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The Bulletin | February 16, 2017
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UMCM civil rights tour to launch next month N ick W athke
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Emporia State’s United Methodist Campus Ministry (UMCM) is coordinating a tour through the southern states from March 17 to 24. The trip will focus on studying the civil rights movement and historic sites. Two ESU alumni and six students will be attending the trip, along with a similar number from Washburn University, according to Kurt Cooper, UMCM minister and director of the trip. “We offset the cost through our budget and grant money,” said Cooper. The cost to attend for students is $234, and $400 for alumni and non-ESU students, according to the trip’s program. The trip begins in Kansas and travels through several cit-
ies in several states in the south. “We go to the Brown v. Board historic site in Topeka… and The Kansas City Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and Jazz Hall of Fame,” Cooper said. The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site was established in 1992, according to nps.org. After leaving Kansas, the trip goes to historic sites in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. In Georgia, students will visit historical sites related to the life of Martin Luther King Jr., including his home in Atlanta. The trip to Alabama will include the Tuskegee Airfield, the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery. Others are the Dexter Avenue Church, Rosa Parks Museum, The 16th Street Baptist Church and Civil Rights Institute in
House Committee considers concealed carry proposal TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House committee is considering a proposal to keep concealed guns out of public hospitals, mental health clinics and nursing homes. The Federal and State Affairs Committee took up a bill Tuesday that would allow the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, to continue barring concealed weapons. A state law will require the medical center and other hospitals to allow concealed
weapons in their buildings starting in July unless they have adequate security measures such as guards or metal detectors. Committee Chairman and Abilene Republican John Barker offered an amendment to allow all public hospitals, mental health clinics and nursing homes to ban concealed guns. The committee did not finish its debate Tuesday. It plans to continue its discussion and take votes Wednesday.
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Gilbert performed two original monologues at the festival, and performed in the play“Lemonade” by Rabas. “A couple of William Allen White’s books were adapted for the screen,” Rabas said. “The transition of things from page to stage continues in this space.”
continued from page 1 “Walked.”” “It’s great for the actors,” Rabas said. “They have the first interpretation of work that has never been seen before.”
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Destinations of the UMCM civil rights tour March 17-24
Kansas City St. Louis Metropolis Little Rock
Memphis Atlanta Birmingham Tuskegee Selma Montgomery
Source: UMC minister Kurt Cooper Infographic By Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin
Birmingham. In Tennessee students will visit Stacks Records and the National Civil Rights Museum. They will also see the location of King’s “I’ve Been to the
Mountaintop” speech. This is the eighth tour of this kind sponsored by UMCM, according to Cooper. “I hope (the students) have the chance to experience histo-
ry firsthand, and have a chance to encounter people to put their faith into action,” Cooper said. “It’s different looking at the world from Selma, Alabama than Merchant Street.”
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berlain offered advice to education majors. “Being a student teacher, I can take a lot of this back to my own student teaching experience,” Blau said. Their most important point was balancing school life with home life, according to Blau. “I’ve noticed I do take my school work home with me and think about it outside of school,” Blau said. Falco and Chamberlain were chosen for this event because they were already hosting workshops on campus during the week, as part of being Kansas Master Teachers of the Year. They were willing to volunteer their time to answer questions. According to Dr. Amanda Lickteig, a teacher education professor, a master teacher is one who has earned the award presented each year to a group of teachers who
Nikki Chamberlain, a high school chemistry teacher, and Adriane Falco, an elementary music educator, answer questions from students about teaching last Monday in Visser Hall 330. The questions ranged from their own perspective and philosophy toward teaching and the challenges of being a teacher. Dabin Choi | The Bulletin
typify the good qualities of earnest and conscientious teachers. “It has always been an aim of our group to collaborate more with other education-based organizations on campus,” Lickteig said. The group’s core goal is
to build and maintain a community of secondary education students on campus. A potluck dinner hosted by ISEA, will be held 5 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Visser, according to Lillian Lingenfelter, ISEA President and senior secondary education major.
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