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am Price sat up in bed, ignoring the tubes in her throat and shrugging off the heavy sedatives that were meant to keep her in her hospital bed, and reached for her husband, assistant professor Tom Price. Tuesday was the first time she was able to see him after they were rescued from the fire that consumed their home late Friday night.

Pam’s son, Fletcher Price, said he had to hold his mother down to keep her from rising from the bed and hurting herself or the delicate medical machinery helping her recover from severe smoke inhalation.

Tom had only recently had tubes removed from his throat and a feeding tube taken out before he was wheeled into her hospital room at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis.

Around 1 a.m. on May 29, the home of Tom Price and Pam Price caught fire. The Prices’ injuries were mostly oxygen deprivation and they were intubated to restore oxygen to their system. The two are currently hospitalized at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis.

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Ball State adds to next year’s roster DINING ADJUSTS Five newcomers help HOURS FOR 2015-16 increase competition for upcoming season |

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For the first time in his Ball State tenure, men’s basketball head coach James Whitford has the internal competition he’s desired.

Ball State has added five newcomers to its roster, four of which will be eligible to play in the 2015-16 season.

Whitford said his staff did a nice job of adding competition for playing time and insurance for the inevitable, such as injuries.

“That’s the great thing about sports,” Whitford said. “It’s a competitive environment, and that’s what we’ve been trying to create here. Where guys push

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Some locations open later to line up with students’ schedules DANIEL BROUNT NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com

• Tahjai Teague: Forward • Trey Moses: Forward/Center • Nate Wells: Center • Naiel Smith: Guard • Tayler Persons: Guard each other, you have enough depth where guys know how hard they have to work.”

Ball State’s main priority in adding players to the roster was improving size.

Last season, the Cardinals’ starting center and biggest player was Matt Kamieniecki, who stood at 6-foot-8.

Ball State added Trey Moses, a 6-foot-9 forward/center out of Eastern High School in Kentucky, along with forward Tahjai Teague. Teague is a 6-foot-8 forward that starred for Pike High School in Indianapolis.

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Men’s basketball head coach James Whitford has added five newcomers to his team. The newcomers include Tayler Persons, Naiel Smith, Tahjai Teague, Trey Moses and Nate Wells.

If students are looking for food after 7:30 p.m. during the 201516 year, they will have several more options than last year.

Most locations closed at 7:30 p.m. in 2014-15, but Ball State Dining has extended hours until 8:30 p.m., primarily at residence hall locations.

Each year, Lucas Miller, assistant director of operations for Ball State Dining, said dining monitors transaction amounts through the cash register system and communicates with students to determine what changes need to be made.

“In the residence halls, there’s a need for hours to be later, and so we tried to look to see where we could add hours that were in the most need that also wouldn’t have a major financial impact,” Miller said. “[We wanted] to catch students who have night classes and are trying to get back, so what we do is we’re trying to see what transactions we have and communicate with student groups to see what they want.”

Dining shared a proposal with Student Government Association and Residence Hall Association, and Miller said those organizations liked the changes mentioned in the proposal.

To offset the financial costs of extending hours in residence hall locations, dining lessened hours elsewhere. The Atrium will be closed on Sundays next year.

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The Teachers College is pairing with community partners for this summer institute. It promotes culturally responsive teaching, family engagement and mobilization efforts from communities. The institute begins today and runs through Friday. It takes place at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center.

THURSDAY MUNCIE OPEN SCREEN

Muncie Civic Theatre hosts a monthly showcase of local filmmakers’ creations.

These can include short films, commercials, home movies, music videos and other video pieces.

Submissions are free, but any donations go to the theatre. The event runs from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

and businesses will host exhibit openings and artist receptions in Downtown Muncie.

Some of these will also include refreshments and entertainment. This takes place from 5-8 p.m. downtown.

The Farmers Market goes from 8 a.m. to noon at Minnetrista. It includes a variety of local vendors with fresh produce. Minnetrista’s Farmers Market takes place every Saturday throughout the summer.

Guest lecturer Stella Kafka is presenting on the stories of variable stars. He is the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. The event will take place from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the Charles W. Brown Planetarium. It is free and open to the public.

GARDEN FAIR AT MINNETRISTA

Minnetrista hosts its two-day garden fair this weekend. The event will have plants, tools and decorations on sale. Horticulture experts will give gardening tips. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

TUESDAY SUMMER CHORUS

Singers from campus and the community will perform together as the Ball State School of Music Summer Chorus. Kerry Glann, associate director of choral activities, will lead the group. It will perform light classic, jazz, gospel, patriotic, pop and spiritual music. The event is from 7:30-9 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. It is free and open to the public.

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Own experience motivates student to start fund page Donation site raises more than $5,000 in 3 days after fire

just kinda streamlines the process,” Huffer said.

When Huffer checked the Go Fund Me, she said she was shocked to see just how much people had donated. “I was insanely surprised, because I CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS just thought it was going to be EDITOR-IN-CHIEF us, the students, and maybe, if editor@bsudailynews.com we are lucky, we could get facEditor’s note: Jordan Huffer ulty and staff,” she said. “But was previously the assistant mul- I’m getting names that I don’t timedia editor at the Daily News. recognize … I was so happy In less than a week, one stu- that this got out to such a large dent has helped raise more group of people.” than $5,000 for assistant proOne of those names Huffer fessor Tom Price and his wife, may not recognize is that of Pam Price, after a Friday night a former student of Price’s, fire claimed the entirety of Alivia Brybak. their home.

She learned about the fire from Jordan Huffer, a senior pho- a news story that was making the tojournalism major, knows rounds on Facebook. what it’s like to lose every“I remember my heart racthing in a flash of flame; her ing, hoping that house burnt it wasn’t anyone down when she that I knew,” she Tom spent was 18 years said. “After clickold. It was the ing on the link, I my entire memory of that was heartbroken fire, and her re- undergraduate to realize it was lationship with one of the professtudy and beyond Tom Price, that sors I was closest led her to cre- helping me, no to — Tom Price.” ate a Go Fund Me She said it was page to try to re- questions asked, no Tom Price’s genlieve just a little reward for him — erous giving bit of the pain of of himself just because that’s prompted herthat losing a home. to “I know how the kind of guy he donate without much [support] question. means at a really is. It was only fitting “Why did I sucky time, and that I try to help out donate to the someone needs page?” she said. to step up and in any way I could “Because Tom do that for them,” during his moment spent my entire Huffer said. undergraduHuffer was of need. ate study and lucky enough beyond helping not to be injured ALIVIA BRYBAK, me, no quesformer student, donor in the fire that tions asked, no destroyed her reward for him home, but she did lose almost — just because that’s the kind everything she owned. of guy he is. It was only fitting Her family wasn’t alone though. that I try to help out in any Her father, John Huffer, was the way I could during his moformer Ball State photo services ment of need. “ coordinator, and Jordan said peoBrybak’s and the other dople from all across campus gave nors’ money will go to help the their family support.

Price’s pay for things that are “We had just an influx of do- often taken for granted when nations and gifts from every- you have a home, Huffer said. one from the university,” she It’s not just things like food, said. “Something people don’t shelter and appliances that are understand is, my dad was a gone when a fire takes every30-year employee of the uni- thing a person owns. Huffer versity and Ball State is very said one of the biggest things much a family.” that go missing are those Huffer said it is that sense “creature comforts” — things of familiar bond that is a ma- that just make life feel normal. jor reason 92 people have “Sometimes, you need somedonated $5,215 to the Price thing like that to kinda help family — at time of publishing you feel better about life,” she — pushing well beyond her said. “I can’t wait to give them original goal of $1,500. the money and tell them about “I feel like people are natu- the people that helped them. rally inclined to want to help, I’m excited that people have and sometimes you don’t really found this for the family, and to know how to go about it, but tell them that people love and a Go Fund Me page in general care about them.”

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Inside of the home on 2801 Sequoia Court, Fletcher Price, son of Tom Price and Pam Price, said his parents’ bedroom was untouched by the fire compared to the rest of the house. At the time of publication, it was unknown how the fire started. A former student of Tom Price’s, Jordan Huffer, started a Go Fund Me page which has raised $5,215 at the time of publication. The Muncie’s Women in Business Unlimited group has also established a clothing drive to help the family.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “I feel they both had that secret fear that we were lying to them [about each other’s condition],” Fletcher said. “It was nice, that reaffirmation that they are here, that they are just a couple doors away.”

He said the moment was a role reversal for the couple: this time it was Tom’s turn to take the role of comforter, assuring Pam that everything would be fine in a way that only your life-long partner can provide.

Pam’s joy came just four days after she made a call to 911 around 1 a.m. Friday night saying their house was on fire.

The first set of firefighters arrived at the Country Village home just six minutes after the call, said Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief, Tim Baty, while 911 dispatchers spoke to Pam, trying to keep her calm and asking her to pinpoint her position in the house.

Eventually, firefighters found the two trapped in an upstairs bedroom, but not before they had passed out due to smoke inhalation.

Brian Hayes, instructor and director of workshops in journalism, lives just a street down from the Prices’ home and was awakened by the sound of firetrucks screaming through the neighborhood. “[The sirens] sounded crazy close,” he said. “You look out the window and you saw this orange glow over the trees.”

He went outside to catch a better view of the fire, and to see how close it was.

“I walked down the street inbetween a couple of the yards and had a good view of the back of the house, which at the time I had no idea was [the Prices’] house,” he said. “Then another neighbor of mine came out and we walked to the front and that’s when I realized, ‘Oh my God, it’s Tom’s house.’”

By the time Hayes made it to the front of the house, Tom and Pam Price were already on their way to the hospital. It took around 20 minutes for firefighters to extinguish the blaze, enough time for fire to claim the couple’s two cars and turn a majority of their home to ash and charred wood.

A couple days ago, Fletcher Price went to see the remains of the house he had spent the better part of his childhood in, and to see what, if anything, could be salvaged.

“It was not what I expected,”

Fletcher Price said. “I don’t know what I expected, but what I saw wasn’t what I expected.”

He said he was shocked when he saw how relatively intact his parent’s bedroom was compared to the rest of the house.

“Yeah, that was powerful.

That most of the house is destroyed and you see my dad’s clothes in the closet — undamaged by fire — like no fire in the room. That was incredible,” Fletcher Price said.

Although on first glance it didn’t look like anything in any other rooms of the house would be salvageable, Fletcher Price was able to find a few things untouched by fire.

He found a book titled “60 reasons Pam is Loved” in the living room. The book was one he and his sisters, Sarah Price and Kate Price, had made for Pam Price’s 60th birthday that was full of memories, pictures and stories collected from friends.

“It was blackened on the top and I went over and opened it up,” he said. “All of the inside pages were completely fine, so was the back cover. That was a big release for everyone.”

Beyond those 60 people in the

BALL STATE ALUMNA DIES D.C. IN SHOOTING

A Ball State graduate died Wednesday night in a shooting in a southeast Washington, D.C., neighborhood.

Charnice Milton, 27, graduated from Ball State with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. At Syracuse University, she earned a master’s degree in magazine, newspaper and online journalism.

She was waiting for a bus after covering a meeting for the Capital Community News when she “was tragically gunned down in an apparently random CHARNICE MILTON shooting,” according to a statement CCN released Thursday afternoon.

Ball State “Charnice was a talented reporter with an engaging graduate manner that endeared her to her sources,” the statement said. “She was a valued member of the CCN news team.”

She had been working for CCN since August 2012.

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book, 92 others have found another way to show Pam Price, and the rest of the family, that they are loved.

Jordan Huffer, a former student of Tom Price’s, created a Go Fund Me page to raise money for the family, which has raised $5,215 at the time of publication, with 92 individual donations. Muncie’s Women in Business Unlimited group, of which Pam Price is the president, also established a clothing drive to help the family after they get out of the hospital.

The flurry of support for his parents doesn’t shock Fletcher Price in the least.

“Hundreds of people have reached out to us, it’s incredible, but not surprising,” he said. “When I was driving with my wife down to the hospital we were compiling a list of all the groups of people we needed to talk to, to inform them, and it felt like that list was going on forever.”

For now the family is in a holding pattern, Fletcher Price said, waiting for hospital staff to clear Tom and Pam Price to leave.

That’s when the recovery can truly begin.

DINING:

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It’s really unusual actually at a university to have a food service location in an academic building to be open on the weekends,” Miller said.

“So when we looked at that, what we could do is say it doesn’t make sense to keep it open on Sundays, because it’s not really busy enough.

But that allows us then to say with the residential buildings, we can keep them open later to better match where

students are at night and what their wants are.”

Besides hours, Miller said the only other change dining made for the upcoming academic year was minor shifts in price based on the costs of goods.

CHANGES TO DINING NOYER CENTRE

• Salads, grill, homestyle, sweets, pasta and stir-fry are now served until 8:30 p.m. daily (was 7:30 p.m.)

• Pizza is now served until 8:30 p.m. Monday-Friday (was 7:30 p.m.)

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•P apa John’s now closes at 8:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (was 10:00 p.m.)

•B oar’s Head now serves breakfast, and is open 7:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., MondayThursday (was 10:30 a.m.10:00 p.m.)

•C hick-fil-A Express now closes at 8:30 p.m., MondayThursday (was 10:00 p.m.)

•M cKinley Grille now closes at 8:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (was 9:30 p.m.)

•T he Atrium is now closed on Sundays THE TALLY FOOD COURT

•T aco Bell now opens at 8:30

a.m. on Saturday and Sunday (was 9:30 a.m.)

WOODWORTH COMMONS

•P atisseries, Woody’s Grille, el Fire Dragon, Dellacasa and Comfort Zone are now open until 8:30 p.m. daily (was 7:30 p.m.)

•D eli World is now open until 9:30 p.m. daily (was 9 p.m.)

ELLIOTT DINING

•B reakfast is now served until 10 a.m. (was 9:30 a.m.)

•D inner is now served starting at 4:30 p.m. (was 5 p.m.)

QUIZNOS

• Quiznos now closes at 8 p.m., Monday-Thursday (was 9 p.m.)

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Athlete defies odds, bounces back after severe knee injury JAKE FOX SPORTS EDITOR | @fakejox3

After Ball State high jumper Rebecca Lomax blew out her knee in February of 2014, many wrote her off to never compete again.

Even her coach.

Randy Heisler, the Cardinals’ track & field coach, knew the injury was severe.

Lomax tore the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament in her knee, sustaining some other damage as well.

The Ball State medical staff looked at her knee and decided it was beyond them. So Lomax saw the doctors for the Indianapolis Colts.

The Colts’ staff said they could fix it, but it might not end the way she wanted.

“Okay,” Lomax said. “I’ll fix it.”

So began the long road to recovery for Lomax — but the long-term effects could be crippling if the recovery went wrong. She was used to having stress on her body, however.

Lomax made her name known when she was a freshman in 2011. She was named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team and took a trip to the NCAA Preliminary Round.

She placed 18th in the high jump, with a mark of 1.75m.

Heisler said her first trip to the big stage served as a big shock to her.

“They’re all 5-foot-11 to 6-foot-4 it seems like,” Heisler said. “It looks like the starting front line to a volleyball or basketball team standing out there. And then there’s Rebecca, and she’s 5-foot-7.”

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Rebecca Lomax hurt her knee in February 2014, which caused many people to believe she would not compete again. Lomax tore the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament in her knee.

tion during her sophomore year. But this time, she finished with a 1.67m and placed 39th.

That’s when she made the decision for what was best.

As a dance major, she sat out during the 2013 season as a redshirt to focus on her training — not an easy decision for an All-Mid-American Conference selection and one of the league’s top high jumpers.

Even when she competed while participating in dance, Heisler understood the toll it was taking on her body.

“She would come to practice, and we’d just let her recover during practice from her dancing,” he said.

Lomax returned to the track for the 2014 indoor season.

She suffered the devastating knee injury at the Hillsdale Invitational on Feb. 7.

Her 2014 outdoor season was limited to three meets.

With her senior year looming in the distance, Lomax decided to get to work to repair her knee. Heisler said he has never heard of anyone coming back from that type of injury without surgery.

Lomax changed that statistic.

With the help of trainers and a strong will to return, Lomax proved everyone wrong. Her knee began to heal and she started to do more and more.

“I just jumped back into being an athlete,” Lomax said.

“I wanted to do bigger and better things than I had done in the past.”

Heisler started receiving videos from Lomax in July of her jumping over hurdles that she recorded on her iPad. He was amazed at what he saw, but was still skeptical going into the season.

But after she threw the shot-put 46 feet at an indoor competition this season, Heisler and his staff stopped and said, “She’s good. We’ll go with that.”

“People thought I was crazy,” Lomax said.

Lomax broke six of her personal indoor records this season after returning.

She made it to the MAC finals in the 100 meter dash, and qualified for the NCAA Preliminaries once more in the high jump.

This time, however, Lomax had experience on her side.

Heisler called her power-

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REBECCA LOMAX • Position: High Jump/ Sprints • Year: Senior • Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind. • High School: Southport • Major: Dance

ful, explosive and a great athlete. Most of his coaching was on the mental side of the game —as Lomax could be “her own worst enemy.”

She tied for 45th at the preliminary competition among some of the country’s best jumpers. She ended her career in a Ball State uniform with several accolades.

“Of course I was very happy about getting to regionals, but I wanted to make it to the nationals because I had never been there,” Lomax said.

Although she fell short of the ultimate goal of advancing past the preliminary round, Lomax won’t soon be forgotten around Ball State.

“She’s one of the sweetest young ladies,” Heisler said.

“I’ve coached for 30 years, and Rebecca is one of those kids I’ll remember for a long time.”

VOLLEYBALL TEAM ADDS 2 PLAYERS

The Ball State women’s volleyball team added two more players to its recruiting class with commitments from Carly Cappello and Lauren Schreiner. The Cardinals have one of the top 55 classes in the nation, according to PrepVolleyball.com.

“We are excited to add two defensive wizards to our 2015 roster,” head coach Steven Shondell said in a statement. “Ball State volleyball is known nationwide for precision ball control, and Carly and Lauren will help us continue to be one of the nation’s best ball control teams.”

Cappello finished her playing career at Bishop Noll Institute as the all-time leader in kills and digs.

A 5-foot-7 outside hitter, Cappello led Bishop Noll to the state championship match in her junior season. She was named to the AllState First Team with 650 kills and 408 digs during her senior season.

Schreiner, also a 5-foot-7 outside hitter, finished her career at Williamsville North with 1,023 kills and 2,257 digs in her career. She was an All-State Fourth Team selection in New York as a senior.

“Not only do both girls pin point the pass, they are every bit as good keeping the ball off the floor with amazing acrobatic defensive plays,” Shondell said. “There is nothing more exciting in a volleyball match than watching spectacular game-saving plays being made on defense, and that is what these two defensive dynamos are all about.”

Capello and Schreiner join Ellie Dunn, Emily Holland and Brooklyn Goodsel as newcomers for the 2015 season.

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Women’s volleyball head coach, Steven Shondell, and his team added two more players to its recruiting class. According to PrepVolleyball.com, the team has one of the top 55 classes in the nation.

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Whitford said the emphasis was to defend in and around the post. The Cardinals finished 312th out of 345 teams last season by allowing their opponents to shoot 46 percent from the field, according to NCAA.com.

Ball State helped its cause even more with the addition of Nate Wells. Wells, a 7-foot-1 transfer, played for Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference.

“We always tweak our style of play with our players,” Whitford said. “So we certainly will change — or tweak — our style defensively … I think having that size allows us to do that much better and takes pressure off a lot of other areas of our defense.”

Another void filled through newcomers was the backcourt.

Ball State rotated guards last season between Zavier Turner, Jeremie Tyler, Francis Kiapway and Jeremiah Davis.

Tyler, Kiapway and Davis are all returners for the team this season.

Help has arrived, however, in the form of 6-foot-4 point guard Naiel Smith from San Jacinto College. Smith averaged 6.8 points, 4.8 assists and 4.4 rebounds during his time at San Jacinto.

Whitford said Smith can make an impact as a pass-first point that has the ability to take care of the ball.

Ball State averaged 14.1 turn-

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thing about sports.

It’s a competitive environment, and that’s what we’ve been trying to create here. » JAMES WHITFORD, head coach overs per game last season, and was 11th in the Mid-American Conference with a -2.13 turnover margin.

The Cardinals picked up another established guard with the addition of Tayler Persons this summer. Persons is a transfer from Northern Kentucky and was an Indiana All-Star from Kokomo in 2014.

Persons led Northern Kentucky in scoring, assists, steals and minutes per game last season. He was a Second Team AllAtlantic Sun selection and the league’s Freshman of the Year.

“Like [Wells and Smith], he’s already proven he can play at a high level,” Whitford said.

Persons will sit out as a redshirt this season. He will be eligible for the 2016-17 year.

With the addition of Persons, Ball State now has four Indiana All-Stars on its roster for the first time since 2001-02.

Whitford said with the addition of highly-touted players and other players to fill needs, the Cardinals are looking forward to the future.

ATHLETICS

TEAMS CLEAR NATIONAL STANDARD All 19 of Ball State’s athletic teams scored at least a 954 in the latest Academic Progress Rate scores released by the NCAA. The APR tracks the academic process of every athlete on scholarship. It is required to keep a 930 to HIGHEST SCORES maintain postseason eligibility.

Ball State finished with an average • Women’s Golf: 1,000 score of 981. Eleven Cardinal teams • Women’s Volleyball: 995 • Men’s Swimming & Diving: scored higher than the average.

Ten Ball State teams improved 994 from last year or remained the same. • Cross Country: 992 The numbers include data from the • Women’s Tennis: 992 period 2010-11 through 2013-14. • Men’s Volleyball: 991 The women’s golf team earned a perfect score of 1,000. Five other teams scored higher than 990.

– JAKE FOX

WOMEN’S SOCCER

TEAM RELEASES 2015-16 SCHEDULE

The Ball State soccer team is ready for a challenge.

The Cardinals announced the release of their schedule for the 2015 season. The schedule includes road matches against LSU, Indiana and IPFW. “We believe the program has moved forward and is ready for some new challenges,” head coach Craig Roberts said in a statement.

“We will provide the program with these challenges by playing against a variety of different 2015-16 HOME MATCHES Vs. Time teams with different styles, both Date Aug. 28 Wright State 5 p.m. locally and out of region.”

Sept.

25 Eastern Michigan 5 p.m.

Ball State will open the season Kent State 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 with an exhibition Oct. 9 Ohio 2 p.m. against IUPUI, following on Aug. Oct. 11 Oct. 23 Akron 4 p.m.

21 for the first official match Oct. 25 Buffalo 2 p.m. against Jacksonville State.

Aug. 28 will bring the team’s first match at Briner Sports Complex versus Wright State.

Ball State will begin Mid-American Conference play on Sept. 25 with a home match against Eastern Michigan. Last season, the Cardinals finished 6-5 in MAC play and 10-6-2 overall.

“The demanding schedule will serve us well in preparation for the MAC season and will also provide us with educational experiences as we travel around the country,” Roberts said.

– JAKE FOX

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Here at the University of Tartu, the most common question upon meeting people is “Why Estonia?” After being here for two-and-a-half months, I’m finally starting to formulate an answer to this question.

Tartu, Estonia isn’t exactly a hot tourist destination. It took a long time to get here, and a longer time to get over my jet lag. Even having an academic interest in post-Soviet countries, I knew relatively little about Estonia before coming here.

Since my arrival, however, I’ve had nothing but a string of pleasant surprises. I’ve gone hiking through a bog, eaten kohuke (a traditional food that’s basically a tiny stick of cheesecake) and celebrated Estonian Independence Day. In case you’re on the brink of deciding between studying in the “safer” option or in “that one country,” here are two reasons why it’s ultimately more rewarding to dive into the unknown.

First of all, it’s more fun to go somewhere that isn’t touristy. In Tartu, I don’t have to worry about fighting my way through camera-wielding crowds to get to class. In fact, the Estonians are actively encouraging tourism in their beautiful, but relatively obscure, country.

When I make one of my sad attempts to communicate in Estonian or Russian, people seem to appreciate the effort, rather than be annoyed by my poor language skills like I feared they might be.

It’s also fun to have experiences that haven’t been streamlined and specifi-

cally geared toward tourists. I can go up to the observation platform in St. John’s Church and enjoy the view overlooking Tartu in solitude.

Second, it’s good to challenge yourself.

I was incredibly nervous about coming here. I had no idea if I would be able to communicate with anyone or keep up in my classes. I make a lot of mistakes on a daily basis, but it makes each small success seem like a huge victory. Being here has made me realize how rarely I take myself out of my comfort zone in the U.S. Especially if you’ve never been out of the country before, going to a foreign country for a semester or a year where the people don’t speak your language and you don’t know anyone can sound completely overwhelming.

The point of studying abroad, though, is to immerse yourself in the unknown and to allow it to change you. So don’t rule out any options because they’re too different, or too intimidating, or because they don’t match the fairy tale vision in your head.

Before I left, I was sure that coming back to Muncie would be the hardest thing I would ever have to do. But I’m actually getting excited to go back and see how my life will look now that I’ve had this experience. I’ve even started to miss Muncie a little bit.

Honestly, though, to answer the question “Why Estonia” — it was for the Sarah Palin-esque thrill of being within driving distance from Russia.

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most out of my schoolwork. However, the motivation to take my time and do well on my assignments is much greater here, so there is a balance in that respect.

The most annoying difference I have encountered so far is the grocery stores. Not only do they close early on Sundays but there is also much less variety here.

Where we would expect about 50 types of cereal in an aisle, there is maybe half that. Also, Ali Tappe, another American exchange student, mentioned her frustration at not being able to pick out her own fruit, as it’s all prepackaged.

However, the good news is British chocolate is by far superior.

As much as we’d like to think that Americans and Brits are strikingly different, we’re really not. I had preconceived notions of British people being uptight and cold, but I could not have been more wrong.

I’ve noticed much more friendliness here than I ever did in Indiana. From the waitresses who call me “love” and “sweetheart” to the strangers stopping in the middle of the street to chat with each other, British people have appeared to be nothing but warm and pleasant.

Similarly, when asked what he missed most about America, Brooks said, “Americans are the nicest people I have met, always friendly and willing to chat to strangers,” so it seems as though the two cultures share a mutual appreciation.

As an exchange student from the Midwest, I have noticed quite a few differences between English and American culture.

Believe it or not, language was the first thing I struggled with when I arrived in Worcester, England. You wouldn’t think there would be much of an issue, but idioms like “itchy feet” and “zebra crossing” were completely foreign to me.

University of Worcester student, Philip Brooks, said when he was studying in America, everyday English words drew a blank on most people’s faces.

It’s little things like words that can make living in a foreign country somewhat challenging, but also completely worth it.

In observing the English education system, I found that while the class discussions tend to delve deeper and focus more heavily on student input, the classes overall tend to be more rigid than American lectures.

As Brooks put it, “… the classes were a lot easier than here in the UK, as the lecturers were a lot more open and didn’t follow the structure to the letter. For example, in the exams, if the grades were lower than the tutor expected, he would admit he made the exam too difficult and increase the class’s grade by a percentage.”

With the strict due dates present in British modules, I have found myself much more concerned about doing things the “right way” than getting the

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‘A full circle experience’ Alumnus to leave after 10 years of working at university

about trying to get students involved to balance their college experience and to take advantage of organizations, events, lectures, concerts and those sorts of things.”

After graduating in 2002, DANIEL BROUNT FEATURES EDITOR Isaacs wanted to stay at Ball features@bsudailynews.com State for his master’s degree.

Before coming to Ball State But one of his mentors told him as a student, Mitch Isaacs, re- he needed to try being sometention and graduation spe- where else for a while.

“I was kind of kicked out cialist for first time freshmen, wanted to teach high school of the nest,” he said. “But, it was probably one of the best and coach football.

Instead, he found himself things for me.”

So he went to Indiana State back at Ball State coaching University and earned a masfreshmen.

Now, after 10 years of work- ter’s degree in student affairs ing at Ball State, he is moving and higher education before on to work as the executive returning to Ball State as a director of Muncie’s Shafer residence hall director in 2005. He worked as Leadership Academy. the associate direcIsaacs started his tor of student life and time at Ball State as with the Excellence a student in 1998. He in Leadership prosaid as a freshman gram before becomhe went home every ing the retention and weekend. graduation specialist “As far as I was confor first time freshcerned, my life, my men in August 2013. future and my friends MITCH ISAACS In this position, he were all 45 minutes retention and found himself coachsouth of here,” he said. graduation But that began to specialist for first ing freshmen who were like him when he change when he got in- time freshmen first came to Ball State. volved with hall coun“My job now is to find freshcil his sophomore year.

“After a year of getting in- men who aren’t having the volved and falling in love with best Ball State experience — campus, I decided, ‘well, the and that may mean they’re whole reason I wanted to struggling academically, soteach high school was to make cially or financially — and an impact on students,” he serve as a college coach to said, “and I’ve met a tremen- them,” he said. “I fill the role dous amount of people who of giving them all the tricks have made an impact on me of the trade and helping them here ... I can just work with col- navigate campus so they do lege students rather than high have a great experience, and so they do want to stay at Ball school students.’”

Cathy Bickel, associate direc- State. It’s really been a full cirtor of housing and residence cle experience for me.”

While Isaacs will no longer life, remembers Isaac as a student. In addition to hall council, be working at Ball State, he he was involved in Residence said he will always stay conHall Association and became a nected to the university. He will still be living in Muncie, as his Resident Assistant.

“He was very enthusiastic wife Becky Isaacs works at Ball about the college environment State as the assistant director and wanted to share his en- of housing and residence life, thusiasm,” she said. “I think he and his two children attend understood the many opportu- Burris Laboratory School.

As for his job at Shafer Leadnities Ball State offers for students and was very passionate ership Academy, he said it re-

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Jenner is an olympic decathlon gold medal winner who previously lived as Bruce Jenner

JENNER REVEALS NEW NAME, SELF Public transition has potential to benefit, impact movement | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The handsome, muscular Bruce Jenner, who appeared on the Wheaties cereal box after he won the Olympic decathlon gold medal, is on the cover of Vanity Fair this week, only now as Caitlyn Jenner, an attractive woman in a strapless, white corset.

Although not the first celebrity to transition from one gender to another in the public eye, Jenner lit up the cyber universe Monday when she tweeted a photo of the Vanity Fair cover along with the declaration that at age 65 she’s finally “living my true self.”

Twitter accounts, ranging from the one held by the White House to those of transgender

advocates, sociologists and just regular folks, retweeted it, most often with positive comments.

But more importantly, said Eden Lane, an anchor and producer for Denver PBS television station KBDI and a transgender woman herself, is the positive impact Jenner’s transition seems to have suddenly had on the transgender movement.

“When you know someone, it’s easier to leave room in your heart and mind for them. To just be without fear of them or without hatred of them,” she said. And pretty much everyone, Lane added, feels they know Jenner.

Her transition has played out in public over the past several months and included a high-profile interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer last April, in which Jenner, appearing nervous at first, declared, “Yes, for all intents and purposes, I am a woman.”

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Seventeen years ago, Isaacs did not plan on staying with Ball State past graduation, but now, he said he wouldn’t mind working for the university again later on.

“What I’ve learned from taking this new job is you never know what opportunities are going to be available to you, and you never burn a bridge and you never close a door,” he said. “You can plan all you want, but life is full of surprises. So if my path comes back to Ball State, I’ll be very happy.”

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