BSU 11-13-15

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IN THE BIG LEAGUE

FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 2015

Alumna, assistant coach signs contract with Akron Racers

What’s the whole furry thing? Anthropomorphic Art Society shares how they’re more than the costumes they wear

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Letterman returns to university Former talk show host brings guests to speak on campus

Between two worlds

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David Letterman, who recently retired after 33 years of hosting “Late Night” and “The Late Show,” will speak at Ball State Nov. 30 at John R. Emens Auditorium. Letterman will host a discussion with filmmakers Spike Jonze and Bennett Miller. The university announced Letterman’s return to Ball State with a video sent in a campus-wide email. Letterman has created a big impact at Ball State, as the university named its Communication and Media Building after him in 2007. He has also created a scholarship that is given annually to three Ball State telecommunications students. The filmmakers he will be interviewing, Jonze and Miller, are two of the nation’s top young filmmakers. Jonze is a critically-acclaimed director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his work on the movie “Her,” which he directed. He has also collaborated with several top recording artists, such as Kanye West, and is a co-creator of MTV’s “Jackass.” Miller is a film director who has also made a huge mark on the industry. He directed “Moneyball” and “Foxcatcher,” and has earned many Academy Award nominations for his work. Tickets for students are available today starting at 7 a.m., but some people started lining up Wednesday at 10 p.m.

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Students hold prayer vigil for Missouri

Adopted students try to balance identities

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Sophomore organizes gathering of more than 70 people Thursday CASEY SMITH CRIME REPORTER | casmith11@bsu.edu More than 70 Ball State students and faculty gathered at the Frog Baby fountain for a prayer vigil Thursday to show support for students of the University of Missouri. The University of Missouri, or Mizzou, has been in the spotlight lately for recent incidents of racial conflict, which included a hunger strike by a graduate student, the threatened sit-out of the football team and the resignation of the university’s president. The gathering, organized by sophomore telecommunications major LJ Herbert, was led by members of Impact, a local movement based on Christian leadership in the African American community. Herbert was inspired to hold the vigil in solidarity with people of color at Mizzou. “I just really put myself in that situation and thought about if I was a student of color [at Mizzou],” Herbert said. “I really took into consideration the dangers that a lot of young students of color are facing across the country – it’s very important and relevant right now.” Fellow Impact leader Bryce Dotson said with events like those at Mizzou, it’s important that Christians encourage unity among others, regardless of race. Although Dotson said he’s always felt safe on the Ball State campus, he said he still frequently experiences ignorance. “Ignorance can really just be the lack of knowledge,” Dotson said. “Especially between people of different colors, there’s nothing wrong with that [ignorance], and it’s a great opportunity to teach that person and learn together.” Herbert said he too has felt impacted by “racial generalizations,” but the support and community he has at Ball State gives him the encouragement he needs. “I think the university is striving towards greatest and stressing the understanding of diversity,” Herbert said.

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his is what Shay Haneline knows about her life before America: She was found in a train station in Yangzhou, China. She spent 14 months in an orphanage; her hair was shaved to prevent lice. And on May 5, 1997, an adoption agency employee placed her in the arms of a 36-year-old woman from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Haneline grabbed onto the woman’s shirt and didn’t let go. Eighteen years, six months and eight days later, May 5 is still Haneline’s “gotcha day” ­­­­­­— the day Haneline’s adopted mother or, as she is to Haneline, “Mom,” met the child she’d been waiting for since January 1996. See ADOPTION, page 4

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Shay Haneline was adopted on May 5, 1997, by a 36-year-old woman from Fort Wayne, Ind. Eighteen years later, Haneline is a sophomore Japanese major at Ball State University.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

TEAM SIGNS 3 RECRUITS FOR 2016-17 Coach says signees will fill specific need on Cardinals’ roster |

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The Cardinals’ women’s basketball team managed to sign three new prep players to national letters of intent for the 2016-17 season. On Wednesday, head coach Brady Sallee announced the signing of Morgan Glatczak from Mukwonago, Wisconsin, Aliyah Walker from Brownsburg, Indiana, and Megan Walton from Fishers, Indiana. “We are really excited to Editor: 285-8249 Classified: 285-8247 Fax: 285-8248

welcome [Walker, Walton and Glatczak] to our basketball program,” Sallee said in a statement. “They all fill some very specific need for us, but most importantly they are all impressive, high-character young ladies.” Glatczak broke out in her junior season, averaging 10 points and nine rebounds per game on her way to earning First Team All-Classic 8 Conference and All-Area Team High Honorable mentions. At the Wisconsin Basketball Academy Prestige summer program, Glatczak was one of six WBA Prestige 2016 commitments, the only one who went on to sign a letter of intent at a

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PLAYER BIOS MORGAN GLATCZAK

Mukwonago, Wis./Wukwonag 6-foot-4 post player ALIYAH WALKER

Indianapolis, Ind./Brownsburg 5-foot-10 wing MEGAN WALTON

Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern 5-foot-9 wing

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Division-1 university. Her 6-foot-4 stature allowed her to dominate rebounding and blocking for the summer team. She averaged 7.5 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game. The next person on the statistical leaders

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list for the WBA averaged1.5. “I am so thankful that [Glatczak] chose to play for me at Ball State,” Sallee said in a statement. “Her size, talent level, versatility and work ethic make her an exciting addition to our club.” Sallee also recruited Walker out of Brownsburg High School. The 5-foot-10 wing averaged 14 points and 13 rebounds per game as a junior. She was named to the Hoosier Crossroads All-Conference Team the last two seasons and received the Indiana Classic Basketball All-Star Classic Mental Attitude Award.

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