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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND Following one student’s journey to becoming a bodybuilder MAGGIE KENWORTHY

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Carly Gemmecke, a senior dietetics major, won first runner-up during the 2016 Mr. & Ms. Ball State Competition Thursday. She has been training for bodybuilding competitions for more than a year and will participate in three different competitions during her senior year. Along with being a full-time student and spending hours in the Jo Ann Gora Student recreation and Wellness Center every day, Gemmecke also holds an almost full-time job.

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Former president Paul W. Ferguson was on the list of applicants for chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Three month ago, Ferguson left his position as president of Ball State.

Ferguson applies for position in Arkansas

Carly Gemmecke prepares for her 45-second routine on the John R. Emens stage Thursday, looking to show the judges and audience all her hard work.

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Former president Paul W. Ferguson has applied for a position at a new university.

He’s on the list of applicants for chancellor at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, along with 16 others, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

The search firm, Greenwood/Asher and Associates, is still in the process of cutting down the applicant list so they can start background checks.

This news comes almost three months after Ferguson was unexpectedly terminated without cause from his position as president of Ball State.

He was mentioned in the Democrat Gazette story as being one of two applicants who were “ousted.”

The other applicant named was Thomas Elzey, who was fired from South Carolina State University after less than two years at the college.

Thursday was a busy day for Carly Gemmecke. She went to her classes, hurried back to her apartment, finished a paper and immediately started getting ready for the competition.

One-woman band to play in Quad today

Carly Gemmecke’s workout routine varies depending on the day. She switches out working on her legs, back, chest and shoulders with working on her arms and abs every day in combination with cardio.

Kristen Ford to perform during pizza party for Spectrum event MICHELLE KAUFMAN COMMUNITY/BUSINESS REPORTER | mekaufman@bsu.edu One-woman band Kristen Ford will perform on at 4:30 p.m. today in the Quad during a pizza party as part of Spectrum’s spring week of events.

When Ford heard Muncie Pride was teaming up with Spectrum, she was “all about it.”

Her performance will be the first time she has been to Muncie. Ford currently lives in Nashville, Tenn.

Ford said she started out as a singer-songwriter, but began to learn more instruments — which led to the formation of her one-woman band.

“I’ve played drums in a few bands, but this one-woman band concept just sort of slowly became what it is, and I just … think it’s really rad to get up there and be something different,” Ford said. “Folks really aren’t sure what to expect, and then using different pedals and trying to think about creative ways of stacking an arrangement of a song, you can just do crazy things as one person and I really love that.”

Ford said it is now hard to imagine doing her songs with a full band after doing them by herself.

“Seeing how the audience responds and getting to know your equipment and just the way that it all comes together firsthand, … I guess that’s like my pre-show routine,” Ford said.

Ford is looking forward to meeting people and getting to know what Muncie and Ball State are all about. She thinks college is a special time in life where people are opening up to new ideas and meeting a ton of people.

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Carly Gemmecke described competing in bodybuilding as a mental sport. The months of training involved a lot of early-morning workouts and tracking what she ate. She had to remain strong in order to reach her goal.

WOMEN’S DIVISION WINNER

Lorn Taylor FIRST RUNNER UP

Carly Gemmecke SECOND RUNNER UP

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THIRD RUNNER UP

Kelly Moorhous

During the posing round, the judges asked all the contestants to strike the same pose so that each contestant could be studied and compared for judging. With seven other girls onstage, it’s important for each one to hold the pose while flexed and try not to move for a long period of time.

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TIGHT LIPS MAY HURT PRESIDENT SEARCH Transparency issues may affect pursuit for open position

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When former President Paul W. Ferguson unexpectedly resigned from his position in January, many students and faculty questioned the university’s apparent unwillingness to give details on his departure.

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The Board of Trustees started discussing the search at its March 14 meeting. Chairman Rick Hall said while the board is going to start looking for a search committee and plans to hire a professional consulting firm, he was not going to put a timeline on the effort at all.

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Duo leads team to spring success Junior golfers finish 2nd, 3rd in last tournament

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Ball State women’s golf has finished in first or second place in three of its previous four matches, with each of those efforts being led by juniors Allison Lindley and Kelsey Sear.

On Sunday, the duo finished second and third, respectively. That was just the latest example of their spring success.

That success is something Lindley said helps motivate her moving forward.

“It definitely does give us confidence,” Lindley said. “It makes me want to keep playing better.”

Lindley has the best scoring average for the Cardinals this season. She started off the semester leading the team at the both the Eagle Invitational and Rio Verde Invitational.

She shot 9 over par for both events, including a consistent showing at the Eagle Invitational with three straight rounds of 75.

This season, Lindley has acquired five top-10 and seven top-20 finishes — the best on the team. Her highest finish came at the home match at Anderson Country Club with

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Ball State golfer Kelsey Sear hits a shot earlier this season. Sear won the individual title at the Bulldog Florida Invitational March 9-10, and Ball State took home the team title as well.

her second-place finish.

Not far behind Lindley is Sear, who boasts four top-10 finishes this season, all coming in the past four matches.

The streak began with her victory at the Bulldog Florida Invitational, where she shot 150 in 36 holes. This was Sear’s second win of her college career. Her first was at the Marian University Spring Classic in 2014.

“It helps knowing that someone else is going to shoot a low number,” Lindley said of her teammate. “If I have a bad round, I can count on [Sear] to pick me up.”

Both golfers believe their consistency this semester increased their competition fighting for the top spot. The two are competitive, but remain comfortable and confident in each other as well.

“Just knowing that if you’re having a decent round, [Lindley] probably is as well, and that’s really going to help the team,” Sear said. “I think it sets a tone for what everybody wants to do for themselves.”

Heading to the Mid-American Conference championship on April 22-24, the two are confident in what the

team can do and look to use their own knowledge and experience to help the team succeed.

It will be familiar territory for them as they travel to Noblesville at the Purgatory Golf Club, a course the team played at last October.

Sear acknowledged that while they may be experienced to the course, it could be susceptible to weather.

“At this point, we expect the worst and hope for the best.

You never know what’s coming, so you gotta be ready for anything,” Sear said.

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Collegiate golfers in the Midwest face a challenge with freezing temperatures for several months. Junior Allison Lindley led Ball State women’s golf team with a 77.86 average stroke last season.

Ball State to host McKendree SOFTBALL AIMS in MIVA Tournament quarterfinal TO BOUNCE BACK FOLLOWING LOSS Injuries force coach to adjust lineup for weekend match

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The Ball State men’s volleyball team begins Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament play this weekend against No. 6 McKendree in the quarterfinals.

Ball State has already beaten McKendree in both of its matches this season.

The first match, the Cardinals fell behind 2-0 before coming back to win three straight set victories behind junior outside attacker Brendan Surane. The second match came on Ball State’s Senior Night, where the Cardinals won 3-1 behind the play of seniors Hiago Garchet, Jack Lesure and Marcin Niemczewski.

“McKendree is a very good team; they run good offense,” head coach Joel Walton said.

“They have some people that can get back and serve well, they have players that are really physical, as physical as any players that we have in our league.”

This time around will be different for Ball State, however, as both Surane and Lesure sustained injuries on April 8 at Lewis. Surane suffered a third-degree ankle sprain, and Lesure received a concussion after receiving a spike to the face prior to the match.

Neither of the two practiced on Wednesday and continue to be evaluated by trainers

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This weekend, the Ball State men’s volleyball team starts Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament play against No. 6 McKendree in the quarterfinals. Senior outside attacker Brendan Surane has 253 kills and an average percentage of .239 attacks.

throughout the week.

Losing the two is causing some confusion in the lineup for Walton.

“One of the challenges this week is we have had to shift a couple of players around,” Walton said. “We’re trying to figure out what our best personnel set is going to be for Saturday night.”

Surane has led the Cardinals’ offensive attack all season; his 253 kills is top among his teammates and 10th-best in the MIVA. Due to the injuries, junior outside attackers Austin Overby and Mike Scannell will be playing as both rightand left-side attackers.

Niemczewski is also the first option on the right side to replace Surane if he cannot play, a role he held before this season.

“For the last three years he’s been a primary starter for us, so it’s not like we’re falling back to a guy who hasn’t played in that role already,” Walton said. “Were actually

moving back to where our senior is going to be starting rather than our junior in that position.”

In the Cardinals’ second matchup against McKendree, Niemczewski led the Cardinals in kills with 14 and a .312 hitting percentage.

Walton has nothing but confidence for Niemczewski to fill the roll. “[Niemczewski] is very capable, he just has to be ready to step on the court this weekend and play a good match,” Walton said.

Ball State will also need to shut down junior middle back Wyatt Patterson of McKendree. Patterson ranks third in the MIVA in hitting percentage with .452. Walton said one way Ball State can slow down Patterson’s offense is by having an effective night of serves.

“If [McKendree is] passing well and we’re not doing a good job with our serve, not moving their setter

off the net, then Patterson becomes a really good option,” Walton said.

In the Senior Night matchup against Ball State, Patterson had a hitting percentage of .462 and nine kills.

He is coached by the only female head coach in the MIVA, Nickie Sanlin.

“Nickie Sanlin is very well-respected,” Walton said. “She is somebody that when our staff coaches against their team, we respect how she coaches their team, and we think she’s done a very good job building that program.”

Outside of the MIVA, there is only one other female head coach for a men’s volleyball program. She also coaches the women’s team at McKendree.

The quarterfinal match begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Worthen Arena. Admission is free for students, and tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for youth.

Ball State softball dropped to fourth in the Mid-American Conference West Division rankings and is set to play the team directly above it: Eastern Michigan.

Ball State (18-23, 4-8 MAC) travels to Eastern Michigan (15-23, 5-6 MAC) for a three-game series today and Saturday.

The Cardinals have dropped five of their last six games, the most recent of which coming in a 12-4 loss against Northern Illinois (27-11, 8-3 MAC) on Wednesday. Eastern Michigan has also struggled in its last six games, winning only two of them.

Recently, mistakes have been the story for Ball State, and senior pitcher Nicole Steinbach thinks her team needs to come out and play the way they did earlier in the season.

“This weekend, we just need to come out and play Ball State softball,” she said. “We need to learn from our mistakes and just push forward as a team.”

Eastern Michigan ranks above Ball State in both hitting and pitching cate-

RANK IN THE MAC BALL STATE

Batting average- .267 (7) Runs scored- 161 (6) Earned run average 5.72 (11) Runs allowed- 235 (12) EASTERN MICHIGAN

Batting average- .278 (4) Runs scored- 168 (4) Earned run average- (5.04) Runs allowed- (235) gories, but not by much.

Eastern Michigan’s team ERA is 5.04, compared with Ball State’s 5.72 season mark. On the offensive side, Eastern Michigan has a team batting average of .278, compared with Ball State’s .267 mark.

Head coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett said scoring runs to support the team’s pitchers will be a key to victory on the road.

“We have to find any way to manufacture a run.

Any way we can push one across the plate we’ve got to do,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be flashy.”

Ball State has scored 17 runs in its past six games, which includes two games where the team went scoreless.

The series begins at 3 p.m today in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Games two and three will be at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday.

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Ball State will be playing host to judges, coaches, students and alumni for the National Forensics Association speech tournament. Eighty-eight universities will be attending the tournament until Monday. Shown above is the Ball State Speech Team after winning the state championship title from the Indiana Forensic Association for the sixth year in a row.

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Ball State will host students, coaches, judges and alumni from 88 universities for the National Forensics Association Speech Tournament until Monday.

This is Ball State’s third year hosting the competition.

Mary Moore, Ball State’s speech team director, said Ball State students have an advantage in some ways because they know the campus, but it is difficult to be competing at home because other commitments can be distracting.

“We’ll have about 1,000 students and coaches here. … Everyone will have suits on and heels, and we’ll be very fashionably dressed and very professionally dressed,” Moore said. “When they come to campus, no one on campus is going to not notice them. We’re a lot of people.”

Moore said she feels honored that the committee chose to host the competition at Ball State.

There was a period of time last year after the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed where the tournament was pulled from Muncie because organizers didn’t want the competition to be in a place where all weren’t welcome, but the National Forensics Association ended up deciding to keep it at Ball State.

“We were delighted when the council and the community decided that, despite those decisions, … we still were able to have the winning bid [this year],” Moore said. “While they’re here, we’ve got a lot of projects in place to remind them that we are an open, welcome, diverse community, and that all members of our community are both welcome and protected while they are on our campus and in our town.”

Moore said it has been a fun and an exhausting challenge to plan for everyone coming. Twenty campus buildings will be utilized during the tournament, but no competition will take place in

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6,696 speeches for preliminary rounds

420 speeches for final elimination rounds

312 debates in preliminary rounds

242 debates in elimination round

7 people coach Ball State’s 16-member team residence halls. They will be headquartered in the Atrium and the Art and Journalism Building.

“Whenever we go to any college campus, it’s a nice interaction between the student body and the students. Lots of students stop and they ask questions,” Moore said.

“I hope that we are good hosts as a population on campus to our guests, and I also hope that our guests don’t get in the way of the business that we’re doing.”

Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler wrote a letter of support to welcome the guests competing, who will be staying at local hotels and will be encouraged to visit local businesses.

The tournament was hosted at Ohio University last year, and it generated a $1.8 million economic boost to the area.

Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, said economists normally measure the economic impact by estimating both what the spending will be for those who are coming from out of town and the spending of those who are staying in Muncie who otherwise would have gone out of town.

Ball State’s tournament will be the largest National Forensics Association Tournament since 2011.

BALL STATE EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN

A university employee was arrested on Wednesday after he was found in possession of child pornography, according to a university press release.

Randal R. Schmidt, a maintenance supervisor, was arrested after an investigation by the Indiana State Police Cyber Crime Unit finished. The University Police Department also assisted in the arrest.

The investigation started after a routine review saw that a campus computer was accessing a site with suspicious content, UPD Chief James Duckham said in the press release.

Schmidt was suspended and barred from campus on April 4, and his office computer was confiscated. Schmidt has worked at Ball State for 20 years and he voluntarily ended his employment with the university.

Evidence does not suggest that anyone connected to the university was involved with his activities.

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This month, there are a half-dozen 5K races taking place in the Ball State community, but these events take more work to plan than one would think, organizers said.

Senior Morgan Laux is the chair for the Glow Run 5K, which is organized by the Health Occupations Students of America chapter of Ball State.

The race, which is in its second year, raises funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

“Little do people know that it is a lot of work to plan a 5K,” Laux said.

Laux said the challenging parts of starting a 5K on campus are getting the route and date approved by the university in addition to getting police available on the route come race day.

While Laux was concerned with the number of races occurring this month, she said HOSA’s glow run concept sets them apart from the others.

“I liked the idea of doing the glow run, because it’s at night time and no one ever does 5ks at night,” Laux said.

At last year’s inaugural glow run, Laux said they had 117 people participate and raised approximately $2,000.

Steven Tomboni is the Chief Executive Officer of America Multi-Sport, a racing company that provides communities in Indiana with health and wellness events. He said while races are a reasonable way to raise money, it can be difficult to start and plan them.

“The bigger races are getting bigger and raising more money, and the smaller races are actually getting a lot smaller,” Tomboni said.

With the amount of races increasing, Tomboni said more people are getting hurt and it has become easier for people to prove negligence and liability. He said people who are organizing a race should make sure to file the proper paperwork for insurance.

Another issue for these races is many cities now have a screening process all race organizers have to go through in order to obtain a permit.

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In the Midwest in 2015, more than 17,000 racing events took place, but there are more than half a dozen taking place at the Ball State community. Chase the Rainbow 5K is in its fourth year and is one of the few races that uses paint.

Muncie yet, but many large cities in this country now restrict the number of permits that are given no matter what it is,” Tomboni said. “They don’t care if it’s a 5K, half marathon, triathlon, nothing.”

Senior Cody Jones, president of the Pre-Health Professional Club, is organizing the Chase the Rainbow 5k, which raises funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

“5Ks are good because you can get a lot of people together for a short amount of time,” Jones said.

One of the reasons he said 5Ks are so popular in the spring is because many people want to get out and be active. Also, people who made New Year’s resolutions want to get out and show the goals they have accomplished.

Chase the Rainbow is in its fourth year and sets itself apart through the use of paint.

Jones said the race has become easier to organize and plan each year.

“We have a lot of club participation, both of regular and executive members,” Jones said. “We have a lot of help; it’s definitely a lot easier than what it was the first year.”

Because their race takes place on Bethel Fields, Jones said they don’t have to worry about street closures. Their biggest challenge was scheduling around athletic events.

Jones said they have raised more than $5,000 since the race began in

2013.

Becca Hasler is a director at Camp Kesem, a free summer camp for children whose parents have or had cancer. Hasler is planning the organization’s inaugural CK5K. The reason they chose to do a 5K is because running is inclusive and universal, she said.

“I think there’s a lot more runners out there than people realize, and running is a sport that everyone can do,” Hasler said.

Hasler is not too worried about the amount of 5Ks occurring this month. On the contrary, she said many people who are a part of Camp Kesem are signing up for HOSA’s Glow Run. Some organizations have tried to partner together so there wouldn’t be as many 5Ks, Laux said. She said HOSA was in talks to collaborate with other clubs, but it ended up not happening due to creative differences. Their glow run concept was original to campus and they wanted to keep it that way.

Jones said they talked about collaborating with others, but many of them wanted to keep their own cause.

However, with the way the racing business is going, Tomboni said it may be beneficial for smaller events and organizations to partner with larger ones.

“It can be a great way to raise money, but in 2016 and moving forward, it is more about raising money with a partner with a larg-

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Morris & Berger is an executive search firm with a specialty practice that includes higher education institutes, according to morrisberger.com. Berger said the school would want to release more information and clarity because the lack of transparency may have a negative impact on the search.

“Not releasing any real information would impact the candidate pool for the search because candidates will wonder what the reason for the termination was, and may be fearful if they are selected as the next president,” Berger said.

The search firm itself would want to make sure it had all the information in order to fully understand the specifics and feel comfortable with working with the school board in finding the best possible candidate, Berger said.

Jan Asnicar, senior vice president and managing director of EFL Associates’ higher education executive search firm, agreed.

EFL Associates provides higher education executive recruitment solutions for colleges and universities, and serves a variety of institutions, according to eflassociates.com.

“The first step is ... get to know the needs of the in-

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After president Paul W. Ferguson left unexpectedly, students and faculty began to question the departure and the lack of transparency from the university. That lack of transparency may negatively impact the search for a new president.

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stitution and the initiatives that are driving the institution,” Asnicar said. “There are specific things that each institution may need that vary from school to school.”

Asnicar said in order to help identify qualified candidates, the school would have to be honest.

“We would ask for a reason for the departure,” Asnicar said. “It is very important for the institution to be transparent throughout the process and it may very well

start with this question. It sets the tone for the search process, for the types of candidates who will venture forward with an application and will affect the outcome of the search.”

However, Andrea Warren, vice president and senior consultant of Academic Search, Inc., said while the situation is difficult, the unexpected resignation would not affect the search.

Academic Search provides search services for colleges

APRIL 5K RACES Chase the Rainbow 5K • Saturday Camp Kesem 5K • Saturday HOSA 5K Glow Run • Wednesday We Run This! For Mental Illness 5K • April 23 Indiana Sprint Triathlon and 5K • April 30 Walk MS: East Central & Clevenger 5K • April 30 SOURCE: Ball State emails and social media

er event than it is trying to do it by yourself,” Tomboni said.

For example, the Exercise Science Club is working directly with the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

According to the club’s website, “We have combined events directly with the MS Society this year in an effort to make this the biggest and best Indiana MS fundraiser yet.”

The race formerly called the Jeff Clevenger 5K is now the Walk MS: East Central & Clevenger 5K. According to the website, all proceeds will still benefit the multiple sclerosis (MS) Society in memory of Jeff Clevenger, a Muncie resident who lost a 30year battle with MS.

and universities looking to hire senior officers.

“Personnel decisions like hiring, evaluation, firing and separation are confidential and we understand that — so do candidates,” Warren said. “Even in the aftermath of difficult or unexpected transitions, our pre-search conversations with diverse campus constituencies help us to understand and to communicate to candidates the particular needs of the institution at this specific time in its history.”

Regardless, the Board of Trustees is not likely to release any information to search firms on the reason why Ferguson resigned, said university spokesperson Joan Todd.

“With regards to personnel matters, the university maintains the appropriate levels of confidentiality,” Todd said. “We would not publicly discuss the personal matters of other employees, including an employee who was serving as president of the university.”

The Board of Trustees met on April 6 and Monday to interview four potential search firms: R. William Funk and Associates, Witt/ Kieffer, Parker Executive Search and AGB Search.

Witt/Kieffer did not respond for comment and Parker Executive Search declined to comment.

The board will announce the name of the search firm at its meeting on today.

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Alumnus becomes ‘accidental’ playwright ‘subText’ provides comedic take on dating in digital age

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After accidentally becoming a playwright, a Ball State alumnus has published his first work.

Tyler Dwiggins, class of 2014, was originally writing young adult novels, but when a professor asked him to take part in a book they were writing, Dwiggins changed his manuscript to theater format. Now, his second full play, “subText,” has been published by Playscripts.

Playscripts is a company that sells a variety of scripts for different avenues of theater, such as high school, middle school and children. There are 2,067 scripts to search through on the company’s

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website.

According to Playscripts, “subText” is “a comedic series of vignettes detailing the awkwardness of dating in the digital age, from capturing the perfect selfie to making a relationship “Facebook official.”

Dwiggins said he looked at situations he has seen himself and his friends play into.

“I wanted to address the question, ‘What is dating now?’” Dwiggins said. “So much is dictated by technology and social media. I wanted to look at all the ways we think we’re having convenient conversations that are actually hindering us.”

The play was originally written for and performed at Muncie Southside High School.

Dwiggins had a friend who was having a hard time finding plays for high school students, so he wrote the play to the strengths of the students he was working with, he said.

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“SUBTEXT” “subText” is written by Ball State alumnus Tyler Dwiggins. Dwiggins said his goal was to “create a story for high school actors that was funny, timely, and inclusive.”

“Vignettes are kind of the perfect avenue for high school plays,” Dwiggins said. “You can have a large cast and feature all of them, but you don’t need all the members at rehearsal at the same time.”

Dwiggins also included LGBT characters in his play.

He wanted all his students to feel represented in the work.

“I wanted every student to feel their lives and loves are validated,” Dwiggins said.

“Many times, LGBT characters are in scenarios of coming out or hate crimes. In ‘subText,’ [LGBT students] are given the opportunity to be just as adorable and silly as their straight counterparts.”

After first being performed at Muncie Southside High School, “subText” was later consolidated with Muncie Central High School.

Burris Laboratory School and Indiana Academy have also performed the play.

In the Fall 2014 semester, Ball State’s Cave Theatre performed the play as well.

Taylor Peterson-Burke, a senior theater education major, directed Ball State’s performance.

Peterson-Burke was previously assigned to be a director in the Cave Theatre, and “subText” was her assigned play. It was fun to take a play for high school kids and do it with college kids, she said.

“I’ve never worked with actors my own age,” Peterson-Burke said. “I was frequently asking [Dwiggins] questions about what he envisioned for scenes.”

Dwiggins was working for Playscripts when his coworker suggested he submit the play there, even though

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“It’s kinda like you’re never gonna get that moment in your life again that you’re gonna get in college. … College kids, … they’re like the cutting edge of what’s next,” Ford said. “I would just like to be in environments, like cool headspaces with people that are really gonna challenge the way that I look at the world and take it in a new direction.”

Ford said most of her shows are in bars and nightclubs, where not everyone is necessarily there for her music. She says playing outside is great for the soul, and it refocuses why the people are there.

She is a one-woman looping band, which means she plays phrases live, which are recorded to a pedal. After pushing a button, the record-

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“A looping band means you take songs and you stack recorded pieces live, so that enables me to play a guitar part and then over the top of it, play a bass part, and then over the top of that, play a lead guitar part,” Ford said.

“If all that’s going, I don’t necessarily need my hands to play the guitar. It frees me up to play the drums with my hands.”

Kevin Wells, a junior actuarial science major and treasurer of Spectrum, is the coordinator for the event.

He contacted Robyn Ayres,

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a committee member for Muncie Pride, who has connections to Ford and helped them collaborate. This is the first time Spectrum has put on an event with a Muncie organization.

“We’re branching out and

not just sticking with the same groups of people on campus that we always work with, and so that’s really exciting,” Wells said. “I’m also really excited about having [Ford] here; … she’s very, very talented.”

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Ball State alumnus Tyler Dwiggins had his second full play, “subText,” published by Playscripts. The play, a comedy that looks into dating in the digital age, was originally written for Muncie Southside High School.

he was communicating with another publishing company at the time.

After about a month, he signed a contract with Playscripts.

“In some ways, it still hasn’t hit me that it’s happened,”

Dwiggins said. “I honestly felt very relieved. I was very proud because this isn’t just my show, it’s for the kids at Muncie Southside and my friend. It meant so much to all of us, it’s about a community effort.”

A TASTE OF MUNCIE TURNS 30

The Cornerstone Center for the Arts is hosting the 30th annual A Taste of Muncie from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Cornerstone hosts “opportunities for creative expression, educational programs and events in a historic setting,” according to its website.

In celebration of its 30th year, the theme for A Taste of Muncie this year is “Cheers to 30 Years.” The event planners are looking to host 30 food vendors for people to try.

Confirmed vendors include The Wedge Artisan Grilled Cheese, Johnny Carino’s, Tuppee Tong Thai Food and Hot Box Pizza.

“This is one of our largest fundraisers of the year. It provides opportunities for art education. That’s the feel-good reason to come,” said Cornerstone director of community relations Jeff Robinson. “The selfish reason is getting to eat all the food you can fit into yourself.”

This year’s event will also feature a “beer garden” for those 21 and older, which will be exclusively stocked with beers made in Muncie.

There will also be several art instructors at the event showcasing their craft, such as a pottery wheel and painting.

Ball State students are able to purchase pre-sale tickets for A Taste of Muncie at a student discount of $15 or $20 at the door.

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