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NEWS

Sam Brinton shares his conversion therapy experience S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Sam Brinton, a graduate of MIT, nuclear physicist, adviser to the president and congress on nuclear issues, and adviser to Michelle Obama on her heels, visited campus last Monday to speak about conversion therapy and how they survived it.

Brinton went through reparative and aversion therapy where photos of men were associated with pain, including freezing burning and electroshock.

“One of the first words out of the therapist’s mouth was that I was the last gay person on Earth,” Brinton said. “I was told that the government had come through and killed every gay person...Very quickly after that I was told the reason the government had come in and killed every gay person was because they had brought AIDS to America...Finally, and most painfully, I was told God hated me.”

It wasn’t until Brinton went to K-State that they realized they were not the last gay person.

“That moment that I realized I was not alone was revolutionary,” Brinton said. “I

NEWS

Students, faculty react to DeVos’ comment about HBCUs R ayna K arst

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Sam Brinton, nuclear engineer from MIT and Kansas State University, tells their experience in conversion therapy Monday in Skyline Room. Brinton is the founder of #50bills50states with the goal of eliminating conversion therapy treatments on minors in every state to protect queer youth. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

can’t describe how it felt. It felt like everyone like me had been wiped out and now they were back alive.”

Conversion therapy is legal, according to Brinton. He established #50Bills50States, an organization whose goal is

to get legislation submitted in all 50 states. Additionally, Brinton has been working to sue conversion therapy companies for consumer fraud, because it doesn’t work.

“It’s highly traumatic, but it’s still happening to thousands

of people every day,” Brinton said.

Brinton has addressed the United Nations, along with the parents of Michael Brown and

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Students and faculty responded this week to recent comments made by Betsy DeVos, the U.S. education secretary, about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

“Historically Black Colleges and Universities were created so that people of color had a place to go to college, because they were discriminated against and not allowed into other universities,” said Rochelle Rowley, assistant professor for sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies.

Tria Brown, Black Student Union public relations officer and sophomore communication major, said that she was frustrated by DeVos’ comment saying that HBCUs were a good educational choice.

“They (black students) had no other choice, they couldn’t

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Entertainment

Bye Bye Brownback?

Professor set to teach contemporary racism course Kansas Governor in talks for U.N. Position

reaching effects on people of color and that citizens should sspoon@esubulle tin.com do something about it.

Dan Colson, assistant pro“I decided in mid-Novemfessor of English, modern lan- ber to teach this class,” Colson said. “I’m very aware of our university’s investment in addressing concerns about diversity. We’ve had serious accusations of race based discrimination on this campus, we’ve had recent xenophobic activities on campus (and) with what just happened up the road in Olathe with the murder of the Indian engineer. It seems timely, in part because of a resurgence in visible overt racism makes it even more important to consider the systemic and institutional racDan Colson, assistant professor in English, ism…” modern languages and journalism, talks The class, while with his Later Literature yesterday afternoon designed for underin Plumb Hall about the plot and theme of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” In the fall graduates, will allow semester, Dr. Colson will be teaching a class graduates to join with called Contemporary Racism and How We permission.

Fight It. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin “I think students will generally receive it positively,” Colson guages and journalism, will be said. “In my experience, ESU teaching a literature and Afri- students, when presented with can studies class entitled “Con- prejudices are very quick to detemporary Racism and How nounce prejudice.”

We Fight It” this fall. The class will work on the basis that see CLASS page 6 racism is real, racism has long

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TOPEKA (AP) — A public radio report says Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will be named to an ambassadorship in Rome representing the U.S. at United Nations agricultural organizations.

The Associated Press could not confirm the Kansas Public Radio report Wednesday, which cited an anonymous former high-ranking government official as it

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neither confirm nor deny the report and said the governor is focused on balancing the state budget and working on a new school funding system.

The report comes at a time when Kansas is facing a budget crisis and Brownback is trying to stave off tax increases supported by many in his own party. If he leaves, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer would become governor.

NEWS

New internet still working out bugs A layne W eber

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Emporia State campus recently saw a technological change when multiple WiFi networks were updated in order to improve the quality and security of the school-wide internet. Despite the changes, many students seem to be dissatisfied with the quality of the internet, and some will go as far as saying it is actually more frustrating.

“It really depends on the day and time,” said Elvira Avdeyeva, senior business major. “One day it will be really good, but then later that evening, it will say it’s connected, but some people will get connected and some will get kicked out. I don’t like that I can’t do my homework anywhere I want. It’s become a bit of an inconvenience.” hornets ’ ESU’s Information Technology has been working on the new networks since August, and has been prepping for the change since October.

“My experiences with the WiFi have been hit or miss depending on what devices I’m using,” said Angellina Do ESU students celebrate Lent?

Thrash, sophomore elementary education major. “It is better Source: Poll of 100 students taken in the Memorial Union and Beach now with quicker access to the

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The report said Brownback would be named U.S. ambassador for three food and agriculture organizations in Rome. There has been speculation for weeks that Brownback would be offered an appointment in the administration of President Donald Trump.

Brownback spokeswoman Melika Willoughby would

Salim Houarbi, senior of business administration, and Changwon Lee, senior of business major study last Monday in Abigail Morse dorm’s study room. Houarbi and Lee, who cannot connect to the internet in some places within their rooms, complained about new Morse WiFi which disconnected suddenly. Dabin Choi | The Bulletin

internet but because it’s just now starting up there are some kinks that weren’t there before that just need a little bit of time to figure out.”

Thrash also said that the internet may work better if the old networks were taken out so they didn’t interfere with the new ones.

“The new wireless will be easier to refresh and rotate

overtime and over the long term has a much higher value to us,” said Ryan Kurtenbach, director of Network and Security Solutions at IT. “The new WiFi will bring the entire campus up to the latest wireless technology.”

IT is continuing to work out any bugs on the new networks to make the internet the best.

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NEWS

Task force discusses tobacco policy noon in order to look over the current university policy on tobacco usage and determine what parts need to be updated for a tobacco-free campus.

“There are a few sentences here that we’re just going to have to basically totally elimi-

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nate and rework,” said Cass Coughlin, director of residential life.

The committee first needs to effectively define ‘tobacco free’ and ‘campus’ in order to eliminate any questions about what substances are banned

and from which areas, accordR ayna K arst ing to Coughlin. rkarst@esubulle tin.com “Since we’re going to a geographic boundary, it’s just The Policy and Event Comgoing to be coming up with a mittee of a task force that was statement that captures that,” formed to decrease and evenCoughlin said. tually eliminate tobacco-use Committee members dison campus met Monday aftercussed the possibility of banning tobacco from extension campuses, but Cassandra Stair, member of the Compliance and Enforcement Committee and senior political science major, said that there would be no way to enforce that ban.

“At least in the first draft of this, maybe that’s what we do,” Coughlin said. “We just focus on this campus.”

Other task force committees that met on Monday include Marketing and Media, Compliance and Enforcement and Cessation and Prevention, according to Mikala Sharlow, Policy and Event Committee member and senior communiCass Coughlin, director of Residential Life, Mikala Sharlow, senior communication major and Cassandra Stair, cation major.

The next task force meeting senior political science major, talk about the tobacco usage policy on Monday in the Memorial Union Veterans will be held at 11 a.m. on MonHall of Honor room. In the meeting, the task force discussed updating and changing the current university day, Mar. 13, in the Memorial policy. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin Union Veteran’s Hall of Honor.

Faculty Senate holds first reading on post audit of Technology

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The Faculty Senate met Tuesday and had first readings for two bills concerning the 2016-2017 legislative post audit of Emporia State’s technology practices.

“We had this discussion over something like the president taking over a faculty senate bill,” said Faculty Senate president and professor of music, Andrew Houchins. “Part of the problem was that these policies probably should have just been presidential policies in the first place because there are thing that we can’t really change, so this way allows us to grant her the authority instead of just her taking the authority away.”

“The president of the university is granted authority to revise the polic(ies),” which is where a lot of the discussion stemmed from, according to Tim Burnett, associate professor of biological sciences.

Burnett also questioned why the policies weren’t just presidential policies.

“The challenge is that the Legislative post audit people want this thing changed before we met today and so in the future instead of rather bringing this back through the faculty senate every time, just in respect of this policy, the president would have unilateral authority to change that with any

external driven regulations (or) laws,” said Rob Catlett, vice president of faculty senate, director of the center for economics education and assistant professor of mathematics and economics.

Dan Colson, associate professor of English, modern language and journalism, said that the faculty senate time frame should not be affected by something that is largely out of their control and that the president could do this now if she wanted too.

“Yeah she can and you know, to tell you the truth,

she is in a quandary because she does not want to step on shared governance and so it’s her respect for shared governance that she is saying ‘What do we do about this bill?,’” Houchins said.

Professor of business, Kevin Coulson, said there used to be a committee on campus computing.

“We had a number of these policies just like this and the IT person then put them forward under similar circumstances and everyone of them was written as ‘you shall do this,’ ‘if you don’t this, this will

happen,’” Coulson said. “It’s not a good idea to give up all of your oversight, all of your advice to IT, because on occasion in the past, IT has given us some really good advice and in providing us that they haven’t seen all the things from a faculty perspective and at least on one occasion they’ve lied to us.

I would suggest we at least retain some oversight over this.”

No immediate action was taken on either bill so they will go on to a second reading at the next faculty senate meeting at 3:30 p.m. on April 4 in the Preston Family room.

Faculty senate vice president, director of the center for economics education and assistant professor of mathematics and economics, Rob Catlett, shares documents about upcoming senator reelections with members of the senate on Tuesday in the Skyline Room. The senate had first readings over two bills about the campus technology and plan to have a second meeting at 3:30, Apr. 4, in Preston Family Room. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US

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1. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, est. 1837 2. University of the District of Columbia, est. 1851 3. Ashnum Institute, est. 1854 4. Wilberforce University, est. 1856 5. LeMonyne-Owen College, est. 1862 6. Bowie State University, est. 1865 7. Brown Theological Insitutue, est. 1866 8. Fisk University, est. 1866 9. Lincoln Institute, est. 1866 10. Alabama State University, est. 1867

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continued from page 1 be accepted into PWIs (Predominantly White Institutions) so they had to form their own universities,” Brown said. “That was not a choice, that was mandatory, so I feel like her comment was invalid.”

Additionally, Brown said that she and other Black Student Union members collectively interpreted Devos’ comment to mean that she was promoting segregation.

“It’s kind of like she was promoting that segregation of universities, like she was promoting the idea, the separation,” Brown said.

Rowley said that Devos’ comments made her extremely angry.

“Whenever I hear ignorant remarks such as that, I immediately think of students and friends who are going to be hurt by this comment,” Rowley said.

“My second thought is, ‘how can I combat this?’”

HBCUs have played a large role in enhancing equal educational opportunity for all, and are are leaders in awarding degrees to black students in physi-

Police Reports Reports from ESU Police and Safety March 1 WAW Library zone 155 fire trouble. Smoke detector 4th floor crossover ramp.

Mechanical error. Recurring problem.

Officer stopped KS 429JFY in 1800 Highland.

Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 870JJW in Sector 7. Verbal warning for failure to yield right away.

After obtaining permission, officer searched KS 373JEW at 13th and Market for possible marijuana. No suitable sample was found.

March 2 Christa Curl reported a theft of books which occurred in Science Hall Room 243 between 1000 and 1400 hours on 03-01-2017.

Officer took report of a non-injury accident involving KS 995CHI in Sector 1.

Officer stopped KS 366BBE in 1300 Merchant.

Verbal warning for driving without tail lights.

WAW Library zone 155 Fire Trouble. Smoke detector 4th floor crossover ramp.

Mechanical problem. Recurring problem.

The ceiling tiles in the northeast interior stairwell of WAW Library are loose and hanging about the steps.

March 3 Darren Mohling was called in reference to the Towers Complex front door card reader not working.

March 4 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a welfare check at 1829 Merchant.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a report of a stabbing at 318 Wt 4th Ave. Officer made no contact with suspect.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call at 1830 Merchant with KS 042JWE. March 5 Dispatch received multiple intrusion alarms from WAW Library/SLIM. Human error.

William Allen White Library zone 155 fire trouble in smoke detector 4th floor ramp unit. Mechanical error.

March 6 Butcher Education Center zone 2 Intrusion. Hallway door.

Officer received report of a broken window at Plumb Hall. Building Services was notified. Officer set out cones around the broken window and glass.

March 7 A Resident Assistant reported the smell of marijuana in South Twin Towers on 7th floor. Officer was unable to locate the source of the odor.

Officer assisted a disabled motorist in 1800 Merchant. Operator had contacted a towing service. cal and life sciences, mathematics and engineering, according to www2.ed.gov.

“To be able to see someone who looks like you who’s striving, who is able to get out of a situation and make it, it was always something I looked up to,” Brown said.

Despite this, HBCUs are becoming underfunded and unable to purchase books or new technology, according to Brown.

“A lot of people of color like myself are staying away from HBCUs even though we love the culture,” Brown said. “I would be selling myself short if I went there, which is sad.”

Brown said that she hopes to be able to help with funding for HBCUs some day so that they might continue to create positive influences for black students in the United States.

“They (HBCUs) are needed,” Brown said. “It’s necessary.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Stuck in the middle: The sandwich generation A lex P rince

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A trio of speakers held a panel March 1 to discuss and share the personal challenges they have faced being primary caregivers for their families. Together, Rachelle Smith, professor of English, Carol Russell, professor of Early Childhood Development, and Fletcher Russell, husband of Carol Russell, touched on issues of gender, parenting and the struggle of being a part of the sandwich generation.

“Many of our students have family responsibilities, to take care of one another while going to school,” Smith said. “This is an issue not often discussed, but is very important in today’s world.”

The sandwich generation is a term referring to the broad group of adults who have assumed the role of primary caregiver of both their children and their aging parents, sandwiching them in between.

“If you live in a big extended family, and there’s nothing wrong with anybody, you’d be one of the

Panelists Fletcher Russell and Dr. Rachelle Smith speak about the many aspects involved in being caregivers for both the young and the old on Wednesday in the Memorial Union’s Blue Key Room, incorporating their own personal experiences and advice. The panel discussion, called Caring for A Loved One: Gendered Dimensions and Issues, was the first event of Women’s History month. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

luckiest families in the world,” Fletcher Russell said.

The challenges faced by the sandwich generation are great and require them to go great lengths to care for their parents.

“We built a home on land we owned for my parents be-

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? S

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Mid-Program Review: Great job students The Mid-Program Portfolio Review was a refreshing experience that allowed me to not only enjoy art, but also the artists.

As a fellow Student Hornet, I couldn’t help but appreciate and adore the amount of work and effort put into each piece.

More importantly, I appreci-

cause they did not want to be put in a nursing home,” Carol Russell said.

The benefit of being able to care for her parents and have their children spend time with their grandparents were extraordinary, according to Carol Russell.

As parents, Fletcher Russell served as the primary caregiver for their four daughters, choosing to stay at home while Carol Russell pursued teaching, something they said was not expected of their genders.

“I saw us as androgy-

ated the unique position I was in as an attendee to be able to interact with the artists.

Throughout the reception, there seemed to be a competitive or showcasing atmosphere that was certainly attributed to art professors reviewing student’s work. With that being said, I was able to enjoy the reception all the more.

One of my favorite pieces was “Acceptance” by Alice Hampton. The intricacies and detail in color and engravings caused me to notice something different each time I came back around to look at it.

When I asked Hampton about the process in making the piece she revealed that it took over seven prints and color engravings to get the final

product that was on display.

By this process alone, it was clear why I noticed new things each time I placed a new set of eyes on it.

Initially, I noticed the blue, which made me feel cool and on second glance, red was apparent, which made me feel warm. After a third look, the wrapping of the bright red intestines became apparent to my eyes.

Callie Vessar’s “Wadulesi,” which is bumblebee in Cherokee according to Vessar, seemed simple on the surface, but then I noticed the faded yellow in the middle of the bee’s body, and the hairy details on the bee itself.

One issue that I and many other people seemed to have

nous,” Carol Russell said.

“I believe our caring for our daughters prepared us to better care for our parents.”

Smith faced similar challenges despite not having children of her own.

“I did raise my baby sister from age 13 while I was working on my undergraduate degree,” Smith said.

“Now I bought a house and my middle sister, who is mentally disabled, lives along with me and my mother who is almost 80.”

There was pressure from her family to become a caregiver, said Smith, and she sees that as well in the wider culture.

“There’s a great deal of fear and anxiety about what responsibilities are expected of us by family and community,” Smith said. “A lot of that burden does tend to fall on women.”

It is Smith’s hope that these conversations can evolve from a gendered issue into a human issue.

According to Carol Russell, there are currently 37 million unpaid caregivers, and that number is expected to triple by 2050.

was that the Gilson Memorial Room, which is where the art was located, was extremely and uncomfortably warm.

There were refreshments available to cool down with, but it was difficult to completely enjoy the art because of my body temperature.

But this is a minor complaint that I’m sure is either purposeful for the preservation of the art or simply uncontrollable by management.

Either way, I felt that the Mid-Program review was a success that many people actually attended.

The art was detailed, intricate, different, challenging, thought-provoking and colorful, which is exactly all of the attributes art should have.

Bonner & Bonner

Hornets showcase art

Desiree de la Peña, senior art education major, describes her metal work, “Acid,” to Derek Wilkinson, associative professor in art and professor in painting and drawing, yesterday afternoon in the Bruder Theater Lobby. The students showcased were all enrolled in the course mid-program portfolio review, a class that allows students to assess themselves as well as be evaluated from professors. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

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Dr. Steve Perry speaks about education reform during the Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture on Thursday in Albert Taylor Hall, challenging the future educators in the audience to always say “yes” to their students and to create a culture of learning in each school district. The lecture was sponsored by the Honors College and Perry’s talk focused on disadvantaged children, his advocacy work and the success of his Hartford, Connecticut magnet school. John Reynolds | The Bulletin

Wooster Entertainment Club Event List March 10 Poetry, Prose, and Playwrite in the PM The Writing Center

3-5 pm

March 14

April 6

May 9

Institute for Pi Research

War on the Wall: Allied Poster Propaganda of World War I

Dr. Hamilton’s Public Speaking Final Speeches

TBD

More Events To Be Announced

2pm, 4pm, 7:30pm

10:10am-12pm

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OPINION

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Let’s put the “high” in Higher Education We, as Kansans, could learn a lot from Colorado when it comes to the legal use of marijuana.

The legalization of marijuana, whether used for medical or recreational reasons, is a good asset to help off set state spending.

Especially when you live in a state where there are constant budget cuts to help keep the rich, rich and the poor, poor.

As of now, Senator David Haley has reintroduced a marijuana bill that died in the Committee on Public Health and Welfare in the summer of 2016. This bill would have allowed the medical use of marijuana, according to the Kansas Legislature website.

Of course, this would be

a huge step for Kansas if the Senate approved this bill.

But what would make this situation of legal marijuana even better is that if Kansas used the tax revenue on marijuana to start funding public school scholarships.

Pueblo County in Colorado announced sometime in February the commissioners have started “the world’s first cannabis-funded scholarship,” according to coloradopolitics.com.

“Colorado Politics” also said that the tax on their marijuana would revenue of $425,000 dollars, all of which would be in the upcoming fall to the new program at both Pueblo Community College or Colorado State University in Pueblo. The applicants coming into the

STAFF EDITORIAL program who just graduated from high school will automatically qualify for the scholarship and students can start applying for it.

See, Pueblo, Colorado wants to see the youth of America succeed, and the youth can’t succeed if they are discouraged by the ever-so-rising cost of higher education.

Kansas needs to take note.

Especially because within the current year, Kansas Legislature has cut school budgets twice.

This archaic idea that marijuana is some sort of gateway drug that will lead people to using cocaine or heroin or any other sort of negative idea about the drug is down right bullshit.

People are going to smoke it regardless whether it’s legal or not and whether people need it for a medical condition or not.

So why don’t we, as Kansans, look past these obsolete ideas that marijuana is a “bad thing” and that this plant is harmless compared to any sort of drug given to people from the pharmaceutical companies or so much more harmless than any street-drug people come up with.

Cartoon By Liam Kampsen | The Bulletin

Why Now?

2000s to the renovations made to the Memorial Union just a few years ago, the campus is always changing.

One change that has been proposed, and now approved, is to update Abigail Morse Hall and to demolish Central Morse Hall and Northeast Morse Hall.

The renovations would make Abigail Morse more ADA accessible and the third floor would also become liveable H annah H aefele once again. hhaefele@esubulle tin.com These plans came from a Residential Life Project ArchiFrom the additions to Beach Music Hall made in the early tectural Program Document

created by President Allison Garrett, Vice President of Student Affairs, James Williams, and Director of Residential Life, Cass Coughlin. That plan comes from November 2016, yet there have since been minor improvements made to the current Morse Complex.

If there was already a plan in place to get rid of all or part of the building, why continue to make improvements to the current building? Over winter break, a new WiFi network was installed for Morse residents, which is a whole other topic of

I Have A Dream

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Building up a sense of pride and admiration for a place you’ve grown so familiar with is a passion like no other.

The profound love that is expressed and spread across an expansion of colorful people and the ability for those people of all walks of life to connect as one is a beautiful experience.

There is a bond like no other between all who have roots in the same soil, of which you call home.

This is what it means to belong.

But imagine that this was

not the case. Imagine you had no rights to proclaiming your identity or living out your dreams.

This is the case for many real-life individuals who are born into the United States and are undocumented.

Although you may never notice who they are or even assimilate how they manage to live and succeed despite being unauthorized citizens, they have a voice.

America is an amalgamation of different people and backgrounds, so it is unfair to inhibit those who love and respect this country just because they were raised on more than one culture.

It is also cruel to ignore the well-deserved accomplishments of undocumented families and instead label them as “outsiders.”

If they were born here, then why are we not recognizing them as American-born citizens?

Former President Obama initiated a program called

discussion.

Over the past summer, the Morse Reception Center received an upgrade and some of the floors in Morse were carpeted. According to a 2014 Campus Master Plan, replacing the Morse Complex is not a new discussion. The minor improvements have made some parts of Morse more liveable, but the costs were unnecessary.

Most of Morse will be different, if not gone, in a few years.

Our tuition and room and board money went nowhere with these recent updates. They

won’t exist to help students in the future, and the extensive updates were not worth it for current residents.

As students paying for our education and paying to live on campus, we need to make ourselves aware of where our money is going. Reaching out to President Garrett or contacting the Faculty Senate is a start.

If you find that projects being funded are a waste of money, tell someone. Inform the President and the Faculty Senate about the issue. Ask if there are other options available.

Protecting Americans

the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals, which permitted those undocumented and set to be deported a chance to work and achieve their goals.

After the election and Donald Trump took office, the fears of undocumented students escalated and now more than ever. Their lives are sadly hanging in the balance.

As an international student, I can relate to those who love this country and want to stay because just going to school in America to me, personally, was a big accomplishment.

I encourage those who are losing hope in living the “American Dream” and harboring fear to instead remain brave and continue in the path of following their dreams.

The only way you can fail is if you give up and throw away your vision, and it is worth more to fight for your dreams and see where life takes you.

I believe in America and the “American Dream” and I believe in the American people and their right to dream.

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Two Indian men in a Kansas City bar were shot because of their race.

Anti-Semitic threats have been made across the country, including the vandalism of two Jewish cemeteries.

And yet our federal government remains silent.

It would be politically inconvenient for the current administration to say that there is a threat to our citizenry that is not Islamic extremism. A threat that has always existed and been mostly ignored. But the recent increase in extremist attacks against minorities cannot be ignored. Our fellow citizens and those we have temporarily taken under our wing in good faith are objectively less safe.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

We must not rely on our government to do something about it. Our strength as a free country

nearly by definition comes not from the actions of our leaders but from us, the people. If we truly despise the way our fellow people are being treated our action should not be to ask the government to help them.

We cannot ask unwilling, uncaring politicians to be this country’s shield. We as empathetic Americans must be that shield.

Don’t look to the reports of hatred and complain that the government is doing nothing.

You are a free citizen with all the power in the world to do something, you have a voice and the ability to get up and say, “Enough is enough,” which has been the case in this country since its inception. The history books may sing the glories of our leaders, but those leaders were absolutely nothing compared to the American people.

It all starts here in places like ESU. We can support our exchange students, continue meaningful dialogue, go out of our way to ensure our fellow students are safe, and when the voice of fear and anger rears its ugly head, we can push it back down to the darkness that it came from. For every shout of hatred there are a thousand that can shout above it.

We must be willing to do it ourselves and not hope others will for us.

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El equipo de trabajo discute la póliza del tabaco S alma V illa svilla@esubulle tin.com

El Comité de Pólizas y Eventos de un grupo de trabajo que se formó para disminuir y eventualmente eliminar el consumo de tabaco en el campus se reunió el lunes para revisar la póliza actual universitaria sobre el uso del tabaco para determinar qué partes deben actualizarse para un campus libre de tabaco .

“Hay algunas frases aquí que vamos a tener que básicamente eliminar totalmente y volver a trabajar,” dijo Coughlin.

El comité primero necesita definir efectivamente “libre de tabaco” y “campus” para eliminar cualquier pregunta sobre qué sustancias están prohibidas y en qué áreas, según Coughlin.

“Ya que vayamos a un límite geográfico, sólo va a ser una declaración que capture eso,” dijo Coughlin.

Los miembros del comité discutieron la posibilidad de prohibir el tabaco en los campus de extensión, pero Cassie Stair, estudiante de último año en ciencia política y miembra del comité de Cumplimiento y Aplicación, dijo que no habría manera de hacer cumplir esa prohibición.

“Al menos en el primer intento de esto, tal vez eso es lo que hacemos,” dijo Coughlin. “Nos limitamos a concentrarnos en este campus.”

Otros comités del equipo de trabajo que se reunieron el lunes incluyen Marketing y Medios de Comunicación, Cumplimiento y Aplicación y Cesación y Prevención, de acuerdo a Mikala Sharlow, estudiante de último año en comunicación y miembra del Cass Coughlin, director de vida residencial, Mikala Sharlow, estudiante de último año en comunicación y CasComité de Pólizas y Eventos. sandra Stair, estudiante de último año en ciencia política, hablan sobre la póliza del uso del tabaco el lunes en La próxima junta del equi- el Memorial Union. En la junta, se discutió el cambio a la póliza de la universidad. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin po de trabajos se llevará a cabo a las 11 de la mañana el lunes 13 de marzo en el Memorial Union.

Hornets participan en la cuaresma

hasta el día de pascua, la cuaresma ha empezado.

Cuaresma es un ayuno de Con menos de 40 días 40 días, excluyendo los

domingos, que empezó jueves santo. el miércoles pasado y se“Como parte de cuguirá hasta el 16 de abril, aresma, los católicos hael jueves antes de pascua, cen algo extra o paran de usar algo para que aprecien mejor el sacrificio de Cristo en el desierto,” dijo Alex McAnerney, estudiante de segundo año en 40 días conmemorando JesuCristo ayunando en el desierto contabilidad. “(Cristo) fue domingo lunes martes miercoles jueves viernes sabado resucitado el domingo de febrero 26 27 28 marzo 1 2 3 4 pascua… cuaresma es la cuaresma empieza martes de preparación.” absolución miércoles de ceniza El miércoles pasado fue 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 miércoles de ceniza y el martes pasado fue el martes de absolución. Estu18 12 13 14 16 17 15 diantes fueron marcados con cruces de ceniza en sus frentes el miércoles de 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ceniza.

“Iglesias cristianas tienen servicios especiales abril 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 que bendicen a la gente en la frente con ceniza, como un símbolo de penitencia,” 5 6 7 2 3 4 8 segun telegraph.co.uk. A veces, la ceniza se deja en 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 la frente para demostrar el signo de la cruz al resto jueves santo fin de cuaresma del mundo.”

22 16 17 18 19 20 21 Participación en la cuaresma usualmente sigpascua nifica dejar de comer una comida favorita o dejar un vicio. Otros ayunan para la Infographic By Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin cuaresma.

“Dejé la carne y Dr. Pepper,” dijo Hannah Pierce,

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estudiante de tercer año en educación. “Creo que (cuaresma) nos recuerda porqué practicamos nuestra fe.”

Otros usan la cuaresma para hacer bien. “(La cuaresma es para) hacer más para ayudar a otros,” dijo McAnerney.

Los retos de cuaresma no son exclusivos para católicos y cristianos, gente de otras religiones o que no son religiosos también pueden participar.

“Te ayuda formar una nueva perspectiva y ver como algo que piensas que es importante en realidad es insignificante y es solo una cosa material que no es necesidad,” dijo Pierce.

Está universalidad de la cuaresma hace que muchos pueden participar y participarán en las semanas que siguen hasta la pascua.

“En general, (la cuaresma) te hace sentir mejor de ti mismo,” dijo McAnerney.

Sociedad de honor Blue Key busca miembros nuevos G aby A mparan g a m pa r a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

El jueves pasado la sociedad de honor Blue Key tuvo un evento informacional en el Memorial Union para que miembros conocieran a estudiantes interesados en el grupo.

Blue Key ha sido restablecido recientemente en ESU. “Este capítulo de Blue Key… es importante para la organización de la serie de lectura Hayes Lecture que se trata del desarollo de liderazgo,” según bluekey.org, el sitio web oficial de la sociedad. “El capitulo organiza una conferencia de liderazgo para líderes de Emporia State.”

Hayes Lecture también es una oportunidad para becas por parte de la sociedad.

Según June Coleman, tutor de la sociedad, Blue Key regala cinco becas de $1000 basadas en composiciones de estudiantes.

El capítulo de ESU empezó originalmente en 1961, segun bluekey.org.

“Por un tiempo en los 80s no tuvimos el grupo,” dijo Coleman. “Empezamos de nuevo en 2012… gracias al trabajo de un grupo nuevo de estudiantes.”

Coleman mencionó que Blue Key tiene ocho miembros, y que quieren crecer en el futuro hasta unos 30 miembros.

“Tenemos tres valores, liderazgo, becas y servicio,” dijo Bailey Lampton, silla de reclutamiento para el capítulo de la sociedad en ESU. “Buscamos a estudiantes que tienen estas cualidades.”

La sociedad require que miembros sean, académicamente, estudiantes del tercer o último año, que tengan un GPA de 3.0 y que cumplan con los requisitos de servicio comunitario.

“Queremos que estudiantes demuestren su compromiso al servicio comu-

Miembros de la sociedad de honor Blue Key contestan preguntas durante la junta para estudiantes interesados el jueves pasado en el Preston Family Room. Los requisitos para ser un miembro incluyen ser estudiante del tercer o último año, tener un GPA de 3.0 y completar servicio comunitario. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin

nitario,” dijo Coleman, do posiciones como líderes contacte a blampton@g. emporia.edu. “no solo los grados pero en el pasado.”

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HORNET OF THE WEEK

Student strives to bring art to patients

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Sydney Inman, graduate art therapy and clinical counseling major, is a member of Community Hornets and Union Activities Council. She has been a part of various service projects including Operation Christmas Child, which donated toys and personal care items to less fortunate children; and G.I.V.E. (Getting Involved with Volunteering in Emporia), a volunteer program that provides Emporia State students with opportunities to participate in community service.

Inman grew up in Oklahoma and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Oklahoma. She says she decided to attend ESU for her master ’s because it is one of a few universities that offers a dual curriculum for art therapy and clinical counseling.

“It really has been a growing process. I have

learned a lot about myself,” Inman said. “It has been so rewarding to have taken that leap to come here.”

Inman has only been at ESU since August, but has already had an impact on many people, including her co-workers at the CSI. “I’ve been impressed how even in her very first week here, she was immediately building relationships with people all over campus,” said Elayna Coleman, senior English major. “She is willing to do whatever is asked of her, she always has a positive attitude and she really lights up the office. She is truly one of the most genuine and kind people I have ever met.”

Inman currently works as the manager for Corky’s Cupboard, an organization that helps provide students who struggle to eat regularly with a source of food in a time of need.

“She gets along so well with all the undergraduate students she works with, I just trust her to be

Sydney Inman, first year graduate student in art therapy and clinical counseling, talks with Blythe Eddy, director of student activities and community service about getting involved with volunteering in Emporia acitivites. Inman said she feels satisfied through her job at G.I.V.E. because she can interact with people.

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an amazing role model to them,” said Blythe Eddy, director for student activities and community service at the CSI. “I give her a lot

of the credit for the success that we have been having this year.”

Afte graduation, Inman would like to work in

a medical facility with elderly and pediatric patients and eventually open her own art therapy practice.

What are you giving up?

Christian Hornets observe Lent

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continued from page 1 Kevin Rabas, chair and professor of English, modern languages and journalism, supported Colson’s decision to teach this class based on the recent diversity initiatives and the current nature of the topic.

“Dr. Colson is an expert in American Literature and cultural studies that accompany that literature,” Rabas said.

“In many ways, it seems that he’s the best person in our department to grapple with this subject...This looks like an important time to have a fair discussion about race in America.”

Rabas said classes like these are important to inform students.

“A class like this deals with difficult subjects, but I trust Dr. Colson’s measured and energetic approach,” Rabas said.

“This is an important issue in our society. An ongoing one, perhaps recent events have brought this discussion to the forefront.”

Neither Rabas or Colson anticipate any problems with the

class.

“I take all my classes seriously, given the timing of this class and the commitment to diversity on this campus...I recognize that this is a class that students are going to be interested in, but it might also attract other sorts of attention, so it’s a class I’m taking even extra time in the planning and research process,” Colson said.

The class readings will consist of literature, new sources and recent scholarly work. One of the readings for the class will be “Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, according to Colson.

According to a review in The New York Times, written by Michiko Kakutani, “Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book, ‘Between the World and Me,’ is a searing meditation on what it means to be black in America today...and speaks of the perils of living in a country where unarmed black men and boys ...are dying at the hands of police officers.”

The class will take place in the Fall of 2017 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-3:20 p.m.

Registration for the class is open now.

are supposed to do something extra, or give something up that could be difficult for them so they can more appropriately appreciate the Lord’s sacrifice in the desert” said Alex McAnerney, sophomore accounting major. “(Christ) rides in on Palm Sunday, dies and is reborn on Easter…

Lent is preparation for this.”

Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, with last Tuesday being Shrove Tuesday. Students last week wore marks of the cross on their heads in honor of Ash Wednesday.

“Christian churches hold special services at which worshippers are blessed on the forehead with a cross of ashes as a symbol of death and penance,” according to telegraph.co.uk. “Sometimes, the mark is left on the forehead to show that they carry the sign of the cross into the world.”

Participation in Lent often involves giving up a favorite food or vice. Others fast for the days of Lent.

“I gave up meat and Dr. Pepper,” said Hannah Pierce, junior elementary education

major. “I think (Lent) reminds us about why we practice our faith.”

Some people take advantage of Lent as a time to go out of their own way to do good work. “(Lent is for) doing things above and beyond the call of duty and expecting no thanks,” McAnerney said.

Lenten challenges are not exclusive to Catholics and Christians, making it possible for followers of other faiths as well as the non-religious to experience the challenge.

“It just really puts into perspective how something you think is super important is just kind of insignificant and really is just a material thing you can live without,” Pierce said.

This universality makes Lent something that many people can partake in and will partake in for the next several weeks until Easter.

“In general, (Lent gives) a better feeling about yourself,” McAnerney said.

Submit your abstract for Research & Creativity Day! Sponsored by the Research and Grants Center, the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Committee, and the University Honors Program, Research and Creativity Day is set aside to highlight a wide range of student and faculty research and creative activities.

The morning will begin with oral presentations by undergraduate and graduate students and the poster session will take place in the afternoon. A Three Minute Thesis (3MT) contest will also take place in the morning for graduate students. Students interested in the Three Minute Thesis are also eligible to submit poster abstracts. Visual and performing artists are also encouraged to participate. A separate room for performances and the visual arts will be available if there are faculty or students interested in participating. The award ceremony will take place during the luncheon, which is free to all participants.

Participants and attendees will be able to participate in People's Choice Awards this year.

Please go to www.emporia.edu/research/rcd.html to submit your abstract.

Students may submit abstracts for both an oral presentation and a poster.

Faculty are encouraged to participate in the poster session.

Submissions are due by Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

This is an excellent opportunity for faculty and students to share with the campus community their research, scholarly, or creative work.

Free lunch for all participants Free t-shirt for all participants People’s Choice Awards

The Guidelines for Presenters site contains information on poster equipment and tips on developing posters. All participants are encouraged to visit http://www.emporia.edu/research/guidelines-for-presenters.html. Contact Pam Fillmore at pfillmor@emporia.edu or at extension 5351 if you have questions.

Don’t wait – submit your abstract now!

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Online students use Zoom for an on-campus experience H annah J effers -H user

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This semester’s professors and students alike have been taking advantage of the program Zoom, a video and recording program through canvas, for online classes.

“Zoom is an online conferencing tool,” said Rachel Spaulding, assistant professor for English, modern languages and journalism. “It has a lot of embedded features in the sense that you can meet virtually face-to-face in a oneon-one kind of way…You can have five, six (or) seven people on the same conference call and their faces are going to appear on the screen as they interact with the other people on the other side of the screen.”

Up to 100 people can use Zoom at one time and it is similar to Skype, but on steroids, according to Spaulding.

Zoom is a part of canvas and does not cost students anything to use, according to Spaulding.

Miranda Bargdill, graduate student in the school of

counseling, uses Zoom in her classroom.

According to Bargdill, students in her class can use Zoom to work together on group projects or record themselves instead of doing discussion posts online.

“Since they’re (students) doing all this work and it is so based on their ideas and how they apply it to their knowledge, they get so much more when they can talk and share with their classmates,” Bargdill said.

Jessica Schasteen, junior elementary education major, took an online class that utilized Zoom.

“It was nice because since it was an online class, it still gave us a chance to see our teacher somewhat in person, but without the commitment of having to go to class everyday,” Schasteen said.

The program was easy to use, according to Schasteen.

“She (the professor) would use it to have meetings once a month for the class just for her to go over the stuff we should have been working on,

on our own,” Schasteen said. tations that we had to do, so for us to show our classmates “We also have group presen- she used that as the platform our projects.”

Rachel Spaulding, assistant professor in English, modern languages, and journalism makes use of Zoom, a video conference application, during the Transatlantic Slave Literature on Slavery course Thursday night in Plumb Hall. Zoom allows off campus students to participate in class and experience the lecture, just as a student that was physically in the classroom would. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

Panelists split on Trump’s performance D ustin B ittel dbit tel@esubulle tin.com

Conservatism was on the hot seat Tuesday night during a panel composed of three faculty members and two students that allowed the Emporia State

community to discuss the Trump Administration, it’s promises and expectations.

“In terms of Trump fitting into a context of conservatism, he is kind of representative of an old fashioned Republi-

can Party view, especially on issues like trade,” said Gregory Schneider, panelist and professor of social sciences. “My view is, in some respect he fits within the conservative perspective, and in other respects he is very different from it,

Greg Schneider, professor of social sciences, discusses the possible replacement of the Affordable Care Act that the Republicans will propose on Tuesday in the Heritage Room. The group of panelists engaged in a discussion of policy issues, questions, and events related to President Trump’s agenda for the country and the world.

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continued from page 1 a survivor of Guantanamo Bay, where they accused the United States of ill treatment, according to Brinton. “‘Conversion therapy,’ sometimes known as ‘reparative therapy,’ is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression,” according to

The Human Rights Campaign.

According to Brinton, one of their proudest moments was when Kansas introduced legislation and Michelle Obama called them to congratulate them.

The talk was co-sponsored

by PRIDE and Sociology Club, according to Deidre Elrod, president of PRIDE and senior sociology major.

“He is inspiring people to do what they can do to end conversion therapy on minors,” Elrod said.

which kind of fits the history of the conservative movement itself.”

Schneider gave an example of a more traditional conservative approach with Governor Sam Brownback in Kansas.

“In terms of the policies the Brownback Administration has followed on the economy and taxes, with Donald Trump I think you’ll see tax cuts, but I think they’ll be different in scope and scale than perhaps in a Reagan-style policy,” Schneider said.

With the open question and answer style of the panel, many aspects of Trump’s presidency were covered, including healthcare and immigration.

“Conservative, liberal or not, any time you have administration ready to take people, put them in boxes and ship them across the border to get them out the country… I don’t think it’s fair,” said Sarah Spoon, panelist, sophomore English and Spanish major and the Editor-In-Chief of The Bulletin. “I don’t think it’s equal and I don’t really care to listen to it anymore.”

Valerie Dunn, panelist

and junior secondary education and history major, said that she thinks that unity among women and other minorities has also changed since President Trump was elected.

“They were clung together in hope and now they’re kind of clung together in fear,” Dunn said.

Schneider, however, said that not all of these problems should be blamed on the first 40 days of the Trump presidency.

“I think in any term the problems you diagnose or the problems of the previous administration, which is responsible for bringing about Donald Trump to a large degree,” Schneider said.

Trump encapsulates a lot of the disgraceful periods in American History, according to Max McCoy, panelist, adviser for The Bulletin and professor of English, modern language and journalism.

“One of the things that disturbs me is that we are more polarized as a nation than we’ve ever been since the time of the Civil War,” McCoy said.

Get Involved: Blue Key Honor Society seeks new members N ick W athke

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Last Thursday the Blue Key Honor Society at Emporia State hosted a meet and greet for current and prospective members in the Blue Key room of the Memorial Union. The Blue Key Honor Society has recently been re-chartered at ESU. “This Blue Key Chapter... plays a significant role in the hosting of the Hayes Lecture Series that addresses leadership development,” according to bluekey.org, the official website of the honor society. “The chapter also hosts a Leadership Conference for Emporia State emerging leaders in the student body.”

The Hayes Lecture Series not only hosts leadership speakers like John Stibal in December, it is also an opportunity for students to earn scholarships from the honor society.

According to June Coleman, faculty advisor for the honor society, Blue Key awards five $1000 scholarships based on written responses to the lecture series.

The ESU chapter was originally chartered in 1961, according to bluekey.org.

“The organization went non-active for a long period of time in the 80’s,” Coleman

Members of Blue Key Honors Society answer questions from junior and senior students during the meet and greet event for potential members last Thursday in Preston Family Room. The requirements to become a Blue Key member includes being an upperclassmen, uphold a 3.0 GPA and complete community service. Tingxuen Lu | The Bulletin

said. “They were rechartered in 2012…when our new group of students got rolling.”

Coleman said that the Blue Key Honor Society at ESU currently has eight members, and is aspiring to grow in the near future to approximately 30.

“We have three values: leadership, scholarship and service,” said Bailey Lampton, recruitment chair for the ESU chapter of the honor society.

“We really look for people who have those qualities.”

The society requires members to be academically a junior or senior, and maintain a 3.0 G.P.A. in addition to

meeting community service requirements.

“We ask students to demonstrate their commitment to community service,” Coleman said. “Not just the 3.0 G.P.A., but what else they’ve been doing academically to be strong… and we ask that they have held leadership positions.”

Among other facts, bluekey. org mentions that Jeff Colyer, lieutenant governor of Kansas, is an alumnus of the Blue Key Honor Society.

For information on the application process and relevant scholarship information email blampton@g.emporia.edu.

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Hornet women capture 5th straight MIAA Tournament title B ethany B owman bbowman@esubulle tin.com

KANSAS CITY-The Emporia State women’s basketball team won their fifth straight MIAA Conference Tournament title on Sunday with a 62-54 win over Central Oklahoma at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.

“Obviously it’s a great feeling,” said junior guard Jacee Kramer in an interview on Tuesday. “As a team, we kind of have a different aura about us when March hits.”

Junior forward Kyrstie Miller started the scoring with a threepointer to put the Hornets up 3-0. UCO lead 10-6 with just under five minutes left to play in the first quarter before a layup and a free-throw by senior guard

Kelly Moten pulled ESU within one at 10-9 with 3:36 remaining.

Later in the quarter, a Bronchos basket put UCO up 14-11 but sophomore forward Shelby Baker answered with one of her own with 23 seconds remaining to put Emporia State within 14-13 heading into the second quarter.

The Hornets and Bronchos traded baskets for much of the second quarter until a jumper by Kramer gave the Hornets a 24-22 lead at the 2:43 mark. A threepointer by UCO would round out the scoring for the half as the Bronchos took a 25-24 lead into halftime.

“I was really hoping last night would’ve tired [UCO] out for our game today,” said ESU women’s basketball coach Jory Collins said in a postgame

interview with “The Emporia Gazette.” “It didn’t look like that at all. We looked like we were the tired team in the first half. [It was] just a really good battle,[we got] outrebounded early in the game, couldn’t make many shots, but hung in there.

In the second half we got some to go and really got the glass back in our favor.”

The game remained close in the third quarter as both teams played for their seeding in the NCAA Division II Basketball Championship. UCO opened up a lead with a 6-0 run to put them up 31-24 at the 8:44 mark, but Emporia State came back within four at 33-29 with 7:21 left on the clock.

A Megan Womack jumper gave the Bronchos a 37-29 lead until the Hornets answered with

a 6-0 run of their own to trail by two, 37-35 with 4:15 left in the third. The Bronchos held onto a 43-41 lead with 55 seconds remaining but Moten scored to tie the game up at 43-43 heading into the final quarter.

The Hornets began the quarter with a basket by senior forward Kathryn Flott for a 45-43 lead. The Bronchos had a 49-46 edge at the 7:00 mark until junior guard Addie Lackey drained a three to tie it back up at 49.

UCO took a 52-51 lead over the Hornets with 5:20 left in the game, but the Bronchos’ scoring would stall in the waning minutes. The Hornets finished out the game on a 11-2 run and got the win 62-54, grabbing their fifth straight MIAA title and a guaranteed ticket to the NCAA tournament.

“I think we played well especially down the stretch,” Kramer said. “We had some big plays on both sides of the ball in the fourth quarter. It was nice to win in Kansas City, but that’s just one championship we’re out to get this month.”

Moten led the Hornets in scoring with 15 points and was named to the MIAA All-Tournament Team. Kramer finished with 13 points and Lackey added nine. Flott scored six in the Championship game and was named the Tournament MVP for the second straight year.

“It’s March,” Moten said.

“Lace it up and play. It’s win or go home. We’re winners and we’re champions and we prepare for this moment. That’s what we’re doing.”

Sports Shorts

Emporia State baseball takes series with Quincy

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Last weekend, the #13 Emporia State baseball team traveled to Quincy, Illinois for a three-game series against Quincy University. The Hornets started day one by splitting a doubleheader, falling 8-7 in game one and dominating game two with a 19-7 victory.

In game one, the Hawks took

an early lead in the first inning by plating a run. Quincy would score two more runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. In the top of the fourth, junior infielder Tate Kastens singled to right field to score Kaden Shaffer, junior infielder, to close the gap 3-1.

Two more runs scored to tie the game at 3 before a single to left field from senior infielder Alex White brought Ryan McBroom, senior infielder, home to give the

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Fresh off their fifth straight MIAA Tournament Championship, the #6 Hornet women’s basketball team is now looking to win their first national title since 2010.

Emporia State’s overall record of 27-4, a mark that included a 15-4 performance in conference games, was enough to earn them a 1-seed in the Central Regional for the upcoming DII Women’s Basketball Championship. Lead

by MIAA Player and Defensive Player of the Year, senior guard Kelly Moten, the Hornets will travel to Searcy, Arkansas this Friday to kick off Central Regional play against 8-seeded Northern State. Tip is scheduled for noon.

Hailing from Aberdeen, South Dakota, the Wolves finished 26-6 overall with a 166 record in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. NSU finished second in the NSIC’s Northern Division and captured the conference tournament with a 55-52 defeat of Sioux Falls.

Northern State led the NSIC in field goal percentage defense and rebound margin according to northernsun.org. The Wolves’ top player this season, 6-foot2-inch center Miranda Ristau, was fifth in the NSIC in scoring and rebounding. She’s listed as averaging 16.4 points and eight rebounds a game on nsuwolvesathletics.com.

The Hornets and Wolves faced each other in last year’s tournament in their first-ever

meeting. Emporia State won 7568 behind 16 points from Addie Lackey.

Elsewhere in the Central Regional, the Hornets will recognize some familiar opponents. MIAA foes Central Oklahoma, Pittsburg State, and Central Missouri hold the 4, 5, and 6 seeds respectively. The bracket’s 2-seed and hosting university, #10 Harding, may prove to be the Hornets’ biggest challenge.

The Bisons (27-3, 21-1 in the Great American Conference) averaged 72.7 points per game on offense, holding opponents to only 59.4 according to NCAA. com. They are led by an even attack of Caroline Hogue, Sydney Layrock, A’ndrea Haney and Sydnie Jones who all average over 10 ppg.

If the Hornets advance from the Central Regional, they can expect to face even stiffer competition. The top-ranked Ashland Eagles hold the 1-seed in the Midwest Regional and will be looking to complete the first 37-0 season in Division II women’s basketball history.

Other challengers include #2 Alaska-Anchorage, the owners of a 25-game win streak, and #16 Western Washington, home of the nation’s leading scorer, Taylor Peacocke, who averages 23.4 ppg.

The tournament will conclude with the National Championship game on March 24 at a site that is still to be determined. The game begins at 6 pm and can be streamed on CBS.com.

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afternoon. ESU took the series 2-1 and improved to 13-3 overall on the year.

Because of the windy conditions, Emporia State has rescheduled their game with Newman, originally scheduled for Wednesday, to March 15 at 5 p.m. at the Trusler Sports Complex.

Statistical information provided by Emporia State Athletics.

Kelly Moten #2 (above left) Senior Guard; Addie Lackey #24 (right) Junior Guard; Kathryn Flott #30 (above right) Senior Forward Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin ablake@esubulle tin.com

#8 Northern State

Emporia State opened up game two with a six-run first inning then dominated the second inning with seven more runs, giving them a 13-1 lead after two. The Hornets had another five runs in the sixth inning to cap a 19-7 win over Quincy.

The Hornets finished game three with eight runs in the ninth to help them secure a 142 win over Quincy on Sunday

Moten, Flott, Lackey awarded postseason honors

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Hornets a 4-3 advantage.

The Hawks scored another run in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game. In the bottom of the fifth, Quincy plated four more runs to take the lead 8-4.

McBroom hit a two-run homer to bring the score to. A sacfly got the Hornets within one in the top of the ninth, but they were unable to score any further, giving Quincy game one with an 8-7 win.

Three members of the Emporia State women’s basketball team have had their successful seasons recognized nationally.

Senior guard Kelly Moten was named the MIAA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, earning her a spot on the conference’s First Team. She ranked second in the MIAA in scoring (18.6 points per game) assists (4.6 per game) and steals (2.1 per game), was third with a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio, sixth in field goal

percentage at 46.7 percent and free throw percentage at 83.8 percent, and was sixth in blocked shots with 1.2 per game during the regular season. She is the first Hornet to ever achieve totals of at least 1,800 points, 600 rebounds, 450 assists, 200 steals and 100 blocks in a career.

Senior forward Kathryn Flott earned Second-Team All-MIAA honors and led the MIAA in rebounding with 10.2 boards per game this season. She also topped the league in offensive rebounds, ranked second in defensive rebounds and was 13th with a 79.5 percent

mark from the free throw line. She is seventh on the Hornet’s career rebounding list with 861 and is ranked 14th among active NCAA Division II players.

J u n i o r g u a rd A d d i e Lackey was named to the Third-Team and ranked 14th in the MIAA with 13.4 points per game this season.

She was ninth in made three-pointers with an even two per game. Lackey is ninth in career made threepointers at Emporia State with 149 made shots from beyond the arc.

Statistical information provided by Emporia State Athletics.