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Diacon aims to ‘cheerlead’ for ESU C harlie H eptas news@esubulletin.com Emporia State’s second presidential candidate, Todd Diacon, deputy chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke at an open forum Tuesday, giving thoughtful answers to questions from the campus and community.

“My number one task and goal and job is to be Cheerleader-inChief for the university,” Diacon said. “We need to have a president that goes out and tells the public what is going on here at the university.”

Diacon said he currently heads the “town and gown relationship” between the university and com-

munity in Mass., and that he will focus on the importance of this relationship at ESU if he appointed president.

“Improvements to the town will improve the university… it will make it more attractive to students and on the opposite side, improving the university is also good for the town,” Diacon said.

“Ideally you ought to be able to fashion a series of win-wins for town and for gown.”

Diacon said he was looking for new employment because the contract of the chancellor he is currently working under was not renewed. As a result, Diacon said he is looking for a new position and is interested in one in Kansas.

“For most of my administrative

career I’ve looked for opportunities to get back to Kansas,” Diacon said. “I’m a native Kansan, I’m from Wellington… and I’ve always admired the Kansas approach to education.”

“If you’re in higher education in general… and you don’t like being around students you’re in the wrong job. I have the greatest job in the world because I’m around really interesting students.”

Diacon said he considers himself a good listener and wants those who come to him with an issue to walk out with the feeling that they had truly been heard and that he had considered every option.

“I thought he was refreshing,”

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Todd Diacon, presidential finalist, answers faculty and student questions at the open forum Tuesday afternoon in Webb Hall. Diacon said his own experiences and the experiences of those he has known, when it comes to Emporia State, have always been positive. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

An Unlikely Hero

Veterans Day founded on an uncle’s love T ianhai J iang jiang@esubulletin.com

Private First Class John Eugene Cooper in his military uniform. Photo courtesy of Loren Pennington.

Private First Class John Eugene Cooper, an Emporian whose death led to the founding of Veterans Day, was an unlikely hero.

“He had not been in some heroic action – he was just one of the casualties of the battle,” said Loren Pennington, ESU emeritus professor of history who runs the Veterans Roundtable each year.

Pennington said Cooper was a happy and easygoing guy.

Because he looked like Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, Cooper was commonly known as “Bull” Cooper.

Cooper was born in Emporia in 1916, according Aaron Bura, a military order of the Purple Heart chaplain. When he was 2 years old, Cooper’s mother died, and he went to live with his grandmother and worked at the shoe repair shop of his uncle Alvin King.

In the 1930s, according to Bura, Cooper volunteered for Emporia’s National Guard Company B of the 137th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division, as the oldest member. He and the other 121 members of Company B were called to active duty on Dec. 23, 1940.

They took part in several maneuvers in central Tenn., and went to West Virginia for three weeks of mountain training. The training seemed to indicate that they were headed for the Italian

front, but they were not.

By July 1944, they landed in France and were almost immediately involved in the hedgerow fighting, Normandy breakout and the advance across France, according to Bura. Soon after their landing, Cooper was wounded, and for this he received his first Purple Heart.

When Company B was near the German border, the German forces started to fight back, leading to the Battle of the Bulge.

On Dec. 20, the 1st Battalion was repeatedly attacked, and Company B had two German S.S. companies infiltrate its positions. The attack was held off by one squad of Company B until a friendly tank was brought up and the combined fire of the infantry and tank drove the enemy from the position.

“During the fighting, Private Cooper (was in a foxhole),” Bura said. “A German artillery shell came over, struck a tree branch directly over Private Cooper’s head, exploded, and Private Cooper was killed by the shrapnel.”

But it was not until midMarch the next year that his family learned of his death, Bura said. His uncle, Alvin King, was particularly devastated by the news.

“Some people think Alvin King was a shoe repairman, so he was a humble citizen,” Pennington said. “No, he was more than that. He was kind of a leader in the community, and he

did all kinds of things.”

King took a special interest in Company B and its reunions, and in the early 1950s he conceived the idea of changing Armistice Day, Nov. 11, which honored America’s veterans of World War I, to Veterans Day, to honor the veterans of all America’s wars.

On Nov. 11, 1953, while the rest of America observed Armistice Day, Emporia held the first Veterans Day. In 1954, Congressman Reece of Emporia introduced a bill into the House of Representatives to change Armistice Day to Veterans Day. The bill passed the House and Senate and was signed by President Dwight Eisenhower. On Nov. 11, 1954, America observed its first national Veterans Day, and Emporia has since been recognized by Congress as the Founding City of Veterans Day in the United States.

King died in 1960.

At the roundtable in 2008, Cooper was posthumously awarded his second Purple Heart.

The medal was given to Cooper’s surviving nephews.

“John Eugene Cooper was a single American serviceman,” said Vice Commander Edward L. Van Vickle during the presentation, “but let him stand for all American servicemen and servicewomen who have served the nation in America’s wars and who are honored each year on Veterans Day.”

$7.5 million promised Film festival highlights eating habits T ianhai J iang jiang@esubulletin.com More $7 million in new scholarships will be available to incoming freshman and transfer students next fall under an initiative announced yesterday by the Emporia State University Foundation.

“Emporia State has always been an affordable school, and this will make Emporia State even more affordable,” said interim President H. Edward Flentje at a press conference at the Sauder Alumni Center.

The new program is part of an aggressive marketing plan to recruit new students, officials said. ESU had a 4.6 percent decrease in fall enrollment, the largest drop of any Kansas Board of Regents institution.

“It’s a really good thing that’s

finally getting done,” said Luke Drury, junior political science major and legislative director of ASG. “I think it should help with our recruitment, and I think it should definitely give Emporia more of an advantage now when it comes to competing with the other state schools.

So it would be great to see this succeed, as long as it can be maintained.”

The new program was announced by the ESU Foundation’s Board of Trustees Chair, Lana Oleen, and interim President Flentje. The scholarships are expected to come in part from a fundraising drive to be held in connection with the 150th anniversary of Emporia State, to culminate in 2013, according to Oleen.

On average, ESU receives

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What gives you the fuel you need to carry out bodily functions? Unless you have learned how to photosynthesize, it’s food.

In honor of food, The General Education Council and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is hosting the first ever Food Film Festival. “ The reason we are doing the Food Film Festival is to try to get students to look at the different aspects of reality from the food perspective,” said Jon Leach, graduate teaching assistant. “It helps students understand that even though we have these separations of academic disciplines, it is all the same base of human knowledge that is interconnected.”

The festival started Monday with a showing of the documen-

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Students perform smorgasbord of skits tonight The Pantomime and Nontraditional Theater Society will present a one time, hour long performance at 5 p.m. tonight in the Frederickson Theater in Roosevelt Hall.

The show, titled “Are You Saying There’s a Party in Your Pants,” is based on the concept by Greg Allen, Neo-Futurist. The ensemble, comprised of eight ESU students, has created 30 completely unrelated skits that will be performed in order according to the audience and they must be done in 60 minutes.

The audience will be handed a “menu” that has the titles of the skits accompanied by their numbers. Participants will shout out a number, and the first number that the ensemble hears is the skit they will perform.

The event is free and open to the public.

International Education Week provides look into foreign cultures International Education Week will run next Monday through Friday and will feature tables in the Memorial Union each day with information on the Office of International Education, Study Abroad and Worldview.

Special events during the week will include a showing of “The God of Cookery,” at 7 p.m. on Monday in Science Hall room 72; a concert at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Heath Recital Hall; a showing of “What’s Cooking?” at 7 p.m. on Thursday and a potluck dinner hosted by Black Student Union; and a contra dance at 7 p.m. on Friday in the recreation center gym.

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday at the William Allen White Library, members of the Saudi Club will provide a special look into Arabian culture and folklore. Members plan to serve Maamoul, traditional cookies and different varieties of baklava along with Arabian coffee and tea.

They will also present artifacts from the Middle East, perform the art of the Arabic language, provide a presentation about Islam by the Muslim Student Association, and provide henna tattooing sessions, among other activities including music, dance and sports.

ESU to host annual “Battle of the Brains” IT competition Students from Emporia State, Baker University, Barton Community College, Bethel College and Kansas State University will compete for a spot as one of the 100 teams to attend the IMB-Sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals in Warsaw, Poland this spring.

On Saturday, teams of three students from each college will go head-to-head on the ESU campus in this regional “Battle of the Brains.” This year’s regional competitions are expected to attract tens of thousands of students from universities in approximately 90 countries on six continents.

The students will combine their brain power, applying their programming skills and maintaining their mental endurance to solve complex, real-world problems under a five hour deadline. The competition is equivalent to completing a semester’s worth of computer programming in one afternoon.

The team that solves the most problems correctly in the least amount of time will win a spot on the World Finals roster. ESU has one team competing.

Since the IBM sponsorship began in 1997, the number of students participating has increased 1,000 percent, from 2,520 to almost 25,000 contestants worldwide.

Police Reports Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department The Bulletin has not received any police reports from campus Police and Safety since Oct. 30. TCS has recently migrated Police and Safety’s email accounts to a new system, and The Bulletin’s email address was lost in the move, according to Chris Hoover, captain of campus police. Hoover said TCS is working to resolve the issue.

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Search for new director of resident life S usan W elte welte@esubulletin.com

Residential life has been without a director since September, when previous director Cass Coughlin resigned to accept a position at another university.

Last Tuesday the first of two finalists for the position, Wade Redeker, assistant principal at Emporia Middle School, spoke at an open forum on campus. On Monday, the second named finalist, Jimmy Hubbard, also spoke on campus. Hubbard said he has been the community director for residential life at the University of Alabama for the past four years.

He said one of the factors that first attracted him to ESU was the size. While the University of Alabama is home to approximately 31,000 students, Hubbard said he was ready to return to a smaller school setting.

“I like the experience of being on campus and being able to recognize students and being able to say hello to them in the cafeteria and hallways and call them by name,” Hubbard said.

During the forum, Hubbard gave a presentation explaining his ideals and hopes as ESU’s potential residential life director. His philosophy within a university setting includes providing basic security and safety needs, giving confidence to students, and most importantly, academic growth.

AIMS... from page 1 said Rob Catlett, assistant professor of economics. “He didn’t always want to tell us what we wanted to hear, but he was honest. His greatest strengths were his listening skills and his vision.”

Diacon said ESU already “walks the walk” but needs to “talk the talk” to recruit more students and help aid enrollment figures. He said that the university could not please everyone all the time, but should focus on its

“I see what we do in resident life as building blocks,” Hubbard said.

“Everything is student focused. My main goal is to make sure we are fulfilling education.”

As educators, one of the firm and most important roles is to set students up for success, Hubbard said.

“We are there to provide as much as we can to help them be successful in their endeavors,” Hubbard said.

“We have to stop and think what we want them to accomplish and how we want them to get there.”

An ideal applicant demonstrates “excellent leadership, vision, and communication skills, the ability to work collaboratively,” according to the job announcement.

“We need someone who is comfortable interacting with (resident assistants) and residents and who will be visible on campus,” said Tayler Wash, sophomore secondary education major and search committee member. “We need someone who will be moving forward.”

The role of residential life includes integrating students into campus community and learning how to function being away from home the first time, said Mike Wise, director of recreational services. They let students know what resources are available on campus and make sure their transition into college is a successful one.

“Residential life plays a large role as far as retaining students,” Wise said. “If they’re not available

strengths.

He said that while it is important to maintain diversity at the university, the teacher’s college is ESU’s strong point, and it needs to be marketed as such.

“I thought Mr. Diacon presented himself very well,” said Jeff Longbine, state senator and Emporia resident and business owner. “I thought there was a lot of substance in his comments. I was very pleased with his desire to have a transparent and inclusive dialogue with not only students

Jimmy Hubbard, one of two candidates for the director of residential life, speaks with ESU staff and students during an open forum on Monday. The selection committee will present hiring recommendations by Thanksgiving and hope to have the new director in place by January 2012. John Henningsen/The Bulletin

to provide students with services for them to achieve their goals and cannot mentor them to keep them engaged on campus, then (students) are not going to be satisfied with the university.”

The search committee says they hope to declare a new director by the end of November. Wise said ideally the new director will be on campus by January.

and faculty, but with the community.”

The next two presidential candidates will be on campus for open forums on Nov. 14 and 21 in Webb Hall. To submit feedback to the search committee, submit a survey that can be found on ESU’s homepage.

Once all candidates have been introduced to the Emporia community, the search committee will make its final recommendation to the Kansas Board of Regents. KBOR plans to appoint the next president and have them in office by January.

Let Europe solve its debt, GOP candidates say ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls agreed Wednesday night that Europe’s countries should rise or fall on their own without any American bailout and warned that failing to cut budget deficits at home will doom the U.S. economy to the same sort of crisis that now plagues Greece and Italy.

Though sexual harassment allegations facing Herman Cain have dominated news coverage of the Republican campaign for more than a week, the debate focused almost entirely on economic worries and proposed solutions.

“Europe is able to take care of their own problems. We don’t want to step in and bail out their banks and their economies,” former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said as he and GOP

rivals met for the first time in three weeks in campaign debate.

Even so, he said the United States should continue contributing to organizations like the International Monetary Fund that are working to prevent a meltdown in troubled economies overseas., Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was more emphatic about Europe’s debt. “You have to let it liquidate. We took 40 years to build up this worldwide debt,” he added.

Cain said there wasn’t much the United States could do to directly to help Italy at present because the economy there is in such difficult shape. “We need to focus on the economy or we will fail,” he said, referring to the U.S. and calling for spending cuts, a strong dollar and measures to stimulate growth.

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Roundtable brings Vietnam memories to veterans T ianhai J iang jiang@esubulletin.com

Sergeant-Major Larry Gales shares with audience members his personal experiences during the Vietnam War at the 2011 Veteran’s Roundtable in Webb Hall Thursday evening. His speech touched on experiences with Agent Orange and being part of the Big Red One, an infantry division in the United States Army. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin

When Emporia State opened its annual Veterans Roundtable on “The Vietnam Experience” last Thursday, it brought old memories to the veterans and new perspectives to the students. Over 100 people joined the meeting.

“I just like to be around people that were there,” said Bob Robison, who served as an adviser to the Vietnamese in 1970 and graduated from ESU with a master’s in mental health counseling in 1995. “It’s a kind of comfort, reassurance, to see how everybody’s doing because you talk to most people and they have no idea of what you are talking about, but these people know.”

Two speakers at the meeting were Sergeant-Major Larry Gales, who served in Vietnam in 1965-66 and 1968-69, and Corporal Russ Estes, who served in the First Infantry Division, nicknamed “The Big Red One,” in 1968-69. “(There was a day when) I was badly wounded, and I was trying to keep others alive,” said Captain Douglas McGaw, mod-

erator of the meeting. “There was one young man who was unconscious, and I got him breathing again, but found out later he died in the hospital. So that really broke my heart.”

Veterans brought back their memories of combat, the smell and the Vietnamese people.

“I spent a lot of my time in the mountains, (and there were) about six or seven of us,” said Mike Andersen, a veteran who served to the west of My Lai in Vietnam in 1970. “They just took us out, dropped us off, gave me a map, and said ‘You are at point A and in three days we are going to pick you up at point B,’ and then they’d fly a plane over once a day to see if we were still alive.”

The Roundtable, as a part of Emporia’s annual All Veterans Tribute, is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Social Sciences and the Lyon County Historical Society and Archives & Museums.

“I think it’s important to remember what (the veterans) did for their country,” Robison said, “but I think it also reminds us there’s a terrible cost. I don’t mean money, but a

terrible cost in lives, and maybe because we do these things, maybe we’ll be slower to go to war – we’ll think first. There’s usually better ways to solve our differences than bullets and bombs.”

But veterans were not the only audience who were attracted to the discussion.

“It’s very interesting and very informative,” said John Dougherty, freshman integrated studies major. “I really enjoyed how it brought people with all sorts of different experiences into the same room.”

Dougherty asked what the soldier’s experiences with the Vietnamese citizens were in the discussion session and got answers from several veterans.

“What impressed me most was that I got to hear more about the soldier’s perspective of the country, and of combat. It’s not something I’ve ever heard a firsthand account of before.”

Dougherty said.

T here will be a USO show at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in Albert Taylor Hall in honor of Veterans Day. Tickets are free and can be picked up at the Chamber of Commerce, 719 Commercial St.

Campus veterans group offers supports for students M egan N olan nolan@esubulletin.com

Newly elected president of the Student Veterans Association and junior rehabilitation major, Jed Bent speaks at the monthly meeting Monday. The newly formed RSO meets the first Monday of every month at 11 am.

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The Student Veterans Association was formed not only as a way to spread information about veterans, but also to offer a support system for those who have served at Emporia State.

“What we are trying to do for our veterans is raise awareness,” said Jed Bent, junior rehabilitation major. “Let them know that they have a support system.”

The SVA was formed last semester, but the students who drafted the constitution graduated in spring. Bent was then offered the position to head the group.

Bent is not a veteran himself, but he said he grew up in a military family, with family on both sides in the military for gen-

erations. This is why someone reached out to Jed to make the RSO happen.

“I am part of a special unit,” said Molly Milakovich, senior nursing major and 15-year vet.

“We are one a five year rotation, but we could be called anytime.

If they need someone in the medic field they can call us and we go.”

While the group does not have anything planned for Veterans Day, they do have some activities lined up to help raise awareness. They served cake in the Union last Thursday and are planning to look into what grants they can receive in order to bring guest speakers to campus.

“There were only four people that showed up for the meeting (on Monday), but there are more who have shown interest, but

couldn’t attend the meeting,” Bent said. “I think there will be about eight to ten people in all.”

But the club is not just for veterans. It is open to all people –friends, family, veterans and anyone who wants to help out and support student veterans.

“I know everyone is busy, they have a busy life, I understand that… I just want everyone to come and check us out because we could be so much stronger with your help,” said Brad Harzman, graduate student in music education.

With Veterans Day drawing near, the group could provide an opportunity to show support to local veterans.

“This is a chance for everyone to get the opportunities that I have had over half my life, being in the military,” Harzman said.

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Words to Chew On This month, ESU has and will be featuring several movies about food. It seems like a funthemed and progressive way to promote health consciousness.

The first movie shown was the documentary “Super Size Me.” If you haven’t seen or heard of it, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock volunteered to experiment with his body and find out what would happen if he ate McDonald’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 30 days.

Although one-sided, this movie was based on current-at-the-time statistics and reliable information. He attempted to show the impact that fast food chains have on our lives – sociologically, physically, economically, etc.

Having seen the movie, a few members of The Bulletin staff have noticed one particular company that Spurlock criticized as being a cheap and low-quality food caterer – Sodexo.

Sound familiar? It should.

Sodexo provides all of the slop that fills ESU’s troughs.

Though we appreciate the fact that Sodexo is probably keeping our tuition lower than it could be, isn’t it a little scary that we are being fed by a company that, in addition to being a primary caterer to prisons, has been publicly criticized for its poor quality?

The Bulletin is keeping in mind that “Super Size Me” is seven years old, and that Sodexo, as well as the fast food industry,

have no doubt made a move toward healthier menus. But this doesn’t change the fact that America is still one of the unhealthiest nations in the world.

We, as college students, are at a crucial point in our lives where we are finally able to make up our own minds about what goes into our mouths. But until we are released from the clutches of a meal plan, our free will is limited by the food options the cafeteria provides. Which, honestly, aren’t the healthiest in the world.

Case in point - pizza. All the time.

Even beyond the cafeteria, college students feel constrained by time, which “limits” us to the fast foods.

Thanks to Sesame Street, we know that cookies are a “sometimes snack.” But who will stand by to remind us that “McGangbangs” should also be eaten in moderation – no sober person should consume one.

We’d like to take a moment to beg you, fellow students, to think about what you are putting into your body.

If we can’t eat healthily, we should exercise.

If we can’t exercise, we should at least resist fast food. Get a physical. Just do something.

And remember that we aren’t always going to be young, spry and indestructible. Develop healthy habits that will carry beyond college and prosper.

Dia-Can, but Sham-Rocks Todd Diacon, the second finalist for ESU’s presidency, paid us a visit this week, and I attended the open forum.

Similar to Michael “Shamrock” Shonrock, the first finalist to visit, he had an appealing level of experience and similar generic, encouraging responses to the same questions that had been asked last week.

Unlike Shonrock, he was not as bubbly, humorous or personable. And, more importantly, there were a couple red flags that went off when he answered questions.

First, when asked what he would do to market ESU as more than a teacher’s college, Diacon responded that ESU should know what its strengths are, and focus on and advertise those strengths.

He summed it up with, “We can’t be all things to all people.”

This rubbed me the wrong way. He made it sound like he would simply give up on the programs that weren’t already spectacular. He was right, though – we can’t be all things to all people.

But it doesn’t mean we should forget about our lesser-known degree programs. If we don’t advertise and encourage growth in other fields, how will they ever fulfill their potential of excellence?

Second, he repeatedly referred to his love of history. How could he resist? He is thoroughly educated in the field, has years of experience and is a Fulbright Scholar. And while that is all very wonderful and impressive, it seemed to dominate his interests and play a large role in his strategizing.

For example, he stated that that the first 30 days of his presidency would be spent away from Emporia, researching the history of Kansas. While I agree that it’s good to be thoroughly educated about the place in which you’re going to be working, it worried me that he seems more concerned with the past than the present.

Not only that, but why couldn’t he acquaint himself with Emporia by actually being in Emporia?

Then he said that when he was done researching, he would be sure to meet up with “legislators, alumni, etc.,” who would

E llen W eiss opinion@esubulletin.com have an influence on the school’s income and public relations.

Unfortunately, he never mentioned meeting with faculty and students. This was also very worrisome.

Don’t get me wrong, Diacon made it very clear that he is a good listener and understands that the administration works for the students. He just didn’t seem very excited to be around us.

To me, it seems like he likes students, he likes being an administrator, and he likes Kansas. But it’s obvious that he loves history.

Though he knew his stuff and seemed to have only practiced a little bit for the questions, I generally preferred Shonrock’s sharp wit and passion.

But don’t just take my word for it - make sure to check out the full video of the forum at Esubulletin.com. Make your own informed opinion.

Something to Cough About You cannot mistake whooping cough for anything else. It is the deep, throaty wail of a brave and often foolish student. It bounces off the walls of a classroom and brings pause to a teacher’s lecture. Sometimes a ring of empty desks surround the student stricken with the affliction. We, as lay persons, know two things about whooping cough - it is contagious and it is miserable.

The health of students during the fall and winter seasons is of particular concern. Some may remember ESU’s campaign to inform and quell the spread of H1N1 a few years ago.

Sickness is both an epidemic of fear and prevention, and with precious little time until the end of the semester, each class is valuable. Students need to be mindful of their health.

For those without health insurance, going to an emergency room is less acceptable than missing class. Just showing up will often cost you $100 and there is no guarantee that anything a doctor can provide will help you. Indeed, the cost of health care for students seems a luxury that no part-time job could possibly manage.

There are alternatives. The newly established Student Health Center in South Morris Hall provides a cheap substitute for traditional doctor visits and commonsense preventative care are both methods of defense against illness.

But 21st century America, with its expanding life expectancy and waist lines, and its impatience and inconsiderate nature have bread a generation of students unwilling to take even the most basic steps at personal wellbeing. I care not to speculate why. I, myself, would not be a candidate for “Emporia State’s Healthiest Student.” Sometimes even our best efforts are not good enough.

See now the student crouched low in their seat, bags – nay, luggage – under their eyes from a restless night of cold and hot sweats, their notes a jumble of words inspired by night-time decongestants. But they show up. Their cleanliness and healthy habits have done nothing to prevent the inevitable flu. But there is

M att C ook cook@esubulletin.com a quiz today, and the only thing more powerful than their headache is their determination to keep their grade afloat.

See now another student, sick and unaware, their general apathy has spilled over into their personal health and has threatened those around them.

We all know these students. I ask them to be reasonable.

I ask the students to regulate one another and to encourage friends to take care of themselves. Professors are often far more understanding than they appear. Some require documentation of a doctor visit, but most are willing to listen and all are sympathetic to a genuinely sick student.

I ask you be considerate of the students around you, who, like you, want to weather the rest of this semester in relative health. Stay at home and rest, if not for yourself, then for the greater good of the Emporia State community.

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Letter to the Editor On behalf of the City of Emporia and the Clean Sweep Committee, I want to thank all of the ESU students, faculty and staff who assisted with the Clean Sweep weekend. We gathered 337 tons of junk, trash, tires, construction debris, and recyclable materials, well exceeding our goal of 500,000 pounds.

There were over 80 ESU student volunteers working on the weekend of the project who represented a variety of groups and organizations as well as individuals. ESU groups who identified themselves were Track & Field, GIVE, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Community Hornets, Circle K, and the American Democracy Project.

Thanks again for your contribution to this successful community project to improve the health, safety, and beauty of the Emporia community.

Respectfully, Patty Gilligan Clean Sweep Coordinator

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Benefit concert to feature Texas band K haili S carbrough scarbrough@esubulletin.com

Emporia students and residents alike are invited to join together for a night of entertainment and fundraising.

United Way will host a benefit concert at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the Granada Theatre, 807 Commercial St. “I chose the United Way because of the services they provide to our region,” said Rob Gilligan of Emporia Marketplace.

“A lot of times with fundraising campaigns, for younger people and college students, it’s not something you can just write a check for … but maybe buying a concert ticket is a way they can give to United Way and still be

able to have some fun.”

Gilligan said that he is also trying to develop other ways for people to donate to United Way, which is a funding agency that supports several non-profit organizations in an eight country region.

“Each year they do a big campaign to raise funds to help with operational expense and cost for a bunch of different things,” Gilligan said. “(This concert) will give us an opportunity to raise some awareness about United Way, and it’s a good way for people to come together and enjoy the entertainment.”

Gilligan said that around 200 people attended the concert last year and they seemed to enjoy the entertainment. He said he hopes

for 400 attendees this year.

The White Ghost Shivers of Austin, Texas will provide the entertainment. Gilligan said the group is hard to place into one specific genre.

“Hot jazz, early soul, a lot of vaudeville,” Gilligan said of the group. “It’s really hard to call them a band … really, they are a show. They are an entire performance piece. They’re an experience.”

Erin Mullane, senior theater major, said she has seen the group perform several times and that they are a nice change from mainstream music.

“I think it’s bold that they are a band that plays in the 20s and 30s ragtime jazz style,” Mullane said. “I like that they expose the

audience to a different kind of sound.”

Adam Helmer, junior theater major said he is looking forward to the experience.

“I hope to get to see an amazing concert and to learn how much money is raised from this event to benefit United Way,” Helmer said.

Emporia will be the White Ghost Shivers’ first stop for the Kansas tour. They will also perform with The Skirts, a folk band from Chase County.

Tickets can be purchased for $15 at the Granada Box office, Sweet Granada, Granada Coffee Company, United Way, the Emporia Gazette and on campus, and 100 percent of the profits will go to United Way.

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Sounds of harmony echoed between the stained glass windows of St. Andrews Episcopal Church last Thursday. Members of Emporia State’s Mid-American Woodwind Quintet played a final performance with William Clamurro, professor of Spanish, coordinator of the honors college and oboist.

“The music is good,” said Andrew Spencer, ESU alumnus.

“The pieces seem to be quite adventurous – they are not commonly practiced.”

The quintet consists of ESU faculty members Catherine Bergman, clinical instructor, on flute; Dawn McConkie, instructor of clarinet choir, on clarinet; Allan Comstock, music department chair, on bassoon; Terrisa Ziek, clinical instructor, on French horn; and William Clamurro on the oboe.

The concert last Thursday was Clamurro’s last with the quintet, as the lifelong oboist has retired from the group.

“The group has been in existence since the 1940s, but one of the reasons we have been able to do this is because of Clamurro,” Comstock said.

Clammuro’s instrument of expertise, the oboe, is the soprano member of the woodwind’s double reed family, Comstock

said.

“The Mid-American Woodwind Quintet meets for two hours every week and that is a big commitment,” Comstock said. “Clamurro has decided that it is getting to be a lot for him.”

Clamurro said he enjoyed performing and engaging in community service with the group.

“They perform a lot of daring music, a lot of traditional music and modern music,” Clamurro said. “They go out to local schools, the community and local community colleges, so I think it is very fun and rewarding.”

Comstock said that Clamurro joined the Quintet in 1997, despite his employment in the English department rather than the music department.

“He is a wonderful oboe player,” Comstock said. “He has done as much playing as if he is on the music faculty, so we have adopted him.”

Clamurro said he began playing the oboe in junior high. He then studied the instrument under a former member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra of New York and in other locations including New England, Seattle and Washington.

“I have also played in a lot of the places I taught at,” Clamurro said.

After retirement, Clamurro said he plans to continue playing

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William Clamurro, professor of Spanish and coordinator of the honors program at ESU, plays the oboe in his last concert with the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet. This farewell concert was hosted by the woodwind quintet Thursday night at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin

with the Emporia Orchestra and mentoring young musicians.

The music department will host the Fall Flute Festival all

day this Saturday in Beach Hall.

The concert costs $4 for students and senior citizens and $5 for general admission.

Officials trying to find missing $60,000 bond to library GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — The whereabouts of a U.S. Treasury bond left to the Finney County Public Library in 1984 have baffled library, county and state officials, who weren’t aware of the bequest until a copy of the bond was found when a time capsule was unearthed in 2008.

The mystery began when Earl C. Brookover Sr., founder of Brookover Feed Yards in Garden

City, bequeathed the bond to the library, and it was placed at what was then the Garden National Bank. Brookover bought the bond for $3,888 but officials estimate it is now worth $60,000.

A copy of the bond and a letter from Brookover detailing his gift were buried in a time capsule in a Garden City park in 1984 and unearthed in December 2008, The Garden City Telegram

reported.

Nobody from the library knew about the gift until the Finney County Historical Society handed over the items from the time capsule. Since then, the library’s board of trustees has tried several times without success to locate the money, said Rocky Cook, chairman of the library’s board.

Cook said the search has been complicated because the

Garden National Bank changed hands at least four times in the last 25 years. So in March 2009, the library board turned its information over to county officials.

“We turned it over to them, and we backed away,” Cook said. “(But) it was meant for the library and for the building. There are certainly many things that could benefit from this gift.”

Just when I was beginning to wonder where Matthew Broderick went, he shows back up with Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller to pull off a heist. Honestly, I didn’t see that coming.

But make no mistake – “Tower Heist” is way more of a heist movie than it is a comedy, despite what the trailers might lead you to believe.

Although, there are definitely a few solid laughs throughout the film.

The Tower is a luxurious apartment building where only the very wealthy can afford the rent, and they certainly get their money’s worth. The staff, headed by Josh Kovacs (Stiller), are courteous and competent, attending to the tenants from the moment they enter the Tower, where they’re greeted by kindly Lester, the doorman (Stephen Henderson).

One of the most notable tenants is financial powerhouse Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) who owns the penthouse of the Tower as well as a bright red 1953 Ferrari, once owned by Steve McQueen. However, the Tower is turned upside down when Shaw is arrested by FBI agents, lead by Claire Denham (Tea Leoni) and accused of running a Ponzi scheme, which includes the pension plans and investments of the Tower’s employees, even old Lester the doorman.

Outraged, Kovacs rounds up a group of employees, plus a crook named Slide (Murphy), and sets out to rob Shaw’s penthouse in order to steal back their money. Of course things don’t go quite according to plan, but it’s a heist movie.

“Tower Heist” is all about the ensemble, and this one is pretty good. The core team is Kovacs, Slide, Mr. Fitzhugh (Broderick), who’s jobless and has lost his family following his eviction from the Tower, Charlie the concierge (Casey Affleck), the bellhop Enrique Dev’reaux (Michael Pena), and Odessa the maid (Gabourey Sibide). This odd mix of traditionally serious actors like Affleck and Sibide and comedians creates a cool dynamic that allows the movie to switch between serious and funny at the drop of a hat.

Aside from the cast, “Tower Heist” also had an all-star production crew, including Brett Ratner, best known for the “Rush Hour” franchise. Ratner managed to create a movie that defies traditional genres, not just being a comedy or a drama, but rather a subtle blend of the two, all the while giving every actor their moment to shine.

Of course, Ratner doesn’t get all the credit. Writers Ted Griffin (Ocean’s Eleven) and Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can) created a screenplay that plays perfectly with the tone of the times, touching on the battle between Wall Street and the working guy.

While it wasn’t quite as funny as I expected, “Tower Heist” was a thoroughly enjoyable movie, offering both laughs and genuine quality drama. Definitely check this one out.

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Students send letters to raise hope for St. Jude K haili S carbrough

scarbrough@esubulletin.com St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. is a beacon of hope for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

To support these children and their families, over 200 students gathered in Webb Hall on Monday for Up ‘Til Dawn’s annual letter sending party. “(The letters) are to help raise money for St. Jude’s medical research center in Memphis, Tenn.,” said Stephania Nelson, sophomore elementary education.

“What happens is the students create teams and send prewritten letters to people they know asking them to donate to the hospital.”

Last year they raised a total of $23,000 for the children’s hospital. Nelson said the goal for this year is to raise $33-36,000.

Nelson said Up ‘Til Dawn has raised $300 so far from fundraising at football games.

“Students should participate because St. Jude is such a great hospital,” Nelson said. “What they do is if a family can’t pay they don’t turn them away. It takes $1.7 million to run the

hospital every day and so their main source of income is private donations.”

Rebecca Rowlison, junior psychology major, said that a friend talked about the letter sending party and that it sounded fun, so she decided to be a part of the event.

“I’ve been a part of Up ‘Til Dawn for a couple years and I thought it would be a really good cause to try to get some people to donate some money – we figured our friends and family would be willing to help the hospital,” said Alyssa Salisbury, junior psychology major. “It’s a good way to socialize as well and meet some new people, too.”

Salisbury said that she hopes to learn more about the children’s hospital so she can help spread the word.

“I don’t think a lot of people in Emporia really know about the hospital since it’s all the way in Tennessee,” Salisbury said. “It’s a good way to learn about the hospital and its needs.”

Joslyn Barton, an Emporia volunteer, said that it sounded like a good cause and she really wanted to be a part of it.

Deborah Gerish, associate professor of social science, discusses food issues with students during the Food Film Festival on Monday in Science Hall room 72. “Super Size Me” was the first film shown. Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin

PROMISED.. from page 1 275 freshmen and 185 transfer students will have these scholarships, said Jim Williams, associate provost for enrollment management and vice president of strategic partnerships.

Williams said that this new plan will take effect for both first-time freshmen and transfer students who are enrolled fulltime starting in Fall 2012. It adds 65 additional students into the program and extends the renewability of the scholarships based on academic performance.

“It’s a little bit disheartening to know that with all this new money, there’s nothing really for current students,” Drury said.

Drury said he has a decent GPA and is really involved on campus. He applied for several scholarships last spring and was not able to get any.

“We are accumulating debts and we are accumulating loans, and now I don’t know if anyone

will have a job when we graduate,” Drury said. “So it would be nice to see an increased effort for current students.”

For freshmen, the scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $3,600 with current tuition at $4,952, are based on a combination of an official ACT composite score, and official final high school transcript and unweighted cumulative GPA and completion of the scholarship application.

For transfer students, the scholarships ranging from $1,600 to $3,000 and equating to one-third or two thirds of the tuition, are based on the final cumulative transfer GPA, completion of 24 or more credit hours and completion of the scholarship application. Transfers with less than 24 hours will be awarded based on first-time scholarship requirements.

The priority application deadline for Fall 2012 scholarships is Feb. 15, 2012.

Lauren Stearns, freshman elementary education major, and Elizabeth Ross, freshman business marketing major, write letters in Webb Hall Monday evening for Up ‘Til Dawn. Members of Up ‘Til Dawn and many volunteers mailed out handfuls of letters and envelopes to mail out at the annual letter sending party. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

The event also provided food and sweets as well as several stations such as pin-the-tail on the elephant, which is associated

with St. Jude. There were prizes such as gift cards for just showing up as well as bigger door prizes that participants were entered

into for reaching a certain numbers of letters. Up Til Dawn collected a grand total of 5,100 letters that evening.

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films. “ The general education curriculum as a whole has been trying to find way to show students that classes such as history, biology and physics, everything in the general education, curriculum is connected,” said sponsor Deborah Gerish, associate professor of social sciences. “There have been several of us putting together this pilot program this semester to modify what is needed next semester.”

Leach, who is co-founder of the Quidditch League, said they not only provided warm butterbeer to fight off the cold but also explained how food is common among populations.

“Students can take what they have learned in their various general education classes under that food theme,” Leach said. “We are trying to recreate what the goals of the general education program are through films showing how food is common to all people.”

After the movie, Gerish held a discussion with the group over what they had seen in the film.

“Food is such a crucial part of our lives that we often pay no attention to it,” Gerish said.

“Thinking about what goes into food before the fork ever goes into your mouth can raise all kinds of wonderful possibilities.

The films we have chosen range from films that gross people out to educational films like ‘Food, Inc.,’ and even feature films.”

“Food, Inc.” was the last film shown this week. “ We chose ‘Food, Inc.’ and ‘Super Size Me’ because they are more health conscious,” Leach said. “We like the gonzo journalism perspective in ‘Super Size Me,’ and ‘Food, Inc.’ is more about the geopolitical ramifications of food.”

The Food Film Festival will continue through next week with “The God of Cookery” showing at 7 p.m. on Monday in Science Hall room 72. The film is a Hong Kong comedy, sponsored by the Department of International Education to go along with International Education Week.

The festival will wrap up Wednesday with What’s Cooking sponsored by the Black Student Union. The film will also be held in the Science Hall room 72 at 7:00 p.m.

tary “Super Size Me,” which follows filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s attempt to eat a diet consisting only of McDonalds for one month. At the end of his 30-day experiment, Spurlock had packed on almost 25 pounds and had a cholesterol level of 230.

“I thought (the film) was interesting,” said Lesha Bacon, sophomore communications major. “It wasn’t as gross as everybody made it out to be. I don’t really eat out to begin with, so I don’t see this changing my eating habits, but it is something I would tell people about.”

Several other films on food, each sponsored by a different student organization, will be shown throughout the month of November. “Super Size Me” was sponsored by the Quidditch League and the Gamers’ Guild.

They provided “Harry Potter” themed snacks like Mrs. Weasley’s rock cake and warm butterbeer.

The Environmental club, The Department of International Education and The Black Student Union will also sponsor

Flentje announces a $7.5 million scholarship program. The program will be available for incoming freshman and transfer students during fall 2012. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin

Judge tosses charges in Kansas abortion records case OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A judge Wednesday dismissed the most serious charges against a Kansas City-area Planned Parenthood clinic accused of falsifying records and failing to follow abortion law after a prosecutor revealed that state officials had

destroyed key evidence.

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe told a judge he had no choice but to ask that 49 of 107 charges against the clinic be dismissed.

Meanwhile, authorities in the

state capital of Topeka, at the request of Attorney General Derek Schmidt, plan to investigate the records shredding. The documents were reports on individual abortions performed in 2003, filed by Planned Parenthood’s clinic in Overland Park with the state

health department, as required by law, and copies held by the attorney general’s office under Schmidt’s predecessors.

District Judge Stephen Tatum dismissed 23 felony counties of falsifying such reports, as well as 26

misdemeanor charges that the clinic had failed to maintain its own copies, as required by law. Fifty-eight misdemeanor charges remain, accusing the clinic of performing illegal abortions and failing to follow a state law restricting late-term abortions.

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Service group to host bowling fundraiser for orphanage B rooke S chultz

schultz@esubulletin.com Imagine living with only one towel, one toothbrush, running water, but no blankets or sheets to sleep with. These are the conditions that the children living in a small orphanage in Prague face each day.

This past summer, a group of 10 leadership students and two advisors took part in a study abroad trip. One of the students who participated in this trip was Jess Brown, junior elementary education major. Brown said that the trip included volunteering at the orphanage.

“We had to come up with a capstone project for the class and

I was in a dream world,” Brown said. “I would really like to help these kids out because they have nothing.”

Brown said that at the orphanage there are seven children who were found by the church that runs it. The church recently got the monastery back after the communist reign ended. The monastery had been destroyed but it was the only acceptable place to house the children. “(It’s) just really simple living but almost to the extreme,” said Rachel McCommon, senior rehabilitation service education major.

McCommon is the president of Sigma Alpha Lambda, which is

a community service organization on campus. She said the group is trying to help the children at the orphanage. From 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 15, SAL will host a bowling fundraiser, “Strike 4 Prague.”

Students can find flyers around campus advertising the event at Flint Hills Lanes. To participate, those interested should contact Timothy Thomas by phone at 620-757-3434, or email him at tthomas4@emporia.edu.

McCommon said that the cost to bowl is $10 with half the proceeds going to help in Prague and the other half towards the bowling alley.

“Even if people just want to come and hang out but support, they are more than welcome but

we are hoping to pack that place,” McCommon said.

SAL hopes to continue to fundraise for the orphanage through spring, McCommon said. The goal will be to raise $5,000 by May. For now, SAL will only be accepting monetary donations.

“Our biggest help right now is getting them the money that they need,” Brown said.

There are currently no plans for SAL to visit the orphanage, but Brown said it may be possible for the leadership group to revisit in a couple of years.

For those interested, there are many ways to continue to help the orphanage as well as get involved with SAL.

McCommon said that in addition to further fundraisers for Prague, SAL will also host events to support the Emporia community.

On Dec. 1 they will host an 80s dance party. Admission includes canned foods items. The group will also hold a table in the Memorial Union so that students can make Christmas cards for residents at Plum Place, Holiday Resort and Presbyterian Manor.

Overall, McCommon said that those who want to help should get involved with SAL or contact her or Brown with future ideas.

SAL is open to everyone.

SAL will host its next meeting at 7p.m. on Nov. 17 in Visser Hall.

Kan. IT chief resigns over questions about academic degree TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The administrator recently hired by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to oversee computer projects and systems for most of state government abruptly resigned Tuesday, a day after questions arose about his academic degree.

Jim Mann stepped down from his $150,000-a-year job as chief information technology officer for the executive branch. The announcement came just hours after Brownback acknowledged that his administration hadn’t thoroughly examined Mann’s entire educational background.

But Brownback also said his staff thoroughly examined Mann’s work history, and that his two decades of experience in the private sector were what mattered.

Mann, 58, was most recently a consultant in St. Augustine, Fla. The governor’s office and Mann’s online resume listed him as holding a bachelor’s of business administration degree from the University of Devonshire. The institution isn’t in an online database of accredited institutions maintained by the Washingtonbased Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

“The questions surrounding my qualifications to perform and deliver in this position have compromised confidence in me and my integrity,” Mann wrote in his brief resignation letter. “As such, I am no longer an asset to your team and your IT mission.”

Brownback’s office said Mann received his degree from the University of Devonshire after studies with the institution from 1993 to 1995. While there were references online to the institution having an address in London, a website or phone

number couldn’t immediately be located.

Tim Willard, communications director for the accreditation council, said the group includes institutions in its database if they’re presently accredited by one or more organization recognized by the federal government. Most foreign schools don’t have U.S. accreditation, he said, and institutions not listed in the database may not have sought it.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board includes the University of Devonshire in an online list of institutions whose degrees are illegal to use in seeking employment, a promotion, a business or trade license or admission to an institution of higher education. The list says the university has, “No degree-granting authority from the United Kingdom.”

Also, the Michigan Civil Service Commission does not recognize degrees from the University of Devonshire as satisfying educational requirements for government jobs there, according to a list of unaccredited universities published in January.

“I looked at it when it came in on the resume. I hadn’t heard of the place, but that’s not what we were measuring,” Brownback told reporters. “The people we checked with were all ones in organizations where he had worked.”

The Topeka Capital-Journal first raised questions about Mann’s degree only hours after Brownback announced Mann’s hiring. The governor’s office said Mann also attended the University of Maryland from 1972 to 1974.

“Please accept my sincerest apology, and I wish you and all

Kansans nothing but the best as you strive to bring excellence to Kansas’s information technology systems,” Mann wrote.

Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag declined comment after the governor’s office announced Mann’s resignation.

But earlier, Brownback noted that when he was the state’s agriculture secretary from 1986 to 1993, his agency’s information technology chief was a former meat cutter, self-taught in IT, who “did a great job with it.”

“A lot of people in the IT field don’t have much as far as degrees,” said Brownback, who holds a bachelor of agricultural economics degree from Kansas State University and a law degree from the University of Kansas. “I’ve got two degrees, and I sure wouldn’t put me in charge of IT.” Mann started a consulting business in Florida after leaving the chief information technology officer’s job at Service Brands International, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based services franchising company in 2010. He resigned the same year he joined the company; he and the company said they had different philosophies about how to handle information technology.

Before that, Mann owned and ran a marketing, direct mail, design and communications business, and he is a former vice president of Havi Foodservice Worldwide, a supplier of distribution and other services to companies such as McDonald’s and Starbucks Coffee Co. He was credited with developing supply chain applications for both.

Maui bull freed after giant tire stuck on his head HONOLULU (AP) — A rodeo bull in Hawaii appears comfortable again after spending about 20 hours with his head stuck in a giant tire.

The 800-pound bull, named Skywalker, couldn’t eat or drink after he got his head lodged in the truck tire that someone dumped at the Triple L Ranch in Maui, ranch owner Paige De Ponte said.

“He was uncomfortable and it took all day to get him out,” she said Wednesday.

No one could get near the cranky bull Tuesday until Skywalker became exhausted enough for ranch worker Kawika Manoa to use a piece of wood to pry off the tire, which weighs more than 50 pounds. Skywalker didn’t put up a fight and then went straight for the water trough after being released from the rubber ring, De Ponte said.

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Hornets blowout Crusaders in home opener M arcus H ix sports@esubulletin.com

Freshman forward Sarah Wood puts up a shot against Crusader defense Monday night at William Allen White Auditorium. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin

The women’s basketball team hosted the Evangel Crusaders Monday night at the William Allen White Auditorium. The Hornets raced out to an early lead and never looked back as they dominated en route to a 92-52 home opening win.

“I thought defensively we played really hard,” said Jory Collins, head coach. “I thought we played hard and the effort was there. We have a lot of young people that have never had to play defense before at a level that it is going to take for us to win.”

In the first half, the Hornets grabbed the lead with about 17 minutes remaining. But the team allowed the pesky Crusaders to hang around in the first half with marginal shooting. After a timeout with a little over four minutes to go, the Hornets surged ahead by 16 points to end the half, 41-25.

The Hornets shot just 35 percent from the field in the first half. “ We have a really good three point shooting team,” Collins said. “In the first half, we made three of 16 from deep…but I’m really comfortable with our top four or five guards shooting when they are open.”

In the second half, the Hornets looked like a much different team. They made 53

Volleyball defeats rival Gorillas, despite slow start

percent of their shots from the field, including four of seven from behind the three point arch. Not only did the Hornets step up their offensive numbers, they also stepped up their defensive intensity as well.

Sophomore Kelsey Balcom had an off night shooting, but she did not allow that to affect her effort on the floor. She lead the team in both rebounds, with 11 total, and assists, with five. The Crusaders struggled to match her intensity.

“I think that it’s important to always go out there and work hard and hustle,” Balcom said. “I think that rebounding is always an effort thing. He (Collins) says that you don’t have to be a good athlete to be

a good rebounder, you just have to want the ball.”

Senior guard Heather Robben stepped up her intensity level in the second half as well, forcing a few turnovers and getting a few easy buckets in transition as a result. She led the team with four steals and scored 19 points on the way to winning player of the game.

“It creates a lot more things for our offense, when we play good defense and get transition baskets,” Robben said. “(When we) get to the paint it will create a lot more.”

Overall, the team looked tough in the home opener. Next up, the Hornets will travel to Wichita to play the Newman Jets on at 5:30 p.m. this Friday.

Sport Shorts Football rolls over Southwest Baptist, 42-28 The Hornets traveled to Bolivar, Mo. this weekend to defeat the Southwest Baptist Bearcats, 42-28. The defense forced six turnovers and the offense racked up over 500 total yards of offense while dominating in every facet of the game. Their record now stands at 5-5 on the season.

Junior defensive back Derek Lohmann had a career high of three interceptions to go along with his eight tackles. Senior running back LeDarrian Page also had a career day as he racked up 201 rushing yards while finding the end zone three times.

Next up for the Hornets is the Northwest Missouri Bearcats. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in Maryville, Mo.

C helsie S laughter slaughter@esubulletin.com The Lady Hornets faced off against the Pittsburgh State Gorillas last Friday at the William Allen White Auditorium downtown. After a slow start, the Hornets fought to defeat the Gorillas, 3-1.

Starting off, the Hornets were down 0-3 before scoring their first point. They never did grab momentum in the first set, and nothing seemed to go Emporia’s way as they took their first and only loss, 15-25.

“I could tell during warm ups that we were not mentally prepared,” said Bing Xu, head coach.

But the Hornets looked like a whole new team to start the second set, hustling to fight back. Freshman middle blocker Courtney Haring put up some big blocks to discourage the Pittsburg hitters, adding six on the night, while sophomore Brianna Kaiser attacked the nets viciously. Emporia took the second set, 25-17, off of a kill by sophomore right side hitter Morgan Buckner.

“It was a little rocky in the beginning, but we knew we had to pick it up,” Kaiser said.

“We all had to be there for each other.”

With the match tied, both teams came out pumped to start the third set. Kaiser and Buckner continued to add kills as freshman outside hitter Carly Spicer contributed her part as well, finishing the night with eight kills and one block.

The crowd erupted as Spicer hit two kills in a row to make the score 13-8, forcing the Gorillas to call a timeout. When Pittsburg took the lead at 16-17, Xu called a timeout to reassure his team that they could beat

Junior guard Rachel Hanf shoots for 2 in an exhibition game Monday night at White Auditorium. The Hornets won the game with a score of 92-52.

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Sophomore outside hitter Paige Vanderpool attacks the ball Friday night at White Auditorium. The Hornets came from behind to win 3-1 against the Gorillas. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin

the Gorillas.

Freshman setter Katie Deutschmann assisted many of the points, as she added some kills of her own. Just when the Gorillas looked to have the third set within reach, the Hornets responded with three straight points, winning the set 26-24. “ We really had to pick up our game (in the third set),” Spicer said. “Amanda and Katie were setting really good sets. It was a team effort.”

B oth teams looked evenly matched at the start of the

fourth set. Buckner and Kaiser hit the nets ferociously.

Deutschmann, who led the Hornets with 14 kills, 19 assists and three blocks, was not shy as she continuously spiked the ball and tore apart the Gorillas’ back row. The Hornets took the fourth set with a score of 25-15. winning the match 3-1. “ They learned their lesson from the first set and showed a lot of character,” Xu said.

The Hornets will host the Fort Hays State Tigers at 7 p.m. tomorrow at White Auditorium.

Womens *Mens *Womens Mens Mens Mens Womens Mens Womens Mens Womens Mens Womens

Newman Friends Rockhurst Mo. State Bethany SBU Classic UWF Classic Central Ok. Ala. Huntsvile Evangal W. Florida NW Mo. NW Mo.

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Date/Time Nov. 11/5:30pm Nov. 15/7:30pm Nov. 15/5:30pm Nov. 19/TBA Nov. 21/7pm Nov. 25-26/TBA Nov. 25-26/TBA Nov. 25/5:30pm Nov. 25/12pm Nov. 26/5:30pm Nov. 26/2pm Nov. 30/7:30pm Nov. 30/5:30

(This is Novembers basketball schedule more of the schedule will be in the Bulletin in future issues.)