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Language skills test changes host sites Writing Proficiency Exam move could reduce computer issues RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu

Technology issues can add to the stress of taking the Writing Proficiency Exam, but a shift to Blackboard is looking to correct this issue.

Ball State students have to take the pass or fail Writing Proficiency Exam when they have at least 60 credit hours, but they must pass it before they have 89 credit hours — the test is a graduation requirement. If they do not pass WRITING EXAM on the second at60-89 CREDIT HOURS tempt, or opt out, is the range of time when they must take a student must take the exam the seven-week 2 TIMES WPP 393 Writis the limit for taking the test ing Proficiency WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU FAIL Course.

TWICE OR OPT OUT: Halfway through Students must take a taking the exam seven-week course on inQsit, junior actuarial science major Adam Schrock’s work disappeared.

“I wrote about half and I look back at my screen and it had all been deleted,” Schrock said. “All the words were gone. It was like I hadn’t done a single thing and I was going into the closing paragraph.”

Junior speech pathology and audiology major Ryan Heneisen also experienced problems with inQsit.

Before he could submit his exam, inQsit stopped working with two minutes left.

She wore an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie

BELLY DANCING OUTFIT Revealing costumes can help confidence despite some negative feedback, club says

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swirling, full-length skirt and a midriff-baring top complete the costume that members of the Belly Dance Club wear for their performances.

Each semester, the club hosts an event to showcase what they’ve learned, participate in talent shows and perform at various locations on campus.

Reactions that members receive because of their outfits, however, aren’t always what they expect.

See BELLY DANCING, page 3

« We don’t see it as inappropriate

because a lot of dance teams show something. We just show our stomachs. We’ve been told pretty harsh things. We’ve been told we need to get some dignity. » BRIDGET HARTMAN, a senior general studies major and president of the club

ABOUT THE CLUB FOUNDED

Jan. 29, 2008 PRESIDENT

Bridget Hartman FACEBOOK

Ball State Belly Dance Club CONTACT

BSUBellyDance@gmail.com Senior general studies major Bridget Hartman, president of the Belly Dance Club, performs a routine Feb. 20 in the Atrium. The club has been active as a university club since 2008.

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Offense exceeding coach’s expectations Consistent pitching, hitting key to success through 32 contests ANTHONY LOMBARDI STAFF REPORTER | ajlombardi@bsu.edu

Heading into the 2014 baseball season, head coach Rich Maloney was unsure of how his roster would perform. Led by a rotation that featured four upperclassmen, Maloney

MIDSEASON COMPARISON

said the fate of the team would rest on the arms of its starting pitchers.

With as many as five freshmen slated to be everyday position players, it was easy to see why the former two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year questioned Ball State’s offense.

Halfway through the year, the Cardinals have put to rest any doubts of being unable to score.

For a team that was supposed to labor for runs, Ball State currently leads the Mid-American Confer-

ence in base hits with 314, home runs with 19, runs scored with 200 and is tied with Kent State for highest team batting average with .289.

The pitching has struggled at times, but with the team’s record sitting at 22-10 overall and 7-1 in conference play, Maloney and company find themselves just a half game behind Central Michigan for first place in the MAC West division.

“Offensively, we have done better

than I expected,” Maloney said.

“But now that we have done that, I guess that is what we need to expect, so that’s nice. I’m hoping that our starting pitching can settle into it because I really feel like that is a key for us. ... I think we’ve got to continue to develop our consistency from our starting pitchers to really take off.”

As of late, the Cardinals’ rotation has begun to resemble the force Maloney believed it could.

See BASEBALL, page 5

The Ball State baseball team has played 32 games in the 2013-14 season. Take a look at how last year’s team performed through g the same number of ggames.

Feb. 21: 5th overall win, vs. Mississippi ValleyState (6 games)

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March 7: 10th overall win, vs. Kentucky (13 games)

Sunday: 32nd game, against Eastern Michigan (22-10, 7-1 record)

Saturday: Fifth MAC w win, against Eastern Eas Michigan (6 MAC gam games)

2013-14 SEASON THE PULSE OF BALL STATE

2012-13 SEASON March 17, 2013 : 10th overall win, vs. IPFW (18 games)

March 4, 2013: 5th overall win, vs. Morehead State (9 games)

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April 13, 13 2013: Fifth MAC M win, vs. Central Cen Michigann (11 MAC MA games)

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April 14, 2013: 32nd game, vs. Central Michigan Michig (15-17, 5-7 record) record THE PULSE OF BALL STATE

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WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST?

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Popular campus morning meals at Ball State can make or break daily function based on nutrients

FRIDAY Rain showers High: 60 Low: 45

CHARLES WATSON GRAPHICS REPORTER | cewatson@bsu.edu Eating a well-balanced breakfast can affect the body’s routine functions. As busy college students, it can be easy to replace a nutritious breakfast with unhealthy choices or even skip the meal. However, the body may not receive the nutrition it needs to get through the day. This can affect certain cognitive skills needed in order to perform well.

CAMPUS CHOICES Calories

Combining popular menu items at certain Ball State Dining facilities could cause a high-fat meal, leading to negative effects. Those that combine for high-protein meals and high-fiber, carb-rich meals will cause you to be fuller, leading to less food throughout the day.

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HIGH-FAT MEALS • Shakiness • Dizziness • Weakness • Headaches • Tingling

• Increase risk for low blood pressure

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• Rises total cholesterol • Increases risk of heart disease

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• Gets you full the fastest, associated with less food intake during the morning and at lunch • Hunger slowly returns

• Decreases a hormone in the stomach that controls hunger, decreasing overeating, keeps you full longer

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INSTALLING YOU DN FILE PHOTO HANNAH SICHTING

Justin Dunmyer works on a phone at MDtekk. Dunmyer and his business partner, Zachary Marvel, opened the shop at 1715 N. Granville Ave.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MDTEKK DN FILE PHOTO HANNAH SICHTING

Ball State students Justin Dunmyer and Zachary Marvel pose for a photo with some of the broken cellphones given to them by customers. Dunmyer and Marvel repair and customize phones with their business, MDtekk.

MDtekk recently had a customization request for an iPhone 4 to be plated in 24-karat gold. Ball State students Justin Dunmyer and Zachary Marvel created MDtekk, a business that personalizes and repairs smartphones, tablets and other electronics.

Two students start business to infuse technology with personalized features

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ANA OLVERA STAFF REPORTER

n an age of cookie-cutter technology, it can be hard to keep some individuality. Two Ball State students have formed a business that personalizes and repairs smartphones, tablets and other electronics.

MDtekk was created by Justin Dunmyer and Zachary Marvel. “[MDtekk] customizes really whatever — whatever people want,” said Dunmyer, a senior business and economics major. “The customization stuff is really just out there.”

Recent customizations by MDtekk include an iPhone 4 plated in 24-karat gold, a transparent iPhone and an iPad with a custom screen and home button.

Dunmyer and Marvel, a graduate business major, created MDtekk in August by merging their businesses together.

“I was already selling on eBay and he was selling on Amazon, so we just kept those same accounts and merged all of our inventory and capital,” Dunmyer said.

In 2012, the cellphone repair industry earned a $1.1 billion revenue,

according to IBISWorld, a global market research company. The two tapped into this industry and have received at least three or four walkin requests for repairs every day.

“We’re not even really advertising our company, and we’re constantly growing,” Marvel said. “Word of mouth is what we’re running off of.”

While the business focuses on cellphone repairs, Dunmyer and Marvel have hired employees that are knowledgeable with the software being used.

“We’re still kind of exploring how far we’re willing to go with that,” Dunmyer said. “So far, we’ve been doing some modifications on older phones, like installing iOS 7 to phones that traditionally only support up to iOS 4.”

Dunmyer and Marvel had been learning how to do repairs on their own by watching videos on YouTube, visiting online forums and tinkering with the devices.

“We’ve pretty much self-taught ourselves everything, just based on what we can find on the Internet,”

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Dunmyer said. “After a while, it’s kind of like any hobby or any job.

Even if you’ve never taken apart something, you can look at it and understand how it’s put together, how you take it apart and maybe fix it.”

Dunmyer and Marvel may be more familiar with hardware repairs, but that doesn’t always mean the process is easier. The display and LCD screens on most new phones are fused together, previously separate, making a few of the repairs more difficult.

“Basically, we remanufacture screens on some of the newer phones and that’s been incredibly challenging to figure out,” Dunmyer said. “We had to invest a lot of time and money and research into this process, but it’s kind of the way the mobile phone industry is going, so it’s something we had to learn.”

Dunmyer and Marvel plan to open a retail store in the Village sometime between June and August.

Customers will be able to buy accessories, upgrade or downgrade their phones and have walk-in re-

ABOUT THE BUSINESS

• Two Ball State students, Justin

Dunmyer and Zachary Marvel, run the electronics repair, buying and selling shop.

• 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays noon-7 p.m. Saturdays 1715 N. Granville Ave. • For more, visit mdtekk.com

pairs. Currently, MDtekk is located at 1715 N. Granville Ave. MDtekk has five employees and hopes to expand to around 12 by the time the Village location opens, Marvel said.

Cory Allgood, a junior business major, is one of the MDtekk employees.

“I think [MDtekk] is needed, especially on a college campus,” he said. “If I were to break my phone, I wouldn’t have the money to go and buy a new phone through my carrier. I’m going to get it fixed to cut down the cost as much as possible, and that’s what these guys are doing.”

BELLY DANCING: To some onlookers’ disdain, students wear garments baring midriffs | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Our peers are more accepting of these things — these different things we have going on at Ball State,” said Bridget Hartman, a senior general studies major.

“We still do, however, have these looks, like those up and down looks. We get a lot of disapproving looks and we have gotten comments about how what we wear is inappropriate.”

Hartman has been a member of the club for four years and is currently the president.

While she’s heard negative comments about belly dancing, it has helped her to accept her body and herself.

Most of the negative comments about belly dancing Hartman hears come from family, she said.

The tops belly dancers wear can range from crop tops to embellished bras, depending on the style of belly dance.

“We don’t see it as inappropriate because a lot of dance teams show something,” Hartman said. “We just show our stomachs. We’ve been told pretty harsh things.

We’ve been told we need to get some dignity.”

Last year after a performance on campus, a woman told the club there’s a fine line between

belly dancing and stripping, Hartman said.

When someone tells the club a negative comment, most members will talk to them and try to teach them about belly dancing.

“We assume they probably don’t know anything about it,” Hartman said. “On that particular occasion, we just told her we aren’t removing any clothes.”

Haley Crane, a sophomore, joined Belly Dance Club in the fall after attending the Activity Fair. Crane said most of the negative comments she has heard since joining the club are from people who are not familiar with belly dancing.

“I haven’t gotten negative feedback from close family members and people who actually know about the dance,” she said. “It’s kind of frustrating when people view it so overly sexualized when there’s so many dance styles that aren’t viewed that way, [like] club dancing.”

After joining the Belly Dance Club, Crane found out her grandmother used to belly dance in the 1960s.

“My grandmother was very excited,” she said. “She actually brought over her belly dance costume and showed [it to] me.”

Crane said she hopes to

DN FILE PHOTO TAYLOR IRBY

Members of the Belly Dance Club performs a routine Feb. 20 in the Atrium. The club was made to give those interested in belly dancing a chance to get to know each other and network with the community.

continue belly dancing after college.

“It can really help confidence issues,” she said. “There’s just so many positive things to belly dancing, and I wish people would look further into it rather than just taking it for the American face value of it.”

When members aren’t participating in a performance, they wear a cover-up to not take the attention away from members who are dancing.

Hartman said the people they make smile during performances make it all worth it.

“It’s not to show off,” she said.

“It is to entertain, but it’s mainly because we want to share it with other people and show you can do it, too.”

The midriff is exposed in many belly dancing costumes to highlight movements and isolations.

“The main reason for that is to show what we’re doing,”

Hartman said. “A lot of the moves will happen with your obliques.”

The club does acknowledge that some members may not be comfortable showing their stomachs. Alternative dress options include an Egyptianstyle costume that has a sheer cover for the midriff. Some tops have beading or decorations that hang low to create a panel to cover the stomach.

“We’re constantly pushing

that ‘you’re fine as you are,’” Hartman said. “No matter what you look like, not one of us will put you down or judge you.”

However, she has noticed that as members become more involved with the club, they start to become increasingly comfortable with showing more skin.

“The funny thing is that most of the girls come in and they’re wearing a full shirt and they’re like, ‘I’m never showing my belly,’” Hartman said. “And in a few weeks, they’re showing their belly and then the next thing you know, they’re buying a costume that shows off their belly.”

In the beginning, she said she had hesitated wearing midriff-baring costumes.

“Even I didn’t show my belly at first and then when I started to — that’s when you knew it was doing something good for you,” Hartman said. “You become really aware of who you are.”

Not all of the feedback the club gets is negative. One comment from a performance at the Atrium last month came to Hartman’s mind.

“Nobody has ever said this,” she said. “A professor came up to us and said, ‘You guys are so courageous to be doing this.’ And it hit me — it really does take courage.”

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NEWS

Delaware County No. 83 in state health Unemployment adds to already low scores in Indiana rankings

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TYLER JURANOVICH UNIFIED MEDIA REPORTER tjjuranovich@bsu.edu

Delaware County was ranked 83 in overall health out of a total of 92 Indiana counties, according to the 2014 County Health “Rankings report.

An unemployment rate of

9.5 percent and 27 percent of children living in poverty has contributed most to Delaware County’s low health ranking, said Jan O’Neill, who worked on the study.

“Health is so much more than having access to health care,” said O’Neill, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

In Delaware County’s case, she said access to food and stress over work can do a lot to diminish health.

“In a county with a lot of children in poverty, there is a lot of stress in those households and usually not a lot of food and not a lot of healthy food on the table,” O’Neill said.

The report, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, creates rankings by looking at how long and how well residents live and compare them to other in-state counties.

One-in-five residents of

Delaware County have either “poor or fair health,” according to the report.

This has led to a negative effect on life longevity in the county. According to the report, 8,465 years of potential life was lost before age 75 in Delaware County from 2008-2010 because of poor health. The number is nearly 1,000 years more than the state average.

The numbers are better for the county when it comes to health care access, especially in access to clinical care

Students from Africa learn to be leaders Time in U.S. changes perceptions, offers first time experiences

where the county is ranked 13 in the state. The county also is above average in the ratio of physicians to residents with one physician for every 1,188 residents.

In the five years the report has been published, Delaware County has never been ranked lower than 81 in overall health.

O’Neill said that doesn’t mean improvement is impossible.

“There’s tremendous potential for Delaware County to improve, but it will take the community and investors to

DELAWARE COUNTY • 20 percent of residents are in poor or fair health • 33 percent of adults are considered obese • 32 percent of people report dedicating no leisure time to physical activity • 27 percent of children live in poverty SOURCE: 2014 County Health Rankings report

come together for the longterm,” she said. “Improving health is a marathon, not a sprint.”

EXAM: False submissions, connection failures cause some students fail test | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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“If you can’t have conWhen a student’s work sistency for everyone, you is interrupted or lost, they should figure out another have two choices: they can way to do this,” he said. “[Let request to have their atus take it with pencil and tempt voided and take the paper] if the test again or computer syswrite and subtem isn’t going mit an outline to work for evof what they eryone.” were planning Fawn Gary, to write.

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« If you can’t

have consistency for everyone, you should figure out another way to do this. [Let us take it with pencil and paper] if the computer system isn’t going to work for everyone.»

DN PHOTO KARA BERG

Students from Africa bowl Tuesday in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The students are part of the Pan-Africa Youth Leadership Program and had the highest scores on a youth council exam for sub-Saharan Africa to come to the U.S. for three weeks. The group is made up of 72 students, most of them in high school.

KARA BERG STAFF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu

Students from across Africa came to Ball State as part of a program looking to help them become leaders in their home communities.

As a part of the Pan-African Youth Leadership Program, 72 African students are on Ball State’s campus until April 16.

The mostly high school students were the highest scorers of a youth council exam in subSaharan Africa.

Cavin Finnes, a student from Namibia, said his perception of America has largely changed because of his experience.

“I had expectations of what Americans were like from the media,” Finnes said. “But [Muncie] is a warm and friendly community next to what we get to see on TV. This is more relatable, more like home.”

He said Ball State was nothing like he thought it would be, either.

“When we think of a university, we think of it being serious — like, ‘Oh, we have to study,’” Finnes said. “People still have the work ethic here, but it’s more relaxed and calm than I thought.”

The students arrived Thursday and are currently splitting their time between activities on campus learning about leadership, civic duty and responsibility and spending time with their host families to experience American culture.

Finnes said when he returns to Namibia, he hopes share some ideas he has learned with others in his hometown.

Brian Sibanda, a student from Zimbabwe, said the experience has shown him how small the world can be when people are united.

“We’ve got so many things separating us, but we all have a common goal — to be agents of change in our own country,” Sibanda said.

He said the experience has been rewarding, but also stressful.

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity I have as a leader, and I have to utilize all of it,” he said.

Louise Mandumbusa, a student from Botswana, said the trip has been fascinating.

The students volunteered at Second Harvest Food Bank, which Mandumbusa said was a new experience.

“You don’t have the oppor-

COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN FOR PAYLP GROUP

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tunity to do things like this [at home],” she said.

Chimwemwe Banda said people don’t usually help others just for the sake of volunteering in her home country of Malawi.

“Here, people are very willing to help without getting anything in return,” she said.

Banda said one of the best

parts about the program was getting to meet other African students from different countries.

She said she wanted to bring home an idea that someone told her here, something she hasn’t heard back home.

“I want to tell people that if you believe in yourself, everything is possible,” she said.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say an Indianapolis teenager facing murder and other charges in the slaying of a 24-yearold Indianapolis man on his morning walk forced the victim into a strip club parking lot before shooting him once in the abdomen.

Prosecutors filed charges of murder, felony murder, attempted robbery and carrying a handgun without a license in adult court Tuesday against the 16-year-old suspect.

The youth was being held the Marion County Juvenile Center in connection with the fatal April 1 shooting of Nathan Trapuzzano outside Club Venus about a mile east of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Police said the teenager’s recovering from a gunshot wound he received during a separate shooting the same day.

Donations totaling more than $153,700 on GoFundMe poured in for Trapuzzano’s pregnant widow in the days following the slaying.

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Encryption exploit leaves many passwords unprotected Security officials find 2-year-old problem, affects several sites | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HEARTBLEED

Passwords, credit cards and other sensitive data are at risk after security researchers discovered a problem

with an encryption technology used to securely transmit email, e-commerce transactions, social networking posts and other Web traffic.

WHAT?

The breach involves SSL/ TLS, an encryption technology marked by the small, closed padlock and “https:” on Web browsers to signify that traffic is secure. With the Heartbleed flaw, traffic was

« This might be a good day to call in sick and take some time to change your passwords everywhere — especially your high-security services like email, file storage and banking, which may have been compromised by this bug. » A TUMBLR BLOG POST after its owner Yahoo discovered the site was open to attacks

subject to snooping even if the padlock had been closed.

SO WHAT?

The problem affects only the variant of SSL/TLS known as OpenSSL, but that happens to

be one of the most common on the Internet.

WAIT, WHAT IS OPENSSL?

OpenSSL is used to secure email, chats and virtual private networks, which are

used by employees to connect securely with corporate networks.

HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?

Heartbleed remained un-

discovered for more than two years.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Security researchers said the exploit is serious and are advising people to change all of their passwords. It’s not known, though, whether anyone has actually used it to conduct an attack. A fix came out Monday, but websites and service providers must install the update.

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SPORTS

BASEBALL: Godfrey leading conference in 5 categories

BREAKDOWN SOFTBALL

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In the team’s last 14 games, the pitching staff allowed the opposition to score 4.3 runs a game. And if a 13-14 loss at Buffalo is removed from that stretch, the number drops to 3.5 runs a contest.

The Cardinals boast a 12-2 mark in the last 14 games.

With eight pitchers owning at least one win and 10 players hitting over .250, the Ball State team has received contributions from its entire roster.

Senior Sean Godfrey and freshman Zach Plesac, however, have separated themselves as early season MVP candidates.

Godfrey was recently named MAC Player of the Week. The right fielder currently leads the conference in RBIs with 37, home runs with five, doubles with 15, total bases with 74 and at bats with 130. He also ranks in the conference’s top five in slugging percentage with .569, runs scored with 29, hits with 44, stolen bases with 14 and total plate appearances with 146.

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Senior outfielder Sean Godfrey and head coach Rich Maloney high five each other during the Saturday game against Eastern Michigan at Ball Diamond. Over the weekend, Ball State won against Eastern Michigan in a three-game sweep.

Plesac has received two MAC Player of the Week awards, quickly establishing himself as a mainstay in Ball State’s rotation.

The right-handed pitcher ranks second in the MAC with six wins and third with four saves.

Maloney said the entire pitching staff, including Plesac, will be key in the season’s final 22 games.

“If starting pitching settles into it, we’re going to be a factor,” he said. “I think if the [start-

ing pitchers] are inconsistent, I think the team will be inconsistent. I think a lot of it will rely on that. ... If [junior Scott Baker and senior T.J. Weir] can pitch special down the stretch that is really going to help us.”

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The Ball State softball team will travel to Purdue University for a 5 p.m. game.

Ball State, 19-13 on the season, is coming off a 1-1 weekend split against MidAmerican Conference opponent Toledo.

Purdue, on the other hand, just took two of three games against Indiana University, improving its record to 20-18-1 this season.

This will be a tough matchup for Ball State’s pitching staff as Purdue has four batters hitting above .330. Ball State sophomore pitchers Kelsey Schifferdecker and Nicole Steinbach are a combined 16-10 on the season.

Both of the pitchers are carrying an earned run average of more than four. In Ball State’s most recent loss to Toledo, Schifferdecker faced 30 batters and gave up six runs, with one earned.

Purdue is led by senior outfielder Andie Varsho, who is hitting .459 with three home runs and 14 RBIs. Sophomore Lilly Fecho enters the game as the top starting pitcher for Purdue, posting a record of 14-10 with a 2.61 ERA so far this season.

Ball State’s hitters will look to get back on track and post the run totals the team was producing earlier in the season.

TEAM COMPARISON Led by sophomore Briana STATS Purdue Ball State Evans, who is batting .413 on At bats 1,038 848 the season, Ball State has six Hits 324 280 players with a minimum of Errors 44 34 40 at-bats averaging at least Runs 183 178 .300 at the plate.

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TONIGHT 7:30 P.M. Art of Jazz Series: “The Kennedy Dream” in

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10 P.M.-MIDNIGHT Big Booty Brass Band at Be Here DN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BREANNA DAUGHERTY, KELLY HOPKINS AND CHRISTIANA WILKERSON

Freshman telecommunications major Christiana Wilkerson took a photo at a Mumford & Sons concert with her cellphone. Wilkerson likes to take photos of concerts to relive moments.

DO (NOT) SHOOT

Through memories or photos, what’s the best way to capture a concert?

COMMIT IT TO MEMORY TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH BRYSON MAESCH THE OVERTONE

CHRISTIANA WILKERSON LIVING BEHIND THE LENSES

BRYSON MAESCH IS A FRESHMAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAJOR AND WRITES ‘THE OVERTONE’ FOR WCRD. HIS VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE RADIO STATION OR THE NEWSPAPER. WRITE TO BRYSON AT BKMAESCH@BSU.EDU.

CHRISTIANA WILKERSON IS A FRESHMAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND WRITES ‘LIVING BEHIND THE LENSES’ FOR WCRD. HER VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE RADIO STATION OR THE NEWSPAPER. WRITE TO CHRISTIANA AT CMWILKERSON@BSU.EDU.

Memories are so essential in each of our individual lives.

When we’re old and gray, we want to be able to sit our great grandchildren down and tell them the crazy adventures we had back in the day. Since some of us might be a tad senile, photographs and videos are the best aid to explaining our lives.

With that being said, however, there is a certain time and place to take these “frozen memories.” As tempting as it is to whip out your phone or camera during a concert, you should really think about the experience you may lose by doing this.

There are quite a few reasons to not use your phone excessively during a show, and I believe keeping these in mind will help tell your story in a much more exciting way.

The biggest possible distraction you could have at a concert is filming it. Sure, you will be able to go home and watch it again and show your friends, but you also lost some of the “magic” of the show. There is nothing like being active and being part of each song the band plays. While holding your device, you lose the will to have a good time because you’re too focused on having the perfect recording.

Instead of buying a ticket to experience a great show, you became a photographer that won’t be paid. The point of going to a show isn’t to ignore your friends and concentrate on your record-

If you’re anything like me, going to concerts is your life. You can’t wait to see your favorite bands in concert all summer, but what’s the fun in only seeing something once?

There’s a small debate in most people’s mind when they’re deciding whether documenting the whole concert is a good idea. To help you make up your mind, here are some of the pros of living behind the lenses throughout a concert.

You can relive it anytime, anywhere. Love the way the band did that song live, but not on the CD? Now you have it on tape to look back on and keep for yourself. Plus, who doesn’t love that feeling of watching your favorite artists over and over again?

You can show your friends and family. People always want to see highlights from events that they weren’t able to attend, so catching it all makes it very easy to share with them your experience at the concert.

You also could catch unexpected things on camera. I went to a Mumford & Sons concert in September and I caught the band giving my hometown a shoutout because of their great hospitality while they were passing through.

When a band from England recognizes a little Indiana town, it’s a big deal and that was definitely one of my favorite moments from the concert.

Put videos or pictures up from the concert on social media. Bands are always looking for the best photographers out there and love seeing cool things that happened

ing skills; it’s to be overwhelmed by the excitement and energy of the band.

Blocking another concertgoers’ views will not put them in a great mood. When you hold your device up to get your perfect shot, you forget that others around you actually want to see the band they paid to see. Everyone has probably been in that situation before.

Ultimately, you have to make sure you have the time of your life to get your money’s worth and realize that’s most likely everyone else’s goal, too.

Most venues don’t allow photos or videos to be taken, anyway. Whether it is because of the sponsors or the band, the security is usually very strict on using any device recording or photography.

Many times, I would be in the zone while watching a band and all of a sudden, my attention focuses on a security guard yelling at someone else to put their phone away. It’s very distracting, and it’s important to remember that keeping your phone away keeps the guards away.

Hopefully, you take these points to heart the next time you attend a show. Just remember that you paid money to watch these bands and you’re hurting yourself and everyone else by using your device. Later on in life, your family isn’t going to just want to see some video or photo. They will want to know how you felt and have a sense of your excitement.

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on stage or in the crowd. Sometimes, the band will even “like” your pictures or, if you’re lucky, tweet you back.

Also, more times than not, bands will preview songs off a new album at a concert or will perform covers.

Recording and photographing the majority of a concert is something you really have to love doing because your arms will eventually hurt and your battery will die, but the memories that you have, you’ll get to keep forever.

Whether you choose to share them, scrapbook them, make a video out of them or just store them away forever is your choice, but you’ll never forget the memories you made that night.

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THURSDAY 6-10 P.M. Blue Sky Carnival Band at The Silo 9 P.M.-MIDNIGHT Open mic night at Valhalla at The

Heorot

FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. Classical Guitar Ensemble in Sursa Hall 8 P.M.-2 A.M. Glue & Scissors Afterparty: Lemon

Sky, Nathan Roberts and the New Birds, The Paleontologists at Be Here Now 9 P.M.- MIDNIGHT Audio Hi-Way at Valhalla at The Heorot

SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. University Singers: 50th Annual Spectacular

in John R. Emens Auditorium 8 P.M.-2 A.M. Mutts, Chicago Typewriters, T.O.T.E, D Dingo and Brother O’Brother at Be Here Now

PERFORMANCES IN THE AREA Lemon Sky

Lemon Sky is a psychedelic heavy rock band from Cincinnati.

Brother O’ Brother

Brother O’ Brother is a blues and gospel band from Indianapolis.