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ATLAS WINS

BY THE NUMBERS

1,631

Voting ends with 5 percentage point margin

THE SLATE

votes for Atlas

1,456

votes for Cardinal Direction

445

votes for Momentum

JACK HESSER

RICHU ABY

President

Vice president

175

votes separating Atlas and Cardinal Direction

3,532

total votes for all slates in the election SOURCE: SGA press release

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fter waiting for about a half hour in the Multicultural Center, President of Atlas Jack Hesser received a call just after 5:30 p.m. from Elections Board Chair Zach Huffman. Hesser’s face grew serious.

Once he hung the phone, Hesser looked to everyone in the room and shouted, “We won.” The entire room erupted with excitement and screams.

Atlas beat out second-place Cardinal Direction by 175 votes with a total of 1,631, according to a press release from the Student Government Association elections board.

Current SGA president Nick Wilkey said he thought there would be a tighter gap between Atlas and Cardinal Direction.

There were a total of 3,532 votes in the election and Atlas won 46 percent of them.

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Guard steps up with 3-pointers Player expands role after making 62 shots beyond arc in first year ZACH CAINS CHIEF REPORTER | @ZPC1329

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Sophomore guard Jill Morrison lead all first-year players on the team during her freshman season with an average of 7.5 points per game. She now averages 10.8 points per game.

Growing up, Jill Morrison was taller than most other players on the basketball court and scored the majority of her points close to the basket.

At 5-foot-7, Morrison was passed in height by many of her peers as her high school basketball career began. She realized the need to add the 3-point shot to her repertoire if she was going to compete with the taller players roaming the paint.

“It was something I wanted to work on, and I knew that as I got close to college,” Morrison said. “I needed it, because I knew at my size I wasn’t going to be a post player.”

Morrison ended her senior year

at Winchester Community High School with all-state honors, averaging 27.8 points, six rebounds and five assists per game. She finished her high-school career with 1,882 career points.

Gaining prowess from behind the arc helped her catch the eye of college recruiters like Ball State.

“I was a known shooter, and it’s what schools started recruiting me for,” Morrison said.

Morrison joined the Cardinals and made an instant impression her freshman season, leading all first-year players on the team with an average of 7.5 points per game.

Most of her work came from behind the arc, hitting 62 3-pointers while shooting .350.

Averaging 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, head coach Brady Sallee saw untapped potential that could expand beyond her 3-point shot.

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After receiving the call that Atlas won the election Tuesday night, the slate and its campaign staff celebrated at the Multicultural Center.

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Five-point loss against Broncos drops team to 7-19 record overall SEE PAGE 5

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Sunday alcohol bill fails before House vote ‘Blue law’ makes it to floor of House, farther than any past attempt | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will keep the distinction of having the last statewide “blue law” banning Sunday carry-out alcohol sales after the sponsor of a bill that would have lifted the ban said Tuesday the measure is dead.

The bill seeking to end the state’s 80-year-old ban made it farther — the House floor — than any other in past sessions.

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“It was a stretch just to get it to this point,” bill sponsor Rep. Tom Dermody said after killing the measure. Opponents pointed to the bill’s added regulations on where alcohol could be displayed and sold as the reason it stalled out.

“When it came down to it I think people were uncomfortable continuing to move the bill forward and we clearly did not have the votes,” the LaPorte Republican said.

The restrictions pitted grocery chains and convenience store owners against liquor stores. Beer and wine would have been kept in a designated area, with liquor stored behind the counter. Clerks would have had to be 21 or older and have mandated train-

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The original bill, which simply lifted the Sunday ban, was fair to consumers, Kroger spokesman John Elliott said Tuesday. But the added regulations turned it into “a package liquor store wish-list” that did far more damage to customers.

“We came to the session firmly believing that this is the year that Kroger customers would be able to purchase alcohol on Sundays,” Elliott said. “It’s bittersweet. I would not use the word victory.”

Liquor store owners, who originally opposed Sunday sales for fear of increased overhead costs without additional revenue, stood behind the new proposal.

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QUESTIONING THE VALUE OF A TAGLINE Ball State University is planning to drop its famous logo “Education Redefined” and replace it with a yet to be determined “brand refresh” one for its promotion campaigns (DN Feb. 19, 2015). The existing or any would be slogan raises many interesting questions: Is it necessary for an academic institution to have a slogan similar to commercial organizations? What is the value of having a “tagline?” What is the perception of Ball State University’s tagline among its constituents? Is it wise to allocate resources of Ball State University for developing and promoting taglines? Why are we dropping the existing one? I will address only two of the above questions, i.e., the questions of value and perception.

When Ball State University adopted its now disgraced “Education Redefined “ logo, I surveyed a sample of 250 subjects from each constituent group, i.e., faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

My samples were not random in a true statistical sense, i.e., every individual in respective populations did not have equal probability of being selected. I asked the participants two questions: 1) Are you aware of the new slogan?

(If the answer was negative, I read the new slogan to them); 2) what does new slogan mean to you?

Faculty had the highest awareness percentage, followed by staff, students, and alumni. For the second question the faculty members gave the most colorful and cynical answers. Omitting expletive answers, the frequently mentioned answers were: “empty phrase,” “pure nonsense,” “promotional phrase,” “you tell me,” “I don’t know,” “administration’s new selling tool,” “wasting taxpayers money,” and “we are starting a new game.” The most prevalent an-

swer among other groups was: “I do not know.”

Now a quick fill-in-the blank test for the administrators of Ball State University:

Fill-in-the blanks by the names of American universities with the corresponding taglines: Advancing Knowledge.

Transforming Lives. ____________________________________________ Knowledge to Go Places. ____________________________________________ Open Minds. Creating Futures. ____________________________________________ Grasp the forces driving the change. ____________________________________________ Forward Together. ____________________________________________ Changing the world by degrees. ____________________________________________ The Character of Success. ____________________________________________

If the results of my convenience sample of faculty, staff, and students were a predictor of the administrators’ performance on the test, they would receive a resounding failing grade.

My main point here is that public in general either does not know or cares the least about the commercial slogans of universities. Stanford University is not known for its tagline of “Grasp the forces driving the change” or University of Wisconsin-Madison (College of Business) for its tagline of “Forward Together.” These univer-

sities have distinguished themselves by their superior research, renowned faculty, and highly ranked academic programs. It is very unlikely that students choose Stanford University with a tuition fee of $45,000.00 because the university has an appealing tagline.

In my opinion paying exorbitant consulting fee for the logo of “education redefined” at a time when tuition fees were on the rise was an unwise decision. Unfortunately bad decisions have a tendency to be perpetuated in organizations and the new administration attempts to outdo its predecessors by making more lavish bad decisions.

If at all Ball State University must have a new advertising slogan, its value and significance will depend on how the concept is operationalized. The operational definition of a culinary dish lies in its recipe. Administration should present a list of ingredients and a set of directions (operations) for cooking the concept of its new slogan so as to convince Ball State University stakeholders that they are doing something worth bragging about. Otherwise, the tagline will fall within the category of hokum words. Hokum, as Barzun, uses it, is the counterfeit of true intellectual currency. It is words without meaning, verbal filler, and artificial apples of knowledge. Hokum is vague and empty language, used to wrap up emptiness of heart and lack of thought. In my view, if we have any claim to be a member of an intellectual community, we should avoid hokums at any cost.

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Dancing with a star Renowned choreographer travels to Ball State, teaches dance students

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he has a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University, has a master’s degree in choreography from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, is an adjunct professor at Barnard College in New York City and has worked with The Juilliard School. Now she’s at a different university: Ball State.

Choreographer Sidra Bell, an internationally renowned artistic director, traveled to Ball State to choreograph a dance or “work” for Ball State Dance Theatre, an audition-only dance company.

Bell arrived last week and will finish her choreography before Spring Break.

Assistant professor of dance Audra Sokol said most guest artists only stay for a few days.

“The fact that we have her here for two weeks now is much more immersive than the traditional guest artists they bring here,” said Tyler Hartman, a senior dance major.

The work that Bell has been choreographing with Ball State is her own creation. The students will be showcasing the choreography at the Ball State Dance Theatre concert.

Bell has produced over 100 original works.

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“I’ve been asking them to think more independently in collaboration with me to choreograph the piece…they are allowed to give their input and they’ve been really open to me,” said Bell.

Junior dance major Carolyn Meier said she likes the freedom.

“She leaves the movement up to the dancer’s interpretation, and lets you figure out your own style,” said Meier.

During a Monday practice, Bell’s style of choreography

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shone through even while she stood back and watched.

While rhythm and timing were uniform throughout the class, no two students danced the same way. The soundtrack playing wasn’t music as much as it was sounds that matched the work’s originality.

Bell said that she loves working with a college age group and being a part of that time in a dancer’s career.

“In universities, that’s the place

where you should be researching and challenging yourself to go beyond the form and go deeper into the craft,” she said.

Bell’s unique approach to choreography is one thing that sets her apart, said junior dance major Mollie Craun.

Bell’s style is more improvisational than what the typical dance major is used to. “[Her choreography] Is very relaxed instead of super structured…it feels a little more free

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Sidra Bell is an internationally renowned artistic director who is at Ball State choreographing as a guest artist until Spring Break.

The work she is producing with Ball State dance theatre students is one of her own creation.

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n June 2014, Abbas Jammali was on his way to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to collect his visa and passport to attend Ball State.

“When I was going over [to the embassy], I saw ISIS killing Iraqi soldiers, behead them in front of me,” he said.

This is the Iraq he left behind.

The goal of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is to re-create the Islamic state the way it was in the early decades after the rise of Islam, said Yaron Ayalon, an assistant professor of history at Ball State.

“You really have to learn the history of things, especially with the case of ISIS where they keep referring to all sorts of events that took place in the seventh century.

If you don’t start with the seventh century and the rise of Islam, you’re never going to understand ISIS,” Ayalon said.

“If you really learn something from history, one of the things

THE IRAQ HE LEFT BEHIND

the Middle East, the group is also known for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions, according to CNN. U.S. journalist James Foley was beheaded Aug. 19 and Time magazine contributor Steven Joel Sotloff on Sept. 2.

Sitting in his apartment, Jammali, a first year master’s student in physics, talks to his family via Skype as part of their daily ritual of communication, despite the eight-hour time difference.

He often avoids talking about ISIS with his parents because they are already worried enough.

“Our government sometimes blocks the Internet network to make it difficult for ISIS people to contact each other,” Jammali said. “The

“When I was going over [to the embassy], I saw ISIS killing Iraqi soldiers, behead them in front of me.”

ABBAS JAMMALI, master’s student in physics

we know is that the early Islamic state is nothing like what ISIS claims it was.”

ISIS controls territory in Iraq and Syria and now rivals al-Qaida as the world’s most powerful jihadist group, according to the New York Times.

Besides controlling land in

Internet in Iraq is not good.

Sometimes I can’t understand everything [my family] is talking about.”

Jammali is from Karbala, an hour-and-a-half drive south of Baghdad. He said ISIS members are difficult to spot in major cities like Karbala.

“[My family] is mostly in danger because ISIS people are not like a regular army because you can see them and hide somewhere,” Jammali said. “ISIS people are just people. They wear civilian clothes.”

Ahmed Jamal, also accepted to Ball State on a full-ride scholarship, was out to pursue a master’s in computer science. After his mother got sick and ISIS invaded, Jamal decided to stay in Iraq. He said he couldn’t leave his family alone for two years with the terrorist threat closing in on his home city of Baghdad.

“They still have not taken over the city yet, but they are only a few miles away from Baghdad right now,” Jamal said. “Their explosive cars are still hitting the city every single day. Though just last week, three cars exploded one block away from where I live, targeting simple workers that were having their lunch in a restaurant.”

ISIS is labeled as a “terrorist” group, but terrorism is difficult to define, said Francine Friedman, a professor of political science at Ball State.

“Even the American government has no hard and fast definition,” Friedman said. “The

on my body,” said Craun.

Bell’s process focuses heavily on the dancers. “[Her class] is just continuous movement all the time, and it helps the individual question what they’re doing and constantly has your mind thinking, because the way she works, she never stops talking and it helps your mind constantly stay engaged and focused on what you’re doing,” said senior dance major Halie Gordon.

Bell said she develops material for the dancers that she thinks is relevant to professional life. She calls her process unique and collaborative.

And that process is still evolving.

“I don’t think as an artist you want to get to that pinnacle place within your process,” she said. “A lot of it came from self-research, because for me choreographing is still the act of knowing myself as a moving artist, self-exploration.”

The students of the Ball State Dance department feel lucky to have her at Ball State even if the visit is only two weeks.

“I definitely feel thankful that she’s here. This isn’t an opportunity that you get every day,” said Meier.

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STUDENT SEES INFLUENCE OF TERRORIST GROUP THROUGH DAILY SKYPE CALL TO FAMILY IN MIDDLE EAST

“What most people don’t reDepartment of State has alize, though, is that protectone, ing yourself physically isn’t the the hardest thing while living in Depart- Iraq,” Jamal said. “It’s so much ment of harder to protect your mental Defense health by not allowing negativhas one ity and fear to take over your [and] mind and lead your life.”

Terrorist groups often use the FBI fear as a weapon of control has toward a population and also one.” when recruiting new memFriedman teaches bers. There are certain faca course titled tors that influence the people Politics of Terrorism, who end up joining a terrorwhich wasn’t an available ist group, Friedman said.

“There is all sorts of recourse at Ball State until after 9/11. Despite not having a search about [motivations for concrete definition, students becoming a terrorist], sayin the class learn what aspects ing that some people may be ideologically motivated, but define terrorism.

She said it’s often politically most of them actually join motivated and used to strike fear it as a social choice because [their] family are already in into a population of innocents.

This fear is the result of liv- it or friends are already in it,” ing with daily explosions in Friedman said.

Understanding ISIS and the Iraqi cities, which typically leads to severe injuries and people who join the group is complicated. Evdeath. These firsterything won’t be hand experiences fully understood until trigger people like years down the road.

Jammali, who plans to “Typically the right live in the U.S. permahistorical perspective is nently. at least 20 or 30 years,” “Every day we have Ayalon said. “We can explosions.

Every still try and interpret day, kidnapping. Evwhat we have now, but ery day, everything, which is bad,” Jamma- ABBAS JAMMALI, some things we will li said. “We are look- master’s student only understand 20 or 30 years from now. We ing for safety. We are in physics just have to accept that.” not looking for someFor now, Jammali prays evthing more than that.”

Still in Iraq, Jamal and his im- ery day for his family and mediate family refuse to leave friends in Iraq and for an end because there is no place they to ISIS in his home country.

“We have a hope,” Jammali could live in peace. Many of his family and friends have fled to said. “We don’t know what Turkey and Jordan for fear of that hope will give us. We just physical harm from explosions. have a hope.”

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Excessive fouls lead to team’s 13th loss in a row Game ends with 5 point margin, late penalty seals defeat

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The Ball State men’s basketball team dropped its 13th consecutive game, falling at Worthen Arena to Western Michigan 53-48.

Both offenses struggled in the game’s first 20 minutes, and at halftime the Broncos held a 25-24 advantage.

The score remained close throughout the second half, with neither side leading by more than seven.

With 15 seconds remaining, and the Broncos leading by four, Cardinals’ point guard

Zavier Turner went to the foul line for two free throws.

After hitting the first, making the score 51-48, Turner missed the second, but junior Bo Calhoun corralled the offensive rebound.

With a chance to tie, freshman Sean Sellers stepped out of bounds on the ensuing inbounds play, forcing Ball State to foul.

“We decided we were going to go for a 3-point shot,” Ball State head coach James Whitford said. “[Western Michigan] sniffed out where [Sellers] was supposed to go and unfortunately he stepped out of bounds.”

The Broncos shot 39 percent, 16-of-41, from the field, while the Cardinals shot 31.3 percent, 15-of-48.

Typical for many of Ball State’s losses, the Cardinals

didn’t score 10 points until the 5:30 minute mark of the first half.

Calhoun contributed another strong performance off the bench, finishing with a game-high 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes.

Western Michigan dominated at the foul line, making eight free throws in the final 5:34 of the game.

The Broncos outshot the Cardinals by 11 from the charity stripe.

Five Cardinals registered three or more fouls, with forward Franko House and center Matt Kamieniecki earning the maximum five.

Despite fouling out, Kamieniecki returned to the starting lineup after missing the previous five games, and seven of the past nine,

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Ball State Western Michigan

48 15-48 (31.3%) 13-18 (72.2%)

Rebounds 30 8 Assists 3 Steals

53 16-41 (39.0%) 18-29 (62.1%) 33 10 4

due to lower back pain. The fifth-year senior grabbed six rebounds and made two free throws in 20 minutes.

Sellers finished with 13 points, including two 3-pointers, and House chipped in 10 points and four rebounds.

With the loss, the Cardinals fall to 7-19 on the season and 2-13 in the Mid-American Conference.

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JILL MORRISON 2014-2015 STATISTICS

“She was a phenomenal 3-point shooter in high school,” Sallee said. “But I saw that if she was pushed in the right direction, would have so much more to offer and always have that 3-point shooting to fall back on.”

This year has seen her step up from the bench and take on a role as a starter alongside junior Nathalie Fontaine and senior Shelbie Justice. Morrison has started all 25 of the team’s games.

She’s currently shooting at 34 percent from beyond the arc and has an average of 10.8 points per game, second-best on the team. Working on the rest of her game has increased Morrison’s rebounding and assists averages to 3.8 and 2.8.

“It was a little nerve-racking at first, but my teammates helped me and believed in me and they gave me the confidence to step into the role like have been,” Morrison said.

Though the team is constantly practicing, playing games and hitting the road, Morrison still finds time to go out before and after practices and shoot by

herself, saying it is necessary to put in the extra hours to keep her shots feeling good.

She also works with Justice on their shooting stroke. Justice said whenever the two get the chance to practice together, they do what they can to get better.

“I’ve struggled a bit with my shots and my accuracy is not where I want it to be, so I want to keep working on my shots and hopefully it’ll get to where I feel I should be,” Morrison said.

At 15-10, Ball State is leading the Mid-American Conference West Division and is on its way to a top seed in the upcoming conference tournament. Morrison said she still feels like she has goals to reach and improvements to make while leading the Cardinals through the remainder of the season.

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Single or 2 bdrm May/Aug 1 yr Lease, walk to BSU, most util. !!!!! 1,2, & 3 BR Jan, May, and Aug Leases Avail! The 400 Apart- 2 bdrm. apartment on 101 S. Tal- paid, off st parking avail, no pets, ments -- 818 W. Riverside, Call ley .$500/mo. All utilities included. CALL JUDY 744-4125 7 6 5 - 2 8 8 - 6 8 1 9 o r v i s i t Call Kasey at 765-405-1220 www.400apartments.com 170 Houses For Rent 2/3 BDRM. 1 block S. BSU village. $275/$325 + util. off street parking. !!!! 1/2/3 bdrm Apartments, W/D, ****NEWER 2 Bdrm houses Great C/A, Off st parking, 514 N. Martin. no pets. Avail Aug. 288-3100 loc./cond. loaded, many extras, Aug www.signaturet.com 765-808-6107 15' lse. Call David 317-640-1627 3 BDRM. All util. paid. 50 inch TV. 2 !!!!Now leasing for the 2015-2016 BA. W/D. D/W. Close to BSU. $325 ****NEWER 3 bdrm house. 3 blcks school yr. 1 bdrm apt. $470/mo + per person. 744-4649. Aug Lease. from Village. Lots of extras. Aug 15' util. Studio apt $420 mo/+util. Barlse. Call David 317-640-1627 Tel Apartments 1616 W Gilbert St. ***********Affordable, walk to Visit www.bsrentals.com or call class, great location, 4 bdrm apts Doug at 765-744-3593 available May or August, part or all ****NEWER 4 BDRM houses Great utilities paid, A/C W/D, walktoball- locations/condition, many extras.

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1221 Abbott. 2 BDRM/ 1 Ba. W/D. Leasing for next Fall 1-5 Bdrm, 1No smoking, No pets. 1 yr Lease. 5 blks to BSU, W/D, C/A & 2 Full 284-5741.

BA.+utils. No pets. 289-3971 1417 Abbott. 5 BDRM2 2 Ba. W/D. *****6 BDRM . 3 blocks from camD/W. 1 yr lease. No smoking and pus. FREE WIFI 3.5 bath. A/C. no pets. 284-5741 W/D. B/W. All utilities paid. avail Aug 2015. 765-760-4529 1604 W. Adams. 2 or 3 BDRM/1 Ba. W/D. 1 yr lease. No smoking, 2 bdrm by Studebaker off st. pk.

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Aug lse. 765-215-4591 W/D A/C, $300 ea. Incl. sew. 7489145, 749-6013, 282-4715.

2 bdrm, 1 ba, D/W, W/D, A/C, bsmt., gar., VERY CLEAN, close to Great loc. beside Lafollete. $325/ BSU, $750/mo. (260)444-8481. month. 1508 Woodridge. 4 BD 1 2,3&4 bdrm homes, from $250/per- BTH Stove, Fridge, W/D. Central s o n , C / A , W / D , l o c a t e d AC. Parking. Aug. lease. Call (765) Abbott/NY/Bethel. Call Jason 317- 617-8989. www.bsu-rentals.com 507-1490 for showing ***Nice large 5 bdrm, 709 River2-4 BR Homes, W/D, most sideclose to BSU.C/A, W/D, off st.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Within the last four elections, this year has had the secondhighest voter turnout rate for the Student Government Association elections. The 2014 elections saw a turnout of 4,985.

“I’m overwhelmed, excited, anxious,” Hesser said, “I’m excited to give back to the students.”

Vice President Richu Aby said she is happy with the opportunity to

BY THE NUMBERS take on her leadership role.

“At this point, what’s important is students voted in 2015 being with people you love and in a community you love,” students voted in 2014 she said. “Can’t wait to take Ball State somewhere new.” students voted in 2013 Secretary Meagan Mullen was also overwhelmed with emotion. students voted in 2012 “I‘m so emotionally SOURCE: SGA press release charged right now and really excited to see what we can do next year,” she said.

Secretary Austin Acel said the student body saw the passion the slate had for Ball State.

Cardinal Direction came in at second place with 1,456 votes.

The slate members and their supporters were gathered in the main room at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house where President Jacob Cash is a member.

When the results came in and they found out they lost

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The members of Atlas hug each other in celebration after receiving the phone call saying they had won Tuesday nights election at the Multicultural Center. Atlas beat second-place Cardinal Direction by 175 votes.

by 5 percent, the room went silent and they began to console one another.

“I’m disappointed and hurt, I felt like we had the best slate,” said treasurer Destinee Burrel.

Cash said he would continue to be a student senator and serve the university.

“We’re all leaders, so we’re going to stay leaders,” Cash said.

“We’re going to keep pushing.”

Momentum came in at third with 445 votes, which was 13 percent of the votes.

“That is kind of embarrassing,” treasurer Dayna Arnett said.

President Quintin Thompson said they would continue trying to accomplish their platform points even though they had lost.

“After spring break, Bonu and I will meet to work on our international buddy system

and our points will not die,” Thompson said.

Leading up to the election, the race saw multiple code violations.

Atlas was fined $50 and Cardinal Direction a total of $300.

“There is always going to be violations, that will always happen no matter what occurs,” Huffman said.

He said this year’s code violations were not as severe as in previous elections.

“These weren’t anything that would defame someone or do something bad,” he said, “They did break the election code but they weren’t very substantial.”

Atlas will be inaugurated at a ceremony in April.

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Momentum reacts after hearing the news that her slate had lost the election. Momentum came in third, receiving 445 votes.

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The members of Cardinal Direction come together to console each other after they received the news that they had come in second in the election with 1,456 votes. Cardinal Direction lost by 5 percent to Atlas.

Elections board fines Cardinal Direction again Slate charged with soliciting votes through electronics GARCIA STAFF REPORTER | RAYMOND ragarcia@bsu.edu On Monday night, the elections board issued a fine to Cardinal Direction for soliciting votes through electronic devices, according to a press release.

The slate violated Article 6, Section 4, Subsection B.1 which states, “Candidates, campaign managers and staff may not present electronic devices to any Ball State University student in an effort to solicit a vote.”

Vice presidential candidate Wesley Crouch said he wasn’t asking for a vote but instead

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helping his friend Jaylan peal the $200 fine imposed Fisher, a freshmen theater on them to the judicial board. major, on a homework as“We were very specific in signment in the Atrium. letting each slate know how A photo of Fisher and seriously the board took soCrouch holding her comput- liciting votes via electronic er was tweeted devices,” said Elecout. tions Board Sheriff It is important Dave Hammons “I was never asked to vote to us that they in a press release. and I actu“After nomination ally appreciate fully investigate convention, we dis[Crouch] for tak- these issues cussed with each ing the time out slate that if there to help me with instead of was any speculamy homework. I making quick tion of soliciting actually haven’t votes with elecvoted yet,” Fisher assumptions. tronic devices, the said in a released board would take D’MARCUS PULCE, statement. immediate action.”

Fisher said no Cardinal Direction Elections board one from the campaign manager Chair Zach Huffelections board man said the has reached out to her. board was very strict in the Crouch said they will ap- individual slate meetings af-

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ter the nomination convention.

The slate’s campaign manager D’Marcus Pulce said in a statement that he wants the board to reconsider the fine.

“It is important to us that they fully investigate these issues instead of making quick assumptions,” Pulce said.

Huffman said it would be difficult to assess what they were doing on the device and solid evidence is needed.

Cardinal Direction was previously fined for campaigning too early and when a slate staff member hung up a poster without prior permission.

Their fines now total $300. If the slate had received fines exceeding $400, then they would be disqualified from the election, Huffman said.

Ball State’s chapter of the NAACP will host a panel discussion with University Police Department this afternoon.

Students can ask questions of their local officers, a panel of which will feature UPD Chief Jim Duckham, Detective David Huff and others.

The NAACP chapter came up with the idea for the event, and UPD was happy to participate, JIM DUCKHAM Duckham said.

He said anytime the police and community University police chief can meet and have a conversation, it is a positive thing.

“UPD is continuing to look for ways to increase our community engagement, and this is a great opportunity to do that,” he said.

Last semester, Duckham participated in the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies’ annual panel discussion in September. The conversation focused on the image of police officers in response to the death of Michael Brown and subsequent protest in Ferguson, Mo. Since Duckham has been at Ball State, he also implemented the Lunch With a Cop program. Last semester, more than 60 students participated and the program had a waiting list at the end of the semester, Duckham said in January.

He said Wednesday’s event is similar to some of UPD’s events last semester.

“All of those events were designed to bring people together,” he said. “It is my hope that this event will accomplish that as well.”

The discussion will take place at 5 p.m. in Teachers College Room 120.

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