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Muncie Facebook group allows community to reminisce, connect with old friends

Jeff Koenker // Photo Provided

Ball State Teachers College Cardinals play baseball in the field across University Avenue near Christy Woods in 1930. At the time of the photo, Ball Memorial and the new athletic fields had barely been open a year.

Emily Sabens Community Reporter

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ocial media sites such as Facebook have allowed people to connect in ways that no one could have predicted 50 years ago. One Facebook group has given the Muncie community an interactive, online history book, complete with its own set of historians available with just a click of the mouse.

The Lost Muncie Facebook group was

created eight years ago to allow community members to share memories, learn more and reminisce about the city.

The idea of sharing Muncie memories in an online format first came from Larry Broadwater. Many years before the Facebook page was created, Broadwater created his own website, sharing old photographs of the city.

FOR THE RECORD

Former NFL player reflects on 2nd opportunity at Ball State

Then-Cardinals coach Rick Minter took a chance on Tim Walton after 1984 shooting Elizabeth Wyman Assistant Sports Editor Editor’s note: “For the Record” is a weekly series featuring former standout Ball State athletes and their lives after college.

Tim Walton never saw his dad cry.

But the former Ball State football player witnessed it when he was hit with tragedy.

“There were tears in his eyes when the coaches were calling to find out why I hadn’t showed up to training camp,” Walton said.

Three weeks before the linebacker from Detroit was supposed to report for football training camp at Michigan State, Walton found himself in an altercation outside a club in the spring of 1984.

The man — who Walton said was bigger than him — pulled out a gun Tim Walton // Photo Provided and pointed it a Walton’s face.

“The next thing I know he Former Ball State linebacker Tim Walton was pulls the trigger,” Walton said. inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. Walton was a four-year starter “Obviously I think that I’m dead because the bullet was coming for the Cardinals and went on to play in the directly at my face.”

NFL for three years.

See WALTON, page 5

Once the Star Press created its message board section on its website, Broadwater then transitioned into posting pictures on the “local interest” section. His photos began to attract others, including Jeff Koenker. Koenker, inspired by Broadwater, began to share his own memories on the message board. The two quickly became friends.

See LOST MUNCIE, page 7

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DIGITAL MEDIA REPOSITIORY

ARCHIVES TOTAL OVER 1 MILLION

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Ball State to host the Puerto Rico National Team on April 22. PG 5

Students, professors contribute to Ball State's collection

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Mary Freda Multicultural Reporter Scanning, creating descriptions and filling out accompanying information all happen beneath the spiral staircase in Bracken Library where digital librarians spend their work week digitizing history.

The goal, head of Metadata and Digital Initiatives Jim Bradley said, is to provide the public with free access to history through the Digital Media Repository.

“I’m glad we have the opportunity to do this because a lot of things are just sitting in boxes or shelves up there, that people may not realize are there, and as we’re able to push out these materials into more usable outlets, they’ll be discovered more often,” Bradley said.

Digital librarians also strive to extend the value of the history Ball State has, Dean of University Libraries Matthew Shaw said.

“Digital initiatives expand the value of our unique archival collections beyond the physical campus and support researchers around the world with access to primary source materials,” Shaw said in an email.

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US Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has concluded that Russia knew ahead of time that Syria would launch a chemical weapons attack last week, a senior U.S. official says.

The official offered circumstantial elements to back up his claim, but no concrete proof. And others in the Trump administration cautioned that final American determination had been made that Russia had advance knowledge of the attack, which killed more than 80 people and prompted retaliatory U.S. cruise missile strikes.

The senior official said Monday that a drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment. Hours after

the drone left, a Russian-made fighter jet bombed the hospital in what American officials believe was an attempt to cover up the usage of chemical weapons.

The presence of the surveillance drone over the hospital couldn’t have been a coincidence, the senior U.S. official said, arguing that Russia must have known the chemical weapons attack was coming and that victims were seeking treatment The official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on intelligence matters and demanded anonymity, didn’t give precise timing for when the drone was in the area. The official also didn’t provide details for the military and intelligence information that form the basis of what the Pentagon now believes.

THEIR VIEW

ALEXIS MCKENZIE

“I feel like it’s unnecessary, and I’m a little bit scared about what the results of it could be,” the sophomore communication studies major said.

MARITZA RODRIGUEZ

“I feel like we may have gotten involved in the wrong way. We rejected the refugees ... we could have taken them in,” the freshman elementary education major said.

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“When something like [the chemical attack] happens, we can’t just sit back and do nothing ... I think the airstrike was a good call overall,” the senior finance major said.

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“I think it’s completely unnecessary. People have been saying the president is a compulsive liar, and now people are finding that out,” the freshman telecommunications and theatrical studies said.

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MIKEY HIGGINS is a junior animation major and creates “Ball State of Mind” for the Daily News.

His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Mikey at mthigginsii@bsu.edu.

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ACROSS 1 They broke their 108-year World Series drought in 2016 5 Medical picture 9 Gives out 14 Lustrous gem 15 “Bloom County” reporter 16 Very small 17 Dean’s list honorees 19 Pasture sound 20 Add to the pot 21 Electronic sci-fi antagonist 23 “¡Dios __!”

24 Cannes cup 25 Thiamine and riboflavin 28 FBI operative 29 Number before vier 31 Spring bloomer 32 Flip (through) 34 Son of Zeus and Hera 36 In tune 37 Two-variable marketing experiment 40 Diving bird 43 Way out yonder 44 Inscribe 48 After morays, say 50 Mined matter 52 Mexican gold 53 First novel in Willa Cather’s Great Plains

trilogy 55 Apartment sign 57 Go bad 58 Under the weather 59 Javier __, first Spanish actor to win an Oscar 60 “Good __!”

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66 Like bad fried food 67 Shed tools 68 Early fur trader 69 Ties the knot 70 Joint possession word DOWN 1 Like beachfront property 2 Steal the spotlight from 3 Cuban dictator overthrown by Castro 4 Nasty remarks 5 Marvel Comics mutants 6 __ Tin Tin 7 PC key 8 Super Mario World dinosaur 9 Decorate elaborately 10 End of a general’s URL 11 Low-fat frozen dessert 12 Many a new hire

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REPOSITORY Continued from page 1

THE MILESTONE The Digital Media Repository reached its millionth item on Jan. 18. The process took 12 years, but since the end of March, the DMR accumulated 1,016,454 materials and 273 online collections, something Bradley credits to the work environment.

“It’s never slow down here,” Bradley said. “It may seem deceptively low-key, but there’s hundreds of things being digitized right now.”

THE CLASS The DMR employs students, but student involvement doesn’t stop at digitizing materials.

History in the Digital Age, a course taught by assistant professor of history Doug Seefeldt, allows students to create collections on Ball State’s history to add to the DMR. “Back during the digital turn … the objective was just to scan stuff just to make it available,” Seefeldt said. “And that was great because it made it accessible.”

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My goal is for the students to come out of here with a theoretical understanding of history in the digital age.”

— Doug Seefeldt, assistant professor of history

The class is open to both undergraduate and graduate students and was introduced to Ball State by Seefeldt after he taught a similar course in Nebraska.

For five semesters, Seefeldt showed students how to digitize materials and place them into collections.

“My goal is for the students to come out of here with a theoretical understanding of history in the digital age,” Seefeldt said.

THE PROCESS Students gain an understanding of the process with the help of Bradley, who attends a couple of classes to help students with their collections.

“I teach them about the digitization standards, the description standards and sort of help them along on that end and Doug and Mike help them out on the history and the archives end,” Bradley said.

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Seefeldt and Bradley work closely with students to help with their collections and a lot of the material comes from Archives and Special Collections.

“The archives, we have a couple roles.

One is that we work with people in the community and people in the university to build and develop collections,” acting head of Archives and Special Collections Mike Szajewski said. “In addition to developing the collections like that, we answer reference questions about the digital collection.”

THE STUDENTS The archives supply the information for students in Seefeldt’s class building collections, but they also provide students with topic guidance.

History graduate student Anna Kinnen planned on creating a collection on the David Owsley Museum of Art, but after she discovered a letter from a previous museum director, her collection topic found a new subject: previous directors of the museum.

“I actually found a letter from one of the directors … he was writing this letter and saying like, ‘It’s that time of year again, we need to ask the rich people for money for the museum,’” Kinnen said. “After a conversation with one of the archivists, I was like that would be a good way to narrow the topic down, rather than all of the museum.”

Kinnen is enrolled in the digital track of the history graduate program, which

requires students to complete a thesis, a digital history project, or enroll in additional courses. Kinnen is working toward the digital history project.

At Dayton University, where Kinnen completed her undergraduate degree, technology use in the classroom was limited, but she doesn’t see the same restriction at Ball State.

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Just even the presence of the internet is very different than what I’ve experienced so far in terms of history courses."

— Anna Kinnen, history graduate student

“We do the tool exercises and we learn things and then we write blogs or we post reading reflections online, so I mean just even the presence of the internet is very different than what I’ve experienced so far in terms of history courses,” Kinnen said.

The collections that students are working on as a part of Seefeldt’s class will be published during the summer.

Contact Mary Freda with any questions or concerns at mafreda@bsu.edu.

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IFC addresses violence against women Group brings White Ribbon Campaign to campus Kersten Collins Daily News Reporter The Interfraternity Council is working on how to address violence against women by asking Ball State students to take a pledge to end this issue. Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15 to 44, according to HOPE for Domestic Violence.

“We saw sexual assault, sexual harassment and just violence against women as one of the issues that’s facing a lot of college campuses and not just ours in particular,” IFC President Trevor Holland said. “We wanted to do something to make a change.”

Holland said the White Ribbon Campaign is more targeted toward men, encouraging them to hold themselves at a higher standard to “be the best versions of themselves.”

The White Ribbon Campaign is the largest effort ran by men to end violence against women, with campaigns in over 61 countries.

“We just want to spread awareness for the message,” Holland said. “We want women to feel comfortable on our campus and just in general. We’re hoping

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to spread some light on what’s going on.”

While the event focuses on gaining the attention of men, IFC hopes to see pledges from everyone. The organization ordered 500 buttons and cards to get the word out.

Ryan Vivirito, a sophomore criminal justice and criminology major, took the pledge for support.

“I took the pledge for all of Greek life,” Vivirito said. “I know that we’re typically an at-risk community and [I took the pledge] just to step in and help everyone there.”

Micah Germann, vice president of administrations for IFC, said he has always had a passion for spreading the message about domestic violence against women.

“I have three sisters and a niece so I can’t imagine what I would do if I ever found out they were abused in any

Kersten Collins // DN

The Interfraternity Council asks Ball State students to take a pledge to end the issue of violence against women. The White Ribbon Campaign, the largest campaign ran by men to end violence against women, is more targeted toward men, encouraging them to hold themselves at a higher standard to “be the best versions of themselves.”

way, whether it be from a significant other or their parents,” Germann said.

“I’m fortunate enough to have never experienced it, but I know that’s not the case for most people considering the facts that we have.”

A woman is beaten every nine seconds, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Because of this, IFC strives to inform as many people as they can about protecting women.

“It all starts with exposure,” Germann said. “As long as people know about it, and realize that it is a problem, then they can consciously start to enact in on themselves on how to stop that.”

IFC plans to host multiple events in the future to continue spreading this message and teaching students about what assault is and how to combat it.

Contact Kersten Collins with any questions or concerns at ktcollins@bsu.edu.

Sole Dance fundraiser to help children affected by domestic violence Participants will learn new dance styles, more information about A Better Way Maggie Stolfa Daily News Reporter The Mortar Dance National Honor Society is hoping Ball State students will dance, donate and help decrease the hardships of children affected by domestic violence.

Mortar Board will host the first Sole Dance Stepping Toward a Better Way fundraising event at 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Thursday in the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center Room 212.

At the event, Cardinal Ballroom and the Salsa Club will perform competitive dances. After that, participants will be invited on stage to learn basic steps of different dance styles.

Along with dancing, Kate Murray, the executive director of A Better Way, will discuss her role, resources offered at the organization and ways people can get involved.

The nonprofit A Better Way provides the following services, according to its website: • Shelter and services for victims of domestic violence.

• Transitional housing.

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Advocacy for victims of sexual assault.

24-hour crisis line.

After-school programs.

Suicide hotline.

Violence prevention programs.

A check-in call service for elderly or disabled homebound persons.

Admission to the event is a $3 donation for an individual or $5 for a pair. Instead of paying, people can also give a new pair of children’s shoes to A Better Way. Bailee Weaver, the Mortar Board service chairwoman, said the idea to fundraise for the organization came while she was volunteering at A Better Way and saw how many children go there when a parent escapes a crisis.

“A lot of times they don’t have time to pack a bag,” Weaver said. “They might be missing shoes or an extra pair of clothes.”

Although A Better Way provides donated shoes, she said many children need them and the options are limited.

“A lot of the shoes are really dirty, old or all of one size,” Weaver said.

Weaver said so far $500 has been donated from Interfraternity Council. Her goal is to raise about $250 more.

Contact Maggie Stolfa with any questions or concerns at mjstolfa@bsu.edu.

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Ball State soccer to host Puerto Rico National Team

Kyle Crawford // DN File

The Cardinals celebrate after scoring a goal during the game against Toledo at the Briner Sports Complex on Oct. 16. Ball State will host the Puerto Rico Women’s National Team on April 22 to conclude its spring season.

For the fourth time in five years, Ball State soccer will host a national team during its spring season.

Ball State is set to take on the Puerto Rico Women’s National Team on April 22 at Riner Sports Complex to conclude its spring season.

The Cardinals will be looking for more success against a national team, as Ball State played Haiti from 2013-15, coming away with two wins and a draw.

“This experience will challenge our players and promote their development, which is a core value of our program,” Ball State head coach Craig Roberts said in a press release. “We look forward to the challenge and the event.”

Roberts is an assistant under Puerto Rico head coach Shek Borkowski, who was also the Haiti Women’s National Team head coach when Roberts was an assistant there.

Even with the long-standing relationship with Borkowski, Roberts will coach the Cardinals on game day.

The Cardinals are one of three collegiate teams on the schedule for the Puerto Rico, which travels to Notre Dame on April 20 and concludes its visit against St. Bonaventure on April 24.

Puerto Rico, which is ranked in the top 10 in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football rankings, is in the United States to prepare for the Caribbean Zone Women’s World Cup qualifiers.

“Although the Puerto Rico National Team is being revamped, I still believe they will provide our team with an amazing opportunity to compete against players that will appear on the national stage and in the next World Cup,” Roberts said.

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Former Ball State linebacker Tim Walton lost his chance to play football for Michigan State after being shot outside a club in spring of 1984. After taking a year to recover, Walton enrolled at Ball State and joined the football team.

WALTON

Continued from page 1 Somehow, the bullet ends up in his shoulder, but failed to heal in time for camp. As the weeks went by the coaches kept asking about Walton.

“It never healed and we had to tell them that I wasn't going to come and probably never play in the Big Ten,” Walton said.

After months of rehabilitation and a “miracle,” as Walton put it, he regained the use of his left shoulder. But the offers were no longer on the table. Scouts were skeptical and assumed he was a bad kid.

“I wasn’t a bad kid, I was just in the wrong situation at the wrong time,” Walton said.

Highly recruited out of high school, he was left without the sport his life centered around. But Walton had a second chance coming one year later.

Rick Minter, a respected linebackers coach from New Mexico State, reached out to Walton. Flying out for a visit, Walton loved the direction Minter and then-assistant coach L.C. Cole were taking the program. Six weeks later in 1985, Minter and Cole are both hired at Ball State. Walton and Minter lost contact for a while, but Minter needed a linebacker — and that linebacker needed a chance.

"I'm watching all the film of my guys returning and I turn to L.C. and say, 'whatever happened to that Walton kid from Detroit?'" Minter said. "He says, 'Oh, well he's still out there, he never got picked up by anybody.'"

Walton visited Ball State before enrolling in the spring trimester. Minter said because Ball State was on a trimester schedule in the 1980s, Walton was able to play spring football.

Unlike many coaches, Minter wasn't afraid to take a chance.

"I don’t necessarily know all the details surrounding the shooting, but after meeting the guy face-to-face he certainly passed all the tests for us," Minter said. "He was charismatic and had a great personality.”

Walton said coming to Ball State was a second chance at life.

"It gave me an opportunity," Walton said. "I was very grateful that these

coaches didn’t look at my résumé and say, 'Oh, here's this teen from Detroit who got shot. We don’t want him.'"

While Walton got another opportunity to play Division-I football, his academics were holding him back. He had a 1.8 GPA and his playing time began to dwindle.

Walton wanted to know why Minter brought him to Ball State if he wasn't going to play.

"I know that you're the best linebacker that I got in here," Minter said to Walton. "You probably can be a great linebacker and have the opportunity to go to the next level. But I sit here and look at your grades and you want to go back to Detroit. So I'm going to help you do that. I'm going to help you get your ticket punched and go back to the streets of Detroit because you don’t want to be here."

Walton realized Minter was right.

He said it was the most sobering conversation he ever had.

“I can't lie to you and say that — as excited as I was to get the opportunity after getting shot to come to Ball State — that my life had changed," Walton said. "My life really didn’t change until I realized I was on my way back to the streets of Detroit if I didn’t change my ways in the classroom.”

Minter said from then on Walton learned that it wasn't all about what he could do on the field — it was obvious he was good at that.

Walton was a four-year starter for the Cardinals and went on to play in the NFL for three years. He finished his career in the Canadian Football League.

Minter and Walton still keep in touch, and Minter made a surprise appearance at Walton's Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2013.

A once career-ending tragedy morphed into a new beginning for the kid from Detroit, and Ball State.

"Whatever it was that got him in the wrong place a the wrong time with the unfortunate injury certainly was a blessing for us, and maybe himself in the long run," Minter said.

Contact Elizabeth Wyman with any questions or concerns at @dn_sports.

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CHARLIE CARDINAL

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Senior exercise science major Mitch Prather has spent the past four years being Charlie at around five to 10 sporting and community events per month. Prather has a passion and love for Ball State and enjoyed being Charlie at basketball and volleyball games the most.

Swimmer leads double-life as 1 of school's mascots Michelle Kaufman Daily News Reporter The minute senior exercise science major Mitch Prather got to Ball State, he wanted to be a mascot.

He auditioned to be Charlie Cardinal his freshman year with only a matter of hours’ notice before the tryout.

After being selected, he has spent the past four years being Charlie at around five to 10 sporting and community events per month. His first event was in the community at the Mattress Firm by the Muncie Mall.

“It was some children’s event but the children inside were scared of me, so they made me go stand on the corner and just twirl a sign and try to get people to come in,” Prather said.

MITCH As Prather and PRATHER others like to say, Senior exercise there’s only one science major Charlie Cardinal, but several people play Charlie. Prather couldn’t tell anyone besides his family, girlfriend and freshman year roommate and teammate Tanner Barton about his persona.

“It was hard sometimes to keep that a secret, especially when people I know are talking about Charlie ... but it’s kinda fun to have that identity too, so that helps me keep it secret," Prather said.

"It’s kind of like having an alter ego.”

Despite being involved in activities such as Greek Life, exercise science club and the Ball State swim team, along with being named 2016 Homecoming

king, Prather made time to be part of “athletic special promotions.”

“It’s a break for me to be able to [be Charlie] so it makes it fun … I just find time to put in it," Prather said. "It’s like anybody else would just go to the game to sit there, so I just schedule that into my time.”

Prather said it's hard to explain to people what his job in athletics is without giving away the secret. That is how he came up with athletic special promotions. He said he had to tell his freshman year roommate Barton about his position. Barton said if anyone could handle all of the responsibilities, it would be Prather.

"He is a master at balancing things and commitments," Barton said.

Prather has a passion and love for Ball State and enjoyed being Charlie at basketball and volleyball games the most. Before appearing as Charlie, Prather has to make sure he is drinking a lot of water and is rested.

“Once I get to the game, I’m psyched up … [my favorite part] is interacting with the fans and people, just being able to give people high fives and cheer on the team," he said.

Prather’s last event as Charlie Cardinal was the men’s volleyball game April 6. The day of the game, Prather revealed his identity on Facebook.

“I was kinda tearing up in the mask a little bit when the final point happened,” Prather said. “Nobody believed me [when I told them] because I do so many other things as well. It was kind of always the excuse because I’d have people ask me before and I’d say ‘you really think I have time to do that?’ But then I did.””

Sara Barker // DN

Senior exercise science major Mitch Prather reveals himself as Charlie Cardinal. Prather has spent the past four years being Charlie, while also participating in Greek Life, exercise science club and the Ball State swim team.

Patrick Murphy contributed to this story.

Contact Michelle Kaufman with any questions or concerns at mekaufman@bsu.edu.

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LOST MUNCIE Continued from page 1

Jeff Koenker // Photo Provided

The Lost Muncie Facebook group shares a photo of Ball Memorial Hospital in the mid1930s. The group consists of almost 20,000 members who share old photographs, videos and memories of the city.

In 2009, Broadwater decided to create the Lost Muncie group, asking Koenker to be his co-administrator. The pair wanted the group to be a place where others could share memories of the city.

At the start, they had a goal of attracting a few hundred followers.

“Neither of us ever expected it to take off like it did,” Koenker said.

Today, the Lost Muncie Facebook group consists of almost 20,000 members. New photographs, videos and memories are posted constantly. Koenker estimates that he alone has posted in the group almost 6,000 times in the past eight years.

Members regularly posts images of memorabilia from Delaware County high schools, photos of Muncie businesses and buildings from back in the day and numerous stories of times spent at Ball State.

Angela Smith, who was born and raised in Muncie, visits the Facebook page almost daily.

She comes back each day because she loves seeing pictures of her hometown from the past.

“I enjoy reading the stories people share,” she said. “It makes me feel like a child listening to the

Jeff Koenker // Photo Provided

The Lost Muncie Facebook group shares an aerial photo of Ball State in September 1962, when its official name was still Ball State Teachers College. The group was created eight years ago to allow community members to share memories, learn more and reminisce about the city.

more mature folk tell of a time before I was born.”

For some, even, it has been a way to Brenda Grice, another member of the group, connect with family members who are no enjoys seeing the photos and memorabilia longer with them. shared on the page.

When someone posted a photo of an old “I think any time you get people together to business, group member Jonna Reece was share memories, it brings them speechless. The image was together,” she said. “Ball State actually a picture of her dad’s students looking at the page I have been given business. can learn a lot about Muncie’s “I was so thankful,” said history, as well as getting living the pleasure to relive Reece. “Lost Muncie has been people’s insights and memories.” a treasure trove of history and However, Lost Muncie many old memories as memories for me.” has not only served as an In today’s world, social media interactive history book for its I have walked through sites such as Facebook are often members — it has also served filled with arguments and hate, as a tool to connect with others. this page.”

Koenker said. Pages like Lost Many who grew up in Muncie — Steve Stanley, Ball State alumnus Muncie, though, allow people have been able to find their to get away from the stresses of daily life and childhood friends through the group. reminisce about their childhoods.

Group member Steve Stanley has been able “[There are] so many good comments every to find his friends from his days spent in day that it puts a smile on my face [knowing] elementary school — almost 60 years since he Lost Muncie has put a big smile on someone last saw them. else’s face,” he said.

“I have been given the pleasure to relive

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many old memories as I have walked through this page,” he said.

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

New group to empower women, provide safe space Diversity is one of She Persists' main platforms Mariah Thatch Daily News Reporter

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A new women-only group has been formed by Ball State students who want to make a difference in the community and for women around the area.

The group started two weeks ago and was originally named Women In Action.

Founder and junior Kelsey Skomer thought the name should instead be She Persists. The name takes after the now-popularized phrase "Nevertheless she persisted," after Sen. Elizabeth

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Warren (D-Mass) was silenced by Senate Republicans while giving a speech.

Since its start, the group, She Persists — Muncie, IN, has continued to grow and currently has 40 members.

She Persists has only had one official meeting and currently does most of its group activities through the She Persists forum page. The group is still “very new” and open to suggestions on what needs to be done to help women.

Skomer said she started the group ”for women to be heard in a safe, open space.”

She hopes She Persists will provide that space for students and the community to speak about things that are happening in government, on

campus and around the world.

“Currently there is a need for women’s voices in the world,” Skomer said.

She hopes that the group will encourage women to not only speak up among themselves, but to get involved in legislation and conversations that are affecting them.

Diversity is one of the main platforms of the group. Skomer said she wants diversity in voices and women shown throughout the group.

“Diversity brings strength,” she said.

Skomer said she doesn’t want this group to be like a normal group around campus. She wants the space to be free for open discussion while providing a

To learn more about She Persists, contact Kelsey Skomer at kvskomer@bsu.edu or check out its Facebook page, She Persists - Muncie, IN and online forum, She Persists forum page.

place for women to feel safe.

While it comprises students, the group does not currently have any official affiliation with Ball State.

As for future plans, She Persists would like to work with the March for Science on April 22.

Contact Mariah Thatch with any questions

or concerns at mgthatch@bsu.edu.

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