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tudent Government Association executive board slate OPTiC was elected to serve as the next SGA executive board for 2017-18 Tuesday.

OPTiC pulled off a close victory, earning 1,352 votes — just 68 more than Ignite’s 1,248 votes — winning by only 2 percentage points.

See SGA ELECTION, page 3

MUNCIE SCHOOLS IN DEFICIT

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Muncie Community Schools have found themselves in an estimated $11.5 million deficit spending due to two years of non-negotiated contracts, according to The Star Press. To try and dig out of that hole, spending has been cut down in many areas, including teachers’ salaries, an area shocking to parents.

“The situation needs to be solved for their [teachers'] sake, and the sake of our kids,” said Josh Holowell, a parent of a child who goes to East Washington Academy. “We really don’t want to lose good teachers because of the hostility of negotiations and the lack of forward planning.”

To combat pay cuts, the Muncie Teachers Association has been advocating teachers’ rights and trying to reach an agreement with the MCS administration.

The teachers' union and the school district submitted their last offers to the state on Friday and they will have one more chance to negotiate. If an agreement cannot be met by today, then a stateappointed fact-finder will begin making the final decision on Friday.

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Ball State’s student body elected the Student Government Association slate OPTiC to be the next SGA executive board for 2017-18 on Tuesday. The slate, which earned 68 more votes than Ignite, includes Greg Carbó as president, Katy Volikas as vice president, Lizzie Ford as secretary and Kaia Thompson as treasurer.

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A lawyer by trade, he’s also the chair of Ball State’s Board of Trustees and describes his role as being the spokesperson of the board, leading meetings and pushing through the minutes.

But from 1986 to 1989, Hall represented Ball State on the basketball court. He earned four varsity letters and started 31 games, though former head coach Rick Majerus would say his academic achievements outweighed his physical prowess.

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Doctors warn against teen pot use amid looser marijuana laws The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana’s potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use.

Many parents use the drug and think it’s OK for their kids, but “we would rather not mess around with the developing brain,” said Dr. Seth Ammerman.

The advice comes in a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published Monday in Pediatrics. The group opposes medical and recreational marijuana use for kids. It says emphasizing that message is important because most states have legalized medical use for adults, and many have decriminalized or legalized adults’ recreational use.

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ingly ask doctors about kids’ use, said Ammerman, a Stanford University pediatrics professor who co-wrote the report.

“Parents will say, ‘I use it moderately and I’m fine with it, so it’s really benign and not a problem if my kid uses it,’” he said.

Doctors need to know how to respond to that thinking, and parents and teens need to know the risks, Ammerman said.

POTENTIAL HARMS The brain continues to develop until the early 20s, raising concerns about the potential short- and long-term effects of a mind-altering drug. Some studies suggest that teens who use marijuana at least 10 times a month develop changes in brain regions affecting memory and the ability to plan. Some changes may be permanent, the report says.

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“I have kind of a ‘let people do what they want’ attitude, but I also think you should listen to doctors,” the junior music media production major said.

JOSEPH GUNN “I think it’s just like cigarettes or tobacco. If you’re not of age, I don’t think [you] should be allowed to [use it,]” the freshman sports administration major said.

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Bill aims to protect student journalists Proposed law seeking to ensure First Amendment rights of high schoolers reaches Senate Jeremy Masukevich Beat Reporter High schools across Indiana have rallied together to help protect student journalists’ freedom.

As a part of this effort, Indiana House Bill 1130 is making a push through the Indiana Statehouse to require public schools to adopt policies concerning First Amendment freedoms for student journalists in grades five through 12.

“The bill will allow more student journalists the opportunity to cover more topics and issues than some schools allow now,” said Diana Hadley, director of the Indiana High School Press Association.

“Although many schools do not limit content of student media, others have used the 1988 Hazelwood Decision to limit most of the coverage to public relations features at the expense of additional issues important to the school community.”

According to the Indiana General Assembly, House Bill 1130 requires school corporations and state educational institutions to adopt policies concerning student journalist protections and provides that a public school, school corporation or state educational institution may not suppress school-sponsored media unless

the content is “libelous or slanderous or gratuitously profane.”

Advancing the rights of student journalists has been a journey, Hadley said.

The driving force of the movement has been students seeking out their freedom and constitutional rights.

“Work on House Bill 1130 specifically began last summer when Ed Clere [R-New Albany] volunteered to sponsor New Voices legislation,” Hadley said. “His idea to involve students has made the process expansive, but increasingly rewarding as high school and college journalists have become engaged in legislation.”

Hadley is a member of the New Voices of Indiana team — an organization committed to the protection of student free speech. The organization is comprised of adult supporters and two groups of high school and college students, and the legislative team is in charge of writing, advocating and working toward passing House Bill 1130.

According to IHSPA, eight of the high school and college New Voices team members met at the Indiana Statehouse Dec. 7 to help draft legislation for the bill and meet stakeholders who would be interested in the legislation. Since this meeting, the bill has passed through the House to earn a Senate Education Committee hearing set for March 15.

“Student journalists are excited to see the

Frog Baby Film Festival accepting entries for show Student-run event takes place in Pruis Hall next month Andrew Harp Daily News Reporter Ball State’s annual film festival is back and now taking entires.

The Frog Baby Film Festival is a student-run, faculty-judged event that will take place on April 7 in Pruis Hall. There is no limitation of works a student may submit to the festival. All works must be submitted by Monday.

Quentin Basnaw, a freshman telecommunication video production major, is a part of one of the films that will be judged in the coming months.

Basnaw is also the producer for the film “The Fine Print.” The film is a collaborative work about a campus game show. He said the opportunity of a student film festival is great for young filmmakers to show off the work they’ve created.

The FBFF committee invites faculty members from the telecommunications, theater and English departments to judge the various student films at the festival, said Zach Watson, the cochairperson of FBFF. Even if students don’t have

experience with filming, Basnaw recommends submitting video projects to the festival.

“Just go out and do it,” Basnaw said.

“Go out and film. Have fun. You’ll just get better at it as you go.”

Contact Andrew Harp with any questions or concerns at adharp@bsu.edu.

QUALIFICATIONS TO SUBMIT TO THE FESTIVAL

• Be an undergraduate student at Ball State.

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• Agree to the use of his or her work(s) for purposes in the festival.

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• Belong in part or in whole to the student submitting the work.

• Be no more than 13 minutes, 0 seconds in length, not including credits. There is no minimum length requirement for a work to be submitted.

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Greg Carbó, Katy Volikas, Lizzie Ford and Kaia Thompson of the Student Government Association slate OPTiC were elected to serve as the SGA executive board for 2017-18 on Tuesday. OPTiC hopes to increase transparency and educate the student body about what SGA is and does.

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Greg Carbó will become the next student body president, along with his running mates Katy Volikas, vice president; Lizzie Ford, secretary; and Kaia Thompson, treasurer.

The members celebrated their victory at a watch party in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center along with supporters.

While “sweating bullets,” Carbó waited for 20 minutes in a room off to the side by himself before he answered the call from election commissioner Carrie-Ann Staggs telling him the slate won.

“I’m on top of the world right now,” Carbó said. “It was a fantastic race, honestly, shout out to Ignite. They ran a great campaign and so did we.”

Carbo went on to call Ignite presidential candidate Gabrielle Lloyd and thanked the slate for the campaign experience.

“First and foremost I just want to thank you so much for this experience,” Carbó said to Lloyd over the phone.”You know we both ran campaigns and I just want to say that I respect you so much as a person.”

Carbó’s running mates also celebrated the close victory.

Ford said she tried to not be too positive before they won just in case her slate lost.

“Obviously I was hopeful, but at the

end of the day it’s a 50/50 chance,” Ford said. “I’m so excited, I can’t believe it.

I’m just so excited.”

Thompson said she was in “complete shock” when she received the news.

“I’m just so grateful, I’m happy, it’s exciting and it’s a lot to take in,” Thompson said. “I don’t think I have fully reached that realization yet [that we won].”

OPTiC hopes to increase transparency and help educate the student body about what SGA is and does.

Ignite also gathered in the Student Center to wait for the results.

Lloyd took the call from Staggs in the hallway outside the third-floor room.

She hung up and walked into the room, shaking her head. The room remained silent for the rest of the event.

“I felt kind of, of course, disappointed and a little surprised,” Lloyd said. “But at the end of the day it was the students’ choice so I am OK with it being the students’ choice.”

Overall, voter turnout was down from last year — 2,636 students voted in this year’s SGA election, which is a decrease of over 750 votes.

The SGA inauguration will be on April 19.

Contact Max Lewis with any questions or concerns at lmaxwell2@bsu.edu.

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Over 1,000 middle and high school journalists from around the state attended the High School Journalism Day in 2016 for the journalism workshops in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Several Indiana high schools have come together to push House Bill 1130 through the Indiana Statehouse to grant student journalists their freedom of press.

bill pass the House Education Committee 13-0 and the full House 88-4,” Hadley said.

“There is still much work to pass the Senate, but everyone involved is motivated.”

Hadley said IHSPA has been working for the last 26 years to build positive relationships between student media and their schools, promoting events like the First Amendment Symposium to celebrate appreciation for the First

Amendment at the Indiana Statehouse.

“If students don’t have the opportunity to report and discuss issues in high school and college, they may never become engaged citizens,” Hadley said. “We have to fight for the First Amendment continually to appreciate the role it plays in a democracy.”

Contact Jeremy Masukevich with any questions or concerns at jcmasukevich@bsu.edu.

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Continued from page 1 The fact-finder’s job is to research both offers and choose between the two, which has left some MCS parents concerned.

“I am unsure of the procedures, which is what is causing the fear, I think,” Holowell said. “No one knows what will happen, and uncertainty about the future of something that you love causes fear.”

Parents like Holowell, along with others from the district, are currently advocating for teachers’ rights. They joined teachers on Feb. 10 to protest and did so again at 5 p.m. Tuesday across from Southside Middle School, where the board meeting took place.

“We have a deficit and we need to deal with it,” said Ann Pichardo, the Muncie School District director of communications. “Everyone needs to work together to solve the problem.”

Many parents are speculating on how the district got into this position. Colleen Steffen, a Ball State journalism instructor and parent to a student at East Washington Academy, attributes the current position to many different factors.

Steffen said the deficit is a culmination of a population decline in Muncie, charter and private schools diverting children away from public education and the reality that nearly 50 percent of Muncie isn’t taxable because of Ball State and IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

In addition, she said as school districts get worse, more and more students leave the area. When a student leaves an MCS school, the district loses $7,636 per student, according to Indiana Public Media.

Brad King, a parent of a child who attends East Washington Academy, said mismanagement of buildings could play another factor in the deficit.

“My son’s school was closed during the coldest period this last winter because of a failing heating system in the building,” King said.

While working conditions have not been ideal, Ari Hurwitz, a volunteer for the district, said it has not affected teachers’ commitment and work performance.

“I have been so impressed and I imagine it is across the district,” Hurwitz said. “The teachers have done exceptional by making sure the stress in their own lives over this

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Muncie community schools have cut spending in many areas, including teachers’ salaries, to get out of an estimated $11.5 million deficit spending due to two years of non-negotiated contracts.

The Muncie Teachers Association has been trying to fight the spending cuts by advocating teachers’ rights and trying to reach an agreement with the MCS administration.

does not change the culture of the school.”

Due to the uncertainty of the future, many MCS district parents are worried the schools that their children attend could be closed.

“I hope that the board will consider long-term impact and consult with the community and the city to ensure that the vision of economic growth in our city matches the direction of the school board in terms of what is best for the community, and not what is easiest or most convenient for our district administration,” Holowell said.

Some parents said they wish the MCS board would be more honest and transparent with their decisions.

However, Pichardo said MCS is being as transparent as possible by displaying board decisions on the MCS website.

“We have communicated many ways, all the documents, all the meetings, everything is there,” Pichardo said. “Our website has everything we discussed during the board meetings.”

Even though all parties are still unsure of what will come from the negotiations, Holowell said he hopes relations between the two will improve.

“The negotiations have created a climate of hearsay, fear, power play moves, bans, pettiness and distraction,” Holowell said.

“I really don’t care who ‘wins,’ because if one side wins our kids probably lose.

We need both to come together, stop the gridlock and iron out solutions that will be beneficial moving forward.”

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Broadway actress returns to campus, directs 'Shrek'

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The Department of Theatre and Dance has a 12-year relationship with actress Sutton Foster. Foster was in Muncie from Feb. 19 to 23 to work on the production of “Shrek the Musical,” and said she considered attending Ball State because of her mother’s love for alumnus David Letterman.

Sutton Foster helps direct play she acted in professionally Alexandra Smith Theatre Reporter What started out as watching her mom’s love for David Letterman turned into the opportunity to teach a master class once a year in New York City. Now, the Department of Theatre and Dance has a 12year relationship with actress Sutton Foster.

Most recently, the Tony-award winner was in Muncie from Feb. 19 to 23 to work with students on the production of “Shrek the Musical,” which she starred in as Fiona on Broadway.

“My mom really loved David Letterman and he went here, so I knew about Ball State from her,” Foster said. “And when I was looking for colleges, Ball State was sort of on my radar, and when I dropped out of college, I was thinking about going back to school and Ball State again kind of came up as a possibility.”

Foster didn’t end up going back to school and began working professionally at 19. But that wasn’t the end of her relationship with the university — it was actually the beginning.

“I got a call from my agent saying there were some students from Ball State that were coming to New York, wondering if I would do a master class, and I was like, ‘I know Ball State, sure,’ and that’s how it started,” she said.

Foster continued doing a master class once a year when students made the trip to New York.

“I remember the fourth time I spoke to them I said, ‘You know, I would love to come to campus.’ I’d always been a performer, but if I had to choose another profession I would want to be a teacher.

I always used to dream of working with high school or college-age kids,” she said.

She made her first visit to campus in 2010, and has come back once a year

since then, including 2012 when she codirected “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

Foster said it’s been great to be back this year to revisit Shrek.

“It’s kind of a walk down memory lane for me. It happened such a long time ago so it’s been kind of like ‘wow’ just watching it all unfold,” she said. “They still have several weeks to go so they’re still very much in the process, but it’s really fun just to kind of come in and talk to everybody about what they’re doing.”

During her time in the show on Broadway, Foster said her favorite song was “I Think I Got You Beat,” which contains a section of Shrek and Fiona burping and farting in rhythm.

“When else do you get to do that on Broadway, or ever,” she said. “It’s wild because I can remember the creators wrote it, and when we did it for the first time. To see a whole new generation of people do it, it’s really cool.”

During the week, Foster worked with the actors on character development. Bill Jenkins, chairman of the Department of Theatre and Dance, had been directing up to her visit, and will continue until the show opens.

“I feel really lucky to have this relationship with Ball State and with [Jenkins], especially because my schedule is so erratic and so crazy. I’m able to sort of pop in and help here and there,” she said.

Foster said she has a new perspective directing “Shrek” than “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

“With ‘Drowsy’ it was more about sort of what I had done,” she said. “Sort of like, ‘well this is what we did when we did it on Broadway.’ I feel like with ‘Shrek’ the thing that is different in my point of view is it’s less about what we did and more about giving these guys permission to make it their own.”

Conor Korbisch, who plays Lord Farquaad in the production, said Foster’s

willingness to let go came through when the cast worked with her.

“She really wanted to make sure we find our own way and the characters are coming from our own personalities,” the junior musical theater major said. “It was never [Foster] telling us to do anything, it was all very collaborative.”

He said Foster’s visit came faster than expected.

“It seemed so distant until the callbacks, but it was normal that she was coming by the senior cabaret,” he said.

“She made the experience so easy. She established from the beginning that she’s just a normal person here to direct. It was a blast to work with her, she’s such a down-to-earth person.”

Korbisch likened Foster’s visit to summer camp.

“It’s fun and exciting, and you make this cool friend and then it’s over and they’re gone,” he said. “But it was really exciting to create that personal relationship with her. I could see her on the street and she would know me.”

Foster was able to give students more personal advice as well, relating to life and a career in the acting business. She told students things like, “Say yes to opportunities” and “Don’t limit yourself right out of the gate.” She said a lot of her success has come from saying yes.

“I always say the same things,” she said. “I always like to say be kind. I think kindness goes a long way. You know, people want to work with good people.

You can have two equally talented people in a room but if one has a reputation of being a [jerk], you’re gonna want to work with the one that doesn’t, you know?”

Foster’s other advice is rooted in her interest in education.

“Never stop learning. It seems generic to say that but I truly believe it. Don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it,” she said. “If you’re stuck, work with a

teacher. I still do that; I have an acting coach I work with, I reach out to people for help for if I feel stuck or I can’t figure something out. I always am trying to challenge myself with new projects and new things so I can grow as an artist.

And as a person, ultimately.”

Due to her schedule, Foster will not be able to come and work on the show again before it opens on March 31. She also won’t be able to make it to any of the performances, though Jenkins told her she will get a video of the show.

In April, Foster will begin filming season four of her TV Land show “Younger.” She will also perform in concerts with symphonies in cities like New York, Atlanta and Boston.

Foster said she would love to come back to Ball State in the future and direct another show. Although she has starred in both shows she’s helped direct, that’s not a determining factor.

“I think [Jenkins] just thinks because I have done a lot of shows in New York it’s a great opportunity for the students for me to be able to bring my firsthand experience of what it was like doing it there, and being able to sort of translate it here,” Foster said. “So I think he sees that as an opportunity for the students, but I think it would be so great to work on something I had nothing to do with.”

Foster said she hopes to be affiliated with the university for a long time.

“You know it is weird, people are like, ‘Why Ball State?’ It feels meant to be in a weird way,” Foster said. “I know I didn’t grow up in Indiana, but I grew up in Michigan, and there’s like a Midwestern sensibility. It’s a really important place for me. It’s been such a positive experience and such an amazing experience in my life.”

Contact Alexandra Smith with any questions or concerns at ajsmith9@bsu.edu.

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First Thursday features art, music Featured activities this month on campus, downtown Emily Sabens Community Reporter This Thursday, students and community members are invited to downtown Muncie, as well as to Ball State’s campus, to experience a variety of art, food and activities at the First Thursday event. Here are some things to check out this week.

FOREVER YOUNG CHILDREN’S BOUTIQUE

Abby Wagner, who is a watercolor painter from Selma, Indiana, will be doing a live painting at the Forever Young Children’s Boutique from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The store will also hold a sale, with 10 percent off of new spring apparel.

GORDY FINE ART & FRAMING CO.

At Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co., Kim Anderson will be displaying her new ceramic work, while Scott Anderson will

display his new paintings and drawings.

The artists will be introduced at 6:15 p.m., and light refreshments will be available.

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Grace Choral Scholars, a group of singers from Ball State’s School Music, will be performing their show “Let Our Voices Be Heard” at the Grace Episcopal Church. Featuring solos, duets, trios and quartets, the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The church’s art gallery will also be open to the public beginning at 5 p.m.

MADE IN MUNCIE

Eugene Boyd, a Muncie native and Cornerstone pottery teacher, will be revealing his new show at 5 p.m. at Made in Muncie. Comprised of works of wheelthrown pottery, the show will be on display throughout the month of March.

MADJAX MUNCIE

Tom Walker, who has more than 20 years of experience in the design field, will share his letterpress work at Madjax Muncie this Thursday. Book Arts

Collaborative, located in the Madjax building, will also be inviting visitors to create their own prints. Guardian Brewery will be at Madjax as well, serving pints of beer to individuals 21 and over.

MUNCIE CIVIC THEATRE

Curators Jim Waechter and Mike Mavis of the Delaware County Historical Society will be presenting a special display of Eugene Mamaw’s works.

Mamaw created each poster and playbill cover for the Muncie Civic Theatre from the 1970s until the 2000s.

THE ATRIUM GALLERY

Ball State’s Atrium Gallery will be extending its hours on Thursday for visitors to come to the 82nd-Annual Student Art Show. Since 1935, Ball State’s School of Art has put its students’ works on display, giving out cash awards to those with the finest pieces of art. The gallery will be open at 6 p.m., and the show’s award ceremony will begin at 7 p.m.

MUNCIE MAKES LAB

Muncie’s Maring-Hunt Public Library has teamed up with Ball State architecture students to expand the library’s community gardens. To learn more about the project, visitors are invited to Muncie Makes Lab to view the group’s master plan for the gardens.

SAVAGE’S ALE HOUSE (21+)

Artist Daniel Ragsdale Combo will be displaying his new works at Savage’s Ale House. The works will include creative portraits in a variety of media, including graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic and oils.

STUDIO EXHALE

At Studio Exhale, photographer Kip Shawger and makeup artist Robert E. Dirden will be presenting their new show entitled “Beauty Through the Lens,” highlighting different styles of makeup and body art.

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From the outside of the Forest Park Senior Center, Muncie residents would have no idea that a licensed specialty bakery is housed inside. It’s a bakery that delivers goods to The Caffeinery, Woodworth Dining Hall, farmers markets and even some places in Indianapolis.

Amanda Reninger, a Ball State alumna,

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started Sea Salt and Cinnamon, a vegan and gluten-free bakery, in 2014. As Reninger’s friends began asking her to bake for them, The Caffeinery became interested in carrying some vegan desserts.

Reninger raised a couple thousand dollars on Kickstarter for equipment and licensing, and the business officially started in June 2014.

Now, Reninger is looking to open a storefront for her desserts where students and locals can buy the treats.

Because the bakery makes gluten-free and vegan desserts, no animal products, such as dairy or egg, are used. When Reninger first started, she had to learn how to replace normal wheat flours.

“You have to replace it with a number of different flours for the science aspect of it -— you wanna make sure you have the same number of proteins, the same number of fats, those sorts of things,” Reninger said. “We use four or five different flours that all mix together and still give you a beautiful taste and texture.”

She started with cupcakes but knew that if she was going to create a specialty bakery, a variety of products would need to be produced. She spends three to five days a week baking.

“We started with just cupcakes, cause that’s what I knew, that’s what I could do with my eyes closed,” Reninger said.

“As we moved into farmers markets and different wholesale accounts, we added cookies, muffins, breads, cinnamon rolls, all kinds of different stuff.”

Reninger continues to try new recipes and flavors and took advantage of holidays such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day to work on her cakemaking and decorating skills.

“We do a ton of pies at holidays cause if you think about it, everyone has that one relative that is gluten-free or vegan

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Amanda Reninger, owner of Sea Salt and Cinnamon, ices cupcakes on Feb. 23. Reninger bakes glutenfree and vegan food items for individuals and local businesses around Muncie. The bakery doesn’t have its own storefront, so she uses the Forest Park Senior Center kitchen to create her specialty treats.

or has a dairy allergy or whatever, so we are able to step in and provide that for people, which is always awesome,” she said. “It’s my favorite thing, to be able to make a dessert for someone that maybe hasn’t had it in years.”

Lisa Dunaway, an instructor of urban planning, has been a vegan for the past 10 years and was a contributor to Reninger’s original Kickstarter campaign because she was excited about the business.

“You never get baked goods as a vegan unless you make it your own,” Dunaway said. “Her stuff is vegan and gluten free, so almost anyone can eat it.”

Whenever Dunaway goes to the Caffeinery, she will get whatever cupcake is offered that day. She orders

cupcakes and cookies for her students and always gets one of Reninger’s pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving.

The storefront she’s hoping to open will be located in downtown Muncie. She has no timeframe yet but is actively working on making it a reality.

“If I didn’t love it and I didn’t really feel like I was working towards something and growing something ... I wouldn’t be doing it,” Reninger said.

For now, she is happy to provide the Muncie community and local businesses with desserts anyone can enjoy.

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Continued from page 1 Hall was the Cardinals’ captain his senior year, though he only averaged 5.3 minutes per game. Still, Ball State went 29-3 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He said he stays in touch with his teammates, including Paris McCurdy, Ball State’s director of community diversity initiatives.

“Rick Hall is the epitome of the type of man that Coach Majerus wanted us to become,” McCurdy said via email. “A selfless leader, a forward thinker and of course, a ‘cool nerd.’ I’ll never forget how upset coach became with Rick when he got his first ‘B’ during his senior year, which dropped Rick’s GPA from a 4.0 to a 3.98.

Coach expected excellence from all of us and Rick consistently rose to the level of those high expectations.”

Hall graduated with a 3.952 GPA and won the first-ever Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship, which is awarded by the NCAA to just one male and female athlete each year.

His grades were so good that Majerus even let him skip study hall — on one condition.

“Instead, what he said to me was ‘Look, I don’t care how good of a student you are.

If you can’t articulate your thoughts very clearly and persuasively, no one cares. So I want you to go speak at these half-dozen community events,’” Hall said. “So when everybody else would have to go to study hall, I would have to go to a community event and speak.”

So Hall would head down to community organizations like the Boys & Girls club or

a youth basketball team and talk. “[Majerus] had it booked at 8:30 Tuesday night,“ Hall said before trailing off with a chuckle. “So that really helped me grow as a person and become less shy and more of a leader.”

McCurdy said that was just the way Majerus led them. Doing well in class or on the court wasn’t enough. He wanted them to be successful down the road.

“His main concern for us was our lives beyond the Xs and Os of the game,” McCurdy said. “For instance, Coach had an immense vocabulary. He’d come to practice and use some word that none of us had ever heard of, but by the next day, if we couldn’t define it and use it properly, that was going to be a problem.”

Hall took the vocabulary Majerus helped him build, along with his public speaking skills and the money he won from the Byers Scholarship, to Northwestern University. He graduated with his law degree in 1992 and moved to Indianapolis and became involved with Cardinal Varsity Club and the Alumni Council.

In 2007, Hall was appointed to the Board of Trustees by former Governor Mitch Daniels.

“Really, everything good in my life, I can trace back its roots to my days back at Ball State,” Hall said. “That’s why I feel so privileged to be able to give back as a trustee and try to create that experience, try to create that opportunity for so many students today.”

Instead of creating that experience on the court, Hall now does it in the board meetings — usually by talking.

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Senior middle attacker Alex Pia bumps the ball during the game against Ohio State on Feb. 2 in John E. Worthen Arena. The Cardinals will compete against Grand Canyon today and Thursday for the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.

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losing one, the last two seasons.

“They’ve done some things with their attacking to just keep our team offbalance,” Walton said. “In recent years, they’ve done a good job of keeping us from locking in defensively.”

Two players the Cardinals will be focusing on are new additions to the Antelopes roster this season — neither of whom are freshmen. Senior middle blocker Drake Silbernagel and senior opposite Matthew Kinnebrew both transferred to Grand Canyon this year.

Kinnebrew, who transferred from Division III Juniata College, is currently fourth on the team with 108 kills and an average of 2.5 kills per set.

Silbernagel transferred from Arizona State, where he played on the club team but never at the collegiate level until this season. He is currently third on the team with 115 kills and second with an attack percentage of .448.

“Some guys like to hit a ball against their body and some like to hit with their thumb to the floor,” Walton said.

“Silbernagel hits both shots well. He’s going to be one that’s tough for us to handle if they’re passing the ball up at the net and getting him a lot of sets.”

This will be the last regular season meeting between Ball State and Grand Canyon as Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association members. After this season, Grand Canyon will be moving to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

“I love the fact that in the last year we play Grand Canyon while they’re in our conference, we get to play them at home,” Walton said. “We don’t have to travel to Arizona and play them on the road, so we need to be able to take advantage of that.”

The Cardinals moved up from No. 12 to No. 11 in the NCAA rankings after two wins last week.

Last meeting: Loss, 2-3 (25-27, 25-22, 25-19, 13-15) on Mar. 5, 2016

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Cardinals move up 1 spot in rankings since last week Hendrix Magley Men's Volleyball Reporter For the second time this season, No. 11 Ball State men’s volleyball will be facing the same opponent twice in one week.

This will be a little different than the home-and-away trip against Fort Wayne from earlier this season, as both matches against Grand Canyon on Wednesday and Thursday will be played on Ball State’s (13-4, 6-1 MIVA) home court.

“We saw the psychological difficulty that our team faced playing Fort Wayne a few weeks ago, where it’s hard in a one-week timespan to turn around and beat a good team twice,” Ball State head coach Joel Walton said.

Grand Canyon (9-7, 5-3 MIVA) has played several of the top teams in the nation very well this season. It defeated No. 5 Lewis 3-2 earlier this year and was the first team to take No. 1 Ohio State to five sets.

Walton said one of the keys to defeating the same team on backto-back nights is making personnel changes between the two matches.

“I think that we want to make sure that we are using the entirety of our roster,” Walton said. “Being able to bring in a different personnel set can make a big impact on our team’s ability to play that second night.”

Ball State is 6-4 in their last ten matches against Grand Canyon and have split with them, winning one match and

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Rick Hall, the chair of the Board of Trustees, earned four varsity letters and started 31 games for the Cardinals from 1986 to 1989. Hall won the first-ever Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship, which is awarded by the NCAA to just one male and female athlete each year. Breanna Daugherty // DN File

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