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Police have fewer females, minorities than national average CASEY SMITH CRIME REPORTER | casmith11@bsu.edu

Increasing diversity in police departments has been a slow, but gradual process for decades.

In hundreds of police departments across the country, the percentage of white officers on the force is more than 30 percentage points higher than in the communities they serve, according to an analysis of a government survey of police departments.

Ball State’s University Police Department is one of many that still sees a high majority of white, male officers on the force.

In UPD, 10 percent of officers are of ethnic minorities, which is nearly 5 percentage points lower than the 14.7 percent of students of an ethic minority at Ball State, according to the factbook.

“Just like all other departments at Ball State, UPD is committed to the principles of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in employment,” UPD’s chief Jim Duckham said in an email. “We are committed to the pursuit of excellence by being inclusive of all individuals.”

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Architecture program, ecoREHAB work to give back to community

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group of fourth-year architecture students is refurbishing a former meth house in the Thomas Park– Avondale neighborhood in Muncie as a studio project.

The studio class is working with ecoREHAB, a local non-profit that provides sustainable rehabilitation of housing and neighborhoods.

“The whole goal is to revitalize the community more so than to earn money,” said Taylor Sheppard, a senior architecture major.

The house, located at 1215 W 10th St., will be the fifth house the architecture department has rehabilitated.

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A former meth house is being refurbished by a group of fourth-year Ball State architecture students. Members of the studio class are working with ecoREHAB, a local non-profit that provides rehabilitated housing for future homeowners.

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Mid-year transfer putting in extra work to earn playing time

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When the Ball State football team went into the locker room after practice, junior transfer defensive lineman John Swisher stayed outside, practicing on the tackling dummy.

Swisher and sophomore Kevin Thurmon, two of the nine defensive linemen on the roster, were getting extra reps.

“There’s a lot of good defensive tackles here. … I’m just trying to get my stride in the spring,” Swisher said. “I just want to be an impact player and climb up the depth chart right now.”

On Dec. 18, 2015, Swisher was one of three players who signed National Letters of Intent to join Ball State in the spring. Just four days later, former head coach Pete Lembo stepped down.

For a span of 16 days, Swisher was unsure of who his new head coach was going to be. Former quarterback Mike Neu took over the position less than a week before classes started for the spring.

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It took Mike Martin 24 years to first pick up a guitar and sing. Now, about 10 years later, he is part of the band The Beautiful Mess and is signed on to Main Man Records in New Jersey.

Martin is from Fairmount, Ind., which is about 30 minutes away from Muncie. He moved to Muncie when he was 21 and owned and operated three different music venues, including Doc’s on

Dill, which is the current location of Be Here Now. “Muncie had a huge influence on my music and my music business. A lot of people think Muncie sucks, and it has a long way to go, but I think it’s a great small town. … Muncie is my home and my heart,” Martin said.

The Beautiful Mess also includes Caryn Egan on fiddle, Ripley Owermohle on banjo, James Reynen on bass and CJ Barrow on drums.

Eagan is also from Indiana and studied at Ball State and graduated in 2013 with a degree in music education. She joined the band while still in school, and began touring the spring after she graduated.

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Mike Martin didn’t start playing guitar and singing until he was 24 years old.

Now, 10 years later, he is the lead man for The Beautiful Mess, which includes a fiddle, banjo, bass and drums. The band was formerly based in Muncie and is now signed with Main Man Records out of New Jersey.

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1. SAN FRANCISCO APPROVES PAID LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco approved a measure Tuesday making it the first place in the nation to require businesses to provide fully paid leave for new parents.

Advocates say the issue is gaining momentum across the country much like the debate over a higher minimum wage.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of the measure after supporters said six weeks of fully paid leave is

needed because too many families can’t afford to take time off after a child is born or adopted.

Small business owners countered that it’s the latest in a long list of city mandates— including paid sick leave and health coverage— that unfairly targets them.

Federal law grants workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. California, Rhode Island and New Jersey provide partial pay, with the money coming from employees.

In his proposal, Trump threatened to change a rule under the USA Patriot Act, an anti-terrorism law, to cut off a portion of the funds sent to Mexico through money transfers known as remittances. His plan would also bar non-Americans from wiring money outside of the U.S. unless they can provide documentation establishing their legal status in the country.

Trump said he would withdraw the threat if Mexico makes a one-time payment to finance the wall.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An economic backlash broadened Tuesday against a North Carolina law that critics say discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with PayPal announcing it has canceled a major expansion in the state.

North Carolina has come under heavy criticism since Gov. Pat McCrory signed the law, requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the sex on their

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional officials say the Obama administration has decided to transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus.

Most of the $600 million or so would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control, which is focused on research and development of anti-Zika vaccines, treating those infected with the virus and combating the mosquitoes that spread it.

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2.ICELAND’S LEADER RESIGNS AFTER LEAK LONDON (AP) — The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first highprofile political casualty Tuesday as Iceland’s prime minister stepped aside amid outrage over revelations he had used such a shell company to shelter large sums while Iceland’s economy was in crisis.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump would try to force Mexico to pay for a border wall by targeting billions of dollars in remittances sent by immigrants living in the U.S., according to a memo released by his campaign Tuesday.

The memo outlines in new detail how Trump would try to compel Mexico to pay for the 1,000-mile wall he’s promised to build along the Southern border if he becomes president.

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China and Russia, meanwhile, took the opposite approach, suppressing the news and rejecting any allegations of impropriety by government officials named in the leak of more than 11 million financial documents from a Panamanian law firm.

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Local store, local food Muncie’s only downtown grocery market provides organic products, delivery

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At first glance, it can look like any other convenience mart: shelves stocked with cans and boxes, refrigerators pushed up against the wall, a freezer stocked with beer and wine lining the back by the deli and tables and chairs throughout the space.

But while one might recognize some brands from a traditional supermarket, — like Newman’s Own, Ezekiel Bread and Nature’s Path — a closer look reveals some unfamiliar brands of meat and produce. That’s because the Downtown Farm Stand only stocks organic food, mostly from local farms.

The Downtown Farm Stand is a product of owner Dave Ring’s environmentalism.

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After graduating from Ball State, Ring became an organic farmer, and in 1999, he started the Ring Family Farm in Albany, Ind. But it was difficult for him to get the produce to market.

“Farmers markets are unreliable, restaurants come and go and chain stores won’t buy from you,” Ring said.

His solution was to create the Downtown Farm Stand, a reliable location where the community could purchase quality food.

Opened in May 2007 and managed by Ring and his wife, the store has since expanded from being a grocery store to include a deli, catering and a home delivery route.

The Farm Stand has organic food from all over Indiana — some from as close as Yorktown.

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occasionally sulfite-free alcohol in the back, the deli makes many of its items in house, from the bread to the Balsamic Italian chicken to the chipotle sauce.

There is also a selection of environmentally conscious body care products, from shampoo to toilet paper.

“We carefully research the brands that we stock to make sure that they are environmentally sustainable,” Ring said.

He specifically chose the location at the corner of Main Street and Mulberry Street to give the inner city residents of Muncie access to a grocery store.

It’s currently the only one in downtown Muncie.

Chelsea Smith, a senior community activism and development major, has been working at the Downtown Farm Stand for almost a year.

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In addition to delivery, the owners also focus on affordability for their customers.

“The Downtown Farm Stand provides healthy delicious food to residents of East Central Indiana at prices that are affordable for everyone,” Ring said.

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Dave Ring opened the Downtown Farm Stand in May 2007 as a product of his own environmentalism. The Farm Stand has organic food from all over Indiana. Ring is a Ball Sate alumnus and started the Ring Family Farm in 1999 in Albany, Ind.

Martin said he lived and toured in the Charleston area for about 10 years before returning to Muncie and playing with Eagan and Josh Hatfield. Hatfield is also from Muncie and played bass with his hands and drums with his feet, but no longer plays with the band.

After the venue they played at closed, the group decided to relocate to Charleston.

Main Man Records’ website describes the group’s music as “an eclectic mix of southern folk, rock, and country.”

“I call it country, but I’m about the only one,” Martin said.

“We’ve been called everything from boogie woogie bluegrass, soul and punk rock.”

Marc Regan is the co-founder of Main Man Records. He was vacationing in South Carolina in May 2015 when he first heard Beautiful Mess performing in a restaurant. Martin had moved to South Carolina because there was better exposure, he said.

“There was one song in particular that turned my head… the minute [Martin] started singing it, I paid attention,” Regan said.

The song was “Take Your Pills,” which Martin wrote about his nephew, who was prescribed Ritalin at the age of 6 for ADD. Regan thought the song could have significance elsewhere.

Regan’s son was a heroin addict and recovered more than three years ago. He started the organization CFC Loud N Clear with the help of his mother to help guide other people recovering from heroin addictions.

The Beautiful Mess performed at Rock the Farm in August 2015, a musical festival the organization hosts each year.

The band recently released “Gharkey St. Motel,” its first album with the record label. It includes music Martin has produced over the past 10 years.

Martin hopes that with the release of this album and the tour the band is on now, he will see the influence of his music spread to more people.

“I think [the record deal] is a big step for us all in realizing we’re on the right page, but just have to stick in there and keep working hard,” he said.

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Ana Batres is a sophomore journalism graphics and magazine double major who will be the 2016-17 Student Government Association vice president. Though she has grown up with Mexican culture, Batres plans to learn even more about the history of her heritage.

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Ana Batres, future Student Government Association vice president, grew up immersed in two different cultures.

Both of her parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States, and she is a first generation American citizen.

The sophomore journalism graphics and magazine major said her favorite part about growing up with two different cultures was getting to travel between the United States and Mexico, which she does often.

“I love being in one country where they solely speak English and then being thrown into a different one with different languages and cultures,” Batres said.

“I love being able to see a different part of the world

that’s not my daily life.”

Even though Batres grew up with Mexican culture, she still wants to learn more about the history of her heritage.

“As I’ve grown up, I’ve really noticed that, yes, I’ve been brought up in a Mexican family with different cultures and customs, but I’m not fully emerged in the background and history of Mexico,” Batres said.

“I think that’s something I really want to learn more about and be able to share it with people I interact with daily.”

Being culturally diverse is one of Batres’ big pushes for SGA, due to her upbringing.

When her mother was a child, she was adopted by her aunt and brought to the U.S. but would visit Mexico and her relatives often. It was on one of these visits that Batres said her mother met her father, and they both moved to the U.S. together to start their own family.

The perseverance from her parents is one of her biggest motivations, she said.

With her family being such a huge part of her life, Batres said that’s one thing

she hopes to bring to SGA. “I really hope that I can bring [a family feel] to SGA,” she said. “I think that that’s something SGA can get a lot from since there are different committees and caucuses. Being able to get to know everyone inside Senate is something I hope to accomplish next year.”

She said one of her dream jobs — aside from journalism — would be to work for a company that helps people who come to the U.S. learn English and build relationships with them.

“I really wanted to be a magazine writer, but I’ve been thinking about working for a non-profit that works with people who come to the U.S. and don’t know a lot of English help them learn,” she said.

Batres said putting a lot of effort into everything she does is one of her greatest characteristics.

“I get fully immersed in the tasks and try my best to do them to the best of my ability and have fun with it,” she said. “I think that’s the important thing — that you’re doing something to the best of your ability and that you’re enjoying it.”

A new group will give secular students — students who don’t identify as any particular religion — an organization and a place to meet other people like them.

Although the number of millennials who identify as religious is decreasing, there still aren’t many groups for students who are not a member of any religion.

Ben McIntosh, a junior religious studies and philosophy major, wanted to change this by working with the Secular Student Alliance (SSA) to establish a chapter at Ball State.

“There is a big need for a group devoted to firmly nonreligious students,” McIntosh said. “It’s important [for nonreligious students] to have a community to talk to, people who won’t look at them and say they’re crazy for not believing in religion.”

McIntosh was raised an Apostolic Pentecostal, but after reading the Bible all the way through, he found himself questioning his beliefs.

“I was very troubled by the depravity Yahweh allowed to happen,” McIntosh said. “Over about a year, I adjusted my beliefs.”

It took McIntosh about one year to become an “out” atheist; he worried about backlash from his family. One of his goals for the Ball State SSA is to make it a safe space for those who are scared to tell their families. The SSA will be open to everyone; those who are atheist, those questioning their

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Sheppard said when the group first arrived to the house, it had already been gutted because they weren’t allowed to go in until the meth residue was taken care of. The meth lab was located in the attic.

“It basically looked like a scary movie scene where squatters live,” Sheppard said.

The walls were all taken down and the windows were shattered.

Three months later, the ceilings are raised, drywalls are up and the sub-flooring is down.

Sheppard said it looks like an actual house now.

“Walls have been built to show the future rooms of the home, so you can finally now see what will be in the house, where just a few weeks ago it looked like one large empty room,” Sheppard said.

While the designated times for the studio are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1-5 p.m., students put in more hours and sometimes find time to work Tuesdays, Thursdays

and even Saturdays.

“The manual labor is a big difference because normally, none of us are actually doing anything and now we have to build stuff and dig stuff. It’s very different,” Sheppard said.

Senior architecture major Jacob Hurt said he has gained a better appreciation for building through the experience.

“It is one thing to put it down on paper, but then to actually have to build it is a completely new concept,” Hurt said.

Sheppard said the studio has a budget of $60,000, which they received from the Ball Brothers Foundation and other donors.

One of the priorities of the studio is to create a sustainable house for future homeowners. They have been doing this through insulation and the weatherization of the doors and windows.

The two-bedroom house is expected to be completed by the end of the summer semester. Hurt said ecoREHAB is searching for an economically viable family to move in. The house is being built with materials and systems that would keep monthly bills low.

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Bracken Library, L82B religious beliefs and theists, McIntosh said.

“There’s a bad connotation with the word ‘atheist,’” McIntosh said. “People think you’re depraved and have no morals, but that isn’t true. I want to show the community we’re regular people who just happen to believe there is no God.” Bryce Sigsbee, a freshman computer science major, identifies as nonreligious. The club is a great idea, he said. “[The SSA] can provide one more group for students to get involved in and find friends with common ideas,” Sigsbee said. “I don’t know if I would join it, but I would definitely consider going for a meeting and seeing where it went from there.”

The first meeting was March 17, and since then, SSA has already written a constitution and elected officers. McIntosh is in the process of applying to become an official Ball State organization. Until

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SERRATIA MARCESCENS This microorganism is usually found in soil, water, plants and animals. It’s pretty normal.

Sometimes it’s on bread, too.

Since there’s yeast in the library keyboard dish, it's possible that someone had been eating a sandwich at that station. It’s a pathogenic microorganism, but cases of infection usually happen with already-sick people.

A studio class of fourth-year architecture students is working with ecoREHAB to refurbish a former meth house. The studio has a $60,000 budget provided by the Ball Brothers Foundation and other donors.

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The Secular Student Alliance (SSA) is an organization that works with devoted nonreligious students. Ben McIntosh, a junior religious studies and philosophy major, wants SSA to be a safe place for people to talk about being an atheist or theists, or if they are questioning their religious beliefs.

After growing swabs from seven campus locations, we found six main colonies of microorganisms and how they could harm you.

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Staphylococcus is a group of bacteria that can cause infection in various body parts. It’s more commonly known as staph and is what causes staph-infection. In most cases, you’ll be fine if you touch it. It’s already hanging out on your nose and in your skin.

Yeast are single-celled fungi.

They’re similar to the molds found in bread, the molds that ripen blue cheese and the molds that produce antibiotics for medical use.

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MICROCOCCUS LUTEA These colonies are a normal inhabitant of the human body.

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then, the club cannot reserve an academic space for meetings.

For now, the SSA meets in Bracken Library on Sundays at 8 p.m. There are about 30 students involved, and meetings typically last for an hour or an hour and a half.

The first three meetings have been getting logistics out of the way, but McIntosh has bigger plans for the future.

“I want to talk a lot about different religious and philosophical views,” McIntosh said. “I want to talk about science and politics, and have people like professors, or even students, come in and give talks.”

McIntosh’s major plays a large role in thinking about what he wants to discuss in meetings.

“I have access to philosophy professors who could come and give talks,” McIntosh said.

“I love doing research on religion and talking about it.”

Sunday, the club will be watching “A Better Life: An Exploration of Joy & Meaning in a World Without God.” The documentary is a follow-up of a book by the same name. The author, Chris Johnson, showcases people who challenge the stereotypes of atheists.

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COMPARING ETHNIC MINORITIES BETWEEN UPD, BALL STATE AND U.S. POLICE FORCES UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

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The University Police Department staff directory lists 20 persons employed as patrol officers. Of that...

Ball State reports 21,196 full-time, unduplicated on- and off-campus students in 2015-16.

If the enrollment were 2O people...

There are 653,740 patrol officers in the United States.

If these officers were represented by 20 people...

5% (1 person) is an ethnic minority.

14.7% (about 3 people) would be an ethnic minority. 27.3% (about 5 people) would be an ethnic minority.

Sources: UPD, Ball State Factbook 2015-16, BLS.gov

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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics: • Racial and ethnic minorities in state and local agencies made up 27.3 percent of fulltime sworn personnel in 2013, up from 23.6 percent in 2003 • Women accounted for about 12 percent of officers in 2013 up from 7.6 percent in 1987 Experts say diversity in the police force increases a department’s credibility with its community, according to BJS findings.

Bruce Henry, manager for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police human resources office and chapter president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executive

(NOBLE), said there isn’t any reason why there are limited numbers of minorities in police departments.

“I think there is an attitude of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — there’s not enough proactive engagement to bring minorities into these departments,” Henry said.

Henry said many police departments today aren’t good at making the job of police officers more enticing to minorities, and more obstacles — like education requirements, health and fitness requirements — are not focused on minority candidates.

“You can recruit thousands of ethnic minorities, but if the exam has bias built into it, then the exam is going to exclude some groups,” Henry said. “And that’s why our organization tries to assist law enforcement to ensure they reach out to ethnic minorities.”

Despite being below national minority police statistics, UPD is relatively reflective of Ball State’s student population.

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I encounter has a different worldview than I do, that’s something officers are going to need to know how to deal with. But crime is not limited to just one population of people, just as the world isn’t limited to a certain type of person.»

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But Henry said agencies shouldn’t necessarily only look for officers who mirror their communities.

From this perspective, Henry said diversity can include religion, sexual orientation, age, family background or occupation, and even neighborhoods or high schools.

“If my worldview is one thing, and the person I encounter has a different worldview than I do, that’s something officers are going to need to know how to deal with,” Henry said. “But crime is not limited to just one population of people, just as the world isn’t limited to a certain type of person.

“Yes, we need officers that represent the demographic of the population in the area, but don’t abandon the minority and the officers that are also capable of helping the community grow and be the best it can be.”

The Department of Justice and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission said in its annual law enforcement diversity review that all aspects of diversity should be considered when jurisdictions are looking at if their law enforcement agencies are representative and reflective of the communities they serve.

Since the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Survey in 1987, the employment of female officers has increased in all

population categories, but larger jurisdictions have continued to employ females at a higher rate.

• In 2013, approximately 58,000 females worked as local police officers. Only 27,000 did so in 1987 UPD currently employs nine women, of which two are assigned as patrol officers. UPD’s percentage of women patrol officers (10 percent) is also below the national average (12 percent).

IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY

Diversity can be a crucial element in establishing and expanding trust between law enforcement and the community.

But police force diversity is not something achieved without firm commitments from the police chief and top police administrators to make it a priority, according to the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Outsiders like human rights commissioners, district attorneys and city officials can provide valuable support to encourage a police department to undertake efforts to achieve and maintain diversity, but this support is no substitute for leadership at the top.

A lack of diversity implicates some of the U.S.’s most fundamental civil rights laws and protections, according to Increasing Diversity in Police Departments: Strategies and Tools for Human Rights Commissions and Others

at Harvard Law. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, and national origin. It also prohibits the use of neutral selection practices that fall more heavily on one group unless those practices have been shown to be job related and consistent with business necessity.

“Diversity is something that is appeasing. I’m not suggesting we discontinue, but I think that engagement is the best circum-

stance,” Henry said. “You can preach to a class about surrounding yourself and accepting people that are unlike you, but you have to actually do it — you have to be diligent about it — and it’s really hard work.”

This is something UPD does by stressing the education and implication of diversity education for its officers and staff, Duckham said.

“Our officers are right here, available to go anywhere at anytime, and not just simply for emergency runs, which are, of course, critical to the work we do,” Duckham said. “But our officers have also been a part of numerous panel discussions and other events designed to build relationships, and we welcome any opportunity to continue to do more of those types of things.”

The best way to build relationships is by getting people together so they can see each other as unique, dedicated individuals all committed to the same goal, he said. Department members participate in training on topics like cultural diversity, bias incidents, hate crimes and racial profiling.

“It is important that police understand the community’s concerns and perspective on important topics, such as race relations,” Duckham said. “The police should be seen as members of the community, and that is what we strive for at Ball State.”

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• 6 0 PERCENT of the increase between 2007 and 2013 stems from Hispanics and Latinos.

• The 12 PERCENT of officers who were Hispanic or Latino in 2013 is MORE THAN TWICE the percentage in 1987.

• 1 2 PERCENT of local police officers were black in 2013, up from 9 PERCENT in 1987.

• Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native people comprised 3 PERCENT of local police officers in 2013 and 2000. This is about FOUR TIMES HIGHER than in 1987.

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Ball State’s indoor weight throw record of 60 feet, 10.5 inches belongs to senior thrower Marie Lumpkin. Lumpkin said she didn’t realize she would compete in collegiate track and field until her last month of high school.

A SENIOR THROWER’S JOURNEY TO BALL STATE Lumpkin aims to set more records, make Regionals

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While her original goal wasn’t to break records, she admits that her mindset has changed as she’s gotten older.

“Getting into my sophomore and junior year, I kind of thought about it,” Lumpkin said. “Before I leave, it is my main goal to get that hammer record and hopefully make Regionals.”

Lumpkin and the rest of the track and field team will compete on April 15-16 in the Ball State Challenge.

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Toward the end of the fall semester, Dougherty invited Swisher out to visit and on Dec. 14, 2015, he committed to Ball State.

Swisher will have to compete for a spot against a trio of defensive lineman that have combined for 74 games played in their careers – redshirt senior Darnell Smith and juniors Kevin Willis and Anthony Winbush.

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Senior thrower Marie Lumpkin holds Ball State’s indoor weight throw record, but it wasn’t until her last month at Union High School in Losantville when she realized she would in compete in collegiate track and field.

Lumpkin said she was approached by the former coach Randy Heisler’s son, who convinced her to try out for Ball State’s track and field team.

“I talked to him ... he said ‘Why wouldn’t you come?’” Lumpkin said.

“I kind of thought about it, and I never will have that experience again so I thought, ‘Why not?’”

She set the Ball State record in indoor weight throw with a distance of 60 feet, 10.5 inches (18.55m) on Dec. 5, 2015. She also recorded the second-best individual distance in program history in

the outdoor hammer throw with a distance of 181 feet, 9 inches (55.40m), which earned an automatic qualification in the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships in late May. In high school, she competed in discus and shot put because Indiana high school track meets don’t feature the weight or hammer throw, so she redshirted during her freshman year to learn the two new events.

“Picking up the weight the first time was like, ‘Oh my god, I have to swing this over my head,”’ she said.

At Ball State, assistant track and field coach Stephen Krupa has helped Lumpkin with her technique this season.

He said Lumpkin has a shot at qualifying for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in late May. “The future’s unclear, but we know we want to make it to Florida,” Krupa said. “[Lumpkin] is in a unique situation where she never really knows where her season will end.”

Outside of redshirting her freshman indoor season, Lumpkin also sat out of her

Before he even began recruiting, Neu already had three players who had expected to play for a different head coach coming in.

“They were already on campus and started the same time I did. … It was a new situation for both of us,” Neu said. “They were great about it. They’ve done a great job coming in being open-minded and working hard.”

The competition is nothing new to Swisher.

He spent two years at Iowa Western Community College, a program that was ranked third in the National Junior College Athletic Association in each of the past two seasons.

In 2015, Swisher finished with 64 tackles,

21 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks. He earned first team all-conference and earned an NCJAA All-America honorable mention.

From there, he decided to look to play at the Division-I level.

“That was my last year of eligibility [at Iowa Western] and usually guys leave when they have a good year,” he said. “[Ball State] was just the right fit.”

Swisher heard about Ball State through Twitter after

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