Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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,1 2.1ue5tern open Y Nate Parsons Community becomes center for junior tennis Campus hosts tourney by Charmaine Balsley uring the last week of July, Muncie became the center of attention for the junior tennis world as 256 top male, junior tennis players from the United States and several other countries invaded the campus to compete in the Westem Open Tennis Champion- ships. The Western Open was one of five stops on the 1987 National Circuit. The event was sponsored by the Western Section of the United States Tennis Association. This was the sixth year the event was held on campus, with Bill Richards, men's head tennis coach, as the director, Mike McK- enzie of Muncie was the assistant tourney director. The tournament gives Ball State and Muncie positive publicity in gen- eral. It's a prestigous thing that we have it, McKenzie said. While the toumament made Muncie as a whole look good, it also gave the best junior tennis players in the Midwest a chance to see the campus. It is a recruiting tool for the tennis program. But this was definitely not the primary reason for the tournament, but it is beneficial, McKenzie said. According to Mc- Kenzie, planning for the tournament every year is continuous. However, a majority of the planning took place two months prior to the event to coordinate the 650 matches that were played. Most of 66 the matches The tourna- WHS Played and Creek Muncie Tennis - - Center on poslinfe , the campus. publlclty In But the general additional court space ,, at Lucina, Woodworth and Yorktown High School had to be utilized to meet the needs of the tournament. The indoor YMCA Tennis Center was also used during the final game of the 18-year-old division finals as rain made play at Cardinal Creek impossible. The tournament was divided into two categories: the 18-and-under and 16- and-under boys divisions. Unseeded before the tourna- ment, Loren Llinas emerged as champion of the 18-year- old division. Alexander Schaad, the number one seed going into the tourna- ment, won the 16-year-old title. Most of' the seeded tournament players and winners will go on to a full scholarship at college. But none of the past winners have ever made a big impact on the pro level, McKenzie said. While the impact of the tournament was invalu- able to the players, the impact on the city went beyond recognition. The economic impact on the community during the week was approxi- mately S90,000, said Vicki Veach-Yates, sales director of the Muncie Convention and Visitors' Bureau. According to Veach- Yates, the 590,000 figure was for the amount of money spent by participants only and did not include the revenue brought into the community from a player's parents or friends. While primary spon- sorship for the tournament was provided by the Uni- versity and Village Pantry, additional sponsors were Ball Corporation, Greek's Pizzeria, Kammer Bottled Water Service, Marsh Supermarkets, Ontario Corporation, Tony's Lock- eroom and Vince's Gallery. McKenzie said the most difficult aspect of the tournament was Pat Quinn's job. Quinn was in charge of the housing for the tournament. Quinn has the toughest job and probably the most unpleasant. With over 250 fairly affluent kids and little supervision it's bound to be difficult, McKenzie said. This was the sixth year for the tournament to be at this campus-we've gotten a little better each year. Z

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Midsummergreen by Norma Creek he University turned two shades of green during the summer United States Army 'invasionf Military personnel- commanders and non- commissioned ofiicers- from Fort Benjamin Harri- son training to be Army re- cruiters converged upon the campus and the Muncie area during the second summer session, bringing with them the familiar olive drab and brass. The University hosted homeless Army personnel who left their Indianapolis base, allowing hundreds of athletes who participated in the 1987 Pan American Games to use Ft. Harrison as their quarters. In response to the personnel on campus, Chris Bachleda said, I respected them for representing our country and thought it was neat that they were on our campus. She said, I have to admit that I did feel a little superior in ways, though, since I knew the campus and they didn't. Besides the burst of green from uniforms of over 1,200 Army guests, evi- dence of the military's presence included special military parking areas secured near University Gym, classrooms reserved in Teachers College, North v Stephen Zurawzec Quad, Bell Building, Burk- hardt Building and Whitin- ger Business Building for military use and the fre- quent sound of 'choppers' as Army helicopters delivered 66 mail and ofiicials. I would never In spite have thought 3 2:2562 fl was that for theirgac- II'1l6I1S6 commoda- tions, most ,, students were unaf- fected by the military's presence. Bill Dickerson said, I saw them once in awhile, but except for the sound of the helicopters, I hardly noticed they were here. David Stout, the University s director of conferences and special events, said the goal was to provide for the Army whatever it needed, while blending it into the many other summer activities on campus. It taxed our creativity, but we managed to do everything we nor- mally do, and ttake care 00 the Army. It was an ex- ample of good coordination and cooperation on the part of the University, and the Army was pleased, Stout said. Some of the special arrangements provided by the University included changing lock cores to secure classrooms serving as Army headquarters, special phone lines in Palmer Hall-Studebaker West's dining room to handle thousands of calls to potential recruits and housing and dining services were made available in Studebaker East and West. Furthermore, University personnel were advised of proper use of military identification to make available facilities such as Bracken Library, Lewellen Aquatics Center and check cashing at the Bursar's Office. Jean Lehman dealt with many of the Army personnel through her summer job. 'That helped me gain insight on how diiiicult the training pro- gram is. Alot of men dropped out because of the high pressure situations they were put in, Lehman said. I would never have thought it was that in- tense. The Universityis hospitality not only allowed convenient housing for Pan American athletes, but enhanced the reputation of the University. University President John Worthen said, With officers and non- commissioned officers from all over the world attending these educational programs, this gives Ball State consid- erable exposure with people who are interested in education. t2f t 1. -- ...KJ h ,-at -- ARMY PARKING -....... g vThe invasion otarmypersonneldid not stop with the Campus parking problem. Special parking areas and class space were reserved for army students. vSgt. 1 st Class Brassard answers ques- tions about rocket launching to his divi- sion. Army demonstrations and simula- tions took place behind the Heatth Cen- ter. army irwasio 1-

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V- ' -F li in Q --...Q I .veil al Nate Parsons A Y Nate Parsons vDayna Bromberg from Columbus, Ohio, struggles to return a serve. The week-long tournament was one of live stops on the 1987 National Circuit. vSkip Trapp from Evansville runs to re- turn a shot. The tournament brought an estimated 590,000 into the community. V Nate Parsons vJunior tennis players from the United States and other countries compete in the sixth Western Open at Ball State. John Calvillo came from Wisconsin to partici- pate in the tournament. western 0penL1 3,