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UPD officers don’t find reported gunman Man with handgun reported by uncertain female student CHRIS STEPHENS AND DEVAN FILCHAK | news@bsudailynews.com
A series of emergency notifications sent to students through email and text messages to the community that left many students not attending class and wondering if there was an actual lockdown. Joan Todd, executive director of public relations, said around 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning, a man was spotted carrying what looked to be a firearm. Students received emails and texts around 8 a.m. warning of a man with a gun seen north of Bracken Library and telling students to stay secure in a safe place. A later message from the university at 8:32 a.m. gave students a descrip-
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tion of the suspected gunman, although the message said he was not threatening. At 9:27 a.m., an “all clear” was called, which Todd said meant the University Police Department searched and secured the area. Gene Burton, director of public safety, said a female student called UPD that morning. Burton interviewed her before UPD began the search for the alleged gunman. Officers determined the campus was safe following a search of the area of Bracken Library and Noyer Complex, where the gunman was reportedly walking toward, and all of campus north of Riverside Avenue. Burton said the factors of not receiving any further reports of a gunman, not seeing more action once the description was released to the public and the trepidation of the initial witness made the department feel the campus was safe. “She just thought; she wasn’t positive she saw
a gun,” he said. “We were confident with all of those factors taken into account that the campus was safe, and we were able to resume normal activities.” Burton said while he doesn’t believe the report was a prank, the student could have been mistaken. “[The alleged gunman] didn’t talk to her; they didn’t say anything; they didn’t make any gestures or waving the object around,” he said. “There was no obvious actions of the person; they were just walking in front of the library. But at the time of the call [it] is not the time to sit and think about whether the person was right or not.” Burton said the emergency notifications completed the appropriate purpose, while it never declared a lock down of campus, as many students thought.
BREAKDOWN Around 7:30 a.m. A man was spotted carrying what looked to be a handgun.
8:32 a.m. A message was sent out giving students a description of the suspected gunman.
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Around 8 a.m. A message was sent out warning of a report of a man with a gun seen north of Bracken Library.
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9:27 a.m. An “all clear” issued after University Police Department searched and secured the area. DN GRAPHIC
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POWERBALL Gilbert’s record part of bigger picture in Ball State softball program
U.N. spokesman says country cannot unilaterally call off truce | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea — A state-run newspaper in North Korea said Monday the communist country had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, following days of increased tensions over its latest nuclear test. A U.N. spokesman said later in the N. KOREAN day, however, that ACTIONS North Korea can• Armistice reportedly not unilaterally disnullified solve the armistice. • Red Cross hotline shut North Korea also down followed through • Several threats were on another prommade, including to ise: It shut down a launch a nuclear strike on the U.S. Red Cross hotline that the North and South Korea used for general communication and to discuss aid shipments and separated families’ reunions. Enraged over the South’s current joint military drills with the United States and last week’s U.N. sanctions imposed on Pyongyang for its Feb. 12 nuclear test, North Korea has piled threat on top of threat, including a vow to launch a nuclear strike on the U.S. Seoul has responded with tough talk of its own and has placed its troops on high alert. Tensions on the divided peninsula have reached their highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010.
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BILL WOULD REMODEL FINANCIAL AID
Plan includes new stipulation of total credit hours completed | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A bill making its way through Indiana’s General Assembly would change the laws governing need-based state financial aid to add more requirements for students. Indiana’s two largest grant programs would see new stipulations for credit hours that a student must successfully complete to remain eligible, The Journal Gazette reported . Those enrolled in the 21st Century Scholars program would drop down to the Frank O’Bannon grant if they complete fewer than 30 credit hours a year. O’Bannon grant recipients who complete fewer than 24 credit hours a year could lose their scholarship. A recent survey of 9,000 Indiana college students who are receiving state financial aid found that only half are taking enough courses to graduate in four years.
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Hanne Stuedemann, Jennifer Gilbert and Taylor Rager go up to bat in a home game against Central Michigan on April 22, 2012. The three girls’ power hitting helps to make up the core of the Cardinals’ offense, with Gilbert holding the school’s record for home runs. MELEAH FISHBURN STAFF REPORTER | mcfishburn@bsu.edu
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hen left fielder Jennifer Gilbert blasted a tworun home run over the left-center field wall in the fourth inning against Florida International on March 5, she put herself atop Ball State’s record book for most home runs in a career. And she’s only a junior. The home run was her sixth of the season, but the 39th in her career at Ball State. For a player that has broken a school record in her junior season, she’s only developed her power in the last few years. “I actually didn’t start to hit home runs until my senior year of high school,” Gilbert said. Her recent power source has helped Gilbert break a school record that was set in 2012 by former teammate Amanda Montalto. With another season and a half left of her Ball State career, Gilbert will only continue to pile onto a record that’s already hers. Power isn’t just new to Gilbert, it’s a fairly new concept for the entire Ball State softball team. In 2012, the team broke the school record for home runs in a season by a team and end-
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ed with 70 home runs in 55 games. In the two seasons before 2012, the team hit a combined 72 home runs; 44 in 2011 and 28 in 2010. After 20 games this season, Ball State has hit 21 home runs, seven coming from Gilbert’s bat. “I think she’s seeing the ball pretty well,” Ball State coach Craig Nicholson said of Gilbert. “She’s staying patient at the plate.”
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