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Department celebrates growing importance of digital learning RAYMOND GARCIA ACADEMIC REPORTER | ragarcia@bsu.edu Ball State is using Online Education Week to tout its success after increasing enrollment by 14.9 percent. The week is a chance for people to learn the importance of online education and to celebrate online students, said Staci Davis, executive director of online and distance education programs. Many of the events will be live-streamed. “It brings a new light and new scope to their perception of us, that [online students] are an important part of who Ball State is,” Davis said. Davis said last year’s inaugural celebration was successful, and they wanted to expand the events this year by having a keynote speaker. Larry Ragan, co-director of the Center for Online Innovation in Learning at Pennsylvania State University, will be speaking about the relevance of online education and how organizations can be more innovative with it. One of the university’s focuses in President Paul W. Ferguson’s Centennial Commitment is online education. The goal is to provide contemporary practices for online learning. Ashley Adams, assistant director of student services, said one of the factors that makes the online program successful is the design of the courses. “It is not just a copy of the on-campus course put in an online format,” Adams said. “The courses are built to connect with the student to make sure there are meaningful assessments and assignments that they can do online.”
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Company delivers beer to customers Beer Right Now opens in Indy, hopes to expand through state ALEXANDRA SMITH GENERAL REPORTER | ajsmith9@bsu.edu Late-night runs to the store for beer may be a thing of the past. Beer Right Now, which started in 2008 in Philadelphia, is an online delivery service that brings alcohol right to the customer’s door. Users place their orders either online or through the company’s app. Jonathan Gropper, founder and CEO, has a background in law and computer sciBEER RIGHT NOW ence. This helped when sorting out While Beer Right Now isn’t currently available in how to operate Muncie, CEO Jonathan a liquor delivery Gropper said his company service within the considers new locations law, as well as how based on where the to start the online people who download operation itself. the app are located. The “I saw an oppormore people input their tunity and used ZIP codes into the app, my experience in the more attention the technology and law area receives from the to make it happen,” company. Gropper said. The business has expanded into cities such as New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, D.C., Houston and Dallas. Beer Right Now expands with demand. The more demand an area shows for the company’s services, the faster a location will open in the area, Gropper said. An Indianapolis location has been added; however, the delivery radius for Beer Right Now is about three minutes, meaning Muncie residents and Ball State students are out of luck.
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MUNCIE, INDIANA TODAY IN 1989, THE BERLIN WALL WAS TORN DOWN.
Medical procedure transplants hair to your face
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Hair from other parts of the head is removed with the root still intact and able to grow.
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o-Shave November is all about quitting shaving and growing facial hair into beards, all in the name of cancer awareness — but some men can’t grow facial hair at all. For them, there may be a solution: beard transplants. Yes, it is a real practice, and the numbers are increasing. In 2012, beard transplants accounted for 1.5 percent of all hair restoration procedures internationally. That number rose to 3.7 percent in 2014, according to the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. See BEARDS, page 5
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The doctor places incisions about the size of a millimeter into the face, where the new hair is transplanted. FINALLY
After waiting two months, the hair shows noticeable growth and can be shaved like a normal mustache or beard. DN ILLUSTRATION STACIE KAMMERLING
QUARTERBACK LEADING IN TURNOVERS Freshman starter has room to grow, coach Lembo says EVAN SIDERY FOOTBALL REPORTER | @esidery There have been 12 quarterbacks who have played for the Ball State football team since the new millennium; six of them have been freshman starters. Freshman quarterback Riley Neal is the newest edition to that list, and he is reaching historic territory in terms of giveaways. Since his first start against the Northwestern Wildcats, he has committed seven total turnovers. His first game without a fumble or interception was against Western Michigan. Offensive coordinator and
former Cardinal quarterback Joey Lynch believes Neal has a lot to learn. “He’s a football player, but at the same time, he needs to understand that Division-1 football is different than high school,” Lynch said. “There’s a time and place for everything.” After every possession, even when Neal commits a turnover, Lynch talks to his quarterback on the sidelines about his progressions and reads he made. They talk about what went right, what went wrong and what he can do to improve on the next drive. “It’s all about making sure his eyes are in the right place, go through his progressions the right way. And whether it’s an interception or incompletion, it’s the same progression,” Lynch said. “As long as he’s seeing things right and trusting 1. CLOUDY
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Freshman quarterback Riley Neal is one of six freshman starters in the past 15 years. The true freshman is making history with seven turnovers in the season.
he’s gotta play, just let it rip.” Neal commented on how the tone of the conversation usually is. “It’s a good relationship,” Neal said. “He’s a real mild guy. He’s not one to scream at you and do something. It’s just you gotta 3. PARTLY CLOUDY
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learn from your mistakes, and don’t make it again.” Neal’s seven-game turnover streak is the second most by a freshman signal-caller in the past 15 years, behind Kelly Page’s eight in the 2009 season. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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