ANIMAL SHELETER: Muncie animal shelter moves to new, larger facility. PG 6
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WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 21, 2016
The Daily News DANCE MARATHON
Fundraising goal set at $765,000 This year's objective was inspired by Muncie area code Ben Barry Daily News Reporter The Ball State University Dance Marathon, which has been a campus-wide student organization since 2008, revealed its new fundraising goal on Tuesday. The goal this year is to raise $765,000, compared to last year’s goal of $550,000. BSUDM ended up raising $610,086.23 last year. Matt Hood, BSUDM director of marketing and communications, said he fully expects Dance Marathon to surpass its goal for this year just as it did last year. “We always go in with the intention to spread the goal and eventually surpass it,” Hood said. “What makes [Dance Marathon] so unique is that we work year-round; 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That’s what separates us from a lot of other organizations that do fundraisers like this.” Dancers spend twelve hours dancing, watching concerts and performances, playing games and hearing families from Riley Hospital for Children tell their stories, according to the BSUDM Facebook page. All money raised is donated directly to Riley, specifically to the Magic Castle Cart, which goes to every room in Riley to give children gifts during their stay at Riley. According to the official BSUDM Twitter, this year's goal was inspired by the Muncie area code. "In honor of 10 Years of Hope, we are going to raise $765,000 in (765) for the kids," the tweet said. Beth Endsley, a senior communications studies major, is excited about being a part of this year’s Dance Marathon. “My favorite part about our dance marathon in particular is how connected we stay with the families, whether you’re on a committee or [you’re] a dancer ... you’re always seeing a family you might recognize,” she said. The Ball State Dance Marathon will take place on Feb. 25, 2017 and donations to the event can be submitted at www.bsudm.org. Contact Ben Barry with any questions or concerns at bpbarry@bsu.edu.
Adulting Muncie Public Library to host classes on how to 'be a better grown-up'
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Mary Freda Daily News Reporter
earning how to be an adult can be hard for young people, but the Muncie Public Library is hoping to make that adjustment easier. Dennis Everette, the adult services supervisor at Kennedy Library, took notice of this and supplemented the need to figure out how to function as an adult by kickstarting the "Adulting"
program series. These classes are held sporadically from now through November. The topic for the classes include a range of topics like cars, cooking, fitness and travel, but they all have the same end goal: to be a better grown-up. “This idea — be a better grown-up — encompasses the whole thing,” Everette said. See ADULTING, page 4
INSIDE
CHARMIAN CARR
'Sound of Music' star passes away at 73. PG 5
FOOTBALL
Golf finishes 4th in only home tournament
ONLINE
Home-course advantage at Cardinal Classic brings added pressure
Team has had eight different players score touchdowns so far. PG 3
COMMON READER
Hear what the author of "True American" had to say to students.
BINGO AFTER DARK
See what you missed at the safe-sex program.
CUSTODIANS
Meet some of the people who help keep campus clean.
Colin Grylls Sports Editor No bags, no bus, no hotel. Ball State women’s golf finished fourth in the Cardinal Classic Tuesday in the only tournament the team will host all year. Sophomore Sydney Anderson’s family even made the 2-hour drive from Columbus, Indiana, because it’s one of just two tournaments Ball State plays in the Hoosier state. “One of my parents comes to every tournament,
but this one was closer so they pulled my sisters out of school and brought them, which was nice to have them here,” Anderson said. Anderson led Ball State with a three-round score of 220 (4-over-par), tying for ninth place. She said her familiarity with Yorktown’s the Players Club at Woodland Trails, where the tournament was held and where the Cardinals practice each week, helped her feel comfortable after a rough start in the third round. “It helped a lot,” she said. “Not having to worry about like, ‘I wonder where the pitfalls are.’ At this course, knowing them already just eliminated a whole ‘nother side of worry.”
SERVING BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND MUNCIE COMMUNITIES SINCE 1922
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