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Ball State unclear on STEM definition
STINGING LOSS Northern Illinois pulls away in 4th quarter to beat Ball State for 6th straight year
Nation, state lack consistent interpretations of requirements HOVORKA CHIEF REPORTER | ALAN afhovorka@bsu.edu As Ball State continues to try to find its place in the national rankings of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, there is still no consistent definition of what STEM actually is. The United States is ranked 17th and 25th in science and mathematics, according to the Department of Education. Nationwide, there is a push to increase STEM graduates to fill STEM jobs and to rectify the nation’s perceived dwindling competitive edge in PERFORMANCE academics, which FUNDING FORMULA trickles down to the WEIGHTING universities. As a result, Ball State, a liberal arts college with national- Overall Degree Completion ly-recognized teaching and business programs, is scrambling At-risk Degree to increase its STEM graduation rates in an effort to compete for High Impact Degree funding with schools like Indiana University and Purdue Uni- Student Persistence versity, which are more STEM-oriented. The Indiana Com- On-Time Grad Rate mission for Higher Education determines additional Institution Defined funding for Indiana Productivity Metric universities through a performance-based funding formula, which takes different types of graduation rates and weighs them in terms of importance. Under the proposed distribution of performance funding, the ICHE recommended Ball State receive 2.8 percent of the $66 million state performance fund in fiscal year 2014. At the same time, they recommended 30.7 percent to go to IU and 29.5 percent to Purdue for the same year. The commission is currently working on funding distribution for next year. Despite the money invested, the U.S. has no clear definition of what it is debating when it comes to STEM and increasing efforts in those fields.
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In a nationally-televised contest, Ball State and Northern Illinois battled for the Bronze Stalk Trophy on Wednesday evening. The game, which ran into the night, was mostly dominated by Northern Illinois’s rushing offense. DAVID POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | @DavidPolaski
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all State football head coach Pete Lembo knew beating Northern Illinois wasn’t going to be easy. Less than four minutes in, Ball State already trailed 14-0. Missed tackles, bad coverage and a muffed kickoff put Ball State in a hole before players had a chance to catch their breath. Ball State fought back to tie the game at 14, but ultimately fell 35-21 to Northern Illinois. “I would say I need to do a better job of preparing our team to go put our best foot forward and not play a sloppy game like tonight,” Lembo said. Huskies quarterback Drew Hare moved the ball downfield quickly to start the game, driving the ball to the Ball State sixyard line with the aid of a defensive pass interference penalty. Aregeros Turner took the ball into the end zone for a quick touchdown.
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a lot. They just kept hammering away at us once they found out they could run on us.
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ZACK RYAN, a redshirt sophomore linebacker
TEAM STATS Ball State
18 307 174 133 2-24 5 24:10
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STATS
1st downs Total yards Passing yards Rushing yards Penalties Turnovers Time of possession
Northern Illinois 24 385 149 236 8-85 2 35:50
LOCAL MIDTERM ELECTION PARTICIPATION
Voter turnout for Delaware County’s Tuesday midterm elections was nearly half of last year’s number. Official numbers for state and national turnouts have not yet been reported.
INDIANA MIDTERM TWITTER ACTIVITY
DELAWARE COUNTY VOTER TURNOUT 2014 Voter turnout: 27%
2012 Voter turnout: 51%
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ELECTION TWEETS BY AGE IN INDIANA 55+: 7%
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