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Gymnast siblings get used to life apart, bond over favorite sport BERG CHIEF REPORTER | KARA @karaberg95 Sarah Ebeyer and her older sister Kimberly started gymnastics when they were three and five years old respectively. The sisters attended Whiteland SARAH High School together, went to EBEYER the gym together, came home together and ate together. When Kimberly went to Eastern Michigan University, Sarah said it took time getting used to doing everything they used to do together, alone. Sarah later Position: Vault, committed to Ball State. Ball State traveled to Eastern Balance Beam, Michigan on Sunday to com- Floor Year: Sophomore pete. While the Cardinals lost Hometown: the meet 195.275-193.875, Whiteland, Ind. Sarah said it wasn’t about the High School: Whiteland score for them. “It’s not even really compet- Club: Wrights ing against each other, it’s be- Gymnastics Academy ing with each other,” Sarah said. “It’s always just a fun, friendly environment.” Sarah said the two of them “bond like crazy over gymnastics,” and it has made them that much closer since they were always together as kids.
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TOP: The Ball State Dance Marathon motivation team greeted dancers as they arrived for Dance Marathon on Saturday. The motivation team created, performed and taught an 8-minute line dance mash-up for the event. Dancers learned the dance in sections throughout the event and performed it at the end of the night. LEFT: Hannah Riffle and Paige Fransen dance during a break between speakers during Dance Marathon. Throughout the 12-hour event, those who have been directly affected by Riley Children’s Hospital told their stories. BOTTOM: Sophomore journalism major Jenny Alvaro plays corn hole with Riley buddy, Aylor Allen, during BSU Dance Marathon on Saturday. Dance Marathon is a movement throughout colleges and high schools nationwide. Ball State started Dance Marathon at the university in 2008 by members of Phi Mu women’s fraternity and has benefitted Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, in specific, Riley Hospital for Children.
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Tonight, Laverne Cox brings her speech, “Ain’t I A Woman: My Journey to Womanhood,” to Emens Auditorium as part of EIL’s Excellence in Leadership Speaker Series. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Transgender students find role model ‘Orange is the New Black’ star encourages self acceptance GRADY FEATURES EDITOR | DANIELLE features@bsudailynews.com At 25, Kathrynne Horine met her first real role model on a screen. They never actually talked. In fact, Horine doesn’t even remember the other person’s name. But whoever it was, this internet stranger, she had made a YouTube video detailing her process transitioning from male to female. “The story that she told, it just hit home way too well,” said Horine. Now 29 and living in Indianapolis, Horine is male to female transgender. Her female gender identity doesn’t match the sex assigned to her at birth. Growing up in Northern Indiana with a conservative religious background and without internet access until middle school, Horine never had a chance to figure out who she was. Even when she did come out to herself at 22, Horine had resigned herself to a life stuck in the wrong body. Horine said a young transgender person growing up today might have a different story than hers, thanks to easily accessible information on the Internet. And in the midst of those transition videos and forums stands transgender actress Laverne Cox.
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STUDENT SHARES EXPERIENCE AT RILEY Senior’s ‘brain becomes a skeleton’ after 10-day coma following waterskiing accident EMILY CUNNINGHAM STAFF REPORTER | elcunningham@bsu.edu
Senior Jackson Berry is 21, in a fraternity and he’s got a dream for his life. But almost five years ago, Berry suffered a severe brain injury, needed multiple medications to get through each day and spent six weeks in intensive rehab after losing proper function of his mind and body. Jackson and his parents, Bob and Diane, were just one of the 11 groups with connections to the Riley Hospital for Children chosen to speak at the Ball State Dance Marathon Saturday. The marathon raised $502,103.22 for programs at Riley Hospital, surpassing this year’s goal of CONTACT US
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$500,000 and exceeding last year’s donations by $157,302.01.
The Accident
In July 2010, Jackson was just 17 years old and enjoying his time at summer camp when he and his friend had a waterskiing accident. They weren’t wearing helmets. After the incident, other campers and counselors brought him to shore. Berry was unable to use the waiting ambulance. Instead, a helicopter brought him to South Bend Memorial Hospital to be stabilized. There, medical professionals discovered the extent of Jackson’s injuries: severe brain trauma to his frontal lobe, two collapsed lungs, a chip fracture in his left femur and a fractured clavicle. Jackson doesn’t recall anything from that day; he only has firsthand and eyewitness accounts to lean on. After being airlifted to Riley Hospital for Children, he spent 10 days in a comatose state,
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followed by weeks of physical, speech and occupational rehabilitation. He also needed tutoring to keep him caught up on schoolwork. “My brain became a skeleton of what it used to be,” said Jackson, recalling his condition. Jackson’s mom Diane compares his mind to a computer constantly needing to be rebooted. On the day of the accident, Diane happened to be off-work. The camp nurse called and said there had been an accident. “Those are the worst words you can hear,” said Diane. “I asked if he was awake and she said no. I’m an ER nurse. I know that means it’s bad.” Jackson’s dad Bob rushed home early from work to wait with Diane until they found out where they needed to go. “We took it a minute at a time, not knowing,” he said. “But there was no point sitting around at work.”
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