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Sophomore Peyton Gollhofer reacts after winning a point during her singles match against Wright State on Feb. 5. Gollhofer’s dad served in the Marines for 15 years, which she said helped her become more independent.

Sophomore women's tennis player draws on father's military experience Adam Chowdhury & Colin Grylls Daily News Reporters

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eyton Gollhofer’s dad wasn’t always around when she was growing up.

Retired Lt. Col. Robert Gollhofer served in the Marines for 15 years, which meant spending months at a time away from Peyton and her younger brother Robert Kyle. Sometimes it was a tour in the Middle East, other times it was an assignment at a domestic base that

was still thousands of miles from their hometown of Cartersville, Georgia.

Robert retired when Peyton was 7, but those early years made a lasting impact.

“It makes me more independent because my mom always told us to be very strong and, even though dad’s not here, you still have to get things done,” Peyton said. “I’m that way in tennis too. I like singles because I like doing it alone and relying on myself and not having to worry about somebody else doing it for me, so I think that’s where it translates from life into tennis.”

See GOLLHOFER, page 4

MAGICIANS TO PERFORM ON CAMPUS

The Illusionists bring an array of expertise to Emens Auditorium Robbie Moscato-Goodpaster Daily News Reporter

The Illusionists will be bringing their magic from Broadway to Ball State at 7:30 p.m. today in John R. Emens Auditorium.

The Illusionists are a group of seven stars who have mastered various aspects of magic.

Each member of the group specializes in something different to bring a diverse array of talents to the stage, said Kevin James, one of the group's performers.

“We all have different styles but we are all experts in our specific field,” James said.

“I love working on new ideas with these people when we are not onstage.”

The Manipulator, Yu Ho-Jin, is known as the manipulator of mystery and wonder and was recently named the 2014 “Magician of the Year” by Academy of Magical Arts.

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FORMER PROFESSOR DIES Rodney Davis was an alumni, educator and administrator at Ball State for decades. PG 3

TRACK AND FIELD

Team held season's first and only home indoor meet. PG 4

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Take a glance at our photo gallery of Setting Color and more from Be Here Now.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

With high temperatures last weekend, team plays outside for the first time all season.

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Men's team starts off season 2-1 with an upset over No. 22 Maryland.

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Peyton Gollhofer and her younger brother Robert Kyle hug their father, Retired Lt. Col. Robert Gollhofer.

Study explains facts, myths about manufacturing jobs

Ball State Distinguished Professor's findings reveal that automation causes majority of job losses in factories Patrick Calvert Politics Reporter During the 2016 presidential election, voters may have heard about unfair trade deals with Mexico and China or about immigrants taking jobs from Americans.

In reality, these statements that were and still are prevalent in the political atmosphere are not entirely accurate.

Michael Hicks, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State, published a study called “The Myth and the Reality of Manufacturing in America,” which concluded that almost 88 percent of job losses in manufacturing in recent years is due to an increase in productivity.

“Part of it is through productivity growth that MICHAEL is associated with automation, just a machine, HICKS, [another] part of it is better-skilled workers,” Hicks Director of said. “Automation ate a lot of those poor, low-skilled the Center for jobs and created higher-skilled jobs.”

Business and The rise in productivity growth is due to Economic advancements in robotics, information technology Research and organization.

Hicks said a worker in a factory 40 years ago would have to know where everything was in the warehouse to replenish a workstation. Today, much of that task is automated.

The loss of manufacturing jobs isn’t a new phenomenon in the U.S. because the country has been losing these jobs since the late ‘70s.

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Iraqi forces launch offensive to drive IS from western Mosul The Associated Press HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) — U.S.backed Iraqi forces launched a major air-and-ground offensive Sunday to retake western Mosul from Islamic State militants and drive the extremist group from its last major urban bastion in Iraq.

Ground units pushed into a belt of villages outside the country's second-largest city, and plumes of smoke rose into the sky early in the morning as U.S.-led coalition jets struck militant positions southwest of Mosul and militarized Iraqi police fired artillery.

"This is zero hour and we are going to end this war, God willing," said Mahmoud Mansour, a police officer, as he prepared to move out.

The United Nations warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped inside their homes in Mosul "are at extreme risk," with dwindling fuel, food and water and scarce electricity.

Iraq declared eastern Mosul "fully liberated" last month after three months of fierce fighting, but the militants have continued to stage attacks there, including two suicide bombings against government forces on Sunday.

The battle for western Mosul promises to be even more daunting, as the half of the city west of the Tigris River has older, narrower streets and is still heavily populated.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of the latest operation on state TV. Using the Arabic acronym for IS, he said government forces were moving to "liberate the people of Mosul from Daesh oppression and terrorism forever."

Police units quickly entered the village

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of Athba, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) southwest of Mosul's international airport, encountering only light resistance.

Separately, the Iraqi Army's 9th Division moved into the village of Bakhira, also southwest of the city, the Ministry of Defense said.

The U.S.-led coalition has been providing close air support throughout the 4-month-old Mosul offensive and carried out nine airstrikes against IS near Mosul on Saturday, Central Command said.

U.S. special operations forces are embedded with some Iraqi units, and thousands of American soldiers are in Iraq to provide logistical and other support.

"We are very close to it, if not already engaged in that fight," U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters in Abu Dhabi. He declined to go into further detail, saying he owed "confidentiality" to the troops.

Citing witnesses in western Mosul, the United Nations said nearly half of all food shops were closed and bakeries had shut down for lack of fuel and an inability to purchase costly flour. Prices of kerosene and cooking gas have skyrocketed, and many of the most destitute families are burning wood, furniture, plastic or garbage for cooking and heating.

"The situation is distressing. People, right now, are in trouble," Lise Grande, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said in a statement. "We are hearing reports of parents struggling to feed their children and to heat their homes."

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2015-16 report on diversity released Findings show school's minority population has grown almost 30 percent in 11 years Andrew Smith & Gabbi Mitchell Daily News Reporters Ball State’s 2015-16 diversity report, orchestrated by the Council on Diversity and Inclusion, has demonstrated the progress made to implement certain initiatives to determine what attracts certain minority groups, according to the most recent report.

Because Ball State is a recipient of federal contracts, the university has to report various statistics, results and analyses on different diversity-related topics involving students, faculty and staff. The most recent diversity report details that the minority population at Ball State has increased by 29.2 percent over 11 years.

COUNCIL ON DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Key points on progress from the Council on Diversity and Inclusion to date include: • B3 - Breaking Bias Ball State app • REACH Peer Mentor program • Dear World • LGBTQ Resource Page • Launched Lunch with an Administrator UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY COMMITTEE The University Diversity Committee received complaints filed by 12 individuals in 41 areas this year — an increase in complaints from last year, with 10 individuals in 18 areas.

The largest area of complaints for the last five years has been related to race.

The committee recommends developing a new initiative to help faculty educate each other on diversity and continuing to provide professional development on diversity and inclusion. The report also indicates the percent of ethnic minority students has increased over the past two years, including undergraduate and graduate students.

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF MINORITY STUDENTS The overall retention rate for minorities has increased by 15.7 percent compared to years past, which averaged 11.1 percent. The goals this year to increase minority retention and admissions include:

• Strengthening relationships with organizations like the Center for Leadership Development, Project Stepping Stone, Project Leadership and 21st Century Scholars.

• Building relationships with strong, diverse populations who are prepared for a secondary education.

• Working with departments to refine strategies to recruiting minorities.

• The Graduate School intends to host virtual sessions to reach out to underrepresented groups.

THIS YEAR’S GOALS This year, the committee’s goal is to: • Increase scholarship opportunities • Promote MOSAIC workshop options • Explore many ways to market diversity events on campus • Increase recruitment toward a diverse staff • Provide incentives to faculty who incorporate social justice • Add diversity in curriculum • Launch a program advocating for students of color Ro Ann Engle Royer, co-chair of the Council on Diversity and Inclusion, said the program that will be launched to advocate for students of color will be different from the undergraduate peer-led group MOSAIC. “MOSAIC workshops are presented by undergraduate peer advocate leaders, and this may be a training session best delivered by professional staff or graduate students,” Royer said.

The Reach Program, which was launched in Fall 2016 to mentor African-American and Hispanic students, will continue.

“The staff at the Multicultural Center will conduct an evaluation of the program in order to determine the need for any changes,” Royer said.

Additionally, Royer said the university will continue to find new strategies to reach more students on campus in order to support their events.

Contact Andrew Smith & Gabbi Mitchell with any questions or concerns at news@ bsudailynews.com.

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FORMER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS PROFESSOR RODNEY DAVIS DIES Rodney “Rod” Davis — a former icon in the Miller College of Business as a student, professor and administrator — died Monday at the age of 70.

“We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Rodney Davis, a longtime member of the Ball State family,” Interim President Terry King said in an email sent out to students and staff Friday morning.

“He was an outstanding example of a good friend, teacher, faculty member, and leader, but I will remember him most for his dedication to helping others.”

Davis graduated from Ball State with a master’s degree in business education in 1970. He was a professor in the Department of Business Education and Office Administration, which is now the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, from 1974 until his retirement in 2016.

During his time at Ball State, Davis also served as the department chair from 1986 to 2001. He was Miller College’s interim dean from 2007 to 2009.

Davis was living in San Antonio, Texas, at the time of his passing, according to bsu.edu.

“Rod was a close friend to many on

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Michael Hicks, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State, published a study called “The Myth and the Reality of Manufacturing in America,” which concluded that almost 88 percent of job losses in manufacturing in recent years is due to an increase in productivity.

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Since then, the U.S. has lost over seven million manufacturing jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“You can talk all about trade, you can talk all about everything else,” Hicks said. “The bottom line is, we have never made as much stuff when you adjust for inflation as we are today, and we are doing it with fewer people.”

Hicks also pointed out that the U.S. has gained 9.7 million logistics jobs to move all of the manufacturing products being produced.

“The economy is responding in other ways,” he said. “People who would have been working on farms 100 years ago, or factories 50 years ago, are now working in telecommunications, insurance companies, they are providing logistic services, they are doing something different.”

So what will the economy of the future look like?

Craig Webster, an assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, is doing research about service automation of robots in the hospitality and tourism fields.

“Robots and robot-based economics will dominate in the future,” Webster said.

He believes a robot-based economy will change how society conceptualizes the value of labor and take away a lot of undesirable jobs.

Webster said robots and automation is already here in the form of ATM machines, self-driving cars, automatic vacuum cleaners and even sexual services.

“The economy of the future will change a lot of things. How many

people will be needed to do jobs? What will be the cost of humans?” he said.

Webster said he has only “known recession” throughout his life because the economy changes so fast.

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of job losses in manufacturing in recent years is due to an increase in productivity.

“Since I’ve been in the market, jobs have been extremely scarce, difficult, low paying, very little upward mobility and the expectations of what you do on the job are much increased,” he said.

With the increase in automation, the society of the near future will have to ask itself some tough questions about the roles of the human workforce.

Politically and socially, Webster sees a guaranteed minimum income, taxing people who have children and sterilizing percentages of the population to be possible topics of debate in the next 30 years or so. “[People] will be envisioned by the economy and the political leadership as problems or issues to be dealt with and managed rather than assets,” Webster said. “We have to figure out how to get people paid to not cause problems and to still consume.”

Contact Patrick Calvert with any questions or concerns at pcalvert@bsu.edu.

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Rodney “Rod” Davis — a former icon in the Miller College of Business as a student, professor and administrator — died Monday at the age of 70.

Davis graduated from Ball State with a master’s degree in business education in 1970.

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He will be missed,” King said.

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GOLLHOFER Continued from page 1

On the court, Peyton's vocal playing style is difficult to miss at Ball State women's tennis matches. In the Cardinals' home opener against Dayton, a player on the next court complained about her screams of "Let's go!" and "Hit the ball!" and in Saturday's match against Evansville, an umpire told her to calm down.

“Sometimes my attitude gets the best of me,” Peyton said. “I get too emotional and too into it and I remember [Robert] saying that you can’t be overcome with your emotions so much that it cripples you.

That’s one thing that I always remember when I’m playing on the court.”

But those outbursts of emotion come from a lesson Robert learned in the Armed Forces.

“I had a boss, he’s the Secretary of Defense now," Robert said, referencing recently confirmed Donald Trumpappointee James Mattis. "He said, ‘You live life with an intensity. If you’re not, you might as well not do it.’”

MILITARY ROOTS In the Marines, Robert was an infantry officer and often dealt with recruits who were fresh out of boot camp.

“Right out of high school, and their life experience, of course, is very narrow at that point — especially for the job they volunteered to do," Robert said. "And a lot of it is like being a parent, it’s exactly what it is. They’re your kids and they’re your responsibility.”

It's not exactly the same as raising a child, of course, but Robert said he focused on making sure their priorities were in order — work comes before play.

Peyton simultaneously smiled and cringed because of how familiar it sounded.

“When you’re young, that’s the time really to hone your skills," Robert said.

"Hone that work ethic, to begin to appreciate the hard work and what you have to do to be successful and play at a level that other people don’t want to play at to be good at.”

Robert's philosophy caused him to butt heads with Peyton, especially on the court. Tennis and school came first, so she couldn't always hang out with her friends when she wanted to and sometimes they'd be at the courts for three hours.

At Peyton's matches, Robert made it clear where Peyton's intensity came from. When Peyton made a mistake, he'd slam his hat down on the floor and rub his head in frustration so much that Peyton had to tell him to stay away from matches for a whole year, just so she wouldn’t get so nervous.

“It was so bad because one time, the person that actually owned the courts, would come over and be like, ‘OK you guys, settle down,’" Peyton said. "He’d get so worked up and just wants me to do well.

So, yeah, he had to stop coaching me for a little bit after that. But it was fun, I miss it."

Peyton asking her dad to stay away was a far cry from her younger days.

'DADDY’S HOME' When her dad was on assignment, Peyton helped look out for her little brother, Robert Kyle.

One day, when Peyton was 6, they were surprised to see Robert's truck on the driveway. Peyton said Robert Kyle shrieked with excitement because they hadn't seen their dad in weeks. He started running around the house, screaming at the top of his little 3-year-old lungs.

“Daddy’s home, Daddy's home!"

Robert Kyle ran around the house looking for Robert, but Peyton was old enough to understand what was really happening.

It was just a family friend returning Robert’s borrowed truck.

Instead of crying, Peyton sucked it up. She knew it would be tough enough on Robert Kyle without her breaking down too.

“I didn’t want to be upset and then him to see that I was upset about it too and then him get more worked up because my brother feels more than I do,” Peyton said.

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Sophomore Peyton Gollhofer serves during her singles match against IUPUI Sunday. Her father, Lt. Col. Robert Gollhofer, served in the Marines for 15 years and retired when Peyton was 7.

“He’s very sensitive. He’s very emotional.

He kind of feeds off of other people’s emotions. It was hard because I know like it was rough on me, but seeing him get so upset, I mean, I don’t like seeing my brother upset at all.”

Now that he's retired, Robert tries to make up for lost time coaching Robert Kyle's wrestling team in Cartersville. It's an eight-hour drive from there to Muncie, though, so he's only been able to watch Peyton play when they're on the road in places like North Carolina or Tennessee.

Peyton says he's still with her.

“He’s always there when I think about if I’m not giving 100-percent effort,” Peyton said. “I know how disappointed he would be, and his lectures. He would just look at me and be very stern.”

When they can get together, Peyton and Robert enjoy watching tennis, though Robert's lectures on strategy and technique have turned into a back-and-forth debates now that Peyton plays for Ball State.

“It’s funny now because I know a lot more now than I did when I was younger,

when he tried to coach me," Peyton said.

"So, he’ll say something and then I’ll come back with a different strategy and sometimes he won’t know what to and he’ll be like ‘Oh.’" And when they aren't together, Peyton can do a pretty good job taking care of herself.

She's had practice.

Contact Adam Chowdhury & Colin Grylls with any questions or concerns at @dn_sports.

Men's volleyball loses consecutive matches for 1st time this season Cardinals fall to No. 7 Lewis and No. 10 Loyola-Chicago during road trip to Illinois Hendrix Magley Men's Volleyball Reporter Mitch Perinar and Ben Plaisted are two names the Ball State men's volleyball team won't want to hear about any time soon.

The two left-handed servers gave the No. 11 Cardinals (11-4, 3-3 MIVA) trouble on their road trip to Illinois.

Perinar finished with 15 kills and three service aces in Lewis' win over Ball State Friday, and Plaisted had 12 kills and three service aces in the Cardinals' loss to the Loyola Ramblers.

"We had two guys who aren't typically their team's best servers go

on big runs against us," Ball State head coach Joel Walton said. "Our serve receive wasn't able to hold up and we weren't able to produce any kind of offense on a consistent basis."

Ball State started off the weekend with a 3-1 loss to No. 7 Lewis (25-27, 25-21, 25-17, 25-17) and followed that with a 3-0 defeat at No. 10 LoyolaChicago (25-22, 25-11, 25-23).

The Cardinals had poor offensive performances with hitting percentages of .198 against Lewis and a season-low .146 against Loyola.

"These last two nights, our hitting percentages have just been horrible," Walton said. "We have to tweak some things and try to get our guys be more confident so they can be aggressive at various times throughout the course of a match."

Walton said he would've liked to

have seen better passing from the team this weekend.

"We have to look at why some teams have been able to get us in moments where we're passing a safe ball and not where we want to run our offense," Walton said. "When our passing isn't well, our attackers have to hit high balls against two or three blockers instead of attacking one-on-one."

Ball State has historically struggled on the road against both Lewis and Loyola.

The Cardinals haven't won at Lewis since 2010 and haven't won at Loyola since before 2000. Walton, however, said it was more the Cardinals' lack of production than the environments that played a factor this weekend.

"We just struggled playing consistently," Walton said. "We've got to do some inventory of how we're playing and look at how we can correct

and get our guys back on track."

The most consistent player for the Cardinals this weekend was freshman outside attacker Matt Szews. Szews had double-digit kills in both matches (14 against Lewis, 12 against Loyola) and also had 10 digs against Lewis.

WEEKEND STAT LEADERS Kills: Matt Szews — 26 Assists: Connor Gross — 73 Digs: Matt Szews — 17

The Cardinals will remain on the road next week as they prepare for matches at 7 p.m. Friday against Lindenwood and at 7 p.m. Saturday against Quincy.

Contact Hendrix Magley with any questions or concerns @TweetsOfHendrix.com.

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ILLUSIONISTS Continued from page 1

The Anti-Conjuror, Dan Sperry, specializes in "shock illusions." He combines the art of magic with the macabre to leave audiences in a state of shock and amazement. He has performed on shows such as "America’s Got Talent" and "World Magic Awards."

The Trickster, Jeff Hobson, specializes in comedy magic. "He leaves audiences laughing long after the curtain goes down," according to the group’s website.

The Escapologist, Andrew Basso, specializes in death-defying acts. He is influenced by his hero, Harry Houdini, and his escapes — whether they take place underwater, 150 feet in the air or anywhere in between. His performances include explosives, water boxes, cars bursting into flames and much more.

The Inventor, James, is known for his innovative illusions. James is an inventor and comedian and is one of the most wellknown inventors of magic in the world.

The Weapon Master, Ben Blaque, performs acts using highly powerful crossbows to shoot various objects supported by his assistant.

He has appeared on "America’s Got Talent" four times, and has performed all over the world in places like Dortmund, Germany, and Colombia.

The Deductionist, Colin Cloud, is known as a real-life, modern-day Sherlock Holmes, using Holmes’ popular method of deduction and thought reading to predict what will happen.

While each Illusionist brings his own strength to the show, the group works together to bring audiences the best show they can and to show them tricks they haven’t seen before.

“We all have mutual respect for each other as we are all at the top of our game,” James said.

While they continue to tour their show across the United States, they are still pursuing new ways in which they can test the limits and expand their craft to make it even better.

“I hope to keep creating new and wonderful art that touches my audience in some emotional way,” James said. ”I want to have fun. I want to make my family happy and proud.”

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TRACK AND FIELD TUNE-UP MEET Ball State track and field’s only home indoor meet of the season, the Ball State Tune-Up, is 1 last meet before the big race Friday at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship.

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Ball State track and field hosts its only home indoor meet of the season in the Field Sports Building Friday. The Cardinals fell to Western Michigan (111-59).

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Sophomore jumper Regan Lewis competes in the first meet of the season in the Field Sports Building Friday. The Ball State Tune-Up included teams from Fort Wayne, Western Michigan and Wright State.

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Sophomore Jazmin Smith hurdles in the Cardinals’ only home meet of the indoor season in the Field Sports Building Friday.

The Cardinals won three events and notched a 2-1 dual record, defeating Wright State (80-66) and Fort Wayne (83-72).

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School of Music hosts songwriting competition Students can submit original songs, winner travels to German summer camp Sorita Heng Daily News Reporter The application to the Spring Shout Songwriting Competition is now open to all Ball State students ages 18 to 27. This is the first competition of its kind organized by the School of Music.

The winner will get a chance to attend the Popakedemie International Summer Camp in Germany with travel, accommodation and workshop expenses paid for. The winner will also receive training on areas such as songwriting, instruments, vocals, band and artistic expression.

Christoph Thompson, an assistant professor of music media production, is behind the initiative.

“We just want to get a little bit of motion going with the students,” he said. “A competition like this can inspire them.

Maybe some of them have just started writing songs now, maybe some of them already have and never done anything with them.”

Upon signing up, applicants are required to send in their song recording

by March 10. Each contestant can enter a maximum of three recordings.

Contestants accepted in this round will perform live at Be Here Now on April 14. For contestants who want to perform with the school’s music media production band, the deadline to send in their music sheets is April 1.

The runner-up will have the opportunity to be an opening act at the local music venue Be Here Now and have free recording sessions in the school’s music media production studios.

Thompson said contestants should be able to play instruments and assume a role in a pop band, as the winner will be doing these activities in the camp. ‘‘What we’re looking for is something catchy that will speak to an audience, something unique, and we’re primarily also looking for good musicianship,” he said.

The judging panel of the live performance will include members of the Ball State music media production

faculty and a guest judge.

Claudia Armbruster, a sophomore music media production major, was happy to hear about the competition.

“I was super excited because it would just be a great opportunity,” she said.

“I heard the trip to Germany is like the biggest thing. And I was like, ‘Oh, it would be so fun.’”

Armbruster is thinking of submitting three songs. Predominantly a vocalist, she can also play a bit of piano and guitar. The genre of her music is alternative pop.

To her, this competition is a chance to get confirmation about her decision to follow her musical passions.

“You don’t go into music unless you really, really want it and are really passionate about it. So this [competition] would be more of a good step forward,” she said. “It would be the validation that I would want, if I win this competition.

It would really make me feel like I made the right choice. But even if I don’t win, I know I’ll still continue.”

Even students who aren’t music majors are encouraged to enter to competition, Thompson said.

“The good music, music that speaks to a lot of people is usually fairly simple.

It’s about feeling and expression,” he said. “Anyone who writes songs and can play them in a way that is expressive, and communicates feeling, they have a really good chance.”

The winner will participate in the summer camp from July 22 to 28.

Musicians from several European countries, the U.S. and China will gather and be grouped into bands.

“In a world that is so global[ized], it is extremely important that our students get the opportunity to experience popular music outside of Muncie,” Thompson said. “We’re just curious to see what Ball State students are made of, to see what their chops are musically.’

HOW TO APPLY

Students can apply for the competition online at ballstatemusic.com/songwriting.

All applications are due by March 10.

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The application to the Spring Shout Songwriting Competition is now open to all Ball State students ages 18 to 27. This is the first competition of its kind, organized by the School of Music.

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