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DA DA AR RK R KNES KNE N SS Students, community members help create Haunted Forest

Coach says 2 of 3 players named in report were with suspect Sunday ARIC CHOKEY NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com

RYAN HOWE STAFF REPORTER | rhowe@bsu.edu

Ball State head football coach Pete Lembo said Tuesday only two players were present during an incident at a Village restaurant Sunday.

The statement conflicts with the report from Muncie police officer Kevin Durbin, who arrived at Brothers Bar & Grill after receiving a call about a patron who was accused of smearing feces on money used for payment.

The suspect, a 17-year-old, left their table, which was also occupied by the three Ball State football players, and went into the bathroom after their waitress gave him his bill, according to the police report.

After returning to the table he put the money into the black folder, according to police who sourced a security video of the event.

The group’s waitress told police she saw the suspect laughing when she picked up the check and smelled a “foul odor.” She said two of the bills were covered in a brown substance that she later realized was fecal matter.

Police took the suspect to the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center on a charge of battery with bodily waste.

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The forest is located on the corner of Nebo and Cornbread roads at 6349 West County Road 150-S, Yorktown, Ind.

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$12 per person, group rates available for groups of 10 or more *Last tickets for the night are sold at 10:30 p.m.

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A few days after setting the Ball State record for most touchdowns thrown by a quarterback in his first start, redshirt freshman Jack Milas expects his success to continue.

“I set the bar kind of high,” Milas said, laughing. “I expect it out of myself every time I go out there.”

Milas’s 326 passing yards are the most for a Ball State quarterback this season, as he consistently pushed the ball downfield and moved the offense with accurate passes against a Western Michigan team that employs a heavy man-coverage scheme.

Milas said he was nervous, jittery and hesitant at the start of the game, the opposite of what the selfdescribed gunslinger usually is. After a 32-yard touchdown to Jordan Williams, Milas said the game started to slow down.

“I have to make the reads and get the ball in the hands of the receivers, because we have a handful of good ones,” he said.

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ONLY 70 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

ucked away off of Cornbread Road sits a two-story house surrounded by woods. The trees have started to change colors and the sound of leaves crunching can be heard as people, covered in dirt and blood, gather in a circle in the back yard.

Nancy Carlson, an associate professor of telecommunications, stands in the middle of the circle, elevated above everyone’s head holding a megaphone.

“We have two dead teenagers on the hay ride, some scary sadistic clowns with a roaming gorilla at the circus and Satan,” Carlson said. “Wait, do we have a Satan with us? We need Satan.”

Carlson was speaking to more than 50 volunteers that showed up, despite the chilly and rainy weather, to help open the Haunted Forest in Yorktown, Ind., for the first time this year.

Volunteers run every aspect of The Haunted Forest. From the set up of props, to the make-up and costume artists, to the ticket collectors and ghosts and ghouls scaring visitors in the woods, anyone who steps foot on the property is there to help.

Three additional groups must pass proposal for it to go into effect next fall KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu

A policy could go into effect next fall that would require professors and instructors to notify students of low midterm grades, regardless of year in school.

The undergraduate education committee passed the policy Monday, requiring midterm deficiency reports to be sent in the eighth week of classes to all students, instead of just freshmen. The proposal must also be passed by the faculty council and University Senate to go into effect.

The current policy in place en in part by the university’s desire for states that freshman students in students to graduate in four years.

100 or 200 level courses with a “The policy is designed to make “C-” or lower during the eighth sure students are doing well, staying week of the semester will have on track and making the progress a notice sent out to themselves, they need to,” Wheeler said. their academic adviser and to The proposed change was originally 5. SUNNYundergraduate educa4.

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3. PARTLY CLOUDY their residence hall passed Michael Spillman, vice chairper- tion committee in Fall 2013, but due son of the Undergraduate Education to a paperwork mix-up, wasn’t sent to committee, said the group felt the faculty council for review until Oct. 2. policy needed to be updated when Faculty council tabled the policy and a6. RAIN faculty 7.member brought up that sent it back10.to the undergraduate eduPERIODS OF RAIN DRIZZLE 9. SCATTERED SHOWERS a number of juniors and seniors in cation committee to make changes. her class had deficiencies around Spillman said they ended up commidterm. Spillman said the faculty promising to make the policy that member felt she needed to notify passed Monday night, since faculty them of their deficiency as well, not council had concerns about the origSCATTERED FLURRIES 11. SNOW FLURRIES just freshmen12.and sophomores. 13. SNOW SHOWERSinal policy sent to them.

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In the article “Trustees enact new changes,“ in Monday’s edition of the Daily News, it said new contract faculty will be required to attend a faculty academy, but this has not been officially determined. Also, the “Honoratus” title was approved on July 1, not at the recent meeting.

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A worker with CG Environmental Cleaning Guys sprays disinfectant outside the Marquita Street apartment building where a health care worker believed to be infected with Ebola lives on Sunday in Dallas.

SEVENTY HOSPITAL STAFFERS CARE FOR TEXAS EBOLA PATIENT

DALLAS (AP) — About 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were involved in the care of Thomas Eric Duncan after he was hospitalized, including a nurse now being treated for the same Ebola virus that killed the Liberian man who was visiting Dallas, according to medical records his family provided to The Associated Press.

The size of the medical team reflects the hospital’s intense effort to save Duncan’s life, but it also suggests that many other people could have been exposed to the virus during Duncan’s time in an isolation unit.

On Monday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the infection of the nurse means the agency must broaden the pool of people getting close monitoring. Authorities have said they do not know how 26-year-old nurse Nina Pham was infected, but they suspect some kind of breach in the hospital’s protocol.

2. POLICE IN HONG KONG REMOVE PROTESTERS HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers moved in early Wednesday to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city government headquarters in the latest escalation of tensions in a weekslong political crisis.

Clashes erupted as officers, many of them in riot gear and wielding pepper spray, pushed back the crowd and tore down barricades and concrete slabs around the underpass.

The operation came hours after a large

group of protesters blockaded the tunnel, expanding their protest zone after being cleared out of some other streets.

The protesters outnumbered the police officers, who later returned with reinforcements to clear the area.

Police said the protesters were disrupting public order and gathering illegally.

They arrested 37 men and eight women during the clashes, which police said injured four officers. A police spokesman told local television that none of those arrested were hurt.

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3. OBAMA, ALLIES PLOT ANTI-IS STRATEGY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and military chiefs from more than 20 nations gathered Tuesday in a show of strength against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. But the alliance faced a fresh test as Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurdish rebels inside its borders, defying pleas from the U.S. to instead focus on the IS. The attacks marked Turkey’s first major airstrikes against Kurdish rebels

on its own soil since peace talks began two years ago, and occurred amid heightened concern over Islamic State advances on the Syrian town of Kobani.

Kurds in Turkey accuse the government there of standing idly by while Syrian Kurds are being killed in the besieged border town.

The U.S. has been pressing Turkey to take a more active role in the campaign to destroy the Islamic State group.

4. NORTH KOREAN LEADER REAPPEARS PUBLICLY SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After vanishing from the public eye for nearly six weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back, ending rumors that he was gravely ill, deposed or worse.

Now, a new, albeit smaller, mystery has emerged: Why the cane?

Kim, who was last seen publicly at a Sept. 3 concert, appeared in

images released by state media Tuesday smiling broadly and supporting himself with a walking stick while touring the newly built Wisong Scientists Residential District and another new institute in Pyongyang, part of his regular “field guidance” tours. The North didn’t say when the visit happened, nor did it address the leader’s health.

5. INDIANA TOUR BUS CRASHES, 14 INJURED INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a double-decker tour bus flipped onto its side on a highway near Indianapolis, injuring 18 people.

State police Sgt. Rich Myers said the bus carrying more than 50 people crashed about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 65. He said it struck a car that had crashed 10 minutes earlier. The bus went into the median, struck a cable barrier and overturned.

Myers said the most serious injury is a possible broken arm. He said the driver of the car and 10 passengers were treated for pain, bruises and small cuts. Most of the injured passengers are Illinois residents.

Myers said an inspection of the bus found no pre-existing mechanical issues.

A Megabus statement says the bus was traveling from Atlanta to Chicago.

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Get connected with campus 24/7 Crossword ACROSS 1 Tell tales 4 Animal that can learn limited sign language 9 Barely open 13 OS X-using computer 15 Invisible vibes 16 Tiny parasites 17 Project windup 19 Accident scene figs.

20 Fit to be tied 21 Romance writer Roberts 23 Baltimore Ravens mascot 24 Subject of an antique auto owner’s quest 28 Wheaties box figure 31 Take turns?

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SPORTS

FRIDAY The Ball State soccer team hosts conference opponent Western Michigan for a 3:30 p.m. match.

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Coming off its overtime upset of Michigan State, the field hockey team travels to Virginia to play Longwood at 7 p.m.

Lembo’s Confidential search ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SEARCH

SATURDAY The football team travels to Mount Pleasant, Mich., to play Central Michigan at 3:30 p.m.

A breakdown of the football head coach’s weekly press conference

ge ua ng La brings advantages Public will not learn applicants’ names until hire is made

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DAKOTA CRAWFORD ENTERPRISE REPORTER @DakotaCrawford

Hiring an athletic director at the Division I level requires a certain amount of tact. If candidates’ names are released to the public, it could potentially weaken the pool of applicants.

As was the case in 2012 when Ball State hired outgoing athletic director Bill Scholl, the university’s current search is closed. A 12-person committee will narrow a larger number of applicants to three to five potential hires that will later interview with Ball State president Paul Ferguson.

The public will not learn the applicants’ names until the hire is completed in late December or early January. This allows sitting athletic directors to pursue the job without risk of stressing their current employment.

“The only negative is if you don’t get the job, and the world

knows you were applying,” in 2012. That leaves a lot of Scholl said. “Embarrassing responsibility on the search might be too strong a word, but committee’s shoulders. you get the idea.”

“We do want to maintain the According to a 2012 Ball momentum,” Ferguson said. “I State press release, more think Bill [Scholl] has done a than 90 individuals applied great job of bringing the athletics for the position Scholl was department to this position.” later hired to fill. He served The committee was chosen as Notre Dame’s with hopes of having deputy athletic an array of voices from director at the time, individuals “deeply inso the closed search vested” in Ball State didn’t impact his athletics. Interim athdecision to apply. letic director Brian Deputy athletic direcHardin will serve on tors are able to particithe committee, in adpate in open searches dition to women’s because their supervi- BILL SCHOLL basketball head coach sors often help them in Ball State’s Brady Sallee, other securing the positions, athletic director faculty, alumni and Scholl said. one graduate Ball from 2012 “If you’re a sitting through Oct. State student. athletic director and 14, 2014 Ferguson said there it’s an open search, was interest in the that gets a little bit tricker,” he position as early as last week. said. “Sometimes confidential“As soon as Bill [Scholl] anity is better for that person.” nounced that he was going Ferguson made the search to Marquette, my phone was confidential to ensure Ball ringing,” he said. “People see State attracts top candidates. Ball State as a really unique Considering the late upswing place to be. It’s on a positive in Ball State’s athletic success, trajectory, it’s a great educathe number of applicants will tional institution, so it has a likely be even higher than great reputation.”

OFFENSE: Quarterback impresses coach FIRST GAME STATS Redshirt freshman Jack Milas played his first game as Ball State’s starting quarterback on Saturday.

Here is a look at how his first game compares to previous starting quarterback Ozzie Mann’s.

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Jack Milas

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Jack Milas broke the record for the most thrown touchdowns by a quarterback in his first start. Milas threw 326 passing yards on Saturday, the most for a Ball State quarterback this season.

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Taking shots downfield helped Williams reach a season-high 179 yards and two touchdowns.

Head coach Pete Lembo said Milas looked off safeties and linebackers to open holes for the receivers, using techniques often seen by more experienced quarterbacks.

Offensive coordinator Joey Lynch said he liked what he saw from Milas, staying poised under pressure and showing why he thinks Milas primarily succeeds as a pocket passer.

“He did a really good job of going through his progressions and using his eyes to his benefit,” Lynch said. “After that second drive, you really see him settle down and start playing and not overthinking things.”

Milas went on to fire a 17-

yard touchdown to Williams, along with touchdowns to tight end Dylan Curry and wideout KeVonn Mabon. The 38 points Ball State scored was a seasonhigh, and Lynch said he tried to call plays to Milas’s strength’s as a pocket passer.

Williams pulled in a few risky passes where Milas appeared to force the ball, the gunslinger mentality coming out while also displaying the trust the new quarterback has in his veteran receivers.

“He’s a guy who isn’t afraid to take a shot,” Lynch said.

“He reacted fast and wasn’t afraid of the pressure or to make mistakes.”

Although Milas thought he played well, he said he made a lot of mental mistakes he wants to fix against Central Michigan.

There were certain plays Lembo said he wished Milas had been more aggressive.

Attempts

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DAVID POLASKI IS THE CHIEF FOOTBALL REPORTER FOR THE DAILY NEWS. HE FOLLOWS THE TEAM ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, TRAVELING TO ROAD GAMES AND ATTENDING PRACTICE REGULARLY.

Q: Do you anticipate making any changes to the defense after some of the missed tackles Saturday?

A: There are not a whole lot of changes to make relative to our health right now.

We need to get guys back. I think there’s a chance we get a few back this week.

Q: Is it a different challenge facing off against an offense that’s so pro style?

A: We’ve been in a fair amount of two [running back sets] ourselves … our defense has seen some of that from us. They’ve seen a little bit of it from other teams this year.

Q: After [quarterback] Jack Milas’s game on Saturday, is it difficult to temper expectations considering he’s still young?

A: We need him to play well, and certainly the way we played offensively on Saturday gives us a chance … we can’t throw our hands up in the air if he throws an interception.

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David’s Explanation There’s not much that the Ball State coaching staff can do to address missed tackles, other than to emphasize wrapping up and waiting until players get back from injury. So far, Ball State has been bitten by the injury bug on defense, and Lembo is hopeful that Quintin Cooper can play against Central Michigan.

David’s Explanation Central Michigan’s offense doesn’t operate how many MidAmerican Conference offenses do.

They run a lot of players with the quarterback under center, as opposed to in the shotgun. This allows for the offense to show different looks to the defense and changes how play-action looks from the defensive side of the ball.

David’s Explanation Milas is still a young quarterback and had an impressive first outing against Western Michigan, throwing four touchdowns and no interceptions. After that performance, Lembo knows he and his staff must keep their heads level regarding him, understanding he’s still inexperienced and will most likely make mistakes due to that inexperience.

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Facing a third and four halfway through the fourth quarter, Milas hit wide receiver Chris Shillings for three yards.

Lembo called the play a good throw, but not a good read for the young quarterback.

Even with a few plays he wishes had gone the other way, he was optimistic about the offense’s future under Milas.

“I think even the casual fan would say that we got better offensively on Saturday,” Lembo said.

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FOREST:

Haunted attraction opens for 3rd year

Volunteers, including high school students, family members and Ball State students, participate in the Haunted Forest in Yorktown, Ind. The Haunted Forest is located on a Cornbread Road property that Bob Walsh owns.

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We always reach around 60 volunteers, which is the amount we need to keep it running,” Carlson said. “We have a few high school students and family members out here, but we rely a lot on Ball State students. Without them we wouldn’t be ready for opening night.”

On Oct. 3, Carlson, accompanied by a few men, stood in the garage of the old house off of Cornbread Road. They had already started setting up some of the props, and updating the ones that sit in the forest year round, but the light drizzle coming in transformed into a heavy rain and they had to put the set up on hold.

They disbanded and waited until 4 p.m. when the rain had stopped to start setting up again, but they only had a few hours until guests would start arriving.

“That first weekend was really rainy,” Carlson said.

“But we got everything in order, and a lot of students came out to help. We raised $2,500 on that first weekend, which is pretty average for opening weekends.”

Bob Walsh, who owns the land and the house on Cornbread Road, said the Haunted Forest has raised about $20,000 dollars since it opened its door two years ago, all of which goes toward a nonprofit organization. For the first two years, all the proceeds went to the Back to School Teachers Store, but this year the proceeds will go to the Yorktown Firehouse.

The idea stemmed during a Back to School Teachers Store board meeting as a new way to raise money. Walsh proposed that they use his 17-acre land, which had a few trails leading through the woods.

“The woods are actually pretty scary by themselves,” Walsh said. “We just added a few things to make it even more creepy.”

The dedication to host the Haunted Forest on his land doesn’t just end when October is over. Some of the bigger props stay standing in the forest year round. When the leaves completely fall off the tree, he has to go out and cover the props so they don’t get vandalized, or draw people onto his land.

Until then, Walsh’s land is bombarded with strangers every Friday and Saturday.

One of those strangers, Taylor Sampson, a telecommunications major, stood in the backyard of Walsh’s house giggling. She had just gotten there for the first time, and was ready but reluctant to jump into character and start scaring people.

“This is definitely knocking something off of my bucket list,” she said. “I’m a little bit nervous because I am very afraid of the dark.”

Sampson was dressed as a prison inmate, in a black and white striped jumpsuit. Her face was painted pale, with dark circles around her eyes. Her chin was dripping with blood.

“Although I’m afraid of the dark, Halloween is still one of my favorite holidays,” Sampson said. “I’m nervous, but

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India Potter, an art major, puts makeup on a volunteer at the Haunted Forest. Potter starting volunteering last year as a lurker in the woods, but switched to do makeup, something she has a little more background in because she used to do beauty makeup.

I’m going to be paired with someone and people are going to be scattered all through the forest, so I’ll feel safe.”

Sampson didn’t show up dolled up, and looking dead.

She had a little bit of help from India Potter, an art major.

Potter stood in the dimly light garage in front of a mirror shuffling through a box of stage and Halloween makeup.

She picked up the brush she wanted, dabbed it in the white makeup and bent down face to face with a man dressed in hospital scrubs. Her short fuchsia hair was tied up behind her ears, and her eyes were focused on his nose.

“So they just told you to look dead?” she asked the man.

Potter volunteered last year as someone lurking in the

woods, but changed directions this year and decided to stay completely behind the scenes and help with makeup.

She’s no stranger to makeup, but this is one of the first times that she has done heavy, scary makeup. She is used to beauty makeup and some themes a little less dramatic and extreme.

Even though she is a novice,

Potter moves quickly with a steady hand. Like rapid fire, the volunteers come in, sit down, chat a little while she applies blood, dirt, scratches, stitches and black eyes to their faces.

“It’s no fun for anyone if they just sit there silent,” she said. “I want to know who I am sending out into the woods looking like Satan.”

MIDTERMS: Policy originally had professors BROTHERS: Muncie police report included send students grades during 9th week 3 football players who were not charged | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The policy they submitted to faculty council originally called for midterm grades for all students to be sent out at the end of the ninth week, regardless of the students’ status in the class.

Darren Wheeler, vice chairperson of faculty council, said people were questioning whether or not that was necessary since professors use Blackboard to keep track

of grades, meaning students have access to their grades at any time.

“The idea is that if students want to know and are concerned about progress and how they’re doing, that they should take some responsibility for it,” Wheeler said.

Another concern that the faculty council and Registrar brought up about the proposal was if professors notified students of their deficiency in the ninth week of

classes, by the time the student received the deficiency notice, the withdrawal date was too soon to do much good.

“If the purpose [of midterm grades] is to make sure students know how they’re progressing; there should be time in there for students to receive a midterm grade, and still have time to talk to his or her adviser about what he or she should do about the semester,” Spillman said.

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Durbin’s summary said six individuals, including three Ball State football players, were “the subjects that were allegedly causing the problems.”

The report later said the waitress who waited on the suspect pointed out the individuals present at the time, which did not include everyone named in the report.

The three Ball State football

players named by police were not charged for anything.

“I think this is more of just a lesson of being careful of who you are with and who you associate with,” Lembo said. “And understanding that if you’re a student athlete, even if you’re not guilty of doing anything, you’re just being connected with somebody that is.”

Christopher Stephens contributed to this story.

« “I think this is

more of just a lesson of being careful of who you are with and who you associate with.” » PETE LEMBO, football head coach

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NEWS

University admissions standards increase Freshman class has higher average GPA than recent years KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu

As Ball State admissions standards rise, the quality of students the university brings in rises as well.

The increasing standards have brought Ball State up to the point where it can compete for the best students with other Indiana schools like Indiana University and Purdue University, said Tom Taylor, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications.

Last year, Ball State set a record for how many applications were submitted for the freshman class. There were more than 18,000 applicants applying for about 3,600 spots.

“I’m biased, but I think Ball State is remarkable,” Taylor said. “But I think it’s taken a while for the rest of the world to know that.”

He said part of the university’s rising prominence was

a result of the aggressive promotion efforts.

“Word of mouth is attracting those students also,” Taylor said. “If we get more and more bright and talented students coming to Ball State and having great experiences, that word gets back out to those in school behind them and that starts to attract even more students.”

The rise in popularity allows the university to be more selective when it comes to accepting applicants.

Ball State has a 60.6 percent acceptance rate, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Purdue University has a 60.4 percent acceptance rate and Indiana University has a 72.2 acceptance rate.

Still, acceptance rates don’t give the entire picture of a university’s standards. Taylor said high school GPA indicates how incoming freshmen are going to do at the university.

This year, the incoming freshman class had an average high school GPA of 3.45, while the freshman class of 2013 had one of 3.41.

Because of this increasing

application pool, the admissions department reevaluates and increases its standards every year.

“I subscribe to the notion of rising tides lift all boats,” Taylor said. “I guess the sports metaphor is the star player can help other players play better, and I think having strong talented students in the classroom rises the level of play.”

Chris Munchel, director of undergraduate admissions, said since Indiana has so many strong options for higher education, there are plenty of opportunities for students to choose from. “[Ball State] is able to provide world class facilities, world class faculty members, as well as resources that you would find at large institutions, but we’re able to also provide a learning atmosphere that’s very personal,” Munchel said.

Pam Horne, associate vice provost for enrollment management and dean of admissions at Purdue University, said Purdue’s only requirement is the set of courses a student takes in high school.

In high school, Purdue requires four years of college

ACCEPTANCE RATES

Ball State is changing admissions standards, which affects acceptance rates for first-year applicants. Here is a look at how acceptance rates at the university compare to Purdue and Indiana over the past five years.

Indiana

Ball State

Purdue 80% 75 70 65 60 2009

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preparation math, three years of science, four years of English, two years of a foreign language and three years of social studies. They also require an essay and a counselor recommendation.

Ball State has the same English, science and social studies

requirements. However, Ball State does not require the essay, recommendation or foreign language credit.

Horne said Purdue has done research on how the rigor of courses students take in high school affects their college graduation rate.

Terry Knaus, senior associate director of recruitment at Indiana University, said the university bases its admissions on past enrollment management data.

“We base it on what we feel students should have to be successful at Indiana University,” Knaus said. “Bringing in better quality students certainly helps as far as the learning experience on campus and in classrooms goes.”

As a part of Ball State’s strategy to improve the university, the master plan has outlined goals to obtain better students.

One of the goals in the master plan is to increase the percentage of entering freshmen with advanced standing, like AP credits, IB credits, dual credits and Ball State placement credit, to 60 percent. In 2011-2012, the baseline years,

it was at 45.1 percent.

Taylor said while both Indiana University and Purdue University are strong institutions, they might not be fitting for everyone.

“Students who want a very traditional research university are still going to be drawn to the IUs and Purdues of the world,” he said. “Students who are interested in strong academic programs, but an academic culture that is very hands on and collaborative, where students are interacting across disciplines, I think that’s the kind of student attracted to Ball State.”

Munchel said admissions wanted to make sure it brought in the brightest and most curious class possible.

He said since the immersive learning experience is the foundation of learning at Ball State, having better students enrolled in the university will benefit the results of those projects.

“The better quality students we bring in, the more it provides an intellectual community on campus, and that gives us a competitive advantage, not only in Indiana but across the country,” Munchel said.

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