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The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 111 No. 8 • Thursday, October 6, 2011 • Check us out online. esubulletin.comONTHE WEB
Enrollment drops again but ‘sky not falling’
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Drugs and booze not a problem despite crime report
Drugand liquor related infractions and arrests on campus were greater last year than in previous years, according to the annual fire and safety report released last week.
There were 43 accounts of liquor law violations in 2010, 11 more than the previous year’s 32 accounts, and there were 10 drug law arrests, twice the amount of drug arrests in 2009.
Burglary and sex crimes were down from previous years.
But Chris Hoover, chief of ESU police, said that these numbers do no indicate an actual rise in drug and alcohol problems on campus.
“Statistics sometimes don’t really tell the whole story…it’s kind of an ebb and flow with drugs and alcohol,” Hoover said.
Hoover said the comparison of the 2010 figures with the 2009 figures could be skewed due to the fact that there were officers injured last year, resulting in fewer traffic stops and “self-initiated activities,” which would lead to fewer arrests being made during that
year. Hoover also discussed the procedure that the
Emporia State police follow when dealing with a drug related call in the residence halls.
“(The call) sometimes will come from a roommate who’s concerned,” Hoover said. “It may also come from a residence life staff individual. However it comes, we will go over and attempt to contact the person who reported it, gather the information (and) based on our training and experience, we’ll determine, do they have a valid point,” Hoover said.
Nathaniel Terrell, chair of sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies, agreed with Hoover in that the statistics in the report do not necessarily indicate a problem at ESU.
“(The report) shows that we actually improved,” Terrell said. “We’re a safer campus than we were in 2009.”
After examining the statistic which showed that drug related arrests had risen, Terrell said that while the numbers had increased, it was still a very small number when compared to the total population of the univer-sity.
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Emporia State’s enrollment rate has dropped again.
Following a two-year trend, figures released by the Kansas Board of Regents last Tuesday showed that ESU took a 4.6 percent hit in fall enrollment. Last fall, enrollment figures had decreased eight-tenths of a per-cent, and in fall 2009, they were down by about 1 percent.
Of the seven regents schools, ESU currently has the lowest enrollment rate, 5,976 students, a 286 student decrease from last year’s 6,262.
This most recent decrease has the administration on alert.
“We’re concerned,” said Jim Williams, associate provost for enrollment management and vice president of strategic partner-ships. “We had a sense, based on three very large graduation classes and not as large recruit-ment classes the last three years, that we were going to at some point hit this point.”
Williams said that this knowledge coupled with the recession and other factors like scholarship resources for stu-dents, the administration knew an enrollment decline was on the way.
As a result of the decrease, a tuition loss of $500,000 will have fiscal implications, according to memo released by President H. Edward Flentje last Tuesday.
The administration is work-ing to make small cuts in the operating budget to make up for lost tuition revenue, but Williams said budget allocations for student wages will be pro-tected from the reductions.
Still, Williams said “the sky is not falling” for ESU. As an insti-tution, he said there is nothing “wrong” with the university.
But one of the main factors
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‘Cuddly’ animals may pose threat to healthRocky RoBinson
Watch out for furry critters this fall. A disease that can be transferred to humans from ani-mals like squirrels and rabbits is on the loose after officials at the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks confirmed a case of tularemia in a squirrel collected from an Emporia resident’s yard.
Shane Hestings, Wildlife Disease coordinator at KDWP said the squirrel showed symp-toms consistent with tularemia, a disease caused by the bacte-rium francisella tularensis and found mainly rodents, rabbits and hares. This was confirmed after being shipped to a lab in Georgia, where it was tested again.
“We think it was a local-ized event,” Hestings said. “Sometimes it shows up in urban areas.”
Cases of tularemia have been recorded in every state in the United States, with the exception of Hawaii. There have been four documented cases in Kansas, none of which where in Lyon County.
“It is kept active and alive and transmitted among the ani-mal population,” said professor of biology John Shrock. “That is what keeps it going and only once in awhile do (humans) get in on it. Those types of disease are called zoonosis.”
Tularemia can infect humans if they are bitten by an infected insect, handle an infected carcass or eat drink contaminated food or water. But the disease is not spread from person to person.
“It is highly infectious,” Schrock said. “There is a poten-tial for it to be used as a bio weapon. It only takes 10 to 15 bacteria to become infected, usually it takes a much higher dose…but the bacteria is not air-borne.”
But Hestings said there is nothing to be alarmed about.
“People don’t need to be alarmed they just need to be aware that it is here to stay,” Hestings said.
Fever, headaches, dry cough and progressive weakness are a few symptoms that appear, usu-ally after three to five days after exposure.
“I don’t plan on going around and catching rodents,” said freshman biology major Dalton Whaley. “It doesn’t seem to be that common so I don’t think I would change my daily routine to try to protect myself.”
Tularemia can be prevented by wearing insect repellent,
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Fire takes everything but hope khaiLi [email protected]
When his apartment was destroyed two weeks ago by a fire, Tyler Zappia, senior math education major lost everything he owned.
But Tuesday night at Flint Hills Lanes, 80 friends and supporters showed up to help Zappia begin to put his life back together. Around $350 was collected to help Zappia cover the expenses incurred by the fire.
“I’m shocked – I did not expect this,” Zappia said. “It is amazing what a community can do. It’s been an awful week but it’s just shown me how great helping others is.”
The Order of Omega, the group who organized the fundraiser, sponsored the event to show their support for a fellow Greek, said Jack Sampel, senior secondary education social sciences major and president of Order of Omega.
“We saw that one of our fellow Greek members needed help,” Sampel said.
Sampel said half of the proceeds from the event went directly to Zappia.
“Being a part of Greek life has helped a lot,” Zappia said. “Everyone’s been there for me and told me that if I need anything I can come to them. It’s been eye opening to see how many people are there for me. I am so grateful for everyone.”
Friends of Zappia filled up the lanes and chairs at the bowling alley as they gathered in support of
Out of the Ashes
Senior math education student Tyler Zappia celebrates with supporters Tues-day night at Flint Hills Lanes. Over $350 was raised for his relief fund. John Henningsen/The Bulletin
the relief effort.“I am here because this is a
serious situation and if I were in his shoes, I would expect him to do the same for me and it’s a good cause,” said Mike Vaughn, junior athletic training major. “It kind of shows that in times of need people come together to help out when someone needs it. It definitely reflects well on our community.”
Josiah D’Alvini, junior secondary education major, and one of Zappia’s fraternity brothers said that the fraternity has also been working on collecting clothes for Zappia .
But the support Zappia has received has not only been from the Greek community.
Kirsten Ford, senior bio-chemistry and molecular biology major, said that she was there to support him and support the cause.
“It was a sad day when he lost all of his stuff so anything that we can do or I can do to help out, I will,” Ford said.
Donations may be sent to Emporia State University, c/o Order of Omega, 1200 Commercial Street, Box 4065, Emporia, KS 66801.
Photo illustration by John Henningsen and Jon Coffey
Infographic by Ellen Weiss
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Police Reports
September 28Officer stopped KS 984ADP in 100 E 14th block. Verbal warning was
issued for failure to come to a complete stop in 100 E 13th block.Suspect reported he was a victim of harassment.A female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in
reference to a suspicious parcel she received in the post.Female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in
reference to disorderly conduct/harassment toward herself on campus.Officer stopped KS 809DVJ at 12th and Commercial St. Verbal warn-
ing was issued for stopping in roadway in same location.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a disorderly subject at 12th
and Sylvan-The Dugout.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a possible shots fired call at
1200 Cottonwood St.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with attempting to locate a male
subject in the vicinity between 6th and 12th and Commercial and East, and also on campus.
September 29Officer stopped KS 596DVL at 1800 block of Highland. Verbal warn-
ing was issued for broken headlight at same location.Officer assisted KS XSG750. Vehicle was out of gasoline.Officer stopped KS XBQ178 at 12th and Mechanic St. Verbal warn-
ing was issued for a stop sign violation at 12th and Highland St.Officer stopped KS 813CUY at 14th and Highland St. Verbal warning
was issued for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr.September 30
Officer stopped a bicyclist at 15th and Wooster Dr. Verbal warning was issued for a stop sign violation.
Officer located a stolen vehicle, KS 885DVK, in Butcher Education Center parent parking.
Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a domestic call at 1221 Highland.
Officer stopped KS 772DBG in 200 W 12th block. Verbal warning was issued for driving with no headlights at 12th and Merchant St.
Officer stopped KS 554AXM in 1000 W 15th block. Verbal warning was issued for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr.
October 1Officer stopped bicyclist in Sector 3. Verbal warning was issued for a
one- way violation in same location.Officer responded to call of a male subject down in the third row on
the west side of Welch Stadium. Subject was treated by an athletic trainer.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with property retrieval at Twin
Towers Complex.Officer stopped KS 559BIF in 1800 Highland block. Verbal warning
was issued for defective taillight at same location.Officer stopped KS 222DBG in 1200 Highland block. Citation was
issued for a one-way violation in 1200 Market block.October 2
Officer vacuumed and replaced light bulbs in vehicle 3373.October 3
Officer stopped bicyclist at 15th and Morse Dr. Verbal warning was issued for a stop sign violation at same location.
Mike Wise reported a student’s wallet had been taken from the Student Recreation Center.
Officer stopped bicycle in 1300 Market block. Verbal warning was issued for a one-way violation at same location.
Officer stopped KS 896BLU at 10th and Market. Citation was issued for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr.
Officer attempted to stop KS 197BWG in 1800 Merchant for a defec-tive taillight. Operator stopped the vehicle on the I-35 on-ramp and fled the vehicle.
Passenger was taken into custody for possession of drugs and trans-ported to Lyon Co. jail.
October 4Linda Parks reported Al Ziesmer sustained a work injury in Sector 6.
Subject was transported by officer to Newman Regional Health.Michael Wormington reported a suspicious subject northeast of WAW
Library bothering students. Officer was unable to locate suspect.Officer stopped bicyclist at 15th and Wooster Dr. Verbal warning was
issued for a stop sign violation at same location.
Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department
The Bulletin | October 6, 2011
Briefs HALO celebrates month of heritage susan WeLTe
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica – all of these countries in Latin America celebrate their independence within four weeks of each other.
Because of this, in 1988, President Ronald Regan declared Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month, said Manuel Requenes, sophomore biol-ogy major.
In order to recognize this celebration of Hispanic culture, the Hispanic American Leadership Organization is hosting the Hispanic Heritage Month Extravaganza.
“By celebrating your heritage, you celebrate the challenges and triumphs your relatives, blood, and people have gone through,” said Juan Rosales, HALO president and junior interna-tional business administration major. “(They have) made it possible for you to be where you are now.”
The series has offered a variety of activities and events, including a Latin American Zumba class in the Student Recreational Center. HALO also spon-sored a poster contest where Emporia public school stu-dents aging from elementary to high school could draw a poster about why they think Hispanic Heritage Month is
B-ball tourney sign-ups free for students, faculty and staff
ESU Recreation services will host a 3on3 Basketball Tournament at 5 p.m. on Oct. 18. The competition will be offered in both men’s and coed divisions, with a three game guarantee.
Games will be held in the multipurpose gym in the Student Recreation Center. Teams can sign up online now through Oct. 17, at Emporia-recsport.ezleagues.ez-facility.com. All entries must be completed by Noon on Oct. 17.
The tournament is free for students, faculty and staff and teams must be affiliated with ESU to participate.
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Flu shots scheduled for next week on campus
The Influenza virus kills thousands of Americans each year. Flu shots are available for students, faculty and staff in various locations on campus in October.
The cost is $25 for faculty and staff and $10 for stu-dents, or those wanting to receive the vaccine may use their health insurance if vaccinations are a covered ser-vice. Students must present their student ID to receive the discounted self-pay price.
Clinics are scheduled from 5-7 p.m. next Tuesday in the Towers lobby, from 9-11 a.m. next Wednesday in the Flint Hills Room and from 1-3 p.m. next Thursday in the Kanza Room. Call 341-5222 with questions, or email Mary McDaniel at [email protected].
Motivational speaker Andres Lara, “The Cuban Guy” speaks to students Tuesday night in the Kanza Room of the Memorial Union. Lara’s presentation was part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Extravaganza 2011 Series. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin
meaningful with the winning artwork put in a campus wide showcase. They could also win a chance to be fea-tured in The Gazette.
“Hispanic Americans should be just as proud of being Hispa�nic as they are of being American,” Rosales said. “It is important to cel-ebrate so we can never forget where we came from and keep our heritage alive.”
The festivities also includ-ed several guest speakers. like Andres Lara, “The Cuban Guy.” Lara is an international motivational speaker and expert speaker on diversity, Rosales said.
At 6:30 p.m. tonight in Heath Recital Hall, HALO will host an Open Forum Series featuring four Hispanic professionals from the Emporia community.
“They will speak about their life story, how they got to where they are now and any challenges that they faced,” Rosales said. “(These are) true stories from real Hispanic Emporians.”
The executive board of HALO will also travel to Omaha, Neb. next Friday through Sunday to attend the National Hispanic Leadership Conference. There are lead-ership activities as well as
opportunities to network with other college students from different universities, said Pablo Loyola, sopho-more engineering major.
HALO welcomes students that are not Hispanic and is a good way to gain leadership skills and opportunities, said Veronica Garcia, junior soci-ology major.
“HALO is a great addi-tion to ESU in that like other multicultural organizations, we are giving students the chance to see a different scope of people, heritage, and lives,” Rosales said. “Diversity in America and ESU is so beautiful.”
that led to the decrease was the lack of an aggressive advertising strategy.
“We’ve been our own worst enemy in saying who we are and what we stand for and the quality of the excellence we have at a fairly affordable price,” Williams said.
Last spring, the marketing department launched the campaign “Empowered by E” in an effort to reshape the university’s image as an attractive institution.
Williams said the campaign is “leaving no stone unturned” by making use of television media, billboards across the state and other less traditional means of marketing through the use of social media out-lets like Facebook.
Gwen Larson, assistant director of marketing and media relations, said
the campaign is now being used to target new audiences of high school seniors, but the results of the cam-paign will not be seen until next fall’s enrollment figures are released.
“It will be another year before we see the fruits of what we put in place last January,” Larson said.
ESU is also working to retain students, Williams said, by looking for opportunities to offer new degree programs and partnering with the ESU Foundation to sustain scholar-ships. On-campus housing is also under review.
“We have a campus that we should be proud of,” Williams said, “but we don’t have a culture of brag-ging about why you should be here, and our biggest competitors, KU and K-State, do have a culture of doing that.”
Another factor in the enrollment
decrease is the changing landscape of Kansas’ rural populations.
Larson said traditionally, students generally come from smaller towns because the university’s size is com-fortable for those accustomed to a smaller population.
But populations in rural areas are also on the decline, and as a result Larson said the marketing depart-ment is now focusing on recruiting students from more urban areas like Johnson County.
In light of ESU’s trend of decreas-ing enrollment, Williams said he is “optimistic” for the future of the university and that students are welcome to share their own ideas to remedy the situation with the admin-istration.
“My door’s open,” Williams said. “Students are part of the solution too.”
Appeals court strikes down funeral protest ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri town
cannot enforce an ordinance banning peaceful picketing outside of funerals, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling in favor of members of Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., saying peaceful protests near funerals are protected by the First Amendment’s right to free speech.
The city of Manchester, Mo., a St. Louis suburb, adopted an ordinance in 2007 in response to activities by Westboro members, who frequently protest at funerals of soldiers with signs
containing messages like “Thank God for dead soldiers” and “Thank God for 9/11.” Church members claim the deaths are God’s punishment for American immorality and tolerance of homosexual-ity and abortion.
“These broad laws that prevent stand-ing with a sign silently on a sidewalk do not further any government interest that would justify setting aside the First Amendment,” said Tony Rothert, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Westboro members Shirley and Megan Phelps-Roper.
It wasn’t clear if Manchester would appeal. Messages left with attorneys for the city were not returned.
Several courts around the country are dealing with city ordinances and state laws aimed at keeping Westboro Baptist members away from funerals of members of the military.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of Westboro Baptist in a lawsuit filed by Albert Snyder, the father of a fallen Marine who sued the church for the emotional pain they caused by showing up at his son Matthew’s funeral.
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With a shortage of blood supply in the Midwest, this year it is more important than ever for students to roll up their sleeves and donate blood for Emporia State’s annual blood drive.
“We hit a 12-year low for blood collections this sum-mer,” said Jennifer Keller, communications manager at the American Red Cross Blood Services for the Central Plains Region. “Usually we are able to bounce back in September, but that hasn’t been the case. If this continues, hospitals across Kansas could be forced to cancel surgeries.”
Students were able to donate blood yesterday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Today is the last day to donate in Webb Lecture Hall. A booth is set up until 4 p.m. No appointment is necessary but a blood donor card or two other forms of identification including a photo ID are required.
The blood drive is hosted as a competition between Fort Hays State and ESU by the Caduceus Society and the Red Cross Club every semester. Last March, ESU was beaten by Fort Hays State University, 144 units to 237 units, Keller said. The competition continues this year.
“(The blood drive) saves a ton of lives,” said Brooke Sisson, junior pre-physician’s assistant major and president of Caduceus Society. “It’s just an awesome way to give back. I heard that one pint, like one person, saves three or four lives.”
Keller said the region needs to collect 500 pints of blood and 40 pints of platelets every day to meet the needs of peo-ple across Kansas and in Northern Oklahoma.
The whole process takes about an hour. Donors have their blood pressure taken, temperature taken, iron level checked and answer about 50 questions about their travel, medication and health history, Keller said.
“After going through the process, only about 40 percent of people are eligible to donate,” Keller said, “but of this, only a small percent actually give. So it is always important to encourage new blood donors.”
Even though many students signed up to give blood, there are some students that have reservations about donat-ing.
“Every time I gave blood, I passed out for some reason,” said Brittany Riggs, junior English education major who has previously donated three times, “but I guess I see it’s worthy. Even though I might pass out or feel sick for one day, I can help a lot more people.”
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Breaonna Cooper, sophomore accounting major, gives blood Wednesday morning in Webb Hall. This was Cooper’s fourth time donat-ing blood. The blood drive will continue through 4 p.m. today. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
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But this time around, Riggs said that because of schedul-ing conflicts, she will not be able to donate. Others can’t give blood for medical reasons.
“Because I’m a runner, it affects me when I run if I give blood,” said Carolyn Wallace, freshman elementary education major. “Also, I’m afraid of needles.”
Wallace has never given blood before because she is an ath-lete, and she is embarrassed when asked to give blood.
“I feel bad that I can’t contribute because I know it’s a good cause,” Wallace said. “(If I wasn’t a runner), I think I would consider it more. But I still don’t know if I would – I’m afraid of needles.”
Keller said donors must be in general good health, weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 years old or 16 with a
completed Parental Consent Form. Very few medications will cause a person to be deferred.
Keller said it’s rare to see any side effects of giving blood, but students should eat a good meal prior to donation and drink plenty of fluids before giving blood. Tea should be avoid-ed because it can lower a person’s iron.
She also said that the blood collected at ESU will be pro-cessed in Tulsa and tested in labs for safety, and will come back to Wichita for distribution to more than 100 hospitals throughout Kansas.
For more information, or to make an appointment for future donations, visit Redcrossblood.org. Constant blood donations of all blood types are needed to maintain blood sup-ply.
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Senate pushes for transparent administrationAn administrator evaluation bill that
was passed last spring and left unsigned by Michael Lane, former president, was a topic of debate at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday afternoon.
The purpose of the administrator evaluation policy is to review the professional performance of administrators and provide input to the reviewed administrator, his or her supervisor and the president of the university.
The bill aims to make these evaluations available to for Faculty Senate executive committee review. Administrators may also choose to make a summary of their own evaluations available for the entire faculty.
Lane’s position on the bill was that it was self-contradictory. He said that evaluations were confidential employee records and this disclosure would violate the Kansas Open Records Act and state and university policy, according to a letter Lane disclosed to the Faculty Senate last spring.
The senate voted 26-1 to send the bill to current interim President H. Edward Flentje for approval.
“We felt greater transparency and trust was needed with the administration,” said Max McCoy, assistant professor of journalism and adviser to The Bulletin. “The consensus, as evidenced by the near unanimous vote of the senate, is that there needs to be a mechanism by which those participating in administrator evaluations have some feedback as to the results. This is important, we believe, in promoting an
atmosphere of transparency and trust at Emporia State.”
Jim Williams, associate provost for enrollment management and vice president for strategic partnerships, discussed the transferrable core of credits, which he said the Kansas Board of Regents was “fast tracking.” Several university faculty across the state expressed some concern with quality control at the community college level but the community colleges and KBOR were in favor of the change, Williams said.
Also discussed was the definition of sexual harassment by federal regulations. Kevin Johnson, senate president and associate professor of business administration, said that the existing policy must be reviewed and must be updated in accordance with federal regulations.
Dwight Moore, associate professor of biology and chair of academic affairs for the senate, discussed a university policy that limits the amount of time a department can allow students to gain credit for classes after being away from campus for a certain period of time. Moore also furthered the discussion of the definition of a credit hour. The academic affairs committee is still working on this definition and looking for faculty input.
Marvin Harrell, professor of mathematics, discussed how to handle benefits for domestic partnerships. Harrell also discussed revising a portion of the Faculty Senate constitution by moving the patent policy to the intellectual property rights section of the constitution.
The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 18 in Visser Hall 330.
“We got ten out of 4,500 students on campus – that’s not really a large number,” Terrell said.
Some students also do not seem to feel that drug and alcohol are major problems on cam-pus.
“I don’t believe there is a problem,” said Todd Hauser, junior business administration major. “I feel like people have it under control.”
The statistics in the report indicate that while arrests for drug related offenses were higher in 2010, total arrests for alcohol related offenses actually dropped from the previous year.
“On campus, I feel like we have (drugs and alcohol) pretty regularly controlled, most inci-dents happen off campus,” said Jaffar Agha, senior sociology major and dispatcher for ESU police. “We rarely get people under the influence on campus.”
To view the whole the report online, go to Emporia.edu/right2know, or contact the Student Life office, 205 Plumb Hall, 341-5267, to receive a hard copy.
PROBLEM... from page 1 Unions, students join Wall Street protestersNEW YORK (AP) — Unions gave
a high-profile boost to the long-running protest against Wall Street and economic inequality Wednesday, with their members joining thousands of protesters in a lower Manhattan march. Across the country, stu-dents at several colleges walked out of classes in solidarity.
People gathered at Foley Square, an area encircled by courthouses and named for “Big Tom” Foley, a former blacksmith’s helper who became a prominent state Democratic leader. From there they marched
to Zuccotti Park, the protesters’ unofficial headquarters, where they refueled with snacks and hurriedly painted new signs as the strong scent of burning sage wafted through the plaza.
Competing drum circles went full speed on the north and south sides of the square as people continued to chant and march around the perimeter.
Susan Henoch, 63, of Manhattan said she was a “child of the ‘60s” and came out to the park for the first time Wednesday. She held a sign that read, “Enough.”
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There’s a man that walks the streets of Emporia. He’s hard to overlook. He dresses in camouflage, wears a safari hat and sports a rough and peppered beard. He reminds me of a tall, lanky Fidel Castro. I don’t know his name. To assume his class status is presumptuous. But, no matter the weather –100 degrees or 20 – he shares with us only his face and hands.
The socio-economic division in Emporia becomes more apparent as you travel north to south. The university acts as a buffer of history and stagnant development.
Go north and you’ll begin to see a collection of houses and businesses horizontal in their structure, reminiscent of the Brady Bunch. Travel even farther north and you encounter the quint-essential suburban design that any Johnson County native is all too familiar with.
But take the southern fork in the road and the picture changes dramatically. Smaller homes, with little or no mainte-nance, front porches instead of back porches and sidewalks bro-ken by time and geological forces.
The man who walks the streets is a character of south Emporia.
In the north you’ll find the elderly tending to their gardens and meticulously trimming the grass, historically and presently a status symbol. The children play inside or, perhaps, in the back-yard, away from the world. The streets are silent and well lit. The cars are perched cleanly in the driveway or tucked into the garage.
As students, we live in the buffer zone where rent, rather than ownership, reigns as the traditional mode of dwelling. But we are inundated with remnants of either faction of Emporia in our everyday life.
Do we wait to reflect on this aspect of Emporia until we are finished with it? Rather, we should understand that we are not separate from, but a part of a greater cultural locale.
We encounter townies as we ask Emporia to provide for us. At restaurants and movies, bars and Walmart, the people of this town convene to share their skills in the common interest of
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This Town Needs a MakeoverSTAFF EDITORIAL
making their lives easier. It strikes me as odd, though, that much of our interaction
with other cultures even within our city’s borders are only a byproduct of commercial needs.
The safety within our own class strata is a comfort we should consider dispensing. It hinders a genuine understand-ing of other cultures.
Consider celebrating Cinco De Mayo with your fellow Latino Emporians – not because you hold the same principles as them, but because you occupy the same space. Perhaps even attend an event that is open to any person of any age, simply to enjoy the magnificent variety of Emporia’s peoples.
Emporia’s small size provides an excellent opportunity for cultural mixing and the honing of tolerance. We should take advantage of our position at the geographic intersection of these varying environments to reflect on how we interact with each other, and the rest of the world.
Cartoon by Ellen Weiss
The Bulletin | October 6, 2011
The numbers are in and enrollment at Emporia State is down. There’s been a lot of hype lately about just how great an institution ESU is. We have a fancy new market-ing campaign, but still, the numbers don’t lie.
So the question is – what’s wrong with ESU? Nothing. We are a great institution and our students do great things and become great people.
But still, we are a social pariah in the eyes of many students across the state. Why? If we have such a stellar set of academic programs, among other appealing amenities, why did we loose nearly 300 students this semester?
The administration chooses to pin the blame on a poor marketing strategy over the last decade, America’s ailing economy and dwindling rural populations. While these all seem like legitimate explanations, we seem to have overlooked an important factor – the atmosphere of our town.
The Bulletin firmly believes that while our university, like every other university in the nation, could use some tweaking in some aspects, ESU is a top-notch campus and our students are more than exceptional. We want to be here because we can get the quality education that we deserve at a price that we can, for the most part, afford. Students know ESU has more to offer than an outrageous tuition price that only buys prestige, not an education.
But while our students receive a fiscally responsible education, we still sacrifice an important factor in every college student’s experience.
Let’s face it. We know why KU’s enrollment is enroll-ment is considerably higher than ESU’s. Lawrence is an exciting place to be. It offers nightclubs and other exciting party scenes. The social culture in Lawrence is thriving – it
makes you feel alive. The same is true for Manhattan.But yes. ESU is unique because we are a tight-knit
community of intellectuals. We like that we don’t have to share our campus with 30,000 other students, but we are also craving something more than movie nights at the Granada or the occasional “rap” concert on campus. Even our bars have little or no appeal to college age students.
The most social interaction you can get on a Friday night in Emporia consists of getting drunk at a house party and tipping cows, and for some students, they want nothing more. But what about those students who need something more than standing around playing beer pong?
The Emporia community is bland, and maybe that’s the way its residents want it to be. But our town also owes a lot our university. ESU is the lifeblood of Emporia, without it, Emporia would flounder. Emporia needs the university and the university needs the community.
If we want to boost enrollment, it’s going to take more than just a shiny marketing campaign. Billboards and television ads can only do so much. It’s up to the Emporia community to aid ESU in reversing this trend of a declin-ing student population.
We aren’t asking Emporia to compromise its family-oriented values, we’re just asking you to help put the excitement back into our student’s lives. Give us some-thing more than cowboy bars. Give us more shopping options. Give us more choices than Mexican and Chinese food restaurants or sandwich shops.
Let’s look at this drop in enrollment as a wake up call and take advantage of the opportunity to come together to make Emporia a progressive and exciting place to be – or forever be damned to obscurity.
Everybody has their own way of dealing with stress. Some people get blackout drunk. Some people smoke weed. Some people gorge themselves on junk food.
There seems to be a common thread here – all of these methods are really unhealthy.
It’s like it has become expected of our university culture to engage in detrimental, even reckless behaviors that have been made out to be fun, cool things to do. We do them with the excuse that we are in college, and these are the last few years of our lives where we can have adult privileges and use them to act like children.
It’s like there is this general attitude that makes us feel like we are invincible to any sort of harm. The thought is, “we get stressed, so let’s have crazy fun!”
This is not to say that people don’t deserve to reward them-selves every once in a while. But too many times have I seen the most stressed out people I know partying the hardest.
Sometimes we develop unhealthy emotional habits instead of doing things that are directly bad for our bodies. For example, some people simply decide that when stress knocks on their door, they should instantly give up. People want to quit school. People want to skip class because they didn’t study. People don’t do their homework because they don’t know how to do it any-way. They’ve trained their brains to simply shut down the min-ute they see a challenge on the horizon. This in no way is this an effective reaction, and yet it is a mentality that I have encoun-tered many times.
These are behaviors that we are going to carry into “the real world.” If people develop bad habits and apathetic attitudes, I highly doubt that they will instantly become productive, mature
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adults the second they leave college. There are ways to deal with stress that relieve just as much
tension without destroying your liver or sacrificing those few brain cells you have left – but I’m not going to pretend like we’re all trying to constantly self-improve. We’re busy, we’re exhausted and we don’t have the time or willpower to make big lifestyle changes. That, however, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
By this point in our lives, we’ve all heard the touts of mod-eration – and it’s about time we listened! Moderate the amount of stress you let into your life. Don’t take more credit hours than you can handle. Then, once the pressure is on, moderate your coping habits. If you binge on snacks, limit the amount of junk food in the house.
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I can only imagine that the creators of “Dream House” were trying to do something different, and I guess that they succeeded in that aspect.
“Dream House” is advertised as a horror flick, but that’s not the case at all. It’s actually something else entirely.
The film presents the audience with Will Atenton (Daniel Craig), a successful publisher from New York City who quits his job and moves to a quiet New England town with his wife Libby (Rachel Weisz) and their two daughters.
But soon after moving in, the fam-ily begins to realize something is amiss. First, they see someone spying on them. Then, they find mysterious foot-prints in the snow and rumors about the dark history of the house start to surface. The truth comes to light when they discover that the house was the site of the murder of a mother and her two daughters, supposedly at the hands of a father who is still alive.
Will begins to investigate the mur-ders and he finds a lead in the form of Ann Paterson (Naomi Watts), a neigh-bor who was close to the murdered family. As the investigation continues, Will makes a startling discovery that throws everything into doubt and sets the stage for a wild ride of twists and turns.
Director Jim Sheridan is perhaps best known for his most recent film “Brothers,” which starred Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, and is a far cry from “Dream House.” Sheridan isn’t the most prolific director and has a fairly good record, but “Dream House” just doesn’t cut it in most aspects.
While I was watching it there were no moments that made me sit back and say, “Now that’s cool.” The cinematography was bland and bor-ing most of the time, which is a real shame because there were moments in “Dream House” that could have been “wow” shots.
Much like the filming style, the acting in “Dream House” was average and nothing to get too excited about. Craig gave the best performance in the film. It’s tough to go into why his performance stood out from the oth-ers’ without delving into serious spoiler territory, but suffice it to say that his role shifts rather dramatically during the course of the plot and he shifts along with it without missing a beat.
His wife and daughters offer up enough good acting to fulfill the cutesy family moments in the movie, but aside from that they didn’t really bring anything special to the table.
But I do have to give some credit to the writers of “Dream House” for giving me a surprise. The film is a crafty movie, preying on that some-what jaded movie-goer mindset that has developed over the last several years of movies with a twist. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something new happens and throws everything out the window.
Overall, I have to say that “Dream House” definitely has its moments and the story will keep you guessing, but it’s not all that special. I’d say that if you’re really bored and you’ve had your mind set on “Dream House,” check it out. But if you’re looking for a really great film, look elsewhere.
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Off the ReelIn addition to the excitement of Homecoming this fall, the theater
department will present this year’s musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” beginning next Thursday.
“It’s very funny, very beautiful and has lots of touching and special moments for the whole family,” said Lindy Bartuff, choreographer and co-director.
Bartruff said that the musical is based on the biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob and his 11 brothers. In this play, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joseph has the ability to understand dreams that no one else can.
“It is a fast paced show that has both staging and choreography,” Bartruff said. “It’s very hard to sing and dance at the same time, so (the actors) are learning a lot of things from western to soft shoe to French to calypso and beyond, so it’s been a very fun ride for them and a very intense ride.”
Also working on the production is Jeremiah Devine, senior communica-tions major and musical director. He also plays the title role of Joseph.
Devine said that the theater department held auditions in August and the group has been rehearsing for more than a month.
To put such a large production together takes a lot of people. Devine said that there are 28 cast members as well as lighting and set designers, cos-tume designers, hair and makeup artists, sound technicians, a live orchestra, a pianist, a drummer, a guitarist, three spotlight operators, a choreographer and the directors.
“Albert Taylor’s a big place so it takes a lot of people to run a show over there,” Devine said. “So we have faculty members and students, everybody’s working on this.”
With all these members comes a great diversity of actors and actresses.Kangwon Song, senior theater major, said that this is his second
Homecoming musical since he began attending ESU. The hardest part for him has been overcoming the language barrier, since he is not originally from the U.S. Still, he said he has a great time performing.
“The musical is super fun because musicals need to be involved with dancing, singing, and a lot of entertaining stuff,” Song said. “It makes me really feel alive on the stage.”
Kayla Dugan, sophomore English major who plays a wife and a tourist, said she also enjoys being involved in the musical.
“It’s just an amazing musical and an amazing cast so it’s really fun to see everybody work together and when it clicks, like when we get it right, it’s really fun and funny to watch,” Dugan said.
But the homecoming musical serves another purpose – it helps fund scholarships for theater students.
Each year, many students receive scholarships through the theater department. Jim Bartruff, the director of theater at ESU and director of “Joseph,” said in an email that endowments from the ESU Foundation, as well as money raised through Golden Patrons, the Theatre Guild and the Homecoming musical go towards student scholarships. This year, 25 stu-
Homecoming goes ‘technicolor’BRooke schuLTz
dents were able to receive scholarships with a total of $23,350 awarded.Since the Homecoming musical is a big fundraiser for the department,
the revenue earned at this event is essential to the department. Bartruff said that typically they earn $3,300 to $7,000 from the musical and the goal this year is to bring in between $5,000 and $7,500.
The musical will start at 7:30 p.m. and will run next Thursday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Saunday. Tickets start at $8 for ESU students and $12 and $15 for others, depending on the seating area. To reserve tickets, call the ticket office at 341-6378.
Marah Melvin and Jeremy Devine rehearse a scene for this year’s fall musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The script was written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. John Henningsen/The Bulletin
When he sang his aptly titled song “I’m Ready” to nearly 400 audience members last Friday night at the Granada Theatre downtown, local alternative hip-hop singer and Emporia State junior marketing student Chad Carson, also known as CMAJOR, really meant it.
Carson has been performing for six years and producing music for 10 years. His first album, “I’m Ready,” has already sold out, 500 copies in all, since its release last May. The concert was Carson’s statement to Emporia that he is ready to let his music be heard.
“The crowd is amazing and my town is amazing,” Carson said. “They’ve been showing me nothing but love. Regardless of the num-bers, we had the community come together to support local music and that’s what it’s all about.”
This was the first hip-hop concert the theater had ever hosted according to Jessica Buchholz, executive director of the Granada.
“We were really excited to try something new,” Buchholz said. “We have never had a hip-hop or alternative rock music concert like Chad’s.
Buchholz said that the Granada is trying to expand the live music scene in Emporia.
“Sometimes it’s a challenge, but there are a lot of great bands in Emporia, there’s a lot of local talents,” Buchholz said. “It’s just getting people out to support that – it’s very impor-tant.”
The concert was advertised as “the biggest concert of the year” and got about 500 RSVPs on its Facebook event page.
Carson himself helped produce the per-formance. He invested about $2,500 into the concert with the money he earned from his first album. He also promoted the concert by distributing 700 fliers and 100 posters since ESU’s block party in August.
“I think (the concert) is a great thing in Emporia,” said Naomi Aranda, junior hospitality and culinary arts major at Flint Hills Technical College. “We’ve been looking forward to this for three weeks. We’ve never
heard of anything like this before. It’s magnifi-cent.”
Carson said that his father was a musi-cian, so he was exposed to blues and rock and roll during his childhood. He combines these styles with electronic dance music and heart-felt lyrics, which he said makes his sound unique.
“I’m so different from everybody else,” Carson said. “I’m from Emporia, Kan.– that’s not really the hip-hop spot. California, New York, Atlanta, those places already have so many people, and the market is so saturated already, and they already have their sound.”
Carson said the Midwest is diverse, so musicians here do not have to stick to one sound. The Midwest is a melting pot of styles from the east, the west and the south.
“I will develop my own sound,” Carson said. “What I would like to do is to put main-stream music out that actually has a meaning, rather than just talking about cars, women, or jewelry or money. I’d like to put out music that everybody can listen to, but is also telling my life story.”
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Saxophones, trombones, trumpets, guitars, drums, a vibraphone, a piano, flugelhorns, bass guitars and other instruments played in unison for a jazz con-cert last Thursday in Albert Taylor Hall.
“The purpose of the concert was to play great music and hopefully play it well,” said Gary Ziek, director of bands and professor of trumpet. “This concert served as an educational tool for students. They were exposed to music all around the world. During tonight’s concert, we had music from Brazil, America, Cuba – you name it.”
The concert raised around $350 for the music department and more than 170 people attended the event, including about 40 music majors and four fac-ulty members. Tickets sold at $5.
“The concert was awesome, fantastic and adventurous. I was shaking my head and feet in my seat the entire time,” said Jennifer Perna, sophomore elementary education major.
The first half of the concert featured ESU faculty and students, including Ziek, PJ Stephenson, Tracy Freeze, Riley Day, Colin Jones and John Gilmore, performing a jazz combo. Another ensemble played “Norwegian Woods,” “Eighth Avenue March” and other pieces directed by Ziek during the second half of the show.
Ziek said that jazz is “indefinable,” but that it is all about rhythm, harmony and energy.
“Jazz stands out from other genres of music because so much improvisation is involved,” Ziek said. “In a lot of other genres, what is performed is closely linked to what is on the page, but when playing jazz, there is a lot more free-dom.”
The mission of ESU’s music program, Ziek said, is to teach students about America’s native music, including jazz.
“Music is sort of like life – very important as important as breathing,” Ziek said.
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[email protected] The music department also hosted the marching band festival on
Wednesday at Welch Stadium. “I want to let people know that future plans of the music department are
available online and in the music department office,” Ziek said. “I encourage people to come to all different kinds of concerts because there are great things going on.”
The music department will host a Chamber Orchestra concert at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night in Heath Recital Hall. Tickets will be $4 for students and seniors and $5 for general admission.
Saxophone players of the Emporia State Jazz Ensemble perform Thursday evening in Albert Taylor Hall. Their next performance will be on Nov. 17 in Albert Taylor Hall with special guests. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin
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Poetry revives spirit of WAW porchkhaiLi scaRBRough
Poetry is a universal art form that helps people from all walks of life relate.
About 30 people from around the community came together last Sunday on the porch of the William Allen White state historic house for the fifth annual Poetry on the Porch reading “(We) set up these readings so we can recre-ate the spirit of the William Allen White porch,” said English profes-sor Kevin Rabas, co-director of the creative writing program. “This was once a safe haven for artists to hang out (at) but also to further their art.”
Eric McHenry, an English professor at Washburn University, read from his latest book of poetry, “Mommy Daddy Even and Sage,” which was inspired by his own children, as well as his first book “The Potscrubber Lullabies,” which won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
“It might work with a panther,’ Even said, ‘but if you see a vulture. Don’t play dead,” McHenry read from his latest book. Many of McHenry’s poems had the crowd laughing.
McHenry’s poetry has appeared
in The New Republic, Harvard Review, Northwest Review, Orion and Agni. He also reviews poetry for The New York Times.
“I liked him,” said Ashely Feist, sophomore music major. “I liked that he talked about his kids all the time.”
After McHenry’s reading, Rabas began an open mic session by reading one of his own poems, fol-lowed by a several poets from the community, including McHenry’s father, who read an award-winning poem from “The Potscrubber Lullabies.” The readings ended with Feist and Kari Bowles, a grad-uate student in English.
“I came by choice,” Feist said, “but I heard about it in class.”
Feist read a poem that she said had begun as a class assignment.
Rabas said that the WAW porch readings are beneficial to the community because poetry is a way to tell stories to an audience and create a unique energy.
“This gives students and com-munity members a chance to read their poetry and hear other people’s poetry and share in a community of the word,” Rabas said. “This is one of the oldest ways of tell-
Eric McHenry, English professor at Washburn, reads from his first published book of poetry, “The Potscrubber Lulla-bies,” which won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Sunday afternoon on the porch of the William Allen White state his-toric house. Student, faculty and community members also read at Poetry on the Porch. John Henningsen/The Bulletin
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ing stories and we get to connect to that lineage of communication through poetry.”
The event concluded with a
group poetic project written by everyone in attendance. Rabas called it the “consequences game,” which consisted of passing around
a sheet of paper where everyone wrote one to two lines from look-ing at just the line before, without being able to see the entire poem.
ESU students practice their trumpet-playing Tuesday afternoon outside Beach Music Hall. Practice was held as part of the trumpet sectional for marching band. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
Volleyball fans watch the match between the Hornets and South Baptist University during the third annual Dig for the Cure Tuesday night in White auditorium. Admission was free for fans wearing pink. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin
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Delaware mom denies trying to sell baby for $15,000NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP)
— A Delaware woman charged with trying to sell her baby to a Philadelphia man for $15,000 denied the allegations Wednesday and said she loves her newborn son and wants to be with him.
Bridget Wismer told The Associated Press that the accusations against her and co-defendant John Gavaghan are the result of a big misunderstanding by authorities.
Police have charged Wismer and Gavaghan with dealing in children and conspiracy. They were arrested Friday after detectives said they confirmed the two were involved in the sale and purchase of the newborn, and the baby was placed in foster care.
Police found the baby at Gavaghan’s house when they arrested him. Gavaghan also thanked her for giving him a baby in a note at her
baby shower.On Wednesday, authorities served
Wismer with a notice that they are asking for an emergency hearing to increase her bail. Wismer is currently free on bond. In the motion asking a judge to increase her bail, deputy attorney general Phyllis Scully alleged that Wismer posted her intention to sell her child on Facebook and intended to use the money for a trip to Disney World.
Wismer, 33, said Gavaghan, 54, is a friend who offered to help when she found herself pregnant, in a difficult home situation, and unwilling to get an abortion. She also says she didn’t want to give her baby up for adoption because she would never see him again.
“I was just waiting for a miracle,” she said, adding that she gratefully accepted Gavaghan’s offer to help. “I was so positive about what I was
doing.”Wismer said the charges stem
from confusion on the part of her grandmother, who had alerted authorities that her granddaughter wanted to sell her baby to a homosexual couple. A statement of probable cause said that a tipster advised authorities that Wismer was trying to sell the child because she did not want it and sought money for a trip to Disney World.
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Student literary journal launches new edition
After hearing stories of his grandfather for years from his parents and grandmother, Kyle Dasenbrock, senior English major, lives out his memory in his writing.
“My inspiration was definitely my grandfather. I just wanted to give some kind of justice to what kind of a person he was,” Dasenbrock said.
Dasenbrock’s grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s when he was a child, but even though he never got to know him well, Dasenbrock uses his memories of him in his writing. On Monday night, Dasenbrock got the chance to present his work at the Quivira Launch Party.
“It’s a neat experience because I’ve never had anything published before on any kind of basis,” Dasenbrock said.
Quivira is the student literary club at ESU, which has been around since the 1940s, said Kevin Rabas, the co-advisor of Quivira along with Amy Sage Webb. The group produces a literary journal each year.
“I think we have a good, active, energetic group of artists and writers that come together in Quivira, and I think we’re at a strong point in Quivira history,” Rabas said.
Rabas explained the hard work that goes into creating a literary journal. The group takes submissions throughout the year and then a group of editors is elected to read the works and find the best ones to be put in the journal. The group also helps to make any revisions necessary, design the layout and eventually send it all to Topeka to be printed.
“It’s a long process, but the product is really unique and satisfying,” Rabas said.
Along with the yearly journal, Quivira also puts out a magazine. Rabas said that about 27 cents out of every student’s required fees goes towards this publication and so it is free to any Emporia State student. Students can pick up a copy at the English department in Plumb Hall.
“As an organization we are committed to promoting literary awareness and creative writing across campus and in the community, community service events and publishing the journal and keeping that tradition going for ESU,” said Natalia Barb, president of Quivira and junior English major.
Barb said that ESU has the longest running published student literary journal west of the Mississippi, and years ago they received the Second Century award because it had been running so long.
Barb said that this year 46 authors submitted over 150 pieces for the journal. In the end, the journal is about 20 pages longer than last year’s.
“We actually had the most submissions this year that we’ve ever had,” Barb said. “I think it worked out really well. It looks really professional, so I’m happy with it.”
Barb said that the most difficult part about producing a literary journal is getting students to submit their work. The group is especially looking for artwork to be put in next year’s edition. Overall, Barb suggests that anyone who writes creatively should submit their work.
The Quivira journal is published once a year and the group will begin taking submissions at the end of this month. Students who want to submit their work can drop off a hard copy of it to the English department or email it to [email protected].
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Bill takes aim at guns
Firearms are currently not allowed on college campuses, but with the passing of a bill on the table in the state legislature, conceal and carry may soon be permitted on campuses across Kansas.
The law would make it possible for people to carry a concealed weapon with them anywhere they want to on campus as long as they have the right permit to do so.
“Even though I am in full rights to carry a gun under the conceal and carry law, I make a conscious decision every time I am off duty to not carry a concealed weapon,” said Chris Hoover, police and safety captain.
The bill is currently in the state legislature but has not yet been approved.
“This is just talking in the house…. there is no way to tell where this law would effect if it were actually to pass both the senate and the house,” said Sen. Jeff Longbine.
The law would make it mandatory for universities to put a metal detector at the entrance of every building on campus as well as have a security officer stationed there. These changes would cost ESU several thousands of dollars in new staff and renovations, according to the bill.
“I have never heard of gun problems on campus, but I don’t think that (with metal detectors) it would make people more inclined to bring a gun,” said Amanda Crump,
sophomore math major. Even though students are not
allowed to have guns on campus, they are able to go to police and safety and register a hunting license and store the firearm in the building if they choose to bring one on campus. They can take the gun if they are leaving to go hunting or if they are bringing it back to the police and safety department to hold until they choose to go hunting again.
“I would just like to get more people involved in this topic…just to get more information about this law,” Luke Drury, junior political science major. “The more information we have the better.”
People eligible to conceal and carry weapons would be required to take an eight hour class that would teach them about gun safety and then take a test. Upon receiving their license, they would then be able to legally carry a concealed weapon.
“What happens when a person with a concealed weapon decides to insert himself into a situation, fully intending to stop the bad guy, only to freeze at last the second?” Hoover asked.
Hoover said that the current firearm regulations on campus are doing well enough.
“Students on campus say they feel safe with the way gun control is now on campus. You have a student who is depressed, had a few drinks, now add a gun to that and it has just gone from a bad time to life or death on the line,” Hoover said.
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Hornets fall in Turnpike Tussle
Though they struck early on, the Emporia State soccer team was unable to finish their match this weekend with a vic-tory.
The Hornets led early over Missouri Southern before allow-ing two goals later in the first half. Neither team scored in the second half and the Hornets fell 2-1.
“These one goal losses are tough,” said Bryan Sailer, head coach. “Today it was different because we got in on the break. We got in close a couple times. The goalie came up with some nice saves. I just felt we were a step slower at times today.”
The first half saw all the scoring action, despite the rather conservative play from each team. The Hornets scored first in the 12th minute when sophomore forward Catie Hyde received a pass from sophomore midfielder Mindi Lozenski. The pass led to a breakaway oppor-
Junior quarterback Tyler Eckenrode dives into the end zone for a touchdown. Washburn defeated ESU 31-17 Saturday at Welch Stadium. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin
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Hornets strike first, but fall 2-1
Freshman midfielder Mallory Walden kicks the ball away from an opposing defender. The hornets lost 2-1 against Missouri Southwestern State on Sunday at the Pitch. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin
On a bright and sunny day at Welch Stadium, the Hornets hosted Washburn in the annual Turnpike Tussle rivalry game. This marked the 108th time that the two teams squared off against one another.
In a hard fought “tussle” the Hornets came up short against the eighth ranked Washburn Ichabods, 17-31. The rivalry is now split 51-51-6.
“It’s a big rivalry,” said senior linebacker Matt Rosenhamer. “I have some buddies that play over there and it would have meant a lot to beat those guys.”
Midway through the first quar-ter Washburn broke the 0-0 tie with a field goal to take an early lead. Towards the end of the first quarter, junior defensive back Derek Lohmann intercepted a Washburn pass and ran it all the way back to the 15-yard line, seiz-ing the early momentum from the Ichabods.
“It was a big play at the time,” Lohmann said. “It grabbed the
momentum for us.” The Hornets were able to take
advantage of the short field on a three-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyler Eckenrode to wide receiver RayRay Davis, and grabbed the lead,
7-3, early in the second quarter. Later in the second quarter, the Hornets were able to sustain an eight-play drive that covered 85 yards. The drive culminated in a two-yard touchdown run by quar-terback Tyler Eckenrode.
“Our coaches put us in good positions,” Eckenrode said. “In the first half we executed real well.”
The Hornets held the lead and headed into halftime with a 14-9 lead over the Ichabods. But the Hornets were unable to muster one touchdown scoring drive in the sec-ond half.
With the opening possession of the second half, the Ichabods drove 73 yards to take the lead 16-14. With their backs against the wall, senior linebacker Ben Carlson, was able to force a fumble with ESU recovering at the 27 yard line. The offense couldn’t take full advan-
tage of the great field position the defense handed them and had to settle for a field goal. This was the last time that the Hornets scored.
Washburn scored two more touchdowns to win the game. It was
a tough defeat on a day in which the Hornets forced four turnovers.
“I figured it would be a hard, tough-fought game and it was,” said head coach Garin Higgins. “Our kids played well… we just didn’t
make the plays at the end of the game when we needed to.”
The next game on the sched-ule is against Missouri Southern at 1 p.m. next Saturday at Welch Stadium.
tunity and Hyde chipped into the upper right hand section of the goal over the goalie’s outstretched arms.
“I saw the ball just going slowly across,” Hyde said. “So I just figured I could get there in time, and I just knew if I could get my foot on it, it would get past her. So I stretched and got it.”
Despite scoring first, the Hornets could not keep Missouri Southern from striking back. In the 33rd minute, junior forward Candis Clark scored followed by sophomore midfielder Kelly White who scored 10 minutes later.
White’s goal came off a rebound shot by junior midfielder Alicia Vonderheid, who chipped the ball over the arms of Emporia State junior goalkeeper Nikki Schmitz. White then scored on an empty net opportunity.
The second half saw ESU pick up the aggression to no avail. After registering just four total shots and one on goal in the first half, the Hornets managed 15 shots in the second half, nine on
goal.The Hornets outshot Missouri
Southern 2-1 in both total shots and shots on goal, but were unable to find the back of the net in the second half.
“It was overwhelming,” Sailer said. “It was the second time this year I think that we’ve outshot a team… doubled their shots and the second one we’ve come out with a one goal loss.”
Perhaps the best opportuni-ties for ESU came in the 65th minute. Freshman forward Jordan Foutch had her shot blocked, which led to a rebound opportu-nity by senior midfielder Sarah Anderson. Anderson’s shot was wide left.
Just two minutes later, Hyde found herself with another breakaway opportunity but was unable to capitalize. The Hornets continued to control possession, but ultimately fell to Missouri Southern 2-1.
ESU is now 1-4-4 for the year. The next home game for the Hornets will be at 4 p.m. today against Fort Hays State University at the ESU Pitch.
Men place sixth, women 10th at XC InvitationalmaRcus hix
The Emporia State men’s and women’s cross country teams held their only home meet last Friday at Jones Park. The women were led by Katie Mona, who came in first. The men were paced by Asher Delmott, who finished the race in 19th place. The women were able to finish in 10th place in the 5K while the men were able to place sixth overall in the 10K.
Katie Mona won the women’s 5K race with an impressive time of 17:30.66. This is the second fastest time ever run at the Jones Invitational. She jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.
“It feels good,” Mona said. “I’m really glad that I could run a good race at my last home meet. I will miss it.”
Overall, the ladies were able to place four runners in the top one-hundred. Courtney Maddux placed 51st, Tiffany Orth placed 82nd and Kristen Sponsel finished 85th. Cross country coach Eric Wellman said he was pleased with the overall performance of the women.
“We are doing a great job developing,” Wellman said. “I’m really proud of them and the way they have come together today on this course…our guys fought real hard today.”
For the rest of the men, runner Morgan Riggs finished in 32nd, and Jacob Bull finished in 35th overall. Delmott ran a good race finishing two places higher, 19th, than he did just one year ago. His time was 26:24.83. Overall, the men placed five in the top 60.
“I feel like I did pretty well,” Delmott said. “My coach this year has been saying I need to be more competitive in the second half of the race, so I ran a little more conservative at the start of the race and really tried to push the second half.”
Overall both the men and women had very strong performances in their only home meet of the season.
“They did a good job running on the home course,” said head cross country coach Steve Blocker. “They are continually improving each week. I think Eric Wellman is doing a great job with them and we are just build-ing each week going into MIAA and regional meets.”
Up next for the cross country team is the Haskell Invitational at 9:15 a.m. this Saturday in Lawrence.
Senior Ryan Hahn runs the men’s 8K race Friday at Jones Park for Emporia State’s Planet Sub Invitational. The men’s cross-country team came in at sixth place. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
