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TRANSPARENCY Hiring and firing: A history of Ball State’s

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fter former President Paul W. Ferguson unexpectedly resigned in January, many students and faculty questioned the transparency of the university.

The Faculty Council considered a no-confidence resolution on the trustees, and faculty and students have written

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Letters to the Editor of the Daily News complaining about the lack of transparency.

But this is not the first time this has happened. In 2011, the Muncie Star Press found interviews in Bracken Library with former President Blaine Brownell that said the university had lied about Brownell being fired in 2004.

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PRESIDENTIAL SEARCHES AND DEPARTURES December Pittenger resigns due to health reasons. University was open about reasons. Students and faculty were accepting of it.

Times when the university wasn’t transparent July Lemuel Pittenger takes over as president.

April Ben Burris dies while president.

John R. Emens appointed president.

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Emens retires.

August Pruis resigns as president.

February Robert Bell is immediately appointed president.

He was appointed to give the university some stability. Letters to the editor in old DN issues showed some thought it was a PR move to give the trustees a puppet to control.

January Jerry Anderson takes over as president.

No names of candidates were released, and students on the committee didn’t want names to be released.

September University considers a no confidence vote in Bell, James Koch (provost at time) and trustees. They did not end up going through with it.

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July John J. Pruis is appointed president.

June Worthen retires. In the search for the next president, the university hosted open forums and receptions to meet the top three candidates. Candidates met with student leaders and faculty.

February Anderson resigns. Trustees wouldn’t elaborate on reasons for resignation, other than it was a disagreement related to leadership philosophy. Both faculty and students wanted more answers. A Daily News editorial said his departure seemed “fishy.” People thought he was fired.

October Bell announces retirement.

October An interview with Brownell is found, revealing that Brownell was fired by board, and that the board had lied to the public.

The university, board and Brownell lied to the press and public about what happened to make the transition smooth.

October Brownell resigns. There were rumors and speculations, as people thought he was fired and the board was unhappy with his performance.

April John E. Worthen announced as president. The names of the finalists were released, and so was information about interviews. First time a consultant firm was used to find candidates. During early search, faculty and students weren’t happy with the number of faculty and students on the search committee.

January Ferguson resigns. There is a distrust in administration by some faculty and students. Transparency is called into question.

May Paul W. Ferguson is announced as new president.

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Blaine Brownell is hired.

October Search for a new president begins.

The search was closed, and people were not happy. There were complaints that students and faculty were being left out of the search.

October Gora announces her retirement.

The university hosted open forums to discuss what qualities students and faculty want to see in the next president.

August Jo Ann Gora is hired. A DN editorial said they saw her hiring as a chance to start anew.

March Search for a new president begins.

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Ball State wins series over Miami Candidate Coach calls pitcher ‘electric’ following 2-hit shutout victory

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Junior right-handed pitcher Zach Plesac led the Ball State pitching staff this weekend, striking out 11 in a two-hit complete game shutout over Miami.

Including Saturday’s 9-0 victory, the Cardinals (14-11, 2-1

Mid-American Conference) kicked off MAC play winning two of three games against the Redhawks (9-12, 1-2 MAC) in Oxford, Ohio, this weekend.

Head coach Rich Maloney said Plesac was “electric.”

“He pitched as well as I’ve ever seen him pitch,” he said.

“He’s had many games that have been good in his career and that was the best one.”

The shutout pushed Plesac’s ERA down to 3.03 and he now has 32 strikeouts in 29.2 innings pitched this season.

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Junior catcher Jarett Rindfleisch hit a home run in Sunday’s series finale, a 9-6

See BASEBALL, page 5 win over Miami. The Cardinals are 2-1 in MAC play this season.

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While most music students are on campus getting experience and taking classes, senior music performance major James Middleton is

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spending time across the country this semester.

Middleton is currently playing tenor saxophone, clarinet and flute on a 16-week national tour as the youngest member of the orchestra for the musical “In the Mood.”

At the conclusion of the tour, which began in mid-January, Middleton will have visited 60 cities in 24 states and performed 125 times.

His music career began in

seventh grade when he entered middle school band as a tenor saxophone player. He didn’t begin playing clarinet or flute until after he graduated. Middleton said if someone wants to be a jazz saxophone player, there is an expectation they play clarinet and saxophone as well.

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instruments],” Middleton said.

“It was probably my last year of high school when I was getting ready for college auditions and everything, that’s when I really got very serious about music.”

Middleton spent the first two years of his Ball State career as a music media production major, but realized he wanted to spend more time practicing and performing, so he changed his major to music performance.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ Muncie campaign office opened with a day of action on Saturday.

Students and members of the community can sign up to volunteer at the office in three-hour shifts, or pick up posters and stickers and learn how to canvass neighborhoods at the office, which is located at 425 North High Street. The office is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Joseph Draper, a sophomore pre-med and microbiology major, supports Sanders because his plans for health care align with his own.

“I’ve never been a part of [a campaign] before,” Draper said. “We have a pretty wide range of people [in Muncie]. There’s a bit of division amongst them, and I think we need to bring it together.”

This past weekend, Sanders won primary elections in Hawaii, Alaska and Washington state.

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WEDNESDAY DIVERSITY WORKSHOP Faculty, professional staff, administrators and graduate students can go to a diversity workshop from 2-4 p.m. in Burkhardt Building Room 109. The purpose of the workshop is to talk about diversity in higher education regarding tolerance, inclusion and acceptance.

This workshop is a part of the Diversity Associates-Diversity Dialogues Program. RSVP to mmessine@bsu.edu by today to reserve your spot.

BREAKING CHAINS SPEAKER EVENT Marti MacGibbon, a human trafficking survivor from Muncie, will be sharing her story and speaking about trauma resolution and the need for more mental health professionals in the U.S. at 7:30 p.m. in the College Avenue United Methodist Church. The event is hosted by the Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center and Ball State’s International Justice Mission. The event is free and open to the public.

DISABILITY FILM SERIES Alliance for Disability Awareness and the Office of Disability Services are sponsoring a film series to celebrate Disability Awareness Month. This week’s film is “The Fault in our Stars,” which is about two cancer patients who fall in love after meeting in their cancer support group. There will be a discussion after the film. The movie starts at 7 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Room 306.

DAVID LETTERMAN LECTURE SERIES: SHUBHAM BANERJEE Shubham Banerjee, a 14-year-old entrepreneur, will be speaking at the David Letterman Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall. In eighth grade, Banerjee used Legos to make a low-cost Braille printer, which makes it possible for Braille reading materials to be printed from a personal computer. He’s considered the youngest entrepreneur to get venture capital. The event is free and open to the public.

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THURSDAY VISITING DESIGNER ELLIOT EARLS Elliot Earls, a graphic designer, will be talking about his experience with design at 5:30 p.m. in the Art and Journalism Building Room 225. Earls is the designer-in-residence and head of the 2D Design Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. The event is free and open to the public.

ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTIST SERIES: FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE Fifth House Ensemble, a group of chamber musicians including Ball State alumnus Eric Heidbreder, will be performing at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. The Chicago-based ensemble has been praised by the New York Times for its conviction, authority and finesse. Student tickets are free in advance with an ID at the Emens Box Office, or are $5 at the door. General admission tickets are $10.

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FRIDAY PRAYER VIGIL FOR THE WORLD After all of the terrorist attacks around the world in the past month, Ball State student Christina Thibodeau is hosting a prayer vigil for all of the victims. People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome to join to pray for the victims and pray for an end of terrorist attacks. The vigil is at 3:30 p.m. at Frog Baby.

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Water Quality Indiana attends national summit at White House Students help measure quality of rivers in state

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Lee Florea represented Water Quality Indiana at the White House Water Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Florea, an assistant professor of geology, said high-profile water issues, like California’s drought and the Flint, Mich., water crisis, played a role in the summit’s creation.

“Like they said, this is our most treasured resource,” he said. “You cannot live without water, you need water, and we take it for granted so often.”

Water Quality Indiana was created by Florea and Adam Kuban, an assistant professor of journalism at Ball State. The program was first available to students in 2013, but they said the idea came together in Fall 2011.

Kuban said national issues have brought water quality to the forefront of the news.

“It’s unfortunate, but an issue like Flint that gets national exposure definitely puts water quality in more of a spotlight than in recent memory,” Kuban said.

“But it’s always been there.

Even if it’s been on the back burner, so to speak, in terms of priorities.”

Students who participate in Water Quality Indiana measure water quality in Hoosier rivers, including Muncie’s White River. They then make news-style videos to present the findings and other issues with water quality.

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However, Clinton is still leading in delegates, according to the Associated Press. Clinton has won 1,243 delegates and Sanders has won 975.

Alena McKenzie works for WIPB, and the 2016 election is the first campaign she has followed.

McKenzie is 40 years old and has never voted because she felt politics are a dirty and dishonest business, so she said she was never interested because of her moral compass. McKenzie learned about Sanders in November and started researching him online.

“The more I read, the more I kinda got impressed by his record,” McKenzie said. “He doesn’t just talk about things, he actually does those things, and that’s a big factor for me as well. … I’m voting for people, not parties.”

McKenzie said there is a

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Lee Florea, not pictured, attended the White House Water Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to represent Water Quality Indiana. Florea and Adam Kuban, an assistant professor of journalism at Ball State, created Water Quality Indiana.

Though Indiana is not in a drought and the water quality issues aren’t as severe as Flint, Kuban said keeping an eye on local waters is pretty much the point of the program.

“We look at hyper-local issues that might contribute — perhaps adversely, maybe not — but we suspect that there might be some adverse impact from hyper-local water quality issues,” he said.

Kuban said the students learn just as much from their peers as they do from the instructors.

“When you look at it, it’s a big spider web of knowledge shared and knowledge gained,” he said. “I think that’s exactly what higher education should embody.”

The stories of discolored water in places like Flint, he said, were likely a result of rusty pipes rather than lead. But it isn’t just lead — nitrates and other chemicals can affect the water supply.

“There are lots of things that are in the water that may not necessarily be visible,” he said. “For example, with the Flint thing, you can’t see lead in the water.”

Blue-green algae, for example, can grow in waters with high nitrate and phosphorous levels. Two major problems created by blue-green algae are oxygen depletion when the algae dies — effectively suffocating nearby fish — and toxic chemicals released by certain strains of the algae.

“A low concentration’s not a big deal,” Florea said. “But if you get high concentrations it can be a bit of a neurotoxin. It can cause weird reactions and skin reactions and also neurological reactions.”

Kuban said Florea’s scientific background is why he couldn’t fault the decision to have Florea participate in the White House Summit instead of him.

“When [the summit organizers] looked at my cre-

dentials and [Florea’s], they decided they wanted the hydro-geologist more than the journalist,” he said. “Water is in his title; that makes more sense to me.”

Because of their different backgrounds and professional needs, Kuban said he and Florea butted heads a little at first as they tried to figure out how to run the program.

Over time, however, he said they fostered an excellent relationship that keeps the program running smoothly.

Florea said teaching a diverse group of students in the program to develop similar professional relationships is just as important as being recognized at the White House, if not more so.

“If they have at least some context of how to work together with people of different opinions and different backgrounds to solve a common problem, then I think we’ve done our job,” he said.

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Two more candidates have joined the search pool for the new members on the Board of Trustees.

John Feick, a circuit court judge, and Doug Cook, a Noblesville attorney, have also applied to fill the two open spots on the board after trustees Frank Hancock and Marianne Glick resigned in December.

Feick and Cook will be joining Kit Crane, Henry County Circuit Court 2 judge, and Muncie firefighter Jason Chafin in the pool for the position.

Feick is a Circuit Court 4 judge in Delaware County and a previous lawyer, according to his campaign site.

He graduated from Wabash College in 1973 with a political science degree and minors in economics and English.

He also went to Indiana University School of Law and graduated in 1977.

He worked with multiple law firms until 2002, when he moved to the bench to become the Circuit Court 4 judge.

Cook, an attorney, works at Cook Legal Services and at C&A Management Services.

He is an alumnus of Ball State and was a student trustee during his time at the university. Cook also went to IU law school in Indianapolis.

Gov. Mike Pence is in charge of appointing the trustees to the board. Glick and Hancock will remain on the board until their replacements are chosen.

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To volunteer with the campaign, visit the office at 425 North High Street between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. The office is open daily until the Indiana Primary on May 3. sense of urgency with the campaign, since the voter registration deadline is April 4 for the May 3 primary in Indiana. She said she is curious to see how big the movement grows in Muncie.

After stopping by the office, she did her first canvassing and talked to 11 people, recruiting one of them to be a volunteer.

Grant Bowyer is a resident of Muncie but goes to school at Purdue. After receiving a text from the field organizer of the event, he changed his plans of staying the weekend at Purdue to come to the office.

Bowyer said having the office is important to help get the word out to Ball State students. The office is partnering with the Ball State

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Democrats to plan “storm the dorm” events and help with voter registration on campus in the coming weeks.

“I just wanted to come out to support [Sanders] and maybe meet other people who support him as well,” Bowyer said. “I’m sure a lot of [students] either haven’t heard about him or can still hear about him and, really, I’m sure they’d support him if they knew.”

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Master’s enrollment at all-time high Employers want people with more advanced degrees

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Employers have been changing their educational requirements for employees over the past five years, requiring more advanced degrees, a new survey indicated.

CareerBuilder conducted the study online from Nov. 4 to Dec. 1, 2015. The survey had more than 2,300 hiring and human resource managers participate from across the country, according to its website.

Sixty percent of the employers who are increasing their education requirements are doing so because they said skills for the positions they offer have evolved.

Michael Burks is obtaining a master’s from Ball State in adult and community education. He said he was going

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for a master’s degree for better career opportunities.

“More jobs are requiring higher education and there are better pay opportunities that come with having a higher degree,” Burks said.

According to the survey, higher degrees not only boost chances of being hired, but also boost the chances of being promoted in a job. These factors make a lot of students want to go for higher degrees.

Enrollment in Ball State’s master’s programs is at an all-time high this year, after the university took steps to counter a steady decrease since 2011.

In the 2011-12 school year, there were 3,736 students enrolled in the master’s programs. Every year after, it continued to drop by almost 100 students each year. Stephanie Wilson, graduate student recruiter for Ball State, explained the drop in enrollment. “[Part of] the reason for the enrollment drop was a Senate bill that changed the way teachers would be

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 While some students and faculty are frustrated the university won’t — or likely can’t, due to confidentiality agreements — say what led to Ferguson’s resignation, there have been some pieces of the puzzle released. Ferguson may have been fired without cause, according to his hiring contract and severance agreement. If he were fired for any wrongdoing, he wouldn’t have received any severance pay.

Amy Laitinen, director for higher education at New America, works to increase quality and transparency in higher education. She said being transparent while still keeping personnel matters confidential is a challenge across the nation.

People get fired daily, and with that comes questions.

When it’s a college president, Laitinen said, it’s a little different because people tend to care so much more, and that’s where the idea of a transparency problem can come in.

“An unexpected and abrupt [departure] is not the norm,” she said. “When it is, you wouldn’t expect that the dirty laundry would be aired all over.”

Bruce Geelhoed, a Ball State historian and history professor, echoed her sentiments. He said the board and president establish terms of employment upon being hired, and if a part of that is about the president’s departure — which in Ferguson’s case, Geelhoed said, it probably was — it’s legally binding.

“It seems to me here that there was a set of agreements in place that simply say this was a mutual agreement between the board and the president and it’s going to be left at that,” Geelhoed said. “Those agreements are going to be honored, and there you have it. But it’s not the university speaking, in a sense, at that point.”

Although people have that desire to know the reasons behind Ferguson’s departure, students and faculty might just have to accept the fact that they may never know, Geelhoed said.

But Laitinen said she has seen a bigger push for transparency when it comes to student and faculty input in choosing the next president, which goes hand-in-hand with a president leaving.

It’s much easier for the board to allow involvement in this process and to give that inside look into what they are doing, as long as it doesn’t violate the provisions of the closed presidential searches that

compensated,” Wilson said.

Since 2011, the graduate program has been working to strengthen the numbers of enrollment, she said.

During this school year, master’s enrollment went up to 3,882 students. That is 146 students more than in 2011. Wilson said a new program has evolved at Ball State.

“We have launched a graduate enrollment management program that has helped our departments look at how they recruit students for their programs,” Wilson said.

“Enrollment is going up because our faculty is working hard.”

Wilson said she foresees enrollment to keep going up in the future. She also said graduate school is something every student should consider.

“Graduate school can be the professional tool to find new industries,” Wilson said. “I really think graduate school needs to be a part of every student’s plan. Students need to re-

search about the various graduate programs that we offer.”

Ball State offers more than 100 graduate programs, including master’s and doctoral degrees.

Lauren Siler, a sophomore exercise science major, said going for a master’s degree is a good thing for students.

“I absolutely think that a master’s degree has its benefits. It allows one to have more skills specifically based on their career,” Siler said. “It also tends to allow for a higher income.”

Some companies will actually help their employees obtain a higher degree after they begin working for them, which could take some of the pressure of advanced degrees away. Forty percent of the employers that participated in the survey are sending their current employees back to school to get an advanced degree.

Other employers are providing in-house training.

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Paul W. Ferguson reBall State first used a signed unexpectedly and closed search to find its without any warning on president when it hired Jan. 25, and the board President Jo Ann Gora in offered no explanation 2004. This led to backother than it was a mutulash from students and al agreement between it faculty, who both wanted and Ferguson. more representation in the Ferguson’s severance search for the new presiagreement had a confident. dentiality clause in it, and In 2004, political scibecause of that, the unience professor Joe Losco versity and the public have told the DN other univernot been offered any explasities were able to have nation for why he left the closed searches and still university mid-semester keep campus happy, beand only 18 months into cause they had a good his five-year contract. relationship between the Students and faculty have Board of Trustees and been pushing the administhe faculty — something tration for more informaDN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY he said Ball State did not tion, but to no avail.

At the last Board of Trustees meeting on March 14, members of the board met with representatives from have at that time.

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The Ball State men’s volleyball Senior Night victory over McKendree marked its last home match of the regular season, but it will not be the final time the Cardinals will play at Worthen Arena this year.

Entering the weekend, Ball State was tied for first in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings with Ohio State. On March 25, the Buckeyes won 3-1 over the Cardinals.

Ohio State now holds the tiebreaker with its four-set win compared with Ball State’s five-set win earlier this season.

The Cardinals cannot statistically finish lower than fourth place in the MIVA, but head coach Joel Walton understands his team’s final four matches have implications on home court in the later rounds of the MIVA tournament.

“We’re battling for second place. If we can hold onto that spot and win our quarterfinal match, we can play both our quarterfinal and semifinal match at home,” Walton said. “Every time you’re playing at home, it’s a huge advantage, and we want that advantage.”

This season, Ball State advantage has come in the form of a 12-2 record at home with its only two losses coming against thenranked No. 13 Stanford and No. 1 Ohio State.

Just one year removed from its sixth-place MIVA finish, Walton said his three seniors could be the reason for the team’s success in 2016.

The three seniors,

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Junior right-handed pitcher Zach Plesac struck out 11 in a two-hit complete game this weekend over Miami. Overall, Ball State pitchers have a 4.00 ERA this season.

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The Ball State men’s volleyball team finished its regular season home matches this past weekend with a loss against Ohio State and a victory over McKendree. Senior setter Hiago Garchet averaged 8.87 assists per set.

setter Hiago Garchet and outside attackers Marcin Niemczewski and Jack Lesure, all started on Senior Night.

Having all three seniors on the court was a unique experience for Niemczewski, since he has lived with both of them in college.

“I can’t remember a time when the three of us were on the court at the same time,” Niemczewski said. “[Lesure] and I started off as roommates freshman year, so we go way back. [Garchet] came in sophomore year and now I’m living with him, so it’s cool.”

While Garchet leads the team with 93 sets played, Niemczewski and Lesure have been sharing time because they play the same position.

Niemczewski has also split time on the right side with junior Brendan Surane “The toughest thing for

[Lesure] right now is that he has played a position that Niemczewski plays and Surane plays,” Walton said. “We played [Lesure] for about a game and a half on the left side; … he did a pretty good job.”

Lesure has not been the only player who has played in an unusual role this season.

Some players who saw significant playing time are now coming off the bench while others have moved into starting roles.

Walton said a lot of the team’s success has come from guys trusting that he is doing what is best for the team, something that was not seen last season.

“Last year we got to a point where the team just really wasn’t committed,” Walton said. “As long as they understand what we’re doing, … as long as they buy into whatever role they’re playing, it works.”

So far, Walton’s strategy has seemed to work.

The Cardinals began the season ranked No. 14 in the NCAA rankings and have not left the top 15 since then, moving up to as high as No. 8.

Ball State has won fifteen out of its last 18 games, and Niemczewski believes the Cardinals can play well if they bring the same energy into the final two road weekends of the season.

“I think the guys know what we’re capable of doing,” Niemczewski said.

“I think the guys are ready to come back and finish the season strong moving into the conference tournament.”

On April 1 and 2, Ball State will take on Quincy and Lindenwood. The following weekend will be against No. 13 Lewis and No. 12 Loyola, two teams who can still finish atop the MIVA.

Plesac has been the second pitcher in the Cardinals’ starting rotation, but Maloney said he threw like an ace. Generally, college baseball teams start their best pitchers on Friday night in the first game of a weekend series.

“He pitched like a true Friday-night guy even though he’s pitching on Saturday,” he said. “That’s what we’re going to need if we’re going to have a chance to win [the MAC] — solid pitching.”

Ball State’s pitchers have a 4.00 staff ERA this season, a full run lower than last season’s 5.18 ERA. Maloney said the improved performance allows him to rest his bullpen.

“There’s some guys that didn’t even get in this week,” he said. “We didn’t have that last year. We’ve made tremendous strides, [but] we’ve gotta continue to grow the rest of our staff.”

The Cardinals, however, dropped Friday’s MAC opener 4-2. Redshirt junior left-handed pitcher Kevin Marnon (3-3, 3.62 ERA) struck out eight and allowed three runs — all of them earned — in his

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“I guess that’s when I really knew I wanted to be a performer and try to make a career out of that as opposed to doing anything else in music,” he said. “[Performing is] kind of indescribable, just being up there on stage.”

Middleton plays seven to nine shows per week. When he is not performing, he is free to explore whatever city he is in. Middleton said the entire experience can be hard because it is a job, but overall it is a great experience and is hard to explain to people unless they’ve experienced being on tour. Previously, Middleton traveled to Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany with the Ball State Jazz Ensemble.

“Especially out here on tour every night we’re in front ... of a whole new crowd and we get to play for them and you know, bring back feelings for them or make them happy. ...

When they’re clapping and

they’re enjoying the show, it’s just a really good feeling,” Middleton said. “It just makes me feel like I’m doing something that matters, really, and that’s also kind of why I like music.”

Middleton said it hasn’t been too weird for him to take this semester off.

Though he’s looking forward to it, he isn’t in a hurry to come back and finish his degree because the tour has been an opportunity to do what performance majors aim to do: perform as a job.

“I’m already doing what I plan to do after graduation, so it’s a great opportunity,” Middleton said. “I’d love to keep doing tours and keep performing, whether it’s with this group or another one.”

After graduation, Middleton wants to move to Green Bay, Wis., to continue working with Music for the Sake of Music, a nonprofit organization dedicated to music education. He said the organization already has plans to expand, and he wants to be a part of that.

“I think one of the biggest reasons why I’ve been successful is that I try to create opportunities for myself; I don’t just wait until someone calls me about an opportunity,” he said. “I think creating your own brand as a musician is really important because our company, our business, is ourself.”

Jazz professor Scott Routenberg has known Middleton since his freshman year when he first had him as a student. Routenberg said because of Middleton’s talent, work ethic and positive attitude, it is no surprise that he got the opportunity to tour with the group. “[He] was always a diligent, inquisitive student who rose to every academic, intellectual and musical challenge presented to him,” Routenberg said. “It gives me great pleasure to see student successes like those of James Middleton, as they validate my goal as a jazz educator to prepare the next generation for successful careers in music.”

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