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OUR VIEW: Nice idea, rough execution

It’s easier to make a rule than to smoothly implement it. Ball State went from having almost 20 smoking sections to having absolutely no smoking on campus Aug. 1.



Unlikely encounter in Laundromat reveals two women's secrets in Cave Theatre play

Two people meet at 3 a.m. in a laundromat — they share a last name and have never met before. As the strangers talk among the whirring and clunking of the washers and dryers, they reveal dark secrets. Out of the three shows this season, director Taylor East said “Third and Oak: The Laundromat” by Marsha Norman is “the most minimal and different, definitely the oddball of the three.” Continuing the all-female Cave Theatre series, the play tells a story that focuses on the personal darkness of being alone.



Amnesty International BSU sells cupcakes Oct. 14 at the Scramble Light to raise money for a screening of “Miss Representation.” The cupcakes were sold at different rates based on the gender of the buyer — 75 cents for women, $1 for men. DN PHOTO DANIELLE GRADY

Cupcakes for equality

Men paid a quarter more than women for a cupcake to represent the difference a woman earns for every dollar a man earns at Amnesty International BSU’s event Monday. “Generally, women make about 75-77 percent of what men make in the workforce,” Natalie Abell, an Amnesty International member, said.



	Jason Mraz will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at John R. Emens Auditorium. Tickets are still available and start at $10 for students and $25 for the public.

Mraz on campus

For the students who may have done a double take and wondered if they just saw Jason Mraz, they were probably right.


Tobacco ban leaves some smoldering

Ball State’s smoking policy is the strictest for Indiana public universities with on-campus residences, next to IUPUI, and student smokers are not the only ones complaining.



Sophomore computer science major Junhong Xu, a tai chi instructor, adjusts sophomore Japanese major Aaron Gant’s form during a meeting of the Kung Fu Club. Club membership is open to students regardless of experience with martial arts, and it hosts social gatherings as well as lessons. DN PHOTO JEREMY ERVIN

Kung Fu club serves to show culture to Ball State

Despite the muffled shouts and sirens of the volleyball game outside, Ball Gymnasium Room 125 was tranquil. Traditional Chinese guzheng music played off tai chi instructor Junhong Xu’s phone through a small, round speaker. Students stood scattered around the dance room, facing the wall-sized mirror on one side.