Full issue September 14, 2017

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Hornets for Hope raise suicide awareness A bigail P once aponce@esubulle tin.com

Sunday was World Suicide Prevention Day, but Hornets for Hope are continuing to raise awareness this week.

Tomorrow, the RSO will have stress- relief activities in Union Square.

A candle vigil was held Sunday night in Union Square to remember victims of suicide and to support students.

“We get a lot of thank yous,” said Melissa Kurtenbach, community adviser for Hornets for Hope. “A lot of students will come up and share their stories with us.”

Kurtenbach started her own non-profit organization, Beacon for Hope, over the summer. “(The local organization is) raising funds to formally train individuals on campus and in the community for mental health first aid for suicide prevention…and provide scholarships for high school students,” Kurtenbach said.

Zaira Dominguez, secretary for Hornets for Hope and sophomore psychology and sociology major, said that the awareness is important.

Community members and students gather Sunday night on World Suicide Prevention Day at Union Square for the Candlelight Vigil to remember the victims of suicide. Hornets for Hope brought awareness to suicide and mental health hoping to start suicide prevention. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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Garrett updates ESU on budget at town hall meeting D ustin B ittel

of different places but by far the biggest is the investment in people employed...About A town hall meeting was 65 percent of our budget goes held Tuesday by President to wages and benefits.”

Allison Garrett to update the The three areas the Budget university on this year’s proAdvisory Committee has been spective budget. The town hall working on is preservation, meetings are monthly meetcost reduction and revenue ings to keep Emporia State generation. informed on its budget issues.

“It has been a long time “Our budget really has since anyone at Emporia State three key areas,” Garrett said. has gotten raises and that’s “We get a lot of our money something we felt strongly from student tuition and about and needed to be a part of the new budget, even as we cut,” Garrett said. “The Vice Presidents and me meet with the heads of the shared governance areas and had looked at the raise pool...and we looked at the data we had...and we came up with a plan.”

The legislature then approved a two percent raise in the wages of state employees the following day which meant that 30 percent of employees got raises at ESU, according to Garrett.

“Revenue generators, that’s what we need to be working towards and there are a lot of ways that we can get there,” Garrett said. “We have the new program incentive plan... the idea is that if you come up with a proposal that generates net revenue for the university that is then funded and begun, your department gets to keep a portion of that revenue.”

Along with the new program incentive plan, Garrett spoke about the new TRIO President Garret introduces the university’s budget and asks who has recentgrant programs and several ly seen the Morse Residence Complex that will soon be going under renovaother new programs started tions on Tuesday in Preston Family Room. Northeast and Central Morse d b i tt e l @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

when you add in student fees, students are paying for more of our university’s operating budget than any other group.”

ESU does receive some money from state appropriations but the number has gone down in the past years.

“Interestingly though, if you go back five years, we were getting about the same amount from the state then, that we do now,” Garrett said.

“The money goes to a number

this year.

“We had two new TRIO programs recently funded,” Garrett said. “We have the Upward Bound Program ($263 a year) which is a program to help prepare kids for college and the McNair ($265 a year) scholarship program which is a program designed to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds prepare for graduate school.”

The money from those and similar grants then goes to a variety of areas.

“There are percentages that are shared across student affairs and academic affairs and administration for the support function for the grants,” said Diana Kuhlmann, vice president of administration and finance. “It’s not a consistent source of revenue so it can’t always be tied to an ongoing kind of expense but it’s available for special projects.”

Provost David Cordle said that one example of that is the use of the overhead or indirect funds to fund some of the things done for faculty development.

Garrett encouraged those in attendance to help by getting word out about the Sunflower Scholarship to new undergraduate students, for faculty and staff to talk to prospective students and their families when they come to visit along with talking to student workers and getting their input and hearing the concerns of students when it comes to budget.

will be torn down while Abigail Morse will be renovated. Gabriel Molina Maruda | The Bulletin

Hispanic Heritage Month Kicks Off A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage, the Office of Diversity Student Programs is hosting the 2nd annual Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff Festival at 5 p.m. today in Kellogg Circle.

The festival will launch the start of heritage month events and will include music, vendors, dancing and food, according to emporia.edu.

Deanna Williams, director of diversity programs, Julissa Razo, president of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization (H.A.L.O.) and sophomore nursing major, and other committee members met in June to address problems that occurred during last year’s event and set up vendors and tabling times.

“I know last year that they had a problem with water, one of the food trucks needed more water and they didn’t have any, so I know that’s fixed this year,” Razo said.

“I think electricity was also a problem, they didn’t have enough outlets, or enough electricity for everything to be plugged in at the same time.”

The committee spoke with President Garrett to obtain permission to get the necessary water and electricity needed to run the event.

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ESU ranked second lowest in student debt D ustin B ittel d b i tt e l @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

It was announced by President Garrett Tuesday at the town hall meeting that, according to a study by U.S. News, Emporia State ranked second among regional universities Poll of 100 students taken in the Memorial Union, and Cremer in the Midwest with the least Hall. Infographic By Kalliope Craft | The Bulletin

amount of debt for graduates.

“This is just incredible,” Garrett said. “It really goes to show the work we are doing to ensure that our students graduate with the minimum amount of debt possible.”

U.S. News compiled a list of schools whose classes of 2016 graduated with the most and least amount of debt. The data

include loans taken out by students from their colleges, from private financial institutions, and from federal, state and local governments with loans directly to parents being excluded from the study, according to U.S. News.

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ESU plans Constitution Day event A llie C rome

Reports from ESU Police and Safety

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The Emporia State social sciences department and the Constitution Day committee are hosting a Constitution event from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 18. There are about 1,000 middle and high school students expected to attend.

“We reached out to a variety of viewpoints, to get a broad and very full experience,” said Clayton Callahan, a history graduate student and the event coordinator.“We have people who are doing games, I’m recreating the Constitutional convention with the shouting and trying to wrestle out what were the problems and the concerns of the time.”

The event includes four different sessions, a keynote speaker, a tour of campus and an ice cream social.

General Richard Myers, the current president of Kansas State University and the former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, will be presenting the keynote speech, according to emporia.edu.

According to Amanda Miracle, President Allison Garrett reached out to Myers to ask if he would speak at the event.

The event requires numerous volunteers to operate, including instructors, speakers, reenactors and 40 ESU students who serve as group

Sept. 6 Officers provided lock out assistance for KS 484JWC in Sector 1.

Officer attempted to contact skateboarders in front of Butcher Education Center to advise of campus policy. Subjects had left the area prior to officer’s arrival.

Clayton Callahan, event coordinator and history graduate student, discusses all the work that goes into planning Constitution Day at ESU. Callahan is Amanda Miracle’s, director of Constitution Day and associate professor of history, assistant for Constitution Day. Sarah Spoon | The Bulletin

leaders.

“Time is a commodity and people giving up their time to run the lectures, to run the tours, to help coordinate the event, that’s been our biggest help,” Miracle said.

24 instructors, mostly from the liberal arts and sciences department have volunteered to help, according to Callahan.

There are also community members volunteering, including representatives from the local government and a

pastor who is speaking on religious freedom.

There is no charge to attend, but funding for the event comes from a variety of sources.

“Ironically, (the event cost) was at $1,776, which is very relevant, but since we had another school come this last week, we’re up to $1,800, $1,850,” Callahan said.

According to Miracle, they received money from President Garrett, the dean of liberal arts and sciences and

through fundraising.

“It’s a big day and it’s a lot of effort, but we believe firmly that this is the right thing to do,” Miracle said. “We want them to find that this is a welcoming place and that we’re relevant to them.”

Planning for the next Constitution Day begins the day after the event, starting with a debriefing to determine what went well and what can be improved, according to Miracle.

ESU remains dedicated to a safe campus A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

Following the Department of Education’s announcement that elements of Title IX will be changed, particularly the Dear Colleague Letter that deals with sexual assault at universities, Emporia State remains focused on creating a safe campus environment.

According to a guidance letter from the federal government, the Dear Colleague Letter ensures that schools “investigate and resolve allegations of sexual violence” and classifies sexual violence as a “crime that interferes with students’ rights to recieve an education.”

The letter states that according to Title IX, sexual violence is a form of sexual harassment as it creates a hostile environment for students.

“The most important element is that our interest is in creating an environment where our students and employees and visitors to campus, first and foremost are safe, and second of all, are in an environment that is inclusive and is open to all different sorts of experiences and knowledge and walks of life,” said Ray Lauber, director of human resources and affirmative action and the Title IX Coordinator.

When the letter was introduced in 2011, the university took a comprehensive view of the requirements and made a rewrite to ensure that it fit university standards and goals.

Police Reports

Sept. 7 Officer responded to report of a smoking trash can in Union Square. Memorial Union staff extinguished the fire.

Ambulance responded to Union Square for a female student suffering from a seizure. Student was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

A female student requested to speak with an officer at North Twin Towers Room 607.

Officer contacted male subjects with alcohol in Sector 2 and advised of campus policy.

Sept 8.

Officer provided escort for female student from 1201 W 12th. Newman Regional Health to Plumb Hall.

Male subject requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to a lost wallet.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with locating subject at 1114 Commercial.

Sept 9.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 072 HGZ in Sector 3.

Officer provided a jump start assistance for student Sarah Braddy at 1011 East.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fight in 400 Commercial.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a welfare check at 10th and Commercial.

Source: The Washington Post and assaultservicesknowledge.org Infographic By Liam Kampsen | The Bulletin

The purpose of the letter is to bar universities from ignoring sexual harassment and assault.

To implement the Dear Colleague letter, ESU created training, recreated the reporting process and made a rewrite of the policy.

Lauber was not involved in the 2011 rewrite of the letter.

Julie Anderson, his predecessor, was the Title IX Coordinator at the time. A group of about 12 people from Student Affairs, Athletics, the general counsel and other stakeholders assisted with the rewrite.

“It basically put us in a position where we started being a little bit more aggressive I think, in terms of following up on complaints of sexual violence,” Lauber said.

There are numerous situations that fall under the sexual violence category, as outlined in the university policy manual. Sexual assault, violence, domestic violence, stalking and sexual and racial harassment are in Title IX’s jurisdiction.

Last year, the university created an investigator position to increase the efficiency and speed with which they could respond to complaints, according to Lauber.

“We’ve made some slight adjustments and had some adaptations along the way, but overall we’ve had a policy that has worked well for us as an institution,” Lauber said.

The appeals process is one part of the policy that went through changes, such as who

has the right to make an appeal and what steps to go through.

They intend to clarify how the appeals process works with incidents that fall under Title VI and Title VII, which do not deal directly with sexual assault, according to Lauber.

According to Title IX reporting procedures at ESU, “responsible employees are obligated to report complaints of harassment, sexual violence and/or discrimination to the Affirmative Action Officer and/or Title IX Coordinator.”

ESU’s interest will not charge, regardless of what changes the federal government makes to the requirements, according to Lauber.

“Whatever comes out of this, we’re definitely going to take a look at it and figure out what we need to do to be compliant, but it doesn’t change the fact that our interest is in creating a safe, diverse and inclusive environment,” Lauber said.

Sept. 10 Officers retrieved a bicycle loaned out from the Student Recreation Center that was chained to a sign post at King Lake and returned it to SRC. Resident Assistant reported a leaking air conditioning unit in Trusler Hall Room 403. The leak was small and the resident will place towels under the unit until it is repaired.

Officers checked all Blue Light emergency telephones on campus.

Sept. 11 A female student requested to speak with an officer via telephone.

Officer assisted KS Disabled Veteran’s Tag 572DVJ in 1600 Highland. Vehicle will be parked at the East Compound until 2200.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious person call at 4th and Commercial.

Twin Towers Complex Coordinator Kayla Smith and a female student requested to speak with officer at ESU PD HQ. Sept. 12 A female staff member and a student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ.

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Black Writers Club allows for expression and education D ustin B ittel d b i tt e l @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

The Black Writers Club, although not officially Registered Student Organization yet, is a new group on campus.

Ralvell Rogers II, president of Black Writers Club and senior English major, decided to start the group because he noticed that in his classes there was not a lot of information tailored to people like him, who have specific experiences as a black person.

“It’s going to be an open space for people to express themselves through literature,” said Rogers. “One component of it is the writing and just writing anything. The second component, is the reading. We want to try to educate each other on different black artists, writers, painters, just...in general because in an educational setting we don’t get a lot of that.”

Some of the important figures Rogers wants to talk about are James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.

“I feel Black Writers Club

President of the Black Writers Club Ralvell Rogers II, senior English major, helps and counsels Annika Miller, sophomore nursing major, with a paper, Tuesday in the writing center. The organization is up to receive RSO status today at the ASG meeting. Gabriel Molina Maruda | The Bulletin

is a unique and informative opportunity for a doorway for non-people of color and people of color to get education on

writing from black perspective,” said Kristian Gilmore, vice president and sophomore communication major. “ESU

prides itself on the diverse opportunities that it offers, and we would like to keep building on that foundation so people

can know that they can exist and nothing isn’t attainable for starting a movement like this.”

Anyone on campus is allowed to join the club, according to the group’s constitution.

“No person shall be denied membership on the grounds of their race, gender, color, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation or handicap,” according to the Black Writers Club constitution.

The group plans on having some open mic events to express their artistry and to attend conferences.

“I want the members to be able to take trips to different conferences,” Rogers said. “The ultimate dream would be to have a publication that would come out maybe once a schoolyear or a semester. It could be a chapbook or an actual journal like Quivira. The idea of it, for me, is something that would be specific to the black experience which is something that is kind of unheard of on campus.”

The group hopes to reach RSO status at the Associated Student Government meeting at 5:15 p.m. today.

‘Let’s Talk!’ hosts community political discussions S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Rachelle Smith, professor of English, modern languages and journalism, is hosting and moderating ‘Let’s Talk!,’ a series of civil discussions on political issues every Tuesday at the Emporia Public Library.

Smith is not representing Emporia State or any religions or political organization with these talks.

“My mission is to promote ordinary average citizens’ participation in political problems,” said Smith. “I’m hoping by having these nonpartisan discussions about issues of the day’s important issues that are facing our community, we

can get beyond this situation politically, where people are not discussing issues, but are ignoring politics completely or taking sides without much information.”

The next Let’s Talk! event will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 in the first floor main meeting room of the Emporia Public Library.

“I really hope that it will provide the average citizen the opportunity to discuss issues of the day in a civil, calm, reasoned fashion,” Smith said.

“It’s important for our country. We are the ones who govern our nation; we the people.

It’s a simple goal, but I think it is important.”

The topic of next week’s discussion will be “The Role of Immigration in America,” according to a flyer sent out about the event.

Fake news can be an issue during these talks, as people may come to the meeting with stories in mind that aren’t reliable. Fake news is becoming a more widespread issue, according to National Public Radio.

“The way I see this is we all, as citizens, are responsible for seeking out the best information we can from the best sources we can about the issues of the day that face our community,” Smith said.

“One of the ways I hope that these meetings can combat the

fake news that is plaguing our community is to have these conversations.”

Smith hopes for up to 25 people to attend the event, which will be an informal gettogether.

“I’m hoping that other people will be interested and become involved,” Smith said. “As moderator I will not share any of my personal opinions on any of these issues.

My role will be to encourage discussion.”

The ideas for each week’s discussions will come from Smith or those who attend the events. Future topics may include the environment, the role of law enforcement and racism.

“I’ve made a commitment to have these events every Tuesday and have a different topic of discussion,” Smith said.

Smith has already had two events prior to this one, held at White Memorial Park. She is trying to get the information out about the event so more people will come.

“The people I have spoken to seem very interested,” Smith said. “They tell me that these are the kinds of conversations they would like to have. They don’t want to be in a debate, they would just like to be able to share their opinions. We can learn from each other, as citizens, and I think that’s important.”

Chicago Boyz UAC sponsers Banks to speak at ESU tumble in to ESU R ayna K arst rkarst@esubulle tin.com

The Union Activities Council is bringing the Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team, a professional gymnastics troupe and a semifinalist in season eight of America’s Got Talent, to Emporia State next week.

“Tim Shaw started it (the troupe) because of his own experience,” said Katie Born, variety entertainment chair for UAC and sophomore elementary education major. “He was asked to join the Ringling Brother’s Circus and be an acrobat. He thought that changed his life, so he wanted to change the lives of other boys in the Chicago area.”

The acrobats in this troupe cannot be involved with drugs

or alcohol, must attend school and must maintain a C average grade in order to be eligible to participate, according to the Chicago Boyz website.

“It’s kind of a great way for kids there to have a good place to go and learn and be successful,” said Megan Budnik, UAC President and senior business administration major.

It cost UAC $5,950 to bring in the Chicago Boyz, which is paid with student fees, according to Budnik.

“We get $15 from each student,” Budnik said. “That’s it for the whole year.”

The Chicago Boyz will be performing at 7 p.m. on Sept.

20 in Albert Taylor Hall.

“I heard that they’re pretty good and I’ve seen a lot of YouTube videos,” Born said. “They look awesome.”

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position that he was.”

The event, which will be open and free for all, will take place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Albert Taylor Hall.

“He went through this extreme tragedy and this horrible image that he took upon himself,” said Kaitlin Pelegrin, vice chair of talks and topics committee and junior theatre major. “He has since reversed his image and made himself a public figure that people look up to. He went from being a sex offender, falsely, to a public figure that we’re bringing to the university to inspire students.”

According to the California Innocence Project, Banks served five years and two months in

jail.

“Personally, for me, we listened to his story when we were learning about all these speakers, I think he’s very inspirational,” MacGregor said.

“He’s been through some very difficult times...What I got from (his message) is that it’s (about) not letting your hardships define who you are as a person.”

Banks’ story is in the works to be made a movie, according to Variety.

“He can teach people how to deal with it and how (though) adverse, random, strange, horrible, painful situations that (you) don’t give up,’” Pelegrin said. “Something good can come from it.”

to do one event a week for sure, and the last week we want to do two, and tabling counts as an event so we really want to do that.”

Razo hopes that the festival and the rest of the events will spread awareness for Hispanic Heritage Month, as well as encourage more people to join HALO, which will receive Registered Student Organization status tonight at

the Associated Student Government meeting.

“I feel like it brings awareness, because a lot of people don’t know that Emporia has a huge Hispanic population community and Emporia State doesn’t really,” said Razo. “It’s cool to bring that aspect from the community into the university and have other people enjoy our culture.”

port group and help students recognize other resources for suicide prevention,” Dominguez said.

“It gets the word out that we Students that are struggling (Hornets for Hope) are a sup- can reach out to the Student

Wellness Center. Students can make an appointment by calling 620-341-5222 or stop by the office, which is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to emporia.edu.

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Union Activities Council’s talks and topics committee is bringing Brian Banks to campus. Banks will be talking about his story, as he was accused and prosecuted on a rape charge, but was innocent, and how he can help other victims of wrongful accusations. “(Brian Banks) was a football player,” said Katherine MacGregor, talks and topics committee chair and sophomore communication major. “He went to prison, and it was actually a false accusation. So now... he tells his story and fights for others who were in the same

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continued from page 1 Kappa Delta Chi and HALO are working together to plan events for the rest of the month, with each organization taking two weeks.

“We want to do a movie night, a Cesar Chavez movie night,” said Razo. “We want

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Two sides to sexual assault?

STAFF EDITORIAL

Betsy DeVos revealed her plan last Thursday to reform Title IX, as it has “failed too many students.” After the news dropped, many were left, and are still left, scratching their heads and wondering what this meant.

Title IX is the law that holds colleges and universities who receive federal funding responsible for discrimination on the basis of sex, which can include sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape. This law prevents colleges from ignoring sexual assault or harassment.

DeVos was careful to not mention any explicit changes that she had in mind.

However, “her remarks focused more heavily on the young men who, she said, were denied due process in campus proceedings,” according to The New York Times.

While DeVos said that every survivor of sexual assault would be taken seriously, she also took the time to say, “every student accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined,” according to CNN.

This is alarming, because it seems as though the new administration will be more focused on protecting the rights of the accused, instead of the victims of the sexual assault.

DeVos’ rhetoric is unnerving because it would suggest that now, in our current political climate and campus situation, guilt is already predetermined. This would make it seem as though it was easy for students to make accusations, which is hardly the case.

DeVos made her case even more clear when she cherry-picked a case from the University of Southern California where a kicker on the football team was suspended from school and removed from the team after his girlfriend accused him of physical assault. The girlfriend later retracted her accusation.

This rationalization and cherry-picking is disturbing because it suggests that we, as a nation, have gone too far to the “other side,” where we blindly listen to victims who accuse people at random.

DeVos’ seems to suggest that

the new administration needs to “correct” this injustice, and seeks a return to “law and order.”

But this is hardly true.

There are far more cases of sexual assault and rape not being listened to, when they should have been, then cases of sexual assault charges that were filed based on lies.

This is a dangerous time to be playing with Title IX, when it’s already somewhat flimsy, especially when people’s lives are at stake.

According to RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, 11.2 percent of all student, graduate and undergraduate, experience rape or sexual assault.

That is an incredible statistic and does not even come near to the number of prosecutions made. Only six in every 1,000 people accused of a sex crime are actually prosecuted and end up serving jail time, according to RAINN. So why would DeVos, a woman, work on behalf of something that doesn’t seemingly help women? Well, she’s working to defend her presi-

A Gun-Filled Tobacco Free Campus

S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

It’s been a weird week.

Sitting in my classes, I hear people complaining about a “tobacco free campus.” Apparently it is “unfair” because it violates their rights as Americans.

Covering Faculty Senate for The Bulletin, I listened as faculty members debated about “civil liberties” and “freedom” as they grilled those representing the Tobacco-Free Task Force about why they thought this was okay to implement.

I’ve hardly been able to hold myself back from laughing.

I mean, seriously? We are so concerned, as a campus, about “freedom” and “our rights as Americans” when it comes to not allowing tobacco

on campus, but allowing concealed carry on campus is a non-issue?

According to the CDC, tobacco accounts for approximately 480,000 deaths per year, 41,000 from secondhand smoke.

This year alone, however, there have been 43,211 gun related incidents that have resulted in 10,776 deaths, according to the Gun Violence Archive. That doesn’t count the almost 30,000 injuries sustained as well.

Now, if that doesn’t sound like a lot, I would like you to remember that during the 2015 Paris attack 130 people were killed. With this statistic, The New York Times has found that even if France had a mass shooting as deadly as the Paris attack every single month of the year, their death rates by guns would still be lower than the United States.

Additionally, for men aged 15-29 in the United States, guns should be of significance, as they are the third-leading cause of death, according to The New York Times, followed by accidents and suicides.

It’s bewildering to me that people are enraged by the idea of a tobacco free campus, but

accepts that guns should be allowed.

What does this say about us as Americans?

As for those in support of a tobacco-free campus and working on the Tobacco Free Task Force, I don’t mean this opinion to discourage you, in any way. In fact, keep up the good work and I am absolutely in support of your policy.

But for those of you who find yourself enraged over the idea of a tobacco free campus and equally enraged by this opinion piece that dares to question “your rights as Americans,” I ask you, why?

Why are you so enraged that someone simply questions your ability to buy a weapon to kill people, as that is what guns are made for?

Why are you infuriated by the fact that someone is objecting to the presence of guns on campus which will, statistically, increase the possibility for a shooting?

Guns are tied to the American identity in an unhealthy way.

I think it’s time for some social reflection and time to let this unhealthy relationship go.

Spoon is the opinion editor of The Bulletin.

dent’s supporters.

Let me put it into these terms: According to RAINN, those accused of sexual assault and rape are overwhelmingly male and white, with a resounding 57 percent.

Meanwhile, 62 percent of white males voted for Donald Trump for president.

The Trump administration is well aware of its core constituency, and it is acting on their best interests.

Make no mistake, this decision by DeVos will not benefit any people of color, women or those from the LGBTQ community.

Meanwhile, women in college, between 18-24, are three times more likely to be sexually assaulted, according to RAINN, and sexual violence is more prevalent at colleges compared to other crimes.

Women in college are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than robbed, and the percentages only get higher for transgendered, genderqueer and non conforming college students, according to

RAINN. This is a real issue, and real people’s lives are at stake.

I’m sure that some people will cry and throw a fit that The Bulletin stands up for “man haters,” but for everyone else? Hold faith that this loud majority who have never experienced a moment of discrimination, outside of their “reverse racism” arguments, do not represent the majority of people in the United States.

As a country, the United States has a lot of things wrong with it. We have racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ageist, ableist laws and policies. We have broken systems that award the most privileged and take away from those who need it most.

But the one hope we do have is the diversity we have in our country. We don’t have proper representation for that diversity, but with every fight, every protest and every act of civil disobedience, we come closer to that equality.

So go out there. Fight.

Stand up for what is right and give voice to those who need it.

The Pain of Textbooks

R oyell B owleg rbowleg@esubulle tin.com

The start of the semester leaves students with huge holes in their wallets. Textbooks are one of our greatest assets as students, but also our greatest grievances.

Textbooks can cost an arm and a leg, but we make the sacrifice anyway because the professor says, “Buy the book, it is in the syllabus.”

We are often told that textbooks are necessary towards our success in the class, however every now and then this is not true and we barely use the textbooks in the class.

This is where textbooks become a royal pain.

As good students, we are eager to succeed so we go ahead and buy the book, only to find out later that it really wasn’t necessary.

The professor often uses only a few chapters of the book or less, and with the handouts, powerpoint explanations and discussions, the textbook becomes disposable.

The textbook becomes a

source that is only brought up for reference if further clarification is needed.

It is frustrating, because in college, you have to save every bit of money possible, just to survive. And as part of the class, you give up a good chunk of that money to have the textbook you “need.”

But then, when that textbook becomes less than valuable, you feel disappointed and cheated out of your money.

That money could have been used for something as important as rent, costly access codes, or lab equipment for us science majors.

That is not to say that textbooks are totally useless when it comes to getting an education. For some, the textbook is an essential part of learning. You may utilize it on your own to get more practice or gain better understanding.

However, you still suffer a huge loss in the end when you realize the book only somewhat attributed to your overall success in class.

At this point, we as students just wish that the syllabus would be more reliable.

I suggest maybe placing the word “optional” beside the text in the syllabus, as an indication that the text is not really required.

That would be hugely helpful and such a gesture would definitely not go unappreciated.

Bowleg is an opinion writer for The Bulletin.

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Hornets rescatando a las abejas G aby A mparan g a m pa r a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Los Community Hornets organizaron un evento ayer en el Memorial Union para educar a los estudiantes sobre las maneras en que pueden ayudar a rescatar a las abejas.

El evento era su proyecto de aprendizaje de servicio que coincide con su programa anual de reconocimiento Tree Campus USA. “En términos de ayudar a las polinizadoras, plantea cosas con flores”, dijo David McKenzie, profesor asistente de biología. “Y si quieres ser más específico, puedes plantas flores específicas, como las flores indígenas. Flores indígenas son mejor que las extranjeras”.

El año pasado los Community Hornets plantaron varios árboles frutales para Arbor Day. Las abejas son las que polinizan esos árboles, pero preocupación sobre la disminución de la población de abejas inspiró este evento, según Brooke Bailey, estudiante de último año en comunicación y ciencia política.

“Estaba muy emocionada para el evento porque es una iniciativa importante y es tan excitante de ver”, dijo Bailey.

“Incluso cuando estábamos

anunciando en el Union la semana pasada, era increíble ver cuanta gente se estaba emocionando sobre la idea de rescatar a las abejas. A veces puede ser difícil involucrar a la gente pero teníamos a tantos interesados en esta causa” En el evento había una colección de entomología del departamento de biología, panales, muestras de miel que la gente podía probar, una estación para hacer bolas de semillas y una colmena para observar equipo de colmeneros proporcionado por un colmenero local, Carl Antes.

Antes ha sido colmenero por cuatro años, se ha enseñado solo y por varios seminarios del Northwest Beekeepers Association, y fue invitado por los Community Hornets para demostrar su equipo.

El equipo que trajo Antes incluye una colmena de observación que se usó para demostrarle a la gente las abejas, un aposento de cría donde hacen miel, un comedero que se les da de comer a las abejas, una área que separa a la abeja reina, una trampa de polen y filtros para miel.

“Hay un problema con los ácaros Varroa”, dijo Antes.

“Los ácaros varroa viven con ellas (las abejas) y siguen el

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Cheira Combs, estudiante de primer año en educación primaria, Emily Casy, estudiante de primer año en psicología, Bre Leary, estudiante de primer año en entrenamiento atlético y Baylee Scheif, estudiante de primer año en educación primaria, observan unas abejas ayer en el Memorial Union. Las abejas fueron proporcionadas por Carl Antes, un colmenero local, y fueron parte de un evento organizado por los Community Hornets. Sarah Spoon | The Bulletin

huevo que ponen y se pegan a las abejitas, que causa que se les transmiten enfermedades como, hay un virus de alas deformadas entonces las abejitas nacen deformes sin poder volar y no pueden hacer nada”.

Antes vio una abeja cargando larva y explicó que determinaron que estaba enferma o tenia acaros.

“Ten mucho cuidado con los productos que usas en tus flores y tus plantas”, dijo Antes. “Sugiero que animes

a tus legisladores que controlen estos neonicotinoids nuevos que son mucho más prevalente de lo que pensamos y son 100 veces más fuerte que DDT y está matando las abejas”.

Garrett actualiza el presupuesto ASG hace planes de la universidad en junta pública nuevos para los RSOs J ose M edrano C esar S anchez csanchez@esubulle tin.com

El gobierno asociado estudiantil (ASG) está trabajando en dos iniciativas nuevas que van a ayudar a las organizaciones estudiantiles registradas (RSOs) de Emporia State para que cumplan sus horas de servicio comunitario y aprendan cómo retener el estatus de RSO. “Hemos puesto algunas cosas nuevas en nuestro sitio web esta semana”, dijo Sawyer Barragan, jefe de estado mayor e estudiante en educación de inglés e español.

“Tenemos el link ‘Adopt a Campus’ que está disponible para todos de los RSO’s, o grupos de estudiantes en general, para poder adoptar una parte del campus cada tercer miércoles de cada mes”.

Grupos que “adoptan” partes del campus se registran para limpiar esas partes del campus, esto incluye recogiendo basura o rastrillando hojas, de acuerdo con Barragán.

“Estamos muy muy emocionados por esto porque manteniendo el campus limpio obviamente es un iniciativo grande”, dijo Barragán.

Las horas usadas para limpiar el campus pueden

contar hacia los requisitos de servicio comunitario, según Barragán.

Todos los RSOs deben de tener 20 horas de servicio comunitario para conseguir el estatus de RSO, de acuerdo con emporia.edu.

El comité de las relaciones del campus comunitarias de ASG, que es presidido por Christina Brunton, estudiante de tercer año en sistemas de información, está dirigiendo este proyecto.

El comité de operaciones del senado, presidido por Michael Webb, estudiante de último año en administración de negocios y música, está empezando un nuevo programa de RSOs llamado “All Things RSO”. “(Es) un programa para ayudar a RSOs con el proceso de asignación y mantenerlos informados en cómo mantener su organización una organización”, dijo Barragán. “Eso va ser mas tarde en el semestre…Es requerido de que RSOs vengan a uno o dos (programas)”.

Al momento, ASG está en cargo de aproximadamente 130 RSOs, de acuerdo con emporia.edu.

“Esperamos aumentar los números de RSOs para continuar a darle a muchos estudiantes oportunidades aquí en campus”, dijo Barragán.

“Eso es algo en que nos estamos enfocando ahorita”.

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Una junta pública fue sostenida el martes por la presidenta Allison Garrett para actualizar la universidad en el presupuesto de este año. Las juntas del ayuntamiento son mensuales y son dirigidas para mantener informada a la universidad sobre sus asuntos presupuestarios.

“Nuestro presupuesto realmente tiene tres áreas clave”, dijo Garrett. “Obtenemos mucho de nuestro dinero de la colegiatura de los estudiantes, y cuando agregamos los costos de los estudiantes, los estudiantes están pagando más al presupuesto de operación de nuestra universidad que cualquier otro grupo”.

Emporia State recibe algún dinero de asignaciones estatales, pero el número ha disminuido en los últimos años.

“De manera interesante, si vamos para atrás cinco años, estábamos recibiendo aproximadamente la misma cantidad del estado”, dijo Garrett. “Nuestras asignaciones estudiantiles no han subido, subieron brevemente y luego empezaron a bajar. El dinero va a un número de lugares diferentes, pero de lejos el más grande es la inversión en personas empleadas aquí en Emporia State University, alrededor del 65 por ciento de nuestro presupuesto va a los salarios y beneficios “.

En la junta se debatieron las tres áreas en las que ha trabajado el comité asesor presupuestario, la preservación, la reducción de costos y la generación de ingresos.

“Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que alguien en Emporia State ha obtenido aumentos y eso es algo con lo que nos sentimos fuertemente y necesitamos estar aparte del nuevo presupuesto, incluso mientras cortamos”, dijo Garrett.

“Los Vicepresidentes y yo nos reunimos con los jefes de las áreas de gobernanza y observamos la recaudación de fondos que teníamos y examinamos los datos que teníamos sobre dónde cae la gente en relación con los puntos medianos de sus posiciones sobre la base de estudios salariales que habíamos hecho y se nos ocurrió un plan”.

La legislatura entonces aprobó para un aumento del dos por ciento en los sueldos de los empleados del estado el día

siguiente que significó que el 30 por ciento de empleados consiguió aumentos en ESU, según Garrett.

“Los generadores de ingresos, eso es en lo que tenemos que estar trabajando y hay muchas maneras en que podemos llegar allí”, dijo Garrett. “Tenemos el nuevo plan de incentivos del programa ... la idea es que si tu vienes con una propuesta que genera ingresos netos para la universidad que luego se financia y comienza, tu departamento consigue una parte de ese ingreso”, dijo Garrett.

Junto con el nuevo plan de incentivos del programa, Garrett habló sobre los nuevos programas de subvenciones Trio y varios otros nuevos programas que comenzaron este año.

“Tuvimos dos nuevos programas Trio financiados recientemente”, dijo Garrett.

“Tenemos el Programa Upward Bound ($263 al año) que es un programa para ayudar a preparar a los estudiantes para la universidad y el programa de becas McNair ($265 al año) que es un programa diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes desfavorecidos a prepararse

para la escuela de posgrado”.

El dinero de esas subvenciones y similares va a una variedad de áreas.

“Hay porcentajes que se comparten entre los asuntos estudiantiles y los asuntos académicos y administración para la función de apoyo a las subvenciones”, dijo Diana Kuhlmann, vicepresidenta de administración y finanzas. “No es una fuente consistente de ingresos por lo que no siempre puede estar vinculado a un tipo de gasto en curso, pero está disponible para proyectos especiales”.

El rector David Cordle dijo que un ejemplo de eso es el uso de los fondos indirectos o indirectos para financiar algunas de las cosas hechas para el desarrollo de la facultad.

Garrett alentó a los asistentes a ayudar a dar a conocer la beca de Sunflower a los nuevos estudiantes de pregrado, para el profesorado y el personal para hablar con los estudiantes potenciales y sus familias cuando vienen a visitar, junto con hablar con los estudiantes y obtener su entrada y audiencia sobre preocupaciones de los estudiantes cuando se trata del presupuesto.

Presidenta Garret introduce el presupuesto de la universidad y pregunta quién ha visto el complejo de los dormitorios Morse que pronto empezará renovaciones el martes en el Preston Family Room. Morse noreste y central serán demolidos mientras Abigail será renovada. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore celebrates one-year anniversary M egan S heckells msheckells@esubulle tin.com

Ellen Plumb City’s Bookstore, 1122 Commercial St., is celebrating its one-year anniversary since opening Sept. 6, 2016. To commemorate the event, the store is promoting literacy organizations.

“What we’re doing this year is offering a discount for any books that are purchased to donate to literary type organizations,” said Marcia Lawrence, owner of the store.

The discount is 12 percent off for all books donated, since the store has been opened for 12 months.

The effort is meant to pay it forward.

“I have suggestions if people can’t think of an organization or can’t decide (on one to donate to),” Lawrence said. “Some of the big ones are Plumb Place, Kansas Masonic Literacy Center, Lyon County History Center. . . ” The bookstore is also debuting a new feature. Start-

Ruth Daniel, freshman elementary education major, scans the bookshelves on Tuesday in Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore for a book to purchase. The bookstore celebrated its one-year anniversary on Sept. 6. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

ing this week, the store will allow people to reserve a lounging place in the storefront window.

“We’re recording a Chamber of Commerce

member minute,” Lawrence said. “On Saturday, we’ll be recording a Facebook live event with Harper Collins Publishers.”

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Kansas education board struggles with teacher shortage TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas State Board of Education panel has recommended a new licensing system to reduce the shortage of teachers in the state.

State education department officials said Tuesday that there are 90 elementary school teacher openings in Kansas and more than 80 vacancies for special education teachers, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported “The challenge is now, these students are there (in school),” said Janet Waugh, a longtime board member. “What are we doing because we still have to serve them? They don’t stay home because we don’t have a teacher.”

A teacher vacancy committee has recommended an elementary licensing process that

would require a district to identify people with “great potential” to be a teacher. The person must have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited school and be enrolled in an approved elementary education preparation program. The process to become a licensed elementary school teacher would take two years.

The process would also require intensive mentoring and support, which Waugh said is crucial to retaining teachers.

She also said substitute teachers should also be identified as candidates for the licensing requirements.

The committee has also recommended a similar set of alternative licensing requirements to help fill teaching spots in special education.

“We had a serious discussion about what options are out there,” said Deborah AyersGeist, director of special services for Turner Unified School District. “We looked at all options. We think that teachers in special education should get higher pay and higher pay for our paraprofessionals. I think that’s how we’ll get additional people who want to take that risk.”

Waugh said she thinks the board hasn’t acted on those recommendations because it didn’t have the latest teacher vacancy data.

“We can’t just sit on our hands and do nothing,” she said. “We must do something.

We’ve got to come up with something that will best serve our students.”

TWLOHA speaker comes to ESU S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Jamie Tworkowski, founder and CEO of To Write Love On Her Arms, spoke to campus yesterday in Albert Taylor Hall. To Write Love On Her Arms is a nonprofit organization that helps people who are struggling with self-injury, addiction, depression and suicide, according to twloha.com.

“We just want people to know they’re not alone and that it’s okay to be honest and ask for help,” Tworkowski said. “That’s our goal with these events...

We’re really trying to push back against the stigma that says our pain should be a secret. The whole hope with a night like tonight is just to let people know it’s okay to be honest and open.”

Tworkowski was sponsored by the talks and topics committee of the Union Activities Council.

“It’s a really relevant topic to college students and to really anybody who is struggling, which is why we incorporated the community,” said Kaitlin Pelegrin, vice chair of talks and topics and junior theatre major.

“Usually with our events, we target the campus and we target college students, but with Jamie we are also targeting the Emporia community because Jamie speaks to young kids, older kids and adults.”

This will be Tworkowski’s second visit to campus.

Union Activity Council sponsors Jamie Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love On Her Arms last night in Albert Taylor Hall. TWLOHA began in 2006 to help those who struggle with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. Sarajo Mance| The Bulletin

“He actually has been here before...and he got a really good response from students and faculty,” said Katherine MacGregor, talks and topics committee chair and sophomore communication major. “It goes really well with suicide prevention week.”

Suicide prevention week

is Sept. 10-16, according to the American Association of Suicidology.

This was the first of two speaking events to be put on

by UAC’s talks and topics committee. The next event will be Brian Banks at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Albert Taylor Hall.

the bookstore to move locations last month, which took the focus off the plans for the anniversary.

“Our anniversary plans are actually a lot smaller

than they would have been had circumstances been a little different,” Lawrence said.

Author Jerilyn Henrikson had praise for Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore. She expressed joy at how Lawrence helps support and promote her work in the bookstore.

“I’m really glad that this place is here, for one thing,” said Lindsey Bartlett, English instructor. “She’s really made this an all-inclusive place that’s comfortable for people to come, and it’s become sort of a safe space for a lot of individuals as well.”

The discounted books donated to literacy organizations are expected to continue for about a week but perhaps longer if people are still interested in carrying out this effort.

“We’ll be making book plates to put in the books that say ‘donated by person ABC to organization XYZ, honoring Ellen Plumb’s first anniversary,” Lawrence said.

Hornets Saving Bees

Cheira Combs, freshman elementary education major, Emily Casey, freshman psychology major, Bre Leary, freshman athletic training major and Baylee Scheif, freshman elementary education major observe a box full of bees last Wednesday in Memorial Union. The bees were provided by Carl Antes, a local beekeeper, and were part of an event sponsored by the Community Hornets. Sarah Spoon | The Bulletin

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The Community Hornets held an event yesterday in the Memorial Union to educate students on the ways they can help save the bees. The event was their service learning project that coincides with their yearly Tree Campus USA Recognition program.

“In terms of helping pollinators, plant stuff with flowers,” said David McKenzie, assistant professor of biology. “If you want to get more specific you can plant specific flowers, like native flowers. Native flowers are a lot better than nonnative flowers.”

Last year the Community Hornets planted several fruit trees for Arbor Day. Bees are the ones to pollinate those trees, but concerns in the decline in bee population led to this event, according to Brooke Bailey, senior communication and political science major.

“I was very excited about the event because this is an important initiative and it’s so exciting to see,” Bailey said. “Even when we’re tabling in the union last week, it was incredible to see how many people were getting so pumped up about the idea of saving the bees. Sometimes it can be hard to get people involved but we had so many people that are so interested in this cause.”

At the event there was an entomology collection from the biology department, honeycombs and honey samples that people could try, a seed ball making station and an observation beehive and beekeep-

ers equipment provided by local beekeeper, Carl Antes.

Antes has been a beekeeper for about four year, having learned through self teaching and few seminars held by the Northwest Beekeepers association.

Some of the equipment Antes brought includes an observation hive which allowed people to see the bees and a brood chamber where the babies are born.

Also shown were a feeder that is fed to the bees, a queen excluder to separate the queen, a smoker, sawdust to fuel the smoker, his beekeeper gear, a pollen trap to collect pollen, filters for when they extract the honey and traps for the small hive beetle that has oil in it to trap and kill the beetles.

“There is a problem with varroa mites,” Antes said.

“Varroa mites live with them (the bees) and will go into a cell after the egg has been laid and they’ll attach to the baby and just by virtue of attaching to them they will transmit diseases.

There is a deformed wing virus and so the baby that comes out is deformed and they can’t fly and can’t do any good.”

Antes spotted a bee carrying a larva in the colony and explained that they determined the baby was sick or had mites, uncapped the cell it was in and was trying to dispose of it outside.

“Be very careful with what you spray on your flowers and your plants,” Antes said. “I suggest that you get your legislators to control these new neonicotinoids that are much more prevalent than we ever imagined and are 100 times stronger than DDT and is killing the bees.”

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Students and community rally in support of dreamers

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Emily Velazquez (left), senior political science major, attends the rally protesting Trump’s decision to end DACA on Tuesday outside of Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore. The protest involved approximately 40 participants and was organized by Rochelle Rowley, assistant professor in the sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies department. Aleana Cuevas-Montagne (above), sophomore undecided major, works on a poster that reads ‘educate don’t discriminate’ last Monday at Gravel City Roasters, 608 Commercial St. The poster was made for the rally in support of dreamers held last Tuesday. Sarah Spoon and Allie Crome | The Bulletin

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Students and community members rallied Tuesday on the 1100 block of Commercial St. to protest the rescinding of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

“We really want to show support for the dreamers that are here,” said Jessie Stallings, associate professor in counselor education. “We want to continue to show support in conjunction with what the university has said already about

helping them finish their education no matter what and doing what they can to help them stay here.”

There are 12,000 people in Kansas that are currently eligible for DACA, with 8,000 immediately eligible and approximately 5,000 eligible in the future, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

The group, made up of about 40 people, was organized last week by Rochelle Rowley, assistant professor of sociology anthropology, and crime and deliquincey studies.

They had a permit from the

ASG rolls out new plans for RSOs S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Associated Student Government is working on two new initiatives that will help Emporia State’s Registered Student Organizations fulfill their community service hours and learn how to retain their RSO status.

“We have a couple of new things going live on our website this week,” said Sawyer Barragan, ASG Chief of Staff and junior Spanish and English education major. “We have our ‘Adopt a Campus’ link which is available for all RSOs, or groups of students in general, to be able to adopt a portion of campus on the third Wednesday of every month.”

Groups that “adopt” parts of campus will be signing up to clean them, including picking up trash or raking leaves, according to Barragan.

“We’re really really excited about that because keeping campus clean is obviously a huge initiative,” Barragan said.

The hours spent cleaning the campus can count towards RSO community ser-

vice requirements, according to Barragan.

All RSOs must have 20 hours of community service to retain their RSO status, according to emporia.edu.

ASG’s campus and community relations committee, chaired by Christina Brunton, junior information systems major, is heading up this project.

The Senate Operations Committee, chaired by Michael Webb, senior business administration and music major, is rolling out a new program for RSOs called “All Things RSO.” “(It’s) a program to help RSOs through the allocation process and keep them up to date on how to keep their organization an organization,” Sawyer said. “RSO’s are required to come to one of the two (programs).”

Currently ASG is in charge of about 130 RSOs, according to emporia.edu.

“We are hoping to get number of RSOs back up to continue to give lots of students opportunities here on campus,” Barragan said.

“That’s something that we’re really focusing on right now.”

Emporia Police Department that authorized them to publicly protest from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., in front of Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore, 1122 Commercial St. “We found it would be easier to do the rally in the community so we organized it for today and it looks like there’s a good show up,” Rowley said.

Due to her ESU employment contact, Rowley was unable to attend the protest as planned. Rowley instead brought her Social Stratification class to observe from across the street.

“I was informed (by the department chair) that since I normally teach at 11, that it would be illegal employee activity if I was part of the rally,” Rowley said.

Alfredo Montalvo, chair of the sociology, anthropology and crime and delinquency studies, could not comment due to it being a personnel matter.

Throughout the duration of the rally, those in attendance chanted a variety of sayings, expressing their dissatisfaction with President Trump’s decision to end DACA.

“Respect existence or expect resistance” and “education not deportation,” were among the many chants that the group repeated.

“I’m here to support DACA, to be mindful that humanity values come first,” said Emily Velazquez, a senior political science major who attended the rally.

“It’s important,” said Mesa Weidenbach, freshman political science major. “The people it directly affects can’t stand up for fear of being deported, so it’s up to me to stand up for it.”

Songbirds promise eternal love

Grant Saylor-Perkins, senior music education-instrumental major, proposes to Lindley Piper, Emporia State alumna who graduated in 2015 with a bachelor of music in flute/piccolo performance, during the halftime of the first home football game last Thursday night. Saylor-Perkins met Piper in 2012 in the ESU marching band. Sarajo Mance| The Bulletin

debt

continued from page 1 For the 2016 graduates, 62 percent of grads graduated with the average amount of debt being $20,433, according to U.S. News.

“ESU has a wonderful scholarship program and we have many students who take advantage of that,” said Elaine Henrie, director of financial aid, scholarship and veteran services, in an ESU Buzz interview. “Our students bring in over a million dollars in outside scholar-

ships so that tells you they are learning something about the importance of doing that work before they come in,” The use of the various scholarships and other financial aid programs like SALT, can be attributed to aiding ESU in achieving this ranking.

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Hornet football gets 45-13 win over Nebraska-Kearney B ethany B owman bb o w m a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

In their second game of 2017 and first at home, the Emporia State football team was able to defeat the Lopers of Nebraska-Kearney behind 435 passing-yards and four touchdowns from junior quarterback Braxton Marstall last Thursday night on Jones Field.

“I thought we came out and played Emporia State football,” said head coach Garin Higgins. “Of course you know, a little bit different opponent than we played last week but for us to rebound the way that we did, I thought offensively it was really important for us to get off to good start.”

Coming off of a seasonopening shutout loss at No. 1 ranked and defending national champion, Northwest Missouri State, the Hornets were looking to score their first points of the season on their home field at Welch Stadium.

It did not take long for ESU as Marstall found senior wide receiver Louis Dailey on a 61 yard strike just 40 seconds into the game to put the Hornets up 7-0 following an Austin Morton PAT. “We played and executed better in all 3 phases,” said special teams coach Nathan Linsey. “Having the offense score early got our confidence and swag back.”

On UNK’s possession, ESU’s defense held the Lopers on downs and then went 64 yards on nine plays before Marstall found junior wide receiver Jordan Jackson for a 34 yard score and a 14-0 lead over Kearney with 8:40 remaining in the first quarter.

Not to be held scoreless in the first quarter, the Lopers found the endzone with 2:32 on the clock when UNK quarterback Steve Worthing found

Russell Thomas for a 15 yard touchdown pass to cut into the Hornet lead, 14-7.

Just before the end of the quarter at the 0:21 mark, Marstall again hit Dailey for a 15 yard touchdown pass. That drive took just 2:04 and seven plays for 44 yards, giving the Hornets a 21-7 advantage at the end of the first quarter.

On the ensuing drive, UNK turned the ball over on downs and handed the ball over to the Hornets at their own 39-yard line. ESU marched 61 yards down the field on nine plays, capping off the drive with a one-yard touchdown on junior running back Landon Nault’s acrobatic dive into the endzone for a 28-7 Hornet lead at the 8:25 mark of the second quarter.

The Hornet defense again came up big as junior linebacker Orlando Sheets recovered a fumble on the Loper’s next possession at the ESU 45 yard line that set up a 41-yard field goal for Morton to give the Hornets a 31-7 edge at the half.

Kearney struck first in the second half on Russell’s two yard touchdown-run. The PAT conversion pass failed and the Hornets maintained a 31-13 lead with 10:03 left to play in the third quarter. Nault scored his second touchdown of the night from two yards out following a ten-play, 79-yard Hornet drive to give ESU a 38-13 lead.

The PAT by Morton was his 150th converted career PAT. In the fourth quarter, the Hornets went eight plays for 80 yards and finished their scoring for the night when Marstall found junior wide receiver Justin Brown for a three yard touchdown and a 45-13 lead.

“I think we were able to capatalize on our opportuni-

The student section reacts in anticipation as Louis Dailey, senior wide receiver, catches a 15-yard pass for a touchdown against the University of Nebraska at Kearney in last Thursday’s game at Welch Stadium. The Hornets took the game with a score of 45 to 13. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

ties to score,” said Marstall.

“We executed at a high level.”

Marstall lead the Hornet offense with 435 passing yards and four touchdowns. The Hornets were led in receptions

by Dailey with six catches for 119 yards and senior linebacker Gabe Cleveland anchored the Hornet defense with 13 tackles, 12 of them solo.

The Hornets (1-1) will travel to Joplin, Missouri Saturday to take on the Lions of Missouri Southern (0-2).

Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.

Emporia State soccer goes 1-1 last weekend at Minot State Classic B ethany B owman bb o w m a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

In their first overtime match of the season, the Hornets came out victorious with a 1-0 win over Minot State.

This followed sophomore forward Kennedy Hoffman’s winning goal at the Minot State Classic in Minot, North Dakota last Friday.

Both the Hornets and the

Beavers went scoreless during regulation.

In the first half, Minot State edged Emporia State 7-3 in shots and 3-1 in shots on goal.

ESU led MSU in corner kicks, 2-1 in the first half of play. In the second half, the Beavers tallied 11 shots with four on goal to just seven shots, three on goal for the Hornets. ESU once again led the Beavers in corner kicks after regulation, 3-1.

Just 3:35 into the overtime

period, Hoffman took a pass from junior midfielder Maria Walden from the right side and found the back of the net to give ESU the win and a 3-0 record on the season. Two of those wins were over teams that made the 2016 NCAA tournament, Harding University and Minot State.

“We all worked hard for 90 minutes,” said Hoffman.

“I was glad I could help my team get the win.”

The winning goal was

Hoffman’s second goal of the season and freshman goalkeeper Bethany Reeves recorded her second shutout.

In their second game of the Minot State Classic, the Hornets suffered their first loss of the season, falling to Augustana University, 1-0 in double overtime last Sunday.

Reeves posted a shutout through regulation and a season-high eight saves before Augustana’s Rebekah Thoresen scored the golden goal for

the Vikings just 2:11 into the second overtime.

ESU tallied 12 shots with five on goal while Augustana recorded 15 shots, nine on goal.

The Hornets will be back in action tomorrow at 6 p.m. as they take on Washburn University in Topeka, KS for a non-conference matchup.

The Hornets will host Fort Hays State in another nonconference matchup at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

ESU volleyball goes 3-1 at Southwest Baptist Invitational B ethany B owman bb o w m a n @ e s u b u l l e t i n . c o m

Julia Joseph, junior outside hitter, spikes the volleyball while Jamie Hauptman, junior outside hitter, attempts to block during a practice yesterday in William Allen White Auditorium. The team went 3-1 at the weekend tournament in Minot, North Dakota. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin

Taking on Adams State in their first game of the SBU Invitational, the Hornet volleyball team came out on top of the Grizzlies in four sets, 25-17, 24-26, 25-21, 25-22 last Friday in Bolivar, MO to improve to 2-3 on the season.

The Hornet offense was led by freshman right-side hitter and setter Yuchen Du with 23 kills. Junior middle hitter Tatum Graves added 17 kills for the match and junior Jamie Hauptman recorded 13.

Sophomore setter Emma Dixon led the Hornets in assists with 32 and Du added 23. Defensively, the Hornets had three players in double digits in digs. Sophomore defensive specialist Allie Maloney led Emporia State with 18 while junior Julia Joseph and Du added 12 each.

Later that day, ESU faced host team Southwest Baptist and swept the Bearcats in three sets, 25-17, 25-19, 25-13,

moving to 3-3 on the season.

The Hornets were again led in kills by Du with 15.

Freshman hitter Jordan Evans recorded six and sophomore hitter Taylor Otting added five.

In assists, Dixon led with 19 and Du added 14.

Maloney recorded 13 digs in the win over SBU while Evans and Joseph added 12 and nine, respectively.

Continuing their play at the SBU Invitational the next day, ESU Volleyball picked up another win, defeating Oklahoma Baptist in five sets, 18-25, 25-17, 25-27, 25-16, 22-20 to improve to 4-3 on the season.

The Bison took the first set 25-18 before ESU came back for a 25-17 win in set 2 to even the match at 1-1. The Hornets dropped the third set in extra points at 27-25 before rallying for a 25-16 win in set four and a 22-20 nailbiter win in extra points to take the match 3-2.

Du led the Hornets in kills with 20. Hauptman was right behind her with 17 and freshman hitter Valerie Golder

added 13.

Dixon tallied 35 assists in the match while Du added 28.

Freshman defensive specialist Kylie Acebedo led the Hornets in digs with 19 while Dixon and Evans had 12 and 11, respectively.

In their final game in Boliver, MO, the Hornets dropped a match to Ft. Lewis College, 27-25, 25-18, 25-20.

The Hornets fell to 4-4 on the season.

Du paced the Hornets with 14 kills. Hauptman and Graves added eight and seven, respectively.

Dixon led ESU with 19 assists for the match and Du tallied 15.

Joseph recorded 10 digs for the Hornets, defensively.

Du and Acebedo each added nine.

The Hornets will be back in action this weekend at the MIAA-GAC Crossover Tournament. They will take on Southeastern Oklahoma State in a 10 a.m. contest Friday in Bethany, OK followed by a 4 p.m. matchup with Southwestern Oklahoma State.