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Ferguson shuffles members of cabinet President selects adviser to fill interim communications role HOVORKA CHIEF REPORTER | ALAN afhovorka@bsu.edu The futures of two top administrative positions are uncertain as President Paul Ferguson continues to shift the Ball State hierarchy. The university is not looking for any replacements after two resignations. Instead, Julie Hopwood, Ferguson’s longtime adviser, is serving as the interim vice president of enrollment management, marketing and communications, and filling two positions. The two people who resigned are Tom Taylor, former vice president of enrollment management, marketing and communications and a member of the president’s cabinet, and Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president of marketing and communications and spokesperson for the university. Hopwood will maintain her role as Ferguson’s adviser while she fills Taylor’s position. This will leave Proudfoot’s old position empty. Her appointment as interim VP will continue as necessary throughout 2015, President Ferguson said in an email to the university on Jan. 2. Hopwood is working with enrollment management, marketing and communications to review the structures, budget, staff and other components of these offices. By the end of spring semester, she will be making a recommendation to the president on how to revise and reshape
HOPWOOD’S CAREER WITH FERGUSON Julie Hopwood has worked with President Paul Ferguson at four different universities since 2002. Here is a list of the positions she had at each of those universities. • University of Nevada Las Vegas: graduate assistant • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: assistant to the provost for policy and communication • University of Maine: senior adviser to the president • Ball State: chief of staff and interim vice president of enrollment management, marketing and communications these departments, she said in an email to The Daily News. “From working with the leadership team in enrollment, marketing and communications, we will submit a strategic plan recommendation related to divisional organization and structure,” Hopwood said. “After review of that recommendation, the president will decide how and when to move forward in division leadership.” These recommendations and possible revisions will fit into the president’s refocused vision for the university. However, his vision has not been formally announced. But Ferguson has emphasized increasing the university’s research focus on numerous occasions. The president will be giving his “State of the University” address Feb. 6. Hopwood filled the same interim role at the University of Maine two years earlier where she focused on the reorganization of UMaine’s en-
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Julie Hopwood talks with President Paul Ferguson about her transition into being the chief of staff, a position that hasn’t been around for 10 years. She has worked with Ferguson for 12 years at four different institutions.
rollment management, marketing and communications departments and divisions at Ferguson’s request. In 2011, UMaine’s director of university relations resigned and Ferguson placed Hopwood in this position,
said Margaret Nagle, senior director of public relations and operations at the University of Maine. “Under [Hopwood’s] leadership, the division created and implemented a long-term strategic plan mirroring the
Five Below to open Muncie location in March despite corporate lawsuit Retailer among new businesses set to fill Marketplace location | AMON RIZVI GUEST REPORTER Five Below is still scheduled to open in the Muncie Marketplace in March, despite corporate lawsuits from stockholders, one of the owners of the marketplace said. According to Five Below, Inc.’s website, the store is one of the leading retailers of “extreme-value merchandise to the teen and pre-teen market.”
The retailer is known for the price of their merchandise ranging from $1 to $5. According to the Dow Jones, the Philadelphia company’s shares were over $43, until a federal class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Five Below, Inc. and several officers and directors. The stock as of Tuesday morning was just over $34. Among other complaints, the defendants are accused of raising Five Below’s 2014 sales and earnings guidance twice,
while hiding that two founders intended to step down as CEO and Chairman, according to Globe Newswire. “I don’t know that most consumers are aware of what the stock price is or isn’t unless they get a lot of coverage in the national media,” said Dagney Faulk, the director of research in the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at Ball State. She also said the Muncie’s Five Below will only have troubles surviving once it opens “only if they have trouble as far as management or
logistical problems getting their store set up.” Faulk also said Five Below is in a good location for business. “It’s probably one of the hottest shopping centers in the area right now,” Faulk said. “All the stores are new and people may want to check them out. I would think that is a place that they can be successful.” Five Below is scheduled to open next to Dick’s Sporting Goods and Michaels. McAlister’s Deli, AT&T, Men’s Warehouse and Jersey Mike’s Subs are also scheduled to open at the Muncie Marketplace.
PENCE PUSHES EDUCATION AS PRIORITY FOR LEGISLATORS DURING 2015 SESSION Governor promotes proposals to boost state charter schools | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Gov. Mike Pence heralded the health of Indiana’s economy in his State of the State speech Tuesday, while saying future progress depends on getting more students into high-quality schools. In a speech being watched for signs that Pence might enter the 2016 presidential race, the first-term governor promoted his proposals for boosting Indiana’s charter schools and the state’s private school voucher program by directing tens of millions of additional dollars toward them. He also unveiled a push to add a balanced budget amendment to the state constitution, noting that Indiana is one of a handful of states without such a requirement in its constitution. “It is a tribute to the public servants in this room that Indiana has adhered to that practice in recent years even though it is not required,” Pence said in remarks prepared for delivery. He said adding the requirement to the constitution would ensure that “unlike Washington, D.C., we won’t bury our children and grandchildren under mountains of debt.” Pence’s dig at Washington was one of many points sure
to resonate with conservative voters. He noted that states have emerged as “a source of inspiration on fiscal policy, economic growth, education and health care reform” while confidence in Washington is at an all-time low. “Indiana is leading the way, proving every day that we can balance our budgets, run our schools, choose our health care and serve our people far better than a little intellectual elite in a far, distant Capitol ever could,” he said. Pence told the joint session of the Republican-dominated House and Senate that the state’s fiscal discipline has led to economic growth, lower tax rates and job creation. The governor’s budget proposal presented to lawmakers last week would increase school funding by 2 percent, or $134 million, in the first year of the state budget, and by 1 percent during the second year. It would give $1,500 more per student for charter schools at an estimated cost of $41 million over the two years. It also lifts the school voucher program’s limit on per-student funding, which the Pence administration projects will cost $4 million annually. Democrats, who are badly outnumbered in the General Assembly, maintain Pence’s proposals for additional voucher and charter school spending will come at the expense of traditional public schools. They also criticize
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Gov. Mike Pence gives his inaugural address in January 2013. The governor gave his State of the State address Tuesday and discussed his vision and goals for 2015.
his plan for spending some $700 million on building and highway projects but failing to include money to hire more child welfare caseworkers. Pence has fueled speculation of a presidential campaign with several trips around the country and overseas in the past year. He has also taken steps to oppose federal government policies, winning the praise of tea party supporters. The governor didn’t make any overt mention of national politics Tuesday. But by proposing the balanced budget amendment, Pence was highlighting a favored issue of conservative Republicans, who have for many years pushed for a U.S. constitutional amendment requiring a federal balanced budget.
Pence spokeswoman Christy Denault said details of the proposed Indiana amendment were still being worked out and it would soon be introduced in the Legislature. The proposed amendment would have to be approved by two separately elected Legislatures before going to voters in a statewide referendum, which would be 2018 at the earliest. Its potential impact was unclear, since the constitution currently prohibits the state from incurring debt. The governor touted the state’s $2 billion in cash reserves, which were largely built under former Gov. Mitch Daniels with a funding boost from President Barack Obama’s 2009 federal stimulus program.
top priorities of ... the university’s five-year strategic plan,” Nagle said. The following year, UMaine’s enrollment management, marketing and communications went through a comprehensive reorganization. It
then launched a branding and marketing campaign, started an athletics engagement initiative, a campus-wide Communicators Network and UMaine’s first written marketing and communications policies and procedures.
CHARLIE HEBDO NEWSPAPER FRONTS MUHAMMAD, DRAWING MORE THREATS
PARIS (AP) — In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its irreverent and often provocative newspaper Tuesday, featuring a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover that drew immediate criticism and threats of more violence. Working in borrowed offices, surviving staff published an unprecedented print run of 3 million copies — more than 50 times the usual circulation. It was to appear on newsstands Wednesday, one week to the day after the assault by two masked gunmen that killed 12 people, including much of the weekly’s editorial staff and two police officers. It was the beginning of three days of terror that saw 17 people killed before the three Islamic extremist attackers were gunned down by security forces. Before the new edition was even released, one of Egypt’s top Islamic authorities had warned Charlie Hebdo against publishing more cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Dar al-Ifta, which is in charge of issuing religious edicts, called the planned cover an “unjustified provocation” for millions of Muslims who respect and love their prophet and warned the cartoon would likely spark a new wave of hatred.
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In November, UPD sent out a public safety notice to students reminding them to take caution before Winter Break, warning them of burglaries near campus. About a month later, three burglaries occurred on Christmas Eve, within a short distance of each other, in the 1400 block of Washington and Gilbert streets. Students from one of those houses got a call from UPD on Christmas Eve that their offcampus house had been broken into while they were away for the break. Junior visual communication major Rachel Trewartha said the officer called to let her know the back sliding glass door had been broken like something was thrown through it, leaving glass shards on the floor. “Nothing was touched, luckily,” Trewartha said. “Maybe people were drunk or something, but nothing else was disturbed.” Trewartha and her roommates said they would not have known about the breakin if UPD had not alerted them, because they were not there to report the crime. Duckham said burglaries are discovered by officers on patrol or reported by neighbors. If the students are not home, UPD tries to make contact with either them or the landlord. “UPD actively patrols our response area looking for signs of residential burglaries,” he said. “If we locate something suspicious, UPD officers will investigate.” Even if students made sure to lock their homes during break, Duckham said many students leave their homes and cars un-
UPD BREAK-IN RESPONSES DURING WINTER BREAKS The University Police Department responded to seven burglary calls over this past winter break — here are the responses over the past five years. 10 8 6 4 2
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UPD CHIEF’S TIPS TO AVOID BURGLARY • L ock all doors and windows, even if you will be gone only a few minutes • L eave lights on when you are not home •D o not leave valuables in plain sight •K eep an inventory of your valuables •D on’t post comings and goings on social media
locked on a daily basis now that they are back. He advises students to lock homes and cars when they are unattended and to leave lights on when no one is home. “Be a good neighbor; if you see something, say something,” Duckham said. Trewartha said she and her housemates made sure to lock up before Break and were surprised their house was targeted. “You do think about [breakins over Break] because everybody leaves at once,” she said. “It crossed my mind, but you never think it’s definitely going to happen.”