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Committee backpedals on impeachment

Administrators respond to student safety concerns Sarah Spoon

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The Associated Student Government Diversity and Inclusion Committee said it would not press for the impeachment of ASG Vice President Michaela Todd for fear of violating Todd’s First Amendment rights and risking exposing the university to a lawsuit during last night’s meeting.

The call for her impeachment came after Todd made a political Facebook post before last week’s midterm election that used the phrase “illegal alien.”

The post endorsed Kris Kobach for governor, and said he would “put Kansans first, not illegal aliens.” It was initially a public post, made on Todd’s personal Facebook account.

Todd later deleted the post.

“The members of senate sat down last night with Kevin Johnson and another local attorney,” said Ariana Williams, junior chemistry major. “They didn’t give us official legal ad-

During a meeting filled with tears and anger, students last night voiced their safety concerns related to a social media firestorm that ignited when the student government vice president posted her support for immigration hardliner Kris Kobach, who lost his bid for governor.

Passions dominated the Associated Student Government Diversity and Inclusion Committee, with students expressing anger and frustration, committee members struggling with the political and emotional toll and a pair of administrators attempting to ease fears.

The safety concerns were Abigail Weiser, ASG senator and senior scociology major, comforts Ariana Williams, ASG senator and junior fielded by Lynn Hobson, dean chemisty major, after last night’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee meeting. The meeting was attended by of students. Anger over a permany students concerned for their safety and questioning ASG and administration’s stance on the Todd inciceived lack of administrative dent. Margaret Mellott | The Bulletin response was directed at Jim vice but just from their years Williams said she sympa- tee we had to come together Williams, vice president of stuof practice what they had seen. thized and understood what and say, within our power right dent affairs.

Our biggest fear right now is if undocumented students were now, we can’t move forward Many students felt their we, as a senate, move forward to going through based on her own impeach her, we’re going to be personal experiences. see COMMITTEE page 7 see SAFETY page 5 hit with a lawsuit.”

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VP defends ‘illegal alien’ post, affirms commitment to ESU Allie Crome Managing Editor

Editor’s Note: The vice president of Associated Student Government, Michaela Todd, senior communication and political science major, sat down with The Bulletin Wednesday morning for an interview about her Facebook post that used the term “illegal alien.”

The post endorsed Kris Kobach for governor, and said Kobach would “put Kansans first, not illegal aliens.” It was initially a public post, made on Todd’s personal Facebook account. Todd later deleted it.

The interview was conducted in the ASG President’s Office.

In attendance, in addition to Todd, were Abigail Ponce, photo editor of The Bulletin and junior math education major, and Allie Crome, managing editor of The Bulletin and junior English and journalism education major. C rome conducted the interview.

A full transcript appears below.

Allie Crome: Alright, and so for my first question. So what was your intent behind making the original Facebook post?

Michaela Todd: So, my

original intent was, you know, it was election day, everybody was being really vocal about, you know, who they were supporting and like just to encourage everybody else to go out and vote, and that was exactly, you know, what I wanted to do too. I wanted to show, you know, that I was involved with my local government, and that I cared about it, and that this is the person that I was supporting and these were the reasons why I believe he’s a good fit for Kansas and, yeah, so just show-

ing, you know, that I care about Kansas and that like I was being involved, so.

AC: And so, what is your response to students saying that the terminology “illegal alien” is insensitive and dehumanizing?

MT: I was really, I was taken very off-guard, I was very shocked. I definitely, after listening to what the students had to say, when I met with them with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee last week. I definitely understand where they’re see DEFENDS page 7

Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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Community Hornets and sorority and fraternity life held a seatbelt campaign Nov. 14 and 15 in the Memorial Union to spread awareness about ‘buck-

ling up’ while driving.

“We decided to do around Thanksgiving, because we had found that the most people died from car crashes that they are not wearing their seatbelt are over Thanksgiving, ” said Katie Ollenburger, Sigma Sigma

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Sigma vice president and senior elementary education major.

“The students are going home for Thanksgiving break. ” In 2016 there were 30,041 people killed in car accidents while not wearing their seatbelt in during the Thanksgiving

holiday and weekend in United States, and we don’t want any of our students lost their lives, according to Ollenburger.

“We are asking them to sign on a banner, (have) free hot chocolate, and we have various facts on the walls,” said Blythe

Eddy, director of students activities and community serves.

“It’s a little survey that we have, how often do you buckled up, we have a drawing for seatbelt campaign t-shirt.” see BUCKLE page 3

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Kanas poet laureate performs at ESU Lucas Lord Staff Writer

Kevin Rabas, chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department and Poet Laureate of Kansas, shared some of his poetry, music and advice on creative writing.

“When I lived in Kansas City I almost paid my rent as a jazz musician,” Rabas said. “I used to volunteer at the American Jazz Museum.”

Playing on a drum set, Rabas read several poems that explored his time as a jazz musician.

“I love the whole branches of poetry and the family tree of folks who influence others and

I go back to them,” Rabas said.

“But many of times, what really grabs my attention now, is what people are doing in the present moment. Much like being a musician where you have to know the tradition, but you also have to know what people are doing right now.”

A former student of Rabas, Katie Dold, senior English major, had previously seen Rabas perform.

“I thought the presentation was really good,” Dold said. “I love his enthusiasm and his blend of poetry. I had him for creative writing. He would always share his poetry with us and give re-

ally good feedback for us, and the works that we were writing.

It was always a really open classroom and fun to go.”

Poetry is an important genre for people to listen to, according to Dold.

“I think that coming to poetry in general can really open your eyes,” Dold said. “For a lot of people when they think about writing they think about novels which are really big, but they forget about poetry.”

Rabas was the last visiting writer of the semester.

“Being able to gather with writers like this and gather stusee POET page 3

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The Bulletin | NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Senate motion to impeach student body vice president fails Allie Crome Managing Editor

The Associated Student Government senate failed to pass a motion to begin the impeachment process of Michaela Todd, ASG vice president and senior political science and communications major, during last Thursday’s meeting. The vote was 11 in favor, seven against and three abstentions from voting.

The process was started by Paul Frost, senator and junior accounting major, as a response to Todd’s usage of the term “illegal alien” in a Facebook post.

The post, which endorsed Kris Kobach for governor, said that Kobach would “put Kansans first, not illegal aliens.” It was initially a public post, made on Todd’s personal Facebook account. Todd later deleted the post.

The Associated Press Stylebook discontinued the term “illegal alien” in 2013, and discourages all use of the word “illegal” except when referring to an action, according to ap.org.

“The language and ignorance spoken by vice president Todd is inappropriate and inexcusable,” Frost said. “We are a university and senate dedicated to diversity and inclusion. The statements made were dehumanizing and exclusive to part of our community. Allowing vice president Todd to stay in her position means that we condone her statements and fail to act on the behalf of the students we were elected to represent.”

During the meeting, ASG’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee released a statement asking that the impeachment process be moved to the next senate meeting, in order to give Todd time to reflect on the situation and allow her the option to resign.

The statement gave Todd the chance to resign by Mon-

day, Nov. 12, or they would start the impeachment process at the next ASG meeting.

In their statement, they referred to the situation as “the needle that broke the camel’s back.”

“Unfortunately, VP Todd’s actions act as a reflection of the current campus climate as a whole,” the statement said. “We cannot tolerate hate, ignorance, and indifference by student leaders.”

The statement was not intended to withhold the impeachment process but to go about the process fairly and logically, according to Caylie Ratzlaff, member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and junior English and social sciences education major.

“It has only been 48 hours since this has happened,” Ratzlaff said. “We want to make sure that...Todd does have time to reflect without pressures insinuating what she’s trying to reflect upon.”

During voting, several senators either abstained or voted no in order to follow the procedure laid out by the Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Ratzlaff, Danica White, graduate library and information science major, Nicholas Sims, freshman political science major, and Kim Nguyen, graduate art therapy and clinical counseling major, all voted no in order to stand by the Diversity and Inclusion statement.

They are all members of the committee.

Daniel Agbaji, graduate library and information management major, abstained from voting to stand by the committee’s statement.

“I feel that as leaders, we should be held in high esteem,” Agbaji said. “Our words should represent the words of the people. Michaela, you need to step down. Not because you’re not

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Ariana Williams, junior chemistry major, reads a statement during the Associated Student Government meeting last Thursday in Senate Chambers. Williams talked about how the statement personally effected her and others. Mike Abell | The Bulletin

a good person, not because we don’t love you, but because if we keep on tolerating this attitude on campus it means in the future to come, this would keep repeating itself.”

The issue was also addressed at the start of the meeting when Michael Webb, ASG president and senior management major, and Todd spoke to the senate during the President and Vice President Remarks.

Webb reaffirmed that he and ASG are here to support students.

“We will act on your concerns to the best of our ability and represent each and every one of you,” Webb said. “We truly do value you and we care about you.”

Todd also issued another apology during the meeting.

“I sincerely apologize to those it affected and it was never my intent to hurt anybody,” Todd said. “I take this situation very seriously and I will learn from it. I will continue to honor the oath that I took when I went into office to put the good of the university ahead of my own ambition.”

Todd announced Monday that she will not resign from her position. On Nov. 14, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee withdrew their statement to start the impeachment process, due to concerns of legal issues, and the committee will not motion to impeach Todd at the next senate meeting.

The next senate meeting is at 5:15 today in the Senate Chambers.

Students respond to ASG impeachment attempt Allie Crome Managing Editor

More than 35 students attended last Thursday’s Associated Student Government meeting, following the backlash after the student body vice president made a Facebook post that used the term “illegal alien.”

The post made by Michaela Todd, ASG vice president and senior political science and communications major, endorsed Kris Kobach for governor and said that Kobach would “put Kansans first, not illegal aliens.” It was initially a public post, made on Todd’s personal Facebook account. Todd later deleted the post.

The Associated Press Stylebook discontinued the term “illegal alien” in 2013, and discourages all use of the word “illegal” except when referring to an action, according to ap.org.

Some students attended the meeting to share their concerns about Todd’s post, their reactions and how the language used was dehumanizing. Other students in attendance expressed their support for Todd and her usage of the term “illegal alien.”

A majority of the students in attendance were not there in support of Todd, according to a poll done by The Bulletin.

The comments in the gal-

lery came after the senate failed to pass a motion to begin the impeachment process of Todd.

The vote was 11 in favor, seven against and three abstentions from voting.

“As a human being, I know we make mistakes and I know that we cannot be as perfect as hard as we try, but education does not start with a diversity packet and does not end with the adjournment of a meeting,” said Ariana Williams, senator and junior chemistry major. “I feel failed, not only as a student of Emporia State, but as someone who has served next to you in the senate for over a year. We are asking for change, not because our feelings are hurt, but because we have been denied our rights as people to exist in this country.”

Students in support of Todd cited the dictionary definition of the term “illegal alien” and said that Todd did not intend the term to be derogatory.

“The word alien is defined… as someone who is a foreigner, especially one who is not a natural born citizen, of a country where they are living,” said Mackenzie Haddix, freshman elementary education major.

“In my opinion, Michaela did use a correct term, President Obama has used this term, Hillary Clinton has used this term.

I find no wrongdoing in what

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she posted.”

Haddix said that she stands with Todd and will support her, no matter what.

Tyler Parker, sophomore communications major, also spoke about Todd’s usage of “illegal alien” and its status as a dictionary definition.

“I don’t think she was necessarily meaning to use the term in a derogatory way, if anything by using the term ‘illegal alien,’ it was a dictionary definition and I think she was more trying to be politically correct,” Parker said.

In response to students referring to the dictionary definition of the term, Abigaile Weiser, senator and senior sociology major, brought up the social implications of words and their usage in social situations.

“It’s very important to remember that while at times, the legal definition of something is what it is, there is also a social understanding of what that means,” Weiser said.

Some students in attendance called for Todd’s resignation or impeachment, even after the failed vote, as consequences for her, saying that she did not represent them.

“There is no excuse for what she has done and I don’t want it to continue to happen,” said Kristian Gilmore, junior sociology major. “We have too many

instances on campus at ESU like that. I don’t like continuation of problems in different forms, because whatever the case may be, it needs to stop.

Period.”

Students in support of Todd did not see impeachment as the correct response to the situation.

“I think impeachment is a very heavy consequence on something that she might have even been trying to avoid,” Parker siad. “Again, she didn’t try and target out any race, she didn’t try and target out any specific body, she used ‘illegal alien’ as a whole term. I can understand how that can offend you, especially after hearing some of the stories, but I think that Michaela’s intentions were not what they’ve been made to seem.”

Since the impeachment motion failed, and Todd did not submit her resignation after being called by the Diversity and Inclusion Committee to step down, the committee originally planned on restarting the impeachment process during tonight’s senate meeting.

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee retracted that statement and will no longer start the impeachment process, according to an emailed statement sent out to the student body Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Nov. 7 Officer provided escort for a male student from the Student Wellness Center to Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness.

Officer provided escort for a male student from 1000 Lincoln to Twin Towers Complex.

Officer stopped KS 011DVM in 1100 Merchant. Verbal warning for parking illegally. Citation for a stop light violation and expired driver’s license.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a medical call at 1830 E Hwy 50.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 18th and Rural.

Nov. 9 Twin Towers Complex zone 106 Fire. Smoke Detector South Twin Towers Room 309. Human error.

South/Southeast Morse Hall zone 20 Fire. Missing alarm Room 113. Manual Pull 3rd north/south stairwell. Mechanical error.

Nov. 10 South/Southeast Morse Hall zone 20. Missing alarm-manual pull 3rd north-south stairwell.

Mechanical error. Recurring error.

Officer responded to a report of flooding in Beach Music Hall.

Contacted Building Services and campus plumber.

South/Southeast Morse Hall zone 20. Missing alarm-manual pull 3 rd north-south stairwell.

Mechanical error. Recurring error.

Brennan Mills requested a welfare check on a suspicious female subject at Singular/Trusler Hall. Officer made no contact.

Nov. 11 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious persons at 1112 Merchant.

Nov. 12 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a reckless driver on southbound I-35 at mm 135.

Officer assisted B923088 on I-35 at mm 129. They were out of fuel.

Twin Towers Complex zone 322 Fire. Smoke detector North Twin Towers Room 108. Human error.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. at with a suspicious subject at 220 Weaver- Sauders Metalworks.

Nov. 13 Twin Towers Complex Fire.

Smoke detector South Twin Towers Room 312-A. Human error.

Officer stopped KS 434FXS in the 2700 Block of West 18th St. Citation issued for expired tags.

Female student requested to speak with an officer at Police & Safety.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. at 1128 Merchant St. Officer assisted Lyon County Sheriff’s Dept. at 704 East 12th Ave. Female subject requested to speak with an officer at Police & Safety.

Officer stopped KS 980CSW at 12th block of West St. Citation was issued for expired registration within 30 days.

Officer stopped KS 946FND in 1000 West. Citation for expired registration within 30 days.

Officer stopped KS 817HCN in 1100 East. Citation for expired registration past 30 days.

Officer provided escort for a female student from Sector 5 to Twin Towers Complex.

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Students participate in reader’s theater perfomance Mike Abell Staff Writer

During last week’s Veterans Day celebration, three students participated in a reader’s theater performance based off of interviews from World War I in White Library.

“There were five oral histories originally from different soldiers that had been interviewed in the ‘70s,” said Hannah Lingard, sophomore English education major. “We had to consider which would be the best to perform, what

buckle

continued from page 1 There are also other events, like taking pictures and writing a thank you note to family.

“It’s kind of promoting like wearing your seatbelt over your holiday season, everyday of course, but especially students are traveling back home,” Ollenberger said.

The event is open to everyone.

you could really elevate while performing it, as opposed to just reading it.”

The scripts were created from transcribed interviews with members of the L Company in WWI and they were conducted for the Flint Hills Oral History Project in 1976.

Tad Gilbert, senior theater and English major said that the process took time and collaboration with multiple groups across campus.

“We started off about a month ago, we got paired up with directors and we started running through it a few

times,” Gilbert said. “Mine was a little different, because when I got it, it was 22 pages and we got it down to 14.”

Aside from rehearsing the script, to get into the mindset of a WWI veteran, Gilbert said he tried to remember how each of his grandparents talked about their time being soldiers.

One of the actors, Ryan Wollum, sophomore theater major, said they did a lot of research into WWI. “To get into character, it was a lot of research on WWI, because World War II is very

known to an American Audience, but WWI is not quite as talked about,” Wollum said.

“It was a whole lot of research on trying to figure what the mindset of people going into the war, why, other than patriotism, are soldiers going and fighting.”

Lingard works as a student coordinator for the Educational Theater Company and helped organize the reading.

She talked about how this event compared with others events she had worked on.

“We do a lot of different events, so earlier in the year

we performed staged readings of the William Allen White award winners for that celebration that took place here,” Lingard said. “But as far as this particular event it’s completely new to us.”

The reader’s theater performance was a collaborative effort between Special Collections and Archives, the Department of Communication and Theater, the Department of Social Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Lyon County History Center.

“I think this event that opens people’s eyes about wearing seatbelt is very important even though it may not seems that important can save your life,” said Katie Born, Chi Omega member and junior student of elementary education major. “I buckled up because my family are really important to me, so I want to make sure I will be safe in the holiday and to celebrate with them.”

poet

Amy Sage Webb, professor of English, modern languages and journalism. “Our poetry dents here like this is a re- program here is not like othally dynamic part of campus ers and that is largely due to that we’re grateful for,” said him…I’ve observed him teach

many times and each of his classes are filled with…all of these elements to every class that he teaches. It’s quite extraordinary.”

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While playing the drums, Kevin Rabas, chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department, recites one of his poems. Rabas is the current Kansas Poet Laureate. Ziwen Wang | The Bulletin

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Emporia State University I haven’t been at Emporia State very long, but I have learned a lot. I have learned the school doesn’t really care about its students very much; especially those in the arts

departments or at The Bulletin. I have decided to leave ESU. This will be the last “Vibing With Violet” piece.

When I started this semester, I had high hopes for

this school. I had heard they had a great music program and had some talented music groups.

I also heard they had healthcare onsite with a small doctor’s office and therapy services for students.

Well, I learned pretty quickly about the massive budget cuts which, I’m sure, caused some of the problems the music department has.

One of the biggest problems is the lack of tutors; it took me six weeks to find a tutor and that was thanks to a friend who is not in the music department.

By that time, I was already incredibly behind.

The tutor I had was great, but unfortunately it was too late and there were only two

tutors available in general.

They were also only available before noon. I do not blame the tutors for this; I blame the school for not hiring more.

Another issue with Emporia State is the Wellness Center. They are not much help when you have mental health issues to deal with.

It is incredibly difficult to get an appointment with them.

I’m not sure if this is because they don’t have enough people working there or something else.

The only redeeming quality about ESU that I have seen is The Bulletin, and I’m not saying that because I work here.

Honestly, I came into The

Bulletin not thinking much of it because I had a bad outlook on most journalists and college news outlets.

I had just applied for the job because it was convenient. However, I have learned so much while being here.

I have learned a lot about writing news stories versus opinion stories.

I learned about the high expectations The Bulletin has and keeps for its writers and pieces. They have some straight up wonderful people working there.

There are many people at The Bulletin I know I could count on for anything.

I can’t say the same for the rest of Emporia State.

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Staff Editorial

Administration’s silence is deafening To say the least, we are disappointed by administration’s response, or lack thereof, to the Todd incident.

Michaela Todd, vice president of Associated Student Government and senior communication and political science major, made a Facebook post last week that used the term “illegal alien.”

Since then, there have been multiple calls by minority groups on campus for Todd to step down to be impeached or, most recently, for a recall.

These minority students have faced serious backlash in the

social media comments.

Between calling them “snowflake liberals” to the more concerning threats to call immigration services to have these students and their families deported, this is extremely concerning.

But where is President Garrett’s message to Hornet Nation?

In the past, when there was a threat to repeal DACA, when the “Jane” stories broke and when there were other race issues on campus, Garrett and the rest of administration has generally been on top of these problems

and confronted them head-on by sending out an announcement to let students know they are cared for and safe on Emporia State’s campus.

A message from Lynn Hobson, dean of students, and Jim Williams, vice president of student affairs, went out to students today, but a few sentence message about the “resources available on campus” is not a statement.

Additionally, attending a student government meeting and saying “sorry” and that there was nothing you could do to help

students who are being threatened for their race, background or views, except to offer to call Police and Safety is disheartening and disappointing.

Especially as going to the police is not a realistic option.

Black and other folks of color are the subject of police brutality attacks daily.

And for students who are undocumented or have family who are undocumented, going to the police is not an option for obvious reasons.

Asking them to do so is insensitive, impractical and put

those students and further risk of emotional violence and family separation.

We know administration can’t change the political landscape.

We know they can’t change people’s intolerance. Nor can they cause change on a state or government level.

But they can affect change on this campus and it begins with an attitude of tolerance and understanding.

It begins, at the very least, with a letter in support of our minority students.

The real fake news Now that I’m leaving, I realize the good that they do and the importance for the role that they play.

Working at The Bulletin, I got to see how stories get put together. I learned a lot from working there.

I learned how thorough The Bulletin is when getting sources for stories and making sure they present the facts.

Violet Porter I learned how much they Opinion Writer truly care about the students Before I started working at of Emporia State, even though The Bulletin, I didn’t think very many don’t like The Bulletin.

I used to believe many of highly of journalists.

the things people said about journalists, even things my father would say. For example, how they lie and publish stuff that only goes with their agenda or party affiliation.

While I’m sure there are still some bad journalists, just like there are bad people in every field, I don’t believe they are overwhelmingly bad.

I think there are more good journalists than most people think.

I now believe that there are many journalists fighting for the people, The Bulletin

included. This paper has done a lot for the students of ESU. They go to all the meetings most people don’t want to go to.

They go to every event they can.

They work late nights to make sure they can best serve the reader.

The Bulletin stands up for those who have no one else.

For example, all the “Jane” stories they did last year.

The Bulletin stood with a student and followed her story, even when the school

wasn’t listening.

Journalists like the ones at The Bulletin are not there just to do a job. They take pride in what they do and want to help inform the students about what our school is doing.

The Bulletin has suffered a lot late this year, especially with the budget cuts.

Students and the community should take a stand and go to some of the meetings our school has and support The Bulletin. Journalists now are often accused of “fake news.”

It’s time to spread the truth.

Nationalism and Patriotism are both bad

Gage Simpson Copy Editor

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed world leaders in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. In the 20-minute speech made under the Arc de Triomphe, Macron made a clear and competing dis-

tinction between nationalism and patriotism.

“Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism…by pursing our own interests first, with no regard to others, we erase the very thing that a nation holds precious, that which gives it life and makes it great: its moral values,” Macron said.

This argument comes with the presumption that patriotism is not an endorsement of current institutions that oppress minorities.

This argument also presumes that the state is something desirable; that we should orient ourselves around the survivability of the state, to which the rightwing nationalism threatens.

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nationalism.

For instance, growing up in a post 9/11 world, I remember feeling so proud to be an American. All the while, the war on terrorism was killing civilians and destabilizing the Middle East in the name of democracy.

Further, the Patriot Act, TSA and media portrayals of the “Terrorist Muslim” endorsed islamophobia in the name of being a real patriot.

Historically, in other calls of patriotism, we locked up Japanese people in internment camps, or denied protesters free speech during the Red Scare, called the police on black civil rights organizers and endorsed an empire that we viewed as the ultimate

good while erasing culture and identity from the world.

This has always been the case. Conquistadors committed genocide against native peoples in the name of Spain (only five percent of the native population survived); Black slaves were kept in chains while cries of freedom left the lips of patriots; crusades against the Moors were done in the name of the empire.

The next time you find yourself feeling patriotic, critique it. Ask yourself if this is really a feeling of community, or an endorsement of historically oppressive structures. Education and awareness are key to becoming an ally. Remember, speak with, not for.

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The morals, values and current structures under which we operate are coming under fire as the U.S., and moreover the world, are becoming more polarized in an era of dissatisfaction.

This chase of power might come from the wrong direction, as white men seek to reimplement the system they spend hundreds of years building to exclude the “other.”

But the acknowledgement of the failure of the system to provide adequate means of living and quality of life for all is crucial as we move forward.

It is important to clarify that an endorsement of patriotism is an endorsement of “America First” just as well as Trump’s

Dear President Garrett, Reading two articles, dated November 7 and 8, 2018, published in the ESU Bulletin gave me considerable pause. The words and conduct of the individuals bringing the complaint exhibit an immaturity and intolerance that is anything but fitting for university level students.

The university setting is purposefully an arena for instruction and exploration of ideas including the process of governance. According to Rachael

Kohman the meeting [of report] was “intended to allow students to have …civil dialogue…”. The bullying tactics utilized by the complainants absolutely did not promote civil dialogue; in fact, by design these were employed to silence any expression that is not in lock step with their version of “inclusivity”.

There has been no visible response by any University faculty, staff, or administration.

As an alumnus of this institution of learning, I am deeply disheartened that there is no evidence that this coordinated group intimidation not to

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mention the press to deny this person her right to free speech has been questioned by the University. This leaves one to consider the more distressing reality that in fact there exists unseen guidance by some at the University bolstering such behavior; this does not model the ASG Mission statement “to provide the means whereby the member of the student body may express themselves effectively…”. The goal is to prepare students to develop a better world is not served by tolerating the intolerance and brutish style demonstrated in these reported meetings.

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KLC shares community engagement strategies Logan Cayton Staff Writer

Members of the Emporia State Honors College met to discuss ways to help engage and make progress in communities, last Tuesday. The meeting was ran by Julia Fabris McBride, vice president of the Kansas Leadership Center.

“When thinking about a project, your first question should be, 'Who do I care about?'” Mcbride said. “I care about having great public education available for everyone in Kansas.”

McBride has traveled the world teaching and sharing KLC ideas, with the main principle that leadership is an activity that anyone can participate in.

Salman “Soul” Badawy, junior computer science major,

said his focus is to correct misconceptions about his homeland, Egypt.

“There is not a specific group, I am trying to correct, maybe the people that I am surrounded with," Badawy said.

"I try to be the best version of myself to give a positive example of Egypt.”

McBride drew a web for the students with the community in the center and branches coming off, with ideas of how to help your specific community.

Each student then made their own web for a plan of how to engage and improve their cause in a community.

“I would like to improve health literacy,” said Kathryn Keinholz, sophomore health human preformance and Spanish major. “It is important for people to understand health in-

Julia Fabris McBride, vice president of the Kansas Leadership Center, talks with Emporia State students. She met with the Honors College Nov. 6. Cameron Burnett | The Bulletin

formation so people can make the right health decisions.”

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FAC moves two bills to faculty senate Gage Simpson Copy Editor

The Faculty Affairs Committee voted Tuesday to move two bills to the Faculty Senate.

The two bills amended policies on ombudspersons and intellectual property.

The first bill, “Faculty Trainer for Ombudspersons,” adds a section allowing the Faculty Executive Committee to “confirm or appoint if necessary, a tenured faculty member” to train incoming ombudspersons.

“I wrote this bill because we don’t have a trainer for ombudspersons,” said Sheryll Lidzy, FAC chair and associate professor of communication and theater. “The bill was written in 2013…got pulled out in 2015, and now I am putting it back in.”

The bill includes training

from Human Resources about the Grievance Policy, which is what highlights procedures for when faculty and staff have a complaint surrounding university policy, decisions, or perhaps another faculty member, according to the university policy manual.

The bill also states that “current or previous” ombudspersons are preferred to serve as the trainer and that the trainer will serve a term of three years.

The second bill, titled “Update of Intellectual Property Policy” amends current policy to add that “mediated courseware…does not include the course materials regardless of delivery methodology.”

“We’re trying to distinguish between the delivery or management system and the actual course materials,” said George Durler, professor of

accounting.

Emporia State has “limited ownership or control rights” for self-initiated courseware, according to current intellectual property policy.

The bill adds that any course materials given to students would be owned by the professor.

The delivery system, if the instructor is given direction to use the courseware from ESU, will still be partially owned by the university.

The bill also adds some clarification to what a “specific appointment” is, as well as adding that an appointment to teach a course through “internal grant” will not be considered under the “special appointment” exemption.

The next FAC meeting is 3:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in the Miller Room.

organization committed to fostering leadership for for stronger, healthier and more

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continued from page 1 personal safety was threatened because of the hate expressed towards them after they supported the ASG vice president’s resignation, or impeachment, after she made a post that used “illegal alien.”

The post, which endorsed Kobach for governor, said he would “put Kansans first, not illegal aliens.”

It was initially a public post, made on Todd’s personal Facebook account. Todd later deleted the post.

On Facebook and Twitter, discussion on the Todd issue was polarized. Some comments called students “snowflakes” and defended Todd, while others slung accusations of racism.

More than 40 students attended the meeting. There were also a faculty member and five administrators in attendance, including Hobson and Williams.

The question asked of Williams, over and over again, was “What are you going to do?”

“From the viewpoint of an institution we are going to continue... to empower the continuation of coming up with...solutions,” Williams said. “I cannot say this is all going to change and you’re all protected and you’re in an environment now where you’re not going to feel threatened. You are going to be threatened. I’m sorry.”

At one point, more than 25 students were crying based on their fears for personal safety and lack of response from the administration.

“Anybody that is in this room that is being threatened, you are welcome to come with Lynn (Hobson) and I to our offices and we will bring Police and Safety over so we can get it documented,” Williams said. “From the moment this issue came up (our main focus) was safety...We’ve got to do that. That’s the protection we can offer at this point.”

It was not clear whether undocumented students who reported this issue would be protected from immigration services. At one point Williams said that ‘yes students would be protected’ and at another point he seemed to agreed with a student that said the university could not shield students from undocumented authorities.

Williams also recommended that students shut down their personal social media as a way to deal with the problem.

“The administration can not step in and say ‘We don’t like what you’re doing,’” said Jim Williams. “I understand the pain and I certainly am listening, but I will simply will say we cannot control all of the hate that is on your social media pages.”

The meeting was so full that venues had to be changed twice. It took place in the Preston Family Room.

“She (Todd) has gotten a lot of support and that support has been

prosperous Kansas communities, according to their website, kansasleadershipcenter.org. hate against us,” said Madi Alford, junior political science major, while fighting back tears. “People telling us they’re going to slash our tires (and) talking about lynching us.

Are you as ESU prepared to tell my mom when I am lynched in a tree somewhere that that was okay because no administration has stood up?”

Alford also asked that administration release a general statement.

“Forget Michaela, forget she’s even involved in this,” Alford said.

“Why are you guys not talking to students? Send out a general email (saying) ‘It is not okay on our campus to be racist.'”

Students were also angry that administration hadn’t stepped in to help control the situation.

“I think it is so sad that today is the first day that actual administration has stepped into this room and has shown their presence when it should have been shown last week,” said Terraya Carter, junior art therapy major.

Taylor Lee, Black Student Union president and senior sociology major, said she felt like the people posting on social media were using scare tactics to reduce the voice of the minority students on campus.

“When we spoke up, we weren’t (talking) on her race or her political views,” Lee said. “That wasn’t the problem in the first place. The problem was that she’s in a leadership position, standing up for a student body, and she put what she did on Facebook. That was the problem.

She shouldn’t have used that word in the first place.”

Kayla Gilmore, senior political science major, said they’ve received numerous messages attacking her for her beliefs.

“My identity is on a public format, on a Youtube video, that has over 100,000 followers and got over 51,000 views in less than 24 hours leading to my Facebook profile that is now being circulated,” Gilmore said. “...The way they talk about me, the way they talk about black people (and) the way they talk about undocumented students is simply ridiculous.”

Michaela Todd, ASG vice president and senior political science and communications major, attended the last five minutes of the meeting.

“I had meetings that I had already made arrangements to,” Todd said. “I was unable to make it. I would have been if I could have.”

Todd also said she did not support her supporters who attacked other students on social media.

“I don’t condone anybody who attacks people for what they believe in, at all,” Todd said. “It’s unacceptable. It’s hurting another human being. I understand that there have been some people who have gotten retaliation and I am still here to listen to them so I came to listen as much as I could. That won’t be tolerated on this campus. We can’t be attacking each other.”

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Emporia community celebrates Veterans Day

During the Veterans Day Parade last Saturday, the Emporia State color guard (above) marches down Commerial Street. The parade was one of the many events held in Emporia to celebrate Veterans Day. Ziwen Wang |

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Representative Mark Schrieber and Angie Schrieber (top right) clap along to “Yankee Doodle Dandy” during the All Veterans Tribute show Friday in Albert Taylor Hall. Both read about their veteran fathers, Bob Schreiber and Joe Moreland. The Boy Scouts (right) lead the Pledge of Allegiance to start the All Veterans Tribute show on Friday in Albert Taylor Hall. The show also featured the Emporia Municipal Band. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Center for Great Plains Studies to release edition two of “Traverse” Bailey Miller Copy Editor

The Center for Great Plains Studies will release their second edition of their magazine, “Traverse,” in December.

“We’ve covered the LGBTQ+ community, the radio community (and) there’s some coverage of Dwight D. Eisenhower and his community,” said Hannah Henricks, “Traverse” design editor and senior communications major. “(The magazine is) taking different subjects and showing how diverse the Great Plains actually is.”

The newest edition is fo-

cused around water and the Great Plains, according to Susan Brinkman, “Traverse” managing editor and assistant.

“Traverse” has a staff of four people who, over the course of three to four months, gather information about the Great Plains, according to Brinkman.

“It’s pretty remarkable I think, when you look at it,” Brinkman said. “You have an 82 page full-color journal and there’s not a single person on the staff that has a full time job with the center or the publication. We’re all part time.”

The first edition of “Traverse” was released last spring.

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“It’s been a huge learning experience since we’ve all kind of started doing it together.” Henricks said.

Rachel Newbold, graduate assistant for the center, works on advertisement and subscriptions for “Traverse.” This will be Newbold’s first issue. “(The best part of “Traverse” is) recognizing the collaboration around campus and the meaningfulness of the publication,” Newbold said. “It represents the landscape and the people of the Great Plains and the stories behind it.”

One issue of “Traverse” costs $10 and a year subscription

costs $14.

“We have about 200 subscribers throughout the United States, primarily public libraries and university libraries,” Brinkman said. “About 30 percent are individuals.”

The magazine hopes they will be able to reach beyond their current audience and teach more people about the Great Plains.

“If you don’t think that it’s relevant to your life or anything then you probably need to read a little bit,” Henricks said. “The pieces that we do include...become relevant even if you don’t live in the Great Plains.”

They utilize information from people around the nation and write their own articles, according to Brinkman.

“I think it’s something, coming from someone who’s not from the Great Plains, very educational on closer different aspects that anybody could pick it up and learn some stuff,” Newbold said.

The center is located on the third floor of White Library.

Max McCoy, professor of English, modern languages and journalism, is the director for the center and the Editor-inChief of “Traverse.” He is also the adviser for The Bulletin.

Baby, it’s cold outside

Megan Sheckells

Don’t judge others’ decision We are all on a journey of selfimprovement. Everyone has different things they excel in, or are weak in. Just because we wouldn’t make the same mistake as someone else doesn’t mean others are less than us because they would.

Even in terms of majors, students tend to think other majors have it easier, or that certain majors aren’t going to bring success.

Out of the need to share opinion, or with the intent to guide, we make judgements about others’ life paths.

Most of the time it’s out of care that we say things regarding someone else’s choices, but that isn’t enough to make our commentary exempt from being hurtful or judgmental.

There isn’t a right path to take. So next time someone has a hard time with a course that seems easy to you, consider what you are really saying when you comment “That’s such an easy class.”

Maybe you can handle eighteen credits in classes, but it doesn’t make someone else’s twelve not enough. We have dif-

ferences in what we can handle in certain areas, and differences in what we believe is best.

Differences don’t need to be a bad thing. No one wants to feel like they aren’t good enough because they’re different.

We seem to be in a time where mistakes are unacceptable and unforgivable. Differences seem to keep us from being kind to each other. Part of self-improvement is accepting that we are all learning from different mistakes.

We are all on a journey. Mistakes and failures are what help us to grow as people.

We will all make mistakes, and it’s important to think of how we are making others feel about doing something that is part of being young, part of learning and part of being human.

So, let’s try to acknowledge our mistakes and faults, and not attack others for theirs. Try to accept that everyone is different from us and learn from each other’s perspectives instead of judging them.

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nition that you were using?

MT: Yeah.

AC: Alright. And so, why did you choose not to resign on Monday, despite calls from senators and student body members to do so?

MT: The first, there’s a lot of reasons. The main reason was I felt that, when I posted my post on social media, I was doing it as an individual, as a Kansan, I wasn’t doing it as the vice president of ASG. And when you’re in a position like this, you know, you do have to separate your position and your personal life, and you’re able to, you know, say what you believe in and stuff when you’re not in your position, and I felt that I wasn’t. I wasn’t representing, I wasn’t saying that I was the vice president or anything, I was just “hey, I’m Michaela, this is who I’m supporting.” So, when people were saying that I couldn’t post that and I couldn’t say I wanted to, what I believe in, I felt like they were infringing on my First Amendment rights and what, saying that, you know, I couldn’t say that. So that was the main reason. The second reason was also, I want to do better by the student body and I want to learn from this and grow and understand, you know, where other people are coming from and to be able to be a better representative for ESU. And also, there were a lot of students that came out in support of me and they were feeling attacked for supporting me and I also felt I had a right to stand up for them also since

they were standing up for me, so.

AC: And so, had you previously mentioned on your Facebook that you were the ASG vice president?

MT: Not, it’s not in my bio or anything, the only time I think I did was maybe when we won the election back in May. But it’s not something I have on my Facebook bio or anything.

AC: Okay.

MT: Yeah.

AC: And so, you also said that you’ve learned, and you’ve grown…

[Todd’s phone begins to ring] MT: Is that mine? I am so sorry. I have no idea what that is. I’m so sorry.

AC: No, that’s good.

MT: Oh my gosh. I am so sorry.

AC: No, that’s fine. Sometimes things like that happen, no worries.

So, you said that you’ve learned and you’ve grown from this experience. What kind of things have you learned from it?

MT: Just getting to hear the students’ point of views that were hurt by what I said. It’s hard to know everybody on campus, even though we are a small campus, so it also opened up communication pathways between me and some constituents that I hadn’t been able to connect with before.

And so, I’ve been able to meet with them and talk with them, and they share, you know, like their past and, you now, what they believe in. And I’m able to share, you know, what I want do in this position for them. So, I think that’s the main thing, it’s helped me connect with the students, even though it’s not exactly the best way, you know, you want to connect with the students. It’s been able to open up communication pathways between them and me, so.

AC: And so, what steps do are you going to take in the future to represent all the students at Emporia State?

MT: I think, like I said, being able to talk with the students.

We, it’s hard to say, you know, like “oh, we’re going to make, we’re going to like, make this bill” or something because the bills and resolutions that the senators bring forth, they bring forth because the students say “this is what they want.” And so, as the vice president, I think the best way to represent students is to just talk with them.

I think face-to-face talking is much better than, you know, reading, you know, stuff from like Facebook and from, you know, newspapers and everything, because that human connection makes us remember, you know, we’re all human, we

zlaff, junior English and social sciences education major, led the rest of the meeting and said they wanted to hear from students about how the committee and ASG could better represent them.

“The fact that Michaela Todd is not present speaks to her character,” said Kara Dubois, junior psychology major.

“How is she going to represent us if she can’t even show up?”

More than 40 students, a faculty member and five administrators, including Lynn Hobson, dean of students, and Jim Williams, vice president of student affairs attended the meeting.

“It feels like you have given up on the diversity and inclusion in this community,” said Peyton Gould, junior accounting.

In their statement, the committee said they “did not intend to make Vice President Todd

feel isolated in her community,” which Dubois said she wanted to talk about.

“Especially the phrase ‘she was isolated,’” Dubois said.

“I mean, the irony of saying that she was isolated because of her statements and the fact that she was isolating a group of people that are already isolated because they are minority students.”

Kayla Gilmore, senior political science, also said their private social media profile was circulated and they received several hate filled messages through social media.

“My identity is on a public format, on a Youtube video, that has over 100,000 followers and got over 51,000 views in less than 24 hours leading to my Facebook profile that is now being circulated,” Gilmore said.

“I didn’t have my name drug through the dirt for us not to impeach.”

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Michaela Todd

defends

continued from page 1 coming from and, like I said last week, it was never my intent to offend or hurt anybody and I’m very sincerely sorry that that happened and that it occurred, because as the vice president I do want to represent all of the students and so I’m hoping that we can learn from this situation and it’ll make me a better leader and that I’ll be able to do a better job by the students.

AC: And so, on kind of the same note, what does “illegal alien” mean to you? What did you mean when you were using that term?

MT: I was using the term because that is what was used for the platform that I was supporting. I knew that it was a legal term that was used in the federal government and here in Kansas, like it’s just a legal term that they use. The university uses it as a legal term regarding, you know, different human resources stuff, so I was simply using it as a legal term and I thought it was correct for what I was talking about.

AC: And so, at that time, what was the definition of the legal term?

MT: The definition of the legal term I think was, “any foreign person coming into a country,” you know, someone like not from there or something, yeah. I’m not sure what exactly it was, but it was like any foreign person from that land or country.

AC: And so, that was the defi-

committee

continued from page 1 with impeachment,” Williams said. “It is protected by freedom of speech and as much as we hate it, as much as it sucks, (and) as awful as it is, we sat down with attorneys and it is protected. “ The committee received backlash over their statement released yesterday in which they stated that for the personal safety of the committee, they would no longer ask for Todd’s resignation or for her impeachment.

Kim Nguyen, chair of the diversity and inclusion committee and art therapy counseling graduate student, had to leave less than a minute into the meeting because she was crying and couldn’t read her documents.

“I can’t do it,” Nguyen said.

Williams and Caylie Rat-

7 all have different beliefs and we all want, ultimately, we all want us all to strive and to achieve greatness like through ESU. And while it’s very rocky right now between students, I think, ultimately, it’s going to bring us together. I don’t think the community that we love here at ESU, I don’t think that’s going to be tarnished, I think it’s just going to make us stronger.

You know, families fight so, but they’re still families, and I do believe that ESU is still going to be a family after this, so.

AC: And so, do you consider ESU, and the student body here, a family to you?

MT: I do, you know. Families, families fight, families disagree and don’t agree on everything, but I know that all the students here want to achieve and to go on and do greater things, and I am here to help them along the way in this position, and that’s what I want to continue to do.

AC: And so, what is the one thing you think the biggest thing people are misunderstanding about this situation?

MT: That’s a good question.

I think, I think it goes back to not knowing who people are and what their intentions are.

Because when people were criticizing my leadership, it was coming from people that I felt didn’t know me very well, and, you know, that could’ve been on my part, you know, I wasn’t reaching out to them and showing them leadership, which is something that I will work on. But I think just judging a book by its cover is definitely something, like it goes for both sides, you know, just judging somebody by their Facebook post or something, knowing that, you know, actions speak louder than words, so.

AC: If there was one thing that you could tell people, what would it be?

MT: That I am still dedicated to being a representative for the student body, that I want to finish out what I started and I want to make ESU a better place for the students now and the future.

AC: And so, Goal Five of the University Inclusion statement, or, the University Inclusion Plan, is “to create a campus climate culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Do you believe that your post was representative of that value?

MT: I think so because diversity and inclusion also goes towards diversity of thought, which is something that we need a lot of in today’s society, because the way, you know, our society is, it’s very divided.

And, it’s hard to achieve things with just one point of view, and so being able to have diverse conversations with people that have different beliefs than you, that’s how you come together and you compromise and that’s how you find solutions to stuff.

So, I think being able to have diverse conversations that will help us here at ESU, and then will also help us when we get out into the real world and have to diverse conversations with people that don’t think the same way we do, so.

AC: And so, does ASG have any plans right now to start opening up diverse conversations? Having any type of meeting or plan about that?

MT: Definitely. I think Michael and I want to work a lot with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and also with our Campus and Community Relations Committee, because they’re to connect the campus and the community and everything. We, at the beginning of our term, Michael and I wanted to provide more town halls and more, you know, roundtable discussions, that’s something we haven’t been able to achieve so far in this semester, but it’s something that we’re definitely planning on doing and just creating more opportunities for students to come and talk with their senators and to talk with us, so.

AC: Okay, and so, for my last question here, so considering Kris Kobach’s efforts towards voter suppression and then the behavior of his supporters at the watch party in Topeka, are you still comfortable calling yourself a Kris Kobach supporter?

MT: I’m not aware of what happened in Topeka, so I’m not sure what that is.

AC: The thing in Topeka was the supporters singing the death to Laura Kelly song.

MT: Oh, I was not aware of that. I would say I am a supporter of Kansas. Now that it’s over, I still have my beliefs and like, that’s always going to be part of me. But overall, I want Kansas to achieve and through our democratic process, you know, the candidates that won, won, and I want Kansas to achieve, so I am going to be supportive of whoever is in office to make the decisions that help better Kansas, so.

AC: Alright, I think that was all of my questions. Is there anything else you would like to add, anything else I should know about this?

MT: No, I don’t think so.

AC: Alright, well thank you so much for meeting with me. I really appreciate it.

MT: Thank you.

Jim Williams, vice president of student affairs, responds to comments regarding the Associated Student Government vice president’s usage of “illegal alien.” Williams sent out an email to the student body yesterday with resources on campus. Margaret Mellott | The Bulletin

Todd, senior communication and political science major, came during the last five minutes of the meeting.

“I had meetings that I had already made arrangements to,” Todd said. “I was unable to make it. I would have been, if I

could have.”

The committee also passed a resolution to remove the terms “illegal” and “illegal alien” from the university’s marketing and media, according to Ratzlaff.

The resolution passed five in favor and zero against.

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8 Local disc golfer ranked fifth worldwide Gage Simpson Copy Editor

Paige Bjerkaas, junior elementary education major, was ranked fifth in the country by the Professional Disc Golf Association after winning the PDGA championship in September in Jeffersonville, Vermont.

“When I made my final putt, (it was) very emotional,” Bjerkaas said. “I started crying. My parents ran up to me and we all hugged and it was an incredible moment. To have my dream come true in a beautiful place like Vermont, and with my parents there, it was just a perfect moment.”

Bjerkaas said she started playing disc golf with her parents when she was 10-yearsold in Colorado.

“My parents discovered disc gold the year I was born, in 1996,” Bjerkaas said. “We found a local disc golf course and we were hooked.”

Bjerkaas said she liked that the whole family would play disc golf together for

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fun. Once her father signed Bjerkaas up for her first tournament, she started to become more competitive.

“That’s when I was like ‘Okay, this is fun. I could do this,’” Bjerkaas said.

In 2011 Bjerkaas was ranked third in the amateur women’s championship, according to the PDGA. Dynamic Discs sponsored Bjerkaas for the first time in 2013 after a tournament in Hays, Kansas.

“That’s when I met Jeremy Rusco, and he saw something in me,” Bjerkaas said. “He saw a little girl throwing discs…

Now I’ve accomplished so much, and it’s really cool for him to see the growth of who I am as a player.”

Rusco is the creator and CEO of Dynamic Discs, according to their website.

Paige Bjerkaas, junior elementary education major, demonstrates how to putt yesterday at Peter Pan Park.

Bjerkaas said she wants Bjerkaas, who started disc golf when she was 10, won the Professional Disc Golf Association World Championto play and practice during ship in September. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin the offseason in Jacksonville, Florida. She plans on practicBjerkaas said the biggest “Instead of hanging out ments,” Bjerkaas said. “But if ing eight to nine hours a day, challenge in her career has with my friends, I’m out prac- I had putted an extra thirty, workouts included. been time management and ticing, or instead of hanging forty minuets this week, I “I want to treat (disc golf) keeping up with friends and with my family, I’m on the might not have missed that like a real job,” Bjerkaas said. family. road competing at tourna- one putt.”

ESU qualifies for Corsicana Soccer season ends with winning record Bowl Skyla Fox

Skyla Fox Sports Editor

The Emporia State football team ended their season with a 35-28 win Nov. 10 against the University of Central Oklahoma. This win makes the Hornet’s eligible for the Corsicana Bowl.

Braxton Marstall, senior quarterback, said they’re looking forward in getting to play one more game.

“I am excited to be playing in a bowl game and getting one more game for the seniors,” Marstall said.

The Hornets went 7-4 for their season. They played in five home games that went 2-3 and six away games that went 5-1.

“This season overall has been full of ups and downs, but I think we came together as a team and played

really well,” Marstall said.

One of the major losses was against Northwest Missouri State. The Hornets fell 0-41 Sept. 29.

“The (Northwest Missouri State) game didn’t come out as we wanted it to, we made too many mental mistakes and that really cost us,” said Tyler Harris, senior wide receiver.

Their best win was against Fort Hays, according to Jace McDown, sophomore linebacker.

“They’re a playoff team and the defending MIAA champs,” McDown said. “They were the team we beat that got this thing rolling a little bit.

It lifted us all up and gave us a lot of momentum for the rest of the year.”

The Corsicana Bowl will take place at 2 p.m. Dec. 1 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello in Corsicana, Texas.

Sports Editor

The Hornets ended their season with an overall record of 14-6-1, according to Emporia State Athletics.

They ended their season with a 1-2 loss last Friday against Minnesota State University-Mankato during the NCAA Division II Central Regional tournament.

“This season has exceeded my expectations coming in my freshman year,” said Jillian Patton, freshman goalkeeper. “It is so exciting to be a part of a team that was breaking school records each week and got the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament. There is so much passion on this team and we fought so hard in every game which was a key part in our success this season.”

The Hornets away record was 3-3-1 during their season. They tied Sept.

14 against Fort Hays State.

“The worst game of the season would have to be the semifinal game (in the MIAA tournament) against UCM,” said Kennedy Hoffman, junior forward. “We lost 7-1. It was one of those games where everything went right for them and nothing went right for us.”

The Hornets played in eight home games over the season with no home loses.

Their last home game was the MIAA tournament game against Northeastern State University. ESU won 2-1.

“The best game of the season was the first time out against UCM at home,” Patton said. “We came out with full intensity and put everything we had into that game. It was super exciting to beat the defending national champions.”

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