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arah Hollowell listened as Meghan Trainor belted “All About That Bass.”

Hollowell watched as women like size 22 model Tess Holliday embraced their full figures through Instagram and Twitter.

But Hollowell, a senior creative writing major, wanted to take it a step further. So she wrote an article.

“This is an Essay about a Fat Woman being Loved and Getting Laid” appeared on the online publication website, The Toast last Monday. The piece currently has more than 3,000 shares on Facebook and other social media outlets.

In her piece, she’s candid.

“I’m 5-foot-3 inches and somewhere north of 300 pounds, though I couldn’t tell you exactly where,” she said.

Hollowell gets graphic too because, well, she can.

Hollowell said she wanted to tackle the idea that fat women, and fat bodies of any gender, are desirable.

“I was told in high school, ‘Oh, you’ll never get a boyfriend,’ and I just wanted to prove that isn’t true based on my own experiences and the experiences of others,” she said.

Esther Wolfe, a close friend of Hollowell and a senior English literature major, said they both tend to use the phrase “fat positivity” instead of “body positivity” to stray from the limitations associated with the latter.

The mainstream body positivity movement, while accepting of “curvy” and “plus-sized” women, often excludes people larger than 200 pounds who don’t fill the popular hourglass shape, said Wolfe.

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DEFENSE PROVES CONSISTENT STRUGGLE

Inconsistency on defense has been a big issue for the Ball State women’s basketball team recently, as shown by its 1-1 performance in league play last week.

“Every other day, it seems like it’s a completely different issue that’s causing us problems, so it’s going to take us awhile to sort it all out,” head coach Brady Sallee said.

Despite a dominant victory over Miami on Jan. 28, Ball State struggled to

impose the same will in a home loss to Northern Illinois on Jan. 31.

Against Miami, the defense fired on all cylinders, leading to a 17-point victory for Ball State on the road.

The Redhawks’ offense was shut down as they shot 4-24 (16 percent) from field goal range and went 0-7 from three-point range in the first half, resulting in a huge 41-17 halftime lead for the Cardinals. The big first half for the defense would give the Cardinals a big cushion to work with for the rest of the second half.

“We did what we wanted to them and closed them down by halftime,” Sallee said. “The full-court press worked really well against them.”

Some days, Brittany Mazzola, a Ball State alumna, wants to quit teaching and become a lawyer like her grandmother wanted her to be.

Other days, she wouldn’t change what she does for anything.

Mazzola is ENROLLMENT a journalism teacher at Broad Declines in teacher education program enrollment from 2010 Ripple High to 2014: School in Indianapolis and has BALL STATE 15 percent taught there for three years.

INDIANA (2010-2013) 28 percent “Anyone who wants to be a NATIONALLY teacher now, 12 percent other teachers SOURCE: The Office of Institutional Effectiveness are like ‘Oh, my god no, what are you thinking? Go find another job.’ It’s not that we don’t love the job, it’s that we wouldn’t wish this on other people,” she said. “You’ve got to really want it to be a teacher right now.”

After becoming a teacher, Mazzola said the profession wasn’t what she thought it was going to be when she was in college.

“People tell you teachers don’t make any money, and that’s true,” Mazzola said. “The money is really low, but it’s still a good profession. A lot of people get upset because we have to do evaluations and professional development, but it’s all to make us more accountable. The days of reading a newspaper at your desk are long gone.”

Students simply aren’t going into education as much as they were in the past.

Enrollment in Ball State’s teacher education program has dropped 15 percent from 2010 to 2014, according to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

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Education program numbers decline

Visitors or anyone who calls the Ball State general number for help on the weekends will speak to someone who knows nothing about Ball State—and who is answering the phone from either Atlanta or Canada.

That number is used heavily during the day for general inquiries, visitors asking for directions, where to park or where to get sporting event tickets, Director of Enterprise Computing Operations Todd Phelps said.

Now, Ball State is trial testing outsourcing the operators for that number to a company called B Virtual during third shift, which is 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., and on the weekends. Calls during the day Monday through Friday are still handled by Ball State operators, Phelps said.

“We have to look at how we can cost save,” Phil Repp, vice president of information technology, said. “The calls during nighttime hours are very few. [We are deciding if ] we can outsource to a call center. It’s a lot cheaper than hiring a person, and third shift is not a very popular shift.”

The Daily News called the general number on Saturday afternoon to test the service with a basic question—Where is DeHority?

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YEAR HAS MORE TO OFFER THAN JUST ‘STAR WARS’ Last year, the world got its first glimpse of “Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and has not stopped talking about them ever since. I several 2015 preview lists in MICHAEL scoured order to nail down my top movies for BOEHNLEIN the year, and every list I came across MOVIES had these two movies at the top.

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and Tim Roth. It is a Tarantino movie, after all.

2. ”True Story”

5. ”Chappie”

Release: March 6 In 2009, Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9” challenged everything I thought an alien movie should be. With amazing extra-terrestrial CGI and a great story to back it up, “District 9” quickly became one of my favorite sci-fi movies.

Sadly, my time on the Blomkamp bandwagon was short-lived after his 2012 movie “Elysium” failed to meet my admittedly high expectations by trying too hard to replicate what “District 9” had. The CGI was there, but the story just wasn’t for me.

Blomkamp is back with “Chappie,” another robotic action movie that I’m hoping will put me back on his side. It stars Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver and, of course, Sharlto Copley as Chappie, a gifted robot who has to learn what it is to be a man.

The trailers so far have revealed a lot about the movie, so if you want a sneak peek, check them out. I look forward to seeing what a Blomkamp coming-of-age tale looks like.

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Neill Blomkamp, who directed “District 9“ and “Elysium,” is the director of the new movie “Chappie.” The film is set to be released on March 6.

4. ”Trainwreck”

3. ”The Hateful Eight”

Release: July 17 Plot details for Judd Apatow’s new movie, “Trainwreck,” have not been released, but what has been revealed is enough to pique my interest.

We know that the screenplay was written by comedian Amy Schumer and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton, Marisa Tomei and Bill Hader. Talk about your ensemble cast.

Schumer is best known for her sexually raunchy comedy on her show “Inside Amy Schumer” on Comedy Central, so I can only imagine what a screenplay written by such a character is like.

Release: Nov. 13 “The Hateful Eight” is set several years after The Civil War and features eight travelers who seek refuge from a blizzard at a haberdashery and quickly learn that everything’s not as it seems.

I’ve been waiting for a Tarantino film I actually enjoy since 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds.”

I didn’t care for “Django Unchained” (2012) aside from the performances from Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx.

Even if this movie doesn’t turn out exactly how I’d hope, at the very least I might get some memorable performances from Kurt Russell and Tarantino veterans Samuel L. Jackson

Release: April 10 Funny guys Jonah Hill and James Franco in a drama-thriller about a journalist and a murderer? Count me in.

The movie follows the relationship that forms between a former New York Times reporter, Michael Finkel, and a man on the FBI’s most wanted list after murdering his wife and children, Christian Longo.

Years after murdering his family, Longo is captured and admits to living for years under Finkel’s name.

You can tell from the trailer that this film will be full of manipulation and deception, and may prove to be a truly terrifying role for Franco. Definitely worth seeing.

1. ”Midnight Special”

Release: Nov. 25 If you’ve seen Jeff Nichols’ 2011 thriller “Take Shelter,” or his 2013 critically acclaimed coming-of-age story “Mud,” you understand just how well Nichols can tell a story.

His new film, however, will be a change of pace, as it is a sci-fi thriller and not a southern drama, but I have no reason to believe that he won’t deliver a movie on-par with his previous films.

“Midnight Special” stars Michael Shannon, who has worked with Nichols on all three of his previous films, as a father who learns his son has special powers. The movie will also feature Kirsten Dunst and Joel Edgerton.

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UNIVERSITY CONSIDERS UPD CANDIDATES The Ball State Police Department will soon have a complete leadership team following interviews for two candidates for Assistant Police Chief this week.

The committee looked at 19 candidates and has narrowed it down to two finalists, Allen Williams and Michael Nichols.

Williams is a Ball State graduate who has worked OPEN FORUMS with Muncie Police Department since 1990. He is cur- Allen Williams: rently a Lieutenant and Patrol Division Commander and Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in has worked on the Drug Unit and is also on the Crisis/ L.A. Pittenger Student Hostage team.

Center Room 303 Nichols is a First Sergeant for Indiana State Police Michael Nichols: strategic planning. He coordinates resources and per- Thursday at 1 p.m. in sonnel for events like the Indianapolis 500, and he L.A. Pittenger Student served on the public safety planning team for Super- Center Room 301 bowl XLVI. Katie Slabaugh, Title IX coordinator, David Huff, UPD detective, and Matt Kovach, assistant director of housing and residence life, make up the search team. They will interview the two candidates and make a recommendation to Jim Duckham, director of public safety, who will make the final decision with his superiors.

Kovach, who leads the committee, said the committee was interested in the breadth of their experiences and different levels of supervision they have had.

“Does it feel like this person understands what it’s like to work for a college campus? Where do they want to see themselves taking the position?” he said.

“Do they have new ideas that are positive?”

Williams’ open forum is Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Room 303, and Nichols’ open forum is Thursday at 1 p.m. in Student Center Room 301.

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Enrollment by year at Ball State’s Teachers College

2009-10: 3,590 students

SOURCE: The National Center for Education Statistics

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Sorority?” the B Virtual operator said. “Is it in a building? Could you please spell it?”

The operator then asked if LaFollette Complex and Housing and Residence Life sounded helpful. In the end, the operator provided the general university address, 2000 W. University, instead of any indicators to DeHority Complex.

But then it got worse.

Asking a follow-up question about parking caused confusion. The operator did know that parking is free on the weekends, but directed the Daily News to purchase a parking permit online through parking services, or leave a message on Parking Services’ voicemail.

The Daily News tried the same question to the regular operator on Monday, when on-campus operators answer the phones. The operator quickly provided DeHority’s address and directional information, along with assistance on where to find parking in a garage or with a meter.

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From 2010 to 2013, there was a 28 percent drop in Indiana teacher education programs overall, according to the Title II Higher Education Act. That’s much higher than the national drop of 12 percent from 2010-2014.

Gerardo Gonzalez, the dean of Indiana University’s School of Education, said that negative comments about teachers from the press, policy makers and other constituents are some of the things that have created a negative environment in schools.

“It’s very common to pick up a paper and there’ll be some critical comments about how teachers are not performing and how they’re not well prepared,” Gonzalez said. “So I think the negative climate that’s out there is discouraging young people who might be thinking about teaching from going into teaching, especially when they have a lot of other options.”

However, Mazzola thought it was the teachers themselves who were creating the bad environment about the profession.

“We bash the salary, the accountability, and I think we’re scaring the younger people off of it,” she said. “I would never tell an 18-year-old to be a teacher right now.”

Robert Floden, co-director of the education policy center at Michigan State University, said a part of the enrollment drop could be attributed to the increased public pressure on teachers.

“There’s been some bad press about teachers, trying to give them responsibility for what is seen as the inadequate performance of American schools,” Floden said. “They are all for learning and helping kids learn, but there’s being a greater emphasis put on [student] testing, which is a deterrent. There’s increased scrutiny for things they feel like they don’t have control over.”

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State alumnus and math teacher and an instructional coach at Rensselaer Central Middle School, said he didn’t realize how much involvement politics had 2011-12: 3,181 students in the profession.

“I knew about state standards and I knew there were things we had to cover by state stat- professors at Ball State and in ute, but what I didn’t realize high school brought up the lack that there was going to be [is] of money that teachers make this constant fear of student and are trying to discourage performance on standardized people from going into teaching unless they really love it. tests,” Stalbaum said.

“If you don’t love education goStalbaum said his school gets cuts on their funding, and poten- ing into it, you’re not going to be tially staff members, depending happy later,” Cook said.

Indiana has cut teachers’ salaon how they do on tests.

“There’s a lot of things that ries 10 percent from the 1999influence standard scores stu- 00 school year to the 2012-13 dents get,” he said. “Teachers school year, the second-highest pay cut in the haven’t been country, acgetting large cording to the raises, but now National Center they might get for Education no raise at all.”

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Mazzola said she hasn’t gotten then they’re not going to perform well on tests. It’s scary that a raise since she started working your students could affect your at Broad Ripple, but she will get a salary and if you get a job or not.” stipend every so often.

When she was in college, she She said some of her education

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It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the smart kids that we want and need that had the potential to go into teaching are choosing other careers.

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Phelps said Ball State made similar calls to B Virtual over the weekend to check on the service with similar results.

B Virtual took over the calls the weekend of Jan. 24, and there was improvement in wait time from that weekend to this past weekend, Phelps said.

“This weekend went much smoother than the previous weekend,” he said. “They are not here on campus, and being familiar with the area is going to be a challenge for them. Hopefully, they will get better.”

Phil Repp, vice president of information technology, stressed this weekend is part of the test of service and there is still a lot of institutional knowledge to share with B Virtual.

“When you outsource, there is a learning curve around the partnership,” Repp said. “It will take 30 or so days to figure [out the learning curve].

We are in the process of discovery here.”

The general number is also used during third shift for another purpose that is causing trouble for the outsourcing.

During third shift, people on campus who need help with something—like a residence hall director who needs to call a plumber or who needs a building unlocked—call the general number, and the third-shift operator gets on the internal radio communication and lets the correct person know that someone needs help.

HEADQUARTER LOCATIONS:

HOW THE NUMBER WORKS DURING THIRD-SHIFT:

When calling B Virtual, you could potentially talk to someone from as far away as Canada. Here’s a map of where the headquarters are compared to Muncie, Ind.

During third-shift between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., the general number is used for people on campus who need help, say with getting a door unlocked. Here is a scenario of how the communication is working with the outsource.

SCENARIO: A hall director is alerted to an emergency plumbing situation in his residence hall and needs a plumber right away.

•H all director calls 285141.

•B Virtual answers the phone and determines that Facilities needs to be contacted.

•B Virtual contacts temporary worker in the operator room on campus.

•T emporary worker relays the information through the campus radio system to Facilities or whoever needs to know for the correct situation.

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Facilities uses the internal radio communication has a radio system with analog technology, which is not compatible with B Virtual because the signal does not reach Atlanta or Canada.

Facilities is upgrading to a digital radio system.

Randy Schmidt, a maintenance supervisor from Facilities, said the current technology is close to 10 years old, and he hopes the upgrade will be done by this summer.

“We tested a digital system, and it came in clearer than what we have with the analog radio,” Schmidt said.

Until the switchover, a temporary worker is working on third shift just to work the radio, so two people are doing what one person did before, Phelps said.

Repp said they are trying out this system to see if they can save costs appropriately.

“It is our due diligence to look at things’ efficiency to save taxpayers dollars,” he said. “If we can do it well, we can do it. If it does not meet our expectations, then we will not do it.”

2012-13: 2,865 students

took out loans whenever she needed to, and ended up with $40,000 in loan debt. While she is able to make monthly payments, she said some of her friends are not able to.

“It depends on what you own,” Mazzola said. “My rent isn’t too expensive. … Half of [my paycheck] goes to rent, then I start looking at how much I can pay off student loans. I can make it work because I don’t mess with luxuries.”

Gonzalez said another reason enrollment could be dropping is because of alternative ways to become a teacher.

With the career specialist permit, approved by the Indiana State Board of Education last year, high schools can hire teachers from a non-traditional teaching background.

This permit differs from a teaching degree in that it requires 6,000 hours of work experience in a related field and a bachelor’s degree, said Bob Guffin, executive director of the Indiana State Board of Education, in 2014.

“If you don’t go [through a traditional program], you can be licensed in a less rigorous way, which essentially means that you’re lowering standards,” Gonzalez said. “You have these young, bright kids who want to go into teaching being told this is a noble profession, but

2013-14: 2,749 students we’re lowering the standards for people to be able to get into teaching.”

He said this discourages students who could meet the higher standards, and is lowering standards for those who aren’t willing to put in the work to become a teacher.

“The critics saying we need all these policies and to tighten up evaluations and create more alternative ways are the same people who say we need the best and brightest in the profession,” Gonzalez said.

Mazzola said teaching currently is a stressful job, and the only way to make it into teaching is to have 100 percent heart for it. She said while the job might be hard at times, when it really comes down to it, she loves it.

“There are days that are so fulfilling,” she said. “You know that you’re needed and you know you’re giving the kids love and affection, and you’re teaching the kids something they don’t know.

[In college], they say you’ll be influential, … but when you work in a high-needs urban school, it’s so fulfilling. It’s way more fulfilling than anything else.”

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“So there’s definitely a threshold of acceptance within the mainstream body positivity movement. You don’t see it embracing women who look like [Hollowell],” Wolfe said.

Hollowell had written about her size before her article in The Toast.

Taylor University accepted another piece Hollowell wrote, “Fat Revolution,” for a literary conference.

In it, Hollowell talks about her life in a world built for skinny or average-sized people. She wrote her latest article because she wanted to create a more positive piece.

So far, she’s loved the reactions.

She said she’s received several emails of people sharing their stories with her, some thanking her because her essay gave them the hope and the courage to start dating again.

One young man wrote to her to say that before reading her essay, he’d felt broken.

ESSAY REACTIONS “I feel like the only appropriate reaction to this piece is to stand up and shout ‘Yes!’” -GREENGRASSES

“It’s so difficult to let myself believe this, as a young woman clinging to her ‘just-south-of-plus-size-ifonly-the-damn-companieswon’t-stop-changing-the-sizeson-me’ status, and yet I still feel enormous, invisible, and ignored.”

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Reading it made him feel like he could live again.

“I never really expected my essay to get such an overwhelmingly positive reaction,” she said. “I mean, when you hear you’re getting published you think, ‘I’m going to be the next J.K. Rowling,’ but you never really expect it to get so big as just a random

college student.”

In the future, Hollowell said she wants to write about more issues such as her journey as a victim of sexual assault and the limitations of body positivity.

Hollowell would like her next works to represent not only her own experiences, but those to which everyone can relate, she said.

“People have said, ‘That [essay] is a good representation of her and her journey,’ but that it didn’t represent them,” she said. “I’m an ablebodied white woman, and I really hope we hear similar stories about people who are disabled and of different races and of other sexualities than just my heterosexual experiences,” Hollowell said.

Hollowell, who identifies as bisexual, said she struggled with focusing her article on her heterosexual experiences, but that she had only had experiences with men at the time of writing it.

“I’m just one voice,” she said. “And I just want everyone to be happy.”

Honors College plans event with Sherlock Holmes twist Murder mystery will offer chance to investigate caper LaTAYSIA WILSON STAFF REPORTER | lwilson2@bsu.edu

Valerie Weingart has been plotting a murder for three years, and today, she’s finally going to follow through with her plan.

Weingart, a sophomore vocal and creative writing major, is the chairman of the writing committee for the Ball State Student Honors Council’s Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery event at the Ball Honors House.

Student Honors Council President Emily Brumfield created the event to give back to the Honors College community.

Weingart first developed the idea of a murder mystery with

her brother, and when the Honors Council needed a theme for an event, Weingart knew what to do and where to have it.

The stately demeanor of the Ball Honors House seemed like the perfect place for an evening of intrigue.

“Most people don’t know what’s going on in the Honors College; it’s still a unique and incredible venue for an event like this,” Weingart said.

Dr. Watson, Irene Adler and Professor Moriarty will make an appearance at the event, although they may look familiar.

The murder mystery will include roles played by four faculty members.

“This is our first time getting faculty members involved, and we’re really excited about the costume ideas,” Brumfield said.

Starting at 7:30 p.m., seven

teams of five sleuths will pair up for a 20-minute walkthrough of the house.

Five groups still have spaces open, and students outside of the Honors College are welcome.

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WEDNESDAY Men’s basketball looks to snap its six-game losing streak at home against Buffalo.

Tip-off for the game is at 7 p.m.

THURSDAY The men’s volleyball team hosts No. 10 IPFW in a MIVA matchup. It is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY The Ball State softball team opens its season against South Dakota in Nashville, Tenn.

The game will begin at 2:30 p.m.

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Athletics hosts 1st social media night Event focuses on fan engagement, ‘fun environment’

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Ball State Athletics is trying out something new this week, holding its first #ChirpChirp Social Media Night for the men’s basketball team when it hosts Buffalo on Wednesday.

Social Media Night will hold many events for students to enjoy before, during and after the game.

“Social Media Night is about engaging our fans and providing them with an exciting and fun environment for the game,” said Kevin Thurman, head of student initiatives for Ball State Athletics.

DEFENSE:

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 When facing Northern Illinois, the full-court press did not carry the same momentum and was only effective for short spurts in the game, leading to a 65-62 loss at Worthen Arena.

The Huskies shot 14-29 (48 percent) from field goal range and 2-6 (33 percent) from three-point range.

“This is what it looks like when you aren’t completely ready for an end-of-January conference game,” Sallee

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The Ball State men’s basketball team will play Buffalo on Wednesday and Toledo on Saturday at Worthen Arena. There are only 10 games remaining in the regular season.

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Ball State men’s basketball head coach James Whitford wants his players learning from the losing quarterback in Super Bowl XLIX. “I love what [Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback] Russell Wilson said after the [Super Bowl],” Whitford said. “‘In some ways, I feel responsible.

I threw the big interception, but I don’t hang my head because I know what I put into it. I know how hard I fought, and I know how hard I prepared to get here.’ ... It’s that type of mentality that you’re really trying to teach.”

After opening Mid-American Conference play with back-toback wins over Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan, Ball State has dropped six straight, falling into a last-place tie in the conference.

In its latest loss, a 79-73 defeat at Miami on Saturday,

Ball State allowed the Redhawks to shoot 56.5 percent from the field, including 80.8 percent in the second half.

The defensive performance nulled an offensive output in which the Cardinals made 14 three-pointers and shot 58.1 percent from the floor.

Ball State’s defensive consistency, particularly in the second half of games, has been an issue of concern all season.

“When we were 2-0 [in the MAC], we won both games because of our defense,” Whitford said. “We haven’t gotten better [defensively] from that point on. If we’re going to be able to make a run in this league, that defense has got to get better.”

In the Cardinals’ two MAC wins, they allowed an average of 62 points. In the six losses, their opponents are averaging 72.67 per game.

The matchups don’t get any easier, as Ball State’s next two opponents, Buffalo and Toledo, feature two of the league’s top three scoring offenses, according to mac-sports.com The conference’s top two scorers, Justin Moss and Julius Brown, also play for Buffalo and Toledo, respectively.

Moss currently leads the MAC with 18.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. “[Moss] is the player of the year in the conference as of today,” Whitford said. “He’s special, so it’s going to take a great effort on our part.”

The Bulls are far from a one-man show, however, with sophomore guard Shannon Evans a contender for the AllMAC First Team, while 6-foot8 Virginia transfer Will Regan averages six points and four rebounds.

Ball State hosts Buffalo at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Toledo at 2 p.m. Saturday.

With 10 games remaining in the regular season, Whitford wants his players to intensify their focus, play their hardest and accept the outcome whether it’s a win or a loss.

“I want us to get better every day,” Whitford said. “As simple as that sounds, for me to set any hard objective goals goes against the nature of sports. ... Every opportunity for us to play a game is an opportunity for us to play a great game. [Buffalo and Toledo] are both good challenges, but they are great opportunities for us.”

“It will be a unique experience. We want to encourage our fans to connect and interact with us on our social media channels.”

The game will have many promos via social media, such as the Megaphone Shuffle, the Pepsi Half Court Shot, the Hays & Sons Shootout, the Sport Clips Dance Off and the Ball State Federal Credit Union Shoot for Loot.

The PrimeTrust Prime Seat Contest consists of the game’s sponsor, PrimeTrust Federal Credit Union, giving away four of the best seats inside Worthen Arena, food vouchers and a parking pass, all via social media.

Thurman said Social Media Night is all about getting fans more involved.

“We decided to do a social media night to have a fun way to engage with fans dur-

ing a game,” he said. “This is a great way for us to engage and connect with our fans, including our Ball State student community.”

There will be opportunities for students and older fans alike to participate, such as through photos and choosing songs for the basketball pep band. There will also be chances to meet with Charlie Cardinal and win prize packs.

Many different prizes will be awarded during the game through social media from corporate partners, like Applebee’s, Burger King, Dillman’s and Firehouse Subs.

“We hope to create a fun, exciting environment around the game. We want to try something new to Ball State, as this has never been done here before,” Thurman said.

“We are pulling out all of the stops for this.”

said. “We are going to have to look ourselves in the mirror this off week and fix it.”

The defense has looked confused and sluggish on the court at times recently, failing to produce turnovers and get steals as it did in the first part of Mid-American Conference play.

Ball State forced Miami into 22 turnovers and had 13 steals, stalling the Redhawks’ offensive runs.

Northern Illinois had 12 turnovers and had the ball stolen only six times in their

win over Ball State.

The Cardinals have an entire week to work on their defense before they hit the road to battle Toledo in their first game of February.

Senior Shelbie Justice sees the challenge ahead and knows that she and her teammates must prepare mentally if they want to succeed and improve their standing.

“We can’t just say we are going to this or that, everyone has to deep down want it or it’s not going to work,” Justice said.

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