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The Ball State men’s volleyball team closes out its final two regular season home matches of the season, taking on No. 1 Ohio State and McKendree.

No. 9 Ball State (17-5, 9-1 Midwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) is tied for first in the conference with the Buckeyes (18-3, 9-1 MIVA).

The Cardinals traveled to Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 6, where they upset the then-No. 7 Buckeyes in a comeback five-set victory. After losing the first two sets, Ball State earned three consecutive set wins (25-23, 25-11, 18-16) while tallying a season-high 21 blocks.

The loss on Feb. 6 was the last time Ohio State lost a match, as the Buckeyes have a 17-1 record since Jan. 8.

Cardinals’ head coach Joel Walton knows while his team beat the Buckeyes once, every match is a different story.

“Every match is going to be different because you just don’t know at this time of the year who’s healthy,” Walton said. “You never know when you’re going to walk into a gym and the player you’re expecting to see doesn’t step on the court.”

Ohio State junior outside hitter Miles Johnson and sophomore outside hitter Nicolas Szerszen are high on the MIVA statistics leaderboards. Johnson ranks fifth in kills per set and total kills with 3.43 and 240, respectively. Johnson is also tied for first in the MIVA in services aces per set with .44. Szerszen ranks second in both kills per set and total kills.

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The Muncie Animal Shelter is a non-profit organization funded by the city and its taxpayers. The shelter has been using social media to help get animals adopted and advertise themselves.

Muncie animal shelters see increase in adoptions, donations due to Internet traffic AUDREY KIRBY CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | ajkirby@bsu.edu

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na, a 4-month old pitbull puppy with a vibrant personality, hobbles through the hallways of the Muncie Animal Shelter, her tail wagging more rapidly with each visitor who stops to show her attention. The workers at the shelter say she is full of love and as a young puppy — she has an innocence to her. She hasn’t seen much of the world yet.

“She’s just the sweetest thing,” shelter office manager Ashley Honeycutt said.

Shelter workers discovered Ana digging through a dumpster near a home, her front left paw broken and hanging limp as she lifted it up. The nerves in her limb are so damaged that she has no feeling in it.

She’s unable to walk or run normally, and because the leg has been broken for more than four weeks, it will most likely need to be amputated. The procedure to do so can be costly.

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ENROLLMENT SERVICES SEES 3RD NEW FACE SINCE 2014 Kay Bales, dean of students and vice president of student affairs, is now overseeing enrollment services — a role that has seen three different executives since Paul W. Ferguson became university president in 2014.

The Office of Student Affairs will now work with students during KAY BALES their entire time at Ball State, from Vice president their recruitment to graduation. of student Joan Todd, associate vice presi- affairs, dean of dent of strategic communications, students said this was the structure before Jo Ann Gora became the university’s president in 2004.

“Bales has been doing a great deal of work in student retention,” Todd said in an email. “It makes perfect sense for her to oversee student life from the beginning to commencement.”

The previous interim vice president of enrollment management, Julie Hopwood, is now the associate vice president for business and auxiliary services.

Hopwood was also the interim vice president of the Division of Strategic Communications, a position the university is still looking to fill permanently. Todd said a prior search had failed.

Acting President Terry King said in an email the university has tabled this search until the presidential search has concluded and the candidate is in office.

King also said because of ongoing efforts to maximize operations and efficiency, more organizational changes will happen in the coming weeks.

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Ball State baseball (12-10) kicks off its Mid-American Conference schedule today when it takes on the Miami Redhawks (8-10) in Oxford, Ohio.

Head coach Rich Maloney said the excitement starting MAC play is “like Opening Day all over again.”

“The 22 [non-conference] games are over,” he said.

“They’re behind us, they’re done. … Now it’s a quest for who does the best over eight weekends.”

Redshirt junior left-handed pitcher Kevin Marnon (3-2, 3.52 ERA) said he expects to compete for the regular sea-

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The Ball State baseball team will start its Mid-American Conference schedule today. The Cardinals (12-10) will play the Miami Redhawks (8-10) in Oxford, Ohio.

and No. 13 Louisiana State.

On March 11, Ball State beat LSU in Baton Rouge, La., 7-1.

Marnon earned the win and said beating LSU, as well as losing to Oregon State by only one in its first game of the season, is part of why the Cardinals are confident they’ll win the MAC. “It just proves we can play against any team in the country,” he said. “The difference between them and us isn’t a whole lot.”

Ball State has won four of its last five games, including a come-from-behind 9-8 victory against Purdue Tuesday.

The Cardinals fell behind 7-0 after the second inning, but scored seven runs of their own in the bottom of the second and third innings to tie the game 7-7 before taking a 9-7 lead after four.

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son title, but the real goal is to win the conference tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals.

“You’ve gotta play your four or five best games of baseball [of] the entire season [in the tournament],” he said.

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This year was the first year my seasonal affective disorder turned into full-on, two-month depression. People have always told me that they wonder how I can be so happy all the time. So what happens when the happy, outgoing girl is struck with depression?

Depression is the opposite of joy. I felt like I had lost parts of my personality somewhere, but I had no clue where to find them. I felt numb, and it was a heck of a lot easier to go from mediocre to sad than mediocre to somewhat happy. I didn’t want to leave my room, and, often, I just wanted to be alone and cry.

I think it was a combination of the cold weather, the stress of a new class schedule and my work at the Daily News. Yes, looking back I believe what I want to do with my life led me into the darkest period of my life. I love journalism and the people I work with more than anything, but I put too much pressure on myself. Journalism is a demanding career that doesn’t take breaks. I have developed an “if no one else picks up that story, you should be the one to pick it

up” mentality. I am also a people pleaser, so the combination of those two factors led me to take on too many assignments.

Lots of stories, plus homework, plus trying to have a social life led me to become overwhelmed and eventually gripped me and pulled me into depression.

I didn’t know how to tell my editors, or anyone else for that matter, that I was depressed. I had worked so hard to build up an image of a hard-working, dependable reporter, and I was scared of what they would think of me and what would happen.

Heck, I was scared of what was going on with my own body.

I was wondering where the old Michelle had gone.

The numbness clouded my brain and schoolwork sent tornadoes through my head.

Was the stigma that I always read about beginning to affect my relationships? I’ve heard the way to end stigma is to talk about it, so here’s my advice if you are struggling with depression: 1. Don’t be afraid to tell people.

I was nervous to tell people that I was depressed both

because of their possible reactions and because of its stigma. I sent out an email to some of my closest friends and told them what was going on, and I told other people in person. The responses were varied. I was amazed by all the texts and emails that came after I told people.

They were encouraging and some even contained advice.

My friend gave me a book he had helped write that contained stories about others who have gone through depression. But there were also other people who didn’t get it, and that’s OK. I would still encourage you to tell people. Maybe not everyone you know, but I promise you dark times bring out friends who will support you through it. And you never know how encouraging people can be without the dark.

2. Be honest.

It’s OK to not be OK. Lying about how you are all the time can be exhausting.

Sometimes it’s a preventative measure, but with people you know you can trust, it can be therapeutic to take off the mask. It doesn’t have to be elaborate, but just letting people know it’s a rough day can help.

3. If someone tells you they’re depressed, don’t freak out or treat them any differently.

That was one of the biggest things that helped me. I expected people to be shocked and confused when I told them I was depressed. Instead, I was met with sympathy, and “normal life” went on. I was still me to them. I could occasionally still crack jokes and hang out in the newsroom.

I’m not recommending you tell the entire world you’re depressed, but talking about it can alleviate the feelings of isolation that come with depression. Counseling is another common suggestion that has helped people in the past. Personally, I find it easier to talk to my friends about issues instead of a complete stranger or family member.

Depression isn’t an easy thing to deal with, but there is hope. There is always hope, even if you can’t see it in the midst of the depression. I didn’t see it for weeks and started to question if things would ever get better. It’s a fight to get better, but in the end, your struggle will make you a much stronger person.

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Off-campus residents struggle to acquire toilet paper Students steal amenity due to financial difficulties

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College is tough, and sometimes students have to go to great lengths in order to get some basic necessities — like toilet paper.

Some students are stealing toilet paper from campus facilities to take back to their off-campus homes.

Even being an RA didn’t deter one person. Amber Umila, a junior hospitality and food management major, would steal toilet paper to help her friends.

“A couple times when I lived in the residence hall as an RA and my friends were balling on a budget, I had to hook them up,” Umila said.

“Sometimes you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”

Although she took the toilet paper, Umila said she doesn’t necessarily agree that it is the university’s responsibility to provide toilet

paper for all of its students.

“It’s not one of those things that they should give, but sometimes we will be out of toilet paper on Thursday and payday isn’t until Friday,” she said.

“I think it would be great if they would give it to the Cardinal Kitchen for students to pick up.”

Cardinal Kitchen is a food pantry for Ball State students that works to give students food if they’re having a hard time paying for it. The pantry is run completely on donations and currently only shelves food.

Amie Cipolla, a senior residential property management and interior design major, said she was able to justify taking it because of high tuition costs.

“I kind of made it OK in my head because when you live in the dorms, it costs thousands of dollars. And the toilet paper you get is the cheapest quality,” she said. “I don’t know what the money goes to. We pay six to eight thousand — that money isn’t the money that should be going to renovations. The amount of mon-

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Some Ball State students steal toilet paper from campus facilities for their own off-campus homes. The university spent $78,000 on about 120,000 rolls of toilet paper in the residence halls last year.

ey that each person pays is too much.”

Cipolla said she isn’t the only one she knows who takes toilet paper.

“I had a friend who took it from Applied Technology Building,” she said. “They had to use bobby pins to unlock the toilet paper so they could get it out because they are the bigger rolls.”

However, the university said it isn’t aware of it. When asked about it, George Edwards, associate director of facilities, said the university is not experiencing a problem with

people stealing toilet paper.

Last year, Ball State spent $78,000 on approximately 120,000 rolls of toilet paper for residence halls alone, Edwards said.

For junior nursing major Emilie Van Velse, it was just a matter of convenience.

“In the dorms I lived in, there were always just stacks of toilet paper in the bathrooms since they were only cleaned once a week,” she said. “It was never all used, so it just sat there.”

So she took it, and she said her friends would often be amused by her antics.

“It kind of just turned into a joke with our friends,” she said. “One time we were going to a friend’s house and she told us she was out, so we brought her some that was just sitting in our bathroom. They thought it was so funny that we would bring toilet paper sometimes when we came over.”

Unlike Umila and Cipolla, Van Velse said she thinks Ball State should provide toilet paper to its students.

“Toilet paper is a basic

« Sometimes you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.»

AMBER UMILA, a junior hospitality and food management major product used in everyday life, and it can get expensive,” she said. “I feel like it could be something made available for people who really need it.”

Not everyone is in the same financial situation, and some have it harder than others, she said.

“People may think it sounds ridiculous to take the toilet paper, but it was helpful sometimes when friends couldn’t get to the store or didn’t get paid for a few more days,” she said.

WHAT IS HOUSE BILL 1337?

House Bill 1337 was placed on Gov. Mike Pence’s desk on March 17. This bill focuses on abortion and its requirements, including new forms and regulations on fetal tissue disposal.

The bill has received a lot of flack because of the perceived burden it places on women’s reproductive rights. The bill’s signing deadline was Thursday.

DID HE SIGN IT?

Yes, Gov. Mike Pence signed HEA1337 before its March 24 deadline, putting it into law. The graphic below breaks down the key aspects of the bill and its affect on women and doctors.

STOP WHEN CAN’T A WOMAN GET AN ABORTION?

A doctor can not provide an abortion to a woman seeking an abortion solely because of race, color, national origin, ancestry or sex of the fetus; or because of a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of any disability.

WHAT MUST HAPPEN BEFORE AN ABORTION? A doctor must obtain consent in a private setting. The law provides that at the same time consent is obtained, the woman must be given the opportunity to watch and listen to an ultrasound at least 18 hours before the abortion.

Doctors must also provide the woman with information about prebirth hospice care if the child has been diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly.

WHAT HAS TO BE REPORTED TO THE GOVERNMENT?

Women must fill out a pregnancy termination form that indicates the gender of the fetus and the “medical indication by diagnosis code for the fetus and mother” for a pre-viability termination.

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT DOCTORS?

REGULATION ON FETAL TISSUE DISPOSAL

CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING THIS LAW

Doctors must obtain admitting privileges at a local hospital for possible complications and these privileges must be renewed annually. There are also requirements that certain forms must include the signature of the doctor and the doctor’s professional credentials.

The bill states that the “transfer of an aborted fetus into, or out of, Indiana is a Class A misdemeanor” unless being transported for the purpose of final disposition. The law states that it is the responsibility of the woman to see through the cremation or burial of an aborted or miscarried fetus.

The bill provides that an abortion solely because of the fetus’ race, sex or disability is a discriminatory practice which makes it a Level 5 felony to unlawfully transfer or collect fetal tissue. There is an exemption if it was requested in writing by a biological parent for an autopsy.

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« I90 ’m comfortable saying percent of our

success here is because of social media. When people call and ask what we have available, I always direct them to the Facebook. That’s what we maintain regularly here.

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ASHLEY HONEYCUTT, Muncie Animal Shelter office manager

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Gracie is a 10-week-old shih tzu/dachshund mix that was rescued by ARF. She needed a $2,500 corrective heart surgery, and ARF raised the money by posting about the dog on its Facebook page.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In an effort to raise money for the surgery, Honeycutt set up a GoFundMe for Ana on March 8, its link posted on the shelter’s Facebook along with a video of the puppy playing with some of the workers.

Two days later the video already had grabbed the attention, and the hearts, of more than 26,000 Facebook users. More than 11,000 of those users sat and watched the full video, and more than 350 of those video viewers “liked” the post.

And thanks to 17 different donors, the shelter raised $400 necessary for the surgery.

It’s just one of many success stories the shelter has seen thanks to its Internet reach, one that might not have existed if only a “lost and found” type of poster had been stapled to a telephone post.

“I’m comfortable saying 90 percent of our success here is because of social media,” Honeycutt said. “When people call and ask what we have available, I always direct them to the Facebook. That’s what we maintain regularly here.”

This is a new age for animal shelter advertising, and since the Muncie organization is a non-profit organization, funded by the city and its taxpayers, social media has served as its main source of marketing. The shelter’s staff consists of 10 workers, four full-time and six part-time, so when it comes to advertising, social media is the easiest way for them to ensure their animals are adopted.

And with more than 14,000 Facebook users who like the shelter’s page, a simple story within a post can have a big impact, maybe even more than a costly newspa-

per ad.

Like the shelter, the Muncie Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) has a minimal amount of workers. Executive Director Vickie Bevans is the only fulltime employee. Because of this, Bevans also utilizes her organization’s social media to get its animals into substantial living environments.

Gracie, a 10-week-old shih tzu/dachshund mix, is one of ARF’s rescue dogs. Suffering from a heart murmur, the puppy needed $2,500 for a corrective heart surgery.

The organization didn’t have funding for the procedure, so Bevans and her team put out a post on the its Facebook.

They exceeded their goal by more than $5,000 in fewer than two weeks. The story itself reached national news outlets, including Inside Edition.

The organization responded on Facebook, “We just can’t thank you all enough from the bottom of our hearts for the love and support that sweet little Gracie has received. … We are truly at a loss for words. Our appreciation is so deep. Thank you is simply not enough.”

THE LAST TO LEAVE AND THE FIRST TO COME BACK

For the animals that stay at ARF for more than a few months, social media reach helps ensure they connect with a loving family. Bevans and her staff put all their effort in getting those older, more fragile animals into a permanent home, preferably one that will appreciate it by showing love and kindness.

Dee McKinsey, the ARF communications director, said Facebook helps alleviate their problem with

senior dogs and “boomerang animals,” ones that make their way back to their shelter when their adopters change their minds about having a pet.

“We tell that story [on social media], and hopefully we sink in with people so that they understand that when they adopt an animal, that’s your life, that it’s a responsibility,” McKinsey said.

Like ARF, the Muncie Animal Shelter uses its Facebook page to ensure no animal gets left behind. Honeycutt mentioned Domino, a dog with a deformed jaw she said “no one wanted.” At least, that was until a couple from Connecticut saw the Facebook post she shared and drove 13 hours in one day to adopt the dog.

It’s the type of story Honeycutt said wouldn’t have happened if social media didn’t exist.

And it’s not just the Muncie shelters that have seen social media’s impact on boomerang animals. Nationally, it’s a trend.

In Philadelphia, a pitbull mix named March broke the hearts of many when photographs surfaced online of him hiding in a corner, sad and staring at a wall.

The dog was supposed to be placed into a forever home, but the deal fell through, and he was forced back to the shelter, earning the label of a boomerang animal.

Workers with the Animal Control and Care Team in Philadelphia snapped pictures, hoping to evoke sympathy from the surrounding area and get March adopted. They sent them to various news outlets, including FOX 29, which later posted them on social media.

The story went viral. ACCT Philly received hundreds of emails from families wanti n g

to take him in. Thanks to the attention the story received, March is being sent to a no-kill rescue facility, which will give him more time to find a loving family.

CONNECTING PETS TO FAMILIES

A “lost and found” poster might surface on the occasional bulletin board across the city, but the reach is limited to those within the area it is posted. A Facebook post, on the other hand, has potential to spread across a greater distance, which is why Honeycutt goes to the Internet first when she’s trying to connect lost animals to their worried owners.

She says if the owner doesn’t see the animal, it is likely that a friend or relative will.

Even for those that don’t make it into the shelter, but rather to the homes of other local residents, their story still gets told. Honeycutt and other staffers share submitted posts from Facebook users, hoping the photos unite the owners to the families who find the lost pets.

The shelter’s Facebook page has a photo album specifically designed for this.

“I would say almost every lost pet that we bring in here, if we’re able to reunite them with the owner, it’s because someone has seen it on Facebook or it’s been shared,” Honeycutt said.

On March 16, the shelter posted about Bentley, a dog whose owners had been searching for him for weeks.

The short story pulled in more than 100 Facebook likes and 10 comments in fewer than four hours. A couple found the dog and immediately shared a picture

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with the shelter, which connected them with Bentley’s owners.

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

Though the feedback is mostly positive online, there is a negative to having such a wide reach. Nikki Kirby, senior manager of ARF, said that too much of a following can create a bit of disorganization.

“Sometimes the problem is we get too much interest and then we get people upset,” Kirby said. “That’s the hard part.

You get so much interest in one animal, and there are all these other ones, and they don’t want those.”

But workers at both ARF and the Muncie Animal Shelter said the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

“If it weren’t for the community, [ARF] probably would not have survived this long,” McKinsey said.

Gracie, the shih tzu/dachshund mix from ARF, received her heart surgery and will be able to live longer than a year thanks to social media reach.

And Ana, the playful pitbull from the Muncie Animal Shelter, will soon be able to walk better because her cry for help was communicated through social media storytelling.

It’s that part of the job that keeps Honeycutt and her other staffers going.

“I can’t wait to be able to put, ‘This is Ana when we got her, and look at her now,’” Honeycutt said. “I try to focus on the end result. I always tell people if they adopt or if they foster, you’re saving two lives, the one you’re adopting, and you’re opening up a kennel for another one that needs it. It’s kind of like a revolving door, but it’s a good kind of revolving door.”

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Ball State does not have as many players atop the conference rankings because of its deep lineup. Walton emphasized the importance of each conference match with only six left on the schedule.

“Everybody is looking at each match they’re playing from here on out, and they realize very clearly just how important a win is each of the times they step on the court in MIVA play,” Walton said.

The Cardinals have ties with Buckeye head coach Pete Hansen. Hansen played his junior and senior season of college volleyball at Ball State in 1978-1979. He was

coached by Don Shondell and won the MIVA conference championship along with an NCAA championship. After graduating in 1979, Hansen served as an assistant coach under Shondell for one season.

Following a tough Ohio State team, Ball State will return to the court Saturday to host McKendree (9-8, 4-6 MIVA) on Senior Night. The three seniors who will be honored prior to the match are Hiago Garchet, Marcin Niemczewski and Jack Lesure.

The Cardinals defeated the Bearcats earlier this season on Feb. 6 in five sets. Junior outside attacker Brendan Surane, who has 35 kills in his last two matches, tallied 15 kills in the victory over McKendree.

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