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Fallen Educators Memorial on its way to national recognition D ustin B ittel d b i tt e l @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

The Memorial to Fallen Educators is on its way to becoming a national memorial after legislation was passed by the House of Representatives with a 3841 vote. The bill will now go to the desk of the president of the United States where, once it is signed, it will officially become the first national memorial in Kansas.

“Educators devote their lives to preparing our children for life-long success and rewarding careers, it is so important to remember these men and women as the heroes that they truly are,” said Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall in a press release.

After the memorial was dedicated in 2014, discussion with Sen. Jerry Moran began about the possibility of it becoming a national memorial.

“We (National Teachers Hall of Fame) were thinking about a monument, but it didn’t qualify as a national monument, so his (Moran’s) staff got on it and started researching it and said that it could qualify as

a national memorial,” said Carol Strickland, director of the National Teachers Hall of Fame. “They started the groundwork and introduced the legislation in September of 2015, so it’s been about two and a half years to get it to this point.”

The bill passed the senate on December 21 during the last evening of session before they broke for Christmas. It was later introduced in January to a committee in the House by Marshall.

“It’s been there for over a year and it was in committee for the longest time, but once the senate passed it, it kinda gave it the impedance to get it moving,” Strickland said. “It took a couple months to get it on the calendar and once it’s on the calendar, who knows when it’s going to be up for a vote.

We are hoping that this year we could announce it as national memorial.”

The memorial is dedicated to educators who died while they were carrying out their duties as educators. Those duties include teaching, driving a bus and serving as a para, among

Carol Strickland, director of the National Teachers Hall of Fame, and Roger Marshall, Kansas Representative, hug during a visit by Marshall. Marshall sponsored the U.S. House bill that will give the Memorial to Fallen Educators national status if signed by the president. Xiangru Chen | The Bulletin

others.

“I think a lot of it is national visibility about what educators do,” Strickland said. “We specifically said educators because so many of them are administrators or... education support

professionals. I don’t think people step into a school and think they are going to have to be a first responder or save their students. They just do it as an automatic response.”

Seven names will be ded-

icated and added to the memorial on June 21, including the three educators killed in the Parkland, Florida shooting in February. These seven names names will bring the

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NEWS

Bulletin wins open government award S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Rayna Karst, editor in chief of The Bulletin and senior English major, Allie Crome, managing editor and junior English education major and Sarah Spoon, opinion editor and junior Spanish and English major recieved an “Above and Beyond” award from the Sunshine Coalition for their “Jane” coverage. The award will be presented at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Greek Room in the Memorial Union. The Bulletin

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Tuning in to a local guitar hero A lec W alberg

awa l b e r g @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Local business owner Thomas Silkman of Flint Hills Music, 715 Commercial St., has a new accolade to hang on his wall. Silkman broke the current World Record for most guitars strung and tuned in one hour last Friday with 226 strings, which is the equivalent to 37 full guitars.

Silkman, aided by his crew, broke the world record in 49 minutes, breaking the previous record by 43 strings. The previous record

was 183 strings.

“I couldn’t believe it when somebody said we were on the 15th guitar,” Silkman said. “I thought we had just started the thing. I got into a rhythm and time flew by.”

Kendra Briggs, an assistant, helped with tuning.

Briggs got her bachelor of arts in music performance from Kansas State and her masters in music performance from Emporia State.

“For tuning, you actually had to be officially trained in music,” Briggs said. “We went through a lot of of tun-

ers before we found what was the fastest at finding the tune.”

Silkman’s crew helped him with a variety of different tasks, including ferrying completed guitars away to make room for more and helping tune and string.

The crowd watching the spectacle often shouted words of encouragement to Silkman and his crew throughout, and as time progressed, they grew louder.

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The Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government has named The Bulletin as one of two student newspapers in the state to receive the “Above and Beyond” award for “outstanding open-government reporting that has gone above excellence in news coverage about administrative problems at their universities.”

The Wichita State “Sunflower” is the other publication receiving the award.

The Bulletin award will be presented to staffers at 2 p.m.

Friday in the Xi Phi room of the Memorial Union. The award will be given by coalition board member Max Kautsch, a media attorney who nominated the newspaper. There will be a separate ceremony for “The Sunflower” on the WSU campus.

It is the first time, the coalition noted in a press release, that campus publications have been selected for the honor. Past media recipients include the “Topeka Capital-Journal” and the “Wichita Eagle.”

The Bulletin was commended for its stories, beginning Feb. 15, about “Jane,” a Korean undergraduate who had filed a sexual misconduct complaint against a tenured psychology professor, but who felt betrayed by the university’s process.

“The Bulletin’s courageous work in detailing the underlying facts that led to the student’s allegations of misconduct and how the university administration ignored recommendations to terminate the employment of the professor involved rose far

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The Bulletin | April 26, 2018

Police Reports Tuition, fees to increase 2.5, 2.8 percent A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

A proposed increase of 2.59 percent to tuition and fees was determined as the one of the final numbers that will be presented to President Allison Garrett for approval during the tuition and fees advisory committee meeting last Thursday. The combined proposal is made up of a 2.53 percent increase to tuition and a 2.78 percent increase to fees.

The committee will meet for a final look at the proposed increase today and the official recommendation will be announced at 11 a.m. Monday in the Skyline room, during the open forum for tuition and fees.

If this recommendation is approved by Garrett and the Kansas Board of Regents, it will result in an overall increase of approximately $91.12 for undergraduate students and approximately $85.59 for graduate students.

Members of the committee determined the floor and the ceiling of the increase, which would allow the university flexibility if the recommendation is not accepted. The lowest possible increase is 1 percent and the highest possible is 3 percent.

“Anything less than a 2.53 percent tuition increase...will not fully cover what we anticipate increased costs to be next year in our fringe benefit rates and for faculty promotion,” said Diana Kuhlmann, vice

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continued from page 1 above the paper’s routinely fine journalism and resulted in much needed change at the university,” Ron Keefover, the coalition president, said in a press release. “The Bulletin’s coverage also unveiled how the university forces students alleging sexual misconduct to sign nondisclosure agreements before the university investigates those claims.”

“The Sunflower” is receiving the award for its coverage of its aggressive reporting of an enrollment numbers controversy and for challenging the

Reports from ESU Police and Safety

president of Administration and Finance.

Anything lower than the 2.53 percent for the tuition increase would mean the university is not being fiscally responsible, said Steve Lovett, director of the School of Business Career Services and assistant professor of business.

The floor increase of 1 percent wouldn’t allow to the university to fully pay its bills, but the ceiling would, according to Lovett.

Megan McReynolds, Associated Student Government president and junior sociology major, said that she wanted to set a precedent to start charging students less and wanted the lowest possible increase, to keep the financial burden on students low.

“It’s to set a precedent,” McReynolds said. “I think the increases that have historically been happening, I think that we never consider what it would look like if we charge students less...we hope that the committee reflects and takes action to set an example of trying to charge students less.”

Lovett wanted an increase that wouldn’t put ASG in a position that made them feel as if the cuts to student line items were necessary, although he recognized that the decision was up to ASG, he said. It’s unfair for flexibility in costs to land on the students through proposed line item reductions, Lovett said.

“What I’m adamant about is ASG not feeling as though it’s in a position where it has to decrease,” Lovett said.

As an organizational whole, Lovett did not want to vote on and recommend an amount that would apply pressure on ASG. “I want ASG to be able to do what it deems necessary for their student government and this (the tuition and fee increase) doesn’t have to be

necessarily a brick in its path,” Lovett said.

The committee passed the proposed increase of 2.53 percent for tuition and 2.78 percent for fees, which results in a combined overall increase of 2.59, with eight members in favor, three against and one abstention.

There is a range of 1 percent to 3 percent that will be available for flexibility, if they have to negotiate with KBOR.

student government closure of fiscal affairs meetings. Both newspapers are facing significant funding cuts.

The Bulletin was nominated by Max Kautsch, coalition board member and the Kansas hotline press attorney, and was unanimously voted for by the Coalition’s board of directors.

“Their (Bulletin and “Sunflower”) coverage show tenacious, uncompromising search for the truth despite many strong efforts to keep the university communities and the public in the dark,” Keefover said in the press release. “The student journalists continually used the state’s open meetings and open records laws

to uncover previously secret documents and decisions that had been made behind closed doors.”

The coalition also noted that, on the same day The Bulletin reported that the professor in question had again been placed on administrative leave pending a Title IX investigation, there was also a story about student government considering a 12 percent annual cut in the newspaper’s operating budget for the next four years.

“Despite these challenges, the paper’s call for the administration to be held accountable is inspirational for journalists and members of the public everywhere,” Keefover said. “Editor-

in-Chief Rayna Karst, former editor-in-chief Sarah Spoon (who authored the original February 15, 2018, article about the student’s struggles), and reporter Allie Crome, along with faculty adviser Max McCoy, have been instrumental in publishing these stories.”

“This award is evidence of what I already knew about the Bulletin staff: they are a hardworking and courageous lot and dedicated to truth,” said McCoy, Bulletin adviser and professor of journalism. “The three student journalists who worked on the ‘Jane’ investi-

Steve Lovett, director of business career services and assistant business professor, discusses the tuition and fee increase in the Veterans Hall of Honor last Thursday. The current proposal is 2.59 percent overall. Gabriel Molina Maruda | The Bulletin

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University Press editor to speak at ESU S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

An editor from the University Press of Kansas, based out of Lawrence, will talk about publishing strategies for aspiring authors at 2 p.m. Friday, May 4 in the Greek Room in Memorial Union. The event is hosted by the office of the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Center for Great Plains Studies.

Kim Hogeland, acquisitions editor for the press, will talk about how to choose a publisher, how to pitch a project, what publishers are looking for and issues specific to academic authors, such as how to revise a dissertation into a manuscript.

Those who want to set up a time to meet with Hogeland individually are welcome to email her at khogeland@ ku.edu. Hogeland said she is happy to meet with authors ranging from those who have finished manuscript to only a bare outline of a project, to

determine if the work would be a good fit for her press.

Although her focus will be on scholarly publishing, she will also discuss the differences between scholarly and trade publishing and welcomes questions about both.

Hogeland’s focuses on books about the history of the American West, Native American studies, environmental studies and regional studies, such as Kansas, the Plains states and the Midwest.

Before she came to Kansas, Hogeland worked at the University of California Press where she focused on history, music and cinema projects.

More about the University Press of Kansas and its books can be found at kansaspress.ku.edu.

Some of the press’s authors include Kansas author George Frazier, “The Last Wild Places in Kansas” and ESU professor Max McCoy, “Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River.” The press has also

published several titles by ESU professor emeritus Jim Hoy, including “Flint Hills Cowboys.”

Hogeland received her bachelors of arts in history and Native American stud-

ies from the University of California Berkeley and her masters of arts in history from the University of California Davis.

Light refreshments will be provided during the event.

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April 16 Officers checked the Blue Light Emergency telephone at 18th and Morse Dr. It had not been working properly.

Officer stopped KS 029FDI in 1800 Highland. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a search for a subject in 1100 Commercial.

April 17 Officer stopped a bicyclist in 1200 Market. Verbal warning for a one-way violation on Market.

Officer contacted subjects on the soccer field and advised of campus policy.

Officer checked a telephone call from the Blue Light Emergency telephone at 18th and Morse Dr. No one was present. Mechanical issues have been reported in reference to this telephone previously.

April 18 ESU Dispatch received several calls of a large dog in poor health on the north side of Butcher Education Center.

HBO. Ambulance responded to the Science Hall for a male student who had fallen. Student refused transport.

Officer retrieved a found wallet from Building Services in Plumb Hall and returned it to ESU PD HQ. Officer attempted to make contact with skateboarders in front of Butcher Education Center. Officer was unable to locate.

Ambulance responded to Visser Hall for a student who had fainted on 1st floor. Subject refused transport.

April 19 Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a bar check at Brickyard and Town Royal.

April 20 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a shoplifter call at 10 W 7th.

Officer checked the welfare of occupants of KS 966GNA at 15th and Morse Dr. Subjects were advised to move out of the intersection to wait for their passengers.

April 21 Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fight call in 300 E 12th.

Officers assisted Emporia Fire Dept. by evacuating 1010 East during a structural fire.

April 22 Officer checked the welfare of a female subject occupying KS 839JWE north of I-35. No problem was found.

Subject was advised to move vehicle from the middle of the roadway.

April 23 Officers provided lock out assistance for KS 910HZR in Free Parking. Vehicle has other mechanical problems.

Williams Automotive was contacted.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a search for a stolen vehicle.

Officers assisted Emporia Fire Dept. with an alarm at 1326 Highland-Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House.

April 24 Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with an aggravated driver on I-35 at mm 130.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a disabled motorist in 1200 Walnut.

Officer contacted operators of several vehicles parked in 1800 Highland and advised all to move vehicles.

Ambulance responded to Singular Hall Room 110 for a female student with a heart problem. Subject was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

Officers stopped a vehicle in Sector 8. Verbal warning for a one-way violation.

Officer supervised T-Mobile lineman in Twin Towers Complex while he replaced cable lines. Sgt. Schumann contacted Cass Coughlin. He advised off campus worker could continue without officer supervision.

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Corky’s fuzzy friends adopted, rescued, returned A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

Over the last two semesters, The Bulletin has featured five dogs and four cats from the Emporia Animal Shelter, 1216 Hatcher St., as the Corky’s Fuzzy Friends featured pet.

Of the five dogs, two were adopted, according to the shelter’s records. Ramona, the pitbull featured in this week’s Fuzzy Friend, has not been adopted as of yesterday.

The remaining two dogs,

Buzz, a terrier mix, and Maurice, a lab mix, were rescued.

Rescued means that the animals were not adopted, but were instead transferred to another shelter or are at a foster home, according to Peggy Perez, the shelter’s manager.

Of the four cats featured, three of them were adopted.

The fourth cat, Charles III, was returned to his owner, according to Perez.

All of the staff members have adopted pets from the shelter.

“Every pet I have in my room has come from the shelter,” Perez said.

Barbara Haynes, shelter assistant, has also adopted several pets.

“I’ve adopted two cats and a dog through the shelter in the time that I’ve worked and volunteered here,” Haynes said.

The shelter takes in any strays that have been picked up in the city and county, Perez said. They hold the animals for a five day period, after

which they fall into the shelter’s ownership.

Although the shelter is contracted by the county and funded through the city, they receive extra funding through the Friends of the Animal Shelter organization, according to Perez. The Friends of the Animal Shelter helps with the expenses that go beyond the provided budget. “(They) help with the extra needs beyond the budget, as far as medical, the extra frou-frou things that make

the dogs and cats comfortable here, with the beds, maybe toys, whatever things that go beyond food and water and a roof over their heads,” Perez said.

Their biggest expense is cat litter, especially during the spring when they have more cats, according to Perez.

The shelter is open 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Saturday through Wednesday. All donations are accepted, as well as the time of anyone who is interested in volunteering.

Emporia State hosts final visiting writer for the semester M egan S heckells msheckells@esubulle tin.com

The English, modern languages and journalism department hosted the final Visiting Writers for this semester last Friday, featuring Louise Krug, an assistant professor of nonfiction writing at Washburn University, who has written two memoirs about her life after she had major brain surgery.

“Louise is the author of two compelling memoirs, ‘Tilted: essays on life after brain surgery’ and ‘Louise Amended,’” said Kevin Rabas, chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department. “Louise writes clean prose about a difficult subject, she writes courageously and candidly about life after brain surgery.”

For the duration of this

event, Krug read three separate essays from her two published books and one that she wrote only months ago. “‘Tilted’ for example, for a long time this was just a loose collection of essays with no start or end, no story arc, and I was just fine with that,” Krug said.

“Only really after I finished most of them I kind of saw the arc and I wrote a couple pieces to fill in the blank spots.”

At the end of the readings, Krug opened up to the audience for a question and answer session about her work, writing or anything else that fit the topics of the readings.

“Sometimes it’s only after I’ve written like five pages of something do I see that it could start to have some sort of possibility,” Krug said. “I’ve been doing it long enough to know that

eventually it will gel together.”

Krug is currently working on individual essays as well as a project in which she is interviewing and speaking with women that have mental and/ or physical disabilities across Kansas and transcribing the interviews with photos, she said. She hopes to make a gallery or webpage with what she gathers.

“One of the things that stood out most to me was, at the end she said that the world is made for a specific kind of person, and if you don’t fit into that norm it’s kind of hard, and I understand that personally,” said Courtney Sleezer, junior communication and English major.

“It was really inspiring for me, just to kind of understand what other people go through when they don’t exactly fit the norm.”

Students take a stand against gun violence

Louise Krug, an English professor at Washburn University, where she teaches Nonfiction Writing, reads from her two memoirs about her 2005 brain surgeries, ‘Louise: Amended’ and ‘Tilted: The Post Brain-Surgery Journals’ Friday in the PKP room. This event is part of the Creative Writing Program Visiting Writers Series. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin

Students (left) march with signs they made for the march for gun sense Friday on campus. Students Demand Action, an organization aimed to end gun violence in America, sponsored the march.

Elle Jorgensen, freshman elementary education major, registers for Students Demand Action (right). Students Demand Action is an organization aimed to end gun violence in America, according to act.everytown. org. Xiangru Chen | The Bulletin

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The Bulletin | April 26, 2018

A memorial is just the first step As media outlets, Emporia State and citizens across the country wait for the news as to whether President Trump will sign a bill into law which will name ESU’s Memorial for Fallen Educators a national memorial, The Bulletin feels we must address the elephant in the room.

While the Memorial for Fallen Educators is a wonderful thing and these people should absolutely be honored, a great number of these teachers were killed by guns in mass school shootings.

In fact, it was the mass shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut that inspired the idea for the memorial.

And yet, ESU has yielded to the Kansas Board of Regents rules and allowed concealed carry on campus.

Granted, while Faculty Senate did pass a few regulations to limit and discourage students, faculty and staff from concealed carrying on campus, our campus could have imposed far harsher regulations, or even pushed

back against KBOR. As the campus that educates future teachers and houses the Memorial for Fallen Educators, a memorial that holds 126 names, we should be the leaders in starting conversations about how we prevent these deaths.

This memorial is dedicated to educators who died while carrying out their duties while teaching, driving a bus or otherwise caring for their students.

Educators are on the front lines, now more

Persevering in the face of adversity

D ustin B ittel dbit tel@esubulle tin.com

ESU Theater ’s production of “Arsenic & Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring opened last night.

The department has been rehearsing and building this show for about six weeks. It was during this time of massive rehearsals that the news that ASG voted to cut the Performing Arts Board came.

Though the PAB cuts weren’t as drastic as they were intended to be, they did puts us back to where we were at in 2001. This isn’t sustainable as the cost of everything needed to make a production has gone up.

For example, the set of “Arsenic & Old Lace” is massive. It’s a two story box set that was built in six weeks with several late night calls last week in order to get it finished in time for the technical rehearsals. Without the funding of the PAB board we’d never have been able to build a set of this magnitude.

We’d be reduced to high school level sets, which would consist of some walls and a set of stairs leading off stage to repre-

sent our ‘second story.’ It would be nothing worth putting on at the university level.

However our set is incredibly beautiful thanks to designer Nancy Pontius, technical director Chris Lohkamp (who was also in the cast), the scene shop hires and the volunteers that came in to work.

Matt Mahr, junior theatre major and student light designer, put in a lot of time not only designing the lights for the show but working as a shop hire and helping inform students about the PAB cuts while advocating against the cuts.

Though we are able to reuse some of the lumber from this set, it’s not as recyclable as you think.

Not every set is going to be the exact same size and shape which means we will have to cut down what we have in stock to fit.

Additionally, without funding from the PAB, the costume shop would have to pull all of the costumes from stock instead of constructing two incredible period costumes that reflect the personalities of the two aunts. The problem with this is that sometimes we don’t have the right costumes to fit the period or the actor/ actress so alterations have to be made.

We can’t set every show in contemporary times because not only will not fit the story, but even then we wouldn’t have the

costumes.

Not every show is going to looking the same or be about the same thing.

Every show is going to have a different concept, a different story.

“Arsenic and Old Lace” is a story about family and people. It tells the story of a dramatic critic, Mortimer Brewster, who visits his two sweet, charming and charitable aunts in Brooklyn only to discover that they are killing lonely old men who have no family as a “charity.” Mortimer fights to hide the fact that his aunts are murders and protect them because despite the fact that they are crazy, they aren’t evil or cruel.

Now most people would say “Well they’re criminals, they should all go to jail no matter what” and you’re right, but if your two favorite aunts or grandparents who you love and would do anything for were killing lonely old gentlemen would you turn them in or would you try to find a solution that didn’t result in them ending up in jail?

This performance is not just about showcasing a unique story, however.

This show, in the time of budget cuts and disregarding the arts, shows what the theater department is capable of doing despite the stress, anxiety and pressure of the cuts to our love and to our future.

When you see this show, it shows your support for the arts.

than ever. They are there through the whole event and are the students first line of defense, before even first responders can arrive.

These people have given their lives time and time again, saving our students, and it’s time we honor them.

We should honor these educators by having real conversations about the real threats to their lives.

We should be discussing gun control and we should be leading and inspiring other universities, schools and boards

Representation matters

A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

A couple weeks ago, in the middle school book club that I help out in, we were talking about a book where the main character had two moms and a gay best friend.

I started off the discussion by asking what they thought of the book “It was weird to read,” was the response of one student.

When I asked why they thought that, the student responded that they had never read, or even heard, of a book that included a gay character. It was strange for them because they’d never been exposed to someone like this before.

And that’s why representation matters, in the classroom, with friends and family and in society.

By giving students a chance to learn about people with backgrounds different from their own, we’ll have a more rounded, more accepting community.

It’s a disservice to our students to only teach the history of white men, which is what happens way too often in our classrooms. Our history includes all of us, not just the select few who had the means and the power to Letters to the editor should be no more than 400 words and can address any issues, concerns, ideas or write the text books. event you choose. Letters may be edited for content and length. Email letters to editor@esubulletin.com.

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to have these very serious conversations.

This will be the first national memorial in Kansas and we should do right by it.

If we don’t step up and start having these conversations and start being firm with our legislators, it’s only going to get worse.

As gun rules get more lax in Kansas and across the nation, and the number of mass shootings rise, it is time to taking action.

These are real peoples lives on the line.

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history, but instead should teach it, even when it’s not the perfect, happy worldview that some people wish could always be presented.

As teachers, we’re often told that we have to adhere to standards or to the community that we’re in. But, in order to properly serve and educate the students, we have to push beyond that bare minimum and share the stories of those who are so often silence or pushed out of the text books.

In high school, I barely remember learning about any authors of color, only remember a few women and never discussed whether an author was anything but straight.

If students don’t feel like their education represents them, then why should they care?

We have to promise to go above and beyond for our students. The bare minimum isn’t enough.

Tell your students that Zora Neale Hurston was black and help them understand why that matters and how it shaped her experiences and her writing.

Tell your students that Virginia Woolf fell in love with Vita Sackville-West.

Tell your students about Ida Wells, a black journalist who investigated lynching.

Tell your students about Cesar Chavez, a Hispanic activist who brought attention to the plight of farm laborers.

And if it doesn’t fit into your curriculum?

Make it.

You owe it to your students.

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All From Nothing, un grupo musical local, recientemente sacó su primer sencillo al radio y está trabajando hacia el estreno de su primer disco.

“Somos un grupo de Emporia, Kansas con cuatro integrantes y tocamos música rock. Nuestro estilo es una mezcla de rock moderno, alternativo y fuerte de los 1990s a hoy”, según la página de Facebook del grupo.

Recientemente sacaron su sencillo “Jump” que ha tocado en la estación 104.9 en Emporia, KS. Han estrenado un vídeo musical para la canción, que se puede encontrar en su canal de YouTube.

“Honestamente, All Time Thomas Silkman, dueño de Flint Hills Music, intenta quebrar el récord de ensartar y afinar guitarras en una hora, Low es mi inspiración”, dijo que corrientemente es de 183 cuerdas, el viernes en Flint Hills Music. Silkman término 226 cuerdas, pero evidencia Sage Thurston, guitarrista del en video se tiene que presentar a Guinness antes de ganarse el honor de haber quebrado el récord. Abigail Ponce | grupo y estudiante de último The Bulletin año en música.

C esar S anchez csanchez@esubulle tin.com

Thomas Silkman, el dueño del negocio local Flint Hills Music, 715 Commercial St, tiene un nuevo premio para poner en su pared. Silkman rompió el récord mundial corriente de la mayoría de las guitarras ensartadas y afinadas en una hora el viernes pasado. El récord anterior era 183 cuerdas.

Silkman, con la ayuda de su equipo, quebró el récord mundial en 49 minutos. Silkman quebró el récord anterior por 43 cuerdas, poniéndolo en 226 cuerdas, que es el equivalente a 37 guitarras completas.

“No pude creer cuando alguien dijo que estábamos en nuestra decimoquinta guitarra”, dijo Silkman. “Pensé que ape-

nas habíamos empezado.

Me acostumbre al ritmo y el tiempo se fue”.

Kendra Briggs, una asistente, ayudó a afinar las guitarras. Briggs consiguió su licenciatura en actuaciones musicales de Kansas State y su maestría en actuaciones musicales de Emporia State.

“Para afinar, tienes que ser entrenado oficialmente en música”, dijo Briggs.

“Buscamos entre varios afinadores antes de encontrar la manera más rápida para encontrar el tono”.

Silkman utilizó su equipo en una variedad de trabajos. Algunos se llevaron guitarras afinadas a otro cuarto para traer más, otros como Briggs ayudaron a afinar y encordar.

La gente que vió el espectáculo estaba alegre y entusiasmada, diciendo palabras de soporte a Silkman y a su equipo. En lo

Su disco “Eyes to the Stars” saldrá este verano, según Jeff Kitselmen, cantante. Sin embargo, el número de sencillos aún no se ha determinado.

“Tenemos un sencillo para un EP llamado ‘Jump’”, dijo Kitselmen. “Estamos en el proceso de regresar al estudio durante estas próximas semanas para trabajar en otros tres sencillos”.

Thurston dijo que para crear un producto, el grupo empieza con la grabación de la canción con solo los tambores. Después, agrega la guitarra, el bajo y por fin los vocales.

Kitselmen dijo que él tiende escribir de experiencias personales y sobre la sociedad. A veces puede ser un poco político, también.

“Nos hemos unido con la música”, dijo Kitselmen.

“Nos encanta, no hay nada mejor que estar en el escenario, tocando desde el corazón”.

que pasaba el tiempo, el grupo de gente empezó a gritar más fuerte y se puso más inquieta. Cuando el tiempo fue oficialmente terminado, estallaron con porras, matracas y muchos high fives.

Oficialmente, evidencia tiene que ser mandada a Guinness antes de que el éxito sea celebrado. Ya cuando es revisado y aceptado, Emporia va ser el hogar de un poseedor del récord mundial Guinness.

Michael Hall, un estudiante en Emporia High School, dijo que fue una inspiración para él. “Esto fue muy padre porque estoy pensando en una manera en cómo quebrar un récord también”, dijo Hall.

Hall quiere quebrar el récord mundial por la mayoría de los popotes en su boca. Ese récord corrientemente es de 495 Jeff Kitselmen, cantante y Sage Thurston, guitarrista tocando los tambores popotes.

y estudiante de último año en música, ensayan el jueves pasado en 101 W. 6th Ave. El grupo local, All From Nothing, se han escuchado en 104.9 y están trabajando para sacar su primer disco. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Emporia State recibe a la última escritora invitada del semestre J ose M edrano jmedrano@esubulle tin.com

El viernes 20 de abril, el departamento de inglés, idiomas modernos y periodismo recibió al último orador de la serie de escritores invitados de este semestre con la presentación de Louise Krug, profesora asistente de escritura en la Universidad de

Washburn.

"Louise es la autora de dos memorias tituladas, ‘Ensayos sobre la vida después de la cirugía cerebral' y 'Louise Amended'", dijo Kevin Rabas, director del departamento de inglés, idiomas modernos y periodismo. "Louise escribe prosa limpia sobre un tema difícil, escribe valientemente y sinceramente sobre la

vida después de una cirugía cerebral".

Durante el evento, Krug leyó tres ensayos separados de sus dos libros publicados, y uno que ella escribió hace solo unos meses.

"Inclinado, por ejemplo, durante mucho tiempo, esta era solo una colección suelta de ensayos sin principio o fin, sin historia, y yo estaba bien con eso". Krug dijo. "Solo realmente, después de terminar la mayoría de ellos, vi el arco y escribí un par de piezas para llenar los espacios en blanco".

Al final de las lecturas, Krug se abrió a la audiencia para una sesión de preguntas y respuestas sobre su trabajo, escritura o cualquier cosa sobre los temas de las lecturas.

"A veces es solo después de que he escrito como cinco páginas de algo que veo que podría comenzar a tener algún tipo de posibilidad", dijo Krug. "Lo he estado haciendo lo suficiente para saber que eventualmente se unificara".

Actualmente, Krug está trabajando en ensayos individuales y en un proyecto

en el que está entrevistando y hablando con mujeres que tienen discapacidades físicas y/o mentales en todo Kansas y transcribiendo las entrevistas con fotos para crear una galería o página web.

"Una de las cosas que más me llamó la atención, que dijo al final, es que el mundo está hecho para un tipo específico

de personas, y si no caes en esa norma es un poco difícil, y lo entiendo personalmente”, dijo Courtney Sleezer, estudiante de tercer año en inglés.

"Fue realmente inspirante para mí, simplemente para comprender lo que otras personas atraviesan cuando no quedan exactamente en la norma".

Louise Krug, profesora de inglés en Washburn, lee de una de sus dos memorias sobre sus cirugías del cerebro en 2005, Louise: Amended and Tilted: The Post Brain-Surgery Journals, el viernes en el cuarto PKP. Este evento es parte de la serie de escritores invitados. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin

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All From Nothing, a local Emporia band, has recently released a single on the radio and is working to release their first album.

“We are a four piece original rock band based in Emporia, Kansas. Our style is a mix of modern rock, alternative and hard rock spanning from the 1990s to today,” according to the band’s Facebook page.

Their recently released song “Jump” has been airing on radio stations such as mix 104.9 in Emporia, Kansas. They’ve released a music video for this song as well, which can be found on their YouTube channel.

“Honestly, ‘All Time Low’ is my big inspiration,” said Sage Thurston, guitarist in the band and senior percussion performance major.

Their upcoming album, titled “Eyes To The Stars,” will likely be released some time this summer, according to Jeff Kitselmen, singer and Bass player. However, the number of tracks on the album has not been decided upon at this time.

“We’ve got one song so far for an EP that we’ve

released called ‘Jump,’” Kitselmen said. “We are in the process of getting back into the studio here in the next couple weeks to put another three songs together.”

Thurston said to create a finished product, the band begins by recording the entire song with just the drums. Then, they add in the guitars, bass and finally vocals, he said.

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When time was officially called, onlookers erupted in cheers, noisemakers and many high fives.

Evidence must be sent to Guinness before his success is officially recognized, according to Kitselmen said he tends Silkman. Once that is reto write about personal ex- viewed and accepted, Emperiences in his song lyrics poria will officially be the as well as behaviors in society. Sometimes he gets a bit political too, he said.

“We have all come together because of music, and that’s really our bond,” Kitselmen said. “We all love doing it, there’s no better feeling than being up on stage, and playing your heart out.”

home of a Guinness World Record holder.

Michael Hall, a student at Emporia High School, said that Silkman breaking the record was inspiring for him.

“This was really cool to watch because I’m thinking about trying to break a record too,” Hall said.

Hall said that he wants to beat the World Record for the most straws stuffed in his mouth. That record currently sits at 495 straws.

Thomas Silkman, owner of Flint Hills Music, attempt to break the world record of stringing and tuning the most guitars in one hour, which stands at 183 strings, Friday at Flint Hills Music store. Silkman succeeded with stringing 226 strings, but the video evidence has to be submitted to Guinness before he is recognized as a world record holder. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Jeff Kitselmen, singer and bass player, and Sage Thurston, guitarist who is filling in as drummer and senior percussion performance major, play during a practice last Thursday at 101 West 6th Avenue. The local band, All From Nothing, have been played on 104.9 and are working towards putting out an album. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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Beacon for Hope holds tattoo centered fundraiser D ustin B ittel dbit tel@esubulle tin.com

Beacon for Hope, a suicide prevention and awareness organization in Emporia, partnered with Maud’s Tattoo Company, 720 Commercial St, in a fundraiser last Sunday, which raised $750 that will go toward suicide awareness and prevention. Maud’s designed 24 tattoos that people could choose from, with half of the proceeds going to Beacon for Hope.

“Speaking to most of the people getting tattooed, each had their own person story for the specific tattoo that they chose, ranging from personal loss of a parent to suicide to supporting suicide prevention because depression ran in their family,” said Melissa Kurtenbach, executive director of Beacon for Hope. “Everyone was patient, a little nervous... but so amazing. We are very thankful.”

Kurtenbach said that the organization decided to do this fundraiser as a way to reach different groups of people in Emporia.

“Many people like the self

expression of the tattoos because it means something to them,” Kurtenbach said. “It’s just another way to reach more people who otherwise won’t attend an event because they’re uncomfortable.

This is a way of self expression for them and a way for us to get our message out as well.”

The designs of the 24 tattoos ranged from semicolons to flowers. Each tattoo was about three to four inches in size and cost $60.

“The semicolon project itself was a nonprofit organization started by an individual who lost a family member to suicide and she struggled herself,” Kurtenbach said. “The semicolon itself represents when a writer writes they can either put a period or a semicolon. The semicolon is not a pause but a way for someone to go on.”

John Armstrong, an artist at Maud’s, designed a lot of the semicolon tattoos for the event.

“There are a whole lot of depressed people out there who seem like they’re kinda in the closet about it and are pretty quiet about it,” Armstrong said. “It’s good to

Marievic Mexa, graduate nursing student, gets her first tattoo by John Armstrong, tattoo artist at Maud’s Tattoo Company, 720 Commerical St., in support of suicide awareness and prevention Sunday. Beacon for Hope, who received half the profits from tattoos, raised $750 which will go towards training individuals on suicide prevention.

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have an event like this where people can come out and meet one another and maybe not feel so alone and have relationships or friendships that last a long time.”

A total of 20 people were tattooed at the event.

“I am very passionate about the cause,” said Madison Denham, senior psychology major. “Suicide is such a huge issue it’s definitely an adaptive problem. It’s very important to notice the signs around you, educate your-

self, help those in need and just be willing to listen.”

The money raised from merchandise sales, proceeds and donations will go to help Beacon for Hope train individuals on suicide prevention.

Panelists open up about disabilities

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Six panelists shared their experiences with their disabilities and how they impact their lives and relationships with others, along with the different ups and downs each has gone through, during an Equal Access panel last Thursday in the Greek Room. The panelists spoke on a variety of topics, from mental to physical health and the ability to access support services and areas on campus.

“You don’t think about accessibility until you actually need it,” said Lorenzo Tuero, freshman communication major who has severe back pain.

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Panelists also spoke about the stigmas that they face and how being diagnosed sometimes felt freeing to them.

“For some people, this diagnosis might have been kind of stigmatizing or embarrassing,” said Robert Kornowski, instructor of mathematics, who was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder. “For me, it wasn’t at all. It was tremendously freeing.

I finally felt like I understood all of these different symptoms that I had my entire life...now everything makes sense.”

The diagnosis helped him understand himself better and he is able to find accommodations to assist him, after having

symptoms for over forty years, Kornowski said. His experiences have also allowed him to relate with students and assist them when they’re struggling, he said.

“In some ways, it’s made me a better teacher because when I have students who I see struggling, I feel more empathetic with them and can relate to them better and hopefully able to help them more as a result of own experience,” Kornowski said.

The panel also discussed their experiences with mental health.

According to Stephanie Adams, director of Student Acces-

sibility and Support Services, mental health issues also count as a disability, which many people are not aware of.

“Mental health issues can be very debilitating and it is more common now,” Adams said. “Mental health issues are climbing. Even here at ESU, the population is growing.”

Part of the growth can be attributed to how young adults are bombarded with information through the internet, social media and television, which wasn’t the case for older generations, Adams said.

Lexi Elbrader, graduate clinical psychology student, spoke about major depressive disor-

der and how she stays open about her depression to help normalize it.

“I’ve always been a person who’s been extremely open with my depression because I don’t like the norms of disability,” Elbrader said. “We’re all unique and individual and this shouldn’t be something that someone should look down on you for.”

Elbrader also offered suggestions for how people can support those who are dealing with issues like depression and other disabilities, which included being there for that person and asking what they need you to do.

been my great honor to be their adviser.”

Karst, a senior English major who graduates this spring, thanked the staff.

“I am incredibly grateful to the Sunshine Coalition that my staff was thought of for this award,” Karst said. “Sarah Spoon and Allie Crome worked tirelessly to tell Jane’s story, and I am proud to have been their editor this year.

However, we could not have

done it without the rest of our staff taking on some extra responsibilities while the three of us were conducting the investigation. During the this process I was - and continue to be - awed by my staff’s hard work and perseverance.

It has been an absolute pleasure being the editor of The Bulletin this year.”

Karst hoped that this award would set a precedent for student papers across the state.

“I hope that this recognition inspires students newspapers across the state to keep fighting for truth and transparency, and to continue to give students a voice,” Karst said. “No matter how hopeless it may seem at times, our

work does make a difference.

What we do truly matters, and we must keep fighting.”

Spoon agreed.

“You never do this kind of work thinking about receiving an award,” said Spoon, junior Spanish and English major. “This job is truly important and, in my opinion, the most important thing a person can do. To give voice to those who have had their voice taken away is truly an honor. The real hero of this story is ‘Jane.’ She’s a rockstar and without her meticulous record keeping, this story never would have been finished.”

Crome, junior English education major, said she hopes the award will be an example.

“Student journalists often have to take a step back and don’t get the chance to be students,” Crome said. “Instead, we have to focus on the impact and implications of a story and give a voice to the rest of the student body. I hope that this will help set a precedent and inspire other student journalists to continue serving the students at their university to the best of their abilities.”

The Sunshine Coalition includes journalism professors, law professors, news media members and private citizens. Kautsch, who serves as the Kansas Press Association’s hotline attorney, sometimes represents The Bulletin in media law issues.

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total to 126 names.

“Educators play an integral role in shaping the next generations of Americans, and their dedication to the safety of their students too often goes unrecognized,” Moran said in a press release. “I applaud the House for passing this legislation to designate this memorial a national memorial and I look forward to the president signing this bill into law, making certain the memorial continues to recognize fallen educators whose passion and commitment to their students have benefitted us all.”

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Goodwin pushes himself to the finish

Taysean Goodwin, junior physics major, competes in the Emporia State Relays on March 31 at Welch Stadium during the 400 meter dash, finishing in first place with a time of 48.88 seconds. Goodwin’s personal record in the event is 46.83 seconds. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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a television commercial while watching cartoons, and he feels that his choice Taysean Goodwin, in schools has led to success junior physics major, chose in all areas of his life.

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Hornet softball went undefeated at home to finish up regular season play last week. The two day series consisted of two double headers, one set against Northwest Missouri State University and the second against Missouri Western State University.

“We always talk to the

came home from my visit (at ESU), I laid in my bed and I asked God what he wanted me to do,” Goodwin said. “I thought about all the options I was given. I turned on the T.V. to watch SpongeBob and an ESU commercial came on that I never saw before. To this day I’ve never seen the commercial again and that’s how I knew this school was for me.”

As an eight-time AllAmerican in track, Goodwin has become a role model for many of his teammates, and he has worked to become a leader on the team.

“I can be the type of teammate that is quiet, but I can also be the type of teammate that will get in someone’s face when they are bringing the whole team down,” Goodwin said. “If I’m working hard, (I want my team to) join me.”

Goodwin’s personal best in the 400-meter dash is 46.83 seconds, according to esuhornets.com. He has a personal best of 21.35 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

Senior sprinter Duke Tibbs has watched Goodwin grow during his time at ESU, and Tibbs views Goodwin as a brother, rather than just a teammate.

“I remember hosting Taysean on his recruiting visit, and I knew he was a

special talent with a good head on his shoulders,” Tibbs said.

As a friend and a teammate, sophomore Jazmin Williams also spoke about Taysean’s character on the track and acknowledged that Goodwin is an unelected team captain for ESU. “He pushes the team to go harder; he is passionate about the team,” Williams said. “[Taysean] really wants everyone to succeed.”

From the very beginning of Goodwin’s track career during his junior year of high school, he has had a hunger to win, as just a second place finish is not a complete success in his eyes.

“In high school, my first meet ever was at the University at Central Missouri,” Goodwin said. “I had never run the 400-meter dash before, and I ended up running a 56, which isn’t that great.”

Over the years, Goodwin has worked to perfect his craft of running the 400meter dash, he said.

“Even in high school, all my events revolved around me running the four (hundred meter dash),” Goodwin said. “I told my coach I really liked that race, and I guess it just liked me a little bit.”

During his time at Emporia, Goodwin said he has developed a trusting relationship and bond with head coach, Stephen Blocker, as he has grown as an athlete with increasing achievements.

“Coach Blocker is like a dad to me; he will do anything and everything for me and I feel that I can come talk to him about anything I have going on,” Goodwin said. “He takes my opinions into consideration, and I trust him with everything because he is the one who got me to where I want to be every year, which was on the podium.”

Goodwin’s competitiveness and desire to win has resonated with him throughout the athlete’s collegiate career, Blocker said.

“I think Taysean is probably the most competitive kid I have ever coached,” Blocker said. “He is pissed off when he doesn’t win first place, and sometimes, I have to tell him ‘Hey man, this is college. You don’t have to win every single race.’”

Goodwin said that right now, he is working on learning how to run by himself and not focus on the other runners in the race.

“All you gotta do is see what you want, and go get it,” Goodwin said.

Softball victorious at home girls about how the beginning of the season doesn’t matter,” said Eryn Stockman, graduate coaching assistant.

“I think they understand that and have been doing very well come game time. We have a lot of great players this year and I am excited for the future.”

The first double header was a success for the Hornets

as they rose victorious over Northwest Missouri State University. During the game, ESU outscored the Bearcats by eight runs and won 9-1.

The second game of the double header proved to be much closer. The final score was determined by a single run, with the Hornets hanging for the win, 6-5.

ESU entered the second

Hornets showcase talent in spring game

double header strong and defeated Missouri Western in both games, going 4-0 on the weekend.

The first game proved to be low scoring, with only two runs scored, both by the Hornets. ESU won 2-0.

The Hornets made up for the low score of the previous game during the last of the weekend, putting a total

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Trey Morris, freshman wide receiver, dives in attempt of a catch near the end zone during the spring foootball game on Saturday at Welch Stadium while Brent Davenport, junior defensive back, tackles. During half time, this year’s seniors were recognized for their time on the team.

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of nine points on the scoreboard. ESU defeated the Griffons, 9-1.

ESU will be back in action today through Saturday as they take the field for their last games of the season.

They will be playing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, taking on a multitude of teams from MIAA Division 2 in conference play.

The Hornet men and women brought home fourteen top four finishes at the 91st Kansas Relays in Lawrence, Kansas last weekend.

In the first two days of competition, Emporia State racked up third-place finishes from senior thrower Alec Garcia in the men’s shot put and senior multi-athlete Payson Maydew in the decathalon, as well as a fourth-place finish in the men’s 5000-meter run by senior distance runner Brian Newkirk. Senior multi- event athlete Brianna Schmitz also placed fourth in the women’s heptathlon.

On the third day of competition, the Hornet men clenched two top three finishes. The men’s 4x800meter relay finished first, and it was comprised of sophomore Jared Reinke, junior Cole Bosley, sophomore Murad Baheyadeen, and senior Thomas LaRoche.

The men’s distance medley relay placed third overall; it was run by Bosley, senior Wyatt Sander, Baheyadeen and

Reinke.

The Hornets won eight of the fourteen medals on the final day of competition.

Junior Taysean Goodwin took first place in the men’s 400-meter dash and fourth in the men’s 200-meter dash.

Close behind him was senior Duke Tibbs, placing fourth in the 400-meter dash.

LaRoche took first in the men’s 800-meter, while Baheyadeen took third.

The men’s 4x400-meter relay took the gold, run by freshman Brandon Rhone, junior Colin Coleman, LaRoche and anchored by Goodwin.

The Hornet men also finished second in the 4x100meter relay; Coleman, Goodwin, junior Malcolm Dade, and Tibbs all received silver medals.

The Hornet women sprinted to a first place finish in the women’s 4x100-meter relay, comprised of sophomore Jazmin Williams, junior Hannah Shield, senior Malacia Lee and senior Lati Yeargin.

The Hornets will be back on the oval tomorrow and Saturday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.