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Spring gala to raise funds for injured Chinese student L ariessa T homas thomas@esubulletin.com Chinese student Yali Huang, 23, recently awoke from a coma that resulted from an automobile accident last semester. Huang was struck by a car in November while crossing the street in 1500 block of Merchant Street near Butcher Education Center. “After three months of care, the hospital (Wesley Medical Center) is ready to discharge Yali but she needs extensive rehabilitation,” according to an article by The Emporia Gazette. Kevin Johnson, associate professor of business administration and general counsel for Emporia State, said Huang continues to need 24-hour care and that her road to recovery is long from over. Johnson also said that he visited her, and she
is responsive to some things, but she is only at the very beginning stages of recovery. The driver who hit Huang is Patricia Sutton, 72-year-old resident of Americus. Charges are expected to be brought against Sutton soon,
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Corky still fierce, despite phantom stinger M arilyn K earney kearney@esubulletin.com
Muyue Yang (left), senior nursing major, and Paige Ladenburger (right), senior nursing major, sit in a hammock on the lawn outside Plumb Hall Monday afternoon, enjoying the sunshine Yohan Kim/The Bulletin
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As Emporia State prepares to celebrate 150 years of “changing lives,” students and faculty begin to acknowledge the many who have come before them and strive still to make the university the best it can be. There is one figure who cannot be overlooked – Corky the Hornet. But Corky is a strange sort of hornet – he doesn’t actually have a stinger. And he hasn’t had one for many years, according to school records. Tyler Curtis, executive director of Alumni
the student union. He approved, and the rest is history. It was 1936 when Corky lost his stinger. “We decided that he couldn’t dance with his girl,” Edwards said, “or catch a football with all those appendages. So we amputated some of his legs (and his stinger).” The result was the more humanoid Corky known today, determined but still without a stinger. “It’s become more of a beelooking hornet,” Curtis said. “More like a character.” And yet, despite Corky’s lack of stinger, students recently adopted the “stingers up” sign, often spotted at sporting events as a means of support, unity and school spirit. Brooke Schmidt, president of Associated Student Government and senior Spanish major, witnessed the inception of the visual slogan. At last year’s Day Under the Dome, an annual event when students visit the state capitol to lobby about issues regarding higher education, students were asked by President Michael Shonrock what their symbol was. “Stingers up,” Schmidt said, was actually made up (From top to bottom) The original on the spot. Hornet c. 1930’s. Corky c. 1941. Corky “As the year went on, more c. 1978 to present.
“We decided that he couldn’t dance with his girl, or catch a football with all those appendages. So we amputated some of his legs.” – Paul Edwards
Relations, knows the story well. Curtis said before anyone attending ESU (then Kansas State Teacher’s College) was a hornet, they were first yellow jackets. The idea of the hornet only came about because the “yellow jacket” name was too long for use in the school newspaper (The Bulletin), and thus, it was shortened to “hornet.” With this new name came a contest to create a mascot, and in 1933, Paul Edwards, a student at the time, submitted his design for the first Corky, complete with insect arms and a stinger. Edwards didn’t win but patented his design and showed it to the manager of
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Photos courtesy of university archives
Police say alleged gunfire near campus last week posed no threat C harlie H eptas news@esubulletin.com Lucas Shenk, junior theater education major, was working on homework outside the William Allen White Library last Wednesday night, Feb. 6, when he heard gun shots south of campus. “I was sitting outside the library working on some homework when
I heard one shot and then a few seconds later about four or five more go off,” Shenk said. “It made me rather nervous because it sounded really close.” That evening at 7:15 p.m., the Emporia Police Department (EPD) dispatch center was notified of several shots fired in the 1100 block of Mechanic Street, according to a
press release from the EPD. Emporia police, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department and Emporia State police arrived on the scene at 7:18 p.m. Authorities determined the incident was a domestic disturbance between Ricardo Castillo, 36, and his wife. Castillo allegedly fired the shots
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Advising professional to replace faculty in SAC next fall
K atie F ord ford@esubulletin.com Students can expect to see a new face in the Student Advising Center next fall. SAC is hiring a professional adviser in place of some current faculty advisers. The move won’t cost Emporia State a single penny, said Gwen Alexander, interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. “In fact, (it) will result in a savings because faculty are paid more than the SAC advisers.” Alexander said when a faculty member is reassigned to advise in SAC, the university pays adjuncts, or “overage payments,” to other faculty to teach the courses that would have otherwise been taught by those who advise in SAC. She also said hiring a professional adviser will give faculty members more time for teaching and that students will benefit because faculty will be able to teach more courses. Gavin Brown, junior forward, goes for a basket against a Lincoln Blue Ti“Students could talk to the profesger Feb. 7 at White Auditorium in Emporia. The Hornets won, 71-64, and sional advisor and get unbiased advice are 10-10 for their overall record. They will take on Lindenwood at 3:30 p.m. and information in all areas,” said Saturday at White Auditorium. For full sports coverage, visit The Bulletin’s website. Will Austin/The Bulletin
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Gwen Alexander, interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, and Shelly Gehrke, director of the Student Advising Center, are among those who will assist in hiring a professional adviser to replace some faculty advisers in the SAC office. Alexander said the university plans to implement the advising change next fall. Lingzi Su/The Bulletin