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The Panhellenic Council raised the number of women required for sorority chapters to 136. This has caused continuous open bidding through the spring.

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After Panhellenic Council raised its total last fall, more than twice the number of sororities have participated in continuous open bidding (COB) this spring than during the spring of 2014.

In the fall, PHC raised the number of women each chapter should aim for to 136. Previously, it was set at 113.

Those who have less than total get the opportunity to COB. This year, eight out of 10 of the PHC sororities that are allowed to go through open recruitment have gone through or are going through COB. Last spring, only Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Kappa were allowed to COB. Ball State Greek Life now includes 14 percent of students, Kari Murphy, the associate director of student life, said Sunday night during Grand Chapter.

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Ball State adds former team leaders The Ball State football team welcomed 24 new student-athletes from nine different states during its signing day festivities last week, looking to improve a roster that finished 5-7 last season.

Head coach Pete Lembo is excited about the influx of players that the coaching staff hopes can make an immediate impact.

Out of the 24 recruits, 19 of them were captains on their respected high school teams.

“Overall, I think there’s a great mix of guys that we knew about and got on early,” Lembo said. “We got a few early commitments that we held onto, and we had a nice mix of guys that we got during the season.”

One key point the staff worked on was putting their focus on recruiting players from Indiana. Nine new recruits from the Hoosier state put pen to paper to play for the Cardinals.

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s a part-time employee at Village Green Records in 2007, 24-year-old Travis Harvey didn’t have input in the decisions of a failing business.

Sales had plummeted under new management, and the majority of the record store’s clientele disappeared just six months after Jared Cheek, the original owner, sold the store and moved to Bloomington, Ind. Concerned about Village Green Records’ future, Harvey confronted its new owner Josh Caldwell. “‘I can’t let you do this to the store,’” Harvey recalled saying. “‘It means too much to me. This community needs a record store. If you’re not going to do it right, someone else needs to do this.’”

Two weeks later, Harvey began running VGR.

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Travis Harvey examines “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles. Harvey calls the record one of the most influential albums of his early life.

Almost eight years have passed since Harvey bought Village Green Records for $8,000, and besides the location — on the corner of North Martin Street and West Ashland Avenue — it’s unrecognizable. “[The store] resembled a crack-house,” Harvey recalled.

In an attempt to resurrect VGR’s image, Harvey repainted, refurbished and rede-

signed the entire store.

He chose the color scheme outside — dark green walls and an entrance ramp displaying every color on the spectrum — with the intent of luring curious passerby.

He renovated the interior to accommodate possible in-store concerts, and painted portraits of Anne Frank and a small child playing a violin to decorate the walls.

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Editor’s Note: This story is the third in The Ball State Daily News profile series, Famous for Muncie.

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BE HERE NOW MAY BE LEAVING VILLAGE

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The trust that owns Be Here Now’s building has put the building up for sale, leaving the future of the Village’s only music venue in the air.

Chris Karamesines, trustee of Karamesines Credit Shelter Trust, said the building has been for sale for about three to six months. If the building were to be sold, the new owner could force Be Here CONTACT US

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Now out of the building. “[The owner of Be Here Now] has a lease that has the option of me canceling at any time I want, … more or less a month-tomonth-type lease,” Karamesines said. “Somebody could buy it and choose to keep renting it to the owner of Be Here Now, or they could say, ‘Hey I’ve got another use for it.’”

Whitney Lewis, owner of Be Here Now, declined to comment.

Karamesines said that his selling the business doesn’t have anything to do with Be Here Now, but that the trust is trying to get rid of some of its real estate.

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There’s Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune—and not Pluto (though some of us are still bitter about that one).

This week, the biggest of these celestial bodies gets its own special place in the Hollywood cosmos, as the Wachowski siblings have released their latest foray into the film world, “Jupiter Ascending.”

To sum up how we feel about this movie: while “Jupiter Ascending” shot for the far reaches of the solar system and beyond, unfortunately, it didn’t even leave the atmosphere.

Here’s the gist of “Jupiter Ascending”: Mila Kunis’ character is a seeming everywoman who scrubs toilets for a living. Channing Tatum’s character is an alien bounty hunter sent to protect her from other alien bounty hunters who are after Kunis because she is actually an intergalactic princess, soon to be caught in an intergalactic family squabble.

How could a multi-million-dollar blockbuster starring Tatum, Kunis and Eddie Redmayne, directed by the creators of “The Matrix,” fail to fall among the stars? Easily. Turn Tatum into a wolf-man hybrid and reduce Kunis to a soap opera actress with the uncanny ability to be unconvincing in nearly everything she says.

And that’s just the beginning. The Wachowskis decided to avoid boldly going where no one has gone before and instead rip visuals (supposedly the movie’s strong point) from every popular sci-fi flick out there.

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“Jupiter Ascending” takes place in the future when a planet needs a new heir. The movie stars Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum and Oscar-nominee Eddie Redmayne. and surely another step forward in the world of cinema special effects, the presentation felt ultimately uninspired. There are a lot of sequences that are pleasing to look at and visually entertaining, but they often ramble on and contain enough silly elements to distract the audience from the fact that the fate of the earth is at hand. Because who has time to think about the earth when Tatum is racing a laser-laced roller derby in the sky?

One could perhaps think of “Jupiter Ascending” as a knock-off version of Marvel’s recent hit “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Whereas

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“Guardians” appealed to audiences through its throwback vibe, cheeky sense of humor, splendid visuals and strong story and characters, “Jupiter Ascending” fails to approach its level of balanced entertainment and novelty, feeling more like a rehash of “The Matrix” or any other number of sci-fi scripts.

Where the most fault lies, however, is in the story itself. While we found no elements to be so terrible as to prompt a jettison from our captain’s seats, the story plodded along at times and was stripped of its humanity through the aforementioned stilted performances and

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One of the flick’s less-than-stellar sequences has half-wolf Tatum air-surfing through fiery explosions and flying debris to save “damsel in distress” Kunis from certain death. Afterward, they don’t acknowledge their close call with death, and instead, kiss. Cardboard cutouts of Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana would be more compelling than these two. Yawn.

Admittedly, there are several factors that keep this movie from crashing and burning upon launch. The performance by Redmayne stands out among the worlds of “Jupiter Ascending.” His despicably subtle acting brings a dark dimension to the film and to his repertoire that otherwise would not have been present. Sean Bean’s performance also bolsters the film, infusing some credibility into moments that might have otherwise made this movie a total disaster.

“Jupiter Ascending” is certainly not the worst film out there at the moment, but it’s not one that we would fly to see again anytime soon.

Our favorite scene from this movie involves a robot helping Kunis travel through a process laden with intergalactic bureaucracy. The process is so arduous it earned a chuckle from all three of us.

The technical term for this movie is “dud.” If your craving for wolf-man hybrid Tatum can’t be tamed, at least wait for “Jupiter Ascending” to make a landing at a less-expensive venue on your home planet.

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SGA elections begin tonight Elections board plans to ask departments to help create ‘buzz’ RAYMOND GARCIA STAFF REPORTER | ragarcia@bsu.edu

The Student Government Association’s election season will begin tonight at the nomination convention, where slate and senator campaigns are officially announced.

Zach Huffman, elections board chair, said he wants to create more awareness around the election season.

One of the ways he and the elections board plan to do so is by involving other departments, such as the communications department.

Students who take COMM 210 Fundamentals of Public Speaking will have the opportunity to gain extra credit by attending the debates.

“That’s going to get more knowledge flowing about the election season,” he said. “On top of that, it’s going to create a bigger buzz around campus.”

SGA adviser Jennifer JonesHall said she is hoping to see quality students run for a slate.

“I am looking forward to hearing their platform points and to really see that they have done their research on their platform points,” she said.

The last two SGA elections have seen code violations and fines.

Jones-Hall and former SGA president Chloe Anagnos had spent time reviewing the elections code to ensure clarity.

“I honestly do not think people go out with the intent to break policies and procedures,” Jones-Hall said.

“They go out to win, and sometimes that clouds their judgement.”

After the nomination convention, the elections board will have a private meeting

Culture Shock will use hypnosis to discuss racism

Entranced students to take on new race, gender for program LAURA ARWOOD STAFF REPORTER | llarwood@bsu.edu Attendees of today’s Culture Shock will get a chance to be hypnotized to take on a new racial, gender or social identity.

The event will showcase the two directors, Patrick Head and Darnell Wilson, and hypnotist Chuck King gathering audience participants to engage in “racial hypnosis,” according to the Culture Shock website.

Head and Wilson will ask for audience participants to get hypnotized. Through the hypnosis, the participants will take on a new racial, gender or social identity, said Ro-Anne Royer Engle, director of the Multicultural Center.

“We started Culture Shock when we were students in 2006 because there was a lot of racial tension on the campus that we were at, [River Valley], and we didn’t know how to handle the tension. So we started it then. And we thought, ‘What if we hypnotize students to think they’re a different race or gender?’” Head said.

Culture Shock uses cultural hypnosis to highlight racial, social and economic stereotypes and sets up a framework for breaking down stereotypes unique to Ball State, Head said.

“We send out a survey for every school. We feel that it’s important to get the voice of the student. If we see that there’s a lot of responses and it’s more about financial inequality or

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Sydney Arledge, a junior marketing and fashion merchandising double major, is the vice president of recruitment of PHC. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, one of the chapters still in the process of bidding.

“We need [COB] to create parity in chapter size within the community,” said Arledge.

“Each chapter goes through the COB process at its own pace.”

The choice to move to a total of 136 came after every PHC sorority met quota during formal

with the students who are running for a slate to make sure they understand the severity and consequences if any violation occurs, Huffman said.

“We are not scared to get rid of a slate,” Huffman said, “If it comes down to it, that’s what we have to do.”

The nomination convention takes place Tuesday in the Art and Journalism Building Room 175 at 8 p.m.

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Be Here Now has been a place for local bands to perform.

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Today, there will be a culture shock event held at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom hosted by the Multicultural Center. Culture Shock will use cultural hypnosis to show racial, social and economic stereotypes.

gender issues, we will touch on those a little longer,” Head said.

Head and Wilson sent out a survey to students, staff and employees of Ball State that identified which stereotypes are common here, Engle said.

Engle discovered Culture Shock at a conference she attended in May. “I thought it was a really good idea to have them here.

[Stereotypes] are a difficult topic to breach, and [Head] and [Wilson] use the hypnosis to make it funny. It makes people laugh but it also makes people think,” Engle said.

Engle decided to reach out to other multicultural organizations on campus to include them in the event. When

fall recruitment, raising the sorority average to 136.

Arledge said each chapter set its own goals through the accreditation process. For the accreditation process, there are no direct requirements related to total number of members for PHC chapters unless the chapter itself sets that goal.

She said each chapter is able to continue in COB until they reach total or when the chapter decides to stop in partnership with their advisers.

Sigma Kappa’s president, Erin Soller, a junior elementary and special education major, said COB is beneficial to sororities.

Engle reached out to ‘The Big 4,’ which are the Black Student Association, Spectrum, Asian American Student Association and Latino Student Union, they agreed that it would be fun and educational. Culture Shock is expected to have many participants.

“I’m hoping for a lot of participation,” Engle said.

“We’re having it in the Student Center Ballroom, which is set up for 200. I think it’ll be a really good environment to engage students.”

Head said the goal of the event is to create an environment that is light, fun and entertaining but also creates conversations about tense subjects among students.

The change is also meant to provide some flexibility for prospective members.

“It allows us to talk to women who are interested in going Greek but may not want to go through the formal recruitment process or decide later that they want to join a sorority,” Soller said.

Soller said Sigma Kappa welcomed six new members after extending bids Jan. 30.

The chapter did not meet total; however, Soller is confident they will in the fall of 2015.

Lucy Clemens, a sophomore business-finance major, just joined Alpha Chi Omega during its spring recruitment. She

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L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom “It all stems from trying to find a space that’s safe to talk about race that doesn’t come from personal opinion, research or somebody’s own ideals. Instead, it comes from the students,” Head said.

Doors will open to the Culture Shock event at 7:30 p.m. today at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. thinks COB is a good opportunity for women to join sororities when they didn’t have the chance to in a previous semester.

“I don’t think I would have been likely to join the sorority in the fall because I would have been a junior,” Clemens said. “It’s easier as a freshman or a sophomore to join, but I don’t think I would have gotten the same opportunity to join as a junior.”

For Kappa Delta, it was the chapter’s second time going through the informal recruitment process.

Kappa Delta President Erica Wiley, a junior food and hospitality management major,

Matt Mellen, lead singer for the band The Indigos, said if Be Here Now closed, the local music scene would suffer due to the lack of venues for both live music and drinking in Muncie. Mellen is a senior business and leadership communication major.

“Late Nite and [University Program Board] have live music, but it’s more affiliated with the Late Nite and on-campus stuff that they have,” Mellen said. “Be Here Now is also a bar, so the whole demographic that UPB and Late Nite is bringing in is completely different than the bar scene; … [there’s] an entire demographic of people who want to drink and watch live music.”

Keyboardist and vocalist for The Indigos Josh Savage said Be Here Now has helped his band become successful through its environment. Savage is a senior marketing major. The bar provides the “perfect combo” for people to enjoy while listening to music, according to Savage.

“I think [Be Here Now] has provided an environment that our fanbase has become very comfortable in, and not only in the fact that they can drink and have fun there, but in the fact that they can express themselves in

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a way that they, one, feel free to express themselves, and second they see their friends there,” Savage said. “You can dance, you can listen to music, you can get drunk, … that sounds like the college triumvirate right there.”

For some, the music that Be Here Now offers is a bridge to the Muncie community.

Brian Burk, an owner of Greek’s Pizzeria, which shares the block with Be Here Now, said he doesn’t see his business being affected very much if Be Here Now closed.

“It might affect our Late Nite booth a little bit, just because of the draw down here, but I think also with Brothers [across the street] I don’t think it would have too much to do for us,” Burk said.

“At the end of the day, it wouldn’t really affect our business.”

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Ball State Greek Life now makes up 14 percent of the students on Ball State’s campus. Sororities now have to aim for 136 members, compared to 113 last year.

said open recruitment has gone really well for her chapter so far.

“I enjoyed it,” Wiley said of informal recruitment. “It’s

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 After months of watching people window shop, he began seeing consistent sales from regular customers.

Through all the change, two things remained the same: the store’s philosophy of “trying to expose people to new music at an affordable price” and Harvey’s insistence on making VGR’s attic his home.

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cater specifically toward the Ball State crowd, but yet have stuff of interest to people who aren’t connected to Ball State.”

One White Rabbit Books patron is Brandon Shawver, an employee at The Cup. Shawver sees Edwards come into The Cup almost every day.

“He’s a great guy,” Shawver said. “I love what he’s doing.”

While Edwards p r o v i d e s business for The Cup, Shawver p r o v i d e s business for White Rabbit Books.

“I’ve been going there for years,” Shawver said. “It’s my • The building was kind of place; it’s originally a home. very homey.”

• The spiral E d w a r d s staircase, which carries an array Edwards calls “a of comic books, crowd favorite,” pop culture was installed in material, old toys the 1950s. and more. While SOURCE: Derek Edwards store customers sell some of the inventory to him, Edwards gets a lot of his material from rummage sales, estate sales, library sales or wherever he can find something interesting.

“A lot of it is just instinct, what I think might be something that people will be interested in,” Edwards said.

He intends to stay in the Village until “the building falls down around [him].”

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White Rabbit Books started selling books at 17, now books flow out the doors of his Village store

A spiral staircase wonderland, White Rabbit Books has been a Village favorite for 26 years, but as is fitting for a fairy tale-like exterior, it began as just a fantasy for owner Derek Edwards.

He started White Rabbit Books when he was just 17 years old, selling books at the White River Flea Market.

“I come from a family of readers,” Edwards said. “So I always grew up around books and it just seemed like the natural thing to do.”

Eventually, Edwards moved his business to a building on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, but he always kept an eye open for 1604 West University Ave. “I always liked the building,” he said. “It just has a real cool look to it.”

Once it became available, he swooped in to snag it.

When first starting out, Edwards only used the first floor and the balcony of the building to display product. He used the back area for storage.

“Now it’s overflowing to where I don’t have shelf space,” Edwards said.

Books pour out of shelves and even spill onto the Village sidewalks. Little knick-knacks and trinkets hang from the ceiling like droplets.

Edwards is the only official employee of White Rabbit Books. Occasionally, he receives help from relatives when he is unable to be in the shop or needs a hand.

“I think we are very unique even amongst used bookstores,” Edwards said. “We tend to try to

Following his graduation from Ball State with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design in May of 2005, Harvey moved to Chicago in hopes of gaining employment at a design firm.

He searched for nine months with little success.

“I really wasn’t finding too many real, promising opportunities,” Harvey said.

“I’d go to an interview and they’d find out [I was] a lot more artsy than the type of stuff they’re doing. ... I kept finding myself getting in situations where I was qualified DN PHOTO ALISON CARROLL and everything, but [my Travis Harvey started out as a part-time style didn’t match].” employee at Village Green Records in 2007 Unable to find a job and began running VGR two weeks later. where he could express Since then, Harvey has refurbished and himself, Harvey returned redesigned the entire store. to Muncie, accepting an offer from Ball State to serve as the art director of a $500,000 educational film series.

While producing the documentary, which earned a Regional Emmy Award Nomination from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Harvey began working and living at VGR. TRAVIS HARVEY, Owner of “I needed a place to stay. Lo Village Green Records and behold, my buddy Jared [Cheek] has this opportunity to live in [Village Green “Anything I can show you?”

Records] … it turned out to The couple shakes their be a perfect match, almost too heads, mutter “no” and good to be true,” he said. disappear.

The fit appeared natural, and “For the longest time, as the film project concluded, that was the most common Harvey spent more time reaction I would get when learning the ins and outs of the people walked in here,” record business.

Harvey said.

He never thought he’d He’s become accustomed to have the opportunity to interactions like these with run the store his way, but potential customers. It’s a risk when the chance arose, it he willingly takes by choosing felt like destiny. to offer largely obscure titles.

“I’m very familiar that While popular albums from Muncie is a very depressed bands, artists and groups like community; it’s gone through Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley a lot of economic problems,” and Wu Tang Clan maintain he said. “I thought, ‘This is their places on the store’s my opportunity of doing shelves, Harvey’s number one something I should do. Who mission remains exposing his could be better than me to do customers to new music. this?’ … I believe in music and “I’d rather someone be able offering it to people in the soul to say a year from now, ‘I of what it is.” bought this record, now this album has blown my mind, “WITHIN YOU changed something in me, …

WITHOUT YOU” Harvey’s relationship with and I found that record at the Village Green record store,” music began at a young age.

“I was 10 years old and he said. “I would rather be searching for something that part of [someone’s] spiritual,” he said. “I wasn’t listening experience.”

John Phallon, who began finding anything soulful in religion, and I found it instead working as a part-time employee at VGR in August of in artistic expression.”

Finding new artists and 2014, sees the joy Harvey gets exploring unknown genres when he sells a customer on became a central joy in his recommendation.

“I think what makes [Harvey] Harvey’s life. He discovered The Beatles’ classic 1967 the happiest is when he gives album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely [music] to somebody that they Hearts Club Band,” and didn’t know about,” Phallon soon his newfound passion said. “I think that helps him be happier. … He’s going to live developed into an addiction.

“It’s not just the sensation of that forever.” listening to music and what “SHE’S LEAVING HOME” it’s giving to me, it’s more like While Harvey doesn’t have the sensation of constantly current plans of closing VGR, needing more of it,” he said. he hasn’t ruled out relocating.

“Those qualities seemed to “Logically, there is going add up to an addiction, not to come a time I’m going to love. … I am constantly out in leave,” he said. search of fulfilling that hunger Boston remains a possible of hearing music. I feel like I’m destination, as the city offers getting behind. I get anxiety an abundance of jobs in the like I need my fix.” field of psychology — his Real drugs don’t interest girlfriend’s area of expertise.

Harvey. He said some people Wherever he is living, Harvey encourage him to get high plans to continue spreading and listen to certain songs, new music. He recently but he prefers the sense of finished compiling his Top 100 momentary completion he albums of 2014 and is almost experiences after soberly a third of the way through his stumbling across a mindAlphabet-mixes on Bandcamp, blowing track. an online music store.

“A DAY IN THE LIFE” It all goes hand-in-hand with Harvey watches from behind his philosophy. the front counter as a young “I’m not [selling music] man and woman browse because it’s a money-making through his hand-picked thing,” he said. “I really selection of vinyl and CDs. believe that music, good Seeing nothing that interests music especially, can make them, the couple makes for you a better person … It the exit within minutes of makes you recognize to slow entering the store. down in life. It makes you “Is there anything you’re recognize what means more looking for?” Harvey asks in life. It makes you recognize as they near the counter. to be a better person.”

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Bryan Konietzko spoke to students and faculty members on Feb. 9 in Art and Journalism Room 175 about how the show “The Legend of Korra” was created using concept animation.

He included some fun facts about the show, like his basing Korra’s clothes on what a female snowboarder would wear. One of the other characters in the show, Melo, was based on a boy that Konietzko knew.

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SPORTS

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WEDNESDAY Sitting at 11-10, the women’s basketball team takes on Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. on the road.

THURSDAY The men’s volleyball team welcomes Lewis at 7:30 p.m. at Worthen Arena.

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The Ball State men’s basketball team lost 72-61 at home on Saturday against Toledo, dropping its MAC record to 2-8. The team has been struggling with defense, causing its opponents to shoot 55.5 percent from the field.

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The Ball State men’s basketball team’s late-game rally fell short in a 72-61 home loss against Toledo on Saturday after another subpar first half led to a halftime deficit.

“There were six, seven or eight mistakes we made [defensively] to where it was hard for me to watch,” said Ball State head coach James Whitford. “There’s [no excuse] that can justify the way we played in the first half.”

The Cardinals are 2-8 in the Mid-American Conference, after starting 2-0.

In its last two outings, Ball State failed in completing a comeback after trailing by 10 or more at halftime.

The Cardinals cut a 15-point deficit in the second half within two points in the final 10 seconds on Feb. 4, but the Bulls ultimately won 82-78.

Saturday’s loss to Toledo was different, as Ball State got within nine points on three different occasions in the second half, but Toledo pulled away to win by 11.

Whitford has seen signs of the team’s full potential, but putting it together for a full 60 minutes has been a struggle.

“I thought in the second

half we looked like ourselves against a really good team,” Whitford said. “We dug ourselves in such a deep hole in the first half that it was very hard to overcome.”

Defense has been a problem for Ball State, as it has allowed their opponents to shoot 55.5 percent from the field while being outscored 82-57 in the first half in the last two games.

In the second half, however, Ball State outscored Buffalo and Toledo 82-72, proving that they are capable of competing with any team in the MAC. The Cardinals rank fifth in the conference in shooting at .361 percent. However, falling behind in the first half forces them to take more low-percentage shots and 3-pointers.

Ball State has attempted 465 3-pointers on the season, shooting .360 from beyond the arc.

Turnovers and points allowed off turnovers plagued the Cardinals in their most recent contests. Against Buffalo and Toledo, 22 of their 30 turnovers came in the first half.

Although Ball State is ranked 11th in the MAC in turnovers at 14.5 per contest, Whitford feels that will not be the issue for the Cardinals in the long run as it looks to end its eight-game losing streak.

“That has happened a couple of times as of late, but that hasn’t been the story of our season,” said Whitford. “What has been the story of our season is giving up big runs.”

In its past two home matches, the Ball State men’s volleyball team lost six total sets, three more than the previous four home matches combined.

The No. 14 Cardinals fell to Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association foe IPFW on Feb. 5 and then to 1-6 George Mason on Feb. 7.

“We’re in a tough, scary kind of team-building moment, and these guys need to respond in the appropriate fashion to get through it,” head coach Joel Walton said. “It’s going to be something that we all need to get through together.”

Against IPFW, Ball State led the nation’s No. 10 team after the first two sets (2521, 25-22). From there, the Mastodons stole all the momentum and walked away with three consecutive set victories and a 3-2 victory.

It was a tough pill to swallow for the Cardinals.

“Thursday was a really big game we’re disappointed to lose after going up 2-0,” freshman middle attacker Matt Walsh said. “I think we need to start enjoying the game more. I think we’ve

been playing not to mess up instead of playing to win.”

Despite its record, Walton said he knew George Mason would be a challenge just a night after a tough loss to IPFW. Ball State dropped the first two sets to the Patriots (2426, 25-17) after losing a 2422 lead late in the first set.

“We allowed George Mason to win game one and carry that momentum into game two,” Walton said. “They were relaxed and very aggressive, while on our side of the net we were playing very tight.”

In the 3-0 loss, Ball State’s usual heavy hitters were tight and struggled finding a rhythm.

The Cardinals finished the match against the Patriots with their worst attack percentage of the season.

“I’d like to see Matt Sutherland and Shane Witmer find their offensive skills again and build their offensive confidence,” Walton said.

“With those guys on the court, we’ve got our best passing group and we’ve got our best backcourt defensive group.”

Walton benched starters in both matches in an attempt to find a successful rotation.

Walton is searching to bring back the same momentum the team had at the beginning of the year to prepare for Ball State’s upcoming schedule, which includes showdowns with No. 3 Lewis and No. 1 Loyola.

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The Ball State football team signed 24 new recruits from nine different states. Defensive backs led in the number of recruitments with seven positions.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Running back James Gilbert from Indianapolis graduated high school in December and started classes this spring along with two other recruits.

Gilbert was ranked as the second-best running back prospect in the state of Indiana. He finished his career at Arsenal Tech High School with 4,817 rushing yards and two all-state honors. “[Gilbert] is really a special talent, he kind of hit the ground running in Indianapolis and was receiving scholarship offers after his sophomore year,” offensive coordinator Joey Lynch said. “We tested our 40-yard dashes as a team, and he’s our fastest running back right now.”

The Cardinals also added to their offensive backfield with quarterback Riley Neal from Yorktown High School.

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11-win season in history and was named to the 2014 AllUSA Today Indiana Team.

On the other side of the ball, defensive backs were a main focus for the staff and were recruited more than any other position with seven athletes overall.

“In the secondary, we’ve had an incredible number of injuries back there this past season,” Lembo said. “We’re hoping that an older midyear junior college player can come in and give us some depth and competition.”

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The Cardinals will look to benefit from their entire class as they prepare for the upcoming 2015 season.

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