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Rusher accepts combine invitation Edwards set to perform for NFL scouts in Indianapolis Ball State football’s all-time leading rusher has accepted an invitation to the National Football League Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

Jahwan Edwards, a senior for the Cardinals in 2014, will participate in the event from Feb. 17-23.

Edwards fin- CAREER STATISTICS ished his collegiate career JAHWAN EDWARDS , with 884 rush at- RUNNING BACK tempts for 4,558 • Games yards, and 51 48 touchdowns, all • Rushing attempts program records.

884 He rushed for at least 1,000 yards • Rushing yards in three straight 4558 seasons, finish• Rushing touchdowns - 51 ing fifth in MidAmerican Con- • Long rush - 75 ference history • Yards per carry - 5.2 in career rushing • Average yards per game 95.0 yards and rushing touchdowns.

Edwards most recently played in the NFL Players Association Collegiate Bowl in January, carrying the ball six times for nine yards.

The NFL Combine airs live on the NFL Network.

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This year, the university is looking for one new student to represent the entire student body to the nine-member Ball State Board of Trustees.

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hree groups of four people are vying for the chance to represent the Ball State student body.

Atlas, Cardinal Direction and Momentum announced their candidacy at Tuesday’s nomination committee in the Arts and Journalism Building.

Voting for slates will begin Feb. 23 and run until Feb.

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24 when the winner is expected to be announced late in the evening.

Election’s Board Chair Zach Huffman said he wants to create more awareness about SGA this election season.

He plans to contact departments within the facility to have professors offer extra credit or other rewards for student participation in the election process.

JACOB CASH, PRESIDENT Junior marketing and Spanish major Activities/Involvement: Phi Gamma Delta, SGA Senator WESLEY CROUCH, VICE PRESIDENT Junior pre-medical major Activities/Involvement: College Mentors for Kids DESTINEE BURRELL, TREASURER Sophomore legal studies major Activities/Involvement: Black Student Association, Women of Color JESSICA SHARKEY, SECRETARY Junior fashion merchandising and marketing major Activities/Involvement: Chi Omega, SGA Senator

Junior organizational communication major Activities/Involvement: Pi Kappa Phi, Men’s Club Volleyball, Black Student Association, National Residency Hall Honorary, Resident Assistant.

QUINTIN THOMPSON, PRESIDENT Junior political science and philosophy studies major Activities/Involvement: Resident Assistant, Freshmen Leadership Council ROBIYABONU DUSTOVA, VICE PRESIDENT Junior accounting and criminal justice major Activities/Involvement: SGA Senator, International Ambassadors Association, Tajik Student Association DAYNA ARNETT, TREASURER Sophomore biochemistry and pre-medical preparation major Activities/Involvement: Excellence in Leadership, Honors College Peer Mentor PATRICK JENNINGS, SECRETARY Sophomore pre-law and international political science major Activities/Involvement: Young Americans for Liberty, Excellence in Leadership, National Society of Collegiate Scholars See the SGA Platform Points on page 5

TURNER GETS EXPERIENCE RIDING BENCH Despite fewer minutes, guard says he is happy to play, support team ANTHONY FLETCHER STAFF REPORTER | @Ant_dawg17

Last season’s Mid-American Conference Player of the Year has a new role for the Ball State men’s basketball team.

What might be described as a “sophomore slump” for point guard Zavier Turner, head coach James Whitford believes Turner’s season will serve as a learning experience.

“I think life is about learning and growing lessons,” Whitford said. “I don’t care who you are — I’m 43 and I’m still learning lessons.”

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Turner scored 362 points alone in his first year to rank fourth alltime on the freshmen scoring list behind only Bonzi Wells, Ray McCallum and Theron Smith. He has made 61 3-pointers, the most of any freshman in school history.

But this season has been one of change.

Turner came into the year as the starting point guard and the team’s No. 1 option. However, off-court issues have led to Turner missing three games this season — the first two coming from suspension and then a DNP coach’s decision.

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Sophomore guard Zavier Turner came into this year as the starting point guard. However, due to off-court issues, Turner has missed three games this season and came off the bench the last five games.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House circulated a proposal Tuesday to authorize the Pentagon to fight Islamic State terrorists without an “enduring offensive combat” role, an ambiguous phrase designed to satisfy lawmakers with widely varying views on the need for U.S. ground operations.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J, describing the proposal to reporters, said President Barack Obama would seek an authorization for the use of force that would expire after three years. It would end the approval for operations in Iraq that Congress passed in 2002.

Menendez spoke after he and other Democratic senators met privately with top White House aides, on the eve of an anticipated formal request for legislation from the president.

“Hopefully there will not be a significant delay in Congress acting,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama feigned opposition to gay marriage for most of his political career, compromising his true beliefs out of concern it could hurt him with voters, Obama’s longtime political adviser disclosed in a new book.

David Axelrod, who served as a top White House adviser after helping Obama get elected, said Obama begrudgingly followed his advice that he would face strong opposition from African American religious leaders and others if he let it be known he supported gay marriage. He said Obama

“modified his position” to say he supported civil unions — but not same-sex marriage.

“Having prided himself on forthrightness, though, Obama never felt comfortable with his compromise and, no doubt, compromised position,” Axelrod wrote in the memoir “Believer: My Forty Years in Politics,” released Tuesday.

Axelrod’s disclosure affirmed what was widely suspected for years: that Obama’s May 2012 announcement that he supported gay marriage came long after the president had personally come to that conclusion.

SARTANA, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting intensified Tuesday in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russia rebels and Ukrainian troops sought to extend their gains ahead of crucial peace talks, and the government accused the separatists of shelling a town far behind the front lines, killing 12 people and wounding scores of others.

Germany, which has joined with France

to try to broker a peace deal, urged Russia and Ukraine to compromise and called on the warring parties to refrain from hostilities that could derail a four-way summit Wednesday in Minsk, Belarus.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the talks were “one of the last” opportunities for ending the fighting that has killed more than 5,300 people since April.

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5. ALABAMA COUNTIES REFUSE GAY MARRIAGES

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Same-sex marriage 2. AMERICAN WOMAN HELD BY IS CONFIRMED DEAD spread further across Alabama on Tuesday PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The small Arizona town where Kayla Jean Mueller grew up began gathering in grief Tuesday upon learning that the 26-year-old aid worker who traveled the world on a quest to help others died by the hands of Islamic State militants.

A small memorial on the courthouse plaza began to grow rapidly as word spread that Mueller’s death had been confirmed.

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that Mueller, whose 18-month captivity had largely been kept secret in an effort to save her, had died in a recent Jordanian airstrike targeting the militants. Officials said they could not confirm how she died.

“What a fine, fine woman and a tribute to Prescott,” said 15-year resident Tina Nemeth. “It’s just so sad, it really is, and everyone feels exactly the same.

It’s a shock it hit Prescott. We’re not that big of a town.”

as more courthouses issued licenses to gays and lesbians, yet some counties still defied a federal judge’s order, so couples took their fight back to court.

The dispute and confusion headed toward a showdown in federal court set for Thursday in Mobile, where gay couples have waited for two days in a courthouse after officials quit issuing marriage licenses altogether — even for heterosexual couples — rather than sell them to same-sex couples.

Jim Strawser and his partner John Humphrey sat outside the shuttered marriage license window at the Mobile County courthouse.

“Come on, you’ve got a federal court order. Open those windows,” Strawser said to no avail.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore threw the state into disarray when, at the 11th hour, he ordered probate judges not to allow gay marriages. He gave the order even though a federal judge ruled the state’s ban was unconstitutional.

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(This article contains “Breaking Bad” spoilers throughout.)

Before each and every time James McGill enters the courtroom to defend his latest client, he stands in front of a bathroom mirror, practices his arguments, waves his hands and says, “Showtime.” It’s a microcosm of his personality.

McGill is a lawyer in New Mexico, trying to make ends meet as honorably as he can in AMC’s latest promising show, “Better Call Saul.”

The opening of “Better Call Saul” takes place after the “Breaking Bad” finale. McGill is now the manager of a Cinnabon and has a new identity, Gene.

Everything in black and white, we see how the Cinnamon rolls are made. The scene is set to The Ink Spots’ old-timey, “Address Unknown.”

With McGill forced to relocate to Nebraska in the last episodes of “Breaking Bad,” showrunner Vince Gilligan continues the tradition of using music as foreshadowing and Easter eggs for the plot.

After returning home from work and pouring a drink into a glass, McGill channel surfs for a while before finding a VHS tape he has hidden away. We see McGill start to break down and cry behind the reflection of his old “Better Call Saul” commercials — the only color on the screen.

Although the opening sequence takes place in the future, “Better Call Saul” is the prequel/spinoff of “Breaking Bad,” AMC’s Emmy-winning series about a high school chemistry teacher, Walter White, who becomes a meth cook when faced with terminal cancer.

It’s clear from the first two episodes that while there are a lot of similarities to “Breaking Bad,” it’s not the same show, or the same style. “Breaking Bad” was a tragedy. “Better Call Saul” is more of a comedy. It has a much lighter

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AMC’s latest promising show, “Better Call Saul,” is the prequel/spinoff of “Breaking Bad.” The new show has a much lighter tone than the previous AMC hit series.

tone than the previous AMC hit. If but it’s still its own show. Fans of “Breaking Bad” is Shakespeare’s “Breaking Bad” will love this, but “Hamlet,” then “Better Call Saul” is it’s not a prerequisite. If you haven’t “Tempest.” But they’re seen “Breaking Bad,” both Shakespearean. shame on you, but ...it’s not the The references and also you can still jump nods to “Breaking Bad” same show, or in now. You won’t get are found throughthe “Aha!” moments, out, but I hope Gil- the same style. but it can still be apligan lets “Better Call “Breaking Bad” preciated without Saul” breathe more in viewing White’s story later episodes. It has was a tragedy. beforehand. the potential to really “Better Call Bob Odenkirk is grow into something fantastic as James special, and I hope it Saul” is more of a McGill (he has yet doesn’t eventually be- comedy. to truly become come over saturated Saul Goodman, his by all the “Breaking MATT MCKINNEY, alias from “Breaking Bad”-ness.

Bad”). This show is a Binge Watcher I understand what great opportunity for it’s done for the first Odenkirk’s character few episodes. The creators want to really shine. In the first two to really draw in fans of “Breaking episodes it’s clear McGill wants Bad.” “Better Call Saul” is a spinoff, to be successful. And not starve

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to death.

It’s easy to feel sorry for him, but you still feel like a lot of his problems are his own fault. He hasn’t yet grown into the amoral person he eventually becomes, but there are definite hints of his true self.

Jonathan Banks returns as Mike Ehrmantraut, only he’s a toll-

booth attendant. Ehrmantraut‘s deadpan tone returns with his character — McGill berates him by telling him how hard he’s worked inside the courtroom when Ehrmantraut asks for money to get through his tollbooth. Ehrmantraut’s response is as perfect as it can be: “Oh gee, that’s swell,” Ehrmantraut says. “Thank you for restoring my faith in the judicial system.”

Ehrmantraut had a small role in the first two episodes, but he’s sure to return in a bigger role as the series continues.

If you previously thought Gilligan wasn’t a fantastic show runner and that “Breaking Bad” was a fluke for him, “Better Call Saul” will prove you otherwise.

Specifically, the montage of McGill three-quarters into the second episode is great. It demonstrates McGill’s want to set his career straight and become a success the professional way after he has a run-in with some not-sofriendly people who I won’t spoil here. It’s edited brilliantly, with McGill entering and exiting the courtroom simultaneously and getting enough instant coffees to keep him running.

So far, I’ve been glued to every minute of “Better Call Saul.” I can’t wait for it to continue, and I’m thrilled Odenkirk is getting his opportunity to take center stage on TV. Showtime.

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CROSSFIT GYM BUILDS a sense of community Alumnus uses gym to encourage graduates to stay in Muncie

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.J. McKay had everything he needed in Muncie, until he discovered CrossFit while out on consulting trips.

Instead of waiting for a local gym to offer the program, he decided to start it himself.

McKay is a Ball State alum who graduated in 2002 with a bachelor’s in telecommunications production and in 2004 with a master’s in public relations and sports communication.

He and his wife Erica live with their four children in Muncie. McKay works for Advisa, a business management consulting firm based in Carmel and is the owner of the Arsenal, a CrossFit gym in downtown Muncie.

Even though he travels all over the country for his consulting job, McKay said his ties to the community keep him in Muncie .

“The one unifying factor I find why people stay, why people pick a place to live and stay in a place and actually really engage and fully are part of a place is because [of ] its community. They get connected with the people that are there and it’s those social circles and relationships that make a place worth staying at,” McKay said. “In Muncie we have such a cool, tightknit place where In Muncie there’s a lot of we have such a opportunity and really cool comcool, tight knit amunity that has a ton to offer.” place where Muncie Mayor there’s a lot Dennis Tyler said he wants to of opportunity encourage more and a really cool Ball State stuto stay in community that dents the area after has a ton to they graduate, and that it’s up offer. to Muncie to provide that encourB.J. MCKAY, Ball agement.

State alum

“I think the city of Muncie and Ball State and all of us have an obligation to create a quality of place, a quality of life that graduates want to stay in the community,” Tyler said. “I think we’re doing a much better job of that, I’m very excited about the new directions that Muncie is heading.”

Tyler said some of the ways he’s worked to better Muncie is through the public amenities, including the paths and walkways that he’s worked to add during the past few years.

“When I took office in 2012 we didn’t have any bicycle lanes in Muncie. Today we have dozens of miles,” Tyler said. “We’ve also created dozens and dozens of additional miles of walking trails, nature trails, cultural trails in partnerships with our local foundations and the state.”

Tyler said Ball State grads who stay in the area add a lot to the city. He said they draw in millions of dollars of revenue, especially if they start their own busi-

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nesses, and provide employment for the city. But in his opinion, the most important thing they bring is energy.

“They have such a positive energy, they’re looking forward to life and expanding their opportunities,” Tyler said, “They enjoy volunteering at food banks and at our community centers and at our churches… their energy is infectious.”

McKay became a Muncie business owner after working out with clients at CrossFit gyms during his travels.

“I got into the habit of just working out and going to do CrossFit with clients around the country,” McKay said.

“Most of the workouts were two and a half hours long, that I would just try to cobble together when I came home and I did this for about three years before the Arsenal was founded. The only place I could not do CrossFit with the community or with a team of people was when I was home.”

CrossFit is a fitness program founded in 2000 by Greg Glassman. Trainees of the program are prepared for any physical situation, through exercises pulled from a variety of sports and training programs.

McKay opened the Arsenal on June 21, 2013, and said he received an overwhelming response.

“We grew from zero to a hundred members faster than any gym that I can find in the entire CrossFit Network,” McKay said. “Muncie’s responded and now we have one of the more successful gyms you’re going to find anywhere.”

McKay said more students should be aware of what Muncie has to offer, in terms of community, employment and location. Ball State, the Ball Memorial Hospital and the proximity to Indianapolis makes Muncie a good place to work, in his opinion.

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We grew You see people from zero to walking at different places a hundred and eating at the same res- members taurants which faster than means you can form relation- any gym that I ships because can find in the we’re at the same places,” McKay entire CrossFit said. “You want Network. to be around the people that fulfill B.J. MCKAY, Ball you and in Mun- State alum cie that’s easy to do, because we’re in a centralized location.”

McKay said the best way for students to learn about what Muncie has to offer is to leave campus.

“One of the first things that you can do that’s relatively easy is basically put on your explorer hat. Leave campus, get a car, get on a bike and just explore and check things out,” McKay said. “The second thing is civic involvement. That connects you with people that are Muncie lovers, the people that live here and understand the city, and it gets you into social circles where you just start learning where things are, what there is to offer, different places to eat and go and see other cool people.”

McKay said he enjoys the sense of community the Arsenal has cultivated and the diversity the company draws in.

“I have people that own companies, doctors and lawyers, and I have people that are my neighbors and workers, all together side-by-side working out, hanging out, sharing stories.

They’re all a part of the same team and it’s just really cool,” McKay said. “Now I feel like I’m less of a CEO or owner of a business as much as a steward for a really, really important community in Downtown Muncie.”

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Ball State alum B.J. McKay, second from right, owns the Arsenal, a CrossFit gym located in downtown Muncie. McKay opened the Arsenal on June 21, 2013.

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The position is open to any | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Ball State student who is enrolled full-time during their The process to find the next two-year term, is a resident of student representative to the Indiana, has a minimum cumuBall State Board of Trustees lative GPA of 2.5 and is in good begins with a candidate in- standing with the university. formational forum at 6 p.m.

Pierce added a general qualThursday in the L.A. Pittenger ity for the position is to like Student Center Room 303.

Ball State.

There are two Ball State “You have to be someone alumni, one student and six who likes to talk about Ball members appointed State, because you will at large. All membe learning a lot about bers serve a four-year it,” he said. term, except for the What pushed Pierce student, who serves a to pursue the position two-year term. was a presentation Kyle Pierce, a junior that former President political science maJo Ann Gora gave to jor, has served on the the Student Governboard since July 1, Kyle Pierce, ment Association.

2013. His term ends a junior political “President Gora science major this year on June 31. came into the senate “One of the greatest and gave a presentaopportunities on the board is tion on how the university was you get to see how the presi- funded and operated,” he said. dent and leaders work,” Pierce “I really liked that, and I really said. “I’ve gotten to see how wanted to help out, even in a President Ferguson leads, and small way.”

I will be able to take what I SGA and University Senlearned from him and others ate differ from the Board of with me into the workforce.”

Trustees because the board Indiana’s governor makes focuses on implementing all appointments to the Board policies and changes, where of Trustees. the two former groups focus However, the appointment on coming up with ideas and process begins with interviews plans to submit to the adfrom Feb. 24 to Feb. 26 with a ministration. The board puts student selection committee, the plans of SGA and Univerfollowed by an interview with sity Senate into the context of the president and his cabinet the university’s operations, and finally an interview with Pierce said. the governor’s office, he said.

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Despite Ball State’s varying meal plans, students use only 84 percent of their meal swipes, the director of Campus Dining Services said.

Jon Lewis said if students did use all of their $8.20 meal swipes, Dining Services would have to raise their prices on meal plans.

“We expect all students [across all meal plans] to not use about 16 percent of their meals,” Lewis said.

Funds from the meal plans stay within housing and dining, going to projects like the Johnson A and B renovations.

Maddy Smith, a freshman telecommunications major, said the lost meal swipes should go to dining plus, because they paid for it. She sometimes forgets to visit dining halls that are nearby throughout the day, and loses meals for that day.

While some students complain about the meal plan at Ball State, Lewis said Ball State’s plan is effective compared to

MONEY MADE FROM MISSED MEAL SWIPES Jon Lewis, director of Campus Dining Services, said that Ball State expects all students with any meal plan to not use about 16 percent of their total meal swipes. The money gained from missed meal swipes is used for housing and residence life projects. The graphic below illustrates how much money the university would make from 100 students with a 14 meal plan if they were to miss 16 percent of their meal swipes in one academic year.

The meal swipes are calculated by lunch and dinner amounts, with the exception of short weeks where breakfast amounts are included.

ONE STUDENT

= $607.99 14 meals a week, one academic year 100 STUDENTS

$60,799

SOURCE: bsu.edu, Jon Lewis, director of Campus Dining Services

other schools. Purdue students use about 66 percent of their meal swipes, he said.

At Purdue, students can choose from several plans that allow a number of meal swipes per week or they can choose a plan that gives students 246 meals per academic year, according to their website.

At Indiana University Bloomington, students utilize I-Bucks 60. Instead of having a number of meals with an $8.20 limit, student’s ID cards are preloaded with the allotted amount

of money they had chosen, according to IU’s website. Whether it be the Max ($4,200), Plus ($3,700), Standard ($3,200), or Mini ($2,600) plan, the students are allowed to buy what they want.

“There is no perfect meal plan. Every meal plan has its pros and cons,” Lewis said.

“Some will argue the good and the bad of every dining plan.

On the last Friday of the semester, you are guaranteed to have a meal at Ball State, while down in Bloomington, you

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could be out of money.”

Cameron Mueller, a freshman marketing major, said he does not think the system benefits the students financially. He says the plan at IU would help students be better money managers.

“Students are coming into their freshman year and aren’t very well-versed in how to manage their money,” Mueller said. “Students waste their swipes on things that they would waste or they go over the $8.20 amount and eventually run out of Dining Plus.”

COMEDY CENTRAL’S JON STEWART ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT ‘Daily Show’ host 2nd star to leave network this year | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Stewart, who turned his biting

and free-wheeling humor into an unlikely source of news and analysis for viewers of “The Daily Show,” will leave as host this year, Comedy Central said Tuesday.

His departure was announced by Comedy Central President Michele Ganeless after Stewart, host of the

show since 1999, broke the news to the audience at Tuesday’s taping in New York.

“Through his unique voice and vision, ‘The Daily Show’ has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come,” Gan-

eless said in a statement.

She called Stewart a “comic genius.” He will remain as host until later this year, she said, but did not specify a date.

His departure is a second big blow for Comedy Central: Another star, Stephen Colbert, left “The Colbert Report” last year to take over for CBS late-

night host David Letterman when he retires in May. The Stewart and Colbert shows created templates for a comedic form that offered laughs along with trenchant political and social satire. Authors and politicians were as common as Hollywood celebrities on their shows.

Stewart took a several months-long hiatus in 2013 to direct “Rosewater,” a film about an Iranian-born journalist who was imprisoned for 118 days in Tehran and accused of being a spy. The Comedy Central statement did not indicate what his plans were after leaving.

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Elections board approves SGA slates Groups announce platform points, voting starts Feb. 23 RAYMOND GARCIA STAFF REPORTER | ragarcia@bsu.edu Three slates are set to run for executive office for the Student Government Association.

The official announcement was made Tuesday at the nomination convention where the slates: Momentum, Cardinal Direction and Atlas were presented to the public.

Following the convention, each of the slates presented their platform points live on WCRD 91.3 FM, introducing themselves and their campaign to the Ball State community.

The SGA Elections Board approved the slates and senators who are running for office Monday, according to a press release.

Vice president nominee for

SGA SLATE PLATFORM POINTS

DATES TO KNOW

Why do you think you should represent BSU as president?

VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Momentum:

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« I think the reason we

Feb. 17, Pruis Hall

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Feb. 19, AJ 175 Cardinal Direction Wesley Crouch said he wants to show students that he cares about them.

“I would like to gain the knowledge and leadership opportunities that this will bring,” he said.

Richu Aby, vice president nominee for Atlas said this is the third campaign that she has been involved with.

“Every year is something new, I always learn something new about myself and my leadership style. Win or lose I know I’ll still have the same dedication to Ball State that I always had,” she said.

Robiyabonu Dustova is the only international student running for executive office.

Cardinal Direction:

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Feb. 23-24

Quintin Thompson

She is running for vice president for Momentum.

She said this is the first time in the history of SGA that an international student is running for the executive board.

“It’s definitely going to be the experience of a lifetime for me, I consider this a very big step for myself. I truly enjoy what I am doing,” she said.

The first debate will take place Thursday.

Last year’s winning slate faced a $400 fine due to an elections code violation.

should represent Ball State is because we are a dynamic leadership group, we’re definitely a group that comes from varied backgrounds and varied experiences. »

• Implement previous pavers to prevent flooding and ice in walking areas • Identify and remove invasive plants across campus • Create an international buddy system • Expand housing and athletics partnership • Invite organizations to a spaghetti dinner with SGA • Bring the text UPD system to Ball State • Develop bystander intervention training •Grow a Carmichael Garden producing foods for dining and Cardinal Kitchen •Adopt other slate’s points if achievable

Atlas: « The Student Government

« I have been very involved

Jacob Cash

since my freshmen year.

Over the last three years I feel like I have had all the experiences necessary to prepare me for this position. »

• Implement a Dead Week • Develop a 4-Year Strategic Plan • Foster Student Relationships: Publish a monthly SGA Newsletter; Semesterly State of the Student Government Address •#Chirp4U Social Media Campaign • Create an SGA App • Promote the newly adopted Diversity Statement • Eco-friendly Chirp Totes • Cardinal Fit • Create an Athletics Tradition • A Brighter Muncie Campaign • Free UPD Self-Defense Classes • Create an On-Campus 24 Hour Study Lounge

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TODAY Women’s basketball travels to Ypsilanti, Michigan for an 8 p.m. tip against Eastern Michigan.

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THURSDAY Sitting at 7-3, men’s volleyball hosts Lewis at Worthen Arena. The match is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY The Ball State baseball team opens its season at Wilmington, North Carolina against Kentucky at noon.

Women’s basketball to get new facility for practices Fundraiser brings $20.6 million for athletic facilities

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Junior pitcher Sammi Cowger won two MAC awards. Head coach Tyra Perry said, “She did a tremendous job of staying composed on the mound and rallying our team throughout the weekend.”

JUNIOR EARNS CONFERENCE AWARDS Following the Ball State softball team’s SEASON STATS 3-1 weekend at the Belmont/Lipscomb Music City Classic, junior Sammi Cowger SAMMI earned two awards for her work at the COWGER, JUNIOR plate and on the mound.

PITCHER Cowger was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the HITTING Week and the College Sports Madness Games played 4 MAC Player of the Week.

Average .308 “I am excited Sammi has been named RBI 8 both the MAC West Division Pitcher of Home runs 2 the Week and the Madness MAC Soft- PITCHING ball Player of the Week,” head coach Appearances 1 Tyra Perry said in a statement. “She did Strikeouts 4 a tremendous job of staying composed ERA on the mound and rallying our team Innings pitched 0.00 6 throughout the weekend.”

A utility player starting at first base, Cowger finished the weekend with a .308 batting average, eight RBIs, two runs scored and two walks. She also hit a solo home run against Indiana State and a grand slam against Lipscomb.

On the mound, Cowger picked up the win against IUPUI, allowing just two hits in six innings. She recorded a 0.00 ERA while striking out six.

Ball State returns to action Feb. 13 at the Tiger Invitational hosted by Auburn.

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The Ball State basketball programs will receive a boost following the close of the Cardinal Commitment fundraising campaign that raised a total of $20.6 million for athletic facilities.

The new Court Sports Practice Facility will feature a complex built next to Worthen Arena that includes a practice court, locker rooms and coaching offices.

“I could go on for hours about the impact,” head women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee said.

“The impact it’s already had on recruiting, just being able to talk about the plans to recruits ... an ability to train your athletes at the highest level.”

Currently, the men’s and women’s basketball teams share Worthen Arena for practice time, which can lead to scheduling conflicts. Between class and practice, it can be a struggle for some student-athletes.

This new addition should look to fix that problem, improving the quality and time constraints of both teams’ practices.

Some donors expressed the most interest in aiding the basketball programs, citing the need for

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Currently, the men’s and women’s basketball teams share Worthen Arena for practice time, which sometimes leads to scheduling conflicts. Women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee said the new Court Sports Practice facility will help his team in improving to the standard he sets.

an update as well as both of the teams’ recent successes.

The complex doesn’t have a completion date set, but is expected to be finished within the next few years.

Sallee said the new addition

SEASON STATS

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He has come off the bench the last five games, and his minutes are down slightly this season.

Turner’s scoring average has gone down by two points this season. Even though this season may be a turnaround for Turner, he doesn’t let it discourage him or allow it to affect his teammates.

“At first I didn’t like the fact that I was coming off the bench but I understand it’s not about me,” Turner said. “It’s about the team and I’m going to do whatever it takes to help my team win, whether it’s starting or coming off the bench.”

Turner said he understands this season has been a rocky year but knows it’s a learning experience for him.

With eight regular season games left, there is still time for

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Turner to get back to the level he was at his freshman year.

Turner is still committed to this program, and Whitford said as long as he shows his dedication to the team on and off the court, Turner is still able to lead the Cardinals in the direction they want to go.

“Making sure he’s committed to practicing the right way every day is the most important thing for our team’s future,” Whitford. “I think when Zavier does that he’s his best and we play our best.”

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“If we’re going to do this at the level we talk about doing this at, you have got to be able to train your athletes,” Sallee said.

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