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Emporia man accused of stalking more than 20 women

EMPORIA (AP) — A 60-yearold Emporia man has been arrested following a long investigation into obscene letters sent to more than 20 women.

Radio station KVOE reports the man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of 47 counts of stalking and 47 counts of promoting obscenity. No charges had been filed as of Wednesday.

Authorities say the stalking investigation involved more than 20 women in Emporia and surrounding Lyon County. Some of the women began receiving the letters in late 2011.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation worked with Emporia police and Lyon County deputies on the case. Investigators used video surveillance and handwriting samples to support a search warrant that led to the arrest.

Authorities are notifying victims of the arrest.

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Emporians march to honor MLK Jr.

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Emporia’s 12th Avenue was busier than usual Monday evening.

Shortly after 5 p.m., Emporia State students, faculty and staff, as well as Emporia community members, joined together to march in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Members of the group carried signs with phrases like, “Let Freedom Ring!” and pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.

Andy Hall, Emporia State alum, said the most beneficial aspect of the day’s events was learning about the Civil Rights movement and how they conducted their marches.

“It’s almost like following in their footsteps,” Hall said.

Despite the cold weather, the spirits of the marchers were not hindered, and the air was filled with the steady sound of hymns. Jason Brooks, director of Multicultural Affairs, said the march has been an annual event for more than 20 years, and they plan to keep doing it.

Brooks said it is important for ESU to be “proactive instead of retroactive and that ESU focuses on civil rights.”

“The further we get away from the 50s and 60s, we get more away from civil rights,” Brooks said.

A local group called the Martin

ABOVE: Community members and ESU students and faculty participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Light March Monday evening in front of Plumb Hall. The march began in Kellogg Circle Drive and ended at St. James Missionary Baptist Church.

Jon Coffey/The Bulletin BELOW: Members of the Emporia community struggle to keep candles alight for the Martin Luther King Jr. Light March.

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Woods retiring, will Frozen yogurt miss ‘ESU family’ helps fund SAL N ing L iu liu@esubulletin.com

Sharon Woods, director of payroll, is retiring after 25 years at Emporia State. Woods’ last day is Thursday, Jan. 31. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

She worked in accounting on campus for five years before moving to the payroll office in 1992, and after 25 years of service at Emporia State, Sharon Woods, payroll director, will retire at the end of January.

“Sharon Woods is very personable, very congenial,” said Diana Kuhlmann, associate vice president of Fiscal Affairs and director of the Budget Office. “I think she is very dedicated. She has a strong work ethic, and she does what needs to (be done to) get the job done. I am very pleased with Sharon’s performance.”

Woods said she considers the payroll staff her ESU family and that it has been a good experience working as a team. She also received her MBA here.

When Woods first started working in payroll, she just used paper and pencils, and over the years, she has witnessed firsthand the changes in technology, which have sometimes been challenging to adapt to.

“The system the government uses is very complex. It’s never been static,” Woods said. “That’s the hardest thing – trying to keep up on all the regulations changing from pay period to pay period.”

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Senior elementary education major Marissa Grier holds the door for Cassie Heffron (behind) and Affyn Heffeon (front) at Orange Leaf Friday night.

Sigma Alpha Lambda raised $80 during the fundraiser.

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N ing L iu liu@esubulletin.com Sigma Alpha Lambda raised $80 last Friday night during a fundraising event hosted by Orange

Leaf, 1114 Commercial St., Suite C. SAL received 15 percent of the sales between 6 and 8 p.m. The money raised will help cover travel

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KBOR, campus pleased with Brownback’s budget

C harlie H eptas news@esubulletin.com

You can’t always get what you want, but as Mick Jagger and the Kansas Board of Regents will tell you, sometimes, you get what you need.

Despite not receiving the $47.1 million increase for higher education they asked for, KBOR released

a statement last week supporting Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposed budget for 2014-2015.

The statement, made by Tim Emert, regents chair, on Jan. 16, said the regents appreciated Brownback’s recognition of the importance of higher education and its value to the economic success of the state. It also said that all 32

higher education institutions would continue to provide the “high quality educational opportunities necessary to meet the dynamic needs of the Kansas economy.”

“Unless something has changed dramatically that I’m not aware of, costs continue,” said President Michael Shonrock. “There’s always an increase in cost for the things

of life…when there are choices to be made in life, I’d rather know I have a consistent budget, so the fact that the governor has provided base funding for the next two years is really a good way for us to plan (ahead).”

The increase KBOR asked for included a 1 percent raise in pay across the board for higher

education employees. While the specific increase was not granted, Brownback did approve proposed plans to expand the University of Kansas Medical Center. Also proposed were increases to Kansas State’s architecture program and Pittsburg State’s engineering program.

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Briefs MMA match postponed The amateur mixed martial arts tournament scheduled for Jan. 26 at the Anderson Building, 2700 U.S. 50, is postponed until further notice.

Once a new date is established, ticket prices will be $20 for general admission, $15 for students and $35 for ringside seating.

For more information, contact Sandra Price-Byrd at 620-480-0066.

Speaker to address domestic, sexual violence Sponsored by SOS, Inc., Josh Jasper will speak about domestic and sexual violence in a presentation titled “Where do you stand; when sexual violence becomes a major health issue,” at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 in Webb Lecture Hall. There is no charge to attend the presentation.

Jasper is the president and CEO of Riverview Center, a rape crisis center in Dubuque, Iowa. He is also a sexual assault and domestic violence advocate and an international primary prevention speaker with experience working with colleges, branches of the military, teenage residential treatment centers and gangs.

For more information, contact SOS at 620-342-7943, or go to the SOS web site at Soskansas.com. To learn more about Jasper or the Riverview Center, go to Riverviewcenter.org.

Police Reports Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department Jan. 16 Officer stopped KS K437EMG in 1100 Exchange St. Citation issued for speeding in 1900 Exchange St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 1800 Highland St. Jan. 17 Officer stopped KS 179 DBI at 15th and Wooster Dr. for a stop sign violation.

Julian Dozier was taken into custody for driving while suspended and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Officers stopped KS 376 DWB at 14th and Market St. Citation issued for an expired license plate.

Officers stopped KS 795 DVT in 400 W 15th Ave. Verbal warning given for defective brake lights.

Officers contacted operator of a vehicle parked improperly in Sector 7 and advised to move vehicle.

Officers stopped MO FC3W8G in 1200 Market.

Citation issued for speeding in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fire call at 1325 Merchant St. Officer provided traffic control at 15th and Merchant St. Officer contacted operator of a vehicle parked improperly in Lot 1 and advised to move vehicle.

Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a car stop north of I-35 at the tunnel entrance.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call at 1120 Commercial St.

Jan. 18 Officers responded to North Twin Towers 7th floor for a suspicious odor.

Officer stopped KS 996DVR in 1300 Merchant St. Verbal warning given for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped bicyclist in Sector 3. Verbal warning given for one-way violation.

Officer stopped KS 051DVV at 1100 Merchant St. Verbal warning given for defective tail light.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 12th and Market St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 12th and Highland St. Officer stopped KS Personalized ‘TERRY8’ in 1100 Constitution St. Verbal Warning given for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 533BWA in 300 E 14th Ave. Verbal warning given for defective headlight.

Officer removed an animal from Singular Hall Room 59.

Officer assisted Emporia

Police Dept. with a car stop in 1100 Market St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 105 W 12th Ave. Jan. 19 Officer stopped KS ITS492 in 1200 Sylvan St. Verbal warning given for defective brake light.

Officer stopped KS 138DVJ in 1400 Mechanic St. Verbal warning given for careless driving at 100 E 15th Ave. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 1200 Highland St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call in 1000 Merchant St. Jan. 20 Officers contacted skateboarders in 1500 Merchant St. and advised of campus policy.

Officers contacted subjects with air soft guns north of I-35 and advised of campus policy.

Officers assisted the Lyon Co. Sheriff ’s deputy with a car stop in 1100 Commercial St. Officers stopped KS 078 DVL in 1100 Commercial St. Verbal warning given for a defective headlight.

Officers stopped OK 637EYM in Sector 8. Verbal warning given for a one-way violation.

Officers stopped KS 291 DTQ in 1800 Highland St. Verbal warning given a defective headlight.

Officer checked TX DT4P555 in Sector 6. Horn was sounding repeatedly. Contacted owner. He was able to silence horn.

Jan. 21 Officer stopped KS 840FNE in 1100 Exchange St. Verbal warning given for defective headlight.

Officer stopped KS 740BQP in 200 W 12th Ave. Verbal warning given for driving without headlights.

Officer stopped KS WXB645 in Sector 6. Verbal warning given for a one-way violation.

Officer contacted the operator of KS 868DBV parked illegally in 1300 Market St. and advised to move vehicle.

Officer assisted Emporia Fire Dept. with a fire alarm at 1326 Highland St.-Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House.

Jan. 22 Officer stopped KS Handicapped 39753 300 E 13th Ave. Verbal warning given for defective headlight.

Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a check vehicle call north of I-35.

Officer stopped KS 193FND in Sector 6. Verbal warning given for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr.

Tina McIver, Santa Fe Trail-USD 434 gifted facilitator, works with a team member to determine how to successfully implement literature circles in the classroom. Twenty-two participants attended the workshop Friday afternon at the Earl Center. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin

A ustin S chopper schopper@esubulletin.com In addition to the notoriety of Emporia State’s education program and Teachers College, ESU is home to the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, a program dedicated to providing workshops for teachers and helping them to learn about changes in the field. This year, the Jones Institute continues its work, providing 13 day-long workshops for current educators.

The first workshops, held last Friday at the Earl Center, opened with a quote from Carol Hailey McLean, reading and language arts resource specialist for Shawnee Mission: “Learning is not a spectator sport.”

McLean said students must be actively involved in a class to learn and that class was too often “all about

Retire from ...Page 1 Kuhlmann said it takes a very patient personality to work in payroll because people often have questions about their paychecks and benefits and that Woods does a “terrific job.”

“Sometimes people are really unhappy with the things they are asking about,” Kuhlmann said.

“So, having patience and working through those issues, being able to provide information, being congenial are good qualities that Sharon has. She handles the interpersonal

Fundraiser from ...Page 1 costs for an upcoming conference in February.

“We are going to a national leadership conference (National Collegiate Leadership Conference) in Arizona,” said Timothy Thomas, senior crime and delinquency major and president of SAL. “We went last year, and it really benefited us. It’s a great deal. We learned a lot about how to develop teams, and…we brought it back.”

The conference is a three-day event from Feb. 15-17, hosted by the University of Arizona that “serves as the cornerstone of the leadership experience and training for hundreds of college students across the nation,” according to the conference’s website. “Each year, over 600 students from schools in over 20 states come to NCLC to learn about leadership.”

SAL is a leadership and honors organization on campus that focuses on academics, but the group also strives to foster leadership skills and habits in its members.

“We want to promote good grades, and we also want to make young men and women into leaders and help the community and help the campus,” said Marissa Grier, senior elementary education major and SAL member. “(We want to) do whatever we can to

the teachers.”

The workshop’s focus, using literary circles to teach common core standards, drew 22 educators, representing 15 different districts in Kansas.

McLean has led about 25 workshops for the Jones Institute, including several on common core standards over the past year, and over the past year, but she said this was her first time leading this particular workshop.

McLean said during the summer and fall, program coordinators asked for input from attendees, and one of the requests was to cover using reading circles and the common core.

Lucie Eusey, interim director of conference and workshops, said the event was a way for educators to experience professional development opportunities, as well as utilize activities regarding common core

standards.

“If they are applied correctly, there is more freedom in the way for teachers to set the approach or curriculum,” Eusey said, “(and) there is more freedom than there is in the current set of standards and No Child Left Behind.”

Attendees were given a list of different activities dealing with common core standards and were then encouraged to discuss the merits of each.

Susan Dringenberg, instructional coach in Parsons, attended the workshop. Dringenberg said she was most excited about the activities that were presented and being led by someone who had a functional background in education. She also said the focus of the activities was to promote student thinking, rather than being directed in rote memorization and test teaching that was popular during NCLB.

relationships, as well the payroll issues very well.”

Woods said she would miss her “ESU family” since she has worked with her colleagues for such a long time.

“It takes a team to get the payroll done,” Woods said. “It’s just been a great place to work.”

Jennifer Felix, senior music major, who has worked with Woods since July 2012, said Woods has been a “fantastic boss” and that she will be sad to see her go.

“Sharon’s work ethic impressed

me a lot,” Felix said. “What she puts back into work is just a great example to us (of ) what an employer should be. I just learned to take every problem that comes at you and just deal with the problem you have – use the best of your ability.”

Woods said after retiring she will relax and do things like take a cruise with her family to Alaska next summer. After that, she will reevaluate what she will do next.

There will be a reception in honor of Woods from 3 to 5 p.m.

Jan. 28 in Plumb Hall.

help people.”

Crista Grimwood, co-owner of Orange Leaf in Emporia, said the store agreed to help with the fundraiser because they enjoy being able to give back to the community.

“It’s a win-win situation for us because it generates customers, but it is also a win for the organization because it also generates fundraising revenue for them as well,”

Grimwood said.

SAL also recently collected roughly 7,000 cans of food during its Fight Against Hunger Campaign, which were donated to local food pantries. Their next big event is the SAL kick-off party on Jan. 28. They also hope to be able to host a benefit concert and guest speakers in March and plant trees in April.

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EAC celebrates anniversary, alumna to show work

be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our birthday with Charlotte’s work.”

The show is Nickel’s second for EAC – her first was held in the building’s previous location in 1999.

Nickel said when the building opened last year with a show by Richard Slimon, former Emporia State professor, the new space helped inspire her most recent show. Unlike her previous show, which included many works of still life, Nickel said this show consists of mostly abstract work, which she began painting after a bout with cancer in 2005.

The title of Nickel’s show, “The Language of Heaven,” was inspired by the feelings she gets when she paints.

“In the past year, when I’m working, I’ve noticed that I get angelic assistance, and I feel like heaven comes into my house,” Nickel said.

Nickel said that Slimon, under whom she studied for her undergraduate and graduate degrees, along with her grandfather, a Russian immigrant who created paper cutouts of animals, were two sources of inspiration for the exhibit. She plans to include 16 paintA ustin S chopper ings in the show, many of which will schopper@esubulletin.com be for sale, with prices ranging from The Emporia Arts Council will $300 to over $2,000. Nickel said she celebrate the second anniversary of has had one of her pieces, “Traveling n the opening of its facilities at 1 p.m.

Companion,” for over 28 years.

Jan. 26. The event will be commemo Matt Hoelscher, senior painting rated with a showcase of art from major, said Nickel’s work has a lot of local artist Charlotte Nickel. Nickel layer and depth in parts, but the view graduated from Emporia State in of the paintings change when viewed 1987 with a master’s degree in paint- as whole pieces. ing and currently has several works on “I wonder what her motives permanent display at the Starbucks in were, what inspired her,” Hoelscher Emporia, 2916 Eaglecrest Dr. said. “They’re pretty straightforward Melissa Windsor, executive direc- pieces.” tor for EAC, said they are looking Windsor said EAC encourages forward to having Nickel’s work to ESU art students and community display for the upcoming event. members to attend the gallery open “Charlotte has been an artist in ing. The event is free and open to our community for a number of years the public. The show itself will run and has been part of the art center’s through March 8, and members of gallery programs a number of times, the public are welcome to come see so we are happy to show her work,” the works between 10 a.m. and 6 Windsor said. “We felt like it would p.m., Tuesday through Friday.

“When I’m working, I’ve noticed that I get angelic assistance, and I feel like heaven comes into my house.”

– Charlotte Nickel

Emporia artist Charlotte Nickels stands next to her favorite of the six painting series displayed in Starbucks off of Industrial Street. Nickel’s show opening is this Saturday at the Arts Council on Commercial Street.

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Kansas leaders discuss military’s future in state

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Governor’s Military Council is preparing to make the case for maintaining the presence of the armed - forces in Kansas ahead of likely widespread cuts in defense spending.

At a meeting Wednesday, the council focused on the potential loss of spending and personnel at Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth and McConnell Air Force Base. The Department of Defense projects cutting 114,000 personnel nationwide by 2021.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback said Kansas needed to be aggressive in protecting the military presence and the economic impact that it has on the state. He said the likelihood of federal spending cuts in the coming years were certain, but there were steps the state could take to support the bases and look for areas where

costs and resources could be shared to maintain their financial viability.

“I think we’re going to be at this for a decade,” Brownback, a former U.S. senator, told the council.

Kansas has seen significant military growth since the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process.

The biggest beneficiary was Fort Riley, which saw the return of the 1st Infantry Division headquarters and a huge influx of soldiers and families. Nearly $2 billion was spent on construction alone at Fort Riley, and the growth spurred a wave of economic activity in the Central Flint Hills Region, including new housing, schools and infrastructure.

Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie, acting commanding general of Fort Riley, said those times of growth had created a new normal. But he cautioned that those times were ending,

creating new challenges to prevent reductions in the number of soldiers and Fort Riley’s mission.

“The complexities of more have hit us,” MacWillie said.

To get ahead of the defense cuts, Fort Riley has expanded partnerships with nearby Junction City and Manhattan to begin looking at ways to share costs and resources.

Ben Van Becelaere, head of plans, analysis and integration at Fort Riley, said working groups looking at ways to maximize dollars through bulk purchasing of supplies for things such as road maintenance materials, training and emergency services.

“We were told that the austere times were coming,” Van Becelaere said. “We’re very confident that we’ve got a good structure to tackle this.”

Brownback suggested that Kansas

look at what it could do to help the military reduce costs, including taking over the maintenance of the Fort Riley’s roads, if legally possible.

Steve Hyjek, a Washington consultant who worked with Kansas on the 2005 BRAC, said such efforts were a good start and would help make the case for the installations.

However, he told the council that the cuts in the Army alone are expected to impact 21 forts across the country — either through reductions, closures or assigning new soldiers to different bases.

Hyjek said it was likely that the next BRAC would take place in 2015 and be completed sometime after 2021.

Based on projections released by the Department of Defense, Fort Riley could see changes in the range of the addition of 3,000 soldiers to a

reduction of 8,000 soldiers, depending on the Pentagon’s decisions. Cuts in other spending and civilian jobs are expected, as well. There are about 18,000 soldiers assigned presently to Fort Riley. The data was recently released in an environmental assessment for proposed changes in the Army.

“The point is these are big numbers,” Hyjek said. “This is going to be a force transformation that truly transforms the force.”

The council is also watching the competition among states to house the new KC-46 air refueling tanker, as McConnell and Topeka’s Forbes Field were named finalists. The decision is expected later this year.

The council plans to travel to Washington to meet with congressional and military leaders later this spring.

Crime Stoppers *Report given to The Bulletin verbatim by Lyon County Crime Stoppers Local law enforcement are looking for a suspect involved in a hit and run accident that occurred at Flying J truck stop recently. The suspect vehicle is described as a brown 80s model Chevy Monte Carlo. Two Hispanic males were seen leaving the scene of the accident in the Monte Carlo and may go by

the names of “Chewy and Unc.” Both vehicles sustained damage to the back and bumper areas in the accident.

If you have any information about the suspects or vehicle involved in this H&R accident please contact Lyon County Crime Stoppers at 342-2273, or the Emporia Police Department at 343-4200. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

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opinion The Rhetoric of Budget Cuts

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Higher education funding is being held hostage in Topeka. Gov. Sam Brownback’s recent flat-funding budget proposal, which foregoes further cuts in higher education, may appear to be a step in the right direction, but it is symptomatic of political maneuvering, rather than a genuine nod toward Kansas universities.

The Kansas Board of Regents seems to have bought into the strategy. They hoped for an increase, anticipated cuts and received neither. As such, KBOR hasn’t kicked up much fuss over Brownback’s stay-the-course proposition.

But what they fail to see is the precarious situation Brownback left them with in the first place. Not only was the state budget conundrum a direct result of Brownback’s

tax cuts, but it comes as Brownback proposed initiative-specific funds in November 2012. It’s not flipflopping – it’s simply not keeping a promise.

Stagnant state support for public universities can only mean more of the same: tuition that is unmanageable, loans that pile up by the minute and a growing inequity between larger and smaller Kansas universities. We are not unrealistic. We understand that balancing a budget requires a bit of fat trimming. But in what world is higher education “the fat?”

So much in politics is dictated by rhetoric. What a politician proposes they will support is almost as important as the political leg-work. If the trend is any indication, it seems as if we are on the verge of inevitable

cuts to public universities and community colleges just to keep the state afloat. First we’re told there will be a small increase, then no increase, then a slash across the board. It is this type of predictable rhetoric that needs to be called out in every instance.

We’re sure every recipient of state funding has their own argument against impending budget reductions. That’s their fight to fight.

Ours is preserving the integrity of Emporia State and, more broadly, education throughout Kansas.

Topeka must first be honest with us and KBOR must fight for more than the status quo. Make it known that our place in this state is not negotiable and that our time, money and energy are not to be gambled with.

Have Cause, Yield Effect

Last semester, I wrote an article called “Holds and Headaches.” In it, I mentioned some concerns that another student and I had about some confusing holds we had on our student accounts. As it goes with many articles, I didn’t expect much to happen.

But this time, it was different.

When I arrived back in Emporia and checked my mail – that is, my real mail – I found a very interesting letter. President Michael Shonrock read my article and wanted to inform me of the changes that were made in response. Specifically, students will now have the ability to enroll in classes even if they have a balance on their account, given that the balance is less than $100.

I was so happy with Shonrock’s response. It was not only effective, but also very quick. The whole situation was impressive, and I was really excited to have done something useful – something that sparked change.

It’s change like this that makes this job seem not only worthwhile, but important.

I think it’s easy for people our age to feel impotent, to feel like our actions won’t have any effect on the world, or even our immediate environment. We send our hours of work – homework, essays and projects – into black holes. But opportunities for improvements are everywhere, and all kinds of things that hinder happiness are readily changeable.

I want to encourage anyone reading this to take a proactive approach to their problems. Don’t be afraid to speak up. Use The Bulletin as a tool if you can. It could truly be “the student’s voice” if more people used it as a means to share their opinions. All it takes is a letter sent to opinion@esubulletin.com.

Don’t be afraid to apply these principles beyond school.

Communication between coworkers, friends and employers/employees is

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weiss@esubulletin.com vital. The majority of the year is still ahead of us, so let’s make 2013 an honest and communicative time for us all.

P.S. Thank you, President Shonrock.

That was truly encouraging.

An End to Modern Slavery Human trafficking is a surprisingly ubiquitous crime. Its concealment and closeted nature makes obvious the need to attack the problem head on by not only increasing the consequences, but also by raising awareness. This is why I am extremely pleased with Gov. Sam Brownback, which may come as a shock to anyone who normally reads my column.

Brownback is seeking to change the laws regarding sex trafficking in Kansas. Namely, he wants to increase fines and change penalties to felonies for those convicted of trafficking, according to Associated Press. While this action itself may not destroy the problem, it will curb the problem to such a degree that perhaps it will eventually vanish from this state and, hopefully, be a model for other states.

Georgia and Florida, for instance, should definitely take a look at what Brownback is doing. Both states seek stricter enforcement against trafficking.

Generally, Brownback’s laws have struck me dumbfounded, especially

education reform, but this proposal has nothing but my undying support. An even greater aspect of the proposed change is that the fines charged to violators would go toward a fund to assist the victims of these heinous crimes.

While in Romania from 2008 to 2010, I served on the Gender and Development committee, which greatly assisted in informing the general populace of the sex trafficking problem that occurs in great numbers in Eastern Europe, offering me a chance to see the pain and suffering that accompanies the victims in a light not seen by others. These funds are absolutely necessary to assist them in any kind of emotional and psychological support.

And while I do not see this change facing any serious threat, beyond the normal partisanship which accompanies every proposal, I still implore you to contact your representatives and urge them to pass this bill without a second thought.

The thought of someone disagreeing with this bill is tantamount to openly acknowledging these crimes and

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Tell everyone you know to support this piece of legislation. In doing so, we can help put to an end one of the most atrocious world-wide crimes and force Kansas leaders to continue making laws that benefit everyone by punishing criminals who exploit those without the power to fight for themselves.

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Students’ ‘Companionship’ Perfectly Normal, on display in Gilson

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This glass piece, titled “Squid,” by Austin Stern, senior art major, is currently on display for his BFA thesis exhibition in the Gilson Memorial Gallery. The show runs through Jan. 31. Jordan Storrer/The Bulletin

M arilyn K earney kearney@esubulletin.com More than 60 students, faculty, friends and relatives gathered in the Gilson Memorial Gallery Friday evening for the opening of the exhibition “Companionship.” The exhibition is the Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis for Austin Stern, senior glass major, and Ellen Weiss, senior printmaking major and opinion writer and designer for The Bulletin. The show features numerous pieces of hot sculpted and hand blown glass

by Stern and paintings, drawings and prints by Weiss.

The two became artistic companions because of their similar tastes and themes in their respective work, Stern said, and each had ideas that worked well together.

But bringing everything together was also the most difficult aspect of the gallery experience, Stern said.

“The hardest part was getting everything polished and set up so that it didn’t clash with Ellen’s work,” Stern said.

Much of the inspiration for Stern’s work came from his experience at the seaside, he said. He has been around the ocean most of his life, growing up in the bay area, which can be seen in many of his pieces featuring various aquatic creatures rendered in detail.

Derek Wilkinson, associate professor of painting and life drawing, attended the event and said both Stern and Weiss were students of his.

Of Stern, he said he admired especially a sculpted piece titled “Sperm Whale vs. Squid.”

“It’s large and intricate,” Wilkinson said, “and pulls all his skill together.”

Wilkinson also admired a drawn piece by Weiss called “Nibbles” for its composition.

“It has good form with minimal

lines,” Wilkinson said. “It’s so strong on its own.”

Joe Sircoulomb, senior glass major, said he admired the texture and color application on “Squid,” a sculpture by Stern. Another piece by Weiss, called “Dancer,” was a favorite of Sircoulomb’s.

“It has dynamic composition,” he said, “and (having) no outline makes the figure more dream-like.”

Though a number of the sculptures on display are for sale, Stern said he is more interested in gallery work than the commercial aspect.

“The gallery route is where I really want to go,” he said.

Stern said he plans to follow that route to Seattle after graduation to take a position as a gallery assistant.

The Gilson Memorial Gallery is open between from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is located in King Hall. The exhibition will be on display through Jan. 31.

Local band, student sign record deal S teve E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com Local band At First Glance, which features Allex Wilson, freshman undecided major at Emporia State, as lead guitarist, signed a record deal with LAD Media last month. The Internet label, founded by Andrew Happle, former Emporia resident and musician, offers its bands merchandising, management and recording services, as well as direct online distribution and assistance with booking. The quintet recently released an EP titled “All Hearts,” which is available on iTunes.

At First Glance also consists of lead vocalist William Martinez, bassist Konner Mann, rhythm guitarist Cody Briar and drummer Patricio Morales.

Wilson and Mann also provide backup vocals. Martinez and Morales attend Flint Hills Technical College, Mann is a student at Wichita State, and Briar is a senior at Emporia High School.

Wilson said the band formed in 2010, but he has known Martinez and Briar since high school and has also been friends with Morales since childhood. He said their sound fits into the post-hardcore genre, and their songs have lyrics that are “encouraging and uplifting.”

“We’re definitely heavier metal, but there’s a lot of ‘melodic-ness,’” Mann said. “It’s a fusion.”

Wilson said he got started with music when his father’s friend gave him a guitar.

“I started playing guitar because I wasn’t much into sports or anything

Allex Wilson, freshman undecided major, is the lead guitarist for local post-hardcore and metal band At First Glance. They will play at 10 p.m.

Feb. 2 at Beer:30. Jordan Storrer/The Bulletin

else really,” he said. “I fell in love with music.”

When it comes to balancing school and music, Wilson said “it can be tough, but everything seems to be working out.”

“Any assignments I get, I tend to do them as soon as possible, so I can have more time with the band without worrying about what is due and such,” Wilson said. “Sometimes in the past I have even taken my laptop with me in our band van and have worked on assignments while on the road to a show.”

Wilson said his advice for aspiring musicians is to “remember why you play music and why you love music in the first place.” He said that if people are only in music because of the “riches or becoming famous,” then music wouldn’t have as much emotion, which is what makes relatable.

“It’s a passion and a way to express yourself through something so beautifully unique, just like each individual person is,” Wilson said. “If you remember that, then any hardships that come your way through a musical career will be easier overcome.”

Amy Meador, LAD Media public relations director, said At First Glance’s “focus is on bringing a heavier side of music to the Emporia area, which mainly consists of country and punk-rock bands.”

At First Glance will perform at 10 p.m. Feb. 2 at Beer:30, 402 Merchant St. Kansas City-based metal band Collapse The Masses and Wichitabased metalcore band Limits will also perform. The show is for ages 18 and up. Tickets are $3 for 21 and up, and tickets are $5 for anyone under 21. At First Glance will also perform March 13 in Albert Taylor Hall.

When winter comes, this campus sleeps. Scores of students pack up and move home for the duration of holiday break. Those of us who are left feel the icy sting of abandonment.

But with the dawn of a new year, the spring semester begins.

The horny Hornets are back to school, and the residence halls are abuzz once more with young freshmen and experienced grad students alike, all eager to break the cycle of winter’s dry spell.

A busy campus and warmer weather means many things, not the least of which is an increase in students’ libidos. And while the free condom bowl in the Student Health Center dwindles, the facts and figures of safe sex may not be at the forefronts of our minds.

Even the most precautious and educated student can forget (or ignore) the simple basics in the heat of the moment. Others are simply ignorant to the realities of coital bondage, thanks to the pathetic excuse Kansas’ public schools pass as “sexual education.”

So, compiled here are the most common sex myths and misconceptions that plague our generation.

For instance, how many of us believe that if we got the Gardasil vaccine, we’re safe from HPV (human papillomavirus)? Wrong.

While it’s recommended that both males and females between the ages of 11 and 26 get the vaccine, it’s still relatively new, and not everything is yet known about this wonder drug. There’s a possibility the vaccine’s effectiveness can wear off over time, but Mary McDaniel, assistant director of Health Services, said it’s believed the vaccine lasts at least five years.

“With any kind of vaccine, not everybody gets 100 percent protection, which doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get it – it just means you also need to be smart and safe,” McDaniel said.

There’s also the possibility that you could have been exposed to HPV prior to getting the vaccination if you were already sexually active. The bottom line: don’t assume you’re good to go sans traditional protection (i.e. a condom) just because you got the Gardasil stick.

Sexual diseases and infections are not something to take lightly, but no matter what your mama says, you won’t get any STDs/ STIs from toilet seats. Most of the organisms that cause these types of sexual blunders cannot survive for long on a cold, porcelain surface.

“The reason it continues to be a concern is because some organisms can survive for quite a while on an inanimate object, like the herpes virus, as long as it’s on a moist surface,” McDaniel said. “But if you think about it, the part of you that touches the toilet is not typically where you find the herpes virus, so it shouldn’t be a legitimate concern.”

What you should be worried about, however, is, say, a roomie with pubic lice (krabs) who likes to sit on your shared furniture while also going commando. This can leave behind unwanted little critters who are just biding their time until they can latch onto your own warm, unsuspecting, moist crotchal region.

On that note, you should

also keep in mind that even dry humping with your undies on isn’t safe sex. It may reduce your chances of contracting an STD or infection if the area in question is covered, but if one (or more) partner/s ejaculates on or around the other’s genitals, there’s a chance (albeit small) the semen could cause an infection, or even lead to pregnancy.

“Your underwear is not a moisture-proof barrier, and those tiny organisms (sperm, bacteria, viruses, etc.) travel pretty easily through a moist barrier,” McDaniel said. “(Underwear) greatly reduces the chance of something like that happening, but it’s still possible.”

The odds are small, but you do need to beware of chafing.

And then there’s the classic delusion that you can’t get an STD if you’re in water. False, again. According to Women’s Health, your chances of catching something are actually greater when you’re getting wet and wild.

“Water washes away the body’s natural lubricant, creating more friction, which increases the risk of tears in the vagina, where bacteria and viruses can enter,” according to a Women’s Health article by Erb Middleton.

Condoms can help facilitate extra lubricant, but they are easily weakened by chemicals in the water. A silicone-based lube is your best bet if you’re determined to get some aqua action.

Next, don’t let Aunt Flo fool you – it’s possible to get pregnant even when you’re having your period, so it’s best not to ditch the contraceptive, but this doesn’t apply when you’re on The Pill.

“The hormones in The Pill keep you from ovulating,” McDaniel said. “When you’re having your period, you’re only bleeding because of that withdrawal of hormones. (But) if you don’t start the new pack on time, it could allow you to begin ovulating.”

While it’s unlikely period sex will result in pregnancy, it’s still a possibility for women who have periods that overlap with the beginning of ovulation. Be cautious on your voyage through the Red Sea, and use good judgement.

Finally, contrary to what Asher Roth so ignorantly thinks, two condoms are not better than one.

“In fact, ‘double-bagging’ as it is sometimes called, can increase the friction between the condoms during intercourse, making them more likely to rip or tear…

The same goes for using a male condom and female condom at the same time,” according to Go Ask Alice, a peer-reviewed online health resource produced by Columbia University.

So remember, only a douche double-bags.

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Senior recreation major Stephen Mason plays bubbles to promote Rec club in Webb Hall on Wednesday afternoon.

Huge activities fair is designed to help students discover opportunities for clubs and jobs around ESU. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin

Budget from ...Page 1 Children from the Emporia community prepare their candle for the Martin Luther King Jr. Light March. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin

Celebration from ...Page 1 Luther King Jr. Community Committee hosted the march, which proceeded from Plumb Hall to St. James Missionary Baptist Church, as well the community dinner that took place at St. James before its 7 p.m. service.

The Multicultural Club at ESU also contributed by hosting the children’s celebration that took place Monday morning, with help from children’s group facilitator Jacqueline Corbett, who led the children in hymns before the service, and Rev. Delmar White, who came from

Lawrence to speak at the service.

Tayler Wash, junior secondary education major and member of the Black Student Union, volunteered and attended the event for her third year. “(The most beneficial part was) probably the children being able to get active in the community and carry on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,” Wash said.

Multicultural Affairs will host a Deferred Action Forum at 7 p.m. tonight in the Memorial Union to promote the education of students and faculty in regard to undocumented students.

Shonrock said he is pleased by the program enhancements that were proposed, as well as the change to a two year budget plan.

He also said that with 40 percent of the state legislature being newly elected, this provided the opportunity for higher education to bring itself to the forefront of people’s minds.

Brooke Schmidt, Associated Student Government president and senior Spanish major, said she was also in support of the proposed budget.

“Overall, I am pleased with the governor’s proposed budget for both fiscal year ‘14 and fiscal year ’15,” Schmidt said. “The governor’s budget seems to acknowledge the importance of higher education.

According to the proposal, there are

no cuts to higher education over the next two years. As a student, this is great news to hear.”

Schmidt also said that while she would like to see funding increased, Brownback’s budget did show recognition of the significant and positive impact higher education has on the state.

The state legislature meets again at 11 a.m. today for the House.

Kan. police looking for man impersonating officer BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Police across Kansas are looking for a man they say is pretending to be a law enforcement officer to try and cash bad checks.

The man surfaced Monday in

Belle Plaine, where he allegedly tried to convince clerks at two businesses to cash checks.

Belle Plaine police chief Gordon Fell says the clerks didn’t fall for the story, partly because the man claimed to be a sheriff ’s

deputy from Adams County.

There is no Adams County in Kansas.

KAKE-TV reports that Fell says he has heard from other Kansas law enforcement agencies with similar reports.

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Childress named AECT president

S teve E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com

Marcus Childress, professor of instructional design and technology, is the newest president of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

AECT is an international nonprofit association of educators and other professionals who aim to improve the communication of instruction through technology.

“AECT members are (the) ‘who’s who’ members in our field,” Childress said. “The people who make up our association wrote a great deal of the literature in the field in instructional design and technology.”

Childress, who is also chair of the department of instructional design and technology, succeeds Ana Donaldson, former associate professor of instructional design at the University of Iowa.

The organization is governed by a 19-member board composed of Childress; Donaldson; Stephen Harmon, the president-elect; Ellen Hoffman, the executive secretary; the presidents of AECT’s 10 divisions; two “at-large” members; an affiliates representative; the ethics committee chair and a representative of the Educational Communications and Technology , Foundation.

Childress was named presi- dent during the 2012 AECT n International Convention from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 in Louisville, Ken. Among students who attended the convention were Seung Gutsch and Daphne Tseng, graduate students in the instructional design and technology program. Gutsch and Tseng were part of a team that competed against other universities in a hypothetical scenario in which teams had to come up with a solution to a problem involving a

Marcus Childress, professor and chair of Instructional Design & Technology, is the newly-appointed president of the international Association for Education Communications and Technology. Childress was appointed during the 2012 AECT conference in Kentucky. Lingzi Su/The Bulletin

major energy company strike.

“We were the only non-doctorate students there,” Gutsch said.

Emporia State currently only offers a master’s of science program for instructional design and technology.

“It was challenging, but the classes (at ESU) well-prepared us

for the competition,” Tseng said.

“The instructional design and technology program is really hands-on stuff, and the competition showed us how it all came together as we went through the process.”

The date for the 2013 AECT convention is set for Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 in Anaheim, Calif.

Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks NEW YORK (AP) — The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would hurt small and minority-owned businesses while doing little to help health.

The first courtroom arguments in the closely watched case ended without an immediate ruling. Opponents said they planned to ask a judge to delay enforcement during the suit, which has broached questions of racial fairness alongside arguments about government authority and burdens to business.

The NAACP’s New York state branch and a network of Hispanic groups have joined a legal effort to block the first-of-its-kind restriction, igniting questions Wednesday about the groups’ ties to the beverage industry.

Beverage makers, restaurateurs, minority advocates and other critics told a judge the upcoming 16-ounce limit was a finger-wagging incursion on consumer choice, rife with inconsistencies that would cost a hot dog vendor business while still allowing New Yorkers to buy belly-buster sodas at the chain convenience store next to him. Opponents’ lawyers called it “ham-handed,” ‘’grossly unfair” and just “plain silly.”

“New Yorkers do not want to be told what to drink,” attorney James Brandt said.

City lawyers acknowledged the rule’s limitations. It doesn’t apply to all high-calorie drinks or all places that sell them, largely because of the city can regulate only some establishments. But it’s still a reasonable and needed move to take on the city’s growing weight problem and the diseases linked to it, they said.

“While this may not be a silver bullet that will cure the obesity epidemic, it’s rational ... (and) one step that can be taken,” said the city Health Department’s chief lawyer, Thomas Merrill.

The suit, filed by the American Beverage Association and oth-

ers, seeks to block the restriction, set to take effect March 12. With no immediate ruling Wednesday, opponents said they planned to ask state Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling to put it on hold until the case is decided. The city will oppose such a move, Merrill said after the hearing.

The latest in a line of healthy-eating initiatives during Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, the beverage rule bars restaurants and many other eateries from selling high-sugar drinks in cups or containers bigger than 16 ounces. Violations could bring $200 fines; the city doesn’t plan to start seeking those until June.

In explaining the cola crackdown, officials cite the city’s rising obesity rate — about 24 percent of adults, up from 18 percent in 2002 — and point to studies linking sugary drinks to weight gain. Care for obesityrelated illnesses costs more than $4.7 billion a year citywide, and government programs pay about 60 percent of that, according to city Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley.

Opponents portray the regulation as government nagging that scapegoats sugary drinks for a multifaceted fat problem, and they say the restriction is unfairly narrow.

Unsweetened juice and milkbased drinks are excluded; health officials say they have nutritional value.

The regulation also doesn’t cover alcoholic drinks or sales at supermarkets and many convenience stores — among them 7-Eleven, home of the Big Gulp — because they aren’t subject to city health rules.

The NAACP and the Hispanic Federation, an organization of 100 Northeastern groups, say their concern is that minority-owned delis and corner stores will end up at a disadvantage compared with grocery chains.

It’s a complaint voiced behind deli counters in heavily Hispanic East Harlem, where managers such as Yolanda Peralta see the restriction as inequitable.

“We’re paying taxes like every

other store. ... We should have the same rights that everybody else,” Peralta said Wednesday.

But others questioned the advocacy groups’ links to the soda companies whose fight they’ve joined.

Among the ties: — Coca-Cola announced last month it was giving a $100,000 grant to the national NAACP to support a healthy-lifestyles program — PepsiCo gave the group more than $10,000 in 2010, according to the soda maker’s website.

— Former Hispanic Federation President Lillian Rodriguez Lopez left for a job at Coca-Cola in in February.

— The groups were represented Wednesday by a firm that also has represented Coca-Cola. The firm, King & Spalding, is representing the advocacy groups for free, lawyer Ann M. Cook said.

Given that obesity rates are higher than average among blacks and Hispanics, the NAACP should refuse soda makers’ money and “reevaluate the position the group is taking in New York City,” Michael F. Jacobson, the executive director of the nutrition advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, said in a statement Wednesday.

He and Stan Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, noted that tobacco companies’ established relationship with African-American leadership organizations in decades past.

The strategy in the soda fight is “straight out of tobacco,” Glantz said.

Hazel Dukes, the NAACP’s New York president, bristled at the idea that the nearly 104-year-old group was swayed by the soda industry’s support.

“No one buys the NAACP,” she said in a telephone interview, noting that foundations also have contributed to the organization’s obesityfighting initiatives.

Soda makers’ money “is not the issue here,” she said. “The issue is fairness.”

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Kansas military school cadet leader arrested

WICHITA (AP) — An embattled Kansas military school has suspended an 18-year-old cadet leader who was arrested last week on allegations of sexual battery against a younger student at its Salina campus, the school’s president said Tuesday.

The cadet’s leadership responsibilities were taken away and he was reassigned upon his release from jail to another company at St. John’s Military School in Salina while arrangements were made for him to return home to Virginia, President Andy England said in an email.

The Associated Press is not identifying the suspect because formal charges have not yet been filed. The 18-year-old was arrested Friday.

“Upon being made aware of the allegations, St. John’s immediately initiated an investigation,” England said. “Based upon preliminary information, we notified the Salina Police Department in order to have their investigation begun as soon as possible.”

The state’s child welfare agency also was notified, he said.

The alleged incident comes as St. John’s fights a federal lawsuit filed by 11 former cadets and their families against the boarding school. The students contend the school’s quasimilitary cadet program, which gives higher-ranking cadets the power to discipline students, encourages physical and mental abuse. The plaintiffs

— who hail from California, Florida, Tennessee, Colorado, Texas and Illinois — filed the lawsuit in March.

St. John’s has vehemently denied a culture of abuse exists at the school and has vowed to fight the lawsuit.

The arrest is not part of that ongoing lawsuit.

Salina police Lt. Scott Siemsen said Tuesday the victim was a cadet under the age of 18. He declined to detail further specifics, but said that sexual battery in Kansas generally involves unwanted touching or other inappropriate contact for the purposes of sexual gratification. The cadet was not raped, he said.

Police referred the case to the local county attorney’s office with a recommendation for prosecution, he said.

Both police and the school said the alleged sexual battery is unrelated to a previous incident last November involving the same 18-year-old cadet.

In the earlier incident, a 15-year-old cadet was arrested on allegations of aggravated assault and criminal use of a weapon after a verbal altercation with the older cadet leader.

The Salina Journal reported at the time that the younger cadet had allegedly threatened the cadet leader when he was ordered to fall into formation.

The younger boy was reaching into his pocket — which police say held a broken pair of garden shears — when he was restrained by the older cadet and an adult employee.

KU student organizes bone marrow drive

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A student at the University of Kansas is organizing a bone marrow donor registry drive in honor of her husband, who has cancer.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the drive is scheduled Feb. 4 at the campus in Lawrence.

The organizer is KU student Sharilyn Matthews, whose husband,

Jonathan, has lymphoma. His doctors say they’ve found several potential donor matches for him and the family is hopeful help is on the way.

His wife is organizing the drive to help the donor registry, which is called Be The Match. Workers will swab potential donors’ cheeks and store their genetic information, then notify people if a match comes up.

Principal gets diversion on prostitution charge TOPEKA (AP) — A former Topeka assistant high school principal has entered into a diversion agreement with the Shawnee County prosecutor’s office on a charge that he patronized a prostitute.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports 42-year-old Jeff L. Moss was arrested Aug. 17 in an Internet prostitution sting that resulted in 12 arrests in Topeka.

Moss was placed on administrative leave from his job as Highland Park High School’s assistant principal after his arrest, and the school board voted to terminate his contract Sept. 6. He was charged with the misdemeanor count in October.

In the diversion deal, Moss must complete certain requirements to have the criminal charge dismissed.

He also has to pay $170 in court costs and fees.

Kan. officials discuss possible prison legislation TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas corrections officials plan to propose legislation to give probation supervisors more authority and create graduated penalties for probation violators, with the goal of easing overcrowding in state prisons, Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts said.

Roberts and Scott Schultz, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission, told the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that the legislation, supported by Gov. Sam Brownback, includes $5 million in funding and could free up as many as 800 prison beds over two years, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

“It’s a pretty promising thing,” Schultz said of the legislation, which he said should be introduced next week.

The recommendations include a new system for dealing with “technical” probation violations, such as failing to report to a probation officer. The first offense would bring a 120-day prison sentence, which would increase to 180 days for the second offense. The probation would be revoked and offenders would serve their full sentences after

a third offense.

Roberts said probation violators currently serve an average of 11 months in prison for each offense.

Schultz said the recommendations could save the state money, much like a 2003 law that allowed low-level drug offenders to enter supervised treatment programs rather than go to state prison. That program saved the state about $10 million, he said.

“The idea with that is, if it works you’re going to lower your recidivism and you’re going to keep those folks in the community to get the treatment they need rather than in prison,” Schultz said.

The state male prison population has increased from 8,590 in fiscal year 2009 to 9,444 as of last year. The prisons’ official capacity is 9,164. Schultz said each prison bed costs the state an average of $24,000 annually.

Roberts said the state’s female prison population is also nearly at its capacity of 795, but he plans to open new units and increase that capacity by 100 beds.

The state’s 33.7 percent recidivism rate is below the national average of 43.3 percent.

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Lady Hornets Hornets swarm hold off MWU Griffons, 71-60 S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com

The Lady Hornets kicked off a three-game home stand, the first of which took place Sunday when they welcomed the Griffons of Missouri Western. From the opening tip, the Lady Hornets controlled the tempo of the game as they went on to win 62-55.

“Our goal was hold them to the 50s, and we knew that would be big for our offense if we did that,” said Laura Patrick, junior guard and accounting major.

The Lady Hornets got an early lead with a 12-4 run. The Griffons tied it at 14-14 with a layup with just under nine minutes to go.

“Sarah (Wood) sparked us in the first half with two huge positions with a one and one and another baseline shot she got to go,” said head coach Jory Collins.

The Hornets led by as many as eight points in the first half, but

with 48 seconds left, they went into the locker room with just a four-point lead, thanks to a Griffon three-pointer.

Defense was the key in the second half, as the Hornets forced the Griffons to keep firing from the deep, despite shooting 0 percent in the half, as they went 0-10 from long range.

“We knew coming in their strength was to drive it,” said Merissa Quick, sophomore forward and crime and delinquencies major.

“If we could force them to shoot perimeter shots and we get the rebound we would win.”

Quick hauled in nine total rebounds.

Emporia State had three girls score in double-digit points. Patrick led the way with 17 points and a team high of six assists. Rachel Hanf knocked down three baskets from long range to finish with 12 points, and Quick added 11 of her own.

Women win again Junior center Paul Bunch dunks against Missouri Western on Sunday. The men took a 71-60 victory. Will Austin/The Bulletin

S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com Four Hornets reached double figures against the Missouri

Western Griffons Sunday afternoon at White Auditorium. Emporia State won 71-60.

“That is what basketball is about, when you can pass up a

good shot for a great shot, that is what it is all about,” said head coach Shaun Vandiver.

The men never had complete control in the game, fighting to the end. The Griffons took the first lead of the game, but Chris Sights, senior guard, regained the lead with a 3-pointer over a minute later.

Both teams battled back and forth the entire half with three ties and three lead changes before the Hornets went into the half with a 30-22 lead.

Sights scored 11 of his team high 17 points in the second half.

This helped the Hornets maintain the lead throughout the entire half.

“I give the credit to my teammates,” Sights, a recreation major, said. “When they have confidence in me, they pass me the ball and I just let it fly.”

Gavin Brown recorded his second straight double-double with 13 points on the inside and hauled in 10 rebounds for the night. Paul Bunch also recorded double-digits with 11 points from inside with seven rebounds.

After two straight victories, ESU moves to a 7-7 record, but they still are not done, according to Bunch.

“This is just one notch on the belt,” Bunch, junior center, and criminal justice and delinquencies major, said. “After Truman, we vowed we were not going to lose at home and we would go four for four during this stretch. We are not done yet.”

No. 3 Kansas holds off No. 11 K-State late, 59-55 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Just a few days ago, Kansas State lived by the 3-pointer in a win over Oklahoma.

On Tuesday night, the outside shot cost the Wildcats against bitter rival Kansas.

Unable to get into the lane all night against the Jayhawks’ dominant center Jeff Withey, the Wildcats resorted to taking 30 3-point attempts, making just nine.

A couple more makes and the outcome may have been different in No. 11 Kansas State’ 59-55 loss to the third-ranked Jayhawks.

“You’ve got to hit the open ones, then you would make them defend you a little different,” Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. “But we Junior guard Rheanna Egli dribbles the ball down court last night at White didn’t.”

Auditorium. The Lady Hornets won 68-52 against Missori Southern State.

Travis Releford scored 12 points, Yohan Kim/The Bulletin. and Withey and Ben McLemore

added 11 each for the Jayhawks (171, 5-0 Big 12), who pushed their nation-leading winning streak to 16 games — matching the third-longest under coach Bill Self — and ended the Wildcats’ 12-game home winning streak.

“To Kansas’ credit, they make plays,” Weber said. “They don’t get rattled.”

The Wildcats kept the game close by getting Withey into foul trouble with 13 minutes left, and by limiting the Jayhawks to six fastbreak points, but that wasn’t enough to overcome Kansas State’s 35.1 percent shooting.

Shane Southwell, who scored a career-high 19 points, got Kansas State (15-3, 4-1) within 56-53 with a scooping layup with 38.2 seconds left. But after Naadir Tharpe made two foul shots to restore

the Jayhawks’ five-point lead, the Wildcats’ Rodney McGruder misfired from beyond the arc at the other end.

McLemore was fouled and missed his free throw, and McGruder made two to get Kansas State within 58-55 with 5 seconds left. But Elijah Johnson’s free throw put the game away.

McGruder finished with 13 points and Angel Rodriguez had 12, all in the first half, as the Wildcats lost for the 45th time in 48 games against their bitter in-state rival.

They also fell to 2-23 against Kansas at Bramlage Coliseum.

“I’m a little upset that we lost that game,” McGruder said quietly.

“That’s the last time I will play them here at Bramlage. But Coach said you can’t keep your head down.

We’ve got a lot of basketball left.”

Sports Shorts Track sweeps UMC meet

The men’s and women’s track teams swept team titles at the University of Central Missouri on Friday, with the #17 men winning by 21 points and the women’s team winning by 20 points.

The men snagged several event championships from senior Derwin Hall in the 60 meter run, senior Gannon Mack in the 400 meter run, and the distance medley relay team consisting of freshman Daniel Claassen, sophomore Alex Skinner, sophomore Travis Sipe, and junior Jacob Bull.

The Hornets also had five provisional qualifiers including senior Briar Ploude in the high jump, who placed first, senior

Marcus Calleja in the high jump, who placed second, junior Andrew Etheridge in the 60 meter hurdles, senior Tyler Swalley in the 60 meter hurdles, senior Gannon Calleja in the 60 meter hurdles and junior Donald Wilcox in the long jump.

The Emporia State women won several events as well with four provisional qualifiers, including junior Nikki Wetstein in the 60 meter hurdles in a provisional qualifying time of 8.95 seconds and a win in the triple jump. Sophomore Maggie Wilson won the pole vault at 11-05.75 feet. Sophomore Carmen King finished third in the 60 meter run. Senior Marqueita Marisettein won the 400 meter run.

Seniors Tyler Swalley and Ganon Mak leap head to head in the 60 meter hutles at University of Central Missouri on Fri. Jan 13. Both the men’s and women’s team took first place for ESU at the event.

Andrew Mather/UCM Photo Services.