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In 1990, a law designed to make campuses safer was passed. The Clery Act was to be a public record of crimes that anyone could access. But now, nearly 30 years later, experts wonder – does it work?

Allie Kirkman | Editor-in-chief

Devin Tarr, a senior actuarial science major, did not know.

Amber Grooms, a freshman music education major, did not know.

Neither did Thomas Rasaki, Alexis Jennings, Michael Kummer, Bria Flood, Kyle McDonald, Ruth Schultz or Taylor Paschal.

Despite it being released campuswide early last month, none of these Ball State students knew what the Campus Security Report, better known as the Clery Report, is.

The 2018 Campus Security Report (CSR), published by the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards, includes campus crime statistics and other information about safety awareness, crime prevention, sexual assault prevention and registered sex offenders.

The university, like all public and private postsecondary institutions that participate in federal Title IX student financial assistance programs, is required to publish this information by Oct. 1

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every year, in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act, according to the United States Department of Education. The Clery Act, formerly known as Student Rightto-Know and Campus Security Act, was signed into law in 1990.

Named after 19-year-old Jeanne Clery, who was raped and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in April 1986, the act is a consumer protection law that aims to provide transparency around campus crime policy and statistics, according to clerycenter.org.

But, after nearly 30 years of reporting, experts are mixed on the measurable effectiveness of the law.

While some say it has brought conversations to light that previously could have been swept under the rug, others say crime victims are still left with the burden of reporting an incident. And there seems to be little evidence that prospective or current students pay any attention to the report when considering a school.

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Soccer loses MAC title game in shootout

percentage and 24 attack errors stung the Cardinals while Eastern Michigan recorded a .331 hitting percentage and 18 blocks on the night. The Cardinals’ 55 kills were no match for the 71 kills by the opposition as the Cardinals would fall to the Eagles, 3-2. The team dropped to 19-8 on the season.

ended in a 1-1 tie, the 2018 MAC Women’s Soccer Champion would be decided in a penalty shootout.

After the Cardinals built a 4-3 lead and were one goal away from the championship, a big save from the Falcons and two goals gave Bowling Green the title. The Cardinals outshot the falcons, 18-17.

Nov. 3: A .214 hitting

Mallers made 5 of 7 three pointers to rack up 25 points in the Cardinals’ 92-76 win over the Greyhounds.

Redshirt junior forward Tahjai Teague had a hot start in the first half, putting 14 of his 20 points on the board in the first 20 minutes of play. Seniors Tayler Persons and Trey Moses did not play.

Men’s basketball victorious over ISU

VBC educates Hoosiers on standardized tests

game of the year, Ball State Men’s Basketball routed Indiana State for a 86-69 win. Redshirt junior forward Tahjai Teague put up 21 points for the Cardinals. Brachen Hazen, Tayler Persons and K.J. Walton also broke double figures in points as well.

The Cardinals will travel to West Lafayette to play Purdue Saturday.

for Creative Inquiry’s 15-credit hour course, “Promoting Assessment Literacy,” aims to educate Hoosiers on standardized testing. The course includes ten students from different majors, partnering with the Indiana Department of Education to create materials which help families better understand these tests.

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request, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his resignation in a letter to President Donald Trump. This development is more than a year after Sessions stepped aside from the investigation linking Trump’s campaign and Russia, which Trump said opened the door to special counsel Robert Mueller.

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MIDTERM ELECTION

RESULTS Blue wave hits House, largely misses Indiana in midterm elections Staff Reports

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100 seats

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51% (222)

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uesday’s midterm elections concluded with Democrats winning a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 2009, and Republicans retaining their majority in the U.S. Senate, the Associated Press states.

In the Indiana General Assembly, Republicans continue to maintain a

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supermajority in Indiana’s House and Senate, with Democrats making small net gains in both.

The relatively high midterm turnouts nationally was reflected in Delaware County as well, with the county clerk’s office reporting a turnout of 47.28 percent, the highest midterm voter turnout percentage since 1994, the Indiana Election

Division states. With 38,192 voters casting their ballots, this was also the highest total midterm turnout since 1994.

Here are the results for the top races in Indiana and Delaware County this midterm.

By Wednesday afternoon, some counties were still tallying votes, so percentages are not necessarily final.

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Armed robbery on McKinley A campus-wide emergency notification was sent out alerting those of an armed robbery that occurred near 106 N. McKinley Ave. late Sunday. The suspect was identified as a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, white shorts with a stripe and dark shoes. The suspect fled south and University Police later cleared the area.

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Candlelight vigil held for shooting victims The Ball State community gathered around candlelight to remember those affected from two shootings in Kentucky and Pennsylvania Friday at the Beneficence statue. Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns shared his thoughts on the attacks.

The group also participated in a moment of silence and sung John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

Student Government

Mearns hosts forum at SGA meeting President Geoffrey Mearns hosted a strategic plan forum at Wednesday’s Student Government Association (SGA) senate meeting.

Mearns discussed with senators the proposed strategic plan, “Spreading Our Wings,” which highlights goals for the years 2024 and 2040. Senators discussed topics including reciprocity and bilingual families.

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LVD W E WASHINGTON ST JA Daniel Carter is president of Safety Advisors forW DEERBROOK DR N I A M W W GA RVER DR ST CK MAIN ST W MAIN ST E MAIN ST SO N ST W JACKSON ST W JACKSON ST Educational (SAFE) Campuses, an organization that E JACKSON ST WN W A DAMS ST OE E ADAMS ST L DR provides training and consultation on safety issues W CHARLES ST E W PEACHTREE LN E CHARLES ST AV for higher education institutions. Additionally, S E Clery Report OH R O IO W HEL LG I AV he is recognized as a national expert on campus D M O A N AVE G K boundaries W E SEYMOUR ST E DR W W POWERS ST E KIRBY AVE crime issues, and he said prior to 1990 when the W 1ST ST E 1ST ST E 1ST ST Crime Awareness and Campus Security ActW RIVE was Ball State Crime R RD W 2ND ST E 2ND ST E 2 N D ST W 2ND ST Log boundaries established, amending the Higher Education Act of W WILLARD ST W WILLARD ST E WILLARD ST E WILLARD ST W WH WHITE RIVER BLVD 1965, crime information was kept private.

RT TIN AVE MAR W 5TH ST E 5TH ST W 5TH ST LL W 5TH ST BI “Essentially campus crime was a black box. It was sealed off. Campus police records were considered The differences in geographic boundaries for the Clery Report and crime logs are shown above. Ball State University Police Department’s patrol area stretches from White River Boulevard to private under [Family Educational Rights and McGalliard Road, then from Tillotson Avenue to Wheeling Avenue. EMILY WRIGHT, DN; MAPS4NEWS.COM/© HERE Privacy Act] and students essentially had zero UPD also hosts bike registration programs and access to campus crime information,” Carter said. of students and parents know of the Act and fewer more than 22,000, the number of people seeking “There were very few crime logs being publicized than 25 percent of students acknowledge reading out the information is typically only in the mid- Lunch with a Cop — all designed as a way to teens, he said. campus crime reports, according to the study. connect with students. and incident reports were not disclosed.”

“Does anyone actually pay attention to the Clery Egan said it is not uncommon that campus Nancy Chi Cantalupo, a lawyer and author of Clery changed that.

Now, “one of the underlying purposes of the community members are not familiar with what an report?” Gillilan said. “It’s very disappointing. numerous sexual misconduct and Title IX research There’s a lot of time and effort and worry and anxiety, articles, said schools that have active responses and crime statistics is just to put up and out there that at least on my part, that goes into making sure that resources for reporting victims and survivors will crime happens on campus,” Carter said. that’s available and it’s timely and it’s accurate.” look like “[they] have a serious crime problem,” An unawareness Each year, the U.S. Department of Education but that’s not the case.

While the numbers are available, the majority of conducts reviews to evaluate an institution’s “Both national and local statistics indicate that When we see the numbers students interviewed did not consider public safety compliance with the Clery Act requirements.

If every campus currently has this serious crime going up in particular areas, I a factor before choosing where to go to college. there are inaccuracies or omissions with reporting problem at a similar rate — a rate that tracks the really think it’s the product of the Daniel Schultz, a sophomore business administration campus crimes, institutions can face fines of up to national incidence,” Cantalupo wrote in a journal and sales major, said he did little digging into the nearly $56,000 per violation. article she authored, “Burying our heads in the sand: programming and students feeling crimes reported on and around Ball State’s campus Lack of knowledge, knowledge avoidance, and the comfortable to report.” before coming to the university last year. persistent problem of campus peer sexual violence,” Looking at the numbers “I think it was at least a peripheral thought,” Schultz University Police (UPD) Chief Jim Duckham published by the Georgetown University Law Center.

- JIM DUCKHAM, said. “I know and believe that campus is a generally “The non-reporting phenomenon and how it is said the numbers published in the 2018 Campus University Police Chief safe place, but I know that unsafe events are going on Security Report aren’t alarming, rather they are created, however, means that the schools that ignore from alerts and friends around the area.” the problem have fewer reports and look more safe, annual security report is or “are only reading it when what he would expect.

According to “The Clery Act: Crime Reporting a crisis is occurring, either for them or the campus.”

“Nothing is out of the ordinary,” Duckham said. whereas the schools that encourage victim reporting Concerns,” a 2012 manuscript by Ashley Wood and Mike Gillilan, director of student rights and “When we see the numbers going up in particular have more reports and look less safe.”

Steven Janosik, there is no evidence that parents and community standards at Ball State, who prepares and areas, I really think it’s the product of the programming CSRs were also designed to differentiate and students are using the Act to make decisions regarding submits the crime statistics to the U.S. Department and students feeling comfortable to report.” rank institutions. So, based on crime statistics, where to attend college, and there are no reports that of Education, said the number of reports accessed Duckham credited strong reporting numbers to one college or university may look safer or more the Act has had an impact on reducing crime. across campus every year are extremely low. community policing and other programs like how dangerous compared to another, which Cantalupo Early studies indicated that fewer than 27 percent Despite the university having enrollment of to protect oneself from domestic violence and rape. said is a flawed comparison.

05 Gillilan agreed, saying it isn’t “apples to apples” and that trying to compare may be “foolhardy to do” because of the location of the institution, size of student population and educational culture.

“Much bigger institutions, you would expect their equivalent [reports] to be two to three times higher than ours. Are they? Doubt it. Are they lower?

Everybody’s got a different situation,” Gillilan said.

“The other thing is, people are not paying attention because they simply don’t trust the numbers.”

In an email, Gillilan said schools with higher crime numbers are often ones that have “greater awareness of resources, good campus programming and wide-spread use of trauma-informed practices in police and Title IX investigations.”

Understanding reports Statistics in the annual Clery Report don’t reflect all crimes that occur on and around campus and there can be disparities in how crimes are reported.

For example, CSR shows the number of rapes reported increased, going from 13 total on-campus incidents in 2016 to 21 in 2017. According to that report, another six were reported as non-campus.

But, according to UPD’s Daily Crime Log, five total rapes were reported in 2016 and 10 in 2017.

The log is an updated daily summary of incidents reported to the University Police Department.

Both reports are accurate.

So, why are there disparities between the crime log and the campus security report?

People are not paying attention because they simply don’t trust the numbers.”

- MIKE GILLILAN, Director of Student Rights and Community Standards “Different disclosures are meant to serve different purposes,” Carter, SAFE Campuses president, said.

Ball State’ s Gillilan said “it is likely impossible” that crime log numbers will identically match CSR numbers. That is largely because of three factors that affect how, why and where a crime is reported.

For example, if a Ball State student is a victim of sexual assault, they have multiple reporting options. A victim may report the incident to university police, who will then share information with the Title IX coordinator, who reviews and initiates a prompt response. That report to police would be included on the crime log and CSR. But, if a victim does not want to speak to UPD or pursue a criminal investigation, they may choose to only report to a Title IX officer who will still seek information and offer support. That report would only be included in the CSR. There is no time limit on reporting assaults to the university.

Another complication is related to whether or not Ball State police are able to conduct an investigation. Within that investigation, an initial report of rape, for example, could be changed to a different type of crime depending on what an

officer uncovers through the process.

Finally, Ball State’s Duckham said the two reports use different campus boundaries.

UPD’s patrol area stretches from White River Boulevard to McGalliard Road, then from Tillotson Avenue to Wheeling Avenue. Crimes that occur within these boundaries, even at private residences, would be reported in the daily crime log.

Only crimes occurring within Clery geography would be reported in the CSR. Private residences are not included.

If a student falls victim to a crime outside of UPD’s patrol jurisdiction, Duckham said the department would still help assist and provide resources needed, but the criminal case would be handled by the Muncie Police Department.

Ball State UPD, however, would handle all aspects of a case that occur within its patrol area.

“If [a crime] happened at the Four Hundred Apartments, we would respond to that and it would hit our crime log,” Duckham said. “But it wouldn’t hit our Clery report because it’s not occurring in our Clery geography.”

Reporting sexual assault It’s nearly impossible to determine how many sexual assaults actually happen every year. The majority go unreported for a variety of reasons, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, including the fear of retaliation by an assailant and uncertainty over how to report.

Just this semester, four campus-wide Public Safety Advisory alerts have been sent to students regarding sexual assault.

The most recent was Oct. 10 when UPD received a campus security authorities (CSA) report of an attempted sexual assault outside, on the northside of Emens Auditorium, according to the alert. The suspect was described as “a male wearing a windbreaker.”

While no further information was available in the alert, federal law requires CSAs to report nonidentifying information about the crime, including the date, the location and type of crime, according to The Office of Victim Services (OVS).

Step In. Speak Up. President Althea McWilliams said the reports the university is seeing are not a bad thing — in fact, she said, it is a good sign.

“As many people know, most sexual assaults go unreported … I believe that more people are reporting rather than more incidents are occurring,” McWilliams said. “Although on the surface it may not look the best, it really is a victory.”

In addition to Step In. Speak Up., Ball State offers many resources to help sexual assault survivors including OVS’ Peer Victim Advocate Team, Sexual Threat Oppression Prevention (STOP) outreach team from the Counseling Center and Rape Aggression Defense System classes.

While efforts are being made on campuses, Cantalupo believes the Clery Act isn’t doing enough to accurately represent crimes that are occurring. She suggests schools conduct public surveys, which could be included in the campus security or crime report.

“If the Clery Act is ever going to attain its original goal of providing prospective and current students and their parents with accurate information about the incidence of sexual violence on a particular campus, it needs to fundamentally change its approach to collecting that information.

Specifically, it needs to stop depending on victim

Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in 1986. The Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, a consumer protection law, was named after the 19-year-old in 1998. CLERY CENTER, PHOTO PROVIDED reporting,” Cantalupo said in her journal article.

“Schools should be required to administer a standard survey … [that] would ask students questions designed to determine the incidence of sexual violence without depending on individual survivors to come forward to report.”

Gillilan also believes surveys could be an effective tool to measure and remove some of the burden of reporting from victims. However, he is unsure of what the best tool to gather information could be

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because students receive hundreds of notifications — texts, email, social media alerts — every day.

Additionally, there is no guarantee that a survey would provide what the campus needs to more accurately measure crime numbers, specifically sexual assault.

“One [assault] is too many. Each of these incidents is tragic and has far-reaching consequences not only for the victim, but also the perpetrator and their friends and families,” Gillilan said in an email. “There is a tangible, negative secondary impact on first responders and those who work with the students who are involved.

“As a university, we can never be satisfied with ‘the number’ or be complacent that ‘we’re doing enough’ to prevent sexual assault.”

Even with its imperfections, Gillilan said Clery does its job with alerting the community and bringing attention to crime information that was previously unknown.

“The law is a consumer protection law and it’s been on the books now for 30 years,” Gillilan said.

“So, does it matter? I think it does because it has made all of us — especially those of us who are responsible for this — a lot more aware. We now think, ‘How can we not only check off these boxes as far as compliance, but also make it somewhat effective’ and get the word out to make a difference.”

For McWilliams, change starts with students.

“If we want campus to be safer, we have to change the culture. Each individual contributes to our Ball State culture. We have to hold each other accountable to make the right decisions and respect one another,” McWilliams said. “Awareness is one of the steps to change.”

Contact Allie Kirkman with comments at aekirkman@bsu.edu or on Twitter @alliekirkman15.

The University Police Department is one of multiple reporting agencies available to students on campus. UPD regularly hosts outreach programs and events to connect with campus community members. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN FILE

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Mike Braun (52.5%)

Ballot Measures Hoosiers also voted “yes” on a ballot question this Tuesday regarding a budgetary amendment requiring the Indiana General Assembly to adopt balanced budgets that do not exceed estimated revenues unless voted on by a supermajority in both houses of the state assembly.

This referendum passed with 71.9 percent voting yes so far, although on Wednesday, some counties were still counting Joe Donnelly (43.4%) votes for this ballot question.

Tom Ferkinhoff (3.3%) Greg Pence (63.8%)

Jeannine Lee Lake (32.9%)

Indiana Treasurer

Secretary of State Tera Klutz (57.1%)

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Lucy Brenton (4.1%)

Auditor of State

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Mark Rutherford (3.2%)

Connie Lawson (58%)

John Schick (3.5%)

John Aguilera (39.4%)

Kelly Mitchell (60.6%) Joselyn Whitticker (39.4%)

Jim Harper (38.8%)

Indiana Senate – District 25

Indiana House – District 34

Delaware County Sheriff

Robert Jozwiak (4%)

Ray Dudley (47.3%) Tim Lanane (51.9%)

Sue Errington (100%)

Tony Skinner (52.7%)

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Gender-inclusive housing proves to be inclusive Sara Barker Reporter

When senior Ren Walstrom was entering their sophomore year, they had just begun to identify as non-binary. Signing up for housing, which only let students say they were men or women, became a little complicated.

Luckily, a friend set Walstrom up with a roommate who was a transgender woman.

“We were both looking for a person who we were safe to live with,” Walstrom said. “That could have turned into a bad situation if we were paired with someone who is transphobic.”

Since then, Walstrom and many others have worked with Student Government Association (SGA) and Residence Hall Association (RHA) to create Ball State’s first gender-inclusive housing pilot, where dorms have been set aside for students to opt-in to live together regardless of gender.

There are currently 22 students living in gender-

inclusive housing sections in Kinghorn Hall, DeHority Complex, Park Hall and Schmidt/Wilson Hall, according to Assistant Director of Marketing, Communications, and Technology in Housing and Residence Life Chris Wilkey.

Jana Swanson, a senior and a third-year resident assistant, has residents in Park’s genderinclusive housing.

For the most part, Swanson said dorm life isn’t much different from anywhere else in the building, and most other Park residents don’t notice the gender-inclusive section.

“In my building, it’s honestly not different at all,” the senior exercise science major said. “People just live with who they want to live with.”

Swanson didn’t know she would be assigned to the gender-inclusive pod until summer training.

At that time, she was concerned that her residents would be excluded and socially separated from other residents, as did some LGBT students when the pilot was announced.

“It’s definitely been a lot smoother than I had anticipated,” Swanson said.

She said this system of housing mirrors how those moving into an apartment or house choose their roommates. “[Housing doesn’t] ask questions why,” Swanson said. “They just give you the paperwork.”

This program is what current SGA Chief of Staff Kathy Berryhill said she visualized last year when she coordinated with SGA and RHA to simultaneously draft legislation putting the pilot in the works.

“I think gender-inclusive housing welcomes all, or at least that’s what I intended it to do,” Berryhill said.

She heard the same concerns Swanson did about the pilot and was worried about the transition, but her fears were gone when the pilot started.

“I haven’t heard any complaints or anyone badmouthing it,” Berryhill said. “All is well.”

For the pilot to continue, Berryhill said more students need to sign up, which involves two roommates visiting the Housing and Residence Life office and signing

paperwork confirming they want to live together.

The amount of students interested will be a determining factor when Ball State decides at the end of next semester whether or not to continue the pilot.

“If you can’t fill bed space for a pilot, it’s really hard for them to justify it,” Berryhill said.

Swanson also said the pilot could move forward substantially if there were more awareness that it existed.

Though it’s not guaranteed the pilot will continue, Walstrom sees the current program as a strong message from Ball State to its gender minority students.

“I think it’s an indispensable part for accommodating transgender students,” they said.

The housing pilot isn’t the last step in improving inclusivity for the LGBT community, Walstrom said. There is still a need for a full-time LGBT resource member and for improvements to the Multicultural Center.

Contact Sara Barker with comments at slbarker3@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @sarabarker326.

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‘BREAKING THE BINARY’ Spectrum hosted its “Breaking the Binary” fall drag show Nov. 3, 2018, in Ball Gymnasium. All proceeds from the performance were donated to Muncie OUTreach. MICHAELA KELLEY, DN

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LOCKED IN, READY TO GO Ball State Men’s Basketball eager to get on the court after eight-month hiatus.

Jack Williams Sports Editor 3,000 strong filled the seats at Worthen Arena Friday as Ball State Men’s Basketball took the court for the first time this season against UIndy. After a tied first half, the Cardinals took off to

defeat the Greyhounds, 92-76.

The matchup not only gave the Cardinals some confidence before the start of the regular season, but showed a hungry team, with its full artillery not even intact yet, ready to hit the ground running.

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Women’s Swiming and Diving

Cardinals drop second MAC meet Ball State Women’s Swim and Dive fell 176-121 to defending MidAmerican Conference champion Akron Saturday. Four events that stood out for the Cardinals were the 100 backstroke, 50 butterfly and the one- and three-meter dive.

Women’s Tennis

Team closes out fall season in Michigan In its final tournament of the fall season, Ball State Women’s Tennis traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the Bronco Challenge. The team had a strong finish with a combined singles and doubles record of 20-10.

Speaker

Tim Tebow speaks to Fields of Faith

Ball State redshirt junior guard K.J. Walton goes for a layup during the Cardinals’ exhibition game against the University of Indianapolis Nov. 2, 2018, in John E. Worthen Arena. Walton scored 15 points. PAIGE GRIDER, DN

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes of East Central Indiana hosted its tenth annual Fields of Faith Muncie event at Worthen Arena. The event’s keynote speaker was former Heisman Trophy winner and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.

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Young core set to lead Cardinals

Junior guard Nakeya Penny drives the ball down the court during the second quarter of the game against University of Illinois Springfield Nov. 1, 2017 at Worthen Arena. Penny scored six points for the Cardinals. BREANNA DAUGHERTY, DN FILE

Fresh faces, high expectations are welcomed to Ball State Women’s Basketball.

Gabi Glass Reporter It’s quite literally a fresh start for Ball State Women’s Basketball.

With a 12-player roster consisting of six freshmen, the team is working with a fairly clean slate for the upcoming season.

Last year saw quite a bitter ending for the Cardinals. After losing in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, the team had a chance to redeem itself in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. While they were victorious over Middle Tennessee in the first round, their tournament run was cut short by Purdue, who they defeated during the regular season.

“This team is different top to bottom from years prior,” head coach Brady Sallee said. “Not only with the six freshmen, but the returning players’ roles are changing as well. Those who were with us last year have good experience and have been great at leading by example on and off the court.”

Following the departure of guard Carmen Grande along with the graduation of Frannie Frazier, Destiny Washington and Moriah Monaco, Sallee was left with one starter from the previous season and a number of spots to fill on the roster.

“It’s not about managing the expectations.

It’s about embracing them,” Sallee said at the basketball media day press conference. “I feel good about the talent, and their willingness to embrace those expectations is why they’re here.

They want to wear Ball State across their chests and live up to it.”

Sallee said new beginnings are on the horizon for the Cardinals as the team has added a lot of players to the roster. Freshman Thelma Dis Agustsdottir, a recruit from Keflavik, Iceland, played in the

Icelandic Dominos League where she averaged 15 points per game in 2018 and earned the title of most valuable player for team Keflavik the year prior.

Freshmen Blake Smith, who ranked in the top 60 in the state as a junior at Carmel High School, and Abi Haynes, who earned all-state accolades her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, are promising additions to the team as well.

“A major focus for us is going in to each game knowing that we can win and having a good mentality,” junior guard Jasmin Samz said.

“Maintaining that mental focus is a huge part of the game, just as much as actually getting out there and playing to the best of our ability each and every night.”

Samz is the only returning starter from the 201718 season. As a sophomore, Samz shot 39 percent from the 3-point line and recorded 40 steals on the season. Sallee describes her as a leader with good experience and a good head on her shoulders.

“Jasmin is someone who has built a lot of credibility through her hard work,” Sallee said. “She has already stepped up to the plate and started doing what needs to be done as a leader. Everybody knows that her heart’s in the right place, so when she speaks, they all want to listen.”

Other returning players include sophomore Oshlynn Brown, who was first off the bench last season, and senior Nakeya Penny. Brown saw minutes in every game last year and totaled 269 points, and Penny added 149 of her own.

With a combination of veterans and rookies, the Cardinals look to continue to build on the culture of Ball State Basketball and look to a hopeful future ahead.

Contact Gabi Glass with any comments at grglass@bsu.edu or on Twitter @gabiglassbsu.

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Continued from Page 09 “These first games we’re going to get comfortable starting under the lights, getting comfortable in rotations and getting the jitters out,” head coach James Whitford said. “That’s why we start off with exhibition play as to a second scrimmage, as it gives you kind of a trial run. After that, the first real game is right around the corner.”

On and off the court, the team has prepared for the upcoming season mentally and physically.

Sitting out practice with an injury and being limited to what he is able to do on the court, senior center Trey Moses has been mentally focused on what he needs to do this season.

Every opportunity you’re trying to be the best you can no matter who you’re playing.”

- JAMES WHITFORD,

Men’s basketball head coach “We meet with a sports psychologist once a month, and the big thing he tells me with being injured is staying locked in with mental reps and imagine yourself making plays,” Moses said. “My guys are making me a clip of all my past plays and making sure that I know that I’m a good player no matter how I feel. It’s going to be one of those things where I find my groove.”

Practice throughout the month of October has allowed players to get a feel for each others’ style and pace that each individual plays at.

Redshirt junior K.J. Walton said he feels redshirt senior Tayler Persons and himself have a special connection on the court.

“Playing with Tayler is great because he knows how to score,” Walton said. “It doesn’t make my job as hard and vice versa. We have a lot of other

great guys that help us spread out the floor that help us get to the rim as well.”

Alongside offensive development, the team has taken a lot of pride in the fast establishment of a defensive core. With key players such a Moses, who was a 2018 Third Team All-MAC selection, the team is excited to see where it will go.

“We are a work in progress,” Whitford said. “I’m just as curious as anyone else to see how the defense will develop. We’re like most teams where we’re doing stuff well, but we have a long way to go.”

Similar to last year, the Cardinals will open their season with a challenging non-conference schedule.

The first two weeks see the Cardinals taking on No. 24 Purdue, No. 15 Virginia Tech and possibly Alabama. The Cardinals will face a Boilermaker squad that peaked as high as No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll last season. The Cardinals last faced the Boilermakers in 2012 and fell, 66-56.

“Playing good competition makes you better,” Whitford said. “Every opportunity you’re trying to be the best you can no matter who you’re playing. I do think there is something to be said in challenging games make you better. It’s certainly a benefit, but whoever we are playing, we have to be at our best.”

With the season just getting started, there are underlying feelings toward one conference opponent: Buffalo. The Bulls ran through the MAC last season, going 15-3 in conference play, winning the conference championship and making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after upsetting four-seeded Arizona.

After the UIndy game, redshirt junior forward Tahjai Teague said he personally compares the opposition to Buffalo.

“In that game we told our guys that Buffalo is the team to beat,” Teague said. “If a dude gets open on Buffalo, that’s a three made. You have to compare [the team we’re playing] to the best team in our conference schedule.”

With the conference season starting up two months from now and their matchup with Buffalo almost three months away, the Cardinals began their non-conference slate with an 86-69 win against Indiana State Tuesday. The Cardinals will travel to West Lafayette to take on the Boilermakers at 8 p.m. Saturday.

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Making permanent marks

Alumna expresses creative passion Ball State 2018 graduate Natasha Chopra co-founded Turnpike Magazine, a literary magazine focused on giving “marginalized voices” a creative avenue to publish their poems, creative nonfiction, fiction works and visual art. Alongside launching Turnpike Magazine, Chopra is pursuing a master’s degree in art therapy at Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. 412

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University Theatre presents ‘Stage Door’ To address gender equality issues in society, the Ball State Department of Theatre and Dance will portray 16 young women fighting for their moment in the spotlight with the play, “Stage Door.” Since this summer, the cast has been preparing for their opening performance Friday. 4Online

Communities Daniel Stewart continues a cover-up tattoo that started July 16, 2018, for Paula Balensiefer, on Nov. 5, 2018. Stewart has been tattooing for 24 years and has owned Lucky Rabbit Tattoos, which is located on McGalliard Road in Muncie, Indiana, for 16 and a half years. MICHAELA KELLEY, DN

16 years after opening his tattoo shop, owner Daniel Stewart continues to build friendships with his clients at Lucky Rabbit.

Pauleina Brunnemer Reporter Behind one of many glass doors, the buzzing of what sounds like a thousand bees overshadows music coming from an iPad propped on a table.

The room is filled with the aroma

of soap mixed with fresh ink, smelling like the pages of a newly printed book.

A client lays across an adjustable chair with his bare arm exposed to the needle of a tattoo gun with a printed picture of a drum taped above.

Wielding the tattoo gun in his gloved hand, the artist works to

complete the piece while laughing with his customer, who doesn’t flinch as multiple needles pierce the skin.

Daniel Stewart, a tattoo artist of 25 years and owner of Lucky Rabbit Tattoos, said he has seen it all when it comes to running a tattoo business.

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Alumni reconnect through thriller film Alumnus Mark Allen Michaels features three other Ball State alumni — Curt Lambert, Ed Morrell and Robert Phillips — as actors in his third film, “Valentine DayZ.” Michaels met Lambert during his time at Ball State, and he met Morrell while filming an experimental film. While Michaels had never worked with Phillips until “Valentine DayZ,” he said he felt confident having Phillips be part of his team. 4Online

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Stewart’s passion for art was fostered by his friend’s dad, who he began drawing for at age 16.

Eventually, he offered to teach Stewart to tattoo.

“At 17 years old, I was holding a tattoo machine for the first time. It was pretty cool, scary and all those things at once,” Stewart said. “Then, I ended up going into the military shortly after. [There,] I was a medical laboratory technician. I didn’t quit [tattooing] completely. I still did guest spots and stuff like that to keep fresh.”

After Stewart left the military, he continued building a network of clientele from his tattoos, which led him to three different shops before creating his own in Muncie in 2002: Lucky Rabbit.

Stewart originally had plans to name the shop the Aztec Tattooing Company, but decided Lucky Rabbit was more marketable.

In the shop, there is a stained glass window made by his mother, based on his drawing of the original logo featuring a rabbit’s foot. Even today, however, Stewart said he has to laugh at the concept.

“What’s so lucky about a rabbit that has its foot cut off, right?” Stewart said.

Although Stewart felt the shop “was a long time coming,” he said the first six months were scary.

“I just had faith that it was going to work out and kept going,” Stewart said. “It’s been a great opportunity for everybody. I love it here and just a lot of people keep coming back.”

One returning client, Tyler Seibert, has various tattoos from Lucky Rabbit. Together, Stewart and Seibert have been working piece by piece on a military-themed sleeve for seven years.

Seibert said the relationship between a tattoo artist and a client is similar to a hairstylist and a client — conversations revolve around similar topics, such as life and relationships.

“When somebody is sticking you for hours on end over a course of years and years, they see your changes, and you get to see their changes as well,” Seibert said. “You get to see what’s going on in their life, so you build a real friendship with people. That’s what they do, and Dan’s really good at that. He’s a people person.”

Artist Atom Goodwin, who works alongside Stewart, said he finds himself building similar relationships with clients who come into Lucky Rabbit.

“I’ve always had the idea that every person I tattoo, if I ran into them on the street, we could be friends,” Goodwin said.

For Goodwin one of his clients is actually his wife, so their relationship expands beyond the level of friends on the street.

“I don’t think I have one single tattoo that I’ve ever done that I can say that’s my favorite. I have handfuls of them,” Goodwin said. “I know my wife has a bunch of them that I absolutely adore because she loves my style.”

After 16 years of business, Stewart said the Muncie community and his customers mean everything to his business.

“Muncie is a very important part of who we are, like [our] heartbeat,” Stewart said. “We take care of our customers; we consider them like family. We like to give back to Muncie because it’s important to us in different ways. We make pretty cool, neat friendships sometimes, and we do like to see smiles when they leave.”

Contact Pauleina Brunnemer with comments at pdbrunnemer@bsu.edu or on Twitter @pauleina15.

Daniel Stewart works to touch up Paula Balensiefer’s tattoo Nov. 5, 2018. Stewart began working on her piece July 16, 2018, at Lucky Rabbit on McGalliard Road in Muncie, Indiana. MICHAELA KELLEY, DN

Graduate pursues passion

with published creative works Carli Scalf Reporter Ball State alumna Natasha Chopra has her hands full as the co-founder and visual art editor of Turnpike Magazine, the author of a self-published poetry chapbook and a graduate student at the Herron School of Art + Design.

While her competing roles may seem unrelated to an outsider, to anyone that knows Chopra, they are all a part of her personal mission to create healing and community through creative expression.

Creative Beginnings Chopra said she has been an artist since she was 6 years old and a poet since she was 10.

She remembers her mom giving her different art supplies to experiment with, which helped progress her art, and she remembers developing an interest in writing after her teacher recommended she submit a poem to an anthology for young voices.

While art was always important to Chopra, it didn’t factor into her career path until she discovered art therapy her junior year of high school. Art therapy differs from traditional therapy because it focuses on offering patients an alternative creative medium, such

Ball State alumna Natasha Chopra is a graduate student at Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. Chopra chose to specialize in art therapy because of a personal experience she had with its healing power in high school. NATASHA CHOPRA, PHOTO PROVIDED

as drawing, painting or writing, through which they can process difficult emotions.

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Dugout Chatter

‘It’s game day’ Zach Piatt is a sophomore journalism major and writes “Dugout Chatter” for the Daily News.

His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Zach at zapiatt@bsu.edu.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

May 25, 2017. It was game day.

Chilly, slight breeze, spitting rain — otherwise horrid Zach Piatt baseball conditions. But Columnist, nonetheless, it was game day.

Dugout Chatter Not your typical, every other game day, though. It was sectionals. Win and advance or lose and go home.

Bottom of the seventh, down by one, two outs, bases loaded and I’m on third base. The hit was a pop up — one of those in-between balls that would be tough for anyone to get. As I crossed home plate, I did double, triple, even quadruple takes between the ball and the runner behind me.

The second baseman and right fielder collided, the runner behind me touched home and for the shortest of moments, we had won the game.

You know that feeling of joy, sadness and confusion all at once? That’s what I felt in that moment when I heard the roar of excitement from the opposing dugout and realized what had actually happened.

He caught it. My teammate was out. The game was over. We lost, and we were going home.

In the movie “A League of Their Own,” Tom Hanks said, “There’s no crying in baseball.” I agreed with the line wholeheartedly all throughout my 10-year baseball career. I was never the one you saw crying after the game that ended the season, but this was my one exception.

I was a senior. I was heading to college. My days on the ball diamond were up. No more shaking hands with teammates and saying, “It’s game day.” No more asking coach, “You know what we get to do today?” No more hearing, “We get to play baseball,” in response. Because there were no more game days to look forward to.

Baseball changed me. That moment reminded me of how I fell in love with the game in the first place.

I never stepped outside my comfort zone as a child. My mom said the process of getting me on the bus for my first day of kindergarten was “exhausting.” I was kicking, screaming, holding a death grip on her — anything to stay off that bus.

She described it like trying to put a cat in water.

Stepping out of your comfort zone can lead to a better outcome than you might think.

Zach Piatt stands outside the McCulloch Park baseball dimond Nov. 6, 2018. Piatt played his last game at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex Oct. 29, 2017. REBECCA SLEZAK, DN In other words, I didn’t want to leave my mom and try this new thing called school.

Two years later, once I worked up the courage to try to make friends, I met Logan. I don’t talk to Logan anymore, I haven’t in years actually, but I have him to thank for asking me a question that would change my life forever.

He asked if I wanted to play baseball with him.

My initial response was an insecure no. Then, he told me he wasn’t going to play if I didn’t play with him. As you can imagine, this put me in quite the predicament, but against my 9-year-old insecurities, I decided to try it out.

That was the best decision I ever made. I loved every second of it. The coaches were friendly, the competition was just right and the game was fun.

I wore blue jeans to every game because I didn’t have baseball pants. After a while, my coaches started calling me “Denim Dragster” because of my speed. I won the award for having

the most hustle my first two years playing. Logan had to miss a few games later in the summer, but I was having so much fun I didn’t care.

I went from a shy kid with separation anxiety to an outgoing, competitive baseball lover who could become friends with just about anybody. Baseball introduced me to my true personality, and that’s why game day has always meant so much more to me.

I played one semester of club ball in college, but it wasn’t the same. We practiced twice a week with games on the weekend, and nobody seemed to take it seriously. Every other team I had ever played for was a brotherhood, and club ball didn’t feel this way. To this day, I don’t have a close friend from back home that I didn’t meet through baseball.

David Price said it best after winning Game 5 of the 2018 World Series for the Boston Red Sox. Holding back tears, he said, “It’s the relationships you make while you do this, while you play this game … that’s what makes this game so special.”

It’s tough knowing something that held such a prominent place in your life for so long is just gone. It felt weird not playing the summer after my senior year of high school. It still feels weird not playing a year and a half later. It sucks, but I force myself to be around the game. I watch Cubs games whenever I can, and I have a summer job teaching little kids how to play t-ball.

I often revisit how I came across the beautiful sport of baseball. Logan may never see this, I may never speak to him again, but he introduced me to a game I have an unbreakable bond with.

I love the game. I loved waking up with a smile on my face knowing I was going to play baseball that day. I loved watching myself button up my jersey in the mirror as the last thing I had to do before heading out to the field. I loved tossing grass in the air to check the wind. I loved digging in and giving the plate a one-two tap and twirl. I loved the pure joy I felt while on the field. I love the game.

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“I found art therapy as a way to combine my love for art and my love of helping people,” Chopra said.

Chopra was already planning to pursue a career in therapy because of a personal experience with its healing power in high school. “[Therapy] was a very pivotal moment in my life,” Chopra said.

“I hope to have that same impact on people in the future.”

Post-Grad Poetry After obtaining her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ball State in May 2018, Chopra moved to Indianapolis with her partner, Matthew Scott Swain, to set up their new lives as graduate students at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Leaving Ball State was a difficult transition for Chopra which prompted her to publish her first original chapbook, “What We Know: Moving On Doesn’t Mean It Didn’t Change Us,” in May 2018.

“It was me saying goodbye to Ball State, goodbye to Muncie, and moving on to the next chapter of my life,” Chopra said.

In her collection of poems, she explores themes of identity, race, sexuality, individuality and authenticity. Chopra said the experience of writing poetry has allowed her to understand her clients’ ability to heal through art.

“I believe a lot of writers get that processing feeling when they are creating,” Chopra said. “A lot of my poetry focuses on my identity as a biracial woman and how I’ve been navigating the world.”

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She and Swain gave themselves one month to prepare logos, graphics and a website for the official launch of Turnpike Magazine Aug. 1.

“I think, a lot of the time, marginalized voices can find themselves in the position where they don’t get published unless they air their traumas,” Chopra said. “We wanted to explore emotions that writers may not be able to see in other publications.”

Swain, Turnpike’s poetry editor and co-founder, said Chopra is the driving force behind the magazine.

“A lot of [Chopra’s] artwork and writing focuses on her experiences as a person of color, and we wanted to make a literary space and an art space that broadened the amount of work containing that content and conversation,” Swain said.

Paige N. Price, the prose editor for Turnpike, emphasized the editing team’s passion for giving new creative works a home.

“This is a very small project run by three people,” Price said. “Even though we’re not The New Yorker, we still value and cherish every word and every piece we receive, no matter how big or small the project.”

Turnpike released its first issue in September, with plans to release Issue 2 in early November and Issue 3 in early January. The publication is currently accepting submissions for its third issue in poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction and visual art.

Dedication to Creative Communities Chopra began her first semester at Herron in September, where she started a practicum that allows her to work with art therapy patients for the first time. While adjusting to therapy work can be emotionally draining, Chopra said she is optimistic about her career path.

Swain said he believes Chopra has found so much success in her creative endeavors because of her immense capacity for empathy.

“She has such a strong emotional and intellectual intelligence,” Swain said. “It’s hard to find people who genuinely want to connect and learn about everyone they meet, but [Chopra] is one of them.”

Price said Chopra is both a great friend and coworker because she is “always bright, smiling and willing to lend a shoulder.”

As the days get shorter and her obligations keep her busier, Chopra said she never seems to lose sight of her hope for the better community she can build through the healing practices of art.

Contact Carli Scalf with comments at crscalf@bsu.edu or on Twitter @carliscalf18.

MÖNSTER OUTSIDE is a flexibly voyeuristic discourse and commentary about the nature of outliers in contemporary society. This fine art piece marries dance theater, chamber music, projection mapping, vocal scoring, and scenic and lighting design. It locates and depicts aspects of human joy and despair via the experience of the “outsider”.

Students: $5 Faculty/Staff: BOGO

The presentation of MÖNSTER OUTSIDE was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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