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Students may not lose dorm contract for weed violations CASEY SMITH CRIME REPORTER | casmith11@bsu.edu

During the 2014-15 school year, Ball State’s policy on marijuana in the residence halls was explicitly zero-tolerance.

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housing would be canceled and he or she would have to find somewhere else to live.

But now, students found with marijuana in residence halls may be getting a second chance to save their housing contracts.

“Until this year, the penalty for drug violation was cancellation of the housing and dining contract, plus associated penalties,” said university spokesperson Joan Todd.

For minor marijuana violations, Todd said students may be relocated out of their current hall, placed on disciplinary probation and assigned a drug education course and behavioral assessment. Although students are responsible for paying $250 to complete the courses, violators may still be allowed to stay in on-campus housing.

Alan Hargrave, associate

vice president and director of housing and residence life, was not so unequivocal on the change, however.

“The policy has not changed, nor the wording of the information distributed to students,” Hargrave said.

“Cancellation of the room and board contract is still a possibility depending upon the student’s prior disciplinary record, the kind of drugs/ paraphernalia found, etc.”

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‘Benny the Barber’

Benefiel plans to retire July 1 after 50 years

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utside the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, 60-degree weather is slowly giving in to chilling winds, but inside, Benny Benefiel is doing the same thing he’s done for 50 years.

“Benny the Barber” stands with a pair of scissors in one hand and a comb in the other as he styles a client’s hair. The soundtrack to his steady work is oldies music, softly playing from speakers that only occasionally drowns out the sharp sound of his clippers.

Loose pieces of fallen hair surround Benefiel. He and his customer are on their own little island, talking about everything from family to sports.

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Benny Benefiel has been a barber in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center at Ball State for 50 years. When he was 21, Benefiel started working at the barber shop four years after it opened in 1961.

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BALL STATE WINS HOME OPENER AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY Fontaine scores 30 in team’s 1st win of 2015 season

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Ball State’s women’s basketball team (1-1) topped Western Kentucky (0-1) 74-60 in its home opener, behind senior Nathalie Fontaine’s 30-point performance.

Fontaine scored 24 of those

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points in the second half.

“Listen, I’ve got a problem,” she said. “I want the ball all the time.”

Fontaine tied her career high – set against Buffalo on Jan. 26, 2014 – while also leading the Cardinals with 12 rebounds. As a team, Ball State out-rebounded the Lady Toppers, 40-36, and scored 19 second-chance points to Western Kentucky’s seven.

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pecially in the second half.

“We quit going up like we were afraid of spillin’ our cookies,” he said. “We started going up like real players.”

In the first half, the Cardinals were out-rebounded 17-13, including eight offensive rebounds on 16 missed shots. Sallee said he was furious when the team went in at halftime.

“I lit ‘em up pretty good at halftime,” he said. “I don’t know if that’s what changed it, but I think it’s been there, done that. ...

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Once we figured out that we got popped in the chin, we weren’t going to fall down.”

In the fourth quarter, junior center Renee Bennett cut her chin after being fouled on a fast-break with 7:42 remaining. She stayed in the game, but junior Caylin Hosea was not so lucky as she clattered to the hardwood after a run-in with a Western Kentucky defender.

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Recent attacks carried out by members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has led to hundreds of deaths in past weeks.

The Islamic-extremist militant group has seized a chunk of land stretching from northern Syria to central Iraq, and ISIS leaders are attempting to implement Shariah Law, which is rooted in eighth century Islam, to establish a society that mirrors the region’s ancient past.

ISIS has a reputation for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions, crucifixions and other grueling acts, according to the Global Terrorism Index.

Members are also using modern tools like social media to promote reactionary politics and religious fundamentalism among supporters.

In a Facebook post to the Ball State University Class of 2018 group, Yaron Ayalon, an

assistant history professor, said the radical Sunni (the larger of the two sects) group broke off from al-Qaida (also a radical Sunni group) in Iraq in 2013. The extremists rebranded as ISIS, and although similar to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida, ISIS has proven to be more brutal and more effective at controlling territory it has seized.

“Their aim is to build an Islamic State based on the principles of the early caliphate,” Ayalon said.

The caliphate is the first 50 years of Islam or so, during the time of the Prophet Muhammad and the first four successors in the seventh century.

“They are thus a fundamentalist group,” he said. “As such, one of their tactics is offensive jihad, that is, attacking infidel territory.”

Ayalon said although ISIS has made attacks against non-Muslims in Western countries, the group targets Muslims more than any other demographic. “[ISIS attacks] those who don’t accept its hard-core line of Islam, as well as Shiites,” Ayalon said.

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Netflix continues its streak of reviving old shows with the release of “W/ Bob and David.” The creators of the 1990s sketch comedy series “Mr. Show with Bob and David” have teamed up again for this new miniseries. The show features Bob Odenkirk (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) and David Cross (“Arrested Development”) as the two main actors in the four episode series.

What’s unique about the show is how they use social and historical situations to make the sketches of an episode tie together. They use prerecorded video of sketches to help connect live sketches that have different characters played by the same actors. This helps to create a type of sketch comedy show that is different than many others.

Both Cross and Odenkirk have experience reviving previous work when it comes to Netflix.

In 2013, Cross acted in a new season of “Arrested Development” which was canceled by Fox in 2011. Likewise, Odenkirk played the character ‘Saul Goodman’ on “Breaking Bad” and continued to act that role in the spin-off “Better Call Saul.”

The script for “W/ Bob and David” is very well thought-out.

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Cross and Odenkirk, worked on coming up with scripts for the sketches that would not only make people laugh, but also connect them together. The way the sketches poke fun at social situations is the funniest part because they have truth behind them, which makes the show special.

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Weather service predicts mild winter despite possible snowfall El Niño to bring higher temperature in coming season

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Even though snowfall is in the forecast for this weekend, students can expect to have a milder than normal winter, thanks to El Niño, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.

According to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], El Niño results from the interaction of the ocean’s surface and the atmosphere in the tropical Pacific. This interaction causes either warmer weather, El Niño, or cooler weather, La Niña.

Meteorologist Amanda Lee said the current El Niño is classified between moderate and strong. This may cause the months of December, January and February to have temperatures 2 to 4 degrees warmer than average, and snowfall 2 to 6 inches less than average.

While the El Niño might last into the spring season, Lee said the weather outlook for the next three months should be affected the most.

David Call, a geology and meteorology professor, said it can be hard to predict November weather. Last year in mid-November, the high temperatures were, on av-

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 After a student is connected to the discovery of marijuana, penalties are based upon the circumstances of the incident and prior disciplinary issues, Hargrave said. For any case, further action and any repercussions are at the discretion of the hearing officer or board.

“Our hearing officers and boards always strive to be fair and make decisions based upon the information gathered during the incident as well as the hearing,” Hargrave said.

Michael Gillilan, director of student rights and community standards, echoed Hargrave in saying that there is no new policy regarding marijuana in the residence halls.

“I would not call that a policy change,” Gillilan said. “That is a procedural change and simply creates options. You will note that the language still allows for discretion in responding to violations.”

Gillilan also said it’s important to note that university policy still states that illegal drugs, including marijuana, remain “disallowed and are

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Despite featuring a sign with a keg on it, Muncie Liquors doesn’t have any kegs for sale. The local chain stopped selling in August 2005.

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National Weather Service meteorologist Amanda Lee said students can expect a milder winter because of El Niño.

El Niño is a result from the interaction of the ocean’s surface and the atmosphere in the tropical Pacific.

erage, 34 degrees — barely above freezing. But while this year’s 70-degree days might seem unusual compared to last winter, the differing temperatures are just a part of November weather.

“November is so dramatic,” Call said. “It’s the heart of the transition from fall to winter.”

Indiana’s long-term average for November is a high of around 50 degrees. With last year’s 30-degree days and this year’s 70-degree days, not tolerated.”

With or without the possibility for leniency, Dillon Eaton will never be allowed to live in a residence hall again. The sophomore psychology major was caught with what he said was “a small amount” of marijuana in his dorm room last year and he’s since been permanently removed from campus housing.

“It was my first incident with any marijuana in the residence hall,” Eaton said. “I knew I could get in trouble for it, but I had no idea that so many things—so many stressful things—were going to happen as a result.”

After Eaton was found with marijuana in his room in LaFollette Complex, he was forced to move off campus within three weeks.

“I had a meeting with the resident coordinator, and the end result was that my housing contract was canceled and I had to leave the residence hall pretty much immediately,” Eaton said. “I wanted to appeal, but my request did not go through, and I couldn’t fight it any further after that—I had to leave.”

The incident happened during February 2015, and Eaton said trying to find new housing

the math adds up.

With the potential for warm temperatures coming this winter, Ball State students might not expect to have the several canceled classes they experienced during the winters of 2013 and 2014, Call said.

“Out of my eight winters at Ball State, during three or four of them, classes have been canceled,” Call said. “It only takes one storm.”

But even with the El Niño, snowfall could still during the middle of the semester was not an easy task. Before he could find an apartment, Eaton said he was forced to sleep on the floors in his friends’ houses.

“I never expected that I would be living on my own in an apartment at 19,” Eaton said. “I’m not just trying to focus on getting through school anymore. I’m focused on so many different things, and finances is probably the biggest thing I’m trying to work out.”

Because he was on the premium plan before the incident occurred, Eaton said he still has to pay the housing costs for the Spring 2015 semester and the entire 2015-16 school year.

In addition to the move off-campus, the added financial stress has been a burden, Eaton said.

Had Eaton been given the possibility to stay on-campus, even with relocation and fines, he said he would have gladly “jumped through the hoops” to stay in the residence halls.

“There is so much convenience and so much to be gained from living on-campus,” he said. “I would love to be in the dorms still, I really would.

But one mistake ruined all of that for me.

remain close to average for an Indiana winter, Lee said. There is a possibility of Indiana’s normal snowfall, just with less moisture in it than average.

There are some “hints” in the long-range forecast, Call said, that point toward some larger storms this winter. An El Niño can cause storms, typically appearing in the southern United States.

These can drift north toward Ball State’s campus at any time.

“I guess it’s fine now—it made me more mature. But I think the biggest thing is that I made a mistake and I did something irresponsible, but it’s really had a huge, negative impact on my life,” Eaton said. “It has not been easy, and I don’t know if it ever will be while I’m still at Ball State.”

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Despite the signs outside of Muncie Liquors that read, “KEGS KEGS KEGS,” the local chain doesn’t have any for sale.

“We don’t sell kegs — just the alcohol and the taps,” said Muncie Liquors manager Chris Johnson.

Starting in August 2005, liquor stores in Muncie stopped selling kegs to ditch low profits compared to beer sales when sold by the case, Johnson said.

The decision also aimed to help cut down on alcohol-related violence and accidents.

“It’s safer,” Johnson said.

“We haven’t been selling kegs for awhile, and other liquor stores around here have done the same.”

Muncie Liquors isn’t alone. Save-On Liquor still isn’t selling kegs at its six stores in Muncie, and Friendly Package also

has not brought back kegs for purchase.

“We still aren’t selling them – but we still sell alcohol,” said Friendly Package owner Michael Kilgore. “[Kegs] are hard to find, but they can still be purchased.”

Kegs can’t be purchased anywhere in Muncie, and Gaston Liquors is the only liquor store in Delaware County that sells them.

Gaston Liquors did not respond for comment, but the store advertises keg sales around $100.

Although there are no explicit laws or codes in the City of Muncie prohibiting the sale of kegs, Anderson is the next closest city outside of Delaware County where those of age can purchase kegs.

Ball State is also a no-keg zone during university events where alcohol is permitted.

“No kegs are allowed at football games,” said Michael Clark, associate athletics director for strategic communications.

“Tailgating is a fun tradition, but all beverages should be in aluminum cans, plastic bottles or paper or plastic cups.”

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Dan Boylan isn’t shy about telling his family’s story. He reveals it to the 90 students he has each semester on the first day of Personal Finance 101 — a class of which he teaches 12 sections.

Boylan is always willing to talk about his brothers and sisters, but the subject takes on a new level of relevancy in November, National Adoption Month.

Boylan comes from a large, blended family. Four out of his seven siblings are adopted and racial minorities.

His mother, Nancy Boylan, a Ball State alumna, lived with her two biological children and husband in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when she started taking in foster children through Catholic Social Services.

It was the late 1960s, during the Civil Rights Movement, when Nancy and her husband were inspired by their time attending Ball State Teacher’s College and the diverse and accepting environment they experienced there.

“We wanted to use our Ball State experience and make the world a better

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place,” Nancy said. “We believed that all people are equal and deserve a loving, nurturing environment.”

Their first foster child, a newborn black baby they named Martha, was with them for a year before being adopted into a family. Nancy said she quickly learned that it was much more difficult for the social workers to find homes for black children.

“It was hard for the social worker to find a black home for her and, at that time, white families were not adopting black children,” Nancy said.

This led to the Boylans adopting their first child, Nicholas.

“We decided to adopt a child of mixed background and were connected with an agency in Minnesota that had an American-Indian child,” she said.

In addition to Nicholas, the Boylans adopted a child from South Korea, African-American twins from Fort Wayne and had two more biological children, including Dan, the youngest. The twins were adopted just 11 months after Dan’s birth.

Dan said adoption did not affect his siblings’ relationships growing up, but the family did face tension outside of the home.

It was the ‘60s and people “weren’t ready” for a family like the Boylans’, he said.

“We had to kind of stick up for ourselves a little more,

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but not a lot,” Dan said.

The family did capture the attention of others, Nancy said.

“It was unusual for a white family to have black children in their home,” she said. “We were generally treated with respect by others though ... but our large, blended family did make us stand out.”

Despite the difficulties, Nancy enjoys her family’s diversity.

“I have loved being the mother of a large and rather different kind of family,” she said.

Dan said that while grow-

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Benefiel has lived in Muncie his whole life. He raised his family here and watched the area change as new industries were created and others fell.

For many of those years, he’s worked in the barbershop in the basement Student Center.

But it all ends soon. Benefiel will be retiring on July 1.

Becoming a Barber Benefiel started barber school two days after he graduated from high school.

He moved to Indianapolis to attend an Indiana barber college. It took him nearly a year to complete barber school. The training was extensive — Benefiel had to learn all the muscles and nerves of the head, as well as how to cut hair.

Afterward, he moved back to Muncie and worked for an older barber, Red Coron, as an apprentice for two and a half years.

After they closed on the first day of work, Coron turned to Benefiel and said, “Do you want to make a living with this trade?”

Benefiel answered with a yes.

“Well, I want you to forget half the things they showed you in barber school, and I’m going to show you how to make a living with this trade,” Coron said.

Coron was a character, Benefiel said, but nevertheless, he took Benefiel under his wing and showed him how to be a barber and how to run a business.

Coron died due to health problems shortly after Benefiel stopped working for him, but Benefiel still uses his advice.

Coming to Ball State Ball State’s barbershop opened in 1961. Benefiel started working there four years later.

It was July 4. Benefiel was just 21.

He saw an advertisement for the job in the newspaper.

It offered him health insurance, paid vacations and sick leave. The benefits looked pretty good to Benefiel.

After a while, the university offered him the opportunity to lease the barbershop, otherwise the shop would have been closed.

As a result of agreeing to the lease, the university let Benefiel have complete and total control over how to run the shop.

“They pretty much just leave me alone and let me run the shop. They let me do

ing up, he thought his family was weird, but over time, he realized they weren’t so “different” after all.

“As you get older you realize every family is weird, like, ‘Gosh, these families where the kids all even look alike don’t even get along.’ So as I get older, I realize that we were more normal than I thought,” he said.

Boylan’s diverse background shaped the way he wanted to raise his own children.

“I am very aware of wanting my children to see high-caliber people from everywhere:

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After retiring, Benny Benefiel is planning on spending his time fishing, hopefully in Georgia. As of now, he just wants to enjoy his last eight and half months here; he retires on July 1.

what I think is good for this business, and that’s worked out real good,” Benefiel said.

Benefiel has occasionally worked alongside other men, but for the most part, he’s been alone — himself, his instruments and the basement barbershop.

Working with clients Benefiel said the key to success in the barber business is building a relationship with the customers.

He likes meeting people and getting to know everyone. Many customers have been coming to the barbershop for over 40 years, and Benefiel said he enjoys watching old clients come back with their children.

The students, faculty and members of the Muncie community are all welcome to visit Benefiel for a haircut.

Kelly Clark, a sophomore special education major, works in an office across from Benefiel. She said she sees all sorts of people visit the barbershop.

“I think it’s really special that, because of him, people from the Muncie community feel comfortable coming to Ball State,” she said.

Devin Summan, a junior communications major, has been going to Benefiel for a haircut every month since the beginning of his freshman year.

There are several things he likes about Benefiel and his barbershop: its convenient location, Benefiel’s welcoming demeanor and the methods he uses. Benefiel uses a real razor to get the hair off Summan’s neck and he applies aftershave once he is finished.

“That’s the sign of a true barber,” Summan said.

Summan is particular about his hair, but he’s always been satisfied with Benefiel’s handiwork.

He isn’t the only one. Summan’s dad, Denny Summan, drove a little over an hour from Connersville, Indiana, with Devin to visit Benefiel.

Denny has a barber he vis-

its back home, but the experience is “in and out,” he said.

“With [Benefiel], it was like an event,” Denny said.

Denny cannot visit Benefiel whenever he wants, but he’s determined to get one more haircut with the barber before he retires.

Gone fishing Benefiel has chosen to retire for personal reasons.

When his contract expired this year, he approached Bruce Morgan, the director of Student Center programs, and told him that the Summer 2016 semester might be his last.

A few months ago, his answer became more definite.

Benefiel would be moving on from the barbershop.

Morgan has known Benefiel for almost 31 years.

“Everybody’s happy for [Benefiel] to be ready to retire, but everybody hates to see him go,” Morgan said.

But just as quietly as Benefiel carries out his daily duties, the process to find his replacement has begun.

It will be hard to do — Benefiel is one of a kind, Devin said.

Perhaps keeping that in mind, Morgan would like to find a different kind of operator to take over Benefiel’s shop. Morgan is interested in turning it into a salon — a space with different services that could suit the needs of more students.

But Benefiel will be long gone by the time that happens — razors out of his reach and thoughts of hair far from his head. He thinks he’ll spend his retirement fishing — possibly in Georgia.

He is still uncertain about where the next phase of his life is leading him.

“Right now, I feel like I just want to enjoy these next eight and a half months,” he said. “Retirement is kind of the next step, and I’ll look at that when the time comes.”

Danielle Grady contributed to this article

male to female, rich to poor, all races,” he said.

Both Dan and Nancy find National Adoption month interesting because of the awareness it can bring to children that still need to find homes.

“Adoption is a wonderful thing for both the parents and the child. Bringing awareness to such an important way to help families is a great idea,” Nancy said.

I would encourage everyone to consider adoption. As long as they have room in their heart, there is always room in the home.”

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A flute, viola and harp playing together might seem like an unusual combination, but they blend well when their musicians are as accomplished at their craft as the members of the Hibiki Trio, an ensemble made up of faculty from the School of Music.

Plus, said Elizabeth Richter, the harpist for the Hibiki Trio, there is a surprising amount of musical literature for the three different instruments.

Hibiki Trio’s members include Richter, Mihoko Watanabe on flute and Katrin Meidell on viola. They performed their first concert in April and will be performing again Sunday in Sursa Performance Hall at 3 p.m.

Each member of the ensemble comes from a different part of the world.

Watanabe hails from Japan

— Richter from New York and Meidell from Denmark.

They’ve performed separately in a variety of different ensembles and symphonies, including the Kansas City Philharmonic, the Boston Philharmonic and the Muncie Symphony.

They came to Ball State because of the performance opportunities that are offered to the faculty.

Watanabe, Meidell and Richter played together before they formed the Hibiki Trio, but Watanabe wanted to revive their group and give it a new name.

Kelsey Byrum, a junior music education major and student of Watanabe, attended the Hibiki Trio’s debut concert where they played “Sonata for flute, viola and harp” by Claude Debussy, a French composer.

“It was interesting to see how they were able to make three seemingly different instruments work really well together,” Byrum said.

The Trio performed at the College Music Society National Conference on Nov. 7 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis where Watanabe

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Sursa Performance Hall said the trio was well-received by the audience.

They will continue their performance streak after the Sursa concert with an appearance at the American Viola Society Conference in Oberlin, Ohio.

The Trio has decided to take a more contemporary approach to their upcoming Ball State concert while still maintaining Debussy’s richness.

“All of us are open to playing modern, contemporary music, which opens a lot of doors when it comes to putting together a concert program,” Meidell said. “Each audience member gets what they want out of a performance. It’s not so much what we want to give, so we just give what we have.”

The Sursa performance will include works by Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Jiro Censhu, Jacques Ibert and Srul Irving Glick.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “In 2013, attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan and Nigeria accounted for about 70 percent of all terrorism anywhere in the world.

Only about 10 percent was in predominantly Christian countries.”

The overwhelming majority of Muslim leaders reject ISIS because it doesn’t follow true Islamic tradition, Ayalon said.

“Throughout the generations, almost all Muslim scholars have rejected offensive jihad, as well as beheadings and slavery,” Ayalon said.

“Some claim that rejecting those practices is apologetic, since the original Islam sanctioned them. This is an ongoing debate among historians of Islam as well, but we must remember that if the true Islam calls for such barbaric acts, true Christianity and Judaism call for stoning offenders and persecuting gay people. Fundamentals are fundamentals, after all.”

And it’s not just government officials who are rejecting ISIS as an Islamic affiliate, Ayalon said. Most Muslims are as well.

Paris

On the night of Nov. 13, ISIS carried out a coordinated terrorist attack in six Paris locations. Three squads carried out the attack, involving eight terrorist operatives. Paris Prosecutor François Molin said at least 132 people were killed and 352 injured.

This was the worst terrorist attack on French soil since World War II, and the largest attack ISIS has carried out in the west. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack and launched a media campaign threatening France and other Western countries with more attacks.

French investigators said Thursday that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of the Paris terrorist attacks, died Wednesday in a major police operation in Saint-Denis, a suburb of the city.

Another key suspect linked to the Paris atrocities — an ISIS attacker — is still at large. Belgian authorities are still conducting raids around Brussels in an attempt to apprehend the suspected terrorist.

Syria

More than 20,000 people have traveled from other countries to fight for ISIS in Syria and Iraq, according to a report by the Homeland Security Committee. However, countries with bigger Muslim populations tend to send the largest number of fighters, according to CNN. Turkey and Lebanon have taken in the greater share of Syrian refugees, with around 1.9 million and 1.2 million respectively, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Egypt, Iraq and other Arab countries have taken in over half a million.

Recent News

Although political leaders in the United Nations are considering ISIS an international threat, another militant Islamist organization overtook ISIS to become the world’s deadliest terrorist group last year, according to a new report.

Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group based mainly in Nigeria’s northern states, was responsible for 6,644 deaths in 2014, an increase of 317 percent from the previous year, according to the Global Terrorism Index, which was released Tuesday.

By contrast, ISIS, the terror group to which Boko Haram reportedly pledged allegiance in March of this year, was responsible for 6,073 deaths.

Between them, the two groups were responsible for more than half of the deaths attributed to terrorism, in the deadliest year on record for terror, according to the report.

Internationally, deaths from terrorism experienced a “dramatic rise” in 2014, increasing by 80 percent from the previous year, according to a study by the Institute for Economics and Peace.

There were 32,658 people killed in terrorist attacks last year — nine times more victims than there were in 2000, according to the study.

Most deaths from terrorism are not taking place in the west. Excluding the 9/11 attacks, since 2000, only 0.5 percent of deaths from terrorism have occurred on Western soil.

In the latest publication of ISIS’s Dabiq magazine, the terrorist group includes a list of the latest attacks for which it claims responsibility, including downing the Russian passenger plane in Sinai, the suicide attacks in Lebanon and the attacks in Paris.

Congressional Action

Obama has warned of the long road that lies ahead in the global effort to defeat ISIS. “It’s going to be a multiyear task,” he said at a regional conference in the Philippines. “And we’re not going to be able to fully succeed in eliminating their safe havens until we have a political settlement of some sort in Syria.”

An ISIS video released on Wednesday warns of an impending attack on New York City, and Mayor Bill de Blasio said police are “taking all necessary precautions” in areas shown in the video and throughout the city.

“Stoking fear is the goal of terrorist organizations,” he said, “but New York City will not be intimidated.”

The U.S. House of Representatives also approved a measure to effectively pause the processing of Syrian refugees by insisting no refugee be admitted without certification by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Many House Democrats ignored White House pleas to oppose the bill, giving Republicans enough support to secure a majority.

GINOTTI BEGINS NEW ROLE AS SGA ADVISER Director of student life hopes to grow with senators GORDON SGA REPORTER | SOPHIE sgordon@bsu.edu

The Student Government Association celebrated its new adviser Wednesday with a reception after Student Senate.

Melissa Ginotti was hired as assistant vice president of student affairs and director of student life in October and assumed her role in November. Part of her duties includes advising SGA. Kevin Carey, assistant director of student life, advised SGA before Ginotti’s hiring.

At the end of Student Senate, Carey welcomed Ginotti to the position and transitioned himself out.

“You have someone coming in here who’s going to ... challenge you and support you in any way possible,” Carey said to the student senators. “You’re going to have ... a wonderful person with years of experience and knowledge who can really move this organization forward with the assistance of the senators in the room, the students we

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Carey reflected on his time as SGA adviser, telling the students, “You’ve given me ... the confidence to be able to know I can do my job day to day.”

Ginotti then spoke to the senators, expressing her gratitude of being able to work with SGA. “It’s going to be an extraordinary year for us together, and I’m hoping that we are just going to learn from each other and continue to grow,” Ginotti said. “I certainly expect that there are lots of ways that I’ll be growing and learning with you this year in this environment.”

Student senators introduced themselves to Ginotti during the reception and got the chance to get to know their new adviser.

SGA President Jack Hesser said he looks forward to seeing Ginotti’s influence on the organization.

“I think that she has an incredible energy, and I’m beyond grateful not just to have her present today at today’s senate, but to see how the relationship grows and to see ... how she can challenge and support us over not just the next few months, but in years to come,” Hesser said.

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Get connected with campus Today’s Birthday (11/20/15).

Friends empower your game farther and faster this year. Keep momentum and money flows with ease. Stash some aside. Fun and romance sparkle this springtime, interrupting your peace.

Community efforts build steam next autumn, impacting your home life. Play together for your heart.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7. Long distance communications improve for about three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, so expand your territory. Travel beckons, but could get complicated. You could struggle today, with Venus square Pluto. Take the shortest route.

Charm someone.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8. Saving money comes easier, with Mercury in Sagittarius. For about three weeks, set long-range financial targets. Keep track.

Don’t overlook family obligations. Don’t spend it all on a romantic whim. Love may seem far away. Nurture yourself.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is an 8. Rely on your team. Over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, the competition’s extraordinarily fierce.

Support each other and work together. Get expert coaching and listen carefully. Ignore petty grievances and pull together. Place above expectations.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9. Create and discover efficiencies. It’s easier to figure out professional solutions for the next few weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Your work gets more interesting. Organize your home office for comfort. Iron out wrinkles in written material.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. Share your passion for the game. It’s easier to express your love for the next few weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius. You’re especially persuasive, and lucky with words. Talk about beauty, truth and goodness.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. Fix up your place.

Over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, focus on household renovation. Talk over options with housemates and move things around. Resolve an issue that’s been bugging you. Communication unlocks doors.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7. Begin a threeweek intensive study phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius.

Your curiosity intensifies. Write reports and investigate assumptions. Consider ethics and consequences before acting. Guard against duplication of efforts. A potentially great idea needs work.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8. Money flows both in and out over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, so take care. The more you do, the more you’re in demand. Keep fulfilling a vision, and your confidence inspires productivity. Give thanks.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9. For the next three weeks, with Mercury in your sign, you have the mental advantage. Ask probing questions and discover.

Listen to improve your skills and talents. Strengthen your communications infrastructure. Allow yourself some poetic license.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7. Learn from your dreams. Enter a three-week philosophical and spiritual phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Ancient secrets get revealed. A female offers a solution. Listening is more powerful than speaking. Focus on nurturing health. Contemplate beauty.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7. Competition or romance? Enjoy a three-week social phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Group activities go well. Confer with others and discover hidden truths. Show appreciation for the work of your friends. You have what others want.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9. Professional opportunities abound. Begin a three-week testing phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Let others know what you want. Communication impacts your career directly. A rise in status is possible. You’re already connected. Go ahead and ask.

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TODAY Men’s basketball travels to Richmond, Kentucky. to play in the @EKUHoops Classic at 6 p.m.

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Despite the 48-31 loss against Ohio on Tuesday, redshirt junior wide reciever KeVonn Mabon finished with 312 all-purpose yards. Mabon ended the game with 10 catches and a touchdown.

Mabon records 10 grabs, 139 yards in loss Tuesday

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After a slow first half on Tuesday against Ohio, redshirt junior wide receiver KeVonn Mabon stepped up for the Ball State football team for his best game of the season.

During the football team’s 48-31 loss against Ohio, Mabon finished with 312 all-purpose yards, which is the seventh-highest total by any Division-I football player this season.

This marks the first time since 2008 that a Cardinal was able to finish with more than 300 all-purpose yards. In this case, it was good enough to account for 54 percent of the team’s all-purpose yards.

While Mabon was the leading receiver during the

game, what separated him were his 173 kickoff return yards, the most out of any Cardinal in a single game this season.

“The return game I played pretty well offensively; I got it going in the second half,” Mabon said.

Already down 14-3 with fewer than two minutes remaining in the first quarter, Ball State began to move the ball downfield.

In his second reception of the night, freshman quarterback Riley Neal was able to find Mabon down the Cardinal sideline for a 36yard reception.

The catch appeared to move the team into field goal range for freshman kicker Morgan Hagee, who hit a career-long 45-yard field goal earlier in the quarter.

While it was his longest reception of the night, Mabon soon found himself in between two Bobcat defenders, one of which stripped the ball, causing a Cardinal turnover and effectively ending the team’s

drive.

“I never fumble, and I fumbled. I felt like I let my team down,” Mabon said.

“That’s not who I am. … I usually make plays, so I felt like I had to make plays.”

Neal continued to find the veteran receiver throughout the game. Mabon finished with 10 catches for 139 yards and a touchdown.

This is the second game this season where Mabon was able to finish with more than 100 receiving yards. The last time came from only six receptions against the University of Massachusetts for a total of 150 yards.

Head coach Pete Lembo is well aware of the impact that the veteran receiver can have on the team. “[Mabon] is a leader on our offense, and he plays with energy,” Lembo said.

“When he’s making plays, that’s going to give our offense a chance to keep making plays.”

Just like the second half of the Ohio game was a turn-

MABON AGAINST OHIO RECEIVING YARDS: 139 KICKOFF RETURN YARDS: 173 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS: 312 TOUCHDOWNS: 1

ing point for Mabon, the second half of his season has been as well.

In the past four weeks alone, Mabon has totaled 679 all-purpose yards, more than half of his season total. On top of that, he has two touchdowns and continues to see more kickoff returns each game.

He has already surpassed his career high for a single season in kickoff return yards and is only 26 receiving yards short of topping his single season best of 717, which he acquired last year.

Mabon will look to continue his all-purpose prowess against Bowling Green next week as the Ball State football team wraps up the 2015 season.

SATURDAY Both the men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams will be in action at the Doug Coers Invitational.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

SETTER EARNS ALL-MAC HONOR

Senior setter Jenna Spadafora won her second straight First Team All-MAC award after an impressive 2015 regular season campaign.

Spadafora has been one of the key reasons Ball State’s women’s volleyball team clinched the sixth seed in conference tournament with an 8-8 MAC record.

In MAC play, Spadafora ranks fifth with 9.31 assists-per-set average and fourth among all league players in attack percentage with .336.

“From the moment she arrived on campus, Jenna has had a major impact on our program,” head coach Steve Shondell said in a statement. “She has evolved into one of the best setters in Ball State history, and her physical presence at the net is as strong as any setter in the Mid-American Conference.”

Spadafora’s 160 total kills this season are the most for a six rotation setter that has played setter exclusively in the country. She leads all MAC setters in kills (96), kills per set (1.50), blocks (38) and blocks per set (0.59), while ranking second in digs per set (2.25) and third in total digs (144).

Spadafora and the Ball State women’s volleyball team opened the 2015 Mid-American Conference Tournament on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Cardinals beat No. 7 seed Buffalo 3-1 at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.

The team’s next match is tonight against No. 3 seed Kent State starting at 7:30 p.m.

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Sallee expected a tough game from the defending Conference USA champions.

“Conference USA is a big, physical, athletic league,” he said. “We had to answer that bell, or we were gonna get run out of here.”

Ball State took advantage of Western Kentucky’s physicality by sinking 22 of its 24 free throw attempts.

“Can I knock on wood?” Sallee said. “We shot free-throws well all preseason … but you’re gonna have numbers like this when the right people are getting to the line.”

Western Kentucky led after the first quarter, 20-16, and opened the second with a 13-2 run.

Sallee tried to end the run with Bennett, sophomore Moriah Monaco and freshman Carmen Grande with 8:09 left

in the quarter. Senior Shelby Merder and sophomores Frannie Frazier and Brionna Simond came in for a linechange that seemed to fit in well with the pep band’s hockey-style jerseys.

The attempt was unsuccessful as the Lady Toppers added six more unanswered points to complete the run.

When the starters returned to the court with 4:59 remaining in the half, Ball State started a 13-2 run to shrink Western Kentucky’s lead to just four points, 35-31.

Morrison finished the game with 15 points, including three three-pointers, behind only Fontaine and Monaco, who scored 18 and hauled in seven rebounds.

Sallee said beating the Lady Toppers, who finished 30-5 last season, was a “big-time win” but the Cardinals need to build on it.

“This is only a beginning,” he said. “If we don’t get better and build on it from here, this win doesn’t mean anything.”