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SEASON IN REVIEW

Take an in-depth look at significant matchups that led to a 5-7 campaign

LOSS, 17-13 AT IOWA With the teams scoreless, Iowa’s offense had a bad handoff and it was picked up by Ball State’s Blake Dueitt, returned 35 yards for the touchdown. Iowa missed three field goals, keeping Ball State in the lead throughout most of the game. With the Cardinals leading 13-3 and less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter, Hawkeyes’ quarterback Jake Rudock threw two touchdowns to stun the Cardinals. Mann lost a fumble on Ball State’s final drive, ending Ball State’s hopes for an upset win.

KEY PLAYER Jake Rudock: 33-52, 322 yards, two touchdowns, one interception, 46 rushing yards

« There were times at Ball State TESSA HURSH / THE DAILY IOWAN

Ball State played against Iowa on Sept. 6, losing 17-13. Iowa, a Big 10 school, was the topranked team that Ball State played this year. Though they lost, the Cardinals held the lead for most of the game.

WEEK 1

where this would have been a moral victory. That’s not going to happen.

We’ve got to find a way to win these games. » PETE LEMBO, head coach

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WIN, 30-10 VS. COLGATE Ball State started its season off with a win against FCS opponent Colgate. Running backs Jahwan Edwards and Horactio Banks torched the Colgate defense for a combined 311 yards.

New quarterback Ozzie Mann made his debut, replacing Keith Wenning. Mann played the role of game manager, but threw a 34-yard touchdown to KeVonn Mabon late in the first quarter, then hit Aaron Hepp for another in the second quarter.

Scott Secor added three field goals as Ball State cruised to a comfortable victory.

KEY PLAYER Horactio Banks: 13 rushes for 134 yards MEMORABLE QUOTE “It felt good. It felt like [Mann] was in control of the offense,” Lembo said. “It felt like we were operating how Ball State operates.”

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LOSS, 42-38 VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN Milas got his first start of the season for Ball State, throwing four touchdowns and not turning the ball over in his first collegiate appearance. The Cardinals went into halftime holding a 31-14 lead, but the Broncos stormed back, eventually winning on a 12-yard touchdown pass with just 1:25 left in the fourth quarter. Despite the loss, Milas’s impressive performance gave Ball State hope that it had found its quarterback of the future.

KEY PLAYER Jack Milas: 26-42, four touchdowns, no interceptions, 20 yards rushing MEMORABLE QUOTE “We threw the ball better today than we have all year,” Lembo said. “[Milas] did a really nice job.”

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WEEK 8 WIN, 35-21 VS. AKRON Coming off an upset road win against Central Michigan, Ball State responded by scoring 29 unanswered points to defeat Akron at home.

After Akron jumped out to a 14-3 lead, the Ball State defense responded with one of its most impressive showing of the season. It rattled opposing quarterback Tommy Woodson into four second half interceptions, paving the way for Ball State to score on three rushing touchdowns and keep its hopes alive for a bowl game.

LOSS, 33-24 AT ARMY After a few weeks of subpar defense, Ball State’s rush defense collapsed, allowing 425 yards on the ground.

It also marked the end of quarterback Ozzie Mann’s five straight starts. He threw for just 173 yards, one touchdown and an interception in the loss, continuing a streak of poor play that was handicapping the offense.

After the loss and during the upcoming bye week, Ball State’s coaching staff used the time to look at all of its options, eventually moving to Jack Milas.

KEY PLAYER Jahwan Edwards: 12 rushes for 142 yards, two touchdowns MEMORABLE QUOTE “It’s going to be on me, on the other captains to talk to each other and see what we can do to get better,” senior linebacker Ben Ingle said. “Right now, whatever we’re doing isn’t clicking.”

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In the game against Akron, Ball State took home the victory 35-21. It was the Cardinal’s second conference win of the season and was part of the teams’s two game winning streak.

MEMORABLE QUOTE “We’re showing some fight, and don’t stick a fork in us just yet,” Lembo said.

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Group holds candle light ceremony for Ferguson Organization plans event after students request local action KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu After the verdict to not indict Officer Darren Wilson of any charges, people started contacting Nathaniel Thomas, the president of the Ethnic Theatre Alliance, asking him if ETA was going to do something.

“As the verdict was coming out, it was a little surprising that we were getting the emails and the Facebook comments to please do something,”

Thomas said.

ETA will hold a candle light ceremony at 7 p.m. on Dec. 3 on the University Green to shed light on the events that happened in Ferguson, Mo. and to show their support.

“So many people have been lost in the darkness of this world in which we are fighting for and this change we are demanding,” Thomas said. “No matter large or small, we all have to be one unit to make it happen, and so this candle light ceremony is to show when we hit social media Wednesday night, it’s to show Ball State is one, we’re a unity and we stand with you guys.”

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Civil War memorabilia exhibit opens Bracken member donates artifacts for display in library KARA BERG CHIEF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu A former Ball State trustee donated his collection of 150-year-old Civil War artifacts to the university, which are part of a new exhibit in the Alexander M. Bracken Library.

Frank Bracken, the former Ball State trustee, donated the artifacts, which are on display in the Archives and Special Collections room.

Following the opening of the exhibit, the library’s professor of history Nicole Etcheson, gave a lecture on how the Civil War changed Indiana.

“There’s something about seeing the actual sword and uniform that takes you into the experience,” Etcheson said. “You don’t realize when you look at the uniform, but you can see that it’s wool.

Soldiers wore those in July in Georgia and Virginia. That should tell you something about what it was like to be on campaign and to be marching miles and miles everyday.”

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Ball State is now the home to Authentic Civil War merchandise, most of which belonged to Civil War Veteran Lieutenant William H. Bracken (far right). The collection was donated by the family of Bracken, many of whom held positions in the university’s governing body.

Etcheson also wrote a book, “A Generation at War,” which studies how the Civil War affected Putnam County, Ind. She said there were not many case studies about the North — most of the studies that were done were about cities, like Chicago and Philadelphia. Because 90 percent of Americans lived in

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“I did the book to look at a sort of typical northern community and use it to understand how the Civil War changed the north,” Etcheson said.

In her lecture, Etcheson focused on a few case studies

she looked at in her book, including soldiers and women.

Etcheson said students interested in the Civil War would be able to do a lot of research with the books and artifacts Bracken left. She said Bracken was interested in historic and battlefield preservation.

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Ball State dancers and choreographers have put their own spin on the classic performance of “The Nutcracker.” The show will premiere at 7:30 on Wednesday night and it will run at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3-6 and Dec. 11-13 with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 7. Students can buy tickets for the show at the University Theatre Box Office for $13.

Tickets are $18 for the general public.

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For $10, people can attend Tea & Talk at Minnetrista: Christmas Windows to revisit Ball storefront Christmas window displays from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Attendees can also create their own glass ornaments and enjoy tea and holiday treats at the event.

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Ball State Glass Alliance will hold a preview sale from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass. The normal sale of glass ornaments, cups, bowls and vases will follow from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday in the Arts and Journalism Building.

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Bruno Cabrera will present about his home country, Brazil, at noon at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center as part of the Culture Exchange Series. The presentation will be accompanied by culturallythemed food from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m at the Tally Food Court.

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The Ball State Jazz Ensembles will perform jazz pieces beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. Admission is $5 for the public and free in advanced for students.

STUDENT BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL

Students of the School of Music will perform in Choral Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m. The concert is free to the public.

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Immersive class researches, archives Indiana forests Project to be used for honors theses, state history book ALAN HOVORKA CHIEF REPORTER | afhovorka@bsu.edu A class project is taking a different approach to immersive learning by incorporating students’ theses projects to archive state history.

Students in the course, led

by Ronald Morris, a professor of history, are writing a book on the history of Indiana’s state forests and are incorporating the honors thesis requirement for members of

the Honors College.

This approach gives students a chance to overlap two aspects of their degree requirements by having them work together on their honors thesis in an immersive learning environment.

“It should make more students successful in accomplishing some of their requirements for an honors thesis,” Morris said.

The class’s main goal is to put the book to print for commercial sale, similar to a project Morris worked with students on for a state parks book.

Indiana has 14 different forested areas that are designated as historic forests. Currently,

there is no book in Indiana that documents their history.

“We came out with a state park history. Now it seems right to do a state forest book,” he said.

The book will be printed in the spring. Currently, however, there is a group of three researchers who are pulling together research from archives and other libraries.

They will then give a packet on each different state forest to 11 writers who will take the research and create a chapter of the book that will act as their honors thesis.

“From a historian’s perspective, this is amazing because you are taking primary and second-

ary material and for the first time putting it into your own prose,” said Mitchell Knigga, a junior public history major.

One of the researchers, Heidi Noneman, a senior chemistry and archaeology major, worked with Morris on a previous immersive learning project, which drew her to this project.

“I knew he was interested in documenting the history of Indiana, and I thought that was really cool because I’m not from Indiana,” Noneman said. “I saw state forests and thought why not.”

The driving force behind creating this book is to remind people what progres-

sive and positive things Indiana has done and continues to do, Morris said.

“People have forgotten why we founded state forests,” he said. “We recognized we had a very healthy timber industry and that we should set aside land for it and the idea was to make sure we have sustainable and diverse population of timber.”

This conservation and sustainability element also has a historical context worth preserving, he added.

“With the state bicentennial, it’s important we take in how important they are to us and how they are similar to what the pioneers found,” he said.

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University Green In August, ETA hosted a peaceWHEN ful protest to encourage people 7 p.m. Dec. 3 to “pop their bubble” and to become more aware of what was wanted to wait to do something. going on in the world.

“I knew things were going to At the protest, Amelia Windom, a senior acting major and get uglier before they got pretmember of ETA, said police bru- tier,” Thomas said. “We’re going to let everybody take their tality needs to end.

“I understand that they need to action and see what happens do their job and protect people, so when we do what we are but there are other ways,” she supposed to do we do it appropriately, gracefulsaid. “They need to ly and respectfully to be trained differently the family and, above and look through the Just all else, we honor eyes of the law, since because our organization and they are the ones what we believe in.” holding up the law.” someone Thomas said ETA’s She hopes the first job was to make sure march will show is poor and people know about people this isn’t just a uneducated what is going on. one-time thing.

“Having this might “This has been hap- doesn’t bring some people pening for dozens of mean they who don’t know years and we need to come together to deserve to be what’s going on and it might bring back protect black men shot. people who know and women,” she what’s going on and said. “Just because AMELIA that’s fantastic,” he someone is poor and WINDOM, a said. “It’s important uneducated doesn’t senior acting mean they deserve to major and member that there’s an orgaof ETA nization that does it be shot.”

— important to have Since the August protest, Thomas said it will be an organization to support it important for students to con- and that we as a university and tinue to voice their protests a student body come together to say, ‘We’re going to make it against police brutality.

“We have a responsibility now through this together.’”

While not all students have because we brought it to Ball State to continue it at Ball State the same view on the verand in the peaceful manner we dict, Thomas said they will brought it in we will continue it respect the view point of anyone who comes. in,” Thomas said.

“All we ask that is if you come, Thomas said because of that, he thought people took it to you stand in unity,” he said. heart and started to watch the “Whether you’re fighting for news and form opinions on situ- either side, the point is that we light these candles in purity ations that have been going on.

Although the verdict was re- and that our nation will conleased Nov. 24, Thomas said he tinue as one.”

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 President Paul Ferguson introduced Etcheson before her lecture. He said because he has lived in every region of the United States, one common theme him and his wife have encountered was the Civil War. “In our history, the Civil War has such a deep meaning for us and brings out unique themes,” he said. “We all relate to that. It really is a special moment for us to celebrate this.”

Nancy Turner, the former head of Archives and Special Collections, history buff and family that served in the Civil War, came to see Etcheson speak.

She said Etcheson did a “wonderful” job, researched her story well and talked about it in a way that was easy to understand.

Turner said it was important to have exhibits like this at universities because if students don’t know about the past they won’t be able to decide what to do with the future.

“Exhibits and lectures like these show the past,” Turner said. “I’m not sure if children are hearing the stories they should be.”

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Many articles have been donated to the university for the Frank A. Bracken U.S. Civil War Collection. Some of the items are original, like a Confederate Officer’s Sword (middle), originally owned by William H. Bracken, a Civil War Veteran whose family has served as a trustee since the time the Ball Brothers founded the university. Other items in the collection include a book detailing the uniforms of both Confederate and Union soldiers (top) and reenactment gear that belonged to Frank Bracken (bottom).

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Freshman filled into starting role despite redshirt possibility DAVID POLASKI CHIEF REPORTER | @DavidPolaski

During the offseason last summer, there was a possibility that Dedrick Cromartie would redshirt.

As a true freshman free safety for the Ball State football team that was buried on the depth chart, he wasn’t sure what his role would be. It was possible he would play, but head coach Pete Lembo tries to redshirt as many freshmen as possible.

Lembo considered redshirting Cromartie, or giving him playing time on special teams. Ultimately, he decided to give Cromartie a chance, allowing him to see the field as a freshman.

Because of injuries at the free safety position, he saw much more time than expected, starting three games during the second half of the season.

“I wasn’t expecting to be starting, but with [all the injuries] we’ve needed guys to step up,” Cromartie said.

“I’m a locked in player. I’m focused, and I think I’ve been doing an exceptional job.”

Saying the Cardinals needed players to step up is an understatement. Cromartie was the fourth free safety to start for Ball State in the first seven weeks of the season, after Dae’Shaun Hurley, Martez Hester and Gilbert Stlouis all went down with injuries.

Cromartie said he didn’t want to be redshirted, but he wasn’t expecting to start. He wanted to contribute on special teams, but there was nothing easy about making the transition from high school to college football.

Like many players, one of the hardest aspects was the increased speed of the game.

Players who enter a college program as freshmen are used to being all stars in high

locked-in player. I’m focused, and I think I’ve been doing an exceptional job. » DEDRICK CROMARTIE, freshman free safety

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Having started the season out as a redshirt, freshman Dedrick Cromartie has moved up the ranks, starting for Ball State in three games of the second half of the season. The move was partly because of injuries to the other free safeties on the team.

school. Suddenly, all other players are just as talented as them, if not more.

“The process has been fast. It took me a while to adjust to the faster game and bigger opponents,” Cromartie said. “When your number is called, you have

to be able to get the job done.”

Adding to the struggles of competing with better athletes was battling homesickness.

Cromartie moved away from home in St. Louis, Mo., graduating from DeSmet High School, the same high school redshirt

junior wide receiver KeVonn Mabon came from.

“The hardest part was having to adjust to not being able to go home and see my parents,” he said, “being completely independent and being on my own.”

Without his family to look out for him, Cromartie looked up to teammates Brian Jones, Hurley, Hester and the rest of the defensive backs.

It worked, as he finished the season with 43 tackles and two interceptions. He’s made a name for himself as a fast defender who hits hard and has flashed playmaking ability in his limited time.

Lembo said although it’s unlikely he’ll start next season as injured players become healthy, he wants him to continue having a role on the team.

“For a 178-pound true freshman, who over the summer was going through homesickness and everything else, that kid’s done some pretty darn good things,” Lembo said.

“He’s shown that he can be fearless, and he’s shown that he has a bright future ahead of him.”

A future that most likely doesn’t include being redshirted.

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After being suspended for a violation of team rules, Ball State men’s basketball sophomore guard Zavier Turner has been reinstated by head coach James Whitford.

“Young people sometimes make mistakes, and you have to hold them accountable,” Whitford said in a statement. “Proper decision-making on and off the court is an integral part of our program. Zavier and all of our players have to hold themselves to a very high standard.”

Turner will play in Ball State’s next game, a road contest against Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. He missed the last two games, an overtime loss to IUPUI and a win over Grambling State.

“This has been a learning experience that has forced me to grow and mature,” Turner said. “I am thankful to have a second chance and the opportunity to rejoin my teammates.”

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TEAM SIGNS 3 RECRUITS FOR NEXT YEAR

The Ball State gymnastics team announced the addition of three high school seniors to its 2015-16 roster.

Sydney Finke, Morgan Fridey and Madie Howell are set to join the Cardinals next season after signing national letters of intent.

“The recruiting class for 2015-16 is exceptionally strong and will allow us to continue the momentum Ball State gymnastics has gained since I took over the program last year,” Head coach Joanna Saleem said in a statement. “All three of these young ladies have national level competitive experience that will allow them to make an immediate impact as freshmen.”

Finke attends Perry Meridian High School and competes at Wright’s Gymnastics in Greenwood, Ind. She competed in the 2014 National Invitational Tournament, placing first in the beam.

She finished second on the vault and the all-around, and was third on the floor.

Fridey competes for Prestige Gymnastics and goes to Lower Dauphin High School in Pennsylvania. She was a 2014 qualifier of the Level 10 Junior Olympic National Competition and earned fourth on the beam and the all-around.

Howell is a student at Fairfield High School in Ohio and competes for Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. At the Ohio State meet in 2014, she was the bar champion. She finished second in the beam and placed third in the all-around.

The Ball State gymnastics team will begin its 2015 season on Jan. 11 when it hosts Florida at 1 p.m.

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Ball State lost the game against MAC foe Massachusetts on the road. This ended Ball State’s chance for a bowl game.

WEEK 10 LOSS, 24-10 AT MASSACHUSETTS The Ball State offense was hitting a wall, as Milas was slowly regressing and starting to turn the ball over at a more frequent rate. Facing a must win game against Massachusetts to keep its bowl eligibility alive, the offense had its worst performance of the season. It scored just three points in the second half and Edwards gained a paltry 37 yards on 16 carries. The Cardinals’ offense as a whole gained just 77 rushing yards. Milas was intercepted twice, as Ball State lost the game and its chance to go to a third consecutive bowl game.

KEY PLAYER Tajae Sharp: 13 receptions, 239 yards MEMORABLE QUOTE “I looked out there and I saw [redshirt sophomore cornerback] Tyree Holder was the only guy in the secondary that we started the year with,” Lembo said. “That’s just where we’re at right now.”

WEEK 12 WIN, 41-24 AT BOWLING GREEN In the final game of the season, Ball State went back to Mann at quarterback after Milas suffered a first half broken wrist against Eastern Michigan the week before. Mann looked significantly more comfortable, throwing 286 yards and three touchdowns.

Edwards also capped his career with an impressive performance, gaining 177 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Ball State upset the Mid-American Conference East champions, which also brought along a possible quarterback battle into the offseason.

KEY PLAYER Ozzie Mann: Three touchdowns, 286 yards, no interceptions, 20 yards rushing.

MEMORABLE QUOTE “It’s been a challenging season. I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” Lembo said. “Great way to finish here with a big road win against one of the better teams in the conference … good to see everyone keep their poise and keep battling.”

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Coding used as new art form in computer science class Participants create digital works of art for class projects

puter screen and in reality.

Andrew Jones, a freshman computer science major, tied with Ashlee Feltis, a senior finance major, for best in show with aesthetic quality. There is definitely a challenge to coding TRISTAN BENNINGTON as many of the students at the STAFF REPORTER show described. tsbennington@bsu.edu “I learned that even if you don’t A good chunk of time and effort find your own artwork that can go into editing one photo, great, many others might think but those in a computer science otherwise,” Jones said. class know that from experience.

Having other people enjoy his Students in CS 120, a class that work was one of the main highhas only been available for three lights that Jones enjoyed from semesters, were able the project. to display collages “Patience is defiONLINE that they created at nitely something the all-section Art To view wining you have to have submissions, visit Show. when coding,” Feltis Three of the win- http://bit.ly/1zaLaXj said. “Your code ning students that won’t always work participated described how they the first time through. It is necused their time on these projects essary to analyze it and find the to gain knowledge that they can mistake, which takes a lot of paput forth to use both on the com- tience sometimes.”

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Art by Andrew Jones and Ashlee Feltis, students in the CS 120 class, is on display with the rest of the placing art pieces, on the class’s website. The site features placing art in categories of aesthetic quality and code quality.

JR Pegg, a freshman computer science major, won best in show for code quality.

“I think my favorite part of coding is when you successfully run it for the first time,” Pegg said. “It

gives you a feeling of elation that can be best compared to getting an ‘A’ in your hardest class after hours upon hours of hard work.”

Each collage had distinct varying elements that differentiated

each project from the next.

“There’s no joy in creating something cookie-cutter,” Pegg said. “Any changes to make it your own will show and will bring you more joy

in the final product.”

Instructor David Largent was enthusiastic about the students’ works and those who were able to stop by and view the art.

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TV ADAPTATIONS ALLOW EXPANSION OF COMIC STORIES MATT MCKINNEY IS A SENIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND WRITES ‘BINGE WATCHER’ FOR THE DAILY NEWS. HIS VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE NEWSPAPER. WRITE TO MATT AT MDMCKINNEY@BSU.EDU.

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Two new DC-based television shows, “The Flash” and “Gotham,” have come onto the scene with an already-established fan base, myself included.

Both shows have vastly different objectives to accomplish and while there have been some issues, they’ve started to hit their strides midway through the first seasons.

“The Flash” is trying to modernize and give more legitimacy to rarely-used characters and events into a newer setting. “Gotham” is taking tried-and-true characters, that even the most casual Batman fans know, and adding a fresh spin to keep even hardcore fans interested.

Both shows have stayed pretty close to the comics thus far, but have opportunities to expand and go on their own journeys.

While we won’t see anything too crazy happen, “Gotham” showrunner Bruno Heller said it’s not “iron clad” that the show won’t deviate from its history and kill off major characters.

The beginning of Bruce Wayne’s journey has been well-documented in the comics, but the beginnings of Jim Gordon, Selina Kyle and Oswald Cobblepot? There’s room for creativity with the writers.

“The Flash“ has different challenges in staying close to the comics. While Batman’s history is dark and realistic (for the most part — there’s still some nutty villains such as Ra’s al Ghul and Solomon Grundy) enough to make it work.

The history of “The Flash” is deeper, featuring time travel and alternate universes.

For example, two of the show’s most popular villains are Gorilla Grodd, a super smart gorilla who can control people with his minds, and Reverse Flash, somebody who is from the future and has the exact same powers as The Flash. He’s not exactly as simple as a psychotic clown and a guy whose face was half melted off.

Both shows are saving some pretty strong villain reveals for upcoming episodes or even seasons. “Gotham” has only hinted at the Joker in a teaser, and Reverse Flash hasn’t been revealed either, although a lot of comic readers already have a pretty good guess.

Both shows have given little “Did you see that?” nudges to comic fans. “Gotham” has been more overt about its hints, though.

Harvey Dent’s office can only light half his face so many times before we wonder how he deals with such crappy lighting. But there have been hints from “The Flash,” too. How many noticed the busted Grodd cage in S.T.A.R. Labs in the show’s pilot?

The biggest strength for both shows could also be their biggest challenge – the wealth of background available over the last 50 plus years. On the one hand, the writers should never run out of ideas or characters to introduce. On the other hand, everybody who knows the source material has their own different ideas and expectations of what should happen.

If it deviates too far, people could complain that it’s not being true to the comics and if it’s too close, people might say they’ve already heard these stories.

My biggest problem with “The Flash” is the same as that of the CW show in its universe, “Arrow” — the world is too small.

Anytime an upper-level nefarious plot unfolds, an already-introduced character is behind it. No one character has their own motivations and story.

“Gotham” is my favorite of the two, although I’ll be watching both for the foreseeable future.

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With the set of new fall shows came two series based on comics: “The Flash” and “Gotham.” My background in comics is nonexistent, so thankfully these shows offer perfectly approachable storylines.

Yet despite the similar origins, the shows are intrinsically dissimilar: 1) “The Flash” takes place in a world where superpowers exist while “Gotham” is based in a world of realism; 2) “Gotham” is an origin story without defined superheroes and supervillains.

Because of the more realistic, origin approach in “Gotham,” the series naturally takes a darker route. Gotham is sick. When a city’s police force is more loyal to the mob families running the place than the people living in it, crime flourishes.

Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) struggles to bring justice back to the immoral police department, while in “The Flash,” protagonist Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) works in a department full of his allies.

Gordon bluntly navigates the line between mob family and government, while Allen teams up with the few remaining S.T.A.R. Labs employees to neutralize the metahumans roaming Central City.

All of Gordon’s conflicts stem from a city soaked in crime; all of Allen’s conflicts stem from one particle accelerator gone wrong.

In other words, the two stand on opposite ends of the comic-toTV-show spectrum.

But that division is not just because of the storylines; “Gotham” surpasses “The Flash” with its depth. “The Flash” feels as if it was meant for a younger, less critical audience. The characters lack diverse motives, and the culture of Central City never truly comes through. But “Gotham,” appropriately named after its setting, takes the city and makes it a character of its own. The city and the characters have a heavy set of motivations that pull the storyline in several directions.

Take the protagonist’s love interests for instance.

In “The Flash,” Iris West (Candice Patton) could not be more blinded by her obsession with what she calls “The Streak.” She doesn’t know Allen is the hero she blogs about. Between her dependence on this obsession and on her boyfriend, her character suffers. While she has a few instances of action, her motivation relies on the existence of the men around her.

Meanwhile, Barbara Kean (Erin Richards) on “Gotham” truly adds to the mixture of the characters. Her role relies heavily on Gordon, but she still provides range in her debate to trust him and his actions, and whether she wants to help him or stay in the background. Beyond that, she has a conflicting love interest in detective Renee Montoya (Victoria Cartagena). This both twists Kean’s actions and further enhances the diversity of the cast.

Allen is essentially the only character on “The Flash” with conflicting desires; the rest only stand out when the episode explicitly focuses on them. With “Gotham,” the characters are less on the nose, providing more suspense as they develop while the show progresses.

While “Gotham” succeeds on this end, the darkness of the plot can be a problem. It lacks comedic relief and lighter moments to break up the heavy storyline. It has improved as the season progressed, but “The Flash” is undoubtedly the better show for more relaxed audiences.

Though “Gotham” overall has better writing and development, each show will absolutely continue into a second season.

They may be pivotally different shows, but I won’t hesitate to keep watching both.

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