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Game Ball State, mid-majors in support of covering full cost of attendance for their student-athletes would face budgeting issues to make it happen
Ball State: $20 million
University of Florida: $100 million
BIGGER BUDGETS Schools with larger athletics budgets may be more capable of paying for student-athletes’ full cost of attendance. Here’s a look at some schools’ budgets, compared to Ball State.
Indiana University: $70 million
East Carolina University: $33 million
Western Kentucky University: $21 million
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Mat Mikesell chief reporter
ahwan Edwards tries to plan at least four trips home to Matthews, N.C., during the school year. But as life goes, the Ball State junior running back had to make an unexpected visit home. Edwards received news following Ball State’s 42-24 win over the University of Akron on Oct. 26 that his grandmother died. He was able to return home for the funeral the next weekend, using funds from Ball State’s NCAA special assistance fund for student-athletes. “[Ball State] will help you out when they can, if it’s an emergency,” Edwards said.
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The fund helps student-athletes who are on Pell Grants receive financial assistance in emergency situations among other needs. Even with the fund, Division I institutions are searching for more ways to increase the student-athlete’s experience while maintaining the amateurism ideology. A model that has gained traction among Division I institutions isn’t a pay-for-play model, it’s covering the full cost of attendance. The model differs from the fund because it wouldn’t be limited to student-athletes using Pell Grants. See budgets, page 4
Gender gap still exists at Ball State Science, technology most likely to have traditional sex bias Kaitlin Lange staff reporter | kllange@bsu.edu Following a nationwide trend, a gender gap still exists between male and female faculty in the sciences at Ball State. At Ball State, there are 65 male and 19 female professors and instructors in the computer science, physics and astronomy, chemistry and biology departments combined. Nationally in 2011 women made up 41 percent of life and physical scientists and 27 percent of computer professionals, according to a Census Bureau report. Data from the National Science Foundations shows only 21 percent of science professors in America are women. Thomas Jordan, chairperson of the physics and astronomy department, said the difference in the numbers is not
due to an intentional bias, but because of a lack of women in the hiring pool. Jordan said there were around 30 applicants last time the department was hiring, none of whom were women. “It is not intentional,” Jordan said. “We are certainly looking for women here to be role models for our women that major in physics. They need a role model. I certainly can’t be a role model. I can encourage, but it’s more like a father. It’s a whole different point of view.” The gender gap is apparent with students as well. There are eight female as opposed to 64 male physics and astronomy majors, 73 female and 97 male chemistry majors and 33 female and 271 male computer science majors at Ball State. Although there are more male than female professors in the biology department, that disparity is actually reversed by the number of undergraduate students: 566 are female compared to 374 males.
See gap, page 6
The following science departments at Ball State have a gender gap, with more men than women in each.
Physics, Astronomy
Men
15
Computer Science
Women
2 15
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21
Chemistry
6 18
Biology
11 25
Mathematical Science
22 11
Accounting
Economics
7 16 2
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Study shows many Indiana residents do not have emergency preparedness kit Paige Southerland staff reporter pesoutherlan@bsu.edu
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The Oxford Dictionaries’ word of 2013 goes to “selfie.”
FACULTY MEMBER GENDERS
more than half of all hoosiers underprepared
forecast TODAY Partly cloudy High: 48 Low: 39
More than 2,500 Hoosiers completed the survey that included various questions about emergency plans and kits. Of those who responded, more than half did not have at least three days worth of essentials, including food and water. More than half also reported not having emergency preparedness kits, which include flashlights, first-aid supplies or extra pet supplies. According to the IDHS press release, the following reasons were cited as to why Hoosiers do not have a disaster preparedness kit: “I don’t think
there will be an emergency in my area; I’m too busy; I don’t know what to put in a preparedness kit; it’s too expensive to put together extra supplies; and I just don’t think these items are necessary.” Garret Walton, a public information officer for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, encourages people to prepare. “Indiana is susceptible to severe weather ... tornadoes, flooding and thunderstorms,” he said. Walton said is it important to have an emergency kit as it can take first responders up to three days to go through debris and rubble. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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VOL. 93, ISSUE 53 Another round of showers will make its way into East Central Indiana late today through early Friday, before a shift to scattered snow showers by the end of the weekend. - Erin DeArmond, WCRD Weather Forecaster 4. MOSTLY SUNNY
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