Full Issue October 22, 2015

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Campus awaits presidential announcement today A riel C ooley editor-in-chief

The Kansas Board of Regents is set to announce the new president of Emporia State today.

KBOR met at 10 a.m. this morning in the KSTC Ballroom of the Memorial Union.

The purpose of the meeting was to “vote of approval of a new President for Emporia State University,” according to

a university press release.

KBOR also met at 9:30 a.m. yesterday at the Board Office in Topeka, Kansas to interview the presidential finalists.

The presidential search committee interviewed candidates Sept. 21 and 22 at the Marriott hotel at the Kansas City, Missouri airport.

“President Shonrock has created such energy for the campus,” said Andy Tylicki, chair of the presidential search

committee, in an interview with The Bulletin on Sept. 21.

“I think that is probably first and foremost. Just continuing his energy and continuing the excitement for Emporia State and making sure it is a vibrant campus.”

The two finalists, Allison Garrett and Petra Roter, were chosen to visit campus.

Garrett, executive vice president at Abilene Christian University, visited campus on

Avramenko opens own doors

Oct. 6. She described herself as an inclusive leader that values listening.

“I have, for a number of years, thought that in some point in my career, the way that I can best serve others is in a presidency somewhere,” Garrett said during the student forum. “I’ve been fortunate enough to have some re-

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Homecoming musical confronts racism

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During Monday’s dress rehearsals in Alert Taylor Hall, Justin Tinker, senior theater major plays Luther Billis in “South Pacific.” The musical is about American sailors and Navy nurses who are stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. The play is directed by Jim Bartruff and Lindy Bartruff. WENDY BRIGIDO | The Bulletin

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The homecoming musical, “South Pacific,” is set in the 1940s and focuses heavily on racism.

Roger and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” will be performed by an ESU cast and a live orchestra composed of faculty and students, led by Penny Speedie, associate professor of music. The homecoming musical will be at Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall Oct. 22-25.

“South Pacific” is a musical about the relations between soldiers in WWII and the na-

tives of islands in the South Pacific.

“South Pacific is a really important play in the history of musicals and it’s done quite frequently, but I think we have a special one,” said Evan Eisenbarth, senior theater major.

Eisenbarth plays Lieutenant Joseph Cable, a soldier who sleeps with a young native girl, Liat, and then has conflicting feelings based on her race.

“The scene with Liat is an interesting one and definitely very controversial one because she is so much younger and from the South Pacific,”

Eisenbarth said. “The racism plays into that. The show really focuses on racism as a base for its story line. My character and Liat fall in love and later I decide I can’t do it because I am racist.”

“South Pacific” confronts racism as its major social issue. Whitney Landreth, senior nursing major, plays Bloody Mary, a native who lets her daughter sleep with the Lieutenant in hopes that he will marry her.

“The most difficult part of becoming my character is that I’m really shy and have low self confidence and Bloody Mary is a firecracker,” Lan-

dreth said. “She is very big, very loud and all of her movements have meaning. That was the hardest thing for me to do was to be confident.”

Racism is present in more than one aspect of “South Pacific,” as Sydney Main’s, junior psychology major, character, Nellie Forbush, has difficulty accepting her lover’s proposal as he has two half-native children from his previous native wife.

“I never really knew much about the show and I didn’t know much about it going in,”

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Assistant professor files lawsuit against Emporia State KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An assistant professor who has been embroiled in controversy with Emporia State University for months over allegations of racial discrimination has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the school of hurting his reputation and damaging his career.

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Melvin Hale, an assistant professor in the university’s School of Library and Information Management, accused Emporia State of defamation and invasion of privacy. He is seeking a jury trial in Topeka.

Hale and his wife, An-

gelica, who are black, have alleged someone wrote a racial slur on a piece of paper in the office of Angelica Hale’s graduate assistant in April.

They contend Gwen Alexander, the dean of SLIM, did not investigate the incident and retaliated against them for complaining. In September, the university said an investigation of the incident and its aftermath found no evidence of a hate crime or racial discrimination.

Melvin Hale alleges in his lawsuit that the university’s findings damaged his reputation by portraying him as

a liar and a fraud. Hale, who has been allowed to teach only online classes from home this semester, said he has been told he would be fired if he did not take several steps, including changing some behaviors in the workplace and retracting public statements naming a university employee as the person who most likely wrote the racial slur. He has said he would not meet the conditions.

The university said in a statement Friday that it wouldn’t comment on pending litigation.

Hale is seeking actual

damages in excess of $75,000, punitive damages in excess of $75,000 and any other damages the court finds appropriate.

The lawsuit comes about a month after Angelica Hale, whose position as assistant to the dean of the library information department was not renewed, filed a complaint with the Kansas Human Rights Commission contending she was called derogatory names because of her race and terminated in retaliation for complaining.

Alexander has announced her intention to retire June 30, 2016.

An accident on a swing set left her blind as a toddler, but international student Anya Avramenko doesn’t want to be treated differently than any other student at Emporia State.

“People run ahead of me and try to open the door,” says Avramenko, a junior communication major. “Sweetheart, I can open my own door. People try to be helpful, but they’re just being ignorant.”

Avramenko is originally from Kharkyv, Ukraine. She first came to the United States in 2008, as a participant in the Future Leaders Exchange Program in Janesville, Wisconsin, for a year while she was a junior in high school. There, her host parents were also blind, so she said that was helpful to get accustomed to a new culture.

“That’s where I basically learned English and decided that I wanted to come back,” Avramenko said. “I came with basically zero English. I mean, it was just very little.”

A white cane helps Avramenko navigate her way around. The cane helps her be aware of what is in front of her, what’s on the ground and gives her a sense of the landscape.

The cane is long so it can give her reaction time. The sound of the cane against the ground can also give cues as to how far a building is and where there is an opening.

“That’s what pisses me off so much,” Avramenko said.

“People say, ‘Watch out! There’s stairs,’ but look, I know there are stairs. You don’t need to tell me.”

The loss of Avramenko’s eyesight was a gradual process.

“It’s very simple,” she said.

“I was (a) very mischievous child. We were outside in kindergarten swinging, and I was swinging too high, and I just flew out of the swing and fell on the ground and hit my head

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The Bulletin | October 22, 2015

ESU Hosts 60th annual debate tournament D ustin B ittel s ta f f w r i t e r

The Emporia State debate team, consisting of Shelbie Young, freshman communication major, and Alex Rickard, freshman biochemistry major, went 1-5 at the 60th annual Pflaum Debate Tournament this Friday through Sunday.

The three-day tournament took place primarily on the second floor of the Memorial Union and was run by Jacob Stutzman, director of debate at ESU, with the help of Juan Garcia-Lugo, assistant debate coach, and Malcolm Gordon, assistant director of debate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Eight schools from Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota and Iowa participated in the tournament. A team from Wichita State won over a team from Concordia College in the final round.

“Each team got six rounds of preliminary debate on Friday and Saturday,” Stutzman said. “Then the top eight entered an elimination round on Sunday.”

Each round, according to Stutzman, takes about two and half hours. This allows

for eight speeches to be made, four cross examinations and preparation time for the debaters. Stutzman said the topic that each team debated throughout the tournament was the same topic as it was all season. The topic was: “The United States should significantly reduce its military presence in one or more of the following: the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, the Greater Horn of Africa or Northeast Asia.”

“There are two people per team. We (ESU) have three teams so six debaters,” Stutzman said. “Some squads are the same size or smaller and others are much bigger.”

Young and Rickard served on the varsity team for ESU for the first time at the home tournament. They were the only team from ESU. “Preparing for debate takes a lot of preemptive thinking,” Young said. “You basically think of arguments people will make against you and write answers to them. Also, you construct arguments to make against other people. You do research on the topic, highlight evidence, and practice reading it out loud. There are many components to the prep stage of debate, but they’re all crucial to winning debates in

Reports from ESU Police and Safety Oct. 14 Officer took report of a noninjury hit and run accident involving KS 090EHY in Sector 6.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious activity call at 1323 Highland.

Alex Rickard, freshman biochemistry major, gives his debate speech, while his partner Shelbie Young, freshman communication major, (right), takes notes. The debate tournament took place Friday in the Memorial Union. DUSTIN BITTEL | The Bulletin

the tournaments.”

Rickard said that the actual preparation of the debate is the most stressful part of the tournament. Young said that the hardest part of debate to her, is the preparation.

“Understanding your own argument fully is a challenge, but then we have to understand everyone else’s argument decently well too,” Rickard said. “I would say an average week would probably involve 12-15 hours of researching,” A typical debate practice, according to Young, involves

the team and the two coaches, Garcia-Lugo and Stutzman, sitting together communicating ideas and potential arguments they can make. They also talk about the preparation work they have finished, they do practice speeches, and they have practice debates to make sure their arguments will work in real debates.

The next tournament the debate team will participate in is at the University of Central Oklahoma on Nov. 6-8, then one at Wake Forest University that will take place on Nov. 1316.

Faculty Senate continues weapon discussion

a gun survey being sent via email to on-campus students.

It will be 26 questions long.

An email will be sent out prior to the survey to let students know that it is a legitimate survey and to explain what it will include.

“Some of the questions will be if they (students) know

about the current law that doesn’t allow guns on campus,” said Janet Weaver, ASG president and senior psychology major.

The three bills FSB 15001, 15002 and 15003 had their second readings and were passed.

FSB 15001 outlines what qualifications are used to hire faculty. Michael Morales, associate professor of physical sciences, raised a point that faculty was not included as part of the process in being able to approve the qualifications of new faculty members.

David Cordle, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, said that the department chair, the dean,and the provost aren’t approving the qualifications of the faculty member, but they are approving the review of the qualifications that the faculty is providing.

“The faculty should be given the opportunity to review the credentials and voice an opinion before they are chosen,” Morales said.

Rochelle Rowley, assistant professor of sociology, said that the sociology department was given the opportunity to

public schools because there’s no accommodations,” she said.

Avramenko chose ESU because she got a 60 percent tuition waiver that her EducationUSA adviser recommended her for. In Emporia, she lives in an apartment by herself and she takes a 10 minute walk to campus every day. When she first moved here, she was shown how to get around different places in town, like campus and the grocery store, by the Resource Center for Independent Living.

“If I’m completely lost, I don’t mind asking a question, which, you know, is normal for everybody,” she said.

Russian, Ukrainian and English are the languages that Avramenko speaks fluently.

She also speaks some Spanish.

“I grew up speaking Russian, but when I went to school, I went to Ukrainian school, so I learned Ukrainian as well,” Avramenko said. “I still consider my first language Russian. That’s what I’m most fluent in.”

Ruth Gonzalez, senior communication major, said being blind makes Avramenko more determined. Gonzalez

described her as a hard worker who takes advantage of every opportunity. The two met last semester when they were partners for a class project.

“I got lucky that she actually came up to me and asked to be my partner,” Gonzalez said.

“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known how to approach her, although I was curious about her because I heard her speaking Russian. I think that’s the problem – that people don’t know how to approach her.”

Gonzalez said she wished more people would just approach Avramenko, instead of overthinking it and making assumptions.

Steve Catt, chair of the communication and theater department, said he first met Avramenko in January when she enrolled in his Organizational Communication class. At first, in the winter when the weather got bad, he said he thought the poor weather might cause problems for Avramenko, but she showed up for every class.

“I wish we had another hundred (students) just like her and I believe I learn more from Anya than she probably learns from me,” Catt said.

David Cordle, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, talks about the report from Kansas Board of Regents Meeting from Oct. 16.

The Facutly Senate met in the Preston Family Room on Tuesday. KAIYUAN WU | The Bulletin

J aevin C olvin s ta f f w r i t e r

The second reading and passing of the three bills and the first readings of two new bills were the focus of the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday.

There was discussion of

ANYA continued from page 1 on the pole. Everybody regarded it as a bruise, so nobody really paid much attention, and I was too little to notice some changes.”

A deterioration of the optic nerve and retinal attachment were what began to affect her eyesight. Her family didn’t have money at the time to go to Moscow to have surgery.

“We were so poor, so we couldn’t manage it right away,” Avramenko said. “We finally did, and we came and they didn’t even take (our) money after they examined me. They just gave us the money back and said, ‘Okay, we can’t do much anymore. We wish you had come earlier.’”

When she was younger, she spent a lot of time involved with music. She sang in a choir, and played piano and the bangure – the Ukrainian national instrument.

“I went to a school for the blind because in our culture, you were not allowed to go to

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review potential new faculty members this summer via email. The information was sent to the faculty and they were able to state their opinion over the qualifications that were given.

FSB 15002 changes the procedure for entering grades to a technology based procedure.

FSB 15003 allows out of state, above 300 level classes to count toward the 45 credits of upper level classes needed.

FSB 15004 is an update to equal employment opportunity, equal educational opportunity, and non-discrimination policy. The bill serves to update the policy in the University Policy Manual.

FSB 15005 is a bill regarding the modifications to 3AD.07 policy on campus-wide committees. The bill serves to make requirements of campus-wide committees consistent with the requirements of federally mandated university-wide committees.

These bills will have their second reading at the next Faculty Senate meeting for discussion and voting. The next meeting is at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 in the Preston Family Room of Memorial Union.

Oct. 15 Officer investigated a report of a suspicious odor in North Twin Towers Room 304.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with an attempt to locate call in 2000 Industrial RdPrairie Port Plaza.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with an attempt to locate call at 12th and Market.

Officer stopped KS 101AWA in Kellogg Circle. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in 1200 Market.

Officers investigated a report of a suspicious package under a vehicle in Sector 9. Officers discovered the package was a mechanical part mounted to the bottom of the vehicle.

Officer stopped KS Antique tag 644 in Sector 6. Verbal warning for not using turn signal and obstruction of front windshield.

Oct. 17 Officer stopped NB TLJ830 at 15th and Morse Dr. Verbal warning for a one way violation.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a bar fight at 402 Merchant.

Oct. 18 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 800 Commercial.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a Be On The Lookout call.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a lock out call for KS 693HHX at 521 Arundel.

Officer reported criminal damage/vandalism (graffiti) on the tunnel entrance north of I-35.

Oct. 19 Officer stopped KS 962HPV in 200 W 12th. Verbal warning for going straight in a right turn lane at 12th and Merchant.

Officer stopped KS 075HPV in Sector 8. Verbal warning for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 486DWH in 1300 Highland.

Verbal warning for driving without headlights.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a Community Contact call at 14th and Exchange.

OPINION

3 Where, Oh Where, Have All the Pet-Friendlies Gone?

The Bulletin | October 22, 2015

Every week it seems, the Emporia Animal Shelter is posting on Facebook about how they are full to the brim with adoptable pets, but their numbers never seem to dwindle.

Perhaps it is due to the fact that most of the houses and apartment complexes in town do not allow pets.

At one point in time, there were some apartments close to campus that did allow cats and dogs, though some with breed restrictions, and everyone seemed happy. College students are starting their own lives and their families, which usually begin with a pet or two, but are struggling to find homes that allow their little furry friends.

Heartland Apartments, 1325 Merchant St., across from Science Hall, used to allow pets with a small pet deposit, but now under new management they are trying to phase out pets, perhaps only allowing a

few cats here and there. Campus Apartments, 1112 Merchant St., across 12th Street from campus, used to allow pets of all sorts, but they no longer allow any. Every apartment complex owned by Cory Haag near campus along Highland Street is petless. But why?

It seems easy enough to say that these apartments do not allow cats and dogs because of the damage they may cause, but most apartments that allow them – all really – insist upon a pet deposit when someone moves in and brings their pets.

You would think that the apartment complexes in town would be willing to make more money and make their tenants happy.

Without apartments allowing pets, tenants are more likely to sneak in pets and lose their initial deposits, and make it harder for them to get apartments in the future. And now, some people are forging papers and doc-

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uments saying that their pets are emotional support animals or service pets. This doesn’t help anyone.

Why is it that so many landlords are making their apartments petless? One has to go all the way across town to find an apartment that allows pets.

Most of the time the apartments that allow pets either have outrageously high rent or are poorly regulated. It’s not because there are pets in the building that makes it so shabby - it’s just poor landlords.

If the Emporia Animal Shelter wanted, they could work something out with the landlords in town to ensure that tenants who live in those buildings can have pets, showing their need of homes for pets. And students who want to have pets, make sure you follow all of the proper guidelines to ensure you and your pets will not be put out on the street.

CARTOON by ITZEL LOPEZ-VARGAS

It’s all Greek to me

Dear Future ESU President

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Dear future president of Emporia State, You have some big shoes to fill.

You have to fill the shoes of Michael Shonrock, the 16th president of ESU, who left an indefinite mark on the campus and community of ESU. Shonrock not only led our institution and essentially rebranded it, but he also bled black and gold.

He wasn’t a sit-behind-thedesk kind of guy. He was innovative, interactive and intuitive.

He was a friendly face to all, a Twitter fiend and an administrator who put the university’s

students above all.

He was a legacy.

The reason Shonrock was so successful at this university was due to his undeniable connection with the student body.

At some colleges, students can’t ever recall a time when they saw their president on campus, let alone recognize their face.

With Shonrock, Hornets were posting selfies, sending him tweets about snow days and felt comfortable enough to talk with him about pressing issues that demanded not only our attention, but the university administration’s, as well. A bond had never been stronger between the administration and the students.

So, to our future 17th president of ESU: Your students expect you to be a familiar face, interact with us - on campus and on social media - and joke with us. Your students don’t want someone who is going to sit in a stuffy, carpeted office while answering phone calls and doing what’s “best for the university” by their own stan-

Real Talk

B luelake P ritchett opinion writer

It’s time to have a serious talk.

A talk that comes up far too often and just as often, it is never properly dealt with. This talk is one about America, rights, and apathy for others. Empathy is the single best human attribute we have; it’s what allows us to understand that something is wrong with others.

Then, a shooting happens in America, and public officials seem to have a problem. It’s time to stop pandering to extreme gun rights advocates, and actually confront this problem, and we can start

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by reworking Kansas’ gun laws to make sure guns can’t be brought onto schools and public places. Universities are included with that.

We have had three shootings in just the past few months, some dealing with schools, and one taking the life of a former ESU alumnus. However, we have approached this growing issue in a counterproductive manner, in my opinion. See, instead of addressing the problem of people bringing guns onto campus, we are instead getting ready to teach how to avoid getting shot at campus.

The FBI has put out a pamphlet as a reference guide on a shooting event, and according to one of the professors I have, the campus is going to start doing drills for these sorts of things like a fire drill or tornado drill. Again though, aren’t we missing the problem? Yeah, at the end of the day you are still doing the right thing, but you are sidestepping what you need to do.

dards.

In order for you to be successful on this campus, we want you to listen to us, the students, in order to determine what will make this institution outshine others. Your students want a president that will take their opinions seriously. We need a president that values the student body as much, or even more, than any other part of campus.

Show your face, get involved and don’t be afraid of social media. We are a Hornet Nation, and we want you to be a part of it.

Not above us, but with us.

You might be Dr. Allison Garrett, a more conservative, yet inclusive candidate hailing from Abilene Christian University. You might be Dr. Petra Roter, an outgoing and involved candidate coming from University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

But if we, the student body of ESU, have one piece of advice for you, it’s this: Shonrock set the bar high, so please don’t disappoint us.

A nastasia M otiti opinion writer

Since the first day that I arrived in Emporia, I noticed many things I did not understand about American culture.

Initially, I saw the buildings, then I saw letters on the buildings, then the designs, and then in classes, in books, in T-shirts – everything had something Greek. I was amused, fascinated, and wondered, “Do people even realize what that means?”

Have you ever considered the Greek marble columns that decorate the outside entrance of Plumb Hall? Or the mosaic patterns that decorate the walls in all the floors of Plumb Hall?

Have you noticed that in almost all of the general education classes we learn something about Ancient Greeks or Greek heritage? In most of our classes, like philosophy, art history, astronomy, mathematics, biology and many more, we are being taught about Greeks.

Did you notice of all the Greek letters all over campus and on some houses? Fraternities, sororities, tattoos (I’ve observed many people with Greek letters for tattoos). Indeed, it is easier for me to make these observations since I have a Greek background and I am not completely familiarized with the American culture.

But why do we ignore those elements? I have heard people

give excuses to me like, “Well Americans just copied the Greeks,” and I disagree. Americans did not copy Greeks; they became Greeks. I have met people that have Greek names and they do not even realize it.

Names like Alexander, Kassandra, Helen, Katherine and many more. Those names are derived from actual words in Greek that mean something, or actual Greek ancestors or mythological characters. Do you realize how many Greek words you use when you speak? Words like psychology, genes, physics, photography, telephone, heliocentric and thousand more of your daily vocabulary words are Greek. In fact you should consider yourself Greek!

Americans honor Greek heritage intensely without realizing it. Think of how important is democracy and freedom for Americans. Greeks invented democracy and our national anthem is dedicated to freedom.

Thus, I come to the conclusion that Americans should be more aware of these connection they have with the Greek culture; they should actually consider Greek culture as their culture too, and learn more about it. You should know more Greek, and thus start to understand the language that you speak and know more about yourselves. Apart from Greek language classes and Greek history, you should learn more about the Greek architecture, art and sculpture, because you have honored it so much that it became yours.

The United States carries a big percentage of Greekness, and I insist that you recognize your partly Greek identity, because it is so important. Even the “Original Greeks” differ greatly from one another, and Americans are not that far away from becoming them too.

As reported by Time Magazine’s website, a University of Texas professor resigned over the concerns the state’s concealed gun law, might put his life in danger. So, we are now at a point where you have one side saying guns everywhere, including campuses, are lifesavers, while the other side is refusing to deal with it, because it endangers their livelihood.

Now, bring that back to Kansas, where we have a gun law where people can conceal carry without a permit.

So, it’s not entirely hopeless. There are some steps in place to help curb this issue. However, it’s not good enough. We now have one of In the Oct. 15 issue of The Bulletin, due to a design error, the the loosest conceal and carry signature from the Letter to the Editor was not printed. The laws in the nation, and have letter was sent to The Bulletin by Joseph Kern. just gotten lucky that it hasn’t come back to bite us yet. So, I will cut out the politics, the personal feelings, and get right down to the straight Letters to the editor should be no more than 400 words facts of this whole situation. and can address any issues, concerns, ideas or event you choose. Letters may be edited for content and length.

We have a gun problem, and Email letters to editor@esubulletin.com. Include your no one cares enough to actuname and student email so we can verify authorship. ally fix it.

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The Bulletin | October 22, 2015

Phi Delta Theta 30th Annual Pole Sit Friday

KSTC Class of 1965 events Friday

through Saturday, 12th

• 11:30 a.m. luncheon in Memorial Union Ballroom • 1:00 p.m. reception in Blue Key Room, 2nd floor Memorial Union • 1:30 p.m. campus tour begins in Blue Key Room

Tri Sigma Chili Dinner Friday at 8 p.m., 418 W. 12th

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During Monday’s dress rehearsals for “South Pacific,” Sydney Main, junior psychology major, plays the character of Nellie Forbush. “South Pacific” is based on the Pulitzer-prize winning Tales of the South Pacific

by James A. Michener. WENDY BRIGIDO | The Bulletin

‘South Pacific’ premieres tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Albert Taylor Hall

Susan Thomas, class of 1989, speaks at the Hayes lecture series tonight at 7 p.m. in Webb Hall, Memorial Union

Chi Omega wins annual tricycle races

Members of Chi Omega storm the track to accept their golden tricycle Wednesday night at Welch Stadium.

They defeated Alpha Kappa Lambda back to back. TIFFANI WILIFORD | The Bulletin

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Payson Maydew Accounting Major After graduation, Maydew’s plans are depending on this year’s track season. He plans to move closer to Colorado to be near his wife’s (Sage Maydew) family. Maydew would like to be in a business doing accounting, management or business development. Maydew has been involved with men’s track and field, Beta Alpha Psi, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Blue Key Honor Society, Business Student Alliance, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Chi Alpha Sigma in his time here at ESU.

Derek Wilson Sociology Major

After graduation, Wilson plans to enroll in the University of Kansas’ Ph.D. sociology program and become a Graduate Teaching Assistant while obtaining his doctorate in medical sociology. After obtaining his PhD., he would like to return to ESU as a professor. While at ESU, Wilson has been involved in Honors College, Student Honors Council, Nerf Nation, Sociology Club, Ambassadors, SPURS, worked as a student night guard, Sociology/Biology Teaching Assistant and volunteered as a Lyon Co. firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician.

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William Carey Accounting Major

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After graduation, Carey will be interning at McGladrey CPA firm in Kansas City. Carey is a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity. He is the Treasurer for Beta Alpha Psi Honors Society and is the finance liaison for the Didde Catholic Campus Center. Additionally, he currently serves on Ambassadors and works in the accounting department at Dynamic Discs.

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Communication Major After graduation, Wilson would like to attend graduate school to get his master’s degree in student affairs in higher education because he enjoys working with college students and believes it would be a very rewarding career. Eventually, he would like to come back to Emporia State and work here in that department. In his time at ESU, he has been involved in Student Ambassadors, Associated Student Government, E-Team, Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, ESU Student Foundation, Corky’s Corp and Oxfam America.

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Alex Hull Recreational and Political Science Major

will be living, nurse in gerinis player and ly involved in rs Big Sisters, ional Student onal level. She ority.

After graduation, Hull plans on attending Law School and, upon completion, moving out to Washington D.C. During his time at ESU, Hull has been involved in Ambassadors, Oxfam, Rec Club, Alternative Spring Break, Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, Associated Student Government, Interfraternity Council, and the Student Recreation Advisory Committee. Other events and programs he’s been involved in planning on campus are Sting out Hunger, The Nitty Gritty Series, Arbor Day, Corky’s Cupboard and Hornets Haven.

HORNET LIFE

6 Speculative Fiction Book Club holds first meeting

Aman will return in spring semester S arah S poon s ta f f w r i t e r

Rachelle Smith, professor of English and Tom Mahoney, professor of mathematics meet in the library commons to discuss Andy Weir’s book,“The Martian” on Oct. 3. The Speculative fiction Book Club will continue to meet throughout the rest of the semester. TIFFANI WILLIFORD| The Bulletin

D ustin B ittel s ta f f w r i t e r

The Speculative Fiction Book Club held their first meeting on Oct. 13 in the commons area of the William Allen White Library.

The SFBC is free to join for those who enjoy reading science fiction, horror, fantasy or alternate history books. It’s co-sponsored by Alex Mudd, assistant professor of university libraries and archives, and Rachelle Smith, professor of English.

“We started experimenting with it a little last year as an effort to get more people engaged on campus,” Mudd said. “Res Life didn’t really have anything for people who liked to read instead of social activities so we had a few meetings last year,” Mudd said that since the SFBC was done through the library, there wasn’t much of a process they had to go through, ulinke the process

most student run clubs or organizations would have to go through in order to get a new club started or formed.

“This is something many libraries d0 so there wasn’t much of a process or challenge that we had to go through to get it started,” Mudd said.

“The biggest challenge was figuring out a time to get people to meet and figuring out what book to read that was appealing to everyone,” The first book discussed by the SFBC was “The Martian” by Andy Weir. “‘The Martian’ was perfect because it’s not to long, it’s widely popular and it just became a movie,” Mudd said.

The meeting held on Tuesday attracted a small number of people to discuss “The Martian.” Smith said that those who showed for the meeting discussed things like the movie, how the explanation of all the science was done and how the book was written.

“Since I already read the

book, I thought I would come by and talk about it,” said Tom Mahoney, assistant professor of mathematics and economics.

Mudd said that although they do have discussion questions in mind for the meetings, it’s pretty free when it comes to discussion. They may start with discussing the book, but it could quickly change subjects to discussing something else entirely.

“The club is a place for people interested in these types of genres to talk about these types of things,” Mudd said.

The SFBC next book to discuss is Cixin Liu’s science fiction novel, “The Three-Body Problem.” The meeting will be on Nov. 17.

“Liu is one of China’s most popular science fiction writers, so I am looking forward to hearing what others think about it as an example of the rich work being produced in science fiction globally,” Smith said.

tor, is directing the homecoming musical.

“It’s been such a great experience working with him (Bartruff),” Landreth said.

“He knows what he’s doing.

Everything he does, I’m like ‘Whoa, I wish I could have thought of that.’ Some of the things he does surprises me and he pushes all of us to work so much harder than we thought we could.”

While Bartruff corrects his actors, he uses constructive criticism as a way to both encourage his actors and ensure they think deeper about their characters.

“I love Jim,” Eisenbarth said. “He’s awesome. He knows what to do, how to pull

out everything you need on to the stage and in a total loving way. You never feel put down.

He’s really good about doing that.”

Tickets can be bought at the University Box Office in the Memorial Union. Ticket sales will go to scholarships for ESU performing art students.

“There is great music, there is sex involved, there is drugs, there is violence and it’s hilarious,” Landreth said. “I think people should come because most people think it’s a drama, but it has a lot of funny moments in it. I know the college students like their humor.”

“South Pacific” will start at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 - Oct. 24 and 2 p.m. on Oct. 25.

MUSICAL continued from page 1 Main said. “Now, I’m in love with it and it’s great... I’m sort of like my character but she’s a little too ditsy. She runs around a lot in the show so it’s hard to keep up with that.”

“South Pacific,” while from the 1940s, can still be seen as an influential and meaningful musical in our time.

“The most interesting part about being in ‘South Pacific’ is the time frame and doing a musical that was in the forties and bringing it back today,” Landreth said. “It’s still popular and people still understand the jokes. It’s just so interesting that after all this time it’s still a popular musical and people still relate to it.”

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CHECK IT OUT S II

BY RALVELL ROGER

Top Rap Artists: Throw Them All Out In our modern age, there are many very inspiring and thoughtprovoking rap artist out there in the music industry: Kendrick Lamar, J

Cole, Kanye West and Drake just to name a few.

These artist and many like them have shaped rap music into what it is today: general trash.

Now, I know that comment may seem a bit ridiculous to those faithful rap fans, but unfortunately, it is the truth, and this is coming from a hardcore rap fan. I mean, I have listened and even reviewed a bunch of the rap albums that have been considered by most to be on the top list of our time.

So I am not being biased in my opinion by any means.

I won’t deny the fact that some of these rap artist have made very important songs that everyone should probably listen to, but there always seems to be a lingering contradiction amongst them.

Let’s take a look at the more obvious ones first.

For example, Fetty Wap’s hit single “Trap Queen” is

The Bulletin | October 22, 2015

Robert Aman, elementary education, early childhood and special education lecturer, was supposed to be released to continue teaching on Oct. 5. However, Aman hasn’t recovered as quickly as he and the doctors assumed he would.

He will be taking the rest of the semester off.

“I had an opportunity to take the rest of the semester off to recover in time to teach my spring schedule,” Aman said. “In order to do this, my department chair and the dean hired an adjunct to take over my classes. I am very appreciative of Emporia State University and especially the Teachers College for presenting this option for me.”

While Aman has been absent, students have been doing their classwork online.

“I have heard they are hiring an adjunct professor to finish out the semester because Mr. Aman’s recovery process is not going as quickly as he had hoped,” said Montana Garrison, junior secondary math education major. “We have had Dr. (Carol) Strickland (executive director of the National Teachers Hall of Fame) teaching our class since the surgery and she has been great. We will all miss Mr. Aman, but we want him to get better first.”

On Aman’s return to ESU, he will be using a microphone to lecture during classes.

“I don’t mind at all that he uses a microphone,” said Rachel Eck, junior math education major. “He explained to us on the first day why he has to use it, but he made clear that he wasn’t looking for sympathy. He doesn’t let it hinder him either; he is so positive, and oftentimes he

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT AMAN makes jokes about it.”

“He had good jokes that went along with him using it like him using his ‘deep sexy voice,’” said Cristy Flippin, senior physical education major.

For some students, seeing Aman and the way he’s reacted to this experience has inspired them and their future teaching careers.

“I love that he has to use the microphone during class because to me it shows how much he loves to teach because he’s not willing to give up and to me that is inspirational,” said Michelle Foster, senior secondary math education major. ”We (the education department) all got together and sent flowers, cards and had our personal visits,” said Matt Seimears, chair of elementary education, early childhood and special education. “We all worked together to help out. Mr. Aman is really appreciative of what we’re doing and is very excited to return in the spring semester.”

Aman will return in the spring semester and continue to teach his full load of classes, according to Seimears.

KBOR continued from page 1 ally interesting experiences through the years, and as I read more about Emporia State, I became more and more impressed by what a wonderful place this is.”

Roter, vice chancellor of Student Affairs at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh visited campus on Oct. 8.

She described herself as an outgoing, student centered leader.

“I’m looking for a position at an institution that is student-centered, that is responsive, that has a sense of community, that has a value of shared governance, and

literally about cooking and selling crack cocaine, yet, it was continuously played on the radio over the summer for adults and children alike. In fact, there are probably some kids out there that do not know their times tables, but know the hook to “Trap Queen.”

Yes, the irony is real people.

Though artist such as Kendrick Lamar and J Cole may not appear to fall victim to trash rap on the surface like Fetty Wap, they too are guilty, and it is mainly just one thing that includes them in this category.

These types of artist advocate for love and peace on some tracks, and even go so far as to advocate in their interviews, but they

so you guys fill that bill,” Roter said during the student forum. “Like I said, I don’t ever want to be in a position where I’m not working with students, and so it seems here that there’s access to you guys. This is wonderful. You kind of met all those criteria, plus it’s further south than where I live.”

KBOR will vote to elect one of the two finalists into the presidential position, or will vote to continue the search. However, they said they plan to announce the 17th president tomorrow.

contradict themselves once they mention shooting and killing someone that they disagree with.

By them doing this, I can only assume that all of these rap artist have either ran out of topics to cover in their songs, or they are just bad rappers.

Either way, one of these answers could apply to just about every rap artist that is heavily commercialized right now, which is why my statement stands for all well-known rap artist: Throw them all out.

Let this be a lesson to all rap fans on campus: be sure to analyze every artist that you listen to and advocate for thoroughly; they may not have your best interest in mind.

SPORTS

7 Volleyball preys on Hawks

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Attacking the ball, Shayla Cotman, junior right side hitter, goes for a kill against Rockhurst Tuesday at White Auditorium. The Lady Hornets won the first match 25-23, but lost the last three.

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Former Hornet softball player, April Huddleston, will be taking over the head coaching position, according to Kent Weiser, athletic director. The announcement makes Huddleston the 10th coach in program history.

Huddleston was a member of both the Lady Hornets’ national runner-up teams from 2006 and 2008.

While she was forced to sit out on the 2006 season due to knee injury, she was a major factor in the Hornets run two years later. She hit .324 with 30 RBI, playing nearly every game at shortstop during the 2008 season, and was named First Team All-MIAA. She was an impressive fielder, committing only three errors in 56 chances.

In addition to her extensive playing career, Huddleston is already familiar with coaching and volunteering for the program.

She just completed her seventh season as an assistant with the Hornets and has served as a graduate recruiter and grant development specialist for the Graduate School at Emporia State for the last year.

Huddleston will try to continue the recent success of the Emporia State softball program. Over the last 15 years, the Hornets have recorded the best record in the MIAA with a 230-92 mark in conference action and 653-268 mark overall since 2000.

A press conference will be held to formally introduce Huddleston tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Blue Key Room of the Memorial Union.

Emporia State hosted ninth ranked Rockhurst, and took the Hawks into a total of four sets, falling to the hawks 1-3, 25-23, 15-25, 2325, 14-25. There was a total of 22 tied scores.

“I think our serve receive and defense just got into our heads, they served tough and have a good offense,” said Emma Benton, freshman outside hitter. “I thought we did better with our offense. The setters were stretching the net very well to try and keep their defense on their toes.”

The Hornets started the game off strong. It was an even first set throughout.

Emporia had a total of 18 kills to Rockhurst’s 12. Jamie Hauptman, freshman outside hitter, broke the 2323 tie with a kill, putting the Hornets up by one. Torri Rupe, senior right side hitter, finished the set with another kill, ending the set 25-23.

“We played well as a team in the first set,” said Josie Williams, junior outside hitter. “We were focused and had a lot of energy coming into the game.”

Rockhurst then came back to win the next three sets. Emporia started out on top 4-0, but was unable to keep the lead when the Hawks went on a 6-2 run, tying the score 6-6. Rockhurst finished the set 25-15.

The third set consisted of no more than a three point lead for either team. The set was tied 20-20, but Emporia was unable to pull off the

win, losing 25-23.

The final set was a rough one for the Hornets. Rockhurst hit .385, while the Hornets hit .093, losing 25-14.

Emporia’s defense was a strong contributor for the team. The team had a total of six blocks, with Williams leading the team with three.

Kelly Holden, junior defensive specialist and outside hitter, had a match high of 24 digs.

It’s definitely my responsibility to get those balls up and make opportunities for the hitters to put the ball away,” Holden said. “Defense has been doing pretty well as a team, but it’s definitely something we all need to work on every single practice. Blocking has definitely improved from the beginning of the season.

The other team is going to run fast offense and they’re going to trick the blockers sometimes; we just have to be ready to play defense and try to pick up everything that gets through.”

Emporia State host 10thranked University of Central Oklahoma on Oct. 23 at 7:00 p.m. for their next match-up.

The Bronchos are 21-1 on the season, and 9-0 in the conference, having 15 straight wins. It will be a battle, and each team will fight hard for a victory.

“Coach Bing was saying that we need to do our jobs and I think to prepare for our next games no matter who we play we need to work on playing as a team, doing our jobs, and play with confidence,” Benton said.

Back to the past: Homecoming blowout A ce F inch spor ts editor

On a sunny October homecoming day in 2013, the Emporia State football team throttled Southwest Baptist, 63-17. It was the highest scoring homecoming game in ESU history and the first time ESU reached 60 points in nine years.

“It was one of those games where we were hitting on all cylinders and we had some guys make some big plays,” said Garin Higgins, head coach.

A sophomore at the time, Brent Wilson, now senior quarterback, made his first start on homecoming day.

Wilson went 19-25 with 385 yards and three touchdowns passing. He also added 57 yards rushing on eight car-

ries.

“Homecoming just adds more excitement to the community,” Wilson said. “Playing SBU and putting up 63 was a lot of fun and it said a lot about our team.”

The Hornets stung the Bearcats early with a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. ESU didn’t quit in the second quarter with a 49-7 halftime lead.

Several big plays were included in the game. Antonio Brown, then freshman running back, opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown run. On the next score Wilson hit Ray Ray Davis, then senior receiver, for a 41-yard touchdown pass. And then, early in the second quarter, Wilson found Austin Willis, then junior wide receiver, for a 52-yard touchdown pass.

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“We were clicking on offense for most of that season,” Willis said. “We had a lot of weapons on both sides of the ball and going into that game.”

The Hornets had a high of 747 yards on 86 plays. That’s an average of nearly nine yards per play. As a team, ESU threw for more than 500 yards as former Hornet Corbin Jones went 10-12 with 116 yards. A total of 11 Hornets caught passes throughout the day. Davis led the receiving corps with seven catches for 166 yards.

ESU had a season high 246 yards rushing on 46 carries. ESU alumnus, Dozie Iwagwu, then senior running back, led the rushing charge with 73 yards on 11 carries.

Offense wasn’t the only highlight of that game. Jor-

dan Sanders, then senior defensive back, had 12 solo tackles. He also had one and a half tackles for loss, including a half of a sack. Curtis Shorts and Ashton Reichman also got in on the stout defensive performance. Each of them grabbed one interception.

The Hornets had three drives of 90 yards that each took less than 10 plays. On that day, the Hornets broke the single game school record for total offense. The 49 points ESU scored in the first half were the most scored in a first half in Hornet football history.

The Hornets will again take the field this Saturday on homecoming as they take on Missouri Western. Kickoff between the Griffons and Hornets will take place at 2 p.m. in Welch Stadium.

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The Bulletin | October 22, 2015

Sports Shorts Football loses perfect record Emporia State’s dreams of perfect football season came to an end Saturday in Hays, as the Fort Hays State Tigers defeated the Hornets 27-24.

The Hornets opened by taking a 10-0 lead and carried a 10-6 advantage into halftime. Fort Hays fought back and the Tigers took their first lead with 4:43 left in the third quarter. ESU answered with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Brent Wilson, senior quarterback, to Mitchell Foote, junior wide receiver, early in the fourth quarter, but Fort Hays promptly answered as running back Shaquille Cooper put the Tigers up 20-17 with a huge 89-yard touchdown run.

With just under three minutes remaining, Foote went 66 yards for an electric punt return touchdown, giving the Hornets a 24-20 lead and a great opportunity to put the game away. The Hornet defense was unable to hold, however, and Fort Hays regained a 27-24 lead on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 52 seconds remaining.

The Hornets would drive quickly down the field, reaching the FHSU 23-yard line with 8 seconds remaining. Instead of kicking the field goal for the tie, ESU elected to run a final play from scrimmage. Wilson came under heavy pressure and attempted to throw the ball out of bounds, but was intercepted. The interception sealed the win for the Tigers and moved the Hornets to 6-1 on the year.

ESU will host their homecoming game at Welch Stadium Saturday against Missouri Western State.

Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.

2-0 victory for soccer After five days, the Hornet soccer team recorded a 2-0 victory over MIAA opponent Southwest Baptist in Kansas City on Tuesday.

Emporia State’s Oct. 16 match against the Bearcats in Bolivar, Missouri, was called due to lightning. Although the Hornets led 2-1 when the game was called in the 56th minute, NCAA rules state that a contest cannot be considered official until at least 70 minutes are played.

Statistics were wiped clean and a brand new contest was scheduled.

The schools agreed to play Tuesday’s match at a neutral site, Durwood Stadium, on the campus of the University of MissouriKansas City, to reduce travel costs.

The Hornets were on their heels early as Southwest Baptist outshot them 14-3 in the opening 45 minutes. Astrid Costa, freshman goalkeeper, was forced to make seven saves in the first half.

The tables turned in the second half as the Hornets outshot the Bearcats 13-6.

Amelie Heun, sophomore midfielder, headed home ESU’s first goal off freshman Jacki Martinek’s corner kick in the 63rd minute. Maria Walden, freshman midfielder, sealed the Hornet victory with an insurance goal in the 79th minute.

Costa recorded nine saves and posted her first college shutout in the process.

The Lady Hornets will hope for better weather when they travel to take on Nebraska-Kearney this Friday. First kick is scheduled for 7 p.m.