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Much like other universities, Ball State lacks an equal representation of women at the highest level of professors
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University officers earn about $8,000 more each year CASEY SMITH CRIME REPORTER | casmith11@bsu.edu
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Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two-part series on pay and training differences with Muncie and university police. University police officers are often paid more than their city counterparts, despite having a smaller area of jurisdiction. Ball State University Police Department officers are no exception, averaging higher salaries than those working for the Muncie Police Department, in addition to the extra training they receive. Between Muncie and Ball State police departments, pay wages vary among positions and levels of leadership. While Lt. David Bell said there are many new recruits coming into UPD, other officers have been with the force for more than two decades. Ball State University police officers make a base pay of $18 per hour, but the average annual salary for current full-time UPD officers is approximately $50,000, according to the Board of Trustees annual salary report. As of 2015, a full-time officer with MPD receives a base pay of $42,810 per year, with a patrol officer making an average of $42,930 in a calendar year, according to City of Muncie annual salary records. As for the chiefs of police, city records indicate MPD Chief Steve Stewart’s salary is just over $60,000 per year, while UPD’s Director of Public Safety James Duckham made more than $111,000 during the 2014-15 school year, Ball State Trustee reports said
27.7% of full professors
51.3%
59.8%
of assistant professors
of instructors
46.5% of associate professors
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These charts illustrate the gender percentage of Ball State full-time instructional faculty based on faculty rank
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lthough Ball State faculty is split fairly evenly along gender lines, there is one level where women are vastly underrepresented — full professorship. Women currently make up just 27.7 percent of professors at the full professorship level, which is a tenured professor who usually serves at leadership positions within departments. That number has maintained relatively steady over the past five years.
Costumes ‘tell story,’ alumna says Emily Bursha combines 2 passions as shop director MEGAN MELTON GENERAL REPORTER | memelton@bsu.edu
It’s not just female professor leadership that is lacking at Ball State — currently, there are no women at the university in the top 10 salary earners, and there are only four in the top 20, according to salary data from the university. However, more than half of the president’s committee is female. In order to become a full professor, a person needs to pass a review conducted by renowned professors and colleagues from across the nation that assesses three academic areas: research, course load and leadership in the form of seats on academic councils or boards. The process usually takes a minimum of 14 years to complete but comes with a hefty boost in pay and reputation. Full professors, on average, make more than double that of entry-level professors and a little more than $20,000 more than associate professors, the level below full professors. Ball State is an equal opportunity employer and always looks to hire the best person for the job, Joan Todd, a university spokesper-
Some of the most important people in theater are the ones you don’t see, like behindthe-scenes costume designer Emily Bursha. Bursha is in charge of making costumes, designs and any other accessories a show needs. She’s also the director of Ball State’s costume shop, where she manages the shop’s staff, teaches costuming to students and creates costume ideas for each show. Visual aspects of a production allow the audience to perceive how a character will act or how they will present themselves before the character is fully integrated into a show, she said. “You can establish [personality] through clothing, and that really helps tell the story and establish the characters,” she said. Bursha, who is an alumna of Ball State, is heavily involved in many Ball State productions because of her role as director of the costume shop.
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son, said in an email statement. She pointed to the university’s Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action policy that says, in part, “the University is committed to the pursuit of excellence by prohibiting discrimination and being inclusive of individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, genetic information, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, or protected veteran status.”
RESEARCH COMMITMENT
While female professors usually teach the same number of courses and serve on the same number of boards as their male counterparts, they often struggle to conduct enough research to fulfill the strict requirements, either because they are often expected to do more work with their family or simply because they were outright dissuaded from pursuing a career in research, said Anne Runyon, chair of the National American Association of University Professors’ committee on the status of women in the academic profession.
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BALL STATE OFF TO BEST START SINCE 2006-07 Cardinals boast 2nd-best free-throw percentage in nation
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The Ball State women’s basketball 5-2 start is its fastest start since the 2006-07 season, during which the Cardinals began the year with a 6-1 record. The driving force behind this year’s success has been the team’s second-best free-throw percentage in the country (79.2
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percent) and its paint presence — the Cardinals have scored an average of 35.7 points in the paint per game and have given up just 15.4. After defeating in-state rival Butler University 58-50 on Sunday and converting 13 free-throws compared with the Bulldogs’ six, head coach Brady Sallee said free throws are an important part of the game plan. “It’s on the board before every game: win the free-throw battle,” Sallee said. “Part of that is defending discipline, part of that is getting yourself to the line, but you gotta make them. … That’s the name of the game, is walk-
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ing up to the line and knowing you’re gonna make it, not hoping you’re gonna make it.” Ball State also outscored Butler 26-12 in the paint, though it shot just 29.4 percent from the floor. Senior guard Nathalie Fontaine scored 20 points and hauled in 13 rebounds in the game and said perseverance helped the Cardinals’ inside game.
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The Ball State women’s basketball team’s 5-2 start is the fastest start the team has had since the 2006-07 season. Senior gaurd Nathalie Fontaine grabbed 13 rebounds in the game against Butler.
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