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ESU preparing for Kelly’s plans in office Margaret Mellott Managing Editor

New Kansas Governor Laura Kelly taking office has generated conversation about her budget release and what it means

for education.

“It’s both exciting and a little bit of a mystery when someone new comes into offices,” said Emporia State President Allison Garrett. “We did a general assembly with all of campus...I

mentioned that there would be a lot to be learned from (Kelly’s) state of the state address...and then from her...budget.”

One big focus of her budget was the impact it would have on funding for K-12 and

higher education. Dennis Mullin, Kansas Board of Regents chair, gave a statement following the release of Kelly’s budget recommendation.

“Governor Kelly’s budget proposal that adds $9 million

for public higher education in the next fiscal year is a step in the right direction,” Mullin said. “Education beyond high school represents the best path see KELLY page 5

Rabas reads original poem on inauguration day Emma Sha Staff Writer

Kevin Rabas, the 2017- 2019 Kansas poet laureate and chair of Emporia State’s English, modern language and journalism department, recites a poem in Topeka for Gov. Laura Kelly’s inaguration. This is Rabas’ last year as poet laureate. | Photo Courtesy of Chris Neal / Topeka Capitol-Journal

Kevin Rabas, the 2017- 2019 Kansas poet laureate and chair of Emporia State’s English, modern language and journalism department, read his poem “Kansas Awakening” at Gov. Laura Kelly’s inauguration on Jan. 14 in Topeka.

This is the second time that a poet was invited to read a poem at an inauguration in Kansas history after the early 2000s.

It’s significant that they’ve brought back a tradition of having a reading, according to Michael Smith, professor of political science.

“The interesting thing is the decision to have a poetry reading,” Smith said. “Of course, we know that at the universities and even more so in the K-12

schools in Kansas that…there’s been a lot of budget cuts so it’s nice to recognize the arts, because the arts have been having a hard time of it in Kansas.”

“Kansas Awakening” is a short poem but it packed a lot of things, and it also touched on so many things, and it’s a gift, according to Smith.

“It was wonderful,” Rabas said. “It was a great honor to be able to be a part of governor elects Laura Kelly’s inauguration ceremony. It shows that she supports and honors the art of humanities.”

“Kansas Awakening” is about Kansans working for a better Kansas, according to Rabas. In the poem, school kids are going to work and the farmer and see POEM page 5

HORNET LIFE

CSI offers social media, cellphone detox program Emma Sha Staff Writer

The Center for Student Involvement will start a social media and cell phone detox program from Feb. 4 to March 5.

“This is (the) first year. I was working on it from last semester,” said Alex Gill, senior psychology major who hopes to run this program. “We are hoping to get it running and get some people involved.”

Social media and cell phone are like dopamine and there are many studies and Ted Talks behind the negative impact of social media, and how it can cause metal health problem, according to Gill.

“The idea that social media, you are comparing your own reality in your life to somebody else’s highlight real,” said Rachel Kohman, senior director of CSI. “People put out maybe their best self but you don’t know what’s

behind the scene is happening.”

The social media and cell phone detox program will take 30 days, according to Gill.

“We want to see if we can get see DETOX page 6

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Recent alumna recieves bionic hand Garrett discusses aftermath Margaret Mellott Managing Editor

On Nov. 26, Faith Schreiner, recent alumna, finally received the bionic hand that, according to Schreiner, insurance once told her was a luxury and that they wouldn’t cover the cost.

“It’s been really great adjusting,” Schreiner said. “The biggest obstacle for me is, of course, realizing my arms a lot longer and also getting used to the socket and how it makes my arm feel...I didn’t really have a muscle before, so I’ve been building up my bicep in order to actually hold my arm and other things with it.”

Eric Schreiner, Faith’s dad, was there on the day she received the BeBionic hand. According to him, the moment was very emotional. “(Getting the hand) was just, I don’t how to describe it,” Eric said. “It was fantastic. I love my daughter with one arm and I’ll love her with two arms. Given the opportunity to have two arms for her was overwhelming and it made me cry.”

With a cost of about $43,000 for the BeBionic Small, Faith’s unable to afford physical therapy, leaving her to do exercises on her own.

“In order to cut costs, we didn’t do the physical therapy option,” Faith said. “I have been doing my own therapy...

At home, (I’ll) sit on the couch

and just open and close it to get use to it...and then also I’ve been trying to hold cups and when I’m out try to stop what I’m doing and evaluate how I would do (something).”

Watching Faith the past cou-

ple months has been come with it’s challenges, but has been a overall wonderful experience, according to Eric.

“She hasn’t had used that arm see HAND page 7

Faith Schreiner, recent alumna, demonstrates how she can hold her phone using her bionic hand Sunday in the Memorial Union. Schreiner received her bionic hand, which cost about $43,000, Nov. 26 and was able to walk with it at graduation with it in December. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

of Schrader investigation, university’s actions Sarah Spoon Editor-in-Chief

Editor’s Note: Sarah Spoon, Editor-in-Chief of The Bulletin, sat down with Allison Garrett, president of the university, on Dec. 17 of 2018 to talk about the aftermath of the Jane coverage, Garrett sent a campus-wide email Dec. 12 to inform students, faculty and staff that Brian Schrader was “no longer at the university.” Schrader was the center of a Bulletin investigation last semester, which told the story of an undergraduate student—called “Jane” for anonymity—who said she felt “hopeless” after the university’s response to her sexual assault complaint.

Sarah Spoon - I know after the stories broke, you held some town hall meetings and different things, and there was a lot of mistrust about how the situation was handled, confusion (and) a lot of upset feelings, I think it’s safe to say.

So, one of my questions is, how is the university working to earn the campus’ trust back when it comes to handling issues such as this?

Allison Garrett - That’s a good questions and we’ve done a couple of things that I think are really important steps forward.

And of course, we aren’t done yet, but one is we’ve hired someone who is fully dedicated to Title IX matters: Jennifer Anan-

da. I don’t know if you have had the opportunity to meet her or interview her yet, but Jennifer comes to us with a law degree, years of experience in domestic assault work and also with KU’s Title IX office. She is very, very well prepared to work on these matters for us and has done a fantastic job hitting the ground running over the last few months.

We’ve had, also, the Title IX committee that has been doing its work and hopefully, in the very near future, it will be in the position to share with the campus the results of their work.

Their work doesn’t complete things because in some instances they will be recommending policy changes...to specific groups within the university. And so those groups will be looking at the recommendations and then making decisions of how to move forward in a way that is best practice with respect to handling Title IX matters. So I think those are two really important steps forward.

S - For those who don’t know or haven’t been able to keep up with the Title IX committee, what policies are they looking at specifically?

G - The Title IX committee, which includes faculty memsee AFTERMATH page 2

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President Garrett to hold small group discussions with students Margaret Mellott Managing Editor

Emporia State President Allison Garrett will be holding several small group discussions in the hopes of finding new ways to move the campus forward.

“We have been, as a university, working really hard on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for the last two and a half years,” said Garrett. “We added Goal Five to the universities strategic plan. We’ve accomplished a lot under Goal Five, but it’s clear that in today’s environment, there’s still so much more to accomplish.”

Before the start of the semester, Garrett sent out an email to students, staff, and faculty stating that she would be conducting small group dis-

cussions starting Monday, Jan. 28.

“Last semester, I committed to you that we would move forward and work together to develop the kind of climate we desire for Emporia State,” Garrett said in the email. “I invite you to visit with me in small groups ... I want to hear your ideas of ways to move our campus forward.”

Students can sign up to meet with Garrett through the bookings tile on Hornet365.

Any further questions can be directed to Sarah McKernan, the president’s executive assistant.

“The best way to get in touch with (Garrett)...if you have questions, (is to) email me,” McKernan said.

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up times from Monday, Jan. 28 through Thursday, Jan. 31. Additional dates may be added later in the semester if the current ones aren’t sufficient, according to McKernan.

“My hope in visiting with our students, faculty and staff

over these next few weeks is to be able to hear from them about what their views are with respect to the next steps by the university,” Garrett said. “How do we continue to make good progress and move forward on these important issues?”

Schrader “no longer at the university” Sarah Spoon Editor-in-Chief

Emporia State President Allison Garrett sent a campuswide email on Dec. 12 to inform students, faculty and staff that Brian Schrader was “no longer at the university.”

“I wanted to inform the campus community that effective Tuesday, December 11, Dr. Brian Schrader, a faculty member in the Department of

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continued from page 1 bers, staff members and students, was asked to consider several different questions. One was best practices with respect to privacy issues around Title IX. As you know, this is a complicated area where while campus certainly has a desire to know about certain things there’s also the reality of witnesses being unwilling to come forward if they might be publicly named.

So you’re balancing a lot of competing concerns, so making recommendations with respect to privacy issues was one aspect.

Making recommendations with respect to training faculty, staff and students was another and then also making recommendations as to the appropriate standard of proof in these types of matters. As your readers might well recall, one of the complicating factors last Spring, or potentially complicating factors was the fact that the standard of proof applicable to a tenure faculty member was different than the standard of proof that applied to others. I don’t know whether it would have made a difference in this particular matter but it’s certainly an important question.

S - So, hindsight being 2020, looking back over this past year, if you personally had the opportunity...to change one thing about how the university handled this situation, what would it be?

G - That’s an interesting question. I don’t personally have the level of understanding about best practices, as they have changed, because we’ve seen a lot of change in practices over the last two or three years, I don’t know whether the university was as nimble in changing our processes as perhaps we could have been. Whether that could have made a difference with respect to this matter, I don’t know. But I think we’ll continue to see best practices change. And one thing that you may be aware of is that the department of education is looking at additional changes

Psychology, is no longer at the university,” Garrett said in her email. “While ESU doesn’t typically comment on the employment status of individuals, I am sharing this update with you to honor the commitment I made to be open and transparent in the event that new information was presented.”

The university could not comment as to whether Schrader was fired, dismissed or if he resigned, according to Gwen

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Larson, assistant director of marketing and media relations.

Schrader was the center of a Bulletin investigation last semester, which told the story of an undergraduate student— called “Jane” for anonymity— who said she felt “hopeless” after the university’s response to her sexual assault complaint.

Jane alleged that Schrader attempted to kiss her after taking her to a storage room on campus. Jane also said she was

required by the university to sign an agreement that forbid her from talking to others about the case, or face discipline.

Schrader has not been on campus since March when administration said he was on administrative leave after announcing a second investigation.

Garrett was not immediately available for comment.

This story orignally ran online on Dec. 12.

to Title IX so one of the ironies workforce or in the workplace. of having this committee of facS - Do you think your background ulty, staff and students look at as a lawyer helped or hindered you our processes is that there’s also in your ability to lead the univerthe posity in this tential for “...I don’t know whether the situation? changes to G - I university was as nimble in occur out do believe of Wash- changing our processes as that it is ington and perhaps we could have been. helpful to so we have Whether that could have made have that to watch undera difference with respect to this all of that standing as well. matter, I don’t know.” but I try, It’s hard to also, to be President Garrett say what mindful we would that not have changed. One of the things everything is easily answered that is true about these matters by pointing to a particular law is that there are laws and regula- or particular policy or regulations that deal with the privacy tion. That there are real people of the parties involved so that involved and real concerns and also makes this a really compli- real feelings involved so I try to cated matter. be mindful of that as well. You S - Did this issue change you know that the reality is as the personally in any way? university or the leader of the G - That’s a really interesting university, we cannot ignore the question as well. It did cause me law. So the challenge is finding a to do personal reflection and I way to comply with the law that think, and I would hate to gen- is also as respectful as we can be eralize about everyone, but I of how people may be feeling think many women, particularly about a particular matter. women of a certain age have had S - How does the campus move various things happen to them forward from this without dishonwhich are troubling and as I look oring victims of sexual assault? back now on things that hapG - I do believe that when we pened to me when I was young- are at the point of considering, er, I wonder if, having the ben- as a campus, the Title IX task efit of now force recbeing 50 “...I try, also, to be mindful ommensomething that not everything is easily dations, and socithere will answered by pointing to a ety changbe a numing and ex- particular law or particular ber of repectations policy or regulation. That there ally posichanging, are real people involved and tive things if I would that come real concerns and real feelings out have hanof involved...” dled those that.

I President Garrett think that matters differall of us ently. So there’s been some self have probably grown in looking reflection on that as well. And back at what happened last year as someone who is raising a and understanding the complexdaughter, it is something that I ities and the nuances of a matthink about a lot too, because I ter like this but we’ll certainly do think it’s absolutely true that be updating our policies and our our culture hasn’t yet arrived at procedures, taking a look at the what we would all hope would standard of evidence that apbe a situation where women plies to everyone and asking “Is don’t have to deal with things it right that a different standard that are inappropriate in the of evidence might apply to a par-

ticular individual?” and looking at the kind of training that we do, not just for faculty and staff but also for students. One of the things that I think was a very positive thing that came out of it was there were many people who were sharing their stories and while it’s certainly true that those stories are very painful, I think that everyone having an understanding of how things can happen to anyone that are troubling and asking “how do we move forward?” “What are the resources we have?” As a campus I think we have a better understanding of the resources, not just the counseling center, but THRIVE and the local SOS group, I mean there are a number of really good resources and I think this brought into focus the many resources that a campus of this size really does have for people who have maybe been victims of some kind of assault or other matter. …S - Anything else you want to say about the situation? Things you’ve learned? Things you’ve thought about? Things maybe other people, as you’ve been talking about in administration, have learned?

G - I think, for me, and maybe for others too, and maybe for you, the complexity of a matter like this and the fact that there are so many competing interests that have to be balanced, just understanding all of that and trying to balance all of that is such a challenge. I doubt that it is possible to balance all of those and have every single individual who’s involved think that you got it exactly right. But we certainly tried to balance all of those interests. And then just the level of complexity that is involved conducting an investigation and trying to create an environment where people who may have information are actually willing to share that information, which is very, very difficult for people to do. I think all of us have learned a lot about more complex investigations and hopefully that will help us as we move forward in the future.

Jan. 16 Officer checked the welfare in Visser Hall room 208 for a 911 hang up. No problem found.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious property call in the 1000 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious person call at 105 W 12th - Kwik Shop.

Jan. 17 Ambulance responded to Butcher Education Center for a fall. Female subject was transported by officer to Newman Regional Health.

Jan. 18 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call at 736 E 12th.

Officer stopped TX JBH6476 in 1800 Highland.

Citation for no driver’s license and expired registration.

Officer stopped KS 994HPW in 1800 Merchant.

Citation for expired registration.

Officer engaged in community contact with multiple students coming back from a track meet.

Resident Assistant Skyler Smith reported a suspicious odor coming from the elevator area of the 1st floor of Central Morse. Officers were unable to locate the source.

Jan. 19 Officer escorted two female students from Twin Towers Complex to 1519 Merchant- Chi-Omega Sorority.

Officer stopped KS 064KFS at 10th and Merchant. Citation for failure to drive according to weather conditions and a stop sign violation at 11th and Merchant.

Douglas Johnson requested welfare checked for Amy Johnson in Singular Hall.

Officer made contact. No problem was found.

Jan. 20 Officer contacted MO PL6J1B at 200 East 13th and advised them to not litter.

Jan. 21 Officer stopped KS 737CBO at 12th and Constitution for texting while driving. Citation for driving under a suspended license.

Vehicle was legally parked and subject arranged for a ride.

Officers contacted a male sleeping in WAW Library lobby and advised to leave the building.

Jan. 22 Dispatch received elevator call from Cremer building. Officer sent. No problems.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with an escort.

Resident Assistant in Trusler Hall requested officers check the welfare of a possibly intoxicated male in the first floor lobby. Subject left prior to officers’ arrival.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Read to succeed literacy program Daisy Gonzalez Staff Writer

The Kansas Masonic Literacy Center is organizing volunteers to

help 4th graders at Timmerman Elementary School in Emporia to read once a week to improve their reading fluency.

“Specifically, there’s a national interest in kids achieving third grade reading by the end of third grade,” said Dennis Kear, executive director of the Kansas Masonic Literacy Center at Emporia State.

“And statistics are that if kids aren’t reading at a third-grade level by ten, when they leave third grade, chances increase exponentially that they will be dropouts in high school, perform poor in academics and that leads to lower job skills, lower employment levels, lower income.”

The program began Jan. 16 and will end April 26, according to the ESU website. Appropriate level books are already selected and the

volunteer listens to the student read and helps them with unknown words.

“It’s a very low-cost program.

Our expenses are just a spring. With our love. Leather seats. We have a partnership with the important public library Where we go on.

What we have are our Kansas Masonic Literacy Center library card.

Just like you would ever our own library card way. Get the check books out for six weeks,” Kear said.

The principal and the teachers were excited that we’re going to return to it, and we only work for third graders last year and this year they wanted second, third and fourth graders, so that’s question what we’re doing and of the teachers. Measure the kids spreading levels and their fluency levels at the be-

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ginning of the program will do that same measurement at the end.

There is still a need for volunteers to help.

“People can contact us if they want to volunteer,” Kear said.

“There’s always a need for volunteers. Although we have volunteers, we have students. And staff, Some Kansas Masons from the area. Mason’s wives that borrowing the Eastern Star. So, it kind of a broad section of people that volunteered.”

“We got the names of the kids from school, what they’re reading levels,” Kear said. “We went online, found appropriate books. And we checked that, too. Books for every one of the thirty kids that are working dinner being helped in the school and then three recruited volunteers.”

Dennis Kear, executive director of the Kansas Masonic Literacy Center, shows what the students in the Read to Succeed program receive for being a participates Friday in the Literacy Center. Students, who are helped by volunteers in the program to reach and stay on track of their reading level, are given drawstring bags with books. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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Coffey County Mobilizing Literacy Advisory committee Meeting

Staff Writer

Having been at Emporia State for two years now, I have rarely experimented with the food on

as a junior in high school, when I attended a campus tour with my psychology class. I remember enjoying the sheer amount of options and the central location to the rest of the school. Those are both things I enjoy even more so as a student.

Recently remodeled, the Hornet’s Nest features a wall with greetings from every language

Hornets Nest Buzzes with Options campus, since I lived at home until this semester.

The first time I went to the

Building Better Brain Structures in Young Children, pt. 2 Workshop

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Future Training Opportunities for Child Care & Preschool Professionals

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Kindergarten Readiness Training

Jan.source: 22 - 1:30 p.m. Coffey Mobilizing Literacy Advisory Committee Meeting The Teachers CollegeCounty Kansas Masonic Literacy Center Infographic

by Kalliope Craft | The Jan. 21 - 6:30 p.m. Building Better Brain Structures in Young Children, Part 2 Workshop Bulletin Feb. 09 - 8:00 a.m. Future Training Opportunities for Child Care & Preschool Professionals Hornet’s was spoken on campus.

After pick- memorials of various civil rights Feb 23 - 8:00 a.m. Nest Kindergarten Readiness Training

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ing a seat against the window to watch the hail fall, I started with the beef ravioli with an oriental sauce. I was pleasantly surprised with how juicy and warm the beef was.

Next to the grill was a slew of breakfast options from chocolate milk to freshly cooked pancakes and hot peaches, which together made for a tantalizing follow up.

As 5:00 p.m. approached students began to pour in, in a matter of minutes it reminded me of my old high school cafeteria.

Walking around I noticed another of the recent additions,

activists from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, to Marsha P. Johnson lined the walls. Buzzing with activity, I made my way through the growing crowd to a corner of desserts boasting pudding, cookies and a surprisingly sweet lemon cake.

As someone who has to often cook for themselves it was a nice change of pace to visit something on campus with such a variety of options at a great location.

If you find yourself on campus, I recommend checking out the newest version of the Hornet’s Nest for a great meal, or two.

#Blacklivesmatter: Students march in honor of MLK Carissa Ford (far left), graduate assistant, welcomes participates to the blackout march Tuesday in union square as a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. activities this week. During the march (top left), there was rainy weather. Students (bottom left) held signs in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. Students walked around campus and chanted, “no justice, no peace, no silence in the streets,” and “black lives matter.” Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

starts out okay, but turns creepy. After she leaves he continues to talk to Beck in his head.

Joe goes as far as to start stalking her and learns everything about her and her friends.

While the stalking is creepy it doesn’t take a turn south until Joe decides to get rid of any problems or people that could ever hurt Beck, before he even really knows her. So, while Joe has Beck’s ex-boyfriend locked away, he is starting to date Beck and man, are they cute.

The whole time I’m watching this series I’m thinking about how

S ’ Y K R CO A M E N CI Bailey Miller Audience First Editor

Among all of the new releases on Netflix, “You,” is about a bookstore manager named Joe Goldberg and his obsession with a graduate student named Guinevere Beck. “You” stands out for its unprecedented look into the fears that women experience and the

“You” is a must see for college students

very real and sometimes deadly consequences of misogyny.

“You,” based on a Caroline Kepness novel, begins when Beck shops at the bookstore Joe manages and he is immediately obsessed with her. Joe immediately analyzes everything about Beck which

I want them to end up together, but he’s becoming more and more of a bad person.

I found myself rooting for Joe and for their relationship despite every single bad thing he does.

The more I watched, the more I fell in love with the show and the angrier I grew with myself for falling for his tricks.

“You” finds a way to make a creepy and awful human come across as attractive, lovable, and caring person.

Joe’s character has two sides, the side that is stalking Beck, that’s obsessed with her, and that would do anything with her.

But he has this other side that takes care of the neighbor kid whose mom is an abusive relationship and the side that still vis-

its a shop owner who is too ill to run the shop.

Throughout the series we learn about the dark childhood of Joe and his past betrayal with his ex, Candace. I think, at least to me, I was rationalizing that the reason he did bad things and acted how he did was because he’s been hurt and because he loves Beck. However, I don’t know if he can get so many passes by the end of the series with everything he has done.

This was a series that I couldn’t pull myself away from and definitely recommend if you want a show with a little more substance.

Especially since it shows the fears that women experience in the dating world, and the dangers of men who do not respect women.

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Staff Editorial

Rabas reminds Kansans that we belong Kevin Rabas, chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department at Emporia State, read an original poem entitled “Kansas Awakening” at Laura Kelly’s inauguration, which one simple, overarching message that everyone needed to hear: you belong.

It is no secret that the country is divided.

We saw it with vigor last semester, and it left a lot of us asking ourselves some really difficult questions.

We live in a world today that it is so easy to never have to listen to an opinion that isn’t your own.

In fact, many applaud their

ability to never see another person’s side or opinion.

The ‘it doesn’t apply to me, why should I care’ attitude shouldn’t be celebrated, especially with so many people hurting in this world.

Rabas’ poem “Kansas Awakening” encapsulates what we desire for not just the future of Kansas, but the world.

In the first few lines, Rabas describes a scene unique to Kansas and then writes: “and you will know this land is not ours, but we belong to these fields and this simple dirt, and when we shake hands — rough hands, smooth hands — we can feel that heat,

Flu shots shouldn’t be an option

Skyla Fox Staff Writer

As flu season comes around, so do all of the media posts and advertisements saying “Have you gotten your flu shot?” But many people ignore the question, even though it doesn’t take more than a few minutes to get a flu shot, especially for college students.

The truth of the matter is that flu shots should be required for all, but especially when you’re in school.

I believe if a student is living in the dorms of Emporia State, they should be required to get a flu shot over winter break before they are allowed to move back into the dorms.

According to the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases, the percent of college campuses rate of vaccination was less than 50 percent last flu season.

This number is way too low.

The fact is we all live side by side one another at the dorms and if one person gets the flu, there are likely chances others will too.

This makes me ask why isn’t the flu shot required? It is just too small of a place to take the risk of the flu.

By having the flu shot mandatory for students living in the dorms, it can keep our campus healthy.

According the CDC, the flu shot can help prevent the chances of catching the virus by 40 to 60 percent.

Yes, there is still a chance you can get sick even if you had the flu shot but you won’t become as sick as if you hadn’t gotten your shot.

The flu shot is a very easy and accessible thing to get.

If you are not able to make an appointment with your doctor, there are still other places that you can get them.

You are able to go to pharmacies such as CVS, Walmart, or Walgreens and get flu shots.

It shouldn’t be a debate of if you should get your flu shot or if it should be required in colleges, it should just be something everyone does.

By making it mandatory in college is just a way to protect the students and others on campus.

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I have wanted to be a kindergarten teacher since kindergarten.

Never once have I had any doubts; my path isn’t a choice, it is a calling.

However, my path set on a minimum maintenance road, neglected by its builders for generations and I am tired to hearing that it’s the pedestrians’ fault for destroying the road.

Teachers are not the reason our schools are failing. It is the policy written with an inherent distrust in teacher’s skills. It’s the

constant evaluations, micromanaged curriculum, and people who try to make schools better without ever having worked in one.

A year ago, I spent a semester to abroad in Jyväskylä, Finland to compare their education system to ours. Jyväskyä is the teacher training hub of the most successful education system in the world according to the Programme for International Student Assessment in 2012, and is still above average today.

What I learned shocked me.

Finnish teachers and teacher trainers do their jobs successfully using American research.

Finnish classrooms, both in university settings and primary schools, look mostly the same.

Teachers are encouraged to be student centered; not content centered. Teachers are encouraged to tactfully use technology.

Classrooms are designed to promote collaboration and creative thinking.

The difference in American

There’s no surprise that there such a strong animosity in our country right now.

The U.S. has been divided for years and the divide has only increased significantly since Trump took office. Speaking up and being vocal now is more important than ever.

There have been a lot of recent protests across the country that exemplify why it’s so important to speak up. A few would include

the pro-life march, the women’s march and the indigenous peoples march. All of them hold their place in society, despite personal opinions.

Creating conversation and genuinely listening to the other side is one of the ways we will start to see compromise and growth in this country.

Currently, our president is lacking greatly in this skill.

We’re now over 30 days into this government shutdown and we have a president who refuses to accept the reality that people are suffering greatly from this shutdown. Unfortunately, even when the shutdown ends, they’ll still be suffering because they’ve gone so long without pay and bills are adding up. It’ll be a game of catch up once they start getting paid again.

All this because President Trump thinks those going without pay want this wall and because he’s

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and Finnish schools is not in the classrooms; it’s not the teachers.

The success comes from the administration, politicians and a national community which values education and good teachers by voting for quality representatives.

The Finnish Minister of Education, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, knows it’s not her job to dictate how teachers work, but to instead create a “broad consensus” for how education should look. The rest is up to the local school boards and teachers.

So, my point is this: next time you complain about how schools are failing, don’t drag your teachers through the dirt. We are doing the best we can with what we are given. Unfortunately, we face more restrictions than autonomy.

Instead, write to your representatives. Vote informed, and choose politicians who value education.

After all, education propels the future of our country. Why shouldn’t we be valuing it?

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everyone can belong here. Not just this state, like we do.”

8th generation Kansans who bleed It’s time to wake up, Kansas. blue and red at basketball season The world needs to change for and purple for the boys of fall. the better of everyone in it, and It’s time to lose the stereotypes that includes you. and say “welcome: you belong / to

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blood run through the blue-green chutes of the heart.”

We belong in Kansas. Despite the feelings you may or may not have about the state, it is worth it to make this state a better place: a place where everyone belongs.

If you aren’t happy with the way Kansas is run, you can change it.

If we’ve learned anything from this most recent election, it’s that this is the time for diversity and grass root legislators to pop up and make a change.

It’s time to work across lines and “shake hands --- rough hands, smooth hands.”

It’s time to acknowledge that

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convinced himself that putting a wall up will make everything so much better in this country.

What about Flint, Michigan?

What about those living below the poverty line? What about police brutality? What about struggling veterans? What about the thousands of government workers suffering because of this shutdown?

I understand that there are many people, including President Trump, that want this wall and that want stronger border security. Building a wall isn’t the only answer, which means that there is room for compromise.

We’re compromising here in Kansas, in Emporia, every day.

It’s a skill we’re taught when we’re young and it’s something we can keep using throughout our lives.

I may not be able to speak about every issue I find important, but by compromising, I do what I can. I know what’s within my reach and I speak about it.

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The Bulletin | JANUARY 24, 2019

Sodexo debues Slice of Life Lucas Lord Staff Writer

Sodexo opened its newest dining venue at Emporia State, ‘Slice of Life’ Jan. 16.

During the grand opening event, Kelly Stringer, unit marketing coordinator for Sodexo, handed out promotional material including free samples and a wheel where students could spin to win free food or a raffle entry for a free pizza.

“I thought their sandwich samples were actually pretty

tasty,” said Jailene Mendoza, sophomore psychology major.

“I usually eat on campus between my classes, about two to three times a week.”

Slice of Life is a “retail dining option including: pizza, sub sandwiches, salad, bread sticks and fountain beverages” according to the memorial union’s website.

“I’m excited to see this where you can get salads and a couple slices. I like having these other options on cam-

Honor Students and McNair Scholars attend leadership workshop Bailey Miller Copy Editor

The Honors College and the McNair Scholars attend a leadership workshop with Kay Monk-Morgan, the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wichita State and a member of the Kansas Leadership Center.

“In colleges and universities, we talk about the fact that we want to graduate folks who can get jobs.” Morgan said. “We want you to go out and have awesome careers doing phenomenal things, we want you to learn lots of things.”

The students participated in a two-hour workshop to learn about leadership, how to handle situations and how to look at other people’s viewpoints.

“When we think about the narratives that take place in our lives, really it’s all about perception and which corner we’re standing on because whatever we see from that corner tells us what happened in the accident,” Morgan said.

Shanna Eggers, Director of TRIO McNair discusses with a small group the view point of someone that has had a sexual assault victim confide in them and what they would do in that situation. The students discussed if they would report the situation to an adult or someone that could help or if

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continued from page 1 towards prosperity for Kansas families, businesses and communities. As such, it is impertive that our state invest in its universities, community colleges and technical colleges and restore the significant reductions that have been made since 2008. We will continue to work with the Governor and Legislature to fully restore funding to higher education and keep tuition as low as possible for Kansas families.”

Michael Webb, Associated Student Government president and senior business administration major, said he was looking forward to the changes coming.

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“Here at the very beginning, there is a person running the fingers along the wheat whiskers, because wheat is important to Kan-

they would keep the situation private.

Morgan talked about leading and the importance of leading within the outside world and what leadership really is.

“If you’re leading and no one is following you, guess what? You’re not the leader.

Business and industry tell us the number one impact on their business growth and decline is leadership,” Morgan said.

The students learned about what a leader is and how they should lead others “The leadership progression that I’m witnessing come through is I’m in the front, follow me,” Morgan said “The evolution of that is I have a great idea, can you help me implement it?”

William Kalivoda, general biology major, freshman and honor college student comments on if a situation is an adaptive or a technical challenge. The situation at hand is are university faculties as student focused as they could be.

“I’d say adaptive,” said Kalivoda. “Well you have to include both administrators in question and the feedback from the students and getting both. Then you’ll have to take in the effects on different students and what they’re doing because they’re not going for every single one."

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pus.” Said Julie Cayton, assistant director of TRIO. Slice of Life is open Monday-Thursday 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday Friday Friday 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. according to the memorial union 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. website.

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“I like eating on campus,” said Brenna Bigge, freshman and art education major “It is more convenient since I don’t have to make my own food and Monday-Thursday 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Source:11:00 emporia.edu Infographic Kalliope Craftp.m. | The Bulletin Friday a.m.-2:00 p.m. andby5:00 p.m.-7:00 do my own dishes.”

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Emporia State faculty, staff gather to discuss past and future successes Bailey Miller Copy Editor

Emporia State’s faculty and staff gathered into Webb Hall Jan. 14 to hear President Allison Garrett talk about the upcoming semester as well as some of the things accomplished in the previous semester.

“Incoming Freshman were up by seven percent; our incoming graduate student starts were up by 36 percent,” Garrett said about the previous semester With a new semester comes new changes to many programs including the nursing program here at ESU. “Our second cohort of nursing students begins tomorrow and this is part of our doubling of the program size for our Department of Nursing,” Garrett said “Coming out of the school of nursing is the likely approval on Wednesday by the Board of Regents of our Masters in nursing.”

Garrett also spoke about the Teachers College for their surpassing their expectation on the Masters of Science in elementary Education and the Hyper building for becoming an exercise is medicine on campus registered school by the American College of Sports Medicine.

In the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Garrett congratulated the Debate team on receiving one of only 14 invitation to the Rutgers Newark Robin in New Jersey.

She also spoke about the new Physical Science Camp that will be added this summer according to Kim Simons and Garrett

“I reviewed her budget very briefly and it looks like we’re getting the (money) restored that was cut in 2017,” Webb said. “I’m glad to see that there’s also investment in the regent institutions as well and that will definitely help us.”

According to Webb, Kelly’s focus in K-12 education will ultimately help higher education.

“Initially, her investments in the K-12 schools will better prepare students, provide more resources to prepare students for whatever they do after (high school), including a possible post-secondary career,” Webb said. “I think that will transition onto our campus and maybe show a need

for change in the way we help students transition from high school into the post-secondary system.”

Garrett said she’s most looking forward to have someone in office that has experience as a legislator.

“Two things that I think are very exciting are that as a long-time legislator she has demonstrated her willingness to work across the aisle, which is something that is very much needed in Kansas at this time,” Garrett said. “Also, as a longtime legislator she has a fairly deep understanding of the budget and that is not always the case when someone new takes office, I think it helps her hit the ground running.”

sas,” Rabas said, “In many ways, it (wheat) makes Kansas. Without the ability to grow wheat, we wouldn’t be here.”

Kelly asked Rabas to write a poem about Kansas for the inauguration ceremony.

“I really think it’s a beau-

tiful poem. I think it really captures all of the different types of people, environment and feeling of Kansas,” said Lisa Moritz, Rabas’s wife, and English adjunct instructor at Emporia State.

“He worked on the poem over the course of several weeks.”

David Cordle, provost, spoke at the general assembly on Jan. 14 in Webb Hall. Cordle announced the achievements that Emporia State received, such as incoming freshmen up 7 percent and up by 36 percent. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Garrett spoke about the community of Emporia everything it does for the students and what they do for it. “Last year Emporia State Students spent more than 12,000 volunteer hours in and around Emporia, doing projects for all kind of organizations around Emporia.”

ESU has received multiple accreditations recently including, Council for the Accreditation of the Educator Prepara-

tion, The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, The Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and The College Reading and Learning Association approved ACEs tutor development program, according to David Cordle, Provost/vice president for academic affairs.

Kansas, Awakening Poem by Kevin Rabas read at Kelly's inaguration Walk the early green fields and run your fingers across the wheat’s whiskers and you will know this land is not ours, but we belong to these fields and this simple dirt, and when we shake hands — rough hands, smooth hands — we can feel that heat, blood run through the blue-green chutes of the heart. This land pulses with us — the city office towers with their yellow lights always on, the wind turbines, pinwheeling to the breath of God, the Main Street teens, music up, windows down, dragging that strip of blacktop in the night in a one light town — and at dawn the sidewalks full of noisy kids in backpacks with lunch sacks walking to the yellow buses that honk hope and to the tough-shouldered grain elevator, its white pillars and ribs, that flashes

a lonely light, but holds abundant, golden grain — to all these and more we say welcome: you belong to this state, like we do, somewhere in the middle, at the heart of a body awakening and coming into its own.

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Students, church members unite, bond over free spaghetti Copy Editor

The Emporia Church of Christ, 502 W 12th Ave., who puts on Free Spaghetti Friday recently lost one of their organizers, Virginia “Ginger” Lee Haas who passed on New Year’s Eve. Despite this, Free Spaghetti Fridays will continue.

“When they first started doing it, it might have been 20 or 25 kids, so they were doing tuna casseroles or different things... but now we have a ton more students,” said Brandy Taylor, organizer for Free Spaghetti Fridays.

Free Spaghetti Friday or similar food related dinners have been around for about 15 years according to Neil Taylor, pastor at the Emporia Church of Christ. These dinners have provided free food for students and community members.

The meal used to be hosted out of the Christian Student Center just off campus but now they have moved it into the church building so they can have more space.

“It’s kind of a safety issue, moving around and mobility issue, getting it set up easier thing,” Brandy said. “For right

GUEST COLUMN

John Richard Schrock Guest Writer

The #MeToo movement may have started with Hollywood, but 2018 saw a significant number of professors exposed for sexual harassment nationwide. The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found that more than half of female faculty and staff, and from 20 to 50 percent of students endured sexual harassment in higher education.

The Michigan State University case of abuse of gymnastic athletes by a campus physician likewise drove home the failure of administrators to act. Reactions by college administrators varied, with some acting responsibly toward victims while others focused on damage control and marketing. Going forward, there is hope that this toxic behavior will lose legitimacy. Meanwhile, the question of how to recognize a faculty member’s genuine

dents, in our time here and build relationships,” Neil said.

“The more we get to build relationships, the more we get to share God and share Jesus with the students that want to know, but also just to build lasting friendships.”

International students and foreign exchange students are also participating in activities like this and reaping their benefits.

“We’ve had students from all over the globe come and help us whether that be with preparation for the meals or clean up, just being apart of it and it’s been awesome,” Neil

said.

The involvement of more diverse and different students has been something that the church has welcomed and enjoyed.

“Even though they don’t go to church here, it’s still really cool to have that interaction, especially with international students, learning and hearing different languages and getting to see other cultures is really neat,” Brandy said Free Spaghetti Friday is open to anyone on the first and third Friday of every month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Emporia Church of Christ.

2018–The Year in Higher Education

academic discoveries when that professor is also guilty of sexual aggression is no longer “just academic.”

University speech codes and the high cost of providing security for controversial speakers also plunged universities into the political arena, making some schools political targets in social and public media.

The rapid erosion of tenuretrack positions and replacement with adjunct faculty continued at public universities. University administrators generally embrace this move to “contingent faculty” to reduce the costs. But it also undermines faculty responsibility for academic policy decisions. The “transformative administrator” is now celebrated as the educational leader, focusing more on marketing and digital futurism than on academics.

“Collegiality” is being written in to more university hiring criteria in order to ensure the faculty are willing to “go along” with top-down reforms. In response, over 30 American Association of University Professors advocacy chapters have been formed to slow this erosion of faculty responsibility in higher education policy and preserve shared governance.

Several states facing long term declines in student enrolments underwent higher education consolidations. The most recent cohort of 25-30 year olds

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Megan Sheckells

Don’t let your money manage you The broke, hungry college student is an image that’s increasingly common on social media, television, movies and even in memes. And, as someone in college, I can say that it’s accurate. Most students have to stress about their wallets in addition to the semester’s worth of work they need to finish and all of the upcoming deadlines.

The rough part is, that lack of money can impact our ability to eat healthy. To fix that problem, sometimes we work more hours, which impacts the amount of sleep we can get and

now we’re going to have it here (the Emporia Church of Christ) on the first and third Friday at 11 a.m.”

“I guess for me it just kind of feels like home, like my mom always makes homemade desserts, so coming every first and third Friday reminds me of home,” said Karoline Kennedy, junior business administration major.

Students aren’t the only people who are benefiting from having these dinners, members of the church are too.

“I just love that I’ve gotten to know a lot of college stu-

the effort we put into important assignments.

Before doing that, I suggest investigating when your money seems to vanish right in front of your eyes. A lot of the time, realizing what we’re actually spending our money on can do wonders.

Maybe you have a habit of eating out a lot or spending extra cash on name brand groceries. Maybe, like a lot of people, when you get invited out to do something you have a really hard time saying no, despite your wallet.

are less educated than the prior 30-35 year old cohort, a bad educational indicator for the U.S. This decline in American college enrollment would have been even more dramatic without this last decade’s influx of international students who contribute over $40 billion annually to the U.S. economy. Despite higher education being a major American “export,” our federal administration seriously discussed banning all Chinese international students. Such talk had consequences. The number of international students coming to the U.S. to study declined 3 percent in 2017 and 6.6 percent in 2018.

The Department of Justice joined the lawsuit against Harvard University based on excluding high-scoring Asian-American student applicants. While that decision is pending and is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, little news coverage was given to the fact that eight states had already discarded affirmative action.

The last five years have been difficult for many major online for-profit operations, with several completely closing down and leaving students stranded with debt loads and no degree.

Some employers with growing experience with online graduates were developing their own entry assessments. But in September, the U.S. Department of

These aren’t always the case, but if any of these apply to you, it could be beneficial to work on budgeting out your days, weeks, months, etc. If you have a maximum amount of spending in mind you’ll be less likely to waste unnecessarily.

Budgeting and getting finances in order can be difficult, but the good news is ESU has a resource for it if you find you need help. SALTmoney.org is a resource which has a lot of information on budgeting and finances, as well as available scholarships.

None of this will make us rich, and it won’t solve all of the student issues involving money, but there’s a potential to take some of the stress out of the situation.

At the end of the day, there’s no quick fix for money struggles.

With any luck though, getting that degree you’re working so hard for will make a difference with money in the future.

Until then, do your best to be conscious of where your money is going. Try to find a cheaper alternative to certain necessaries when you can, make a budget and remind yourself that you’re doing the best you can.

Education revived the status of the major accreditor of independent colleges and schools.

Nationwide, the number of states allowing high school dual credit courses to count for college credit has skyrocketed, moving it from a special provision for a few advanced students to every student being a Doogie Howser. Some state frameworks place few limitations on dual credit coursework, resulting in reducing the college baccalaureate degree to just 3 or 2 years of college study. The higher education accrediting bodies’ requirements that teachers of college credit high school courses have a masters degree with 18 credit hours in the field taught appear to lack any enforcement mechanism.

2018 saw the first universities establish “E-Sports” teams and facilities. While videogaming may constitute competition, it is no more of a sport than chess.

At community colleges and 4-year public universities, Hispanic students are emerging as a highly motivated subgroup seeking to exceed their parents’ income.

Compared to the mid-1980s, twice as many high school graduates now begin higher education. At the same time, state legislatures have reduced state funding. Now heavily “tuitiondriven,” the cost of attending public universities has skyrock-

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During the program, participators will receive an email with an article or a Ted Talk video about the cellphone usage every day, according to Gill.

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eted. While 2018 saw this tuition inflation level off, it is no longer possible for a student to put himself/herself through school with a part time job. In this corporatization of public universities, the student has become the “customer.” Programs of great importance to society—but with dwindling enrolments—have been canceled. This includes the humanities and particularly foreign language programs.

Higher education, once viewed as a public good, is now seen as a private benefit, especially by legislators who cut the funding. Higher tuition has therefore caused the American public to focus on higher education as job-training, asking if their college education will eventually “pay off” in better employment. Recent surveys show that only 62 percent of Democrats and 39 percent of Republicans have confidence in American higher education.

And most think it is going in the wrong direction. Such bottomline gotta-make-money mentality is a symptom of a society in decline.

Finally, when 62 qualified Nepali students who were anticipating coming to the U.S. had their scholarships revoked by the University of Texas at Tyler in April, other universities stepped up to offer scholarships—one of the few bright lights in a dark year for U.S. higher education.

“At the beginning of the program, there is a detox log in your first week,” Gill said. “Day 5 for example, so once you are on Day 6 you are also going to do the tips from the previous days, you will actually see how much you use it and how much you don’t use it at the end of the month.”

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Candlelight vigil for Dr. King draws reflections from attendees Lucas Lord Staff Writer

Emporia State began its week of remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 51st anniversary of his death, with a candlelight vigil inside the union Monday afternoon by Diversity Student Programs.

Staff, students and members of the community attended, holding candles while listening to excerpts of Dr. Kings speeches and reflections by attendees.

Deanna Williams, director of student programs, began the event with a reading of King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

“What Martin Luther King means to me, as you can tell I am a black man and if you look around the room I’m one of two who are in the building on Martin Luther King Day,” said Gary Woods, football captain and senior marketing major. “He was my greatest example, he was the one we get in the history books… try and think of the black men in the 60s. Think of Cassius Clay, Jimmy Hendrix, Dr. King…

the likes. He preached unity not only for black men but for all.”

Martín Salazar, sophomore undecided major, shared how prevalent King had been in their educational journey.

“He has always been there, in every single class I’ve ever tak-

en,” Salazar said. “It really hurts me to see that not more people I would like to be hearing this are here, which is something we should really be pushing for.”

Tiffany Sanders, junior elementary education major, spoke to the importance of educating

Students hold light up candles Monday in the Center for Student Involvement for a vigil for Martin Luther King Jr. The next event is speaker Michael Jones 6:30 tonight in Skyline. Xialoe Chou | The Bulletin

Debate attends exclusive tournament Margaret Mellott Managing Editor

The Emporia State debate team competed in two tournaments this past weekend.

One pair went on to beat the University of Kansas while the other placed second overall.

Kalese Warfield, sophomore business administration major, and Nico Sims, freshman political science major, competed in an invite only round robin debate in Newark, New Jersey at Rutgers University and went on to beat the University of Kansas.

Squid Monteith, senior speech and theatre education major, and Keryk Kuiper, freshman communications major, competed in Wichita, Kansas and went on to place second in the final round.

“There’s only one or two (round robins) held every season and they are extremely

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continued from page 1 in 22 years for anything, it’s been trying for her I would suppose,” Eric said. “The muscles in her arm have to developed, the weight of it I would think if her arm has no muscle mass at all. She has gotten to experience the arm, she loves it to death and she’s... doing amazing things with it.”

A little under a month after getting her hand, Faith walked across stage to graduate. According to Faith, graduation

competitive,” said Courtney Schauer, assistant director of debate. “You have to be specifically on a short list of schools that are deemed nationally competitive enough to qualify for a round robin...It’s very prestigious to receive an invitation to one.”

Warfield said that one of her highlight moments was getting to debate in front of previous national champions. “(A highlight moment) was when I was able to debate in front of the previous national debate tournament champion and the (Cross Examination Debate Association) national champion, who happens to be an alumnus of Emporia State...I was able to debate in front of him (and) I think it was a really great debate.”

The team ultimately left the tournament with one win and four losses. The win against

KU meant a lot according to Schauer.

“Beating KU was so incredibly important to us because they are in the same national district as us,” Schauer said.

“When we, in mid-February, travel down to Oklahoma City to compete for a chance to go to the NDT, that is a team we absolutely have to beat in order to secure on of the very few spots at the National Debate Tournament.”

For the team that competed in Wichita, they went on to make it to the final round, but ultimately lost in a close debate, according to Chris Loghry, instructor and director of debate.

“We did extremely well,” Loghry said. “Keryk was fifth individual speaker and Squid was 11th out of a field of about 50 individuals and 25 partnerships.”

was something that she’d been nervous about for a while.

“I was actually freaking out about (graduation),” Faith said. “I was like ‘I’m not gonna be able to shake their hands…’ (so) being able to go up there and just reach out with my right hand and they all shook my hand and they all knew my story...it was just a really good moment for me.”

The moment for Marie Haba, Faith’s mom, was just as overwhelming for her as a parent.

“I was very proud and happy

for her because I knew it was really important for her,” Haba said. “I was emotional because she was graduating, but (also) because she was able to get (her hand) for graduation, it was just a flood of emotions.”

Haba said she’s extremely thankful for the community support surrounding her daughter.

“I want to thank the community and everyone that helped promote this,” Haba said.

“The smile on her face (is) just remarkable.”

Winter storm cancels classes in Kansas and Missouri KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of public schools and several universities in Kansas and Missouri are closing or starting late after a winter storm hit the region.

Freezing rain that was coated with a layer of 1 to 3 inches (about 2.5 to 7.5 centimeters) of snow has slickened roads for the Wednesday commute. The Kansas Department of Transportation warned drivers to expect ice, especially on bridges.

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ourselves despite the discomfort we may face.

“Things do happen and it’s the best thing we can do to recognize it,” Sanders said. “When we do recognize it we can move forward and try to break the cycle that happens…trying to

and Missouri Western State University will be closed, while Baker University and Emporia State University are opening late. Among the Kansas districts canceling classes are Emporia, Atchison, Lawrence, Shawnee Mission and Topeka. Closures in Missouri included St. Joseph and Kansas City.

For Riley announced it is operating with minimal manning and limited services. And the Kansas Legislature and state offices will open late.

be a future educator, one of the only black females in my education program and becoming the difference in other people, since a lot of people don’t hear about black history, since it only happens in February, the shortest month of the year, is important.”

Shifting focus to the staff and community members in attendance, Michelle Hammond, dean of university libraries and archives expressed her gratitude to the willingness of students to share.

As the vigil ended Kristan Gilmore, junior sociology major spoke about how grateful they were for all the opportunities that King had provided them.

“Even though his life was lost I still get to learn about him in classrooms,” Gilmore said. “Maybe he was afraid to do those things all the time, but he did them anyway, that takes a lot of courage, a lot of power regardless if it costs you your life. So I don’t even think he deserves a day, I think he deserves a lifetime.”

Bulletin wins first place for Investigative Reporting in Kansas Press Association contest The student newspaper at Emporia State has been recognized with a first-place award in Investigative Reporting by the Kansas Press Association. The Bulletin also won second-place awards in several other categories in the annual Awards of Excellence competition.

The first-place award went to Sarah Spoon for a Feb. 15, 2018, story that was part of the newspaper’s coverage of “Jane’s Story,” about an undergraduate student who said she felt “hopeless” after the university’s response to her sexual assault complaint.

A second-place award went to Allie Crome, former managing editor for The Bulletin, in Series Reporting for her coverage of budget cuts by student government at ESU. The Bulletin also won second place for Best Newspaper Redesign, and another second for Best Newspaper Website. Margaret Mellott, the current managing editor, directed the redesign.

“I’m pleased Bulletin staffers are being recognized by the state press association for their talent, dedication and hard work,” said Max McCoy, professor of journalism at ESU and adviser to the campus newspaper. “All of 2018 has been an especially challenging time for journalists, and these students were equal to the task. I’m particularly proud of Sarah Spoon, whose investigative work made campus a safer place.”

Spoon, who was a staff writer last year and is now editor-inchief, is a senior Spanish and English major from Neodesha, Kansas. Crome is a senior English Secondary Education major from Topeka. Mellott is a sophomore Social Science Secondary Education major from Shawnee, Kansas.

Spoon said student journalists are faced with challenges similar to professional journalists, but are also faced with choosing between keeping up their grades and doing work they find meaningful. But, Spoon said, if the student journalists don’t serve as watchdogs for their campus, who will?

“I am extremely proud of Allie Crome for her watchdog reporting,” Spoon said. “Margaret Mellott has impressed everyone with her redesign of our paper, especially as a journalist so new to staff. Crome is an experienced journalist with a heart and Mellott has grown so much in the short time she’s been with The Bulletin. They will both accomplish so much.”

The Bulletin competed with professional news organizations in the non-daily division II category. The awards will be presented at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 during the annual KPA conference at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, Topeka.

This article was originally published online on Dec. 20.

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Tyra Jones earns second MIAA player of the week award Cameron Burnett Sports Editor

Tyra Jones, senior forward, earned her second Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Women’s Basketball Player of the Week Award for this season on Jan. 21.

Ryley Egger, MIAA director of strategic communication, explained how eligibility for the award works a phone interview with The Bulletin.

“Every sports coach can nominate their players as long as the school is eligible through the sport. The way eligibility works is the school has to sponsor that sport,” Egger said.

Emporia would be eligible for basketball due to the sponsorship of both a men’s and women’s team, but not in wrestling since ESU does not have a team.

In an email to The Bulletin from ESU Athletics, “Jones is averaging 15.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game to rank in the top ten of the MIAA in both categories,” for the season.

According to the ESU Hornets website, Jones averaged 19.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 59.3 percent from the field in two games for the Hornets. On Jan. 16, while giving No. 3 Fort Hayes their first loss of the season, she averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds.

Most recently against Nebraska Kearney on January 20, Jones achieved her second straight double-double. With just 2:42 left in the 3rd quarter, Jones brought ESU back from trailing behind Nebraska at 15 points, now allowing the Hor- Tyra Jones, senior forward, plays in a game against Bethel on Nov. 5 in White Auditorium. Jones was awarded nets to lead at 54-53. her second MIAA player of the week for this season. | The Bulletin Archive

Women’s basketball fighting with 12-4 record Cameron Burnett Sports Editor

Kali Martin, sophomore guard, passes to Brittany Kramer, senior guard, during practice Saturday in HPER Gym C. Currently, the women’s basketball team has a 12-4 record. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

With the season reaching the halfway point, the Women’s basketball team is looking at a 12-4 overall record this season.

The team said they have had a lot of ups and downs and that their win against Fort Hayes on January 16 was a turning point.

“We played really well, we were playing together as a team. I think this is a new half of the season for us,” said Emily Miller, junior forward.

The team is currently working to improve their energy throughout each game.

“It’s something we really

struggled with in the past but I think the Fort Hayes game changed that,” said Jessica Wayne, junior guard.

During their game against the Tigers on January 16, Addie Lackey, senior guard, broke the 51-51 tie with a 3-point shot with only 16.9 seconds left on the clock, earning the Hornets a win at 54-51.

Winning a conference tournament championship and getting to the NCAA Tournament are some of the team’s goals for the remainder of the season according to Lackey.

The Hornet’s next game is Saturday Jan. 26 against Missouri Southern State University.

Hornets defeated by Nebraska Kearney Lopers Daisy Gonzalez Staff Writer

The Emporia State Men’s basketball team were defeated by Nebraska Kearney Sunday afternoon in White Auditorium with a final score of 59-53.

“We play a great defensive game holding our opponent to 34% from the field,” said Craig Doty, head men’s basketball coach. “Unfortunately, we struggled offensively, specifically late in the second half. We will continue to work on consistency with our group as they continue to battle in MIAA play.”

The Hornets led the game up until the end of the second half when the Lopers caught

up with 2:16 left in the third quarter when Kyle Juhl scored a 3-pointer for Nebraska Kearney, beginning a streak of shots leaving the Hornets high and dry.

Within the remaining 40 seconds of the game, both teams managed to rack up a total of six fouls altogether.

“The energy level was low, and it was a slow game,” said Nate Shadoin, sophomore student assistant. “We played alright but could have played better and have the potential to play better.”

The Hornets are scheduled to play next Sat. Jan. 26 against Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri.

Julius Jackson, senior guard, looks for a teammate to pass to Sunday in White Auditorium. The Hornets lost 59-53. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Home Games Feb. 8-10 vs. Metropolitain State University of Denver Feb. 15 vs. Wayne State College Feb. 16 vs. Fort Hays State University Feb. 17 vs. William Jewell Feb. 19 vs. Upper Iowa University Feb 22-24 vs. University of Central Missouri

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

Jan. 31 vs. Lindenwood Feb. 2 vs. Lincoln University of Missouri 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

source: esuhornets.com Infographic by Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin