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Remembering Boston After almost two years, professor says her wounds are starting to heal as trial nears

IU Health Ball Memorial full as vaccine proves insufficient MOREFIELD STAFF REPORTER | DOMINIQUE damorefield@bsu.edu

As the number of Indiana influenza diagnoses increase, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital struggles to keep up. In recent weeks, the hospital BY THE reached full capacity on various NUMBERS days due to the epidemic. Capacity alerts As Ball Memorial focuses on for IU Health Ball influenza, other normal opera- Memorial Hospital tions, such as elective surgerLevel one: ies, have been limited. Jeff Bird, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, said Ball Memorial’s overflow is due to the Level two: lack of enough employees. “Our physical structure could have many more beds for people, but we only have so many SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health personnel to take care of our Weekly Influenza Report, patients,” Bird said. Ball Memorial Hospital Many people seek treatment for flu symptoms, but end up testing negative for the virus and positive for Influenza-like respiratory infections instead, Bird said. Respiratory infections are among the prevalent illnesses causing the hospital to reach full capacity. The hospital has two different full capacity alerts — level one at around 270-275 patients and level two at around 280 or 285 patients.

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Three people were killed and more than 260 people were wounded on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev who is now deceased, are accused of planning and carrying out the attack. BERG CHIEF REPORTER | KARA knberg2@bsu.edu

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ith the Boston bombing trial approaching, one professor who ran in the race said it seems at times like it was just yesterday. “On one hand it seems like it was forever ago, and on the other hand, when they’re talking about all the details it seems like it was just yesterday,” said Melissa McGrath, an assistant professor of speech language pathology. McGrath was at the 25-mile mark at the 2013 Boston Marathon when a bomb went off at the finish-line. She said marathon officials stopped them from going any further after the bombing. Now two years later, McGrath said she is happy the trial is finally moving along for the bomber so she, and everyone else involved, can move on and close that chapter. She said she hasn’t been following

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Free college won’t just help youth

President’s plan emphasizes importance of higher education BERG CHIEF REPORTER | KARA knberg2@bsu.edu Obama’s proposal to REQUIREMENTS make two years of com- • Students must attend munity college free is a community college at positive strategy one offileast half time, keep cial at Ivy Tech Community a 2.5 GPA and make College said. progress in completing “The reality is, and partictheir program ularly true in East Central • Federal government Indiana, we’re still helping covers 3/4 of the high school students and cost and the states pay the rest recent high school graduates understand that a college education is absolutely necessary in order to provide a good livelihood moving forward,” said Andrew Bowne, East Central and Richmond Regional Chancellor at Ivy Tech Community College. Chris Munchel, director of undergraduate admissions at Ball State, said he isn’t able to speculate on the impact the proposal would have on the university. “There’s just too many variables to offer anything of substance,” he said. Obama unveiled a proposal Jan. 8 to make two years of community college free to those who are “willing to work for it.”

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hadn’t caught them yet, I remember every detail of sitting in my family room watching when the brother was hiding and when they finally caught him,” she said. “We certainly followed it a lot more then.” Once the trial starts, she said she will try to follow it more. “I don’t think I’ll be crazy following it every second, but I know he’s up for the death penalty, so I’m definitely curious to see what happens with that,” McGrath said. McGrath said she was shocked they were trying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston. The courthouse is only a few miles from the finish line of the marathon, acPHOTO PROVIDED BY MELISSA MCGRATH cording to the Associated Press. Melissa McGrath, an assistant professor of “I think they’re going to have a hard speech language pathology, was at the 25-mile time finding an unbiased jury to begin mark at the 2013 Boston Marathon when a with,” McGrath said. “I think even if bomb went off at the finish-line. you’re not a runner, even if you’re not the trial as much as she did right af- from Boston, like I’m not and don’t have ter the bombing, but she has been any real personal ties to Boston, but everybody was affected.” keeping updated. “Right after the marathon when they See BOSTON, page 3

TIP-IN AT BUZZER ENDS STREAK Clock error in double overtime leads to 1st loss in MAC play, drops Cardinals to 7-7 overall LOMBARDI ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | ANTHONY @Lombardi_Edits

The officials called both coaches to the midcourt line, as the final buzzer sounded in double overtime of the Ball State men’s basketball team’s game at Western Michigan. Neither side appeared to know what had taken place. Tied at 93, with time expiring in the second overtime, Western Michigan guard Austin Richie hoisted a three-pointer that bounced left off the rim. The miss was tipped in by Western Michigan’s Connar Tava, but Ball State had already CONTACT US

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stopped playing, thinking it had forced necessary a third overtime. After reviewing the replay, Ball RECLAIMING State head coach James Whit- THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP ford received the verdict. “Quite honestly, I’m a little Senior Matt confused,” Whitford said. “I Kamieniecki know what they told me, but reflects on injury, style of play it didn’t make sense so I’m trying to figure out exactly + PAGE 4 what happened still … [The official] told me that the game buzzer went off incorrectly … an uncontrollable clock error by the scorekeeper.” With the scorekeeper’s error, the Cardinals’ four-game winning streak came to an end with the 95-93 loss, while Ball State also lost for the first time in Mid-American Conference play.

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The Ball State men’s basketball team faced Western Michigan away Wednesday night and lost 95-93, putting the Cardinals at 2-1 in the MAC West. Sophomore forward Franko House scored 16 points and had nine rebounds in the contest. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE

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