The Delta - Spring 2014 (Volume 130, Number 2)

The Olympic Fangelist's Dream Job

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A 2010 study by the US Olympic Committee (USOC) estimates there are approximately 131.2 million Olympic fans in the United States. The most engaged group — 36.5 million strong — is known as “fangelists;” they’re the ones who just can’t get enough of all-things-Olympic. George Bauernfeind (Indiana) says he’s one of them.

Finding the Scoop in Sochi

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“Just two hours ago I was donating plasma. I was planning to go back to my house and relax but had to run to a suspicious package.” Drew Bogs (Ball State) is well accustomed to the firefighter-like lifestyle of a news reporter. Just as we were getting ready to talk for this story, he was called to report on a suspicious package in downtown Muncie, where Ball State University his located.

Splitting Lanes

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“My friend is making good money as a bartender, having the time of his life. I’m working ten-hour days in a door-to-door sales job, and I said, I’m doing it, I’m going to be an actor.”

Back Down South

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Even after four season-long shifts in Antarctica, Mark Walsh still enjoys freezing his hair. “I’ll get out of the shower, walk outside—I’ll maybe be outside for a minute at most—and when I come back inside my hair is solid as a rock.”

Letting His Lights Shine

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Every year, in Plymouth, Minnesota, Brother Mike Justak (Ball State) invests more than 500 hours in programming, assembling, and testing a six-house, sequenced, 60-minute Christmas light show. Just as every shimmer of light in the show is perfectly timed to the music played over FM radio, those 500 hours are coordinated to match Mike’s peak hours of performance on his Parkinson’s meds.

The Olympic Fangelist's Dream Job

Features

Finding the Scoop in Sochi

Features

Splitting Lanes

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Back Down South

Features

Letting His Lights Shine

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