor of philosophy, said Marchal is intelligent, bright and always willing to help even if he may appear intimidating.

Marchal has been working at Ball State for 10 years, but has taught in colleges for a total of 14 years. In classes such as “Sex and the Bible,” he said there is never a dull moment and the conversation is almost always interesting, even if there is a bit of controversy.

He also has made a habit of writing, and said research, teaching and writing are all connected. He has published four books, written 19 book chapters, written 13 articles for journals around the world, edited three books and has two edits, one book and ten more articles publishing in the future.

“I have published work on women, slaves, eunuchs and barbarians, and my work covers

a wide range of topics including baptism, prophecy, apocalypse, healing, circumcision, friendship, the military, sexual ethics and empire,” he said.

While he prefers not to reveal personal information, such as his age, he is always happy to talk for hours about how much he loves his job and being able to continue growing in his field.

“I am really happy because I love what I do,” Marchal said. “I work with colleagues who love it too, and I love it when students learn all kinds of new things with us.”

While he feels like teachers don’t get enough credit for all that they do — like working long hours, “preparing for classes, grading, meetings, serving the community” as well as researching and writing agendas — Marchal said he “wouldn’t trade this job for anything.”

Contact Justice Amick at jramick@bsu.edu.

Pumpkin Spice Candle What you need: • Glass container • Soy wax chips • Wick and holder • Vanilla • Pumpkin pie spice • Crayon • Pencil • Scissors Directions: 1. Fill a pot with water and then place the glass container in the pot. Put the pot at medium heat on your stove. Add the wax chips to the container and allow them to melt completely.

Keep an eye on your wax, as it will melt quickly.

2. Once the wax is liquid, add a scoop of pumpkin pie spice. Add a fall-colored crayon to the mix. Let it melt.

3. Turn the heat off. Remove the container from the pot.

4. Put the wick in the liquid wax. Wrap the rest of the wick around a pencil. Balance the pencil on top of the container to center the wick.

5. Let the wax harden and cool.

Leaf Jar Candle Holder What you need: • Canning jar • Mod Podge • Brush • Fake leaves Directions: 1. Apply a layer of Mod Podge to the inside of the jar.

2. Brush the leaves with Mod Podge. Place them on the inside walls of the jar. Let it dry.

3. Apply another layer of Mod Podge if the leaves aren’t flat against the jar. Let it dry.

4. Place a candle inside the jar.

Pumpkin Wine Glass Centerpiece What you need: • Wine glass • Orange and brown paint • Paint brush • Black permanent marker Directions: 1. Paint the inside of the wine glass orange. Let it dry.

Add more layers of orange until the glass is no longer seethrough or streaky.

2. Paint the stem of the glass brown. Let it dry.

3. Using a permanent marker, draw a face on the orange part of the glass.

4. Flip the wine glass upside down and put a candle on top.

Contact Sabrina Schnetzer at slschnetzer@bsu.edu.

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Indiana Academy exchange program connects American, German students for 2 weeks in fall

Students from America will travel to Sankt Afra in Meissen during spring semester students] are trusted to do the right thing, they do.”

However, Schwerdtfeger said the Indiana Academy’s rules on cell phones are not as strict as those in Germany. While Sankt Afra students have to leave their cellphones in their rooms or turned off during the school day, Schwerdtfeger said it’s common to see academy students have their phones out when walking or even during class.

Because many of the movies in Germany are from America with German translation, Schwerdtfeger said she already had an idea of what America would be like, and the movie depictions were correct.

“You mostly see U.S.

students through television and movies, and now that I’m here it’s a more authentic, different, but real experience,” Eichhorn said.

On Friday, the exchange students will be returning to Germany. They said they have enjoyed visiting with students and are thankful everyone has been so kind and welcoming.

Fabian Habsch, teacher at Sankt Afra, said everyone has been generous, and he feels like he has an open invitation to come back and visit at any time.

While the group of Indiana students who will be visiting Germany in the spring has not been selected, preparations for their trip have already begun.

Contact Sian or Melissa at features@bsudailynews.com.

David Williams traveled to Germany to begin creating a foreign exchange program. Williams is the academic director at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities. INDIANA ACADEMY HOUSE FACEBOOK, PHOTO COURTESY Melissa Kraman & Sian Rhodes Reporters Four years ago, David Williams, former academic director at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, traveled to Germany and began creating a foreign exchange program.

While in Meissen, Germany, Williams visited a school called Sankt Afra and decided to create a program to bring German students to the Indiana Academy as well as send Indiana Academy students to Germany.

“The primary purpose is for us to get a better sense of how their schools operate — what are some techniques they use — to exchange ideas with educators and to also allow the students to be able to exchange

ideas about various aspects of their curriculum,” said Ken Stuart, a social studies instructor at the Indiana Academy.

The exchange program officially began in 2014, with students from Sankt Afra visiting the Indiana Academy for two weeks in the fall and staying with a student host.

This year, the students’ first introduction to American culture was when they arrived with their teachers in Atlanta, Georgia. One of the first things that Edward Eichhorn, an 11thyear student from Sankt Afra, noticed was the architecture.

Eichhorn said the buildings were “unique” and it was interesting to see architecture different from what he typically sees in Germany.

Before going to the Indiana Academy, the students took the opportunity to see places in Georgia related to what

they have learned about the American Civil War in history and political speech classes.

When they arrived at the academy, the exchange students were exposed to more cultural differences.

Lena Schwerdtfeger, 10thyear student from Sankt Afra, said dorms at the Indiana Academy were much larger and house many more students than she is used to.

The students also said they had to adjust to a different meal schedule. In Germany, Schwerdtfeger said they eat five meals a day, two breakfasts, lunch, a snack before dinner and dinner, while only breakfast, lunch and dinner are served at the Indiana Academy.

While they have enjoyed eating American food, Laetitia Richter, an 11th-year Sankt Afra student, said she has

found it harder to eat healthy in America.

Throughout the school day, the students take classes, including language, math, science and art, but they found that class structure in America to be different from Germany.

Richter said classes in Germany are more generalized, but the Indiana Academy offers more specific classes, centered around topics such as physics or biology.

The amount of rules at the Indiana Academy is also something the exchange students were not used to. “[German students] don’t have a lot of rules, but they choose to do the right things,” Vickie Barton, executive director of the Indiana Academy said. “In a country where we have more and more rules, it is kind of a dare to break them. When [German

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YOUR WEEKEND GUIDE

1 Friday

7 P.M. JOEL GRAGG

Elm Street Brewing Co., located at 519 N. Elm St., is hosting a concert for Joel Gragg, a Nashville-based songwriter and guitarist.

The concert starts at 7 p.m. and continues until 9:30 p.m. This event is for guests 21 and older.

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Friday

8 P.M.

SON OF SCAREVANIA

Son of Scarevania is returning to Cornerstone Center for the Arts, located at 520 E. Main St., after last year’s opening.

The attraction is presented by The Fickle Peach and Sight & Sound Music Center and features a maze that spans nearly 10,000 square feet. The event is open on Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 28 from 8 p.m. to midnight each night. Tickets will be sold at the door for $12.

Saturday

10 A.M.

YOU & ME: CANNING WORKSHOP

Located at 1200 W. Minnestrista Parkway, the You & Me: Canning Workshop brings families together to learn about canning techniques and skills. The event runs from 10 a.m. to noon and tickets cost $25 for each adult/child pair.

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Saturday

11A.M.

HOT RODS CRUISE-IN

Muncie Imports & Classics and Osji are sponsoring Hot Rods Cruise-In located at the Muncie Mall, 3501 N. Granville Ave. Registration is from 11 a.m. to noon and anyone is encouraged to enter. The actual show starts at 1 p.m. and goes until 5 p.m.

Activities include live music, games and activities for kids, food and drinks, craft and community vendors and a Cornerstone Arts Experience.

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HALF-PRICE SUNDAY AT THE MUNCIE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

The Muncie Children’s Museum, located at 515 S. High St., will have its half-price admission Sunday. Every second Sunday of every month, tickets cost $3 per person ages 1-100. The museum hours for Sundays are from 1 - 5 p.m.

WITCHES NIGHT OUT

Two Friends Boutique, located at 9204 W. Smith St., Yorktown, is hosting Witches Night Out, a fall festival with vendors set up. Food will also be provided by Once Upon a Plate, and a craft booth will be available for kids. The event starts at 3 p.m. and will go until 8 p.m.

Dressing up as a witch will grant attendees a special discount.

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Plus, download our free Muncie Liquor app to find our weekly specials and those crazy app giveaways.

And, don’t miss our weekly specials in the Daily News and on BallStateDaily!

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Stand up for the 59 people who lost their lives. Stand up for the 20 children who were murder at Sandy Hook Elementary. Stand up for those who have been lost, stand up for change.

Change must come. We cannot continue like this.

But it won’t start with Washington. It will start with you. It always does.

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“As soon as I started I couldn’t put it down,” Sam said. “I liked the creative aspect of it and the freedom of skateboarding.”

His parents were both missionaries, but Sam had always dreamed of owning his own skate shop.

As a teenager, however, his love for skateboarding faded while his disillusionment with the church only grew, and he found himself in the “wrong crowd,” which led him to start using drugs.

He began a life of partying, and at these parties he became friends with his future wife, Kristie Koch.

“She also believed in God, but neither of us were acting like Christians,” Sam said.

Pregnant with their first child, however, the two decided to try to turn their lives around. They were able to stop using drugs for the health of their son, but reverted back to their previous lifestyle once he was born.

Their addiction escalated to the point where Sam and his wife were physically sick from drug use. After a fight one night, Sam intended to drive away and leave Kristie and their son behind. Instead, he showed up at his parents’ house seeking help.

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Address: 615 S. Liberty St. Muncie, Indiana, 47305 Phone: 765-661-077

“Where I was headed, I was going to be dead really quick or in prison,” Sam said.

His parents directed them to an opiate treatment center, which helped save the couple’s lives and marriage.

“When we got off drugs, things got good really quick and we had hope again,” Sam said. “Once I got clean, my love for skateboarding came back almost immediately.”

In 2002, Sam, with the help of his father, opened a retail skate shop in Upland, complete with ramps set up in the parking lot where people could skate. After moving the shop twice, he finally had to close the shop due to poor business. Then, in 2009, he opened Sam’s Custom Woodworking out of a warehouse on 615 S. Liberty St., where he makes cabinets and furniture.

Sam did not decide to add Life Skateboards back into his business until a friend loaned him a skateboard mold, which is used to make the deck of a skateboard, in 2012.

While Sam had never made a skateboard before, his friend knew he was a woodworker and had faith he would be able to figure out how to use the mold to make a skateboard.

Sam Koch owns his own skate shop in downtown Muncie. Life Skateboards emphasizes the importance of craft-made skateboards. SAM KOCH, PHOTO COURTESY “I played around and made a few boards and ended up really liking it,” Sam said.

Life Skateboards was then reborn with an emphasis on craft-made skateboard decks and accessories, pressed and designed by Sam himself.

“My shop was Life Skateboards, and now my company is called Life Skateboards because of the gift of life that was given to me,” Sam said.

Sam, Kristie and their four boys all share a passion for

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skateboarding. Their 12-year-old son, Elijah, even accompanies Sam to the shop to learn how he crafts the skateboards.

“We all love to watch skate videos and competitions,” Kristie said.

Sam is currently involved in pushing for the implementation of a public skate park in Muncie along Cardinal Greenway and near Westside Park. Kristie is excited to see the people coming together to build a skate park for the community.

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“There are a lot of people interested in skating,” Kristie said. “I think it’s going to provide a fun, good environment for them to skate.”

Kristie hopes to see skating grow in the Muncie community and for people to become more aware of Sam’s business.

“The quality of his skateboards doesn’t compare to the standard skateboards on the market today,” Kristie said.

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The Daily News is reinventing itself this year! Instead of the big, clunky broadsheet we published three times a week, we are switching to a once a week tabloid format that will be published every Thursday.

This switch allows for a higher quality publication with content made for you.

We’re excited for our new publication and want to celebrate with you! In exchange for picking up our tab, we want to pick up yours. Each week through December 7th, we will be giving away a gift certificate for free pizza from HotBox. On December 8th we will be drawing a winner for our Grand Prize – we will pick up one student’s tab at the Ball State Bookstore for Spring semester textbooks (up to $500).

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