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he Ball State football team will have a new playing surface in the fall. Today marked the beginning of turf replacement inside Scheumann Stadium, following the conclusion of the team’s practice schedule on Saturday. The current turf surface has been in use for eight years and is showing age due to daily use and weather. Ball HOME SCHEDULE DATE State Athletic Di- TEAM rector Mark Sandy Virginia Military Institute Sept. 3 said 10 years is Toledo Oct. 3 the typical maxi- Georgia State Oct. 17 mum time for turf Central Michigan Oct. 24 to last. UMass Oct. 31 “It will be a Bowling Green Nov. 24 source of pride for the team and the program,” Sandy said. “It will also upgrade the stadium for when our fans come and will also be very important to show our new recruits when they come to the games this fall.” The wear and tear has resulted in seams coming apart, compacted areas and fibers shredding. Sandy said benefits of the turf include weather resistance and the ability to extend practice times. He previously updated the turf at Eastern Kentucky after his third year as Athletic Director. Scheumann Stadium underwent a $13.7 million construction effort that finished before the 2007 season. The renovations included the addition of the FieldTurf, a synthetic grass surface that is similar to what is found in many NFL stadiums. Ball State will open the 2015 season on Sept. 3 at home against VMI.
Witnesses defend woman during on-campus assault |
RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER rnpodner@bsu.edu
Two students stepped in to catch a suspect and help a female student when she was put in a chokehold and robbed last Thursday morning. According to the affidavit for the arrest of suspect William Hilterbran, 22, Hilterbran attacked a female student while she was paying for parking in the McKinley garage around 9:15 a.m. on April 16. As she put her wallet in her backpack, Hilterbran came up behind her and put her in a chokehold, chipping her tooth. He demanded her money. The victim managed to scream, and two males came to her aid, the affidavit said. Junior child development major Andrew Bova was listed on the case summary report as a witness and was interviewed by university police on Monday. The summary also listed two other witnesses, one of which was a student. Bova told the Daily News he was driving on Ashland Ave. to the parking garage Thursday morning when he saw two men fighting outside, one on top of the other. He recognized the person on the bottom as a fellow student.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Senior wins honors for academics Player earns All-MAC award, Feeney Memorial scholarship Senior Shelbie Justice has been named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference women’s basketball team, announced by the league Monday. A total of 27 student-athletes were named to the team from this past season. Justice, a nursing major, carries a 3.235 grade point average. “I honestly feel it’s one of the best stories on campus this year,” women’s head basketball coach Brady Sallee said. “To see her excel and succeed in both nursing and basketball is phenomenal.” In order for an athlete to qualify for the Academic All-MAC honor, they must have at least a 3.20 grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. Justice also won Ball State’s Feeney Memorial Scholarship at the postseason banquet. This award goes to a deserving women’s basketball player who has demonstrated passion and commitment to basketball and academics. “I hope that others can look at her and know that if they have their priorities straight and work hard, they can do anything like she has,” Sallee said. She played in 30 games for the Cardinals this season, starting 28. She averaged 9.4 points and 31.6 minutes per game, while leading the team in 3-point field goal percentage.
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CHAARG GROUP MAY COME TO BALL STATE Student works to bring organization that empowers women, breaks down stereotypes to campus LAURA ARWOOD STAFF REPORTER Anyone can apply to become what CHAARG is and what it’s er and creator of the second | llarwood@bsu.edu CHAARG chapter at University an ambassador, and a CHAARG about, and I fell in love,” Milich A women’s exercise organization created to inspire women by challenging them through fitness may be coming to Ball State in Fall 2015. Ohio State student Elisabeth Tavierne founded Changing Health Attitudes & Actions to Recreate Girls at her school when she realized there was a divide among genders in the gym, according to CHAARG’s website. Sarah Clem, the chapter train-
chapter can start once a university proves its ability to sustain it. The campus chapters must have at least 50 potential members, said Samm Milich, a sophomore exercise science major, who is hoping to become a Ball State CHAARG ambassador. She started the process in January after hearing about the organization from a friend in the exercise program. “I did some research to find out
of Cincinnati, experienced the same problem. “[Women] would always be on the treadmill and the elliptical and men would really be on the weight side of the gym,” Clem said. “[Tavierne] just recognized how that’s not how it’s supposed to be, and CHAARG grew from that.” CHAARG is an organization at 17 schools and has a virtual chapter, Clem said.
said. “And I began the process to become an ambassador.” The ambassador application process begins with a written application, supplemented with a list of local exercise studios, a video application and 50 names and emails of possible participants. Having a chapter at Ball State would allow women to vary their exercise and overcome the intimidation some women feel in the gym. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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