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Shooting shakes football ‘family’ R ocky R obinson robinson@esubulletin.com When Garin Higgins, head football coach, met with his team to discuss the spring break shooting of Emporia State defensive back Joshua R. Taylor, he urged the need for players to make good decisions.

And he cried. “ The one thing that I am disappointed about is that our players put themselves in a situation were they didn’t need to be at,” Higgins said. “Anytime you think about

losing a player or losing a life it shakes you up a bit. We can use this as a life lesson, and I tell my players all the time, nothing good happens after midnight.”

he was relieved that Taylor’s injuries were not life threating.

Overcome with emotion, he said he regards his players as family. “ We talk to them (the team) all the time about doing the right things for the right reasons,” Higgins said. “This is something that we can learn a lesson from, unfortunately.”

Taylor, 21, was shot once in the back of the shoulder around 3 a.m.

March 24. Three other members of the team were also involved in the shooting. Taylor

“We can use this as a life lesson, and I tell my players all the time, nothing good happens after midnight.” - Garin Higgins, head football coach Higgins said in an interview Tuesday morning that

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Authorities say an investigation is continuing into the spring break shooting of an Emporia State football player during a 3 a.m. altercation in front of the clubhouse at this trailer park in Southwest Emporia. Wounded in the shooting was Joshua Taylor, defensive back. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin

Potestio named Foundation president, ‘thrilled’ to be Hornet K haili S carbrough scarbrough@esubulletin.com DenaSue Potestio, currently president and chief executive officer for the Colorado State University-Pueblo Foundation, is the new president of the ESU Foundation. She will assume her role this summer.

“Both the ESU Foundation Presidential Search Committee and the Foundation Executive Board found DenaSue Potestio to be the best qualified, most capable person to build strong, lasting relationships with our alumni, our university and the Emporia community,” said Lana Oleen, ESU Foundation board chair. “Her experience and genuine manner will be assets in helping support ESU as we move forward in a bright future.”

Oleen said that Potestio has a proven record of success in both the private-profit and public non-profit sectors, and she was looking for a university community to invest her time and talents.

Russell Everhart, ESU Foundation search committee chair, said that the search committee did great in finding a wide variety of different candidates from a number of backgrounds and skills.

“The consensus was that no two of our candidates were identical, which was good because that gave the board something to consider from all different angles,” Everhart said. “Our job was to comb through the resumes and identify candidates that we felt could fill the role of

our foundation’s leadership perspective.”

When it came to Potestio, Everhart said that her current role had a lot of similarities with ESU such as size, scope and division. Also, she has had success in fundraising and leading at her current school.

Potestio grew up on a farm along Highway 50 in Pueblo, Colo. and graduated from the University of Denver with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and masters in business administration.

“I love students, so I love the work that I do in raising money for students to become successful in life, to help them find opportunities to reach their potential, and, really, my path in life is finding people who have a passion for students and want to see young people succeed and then connecting their passion to opportunities at the university,” Potestio said.

Potestio said that there is a lot of opportunity at ESU. She thinks that with President Michael Shonrock, there is great potential to do a lot of good for the community and the students.

She also said that this position offered her an opportunity for personal growth so she can reach her own potential.

“My job is to raise money for students. My initial plan is to come in and listen because I want to get a good understanding of what opportunities exist with our faculty and students,” Potestio said. “I really want to listen and understand what our students’ dreams are and what

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pg 6 ESU tries to break Zumba record

pg 5 ESU Telethon recruits new students

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our faculty’s dreams are. Then I will be able to craft a plan to take us forward and move us forward with Dr. Shonrock.”

Potestio said she feels an air of nostalgia because her high school mascot was a Hornet, and she is thrilled to be a Hornet again.

Dancing Hornets

Second Internet outage frustrates campus for over 24 hrs.

S usan W elte welte@esubulletin.com

Photo illustration by Jon Coffey

For the second time this semester, Emporia State experienced its second prolonged Internet outage around 6 p.m. on March 24. It lasted for over 24 hours until 8 p.m. the following Monday. The campus’s first outage was from Jan. 22-23, for approximately 19 hours.

“It inhibited my ability to check Facebook or browse Pinterest,” said Bekah Birchler, freshman elementary education major, “but it also took away resources for my research paper.

The Emporia library site was

working, but very slowly, so even using databases or looking up books was a task.”

During an outage, students on campus cannot utilize any internet resources and students who do not live on campus cannot use on campus resources, such as Blackboard, which inhibits the ability to submit assignments electronically.

“It’s a very frustrating situation for everyone,” said Michael Erickson, associate vice president and chief information officer of Technology and Computing Services. “We are essentially isolated from the rest of the world when

that connection goes down.”

The setback originated via a problem with ESU’s transport, AT&T, who owns the fibrotic cable on which the campus’ data passes.

“They rarely will tell us specifics about what (the problem) is,” Erickson said. “This time, they thought it was several different things. Ultimately, it really doesn’t matter to us. What we care about is getting it back for the students.”

Erickson said along with the outages, TCS has also monitored multiple outages of a few seconds, which usually go unnoticed.

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ASG approves $287,000 in RSO funds

Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department March 26 Female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to keep the peace.

March 27 Officers stopped KS 185AZX in 1000 Market St. Citation issued for expired tag over 90 days, 12th and Highland St. Resident of ESU Apt. Complex reported loud yelling and a crashing noise from ESU Apt. A-2. Officer’s contacted two subjects. Handled by officers.

Officer was flagged down at 15th and State St. Provided escort for male student from that location to Kappa Sigma Fraternity-136 W 12th St. Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a search for a suspicious male subject in the vicinity of E Wilman Ct. and Hammond Heights Apt. Complex. Officer Johnson detained a suspicious male subject for Emporia Police Dept. north of Lyon Co. Health Dept.

Officer stopped KS 065DBH as part of an Emporia Police Dept. search for a stolen vehicle at 2935 W 24th St. - Flint Hills Pointe Apt. Complex.

March 28 Gary White reported a cat was stuck in a vent on the south side of Roosevelt Hall. Contacted Animal Control.

Officer stopped KS194AZI in Lot 1. Verbal warning issued for a seatbelt violation at 15th and Merchant St. Power House Operator reported problems with his computer. Officer determined internet connection was unavailable for an unknown reason.

March 29 Vanessa Velez reported theft of KS WVV834 from Sector 3. Vehicle entered NCIC. Ambulance responded to Lot 3 for a possible drug overdose. Ambulance transported a male subject to Newman Regional Health Officers transported a female subject to Newman Regional Health.

Officers stopped KS 579EGQ at 1200 block Market St. Verbal warning issued for a seatbelt violation at 12th and Merchant St. Lyon Co. deputy reported finding vehicle stolen from ESU campus at former Thunderbird Estates on W Hwy 50. Vehicle was towed into town. Officer attempted to contact owner of vehicle. She was not at her residence.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a shots fired call in the vicinity of 12th and Union St. March 30 Officers stopped KS 35305 in 1600 Wooster Dr. Verbal warning issued for a seatbelt violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a noninjury accident at 6th and Congress St. March 31 Officer stopped KS 584DBF in 400 W 12th St. Verbal warning issued for defective brake lights in 10 E 12th St. Officer stopped KS WCO879 in 1400 Merchant St. Verbal warning issued for defective tail light in 1200 Merchant St. Officer stopped KS 399CFM in 1500 Market St. Verbal warning issued for a seatbelt violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer stopped KS 27BSJ in 900 Commercial St. Verbal warning issued for speeding in 1100 Commercial St. Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a report of shots fired in various locations south of 12th between Neosho and Exchange St. April 1 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a disorderly subject in 1200 Merchant St. Officers stopped KS 416BSF in Sector 7. Verbal warning issued for a one-way violation in Sector 5.

Written warning for no driver’s license on person.

Officer stopped KS 21255 in 1100 Market St. Verbal warning issued for defective headlight in 1200 Commercial St. Officers stopped KS 374BGY in 300 W 12th St. Verbal warning issued for defective headlight.

April 2 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 12th and Exchange St. April 3 Officer assisted student with broken bike lock at 1533 Merchant St. Ambulance responded to Welch Stadium for a female subject suffering a seizure. Patient was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health. *Log for April 4th not provided to The Bulletin by press time on Wednesday.

Earl Givens Jr., assistant professor of University Libraries and Archives, receives approval from ASG to bring a boxing club into the sports and recreation department. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

L uke B ohannon bohannon@esubulletin.com The Associated Student Government approved about $287,000 for allocations and line items requests for over 50 Recognized Student Organizations during Fiscal Year 2013 last Thursday night.

Senator Michael Stauffer called roll for the 54 organizations listed on the bill for allocations. Only one, the ESU Science Club was absent, resulting in loss of the funds to be allocated to the group.

Also on general order were line item adjustments for both The Sunflower and The Bulletin. The Sunflower was represented by its editor, Lauren Walbridge. Walbridge stated that the increase was to help pay for higher printing costs, more equipment and payroll. She also said that the low number of editors at The Sunflower was due to lack of student interest.

“We’re planning on talking to people at Hornet Connection… we’re planning on getting into connection with them, also with some high schools in the area,” Walbridge said when asked about plans to help increase student involvement in the yearbook. The bill called for an increase of about $1 for full-time students and 8 cents for part-time.

The bill passed 13-0-4, and the projected amount in line item funds for the upcoming fiscal year is about $87,000.

Editor-in-Chief Kenzie Templeton represented The Bulletin. The bill called for a 50 cent increase for fulltime students and 7 cents for parttime students. Templeton said the increase was needed to help pay for increasing printing costs as well as replacing old or damaged equipment.

“With the recent office renovations, some of the equipment was damaged in the move,” Templeton said. “I can think of several instances where we plugged the computers in and the monitors weren’t working or something was cracked.”

The senate voted once and the bill failed, but due to a mistake made during the vote, another vote was held, which passed the bill 6-5-5.

However, following a closed session, the senate suspended its rules of procedure and drafted another bill to be voted on immediately following the closed session. Templeton was asked to speak again on behalf of the new bill, and the senate opened the bill to

debate. In the last vote, the bill failed 3-13-1. The projected amount of line item funds for The Bulletin is about $72,000.

Other items on the general order included recognition of two new RSOs – The ESU Boxing Club and Ultimate Frisbee Club. The senate voted 16-1-0 to table the bill for the Hornet Swim Club due to lack of representation stemming from what Stauffer called a “miscommunication.”

The senate also approved a reserve fund request for the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority to help defer costs of a speaker for an event. Finally, the senate voted 17-0-0 to pass a resolution in support of a new university marquee.

Allocations Totals for RSOs A Cappella Choir $1,165.00 Alpha Kappa Delta $2,797.00 Alpha Kappa Lambda $1,753.00 Alpha Sigma Alpha $1682.00 Alpha Sigma Tau $867.00 Alternate Spring Break $1,692.00 American Chemical Society $662.00 Beta Alpha Psi $1,280.00 Black Student Union $1,641.00 Black Women’s Network $1,457.00 Chi Alpha Epsilon $1,109.00 Chi Omega $1,203.00 Circle K $376.00 Didde Catholic Campus Center $2,029.00 Environmental Club $282.00 ESU Glass Guild $1,391.00 ESU Marketing $493.00 ESU Philosophy $799.00 ESU SCALA $1,845.00 ESU Young Democrats $1,015.00 GAMMA $514.00 HALO $2,720.00

HPER $713.00 HVP $1,466.00 Instructional Technology Student Association $2030.00 Interfraternity Council $1,391.00 JA Sakura $258.00 Kappa Sigma $641.00 Lambda Pi Eta $381.00 MENTO $2,087.00 Multicultural Freshmen Action Team $1,288.00 NAfME $497.00 Panhellenic Association $1,790.00 Pre Law Club $196.00 PRIDE $2,638.00 Phi Beta Lambda $1,576.00 Phi Delta Theta $1,908.00 Psi Chi $4,009.00 Psychology Club $1,647.00 Sigma Alpha Lambda $2,216.00 Sigma Phi Epsilon $2,993.00 Sigma Tau Delta $2,289.00 Sigma Tau Gamma $2,356.00 Sociology Club $1,391.00 Spurs $282.00 Student Art Therapy Organization $2,260.00 Student Honors Council $2,146.00 SSIOP $1,109.00 Tau Beta Sigma $322.00 TOPS @ESU $414.00 Up ‘til Dawn $1,081.00 Xenos $376.00 Associated Student Government $58,000.00

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‘Freedom’ bill stirs controversy

T ianhai J iang jiang@esubulletin.com

A bill intended to prevent government from placing a “substantial burden” on an individual’s religious freedom has advanced a step closer to becoming state law after the Kansas House passed it last Thursday, 91-33. But its impact on Emporia State – if the bill becomes law – remains unclear.

“I have not seen the specific language of the bill as passed,” said Tes Mehring, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Life, in an email.

“However, we have always valued differences – gender, religious preference, sexual orientation....

I believe we will continue that tradition, stressing the importance of each individual.”

For the bill to become law it must still be passed by the Kansas Senate and signed by the governor.

But opponents of the bill, called the “Kansas Religious Freedom Act,” say it could legalize discrimination against gays, lesbians and other groups if such discrimination is based on religious belief.

“What we are now saying is that you have the right to discriminate against someone if you say it is against your religious belief,” said Rep. Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, in the Wichita Eagle. The Bulletin was unable to contact Davis before press time on Wednesday.

“I don’t believe it is ever right to discriminate against someone because of their sexual orientation.”

If this bill passes, Luke Wolford, mental health counseling graduate student who lived in Lawrence when a city ordinance was passed affecting housing on the basis of sexual orientation, said he would consider leaving the state because it would no longer be safe for him.

“It’s not necessarily about the fear that it will happen, (but) it’s the fear that it can happen.

That’s such a hardship to gender and sexual minority individuals,” Wolford said.

Andrew Leigh-Bullard, library science graduate student and transgendered individual, said he considers the bill to put religious freedom above human rights. He also said that if this bill passes, he fears further discrimination in all aspects of his everyday life.

SHAKES... from page 1 was airlifted to Wichita Hospital and has since been released.

Higgins sat down with Taylor’s parents shortly after the incident. “ This is something that I have never gone through before,” Higgins said. “I am glad that I wasn’t talking to them about the death of their son and Josh is still with us.”

Both Higgins and Kent Weiser, athletic director, said the players involved will not receive any punishment from the university. Weiser said he has never seen an incident like this in his 15 years as athletic director but said it is something he will use as a learning tool in the future.

“I don’t believe the current players involved were the ones out of line,” Weiser said. “From my understanding, they weren’t there more than 20 minutes, and we have to remember they were the ones getting shot at. I believe they just made a bad decision, and this is a lesson about making good decisions.”

After suffering an injury last year, Higgins said Taylor is eager to get back on the field and sees him playing by next season. Because Taylor’s injuries were not sports related, Weiser said the university would not help with medical bills. “ When coach confronted us, it was an emotional moment for everybody,” said Ryan Newhouse, defensive back and freshman undecided major. “Josh is a great player and an even better person. We are all just thankful that he is okay and if everything works out, will be with us next season.”

No shooter has been found and the investigation is still open.

“They think their faith is more important than an individual’s right to get a job, to be honest about who they are, to live safely,” LeighBullard said. “It’s a very heavy bill.

The implications of it are so wide reaching, and even that it passed the house speaks volumes to me about whether I’m welcome in the state.”

The bill declares that state and local government policies shall not “substantially burden” people’s right to exercise their religious beliefs without showing a compelling interest and imposing the burden in the least restrictive way possible, according to Associated Press.

“I think I’m pretty much against (the bill),” said Kelly Roberts, senior secondary education major and political chair of People Respecting Individuality & Diversity in Education. “I can see the point as it would apply to like Christian organizations, but I don’t think it’s a good thing for all or even most places.”

The bill defines government burden as anything that curtails, prevents or inhibits a person’s religious practices or basic tenets.

The bill allows citizens to sue local

and state government entities that either violate or could possibly violate their religious freedom, according to the Wichita Eagle.

“It is a bill that came as a result of many people in Kansas and across the United States who have concerns about the government forcing them to take actions which are against their feelings of what is right and wrong,” said Rep. Peggy Mast, R-Emporia, in an email.

Mast voted in support of the bill.

“For instance, some people have a strong belief system against doing harm to any person including those who are still in the womb.

Some believe that the new federal legislation on healthcare may demand they take another person’s life through abortion.

“People who are opposed to the bill claim it will lead to discrimination, but there are already lots of laws to protect against that. Many say we cannot legislate morality and most feel we should expect everyone to respect the views of others. If that were the actions of everyone, this legislation would not be necessary.”

The full text of the bill can be found at Kslegislature.com.

“They think their faith is more important than an individual’s right to get a job, to be honest about who they are, to live safely.”

-Andrew Leigh-Bullard

“Many say we cannot legislate morality and most feel we should expect everyone to respect the views of others. If that were the actions of everyone, this legislation would not be necessary.”

-Peggy Mast

Investigation continues in shooting of football player C harlie H eptas news@esubulletin.com The investigation involving the shooting of an Emporia State football player the morning of Saturday, March 24 continues.

Joshua R. Taylor, 21, was shot once in the back of the shoulder.

He was taken to Newman Regional Health and later airlifted to a Wichita hospital. He has since been released.

Taylor is a safety for ESU’s football team. Jordan Sanders, 22-year-old linebacker, and Vincent Davis Jr., 24-year-old wide receiver, were also in the vehicle along with Gary Fortune, 20, a mid-season transfer, and Broderick Turner, 24. Turner is not a part of the team.

According to the police report, all five are considered victims of attempted second degree murder at this point in the investigation, since any one of them could have been harmed as they were leaving the clubhouse, 2637 Wiltshire Lane.

The altercation took place at

approximately 3:00 a.m. in front of the clubhouse, according to the police department’s press release.

The initial call included an injury accident, but upon arriving at the scene, one individual had had their foot run over and refused treatment.

Police Chief Gary Smith said that there had been an argument inside the building, but the shooting occurred after the group was outside the building.

The caliber of the gun has not yet been made public.

Smith said that a bloodied knife was found at the scene, but no one with a knife wound was found. The knife has been sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to determine if the blood is human or animal.

No knife wound victims have been reported to the police yet.

After officers had been dispatched to the scene, a disturbance call was received from Newman Regional Hospital involving one person with a gunshot wound who had arrived in a private vehicle. The individuals

were identified as being previously at Wiltshire Lane.

Smith said that alcohol was suspected in the crime, but nothing they had yet found linked the incident with drugs. He also said that currently in the investigation, the violence was neither racially nor gang motivated.

“Our primary concern is whatever initiated the confrontation outdoors,” Smith said. “In my mind, if you’re looking at the timeline, that’s sort of the big mark in the line; that’s where, really, our investigation starts.”

Smith said that they are having difficulty in finding witnesses, and that he had been misquoted previously, saying that this “was not an isolated incident.” But what was actually said was that this incident was isolated and that there was no cause for worry of a gunman on the loose in the town.

Anyone with information regarding this incident may call the Emporia Police Department at 343-4200, or Crime Stoppers at 3422273.

Katelin

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To the eight faculty members promoted to Professor, the tenure of 15 faculty members to Associate Professor, and the tenure of one faculty member.

To DenaSue Potestio, the new ESU Foundation President.

To senior communications majors Ryan Wash and LaToya Williams-Green and their coach Professor Sam Maurer at the National Debate Tournament.

To ESU biology students and faculty who were honored at a recent Kansas Academy of Science meeting. Biology faculty and students co-authored 16 presentations. In fact, ESU students won more awards than those at any other university (seven of the 12 possible)!

To master’s of biology candidate Amy Tegethoff for being accepted into the doctorate program at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

To the Admissions staff for assisting more than 3,000 prospective students and guests since Sept. 1, 2012.

To Admissions Director Laura Eddy and her staff for a successful reverse Hornet Telethon. This was an exciting way to bring the campus and the Emporia Community together to welcome new students.

To Renee Bass, administrative specialist, for asking the Registration staff to contribute items for the Emporia Backpack program that helps feed children.

To Jule Kirk of Financial Aid and Scholarships for stepping up to be the statewide chair of the College Goal Sunday event and to public service administrators Donna Hanson and Jessica Sauer for serving as site coordinators for Emporia. This event helps students complete their FAFSA.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

A Call for Transparency The Associated Student Government may have violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act during the allocations and line item hearing last week for student organizations, thanks to some poor advice they got from their faculty adviser, Lynn Hobson, associate vice president of Student Life.

Transparency laws like KOMA are in place for a reason. They are a cornerstone of open government, and without them we can’t really know what our government is doing or how our tuition and tax dollars are spent. The Bulletin asked President Ashley Vogts via email on Monday if ASG is subject to KOMA but did not receive a response by press time on Wednesday.

In 1977, a Kansas Attorney General opinion ruled that university student senates were not subject to Kansas law because they played an advisory role within the university and had no real power, according to Adam Goldstein, attorney advocate for the Student Press Law Center.

But Goldstein said that since student senates now have the power to distribute public funds, they should be subject to state law, which means that ASG, a public body with the power to allocate student fees as they see fit, should be subject to transparency laws, including KOMA and the Open Records Act. But ASG may have committed an illegal act by violating KOMA. It all stemmed from unclear voting procedure on

a bill for a line item increase for The Bulletin. A vote for those in favor and one for those opposed was taken, but there was no vote for abstentions, and the bill was declared failed. Several moments later, it was found that the vote had not been finished, so a revote was taken.

But once the meeting had officially ended and the room had cleared, Hobson called for an executive session with the members of ASG. Vogts told a Bulletin reporter that this was “procedure,” and when asked to cite which exemption under KOMA would allow for the secret meeting, Hobson said it was “consultation with the adviser.”

This, however, is not a legitimate exemption under KOMA, and ASG’s failure to cite a proper exemption is seemingly illegal.

In addition to citing an exemption, ASG also had to state the subjects to be discussed during the closed meeting and designate the time and place at which the open meeting would resume. ASG did none of these.

Such ignorance to the proper procedure is understandable to a certain extent, especially given the current state of politics and how even the entire Republican side of the state legislature is being investigated for a KOMA violation at Cedar Crest, but ignorance is no excuse. As an administrator, Hobson should have known better than to give such poor advice to ASG. To make matters worse, at one point Hobson

Cartoon by Don Landgren Jr., Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Sunshineweek.org

stood up and congratulated ASG for doing such a wonderful job in debating the allocation of student fees. She said how proud she was because “this is what it’s all about.” If throwing state law out of the window is “what it’s all about,” then what kind of institution are we?

Regardless of the bad procedure and advice they got, as representatives of the student body with the power to disburse public funds, in this case student fees, ASG must be held accountable for their actions. If we can’t expect our student reps to uphold the law, what can we expect from them?

A Rock Chalk Realization Upon witnessing KU’s devastating loss to Kentucky Monday night, I was reminded of the first time I saw someone wearing a KU t-shirt.

I was sort of surprised. It was my freshman year, and my school spirit was just high enough that it also made me sort of sad. If someone is attending ESU, why would they feel the need to advertise another university? I judged them silently, and went on my way.

Since then, I have seen many more treasonous t-shirts, as well as all kinds of other KU and K-State paraphernalia.

Even my next door neighbors have a big Jayhawk right on their front door.

To me, these were indicators that the people wearing them were not at all satisfied with Emporia, and they wished they were somewhere else. It has always sort of bummed me out – until earlier this week.

No matter where they live or what university they attend, almost everyone I know has been incredibly excited for KU’s recent men’s basketball victories. It is, after all, a pretty big deal for them to get to the national championship.

And you know what? I was excited too. Why not cheer on a local victory? While this may sound like a “duh” statement to many of you, I realized that just because I love going to ESU doesn’t mean it’s rude to support a neighboring school. And it’s not as if we compete against KU anyway. We are a Division II school. They are Division I. I thought I might share this realization just in case

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E llen W eiss weiss@esubulletin.com someone reads this that doesn’t care about sports or school spirit. If Kansas is going to insist upon being hateful, bigoted, inefficient, misogynist, anti-art, anti-sciences and overall embarrassing, it’s ok to take pride in something in which we are succeeding.

And who knows, maybe one day KU students will be wearing t-shirts with power Es on them. Maybe K-State students will have Corky banners on their front door. We, however, will never get there if we forget to support and encourage our own teams.

Paid Exploitation Austin, Texas is known for showcasing forwardthinking ideas, but sometimes even the best of towns and the best of ideas create major problems, even if they are trying to do the “best” for the population.

While most of the projects presented at the interactive portion of the South by Southwest Conference/Festival received positive reviews, the people at the Bartle Bogle Hegarty Advertising Agency went too far. Their crime – giving out 13 4G devices to homeless people wandering the streets, effectively creating roaming wi-fi hotspots.

They claim that they were trying to bring attention to a homeless epidemic, and that most towns are indeed having one as the current economic situation has not reversed itself. While it is true they gave some of the fees from wi-fi usage to the homeless people that participated, is that what they really wanted? Were they honestly trying to create awareness, or were they simply trying to gain publicity?

An old adage goes, “there is no such thing as bad publicity,” and for the people at BBH it seems they are learning this first-hand. Some claim this to be a perfect way of bringing attention to the homeless problem, but to me it is horrendous. Exploitation with the added bonus of giving money to those being exploited is still exploitation. No matter how much money one throws at a problem, it is still devaluing the people you want to “help.”

But do these “human hot-spots” honestly understand what they are doing for the rest of the population? They

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A ndrew P otter potter@esubulletin.com won’t understand when a person suddenly loses access to the 4G network when the “manager” has wandered off.

Anger hits most of us quickly, and many people hate it when their access to fast Internet is taken away.

We need to understand that creating advertisements by utilizing a people is inherently wrong. Students at Emporia State need to call out exploitative practices like this. We are pandering to this nonsense by utilizing it.

If BBH were to come to Emporia and use the homeless here in such a grotesque manner, the outcry should be deafening.

Seen&Heard I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.~ Ernest Hemingway

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T ianhai J iang jiang@esubulletin.com The main lobby for the Memorial Union and Center for Student Involvement finished renovation and reopened March 26, more than a month later than the original Feb. 14 date.

The new lobby is 4,221 square feet, about 2,000 square feet larger than the former lounge, according to Dave Hendricks, Memorial Union director.

“I like (this new lobby),” said Bekah Birchler, freshman elementary education major, while participating in a Union Activities Council meeting on the circle couches in the new lobby. “I like that there are more places to sit down and interact and that the union’s got more community with students that we can come and hang out.”

The Pottery with Pizazz has also moved back to the lobby.

People can take a piece of ceramic and paint it, and the staff will fire it and ready it for pick-up a few days later.

In addition, a new retail food space on the main street, Buzzcotti, will be coming in

Alee McCoy, freshman psychology major, and Alisha Lyon, business administration graduate student, work on crafts at Pottery with Pizazz Wednesday afternoon in Memorial Union. After a customer is finished painting their piece, the pottery will be glazed and fired, and then it will be ready for the customer in a week. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin

about six weeks with Starbucks brewed coffee, sushi and an assortment of grab-n-go freshly prepared and prepackaged foods.

March 26 also featured the one-year anniversary of the Hornet Express. The Fruz smoothie bar will move out to

Buzzcotti, while the “Union Grill,” featuring wings and sliders, will fill in its space.

“I’m actually quite impressed.

It looks good,” said Kyle Granzow, junior information systems major. “Everyone, including myself, can hardly recognize it as the same building before.

There’s a lot more open space, but I think the coffee shop is kind of unnecessary because we already have Hornet express, but some people don’t like it.”

But not everyone is satisfied with the new look.

“I don’t like the new union,” said Daniel Zachary, senior education major, “because it feels too cluttered. There’s not enough open space. And I don’t like those little stools with the trays. They seem pointless.”

Hendricks said the reopen date was pushed back because the union was built in 1925, so there was inaccurate documentation for the building’s layout.

They had to go back and redesign.

“We didn’t want to rush it,” Hendricks said. “I mean, we could have opened it in the middle of February, but we all agreed spring break was a much better time. With fewer students on campus, we could get the offices moved and not interrupt the daily lives of students.”

Recruitment ‘buzzing out’ to new students S usan W elte welte@esubulletin.com Faculty, students and Emporia community members and leaders sent over 300 postcards and made phone calls to potential students last Tuesday during the Reverse Telethon, sponsored by the Office of Administration.

The community-wide event had games for kids, live jazz music from the Martin Dinkus Quartet, food and drinks as well as an appearance by Corky.

“Instead of people calling in, our volunteers (called) them,” said Laura Eddy, director of Admissions. “It’s a new and different event to make sure our new students understand how welcoming Emporia is.”

Callers included Emporia officials such as Matt Zimmerman, city manager, Teresa Walters, city commissioner, and Fire Chief Jack Taylor.

The event also included a competition between the callers and the postcard writers to see who could reach the goal of 317 students. The postcard count had reached 300 by 7 p.m.

“Each postcard that is sent to a student has a personal handwritten message on it,” said Deena Wilson, transfer admis-

sions counselor. “Each message is from students, faculty, staff and community members welcoming them to Emporia.”

Ashley Vogts, Associated Student Government president, said that ASG is actively looking into how to increase the numbers of new students this year and for future semesters. “ We are still in the middle of analyzing the progress we have made as far as reaching potential students,” Vogts said, “but we have already taken a look at the process of increasing student recruitment.”

Regarding future plans for ASG’s involvement in the student recruitment initiative, Vogts said there were not many specific plans set in stone yet and that they will have to “see where the task force takes them.” ASG has, however, already begun planning future events for potential students.

“Since (President Michael) Shonrock has come here, we have had an increase in recruitment, as well as more excitement for recruitment,” Eddy said. “There is more contact by Facebook, by email and text. We have more groups and areas on campus talking to potential students.”

When asked how he felt

President Shonrock high-fives a child last Friday in Webb Hall. The first-ever Hornet Telethon was held so that Emporia State faculty and staff and the Emporia community could call prospective students. Yo Han Kim/The Bulletin

about the event and the progress the initiative has made, Shonrock said he was “thrilled.”

“I feel that this new student

recruitment initiative is doing very well,” Shonrock said. “I feel like there is more excitement over student recruitment, both on

campus and with support from the community…we’re buzzing out to a lot of potential ESU students.”

Memorial held for 7 killed in Oakland shooting OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Civic and religious leaders in Oakland are mourning the deaths of seven people who were gunned down in one the nation’s deadliest campus shootings in years.

Several hundred people gathered Tuesday night for a prayer vigil for the victims of Monday’s shooting at Oikos University, a small Christian school in Oakland.

Mayor Jean Quan joined pastors from the Bay Area’s Korean Christian community in calling for unity and an end to violence at the service at the Allen Temple Baptist Church.

The service was attended by friends, family and colleagues of the victims whose identities were officially released Tuesday.

Not long after the mass shooting, police arrested 43-year-old

One Goh at a supermarket several miles away in Alameda.

Goh is being held without bail on suspicion of seven counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and other charges.

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ESU tries again to break Zumba world record K haili S carbrough scarbrough@esubulletin.com Last semester, ESU Recreation Services made an attempt to break the Zumba world record.

On April 11, ESU will take on the challenge again at Welch Stadium during the Zumba REVENGE event. The gates open at 6:15 p.m.

“Our original goal for the first Zumba world record attempt, back in September, was to give the community members an opportunity to be involved with the ESU campus while doing something fun and active,” said Whitney Runer, assistant recreation director. “After the event, we had an overwhelming number of people ask us to try it again, and since we did have so much success the first time with getting the campus community and the Emporia community involved, we decided to give it another shot.”

Last time, 1,036 people showed up for the attempt.

Runer said that the current record is 2,012 participants, so they are hoping for at least 2,013 people. She said that they need everyone’s help to achieve this goal and that people do not need experience.

“We chose Zumba because it’s something everyone likes to do,” said Justin Greene, intern at the Recreation Center and recreation and political science major. “We just want to bring the community together so we can make Emporia a fun place to be.”

On April 11, ESU will attempt for the second time to break the Zumba world record. During their first attempt they came up shy with 1,036 people. The record is currently 2,012. Courtesy Photo.

Greene said Zumba is part of fun fit week, which is four days of fun and exciting outdoor activities. The first day is an obstacle course, the second day is outdoor

Dancing Hornets

games, the third day is Zumba and the final day is balloon blasts.

“I plan on going to the revenge. I don’t know if it will turn out like they want it to, but I

think the attempt is a good cause,” said Jullea Decker, senior elementary education major. “I think there will be a better turn out this time, but I still don’t know if we

will beat the world record. I think we need to get the word out more, and maybe get it out to other counties.”

Faculty Senate approves intellectual property bill S teve E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com Faculty Senate met Tuesday to vote on a bill that defines intellectual property policies on campus and a bill that makes adjustments to the school’s maximum physical education credit requirements for athletes.

The senate also discussed the possibility of implementing a shared leave program for faculty members as early as this fall and addressed the recent major issues with internet access on campus.

The intellectual property bill was tabled during the last senate meeting, and an amendment to the bill was added that clarifies a section declaring intellectual property rights retained by instructors. The bill updates ESU’s policy, stating that “the University has no rights in any intellectual property that is created solely as a result of the employee’s own creative and intellectual effort,

time, resources, and money.” The bill was sponsored by Marvin Harrell, professor of mathematics, computer science and economics.

The amendment to the bill states a faculty member retains exclusive intellectual property rights in his or her course material.

Both the bill and the amendment were passed unanimously.

The second bill that was voted on was the modification of the maximum hours of physical education activity credit counted towards graduation. This was the second reading of the bill, and it was passed unanimously, effectively increasing the maximum hour limit of physical education activity hours to eight.

“It is up to president Shonrock to approve the bills passed,” said Kevin Johnson, Faculty Senate president and associate professor of business administration.

Johnson also said Shonrock had approved the senate constitution and bylaws bills that were passed

during the last senate meeting.

A shared leave program that could be implemented this fall would allow faculty members to receive donations of sick leave or maternity leave hours donated from other faculty members if they would need to leave beyond the annual allotted amount of paid leave.

“What we are going to do is put together the ideas and reasons for this policy from our faculty,” Johnson said. “We will bring this to the next meeting in May. We will propose it to the Board of Regents as a beneficial policy idea that they have the authority to implement.”

The recent campus Internet outages were also addressed during the meeting. Kevin Rabas, vice president, associate professor of English and co-director of the Creative Writing program, said that the senate will ask the head of TCS to be present at the next meeting to discuss preventing another outage.

Great Plains Trio Returns Freshman, marketing major Nicole Rottinghaus plays Wii in the Circle K Wii Dance Competition last Thursday night in Webb Hall. Students took part in the competition by donating canned foods, and the prizes were Wal-mart gift cards, pizza coupons, cupcakes, and bookstore T-shirts. Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin

OUTAGE... from page 1 “We went about three years without an issue, and then we’ve seen increasing recurrence,” Erickson said.

When outages like this occur, it is the job of TCS’s advocate, the Kansas Research and Education Network, to work with AT&T to keep them updated on the process.

“We have not seen outages like this,” said Cort Buffington, executive director of KanREN. “At most, (the outages) should be 10 to 15 minutes.”

TCS and KanREN have been working on a solution since the first outage three years ago and have finally found an alternative.

“We’ve partnered with a company and we have a solution,” Erickson said.

The Kansas Fiber Network will serve as the new transport on campus, which has 10 times the capacity for connection, Buffington said. ESU was moved to the new connection last Wednesday.

“For almost three years now we’ve been trying to identify an alternative,” Erickson said. “It’s taken a long time to get there because there simply were no other options. There was no other transport out of Emporia.”

Currently, the campus’ internet connection is connected through one path on AT&T and one path on the Kansas Fiber Network.

Ultimately, ESU will set up two paths on the new connection, so even if one path fails, the other will overlap and no outage will occur.

Jeremy Starr, Martin Cuellar and Susan Mayo of the Department of Music, perform at the Granada Theatre Saturday evening as part of the Great Plains Trio concert. The Great Plains Trio was founded in 1976 and then dissolved. This is the first performance that the current group has done together. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin

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Hornets sweep double-header against Fort Hays T aylor S cott scott@esubulletin.com The Hornets took on Washburn University in a fierce double-header on Friday. Emporia won both games, 4-3 and 8-4, and carried their momentum into the next day when they swept the Fort Hays State Tigers, 2-1 and 6-4.

April Huddleston, assistant coach, was recognized before the game when she received the SAC award.

“She was voted on because with her being faculty she understands student athletes,” said Head Coach Julie LeMaire. “She works with them and understands that they have demands outside of class. I think it’s just something special for her, and the athletes appreciate it.”

Huddleston also got to deliver the traditional first pitch of the game, which went straight down the strike zone.

During game one, the Tigers put the first point on the board in the third inning, but never found a way to score after.

Junior pitcher Karley Schmelzer did not allow the Tigers run to put any pressure on her.

“I knew we have great bats,” Schmelzer said. “I knew we were going to come back and get it tied up and try to win.”

First up to bat in the fifth inning was sophomore second baseman Taylor Reichard. Reichard

earned the Hornets their first run of the night as she hit a home run.

“It was pretty solid contact,” Reichard said. “Coach had just told us to sit back in the back of the

“Coach had just told us to sit back in the back of the box and wait for that pitch, so I just did what she said.”-Taylor Reichard box and wait for that pitch, so I just did what she said.”

Following Reichard’s homerun, sophomore third baseman Jessica Gragg got on base with a double.

Sophomore center fielder Jessica

Senior leads tennis team with positive attitude T aylor S cott scott@esubulletin.com Ethan Deckert, now a senior on the tennis team, was very active in sports at Larned High School.

Deckert participated in football, wrestling, power-lifting and tennis.

Football was the only sport for which he did not go to state.

Choosing a sport to play in college was not a problem for Deckert – he knew from the beginning he wanted to stay active in tennis throughout his college career, so he first attended Barton County Community College.

“I competed at Nationals when I went to Barton… I was really excited to play,” Deckert said.

“My goal this season would be to improve from what I’ve done in the past.”

Being physically fit is important to be successful in tennis, Deckert said, but he believes mentality plays an even bigger role.

“If you don’t have your attitude and your mind in check, then you won’t be able to perform at a high level,” Deckert said.

And it’s obvious to Deckert’s teammates that attitude is important to him.

Ethan Deckert “With this encouraging and motivating attitude brought

by Ethan, practice is often very competitive,” said freshman Andrew Davids. “He does have a good attitude during practice and competitions, making it fun and enjoyable.”

Davids also said Deckert is a leader.

“Whether it’s by example or vocally, or both, Ethan is always motivating his teammates to push their limits and to do the very best they can,” Davids said.

Freshman Jenny Gerhardt said

Deckert always goes beyond the expectation and pushes both the men and women alike to follow suit.

“He can make practice fun, but also knows when to stay serious and work hard at whatever needs to be worked on,” Gerhardt said.

Academics are also very important to Deckert, who is an Earl Sauder Scholar with a biochemistry and molecular biology major due to his passion for chemistry. He plans on going into the medical field, and his goal is to get into medical school this summer.

“I chose Emporia for both athletics and academics,” he said.

“The biochemistry and molecular biology was a major that wasn’t available in a lot of other places. It’s something I was really interested in.

The tennis program also attracted me a lot. I wanted to continue playing after Barton, and it seemed like a great program.”

Deckert’s team nickname is “Veggie” because he is a vegan.

“One thing I really enjoy about Emporia State is that a lot of us are from here in Kansas,” Deckert said.

“It gives a great friendly feel…you can really relate to the guys and it makes for a really close relationship with a lot of your teammates.”

Balcom quits basketball to focus on school C helsie S laughter sports@esubulletin.com K enzie T empleton editor@esubulletin.com The Athletic Department announced earlier this week that Kelsey Balcom, sophomore nursing major, will not return to play for the women’s basketball team next season.

Balcom declined an interview with The Bulletin, but said via text message on Wednesday, “I would

Brewer’s hit allowed Gragg to cross the plate before the Hornets used up their three outs.

Although the Hornets did not score on hits in the first inning of the second game, they took full advantage over four errors by the Tigers and put three points on the board.

After two more unearned runs in the second inning, junior catcher Amanda Self hit an RBI single allowing sophomore first baseman Tricia Vogel to cross home plate. The Hornets led 6-0 after the first two innings.

The Tigers scored two runs in the third inning after Maddie

rather not make it a bigger deal than it already is. I think it is best that I stay quiet for right now.”

But Jory Collins, head coach, said in an email that Balcom said her decision came from being unable to balance both nursing school and basketball “the way she wanted to.” Collins declined further interview.

Balcom’s younger sister, Megan, has also withdrawn her commitment to play for the Hornets next season.

Collins told The Bulletin in February that Balcom’s presence on the team this season was that of leadership.

“Kelsey is an obvious leader on our team,” Collins said in the February interview. “She is one of our more talented players, even as a sophomore. We are really excited to have her leadership on our team.”

Balcom was the MIAA Freshmen of the Year and earned Honorable Mention All MIAA last season, according to ESU’s website.

Holub hit a double that scored two. They continued their scoring in the sixth inning when the ball was overthrown to second base.

After a much needed double-play, Emporia closed the sixth inning after the Tigers got within two points.

“I was frustrated with the way the girls were playing because that’s not the team that we are,” LeMaire said in response to a difficult sixth inning. “I thought that because Fort Hays came out and made some mistakes early on we just got complacent because we got up with a few runs, and we had beaten them the game before.”

ESU ended the game in the seventh inning on solid defensive plays. The Hornets snagged game two and advanced to 14-0 in the MIAA and 23-7 on the year.

Sport Shorts Baseball 3-1 over Tigers, fall to Jets The 22-ranked Emporia State baseball team took on Fort Hays State on March 30 and 31 and April 1. Winning the first three games, the Hornets could not pull away with the fourth win. They held a 3-1 record over the Tigers after winning 13-8, 17-5, 6-5, and taking a loss at 2-5. Senior infielder/ outfielder Joe Vaskas hit his sixth home run of the season and drove in four runs. The team had a hot hitting weekend against the Tigers.

The Hornets fell short on Tuesday to the Jets of Newman State University, 2-1. Junior infielder Eric Dawson was the only Hornet with multiple hits and drove in the game’s only run.

ESU will face the Bronchos of Central Oklahoma University at home on April 5, 6 and 7. Thursday and Friday’s games are both scheduled for 6 p.m., while Saturday’s will start at 1 p.m.

Lady Hornet tennis takes control Last Wednesday the Lady Hornets tennis team destructed the Griffons of Missouri Western, 9-0. Sophomore Nicole Jara moved to 13-0 on the season.

When the tennis teams faced Nebraska-Kearney on March 30, the women pulled off a win 5-4. Jara moved to 14-0, defeating the #1 singles Vanessa Gunawan. This was Jara’s third victory over a regionally ranked opponent.

On Saturday, the women’s tennis team won, 7-2, and improved to 13-3 on the season, 3-1 in MIAA after playing the Truman State Bulldogs. Jara moved to 15-0 in singles and teamed with freshman Taylor Smith to win #1 doubles.

Junior Alex Crowe and freshman Jennifer Gerhardt won #2 doubles.

ESU will face the University of Nebraska at Omaha at 3:30 p.m. on Friday at home.

Men’s tennis come up short Emporia State men’s tennis took on Nebraska-Kearney on Friday. The Hornets fell short, 8-1, against the Lopers. Freshman Christian Lollar won #6 singles and had the only win for the men.

Against the Bulldogs of Truman State on Saturday, the men fell, 7-2, and watched their record drop to 6-5. Junior Mitch Kibbe achieved both wins for the Hornets, wining #3 singles and teamed with senior Matt VanHorn to win #2 doubles.

Dunkin breaks javelin record Emporia State track and field handled their business on Saturday in the ESU Spring Open, presented by Papa John’s. The Hornets had multiple provisional qualifiers as well as a new school record.

The record for the javelin throw was set in 2009 by current javelin coach Connie Philips with a throw of 148-00 feet. Freshman javelin thrower Sara Dunkin broke this record, throwing 149-00 feet. Five of Dunkin’s six throws hit the provisional mark as she fouled on the other attempt.

The defending national champion sophomore hurdler/sprinter Andrew Etheridge ran a provisional in the prelims and finals of the 110-meter hurdles. Receiving a time of 14.22, he is ranked third in the nation this year.

The Hornets will go at it again on Saturday as they host the State Farm/ESU Relays.

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