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AWARD IGNITES RACIAL DEBATE
Students use social media for discussion of race, controversy
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LAUREN CHAPMAN UNIFIED MEDIA ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR lechapman@bsu.edu
Last Monday at 10:55 a.m., students received an email from the university announcing senior journalism and telecommunications major Chloe Anagnos as the
winner of the John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award. In less than two hours, senior architecture major Huy Pham posted a screenshot of that email next to a 2013 Ball State Daily News article in which Anagnos defended owning a Confederate flag. Anagnos has since thrown out the flag, but her award selection triggered a social media outcry that parallels a long national debate about race. Since its posting, the screenshot and article have been shared 25
decades of
times and received more than 50 comments, including shares. The original Daily News story, which ran in September 2013, has received 4,884 page views on ballstatedaily.com in the past week. That story chronicled Anagnos’ preparation to become SGA president following Malachi Randolph’s resignation from office after he posted racially insensitive tweets. In lieu of an interview, Anagnos responded to the Daily News on Sunday with a statement: “I have always been an advocate for
equality and diversity among all facets of life, but I haven’t always been as culturally aware as I am today. … I’m graduating from Ball State University more culturally aware and appreciative than when I enrolled four years ago: these four years have changed my life and how I see the world.” In his Facebook post, Pham used the hashtag #NotJustSAE in reference to a racist video of a University of Oklahoma fraternity chapter.
See DEBATE, page 5
DIFFERENCE Off-campus Village transitions from community space to student-focused district ELLEN COLLIER STAFF REPORTER
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The Village has transformed drastically throughout the past 40 years. Ball State students experienced a different University Avenue during the 1970s than current students do.
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John’s is today was Steck’s. You couldn’t go anywhere losed signs hang in the windows A COMMUNITY THRIVING in the city of Muncie, including Ball stores, and find Walking down University Avenue and the surroundof what used to be Dill Street and ing Muncie streets in the 1970s, there isn’t a Scotty’s better clothing.” The Locker Room bars. The Village Brewhouse, Brother’s, The Wild Side Smoke Shop, TIS Like Tyler, other Muncie residents and business owners recall a thriving retail space. Promenade towers along one side bookstore or even the now-vacant build“The Village back when we were in high ing that held the Locker Room. Instead, of University Avenue, once home to small- there are high-end clothing stores, florists, ONLINE school and college was community more so than university-directed,” said Deb er shops like the Red Bird tequila bar and a barber shop and other small boutiques. Use a slider to move from the 1970s Village Wise, Muncie resident and owner of NetThis Muncie Village wasn’t looking to ata Buffalo Wild Wings. Students are seeing tract the attention of rowdy college stu- to the current Village at work Property Services, a development The Village drastically transform over the dents, searching for a watering hole. This ballstatedaily.com and real estate company specializing in local student rentals. “The bars came later. course of just a few years. Village was built for a community. In the summertime, they would close University down “Back in the day, it was cool,” said Muncie Mayor and But rewind that stretch of University native resident Dennis Tyler. “Seriously, they had two between Dicks and Dill, and they would end up having Avenue more than 40 years, and the of the finest men’s dress shops: Smitty’s Men’s Wear on a street dance with live bands out there.” University, and right around the corner where Jimmy changes are far more drastic. See VILLAGE, page 4
Cardinals end season after tying for WOMEN’S WEEK 6th at Mid-American Championships EVENTS FOCUS ON UNITY, DIVERSITY Team ‘frustrated’ ‘Sister, Cis-ter!’ will celebrate women with discussions, art LAURA ARWOOD STAFF REPORTER | llarwood@bsu.edu
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KAITLIN LANGE NEWS EDITOR news@bsudailynews.com
The Ball State gymnastics team ended its season Saturday after tying for sixth at the Mid American Conference Championships in Akron, Ohio. The Cardinals scored a 193.2, lower than last year’s event score of 193.97. Ball State ended the regular season with a 3-10 record. “It’s definitely frustrating because … our expectations are that we build each week and we do better than the week before,” head coach Joanna Saleem said. “We haven’t had a poor performance like that in a really long time.”
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The Ball State gymnastics team tied for sixth at the MAC Championships this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The Cardinals closed their regular season with a 3-10 record.
Saleem said the team had a rough start with bars, their weakest event. She said beam went better, but they did not compete as strongly as they are capable of. After having a talk about not over- or under-compensating
and focusing, the team ended the meet strong on floor and vault. However, Saleem said it was too late to catch up. “When we get to the championship meet, we have to be able to treat it just like any other day and do what we
Fashion Design Society hosts annual show
want to do,” she said. “We could have very easily been in fifth place. You count one less fall and we’re in fifth place. Count a couple of less falls and you’re in the top three or four.”
See GYMNASTICS, page 3
The Women and Gender Studies department will host events throughout campus as part of Women’s Week 2015. The theme is titled “Sister, Cister!,” a spin-off of the 90s television series to unify women and call for diversity. The annual celebration will feature lectures, discussions, music, art and theater during the last week of March, concluding Women’s History Month. Events will focus on women of note in a number of subjects. Some of the events include Women in Music, Indiana Women of Achievement
and Women in the Workplace. These events are a time for celebration and recognition, said Ashleigh Bingham, Women’s Week coordinator. “There’s a little slogan called ‘Support your sisters, not WOMEN IN ART just your cisRead about one of ters’ which is the week’s events saying love all women, sup- + PAGE 6 port all women, whether they’re cisgender, genderqueer, transgender, LGBT. We used a 90s retro feel as a playful way to say this is how we’re supporting all women,” said Bingham. Cis-ter refers to the term “cisgender,” defined as people who identify as their biological gender: for instance, a woman born with ovaries and a uterus who identifies as female, explains Bingham.
See WOMEN, page 4
THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
1. CLOUDY
2. MOSTLY CLOUDY
3. PARTLY CLOUDY
4. MOSTLY SUNNY
5. SUNNY
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6. RAIN
7. PERIODS OF RAIN
9. SCATTERED SHOWERS
10. DRIZZLE
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Mostly sunny
High: 38 Low: 23 17. FREEZING RAIN
18. WINTRY MIX
Cooler than average today. Keep an umbrella handy as we’ll see a scattered wintry mix across East Central Indiana through the afternoon. Little to no accumulation is expected. - Samantha Garrett, WCRD weather forecaster
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