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BALL STATE STUDENT SHARES EXPERIENCE ISOLATING ON CAMPUS04 A customer-oriented experience: Whimsies Boutique offers a sense of family and community to visitors.11

Unspoken: Losing a legend: The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has turned the nation upside down.12

HERE’S THE PLAN How Ball State Athletics is adapting as fall sports are put on hold

Charleston Bowles Reporter Ball State’s athletic department is in an unusual place. On Aug. 8, the Mid-American Conference became the first Football Bowl Subdivision conference to postpone all fall sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the days following the MAC’s postponement, other conferences called off their fall seasons. However, some have played on, including the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12. Additionally, some have reversed course on their initial decisions not to compete, as the Big Ten announced it will begin its football

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season Oct. 24.

The MAC Council of Presidents held a meeting Sept. 19 to discuss possibilities of a fall football season. Although MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said no decision was made, models for a possible return were reviewed, and a second meeting will take place this week.

Over the last week, members of Ball State Football have been vocal for a return to action on social media, tweeting #WeWantToPlay.

Redshirt senior quarterback Drew Plitt and junior cornerback A.J. Uzodinma have both used the hashtag.

However, as it currently stands, there are no opportunities to compete.

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Ball State Athletic Director Beth Goetz said the absence of fall sports has impacted Ball State’s athletic department, athletes and fans in an unprecedented way.

“It has forced us to think outside the box,” Goetz said.

When the news broke surrounding the postponement of fall sports, Ball State’s studentathletes expressed a mix of disappointment and optimism. On Aug. 8, redshirt junior linebacker Brandon Martin tweeted, “This is tough but we’ve seen our share of adversity. We’ll stick together and be back to handle unfinished business. Love my bruddas!”

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Sept. 18: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Sept. 18 at her home in Washington, D.C. Ginsburg died from complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.

In July, Ginsburg announced she was undergoing chemotherapy for lesions on her liver. She was appointed as a justice by Bill Clinton in 1993 and served for 27 years.

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Sept. 20: Two members of Ball State Men’s Golf participated in invitationals last weekend. Recent recruit Sterling McIlravy, who tied for sixth in an event the weekend prior, tied for 28th at the Champaign GCAA Amateur in Illinois, shooting 9 over par with a total score of 225.

Meanwhile, freshman Ali Khan tied for 29th and scored 233 at the HNS Buckeye Amateur in Ohio.

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Mt. Vernon shuts out Delta on the road

Sept. 18: Mt. Vernon (5-0), currently ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press’ Indiana Class 4A high school football rankings, defeated Delta (3-1) 35-0 Friday.

After scoring 110 points in their first two contests, the Eagles have combined for just 14 over their last two matchups. This is the lowest back-to-back total in head coach Chris Overholt’s tenure thus far.

Ball State COVID-19 counter for fall term As of 9:30 pm Sept. 23: Total

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10 dead in India building collapse A residential building that was due for repairs collapsed in central India, killing at least 10 people and trapping many others, officials said.

Around 20 to 25 people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of the four-story building. The director general of the National Disaster Response Force shared photos and videos of the ongoing rescue operation on Twitter.

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Lewellen Aquatic Center remains standing due to conservation efforts.

Grace Bentkowski Reporter Many universities have state-of-theart facilities they take pride in, and Ball State has one that has been standing for over half a century.

The Lewellen Aquatic Center, opened in 1968, is named after John Lewellen, a devoted student-athlete in Ball State’s class of 1937. He returned to Ball State to coach many sports, including swimming for 24 years.

In 1970, he was named director of aquatics. After his retirement, he kept ties with the university.

“Back when John was still alive, we had a number of chances to talk [about the facility],” Leland Yarger, coordinator of the aquatics program, said. “We’ve had a really long history in aquatics.”

According to Ball State’s website, the facility houses a 25-yard, six-lane

pool with a diving well and one-meter board. Yarger said there is a second, smaller pool and flume on the deck, giving swimmers and aquatics students

Anybody in the country knows that for aquatic education, you go to Ball State.”

- LELAND YARGER, Coordinator of the aquatics program many assets to utilize. There are also tunnels under the pool, allowing swimmers to be seen through small

windows while underwater.

Yarger said he was drawn to Ball State University since it began offering the first and most comprehensive bachelor’s degree in aquatics in 2002. Yarger has been operating and managing other aquatic facilities since 1990, but the Lewellen Aquatic Center stuck out to him.

“You find pools that are built today that are brand new, that do not have the capabilities [Lewellen] has,” he said.

Aside from the swimming pools, the center itself has concept designs that improve the spectator experience as well, Yarger added.

“The seating has a circular design that, as a spectator, you can sit anywhere and see the swimmers and divers,” he said. “A lot of facilities are built like a rectangle or square. As a spectator, you see one side or one end of the pool, and that’s it.”

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Officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case A Kentucky grand jury indicted Officer Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment following the police raid of Breonna Taylor’s home the night of March 13. State Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the officers involved were “justified” in their actions because they announced themselves before entering the apartment and did not use a no-knock warrant.

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Spring 2021 semester to start Jan. 19 At the Ball State Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 18, the board passed a resolution to cancel spring break and begin in-person instruction for spring 2021 Jan. 19. Provost Susana Rivera-Mills said her Academic Planning Group will determine if all classes will begin instruction Jan. 19 or if the university will stagger class start dates.

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10 DAYS LATER Ball State student reflects on quarantine experience on campus.

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Moriah Morgan, freshman political science major, thought her perfume had expired Sept. 1 because she couldn’t smell it. Days before, she had a sore throat and a cough.

“I just figured it was strep [throat], but then it had kind of gone away before I had lost my sense of smell,” she said.

Morgan decided to get tested for COVID-19 the same day at Worthen Arena. The next evening, she received an email notifying her she tested positive.

“I got an email from the dean at 10:30 Wednesday night saying don’t leave my dorm, stay quarantined and isolated from people, and I’d be transferred in the morning,” she said.

Morgan said she wasn’t told where she would be isolated until about 8:45 a.m. Sept. 3, though she had all her items packed by 4 that same morning. She said she contacted the five people who had been in close contact with her and her family to tell them what was happening.

Cathy Bickel, associate director of housing and residence life, said information regarding which students need to quarantine or isolate comes from IU Health, contact tracers or self-reported test results.

“For example, a student could say, ‘My roommate is getting tested. I think I should get tested, but I don’t have any symptoms’ or ‘I was at some place, and somebody said they were positive, and I didn’t know and I’m concerned.’ They can report that, and we will put them in [quarantine],” Bickel said.

Residence hall directors will contact the student, Bickel said, and an email from the Dean of Students Office will be sent to the student detailing information about their quarantine.

Once students have been notified, residence hall directors will talk to the student to make arrangements for quarantine, she said. Students can choose to either quarantine on campus or go home to quarantine.

“They wanted me to take all of my stuff for the next two weeks across campus by myself … There was no way I was going to carry four bags full of stuff along with my blankets [and] pillows,” Morgan said. “Around 2 p.m., they tried to give me a car, but I don’t have my license, so that didn’t work out for me.”

Bickel said if students cannot get a ride from their current residence to their isolation area, there is a bus system in place that will take students.

Morgan said she was able to find another student who was also beginning isolation in LaFollette that day who was able to pick her up from Kinghorn Hall later in the afternoon.

“Honestly, I cried when I got [to LaFollette],” she said. “I was stressed out because I wasn’t given any information on how things were going to work, how long I was supposed to quarantine myself … I hadn’t

received any information at all, so I was overwhelmed trying to figure things out myself.”

The university had information regarding on-campus quarantine procedures available on its website before students returned to campus. The website states, “If you stay on campus, you will be provided with someone to be a resource to you throughout your quarantine and isolation.” However, Morgan said she had to reach out to her hall director at Kinghorn with questions before she was able to get help and understand the process.

Morgan said she arrived in her LaFollette room to meet her roommate, who was finishing her last day of isolation.

“I was told in the email that I was going to have a roommate, which had confused me because how is that isolation if I’m going to have a roommate?” Morgan said.

In the email notifying her of her positive test, she said, there was a link to write in meal plan information, but Morgan didn’t know the form’s deadline. “[My roommate] told me I was supposed to have the meal plan completed by 7 a.m., which I was not made aware of, and that I wouldn’t be getting dinner,” Morgan said. “I was really upset about that because I didn’t find out what hall I was going to be in until after 8 [a.m.] and filled out the meal plan around 9.”

The whole hall just looks scary as whole. It’s dimly lit, and it’s just empty halls everywhere.”

- MORIAH MORGAN, Freshman political science major After her first night, Morgan said, she completed the meal plan form on time.

“They didn’t deliver the food until 11:40 a.m. for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so I didn’t get breakfast early,” she said. “They asked you if you had any special requests, but there wasn’t a menu or anything.

From the boxes that I’ve gotten, they just give us random things.”

For the remaining days of her isolation, Morgan said, she got used to LaFollette’s conditions, but she thought the halls were frightening.

“The whole hall just looks scary as a whole. It’s dimly lit, and it’s just empty halls everywhere,” she said. “When I first got in my room, my light took five minutes to turn on after I flipped the switch.”

Morgan said she only saw maintenance workers once a day. Unless there is a facility emergency, Bickel said, there are normally one or two maintenance workers who go into Brayton/Clevenger.

For amenities, such as toilet paper, if a student is in quarantine for a possible positive case, it can be brought to their door, but if a student is in isolation for a positive case, supplies are stockpiled so they don’t run out, Bickel said. There is a number they can call if they need something or have concerns.

In the case of a medical emergency, Bickel said that in the past, students had either alerted Ball State or called 911.

Morgan said by tracking her symptoms, which started in late August and had gone away by Sept. 5, she was able to end her 10-day isolation earlier than expected Sept. 6.

Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564. Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Cmelton144.

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Get tested for COVID-19 Tested after being contacted by contact tracing

Tested at IU Health

Receive a letter from the Dean of Students OfďŹ ce with results and procedures to follow

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*Students who are off campus are not allowed to isolate in any of the on-campus locations.

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Student is taken to their room by special bus Ball State provides *The bus provided is not the same as the regular shuttles that go across campus.

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High Marks Ball State students maintain high GPA during remote learning.

John Lynch and Angelica Gonzalez Morales Reporters Though remote learning has changed how students learn, all signs point to an improvement for Ball State students’ gradepoint average (GPA).

During the spring 2020 semester, Ball State undergraduate level students had an average GPA of 3.219, an improvement over the previous

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A DIFFERENT GAME Danny Pinter compares his Ball State Football experience to his time with the Colts.

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New Palestine beats Pendleton Heights New Palestine (3-1) handed Pendleton Heights (4-1) its first loss of the season Sept. 18, holding the Arabians to just a field goal. The Dragons were led offensively by freshman running back Grayson Thomas, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.

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Colts earn first win of season against Vikings Former Ball State offensive lineman, now Indianapolis Colts guard, Danny Pinter looks up during the Colts’ first game of the 2020 NFL season against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sept. 13, 2020, at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Pinter was selected in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Colts and made the team’s 53-man roster. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, PHOTO PROVIDED Ian Hansen Sports Editor While the NFL and college ball both fall into the category of the sport football, there is a world of difference between the two.

Former Ball State offensive lineman Danny Pinter found that out soon after he became the 29th Cardinal drafted into the NFL when the Indianapolis Colts selected him in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft last April.

“Every snap you take in practice will be equivalent to the hardest snap you took in college,” Pinter said.

Ball State offensive line coach Colin Johnson said he always knew Pinter had what it took to reach the professional level, and it was his job to help him get there. He knew he had to prepare him for the everyday challenges the NFL presents.

“In my short time with Danny, I knew from early on he had the ability and the desire to make it to the next level,” Johnson said. “My job was to help cultivate that and help him get as ready as possible to play at that level.”

Johnson said he is not surprised in the slightest Pinter made the Colts’ roster based on his contributions to

Ball State Football.

“All that kid ever wanted was a chance and an opportunity, and he was going to take it and run with it,” Johnson said. “It is really exciting because I know how much it has meant to him to keep playing at the next level.

He put so much into building this program into what it is now.”

Now that he is in the NFL, Pinter said there have been natural challenges like adjusting to the pace of play and playing new positions. Playing football is now Pinter’s job, which means every aspect of the game is taken more seriously.

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The Indianapolis Colts (1-1) moved into the win column, taking their home opener against the Minnesota Vikings (0-2) 28-11. The Colts were led by rookie running back Jonathan Taylor, who ran for 101 yards and a touchdown in his first career start.

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Shenandoah handily defeats Wes-Del Shenandoah (3-2) took down the Warriors (1-4) 41-6 Sept. 18 to remain undefeated in the MidEastern Conference. The Raiders were led by senior quarterback Tanner Goff, who threw for 200 yards and a touchdown.

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Continued from Page 01 Shawn Sullivan, Ball State associate athletics director of marketing and fan engagement, credited the athletic department’s onward mentality for helping it push through the last six months.

“Our strategic plan is highlighted by our onward attitude, which is whatever happens, keep moving forward, keep improving,” Sullivan said.

Since the MAC’s postponement, Goetz said, she has been impressed by student-athletes’ hard work and preparation for when the day comes to compete. Practices and workouts may feel different, but the Cardinals are making it work.

“We have a multilayer approach, which includes weekly testing, daily health screenings and modified training practices,” Goetz said.

“The second you’re not in a practice, you have a mask on and are socially distanced.”

Coaches have also used unconventional ways to lead their teams.

“Our coaches and staff have taken this opportunity to think differently and truly evaluate themselves,” Goetz said. “I think our coaches have been excellent in being creative with how they communicate with recruits, their Zoom meetings or team-building activities.”

Without the consistent revenue that comes from fall sports, such as concession and ticket sales, Goetz said the athletic department has experienced financial issues, but she said she is confident the

department can recover over time by staying in touch with the community.

“We have had to make adjustments with financial components,” Goetz said. “We have had to become more creative in the ways we engage with our fans as well as our connection to campus.”

Sullivan said using engaging types of content and its platform has given Ball State Athletics additional ways to expand its outreach.

“Creating the Cardinal Couriers program and posting spirited Zoom backgrounds was fun for our staff to implement and execute and impactful for supporters,” Sullivan said.

Sophomore psychology major Caleb Floyd said he considers himself an avid sports fan and believes on-campus sporting events provide an opportunity for students to take their mind off of schoolwork.

“I miss being able to cheer on the team with my friends at the football games and the game day experience as a whole,” Floyd said.

When the time comes for fans to safely attend on-campus sporting events, Goetz said, the department will have a plan to ensure fan safety.

“We have started looking at how to be socially distant in venues,” Goetz said. “We are paying close attention on how to control building flows and how that will look for fans entering a large venue like Worthen Arena.”

With the current postponement of fall sports, Cardinal fans will have to wait until the beginning of Ball State’s winter sports season for their next possible opportunity to attend an on-campus sporting event.

Contact Charleston Bowles with comments at clbowles@bsu.edu or on Twitter @cbowles01.

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“They say there is more of a business side, and that is definitely evident,” Pinter said. “Practices are a lot faster and a lot more physical. Everybody is a lot bigger, faster and stronger. I feel like I have adjusted well to that. The first couple of days were

Every snap you take in practice will be equivalent to the hardest snap you took in college.”

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Pinter played tight end and offensive tackle during his Ball State career, and the Colts are trying to get him more comfortable playing guard and center. Pinter said it has been new for

Indianapolis Colts guard Danny Pinter practices Aug. 24, 2020, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Pinter earned his spot on the Colts 53-man roster for the 2020 season. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, PHOTO PROVIDED him, especially against some of the best players in the world, but that is not stopping him from giving 100 percent.

“The first couple of weeks, they had me playing guard, which I have never done before,” Pinter said. “Combine that with playing my

first snaps ever in the NFL with faster guys was an adjustment.”

The biggest reason for Pinter’s transition to the interior offensive line was because of his size and the length of his arms. Johnson said it was his job to instill that in Pinter early on because of how different the athletes are in the pros.

“I think Danny is a natural center, and I told him that when he was here because, in the NFL, the size of athletes you are blocking is much different than what you see at the college level,” Johnson said. “His arms weren’t as long as a typical tackle, so I planted that seed that center might be your position.”

Another big difference between the pros and college, Pinter said, is the amount of room for error.

Luckily for Pinter, he is learning from members of last season’s third-ranked offensive line.

“You have to be super technically sound in all aspects,” Pinter said. “Guys like Ryan Kelly and Quenton Nelson are super technically sound, and while they preach that in college, you can kind of get away with it. The Xs and Os are more complex, so you have to be on top of your game there.”

To stay level-headed, Pinter said he tries to stay relaxed, continue to learn the team’s detailed game plan and consistently improve his craft.

“My goal is to come in every day and be the best player I can be,” Pinter said. “You can’t ever get caught up in your role, so I can only focus on getting better because there are a lot of things I need to get better at.”

Contact Ian Hansen with comments at imhansen@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ianh_2.

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Painting leaves to celebrate autumn Fall is finally here, and with it brings cool weather and crunchy leaves.

Instead of stepping on these leaves as you walk to class, consider picking up your favorite shapes and colors of leaves. Then, use these DIY leaf painting ideas to decorate your home and celebrate the fall season.

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Ball State alumnus shares his story about his 125-pound weight loss journey through his memoir.

Nicole Thomas Lifestyles Editor “In all reality, I have been overweight for so much of my life, it began to take a toll on my life. I hated how I felt, how I looked and how people treated me. I knew I had to reclaim my life. Along with that, I wanted to prove everyone wrong.”

When Tanner Jay graduated from Hamilton Southeastern High School in May 2016, he said, he was at his darkest place mentally.

“I was sitting at 345 pounds,

finding my identity in being the funny sidekick,” Jay said. “I had never had a girlfriend, and I was in my senior year of high school. I thought I had really found the one. I simply got ghosted — she just stopped texting me, and it really just ate at me. Like, ‘This is how people treat me. Am I worthy of anything?’”

Motivated by “all the wrong reasons,” he said, Jay started his weight loss journey the summer before his freshman year at Ball State. He began going to a 24-hour gym, played basketball with his friends as a workout

and changed his diet to fruit, vegetables and his go-to protein, grilled chicken — a low-calorie, healthy option he could eat until he felt full.

“It’s intimidating [going to the gym] when you stick out like a sore thumb,” Jay said. “I went up to people, and I said, ‘I don’t know how to do this exercise. Can you help me?’ I think most people are genuine people who admire you for coming in and trying to improve yourself because … everyone at the gym is just trying to get better.”

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By December 2017, Jay had lost 125 pounds.

During his weight loss journey, he went viral on Twitter after a tweet about his weight loss received more than 86,000 impressions. People messaged him across Twitter and Instagram showing him “so much love.” Whenever he’d return to his hometown, people wouldn’t recognize him because he had lost so much weight. But, this was never enough, he said.

“I thought I was one puzzle piece away from having it all figured out,” Jay said. “I was thinking, ‘OK, if I lose this weight, that’s the only thing wrong with me. I’ll get the girlfriend, and life will be great.’ I got the girlfriend, and life wasn’t great. I think it’s important for people to realize there’s so much more to life than the

I think it is important for people to realize there’s so much more to life than the approval of others.”

- TANNER JAY, 2020 Ball State alumnus

approval of others. If you put your identity and purpose into that, then you’re going to be lost and hurt.”

To share his story about the lessons he’s learned from his weight loss journey, Jay wrote his memoir, “The Weight You Carry,” while participating in Signal Class, a program through Georgetown University. Jay found out about the program from a co-worker at his 10-week sales internship with Gartner, a research and advisory company, in Fort Myers, Florida.

As one of 180 students in the program working on their manuscripts, Jay began writing his memoir in October 2019. He wrote 10,000 words in a week before taking a month-and-a-half-long break. Writer’s block and staying motivated were challenges Jay had to overcome, he said, but once he got into his groove, he wanted to keep writing.

“Writing a book is so different than telling my story,” Jay said. “When I interact with someone, I have my elevator pitch because I’m in sales. I have to talk quickly and explain to people what’s going on in my life. I was so used to rushing my story, but [with my memoir], I could start from the beginning. I talked about so many different aspects and stories I would never have the opportunity to tell someone in person if it were a brief interaction.”

For his memoir, Jay interviewed body builders, Division I athletes and a model to

start a conversation about how individuals who are seen as fit and healthy often have the same insecurities about their bodies as Jay did.

“I’m talking to one of my friends, and she’s like, ‘I’m really insecure about my body,’ and I’m like, ‘You are a Division I track and field athlete. How are you insecure?’” Jay said. “She said, ‘I’m too muscular.’ You think that people have it figured out — [they] don’t have it all figured out. I think it’s scary for a lot of people to think ‘Everyone has it figured out, but I don’t.’

That’s not true at all, and that shouldn’t prohibit you from starting your journey.”

Jay also interviewed his best friend since junior high, Jona Mathioudakis, whose own weight loss journey overlapped with Jay’s.

In high school, Mathioudakis said, being someone who was big in height and stature was something a lot of his football coaches praised.

But, he had multiple concussions during his final season, and his doctor told him it wasn’t safe for him to play football again. As a freshman at Indiana University Bloomington, Mathioudakis was 350 pounds, and he wasn’t in the same shape as he was when he played football.

“I had an insecurity whenever I walked into class late and would have to scoot past people,” Mathioudakis said. “I’d be afraid I’d knock into people. I’d go out of my way to make sure I was there early for class. It sucked having to buy bigger clothes. Whenever my grandparents or aunts and uncles asked for what my shirt size was, it sneakily went from an extra large to almost wearing a triple X. That was pretty embarrassing to me.”

Between November 2016 and August 2017, Mathioudakis lost 125 pounds. He didn’t initially tell anyone he was losing weight because he didn’t want to call attention to himself. When he told Jay, Mathioudakis said, he appreciated having a person on his side who was going through the same journey. Jay and Mathioudakis would play basketball together and ask each other for advice.

“I remember we’d joke like, ‘Yeah, we can’t just have one big guy in the friend group,’” Mathioudakis said. “We kept each other accountable. He would send me random updates about, ‘Oh, I’m down 30 pounds.’ It’s pretty cool being able to go back and forth with somebody and talk about our struggles.”

Through Signal Class’ partnership with New Degree Press, Jay met with four different editors, a designer and a cover specialist to publish his memoir. By the end of June 2020, he had finished working with his editors, and his 124page memoir was published July 27, 2020. “[My editors] didn’t want to take away my writing style or my voice,” Jay said. “A lot of [their edits] were big picture stuff … When I’m telling my story, I know details and aspects of everything whereas a reader might not. It was those little details. If I’m telling a story about my experience in gym class, [my editors would ask], ‘What was the weather like? What does the track look like?’”

To cover the publishing costs of his book, Jay had to raise $4,000, which he did through an IndieGoGo campaign, offering people to be a beta reader, have their name appear in his memoir’s acknowledgements and more. Amid

Tanner Jay, a 2020 Ball State alumnus, posted on Instagram in July 2017 that he had lost 100 pounds in the prior 14 months. His Instagram post has received more than 400 likes. TANNER JAY, PHOTO PROVIDED

#Weightloss is one of 18 chapters in Tanner Jay’s memoir, “The Weight You Carry.” Jay mentions more than 130 people in his book’s acknowledgements as those who helped him in his publishing process. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN ILLUSTRATION the COVID-19 pandemic, 126 people donated to Jay’s campaign, raising $5,500. “[As] I’m reaching out to my closest friends and families, people are telling me, ‘I’d love to buy your book, but I really need to go buy hand sanitizer or toilet paper. I don’t have enough money to buy food,’ and I’m like, ‘Don’t buy my book,’” Jay said. “There were so many things in my head, wondering if I’ll be able to get to my $4,000 goal even before a pandemic happened.

So, selling a book in a pandemic — I never expected it.”

Whenever Mathioudakis talked to Jay about “The Weight You Carry,” Mathioudakis said,

he could hear the passion in Jay’s voice about sharing his story. He also believes writing a memoir gave Jay the push to keep himself in check and continue with a healthy lifestyle.

“People don’t always understand the fact when you’re struggling with weight, even walking in front of people makes you feel crappy about yourself,” Mathioudakis said. “Find people that are going to help hold you accountable. Find people that are going to push you to be better but will also be there [for you] because not every day is going to be rainbows and sunshine.”

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Savannah Jordan Reporter When Judith Gill was looking to find her next pair of leggings, she said, no store seemed to have her size, quality material or the colors and prints she liked.

She didn’t want to spend money on leggings she wasn’t totally sold on, so Gill decided to make her own leggings and open her own boutique, Whimsies.

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The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has turned the nation upside down.

Unspoken Demi Lawrence is a senior journalism news major and writes “Unspoken” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

Demi How much Lawrence does the fate Columnist, of a country “Unspoken” weigh?

The only person who could tell you was a frail yet unshakeable 5-foot-1inch woman named Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and she died Sept. 18.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg knew the United States of America did not simply rest on her shoulders — she knew the country’s fate and the very existence of so many people pushed down on her body like a dead weight. She felt that weight daily as Republicans pushed to shatter women’s right to choose, one of her most wellknown advocacies.

Many people critiqued her for not retiring during President Barack Obama’s terms. Many said her early retirement would have been smarter and made way for a younger justice with her same ideals because we all dreaded this day would come.

But the fighter stayed and worked because she knew feminists around the country were counting on her and her many dissents while on a conservativeleaning Supreme Court.

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Her death was inevitable, yet the woman was like the Energizer Bunny. She was a three-time cancer survivor, a widow and someone who devoted her entire life to ensuring this country was better than it was when she was born.

Justice Ginsburg was famous for getting straight to the point and never raising her voice.

She was not interested in flattery or power by force but confident in her intelligence and grace as a woman.

When I get angry, I have a tendency to yell. Sometimes, I even tell myself I’m allowed to be angry and yell because I often have trouble validating my emotions to myself. Almost every single time this happens, I hear RBG’s soft yet ruling voice telling me I mustn’t be overcome by useless emotions such as anger and instead blow people away with my logic.

Almost every single time, I don’t listen to this voice.

But maybe that will change now that I know her hope for America rests on the shoulders of people like me, her champions.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is gone.

Though her legacy lives on, her death stings, especially for those most vulnerable to her departure: minority groups, especially women.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said mere hours after her death that the Senate would vote for President Trump’s SCOTUS nominee even though on her deathbed, Ginsburg said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”

I don’t wish to get too deep into the politics of her death at this moment, but I can’t not mention this disgusting token of disrespect for one of the world’s most incredible women.

THE GREAT DISSENTER Here are four of Justice Ginsburg’s most famous dissenting opinions.

Shelby County v. Holder (2013):

Perhaps Ginsburg’s most famous dissent criticized Chief Justice John Roberts’ 5-4 ruling that struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act, freeing mostly Southern states from having to clear voting changes with the federal government.

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007):

Ginsburg wrote the dissent in the 5-4 case, which denied Lilly Ledbetter the right to sue her employer for gender-based pay discrimination because of the length of time that had passed since the violation.

Bush v. Gore (2000):

Ginsburg and her three liberal colleagues each dissented from the court’s 5-4 decision, halting the presidential recount ordered by Florida’s Supreme Court. The majority ruled that no better method of counting votes could be established within the necessary timetable.

Gonzales v. Carhart (2007):

Ginsburg wrote the dissent in the 5-4 case, which upheld a 2003 law passed by Congress outlawing a form of late-term abortion.

The majority ruled that it was not an undue burden on abortion rights.

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According to the Associated Press, Supreme Court nominations historically take, on average, about 70 days to move through the Senate, and there is just over a month until the election. Though there are no set rules for how long the process should take once a president announces their pick, to rushedly pick a new Supreme Court justice without the public’s ability to vote for a president would be a slap in the face to everything Ginsburg stood for.

The death of one woman has now thrown an entire nation off its axis with less than two months until arguably the most important election of my lifetime.

Many minorities across the country are scared for their rights all because one woman died at an acceptable age after living an extraordinary life.

My heart is full of dread for the unknown all because of the death of one elderly judge from Brooklyn, New York.

So, I ask once again: How much does the fate of a nation weigh?

I and millions of others learned the answer to this question the moment we learned of Justice Ginsburg’s death: It weighs a whole damn lot.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Notorious RBG, the Great Dissenter, is gone, and now it is our turn to carry this weight in her honor.

How do we do that, you ask? Well, I’ll let RBG speak for herself.

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

“So, that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.”

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Continued from Page 03 The dome-like shape of the aquatic center is also supported by a wooden truss structure held by distinctive laminated wooden beams bolted together along the ceiling, he said. This plays a part into how the original complex has stood for so long.

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Continued from Page 06 “For fall, we spent all summer preparing to deliver and expand the high quality online learning as well as the flexible hybrid courses we are offering on campus,” Rivera-Mills said.

“Faculty participated in extensive training and spent significant time redesigning their courses to meet student needs in an environment that continues to be uncertain due to the pandemic.”

In turn, Jennifer Haley, director of the Learning Center, said appointments for the Learning Center have decreased due to the change in how the program operates during the pandemic.

She said the Learning Center had to quickly change its programming, including the

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creation of its online tutoring program, to adapt to the early lockdown orders in March.

“In one week, we created our online programming for tutoring, supplemental instruction and academic coaching, including training student staff, developing a scheduling and sign-up protocol and marketing the services to students as we all adjusted to stay-at-home orders,” Haley said.

Overall, appointments are down 31 percent, though she said the drop may also be due to the cancellation of satellite drop-in tutoring, a math- and chemistryspecific type of tutoring. She also said the effectiveness of online learning remains to be seen.

“I don’t know yet about the impact of online learning on GPA as we haven’t had a full semester of online learning yet,” Haley said. “That data will be available

at the completion of fall semester, although it will be difficult to assign causation to any rise or drop in GPA to online learning.”

However, the steady averages have not meant every student has handled the transition to remote learning well. Junior special education major Madison Tupa and senior telecommunications major Morgan O’Connor said they have both experienced difficulties with adapting to the new learning environment.

“I struggle with figuring it out since each class is different,” Tupa said. “When I have a class that’s on Zoom, it’s like one class might be on one schedule and the other is on another, but not all Zoom classes will follow one schedule.”

O’Connor, who is taking six classes remotely this semester, said her grades have been affected by the way remote learning functions compared to

made to the building in 1999 were minor, with almost no refurbishing of the natatorium itself. “[There was] general refurbishing of locker rooms and installation of new lockers,” Peak said.

Other additions include new lights installed two years ago, the air handling unit installed about four years ago and a new scoreboard five years ago.

The list of things to maintain at Lewellen Aquatic Center is ample, in-person instruction.

“My grades definitely dropped because I have more late work now since it’s harder to keep up with everything,” O’Connor said.

“I definitely lost track, and for me personally, it’s a lot harder to be productive when classes are online [because] I like to be face to face and visually learning.”

The Learning Center is offering free WebEx tutoring appointments for students during the fall semester, and supplemental instruction leaders may host distanced inperson sessions.

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Aquatic Center enhances Ball State University as a whole, offering students, athletes, spectators and visitors a facility to enjoy and a program to succeed in. He is proud to be a part of it.

“Anybody in the country knows that for aquatic education,” he said, “you go to Ball State.”

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with facility cleaning and disinfecting, daily and weekly preventative maintenance of mechanical components and regular inspections of the ceiling truss.

“The usage of the facility is approximately 14 hours per day with use from Athletics, Recreation, School of Kinesiology and sports clubs,” Peak said. “All structural, mechanical and custodial needs are able to be met.”

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“It is a really great environment,” said Donna Denny, who has worked at Whimsies for about six weeks. “Everyone loves you, and it is just like you entered into this giant family.”

While leggings are Gill’s main product, she has also branched out to selling joggers, sleepwear and jeans. At Whimsies, Gill sells pants in sizes 0-24, tops in small-6X and shoes up to size 11. She also sells socks, candles and facemasks.

“I have not set foot in a single other boutique [for inspiration] — I just made what I wanted to make,” Gill said. “I think we fit in a little section that other [stores] don’t. It has been really good for us that people are working

from home, and they want to be comfortable because we are all about comfortable clothes.”

All the prints and patterns on Whimsies’ clothing are created by artists in Evansville, Indiana, where Gill’s business originated.

Gill and her husband moved to Muncie back in 2018 because her husband had accepted a job offer. Now, Gill is looking for aspiring graphic artists in Muncie to create designs for her clothes, she said.

Sandy Bailey, a frequent returning customer of Whimsies, said she met Gill not long after she started Whimsies back in 2018. Bailey only shops at Goodwill and Whimsies, she said, because she grew up poor, and she doesn’t like to buy expensive clothes. Bailey also loves the versatility of Whimsies’ clothes because she can throw them in the dryer, she said.

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9, 2020, in the front-left corner of Whimsies Boutique. Gill said Whimsies is unique because most other stores only sell sizes up to an XL, and she sells sizes up to 6X. SAVANNAH JORDAN, DN “Judith is just an amazing person,” Bailey said. “She is just so kind and has the greatest mind for details. My

heart just explodes for her and her success.”

When it comes to expanding her business, Gill said it has crossed her mind, but she doesn’t have any immediate or definite plans to do it because she believes Whimsies is still in its infancy in Muncie.

To grow Whimsies’ customer base, Denny said she is using Whimsies’ Instagram account to reach college students because she believes Whimsies’ clothes have a lot of potential with a younger crowd. “[Gill] is just all about making people feel good,” Denny said. “[Whimsies] is just so customer-oriented, and I really take pride in the fact that I work here.”

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