SPORTS

An open environment

It took two months for a club volleyball player to share his sexual orientation with teammates his freshman year. Austin Acel, a sophomore professional sales and French major, said he would suppress his usual energetic personality on the court.


Head coach Brady Sallee talks to the women
SPORTS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Ball State embraces second consecutive WNIT berth

After a week of leading his team in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee is taking a backseat. Ball State earned a berth in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament after a loss to Akron in the MAC Championship. It’s a national tournament that forces players to compete against unfamiliar opponents and at a high pace.



Junior outside attacker Matt Sutherland high-fives his teammates after getting a point in the match against Belmont Abbey on March 7 at Worthen Arena. Sutherland has had a total of 78 kills this season. DN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY
SPORTS

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State’s Matt Sutherland uses alternative training to improve on court

Hidden underneath a reserved personality is a driven mind. When Ball State outside attacker Matt Sutherland came to college, head men’s volleyball coach Joel Walton didn’t know how to help Sutherland come out of his shell. Walton turned to Sutherland’s club coach for guidance. “You need let him go and let him know you have confidence in him,” the club coach told Walton.




NEWS

Saint Patrick's day "cheers" from Ireland to U.S.

Not long before the snow melts and leaves return, the color green makes a reappearance for St. Patrick’s Day. People in the U.S. celebrate Saint Patrick, who lived in the 400s, during this originally nonsecular and Roman Catholic holiday with drinking, parades and maybe a few references to the “emerald isles.”


Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN/6th). (MCT)
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Governor Pence names new Ball State Board of Trustee

Governor Mike Pence named one new appointee to Ball State’s Board of Trustees. E. Renae Conley, a retired executive vice president of human resources for Entergy Corporation, which is an energy production and distribution company, was appointed to the board today, according to a press release. Conley earned two undergraduate and one graduate degree from Ball State as well as received the Miller College of Business’ 2001 Award of Achievement and was inducted into the Miller College of Business Hall of Fame in 2013. Conley also served as president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana. Frank Hancock, owner of Sport Graphics, and Marianne Glick, director of the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Foundation, were reappointed to the board by Pence today.


NEWS

Pop culture catch up

Sources: E! News Miley and Katy … Is there a feud? All this back and forth between the two pop stars is getting a little confusing.







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