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Women & Weights pg. 7

Sports pg. 8

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ASG unanimously passes anti-gun resolution

Black student union hosts annual step dance

R ayna K arst convergence editor

The Associated Student Government at Emporia State voted, with a count of 17-0-0, to pass a resolution against guns on campus during their meeting Thursday night.

The resolution states “the Associated Student Government of Emporia State University does not support anyone bringing guns on campus, or storing guns in university facilities, excluding the Police and Safety building.”

Seventy-two percent of ESU students were dissatisfied with handguns being allowed on campus, and 69 percent of students at colleges in the Kansas Board of Regents were opposed as w e l l , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e resolution.

“We will be the first student senate in Kansas to pass a resolution like this” said Elijah Williams, ASG president and senior political science and economics major.

In other business,

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Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority members perform Saturday on the stage Albert Taylor Hall as zombies at the black student union step show. Alpha Sigma Alpha won the show for the second year in a row, with Sigma Sigma Sigma in second and Phi Delta Theta finishing third. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

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Emporia State’s black student union hosted their annual step show last Saturday in Albert Taylor Hall. Four Greek houses performed, along with three improvised dances from volunteers urged to the stage by MCs Kayla Gilmore, president of BSU and junior

organizational communications major and Ceanna Trice, vicepresident of BSU and junior organizational communications major.

“I dance. It’s what I do so it felt right to do it, and I had fun,” said Hewleek McKoy, sophomore theatre major.

McKoy was persuaded to participate in the second

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improv dance with his Alpha Kappa Lambda brothers. He would go on to win a BSU shirt for his performance.

The performances of the event were well received by the audience, with passionate cheering coming from Greek members in particular.

“It was very stressful trying to get this all together,” Trice

said. “Being able to watch it in its fullness is just beautiful because it was great. All the work we put into it manifested itself.”

The BSU began planning at the beginning of the fall semester, however scheduling amongst the various groups was difficult, delaying rehearsal for the event.

This delay impacted the planning of the dance, according to Carley Smith, member of Alpha Sigma Alpha and senior health promotion major.

“Since we didn’t have a lot of time, a lot of the stuff we used from online,” Smith said.

“A couple of them are from years before that we then combined and changed different things up.”

Smith, who has participated for the past three years, coordinated the planning of Alpha Sigma Alpha’s dance.

Despite the late start in planning, the performance went well, according to Smith.

Alpha Sigma Alpha, returning champions, won first place in the dance. Sigma Sigma Sigma placed second and Phi Delta placed third.

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Individual Apologizes for Racially International students showcase their talent in Culture Show Insensitive Halloween Costume H annah J effers -H user audience first editor

A black face incident on Halloween in the Memorial Union has sparked discussion on racial sensitivity. The individual, Joseph Deal, who isn’t a student at Emporia State, has since apologized for wearing

face paint that appeared to be blackface.

“I would like to apologize to the people who were around me (and saw it as) offensive when I wasn’t meaning to at all,” said Deal. “I didn’t realize what was going on around me, nor did I realize that it was an issue at the time.”

Kayla Gilmore, president of black student union and junior political science major, discusses her encounter with the individual who wore blackface on Monday around campus to Deanna Trice, vice president of BSU and junior organizational communication major. Gilmore had confronted the individual earlier that day. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

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Deal was approached by students offended by the face paint. These students included Kayla Gilmore, president of the Black Student Union and junior political science major, Sarah Spoon, Editor-in-Chief of The Bulletin, and Ralvell Rogers, Managing Editor of The Bulletin.

“I got really frustrated because there is obviously a long history to blackface,” Gilmore said. “When you see it on your campus, that is supposed to be safe and making steps toward diversity and inclusion, it kind of makes you feel like not everybody is getting the memo or we’re not being aggressive enough with it as we probably should be.”

Gilmore spoke about the history behind blackface and why it is inappropriate.

“Blackface is something that used to be in minstrel shows when white people

International students participate in a fashion show in between the two halves of the cultural festival last Thursday in Albert Taylor Hall, taking the chance to show off their various cultures’ traditional dress. The festival, which was broken up into two halves and consisted of fifteen acts and a fashion show, was organized by the Office of International Education in order for international students to help share parts of their culture with the rest of ESU. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

R alvell R ogers II managing editor

International students were given the platform to sing, dance and play music last Thursday in Albert Taylor Hall.

Many different countries were see COSTUME page 7 represented including India, Korea, China and Paraguay.

“Well, what I love about it so much is that you come together and you bring different cultures into one room,” said JaWuan Wallace, graduate communication major. “And you bring the someone wearing blackface in the Memorial Union. Immediately after seeing the photo, hornets ’ I grabbed Sarah Spoon, the Editor-in-Chief for The Bulletin and rushed to the lounge area, just outside of the bookstore and the Hornet Express.

After speaking with this white male, who turned out What party are ESU to not be an ESU student, I quickly came to the conclusion students voting for?

Happy Appropriation Day! a.k.a. Halloween

R alvell R ogers II managing editor

While most Americans were able to enjoy Halloween earlier this week, I, and many other ESU students, were disturbed by, and seemingly forced to confront an ignorant and flagrant symbol of racism on campus. Someone wore blackface Monday.

There I was, sitting comfortably in The Bulletin office when I received a message from a fellow black student which contained a photo of

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nations into one room and that doesn’t happen that often.”

Wallace performed a break dance number with two other Emporia State students. His favorite performance was the Korean Association’s fan dance.

“I think the event went fantastic. The performers were absolutely fantastic,” said Noble Orajiato, programmer for the International Culture Show for the Office of

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Faculty senate updates on KBOR, introduce bills on religion, faculty evaluations from our point of view, is to embed a faculty member with KBOR for a year...that is faculty input at a higher level, so when things come down from staff we would like to able to have somebody there to say ‘you know faculty might not see it that way or they might have an issue with that.’”

The KBOR meeting hosted at ESU is Nov. 16-17, taking place in various rooms throughout the Memorial Union. The meetings are open to the public, according to David Cordle, provost.

The senate then held first readings for two bills, FSB 16004 on Absences for Religious Observances and FSB 16005 on Modifications to Procedures for Faculty Staff Evaluations of the Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment.

“This (FSB 16004) emerged from provost council about perhaps adding a policy on absences for religious observances and such,” said Gregory Schneider, chair of the faculty affairs committee and professor of social sciences. “I wrote a draft and we amended it heavily in our meeting last week. This is what we decided. We didn’t want to specify too much about things each professor should do, but a kind of a generic,

general policy that would take into account absences due to religious observances.”

FSB 16005 adds modifications to Procedures for Faculty Staff Evaluations of the Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment.

“This is just further work to clarify language under 1CO2 in the UPM (University Policy Manual) that pertains to the yearly administrator evaluations,” said Michael Behrens, chair of the committee on campus governance and assistant professor of English, modern language and journalism.

“The biggest thing, and really the only thing addressed, what happens when it says ‘the assistant provost for institutional research and assessment is scheduled for evaluation,’ which is the case this year, so Jo Kord. Because she administers the evals, she obviously can’t run her own evaluation and there is no language in the UPM currently about what to do in that situation. So we added a sentence on line 82-84.”

Both bills went through the first reading’s without discussion and will be undergoing a second reading at the next meeting at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Preston Family Room.

more internships for students, college,” Williams said. according to Williams.

Kayla Gilmore, president of “I think that students are at a the Black Student Union and continued from page 1 disadvantage when they have no junior political science major, Williams reported that during the work experience straight out of announced the beginnings of a course of Pack the Pantry, a food drive competition to benefit the Emporia community, over 33,000 cans were collected.

“This number was added to the number of cans that have already been collected for the Can the Bods competition for a total of 42,726 cans,” said Luke Palmer, junior accounting major.

About 43,000 cans were collected last year and Palmer expects that ESU should be able to surpass that number this year.

Williams also announced that he is working with Jessica Parks, legislative director and junior Megan McReynolds, sophomore elementary education major and Cole political science major, to increase Bolen, sophomore political science major, recite the oath for senate apthe number of internships pointment on Thursday in the Senate Chamber. Megan, who has been available to ESU students. They in ASG for a year, will represent the Teachers College while Cole, who is plan to visit small businesses in new to ASG, will represent liberal arts and sciences. Donald Goode | The the area and ask them to provide Bulletin

plan to help those affected by Hurricane Matthew. Gilmore has created an outline of what they wish to contribute, which includes working to provide clothing, food and medical aid.

A fund request for $415 was granted to the Instructional Technology Student Association with a vote of 17-0-0. The money will be used for travel expenses so that the group can attend a national conference held in Las Vegas.

Finally, three bills were presented for first reading during the course of the meeting, including a XENOS fund request for $685 for a national trip and requests from both the ESU Print Guild and the Criminal Justice Organization to be recognized as official registered student organizations.

The next ASG meeting will be at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Senate Chambers of the Memorial Union.

During the faculty senate meeting on Thursday in the Preston Family Room, Dr. Cordle, provost, announces that the Kansas Board of Regents will be hosting the November meeting at Emporia State University. The meeting will be Nov. 16 in the Memorial Union and will be open to observers. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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The Emporia State faculty senate met Tuesday to hear a report on the Kansas Board of Regents meeting that took place on Oct. 19 at Fort Hays State University from Andrew Houchins, faculty senate president and professor of music.

“I attended the governance committee meeting…(and) the first thing they did was the credit for prior learning,” Houchins said.

“Then they moved on to the business of the morning which was ESU, Manhattan (Kansas State University) and one other university presented their concealed

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weapons policy. They’re going to listen to the rest of the universities when they come here and meet.

They’re going to consider all the different policies and then come to us with their recommendations.”

Council of Faculty Senate Presidents met and discussed making a system wide statement on weapons policy so that one university isn’t taking the lead, according to Houchins.

“It’s an opportunity for everyone to come together and say ‘this is how the majority feels,’” Houchins said. “We also discussed the possibility of a sabbatical that is embedded with KBOR. The idea,

Banana trees removed late this year Brad Gavin, a grounds maintence supervisor, cuts down banana trees and hauls them into a vehicle Tuesday on the side of the Veteran’s Hall of Honor. The trees are usually cut down after every frost, usually in October, and regrow every year, but since the weather has not been permissible, Gavin decided to cut them down now. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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Police Reports Reports from ESU Police and Safety

Oct. 26 Officer checked welfare of a female student who fell down the stairs in Plumb Hall.

Student was not injured but was transported by the officer to 1412 Center.

Officer stopped KS 928HCL in 1300 E 12th. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation.

Officer stopped KS 698BWG on westbound I-35 at mm132.

Verbal warning for defective head lights.

Officers checked KS 475EZD in Sector 7. Doors were open, lights were on and alarm was sounding. Officer made contact with the owner. He advised nothing was missing from the vehicle and that he most likely forgot to secure the vehicle. No other problem was found.

Oct. 27 Butcher Education Center/ TCS zone 2 Burglary. Interior hallway door. Mechanical error.

Butcher Education Center/ TCS zone 2 Burglary. Interior hallway door. Mechanical error.

Recurring problem.

Officer requested ESU PD contact Darren Mohling in reference to card reader doors at Memorial Student Union, specifically the east main doors. The readers were not shut down and the doors were not locked. Mohling advised he would come in and take care of the issue.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at I-35 and Merchant.

Officer stopped KS 855BJP in 1500 Morse Dr. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 18th and Morse Dr. Oct. 28 Ambulance responded to Science Hall Room 169 for a student who had become ill. Student refused transportation.

Officer stopped KS 057FXT in 1200 Neosho. Verbal warning for missing required equipment.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a keep the peace call at 321 W Hwy 50.

Resident Assistant On Duty reported five males students possibly drinking alcohol in South Twin Towers Room 407.

Officers were unable to locate alcohol.

Oct. 29 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with locating a juvenile. Juvenile was located outside of ESU PD HQ and transported home. ESU PD officer transported a second female juvenile from ESU PD HQ to 105 W 12th and turned over to her father.

Officer contacted the operator of KS 379HPU in Kellogg Circle and advised to not drive the wrong way in a one-way street.

Officers responded to a report of several male subjects acting in a suspicious manner in Sector 9. Subjects left the area prior to officer’s arrival.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop in 900 Constitution. Suspect’s vehicle was involved in an Aggravated Assault at another location.

Officer checked welfare of a female subject lying on the ground in 1300 Merchant. Subject was removing her shoes.

Oct. 30 WAW Library/SLIM zone 40 Intrusion. South door entry.

Human error.

Oct. 31 Female student requested to speak with an officer at Union Square.

Officers responded to a report of a suspicious male subject with a mask and large sword in the vicinity of Twin Towers Complex. Officers contacted subject. He was dressed for Halloween.

Nov. 1 Officer took a report of a theft of a bicycle from Union Square that happened between 1520 and 1545 on 10/31/2016.

Ambulance responded to Welch Stadium for a fall. A female student was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

A Resident Assistant in North Twin Towers reported the smell of marijuana on 6th floor.

The Bulletin | November 3, 2016

ENTERTAINMENT

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? S II

BY RALVELL ROGER

Dear White People: Stop Saying “Nigga”

I want to begin by saying this will not be the usual entertainment column found on this page. This column will instead address a very real and very personal incident that happened to me.

A few days ago, I was called the “n” word by a white male ESU student who I would consider to be an acquaintance.

To make matters worse, the incident occurred in my apartment. I was taking awhile to finish my turn in our card game when he looked at me and said, “Come on Nigga” in efforts to rush my turn to its end.

Immediately afterwards, I felt stale and bewildered.

Now, growing up as an African-American male, I’ve had my conflicts with the use of the word and, even to this day, I will admit to using the word every once in a while when referring to my fellow black men. Shameful, I know.

With that being said, I want to make something very clear to white people: STOP SAYING NIGGA. White people, if reading that word made you uncomfortable, then you’re welcome. Black people have to deal with far worse on a daily basis.

We all know what the word is rooted from. If not, consider this an educational moment

for you all that actually should have been taught at the predominately white town you came from.

“Nigga” is derived from the term “Nigger,” which, according to dictionary.com, is a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person.

The term gains its origins in 1619 when the first African slaves were shipped to Jamestown, Virginia, like some sort of cattle. Black people were called “niggers,” which was actually the more pleasant way to call another human being property.

With that being said, I know what some of you white folks are going to say, “Well, if black people can say it, why can’t I?” Lucky for you, I am here to help you avoid getting your ass kicked or making black people feel super uncomfortable.

I want to start off by saying that everyone should refrain from using the word, including black people; even in a world where no one is saying the word, white people do not have a say in regulating its usage in that world.

The only reason black people continue to refer to themselves as “niggas” is because of white supremacy, systematic racism and the

overt psychological warfare that has continuously been pegged against black and brown bodies ever since the Americas were colonized by Europeans many centuries ago.

Simply put, your white ancestors (and maybe even some of you) have completely stripped the modern-day black people of their culture and values. Even if they didn’t own slaves. All of your ancestors have contributed to the degradation of black people, which is sometimes that you are still benefiting from today.

As a result, black people have been conditioned to believe that we are less, no good, worthless, or simply put, a “nigga.”

This has even been perpetuated with all of those maniacal rap artists that white people seem to always fall in love with and invest in. Yes, I’m talking to all those fans of Lil Wayne, Kevin Gates, Yung Thug, Gucci Mane and the likes. I’ll admit, some of these artists do come up with some pretty clever lyrics, but really, what are they saying besides something that deals with money, cars, clothes and “hoes,” which is how most of them refer to women in their

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songs?

That’s an opinion piece for another day.

White people shouldn’t say the “n” word for the same reasons black people shouldn’t.

There is more pressure on white folks because well, most of your ancestors screwed up when it came to treating people of color with the utmost respect and dignity that every human being deserves, and even more so, has a right to.

Honestly, I know it may be difficult for white people to put their white privilege in their back pockets and accept the fact that there is something of this world that they don’t have the right or access to. Just think, people of color don’t have the right or access to a lot of shit in America. That crap has nothing to do with one goddamn word.

In the end, by calling someone “nigga,” you’re essentially calling that person worthless. After hearing this white male acquaintance of mine call me “nigga” in the apartment that I pay rent, electricity and internet at, somehow I felt worthless and that is no way one should make anyone feel.

It’s time to put an end to this. White people: Stop saying Nigga.

Local bookstore hosts ESU professor’s poetry reading A lex P rince s ta f f w r i t e r

Over two-dozen individuals crowded into Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore last Wednesday to hear Emporia State’s Spanish professor, William H. Clamurro perform from two of his poetry books, “Comfort & Lies” and “Songs of Love’s Disillusion and Despair.” Those in attendance were encouraged to purchase his work after the event, with proceeds going towards the Creative Writing Fund.

“I was very gratified to see this many people come,” Clamurro said.

Clamurro introduced his performance saying, “I used to write poetry when I was young.

I still do, it’s quite dreadful.”

Clamurro’s performance style and content were highly favored by the audience, with laughter peppered throughout.

“Definitely a wide variety of poetry with a lot of rhythmic play on words and humor,” said Victoria Beckman-Jacobs, senior English major. “Others were more serious reflective and lyrical.”

“A lot of humor tonight,” said Marcia Lawrence, owner of Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore.

“Also some very heart-rending

poems that were delivered in a Lawrence. “People who love- books want to meet the author, way that each person could feel so it’s very important that the their own emotions in relation person be here in the flesh.” to the words.”

Clamurro finds inspiration Ellen Plumb’s City Bookfor his poetry by observing obstore, having only been open for jects, seasons and change, and about seven weeks, has already then attempting to put them into become a safe haven for creative images. minds, according to Lawrence.

“I’ve always enjoyed trying “It’s somewhat of a museum to make things with words, tryor a walking yellow pages so we ing to make the words meaningcan find other creative people in ful and musical,” Clamurro said. our community,” said KatherClamurro’s background as ine Lowe, senior printmaking a poet goes back to his days in major. school.

It’s something Emporia “When I went to college I needs, according to Beckmanhad the good fortune to take Jacobs. two years of creative writing “Writers need a voice,” said lessons,” Clamurro said. “I also love American poetry, English Renaissance (and) Spanish poets of the golden age.”

Clamurro also wrote poetry while serving in Vietnam.

“I still go back to it because some parts of your life stay with you,” Clamurro said.

After the reception of his first William Clamurro, a professor of two books, Clamurro is considSpanish at ESU, reads an excerpt ering writing another book. from his newest book on Wednes“I had so much fun making day at the Ellen Plumb Bookstore.

The bookstore held a combination this book, I think I’ll make anreading and book signing for Clother one,” Clamurro said. “It’s amurro’s book of poetry, “Comfort all about my life in some ways. & Lies”, which was published this My imaginative life and real year. Allie Crome | The Bulletin life.”

Students remember survivors at Wooster

Participants of THRIVE during the vigil, release flower petals last Thursday into Wooster Lake for domestic violence Awareness month. The event also included students write out messages of hope dedicated to survivors, which they pinned up behind the table located in Union Square, as well as held a moment of silence Allie Crome | The Bulletin

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continued from page 1 The performances were judged by unaffiliated individuals chosen by BSU. Fees from the dance will go to the BSU to help fund the group’s intended trip to the BSU conference, according to

Trice.

Can donations accepted at the entrance go to Corky’s Cupboard.

“I persuade other greek organizations and non-greek organizations to sign up next year so it can be longer and have more acts,” McKoy said.

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The Bulletin | November 3, 2016

We Stand with Her

Let’s be utterly honest here.

This political year is a shitstorm.

We have Trump, a racist asshole who has no political background. We have Stein

who likes to believe that she can magically make things happen.

And Johnson, who may have a little political background, but is batshit crazy thinking that he could get rid of some very important departments of the government.

Then there’s Hillary Clinton.

She’s more qualified, more experienced and better equipped to be a legitimate leader of this country.

That is why she has The Bulletin’s vote.

Now, we know that some of our audience might be displeased by this announcement, but let us invite you to consider what we just talked about.

Clinton has been in the political game since 1993 when

STAFF EDITORIAL her husband, Bill Clinton, was elected into the presidency.

She has been involved in politics longer than the majority of students on campus have been alive. If you don’t consider her time being First Lady as “political game,” consider that she was a U.S. Senator from 2001 up until 2009 when President Obama elected her as Secretary of State until 2015.

She has been a political figure for nearly 20 years.

Where is that experience with Johnson, who only served 8 years (1995-2003) as Governor of New Mexico? Where was he after 2003?

Clinton is knowledgeable with how a country should function. It should function off

of the needs and wants of the people, rather than corruption and greed within the countries own backbone, i.e. the government and corporations.

She knows that things can’t magically happen, like how Stein thinks the President has the right to just forgive student debt.

Clinton is for college students. She wants to lower the student debt which sits at a whopping $1.2 trillion, according to marketwatch.com.

Who doesn’t want affordable healthcare? I know I personally, as the Opinion Editor, would love to be able to get my medication for little to no money. I have to go without insurance because I can’t

Writing While Female

S arah S poon editor-in-chief

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece about why students shouldn’t conceal and carry. As soon as it was posted online, a Facebook page shared the post and commented on it, “a prime example of a gun grabbing moron. I bet she blames spoons for making her fat.”

This was followed by a “she’s a Hillary hag for sure.”

Soon, seven other men began commenting on the story calling me a bitch, a broad, stupid and fat. Then, they started talking about the way I’d scream when someone murdered me.

This was a shock to me, and reading it, I felt violated, hurt and scared. But it was not as big of a shock as it should have been.

As a female opinion writer, I have come to expect this to some degree.

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that the guy wasn’t necessarily an overt racist. We simply one ignorant person, of many, in the group of white Americans that say things like, “You can be black, white, blue, green…it doesn’t matter what color you are to me. We’re all just the human race.”

Even though these sort of comments may have good intentions, it’s not only insensitive, it’s insulting and downright disrespectful to the ancestors of black people who were discriminated against and put into chains many years ago for the color of their skin. It’s also a slap in the face to black people of the modern age who continue to be racially profiled and stereotyped on a daily basis.

An example of this is the fact that black men are more likely to be convicted of crimes that they didn’t commit, and yet, we are more likely to receive maximum prison time for these crimes than any other group. Additionally, our people make up the population of most of the prisons.

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As a female journalist, this attitude has somehow become the norm for me.

I do not and did not expect everyone to agree with me.

When I wrote my article it was to spur quality and intelligent debate, but I was met with something very different.

At the exact same time my article was released to the public, another opinion writer, a male, wrote an article reviewing ESU’s homecoming musical “Big River.”

In response, he recieved a very long, thoughtful comment that addressed key parts of his argument. My colleague received comments that, while the person didn’t agree with the article, were respectful.

I was called a bitch.

I was called a stupid broad.

My screams, and the way I would sound as I died, were fantasized and joked about.

This is not a “funny game.”

It never has been.

I have been a journalist for four years, and I have learned to expect to be called names, but my male counterparts never have to experience it. At most they might be called stupid or dumb, but a bitch? A fat whore?

Never.

My male counterparts are never attacked based on their looks or gender.

My male counterparts don’t

know what it’s like to have your entire argument undermined by their gender.

I was told I couldn’t possibly “know shit” about conceal and carry, because I am a woman and women don’t mess with guns.

Last time I checked? The gun doesn’t care who’s holding it. It fires anyway.

I was raised by a father who taught me to shoot and shoot well. I was raised by a mother and a great aunt who emphasized, more than anything, that I could do anything my brothers could.

But for whatever reason, the world that I live in has set itself up so that when men give their opinions, even if they’re not thought out or rationalized, they are still respected. Men have the luxury of giving their opinion and not being afraid for their personal safety. Men can say whatever they want and they don’t have to fear the repercussions the way females do.

Being a female opinion writer presents its own set of issues, but it’s not going to stop me, and I’m not going to let it stop any of my other opinion writers.

If anything, we’re going to go faster and harder than before.

We will never stop writing.

tone does matter.

Of course, I wish that it didn’t and it really shouldn’t, but until black people are treated with the same amount of dignity and respect as our white counterparts, every racist act will be addressed, no matter how purposeful or accidentally ignorant it may be.

Something else that jumped out to me about this situation was the fact that the guy claimed to not even know what blackface was.

It is ridiculous how many times black people have to correct the actions of white people when it comes to race. Considering the fact that Europeans created the idea of race in the first place!

For those who don’t know what blackface is, according to dictionary.com, it is “the makeup used by a nonblack performer playing a black role. The role played is typically comedic or musical and usually is considered offensive.”

In other words, under no circumstances should anyone (especially white people) be wearing a painted all-black mask and feel comfortable or think it is alright.

This segues perfectly to my

last point, which is directed towards administration, more specifically, Student Affairs.

Just because this guy was not an ESU student does not mean that this is not an issue for you.

Not only did the act take place on-campus, but it made many ESU students feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

Furthermore, there actually were two white male students who were sitting with him, so by that fact alone, this is obviously something that concerns Student Affairs. This should not be brushed under the rug or looked at as a non-issue.

The question you should be asking yourself is, “Why didn’t his buddies say anything about this?”

I mean, they can’t all be ignorant to blackface and if they are, don’t you think you should be the ones to tell them before things go from bad to worse?

I know that for a lot of people, Halloween seems to be a fun time in which people can dress up as their favorite fictional characters and what not, but for me? The day has transformed into a day when I watch white people mock black people and their experiences, and it really needs to stop.

Visit the Library

R ayna K arst convergence editor

The William Allen White Library, located in the southwest corner of campus, has an astounding number of resources for ESU students.

Resources that are not being used to their full potential.

The library offers a learning commons that is open 24 hours, with the free use of computers. Students also have access to SkyPrint 24/7.

It is home to ACES, a tutoring center that not only offers help to students in specific core subjects, but also offers studying tips, ways to manage stress and ways to improve time management skills.

The writing center, is active with employees who are devoted to helping you improve your papers or essays.

There is also ample space for students to meet with study groups, or partners for class projects.

The library has a plethora of books.

This includes scholarly books over a variety of subjects, which can be used as resources for research papers.

There are also books to read for fun, children’s books that may be useful to elementary education majors, government documents and even special archives with historical records and artifacts.

Additionally, the library has librarians who are there to help you with any and all questions you may have about conducting research.

They help to make the process quick and efficient, and teach you how to find the resources that will be most useful in your research paper.

They even host work-

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shops on Wednesday nights that are devoted to teaching research strategies.

I know that I occasionally have trouble deciding where to start when conducting research for class, and as an English major, I have written a number of research papers.

The librarians are kind and helpful, willing to work with you to help you during the beginning, middle, and end of your research quest.

Many ESU students do not realize that the library offers these great resources.

Some have never even set foot in the building.

So why does it matter?

Why do I think that using the library’s resources is so important?

College is not a place where you should spend thousands of dollars to attend just to scrape by in all of your classes. College is a place we should go to genuinely learn, and to increase our readership and scholarship.

Classes should not be about meaningless memorization just to pass a test. They should be about learning the subject matter in a way that we gain a true understanding.

Arguably, most importantly, we go to college to learn what we need to be successful when we enter the workforce. Employers do not want to hire someone who never made a real effort to learn what they will need to be great at their chosen career.

Therefore, I urge you to go to the library and see what it has to offer.

Visit ACES and work with the tutors. Gain a true understanding of the core subjects.

Go to the writing center and learn how to successfully structure your papers.

Talk to the librarians and learn how to quickly and efficiently find great resources for research papers.

Your college experience should be filled with fun as well, but please do not idly sit and let all of the opportunities to learn something pass you by.

So visit the library, use its resources and expand your knowledge.

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afford it. So, bye-bye me if I get majorly ill, need a blood transfusion or some other medical procedure.

And what about women’s rights? In a time where this nation is so backwards about women and minorities, we should want a leader who stands up to the “rich, white man!”...we’re looking at you, Trump.

So, while the political system seems messed up and it’s only for the corrupted rich men, the choice should be obvious if we want someone who will finally get this country back up on its feet and continue to be one of the leading nations of the world.

We’re with her. Are you?

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The Bulletin | 3 de noviembre de 2016

ESPAÑOL

Estudiantes internacionales muestran su talento en el show de cultura

les para cantar, bailar y tocar música en el escenario de Albert Taylor Hall el jueves Se les dio la plataforma a pasado. Muchos países difelos estudiantes internaciona- rentes fueron representados,

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Estudiantes de China Jean Jing Chunyan, Celia Xue Lixian y Sunny He Wen cantan una canción china tradicional en su lengua en Albert Taylor Hall el jueves. Las tres se juntaron para realizar la canción en el festival de cultura organizado por la oficina de educación internacional. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

incluyendo India, Corea, China y Paraguay.

“Bueno, lo que me gusto es que te unes y traes culturas diferentes a un cuarto,” dijo JaWuan Wallace, especial en comunicaciones. “Y traes las naciones a un cuarto y eso no sucede con tanta frecuencia.”

Wallace realizó un número de break dance con otros dos estudiantes de Emporia State University. Su actuación favorita fue la danza que realizo la asociación coreana.

“Creo que el evento fue fantástico. Los artistas fueron absolutamente fantásticos,” dijo Noble Orajiato, maestro de consejería clínica y programador de eventos para el Salón Internacional de la Cultura de la Oficina de Educación Internacional (OIE). “Mi actuación favorita fue el dúo Paraguayo. Ya que toco la trompeta, me encanta todo lo que tiene que ver con los instrumentos y ya sabes,

tocaron el violín y el violonchelo y fue música para mis oídos.”

El OIE ha estado haciendo el programa de culturas internacionales por años y esto es sólo una oportunidad para que el campus y la comunidad vean el talento que ESU tiene cuando se trata de estudiantes internacionales, pero también es una manera para que los estudiantes domésticos muestren su talento, según Orajiato.

“Oye, fue una gran participación,” dijo Ayoub Sehlaoui, maestro de química y miembro de la audiencia del Show Internacional de Cultura. “Fue una producción impresionante realmente bien hecha como el tambor banton. (Los estudiantes deben aprender) que hay tanta diversidad y es genial que ESU muestre todo eso y pueden aprender algo de eso y sólo muestra lo grande que es nuestro

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mundo.

Los estudiantes deben saber que hay estudiantes internacionales quien les encanta presentar y que nos gusta bailar y cantar y pasar un buen rato, de acuerdo con Orajiato.

“La participación fue absolutamente fantástica, pero no habríamos podido hacer nada sin la ayuda de los trabajadores de Albert Taylor Hall. Hicieron un trabajo maravilloso con este espectáculo,” dijo Orajiato. “Solo continúen apoyando los esfuerzos que los estudiantes internacionales ponen y simplemente mantienen un ojo abierto para la Oficina de Educación Internacional y sus eventos durante el semestre.”

La OIE organizó la Semana Internacional de la Educación del 14 al 18 de Noviembre y la Fiesta Internacional del Té terminará esa semana, según Orajiato.

El Cuarto Piso de la Biblioteca abre para los estudiantes honrados, se abrirá al público pronto J udiah H awley s pa n i s h t r a n s l at o r

El miércoles pasado el cuarto piso de la Biblioteca William Allen White fue abierto para los estudiantes honrados quienes sirven en el Honors College Engagement Center.

Las renovaciones empezaron en el medio del verano y fueron terminadas por Emporia State University, según Rich Jensen, administrador de utilidades de la planta física.

“Nosotros (las instalaciones universitarias) todavía tenemos que mudar el Center for Great Plains al tercer piso,” dijo Jenson. “Después tenemos que demoler el espacio donde estaba el área de Great Plains y renovarlo.

El Centro de Estudios Great Plains está mudándose al tercer piso, reemplazando

el espacio que originalmente habrán algunas salas más pero será mucho más espacio era el Honors College En- donde la facultad y los es- y los otros estudiantes pogagement Center para los tudiantes podrían trabajar y drían estudiar y usar las salas Estudiantes Honrados, según juntarse. Es como una base de para unirse.”

Gary Wyatt, asistente del operaciones para la Escuela Junto con un espacio nuepreboste, director de la es- de Estudiantes Honrados, vo para el Honors College cuela de Engagement estudiantes Center, las renohonrados y vaciones incluyprofesor de en la instalación sicología, de otra sala de antropseminarios, una ología y essala de confertudios de encias, muchos crimen y depupitres, mesas linquicidad. y sillas para es“Ira (el tudios en grupo cuarto piso) con más áreas a proveer para ello, y equiuna locación paje nuevo como más censuperficies con trada para la pantallas táctiles, Escuela de según Wyatt.

Estudiantes El cuarto piso de la biblioteca William Allen White está cerrada hasta “No estoy Honrados,” el lunes para terminar construcción. El remodelaje incluye cuartos para seguro de que dijo Wyatt. estudios y juntas, además de estanterías y muebles. Alayne Weber | The problemas mayBulletin “ Ta m b i é n ores hayan apa-

recido durante las renovaciones,” dijo Wyatt. “Habían algunas faltas de comunicación pero nunca estuvimos sin bases y el Honors College Engagement Center solo estuvo cerrado por un dia y eso fue para mudarlo al cuarto piso.

Han habido muchos comentarios positivos sobre las renovaciones, no solo de estudiantes, sino de la instalación también, según Wyatt.

“Yo lo amo, es absolutamente hermoso,” dijo Abigaile Weiser, estudiante de segundo año especializando en sociología. “Vinimos aquí arriba y nos sorprendemos, es incredible.”

Las renovaciones al cuarto piso serán terminadas dentro de 3 o 4 semanas, y cuando esté finalizado estará abierto al público, de acuerdo con Jenson.

Galaxias caníbales, materia oscura y el universo en expansión J ose M edrano s pa n i s h t r a n s l at o r

Aproximadamente 65 estudiantes y facultad se reunieron el jueves pasado para escuchar al Dr. Bharat Ratra, profesor distinguido de física de Kansas State University, hablar sobre materia oscura, energía y el universo en expansión.

Ratra ha estado investigando la cosmología y la física de la astroparticle por cerca de 30 años, ganando su maestría del Indian Institute of Technology de Nueva Delhi en 1982 y su Ph. D de Stanford en 1986.

“He descubierto que los átomos representan alrededor del cinco por ciento, la materia oscura representa alrededor del 23 por ciento y la energía oscura compensa mucho, mucho más del universo,” dijo Ratra.

La conferencia duró una hora y presentó a los miembros de la audiencia algunas de las investigaciones realizadas por Ratra. Los miembros de la audiencia lo encontraron informativo.

“Mi parte favorita fue escuchar cómo las galaxias más grandes comen las galaxias alrededor, básicamente haciéndolos caníbales que se alimenten de otros,” dijo Jaide Johnson, estudiante de último año especializando en crimen y delincuencia.

Otros aprendieron cosas nuevas sobre la existencia de galaxias dentro del espacio mismo.

“Probablemente lo más interesante que aprendí fue sobre el universo en expansión y cómo las galaxias no se expanden, pero el espacio entre ellos lo hace,” dijo Cody Nightingale, estudiante de tercer año especializando en la educación primaria.

La mayor parte de lo que el universo se compone de es desconocido para los seres humanos en este tiempo, según a Ratra. “No sabemos qué representa el 95 por ciento del universo”, dijo Ratra. “Los elementos que conocemos sólo representan alrededor del cinco por ciento.”

Los miembros de la audiencia se sorprendieron por este dato.

“Con nuestra tecnología y científicos personalmente pensé que sabríamos más que sólo el cinco por ciento. Pensé que (nuestro conocimiento) era mucho más grande,” dijo Nightingale.

Independientemente de lo que se aprendió, los miembros de la audiencia disfrutaron de la presentación.

“Creo que la presentación fue muy educativa y me encantaron las imágenes de las galaxias y las estrellas,” dijo Johnson.

“Fue muy interesante y educativo. No fue lo que esperaba,” dijo Nightingale.

Usando globos con rojo para representar las galaxias en el Science Hall el sabado, Dr. Ratra demuestra que mientras el universo se expanda, unas galaxias se acercan y otras se alejan. Ratra explicó que cuando las galaxias se acercan demás, la galaxia más grande se “come” la galaxia más chica mientras se conjuntan. Emily Giffin | The Bulletin

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Morse residents host haunted house

A group of students (above) who are traveling through the haunted house huddled into a corner as scarily dressed students scare the group. The Morse haunted hall had many students, who would wait in the lobby for their turn while they enjoyed snacks and decorated pumpkins, attend the night it operated.

Two bloody “twins” (right) run towards and scream at a group of students walking through the halls last Wednesday night. The Halloween hall was in a traditional spirit of ESU Halloween. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

Emporia State University students decorate the rooms and halls (above) Wednesday in Abigail Morse for a Halloween scare for all students. The third floor of the dorms is used as storage and is turned into a haunted house put on by students every year. Donald Goode | The Bulletin

Honors college hosts Halloween dance A lex P rince s ta f f w r i t e r

Hornets were invited

by Emporia State’s Honors College to dress up in their Halloween costumes and enjoy Halloween-themed games and dancing, last

have an event where they can dress up, have fun and go to a dance,” said Kay Andrews, social chair of the Honors College, sophomore biochemistry and molecular biology major. “That’s also why we host the Spring Ball for the Spring.”

Students dressed up in various costumes dance during the Halloween dance party last from 7 p.m. to midnight Thursday in the KSTC Ballroom. The event included a mummy wrapping, a murder mystery, and a piñata bash, was put on by the Honors College. John Reynolds | The Bulletin

Thursday in the Memorial Union ballroom.

The Honors College hosts a dance every semester and this is the second year. This semester was a Halloween-themed dance open to everyone with an entry fee was one dollar or a single canned good. All proceeds go to the Eureka Tornado Relief fund.

“We host it as an alternative for people who aren’t part of sororities and other members of greek life to

The Spring Ball is a more formal dance compared to the Halloween dance, according to Andrews.

Tables filled half the ballroom, leaving enough room for the thirty or so dancers to dance comfortably.

Various candies were spread across the tables.

The Honors College had prepared for more than just a dance. Pumpkin and ghost piñatas had also been fashioned, with dancers lining up to take swings. The

event cost the Honors College around $250, according to Andrews.

“We also have a mummy wrap, a contest to see who can wrap them up the fastest,” said Katie Dold, advisory chair on the Honors Council, sophomore English major. “There’s also a murder mystery, with clues posted in the ballroom.

People go around and figure out which suspects they think are lying. The right guesses win a prize.”

Jeremy Dold, a senior at Emporia high school, was one of the few to be wrapped up.

“Breaking out of the toilet paper was probably the best part,” Jeremy Dold said.

A costume contest finished off the event, with several awards handed out to different costumes. The “Funniest Costume” went to Holly Clark, a junior marketing major, dressed as Goofy.

“It’s actually a work in progress through several years,” Clark said. “I feel great, I tried really hard with this costume.”

The music was praised by the dancers, the playlist chosen by Honors College members.

“There’s songs from every kind of genre, so it’s not for one group of people, it’s for everybody,” Jeremy Dold said. “I would definitely come again.”

Trick or treaters celebrate Halloween

Children and their parents trick or treat five blocks of houses on Rural Street. The street was closed off from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. to allow trick or treaters to safely celebrate Halloween. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

Pumpkin decoration contest used to raise suicide and awareness

man biochemistry and sociology major. s ta f f w r i t e r The pumpkins were judged Emporia State’s Hornets by student donations. for Hope: Students Against “Our goal as a group is to Suicide held a pumpkin deco- educate fellow students, faculty, rating competition as a fund- and staff on the warning signs raiser Tuesday in the Memorial of potential suicide and that Union. This was the the organi- there are resources on campus zation’s first time holding the that can help students with event. depression, anxiety and other “We’re still getting our pres- mental health disorders,” said ence known on campus,” said Melissa Kurtenbach, Hornets Joseph Sommer, senior inter- for Hope’s community adviser disciplinary studies major. and campus outreach coordiFive pumpkins of differ- nator for the American Founent shapes, colors and designs dation for Suicide Prevention. adorned their booth, each with “We want students to know a jar of various coins and cur- that they are not alone.” rency beside it.

The winning pumpkin “We’re raising money for was the Pumpkin Spice Latte, our April Out of the Darkness however the winner has not campus walk,” Sommer said. been located yet, according to The fundraiser is also to Kurtenbach. bring awareness that Hornets “We raised $35.58.

We for Hope is an organization that asked people to vote with can help students with depres- dimes because our goal is to fill sion, thoughts of suicide, or stu- a 2-liter bottle full of dimes,” dents who have dealt with such Kurtenbach said. “The total issues in the past, according to would be $700 if we filled the Zaira Dominguez, treasurer for entire bottle with dimes.”

Hornets for Hope and freshThe winner will receive a prize in the form of a basket containing a “Be the Voice #StopSuicide” t-shirt, sweats and water bottle, according to Kurtenbach.

“I enjoy the creativity I saw Aaron Taylor, sophomore sociology major, votes for from the pumpa pumpkin and speaks with Joseph Sommer, senior kins because interdisciplinary study major, at the Hornets for they’re really Hope table on Monday in Memorial Union. Hornets o u t s t a n d i n g for Hope raised money for suicide awareness by and awesome hosting a pumpkin decorating contest and having to look at,” passing students put change into a jar by the pumpkin they wanted to win. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin D o m i n g u e z said. take something away from that.

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Students should take away International Education (OIE) that there are international event and masters clinical students who love to perform counseling major. “My favorite who are talented and that performance was the everyone loves to dance, sing Paraguayan duo. Since I play and have a good time, according the trumpet, I love anything to Orajiato. that has to do with instruments “The turnout was absolutely and you know, they played the fantastic, but we wouldn’t have violin and the cello and it was been able to do anything just music to my ears.” without the help from the The OIE has been doing the workers at Albert Taylor Hall.

International Culture Show for They did a wonderful job with years and this is not just an this show,” Orajiato said. opportunity for the campus and “Students just continue to the community to see the talent support the efforts that the that ESU has when it comes to international students put on international students, but it’s and keep an eye out for the also a way for the domestic Office of International Education students to show off their talents and their events throughout the as well, according to Orajiato. semester.”

“Hey, it was a great turnout,” The OIE will be hosting said Ayoub Sehlaoui, audience International Education Week member and graduate chemistry Nov. 14-18 and the International major. “There’s so much Tea Party will end that week off, diversity and it’s great that ESU according to Orajiato. shows all of that and they can A lex P rince

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NEWS

Cultural appropriation costume information posted around campus

Posters educate on disrespectful Halloween costumes H annah J effers -H user audience first editor

A black and orange poster hangs on the wall of Main Street in the Memorial Union providing information to students on the “do’s and don’ts” of Halloween costumes.

“Culture is the entire way of life of a society as manifested by shared material and nonmaterial products, so like language, dress, food (and) customs,” said Rachel Spaulding, assistant professor of English, modern languages and journalism. “So, if you’re dressing up as someone from a culture, like a Native American...that’s really culturally insensitive and inappropriate.”

Cultural appropriation in a Halloween costume, according to Spaulding, would be someone dressing as a woman from India by wearing a sari and putting a dot on their forehead. Spaulding continued to say that if a person was dressing as a specific person or political figure, such as Pancho Villa, Mahatma Gandhi or Malala Yousafzai, then

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Infographic By Kalliope Craft it would not be cultural appropriation.

Deanna Williams, director of diversity programs, attributes that the reason people culturally appropriated Halloween costumes is because people are not educated.

“I think people don’t educate themselves on different cultures enough, so they feel like they can mimic a culture by their costume, which is cultural appropriation,” Williams said.

According to Abby

Weiser, sophomore sociology major people need to be more culturally aware to keep cultural appropriation from happening during Halloween.

Thoung Tran, sophomore painting and printmaking major, agreed with Weiser.

“It is really disrespectful to cultures that are misrepresented,” Tran said.

“It’s not just students who are doing this, it’s celebrities, who are culturally appropriating.”

event, put on by female trainers Tatiana Britton, s pa n i s h e d i t o r senior health promotion The Student Rec. Center major, Mallory Kramer, closed its weight room to junior health promotion all men from 7:30 to 8:30 major, Emily Haselwood, p.m. last Thursday for this senior health promotion year ’s Women and Weights major and Reba Basore, senior business administration major. “ W e want to i n f o r m w o m e n about the lifts they can do to feel comfortable in the gym,” said K r a m e r. “ Wo m e n can workout too.

We can lift.”

Wo m en and We i g h t s attempts to combat the myths and stereotypes a b o u t w o m e n and lifting, as Tatiana Britton, senior health promotion major, spots, or well as assists, Megan Monk, senior chemistry major, with inhelp womcline bench press reps last Thursday inside the recreation en feel less center weight room. Thursday was the first Women and intimidatWeights class of this semester, which allows women to ed about use the weight room without the intimidation of males. going into Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin a weight

room full of men, according to Kramer.

The one hour session consisted of four different stations, each ran by one of the four trainers. The group of women in attendance were a mix of both women who have lifted before and women who never have, according to Britton.

“I have lifted some in the past but never seriously,” said Ziarra Arzu, freshman nursing major.

“I liked that it was informative and that women had the whole room to themselves.”

Britton stressed to the women that “you don’t have to lift tons to get fit,” and encouraged them to not feel intimidated.

The trainers taught various lifts at Women and Weights that focus on both the upper and lower body.

“I love working with all the different people as a trainer, from the general population, to the elite and to those who have never worked out a day in their life,” Britton said. “I love making an impact and that connection with people.”

Women and Weights is put on every year during the fall semester.

“We did a better job of putting the word out this year,” Kramer said.

“I think it’s been our best outcome.”

Deal said he was not aware of what black face was until after he was approached by ESU students.

“I don’t remember her name, but she approached me, and let me know what was going on,” said Deal. “I immediately washed it off because it seemed to have an impact... but beforehand, I had not known anything was amiss.”

Jim Williams, vice president of student affairs, witnessed the event and said that it was a poor choice of costume.

“I think this incident reflects the image of the United States right now,” Williams said. “I don’t think it’s necessarily an image of ESU. I think it’s an image we’re all discussing and it’s an inappropriate image.”

Williams discouraged cultural appropriation with a flyer by the office of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Gilmore confronted Deal because she felt uncomfortable with his facepaint. Gilm-

ore said she did not want to jump to conclusions because she thought maybe Deal was dressed as a character that she did not know. She sent pictures to friends to try to figure out who the character was.

“Even if that is the case, his face is still predominantly black, so that’s the part that was disturbing,” Gilmore said.

Currently, there is no university policy regarding cultural appropriation in costumes or other dress.

After the incident, Gilmore talked to her supervisor to go over what steps could be taken to ensure an incident like this one does not happen again.

“I think what’s hard about this is that he is not a student here on campus...because it is a public campus so he’s pretty much allowed to be here, but the downside of that is even though I pay money to be here, I don’t get to feel comfortable here on campus when things like that happen,” Gilmore said.

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continued from page 1 would emulate their perception of how black slaves were,” Gilmore said. “They would dance or what they would call ‘shuck and jive.’ It was how they perceived black people would entertain their masters and the company that they brought around them.”

When the students confronted Deal, he was playing a card game with two Emporia State students who declined an interview.

The costume began as a Deadpool face paint that his girlfriend painted on his face, according to Deal, however, he felt like the costume was not accurate so he searched through his old facebook pictures for a style that he could use.

The look chosen was a witch doctor face paint that included an all black face with a white cross.

Visiting professor talks about cannibal galaxies, universe E mily G iffin

Men banned from the weight room for annual “Women and Weights”

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Roughly 65 students and staff turned out to hear Bharat Ratra, distinguished professor of physics from Kansas State University, speak about dark matter, energy, and the expanding universe last Thursday.

Ratra has been researching cosmology and astroparticle physics for around 30 years, earning his master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, in New Delhi in 1982 and his Ph. D from Stanford in 1986.

“I’ve discovered that atoms make up about five percent, dark matter makes up about 23 percent and dark energy makes up much, much more of the universe,” Ratra said.

The lecture lasted an hour and introduced audience members to some of the research being done by Ratra.

“My favorite part was hearing about how bigger galaxies would eat surrounding galaxies, basically making them cannibals feeding off others,” said Jaide Johnson, senior crime and delinquency studies

major.

Others learned new things about the existence of galaxies within space itself.

“Probably the most interesting thing I learned was about the universe expanding, how the galaxies don’t expand but the space between them does,” said Cody Nightingale, junior elementary education major.

Most of what the universe is composed of is unknown to humans at this time, according to Ratra.

“We don’t know what makes up 95 percent of the universe,” Ratra said. “The elements we know of only make up about five percent.”

Nightgale was surprised by this claim.

“With our technology and scientists I personally thought that we would know more than just five percent. I thought it was way bigger,” Nightingale said.

Regardless of what was learned, audience members enjoyed the presentation.

“I think that the presentation was very educational,” Johnson said. “I loved the colorful pictures of the galaxies and stars.

Using a balloon with red spots to represent galaxies in ROOM AND DATE, Dr. Ratra shows that as the universe expands some galaxies move closer to each other while others drift apart, last Thursday. Ratra also explained that when galaxies become too close, the larger will often ‘eat’ the smaller as they combine. Emily Giffin | The Bulletin

Short play festival offers unique opportunities to students E mily G iffin s ta f f w r i t e r

After a morning of rehearsal, student actors, directors and playwrights were able to see their productions come to life during the Short Play Festival held Saturday in Plumb Hall.

“They were students from my playwriting class and they had the chance to write a play, choose actors for it and have a director help the finished product come together,” said Kevin Rabas, professor of playwriting and chair of the English, modern languages and journalism department.

Plays ranged from one to 10 minutes in length and featured Emporia State students as the actors.

“It was really nice because we got to see how the authors wanted it to be and what the

director wanted it to be, then seeing how those fit together,” said Nicole Valek, actor and senior English major.

With about 30 audience members for the performances, playwrights and directors were able to gauge how their expectations met up with the reality of a live performance.

“I saw everyone having fun and getting engaged in this,” said Murad Jalilov, attendee and senior political science major. “It would have been a delight for a playwright to see their play staged and perform and at the same time I think the directors would enjoy staging the play.”

The festival is held every year to afford students the opportunity to experience the entire process of writing a play and seeing it performed, according to Rabas.

Zach Palmer, junior interdisciplinary studies major and Nicole Valek, senior English major, perform “The Notebook” Saturday in Plumb Hall, during the annual short play festival. The short play was performed along with five others as part of the annual short play festival, which featured works written by students in ESU’s playwriting class. Allie Crome | The Bulletin

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SPORTS

The Bulletin | November 3, 2016

The shoe fits for Kole Schankie and ESU football

B ethany B owman sports writer

“It’s kind of like a Cinderella story,” said Kole Schankie, senior middle linebacker for the Emporia State Hornets.

There’s no glass slipper in this one though, just a lot of hard work by a small-town kid from down the road.

Schankie is from Madison, Kansas, a town of about 700 people just 20 miles from Emporia.

He was a two-time all-state selection for the Madison High eight-man football team and was the two-time Emporia Gazette Area Player of the Year. Schankie had 5,152 yards rushing and 122 touchdowns in his career for the two-time state champion Bulldogs.

“I enjoyed runningback. It was a lot of fun just running around and making plays, but there’s something about defense that is just hard-nosed football,” said Schankie.

Now in his fourth year at Emporia State, Schankie has found his role for the Hornets in backing up the defensive line.

“The first day of camp they told me to go to the linebacker meetings,” Schankie said. “I was just coming in as an athlete, they didn’t really know what they were going to do with me. I’m glad they switched me to linebacker though, it’s a position that’s really stuck.”

Through just nine games this season, Schankie has a team-high of 61 tackles, with four for loss. He has forced and recovered a fumble and leads the MIAA in interceptions with five.

ESU linebacker coach Bryan Nardo was also new to

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Two of the top offenses in the MIAA met for a Senior Day matchup at Welch Stadium last Saturday as the Hornets defeated Fort Hays State 24-16 in what developed into a defensive battle.

The conditions played a factor in limiting scoring opportunities. A stiff wind throughout the game altered the flight of balls in the air, causing missed field goals and off-target throws on both sides.

Altogether, the two teams combined to convert on only 13 of 38 third-down opportunities.

Punts with the wind traveled as long as 79 yards with kicks against it going for as short as 24.

“Neither team could get that much going in the first half,” said Braxton Marstall, (ESU) redshirt-sophomore quarter-

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Kole Schankie, senior linebacker, practices with dummies during Tuesday’s field practice in Welch Stadium. Schankie leads the Hornets with 61 tackles this season. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

the school in 2012, joining the coaching staff after spending 2011 as an assistant coach at Missouri S&T. “The second I got here, they showed me Kole’s recruiting film. They said he’s from right down the road, he’s a big, long athlete.

We don’t know where he’s going to play, but we know he’s going to help us at some point,” Nardo said.

Schankie admits his initial struggles at his new position made him consider dropping the sport altogether.

“He had moments where he was frustrated because it’s never easy coming into a college defense and trying to learn it when you came from an eight-man school,” Nardo said. “It’s a different game, but we saw his ability and we saw him make plays. All of a sudden, his sophomore year, that’s when I saw the click of ‘Okay, he’s got a chance. He’s starting to really buy in.’

From that point on, he was

just everything we wanted him to be.”

In the MIAA, Schankie knows he is up against some of the most talented offensive players in Division II football.

“I’m definitely not the fastest guy or the most gifted, but I just try to play hard and with a lot of heart,” Schankie said. “That’s really what separates me from other people.

I just play with a chip on my shoulder.”

It is this attitude that has made Schankie one of the leaders on the Hornet defense.

“This year, Kole has really stepped up. He’s always been vocal, but he’s been even more vocal in a positive way.

He knows the direction the team wants to go. He does a good job of keeping everyone focused to get to where we want to be,” said Rem Whitley, junior linebacker.

With his hometown just down the road, Schankie

knows that he not only impacts his teammates, but also Madison’s youth football players who make the trip to Welch Stadium on Saturdays.

“That’s one of the things I do, I try to set an example for the younger guys on the team and not only them, but for the younger kids as well. Being so close to home, there’s a lot of kids who look up to me, so I really just want to be a positive role model for them,” Schankie said.

While the Hornets will miss Schankie as a player on the field next year, they will miss who he is off the field even more.

“We’re gonna miss having Kole because he’s a leader and he’s a really good football player. But we’ll miss him more as a person,” Nardo said. “You’ll find that players come and go, but the relationships you make with them are what’s special, he’s a great kid.”

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back. “We just couldn’t find any consistency.”

After going three-and-out on their opening drive, the Hornets regained possession immediately as senior defensive back J.P. Lohrentz intercepted a pass on the Tiger’s first play from scrimmage.

Marstall connected with Louis Dailey, junior wide receiver, eight plays later for a 10-yard touchdown pass. The score marked the only time a team reached the endzone in the first half as ESU headed into the locker room with a 7-3 lead.

“Fort Hays definitely gave us some problems offensively in the first half,” Emporia State head football coach, Garin Higgins, said. “We didn’t execute really well, we missed some throws and just really weren’t on the same page.”

The teams traded punts on the first three possessions of the

second half before a big play opened the scoring.

Marstall found senior receiver Mitchell Foote running wide open for a 65-yard touchdown strike on the first play of their second drive of the half, putting the Hornets up by two scores in the third quarter.

“Coach saw something in their defense in an earlier play, and we wanted to go back to it,” Foote said. “[Braxton] hit me with an absolute jet stream of a throw. We know he has a big arm and he showed it.”

The Tigers opened the scoring in the fourth quarter, as a 10-yard scamper by running back Shaquille Cooper cut into the Hornet lead. Hays elected to go for two but failed to convert, leaving the score at 14-9 with 13:22 remaining in the game.

The Hornets would answer with a five play, 78-yard scoring drive to put the game out of reach. A 38-yard touchdown

pass from Marstall to junior wide receiver Morris Williams II extended the Hornet cushion to 21-9.

With five minutes remaining, Austin Morton, junior kicker, knocked a 42-yard attempt through the uprights to give ESU more insurance. Hays would add a touchdown with seconds remaining to draw the score to 24-16, but were unable to recover the ensuing onside kick attempt.

“I’m definitely proud of our seniors, but I also know we have a long way to go,” Higgins said.

“From this moment on, we’re going to ride on their shoulders and hope they can lead us deep into the postseason.”

Emporia State (8-1, 8-1 in the MIAA) will travel to St. Joseph, Missouri this Saturday for a matchup against Missouri Western State. Kickoff at Spratt Memorial Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m.

The fourth-ranked team in Division II women’s basketball met the fourth-ranked team in Division I Tuesday night in Waco, Texas as the Hornets fell in a hard-fought contest to the Baylor Bears, 89-60.

Emporia State scored the first points of the game and led 8-5 with 6:59 remaining in the first quarter. Baylor went on a 6-0 run to take an 11-8 lead with 5:07 left and would build a 21-10 advantage with 57 seconds left in the opening period.

The Bears extended the margin to 18 points with 1:17 remaining before the break.

In the waning seconds of the half, the Hornets shortened the gap with a 10-0 spurt. Addie Lackey, junior guard, started the run with a pair of free throws with 40.2 seconds on the clock, and as the rest of the team knocked down open shots to get the score to 43-35 at halftime.

The Hornets opened the second half with a three-pointer and a field goal to extend their run to 15-0. Emporia State pulled within 45-43 with 8:10 remaining in the third.

Baylor scored the first four points of the fourth to go up 64-52 before Lackey hit a three pointer with 8:45 left. That would be the last score for the Hornets until Kathryn Flott, senior forward, connected on her first three-pointer of the night with 2:29 remaining. The Bears scored 20 points during the ESU drought to take control of the game.

The Emporia State women will open the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 12 against Southwest Oklahoma State in White Auditorium. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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The Emporia State volleyball team stole a five-set win (22-25, 12-25, 29-27, 25-23, 15-7) last Sunday in White Auditorium against Missouri Western State, improving their record to 13-15 overall with a 5-9 mark in the MIAA. The Hornets started out with an early 5-0 lead in the first set. Emporia State maintained their lead until Missouri Western went on

a 9-1 run to gain a 17-13 advantage. The Hornets scored three straight points to close the gap to 17-16, but the Griffons went on another 4-1 run to take a 24-20 lead. Missouri Western fought through three set points until an Ashley Mainord kill took the set 25-22.

The Griffons jumped to an early 6-1 lead in the second set before the Hornets took a timeout.

Missouri Western never lost control of the set,

winning 25-12 and taking a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Hornets were held to a -.135 hitting percentage in the second with six kills and eleven errors.

Missouri Western took another early lead in the third set, going up 8-4. The Griffons then went on a 5-1 run to build thier lead to 13-5. Missouri Western maintained the lead until Emporia State went on a 12-4 run, taking a 20-19 lead in the process. The Griffons took back the lead

to go up 22-21 but were unable to close out the victory. There were three tied scores and three set points before the Hornets took the set 29-27.

Emporia State had a 7-4 lead in the fourth set before Missouri Western went on an 8-3 run to go up 12-10. There were five tied scores until the Griffons took a 20-17 advantage.

The Hornets regained a 22-21 lead before two more tied scores. The Hornets scored back-to-back points

to take the set 25-23 and tie the match score at 2.

The Hornets would take a 6-3 lead in the fifth set, and went on a 5-0 run to extend their advantage to 11-6. Emporia State sealed the deal with a 15-7 victory, taking the match 3-2 and improving their record to 5-3 in five-set matches this season.

The Hornets will travel to #15 Central Missouri on Friday for a 6:00 p.m. match start.