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To Write Love on Her Arms addresses addiction, depression, suicide S usan W elte O ksana S pindler editor@esubulletin.com “Everyone is asleep. The sun is rising. She drinks long from a bottle of liquor, takes a razor blade from the table and locks herself in the bathroom. She cuts herself, using the blade to write ‘fuck up’ large across her left forearm.” This is how it all started – with a story. Jaime Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, first founded TWLOHA as a way to help a friend, Renee Yohe, who had been struggling with addiction, self-mutilation and attempted suicide. He wrote a story about Yohe in 2006, and, according to TWLOHA’s official website, a Myspace page was “created to give the story a home.” From there, the page became wildly popular on the internet and now, TWLOHA is internationally known. The organization focuses on creating awareness and helping those who are dealing with addiction, depression, anxiety, self-injury and suicide. “It was not meant to be an organization,” Tworkowski said in a phone interview with The Bulletin. “It was just an attempt to help a
friend and tell a story.” Last night in Albert Taylor Hall, Tworkowski gave a presentation telling students that they are “not alone.” Chelsey Williams, freshman nursing major, said she had a cousin
year of college. She quit everything and moved from New York to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She was unhappy at school because she felt she was doing everything for everyone else and not doing anything for herself. Asking for help was something that she didn’t know how to do. “My brother has this saying…He says that, ‘Everything works out in the end, if it hasn’t worked out, it just must not be the end,’” Jones said. Having a real support system of friends and family that you can be honest with and taking the first step to getting better, like going to the campus counseling center, is a place to start with recovery, Tworkowski said. “We want people to know they’re not alone, it’s okay to be honest, and it’s okay to ask for help,” Tworkowski said. Questions, not answers, are really the main theme of TWLOHA, Tworkowski said. “I say that because often times, those of us that struggle with these kinds of issues aren’t really looking for someone to fix us,” Tworkowski said.
“We want people to know they’re not alone, it’s okay to be honest, and it’s okay to ask for help,” Jaime Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love on Her Arms
Jamie Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, speaks to Emporia State students and faculty Wednesday night in Albert Taylor Hall. Michael Boyer/The Bulletin
Master plan suggests new architecture
and two best friends who committed suicide, so she attended the event in support of them. “A lot of people get stressed and they think that’s the only way out, and it’s not,” Williams said. Tworkowski was accompanied by Julia Jones, an actress who played Leah Clearwater in the “Twilight” series. She spoke first. Jones discussed her personal story of struggle, beginning with her senior
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includes distinct entrances to campus, improved classrooms and facilities and a possible new building for a Due to a request from Kansas pool (natatorium) or a new art annex Board of Regents asking all universifacility. ties in Kansas to update and produce So far, the architecture firm has a modern master plan, Emporia State brought ESU three alternatives for is able to look at its facilities and what the campus could eventually structure to see what needs improvelook like. The firm will then narrow ment it down to two options based on the A meeting concerning ESU’s comments people have made, and campus master plan took place on finally to one alternative after that. Monday, Oct. 28 “The top priorities of the masThe master plan is a set of goals ter plan are the renovations of the for a university campus with details residential areas, the addition of new on how to attain those goals within suites and apartments, and the need a certain time. ESU has called in for more congregate study sites,” said Gould Evans, an architecture and Ray Hauke, vice president of adminplanning firm, to design the plan. istration and fiscal affairs. The firm has designed several buildThe master plan will also look ings and plans for the University of at updating classrooms and obtainKansas. ing better equipment for the labs on Designing for the master plan campus. began in January of this year and is ESU plans to spend $151,000 planned to conclude in the spring of on the master plan and may spend 2014. According to the presentation given by Gould Evans, ESU’s plan See Plan ...Page 3
Naoki Misumi, freshman management major, studies to a background of violins in the library learning commons after midnight Sunday, Oct. 27. There was pizza, prizes and live music to celebrate the launch of uninterrupted weekday hours in the learning commons. Will Austin/The Bulletin
Director of Disability Services search continues K ati S trickland strickland@esubulletin.com For the past few months, Emporia State has been searching for a new director of Disability Services. Two open forums were held last Tuesday, Nov. 5 to meet one of the candidates for the position. Stacy Braun, assistant director of the Student Advising Center., said open forums allow “university personnel, faculty, staff, students, and members of the Emporia com-
munity to meet the candidate, and learn about his-her experience and expertise in the field.” Since Shanti Ramcharan left the position Sept.19, Shelly Gehrke, director of the Student Advising Center, has served as the interim director of Disability Services until further needed. To begin the process for filling the position, the university posted a job opening ad on a number of websites such as Chronicle of Higher
Education, ESU’s website, HigherEdJobs.com and NACADA. “The ad indicated that priority would be given to applications received on or before the 18th of September,” said Judy Anderson, director of human resources and affirmative action officer. Anderson said candidates submitted their applications to Braun to be reviewed by the search committee reviews. The search committee consists of
six people that are part of the faculty or unclassified areas at ESU that will work closest with the incoming director. Then, the committee selects the people who meet minimum standards and also exceed those expectations. Once the candidates have been interviewed, the search committee, vice president and director of Student Advising will approve the final decision of who will fulfill the position.
“Originally, we planned on hiring someone by Oct. 7 but at this point, it is just as soon as possible and as soon as the person can get here,” Anderson said. So far, the two candidates that have been considered for the position are Karen McInnis from Laredo, Tex. and Lisken Seader from Littleton, Colo. Each of the candidates is part of the Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
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