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Quarterback to test gunslinger mentality against team that has forced 16 turnovers this season POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | DAVID @DavidPolaski The quarterback of the Ball State football team, Jack Milas, calls himself a gunslinger. It’s a title given to quarterbacks who push the ball down the field, take chances, aren’t afraid to fire the ball deep and trust their ability to make every throw possible, even if it sometimes results in a turnover. Except Milas hasn’t thrown an interception through his first two games, unlike stereotypical gunslingers. “I’m aggressive, and it’s worked so far,” Milas said. “I can’t abuse it, and up to this point, I don’t think I have.” So far, he’s thrown five touchdowns, and his only turnover is a fumble against Central Michigan. He’ll be facing off against the Akron defense on Saturday, which is allowing the least amount of points per game in the Mid-American Conference by over six points. And they have forced 16 turnovers this season, including just over an interception per game, a gunslinger’s worst nightmare. Going up against a defense that’s taken the ball away from its opponents so frequently doesn’t intimidate Milas, and he doesn’t want to change how he plays because of the potency of the defense. “I haven’t done anything dumb yet,” Milas said. “I have to trust what I know I can do and go full speed.” Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joey Lynch watched Milas progress through the last two weeks. He said after the loss to Western Michigan that Milas made some risky throws where receivers helped turn a potentially bad play into a good one. But Lynch has also seen the ability to take broken plays and pull out something special, noting that Milas has the ability to extend plays that seem doomed for failure.
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he planetarium went dark, and the $1.2 million projector splashed the night sky onto a large, white dome as benefactors, university employees and invited guests sat in awe at the first show projected in the Charles W. Brown Planetarium at Wednesday’s ribboncutting ceremony. This planetarium replaces the old one and has double the seats and a projector that is
powered by 12 computers and can show 10 million stars in the night sky. Compared to the old planetarium, senior physics major Hayden Wolfe said the new one “blows it out there.” “The old one felt like a hole in the wall, and this one is obnoxiously huge,” Wolfe said. “I could feel myself moving through space.” See PLANET, page 6 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION KRISTA SANFORD
SGA to advocate against sexual assault Student Senate votes for awareness pledge, campus demonstration RAYMOND GARCIA CHIEF REPORTER | ragarcia@bsu.edu
The Step In Speak Up campaign is set to take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Scramble Light, Student Center Tally and the Letterman Building lobby. SGA senator Bailey Loughlin was first approached by SGA advisor Jennifer Jones-Hall to chair the campaign and said she could not resist the opportunity. “I was more than excited to get involved,” Loughlin said. “Sexual assault awareness and prevention is something I am very passionate about. I think this campaign is an amazing opportunity to bring awareness to the whole campus.” Jones-Hall, who is also assistant vice president for student
The Student Government Association approved a resolution to bring awareness to sexual assault by hosting an awareness campaign Friday. The goal of the Step In Speak Up campaign is to educate students about what they can do to prevent and avoid sexual assault. The final vote for the bill was 44 for approval and one abstention.
affairs, said the White House has held phone conversations with various universities, trying to get them to follow and pay attention to Title XI. “Our vice presidents had been in a phone conversation with the White House and that then sparked them saying, ‘We need to do something Ball State-related when it comes to sexual assault,’” she said. Jones-Hall was then approached to get students involved in the process. She said it is critical to educate all students, faculty and staff on sexual assault. Loughlin said it is important to talk about sexual assault, especially on a college campus.
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