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Budget slashed by one million A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

Emporia State’s current budget has been cut by a state executive order, but most student, staff, faculty and campus organizations won’t be affected.

President Allison Garrett said that the university has planned for this problem and the cuts can be absorbed

without sacrificing any current services or programs.

“We have amazing faculty and staff here and a great financial team and we have been very prudent in how we have budgeted,” Garrett said. “That will help us as we weather this allotment.”

Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday that the state fell $53 million short of expected revenue in Febru-

ary. This results in a $17 million cut for higher education and an exptected $921,984 cut for ESU “This is an economic problem, not a tax policy problem,” Brownback said in a written statement. “Our tax policy has been instrumental in creating more than 80,000 jobs since we took office and has resulted in a record number of Kansans working.”

Brownback said he would not call for a tax increase on small business in Kansas but instead would focus on managing spending. He said his goal is to help the Kansas economy grow.

“We have had belt tightening in mind for a while, and so this particular cut is going to be absorbed without massive changes to university functions,” said Brian Den-

ton, legislative liaison and internal auditor. “We are concerned for the 2017 budget and are in support of Regent (Chair) Shane Bangerter as he asks legislature for stable funding for universities next year and going forward.”

In a written release, Bangerter encouraged

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Vietti engages ESU in violin performance

Hew Leek, freshman theater major, and Elliot Breast, senior English and theater major, portray Avery, and Sam, respectively, as they clean the theater in a scene from “The Flick” in Karl C. Burder Theatre Feb 29. “The Flick” opened on Wednesday. TIFFANI WILIFORD | The Bulletin

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Josh Vietti, violinist, performed popular songs in Webb hall Feb. 25. Several crowd members received free CDs for participating in dance-offs, beat boxing and other interactive activities.

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Emporia State students welcomed Grammy nominated hip-hop violinist Josh Vietti as he performed in Webb Hall during a Union Activities Council sponsored event last Thursday.

“I’ve been in your beautiful state for about 10 days now,” Vietti said. “I’ve had a great time here. Thank you so much for coming out tonight.”

Vietti, a Southern California native, started play-

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ing violin at the age of four and has performed on televised programs including “The Ellen Degeneres Show” and ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown.”

During his performance, Vietti performed popular songs, like the 2014 hit “Happy” by Pharrell Williams and the Paul Walker tribute “See You Again” by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa.

“My friend, who goes to Bethany (Community College), saw him perform and said he was good,” said Jordan Cook,

sophomore pre-med major. “I’m really excited to see him perform. I think UAC events like this are awesome.”

Vietti, who refers to his own performances as interactive, involved the crowd in his performance by calling audience members to the stage, giving students who participated in his activities a free copy of his album “Play To Win.” “I had not heard of him before this, so I was

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Courtney Romero, junior theater major; Fran Opheim, sophomore secondary theater education major, and Alyssa Grissom, junior English major, record a video for their “Words of Encouragement” YouTube channel in their room Monday. Grissom has been running the channel for two years now and plans to keep the channel going in the future.

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“The Flick,” a dramatic play written by Annie Baker, an American playwright, plays at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday in Bruder Theater in King Hall.

“The Flick” premiered offbroadway in 2013 and has since won several awards, including the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Dan Matisa, assistant professor of communication and theater and director of “The Flick,” said the anti-theatrical nature of the production makes up for the long length and the production will spark conversation on the subjects of suicide and depression.

“The play is completely absorbing,” Matisa said. “Very engaging, very entertaining and it sneaks up on you and plays its little trick on you without you

even knowing what’s what. It is not very theatrical in the way we think about that word. We see this production as a chance to open a dialogue on depression, anxiety, and suicide, especially given the recent tragedy on our campus. This production was chosen long before that event took place, but we decided to make this play a conversation starter, a chance for people to learn and destigmatize depression.”

The play deals with many adult themes and includes adult language, according to Matisa. During the play, characters talk about eating disorders, depression suicide, sexual assault, sexual acts and uses the word “retarded.”

While these topics may be distressing, Elliot Breast, senior English and theater double ma-

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junior English major, and Fran Opheim, sophomore speech and theater education major, run the channel out of their dorm room in Morse Hall.

The channel was founded

by Grissom and was meant to help her internet friends cope with suicidal thoughts and depression.

“I originally came up with the idea for the channel because a lot of my friends online were having suicidal thoughts and they were depressed,” Grissom said. “I wanted to tell them that they were worth it and important, and they were fantastic. I figured the best way to do that would be through videos.”

Grissom posted her first video to the channel last year, and the channel now has over 30 videos in total. Each video follows a similar theme, with the thumbnail picture displaying the “Words of Encouragement” logo in black and white.

“Me and Fran, we both write videos together,” Grissom

said. “When Fran wasn’t a part of us, I wrote the videos by myself. Now, I have Fran to help write, and we will do the actual casting for the video. Courtney does the tech stuff. She’ll edit the videos and film the videos. She taught me how to use YouTube.”

It used to take Romero upwards of two hours to edit videos, but she can now edit a video in less than 45 minutes, according to Grissom.

“In the beginning, when it was just Alyssa and I, she tends to go ‘um’ quite a bit,” Romero said. “Actually editing the video, it would take me an hour and a half, usually, but now, because we have been doing this for two and a half years, I can kind of anticipate when she is going to go ‘um.’ Or, even with Fran, you just know how her mouth works, so I will know when to pause and edit the

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SLIM dean candidate presents diversity plans A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

Ikbal Ben Gaied Hassine, senior business management and Information Systems major, discusses changing the name of Business Student Alliance to Business Student Ambassadors at the Associated Student Government meeting on Feb. 25. Hassine is the current President of BSA. TIFFANI WILIFORD | The Bulletin

ASG discusses gender neutral bathrooms, GPA requirements A drianna V illarreal s ta f f w r i t e r

The Associated Student Government discussed results of the gender neutral bathrooms poll at their meeting, Feb. 25.

“The problems that people saw with the current distribution, were that there weren’t enough gender neutral bathrooms on campus,” said Johnny Morgan, senior secondary math education major. “Also the ones that are provided are inconvenient to get to. They also mentioned that in the residential halls there are no gender neutral shower options.”

The results represent that students here at Emporia State are in favor of having gender neutral bathrooms, according to Morgan.

61 percent of students said that gender neutral bathrooms are beneficial because they would reduce stress and prevent people from being uncomfortable, according to the poll presented by Morgan The other 39 percent said that gender neutral bathrooms would be unsafe because they compromise privacy and can potentially cause abuse.

Currently, no plans are being developed to deal with the results of the poll.

The Associated Student Government also discussed the GPA requirements to run for office.

In the past, a student interested in being on the senate would have to have a 2.0 GPA and a student interested in running for president or vice

Police Reports Reports from ESU Police and Safety Feb. 24 Officer stopped KS 730FUG at 1400 Center. Verbal warning for driving while wearing head phones.

Officer stopped Ks 735FPU in 1100 Cottonwood. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 889GPS on the on-ramp of S I-35. Verbal warning for no tail lights.

Officer stopped Ks 720HSW in 400 E 12th. Verbal warning for defective brake lights.

Officers stopped KS 996DVR in 1300 Merchant. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

president would need a 2.5 GPA. Now, to be on the senate, students must have a 2.5 GPA and a 2.85 GPA to run for president or vice president.

The change was met with some opposition.

“I’m just curious as to what purpose that serves because ASG is a body that is inclusive and non-honors organization therefore I don’t see what the purpose is of raising the GPA,” said Joseph Leiter, sophomore elementary education major.

Taylor Kriley, co-advisor of ASG, associate director of the Memorial Union and senior director of the center for student involvement, agreed with Leiter that raising the GPA requirements could cause less inclusivity in ASG. “I think putting more regulations can prevent more students from being involved,” Kriley said. “Sometimes you just have a semester that is just a really terrible semester and you work hard to re-build that GPA. I would just hate to see that get in the way of a student able to speak for the students and we should represent the diversity of all students.”

Diego Esparza, senior political science major, was in favor of raising the GPA. “My thoughts are that if you have a GPA that high, then you show the students that you can handle the workload,” Esparza said. “I don’t see a problem with the 3.0 in my opinion.”

The next ASG meeting will be held at 5:15 p.m. on March 10th in the Senate Chambers in the Memorial Union.

Feb. 25 Officer stopped KS XLD212 in 1800 Highland. Verbal warning for wearing headphones while driving.

Officer stopped KS 096FCD in 1700 Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at I-35 and Merchant.

Twin Towers Complex Resident Assist. reported a female student with severe chest pains in the lobby of South Twin Towers. An ambulance was dispatched. Subject was not transported.

Officer stopped KS 569EOJ in 1100 Market. Verbal warning for an improper turn at 12th and Commercial.

Officer stopped KS 713EWG in 1800 Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at Merchant and Highland.

Officer stopped KS 788HAY in 1300 E 12th. Verbal warning for a defective head light.

Officers stopped KS 061FTD in 1200 Market. Verbal warning for an improper turn at 12th and Commercial.

Officers stopped MO PL6P7E in 1300 Center. Verbal warning for failure to use a turn signal at 12th and Commercial.

Officers stopped KS 775GMD in 1300 Market. Verbal warning for an improper turn in 10 E 12th.

Officers stopped KS 384EZN in

Miarh Dow, interim dean and professor of the School of Library and Information Management, is a candidate for the position of dean of SLIM. Dow gave her presentation last Tuesday in the Kanza room in the Memorial Union.

“I’m extremely pleased to, today, begin a dialogue formally with you about the possibility of me serving as the next dean of SLIM,” Dow said.

Dow, an Emporia State graduate, took over as interim dean of SLIM in November, after Gwen Alexander was placed on administrative leave following a lawsuit.

Dow has been a teacher for about 16 years and has taught as a school administrator for about 20 years.

Dow placed an emphasis on respect, dignity and making changes during her presentation.

“As a student, I think I really learned how to treat others with respect and dignity,” Dow said. “I saw that happening everywhere that I went.”

Dow said she values staying up to date and tries to participate in events that help her do this.

Dow has also served on

nine American Library Association review committees.

“I didn’t do that because I thought it was fun to go to different cities,” Dow said. “I did it because it’s a really good way to learn about what’s going on at other schools. There’s probably no closer look at that from an insider’s perspective than what you would see as a member of a review panel.”

Art Gutierrez, assistant professor of University Libraries and Archives, thinks Dow would make a good dean.

“I think always being aware of the landscape is very important,” Gutierrez said.

It is important for the library science program to be aware of how easy a department can become stagnant, according to Gutierrez.

“We’ve had a little turmoil, so I think some consistency, somebody that’s fair and a good leader is really going to help the program at least keep in continuing and hopefully grow it,” Gutierrez said.

Making change takes knowledge of trends, hard work, experience and a record of results, according to Dow. “I think it was an articulate, well informed presentation, showcasing her background and commitment to Emporia State University,” said Connie Phelps, associate profes-

Mirah Dow, interim dean of the School of Library and Information Management, gives a presentation as a candidate for the full-time position of SLIM dean on Thursday in the Kanza Room. Dow was the first female to graduate from ESU with a Ph.D. TIFFANI WILIFORD | The Bulletin

sor of elementary education, early childhood and special education.

David Cordle, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said the new dean of SLIM could take office as soon as July 1.

Faculty Senate discuses budget cuts, power E The biggest piece of legislation for Emporia State to watch is the due process tenure bill regarding removing tenure for community colleges, according to Brian Denton, legislative liaison and internal auditor.

“The regents have not taken a position this, but they’re keeping their eyes on it, and they will decide what to do if it does move forward,” Denton said.

Mikala Sharlow, vice president of ASG and junior communication major, attended the meeting to discuss the tobacco free task force, created

by ASG to address the university want of a tobacco-free campus. The task force will send out surveys April 4-13.

In a survey last semester, the majority of the university was in favor of transitioning to a tobacco free campus.

“There were about 1,300 responses and about 70 percent of them were in favor of a tobacco free campus so that’s what initiated us to start a task force,” Sharlow said.

The Committee of Campus Governance discussed a resolution that would allow the ‘power E’ to be used in all departments of the university, instead of only athletics and campus clubs.

“I don’t see any reason why we should not be using a symbol that has long been used to represent the uni-

versity,” said George Durler professor of the school of business.

It would be beneficial for nursing students to have a university symbol on their smocks so as to differentiate student workers from full time workers, said Durler.

The bill was passed with 25 members in favor.

Resolutions do not go through first or second readings like bills. Once passed, Cynthia Kane, Faculty Senate president and professor of University Libraries and Archives, sends the amendment to President Allison Garrett. Garrett then makes any changes and send the resolution on to appropriate departments.

Changes to the way foreign languages will be taught was also discussed. Beginning next semester, Spanish 1, 2 and 3 will be offered partially in the classroom and partially online, according to Rachel Spaulding, assistant professor of English and Spanish.

“It will be sort of an enhanced course with a lot more online learning,” Spaulding said.

The courses will still be offered as a five-day-a-week course.

The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 3 p.m. on April 5 in the Preston Room of the Memorial Union.

Feb. 26 Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call on I-35. Ambulance responded to Twin Towers 2nd floor lobby for trouble breathing. Student was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with an attempt to locate a lost child at 11th and Merchant. Child was returned to parents.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 800 Sylvan.

Officer stopped KS QVO703 at 10th and Merchant. Verbal warning for a stop light violation at 13th and Merchant.

Student reported a theft from North Twin Towers Room 504.

Officers stopped KS 231JGG in 1200 Merchant. Verbal warning for improper turn at 12th and Commercial.

Officers stopped KS 272HPW in 100 E 12th. Verbal warning for improper turn at 12th and Merchant.

Officers worked to maintain the fire in 300 W 18th.

Officers responded to a rekindled fire in 300 W 18th. Emporia Fire Dept. extinguished the fire.

Officers stopped KS 776GMB in 100 W 12th alley. Verbal warning for improper turn at 12th and Merchant.

Officers stopped KS 497GZA in 100 E 12th. Verbal warning for improper turn at 12th and Commercial. Citation issued for no proof of insurance.

Officers stopped KS 60-day tag B000830 in 1100 Market. Verbal warning for improper turn at 12th and Merchant. Citation issued for no proof of insurance.

Officers stopped KS 482HPW in 100 W 12th. Person was taken into custody for driving under the influence and was transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Officer stopped KS 641EXO in 1500 Merchant. Verbal warning for one-way violation in 1100 Constitution.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with transporting a bicycle from 11th and Exchange to Emporia Police Dept. HQ.

turn at 12th and Merchant.

The Blue Light Emergency telephone on Kellogg Circle contacted ESU PD HQ. No response was given upon answering. Officers found no one in the vicinity and the emergency telephone was out of order.

Feb. 27 Officers responded to a fire north of I-35 in 300 W 18th. Mark Morgan was called in to assist. Officers were able to put the fire out.

Feb. 28 Student reported her vehicle had been burglarized in Sector 7.

Officers stopped KS 878GMC in 10 E 11th. Verbal warning for improper

Rachel Spaulding, assistant professor of English and Spanish, introduces changes involving blended Spanish courses Tuesday at the Faculty Senate meeting in the Preston Family Room. Students can now take three hours in class and the other two would be done online, beginning fall 2016.

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The Faculty Senate discussed a budget shortfall, the tobacco task force’s progress and Spanish course changes at the senate meeting on March 1.

Gov. Sam Brownback’s announcement that Kansas revenue is $53 million below what was expected on Tuesday. This shortfall will result in an almost one million dollar cut to Emporia State’s budget.

Sector 2. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Morse Dr.

Feb. 29 Officer stopped KS 911HPW in 1300 Merchant. Verbal warning for defective headlights.

Officer stopped KS 582EQH in 1700 Highland. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at I-35 and Merchant.

Officer stopped AZ BPH613U in 1200 Cottonwood. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 12th and Exchange.

Officer assisted Lyon Co. Sheriff’s deputy with a car stop in 1100 East.

March 1 Officer stopped KS 32BKA at 1400 Market. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in same location.

Officer stopped KS 950HCM in 1100 E 12th. Citation for a stop sign violation at 12th and Burlingame Rd. and no proof of insurance.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a disorderly subject in 1400 Highland.

The Bulletin | March 3, 2016

ENTERTAINMENT

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? S II

BY RALVELL ROGER

“Green Bike” Emporia State students and book lovers alike gathered in the Preston Family Room for a reading of “Green Bike” last Monday.

The fiction novel was a collaborative effort of Tracy Million Simmons, a Kansas author, and Emporia State University professors, Mike Graves, international education instructor, and Kevin Rabas, chair and as-

sociate professor of the English, modern languages and journalism department.

For a little over an hour, audience members listened to Simmons, Graves and Rabas read excerpts from their novel and a Q&A session followed.

“Green Bike” follows three different couples in Manhattan, Kansas with a green bike that links them together.

The romance theme is seen throughout the novel, and the novel confronts relationship barriers while giving an insight on someone dealing with their mother suffering from cancer.

The group of writers said that some parts of the novel were more personal than others.

“In some ways I call my portion of this an ‘other-biography’ because I took the start from my life, but then Mike toyed with it and Tracy added backstory and it started becoming not like my life, which is more exciting than my real life,” Rabas said.

Simmons also related to the novel on a personal level.

“This was the cancer story I promised my sister I would never print,” Simmons said.

“So when we started, I didn’t know it was going to be published. I do have experience with cancer. I lost my mother to cancer, and I think that was

kind of my default setting for storytelling at that time. This was a very freeing experience for me, though.”

Audience members responded to the writers with questions during the session as they revealed their creative process. The group wrote the novel on a private Facebook page over the course of seven months. They received feedback from each other and a few of their colleagues who were allowed access to the page.

“For those of you who are writers I would encourage you to try something like this because it’s just a wonderful way to have a prompt, get something going,” Graves said.

Each writer contributed to specific characters and scenes found throughout the novel and only continued writing once they received the last chapter or entry from the other two. Some may find this pro-

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cess difficult for many creative reasons, but the group said they didn’t have an issue with this setup.

“I had some other places I wanted to go with it, but it became more fun to follow the other places it went,” Rabas said.

“I’m not a comedian,” Graves said. “But I know when they do the impromptu comedy, you have to leave it open for the next person and I think we did a good job leaving something open.”

At the end of the event, the “Green Bike” authors signed the books and meet with their readers one-on-one.

With the success of “Green Bike,” I encourage all aspiring writers to try collaborating with other writers that they know, whether it’s through a private page on Facebook or letters. Either way, something great may come out of it.

New cuisine club cooks up diversity H annah J effers -H user s ta f f w r i t e r

The Eclectic Cuisine Club held their first official meeting Feb. 25 in the Office of International Education in the Memorial Union. “(The purpose of the club is) to encourage more sharing of cultures,” said Neucasha Greene, vice president of the Eclectic cuisine club and graduate school counseling major.

“People from anywhere and everywhere will have the opportunity to share their culture, whether it is somebody from Kansas City, Kansas, sharing a recipe that their grandma taught them or someone from Malaysia sharing one of their tradition meals.”

The Eclectic Cuisine Club will be a place for students from all over campus to come together and share recipes and food from their culture, according to Kayna Hastings, president of Eclectic cuisine club and health promotion major.

The Eclectic Cuisine Club will eventually becoming a Registered Student Organization if interest in the club grows, according to Greene.

Once the club becomes an RSO, they plan to have events like food conferences and food festivals.

Dishes or recipes may be prepared at the meeting to demonstrate and explain the culture behind it or before the meeting if the recipe takes longer than the time allowed, according to Greene.

“Since the club is not an official RSO, money for recipe supplies will come from dues collected before each cooking meeting,” Greene said.

The Eclectic Cuisine Club members come from diverse

Melissa Kurtenbach, chair of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, explains the purpose of the walk to a group of Emporia State students as they sign up to participate, Feb. 25. The Out of Darkness walk is to raise awareness about suicide prevention.

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Neucasha Greene, graduate student, leads the group discussion for the future of the new club Feb. 25 in the Office of International Education.

For more information, visit the Office of International Education on the ground floor of Memorial Union.

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cultures. Possible foods that will be prepared may include Chinese, Japanese, Malian, Bohemian, Malaysian, Syrian and American.

Wenchen Fan, business administration graduate student, owns a restaurant in China and said one of his most popular recipes in China is his chicken wings that are made with Coca-Cola.

“We cook chicken wings with Coca-Cola,” Fan said. “It is much healthier than other chicken wings because those are fried. When we use CocaCola, it brings out the original taste of the chicken wings and it makes the chicken wings very juicy and very tasty. It is not that difficult. I want to teach this (recipe) to a lot of people. I want people to know

what is really good food.”

Greene said food brings people together and can be a learning experience to learn about other cultures.

“Who doesn’t love food,” Greene said. “If you get to experience someone else’s food, it’s an opportunity for you to learn about them and for them to share a part of themselves with you.”

Students that are interested in joining the Eclectic Cuisine Club or learning more should email Ciera Symmonds, the faculty sponsor and senior administrative assistant for international education.

Meetings will be determined by email but will most likely be at 6 p.m. on Thursdays in the Student Christian Center, according to Greene.

Volunteers are taking donations and sign-ups for the upcoming event, Out of the Darkness, a campus walk that advocates suicide prevention, at a table in the Memorial Union main street every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the event on, April 2.

The Out of the Darkness event is put on by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, ASFP, and the Emporia State Sociology Club.

The event is an opportunity to “bring mental health conditions like depression and anxiety out of the darkness and put a stop to this loss of life,” according to the AFSP’s national website.

Marlle Bell, member of Sociology Club and freshman sociology major, and Deidra Weller, Emporia resident, were recruiting people at the Out of Darkness table in the Memorial Union Main Street, last week.

“We’ve sold some shirts and other merchandise, that’s how we get most of the money,” Weller said. “The money we raise for donations goes back to the AFSP. They use that money to raise awareness and put on community and campus walks.”

The event is important because it brings out a dark and uncomfortable topic into the

light and makes people respond to it, according to Bell.

“I was a victim, so this event speaks to me,” Bell said. “(The Sociology Club) wanted to help anyway we could, and I really wanted to volunteer and help out with this.”

Students, faculty, staff and community members can register with a group of people and form a team or can participate by themselves. According to Bell, fraternities, sororities and clubs around campus are forming teams and raising money to do the walk together.

Tyler Schweitzer, sophomore sociology major and member of Sigma Tau Gamma, said he is participating, with some of his fraternity brothers.

“Suicide awareness is an important part of young adults lives,” Schweitzer said.

“A lot of us have known someone that has taken their lives, many of them seemingly fine on the outside while fighting their personal battles daily on the inside. Anything we can do to prevent even one more is a must. I feel this walk is a good way to get those resources out to the public, along with making them more socially acceptable.”

Sign-ups will be accepted until noon on Saturday, April 2, the day of the event and donations are accepted until June 30. All donations go to the AFSP and their suicide prevention efforts.

VIETTI continued from page 1 very interested to see him perform,” said Dooyong Huang, foreign exchange student and English major.

“It was very cool, I enjoyed his performance.”

Kathryn Martin, president of UAC and junior elementary education major, was also impressed with Vietti’s performance.

“He was very talented and I think our audience re-

ally enjoyed it,” Martin said.

“I love the way he got the crowd involved and played a wide assortment of music.”

The next UAC event will be after spring break, on March 25. They will be hosting a “Night at the Movies,” featuring the film “The Divergent Series: Allegiant,” the third movie and first part of the last installment of the franchise.

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OPINION

The Bulletin |March 3, 2016

Death of a Thousand Cuts STAFF EDITORIAL

Gov. Sam Brownback’s commitment to higher education is slim to none.

At least, that’s what the most recent budget cuts suggest.

The current budget crisis represents just the beginning of the many sacrifices Kansas has been making and will be called on to make, in Brownback’s attempt to prove his economic experiment will work.

Brownback has been attempting to implement an economic policy, trickle down economics, that favors the rich and taxes those who can’t afford to be taxed.

The validity of this economic policy was disproven nearly 40 years ago.

It’s more than outdated.

The tax projections for February were off by $54 million. To make up for this

deficit, Brownback announced on Tuesday that he would be cutting $17 million from higher education, resulting in an expected $921,984 cut at Emporia State.

Brownback chose to cut money from higher education, but it will be up to the Kansas Board of Regents to decide how the allotment is distributed, according to the Associated Press.

An allotment doesn’t sound bad, but it’s a weasel word. What Brownback actually means is that he is cutting money.

Brownback’s economic policy is ridiculous. He has consistently sought breaks for the rich and for big businesses while taxing those that can least afford it.

While we are glad that there

Pit Stop

A nastasia M otiti opinion writer

Have you noticed the new bicycle repair stations around campus?

They’re one of the most brilliant and beneficial innovations to Emporia State’s campus this academic year.

I don’t have a driver’s license, so for the last two and a half years I have been transporting myself around Emporia with my bicycle. Bicycling is entertaining and refreshing, but it can become tricky and dangerous.

Even the smallest problem can make it difficult to ride, like a flat tire or broken chain.

Enter the ESU bike repair stations.

For more than four months, these repair stations have been available to ESU students, but they weren’t widely known about.

They’re located

by William Allen White Library, the Student Recreation Center and the Singular, Trussler and Towers dorm complexes.

The locations are extremely convenient because they’re at places many students pass by throughout the school day.

I have used the stations for many things. I have used them for something simple, like filling my bicycle tires with air, but I can also use them if there is a sudden accident with my bicycle. A repair kit is attached to the station for emergencies.

won’t be any noticeable cuts in programs or services for students and that there won’t be any firings, this is a problem in higher education in general.

ESU was only grazed by the bullet this time, but how much longer can we withstand these type of cuts and dodge Brownback’s gun?

The next time a cut like this happens? Tuition will be raised.

How many more budget cuts can we expect? There is not an unlimited amount of “belt tightening” before we university’s can’t function as an institution.

Tuition and fees for full time Kansas residents is currently $7,452. Students and their fam- tions are in jeopardy because of ilies are already making sacri- a failed economic experiment. fices to send their students to Brownback, please reconcollege and now these institu- sider your economic policy.

C ourtney E vans opinion writer

At The Bulletin, our job is to alert students of the things that happen on campus, but we only publish once a week.

Wouldn’t it be great to have news coverage, weather and club and organization events all located into one local, easily accessible place?

I’m not talking about a website or Facebook pages.

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Since bicycles lose air from their wheels each month, these stations are extremely useful.

The goal of the university, when they purchased these stations, was to promote healthy lifestyles and exercise. They also wanted to create a more pedestrian-friendly community in Emporia.

And it’s working.

Apart from creating a safer atmosphere for bicyclists, these stations also promote self-awareness for bicyclists to fix their mode of transportation on their own.

Before, most of us went to repair shops, which can be quite expensive and time consuming.

Now when an incident occurs, we can become more confident that we can fix it right on campus.

Using my bike to commute is now much easier, thanks to ESU.

ways for students who want to work in the world of broadcasting, in addition to adding instantaneous news. Internship and media experience opportunities would be opened up to students.

News, weather and sports reports for campus could all be told multiple times a day, in addition to having music for us to listen to. It could also have emergency warnings or alerts, so ESU Alerts could get around campus in yet another way to share pertinent information.

I think a radio station at ESU would be a wonderful idea because students could become more knowledgeable of events on campus. It would be nice to have a local station that focuses on local and university events.

B luelake P ritchett opinion writer

Kansas is seen as a “flyover state,” and this is especially true during national election years.

However, it might change this year.

“KWCH 12 Eyewitness News,” a news company based out of the Wichita, area, reported earlier this month that the top three Republican candidates, based on polling numbers, are Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

Rubio will be in Wichita this Friday, and Ted Cruz will have spoke to Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, on Wednesday.

While Trump hasn’t officially announced when or if he will come to Kansas, there are still expectations he will come.

Bernie Sanders, who is currently vying for the Democratic nomination, made a stop in Kansas City last week and will speak in Lawrence today.

Hillary Clinton, also looking for the Democratic nomination, has not announced plans to visit Kansas.

In the past, it was disheartening to think that the country seems to know how we’ll vote and most candidates wouldn’t stop in Kansas.

An attitude has formed

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that Kansas has a clear pattern of voting Republican, and there was no point in Democrat candidates campaigning in our state.

This has seemingly changed, as this election year, candidates are paying more attention to the Midwest, and for good reason.

There’s an issue with making the blanket statement that “Kansas is largely Republican.”

In the past two presidential elections, Republican candidates had a 20-point lead over Democratic candidates.

But our last election for governor? Sam Brownback, Republican, won reelection over Paul Davis, a Democrat, by 3 percentage points.

A consultant for the Republican party, Frank Luntz, conducted a poll on young Americans between the ages of 18 to 26 and found they were extremely liberal and likely to support Bernie Sanders, according to The Intercept. The Intercept is a publication of First Look Media, a company “devoted to supporting independent voices.”

I’m seeing a pattern.

Across the country, people’s attitudes are leaning towards to the “left,” and Kansas is following that pattern too.

The attitude that Kansas will always vote Republican is no longer accurate. Voting in Kansas has become less about “which Republican we will vote for” and more about “which candidate we will vote for.”

If you think your vote won’t matter, it won’t.

Unless you get out and vote.

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Not a Flyover State

Broadcasting ESU I’m talking about a radio station for ESU. ESU technically has a radio station, but it’s only information that is rebroadcast through KVOE-FM 101.7.

And most students don’t even know about it.

ESU used to have a radio station, but I was unable to verify if that was true. But if it did, why did it go belly up? Did it run out of people wanting to work for the station? Did the students not listen to the radio?

Not only could the station play music of all kinds, it could also support local bands and artists by promoting their talents, as well. Multiple genres could be played for all to hear.

Student requests would also be a hit.

A radio station could open up new career path-

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United for Peace: Conquering islamophobia one selfie at a time Al Nouri said. “If you ask, everything will be clear and managing editor simple...I like when people ask Islamic students that attend questions. Even my friends in Emporia State put together a class, when they find out that two-day cultural exhibit last I am Muslim, they have a lot week in the Memorial Union of questions and when you Main Street that invited stu- answer them you feel like they dents to try on traditional Is- are happy.” lamic garb, take photos, view Many of the questions that cultural artifacts, take free the volunteers at the cultural copies of The Qur’an and ask exhibit related to women in questions about the Islamic Islam and the hijab, or head faith and culture from people dress that some women wear. who practice it daily.

“They ask us about wom“We decided to do this en in Isevent just to lam,” said spread some Ya s m i n e awareness and Megdiche, to share with sophomore the world our business culture,” said administraSirine Karray, tion major. junior business “There are administration a lot of stemajor.

“This reotypes is a cultural that tell you display, but at that women the same time in Islam it’s a religious should stay display... A lot home. We of people have explain to enjoyed trythem that ing something this is not different.” true. You can Many of the A l N ouri do whatever students that you want. sophomore business came asked It’s more of a d m i n i s t r at i o n m a j o r questions a cultural about the Isthing and it lamic faith and culture, accord- depends on the country.” ing to Karray.

As for the hijab, it is a per“Americans have a lot of sonal choice of women as to questions and it’s an opportu- whether or not they wear it. nity to ask us questions,” said “It’s a spiritual matter,” said Yasmine Megdiche, sopho- Sarah Amawi, junior business more business administration administration major. “It’s major. “Of course they have a a connection that you think lot of stereotypes about Mus- you find with God, by covlims, especially women, so ering some parts of yourself it’s an opportunity for them and give up some of the pleato actually try our traditional sures of life, like showing your clothes and ask us about our beauty. It’s about a spiritual religion.” connection with God, which Dana Al Nouri, sophomore is very good, but not everyone business administration ma- is able to reach that level of jor, said her main goal was to conviction.” show the students of ESU that Samantha Bellavia, junior Islam is normal and not some- psychology major, was one of thing to be afraid of. the ESU students who stopped “We felt like a lot of people at the cultural exhibit to ask don’t understand Islam and questions and try on the hijab.

I want to show them the real “I was definitely happy side of Islam, like what we with the answers I got,” Belwear, our culture and who we lavia said. “I asked a lot about are,” Al Nouri said. “We just different ways to wear the have a different religion.” headscarf, as well as how it’s Before the exhibit, Al Nouri viewed among different culnotice that many of her class- tures. (I wanted) to remove the mates seemed interested in typical American ideas that I learning about Islam, but were have about the religion of beafraid to ask. ing Muslim.”

“Until now, I saw a lot of Abdul Magid, member of people that were curious and the Islamic Center of Emporia they wanted to ask questions,” and Emporia resident, came Al Nouri said. “When they to encourage ESU students ask questions and you answer, to come to the Islamic Center they really enjoy it. They feel for religious study and invite like they have the correct an- them to learn more about the swer, not the one who have religion. from the news or what people “We are basically here, prethink of Islam.” senting Islam and are trying to Al Nouri encourages ESU present more information to students to ask questions and people who are seeking Islam not buy into the stereotypes at- and, at the same time, introtributed to Islam. duce Islam to people,” Magid “If people ask questions, ev- said. “They’re putting this toerything will be easier, because gether to unite for the sake of you misunderstand people peace and goodness, and also and then are too afraid to ask,” to unite against badness.”

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We felt like a lot of people don’t understand Islam and I want to show them the real side of Islam, like what we wear, our culture and who we are.”

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Robert Watt shares his experiences during Horn Day D ustin B ittel copy editor

Robert Lee Watt, the first African American horn player to be hired by a major US symphony orchestra, spoke with students last Tuesday in Heath Recital Hall.

“I wanted to play, to make that wonderful sound,” Watt said. “So I practiced the instrument, auditioned and then two months later got offered a job with the L.A. Philharmonic.”

Watt was hired by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1970 where he played the French horn as principal assistant horn and remained there until 2008.

Along with the lecture on Tuesday, where he shared about his life and his experiences, Watt held a master class on Tuesday where students got a chance to play and learn from him, according to Terresia Ziek, instructor of music.

“He was able to give insight into orchestra performance for the students,” Ziek said. “The chance for students to hear from someone else other than us here is always a nice opportunity.”

Jason Brooks, assistant dean of students and a French horn player, was the reason they were able to bring Watt in to talk to and teach students, according to Ziek.

“I have another friend who was at Howard University and saw Watt talk and told me about him,” Brooks

Robert Watt, French horn player, gives a lecture to wrap up Horn Day in Heath Recital Hall Tuesday evening. Watt talked about how he got his start playing music and where it has taken him over the years.

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said. “So I sent him a request on Facebook and started talking to him through that way.

There are not many African American horn players so we were planning on bring him in February during Black History Month, but we weren’t able to, so we talked about extending into March 1.”

During his talk on Tuesday, Watt talked about his experience as a horn player and recounted several stories from his life.

One of the things he talked about, was how he was often told that he should play trumpet or trombone, because of his color.

“I told my dad I’m really feeling this instrument (French

horn),” Watt said. “He said, ‘well you’re not fit to play that instrument, why don’t you play the trumpet like your old man.’”

Several ESU music students and community members along with people from outside the community attended the lecture, according to Ziek.

“I thought it was a cool experience,” said Grant Withers, junior marketing major and French horn player. “You don’t get the experience to do this often.”

Withers also attended the class Watt held and said he learned a lot, both about the struggles Watt had experienced and the instrument itself.

Chinese students celebrate year of monkey D ustin B ittel copy editor

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association held a Chinese New Year’s Gala last Friday in Albert Taylor Hall.

Before the audience was seated, members of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association were showing students traditional Chinese food items, supplied by Ruyi Market, that were available for patrons to snack on as they waited.

“It’s traditional for us to watch the Chinese New Year Gala, but since we are studying here we can’t do that,” said JiaPeng Huang, business administration graduate student and former Bulletin employee. “It’s a great way to share Chinese culture and for our talented students to perform and celebrate the new year. We have students bring traditional Qipao, a woman’s dress, to show.”

There were 14 performances with two prize drawings.

“I don’t want just modren songs,” Huang said. “I want to include traditional Chinese songs and dance too. Tai Chi is very popular among Chinese seniors so that’s something I wanted to included.

I target certain people to get them more involved on campus and have more of a variety in the show.”

Several of the performers began preparing for the show half a month early, while others, like the dance group, started practicing twice a week at the beginning of the semester, according to Kaiyuan Wu, junior marketing major, performer and former Bulletin employee.

“I’m actually not nervous to perform because I performed a lot here and in China,” Wu said. “I learned to play Chinese traditional flute for about five years, I learned this instrument by my own. I have been training professionally to play another Chinese instrument called Erhu for 12 years, piano for seven years,

trumpet for three years, guitar for six years and the rest of the instruments I just play for fun. The songs I choose are all traditional Chinese movie music or some folk music, because my dream is to bring one different instruments to ESU each semester and spread our culture by music.”

Along with performing this year, Wu performed last year and has performed at the International Tea Party, as well as other cultural events.

“I went because it sounded interesting and fun, and I ended up really enjoying it,” said Aislynn Quinn, freshman pre-art therapy major.

“I think I learned a lot about some of the students here at ESU. I think everyone should experience one of the activities hosted by the various cultures that we are immersed in here.”

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association plans on participating in the International Food Festival on April 9.

Doug Cooper bids ESU farewell A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

After 28 years at Emporia State, Doug Cooper, degree analyst, retired last week.

“Working with the students and the staff and the faculty here, I think that has been the most pleasurable for me,” said Cooper. “I’m really going to miss working with the staff members that I’ve been able to work with, with the faculty advisers and especially the students because that’s the reason that we’re here.”

As a degree analyst, Cooper’s job was to make sure students would be able to graduate on time without any problems and handed them their degrees during graduation. He has graduated 11,683 students.

“My aim in life has been to make sure everybody graduates when they want to,” Cooper said. “As long as you pass the courses successfully, we’ll get you graduated.”

Cooper came to Emporia as a student in 1968 and gradu-

ated with a bachelor’s degree in English.

During retirement, Cooper hopes to spend more time with his grandchildren, working outside and helping at the 12th Avenue Baptist Church.

“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve discovered that I don’t have the energy I used to have when I get home from work,” Cooper said.

Cooper considers himself a morning person and plans on getting up with his wife when she has to wake up for work.

Cooper has already been offered a part time job, but said he wasn’t ready to take on another position yet.

“I think the biggest thing for me is missing the interaction with people and that’s going to take some getting used to,” Cooper said.

Pamela FIllmore, research analyst, said Cooper was always willing to help anyone in the office and he will be missed.

“While I did not work directly with him, I know he worked well with students and

faculty and would do whatever he could to help a student do what was needed to graduate,” Fillmore said. “We had a lot of fun over the years and I wish him the best in his retirement.”

Cooper had been planning his retirement soon, but when he found out Kathy Ermler, dean of graduate school and distance education and would be leaving on June 4, he decided he would set his retirement date for March 1.

“Doug will be greatly missed on campus,” Ermler said. “He worked very closely with the graduate faculty advisors in all the graduate programs. When I would speak with graduate advisors, all of them would indicate how kind and helpful Doug was in working with students’ degree plans.”

Ermler is the sixth dean of the graduate school and distance education that Cooper has worked under.

“I’ve been very lucky in my work life, I think,” Cooper said.

“I feel like I’ve always been appreciated in what I do.”

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Being blonde and beautiful like Barbie doesn’t always mean better, according to Kaitlyn Rodie, junior elementary education major.

The Emporia State Body Project set up a booth to encourage body positivity in students on Feb. 25 in the Memorial Union.

“The ESU Body Project is a cognitive dissonance group that deals with the self-esteem that women have and the body image that the mass media puts out,” Rodie said. “We call it the thin ideal.”

The ESU Body Project is not currently a registered student organization, but they are in the process of becoming one, according to Rodie.

The group promoted body positivity by creating a life-size Barbie box with “Better than Barbie” written on the front. Students were able to take their picture in the box while holding signs promoting body positivity.

“I’m sure all girls had a Barbie,” said Yazmin Brown, senior health promotion major. “If you look at Barbies, they’re pretty and literally not ideal because if that was a real human then she would fall apart. She has a big chest and a big butt, she’s really tiny in the waist. Social media and everything out there has made us think that we should be that thin.”

The ESU Body Project found the idea on Pinterest the week before and planned the event for February, National Eating Disorder Awareness Month, according to Rodie.

“It’s more to help women in college, universities or even high school deal with social pressures to be thin,” said Brown. “Anyone should be happy to be in their own skin.”

Individuality is not about comparing yourself to others to make yourself better, said Andrew Ralston, freshman theater education major.

“I feel like there is more than looks that people should compare themselves to,” Ralston said. “It should be about what’s inside.”

Allie Crome, freshman English major, agreed and said accepting one’s body is important.

“I think it’s important to help break down the beauty standards that the media perpetuates,” Crome said.

Recently, Mattel, the toy company that makes Barbie, released a new line of Barbie dolls that are more realistic, according to Rodie.

These new Barbie dolls are helping young girls realize that they do not need to look like traditional Barbies, Rodie said.

Mattel now sells curvey, petite, tall and original sized Barbies.

“I love them, actually,” Rodie said. “I think they’re a great idea because it helps younger girls realize that they don’t need to be that ‘thin ideal’ and it shows that it is unrealistic to try to strive for that unrealistic Barbie figure.”

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Colors of ESU, International Tea Party hold culture showcase D ustin B ittel copy editor

The Office of International Education held their Colors of Emporia State and International Tea Party event on Feb. 26 in the Memorial Union Main Street.

“Colors of ESU is a chance for people to dress in their own colors, and clothing from their traditional country,” said Noble Orajiato, graduate assistant of programing and events for the Office of International Education.

The International Tea Party is an event that occurs every semester.

“This event is open to everyone,” Orajiato said.

“It’s not just for international students. The events that are put on are a great way to get to know your fellow international students and for them to get to know you.”

ESU students, faculty and staff were invited to try the tea, coffee, snacks and other drinks, like lemonade, brought by the international students that participated, according to Orajiato.

“It’s a really good turnout compared to last semester,” Orajiato said.

“People are stopping by to try the different teas and are enjoying themselves.”

Sodexo also provided some cake and cookies for people to eat with their tea, and supplied the hot water.

One of the unique teas

Emporia State students gather from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. last Friday in the Memorial Union Main Street to sample the many different teas. The International Tea Party takes place at ESU every semester. JOHN REYNOLDS | The Bulletin

showcased at the tea party was tea from Korea.

“It’s a honey citron tea, good for colds and throats,” said Sanghui Ji, junior psychology major.

“It is popular in the winter and other times.”

Some of the international students wore traditional outfits from their home countries or wore outfits with their countries colors,

while others dressed up or wore casual clothes.

“It’s (Shirsh) not worn anymore so it’s very traditional, except for weddings and for dance,” said Sarah Amaui, junior business major. “(It) has many forms and is more formal.”

Traditional songs and dances were performed by the international students

and a large dance party was held to end the event.

During the final dance party, several international students danced together to popular songs.

The next International Tea Party will be next semester, but the date has yet to be set, there will be an International Food Festival on April 9 in Webb Hall.

League of Legends tournament held to meet scholarship challenge D ustin B ittel copy editor

Alpha Kappa Lambda, an Emporia State fraternity, held a “League of Legends” tournament, called League of Lambda, to help raise funds to meet the Scherrer Gift scholarship challenge. The tournament took place from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. last Saturday in the Greek Room of the Memorial Union.

The Scherrer Gift awards $20,000 to five groups that raise $20,000 themselves.

The money goes toward scholarships.

“It is something that is trending and something our fraternity got really big into,” said Taylor McAllister, senior management information systems major. “We knew it was something that a lot of people played around campus.”

“League of Legends” is an online game in which teams compete.

There were eight teams competing and each team was composed of three members.

Participants either brought their own computers to play the game.

Teams had to preregister for the tournament and pay a fee of $30 per team.

“It also creates a reasonably sized pot for the winners and is a low enough cost that people would want to pay it in order to enter,” McAllister said.

The tournament was single elimination,

meaning once a team lost a round they were out of the tournament. Each team played the best out of three games.

“It was a lot of fun, but the room was really hot,” said Shane Vannocker, sophomore marketing major.

Four teams competed in the final round. Team LWHM and Team Champion battled for first place, while Team No Skill Required and Team Phone fought for third place.

Team LWHM said they had competed in a “League of Legends” tournament two years ago that was held at ESU. “We came because we like ‘League of Legends,’” said Aaron Larson, freshman business administration major.

LWHM won the tournament and won $120, along with $60 gift cards, for each member, to Bits and Bytes Computer Sales. Bits and Bytes Computer Sales, located at 911 Commercial St., sponsored the event.

“It feels good to win,” Larson said.

Second place went to Team Champion who won $10 for each member along with $10 gift cards to Planet Sub. Third place went to Team Phone, who won $10 for each member and Hershey’s chocolate bars.

Each of the finalist teams received one framed certificate that stated the place they won in the League of Lambda tournament and two similar certificates for the other teammates.

Andrew Geise, junior psychology major, plays “League of Legends” during the tournament hosted by Alpha Kappa Lambda on Feb. 27 in the Greek Room from 2-8 p.m. Half of the proceeds went towards scholarship opportunities at the university and the other half went to the winning team. CASSIE HOLT | The Bulletin

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Graduate School, Distance Education dean candidates visit campus plans Candidate for Graduate School, Distance Education dean discusses future plans

Graduate Schoool, Distance Education dean candidate focuses on finding a path to success

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Jerry Spotswood, candidate for the dean of Graduate School and Distance Education, visited Emporia State Monday. Spotswood is currently the assistant dean of the Graduate school and an English professor at Fort Hays State University.

“I think you have to offer quality programs and convenience,” Spotswood said.

“Convenience is increasingly being online education and meeting with students when they are available.”

Spotswood also discussed statistics regarding diversity and ethnicity of American graduate students and said he believed that training students to pull knowledge together, access the knowledge and using it in a provocative way is important. Spotswood emphasized this in model for use in interdisciplinary studies.

“This position is not for just a dean of online and distance education, but also for the solid resident masters programs at ESU,” said Richard Schrock, professor of biological sciences.

“If we are to continue having respected masters programs, candidates will have to address the need for academic rigor and integrity in an era where online diploma mills are rampant nationwide.”

Michael Smith, chair of the social sciences department, said he thought Spotswood was very polished and has a lot of experience.

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According to Grissom, the channel is intended to decrease negativity and strife and its main goal is to promote positivity and acts of goodwill.

“We want to reach the world and make the world a more positive place,” Grissom said. “Because there is so much negativity and violence on the news, we just want to cancel that out with making people smile.”

The three students try to proliferate their positivity throughout campus, personally as well as professionally.

According to Opheim, small acts of kindness go a long way in making someone’s day.

“The three of us are positive,” Romero said. “We try to spread that through campus, just personally.”

There is not a current video posting schedule.

“Part of this is because none of us have ever run a YouTube channel before,” Grissom said. “Part of this is time management for us so that we can get a video out every week. We try to get a video out every Friday so that we can say, ‘Happy Friday.’”

Grissom is hoping to take YouTube more seriously this summer, as she will have more time to devote to video editing, scripting, and filming.

“I want to have a million subscribers,” Grissom said.

“Because I want to have one million people smile, and one million people who don’t have depression, who can be themselves, and who can be wonderful, and know that they are loved. We are hoping to reach the entire world, not just one little bit of the community. Every new life we have subscribed is a life we have the potential to make a difference in, and I think that really matters.”

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Jerry Spotswood, candidate for the dean of the Graduate School and Distance Education, presented his ideas for the future of ESU’s master’s program in the Blue Key Room Feb. 29. Approximately 30 faculty members attended and asked Spotswood questions about his plans.

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“If he gets the job, I would like to push him to do a little bit more work on differentiating Emporia State from Fort Hays State,” Smith said. “I think we need to have our own Emporia State way. One concrete thing I would start with is, I don’t think we should encourage adjunct professors to teach graduate courses. That could be our calling card. He’s right about the need to look at online, but we need to have some boundaries.”

David Cordle, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said the new dean of the Graduate School and Distance Education could take office as soon as June 5.

Carl Cates, candidate for the dean of Graduate School and Distance Education, visited Emporia State yesterday in the Preston Family room.

Cates is currently the associate dean of art at Valdosta State University.

The forum was held to allow members of the ESU community to hear what Cates has to say to allow people to ask questions, according to Kathy Ermler, dean of the Graduate School and Distance Education.

“The search committee is to facilitate discussion and offer feedback to the provost,” Ermler said.

At the forum, Cates spoke of finding “path to success” for graduate students and creating hybrid formats, a combination of online classes and on-campus courses for distance education students.

“Different students need different models,” Cates said.

“One of my young people did all their foreign language work in high school online, did incredibly well, for them complete online was a great experience. I have, however, a younger brother who has chosen to go to school and he really needs a hybrid format.

He loves online partly because he has a full-time job....when he moved to the course that was online that had available to him a WebHD tutoring system where he could make an appointment, log-in and talk

Carl Cates meets with members of the ESU community to discuss his platform as candidate for dean of the Graduate School and Distance Education. The meeting was yesterday in the Preston Family Room.

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to the person about the questions and where he was getting tripped, he flew through that course.”

It went from frustration and not wanting to go to college to enrolling as a continuing student in an alternate model, according to Cates.

“We have to think about how that can work in terms of increasing enrollment and retention,” Cates said.

After the presentation by Cates, a question and answer session followed to allow those present to ask him questions.

David Cordle, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said the new dean of the Graduate School and Distance Education could take office as soon as June 5.

ESU’s Instructional Design and Technology program ranked #13 in country H annah J effers -H user s ta f f w r i t e r

Emporia State’s Instructional Design and Technology program has been ranked number 13 in the country by onlinecolleges. net, a website designed to help students decide which college is right for them.

“It’s a sign of the quality of the program and validates the hard work of our faculty,” said Zeni Colorado-Resa, the chair and professor of the IDT program.

The IDT program here at ESU enrolls about 100 students per semester and was ecstatic to hear about the program’s ranking, according to Colorado-Resa.

“The Instructional Design and Technology program prepares individuals for leadership in the design, development, and integration of technology and online learning into teaching and private sector training,” according ESU’s IDT programs website.

Dusti Howell, IDT professor, said he was flattered by the ranking.

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also about the instructional field. I think our program is really good and it’s no wonder that it ranked in 13th place.”

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one of the best programs in the country,” Howell said.

Ning Liu, adjunct instructor and former student in the IDT program, said she didn’t find the ranking surprising.

“Before I started my IDT program here, I had never heard about the major,” Liu said. “It’s not just about technology. It’s also about the instructional field. I think our program is really good and it’s no wonder that it ranked in 13th place.”

Milton Knopp, a graduate of the ESU IDT program, said the success of the program is due to the professors.

“I know we have some great instructors here,” Knopp said. “I believe we have some instructors that are constantly looking at things to see how they can improve.”

Liu agreed with Knopp.

“We have six very, very knowledgeable professors here,” Liu said. “They are not just knowledgeable at teaching. They are also very kind. They are not just teaching us. They are also helping us to grow in our career and field. I can teach here as an adjunct because Dr. Colorado gave me a chance to stay here to give me more experience.”

Howell agreed with Knopp and Liu about the quality of the professors.

“We have a really great faculty here,” Howell said. “We’re located on an amazing campus that has incredible resources.

When you add that up, we are in a really good environment.”

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Brownback and the legislature to “find a way to ensure stable and reliable funding” to state universities. “(Brownback) just says it and it’s done,” said Michael Smith, chair of the social sciences department. “But then what happens is we all scramble. Now the Board of Regents has to divide up the cuts and ESU gets its chunk and we have to figure out what to do.”

The 3 percent cut is coming from the State General Fund, which makes up about one third of ESU’s total budget at $30,732,800. ESU’s operating budget is $95,045,933, according to the university budget office.

“As someone who is new, I have to say I am so thankful that we do have really great strengths in the leadership of the various areas on campus,” Garrett said. “Thankfully, with this cut, we are hopeful that we are going to be able to absorb it without impacting departmental operations for the remainder of the year.”

FLICK continued from page 1 jor, who plays Sam, a gloomy 30-something film usher, said that the production will be a great way for students to talk about these uncomfortable topics.

“It will be very cathartic for people going through this stuff,” Breast said. “(Suicide and depression) really is not an easy topic to talk about. It brings it right out and says ‘alright let’s talk about it.’ Buckle up it’s a ride. It’s emotional, it’s funny and it’s dramatic.”

Roxy Hopkins, sophomore theater major, plays Rose, the film projectionist and a girl looking for who she really is.

“My character is very misunderstood, even by herself,” Hopkins said. “She doesn’t know who she is. She kind of figures out who she is and she figures out that she’s kind of a stereotype. A lot of the questions of the play talk about being real and fake. She finds out who she is and I think it’s a really cool character arc.”

Avery, a 20-year-old film usher who has a history of depression and has also attempted to commit suicide, is played by Hew Leek, a freshman theater major.

Avery will resonate with students and the play itself will be something different but still enjoyable, according to Leek.

“My character is a college students and goes through stuff a lot of college students tend to go through,” Leek said. ”It’s really relevant to some of the stuff going on on campus. It’s a good way to open up the wound and talk about it.”

In the lobby, during and after the play, there will be reading material and representatives from the Student Wellness Center and the Out of the Darkness program to talk to audience members that may have been triggered by the play’s content or want to learn more about these issues.

ESU School of Business Services the Community’s Tax Returns H annah J effers -H user s ta f f w r i t e r

The Emporia State School of Business is offering a free workshop for students or community members to help with filing their income taxes until spring break in Cremer Hall, room 320.

“We primarily do simple tax returns,” said Liz Diers, associate professor for the School of Business and the professor in charge of

the workshop. “Usually it’s people who just have a couple of W-2s. We’re not really gearing it to the more difficult tax returns.”

This is the first year in five years that the School of Business has offered this workshop, but before then the workshop ran for 30 years. The workshop is a way for the School of Business to help the community, according to Diers.

The income tax workshop

is also a way for students in Diers’s accounting class to do community service, according to Diers.

“For our Tax II class we are volunteers,” said Maddie Pendry, senior accounting major. “As part of the class, we have to come in and get more knowledgeable on doing people’s taxes.”

Hangwei Xu, graduate accounting major, volunteers for the program by helping with advertising the

workshop around the ESU and surrounding businesses, according to Xu. “This is a way for community members to have a direct benefit of a free service where we can share the skills that the students have learned,” Diers said.

The workshop will be available from 6-9 p.m. on Thursdays and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays in Cremer Hall, room 320 until Spring Break.

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The Bulletin | March 3, 2016

Lady Hornets claim fourth straight wins in Turnpike Tussle A dam B lake sports writer

The Lady Hornets beat their rivals, the Washburn Ichabods with a final score of 98-61, Saturday afternoon in White Auditorium.

Emporia State outscored the Ichabods on senior day by 31 in the final 20 minutes.

The Lady Hornets had a 36-30 advantage at the break. The 62 points scored in the second half was more than ESU scored in total points in their first meeting with Washburn this season.

Seven Hornet players finished with double figures. Kelly Moten, junior guard, who lead all scorers with 22 points, moved to 19th on ESU’s all-time scoring list with her performance. She would also add six assists, five steals and three blocks in what was her second-straight 20-plus point game.

“She looked like a WNBA player playing against high school kids,” said Ron McHenry Washburn’s head coach.

ESU’s made 28-30 shots from the foul line.

“Our team has an attacking mentality,” said Kelsey Barnwell, senior guard.

“When we get inside we either lay it up or pass to an open teammate. Today, we were able to knock down a bunch of those kinds of shots.”

The Lady Hornet’s used lock-down defense to complement their offensive performances. The Ichabods shot 33 percent for the game and 29 percent shooting after the break. They were outscored 31-7 in the fourth quarter.

“That was probably as a complete game as we’ve had,” said Jory Collins, ESU head coach. “They made some plays, but obviously offensively in the second half we came out and just were attacking and had a really aggressive mindset and made shots.”

The Lady Hornets have now won nine straight games against the Ichabods, but Collins still feels excitement and a sense of accomplishment with each

win.

“Sure, it feels great each and every time we beat a rival,” Collins said. “You look at the history of this matchup and just how consistently good each team has been and you realize what an accomplishment this kind of streak is.”

Barnwell contributed 10 points to the ESU win.

“It was so much fun,” Barnwell said. “Everyone wants to go out on top like this. It was an awesome game.”

Sandra Ngoie, senior forward, said the game had an added feel of redemption.

“I’m not as sad as I was during my last senior night,” Ngoie said, referring to a 79-55 loss she experienced as a member of George Mason’s women’s basketball team last season. “It was emotional, but it was a happy emotional.”

The Lady Hornets are preparing for postseason play. ESU will take on Central Oklahoma at 8:15 p.m. Kelsey Barnwell, senior guard, attempts a layup during the game against today at the MIAA Tourna- Washburn at White Auditorium on Saturday. The Lady Hornets won the ment in Kansas City. game with a score of 98-61. CASSIE HOLT | The Bulletin

Hornet basketball squashed on senior day A ce F inch spor ts editor

Senior day for Hornet basketball was met with a loss to The Hornet’s rival, Washburn University, last Saturday at White Auditorium, with a final score of 86-76.

“All around, they (Washburn) executed,” said Terrence Moore, senior guard. “We didn’t execute on the defensive end and get stops.”

After the first five minutes of play, the game was tied at 12. Washburn made all 12 of their points in front of the free throw line, and the Ichabods shot over 90 percent from the floor.

With 9:41 remaining in the first half, Washburn had a 21-17 advantage.

The Hornets were shooting 33 percent from the floor, but ESU was using ball screen defense, causing WU to use a 2-3 zone, making it less effective for the Hornets to set screens.

Washburn extended their lead to six and Shaun Vandiver, ESU head coach, used a timeout with 4:47 remaining in the half. The Hornets trailed 30-24.

“They got out in transition a lot,” said Kevin Allen, senior center. “They ran out and they didn’t care who it was, they got out in transition, and we couldn’t stop it.”

At halftime, ESU trailed 40-34. The Hornets shot 34 percent from the floor in the first half and the Bods shot 64 percent from the floor and 57 percent from three point lane. The Bods made seven offensive rebounds in the first half.

The leading scorer for ESU was Josh Pederson, junior forward, with eight points.

With 13:18 remaining in the game, the Hornets trailed 50-48. The Hornets attempted 17 more shots than Washburn, making 35 percent of the shots to Washburn’s 58 percent from the floor.

Washburn pushed their lead to six points with 8:40 left. ESU was outrebounded by seven and shot 37 percent from the floor.

Washburn hit back to back threes, forcing an ESU timeout. Washburn shot 63 percent from the floor and 7-12 from the three. The Hornets shot 36 percent from the floor and 36 percent from the three.

ESU trailed by seven, with a score of 72-65.

With 1:31 remaining in the game, Moore hit a three-point cutting the Washburn advantage from 11 to eight. ESU began fouling and the Ichabods made their free throws, causing ESU to fall behind.

The Hornets finished

Hornets trump Pittsburg State in weekend series

Charles McKinney, senior guard, jumps to make a basket in White Auditorium against Washburn Saturday. McKinney has played in 27 games and averages at 11 points per game. CASSIE HOLT | The Bulletin

the regular season 13-15 (10-12). The loss matches ESU with Lincoln University of Missouri in the opening round of the MIAA tournament.

“They imposed their will and we didn’t,” Vandiver said. “This has been a crazy year but for it to end like that for the seniors, it’s just sad.”

Sports Short

Hornet basketball loses in post season Emporia State men’s basketball team loses in MIAA tournament opener to Lincoln University, 7371, ending their season last Tuesday night. The Hornets ended their season with a record of 13-15.

This is ESU’s fourth losing record year in the five year tenure of Shaun Vandiver, head coach.

The Blue Tigers were

out-rebounded by 11, 3322. Despite being out-rebounded, Lincoln used 16 turnovers to help counter ESU. The game was a game of runs as the Hornets were down by as many as 14 points.

The comeback started with a three-pointer by Terrence Moore, senior graduate, cutting the lead to 11.

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He and Kevin Allen, senior center, worked together for a 13-0 run.

Moore tied the game with 30 seconds left, hitting two free throws. The Blue Tigers answered with a layup with just four seconds left. Brandon Hall, freshman guard, missed a 30 foot shot as time expired to give Lincoln their first post-season victory in over

20 years.

Allen finished the game with 21 points and 14 rebounds. That’s Allen’s third double-double in the last five games.

Moore had 21 points as well, finishing his career with 1,638 career points, ranking him fifth all-time on that list. Moore also ranks second all-time in career steals with 230.

The Emporia State baseball team, ranked 30th, started off their 3-0 sweep against Pittsburg State with a 13-3 victory in the first game Feb. 26 in Emporia.

Pitt state scored two runs off of four hits to take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third.

The Hornets made two runs of their own in the top of the fourth. Alex White, junior infielder, hit a single up the left field line and Wade Hanna, junior outfielder, scored off of a Gorilla error.

Taylor Steen, senior catcher, made a single, bringing White home.

The Hornets lead the Gorillas 6-2 in the sixth. Emporia had a 9-2 lead going into the seventh inning stretch.

Pitt scored one run in the bottom of the seventh, but BJ Dean, junior outfielder, hit a three run homer. The final score was 13-3.

Emporia came back that Saturday to defeat Pitt 22-7 in seven innings. The Hornets trailed at the end of the first inning 2-1. Emporia then came back and scored three in the third inning putting them up 4-2. They lead the rest of the game.

Emporia State came back that Sunday and received their second run rule against Pitt State, ending the game 20-5. If one team is ahead by 10 runs after the end of the seventh inning, the game is automatically over.

The Hornets started off with five runs in the first and the Gorillas made one run. The score was 5-1.

The Hornets kept their lead the rest of the game and received their victory in seven innings. This season opening sweep improved the Hornets record to 9-3 on the year.

Emporia State host Lincoln University of Missouri at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4 at the Trusler Complex.