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Traveling showcase for black inventors comes to ESU Lucas Lord Staff Writer

The Institute of Black Invention and Technology, a traveling museum of black inventions and innovations, held a showcase yesterday in the Center for Student Involvement.

Among the presentations were artifacts, photographs and research over various black inventors.

“This is a really wonderful opportunity for students and faculty here at ESU and even community members to learn more about the contributions that African American inventors have made through the years,” said Allison Garrett, Emporia State President. “I’ve learned so much about things I use everyday and their history, this is a really won- Emporia State President Allison Garrett looks at the black inventors showcase yesterday. The Center for Student Involvment hosted the event at 10 a.m. yesterday in the Memorial Union. Emma Sha | The Bulletin derful exhibit.”

The exhibit was put together and organized by Carroll and slave who used his blacksmith- had patented his own dancing and realized we didn’t know a lot about African American inSandra Lamb, ESU alumni. They ing skills to eventually establish shoes.

“We attended a black expo in ventors,” said Sandra Lamb. “We had inventors from Charles the C.R. Patterson & Sons ComRichard Patterson, an escaped pany, to Michael Jackson, who Philadelphia about 15 years ago thought to ourselves that chil-

Lindenwood: No degree? No Problem

Shonrock replaced with nondegreed acting president

Former Emporia State President Michael Shonrock was fired last week from Lindenwood University. He was replaced by Art Johnson, who never attend college. | The Bulletin Archive Sarah Spoon Editor-in-Chief

When Michael Shonrock was fired as president of Lindenwood University without being given a reason last week, the board of trustees named a person who never went to college as interim president.

Arthur Johnson, a former AAA auto club executive who apparently never went to col-

lege, was named interim president Feb. 6, after Shonrock was placed on administrative leave.

Shonrock was fired two days later.

Shonrock was president of Emporia State from 2012 to 2015.

“This morning we were able to get an interview with Art Johnson,” said Mitchell Krause, editor-in-chief of Lindenlink, the student newspaper of Lindenwood, on Monday. “Basi-

cally we learned that this guy... was the president and CEO of AAA…for eight years, but he never went to college and now he’s the president.”

Johnson will be president until a search committee could find a new president for Lindenwood, according to J. Michael Conoyer, chairman of the board of trustees in a Feb. 8 statement see SHONROCK page 2

Nursing students prepare for bone marrow swab drive Lucas Lord Staff Writer

Emporia state nursing students will be holding a kickoff event for their bone marrow swab drive March 21-22 in the Union Square with guest speaker Olympic gold medalist Earl Yung.

“We really encourage athletes to come and listen to Earl Yung speak,” said Katelyn Hutley, senior nursing major, in a phone interview. “We really wanted to make sure we had a big kick off

this year, so we’re having Earl Yung come and President Garret is supposed to do the first swab.”

The kickoff will start at 11:00 a.m. on the 21. The drive is being organized by a small team of about nine fellow nursing students under Dr. Kari Hess, according to Hutley.

“The nursing program here is amazing, its small size and the teacher’s investment into your growth throughout your career is really encouraging,” Hutley said. “The swab will check to see if you’re a match for a donation.

You may hear back in a couple weeks, months or even years; it all depends. They’ll swab your mouth and put that in a sealed container that we then send to DKMS (We Delete Blood Cancer) to process.”

Kari Hess, assistant professor of nursing, registered along with her husband.

“This is part of our public health practicum course,” Hess said in a phone interview “As they move through the program, see MARROW page 6

dren should know about this…

Everyone should know.”

Sandra and her husband, Carroll, have been active in civil rights for decades and knew a lot about black socialists but not much about black inventors, Sandra Lamb said.

“The exhibit helps to fill a gap in (student) knowledge about African Americans,” said Carrol Lamb. “For most black studies courses, there’s not a chance that you would ever learn about these people. History is not complete until we are aware of the contributions of all ethnicities.”

According to Sandra Lamb, when she left ESU the dorms were just beginning to integrate.

“There was still very little socialization among races even then,” said Sandra Lamb. “I came to ESU in the 60’s for Social Studies and Psychology…I ended up teaching 4th grade in see INVENTORS page 2

A silent ASG

Sarah Spoon

Editor-in-Chief

A call for Associated Student Government to be more responsive to student concerns and to not be silent about undocumented immigrants was met with more silence from the senators during the meeting yesterday.

The call was in a statement from diversity and inclusion chair Kim Nguyen and a response to a controversy last semester in which Todd faced backlash from students after using 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.

Nguyen couldn’t be at the meeting tonight due to a scheduling conflict, her statement was read by Caylie Ratzlaff, senator and sophomore secondary education social sciences and English major.

“This is quoted from Kim, ‘I do want to point out that the silence among ASG members, especially vice president Todd, is frustrating and discouraging,” Ratzlaff read. “There were serious issues, even trauma, that see ASG page 5

Spring semester starts with a close Bailey Miller Audience First Editor

The start of the spring semester was marked with a late start, an early close and a whole day cancelled within the first two months.

“No matter how annoyed I might get, no assignment, no class activity is more important than our students lives,” said Darla Mallein, professor of so-

cial sciences. “I always support the university’s decision to close down campus. Also, I’m preparing future teachers, so I hope it’s a learning experience that I have to be flexible.”

While sometimes the weather seems bad enough that campus should close especially as the polar vortex passed through recently. see CLOSE page 5

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Open forum for second Dean candidate

Bailey Miller

Audience First Editor

The Emporia State Teacher’s College hosted an open forum for their second dean

candidate, Cecil Smith, who currently works at West Virginia University as a professor.

“You’re leading then you’re

Cecil Smith, a candidate for the dean of The Teacher’s College, gives his presentation to faculty and students Friday in Visser Hall. This is the second open forum held for a potential dean canidates. Cameron Burnett

learning, and you’re doing this continuously. This is what your students are doing. Faculty, staff, students: you’re all engaged,” aid Smith about his vision for The Teacher’s College.

Smith is a professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development but he also acted as an associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education at WVU and was a professor at Northern Illinois University, according to Smith.

“I worked at WVU as the assistant Dean of Research. The dean who hired me wanted me to establish a research office in the college, so this was part of the college’s contribution to the institution striving to become…one of those top 100 institutions,” Smith said.

Before becoming a professor at Northern Illinois University, Smith received his bachelor degree from Wichita State. The thing he misses most about Kansas is the sunrise according to Smith.

“I’m a native Kansan, from Wichita, and I’ve actually driven past Emporia a countless number of times,” said Smith. “I’m very delighted to be here on campus and talk with you.”

Carol Russel, professor of Elementary Education, Early Childhood and Special Education, has concerns about Smith’s experience with online courses.

“If you’ve done it, you know the time you’re spending. If you do it well, it is very time consuming. It is very different. You have to be available to those students at night and on the weekends,” Russel said.

Smith had three main goals or ideas for TTC, the first being aspirational, wanting TTC to be the leading teacher education college in the US. The second being inspirational, wanting graduates of the program to be accomplished professionals and leader. The third and final was sensational TTC faculty, staff, and students.

There was another survey going around, and they want as many people to fill them out as possible and get them turned in.

After a last-minute cancellation due to a snow day, Ed Bashaw, Dean of the School of Business and head of the search committee for the new dean, turned it around as a moment to show about the adaptability of ESU and of Smith.

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C.H.E.W event to Blood drive meets be held on Feb. 21 10 percent of goal Lucas Lord Staff Writer

The Student Wellness Center and Center for Student Involvement is hosting a C.H.E.W. event on Feb. 21 in the basement of the 1st Christian Church across from Beach Hall.

“C.H.E.W. stands for Cook Healthy and Eat Well,” said Chelsea Sowart, junior nursing major. “We just really want to help students because you go from that home cooked meal all the time growing up or having someone else buy the food for you…We want to make this transition easy.”

During the class, everyone will receive a folder full of recipes and tips for healthy eating and staying on a budget. Sowart helped prepare ingredients and meal lists in previous events and is helping organize the next one as well.

“This time is going to be different. The skills are going to be different. The menu is going to be different,” Sowart said.

According to Mary McDaniel Anschutz, director of health services, it’s rare for a school the size of Emporia State to have its own registered dietician.

“Over the years, we’ve had a lot of students that have indicated that they would like to eat healthy, but they don’t know how to cook,” Anschutz said. “Or they are not sure how to prepare healthy foods

with a student budget because there’s a real perception that you can’t eat healthy if you have no money, but there are ways you can stretch your budget and eat semi-healthy.”

While largely organized by the student wellness center they don’t work alone.

“We also partner with Corky’s Cupboard, so we try to incorporate some of the items in the cupboard,” Anschutz said. “Students struggling with food insecurity can take some of the items from the cupboard and further stretch that budget.”

Emily Prouse, a registered dietician for the student wellness center is helping host the event.

“Working with students over the last four years I’ve been at ESU and just seeing a gap for students from living at home to college and not having a good understanding or comfort level about what to do in the kitchen,” Prouse said.

According to Prouse, it seems that ESU is doing a lot for nutrition that not a lot of other colleges seem to be doing.

“I’ve seen students that just want to lose weight,” Prouse said. “I’ve had students who have a family history of diabetes or heart disease, some with eating disorders trying to work their way through that.”

Students can call the Student Wellness Center to register for the C.H.E.W. event, as spots are limited.

Emma Sha Staff Writer

Red Cross Emporia collected 42 pints of blood at on Feb 8 in the Skyline room, which was 10 percent of it’s 400 pint goal.

“We are very grateful that they come and donate,” said Susan Faler, the account manager II of American Red Cross Emporia. “I cover eight colleges and universities, and Emporia State is by far the most organized and most consistently successful.”

Red Cross always has blood shortage, and despite the fact that 38 percent of people in United States are eligible to donate, less than three percent do, according to Faler.

“Twenty percent of our blood comes from students, so when you all are not in school, I’m talking high school and college, our amount of blood always goes down by 20 percent during that time,” Faler said. “That’s a huge number, that’s a lot of weight on you guys.”

People can donate up to six times a year or every 56 days, Faler said.

“I feel very good about donating. I’ve only donated twice. I would like to donate more,” said Haylie Schmidt, senior athletic training major, “I love it. I love that I’m able

to give something, and I feel like I’m making a difference.”

Kaitlyn Scott, junior marketing major, said she feels good about giving blood.

“I’ve heard very mixed reviews about what people feel, especially about after they gave blood, but personally I feel…energized after I give blood,” Scott said. “It’s good to know that I can help someone… that needs blood.”

This time students who donated got a free T-shirt. The Red Cross always has some promotional items to encourage and appreciate people of donating blood.

“Sometimes we offer, in the summer, usually Amazon.com gift cards or codes. Sometimes we give tickets to the Royals game (baseball),” Faler said.

“But mainly we just need to do a better job though educating people.”

The staff that helped at the blood drive talked to donors and tried to make a relaxed environment.

“They kind of try to give you interact so you are not totally thinking about giving blood,” Schmidt said, “You can talk with them, they make you feel welcome.”

ESU has two blood drives annually. ESU’s nursing department will hold the spring blood drive on April 11.

Corrections A previous version of the article “Debate advances during Chicago tournament” printed in the Feb. 7 edition stated that the debate team lost during the double octo-finals to Emory, when they lost during the octo-finals. This was due to copy editing error.

Additionally, a previous version of an article about softball printed on Jan. 31 cited the person in the photo as Jenna Spence. The photo is actually of Montana Mesler, a sophomore. Additionally, the headline of the story was changed from “Softball struggles to rebuild their team” to “Softball prepares for upcoming season,” as upon further review and a conversation with the softball coach, the editorial staff determined that the headline made an unfair judgment call. The last quote was also changed. A previous version read “We’re going in every game like it’s the most important. If we do that it will be a good place to commit,” Rosales said. The quote was updated and the correct version is above.

We apologize for these mistakes and have corrected them in the online versions of the stories.

Police Reports Logs from ESU Police and Safety Feb 6 Ambulance responded to Twin Towers Complex main lobby for an unconscious subject. Subject was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

Feb. 7 Officers reset alarm in North Twin Towers Room 307-B. Officers engaged in community contact with a subject north of I-35. Subject was informed the area north of the interstate is closed.

Officers engaged in community contact with a subject at the Memorial Union.

Feb. 8 Female student requested to speak with an officer at the Student Wellness Center. Subject reported being a victim of rape occurring in North Twin Towers between 2200 and 0000 on 02/07/2019.

The flag in the Sunken Garden could not be lowered due to the rope being frozen.

Feb. 9 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a welfare check at 1325 Merchant.

Residential Life served a no trespass order against Wyatt Bryant at ESU PD HQ. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a pedestrian under the influence at 12 th and Burlingame Rd. Feb. 10 Officers provided escort for a female subject from Twin Towers Complex to Lyon Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

A student requested to speak with an officer in reference to case 2019-C-006.

Memorial Student Union zone 1 Trouble. Supervisory Aux Horn. Mechanical error.

Feb. 11 A female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ. Feb. 12 Officers contacted two subjects north of I-35 and advised not to park their vehicle in the grass.

Officers placed John Bookout into custody at 1500 and Morse Dr. for a failure to appear warrant.

Officer responded to a stolen license plate call at 1839 Merchant.

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Her and her husband have presented in over 4 regions of the United States through the course of the last 15 years, mainly on the Eastern Coast, according to Sandra Lamb.

“It’s been really well received,” Sandra Lamb said.

To learn more about the exhibit visit www.blacktravelingmuseum.org.

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It’s time to get educated with “Sex Education” r le il M Bailey The conversation about the lack of sexual education is one that has become increasingly popular within the last few years, and Netflix saw a need for this too.

“Sex Education” is one of the newest Netflix original series to be released, and it is about a sexually frustrated teen named Otis and his equally frustrated gay best friend, Eric. Otis starts to fall for a girl named Maeve who is way more experienced than Otis could ever hope to be.

Otis’ mom is a sex therapist who isn’t shy about using her therapy skills on everyone, including one of the boys in her son’s grade who then exposes it to the whole class.

Maeve, in an attempt to comfort Otis, follows him to the abandoned bathrooms where they find a classmate in a tricky situation that Otis is able to help talk him out of. This triggers Maeve to think about starting a sex therapy business under the

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table with Otis.

He also manages to get himself a girlThroughout this series, we find out friend by the end of the season, and things more about Otis and his troubles, as well seem to really be looking up for Otis and as a glimpse into what seems to actually almost everyone else around him. be some pretty good advice While focusing on sexufor people struggling with al education, the show also sex education. It shows talks about other topics like why we need sex ed in students in poverty, abor“Sex Education’” received 5 out of 5 clappers. schools. tion, cheating in school and At one point, there is a even sexuality. Although case of pubic lice going around and teen their use of a character bullying another pregnancy, both of which are things that that they like perpetuates the stereotype could be prevented with some compre- of if a guy is mean to you that means he hensive sex ed classes. likes you which is a dangerous way to show The school the characters attend is a that you like someone. fancy expensive private school that makes Overall, this series is not only educaone attempt to teach the kids about safe tional and controversial, but it is also very sex, but it is in biology class. The class is entertaining and heartwarming to watch. interrupted by a video of Otis’ mom being I would recommend this to anyone a little too detailed for a high school sex who likes love stories and high school ed class. dramas or just wants to learn about sex Otis is slowly realizing things about ed. Fair warning ,the first scene is a little himself and learning a lot more about sex raunchy so watch your volume or your than he thought he would know. roommates might think you getting it on.

How are hornets celebrating Valentine’s Day?

Where are hornets’ favorite places in town?

“I will take my girlfriend out on a date to Kansas City.”

“We like to go the Radius sometimes, they have good food and social environment.”

Kobe Dixon

junior secondary education ma jor

“I’m going to get flowers for my girlfriend, and we’re going to go out.”

“Probably the Radius or the Applebee’s. There aren’t too many sit-down restaurants besides the Mexican places, but she doesn’t really like Mexican.”

Michael Huffhines

freshman secondary education ma jor

“I’ll probably just go to class and just spend time with my friend, or maybe go home and spend time with my family.”

“I’ve just transferred. I’m still trying to find some different places in town.”

Nadine Armstrong

junior communication ma jor

A I R O P EM EATS A quick bite with J’s

Lucas Lord Trying to make the best of a rainy day I decided to grab a bite between classes.

Of the many places in town to get burgers I had only been recommended one, J’s Carryout, 27 Commercial St. Having largely abstained from fast food, I was hoping to get a burger worth the trudge through the rain.

My first time at J’s, I asked the cashier what they recommended and settled on a cheeseburger with no

pickles, with jalapeños on the side and a small order of fries.

Unsurprisingly, the menu featured a variety of carryout foods like burgers, coneys and corndogs but not much else.

With a handful of what seemed to be regular customers, the staff did a great job refilling drinks in the small, somewhat cramped space.

With people coming and going each received a warm “Welcome!” and

“For Valentine’s day, the softball team is traveling to Arkansas, that’s what I will be doing.”

“Personally for me, I like going to movies, so I suggest to go to see a movie in B&B.” Madison laveooe

freshman psychology ma jor

“Probably give my mom some gifts, get some chocolates, candles, and her favorite candy: Sweetarts. If it’s nice outside, sit in a park (in Kansas City), where later in the evening just sitting out and watch the sunset.”

“Probably go to BobbyD’s.

They got good wings.”

Xavier hall

freshman communication ma jor

“Just to come to school. Me and my boyfriend actually celebrate Valentine’s Day early because he works, so we celebrated this (last)weekend.

We went out of town.”

“I know that Radius is a very nice restaurant.”

Audree Gosser

sophomore psychology ma jor

“Thank you for coming!” from the crisp and warm. friendly staff.

For about $8 J’s CarI noticed a handful of ryout was worth the visit. awards that were displayed It was a quick bite, but next to the entrance. One it left me with a lasting J’ s Carry Out received of which was the “Best impression of the local 3 out of 5 forks.

Burger in Town” awarded foods that Emporian’s by the Emporia Gazette a few years continue to create. before.

That said, I am excited to see where The burger was good, but hardly else my travels take me. Hopefully the best. somewhere a little more exciting.

Cooked well-done, it was an impressive patty. The cheeseburger was far better than any fast food you could get, but pricey considering they had no lunch or meal deals.

This was my main compliant: underwhelming and overpriced.

With the jalapeños the burger was noticeably better.

Even though I ordered a small fry, I got plenty. Not too salty or burnt, the fries were

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Staff Editorial

ESU: The campus that cares

Winter in Kansas has been harsh this year.

With wind chills reaching negative temperatures, the ice and snow has made traversing on foot risky, and driving downright dangerous.

Campuses across the state have needed to decide what the best way to deal with these conditions is, and ESU has consistently shown to prioritize student safety and well-being over keeping campus open.

This dedication to safety and care for students, staff and faculty is not being echoed by all surrounding universities despite the shutdown of other colleges, schools, hospitals and even some businesses. Some campuses continue to risk students’ safety.

While K-State and KU have made different attempts to be “helpful” such as making cold weather safety infograph-

ics and posting them on Twitter, their responses to student concerns have been lackluster.

Not directly disrespecting students, but not committing to their safety, these larger institutions give us another reason to be proud to be Hornets.

Rather than taking risks and forcing students to expose themselves to the elements, ESU has either closed campus, or done things like providing hot chocolate stations across campus to help students warm up.

Maintenance crews have been working hard to make sure gravel is put down to help with traction issues, sidewalks are cleared of snow and debris, and employees of the university come to work every day with encouraging words and support for students who need help in these colder months.

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Let’s fix the dorms we The importance of independent thinking Socrates, famously known the experience of being at a pohave first as the “Gadfly of Athens”, com- litical convention, a speech, or

Bailey Miller Audience First Editor

I started out living in North towers and was just so excited that I didn’t notice anything about how the towers are getting old.

Last month, the North and South towers were without hot water for several days after it got so hot that it was burning people.

Then, we had a day when we were without water completely so they could try and fix the hot water since it hadn’t gotten fixed the first time completely.

Since we had no hot water and then no water, we were forced to venture on over into Singular and Trusler for things like showering or even going to the bathroom.

Not that showering over there was a huge deal, it wasn’t the end of the world, but while over there I noticed how clean and nice the showers are. Yes, they have cur-

tains and we have doors, but the shower design is so much nicer.

Many of us who shave our legs in the South and North towers are forced to put our legs up on the bar or lean down in the small space and try to be a gymnast, but Singular and Trusler have built-in spots that you can put your leg or even your shower tote on, as well as a bigger bench and a sink in the stall.

North and South tower need some major bathroom updates.

No matter how hard the maintenance people could scrub years of dirt, it wouldn’t get rid of the grime build up and they could never fix the shower heads with no pressure, it’s just too caked on.

The university is spending a lot of money on new dorms but North and South towers need major renovation and updates in the bathrooms and in the laundry rooms, as well as the water systems.

While I’m glad to have our water back (at least semi-warm), I almost wish I could go shower in Trusler again just because of how much nicer and cleaner it is over there.

The North and South Twin Towers are overdue for an update and a major deep cleaning to try and get rid of all of the years of grime and dirt build up from college students.

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“Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way” Christopher Hitchens One of the things I am most proud of in my life is the fact I don’t mind being the only one in a room that feels the status quo doesn’t or can’t speak for me. Indeed oftentimes I go out of my way to be the outlier and take on positions contrary to many of my own colleagues.

It may come at no surprise to my readership that two of the most important figures in my life are Socrates and the late Christopher Hitchens.

Kindergarten teachers get the short end of the stick.

We face the usual tropes about teaching: comments about summer vacation, the bad money, “anyone can teach” and the assumption that teaching is everyone’s fall back when we can’t do what we really want.

But aspiring kindergarten teachers?

We get looks even from within education.

I’ve personally heard comments about us spending more time taking kids to the bathroom than learning, cleaning up messes all day long, and doing

crafts instead of school.

I’m here to tell you it’s time to flip the narrative.

Kindergarten teachers work hard!

We are the ones who, yes, are often taking kids to the bathroom, likely dealing with classroom behavior issues and frequently doing crafts.

But it’s so much more than that.

In kindergarten, children are bridging the gap between learning through play and learning through books.

Our classroom often looks chaotic, but it’s our job to encourage the chaos while keeping it under control.

Crafts build fine motor skills that, guess what, they will need for the rest of their lives.

Kindergarten is where you learned to hold your pencil, use scissors, and manipulate small objects.

That play time?

Kindergarten teachers are facilitating social interaction, setting the foundation for classroom behavior, and all at the same time teaching content

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a lecture where you hear someone state something that is so revoltingly untrue that it makes you want to leave the room or turn off your television.

Having the ability to stand up for what you believe in and know to be the truth is one of the most important and necessary characteristics for an individual to have, but it takes courage.

It takes courage to take the risk of being wrong and humiliated in front of your peers, especially when you’re speaking an opinion that you know will be unpopular.

But it can be fun, and one of the biggest things that I look forward to in my life is the feeling of vindication I get from being eventually proven correct.

That feeling makes the risk of thinking for yourself completely worth it, and it’s in the light of the late Christopher Hitchens and Socrates that I invite you to join with me in taking the risk of thinking for yourself.

It’s time to take kindergarten teachers seriously

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monly spent his days walking around the city and asking annoying questions to people who didn’t want to be bothered.

That is an all important job, especially for anyone today that calls themself a journalist of any sort.

Christopher Hitchens, being a world-famous writer and journalist himself, undoubtedly utilized the Socratic Method in his every day life.

He was also the author of a book containing the above quotation titled “Letters to a Young Contrarian,” commonly regarded by myself as well as others to be his best and most accomplished book.

Like my “heroes” Socrates and Christopher Hitchens, I understand the importance of being a voice of dissent. This isn’t to say that I endeavor to seek out argument per se, but it is to say that having the ability to think for yourself is one important skill that will never go out of style.

I hope some of you have had

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standards to guide their students into the next grade levels.

The lessons kindergarten teachers build are just as intentional as every other grade level.

We put a lot of effort into making sure that the games, crafts, and activities we create for our students meet state mandated standards, complete objectives, and engage students.

Every lesson requires a plan for assessment, considerations of accommodations for students who need specialized learning, and a plan for classroom management.

So, next time you see aspiring kindergarten teachers working on projects in the library that seem easy, don’t mumble about how ridiculous it is that they get to do “fun stuff” for homework while you toil away on your papers.

Instead, take some time to understand their goals.

If you can spare a few minutes, maybe offer to help cut out whatever they are working on.

Or offer us coffee.

Anything is more helpful than taking us for granted.

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Kansas house discusses sexual battery bill

KU Wire Service

TOPEKA — The Kansas House of Representatives discussed the removal of an amendment to House Bill 2079 on Wednesday, which currently states that spouses are exempt from being charged with sexual battery in the state of Kansas.

The amendment is sponsored

by Rep. Brett Parker (D-29th), who expressed a need for explanation on the difference between sexual battery and rape as well as highlighting the difficulties within the legal community when it comes to defining consent. It comes at a time when there are more and more victims of sexual assault that are deciding to take justice into their own hands and tell their stories via movements like Me Too and Time’s Up. Sexual battery, which is defined in the bill as “the touching

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threatened the mental health and safety of students last semester. Although they may not be here, it does not mean that people who were affected are fine.’”

This statement came as a response to a controversy last semester in which Todd faced backlash from students after using the term “illegal alien” in a Facebook post. Kris Kobach for governor, said that Kobach

of a victim who is 16 or more years of age and who does not consent thereto,” is not the same as rape or sexual assault, nor is it the same as aggravated battery, the latter of which is defined in the bill as sexual battery in which the victim is overcome by force or fear, or is physically powerless.

In fact, the relationship between victim and abuser is irrelevant in just about every offense except for sex crimes. It is important to note that the spousal exemption for the statute of rape was removed from legislation in 1975, but remains in place for sexual battery. This “outdated and unnecessary language,” as Parker described it, needs to be removed because he believes that “marriage should not absolve offenders of guilt nor deprive victims of justice.”

The bill is widely supported by members of the House, however

there were a few requests for clarification in regards to more ambiguous situations and a concern that a spouse may invent an accusation to seek revenge when they are angry at their significant other. Research shows, however, that false accusations of assault are extremely rare. According to the National Sexual Violence Research Center, between two and 10 percent of sexual crimes are falsely reported.

Michelle McCormick, program director for the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment in Topeka, which provides services and support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stated in her written testimony that one in three women have experienced sexual violence by a partner. She wrote that she was “stunned” to learn that the current law doesn’t protect married individuals from sexually abusive spouses and believes

that keeping the law the way it is only reinforces “a deeply flawed and antiquated cultural norm indicating that consent is implied by the act of marriage, and that spouses do not retain agency over their own bodies.”

Rep. Kellie Warren (R-28th), was the first to question the legal definition of consent, and was curious as to how other states have handled this situation. Although marital rape is illegal in all 50 states, the laws become hazier when it comes to sexual battery. Sara RustMartin, legal and policy director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence in Topeka, mentioned affirmative consent, which is defined as explicit, informed and voluntary agreement in regards to a sexual act. This is the most widely accepted and most valid form of consent, however it is not a term widely known by the general

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.

Nguyen’s statement, read

by Ratzlaff, continued by asking ASG senators to take action.

“I know senators were uncomfortable and simply wanted to get it over with, but that is against the principle of being a student senator,” Ratzlaff read. “These issues of diversity and inclusion will continue to be a problem on

campus if senators fail to take judiciary action. The silence and complicity further traumatize students on campus that continue to feel unheard.

I, as a senator, feel emotionally unsupported outside of my committee. ASG needs to become a self reflexive organization, and it takes every member of the senate to make sure that the same mistakes like last semester do not happen again.”

Todd stood silent as Ratzlaff read, but did not respond during or after the committee report. After Ratzlaff finished reading Nguyen’s statement, Todd moved the meeting to Cabinet Reports.

None of the senators responded to the statement during the meeting.

The Diversity and Inclusion committee also announced their support for Kappa Delta Chi’s t-shirt sale, which was announced on social media yesterday.

“Last semester, VP Todd made dehumanizing remarks regarding undocumented immigrants,” read KDC’s post about the shirts on their Facebook page. “This semester, we are having a T-shirt fundraiser where all profits will go to a scholarship for Dreamers.”

The front of the t-shirt has a world map with the text “No Human Being is Illegal” repeated 12 times. The back of the shirt contains information about undocumented immigrants.

ASG also unanimously passed a resolution commemorating the founding of Emporia State University tonight. They also appointed a new senator, who was not in attendance, Khushi Ghanchi, a freshman international student, to office.

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Michaela Todd, Associated Student Government vice president and senior communications and political science major, stands in front of the senate during the meeting yesterday in Senate Chambers. The Diveristy and Inclusion Committee chair asked senators to no longer be "silent" when it comes to Todd's actions and the repercussions felt by students on campus.

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Lindenwood is a private liberal arts university in St. Charles, Missouri.

“The main issue we’re running into is being stonewalled by the university, especially the board,” Krause said. “For the longest time, we couldn’t get anything from them. We finally, this morning, got the interview with the interim president, but they didn’t let me record it and the head of PR (Public Relations) was in the room the whole time.”

Lindenwood will not reveal why Shonrock was fired because it’s a personnel matter, according to Chris Duggan,

of Lindenwood marketing and media relations.

“I have asked but we have not received any substantive information for the board’s action,” said Shonrock’s attorney, Jerry Dobson. Dobson is a partner at Dobson, Goldberg, Berns & Rich, LLP in St. Louis.

“There is a procedure by which we can send a letter requesting the true reasons for termination. Whether we will receive anything substantive remains to be seen.”

The board meeting where Shonrock was fired was closed, according to Krause.

“After the board meeting, we tried to get comments from anybody,” Krause said. “We have a 22-member board and no one would tell us anything.”

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population.

Rep. Dennis “Boog” Highberger (D-46th) asked about situations involving sexual battery between unmarried people who have been living together for an extended period of time.

Parker and Rust-Martin agreed that this situation is no different than that for married couples. The main objective of this amendment, according to Parker, was to clarify that being married does not mean that a person can take advantage of their spouse and get away with it simply under the pretense that they’re husband and wife.

The amendment will be discussed further in the coming week as representatives confer over remaining technicalities including the definition of consent.

Marissa Ventrelli is a University of Kansas senior from Chicago majoring in journalism.

morning (Thursday), the treatments that our facilities folks use which is usually some combination of brine, salt and jadeite. They have a very hard time working effectively when the ice is that thick.”

Not everyone agrees with the decisions that the group makes about whether they are going to close campus or keep campus closed. There is a lot of students on social media sharing their view, but some go further.

“We do hear from students, and as you might imagine, if they are comfortable with the decision they aren’t going to reach out,” Cordle said. “There wouldn’t be any reason to, but when students are inconvenienced by a closing or alternatively if they run into a problem because we didn’t close, they do let us hear about.”

Marketing and Media is charged with the task of sending out alerts to not only students but everyone else who may need to know, including local radio stations according to Gwen Larson, assistant director of media relations “There is a little bit of adrenaline,” Larson said in a phone interview. “We have over the last few years split the duties. The emergency manager for Emporia State activates the alert system that send the text message, email, sends message to our Facebook account, our Twitter account and adds it to the home page of the website. I alert the media.”

When campus closes down, it doesn’t mean that everything stops. Things like the cafeteria stay open and staff may still receive payment for those days.

“We still have costs even if the university is shut down. For instance, I would still get paid for that day in my pay check,” Larson said. “There would still be costs involved with that and then there are going to be costs involved with whatever materials our university facilities people use.”

“I think if it were simply a matter of cold, it would have to be extremely cold for us to cancel just for that reason,” Cordle said.

The decision to close campus is a group decision including David Cordle, provost, Diana Kuhlman, vice president admiration and finance, Mark Rungee director of facilities and Jim Williams, vice president of affairs and marketing and media relations, according to Cordle “We try to keep President Garrett involved in it to the extent she needs to be,” Cordle said. “President Garrett has dictated to me the final decision on what we do.”

Last Thursday was when the campus shut down for an entire day because of a thick layer of ice that had set over campus, making it too risky for those who may drive to campus, Cordle said.

“We’re quite concerned about safety here on the campus, people being able to get around on campus the way they need to.”

Cordle said. "We’re also quite concerned about those who are having to drive to the campus from wherever they are coming from."

Some teachers who plan their classes very specifically might face challenges when it comes to moving these days around.

“My first response is always 'Oh no, I had this coming up,'” said Mallein. “If I really wanted to do it, they could do it on their own. We also have canvas, so if there is something I really needed I could have put it online.”

Building facilities are the ones responsible for getting the salt down and for trying to make campus safe for students and faculty alike.

Dobson.

“There was a significant layer “Dr. Shonrock was very of ice and it was very cold (on popular at Lindenwood as Thursday),” Cordle said. “When well,” Dobson said. “We believe ice is as thick as it was yesterday that he was a charismatic and successful leader for the university.”

Shonrock is not currently talking to the press, Dobson said. He did not give a reason.

“This (Shonrock’s termination) came out of the blue for us,” Krause said. “There wasn’t any indication that there was problems until Tuesday morning...We’re really caught off guard here.

Conoyer, university board of trustees chairman, and Johnson, the interim president, did not return requests for comment. Lisa Enger, vice president of university relations at Lindenwood, also did Source: emporia.edu and accuweather.com Infographic by Kalliope not respond.

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Special Collections and Archives hosts over William Allen White program Lucas Lord Staff Writer

Special Collections and Archives hosted a presentation over LIFE photographer Bernard Hoffman and the photos he took of Emporia and William Allen White Sunday night.

During the presentation, Shari Scribner, assistant archivist, showed photos that Hoffman had taken during his career, most notably some he took of William Allen White and of Emporia when he was invited to White’s 70th birthday party.

The program is done as part of a partnership between the university and William Allen White Community Partnership Inc., according to Scribner.

“University Libraries and Archives has a subunit called Special Collections and Archives,” said Scribner. “We are responsible for collecting, preserving and making accessible

the historical records of Emporia State University…We have things that go back to the first day of school in 1863 to emails sent out last week…Anybody can come in and use it as research material.”

ESU has the second largest collection of William Allen White papers in the world, second only to the Library of Congress, according to Scriber.

“I like that we’re doing more public programming,” Scriber said. “It’s kind of significant that this is happening on campus because it’s possible to see ourselves on campus as a compact community, so a program like this takes us outside of what’s happening right here at ESU and takes us to the larger community that we live in.”

The Hoffman presentation was the first in “a series of three programs exploring LIFE magazine’s coverage of William Allen White and his family,”

Emporia community members come out to see LIFE photographer Bernard Hoffman’s photos of William Allen White. The event was the first part of a three part series happening every Saterday in the WAW Library. Xialoe Chou | The Bulletin

according to the Campus Labs website.

Roger Heineken, retired Emporia State employee, spoke during the presentation as well.

“William Allen White had, for pretty much all of his life,

cast Emporia as the quintessential midwestern small town,” said Heineken. “We were somewhat iconic for a variety of magazine feature stories that dealt with Emporia.”

The next program will be

“LIFE Magazine: Editor White’s First-Class Funeral” from 2-3:00 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Special Collections and Archives exhibit hall on the first floor of the William Allen White library. It is free and open to the public.

Performance group takes the stage at Emporia State Emma Sha Staff Writer

Emporia Arts Council and Emporia State will present the iLuminate at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, in Albert Taylor Hall, free for ESU students.

“It’s infusing technology with the performing art. It is a total black out stage...The founder and director of the performance used coding,” said Dawn Young, the executive director of EAC. “The coding is used with their suits they wear…This is all strictly done with the computer and lighting and sound. Their suits light up to go with the music.

They’re pretty amazing.” iLuminate became popular as the finalists on America’s Got Talent in 2011. They have traveled the country and

internationally.

“They have performed in ‘Music Television’, ‘Ellen Degeneres’, all sorts of big names.

That’s where they really exploded and everybody started knowing their name,” Young said. “To have them in Emporia is pretty phenomenal.”

EAC’s art programs go to the ESU special events board for grant. That money helps to pay the tickets for students to go to all the performance for free, according to Young.

“EAC has worked with ESU for 43 years...We do a lot of reach out programs with students,” Young said. “We (also) have a great connection with ESU.” The theater and dance students are asked to attend the iLuminate if they are available,

according to Jim Bartruff, the director of theater.

“We encourage our students to attend because our dance students and theatre students who are interest in dance with technology will benefit from seeing their performance,” said Bartruff. “They (dance students) need to be able to see modern dance in all of this performance, and it’s a free event. It’s an easy way for them to do that.”

The iLuminate is a unique dance program, combining storytelling, music and technology.

“I hope as many students who can try to make it out, ‘cause sometimes the programs that are brought are once in lifetime. You may never get to see them again,” Eddy said.

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Do we lack control, or concern?

When was the last time you examined the problems in your life that keep coming up no matter what you seem to do?

It has probably been awhile.

We’re often told to accept what we can’t change after all.

But what if we’re wrong about the root cause of our problems? The key player in this situation is our tendency to place blame on our problems.

It’s not that we’re not applying ourselves to get our homework done, it’s the professor giving too much homework. It’s not our fault we were late to work, we had to get gas.

Sometimes these things can be true, but more often than we realize it’s a lack of accountability on our part. We knew there was a lot of homework, so maybe we could have started earlier.

And did you see the gas was low yesterday but not bother to fill the tank or leave early the following day?

Most of us are guilty of at least occasionally making ex-

cuses for ourselves and placing the blame anywhere else; Another person, the weather, or some other outside factor.

This isn’t to say we are inherently bad, or that things don’t happen outside of our control that negatively impact us. However, it is important to be able to analyze what the real issue is.

So, take some time if you’re able to, and ask yourself one more time if there are some problems in your life that you are able to fix, or at least improve.

Awareness is important here, for most of us we just don’t stop to consider the situation, we’re failing to actually look at the issue objectively.

Also, more importantly, trying not to point fingers and blame at others or ourselves is probably the best bet. We all have our reasons for things.

None of us need to be perfect, but it’s helpful to be aware and hold ourselves accountable.

Nick Blaha, chaplain and director of Didde Catholic Campus Center, answers questions from students from a church perspective yesterday in the CSI lounge. Blaha comes to campus every semester to answer questions about anything. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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continued from page 1 they move through the program, they move towards community-based health. Just how can nursing make a difference in their communities?”

According to Hess, it’s easy for students to remain focused

on school at the expense of participating in the community.

“Often times college students don’t see outside of their protective ESU bubble,” Hess said. “There are so many unregistered donors that can make a difference. Every person counts. You can really

help someone win their battle against cancer.”

“Approximately 70 percent of all patients in need of bone marrow transplants must find a matching donor outside of their family,” according to the DKMS website.

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Students host family math and science night Lucas Lord Staff Writer

Emporia State students hosted a family math and science night on Monday at Emporia Middle School.

Connie Schrock, professor of mathematics and economics helped organize and run the event.

“It’s really a math department tradition,” said Schrock.

“Kids can do math and science and have a good time while still learning something.”

It’s also beneficial for perspective teachers to get hands on time with students and parents, according to Schrock.

“Most people think that they’re parents are like everyone else’s, so it’s good to get them some practice before they enter the classroom,” Schrock said.

Many of the students participating did so as part of their teaching methods courses.

“The methods course is usually what you take right before you student teach,” said

Brandon Shellenberger, senior math education major, leads a group of middle school students in his station at family math night Monday at Emporia Middle School. The Emporia State math and science methods students put on the event for students and their families to have academic fun. Skyla Fox | The Bulletin

Brooke Bundy, senior math education major. “This year our theme is game night. My station is based off of guess who,

so the kids will have a board with different shapes, and they’ll have to try and get their partner to guess what shape it

is.”

There were 27 methods students helping to run stations, with the baseball

team and other students volunteering as well, Bundy said.

“We as the students really put together the event…it got me really involved in the community aspect of Emporia as well which is really nice,” Bundy said. “I like the community that we have. You get to meet other teachers that aren’t in your subject.”

Adriana Jasso, senior math education major was helping to run a booth covering remainders and pattern finding.

“Being bilingual reaches a different audience,” Jasso said. “My parents never came to events like this since they couldn’t understand English.

But being able to speak in Spanish, I find that parents are more willing to learn and participate.”

According to Jasso, math was never an issue for her to understand as it’s a universal language.

“I always wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl,” Jasso said. “I wanted to teach math since I was good at it.”

Research takes students to Midwest Sociological Society conference Bailey Miller Audience First Editor

Emporia State is sending two partnerships to the Midwest Sociological Society conference in Chicago this April to present their research projects.

“It’s an opportunity for us as college students to come and get our foot in the door of the whole field of sociology and crime and delinquency and also get some more practice with research,” said Abigaile Weiser, senior sociology

major Weiser and Cherie Crisp, senior crime and delinquency studies majors are putting together a research project about the impact of socialization on critical life choices.

“Our project is looking at how impactful socialization is on career choice, like how much financial side of career choices is brought into it,” Weiser said.

The partners got to pick their own projects based on their own interests and what they would like to spend a se-

Fiscal Affairs discusses upcoming allocations deadline Bailey Miller Audience First Editor

ASG Fiscal affairs met to discuss the upcoming deadline for RSOs in good standing to request allocations for the upcoming semester.

“They can only use the allocations for what is on the form. They can’t use it for anything else,” said Malcom Dade, Fiscal Affairs chair and senior accounting major.

They also readdressed the request to reimburse Phi Sigma Kappa for a recent national trip and begun the curation of that bill.

“The RSO hearings will be completed the week of February 25. The best way I know of scheduling them is to do a poll,” Dade said.

The committee decided to go with the same technique as last year where they sent around a google spread sheet to find out the times that everyone was available.

“Last year, we did a google spread sheet and we sent it out and they each put in the time they wanted,” Schmitz said. “We did a full week last

year, starting from five on.”

Two members of the Fiscal Affairs committee, Dylan Brown, senior business administration major, and Danial Agbaji, graduate student of Library Information Management and Instructional Design, are in charge of RSOs that will be presenting to ASG but will not be allowed to present to either the Fiscal Affairs committee or in the ASG senate meeting according to Schmitz “I would have a backup, somebody else, an officer of that organization fill in,” Dade said. “We’ll have to adjust accordingly.”

The Fiscal Affairs committee has had five members attending their meetings the past two weeks and needs all members present to properly vote.

“I would like to have as many people possible present to hear out the allocation,” Dade said. “That is one of our main responsibilities as the Fiscal Affairs committee: to allocate the right funds to different organizations.”

mester researching, according to Weiser.

“I’ve always been interested in career choice and we were brainstorming how we could put together a research project in one semester, and we kind of came upon the idea of a survey that we could send out,” Weiser said. “At the same time be able to get a wide selection of students and a bunch of different variety in answers.”

Crisp has been to this conference two times prior to this year. This will be Weiser’s

first time.

“We get to look ahead of time and see which ones (breakout sessions) we want to go to,” Crisp said. “After they present, you as an audience member get a chance to ask them questions and learn more about them.”

The four students participating are all part of an international honor society based around community service, social and academic workshops and lectures as well as fundraising opportunities, according to the Emporia

State website.

“We are members of Alpha Kappa Delta, sociological society,” Crisp said. “Students have the opportunity to present when they go to a conference and because the organization tried to get some students together to present at the conference.”

The survey should be sent out around the end of February to try and find out how impactful family is on career choice as well as the financial aspects of the careers, according to Weiser.

O’Connell joins visiting writers series

Mary O’Connell, Kansas author, signs her book “Dear Reader” on Tuesday in the PKP room.

O’Connell is hosted by the visiting writer series, which is sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and the Performing Arts Board, Xialoe Chou | The Bulletin

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ESU track and field athlete ranked #1 in the nation Margaret Mellott Managing Editor

Brianna Schmitz, senior health promotion major and HPER graduate student, was recently ranked the number one track and field athlete after breaking a 21 year Emporia State record in the pentathlon event.

According to Schmitz, she was not expecting to move up to first on the national list.

“I was in shock. It was definitely nothing I was expecting,” Schmitz said. “It’s kind of honestly hard to imagine. I really didn’t ever think I would be in that spot.”

Schmitz broke the 1998 pentathlon record of 3,672 points set

by Deandra Doubrava, alumna, with her personal record of 3,767 points, according to ESU Athletics. Erin Blocker, assistant track and field coach, was there on the day Schmitz broke the record.

“We knew that she could do it going into (the meet),” Erin Blocker said. “She’s had such an awesome senior year. Really, she’s had a great career. Every year she just gets better and better. She was just on fire that day.”

It was a couple days later when the national list was updated and Schmitz was confirmed in the top spot.

“It’s just really neat to see such a good person, such a hard worker, somebody that didn’t start out at as that natural, raw athlete be able to work her way up to that,” Erin Blocker said. “It’s just the perfect reward for all that hard work and dedication.”

According to Steve Blocker, head track and field coach, watching Schmitz grow as an athlete since her freshman year has been a privilege. “(Watching her grow) has been pretty unbelievable really,” Steve Blocker said. “She’s im-

Brianna “Big Red” Schmitz has recently been ranked #1 in the nation. She broker the 1998 pentathlon record by 95 points. Emma Boyd | The Bulletin

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Hornets expect to add 30 players next football season Skyla Fox

Feb. 14 vs. University of Central Oklahoma Feb. 16 vs. Northeastern State University Feb. 21 vs. Pitt State University Feb. 23 vs. Missouri Southern State University Feb 28 @ Northeastern State University Mar. 2 @ Univesrsity of Central Oklahoma

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For the next football season, Emporia State football coach Garin Higgins has announced they will be adding 25 high school players and five transfers to play football for the Hornets, according to ESU Athletics.

“We got a lot of talent coming here in the fall which is always a very exciting thing to have going into fall camp,” said Austin Unterreiner, junior offensive lineman. “It will be a lot of fun watching these guys grow and hopefully become big time play makers for us in their career here at ESU.” Out of the thirty people who signed to play for the Hornets, 14 players are from Kansas, 12 from Oklahoma, three from Texas, and

Feb. 14 @ William Jewell College Feb. 22-24 vs. University of Central Missouri Feb. 27 @ Oklahoma Christian University Mar. 1-3 vs. Lindenwood University Mar. 8-10 @ Fort Hays State University Mar. 12 vs. Newman University

Feb. 22 vs. University of Minnesota, Duluth Feb. 22 vs. Concordia University, St. Paul Feb. 23 vs. University of Sioux Falls Feb. 23 vs. Upper Iowa University Feb. 24 vs. University of Missouri, St. Louis Feb. 24 vs. Wayne State College

Feb. 15 @ UCM Classic Feb. 15 @ Arkansas Qualifier Feb. 22-24 @ Maryville, MO: MIAA Indoor Championships Mar. 8 @ Pittsburg, KS: NCAA Indoor Championships Mar. 23 ESU Spring Twilight Invitational Mar. 30 Emporia State Relays

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proved, obviously, every year...

She’s really just matured in terms of her mentality and her overall leadership. She’s gotten so much better on the track and (she’s) willing to learn.”

Her journey hasn’t always been easy though, according to Schmitz. There have been plenty of challenges she’s had to overcome during her athletic career.

“I’ve had to go through two stress fractures in my foot, so taking that time off was very hard.” Schmitz said. “Probably another big one was coming in freshman year, I didn’t really know any of the events, so I was starting from square one.

My performance wasn’t anything outstanding. Just trusting the process and sticking with it even when things weren’t going well and knowing that if you just keep working hard, the results will happen when they need to.”

Even though Schmitz has challenges over the years, Steve Blocker said that she’s just pushed through them.

“Her event requires a lot of training, a lot of jumping, which can take its toll on the shins and lower joins,” Steve Blocker said.

“She’s trained right through them. She continually pushes through that discomfort. We’ve had to modify her training at times to manage that, but she’s tough.”

In her last few months at ESU, Schmitz said she really wants to focus on enjoying her time as an ESU athlete. “(A) goal of mine is to really just soak it all in,” Schmitz said.

“I know that my career is coming to an end. My career’s gonna be done in a couple of months.

More than anything, I don’t want to stress about the outcome. I really just wanna enjoy it because it’s something that I love; I don’t wanna get caught up in hitting certain marks.”

one from Florida, according to ESU Athletics.

“With guys like Braxton and Landon leaving, we lost some playmakers, so it’s always a little nerve racking in those situations,” Unterreiner said. “At the same time, we have a lot of guys who can fill those shoes and that are hungry for the opportunity to do so. It will be exciting to see what we bring to the table this fall.”

The Hornets added members in 12 positions, according to ESU Athletics. The Hornets added five receivers, two defensive linemen, two defensive ends, five offensive linemen, five linebackers, three safeties, two cornerbacks, one S-back, one quarterback, one running back, one punter and two classified as athlete.

“Signing day was a very special time in my life,” said Jordan

William, redshirt-freshman defensive lineman. “I was excited to start a new life at ESU. I signed May 6, 2018.”

These thirty people are not the only ones who get to step on ESU’s field for the first-time next season. Several redshirts are also preparing for the fall season.

“It’s going to be a wild feeling to step on the field next season and an amazing experience,” said Tyree King, redshirt freshmen wide receiver.

The Hornets will say goodbye to several senior players who graduate this year with an overall winning season of 8-4, according to ESU Athletics.

“For next season, I can’t wait to play my role and do my part to help us win games,” said Xavier Hall, redshirt-freshman defensive linebacker.

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