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READY FOR THE BIG DANCE: LAVALL JORDAN & THE BUTLER BULLDOGS PREPARE FOR MARCH MADNESS

After missing the NCAA Division I basketball tournament in 2019, the Butler Bulldogs look to be well on their way back to the tournament in 2020. In LaVall Jordan’s third year as head coach, the team has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll throughout most of the season, thanks in large part to the team’s strong group of upperclassmen.

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Play Time : Kate Huffman Uses Art to Change Lives Born for Basketball: North Central Basketball Team Manager Provides Positivity, Perspective & Plenty of School Spirit

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Kate Huffman knew at the ripe-old age of four that she wanted to be an actress, but by the age of ten there was a plot twist written into her script. The result could have changed the trajectory of her life, until one day she realized she had the power to pick up her pen and write a new script.

Kate’s introduction to acting came by way of her mom’s first musical. As a director,

she needed a young child to open the show - a bit part that helped Kate find her passion, earn an award and start working on her craft early.

By the time she was just ten years old, Kate was shamed and bullied for being a little overweight. The self loathing, desperation to lose weight and desire to find acceptance with her peers would eventually consume an otherwise healthy young girl. The pain of her peers’ rejection caused her to 5 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / MARCH 2020 / atBRip.com

become overly focused on losing weight, and the results shocked her.

“It was like a Hollywood movie - fat kid, no friends, skinny kid, lots of friends,” Kate says.

The sudden popularity sent a clear message that her self worth was tied inextricably to her weight. She developed an eating disorder that would plague her for nearly two decades while she pursued her dream

of becoming an actress.

After graduating from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Kate attended the University of Miami. She has worked in film, television and theatre, earning many prestigious awards in the process. Kate got her first big break doing a television episode of “Untold Stories in the E.R.”. She also appeared on a show called “$#*! My Dad Says” starring William Shatner, whom she credits with helping to earn her acting union card and teaching her valuable lessons. She also earned roles in “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Castle” in 2015.

On the outside Kate appeared to be living her dream, but inside her eating disorder - which she nicknamed Eadi - consumed her on every level. In addition, there was chronic pain she attributed to years of excessive exercise and poor eating that impacted her career, friendships and love life. She began to question her life decisions, including her acting career.

Kate then realized she had to share her story, in the form of a one-woman play.

“I always came back to the idea that you can be of service through art,” she says.

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two years toward writing her story, and decided her birthday in April that year would be her deadline to finish. Her reward was a solo summer trip to Ireland, which she says was incredible.

“I have never experienced the feeling of belonging like I did from the minute I arrived in Ireland,” she says. “I felt like I was home, and I even thought about chucking my life in L.A. to find a way to live there permanently.”

The process of sharing her one-woman play with her friends in Los Angeles led to a second performance, with additional friends and some strangers present. A woman in the audience had a friend who owned a local theater outside of the city, and soon Kate was performing the first stage production of her play, “I’m Too Fat For This Show”.

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The play takes a comedic, positive approach to talking about mental health.

Kate has performed it coast to coast in the U.S. and even in her beloved Ireland, winning several awards in the process.

Kate discovered that bringing her private pain onto the stage was liberating. While initially concerned about how the show would be perceived, Kate saw how much it affected people positively, and allowed them to tell their own stories.

Kate’s mission is to change the way mental health is perceived at any age.

“My goal is to stop little kids from being taught such damaging messages at such a young age, and change the stigma so they can get help before it goes too far,” she says. “It is important to use comedy to help them let their guard down, and expose them to just how tricky this disease can be when no one else is around. In my play, I don’t beat the eating disorder because that was never the victory. The victory is talking about it.”

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North Central Basketball Team Manager Provides Positivity, Perspective & Plenty of School Spirit Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photographer / Ron Wise

Basketball is all about passing, dribbling, shooting, scoring, screaming, and ample energy. That’s precisely why North Central High School student Pete Steinkamp loves the game. He’s been drawn to the sport ever since he was four years old. Being born with Down syndrome hasn’t slowed him down one bit. In fact, he relishes the fast-paced game.

“I love that basketball is quick and fast,” Pete says. “I also love making three-point shots.”

And he can sink them, too - time and again. He’s had lots of practice because he’s played in a Special Olympics unified league since he was 8, as well as through the Catholic Youth Organization at his church, Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Three years ago Pete, who is now 18 years old, approached Doug Mitchell, North Central’s head varsity basketball coach at the time, to ask if he could become the team manager. The two discussed the responsibilities that went along with the job, which include filling water bottles, dispensing towels and participating in every practice. Pete enthusiastically agreed to the conditions, and Mitchell welcomed

him aboard. Brian Hahn, who took over for Mitchell last year, has the privilege of working with Pete.

“Pete has been fantastic,” Hahn says. “He’s so full of positive energy, and that has definitely had an impact on the team and myself.”

The players enjoy having Pete around.

They talk trash, eat lunch together, and bump knuckles with him when passing in the school hallways. Pete looks forward to game-day Fridays, when he gets to don the same sweatsuit and shoes that his teammates are wearing.

“When they all wear their sweatsuits, everyone at school knows he’s a part of the team, which makes him feel good,” Pete’s mother Martha says.

At the start of every home game, Pete goes out onto the court and is part of the players’ circle.

According to Hahn, Pete serves as daily inspiration for his teammates because they know how much he loves basketball - yet they recognize that he can’t play the game at their level, even though he’d give anything to be able to do so.

“It provides humility to our kids and appreciation that they get the opportunity to play and compete,” Hahn says. “More than anything, Pete has taught them to take every day and every practice, and enjoy it.

So if you win, you enjoy it. If you lose, you come back the next day and you still enjoy it. That consistency of trying to enjoy each experience is something that Pete really brings to this program.”

The perspective that Pete provides is truly transformative for all involved.

“Pete opens his teammates’ eyes to the fact that they are lucky to have the health and capability to play basketball,” Hahn says. “So maybe they try that much harder because Pete wants to win. He gets so excited when we win.”

Pete, who has three brothers, Ted, Joe and Jack, enjoys riding the bus to away games, riding the bus home when the team is victorious, and dressing up in nice pants and a sport coat when his teammates are instructed to do the same. His all-time favorite aspect of being team manager, however, is shooting around with his buddies.

“He tries to beat the guys by throwing the ball between their legs and racing to get the layup,” Martha says.

Pete’s all-time favorite NBA player is LeBron James, but when it comes to his

North Central teammates, he doesn’t play favorites.

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When he’s not in the classroom or on 4:42 PM the court, Pete enjoys playing NBA 2K18 on Xbox with his friends and neighbors. He also likes to work with his father, Brian, and go out to dinner with his family.

The girls basketball team also appreciates Pete’s positive energy, and often invite him to attend their games. During one girls game he was invited to attempt a half-court shot.

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“The players said he’d sink the ball for sure, and he did,” Martha says. “It was a very exciting moment.”

When Pete was the team manager for Mitchell, the two shared a fun tradition in the locker room anytime the team got a win. They did a victory dance.

“We are so appreciative of Coach Mitchell, Coach Hahn, Principal (Evans) Branigan, and Paul Loggan, the school’s athletic director,” Martha says. “(Loggan) is a big advocate for Pete being a part of the team. And he’s just a great athletic director. He makes it to nearly every game for every sport.”

Pete’s parents are thankful to the staff at North Central High School for providing such a welcoming and accommodating atmosphere for their son.

“Thanks to the staff and the students at North Central, Pete loves to go to school,” Martha says. “Everyone here is so open-minded as far as embracing kids with special needs, and for that we are so grateful.”

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Ready For the Big Dance LaVall Jordan & the Butler Bulldogs Prepare For March Madness Writer / Seth Johnson Photographer / Michael Durr

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aVall Jordan and Butler University basketball go way back.

Long before being named head coach of the school’s men’s basketball team in June of 2017, Jordan played for the Bulldogs from 1998 to 2001, leading the team to their first NCAA tournament victory in 39 years with a 79-63 win over Wake Forest in 2001.

When asked what first drew him to attend the school, Jordan cites many reasons, one being Butler University’s hospitable feel.

“I liked the city and the Butler community,” Jordan says. “I was from a small high school, so the smaller class sizes fit me in terms of the academic piece. It just seemed like there

was a lot of personal attention - kind of a family feel.”

between Jordan as a player and as a head coach.

Recruited by then-coach Barry Collier, Jordan was also drawn to the basketball program leaders’ collective vision - a vision that has now propelled the men’s program into the national spotlight year after year.

“He was a similar type of player to how he is as a coach,” Collier says. “By that I mean he had a great grasp for the game in terms of knowing where to be, what to do, what to expect and how to approach it.”

“Back then a lot of people didn’t know where Butler was,” Jordan says. “That was one of the things we said all the time once I did come here. It was like, ‘When we get out of here, people are going to know where Butler is.’”

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Butler in 2001, Jordan briefly pursued a professional playing career, becoming the first Butler player to participate in the National Basketball Association’s Development League. It wasn’t long, however, until Jordan returned to Butler, where he worked as director of basketball operations for one season before

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becoming an assistant coach from 2004 to 2007.

“I learned a ton.”

After his time as an assistant at Butler, Jordan followed former Butler coach Todd Lickliter to Iowa University, where he worked as an assistant from 2007 to 2010.

From there, Jordan went on to work as an assistant under former University of Michigan head coach John Beilein from 2010 to 2016, where he helped Michigan to the national championship game in 2013.

Jordan then went on to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he got his first year of head coaching experience during the team’s 2016-2017 season. While the Milwaukee Panthers didn’t have a winning record during Jordan’s single season there, Butler University Athletic Director Barry Collier still saw enough in Jordan’s overall resume to bring him back to Butler as head coach of the men’s basketball team in 2017.

“He wanted to build a program with the same type of people that we would have here at Butler, so there was a huge alignment in how he wanted to do it and who he wanted to do it with,” Jordan says of Beilein.

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at Milwaukee the one year he was there, but I was impressed with the improvement that team showed.”

After several years away from Butler basketball, Jordan had no choice but to return in June of 2017 to become head coach.

“Alignment is so important as a head coach,” Jordan says. “There are a lot of programs in the country, and (I have) belief in what Butler’s capable of. Obviously there’s a place in my heart for Butler because it’s meant so much to me and has been a part of my life for so long.”

After missing the NCAA Division I

basketball tournament in 2019, the Butler Bulldogs look to be well on their way back to the tournament in 2020. In Jordan’s third year as head coach, the team has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll throughout most of the season, thanks in large part to the team’s strong group of upperclassmen.

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“Obviously, being together now for a third season with Henry, Sean, Kamar, Aaron Thompson and Christian David, our juniors and seniors - they know our staff, they know me, and they know the standard and expectations,” Jordan says. “So now there’s an obligation and responsibility that they have to make sure things happen, and to hold themselves and their teammates accountable. I think that’s where the growth has come.”

Considering that Jordan has been with many of his current players throughout his head coaching tenure at Butler, Collier believes the team has grown stronger through its ups and downs, ultimately making it a formidable squad heading into March Madness.

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“I think there were lessons learned by the student-athletes on the team as well as the coaching staff,” Collier says. “So I would point to the fact that ( Jordan) led them in that learning process through the off-season, and then has found the strengths of this team and played to those largely. We’ve had a really good year so far because of all that.”

No matter how the team finishes when the final buzzer sounds on Butler’s 20192020 season, Jordan ultimately hopes the players on this squad leave having learned life lessons.

“Off the court, hopefully these guys walk away as better men and better leaders,” Jordan says. “I want them to be more ready to go out and take a next step and lead, whether it’s an organization or a playing career or a family.”

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5 March Madness Watch Party Essentials Writer / Lindsey Thompson

The Cinderella stories. The upsets. The bracketology. Whether you’re an avid college basketball fan or just enjoy picking your bracket based on the mascots, March Madness is an exciting time. This year, share that excitement by hosting your own watch party for your family and friends with this winning starting line-up. Here are 5 helpful tips for making your March Madness party a slam dunk.

1. Chow Down on Game Day Classics Food for your March Madness party should be simple and easy to eat with your fingers. Chicken wings, jalapeño poppers, pizza and nachos are classic game day go-tos. Take your finger food game to the next round by choosing foods that correspond with some teams in the tournament. For example, serve mini hot brown sandwiches in honor of Kentucky or pulled pork sandwiches for Kansas. For dessert, decorate cupcakes in your favorite team’s colors or use orange and black icing to create mini basketballs.

It’s not a party without libations, and March Madness allows for lots of creativity for drinks. If a local team is in the dance, keep a cooler full of beer from area breweries. You could also choose local favorites from other teams in the tourney. Keep cocktails simple so that you don’t have to spend your whole party tending the bar. Try premixed drinks like margaritas, sangria and mojitos that you can mix up before the party and let people serve themselves. For the 21-and-under crowd, have bottles of Gatorade (bonus points for orange flavor to tie into the basketball theme!) and bottled water on hand.

2. Don’t Skimp on the TV The bulk of the party will be watching the games, so you’ll want to have a nice-sized TV. If you can swing it, set up several TVs to watch multiple games at once, especially during the first rounds.

Put your TV(s) in a spot where everyone can comfortably view it, providing spots for people to sit and watch if they want to.

Think creatively for extra seating, repurpose poufs and stools as

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seating. Before the party, check your cable connection to be sure no one has to experience an expected blackout.

If your household is lacking the ideal television, many rent-to-own businesses and furniture rental companies offer short-term rentals. If you’re in the market for a new TV anyway, keep an eye out for sales right before the Super Bowl and the weeks leading up to the start of March Madness.

3. Up Your Bracketology Game One of the best parts of March Madness is picking your teams and watching them advance along your bracket. Some people spend hours pouring over game notes and expert tips to pick their bracket, while others choose teams based on school colors, mascots or friends who attended that school. No matter how you choose, elevate your bracket game at your party with fun games and contests.

For each game that you watch, award prizes to the guests who choose the winning team on their bracket. You can also pass out prizes for guests who correctly guess the total final score, how many players foul out of the game or the winning team’s field goal percentage. Be sure to have extra brackets on hand for guests who haven’t had a chance to fill one out yet.

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4. Entertain Guests with Other Games While the basketball games are the main attraction, have other games for guests to play during halftime or in between rounds.

Break out the PlayStation or Xbox for a round of NBA Live or NBA2K. Head outside for a real game of hoops, horse or knockout. Let your guests show off their skills. You could also put up small basketball hoops around the house for trick shots and alley-oops.

5. It’s All About the Ambiance Tie it all together with a fun ambiance. Have all your guests wear their favorite basketball jersey or other collegiate team wear. If your guests are willing to go all out, ask everyone to wear their best face paint and offer a prize for the coolest design. Join the fun too, donning a referee shirt and whistle to call any party fouls and award points for participation. Make the party atmosphere extra fun by playing Jock Jams songs in the background. Most party stores sell basketball-themed decorations. You also can’t go wrong with simple black and orange streamers and balloons.

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Indianapolis Art Center Offers New Exhibit Centered On the Human Figure Writer / Braden Ochs Photography Provided

At the Indianapolis Art Center, a new exhibit focusing on the human body opened on February 21 and will continue until April 8. “Body Building: The Art of the Human Figure” is a national juried exhibition featuring over 50 artists across multiple states, and includes a variety of artistic mediums.

According to Jo Banister, exhibition programs manager for the Indianapolis Art Center, the exhibit focuses on new and innovative work related to the human figure. Figure drawings and portrait paintings have been a part of human history for ages, and Banister is excited to feature artwork that involves a fresh view of the human body.

“We’re trying to go beyond the literal depiction of the human body and really get into artwork that examines concepts surrounding the body - marginalization, femininity, things like that,” Banister says. “We’re trying to get beyond that traditional sense of figure drawing.”

The Indianapolis Art Center typically markets to artists over 18 years old all around the U.S., and encourages artists to submit their work for

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review. After the submission process, Kyle Herrington, director of exhibitions and events at the Indianapolis Art Center, reviews each submission and makes selections to create a diverse and cohesive show. Herrington serves as curator for the “Body Building” exhibit.

“Body Building: The Art of the Human Figure” is free and open to the public, and will be on display until April 8, 2020. For more information on the Indianapolis Art Center including exhibition details, classes, membership and more, visit indplsartcenter.org.

The exhibit staff began with over 600 submissions and had to whittle that number down to 54 featured artists. Banister feels the open-call process for submissions works better than actively seeking out artwork, as it brings in many artists that the staff might not have otherwise known about.

The exhibit includes a piece called “Body Felt” fashioned out of felt that the artist, Lauren Darpel, cut to her own height. The piece features text throughout to express various experiences the artist has had with her body, and various thoughts she has about different aspects of herself. Banister appreciates that the exhibit pieces highlight issues and experiences people have with their own bodies, and that people might relate to those experiences through viewing the artwork.

“I think people should visit this exhibit because it is something that is so relatable,” Banister says. “Everybody has a body. The exhibit allows you to see not only yourself reflected - the issues you’ve gone through, things that you’ve dealt with - but it allows you to see what other people are dealing with, and what other people think about.”

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