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Kansans were able to vote for their favorite candidate in the Kansas Caucuses March 5.

Bernie Sanders won the Kansas Democratic vote with 67.7 percent of the vote and Ted Cruz won the Republican vote with 48.2 percent.

The Republican Caucus was held at the Anderson Building at the Lyon County Fairgrounds.

Emporia High School hosted the Democratic Caucus voting took place afterward.

“The caucuses are a party meeting where people participate to decide which candidates they’re going to support, in this case for president,” said Michael Smith, chair and professor of the social sciences department. “It’s up to the state party how it works.”

Both parties in Kansas run their caucuses differently, according to Smith.

The Republican Caucus in Kansas works similar to a primary election where there is a secret ballot with candidate names and people are able to leave right after voting, according to Smith.

David Wernli casts his vote during the Kansas Caucus Saturday at the Anderson Building at the Lyon County Fairgrounds. The Republican caucus in Kansas is held in a secret ballot format, unlike the Kansas Democratic caucus and many other caucuses.

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Niels Ras, freshman foreign exchange student from the Netherlands, discusses the Kansas Caucus elections Saturday at Emporia High School while voters gather in preparation to vote. Supporters for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton broke out in chants during the caucus.

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The Democratic Caucus in Kansas works like a traditional caucus where people group themselves based on candidates that they wish to support, according to Smith.

Students also attended the Republican Caucus.

Alicia Collins, junior biology major, and Amanda Collins, senior elementary education major, are two sisters who attended the Republican Caucus to vote for Ben Carson. “(We came to the caucus)

tive of a party that I am not 100 percent familiar with,” Huachaca said.

Crowds of students attended the Democratic Caucus, and many were in support of Bernie Sanders.

Niels Ras, freshman undecided major, is a student from the Netherlands who said he wanted to show his support for Bernie Sanders by helping at the caucus even though he is unable to vote.

“What Bernie Sanders supports is Democratic

so our voice could be heard in the election,” Amanda Collins said.

The sisters voted for Ben Carson because his background and experiences will be beneficial to the country, according to Alicia Collins.

Froilan Huachaca, sophomore undecided major, attended both the Republican and Democratic caucuses. “(I came to the Republican Caucus) to become more affiliated with and to understand the perspec-

Socialism, and we already have that at home,” Ras said. “We already have universal health care. We already have more affordable education and we already have the legalization of marijuana… and it is possible in your country too.”

Alexis Lowder, senior music major, supported Sanders at the Democratic Caucus.

“This is actually my first

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Brickyard offers safe ride for patrons D ustin B ittel copy editor

The Safe Ride Bus insures that those who are leaving the Brickyard and the Dugout arrive safe when they decide to leave the bars. Rides on the bus will be free of charge for all and will take those who ride on a designated route. DONALD GOODE | The Bulletin

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The Brickyard was able to afford the bus by budgeting money for the project and through the help of their sponsors, French Lily, Hitt Entertainment, The Washhouse, Bluestem Vending, William’s Automotive, King Liquor and Flint Hills Budweiser Distributer, according to Hitt.

“I think they should charge for their service, but I do think it’s important that people have a safe ride home,” said Taryn Lynch, freshman political science major.

The Brickyard launched the Safe Ride bus last Thursday as a test drive through the first loop.

“I’d encourage people to follow our social media and check our website because they’ll have information that includes routes and times and for the bus,” Hitt said.

The Safe Ride will run Thursday-Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2:20 a.m. or however long it takes to see the patron’s home, according to Hitt.

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Associated Student Government and Union Activi47F 52F 50F ties Council partnered up to host a welcoming event for SUN MON TUES President Allison Garrett Source: Weather.com where students and faculty INFOGRAPHIC BY were invited to play neon WENDY BRIGIDO | The Bulletin mini golf.

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Brickyard 20 Ale House, and the Dugout, are offering a Safe Ride bus to insure patrons who have been drinking are able to get home safely.

“This is something the owners, Phil Wilson and Patrick Schreiner, had intended in their model,” said Travis Hitt, Brickyard’s general manager. “Their model is clean, safe and value. The Safe Ride falls into the realm of safety, so it shows their commitment to that model.”

The Safe Ride was looked into it when they started to see the need, according to Hitt.

“It’s a safe option for our patrons to lessen the chance of them getting DUI’s and into accidents,” Hitt said.

“It’s also so that everyone can participate instead of having one person be the designated driver.”

The Brickyard, 420 Merchant St., is offering the 20-passenger Safe Ride bus

as a free service for patrons.

The bus will travel on a predetermined route to and from the Dugout, 519 E. 12th Ave. .

“We’ll stop on regular time intervals, alternating between two loops in five minute intervals,” Hitt said.

“The first loop we’re trying would pass fraternity and sorority houses, major campus apartments, like The Villas, along with running up through the center of campus and then to the Dugout.”

The bus will target the most densely populated ares, according to Hitt.

“We’d stop picking up after 1:00 a.m, so it’d be drop off only then,” Hitt said.

The Brickyard is looking to find a properly licensed driver to drive the bus.

“I’ve been asked to take someone home from the Brickyard at 2 a.m. in the morning, so it’s probably a good idea to have a service to take people if they can’t find a ride,” said Alec Hoven, sophomore business major.

Originally, UAC was going to host the neon mini golf night for students, but ASG wanted to host a welcoming event for President Garrett.

“We wanted the students to have a chance to meet President Garrett,” said Janet Weaver, ASG president and senior psychology major. “UAC had this event

on their calendar so we just thought ‘why not combine it all so the students could come to both events.’ It’s kind of a win-win.”

Austin Vader, sophomore, Information System major, attended the event to take advantage of the free entertainment.

“I thought it was pretty cool that President Garret

had time do this with the students,” Vader said. “Its also a very cheap date.”

The event was free and was for students to have fun with and meet Garrett.

“I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet more ESU students who have tremendous enthusiasm for ESU

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Police Weapons Policy Task Force defines concealed carry Reports A riel C ooley

editor-in-chief

Reports from ESU Police and Safety March 2 Officer stopped KS 007EGH at 902 E 12th. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 12th and Burlingame Rd. Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a search for a suspicious subject at 10th and Market.

Officers stopped KS 516HCZ in 300 E 12th. Verbal warning for an improper turn at 12th and Merchant.

Officer stopped KS 805BBE in Lot 3. Verbal warning for a defective head light.

Officers stopped KS 004DBP in 1800 Highland. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

March 3 Officer checked the welfare of a student in South Twin Towers who had made suicidal comments. Officer escorted subject to Flint Hills Mental Health.

Officer stopped KS 754HCN at 10th E 12th. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Officer stopped KS 781BBR in 1100 Market. Verbal warning for defective brake lights.

Officer stopped KS 089JGG in 1800 Merchant. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Officer stopped KS 526HPV in 10 E 12th. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 12th and Highland.

Officer stopped KS 142DVL in 100 W 18th. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Officer stopped KS 493FGE in 1700 Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 18th and Merchant.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a Prohibitive Noise call at 1839 Merchant.

Officer stopped KS Personalized ‘URUETA1’ in 400 E 12th. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 479HVN in 1100 Market. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer stopped CA 7LM6648 at 1829 Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at I-35 and Merchant.

March 4 Student reported a theft at Welch Stadium. Officer took a report.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a parking problem at 1100 Market.

Officer stopped KS 528BRN at 15th Ave. south of the stadium. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer stopped KS 354BZR in 1000 Commercial. Verbal warning given for improper turn at 12th and Merchant.

Officer assisted the Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 12th and Mechanic.

March 5 Ambulance responded to the Memorial Union Ballroom for fainting.

Student was transported to Newman.

Officer stopped KS 678FZS in 1700 Market. Verbal warning for one way violation in same location.

Officer stopped KS 522PNE at 1800 Highland. Verbal warning given for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS 831GBG at 15th and Wooster Dr. Verbal warning for driving without headlights when required in same location.

Officers stopped KS 113FXS in 1300 Merchant. Verbal warning for defective headlight. Citation issued for no proof of insurance.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious person in 1200 Cottonwood.

The Weapons Policy Task Force met Friday to determine the definition of concealed carry and discuss storage on campus.

“If you’re going to carry, it means you are carrying on your body or in the bag you are carrying with you,” said Kevin Johnson, chair of the task force, general counsel and co-director of the Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics. “It has to be in a holster at all times unless you’re using it for self-defense or transferring it.”

The task force discussed how close a bag or purse had to be to the carrier to adhere to the law.

“If I can’t reach it, it’s not in my control,” said Chris Hoover, director of Emporia State Police and Safety.

The task force agreed the carrier needed to be the only person able to grasp their weapon without materially changing their position in order for it to be considered “concealed carry.” The definition was adapted from Texas’s concealed carry law.

“The law doesn’t require a person to be quiet, but we can have our policy that if you’re carrying a weapon, don’t tell people you’re carrying a weapon,” Johnson said.

Rob Catlett, director of the Center for Economic Education and assistant professor of mathematics and economics, said he was afraid this would turn into confidential carry, in which people would not be

Ed Emmer, professor of social sciences, discusses ideas regarding concealed carry Friday during the Weapons Policy Task Force meeting in the Veterans Hall of Honor. The task force was formed to create sanctions and procedures for the concealed carry law at Emporia State. DONALD GOODE | The Bulletin

allowed to tell others that someone was carrying a concealed weapon.

“I struggle with the First Amendment opportunities,” Catlett said. “If someone wants to disclose that, I don’t know that we and university can prohibit those first amendment rights. I would be really uncomfortable if our university tries to restrict those first amendment rights.”

Johnson said the reason for people not talking about their concealed carry is because it could be seen as a threat, intimidation, or interference with a safe environment.

March 8 Faculty member reported criminal damage to an exterior exit door on west Beach Music Hall. Report taken.

Officer stopped KS 561HCN in 1000 Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 13th and Merchant.

Officer stopped KS 693JGG at. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in Lot 3.

Officer stopped KS 220GDW in 700 E 12th. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at same location.

Officer stopped KS 926EXL on ESU campus. Verbal warning for a defective headlight.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 1100 Exchange.

when you leave your office you have to then remove it from your desk and put it somewhere else,” Johnson said.

Like the majority of regents schools, no additional weapon storage will be added to ESU’s campus.

Johnson said that all the regents schools agreed a training program should be set up after all policies are made concrete. Training will include information about the policy and sanctions for breaking the policy.

The next Weapons Policy Task Force meeting will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Veterans Hall of Honor.

Drafts of progress main topic at Diversity and Inclusion meeting

March 6 Officer stopped KS 417HJA in Lot 3.

Verbal warning for a one way violation in Sector 4.

Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with an injury accident in 1800 Burlingame Rd. March 7 Officer stopped KS 772GYV in Sector 7. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in 200 E 16th.

Officer stopped KS 168JGG in 1800 Highland. Verbal warning for texting while driving.

Student reported a theft from Memorial Union. Report taken.

A female student reported a male subject near WAW Library had asked if she could provide transportation to Colorado. Officers contacted suspect in the library. Suspect had an unserved Temporary Protection Order against him through Lyon Co. Lyon Co. Deputy served Cross with the TPO. Resident Assistant reported a verbal argument between a female student and a male student in Central Morse Hall Laundry Room. Handled by officers.

Two female subjects reported witnessing a male subject striking street signs on and near campus with a golf club. Officers made contact with the subject on Kellogg Circle and advised not to hit signs anymore.

“That would be a curve on the first amendment part,” Johnson said. “None of the amendments are absolute.”

Faculty and staff will be allowed to concealed carry but, like students, they will be required to store their weapons safely while on campus. Since multiple people have access to faculty offices, a desk drawer is not considered a safe place to store a weapon.

Likewise, faculty cannot prohibit guns in their oncampus offices.

“If you’re at your desk and you want to leave it in your desk while you’re at your desk, that’s okay, but

Lynn Hobson, dean of students, discusses new positions in the within the university at the University Diversity and Inclusion Alliance meeting last Thursday in the Kansas State normal Conference Room. The alliance focuded on ways to resolve issues on diversity.

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The University Diversity and Inclusion Alliance met last Thursday to discuss the executive summaries, drafts of the subcommittees progress, before compiling them into a final report for President Allison Garrett.

“Perhaps if we’re satisfied with these documents and their straightforward and concise that could perhaps be the report,” said Gary Wyatt, co-chair of the alliance, associate provost, director of the Honors College and profes-

sor of sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies.

The Best Practices subcommittee, began by discussing several of the key areas detailed in the summary.

“We used to have a TLC, a Teaching and Learning Center, where the faculty could go and learn teaching techniques, better ways of managing the classroom, teaching material, because a lot of us are not taught how to teach in our programs,” said Christopher Stone, member of the Best Practices Committee and instructor of business. “There

are some faculty that are very, very one sided in the way they approach the class and that, in of itself, is not very inclusive of people from multiple cultures, backgrounds, learning styles and things like that.”

Stone urged members of the alliance to consider bringing back the TLC, or at least a form of it.

“We’re hoping that some of the newer faculty will be encouraged to come and participate,” Stone said.

Best Practices concluded their summary by discussing a General Education Cultural Competency Course.

“Currently, I think there are two courses on campus that are kind of touching bases when it deals with cultural competency,” said Jason Brooks, director of diversity and inclusion and co-chair of the alliance and assistant dean of Student Affairs. “We’d like to see an actual cultural competency course required for all incoming freshman. This would be focused on getting students to think outside the box from a critical thinking standpoint when it comes to social justice, different backgrounds, international issues that they may interact with other students on campus.”

The course would work to expose students to different beliefs and cultures, according to Brooks.

The Policy Review subcommittee identified seven potential concerns and opportunities in the policy books that they are looking to change.

“We don’t want people to feel singled-out or stigmatized in class,” Wyatt said.

“We do, however, have to

deal with some really controversial issues, so perhaps faculty, through a Teaching Learning Center, can learn skills, techniques and strategies for effectively doing that.”

They also wanted to look at educating students on these issues.

“On the other hand, we feel that it would be important that students be educated,” Wyatt said. “Sometimes in a classroom setting, as part of your educational experience, you’re going to hear things that are going to challenge you, that make you feel uncomfortable, and that push you out of your comfort zone.

In those cases you shouldn’t be filing a grievance every time something like that happens. So where’s the balance between saying things that need to be said and yet saying them will skill and sensitivity.”

The Structure Committee suggested additional new diversity positions and a suggested landscape of current positions at ESU and where these new ones could fit, according to Lynn Hobson, dean of students and co-chair of structure committee.

The Data Committee shared their findings concerning demographics, data analysis, participation rates, instrument design and trends in the Campus Climate Diversity survey. according to Lisa Moritz, executive coordinator of the president’s office and co-chair of Data Committee.

The next Univeristy and Diversity Inclusion Alliance meeting will be at 2 p.m.

March 24 in the Veterans Hall of Honor.

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ENTERTAINMENT

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? S II

BY RALVELL ROGER

The Life of Gordon Parks Filmmakers were reminded of the life of Gordon Parks March 7, which is the anniversary of his death in 2006.

Recently, I was introduced to the works of Parks. Some may not be aware of who he is, but it is important to note that Parks is considered to be the first African-American to produce and direct a Hollywood feature film based on his bestselling novel, “The Learning Tree.”

Helmed from Fort Scott, Kansas, Parks expressed himself in many different art forms. Not only is he known as a filmmaker, but he was also a photographer, composer, musician and esteemed author, having published 15 books.

Many of his projects examined the American culture, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights and the urban lifestyle. Parks’ work presented a key insight on social issues that America had not been exposed to before.

It is imperative for the Emporia State community and Kansans, in general, to recognize the life of Gordon Parks because he was a pioneer for diversity in the filmmaking industry.

Furthermore, his legacy is a shining example of perseverance, because he made his name known after coming from a poverty-stricken upbringing in an early-1900s America that was heavily segregated.

In 1948, Parks received national recognition for his photo essay on the life a Harlem gang leader and for becoming the first African-American staff photographer and writer for “Life Magazine.”

Throughout Parks’ life, his photography career was sustaining. He took multiple photos related to racism, poverty, prominent celebrities and social leaders of America, including Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Stokely Carmichael.

While working as a freelance photographer in 1943, Parks submitted periodically for fashion magazines while balancing his passion for documenting social issues in America. Parks used photography to support the Civil Right Movement with images such as “Emerging Man” (1952) and “American Gothic” (1942).

Though it may be shameful for me to mention the Shockers, I must include the fact that in 1991, Wichita State University awarded Parks their highest honor for achievement, the President’s Medal.

I encourage the ESU community to look into the life of Gordon Parks, as he has done some sort of work in whichever aspect of art that you are pursuing a career in.

Parks is a martyr for the liberation of the African-American in Hollywood, and everyone should know about it.

3 Student braves military relationship D errick D uncan s ta f f w r i t e r

Long distance relationships can be hard, but Makenzie Dornbusch says it’s worth it.

Dornbusch, junior physical education and health major, has been in a long distance relationship for seven months.

Her boyfriend, Kyle Boltwood, is an E4 in the Army.

Boltwood is currently stationed in Kuwait, creating a nine-hour time difference between the two.

“Being separated and communication are two big struggles with having a boyfriend overseas, but it is better than it used to be with the technology of today, but there are still a lot of restrictions,” Dornbusch said. “We were in a new relationship when he deployed so we have already grown so strong individually and as a couple because we are very supportive of each other.”

Dornbusch said it was important for the two of them to be flexible, given that Boltwood’s military duties have to come first.

The two Skype and text everyday, but Dornbush also sends care packages with letters. Boltwood has an unlimited texting plan, which helps a lot with communication, according to Dornbusch.

“To keep the relationship going well, we need to stay positive even during difficult times, like when I am not able to communicate with her because of training,” Boltwood said. “Having a strong relationship backed by good trust for each other goes a long way when being deployed.”

Support from friends and family is an important aspect for this military couple, Dornbusch said. With their strong support system, the individu-

GOLF continued from page 1 students who have tremendous enthusiasm for ESU and for their studies,” Garrett said. “I had the opportunity to chat with a lot of individual students. Some I had met previously, but I met others for the first time last night. I also spent time visiting with the students as a group, listening to them about what they love about ESU and what drew them to ESU.”

Garrett has been very busy with meetings, which is why the event was so late in the semester, according to Weaver.

Although Garrett could only stay for an hour and a half, she siad she had a “wonderful time with the students.”

“I had a great time,” Garrett said. “I am so impressed

by ASG’s work, and also by the terrific work done by the

UAC. UAC brings all sorts of exciting events to campus and does a wonderful job promoting those events.”

ASG and UAC plan on working together on events that bring Garrett and the students together.

“I am so grateful to ASG for sponsoring the welcome, which gave me a wonderful opportunity to meet and hear from more students,” Garrett said.

Kyle Boltwood and Makenzie Dornbusch, junior physical education and health major, pose for a picture before Boltwoods deployment in November. Boltwood and Dornbusch have been together for seven months.

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als can lean on their other loved ones when times are hard.

Kori Schlesener, one of Dornbusch’s closest friends, knows they are strong as a couple.

“I think it would be very difficult to maintain such a long-distance relationship, but they have done great,” said Schlesener. “They love each other so much, and it’s so cute to see him surprise her with mailed gifts.”

Boltwood does not have an exact date of return and does not know where he is going to be shipped to after Kuwait.

“Even though I don’t know when I am coming home, I am very excited to see Makenzie and begin the rest of our lives,” Boltwood said.

Boltwood and Dornbusch plan on getting married over the summer and Boltwood will finish his current military duties in approximately one year.

Lewis shares insight about Kansas poverty

Corrections Due to a copy editing mistake, in the article “‘The Flick’ sparks suicide, depression conversation” in last week’s issue of The Bulletin, Hewleek McCoy was wrongly named Hew McCoy. In last week’s issue of The Bulletin, in the article “SLIM dean candidate presents diversity plans,” Mirah Dow was mistakenly called Miarh Dow.

Poverty Speaker Rebecca Lewis gave her first lecture at a university March 2 in Webb Hall. She had given the same presentation earlier in the day in Visser Hall about dealing with and understanding poverty in Kansas. Lewis lived almost half of her life in poverty and dropped out of school at age 16. She later went back and received a college degree while raising her children. TIFFANI WILIFORD | The Bulletin

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Neutral Ground STAFF EDITORIAL

If you’re in the Memorial Union and you’re transgender, gender fluid or genderless, you have to trudge up to the third floor to an obscure set of bathrooms just to pee, fix your hair or touch up your makeup.

It seems as if the facilities are hidden or that gender fluid bathrooms do not belong where the public eye can see.

They’re more of an afterthought.

Up on the third floor, there isn’t much. The Bulletin and Sunflower offices inhabit the space as our work offices, along with the Associated Student Government Senate Chambers. The majority of campus doesn’t even know where to find The Bulletin’s office on the third floor, let alone the bathrooms.

Transgender students, or

other students who do not identify as the gender on their birth certificate, should not feel as if their bathrooms are “hidden away.” Especially when they simply need to relieve their bodily functions.

Currently, Emporia State says it has over 70 unisex bathrooms that can be used by any sex, according to Mark Runge, director of University Facilities.

However, none of these bathrooms are accessible or easy to find.

And all of them are single occupant.

Why should individuals that don’t identify as cisgender male or females be forced to use restrooms that are inaccessible and separate? They should not be separated from the rest of the campus.

Our nation has been making

steps toward bathrooms that are accessible to all. This week, New York City’s mayor “issued an executive order granting people access to the public facilities that correspond with their gender identity,” according to The Washington Times.

Colleges have also been taking the initiative toward equality, as well and we hope ESU is next in line.

Kansas State University currently has a campus-wide policy that allows individuals to use the restroom of the gender they identify with.

But what about individuals who are neither?

Our bathrooms suggest that only binary, cisgendered people exist, but that is simply not true.

If we truly are the diverse and Not everyone identifies as male inclusive campus that we claim or female. An infinite number of to be, gender neutral bathrooms genders exist. need to be instituted so that all

Laundry 101

C ourtney E vans opinion writer

I’m not your mother.

I’m not here to take your clothes out of the washers in the dorm and put them in the drier for you.

I’m a student. I’m here to learn.

The rules of the laundry room in Northeast Morse Hall state that if you can’t be back within a certain time to remove your laundry or switch it over,

you shouldn’t do laundry.

It’s common courtesy when using a facility that students are paying to use.

Other people need to do their laundry, too.

What’s even worse is when residents will take up multiple washers and dryers at the same time.

I could go to Central Morse and use their machines, but I shouldn’t have to. It’s not fair to me, and it’s certainly not fair to those who live in Central Morse that I take up some of their machines.

There are only three washers and three dryers in the laundry room. This past Tuesday night, as I was finishing my laundry, someone came in and started filling up all the washers. I was furious.

It’s about being respectful to the other people in

the community and having common courtesy.

You are not the only people who does laundry.

You are not the only person who lives in the community.

You are not the only one paying the fees to have access to the washers and dryers in the dorms.

We have rules for a reason.

Follow them.

It is not that hard to set a timer on your phone.

Even if your phone, for some mysterious reason doesn’t have a timer, go to Walmart and buy a cheap kitchen timer. Or if you don’t feel like spending the money, watch the time on a clock.

It’s not hard to share.

Laundry etiquette should not be hard for adults to follow.

Trust Falling with Brownback

B luelake P ritchett opinion writer

Last week, Gov. Sam Brownback and his administration announced more budget cuts to higher education. This time around, these cuts are massive and affect all colleges in Kansas.

ESU will experience a deficit totalling about $1 million dollars.

Brownback stated this is due to a “tax issue.”

How many times are we going to let Brownback keep cutting and gutting education to help fund these taxes if they don’t work?

Ever since last December, Brownback has said

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Kansas’s finances were in good shape.

False.

Brownback said that cutting income taxes is working.

Never mind the fact that we were seeing a huge deficit building in our state.

In November, we were told that the education budget wouldn’t be touched by the governor ’s office.

Brownback, if your policies were working, why did we fall behind on projecting, leading to an executive order to cut higher education massively?

I recently attended the Democratic caucus and even there people were calling Brownback out for his blantant disregard to education.

Brownback’s actions don’t line up with his claims.

When you have over 600 people all saying the same thing, and pointing at the one guy responsible, there is something wrong.

If Brownback actually

cared about what we, the citizens of Kansas, said, he would have realized this tax plan of his isn’t “a shot of adrenaline.”

In Brownback’s statement, his political spin and lies are so obvious that no one should keep supporting him. He says this problem is economic, not a tax one, but even a child can tell you taxes are a part of the economy.

Brownback says there hasn’t been a Gross Domestic Product growth over 2.5 percent since 2006.

Yet, when I looked into it, the GDP growth ranged from 1.1 percent, to 4.9 percent in just the last three years.

Brownback is trying to blame his shortcomings on an economy that hasn’t been getting better.

We need to make our politicians more accountable for what they say.

Kansas is continuously complaining about Brownback, but no one is doing anything to make it better.

A nastasia M otiti opinion writer

I’ve almost been in Emporia for three years now, and I have barely heard anything about politics.

And it’s not just Emporia State that has this problem.

In a trip I took a while back, a student from Boston was my host. After she finished her studies in law in Greece, she entered Harvard for additional research. She told me, “Even here in Harvard students seem to exist in a bubble, they do not get involved in the actual reality of a citizen.”

After having studied in Greece, and Cyprus, where politics are influencing students from high school, and protests and opinions are being expressed from early on (and frequently), she observed something that I completely agreed with.

In contrast, in Cyprus and Greece students are the primary voice of political expression. This behavior is not always positive and students are not always behaving with critical thinking.

However, students take a position. I was among the few students that knew little about politics compared to others.

Democracy in Greek means the citizens of a society hold the govern-

ment. For the citizens to hold the government, they must be informed, use their critical thinking skills and must not distance themselves from the government.

Universities play a very important role on teaching the future citizens the importance of political involvement and society decision making.

To me the most credible way to inform students, is through professors. I have had several professors, either in philosophy, or sociology that have been very careful with presenting students with facts on society or political matters without directing the students to one belief or another, allowing the students to decide for themselves what they would agree with.

Students need the positive and negative beliefs and events, both past and present, associated with political positions and political candidates.

Many professors from different departments. I am sure that they have done research in candidates and politics and can advise students with a critical mind.

I suggest that the university organize conferences once a month with different professors as speakers, where all students can attend, ask questions and discuss the presidential candidates, among other issues.

Students are a big part of the voice of democracy and society. Voting is the time that a citizen can express formally who they want to take decisions for their lives.

We shouldn’t take that for granted.

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Tyler Houghton, freshman athletic training major, uses the updated version of the Hornet card access feature to get into the Towers Complex on Monday, March 7. Hornet cards will eventually be able to let students in to academic buildings after hours, with permission from faculty.

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Information Technology’s Card Access Project, which now allows 60-plus card access doors to be opened by a “tap” of faculty, staff and student’s ID cards, will allow for easier after hours access.

“The newer building access control technology, with the ‘bump’ cards, definitely presents an opportunity for integration,” said Ryan Kurtenbach, director of network and security solutions and Information Technology.

Currently, Emporia State students have to get permission from a professor, who gets approval from their department, to be in buildings after hours. Police and Safety has to meet the students to give them access to the building.

“This would make it easier to process this type of access, and can provide better tracking,” Kurtenbach said. “Developing the after-access form in an electronic format is still in development.”

The new system wouldn’t automatically give students building access, but should make the current process easier, according to Kurtenbach.

Kurtenbach also said there would be an additional cost to create this type of access. Cost and safety measures are still being discussed.

“We will want to make sure that any funding spent on that enhancement is something students would see value in,” Kurtenbach said.

ESU currently offers 24/7 access to learning commons in both the Library and Cremer Hall.

“I like it much better than the card swiping,” said Carli Erickson, freshman elementary education student. “I think it is quick-

er and a safer way to enter buildings, especially the dorms.”

This new system allows further safety on campus.

The smart cards are encrypted which makes it harder for someone to duplicate a card. If a card is stolen, IT is able to turn off the card much faster and stop anyone that has the card.

If something happens in a place, IT can track who was there and solve the problem.

“This new means of use is much better and it is easier for students,” Kurtenbach said. “Sometimes I don’t even see students get thier card out, they just touch their wallet against the pad and continue on.”

This opens up the opportunity to switch more doors on campus, and has gained broader acceptance compared to the older system that had issues. Doors are able to be monitored and IT has two secret doors on campus that must be monitored due to a federal requirement.

Eventually, the mag strip will be removed completely from campus, and everything will be accessed by a smart chip.

“The library still uses mac strips to check out laptops and other things, but eventually we’ll get them moved over to using smart chips as soon as they’re ready,” Kurtenbach said.

Emporia is also working on a new time clock initiative for employees. Instead of using paper timesheets, they will have a smart card to clock in and out.

“Honestly, I don’t think it’s necessary because I still have the old card and haven’t ran into any problems with it,” said Brittany Campbell, junior crime and delinquency studies major. “(I) didn’t think they needed to fix something that wasn’t broken.”

CAUCUS continued from page 1 time voting with anything and I’m really excited about Bernie,” Lowder said. “(The process) was really easy. I thought it was going to be a bigger deal because I’ve been registered to vote before, but I couldn’t find the paper that I got from the DMV. I came and they just helped me out.”

Nathan Kessler, sophomore political science major, said he voted for Sanders because Sanders cares about the people of the United States.

Smith said that he did not find it unusual that more students attended

the Democratic Caucus than the Republican one, because of the poll he conducted in one of his classes for non-political science majors.

“College students, in general, are going heavily over to the Democratic side,” Smith said. “I polled PO100, which is a mass lecture class...I had them take a test that places you closest to one of the candidates and by far the leading candidate that they got was Bernie Sanders. It was about one in four. Second was Hillary Clinton… and then the Republican candidates got four votes each.”

The American Heart Association will host the kickoff event for HeartChase, which is put on to inform those in the community who wants to get involved with the HeartChase event in April. The kickoff will take place at 5:30 p.m. March 22 at the Emporia Recreation Center.

“HeartChase is a fundraiser for The American Heart Association to help educate people about heart disease and stroke,” said Ashley Brooks, HeartChase recruitment member.

Vicki Brooks, HeartChase Chair, Barb Rourk, HeartChase Logistics and Checkpoint Chair, and Ashley Brooks have all worked with HeartChase for the last four years.

“A light dinner will be served, followed by a short presentation about HeartChase and then participants will get to complete a couple of activities, much like the checkpoints they will participate in the day of the event,” Vicki Brooks said. “We have some awesome door prizes as well, including a Keurig, a Sweet Granada gift basket, and a Coleman lantern.”

The meal during the kickoff party will include sandwiches from Subway, chips, cookies and drinks, according to Vicki Brooks.

The official event for HeartChase is 10 a.m.

April 30 at Welch Stadium.

Registration begins at 9 a.m.

“Teams of 2-5 players will uncover clues, solve puzzles and complete challenges in a race to the finish line,” Vicki Brooks said.

A breakfast, sponsored

by Subway and Country Mart, will be served to teams before the games start, according to Rourk.

“At 10 a.m. the teams will head out for the challenges and lots of fun,” Rourk said. “Imagine something like ‘The Amazing Race’ combined with ‘Minute-to-Win-It’ challenges to make-up some wacky team-based games.”

Both events are free, but teams participating in HeartChase on April 30 will get incentives to raise money, according to Vicki Brooks.

“Each participant who raises $100 gets an event t-shirt,” Vicki Brooks said.

“Teams can also earn game advantage cards that give them advantages in the chase. For instance, the first 10 teams who raise

$100 as a team get a jump start card and a five minute head start in the chase.

They can also earn cards that give another team a time out or require another team to do an additional activity before they can complete that checkpoint.”

ESU faculty and students should get involved in both events because they advocate awareness for cardiovascular disease, Vicki Brooks said.

“Research shows that cardiovascular disease, our nation’s #1 killer, is largely preventable,” Vicki Brooks said. “HeartChase supports the American Heart Association’s goal to reduce death from heart disease and stroke by 20 percent by the year 2020, and also to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent by the year 2020 so that more lives are saved and fewer Americans die from heart disease.”

Rourk agrees, saying that HeartChase is a fun way to advocate for the AHA. “Heartchase is a funchallenge that brings people together for a community wide competition for a great cause,” Rourk said. “It’s a chance to help our community and the AHA chase away heart disease.”

Zeta Phi Beta hosts Finer Womanhood Week A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

After nearly 20 years of feeling like she needed to have a purpose, Rochelle Rowley said she still finds it hard to accept compliments and believe in her worth.

Zeta Phi Beta is hosting a Finer Womanhood Week in celebration of women’s history month.

Rowley, adviser of Zeta Phi Beta and assistant professor of sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies, told her story in hopes of helping other women Tuesday.

“It doesn’t matter what anyone else says,” Rowley said. “You can’t let somebody else determine your happiness.”

About four years ago, Rowley decided to start telling her story. She said she let men define her throughout her entire life and was abused by most of her husbands and boyfriends.

She felt she needed to be in a relationship to have a purpose.

“I think hearing somebody who has survived it and is, at my age, still working on themselves shows that it’s a long process,” Rowley said. “Whatever way it connects, I don’t care, just as long as it helps someone.”

Leora Seiler, freshman biology secondary education major, said her story was much different than Rowley’s, but she respected and empathized with the hardships she encountered.

“I really did enjoy her presentation last night and the biggest thing I came away with was a new respect for her as a person, since I also have her in a lecture,” Seiler said.

Cherie Ramsey, vice president of Zeta Phi Beta and junior criminal justice major, said a Zeta is someone who is constantly trying to improve herself as a

Rochelle Rowley, assistant professor of sociology, tells her life story to a group of Emporia State students Tuesday in the Preston Family Room, for Women’s History Month. The lecture was sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta, of which Rowley has been involved in for about a year.

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woman.

“That’s kind of why we have this event going on,” Ramsey said. “To kind of show people we are trying to help with this and that.

The goal is to help ourselves, because you can’t help anyone until you help yourself.”

Ramsey said she thought the events hosted by Zeta Phi Beta could eventually make a big impact on campus.

Starting with small groups can be less intimidating and help get the word out, Ramsey said.

“This is by no means a super aggressive campaign, but it’s a start,” Ramsey

said. “It’s all about planting the seed.”

Ramsey said she doesn’t believe in wild stories, but instead in wild dreams that become reality.

“I don’t want my kids to be limited,” Ramsey said.

“My daughter would reach for the stars, no matter what.”

To continue Finer Womanhood Week, Zeta Phi Beta is hosting an “Evening of Elegance” at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the the Roe R. Cross Room. The guest speaker is Erica Manning. They will also host “Zeta Competition” from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at the bowling alley, 1519 W. 6th Ave.

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Writers, artists bring ideas to life in Ink

Katie Dold, sophomore English major, starts her brainstorming session for Ink Monday in the Heritage Room in the Memorial Union. The club meets every Monday in the Heritage Room.

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Ink, a Recognized Student Organization, started last semester and is a collaborative club for writers and artists to come

together and create comics and books. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. every Monday in the Heritage Room in the Memorial Union.

“I just really wanted a freeing place for writers and artists to create art,”

said Jeremy Pederzani, president of Ink and freshman art education major.

“I was going to originally call it ‘Creativity Club’ because it was going to be a complete collaboration between both artist and writers.”

The club shifts around from 10-12 people each meeting, depending on the day, and is working on several different projects, according to Percy Spangler, secretary of Ink and freshman pre-art therapy major.

“We’re working on a children’s book for community service and a webcomic,” Spangler said.

Each meeting starts with a mini-lesson. Topics span from understanding comics to writing. Then the group breaks up to work on their projects, according to Spangler.

“A lot of people will

work outside of the meetings on writing and drawing,” Spangler said.

Katie Dold, sophomore English major, and Spangler are writing their own comic. It will be illustrated

by Nick Hampton, treasurer of Ink and sophomore art major.

“I like the creativity of everyone and the chance to build off each other ’s creativity,” Dold said. “Some people are artists, some are writers and some are both.

Put it together and you get a comic.”

Since some people aren’t able to take artistic classes, Ink can be a creative outlet for people, according to Dold.

The children’s book the club is working is called “To be Honest” and is about a doll giving compliments to its friend, according to Brooke Drescher, vice president of Ink

and freshman art therapy major.

“There’s going to be a mirror at the end so that the reader turns out be the doll’s friend it’s talking about,” Drescher said.

The group is also developing a webcomic.

“We’re adjusting our deadline for the comic,” Spangler said. “We’re still discussing what goes into every issue before we say how often we put them out.”

The online comic will be able for ESU students to view once it is finished.

“We’re putting out a real publication, which is a legitimate business goal,” Spangler said. “It’s a really creative environment where people can share their talent.”

Ink’s next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. March 21 in the Heritage Room in Memorial Union.

Art Discovery Day focuses on mindfulness A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

Kay Adrews, sophomore bio-chemistry major, shows off the snowflake she made for the Honors College Snow Ball during the decorating party Tuesday in the Honors Engagement Center in William Allen White Library. The Snow Ball is today in Webb Hall.

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Emporia State’s Honors College is hosting the Snow Ball, a formal dance event, tonight in Webb Hall open to all ESU students.

Honors students and members of the Student Honors Council prepared decorations for the upcoming snowball formal, Monday.

Students cut coffee filters into snowflakes, had snacks and chatted in the Honor Engagement Center on the third floor of the library.

The Snowball formal is a fun event to collect food, donations and have fun with friends, according to Alexandra Ewy, social chair of the honors council and junior accounting and information systems double major.

“This is the second year we’ve done this,” said Ewy. “We have a DJ and a photo booth, and entry is $1 or a canned good, and all canned good donations will go to the Salvation Army food pantry.”

The Honors College hopes to make the Snow Ball an annual event that ESU students look forward to each year, according to Ewy.

The Honors College had around 200 attendees last year and they are hoping for the same or a little more this time around, according to Ewy. The Snow Ball is an opportunity for people who didn’t get the formal dance experience in high school, according to Alyssa Wistuba, member of the Honors College and freshman English education major.

“I think it’s great,” Wistuba said. “I never got to go to a formal besides prom...We were really a casual school, a small school, so I think it’s a cool opportunity for people to wear that favorite prom dress and get out and have fun.”

Kalliope Craft, a member of the Honors College and freshman English education major, said this event will be a good way to have fun.

“It’s cool because you get to break out the pretty, big dresses,” Craft said. “(People should come) because people need to get out more.”

The event will last from 8-11 p.m. tonight in Webb Hall. The event is open to everyone and costs $1 or one canned good, which will be donated to the Salvation Army.

Being mindful of one’s body, feelings and senses is as important to health as exercise or eating right, according to Patricia Isis.

“Moment to moment awareness, on purpose, without judgement, in the here and now, that’s mindfulness,” Isis said.

Patricia Isis, a professor of mindfulness and self compassion, is one among only 600 others worldwide. Isis visited Emporia State from Miami, Florida.

Isis was the keynote speaker during ESU’s art therapy program’s hosting of the 42nd Annual Art Therapy Discovery Day in the Memorial Union Ballroom last Saturday.

“Mindfulness has become mainstream,” Isis said. “It’s very hip to be mindful and now it’s all over the map.”

Isis interacted with the crowd, asking them to notice each individual part of their bodies.

“I loved seeing Patricia Isis this year and being able to hear, first-hand, her experiences and her many great contributions involving mindfulness in art therapy as well as mindful self-compassion,” said Paige Blaha, co-president of Student Art Therapy Organization and art therapy and clinical counseling graduate student. “It is

Patricia Isis talks about stress and how to alleviate stress through different techniques March 5 in the Memorial Union Ballroom at the 42nd Annual Art Therapy Discovery Day. Isis also shared thoughts on meditation and how to make time for yourself.

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important to be aware and involved in the growing art therapy community.”

Following Isis’ presentation, students went in to break out sessions to focus on narrower topics.

“The turnout was great,” said Jessica Stallings, associate professor of counselor education. “We typically have between 100 and 115 participants each year, and this year was no different, with a total of 104 participants.”

The early bird rate for students was $30, but registration was open for $60 until the conference began.

The fees were used to fund the conference, according to Stalling.

“Discovery Day is one

of our busiest times as far as organization and planning and takes the whole department and art therapy community collectively to make it as wonderful as possible,” Blaha said.

“We attribute how well the convention flows and the success of attendance to our amazing art therapy professors and of course the speakers and leaders of the break-out sessions.”

During the conference, there was also a silent auction and a SATO merchandise table. The proceeds of the auction are put towards an art therapy scholarship.

ESU will host the 43rd annual Art Therapy Discovery Day next March.

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ESU student selected for Mayo Clinic externship

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An Emporia State student has been chosen to take part in an 11 week summer paid externship program at the Mayo Clinic’s Campus in Rochester, Minnesota.

The Mayo Clinic is a “nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education” according to the official website.

Zachary Mandell, junior nursing major, is one of the 53 applicants to be chosen to go to Rochester this summer. Mandall will shadow medical staff there and has been assigned to the Intensive Care Unit.

Mandell said he has ESU’s nursing program to thank for this opportunity.

“I think there’s a lot of different facets as to why (ESU’s Nursing Program is so great),” Mandell said.

“It’s pretty affordable compared to other schools. Our professors are great. We have professors from all different types of nursing.

Our instructors come from a lot of fields and facets of nursing, and the overall one-on-one attention we get from our instructors is really great.”

This is the third year in a row that one of the applicants chosen by Mayo Clinic is from ESU. Only 53 of the 1,000 applicants are chosen, making it a rare

opportunity.

Mayo Clinic’s Minnesota location was named the best hospital of 2015-2016

by US News and World Reporter.

Amy Douglas, professor of nursing, said that Mandell is very qualified and ready for this prestigious opportunity.

“He’s always been eager to learn,” Douglas said.

“He participates in clinical conferences and identifies opportunities for learning. He’s not afraid of a challenge.”

Mandell is a charter member of the Emporia Men’s Assembly of Nurses, part of the American Assembly of Men in Nursing and has been in the nursing program for almost three years.

Mandell has been a successful student and nursing program member, according to Linda AdamsWendling, chair and professor of the nursing program.

“We have had several students very interested in the summer externship and internship program,” Adams-Wendling said. “Our students are very qualified.

We have been very fortunate to have three students be chosen these past three years for this very prestigious internship. Zach is a very engaged student. He’s been academically successful and this is a really good fit for him.”

National Publication builds team of ESU writers A lrick J ohnson s ta f f w r i t e r

Odyssey, an online journal for students across the nation, is making its way to Emporia State.

“We currently have over 600 teams and over 7,000 weekly writers on the platform, and I’ve started building a team at Emporia,” said Dillon Havens, assistant managing editor for Odyssey.

Odyssey began in the Indiana University dorm room of Evan Burns and Adrian France. It has now reached many colleges and universities around the nation, including Princeton, Georgetown, University of Texas, University of Missouri and more than 20 other institutions.

“The Odyssey is a social content platform that allows everyday people to share content,” said Eileen Gruss, sophomore communication major and staff writer for the Odyssey. “It engages them with a national audience of 50 million unique, monthly viewers...It is not a topdown editorial. Stories are not assigned. The content is borne and driven by the writers, so it is all what you want to write. No one

is telling you what to write about.”

Most of the content on the website is framed for a young college audience, with articles such as “Do Not Give Up On Bernie Sanders” and “Do Men Really Need Cartoons To Teach Them Not To Rape.”

“Writers with Odyssey contribute one article a week on a topic of their choice,” Haven said. “It goes through a 3-stage editing process, designed to clean it up and merge it with industry standard formatting, and then it is published on our site. Then, the writer will share his or her work on their personal social networks.

According to Jenny Foster, sophomore elementary education major and Odyssey staff writer, there are no application requirements for staff writers. Students apply through the website and await moderation by a team or their manager.

Once moderated, students are free to work with their team of writers to publish any and all content that would attract young, millennial viewers, Foster said.

“I plan to write about things I’ve grown up with, things applicable to college

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students and things people can relate to,” Gruss said.

Writing about strictly Emporia issues, or issues that would concern Emporia students, is below the reach of Odyssey, according to Gruss. Odyssey articles are about general issues, not specific issues.

“I want to write about humor and travel,” Foster said. “I have plans to study abroad through the ISEP (International Student Exchange Program). I don’t know where I’m going, but I would love to write about those experiences.”

Currently, staff writers for the ESU branch of Odyssey are unpaid.

Gruss and Foster said they are in Odyssey because they both have a fervent passion for writing.

“I enjoy writing, and I am a journalism minor,” Foster said. “So the Odyssey is perfect for my needs.”

The ESU Odyssey team currently has six members, and they are recruiting through social media platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook.

Odyssey and its Emporia writers plan to have more consistency with their publications once their staff quota of 12 is met.

Author emphasizes teaching at diversity lecture

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Freeman A Hrabowski III speaks at the annual Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture March 3 in Albert Taylor Hall. Hrabowski was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine in 2012.

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Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President of the University of Maryland, math professor and author of three nonfiction books about math, science and minority education, visited Emporia State March 3 for The Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture: Civic Leadership for the Common Good hosted

by Emporia State’s Honors College.

“Teachers touch eternity through their students,” Hrabowski said. “(I became a teacher) because I love ideas and I enjoy helping students become passionate about learning.”

The Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture Series is an annual series that has been a part of Emporia State University for years. This year, the Honors College was chosen

to be in charge of it, according to Gary Wyatt, director of the Honors College and professor of sociology, anthropology and delinquency studies.

Hrabowski was chosen to be the speaker because of his experience and success in teaching math to those who are disadvantaged, Wyatt said.

Derek Wilson, president of the Honors College and senior sociology major, said Hrabowski was the best fit for the lecture because he discussed diversity in education and ESU has a large population of education majors.

Hrabowski’s lecture focused on diversity in education and helping students learn that hard work is important for success, but students also need to learn to enjoy learning.

Hrabowski was a child during the Civil Rights Movement. He went to jail at the age

of 12 for protesting.

Hrabowski said that a CEO once told him that the Civil Rights Movement helped all of Americans, not just one group of people.

In 1965, 10 percent of people graduated from college, according to Hrabowski. Only 11 percent of caucasians were college graduates and 2 percent of African-Americans were college graduates.

Today, the total number of college graduates has tripled, Hrabowski said, but only half of the people who attend college graduate.

“Nothing is interesting when it’s painful,” Hrabowski said when talking about how teachers should make learning interesting.

Young people are destined to be America’s future leaders, according to Hrabowski.

Teachers are noble because teachers get children excited about learning and they support their students to make sure that those students that they are special Hrabowski said.

Harbowski said students who love to read will never have that love taken from them.

Ashlea Chapman, vice president of the Honors College and senior biology and mathematics major, said that the Honors College education majors will take the most out of the lecture because it will give them ideas on motivating students to learn.

“We had a good respectable number of people,” Wyatt said. “We’d always like to have more...I’m looking at 260 or 270, as I did the counting, and well over half were students.”

Lexie Thomas, sophomore health promotion major attended the lecture.

“I really admire and respect him for his story and how far he has come,” Thomas said.

“It really magnified how important early education is and how much it impacts our lives...I’ve never heard anybody describe education that way.”

Hrabowski has also written three books, “Holding Fast to Dreams,” “Beating the Odds” and “Overcoming the Odds.”

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The Emporia State men’s baseball team, ranked #30, dominated Lincoln last Sunday, 19-7, at Trusler Complex. This is ESU’s second straight win in two weeks.

The Blue Tigers started the game with a run in the top of the first. ESU scored at the bottom of the second inning, tying the score 1-1.

With no runs in the third, Lincoln scored two runs during the top of the fourth, taking a 3-1 lead.

“The first three innings we were stuck in a stalemate at the plate, and we got away from our approach that worked in the first two games,” said Ryan McBroom, junior infielder. “Coach pulled us aside before that inning, saying we had to get back to a line drive mentality, and right away we saw results. Once we had a couple hits, it just became contagious throughout the entire lineup.”

The Hornets, during the bottom of the fourth, scored 16 runs off of 14 hits. Five different Hornets had home runs during the bottom of the fourth, beginning with Ryan McBroom’s grand slam.

“A grand slam is a big momentum changer, and I think it gave us a boost since it broke the tie of the game,” McBroom said.

“However, I would not have had the opportunity if the guys before me weren’t on base, so credit goes to the guys who got on base before me, but I will say a grand slam sure feels good.”

Evan Khoehler, senior infielder, hit two home runs, a solo home run and a two-run home run. Levi Ashmore, junior infielder; Derek Francis, senior infielder, and BJ Dean, junior outfielder, each had a tworun home run in the bottom of the fourth.

“Our order is just always capable of having break through innings like the fourth,” Ashmore said.

“We just got in good counts and hit good pitches and put some great swings on

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The Lady Hornet basketball team captured their fourth straight MIAA Tournament title with an 80-66 victory over Pittsburg State Sunday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Gorillas, coming off an MIAA Tournament record of 16-made three-pointers in Saturday’s game, went 2-13 from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes. Emporia State shot 48 percent in the half. At the break, the score read 37-33, in favor of the Hornets.

The score would remain tight until the beginning of the final quarter. ESU went on a 7-1 run to end the third, extending their lead to 59-53.

A 10-4 run with 6:22 remaining pushed their lead into double digits. The Hornets would outscore PSU, 21-13, in the quarter to seal the win.

Pittsburg State shot 29 percent from three for the game and 39 percent overall.

Kathryn Flott, junior forward, recorded 17 points and 13 rebounds on her way to the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player honors.

Kelly Moten, junior guard, chipped in with 17 points of her own as Sandra Ngoie, senior forward, contributed another 14 points in the Hornet win. Both Moten and Ngoie earned All-Tournament team honors.

Emporia State is now 40-13 all-time in the MIAA Tournament, good for the highest win percentage in event history. With the victory, the Lady Hornets secured the MIAA’s automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament and earned a 1-seed in the Central Region.

The Lady Hornets (26-5, 17-5) will take on 8-seeded Northern State (23-7, 17-5) at 2:30 p.m. Friday in John Lance Arena at Pittsburg.

The Emporia State softball team earned a victory over the weekend, with a split in a double header with Lincoln on Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri.

The split pushed the Lady Hornets record to 11-8 (3-1.)

The Lady Hornets won their first game 10-0.

The game lasted five innings.

ESU batted 16-27 in the first game, a .592 average.

ESU’s pitcher, Eryn Stockman, junior, allowed only three hits in the complete game shutout.

Three Lady Hornets had multi runs batted in games.

Danielle Sprinkle, sophomore outfielder, and Sarah Glass, junior infielder, had three RBI each. Sprinkle, firstbaseman, went 3-4 in the game.

The Lady Hornets fell, 13-12, in the second game. ESU struggled with control as they allowed seven base-onballs in the seventh inning game.

Holly Hinkle, sophomore pitcher, allowed eight earned runs on six hits and allowed five of the seven walks.

The Lady Hornets ended the game with a .472 batting average, despite the loss.

ESU needed two runs in the top of the seventh, but was only able to score one.

The Lady Hornets will play Washburn for the Lady Hornets home opener March 11 at Trusler Sports Complex.

balls.”

McBroom had another home run in the bottom of the sixth, making two points for the day. He batted 100 percent, hitting four for four on the day, with six runs batted in and three runs scored.

Koehler went three for four with three RBIs and three runs scored. Dean hit two for four with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Dalton Wheat, sophomore outfielder, went three for four with three runs scored and Jordan Plank, junior pitcher, received a win for the day, improving 3-0 on the season.

Plank had eight strikeouts and no walks in four innings.

“I just do my job to the best of my ability and give my team a chance to win,” Plank said. “These past two weekends we have been pretty solid all around, and this group can’t wait to leave it out on the field every game we play and that has led to a lot of early success for us.”

The Hornets’ next game is 5 p.m. March 11 at Missouri Southern.

Taylor Steen, senior catcher, throws the ball to third base in an attempt to get a Lincoln University runner out Friday at the Trusler Sports Complex. The Hornets played three games against Lincoln University of Missouri, winning all three with scores of 19-7.

MADELINE VESTA | The Bulletin

OPINION Too much freedom in new basketball rules

A ce F inch spor ts editor

The new “freedom of movement” rule in college basketball has made for a prettier game. The scoring is up, it’s opened up offense and the flow of the game is faster and more athletic.

However, there are unintended consequences to everything. One of those unintended consequences after this “freedom of movement” rule a more difficult game to officiate?

I believe so.

What “freedom of movement” means is that a defender may not use his

arms when defending the ball handler.

Four rules, that constitute as “illegal acts” according the NCAA, emphasize this. Placing and keeping a hand or forearm on opponent, putting two hands on opponent, continually jabbing by placing hand or forearm on opponent, or using an arm bar to impede the progress of the dribbler.

The new rule also says that “touching a player is not an automatic foul.”

Make any sense to you?

Me neither.

It’s common, in sports, for coaches and fans to argue with officials without any real warrant.

For the most part, officials are better than we tend to give them credit.

But this year?

College basketball officiating is atrocious.

It’s not their fault, though.

Imagine if your boss gave you a set of rules and told you that breaking the

rules constituted a fine.

However, if you break the rules it doesn’t necessarily mean you will get fined.

This makes no sense.

The officials don’t know what does or does not constitute a foul, causing inconsistency in calls.

This leaves fans, players and coaches baffled when a virtual mugging occurs on one end of the court and nothing happens, and the offensive player barely gets touched on the other end and a whistle gets blown.

The NCAA has made the game “prettier” for their fans but they have to give their officials clarity on what constitutes a foul.

Think about this the next time you are at a game and booing the officials. They are doing their best, and are not “out to get your team.”

Maybe, instead of yelling at the officials in the striped shirts, you should yell at the officials in the suits who decide the rules.