Full Issue, April 19, 2018

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ASG votes for huge funding cuts A llie C rome

acrome@esubulle tin.com

Associated Student Government voted to cut funding to a majority of the line items that were facing proposed cuts during the senate meeting last Thursday.

The Performing Arts Board and student publications received the largest cuts.

According to Megan McReynolds, ASG president and junior sociology major, the purpose of the budget cuts is to help lower the cost of attending ESU. If the tuition and fees committee recommends an increase that will equal the total amount saved from the line item decreases, she will not sign the bills, McReynolds said.

“As president I have the authority to sign and approve or not to sign and thus veto these bills tonight,” McReynolds said. “This would effectively make it so we have no decreases in the line items over which ASG controls.”

The final decision on the status of the bills will be made after the proposed percentage of the tuition increase is determined, according to McReynolds.

This illustration repressents the $11.07 that the cuts will save students if approved, according to The Bulletin’s calculations. Photo Illustration by Allie Crome | The Bulletin

The senate voted to amend the proposed cuts to the Performing Arts Board, changing their cut to $15.85 for full-time students, rather than the originally proposed cut of $14.40. According to The Bulletin’s calculations, this means a cut of 33.5 percent for the Performing Arts Board. The final vote for the proposed line item cut was 16 in favor and three against.

Cassidy Tilden, who served as the representative for the PAB and senior English and theater major, cited

the ASG line item policy, which states that line items provide “an academic, social, and cultural environment in which every student may attain the highest possible level of growth and development.”

“In addition to this, the high impact learning initiative created by ESU serves to create a sense of social responsibility and community, which PAB is vital to,” Tilden said. “This directly relates to the fact that those under the PAB umbrella are constantly

utilized for donor events, to entertain potential supporters, a large responsibility not all students have.”

Gage Simpson, freshman political science major, proposed amending the bill to a cut that would be sustainable for the PAB. “The sustainable number, in terms of inflation, is $22.20, as released by the Performing Arts Board,” Simpson said. “They hadn’t gotten an increase since 2001, and to answer Senator Marten’s concern, of how they

were sustainable before the increase, the answer is that they weren’t.”

Senators expressed concerns that the PAB did not serve the entire student body and the usage of student fees to pay for theater students to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and for other professional development opportunities.

Approximately 400 students attended theater productions during 2016-2017, according to Sawyer Barragan, chief of staff and junior spanish and psychology major, using numbers that he received from PAB. “I’m looking at the ESU student population on the website and it currently says that we have 5,732 students,” said Ariana Williams, sophomore chemical engineering.

“That is less than 10 percent.

I love the performing arts and as much as I want to support them, as a senator at large, I don’t feel like it’s fair to make every single student pay this much when less than 10 percent of the students are attending the shows.”

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HORNET LIFE

Circle K pies students for Corky’s Cupboard D ustin B ittel d b i tt e l @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Sawyer Barragan, junior Spanish and psychology major, is pied by Imelda Gonzalez, junior health promotion major, as a Circle K fundraiser on Friday in the Memorial Union. Circle K raised $208 which was donated to Corky’s Cupboard. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

HORNET LIFE

Students to hold anti-gun rally C aleb M oes cmoes@esubulle tin.com

Students Demand Action, a new organization dedicated to preventing gun violence and starting gun reform, is holding a march and rally tomorrow in Union Square.

Friday was the chosen day because it is the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado, where 12 students and a teacher were shot and killed.

The event is being planned

by Samantha Inscore, junior

elementary education major, who organized a “March for Our Lives” rally last month at the Topeka Capitol building that drew hundreds.

Students Demand Action intend to start a conversation on campus about gun violence through the rally and march.

“No longer can we turn blind to an issue that is killing an average of 96 Americans a year, (according to Everytown for gun safety),” Inscore said.

Their goal is to promote that classrooms and col-

lege campuses are places for learning and not places to worry about gunfire, according to their Facebook page.

“We will not stop until all American Students are allowed to feel safe in their classrooms, campuses and communities,” the Facebook page said.

The students have the power to make change and they have a large enough voice to make a difference, according to Inscore.

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Students had the opportunity to pie representatives from Associated Student Government, Greek life and athletics last Friday during a fundraising hosted by Circle K International to raise money for Corky’s Cupboard.

Circle K raised a total of $208, along with some can donations, according to their Facebook page.

“We did this last year as our big fundraiser so we wanted to continue it,” said Eileen Gruss, senior communication major. “Circle K is a national service organization and we’ve worked with world organizations before ... We wanted to do it more community-based with this one, so we did pie day and then we could do Corky’s

Cupboard.”

People were able to pay three dollars to automatically pie someone with whipped cream. The whipped cream was donated to Circle K by Country Mart, according to Gruss.

They also had the option to pay a dollar to spin a wheel to get the chance to pie someone or win a prize, such as candy and gift cards.

“We wanted to pick people from sports, ASG and then Greek life because we figured those would be people that most people knew and if they didn’t know them, they could recognize them from somewhere else,” Gruss said.

Wyatt Sander, senior

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Charles I I is a big ham. He also loves to cuddle and play.

Those interested in adopting Charles III should fill out an application to adopt at the Emporia Kansas Animal Shelter, 1216 Hatcher St. Charles III, like all animals at the shelter, was picked up as a stray. Infographic By Kalliope Craft| The Bulletin

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The Bulletin | April 19, 2018

Faculty Senate passes diversity and inclusion bill

classroom and encourage a culture of inclusivity at Emporia State.

At the start of the meeting Kayla Gilmore, junior political science major, read to the faculty a resolution passed

by ASG in support of the Faculty Senate bill.

“All in all I’m just here to

repeat the importance of this bill to marginalized students, many of which are sitting behind you today,” Gilmore said. “This bill offers an opportunity for students to know about the progressive steps that the university is taking, especially in the classroom.”

The bill passed with two amendments, the first of which included a statement that instructs students to notify the head of the department if they felt that aspects of a course result in barriers to their inclusion.

“The reason behind this was in the original language it actually said to contact your instructor,” said Ceara Shaughnessy, instructor of counselor education. “However, in talking with the students in the Associated Student Government and being a female who can relate to some of these things, if I was feeling marginalized I’m not going to go to the person

who is the one causing that.”

The second amendment that passed allows faculty to expand upon the required syllabus statement if they choose, as long as that change is in alignment with the required syllabus statement.

The bill passed with a vote of 22 in favor, one against and three abstentions. It will now be considered by President Garrett.

In other business, a bill failed that would have prevented instructors from issuing major assignments during the first four days of that week unless specified in the course syllabus. The bill would also create a stop day on the last Friday before finals week, and no assignments could be due on that day.

There were many concerns from faculty regarding this bill. Kevin Coulson, professor in the school of business, was strongly opposed

to the bill because he thought that faculty already had the ability to make adjustments to their syllabi that would benefit the students if they wished.

“Most of the people in the school of business are opposed to this,” Coulson said. “It looks to me like it is the solution in search of a problem.”

Shaughnessy said that she is in favor of a stop day because it would help to reduce student stress before finals week.

“It is a three day weekend that helps to reduce stress because they have Friday, Saturday and Sunday to start studying for their finals,” Shaughnessy said.

The bill failed with a vote of eight in favor, 14 against and six abstentions.

The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 3:30 p.m.

May 1 in the Preston Family Room in the Memorial Union.

and making up what would be lost through the decreases through more ad sales.

No one has currently expressed specific interest in online advertisement, Karst said.

“We want the chance to advertise our local business, we strive every day to earn those sales,” Karst said. “But because of the small community we live in...our potential pool of advertisers is just not there.

We would not be able to make up our cuts in ad sales.”

However, the proposed resolution recommending an annual decrease of 12 percent for The Bulletin, each year for the next four years, failed with four in favor and 15 against.

“Even though it is just a resolution, and therefore, nothing of this would actually be enacted in future senates, I would just like to point out that one, we all know that resolutions do have some form of effect on the population and two, I think we’ve probably done enough damage to The Bulletin as is,” Ratzlaff said.

The senate voted to amend the proposed cuts to “The Sunflower,” ESU’s yearbook, to $12.38 per full time students, rather than the original proposal for $12 for full time students. This will mean a 4 percent decrease to “The Sunflower’s” budget for the next fiscal year.

“First and foremost, the yearbook serves as a historical archive for ESU,” said Chloe Soetart, editor-in-chief of “The Sunflower” and senior graphic design major. “‘The Sunflower’ has been published for over 120 years and utilizes a vital record for the history of the campus.”

There are 2,100 yearbooks printed a year, with approximately 100 that are not picked up, according to Soetart.

Senators suggested the possibility of digitizing the yearbook, or providing an online opt-in form for students who wanted to preorder, instead of having a set number of print copies.

Digitizing the yearbook is not a viable option because there is no way to ensure that it will be accessible in the future, Soetart said.

“The fact of the matter is that those yearbooks exist in a tangible method for people to look at, so I think we need to take that into consideration because it is one of the things that, the history of Emporia State, like if you go into the library...it’s rows of the yearbook,” Raztlaff said.

The bill was amended to a 4 percent cut, which is a fee of $12.38 for full time students, in order to absorb “The Sunflower’s” approximately $5,000 carry over fund, without cutting any more from the line item.

ASG passed the cuts to “The Sunflower’s” line item with 18 in favor and one against.

The proposed resolution recommending an annual decrease of 8 percent for “The Sunflower,” each year for the next four years, failed. ASG voted to fail the resolution with 18 against.

The cuts to “Quivira’s” line item failed, with eight in favor, five against and six abstentions. Due to the proposed cuts not passing the senate, “Quivira” will receive their original funding of 25 cents from each full time student.

“‘Quivira’ has been in publication since 1957 and has produced the best quality of student literature it could with what it had available,” said Zach Palmer, president of “Quivira” Club and junior interdisciplinary studies major.

“It’s been used as a recruiting tool and also a tool of student art celebration.”

“Quivira” submitted a petition with the signature of about 140 students that opposed the cuts before the meeting.

The line item has a carry over fund of approximately $14,000, which they have been working to reduce since the fund was discovered in 2015 and could sustain them for about four years, according to Palmer.

Shelby Marten, chair of the fiscal affairs committee and senior physical and health education, supported the cuts in order to reduce the carry over.

“As of now, it would help our students out at least for the next four years and if it’s not going to hurt them in those next four years, I don’t see the problem,” Marten said.

The proposed cuts weren’t worth the amount of money that they would save students, according to Simpson.

“This cut, I don’t think is worth it.” Simpson said. “I don’t think it’s worth the 15 cents per full time student. I think that the benefit for those who are focused on literature and art is much greater than the disadvantage of a quarter, that each of you put in the parking meter.”

The proposed cuts failed, with only an amendment to correct the spelling of “Quivira” in the bill.

ASG voted to fail the proposed cuts for the Center for Early Childhood Education with nine in favor of the cuts, seven against and three abstentions.

The CECE employs approximately 35 students per semester and their funding from ASG goes partly towards paying student salaries, according to Jenny Long, interim director for the CECE and assistant professor in elementary education. The rest of the line item funding goes towards subsiding the cost of childcare for children of ESU students.

Currently, there are 27 students on campus whose children attend the CECE, according to Long. These students pay $2 less a day than parents who are faculty, staff or community members.

“They get a $2 a day deduction, because they are students, which is about $10 a week and $490 for a year,” Long said.

The proposed cuts to the Sports Club line item passed as is with 17 in favor and zero against. Sports Clubs were cut to 50 cents for full time students, which results in a cut of 17 percent to the line item.

There was no representative from the line item that attended the meeting.

ASG also voted to pass the proposed cuts to their own line item funding, with 18 in favor, zero against and one abstention. This results in a 7.5 percent decrease to their budget, with the full time student fee for their line item lowering to $14.80.

According Drake Rapue, treasurer and junior accounting major, ASG will be able to easily absorb these cuts.

Kevin Coulson, professor in the school of business, speaks about his concerns with the stop bill while students sat in during the meeting on Tuesday in Preston Family room to show support of the diversity statement to be inserted into syllabi. The stop bill, which prevented professors from assigning major assignments on dead week that are not published on the syllabus, failed 8-14-6. Xiangru Chen | The Bulletin

R ayna K arst rkarst@esubulle tin.com

Faculty Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will require all faculty to include a diversity, equity and inclusion statement in their syllabus.

The intent of the bill is to foster inclusiveness within the

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continued from page 1 Camille Abdel-Jawad, senior English major, proposed an amendment to decrease the full time student fee to $15.85, instead of the original $14.40.

The amendment passed with 17 in favor and two against.

ASG voted to pass the cuts to The Bulletin’s budget with no amendments, 16 in favor and three against. This results in a cut of 12 percent to The Bulletin’s budget, which is approximately a $10,000 decrease.

“We would have to drop many positions if these cuts go through, and fewer students would have the opportunity to learn what they need to gain experience for their future career, which is what college was intended for,” said Rayna Karst, editor-in-chief of The Bulletin and senior English major during the meeting.

The cuts would also diminish The Bulletin’s ability to perform in depth investigations, like the paper did with “Jane’s Story,” Karst said.

Caylie Ratzlaff, sophomore social sciences and English education major, asked if The Bulletin would be able to reallocate the funds that they received, in order to ensure watchdog investigative efforts could still occur at the same level.

“With that...we need a lot of staff members,” Karst said.

“With our current investigative efforts we have certain reporters who work on those and so other reporters have to carry the brunt of the other work for the paper.”

Senators also asked about using online advertisements

OBITUARY

Jordan Norlin, a sophomore business administration major at Emporia State, died on April 15. He was 23.

Following the news of his death, President Garrett released a condolence note to the Emporia State community on Monday expressing her prayers and sympathies

Jordan Norlin, 1994-2018 to Norlin’s family.

“I have no words to express our thoughts during a time like this.” Garrett said.

“Emporia State University is a community of caring and compassion, strength and support for each other.

We need to unite around these qualities now more

than ever.”

According to an obituary in “The Wichita Eagle,” Norlin is survived by his parents, Kelly and Sophie Norlin; brother, Joshua Norlin; sister, Sierra Norlin; grandparents, Bud and Shari Norlin, of Wichita and Feisal and Ellen Jahay

of Hesston, Kansas; uncles and aunt, Tracy and Christa Jahay of Hesston, Kansas and Scott Norlin of Wichita; cousins, Chase and Paityn Jahay.

The cause of death was not released by university officials.

A memorial fund has

been established in Jordan’s name and can be reached through youcaring.com.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, according to “The Wichita Eagle.”

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Theater department to perform “Arsenic and Old Lace” later this month M egan S heckells msheckells@esubulle tin.com

Emporia State’s theater department is currently finishing the final preparations for their upcoming performance of “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

“This is a very famous comedy about two matronly sisters who put single gentlemen out of their misery by poisoning them with elderberry wine,” said Jim Bartruff, director of theater.

The play has an unique set up, because the first victim changes each night, according to Bartruff.

“Several prominent members of our community have agreed to be the first victim each night.” Bartruff said.

“Each night of the performance we have a special guest from the community, who will be, how should we put this, ‘dispatched’ by one of the sisters in the play.”

Chris Lohkamp, the technical director and scene shop

march

continued from page 1 “By the year 2020 the millennial generation will be the largest voting block since the baby boomers,” Inscore said.

“It is important for the new generation of voters to research the issues so that they can make an educated and responsible decision when voting.”

This event is part of many across the country, including student walkouts at high schools, that mark the anniversary of the Columbine shooting. There are over 2,100 walkouts planned to talk about the problems the country is face and to find solutions to problems that leaders have failed to address, according to nationalschoolwalkout.com.

During the march at ESU,

manager, is part of the cast in the play, in addition to his tech duties.

He was originally hesitant to audition, but decided being part of the cast could help the students improve, Lohkamp said.

“When we chose to do this, I was kind of hesitant to audition because I am no longer a student,” Lohkamp said. “I can help them grow as actors through my experiences and say ‘okay this is how I prep a role, this is how I approach rehearsal’ and that kind of stuff.”

It has taken some effort to get used to going to rehearsals every night, on top of his other work as the scene shop manager and technical director, Lohkamp said.

“He went to ESU here for his undergrad, he did a bunch of shows during that time,” said Sydney Main, actress and graduate clinical psychology student. “He has a lot more there will be guest speakers, sign-making, voter registrations, a chance to buy t-shirts and a march to the Memorial for Fallen Educators.

“We would like to close loopholes that allow criminals and other dangerous people to buy guns without without a proper background check,” Inscore said. ‘We support laws that save lives by keeping guns away from domestic abusers.

We also want to educate about safe storage and responsible gun ownership.”

The Emporia community, students and those who live in surrounding areas are invited to attend the event.

“If your high school or middle school doesn’t have a chapter of SDA (Students Demand

Chris Lohkamp, scene shop manager and technical director, Rachel Muirhead, senior theater and speech education major, and Miranda Kimble, junior theater major practice a scene from “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Tickets will be $5 for students, $12 for regular admissions and $11 for seniors for the play which will open 7:30 p.m. April 25 in Bruder Theatre. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

experience in that sense, but The play will be running at are $5 for students, $12 for (is) definitely being a leader 7:30 p.m. April 25-28 in Bruder regular admissions and $11 for for the group.”

Theatre in King Hall. Tickets seniors.

Sexual assault survivor speaks at ESU

M egan S heckells

msheckells@esubulle tin.com

Daisy Coleman and Charlie Coleman, from a Netflix documentary about sexual assault, were the featured speakers at Take Back the Night, where they shared about their experiences and about the creation of SafeBAE, which helps raise awareness for sexual assault and harassment. The event was held in Bruder Theatre last Wednesday and was planned

by SOS, a group that works with survivors of abuse.

“Take Back the Night is an international event, the mission is about ending sexual relationship and domestic violence in all forms, and it has hundreds of events in around thirty countries annually,” said Adele Clark, sexual assault advocate at SOS. “It also includes, like we’re doing tonight, a survivor speakout, main speaker, a march, a rally and it’s really just to bring awareness to sexual

violence.”

The documentary that Daisy and Charlie Coleman are known for is “Audrie & Daisy.” it discusses the personal sexual assault story of Daisy Coleman and Audrie Pott. At the event Daisy and Charlie spoke out about what they went through, finishing with a question and answer session.

“Ever since then, I realized that this is kind of an epidemic that’s starting in highschool and middle school, and so from there that’s when we decided to create SafeBAE,” Daisy Coleman said. “Basically we travel school to school and we talk about sexual violence and how it affected us, and how you guys can treat people differently.”

SafeBAE is an organization Daisy and Charlie Coleman helped to fund that is aimed at raising awareness about sexual assault in middle school and high school.

“I thought, I really have to be a part of something to take care of this and I can step in in a special way with this organization (SafeBAE) that my sister has been talking about, and I stepped up and decided I was going to start speaking with SafeBAE as well because I wanted to educate young men,” Charlie Coleman said.

In addition to the discussion, they offered a chance for other survivors to speak out at the event, as well as ending with a march across campus to raise awareness for sexual assault.

“I’ve never been in a situation like that,” said Garrett VanArsdale, senior music performance major, before he sang and played for the audience.

“So, this is my way of speaking out and encouraging anybody who’s ever felt victimized, and less than, and afraid of their life and what it’s done to them, to rise up and overcome it.”

ESU now offering master’s degree in elementary education D ustin B ittel d b i tt e l @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Samantha Inscore, junior elementary education major, does the computer work on Wednesday, March 7 in the Visser Hall for the March for Our Lives Protest that was held on March 24. Inscore is also involved in a new organization, Students Demand action, which will hold a rally on Friday in Union Square. Tingxuan lu | The Bulletin

Emporia State University was approved to create and implement a master’s degree in elementary education program March 14. The program is designed for persons who have already completed a bachelor’s degree program, have been working in the field but have then decided to become an educator.

“In the past, the only way to be licensed as an elementary ed teacher was to go through a traditional bachelor’s, four year, program,” said Melissa Reed, associate professor of literacy, elementary education, early childhood and special education and director of the elementary education masters program. “For someone who has life experience and possibly already a master’s degree, that wasn’t very appealing to them.”

The Teacher’s College had been toying with the idea for a while before president Allison Garrett put forth a challenge with an innovation program she was starting, according to Reed. The college saw this as an opportunity to move forward with the program.

“About a year and half ago we put a committee together on campus and said ‘what would a person need in order to become a good teacher?’” Reed said.

Then the idea when through the faculty department for a vote, Reed said. After that it had to go through ALC in the Teacher’s College and then the graduate programs at the univeristy leve.

“Once we had all of the university approval it had to go to the Kansas Board of Regents and they had to approve the program,” Reed said. “Then it had to go through the Kansas Department of Education, and it has to go through a couple reviews there, and then the State School Board has to give its final approval.”

It is a 33 credit hour program that is broken up into three steps, according to the program’s brochure. Step one is the foundational course such as application of developmental theories, teaching or learning models and classroom management and student motivation.

Step two is the methods and practice classes where students learn best practices in each subject along with having to complete two credit hours of practi-

cum experience, according to the brochure. The third and final step is the clinical experience in an elementary school.

The application process for the program is pretty standard to other master’s degree programs except for a two things, according to Reed.

“You have to have two dispositions to demonstrate your temperament or personality for being a classroom teacher,” Reed said. “If they currently have a license, for example if you are a secondary teacher and are licensed to teach six through 12 (grade) so you may already have a secondary license but you want to come back for an elementary license, so you would show your license to us.”

The program offers online courses and clinical experience placement near students, so students can obtain this degree without changing locations, according to the Teacher’s College website.

Applications for the program are open and they have had two people apply. Those looking to gain more information about the program can check out the Teacher’s College website or contact Reed at mreed@emporia.edu.

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The Bulletin | April 19, 2018

The cost of losing the ESU experience Last Thursday, the Associated Student Government voted to drastically cut the funding for the Performing Arts Board and The Bulletin.

If these cuts are signed and approved, many campus legacies will be forced to lessen their presence. ESU Theater, which is funded through the Performing Arts Board, puts on the longest continuously running summer theater program on the Great Plains. The Bulletin, a publication run by students, has been the voice of the students at ESU since 1901. The high quality products that the PAB and The Bulletin produce, like many of the other line items being cut, will suffer and potentially face a decline in quality

and quantity.

These cuts, which are damaging to many parts of campus, will save each student $11.07 if approved.

Yet, regardless of if these cuts are approved, The Bulletin and the arts will survive on this campus.

At The Bulletin, we are dedicated to representing the student body. We understand that Associated Student Government is dedicated to the same purpose and we know that representing students isn’t an easy job. Being an ASG senator is not a duty that should be taken lightly. We know it’s a big responsibility and we commend the senators for the dedication that they have shown.

We also understand the pressure of wanting to save students money. The

rising cost of tuition is a huge concern for everyone who is attending college.

But saving students $11?

Eleven bucks will help buy a lunch.

By reducing the student fees by a mere $11.07, ASG is only diminishing the experiences students have at ESU. They’re taking away the very reasons why students should come to ESU. The humanities and arts are an escape for many students. A way for students to relieve stress and find a home.

We need to be worried about making the world a better place, not saving a few dollars.

Journalism and the arts all help to improve the world, make it a better

place, give a voice to the voiceless, and serve as an escape from all the horrible things happening every day.

The Bulletin has been a staple of this campus since 1901. We have tirelessly served the students, faculty and staff of ESU and surrounding community for over a hundred years.

“The Sunflower” exists to create the historic record of this university. There isn’t a week that goes by without the archives receiving at least 10 requests for archived yearbooks, according to a student worker in the archives.

The knowledge and expertise that people gain working on theater productions, marching in the

band, singing in the choir, debating and in numerous other programs that the Performing Arts Board funds is priceless to these students.

Is saving $11 worth sacrificing all these programs?

At The Bulletin, we’re fighting these cuts because this is a worldwide problem.

It’s not just about the money.

It’s about making sure the world is a better place for everyone.

The Bulletin remains dedicated to this cause, no matter the cuts that we receive. We’re the voice of the students and will continue to be, for as long as the paper exists.

We’ll keep fighting and so should you.

Why we cut the feed The moral case for capitalism S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

When Associated Student Government held their meeting to talk about the proposed cuts to line items, such as the Performing Arts Board, Quivira and The Bulletin, we offered to live stream the event, as a service.

When ASG voted to cut the funding to The Bulletin by nearly $10,000, we cut our live stream.

After we cut the funding, Christina Brunton, legislative director, commented that The Bulletin’s decision to cut the steam was “slanted.” Other senators remarked that they felt that the decision was “unfair” as ASG was using the live stream in an “overflow” room, where they put students who wanted to attend the meeting, when there was no more room in the Senate Chamber.

Despite there being a serious problem with the size of the senate room, as senators never saw or heard all of the students

who were there to oppose the cut, the decision to cut the feed was a symbolic one.

I found it interesting that The Bulletin was criticized for their choice so I want to make this clear; this was not an off the cuff decision. This was not retaliatory.

This is the reality The Bulletin is facing because of ASG’s cuts to our funding.

In defending The Bulletin against funding cuts, Rayna Karst, our Editorin-Chief, made it clear that with these cuts The Bulletin would have to scale back in a large way that would affect students.

We would have to scale back on staffers, meaning we couldn’t support as many student jobs on campus.

We would have to scale back on our reporting, as the money for payroll (which is The Bulletin’s main cost by thousands of dollars) would not be there, meaning we probably couldn’t support a wage that reflects the amount of time and effort that goes into our work.

The Bulletin would also have to cut back on investigative stories, such as the “Jane story.”

One of the senators asked something to the effect of “Well couldn’t you still do the Jane story, but with less money? Just

redistribute the funds?”

The simple answer to that is no.

And here’s why. It took three of our top reporters in top positions nearly two months to uncover the Jane story. And during that time, we couldn’t cover much else, because Jane’s story was a full scale investigation. We couldn’t risk making a mistake or telling Jane’s story any way but accurately.

During this time, it was up to the rest of the staff to pick up the slack and continue putting the news out in a way that everyone has come to expect. The news didn’t stop.

Live streaming isn’t free. It takes time, talent and a reporter to operate the camera. Every time we live stream an event, that adds another staff member to the payroll on top of a writer and a photographer.

We were happy and proud to provide a service to the students and to ASG, however there is a limit to generosity when we are faced with cuts that will mean less staffers, less opportunities for reporting and less investigative pieces.

So we cut the live stream as a symbolic gesture to show what these cuts will mean for the campus next year: Less clarity.

More darkness.

C ullen R oche croche@esubulle tin.com

There are two reasons that socialism and communism are making a return to the same society where their ideologies were put on trial during the ‘50s.

First is that most Americans are largely apathetic and don’t know better.

Second is that politicians and journalists are playing on the credulity of the general public.

A third problem is that proponents of capitalism often make efficiency rather than moral arguments. I, myself, am guilty of this.

For most people, the moral arguments are what wins a political or economic discussion.

As I have already pointed out, the theft from the wealthy of their hard earned money is abject immorality, and those practices are at the root of socialist and communist policies. “(the theft) from each according to their ability, to each according to their need,” according to Karl Marx.

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American Enterprise Institute has said “We have to argue for the rights of the poor, and fight for the system that lifts them up by the BILLIONS.” Between 1970 and 2010, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been reduced by about 80 percent, according to Brooks.

What can explain this?

Not the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund or U.S. foreign aid.

“It was globalization, free trade, entrepreneurship, property rights, and the rule of law spreading around the world,” according to Brooks.

To quote Marx again, he stated “the theory of communism may be summarized in one sentence: abolish all private property.”

How then can anyone who claims socialism or communism are good then claim to have a moral edge over me, a mere capitalist?

Their ideas and practices are the antithesis of morality and have been responsible for the impoverishment and death of millions in Venezuela, Cuba, China, North Korea, and Soviet Russia, just to name a few.

For those of my peers who care about lifting the next billion people out of poverty, I invite you to to join me and Arthur Brooks. Fight for liberty, the freedom of individuals and of the economic market.

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El departamento de teatro presentará “Arsenic and Old Lace” este mes

para su próxima actuación titulada “Arsenic and Old Lace”.

“Esta es una comedia muy famosa que se trata de dos hermanas matronales que envenenan hombres solteros con vino de saúco”, dijo Jim Bartruff, director de teatro.

La obra de teatro tiene unas preparaciones especiales, porque la primera víctima de cada noche es diferente, de acuerdo con Bartruff.

Chris Lokamp, director tecnico, Racel Muirhead, estudiante de último año “Varios miembros promen educación de teatro y Miranda Kimble, estudiante de tercer año en inentes de la comunidad teatro, ensayan una escena de “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Boletos serán $5 para estudiantes, $12 para admisión regular y $11 para los mayores. La han aceptado ser la víctima obra estrena a las 7:30 p.m. el 25 de abril en Bruder. Abigail Ponce | The de cada noche”, dijo BarBulletin truff. “Cada noche de la C esar S anchez teatro de Emporia State actuación tenemos un incsanchez@esubulle tin.com University está terminando vitado especial que va ser, El departamento de las últimas preparaciones como lo pondremos, ‘despachado’ por una de las

hermanas en la actuación”.

Chris Lohkamp, el director técnico y gerente de tienda se escena, es parte del reparto de la obra, en adición de sus trabajos técnicos.

Inicialmente, dudó en audicionar, pero decidió que siendo parte del reparto de la obra podrá ayudar a los demás estudiantes mejorar, dijo Lohkamp.

“Cuando decidimos hacer esto, estaba un poco renuente para audicionar porque ya no soy un estudiante”, dijo Lohkamp.

“Puedo ayudarlos crecer como actores por medio de mis experiencias y decirles ‘okay, haci es como me preparo para esta parte y como me enfocó en el ensayo y cosas así”.

A tomado un poco de esfuerzo en ir a los ensayos cada noche, aparte de su otro trabajo como director técnico y gerente de tienda de escena, dijo Lohkamp.

“Atendió ESU cuando estaba en la universidad, estaba en varias obras de teatro durante ese tiempo”, dijo Sydney Main, estudiante graduada de psicología clínica. “Tiene mucho más experiencia en ese sentido, pero definitivamente en siendo un líder para el grupo”.

La obra será a las 7:30 p.m. el 25 al 28 de abril en Bruder Theater, King Hall. Los boletos son cinco dólares para estudiantes, doce dólares por admisión regular y once dólares para personas mayores.

Estudiantes demuestran opiniones sobre los recortes presupuestarios por el gobierno estudiantil asociado G aby A mparan g a m pa r a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Después de que el gobierno estudiantil asociado (ASG) voto sobre los recortes presupuestarios en Emporia State el jueves pasado, veintitrés estudiantes fueron a la oficina del Bulletin para discutir el resultado.

Los recortes fueron propuestos para ahorrarle dinero a los estudiantes de Emporia State, según Megan McReynolds, presidenta de ASG y estudiante de tercer año en ciencia política.

Los recortes afectarán al grupo de las artes (PAB), The Sunflower, el club de deportes y el Bulletin.

“Está noche, los recortes

presupuestarios en los que vamos a votar recortarán las tasas estudiantiles, y si pasan, por aproximadamente trece dólares y cuarenta y cinco centavos por cada estudiante de tiempo completo”, dijo Megan McReynolds, presidenta de ASG y estudiante de tercer año en ciencia política. “Y si pasa esta reducción, esos veintitrés dólares recortarán la cantidad a un aumento de siete dólares”.

Aunque McReynolds dijo que la decisión final no sería hasta el 19 de abril a las 8:15 p.m., los votos en soporte de estos recortes pasaron para cada organización menos Quivira y el CECE. “Estamos aquí hoy para discutir lo que acaba de

pasar en el Senate Chambers sobre los votos para recortar el grupo de los artes y el Bulletin”, dijo Cassidy Tilden, estudiante de último año en educación de inglés y teatro, y representadora del PAB en la junta de ASG. “Queremos darle las gracias a Brady Lund, Gage Simpson y Kristian Gilmore por votar en contra y por apoyarnos”.

Varios estudiantes dijeron que los senadores dijeron que el PAB no servía a todos los estudiantes, incluyendo Matt Mahr, estudiante de tercer año en teatro. Senadores dijeron que un total de 400 estudiantes, según PAB, atienden producciones de teatro, y que esto no constituye una mayoría de estudiantes,

durante la discusión sobre el bil.

“PAB funda aproximadamente 35,000 dólares al musical de homecoming, el musical cuesta casi 50,000 dólares para organizar, pagar los músicos, la coreografía…” dijo Matt Mahr, estudiante de tercer año en teatro. “Y todo eso es un esfuerzo que crea el ambiente de la semana de homecoming, algo en lo que cada estudiante participa, pero aun nosotros (PAB) solo afectamos a 400 estudiantes”.

Dayne Sabatos, estudiante de primer año en teatro, habló sobre los recortes al “Sunflower” y las sugerencias hechas por los senadores de posiblemente hacerlo digital. El presupuesto del bil recor-

taría la tasa por $12.38 por cada estudiante de tiempo completo.

“Trabajo en los archivos, donde nos piden, unas cinco a diez veces a la semana, por fotos del Sunflower”, dijo Dayne Sabatos, estudiante de primer año en teatro. “Si, puedes hacer esto digitalmente, pero la tecnología no funciona igual que los libros, eventualmente lo que usas se hace viejo”.

Estudiantes de Quivira también hicieron una apariencia, aunque no fueron afectados, después de los votos para enseñar su apoyo a las organizaciones afectadas.

Los recortes aún no son finalizados, según McReynolds.

'Take Back the Night' se llevó de a cabo en campus para el mes de conciencia de la agresión sexual J ose M edrano jmedrano@esubulle tin.com

En el teatro Bruder de Emporia State University en King Hall se realizó una discusión sobre agresión sexual el miercoles pasado. Este evento fue planeado por SOS, un grupo que trabaja con sobrevivientes de abuso, y contó con la participación de las oradoras Daisy y Charlie Coleman.

"Take Back the Night es un evento internacional, la misión es terminar la violencia doméstica en todas sus formas, y tiene cientos de

eventos en treinta países cada año", dijo Adele Clark, proponente de la agresión sexual en SOS. "También incluye lo que estamos haciendo esta noche; un discurso “speak out”, un orador principal y una marcha, para educar sobre la violencia sexual".

Daisy y Charlie Coleman también son conocidos por el documental de Netflix "Audrie & Daisy", que se trata sobre la historia del asalto sexual personal de Daisy Coleman y Audrie Pott. En el evento, Daisy y Charlie hablaron sobre por lo que pasaron, y tam-

bién incluyeron preguntas y respuestas para la audiencia.

"Desde entonces, me di cuenta de que esta es una especie de epidemia que comienza en la escuela secundaria y en la preparatoria, y desde allí fue cuando decidimos crear SafeBae", dijo Daisy Coleman. "Básicamente viajamos de escuela a escuela y hablamos sobre la violencia sexual y cómo nos afectó, y cómo pueden tratar a las personas de manera diferente".

SafeBae es una organización que Daisy y Charlie Coleman ayudaron a finan-

ciar cuyo objetivo es crear conciencia sobre el asalto sexual en la secundariay la preparatoria.

"Pensé realmente, tengo que ser parte de algo para encargarme de esto y puedo intervenir de una manera especial con esta organización (SafeBAE) que mi hermana ha estado hablando, y di un paso al frente y decidí que iba a hacerlo, para comenzar a hablar con SafeBAE, también porque quería educar a hombres jóvenes".

Además de la discusión, ofrecieron una oportunidad

para que otros sobrevivientes hablaran en el evento, así como para finalizar el evento con una marcha por campus para crear conocimiento sobre el asalto sexual.

"Nunca he estado en una situación asi", dijo Garrett VanArsdale, un estudiante de último año de música, antes de cantar y tocar música para el público. "Entonces, esta es mi forma de hablar y alentar a cualquiera que alguna vez se haya sentido victimizado y ha temido por sus vidas y de lo que se les haya hecho, a levantarse y superarlo".

Festival de comida internacional promociona cultura

Lina Deschamps, estudiante internacional de segundo año en negocio y Pauline Belbeoch, estudiante de primer año en marketing, hacen crepes en el festival de comida internacional el sábado en Webb Hall. El festival de comida internacional es uno de los eventos más grandes en campus, en cual los estudiantes internacionales pueden demostrar su cultura.

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Emporian attempts to break Guinness World Record A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

Thomas Silkman, owner of Flint Hills Music, 715 Commercial Street, is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the number of guitars strings changed in an hour.

“I’ve always wanted to do a world record attempt and was just looking some up and saw this one and thought it would be fun for us to do here,” Silkman said.

The current record is 183 strings in one hour, which is 30 complete guitars and half of a 31st, set in 2009 by Glenn Haworth in Australia, according to guinnessworldrecords.com.

The record is time based and has nothing to do with the tools used, only how many strings are changed and tuned in one hour, Silkman said.

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as what tools you’re able to use,” Silkman said. “I’ll be using an electric screwdriver and then an electric tuner, which is similar to what’s been used on a lot of the different attempts.”

His attempt involves most of the staff at Flint Hills Music, according to Silkman.

“It’s not just me doing this, it’s going to take a whole group of us, so most of the staff here are involved in the attempt,” Silkman said. “It’s kind of like a NASCAR pit crew style kind of thing, where we’re going to have, everybody has kind of a different job, sort of like an assembly line.”

They have been practicing every day, but have yet to attempt an entire hour at once.

“Since we haven’t done an entire hour yet at one time, when we’ve been prac-

ticing we’ve been doing runs of five guitars at a time and then average out what our time is on that to give us an idea of how we’ll do on Friday,” Silkman said.

In order for their attempt to be considered official, they had to apply to Guinness, according to Silkman.

“It’s a verified Thomas Silkman, owner of Flint Hills Music, practices for his attempt to break the world record so we have record for stringing the most guitars within an hour on Tuesday in the Flint Hills Music to meet a lot of dif- store. Silkman will attempt to beat the record of 183 strings, or about 31.5 guitars in an ferent criteria for hour 5 p.m. on Friday in the Flint Hills Music store. Gabriel Molina Maruda | The Bulletin how it’s filmed, how record is fy for a record, it has to be ing to break the world rekept, how time is kept, that measurable, provable, have cord 5 p.m. Friday, at Flint sort of thing,” Silkman said. a single superlative, be beat- Hills Music. The event is “Once it’s completed, we’ll able and be interesting, ac- open to the public, but there submit all of our evidence to cording to businessinsider. is limited space in the store Guinness for verification.” com. and spectators will have to For an attempt to qualiSilkman will be attempt- stay in one half of the store.

and everything, so I’m just glad to be here and help raise any sort of money or canned goods for them,” Sanders said.

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Kelsey Ryan, investigative reporter for the “Kansas City Star” and former editor of The Bulletin, was part of a team of journalists that led “The Star” to become a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.

The story, “‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide?” exposed the level of secrecy that the Kansas government uses to hide certain executive decisions.

The “Star” was second to “The New York Times” and “The New Yorker” for leading the coverage on the #metoo movement.

“For courageous, revelatory journalism that exposed a state government’s decades– long ‘obsession with secrecy,’ intended to shield executive decisions and suppress transparency and accountability in law enforcement agencies, child welfare services and other sectors of the govern-

ment,” reads the rationale for why “The Star” placed as a finalist on the Pulitzer website.

Ryan, who was a political science major with a journalism minor during her time at ESU, said that when she began taking classes she had no intention of becoming a journalist.

“Working at The Bulletin completely changed what I thought I was going to be doing with my life,” Ryan said. “Having that handson experience in college and having an adviser like Max (McCoy, Bulletin adviser and professor of English, modern languages and journalism) really did have an influence on my decision to do this professionally.”

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Kelsey Ryan

Ryan, originally from Newton, Kansas, graduated from ESU in 2011 and moved on to work for a year at “The Joplin Globe” as the education reporter, according to her website. She then worked at “The Wichita Eagle” for four and a half years before joining “The Star.”

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Rabas named Roe Cross distinguished professor A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

Kevin Rabas, 2018 Roe R. Cross Distinguished professor and chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department, speaks at an open mic event on Friday in William Allen White Library. “I see the impact that he’s having on students… and I just knew he was a great candidate,” said Amy Sage Webb, professor of English and one of the professors to nominate Rabas. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

ESU Alum and Milton Scholar dead at 87 dustin bittel dbittel @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Barbara Lewalski, Emporia State alum and scholar on poet John Milton, died of a heart attack March 2 in Providence, Rhode Island. She was 87. Her obituary also appeared in “The New York Times.”

Lewalski graduated from Emporia State in May of 1950, then the Kansas State Teachers College, with a bachelor of science in education degree and a double major in English and Social Science.

From there she went on to receive her master of art degree in 1951 and her Ph.D. in 1965 from the University of Chicago.

Lewalski became an ESU Distingusished Alum in 1987.

“She started out at what was then a very small school and moved rapidly into the big time,” said Mel Storm, professor of English. “She did indeed break barriers while producing a formidable body of scholarship, and here in the ESU English department we’re proud to think of her as one of our own.”

Lewalski was a renowned scholar on renaissance poet John Milton, author of “Paradise Lost.” She wrote six books

on Milton, was named an honor scholar by the Milton Society of America and received a lifetime achievement award from the Renaissance Society of America.

“As a graduate student first studying Milton closely, her (Lewalski) books seemed to me perfect models of scholarship and criticism, combining superlative knowledge with sensitive readings of poetry,” said Feisal Mohamed, past president and current secretary of the Milton Society of America. “So when I first met her in 2003 I was quite petrified. But over the years I learned that the feeling was misplaced: Barbara was as kind as she was formidable. She set very high scholarly standards, but she was also a generous interlocutor with students and junior faculty. For all that she climbed to the greatest heights of our profession, I don’t think she ever forgot what it felt like to be an outsider breaking in.”

Lewalski was the first woman to be granted tenured and endowed professorships in the English Departments of both Brown University and Harvard University.

Lewalski is survived by her son, David Lewalski.

Kevin Rabas, chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department, was announced as the 2018 Roe R. Cross Distinguished professor last Friday.

The Cross award recognizes those who demonstrate scholarly and creative accomplishment, excellence in teaching, foster an intellectual atmosphere and are student mentors, along with many other qualities, according to emporia. edu.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized in this way, it’s kind of a humbling experience after all the work we do to excel in our field, to be recognized in this way by the highest that the university can give a faculty member,” Rabas said. “I love observing the world and writing about it, I love teaching and inspiring my students, I love serving in the ways, like faculty president, and so to be recognized for those many bits of work is a great honor.”

In addition to his role as a

professor, Rabas is also a poet, playwright and author. He is currently the Poet Laureate of Kansas.

“All of this press for somebody who is a poet and writer gives necessary attention to the arts and humanities and so I feel good about that too,” Rabas said. “It’s not every day that we hear about the poets of our region so I feel thankful for that.”

Rabas has many accomplishments in his record, but being named Poet Laureate helped Amy Sage Webb, professor of English, along with Mel Storm, professor of English, decide to nominate him for the award.

“He certainly merits the Roe Cross distinction and I think he merited it before last year, but of course then he was named Poet Laureate of Kansas and there’s just so much in his record that represents the kind of distinction of that award,” Webb said.

“Not just in his scholarly and creative accomplishments but I know what kind of teacher he is, I see the impact that he’s having on students, I know that the wide range of service that

he does, so I have a really good window on his accomplishments and I just knew he was a great candidate.

Rabas found out that he was receiving the award during his Intro to Creative Writing class, while they were working on short plays.

“We were working on ten minute plays that day, so it was an especially dramatic day,” Rabas said.

Those who are named the Roe R. Cross Distinguished professor are given a medal, as well as $1000 to be used for professional development.

“They give you a medal and my students made me wear the medal for the rest of the class period, and that was a hoot,” Rabas said.

Rabas intends to use the money to attend a conference or to purchase PA equipment for speaking engagements.

“To me, it’s just a great gift when people recognize your hard work,” Rabas said. “I appreciate that and I hope this happens for each person in their own life.”

Students express thoughts on ASG budget cuts M egan S heckells msheckells@esubulle tin.com

Following Associated Student Government’s vote in favor of funding cuts to several of the line items that they oversee, twenty three students who attended the meeting last Thursday gathered in The Bulletin’s office to discuss the proposals that passed and their thoughts about the cuts.

The proposed cuts were intended to help lower the cost of attending ESU, according to Megan McReynolds, ASG president and junior sociology major.

The Performing Arts Board, The Bulletin, “The Sunflower,” Sports Clubs and ASG were the organizations whose cuts passed.

The proposed cuts to “Quivira” and the Center for Early Childhood Education failed.

Although the cuts to the Performing Arts Board were amended, the line item still received a decrease in their funding. ASG voted in favor of decreasing the amount each full time student pays to $15.85, rather than the originally proposed $14.40.

“We are gathered here

today to discuss what just happened in the senate chambers regarding the votes to cut both the Performing Arts Board and The Bulletin,” said Cassidy Tilden, senior English and theater major, and representative for PAB at ASG’s meeting. “We want to thank Brady Lund, Gage Simpson and Kristian Gilmore for voting nay, and supporting us.”

Several of the students discussed how the senators said that the Performing Arts Board did not serve the entire student body, including Matt Mahr, junior theater major. Senators cited the total number of students, which is 400 according to numbers provided

by PAB, that attend theater productions as one of the reasons why it did not affect the entire student body, during their discussion of the bill.

Mahr spoke about how the Performing Arts Board funds the homecoming musical, which is what determines the theme for homecoming week at ESU. “PAB funds about 35,000 dollars of the homecoming musical, the homecoming

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musical takes about 50,000 dollars to do after paying the accompanist, the musicians in general . . . the choreographer and the rights for the show,” Mahr said.

“And all of that is something that establishes the theme for homecoming week, something that every single student participates in, but yet we (PAB) only affect four hundred students?”

Dayne Sabatos, freshman theater major, also spoke about the cuts to “The Sunflower” and the suggestions made by senators about potentially digitizing the yearbook. The original proposed cut of 8 percent to “The Sunflower” was amended and a 4 percent cut was passed, decreasing the amount that they receive from each full time student to $12.38.

“I work in the archives, so we get requests, probably at least five to ten every week, for people to get basically photos from “The Sunflower” yearbooks,” Sabatos said. “Yes, you can do that digitally but technology doesn’t work the same way books do, eventually whatever you put it on will become outdated.”

After the vote on “Quivira’s” proposed budget cuts failed, students from that organization stopped by to say that even though their line item didn’t receive any cuts, they would continue to support the other organizations whose cuts had passed.

The cuts that ASG voted in favor of are not yet finalized, according to McReynolds. If the tuition increase recommended by the tuition and fees committee will absorb the amount that students could save through the cuts, she has the option to not sign the bills, McReynolds said.

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Hornet baseball sweeps Central Oklahoma

Taylor Sanagorski, senior catcher, runs off home after batting during the second inning of the game against University of Central Oklahoma on Sunday at Trusler Sports Complex. Of the three games against the Bronchos, the Hornets won 17-7, 14-6 and 5-3, according to esuhornets.com Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

brought their brooms, as they swept the University mthornton@esubulle tin.com of Central Oklahoma last The ESU baseball team Sunday and Monday.

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Sunday’s single game saw 19 hits recorded for Emporia, and the Hornets only had to finish eight innings of play to take the run-rule win.

ESU opened the floodgates early, scoring eight of their 17 runs in the bottom of the first inning.

In the top of the second inning, the Bronchos scored three runs, but they were quickly shut down.

The Hornets scored in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to finish the game on a solid note, as ESU won 17-7.

Leading the team in hits was Kaden Shaffer, senior first baseman, with four hits on five at bats, closely followed by Trevor Turner, senior center fielder, with three hits and two RBIs.

Game one of Monday’s double-header began with two runs scored by UCO, but the Hornets answered back in the bottom of the first to tie the game at two.

The Bronchos scored their only runs in the sixth and seventh innings, where they scored two runs both innings.

ESU bats heated up in the later innings of the game, as they scored five runs in the seventh inning and six runs in the eighth inning.

Brian Grove, junior second baseman, Bryce Fischer, senior right fielder, Turner and Brandon Bachar, redshirt junior infielder, each contributed to the win with two hits.

In the final game of the series, Taylor Thompson, senior pitcher, started on

the hill for the Hornets, as he pitched 4.2 innings and allowed two runs to score, one of those runs in the first inning.

ESU retaliated with two runs scored in the bottom of the first, and they proceeded to score in the second, fourth, and sixth innings.

Leading ESU’s offense at the plate were Grove with two hits, and Fischer.

Tanner Arst, junior third baseman, and Kyle Lopez, senior designated hitter, all added one hit to the low scoring game.

The Hornets will travel to Warrensburg, Missouri to take on the Central Missouri Mules in a three game series this weekend. The first pitch will be thrown at 6 p.m. tomorrow.

Track grabs two championships in Wichita M ackenzie T hornton mthornton@esubulle tin.com

The Hornets brought home two gold medals from the KT Woodman meet in Wichita, Kansas last Friday.

ESU came away with two silver medals on the women’s side. Leah Nelson, junior middle

distance runner, placed second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.25. Lati Yeargin, senior sprinter, was the other member of the women’s team who ended the competition with hardware. Yeargin placed second in the long jump.

The men combined for a total of seven top

five finishes at the meet, including two medals.

Alec Garcia, senior thrower, took first in both the men’s shot put and the discus, giving him the only two Hornet championships for the day. Braiden Allen, freshman thrower, also placed in discus, taking fourth.

C o l e B o s l e y, j uni o r distance runner, placed fifth in the men’s 1500-meter run.

Thomas LaRoche, senior middle distance runner, and Murad Baheyadeen, sophomore middle distance runner, rounded out the finishes in the distance races, with a fourth and fifth respectively in the

800-meter run.

Peter Mascal, sophomore long jumper, finished fourth in the long jump to conclude the Hornet medal count.

The Hornets will be back on the track for the KU Relays, which runs today through Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas.

ESU softball victorious over UCM C hristina W ankum c wa n k u m @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

ESU softball took on University of Central Missouri in a double header, winning one game and losing the other, last Friday at the Trusler Sports Complex.

The first game was low scoring for both teams. In the first inning, both the Hornets and the Jennies went scoreless. The second inning p ro v e d m o re promising for the Hornets,

when they scored two runs in the bottom of the inning and grabbed the lead.

Central Missouri retaliated with a run of their own in the third inning, but this proved to be the final score put on the board. The game was called after four scoreless innings, with the Hornets taking the win 2-1.

During the second game, ESU had a rough start and did not score in the first two innings. The Jennies took

advantage of the Hornets’ standstill and scored two runs by the second inning, putting them up 2-0.

ESU connected for one run in the third inning, two in the fourth and one in the fifth, allowing them to pull ahead of the Jennies. The Hornets emerged victorious, winning 4-2.

Emporia State will be back in action today against Northwest Missouri State at the Trusler Sports Complex.

Danielle Sprinkle, senior first base, catches the ball to get out a Jennies player during a game against Central Missouri on Friday at Trusler Sports Center.

Sprinkle hit a homerun during the Friday game, which assisted in a Hornet win, 4-2. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Pitcher finds ‘home’ at ESU C hristina W ankum c wa n k u m @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Seth Holman, senior right handed pitcher, has played baseball since he was four years old.

When he graduated f ro m h i g h s c h o o l a t Bishop Carroll it was the natural progression for him to continue to play at a collegiate level.

His dream was to play at a Division 1 school, but his D1 experience at the University of Southern Mississippi wasn’t what he expected, Holman said.

“It (USM) was big, a lot of times I just felt like a number,” said Holman.

Throughout his collegiate c a r e e r, Holman has played at several universities, including Cowley County Community College, USM and finally, Emporia State.

It wasn’t until his transfer Seth Holman, senior pitcher, pitches during a game against University of to ESU that he found a Central Oklahoma on Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex. Holman, who school he considered to be has played baseball since he was four, joined the Hornets after realizing he did not want to continue at the University of Southern Mississippi. Abigail his home, Holman said.

Yet, Holman didn’t find Ponce | The Bulletin

his way to ESU until he had injured his shoulder a second time, went through surgery and spent an entire year covering.

Holman went on his first campus visit to ESU while he was a senior in high school, after some encouragement from his dad. He ultimately declined the offer to play at ESU, and signed at Cowley, where he played for two years , Holman said.

Aft er t wo y ears at Cowley, Holman received an offer from USM, which he took.

He felt like just a number, due to the size of the school and decided to transfer after a year, Holman said.

Holman decided to visit ESU for the second time, because of its successful baseball program, he said.

“I stepped on campus again and it just felt like home,” Holman said.

This season for the Hornet men has been

one with many ups and downs. Despite the downs, Holman finds a way to stay positive and keep the team energy up, helping lead the Hornet men to grow and better themselves.

“Seth is a great guy and team leader for us,” said Mack Gowing, senior left fielder. “He is constantly competing on the mound and setting the tone for us.

Seth adds experience and leadership for our team.

He is an older guy that we can always rely on.”

Holman has proved to be a reliable leader for the team since his transfer to ESU, said Coach Bob Fornelli.

“Seth is one of the best young men we have had at Emporia State, he’s reliable, you know what you are going to get, he’s always going to work hard,” Fornelli said, “He’s a guy that is going to make a great effort everyday and not back down from any challenges.”