The Bulletin, December 2 2010

The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 110 No. 12 • Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 • Emporia State University

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Food and housing costs to increase 2 percent next year

H an Y an yan@esubulletin.com Next fall, Emporia State students will pay 2.4 percent more for housing and food plans than this year. All six state universities in Kansas submitted housing and food service rate proposals for fiscal year 2012 during the regular meeting of Kansas Board of Regent (KBOR) in November.

According to the proposals, Emporia

State and Wichita State intend to increase “In the past couple of years, we knew utilihousing and food fees by 2.4 percent, ties were going to go up,” said Cass Coughlin, Pittsburg State 4.5 percent, Kansas State director of Residential Life. “One year elec3.5 percent, Fort Hays State 3.2 tricity went up 10 percent.

New Rates percent and Kansas 1.4 percent.

Last year the water went up. $3,270 ESU’s total increase includes It was a significant increase. about a three percent increase For next year, typically the Standard Room in housing and about 2 percent benefits— the amount we $3,110 in food plan costs. The Stanpaid for employee insurance All Access Plan dard Double rate will go up $90 – that amount goes up.” to $3,270, and the All Access meal plan

The three percent increase in the will go up $60 to $3,110. housing rate that ESU proposed to KBOR

Student accused of sex with minor in dorm room C harlie H eptas heptas@esubulletin.com

Annual Star Lighting Ceremony and other holiday festivities held K enzie T empleton online@esubulletin.com

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Alcoholic caffeinated drinks banned in Kansas L auren W albridge news@esubulletin.com

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Star Light, Star Bright

An Emporia State student has been charged with four felony counts of having sex with a minor on campus, according to documents on file at Lyon County District Court.

Tristan Runyan, freshman, has been accused of engaging in “unlawful voluntary sexual intercourse” with a 15-year-old runaway from Osage County on four occasions in September and October. The acts allegedly occurred in his dorm room on the fifth floor of the North Twin Towers.

The two had been dating on and off and “sexting,” according to an affidavit by Officer Jeremy Rhodes of ESU Police and Safety. The victim told Runyan she had told the police about their relationship, the affidavit said, and that he was aware someone would come talk to him. Runyan allegedly admitted to knowing the victim’s age, according to the court document, and said the runaway girl had been on campus multiple occasions.

The case was originally brought to the attention of campus police by Chief Larry Alexander of the Scranton Police Department, according to the police report.

Scranton is about 50 miles northeast of Emporia, in Osage County. After an initial investigation, Alexander turned the case over to police here.

Unlawful Voluntary Sexual Intercourse is defined

If you go to the store looking for a caffeinated alcoholic beverage like Four Loko and Joose, you’re out of luck.

Trailing behind news reports of lawsuits across the country over deaths allegedly caused by caffeinated alcoholic beverages, the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) banned the drinks from the state market.

“With the way I’ve heard it on the news, all the blackouts and deaths, what has occurred, I think it’s a good thing, but I don’t think it’s that extreme of a case. It’s the same as any other alcoholic beverage that could happen to you. I think they’re just targeting a single product,” said Trevor Wehner, senior business administration major.

According to a press release by the Department on Nov.17, the FDA found that caffeine is “not safe” when added to alcoholic liquor. The Kansas ban was effective on Nov. 22 and mandated that all flavors of the following products are no longer legal for sale or distribution in Kansas: Four Loko, Four Maxed, Joose and Max. In the message to suppliers and distributors, Thomas Groneman, director of the ABC, stated that all unsold packages had to be removed by Dec. 1.

“The distributors will come in and take it out, and then they’ll send it back to their suppliers and reimburse us for what we paid for them,” said owner of Old Rum’s Liquor Store, Bob Rumold.

Under K.S.A. 421-210, the director of the ABC is given discretionary power to govern sales of alcohol in a way that promotes “public health and welfare.”

Groneman’s message said the combination of stim-

for 2012 will generate additional gross revenue of approximately $90,000. Estimated expenses mostly depend upon changes to utility rates, fringe benefit rates or to salaries through phase three of the classified pay plan adjustments.

The additional revenue generated from the increase will be utilized to finance capital improvements in the residence halls, such as the internet in Morse and Towers, Chiller in Morse and phase one of substan-

Corky welcomes children from the Center for Early Childhood Education to the star lighting ceremony Monday afternoon in front of Plumb Hall.

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Students from the Center for Early Childhood Education donned homemade headbands and mittens on Tuesday afternoon to help kick off the Holiday Season at ESU. They sang “Jingle Bells” followed by a countdown to the more than 70 year old tradition known as the Star Lighting Ceremony. The star on top of Plumb Hall sparked to life, and the CECE students sang “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”

Little is known about the origins of the tradition, but Marjorie Werly, director of communication, said that the ceremony has been around since the late 1930s, and that the star has always sat on top of Plumb Hall. Werly said the lighting of the star almost always coincides with the night of the Emporia Christmas Parade.

“The parade is always the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and anyone can enter a float – but no one is allowed to have Santa, (he’s) always the last float to be featured,” said Jessica Leeds, Public Relations Coordinator for the Chamber of Commerce.

The winner of this year’s Parade Marshall Award was Rollers Roller Skating Rink. Several bands also braved the cold to perform, including Emporia High School’s orchestra and Emporia State’s marching band.

This year, Mrs. Claus was in attendance. She greeted children at the Kress Center, collecting letters to take to Santa and handed out candy canes.

The Holiday festivities will continue at ESU with the Fourth Annual Festival of Trees. “(Participants) can enter a category that they align with and then decorate a tree that will be on display here in the Union Main Street,” said Roger Heineken, Director of the Memorial Union.

Heineken said a panel of judges will select the best tree for each of those categories, and

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Schwarm heading to Cuba for photography L auren L au lau@esubulletin.com Larry Schwarm, professor of photography, is going to Cuba to photograph agricultural practice.

With a license from U.S. Treasurer’s Department, he leaves on Dec. 12, and plans to stay in Cuba for two weeks.

“I wrote a proposal to go to photograph agricultural practice in Cuba, because they are essentially self-sufficient and they also are essentially organic,” Schwarm said.

Schwarm is going to Cuba by himself and said

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he has never been before.

He said he was fascinated by it.

“Technically, it’s not illegal to travel to Cuba but it is illegal to spend money in Cuba, which of course you can’t travel without spending money,” Schwarm said.

Schwarm said it was difficult to get the special license without a “specific reason” which is important enough, such as having family that are Cuban and going there for a limited amount of time.

As outsiders, people can go to Cuba for research, Professor Larry Schwarm will soon be leaving for two-week visit to Cuba where he See CUBA...Page 8 will be photographing agricultural practices. Megan Gartner/The Bulletin.

How do you feel about the cost of food and housing increasing?

“That’s a disaster. I can barely afford this place as it is. We should rally or something.”

Julia Price, sophomore history education major

“It sucks because I have to come up with that much more money and I’ll be in debt even longer once I get out of school.”

Karly Kennedy, freshman political science major

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Police Reports Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department

November 17, 2010 WAW Library zone 12 Burglary. West employee entrance. Human error.

Officer stopped KS 330CKI in 1500 Market. Verbal warning for a one-way violation.

Earl Center multiple zones Fire Trouble. Mechanical problem. Recurring problem. System put in test mode.

The Blue Light emergency telephone at 18th and Morse Dr.-Old CDC-is out of order and the blue light is burned out.

Also, the blue light above the emergency phone in Free Parking is out.

November 18, 2010 Officer escorted female student from Student Health Center to Newman Regional Health.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured south doors to indoor practice facility and the men’s locker room.

Also, officer checked alarm system. Multiple zone alarms continue as a recurring mechanical problem.

Memorial Student Union zone 9 Fire Trouble-Smoke Detector basement northeast stairwell. Mechanical problem.

November 19, 2010 Lock on Beach Music Hall Room 136 needs attention. Officer contacted John King. He will come in.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS XOS964 in Sector 6.

Jordan Sanders reported girlfriend broke into his residence at ESU Apt. B-21 1201 Triplett Dr. Officer made contact with girlfriend. She had permission to be in apartment.

Middle handicap door at Singular/Trusler Hall is not closing correctly.

Emporia Police Dept. reported a domestic dispute at ESU Apt. C-30 1201 Triplett Dr. Handled by officer.

November 20, 2010 Officer attempted to locate several subjects reported to be underage and drinking in 1400 Market. No problem was found.

November 21, 2010 City dispatch advised an ambulance was sent to South Twin Towers Room 706 for a female student reporting a breathing problem.

Subject was transported by officer to Newman Regional Health.

Memorial Student Union zone 9 Fire Trouble. Mechanical error.

Recurring problem.

Resident Assist. reported four rooms on South Twin Towers sixth floor lost electrical power. Officer re-set breaker.

November 22, 2010 Parking Enforcement immobilized KS XCS920 in Kellog meters.

Parking Enforcement removed immobilizer from KS 162CBP in Sector 6.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS WUJ498 in Lot 11.

November 23, 2010 Construction employee reported criminal damage to newly poured concrete pad north of King Hall.

Tanner Monroe reported theft from 415 E 12th. Case referred to Emporia Police Dept.

Officer escorted female student from Student Counseling Services to Mental Health Center.

Officer checked the welfare of a female student at ESU Apt. D-45 1201 Triplet Dr. No problem was found.

November 24, 2010 WAW Library zone 10 northwest emergency exit door 3 Burglary.

Mechanical problem.

The magnetic strip on the northwest emergency door 3 is malfunctioning and requires attention.

Officer checked KS 264AKY in Sector 1. Operator was tired and pulled off I-35 to rest.

November 25, 2010 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 864DBF at 2301 Industrial Rd. Science Hall doors ‘A’ and ‘S’ are not closing properly and need adjusted.

November 26, 2010 Officer stopped KS 147DBG at 10 W 15th. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer assisted the Emporia Police Dept. with disorderly subjects at I-35 and Burlingame Rd. Trash can from the south side of Singular Hall is in Wooster Lake.

November 27, 2010 Officer fueled vehicle 3373.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a 9-1-1 hang-up call at 1007 East Apt.3.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with noise complaint at 628 W 6th.

November 28, 2010 Officer assisted KS 821DBF on eastbound I-35.

Officer checked KS 111BGY in Sector 7. No problem was found.

Southeast doors of Science Hall will not close properly.

Memorial Student Union zone 9 Fire Trouble. Mechanical problem. Reccurring problem.

Officer coned off parking spaces on Kellogg Circle.

November 29, 2010 The restrooms at Old Hornet Field have paintball marks on the south side.

Officer completed deposits for Business Office and Memorial Student Union.

Parking Enforcement immobilized KS 047BOH in Lot 3 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 717BXG in Lot 3.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS UTS617 at 11th and Mechanic.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS UZY882 at 809 W 9th.

Officer provided escort for two female students from 2301 Industrial Rd to South Twin Towers.

Student reported damage to newly poured concrete repair on sidewalk by east Welch Stadium.

Music Dept. staff reported a suspicious male in Beach Music Hall.

Subject left prior to officers arrival.

Officer escorted staff member from building to vehicle.

Officer secured King Hall. No custodian was on duty.

Officer checked MO SG0E5L in Sector 6. The trunk lid was opened.

Officer closed it. No other problem was found.

November 30, 2010 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 950ANR in Lot 3.

Roosevelt Hall zone 33 Fire Trouble. Mechanical error.

Officer stopped KS 393BWG at 18th and Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at I-35 and Merchant.

Parking Enforcement immobilized KS RUV531 in Lot 1.

Officer completed the deposit for the Business Office.

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Zoiks! wins regional tourney, moves on to nationals E ric H emphill

opinion@esubulletin.com For Kevin Dudzinski and Zoiks!, Emporia State’s improvisational comedy troupe, comedy is serious business.

“I love doing comedy. I’m moving up to Chicago to do improv. I have always wanted to, you know, be on Saturday Night Live and write sketches and things like that so comedy is just something I have always wanted to do,” Dudzinski said.

Dudzinski graduated from ESU last May with a degree in theater and is an alumni member of Zoiks. He and six other members of the group competed in the first round of the annual Chicago Improv. Tournament on Nov. 9.

The group won the regional tournament for the CIT held in Kansas City at Westport Coffee House. Zoiks! received the top score in the “breadbasket” region, which consisted of comedy groups from all around the Midwest.

The regional win awarded them a spot to compete in the finals of the CIT in Chicago at the end of Feb. The win also distinguishes Zoiks! as one of the top twelve improv. troupes in the nation.

The group practices on Sundays with optional practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Lucas Lehman, senior English major and the artistic director of Zoiks! this semester, said that this semester has been a productive one for the group.

“This semester has been great (for us). We have been doing a lot of cool things this semester, a lot of great

Members of Zoiks! practice their improv Tuesday night in the King Hall lobby.

Jon Coffey/The Bulletin. shows and the CIT,” he said.

Jamie Dekat, senior finance major, has been a member of Zoiks! for two years and was one of the members who competed in the CIT. Dekat thought the group performed well at the contest.

“It definitely went well (but) it wasn’t our best… We always say, you know, “we could have done better,” but I think we always try to think of the positive stuff about it,” Dekat said.

Annie Adams, sophomore communication major and another Zoiks! member who performed at the CIT said that the group’s energy played a major factor in the win.

“We were the last to perform… we brought a lot of energy to it and I

think that is why we scored such good points,” Adams said.

Dekat agreed with Adams and said that the energy the group performed with got them through the show. “(We had) really, really good energy. The audience reacted well to us.

I mean, you can kind of tell when an audience is down or something. You can kind of feel their energy. So, for us to go in at the hour and a half or two hour mark, the audience is pretty restless. We were able to keep them alert for another 30 minutes,” he said.

Zoiks! is performing a Christmas show on Dec. 8 at 10 p.m. in Bruder Theater. The group will perform sketches and some improvisational games.

FOOD... from page 1 tial remodeling of Morse, according to the proposal.

“All the houses will be wireless starting in this spring semester,” Coughlin said.

Food plan costs are proposed to increase two percent, which is expected to meet the higher food costs of dining operations, especially the cost to Sodexo, who provides the dining service in Memorial Union.

The proposal says that the increase would generate approximately $39,000 of additional revenue, which will be used to fund projected increased costs of the food service contract for 2012.

David Hendricks, director of the Memorial Union, said that the Memorial Union, as a nonprofit organization, needed to make sure that they brought in enough money to cover the expenses.

“It’s always been our philosophy to keep that percent-

BAN... from page 1 ulants (caffeine) and depressants (alcohol) places strain on the heart and central nervous system, causes dehydration, and hinders the body’s ability to metabolize alcohol, thus it does not promote public health and welfare. The press release stated that a typical alcohol energy drink is 24 ounces and has 12 percent alcohol content, making it almost three to four times the alcohol content of a 12 ounce beer.

“They said the caffeine and the alcohol didn’t mix that well… I think they said a lot of them were drinking it so fast that the caffeine was keeping them going while the alcohol was taking them down and it was just a bad deal I guess,” Rumold said.

Rumold said he doesn’t think the Department of Revenue should be able to decide what people are allowed to drink. He said people have been mixing alcohol and caffeine for a long time, with drinks like rum and coke, vodka and Red Bull and Bailey’s and coffee.

“All they’re doing is removing one step,” Rumold said. “The Four Loko just removed the step of mixing it.”

Rumold said that his business won’t be affected by the ban because consumers will just find something else to drink. Rumold said Tilt, a decaffeinated version of the alcoholic energy drink is still sold and the makers of Four Loko and Joose might bring back a decaffeinated version.

“I think Four Loko and Joose are going to reformulate and take the caffeine out, so they’ll be back on the market pretty soon without the caffeine,” Rumold said.

Wehner said that, although he couldn’t drink a whole Four Loko when he tried it, they tasted good.

“I wish they didn’t ban them because everybody seemed to have a better time when they were drinking them,” Wehner said.

age as low as possible,” Hendricks said. “The year before, there was a one and a half percentage increase on the retail side. This year it was two percent, which I think, in my opinion, is really low.”

For most college students the increase in costs of tuition and accommodation is not new. Jonathan Rivers, senior secondary education major and president of Associated Student Government, helped make the proposal.

“That’s kind of rational,” Rivers said. “We’ve decided not to raise any more than that two percent level just because so many people are still struggling.”

If the proposals are passed by the KBOR in Dec., ESU students will be charged on the new rate for the fall semester next year. The increase in housing and food rates from the 2008 to 2011 academic years will be 8.93 percent in total.

ESU alumnus died homeless in Wichita H an Y an

yan@esubulletin.com Sean Regan, an alumnus of Emporia State University, died homeless at the age of 51 years old. His body was found in the Arkansas River by Wichita police on Oct. 1.

“His was a physical death, natural death…. He wasn’t drowned,” said Blake E. Mumma, police detective in Wichita.

Mumma said Regan’s body had been in the river for a while before they found

him and he died before he fell into the river.

“We didn’t know why he was in the river. Many homeless people bathed in the river,” Mumma said.

According to The Wichita Eagle’s report, Regan grew up in suburban Chicago. His brother Michael Regan said in the article that Regan ran a remodeling business for several years in Kansas City and he moved to Wichita four years ago to join a college friend in the building business and fell on hard times.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Pay It Forward ‘Tis the season to be jolly, but also the season to be cost conscious. This year has been a tough one for the American people and our economy.

Unemployment is at nearly 10 percent, jobs are becoming a scarce commodity and nearly everyone has had to tighten his or her wallet in at least some capacity.

At a time like this, the holiday season can become a hectic time of year as everyone scrambles to ensure that it remains, as it has been in the past, the most wonderful time of the year.

The Bulletin staff proposes a couple options to alleviate some of the stress that will accompany this holiday season.

Instead of running around malls in the days leading up to whatever holidays you choose to celebrate, why not take it easy this holiday season? Instead of spending money on X-Box games and iPods, use the time you would spend shopping for these presents to spend this holiday season with family or friends. Over drafting your credit card account will not prove how much you love your family but a little family time might just do the trick.

There are also, of course, those among us who have been hit harder by the recession than most.

If the “non-consuming holiday” idea does not

appeal to you and your family, perhaps allowing others the pleasures you are subject to every year could be an option.

There are people in every community with families to care for who do not have the means to make the holidays the special time that we all deserve. The Bulletin staff urges students, professors and staff members to consider programs such as The Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family program or the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

These programs and others like them do nothing but good in any community. If you or your family have the means and would like to spread a little holiday cheer this season, these programs offer great opportunities and a chance to improve the holidays of a family less fortunate than yours.

Though it is far easier to do the same thing this year that you have done in the past when it comes to the holidays, stepping away from tradition may be more fulfilling than any gift you could possibly give or receive. Who knows, perhaps this holiday season could be the start of a new tradition for you and yours. One involving time spent together instead of in front of the TV screen or in line for Saint Nick blush with adoration. the latest gadget. Perhaps this holiday season will With a little diligence and the be filled the kind of compassion that would make proper amount of good will towards

Support South Korean Students I spent this past summer teaching English and attending an international summer school program at Dankook University in Jukjeon, South Korea. The people I met there, primarily the Korean students, were truly some of the kindest people I have ever encountered.

I mention this to you now not to brag about having been to another country, but to point to the fact that I, and the other American students who have traveled to South Korea in the past understand that South Korea and its people deserve nothing but empathy and respect from Americans.

Last week, North Korea, a volatile country at best and one that never shies away from showing the world that it is not afraid of military action, bombarded the small South Korean island of Yeonpyeong with artillery fire, killing four South Koreans.

After the attack, relations between South and North Korea, which have not been what most would call neighborly since the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953, were strained more than in recent years.

Late last week, the U.S. announced that the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. George Washington would be moved into the Yellow Sea to aide the South Korean military in the event of further attack. To me, this is an apt metaphor for what should happen at Emporia State during this tense time in Korea.

Numerous Korean exchange students attend ESU every year.

Chances are that you have attended classes with at least of few of them during your time here. Now more than ever, I urge you to let the South Korean students know that American students at ESU care about what is happening in their country.

If this situation escalates into an all out war, there is no telling what will happen to Korean students in America. The men, most likely, will be sent back to Korea to help with the war effort, and most, if not all, will want to be with their families in the event that a war does happen.

I am heartbroken that this is happening. These people have en-

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Online Commenting Policy E ric H emphill , opinion@esubulletin.com dured so much and they should not have to endure any more. I plead with American students to reach out a helping hand. Let Korean students know that we empathize with what they are going through and we, like the U.S.S. George Washington, are here to help should help be needed.

A cup of coffee, a dinner, or even a simple “How are you?” can show South Koreans at ESU that we are not oblivious to what is happening in their homeland. Yes, it seems trivial, maybe it doesn’t seem important, but to ignore that this is happening and to ignore that it affects Koreans at ESU is simply negligent.

Our country is founded on empathy. The huddled masses came to America in search of hope, in search of support, in search of the sense of community that America was built on. It is no different now. If Koreans at ESU are searching for hope, or support, or the sense of community that I know Emporia can offer, there is absolutely no reason why we, American students, cannot and should not offer a helping hand to our brothers and sisters from across the Pacific.

What’s the Matter with the Media?

Within the last few years, there is a growing trend in America that has disturbed me. Our culture has become politically polarized. It seems that most Americans can be divided into three political systems: Conservative, Liberal, or Apathetic.

I find the third option to be the most appalling, but the extreme, unrelenting unquestioning support of any particular political ideology is absolutely foolish.

I think the root of this problem lies in the mainstream media itself. This makes me sad to say as a journalist, but a great deal of 24 hour news networks must sensationalize themselves so that their particular style is known and regularly watched.

Only when all viewpoints on an issue meet and synthesize can true democracy occur. If we keep pulling farther and farther away from middle ground, we will never accomplish anything.

Perhaps you personally believe in the ethics and priorities of one political party or media outlet over another, but I urge you to remember that nothing is perfect. No single side of a coin is better than the other.

The main skill to utilize when listening to or viewing mainstream media is critical thinking.

As students, we are cultivating this skill during our stay here at Emporia State. I’m sure you have heard the term hundreds of times in different classes, but it is important to really think what it is and how it applies to life.

Who do you believe and watch more when you watch the news? Do you believe who makes a stronger emotional appeal?

Who sounds more authoritative? Who you’ve always believed?

Or do you just give up and decide to not pay attention to the news?

Cartoon by Ellen Weiss men (and women, of course) this holiday season may just be the best one of all.

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A lex P edersen , pedersen@esubulletin.com Apathy is a terrible option, as you may well wake up under the rule of a tyrant. The true solution of deciding who to believe in the mainstream media comes in thinking critically. Only by weighing all of the evidence available are we able to make an educated decision.

Therefore the key is to find out more about all viewpoints on any issue and weigh what is broadcasted in the news with everything you have learned in mind. Do not decide who or which side to believe more, but what points to believe more out of the different interpretations of issues.

Because unlike like most things we see on television, politics is not fictional. Politics is thousands of different issues that govern our lives. Sensationalizing any story does nothing.

A vote is more than a contest of left versus right, it’s a vote for someone who will control our world.

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C hris H opkins hopkins@esubulletin.com Flint Hills Cinema is bringing the newest technology to Emporia in the coming weeks with the recent purchase of a Real 3D movie projector and screen. General manager Christi Moser said she expects the equipment sometime within the next week and hopes to have the new projector up and running before the end of the year.

“We have updated almost everything else except for the projectors themselves, which have been here since the theater opened in 1994,” Moser said. “I think it will be good for the theater because it’s new and exciting for our customers and maybe now we won’t lose as many customers that drive to places like Topeka to watch a 3D movie.”

The addition has some Emporia State students buzzing about what to expect and being able to watch 3D pictures in town. Sophomore art major Matt Warner is one of the many students excited about the change.

“I think it’s great for the city of Emporia,” Warner said.

“It keeps the theater up to date, and allows for us poor college students to watch these movies in town. It’s such an experience watching a movie in 3D.” Moser was an ESU photography student and has been with the cinema for seven years now. She said that the

new 3D projector differs from the 35mm used in other theatres in that this new projector uses digital prints, allowing for better picture and color quality. Furthermore, Moser said that 3D projectors are much more like computers with less machinery than the standard 35mm projector.

“For me, part of the appeal is using the newer, better quality digital equipment,” Moser said. “The difference between this new projector and our old ones is like the difference of video tape and a DVD.” The movie theater is taking down the equipment from the screen four auditoriums, the largest theater at Flint Hills Cinema and setting up the projector and screen with the new sound system that the equipment comes with. With 3D successful movies such as Avatar and Jackass, more movies are turning to the appeal of offering a 3D version. According to Moser, the Real 3D projector that they are to receive is second in quality only to a True Max, or IMAX screen.

Junior geology major Wren Seevers believes it’s only a matter of time before 3D is the only way to watch a movie.

“It’s the newest technology that lets the audience feel like they are actually in the movie,” Seevers said. “Once more movies are shot only in 3D, movie theaters will have no choice but to turn to 3D projectors.”

Students can receive $1 off admission to any movie playing at Flint Hills Cinema by showing a valid student ID. Students without a valid ID will not receive the discount.

‘You Can’t Take It With You’

“The end is nigh for the world of witchcraft and wizardry” Alas, we are nearing the end of one of the most popular series of the decade. After ten years of witnessing the magic that Harry Potter has brought to us, the time has come to bring a stopping point to the era. Presented in a two-part finale comes “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

Fans and non-fans of author J.K. Rowling have learned many magical secrets after witnessing what goes on in the main setting of the Potter series, Hogwarts, school of witchcraft and wizardry. It was there that we were able to witness that wizardry could be possible, from casting magical spells through a wand to simply taking flight on a broomstick.

Hogwarts 101 is no more in “The Deathly Hallows: Part 1.” Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) have grown up learning much witchcraft and wizardry tricks, and now is the time to put them all to the test.

Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has taken over the ministry and magic of Hogwarts, increasing his power to conquer others that are less powerful as him. It is up to the three heroes to put an end to the Dark Lord once and for all.

Being the seventh movie in the series, it is easy to notice that the movie increases in maturity as the other films have done. We’ve started the Potter series ever since Harry was a little boy, learning that he is to bring balance to Hogwarts. Now, he’s nearly 17 years old, and his calling time has come.

The movie contains more of a darker tone than the previous films. Here, we are witnessing evil show its face as Voldemort’s clan will kill anyone who in their path to take over. The PG-13 rating is completely necessary, indicating that it is no longer a kid’s film.

It is predictable that fans of the book series will be paying close attention to the accuracy of the source material being adapted to the screen. Some complain, some don’t.

This time, the filmmakers did something special to please both fans and non-fans by creating a two-part film, the second part to be released in July 2011.

This may be the last Harry Potter film, but remember, we still look forward to the second part of this dark and magical conclusion. Fan or non-fan, cast a spell on your calendar to mark down a date on this MUST-SEE.

Cast members of ESU Theater’s “You Can’t Take It With You” rehearse Tuesday evening in Bruder Theater. The production will run through Dec. 4. Alissa Miller/The Bulletin.

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Animal cruelty trial to take place this month K enzie T empleton

online@esubulletin.com The ongoing animal cruelty case involving former Emporia State student Kristin Chambers will be coming to a close this December.

“We’ve been working on trying to get all the issues with the case resolved, but at this point in time there hasn’t been much finalized – it’s taken some time for the process to run its course with some of the nuts and bolts of trying to make sure the horses were cared for,” said Doug Witteman, Coffey County District Attorney.

Chambers’ attorney, Clark Allemang, said that the plea review date is set for Dec. 14 at the Coffey County Courthouse. Chambers has been charged with a one count misdemeanor for cruelty to animals, but Allemang said that Chambers has not pleaded to anything at this point.

According to court records, approximately 81 animals were seized from Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement after Chambers “unlawfully, willfully, and intentionally had physical custody of a herd of horses and failed to provide food and/or proper veterinary care as needed for the health and well-

being of that kind of animal.”

Tom Johnson, a detective for the Coffey County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed that upon seizure some of the horses were euthanized.

“We had veterinarians from K-State here the day we served the search warrant and they laid hands on every animal there – those veterinarians felt that it was best to euthanize those animals due to their total body condition,” Johnson said.

Coffey County asked Karen Everhart, owner of Horse Calls LLC and director of Rainbow Meadows Equine Rescue and Retirement, to help in re-homing the horses so that they would not have to go on to sale.

“Our efforts re-homed 64 (horses), and we had 11 returned to the rescue (WRERR) as a part of a plea bargain,” Everhart said.

Johnson said that that the horses returned to Chambers’ custody continue to be monitored for proper treatment.

Everhart said that the animals suffered from malnutrition and “severe emaciation” when they were first seized.

“There were problems with injuries that had not been treated, hooves that were not being trimmed and literally had patholo-

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File photo/The Bulletin. gy that had not been addressed… rain rot, scratches in which bacterial or fungal infection was evident, and lack of proper dental care,” Everhart said.

However, Everhart said that of the 64 horses she was involved in, all have made either significant or complete recovery.

Everhart said that WRERR probably just had more animals than was manageable and there was most likely not any malicious intent, despite the fact that this happened at Winding Roads, that

it should not be an indictment for notable successful rescues.

“I don’t think that it is appropriate to make an opinion since we were not there to see what was happening first hand, but I do think that if someone understands the human and financial resources necessary to take care of a horse and then they do the math, it doesn’t take very long to understand that they just ended up with too many horses considering the resources,” Everhart said.

Academic dishonesty may have dire consequences K enzie T empleton

online@esubulletin.com For Phil Kelley, political science professor, cheating and other forms of academic dishonesty have never been considerable problems in his classroom but recent incidents have caused some concern.

“I had a situation this semester with a student who was obviously cheating. He got up several times and left the room, he looked on other people’s tests, he actually had notes I couldn’t confiscate in time, but I did take (his) electronic dictionary – that was probably the worst case of cheating I’ve had since I’ve been at Emporia State, and that was just this semester,” Kelly said.

Kelly said that classroom aids like electronic dictionaries can be easily used to cheat on tests, but only a very small minority of students uses them for this purpose.

“That’s very difficult for me be because I have taken Spanish courses where I needed an electronic dictionary and so I am very sympathetic to international students using dictionaries,” Kelly said.

However, Kelly said that he usually has well over 100 students per semester but during his time at ESU, he has only ever encountered three instances of cheating.

Emporia State’s Academic Dishonesty Policy states, “Academic dishonesty, a basis for disciplinary action, includes but is not limited to activities such as cheating and plagiarism (presenting as one’s own the intellectual or creative accomplishments of another without giving credit to the source or sources).”

“We have, every semester, a number of cases (of plagiarism) – it varies from class to class but almost every instructor (in the composition program) in the last few years has encountered at least one instance of plagiarism,” said Rachelle Smith, Associate Professor of English and Director the composition program at ESU. Smith said that there is no specific point in the semester when students are more likely to cheat or commit plagiarism.

Kelly said that he usually does not encounter incidents of plagiarism in term papers but even in suspected cases, there is always some uncertainty, especially for international students.

Photo illustration by Jon Coffey/Tfhe Bulletin.

“I corrected a paper for a Chinese student (which) was a ten page paper, and it had very few marks on it. So I had asked her if she copied it and she said no – she had followed my directions and taken it to the writing lab, and they had helped her,” Kelly said.

Smith said that the writing center is always available for students who do not understand how to properly document sources or who need extra help.

Smith suspects that part of the problem with plagiarism is the temptation of how simple today’s technology makes it – it is easy to copy and paste material from the Internet into one’s own document.

Possible repercussions for academic dishonesty vary for each department, but students who are caught cheating or plagiarizing could, in the most severe outcome, be expelled from the university, according to ESU’s Academic Dishonesty Policy.

Smith said that no student in the composition program is accused of cheating or plagiarizing unless there is proof of the infraction.

“I think the quality and the character of our students is pretty high, I just don’t think that we have students who would be attracted to cheating,” Kelly said.

Millions of men grow mustaches for cancer effort CLEVELAND (AP) — The scraggly patch of blond hair on Zak MacDonald’s upper lip is a source of mockery among his co-workers in this testosterone-laden office, where the art of growing a mustache has become a full-blown competition.

Scanning the cubicles, there are several handlebars and respectably bushy mustaches. The most prominent even rival the collage of famous ‘staches displayed on the wall, including Tom Selleck’s iconic facial hair. Much to his chagrin, though, MacDonald’s is not among them.

“As you can tell, we’re 22 days in and there’s not a whole lot happening up in the ‘stache area,” he admitted, rubbing a hand over his lip. “But you know, God knows I’m trying.”

These men are among the more than 500,000 eager participants in “Movember,” which inspired men all over the world to grow mustaches last month to raise money for prostate and testicular cancer. Since it was founded by a bunch of beer-drinking Australians in 2005, Movember has raised more than $100 million, with men collecting sponsorships and earning more money as those mustaches grow.

Movember’s founders say they are shedding light on a very real health threat. While breast cancer awareness has turned half the world pink, they say, cancers targeting men are rarely talked about.

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“They’re silent killers,” says Movember spokeswoman Lisa Potter.

About 32,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2010, according to estimates by the American Cancer Society. That’s not far behind the nearly 40,000 women who will die of breast cancer this year.

It all got started when a bunch of guys were sitting around drinking beers in Australia and decided to grow some mustaches just for fun. The ensuing disgust from their girlfriends and co-workers prompted them to find a charitable justification for their facial hair, Potter says.

“They were kind of laughed at,” she says.

“But they raised over $55,000 that year with 450 guys.”

After signing up at Movember.com, men vie for donations through their “MoSpace page,” where family and friends can track their progress and rate the merits of the mustache by perusing uploaded photos.

There’s even an iPhone app, newly introduced this year.

At SparkBase, a Cleveland-based software company that processes gift and loyalty cards, there’s a “mustache station” where male employees pose for mugshots every day in front of a laptop screen. The team raised a total of $2,700. While some of the bushier mustaches fared better than others, it’s all about selling the ‘stache, says CEO Doug Hardman.

“I’ve had board members ask me if I was quitting my job to go into porn,” said Jeff Pesler, who doesn’t work for SparkBase but is a high-ranking member of the company’s Movember team. “That was probably one of the worst comments that I’ve heard. You can make fun of me all you want, call it five dollars a crack. I can take it.”

Some guys say they jumped on the Movember bandwagon because they think growing a mustache is an inherently hilarious thing to do. The mustache itself already has something of a cult following, evidenced by groups like the American Mustache Institute, a St. Louis-based nonprofit that claims it is devoted to “facial hair advocacy.” The group likes to pull stunts decrying what it calls facial hair discrimination, such as saving the job of a Ruby Tuesday’s employee who was threatened with being fired for violating the company’s no facial hair policy.

“At the end of the 1970s, the mustache had fallen on very hard times,” says Aaron Perlut, who founded the group. “The only pop culture representation of the mustache for more than 20 years was the milk mustache. We found that very offensive.”

For Matt Moody, a 28-year-old lawyer in New York City, Movember is a reminder of a health scare several years ago, when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and survived after doctors removed his abdominal lymph nodes.

On Nov. 8, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education were on campus to announce the Department’s intent to create a video highlighting the successes of Emporia State’s teachers college.

“They’re going to create a ten minute video about the work that the college does and the people who are essential to that work,” said Ken Weaver, Associate Dean of the teachers’ college.

Weaver said that a video crew will come to ESU sometime in 2011 to complete the project. The date is undetermined at this time.

“They will be looking to ESU to provide them with the specifics – the people who can tell our story,” Weaver said.

Weaver said that the video will be similar to those featured on Youtube.com and will be distributed to major organizations that impact decision-making in Washington.

Criminal case an issue in Kansas casino decision TOPEKA (AP) — The chief executive officer of an Iowa gambling company says he and another executive will step away from a proposal to build a casino in Kansas if they’re convicted in an Iowa misdemeanor case.

But Peninsula Gaming CEO Brent Stevens said Wednesday that he and Jonathan Swain, its chief operating officer, strongly deny any wrongdoing. Both have pleaded not guilty to charges of making campaign contributions in the name of others in Iowa.

Dubuque, Iowa-based Peninsula is competing against Ada, Okla.-based Global Gaming Solutions for the right to build a casino south of Wichita.

The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board had a meeting Wednesday to compare consultants’ reports on the two proposals. The Iowa criminal case became an issue during its meeting.

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A criminal case in Iowa became a complication Wednesday for a Kansas board that will pick a developer for a state-owned casino south of Wichita because misdemeanor charges are pending against two executives in one of the two rival applicants.

The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board is reviewing competing proposals from Peninsula Gaming, based in Dubuque, Iowa, and Global Gaming Solutions, of Ada, Okla., which is owned by the Chickasaw Nation. Kansas law allows only one casino in the Wichita area, and the review board plans to pick an applicant Dec. 15.

Supporters of Global’s proposal are suggesting that the legal problems facing two Peninsula executives in Iowa should disqualify that company. Martin Brent Stevens, its president, and Jonathan Swain, its chief operating officer, were charged in October with two misdemeanor counts each of violating Iowa’s campaign finance laws.

Peninsula officials said the company would address the criminal case during the Kansas review board’s meeting Wednesday. Both men have pleaded not guilty to the charges, which involve accusations that their company made donations in the name of others to Democratic Iowa Gov. Chet Culver’s unsuccessful re-election campaign.

Kansas review board members struggled with how the criminal case should affect their decision. One consultant hired by the board said Kansas officials have to consider it in deciding whether Peninsula’s project should go forward rather than Global’s. But review board Chairman Matt All said such issues are better left to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, which will check the background of any successful applicant and regulate the casino.

“We just want to make it fair,” All said of the selection process. “We’re not qualified to take up those issues.”

The review board plans to decide Dec. 15 which applicant to pick. The rights to the new gambling and the equipment at the casino will be owned by the Kansas Lottery, and the state will receive 22 percent of the revenues.

The criminal case complicates the review board’s work because, even if it picks Peninsula, the Racing and Gaming Commission, as the regulator, must sign off after conducting a background check. Consultants hired by the review board have projected that Peninsula’s project would generate more revenue because its site is closer to Wichita.

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Instructional Design Technology teams win at Pacificorp C harlie H eptas

heptas@esubulletin.com For professor Marcus Childress, Emporia State’s Instructional Design and Technology team winning the Pacificorp IDT Challenge this October is more than just a victory.

“We were pretty much the first team of Master’s students to even make it to the finals, now they just expect us to be in (the finals),” Childress said.

The Instructional Design and Technology team from ESU won the Best Finalists and Best Presentation awards for the second year running and the third time in the four years ESU has had finalists participate in the event. According to Childress, the competition is stiff for this event with many Research one doctoral schools such as perennial heavy hitters Florida State, Arizona State and Penn State. Three teams of all the entrants from across the country win the Best Finalists awards with the Best Presentation being a de facto first place finish.

The team is presented a challenge problem in October and has through May to work out a preliminary answer.

Then all these answers are judged and the field is narrowed to eight teams and then the best three are selected as winners. These three then attend a conference where they present their solutions and a panel decides the Best Presentation.

“The competition problem was to design a solution for a hospital to train its employees to ‘Go Green.’ We decided to recommend an online training program that trained all of the employees on the current hospital green initiatives as well as facilitate social networking and exchange of ideas,” said Michael Schwind, a member of the winning team and IDT Masters program.

ESU’s IDT program was not viewed as highly by other universities because of the program’s lack of a Doctoral program but Childress views this as an advantage for the program.

“Research One schools can be kind of elitist about (the

event) but sometimes in the Doctoral programs the Master’s students can get overlooked but with our program they are the focal point,” Childress said.

The two work together at Argus Health and have a good skill set for the competition. They are working on integrating social media and modernizing systems for the new age of electronics. With a presentation aided by integration of a real system they designed the judges were impressed with the solution.

“Literally the people’s jaws were dropping in the audience, the team took it up a notch because they actually made a real example of their solution,” Childress said.

Rob Ervin, member of the IDT team, said getting best presentation was the culmination of many months of work.

“I think it says a lot for the quality of the IDT program at ESU to have back-to-back best finalists and best presentations. We knocked off some heavy competition from several big schools like Florida State, Penn State and Arizona State,” Ervin said.

International students learn American culture with Thanksgiving C harlie H eptas

heptas@esubulletin.com For many, Thanksgiving is a time to go home, see the family and stuff themselves full of wonderful food found only at this time of year. Visions of turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes dance through everyone’s head in mouth watering fashion. Be it a long drive or right around the corner a little time off of school to visit your family before the stress of finals week is quite important.

But what about the international students who cannot go home for so brief a time? While not a native holiday for them, the time off school still allows for some festivities and with some friendly faces, this can be a good opportunity to showcase American culture.

Some of the students join families they know around town or in other parts of the state for Thanksgiving dinner. The “adoptive families” open their

homes to international students for the semester and invited them to join their families for the holiday meal.

“I appreciate the holiday. For Thanksgiving I’m going to a friend’s house and Thanksgiving is a good time for food and shopping,” said Qinging (Summer) Hou, senior communications major.

The holiday gave international students the opportunity to look closer at American tradition and culture.

“On Friday and Saturday, I ran across Commercial Street to thank the people that had helped me. I drew the Chinese character that means good luck and happiness to your family,” Hou said.

Another student, Curtis Cui, senior communications major, celebrated by taking a trip to New York.

He enjoyed his time in the city and saw a play. He was Ashley Wells/The Bulletin. traveling with some other students for the trip “It’s an important holiday for being thankful and friends such as Shota Nojiri, graduate student in English. helping others,” Cui said.

“I really enjoyed all the delicious food and so much of it,” Nojiri Other students attended Thanksgiving locally with said.

STAR... from page 1 then one top tree will be recognized as Best of Show. The decorated trees will then be auctioned off, and funds raised from the event will be donated to the Emporia State University General Academic Scholarship Fund.

Each year, Emporia State Federal Credit Union has donated full-sized, artificial trees for the Festival and will continue to do so this year.

“We’ve been involved in the Festival of Trees since its inception – I think that it’s a really worthy cause that we support,” said Susie LeGault, ESFCU’s Marketing Director.

LeGault is also on the panel of judges this year and is looking forward to seeing what the university has to offer.

The winners will be announced at 2 p.m. on Dec. 8 at the Memorial Union Main Street. Heineken said that the winning club or organization will receive a plaque of recognition.

“I hope that everyone goes out and supports it – it’s a really fun idea, (a) great opportunity for people to have some fun with their coworkers and with the groups that they’re involved with on campus,” LeGault said.

Kansas lawmaker to push again for guns on campus TOPEKA— A state lawmaker said he’ll try again to push through a law allowing concealed firearms to be carried on college campuses.

The effort to allow guns on campus was supported by the House during the 2010 legislative session, but died in the Senate.

Republican Rep. Forrest Knox said he intends to try again to push through such legislation when the 2011 session begins in January.

His proposal would allow Kansans with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons into public buildings if those buildings aren’t equipped with security measures such as metal detectors and guards.

“My plan is to move that forward,” he said.

“We will revise it somewhat and try to deal with situations, realistic situations, in public buildings.”

“If you deny my right to provide for my own security, then you need to provide for my security.”

Regents Chairman Gary Sherrer said the board believes having weapons-free campuses creates the safest environments.

“Having 18 and 19-year-olds, places where emotions run high and people like to have a good time, and you add that in with weapons, we don’t think that creates a safer environment, and I don’t think most of the parents would think that creates a safer environment,” he said.

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Counties want state to pay more for prisoners WICHITA (AP) — Convicted felons in Kansas used to go to state prisons for their crimes. But some now are serving out their sentences in jails across the state, putting the financial burden for their incarceration on counties.

That concerns Sedgwick County Commissioner Karl Peterjohn, who recently pushed for the Kansas Association of Counties to take on the issue in its 2011 legislative platform.

“You’re basically turning the jails into subsidiaries of the state prison system,” Peterjohn said.

The association is calling for the state to reimburse counties for the cost of housing felons, to track how many are serving time in jail and to make that number available to the public.

In Sedgwick County, that number is about 175, or about 11 percent of the jail’s total population. On Monday, there were 1,556 people in Sheriff Robert Hinshaw’s custody.

It costs $66.20 a day to house an inmate in the county jail. That means one day housing convicted felons who used to be sentenced to prison costs the county $11,585.

“As the state has downsized the number of beds in their prisons, we’re kind of in a situation where we’re ending up having to cover for them,” Peterjohn said. “It’s a challenge.”

In addition to being a financial burden, Peterjohn said, “It ties in to jail overcrowding.”

The push for money from the state comes while the county is focusing on reducing its jail population so it doesn’t have to spend millions to add on or build a new jail.

Historically, Hinshaw said, felons went to state prison and those convicted of misdemeanors went to the county jail.

But now people convicted of crimes such as felony driving while suspended, felony DUIs and some forgeries — as well as other crimes — are ending up in jail and for longer as the state strengthens punishment for crimes such as driving under the influence.

“My main concern is that it doesn’t seem to end. The state continues to push this stuff down to us,” Hinshaw said. “I think it’s time to make a philosophical stand — this far and no further.”

Sen. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park, chairman of the state’s DUI commission and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he understands the frustration.

“Nobody has enough money to deal with all of the people that we have to have in some kind of correctional situation,” Owens said Friday. “If the state says we’re not going to pay for the prisons and we’re just going to shove it back down to the county level but we’re not going to give them any money, what does that say?”

The words “unfunded mandate” come to mind, he said.

The overarching problem, Owens said, is that people want criminals to be punished but don’t want to see their taxes go up to pay for doing so.

“Where we are now is that the counties are starting to feel the pain,” he said.

“I spent 24 years as a city councilman. I’m real aware of unfunded mandates from the state. . . . Is it fair to shift the problem from the state to the locals without some kind of financial assistance? With my old localgovernment hat on, I don’t think it is fair.

But both sides have to balance it.”

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yan@esubulletin.com Associated Student Government held its last open forum for this semester on last night.

Nine students representing their own student organizations participated in the meeting to discuss the issues concerning students and introduced their plans for the rest of the semester.

Jonathan Rivers, senior secondary education major and president of Associated Student Government, said ASG would be still collecting students’ signatures for postcards to the newly elected governor, Sam Brownback, in the next two weeks.

They want to get support from the new governor for the Kansas Commitment, a $50 million funding plan to encourage state higher education, since ESU students would get more opportunities for education if the plan is passed.

Some students had trouble in getting into spring classes.

Caroline Ewing, senior secondary English education major, ASG senator and outgoing president of the Panhellenic Association, said she could not enroll into the required class because the class capacity was really small and was already full.

“I registered on time for this program and because I am getting a certification in English as secondary language, like teaching. I need to take the class,” Ewing said.

However, the class was full on the second day after her professor told her to enroll in the class.

“I don’t understand that I am senior and why there are only eight spots offered to me,” Ewing said. “I am paying to go to this university and I need the certification. It’s really frustrating. ” Whitney Coleman, junior psychology major and president of Black Student Union said they are having study session next week in the library and Cremer Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. Any student is welcome to sit down and do their homework. Black Student Union will provide free paper for them to print, since only the library provides free paper to print on campus.

“If you need to print, we supply the paper,” Coleman said.

Clara Corn, art therapy graduate student and president of the art therapy organization, introduced her art therapy organization and their coming event.

“It’s all about art therapy. It’s really open to everyone who is interested in art therapy,” Corn said.

Their last meeting this semester is next Tuesday at 12 p.m. in Visser Hall room 319. They plan to hold a potluck party to celebrate the end of this semester.

“Everyone is welcome, just bring some food,” Corn said.

Rivers also mentioned the giant trees on Main Street, which are for the Festival of Trees on Dec. 8, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the ESU Memorial Union Main Street. Funds raised from the event will be donated to the Emporia State University General Academic Scholarship Fund.

“Stop by and say hi, get some refreshments and decorate the trees. Join us and we’d love to have you there. That will be fun,” Rivers said.

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In his proposal, Schwarm’s argument was that the agriculture should be documented. Schwarm said with the strict rules for visitors, Cuba rarely lets anyone go as an artist.

“I needed to make my proposal more scientific research based, not because I thought Cuba was pretty, but because it’s more scientifically interesting,” Schwarm said.

The proposal was written about a year ago and was approved in April.

Miranda Renfro, senior English major, said the trip is “pretty cool.”

“It is an awesome opportunity and lots of people don’t have the chance to go (to Cuba),” Renfro said.

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Sebelius espects challenge to health care law MANHATTAN (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius predicted Monday that the U.S. House will pass a bill to repeal the health care reform law but said she doubts the effort will clear the Senate or that a court challenge against the law will be successful.

The former two-term Kansas governor, who delivered a Landon Lecture Monday at Kansas State University, expressed confidence that the sweeping legislation she helped craft will remain the law.

The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately find the law’s mandate for every American to have insurance is constitutional under the commerce clause, she said.

“This is a fairly novel point in law,” Sebelius said.

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“Photographing in Cuba is something like a time capsule because they’re still driving American cars from the 1950s to ‘60s, and when I found out about their agricultural practice, I don’t know if there are any other countries quite like that,” Schwarm said.

Schwarm said he is interested in older countries and less developed countries, which is the reason he chose to go to Cuba.

Cynthia Patton, interim chair of art department, said Schwarm is best known for his landscape photography of the burning of the prairie land in the spring. She said his work looks like painting.

“He is excited to capture this disappearing way of life and relate to the land, before it is gone completely. He is choosing the historical moment before it is too late,” Patton said.

Schwarm is going to a very agricultural area in Cuba with his primary focus on photographing the farms and farmers.

working with Republicans and looks forward to working with the House and others to implement the new law. Republicans controlled both chambers of the Kansas Legislature during her administration.

“I’ve never worked with a Democratic majority until I got to Washington,” she said.

“We will actively engage with folks.”

Sebelius said she has not spoken to Republican Gov.elect Sam Brownback about the law or his opposition to it.

Brownback has vowed to do the minimum as governor to implement the law and says he will resist changes as often as possible.

Brownback takes office in January after the retirement of Democrat Gov. Mark Parkinson, who replaced Sebelius in 2009 when she was appointed HHS secretary.

“I am just going down there and I don’t know what I am going to find, so I am hoping to be able to make some contacts,” Schwarm said.

The license allows Schwarm to go to Cuba twice in a year, so he plans to go back to Cuba in March.

“I am seeing this time as exploring trip and I get to make contacts, then come back (to the U.S.) and see what I feel like is important and re-photograph that,” said Schwarm.

Since Schwarm speaks little Spanish and most of the population in Cuba doesn’t speak much English, he said the trip would be very interesting.

“It is a unique subject, and I am looking forward to him bringing back the culture, the lifestyle and how their working together back from Cuba,” Renfro said.

Patton said the work a professor does for himself will always contribute to his teaching.

“I am looking forward to seeing the images, his style changes with new subjects and also what he will bring back to extend his students’ knowledge,” Patton said.

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December 2, 2010

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Women’s basketball faces NWMS in conference play C hris D vorak

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Freshman Kelsey Balcom looks to pass around a Northwest Missouri defender Wednesday night at White Auditorium. ESU won 77-67.

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The Emporia State women’s basketball team faced tough competition at their second home game, and first MIAA, against Northwest Missouri State but pulled away with a win, 77-67, improving their season record to 4-1 and starting 1-0 in the MIAA. “This is a very difficult league… you can lose any night that you’re out there,” said ESU Head Coach Jory Collins. “They were motivated… to go 1-0 to start.”

Coming off their first loss against the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs the Hornets were looking to not incur further early losses in the season.

“We looked at the loss on Sunday,” said Senior Forward Alli Volkens.

“Then moved on and focused on our first conference game.”

The game got off to a slow start, with no teams scoring in the first minute and a half, starting with a deficit, the Hornets pulled ahead at 14:10 after a foul shot by Volkens.

The freshmen stepped up in the game, making plays that kept the Hornets in the lead.

“We’re getting more comfortable as time goes on,” said Freshman Forward Kelsey Balcom “We’re definitely learning a lot from the upperclassmen, and coaches. We’re learning from each game.”

NWMSU started to get into foul trouble and called a time out with 2:42 left in the half after a ten point scoring drive by the Hornets.

The Hornets lead at the half, gaining another two at the buzzer with a layup by Cummings, 43-32.

The Hornets started off the second half with five fouls in the first two and a half minutes and none for NWMSU. “We didn’t play smart; we didn’t come out ready to play,” said Sophomore Guard Rachel Hanf. “They got seven fouls in the bonus right away.”

The Hornets called a timeout at 17 minutes, still in the lead 47-42, but needing to read just from foul trouble. After the time there was a scoring drought on both sides, with the score remaining at 49-42 for over two minutes.

The Hornets curtailed their foul problems and were able to minimize NWMSU scoring and win the game with 28 total fouls on both sides.

The winner of our league is… at most a five loss conference record,” Collins said. “Every (conference) game is important if you’re trying to… win a conference title.”

The next home game is Saturday against unranked conference team Missouri Western State University.

Behind the Scenes: Media Relations and Statisticians B randon S chneeberger

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Don Weast, the assistant athletic director for Media Relations, has been working with Emporia State since 1986, spending the last 11 years in his current position.

“Even back in high school, helping out with teams as student manager, one of the jobs back then was calling into newspapers and giving them results and telling them the stats… I always knew I wanted to be involved in athletics,” Weast said.

After graduating from Emporia State, Weast worked for the Topeka Sizzlers, a semi-pro basketball team as an athletic trainer. Weast then moved back to Emporia and worked as a sports supervisor at the Recreation Center, before returning to Emporia State to get his degree in communications.

A typical week for Weast during the athletic season involves taking stats for Emporia State athletics, traveling to various away games and coordinating the media by scheduling interviews. In addition, Weast is responsible for updating the Emporia State Athletic web page after the conclusion of each game.

“Generally during the season (we work) around 50 to 60 hours probably including travel. There are times it will be worse than that,” Weast said.

Josh Slaughter is the assistant director of Athletic Media Relations and the director of Athletic Publications. Along with Weast, Slaughter helps out making the media guides and game notes for selected sports.

“I think when you have a team win a national championship, or when you go to the postseason with a team and you get to see players play in the postseason, that’s to me the most rewarding thing,” Slaughter said.

In addition to his regular duties, Weast also travels with the football team and both men’s and women’s basketball teams and various

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The Emporia State Hornets traveled to Manhattan on Monday to play their second top ten Division I opponent this season. The Hornets took on the #5 ranked Wildcats of Kansas State in what was their final nonconference game of the season. After a hard fought game, the Hornets fell 85-61.

“I thought we got better,” said Head Coach David Moe. “I mean anytime you play a team like Kansas State – as well coached, as aggressive as they are, even the mistakes that were made stand out. When you don’t box out and their big, they continuously crash, they continuously keep pressure on you defensively.”

The Wildcats were led by Senior Guard Jacob Pullen early in the first half as he scored 9 points to help open up a 22-11 lead with 9:27

Women’s Basketball Head Coach Jory Collins

C hris H opkins

hopkins@esubulletin.com What are your thoughts about the team after the first couple of games?

I like the level of intensity that our team has shown through the first couple of games. We are far from a finished product, but it’s nice to win games while trying to get better.

What adjustments have you had to make from being an assistant coach to a new head coach?

The preparation for practice or a game is much more detail oriented. It’s a much faster pace when you are the one trying to decide what to do for two and a half hours.

What do you think your team’s strengths are this early in the season?

So far we have been a balanced team. We have six juniors and seniors that know how to lead and win ball games, and they have played well early this year. Just as important though, we have been fortunate to have some of our underclassmen step-up as well. We have players that on any given day can step up and be leaders. This team really doesn’t have an ego or care who gets the attention as long as we are playing well.

Who are the main leaders of this year’s team?

Certainly Alli Volkens as she has been a big part of the program for a couple of years now. Ashley Ferrell is a leader by example rather than being a vocal leader. Rachel Hanf and Jocelyn Cummings have filled in nicely for some of the players that left last year. Each practice and game we might see a different leader.

Don Weast, the assistant athletic director for Media Relations, talks about his experiences at ESU and what his job entails.

Jon Coffey/The Bulletin. other teams during the postseason.

Students are also involved in helping with stats for Emporia State Athletics.

Matt Kochenower, junior marketing major, helps take stats for the media department as well as the game calling to make sure Weast has all the stats in the computer. Kochenower is responsible for traveling with teams on occasion as well as being present at all home games.

“Getting to watch all the games really close, and kind of that interaction you get with the players sometimes (is rewarding),” Kochenower said.

Weast also recognizes the benefits to taking stats at Emporia.

“That’s the fun thing, is being a part of a national championship team last year. You’ve got that connection with the teams... I really love Emporia, I love Emporia State. I can’t see me doing this in too many other places,” Weast said.

Men’s basketball falls to K-State in non-conference game B randon S chneeberger

Q&A

left in the half. The Hornets struggled to find rhythm offensively committing nine turnovers and only shooting 30 percent from the field.

The Wildcats entered the half with a 46 to 27 lead thanks to hot shooting from Pullen who had 20 in the first half with four three point baskets. “(Guarding Pullen) is a great experience,” said Senior Guard Xavier Burnette. “You see him on TV every night… You want to go out there and compete with him and let him know that you play basketball just like he does.”

Emporia State competed better in the second half, allowing the Wildcats to only increase their lead by six. Lead by Burnette with 18 points, 11 which came in the second half, Emporia State was also able to force 15 turnovers in the game.

Adam Holthaus and Jordan Stout also

finished in double figures for the Hornets with 10 and 15 points respectively. Stout shot well from the field making three of four three point attempts as well as all four of his free throws.

Holthaus commented on the value of playing two top ranked Division I opponents this season.

“Just the experience. We had a couple of tough games there with those guys, and going into the regular season, hopefully it will turn around and help us out in the long run and get us more physically ready to play,” Holthaus said.

The Hornets were outmanned down low for the game as they were out rebounded 44-29 and only scored 16 points in the paint compared to Kansas State’s 44.

Emporia State began conference play on Wednesday taking on Northwest Missouri State.

What do you see as being a weakness for this team this year?

We don’t have a lot of game experience as a team. There are only two players with one full year of game experience. There is a certain feel for situations which you just can’t simulate in practice.

How do you and the team stay focused with such high expectations such as defending national champion and a #6 ranking in the polls?

This program has been good for awhile now, and we realize that we are going to get everyone’s best shot all season long. Our players understand they were recruited to win every night, and those expectations don’t bother them. They expect to do well all the time.

What are your expectations for the MIAA this season in women’s basketball? Who do you see being the major competitors this season?

It’s the toughest league in the country, no doubt.

If we don’t play well, the bottom three teams of the conference are capable of beating us. Missouri Western, Washburn, and Southwest Missouri are always really tough, and I expect it will be those three plus us battling for a conference title.

Championship Banner Unveiled Hornet fans were able to relive last years national championship as the Emporia State women’s basketball team commemorated their 2010 national championship season Wednesday night.

The championship banner was revealed during the halftime ceremonies of the men’s game against Northwest Missouri.

The halftime banner show included highlights of the Hornet’s impressive championship run shown on ESPN2. Members of the championship team were also honored by both Emporia State President Michael Lane and Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson. Cassandra Boston, the Hornets point guard from last season, brought out the championship trophy as the team was presented. The Hornets went 30-5 on the season last year as well as 17-4 in the MIAA and 12-1 at White Auditorium.