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Glass auction raises Dough most funds ever, $10K for Dody S teve E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com

Seattle-based glass artist Ross Richmond, assisted by senior glass major Danny Shipley, heats a glass fist for sculpting. Glass students and Richmond held a hot glass demonstration and an auction in the Art Annex on Saturday for the annual Glass Guild Blowout. Will Austin/The Bulletin

This year’s Glass Guild Blowout marked the highest sales ever during the art acution for the Glass Guild.

Kaila Mock, senior glass major, said the blowout auction raised $9,545 – about $2,000 more than last year.

“This was the blowout auction’s best year,” Mock said.

Students and community members gathered in the Art Annex Saturday for this year’s blowout, an annual all-day event with free barbecue and live demonstrations by visiting artists, concluding with the art auction.

The clear skies and warm weather – and no threats of a thunderstorm or tornadoes this time around – provided for a significantly larger turnout than last year.

“It’s such a nice day for this,” said Nic Dikin, freshman glass major, as he watched a live hot glass demonstration.

The proceeds of the auction will help pay for future supplies, equipment and educational field trips for glass students. Tools and supplies that were recently stolen from the department will also be replaced. Proceeds will also be used to help fund future visiting artists.

“We had a lot of really cool stuff for the auction this year,” Dikin said.

“The quality of everyone’s work is just really amazing.”

Dikin said he is excited to become the new vice president of the Glass Guild next semester. He said the club announced the decision in a recent meeting.

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Landon Dody has fun at the Laps 4 Landon fundraiser Tuesday at the Student Recreation Center. Attendees helped raise money by donating items for the silent auction and drawings, with proceeds going to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin

Schwarm to retire after 25 years, will miss colleagues, students

Cordle named new academic provost C harlie H eptas news@esubulletin.com David Cordle, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is the new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

The job offer was extended by President Michael Shonrock Tuesday, according to a press release sent to The Bulletin.

Cordle said that after visiting both the campus and the community, he felt that this was a place he could “really be a part of.”

“It’s very important from the very beginning to take some time to learn the university and learn the community and sort of understand what makes the place tick,” Cordle said. “That means doing a lot of listening and having a lot of contact with people.”

Cordle said he is happy to be joining a place he is looking forward to being a part of.

“When my wife, Pam, and I were there for the visit, we were really struck by how warm and welcoming the people were, and we left with a very, very good feeling,”

Cordle

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Going the Distance Triathletes flock to Emporia

A participant in the 2013 Spring Migration Triathlon wades through the first stretch of the event, a 400 meter indoor swim in the HPER building on campus. Will Austin/The Bulletin

A barefoot biker prepares to dismount at the end of a 20K ride and transition to a 5K run, the final portion of the Spring Migration Triathlon held at ESU April 14.

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Larry Schwarm, professor of photography, discusses a student’s image in his Photography II class Wednesday. Schwarm will retire at the end of this semester. Jordan Storrer/The Bulletin

without university support.”

Schwarm said his work has given him many opportunities to further his own art, as well as interact with Emporia State provided him his many different people. “most life-changing experience.”

Amanda Hatfield, senior And after 25 years of teaching, photography major and one of Larry Schwarm, professor of phoSchwarm’s students, has many tography, will retire after the spring fond memories from her time in semester.

Schwarm’s class. She said it was his “The most life-changing, single class that inspired her to change her experience I’ve had was the first sab- major and aspire to be a photograbatical that I ever took,” Schwarm pher. said. “I took three months off, “I admire lots of things about traveling through Europe comLarry,” Hatfield said. “I admire his pletely by myself, not knowing the knowledge, passion, and teaching language and taking thousands of photography, his patience with and thousands of photographs and me over the years and all of the looking at art historical sites, and that would never have been possible See Retire ...Page 2 M arilyn K earney kearney@esubulletin.com

“The thing I admire most is him pushing me to become better each time I snap a shot.”

– Amanda Hatfield

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Police Reports

Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department April 10 Officers removed a bicycle from a tree at the southeast corner of Cremer Hall. The bicycle was placed in a nearby bike rack.

April 11 Officer stopped KS 806APK in 1500 Market St. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Morse Drive.

Officer stopped KS 381BJQ at the 1100 Block of Merchant Street. Verbal warning for a stop light violation at the 1300 Block of Merchant Street.

Officer stopped KS 60-Day Tag AZ32696 at 15th and Merchant Street. Verbal warning for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS WNU996 in 1200 Market St. Verbal warning for a one-way violation.

Officer stopped KS 766CXT in 1800 Merchant St. Verbal warning for defective brake lights.

Roberto Martinez reported personal items missing and possibly stolen from the Student Recreation Center sometime earlier this date. Officer searched Student Recreation Center and recovered missing items.

Officers contacted two male subjects northeast of Plumb Hall. Shawn Bozman was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant through Lyon Co. and transported to the Lyon Co. jail.

WAW Library zone 37 Intrusion in Children’s Collection on third floor. A student fell asleep in the building.

April 12 Vicky Hurlbert reported a non-injury accident in Lot 3. No report was taken. Insurance information was exchanged.

Officer stopped KS 60-Day A233519 in 300 E 12th Ave. Verbal warning for speeding in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 301DVU in 1000 Rural St. Verbal warning for defective brake light.

Officer stopped KS 903DVL in 400 W 12th Ave. Verbal warning for defective brake light.

Officer stopped KS Personalized “WOODROW” in 1100 Exchange St. Verbal warning for speeding in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer stopped FL J991HW in 1200 Market St. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer contacted bicyclists in

1200 Market St. and advised they were riding the wrong direction.

Officer stopped KS 409BHL in 400 W 12th Ave. Verbal warning for defective headlight. Citation for expired tags and no proof of insurance.

Officer stopped MO FH23P in 600 W 12th Ave. Verbal warning for defective brake lights.

Officer stopped KS 622BST in 1100 Merchant. Operator of vehicle was taken into custody for driving while suspended and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Officer followed up on a case with a subject at 113 W 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 967DVT in 200 W 18th Ave. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Officer stopped OK 346DBD in 1200 Highland St. for defective brake light. A female subject was taken into custody for operating a vehicle without a valid operator’s license and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a shots fired call at 619 Washington St. April 13 Officer stopped KS 782FAA in 1200 Market St. Verbal warning was given for one-way violation at same location.

Officer stopped a bicyclist on campus. Verbal warning for a oneway violation.

Alicia Case reported suspicious persons at 1201 Triplet Dr. No contact was made.

Paul Zimnerman reported damage to his vehicle. Officer concluded damage did not occur on campus.

April 14 Officer contacted the operators of two vehicles parked improperly on Kellogg Circle. Officer issued a warning and a citation.

April 15 Sooyun Lee requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to a possible scam letter she received in the mail.

Officer removed a bicycle from the street in 1400 Market St. April 16 Officer stopped KS 086DVO in 1100 Exchange St. Verbal warning for defective tail light.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 1300 Merchant St.

Crime Stoppers Local law enforcement is seeking information regarding a burglary that occurred at the Emporia State campus Art Annex building located in the 1600 block of Highland Street. The burglary occurred between the hours of 11:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. on April 4 or 5.

A pneumatic glass blowing tool was taken that is valued at $400, as well as four hand blown glass pieces. Other items taken include grinders, drill bits and other electrical tools.

If you have any information about this campus theft, please contact Lyon County Crime Stoppers at 342-2273, or the ESU Police and Safety Office at 341-5337. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

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Biology students take top national and worldwide awards N ing L iu liu@esubulletin.com Last week, Emporia State biology students made quite a showing in two different competitions – the Southwestern Association of Naturalists (SWAN) and the Annual Meeting of Kansas Academy of Science (KAS).

The students made a clean sweep of top awards in the master’s level presentations.

In the Wilks Award Competition at the recent 60th annual meeting of SWAN held at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Nathan Holoubek, graduate biology student, won first place in the competition with his presentation entitled, “Bird Occupancy in Relation to Habitat Structure in the Oak Savanna Cross Timbers of Kansas, USA.” The vast majority of students selected to compete for the Wilks Award Competition were Ph.D. students from universities all throughout

Retire from ...Page 1 fond memories and lessons I have learned in his classes. The thing I admire most, though, is him pushing me to become better each time I snap a shot.”

Dan Kirchhefer, professor of drawing and printmaking, has known Schwarm even before coming to ESU. He said they met at the Spencer Museum of Art at Kansas University, where Kirchhefer worked and Schwarm had photographs on display – photographs, Kirchhefer said, he was quite taken with. He remembered fondly the

Cordle from ...Page 1 Cordle said.

As the new provost, Cordle will handle the academic side of university business, said Gwen Larson, as-

North America. Holoubek was the only graduate student of the four final presenters.

“There is a large group of people from different backgrounds and even non-English speakers,” Holubek said.

“Because it is an international conference, people from Mexico, in some cases, they don’t know English. I tried to make a presentation that accommodated to everyone.”

Each finalist gave a talk in the plenary session to be selected as the best presentation.

Bill Jensen, professor of biology and Holoubek’s thesis adviser, said that Holoubek was not only a skilled researcher but also a good presenter to deliver his significant information to the audience in a proper way.

Holoubek said this award meant a lot to him and that the work he put in paid off.

“It doesn’t matter, necessarily, if you are a doctoral student or not,” Holoubeck said. “If you work hard and get

everything together well enough, you can compete on many levels.”

At the 145th Kansas Academy of Science Annual Meeting from April 5-6, Chen Yang, graduate biology student, won the award for Best Master’s Level Oral Presentation, and Brittany Miller, graduate biology student, won the award for the Best Master’s Level Poster Presentation.

Yang also won one of the two KAS Student Grant Awards for master’s level students with her project from last semester called, “Oleanolic Acid Induced Apoptosis and Autophagy in Human Malignant Melanoma Cells.”

“This is my first time giving a scientific oral presentation in a meeting,” Yang said. “Actually, I did not expect to get this award because there are many other outstanding graduate students, but I tried my best in the competition.”

Yiting Ni, biology graduate student, received first place in Poster Presentation at KAS.

time he had spent working with Schwarm, especially traveling.

“Larry and I have taken students all over the country,” Kirchhefer said. “You couldn’t ask for a better travel companion or one who works so well with students. He’ll definitely be missed here as a friend and colleague.”

Following his retirement, Schwarm will do limited work with graduate students at Wichita State, but he will primarily pursue his own work. He said he’s looking forward to being able to devote all his time to his art, but he will miss ESU.

“The thing that I’ll miss most will be my colleagues and my students,” Schwarm said. “One of the things I love about ESU and undergrads is that we get people coming in that know very little or nothing about art, and we get to watch them grow in those four years and come out sophisticated artists. That does my heart good.”

Both students and colleagues expressed their hope to keep in contact with Schwarm. Considering Schwarm said he has some big projects already underway, it’s clear that this is not the last ESU will see of him.

sistant director of Media Relations.

The deans will report to him, and he will handle course offerings.

Larson said that, generally, the provost also handles internal workings, but Cordle brings some fun-

draising experience to the position and will be working in the community as well.

Cordle will assume his role around July 1, but he said he hopes to get started sooner.

Kan. surgeon aids wounded at Boston Marathon SALINA (AP) — A general surgeon from north-central Kansas had just finished the Boston Marathon on Monday when he found himself pressed into service treating people injured in the explosions that detonated near the finish line.

Dr. Chris Rupe, who lives in Salina, estimated he was about 10 yards from where the first explosion went off about 30 seconds after he finished the race in a time of 4 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds, The Salina Journal reported.

Believing the sound came from a building or grandstand collapsing, Rupe hurried to see if he could help.

“Then I heard the second blast and ran the other way for a little

bit, but then ran back to help some of the injured,” he told the newspaper.

From there, officials directed him to a medical tent where physicians usually help runners with problems such as dehydration or exhaustion.

“Doctors are doctors, but I think they were glad to have someone who knows about treating wounds,” Rupe said.

He spent about an hour in the tent, mainly treating people with injuries to their extremities. After that, most of the injured had been taken to hospitals.

“I’d just run 26 miles; I was starting to get tired,” Rupe said.

“There were a lot of great people

who were there — there are a lot of good people in the world.”

His wife — Dr. Abbey Rupe, a Salina pediatrician — finished the marathon about a half-hour before her husband and was already returning to their hotel when she heard a blast about a block from the marathon route.

“I heard one explosion, and no one knew what was happening,” Abbey Rupe told The Journal. “I kept walking, and then there was a second boom, and people were running away — I ran with everyone else for about half a block.”

Chris Rupe borrowed a cellphone from another doctor in the tent to message his wife that he was OK and helping the injured.

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news New ASG leadership wants Not Forgotten to improve student life The Bulletin | April 18, 2013

T yler H all hall@esubulletin.com Visibility, connection and Hornet pride are the main points that the new Associated Student Government leadership hope to improve next school year.

Racheal Countryman, junior communication major, and Marissa Germann, junior marketing major, were elected president and vice president of ASG, respectively, last Wednesday.

“I have met the future president and vice president a couple of times, and I can see that they will be great leaders for the students,” said Jordan Young, senior science education major. “I feel like they thoroughly care about this school and really want to make things as good as they can possibly be.”

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events and hosting more open forums so that students can become familiar with ASG is one way Countryman and Germann said they hope to improve visibility.

They also said student involvement on campus is an important area to work on, and they want feedback to help improve student life. One idea they proposed is putting drop boxes around campus for students to submit ideas or suggestions.

“I had a blast during the campaign,” Counrtyman said. “I loved seeing all the support we received, and we thank all the people who wore our campaign shirts or stood up in front of their classes to encourage other students to participate in the election process. Marissa and I are looking forward to an exciting and challenging upcoming year at ESU.” The roles of ASG president and vice president are to advocate for

“It is going to be a challenge, but I am ready to see what we and the entire Associated Student Government can do for Emporia State.”

– Marissa Germann Germann

Bulletin staff win 13 awards at annual journalism conference

Nine members of The Bulletin staff and adviser Max McCoy traveled to Wichita Sunday and Monday for the annual Kansas Collegiate Media conference, formerly the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press.

The newspaper won 13 individual awards, including the following: Feature Photography – Third Place, Jon Coffey Column Writing – Second Place, Ellen Weiss; Honorable Mention, Kenzie Templeton Cartoons – Second Place and Honorable Mention, Ellen Weiss News Photography – Third Place, Yiqing Fu; Honorable Men-

tion, Lingzi Su Editorial Writing – First Place (Nothing to Rave About from the Feb. 14 issue) and Honorable Mention, Matt Cook Infographics – Second Place and Honorable Mention, Ellen Weiss Single Ad Design – Second and Third Place, Ellen Weiss The Bulletin also received fourth place overall for its website, and a bronze medal in the overall print category.

Editor-in-chief Kenzie Templeton also received second runner-up for Journalist of the Year, along with a $50 cash prize.

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the wants and needs of the students at Emporia State. Countryman and Germann said they are outspoken and confident with themselves, which will help them achieve their goals for next year.

“I am very excited to have this new opportunity for the upcoming year and can’t wait to start working with Racheal,” Germann said. “It is going to be a challenge, but I am ready to see what we and the entire (ASG) can do for (ESU).”

Last, they spoke about increasing Hornet pride for sports teams and other competitive organizations. They said they plan to add to the already popular Hornet Rallies to include the sports and organizations that receive less publicity.

They also plan on starting a “fan of the game” award for larger events to boost the student section at sports events.

Last Thursday at 7 p.m. in the KSN Room, Marla Darby, professor of elementary and secondary education, presented a workshop on the Holocaust. Nine students attended the event. During a recent trip to the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., she received a video about the Holocaust and decided to show it as part of the workshop.

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Kan. board ponders cost of new science standards TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas officials involved in drafting new science standards for public schools tried Tuesday to reassure the State Board of Education that retraining teachers and buying new classroom materials won’t be unusually expensive following the Countryman adoption of such guidelines.

The issue arose during the board’s meeting when members reviewed a Glass from ...Page 1 final draft of the proposed standards, Ross Richmond was this year’s which were developed by 26 states, visiting artist. Richmond specializes in glass sculpture art based on the hu- including Kansas, and the National Research Council. The Kansas board man anatomy, as well as “figurative doesn’t plan to decide until at least elements and symbolic objects.”

Richmond said he began working June whether to adopt the standards.

Educators and officials who helped with glass at the Cleveland Instidraft the standards said they could tute of Art in 1991 and continues significantly change science instructo study and teach glass blowing tion.

The standards presume that at schools in the United States and schools emphasize hands-on projects Canada. and experiments, blend material about Senior glass majors Joe Sircolumb engineering and technology into and Danny Shipley assisted Richtheir courses and start teaching basic mond during the live demonstraconcepts about key subjects in kindertions. garten and build on them through the “You kind of just zone out,” Sircoloumb said. “It’s not that differ- 12th grade.

But they also said schools would ent with a bunch of people watchadjust over time, so that they wouldn’t ing.” have to retrain teachers all at once.

Richmond and Jeff Mack, the They also said schools could replace artist who did live demonstrations at existing textbooks and materials on last year’s blowout, both sold work at their normal schedules. the auction.

“My teachers are overwhelmed Sircoloumb, Shipley and Mock, with the idea of, ‘Can I get all this among other junior and senior glass done in a year?’” John Popp, curstudents, also had work for sale at the riculum director for the Great Bend auction, as well as faculty from the school district and a member of the art and glass departments.

Kansas committee working on the Work from Patrick Martin, asscience standards, said after the board’s sociate professor of glass, and Roberta review.

“My message to them is, ‘You Eichenberg, associate professor of art, don’t have to do it all in a year.’” was also on display and sold on the Kansas uses such academic stanauction floor.

dards to develop the annual, standardized tests given to students, and the state measures how well schools are teaching through the scores. Decisions about exactly what’s taught in classrooms are left to local boards of education, but the statewide tests influence them.

“This is going to call for some change, but we’re going to take it in little bits,” Popp said.

Some members of the Republicandominated Legislature already are concerned about costs arising from the board’s adoption in 2010 of similar, multi-state standards for reading and math. Efforts to block the Department of Education from spending any money to put them into effect have been unsuccessful so far, however.

During the board’s review Tuesday of the proposed science standards, members Deena Horst of Salina and Jim McNiece of Wichita, both Republicans, asked officials involved in drafting the guidelines whether schools would face significant costs.

“We can see that it could cost a great deal,” Horst said.

The state and local school districts have set aside more than $18.4 million for the current school year for professional development programs, according to the Department of Education.

State Rep. John Bradford, a Lansing Republican who serves on the House Education Committee, said he and fellow legislators worry that not only will school districts have to retrain teachers and buy new materials but some will want to renovate buildings to accommodate changes in teaching.

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opinion Chick-fil-A: The Easy Way

The Bulletin | April 18, 2013

STAFF EDITORIAL

Emporia is open for business.

Let’s just hope that the business we welcome is one we really want and need.

The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau will host a Chick-fil-A leadercast on Friday, May 10. But to add yet another fast food chain to our community is a step in the wrong direction.

It makes sense that the city is pursuing such a marketable business.

Chick-fil-A produces some of the most sought-after food in the United States. But there’s nothing special about it. It might taste good, but so what? The reasons against establishing a Chic-fil-A in Emporia are numerous.

Emporia is a city of duplication.

Two McDonald’s, three Subways, two Braums, two Taco Bells, and, though this would be the only Chick-fil-A in town, it is essentially more of the same.

Emporia doesn’t need another fast food restaurant. There are already plenty of places to get our calorie fix.

There’s something to be said for

I occasionally find Kansas doing something to draw more attention than outdated “Wizard of Oz” references or speaking of the insane weather patterns we experience.

Proposing absolutely crazy pieces of legislation appears to be the strategy du jour.

For example, a recent Kansas bill advocates the cutting of all state funds that would somehow assist, either directly or indirectly, sustainable development. That our state funds could be used on something beyond sustainable development for the time being might be considered a worthy idea, although

uniqueness. The proverbial radio jingle “shop Emporia first” underpins a glaring need for Emporia businesses with staying power. The economic necessity for businesses that provide cheap, high-quality services is complicated by the risk in starting a small business. Chick-fil-A is attractive because it has a corporate structure and a name that everyone recognizes and associates with delicious food.

But every chain that opens in Emporia makes it more difficult for locally owned and operated businesses to stay competitive. How much longer could J’s Carryout exist if we were to saturate the market with a Five Guys and Smashburger?

We could resort to fallbacks like, “That’s the nature of the market,” but that’s defeatist and short-sighted.

We are not separate from – or at the mercy of – the Emporia market. We are the market.

We must also question the natures of the businesses we consider. No, we are not referring to the Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy. The company revised its policy in that

regard, and we applaud their willingness to do so.

But the fact of the matter is that fast food is one of many culprits in the deteriorating health of our nation.

Chick-fil-A is cheap and calorie-laden, only adding to the growing waistline of America.

The Bulletin respects that each individual controls what they eat.

To each their own. But enough is enough. Each of us should take the time to express our reservations about Chick-fil-A –or any other fast food chain – sinking their greasy claws into Emporian’s pockets.

The problem is not that Chickfil-a is a villain but that our city has chosen to champion yet another fast food establishment in lieu of other, healthier options. If we are intent on integrating business and government, intent on managing the Emporia market, then why not invest in something local?

When the bottom line is revenue, anything goes. But we have a voice in this matter. Why did the chicken cross the road? Apparently, we asked it to.

Mad Kansas

somewhat misguided.

But to say that no means should be used to even advocate for sustainable development is ridiculous.

Why not introduce a law mandating that we have to burn the ground after we walk on it?

Now there is even talk of a proposed bill placing new quarantine restrictions on those with communicable diseases to keep first responders safe from contracting said diseases, and many say it will further HIV/AIDS discrimination by quarantining those who are HIV positive.

Proponents of the measure

claim, however, that it appears discriminatory if you focus on one portion of the bill, which is intended to help the greater populace, adding to national interest of Kansas. The idea still appears very draconian.

The proposed funding cuts to education further complicate matters and draw just as much criticism to this state as the previously mentioned bills, yet it is the one that seems to affect those of us here at Emporia State the most.

And while these are all pending legislation, they still bring about criticism to this state, which we need to overcome. We need to give

Times of Need

In times of crisis, mental health services are often the last line of defense for students who feel like they don’t have anyone to turn to.

With all of the concern Emporia State shows for the student body, it’s disappointing that there isn’t a push for more visibility and use of the services that are offered.

College is a rough and messy transition for a lot of students. We have to deal with becoming more than teenagers but less responsible than adults. It almost seems unmanageable when coupled with tons of newfound freedom, exploring who we are and even who we want to be among a much longer list in the complex process of growing up.

After three months of living in Emporia, I have only heard two students mention the availability of psychological services for students, and I haven’t seen the welcoming arms of any of the counselors.

I grew up in a single-parent

household and after learning about the death of my mother from a Facebook message during a lecture, someone I consider both a mentor and a friend took me directly to a professional who had the skills and the training to deal with a student in crisis.

It was scary to enter the office where “those people” go while summoning every caricature of a shrink that demanded I spill my deepest darkest secrets, but to my surprise, they made sure I knew my level of access to those services and that my disclosure, whatever the depth, would always be mediated by what was best for me.

With the stigma attached to mental illness, it is extremely brave to seek access to resources. But many students don’t know what or where those resources are, let alone which face to pick out of the crowd in a moment of need.

With the start of an athletic sea-

The repercussions of the creation and passing of such a bill are indicative of the current state of our country. The student body has been divided between its LGBT community and its religious community, between its student body and its student government.

At Emporia State, we are fortunate enough to be a uniquely diverse group working within the mainframe of a conservative state. We have large religious and Gender and Sexual Minorities (GSM) communities that appear to work together.

In order to maintain the peace we currently enjoy, I ask students to consider what is right for everyone, rather than what is right for select groups of people.

I support equal rights but not at the expense of personal beliefs.

Equal rights mean little if we lose the liberty to act on behalf of our convictions. To be equal, we must advocate the rights of minorities and also accept the rights of majorities.

the rest of the nation something positive to talk about, not just these radical, ridiculous concepts.

Our debate team doing something more than extraordinary places us on the right track, with more articles being published about them, and ESU in general, every day. We now need to find better ways to bring more positive attention here. We need to work with what we have.

Of course, we could simply continue this track of attention by passing a bill for a tax on flying monkeys. That would get people talking.

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smith@esubulletin.com son, the immanency of final exams, graduation and students returning home for the summer, we are looking at a phenomenal moment to legitimize mental health services by ensuring students know there is always someone to turn to at ESU.

The Reach of Liberty Our country stands at a crossroads. The current debate between equal rights and morality creates a polarizing effect on our country.

The tides are turning, but the direction is still questionable.

We have been at a crossroads like this before. Recognizing equal rights of black Americans and women started at state and local levels before becoming national issues that influenced our country’s identity. Because the United States was founded on a desire to have religious freedom, the right to personal belief is ingrained in our national psyche. In each of those instances we, as a nation, chose equality over personal beliefs.

The recent bill passed by the Texas A&M student senate allows students to opt out of school fees that go against their religious beliefs.

Because of the original intent to cut funding to the university’s LGBT Resource Center, the bill was later vetoed by the student president.

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Andrew McCutcheon, sophomore theater major, and Jeannie Harper, junior theater major, rehearse a scene April 9 in the Frederickson Theatre in Roosevelt Hall. The play premiered April 10, and the final performance will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Photo courtesy of ESU Theater

S teve E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com Emporia State Theatre is presenting Catherine Butterfield’s “Brownstone” at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Saturday in the Frederickson Theatre in Roosevelt Hall. The play was also presented last week from Wednesday through Saturday, as well as last night.

“The amazing thing about ‘Brownstone’ is that it portrays so beautifully significant parts of the lives of the characters,” said Jeannie Harper, junior theater major, who plays Davia. “True to life, the characters are ambitious and driven, and similarly have those plans altered in some way. They have to learn to adapt to new circumstances and move on with their lives, even when it seems difficult.”

“Brownstone” was premiered by the New Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, Calif. in April 2008.

“‘Brownstone’ has been a unique show for me,” said Andrew McCutcheon, senior secondary education major, who plays Stephen. “I’ve really learned how to utilize emotion and portray the words as a true feeling. I couldn’t be happier for the cast that we have. Everyone is professional and great to work with.”

Kylie Geiman, junior theater major, who plays Maureen, said the show is a “beautiful story about hopes, dreams and heartbreaks.”

“Rarely does an actor have an opportunity to work with a script so reliant on the relationships between the characters,” Geiman said.

The show is a bittersweet comedic drama that focuses on the lives of people who lived in the same apartment in three different periods – Stephen and Davia in the 19030s, Deena and Maureen in the 1970s and Jason, Jessica and David in the late 1990s.

“‘Brownstone’ is a story of three couples dealing with disillusionment, and how life goes on,” said Danielle Roberts, junior theater major who plays Deena. “This show has been unique for me because each couple is isolated yet intertwined. I only interact with Kylie (Maureen) but melt into the other stories. This show has been terribly exciting for me.”

Geiman said she has been able to connect with her character through real life experiences.

“The cast has been a joy to work with, and I’ve learned a lot through this process,” Geiman said. “The relationship between Maureen and Deena has been particularly special to me because it is similar to many relationships in my own life. More importantly, Maureen and Deena have taught me to always go with your gut.”

ESU Theatre’s next production is the spring dance show, “La Diner,” on May 3.

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A student practices tricks on his skateboard in the Union Square yesterday morning. Will Austin/The Bulletin

Stinger Style

Lee Langston and Wanda Jae perform at the third annual Ice Box held in Webb Hall last Friday. The event was hosted by Multicultural Affairs and the Diversity Education Committee to raise funds for scholarships.

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Kansas governor signs concealed carry measure TOPEKA (AP) — A measure Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law will allow Kansas public schools, universities and colleges to arm employees with concealed guns and loosen restrictions on carrying concealed weapons into public buildings, starting in July.

The state Board of Regents’ chairman said Wednesday that he expects the board to re-examine its ban on concealed weapons on state university campuses because of the new law, which Brownback signed late Tuesday. The law will continue to permit universities, community colleges and technical colleges to prohibit concealed guns in their buildings for another four years, but regents Chairman Tim Emert said he expects the board to adjust its policy well before 2017.

The law, which takes effect July 1, also allows state agencies and local governments to continue banning concealed weapons through 2017, but it requires them to declare publicly they’ve developed plans for adequate security for their buildings.

The new law also will allow local boards of education, state university presidents and community and technical college boards to designate employees who are allowed to carry concealed guns in their buildings, whatever their policies for the general public. The law also won’t make people with valid state permits subject to criminal prosecution if they carry concealed weapons into a building, though officials can direct them to remove the gun or leave.

Emert, a former state Senate majority leader from Independence, said the Board of Regents will re-examine its policy against concealed weapons on university campuses, perhaps by the end of the year. He said the board will keep the ban in place until then but he said the goal is to consider modifications quickly. The boards of community and technical colleges would set their own policies.

“We know what the vote was in the Legislature. We know it was overwhelming,” Emert told The Associated Press. “I feel with a certain degree of confidence that there will be some adjustments in our policies.”

State university officials have expressed strong opposition to allowing concealed weapons on campuses.

If the regents wanted to maintain the no-guns policy for state universities indefinitely, they’d have to lobby lawmakers to rewrite the law again.

Emert later said that in promising a review of the policy and predicting adjustments, “I did not mean to imply that we’re going to allow guns in our campuses.”

“We’re going to explore the options,” he said.

The Bulletin | April 18, 2013

Disc golfers gather in Emporia for tournament A ustin S chopper schopper@esubulletin.com Emporia is known for many things, including being the founding city of Veterans Day and the home of William Allen White. But one unique trait that also draws visitors is its prominence for disc golf.

With several courses, including the renowned Jones Park, as well as the Dynamic Discs disc golf supply store, Emporia has long been a favorite for disc golfers from around the country.

Last Friday, Emporia Main Street hosted a block party on the 900 block of Commercial Street to help kick off the Glass Blown Open disc golf tournament. The tournament also brought several professionals to Emporia to compete with local disc golfers.

Jeremy “Big Jerm” Coling, ranked as the 12th disc golfer in the world, as well as current distance U.S. and World Champion, was one of these professionals.

Coling, who has played professionally since 2009, said he had heard about the Emporia tournament for years and finally attended last year’s tournament. He said he enjoys the Emporia tournament for various reasons, including the way that it is run.

“I play a lot of tournaments across the country, and when you play a tournament that stands out in your mind (that is) well-run with good money and fun events going on, you make it a point to keep coming back,” Coling said. “I had a great time last

year, and it’s the only place I want to be this weekend.”

In addition to the professionals, the block party was also host to booths set up by student groups, food vendors and a beer garden. There was also a disc golf challenge station set up for local people to test their skills against the visiting professional players.

Sean Steele, an ESU alum, was one of the local disc golfers competing in the tournament. Steele said he was excited to compete against some of the visiting pros in the tournament, and he enjoyed the event as a way to showcase Emporia.

“I live locally, and Dynamic Discs always has the best tournaments,” Steele said. “It’s a great opportunity to

meet new people and play disc golf, especially when you have events like this. The weather’s perfect, and everybody’s having fun.”

Michael Holloway, senior interdisciplinary studies major, said he came to the event to meet some of the disc golf players competing in the tournament.

“I think it’s really cool that Emporia is well-known in the disc golf community worldwide,” Holloway said. “The world’s tournament is going to be held here in a couple of months, so I’m looking forward to that.”

The Emporia Glass Blown Open began in 2003, and has since become one of the premier disc golf events in the country.

Members of the Emporia community compete in a disc golf challenge to win cash prizes up to $200 at the disc golf block party last Friday on Commercial Street. The block party brought the community together for live music, food and more. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

Movie Night in the Lot

Tucked in blankets, Andraya Taber, junior marketing major, and Stephanie Lowmaster, junior elementary education major, are prepared with popcorn to watch “The Sandlot” in the Student Recreation Center parking lot last Thursday. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

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Brownback wants study Boston official: Video footage shows bomb suspect of Kansas higher ed

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators poring over photos and video from the Boston Marathon bombing have a department-store surveillancecamera image of a man dropping off a bag at the scene of the one of the blasts, a top city politician said Wednesday.

City Council President Stephen Murphy, who said he was briefed by members of the Boston Police Department, said he does not know if investigators know the man’s name.

He said officers are chasing leads that could take them to the suspect.

“They may be on the verge of arresting someone and that’s good,” he said.

Separately, a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity and was not authorized to discuss the case publicly confirmed only that investigators had an image of a potential suspect but did not know his identity.

The twin bomb blasts Monday near the finish line of the world’s most famous foot race killed three people and wounded more than 170, tearing off limbs in a hail of shrapnel.

Law enforcement agencies pleaded for the public to come forward with photos, videos or any information that might help them solve the case, and they gathered surveillance video from businesses around the finish line.

The bombs are believed to have been fashioned out of ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails, ball bearings and metal shards designed to maim.

Investigators suspect the bombs were hidden in black duffel bags and left on the ground.

As a result, they were looking for images of someone lugging a dark, heavy bag.

“One of the department stores down on Boylston Street submitted video system which has confirmed that a suspect is seen dropping a bag near the point of the second explosion and heading off,” Murphy said.

Murphy said he was told investigators have matched information from the surveillance footage with witness descriptions of someone leaving the scene.

Earlier in the day, several news organizations, citing unidentified sources, reported that a video surveillance camera at a Lord & Taylor department store midway between the two blast sites showed a suspect with a backpack near the finish line.

The news came with Boston in a state of high excitement over conflicting information on whether a suspect was in custody.

A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told the AP around midday that a suspect was in custody. The official, who was not authorized to divulge details of the investigation, said the suspect was expected in federal court.

But the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said no arrests had been made.

“Contrary to widespread reporting, there have been no arrests made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack,” the FBI said in a statement. “Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of

press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have unintended consequences, we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting.”

The official who spoke to the AP about someone being taken into custody stood by the information even after it was disputed.

Scores of victims remained hospitalized, many with grievous injuries. Fourteen were listed in critical condition. Doctors who treated the wounded corroborated reports that the bombs were packed with shrapnel and blew up close to the ground.

The chief of trauma surgery at Boston Medical Center said most of the injuries his hospital treated were to the legs.

“We have a lot of lower-extremity injuries, so I think the damage was low to the ground and wasn’t up,” Dr. Peter Burke said. “The patients who do have head injuries were blown into things or were hit by fragments that went up.”

The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard of Boston and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Medford. The Shenyang Evening News, a state-run Chinese newspaper, identified the third victim as Lu Lingzi. She was a graduate student at Boston University.

A bomb threat forced the evacuation of the courthouse Wednesday midafternoon, the U.S. Marshals Service said, and security officials swept the area. Employees were allowed back in about an hour later.

TOPEKA (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday that his upcoming tour of college campuses in Kansas is part of his effort to persuade legislators, policymakers and state residents of the importance of stable, level funding for colleges and universities.

Speaking with reporters after a bill-signing ceremony, the Republican governor said legislators need to take a longer view of funding for higher education, including rising tuition costs, administrative expenses and state support. He called on legislators to study higher education in the interim before the 2014 session.

“What I want to do is lay out the full vision for higher education in Kansas,” the governor said. “It’s been too piece-meal in too many places.”

Brownback plans to visit the campuses between April 22 and May 6, two days before legislators return to Topeka to finish the 2013 session.

Legislators are proposing cuts to higher education, ranging from 2 percent to 4 percent. Brownback opposes such cuts and wants to retain current funding in the next budget.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Marc Rhoades said while higher education serves a role in Kansas, tuition rates have outpaced inflation, even when state funding for colleges has been constant. He questioned who was being served when tuition rises and graduates leave with large college debts without prospects for jobs.

“This system would benefit from a discussion of return on investment,” said Rhoades, a Newton Republican.

Brownback said he believed legislators understood the need to stabilize

higher education funding, which had been cut since the 2006 and 2007 budget years. Part of his plan to accomplish that is to retain the state sales tax rate at 6.3 percent instead of letting it drop to 5.7 percent as required by law in July.

“It’s just a tight budget atmosphere,” he said.

Democratic leaders said Monday when Brownback announced his campus tour that his push for retaining the sales tax was to pay for massive income tax cuts enacted in 2012, not to support higher education.

“We’ve already spent an entire legislative session trying to fix a reckless tax bill that never should have been signed into law. How much more time do we have to waste?” said House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat.

Brownback said he had yet to see a proposal to solve the problem from Democrats.

“If they’ve got another place to come up with the resources, I’d love to see it. I would hope that they would vote for it, too,” he said.

Brownback called for stable funding for higher education when he ran for office in 2010, following up with targeted funds to improve the rankings of state universities in certain areas, including the University of Kansas School of Medicine and the veterinary program at Kansas State University.

Brownback has also pushed for more funding and programs aimed at career and technical education, a move that has resulted in more residents seeking two-year and certificated degrees.

Kansas school board approves new history standards TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas State Board of Education members approved new history and social studies standards Tuesday for public schools despite concerns that they don’t do enough to ensure that students learn about minorities and their contributions.

The board voted 9-0 in favor of the guidelines, which will replace standards in place since December 2004 and overdue for revisions under state law. The Department of Education will use the guidelines to develop annual standardized tests for students and measure how well schools are teaching from the scores. The state hopes to start giving tests based on the new standards by the spring 2016.

Educators involved in drafting the new standards say they emphasize teaching research and critical thinking skills over memorizing names, dates and facts about historical events.

Kansas leaders of the NAACP also had criticized the older standards for having relatively few references to prominent historical figures who were minorities.

Board member Carolyn Campbell, a Topeka Democrat who shared those concerns, said she voted to approve the new standards because

they were an improvement but still considered them lacking.

The Rev. Ben Scott, a former Topeka school board member and a longtime local and state NAACP leader who served on the standardsdrafting committee, said he worries that the guidelines don’t have enough “teeth” to ensure that teachers don’t skip over material about minorities.

“If it’s not assessed and taught in schools, they’re really not going to get it anywhere else,” Scott said of students. “I still hope that the state board would monitor these standards.”

But Don Gifford, the Department of Education official who supervised work on the new standards, said the state is shifting from a focus on specific content to teaching students how to gather evidence about historical figures and events, then using it frame arguments.

“What we really did was empower teachers,” he said.

For example, one new standard for high school students says that they will evaluate the effectiveness of New Deal government programs during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The old standard on the same topic said the student would analyze the debate over expanding government programs during the Depression.

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Hornets’ heavy bats keep them abuzz R ocky R obinson sports@esubulletin.com

Junior outfielder David Richards’ bat greets a Northwest Missouri pitch at Trusler Sports Complex April 14. The Hornets took the game with 10 runs. Will Austin/The Bulletin

Sports Shorts Tennis finishes regular season with win The men’s tennis team hit Milton Courts last Tuesday where they beat the Newman Jets to end a four-game losing streak and their regular season, 8-11.

The women’s tennis team, who were set to play Johnson County Community College, were cancelled due to several Hornet injuries in the past week.

The men started out strong, sweeping all three doubles matches, 8-3, 8-5 and 8-5. Senior Mitch Kibbe played well in his last game at home, winning his doubles match with freshman Kenton Hal-

lowell and shutting out Jared Farris of Newman 6-0 and 6-0.

Only two of the eight games went to three matches, with the Hornets coming out on top 8-1 for the day.

The team now prepares for the MIAA Conference Tournament, were they are the sixth seed.

The tournament starts Friday, and the Hornets are set to travel to Springfield, Mo., where they take on third-seed Southwest Baptist. They played Southwest Baptist earlier this year and suffered a big loss, falling 8-1.

With the series knotted up at 1-1, the Emporia State Hornets baseball team faced their toughest obstacle yet over the weekend.

Not only were they playing to win the series and maintain their number three seed in the league – they were also without head baseball coach Bob Fornelli in a seriesdeciding game against Northwest Missouri.

“The emotion they get from their head coach (is) unbelievable,” said assistant coach David Albritton, who got his managerial debut. “(They used) it to finish the second game.”

The team was without Fornelli after a dispute with the umpires in the second game. The Hornets headed into the series riding an eight-game streak, but it was broken in the opener by the Bearcats, 5-1. Still, with the win in the second game, 6-5, the Hornets won 18 of the last 22 games.

The men continued their stellar play, racking up 18 hits and 12 extra base hits, thrashing the Bearcats, 10-6, to take the series.

“We carried that big win in game two into this game,” said Blake Sturgeon, junior second

baseman and accounting major.

“Jordan (Slade) had a big day, and that really got us going.”

Right from the start, Slade, senior center fielder, pinged one out to center field and found his reservations on third. He was batted in the next at bat by Sturgeon, and the Hornets were up 1-0.

“I tell myself, ‘Look for a pitch I can drive,’” Slade, a criminal justice major, said. “I try to every time to get it going so that I can be productive and carry it on to the next hitter.”

After giving up two runs in the top of the second, the Hornets regained the lead with another Sturgeon-Slade combo in the third, which was sparked by Slade’s fencehitting triple. The lead never left the Hornets’ hands.

The Hornets beefed up the score in the fourth when Slade hit a deep double to bring in a runner.

Sturgeon put Slade back home with another RBI double, and Aaron Rea hit one over the fence to conclude the five-run inning.

Rea hit Todd Schultz in the sixth and Eric Dawson brought Sturgeon home in the eighth to conclude the 10-6 win for the Hornets to move to 24-15 on the season.

The Hornets take on Bethany College at 6 p.m. April 21 at Trusler Sports Complex.

Maydew makes mark before ‘doughnut’ meet S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com After the Emporia State Relays the weekend before, the Hornets hoped to have a less stressful track and field meet when they traveled to Wichita for the K.T. Woodman Invitational over the weekend.

“This meet is right in the middle of high-emotion meets,” said Steven Blocker, head coach. “ESU and KU relays – it’s always been the ‘doughnut’ meet. We just go into it with a relaxed mentality.”

Before the track team did their damage in Wichita, freshman Payson Maydew made some noise in his first collegiate decathlon. The freshman scored a remarkable 6,076 points in the ESU Open Multis to take second place.

“I have to credit my coaches and teammates. They pushed me where I am this year,” Maydew, an accounting major, said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I always set high standards for myself, but it was a bit of a surprise.”

Blocker said Payson’s sudden success came as no surprise.

“With his work ethic, I’m not really surprised,” Blocker said. “He is a fun guy to coach. He probably is one of the hardest working guys I have ever been around, (and) every now and then I have to pinch myself and say, ‘This guy is just a freshman,’” Blocker said.

The Hornets took home the gold in two events at Wichita State.

Gannon Mack ran a 52.62 in the 400 meter hurdles, and Briar Ploude continued to out-jump the nation with another first place finish in the high jump for an automatic qualification to nationals “It’s really nice to just get the automatic mark out of the way,” Ploude, a senior history education major, said.

“It’s kind of a weight lifted off my shoulders, especially after my power performance at nationals.”

The entire hurdle crew provisionally qualified for the men in the 110 meter. Mack finished fifth, Andrew

Etheride finished eighth and Tyler Swalley qualified with his preliminary time of 14.64.

Football wide-out Shjaun Richardson, who was recently named the tenth fastest football player competing in track in the nation, finished fifth in the 100 meter dash. Vincent Howze took sixth in the 200 meter run.

On the women’s side, Marqueita Marisette finished third in the 200 meter run, while finishing seventh in the 400 meter run.

Misty Lowe earned herself the silver in shot put with a toss of 4302.50. Alaina Fairbanks vaulted her way into third place, clearing 1111.75 to provisionally qualify.

The team travels to Lawrence today through Saturday for the Kansas Relays.

“Any big meet we go into, we don’t really have to get in their face,” Blocker said. “If they have been around the program, and they have a pulse, they know what is at stake this weekend.”

Davis, Francoeur lead Royals past Braves

Freshman Bryson Dabney prepares a return swing against Johnson County Community College on the Milton Courts April 15. On Tuesday, the Hornets defeated Newman, 8-1. Will Austin/The Bulletin

ATLANTA (AP) — Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single and the Kansas City Royals stopped Atlanta’s 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday.

The Braves were seeking their first 13-1 start since 1994, but the powerful Atlanta offense — which homered five times off the Royals on Tuesday — finally was stifled.

Davis (2-0) didn’t walk anyone and struck out seven, and the Braves couldn’t get a runner past first base until Jason Heyward’s two-out double in the sixth. Their only serious scoring chance came in the seventh, when Juan Francisco was thrown out trying to score from first on a pop down the right-field line.

Greg Holland worked a scoreless ninth for his third save in four chances.

Mike Minor (2-1) had another strong outing for the Braves, allowing just five hits and the lone run in six innings. The left-hander’s ERA over

three starts is 0.95.

Neither team had gotten a runner as far as second base until the fourth, when the Royals caught a couple of breaks before Francoeur’s two-out hit.

Alcides Escobar led off with a single to right, breaking an 0-for-15 slump, but it appeared he wouldn’t be on base for long when he got stranded between first and second after a pitch.

Catcher Evan Gattis tried to run at Escobar but held the ball for too long, allowing the runner to slide back into first just ahead of the throw.

Gattis pumped his fists and screamed at himself under his mask for letting Escobar off the hook.

That turned out to be a crucial play. With two outs, Lorenzo Cain hit a little dribbler down the third-base line for an infield hit, then Francoeur came through on an 0-2 pitch, singling to left field when Minor left a ball in the strike zone against a freeswinging batter who is prone to chase bad pitches.

In the seventh, Atlanta put together its best scoring chance against Davis. Francisco, who homered twice against the Royals on Tuesday, singled to right with two outs for his second hit of the game. Then, Chris Johnson lofted a popup that down the rightfield line that landed about a foot fair, just out of the grasp of diving second baseman Chris Getz.

But Getz hustled to his feet, tracked down the ball alongside the rolled-up tarp, and alertly spotted that Francisco was trying to score all the way from first. The throw to the plate was easily in time to get the lumbering runner.

Escobar had an error in the first, throwing high after fielding a grounder by leadoff hitter B.J. Upton, but the Royals shortstop came up with a couple of nifty defensive plays — one a barehanded grab on a grounder in the hole, another a diving stop on a wickedly hit ball by Chris Johnson to set up a double play.