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Trustees add $365 to living expenses Room, board rates increase, still lower than national average RACHEL PODNAR AND CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS | news@bsudailynews.com Students returning to university housing next year will pay about $365 more for regular accommodations. Ball State Board of Trustees voted HOUSING COSTS to raise room and Here is a side-by-side comparison board costs 3.8 of average room and board costs percent at a meet- at Ball State University, Indiana ing Friday. Rates University and Purdue University. have increased 2.8 Ball State University percent on average each year over the Indiana University past five years. Students already Purdue University on the premium plan will continue In thousands to pay the 2013 12 price. 2013: $9,078 Randy Howard, 10 vice president of 8 business affairs, said Ball State does 6 all it can do to con4 trol cost. “[Our rates are] 2 still at or below Indiana average 2010 2011 2012 2013 room and board rates,” he said. “We SOURCE: bsu.edu, indiana.edu, purdue.edu are offering a prod- DN GRAPHIC STEPHANIE REDDING uct of still much higher quality than our competitors.” Between 2010 and 2013, Purdue University raised room and board rates by 7.8 percent total. The university’s rates were reduced by 2.5 percent for the upcoming 2014-15 school year. While Indiana University has yet to release their 2014-15 prices, the Board of Trustees has raised rates on the most requested room option by 16.5 percent in the past four years. In the same time Ball State has risen its rates 10.6 percent. The meeting also acted as the end to what Board of Trustees president Hollis Hughes called the “opportunity of a lifetime.” Hughes stepped down after three years as president. He has served on the board for 25 years: a member in 1989, secretary in 2006 and president in 2011. Hughes graduated from Ball State in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree and later with a master’s degree in 1972.
Screenshots from the The Armed Citizen Project’s video show the Training 50 Women in One Day event put on by the Armed Citizens Project. Kyle Coplen, founder of the organization, intends to bring the initiative to Indianapolis. The project offers free pump-action shotguns to people who live in high-crime areas and are willing to pass a background check and participate in a gun safety program.
GIVING OUT GUNS Ball State alumnus runs program aiming to put shot guns in high-crime areas TYLER JURANOVICH STAFF REPORTER
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Ball State alumnus plans to bring free guns and a safety program to Indianapolis in February, in an attempt to prove an armed and trained community reduces crime. The Armed Citizens Project chooses neighborhoods in cities with average to high crime rates and then offers a free pumpaction shotgun to any willing citizen in the neighborhood who also passes a background check and takes part in a gun safety program. “We’re giving shotguns because they’re perfect
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for house safety,” said ACP’s founder Kyle Coplen. “They’re also much cheaper than handguns, and the pump action sound is a perfect deterrent. It sends chills up people’s spins.” Training includes education about gun safety and practice at a gun range so participants are comfortable holding their weapons. So far, the project has trained 240 citizens and armed 90, according to Coplen. “We’re not just throwing shotguns into random yards,” he said.
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QUAD TALK
WOULD ARMING CITIZENS AND POSTING SIGNS DETER CRIME?
« I think it would deter some crime by intimidation.»
« I think it would deter crime because it would make criminals more hesitant.»
CHAUNCEY BAKER, a sophomore telecommunications major
DAKODAH CARLIN, a freshman undecided major
«At first I thought it was terrifying. But if they’re going through the proper channels, it’s fine. » JORDAN MEYER, a senior sociology major
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Lopsided score helps team reach .500 Defensive performance gives opponent trouble, coach applauds effort DAKOTA CRAWFORD SPORTS EDITOR | @DakotaCrawford_
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It’s a bit of déjà vu for the Ball State women’s basketball team. The Cardinals have won four of five, and now sit on a .500 record. Though head coach Brady Sallee doesn’t put too much stock into the team’s overall record, he knows players appreciate the mark. “I don’t really care a whole lot about it,” Sallee said. “For them, it’s easier to say ‘yeah, we’re 7-7.’ It rolls off the tongue a little better.” The team’s record isn’t the only thing rolling. Much like last year’s team, Ball State is finding its rhythm as it enters Mid-American Conference play. A 55-31 win over Kent State on Sunday improved Ball State’s MAC record to 2-1. “There’s a little bit of a feel [similar]
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Ball State sophomore Nathalie Fontaine draws a foul against Kent State Jan. 12
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to how we got better last season... and here we go again,” Sallee said. “As the season has progressed you see us getting better.” Last season, Ball State entered conference play with a 3-10 record. An immediate turnaround led to a 12-4 record in league play and a spot in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Sallee said early January is the time when teams should be learning their roles, hitting shots and playing good team basketball. Now, for a second year in a row, that looks to be the case for the Cardinals. On Saturday, Ball Sate’s defensive efforts led to a physical, scrappy win over Kent State. The Cardinals shot 13-of-46 from the floor, hitting just one more field goal than the Golden Eagles. Though shooting has improved in recent games, a poor performance forced the team to rely on its defensive discipline against Kent State. Sallee was glad to see the team maintain its focus through adversity.
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