Volume 2, Issue 20
February 6, 2013
Upcoming Events
February 14—Valentine’s Day
March 2-10—Spring Break
April 20—Walking Wounded
Event (more info to come
later)
May 4—Graduation!
May 11 State SVO Conference held at Ball State
(more info to come later)
Mission Possible: Ball State’s
Student Veteran Newsletter
Ball State University
Politics and Veterans
By: Emilee Wolfley
“in state residency” to
Recently, it has come to
qualify a veteran to pay inmy attention that there are state tuition if he or she is
two important bills going
from out of state.
through the Indiana Senate Secondly, Senate Bill 0115
that affect veterans and
would require all state
their educational benefits.
educational institutions to
The first bill is Senate Bill
have several resources
0177 and it deals with
available to its veterans
giving in state tuition rates such as a centralized
to veterans within 12
location for admissions,
months of their separation registration, and financial
from active duty or the
aid. It would also require a
military. To be eligible for counselor who could deal
in state tuition, the veteran with PTSD or any other
must simply have proof of emotional issues specific to
residency in Indiana, an
veterans as well as
Indiana driver’s license,
academic advisors and
registered to vote in Indispecialized fitness facilities
ana, or simply obtained
for disabled veterans.
employment in Indiana.
These are all things that
Any one of these things
our office and student
will count towards proving Veterans on campus have
tried for many years to
acquire, so this bill would
make it mandatory for Ball
State and other state
institutions if it were
passed. If you are looking
for ways to help put these
bills through, try contacting the senators who
sponsor the bill, which can
be found at this website
for SB 115: http://
openstates.org/in/
bills/2013/SB115/ or this
website for SB 177: http://
openstates.org/in/
bills/2013/SB177/. Using
your voice and becoming a
more politically active is a
right of all American
citizens. So if you like
where these bills are
headed, tell everyone about
it and make it happen!