Full issue September 7, 2017

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NEWS

HORNET LIFE

Tobacco Free Task Force proposal passes first reading

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The Tobacco Free Task force met yesterday in the Roe R. Cross Room to discuss the proposal’s progress through Faculty Senate and Associated Student Government, potential exceptions to their policy and the soft implementation of the policy in October.

The policy, which aims to create a completely tobacco free campus, went through its first reading in both ASG and Faculty Senate, where it was approved to continue on to a second reading. If either group passes the policy through a majority vote, it will then be sent to President Allison Garrett.

According to Brooke Bailey, chair of the task force and senior communications major, the policy met some opposition from Faculty Senate.

“Once you think about that it’s a student initiative, that the students brought to the president and wanted this through this whole, then I think that the faculty members will hopefully be willing to give a little bit,” Bailey said.

There isn’t a typical procedure for a policy going through ASG and Faculty Senate at the same time, according to Kevin Johnson, ESU general counsel

HORNET LIFE

IT works to repare Wi-Fi

Brooke Bailey, senior communications major, discusses how the first reading of the Tobacco Free Campus policy was received with Daphne Mertens, academic advisor for HPER, Kevin Johnson, general counsel and Jennifer Collins, administrative assistant for the athletic department, during yesterday afternoon’s meeting in the Roe R. Cross room.

The Task Force established new committees to prepare for the soft implementation of a tobacco free campus, beginning in October. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

and task force member.

The taskforce also discussed the potential of exceptions to the policy, such as counseling services for those addicted to nicotine or those who are using cigarettes as a coping mechanism for harder drugs.

They don’t currently plan on adding exceptions into their bill, but President Garrett has the

authority to do so once it reaches her.

Soft implementation for the policy will begin in October, as approved by President Garrett.

The implementation involves a kick off event, signs and community outreach.

“We initially said that it would cost, for signs, about $8,000, if not more,” Bailey said.

The money for the kick off event, which is planned for some time in mid to late October, and the signs, will come from the $25,000 grant that the task force received from the Kansas Health Foundation.

The IT department at Emporia State has been working to solve connection issues with the new Hornet Nation Wi-Fi on campus.

“Whenever (we) put in new wireless we expect to see some issues because wireless devices all act different,” said Ryan Kurtenbach, director of network and security solutions at the campus IT department.

Slow connection issues can have a large impact on students when they are working on online timed exercises, according to Katlyn Metz, senior sociology major.

“I’m taking several online classes, and I don’t have internet at home so it makes it real difficult to do coursework,” Metz said. “All my quizzes are online, timed, so it’s causing issues there.”

Micayla Davis, junior accounting major, says it is affecting her work in tutoring sessions.

Individual students aren’t the only ones being affected however, Recognized Student Organizations are also having issues involving their meetings.

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ESU diversifies student, faculty numbers

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The number of students and faculty at Emporia State that belong to minority groups has increased in the last year, according the demographics databook released by ESU each fall semester. Students had a 6.4 percent increase and faculty increased by 1.1 percent.

“This past spring, we added a fifth major goal to the university strategic plan, and that goal five, which wasn’t there originally, is to make ESU a model for diversity, equity and inclusion,” said Provost David Cordle.

In the past five years, the

percentage of minority students has increased by approximately 9.3 and faculty by 7.3.

As of the fall 2016 semester, there were 50 faculty members that were part of an ethnic group other than white, according to the Fall Kansas Board of Regents Consolidated Faculty Report.

There were 2,103 students that were part of an ethnic group other than white, according to the 2016 ESU databook, which is compiled based on information collected after the 20th day of fall classes.

The updated demographics from the Fall 2017 semester will be released in December, according to Christy Schreck,

the institutional research analyst for ESU. When a faculty position becomes available, the university goes through a specific hiring process that includes steps to diversify the staff.

“The department will ask permission to do a search, if they’re given that approval, they’ll appoint a search committee, usually four or five faculty members,” Cordle said.

After posting the announcement, receiving and narrowing down the applications, three finalists for the position will

Percentage of diverse population

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The new face of Wooster Lake

NEWS

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The patio between Wooster Lake and the Memorial Union has a new and exciting look after being renovated earlier this summer with a new arrangement of outdoor furniture and string lights.

“It was an under-utilized space,” said Tim Clark, director of facilities planning.

“The furniture wasn’t very comfortable before so it wasn’t particularly inviting.”

The new layout of the deck includes decorative lounge pieces, picnic tables with large, yellow umbrellas and strings of hanging lights, Taylor Plett, freshmen elementary education major, reads a book outside on Tuesday on the Wooster Lake patio among other patio fixtures.

The costs surrounding the new lounging chairs. The new furniture, as well as the decorative lighting, was placed before classes began this seWooster patio project was mester and was funded by the ESU Foundation. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

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McReynolds and Miller stand by students to defend DACA S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Megan McReynolds, Associated Student Government president and junior sociology major, and Jacob Miller, ASG Poll of 100 students taken in the Memorial Union, and William Allen vice president and sophomore White Library Infographic By Liam Kampsen | The Bulletin communications major, prom-

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reportedly funded by the ESU Foundation and there was no specific estimate or total for this project, according to Clark.

Many staff members and technicians worked to finish the project for the big reveal during the first week of school in August, according to Clark.

Students assisted staff in helping to move and assemble furniture.

“It’s this fabulous place,” Clark said. “It also just creates more of an atmosphere that was missing before.”

According to Clark, the idea to utilize this space came from the President of the University, Allison Garrett in

ised to stand by students affected by President Trump’s decision to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) in statements released Tuesday.

DACA serves nearly 800,000 people, according to CNN. “We have many students here on campus who are very

concerned about their future and how that will look for them,” said McReynolds. “Basically, this (the statement) is just in support of them as students, and that we will always

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Faculty Senate hears from Tobacco Task Force

Qiyan Zhang, instructor in physical sciencs, Daphne Mertens, member of the Tobacco Free Task Fore and academic adviser in HPER, Brooke Bailey, chair of the Tobacco ree Task Force and senior communications and political science major justify becoming a tobacco free campus while Megan McReynolds, ASG president and junior sociology major looks on. The group met with the Faculty Senate last Tuesday. Sarah Spoon | The Bulletin

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Faculty Senate discussed the possibility of passing a bill that would help Emporia State join ranks with all other regent universities in becoming a tobacco free campus. There were several questions raised about the bill.

“I haven’t used tobacco for probably fifty years, so I’m sort of against it myself, but I do have a human rights issue with this,” said Robert Jones, professor of physical sciences. “Second hand smoke is threatening to other people, so you can justify getting rid of cigarettes for that reason. I’m not quite so sure how you justify getting rid of chewing tobacco. It doesn’t effect other people.”

Jones asked if a constitutional amendment should be needed to ban cigarettes, the same way it was needed to start prohibition and outlaw alcohol.

“We actually don’t want to get rid of tobacco, we want to eliminate it on campus,” said Daphne Mertens, member of the Tobacco Free Task Force and academic adviser in HPER. Brooke Bailey, chair of the Tobacco Free Task Force and senior communications and political science major said that while it might not be as apparent to everyone, chewing tobacco is still an issue as it is found on the floor, in urinals and water fountains.

Additional questions were raised as to whether or not the

bill should have consequences for those who did not abide by the tobacco free campus policy.

“We, in no way, want to enforce punitive punishment,” Bailey said. “We’re not trying to fine anyone for this because we’re trying to do more of a culture change.”

To enforce the policy, students, faculty or staff can address the person violating the policy directly or they can fill out a report on the ESU website, according to Bailey.

The policy will benefit both the health of students on campus and the environment.

Qiyan Zhang, instructor in physical sciences, has been conducting research with students to study the concentration lev-

els and the effects of nicotine on campus.

“The principle behind this is the nicotine molecule is really difficult to compost naturally, so they stay around for a long time, even after the rain,” said Zhang. “When people dispose of their cigarette butts or tobacco on the ground, we can still detect the nicotine…it can mix with other fluids and become hazardous for humans.”

Zhang’s research will continue in the Fall during soft implementation and into hard implementation.

Whether or not the bill is passed through Faculty Senate is important because it would add durability to the bill, according to Rob Catlett, Faculty Senate president, director for the center for economic education and assistant professor of mathematics and economics. If the bill is passed through faculty senate then any future presidents would need faculty senate’s’ support to change the policy.

“President Garrett had recommended that we go through one of the shared governance entities, or at least receive feedback, whether it be formal, informal or through a resolution, however it may be,” Bailey said.

Bailey met with Garrett several times about the Tobacco Free Task Force.

“From there she (Garrett) had said, ‘I would hope to see some sort of (plan) for us to work towards the soft implementation which will happen at the beginning of October,’” Bailey said.

The bill will be up for second reading during the next Faculty Senate meeting, which will take place 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 19. in the Preston Family Room in the Memorial Union.

Does ESU Actually Recycle?

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Emporia State, like any other educational institution, goes through a substantial amount of paper, plastic and cardboard every day, but how it is managed varies by institution.

ESU has a variety of locations across campus for discarding paper and plastic waste, according to emporia. edu.

According to Rich Jensen, physical plant utilities manager at ESU, there are locations for recycling collection at the Memorial Union and at Cremer Hall. These collection areas are separate from regular trash dumpsters and from cardboard recycling dumpsters.

“Prior to June of 2015 the city did pickups for mixed recycling,” said Emporia Public Works. “ESU had a few of those bins years ago.”

This has led to the question of whether the university is recycling at all. Many recycling operations on campus, however, do not seem to happen in plain sight.

A call to the school’s facilities management department yielded more detailed results.

“Every week we forklift the bins onto a flatbed truck and haul them over to the recycling

tobacco

continued from page 1 The grant money will also go towards helping the community outreach committee.

Through the outreach committee, the taskforce is in contact with CVS about a partnership, which could eventually result in discounted nicotine replacement therapy. The committee also plans on handing out ‘quit kits,’ along with reaching out to surrounding businesses regarding receptacles to dispose cigarettes in.

“There has been ideas of potentially having gun, or straws, different things that help with that sort of stimulation,” Bailey said.

According to Daphne Mertens,

Rebecca Wells, sophomore undecided major, throw an empty water bottle in the recycling bin on Monday in Morse dorms, after she playing pool. Recycling bins are located in various location throughout campus. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin

center,” Jensen said. “Those bins are kept by the Memorial Union and over by Cremer.”

With the evidence at hand, there is no reason to believe the university’s recycling bins are simply for show. The maintenance staff have handled the transportation of ESU’s recycling waste since the city ceased to do it.

“We’re actually working on a new recycling plan for the university,” Jensen said.

Jensen declined to comment on the progress of the developing plan, but said that more information will be available in several weeks, as the plan has developed further.

See the ESU website for information on where to leave

your recyclables on campus for proper removal. Both the Towers and Morse complexes, as well as William Allen White library, and most other buildings on campus are capable of taking aluminum cans, glass, and plastic bottles.

Call Emporia Public Works at (620) 340-6339 for information on recycling in Emporia.

academic advisor at HPER and task force member, the grant expires in January, but they have requested an extension from the Kansas Health Foundation that will move the grant expiration date to June, due to the delay with faculty senate.

The delay is normal, according to Mertens, who spoke with the Kansas Health Foundation. Every university whose policy went through its faculty senate experienced the same delay, Mertens said.

Emporia State is the last regent university to implement a tobacco free campus policy.

“I think the sooner we can get started the better,” Bailey said.

The task force’s policy will enter the second reading for ASG next Thursday.

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qualified, diverse applicants,” Cordle said.

Each committee member is expected to contact professional acquaintances and invite them to apply nominate qualified and diverse candidates, according to Cordle.

“We have an expectation that every search committee, every faculty position will take intentional steps at the beginning of that process to attract diverse applicants to the position,” Cordle said.

The steps to diversity the university go beyond that of hiring faculty and the university has not yet reached the model status that is outlined in the 2015-2025 strategic plan, according to Cordle.

continued from page 1 be brought onto campus. Following the visits, the search committee will send a candidate recommendation to Cordle, who approves the candidates.

“We view filling vacant positions as an opportunity to diversity the faculty,” Cordle said.

“We want the faculty and the staff and the student body to be more diverse than it is today.”

According to Cordle, they look into various types of diversity, such as ethnic and gender.

“What we do in the process is of the search is try to conduct the search in such a way that we have a better chance of having

Police Reports Reports from ESU Police and Safety

Aug. 30 Officer took report of a non-injury accident involving KS 725KFN and KS 338HPV in Sector 3.

Aug. 31 Offficer took report of a non-injury accident involving KS 866JEJ in Lot 3. Subjects exchanged information.

Emporia Fire Dept. reported a vehicle fire at the Northeast Morse Hall Loading Zone. Fire was extinguished.

Officer checked the welfare of students and faculty at WAW Library. They reported a man was asking people for money and food.

Resident Assistant Jerrod Fisher reported an intoxicated student at Trusler Hall Room 302.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious vehicle in 14th and Exchange.

Two female students requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to a Domestic Problem off campus. Case referred to Emporia Police Dept.

Sept. 1 Officers provided lock out assistance for KS 541GTX in Free Parking.

Male student requested to speak with officer at ESU HQ. Officers admitted faculty member Katrina Miller into Earl Center Room 252A to retrieve property.

Officers admitted student into Science Hall Rooms 47 and 90.

Officers admitted student Nnabuike Ezeh into Science Hall Room 128 Maggie Unruh reported suspicious odor on second floor of Abigail Morse Hall.

Officers were unable to locate the source.

Sept. 2 Officers assisted Power House with a stuck vehicle that struck a curb, causing damage to a State vehicle KS 14241

Sept. 3 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 105DZY at Pizza Ranch.

Morse Hall RA reported a suspicious odor on the 1st floor of NE Morse. Officers were unable to locate the odor.

Officer assisted the Emporia Police Department with a loud noise complaint at 1839 Merhcnat St Apt #307.

Officer assisted the Emporia Police Department in the 400 block of Commercial with a fight.

Sept. 4 Singular Hall RA reported a suspicious odor on the 1st floor of Singular Hall.

Officer was unable to locate the odor.

Sept. 5 Liberal Arts & Sciences staff reported a possibly intoxicated male subject walking in front of Roosevelt Hall. Officer was unable to locate the subject.

Officer provided lock out for KS 409EYC in Sector 2.

Alexis Powell reported three books and an envelope of papers taken from Science Hall Room 168 between 1530 hours and 1540 hours on 9/5/2017.

Officer provided lock out assistance for the residents of 905 East St. Apt 12.

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New education course teaches advocacy skills ing aims to teach educators how to advocate for their sturkarst@esubulle tin.com dents, school and community in a professional way.

A new undergraduate “Learning how to advocourse for education majors cate, the importance of havcalled High Impact Learn- ing a solid background on

college and professor of psychology in an email.

During the course, Melissa Reed, associate professor of elementary education, early childhood and special education and the creator of this course, plans to take students to see the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, to a state school board meeting and other places.

She also intends to bring in state and local school board members, legislators, the president of the Kansas National Education Association and other such individuals to hold a panel for the High Impact Learning students.

“The group will meet faceto-face, virtually and/or to attend a field trip weekly,” according to the course’s official description. “The day of the week is flexible.”

Students are able to take this course for one, two or three hours of credit, Reed said. Each student will have a contract that outlines the commitment that they are able to give to the course.

Melissa Reed, associate professor of elementary education, early childhood and special education, answers students’ “I may offer ten field trips questions about the Emporia Middle School After-school Book Club yesterday during the middle school’s book and they (students) may, for fair in the library. The High Impact Learning class will help students learn how to advocate for their school and one hour of credit, choose to community.Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin do seven of them,” Reed said.

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WOOSTER continued from page 1 hopes to help increase the usage of more property and c re a t e a m o re s o c i a l atmosphere for students.

“A couple of friends and I have sat out here a couple of times and had fun,” said Bobbi Rookstool, freshman English education major. “It looks nice..and I like it at night when the lights come on. It’s really pretty”.

The project took about eight to twelve weeks to complete, according to Clark.

“I’m an exchange student so this is all new for me but I love this place because it’s so cozy,” said Hanne Heimonen, graduate special education major. “That’s why I want to study here.”

The patio lounge area is located opposite the bridge on the side nearest to the union and is free and open for all students to use and enjoy.

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the issues, being respectful but persistent, keeping one’s arguments fact-based, understanding political contexts, these are essential skills for effective advocacy,” said Ken Weaver, dean of the teacher’s

“There will be some choice and some flexibility.”

Reed wrote a grant for $5,000, which will pay for all costs of the students’ books as well as group field trips.

“I didn’t want that (the cost) to be a barrier to being able to participate,” Reed said.

High Impact Learning is available for all education majors, not just elementary education majors, according to Reed.

“I would love for elementary and secondary to hear one another…and see themselves as a unified whole,” Reed said. “I don’t think it matters what grade you teach to advocate for kids.”

There are 12 openings for the class, according to Reed.

The application deadline for this semester was on Monday, and the course will be offered again next semester.

“At that point I will be collecting some data, and I’m hoping if my data shows to be powerful that I can either re-apply for the grant (next year) or look at getting something a little more permanent,” Reed said.

ESU to the big screen S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, is reportedly working with Macro Ventures and Annapurna Pictures to produce a film about Ryan Walsh, from Kansas City, and Elijah Smith’s, from New Jersey, historic debate wins during their time at Emporia State, according to Deadline Hollywood.

In 2013, Walsh and Smith became the first team to win both national debate tournaments, according to The

Atlantic. These are the Cross Examine Debate Association Championship and the National Debate To u r n a m e n t Championship.

According to The Kansas City Star, it was the first time the National Debate Tournament policy debate championship has been won by an all-black team.

Plan B Entertainment is a privately owned company and has produced films such as “Selma,” “Moonlight,” World War Z” and “Twelve Years a Slave,” according to The Los Angeles Times.

To win, Walsh and Smith employed a unique style, according to The Atlantic.

“Many of their arguments, based on personal memoir and rap music, completely ignored the stated resolution,and instead asserted that the framework of collegiate debate has historically privileged straight, white, middle-class students,” said Jessica Kraft, in her article for The Atlantic.

Debate began at ESU in 1874 and continues to be an important part of campus life, according to emporia.edu.

Marketing Club gathers Hurricane Harvey donations R oyell B owleg rbowleg@esubulle tin.com

Emporia State’s Marketing Club is helping bring relief and aid to the victims of Hurricane Harvey’s destruction in Texas. The club partnered with ESU alumna Elizabeth Dieker, who is currently teaching in Houston, to organize the donation drive.

“In a few hours, the officers of the Marketing club were mobilized for this effort,” said Jun Yu, current advisor of the Marketing Club and associate professor of business.

To help those who suf-

fered from the Hurricane’s floodwaters and destructive presence, the club organized several donation drop boxes at various locations around campus including the Memorial Union Center for Student Involvement Lounge, Cremer Hall entrances, Science Hall, Butcher Hall, Wellness Center, the William Allen White Library, Towers Lobby, Morse Hall, HPER Building, Visser Hall and the Sauder Alumni Center.

Students on campus were satisfied with the initiative taken by the club.

“I think it’s really awesome that we are coming together

and working to donate to others that are in need,” said Brianna Nava, sophomore psychology major.

The club collected over ten cases of donations on Friday which were then delivered to Dieker’s family business, Dieker’s Trailer, who was then responsible for taking the relief aid to Houston using trailers.

The donation effort was a great success, according to Yu. “I think it’s wonderful that everyone is donating and giving their time to reliefs and efforts especially since it’s so close to home,” said Javen Smith, senior education major.

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Thank you President Garrett STAFF EDITORIAL

Thank you President Garrett. You have shown us what a true president does in the face of adversity.

For those unaware, President Trump announced Tuesday that he was ending DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a program that serves nearly 800,000 people, according to CNN. Under DACA, undocumented immigrants who came here as children are eligible for work authorization, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

While the news rattled several throughout the country and inspired protests, President Garrett stepped up and sent out an inspiring email with a promise for action that same morning.

President Garrett showed gumption when she said that she was disappointed

by Trump’s decision to end DACA. She reaffirmed her and the university’s commitment to diversity and said, “Our vision, ‘changing lives

for the common good,’ will continue to extend to every student at Emporia State University.”

Garrett immediately stepped into action as questions about DACA were added to the official university website, which can be found at www.emporia. edu/daca.

Garrett showed that she would work on behalf of students and that, in the face of adversity, she would do what she could to keep them safe.

“ESU will not act as agents of ICE or work on the organization’s behalf,” according to emporia.edu.

It is heartening and inspiring to know that Garrett and the ESU administration is committed to working for their students, above all else.

While they cannot break the law, which makes sense, ESU won’t automatically provide information on students, according to emporia. edu, they must respond to “legally-issued warrants or subpoenas.”

What is, perhaps, most encouraging is ESU’s com-

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mitment to still help DACA students, no matter what.

ESU has promised to search for “available assistance to support impacted students to the extent we can,” when and if DACA students are rendered unable to work.

Additionally, if any students are deported, not just DACA recipients, ESU will help them finish their degrees in an online format.

As a student, this brought me to tears.

ESU cannot fix all of our problems. They are but a

Dear All Men

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I address this opinion piece to all those of the male sex: Stop Following Us. I have heard many stories over the years, exclusively from females, about times that men followed them in various places, ranging from the “stereotypical” at night street scene, to the more bizarre and strange funeral scene.

It’s more shocking, however, the number of times I have heard men, who didn’t know these other men but knew the women who were telling the stories, object for and defend these anonymous men.

“Yeah, but, he probably didn’t even mean to follow you!” they’ll say. “It was probably just an accident.”

But to that, I disagree.

Sometimes intent is less important than impact, and this is one of those times.

Men need to be aware of the fact that when they follow women, even accidentally, it can be incredibly scary.

Although this has happened to me more than once, I’ll recall a recent event in which I was driving to Garden City to cover a news story for The Bulletin. I’d never been to Garden City before and during this five hour drive I had to stop several times to fill my gas tank up, get food and use the bathroom.

During one of my stops, a man, around age 45, followed me from my car to the women’s bathroom. By the end, he was less than six inches from my back and I could feel him staring at me.

I steeled myself, ran the last 10 feet into the bathroom and slammed the door behind me, shaking, terrified and on the verge of tears.

While he didn’t follow me into the bathroom and I didn’t see him again, I was left shaken.

What was less shocking were the knowing glances and understanding nods I recieved from other women in the bathroom. I didn’t even have to tell them. They just knew.

But whether he intended to follow me or not, he did, and the results were enough to put me on edge the rest of the night.

As women, we are taught never to allow ourselves to be vulnerable. And if we do allow ourselves to be vulnerable, that we will be attacked.

We are taught that if we are stupid enough to let our guard down, then it is our fault for being vulnerable and we “should have been smarter.”

We have been quoted statistic after statistic that the person most likely to hurt you is a close male friend or relative and if you have a boyfriend, fiance or husband? Chances are they will be the ones to kill you.

But what are men taught?

I have been taught to carry mace, to have 911 predialed and to never walk alone. But my brothers? I have never heard a single person tell them to watch the way they act or to make sure they don’t come across like they’re following someone.

Instead they are taught confidence, and it is with this confidence that they boldly stride after women, putting them on edge without a second thought.

So it is to the men that I write, stop following us. Be aware of your actions. We are not glass dolls to be handled with kid gloves, but we are also not your property to which you can do anything.

Spoon is the opinion editor.

small institution in Kansas.

But they’re doing their best and they’re doing everything they can. In the end, that’s what’s most important.

So thank you for having our backs when we need it most, President Garrett.

The Wi-Fi Struggle

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The Wi-Fi struggle on campus is real.

Sometimes it feels like I am are the only one experiencing the struggle, however, I have heard many people talking and complaining about it.

I have seen students walk the halls trying to obtain a good enough connection to talk with their friends and families online.

I have seen students in class, unable to participate because they cannot connect.

I have seen lectures put off because the professor cannot get the powerpoint loaded in time.

I’ve had homework assignments due, but my laptop was having such a difficult time connecting to the Wi-Fi that I had to leave my dorm room to find a stronger signal. I even considered buying a desktop computer, just to plug directly into the ethernet.

These are only a few of the struggles I have faced and seen while living in the university dorms and using the Wi-Fi around campus.

A reliable Wi-Fi connection should be guaranteed with the

payment of school fees.

While there are days where the Wi-Fi is at optimum working capacity, there are also other days, more often than not, when the connection sucks so much you just want to throw your device out the window.

A friend of mine told me that they would rather disconnect from the school’s Wi-Fi to use their phone’s data because it gave better service.

She later complained that doing that sucked, as it led to her using all of her data. Her situation, like many of the students at ESU is bad in itself because internet services on campus should be reliable, especially since we pay for them.

College students have enough on their plates and should not have to worry about whether or not the W-Fi for their laptops, computers or cellular devices will connect or not.

This struggle is especially felt by international students who rely on social media and apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat, IMO, and other social networks to keep in touch with family and friends around the world.

Imagine holding a conversation with your friend, parent or partner, only to hear the beeping noise of the disconnected signal. Or to hear the person’s voice going in and out of audible volume because the Wi-Fi signal is too weak to sustain a decent voice call.

Hopefully, this issue will be rectified soon, we will all be Wi-Fi struggle-free.

Bowleg is a staff writer.

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Cambios a la experiencia del día de juego C esar S anchez csanchez@esubulle tin.com

Los Hornets competirán contra Nebreska-Kearney, el equipo No. 4, en el primer juego en casa de la temporada a las 7 p.m. esta noche en Welch Stadium.

El juego sigue despues de la pérdida del equipo el 31 de agosto contra los campeones del DII en 2016, Northwest Missouri. El puntaje final de 0-34 contra Northwest Missouri resultó que bajara la posición de los Hornets en el MIAA al No. 7.

Las fiestas antes del partido empiezan a las 5 p.m. y están localizadas en los lotes de estacionamiento grises y anaranjados, de acuerdo con esuhornets. com.

Los juegos en casa incluyen una manera para que los jóvenes de la comunidad de Emporia se puedan involucrar con la experiencia del día de juego.

Corky’s Crew, un grupo Receptor de tercer año, Carson Proffitt, cacha el balón en la zona del fin du- fundado por el departarante la práctica ayer en Welch Stadium. Estudiantes pueden conseguir sus mento atlético de ESU, esboletos online o en la oficina de boletos antes del primer juego, que empieza tará abierto para jóvenes hoy a las 7p.m. en Welch Stadium. Sarajo Mance | The Bulletin

ESU Diversifica los números de estudiantes y facultad C esar S anchez csanchez@esubulle tin.com

Los números de estudiantes y facultad en Emporia State que son parte de grupos minoritarios han aumentado en el último año, de acuerdo con el libro de datos demográficos publicado por ESU cada semestre de otoño.

Los estudiantes tuvieron un aumento de 6.4 por ciento y la facultad tuvo un aumento de 1.1 por ciento.

“Esta última primavera, agregamos una quinta meta al plan estratégico de la universidad, y esa quinta meta, que no estuvo ahí originalmente, es de hacer ESU en un modelo de diversidad, igualdad e inclusión”, dijo Provost David Cordle.

En los últimos 5 años, el porcentaje de minorías ha aumentado aproximadamente 9.3 por ciento y facultad por 7.3 por ciento.

Desde el semestre de otoño del 2016, han habido 50 miembros de la facultad que fueron parte de un grupo étnico aparte de güero/güera, de acuerdo con el Fall Kansas Board of Regents Faculty Report.

Habían 2,103 estudiantes que fueron parte de un grupo étnico

aparte de güero/a, de acuerdo con el libro de datos de ESU del 2016, que fue compilado con la información colectada después del vigésimo día de las clases de otoño.

Las demográficas actualizadas del semestre de otoño del 2017 van a ser publicadas en diciembre, de acuerdo con Christy Schreck, la analista de investigación institucional.

Cuando una posición en la facultad es disponible, la universidad toma un proceso de contratar muy específico que incluye pasos para diversificar la facultad.

“El departamento pedirá permiso para conducir una búsqueda, si les dan el sí, nombrará un comité de búsqueda, normalmente son cuatro o cinco de los miembros de la facultad”, dijo Cordle.

Después de publicar el anuncio, reciben y filtran las aplicaciones y tres finalistas para la posición son traídos al campus. Siguiendo las visitas, el comité de búsqueda manda una recomendación del candidato a Cordle, quien aprueba los candidatos.

“Vemos llenando posiciones

vacías como una oportunidad a diversificar la facultad”, dijo Cordle. “Queremos que la facultad y los estudiantes sean más diversos que hoy en día”.

De acuerdo con Cordle, miran en diferentes tipos de diversidad, como étnica y de género.

“Lo que hacemos en el proceso de la búsqueda es tratar de conducir la búsqueda en una manera que tengamos una chance de tener aplicantes calificados y diversos”, dijo Cordle.

Cada miembro del comité tiene que contactar un/a conocido/a profesional e invitarlos para que nominen candidatos calificados y diversos, de acuerdo con Cordle.

“Tenemos una expectativa de que cada comité de búsqueda, cada posición de la facultad tomará pasos en el empezar de ese proceso de atraer aplicantes diversos para la posición”, dijo Cordle.

Los pasos para diversificar la universidad son más que solo contratar facultad y la universidad no ha logrado el estatus modelo que fue esbozado en el plan estratégico del 20152025, de acuerdo con Cordle.

de 6 a 13 años. Por $30, recibirán una camisa, admisión a cada juego en casa de fútbol americano y baloncesto, la chance de ser la persona que hace el volado al empezar de cada juego y la oportunidad de recoger las pelotas en los juegos de voleibol, de acuerdo con Jason Santangelo, el director de marketing atlético.

También van a ver algunos cambios con los asientos del estadio. La sección estudiantil será localizada en el lado sur de la tribuna en el oeste, mientras el lado este es oficialmente la sección de los visitantes y admisión general.

“Conducimos una encuesta cada año, tomando las opiniones de los estudiantes y aficionados sobre las cosas que sí y no les gustan”, dijo Santangelo.

“Fue abrumador, la gente tenía preocupaciones sobre los estudiantes siendo separados”.

Junto con las preocupaciones de los estudiantes siendo separados del resto de los aficionados, también está el problema del

sol estando en la vista de la gente por la mayoría de los partidos en la tarde.

“Por supuesto, queremos más estudiantes, más de todos en los juegos”, dijo Santangelo. “Queremos que todos se sientan incluidos, no debemos de segregar los estudiantes de la población tradicional de la ciudad. Queremos unir a todos”.

La banda se moverá del área anterior en la tribuna este. Atriles portátiles serán colocados en el campo detrás de la zona final del sur.

Aproximadamente 30 minutos antes de la patada inicial, la banda desfilará, para que sepan todos que el partido empezará pronto.

Los cambios fueron hechos para mejorar la experiencia del día de juego, con la esperanza de que asistan más aficionados, de acuerdo con Santangelo.

“Como el personal atlético, hay un poco de zumbido, sin bromear, dando vueltas”, dijo Santangelo.

Club de marketing junta donaciones como ayuda para el huracán Harvey J ose M edrano jmedrano@esubulle tin.com

El Club de Marketing de Emporia State está ayudando a las víctimas de la destrucción del huracán Harvey en Texas. El club se asoció con la alumna de ESU E l i z a b e t h D i e k e r, q u e actualmente es maestra en Houston, para organizar la campaña de donación.

“En unas pocas horas, los funcionarios del club de marketing se movilizaron para este esfuerzo”, dijo Jun Yu, actual asesor del club de marketing y profesor asociado de negocios.

Para ayudar a los que sufrieron las inundaciones y la presencia destructiva del huracán, el club organizó varias cajas de donación en varias localizaciones a l re d e d o r d e l c a m p u s incluyendo el Memorial Union en el centro de participación estudiantil, entradas de Cremer Hall, Butcher Hall, William Allen

White Library, la entrada de Towers, Morse Hall, el edificio HPER, Visser Hall y el Sauder Alumni Center.

Los estudiantes en campus estaban satisfechos con la iniciativa tomada por el club.

“Creo que es realmente asombroso que nos unamos y trabajemos para donar a otros que están en necesidad”, dijo Brianna Nava, estudiante de segundo año de psicología.

El club recolectó más de diez casos de donaciones el viernes que luego fueron e n t re g a d o s a l n e g o c i o familiar de Dieker, Dieker’s Trailer, quien luego fue responsable de llevar la ayuda a Houston usando remolques.

El esfuerzo de donación fue un gran éxito, según Yu. “Creo que es maravilloso que todo el mundo esté donando y dando su tiempo a los relevos y esfuerzos, especialmente porque está muy cerca de casa”, dijo Javen Smith, estudiante de último año en educación.

Estudiante no tradicional espera ayudar a otros veteranos J ose M edrano jmedrano@esubulle tin.com

Lorenzo Tuero, estudiante de primero año en comunicación y veterano de los Marines de los Estados Unidos, decidió comenzar en Emporia State a los cincuenta y nueve años. Ser un estudiante de transferencia no tradicional ofrece muchos obstáculos, desafíos y oportunidades diferentes, según Tuero.

“El próximo mes de abril cumplo sesenta años”, dijo Tuero. “No quiero decir que ha sido traumático... creo que ha sido realmente difícil y muy divertido”.

Al ser un estudiante no tradicional, Tuero ofrece una visión diferente de buscar y usar la educación. Tuero dirige un programa de radio fuera del Reino Unido, en www.wfrm.co.uk donde él habla sobre la prevención del suicidio, organizaciones sin fines de lucro locales y músicos locales. Él dice que esta es una razón por la que él está trabajando para una licenciatura en comunicación.

“Yo soy un defensor de la prevención del suicidio, de eso

es de lo que estoy hablando en mi programa”, dijo Tuero.

“Siento que tengo la responsabilidad de hacerlo”.

Viniendo de una familia con nueve hermanos, ir a la universidad en la edad tradicional no fue una opción. En cambio, se unió a los marines y trabajó para ayudar a su madre a cuidar de su familia.

Sin embargo, recientemente descubrió que todavía era elegible para obtener ayuda de los veteranos para pagar la universidad después de tantos años.

Joanne Tuero, que tiene una maestría en enfermería, dijo que las circunstancias son lo que lo mantuvo de la universidad por tanto tiempo.

“Estoy muy orgulloso de él”, dijo Joanne Tuero.

A pesar de vivir en Utah en ese momento, decidió asistir a ESU. Su decisión fue hecha en part por el costo, así como su esposa es de Emporia, teniendo parientes que todavía vivían en el área.

Un miembro de la iglesia y amigo de Tuero de Emporia, Althea Bedolla dijo que ver a Tuero volver a la universidad

Lorenzo Tuero, estudiante de primero año en comunicación y veterano de los Marines, busca canciones en su teléfono para su show de radio el viernes pasado en su casa. Tuero, un estudiante no tradicional, planea repagar al militar consiguiendo su licenciatura en comunicación y hablando sobre la prevención del suicidio para ayudar a los veteranos. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

fue una inspiración.

“Mi esposa dijo, después de veinte años de matrimonio, ‘Quiero ir a casa’”, dijo Tuero, “Pensé que era un buen momento”.

Tiene metas específicas que planea lograr una vez que complete su carrera universitaria. “(Quiero) terminar, espero que en algún tipo de hospital

VA o en algún lugar donde pueda ayudar a mis compañeros veteranos, como si me están ayudando ahora”, dijo Tuero.

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Nontraditional student hopes to help fellow veterans M egan S heckells msheckells@esubulle tin.com

Lorenzo Tuero, freshman communication major and a veteran of the U.S. Marines, decided to start at Emporia State at the age of 59. Being a nontraditional transfer student offers many different obstacles, challenges and opportunities, according to Tuero.

“Next April I’ll be 60 years old,” Tuero said. “I don’t want to say it’s been traumatic...I think it’s been actually challenging and a lot of fun.”

Being a nontraditional student, Tuero offers insight to a different way of seeking and using education. Tuero runs a radio show out of the UK, at www.wfrm.co.uk where he talks about suicide prevention, local nonprofits and local musicians. He says that this is one reason he is working for a BA in communication.

“I am an advocate for suicide prevention, that’s what I’m talking about on my show,” Tuero said. “I feel like

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Chase Snider, junior political science major, and Mercy Perez, senior biology major, cofounded the group Vegans and Vegetarians of ESU this semester and are working to

I have a responsibility to pay it forward.”

Coming from a family with nine other siblings, going to college at the traditional age didn’t seem to be an option.

Instead he joined the Marines and worked to help his mother care for their family.

However, he recently found out he was still eligible to get veterans assistance to pay for college after so many years.

Joanne Tuero, Lorenzo’s sister who has a Masters in Nursing, said that circumstances are what kept him from college for so long.

“I’m really proud of him,” Joanne Tuero said.

Despite living in Utah at the time, he decided to attend ESU. His choice was partly made on cost, as well as the fact that his wife was coming from Emporia and has relatives living in the area.

“My wife said, after twenty years of marriage, ‘I wanna go home,’” Tuero said, “I thought this was a good time.”

A church member and friend of Tuero from Emporia,

Lorenzo Tuero, communication major and a veteran of the U.S. Marines, looks at his phone for song requests from listeners during a radio show last Friday in his home. Tuero, a nontraditional student, plans on giving back to the military by obtaining a degree in communication and serving veterans by speaking about suicide prevention.

Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

Althea Bedolla, said that see- plans to accomplish once he ing Tuero go back to college completes his college career. “(I want) to wind up, hopewas an inspiration.

He has specific goals he fully at some type of VA hos-

Vegans and vegetarians of ESU unite

become a Registered Student Organization (RSO). Snider and Perez are both vegan.

“We just realized that there was a real lack of community for vegetarians and vegans, and there’s quite a bit (of us), especially in a college town like this,” Snider

said. “We just wanted to get everyone organized really, because there’s no central group for vegetarians and vegans. It’s kind of a lonely lifestyle so it would be really good to have a community.”

The club was designed to be a support group for

Mercy Perez, senior biology major, and Chase Snider, junior political science major, both founders of Vegan Club, chat with each other, on Tuesday at Gravel City Roasters. They discussed plans, for the organization, including community service. Tingxuan Lu | The Bulletin

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Russell h a n n Sava

The Fate of The World The world is in a terrible state right now.

As many of us news subscribers know, many places around the world are either in a major crisis or preparing for one.

In recent reports, massive

hurricanes have stormed across the land, wiping away cities, taking lives and leaving behind only the ruins of what used to be.

As much as we pray for safety from these dangerous forces of nature, we seem to

be facing the wrath of God. As talks of war continue between the U.S. and North Korea, places around the world continue to suffer.

According to the BBC, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, there are severe flash floods and mudslides that has left hundreds dead and homes buried beneath the surface.

Mothers are left to grieve for their children who were swept away and many families are still reported missing.

Also according to Unicef, the lives of as many as 16 million children are being affected in India.

Many of whom have been washed away, along with their homes and schools in a major catastrophic flood surge.

Just recently, there were blazing belts of wildfires spread across the planes of Los Angeles.

pital or some place where I can help my fellow veterans, like they’re helping me now,” Tuero said.

those who are or are interested in becoming vegan or vegetarian.

“We just want people to know they have a choice and there are other people like them,” Perez said. “Just to make a group that will get everyone together to talk about the difficulties we have and to help each other and that sort of thing.”

The group has several plans for activities including a book club, talking to Sodexo for more vegetarian options for freshmen, a booth called “Ask a Vegan,” where students can ask vegans anything they want and recipe nights where recipes can be exchanged, according to Perez.

“We’re planning on going to a farm sanctuary, but that will be later down the road,” Perez said. “Basically it’s farm animals that have been rescued, like from a factory farm. They just take care of them and make sure they have a nice healthy life.”

A big aspect of the club

will be community service and volunteer work, according to Snider.

“We’re trying to do volunteering based around the vegan lifestyle,” Snider said.

While the club is not an official RSO through the Associated Student Government, they will be considered for RSO status during the Sept.

14 ASG meeting, according to Snider.

The club passed the initial ASG committee with a 4-0 vote, according to Michael Webb, senate operations committee chair and senior business administration and music major.

“The number one thing I want to get across is that vegans aren’t scary,” Snider said.

“We’re not cultish. We’re just normal people and I think that we’re really just trying to make a difference in the environment and in the community.”

Currently the club has about 20 members, according to Perez.

I fear for the lives of these children and every child still suffering, in Syria, in Nepal, in Bangladesh, in Sierra Leone, in the U.S. and all across the globe.

The whole world is crying but, where is our compassion for one another?

I hope we can all come together to make peace and help those in need who are suffering greatly with no sign of refuge.

As for my country, the Bahamas, just getting back on our feet after two major category four and five hurricanes (Hurricane Matthew & Joaquin), we now face yet another storm headed directly for us, Hurricane Irma.

News of this brought me to my knees. I pray for strength and solidarity for the entire world.

In the midst of everything happening around me, for

those who have been suffering and those preparing for adversity, we were not born into an empty world, therefore we must come together to save each other.

Wake up from whatever is distracting you and look at the turmoil and hardship that we all are facing. Learn to be your brother and sister’s keeper and help to heal our broken world.

We need to shift our focus and change our attitudes towards humanity. We overly indulge in meaningless hate that only divides us.

Why wait until a disaster occurs to recognize the meaning of life?

We need to change our hearts and learn to love and give hope to each other.

Respect the lives of others regardless of your views on race, religion, sexual identity, gender or age.

SPORTS

Emporia State volleyball goes 1-3 at WU Tournament last weekend B ethany B owman bbowman@esubulle tin.com

Taking on Drury University in their first match of the season at the Washburn Classic Friday, ESU Volleyball fell in straight sets to the Panthers 25-20, 25-21, 25-15.

Sophomore hitter Taylor Otting paced the Hornets with 10 kills. Freshman hitter Yuchen Du had nine kills while junior hitter Tatum Graves added five. Sopho-

more setter Emma Dixon led the Hornets with 20 assists while Du tallied eight digs for the Hornets.

In a quick turnaround, the Hornets faced Arkansas Tech later that evening, falling 2225, 20-25, 22-25 and dropping to 0-2 on the season.

Du led the Hornets in kills with 11. Dixon again led in assists with 16 and Sophomore defensive specialist Allie Maloney led Emporia

State in digs with 11.

Back for their second day of the WU Classic, the Hornets faced the University of Missouri-St. Louis, taking the first set 29-27 capped off by a Du solo block. The Tritons battled back to take two straight sets, 25-17 and 25-19 to lead the match 2-1. Facing a 23-21 deficit in set four, the Hornets rallied to force extra points and take the set 31-29. The Tritons took a 6-3

lead in the fifth set and never relinquished on their way to a 15-7 set victory, taking the match 3-2.

Du had a triple double, tallying 19 kills, 19 assists, and adding ten digs. Dixon also added 19 assists and ten digs, while junior Jamie Hauptman added 13 kills. Graves had eight blocks and Maloney added 13 digs.

Looking for their first win of the season in their final

match of the Washburn Classic, Hornets took on Western State (CO) and picked up a victory in straight sets 25-17, 25-19, 25-20.

Du hit .538 in the Hornet win with eight kills. Dixon added 17 assists while Maloney recorded 13 digs.

The Hornets are back in action this weekend in Bolivar, Missouri. They will play four matches at the SBU Classic.

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ASG discusses RSO application process S arah S poon sspoon@esubulle tin.com

Associated Student Government met with Kevin Johnson, general counsel, last Thursday to discuss the process registered student organizations must go through to become approved and first amendment rights.

“Everything that we do here, and everything that you will be doing with applications from student organizations that want to become...RSOs, it (the first amendment) will apply, because you will be speaking as part of the state government,” said Johnson. “So you will have to be conscious of these first amendment issues.”

The first amendment does not protect from conseKevin Johnson, general counsel, speaks to ASG senators regarding the RSO quences, on a personal level, registration process and first amendment rights. Three bills were introduced to how someone expresses to first reading that would approve three different organizations for RSO status. Gabriel Molina Maruda| The Bulletin

themselves, according to Johnson.

“When a group petitions to become a Registered Student Organization, pretty much the theme, as you look through their application is they have to be granted this, unless there’s something that is an exception to the law or an exception to policy,” Johnson said.

ASG also announced the approval of three organizations through the senate operations committee.

Michael Webb, senate operations committee chair and senior business administration and music major, introduced three bills for first readings that would approve three different organizations for RSO status.

The organizations seeking recognition were The Black Writers Club and The Vegan and Vegetarians of ESU Club. HALO (Hispanic American Leadership

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Organization) was seeking re-recognition for RSO status, according to Webb. All three passed the senate operations committee with a 4-0-0 affirmative vote.

“We have allocated $213,000 to RSOs so that is exciting, I think,” said Drake Rapue, ASG treasurer and junior accounting major.

ASG entered its 97th session with a full senate, according to Jacob Miller, ASG vice president and sophomore communications major.

At the next ASG meeting on Sept. 14 SB 18004, The Tobacco and Smoke Free Campus Policy, will be discussed. The bill is sponsored

by Shelby Marten, fiscal affairs committee chair and senior physical and health education major and originated with Megan McReynolds, ASG president and junior sociology major and Miller.

Business program offers professional mentorship D ustin B ittel

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The School of Business is offering a mentorship program for all business students that connects students with alumni who have been successful in their jobs.

“I want to make sure that any students who participated in the mentorship program have a really great experience,” said Leticia Rust, student services professional.

“They may not understand now what that relationship is like, but maybe in two or five years down the road...something they learned from their mentor is able to carry them through.”

The mentorship program is an opportunity for “ESU School of Business alumni and supporters to connect with current students and give them the ability to learn from experienced professionals while preparing for life after college,” according to the program’s website.

The program has been going on for about four years and has been a success according to Rust.

“We have a lot of alumni that want to give back and this is a great way for them

Leticia Rust, student services professional and advisor for the school of business mentorship program, explains the benefits of students and business alumni relationships, as they could lead to jobs and friendship on Tuesday in Cremer Hall. The mentorship program is for business students only and is a requirement for the professional development class. Abigail Ponce | The Bulletin

to do so,” Rust said. “It can all be done electronically so they don’t even have to come to campus they can fill it out online, email it and talk to their mentors that way.”

There are currently 65

mentors with the program and about 45 to 50 students, including the students from the professional development class that requires the students to have a mentor.

“One aspect of profession-

al development is building a network of professional contacts who can be resources and advisors as an individual moves through college and then their career,” said John Rich, associate dean of

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Megan McReynolds, ASG president and junior sociology major, addresses Faculty Senate on Tuesday.

McReynolds asked to professors to have patience with students, as they may never know who is affected by the termination of the DACA program. Sarah Spoon | The Bulletin

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be here in their favor and making sure that we are supporting them in whatever way we can, within our legal bounds.”

McReynolds addressed Faculty Senate Tuesday and asked for extra patience with their students.

“We have many students on campus who are not citizens of the United States and so just keep that in mind when you are in your classes working with your students,” McReynolds said. “Be sensitive to their absences of thought, if they look distracted, maybe that’s what’s going on. It’s something that’s not often spoken about,

business and professor of business in an email. “It provides the student a resource to ask questions, an opportunity to have informal professional conversations that are largely “outside” of the professional environment.

Issues such as interviewing, professional dress, potential salaries, things to avoid, etc. are common topics of conversation.”

Those participating in the program must talk with their mentor, either through email, phone, Skype or in person, at least for an hour a month and report back to Rust.

“With our program we email out a topic every month and so they get a different topic to discuss and it’s more along the lines of self awareness,” Rust said. “We’re really wanting to make it more interactive. We’ve done research and we’ve found what other programs have done and this is a really good way for them to keep the line of communication open.

Business students or alumni looking to apply can go to emporia.edu/business/mentorprogram and fill out the applications or contact Rust at the BizHornet Center for more information.

and you may never know which students in your class are impacted by it.”

DACA allows undocumented peoples, who immigrated here as children, to have work authorization, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

“We stand with the students who are concerned about their future,” said Miller and McReynolds in a joint statement. “We will continue supporting the efforts to keep DACA by contacting our elected officials who represent Kansas. We will fight for our students here at Emporia State…”

Questions about DACA were added to the university’s official website, which can be found at emporia.edu/daca.

itude for those reporting the is- device you were using. sues they had. He encouraged “We’re going to continue using specific details when to monitor and make changes “I kept trying to log in so submitting future reports as as necessary for other issues,” I can take notes and send an well, such as where you were Kurtenbach said. email to everybody to come to when you had issues and the the RSO and it just wouldn’t load,” said Matthew Watson, sophomore accounting major and executive of the gamer’s guild RSO on campus.

A firmware update that took place last Thursday seems to have made an impact on a majority of the situation, said Kurtenbach.

“We believe we have the bulk of the issues fixed with the firmware upgrade we did Thursday night,” Kurtenbach said. “We are going to continue to monitor and make any ad- Ryan Kurtenbah, director of network and security solutions, explains how ditional changes as they are his team fixed the Wi-Fi issues with a firmware upgrade last Thursday. Mulneeded.” tiple students have expressed difficulties connecting to and using the Wi-Fi Kurtenbach expressed grat- Royell Bowleg| The Bulletin

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ESU makes changes to game day experience A llie C rome acrome@esubulle tin.com

The Hornets will take on No. 4 ranked NebraskaKearney in the first home game of the season at 7 p.m. tonight in Welch Stadium.

The game follows the team’s Aug. 31 loss to the 2016 DII champions Northwest Missouri. The 0-34 shutout against Northwest Missouri resulted in a drop in the Hornet’s national ranking to No. 15.

Tailgating for the game begins at 3 p.m. and is located in the gray and orange parking lots, according to esuhornets.com.

Home games also include a way for children in the Emporia community to be involved in the game day experience.

Corky’s Crew, a group ran by the ESU athletic department, is open to children ages 6-13. For $30, children recieve a t-shirt, admisJunior wide receiver, Carson Proffitt, catches a ball in the end zone during sion to every home football practice yesterday at Welch Stadium. Students can pick up tickets online or and basketball game, the the ticket office for the first home football game, which is at 7 p.m. tonight at chance to serve as the coin

tosser at the beginning of the game and the opportunity to be ball boys or girls at volleyball games, according to Jason Santangelo, assistant director athletic marketing.

There will also be a few changes to the stadium seating this year. The student section will now be located on the south side of the west grandstands, while the east stand is officially visitors’ and general admission.

“We do a survey every year, polling students and fans about things that they like and things they dislike,” Santangelo said. “It was overwhelming, people had concerns about the students being separated.”

Along with the concerns about students being separated from the rest of the fans, there was also the issue of the sun being right in their eyes for the majority of the afternoon games.

“Of course, we want more students, more of everybody at the games,” Santangelo said. “We want everyone to feel included, we don’t need

to segregate our students from our traditional population of the city. We want everyone to join together.”

The band will move from their previous area in the east grandstand. Portable stands will be set up on the field behind the south end zone.

Approximately 30 minutes before kickoff, the band will also parade in their marching lines, to let everyone know that the game is close to starting.

The changes were made to make an improved game day experience, in hopes that more fans will attend, according to Santangelo.

“As (for) the athletic staff, there’s quite a bit of buzz, no pun intended, going around,” Santangelo said.

Game tickets can be bought at the Memorial Union ticket office, online at tickets.emporia.eud or by calling 630-341-NEST. Students recieve free admission to all home non conference games.

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Emporia State competes at JK Gold Classic

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Emporia State Men’s Cross Country took fourth overall and won the collegiate division Saturday in Augusta, KS at the JK Gold Classic. ESU Women’s Cross Country was ninth overall and fifth in the

collegiate division.

For the Hornet men, senior Brian Newkirk was third overall and placed second in the collegiate division in a time of 18:35.9.

Gabe Sams, junior, ran 19:36:1 for 32nd place and Aaron Taylor, junior, grabbed

36th place, running 19:48.3 for the Hornets. Cole Bosley, junior, ran 19:54.5 for a 39th place finish while Thomas LaRoche, senior, ran 20:03.7 to place 43rd.

On the Women’s side, freshman Nora Wheatley placed 79th, running a time

of 16:36.3. Just behind her was sophomore Christina Wankum for an 80th place finish in a time of 16:39/5.

The Hornets’ third runner, sophomore Devyn Smith ran 16:59.9 for an 84th place finish.

The Hornet Cross Country

Teams will take this weekend off before heading to Joplin, Missouri to run in the Southern Stampede on September 16th.

The Women are set to start their race at 8:30 a.m. while the men are scheduled for a 9:45 a.m. start.

ESU Football shutout in season opener by defending national champions

In the first game of the Garin Higgins. “We really B ethany B owman didn’t play very well at all.” bbowman@esubulle tin.com The Bearcats won the coin toss and elected to defer, 2017 football season, the giving ESU the first drive of No.4 ranked Emporia State the game. After a defensive Hornets traveled to No. 1 dominated first quarter by Northwest Missouri State in both teams, Northwest MisMaryville, Missouri, falling souri State got on the board to the defending national with a 20-yard field goal by champion Bearcats, 34-0.

Brett Garner with just over The Top Five National two minutes left on the clock. matchup was the second The Hornets moved the straight time the Hornets ball all the way to the Bearcat faced the Bearcats. North- 26-yard on their next offenwest gave ESU their lone two sive possession; however, losses last season, including a senior kicker Austin Mor13-44 loss to end the Hornets’ ton’s field goal attempt was playoff run in December of blocked and returned for 2016. a 69-yard touchdown by “We never got in a rhythm Northwest’s Anthony Lane offensively,” said Coach to give the Bearcats a 10-0

lead.

Trying to prevent a larger Bearcat lead, senior corner A.J. West blocked Garner’s field goal attempt from 27-yards with just over eight minutes left in the half.

The Bearcats did score again on a 21-yard field goal

by Garner with 3:31 remaining to round out the first half scoring.

The Hornets passed on the chance to get on the board with just four seconds remaining in the half, opting to run a fake field which saw junior quarterback Braxton Marstall complete a pass to junior super back Trenton Ball, but he was brought down at the 15-yard line to

close the half.

The Bearcats went up 20-0, scoring on their opening drive of the second half with a six-yard touchdown run from Cameron Wilcox. The Hornets managed a first down but were forced to punt, giving the Bearcats the ball back and setting up a five play, 71-yard drive capped off by a two-yard touchdown run by Jordan Grove for a 27-0 lead.

Northwest quarterback Zach Martin found receiver Shawn Bane for a 51-yard pass and a 34-0 lead with 10:30 remaining in the game for the final score of the game.

Marstall completed 13 of

28 passes for 135 yards on the night to go along with 26 rushing yards.

Junior running back Landon Nault lead the Hornets in yards on the ground with 38 on 11 carries. Senior linebacker Gabe Cleveland tallied a career high 19 tackles for the Hornets defensively.

“I know we’re better than what we played,” Higgins said. “Like I told my players, we’ve been down this road before. We have to trust the things we’re doing and that’s how I look at the game.”

The Hornets will return to action at 7 p.m. tonight at Welch Stadium.

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Competing in the MIAA Great American Conference Challenge last weekend in St. Joseph, Missouri, Emporia State’s Women’s Soccer picked up two wins to start the season. Their first win on Friday over Harding marked Head Coach Bryan Sailer ’s 100th win as a collegiate head coach.

In that game, freshman forward Sammy Boese scored the first goal for the Hornets in the 40th minute of action to go ahead 1-0. In the 74th minute of play, the Hornets extended that lead when Harding scored an own goal to put ESU up 2-0.

Freshman goalkeeper Bethany Reeves faced nine shots with one on goal, becoming the first freshman goalkeeper to record a shutout in a season opener

for the Hornets.

In the Hornets’ second game of the MIAA-GAC Challenge on Saturday, ESU fell behind 1-0 on a goal by Ouachita Baptist’s Brianna Lozano in the 20th minute of action.

ESU’s freshman midfielder Olivia Miller scored the tying goal in the 29th minute of play on freshman Leah Mettam’s header. With just 2:18 remaining in the half, sophomore forward Kennedy Hoffman put the Hornets ahead 2-1 with a go-ahead goal on a header from Sammy Boese.

Neither team scored in the second half of action, giving the Hornets the 2-1 come from behind win.

“It felt exciting to know the hard work we have been putting in at practice paid off,” Boese said. “We met our goal of starting off the

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season with a win. It was a couple of games in.” also exciting to celebrate The Hornets will travel Coach’s 100th win at the to Minot State this weekend start of the season instead of for two games. ESU will

face The Beavers of Minot State at 7 p.m. on Friday, and then take on Augustana (SD) at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.