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The White House Christmas decorations are seen in the North Portico during a press preview Nov. 29 in Washington, D.C. Ball State senior environmental design major Cody Sprunger joined 91 other volunteers to decorate the halls of the White House.

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A White Christmas Ball State senior decorates White House for holidays, meets Michelle Obama Michelle Kaufman Daily News Reporter

inety-two people from around the country traveled to Washington D.C. to deck the halls at the Whie House.

Cody Sprunger, a senior enviornmental design major was one of them.

Sprunger frequently watched the HGTV White House Christmas special, so he did some research and filled out the application to be a decorator back in June. He received confirmation in October that he was chosen and flew to D.C. on Thanksgiving.

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“[It was memorable] just being in the house, because it’s the symbol of not only Washington, D.C., but [also] the American government and the president’s family and everything ... [It was amazing] just having the opportunity to work one-on-one with the White House staff and with all these different people just to kind of transform that space that means so much to people."

— Cody Sprunger, a senior environmental design major

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MakerStudio offers collaborative space for education majors

Mary Freda Daily News Reporter Dry-erase walls, a sewing machine and a Smart Board are just a few features in the new makerspace for early and elementary education majors. The makerspace is the result of a collaborative effort between the early and elementary education living learning community and Housing and Residence Life.

Housed on the seventh floor in Studebaker Hall West, the makerspace provides students with a space to collaborate with other pre-service teachers while learning how to use new technologies.

“This is their play place. This is where they get to practice becoming teachers,” said Dixie Denton, co-director of the MakerStudio and sponsor of the early and elementary education LLC. In addition to materials in the MakerStudio, materials are available across the hall in the MakerStudio library.

The library is stocked with materials from Bracken Library’s education resources, but students have the liberty to use them in a space of their own.

See MAKERSTUDIO, page 4

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Larry Judge, Ball State associate chairperson and professor in the School of Kinesiology, was awarded the USA Track and Field Joe Vigil Sport Science Award Saturday. He received the award at the USATF 2016 Annual Awards Breakfast in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, for being active in the area of sports scholarships and utilizing scientific techniques in his coaching methods.

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Larry Judge, Ball State associate chairperson and professor in the School of Kinesiology, received the USA Track and Field Joe Vigil Sport Science Award Saturday.

Judge was given the award at the USATF 2016 Annual Awards Breakfast in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

The award is given to someone who is active in the area of sports scholarships and utilizes scientific techniques in their coaching methods.

“It’s a really cool award because it really helps me bridge the gap between my former life as a full-time collegiate coach and my current position as a college professor,” Judge said.

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Death toll hits 30 in inferno at art studio ‘horror house’ The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party jumped to 30 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others believed to still be missing.

Only a fraction of the charred remains of the partly collapsed structure had been searched, and crews clearing debris were expected to find more bodies as they advanced, Alameda County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly said.

Anxious family members who feared the worst gathered at the sheriff’s office to await word on their loved ones. They were told they may have to provide DNA samples to help identify remains.

The building known as the “Ghost Ship” had been carved into artist studios and was an illegal home for a rotating cast of a dozen or more people, according to former denizens who said it was a cluttered death trap with few exits, piles of wood and a mess of snaking electric cords.

“If you were going there for a party, you wouldn’t be aware of the maze that you have to go through to get out,” said Danielle Boudreaux, a former friend of the couple who ran the warehouse.

As many as 100 people were there for a party Friday night when the fire broke out just before midnight. Fire officials were still investigating the cause of the blaze, but they said clutter fueled the flames, there were no sprinklers inside and few exits to escape.

Boudreaux identified the operators of the Satya Yuga collective as Derick Ion

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Almena and Micah Allison. She had a falling out with Almena when she convinced Allison’s parents and sister about a year ago that the warehouse was a dangerous place for the couple’s three children to live.

The couple rented out five recreational vehicles and other nooks on the ground floor as living spaces. A rickety makeshift staircase led to a second floor where concerts were held. Former residents said there frequently was no electricity or running water.

Oakland planning officials opened an investigation last month after repeated complaints from neighbors who said trash was piling up and people were illegally living in the building zoned as a warehouse. An inspector who went to the premises couldn’t get inside, said Darin Ranelletti, of the Oakland Planning Department.

The city had not confirmed people lived there, but a former resident said she had been lured in part by reasonable rents in a region beset with a housing shortage and exorbitant leases driven by the tech boom.

Shelley Mack said she wasn’t told the residence was illegal until after she moved in a couple years ago and stayed for four to five months, paying about $700 a month. She said she was instructed to tell visitors it was a 24hour workspace for artists and when outsiders or inspectors planned to visit, residents would scurry to hide clothes and bedding.

“It’s like a horror house. Just horrors in there,” she said.

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Ball State’s Knitting and Crochet Club will host its annual Christmas sale today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Art and Journalism building. The club will sell hats, scarves, ornaments, stuffed animals and baby items.

EVENTS ANGEL TREE GIFT WRAPPING

TODAY, 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. L.A. PITTENGER STUDENT CENTER ROOM 136 Come join SVS as they wrap the gifts collected for their Angel Tree Project. Feel free to bring tape, scissors, and/or wrapping paper, although there will be some provided.

KNITTING AND CROCHET CLUB ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SALE

TODAY, 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. ART AND JOURNALISM BUILDING Ball State’s Knitting and Crochet Club is having their annual Christmas sale, great for looking for affordable Christmas gifts. There will be hats, scarves, Christmas ornaments, stuffed animals, baby items and more. Cash, cards and checks are accepted.

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TODAY, 4 P.M. TO 5 P.M. THE QUAD Join the Progressive Student Alliance on the Quad near the David Owsley Museum of Art to march to the University Green. The group will conduct chants, prayers and speeches in order to draw attention to the water protectors at Standing Rock and the new legislation banning the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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The White House Christmas decorations are seen in the North Portico during a press preview Nov. 29 in Washington, D.C. Ball State senior environmental design major Cody Sprunger joined 91 other volunteers to decorate the halls of the White House.

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Friday and Saturday were spent in an offsite warehouse owned by the National Parks Service, where all the decorations from past years are kept.

“We were doing all of the prep work: attaching wire to ornaments and gluing and cutting and glittering," Sprunger said. "Basically any craft thing you can ever imagine.”

Sprunger was assigned to the State Dining Room with eight other volunteers and decorated Sunday and Monday.

“This year, the theme was the gift of the holidays, [so] the State Dining Room was the gift of family,” Sprunger said. “It just focused on the different gifts of the holidays that are often taken for granted.”

The White House wanted the State Dining Room to be whimsical, so it features a lot of candy, LEGOs and cookiethemed ornaments.

“Every year, the White House pastry chef

will make a model of the White House out of gingerbread … [the State Dining Room] is also the room where that is kept.”

This year's gingerbread house was made 150 pounds of gingerbread, 100 pounds of bread dough, 20 pounds of gum paste, 20 pounds of icing and 20 pounds of sculpted sugar pieces, according to the White House website.

On Nov. 28, Sprunger got the opportunity to attend a volunteer reception, where he met and shook hands with Michelle Obama.

The volunteers came from 33 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and Sprunger only met one other person from Indiana. He thinks meeting the other volunteers was one of his favorite parts of the experience, aside from the simple fact of just being there.

“It was a lot of fun … meeting all of the really fantastic people cause they’re kinda in the same position as you — a lot of them who had never even been to the White House before and were just so excited to be there,” Sprunger said. “I didn’t meet an unfriendly person, everyone was so nice.”

Krampus charity event takes over downtown

Kirsten Wamsley Daily News Reporter

If you have been naughty this year, you better watch out because Krampus will be roaming the streets of downtown Muncie in search of bad children to take away.

Krampus is the evil counterpart to Saint Nick. Its origins are unknown, but people believe the idea comes from old Pagan and Germanic beliefs.

On Dec. 5, Krampus punishes and takes away the bad children, so Saint Nick knows who the good children are. Then, on Dec. 6, Saint Nick comes and gives gifts to all the good girls and boys.

That's how Dec. 5 came to be known as Krampus Day. This year, Krampus will be roaming the streets of downtown Muncie today to collect donations for charity.

Muncie residents Robert Abner and Brian Blair will be dressing as Krampus to entertain those downtown and to gather donations for the Muncie Fire Department's Toys for Tots. Donation boxes will be set up at Twin Archer, Fickle Peach, Savages and the Heorot.

The “band of pranksters,” the Krampus and children, will be visiting each location throughout the night, as well as walking the streets. They will be socializing and taking pictures with anyone interested.

“We like to have a good time for a good cause,” Abner said.

Even if you aren’t 21, you can still enjoy the event at Twin Archer in its all-ages section, or simply roam the streets of downtown to see Krampus.

But don’t fret if you haven't been good.

“It is just drama, it’s show business.

We really just want people to donate,” Abner said.

Abner and Blair have been friends for eight years. They both greatly enjoy all things horror. Blair is a mask designer and owner of Scarevania and Son of Scarevania. Abner, a Ball State alumnus (Class of 2005), frequently attends horror cons and has been a pastor at Grace Village Church since 2008.

The pair used to do a zombie walk on campus benefitting Second Harvest Food Bank. When that ran its course, the two wanted to come up with something new.

With the combined love for Krampus and doing things for charity, Krampus Nacht was born last year. And downtown Muncie is all for it.

“I love it. Mr. Abner and Mr. Blair are quality people in our community, they do a great part for the community,” said Chris Piche, owner of Fickle Peach.

Each business involved has a personal relationship with Blair and Abner, and are all for joining in on the night for the community. Abner said the community is always looking for ways to make downtown survive and thrive. “[Last year], they swept through downtown and scared the hell out of everyone,” Piche said.

Fickle Peach will continue to collect donations for Toys for Tots at its Trivia Tuesday and giving away pint glasses to those who donate.

Contact Kirsten Wamsley with any questions or concerns at kmwamsley@bsu.edu.

Ball State senior environmental design major Cody Sprunger joined 91 other volunteers to decorate the halls of the White House this holiday season. Sprunger and the other volunteers spent Thanksgiving decorating the rooms in the White House to fit various themes.

One volunteer, a woman named Margaret Ritchie from Iowa, became a grandma figure to Sprunger and another college-aged student from Texas during their time in D.C. Ritchie loved being the grandma of the group and was right at home in the role having seven grandchildren of her own.

"It was a joy to work with such goaloriented, forward-looking young adults, Ritchie said. "They give someone my age the reassurance that our future is secure with these young people becoming our next generation of leaders. They all had such a positive attitude and great plans for their future. They really helped each day fly by."

Though Ritchie had to part with her unofficial grandchildren, she doesn't plan on losing touch with them any time soon.

“At the end, Margaret said 'I wanna stay in touch with you guys, I wanna know when you guys graduate and everything,'” Sprunger said.

When he first got to the White House, Sprunger was expecting a guided tour, but it ended up being a do-it-yourself tour where he was allowed to walk around freely on the ground and first floors.

After all of the decorating, he was able to see all of the different rooms, newly adorned with holiday decorations.

“Seeing the whole transformation from where it started and then where it ended, I don’t know how we were all able to do it in two days, but we did,” Sprunger said.

This was Sprunger’s first visit to the White House. With a minor in historic preservation, Sprunger said the White

House is “the building” and he is kind of obsessed with it.

Through this experience, he was able to see a lot of things that people on the regular tour don’t get to. “[It was memorable] just being in the house, because it’s the symbol of not only Washington, D.C., but [also] the American government and the president’s family and everything ... [It was amazing] just having the opportunity to work one-on-one with the White House staff and with all these different people just to kind of transform that space that means so much to people," Sprunger said.

LEGO designed and built 56 houses to represent the 50 states and six territories for the State Dining Room, which is where state dinners and cocktail parties are held.

The houses were included on shelves that were built into the Christmas trees, and each house has architectural details and symbols that represented that state.

Indiana’s has a race car to represent the Indianapolis 500.

“The people from LEGO were like, if you see your state and it’s not in a place that you want it, tell us and we’ll move it. So I had them move [Indiana’s house] a little closer to the center,” Sprunger said.

The official White House Holiday Tour book can be found on the White House website. The book includes history, recipes and a look at what's included in each room.

HGTV was also there, filming interviews and other footage for the annual Christmas special that will air Sunday.

Contact Michelle Kaufman with any questions or concerns at mekaufman@bsu.edu.

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Huth praises Dakota Access reroute

Ball State faculty member feels hopeful despite uncertain future Casey Smith & Associated Press When Kelli Huth heard news about the rerouting of the Dakota Access oil pipeline on Sunday, she was shocked.

“I thought, ‘Is this really happening?’

— I’m just overwhelmed,” said Huth, the Director of Immersive Learning for Entrepreneurial Learning. “This weekend could have gone very differently — we still don’t know what’s going to happen, but it’s looking so much more hopeful now.”

Water protectors at Standing Rock were supposed to be evacuated today for the pipeline to make its way through the area, which has been occupied by

indigenous peoples and their supporters for months. But on Sunday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it wouldn’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and its supporters, who argued the project would threaten a water source and cultural sites.

Having spent time at Standing Rock herself in October, Huth said she now wishes she could back to North Dakota to be with those who have helped keep the pipeline from continuing in its original path.

“It’s been hard to be [in Indiana] these last few weeks as things have gotten really bad out there,” Huth said, holding back tears. “They needed all the good news they could get — it must be such an incredible

time there right now.”

North Dakota’s leaders criticized the decision, with North Dakota’s Gov. Jack Dalrymple calling it a “serious mistake” that “prolongs the dangerous situation” of having several hundred protesters who are camped out on federal land during cold, wintry weather. U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer said it’s a “very chilling signal” for the future of infrastructure in the United States.

The four-state, $3.8 billion project is largely complete except for the nowblocked segment underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir. The company constructing the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, had said it was unwilling to reroute the project.

However, U.S. Secretary for the Interior Sally Jewell said in a statement that the

Corps’ “thoughtful approach ... ensures that there will be an in-depth evaluation of alternative routes for the pipeline and a closer look at potential impacts.”

Although the new development has been good news for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and their supporters, Huth said she’s cautious, still anxious to see what happens next.

“What does this mean? Could they come back and still make the people go home?” Huth said. “I really hope [the decision] stands. I hope the government is serious, because if they are, they’re truly making the right decision on behalf of the indigenous people.”

Contact Casey Smith with any questions or concerns at news@bsudailynews.com.

Wi-Fi upgrades on hold My Voice initiative will continue after presidential search ends Michelle Kaufman Immersive Learning Reporter My Voice, the student-driven avenue for change led by the Digital Corps, is currently on hold.

After two rounds of voting earlier this year, concerns about campus Wi-Fi received one of the highest numbers of votes from students and was chosen by the My Voice team to be the first issue worked on. However, until Ball State has a new president, the My Voice team is in limbo.

“There’s still a lot of things that students would like to see improved and a lot of great ideas. For now, we’re still kind of in a holding pattern with My Voice,” said Brandon Smith, Digital Corps director.

“We would love to see a lot of these initiatives take place, but we are kind of waiting for the guidance of a new president to make sure that we move forward in the most logical, sensible and efficient way.”

There are still eight or nine other initiatives or charters that the My Voice campaign would like to address, Smith said, but input from Ball State’s new president is necessary due to the potential of impacting long-term procedures at Ball State. Currently, there are no plans to open up another round of voting for the My Voice project, Smith said.

Although progress has been slow in recent months, Smith said the My Voice team is happy with the headway they were able to make during former President Paul W. Ferguson's term.

By teaming with Ball State’s IT Department, conducting two focus groups and doing a survey and research, Smith said the My Voice team was able to create a presentation Ferguson and his cabinet were “very open to.”

“We said all right, here’s the list [of issues], let’s move forward. Since that time, as you know, President Ferguson stepped away from the university, so things have slowed down a little bit,”

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Smith said. “We were able to take some great steps with the Wi-Fi on campus, both in the academic buildings, in the residence halls and in public spaces.”

Ball State hosts more than 5,500 Wi-Fi hotspots around campus to provide internet access on three wireless networks: bsusecure, bsuguest and eduroam. The IT department already had a plan to improve the Wi-Fi, but the My Voice team helped the department identify areas that were lower in coverage, as well as bring the issue to the attention of students in those areas.

Smith said as as the Digital Corps team moves forward, he is excited about the progress and changes that are being made. However, he said, there is still a lot of work to do — especially once a new president takes office.

“Since the departure of President Ferguson, the Cabinet and Board have been planning for someone new to step in and fill the vacated role. Part of that process is making sure a new president can come into office and make the kind of changes and decisions they need to move the university toward their vision,” Smith said. “President King has done a great job serving as an interim president, but I think he also understands the importance of giving a new administration the freedom they need to build up the university.”

Contact Michelle Kaufman with any questions or concerns at mekaufman@bsu.edu.

Residents, cyclists react positively to Neely changes Mary Freda Daily News Reporter Hard hats and potholes no longer occupy Neely Avenue.

Its reconstruction project, which ended Nov. 17, included the addition of medians with planters, bike lanes and improved sidewalks. Arron Kidder, consultant for the city of Muncie, said since Neely Avenue has reopened, residents and cyclists have responded well to the reconstructed avenue.

“I have gotten nothing but good feedback and responses since it’s been open,” Kidder said. “Of course, that has something to do with a construction project that closed a road down for so long.”

Cyclists, Kidder said, have especially responded well to the addition of bike lines. He added that traffic flow has been good, and that cyclists have said they find the additions to provide extra convenience.

The reconstruction’s main goal was to improve the overall quality of the road, which is why street parking is no longer allowed. While the addition of bike lanes was a factor to consider, Kidder said they aren’t responsible for the ban on street parking.

“I wouldn’t say that the bike lines specifically were the reason for the no parking. Given that part of Neely is a main artery, you want to have good traffic flow,” Kidder said. “To have good traffic flow there are standards that you want to meet in terms of road width in general –

with or without bike lanes.”

Discussions about the construction on Neely Avenue came before Kidder was in office. Because Neely Avenue intersects with Wheeling Avenue and runs downtown, Kiddler said that was likely the reason why the project was completed before other road reconstructions in Muncie. "[Neely Avenue] is a main artery of the campus to Wheeling to downtown, so you have that," Kidder said. "In addition to just how poor a condition that the road was in."

Now that the project is complete, Kidder said the construction went smoothly in terms of coordination between the campus, the city and construction workers.

“I will say that as far as complete reconstructions and capital improvements go, it went incredibly smooth," Kidder said. "Everybody from the city to the university to the contractors involved worked together, worked together great."

Kiddler said the city does not currently have any public plans for construction on campus, but that could change.

"We do have some things in the works," Kidder said. "I don’t know if I'm at liberty to say what they are at this time as preliminary as they are but I will say that we are taking Ball State ... into consideration as we do our planning for the next several years."

Contact Mary Freda with any questions or concerns at mafreda@bsu.edu.

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The makerspace on the seventh floor of Studebaker Hall West allows early and elementary education majors to collaborate with other pre-service teachers while learning how to use new technologies. The space provides tools like dry-erase walls, a sewing machine and a Smart Board.

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“They might be able to check books out and play with puppets, but they wouldn’t be able to create and make things. So, that’s kind of nice and they also may not be able to talk openly. [When] you think about the library, you think of a quiet space. This space doesn’t have to be quiet,” Denton said.

Even the walls in the makerspace serve as a resource for students.

“This is a place where they can practice math facts, practice writing, put together words to do word walls or just whatever you might do in a classroom,” Denton said.

“Right now, they’re expressing themselves.

So if you read some of the little sayings on the wall, you’ll see that they like this space.”

The space was fostered through an idea by Kate Shively, co-director of the MakerStudio and assistant professor of elementary education.

“What I had done was started talking with Joel Bynum, who is the director of the residential halls and the LLC program, and I planted the seed ... in October last fall,” Shively said.

Shively began her career at Ball State two years ago, but she already has knowledge of makerspaces due to research she conducted during her time as a graduate student.

Despite the MakerStudio being a pilot, Shively said the space has received a lot of student volunteers.

“We had about 20 students who volunteered for this makerspace this

semester,” Shively said. “I have been really impressed with that and I just think that speaks volumes about the caliber of students we have here.”

James Colter, a freshman elementary education major, is one of these volunteers.

Colter, through collaboration with Keaton Bailey, another freshman elementary education major, was able to establish office hours in the MakerStudio.

“We thought that people, if they wanted to come up there and if they needed help with maybe the Smart Board or the Cricut or even the sewing machine, that someone should be up there to help them that kind of is familiar with what’s in there,” Colter said.

Bailey, along with Colter, is one of the volunteers who helps with technology.

“There’s no point in saying, ‘I’m bad with technology, I’m not gonna learn technology, I’ll just do everything the old school way when I get my degree because there is no way you can,’” Bailey said.

The future of the makerspace is dependent upon student use and feedback.

So far, students have requested more technology in the MakerStudio.

“I’m definitely hoping for a lot more technology-based things considering that we’re going through kind of a phase where classrooms are becoming more technology [centered] and all of that stuff,” Colter said. “So I’m hoping to see a lot more tech in there, as well as just places to make it a space where you can hang out because that’s where it’s kind of going as well.”

Contact Mary Freda with any questions or concerns at mafreda@bsu.edu.

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LARRY JUDGE Continued from page 1

Judge was a track and field throws coach at Florida before he took his position at Ball State. He coached his athletes at Florida to 34 All-American honors, 16 individual SEC titles and 6 individual NCAA titles within five years.

"It really helps me wear the hat of coach, but also coach educator and sports scientist," Judge said.

In spring 2016, Judge took a sabbatical to coach at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. In the summer, he went to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and coached Felisha Johnson in the shot put.

He returned to Brazil two weeks later to serve as the assistant coach for the throws in the Paralympic Games Judge said he is grateful his sabbatical fell on an Olympic year.

"It also gave me time to focus in on some of my research and help improve performances of my athletes," he said.

Judge has had the opportunity to work and spend time with Vigil, who the award is named after.

"He’s not just an amazing medaling coach, but also sports scientist and somebody who just epitomizes what coaching is all about," Judge said.

Vigil is a long-time coach and contributor for USATF, co-founder of the USATF Coaches Education Program and 14-time Coach of the Year.

Judge is the current chair of the USATF Coaches Education program, so he said he has a lot of respect and admiration for Vigil.

"Certainly he’s the kind of guy I want to idol and follow in his footsteps," Judge said.

Contact Elizabeth Wyman with any questions or concerns at @dn_sports.

Ball State loses second half Sloppy game play costs Cardinals win against IUPUI Ryan Flanery Men's Basketball Reporter Head coach James Whitford needs his players to focus on the next play.

After Ball State men's basketball lost to IUPUI 73-62 Saturday, Whitford said he was eager to watch the film to understand where the breakdowns came from.

“Our ability to come together, to not let one bad play affect the next play, was terrible,” Whitford said.

Taking a 36-29 lead into halftime, Whitford told his team it played a great first half — though the Cardinals made just 2 of 10 shots from the free throw line and senior forward Franko House sat because of two early fouls.

But in the second half, Ball State seemed to be wrapped up with previous plays that led to easy buckets for IUPUI. “That’s, to me, the story of a lot of the second half, was us being frustrated and letting one thing that happened affect something else that happened in the game,” Whitford said.

IUPUI shot 40 percent from the field and 22.2 percent from 3-point range in the first half. In the second half, the Jaguars shot 48.4 percent from the field and 36.4 from beyond the arc.

Whitford said he was not impressed with his team’s mentality in the second half.

“The game is too fast, it happens too fast,” Whitford said. “I don’t care if you got hit [on the head] or not, you have to run back and get organized, they

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Ball State guard Taylor Persons sweeps past IUPUI guard Kellon Thomas while making his way down the court Saturday at Worthen Arena. The Cardinals lost 73-62.

just banged a three. I thought that by a landslide hurt us in the second half.”

IUPUI’s senior guard Darell Combs led all scorers with 21 points, and 17 of those points came in the second half.

Ball State allowed 10 assists while only forcing three turnovers in the second half as well.

Eight games into the season, Whitford took a step back for a reality check, saying his team is not playing well right now.

“It is not like a bad game at this point, we are not that good right now,”

Whitford said. “My final words to them, I said you have to ask yourself as a player, where is your inside voice, is it pointing at other people and making excuses, or are you looking in the mirror and being honest with yourself about how to get better.”

Ball State has two days to look in the mirror before playing Bradley University Tuesday at Worthen Arena.

Contact Ryan Flanery with any questions or concerns at @Flanery_17.

Ball State men's swim and dive places 3rd In Eastern Michigan Invitational, team finishes with top times

TOP FIVE TIMES FROM EASTERN MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL

Patrick Murphy Daily News Reporter

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After a successful first half of the season, Ball State men’s swimming and diving finished third with 732 points in the Eastern Michigan Invitational.

Head coach Bob Thomas said he is pleased with the team's overall success at this meet.

“I would say that they swam seasonbest times, but some of them even achieved personal best times,” Thomas said. “This has been the best meet they have performed in thus far.”

Since the first meet, the team has been improving in all of the events. Senior Tanner Barton has improved his time in the 100 Butterfly. From the Indiana Collegiate meet on Oct. 22, Barton has dropped one second (51.09) . Thomas

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Sophomore Cullen Tyler swims the 100-yard breaststroke at Ball State’s first home meet of the season against Albion College and Rose-Hulman Oct. 28 in Lewellen Pool. The men’s swim and dive team finished third in the Eastern Michigan Invitational on Friday and Saturday with 732 points.

said the improvement has been tenfold.

“It was a different team that we had seen earlier this year. This is what happens when you give them a short rest,” Thomas said.

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1. 1 650 Freestyle: Junior Isaac Walling, placed fourth, 16:20.76 2. 1 00 Freestyle: Senior Austin Green, placed fifth, 47.06 (dropped two seconds) 3. 200 Fly: Senior Tanner Barton, placed third, 1:51.83 (dropped four seconds) 4. 2 00 Individual Medley: Sophomore Culley Tyler, placed 13th, 1:58.98 (improved by four seconds) 5. 5 0 Freestyle: Freshman Ben Andrew, placed 11th, 21.58 (improved time by two seconds)

Sawyer led the team in eighth place on the one meter. Assistant Diving Coach Jake Brehmer thought Sawyer did well on his dives. “[Sawyer] looked very consistent and had some pretty good scores,” Brehmer said.

Sophomore Gabe Dean and junior Jeremy Taylor placed 10th and 11th on

the one meter.

“They didn’t have great prelims, but came back and did much better in the final round,” Brehmer said. “That is what we definitely want to see.”

Since the beginning of the season, Sawyer has improved his score on one meter by three points. Brehmer said they are starting to have some better starts on their dives.

“But they need to work on being more consistent and board work,” Brehmer said.

The Mid-American Conference championships are three months away.

Thomas said the team still has a lot to work on.

“This is a team that is supposed to compete in the MAC. Come MAC Championship time, they will be ready,” Thomas said.

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