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The Bracken House, home of Ball State's presidents, reveals its first renovations in nearly 20 years Kaiti Sullivan // DN

The Bracken House, where each Ball State president lives, was just renovated for the first time in nearly 20 years. Geoffrey S. Mearns, Ball State’s new president, will move into the house sometime in May, most likely.

Kara Berg Daily News Reporter

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alking into the newly renovated Bracken House, you’re immediately hit with elaborate wallpaper — red and white, of course.

The house, where each Ball State president lives, was just renovated for the first time in nearly 20 years. Geoffrey S. Mearns, Ball State’s new president, will move into the

house sometime in May, most likely.

Ball State trustee and president of George and Frances Ball Foundation Tom Bracken’s father grew up in that house, and Bracken remembers having family gatherings there, playing games in the foyer and basement.

“This was the place to hang out in the neighborhood,” Bracken said.

Bracken House was built in 1937 and is

located in Muncie’s historic Westwood neighborhood, just behind the cow path at the edge of campus.

Bracken’s family donated it to the university, and it’s where presidents have lived ever since. The George and Frances Ball Foundation donated $400,000 to the university for the recent renovations. No taxpayer or student money was used.

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Some conservative students on Ball State’s campus feel afraid to speak up. PG 4

'WHALES AND SOULS'

'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' TAKES STAND

Local group aims to stop gun violence in the Muncie area Kara Berg Daily News Reporter Emma Rogers // DN File

Sophomore guard Destiny Washington drives the ball to the net during the game against Toledo March 4 at Worthen Arena. The Cardinals lost 71-58 in their last game of the season against Indiana Thursday for the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.

Cardinals fall in first round of WNIT

Colin Grylls Sports Editor

Ball State women’s basketball ended its season with a 71-58 loss at Indiana Thursday night.

The Cardinals (21-11, 14-4 MAC) fell behind early as the Hoosiers jumped out to an 18-4 lead before leading 28-12 at the end of the first quarter. Ball State outscored IU 4643 in the final three quarters, but it wasn’t enough.

“You go back to that first quarter and, boy, it’s awfully tough on a Big Ten floor to overcome that,”

head coach Brady Sallee said.

The loss eliminated the Cardinals from the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, but Sallee wants his team to know that doesn’t mean the season was a failure.

“The thing you want to make sure your team understands is that they earned this,” Sallee said.

“They earned the opportunity to be on this stage and not everybody gets to do that.”

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Ball State heads to Butler University for the team's first outdoor meet of the season.

After a violent start of the year in Muncie, one local advocate is saying the gun violence needs to stop.

Marwin Strong, the creator of “Enough is Enough,” has already started to mobilize the community around the issue. He aims to get kids off the street and into sustainable jobs with the program — or movement, as he calls it.

But overall, he just wants to make the Muncie community feel safe again. The city saw three fatal shootings in a nine-day period in February.

“Some of those murders in the last five to 10 years have been my friends,” Strong said. “Enough is enough. People need to understand that.”

Strong plans to get out in the community and walk the streets in high-crime areas, and ideally turn those doing illegal things in the right direction.

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Indiana Democrats want Pence's health care program defended The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Statehouse Democrats want Indiana's congressional delegation to defend former Gov. Mike Pence's expansion of the state's Medicaid program from proposed GOP cuts backed by President Donald Trump.

A proposal in Congress to overhaul former President Barack Obama's signature health care law would lead to Medicaid cuts estimated at $880 billion through 2026, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Indiana House Democrats warn that could have "dire" results in Indiana.

The current vice president's Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 expanded Medicaid in 2015 with increased funding made available under the Affordable Care Act. The program relies on the federal government for at least 90 percent of its funding and covers more than 400,000 poor people in Indiana.

In a letter sent to the delegation, House Democrats voice concern for those who receive health insurance through Pence's Indiana program, roughly six percent of state residents.

"We have met few Hoosiers who want to lose their health care coverage, see Medicare slashed, endure health care job losses or see family members suffer needlessly," they wrote.

Indiana was one of 31 states to take advantage of the available funding and expand state Medicaid programs.

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earlier this week. "I completely believe we need to fix the Affordable Care Act and (House Republican's) repeal was the right first step. But the devil is always in the details."

According to the congressional nonpartisan analysis, 14 million Americans would lose coverage next year under the proposal. Even before the analysis was released, GOP legislative leaders warned of potential coverage losses in Indiana.

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A Guide to St. Patrick's Day EVENTS Emily Sabens Community Reporter

St. Patrick’s Day is today, March 17. Dress up in green and celebrate the Irish holiday by taking part in one of these fun, holiday-themed events in Muncie.

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St. Patrick’s Day celebrates the life and death of Saint Patrick, a missionary in Ireland.

Come to Vera Mae’s Bistro tonight to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with traditional Irish foods, such as corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash and guinness lamb stew.

The Hometown Band will also be performing Irish-style music, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Reservations for the evening can be made by calling Vera Mae’s at 765-747-4941.

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WHAT YOU NEED:

• ½ cup lemon juice • ⅓ cup lime juice • 1 cup mint leaves • ½ cup simple syrup • ¼ cup sugar • ¼ cup water • 1 cucumber, thinly sliced • Ice cubes • 4 cups lemonade • 1 liter bottle club soda • Large pitcher

• 2 frozen bananas, peeled and sliced • 1 ½ cups spinach • 1 small apple, chopped • ½ cup milk • 7 large strawberries, sliced • Blender

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Parades, leprechauns and bar crawling are all staples of St. Patrick’s Day, but the origin of the holiday differs greatly from today’s celebration.

Fredrick Suppe, the assistant chair of the history department, who has a Ph.D. in medieval history, said Saint Patrick really existed.

“If we had a time machine and we brought him today, I’m sure he would be aghast,” Suppe said.

Sometime around the year 400 AD Patrick, who actually wasn’t Irish, lived in a small Roman village on the west coast of the Roman Province of Britain.

“So Patrick was brought up in a Christian context, and when he was 16, raiders from Ireland came over,” Suppe said. “They kidnapped him and a great many other people.”

For the next six years Patrick was a slave. When he was 22 he experienced a “vision of God that told him that he should leave Ireland.”

In his late 20s, Patrick became a missionary after another vision.

Saint Patrick’s Day is March 17 and marks the saint’s death. The emergence of the holiday in North America began after Irish people fled the country due to economic reasons like the potato famine.

“There are a lot of Irish people here in North America who want to remain Irish in their identity, and in 1836 they established a fraternal organization known as the Ancient Order of the Hibernians,” Suppe said.

This Irish group started the tradition of having parades and drinking.

“You see people in a pub drinking green beer and all that’s kind of a North American thing,” Suppe said. “Back home in Ireland until about halfway through the 20th century before WWII, St. Patrick’s Day was a day when you’d go to church if you were a good Catholic and you’d go to mass.”

Modern celebrations of the holiday in Ireland are similar to those in North America.

So what would St. Patrick think about modern day celebrations of the holiday?

“He was concerned about Christianity.

He would want them to be in church and leading a good Christian life and things like that,” Suppe said. “He was not a party animal, let’s put it that way.”

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Minnetrista will be celebrating the luck of the Irish by hosting a special after-hours event. Starting at 6 p.m., visitors can enjoy Irish beers and whiskies sold by Heorot Pub of Muncie. There will also be live entertainment and opportunities to take selfies and enter a best-dressed costume contest. The cost is $12, and visitors are encouraged to preregister.

In a large pitcher, combine lemon juice and lime juice. Add the mint leaves and simple syrup. To make simple syrup, boil sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Refrigerate until well chilled, which is about 30 minutes.

Using the back of a wooden spoon, crush the mint leaves and stir together well. Add cucumber slices and ice cubes. Pour the lemonade and club soda into the pitcher and serve.

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Stir. Garnish with lemon slices.

Enjoy!

For an extra kick, add Jameson whiskey and/or Peach Schnapps.

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Local beauty shop Chameleon Hair Salon will be hosting a special St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser Friday. From 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., the salon will raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that funds research on pediatric cancer. The salon will be offering temporary green highlights, head shavings and haircut donations of 10 or more inches. The money raised from the services will go to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The salon asks that each customer donates at least $10 for the services.

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The Heorot Pub will be celebrating the holiday by hosting the Ramblin’ Rovers, a band who will be playing unconventional yet traditional music. The event starts at 8 p.m. Friday and will go until 12:30 a.m.

SWEET TREATS

St. Patrick’s Day is never complete without a trip to McDonald’s to get a legendary Shamrock Shake. Although the traditional shamrock shake is still offered, switch it up this year by trying the chain’s newly-added chocolate shamrock shake. Dairy Queen is also offering their St. Patrick’s Day themed blizzard of the month -- mint oreo.

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Conservative students AT ISSUE: University needs face campus opposition to be a place where all Many don't feel comfortable OUR VIEW

sharing beliefs, fear judgment Kara Berg Daily News Reporter

For Madeline May, it’s not worth it to speak out about her political beliefs on campus.

May, a senior telecommunications major, feels she will automatically be stereotyped and dismissed because of her conservative leanings.

“I don’t try to make my voice heard, it’s not worth it,” May said. “It’s the minority opinion on campus, so we don’t publicize our opinion because it’s too divisive.”

Of course, that’s not true for every Republican. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy for them to speak out.

At most colleges, a liberal view is the norm, Matthew Woessner, a political science professor at Penn State University, told the Daily News. Conservative beliefs are considered a deviation.

This makes it harder for Republican students to speak out and have their voice heard on campus for fear of being labeled as racist or intolerant, Woessner said.

May experienced this during her first semester of college. In her COMM 210 class, she said her clearly liberal professor would argue with her consistently on her beliefs, and as a result, her grades suffered. May said it’s all because she said she was a Republican.

“I just learned to not talk about it in a classroom,” May said. “It’s not worth your grade being damaged, not worth people having a bad view of you.”

And historically, faculty have fallen on the left side of the political spectrum, Woessner said. A 2016 survey by Econ Journal Watch found that Democrats outnumbered Republicans 11.5-1.

This can make it harder for conservative students on campus in general, he said. When they try to speak out, they don’t have professors sympathetic to their point of view.

Having a mentor to validate their beliefs can make a big difference, Woessner said.

Republicans tend to have the burden of proof, and are the ones who have to show

other students they are not intolerant just because of their political leanings.

“The trick is to have conservative views but be intellectually deep enough to communicate with someone with different beliefs and not come across as unkind and aggressive,” he said. “Be extremely patient when the other side thinks the worst of you and make a point calmly and intellectually.”

In other words, they have to demonstrate to any non-Republican students that they don’t fit in with the negative stereotype.

But on campuses that may not be overly receptive to their beliefs, that’s easier said than done.

At both New York University and the University of California Berkeley, conservative speakers coming to campus sparked protests. University officials canceled former senior editor for Breitbart News Milo Yiannopoulos’ speech at Cal Berkeley. Additionally, Gavin McInnes, a conservative actor, comedian and co-founder of Vice Media, cut his presentation short at NYU. And at Ball State, Donald Trump’s election brought liberal rallies and protests to campus. These reactions remained peaceful, and none got out of hand. It was just a group of students standing up for what they believe in.

But Mike Lee, a sophomore criminal justice major, suggested if Republican students were to do the same thing on campus, he would fear for his safety.

“If I grouped all of us together and plopped us out on campus, we’d be threatened and called racists or bigots,” Lee said.

Lee said when he talks politics with people, they automatically assume he’s wrong. When he tells people he voted for Donald Trump, some call him a racist.

“College is supposed to be about expanding your knowledge,” Lee said.

“Why are they scared of my point of view?

Contact Kara Berg with any questions or concerns at knberg2@bsu.edu.

BRACKEN Continued from page 1

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Bracken House, which was built in 1937 and has housed every Ball State president since it was donated to the university, received its first renovations in nearly 20 years. The George and Frances Ball Foundation donated $400,000 to the university for the renovations.

GUN VIOLENCE Continued from page 1

The biggest issue, he said, is offering an alternative for people who they tell to put the drugs or guns down.

“We have to help them find jobs to stay off the streets and to make positive, honest money for them and their families,” Strong said.

City officials are behind Strong as well. Mayor Dennis Tyler announced the formation of a council to end gun violence Wednesday. They hope to get illegal guns off the streets to make Muncie safer. The council was created in response to the increased drug activity and gun-related fatalities, Tyler said.

“A majority of the violence targets those in the drug trade who are dealing and using drugs,” Tyler said. “However, innocent bystanders, such as children or innocent members of the community, run the risk of being injured or mortally wounded.”

The initiative will focus on finding summer jobs for youth ages 16-24, crisis intervention programs and positive community and police relations.

“Enough is Enough” is modeled off Indianapolis’ Ten Point Coalition.

Through the work Ten Point has

Deanna Whetstone, a Ball State alumna, was the interior designer for all the renovations. She said it was a huge honor to be chosen for the job.

“I can’t think of a better project to be asked to be involved with,” Whetstone said.

Much of the renovations took place downstairs. Even though they withstood the test of time well, there were still some parts that needed updates. Overall, the house was modern looking, but still captured the old charm of the house.

Whetstone kept with a red and white theme to make it clear the downstairs was a Ball State gathering place.

Elaborate chandeliers shone above red and white walls with gold accents.

The library had an old-timey look — think something out of “Beauty and the Beast.” A desk sat in front of large windows, filling the room with natural light.

A banister leading to the living

done, they’ve managed to keep three Indianapolis neighborhoods nearly homicide free for one to two years, said The Rev. Charles Harrison, president of the coalition.

That’s a big achievement in a city that once again had a record-breaking number of homicides in 2016, with 149 criminal homicides.

“I think Muncie has similar problems that Indy is facing, but on a smaller scale,” Harrison said.

But in order for the movement to be successful, Harrison and Strong both said the community needs to be fully involved.

That’s why he wants Ball State students to get involved as well. Gun violence impacts everyone in the city in some way, he said, including students.

“Just because it didn’t happen to me and it didn’t happen to my family, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t impact everybody,” Strong said. “It impacts the whole city. A young man who got killed, a mother can say ‘Oh, that could have been my child.’

“One day it could be their child, it could be anybody.”

Contact Kara Berg with any questions or concerns at knberg2@bsu.edu.

people can voice opinions Universities should exist as a place where everyone — regardless of their political beliefs, religion, ethnicity, race or gender — can speak without fear of ridicule.

But lately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Multiple conservative students told the Daily News they stay quiet in classes and on social media out of fear of attacks because of their beliefs. They’ve been called bigots or racists, just for saying they are conservative.

That’s not okay.

If students don’t feel they can talk to a professor because of a difference in political beliefs, the university has failed in its mission to “turn entrepreneurial students into impactful leaders.” Good leaders know how to listen, navigate different ideas to choose the right course of action and how to get along with people of different beliefs and backgrounds.

When conservative students feel they can’t hold rallies on campus or speak out in class because they fear they would be threatened, that’s a problem. Universities ought to serve as ground zero for the marketplace of ideas, where people of various backgrounds can freely exchange thoughts, with the best ideas rising to the top through civil, vigorous public debate.

Newspapers, including the Daily News, serve as a forum for differing viewpoints.

And if we aren’t fulfilling that role, we’ve failed.

How can anyone learn to tolerate beliefs different from their own if the only students who share their opinion openly on campus are liberals?

Matthew Woessner, a political science professor at Penn State who studies this issue, said having such a left-leaning campus can damage liberal students, because they often go unchallenged as the majority. Conservative students may need more courage to speak out, he said, leaving the liberal voice very visible.

“Conservative students benefit from hearing an alternative world view,” Woessner said. “But liberal students hear

quarters would have been great for sliding, Bracken said, if that hadn’t been strictly against the rules when he was growing up.

Currently, the upstairs level is empty, smelling of new wood and renovations.

Mearns and his wife can furnish it how they please. The garage is huge, bigger than interim president Terry King’s first home — he measured.

One key renovation was adding a full kitchen upstairs, so when university events are going on on the first floor, the family doesn’t have to go downstairs. Before, they only had a small fridge and a microwave.

Now, the former playroom was converted to a full kitchen with new appliances and a large open area for seating.

“They can shut their doors and do whatever they want and the university can be happening below them,” King said.

And overall, King said he’s thrilled with how the house ended up.

One part he seemed very pleased with was a catering dishwasher in the downstairs kitchen. It washes dishes

mostly a liberal point of view, so it doesn’t give them a chance to sharpen their minds intellectually and … understand other points of view.”

Overall, Woessner said conservative students have more of a burden when it comes to proving they aren’t intolerant of others, but intellectually, liberal students have a disadvantage because they don’t have to justify their beliefs to anyone.

Ball State claims it wants to improve diversity – diversity in race, that is.

Students’ political leaning is an aspect of diversity often overlooked, even in newsrooms like The New York Times.

At the Daily News, we understand we’re part of the problem on Ball State’s campus and we’re working to change that.

Over the past month, we took part in a national survey about confidence in the news. It helped us see what our weak areas are, and what work we still need to do in order to gain our readers' trust.

Almost 30 percent of the 70 respondents said they didn’t trust what they see in the news. Forty-five percent said they generally trusted it.

“When so many news sources lean so (obviously) heavily towards the left on everything, it becomes routine to just feel they probably aren’t giving you all of the information on every story they run,” one respondent said.

Others said they look for obvious bias, a history of accuracy and fairness in the story to see if they trust it.

The survey showed that only 13 percent of respondents identify as conservative.

We don’t know if that’s an accurate representation of our readers, but those low statistics are a problem regardless. As a student-run publication, we should aim to represent all students and their beliefs.

We exist to serve and represent you.

Let’s be clear — we take it seriously when you tell us we’re too liberal. As a staff, we work to make our coverage unbiased and representative of the student population we’re responsible for covering.

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Alumni bring political show to campus 'Whales & Souls' confronts environmental issues Alexandra Smith Theatre Reporter Ball State alumni tend to keep pretty busy after graduation, and those returning March 17 are no exception.

Chris Roe and Matt Renskers will host a workshop performance of the one-man show “Whales & Souls.”

The show was written by Andrew Kramer, also a Ball State alum.

“Whales & Souls” uses the tagline “an adult fable.” It follows the story of a small, provincial town that’s approached by a man from the city who promotes industrializing the town.

Trouble comes when the industrialization pollutes the lake in the center of the town, and a monster emerges and tells the people to stop — otherwise the townspeople will die.

“It’s crazy because [Kramer] wrote the play six or seven years ago, but it brings up all these issues that are now at the forefront of our political climate,” Roe said. “Issues like the Dakota pipeline, climate change, nationalism, immigration are all addressed.”

Roe directed the show in 2011 when Kramer was selected to take it Perth as part of the New York Public Theatre’s Emerging Writer’s Group.

Kramer originally wrote the show as a one-woman show, but in 2016, Renskers suggested the team turn it into a one-man show; Roe is now the actor and producer.

“It was lots of fun being on the other side of it,” Roe said. “I was an acting major but I was able to do a lot of different things, and now I can do them all professionally.”

The group took the show to the New York International Fringe Festival, and

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Ball State alumni Chris Roe and Matt Renskers will host a workshop performance of the one-man show “Whales & Souls” on Saturday at the North American Laboratory for the Performing Arts. “Whales & Souls” is “an adult fable” that follows the story of a small, provincial town that’s approached by a man from the city who promotes industrialization.

it won the Fringe Favorite Award. They were approached by a woman from England who suggested they enter the play and try to get into the Prague International Fringe Festival.

Roe found out on election day that the show was accepted to the festival, which only features 40 shows from around the world At the festival, the play had a complete crew of 18 people, and eight of them were Ball State alumni. The show can be run by four people, but it’s too expensive to take everyone to Prague, Roe said.

That’s where the idea to bring it to Muncie came in.

Originally, the show’s set is a white piece of fabric with slides projected onto

it. The slides are all paper cut-outs and need to be changed manually. In order to go to Prague, the show needs to be more portable and have the ability to be run by two people.

Roe is collaborating with the animation department at Ball State in order to digitize and animate the paper slides.

Professor John Ludwick and two animation students took on the project, with the help of a mini-grant from the College of Fine Arts.

Sebastian Gardenhire and Patrick Rieth are both senior animation majors. They used the Adobe software After Effects and Illustrator to complete the project.

They took pictures of the paper slides and put them in Illustrator and made

them into separate layers, Rieth said.

Then they put those layers into After Effects to put in animation.

The animations include a moving river and a chimney with smoke coming out of it.

“It creates an atmosphere,” Gardenhire said.

Roe and Renskers will use the new animations at their workshop performance March 18 at the North American Laboratory for the Performing Arts. Roe said he wants to create an experience for the audience.

“First it’s at this creepy old mansion, then we’re turning out all the lights and making the audience find their way to the attic on their own with flashlights,” Roe said.

Although the attic can only hold about 35 people, Roe isn’t worried.

“It’s a very intimate show,” he said. “I’m all in your face. I only have two props in the whole show, a chair and a backpack.”

After the performance, Roe and Renskers will have a talk-back from the audience in order to get feedback.

Between then and the end of May when they leave for Prague, they’ll be in New York City putting the final touches on the show.

Roe said he hopes to eventually open a “full-scale installation production” in New York.

“I want it to be an experiential, immersive show,” Roe said. “I want a big, creepy, dilapidated warehouse where we can spread dirt all over the floor and create what it would feel like to be in the woods listening to this creepy story.”

For now, though, students will be able to experience the creepiness right here in Muncie.

Contact Alexandra Smith with any questions or concerns atajsmith9@bsu.edu.

David Owsley Museum hosts film master class Dept. of Theatre and Dance hosts panel of professionals Kirsten Wamsley Lifestyle Reporter

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This weekend, students have the opportunity to listen to several different writers and artists of different styles who will be visiting campus.

From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, the Department of Theatre and Dance will host a master class featuring visiting scriptwriters in the David Owsley Museum of Art Room 217.

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Daniela Garcia-Brcek will be speaking to the class, which is structured like an open forum where the writers will discuss how they started their careers and their work.

It will end with a Q&A session.

The department is committed to connecting students with professionals in all areas of the focus, said Jennifer Blackmer, the events coordinator.

The professionals for the class were chosen for their successful careers in film and theater.

Brian Nitzkin is a freelance theater producer and the vice president of business affairs and international operation at IM Global in Los Angeles.

This company has produced over 30 Hollywood films.

Jess Hutchinson is a theater director, dramaturge, producer and educator in the Chicago area. She was the artistic director of New Leaf Theatre from 2007 to 2012. There, she worked on the world premieres of “Burying Miss America,” “Redeemers,” “The Man Who Was Thursday” and more.

Daniela Garcia-Brcek is a literary manager at Circle of Confusion, a feature film and television company in New York and Los Angeles. She has a bachelor’s degree in film production with a minor in film producing from

New York University.

The Department of Theatre and Dance will also be hosting more events for the annual Playwrights Week.

Readings of news plays and master classes are available every year during this event. They include “Borrowed Babies” by Jennifer Blackmer at 8 p.m. in the Frank C. and Elizabeth B. Ball Recital Hall in the Museum of Art Room 217, and “The Giantmaker” by Tom Horan at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the same location.

All events are free and open to the public.

Contact Kirsten Wamsley with any questions or concerns at kmwamsley@bsu.edu.

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Ball State opens spring practice

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Ball State’s wide receiver Jordan Hogue lines up for the snap during the game against Akron on Oct. 22 in Scheumann Stadium. The Cardinals started their first day of spring practice on Thursday.

Wide receivers look to replace gap left by KeVonn Mabon Colin Grylls Sports Editor Ball State football’s offseason was all about the future.

The Cardinals had the second-best recruiting class in the Mid-American Conference, hired a new defensive coordinator and one future Ball State player even saw the future.

But for the returning players, the first day of spring practice brought a chance to solidify their roles.

“The last thing you want to do is read about how they’ve got this great class coming in, they’ve got this great group of wide receivers coming in,” head coach Mike Neu said. “Well, it’s their job now.

It’s their opportunity right now to get reps.”

With the loss of KeVonn Mabon, who set a Ball State record with 244 career receptions, the returning wide receivers are looking to step up and fill the void.

“It’s a lot of production that’s got to be made up, and somebody’s got to do it,” senior receiver Jordan Hogue said. “It’s going to be a group effort.”

Hogue started five games last season, recording 20 catches for 170 yards and a touchdown. He said spring practice helps players learn the offense, build chemistry and stand out from their teammates.

Redshirt sophomore Riley Miller, a receiver who hasn’t caught a pass in his career with the Cardinals, said the extra practice could help him move up in the depth chart, or at least hold off the incoming recruits.

“It’s an advantage for me just because I’ve been with the offense,” Miller said.

“We learned the offense last year so I’m familiar with it as opposed to learning something brand new. I’m able to go up and line up without having to think about it as much.”

Wide receivers coach Alex Bailey said it was too early to pick any frontrunners for increased roles — Thursday was, after all, the first day of practice — but he said the extra reps should really help the returners.

“You’re not preparing for an opponent, so you have more than enough time to really just focus on you,” Bailey said.

“Focus on the things that you’re doing.

Focus on the fundamentals.”

Head coach Mike Neu said he might even lean on his tight ends more and line them up as wide receivers on occasion.

Hogue and Miller both said it was just extra motivation to do even better.

“Since we have so few guys, everybody’s got to do their job,” Miller said. “I think we all know that, the coaches have told us all multiple times, and I think we’re really going to embrace that challenge. Everyone wants to make plays, it’s just a matter of putting it on the field.”

The chance to see the Cardinals practice in pads really has Neu excited, too.

“It’s all about recruiting, recruiting, recruiting,” Neu said. Now you get to spring ball and the guys in your program that have worked their tail off, this is their opportunity now.”

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