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Suicide prevention More than 34,000 individuals take their own life every year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness and approximately 1,000 of those are college students.

Anyone with suicidal thoughts is encouraged to call the on-campus counseling center at (620) 341-5222.

The counseling center also has on call times for emergencies.

Emporia is also home to a mental health center, 1000 Lincoln St. The mental health center can be reached at (620) 343-2211 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or after hours at (800) 279-3645.

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents, according to NAMI. NAMI encourages people to provide support for those who may be depressed or suicidal, be educated about suicide and

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THE STUDENTS’ VOICE SINCE 1901

Student leaves legacy of love, encouragement

E rika J aremko (1995-2016) s o p h o m o r e e l e m e n ta r y e d u c at i o n m a j o r

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Erika Jarmeko’s life was all too short, according her mother.

Jaremko, sophomore elementary education major, took her own life on Feb. 12 at the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority house, 418 W 12th Ave. She was 19 years old.

“She was full of life,” said

Stephanie Post, Jaremko’s mother. “She loved life and she loved her friends. She wanted to be accepted and I don’t think she truly realized she was accepted by everybody.”

Jaremko was involved in Taekwondo, softball, gymnastics, track, debate and forensics while in high school.

“She was a pleaser,” Post said. “She wanted everybody else to be happy and if that meant sacrificing her own happiness, that was okay with her.

So we thought, ultimately, in the end, it took a toll on her.”

Jaremko decided she wanted to be a first grade teacher because she said those kids wouldn’t be taller than her, according to Post.

Last summer, Jaremko admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital and learned a lot there, according to Post. Post said the most important thing about depression is remembering to take the medicine. After getting her daughters things, Post realized Jaremko had not been taking her medicine.

“I thought we had gotten past that because she hadn’t

really reached out like she had during the summer, except for the normal college issues you face being away from your parents and family,” Post said.

Post found out what hap-

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most important thing I’ve learned from you is strength. Strength to get through the hard times, strength to hold up me up through the good times, and strength to wake up every morning with a smile.”

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pened to Jaremko while she was working at school.

“I was walking down the hallway and found out over the phone and just collapsed in the hallway,” Post said. “Friday, honestly, is a blur. I don’t remember a whole lot about it.

I know I was surrounded by family.”

Post said she is still numb.

Since she is used to Jaremko being away at school, she thinks

the summer will prove more difficult.

“Knowing what I know now I would probably smother her,” Post said. “She probably would not have went off to college. I would have encouraged her to take a year off.”

Erika Jaremko’s sister, Aaliyah Jaremko was not ready to talk about her sisters death.

In a Facebook post to her sister, AaliyahJaremko, three days before she died, Erika Jaremko wrote “The most important thing I’ve learned from you is strength.

Strength to get through the hard times, strength to hold up me up through the good times, and strength to wake up every morning with a smile.”

Tyler Hall, junior physical education and health major said he and Jaremko were identical and he planned to ask her to be his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day. “We had a connection that I feel like no one else had,” Hall said. “Everything about her was awesome. She liked to have fun

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“The Birds,” a cartoonish comedy, flies to ESU

Ryan Howerton, junior art education major, portraying Hawk practices the intermission transition at play practice April 4th in Bruder Theatre.

“The Birds” will be preformed once a night from April 13 to April 16, tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission.

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“The Birds,” a comedy written by Don Zoldis, based on the ancient Greek play of the same name by

Aristophanes, a comedic playwright from ancient Greece, will be playing at 7:30 p.m. April 13-16 in the Karl C. Bruder Theatre in King Hall.

“The Birds,” directed by

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and start over when the world becomes too hectic?”

Lisa Tinker describes the play as a big cartoon.

Although based on a play from ancient Greece, “The Birds” has been modernized. With issues like lying politicians and internet spam, this play has been customized so a wide range of audience members can relate, according to Lisa Tinker.

Logan Wohlford, junior theater major, plays one of the humans, Pisthetaerus, and says the play is a relatable, fun cartoon.

“Everyone has a cartoon they grew up watching,” Wohlford said. “This is a very fun and relatable play.

It’s like watching a cartoon.

It’s pretty modern and easy to follow, and talking about problems we deal with

everyday.”

The cartoonish atmosphere and jokes aren’t the only reasons Hornets might relate to the play. Justin Tinker says the play delivers a poignant message.

With many Kansans being upset with how the state is being run, Justin Tinker thinks this is their little personal message to Sam Brownback and the Kansas state government.

“It’s a modern classic of too much government and how it affects people, which is something people in Kansas can really relate to,” Justin Tinker said. “It’s told in 2016 vernacular, a lot of the jokes are jokes created by millennials, so it’ll be easy to follow. It’s something that will suck you in the moment you walk into the room.”

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Lisa Tinker, senior theater major, and Justin Tinker, senior theatre major, is a student led production.

The comedy follows two humans, Pisthetaerus and Euelpides, as they attempt to escape the hectic life of modern civilization and get help from the king of the birds. The humans meet a cast of cartoonish characters, including a talking hawk, the king of the birds and his wife, both of whom were humans before being turned into birds as a punishment from a god.

“The play is about wanting to leave the modern world, and the world’s problems,” Lisa Tinker said. “It’s one of the funniest plays I’ve seen, and I think it’s very relatable for people. Who hasn’t wanted to just walk away

teacher of Kansas Jazz History at the Kansas City Art Institute.

“I would say there are two main reasons that vinyl has had a resurgence. It’s the nostalgia of it all, you pick it up, read the liner notes, look at the art,” Haddix said. “The sound is superior as well, it’s more dynamic. Another aspect, is that they are very collectable, just like stamps or coins, you can have a collection.”

Vinyl was the dominant format for many years after its introduction in 1948, according to Haddix, who plays Vinyls on his rodi show The Fish Fry. Vinyl can contain more information than it’s predecessors, and also has a better sound the closer you get to the original pressing.

New Musical Express magazine report-

ed an increase in vinyl sales as well, attributing the increase to millennials wanting to buy records. One millennial who has joined the vinyl resurgence is Montana Loibl junior mathematics education major.

Lobil, who started collecting records after receiving some as a gift from his uncle, boasts a collection of over 350 records, spanning genres and generations.

“I started collecting records about five years ago, when I was in high school,” Lobil said. “I really like the sound of records, the crackle and the sound. I like collecting them because there isn’t one way to do it, no two collections are the same, my friends have records ranging from really hard stuff to Montana Loibl, junior math education major, shows his

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Nirvana record at his apartment April 4. Loibl has over 350 records and plans on obtaining more.

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Weapons policy task force reviews proper gun safes A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

Rob Catlett, professor of mathematics and economics and director of the Center for Economic Education, shows a gun case with an electric combination April 1 in Veteran’s Hall of Honor. The task force decided safes with key locks will not be permitted.

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The weapons policy task force met March 25 to review the current draft of the policy, discuss proper storage and begin considering ideas for sanctions and violations.

Kevin Johnson, general counsel and director of the Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics, said the bill that would allow anyone 18 or older to conceal carry on campus was not passed.

Rob Catlett, professor of mathematics and economics and director of the Center for Economic Education, brought a gun safe to the meeting.

Catlett expressed his concern that safes may need to have a key lock, in case the battery goes dead.

“What I was trying to do is to make it so that if it requires a key to reset it or something we’re not prohibiting that,” Catlett said.

Wade Reddicker, director of residential life, said he didn’t

Faculty Senate converses on first reading for six bills

like the idea of allowing any kind of key lock access.

“I recognize that having a key is beneficial to someone who has their gun in there when the battery goes out, but that still allows other people to access it,” Reddicker said.

“I thought that really, the ultimate goal was to do our best to provide restrictions there to keep other people from entering.”

The task force decided key locks on gun safes will not be permitted on campus.

Members of the force discussed whether or not they would want a safe in their office if they were to concealed carry, but no language in the policy was changed.

“If you’re going to choose to carry, you better be very deliberate in your thinking and think it through, from the beginning of the day to the end of the day,” Johnson said.

Johnson reminded the task force that whatever policy they create could still be changed after submitted to the president.

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metic after taking multiple fundamental courses throughout their undergraduate,” Costello said. “Other than for teacher education students, where they are required to take it by the Kansas Department of Education, we are recommending, strongly, that we discontinue that.”

The counsel is still discussing whether this bill will be retroactive or will only affect current ESU students.

“What we haven’t recommended is when and how, and would it, for example, be retroactive,” Costello said.

“There are students that have left Emporia State University with everything except the CAP exam successfully completed and if it were retroactive, they would be awarded their degrees.”

Four faculty senate bills dealing with the degree and academic policy for undergraduate students, were presented where the focus of the first readings was on the change of wordage to make the bills more inclusive and concise.

Modifications for a faculty and staff evaluations bill, was presented by Tracy Freeze, associative professor of music.

“The bill provides, hope-

fully, clearer definitions for administrators to know when it’s time to do their administrative review,” Freeze said. “It also, hopefully, defines the steps and procedures for the committees themselves to follow in deadlines, as well as steps in writing report, and who to contact, and recommendations on how to conduct the surveys.”

Bailey will be conducting a program discontinuance hearing at 3:30 p.m. April 12 in the Miller Room in the Memorial Union.

“We are preparing for another program discontinuance hearing,” said Cynthia Kane, president of Faculty Senate and professor of libraries and archives. “This discontinuance has been recommended for the master of science and construction of leadership, (and) was recommended by the department that houses this program.”

Following the hearing, the academic affairs committee with give faculty senate their recommendation for continuance and discontinuance of the program.

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

April 19 in the Preston Family Room in the Memorial Union.

Minnesota entrepreneur Kirk Kjellber developed a new gun shaped like a smartphone called Ideal Conceal. It is scheduled to appear in stores in October.

Over 19,000 people have liked the Facebook page, but on Monday New York Sen. Charles Schumer asked the Federal Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate the weapon.

The senator said the gun is a “disaster waiting to happen.”

Ideal Conceal, when in a locked position, is shaped like a smartphone.

In its locked position it will be “virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight,” according to the Idea Conceal website.

Though university officials agree the weapon could be a disaster, they don’t believe it will change the concealed carry weapons policy that is currently being created.

“It’s no different with this than anything else,” said Chris Hoover, director of Police and Safety. “There are all kinds of things out there that appear to be something else and they are actually a deadly weapon.”

Hoover said Ideal Conceal is a firearm, regardless of what

ed person.

“She had this energy about her that would just draw people in,” Daugherty said. “She could talk to anyone and make them feel comfortable. She affected everyone she met. Her laugh was so contagious. I literally can still hear it.”

Daugherty said Erika always put other people’s happiness before her own.

“She was always dancing around the house just doing random stuff,” Hively said.

“We would turn on music and I would turn around and she would be dancing.”

Hively was the one to find Erika on Friday morning. While

her sorority sisters were taken to a meeting room, Hively stayed with police officers and counselors because she knew more than anyone else.

“Once everyone was told, I think that was worse than anything else,” Hively said. “Having people break down and just seeing everyone’s reaction, I think that was the hardest part of Friday, because they weren’t expecting that.”

Daugherty said she didn’t believe it until the police officers said they were sorry for her loss.

“The world kind of stopped for us, but it continued for everyone else in the world,”

Daugherty said.

Post said she and her oldest daughter hope to eventually be motivational speakers, but she is not strong enough yet.

“I want to make something positive out of this and if I can save just one person, I think I’ve made a positive out of something so sad and I think that’s what Erika would want me to do,” Post said. “Advice to other parents is just keep your eyes open and let your kids know how much you love them and that you’re always there for them no matter what. Nothing is ever too small. There is help out there and don’t be embarrassed to ask for the help.”

April 2 Ambulance responded to Welch March 31 Stadium for spine injury. Paige BaiOfficers assisted EPD with a ley student was transported by amnon-injury accident at 12th and Bur- bulance to Newman. lingame Rd. Officers assisted Emporia Police Officer stopped KS 159FUF in Dept. with an auto accident at 1700 the 1700 block of Highland St. Ver- Center. bal warning for driving with no Resident Assistant reported headlights when required. anintoxicated male inside Towers lobby. Subject left prior to officer’s April 1 arrival.

Officer stopped KS 203DXQ at 12th and Merchant-Subway parking April 3 lot. Verbal warning for improper left Officer stopped KS 586DGE at March 30 12th and Merchant. Verbal warning Officer assisted Emporia Police turn at same location.

Officer stopped vehicle KS for defective brake lights.

Dept. with a lock out at 405 Com647FKE at 15th and Morse for stop Officer stopped KS 726HCN in mercial.

Officers assisted the Kansas sign violation at same location, ver- 100 E 12th. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Highway Patrol with a domestic bal warning issued.

Officer stopped KS 395GSK at

15th and Center. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Officer stopped KS 792HFG in 10 W 12th-Subway. Verbal warning for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS 535HFS in 10 E 15th. Verbal warning for failure to stop at a stop sign at 15th and Morse Dr. and driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS 212BID in Sector 2. Verbal warning for driving without headlights.

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Faculty Senate held their bimonthly meeting last Tuesday and discussed six new bills that would change graduation qualifications for undergraduate students and wordage to current policies.

The minimum competency exam requirement for teacher education students bill will remove the requirement for students to pass competency exams before they graduate, unless they are teacher education majors.

“This bill would take away the requirements for minimum competency exams we have currently… for any student who is not a teacher education student,” said Melissa Bailey, associate professor of biological sciences. “This really came out of general education council and the council of teacher education.”

James Costello, a member of the general education council, chair and associate professor of counselor education, spoke to the senate about the council’s conclusions.

“We found that it seemed a little redundant...to take a formalized examination on reading, writing and arith-

JAREMKO continued from page 1 constantly with her friends and enjoyed every moment of it.”

Hall said the entire week after her death was a blur to him.

He spent nearly the entire time with close friends.

“That’s what got me through the week is just being around them,” Hall said. “It was not a week that I wish upon anyone.”

Emma Daugherty and Amanda Hively, junior elementary education majors and members of Sigma Sigma Sigma, describe Erika as a spunky, outgoing, caring and free-spirit-

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verbal at 1839 Merchant.

Elijah Williams, junior political science and economics major, described an idea for a sanctions committee involving Lynn Hobson, dean of students, a Human Resources representative and Chris Hoover, director of Police and Safety.

“I want the punishments of violations to be really consistent,” Williams said.

The task force will review other procedures for policy violations to determine the best procedure for these types of violations.

“I would think we wouldn’t have to make the animal more difficult to handle,” Hoover said. “If we’ve already got some procedures and policies and things like that to dictate how to handle other violations that would have similar consequences, why are we recreating the wheel?”

The task force will continue to discuss sanctions and violations at their next meeting at 2 p.m. Friday in the Veteran’s Hall of Honor in the Memorial Union.

April 4 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. traffic control at 11th and Mary.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call at 1425 Walnut.

Officer stopped KS 473HCM in 500 E 12th. Verbal warning for defec-

it may appear to be. There are many other forms of disguised weapons.

“You simply can’t be prepared for all of those James Bond type things that people come up with,” Hoover said.

Hoover said he is concerned about people having ready access to weapons because of accidental discharges rather than violent outbursts.

Kevin Johnson, general counsel and co-director of the Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics, said many of these types of weapons wouldn’t fit under the concealed carry policy because of the way they are loaded.

“Just like with any other gun, if you take it out then that’s not concealed carry, that’s open carry and it won’t be allowed,” said Ed Emmer, associate professor of social sciences.

Rob Catlett, assistant professor of mathematics and economic and director of the Center for Economic Education, said he thinks the biggest problem with these weapons will be insecure people using them to exhibit dominance.

“A lot of the time I think that people who are carrying weapons might be compensating,” Catlett said. “This immediately changes it so they are in a position of dominance as soon as they want to be.”

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depression and be prepared with a crisis plan, if possible.

Some common warning signs that someone is suicidal include threats, comments about killing themselves, increased alcohol and drug use, aggressive behavior, social withdrawal, mood swings and impulsive or reckless behavior.

Psychotherapy and medication can be used to help those with depression or suicidal thoughts.

Crawford-Fowler said anyone with suicidal thoughts should confide in another. tive headlights.

April 5 Officer stopped KS 397CSW at 12th and Constitution. Citation for a stop light violation at 12th and Merchant.

Officer assisted the Emporia Police Dept. with a domestic problem in 200 Constitution.

Officer stopped KS 781DDV in 1600 Wooster Dr. Verbal warning for failure to use turn signal at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer stopped KS 276GBF in 1600 Wooster Dr. Verbal warning for failure to use turn signal at 15th and Wooster Dr. Officer stopped KS 629HCM in 1300 Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop violation at 12th and Mechanic.

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BY RALVELL ROGER

Poetry Month Featuring Kansans April is the National Poetry Month. I’m sure you will see tons of articles floating around the Internet highlighting the works of notable poets in America, but I’m going to talk about some Kansas poets that you all may or may not know about.

For starters, Pamela Mc-

Master Yenser has certainly been a leader in the poetry world. Yenser was born and raised in Kansas, she graduated from Wichita Southeast High School.

As of now, Yenser teaches writing at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque. She received the

American Academy of Poets Colleges and Universities Award from the University of Washington. Yenser’s writing has been nominated for an Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award and the Pushcart Prize.

Another great Kansas poet is Sally Jadlow. Jadlow grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas and lives in Overland Park, Kansas now. Jadlow is a very active literary citizen of Kansas and a member of the Kansas City Writer’s Group and the Kansas Authors Club.

After shoving her poetry underneath her bed for many years, Jadlow finally tried her poems out on a newly formed writers group at her church.

To her surprise, the group was very helpful in their cri-

tiques and, eventually, she began writing devotionals and short stories.

In 2006, Jadlow’s short story, “Sara’s Surprise,” took first place at the annual Missouri Writers’ Guild for Best Short Story in a Literary Magazine and was published by Kansas City Voices.

While he wasn’t born and raised in Kansas, he was appointed the First Poet Laureate of Kansas in 2005 and has written a lot of poems relating to Kansas.

Jonathan Holden is a University Distinguished Professor of English and Poet-inResidence at Kansas State University. Holden has received numerous awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Creative

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Writing Fellowship twice. In 1995, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Yusef Komunyakaa, chose Holden’s poetry collection, “The Sublime,” for the Vassar Miller Prize.

Holden has published many works over his career as well. He has 17 books and more than 190 poems published in professional journals. In 1986, he received the Kansas State University Distinguished Faculty Award, and was a member of the committee that selects the Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry in 2000.

Certainly, there are many more great Kansas poets, but I could only name a few. I suggest looking up more Kansas poets on your own as National Poetry Month continues.

Out of Darkness walk exceeds goal by double A drianna V illarreal s ta f f w r i t e r

Emporia State was a sea of pink on April 2 at the second annual Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention, with many of the participants being members of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.

Sigma Sigma Sigma members walked for their former sister, Erika Jaremko, who took her life in February.

“I participated to show people that you aren’t alone,” said Nicole Spearman, member of Sigma Sigma Sigma and junior elementary education major.

“You can talk to someone if you feel like your life isn’t important. I also walked to show support for Erika.”

The goal for the walk, organized by Melissa Kurtenbach, was to raise $5,000, but they doubled that, raising $10,000 in donations. Nearly half of what was raised came from Sigma Sigma Sigma.

Stephania Martin, former Sigma Sigma Sigma member

and ESU alumna, personally raised over $1,000.

“The outpour of support, compassion and love at Saturday’s walk far exceeded our expectations,” Kurtenbach said. “The connections made between students, community, family and friends radiated throughout the event.”

Kurtenbach said the success of the walk is proof that speaking out about mental health can be healing.

The event was held on campus and more than 375 people attended.

“It was awesome to see people to come out and support something that needs to be talked about, especially on college campuses,” said Kate Locke, freshman elementary education major. “The main reason I was excited to come was because this event can hit home to a lot of people, not only suicide, but mental illness, because it’s a very serious problem that I believe can occur in young people.”

The goal of this walk was

to silence the stigma of suicide and mental illness and bring awareness to these issues, according to organizers.

Participants were given beads based on their experiences. Different colors represented different situations.

“Its great to see people come out during their free time,” said Jess Acosta, freshman business administration major. “I think that stress plays a huge role on suicidal thoughts and attempts because college can be the most stressful time in a person lives.”

At the event there were bake sale, raffles, informational booths, a honor bead ceremony, memory wall, balloon release and a motivational speaker that shared her real life experiences.

“I enjoyed it mainly because I knew it was for a good cause but I had fun,” said Karsyn Konecny, freshman elementary education major. “It’s great that they are focusing on college students who have these issues because we are young and are going through a lot of stress. It was overall a great experience.”

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Bully symposium hosted on campus H annah J effers -H user copy editor

Almost 300 students attended a Bully Symposium Thursday in Webb Hall where Kirk Smalley spoke out against bullying and suicide.

Smalley’s son, Ty, was 11 when he took his own life due to bullying. After his son’s death, Smalley and 68 students from Oklahoma started Stand for the Silent, an anti-bullying organization that works to stop bullying and bullying-induced suicide.

Smalley and his wife were a part of “Bully,” a documentary that shows the effects of bullying on young people.

Smalley promised his son on the Father’s Day following Ty Smalley’s death that he would stop bullying in the world. He requests the help of others using “Stand for the Silent” because he said he knows he cannot do it alone.

Amanda Brabec and Kai-

lee Dettmann, graduate school psychology majors, came up with the idea to bring Smalley to ESU because bullying is a topic that they are both passionate about.

“We thought by bringing them to campus… it would be a great chance to raise awareness and help people get the mindset of ‘What can I do to help stop bullying,’” Brabec said.

Brabec said that they chose to invited Smalley and Johnson because ESU is centered on education and they hoped that students who attended the symposium would then advocate against bullying.

“We know that it starts with one,” Dettmann said. “So if we could reach one person out of 300, or one person out of 500, then one person can reach one more. From there we can start a movement.”

Over 259,000 people have liked Smalley’s official Facebook page for “Stand for the

Kirk Smalley, leading member of the “Stand for the Silent” organization, speaks in honor of his son who took his life after ceaseless bullying. The event occurred March 31 in Webb Hall in the Memorial Union.

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Silent.”

Smalley said that these talks and presentations are never easy, but he has been told by many people that he saved their lives.

“I relive the day that we lost Ty everytime I talk about it,” Smalley said. “It’s very tough but knowing that by doing it I

am actually saving kids’ lives...

I do whatever I have to do to continue helping these kids.”

Anyone wanting to get involved with “Stand for the Silent” can visit their website at standforthesilent.org or follow the organization on social media, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Lobil attributes the revival of the vinyl to the fact that they have a cool, retro feel that younger people are starting to realize and enjoy.

Amazon and other companies also have promotional deals making vinyls a good deal, which Lobil said could attribute to the current success of Vinyl.

With the revival of vinyl records, record stores are also making a comeback, according to Haddix.

One of those record stores is the Mills Record Company, located on 314 Westport Rd in Kansas City, Missouri. Judy Mills, the owner of Mills Records, says that the revival can be attributed to the meaning owning a vinyl record has and the tradition that comes with it.

“I think it’s the action of listening to the record, you’re more aware of it’s presence.”

Mills said.

“Downloads and streaming are so available that it means nothing anymore, owning a record is owning an artifact of music. If you love something, you want to own it. I enjoy getting used vinyl and being able to sell it to a new owner, recycling local vinyl back into the community” Mills Record Company will be participating in the upcoming Record Store Day on April 16, a day to support local record stores and take advantage of sales on vinyl, and The Fish Fry, hosted by Chuck Haddix, can be heard Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. on KCUR 89.3 or on their website kcur.org.

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The Bulletin |April 7, 2016

Jesus Would Weep STAFF EDITORIAL

Does discrimination have a place on public college campuses?

According to Gov. Sam Brownback and the state legislature, it does.

A new religious “freedom” bill, signed by Brownback on March 22, allows state-funded student groups at schools like Emporia State to restrict membership to those with likeminded beliefs.

The bill, which is presented by supporters as protection of religious groups, will become law July 1. Starting this summer, student organizations will not have any consequences, like the loss of monetary funds or campus resources, for limiting their members.

The law sets a bad precedent for colleges, like ESU, who are supposed to be working toward more diverse and inclusive

environments. Some Kansas lawmakers, like Senate Vice President Jeff King, R-Independence, argue that this bill is not a discrimination bill. According to the “Wichita Eagle,” King said this is not a bill “discriminating against any entity, but allowing religious groups the freedom to have members of that group be followers of that faith.”

We disagree.

We cannot truly define ourselves as a diverse and inclusive campus and, at the same time, be hobbled by the law.

How can we learn about each other and grow as individuals if we restrict ourselves to associating solely with like-minded students, or those who we only approve of?

We can’t.

This law isn’t only morally repugnant, it’s also unconstitu-

tional. We doubt whether this law would withstand any type of serious legal challenge.

Imagine that your branch of Christianity doesn’t exactly match the branch of the Bible Study Recognized Student Organization you want to join. Imagine being a Muslim student who could be lawfully excluded from any student group that feels uncomfortable with your beliefs. Imagine you’re an atheist and simply just want to learn more about what others believe about religion.

If we offer protection for organizations that discriminate, we have taken a step back from equality and a step toward intolerance.

Discrimination and protection of religious freedom do not currently, and never will, hold the same definition.

There’s No Place Like Parking

C ourtney E vans opinion writer

We need more green parking outside of Morse Hall.

On campus green parking takes up a lot of the paid parking space, but I think there’s a problem with it.

And I’m not the only student who feels this way.

There is such a huge demand for the green parking and it’s not being met. Early this year,

there were students who applied for green parking passes, but never received one.

Before the first week of school, my friend filled out the form for a green parking pass. However, when she went down to the Police and Safety building to pick up her pass they told her she didn’t fill one out. To avoid the problem, she went ahead and filled out another form hoping there would still be enough passes for her to get green. Of course, there wasn’t, so she had to get a grey parking pass.

The demand is so huge and the university is not making a point to solve this demand. My thought is, remove some of the parking meters that outline the green parking area by the HPER. Sure, the parking meters supply the univer-

Practice What You Preach

sity with funds, (about half a million a year), and I realize that everyone can’t have a green parking pass. We can’t knock down people’s homes just to make room for more parking, but removing some of those parking meters would not hurt the campus.

It shouldn’t be about the money at this point.

It’s about meeting the students’ needs. If students feel like they can’t have, or don’t have, convenient options on campus, some might start to think they’re not getting their money’s worth for what they’re paying for.

I’m certainly lucky for the parking I have, but I still couldn’t help but think back to my friends story and how mad I’d be that I had to get grey parking because there wasn’t enough green.

Ready to Move

B luelake P ritchett opinion writer

It’s April already and come next month a good many of us will be graduating and moving out of our current residences or looking for a new place to live.

Here’s some tips to help when you’re looking for the next place to hang your hat.

Decide on a budget.

This is the most important aspect to work on before you even start looking. You need to decide how much money you can either

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spend, or are willing to spend. It’s very important to know how much you can pay, before you start looking at your new home.

Always keep looking.

Look around at the different markets. Look around in town, contact agents, call up friends, and look online for wherever you are looking. Compare whatever you find to maximize what you are looking for.

Stay on track with your lease or mortgage. Never forget about your lease, mortgage or whatever is legally keeping up at your current residence. Not only on the side of renewing it, and making sure you can still live there, but also on the side of moving. Your lease is binding, and could only cause headaches when trying to move, but you still have three months on your lease before you can leave.

Never lose track of your

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payments. The last thing you would want to do is forget about a payment.

Not only could it put your residence in trouble, but if you are able to use a credit card, forgetting a payment could affect your credit.

Always keep on top of your payments, and make sure it becomes a priority to ensure it can go through.

These are just four basic, broad tips to keep in mind when you are getting into a new home. The important thing to remember is that these are mainly for first time movers, looking into either their first move, or now that they are graduating, they will now have to figure out how and where they will live.

Mainly for those who have been living in the dorms during their early college years, or were living with a roommate, are the ones that need the brief, little reminders.

A nastasia M otiti opinion writer

Most of us preach that we are not racist. Others preach with pride that they are. We are taught about racism, we hear and we are bombarded about it. We react to it on social media and are surrounded by it in our conversations.

Some of us are very excited to do activities, hold parades, and defensed for people who are experiencing racial discrimination and bigotry.

But when it comes to the everyday bigotry, nothing happens. We are only good at preaching.

For me, racism is in the small behaviors on a daily basis. It can be based on sexism, ageism, nationalism, xenophobia, racism, or just plain prejudice.

It also happens to people that appear to have a lot in common but have different views.

On a daily basis we are bigots and we do not even realize it.

It is not about preaching but about behaving.

For instance, only a few of us, when we see a stranger or a foreigner, will go talk to them, smile, or at least glance at them in a friendly manner.

How do we glance at

one another?

Are we having a friendly body language?

Or do we have the body language that says ‘I don’t care about you. I don’t like you. I don’t want to talk to you.’

Sometimes body language is a result of a long tiring day, but most of the time it is just our natural reaction.

Bigotry to me, is lack of politeness.

It is not something you say, it is in your body language.

It has happened to me and I am sure it has happened to everyone.

Body language and facial expressions are the basis for bigotry and discrimination.

For example, I was once running to rehearsal with 20 books in my hands. I was desperately trying to not drop them. I saw a girl coming, with a ‘I do not like you, do not come close to me’ look on her face. I smiled at her and tried to keep the door open for her as I was leaving and she was coming in. I dropped my books and she kept on moving keeping the same look on her face.

I do not care for her reasons; bigotry is lack of manners.

Bigotry and discrimination has becomes such a societal habit. We become numb to seeing people do it and hearing people’s stories who experience it.

Don’t just preach against bigotry and discrimination with just words. Make sure your actions reflect those beliefs, too.

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ESU alumni receive “Making IT Happen” award R alvell R ogers II web editor

Emporia State alumni Jana Craig-Hare and Travis True received the International Society for Technology in Education “Making IT Happen” award, March 3. Hare and True were honored for their contributions to technology in education over the span of their careers and were nominated by their colleagues.

This year Mid-American Computing in Education partnered with ISTE to present the award. The “Making IT Happen” award recognizes educators and leaders who work as catalyst to improve digital learning opportunities for students. Since its creation in 1995, the award has been given to more than 500 educators and leaders around the world.

“In reading the people that turned in their information it was very clear they had gone above and beyond just their basic work in the field,” said Mike Ribble, MACE Board Member.

“I’m actually very honored because it’s a big award in educational technology,” Hare, assistant research professor at Kansas University, said.

“There’s lots of people that probably should be up for this award. I wish that they could give it to a lot of people. It’s a very humbling experience as well.”

Hare received her undergraduate for secondary education at ESU in 1990 and she currently works at the Center for Research on Learning and as a lecturer within the KU School of Education. Hare said she be-

lieves her career, working closely with teachers, aided in her nomination for the “Making IT Happen” award.

“Most of it has been my professional development and working with teachers to feel comfortable and explore new ways to use technology to engage students and then just supporting them along the way,” Hare said. “It’s like I’ve been a coach in the classrooms.”

Currently, True is the curriculum and technology coordinator for Topeka Public Schools.

In this role, True helps in developing staff members in relation to the use of Google Apps for education. True received his Master’s in Instructional Technology and Design from ESU in 2007.

“I was very humbled that they would nominate me,” True said. “Very surprised when I found out that I was the winner of the award.”

True and Hare were honored the “Making IT Happen” award separately, but they have worked closely together on many different occasions.

“I’ve worked with her (Hare) a few times at different conferences and things,” True said. “She does a great job at KU in their department of ed.

She’s a big leader in that department and does a lot with tech ed pieces.”

“I have worked with Travis...on some different presentations and things,” Hare said.

“Sometimes we do a tech conference at KU. He’s one of my go-to people. So when I have questions on Google stuff, and how they’re really doing it, I always call up Travis in Topeka.”

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Throughout April, Corky’s Cupboard will be accepting donations of unused hygiene items, as well as food donations.

“Corky’s Cupboard is our on campus food pantry,” said Blyth Eddy, director of student activities and community service in the Center for Student Involvement. “It provides temporary food assistance and now, for the month of April, toiletries to ESU students in need.”

Corky’s Cupboard was started on campus Nov. 3, 2014 and is located on the lower level of Memorial Union, behind the Center for Student Involvement.

The items on the Corky’s Cupboard wish list include toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, razors, shaving cream and other hygiene products.

Corky’s Cupboard is requesting students donate toiletries because the group wants to help students as much as they can, beyond food assistance, according to Munashe Mangwendenza, Community Hornet’s coordinator and junior accounting major.

“It came to our attention that

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A donation from the Kansas Masons, announced, March 25, will help with the creation of a literacy center to improve literacy rates in Kansas.

“We’ve been working on it for two years, but had the idea for it seven years ago,” said Ken Weaver, dean of the teachers college. “A grant team wrote the proposal for a literacy center and we had a funder willing to help but they decided to go a different route so we had to find another means of getting the funds.”

Former ESU President Michael Shonrock knew about the proposal for a statewide literacy center and notified Weaver and the team that the Kansas Masons were seeking proposals to improve Kansas.

“Approximately three years ago we sent a letter to each of the state universities and colleges seeking programs that they might need funding for our 50th anniversary,” said Robert Shively, executive director of the Kansas Masonic Foundation. “We gave the criteria that it had to benefit Kansans, Kansas Communities and involve our 225 Masonic Lodges across the state.”

Shively said the Kansas Masonic Foundation wanted to invest $20 million for its 50th anniversary and he thought the ESU program was one that met the criteria.

Literacy is an umbrella term that includes fives categories, reading, writing, listening, speaking and visual representation, according to Weaver.

“Kansas, overall, does not fare well in rankings for literacy in the United States,” Shively said. “We felt that the literacy of future generations is so im-

portant in eliminating many of the social issues that exist today.

Statistics show that if children graduate from high school their individual chance of success and contributing to our society is many times greater. We wanted to invest in our children.”

The literacy center will work with children and adults of every social status, race and gender, but the primary focus will be working with children at the critical time in their life, from birth to age eight, according to Weaver. “(We’re) really wanting to strengthen the literacy rates of infants and toddlers by working with them at that critical time,” Weaver said. “By reading to children, maybe not reading to children in a big group, but one-on-one reading where they can see the words, get that visual representation and hear them for themselves.”

The literacy center will start at the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence since it will take about eight years of evidence that the programs made improvements in the children and they had been sustained before a separate building can be built for the center, according to Weaver.

“The KMLC is a massive project that has, and will, take the work of many people joining together to promote literacy,” said Elizabeth Dobler, professor of elementary education, early childhood and special education and member of the grant team. “It’s our hope that this work will have a lasting impact in helping people to improve their literacy skills.”

A search committee will be formed in the upcoming fall semester to find a director for the center. The Kansas Masonic Literacy Center will launch Jan. 1, 2017.

there were some students on campus that not only couldn’t afford the food but also could not afford hygiene products,” said Madison Landwehr, Corky’s Cupboard manager, graduate advisor for Community Hornets, and graduate business administration major.

Corky’s Cupboard chose to take these donations in April as a trial run to see if it could be a permanent option, according to Landwehr.

There is no donation goal, according to Eddy, but Corky’s Cupboard does hope to get enough donations to keep their

supply stocked for the month.

Students can donate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to the Center for Student Involvement, according to Eddy.

From her experience with Corky’s Cupboard, Eddy said students and faculty at ESU are some of the most generous people she knows.

“We really really appreciate donations,” Eddy said. “People are so awesome here at ESU.” Any student wishing to get involved with volunteering for Corky’s Cupboard can email chornets@emporia.edu.

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In last week’s issue of The Bulletin, in the story titled “Wooseob Jeong new dean of SLIM,” the timeline of the positions Wooseob Jeong was unclear. Jeong was an assistant professor before becoming interim dean in July 2012.

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Nathan Short selected for theater program in New York A drianna V illarreal s ta f f w r i t e r

Nathan Short, senior theater major, was selected for a week long theatre program held at the Open Jar Institute in New York City. He auditioned in February at the Kennedy Center Region 5 American College Theater Festival in Minnesota.

“In a nutshell it’s a week long program where I will get the chance to work with broadway professionals, Tony winners, dancers, singers, actors and directors,” Short said. “It’s basically a workshop.”

New York City’s Open Jar is a highly competitive training program that helps university students gain experience, according to Jim Bartruff, director of theater and professor of communication and theatre.

“This program provides

students with valuable contacts in the industry, allows them to work with students like themselves that were selected from other universities,” Bartruff said. “Then there is the social aspect of it that allows the students to share some meals together and attend shows together so it’s really just a week long intensive super class in theater.”

This is the second time in four years that an ESU student has been selected.

“My reaction when I found out was a very loud one,” Short said. “I was very overwhelmed because I didn’t think that anybody was going to get to go...

I just kind of went into this speechless shock.”

Short said the theater department and faculty motivated him and played a big role in his achievement.

“I have really connected with Jim Bartruff,” Short said.

“He has give me such great support, but honestly, the entire theater faculty has just been such a great support group.

They’re all so great to me.”

Theresa Mitchell, professor of communication and theater, has taught Short in the past and said she was excited for him.

“Nathan is passionate about theatre and is an intelligent actor and singer,” Mitchell said.

“This will give him complex insights about his craft that will provide a stronger platform as he continues on doing what he loves.”

The program can be expensive which can hold students back from going.

“I also knew that it was going to be a financial burden on him because the program is costly,” Mitchell said. “Getting

Nathan Short, senior theater major, preforms during his Acting III class Tuesday in Roosevelt Hall. Nathan has been accepted to an elite summer theater program in New York. DONALD GOODE | The Bulletin

invited is one thing but coming up with the funds is another thing, but he went right at it and he has been working

diligently to come up with the funds and I feel that it is going to happen. I’m very excited for him.”

Get dirty at the Nitty Gritty ASG vice presidential candidate shares vision Dirt Dash P amela D u B ois

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Emporia State will be holding the Nitty Gritty Dirt Dash, a community wide obstacle course, for the fourth year in a row.

The dash will be at 9:00 a.m April 23 at the Trusler Sports Complex, 701 E 18th Ave. “It’s really a partnership between ESU and the community to provide a fun event that also provides a service for the community,” said Mike Wise, director of recreational services.

As a large collaborative effort, each organization helps with getting a major part of putting the event together, according to Wise.

“UAC’s major role for Nitty Gritty Dirt Dash is the on campus communication, promotion and social media,” said Cheyenne Dains, featured events chair for UAC and junior health promotion major.

Featured Events is the primary UAC committee that helps put on the event, according to Dains.

“I believe that the Dirt Dash is a favorite event for most ESU students because it is a fun way for them to be active and also have a fun time,” Dains said.

“It is an annual event and many students look forward to it every year.”

The event typically attracts 200-250 people, and about 230 people participated in the event last year, according to Wise.

Joe Harvey, a senior health promotion major, is helping design the course for the Recreation Center this year.

“I think the best part about designing the course is the amount of free reign that Whitney and Mike has kind of given me on this project,” Harvey said.

The course will feature 15 obstacles that can vary from having to climb over mounds of dirt into a muddy trench to climbing over hay bales, according to Wise.

“People participating should wear clothes they don’t mind getting really muddy and shoes that you don’t mind getting ruined,” Wise said. “It might not hurt to wear a pair of gloves too.”

Along with provided entertainment for ESU students and the Emporia Community, the funds raised from the event will go to help the children of Emporia.

“Most obstacle course races cost around $50 to participate in,” Dains said. “The Nitty Gritty Dirt Dash only cost $15-$25 for students which is a cheap alternative to other races.

The Dirt Dash is also local so there is not much cost to traveling for the race. All proceeds go towards Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Flint Hills, Camp Alexander and Emporia Child Care. Therefore, students can have a great time and participate in an obstacle race while supporting the children of Emporia.”

ESU students get a $10 discount when they use the promo code “playdirty.” Registration is accepted until April 13 and all participants receive a shirt.

More information and registration can be found online.

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Elijah Williams, junior political science and economics major, is the sole Associated Student Government vice presidential candidate and Cassie Stair, junior history and political science is the sole ASG presidential candidate.

ASG held a forum for students to ask the candidates questions March 30 in the Kanza Room in Memorial Union.

Stair is currently studying at Salem University in Massachusetts and was unable to attend the event, but said she is still a registered student at ESU and will be back to Emporia before the next semester starts.

“Change motivates me quite a bit,” Williams said. “You see a lot of flaws at ESU that you want to fix. This position is the easiest way to get things done.”

Williams said he believes his three top leadership skills are patience, ability to delegate and politeness. For him, honesty and transparency are the values

and principles that would guide him in this position.

“You want everyone to be informed within and outside ASG, to know the different policies and the resolutions you plan,” Williams said. “You need to make sure people know what ASG stands for.”

Johnny Morgan, senior secondary mathematics education major said he supports Williams and Stair.

“Elijah is very intelligent and articulate,” Morgan said. “He is always willing to consider and address opposing viewpoints. Cassie is one of the most organized and hard-working people I know. I am certain that they will do an excellent job leading senate and representing students next year.”

Williams said he believes the purpose of ASG is to capture the overall opinion of the different students.

“The number one goal for the whole committee is to find issues within the student body that are not known to everyone else and solve those issues,” Williams said. “The number

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one responsibility would be to be there for sexual assault victims and the second responsibility would be to make sure policy is up to standard.”

Election results will be announced at 6:30 p.m. today in the Preston Family Room in the Memorial Union. Results will also be posted in the Center for Student Involvement and Buzz In.

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Hispanic community lends voice to historic project A drianna V illarreal s ta f f w r i t e r

President Allison Garrett cuts the opening ribbon for the new forensic science program March 31 in the Science Hall. The graduate level forensic science program is the only in Kansas and was created in association with directors of crime labs throughout Kansas.

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Ribbon cutting ceremony debuts forensic science program S arah S poon managing editor

Emporia State celebrated the one year anniversary of their forensic science program last year by hosting a ribbon cutting last Thursday to thank the benefactors.

ESU’s program is the only forensic science program available in Kansas.

“It’s really just an opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to all the people who contributed to the success of the program and for the students to show off their work,” said Melissa Bailey, director of forensic sciences and associate professor of biological sciences.

The four major crime labs in Kansas, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Criminalistics Laboratory, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas City Police Department and Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center assisted the program by working, hands on, with Bailey.

“The directors have read the proposals from the beginning,” Bailey said. “We went to them and said, ‘does this seem like a program that is needed and necessary?’

And they said, ‘yes,’ so they’ve basically told us the skill set that they would like to see employees have and hopefully we’re tailoring a program to deliver what they want to hire.”

Bailey also worked in a forensics lab at the JCSOCL for a summer to gain some hands on knowledge.

“We collaborated with Dr. Bailey and she came up to our lab and did a summer internship in our lab and see how our lab operated,” said Allen Hamm from JCSOCL. The program will hopefully retain some forensics science students in Kansas, as many leave after getting their degrees, according to Hamm.

“This is a great program,” said Mike Van Stratton, laboratory director of the KBI. “I look back at our old notes and emails and it’s hard to imagine that, in the short period of time that they’ve developed a program that’s going to produce forensic scientists for the future here.”

Tim Rohrig, director of the SCRFSC, said he was amazed by the support that ESU gave the program and Bailey and hoped that people recognized how special of a circumstance this was.

“Another unique thing is the collaboration with academia and practitioners,” Rohrig said. “You have academia here and practitioners here, and a lot of times they don’t communicate...It’s this collaborative relationship, I think, that’s going to make this program very, very, very strong.”

Currently the forensic science program has 17 students enrolled, and there is capacity for 25.

“We have a glass demonstration, we actually got to spend a whole class period smashing things, which is so fun,” Bailey said. “This is a trace evidence lab, so you think about CSI, when they do footwear, latent fingerprints, fracture matches on tape and things like that, as well as hairs and fibers.”

Students and faculty gave tours of the trace evidence lab, DNA lab and instrumental lab during the ribbon cutting.

“This really is a historic event in many ways,” said President Allison Garrett.

“We’re so excited about the fact that, over the years, hundreds of students will go through this program and hopefully, they’ll all stay here in Kansas. We’re so glad we’re able to offer this to the state of Kansas.”

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Lyon County put together a book in 1979 about the history of the county and the Latino community was discussed in four pages of the almost 200 page book.

The Lyon County Historical Society is working on a project, “Las Colonias de Emporia: Oral Histories,” or “The Colonies of Emporia: Oral Histories,” to rectify mistakes made in the 1979 book.

“For the community, I wanted them to know the story and know that the story is more than four pages long,” said Lisa Soller, curator and exhibition manager of the Lyon County Historical Society. “For the Latino Community I want them to know that their story has been told so people will understand what the Latino community has gone through.”

The Latino community played a large role in Emporia’s history, according to Soller.

Multiple Emporia State professors and students are volunteering for the project.

“Las Colonias de Emporia: Oral Histories” is a chance for the Latino community to re-tell the Hispanic history from their point of view. This is part of a larger project called Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, which involves over 200 grants being issued across the nation and Emporia being selected to explore the history of Latino-Americans.

“A great number of whites think that everyone who is brown is Mexican, which is just an assumption, so we wanted to share as much of the Latin Culture that we can, to show the differences and similarities as well,” said Greg Jordan executive director of the Lyon County Historical Society.

The Latino community has been given the opportunity to tell their story.

“Our role is primarily to let them use our space for this exhibit,” Soller said.

“We are basically facilitators. We knew that if we wanted an accurate and authentic story for the Latino community that it would have to come from the Latino community.”

“It would be pretentious of us to think that we could share the Latino experience being white, ” Jordan said.

Organizations on campus are helping the Latino community create this exhibit and spread the word about the true meaning of this

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project.

“We have reached out to a couple of different groups such as HOT (Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow) and HALO (Hispanic American Leadership Organization),” Soller said. “We definitely wanted to reach out to ESU because it’s great to see you and these different people who have different interests come together.”

This is also a learning experience and a chance to learn more about others around Emporia in the Latino community, according to Soller.

“My favorite part is to hear about the gathering of the detail information from the families that have accepted to be part of the project,” said Gregory Robinson, assistant professor of English, modern languages and journalism. “Many of the families are part of three generations that goes back to the early 1900s with the influx of the rail-road constructions, migrant families from California, and the meat packing plants in the 1960s.”

The professors that were able to contribute thought it was important for the community to be a part of a nationwide project.

“I have really enjoyed meeting individuals from Emporia that have a sustained cultural memory about what it means to be Hispanic in Emporia, KS,”

said Rachel Spaulding, assistant professor of English and modern languages. “I have enjoyed how their individual stories of their experiences growing up in Emporia and living here converge and intertwine with other stories of individuals living in various parts of the Hispanic diaspora throughout the US.” The main reason professors and students are contributing to this exhibit is to share the culture of the Latino community, according to Robinson.

“To be able to make a project that promotes the heritage, the culture, and the language, it is an important part of what the Lyon County Historical Society is doing with this project,” Robinson said. “Also, as ESU faculty, one of our goals is to strengthen our links with the community, so we are definitely very excited, my new colleague Dr. Rachel Spaulding and I, to be able to participate in this great project.”

Soller said she hopes that the community is able to hear a story that is largely untold.

On April 2 at the Lyon County History Center there will be a viewing of the documentary “Latino Americans: Prejudice and Pride” and the public opening of the exhibit at the Lyon County History Center is May 7.

Clarrification

Due to an editor’s error, in last week’s issue of The Bulletin, an article about Javier Gonzalez’s resignation stated he worked as director of fraternity and sorority life for the wrong amount of time.

Gozalez held his title for two years. Gonzlez said that his resignation was due to personal issues, not any events that arose during his time at ESU.

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ESU track has strong showing at home meet A ce F inch spor ts editor

In a track meet that featured 27 teams at Welch Stadium for the ESU Relays, both the Emporia State men’s and women’s track teams finished in the top five.

The men placed fourth with two individual runnersup and the women placed fifth with one individual runner-up. The Hornets had four provisional qualifying marks.

“The meet was very large and I thought we did very well,” said Steve Blocker, head coach. “I am very proud of how they competed.”

The first win of the day for ESU came in the 4x100 relay, as Duke Tibbs, junior, Taysean Goodwin, freshman, AJ West, sophomore, and Kyle Evans, freshman, won the event with a time of 41.29 seconds. It was the second event of the afternoon.

The only provisional mark for the Hornets on the track was the men’s 4x400 team.

The team of West, Wyatt Sander, sophomore, Parker

Evans, freshman, and Goodwin qualified with a time of 3:13.61.

The other three provisional qualifiers were in the field as Morgan Brant, senior, finished fourth in the women’s high jump, with 1.69 meters.

Carrie Kellie, senior, finished fifth in the triple jump with 11.69 meters. The other provisional mark came from Morgan Gilliand, junior, who finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 13.99 meters.

Tibbs placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 48.62 seconds. Goodwin also finished second with a time of 21.71 in the 200 meters.

“I think as a whole we competed well,” Williams said. “Everyone did well, I thought.”

There were several top 20 finishes for the Hornets in the sprinting events. Latiyeara Yeargin, sophomore, finished seventh in the 100 meters.

Morgan Flowers, junior, finished 18th in the 200 meters Teagan Hayes, freshman, finished 19th in the event. Elizabeth Blevins, sophomore, fin-

ished fifth in the 400 meters.

The Hornets had three top 20 finishes in the 400 meter dash. Tibbs finished second, Evans finished ninth and Travis Sipe, senior, 18th.

“It went well,” Sipe said.

“There wasn’t a ton of phenomenal marks for us but there was some high points for our team. It was a great outdoor opener for the majority of our men’s and women’s teams.”

There were three top 25 finishes in the 1500 meters for the Hornets. Cole Bosley, freshman, has finished sixth and Daniel Claassen, senior, has finished 10. James Bowlin, senior, finished 22nd.

Two other relays finished in the top three. The “A” team for the 4x100 finished second and the 4x200 “A” team placed third with help of Morris Williams II, sophomore.

The next meet for the Hornets track squads is the MIAA- NSIC challenge in Maryville, MO. The meet starts today and runs through Saturday.

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Daniel LaMunyon, junior infielder, tries to tag out the runner from Central Oklahoma on first base April 2 at Trusler Sports Complex. The Hornets won the game, 10-8. TIFFANI WILIFORD | The Bulletin

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The Hornet baseball team mounted a comeback at Trusler Sports Complex Saturday, overcoming an early 6-0 deficit to defeat Central Oklahoma by a final score of 10-8.

“Being down 6-0 we could’ve packed it in, called it good and tried again tomorrow,” said Bob Fornelli, head baseball coach. “But we continued to battle and picked up some big hits. I’m proud of my guys.”

The Hornets began to chip away at the UCO lead in the bottom of the second.

Dalton Wheat, senior outfielder, started the inning with a leadoff triple before BJ Dean, junior outfielder, brought him home with a long home run.

ESU would tack on another run in the inning, cutting the deficit to 6-3.

Aided by an ESU error, the Broncos forced the Hornet bullpen into action. Central Oklahoma did not find much offense against ESU pitching for the rest of the game however, scoring only 1 earned run in 7.2 innings.

Tanner Cairns, freshman pitcher, came up for the Hornets in the top of the seventh, striking out a batter with the bases loaded to end the inning and putting an end to a Broncos rally.

“Our bullpen’s been fantastic all year,” Dean said. “They’ve held us in the close games and they’ve kept us where we need to be.”

Trailing 8-6 in the bottom of the seventh, Dean hit a homerun, tying the game 8-8.

“I just worked on keeping my hands up and staying tall on my backside and driving the baseball hard,” Dean said. “I think we just stayed confident as a team.”

Garret Brummett, senior pitcher, struck out three in two scoreless innings of work.

“I’m really proud of our bullpen,” Fornelli said. “Brummett was good and that was good to see. He gave up one hit in two innings and pitched really well I thought.”

Fornelli’s counterpart, UCO Manager John Martin, was not as pleased with the performance of his pitching staff but also remarked on the tenacity of the Hornet offense.

“Well obviously our bullpen just didn’t get the job done today and couldn’t protect the leads we had,” Martin said.

“But you have to give credit where it’s due and the guys on the other side put together some really good, solid at-bats.”

With the win, the Hornets improved their record to 23-7 with a 15-4 mark in MIAA play. The 15-4 record positions them second in the conference to Central Missouri by a single game.

Emporia State’s softball team scored early and often in a doubleheader sweep of Central Missouri, Saturday afternoon at Trusler Sports Complex, as they improved their MIAA conference record to .500.

The Jennies started off game one with three hits and a run in the bottom of the first, but an RBI single by Danielle Sprinkle, sophomore outfielder, tied the game at 1-1.

After a shaky start, Eryn Stockman, junior pitcher, settled down and held Jennies scoreless for the next few innings.

In the meantime, the Hornet offense scored four runs in the second, one in the third, and two more in the fourth to bring the score to 8-2 at the end of four innings.

The Jennies would begin to mount a comeback in the fifth inning, scoring three runs on three hits and cutting the Hornet lead, 8-5.

Holly Hinkle, sophomore pitcher, collected the final seven outs of the game. Hinkle worked a scoreless 2.1 innings, sealing a 9-5 win for her team and recording her first save of the season in the process.

“I think it’s really awesome that we started getting our bats going and everybody just kept them hot and kept rolling,” Stockman said. “It was nice to score in almost every inning.”

The Jennies had to play catchup for the entirety of game two as ESU raced out of the gates with a 5-run first inning.

Jacie Stephens, junior catcher, tags out the runner from Central Missouri in the top of the 3rd inning April 2 at Trusler Sports Complex. The Lady Hornets defeated the Jennies with scores of 9-5 and 8-5.

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Central Missouri would scrape together five runs off Hinkle who started the game this time around. The five runs never put the game in doubt however, as the Jennies were never able to take the lead. Hornet batters made things comfortable for Hinkle who was able to pitch a complete game and capture her fifth win of the season.

Sprinkle provided the spark for the Hornet offense in the second game, going 1-4 with two runs and a three-run homerun. It was her team-leading seventh homerun of the season.

“My mindset was that I needed to score the runners that were on base,” Sprinkle said. “She missed down in the middle a little bit and I took advantage of it.”

The combined 20 hits and 16 RBIs for Hornets batters on the

day signaled offensive growth to their coach.

“We got in there, maybe swung at a bad pitch, swung at a changeup, whatever it is, but they refocused and knew they were going to get that next pitch,” Huddleston said. “Altogether, our offense looked very good.”

The back-to-back 9-5 and 8-5 wins earned the Lady Hornets a 7-7 record in MIAA play and served as encouragement for a team that has struggle at times this season.

“I think we’re starting to come together really well as a team,” said Stockman. “Even when we’re making those little errors, everyone has each other’s back and we’re cheering each other on and staying positive. I think that’s our main thing right now is staying positive.”