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Making it at Ball StateTwo Ball State Students take the extra step in their college career

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Sprecher Russian Imperial Stout

Home Brew Recipe: Brown Ale

Jester’s Simple Wet Bar Plans

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Once brewed in Britain for the Russian Czars, this tremendously rich and thick ale uses a profusion of burnt and caramel malts. A massive mouthful of dark roasted malt and coffee flavors finishes with hints of chocolate, caramel & licorice.

Editor-In-ChiefJustin Manning

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Billions To Die For

Fresh Face In Film

A look at entrepreneur major Nick Jackson and the step he is taking to ensure his success after college.

Telecommunications major Rob Kramig is not sitting back and let-ting college just pass by. He is doing as many video projects as he can.

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Once brewed in Britain for the Russian Czars, this tremendously rich and thick ale uses a profusion of burnt and caramel malts. A massive mouthful of dark roasted malt

and coffee flavors finishes with hints of chocolate, caramel & licorice.

Randy’s Notes: “We just raised the abv up 1.0% to meet int’l standards for contests. I had a very old 22oz. bottle at a friends last fall. He was moving and found this bottle in the fridge. It was unpasteurized and just delicious chocolate and stout flavors. It was 7years old. Just shows that cold (under 40deg F.), no light and still can allow rich products to age gracefully.”

OK, Big Beer Week (more like Big Beer Month) is finally drawing to a close. We finish with a Russian Imperial Stout - a style that doesn’t really get a whole lot of love here in Wisconsin, but is ridiculously popular in the entire rest of the universe where oat stouts and milk stouts are relatively rare.

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Sprecher Russian Imperial stout

Imperial stout Specs

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Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 8.5%

Degrees Plato (Initail Gravity): 20P

Weeks Aged: 12

Bitterness Units: 32 IBU

Year First Brewed: 1994

Serving Temperature: 55%

Malts: 2-Row Pale, Caramel, Carapils, Choclate, Munich, Roasted

Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Mt. Hood, Tettnanger

Sizes: 1/4 and 1/2 Barrels, 16oz Bottles

Appearance: A bubbly, creamy brown head; dark, dark brown body with hints of Merlot around the edges

Aroma: big aroma that you can smell across the room; caramel and sweet malts; a lot of caramel, some chocolate, some earthy fruit of figs, plums and musty grapes; I really like the aroma

Flavor: the flavor is more muted than the aroma but is heavy on the fruity aspects with some cherry and dark chocolate coming through in the finish; this was served at about 60 degrees, so the temp on this perfect; some hop bitterness up front, with a roasty quality in the middle

Body: thinner than I expected, with a relatively astringent aftertaste and some alcohol burn in the gut

Drinkability: I’d drink one and be happy with it (I am!), but wouldn’t exactly rush out to buy another 4-pack; I could see myself going a few years between 4-packs actually, but enjoying it when I get around to buying it.

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Why not Russian Imperial Stouts in Wisconsin? Good question. We have a few, but really not that many. Maybe because we don’t have a huge Russian population? Eh. Doubtful. Frankly, I don’t have that many good ideas for why? Care to venture a guess? I’ll make a few guesses, but I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in them:

Guess #1: There are already a lot of really good Russian Imperial Stouts in the universe; they are expensive and time-consuming to make and consumer demand here doesn’t justify an entire batch run for most of the small breweries in this state.

Guess #2: Almost every brewery already makes at least one full-bodied stout and in some cases two and/or a Baltic

Porter; adding a third (or fourth), Russian Imperial, would clutter the brewery’s brands.

Guess #3: The Russian Imperial Stout fad is over. While they were popular a few years ago (Leinie’s made one for christ’s sake!), the fad is mostly over.

Although as a quick diversion, I know brewers in the state have experimented with cardamom or other spices in stouts and it seems like a brewery like Furthermore, whose regular stout is lighter-bodied, might be able to play with the style a little to produce a spiced Ruxssian Imperial Stout that might be really interesting and compliment their lineup.

Having said all of that, let’s taste one of the few Russian Imperial Stouts that this state does have to offer, eh?

If you would like to comment about or rate a beer send an e-mail to jlman-ning@jester-mag.com

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Summary: I like it, but I like other RIS better (e.g., Big Bear, Ten Fidy, Darkness, Yeti, BORIS); but, frankly, I don’t expect much from Wisconsin breweries for Russian Imperial Stouts - this isn’t exactly our forte, so that Sprecher even makes the attempt and doesn’t completely botch it is A-OK in my book, that it’s pretty decent is even better; Overall impression is positive, but this is a category that features a number of world-class examples that are fairly easy to come by (3 of the 5 I’ve mentioned above are all widely available here

in Madison and I’m assuming in the rest of the state) making drinking a poor one inexcusable and drinking even a decent one a fairly infrequent affair. Admittedly, I’m not a big RIS fan, though, so I tend not to drink a lot of the middle-of-the-road stuff in this style like I do with IPAs and even Dopplebocks or Porters. If you are a fan of RIS, I’m sure this one will be in rotation more often than it is in mine personally, but kudos to Sprecher for actually brewing it and doing right by the style.

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HomeBrEw Recipe

Brown AlebyBigWood

General Information

Brewing Method: Extract

Batch Size: 5 gal.

Boil Size: 2.5 gal.

Original Gravity (OG): 1.05

Final Gravity (FG): 1.016

Alchohol by Volume (ABV): 4.386%

Fermentables

Briess Dark Malt (Liquid Extract): Boil 3.3 lbs

Briess Amber Malt (Liquid Extract): Boil 3.3 lbs

6 Row Chocolate Malt (Grain): Steep .25 lbs

6 Row Patent Black Malt (Grain): Steep .25 lbs

Dextrose (Sugar): Boil 454 g

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Fuggles: Boil 1.5 oz, 45 min

Fuggles: Boil .5 oz, 10 min

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Danstar Windsor (Ale)

Brewer’s NotesAdd grains to cold water, bring to boil and re-move. Add LME and dextrose, bring to boil (60 mins). Add bittering hops (45 mins) and finishing hops (10 mins). Primary ferment 1 week, second-ary 2 weeks, bottle condition 2 weeks. Prime with 3/4 C dextrose

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A wet bar is a fairly simple project to construct. Plan ahead to get your home wet bar dimensions, supports,

and electrical needs correct for start-ers. These wet bar plans and construc-tion tips will help get all those desired wet bars out there underway.

Certainly you have sat or stood at someone’s basement or family room bar and wondered about having one for yourself. As you might imagine, I have built many bars over the years for customers. In fact I remodeled real bars in drinking establishments! Finally, I have one of my own!

Simple JobBuilding a wet bar is fairly simple.

The tough part of the job is select-ing finish materials. There are just so many possibilities! I happened to select cherry wainscoting for the front of my wet bar. This product matched per-fectly some wonderful cherry Merrilat cabinets that I have in the same room.

The wainscoting was supplied by New England Classic. This is a wonderful company that has all sorts of natural wood and paint grade wainscoting that is custom designed for your personal application or job. You simply send them the dimensions of what you want to do and they come up with a design using their standard parts.

A wet bar wall needs to support a top and shelves that might be on the bartender side. It is not a big deal. The biggest hazard or challenge is offsetting the possibility of tipping the bar over. A U-shaped bar is obviously the best de-sign. A curved wall is also very strong but presents all sorts of challenges to build. My L-shaped bar with a short wing wall turned out to be very stable.

Critical DimensionsThe finished height of a bar should

be 42 inches. Try not to deviate from this too much. The front overhang for the patron side of the bar should be 12 inches if you intend to have bar stools. If it is just a standing only bar, a 6 or 9 inch overhang will work fine.

The overhang for the bartender side is a function of your overall design. But keep in mind the rotational force of the bar top if it is a heavy stone product! If the top is not balanced to a large de-gree, it can exert a force on its own that would make the bar want to lean or tip over. I centered my top on the bar wall for the most part.

Wall ThicknessIf you can afford the space, con-

struct the bar wall from 2x6’s or better yet 2x8’s. I had to use 2x4’s because of space problems at my home. The wider the wall the more stability you produce.

Electrical NeedsDon’t forget to plan for electrical ap-

pliances, mixers, refrigerators, phones, etc. Make sure you have outlets at the right places for anything you intend to have behind the bar.

LightingIndirect lighting, hanging fixtures,

recessed lights, etc. are all possibilities. Creative lighting can really enhance a wet bar. Visit a true lighting showroom, not a big box store, and get some sug-gestions from the salespeople. I’ll bet they can give you plenty of ideas!

Granite TopsI love natural stone! My granite bar

top gets all sorts of compliments. It is a deep green granite with large quartz crystals. There is a hint of blue in my top as well. Dark granites are easy to care for. If you decide to go with gran-ite you MUST meet with the granite fabricator before you build your walls! The granite supplier will tell you how he intends to mount the top and what the rough height of the wall should be.

In my case, I had to attach a special 3/16 inch thick solid steel plate to the top of my wall. This steel plate was screwed to the wall and the granite was epoxied to the steel. The advan-tage of the steel is that it supports the stone and makes it virtually impossible for the stone to crack as people lean against it. I have thick granite, but you never know how many high school football players might lean against the edge of the bar or foolishly sit on the edge! You must plan for these crazy events.

Foot Rails and Arm Rests: After a busy day, pull up to the bar

and set your feet down on a nice foot rest. Or, hang around the pool table and lean against that fancy arm rest. What style do you need? Find out more here.

Bar Stool and Seating: What type of seating should you

have? A plain bar stool? One with a back? Perhaps even a fancy stool with a logo. Check out your options here.

Draft Beer and Wine on tap: Now that you’ve got the bar built,

you need someplace to keep everything cool. How about a custom refrigera-tor with all the plumbing to serve like the pros. Soon you’ll be charging your friends and family and paying back your worthwhile investment.

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Granite top has 11 3/4 in. overhang on patron side; 11 in overhang on bartender side.

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ipad,For the past week or so, I have been testing a sleek, light, silver-

and-black tablet computer called an iPad. After spending hours and hours with it, I believe this beautiful new touch-screen device from. Apple has the potential to change portable com-

puting profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop. It could even help, eventually, to propel the finger-driven, multitouch user interface ahead of the mouse-driven interface that has prevailed for decades.

But first, it will have to prove that it really can replace the laptop or netbook for enough common tasks, enough of the time, to make it a viable alternative. And that may not be easy, because previous tablet computers have failed to catch on in the mass market, and the iPad

lacks some of the features—such as a physical keyboard, a Web-cam, USB ports and multitasking—that most laptop or netbook users have come to expect.

All in all, however, the iPad is an advance in making more-sophisticated computing possible via a simple touch interface on a slender, light device. Only time will tell if it’s a real chal-lenger to the laptop and netbook.

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The United States will swear off the development of new generations of nuclear weapons and will not use its existing

arsenal to attack nonnuclear states that are in compliance with nonproliferation agreements, the Obama administration said Tuesday.

The shift, a consequence of the government's Nuclear Posture Review, reflects the administration's changing view of the role of nuclear weapons in a post-Cold War world struggling to control the spread of potential devastating military technology.

Among other things, the new

American stance is meant to provide an incentive for countries to stay within the rules of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior administration official said.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, announced the change two days before President Obama is to sign a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia that reduces both countries' missile stockpiles.

The new policy "recognizes that the greatest threat to U.S. and global

not conduct nuclear testing and the administration will seek ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

The position "provides a road map" to help achieve Obama's "long-term goal of a nuclear-free world," Gates added. It removes a "calculated ambiguity" in past U.S. nuclear policy while making clear that "this is a weapon of last resort," he said.

Gates also noted, however, the new policy sends a "strong message" to

states such as Iran and North Korea."If you're going to play by the

rules [of the nonproliferation treaty], we will undertake certain obligations to you," he said. "But if you're not going to play by the rules ... all options are on the table."

Gates made clear that if a nonnuclear state uses chemical or biological weapons, it could still be subjected to a massive conventional response. He also warned the United States "reserves the right to make any adjustment to this policy" warranted by the future development of

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NEW: Republican senators say money commitment is "woefully inadequate."

U.N. chief calls new policy a reaffirmation of commitment to "nuclear-free world."

Stance sends strong message to Iran and North Korea, U.S. defense chief says.

Announcement comes two days before President Obama signs new arms pact with Russia.

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security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states," Obama said later in a statement.

"Moreover, it recognizes that our national security and that of our allies and partners can be increasingly defended by America's unsurpassed conventional military capabilities and strong missile defenses."

Obama stressed that "preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is now at the top of America's nuclear agenda."

He noted the United States will

biological weapons.The new nuclear strategy calls for a

halt to the development of new nuclear weapons and for an extension of the life of existing U.S. warheads.

In response to Obama's announcement, Arizona's two Republican senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl, issued a joint statement questioning the size of the government's desired financial investment in the new policy and the wisdom of limiting options for responding to attacks against the United States.

"The amount of money committed to this ... is woefully inadequate to bring our Manhattan Project-era facilities up to date and do the work necessary to enhance the reliability and extend the life of our warheads, all while maintaining the current stockpile," the statement by McCain and Kyl said. "This funding insufficiency must be corrected."

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National Championship Game: Butler vs. Duke:

NCAA Tournament Second Round: Northern Iowa- Kansas:

SEC Championship Game: Mississippi State-Kentucky:

Whether you believed the pregame hype that Butler was a major underdog heading in or not – you probably shouldn’t have, considering they’d already beaten Syracuse, Kansas State and Michigan State in the tournament – there’s no doubt that the Bulldogs left an indelible impression on the whole college basketball world.

I was lucky enough to catch a replay of this game within the last week on CBS College Sports, and let me tell you, Kansas did not “lose,” this game, as much as Northern Iowa went ahead and took it from them.

The Panthers played incredible defense against one of the nation’s best teams, got to every loose ball, and Ali Farokmanesh’s corner three left us with the shot of the tournament

Coming in, we knew what was on the line in Nashville when these two teams played: For Mississippi State it was “win or go home,” and for Kentucky, the Wildcats were trying to wrap up a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

And what we got was a thriller and instant classic. Mississippi State would take a lead. The two teams went to overtime, and Kentucky barely survived.

Teams To Look Out For in 2011:

Memphis:

Florida:

Notre Dame:

Everyone expected that Josh Pastner would need some time to get Memphis back on top after Calipari left Beale Street right around this time last year. But nobody expected him to do it this quick, except for maybe Pastner himself.

The second year coach will welcome the No. 1 ranked re-cruiting class to Memphis next year, headlined by three top 15 players: guard Joe Jackson, and forwards Jelan Kendrick and Will Barton.

Memphis will be back in 2011. Don’t be surprised if it’s all the way to the Final Four.

The Gators made it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time this year since winning the title in 2007. Don’t expect their next trip to take so long.

Florida didn’t have a one senior on their roster this year, and don’t have a single player who is expected to seriously con-sider heading to the pros. And when you add in tough and rugged McDonald’s All-American Patric Young, the Gators will officially have their bite back in 2011.

Remember how good Notre Dame looked when Luke Haran-gody went out with an injury toward the end of the season? Could they look even better in 2011 without him entirely?

Watch out for forward Tim Abromaitis. He might be a dark horse Big East Player of the Year candidate.ByAlanSilverleib

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to Die ForBillions

“I want to make a billion dollars! I will not be happy until I hit that goal. I am going to devote my life to making that money.”

A story of one man’s life quest for money and what he is doing to get it.

ByJustinManning

He is majoring in entrepreneur-ship and has no set career. Nick knows one thing though, that he wants to make money. He just doesn’t want to make money. He wants to make a lot of money.

“I want to make a billion dol-lars,” said Nick, “I will not be happy until I hit that goal. I am going to devote my life to making that money.”

In his fourth year at Ball State University, he has already begun the quest for that billion.

After his freshmen year, Nick bought a house on Beechwood Avenue. He was planning on rent-ing it out to pay the mortgage. At 19 years old he was already think-ing about the long-term. Who does that? Most college students are focus on girls and partying.

He tries to make a plan before going into anything. Sometimes his plan works. When he rented the house, he made one big mistake. He rented it to some of his friends. That is one of the biggest rule breakers. You never do business with friends.

“They fucked up my house,” he said, “they had no respect for any of my shit!”

Walking into his house I could see what they did. There were trim pieces missing and burns in the carpet. The doors look like they have been busted in a few times. The house looked like it was con-demned.

He spent weeks cleaning and painting to get it ready for the next set of students that will live in the house. Unfortunately not many students wanted to rent the house. After all the time cleaning it up, the house is still not in the best shape. The carpets are still burnt and stained; the doors still have holes.

He eventually found two people to rent the house. It was not as many as he wanted but he took what he could get. Nick’s next ven-ture was to start a business.

“That is what I want to do after college,” he said, “I don’t want to work for someone else. I want to

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First House that Nick Jackson’s painting business ever painted. It was a training house in Muncie that he used to see where every em-ployee was at before taking them to Fishers to paint.

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Equipment that is used by everyone of Nick Jackson’s employees. This is just some of the basic equipment that a painter uses: brush, roller, screen and bucket.

ick Jackson! That is the name Steve and Katie Jackson gave their son when he was born in 1988. But this is not a biography of Nick’s life. This is about his one goal. A goal he has had sense he can remember. Most people have a specific career in mind that they will stick to and make a living off of.

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Nick Jackson painting on one of his job sites. The owner/manager of the Fort Wayne area of college pro painters gets his hands dirty as he gets involved in painting one of his customers houses.

work for myself.”Making his own hours and mak-

ing as much money as he can is his ultimate goal. He said he would feel trapped in someone else’s business. It will not be his own so there is no way he would be happy.

“There were not many jobs I have had that I like working for people,” he said.

In the spring semester of 2009 the general manager of College Pro Painter’s Midwest division ap-proached him. Nick was instantly intrigued. College Pro gave him Fishers, Ind. He was to start a painting business.

“I didn’t know what the hell I was doing,” he said, “I have never ran a business and I didn’t know the first thing to running it the right way. I’m just glad they gave me a little assistances.”

He said the general manager’s job was to see that his was doing everything possible to start a suc-cessful business. They had weekly meetings and daily phone calls. Nick was provided with all of the

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Fresh start to the same business that was run last year. Nick Jackson paints the first house of the second year in business. He is hoping the experience from last year will pay off.

paperwork and training they said was needed.

Eventually they had to step back and see how it went. That started over the summer. Nick hired his painters and bought the supplies.

“It was a rough summer,” he said. “I made the best of it, but I didn’t know how unprepared I was until we worked on a couple of jobs.”

With a low level of training the painters were slow and made mis-takes. Nick said that is not all their fault. He did not make a big effort

to train them properly.“We tried our best,” said a

painter, “but I know I didn’t have much experience painting. We got a quick lesson and then was sent to paint a house.”

The painter said their first house took almost double the time it was supposed to. He said they were just getting a use to everything and not really confident. It changed on the rest of their jobs. There was some improvement. They did improve but not to the level that Nick wanted them to be at.

There were many mistakes from both parties in Nick’s first year of business. I was trying to do too much he said. I should of trained them better and held them more responsible. The fact that he hired friends didn’t help either he said.

“I couldn’t be a dick to my friends and hold them as respon-sible as I should have,” said Nick. “I needed to focus on more of the administrative side but I couldn’t.”

Nick didn’t know how to be a boss to people he knew. He was letting friends come into business. So he tried to be helpful and do anything he could to make it easy for employees.

“He made one of the biggest mistakes,” said Casey Clark, general manger of Midwest, “he hired his friends. That cause him to put too much interest into making them happy, instead of doing what is right for the business.”

Nick said he definitely made things too hard on himself. He now knows he needs to focus on admin-istration and let the painters paint. He is not doing continuing the busi-ness in Fishers. He moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he is originally from.

“I am a lot more prepared for this year,” he said, “I started early. I hired early and I’m definitely hav-ing a more intense training. You will hardly see me at the job site. It will be up to the people I hire to be responsible. I will have rewards and consequences set to ensure that.”

Nick hopes to do $100,000 in business this summer, which would be a huge increase from the $20,000 he did the pervious year.

“Oh I will make my goal,” he said!

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teven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino are some of the great directors in the movie industry. Although none of them graduated from Ball State Universi-ty, there are going to be a good line of directors coming out of the tele-communications sequence soon.

One of those students could pos-sible be Rob Kramig. If he doesn’t get noticed for his talent he will definitely get noticed for his work ethic. In his senior year he has done over a dozen projects and maxed out his immersion credits.

Rushing to graduate in the fall 2010 semester he packs as many projects between his classes as he can. He even did a semester long immersive learning project where 15 students created a documentary

on starting a business.In this video Rob got to display

his camera and editing skills. The video was a great success and de-buted in downtown Muncie at the convention center.

“It was a great project,” Rob said, “I learned so much. It was a good real world experience and we got to travel so that was cool.”

They showcased a couple busi-nesses from Muncie, but the big opportunity was interviewing the owners of Big Sky Brewing Com-pany in Missoula, Montana.

“That was a great trip,” he said, “everyone had a blast and we got some really good video too.”

They were in Montana for three days to see how the business was run and to ask what they did to get

it started.Make this video use most of his

immersive learning credits. He had to find different ways to do outside work. That was not too hard for him. The work practically fell into his lap.

“My professors would just come up to me and say ‘hey Rob you want to make a video,’” he said, “I always say yeah. I figure the more experience I get the better.”

Most of the projects are just commercials for local businesses. One of the videos was for Doc’s Music Hall in downtown Muncie. He said sometimes coming up with a concept for the commercial is the hardest part. You have to think about every detail and think how you are going to shot it.

For the Doc’s commercial he said it wasn’t too hard. They went with a simple concept of a concert, but shot from the performers point of view.

One of the projects his professor presented to him was a video to submit with Muncie’s application for Google’s Internet test cities.

“My professor said it was not necessary, but it could not hurt to send one in,” said Rob. “I had a lot of fun with this one. My professor said to run with it so I did.”

One of Rob’s last big projects before he graduates is over the summer. He and a group of stu-dents from various majors will be making a horror film.

“This is actually for a class,” he said, “we are spending the whole semester coming up with the concept and doing all the pre-production work. Over the summer is when all the filming and editing will take place.”

The two main sequences that will be working on this project will be of course telecommunications, which will film, edit, etc. and the-ater, which will provide the actors.

Pre-production is just as an extensive, if not more, than produc-tion or post-production. First you have to come up with the plot or main idea of the movie. Then you

sCamera on a track to allow easy and smooth motion when shooting a video. This is set up in front of Doc’s Music Hall on Walnut Street for a commerical of local businesses in downtown Muncie.

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Students work on Google project in downtown Mun-cie. The students were told to shoot a video to send with Munice’s applica-tion to be a test city for Google’s Internet service.

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Setting up at the factory of Big Sky Brewing. Rob Kramig tries to line up a shot from a railing that looks over the main floor of the factory.

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A video shoot in Dave’s ally between Doc’s Music Hall and Allardt Brain Business Service on Walnut St for a cinema entertainment im-mersion (CEI) project. Two theater students and three production students collaborate in an art video piece about zombies and gold.

Making it at Ball State Making it at Ball Stateneed to produce script.

“I was part of the script writing,” Rob said, “not a big part though because I suck at writing.”

After the script is written you can begin looking for people to play the parts. It is a tedious but neces-sary process.

Rob spends a lot of his time working in Ball Communications and doesn’t see his house much anymore. He is fine with that say-ing that it is just what you have to do.

“When I’m out there in the real world it will be the same way and maybe worse,” he said. “I don’t mind because it is definitely pre-paring me for the future.”

When Rob gets out of college, he once to pursue a career in direct-ing. With all of his experience al-ready and the work that has come out of that I say he has a good shot.

“Shit I’ll go into porn,” he said. “It is easy to do and there is good money in it. I wouldn’t mind that at all. I’m sure I could do porn for a little, build up some cash then try for the big screen. Wouldn’t that be a career?”

Indeed it would be a career; from porn to big screen. If there were anyone out of Ball State that could do that I would say Rob would be that man.

“Honestly I don’t really care how I make my money,” he said, “as long as there is money and I can start a bar when I retire.”

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Shit I’ll go into porn! It is easy to do and there is good money in it. I wouldn’t mind that at all. I’m sure

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could do porn for a little, build up some cash then try for the big screen. Wouldn’t that be a career?

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