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hen Alex Fuelling’s collegiate volleyball career ended, the score was 11-7 in the second round of the Mid-American Conference women’s volleyball tournament.

The senior outside hitter jumped up to hit a ball, and she landed not on the floor — as she had practiced so many times — but on her teammate’s foot.

She knew something was wrong — she had felt her knee pop out and go completely sideways, then go back in. Then she was down on the ground.

The impact tore Fuelling’s ACL and meniscus, and she was forced out of the game — and the last moments of her collegiate career.

The Pell Grant provides aid to many Ball State students and helps them avoid debt, and about a third of students received the grant during the 2013-14 school year.

Although loans are always an option, many students also look for grants or scholarships, which don’t have to be paid back.

The Pell Grant is a federal grant for college students. The amount of money students receive is based on the expected family contribution calculated by the FAFSA and how much tuition costs. Because the Pell Grant is based on income, some students don’t qualify at all.

According to College Navigator, 38 percent of freshmen at Ball State received a Pell Grant in the 2013-2014 school year. The average amount of aid for freshmen was $4,464. Thirty-four percent of all undergraduates in 201314 received a Pell Grant. The average amount of aid for all undergraduates was $4,473.

Not everyone receives a Pell Grant right away. This was the case for Konnor Miller, a sophomore telecommunications major, who is only in his first year as a grant recipient.

Even then, Miller doesn’t fall very high on the sliding scale — he receives $363 a semester.

“I still have to get help from my parents,” Miller said. “I was surprised I qualified this year because I didn’t last year. I still have to pay a lot of tuition, though.”

Ericka Lange, a sophomore biology major, has qualified for the Pell Grant both of her years at Ball State. The grant is extremely helpful in paying for her education, she said.

See PELL GRANT, page 7

Susan Brooks to visit campus on Tuesday Congresswoman to speak with political science students

See INJURIES, page 5

Top: Alex Fuelling, a former women’s Ball State volleyball player, wipes the sweat off her face during her 10-minute workout on the Stairmaster Thursday in the Sayers “Bud” Miller Athletic Training Center. Fuelling had to use the Stairmaster after doing exercises for her right knee.

Left: Fuelling works on balancing with her right leg after having surgery in December on her ACL and meniscus. She is three months into her physical training.

OFFENSE LEADS TEAM TO SERIES WIN Ball State scores 37 runs against Ohio in last 2 games alone

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Ball State baseball (17-12, 4-2 MAC) scored 43 runs in three games against Ohio University (1116, 4-2 MAC) and won two of the three games in the series.

Junior first baseman Caleb Stayton hit two home runs in the series, including a grand slam in Sunday’s 20-3 win. He said the offensive outburst was a little sweeter because Ohio beat Ball State in the Mid-American Conference championship game last sea-

son 6-2 and won Friday’s series opener in extra innings.

“When somebody sends you packing the year before and then you lose a heartbreaker on Friday — we kind of got punched in the face,” he said.

“Our team responded.”

In the three games, Ball State batters hit a combined .390 with seven home runs, 15 doubles, a triple and 25 walks.

Head coach Rich Maloney said the balanced lineup is the team’s biggest strength.

“There’s a constant threat and we need to solidify that,” he said.

“When you go in to face a team and you know that a lot of different guys are capable of hurting you, that’s a psyche advantage.

Hopefully we can keep this going.”

See BASEBALL, page 6

Congresswoman Susan Brooks will be visiting campus Tuesday.

Brooks represents Indiana’s fifth district, which includes Carmel, Anderson and Noblesville.

Part of her visit will be spent touring around campus, but she will also be meeting with small groups of political science stu- Susan Brooks dents to have informal con- Indiana congresswoman versations about politics.

Brooks is currently on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Health, and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittees.

Before she was elected to the House of Representatives, Brooks was senior vice president and general counsel at Ivy Tech Community College from 2007-12.

She was also appointed as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana in 2001, and practiced law at Indianapolis firm Ice Miller.

She has received many awards, including the Nancy A. Maloley Outstanding Public Servant Award, and was named the Indiana Chamber of Commerce 2014 Government Leader of the Year.

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In Friday’s edition of the Daily News, we incorrectly reported crisis intake consultations went up 27 percent. The actual increase was 13 percent. The student-to-counselor ratio was also incorrect — there are 29 people available to meet with students.

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EILEEN ROSENSTEEL IN BODACIOUS BEAUTIES Meet five women from circus history who are bigger than life during the Amazing Fat Lady Show at 8 p.m. in the Art and Journalism Building Room 225. Eileen Rosensteel will transform into five fat women from the 1880s to 1940s and show different viewpoints about living life fat. The event is free and open to the public.

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GUEST ARTIST CONCERT: THE JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC INDIANA UNIVERSITY VIOLIN VIRTUOSI The Jacobs School of Music Indiana University Violin Virtuosi will come to campus to perform at 5:30 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall.

The group has violinists between the ages of 12 and 18 who study at the String Academy at the IU Jacobs School of Music. The event is free and open to the public.

THE TALK SHOW Learn about sexual assault as presenters portray themselves as guests on a talk show to educate the audience about what constitutes as sexual assault, the effects of it and the components of consensual sex. The show is at 7 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum Room.

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TUESDAY CARRIE NEWCOMER Folk singer Carrie Newcomer will be performing at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. Newcomer has been described as a “soaring songstress” by Billboard, and she has attracted a following with her voice and melodies. Tickets for students are $5 in advance or $10 at the door. For adults, tickets are $17 in advance or $22 at the door.

ARTS ALIVE CONCERT SERIES: AMERICAN BRASS QUINTET The American Brass Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. The quintet is a 2013 recipient of the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award. They’ve performed across the world and are committed to the promotion of brass chamber music through education. Tickets are $15 for students and $35 for general admission.

THURSDAY VISITING ARTIST JENNIFER TRASK Jennifer Trask will be talking about her work in jewelry and sculptures during the Visiting Artists, Designers and Scholars Series at 5:30 p.m. in the Art and Journalism Building Room 225.

Trask’s work ranges from neo-Baroque necklaces to l’oeil florals made from python skeletons and sewing needles. The presentation is free.

APRIL FIRST THURSDAY AT CORNERSTONE Check out the opening reception and art show for First Thursday, featuring the artwork of Leon Crosby from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Cornerstone Art Gallery on the second floor of Cornerstone Center for Arts. The show, “Vibrant Earth,” looks into the soft side of Crosby’s art. The show will be on display to the public throughout all of April.

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STAND UP! BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING Learn how to safely protect yourself and others from instances including sexual, verbal or physical assault at 6 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum Room.

UNIVERSITY SINGERS 52ND ANNUAL SPECTACULAR University Singers will be celebrating 52 years in this performance at 7:30 p.m. at John R. Emens Auditorium. Tickets for a reserved seat are $15, and students, faculty and senior tickets are $10. The rate for groups is $18. All seats are reserved and are not general admission.

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FILM SCREENING OF “THE MESSENGER” Watch “The Messenger,” a film about songbird conservation, and participate in a question-andanswer panel at 7:30 p.m. at Pruis Hall. The movie addresses some of the troubles that songbirds face today, from window collisions to illegal hunting. Local ornithologists will speak on a panel after the film is shown. The event is free and open to the public.

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Much like the presidential elections, a handful of executives are picking out what millions of people watch every weekend. Does that scare you? It should.

Especially because most of the time, they have terrible taste. Yes, they’ve picked out movies like “E.T.,” “Star Wars” and “Interstellar,” but does that make up for “Allegiant” or “Spiderman 3”?

Normally, I wouldn’t complain, but after seeing “Allegiant” and rewatching some older blockbusters like “Star Trek” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” I can’t help but wonder, “Are these directors even trying?” I know it takes a lot to make a movie, but how about a movie that matters?

Here’s where independent films become really important.

Before we get into it, you might be wondering what exactly an indie film is. Basically, it’s all the good ones.

Perhaps you’ve heard of “Frances Ha,” “Memento,” “Eraserhead,” “Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind” … even “Juno” was produced independently. And where would we be, as a human race, without “Juno”?

These movies were produced without the funding and control of big studios. Naturally, this is both good and bad.

aren’t any studio executives to negatively influence the film.

CON: There is, however, the low, and sometimes frankly sad budget.

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You don’t see the same five faces acting in indie films.

CON: You may see a face or two you don’t like.

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dom to stay true to the heart of the film.

CON: The

heart of the film might suck.

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Indie films are typically more diverse in nature.

CON: That means they don’t

get a lot of press.

You get the idea. I would compare indie movies to organic food. They’re grown ethically — without any unnatural preservatives like Tom Cruise or Will Smith, and they don’t worry so much about size. It’s the taste that matters.

So what’s the big deal?

Blockbusters and indie films can co-exist, right?

Well, independent film companies have changed a lot over the past 20 years to stay competitive. No longer are they running against the big networks, but alongside them, by picking

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well-known actors to take on parts that used to be reserved for up-and-coming stars. I mean, Woody Allen exploded Diane Keaton’s career when he chose her for the role of “Annie Hall,” but now he’s choosing leading ladies who are already famous, like his recent favorite, Emma Stone.

Sure, he and many others have their reasons. Sometimes the movie can only be made if it has a big name backing it, but the distinction between the two film types is becoming increasingly gray.

The heart of the matter is, we, the public, control how well these movies do. We pay to see them. So what if we paid a little extra to see something that’s actually worth the money?

Keystone Art Cinema is a movie theater located in Indianapolis that has been one of the only locations in Indiana to show indie films for the last 40 years. It’s a great place, and for those of you who are legal, it serves alcohol.

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This May, honors professor Laurie Lindberg will take her 12th trip to London. Five of those trips will have been with students in the Honors College in conjunction with Lindberg’s colloquium classes.

Her travels have allowed her to befriend Phillipa, a certified London tour guide with whom Lindberg always arranges to take her students around the city. She wishes the groups could stay longer than a week, but costs keep increasing.

“I’m in love with London, and here I get to take people who want to go and show it to them,” Lindberg said.

Lindberg said she plans activities that relate to her class’s curriculum, but it would be a shame to be in London and not go to places such as art galleries and Buckingham Palace.

Last year, the group saw Prince Charles coming home, and some group members got up at 5 a.m. to see the queen on her way to church.

“We always take the Tube down to Trafalgar Square and we come up from the Tube station from underground and there [is the city] spread out in front of us,” Lindberg said. “Everybody just gasps and we [are] all so excited and I’m excited for them, because it’s the first time they’re seeing it, a lot of them, and I’m excited for me because I’m so glad to be back.”

Lindberg said it is fun for her to see how different students she has gotten to know through her class react to experiencing London and the places they visit.

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Laurie Lindberg, an honors professor, is planning to take her 12th trip to London in May. Five of those trips have been with students from the Honors College and her colloquium classes.

“Some of my best times of a hotel room open, so in my life have been some Lindberg checked her of these times in London bank account and went. with students,” “I’d always Lindberg said. wanted to go “There’s just didn’t have I’m in love but nothing like the courage to it, you know, with London, on my own, so there’s just and here I I went with the some kind of group,” she said. magic, I think, get to take “That was the if you’ve got the people who perfect way to right group,” go the first time.” want to go she said.

Lindberg said Lindberg said and show it she does not she likes to make experience any connections be- to them. culture shock tween London since she has and what she’s LAURIE gone so many read in books LINDBERG, times, but she honors professor about the city does notice and being where differences bethe characters tween the U.S. were. and London.

She said she fell in love She said London is a with the city during her diverse city. and while first trip there in 2002 walking around, many when she was invited to languages are spoken, go by the former associate which gives her a sense dean of the Honors Col- the world is both a bigger lege, who was organizing and smaller place than a group trip to London. she previously realized.

At the time, Lindberg “People are more rewas only teaching in the laxed in London, and English department but people aren’t afraid of had gone to graduate people of other colors, school with the dean. they’re used to people of There was an extra half other colors,” she said.

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“Some places will have a Chinatown … but in London, you don’t have to go to one of those particular areas to see people from all different countries because they’re just everywhere.”

Maddie McGarvey, a junior public relations major, has taken four of Lindberg’s classes and went on the 2015 Sherlock Holmes trip, which she called an unforgettable experience.

“It was something I’d looked forward to for a really long time. [The trip] was something that worked out really well with a professor I really liked,” McGarvey said. “It was really fun because she was really enthusiastic about every little thing in the city. … She was just excited to take us there, so I had a lot of excitement going into it knowing that she ... loved all these places.”

McGarvey said by looking at Lindberg, you wouldn’t think she was a traveling professor, but once she starts talking about it, her familiarity with the city

comes through. “[Lindberg] is probably my favorite professor at Ball State. She’s a really warm-hearted, inspiring, quick-witted, almost like nurturing kind of professor,” McGarvey said.

Ellen Wagner, a junior microbiology and genetics major, also went on the “Sherlock Holmes” trip.

She will be going back to London in May with Lindberg’s current class.

“I really want to just see the world, and this has been a great opportunity because I get to take a class that’s really fun, and then I get to go to London as well,” Wagner said.

“London had been my No. 1 stop to go to.”

The group ate at the Sherlock Holmes pub for their first and last meals in London and went on a walking tour about Holmes.

Wagner loves “Sherlock Holmes,” but said her favorite book in the world is “Harry Potter.”

It had been one of her dreams to take a class on “Harry Potter,” so when the opportunity

for this year’s British fantasy literature class came up, she decided to take it.

“The [class] has really helped me think more critically about these fantasy books that I’ve been reading and a lot of the books I’ve read before, and so I can kinda take a new perspective as I look at them,” Wagner said. “[Lindberg] loves London and you can tell she just wants us to enjoy it too. She loves everything we talk about, which is so much fun, and it makes the topic a lot more interesting.”

Marco Leon, a junior speech pathology major, also went on the “Sherlock Holmes” trip and loved the chance to be able to learn about Holmes and the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The trip was Leon’s first trip outside of North America, and he said he saw how the culture had been influenced by the work.

“To see the lasting effects, basically, was just really amazing, and to do it with people that I had been studying with and talking with, like for an entire semester, then we were just halfway across the world all of a sudden, it was a really awesome experience [and] a very enlightening experience,” Leon said.

Leon likes how Lindberg guides the discussion by taking what students have said in the class and drawing it back to the greater picture.

“She’s definitely someone that tries to hear everyone’s points of view and sort of connect them all in a way… even if you might not necessarily agree, you kind of still understand,” Leon said. “She’s just an overall really nice person, definitely cares about her students and really wants to push them and challenge them, which I think is a lot of attributes of a good professor.”

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sive fashion market, however, many are questioning the quality of the lines and the Darian Jones, a freshman motives behind them.

Gender-neutral clothBall State student, would like to go into a clothing store ing has risen and fallen in and feel comfortable buying popularity throughout the whatever clothes they want. course of Western fashion For some, this is easy, history, specifically in rebut for others, the clearly cent decades. From the 1966 marked gender labels in the “smoking jacket” for women fashion industry can create created by Yves Saint Lauconflicts and difficulties. As rent to the gender-bending a student who identifies as style of David Bowie, Amernon-binary, or neither mas- ican culture is no stranger to culine nor feminine, Jones androgynous fashion.

And yet, when trends struggles with this often.

“The rigidly gendered do come back into style, clothing in stores does make it tends to say something it hard for me to shop — about the culture we live especially because a lot of in, said Amy Harden, a promy clothing still needs to fessor in the department of be bought by my parents, fashion merchandising.

“The culture today has whom I’m financially dependent on and who are moved so much from forstruggling to understand my mal to a more casual style, identity,” Jones said. “There’s and this extends to being relaxed about a strong pressure gender binato let your parents ries in fashion. and society decide There’s Designers are what you’ll wear all watching for you, even if that a strong the same culchoice makes you pressure to let ture and interu n c o m fo r t a b l e , preting it in and even when your parents their own way,” these people are and society Harden said. genuinely trying to E s s e n t i a l l y, be understanding decide what fashion tends of you and don’t you’ll wear to reflect the mean any harm.” events happenRecently, the for you, even ing in society g e n d e r - n e u t ra l if that choice rather than clothing Jones dictating the is in need of has makes you been trending in uncomfortable. way that society behaves or the fashion world. acts. For examFrom big-name ple, the rise of brands like Gucci very convento massive corpo- DARIAN JONES, tional gender rations like Ba- freshman Ball State student clothing in the bies-R-Us, main1950s, like stream fashion seems to be embracing uni- poodle skirts and suits, can sex clothing more than ever be attributed to the desire to return to tradition after before.

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today works to reflect the values of modern culture, and those values are increasingly moving toward a more inclusive and open society.

In this respect, an increase in gender-neutral clothing could help make the idea of being non-binary in gender a more accepted idea. Any push toward a more open society is crucial in light of statistics. According to a survey done by the Human Rights Campaign, 4 in 10 LGBT youth say the community in which they live is not accepting of LGBT people.

Jones recognizes the potential impact of these lines.

“I think it’s important for me to have these clothes so I can dress comfortably and fashionably, but also for the community to see these clothes in their stores,” Jones said.

Though these trends can create more acceptance, the rise in gender-neutral clothing also presents problems.

Though mainstream lines can have a lot of influence, they also can be very expensive and inaccessible to average citizens, particularly those who need ungendered clothing items the most.

“If you look at the price tags on the clothes being marketed, you’ll notice they are incredibly high and not the answer to the lack of resources available for lower class and working class individuals,” said Ashleigh Bingham, a graduate assistant in the women’s and gender studies department.

If the clothing being made available without gender labels is too expensive for many to buy, the social impact of the clothing will be drastically lowered.

Due to the high prices and the nature of the fash-

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ion industry, the motives behind the recent trend in gender-neutral clothing lines can also raise questions from consumers.

Jones has noticed while they feel mainstream gender-neutral clothing is a step in the right direction, it is often misunderstood by companies.

“They aren’t aimed at us,” Jones said of the fashion lines. “They’re being aimed at wealthy, thin people who want to look like models and superstars.

Gender-neutral clothing has become a kind of celebrity fad.”

Despite the mixed motives and outcomes of mainstream companies adopting gender-neutral

styles, one thing is clear: style is an essential part of expression as individuals, and having the resources and the societal support to do that is crucial to thriving, Bingham points out.

“When we look in a mirror and see a genuine representation of ourselves, there is such power present. You walk taller, you speak with more confidence, you are more yourself than you have ever been. It can be a life-changing experience that far too many people are restricted from due to heteronormative values in today’s society,” Bingham said.

Jones echoed this thought, and said having gender-neutral clothing

that is both available and affordable is imperative for continued progress and acceptance.

While the new lines may not be perfect, they do give hope for the future.

“Regardless of whether they mean to or not, beginning to sell gender-neutral clothing is at least a step in the right direction,” Jones said. “It is a small, tenuous, sometimes radically misinformed step, but it is a step nonetheless.”

Whether or not the mainstream trend will last, it is safe to say society will continue to find ways to express their own individuality through fashion, no matter what labels or choices companies dole out.

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Alex Fuelling prepares to get a bag of ice taped to her knee after physical training Thursday in the Sayers “Bud” Miller Athletic Training Center. Fuelling’s day consisted of an ultrasound on her knee, various exercises, walking on the Stairmaster, stretches and recovery with NormTech.

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why I was crossing my fingers I could go back in,” Fuelling said.

But she said her trainer was stern in his ways, and wasn’t going to let her go back into the game no matter how much she begged.

“Knowing that that was my last game … was really frustrating, but once I sat down and thought about EMOTIONAL HARDit, I guess I was glad that it SHIPS happened when it did and For Fuelling, the worst not earlier in the season,” part of her injury wasn’t the Fuelling said. “I was at least pain that would cause her to able to complete the season wake up crying some nights, — it just happened at the but the realization she didn’t worst time.” have anything to come back Sports injuries are often to. unavoidable for athletes.

Fuelling had made that From 1988 to 2004, the same jump countless times National Athletic Trainers’ in her career. But with one Association reported any- wrong fall, her college cawhere from 14 to 18 per- reer was over. cent of athletes were injured “It did take me a while to during games or practice. really be able to understand And that doesn’t even in- what was going on and just clude the injuries suffered be thankful for the opportuoutside of the sport. nity that I had and feel lucky But often the physical as- that it didn’t happen earlier pects of the injury aren’t the in the season,” Fuelling said. worst part — it’s the psyOne positive from her inchological impact that can jury happening at the end of hurt athletes the most. the season was there wasn’t Physical readiness to get a rush for Fuelling to get back into the game after an back into the game. injury can be more easily deShe had surgery over Wintermined by athletic train- ter Break, allowing her time ers, but psychological readi- to sit at home and recover. ness is harder to detect, said She could barely walk and Lindsey Blom, an associate had to keep her knee comprofessor of sport and exer- pletely straight so the mecise psychology. niscus could heal.

Many of these injured athUnfortunately, this wasn’t letes end up playing through her first time playing the rethe pain, because they’re covery game. unwilling to stay out of the Earlier in her senior seagame for longer than they son, she sustained a microfabsolutely have to. racture in the cartilage of “Athletes may not be hon- her left knee, which kept her est about [their psycholog- out for three weeks during ical readiness],” Blom said. the team’s preseason.

“If they’re not both ready “It took me a while to get to go, then there’s defi- back into it, just because I was nitely a better chance for really hesitant on something re-injury or not as good of else happening,” Fuelling said. a performance.”

Getting back into the game And the desire most in- was a matter of finding the jured athletes have to get confidence she had before back into the sport can slow she got injured, and not progress down or lead to worrying what could hapre-injury if it isn’t controlled, pen to her knee — and just she said. focusing on playing.

Athletes often go “It’s going to through five stages hurt — that’s part of grief after an inIt’s going of having an injujury, Blom said. ry,” she said. “I just • Denial – where to hurt — had to find confian athlete will play dence in my knee that’s part through the game and in myself to or practice when of having an get back to where they’re injured, I was before.” injury.

I just but won’t accept it.

Jessica Rager, a They also may not had to find doctoral assistant realize the extent in the athletic of their injury, and confidence in training program, some of the pain said this was a may not be evident. my knee and common occur• Anger – where in myself to rence with injured they may get frusathletes. get back to trated and get into “Think about the “why is this where I was an athlete’s conhappening to me” fidence in their before. mentality. own ability, as • Bargaining – well as the conplayers may do ALEX FUELLING, fidence in that anything they former Ball State body part,” Rager can to get back volleyball player said. “If I have a into the game, knee injury and even trying to I’m a basketball player, me convince their coach to let having those first practices them play more as long as and first game, I’m thinking, they do their rehab.

‘Do I trust my knee, is my • Sadness – athletes may knee going to give out on me withdraw from their teamagain?’ These are real quesmates, coaches and friends. tions athletes have.”

• Acceptance – the stage the athlete needs to be in PLAYING THROUGH to be able to move on and THE PAIN Junior tennis player Anheal properly.

When Fuelling got hurt drew Stutz hadn’t commitat the MAC tournament, ted to play in college when she was able to get up off he fractured his leg.

At a birthday party at Skythe court and walk to the bench. It wasn’t until later Zone his senior year of high that night when the adren- school, Stutz was jumping aline from the injury wore up and down in the dodgeoff and she woke up in ball area, not focusing on pain and realized the full anything. He threw a ball and jumped up, and his extent of her injury.

“I was able to walk off left leg came down on the the court by myself, that’s trampoline and his right hit

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a platform in between the trampolines and snapped.

He couldn’t walk for four and a half months, and many college coaches he was talking to backed out.

But head coach Bill Richards believed in him and still signed him.

He made it through his first two years of college with the help of a lot of painkillers and encouragement from teammates. Stutz said he didn’t consider quitting after breaking his leg — he knew he still wanted to play in college.

After he broke his leg, doctors put two plates and 16 screws into his leg, and he ended up playing in a lot of pain throughout his freshman season.

“Tennis is so movement-based, and I could only move well for about an hour,” Stutz said. “It’s hard to get confidence when you know you can’t play a whole match at your best.”

He was playing entire matches, and because his injury was on bone rather than muscle, the physical therapy couldn’t help much.

He worked to strengthen every part of his right leg, as well as his left since he was using it more than usual.

“I kind of just had to deal with it — there was a lot of Vicodin and just smiling through the pain,” he said.

For Stutz, it was especially hard since he was coming into college injured.

The transition from high school to college is already difficult for athletes, and adding an injury to the mix made it worse.

The workload is harder, and the added freedoms of college can be challenging for a lot of athletes. In addition, the sadness, isolation and time and stress management an athlete faces during the transition can mimic what injured athletes face, according to an NCAA study.

But Stutz’s teammates and Richards were able to help him through it. They knew he needed more support to get through matches, so they would cheer for him a little harder.

The plates and screws were taken out the summer after his freshman year, and his leg doesn’t hurt him anymore. But Stutz said he still gets nervous sometimes that his leg won’t hold up.

“I think there’s an inherent mental thing about it,” he said. “I’m getting better, but whenever I move to the right, there’s still a little bit of that fear [I’ll re-injure it].”

FORCED TO QUIT

While Stutz was able to fight through his injury and keep his career going, former swimmer and junior business and biology major Amanda Baskfield’s injury forced her to make a tough decision.

A few weeks into her freshman year, she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder near the end of one practice, and she later found she had torn her left bicep’s tendon off of her rotator cuff.

Baskfield couldn’t lift her arm very high and was forced to only kick and do leg workouts during practices. She went to rehab three times a week to try to strengthen her shoulder, but

COMMON KNEE INJURIES

Alex Fuelling, a Ball State women’s volleyball player, tore her ACL and suffered from a meniscus microfracture in her left knee. Other knee injuries like Fuelling’s meniscus microfracture are common with ACL tears. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, women “who participate in jumping and pivoting sports are two to 10 times more likely to sustain a knee ligament injury” than men who play the same sports because of the differences in knee construction.

Injury

Recovery

Common causes

Meniscus microfracture

3 months

Maneuvering or landing wrong

ACL tear

4-6 months

Twisting or physical contact

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)

Meniscus

SOURCE: ORTHOINFO.AAOS.ORG she ended up needing surgery during Winter Break.

She was out of the pool and practice after surgery, fully immersed in rehab to get her shoulder back to where it needed to be.

Baskfield was planning on trying to continue to swim after surgery, but during Spring Break she talked with her mom, friends and former coach about potentially quitting.

The X-rays and MRIs on her shoulder showed it would be probable that she’d tear it again within the next year, she said.

So she made the hard decision to put her health first and quit.

Baskfield had been swimming for 10 years, and it was a huge part of her life.

She went to see a sports psychologist after she quit because she didn’t know what to do with herself.

“All I knew was swimming,” she said. “My schedule was revolving around

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practice and meets, and I had to figure out what to do. I think I would have gone into a huge depression slump if it wasn’t for [the sports psychologist].”

Baskfield didn’t realize how much anxiety she had without swimming, but once she lost her stress relief and way to cope with daily life, it all came out. It made losing the sport that much harder.

By focusing on the mental aspect of the game, sports psychologists can help athletes improve during games or practice, get over mental blocks and work through any issues they may be having.

But they can help athletes with more than just improving their game. After an injury, or after quitting due to an injury in Baskfield’s case, they can help athletes tolerate pain and adjust to not playing anymore, according to the American Psychological Association.

Ball State offers sports psychologists for athletes to meet with if they choose to, and some coaches have the psychologists come in to work with the whole team.

Rager, the athletic training student, said the psychological impact after a big injury can be huge when it comes to the rehab process.

“You identify as a member of the team, and you have this injury now and your world has completely been flipped upside down,” Rager said.

Baskfield immersed herself in her major to fill the space in her life that was left after she quit. But even two years later, she still misses it and still deals with the pain from her injuries.

“I had a lot of nerve damage, and it’s stuff I still deal with today,” Baskfield said. “In the end, it just ended up being a better fit for me healthwise that I wouldn’t continue.”

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Coach happy with team CARDINALS TIED FOR 3RD despite weekend results IN MAC FOLLOWING SWEEP

Cardinals send 6 to Iowa City for NCAA Regionals

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Ball State gymnastics had six members of the team travel to Iowa City, Iowa, for the NCAA regionals on Saturday.

Originally, there were supposed to be four gymnasts competing individually with two alternates.

On Friday, junior Kayla Beckler received word she had moved from an alternate to competing on bars at the championship. Senior Erin Patchey served as an alternate.

Other Ball State gymnasts who performed included senior Denasiha Christian, junior Sarah Ebeyer and sophomores Baylee Bell and Jordyn Penny.

While none of the Cardinals qualified for national competition, head coach Joanna Saleem was proud of

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Maloney said Call will likely win MAC West Division Player of the Week honors.

Ball State pitchers allowed 29 runs in the series, but only 19 were earned. In Friday’s 12-6

what her team accomplished throughout the season.

“I am really proud of these young ladies who competed tonight,” Saleem said in a statement.

“I couldn’t have asked for better performances. We had nine out of nine routines hit and perform well under immense pressure.”

The pressure didn’t appear to be a problem for the gymnasts, as they scored against arguably some of the best gymnastics teams in the country.

Teams at the regional included No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 12 Nebraska, No. 13 Arkansas and Iowa.

There was also familiar Mid-American Conference competition with teams like Kent State, Central Michigan and individuals from Western Michigan.

“It is such a different environment competing with teams in and out of our conference,” Saleem said. “They represented Ball State and composed themselves with confidence throughout the entire night. [Penny, Bell

extra-inning loss, all six runs allowed in the top of the 10th were unearned. Ball State fielders were only charged with four errors, two of which were committed by junior shortstop Alex Maloney.

He now has 12 errors in 29 games played.

At the plate, however, Alex Maloney was 8-21 on the weekend with five runs scored, seven RBIs, a home run, three doubles and two walks. Rich said Alex Maloney and Call helped take the pressure off of the rest of the line-

and Ebeyer] showed strong performances on their individual events. All in all, they closed the season out with a very rewarding outcome.”

Christian was the only senior who competed for Ball State and tied for third on the floor with a 9.850 and fourteenth on the vault with a 9.775. “[Christian] had a great floor routine, with the second-highest score of the night, tying for third,” Saleem said.

Ebeyer also competed on the same two events, finishing with a 9.650 on the vault and 9.700 on the floor. Both put her in 27th place overall.

Penny competed in three different events, placing 17th on the bars and beam with scores of 9.825 and 9.800, respectively. She also finished 35th with a score of 9.525.

Bell finished in the top 10 with her ninth-place finish on the beam, her only event of the night, with a 9.850.

Beckler competed solely on the bars finishing in 31st with her 9.725.

up, especially in Sunday’s 20-3 win.

“You’ve got two guys on fire like that, and then you’ve got Stayton, ... it was just one of those games,” he said. “We haven’t had any games like that this year where we were really going to win the game and it was early.”

In their next game, the Cardinals host Xavier (10-18, 0-0 Big East) at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Friday, they will kick off a home series against MAC opponent Western Michigan (8-17, 1-2 MAC).

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After dropping its first three Mid-American Conference games to Miami University the weekend before, Ball State softball came back sweeping Ohio University in three games.

The Cardinals opened the weekend on Friday with a 2-1 victory, then came back the next day winning 3-2 in the first game and 8-6 in the second.

Senior pitcher Nicole Steinbach said her team had a different mentality entering its first home games of the season.

“We didn’t execute or meet our expectations last weekend, but we knew we wanted to come out here and attack against good competition like Ohio,” Steinbach said.

Against Miami on March

25-26, Ball State wasn’t able to capitalize with runners in scoring position.

Head coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett was glad to see some timely hits and execution this weekend.

“We spent a lot of time this week preparing, and they did a good job. They made good solid contact and, of course, Amanda Arnett came up with two big hits,” Bartlett said, referring to Arnett’s two home runs in the third game against Ohio. “We had a game plan in place, and the girls stuck to it and executed well.”

The three victories put Ball State in a tie for third place in the MAC West Division. Bartlett said the victories were important moving forward in conference play.

“It was incredibly important,” Bartlett said.

“It was great for our momentum. They were great team wins, and I think we can take so much good from this weekend.”

The excitement was

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“This weekend was big, especially against Ohio,” Arnett said. “We had to flush last weekend, and we came to play this weekend.”

Ball State’s schedule won’t get any easier, as it travels to DeKalb, Ill., for a two-game midweek set against MAC West-leading Northern Illinois (23-10, 4-2 MAC). The games are at 2 and 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The next home game for Ball State is Friday with a three-game series against Buffalo.

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“I did not have to take out loans thanks to the grant as well as other scholarships,” Lange said.

Some schools actively recruit low-income students, but Ball State is not one of those schools. The Office of Admissions has no idea what students’ financial need is when looking at applications, said John McPherson, assistant vice president of enrollment services.

“Students are admitted solely on their credentials,” McPherson said. “Admissions has no financial data or anything on a student. It’s good because it’s all fair, not discriminatory to anyone.”

According to Debt by Degrees, Ball State gives a total tuition discount of 57 percent to low-income families. This means students from low-income families paid an average of $9,178.

Graduates who receive a Pell Grant had a median federal debt of $20,250. Those who don’t receive any money from the Pell Grant had a median federal debt of $25,000, according to the site.

Students’ debt can fluctuate if the amount they receive

changes from year to year.

For Lange, the amount she receives keeps her debt at a manageable amount.

“I should not have much debt as long as my amount for the Pell Grant stays the same,” Lange said.

In addition to the Pell Grant, Indiana residents are eligible for the Frank O’Bannon Grant. The O’Bannon Grant is determined the same way the Pell Grant is: a sliding scale based on the expected family contribution and tuition of the university.

There are certain requirements students must meet each year in order to keep the maximum award. For example, O’Bannon recipients must complete a certain number of credit hours each year.

However, Lange said it’s not extremely difficult to meet the requirements.

Ball State also has its own grant for students who need financial aid, called the Ball State University Grant. This grant awards students a percentage of their financial need. A student’s need is determined by taking the cost of tuition and subtracting the estimated family contribution. The amount the student is receiving from other grants is also subtracted.

“We can’t meet all of a stu-

dent’s need, but we try to meet a percentage,” McPherson said. “How much money a student receives depends on how much need is out there and how much money Ball State has to give.”

Miller has received other scholarships from Ball State, helping with the amount of debt he will have at graduation.

“I should be able to pay off my student loans in the normal amount of time,” Miller said.

One negative statistic for Pell recipients is their loan repayment rate. The non-repayment rate is a new measure, which includes “all students who are unable to pay off any of the principal on their student loans.” For Pell recipients, the number is 20.6 percent, while for non-Pell recipients the number is 15.5 percent. These numbers are based off a three-year rate on federal loans only.

Another negative statistic is the graduation rate of Pell recipients versus non-Pell recipients. The graduation rate within six years of Pell recipients (50.8 percent) was lower than that of those who didn’t receive a grant (59.4 percent).

In order to increase retention rates, freshmen and sophomores on the Pell

Grant also have an opportunity to earn rewards through the Ball State Achievements app. According to a previous Daily News article, the app was designed to keep students academically and socially involved.

In a previous interview with the Daily News, vice president for student affairs Kay Bales said, “[Students using the app] earned higher grade point averages, higher number of credit hours than students who did not use the app.”

Students have downloaded the app more than 900 times.

Lange said she hopes Ball State continues with the app.

“I think the achievements app is a great way to reward students for getting involved on campus,” Lange said. “It motivates me to go and attend new events that I might not have thought about trying before. The rewards are actually worth the time and effort.”

Miller also likes the app and its rewards.

“I love the achievements app,” Miller said. “I get rewards such as Ball State gear and technology for going to sporting events, Friday Night Filmworks and Late Nites that I already attended with my friends.”

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On Wednesday nights from 7-8 p.m., you can find stu-

dents getting their groove on in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center with the new “Just Dance” organization.

The organization was founded by junior telecommunications major Jacob Logeman.

Logeman said he decided to form the group after living in DeHority Complex last year, when he and some of his friends would meet

every Sunday in the lounges and project “Just Dance” videos. They would dance around and de-stress for an hour in preparation of the upcoming week.

“It’d basically be almost like an exercise hour for us,” he said. “I thought it was really cool because it kind of got us hyped for the

upcoming week.”

Logeman said he had so much fun on those evenings, so he wanted to make it a regular experience, and that’s why he decided to form the organization. He said his favorite part of “Just Dance” so far is seeing students break out of their comfort zones.

“One of the cool things I’ve

started to see is at the beginning of the meeting, people are shy and don’t want to interact with other people, [but] by the end of the meeting they are all into [the dances] and are comfortable with each other,” he said.

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Board’s responsibilities extend past expected duties Trustees not paid to attend campus, community events

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RAYMOND GARCIA ACADEMIC/EDUCATION REPORTER ragarcia@bsu.edu

The nine members of the Board of Trustees each receive $50 per official meeting, as well as travel expenses, in accordance with state law, said Joan Todd, university spokesperson.

The trustees are involved with the university in ways that may not be apparent, she said. Their involvement revolves around carrying out the university’s strategic plan and making decisions that affect tuition and budgets.

“In addition to their formal duties, trustees spend considerable time attending events on and off campus which promote the university, including alumni, athletic and student activities,” Todd said.

The trustees are not paid to attend campus and

community events.

Because most of the trustees don’t live in Muncie, it may be hard at times for them to keep up with campus events. Board chair Rick Hall said he was not aware of what the Beneficence Dialogues were at the last trustee meeting. The dialogues happened a year ago when students had complaints about diversity at the institution.

But Hall said each of the board members receive a copy of the Ball State Daily News in the mail to keep up with campus news.

Hall, who is based in Carmel, Ind., finds himself visiting campus two times a month, not only for meetings, but to attend alumni events, athletic events and other activities.

Hall earned his bachelor’s degree from Ball State and played on the basketball team. He said the coaches, faculty and staff have influenced who he has become.

“My years at Ball State were a transformative period in my life,” Hall said. “The reason I serve as a trustee is to help

DUTIES OF THE BOARD •Manage, control and operate Ball State •Borrow money, issue bonds and let contracts •Prescribe conditions for admission •Grant degrees and issue diplomas or certificates •Set fees, charges, fines and penalties.

•Define the duties of and provide compensation for faculty and staff of the university •Receive and administer all donations, bequests, grants, funds, and property that are given or provided to the university •Possess all the powers in order to effectively operate the affairs of Ball State

create similar experiences for students today.”

Renae Conley, vice chair of the board, grew up in Muncie and completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Ball State. She said serving as a trustee is special to her because of her connection to the university.

“It is really an important place for me, so for me to be

DN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY

The nine members of the Board of Trustees each receive $50 per official meeting as well as travel expenses in accordance with state law, said Joan Todd, university spokesperson. Most of the trustees don’t live in Muncie, and their involvement focuses on the strategic plan and making decisions that affect tuition and budgets.

able to come back and be on the Board of Trustees is a pretty big deal,” Conley said.

Conley said she stays connected with campus through the daily email updates Interim President Terry King sends to the board.

Conley’s mother and brother both reside in Muncie, so she often comes back to visit her family and to connect with campus.

“I have seen the university

change and the importance that the university is to Muncie and the importance that Muncie is to Ball State,” Conley said.

Conley said she has been involved with the university the last 15 years, as she has served on the advisory board for the business college and the board for the Ball State Foundation.

Todd said the trustees spend a considerable amount

of time learning about issues in education.

When Conley worked and lived in Louisiana, she spent time working on issues in early childhood education. She served on the board for Teach for America and City Year.

Conley said she has been involved in education issues throughout her adult life.

“Education, it’s76130 the key to your own personal freedom,” Conley said.

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