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Stingers team dancing back to official recognition Daisy Gonzalez Staff Writer
The Stingers dance team has finally returned in an official capacity as part of the Emporia State Athletic Bands this semester. “When we formed the team last year, our best bet was to become a (recognized student organization),” said Gaby Amparan, junior English education and health and human performance major. “Thankfully, though, Dr. Woodworth from the marching band took the Stingers under his wing and made us a part of the band. This gave us the opportunity to perform and made the ESU Stingers official once again.” Last year, they were a club that performed on the field unofficially. This left a lot of fiscal responsibility on the shoulders of the dancers, according to Amparan. “Our first year, we didn’t have much funding, so we had to pay for new uniform pieces and other dance gear ourselves,” Amparan said. “This year we plan to do some fundraising soon to help get new uniforms. Additionally, we get a $500 stipend since we are part of the band.” According to William Wood-
worth, director of athletic bands, the students of this team must be registered for respective ensembles during the fall and spring semester. “We will perform with the marching band at the football games during pre-game and halftime,” Amparan said. “We will also march with them in all parades. During basketball season, we will get to perform at halftime. Any outside performances may occur per request as well.” “We are 15 women strong this year, and we are really excited for the upcoming season,” said Addy Pruett, junior nursing major. “Our goal for this year is to get more fans into the games to help cheer on the Hornets.” Although ESU’s cheer team falls under athletics, Stingers is in the performing arts, as part of the marching band. “Technically, our team falls under the performing arts and not athletics, since we are a part of the marching band,” Amparan said. “Dancing is definitely an athletic though. We put so many hours of hard work into perfecting our routines for performance, which requires loads of athletic ability, stamina, energy and flex-
Sophie Adams, junior nursing major, practices a routine for a half time performance with the new Stingers dance team Friday at Welch Stadium. The team started as a club last year but has become official under the athletic bands this year. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin
ibility.” Amparan said that she’s excited to start performing as part of the official team
ing after high school, so having this team reinstated again is very special.”
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Bulletin reporter misrepresents interviews, fired Sarah Spoon Editor-in-Chief
Alec Walberg
Editor’s Note: I deeply regret the mistakes printed in the last issue of The Bulletin. I am sorry to those that were misquoted. I chose to publish this story on the front page of The Bulletin in an effort to maintain transparency when we make mistakes. As fabrication and misquoting sources is a fireable offense at The Bulletin, which we take extremely seriously, the reporter, Alec Walberg, no longer works for The Bulletin. Each story will be corrected in following issues and each of Walberg’s past stories will be checked for any errors. The two stories entitled “Se-
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“We are so excited to perform at football and basketball games,” Amparan said. “Many of us thought we’d be done danc-
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curity cameras installed across campus” and “Holy bat spotting, ESU” were both written by Alec Walberg, a former staff writer for The Bulletin. Due to a number of misattributed quotes and inaccurate information, Walberg has been terminated from his position. “It was never my intention to print false information or to discredit The Bulletin in any way,” Walberg said. “I look up to a lot of The Bulletin’s reporting and what they do is very good for our campus. I’m just sad that my lack of experience, in a way, and lack
Senior football player wounded by gunshot, leg amputated Allie Crome
Managing Editor
After being wounded by a gunshot Aug. 16, senior defensive back Marquise Johnson went to Newman Regional Health. There, the Emporia Police Department responded to the incident, and then Johnson was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka. His wounds were considered see BULLETIN page 2 serious, but not life threatening, according to the press release. At Stormont Vail, Johnson underwent two surgeries, said a GoFundMe created to raise money for him. “It became evident that it was either his life or his leg,” the GoFundMe said. “Marquise’s left leg has been amputated from the knee down.” Since the GoFundMe page was created Aug. 21 by Betsy Stewart, a former classmate of Johnson’s, it has raised $5,213 out of the goal of $6,000.
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“(Johnson) was a light in my day, always joking and laughing and making other people laugh,” Stewart wrote in the description of the fundraiser. “I know that he is a strong guy and I also know that he is humble and would probably never ask for help.” The wound that led to the amputation of Johnson’s leg occurred at 7:45 p.m. Aug. 16, near 10 S Commercial Street in Emporia, according to the police incident report. The gun, a Beretta APX 9mm handgun, fired and the bullet struck and injured Johnson, the report said. “Marquise was a passenger in a car where another person in the car had a gun,” the GoFundMe said. “It was a senseless yet life changing mistake as the gun fired and punctured Marquise in the left leg.” The incident is classified as
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School of Business restructured into two departments
Allie Crome Managing Editor
The School of Business has been restructured into two business departments, rather than one singular department. This separates the business school
into the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Accounting, Information Systems and Finance. “The department head now has a much narrower span of control, so from 30 to 15 (faculty), and also the number of
disciplines roughly from 10 to five,” said Ed Bashaw, dean of the School of Business. By dividing into two departments, the intent is to give the department heads a better sense of what’s going on and increase communication, Bashaw said.
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Faculty Senate exec has information gathering meeting Sarah Spoon Editor-in-Chief
Steve Lovett, assistant professor of business administration, stresses a point he makes during the Faculty Senate meeting Thursday. Margaret Mellott | The Bulletin
The Faculty Senate executive committee used their time as a fact finding session for multiple questions faculty senators had about the tuition waiver program and open educational resources, last Thursday. “The tuition waiver program, as it’s been developed, is part of our tuition and fee structure,” said Ray Lauber, director of human resources. “ The program works on a sliding scale, where more tuition is see EXEC page 7
After structural changes occurred, such as the loss of several faculty members, the business school had the funds available to pay for the two departments and the addition of a department chair, Bashaw said. They kept one secretary for the two de-
partments and the chairs teach more classes than a traditional department head, to help save costs, according to Bashaw The restructuring became see BUSINESS page 5
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Those interested in adopting Josie and Joey should fill out an application to adopt at the Emporia Kansas Animal Shelter, 1216 Hatcher St. Buzz, like all animals at the shelter, was picked up as a stray. Infographic by Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin