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CAST facing potential dissolution Departments, programs may be absorbed by other colleges Casey Smith & Maggie Stolfa Daily News Reporters The duration of Ball State’s College of Applied Sciences and Technology is in jeopardy.

As early as the Fall 2017 semester, CAST may find itself getting dissolved, with the college’s faculty, staff and degree programs being moved to other academic colleges and departments on the campus.

The decision about whether CAST should continue to exist as its own college has been a question in limbo for over a year. When the College of Health opened in Fall 2016, the nutrition and dietetics departments

moved from CAST to the new college. At the time, College of Heath Dean Mitchell Whaley said both colleges would stay approximately the same size in regards to faculty and student numbers.

Since then, there have been conversations about adding programs to make CAST stronger. However, some faculty and administrators are still in favor of closing the college altogether, including Interim President Terry King, who led a discussion about the future of CAST in a meeting on Tuesday.

“I don’t see any advantages for keeping [CAST] as it is,” he said. “We’ve been talking about this for a while, and now we’re having discussions about what plans we’ve identified.”

Regarding CAST programs and faculty

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I don’t see any advantages for keeping [CAST] as it is.”

— Terry King, interim president

members, King said he’s looking to move them to new colleges where they can “grow and become more successful at what they do,” although he would not say definitely that the college’s dissolution was official at this time.

If and when the plan becomes official, King said, the colleges absorbing the transferring programs will vote on whether or not they will be accepted.

“If there is no best fit, then we will find a way to accommodate it,” King said.

Faculty and staff members “shouldn’t be worried” about their positions disappearing, King said. If academic programs move to different colleges, faculty will still be needed as they are now.

Academic course requirements for students enrolled in academic programs currently in CAST would also not be affected.

“The administrative structure will change, but everything physically will stay the same,” King said.

King said faculty at the university’s seven other colleges are currently having discussions about what departments and programs they’re open to absorbing.

Check online for updates. Contact Casey Smith & Maggie Stolfa with any questions or concerns at news@bsudailynews.com.

Family Ties After considering different options, Cousins chose Ball State together.

Underground Comedy will donate proceeds to OUTreach

Samantha Mattlin Women’s Swim & Dive Reporter

Sorita Heng Daily News Reporter Upon entering Be Here Now, the musty smell of wood greets you. To the right is the bar, and across from it a snooker table and digital jukebox.

At the back, there is a welcome sign with Garfield on it, dozens of posters and lighted signs and owls — lots of them, from accessories on sale to wooden decorations.

Smack in the middle, strings of blue lights snake from the ceiling and hover above a square opening. A retro painting of black and coffee-colored owls hang beside the stairs leading down to it.

Underneath is a dim room where comedians in Comedy Underground’s weekly show will be lighting up the night.

Tonight's show, however, will be a bit different than the weekly laugh-filled event.

This week, Comedy Underground’s Chuckles for Charity will take place from 9 to 11 p.m. All the proceeds from the show will go to Muncie OUTreach, a nonprofit helping LGBTQ youth find support and resources.

Tennah McDonald, the co-organizer of the show, has done two charity events for Muncie OUTreach in the last two years.

“They need the extra cash just to do special events for these kids who feel ostracized by their peers and their high school,” she said.

Muncie OUTreach is a part of the Unitarian Universal Church of Muncie, where LGBTQ youth are free to express themselves, play games or talk about various topics such as school, how to get a job and suicide awareness.

“The adults that are involved in the program are fantastic with the kids,” McDonald said. “Because you know, you’re a teenager, you’re angsty and you’re not understanding life. And so they work really well with [the youth].

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all State women’s swimming and diving coach Kristy Patterson was sitting on the couch when her phone lit up with a FaceTime call.

She was confused when former swimmer Cori Vormohr popped up on the screen with her little sister Anne and cousin Sophie Bader chirping in the background.

Anne and Sophie, best friends and cousins, committed to swim for Ball State that night, and Patterson couldn’t have been happier.

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The two freshmen grew up in nearby Portland, and Ball State always stayed on Sophie’s mind. She considered attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Xavier University, Miami and the University of Indianapolis, but she wanted to stay close to home.

Anne also considered Ball State and Miami, but she also looked at places farther away like the Naval and Air Force Academies. She didn’t want it to be a foregone conclusion that she’d follow in Cori’s footsteps at Ball State.

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Forward cuts tension with laughs Tahjai Teague embraces his role on men's basketball team with a smile Elizabeth Wyman Assistant Sports Editor

BREAKING STEREOTYPES MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

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Cousins Anne Vormohr and Sophie Bader committed to the Ball State women’s swimming and diving team together. As freshmen, Vormohr posted Ball State’s top times this season in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke, and Bader had the top 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard butterfly times.

Tahjai Teague almost always has a smile on his face.

The redshirt freshman forward is Ball State basketball’s funny guy.

“I always try to make somebody laugh during the day,” Teague said. “I try to bring that fun spirit. When you don’t want to be here, it’s an early day, I just try to

get us going like that.”

Sophomore center Trey Moses said Teague is probably one of the funniest people he has ever met.

“There is never a dull moment with Tahjai,” Moses said. “It’s just his personality. He’s definitely the one to make us laugh.”

Head coach James Whitford said Teague’s humor doesn’t get in the way of the team, though. If anything, it helps keep the long grind of a college basketball season from eating away at the Cardinals.

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Opinion

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Editor’s note: These letters were written by the slates running for the Student Government Association 2017-18 executive board. The letters were not edited by the Daily News.

IGNITE

Ball State University is full of diverse students with a magnitude of interests and ambitions. Our demographic ranges from athletes, activists, international exchanges, culturally curious, academic oriented, artists, and greek life. As students move through defining themselves in college, they should not have to worry about moving through the university alone.

There is a small flame that burns in each student at our university. Students have a right to express their wants and concerns, for others to see their passions, and for Ball State to fuel their fire in their college years.

The best way to create what students need from Ball State is to work from their ambitions and interests, thus we decided to adopt the name of “IGNITE.” Our slate strives to ignite the passion in students, becoming a catalyst for others to educate, connect, and illuminate the experience.

Our executive board has different reasons to run, but our cause is the same- we want students to have impeccable experiences, resources, and learning at Ball State University. We have the determination of working with students to create a university that is truly for student interests.

IGNITE strives for Inclusion, Growth, Navigate, Invest, Transparency, and Engagement with our students. We will move with the students to ensure that we are working as their catalyst for Ball State. IGNITE recognizes that students have their own focuses and hard work that comes with their passions. We aim to address what students need to move forward to create an environment where

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they can develop themselves without fear or confusion. We want all students, in all involvements, to have clear, easy access to their university and Student Government Association. We want students to understand and have access to what SGA can provide them for their passions.

The IGNITE slate is comprised of Gabrielle Lloyd (President), Zoe Taylor (Vice President), Caleb Conley (Secretary) and Theodore Hoffman (Treasurer). Our slate’s executive board is derived from various backgrounds- from athletics, to Student Government Association, Greek Life, diversity focus groups, housing and residence life, activist groups, small organizations, and international student connections. We all balance our passions with work and academics, we understand the need for assistance and the need for clarity of how Ball State can help develop our interests.

Ignite seek to illuminate the state by creating a culture of inclusion, diversity, and acceptance. Student Government Association is a tool and an advocate for our students. We aim to connect with all students whether that be in person, online or through councils. Ignite plan to implement and drive forward student concerns and to build on successful programs. We understand the need for strong and compassionate leadership. Our student body does amazing work. They deserve to have someone to pave the way for their excellence. Ignite strive to connect and to be clear of who we are and what we are doing. We see the passion within our student body, we want to carry the flame through our university.

Let us illuminate Ball State together.

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To our fellow Students, Faculty, and Ball State Community, As the 2017 SGA elections continue throughout this week, Our Slate OPTiC has been given the opportunity to write a letter to the student body. We hope that this letter will show you that the members of OPTiC are students just like you and if elected, we would remember that our job is to be the voice of the student body and as such are called to listen to each and every student in order to truly understand the concerns and hopes of our community.

With that being said, We are OPTiC. Our slate is comprised of four dedicated students that come from every walk of life. We are involved in organizations on campus ranging from ADA to Greek Life, Housing to Speech and Debate teams, Multicultural organizations and everywhere in between. We have taken the time to approach the student body and started an open dialogue in order to learn about what students want from a Student Government and how we can represent their voices as a collective whole.

Throughout this process we have been grateful to learn more about the immense amount of diversity that exists on Ball State’s Campus. Each and every student has a story to tell, and we are here to make sure those voices are heard to foster in a new vision for Ball State.

If elected, we hope to promote Insight, Innovation, and Inclusion on our campus. We plan on doing so by following through with our platform points and listening to what students, organizations, and faculty need from us. These platform points include 9 solid plans on how we intend on making our campus better.

Some of these platform points include: Promoting Mental Health Initiatives on Campus, Mobilizing the Discussion about implementing OpenStax Free Core Curriculum Textbooks on Campus, and Initiating a 5-year Art Plan through the Art Department.

Our other points are focused on multicultural and diversity advancement, campus safety, enhancing resources provided by the school, and raising awareness of diversity resources on campus.

We believe that every student on campus should feel that they have a voice, and we want to be that voice for you.

Please find more about our slate, our platform points, and our ideas on how to make this campus a better place for all on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter at @2017optic.

And remember, voting is Monday February 27th and Tuesday February 28th. We want to encourage every student to vote and get involved as much as possible.

OPTiC hopes to have your vote to create a fresh new vision for Student Government and Ball State University as a whole.

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Features

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Cornfed Derby Dames begin season

Muncie's all-women roller skating team ranks 109 of 320 Emily Sabens Daily News Reporter

The Cornfed Derby Dames, Muncie’s own all-women roller derby team, will be kicking off their seventh season on Sunday.

Founded in 2010, the Cornfed Derby Dames is comprised of over 30 skaters who compete in numerous home and away meets and tournaments throughout the Midwest. The Derby Dames compete in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, where they are currently ranked 109 out of 320 international roller derby teams.

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• What: Cornfed Derby Dames season opener • When: 2 p.m. Sunday, doors open at 1 • Where: Gibson Skating Arena (2610 S. Mock Ave, Muncie) • Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Jessie Fisher, known as Juke Skyblocker in the rink, will be returning for her seventh season with the Derby Dames.

Fisher, who serves as the Dames' interleague coordinator and heads

CHUCKLES Continued from page 1

“The adults that are involved in the program are fantastic with the kids,” McDonald said. “Because you know, you’re a teenager, you’re angsty and you’re not understanding life. And so they work really well with [the youth]."

Muncie OUTreach is funded purely by donations, which pays for resources and activities such as counseling sessions at Ball State Counseling Practicum Clinic, meals at meetings and field trips.

Laura Janney, a co-founder of Muncie OUTreach, finds Comedy Underground’s support crucial to the organization.

“I just think it’s awesome that they support us. What we do is so vital in giving young people who feel isolated a place to be,” she said. “Without

the team’s marketing committee, first joined the team while she was a senior at Ball State.

“I’ve been hooked ever since,” said Fisher. “My life has changed a lot in the last six and a half years, but derby has been my one constant.”

One of the team’s goals is to empower women, no matter their race, age, religion or body type.

Junior magazine journalism major Merritt McLaughlin, known as Janis Droplin when she skates for the Derby Dames, believes the sport of roller derby is helping change society’s view of what a traditional athlete looks like.

“Every body type really does have a specific advantage in the sport,” McLaughlin said. “I think that’s really cool that literally anybody can have a place in roller derby.”

Although fun and exhilarating, roller derby is a time-consuming sport. The team practices three times a week, along with completing off-skates physical training, attending committee meetings and traveling to different cities for games and tournaments.

However, all of the hours spent in the week are worth it — especially because the team is so close-knit.

“The community is by far one of the best aspects of being a part of this team,” Fisher said. “My teammates are my best friends; some would even say

Comedy Underground and other people supporting us, we wouldn’t be here.”

Today, six comedians will be taking the stage. They are Brandi Ball, Kurt Messick, Shannon Rostin, Katlin McFee, Rachelle Renee and Evanne Offenbacker.

For Renee, being able to perform and contribute to Muncie OUTreach ties into her own experience.

“These are my favorite shows to do because it is such a personal issue,” she said.

Renee came out ten years ago, at the age of 20, while she was studying at Indiana University.

It was during one of her spring break trips to Colorado when she tried stand-up comedy. Last October, she met McDonald and did her first show with Comedy Underground.

“I love doing [the shows] because it’s a way for me to be a positive role model to

Jessie Fisher // Photo Provided

Muncie’s all-women roller derby team, the Cornfed Derby Dames, will start their seventh season in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association on Sunday. The team was founded in 2010 and is comprised of over 30 skaters who compete in numerous home and away meets and tournaments throughout the Midwest.

my chosen family.”

The Derby Dames hope to make a difference in the community as well. Part of the proceeds from their home meets is donated to local charities in Muncie.

If you are ready to lace up your skates and join the team, the Derby Dames take skaters from all skill levels.

However, as Fisher explains, learning to skate is just one aspect of the sport of roller derby.

“You have to learn the rules, then figure out how to make your brain tell your body to do these things,” Fisher said.

The mental aspect of roller derby is something that takes some getting used to, McLaughlin said.

LGBTQ youth,” she said. “It shows them that you can be outspoken, opinionated and stand up for yourself. And you can do it with humor and a grin.”

Offenbacker feels a similar personal connection in being able to support Muncie OUTreach through her comedy.

When she was younger, she thought being gay was simply a secret she would have to keep for the rest of her life.

“I actually really give it up to comedy for helping me come out of the closet,” she said. “Because I was having to write almost like a character of this straight woman in Indianapolis. I would tell these stories and would have to get into character before the show. I actually came out on stage one night. It was kind of one those [moments] when you’re like, ‘I can’t take it anymore!’”

To her, comedy can also be a place to find common ground with each other.

“There’s someone in the audience who’s

“I think a lot of people focus on how physically challenging it is, but it’s also very mentally hard,” she said.

The Cornfed Derby Dames will kick off their season this Sunday, with their first home bout against the Derby City Roller Girls of Louisville, Kentucky, at Muncie’s Gibson Skating Arena.

Doors will open at 1 p.m. and the game will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $10 in advance or for $12 at the door.

The team will also have home bouts on March 12, April 2 and July 8.

Contact Emily Sabens with any questions or concerns at ecsabens@bsu.edu.

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bi, or trans, or straight, a grandmother or a father. Everyone is so different,” she said.

“But you could be telling a story about ketchup on stage, and everyone together has something in common all of a sudden.

We’re not all different anymore by laughing at something.”

Maybe in the dim space of Be Here Now tonight, where the white hollow eyes of the owls greet you at the stairs, a sense of unity and hoots of laughter will be present throughout the night of comedy.

Contact Sorita Heng with any questions or concerns at sheng@bsu.edu.

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Sports

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Men's basketball comes back to win last 3 games Cardinals now tied for 3rd-best record after Tuesday's victory Ryan Flanery Men’s Basketball Reporter The Cardinals are getting used to playing from behind.

Ball State men's basketball (18-10, 9-6 MAC) won its third comeback game in a row against a MidAmerican Conference West Division opponent Tuesday night, defeating Eastern Michigan (13-15, 5-10) 79-72.

"The encouraging thing for me in today's game is that our defense is getting better," head coach James Whitford said. "I was pleased and proud of our guys for defending to the level that we did to allow ourselves to climb back into the game."

The Eagles went on a 22-2 run to stretch out a 31-12 lead with 6:34 left in the first half, but the Cardinals went on a 19-4 run to bring the game within four at halftime 35-31.

With a quick 4 points from senior forward Franko House, the game was tied at 35-35 with 18:59 left in the second and Eastern Michigan and the Ball State started to trade baskets.

The Cardinals didn't start to pull away until the 4:52 mark.

Senior forward Ryan Weber secured three offensive rebounds in a row after a missed free throw from sophomore forward Trey Moses and a pair of 3-point misses from junior forward Sean Sellers and junior guard Francis Kiapway. House then found Weber for a 3-ball to put Ball State up 59-53.

"It kind of happened pretty fast," Weber said. "Right before that play happened in the last timeout coach [Jason Grunkemeyer] said something to me and I need to get my nose in there and rebound, so I just tried making a conscious effort."

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Continued from page 1 “There can be a weight, inadvertent, that kind of keeps on the group because you’re trying to perform at an elite level everyday,” Whitford said. “He has a great way of both embracing that part of it, but not doing it in a way that takes the fun out of things.”

It’s easy for Teague to joke around and have fun with his teammates.

Even 24-year-old teammate DouDou Gueye thinks the 20-year old can be funny — sometimes.

“If you’re really sensitive, you might want to fight him,” Gueye said. “He’s a nightmare, but he’s a good kid.”

Teague's sense of humor helped guys like Gueye, a graduate transfer from South Carolina State, come together as a team.

“There’s no more like small groups on the team, we're all one now,” Teague said. “We all talk and joke around in the locker room, but be serious on the court."

At the 16:18 minute mark in Ball State men’s basketball exhibition game on Nov. 3 against the University of Indianapolis, Teague checked into the game — 355 days later than the Indianapolis native had planned.

A 2015 foot injury during a summer workout pushed the forward to redshirt because he feared he wouldn’t be healthy enough to play.

“It was his decision, but I recommended

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Forward Tahjai Teague goes up for a basket during the Cardinals’ game against Eastern Michigan on Tuesday in John E. Worthen Arena.

Ball State won 79-72, improving the team’s record to 18-10 (9-6 MAC).

Weber hit another 3-pointer to increase the lead to 62-56 on Ball State's next possession and Eastern Michigan didn't pull within 4 points for the rest of the game.

The Cardinals are now tied for the third-best record in the conference after Buffalo (15-13, 9-6 MAC) lost Tuesday night.

With three games left and a onegame lead over Western Michigan (12-15, 8-7 MAC) in the MAC West Division, House said he understands the season isn't over yet.

"I mean, we were kind of at this point last year and we lost three straight," House said. "It really isn't anything yet."

Contact Ryan Flanery with any questions or concerns @Flanery_17.

it,” Whitford said. “I told him whatever decision he made, I’ll live with it. Thought it was in his best interest.”

“Everything just feels normal again,” Teague said.

Teague has turned into more than just a spark off the bench. The go-to sixth man, as Whitford calls him, holds a bigger role than just providing his average of 7.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

The 6-foot-8-inch, 218-pound forward has a much larger frame than his older cousins Jeff and Marquis.

Jeff currently plays for the Pacers in the NBA, and Marquis is playing professionally in Russia.

Teague averages 18.2 minutes per game, but when he's splitting defenders or elevating for monstrous dunks, Whitford said Worthen Arena's crowd gets behind Ball State.

“He’s to me on the way to being an elite stretch four," Whitford said. "It’s his ability to move as well as he does with his length that makes him unusual.”

As Teague and the Cardinals finish out Mid-American Conference play before the conference tournament, Teague is looking to stay focused and have fun along the way.

“I’m always trying to smile,” Teague said. “I’m always laughing and joking.

I’m really never in a bad mood.”

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Continued from page 1 “We wanted her to keep her options open and travel to other campuses,” said Marcie Vormohr, Anne’s mom. “If she were to get a full ride to Colorado, we would be OK with that because the money we would save on school could pay for traveling.”

Sophie became terrified at the thought of not going to college with Anne. They started swimming together when they were 4 and were coached by their moms.

Sophie's mom would even joke about Anne being her fifth daughter. They attended Jay County High School together and qualified for the state championships.

This year, the pair competed at the Sophie Bader // Photo Provided MAC Championships in Oxford, Ohio.

Cousins Anne Vormohr and Sophie Bader Anne posted Ball State's top times began swimming together when they were 4 this season in the 100-yard backstroke years old and were coached by their mothers.

(56.75) and 200-yard backstroke Now, Vormohr and Bader are swimming and (2:02.60) and Sophie had the top 200diving teammates who live together and are yard individual medley (2:07.36) and both nursing majors.

200-yard butterfly (2:04.98) times. of stairs and freshmen had to walk on the “I’ve always had Soph to train with and outside, square every corner and chop in we literally swam side by side,” Anne said. the hallways,” Anne said. “I get it, we are “Soph swims the butterfly and I swam the young and have to earn the respect of those 200 fly and made state cut. She swam it the above us, but not like that.” next week and got one-tenth of a [second] On the way home, slower than me. Our Anne called Sophie. times can be that close."

“At this point, I was Seeing Anne Seeing her in the shower and my succeed pushed phone started ringing Sophie to become a be so happy and and it was Anne," Sophie better swimmer, too. said.

“I called her back accomplishing so much Anne finished fifth in and she was like, 'I think Indiana in the 100pushed me to want that I’m going to commit to yard backstroke her Ball State tonight.' It was freshman and junior same thing.” out of nowhere and I years. The smile Anne — Sophie Bader, Ball State swimmer screamed down to my had on her face was mom and told her.” something Sophie Anne and Sophie are now roommates, wouldn’t forget — so she did the same in the 100-yard butterfly. teammates and classmates and their “Seeing her be so happy and moms attend every meet, home or away. accomplishing so much pushed me to They both major in nursing, which want that same thing," Sophie said. is fitting given that Sophie’s dad is a "She pushes me to become better and veterinarian, and Anne’s brother and senior year, I was ranked in the top dad are both doctors. eight of Indiana.”

To build team chemistry, the Sophie tried to push Anne toward Ball swimming and diving team does a State, but Anne had to make the decision "positively positive." Each member on herself. After visiting the Air Force is supposed to write a friendly message Academy in Colorado she had a clearer to a teammate, and one day, Sophie picture of what she wanted. received one from Anne.

“I was on the plane coming home ... and “Thanks for pushing me in and out of my dad looked at me and said ‘Do you the pool.” really wanna go there?’ and I said, 'You Anne and Sophie started off together, noticed it too? I don’t think the service and they don’t plan on being separated academy is for me.'” any time soon.

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News

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SGA slates discuss platforms in Pruis Groups lay out ideas, plans during Monday's debate before polls open next week

Sara Barker Daily News Reporter The two slates running against each other to become next year’s executive board of the Student Government Association faced off in the all-slate debate Monday. Here’s a breakdown of IGNITE and OPTiC’s key takeaways for the night.

PLATFORM POINTS A guiding theme for both slates during the debate was their lists of platform points.

IGNITE’s points fall into six categories that form an eponymous acronym: Inclusion, Growth, Navigate, Invest, Transparency and Engage.

OPTiC’s platform includes three categories with three sub-categories in each, resulting in nine total platform points.

Insight, innovation and inclusion make up the three main points.

During the debate, OPTiC talked about its points focusing on fostering studentteacher relationships, advancing technology on campus, organizing a University Police Department Cadet initiative and promoting mental health initiatives on campus.

IGNITE also discussed its platform points, which included Beneficence Dialogues, a Cardinal Kitchen with school supplies, mental health dialogue, sports promotion, a women’s leadership conference, navigating the transition between executive boards, weekly videos, suicide prevention training and an environmental commission.

BUDGETS The first question of the night asked the slate treasurers what their roles consisted of, and both Kaia Thompson of OPTiC and Theodore Hoffman of IGNITE said part of their role was to create a budget for SGA and approve it with the Senate and university administration.

Later, both potential treasurers laid out their visions for the 2017-18 SGA budget. Both candidates tailored their budgets to match their respective slate’s platform points.

Hoffman said some of IGNITE’s platform points don’t need financial backing, such as navigating an executive transition and sports promotion.

However, Hoffman said he hopes to allocate $1,600 more to the small works fund, $1,500 more to Cardinal Kitchen for school supplies, $1,500 to a Women’s Leadership conference to pay for seminars, workshops and speakers and $1,500 more for mental health dialogue.

Thompson also said some of her slate’s platform points are free. Some that are not, however, include fostering studentteacher relationships, to which OPTiC will allocate $4,000 and advancing technology on campus, which will be funded with $5,000.

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Members of OPTiC and IGNITE speak at the All-Slate Debate on Monday in Pruis Hall. The two slates are running for the 2017-18 Student Government Association executive board.

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(From left) Juniors Theodore Hoffman, Zoe Taylor, Gabrielle Lloyd and Caleb Conley are running for the 2017-18 SGA executive board. Their slate, IGNITE, participated in the All-Slate Debate on Monday in Pruis Hall.

Counseling Center but offered different ways to alleviate the overwhelming volume of students who want to use the center’s resources.

OPTiC’s vice president Katy Volikas proposed that group therapy sessions be promoted because of the large amount of students these can accommodate.

Thompson also said OPTiC will be promoting the WellTrack program to students as well.

Volikas said by promoting and expanding upon existing group therapy, the Counseling Center can “elevate what they already are doing.”

In contrast, IGNITE’s vice president Zoe Taylor spoke about starting new

initiatives, such as initiating public forums called Benny Talks, starting peer advocate groups and supporting preventative measures against suicide.

In response to OPTiC’s rebuttal questioning how IGNITE will find the resources to maintain new programs, Taylor said IGNITE plans to train 50 students as peer mentors and use these students to help with new programs instead of relying solely on counseling center employees.

VOTER TURNOUT IGNITE and OPTiC face the same problem in elections, which is actually getting students to vote. Currently, Ball State students vote more for Homecoming court than SGA executive boards, said

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(From left) Juniors Katy Volikas, Greg Carbo, Kaia Thompson and Lizzie Ford are running for the 2017-18 SGA executive board. Their slate, OPTiC, participated in the All-Slate Debate on Monday in Pruis Hall.

debate moderator Abby Kirk.

To combat this, OPTiC’s president Greg Carbo proposed hosting more open dialogue with the student body and letting students know they are included in SGA. IGNITE’s president Gabrielle Lloyd also said she wanted more open dialogue with students, and she wanted to inform campus more about what SGA really does.

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Ball State takes 1st place in 17 categories on Saturday Michelle Kaufman Daily News Reporter Ball State’s speech team took first place in 17 out of 20 categories as well as the Quality Award at the Indiana Forensics Association state tournament at the University of Indianapolis on Saturday.

Ball State has won the competition for the past nine out of 10 years.

Coach Mary Moore said the team goes to the state competition every year and last year was the first year the team also won 17 awards.

“We were the favorite going in … we were really surprised, though, to win 17,” Moore said. “To do that two years in a row, I think really speaks to the students’ commitment to the team and how hard they work.”

Moore said these wins gave her team momentum and an emotional boost in their postseason. Eleven members won a state champion title in at least one category.

“It was a chance to showcase the breadth of our team,” she said.

“We’ve had different teams that we’d captured the state title [with] but it’s been really dependent on a few stars.

But this current team … we have a lot of talent and skill and really impressive events across the board.”

Dayna Arnett, a senior biochemistry and pre-medicine major, won three state champion awards and placed second to her own teammates in her other two events. Arnett has won in the persuasion category each year she has entered in that category.

“Persuasion’s always been kind of my love child because I did an event like that in high school called original oratory, so I got to continue that as I did college speech,” Arnett said. “I get to use a skill that I’ve been crafting for so long to be able to talk to people about something I really care about.”

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for African-American women in the United States, which is rising throughout the country and is three to four times higher for AfricanAmerican women than other races. “[Winning] is nuts,” she said. “I saw more success than I could ever dream of at that tournament. It isn’t even about me; it’s about seeing my team do that well and how many awards that everybody else on the team was able to take. That makes me really proud not only as the co-captain of the team, but as a teammate and a friend.”

Marissa Lockhart, a freshman creative writing major, won two state titles and three second place awards. Before Ball State, Lockhart had never been involved in speech. “[Winning] was just really enlightening and made me super proud of not only my team, but of myself and my own performance and [it] proved to myself that I can do this and no matter if I had the experience before or not, the speech team is a family and they really helped me get to where I needed to be,” Lockhart said. “That tournament was just a really good moment to realize how important this team is.”

Cade Heaton, a sophomore political science and philosophy major, and Riley Poynter, a sophomore public relations

major, won a state championship award for improv duo. The duo competed in three rounds, and the competition was the first time the duo had performed the event together and was Heaton’s first improv duo ever.

“There’s a natural kind of synergy between Riley and me when it comes to that kind of thing. It’s very easy just [for] him to say something and then I can just roll with that or that I can say something and he can roll with it,” Heaton said. “You never get those stall-outs where the narrative kind of falls apart,” Heaton said.

Poynter said the three minutes teams are given to prepare before their six-minute performance contain a lot of panic because they have a small amount of time to put themselves out there and impress the judges.

“We kind of thought about general things like OK, we’ll play these kind of characters, this’ll be how we’ll start, this will be how we end it and then everything in the middle was kind of fair game,” Poynter said. “It’s like turning a rough draft in as your final.”

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