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Not Up for Debate

Duo wins historic titles

Top: Ryan Wash, senior communication and public relations major, and Elijah Smith, junior political science major, pose with the trophy from the NDT win Wednesday afternoon in King Hall.

Will Austin/The Bulletin Right: Michelle Cunningham, psycology gradute student, places a paper crown on Wash’s head Tuesday night in the debate room in King Hall. The team was greeted by friends and family as they pulled onto campus. Will Austin/The Bulletin

S usan W elte weltel@esubulletin.com Emporia State’s champion debaters are a pair of tough-talking, streetwise competitors who say they know the value of an education.

“It’s given me the opportunity to graduate from high school, which I wasn’t going to do if it wasn’t for debate,” said Ryan Wash, senior communication and public relations major.

Wash said debate also gave him the chance to go to college and travel

outside of his city. His debate partner, Elijah Smith, junior political science major and columnist for The Bulletin, said if it wasn’t for debate after his mother passed away, he might not be alive today.

Their hard work in debate – a total of eight years for Wash and six years for Smith – finally paid off when they won two national titles within a week, March 26 - April 2. Wash and Smith are the first debate team in national history to win both the Cross Exami-

nation Debate Association (CEDA) tournament and the National Debate Tournament (NDT) in the same year.

“I think that it’s amazing that over the years ESU has supported an activity that not only makes people find themselves, find allies and friends, but helps them truly grow as academics,” Smith said.

They are also the first all-black team to ever win the NDT and the first ESU students to win either

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Middle: Sam Mauer, instructor and director of debate; Wash; Gwen Alexander, vice president of Academic affairs; Smith and Chris Loghry, debate assistant, pose with the team’s winnings yesterday afternoon in the Memorial Union.

Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin Left: Promenading through the Memorial Union, Smith and Wash make their way across campus yesterday afternoon for the community greeting.

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The Bulletin | April 4, 2013

Police Reports

Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department March 27 Ambulance responded to HPER Training Room for a fall that occurred at Welch Stadium. Subject was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a missing child call at Emporia Recreation Center.

Officer stopped KS 363DVO in 1300 Merchant St. Citation for expired license and registration. Verbal warning for a defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS WZO608 in 1300 Merchant St. Verbal warning for a defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 916AAX at 1100 Exchange St. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in 1100 Market St. Officer stopped KS 479CHT in 100 W 15th Ave. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer stopped KS 708BXD in Sector 7. Verbal warning for failure to use turn signal in 200 E 16th Ave. March 28 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. in a search for a 911 caller who became disconnected with EPD dispatch in east campus area along Highland Street.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a welfare check at 1407 Center St. Terrik King requested to speak with an officer at 1701 Wooster Dr. in reference to a lost wallet.

Officer stopped KS 193DQU in 1400 Market St. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in 1300 Market St. Officer responded to a Blue Light emergency telephone call in Sector 3. I.T. was testing.

Kayla Smith reported a container that she confiscated from a student with marijuana residue inside of it in Morse Hall Complex.

Officer stopped CA 4TJH992 in 1100 Merchant St. Verbal warning was for defective brake light.

Officer stopped KS QSI123 in 100 W 12th Ave. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Office stopped KS 123FBB in 1800 Highland St. Verbal warning for driving left of center.

Officer stopped KS 123BGX in 1700 Highland St. Verbal warning for a defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 637 CRL in 1800 Highland St. Verbal warning for a defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS QSP685 in 300 E 12th Ave. Verbal warning for speeding.

Officer stopped KS 315FNP in 200 W 12th Ave. Verbal warning for improper display of registration.

Officer stopped KS 892CAQ in 1200 Highland St. Verbal warning for defective brake lights.

Officer assisted the Emporia Police Dept. at 12th and Cottonwood Street with a possible shots fired call. Contacted Capt. Hoover and advised him of the situation.

Officer stopped KS 213EYB in Sector 3. Verbal warning was for a stop sign violation in 1600 Morse Dr.

Officer stopped KS 565CWP in 400 E 12th Ave. Citation for speeding in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 158FTP in Sector 2 for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Female operator was taken into custody for DUI and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

March 29 William Austin reported his and his roommate’s bicycles missing and possibly stolen. Austin’s bicycle was recovered and returned.

Female student reported that her bicycle was missing and possibly stolen from the bike rack in front of Morse Hall Complex.

Officer stopped KS KS 431EUC west of Plumb Hall. Verbal warning for driving on the Walking Mall.

Officer stopped KS 260CKO at Morse Hall Loading Zone. Citation for a stop sign violation at 15th and Morse Dr. Officer stopped KS 084BYK at 1800 Highland St. Verbal warning for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS 624FXR in 1200 Market St. for a one-way at same location. Subject was taken into custody for DUI and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

March 30 Officer stopped KS 738FNE in 1300 Merchant St. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 721DBH at 10 East 12th Ave. Verbal warning was for a defective headlight.

March 31 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a Domestic Violence call at 1000 Merchant St. - Reeble’s Country Mart.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a possible shots fired in the vicinity of 1100 Market St. Josh Case reported property missing and possibly stolen from outside of 1201 Triplet Dr. Officer took report.

Officer stopped KS 193AXM in 1100 Commercial St. Verbal warning for defective taillights.

The Blue Light Emergency Telephone at the east end of Sector 5 was activated. No response was detected

by ESU PD Dispatch and officer made no contact with anyone in the vicinity.

Officer stopped MO DC0K4G in 1200 Highland St. Verbal warning for defective brake light.

April 1 Officer stopped KS 354FKX in 1200 Merchant St. Verbal warning for an illegal turn in 1300 Merchant St. Michael Sopkin requested to speak with an officer in reference to his missing computer at ESU PD HQ. Item may have been stolen earlier this date between 0200 and 2000. Report taken.

April 2 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop in 1100 Market St.

Correction Voting for ASG elections will take place online at the new #Hornetlife website, not through BuzzIn as in previous years. Go to Emporia.collegiatelink.net to vote. The Bulletin regrets this error.

Clarification Because of incomplete information supplied to The Bulletin in the March 28 issue, it was reported that the ESU apartments on East 12th Ave. are unoccupied. The Bulletin has since learned that caretakers are on the premises.

Mallory Walden, sophomore international business major, shares her thoughts on the ESU Student Foundation. The ASG meeting was held last Thursday in the Senate Chamber. Lingzi Su/The Bulletin

M arilyn K earney kearney@esubulletin.com At the Associated Student Government meeting last Thursday, the ESU Student Foundation became an official Recognized Student Organization.

Its bill was passed with 11 affirmative, zero negative and one abstaining vote.

Jessica Rice, senior psychology major, who is the originator of the bill and one of the organization’s charter members, spoke on the organization’s behalf.

“We are a philanthropy-type organization,” she said. “We want students to give back to the university while they’re still students. As students, you receive private gifts (like scholarships).

Giving back as a student can help patch that forward.”

Rice arrived at the meeting wearing a T-shirt that bore the words “Hornet Nation,” which represents another part of the group.

“Hornet Nation is the Student Foundation’s annual fund,” Rice said.

“The fund will go to giving class gifts again, and we’d like to start giving scholarships.”

Class gifts, she said, would be given every May. “Right now we have 14 members that are on the Student Foundation,” said Tyler Huddleston, charter member and freshman elementary education major, “but we have 150 members of Hornet Nation.”

He said that in terms of class gifts, their main focus right now are physical things that would improve the look of campus. “(Class gifts are) anything that we can do to make campus more beautiful,” Huddleston said. “Right now, we’re focusing on a couple benches outside of some of the buildings from the class of 2013.”

Cleaning out Wooster Lake is another project they look forward to working on, Rice said.

“But that’s going to be really expensive, and we definitely don’t have the money for that this year,” she said.

“So that’s one thing that we would like to look at doing as a future class gift.”

The idea of cleaning out Wooster Lake was especially exciting to senator Jennifer Clark, senior accounting

major.

“It might happen after I’m gone, but I’d love to come back and do some canoe races in clean water,” Clark said.

In general, Clark said she is glad to see the group become an RSO. “I am really excited for that to get passed,” Clark said. “For students to take the initiative and start building a fund and a foundation to help the university is great.”

Any size of donation will be accepted, Rice said, but a certain amount will get the donator a special Hornet Nation T-shirt.

“You make a gift to the Annual Fund of $18.63 to celebrate our founding year, and then you get a Tshirt,” Huddleston said. “Every year, there’s going to be a new T-shirt for students to purchase.”

Along with the ESU Student Foundation, the East Asian Club and the Saudi’s Club of ESU became RSOs, while the rest of the evening was devoted to fiscal affairs.

The next meeting will be at 5 p.m.

April 11 in the Memorial Union Senate Chamber.

Briefs JA Sakura concert scheduled next weekend The Japanese Association Sakura Choir Concert is at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at the Davis Theatre in the Emporia Arts Center, 815 Commercial St. The concert will feature traditional and popular Japanese music, as well as traditional Korean, Chinese and American music.

“Sakura Choir has become a very diverse group,” said Juri Tokuda, manager of the choir. “We have Japanese, Korean, Chinese and American students. We are performing a repertoire representing these various cultures.”

Tickets are available at the ID Center in Memorial Union and at the EAC for $3. Admission for students is free with a student ID. The choir was founded by the ESU Japanese Association Sakura in 2011. There are currently 15 members – nine from Japan; three from South Kora; two from the United States and one from China.

Caretakers want stolen items returned Items including patio furniture and an outdoor grill are missing and presumed stolen from a residence at the closed, university-owned apartments east of campus on 12th Ave. Occupants of the residence request that the items be returned, no questions asked, and no legal action or other repercussions will occur.

While the apartments are, indeed, closed, the residents said they act as caretakers for the property and that local authorities keep surveillance in the area on a regular basis.

Anyone with information regarding the missing items should contact campus police at 620-341-5337.

Glass Blowout to feature narrative artist The ESU Glass Guild’s annual Glass Blowout will begin at 9 a.m. April 13 with hot glass demonstrations at the ESU Art Annex. From 12:30-1:30 p.m. there will be a break for lunch, and hot glass demonstrations will resume at 1:30 p.m. and continue through 5 p.m. At 5:30 p.m., there will be a BBQ and potluck dinner, as well as live entertainment, followed by an art auction at 7 p.m.

This year’s featured artist is Ross Richmond from the Seattle, Wash. area. Richmond will work with glass students through the week of April 8 on hot glass forming techniques and processes, as well as offer critiques for students’ work. “(Richmond) started working with glass at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1991,” according to a press release from the Eppink Gallery. “He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with a major in Glass and a minor in Metals… (his) pieces are typically narrative, working mainly with figurative elements and symbolic objects.”

Proceeds from the auction will be used to fund future visiting artists, supplies and equipment and educational field trips for glass students.

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Keisler, Rabas come up short in local elections T yler H all hall@esubulletin.com Voting for Emporia’s City Commission took place Tuesday, and three newcomers were voted into office. Emporia State student Christian Keisler did not secure a spot on the commission.

Keisler, senior communication major, who placed fifth in the election two years ago, received 610 votes, which landed him in sixth place overall out of eight contenders, finishing a mere 389 votes short of a seat on the commission.

“The campaign didn’t go how I wanted it to, but that’s how things go sometimes,” Keisler said. “I had a lot of support leading up to the election, but the votes just weren’t there.”

According to Lyoncounty. org, Keisler finished behind lead vote-getter Jon Geitz, second place finisher Danny Giefer, third place finisher and final seat holder Steve Harmon, followed by Kevin Nelson and Kelly Wade. In seventh place was Joel Phipps and in eighth was Matt Chanay. Keisler said he is unsure at this time if he will run again

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But the full effect of their win has not settled in just yet. Sam Maurer, instructor and director of debate, said it feels “surreal.” Wash said he will probably need another month or two to let the entire feeling sink in. He also said his “Facebook server is prob-

in 2015.

“I’m very excited for Steve Harmon, and I know he will do great things as a commissioner,” Keisler said. “He is very smart and knows his information on the issues at hand very well before he decides to vote one way or another.”

Keisler believes his preparation and planning for the campaign will help him in the future as he now knows what it takes to be competitive in the workforce.

“I believe that Keisler would have done some real good in the community, and it’s a shame that he didn’t win a seat this year,” Devin Carlson, friend and ex co-worker of Keisler’s said. “I hope he keeps his head up and runs again because the people of Emporia deserve somebody that will work as hard as he does and somebody who cares about this town as much as him.”

Kevin Rabas, English professor. co-director of creative writing and president of faculty, ran for a school board seat for USD 253 but fell short. Rabas received 1,089 votes, and top vote-getter Mike Crouch received 1,590 votes. ably dead” – he received a total of 125 friend requests after the tournaments.

“I feel like Beyoncé after the Grammys,” Wash said.

Wash was also named the Top Speaker at CEDA, while Smith placed 11th. This is the first time an ESU debater was named a Top Speaker.

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First provost finalists visit campus, share platforms S teve E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com The Emporia State provost and vice president search committee has chosen four finalists - Warren G. Sandmann, David P. Cordle, Bonnie D. Irwin and Gersham A. Nelson – among the list of candidates for the new provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.

Sandmann and Cordle were on campus in the Emporia community this week for interviews and a public reception.

“I have spent my time over the years at institutions very similar to ESU,” Sandmann said. “I’ve worked with schools with a lot of working-class students and Midwest students.”

Sandmann, currently the associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Affairs at Minnesota State, Mankato, met with faculty and community members on Tuesday in Webb Hall.

“I think people need to be heard,” Sandmann said. “I think people need to be listened to.”

Sandmann spoke with community members at a reception held on Monday at the Emporia Arts Center.

by Wash and Smith. Smith said he was excited to debate individuals he’s known for a long time at CEDA and to see who was going to come out on top. Wash said competing against bigger, more well-known schools made him appreciate where he’s at.

“I’m glad that I don’t have to pay $35,000 a year for an education and still be able to say I’m smarter than they was,” Wash said. “It’s more than just where you go to school, but what kind of arguments you represent, who do you represent, and when you factor in all of that type of stuff, I feel as though, yes, you may have more resources, but I have more networks than you.”

During the final rounds of the tournaments, Wash said he felt “emotionally distraught” at CEDA, not because of the debate, but because of the work that he had to put into thanking those who helped him get to this point. But at the NDT, he was just “on a mission.”

“I was tired, so I just wanted to get it over with – just like, ‘One more, let’s go,’” he said.

For future debaters, both Wash and Smith said they want students to discover what debate can do for them and that it’s not just about winning. Wash said he would like them to realize the power of activism and advocacy.

“I hope that students, not only here at ESU, but across the land, can find that power in debate,” Wash said, “to force people to listen what you have to say, no matter who you are or where you come from, and explain to them that you are truly the expert about yourself.”

“One of the things I want to be able to bring to ESU as provost is that I want to be part of the student and ESU community,” Sandmann said. “You would see me at events, at the football and basketball games, at the symphony and choir concerts, at the debate tournaments, at all types of events.”

Sandmann said he liked that ESU “serves its students.”

“The visit has been really good,” Sandmann said. “It’s really good that every group I have met here in Emporia has been really committed and involved. Students and community members are asking some really good questions.”

Cordle, currently the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of music at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is in Emporia through Friday.

“ESU needs a provost with a certain kind of experience,” Cordle said, “an understanding of current issues that schools and students are facing.”

Cordle spoke with community members last night at a reception held in the Trusler Gallery at the Emporia Arts Center. “(ESU) is a university that is small enough so that individuals

can be easier heard,” Cordle said.

“It’s a good size. It’s the kind of university that is very well positioned to prepare students for the 21st century. This is the kind of university I believe in.”

President Michael Shonrock said it was “fantastic to have them come here and meet faculty and students and see what makes ESU great.”

Candidates Irwin and Nelson will visit ESU next week to hold forums for faculty and students. Both Irwin and Nelson are planning to attend receptions at the Emporia Arts Center at 5 p.m. April 8 and April 10, respectively.

Irwin, currently the dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Eastern Illinois University, will meet with faculty at 3 p.m., campus and community at 4 p.m. and be at a public reception at 5 p.m.

April 9 in the KSTC Ballroom.

Nelson, currently the dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Central Missouri, will meet with faculty at 3 p.m., campus and community at 4 p.m. and be at a public reception at 5 p.m. on April 11 in the Skyline Dining Room of the Memorial Union.

David Cordle speaks to members of the Emporia community Wednesday afternoon at the Emporia Arts Center. Cordle is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at North Carolina Wilmington.

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Warren Sandmann speaks Emporia State faculty after a public reception Tuesday afternoon in Webb Hall. Sandmann is the associate vice president for Academic Affairs at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

Gun-rights bills nearing final passage in Kansas TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas legislators were close Wednesday to finishing work on measures declaring that the federal government can’t regulate some guns and allowing public schools and colleges to arm employees with concealed firearms.

House and Senate negotiators agreed on the final version of a bill aimed at preventing the federal government from restricting access

to guns, ammunition and accessories manufactured, sold and kept only in Kansas. The bill makes it a felony for a federal agent to attempt to enforce a law, regulation, order or treaty affecting such guns.

They also worked out the final language for a separate concealed carry bill, reconciling the differences in versions approved by each chamber.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Former Sen. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) learned the hard way how temperamental privacy settings are.

In May 2011, his very private, sexually explicit messages were publically broadcasted over his Twitter account, which lead to his resignation.

With the advent of Banjo, a Smartphone app that broadcasts public Tweets and Facebook activity based on location, Weiner’s fumble may have become our own.

Students want to feel comfortable online. The pervasive and unfounded belief that the Internet is a place of security goes unquestioned, especially when students post potentially illicit content. But the hard truth is that it’s not. Employers know it, identity thieves know it and now Banjo lets your professors and classmates in on the snooping, too.

With Banjo, anything you post publically can be read by anyone within a given geographical designation. One could stroll through Memorial Union on any given Monday and collect hundreds Tweets regarding last Saturday’s kegger on Merchant Street. The photos you just posted of you drinking from a beer funnel can now be seen by anyone

near you, not just your designated friends and followers. Even before Banjo, posting, tagging and tweeting was a risky game to play. It’s not difficult to find who you’re looking for.

There are ways around Banjo’s prying eye, of course. Privacy settings can be adjusted to limit Tweets and updates to a particular viewing audience.

So, Hornets, consider this fair warning. The Bulletin will be exploring Banjo’s newsworthy attributes.

All following issues this semester will feature a special section devoted to content derived from Twitter and Facebook activity around ESU. We won’t be hacking, mind you. Everything we will publish is already public.

Perhaps this is a good opportunity for each of us to rethink our online personas. A person’s publicized words and thoughts matter. They affect people in dramatic and real ways.

As always, we will be mindful of the individual in our utilization of Banjo. We hope that our publication of Tweets and updates from around campus will remind students to do likewise. Frankly, no one wants to end up a Weiner.

Cartoon by Ellen Weiss

A Time to Clash

With the re-opening of one of the most controversial offices in our state, the South Wind Women’s Center in Wichita, the topic of abortion is a prevalent social issue once again. But it’s also time to re-open the actual discussion of abortion.

For too long we have strayed from the topic in open conversation, as we claim it is over-discussed and often one-sided, especially in a state that is deemed more conservative than most.

These points are very trite when dealing with a topic that is finding its way into the limelight more and more each day.

As with the matter of marriage equality, the amount of controversial abortion laws being considered, such as Tuesday’s approved abortion restrictions by the Kansas Senate, is increasing at a heightened rate. The conversation that always accompanies these matters is hijacked by news outlets that skew toward one side, be it left or right. That’s where the discussion ends.

The conversation is hardly ever present on our own campus, despite its constant gaze elsewhere. Why? Emporia State is a place where students with growing opinions find themselves on the path to self-identification. The only way to overcome an obstacle is confrontation.

To say that abortion is not mentioned on campus is not entirely true, but it’s rarely between dissenting opinions. Too often, people say they are for or against abortion because of their up-bringing, a moral cause or due to a religious conviction. It does nothing to assist exploration of the subject, and is, frankly, condescending. Both sides are guilty.

If we are to break free from the fear of speaking about abortion on campus, we must be willing to engage in actual conversation, not a glib and self-righteous answer to explain our position. We have to be able to have an actual engagement, which is what I see less of every day.

It’s not about winning and losing

action. If you don’t like the food provided on campus, then contact Chef Johnny or Kim Reyes, the General Manager. They want to hear your opinions.

If you want to know what is happening on campus, then join HornetLife, where school-organized events are posted, or read the BuzzIn announcements sent directly to your student email. Did you know that a number of scholarship opportunities are posted in those emails?

If you think you are failing a class, talk to your teacher. Most college professors want to know that you care about your studies. Just making the effort to talk to your teacher can turn a failure into a success.

Students often don’t try to make changes because they don’t know how.

Ask the Associated Student Government. That is what they are there for.

Email the president (Brooke Schmidt) or vice president (Stuart Sneath), at asgpres@emporia.edu and asgvp@ emporia.edu respectively, and they will help you find the resources and the

Letters to the editor should be no more than 400 words and can address any issues, concerns, ideas or event you choose. Letters may be edited for content and length. Email letters to editor@esubulletin. com. Include your name and student email so we can verify authorship.

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potter@esubulletin.com this argument. It’s about understanding. Perhaps with this more open discussion, we can move toward other issues and finally learn to stay abreast of what is happening in our world without fear. The clinic in Wichita is a perfect starting point. The floor is yours.

A Change Would Do You Good

I hear a lot of students complaining about so many things on campus – about the food in the Hornet’s Nest, about not knowing when an event was happening until it was too late, about failing classes and so much more. Some complaints are valid, and some are just stress-venting. Often, a complaint is followed by a sigh that everyone acknowledges as a common feeling that things can’t be changed.

Oh, how wrong we are.

Many students think that taking action won’t get any results. But your voice matters. Just last week, a group of students utilized their right to demand that their voices be heard.

Poli-Sci students could be seen protesting the potential freezing of their department. They held sit-ins just to get answers to their questions.

Change takes time. Be patient.

What we do know is that students got a question and answer session with the provost. They got one of the changes they asked for.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you just take a little

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Nerf Nation not ‘a bunch of hooligans’

Using a wall as cover, Jonathan Frye, a junior from Lyndon High School, scrounges for ammunition. Frye joined Emporia State’s Nerf Nation in Visser Hall March 28 for the nerf war. Will Austin/The Bulletin

M arilyn K earney kearney@esubulletin.com Last Thursday night was the first official meeting of the Emporia State Nerf Nation. After getting all their formalities in order, the group had their first Nerf war as an official Recognized Student Organization in Visser Hall.

The group was founded by Derek Wilson, freshman biology major.

“I started this club by coordinating events,” Wilson said, “and it

eventually went to the point that I wanted to show that we were more than just a bunch of hooligans running around with Nerf guns.”

What inspired them to create the club, he said, were the stories he’d heard about freshmen in the Towers Complex being disruptive with their Nerf games. He wanted to bring together students who wanted to have fun but show that they could still be organized and respectful to the campus and the community. Already, their reputation around Towers is changing, thanks to Wilson.

“I just thought to myself one day, ‘Why not make it an RSO?’ and I went and talked to a bunch of different people, including ASG and different faculty members, and they said it sounded like a great organization,” Wilson said.

Wilson isn’t the only one happy with the way the RSO turned out.

Keely McCabe, freshman elementary education major, is very excited to be a part of it.

“I needed extra-curriculars, and it was super fun to have a game I could play with everyone,” McCabe said.

“It eventually went to the point that I wanted to show that we were more than just a bunch of hooligans running around with Nerf guns.” – Derek Wilson

After hours in Visser Hall, freshman Nick Collins holds his ground against other members of Nerf Nation, a newly-recognized student organization, during a nerf war on March 28. Will Austin/The Bulletin

“It’s good to get a chance to get all hyped up and excited about it.”

With their approval as an RSO, the group hopes to have access to many locations across campus.

“We’re used to having it oneon-one in the basement at Towers,” said Nathan Peck, freshman history education major.

This was something Wilson said he wanted to change.

“One of the main things I wanted to do with becoming an RSO is branching out into other facilities of ESU, such as Visser or the library,” Wilson said. “I have plans and ideas for Camp Alexander, the Rec Center or even the Memorial Union.”

As for their first night as an RSO, members said it was a huge hit. The

multi-hour war ran late into the evening. They played two rounds of a game called Team Death Match, two rounds of Hostage and two rounds of Hunger Games.

“The game was set up by putting all the guns towards the middle with the better guns in the center and everyone started on the walls,” Wilson said, explaining the new Hunger Games portion.

Wilson also said he often picks up Nerf guns at thrift stores to provide for anyone who doesn’t have one of their own. Every Thursday is, he said, “Nerfsday,” and anyone is free to join in the club.

“Just be ready to have fun,” Wilson said. “All you have to do is show up and be ready to play honestly.”

Teachers College inaugural lecture leaves students hopeful

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No matter what a person’s IQ is or what kind of work people are doing, they should be hopeful every day, at least according to Shane Lopez, Gallup senior scientist and business professor at the University of Kansas.

Lopez recently conducted research on how hope influences students’ well-being and achievement, according to high-hope and low-hope groups. The outcome was that the high-hope group worked more effectively than their low-hope peers.

“Investing in the future pays off today,” was the main topic Lopez, a positive psychologist and the world’s preeminent expert on hope, spoke about for the inaugural lecture in the Teachers College Lecture Series on Monday. About 100 people, including students, faculty and Emporia community members attended the lecture in Webb Hall.

“College students are going through a lot of transitions,” Lopez said. “They are also trying to aim their lives with something meaningful…college is hard mainly because there are always obstacles you have to take. I think college students have to be hopeful to get through the challenging days.”

Lopez said it is hard for students to deal with the college experience and daily life, but there are very hopeful people who are willing to help college students make it through the obstacles in their life.

Hope is a “good thing and makes life a little easier and better,” Lopez said.

“Today, I just want to share with ESU and the Emporia community that hope matters,” Lopez said. “We

have this kind of quiet yet powerful psychological force that makes a difference in the world if the community and the campus can come together and really work to build hope in the community that all of us can benefit from and make our life a lot better.”

Lopez said faculty can benefit from hope as well.

“The challenges are to make sure that we do a good job presenting not only to our students, but to ourselves as faculty, and to members of the community as well,” said Ken Weaver, dean of the Teachers College. “That’s the goal for this Teacher’s College Lecture Series, to be able to bring ideas to the campus that we can think about and see if we have a better life as a result.”

Rebecca Sparkman, junior sociology major, said that being hopeful every day is delightful. She said she thinks it is easy to be hopeful, but it can be easy not be hopeful as well.

President Michael Shonrock worked with Lopez for the Gallup organization for several years, and he helped bring Lopez to campus for the lecture.

“It’s a great topic, hope,” Shonrock said. “Every organization needs hope…we are looking at hope as a long term investment.”

At the end of the lecture, representatives from both private and public Kansas schools received copies of Lopez’s new book, “Making Hope Happen,” signed by Lopez. His book is also for sale in the Memorial Union Bookstore.

Right: Shane Lopez speaks about how hope is important for not only students and faculty, but also community members. A total of 122 people attended the Teachers College inaugural lecture Monday evening in Webb Hall. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin

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Campus women honored for contributions A ustin S chopper schopper@esubulletin.com Two professors and one student – all females – were honored last Friday at the Sauder Alumni Center for their contributions to the women of Emporia State.

The ceremony began with a speech on the history of honoring women in the month of March, delivered by Andrew Leigh-Bullard, graduate assistant for Ethnic and Gender Studies. Leigh-Bullard said that women’s history month began in the early 1980s before being recognized by Congress and several presidents, leading to the annual celebration that exists today every March.

Malonne Davies, associate professor of physical sciences, was one of two professors, along with Marie Miller, dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who were recognized at the ceremony. Davies received the Marie Headrick award, named for a former counselor at ESU, for making a long-term commitment to promoting the growth of women in schools and the community. Davies, a member of the Ethnic and Gender

Studies steering committee, said she was honored to receive the award.

“To be honored on the same program as Marie Miller is also pretty neat,” Davies said.

Miller received the Ruth Schillinger AwardDavies, who works to promote interests in science and math with children, also talked about one of the programs that she has been involved in, which is held by ESU every spring – Expanding Your Horizons.

Davies said the program, which includes about 220 middle school girls, invites women professionals in science and math to teach workshops.

“It’s a great way to put in front of (the children) women who are actually in science and technology, and there are many more today than when I was that age., Davies said.

Davies is retiring at the end of this semester and said she is impressed with how far the Ethnic and Gender Studies program has come while she has been at ESU. “They’re in the process of establishing a major in this university for Ethnic and Gender Studies, and it will be one of the only ones in the

state,” Davies said. “When I first came here, it was a minor, and now we’ve reached the point where we have enough courses and professors that we can put together a major, and I think that’s a great deal of progress.”

Lea Anderson, senior elementary education major, was the recipient of the Susan B. Anthony scholarship at the ceremony. The scholarship is given annually to an ESU student who has demonstrated the most beneficial growth to women on campus, as well as scholastic excellence.

Anderson said that many of the attendees of the ceremony have acted as role models for her, including Davies.

“I know most of the women that are here, so it makes me feel good to be around women who are empowering other women, and they empowered me, which is one of the reasons I’m here today,” Anderson said.

Kari Bowles, graduate English student, attended the ceremony.

“One of the reasons I’m in graduate school is due to a couple of wonderful female professors that I’ve had,” Bowles said. “It’s very important to encourage young people with role models.”

Marie Miller, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, accepts the Ruth Schillinger Award last Friday afternoon at the Sauder Alumni Center.

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Master teachers offer insights to profession

A ustin S chopper schopper@esubulletin.com Emporia State hosted the winners of the 2013 Kansas Master Teacher awards yesterday. The recipients began their day by touring the oneroom schoolhouse and the National Teacher’s Hall of Fame before holding a question-and-answer session with teaching candidates. The day ended with a social and dinner held in their honor in Webb Hall.

The question-and-answer session was held in Visser Hall’s Jones Conference Center. Nearly 65 students, as well as a few professors, were in attendance. The seminar began with Steven Neill, director of the Teachers College Office of Field Placement and Licensure, asking questions of the panel. Students were also given the opportunity to speak, with questions ranging from which technology tools the teachers use, to the worst advice that they ever received.

Caitie Edmundson, senior English major, said she attended the seminar after hearing about it from Neill.

“I’m going to be a teacher, and I want to learn from them,” Edmundson said. “I think it’s smart to go see masters in your field. They’re all female (the 2013 Kansas Master Teachers), which is also cool.”

Angela Smith, senior elementary education major, said she was interested in the advice that the teachers Juliann Biese, first grade teacher at Ravenwood Elementary School, talks about her experience as a teacher and the gave. methods she believes helps students learn the most. Bliese has taught in four schools across three states.

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NKorea clears its military to attack US with nukes PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using “smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear” weapons, while the U.S. said it was strengthening protection in the region and seeking to defuse the situation.

Despite the intense rhetoric, analysts do not expect a nuclear attack by North Korea, which knows the move could trigger a destructive, suicidal war that no one in the region wants.

It’s not believed to have the ability to launch nuclear-tipped missiles, but its other nuclear capabilities aren’t fully known.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Washington was doing all it can to defuse the situation. The Pentagon also will deploy a missile defense system to the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam to strengthen regional protection against a possible attack.

The strident warning from Pyongyang is the latest escalating threats from North Korea, which has railed against joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises taking place in South

Korea and has expressed anger over tightened sanctions for its February nuclear test.

Acting on one of its threats, North Korean border authorities have refused to allow entry to South Koreans who manage jointly run factories in the North Korean city of Kaesong. Trucks carrying cargo and South Korean workers were turned back Wednesday and again Thursday morning.

This spring’s annual U.S.-South Korea drills have incorporated fighter jets and nuclear-capable stealth bombers, though the allies insist they are routine exercises. Pyongyang calls them rehearsals for a northward invasion.

The foes fought on opposite sides of the three-year Korean War, which ended in a truce in 1953. The divided Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war six decades later, and Washington keeps 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect its ally.

Hagel said Washington was doing all it can to defuse the situation, echoing comments a day earlier by Secretary of State John Kerry.

about the master teachers and what they have done in their classrooms, and how they got their titles,” Smith said. “I’m open to learning about anything new that can help students become more successful.”

Kelly Norman, math instructional coach at Chase and Robinson middle schools in Topeka, was one of this year’s award recipients.

Norman said that while she enjoyed all of the events, she especially enjoyed speaking with students and giving them advice for teaching.

“You are not alone. Most districts now have mentoring programs, and collaboration is something that is big, so (teachers) need to become part of those teams,” Norman said. “New teachers should feel equal. They have as much to offer as veteran teachers.”

Michelle Palmgren, FACS and chemistry teacher at Salina South Middle School, also had some advice for students.

“It might be a disaster some days, but you have to rely on others, lean on others, and try to do it better next time,” Palmgren said.

The panel members also mentioned that they were excited to learn from each other.

“Never stop learning,” Norman said. “Whether it’s a class or just asking your students to help you understand the newest technology.

Never become comfortable with what you already know.”

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M arilyn K earney kearney@esubulletin.com Starting April 15-19, the Emporia State Ambassadors will honor seniors during Senior Week 2013.

There will be special events, games and entertainment meant to bring seniors together to socialize and enjoy themselves. This year’s theme is, “Seniors: I’ll Be There for You.” Nikki Metz, coordinator of alumni programs, said the theme

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was inspired by the long-running television show, “Friends.” The theme itself was chosen by the Ambassadors’ Senior Week Committee.

Metz said the Newburg Outstanding Senior and Newburg Distinguished senior awards will be given out at the Senior Week Banquet.

“It’s really important to recognize what (the seniors) have done as students and by leading organizations on campus,” Metz said.

To that end, the different scholar-

Kan. lawmakers expand year’s biggest abortion bill TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas legislators have expanded what already is their most-sweeping anti-abortion bill of the year by adding language to outlaw abortions performed solely because of the baby’s gender.

House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on the final, compromise version of the anti-abortion bill. Both chambers could vote on their compromise Thursday.

The Senate approved a separate bill in February to ban sex-selection abortions. The House hasn’t voted on that measure, but the chamber has a strong anti-abortion majority. The proposal is backed by Kansans for Life, the most influential anti-abortion group at the Statehouse.

The language in the Senate bill was incorporated into the compromise on the broader abortion bill. It would make the first violation of the ban a misdemeanor and each violation after that a felony.

“It’s disappointing that we need to make a law about that,” said Rep. Steve Brunk, a Wichita Republican

and one of the negotiators.

There’s no solid data on how many sex-selection abortions are performed in Kansas. A 2008 study by two Columbia University economists suggested the practice of aborting female fetuses — widespread in some nations where parents traditionally prefer sons — is done in the U.S. on a limited basis.

Abortion-rights supporters contend there’s no evidence of such procedures in Kansas, but abortion foes believe it’s a growing problem because of more sophisticated prenatal testing.

Other differences between the two chambers were technical, and the negotiators also found flaws in parts of the bill dealing with tax policy.

The compromise measure would block tax breaks for abortion providers and prohibit their involvement in public school sex education classes.

It also would spell out in more detail what information doctors must provide to patients before performing abortions. It declares as a general principle that life begins “at fertilization.”

ships that will also be awarded at the banquet are all scholarships based on leadership – the Dr. James Hirsh Student Involvement Scholarship, the Dr. John R. and Carolyn Webb Leadership Scholarship and the Dr. Robert and Mary Glennen Leader Scholarship.

Each one carries with it a great deal of honor, but while the other two can go to multiple students, the Dr. James Hirsh Student Involvement Scholarship will only be given to one senior, said Mary Shively,

director of Leadership.

“The Dr. James Hirsh Student Involvement Scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Hirsh and is awarded to one student annually who has made a commitment to the students of Emporia State University,” Shively said, “one who mirrors the dedication of Dr. Hirsh, through consistent support of campus organizations as well as the interests of all students.”

Senior Week has been long in the planning.

“We started planning for Senior

Week in September,” said Kirsten Zamarripa, Senior Week chair. “I honestly couldn’t put a number to the hours I’ve put in along with my committee this (academic) year in order to get ready for Senior Week.”

Seniors can register to participate in events at Emporia.edu/seniorweek, and the first 150 to register will receive a free Senior Week T-shirt.

Any questions can be answered by calling the ESU Alumni Relations office at 341-6476.

E-state mobile app easy for students on the go T yler H all hall@esubulletin.com University services are now the tips of our fingers. Information Technology released its new mobile app March 22 for students to access anything they might need regarding the Emporia State. The app allows students to access their personal information, along with any campus maps or contacts they may need.

“I really like this app because instead of having to hunt online for information, such as an email address for a teacher or even office hours, I can do it all from my phone in just a few clicks,” said Seth Divine, sophomore business major.

Another feature to the app is that it was created in-house by IT, and it came at no charge for students. IT urges students to keep in mind that even though the app is

extremely useful now, this is only the first version of the app.

Student input is strongly recommended to help further enhance the app because the ultimate goal is to reach a version that covers all information found on the school’s actual website.

“This app allows me to stay on top of my grades and account balance to ensure I don’t get behind,” said Drew Needham, freshman elementary education major. “Since I always have my phone on me anyway, it’s extremely convenient to be able to access all this information without having to break out the laptop.”

Not only does the app apply to students, but anybody interested in the university, whether it be potential students or people in the community curious about campus life.

The goal is to have no boundar-

ies for the app, but this can only be achieved if students take an interest in the app and provide legitimate feedback, IT officials said.

It can be downloaded for free at any Android Playstore or iOS app store and can be accessed by simply searching for “ESU mobile.”

“I just typed in ‘ESU mobile,’ and the first thing that popped up was the app,” said Dane Needham, freshman nursing major. “Within no more than five minutes, I was browsing campus maps and even searching places that would be available for me to park. It was really easy to navigate and extremely fast.”

Other schools around the country have had apps similar to this for a while now, but few of them are as interactive as this one, according to IT. To provide feedback to IT, email helpdesk@emporia.edu.

Emporia State is now mobile. The free app is available for iPhone and Android users and will allow students, faculty and staff to access features including the latest ESU news, check their grades, as well as many other resources. Photo Illustration by Jordan Storrer

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Women continue trend, beat Washburn again S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com Following this year’s trend, the Emporia State Hornets walked away victorious in another sporting event against rival Washburn. This time, the Lady Hornets tennis squad defeated the Lady Blues 7-2 at home on Milton Courts Tuesday.

“That’s what you want in a season, to beat your arch rival,” said Head Coach John Cayton.

“Over the year, we have had a lot of matches that were 5-4 because they are our rival, and we know them so well.”

The Lady Hornets found themselves in a dogfight early in the doubles competition, as all three doubles teams were down.

Tiffany Khounsombath, sophomore, and Somer Schmidt, junior, earned the first Hornet win of the afternoon with an 8-3 match after falling 0-1 earlier on.

First doubles team Nicole Jara, junior, and Taylor Smith, sophomore, were not able to overcome their early deficit and dropped the second doubles match.

Unlike their teammates, number two doubles Alex Crowe, senior, and Kayla Fraley, freshman, found themselves in control early, up 4-1.

After falling 6-7, Crowe and Fraley made a furious comeback to win the final doubles match, moving to the

singles competition and up 2-1 on Washburn.

“It was really important because it made us more confident heading into singles 2-1,” said Crowe, biochemistry molecular biology major.

The Lady Hornets found some sort of spark from that furious doubles comeback, and continued to ride that momentum into singles play, winning all but one singles match.

After a Khoundsombath loss, Jara took care of business in her singles, winning it commandingly in two sets. Smith rebounded from that doubles performance as well as in her singles match, which she also won in two sets. “(We) could have done more in doubles, but for singles, I played really well,” Smith, art education and graphic design major, said. “I just think we needed to get more returns in play in doubles.”

Jennifer Gerhardt, sophomore, secured a win with her number four singles battle.

Crowe and Schmidt finished off the Lady Blues, winning both singles and securing the overall win.

The Lady Hornets move to 11-4 on the season and 4-3 in league play, while their rival falls to 1-11. The tennis team will hit Milton Court again tomorrow and Saturday to take on Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Kearney.

Fighting off rivals Lady Blues in doubles Tuesday afternoon, junior Nicole Jara of the Lady Hornets returns a low hit. Emporia State defeated Washburn, 7-2. Will Austin/The Bulletin

Seven provisionally Sports Shorts Softball splits with Central qualify for track Missouri

At the ESU Spring Open, freshman thrower Travis Venniro competes in shot put for the Hornets. Will Austin/The Bulletin

R ocky R obinson S hane J ackson sports@esubulletin.com Sarah Dunkin highlighted an eventful weekend track meet March 30, a meet that saw 36 marks provisional qualify, seven of which were from host Emporia State, including a school record by Dunkin, who recorded a javelin throw 151-07 to place second in the event.

Dunkin, sophomore thower, was one of two women to provi-

sionally qualify, as Nikki Wetstein, junior hurdler and jumper, also qualified in the 100 meter hurdles, which marked her as third fastest in ESU history. Wetstein continued her successful day by placing second in the triple jump, third in the 400 meters, third in long jump and fourth in high jump.

“Overall, it went pretty well,” said Dominique Staats, freshman psychology major and sprinter. “We had a pretty hard week of training. I

ran (the) 1,500 (meter) for the first time and took sixth. It was different than what I was used to, but it wasn’t awful.”

Peyton Weiss, sophomore sprinter and jumper, won the long jump.

Carmen King, sophomore jumper and sprinter, walked away victorious in the 100 meter dash. Marquieta Marisette, sophomore sprinter, won the 200 meter dash, while Lindsey Kunkel, junior sprtiner, won the 400 meter run. Hornet women also won the pole vault, thanks to sophomore Maggie Wilson.

Both girls relays team dominated the meet with first places in both the 400 meter relay and 1,600 meter relay. The 400 meter consisted of Marisette, Jackie Jacobs, senior sprinter, Weiss and King. The 1,600 meter women were Marisette, Kunkel, Weiss and Jacobs.

The men picked up the remaining five provisional qualifying marks.

The hurdle crew took charge again as Gannon Mack, senior sprinter and hurdler, and Andrew Etheridge, junior hurdler and sprinter, continued to ride their indoor success and finished in second and third place, respectively, in the 110 meter hurdles.

The 400 meter relay team consisted of Derwin Hall, senior sprinter, Vincent Howze, senior sprinter and hurdler, Etheridege and Shjuan Richardson, senior sprinter, provisionally qualified with a time 41.04.

Mack won the 400 meter dash and also joined the winning 1,600 meter relay team of Cody Miller, junior distance runner, Frankie Cortez, senior sprinter, and Howze.

In spite of a few injuries, the Hornets still faired well at their home meet.

“I did okay – I just need to focus on getting my injury healed up and then get back to working hard every day in practice,” said Jonathon Baustert, freshman accounting major and sprinter.

As if Saturday wasn’t hectic enough, according to the Emporia State website, the Hornets are set to host the largest track meet at Emporia this season on Saturday during the ESU Relays.

While the Lady Hornets tennis team battled it out against Washburn, the softball team traveled to Central Misssouri Tuesday, where they split a double-header against the Jennies.

The women took the first game, with Tricia Vogel, junior infielder and center, hitting a double in the fourth inning, running in Andrea Piezuch, junior outfielder, and Stephanie Goodwin, sophomore outfielder.

That win in the matinee increased the Lady Hornets’ winning streak to six, a streak the Jennies broke in the nightcap.

In the second game, the Jennies took 2-0, scoring single runs in the first two innings. The Lady Hornets answered in the third inning with a single run, but fell short in the fourth inning, allowing three runs.

Emporia State could not gain back any momentum and went scoreless the remainder of the game as the Jennies won, 6-2.

Coming off the loss, the Lady Hornets prepare for their next double-header tomorrow against Pittsburg State. They follow that with another double-header Saturday against Missouri Southern.

Baseball sweeps doubleheader

The Emporia State baseball team beat the cold – and Central Oklahoma – yesterday in a double-header at home at the Trusler Sports Complex.

The Hornets swept the double-header, coming out on top, 3-1, in the first game and dominating the second, 6-0.

After a single and stealing second base, outfielder Jordan Slade, senior outfielder, was run in after a grounder

by Eric Dawson, senior infielder, in the first inning. The Hornets managed to capitalize on an error in the second inning to put them up 2-0. Oklahoma

was able to get on the board in the top of the fourth, but the Hornets answered to put the game away, 3-1.

ESU seemed unstoppable in the nightcap, scoring runs in both the first and third innings while holding Oklahoma scoreless and adding three points in the fourth and another in the fifth. The Hornets retired the second game, only allowing two hits to come out on top, 6-0.

The win over improved ESU’s record to 15-11 in the MIAA. They travel to Missouri Saturday to take on Truman State.

Wichita evens field against Final Four rivals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The entire basketball program at Wichita State runs on what Louisville coach Rick Pitino makes in a single year, with money left over to purchase plenty of trophy cases for Final Four hardware.

In an NCAA tournament driven by longshots and upsets, the Shockers are in many ways the oddball of the season’s final weekend: They don’t have a big-time football program like Syracuse, Michigan or the Cardinals, and they don’t belong to a major conference that enjoys a weighty television contract.

Instead, the Shockers run their basketball program on a budget of

just $3.1 million, which accounts for everything from coach Gregg Marshall’s salary to a robust recruiting budget, all of the transportation to road games and everything else that comes with playing Division I sports.

Pitino, by comparison, makes $3.9 million in base salary alone.

But the fiscal disparity between the three big schools and a mid-major like Wichita State will hardly matter when the ball is tossed up Saturday night in the Georgia Dome, and the Shockers take on the Cardinals for the right to play for the national championship.

Everything is equal when the teams step on the hardwood.