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Ball State’s Dance Marathon exceeded its goal of $550,000 on Saturday. After a year of fundraising, and the 12-hour event, students raised $610,086.23 for Riley Hospital for Children.
Ball State turnaround 2nd best in Division I Cardinals sit atop MAC West Division with 4 games left RYAN FLANERY MEN’S BASKETBALL REPORTER @Flanery_13
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Upbeat music greets those entering Refresh custom furniture store. Dozens of clocks faintly tick in unison, creating a calm vibe. Bright, colorful furniture pops against the wooden, rustic feel of the rest of the room. The focus is on the furniture — all of it is hand painted in the store. Each piece has been repurposed and given new life. “[Our goal] is to be able to repurpose things and to give the community a great product and great service. We want to keep things
— $107,897 more than in 2015.
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The Ball State men’s basketball team had a total of 12 wins under head coach James Whitford, but this season it has 18 wins with four games remaining. The team owes its success to strong shooting and intense defense.
“I am proud of the progress,” head coach James Whitford said. “But, at the same time, we want to strike that right balance between having the confidence that comes with success, but also having the humility with understanding what it means to have a bad day.” Under Whitford, the Cardi-
from going to the landfill,” said Connie Beaty, the store manager. Refresh opened three years ago and was located on High Street, but had a different owner. In 2012, Lucas and Rebekah Hanna purchased the business and moved it to its new location on Main Street in downtown Muncie. Beaty has worked for Refresh for two and a half years, beginning as an employee. With an interior design degree from Ball State, she began as a painter in the store. “It amazes me where we were at two and half years ago compared to where we are now,” Beaty said. The business has evolved from simply selling repurposed furniture to include selling custom paint and
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nals produced 12 total wins in the past two seasons, but this year the team already has 18 wins with four games remaining. Ball State is also two wins away from having a 20-win season. The last time the men’s team was able to do that was in the 2001-02 season. That year was the last
time they claimed first place in the MAC West Division as well. This is Whitford’s third season at the helm and his system is beginning to take place as he channels another college coach’s style when it comes to creating a culture of the program.
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DN PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY
This year, a dancer minimum was implemented. Each dancer had to raise $100 to go to the event. Kaytianne Rottler, a senior telecommunications major, gets her head shaved on Saturday after raising $1,000 at Dance Marathon.
President King against plan for transparency DN PHOTO EMMA ROGERS
Refresh in downtown Muncie has evolved from selling repurposed furniture to selling custom paint and teaching painting classes. Once a month, the shop offers a workshop to make a Pinterest-inspired project.
teaching painting classes. The classes range from beginner to advanced and teach how to use the chalk and clay paint that is used on each piece of furniture in the store. Refresh also offers a
“BYOF” class, or bring your own furniture. In this class, customers can bring in any size piece that fits through the door and refresh it with the supplied paint.
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University Senate meeting leads to answers about Ferguson’s resignation
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Acting President Terry King shed some light on former President Paul W. Ferguson’s resignation while students, staff and faculty members of the University Senate discussed a proposed resolution for more transparency on campus. King said several times he was against the plan in question, which was proposed by urban planning professor Bruce Frankel. But while he was proposing his own ideas for transparency — for more students and staff to attend the Board of Trustees meetings — he said the reason for Fergu-
son’s resignation can be figured out. “A person can look at what’s been said and kind of figure out what’s going on,” King said. He said while he sees how it’s frustrating not knowing exactly why Ferguson resigned, this amount of transparency was appropriate for the situation. “Dr. Ferguson resigned and requested it be this way,” King said. “By making this open, about the president, it’s likely that all personal discussions would become public.” King went on to say — again — that he was not in favor of Frankel’s resolution.
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STORE ‘REFRESHES’ OLD FURNITURE
Refresh offers personalized crafts, repurposing classes
$610,086.23 heering. Dancing. Laughing. Crying. It was all to be expected in the Field Sports Building as happiness ensued during Ball State’s 2016 Riley Dance Marathon event. Dancers began their 12-hour stretch at 2 p.m. on Saturday to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children, and just before 2 a.m. at the end of the night, dancers celebrated with bursts of cheers and tears when the final amount raised for Dance Marathon was announced.
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Out of the 351 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams in the nation, Ball State men’s basketball has had the second-best improvement of any team. Last season, Ball State finished 7-23 and was predicted to finish last this season in the Mid-American Conference according to the conference’s preseason poll. The Cardinals have flipped the script this year; they currently sit at 18-9 and 9-5 in the MAC after a 63-59 win over Northern Illinois on Friday. The game brought in 5,160 fans, Ball State’s biggest home crowd since Nov. 23, 2013, against Butler.
Dance Marathon raises
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