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• Softball page 8 • Local Bands page 5 • Patrick Martin page 3 The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 110 No. 24 • Thursday, April 7, 2011 • Emporia State University

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ASG hosts campus debate for future president H uibing L u lu@esubulletin.com

About 25 students attended Associate Student Government’s president and vice president debate Monday afternoon outside of the Center for Student Involvement.

Two candidate teams participated in the debate. Ashley Vogts, junior integrated studies and pre-occupational therapy major and Jennifer Cheray, junior marketing

major, are running for president and vice president, respectively. Laura Bosiljevac, sophomore political science major, and Michael Stauffer, sophomore speech and theater major, are also running for president and vice president, respectively.

“I think both teams put forth a lot of effort, and they communicate their ideas very well,” said Ross Rundell, junior theatre major.

Luke Chiddix, junior political science

major, said the debate had an overall good turnout, but he wished more students had been involved.

The debate started with opening statements and then candidates answered nine questions from the audience. The first question asked what the major issues are for the student body.

Vogts thought students’ voices were lost sometimes and they want to “put students back in ESU, and make their voices be

heard.”

“Most organizations don’t really know what ASG can offer them,” Cheray said.

Stauffer also said he was surprised to find that people do not know about ASG and student organizations do not know who their senators are.

“Something we also believe is a huge issue on campus can just be stated with one word – apathy,” Bosiljevac said.

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Breaking the Mold

THE FIRST IN A SERIES THAT EXPLORES THE CURRENT STATE OF ESU’S ARCHIVES K elsey R yan editor@esubulletin.com

Up Til Dawn hosted a Zumba session last Thursday night at Emporia Fitness. All the donations from the event went to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Erica Cassella/The Bulletin.

Up ‘til Dawn raises $22,000 for St. Jude C harlie H eptas heptas@esubulletin.com

For Kalyna Nelson, coordinator of Up ‘til Dawn at Emporia State, raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is more than just a year-long activity.

“By raising money you’re doing more than just helping a hospital – you’re helping find a cure for cancer,” Nelson said.

Up ‘til Dawn is a program designed to educate students about St. Jude and about childhood cancer. The group on campus organizes fundraisers throughout the year and as a culmination of their hard work, they host the Up ‘til Dawn Finale in which “students sacrifice a night of sleep in honor of the patients and their families that have many sleepless nights at the hospital,” according to St. Jude’s website.

This year, the group raised more than $22,000 for St. Jude this year, said Jaymie Hardtarfer, junior business administration major.

The group hosted a Zumba class at Emporia Fitness, 2812 W. 12th St., last Thursday night, taking donations for the cause. Nelson was pleased with the results, raising over $200 from the hour-long class.

The Up ‘til Dawn Finale was sponsored by many local businesses, offering a Photo Booth, food and various games for the evening. Relay races and water pong were set up as was a Fear Factor style event.

Through a partnership with UAC, musician Steve Means was invited to perform at the event, as did the Stingers dance team. A patient’s family was also invited to speak about their time at St. Jude and their experiences with the hospital.

“The finale is celebrating all of our efforts throughout the year, it’s just congratulating everyone, giving back to everyone who helped us out throughout the year,” Hardtarfer said.

The group gave out prizes throughout the evening including book scholarships and an iPod touch for those that stayed for the whole event, which lasted until midnight.

On each of the tables among the various freebies were cards of children who were undergoing treatment at St. Jude as well as statistics on the impact of cancer and St. Jude. For instance, in 1962 overall survival rates for childhood cancer was less than 20-percent but today is now 80-percent.

“It’s been two years since we had a finale so we’re excited about this one, and getting our name out to

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If you peak through a window at 1220 C of E Dr., you might see employees inside wearing blue surgical masks.

But the building is no hospital or clinic.

It’s the Anderson Library, which houses a portion of Emporia State’s historical archives and special collections, and it has a problem – mold. Renovations at the William Allen White Library have been ongoing since 2005 and, as a result, Archives has had to make the Anderson Building its home.

Heather Wade, who has been the university’s archivist since January 2005, said she first discovered traces of mold in the collections and that it started with some things that had been sent to a bindery back in September 2009. Wade estimates that they’ve found nearly 300 of the 4,500 linear feet of records have been affected by active mold bloom.

“Archivists have to be prepared for situations like this and mold is yucky, but there are sensible, scientific ways to deal with it and that’s what we try to do,” Wade said.

The Anderson Building has held the majority of ESU’s archives, including over a hundred years’ worth of historical photographs, academic journals, archived issues of The Bulletin and bound issues of The Sunflower, ESU’s yearbook.

The decision to place Archives in Anderson Library occurred during the mid-1990s, during the time Bob Glennen was ESU’s president, said Ray Hauke, vice president of administration and fiscal affiairs.

Wade said that the university has been willing to treat the mold on the archives in-house.

“They’ve given the archives personnel what we need to protect ourselves and also the equipment that we need to treat this,” Wade said. “But with just minimal equipment like that, it is just a time-consuming prospect that I don’t think you could call timely. And it’s not that they haven’t responded in a timely manner, it’s just that it’s going to take a lot of time to clean that when you’re doing it in-house.

The ESU Archives staff is currently fighting a mold problem inside of the Anderson Library at 1220 C of E Drive. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin.

The Bulletin sought out emails about the mold in an Open Records Request. In an email from Heather Wade to Mark Runge, director of facilities, in September 2009, Wade wrote: “The mold is on the papers, photographs and books in our rare collections. It is there

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Next week: employee health issues possibly linked to mold exposure and the techniques the archives’ staff uses to clean the mold In two weeks: the history and possible future of Anderson Library building

American Democracy Project students help fight hunger K enzie T empleton news@esubulletin.com

Freshman economics majors Ziwei Li and Danae Coffee trade food for more child friendly meals last Friday at the Emporia Salvation Army food pantry. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin.

Elementary children in Emporia will not go hungry this week thanks to the efforts of Emporia State students enrolled in classes associated with the American Democracy Project. Students in courses like civic engagement, basic economics and labor economics helped to collect, package and deliver food for hungry kids in Emporia last Thursday.

“This makes a real difference in real kids’ lives – no kid should have to go to school and go home to bed hungry at night,” said Rob Catlett, assistant professor of economics.

Catlett said the Food for Students initiative just began this semester, but should continue into next fall. Collections take place throughout the month and at the

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Briefs Glass Blowout

The Emporia State Glass Guild’s annual Glass Blowout is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Art Annex. Events for the day include hot glass demonstrations, a barbecue/potluck dinner, live music and an art auction.

Throughout the day, Jasen Johnsen from Bow, Wash., this year’s featured artist, will work with Emporia State students on hot glass forming techniques and processes as well as critiquing students’ work. Johnsen has also been on campus this week working with students and faculty. Proceeds from the auction will be used to fund future visiting artists and educational field trips for glass students as well as to purchase supplies and equipment.

Bulletin to celebrate 110th Birthday The Bulletin will celebrate its 110th birthday next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Granada Theatre, 807 Commercial St. The evening will begin with a catered dinner followed by guest speakers and a slide show of The Bulletin staff and the paper’s coverage over the years.

A special birthday edition of the newspaper will also be available for guests. The main speaker for the evening is Ralph Gage, special projects manager for The Lawrence-Journal World.

Dinner is $25 per person and will be catered by Flint Hills Flying W, a ranch owned by the Hoy family outside of Emporia. Please RSVP to editor@esubulletin.com. View more details at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event. php?eid=154756061240406.

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end of the month, the food is sorted and put into bags for each individual student.

Catlett said the idea is for teachers and administrators in school to recognize kids who are hungry. Most of them are part of the free or reduced lunch program, which Catlett said means that they come from economically disadvantaged households – they may not have money to buy food.

In most cases, these kids have access to meals at school, but Catlett said the challenge lies in when they go home in the evenings and over the weekend.

According to the Kansas Department of Education, over 47 percent of elementary-aged children in the state qualify for free and reduced lunch programs. At Riverside Elementary School, 327 South West St., over 91 percent of the students qualify for these programs.

“It’s a problem that can be fixed,” said Danae Coffee, freshman economics major. “We have enough resources out there in the world and it’s just a matter of getting the resources to the children.”

Coffee was in charge of making sure the operation ran smoothly. She helped package the food and made sure everything was delivered to the different elementary schools

on time. She said it costs around $7 per package and that about 50 packages were delivered to schools on Thursday.

“I was really impressed with the students… we had three times as many drivers as we needed,” Catlett said.

“Ordinarily it would have taken two and half hours and (we) had everything done and everything organized in about an hour.”

Catlett said when students come to school hungry their performance is compromised because of it. Since elementary age students are not able to prepare complex meals that may involve browning hamburger, ramen noodles and granola bars are some of the main items students are sent home with.

Canned goods are not part of the program, so in order to compensate for this, these items and other foods that are not ideal for the project are essentially traded for foods that will work at food banks.

“In terms of world hunger, we’ve got long-lasting issues so we need to work at those things so that we don’t just make progress today to find ourselves going backwards tomorrow,” Catlett said.

Coffee said she plans to continue volunteering for the program in years to come.

Police Reports

Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department April 1 Officer took report of a non-injury accident involving KS ELVIS35 at Trusler Sports Complex.

Officer retrieved property from South Twin Towers first floor Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured south yellow gate.

Officer stopped KSXNP334 at 1100 Commercial. Verbal warning for driving with no headlights in 1200 Merchant.

Ruth Drake reported smell of smoke in Butcher Education Center Room 110. No problem was found.

Officer stopped KS QSG185 at 1800 Highland. Verbal warning for speeding. Citation for no proof of insurance.

Officer checked KS VDB859 parked north of I-35 by King Lake. Officer advised occupants to legally park the vehicle.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a hit and run accident at the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority at 226 W 12th.

Officer followed up hit and run accident with Emporia Police Dept. at 15th and Rural.

April 2 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call at 1020 N Merchant-Reebles Country Mart.

Officer checked the west campus. The west door of Rock of Life Church was open. Emporia Police Dept. assisted with a building check. Management contacted to secure building.

Officer checked smoke that appeared to be coming from a garage at corner of 18th and E Willman. Smoke was from burning leaves.

WAW Library zone 40 Burglary south entry doors. Human error.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Two vehicles were still in parking area. Officer left yellow gate opened so vehicles could exit.

Officer stopped KS XKV060 in 1200 Exchange. Citation for speeding in 100 E 12th.Officer stopped MO FG1A3R at 1200 Market. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in 1200 Market.

Ambulance responded to South Twin Towers for possible alcohol overdose.

Male student was transported to Newman Regional Health.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with suspicious noise on C of E Dr. No problem found.

April 3 Officer stopped KS 272ALZ in 1100 Union. Verbal warning for speeding in 100 E 12th.

April 4 Construction workers reported a fire in east side of Memorial Student Union. 1206. Contacted Emporia Fire Dept.

Contacted President’s Office and Mark Runge.

Officers extinguished the fire.

EFD performed a walk-through of MSU to ascertain any further danger of fire.

Officer stopped KS TFH720 in 10 W 18th. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in 1200 Morse Dr. Kim Christian reported a broken window in the main lobby of Twin Towers Complex.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a damaged vehicle call in 1600 Center.

Officer turned on the lights in Welch Stadium.

April 5 Officer shut off the lights in Welch Stadium.

Sheril Wooderson reported a suspicious package at the northeast corner of Kellogg Circle Dr. Officer determined the case was property of Health Quest. Dispatch contacted company representative.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured both restrooms and softball coaches office.

Dan Hall reported a bird trapped in Science Hall Room 206.

Officer left windows open to allow bird to escape.

Officer stopped KS Veteran 11ANM in 1500 Market. Citation for stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer stopped KS 476DBH at 15th and Merchant.

Tyler Burd was allegedly taken into custody for Excessive Speed at 10 W. 15th and 15th and Wooster Dr., Driving While Suspended, No Proof of Insurance and Expired License Plate, and transported to Lyon Co. jail. Officer transported Burd to Newman Regional Health for blood draw. Alleged DUI charges are pending.

Flint Hills smoke management plan set for review WICHITA (AP) — The effectiveness of a new plan to manage smoke from the annual spring prairie burning in the Flint Hills is being questioned after smoke from some planned burns drifted over Wichita in late March.

The haze in Wichita on March 24-25 will be discussed when the new smoke management plan is analyzed at the end of April, The Wichita Eagle reported Monday.

“We’ll go back and do a post-mortem analysis of what happened during this burn season once it’s over,” said Josh Tapp of the smoke man-

agement division of the Environmental Protection Agency.

“We’ll collect all the data and evaluate if the smoke plan is being effective or needs to be revised or improved.”

Ranchers’ annual burning of the prairie prevents trees and invading plants from growing in the grass, improves productivity of the rangeland and helps cattle who feed on the grass.

The Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan is a pilot project that allows the ranchers to continue their planned burns but with restrictions designed to prevent smoke

from drifting and increasing ozone levels in urban areas, particularly Kansas City and Wichita. The cities could face new regulations if ozone levels consistently are above the recommended levels.

“Unfortunately, right off the bat, it didn’t work,” said Mike Holder, a Chase County extension agent who helped coordinate the plan. “We’ve yet to see whether this will work all the time.”

The smoke management plan, approved in December by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and more than 80 interested par-

ties, allows ranchers to continue burning grasslands in the spring but restricts other burning in 12 counties in the Flint Hills and four near Kansas City and Wichita.

The plan tries to encourage people to start burning in March, Tapp said, to prevent having too many fires on any given day.

The smoke did not cause any serious health concerns in Wichita, health officials said.

It raised hourly pollution readings from 20 parts per million volumes of air to 140, which is under the 150 reading the EPA considers dangerous.

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ART OF EXPRESSION

Professor falls in love with glass H uibing L u

lu@esubulletin.com For Patrick Martin, associate professor of art, glass art is a form of communication that he can use to express certain concepts and what he is interested in.

Martin said he “fell in love” with glass forming during his senior year at Centre College in Danville, Ky. He said he was attracted to the combination of skills and talent necessary to work with glass.

“It was the idea of making things with my hands for the first time with something I (have) never really done before, just be able to use my hands,” Martin said. “The excitement around glass, hot glass, working with the flame, the fire, (and) the pyro-techniques involved – I’m a pyro.”

Martin has won many awards for his glass work. Most recently, he won first place in the Biennial 600: Glass competition held at the Amarillo Museum of Art in Texas.

“Whenever I’m making my sculpture, it all starts with whatever the concept or theme is, then I translate it into visual forms,” Martin said. “The visual forms can be fabricated to a variety of processes, blowing, sculpting (and) casting. Most of my works would be considered mix-media.”

Martin said most of his ideas come from

current events, politics and personal experiences – he likes to create objects that reflect political trends.

Martin said Emporia State is the only university in Kansas that offers a glass program, and he has been teaching glass art at ESU for 11 years.

“I like working on a variety of glass processes,” Martin said. “By teaching, I keep myself fresh and up to skill with all the new techniques. I learn from my students, too …I love the fact that students become more skilled than me (and) one of the greatest satisfactions about teaching is seeing students develop a career that they love,” Martin said.

Martin said his glass classes begin by teaching students basic skills, the rules, safety procedures and how to use different tools and operate equipment in order to get the students comfortable working with hot glass.

“I think he is a great professor,” said Kelsey Lutz, senior glass forming major. “He has done a lot for the program here. We learn a lot of different types of glasses.”

Martin said glass working involves a system of teamwork, collaboration and sharing that is not required for other mediums.

“I enjoy (glass) as a medium because it is more of a social aspect – you always work with people and you are always socializing,” said Addison Hanna, sophomore glass forming

MARTIN major.

Martin said this week students worked with Jasen Johnsen, a guest glass artist, for the Glass Guild Blowout on Saturday, which is an annual open-house event for the glass program.

“I think all the students here are really lucky to have a professor that cares as much and contributes as much as (Martin) does,” said Megan Stelljes, a 2009 ESU graduate and Johnsen’s assistant.

Diversity Weeks aims to eliminate stereotypes, educate L uke B ohannon

bohannon@esubulletin.com This week marks Emporia State’s first ever Diversity Week. Hosted by the Hispanic American Leadership Association, Diversity Week has been comprised of several different events across campus.

“The purpose of Diversity Week is to promote…and show off the vast assortment of cultural backgrounds we have at ESU,” said Manny Requenes, sophomore pre-pharmacy major and president of HALO. He said the idea for Diversity Week came after he and other HALO members attended a conference in Chicago and saw how other campuses were having diversity events.

But HALO is not the only organization involved in Diversity Week.

Several other groups supported and participated in the planning and execution of the events. The Black Student Union, Muslim Student Association, Department of Music, Islamic Student Association, Associated Student Government and several others had a hand in Diversity Week.

“I feel proud that (ASG) can be the supporting group and show up and get the word out,” said Joel Wilburn, senior social science major and Multicultural Affairs liaison for ASG.

Another major theme of Diversity Week, Requenes said, was the elimination of demeaning stereotypes.

Stereotype Label Challenge Day was Monday. Students who participated wore labels that depicted a common stereotype from their particular ethnic, cultural or social background and lived that label to the extreme.

The Japan Crisis Benefit Concert on Tuesday night in Heath Recital Hall was presented by the Department of Music and the Japanese Student Association. The concert helped raise funds for the disaster relief efforts in Japan.

Members of the JA Sakura Choir performed songs in Japanese as well as a performance by the String Quartet during the intermission. The group was originally formed only to perform at the International Food Festival in March.

“We were planning on singing just for the Food Festival, and then the earthquake happened and we decided to have more concerts for the benefit,” said Kiwamu Otsuka, senior physics major and member of the JA Sakura Choir. Three music majors, Tomoko Hayasaka, Masatoshi Takami and Takako Iyadomi performed solo pieces and also as a trio. The whole choir came together to sing songs to close out the concert which was followed by a recep-

Masatoshi Takami, sophomore vocal performance major, sings a solo piece during a benefit concert for Japan Tuesday night in Heath Recital Hall. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin.

tion in the rotunda of Beach Music Hall.

Other events included a forum on the D.R.E.A.M. Act at 7 p.m. on Monday.

PRIDE also presented Safe Space Training, a program supporting acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual individu-

als and creating an accepting environment on campus. The week will finish up with a Diversity Dance Night tomorrow from 7-11 p.m. in Visser Hall. The event will feature popular dance music from around the world.

Aquifer in south-central Kansas refilling WICHITA (AP) — A few rainy years and reduced pumping by the city of Wichita has helped replenish a Kansas aquifer that is the primary source of fresh water for parts of south-central Kansas, according to a new federal report.

The Equus Beds aquifer has recovered about 65 percent of the water it lost during extended dry years in the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The agency surveyed 55 square miles north of Wichita, where most of the pumping occurs.

“It’s good news for the area,” said Andy Ziegler, director of USGS Kansas Water Science Center.

The Equus Beds aquifer lies under parts of Sedgwick, Harvey, Reno and McPherson counties. Water levels in the area studied by the USGS reached an all-time low in 1992, when it was short about 283,000 acre feet of water — about the same amount Cheney Reservoir holds. An acre foot is about 326,000 gallons or the volume of water

it would take to cover an acre with water a foot deep.

Through the years, Wichita has drawn about 25,000 acre feet a year from the ground and farmers have pulled about 30,000 acre feet annually, Ziegler said.

Besides improving water supply and hedging against future drought years, the improved health of the aquifer provides a barrier from saltwater that is moving from old oil well fields toward shallower parts of the aquifer, The Wichita Eagle reported Tuesday.

Wichita is helping shore up the saltwater barriers with the first phase of its $27 million aquifer recharge project, which pipes above-normal water flows from the Little Arkansas River back into the aquifer close to where the saltwater is moving in. The city council has approved $250 million for the project thus far.

About 1 percent of the aquifer’s rebound is attributed to the city’s aquifer recharge project even though most of the project hasn’t started pumping water yet.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

In Full Bloom

Emporia State’s history is under attack.

Some of ESU’s Archives, containing over a hundred years’ worth of archived materials are infested with active mold bloom.

These include historical photographs, academic journals, archived issues of The Bulletin and bound issues of The Sunflower, ESU’s yearbook.

The documents are stored in a building that by many standards should be condemned. If we wanted to keep these documents safe, it would follow that we would keep them in a location that would lend its self to being safe, not in a building in such poor condition.

These documents are records of where we’ve been. Our roots. They tell us what we’ve done right, so we can do it again, and what we’ve done wrong, so we can avoid it. This mold problem is a devaluation of the importance of our history and makes it look as though ESU does not care about maintaining these archives.

Not only that, but it’s proof that ESU isn’t just a lifeless, sterile, newfangled boarding school, but rather, an institution that people have dedicated their livelihoods to in order to make it a better place for us.

The archives staff does all they can to maintain these documents. Unfortunately, they are fighting a losing battle and potentially risking their own health in an attempt to save these documents.

The entire ESU community must work together to eradicate the mold problem so that archive employees can return to their regular duties and

helping researchers search the archives and preserving the documents under normal conditions.

These archives were placed on the C of E campus in the mid-1990s. Most of the administrators who made the decision to move them there are no longer at ESU, so it is difficult if not impossible to determine why exactly the decision was made.

It is also important to point out that because the decision was made by a previous administration, the blame does not rest on the current administration.

Nevertheless, the administration must act. No matter what the costs, these archives mean more than just some papers stuffed in a basement. They symbolize what made ESU what it is today. Without them, future generations will have no idea of the history and heritage that ESU is founded on and research on the history of the university will become nearly impossible.

As students we must urge the administration to combat this mold problem by whatever means possible. More funds must be allocated to the cause and the outsourcing of the clean-up process should be looked into so that the Archive Staff can return to their normal jobs. If we do not ignore the problem, and put it in the forefront of campus conversation, the administration will act accordingly.

It is vital in a university setting to appreciate those people who have taken the time to recognize the efforts of Emporia State’s lineage. It is also important to understand the history of this

Cartoon by Ellen Weiss

place we call home.

Now, it will be a team effort to preserve the archives so they can continue to be a testament to the rich his-

U.S. should stay out of Libyan Conflict As Tunisia and Egypt’s governments were falling, Libyan rebel forces were just in the infancy of their revolution against Libyan President Gaddafi. February turned into March and the situation in Libya just got worse. The world watched while Gaddafi’s actions grew more violent every day. At first he was only doing what any president would do to control his country, with riot police turning against protesters with hopes of keeping them in line. On Feb. 19, Gaddafi ordered his police to shoot and kill mourners as they left funerals. That’s when things took a turn for the worse.

Gaddafi said, “I created Libya and I will destroy Libya.” With these words his supporters brought .50 caliber rounds, a bullet that sits at 5 inches long and is used for tearing through buildings and cars. He sent out rape squads, whose only job was to take women into custody and rape them to keep protests low. He tricked protesters into thinking his supporters were helpful police before trapping and killing them all, women and children.

With things like this happening, is it our government’s responsibility to step in and put a stop to such heinous crimes against humanity? No. Never in the United States of America’s history has it been our job to step in on another country’s civil war. It’s as simple as that.

Libya is at war with itself. The rebel forces may seem broken and faltering, but they are far from it. They are resilient and keep pushing for people around the world to know their actions and to hear their voices. The last thing they need while fighting for their freedom is for another country to come in and give it to them.

But it’s not like it was any of our business to start with. Libya may have had its runs with the U.S. in the past, but not in these times. The Days of Rage that sprung from Egypt’s footsteps began an uproar that has since only touched the United States in tweets and newspaper clippings. The Libyan government has not done anything to incite recoil from America, nor have the rebels. So why do we

Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be no more than 350 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.

Online Commenting E mma D epriest , depriest@esubulletin.com Americans think it’s our job to step in and help the rebels bring down their president when the outcome won’t apply to us either way? To put it bluntly, America meddles in other countries’ business.

I’m not saying that the rebels brought it upon themselves and they deserve it or anything of the sort. The countries of the Middle East recognized an extreme fault in the way that they were being treated by their rulers and they did something about it. In Tunisia and Egypt, the fall came swiftly and without pause while in Libya it is taking a little longer because their leader is relentlessly violent.

America needs to let Libya fight its own battles. If the fighting is not hurting Americans on the home front, then it does not need to send its army to be killed on Libyan soil. On March 17, the United States military bombed some of Libya’s anti-aircraft guns to provoke a cease-fire. If I expect anything of our government, it’s for that to be the only thing we do to Libya. Because if we don’t stay out of it, America will be hit with a backlash that none of us expect.

American Action Needed in Libya The Libyan revolution is a tough situation in many regards. It is understandable to be upset about America intervening in Libya as we are in two wars that have spanned half the lives of most of the students at ESU. Throughout all of this, the fact remains that the Libyan “rebels” are fighting for a cause that is not so foreign to Americans— freedom. For as much as we admire our forefathers for fighting for freedom for the American people, it is astounding that we fail to value that same right for others in the world. America did not achieve freedom from British tyranny without help. The French and Spanish aided the colonies during our push for independence. So how can Americans now diminish the importance of promoting freedom for another country when we hold the Revolutionary War in the utmost regard?

Libyan revolutionaries need our help. America as a whole cannot pick and choose when and where we can be subjective about our morals. If America stands for truth, justice and the American way, then we could not stand by and watch Muammar Gaddafi slaughter his own people. We had to act.

Besides the moral issues behind America’s involvement in Libya, it is also important to note that America is not at war with Libya. NATO forces are intervening in the Libyan conflict, of which America is a member. Yes, American troops make up a large part of NATO forces, but that is how it goes. If we are to be productive members of NATO, we must agree to aid the organization by providing support—be it resources, advice, or in this case, military aid. That is the understood agreement that goes along with being a member of NATO. If Libya becomes the democratic state that the revolutionaries want it to become, in 20 years our involvement in that process could be lauded as a major turning point in the history of the Middle East. It

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“Sucker Punch”

Ridiculous, deep, exciting and a real knockout Logan Herrera performs with the Serotonins Friday night at Mulligan’s. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin.

Zakk Lumm and Jarrett Luker of Arrowmont perform at Mulligan’s.

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C harlie H eptas

heptas@esubulletin.com It may have been April Fool’s Day, but local band The Floor is Lava was not joking around last Saturday night. The four member alternative group played for the first time at Mulligan’s, the only venue they had not yet played in Emporia, said Nick Yoho, guitarist and vocalist for the band.

“We’ve took kind of a break for awhile for school and we were pumped to get to play again,” said Colt Newkirk, drummer.

After the break the band intends to begin work on new music to add to their list and continue working on recording their current music as well.

Another Emporia band played as well, The Serotonins, a punk rock outfit. They had played Mulligan’s before and liked the experience so they were glad to get the op-

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The lead singer of The Fortress performs Mulligan’s.

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portunity to play again. They were invited

by The Floor is Lava bassist, Chandler King said Logan Herrera, bassist and vocalist for the band.

“I just thought it was cool to find another local band,” Yoho said.

The Serotonins’ new drummer, Ryan Schlotterbeck, had just started playing with the band and it was only his second show.

“We had a show two weeks ago in Pratt that was the day after our first practice with him, and it went pretty well, so we’re excited about the new line up,” said Sean Richey, guitarist and vocalist.

The Fortress, a metal band out of Lawrence, was originally booked to play with a different band at Mulligan’s on Friday, but when the other act dropped out, they opted to play with the new line up of bands.

Arrowmont, the third act of the night

and a post hardcore band out of Southeast Kansas, also had a new member. Jake Scott, the new vocalist and front man of the group, played his first show with the group.

“We pretty much scrapped all of our old music and started all over with a new sound and a new name too,” said Alex Moore, guitarist for the group.

The group shortened their name from Arrowmont Prison Riddle, to accompany their change in members and sound also.

They felt it was good to start fresh.

They plan to begin making demos of their new music as early as next week to get their new sound out to their fans.

Arrowmont, whose members have known The Floor is Lava since high school, had previously offered them a gig and had helped them get paid for it as well, said Yoho, and The Floor is Lava wanted to return the favor.

Where to begin when it comes to “Sucker Punch?”

It’s a film that plays out more like a video game than a movie, with levels containing lots of shooting and swordplay in order to reach certain objects that are usually guarded by some type of “boss” character.

However, while the most thrilling situations in the movie feature obstacles such as giant stone samurais, Nazi clockwork zombies, orcs, killer robots and one very ticked off dragon, the real antagonists are rooted in reality.

The heroine of “Sucker Punch” is never really named aside from the nick-name “Baby Doll.” She has been placed against her will into a mental institution by her abusive stepfather after she accidentally kills her younger sister while trying to shoot the stepfather.

The asylum is run by the corrupt orderly Blue Jones.

Her stepfather bribes the orderly to fake the main psychiatrist’s signature in order to have Baby Doll lobotomized so that she can neither tell the police about his abuse nor claim her recently deceased mother’s fortune.

Baby Doll creates a fantasy world where the asylum is a brothel owned by the mob where she is forced to dance. Whenever she begins to dance she transports to another world in her mind where the Wise Man, played

by Scott Glenn, tells her about five objects she must get in order to escape.

From then on out the movie depicts Baby Doll’s struggle to gain the objects necessary to gain her freedom, as well as the freedom of four other girls who join her.

When it comes to really deciding whether “Sucker Punch” is good or bad, I would have to say it’s both.

As a movie, which is to say, as just plain entertainment and action, it’s a fantastic thrill ride featuring some of the coolest special effects I’ve seen in a while and some pretty awesome fights.

If you were to look at it as a film or from a purely cinematic point of view, it’s pretty rough at times. It jumps around a great deal and a fair amount of the plot makes little to no sense at face value. Emily Browning, who plays Baby Doll, delivers a rather flat performance throughout the film.

One thing that makes up for these “flaws” is that they’re exactly what is called for in the confines of the story. When watching the movie, I had to remind myself that this girl is really in a mental institution waiting to be lobotomized after suffering through the death of her mother and sister. How much emotion could that role really have?

And as far as the nonsensical plot goes, it’s a movie that takes place within the mind of a disturbed individual trying to cope with the world around her, of course it’s not going to make perfect sense.

A final note, even with all the short skirts and partial female nudity, “Sucker Punch” gives us a team of strong women who fight for freedom against a harsh and unforgiving world. The heroines of Sucker Punch aren’t just eye-candy for fan-boys, but don’t take my word for it – go check them out for yourself.

My verdict? See it in theaters.

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Page 6 ASG... from page 1 Candidates also answered a few questions concerning improvement on ASG and the relationship between Recognized Student Organizations and their senators.

“ASG’s foundation right now is great,” Vogts said. “We want to take those positions that they set up last year in the fall, Multicultural Affairs liaison and International liaison, (and) utilize those and make them the best they can possibly be.”

Bosiljevac said they would focus on specific training for student senators and raising the standard of the student Senate.

“We will focus on each individual senator’s strength and tailor that to fit the RSOs’ needs,” Bosiljevac said. “We want to help them use their strength to benefit their RSOs to their fullest potential as well as grow themselves.”

To better utilize the potential of senators, Stauffer said when organizing a campus event, senators could talk to related RSOs that have knowledge on the subject and get the information back to ASG to make the event more successful.

To improve the relationship between senators and RSOs, both Bosiljevac and Vogts agreed that ASG should become

more approachable and utilize more cross-programming to encourage joint efforts from different organizations. “(Cross-programming) not only will help the campus as a whole because we have greater interaction within the members on campus, but also we will have better recruitment, better retention, (and) better involvement from students,” Vogts said.

Another question was asked about the benefits of bridging the communication between faculty and students. Bosiljevac said it is not always true that faculty know everything on campus.

“We can bridge the gap and facilitate the communication…we want to get to the point where it is not just us bringing the problem to administrators and faculties,” Bosiljevac said. “We are empowering other students to go to them because their message might be different than what we might bring.”

The debate ended with the candidates’ restatement of their goals. Bosiljevac said she and Stauffer aim to “connect, communicate and accomplish” to accommodate the wants of the student body.

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ASG presidential and vice presidential candidates discuss their solutions to campus problems Monday evening in the Memorial Union. Megan Gartner/The Bulletin.

“Our platform is to establish, solidify and unite,” Vogts said, “Establish faceto-face interaction between organizations and senators, solidify is to build upon the

structure that has already been started and reform the positions already in ASG – we want to unite the campus as a whole, especially the students with faculty members.”

Kansas preparing to loosen regulation of AT&T, may result in higher bills TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas appears ready to loosen its regulation of AT&T Inc. and a spokesman predicted Tuesday that the changes designed to help the state’s largest provider of local telephone service also will create a friendlier business climate and boost the economy.

But critics believe a telecommunications bill that has cleared the Legislature means higher monthly bills for thousands of Kansans who want only a single landline in their homes. Some rural legislators are the biggest skeptics.

The bill makes it easier for AT&T to avoid a state cap on rates for stand-alone, local landline service that still apply in many of the areas it serves. The measure still limits what the company can charge poor families in a state “lifeline” program and says prices for basic local service in rural areas can’t be higher than rates in urban areas.

The bill won final legislative approval last week by votes of 98-25 in the House and 31-7 in the Senate, and the measure heads next to Gov. Sam Brownback. His staff has said he’s reviewing it carefully but hasn’t given any indication he has problems with it. If he signs the bill, the changes take effect July 1.

DAWN... from page 1 the school since we’re still a new organization,” Nelson said.

Sean McConville, sophomore theater major, said the event really helped raise cancer awareness and felt that participating in these events was important.

“I don’t know how much awareness there is

AT&T spokesman Aaron Catlin said the legislation is “probably overdue” in a rapidly changing telecommunications market. He also said neighboring states, including Missouri, already have taken similar steps.

“Over-regulation basically strangles innovation and investment,” he said. “It is a meaningful step toward a good policy that’s conducive for investment in the state.”

But the state Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board, representing residential utility customers and small businesses, argued that consumers get little other than rate increases for basic local landline service. CURB attorney Steve Rarrick said AT&T’s rates will be deregulated even in areas where it faces no real competition.

“AT&T is essentially deregulated statewide with no showing of competition at all,” Rarrick said. “That isn’t in the public interest.”

A 2006 state law deregulated prices for bundles of services that include wireless, Internet access, cable television or other video. It also deregulated prices for local landline service in AT&T’s biggest exchanges, for Kansas City, Topeka and Wich-

around children’s cancer, you always think about diseases in adults, you usually don’t think of children, so this is a great way to spread awareness,” said Casey McCabe, junior theater major.

McCabe said that an event that had such importance deserved to be well attended and wished more people were there to support the event and its cause.

Abstracts being accepted for Research & Creativity Day Deadline is April 8 April 8 is the deadline for entries for oral presentations and poster exhibits for Research & Creativity Day, scheduled for April 21. This year the annual Research & Creativity Forum is being combined with the undergraduate Research & Creativity Day, to include undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate students may submit abstracts for an oral presentation or a poster, or both. Faculty are invited to submit entries for a poster or other exhibit for the poster session.

Oral presentations are approximately 15 minutes in length and will be scheduled for the morning of April 21. The poster session will be held in the afternoon at the Sauder Alumni Center, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided for all participants.

Awards will be given for student posters, faculty posters, and collaborative posters. An award ceremony will follow the poster session. All student participants will receive a t-shirt.

This event is being sponsored by the University Honors Program, the Research and Grants Center, and the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Committee. All abstracts, including those for posters, should be submitted at the following web site: http://emporia. edu/honors/rcd.htm. We are excited by the opportunity to combine these two events into one Research and Creativity Day. This is an opportunity for the campus to celebrate the excellent research, creative and scholarly activities being conducted by our students and faculty. Please encourage your students and colleagues to participate, and don’t forget to mark your calendars for April 21.

ita.

The same law said the Kansas Corporation Commission, which regulates utilities, could deregulate prices for local service in an exchange at a provider’s request, if the company showed competition existed.

A KCC report in February showed 59 of AT&T’s exchanges have been deregulated and 75 remain under a price cap, most of which have fewer than 5,000 landlines.

The cap limits annual rate increases for a single, stand-alone residential landline and up to four business landlines to the rate of inflation.

The bill says when a local service provider has a majority of its landlines in deregulated exchanges, it can apply to have prices in all of them deregulated. So far, only AT&T qualifies.

Supporters note that consumers are moving away from landlines as wireless use increases.

The KCC report said the number of wireless subscribers in Kansas grew by 37 percent between December 2005 and December 2009, to almost 2.5 million. AT&T has about 560,000 landlines, down from nearly 900,000 in 2005.

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Regents oppose abolishing Kan-ed C harlie H eptas

heptas@esubulletin.com The Kansas Board of Regents has opposed recent legislation attempting to remove Kan-ed from the state.

“Kan-ed will be the leader in facilitating statewide technology solutions for Higher Education Institutions, Hospitals, K-12 Schools, and Libraries,” according to the Kan-ed website. The purpose of Kan-ed is to seek further collaboration and information delivery and to keep Kansans competitive in the global technology environment.

Andy Tompkins, president and CEO of KBOR, testified before the House General Government Committee saying that Kaned should be a celebrated success story and not a cut program.

“If successful, this legislation would make Kansas the only state in the nation without a statewide educational network, and it results in no savings to the state general fund. The widespread support of Kan-ed by its users was clearly evident at this morning’s hearing, and I truly hope committee members take their compelling testimony to heart,” Tompkins said in the hearing.

Kan-ed was set in place by legislation in 2001 and is administered by KBOR. It offers high speed internet access through deals brokered with local Internet providers as well as offering video conferencing capabilities and aids distance learning. It also provides institutions with access to outside databases, said Tompkins in the hearing.

“Kan-ed provides an opportunity for

MOLD... from page 1 because you did not remedy the roof leaks, the inadequate HVAC, the ridiculously high humidity levels and the filth problems in the building. We stand to lose some very valuable collections or a lot of money in recovering the collection because the facilities at Anderson have not been maintained for the past 4 years.

The only thing you can do to help at the moment is to find me a large, clean space capable of maintaining 50 degree temperatures and 20% humidity for a few weeks. That would dry out the mold on the collections. and arrange to transport the moldy collections to that clean space. Then, we would need a lot of back-up HEPA filters for our vacuum cleaner, and a few book and document vacuums, and about 2 years of labor for my full staff to vacuum every page and every book cover that is covered by mold. Then we would need to move the cleaned collections into a facility with HVAC and cleanliness standards that are preservation-friendly.

Or, (the better option) we would have to outsource the whole clean-up process to a company that has the capabilities and equipment to recover our collections more efficiently.”

Wade said in a recent interview that she’s currently waiting for a quote to have the job outsourced.

“We had one vendor come out and take a look at the situation and try to come up with a quote but we haven’t gotten a quote yet and I can’t even imagine what a quote would be, what the number would be,” Wade said.

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our small colleges to combine with other Kansas educational institutions to share services together at a price we could not obtain individually,” said Jerry Smith, the executive director of the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas, in a press release for KBOR. The program aids the most with the facilities that have the least access to internet.

It has connected 443 institutions across Kansas, 238 of those being schools, according to the website.

House Bill 2390, the bill to eliminate Kan-ed, would terminate all the established contracts of these institutions as well as the programs funding. The program is funded through the Kansas Universal Service Fund at $10 million annually. This number has not changed since the inception of the

Faculty pass intellectual property bill K enzie T empleton news@esubulletin.com A bill regarding the intellectual property of Emporia State employees was passed as amended, 24-1, at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting in Visser Hall. The bill applies to all full or part-time employees, including student employees, creating intellectual property while under contract with ESU. The six page bill states, “The University has no rights in any intellectual property that is created solely as a result of the employee’s own creative and intellectual effort, time, resources, and money.”

The Senate also voted to pass a resolution that would create a Tuition Waiver/Assistance Program for ESU classified/unclassified spouses and dependents. Carol Russell, former president of Faculty Senate and professor of early childhood development and elementary teacher education, said the project has been in the works since 2003.

One concern among the senators was that only “lawful spouses” are eligible for the

benefits of the resolution, domestic partners not included.

“There’s going to have to be more work done on this for the specifics, and that (partners) would be one of the specifics, but as far as the resolution’ saying, we do support some place to start,” Russell said.

Additionally, Joella Mehrhof, president of Faculty Senate, said President of ESU Michael Lane signed two bills previously passed by the Senate including FSB 10006, Modification of the Academic Calendar, and FSB 10007, Modification of the Academic Dishonesty Policy.

Three new bills were on first hearing at the meeting.

Dwight Moore, chair of the academic affairs committee and associate professor of biology, introduced a bill that would change the university’s final examination policy.

The current policy states, “the final examination period shall begin on Monday following the completion of 75 teaching days.”

But Moore said this line needs to change since the academic calendar was recently

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Tompkins said that cutting the program would offer no savings to the state and if allowed to continue would help follow Gov. Sam Brownback’s “Road Map for Kansas” by giving more areas access to broadband internet connections. Cutting the program would also affect jobs in Kansas.

In a review of the program done by the Technology Excellence in Education Network they found that Kan-ed offered great distance learning opportunities and found that students benefited from having other points of view that they would not normally receive.

Tompkins said Kan-ed offers “high quality, cost effective, high-speed broadband access” to people anywhere in the state.

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Some senators questioned the requirement of a final exam since some upper level courses have major paper assignments.

“The policy says you have to meet during the final exam – you don’t have to give an exam but you have to meet,” Moore said. “You could have cookies and milk if you want to, but you have to meet.”

Moore introduced another bill that encompasses the university’s policy on scholastic standing for undergraduate students. Currently, Moore said there are five separate sections in the University Policy Manual on academic standing, only one of which that has ever been addressed by the Faculty Senate. This proposal puts all five of those sections under one, specific bill.

The bill addresses satisfactory academic progress for financial aid, good scholastic standing, scholastic probation, required withdrawal and

re-admittance after required withdrawal.

Moore said about onefourth of the students in the Student Advising Center were below a 2.0 GPA at the end of the 2010 fall semester.

“Those students were not on probation under the current policy nor would they be on this policy, but still there’s a considerable number who are underachieving... this is also under pressure from federal guidelines that students need to be held to a higher standard for financial aid,” Moore said.

Another bill that applies to students enrolled in developmental courses whose skills in the areas of reading, writing or mathematics need to be improved was on its first hearing.

“These are the zero hundred classes like MA095, MA098, EG001 and EL072,” Moore said. “These are developmental courses that do not count toward graduation but students are often required to take based on a variety of assessments.”

The bill would replace the current Developmental Course Guidelines in the University Policy Manual.

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Top MIAA team battles wind, gets win

UCM sweep pushes ESU to top C hris D vorak

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B randon S chneeberger sports@esubulletin.com

With the wind playing a huge factor, the Emporia State baseball team finished a four game series against the Mavs of NebraskaOmaha Sunday, defeating UNO 10-5. After falling behind 0-2 in the series, the Hornets rebounded winning the final two games.

“I think it’s a huge win for us this year,” said Head Coach Bob Fornelli. “Because it’s the first time we’ve lost two in a row. To come out today and compete and give ourselves a chance to win is huge for the rest of the year.”

Neither team wasted time getting on the board as the Mavs opened up with one run in the first inning followed by two Hornet runs off an unearned run by Kevin Wempe and a run by Andy Cotton off of an RBI from Joe Vaskas.

The Mavs responded again in the second inning on a sacrifice fly to tie the game up at two runs apiece before Vaskas struck again with the first homerun of the game giving ESU a 3-2 lead.

“He threw me a breaking ball, and I put a good swing on it,” Vaskas said. “I knew the wind was carrying out well, so anything in the air had a chance to get out for anybody on the team.”

The Hornets added two more runs off a UNO error on what should have been a routine fly ball opportunity. ESU took the three run lead into the fourth and extended their lead to six runs after Dillon Hazlett’s homerun to right field brought Wempe home.

“When I hit it, right off the bat I was like, ‘that’s probably foul,’ and then I looked up and it was blowing back fair and it stayed straight… the wind helped me out on that one a little bit,” Hazlett said.

ESU added two more runs to the lead in the bottom of the sixth.

Though the Mavs would respond with three runs in the top of the eighth, the Hornets held them off for the 10-5 victory.

For the series, the Hornets went 2-2 with the Mavs after dropping the first two games. ESU dropped the series opener on Friday 2-8 before splitting Saturday’s doubleheader. The Hornets lost the first game 2-5 but rebounded with an 8-6 victory in the second.

ESU is now 22-3 on the season and ranked first in the MIAA.

NEXT GAME 6 p.m. tomorrow Glennen Field four game series v.

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Emporia State sophomore Taylor Reichard throws for an out at first base against Central Missouri Tuesday afternoon at Turnbull Field. The Hornets won the double header 2-1.76. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin

After sweeping the University of Central Missouri 2-1 and 7-6 in a double header on Tuesday, the Emporia State softball team put itself into the lead of the MIAA conference. The Hornets are now one game up on The University of Nebraska-Omaha and broke their tie record with UCM. “Our goal this year is to win conference and to kind of go on from there. Right now we are more focused on Lincoln this weekend than who is number one in the league,” said Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner. “There are several good teams at the top of the (conference) right now…. We just have to focus on what we’re going to do this weekend… so we have to be ready for that first game on Friday.”

The first win the Hornets had over UCM was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning. After Abby Hughes hit a double and was advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, she eventually made it home after Kaitlin Martin hit an RBI single.

UCM did not respond with a run until the top of the sixth.

The Hornets earned the win when Martin was up with two outs and hit a home run. ESU held the score for the seventh inning to win the game.

“I felt like I made good contact with (the ball). I just didn’t know if it had enough to beat the wind,” Martin said. “I was at least hoping that they wouldn’t catch it and I could get the double.”

With one win up on UCM, the Hornets looked to repeat the outcome and get another smooth win. However, the game was anything but easy as UCM tied the game four times, answering every run the Hornets made but never taking the lead. The Hornets won the game in the seventh inning as UCM was unable to advance their runners, stranding two.

“The biggest thing about the (second) game was it was an offensive showdown…. Neither team gave up the whole time.

The biggest thing was that we got that extra run that they didn’t,” Bredbenner said. “Those games are fun, but I think I aged a couple years… When you come away with a win, those games are worth it.”

The playmaker for the Hornets was senior infielder Angela Mahan, who hit two big home runs in the game, one in the fourth and the other a lead-off home run in the sixth that broke the tie.

“I was just trying, just trying to be more aggressive after the first game. I wasn’t so successful in the (first) game,” Mahan said. “We had a rough day on defense, but it’s nice to know that you can get a win and come back after that.”

The Hornets are now 26-7 overall and 7-1 in the MIAA. They look now to travel to Jefferson City, Mo., this Friday.

Tennis splits duel against William Jewell C hris D vorak

dvorak@esubulletin.com Facing off against William Jewell, the Emporia State men’s and women’s tennis teams split victories in a long match. The women were able to pull off the win five matches to four against William Jewell.

The men had a tougher time, losing all their matches but number three doubles who won in a tie breaker. “(For) the women, it was great to come out and sweep the doubles. That was huge. We knew that this was a tough team, and we needed to win some of the doubles and going into the singles,” said Head Coach John Cayton. “The men had the two doubles team switched up just before the match. We didn’t know what we were going to come out with.

We knew the number three guys played together before, and they came away with the win, kept us in there and gave us a chance.”

Sweeping the doubles matches, the women put themselves into an early match lead over William Jewell. In singles, number one freshman Nicole Jara, number five sophmore Alex Crowe and number six senior Kristen Ford all lost in their third tiebreaker sets.

Fortunately for the Hornets, number

Nine provisional qualifiers at Spring Open

After Saturday’s meet, the Hornets’ 400m relay team now has the third best time in the nation with their time of 40.79. The Hornets earned nine provisional qualifiers overall Saturday at the Spring Open. Derwin Hall (100m), Josh Schuler (200m), Josh Honeycutt (triple jump) and Kevin Roulhac (discus) all won their respective events earning provisional qualifiers for the men.

The women were able to earn three provisional qualifiers with Deja Jackson winning the discus throw with a throw of 149-10 that currently leads the MIAA and ranks fourth in the nation. Ashley Watkins earned her personal best in the javelin throw and is currently ranked third all-time at ESU. In the pole vault, both Sonya Schement and Alaina Fairbanks tied for the win.

two senior Amanda Morris won her match and junior Shea Schmidt won hers by default when her opponent dropped out with an injury.

“I felt like we really picked it up in doubles and came out with the 3-0 lead and that gave us a good strength going into singles,” Morris said. “I was happy the way I played and was able to close out the match, and I was glad we got other singles wins so we could lock this thing in.”

The only winners on the men’s side were number three doubles junior Matt Van Horn and sophomore Mitch Kibbe who won in a tiebreaker set.

“We got down early, and we didn’t come out as strong as we should have.

We knew as a team we should beat them,” Van Horn said. “We really fought back and worked hard and fundamental, and that’s what really got us back into it and won it.”

Freshman Nathan Wehrman was the only player to win a set and go to a tie breaker for the men.

“In the singles, we got outplayed at every position,” Cayton said. “They jumped on top of us on each court, and as a result, they got all those singles. We just need to do better against Truman on Friday.”

SPORTS SHORTS Hornets roll over Friends in tennis

Both the men and the women Emporia State Tennis teams swept Friends University on Monday despite the weather making things difficult. On a day that once again saw strong wind gusts, the women defeated friends 9-0 while the men won their match 6-3.

The men were able to climb above .500 on the year in singles matches as they won four out of the six to go 5-4 on the year. The men, who allowed just three match victories

by Friends, saw Andrew Konetzni and Matt Van Horn go 6-2, 6-3 in their singles matches.

For the women, both Abby Morris and Somer Schmidt went 6-0, 6-0 to win their singles matches.

After their match Wednesday against William Jewel, the Hornets will play Truman on April 8 at the EHS courts.

Emporia State senior Nick Stiefer returns a serve during a doubles match against William Jewell Wednesday afternoon at the Emporia High tennis courts. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin

ESU splits with Tigers, sweeps Blues

The Emporia State softball team split a double-header in Hays before sweeping Washburn in Topeka last Thursday and Friday.

The Hornets won the first in a double-header against the Tigers of Fort Hays State 4-3 and then dropped the second of the two games 2-7.

On Friday, the Hornets traveled to Topeka to play in the Turnpike Tussle. The Hornets came away with two wins and did not allow the Lady Blues to score any runs as they won the first game 9-0 in five innings and the second 3-0.

Lauren Sharp earned the win in the second game allowing just four hits in over five innings.