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Security report cites less offenses Campus sees drop in alcohol, drug violations for 2013-14 CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS CRIME REPORTER | castephens@bsu.edu
Alcohol and drug offense arrests and disciplinary referrals fell by a combined 317 incidents on campus and university-owned property last year. The drop could be attributed to the end of the Indiana Excise Police’s Intensified Campus Enforcement campaign and a harsh winter, 2013 said Mike Gillilan, diVIOLATIONS rector of student rights and community stan- ON CAMPUS dards. However, he said, it’s hard to know for certain what causes of weapon offenses statistical fluctuations. “A drop of 100 or so is really nothing,” he said of drug abuse in reference to the 88 fewer liquor law violation disciplinary refer- of liquor law offenses rals. “It’s hard to say ‘this effect’ did this or that.” The numbers are part of this year’s University Campus Security Report released earlier this month to comply with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The law requires schools to release annual crime statistics for crimes that occur on or near campus. Indiana University is following the same trend, with liquor law arrests and disciplinary referrals down by 325 incidents, according to iu.edu. However, at Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus, Liquor Law arrests are steadily on the rise and disciplinary referrals have fluctuated over the past five years, according to purdue.edu. Though alcohol and drug offenses are down, the number of sex offenses have more than doubled — going from eight on campus in 2012 to 17 last year. Katie Slabaugh, associate dean of students and Title IX coordinator for student affairs, said she doesn’t think the number of incidents is on the rise, but instead, students are becoming more aware of university resources and what constitutes sexual assault. “Increasingly over the years there has been more awareness on the part of students in general,” she said. The university has stepped up its efforts to inform students by creating posters and on-campus housing campaigns to teach students about resources like the counseling center and victim’s advocate.
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Redshirt freshman outside hitter Sabrina Mangapora, player #9, has become a go-to player this season. Mangapora is third on offense with 158 kills, averaging 2.39 per set.
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she came to Ball State as a true freshman last year, Shondell said. But her preparation through all State women’s volleyball coach Steve redshirting made a difference. Shondell called Sabrina Mangapora “may- “I was on the other side of the net pushing the be the most outstanding freshman in the starting team all the time last year,” Mangapora [Mid-American Conference] this year.” said. “You’d get to go out and cheer them on as they A redshirt, Mangapora has forced her way competed, and even though you didn’t get to play, into the Ball State starting lineup and seized an it still felt like you won every single game, because opportunity to be a go-to player for the Cardinals. you know that you helped make them better.” Mangapora wasn’t quite ready to play when See MANGAPORA, page 3
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Size helps receivers exploit defenses Williams, Mabon display confidence in hauling in passes DAVID POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | @DavidPolaski When Ball State quarterback Jack Milas drops back to pass, his passes don’t always have to be perfectly on target. The Cardinals’ wide receivers Jordan Williams and KeVonn Mabon actually encourage him to toss the ball up, even during tight coverage, to let them go haul the pass in. It’s one of the advantages of having the top two receivers on the team standing at 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-1. Both players also weigh at least 215 pounds.
“Being able to get off the line, go up and get the ball, be physical on the field, we use our size to our advantage as much as possible,” Williams said. Often facing off against smaller cornerbacks and safeties, the Ball State duo has a distinct advantage. Milas can loft a pass into what seems like perfect coverage, only to see Williams or Mabon outleap the defender and bring in the pass. It’s exactly what Milas did early during Ball State’s game against Western Michigan. He lofted the ball up deep to Williams, who was covered down the right sideline. Williams went up around the threeyard line and came down with the ball before falling into the end zone for the touchdown.
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Ball State’s Papa John’s more than doubled its corporate’s expected pizza sales on the restaurant’s first day. Papa John’s opened Sept. 29, and has been busy ever since, Jon Lewis, director of dining services, said. “Papa John’s corporate estimated that we would sell 500 pizzas the first day, we forecasted 700 and we sold 1,300,” Lewis said. Brandon Roberts, manager of Papa John’s, said the sales are higher than he expected. Pizza sales range from about 900 to 1,000 a day, and there are more than 800 orders of breadsticks a day, he said. Freshman secondary English education and visual communications major Hallie Heil said she didn’t expect the lines to be so long. “I think it’s ridiculous how long people are willing to wait,” she said. Since the opening, Papa John’s has hired more workers to make production go faster. “One thing we have done is to have more students working. We now have enough workers in the back. We just had to adjust,” Roberts said. The restaurant also prepares pizzas, breadsticks and wings ahead of time to sell items quickly. The breadsticks run out more rapidly than other goods sold, he said. He said the constant shortage of breadsticks is due to the amount of students waiting in line, and the breadsticks are given away as soon as they are taken out of the oven. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Jack Milas doesn’t always have to throw his passes on target for wide receiver Jordan Williams. Williams is 6-foot-2, giving him an advantage that allows him to be more aggressive.
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