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BALL STATE BEGINS POSTSEASON PLAY

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Team to play No. 6 seed McKendree Saturday

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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. DN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY

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

Christina Hall

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.

To see the winner and photos of other contestants, visit our gallery online at ballstatedaily.com See BODYBUILDING, page 6

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

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a new person to fill the position, two search firms said. 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. Now the Board of Trustees is starting its search to fill the position, starting by hiring a

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son,” he said. “It wouldn’t be surprising if this lasted into next year’s academic year.” So, how hard is it going to be to do a search for a university where they won’t release details as to why the president resigned? “It’s a tricky situation,” said Jay Berger, partner of Morris & Berger.

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search firm. 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. “It’s important for us to get a very strong leader and important to get the right per-

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