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DN WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 2016

OPINION

‘Society treats Beyoncé the way we treat most men’ SEE PAGE 6

THE DAILY NEWS

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ndiana had its first confirmed case of the Zika virus on Tuesday, state health officials said. The case was in a non-pregnant resident who had recently traveled to Haiti, but the illness was not severe enough for hospitalization. State health officials are urging residents, especially pregnant women, to use caution when traveling to countries where the Zika virus has been detected and to take steps to protect against mosquito-borne illnesses at home and abroad. See ZIKA, page 4 DN GRAPHIC STACIE KAMMERLING

WHAT IS ZIKA?

It’s a disease spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito. It can be transmitted directly from the bite, as well as from a pregnant mother to the baby during pregnancy. There have also been cases of the virus spreading through blood transfusion and sexual contact. SOURCE: CDC

Reported active transmission Travel-associated cases reported No reported cases

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SGA ELECTIONS BOARD FINES 1ST CAMPAIGNING MEMBER One Student Government Association member was fined for violating the Elections Code before election season had even begun. Greg Carbo, a sophomore SGA senate member at large, was fined $20 on Tuesday. The board voted that Carbo was in violation on Article 6, Section 4D of the SGA Elections Code that states, “campaigning shall not obstruct the normal functions of the university.” Elections Board Chair Casey Miller said Carbo was found to be obstructing a class between the time it was set to begin and end. He said the obstruction was related to campaign forms, but did not say what Carbo did exactly. “We consider any disruption from the learning process to be a violation of that code,” Miller said Carbo was not fined for early campaigning because the board agreed there was a distinct difference between obstruction and early campaigning, Miller said. Carbo, however, will have a chance to appeal the fine if he so chooses on a later date. – STAFF REPORTS

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Cardinals still tied for 1st in MAC West despite 72-69 loss

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Trailing by as many as 7 in the second half to Ohio, the Ball State men’s basketball team had one last chance with the clock winding down as redshirt junior Ryan Weber missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer as the Cardinals lost 72-69. The Cardinals have won four out of their six Mid-American Conference games in second-half comeback fashion. From the field, Ball State shot

51.9 percent, but only converted on 57 percent from the free-throw line (8-14) and made only five 3-pointers. “We had a tough game shooting the basketball, combined from the 3-point line and free-throw line,” head coach James Whitford said. “We still could have won the game if we defended against these guys well enough for the course of 40 minutes.” In Ball State’s previous game, it made 15 3-pointers on its way to the overtime victory over Western Michigan. Ohio’s junior forward Antonio Campbell and redshirt junior forward Kenny Kaminski combined for 46 points on the night. Campbell was 2-2 from beyond the arc.

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The Ball State men’s basketball team lost to Ohio 72-69, making its Mid-American Conference record 6-5. Senior forward Bo Calhoun scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds in the game.

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‘On the road again’

Follow the men’s volleyball team on its trip to McKendree last week SEE PAGE 3

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Students, taxpayers end up paying for contract agreement KARA BERG NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com Since President Paul W. Ferguson’s resignation, students and faculty have demanded to know the reason for his abrupt departure. One lawyer is calling the

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situation “face saving for both sides.” “[The university] say[s], ‘The hell with it, you’re out of here,’” said Gerry Goldsholle, founder and CEO of FreeAdvice.com and a lawyer since 1964. “‘We’ll claim for purposes of the contract, it’ll be a termination without cause, for purposes of what you say to the press, you say it was a resignation, and let’s get on with our lives.’” This way, Ferguson wouldn’t

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be able to bad mouth or sue the university, and the university would be under the same restrictions. While it may benefit both the university and Ferguson, Goldsholle said the agreement may not help students. “Unfortunately, the students wind up paying for [the resignation], and the state winds up paying for it, and it ends up increasing tuition for everybody,” Goldsholle said. “This is a standard thing in an em-

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ployment situation.” Goldsholle said the termination could be due to any number of things — ranging from a mistake in the hiring process to a misunderstanding of the job duties. “[The severance pay] becomes a regionally inexpensive way of wrapping it up,” he said. “It sounds like a lot of money, but compared to the cost of pending litigation, it’s not.”

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