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Volunteers at the Out of the Darkness community walk release balloons Saturday at Jones Park symbolizing friends and family who taken their own lives. The walk has been hosted in Emporia for four years. DONALD GOODE | The Bulletin
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The Out of the Darkness Walk is an event that has been held in Emporia for four years now, and is designed to raise awareness for suicide. This year’s walk took place Saturday afternoon at Jones Park, with over 200 participants in attendance. “Out of the Darkness is about stepping out into the light and acknowledging
struggles and loss,” said Melissa Kurtenbach, chair organizer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. “We’ve noticed that with college students, especially over the past year, the conversation has really started to open up.” The walks are meant to raise funds for research and education of suicide prevention. “Just by being here and supporting people, it raises awareness and provides some education to those who might
not really know what suicide is,” said Natalie Guevara, a volunteer at the walk and senior, sociology major. “It’s very important to let the community know that it’s a serious thing and that it happens every day.” A table located at the entrance of the event held different colors of “honor beads,” of which each color held a different meaning. This tradition of
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Alpha Kappa Lambda Hosts Slam Poetry Night
Hewleek Mckoy, sophomore theatre major, performs his original poem titled “What? No!” last Wednesday in the KSTC Colonial Ballroom. The event included a variety of poets with a prize that was awarded to Zach Palmer, who was voted by the audience as best poet. JOHN REYNOLDS | The Bulletin
Alpha Kappa Lambda hosted their annual slam poetry night last Wednesday in the memorial union ballroom. Officially titled, “Alpha Kappa Slambda,” the event invited students to perform and share their original poetry. Alec Walberg, freshman theatre education, performed his piece, “A War in the Stars,” inspired by his love for Star Wars. Walberg was introduced to slam poetry in repertory theatre, but struggled with finding a topic to perform. “I’m a privileged white male, so I don’t have a lot to slam about,” Walberg said. “I’m gonna try to recap Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.” Zack Palmer, junior interdisciplinary studies, performed his piece, “Voices of the Silent,” which he was motivated to write for family members
Emporia State’s faculty senate passed the weapons policy on concealed carry, allowing guns to be carried on campus as long as they are concealed in compliance with Kansas law, last Tuesday. There are a variety of mixed student, faculty and staff reactions about the law itself and the passing of the bill within the faculty senate. “The reality is the law is the law and we have to comply with that,” said Allison Garrett, ESU’s President. “There are of course a wide range of opinions about the law, but many individuals here at Emporia State, as well as other universities throughout the state, are not pleased that is the law and there are certainly some people who hold out hopes that might be changed. That being said, the law is the law and we certainly, as a university, want to do our best to comply.” Garrett believes the weapons policy committee did a “marvelous” job of recognizing the need to develop a policy, analyzing where the greatest risk to the university could be and then drafting a policy that addresses those risks “while still being consistent with the law that the legislature has passed”. The deadline for all univer-
sities to submit their policy to the Kansas Board of Regents for the October meeting was yesterday, Sept. 28, according to Garrett. “The two universities policies that will be considered first by KBOR are Fort Hays State University and Emporia State University,” Garrett said. “We know that, at their October meeting, our policy will be reviewed by the full Board of Regents.” Having more people on campus carrying guns could possibly have a “chilling effect” on the free exchange of ideas and discussion of difficult topics and is probably why a high percentage of faculty and staff, not only at ESU but other universities, feel the law is a misguided attempt to insure safety on campuses, according to Garrett. “...There is always somebody who will or may not say something because they are afraid of the reaction they might get, that happens now, people are afraid that if ‘I take a position on a particular topic, they are going to come after me’, whoever they are,” said Kevin Johnson, weapon policy task force member and general counsel. “To me, if a person says ‘I don’t want to say any-
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The ‘Don’t Text, Just Drive’ competition is in full swing on campus at Emporia State University, encouraging students to take the pledge not to text and drive. “It is important for students to pledge not to text and drive because it raises awareness for such an important cause,” said Kathryn Martin, Union Activities Council (UAC) president and senior elementary education major. “Way too many people die in accidents involving texting and driving. If we raise awareness, hopefully people will pay attention when they habitually pick up their phone while driving.” Associated Student Govsee POETRY page 3
ernment partnered with UAC and other departments on campus to promote the competition being held between regent schools in Kansas. Anyone wishing to make the pledge and participate in the competition can text the word ‘Hornet’ to 50555. “Different departments around ESU are working together to build a week long competition for the event,” said Elijah Williams, ASG president and senior political science and economics major. The goal of the competition is to raise awareness regarding the dangers of texting while driving. Students can participate now through November 22 to pledge not to text and
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ESU football players fear retaliation for speaking about protests football player threatened to report him to the coaches if he spoke out, so he Three ESU bowed out of an football play- I think that all too interview with ers refused to often, especially within The Bulletin. comment on Emporia State, we “We (coaches) the recent silent would like to think of don’t really go protests of the those things as isolated over things,” said National Anthem events. Kent Weiser, athfor fear of retaliK ayla G ilmore letic director. “I ation in the form P r e s i d e n t o f B l a c k S t u d e n t just notice that a of being kicked U n i o n lot of our student off of the team or athletes, they eilosing their scholther have relatives or parents arship. One player was only willing to speak anonymously, if there was no association with see FOOTBALL page 2 the football team, but another
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A photo, receiving national recognition, was posted on Paige Shoemaker’s public snapchat story on Sept. 13. It depicts two white women, one being Shoemaker, wearing mud face masks, making a gang-related hand gesture with the caption “Feels good to finally be a (racial slur).” Judy Anderson, executive director of human resources and affirmative action and Gwen Larson, assistant director of marketing and media relations declined to speak to The Bulletin about this topic. “These issues point to the obvious need for a culture and pedagogical shift towards the narratives and lived experiences of all marginalized communities,” said Kayla Gilmore, president of the black student union. “However, with what seems to be the incessant assassinations of unarmed black individuals by law enforcement, I would rather take the time to take much needed steps of self care to affirm to myself and other black and brown people that we are worthy of life without persecution.” ESU’s Associated Student
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that are veterans in the military...You grow up with a certain decorum on what you’re supposed to do or what is considered proper respect. But you know, we really don’t get into that too much. It just kind of happens. You know, you remove your hat.” According to Weiser, ESU coaches have yet to come together and discuss the recent silent protest of the national anthem that was started by National Football League quarterback, Colin Kaepernick. “I think this is something that definitely needs to be discussed,” said Kayla Gilmore, president of black student union (BSU). “I think that all too often, especially within Emporia State, we would like to think as those things as isolated events. They don’t really affect us because we don’t have that
Government will take action if racist incidents, similar to this, happen at ESU. In a statement from K-State interim Associate Provost for Diversity, Zelia Wiley, they claim one student involved in the incident was not enrolled and the other was not associated with the university in any way. “It’s very offensive,” said Elijah Williams, Associated Student Government (ASG) president and senior political science and economics major. “It’s kind of surprising seeing someone post something so racist on an open social media like snapchat.” Williams emphasized his quick denunciation of racism and exclusion at K-State and Emporia State University and assured students he would be quick to respond to related incidents. “If it can happen at one university, it can happen at another university,” said Williams. “There’s going to be racism at every university and when it’s so open like that, it only encourages other racism acts to happen like that.” ESU hasn’t had any major, racially charged incidents in recent years, according to Jason Brooks, assistant dean of students, diversity, equity and inclusion.
“We have had a few incidents over the past few years, but they were minor enough that we were able to deal with those particular situations in house, and make those particular items... into educational opportunities for not only the students, but also the other student, or professor, or community member,” said Brooks. “It’s (the expulsion of the student) a really big deal in the grand scheme of things. You’re removing them from an institution that prides itselves in not only progressive learning, but higher-ed, social justice, equality, and how can we turn this into an educational moment if we can.” To turn similar instances into learning opportunities and to at-
culture here, but that no less affects them (ESU football players) as black men.” The office of student affairs affirms to follow the student code of conduct and support any ESU student, including student athletes if they were to receive threats or any type of retaliation for their activities or their behavior within the University community, according to Jim Williams, vice president for Student Affairs. “I would contend that students make decisions based on their conscious,” Williams said. “There’s no rule that says you have to stand as part of the national anthem if you’re part of Emporia State University... The student would have to be conscious of the choices they’re making, and they have to be conscious of thinking through what those choices constitute and what they’re stating and what it means.” From an administrative stand-point, Weiser expressed
that he would want to know why a student athlete would make the decision to silently protest the national and if they were expressing themselves, he would like to know what that is to help explain that, but he wouldn’t be in a position to make them do anything. “I had to go through many things (on-campus),” Gilmore said. “I had to be the spokesperson for my race. I had to explain why black people just didn’t follow instructions, and why we were so angry to a classroom full of white people, and I had my teachers kind of set me up in a position to be that tokenized black person. So while it may not be as overt with like, burning crosses on lawns, it isn’t any less racist.” Student athletes have a context within their relationship with their coaches and there is an understanding to how their relationships operate, according to Williams. “I think within expectations
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tempt to prevent exclusion from happening, ESU will host a series of speakers to educate students, faculty, and staff. The first speaker, Dr. Jamie Washington, will speak on the intersection of race and sexuality and the proper way to navigate these topics at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, in the Preston Family Room in the Memorial Union. Brooks also encourages students to further educate themselves by going to the Center for Student Involvement to ask questions or going to the diversity homepage on ESU’s website. The website educates students on how to avoid racial microaggressions and be a LGBTQ or disability advocate.
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set by coaches, that’s a relationship that has to be explored and I think in some cases we probably would be chartering new grounds as an institution as to who, the what and the how,” Williams said. After speaking with ESU football players occasionally, Gilmore has found that the conscious of the team is that they see themselves as family and they don’t have discussions about race because to them, that doesn’t affect the game of football. “I think that if that is the case and you truly are a family, that family can talk about anything and everything and that your fellow football players who are not black individuals should be able to support you and say that your life matters and if they can’t do that, then they need to be re-evaluating the standards of family,” Gilmore said. Garin Higgins, head football coach of ESU did not respond to The Bulletin to comment.
Police Reports Reports from ESU Police and Safety Sept. 21 Resident assistant in Twin Towers Complex reported several residents in the main lobby smelled of marijuana. HBO. Sept. 22 Officer stopped KS 328DTS in 1000 Merchant. Verbal warning for wearing headphones while driving. Officer stopped KS 548JUM in 1200 Market. Verbal warning for defective brake light. Singular/Trusler Complex zone 1 Fire Trouble. Trusler Hall duct smoke detector 4th floor. Mechanical error. Ambulance responded to North Twin Tower Room 608 for a previous concussion resulting in a fall. Subject was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health. Singular/Trusler zone 239 Fire. Missing alarm Singular Hall Boiler Room. Singular/Trusler zone 5 Fire Trouble. 3rd floor shower. Mechanical error. Officer assisted Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with a car stop on I-35 northbound at mm 128. Operator of vehicle was involved in a fight earlier on the Kansas Turnpike. Sept. 23 Officer responded to a bicycle accident. Student was transported to the Student Wellness Center. Student was transported to 1201 W 12thNewman Regional Health. Student reported damage to his vehicle in Sector 5. Officer took report of an non-injury accident involving KS 049JFP and KS 351GDV in Sector 5. Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a call at 2725 W. 18th. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 800 Commercial. Sept. 24 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop in 1700 Merchant. Sept. 25 Female student reported an older male subject by WAW Library was shouting out students as they passed by. HBO. Student Guard reported hearing male voices yelling and a vehicle peeling out in the vicinity of Free Parking. Officer made no contact.
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WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? S II BY RALVELL ROGER
My B&B Experience Walking into the Emporia Mall last Friday, I didn’t fully know what to expect from the newly renovated movie theater. Of course, I knew that the focus of B&B Theatre’s advertisements were to promote their newly installed reclining seats.
So even before choosing which movie I actually wanted to watch, I stood in line and wondered whether or not the seats would be comfortable. “I hope they’re not hard and feel cheap,” I kept on thinking to myself. “Hello, Sir,” said the
B&B employee. “What can I help you with?” I decided to purchase a ticket for “Magnificent 7” and buy my favorite chewy watermelon candy when the employee asked me if I was a member of one of their programs. Turns out, not only was I a member of their program, but the rewards that I had accumulated up to that point had warranted me a free ticket. Amongst other free items that I had received included a small popcorn, which was given to all moviegoers at the end of their purchase and a free mint, which was handed out at the end of the movie. After receiving my movie ticket, candy, popcorn
and free water cup, another employee took my ticket and led me past newly installed movie-title monitors that are located just outside of each theater. Once I finally arrived to the theater and thanked the employee for escorting me, I finally went inside to what I was looking forward to the most: the reclining chairs. The theater was not packed so I was able to navigate to my seat fairly easily. I turned to the big screen with all of my items in hand and braced myself as I slowly settled into the seat. To my surprise, the seat felt amazing. It was tolerably soft and it left more than enough elbow space
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for me and those sitting next to me. Now for the true test: the recline. Considering the nonreclining chairs that were once in theater, the newly installed reclining chair at the B&B Theatre were more than worth the month or so wait. It reclined slowly and set me up perfectly to watch the movie that I had come to see. All in all, “Magnificent 7” proved to be a subpar film that seriously disappointed me. My movie experience was saved with the help of the B&B staff’s courteous service and the upgraded seats that allow Emporians to relax, recline and enjoy the magic of the movies.
Students, Hyeonji Kim, freshmen business major, and Jieun Ko, freshmen chemistry major, read the tag sign on Corky yesterday afternoon in front of Plumb Hall. Neither Kim nor Ko have noticed the sign before. The tags are part of the Emporia State University Student Foundations’ “Thank a Giver” celebration, which occurs each year. The celebration is to thank people who donated money to the ESU Foundation, which helped to pay for things around campus, such as pianos, sports equipment and building maintenance. ABIGAIL PONCE | The Bulletin
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China Dragon: Better than RuYi na Dragon opened in the same spot as RuYi, 1113 Commercial St., and luckier for me, it is exponentially better than RuYi ever was. There are select items that I always get from Chinese restaurants, that are my favorites, but I always try somet h i n g new. At C h i n a Dragon, I ordered crab rangoons, one of my favorite Chinese dishes, fried wontons, chicken lo mein, beef and broccoli, egg drop soup and fried rice. Fried wontons were not something I had tried before,
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Last year, one of my favorite places to eat was RuYi, a Chinese restaurant on commercial street. The food was good, the restaurant was cheap and the location was close to campus. Since then the restaurant has closed, and I was left to find a new Chinese restaurant to fill my needs. Luckily for me, Chi-
and I was pleasantly surprised. Once I was able to get past the appearance of them, I discovered they are actually quite tasty. At $2.60 for six, they are cheap enough that I would definitely recommend them, even if you aren’t sure you’d like them. T h e egg drop soup here is aweS arah S poon some. Aleditor-in-chief though I’ve enjoyed pretty much every egg drop soup I’ve had at any Chinese restaurant I’ve ever been to, there was something special about this one. It had a significantly stronger flavor than egg drop soups from other restaurants, but it wasn’t overwhelming, just extremely yummy. The fried rice wasn’t anything to write home about but, it was okay. I can’t really complain but there wasn’t anything special about it. The chicken lo mein was amazing and the brown sauce on top of it was absolutely perfect. The noodles were cooked perfectly, and there was an ample variety of meat and vegetables. The beef and broccoli was super subpar. The beef was very tough and hard to chew. Additionally, the broccoli wasn’t completely cooked all the way through. The brown sauce on the dish, however, was amazing. Crab rangoons, as I mentioned earlier, are one of my favorite dishes, and let me tell you, the ones at China Dragon are pretty freakin’ amazing! These are way better than the ones RuYi made. They actually have an ample amount of filling within the rangoon, and they don’t skimp, which is great! Overall, I give China Dragon four spoons, out of five. The food is tasty and it’s a reasonably priced place to eat, but a couple of their dishes need improvement.
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continued from page 1 suffering with mental illnesses. “There’s always been this stigma placed on that kind of people, so I figured I should write a poem about it,” Palmer said. This is the second year the event has been hosted by Alpha Kappa Lambda. Kyler Akagi, AKL alumni relations chair and sophomore history education, explained the inspiration behind the event. “My high school, Shawnee Mission West, had a poetry slam and it was a very cool and fun experience for the whole school, so being able to
bring something like that here was appealing,” Akagi said. A two dollar admission fee at the door was required to attend, although performers were given five tickets to distribute that would allow individuals to enter without paying the fee. All proceeds went to funding the Gary Scheer Scholarship, a scholarship unique to Alpha Kappa Lambda members. The next poetry event will be Dennis Etzel Jr., a poet and professor from Washburn Universiy in Topeka, KS, will have a reading 7 p.m. October 6th in the Preston Family Room in the Memorial Union.
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Nitty Gritty Tie Dye Run raise funds for big brothers big sisters
A combination of runners and volunteers (above) celebrate the completion of the Nitty Gritty Tie Dye Run with an ‘color festival’ Saturday in front of Plumb Hall. Everyone collected the remaining powder and tossed it into the air for one last color splash. A runner (left) raises his arms in anticipation of being splashed with the colored powder, followed closely behind by other participants. Volunteers gathered at five different stations along the race’s route, tossing the brightly colored powders at the runners. A group of students (top left) gather for a picture to celebrate their completion of the 5K around campus. Members of the Emporia community, as well as Emporia students participated in the color run. ALLIE CROME | The Bulletin
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Community Hornets hosted a clothing drive as part of the Seven Days of Service from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m. last Thursday and Friday in the Memorial Union. Students were able to donate clothing that they no longer wear to people in the Emporia community. “The purpose (of Seven Days of Service) is to show students that you don’t have to spend a ton of money or go somewhere far away to serve,” said Elayna Coleman, senior English major and Community Hornets coordinator. “You can do it right here. There’s lots of places in Emporia that are always have opportunities for you to get involved. It’s also kind of to get students to make a
Community Hornets Host Clothing Drive commitment to this and they can do something everyday, even if it is small, it makes a difference.” Community Hornets had a table set up in Memorial Union where students could stop by and drop off clothing and sign a piece of paper saying that they donated. Out of the 11 organizations that Community Hornets helped throughout the week, two of them, the Emporia Rescue Mission and the Salvation Army, will receive the donated clothing. Ten participants from Emporia State University donated about 40 items of clothing at the drive which was a low turnout, according to Coleman. On days where volunteers were asked to bring things or plan ahead, like for the cloth-
ing drive were lower, according to Coleman. “Throughout the week we’ve seen that the 11 o’clock hour is really slow, but at 12 o’clock it really picks up, so I guess everyone is just in class at 11,” said Coleman. “We kinda found the days where we asked students to bring stuff in or think ahead don’t see as many people coming.” Shivam Bhakta, senior accounting major and volunteer at the clothing drive, said he had about eight items of clothing to bring. Toward the end of the clothing drive on the first day, there were about three pairs of jeans and twelve to fifteen shirts that had been donated, according to Bhakta. Cheyenne Dains, senior health promotion major and
Mehgan McReynolds, sophomore elementary education major, and Kaylee Schultz, sophomore health promotion major, assist in the seven days of service initiative last Thursday in the Memorial Union. McReynolds and Schultz were accepting clothing donations for this particular day of service. JOHN REYNOLDS | The Bulletin
volunteer for the clothing clothing drive. “We want to make a difdrive, mentioned that she also had items she wanted ference in the world,” said to bring and donate to the Dains.
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Victoria Beckham-Jacobs, senior English major, recites an excerpt from her poem entitled “Delusions,” Sunday on the porch of William Allen White’s historic home, Red Rocks. The Copperkettle Buskers band also provided musical entertainment. GABY AMPARAN | The Bulletin
Poetry enthusiasts and writers gathered last Sunday at the William Allen White House, for the 10th annual Poetry on the Porch event. “Anyone interested in sharing their poetry was welcome to come join us,” said Kevin Rabas, professor and chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department, who helps organize this event yearly. “We typically have a pretty good turn out, and perhaps had even more audience members this year.” Special guests included the poet, Ronda Miller, and the band, Copperkettle Buskers. Miller is in District 2 for the Kansas Author’s Club along with Rabas, which she serves as President. “What a great event and perfect weather,” said Miller. Miller recited poetry from several of her books, including “Going Home: Stories from my Life,” “MoonStain,” “364 Poems in 365 Days: An Anthology,” and “Gimme Your Lunch Money: Heartland Poets Speak Out Against Bullies.” Plenty of community members and ESU students also shared their works. “This is my first year attending this event,” said Jason Hood, counseling grad-
uate student. “Poetry is pretty cool and it was interesting to hear each person’s different style. The group poem by Dr. Rabas was my favorite to listen to.” Poetry on the Porch was wrapped up with an energetic performance from the band Copperkettle Buskers. Members include Montana Loibl, senior secondary math major, on guitar and Solamon Jacobs, senior English, on banjo and vocals, who also writes the lyrics. Stepping in with the band this Sunday were Ashley Feist on djembe and Rabas on
brushes. The Copperkettle Busters typically spend their weekends playing on the sidewalks in town, and have used some of their earnings to fund a regional literary magazine, Tittynope, named for cast-off writings that don’t seem to fit in any ordinary publication. There was also a section during the event when Rabas recited poetry while Copperkettle Buskers accompanied. “Song is also a form of poetry,” said Rabas. “We were happy to have both a guest poet and a band.”
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Emporia State’s diversity and inclusion plan focuses on creating administrative positions, student councils and educational programs to increase understanding and acceptance. The plan, which has no benchmark to measure diversity, was created without a budget in mind. The policy has been reviewed by the UDIA, as a whole, and senior administrative liaisons. “When the alliance was charged by interim president Vietti, we were told to not worry about costs and to not limit our thinking based on material resources, to just come up with the best plan that we could,” said Gary Wyatt, co-chair of Emporia State’s diversity and inclusion alliance (UDIA), director of the honors college, associate provost, and professor of sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies.”If you start by limiting yourself, then ideas that may be important, may not come up.” The number one priority of the UDIA’s plan is to create a position of an associate
or assistant provost for diversity, equity and inclusion. This person would be responsible with training professors in how to teach in “different and diverse ways” and include diverse elements in their classes, and to sponsor diverse academic learning communities, according to the ESU diversity and inclusion plan. “To be honest with you, we need more hands on deck,” said Jason Brooks, co-chair of UDIA and assistant dean of students in student affairs. “We really do. For the last five years, I’ve been the only one with diversity in my title, so I had all the questions that dealt with (diversity).” This year Deanna Williams was hired to be director of diversity programs, according to Brooks. “What the real issue is, is the tasks assigned to these positions,” Wyatt said. “The question is ‘do we need new hires to do those tasks or do we find ways to integrate the work into positions that people are already doing?.” Eventually, ESU administration will go through the plan and decide which pro-
grams they want to do and which ones will be cut, due to budget cuts that have already happened and, possible, future budget cuts, according to Wyatt. “This is a really important initiative,” Wyatt said. “We need to make a more diverse and inclusive campus. This is a really important project that we can’t allow budget cuts to hinder...” The plan also proposes the formation of a student diversity advisory council, which will work with the assistant dean of student and the assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion to contribute to the student handbook and guidelines for instructional support. It will also create a space in which students with “established religious observances can be accommodated with respect to class attendance,” according to the plan. “I’m really confident that it’s the change in direction that Emporia State needs to go to and I’m really excited for a lot of the changes that will be going to be happening in here,” said Kayla Gilmore, member of UDIA, diversity
chair of ASG, junior political science major. “I think it will be good for both teachers and students.” Additionally, the plan focuses on general education cultural competencies courses. The UDIA would like to develop a new cultural competency course and require all incoming freshman to take this, although the alliance is unsure of what the course will look like, at this time. The plan also recommends that the alliance become a permanent fixture of ESU to help continue diversity and inclusion, which, according to Wyatt, is something that could happen. “I think the alliance’s objective is very good for the university and inclusion, on top of the agenda for the university for discussion and things like that, and I think that’s important for the students and for the administration,” said Elijah Williams, member of UDIA, president of ASG, senior political science and economics major. “I think it’s very cool and exciting that the university putting diversity and inclusion so high on their list.”
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hosted its annual music gala to alumni, Yaokun Yang, along honor special guest performer with raising money for scholThe music department and Emporia State University arships. “This event is our single source of revenue for scholarships,” said Allan Comstock, chair and professor of music. “The money goes to award both music majors within the department but non music majors as well.” The gala featured four solo pieces along with a musical arrangement performed by Yang. The gala also featured a performance of “Rhapsody in Blue” by several music faculty and students including Yang. “She (Yang) is great,” said The orchestra, made up of Emporia State faculty and students, and Dr. Yaokun Catherine Bergman, clinical Yang, a 2009 ESU graduate, gather for a photo after performing at the annual gala instructor of music. “When benefit concert held on Sunday in Albert Taylor Hall. The tickets were $25, which she was here as a masters stufunds scholarships given to ESU students. ALLIE CROME | The Bulletin dents I got to perform with assignment editor
her and our department chair, Dr. Comstock, in a flute, bassoon and piano trio so I got to work with her a little more than some other people did so it’s been a lot of fun to see her again.” Yang was rewarded with the outstanding recent graduate award from the school of liberal arts and sciences by Brent Thomas, dean of the school of liberal arts and sciences, and Tyler Curtis, executive director of alumni relations. “I am honored to be awarded this outstanding alumni,” Yang said. “I have a lot of happy memories in life from being here at ESU and in the future will do my best to give back to Emporia State University.”
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The Associated Student Government of Emporia State met for their second meeting of the 201617 academic year last Thursday. ASG President Elijah Williams, senior political science and economics major, began the session with his opening remarks encouraging students and professors to continue buying homecoming t-shirts, as well as commenting on the recent passage of a new campus gun policy by the faculty senate. “Take the time to educate yourselves about current gun legislation,” said Williams. “Its very important that students at ESU know the current policy so they can stay safe and know what the rules and regulations are so no one gets hurt.” Thursday, Sept. 29 is the first “What’s the Buzz” meeting. “What’s the Buzz is a workshop that teaches RSOs about their rights, privileges and opportunities both on the ESU campus and in the Emporia Community,” said Cassandra Stair, ASG Vice
President and senior political science major. ASG also recognized the ESU student foundation, buzz club and hornet connections, the biology graduate students and the ESU recreation club as registered student organizations at ESU. The campus and community relations committee was in preparation for the Nitty Gritty Tye Dye Run which took place over the weekend. Upcoming events from the committee include Pack the Pantry where students collect cans to benefit the community as a part of a competition. In two weeks, the diversity and inclusion committee with host their first forum to discuss diversity on ESU’s campus as well as the diversity ambassador’s initiative. Students will be able to discuss and learn more about the diversity inclusion plan and what these initiatives and policies will involve. The fiscal affairs committee brought two bills to the senate Thursday night. Both bills include an increase in funds to line item organizations that will become in effect the 2017-18 aca-
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-thing because someone might have a gun here,’ then they think that person is a criminal and is going to murder them or attack them.” If anyone who is carrying a weapon or they are pretending that they are or if they try to make it look like they are carrying a weapon in reaction to something they don’t like to hear could be a potential policy violation or crime, according to Johnson. The university decided to not use the law’s definition of “adequate security measures”, which is a metal detector and armed security guard with a wand at every entrance, due to cost expenses according to Johnson. “The reality would be, I don’t think we could increase tuition enough to afford all of the guards and all the metal detectors necessary to assure we had no guns at all on campus,” Garrett said. “The cost would be millions of dollars to do that.” “I feel like it might be a problem,” Kathenne MacGregor, freshman communications major, said. “I don’t think I’ll feel safe.” As of right now, the Associated Student Government has no plans to discuss or do anything concerning the weapons policy, according to Elijah Williams, senior political science and communications major and ASG president. The weapons policy, along with the Kansas law, will take full effect on July 1, 2017.
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beads began with the national office of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and has been continued at the Out of the Darkness walks. “I wear orange for the loss of a sibling, because I lost my sister,” said Kurtenbach. “Instead of coming to a walk and wondering who others lost, you have that nonverbal identification; and some people wear multiple beads.” Other events at the walk included a name recitation of those who participants have lost to suicide, a release of colored balloons in memory of those lost, and a raffle of prizes donated by various businesses and donors. A total of $11,000 were raised from donations. “For the students, I think that seeing how many people were in the same boat as them will begin to create Jason Bosch, director of memorial an environment in which union and student involvement, people will feel more comspeaks last Thursday during the fortable to talk to someone associated student government if they are having issues,” meeting in the Senate Chamber said Ashleigh Burdorf, a to members about the importance volunteer and sophomore of innovative thinking and why and business administrathey should encourage it. ASG has tion major. only met twice so far this semester. Plans are already being DONALD GOODE | The Bulletin developed for Emporia’s next Out of the Darkness Walk, which will take place ways you can do your civic duty,” this coming April.
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demic year. Line item organizations are organizations to which money from student tuition and fees go towards. The performing arts board is seeking an increase to their line item. The fiscal affairs committee recommended the following increase to student line items for the performing arts board: full time $8 and part time $1.35. Additionally, the fiscal affairs committee recommended an increase to the line item for the visual arts board. The recommended increase is $0.42 for full time employees and $0.05 for part time. Jessica Parks, legislative director and junior political science major, announced the upcoming voter registration drive between ASG and Greek life that will take place Oct. 4-6 in the Center for Student Involvement lounge from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. each day. To register, students will need to bring proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport and valid identification, such as a driver’s license. “One of the initiatives that we want to encourage is civic engagement, and voting is one of the best said Parks.
SPORTS
8 Homegrown Rivera Meets ‘Goals’ for ESU Soccer
Yadira Rivera, senior goalkeeper, clears the ball in a Nov. 1, 2015 game against the University of Nebraska at Kearney team. Rivera’s play earned her MIAA all-conference honors last season. PHOTO ARCHIVE | The Bulletin
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After a standout career at Emporia High School, senior goalkeeper, Yadira Rivera, decided it might be time to hang up the soccer cleats and gloves. “For a second I wasn’t going to play at all in college just because nothing really worked out the way I wanted it to, so I was just going to focus on school,” Rivera said. Rivera, who was an MIAA Honorable Mention selection in 2015, First-Team in 2014, and Second-Team in 2013, enters her senior season with 21 total career shutouts. Last season, despite missing 3 games, Rivera was still third in the MIAA in total saves. “She is definitely the backbone of our team,” sophomore forward, Jacki Martinek said. “Everyone looks up to her and seeing her play makes everyone else on the team want to step up and contribute as much as she does.” After a good performance against a reputable high school team her senior year, Emporia State came knocking. “I was supposed to sign with Butler originally and
that fell through,” Rivera said. “I really wanted to stay in Emporia, but Coach Sailer already had a goalie so it didn’t really work out. I think he officiated one of my games actually, a Washburn game that was just straight shots. I got a call from him that night and he offered me a scholarship. It just all worked out.” Emporia State head soccer coach Bryan Sailer is grateful for that decision. “She changed the program altogether. She’s in her senior season but even as a freshman, she took the league by storm,” Sailer said. “I think our team’s identity was kind of formed because of Yadira and what she can do. We got better around her, and she was the starting point of all of that.” Rivera began her soccer career at a young age. She credits her brothers for sparking her love for the game and her choice of position. “When I was like 7 or 8, my brothers, they used to play soccer, of course, they always needed a goalie,” said Rivera. “They would be like ‘hey, we don’t want you to play with us, but can you step in goal?’” While Rivera does not have
to cover as much ground up and down the field as her teammates do, much of the most important action of the game happens in her territory. “To someone who doesn’t really understand soccer or they watch soccer for the first time, they may be like ‘oh, well that player’s just standing a lot of the time’. It’s not like that because the times that you do get a lot of action are when it’s really important,” Rivera said. “You’re the one blocking the other team from scoring.” As an Emporia native, Rivera is no stranger to the Emporia High School field where Emporia State plays many of their home games. Getting the opportunity to represent her hometown by playing the game of soccer is something Rivera had always dreamed of. “It definitely helps being in town and being homegrown. There’s a lot of people that come and support me that I’ve known my whole life,” Rivera said. “That definitely motivates me to work harder and do it for them and all of the people that have stuck with me throughout the whole history I’ve had playing soccer.”
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Sports Shorts
Hornet football upsets ESU soccer falls 1-0 in with Fort Hays Central Missouri 37-31 rematch Emporia State gave up the winning goal early in their in 2OTs second contest against Fort
The Emporia State football team got its first overtime victory since 2014 with a 37-31 win against the 13th-ranked Central Missouri Mules last Saturday in Warrensburg, Missouri. Offense was limited for much of the game as the Hornets headed into the final period up 17-7. The Mules would grab their first lead in the fourth quarter on two quick touchdowns. The first came on a 46-yard picksix that drew the score to 17-14 with 13:35 remaining. After a 38-yard punt return set them up with a short field, a 4-yard touchdown pass gave Central a 21-17 advantage. With less than three minutes remaining, Central Missouri had a 3rd and 2 at the ESU 4-yard line. Instead of putting the game away with a touchdown, a CMU pass was intercepted by senior linebacker, Kole Schankie, and returned to the ESU 49. With 36 seconds left on the clock, a 1-yard rushing touchdown by senior running back, Antonio Brown, seemingly gave the Hornets a 24-21 win, however, a long return on the ensuing kickoff by Central gave them an opportunity to tie. With 7 seconds remaining the Mules connected on a 34-yard field goal, sending the game into overtime with the score knotted at 24. The Hornets got the ball first in overtime, taking 8 plays to cover 25 yards for a 2-yard rush touchdown by redshirt-sophomore quarterback, Braxton Marstall. The Mules scored a touchdown on their very first play of overtime, tying the score at 31 and extending the game. Central Missouri drove down to the Hornet 8 in the second overtime before an interception in the endzone by MJ Mathis, senior defensive back, gave the Hornets an opportunity to win with any score. On their second play, Marstall found senior wide receiver, Mitchell Foote, over the middle for a 20-yard touchdown pass, sealing ESU’s first victory in Warrensburg since 1998. The Hornets will kickoff at 2 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 1 at home in Welch Stadium.
ESU tennis goes 2-0 in first duel
The Emporia State men’s and women’s tennis teams grabbed their first wins of the season over Quincy University in dual competition last Friday at the Emporia High School Courts. The Hornet women went a combined 8-1 in singles and doubles competition, sweeping singles matches 6-0. Senior Tawni Griffey and freshman Tahlia Walsh grabbed wins in the #1 and #2 matches by scores of 6-2, 6-3 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively. The Lady Hornets suffered their only loss of the day on an 8-5 defeat in the #1 doubles match. The Hornet men swept Quincy in all competitions by a score of 9-0. Sophomore, Lukas Winkler, grabbed a 6-2, 6-3 win in the #1 singles match, while junior, Patrick Cameron, earned a hard-fought 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) win in the #2 match. A duo of Cameron and Matheus Mota, junior, defeated the Quincy team 8-5 in the #1 doubles match. Both the Hornet men and women will be back in action this Friday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Hays last Sunday on the ESU pitch, falling 1-0. In the 6th minute, the Tiger’s Eden Stoddard put Fort Hays up 1-0 on what turned out to be the only goal of the game. Her strike got past a diving effort by senior goalkeeper, Yadira Rivera, and into the left side of the net, sending the Hornets to their second straight defeat. Tiger defenders limited ESU’s goal-scoring opportunities as the Hornets had only three shots on goal in the game compared to eight by Hays. Rivera was solid after the early goal, adding seven more saves to her total on the year. With the loss, the Hornets fell to 2-4-2 overall on the season with an 0-1 mark in MIAA conference play. Hornet soccer will be on the road in Oklahoma this weekend with two games against MIAA foes. ESU faces Northeastern State Friday in Tahlequah before heading to Edmond for a Sunday matchup with Central Oklahoma.
ESU volleyball gets swept by 3rd-ranked Lopers The Lady Hornets volleyball team fell on the road in three sets (15-25, 12-25, 7-25) to the 3rd-ranked NebraskaKearney Lopers last Saturday, dropping their record to 0-3 in MIAA play. The Hornets would not score more than two consecutive points in the opening set falling 25-15. The teams were tied 3-3 in set two when ESU took their first lead of the night on a kill by Danika Burton, senior middle hitter, giving them a 4-3 advantage. Kearney went on a 6-1 run to lead 9-5 before the Hornets took their second timeout of the match. ESU stayed within five in set two until the Lopers went on another 6-1 run to take a 17-9 lead. Another Hornet timeout could not shift the momentum as the Lopers took the set, 25-12. Kearney took an early 6-0 lead in set three. The Hornets were unable to come back from their early deficit as Kearney took control of the final set, winning 25-7. ]amie Hauptman, sophomore outside hitter, led the team with seven kills and a .275 hitting percentage. Julia Joseph, sophomore outside hitter, followed with six kills, while Josie Williams, senior outside hitter, and Burton each added another four kills.
Hornet men place 3rd, women 5th, at Papa John’s Cross Country Invitational
Brian Newkirk, junior, placed sixth individually to lead the Emporia State men to a third place finish in the Papa John’s Cross Country Invitational at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course last Friday. Newkirk ran 25:51.86 over the eight-kilometer course and was the second Division II finisher in the race. Thomas LaRoche, junior, and Aaron Taylor, sophomore, placed 20th and 21st while Cole Bosley, sophomore, placed 29th for the Hornets. Gabe Sams, sophomore, helped put some points on the board with a 37th place finish. In women’s competition, junior Emily Schoenfeld finished fourth with a time of 18:42.51 over the five-kilometer run. Christina Wankum, freshman, finished 24th. Mercy Perez, sophomore, placed 35th, freshman Devyn Smith was 43rd, and Nicole Blick, freshman, rounded off the Hornet scoring finishing 86th. The Emporia State women finished in fifth place as a team. The next action for Hornet runners will be Oct. 8th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open in Hays, Kansas.