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The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 112 No. 2 • Thursday, August 23, 2012 • Check us out online

Campus helping football recruit pick up pieces R adwan D ayib dayib@esubulletin.com

For Justin Wilson, freshman kinesiology major, Emporia State represents more than just the average college experience.

On Aug. 4, Wilson and his family faced adversity unlike any other. A wildfire on the family’s farm in Luther, Okla., engulfed the entire property. The Wilsons escaped with only the clothes on their backs.

After running from the fire, the family reached a farm pond, located approximately a quarter of a mile away, where they stayed until the flames were put out.

Currently, Wilson’s family resides at a hotel in Okla., but they lived at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Okla., for a few days. Justin’s father, John Wilson, is a retired military veteran of 22 years and was provided a temporary place to stay until the family obtained a more permanent home.

On top of the continued support from his friends and family back home, Wilson said his parents are still staying strong.

“We left with nothing, but

we’ve still got each other,” Wilson saidGarin Higgins, head football coach, said that the position Wilson is currently in is very unique, but football is helping him keep his mind occupied.

tives to help out the Wilson family, there is one person that is behind all the procedures and conversations with the NCAA. Carmen Leeds, senior associate athletic director, has handled all of the measures needed for Wilson and his family to be taken care of.

“I had to get a waiver from the NCAA first before we could do anything to help Justin out,” Leeds said.

Leeds said the waiver process was one that was fairly quick and efficient. A verbal waiver was obtained and the physical copy of the waiver will be on record late this week.

Wilson said he and his family are grateful for everything that ESU has done to make him feel more welcome.

“They helped us out a lot. All the guys out here on the team and some of my friends have just made me comfortable,” Wilson said.

So far the fund set up for Wilson and his family has collected over $1,900.

The Wilsons did have insurance on their house and are slowly working on acquiring the necessities they once had.

“We left with nothing, but we’ve still got each other.”

–Justin Wilson

Justin Wilson, freshman kinesiology major, lost everything he owned when a wildfire engulfed his home in Luther, Okla. earlier this month. ESU, in conjunction with the Emporia branch of ESB Financial, set up a relief fund for Wilson and his family.

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“I think he understands that he’s family here and he’s been using football to not think about the situation too much,” Higgins said.

ESU, in conjunction with the Emporia branch of ESB Financial, have provided support for Wilson and his family members during the past two and a half weeks. A fund has been set up to provide the Wilsons with adequate necessities to cope with their losses.

While there are several initia-

Campus upgrades target $100 K raised for student teachers pride and prospective students S usan W elte welte@esubulletin.com

W ill A ustin austin@esubulletin.com The campus makeover is nearly over – for now.

From Memorial Union to the tennis court fence, much of the grounds have been retouched over the summer.

Some of the major projects included putting new windows in the Science Hall, new landscaping around Circle Drive and Memorial Square, remodeling Singular and Trusler halls and laying new concrete for some of the sidewalks.

Mark Runge, director of University Facilities, said the projects are an investment for the university.

The work in the Union alone cost $22 million.

Runge said much of the work should be finished by September, and he hopes the student response to the change is positive.

For some students, it has been a worthwhile inconvenience.

“It’s a mess and hard to get to class,” said freshman Kayla Honeycutt who lives in Singular Tower.

Even so, Honeycutt said she is excited about the work taking place in her building because it will put bathrooms in the students’ rooms, “which I think is a really good idea because I hate community bathrooms,” she said.

For senior Lydia Kautz, the most inconvenient part during remodeling

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Construction continues on the circle drive. The work should be completed

by Sept. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin

Three years ago the Student Teacher Education Scholarship was established when the Lattner Family Foundation gave an initial gift of $50,000 to Emporia State.

But the ESU Foundation also commenced a fundraising campaign to ask donors and friends of ESU and the Teachers College to help raise an additional $50,000 to match the original gift, according to DenaSue Potestio, foundation president and vice president for University Advancement. This past June, the Lattner Challenge was met.

“It’s just not successfully meeting the match (of money), it’s that there’s a lot of support for student teaching, and that’s something I think that we want to convey to students,” said Ken Weaver, dean of the Teachers College.

“There’s a recognition of having outstanding teachers that are the future of Kansas and education.”

Weaver said that the university recognizes the high expectations that student teachers are held to. These expectations include lesson plans, giving homework and quizzes, grading

Photo Illustration: Lingzi Su

those assignments and part-time – sometimes even full-time – jobs.

“The net effect is lots of intensity,” Weaver said. “In the midst of this intensity, we don’t want to lose sight of (the fact that they are) students.”

The purpose of the grant money is to give scholarships to student teachers so they do not have to work and can immerse themselves in their final

Administration, faculty swap jobs C harlie H eptas heptas@esubulletin.com

The new school year has brought changes to the administration, and with those changes come salary adjustments ranging from 3 to 30 percent.

The changes are a result of internal promotions, and Tes Mehring, former provost and vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Life, leaving the administration and returning to teaching to enter phased retirement.

Gwen Larson, assistant director of Media Relations, said that the pay increases were based around what value the university put on all of the duties of those positions.

“The biggest part of the increases does go to the additional duties, essentially that’s the value we’ve placed on the positions… but overall in the budget it’s really not an increase. We were always going to pay a provost, we’ve just changed who we’re paying the money to,” Larson said.

John Rich, associate professor

of Accounting and Information Services, has accepted the position of interim dean of the School of Business, with the largest increase of 30 percent.

Gwendolyn Alexander, former dean of the school of Library and Information Management, accepted the position of interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs because she was the most senior dean employed.

She received a 23 percent salary increase.

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Infographic by Ellen Weiss

professional opportunity, Weaver said.

In an ESU Foundation video, Phil Bennett, former dean of the Teachers College, said they strongly discourage working while student teaching because it is one of the busiest times for students.

“The Student Teacher Education

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Police Reports

Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department August 15 Officer stopped KS 105BMA at 18th and Merchant Street. A verbal warning was given for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a cross walk.

Dr. Williams requested to speak with an officer on the phone at headquarters.

Levi Miller reported a male subject who would not leave at 1304 Exchange St – Sigma Pi Fraternity.

Cory Britschge was taken into custody by Emporia Police Dept. and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Officers searched the area of Twin Towers Complex for a suspicious object. No device was found.

Light poles 37, 38 and 39 in Lot 7 are out. The blue light above the emergency telephone at the old CDC building is also out.

Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a car stop in 1400 Highland St. block.

Officers checked the welfare of subjects at King Lake. No problem was found.

Officer checked on alarm at Power House. Operators advised it was an internal alarm in reference to the steam tunnels.

August 16 Resident of ESU Apt. Complex reported of loud subjects in the area.

Officer found no problem.

Officer checked KS 875EXL in Sector 1. Dome light was on. No other problem was found.

August 17 Officer stopped a bicyclist at 15th and Market. A verbal warning was given for a stop sign violation.

Officer contacted student on window ledge of 7th floor Twin Towers and advised of campus policy regarding the removal of window screens.

Officer stopped KS 173 DVT in 1100 Cottonwood St. A verbal warning was given for speeding in same location.

Officer stopped KS 560AMB at 100 W 15th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective tail light.

Ambulance responded to North Twin Towers third floor lobby for cut to the hand.

David Stichka was transported by ambulance to Neman Regional Health.

August 18 Officer contacted fisherman at King Lake and advised of campus policy.

Officer stopped bicyclist in Sector 3. A verbal warning was given for a one-way violation.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with non-injury accident.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 12th and Union Street.

Officer stopped KS 320AFG in 400 E 12th Ave. A warning citation was given for speeding in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 631EMG in 1100 Exchange St. A citation was given for speeding in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 908ELY in 1000 W 15th Ave. A verbal warning was given for a stop sign violation.

Officer stopped KS 286DVL in 100 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective tail light.

Officer stopped KS 059BNQ in 1400 Commercial St. A verbal warning was given for defective head lights.

Officer checked welfare of occupants of KS WJS388 and KS 848DBH north of Anderson Library.

Occupants were only having a conversation. No other problem was found.

Officers assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a foot chase in 800 Merchant St.

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Students get ‘fix’ at Buzzcotti

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fight and lot clear at 707 Commercial St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. a disorderly subject at Newman Regional Health.

August 19 Officer contacted two males students on the ledge of Southeast Morse Hall and advised them to stay off.

Officer stopped KS 587BUW in 10 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for speeding.

Officer stopped TX CG3L231 in 1100 Exchange St. A verbal warning was given for speeding.

Officer stopped KS DIZL79 in 1400 Merchant St. A citation was issued for speeding.

Officer stopped KS XMC596 in 1000 Merchant St. A verbal warning was given for driving without headlights in 1100 Merchant St. Officer stopped KS 667DQR in 200 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 478DBH in 1100 Exchange St. A verbal warning was given for defective taillight.

Officer stopped KS 623DVR in 200 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS RAE738 in 100 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS RAE738 in 100 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for driving without headlights.

The Supervisory Aux. Horn alarm in Memorial Union is sounding repeatedly and needs immediate attention.

August 20 Officer issued a parking citation to KS 792EVL in 1400 Highland St. David Roark requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to harassment.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop in 1100 Cottonwood St. Kayla Smith reported a broken window in South Morse Hall.

Officer stopped KS 776 EKZ in 1100 Commercial St. A verbal warning was given for driving with no headlights at same location.

Officer stopped KS 672 DEA in the 1500 Merchant St. A verbal warning was given for driving with no seatbelt.

Officer stopped KS 83CIW at 15th and Morse Dr. A citation was given for a stop sign violation at same location and operating a motorcycle without a proper license.

Officer stopped KS 059BNQ at 15th and Center St. A verbal warning was given for defective tail light.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop on I-35 at mm 130 SB. August 21 Officer stopped KS 519DVQ on 1300 Market St. A verbal warning was given for a one-way violation in the same location.

Officer stopped KS 185 CDH on 1100 Exchange St. A verbal warning was given for a defective brake light.

Officer stopped KS 325 CBV in 1800 Merchant St. A verbal warning was given for a defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 040 CZU in 1400 Merchant St. A verbal warning was given for a defective headlight.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call stop in 400 W 12th Ave. Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a car stop in 1300 Merchant St. Officer stopped KS 835CTF in 300 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective headlight.

Students and faculty wait to place their order inside Buzzcotti, the new coffee shop located in Memorial Union. The café was under construction through the summer finishing just in time for the new semester. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

L uke B ohannon bohannon@esubulletin.com Caffeine-starved Emporia State students have a new place to get their fix. Buzzcotti, a coffee shop located in the main street area of the Memorial Union is officially open.

Ashley Johnson, freshman music education major, said she enjoys having the shop in the union because “it’s right here by where you can study, so it’s kind of convenient.”

Johnson used her hornet card to purchase a frappucino at the discounted price of $1.35. Without the discount, the drink would have been around $4.

While the shop may have only opened recently, the idea behind Buzzcotti has been in the works for years, said Dave Hendricks, director of the Memorial Union.

Scholarship from ...Page 1 Scholarship Program helps offset lost income for students while they are in that crucial final year of student teaching – that year when they’re completely immersed in the school and classroom environment,” Potestio said.

The scholarships will be primarily

Originally, the plan was for a “grab and go” style store, which would have specialized in prepackaged foods and bottled drinks in order to alleviate congestion at the Hornet Express.

However, after the opening of the Hornet Express, union workers researched food and drink sales and it was decided to change the concept to a coffee shop using the Starbucks coffee equipment that had previously been in the library.

“Throughout all of the planning (and) before we actually started construction, there were a lot of comments about coffee shops and that kind of atmosphere,” Hendricks said.

Hendricks said he had heard students talking about wanting a Starbucks or a coffee shop of some kind. He also said that having a shop like Buzzcotti helps to offset student costs in order to save money for stu-

dents.

Jeff Cramer, senior secondary education major, said he finds Buzzcotti to be helpful to him for his unique lifestyle as a commuter. Cramer commutes to ESU from Lawrence.

“I’m drinking coffee the whole day to get ready for my hour drive, so for me especially it helped out,” Cramer said.

When asked about the quality and the prices at Buzzcotti, Cramer said that he felt they were “normal” although he said that the selection wasn’t as great as it might be at other similar shops.

distributed on a need basis, and the first scholarship will be available for the 2013-14 school year.

“Emporia State University has a history of producing outstanding teachers,” Weaver said. “Here’s just another piece of tangible evidence that our students are making a difference and that we acknowledging and appreciating that.”

To receive the scholarship, students must be enrolled as a full-time student with a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester; be a senior enrolled in the student teaching portion of the teacher education program at Emporia State; demonstrate financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships; and have a minimum 2.75 GPA.

Buzzcotti is open from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on weekdays and offers many kinds of Starbucks brand coffee, although, according to Hendricks, they cannot sell Starbucks’ seasonal beverages.

Kansas attorney general launches anti-gang effort TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt launched an initiative Wednesday aimed at educating the public about the warning signs of gang activity.

During a statewide tour with stops in Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, Schmidt announced a new website and partnership with law enforcement to reduce the number of gang members and curb criminal activity.

“The idea is really very simple.

We know we have a gang issue in Kansas,” said Schmidt, a Republican and former Senate majority leader.

“We also know that most Kansans really don’t understand the nature of it, the extent of it, or even the geography of it.”

He said the problem isn’t confined to the state’s largest cities or the suburbs that ring it, noting that earlier this year federal agents coordinated with local authorities to arrest and charge some 30 individuals on gangrelated charges in Dodge City in

southwestern Kansas.

Among the coalition of partners joining the attorney general’s effort are the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, the Kansas Sheriffs Association, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Kansas District Attorneys Association.

Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller said his department was aware of the gang problem in the capital city and where they often operated. But he said the problem is difficult to tackle and that gangs often have interwoven associations because of family relations or other connections that can blur what the public perceives to be gang activity.

Miller said that the city had hundreds of documented gang members but it is a problem most of the community doesn’t know how to define or address.

“These kinds of things happen in a community, and people make assumptions based on what they

know and what they don’t know,” Miller said. “The idea is to get the word out and draw attention to this issue, bring it forward so people can see that there’s something being done about it.”

The materials include tips about warning signs that a youth might be involved with a gang or recruited by one. Those signs include tattoos, bruising, using unusual hand signs or language or a change in behavior.

Schmidt said community awareness and education can help identify if gang activity is occurring and how to contact law enforcement for assistance. The online materials are available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. He said the online materials would continue to expand as the members of the coalition determined what was appropriate and needed to inform the public.

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Foundation launches largest ever fund drive R adwan D ayib dayib@esubulletin.com

With this year being the sesquicentennial anniversary for the institution, the bar has been raised to new heights, and the ESU Foundation is taking steps to ensure a positive college experience for students and faculty.

One of the ways Emporia State plans to continue its success in the coming years is through preparation. Specifically, the foundation

is preparing to launch a new fundraising campaign devoted to the students and staff of the university.

DenaSue Potestio, president of the foundation, said she has seen first-hand what the community and ESU are capable of producing.

“We work with our alumni and friends of the university who have a heart for Emporia State, who have a connection to Emporia State and who have a heart to give,” Potestio said.

Potestio also said this idea for a fundraising campaign is still in the works, but it is receiving a bit of outside help.

“What we’ve done is conducted a feasibility study, where we hired a firm named the J.F. Smith Group and we asked them to assess our readiness to go out and raise money for Emporia State,” Potestio said.

After obtaining the results from the study, the ESU Foundation

Honors week is new traditon

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A new tradition will be born on Aug. 27-31 as the Emporia State Honors Program hosts their first ever “Honors Week,” consisting of activities open to all ESU students interested in joining the Honors Program.

“I think we have a growing, vibrant honors program at ESU,” said Kevin Rabas, assistant honors director and co-director of the creative writing program. “It is a joy to see our students making the program more visible and known.”

The week will kick off tomorrow with a pinning ceremony for all Honors Program students. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Skyline Dining Room.

“Because we haven’t done it

before, some of the students who are already in it who haven’t had this opportunity will be getting their pins, too,” said Amy Sage Webb, coordinator for the Honors first year seminar class and co-director of creative writing.

To join the Honors Program, students must earn a grade-point average of at least 3.5 and complete seven honors activities. More information can be found Emporia.edu/honors.

On Monday there will be a table with information regarding multiple student organizations located in the Memorial Union across from the Center for Student Involvement.

“The Hunger Games” will be shown at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the Preston Family Room in the union.

The Union Activities Council and the Honors Program bought the rights for the film for around $670. Each

year the Honors Program has a reading group. Last spring they read “The Hunger Games” trilogy, which is why the film was selected for the movie night.

Bingo with candy and “The Hunger Games” DVDs as prizes will be held at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Webb Hall.

The last event, a barbeque and bonfire at Wilson Park by the Towers Complex, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

“We’re hoping new members come throughout the week and learn more about the organization,” said Beth Edmonds, senior secondary education major. “I’m looking forward to seeing the different organizations put out there on campus because there isn’t much interaction between them.”

All the events are free.

duties than the others and had a more significant title change. He received a 3 percent increase.

In addition to these salary increases, other benefits received by faculty include $84,333 in spouse and dependent tuition waivers, which were approved

by President Michael Shonrock last spring . The faculty and staff will also receive a 1 percent merit increase for the fiscal year 2013 that will cost an estimated $360,000.

Salary figures and other info

were obtained through an Open Records request filed by The Bulletin. Diana Kuhlman, associate vice president and director of fiscal affairs, also contributed.

Williams said he was excited to work with the Associated Student Government and that he was ready to get more involved with the student body.

Mehring said she was ready to return to the classroom because there was always something new to learn from her students.

freshman and sophomore, but since the changes, he has already gone there several times.

“It’s a lot more inviting,” Petz said.

He noted that this didn’t only benefit current students, but would appeal to visitors as well.

Runge said this is the reason Admissions was moved to the east entrance of the union across from the parking lot.

“What’s the front door of the campus?” asked Runge. “It’s right here at the union...this is your first

impression of the campus.”

Gregory Robinson, assistant English professor, said that Emporia State, as a small school compared with other universities, better represents itself with upgrades to its campus.

“It’s a good image of who we are,” Robinson said.

Runge said there will be even more projects coming in the future, but hopes the changes always make students and faculty proud of their campus.

determined there were key areas that needed an increase in funds.

The new campaign will be aimed at meeting needs in areas involving opportunities for students, improved living and learning environments, strengthening faculty and athletics and endowing funding toward continued excellence.

“Now we can have more money go to programs like cross country and sports in general,”

said Brian Mosier, freshman mathematics and statistics major.

For students on campus this means increases in scholarships and more money going towards the cost of education.

“I think it’s great that the school is getting more funding for scholarship money,” said Rachel Brokaw, freshman elementary education major. “I came to Emporia because of how affordable it was so now I’m glad there are more opportunities for us.”

Kan. beauty shop owners face federal gun charges WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A southeast Kansas couple who operate a joint beauty salon and gun shop are facing federal firearms charges.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says 50-year-old Jeffrey Eberhart was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of a firearm and dealing firearms without a license.

Forty-one-year-old Tracey Eberhart is charged with aiding a felon in possessing firearms and providing firearms to a convicted felon.

The Eberharts run Traceys

Dream Weavers Salon and Sporting Goods in Augusta, which marketed guns to women.

Investigators said Tracey Eberhart failed to mention her husband — a convicted felon — when she sought a federal license to sell firearms. Agents reported seeing Jeffrey Eberhart selling guns at Dream Weavers’ booth at a January gun show in Topeka.

Neither Eberhart has an attorney. A call to their shop was unanswered.

Jobs from ...Page 1 Ken Weaver, former associate dean of the Teachers College, became the dean. Weaver accepted this position after a national search when former dean Phil Benett retired in spring. He received a 15 percent increase.

James Williams, former associate provost for Enrollment Management and vice president for Strategic Partnerships, is now the vice president for Student Affairs. Williams acquired fewer

Upgrades from ...Page 1 in the union was eating upstairs for a whole year while the cafeteria was under construction.

Now that it is over, she said she believes the construction work was worth it. She said the new plants outside have especially caught her eye.

“It’s rather pretty,” Kautz said.

According to Runge, there are two reasons for all the remodeling – current students and potential students.

Junior Adam Petz said he never went into the Memorial Union as a

Lawyer ordered to pay $4.5M to gay U-M student DETROIT (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded a gay University of Michigan student body president $4.5 million in his lawsuit against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who posted about him in an anti-gay blog.

The U.S. District Court jury ruled in favor of Christopher Armstrong, who claimed he suffered distress after a blog created by Andrew Shirvell accused him of entic-

ing minors with alcohol and recruiting people to become homosexual.

“I’m just incredibly humbled by what happened today,” Armstrong told The Associated Press. “This is truly a victory — not just for myself, but for a lot of other kids out there.”

Shirvell, who was representing himself, said the jury award was “grossly excessive” for what was “clearly protected speech ... and activity.”

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out,” he said, adding that he plans to appeal. “Juries give short shrift to First Amendment rights.”

Armstrong accused Shirvell of defamation as well as emotional distress for his actions on the blog, in Facebook posts and during visits to the Ann Arbor campus.

Then-Attorney General Mike Cox fired Shirvell in 2010 after he criticized Armstrong, who graduated last year.

Shirvell has said he viewed his blog “as a movement to get” Armstrong to resign. Shirvell argued he was acting within his First Amendment rights and that his statements were either true or protected because of Armstrong’s role as a public figure.

Armstrong’s attorney, Deborah Gordon, had said she would drop the lawsuit if Shirvell apologized and retracted his comments. Shirvell said that was disingenuous, since it wasn’t until closing arguments that a multimillion-dollar award was brought up.

Shirvell said he’s unemployed and “there’s no way I could possibly ever pay such a judgment.”

Tes Mehring, professor of elementary education, early childhood, & special education and psychology, talks about a team project with senior psychology major Ann Harmon and senior elementary education major Mary Baca. Mehring was formerly the provost and vic president of academic affairs. Lingzi Su/The Bulletin

Group tries agian to limit underage drinking LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The cycle starts again.

Thousands of new Kansas University students made it to Lawrence in recent days for orientation and classes.

Now a group aimed at curbing underage drinking hopes to leave an early impression about stopping another cycle that often involves a new set of underage drinkers.

“We’ve got a lot of new faces coming to town with freshmen coming here,” said Jen Jordan, a member of the Draw the Line Lawrence Coalition, which includes several area law enforcement agencies. “We want them to be aware of how our community feels about it.”

The group is stressing the importance of a series of special patrols in bars, liquor stores and in neighborhoods, plus recent prosecutions involving city and state social hosting laws.

Three people, two who were 18 and one 16, were prosecuted in the last year under social hosting laws after law enforcement broke up a party with underage drinking. Parents were not there in all three incidents, Jordan said.

“We just want for them to realize that people did get caught, and they’re going to be out again looking for house parties and looking for underage drinking,” said Jordan, who is also director of prevention for DCCCA Inc. The penalties can be costly.

A 16-year-old girl received a diversion through the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office for a New Year’s Eve party, and her diversion costs included a $2,000 fine plus court costs. The other two cases

involved 18-year-old high school students who threw parties. One received a diversion in Lawrence Municipal Court and was ordered to pay diversion fees of $1,000. The other case was in district court, and it involved $1,510 in fines and court costs.

All three also had to complete community service requirements, and Jordan said she hoped the incidents would raise awareness with both parents and students.

“We really want to encourage parents to sit down early and say, here are my expectations, here are the rules, and here’s what’s going to happen,” she said. and KU officials also took some preventive measures last week and distributed “good neighbor” packets in the Oread neighborhood and at apartment complexes to spread the word about laws on noise and other issues.

Law enforcement officers also will continue the Fake ID 101 initiative.

They deploy plainclothes officers at liquor stores, bars and in neighborhoods where parties often occur.

The patrols also occur around special events, like KU football game days.

Officers with the Kansas Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Lawrence Police Department, KU Public Safety Office and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office work together.

“I think some students or some young people have seen the enforcement,” said Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman. “They’ve changed their behavior, and they don’t want to be on the receiving end of a citation.”

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The Bulletin | Aug 23, 2012

The Fire in the Foreground STAFF EDITORIAL

Context is everything. At face value, the fire and sprinkler safety demonstration held during last week’s Block Party was a dramatic and educational endeavor, and it illustrated the potential dangers of neglecting fire safety.

But only a few feet to the east of the blaze was an even greater lesson lost in our forgetting. The house at 12 East 11th St. was the site of the deadly fire that cost the lives of two Emporia State students last October.

As students and residents celebrated the beginning of the new school year, a scorched and discarded home sat unoccupied and unnoticed. The Emporia Fire Department administered a mock-fire in order to demonstrate the need for sprinkler systems and functional smoke detectors in students’ homes. Students cheered at the blaze and marveled at its ferocity. Then they went back to dancing.

It was not callousness or malice

that chose the location of the demonstration. It may have been out of necessity. Perhaps the corner of 11th and Commercial Street was the only viable and safe place to hold such an event. But to those who lost friends, the implication of a fire and a celebration in such close proximity to the tragic reminder conjures with it an inextinguishable sorrow.

We applaud the EFD in their efforts to save countless lives across our city. They provide us with a sense of comfort and security. We only wish that a little discretion had been used in their location scouting. We would never permit a war reenactment in the lawn of a fallen veteran The implication of their action may be small. No one was physically hurt. Most walked away with a greater understanding of fire safety. But whatever educational value may have been derived from the demonstration was lessened by its social implication, that forgetting is OK. To forget is to

let slip from our collective memory Yawei Fan’s and Zheng Lin’s impact on ESU and the world.

How each person deals with tragedy is as nuanced as the experience they possess. For some, a fire safety demonstration near the home of a victim of a house fire is the most poignant way to portray the message of precaution and mindfulness.

But we cannot forget the living victims who must have imagined, again, their friends’ suffering as the domesticated flames flickered during our time of celebration.

Remember where you are, students. What we say and do matters.

It is through our compassionate consideration for those around us that we proactively protect one another. The intentions of the EFD were noble and commendable and no one should think otherwise.

Sometimes, though, it’s the small forgotten fragments of our social web that speak louder than any inferno.

Cartoon by Ellen Weiss

Non-traditional Insight

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Two years ago, after a long absence from Emporia State, I returned to campus. Nervous and scared, I questioned myself, “Why am I here? How will I be treated?”

On my way across campus five young students greeted me with a “hello,” and a nice young lady held the door for me as I entered Plumb Hall. In the classroom I noticed many students looking at me as I walked in.

After the customary short introductions, I began to relax. The professor went over the course syllabus and asked if anyone had any questions. I had many questions.

In light of the alleged drug raid at Blitzed Detox Shop downtown, the stones that normally welcome travelers to Emporia have instead forced us to re-evaluate the perceived luxury of living in an idyllic town.

This drug bust creates not only a diminishing sense of pride, but also produces negative images in others’ minds. When I speak to my friends about Emporia, they no longer think of the cleanliness that I used to describe. Their minds instead fill up with images of dirty alleys full of refuse and drug peddlers who line the streets to pawn their merchandise to any student or passer-by. Some openly show their disgust with mouths agape and ask me if I am referring to the same town.

I am furious with these miscreants and how they have altered not just the town, but also my own perception of Emporia. This drug bust, as well as others in the past few months, make me question my choice of living in Emporia and going to a university that occupies a town with these problems. If most school districts are afraid and unwilling to hire teachers based on their facebook photos, then I know they will question the hiring of a teacher from a town full of meth labs.

But to ask what happened here is the wrong mindset, as this kind of change could have been a gradual change that we never noticed, or perhaps the police have simply started stepping up their crack-downs while

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After class several of the other students began to talk to me. Within a week I began to believe I belonged here. I was accepted by the students and the professors. The dream I had for many years of getting my degree came into view. I learned from other students about grants, loans and how and where to apply for them.

One day after class, another student mentioned that they were a “non-traditional” student, too. I hated to ask, but I did. “What is a nontraditional student?” He only replied, “You.” The best definition of what a non-

traditional student is that I have heard is someone who is at least three years removed from high school before beginning college.

I have met many non-traditional students in the two years I have been at ESU. Non-traditional students are the ones with full time jobs and families, but they always have their homework done. They are the single mothers and guys who had to work and save money for college. They have lost their jobs due to cut backs or due to their jobs being sent out of the country. They ask questions, never disrupt class and are most willing to

Dealing With What’s Been Dealt

Ahhh, summer jobs – they are a cruel mistress. Your time is freed up to gross a little extra cash, and yet, it’s hard to shake that feeling that you’re literally selling your youth for $7.25 an hour. This summer, it hit me just how depressing that really is.

I went back to my hometown to be near my friends and family and nabbed the first minimum wage job that caught my eye. Though I worked as close to 40 hours as I could every week, I was still unable to make enough to cover Emporia State’s freshly increased tuition and fees. Yikes.

And while I struggle to make ends

school is in session.

Instead of us asking these questions and mulling them over in silence, we must assist with the changes to help this town regain its status.

Whenever we see the slightest resemblance to a meth lab or a drug deal in our own backyard, we cannot be afraid to call the police immediately.

We bystanders have to become active members of society and call out these transgressions before they make their place permanent in our lives.

This town needs to stop drawing parallels to the world of “Breaking Bad” and resume its position as a small university town, a town where people aren’t disgusted by just hearing its name.

ing as much as $15 an hour for the past half-decade, if I had just taken a seven-week long course at the end of high school.

If there are freshman or sophomore students out there looking for a pearl of “summer wisdom” from a fifth-year senior, I say this: know that if you’re willing to invest, you can find work that pays you what you deserve, not what you’re willing to settle for.

There is no better time to do this than over the course of this academic year. The best years of your life are worth more than $7.25 an hour.

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meet, it’s clear that working like a madman may not have been the most efficient option. I have slowly gathered bits of advice from a few smart people who took the time to plan ahead instead of reaching out blindly for any work they could get.

Whether it is a small lawn-care business or getting your CNA certification, which can take as little as seven weeks, there are a variety of small investments that can make your time and your precious youth more valuable and marketable. It pains me to think that I could have been mak-

help their fellow students.

You won’t find many non-traditional students in sports but you will find them in the library, the math and science labs and the writing center.

Non-traditional understand the slogan “Changing lives since 1863”.

They have been out in the workforce and know that it’s education that empowers a person to succeed.

So the next time a non-traditional student enters one of your classes, be kind to them because they are just as nervous as you were on your first day of college.

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Eppink displays ‘shadowy’ installation S teveo E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com Emporia State art students volunteered their time last weekend to help Laura Berman, associate professor of printmaking at Kansas City Art Institute in Mo., with a site-specific installation titled “Umbras.” The installation contains rock displays and colored prints based on shadows.

“Most of my prints are based on things I collect,” Berman said. “A lot of the prints that are in the installation are based on rocks I’ve collected from different areas, and there are some prints that are based on things I have around the house, like candleholders.”

The installation is currently on display in the Norman Eppink Gallery in King Hall through Oct. 12. Berman and students started working on the installation last Thursday.

Berman said she was invited to set up the installation by the art depart-

ment in late spring. She currently has an installation in the Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City, Mo. and at the High Point Print Center in Minneapolis.

Later this fall, the Círculo del Arte art club and gallery in Barcelona will publish a series of her prints, which she said are “color-based works.”

“Roberta Eichenberg and Patrick Martin knew my work, and I’ve known Patrick since we met at Tulane 13 years ago,” Berman said. “We talked about doing an installation in the Norman Eppink gallery late last winter, and in late spring we decided we could do it at the beginning of the fall semester.”

Senior glass blowing majors Joe Sircoloumb, Kaila Mock and Danny Shipley helped Berman set up the installation.

“I like the fixation on an inanimate object,” Sircoloumb said. “The use of color adds something new. It makes the banal stimulating. I also collected rocks from different places as a kid, so I particularly like the use of

Senior art major Kaila Mock and Laura Berman, associate professor of printmaking at Kansas City Art Institute in Mo., consider the organization of the pieces. A Site-Specific Installation by Berman will be on display from Aug. 20 through Oct. 12. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin

rocks in the installation.”

Berman said the Eppink gallery was actually the inspiration for much of the work featured in “Umbras,” especially five large inkjet on vinyl prints, titled “Lost Stars,” which are aligned with the five windows in the gallery. The installation also uses the rocks from Berman’s collection that she used to create the shapes in “Lost Stars.”

“We hung up special lighting filters to create rock shadows similar to the colors used in each print,” Mock said.

The north wall of the gallery features one work titled “All She Ever Wanted Was Everything: Laura Berman’s Rock Collection,” a set of over two thousand hand-cut intaglio prints. Berman said this work has been to several shows and is set up in a different arrangement each time.

“That north wall is my favorite part of the installation,” Mock said.

“I like it because there are an infinite amount of ways to set that up.”

The south wall consists of relief monoprint sets with names related to the use of shadows and rocks such as “Umbrarocks,” “Umbrahome,” “Rockpiles” and “Gridrock.” Berman said the prints in “Umbras” focus on the shadows of objects such as rocks and household items instead of the actual object, and most of the prints also focus on color.

“It’s the effect of seeing both sides of a shadow,” Berman said, “but not the actual object.”

The majority of pieces in the gallery are based on Berman’s interest in rocks.

“I think of rocks as prints themselves,” Berman said. “There are no two alike, and they each have their own individual features and details.”

Berman will be back on campus for an art forum lecture from 3-5 p.m. Aug. 29 in Brighton Science Hall, room 72, followed by a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the Bruder Theater lobby of King Hall.

Energetic funk show welcomes students back S teveo E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com Natasha’s Bar & Grill welcomed back Emporia State students with a musical performance by Beans and Cornbread and The Slack Theory Friday night.

“We are really excited to play these back to school shows,” said Slack Theory guitarist Riley Day. Colin Jones, Slack Theory bassist, said playing with Beans and Cornbread was an “awesome experience.”

Beans and Cornbread consists of trumpet players Eric Padilla and Michael Hurla; trombone players Robert Kilpatrick and Lance Quilling; keyboardist and saxophone player Aaron Graversen; guitarist Ross Williams; bassist Alan Eisman and drummer Lucas Whippo. Padilla, Kilpatrick and Graversen also provide vocals, and Quilling the “occasional percussion.” This was the octet’s first performance in Emporia.

Beans and Cornbread played a wide range of covers, such as Bill Withers’ “Use Me,” 2Pac’s “California Love” and “Jungle Love” by Morris Day and The Time, which featured Slack Theory front man PJ Stephenson on saxophone.

Eight Washburn students, seven of which were music majors, formed the original lineup of Beans and Cornbread in Topeka in 2003. Padilla said the band’s influences include “Stevie Wonder, Rx Bandits and

Youngblood Brass Band.”

Quilling said the band plays mainly covers and a few originals that range from R&B and funk to reggae and hip-hop.

“We released some originals on our Reverb Nation page,” Graverson said.

“Our focus is on live perVocalist and saxophonist P.J. Stephenson performs for an audiformances, ence Friday night at Natasha’s. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin but we plan on recording opened their set with a cover of Themore at some point.”

Dream’s “Walkin’ on the Moon” and The octet performed one of their their original song “Hard Groove.” originals, a smooth yet heavy danceThe brass players from Beans and funk number titled “Duty to the Cornbread joined them onstage as Booty,” which is featured on their they performed “funkified” versions Reverb Nation page. of a wide range of songs such as The “We mainly play corporate events Black Keys’ “Sinister Kid,” Maroon and weddings,” Kilpatrick said. “We 5’s “Harder to Breathe,” Montell like to play bar shows to keep us Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It” and young and full of free food and beer.” “Fascination” by Alphabeat, which Padilla said the band “loves the Stephenson said the band had learned way Emporia supports music,” and only four days before the show. they enjoyed the chance to play.

Slack Theory wrapped up Friday Kilpatrick said that the band night’s show with the debut of a new would welcome the opportunity to jazz-funk song titled “Q,” followed by start playing shows at universities. performances of “Crazy” by Gnarls After Beans and Cornbread’s ener- Barkley and “Can’t Back Down” by getic one-hour set, The Slack Theory Bad Rabbits.

The Sweet Sting

Your Grandma Was Right G reg F arris

farris@esubulletin.com College comes with newfound freedoms, including eating what you want whenever you want it. Many new students are accustomed to having most meals at home, usually purchased and prepared by their parents.

It’s easy to assume freshmen are set up to fail with the limited options of “healthy” foods, but there is a century old technique to prevent the dreaded

F arris weight gain without sacrificing the fun of the college lifestyle.

By now, we are all aware of the phenomenon that is the “Freshmen 15,” and while many different factors contribute, one thing is for certain – nutrition plays a huge role. For new

students, the majority of their meals now come from the union cafeteria and fast food restaurants.

Like your grandmother always said, “everything in moderation!” This isn’t just a tip for college students – this is what I consider the golden rule of nutrition. While a few in the nutrition field will try to single out a certain nutrient or food (red meat, sugar, etc.) for the reason behind fat gain, the truth is that the foundation of every diet always comes back to calories-in versus calories-out. Put simply, if more calories are consumed than burned, weight gain will occur. This is also known as a calorie surplus. More calories burned than consumed results

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Perfectly Normal, Natural Things Public Displays of Fornication K enzie T empleton

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Wooster Lake is many things.

Relaxing, serene, quiet. It’s a place for one to gather one’s thoughts or perhaps do a bit of reading. And apparently, it’s also an aphrodisiac.

One evening last fall, I was out and about on campus taking night photos for my photojournalism class. On my way across the Wooster Lake bridge I spotted a ballsy couple doing the nasty on the banks between the Memorial Union and Morse Hall. At first, I thought perhaps they were simply making out and dry humping. Upon further inspection, I found that they were, indeed, bumping uglies.

Like any good photojournalist, I tried to snap a picture, but I was too unskilled and it was too dark. Plus I felt like total pervert.

Oddly enough, I wasn’t entirely shocked. Could it be because in today’s social fabric, sex in public has become a common occurrence? Are we desensitized to it? In part, I think yes, we are. I’m not exactly a bar fly or club hopper, but I’ve been to such places. I’ve seen things. I’ve been witness to and participant of the alcohol and hormone-induced dance craze that is “bump n’ grind,” and the only thing preventing full on penetration is a wee bit of fabric between your partner’s crotch and your behind.

So it’s not entirely surprising that PDFs (Public Displays of Fornication) have become less of a sexual taboo or anomaly. In this particular instance, I found myself both amused and concerned, mainly because I was worried about the mechanics of the whole thing. For instance, the couple in question weren’t laying on a blanket or anything of the sort, so how was the woman keeping grass, twigs and other debris out of her privates?

The whole thing just seemed hazardous.

What if I had been a campus officer? While I couldn’t find any specific policies explicitly about sex in public in either the Student Code of Conduct or the Residential Hall Handbook, a couple found doing it in public could be charged with anything from indecent exposure to becoming a registered sex offender.

Let me make one thing clear – I have never personally engaged in a PDF, but I have many good friends who have.

From what I gather, there’s a certain thrill that accompanies public sex. Many times it’s unplanned. It is this spontaneity that makes it so alluring. It’s also

in weight loss, or calorie deficit.

Weight loss diets may all have a unique way of creating a calorie deficit, whether it is low carb, dairy free, baby food diet or any other wacky nutrition plan. All of these have had some success, yet none of them are magic. They work simply because they create a calorie deficit.

So what does that mean for you?

Focus on getting 80-90 percent of your calories from whole food, nutrient dense sources (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats) and then allow yourself freedom with the remaining 10-20 percent. This will provide the optimal environment for weight maintenance or weight loss,

supposedly a real turn-on to know that you could be caught at any moment.

While I’ve never experienced the erotic thrill myself, I have to agree that the passion which accompanies sex in public places is probably pretty damn potent. And if you’re so hot and bothered that you can’t wait until you’re back at your apartment or dorm room to rip each other’s clothes off and go at it, you’re more than likely about to experience some of the most erotic sex of your life.

But some who have sex in public might actually want to be caught. Some people find sexual gratification in exposing their genitals to an unsuspecting stranger.

This is called exhibitionism, and perhaps those who engage in PDFs bare some semblance to this type of sexual indulgence, especially if you’re in it for the thrill factor.

However, let’s not forget one very crucial aspect, that public sex is also, in a word, straight up skanky. Call me old-fashioned, but I tend to agree that any sexual act, whether you’re simply hooking up or legitimately making love, should be something you engage in privately. No one wants to happen upon your sweaty, naked bodies writhing against each other in the moonlight, unless they are also into voyeurism.

Perhaps my own disdain for PDFs is rooted in the countless experiences I’ve had with friends having sex while I was in the room, car, hot tub, etc. It’s awkward, people.

That being said, I’m not one to “knock it” before I try it.

While I don’t plan on boinking anyone beside Wooster Lake or behind the couch in the lobby of Morse Hall any time soon, I’m not above the occasional kiss at a house party or a friendly ass grab. In fact, I encourage it.

But if you are looking to get your rocks off in a public place, at least try to use a little discretion and some good ‘ol common sense. No hanky panky is worth permanent designation as a sex offender. Also, be careful not to get debris in your crotchal region.

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while also keeping you psychologically healthy by allowing your favorite foods.

Remember, calories-in vs. caloriesout. So if Applebee’s were on the radar for Friday night, it would be wise to eat lower calorie foods during the day or maybe play basketball at the rec, this way you don’t over consume for the entire day.

If weight gain does occur, drastic changes are rarely the answer. Try eating smaller portions in the café, more fiber to stay full or switch to diet if the issue is soda. Learning to apply the rules of moderation will allow for the optimal balance of health and fun in college.

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The Bulletin |Aug 23, 2012

Activities fair lets groups recruit A lex H osack hosack @ esubulletin . com

For many on-campus organizations, the Huge Activities Fair yesterday provided a great opportunity to promote themselves.

The fair was hosted by the Center for Student Involvement and Associated Student Government.

“It’s a great way to have everyone out there – the organizations,” said Enilisse Ortiz-Romero, senior business administration major and student assistant for leadership for the CSI. “The students can just come quick and go and grab information about the organizations.”

This year’s fair was larger than that of previous years, providing students with more opportunities to learn about involvement in organizations as well as about upcoming events and workshops.

For many organizations, such as the ESU graduate school program, this was their first year of participation.

“We had never participated in this event before, and you get a lot of student traffic,” said Liz McLain, recruitment and development specialist for the graduate school. “We wanted some place where the students had an opportunity to come and ask questions about being a graduate student at Emporia State.”

The fair was held in the outdoor pedestrian mall between Plumb Hall and Memorial Union, making it easy for students to stop at tables between classes.

“We figured it was a good way to get the attention of a lot of people as they were walking by,” said Kirsten Zamarripa, senior accounting and business education major, who helped run the table for the ESU Ambassadors. “We’re trying to recruit hard for the spring semester.”

Many organizations had giveaway items, ranging from Frisbees to candy for the students who

stopped by their tables.

“I like seeing what’s going on around campus outside of class, and there’s a lot of organizations that I didn’t know about,” said Anne Harmon, senior psychology major.

The organizations represented ranged from recognized student organizations, university programs, support services and academic departments, to community service organizations. Many sororities and fraternities were also represented.

“We set up a table to help recruit as well as show our ideals and brotherhood,” said John Alfrey, senior speech and theatre major and Alpha Kappa Lambda member. “We also wanted to show what we do on campus such as our philanthropy, ‘These Hands Don’t Hurt’, and our participation in IFC sports, as well as sharing our motto of ‘men of character committed to making a difference.’”

Junior earth science major Ariel Vandiver hula-hoops during the Huge Activities Fair in Union Square.

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Junior secondary education in chemistry and physics major Rachel Hovey and freshman library science major Bobby Burrell experiment with “oobleck” at the table for National Science Teachers Association. The Huge Activities fair took place yesterday in Union Square and the pedestrian mall. Cheyenne Broyles/The Bulletin

Many organizations around campus and the community participate in the Huge Activities Fair where ESU students were able to find out how to get involved. Cheyenne Broyles/The Bulletin

Pottery with Pizzazz allows students to relax, socialize undergraduate students helping with glazing portion.

“We actually go and get a cash fund from the Memorial After a short summer break, Union. Basically what we do is Pottery with Pizzazz had its that we just try to break even grand opening on Tuesday. every year. We do not try to This 7-year-old shop, located make any kind of profit out of in the Memorial Union this,” Beye said. “So we have lounge, welcomes every perenough money, basically, when son, not limited only to uniwe are open and functioning, versity students. but we do not try to make “Not just university students, but also we try to adver- money out of the pieces. So we try to make it cheaper for the tise to the community as well students to come and paint the to have them come to paint,” said Samantha Beye, graduate potteries.”

Most of the pottery pieces student in school counseling. are at about $7, and this price Pottery with Pizzazz hosts “Technique Tuesdays” for cus- includes the techniques, painting, glazing and the cost for tomers to learn certain techthe staff to help out. niques.

Lyndsey Kopsa, senior ele“We are basically featurmentary education major who ing a certain technique every has two-year pottery painting Tuesday,” Beye said. “That experience, has already done technique can be anything from how to use puff paint, to four pieces of work. In referhow to use pencils, how to use ence to her fifth piece, she said that her favorite part is brush stickers, how to paint certain painting because it gives a techniques.” more soothing feeling to make Being a programming graduate student in the Center her relaxed.

“I think this is a good way for Student Involvement, it is to relax and socialize with your part of Beye’s job to help work with pottery. Beye and another friends,” Kopsa said.

The same is true for graduate student, Alisha Lyon, Katherine Moeller, senior who is also in the Center for music education major.

Student Involvement, run “I like it because it’s someand manage the Pottery with thing different to do to release Pizzazz together with several stress, relax and be creative.”

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Senior music major Nick Donovan paints a dish at Pottery with Pizzazz. Pottery with Pizzazz had its “grand opening” Tuesday in the Memorial Union. Lingzi Su/The Bulletin

Butler county opts out of 5-county planning grant EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — Butler County will not participate in the Regional Economic Area Partnership of South Central Kansas, a federal effort to coordinate planning in five counties.

The $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Urban Development was designed to

help Sedgwick, Butler, Reno, Harvey and Sumner counties work together to make planning decisions.

The Butler County Commission voted Tuesday not to send a representative to the grant’s leadership team or make in-kind contributions. Sumner County voted in July to opt out of the program. Sedgwick, Harvey and Reno counties have agreed to partici-

pate in the effort, The Wichita Eagle reported.

The leadership team — comprised of representatives from private businesses, nonprofits, local governments and citizens — will focus on economic development, environment, transportation and natural resources for the five counties.

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How2ESU aims to integrate new students L uke B ohannon bohannon@esubulletin.com

With a new year comes a new plan for incoming students. Under the banner of How2ESU, a number of programs, both new and old, are being enacted in order to help undergraduate new students become acclimated to Emporia State, including the Six Week Series, which spreads the orientation process out over six weeks.

Each week will have a theme related to transitions – campus involvement, Hornet pride, wellness, community engagement, academic success

and diversity.

Jason Bosch, director of Student Affairs, Learning and Assessment, said that he’s most looking forward to Hornet pride week.

“For me, it’s so important to help new students really make ESU feel like home,” Bosch said. “I really view ESU as a family community…and I think it’s just so important that we help our new students who are coming into the Hornet family be able to make a smooth transition.”

Bosch co-chaired the committee that helped create the Six Week Series.

Beginning on Aug. 20, the program provides a number of activities and speakers based on each week’s theme for students to attend.

Josh Case, Morse Hall Complex coordinator, said that he was most looking forward to the t-shirt exchange on Aug. 28 and 29, where students can bring in non-ESU apparel and exchange it for a new ESU t-shirt. Case’s job with the series has been mostly to contact groups and let them know that How2ESU is looking for events for the series.

“I kind of see it (the Six Week Series) as a way of not

overlapping events and really bringing a focus to some of the things that we do,” Case said.

“People talk about extended orientation…about three days, so this is really extensive.”

Currently there are 19 events on the schedule and Case said that he’s hoping for more.

Other programs that fall under the umbrella of How2ESU are Hornet Connection and the E-Experience, which gives students a taste of life at ESU before the school year begins.

Frank Cortez, senior secondary education major,

was a group leader for the EExperience team.

“It showed them how to get involved, how easy it is to do so and the connections they made with their fellow students was the biggest thing,” Cortez said. “Not only with fellow freshmen but with older students. You can tell that talking to older students made them feel welcomed and more connected.”

The calendar of events for the Six Week Series can be found on the ESU website, along with information about the other programs that fall under the How2ESU banner.

Kan. DA scolds legislators over meetings with gov.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A prosecutor publicly scolded Kansas legislators Tuesday for being reckless and uninformed about the state’s open meetings rules but said he only could prove they committed technical violations of the law during private dinners Gov. Sam Brownback hosted at his official residence.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said he didn’t have enough evidence to show that substantial violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act occurred during the seven gatherings in January at Cedar Crest.

Taylor said the dozens of lawmakers interviewed by his office couldn’t remember enough details about the events collectively for him to build a case for further legal action.

Brownback held the meetings for members of 13 legislative committees, inviting more than 90 lawmakers, almost all fellow Republicans. A report issued Tuesday by the Democratic district attorney’s office said legislators hadn’t acted in bad faith because they didn’t fully understand the open meetings law.

“We landed in a spot to where we felt as though there were substantive violations,” Taylor said during a news conference.

“However, we were unable to substantiate them.”

Taylor recommended that legislators receive better training about the open meetings law, consult in the future with the attorney general’s office and develop guidelines in legislative rules for events.

“We’re not saying ignorance is an excuse this time,” he said.

“What we are saying is that technical violations occurred.”

News media representatives expressed disappointment, noting that Kansas courts and the open meetings act itself say the law is to be interpreted “liberally” to promote openness in government.

“Yet what they’re saying is that it’s too close to call, so we’re not going to do anything,” said Mike Merriam, an attorney for the Kansas Press Association and The Topeka Capital-Journal, who filed a complaint with Taylor in late January. “It’s ridiculous.”

But Taylor said Kansas courts don’t order corrective action or impose fines when only techni-

mitted technical violations of the open meetings law.

Taylor’s office issued such a warning in June to the Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority for failing to notify news organizations about a meeting at which it approved a separation agreement with its former chief executive officer. In 2005, Taylor’s predecessor as district attorney said no violations occurred when the Kansas attorney general met privately with small groups of State Board of Education members about issues.

“This decision is the kind of hollow victory those of us who fight for open government have come to expect,” Anstaett said.

Many of the legislators who were invited to the dinners described them as social gatherings heavy on small talk, and Brownback and his aides repeatedly said they were comfortable that no laws were violated. However, the governor also acknowledged that he called the meetings to discuss his legislative agenda and took some questions.

The report from Taylor’s office said Brownback and his staff were

cal violations are involved. And, he said, gathering a majority of a legislative body in one place isn’t a violation unless they interact and discuss business.

The Kansas Open Meetings Act generally prohibits a majority of legislative bodies from discussing government business without public notice or access to the meetings. Taylor acknowledged from the outset of his investigation that Brownback, as an individual, couldn’t violate the law, even though he set up the gatherings.

Also, violations are civil, not criminal, matters, and officials who knowingly break the law can be fined up to $500 per incident.

Prosecutors also can seek a court order or an agreement spelling out the steps officials will take to avoid future violations, without pursuing fines.

But Doug Anstaett, the Press Association’s executive director, said it has become most likely for officials to be told they need to improve their training or procedures and receive an admonition “to go and sin no more” after being warned that they’ve com-

aware of the risks of violating the open meetings law and “made some attempts” to avoid them.

Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said, “The district attorney now has confirmed there were no substantive KOMA violations and that the governor and his staff clearly understood KOMA and took the appropriate precautions.”

But Taylor’s report said legislators who participated in the events “recklessly danced” close to violating the open meetings law, and the violations that did occur were technical “by the slimmest margin.” During his news conference, he said he was troubled — as someone who has to enforce laws passed by lawmakers — about their collective inability to recall specific details.

Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler, a Lindsborg Republican, said he’s not surprised by the outcome of the investigation. He said at the one meeting he attended, he saw no violations of the open meetings law but wasn’t offended by the criticism in Taylor’s report.

“You can always do without finger wagging,” Emler said.

Wet and Wild on 14th and Merchant

Friday afternoon a water main in the 1400 block of Merchant Street spontaneously burst. The shower lasted about 15 to 20 minutes before it was contained. Ellen Weiss/The Bulletin

Aug 23, 2012

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Lady Hornets look to shock MIAA

S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com

After ending last season with only three victories and being knocked out of the MIAA playoffs by Northwestern Missouri State University, the women’s soccer team say they are still a force to be reckoned with.

“I was disappointed in our loss, but I was very happy with making it to the tournament, which was our goal in the very beginning,” said Nikki Schmitz, senior goal keeper and elementary education major.

But an MIAA appearance alone is not going to be enough for this Hornets squad, as they have worked even harder in the offseason.

“I probably worked out three to four times a week,”

said Mindi Lozenski, senior center mid and health promotions major. “We did weightlifting, sprints and suicide work on the football field.”

Although the 2012 preseason MIAA coaches’ poll has Emporia State ranked 11 out of 13, that doesn’t seem to bother the Lady Hornets.

They believe they are a contender.

“If you go by what the outside people say, our expectations are low, but our expectations inside are very high,” said Bryan Sailer, who is coming into his second year as head coach. “I think we can make a huge jump.

It’s just a matter of us doing it.”

The Lady Hornets, who sit one spot above the Lady

Ichabods, are already looking ahead to that game as the key matchup. They defeated their rival once last year.

“I’m looking forward to the Fort Hays and Washburn game mostly because I know a lot of girls that play there, so I know a lot of old teammates,” said Katie Wolfe, freshman center back and elementary education major.

Before they can get to the Sept. 14 showdown against Washburn, they must first make it through a four game stretch that includes three road games.

The first game of the season is at 5 p.m. on Aug. 31.

They will travel to St. Joseph, Mo. to take on the Tigers of East Central University, to whom they, 1-0, in last year’s matchup.

Freshman midfielder Skyler Cottrell and sophomore forward Liz High fight for the ball during practice yesterday at the ESU Pitch fields. The Lady Hornets have their first game next Friday at 5 p.m. at East Central University. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

Player Profile: Athletics is highlight for Schwartz C risty F lippin flippin@esubulletin.com

Meg Schwartz, senior defensive specialist and biology major, have been playing volleyball since kindergarten. WIll Austin/ The Bulletin

Experience is not something Meg Schwartz, senior defensive specialist and biology major, lacks on the volleyball court.

She has been playing volleyball since she was in kindergarten.

Although the Hornets did lack experience last season with no seniors on the team, this season is a different story. All but one team member have at least a year’s experience under their belts.

“We expect to go very far this year. With everyone returning minus one, we have great chemistry and are good friends on and off the court,” Schwartz said. “We need to improve on tough situations and being aggressive and on attacking the defense. We also need to improve on playing with a lead and finishing the game.”

In an interview with Don Weast, assistant director of Media Relations, after the Black and Gold Scrimmage, Schwartz said “it seemed like yesterday” she was moving into the dorms

and having her first scrimmage.

“Having a crowd behind you makes it that much more exciting… makes you excited and wanting to play for them as well,” Schwartz said in the interview.

According to ESU’s athletic page, Schwartz received an AllMIAA honorable mention her sophomore year, averaging 4.46 digs per set. As libero she was ranked sixth in both single season digs per set and single season double figure dig matches.

Schwartz has also been active in basketball, softball and track throughout her athletic career. Although she didn’t get to compete at state during her high school years, she was still a standout volleyball player and knew that she wanted to go on to the next level after attending some camps and getting a feel for the atmosphere of college athletics.

Schwartz said she chose ESU because she liked the coaching style and the great history of the program.

She said she has enjoyed her time as a college athlete and has made many new relationships because of it.

“Amazing” is one word Schwartz said she would use to describe her team “because we are all such good friends on and off the court. The talent this year is more than I’ve ever seen since I’ve been at ESU.” After Schwartz graduates from ESU she plans on going to occupational therapy school and getting her masters degree.

“The experience of being a college athlete and the relationships I have made are by far the highlight of my athletic career,” Schwartz said.

Volleyball at ESU has taught Schwartz many things, she said.

“I know I have to discipline myself and manage my time so I get everything done before I have to go to practice or leave for games,” she said.

The Hornets’ first game is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Aug. 31 in Pittsburg against William Jewel College.

Royals’ bats come to life too late in loss to Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kansas City’s bats came to life a little too late against Tampa Bay’s James Shields on Wednesday Shields took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, leading the Rays to their 16th win in 21 games with a 5-3 victory that marked only the second series loss of the month for the Royals.

“Shields is a great pitcher,” said losing pitcher Luis Mendoza. “Our guys battled and they were there.

They scored three runs and I tried to keep us in the game.”

Shields (12-7) retired 12 in a row after Alcides Escobar’s two-out single in the third and allowed three runs and five hits in 7 2-3 innings.

The right-hander struck out seven and walked one, improving to 4-0 with a 2.15 ERA in his last five starts.

Escobar ended Shields’ day with a two-out RBI triple in the eighth that pulled Kansas City to 4-2.

Jake McGee allowed a run-scoring

single to Alex Gordon before Kyle Farnsworth retired Billy Butler on a grounder.

Jose Labaton homered off Aaron Crow leading off the bottom half, and Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 39th save in 41 chances.

Mendoza (7-9) gave up two runs, five hits and four walks, hit a batter and balked before Royals manager Ned Yost brought in the first of four relievers with one out in the fifth inning.

“With Shields on the mound, you know you can’t give them too much leeway,” Yost explained. “I just decided I was going to try to keep (the margin) at two, but the tack-on runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth did us in.”

Mendoza threw 43 of his 81 pitches for strikes.

“I struggled with my command,” he said. “I tried to pitch carefully today and I put runners on base and then (Roberts) got a big hit. The bases on balls hurt you.”