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The Office of International Education held a town hall meeting last Thursday to discuss the problem of, and solutions to, Islamophobia at Emporia State. The meeting took place in the Memorial Union, and included ESU students, faculty and community members.

“I would not be doing this if I felt like I didn’t have to,” said Yasmin Ibrahim, senior psychology major. “When an Islamophobic act happens and it gets retweeted, that says a lot to me as a student, as an Arab and as a woman of color.”

Mark Daly, executive director of international education, hosted and coordinated the event.

According to Daly, he began planning the meeting the week after an allegedly Islamophobic act took place within the ESU School of Business.

Jim Williams, vice president for student affairs, relayed the details of the act during the meeting, referencing an email from president Allison Garrett that was sent to students and

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faculty after the incident took place.

“I never saw the posters,” Daly said. “Dr. Williams is the first account I’ve heard of the event itself.”

Several potential solutions were proposed during the meeting by faculty, students and community mem-

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bers. These centered around improving communication and increasing student engagement with international students.

“I will be seen as a threat because of my language,” Ibrahim said. “In order to move on from (oppression) we need better communication.”

Student faculty pair earns $25,000 grant for tobacco free campus

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Mikala Sharlow, senior communication major, and Daphne Mertens, health, physical ed and recreation instructor were awarded a $25,000 grant in February to decrease tobacco use on campus by the Kansas Health Foundation, according to kansashealth.org.

“It isn’t just the health of the student, it’s the health of the students around them,” Sharlow said. “Also, environmenKatie Barnhart, senior psychology major, explains her analysis of her research yesterday in the CSI lounge that may help her convince the university to create a conceal carry course. According to the collected data, students who responded to the survey are in favor of the course. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Katie Barnhart, senior psychology major, is working on gathering research from students as to whether or not they would be supportive of Emporia State holding a conceal and carry course on campus. The goal of the course would be to help students feel more comfortable and safe on campus, according to Barnhart.

“I was interested in the law that’s coming into effect and interested in how students reacted to that,” Barnhart said.

“Being a person who grew

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Mohammed Rahman, assistant School of Business professor, speaks about people of different ethnicities experiences in the United States last Thursday in the Greek Room in the Memorial Union. The town hall meeting was to help people move beyond Islamophobia and other prejudices. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

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One proposal that carried through the meeting came from Destinee Harris, Emporia community member, regarding cooperation between ESU’s different religious communities.

A new biological facility is in the works at Emporia State. The Aquatic Research and Outreach Center is set to begin construction during the upcoming fall semester.

The Center will be located at King Lake, on the west side of Trusler Sports Park.

So far, the project has raised approximately $500,000 in donations. While there has yet to be a definite budget, the estimated cost will be around $800,000.

“I think it’s so much more fun when the student is the one creating the ideas; that for me is especially how I got interested in science,” said Dr. Erika Martin, biology instructor. “The facility we’re hoping for is going to be very rigorous, well taken care of and particularly set up in a way that is made for real science by undergraduate and graduate students.”

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up in a family who hunts and has been around guns, I thought ‘you know what? I’m not scared of this, and I think it’s because of my background that prepared me to be more emotionally stable to understand what this means. I’m not afraid of firearms.’”

The project stems from a capstone course in the leadership department taught by Clint Stephens, assistant professor in The Teachers College.

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tally, it’s (being tobacco free) so much healthier for the campus and the world...I thought that ‘if nothing else, it’ll improve the health of everyone on campus.”

The grant money will be used to hire Ty Patterson, an ESU alum and independent consultant, signage and a kickoff event.

The idea was based off of a survey Associate Student Government sent out last year, in which about 70 percent of respondents were in favor of

a tobacco free campus, according to Sharlow.

Sharlow and Mertens have established a taskforce that hopes to have a rewritten policy by the end of semester.

Then, on May 12, soft implementation of a tobacco free campus will occur. “(During soft implementation), we would be removing receptacles, where people put their cigarettes out, those little

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Corky’s Cupboard is a program that started back in 2014, and is aimed to help college students who miss meals regularly due to financial struggles or other matters. The Cupboard is holding a food drive hosted by Associated Student Government from Feb. 28 to March 2.

“We want students to know that we are a resource and that we have the resources available for them,” said Shaianne Cokely, member of Community Hornets and senior interdisciplinary major. “With the food drive, it’s a good opportunity to connect with students, because we work there, and we see day in and day out what their lives might be like, and have the chance to help with that.”

Corky’s Cupboard is run by the Community Hornets organization. It currently has about 500 students visiting weekly, and the number is gradually growing as more are becoming

Shianne Cokely, senior interdisciplinary studies major, who works for the Center for Student Involvement, runs Corky’s Cupboard on Monday afternoon. Corky’s Cupboard is a service available to students that allows them to get canned goods and other food items while it’s open 12-5 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

aware of the program.

“We see a lot of clients, and there’s a huge need,” said Sydney Inman, graduate art therapy and clinical counseling major and manager of Corky’s Cupboard. “A lot of people are able to come get things and have somewhere that they can get something to eat.”

Corky’s Cupboard is only available to ESU students, but anyone in the community is able to donate to the program.

“This drive will help us be more consistent with our amount of food,” said Munashe Mangwendeza, member

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A representative from an urban design firm called The Urban Collaborative, Jane Jewett, visited the Associated Student Government senators during their meeting last Thursday in order to gain students’ perspectives into opportunities for the development of Emporia and Lyon County.

“The reason why I’m in Emporia is because the city and county are actually starting a pretty unique process for a town and county of this size by coming up with a joint comprehensive plan,” Jewett said.

With this plan, goals for the county include preserving agricultural land while still ensuring sufficient amounts of land for future urban growth around Emporia. The city’s goals include economic development, attracting new industry and recapturing Emporia State graduates, according to Jewett.

“It’s just something that we are encouraging the younger people that are in town to get involved with, especially students,” Jewett said. “Even if students feel that they might be transitory and not be spending time in Emporia long term, we still want your input.”

Jewett gave senators a visual quiz that showed a series

of nine pairs of photographs of streets in areas that had contracted The Urban Collaborative for a master plan.

One image in each pair was taken before the plan was put in place and one taken after.

Jewett asked the students to rate the images from -10 to +10 based on likability and then the room discussed the results.

“We really want collaboration and a lot of different people to get involved in the process,” Jewett said.

Senators were also asked to write down Emporia and Lyon County’s physical strengths and weaknesses, opportunities for development, threats to development and goals for future development.

Kayla Gilmore, ASG senator and junior political science major, said that a better strip mall would be a good goal for development.

“A lot of students in Emporia tend to leave on the weekends because they don’t feel like there’s much here, especially when it comes to shopping and things like that,” Gilmore said.

In other business, a bill to recognize the ESU Green Party as a registered student organization (RSO) was passed with a vote of 16-0-1.

“The Green Party is an independent political party connected with American social

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Reports from ESU Police and Safety

Jane Jewett, assistant planner for The Urban Collaborative, presents ASG with future plans for improving the City of Emporia while members filled out surveys Thursday, Feb 23 in the Senate Chambers. The Urban Collaborative is an organization whose work is attributed to master planning, urban design and architecture of cities. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

movements and is part of a global Green movement that shares key values,” said Nick Blessing, ESU Green Party representative and senior political science major.

The organization plans to be part of an organized effort to make the Green Party recognized in Kansas, allowing the party to nominate candidates

for general election, according to Blessing. Members also plan to advocate for certain issues to be determined later within the RSO and organize demonstrations.

The next ASG meeting with be at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, in the Senate Chambers of the Memorial Union.

Studying abroad offers unique experiences

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Most of what we learn in college is outside the classroom and studying abroad allows you to learn so much about yourself, about other ways of life, and most importantly, it challenges you to get outside your comfort zone.”

Cranford studied abroad in Florence, Italy last spring.

“I chose Italy for the culture, the food and for the ability to travel throughout the country and the rest of Europe,” Cranford said. “Living in Italy was full of beauty, whether through the architecture, the views or

the people. It came alive with vibrancy and character. Every day was a new experience.”

The Office of International Education (OIE) offers about 63 countries, including United States territories, for students to study at. They also offer a program that allows students to study within the U.S. “Usually students will come in and ask for a specific country and what we offer in that country and we try to meet the need of that country,” said Ciera Symmonds, senior administrative assistant in the OIE. “If it doesn’t work out,

namely for major reasons, we try to stay within that region.”

The OIE helps students by helping them understand the programs available, connecting them with other organization that can help them and by providing grants.

“The OIE helped me understand the programs available and the staff at ISA (International Studies Abroad) truly guided me through the whole process from start to finish,” Cranford said. “When I was abroad they made everything organized and simple and made me feel so at home.”

Although students may choose a country with a different language, like German or French, they don’t necessarily have to know the language to study there, according to Symmonds. They do usually take language classes while they are there.

“The language was not a huge barrier,” Cranford said.

“Many Europeans know English, and a handful of other languages as well, especially in big cities or tourist areas, English is common. However, I would highly encourage learning as much of the host language as you can, because it will not only help you in case someone does not know English, but it also greatly benefits your relationships with the locals. Practicing their language is a sign of respect and shows how much you care about them and their country.”

Students looking to study abroad can learn more about the programs and the process by visiting the OIE located on the bottom floor of the Memorial Union.

Barnhart.

“On the comments, there are a couple almost negative sounding ones, like they wouldn’t be supportive of it, but they answered that they still wanted the course,” Barnhart said. “I had someone say they absolutely hated the idea of having guns on campus, but they still wanted the course offered. I think it’s just so they feel more safe on campus.”

The class would be taught by someone who already teaches concealed carry, according to Barnhart.

Chris Hoover, university police captain, said he would not teach the class and is not in support of everyone carrying a gun.

“I’m not familiar enough

with the course,” Hoover said. “I know it’s eight hours and it’s my own personal opinion that eight hours is not nearly enough.

It doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface.”

According to Kevin Johnson, general counsel,

as far as he knows, there is not currently any legal prohibition of a class like this and administration has not had any conversations about this class.

“If someone wants to do it, we’ll let them make a presentation and let them

Kayla Chapin, who works for Academic Programs International, holds an informational table for students interested in studying abroad on Monday in the Memorial Union Main Street. The table was set up by the Office of International Education, to encourage ESU students to consider the various study abroad programs offered by the university. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

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College offers a wide variety of experiences and opportunities for students looking to get out of their comfort zone or try new things. One of these opportunities is the chance to study in another country through the international education program.

“I believe every student should study abroad,” said Courtney Cranford, senior sociology major. “Saint Augustine has a famous quote ‘the world is a book and those who

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continued from page 1 cause they’re not as educated,” Barnhart said.

“They see a firearm and they think, ‘I don’t know what to do.’...I’m not trying to push having actual guns on campus. I just want to have that education, of general gun safety.

The live firearms (would) go off campus.”

According to Barnhart, the only guns allowed in the class and on campus would be “dummy guns,” which cannot be shot and would be painted a bright color.

O v e r w h e l m i n g l y, however, respondents have been in support of this class, according to

Police Reports Feb. 22 Officer removed a male subject from Memorial Union when refusing to leave.

Officer contacted a vehicle parked improperly in 1500 Market and advised operator to move.

Feb. 23 June Coleman requested welfare check on a male subject south of the Memorial Union.

Subject left the area prior to officer’s arrival.

Feb. 24 Officer stopped OK 513FSO in Sector 1. Verbal warning for driving off the road way.

Officers turned off an elevator in the Library that was left on.

Officer checked the welfare of the occupant of KS 009HNF in Sector 3. No problem was found.

WAW Library zone 155 Fire Trouble. Smoke detector 4th floor cross ramp. Mechanical problem.

Feb. 25 Officer contacted individuals fishing at Wooster Lake and advised them of the no fishing policy.

Officer responded to a Blue Light Emergency Telephone call at Southwest Welch Stadium.

Officer made no contact with anyone in the area.

Feb. 26 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 775JWC in 2300 Industrial Rd. Male student requested to speak with an officer at the Science Hall in reference to lost keys.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 692JWD at 717 Commercial.

HPER building zone 116 Fire. Smoke detector 1st floor hallway by north exit between Gym B and Gym C. Contacted Emporia Fire Dept. Smoke in the hallway.

EFD arrived on scene.

A light fixture overheated.

Feb. 27 Officer assisted KS 594DVV at Highland and Merchant with mechanical problem.

Officer provided escort from 1800 Highland to 1325 Merchant.

Feb. 28 Officer responded to a non-injury accident involving KS 802GLB and KS 276GBF in Sector 7. Operators exchanged information.

Officer checked KS 541GTX parked improperly in Morse Hall Complex Loading Zone. Citation issued. do it,” Johnson said. “We’ll listen to what they want to do, see if it’s possible, if it’s a good idea.”

Barnhart plans to present her idea and research to the university eventually.

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To take the survey, scan the QR code or visit https://tinyurl.com/hsaq9q3 Source: Katie Barnhart’s research Infographic By Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin

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The production of “Six Characters in Search of an Author” debuted yesterday in the Karl C. Bruder Theatre in King Hall. It is the first full production Nathan Dale Short, senior theatre major, has directed.

“The play explores a lot of different themes,” Short said.

“Like identity and perception versus reality.”

The play was originally written by Luigi Pirandello in 1929 and was an important play from the super realist movement of Italy. However, a modern adaptation written by Steve Moulds was chosen.

“It is Metatheatre, meaning the play is about itself,” said Jim Bartruff, director of theatre.

The action of the play, according to Bartruff, is set in real time in the theatre.

“The modern adaptation brings to a light a lot of new humor but also keeps the story very much dramatic,” Short said.

The play follows six characters who interrupt a rehearsal

of actors and a director while in search of an author to write their play, which leads to confusion and surprise of the actors.

The actors whose rehearsal is interrupted are played by themselves, while the characters are from an original, fictional universe.

Short volunteered to serve as director, after the play was chosen via committee made up of theatre students and faculty. The committee, according to Bartruff, deliberated and explored various titles to choose for the season. After going through the application process, Short was chosen by the committee to head the production.

“The greatest challenge (of directing) has been finding the balance between being a peer and being a director,” Short said. “It is a very thin line between that.”

Sydney Main, senior psychology major, who portrays the mother character in the play, said the greatest challenge was having to be off script a week after starting.

“Overall we did a good job

Alec Walberg, freshman theatre major, and Katie Pelegrin, sophomore theatre major, act out a scene in which their characters reenact lines from a Shakespeare play at rehearsal for “Six Characters in Search of an Author” on Thursday in King Hall. The play is directed by Nathan Short, a student director, and starts at 7:30 p.m. from March 1-4 in the Bruder Theatre. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

buckling down and getting what we needed done,” Main said.

The play will feature two child actors, Julian Lerch Davila a sixth grader from Emporia Middle School and Rachele Dean, a sophomore from Emporia High School. Casting and

directing child actors brought about a new challenge beyond simply directing a play, according to Short.

“It’s been rewarding, having to audition students from our school and other schools,” Short said. “The biggest thing has been balancing schedules. It ish, white, transgendered and christian, or mixed race, queer and atheist.

Mosaic participants were able to experience what it actually meant to identify as the above, and were challenged and questioned based solely on those identifiers. It sounds wrong now, but this activity only gave people a short glimpse into a life that someone has to live everyday.

Honestly, watching some of the black women breakdown into tears immediately made me want to be more understanding to the issues that they face on a daily basis by automatically being identified as black and a woman.

In a selfish attempt to cope with the situation, I wanted to hug every last one of them to show that not all black men are like the stories depict. But I quickly found that my logic

Conversations about identity were the main focus this weekend while I was at the diversity and inclusion event, Mosaic. As a student facilitator, not only was I able to encourage others to participate in activities that I and my fellow facilitators had constructed, but I learned a little something from

everyone in attendance.

We were all given notebooks that were to be used to express our thoughts on the activities during Mosaic. Many of my Mosaic folks may assume this, but of course, my notebook contained many thoughts including the fact that I forgot to bring a blanket and a pillow

to Camp Wood, which is where Mosaic was located.

The most important part about my Mosaic weekend was spending time with people with colorful identities and backgrounds. Through our activities, I quickly found that life has bountiful strong-willed people to offer.

It was refreshing and heartwarming to hear personal accounts about the struggle of finding oneself in this great big world, and to simply feel a part.

I won’t speak on anyone else’s personal stories, but I will reveal how I was able to share my story to everyone comfortably, which was a theme throughout Mosaic events.

As a facilitator for the education activities, I was able to metaphorically place a mirror on participants so that they could truly understand what it meant to be black, gay and jew-

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biochemistry and molecular biology major. “This also gives students in Greek life (a chance) to attend a dance with their friends not in Greek life.”

This event provides a chance for the students to put on their best clothes and enjoy a night of elegant fashion and socializing with friends while supporting a good cause, according to Andrews.

The members of the Honors College are working with a budget of $1,000 to put together an event that will hopefully exceed the expectations of the student public, according to Andrews.

Nicholas Sumner, the vice president of the Honors College and junior business major,

disclosed the details surrounding the Spring Ball and what students should anticipate in attending such an event.

“It’s a spring ball, so we kind of have spring flowers, kind of like a color pallette,” Sumner said.

This year’s Spring Ball is a spin off of the Snow Ball event also hosted by the Honors College in February of last year, according to Sumner.

“It’s a formal event and it’s kind of reminiscent of a like prom type event which I think people get excited about and have like a reason to dress up and go out,” Sumner said.

The Honors College is hosting this event to get more in-

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Notes from my Mosaic Notebook

has been challenging.”

The reward, according to Short, is being able to introduce younger students to college level theatre.

“Both of them wanted to be a part of this and I think it’s great that younger people want to get involved,” Main said. was unfair to them, and from then on, all that I wanted to do was work on the black man.

After Mosaic, I understood that my focus shouldn’t be trying to prove how I wasn’t like the others, but to change the mindset of the others. To dismantle the toxic masculinity that seems to be ingrained in black men from birth until death.

By the end, my Mosaic family had created a fully diverse, integrated and accepting unit.

And even better, we had encouraged each other to spread that mindset to others outside of that unit.

If you are interested in diversity and inclusion, event planning or education, and are thinking about becoming a Mosaic student facilitator, I encourage you to contact the director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Deanna Williams.

The Honors College Organizes Student Spring Ball

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The Honors College is putting together a formal Spring Ball set to take place on March 9.

The Spring Ball is predicted to be an event that proposes the idea of all-inclusiveness among all ESU students here on campus. The idea is to have an event that allows the community to come and gather together.

“The spring ball was created for students that don’t have a chance from Greek life to have an event where they can dress up and have fun,” said Kay Andrews, social chair of the Honors College and sophomore

Skating for history

LaRhon Walker, graduate student in the HPER program, loosens his skates before getting into the rink with fellow students last Wednesday at Rollers skating rink. This event was held to recognized Black History Month. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

sponsored by ESU Honors Council

March 9 8pm-11pm Webb Hall $1 or 1 Canned Good

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volved with the ESU community, according to Sumner.

There will be an admittance fee for students of one dollar or a donation of a can good, ac-

cording to informational flyers made by the Honors College.

All proceeds will be going towards a Eureka Tornado Relief Charity Fund.

Zoiks! in the archives

Zoiks! members Olivia Nunnelley, freshman theater major, and Josh Hoeven, junior communication major, act out a scene about shoes during a game called director’s cut, where a director, another Zoiks member, decides where the scene is going on Tuesday in the basement of the library. The next Zoiks! event will be a bogo show at 8 p.m. next Wednesday in the Frederickson Theater. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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#NewsWorthy

It seems like ever since the Fall of 2015, Donald Trump has been a constant source of news.

Even more-so now because he is the President of the United States. The news is always reporting on something Donald Trump said or has done within his first month of being in office. For example, within the first few weeks of his presidency, the press reported on the executive orders he signed and how many times he took a vacation to Mar A Lago and how much that cost taxpayers.

However, there is more to the news than just Donald Trump.

For example, the African forest elephants are back on a rapid decline, according to “The Atlantic.”

“The New York Times”

reported on an airstrike in Syria on security offices in the city of Homs that killed more than 30 people.

“Mental Floss” has reported on an Indian School in Phangane, a city outside of Mumbai, that specializes in educating elderly women.

These, plus many more new stories get swept under the rug because Donald Trump is constantly flooding media sources. His stories are constantly being shared on Facebook and Twitter and MSN, CNN and even BBC reporting on him. Trump is somehow more important than any other form of new stories.

It is more important to know about what President Trump is doing during his time in office with legislation and important issues than for news outlets to write articles

STAFF EDITORIAL based on his racist tweets or his tweets complaining about celebrities.

Donald Trump is a hot topic, but he is not the only topic. People tend to focus on the negative when it comes to news stories and right now, Trump is pretty negative.

In this day of clickbait, the things that get more clicks come from Donald Trump news stories because negative news instills negative emotion in people, making them more likely to share that news story.

This shouldn’t be the case.

There are a lot more things that are newsworthy and not all of it is positive, such as bees going extinct, but there have been some fantastic things that have happened. For example, pandas have been removed from the endangered species list.

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These are just as “newsworthy” as CNN reporting on Donald Trump’s vision for the country.

But the news sources won’t change their ways. So it is our job to seek out news ourselves.

What is Life Without Art?

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The White House announced recently that it plans to not just cut arts funding, but get rid of pro-

grams like the National Endowment for the Arts altogether.

This is being done with the excuse of “cutting government spending.” While these programs take up such a small part of the federal budget that if one were to show it on a pie graph, it would not even be visible according to data on insidegov.com The programs and grants funded by the NEA give significant accessibility to make and enjoy visual art, music, literature and poetry, among

many other mediums. What could be the benefit of de -funding programs, that have no effect on the federal budget, and allow countless Americans to be enriched who would otherwise have no access to the arts?

I want you to imagine an ESU that decided to axe its art budget.

This would not only include the art department, but affect every aspect of campus. Our mascot, Corky, would be nonexistent because there would be no funding to design him.

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America is home to a variety of people, all of whom hold distinct beliefs and values.

While there are so many other ideas to believe in, the idea of politics seems to play a huge role in this society.

This is noticeable in the amount of time spent by Americans indulging in a political rivalry through how much attention is or isn’t given to politicallydriven media.

What’s even more noticeable is the great divide in

the public between what is perceived online or in the news as either very liberal or very conservative.

Both sides are rooted in political bias in respects to the two major representative parties. This separation among the public is seen everywhere.

This conflict is especially seen on social media where many users tend to avoid and not share news articles that may seem to neglect their views or do not support their political standpoint.

Many subscribers in daily online news outlets like “The New York Times” also tend to not scroll through articles because of titles that are not appealing to their opinions concerning politics.

This split that is based off affiliations with one party or the other is not what a “Democracy” is supposed to represent. This defeats the entire purpose of having a blended society with one nation united as one.

Though it’s important to have a unique perspective on certain things, it is just as important to have an open mind. Do not let your beliefs restrict you from having a broader view on any sort of news topic.

Information is a gateway to discovering new things so absorb whatever you can.

Through having an open mind, you may find it is easier to learn about another person’s perspective.

Being open-minded also allows you to reach deeper levels of understanding through gaining multiple perspectives on any given topic or idea.

Just by simply pushing aside your own biased opinions, you are able to see where someone else is coming from and thus create less tension in our society.

Once we learn to put away our own thoughts we can become more informed, try not to get in the way of your own enlightenment.

There would be no free shows such as the many concerts that people at ESU have the benefit of enjoying.

Our beautiful buildings would be plain boxes, with no thought of design or architecture, completely devoid of character.

There would be no Quivira, our annual literary journal. The Bulletin would be a sheet of printer paper that said “news.”

Cutting the NEA does not mean art will disappear from our country entirely, but the above examples show just

We can’t rely on things like Facebook to just give us news about every single thing that happens on our planet. We shouldn’t expect to be hand-fed news and be satisfied.

how important funding the arts is.

Art affects all of us on an hourly basis whether we are thinking about it or not. The world would be drab and have no soul to it without art.

Art was used to make your favorite movies, games, music and all other media you consume. We must continue to enrich those people’s lives who don’t have access to the arts, for the sake of their well being.

We must let our government know that arts are not a frivolous expense.

We’re not that Different

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To those of you who may wonder why we need a month to celebrate women, you are the reason.

We have made strides in working toward gender equality, but we still have a long way to go.

One way that we can make progress is by being cooperative rather than be competitive. I know that I am guilty of comparing myself to other women or trying to be better than them, but that does nothing, for me or other people.

We still live in a man’s world and it can be difficult to face that world as a woman. There is still a gender pay gap, and in some fields women are few and far between. Even in the fields with a lot of females, we need to stick together.

As women, we are conditioned by society to compare ourselves to others and to

judge others. This is something that we need to work to change. It is difficult to not compare oneself to the skinniest models or the most successful celebrities.

Comparing ourselves to other women is how we are separating ourselves from forming good relationships.

Rash judgement is also a barrier. Last year, there was a mutual hatred between me and one of my classmates.

I was quick to judge a lot of people that year.

Since we have managed to open up to each other, we are now super close. We support each other and have each other’s backs. That’s how all relationships with our fellow students should be. Competition should be a friendly competition, one that inspires everyone to work harder.

We still have a long way to go before reaching total gender equality. We as a society can start by getting to know people before we judge them, especially women to women. If you find yourself judging yourself or another woman, stop and think. Is your judgement based on appearance, or jealousy?

It’s hard to change how our minds react, especially when we have been taught to judge or compare all our lives.

Small steps make a big difference.

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Donaciones para reabastecer Corky’s Cupboard G aby A mparan g a m pa r a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Corky’s Cupboard es un programa que comenzó en el 2014 y ayuda a los estudiantes universitarios que se pierden las comidas regularmente debido a luchas financieras u otros asuntos. El armario está llevando a cabo una impulsión de comida por el gobierno asociado del estudiante del 28 de febrero al 2 de marzo.

“Queremos que los estudiantes sepan que somos un recurso y que tenemos los recursos disponibles para ellos,” dijo Shaianne Cokely, miembra de Community Hornets y estudiante de último año en estudios interdisciplinarios. “Con la comida, es una buena oportunidad para conectar con los estudiantes, porque trabajamos allí, y vemos día a día como son sus vidas y tenemos la oportunidad de ayudar con eso.”

Corky’s Cupboard está dirigido por la organización Community Hornets. Tiene

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alrededor de 500 estudiantes visitando semanalmente y el número está creciendo gradualmente porque más están tomando conciencia del programa.

“Vemos a muchos clientes y hay una gran necesidad,” dijo Sydney Inman, estudiante graduada de terapia de arte, consejera clínica y directora de Corky’s Cupboard.

“Muchas personas son capaces de venir a buscar cosas, y tener un lugar donde puedan comer algo.”

Corky’s Cupboard sólo está disponible para estudiantes de ESU, pero cualquier persona en la comunidad puede donar al programa.

“Este impulso nos ayudará ser más consistentes con nuestra cantidad de alimentos,” dijo Munashe Mangwendeza, miembro de Community Hornets y estudiante de último año en contabilidad. “Si tenemos una cantidad consistente, los estudiantes serán más animados a entrar.”

Los estudiantes que necesitan comida pueden

Shianne Cokely, estudiante de último año en estudios interdisciplinarios, que trabaja para el CSI, trabaja en Corky’s Cupboard el lunes. Corky’s Cupboard es un servicio que ayuda a los estudiantes que necesitan comida.

Está abierto con comidas de lata y más de lunes a jueves de las 12 a 5 p.m. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

visitar el armario, ubicado el mediodía y las 5 pm con su detrás del Center for Student Hornet ID para encontrar lo Involvement, una vez a la se- que necesitan. mana del lunes a jueves entre Corky’s Cupboard siem-

pre acepta donaciones de alimentos enlatados y/o no perecederos entre las 9 am y 3 pm en el CSI.

Estudiante de ultimo año inspira estudiantes, maestros G aby A mparan

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Nkem Nwogu, estudiante de último año internacional de nigeria en economía, inspira a los demás con su dedicación a involucración en el campus.

“Entre las primeras semanas en los estados unidos, pase por shock,” dijo Nwogu. “Cuando me pongo a pensar en mi tiempo aquí en Emporia, pienso en las amistades que he establecido.”

Nwogu es un miembro Nkem Nwogu, estudiante de ultimo año en economía y senador de de la facultad de la oficina ASG para el colegio de artes y ciencias liberales, atiende la junta de ASG Residential Life, es senael jueves pasado en el Senate Chamber. Nwogu, que viene de Nigeria, se dor del colegio de artes gradúa este mayo y espera encontrar un puesto de interno para aplicar y ciencias liberales en el para la escuela graduada. Dabin Choi | The Bulletin gobierno asociado estudi-

antil y es un miembro de Food for Students. Fue un asistente residencial (RA) por dos años y trabaja como un asistente de oficina en la oficina central de la vida residencial.

“Aunque crecimos juntos, fuimos a la misma escuela y nos graduamos al mismo tiempo, siempre lo he admirado,” dijo Chukwuneye Nweke, estudiante de último año en psicología y amigo de Nwogu desde la escuela en Nigeria. “Su mejor contribución como amigo es que te motiva y te empuja a ser mejor.”

Nwogu dijo que ser un RA fue unos de sus logros más grandes desde que vino a ESU porque le

ayudó desarrollar relaciones con otros que tal vez no podrían ver sido posibles. También es un miembro del E-Team, que dice que lo ha ayudado tener más confianza.

“Nkem ha trabajado para sobresalir hasta más de lo normal,” dijo Rob Catlett, tutor academico de Nwogu. “Espero que continúe ser líder y que siga usando su intelecto y carácter para inspirar a la gente.”

Después de graduarse este mayo que viene, Nwogu quiere buscar un puesto de interno para agarrar experiencia de trabajo y aplicar para la escuela graduada.

Estudiante de teatro explora los retos de dirección G aby A mparan

g a m pa r a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

La producción de “Six Characters in Search of a Author” hizo su debut el miércoles 1 de marzo en el teatro Karl C. Bruder en King Hall. Es la primera producción que Nathan Dale Short, estudiante de último año en teatro, ha dirigido.

“La obra explora muchos temas diferentes,” dijo Short, “Como la identidad y percepción contra la realidad.”

La obra fue escrita originalmente por Luigi Pirandello en 1929 y era importante para el movimiento super-realista en italia.

Sin embargo, una versión moderna escrita por Steve Moulds fue escogida para está producción.

“Es meta-teatro, que significa que la obra se trata de ella misma,” dijo Jim Bartruff, director de teatro.

La accion, segun Bartruff, ocurre en tiempo real en el teatro.

“La versión moderna destaca un humor nuevo, pero también mantiene la historia muy dramática,” dijo Short.

La obra sigue seis personajes que interrumpen el ensayo de actores y el director mientras buscan el autor de su obra, que cause confusión entre los actores. Los actores que son interrumpidos son retratados por ellos mismos, mientras los personajes son de ficción.

La obra fue escogida por

un comité de estudiantes y facultad, y Short fue el director voluntario. El comité, según Bartruff, escogió entre varios títulos. Después del proceso de aplicación, Short fue escogido por el comité como mayor de la producción.

“Lo más difícil (de dirección) fue encontrar el balance entre ser compañero de los actores y también su director,” dijo Short. “Hay una línea muy fina entre las dos posiciones.”

Sydney Main, estudiante de último año en psicología, retrata el personaje de la madre. Main dijo que lo más difícil fue la memorización de sus líneas después de la primera semana.

“Hicimos un buen trabajo en hacer lo que teníamos que hacer y terminarlo,” dijo Main.

La obra tendrá dos actores infantiles, Julian LerchDavila, en sexto grado en Emporia Middle School y Rachele Dean, estudiante de segundo año en Emporia High School. El casting y la dirección de estos actores también fue un reto, según Short.

“Ha sido una experiencia gratificante,” dijo Short.

“El reto más grande fue balancear horarios.”

La recompensa, según Short, es tener la oportunidad de introducir a estudiantes menores al teatro del colegio.

Los dos quisieron ser parte de esto y me hace muy contento saber que se quieren involucrar,” dijo Main.

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Senior inspires fellow students as well as teachers A layne W eber aw e b e r @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Nkem Nwogu, senior of economics major with emphasis in mathematics and ASG senator for the College of Liberal Arts and Science, attends ASG meeting last Thursday in the Senate Chamber. Nwogu, who is from Nigeria, is graduating this May and hopes to find an internship then apply for graduate school. Dabin Choi | The Bulletin

Nkem Nwogu, senior economics major and international student from Nigeria, inspires others with his hard work and dedication to campus involvement.

“Within the first couple weeks of coming to the U.S., I think I faced quite a bit of shock,” Nwogu said. “If I could sit back and think about my time at Emporia, I’d think about how I’ve had many solid friendships here.”

Currently, he is a member of the Residential Life staff, Senator for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the Associated Student Government and a member of Food for Students. He was a Resident Assistant for two years, and currently works as a student office assistant at the main office for Residential Life.

“Even though we grew up in the same place, went to the same school and graduated at the same time, I’ve always

kind of looked up to him,” said Chukwuneye Nweke, senior psychology major and friend of Nwogu’s from high school in Nigeria. “His best contribution as a friend is that he motivates you, encourages you and challenges you in different ways.”

Nwogu said that being an RA is one of his biggest accomplishments since coming to ESU because it helped him develop relationships with others that may not have been possible otherwise. He was also a member of the E-Team, which he said really helped to bring him out of his shell.

“Nkem has really challenged himself above and beyond any sense of normalcy,” said Rob Catlett, Nwogu’s academic advisor. “I hope that he continues to lead, to give back, to use his intellect and character to inspire people.”

After graduating this coming May, Nwogu would like to find an internship to gain some job experience and to apply to graduate school.

International students serve tea and culture

Ifeanyi Martin Okonkwo (above), business administration and management and information system graduate student, serves drinks to Joonas Jauhiainen, junior finance major from Finland. International students serving tea and other drinks from their country also had a chance to taste other countries treats. Danbi Kim (right), junior business major, serves coffee and cintron tea at the international tea party from 2-4 p.m. on Friday in Main Street of the Union. There were 15 countries represented at the party, including Germany, Mali, Egypt and Iraq. Students, faculty and any Emporia community members were welcomed to the event. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

Karate class teaches self-defense

Fraternity and sorority treats ESU

Megan Sprague, ESU graduate and purple belt, and Kyle Gitchel, high school senior and brown belt, practice with bo staffs, one of the five weapons used in karate, Thursday night in the dance studio of HPER. Any student is able to join at anytime and learn the Okinawan style of karate. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

drive ESU students line up to treat themselves to a dollar dinner at 5 p.m. on Friday Feb. 24 at the Didde Catholic Campus Center. Alpha Kappa Lambda and Alpha Sigma sponsored the event. John Reynolds | The Bulletin

continued from page 1 of Community Hornets and senior accounting major.

“If we have a consistent amount, students will be

more encouraged to come in.”

Students who are missing meals can visit the Cupboard, located behind the CSI, from noon to 5 p.m. on either Monday or Thursday with their Hornet ID to find

what they need.

Corky’s Cupboard is always accepting donations of canned and/or non-perishable food items between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Center for Student Involvement.

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Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture to host controversial education speaker ple who have engaged with others to make progress on difficult issues,” Wyatt said.

“This is the second year that the Honors College has sponsored the series. Last year was Dr. Freeman Lebowski and this year Dr. Steve Perry. So far by chance there has just been an education reform theme among both.”

A committee made of six people from across the campus meet to discuss and vote on the guest speaker each year.

“I have confidence that he will be a good speaker,” said Nick Sumner, vice president of the Honors College and senior information systems major. “From my understanding, he holds opinions that may be viewed controversially by many and I think that is a really good thing as I believe that by exposing ourselves to varying viewpoints we better understand our own positions on a subject.”

Perry’s commitment to excellence began when he was the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, CT. “What a magnet school is going to do is, as the word magnet implies, there is going to be something they (students) specialize in that will attract people to that school and it’ll be such that it will attract

people in a broad area,” Wyatt said. “With that in mind you then have that unique theme to the school that makes it special. That’s what the first school Dr. Perry established was. The theme is the unusual educational, out-of-the-box educational experience that has proven to be successful among low income students and helped them achieve their potential.”

Perry has written several books and has been featured on MSNBC, Fox, CNN, Al Jazeera, TV One, BET and NBC as well as on the Oprah Winfrey network in multiple shows, according to drsteveperry.org.

“The most important thing that participants can get from any speaker is simply the ability to engage with a different perspective on an issue,” Sumner said. “Exposing ourselves to different perspectives is an extremely important part of developing our own position on an issue.”

The Bonner and Bonner lecture with Dr. Steve Perry will take place at 7:00 p.m. today in Albert Taylor Hall. Tickets are required to enter and are free to get from the Memorial Union ticketing office.

Photo Courtesy Of Emporia State’s The Honors College Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session and a book signing.

ture of the Center.

“We had a double wide trailer that functioned as our Aquatic Center that we’d had for about 35 years, but that trailer flooded, and it was demolished two years ago,” said Brent Thomas, dean of the Col-

Infographic By Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin

lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences. “One important part of this new building is that it will not only replace that trailer, but it will actually provide research capabilities we did not have back then. It will increase the research capacity for ESU faculty and students, and both of those are critically important.”

The Center will open up opportunities for members of the community, as well as ESU students, to be informed and raise awareness of the conditions of water sources in Kansas.

“This is going to allow us to educate our students and train them in aquatic ecology,” said David Edds, biology professor. “As we educate students, they’re going to be the leaders of the next generation, as we do research, we’re going to be able to make discoveries about quality and quantity of water, and as we do Outreach activities, we’re actually going to be able to educate the community.”

The team hopes to have the final plans for the Center by the end of this semester.

coalition, several other proposals came up as to how this might be administered.

“Different clubs should team up and do this together,” said C. Edward Emmer, professor of philosophy. “Include prayer and meditation as an analogous exercise.”

Some at the meeting argued for greater community involvement in dealing with issues like Islamophobia.

“Open the communication for the public,” said Phil Dillon, a citizen of Emporia. “We don’t know what’s going on.”

Dillon voiced other concerns during the meeting regarding university policies on speech and expression.

“The faculty don’t trust you,” Dillon said. “We have a constitution to open up the air.

Freedom will prevail if you allow speech.”

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This year’s annual Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture is to feature education revolutionary Steve Perry. Perry is “the voice of a generation, a people’s champion who has been fighting for disadvantaged children and families for 30 years,” according to drsteveperry.org.

“I think people will get some new ideas and we’re not presenting this as, ‘he has the answer to everything,’” said Gary Wyatt, director of the Honors College, assistant provost and professor of sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies.

“Some of what he says people will disagree with and that’s just fine. He does a good job of starting a conversation, of raising issues that people need to discuss and debate and hopefully help us maybe see some alternatives we’ve never seen before.”

The Bonner and Bonner lecture series has been on campus for many years and has just recently come under the direction of the Honors College.

“We try to bring in people who reflect a variety of different perspectives, but the common theme here is peo-

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“I don’t feel like there’s an inter-faith coalition,” Harris said. “Students can better support (diversity) if they can say ‘this is ours.’ You’re a hornet… a hornet who happens to be a Muslim, or black or a female. You’re a hornet.”

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continued from page 1 sand places on top of trash cans, and we would be doing a lot of signage,” Mertens said. “We wouldn’t be doing a whole lot of enforcement, more just explaining, notifying everyone.”

Then in January of 2018, they will be moving towards hard implementation.

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“Hard implementation is where we won’t have the option. We won’t have the receptacles. We will be fully tobacco free at that point,” Sharlow said. “We would tell people ‘okay you can’t do that on campus, we’re a tobacco free campus.’”

The next tobacco taskforce meeting will be 11 a.m. on Monday, March 6th in the Memorial Union and is open to all students, faculty and staff.

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Moten’s 27 lifts Hornet women to Senior Day victory A dam B lake ablake@esubulle tin.com

In front of a crowd filled with friends and family from back home, senior Emporia State guard Kelly Moten led the #13 Hornets to a 76-60 win over #24 Central Oklahoma last Saturday afternoon in White Auditorium.

“It’s not about who’s in the crowd, because we always have a great crowd,” Moten said in a postgame interview.

“I just wanted to help our team win and do whatever I could to have that ‘W’ next to our name.”

The Hornets would open the game on a 9-2 run behind two three-pointers from junior guard Krystie Miller, but found themselves trailing after UCO went on an 11-2 run of their own. A buzzer-beating shot at the end of the quarter saw the Bronchos take a 19-17 lead into the second.

Central Oklahoma held their advantage until an 8-2 Hornet run tied the score at 25 on a three-point basket by junior guard Addie Lackey. ESU would regain the lead at the 4:21 mark when Moten cut to

the rim for a layup, putting the score at 30-29.

The Hornets would lead for the remainder of the quarter and extended the margin to 4535 by the halftime horn. Moten headed into the locker room with 15 points as Lackey added 14 of her own with 12 coming from behind the arc.

ESU would not give up their halftime lead, and maintained at least a six-point margin throughout the third and fourth quarters.

“I think we played with a lot of energy,” Lackey said. “We were knocking down shots, making good plays and making some really good stops on defense. That all helped us spread out the lead.”

Narrowly missing a tripledouble, Moten lead all players with 27 points and 11 assists, adding eight rebounds to round out her successful day.

Lackey followed with 20 points behind five for eight shooting from beyond the arc.

Miller and junior guard Jacee Kramer each added another nine points and five rebounds. The Hornets shot 50 percent from three and 40 percent from the field while hold-

Krystie Miller, junior guard and forward, looks for a teammate to pass the ball to on Saturday in the White Auditorium. The Hornet women defeated the University of Central Oklahoma 76-60. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

ing the Bronchos to 36 percent shooting and a one for 10 mark on three-point shots.

With her 27, Moten moved to fourth on the Hornet women’s all-time scoring list with 1,847 career points.

“I think my team did a great job,” said ESU women’s bas-

Sports Shorts

ESU softball competes in St. Cloud Indoor Tournament

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Emporia State softball wrapped up tournament play last weekend at the St. Cloud Indoor Tournament in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

The Hornets swept day one, beating previously undefeated St. Cloud 2-1 and run-ruling the Huskies 10-1 in game two.

In game one, ESU scored a run in the second inning with a single up the middle to score Sarah Glass, senior infielder.

The Hornets took a 2-0 lead in the third inning after Marly Carmona, junior infielder, stole home. St. Cloud scored their single run in the fifth inning, getting a chance to

take the lead in the seventh with the bases loaded, but were unable to come through.

In game two of the day, the Hornets plated three runs the first inning. ESU went on to score two more in the third and four in the fifth en route to a 10-1 run-rule victory.

The Hornets split day two with Sioux Falls under the dome. ESU was shut out 3-0 in game one but came back to take a 4-1 victory to cap the day.

The Cougars took an early 2-0 lead in the first with a tworun homer. The Hornets had base runners in four of the last five innings, but could not get enough hits to bring them in.

ESU came out in front with an RBI single in the second

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inning during game two. The Hornets capped their scoring with a two-run double in the sixth, giving them a 4-1 lead and eventual victory.

On their final day of action in the Huskie Dome, ESU was swept by Minnesota-Duluth.

The Hornets gave up a walkoff 4-3 loss in game one and lost game two 4-2 to close out the tournament.

The Hornets will begin MIAA play next weekend with doubleheaders against Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern at Trusler Sports Complex. First pitch against the Gorillas is set for 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 10.

Statistical information provided by Emporia State Athletics.

Hornets (24-4, 15-4 in conference) secured a third seed in the upcoming MIAA Conference Tournament in Kansas City. They will play at noon this Friday in Municipal Auditorium against the winner of the Fort Hays State and Missouri Southern game.

#30 Hornets sweep Pitt in three-game series

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The #30 Hornet baseball team opened conference play with an 11-0 run-rule win over Pittsburg State on Saturday afternoon at the Trusler Sports Complex.

Emporia State scored one run in the first off a Pittsburg State error. The teams went scoreless the next two innings until the Hornets opened the game up in the bottom of the fourth with seven runs.

Mason Brown, junior catcher, added to his RBI total in the bottom of the fifth with a single to left field plating two runs, making it a ten-run game. Wade Hanna, senior outfielder, added one more run with a solo homerun in the bottom of the sixth to make it 11-0.

The Hornets completed day two of the series with

a 13-8 victory on Sunday afternoon. A seven-run third inning propelled Emporia State to the win, led by Kaden Shaffer, junior infielder, with seven RBI’s.

Emporia State completed their sweep of Pittsburg State with an 8-6 win Monday afternoon. Junior infielder Tate Kastens went three for four with two runs while Shaffer had two RBIs on the day. Sophomore starter Tanner Cairns tossed 5.0 innings, allowing only three runs on five hits with five strikeouts to improve to 2-0 on the season.

The Hornets (10-2, 3-0 in the MIAA) will travel to Quincy, Illinois to face Quincy University in a three-game series this weekend. They will start with a double-header this Saturday at 12:00 p.m.

Statistical information provided by Emporia State Athletics.

Hornets fall short in comeback effort against Riverhawks B ethany B owman

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Jevon Taylor, senior guard, and his parents, are recognized on Saturday for senior night before the men’s basketball game in the White Auditorium. Seniors on the cheer squad and women’s basketball team were recognized as well. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

ketball coach Jory Collins. “It was emotional for the people who have been here long. [The seniors] have all put in a significant amount of time and commitment, which I like to call sweat equity. It was a big day for them.”

With the 76-60 victory, the

In a game that saw Emporia State down by 17 points in the first half, a Hornet comeback effort fell short late as Northeastern State escaped with a 69-65 win last Thursday night in White Auditorium.

Northeastern’s Tanner Mouse got the scoring started with a three-pointer which was followed by a tip-in bucket by teammate Braxton Williams.

Mouse stole the ball on the next possession and took it to the rim for a 7-0 Riverhawk lead before Emporia State senior guard Tyler Jordan got the Hornets on the board with an old fashioned three-point play.

Juvon Turner scored out of the first media timeout to put Northeastern State up 14-3 before junior forward Jawan Emery answered with ESU’s second basket of the game. The Hornets pulled within eight on a three-pointer by senior forward Josh Pedersen, but NSU went on an 8-0 run to lead 27-11 with just 5:40 remaining in the first half. The Riverhawks extended their lead on Braxton Williams’ three-pointer at the 2:40 mark to take a 34-17 advantage, their largest of the night.

The Hornets ended the first half on a 14-2 run highlighted by sophomore guard Brandon Hall’s basket with just three seconds remaining that was followed by a Jordan steal and corner jumper on the inbound

pass at the buzzer. ESU headed into the halftime break trailing by five at 36-31.

“The way we started the game off, we didn’t start off with the right intensity,” Limuel said in a postgame interview.

Pedersen began the second half by going 1-2 line to cut the Riverhawk lead to four, but Northeastern State scored two quick baskets for a 40-32 lead.

The Hornets gathered some momentum when Pedersen dropped a backdoor pass to Brian Morton for a slam dunk.

Limuel followed with a layup at the 16:15 mark and the Hornets trailed 40-36.

Jevon Taylor pulled the Hornets within one on a threepointer from the corner at the 12:45 mark, and followed with another to give his team their first lead of the night at 49-47 with 11 minutes remaining in the game.

“The biggest thing we have to understand is that everyone is trying to play for something,” said ESU men’s basketball coach Shaun Vandiver. “We have to compete and we have to battle.”

Junior forward Garin Vandiver extended the Hornet lead to six on a tip-in with 7:40 left on the clock, their largest lead of the night, before Northeastern State quickly tied it back up at 54-54 just before the last media timeout.

The Hornets and Riverhawks traded baskets and

found themselves tied up again at 59-59 with 3:47 remaining.

Four free throws and a bucket from NSU’s Karon Waller gave the Riverhawks a 67-61 lead at the 1:29 mark, but Josh Pedersen went 1-2 at the line to cut the lead to five with 1:16 left on the clock. Limuel blocked Northeastern’s next shot and Pedersen took advantage by cashing a three to bring the score to 67-65 with just 39 seconds remaining.

The Hornets got the ball back with a chance to tie or win the game with 13.1 seconds left on the clock, but Jordan’s shot in the lane was no good.

The Riverhawks sunk two free throws and Emporia State’s inbounds pass was tipped out at the buzzer as the Hornets fell 69-65 in their penultimate regular season game.

“I knew we had to get something at the rim so I drove it to the rim, tried to get a shot off,” Jordan said. “Obviously it didn’t go in, I can’t do anything about that, that’s just the game.”

The Hornets shot just 40 percent from the field for the game and 23 percent from beyond the arc. The Riverhawks finished 46 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range.

“Now adversity has hit us,” said Coach Vandiver. “It has hit us hard and now we have to see the essence of character of each member of this team starting with me.”