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CYPRESS, Texas — A student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people before being subdued and arrested, authorities said.

The attack at about 11:20 a.m. on the Lone Star Community College System campus sent at least 12 people to area hospitals, including four people taken by helicopter, according to volunteer fire department spokesman Robert Rasa. He said several

people refused treatment at the scene and all the wounds were consistent with stabbing.

Sheriff Adrian Garcia said officers responded to the campus after receiving a call about a male “on the loose” stabbing people. He said it was not immediately clear what type of weapon was used.

“Some of the details in the call slip did indicate that students or faculty were actively responding to work to subdue this individual,” Garcia said, describing the man as being about 21 years old and enrolled at the college. “So we’re proud of those folks, but we’re glad no one else is injured any more severely than they are.”

Lone Star officials initially urged people on campus, about 25 miles northwest of

downtown Houston, to take shelter and be on alert for a second suspect. But the sheriff’s department said a short time later that authorities believed just one person was responsible.

“It was the same suspect going from building to building,” department spokesman Thomas Gilliland said.

Garcia said buildings still were being searched Tuesday afternoon.

Student Michael Chalfan said he was walking to class when he saw a group of police officers running after the suspect. He said one of the officers used a stun gun to help subdue the man, who Chalfan said he recognized from a drama class last year.

Chalfan described the man as “eccentric,” saying he often wore gloves and was known to carry stuffed animals. He said although the man was teased by fellow students, he remained friendly.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Local school boards would have to decide every year whether they wanted to have gun-carrying employees at their schools under a proposal approved Tuesday by an Indi-ana House committee.

The House Ways and Means Committee en-dorsed the bill on a 16-7 vote after changing a previous version that would have required all of Indiana’s about 1,900 public and char-ter schools to arm an employee with a load-ed gun during school hours. That proposed mandate, approved by another House com-mittee last week, drew criticism from Repub-lican Gov. Mike Pence, numerous other state officials and education-related organizations.

The new version of the bill would still autho-rize the armed employees but would require lo-cal school boards to decide each year whether to seek a waiver from a new state school safety board. That decision would be made in a closed school board meeting. Waiver requests would be confidential, so which schools have authorized armed employees wouldn’t be public.

How to keep students safe has become the fo-cus of national debate since the December mas-sacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New-town, Conn.

Some Indiana lawmakers questioned Tuesday whether it was appropriate to have employees such as teachers, principals or others carrying guns in school.

Rep. Terry Goodin, D-Austin, called the move a “knee-jerk reaction” that could end up making schools less safe and wondered when pushes would be made to put more armed employees on school buses and elsewhere.

“Where does this end?” said Goodin, superin-tendent of the 550-student Crothersville school district in southern Indiana.

Indiana law currently allows school districts to authorize people other than police officers to have guns on school property, although several officials have said they don’t know of any district

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Classmates, faculty subdue assailant; 2 refuse treatment

Committee endorses gun bill for schoolsState lawmakers to leave choice to individual districts if passed

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For the second time in three years, a West Afri-can bureau chief with The Associated Press will visit Ball State tonight to speak to students after winning the university’s 2013 Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award.

Rukmini Callimachi, who also won the Pulliam in 2011, will discuss her Sept. 16, 2012, article “Niger Hunger Brides” at 7:30 p.m. in Cardinal Hall in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center.

The presentation will focus on the devastating drought in poverty-stricken villages in Niger, which has led to parents marrying off their young daugh-ters for money.

“Rukmini also won the award two years ago on her story on the Haitian earthquake,” said Mark Massé, professor of journalism and coordinator of the Pulliam National Journalism Writ-ing Award competition.

The award originated in the 1960s and has a distinguished history and legacy.

“The former winners have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes,” Massé said. “When we talk to previous winners, they hold this award in very high regards.”

The Pulliam family, who sponsor the award, will continue to sponsor it until 2018.

The event is free and open to the general public.– ASHLEY REED

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HUMBLE TALENTDelta High School product quietly learning, adjusting to being a quarterback at Ball State

| MAT MIKESELL SPORTS EDITOR @MatMikesell

G etting to know Ozzie Mann is almost like getting to know two different people. On the field, the Ball State redshirt freshman quarterback is one of the more vocal players when taking his snaps. Off

the field however, he’s a quiet and softspoken 19-year-old.

Those close to him would say Mann’s al-most too quiet when he doesn’t have his jersey on.

“He’s kind of quiet,” offensive coordinator Rich Skrosky said. “I don’t know if introvert is the right word, but he’s well-mannered.”

Keeping to himself doesn’t mean people don’t know him. Mann comes from Delta High School — a 20 minute drive north of Scheumann Stadium. To the Ball State coaches, he’s known as the guy that’s loyal to his family and his school.

Mann’s also preparing himself to compete for the starting job once senior Keith Wen-ning graduates after the 2013 season.

And he’s perfectly OK with that right now.

FAMILY AND FOOTBALLMann was introduced to football at a young

age. His father, Reece, played college football at Franklin College and hoped his son would also develop an interest in the sport.

He’d take his son to Ball State football games throughout his youth, hoping the in-terest would spur.

“You don’t want to be the dad that forces something down his throat,” he said. “You want to make sure it’s something he en-joyed instead of me forcing it upon him.”

The interest in football did catch on and grew when Mann watched the Nate Davis-led Ball State team during the 2008 season.

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INDIVIDUAL STATSOZZIE MANN, REDSHIRT FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK

• Height: 6’1”• Weight: 230• Hometown: Hartford City, Ind.• High School: Delta• Major: Elementary Education• Parents: Reece and Stacey Mann

Police arrest Texas college student for attacking, stabbing 14 people

RUKMINI CALLIMACHI 2013 Eugene S. Pulliam Award recipient

GUN LAWWHATThe Indiana House and Means Committee endorsed a firearms bill Tuesday that would allow employees to carry guns at public schools.SO WHATThe new version of the bill allows individual school districts to choose, via school board vote, whether or not they will allow armed employees.

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DN PHOTO BOBBY ELLISBall State quarterbacks Keith Wenning, left, and Ozzie Mann prepare to pass during practice on Friday. Mann attended Delta High School in Muncie.

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« I always wanted to be out here. I remember during the undefeated season coming here and the atmosphere was just awesome. It blew me away. » OZZIE MANN, redshirt freshman quarterback

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Physiologist to discuss science, the arts

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A MacArthur Fellowship Award winner and Michigan State University professor of physiology will visit campus today to discuss the importance of merging science and art.

Robert Root-Bernstein will visit to extend the 26-year tradition of the Edmund F. Petty Memorial Lecture, which brings prominent artists or art enthusiasts to campus.

Tania Said, director of education at David Owsley Museum of Art, said Root-Bernstein “was chosen for the special understanding he brings about the scientific benefits of learning about and making art. “

Root-Bernstein received his doctorate in the history of sci-ence from Princeton in 1980 and knows about the creative mind and person with his re-ception of the MacArthur Fel-lowship Award in 1981 for his work at that time in the history and philosophy of science.

The award, coupled with a $500,000 grant, is given by the John D. and Catherine T. Ma-cArthur Foundation annually

to a group of individuals who express creativity not on pre-vious accomplishments, but on their potential research in their fields.

Root-Bernstein’s research as a physiologist focuses on drug interactions, AIDS and the historical and philosophi-cal perspectives on science and its methods. When he isn’t researching or teaching, he speaks about the relationship between art and science at public forums.

Said chose Root-Bernstein to present the lecture this year for multiple reasons, but the spark came from a speech he made at a state conference for the Art Education Association

of Indiana.She said she believes stu-

dents, faculty and locals should attend the lecture because of how Root-Bernstein promotes and understands the benefits of interdisciplinary approach-es for increasing and improv-ing creativity.

“On a campus where almost everyone is a specialist, or one in the making, [Root-Bernstein] reminds us how knowing something is not just understanding it if we re-ally want to make a difference and have an impact,” she said. “We need the arts, humani-ties and science together for improving what we do with what we know.”

The lecture has a history of hosting other prominent mem-bers of the art community, including former director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., John Carter Brown III, and renowned ab-stract expressionist painter Grace Hartigan.

“I hope people will leave with a renewed apprecia-tion of how much artists are contributing to science and technology both indirectly, by transforming how we per-ceive the world and think about it, and also as innova-tors themselves,” Root-Bern-stein said.

The event is free to the public, thanks to funding by the Petty

family, the Margaret Ball Petty Foundation and the Ball Broth-ers Foundation.

Speaker chosen for understanding of learning, creating art

Students present:

Prism the musical

DN PHOTO TAYLOR IRBYViolet Weida performs Timon’s part in “Hakuna Matata” from “The Lion King” during a rehearsal of the Prism Project on Sunday. The project allows children to explore through music and dance.

BUSINESS LEADER SAYS TO EXPECT VARIETY IN CAREER

| CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS CHIEF REPORTER castephens@bsu.edu

Singing, dancing, rap-ping and even a treasure hunt helped illustrate one thing Tuesday night: a label doesn’t mean unable.

Students and community members saw Prism kids showing everyone what they excel at, even though they have a disability; leaving less than 15 empty seats in Pruis Hall Tuesday night.

“The stereotype is based on what these kids can-not do, but it’s amazing to see what they can do,” said Kirsti Emery, an immersive

learning participant and ju-nior elementary education and special education dou-ble major.

Children between the ages of 6 and 14 with spe-cial needs showed off their skills, whether that is play-ing the drums, dancing in a version of the fight scene from “West Side Story” or, as one participant demon-strated, how many times you can bow on your way off stage.

This year’s theme, “Prism the Musical,” used a lesson on the different pieces of a music to illustrate the way children with special needs create and achieve their dreams.

Adaptations of heartwarm-ing songs from musicals such as “The Lion King,” “Annie” and “West Side Story” to a reprisal of John Lennon’s “Imagine” all worked to show

the audience that the kids are far more than a label.

Sam Sheeks, a sophomore acting major, said she at-tended the event because she heard friends talk about how heartwarming and inspiring the five year old program had been in the past and wanted to see for herself.

“When they give kids the opportunity to do solos and showcase things in a way they normally may not, it’s a great thing,” she said.

Violet, 8, achieved one of her dreams Tuesday sing-ing the part of Timon in the group’s rendition of “Hakuna Matata.”

Violet said she was happy to finally do her solo after her first year in Prism, which gives her something she re-ally enjoys.

“I get to be myself,” she said. Claire Lefkowicz, assistant

music director of “Prism the musical,” said the most impactful aspect of work-ing with the Prism kids is watching them work so hard to learn the moves and the words, then seeing the “a-ha” moment when they per-form it exactly like she had taught them.

She said whether it’s help-ing them learn a move or just laughing with them, “the smallest things you do can make a difference.”

| RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER rmpodnar@bsu.edu

As business executive Brad Smith advised students at-tending his lecture, the key to career success is to expect ups and downs.

In the middle of starting a new business and after the birth of his only child, Smith unexpect-edly had to undergo open-heart surgery after discovering a blood pressure problem.

“That was pressure,” he said. Smith went on to become a

business executive of Milliman Insurance Corporation and serve as president of the Soci-ety of Actuaries. Last year he traveled around the globe five times for business and speak-ing engagements.

Tuesday evening, Smith spoke to a lecture hall full of students in an event hosted by business fraternity Gamma Iota Sigma. He talked about professionalism and how it related to students with his simple pieces of infor-mation and anecdotal stories about his career as an actuary.

Smith said the main things em-ployers want to know about po-tential employees is if they can do the job and if they have integ-rity and enthusiasm for the job.

“I get up everyday, looking forward to [my job],” Smith said. “I would do what I do now for free, I love it. Find that thing you love to do because it’s go-ing to take that degree of com-mitment to succeed.”

He described integrity as whether someone can count on a person to do the right thing when no one is watching. If someone cheats for years and gets caught late in life when they have a family to support, then lack of integrity can have serious life repercussions.

The importance of grades is something Smith said he fre-quently addresses when talking to students.

He said it won’t matter in 15 years what current students’ grades are; it is what they do with those grades. Good grades are important to get in the door with first employers and dem-onstrate a commitment to ex-cellence, but that commitment must be continued.

“In 15 years, it won’t matter you aced the ACT,” he said. “Your GPA won’t matter — it’s what you accomplished in 15 years. Right now, as you’re sitting here, you’re creating a personal brand and it’s your most valu-able asset.”

Smith spoke to the global na-ture of the economy and how students can set themselves apart. He encouraged students to acquire writing skills, go abroad and never stop learning.

“Your education isn’t ending when you leave Ball State; com-mit yourself to lifelong learn-ing,” he said. “The people that are successful love to learn. If you stop learning when you get your degree, you won’t be happy with your career. What you do in your 20s will deter-mine the trajectory of the rest of your career.”

President of Gamma Iota Sigma and junior actuarial sci-ence major Grant Steffen said in spite of Smith’s success, his life experience was still relat-able and inspiring.

“He has had a lot of great ex-periences,” Steffen said. “He has accomplished the epitome of what we are trying to work for. It was infectious overall because when I see someone doing what I want to do, it makes me want to do that, too.”

Executive talks keeping integrity while aquiring skills, dealing with work pressures

Children’s group performs songs, special talents

that has taken that step. Lawmakers in more than 20 states are considering pro-posals to allow armed school employees, but no states cur-rently require it, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Rep. Jeffrey Thompson, R-Lizton, sponsored the chang-es made to the bill Tuesday, saying he thought such safety decisions should be left to lo-cal school officials.

Other provisions added to the bill would prohibit any armed employee who isn’t a police officer from carry-ing a visible gun and require schools to keep confidential the identities of those autho-rized to carry firearms.

“A school safety plan is al-ready confidential,” Thomp-son said. “So this follows the protocol from law enforce-ment that you keep safety plans for any public structure confidential.”

The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.

The armed employee provi-sions were added to a Senate-approved bill that aimed to start a state grant program to help school districts buy safe-ty equipment and hire police officers who have undergone extra training to become school resource officers.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, a Republican, was a leading advocate of that program and said Tuesday he was concerned that the bill was losing its emphasis on in-creasing the police presence in schools.

“All of the work this past year highlights the value of school resource officers de-veloping the relationship

between students and law enforcement in preventing many of the dangers of drugs and weapons in schools,” Zoeller said in a statement. “Hopefully the importance of developing a stronger school resource officer program in Indiana will continue to be the focus of the final bill.”

The Ways and Means Com-mittee voted 17-5 against a motion to delete references to the armed employees from the bill.

Rep. Linda Lawson, D-Ham-mond, told the committee she supervised officers assigned to schools as a Hammond Po-lice Department captain and that she was worried that teachers or others would be ineffective in responding to

an attack.“Don’t stick a civilian in the

building with a gun,” Lawson said. “It’s wrong.”

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, sponsored the armed em-ployee provision in the House Education Committee last week and on Tuesday called steps proposed elsewhere, such as more background checks for gun buyers and limits on high-capacity am-munition magazines, simply “feel-good measures.”

Lucas said asking school workers to volunteer to un-dergo training and carry a gun would provide some additional security, while putting a police officer at all Indiana schools could cost $100 million a year.

“To me this a cost-effective solution to a problem we still have 14 years after Colum-bine,” Lucas said, referring to the 1999 mass shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School. “ ... Right now, there are some many schools out there that have no protection.”

“I’m surprised because he didn’t look like he was hateful to the world,” Chalfan said.

Student Teaundrae Perryman said he was in class when he received a text message from a friend and went outside to see a young woman being loaded into an ambulance with what appeared to be stab wounds to either her neck or head. He said he didn’t receive an email alert from the college until 11:56 a.m.

“I was concerned but I wasn’t afraid because I was with a large group of people,” the 21-year-old said, later adding, “The police got to the scene very quickly.”

The four people taken by he-licopter and two others with

moderate injuries were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Of those six, two were in critical condition and four were in fair condition Tuesday afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Alex Rodriguez said.

One student said she learned one of her classmates was stabbed after leaving the school’s Health Science Cen-ter building.

“I called to check on another classmate who was still inside the building and she said the classroom was on lockdown and she said one of the class-mates had been stabbed,” Margo Shimfarr-Evans told KHOU-TV.

The room was temporar-ily locked down, but students were let out and off campus a short time later,

GUNS: Attorney general says bill is losing its ‘emphasis’

STABBING: Several victims remain in area hospitals

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« Hopefully, the importance of developing a stronger school resource officer program in Indiana will continue to be the focus of this bill. »GREG ZOELLER (R), Indiana attorney general

PETTY LECTUREWHATRobert Root-Bernstein presenting at Edmund F. Petty Memorial LectureWHERERecital Hall, Fine Arts Building, room 217WHEN5 p.m. SO WHAT?Root-Bernstein has a doctorate in history of science from Princeton and has spoken about the relationship between art and science

« The stereotype is based on what these kids cannot do, but it’s amazing to see what they can do. »KIRSTI EMMERY, junior elementary education and special education double major

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| MELEAH FISHBURN STAFF REPORTER mcfishburn@bsu.edu

Stepping out of Mid-Amer-ican Conference play for a game against in-state oppo-nent Butler, Ball State soft-ball didn’t slow down on scoring runs.

The bottom of the fifth, the biggest inning for the Car-dinals, started off with the second solo home run of the game by senior center field-er Amanda Carpenter and ended with a walk-off grand slam by junior pinch hitter Lauren Schroeder.

Ball State’s offense proved to be a game-winner once again as it defeated Butler 11-2 in five innings.

Junior left fielder Jennifer Gilbert set the tone at the

plate in the first inning as she also added a pair of home runs, each with two RBI.

After Carpenter’s home run to lead off the fifth inning, freshman third baseman Emily Dabkowski walked to first, leading to a Butler pitching change.

Butler’s freshman pitcher Taylor Lockwood would start off sending sophomore Jessica Craft to first on a hit-by-pitch. Craft was also hit by a wild pitch to leadoff the bottom of the second.

Freshman pitcher Kelsey Schifferdecker improved her record to 9-2 on the reason by allowing just two runs off of four hits in the first four innings. She also struck out a pair of batters.

Redshirt junior Audra Sanders pitched the final in-ning and allowed no hits, runs or walks and recorded one strikeout.

The only runs Butler scored

in the game came in the fourth inning. The runs came when Butler’s Maria Leichty and Krista Hakola hit RBI doubles, which cut the Ball State lead to 4-2.

The win is the 13th out of the last 14 games for Ball State. The team’s record has also been improved to 24-11 with the win.

Ball State continues the break from the MAC schedule as the team will travel to West Lafayette for a doubleheader against Purdue today.

| DAVID POLASKI STAFF REPORTER @DavidPolaski

Ball State and Bowling Green entered Tuesday’s baseball game with identical 4-5 confer-ence records, with both teams wanting to take advantage of the midweek game to bolster itself in the standings.

With the wind blowing strong out to center field, Ball State took advantage early.

Sean Godfrey cranked a home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the first inning to give his team a 1-0 lead. Godfrey almost had his second home run of the day in the bottom of the third after Blake Beemer walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch.

He got a hold of another pitch and sent it to deep center, but the wind died and so did the ball, getting caught at the start of the warning track.

“Any day you have the wind blowing straight out like that, adjustments have to be made,” Godfrey said. “When you’re up to bat, you really want to get something high and up in the air. On the field, you play a little deeper.”

After a hit batter to start the bottom of the fourth, Wes Win-kle dropped a fly ball that could have ended the inning. The ball hit Winkle’s head, who immedi-ately fell to the ground.

Winkle was OK, but two runs scored and it was 2-1, Bowling Green.

T.J. Weir took matters into his own hands in the bottom of the fourth. After Billy Wellman singled to start the inning, Weir slammed a home run to center, giving Ball State a 3-2 lead.

After Tyler Curry doubled, he advanced to third on a Kevin Schlotter groundout and came home on Brandon Estep’s flyout to left to give the Cardinals a 4-2

lead. Kyle Raleigh relieved Weir for the top of the fifth, ending Weir’s no-hit bid.

“We knew he was going to be on a pitch count, it wasn’t any-thing more than that,” Ball State coach Rich Maloney said. “We need to make sure he’s ready for the weekend.”

The wheels came off, and it was all downhill for Ball State.

Cameron Schooley relieved Raleigh, but loaded the bases with just one out. Righty sub-marine pitcher Tyler Jordan came in, but walked the next batter to make it 4-3.

Bowling Green’s Logan Walker hit a sharp grounder to first and Estep tagged the bag for the out, but his throw to home plate was late and Bowl-ing Green tied it at four before the inning ended.

The Falcons took the lead back in the top of the seventh off of multiple singles, each which found the holes in the infield and Jordan was pulled for Miles Moeller, Cardinals trailing 7-4.

Ball State had numerous op-portunities to score, but couldn’t take advantage.

After Winkle singled to start the bottom of the seventh, Blake Beemer struck out. Godfrey doubled to left but Winkle was thrown out going to third and Wellman grounded out to end the inning.

“We didn’t take advantages when we had chances, we had some base running blunders that hurt,” Maloney said. “If those don’t happen, we get a few more batters up and that could translate to more runs.”

Ryan Spaulding hit a home run in the bottom of the eighth to cut the lead to 7-5, but it wasn’t enough as Ball State couldn’t score in the ninth and fell to Bowling Green.

Maloney and the Cardinals won’t have much time to dwell on the loss. They turn around and travel to West Lafayette to face Purdue today

DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEKJunior Lauren Schroeder receives high-fives from her team after her grand slam in the fifth inning against Butler. Schroeder’s hit pushed Ball State above the mercy rule.

DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEKSean Godfrey hit his fourth home run of the season during Tuesday’s game against Bowling Green. The early lead for Ball State would disappear and the team would finish with a loss of 7-5.

From being at the stadium during the games that season, his dream became to play for Ball State.

“I always wanted to be out here,” Mann said. “I remember during the undefeated season coming here and the atmo-sphere was just awesome. It blew me away.”

Mann had a decorated career for Delta High School as a three-year starting quarterback.

He finished with more than 5,000 passing yards and was an all-conference selection in each of his three seasons as a starter. His senior season, he threw 16 touchdowns and four interceptions.

In his sophomore season, Mann threw for more than 2,500 yards compared to just 1,566 yards in his senior sea-son. The quick reaction to the drop in passing yards would suggest his talent peaked his

sophomore season. Zgunda said that isn’t the case.“The bottom line is we didn’t

throw the ball very much his se-nior year because we didn’t have the receivers to go along with him,” he said. “He was a lot better quarterback his senior year than his sophomore year even though his stats didn’t show it.”

His numbers and his play caught the attention of Ball State. During his junior season, Ball State became Mann’s first scholarship offer. He didn’t hes-itate at the opportunity to play football close to home.

“He’s close, tight-knit kind of guy that wants to be close to home,” his father said. “When Ball State made that offer early, he took his ties off other schools and made the 100 per-cent full-time commitment to Ball State football.”

Mann’s best ability at quarter-back is his arm strength. Skros-ky and his high school coach Grant Zgunda said his throw-

ing ability is what made him a successful quarterback at Delta, even if the numbers didn’t ex-actly represent success.

“The biggest thing physically was how the ball exploded out of his hand,” Skrosky said. “A lot if kids when they release [the ball] doesn’t have that rotation that creates velocity.”

Even though most Hartford City students attend Blackford High School, there wasn’t any animosity toward him and his family when he attended Delta. After his commitment to Ball State, he received praise from the Delta and Hartford City communities.

“That speaks highly of not only to his character and what kind of a person he is, but speaks a lot for the Blackford, Muncie and Delta communities,” his father said.

REDSHIRT SEASONWith Wenning holding firm

on the starting quarterback po-sition, Mann was told he would

redshirt his freshman season, but he almost saw playing time in an emergency situation.

“During the recruiting pro-cess we’re really up front and honest,” Skrosky said. “The plan was Keith Wenning is our start-er, Kelly Page is our backup.”

Late in the season, Wenning suffered an ankle injury that forced him to miss the season finale against Miami of Ohio. Page got the start, but was knocked out of the game after suffering a concussion. Ball State was forced to use third-string Kyle Kamman.

Fortunately for Skrosky and Ball State, the team didn’t have to turn to Mann, which would have meant removing his redshirt.

“I think anybody in col-lege football doesn’t have to get their fourth quarterback, it’s probably a sigh or relief,” Skrosky said.

But not getting to play didn’t bother Mann. In fact, he said it

was more beneficial for him to focus on the weight room and adjusting to Division-I football.

“I got a lot stronger in the weight room and learned the offense,” Mann said. “Learning the offense was huge in the red-shirt season.”

HOMEGROWNThe soonest Mann could re-

alistically be a starting quar-terback will be after Wenning graduates in 2014. He will ex-pect to compete for the start-ing quarterback job the fol-lowing season.

Mann is too reserved to say he will be singled out when his time comes to be the start-ing quarterback at Ball State because he’s from the Muncie area. But the truth is, being the local quarterback playing for the area’s Division-I foot-ball team, he’s already well-known in Muncie.

“Our area isn’t well-known for football players so it’s some-

thing the area prides in that there’s a local kid out there for Ball State,” Zgunda said. “The people that have a grasp on football know who Ozzie is and thinks he’ll do well.”

It could be unusual for some-one with a quiet personality to have so much attention around him when he signed his letter of intent for Ball State last year, but his accomplishments in high school warrants the attention.

He won Hoosier Heritage Con-ference and sectional champi-onships and state rankings.

Mann is waiting patiently for his turn to be the starting quarterback, whenever that time comes.

Standing on the field after a finally warm day of spring prac-tice, Mann quietly said what he hopes to accomplish by the time he leaves Ball State.

“I just want to win a ball game,” he said.

A quiet answer for a quiet Mann.

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

GETTING TO KNOW: HORACTIO BANKS| MATT McKINNEY ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR @Matt_D_McKinney

The Daily News is introducing you to lesser-known players on the Ball State football team this spring. Check back until the Spring Game on April 20 for interviews with different play-ers and coaches. Today’s edition features redshirt sophomore running back Horactio Banks. Banks is from Chicago and attended Simeon High School. He played in 11 games last season and rushed for 586 yards and four touchdowns.

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HORACTIO BANKS

Q: What’s something that a lot of Ball State fans don’t know about you?

A: That I love my family like cra-zy. I’m a really big family man.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about Muncie?

A: I don’t really have a favor-ite thing about Muncie. I like being around my team-mates, a lot of the guys. They’re real silly.

Q: What’s one unique thing about you that most people don’t know?

A: There’s not really much to do here, that’s the only thing. But I like being around my team-

mates to keep me out of trouble.

Q: What do you do on days you don’t have practice or games?

A: Once again, go back to being with my teammates, really. The rest of the guys. Talk on the phone. That’s what I do is talk and text.

Q: What is your favorite movie?A: Paid in Full.Q: What kind of music do you

listen to?A: I listen to rap.Q: What is your favorite artist?A: Jay-Z

Ball State men’s golf finished the final round in sixth place with a score of 304 on Tuesday at the Jim West Intercollegiate, after start-ing the day in second place.

The tournament, which was hosted at TPC Craig Ranch, con-cluded for the Ball State men’s golf team with a 54-hole total of 898 (284-300-304). No. 36 Vanderbilt won the tournament with a score of 885.

Oral Roberts finished with a score of 892. Ball State’s Tyler Merkel had the best individual round on the final 18

holes for the team with a 1-over par 73. Merkel also placed the highest individually for Ball State in sixth place at 4-over 220 (72-75-73) for the entire tournament.

The Jim West Intercollegiate was the last full-team tournament for Ball State until the Mid-American Conference ChampionshipsHow-ever, the team will be in action in a recently added dual match, which is scheduled for Sunday against Indiana at the Sagamore Golf Club located in Carmel, Ind

The Cardinals will also compete April 18-19 at Prestwick Country Club in Avon, Ind., for the Butler Spring Invitational.

– ASHLEY HOLSCLAW

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TEAM COMPARISONBall State111105

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Ball State gives up lead, fall at home to Bowling Green

Cards miss out on win

TODAY Softball continues its play outside of the conference with a double header on the road against Purdue.

THURSDAY Men’s volleyball prepares for the final games of the regular season with a home match against Lewis.

FRIDAY Women’s tennis travels on the road to play against Mid-American Conference rival Bowling Green.

GOLF DROPS TO SIXTH PLACE FINISH

Cardinals crush 5 home runs in rout of visiting Bulldogs

MANN: Redshirt freshman wanted to play at Ball State so he could stay near family

Ball State stays hot, earns 11-2 win over in-state Butler

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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Authori-ties said a Ringling Bros. and Bar-num & Bailey Circus elephant was hit by a bullet in a drive-by shooting.

Circus spokeswoman Melinda Hartline said the elephant was not seriously hurt Tuesday. She said no other animals were harmed.

The elephant is part of the circus in Tupelo, Miss., for a series of per-formances. The elephant was in an area outside where the circus keeps animals at the Bancorp-South Arena.

Police Chief Tony Carleton said a vehicle drove past the arena about 2 a.m. and fired into the area. Police are investigating.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said in a news release that it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting.

RINGLING BROS.CIRCUS ELEPHANT SHOT IN DRIVE-BY

| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEHRAN, Iran — A 6.1 mag-nitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tues-day, Iranian officials said, add-ing that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.

The report said the earth-quake struck the town of Kaki some 60 miles southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran’s first

nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.

“No damage was done to Bushehr power plant,” Bush-ehr provincial governor Fe-reidoun Hasanvand told state TV. He said 37 people had died so far and 850 were in-jured, including 100 who were hospitalized.

The plant’s chief, Mahmoud Jafari, confirmed the site’s con-dition to semi-official Mehr news agency, saying that it is resistant to earthquakes of up to magnitude eight.

Water and electricity were cut to many residents, said Ebrahim Darvishi, governor of the worst-hit district Shonbeh.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog

agency said on its website that it had been informed by Iran that there was no damage to the plant and no radioactive release and, based on its analy-sis of the earthquake, was not seeking additional informa-tion. The International Atomic Energy Agency statement indi-cated that it was satisfied there was little danger.

Shahpour Rostami, the deputy governor of Bushehr province, told state TV that rescue teams have been de-ployed to Shonbeh.

Three helicopters were sent to survey the damaged area before sunset, said Moham-mad Mozaffar, the head of Iran’s Red Crescent rescue de-

partment. He said damage was particularly bad in the village of Baghan.

Kaki resident Mondani Hos-seini told The Associated Press that people had run out into the streets out of fear.

Dozens of aftershocks have been reported by the official IRNA news agency since the earthquake, which occurred at 16:22 local time, 11:58 GMT.

Iran announced three days of mourning.

The quake was felt across the Gulf in Bahrain, the Unit-ed Arab Emirates and Qatar, where workers were evacu-ated from high-rise buildings as a precaution.

Earlier on Sunday a lighter

earthquake jolted the nearby area. Iran is located on seismic faults and it experiences fre-quent earthquakes.

In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a 6.6 magnitude quake that flattened the his-toric southeastern city of Bam.

In Russia, the head of the state agency responsible for the Bushehr project said the reactor was not producing fis-sion by chain reaction when the tremor occurred.

“Personnel at the station are continuing to work in a normal regime, the radiation condi-tions are within the norms of natural background,” Igor Me-zenin was quoted as saying by the ITAR-Tass news agency.

Governor announces 850 injured in Kaki, 100 hospitalized

Iran officials say 37 people killed in earthquake near nuclear plant

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THURSDAY Cheer up! The exclusive Muncie screening of student film “Cheery Point” has arrived.

The exercise science club prepares for the Fourth Annual Jeff Clevenger 5k to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis society.

Junior dance majors choreographed their best moves for the showcase “Defining Space”

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As Bob Mattax wriggled through the bureaucratic red tape, negotiated prop-erty zoning with the city and worked with the Muncie Po-lice Department and health department, he realized that trail blazing had its prices. Muncie hadn’t been set up for a food truck to enter the picture, but he hopes to have cleared the way with his slop-slinging truck.

“Risk is just part of being a trailblazer; it’s something that’s always present,” Mat-tax said. “In Muncie, people haven’t taken this path yet.”

Slop on Top, Muncie’s first food truck, sits at Village Green Records, a fitting ad-dition to the color-splashed record store and the eclectic out-of-truck, one-man barber shop that sits on the plot off of Martin Street. Village Green Records owner Travis Harvey described the decision to host Slop on Top as a no-brainer.

“This is Muncie’s first food truck, no way I’d want to miss out on the opportunity to be a part of this,” Harvey said.INSIDE THE SLOP

Standing in the truck itself is like being in a full kitchen — gas stove, flat top grill, pots, pans, sinks and all — but shrunk to a fraction of the size. Storage proves to be a challenge, as the truck must fit the ingredients of Slop on Top’s 16 rotating recipes.

While the cuisine is on a ro-

tation, the food follows a sim-ple formula, “stuff on rice.” One day a customer can get Indian food and the next day come to the same spot and be on another continent of cuisine. Ethiopian, Mexican, Thai, classic American and vegan are on the menu.

Slop on Top manager and former Ball State student Christina McVay said that Slop on Top makes 30 serv-ings per day, which on some days is not enough to match the amount of customers.

Mattax just finished making a deal with Lahody Meats, a local butcher shop on Wheeling Av-enue. Once the farmers market opens, he plans to make that a source of ingredients.

“Food combines all groups of people,” Mattax said. “It’s a com-mon ground, a unifying force.” BECOMING MOBILE

Mattax is no restaurant ra-conteur — his experience extends to working at Pizza Hut in high school. The self-proclaimed tech-nerd gradu-ated Ball State in 2003 with a master’s degree in computer science and is a software cre-ator with a company in In-dianapolis. The dramatic and risky change in career was one that grew with watching the Indianapolis food truck scene explode and pivoted on the no-tion of “that would be fun.”

It began with a potato chip de-livery truck Mattax saw for sale on the side of the road in York-town, with bare aluminum walls and “Potato Chips” written in large print across the side.

The next two years Mattax spent single-handedly pre-paring the vehicle and in-stalling equipment, at some points crawling around in elbow-deep in snow to install the truck’s plumbing. Once he

hit the $15,000 mark in his investment, his life-savings tied up in the midst, he said he stopped keeping track.

After an estimated 500 hours, amidst the accusa-tions of friends that he didn’t sleep enough, Mattax had a complete food truck and his dream became mobile. Final-ly in mid-March, among the still wintery weather, Slop on Top was ready to serve.

“After that first Friday in March, I sat at home and cried happy tears,” Mattax said. “It’s obtainable. I hope more peo-ple pursue their small busi-ness ideas. I want more people

to pursue their food dreams.”THE MOVEMENT

In September 2011, chow.com, an online food hub for Chow Magazine, ranked Muncie in the Top 10 for col-lege towns with the worst food. Mattax wanted to see change and for Muncie to echo Indianapolis and other metropolitan cities where food trucks have become a part of the community.

“I want to see Muncie grow and expand,” Mattax said. “It’s about being the change you want to see. I’m a big believer in that.”

Kyle Johnson, GIS Coordina-

tor at the Delaware County building, has walked to Slop on Top from work with co-workers twice since it opened.

“I wish we had more of these,” Johnson said. “It shows that Muncie is getting pro-gressive and catching on to cultural trends in other cities.”

McVay estimates she sees up to 100 people bustling near the truck every day, crossing the intersection near Village Green Records. Her mission is to gain fans of Slop on Top, of-fering “stuff on rice” to the pe-destrians below, which can be an obstacle where the barriers are headphone and skepticism.

“People are hesitant at first,” McVay said. “I think it’s because of the name. At first they are skeptical and then they try a free sample and you can just see the surprise on their face.”

During the 12 times the food truck has been out, Slop on Top has acquired more than 400 likes on their Facebook page and about 75 followers on Twitter. Mattax calls Slop on Top’s growing following the tip of the iceberg.

“I hope to inspire a whole new movement,” Mattax said. “Muncie has developed as a cool place for unique beers, but in 10 years it will be known for its interesting food and music scene.”

Eventually Mattax wants to make the area more food-truck friendly by building a commissary, or parking garage specifically for food trucks. He said that his plan is not to dominate the market, but create the market itself by getting more people involved.

“I am really happy with the title of Muncie’s first food truck,” Mattax said. “I wouldn’t be happy, though, if it were Muncie’s last food truck.”

Muncie’s 1st food truck, Slop on Top, opens next to VGR

A not so ‘sloppy’ start

DN PHOTO BOBBY ELLISSlop on Top manager Christina McVay hands out food to Steven Putt, left, and Charlie Koers. The food truck, located next to Village Green Records, opened in March.

SLOP ON TOPHOURSMonday - Friday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.WHERENext to Village Green RecordsAVERAGE PLATE COST:$6TYPES OF FOODCajun/CreoleChineseEthiopianIndian/PakistaniMexicanThaiVegan

SINATRA TRIBUTE FEATURES SINGER, BSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE

| DERREK TIPTON STAFF REPORTER dmtipton@bsu.edu

A little piece of Las Vegas showbiz will make its way to Ball State this evening as a part of the School of Music’s Art of Jazz series.

Steve Lippia, a singer who regularly headlines Vegas shows paying tribute to older, tradi-tional pop artists such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, will perform with the Ball State Jazz Ensemble in “A Las Vegas Show Tribute to Frank Sinatra.”

Lippia is frequently compared to Sinatra. Some even go as far as to refer him as a Sinatra im-personator. But Lippia does not see it that way.

“To each his own, but that’s

not what I do at all,” Lippia said. “My voice happens to be very naturally similar to that of Sinatra’s, but I’m not trying to be him, look like him or emu-late him.”

In fact, Lippia is a singer of the Great American Standards. He covers songs previously per-formed by Sammy Davis Jr., Ben-nett, Vic Damone and more in addition to Sinatra songs.

Rather than impersonating them, he believes in putting his personality into the songs he sings.

“I think it’s really important to put your own stamp on some-thing,” Lippia said. “Otherwise, you sort of lose yourself to some other person’s image.”

Not only is he looking forward to playing the show, but also the educational merit it will give to the ensemble.

“It’s really challenging music, so it’s a good thing for them to be exposed to,” Lippia said. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. in

the Sursa Performance Hall. General admission is $7 and $5 for students.

Las Vegas performer Steve Lippia to sing tonight in Sursa Hall

PHOTO PROVIDED BY STEVE LIPPIASteve Lippia sings during a concert. Lippia will be performing tonight in Sursa Performance Hall for the “Art of Jazz Series: A Las Vegas Show Tribute to Frank Sinatra.”

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