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Sex ‘boot camp’ doesn’t beat around bush “Loving ourselves is the most fundamental and basic sexual love affair we can have,” Lastique said.

Frater and Lastique said Sex Ed Boot Camp is a safe and judgmentfree zone. A few students who volunteered for the event passed around a bucket for students to ask questions anonymously. After the presentation, Frater and Lastique answered the questions from students.

“There was a lot of information that I’m really glad they pointed out,” said Noble Orajiato, junior communication major and student assistant for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Program. “I was with my boss when I heard about the event and asked if I could help. I recommend this program to students who want the facts about sex without being lectured.”

Many students found the open environment and comically-delivered honesty about sex and masturbation beneficial.

“I definitely felt this program furthered students’ education on the human body,” said Brandon Wells, senior elementary education

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Sexologist Joni Frater (Left) demonstrates how to use a dental dam while practicing safe oral sex with assistance from Esther Lastique (Right) at Sex Ed Boot Camp Monday evening in Webb Hall. Jordan Storrer/The Bulletin

Bonner lecturer is survivor, not victim C harlie H eptas and R ocky R obinson news@esubulletin.com At the age of 12, Carissa Phelps, this year’s Bonner & Bonner lecturer, was abandoned by her mother and was forced into the world of child exploitation.

She was taken in by a friend’s uncle, and after he sexually assaulted her, she was picked up by another man who forced her into prostitution.

“It was the worst 10 days of my life,” Phelps said. “I was brutalized, raped, told that I was nothing, that I belonged to him. That’s why I share my story. It’s because I know there are young women like me, and young boys as well, who are vulnerable and are just waiting for that one helping hand.”

Phelps, now CEO of her company Runaway Girl FPC in addition to practicing employment law in California, found help from a counselor and a math teacher in Juvenile Hall and turned her life around.

She graduated summa cum laude from Fresno State in California and received her juris doctorate from UCLA. Today, she mentors children

from similar situations and speaks about her own experience all over the country.

“I thought she was very interactive and very inspirational, and it took a lot of courage to get up and talk about what she had been through,” said Crystal Maurath, sophomore elementary education major.

Phelps said that changing the language is one of the struggles the movement faces because child prostitution doesn’t properly describe the situation. She said that President Barack Obama was correct when he called it “modern day slavery” in his address to the Clinton Global Initiative Tuesday afternoon.

“The evening when I left, when I was taken away from him, I was taken to jail and I was locked up and I just want that response to change towards kids,” Phelps said.

Phelps said that legislature also was a challenge because even after escaping their past, the legal record of what happened can prevent the victims of exploitation from finding work, particularly work in the government.

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Carissa Phelps, CEO of Runaway Girl, Inc, describes her traumatic experience on the streets of Fresno, Calif. Wednesday evening in Albert Taylor Hall. Phelps founded the National Alliance to Improve Outcomes For Commercially Sexually Exploited Children in attempts to implement an effective system of assisting victims of human trafficking.

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Students who attended Sex Ed Boot Camp, presented by sexologists Joni Frater and Esther Lastique Monday night in Webb Hall, walked away with the knowledge to lead happier and healthier sex lives – and then some.

“Our goal is to fill in all the blanks of sex and sexuality,” Frater said. “We want to engage people and try to draw them out and they can grow from the experience. Knowledge is power, only if you know how to apply it.”

Mary McDaniel, assistant director of Health Services at the Student Wellness Center, said the duo were very well-received when they came to campus last April and that having the program in fall would better benefit students.

Frater and Lastique said Sex Ed Boot Camp is equally tailored for students who want to remain abstinent, students who are or want to be sexually active and students seeking or currently in a sexual relationship.

“Students sit through lectures all day. We don’t want students being bored or terrified while talking about this topic; we want a more open atmosphere where students can have fun while becoming more open and open-minded.”

–Mary McDaniel

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Andrew’s Story

He came out as a transgender individual in spring 2011 to an audience at a drag show on campus. And since then, Andrew Leigh-Bullard, 23-yearold graduate library science student, has continued to live as the man he says he’s always needed to be.

“I’ve known that I was different my entire life, but I never understood what it was until (March 2011),” Leigh said. “That was when I started putting the pieces together. I came out first to myself then to a couple friends, then family, then at P.R.I.D.E.’s Alternative Beauty Pageant, I came out to a room full of 50 people and never went back.”

P.R.I.D.E., People Respecting Individuality and Diversity in Education, is a group at Emporia State that exists to support gender and sexual minorities. Leigh currently works as the graduate assistant for the office of Ethnic and Gender Studies and the Great Plains Center.

Although he’s now living as a man and has found acceptance – for the most part – in the Emporia community, the road to Leigh’s new identity has been a bumpy one with equal parts highs and lows.

The Transition Born Amanda Bullard, Leigh spent the first 20 years of his life alone and usually depressed. He knew at a young age that he wasn’t anything at all like other girls, which did not go unnoticed by his peers. A favorite taunt was, “It’s a man. Duh.” “Looking back, it’s actually a little ironic that they were picking up on something I had no idea of – they had something right,” Leigh said.

Before coming to terms with his transgender identity and beginning the transition, Leigh “had a lot of problems,” said Luke Wolford, 30, a former ESU student and close friend of Leigh.

“Amanda was not a happy person,” Wolford said. “She was depressive, never happy, hated herself, and I almost think threw herself into everything as a means of escape… she purposely kept herself busy, to the point of exhaustion, because she wasn’t happy with herself. Once ‘she’ decided to become ‘he,’ it’s really a whole different person.”

Leigh began transitioning almost immediately after coming out. He was on hormones by June and had his name changed by July 2011. He chose Andrew because it means “male” or “warrior” in Greek, and that dual con-

Andrew Leigh Bullard, graduate library science student, speaks on issues regarding transgender individuals Tuesday night in Science Hall, room 72, at “Voices of Witness.” Leigh came out as a transgendered individual in spring 2011 at P.R.I.D.E.’s Alternative Beauty Pageant.

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notation was what drew him to the name, he said. Leigh means “meadow” in Old English, but he wanted to keep his father’s last name, so he decided to hyphenate his surname as Leigh-Bullard.

Once living as a man, Leigh’s personality changed entirely. His selfconfidence improved, and the depressive tendencies that once consumed his relationships with those closest to him disappeared.

“Now that the transition has happened, he’s so much more selfassured, so much more well-adjusted,” Wolford said. “It was literally like watching someone go from 13 years of age to 20 years of age within a matter of months. The confrontational attitude really scaled back. Amanda constantly had a chip on her shoulder.

The littlest things set her off. She was hyper aggressive with people close to

her, like she always had something to prove. Andrew is much more levelheaded, a lot more thoughtful, a lot more together.”

Leigh said since beginning the transition his energy level has noticeably increased, and he finally feels awake and active.

“So many different aspects have clicked or started to feel right,” he said. “I started to experience sexual attraction for the first time, really, when I got on hormones…I started seeing myself as an adult.”

Today, Leigh stands a little over five feet and sports a neatly-buzzed haircut and glasses. The testosterone treatments are working, not only for his libido – his voice is a high tenor.

And his optimism is almost infectious.

Most of the interview, even the parts that are painful to talk about, is full of

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Police Reports

Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department Sept. 19 Female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ. Debbie Buckeye reported vandalism at the Old Hornet Field.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with search for a suspicious subject in 200 W 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 251DVK in 100 W 15th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective headlight.

Officer contacted skateboarders in 100 W 13th Ave. and advised of city policy concerning skateboarding in streets.

Officer stopped a bicyclist at 15th and Morse Dr. A verbal warning was given for a stop sign violation in same location.

Morse Hall receptionist reported a suspicious person in the Bamboo Room of Morse Hall. Officers made no contact.

Officer stopped KS 881DVK in 10 W 15th Ave. A verbal warning was given for defective brake light.

Officer stopped KS Handicapped 39824 in 100 E 12th Ave. A verbal warning was given for a defective headlight.

Sept. 21 Officer assisted the Emporia Police Dept. with a hit and run accident in 1000 E 11th Ave.

Sept. 20 Officer stopped KS 786AWA in 100 W 15th Ave. A verbal warning was given for a stop sign violation.

Officer stopped KS 649DVT in 1100 Exchange St. A citation was given for excessive speed in 100 E 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 814CYC in 1300 Highland St. A verbal warning was given for defective headlight.

Officer stopped FL J991HW in 1200 Merchant St. A verbal warning was given for defective break light.

Officer checked welfare of occupants of KS PMY034 in Sector 3.

No problem was found.

Officer stopped KS 704CSW in 10 W 15th Ave. for driving with running lights only. Subject was taken into custody for violating his Operators License restrictions and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Sept. 24 Officer stopped KS 218BPX in 1100 Market St. A verbal warning was given for defective brake light.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop in 700 W 12th Ave. Officer stopped KS 532 EPJ at 100 E 15th Ave. A verbal warning was given for a stop sign violation.

Officer stopped KS 502BZG in Sector 3. A verbal warning was given for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr.

Sept. 22 Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a car stop at 12th and Union St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with an attempted burglary at 1409 Center St. Ambulance responded to a male student experiencing an alcohol overdose Twin Towers Complex. Subject refused transfer.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with search for a suspicious subject in 1200 Highland St. Sept. 23 Officer stopped a bicyclist in Sector 3. A verbal warning was given for a one-way violation.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fight and fleeing subject in the vicinity of 400 Merchant St. Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a search for a suspicious subject in the vicinity of 13th and Highland St.

Sept. 25 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS WRA141 in Sector 8.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS UFV080 at 10th and Merchant St. – Country Mart.

Officer provided escort for a female student from Cremer Hall to 1113 Congress St.

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Granddaughter of ‘unsung hero’ to visit Emporia S usan W elte welte@esubulletin.com In 2009, Sally Pemberton came across a suitcase full of memorabilia from her grandfather, Murdock Pemberton, who was the first art critic for The New Yorker. In this memorabilia were published and unpublished writings, some of his columns as an art critic and photographs. At the time, Pemberton knew little about her grandfather’s professional life.

“He didn’t talk much about what he did…basically, all I knew was that he worked at The New Yorker,” Pemberton said. “It was really a revelation to read all his columns and learn what he was doing.”

Two years later, in late 2011, she published a book about her discoveries, titled “Portrait of Murdock Pemberton: The New Yorker’s First Art Critic.” She said 90 percent of what’s in the book is new information to her. The book, according to Roger Heineken, administrative officer for the Memorial Union, is a “scrapbook style coffee table” book.

“On one hand, I felt a sense of responsibility to share what I believed was newly discovered history,” Pemberton said. “And secondly, I wanted the experts to determine whether or not he knew what he was talking about, in hopes of establishing a legacy for him as an art critic.”

Pemberton found her grandfather had many connections to well-known names, including Georgia O’Keefe, Albert Stieglitz and even William Allen White. Heineken said he was a “change agent” by having one of the first periodical reviews of modern art.

But Murdock Pemberton also has strong ties to Emporia and Kansas, making him “a part of our world,” Heineken said. Murdock Pemberton worked for The Emporia Gazette, starting off delivering papers, and graduated from Emporia High School in 1906, according to an Emporia State press release.

Sally Pemberton will give a presentation for students at ESU at 3 p.m. Oct. 3 in Science Hall, room 72, which will focus more on Murdock Pemberton’s role as an art critic and advocate. In addition, she will be speaking at the Emporia Arts Center, 815 Commercial St., at 7 p.m the same day with a broader biography and history of his life and work.

This will be Sally Pemberton’s first time visiting Emporia – as well as Kansas itself.

“She’s very excited to come here for the first time (and) to understand the environment in which her grandfather grew up,” Heineken said.

In an interview with The New Yorker in February, Pemberton said one challenge in gathering information about her grandfather was that he

Courtesy photo of Pemberton

didn’t date anything.

“I had to create a time line of people and events to figure out when things happened,” she said.

Heineken said Murdock Pemberton iwasan “unsung hero” who had no training in this style of writing and learned to grow an appreciation for the arts.

“I think he is a good example of someone who was given a challenge to write this column and actually grew to be effective doing it,” Heineken said.

“Any one of our students (at ESU) may be given a challenge in their career to do something that they’ve never done before…Murdock is an example of someone who rose to the occasion.”

New Kansas arts commission to seek federal grant TOPEKA (AP) — The new Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission will apply for federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts in an effort to persuade the endowment to resume arts funding in Kansas.

However, Sen. Jean Schodorf, chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Arts and Cultural Resources, said Tuesday she was skeptical that the state will get much money from the NEA this year because past budget cuts for the arts and future budget constraints could reduce support for programs.

“I just don’t see it,” said Schodorf, a Wichita Republican.

The move to apply for NEA funding comes as the state continues its transition from having a separate arts commission to having a Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission

in the Department of Commerce, The Wichita Eagle reported.

Before Gov. Sam Brownback defunded the arts commission last year, Kansas received about $1.2 million in arts money from the NEA and MidAmerican Arts Alliance. It spent about $700,000 a year on the arts.

The application to the NEA is due Oct. 1 and the endowment would likely decide in January. That would potentially provide Kansas with arts money in July 2013.

The legislature approved spending $700,000 on the creative arts commission during the budget year that began July 1. On Tuesday, lawmakers got few answers when they asked commission members how that money was being spent.

Peter Jasso, director of the commission, said most of the funds are being used to get input statewide on a

new Kansas arts plan.

Lawmakers became more frustrated when representatives of the Kansas Art Foundation, a private arts group, also declined to give specifics about how they are spending arts money.

The foundation, which is not connected to the creative arts commission, was established with Brownback’s support when he abolished the state arts commission.

Sandra Hartley, vice president of the foundation, said the organization was disclosing only what was required by the IRS. She said the foundation raised about $105,000 last year, adding that progress was being made in creating artist-in-residency programs and other efforts.

“It has taken a while to develop the grants program and put forth how we want to do things in the future,” she said.

Emporia testing waters for curbside recycling L uke B ohannon bohannon@esubulletin.com Recycling in Emporia may be in for a change as the Emporia City Commission passed a resolution of intent at their meeting last Wednesday to consider a new curbside recycling system. The new system, according to Amy Becker, owner of The Green Door Recycling at 1628 CLASSIFIED Renting 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms $375 - $675 620-481-477 620-343-7464

West St., would simplify the recycling process for residents.

The current process requires residents to transport their recycling to trailers around town or the city recycling plant. But the new system would allow Emporians to put all recyclables into one bin to be collected and sorted later.

The Natural Resources Advisory Committee is currently conducting research in order to discern whether or not the new system will work for Emporia, and if so, how best to go about it.

“They’re just trying to study to see if it’s more efficient to run that through the city or run it through a private company or not at all,” said Casey Woods, director of Emporia Main Street. “They’re just trying to put some numbers out there through a study to see what are the best decisions that we can make.”

The NRAC has already visited Winfield, El Dorado, South Hutchison and Newton, all of which have curbside recycling services. They examined recycling facilities, how those communities manage who sorts the recyclable materials, whether or not multiple bins are used, and frequency of pickup.

Becker said that the new program would cost around $650,000 to purchase new trucks to pick up the

recycling, as well as to hire new employees, which would break down to roughly a $1 per month tax increase for Emporia residents. Any Emporia resident may use the service, as well as some businesses, should they elect to use it.

But even though the council has passed a resolution for their intent to consider the new recycling plan, the service won’t even be able to begin for at least 18 months. According to Kansas state law, once a plan has been adopted, the service itself may not begin until 18 months have passed.

Nearly two years will pass before Emporia sees the start of this new initiative.

Even though the service won’t begin for some time, Macon Hunt, sophomore secondary education major, said that she feels that it will be a worthwhile endeavor.

“I think it’s a great idea because then people won’t have to take so much time out of their day just to sort through their recycling materials,” Hunt said. “That way the people that have to work every day in and out, they have someone else to (sort the recyclables), that’s their job, they take care of it.”

The full resolution detailing the city commission’s intent can be found on Emporia’s website in the City Commission agendas tab.

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Lit. journal provides publishing experience H annah T homas thomas@esubulletin.com You might not have heard about it, but Quivira, Emporia State’s own student literary journal and club, is recognized as one of the oldest of its kind in the United States. “(Quivira) has actually gotten awards for being one of the oldest literary journals in the nation and the oldest west of the Mississippi,” said Rosalie Krenger, junior English major and co-president of the club.

Traditionally, the journal is published in the fall semester, but this year it’s switching its publication schedule to spring so graduating students can take a copy of the journal with them, and if students have had their works published, other students will be able to see it.

Quivira held its annual Launch Party last Thursday in celebration of journal’s publication.

The club, which is made of members who enjoy creative writing and helping others with their writing skills, meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday in Plumb Hall, room 312. One week, they will have a formal meeting.

The next week, they will have their informal meeting, which consists of workshops and poetry readings.

“I like the idea that Quivira’s main focus is supporting the student body,” said Bethanie O’Dell, senior English

major. “It’s an encouraging ego boost to our students as well as a way of being involved and experiencing what it will be like to be published.”

O’Dell said that Quivira is a great way of testing the waters of the publishing world because it provides “positive, constructive criticism (and) great peer support.”

“Camaraderie and community are two of the great benefits of this club – as are the experience students get working on the journal, which includes editorial experience that students can parlay into a publishing or teaching job later,” said Kevin Rabas, associate professor of English and co-director of the creative writing program.

But Krenger said that one of the challenges of publishing the journal is that students aren’t always aware that it’s available.

“No one really knows we’re around,” Krenger said. “We’ve been here forever, but usually people outside of the English department and the creative writing department don’t really know we exist.”

The other challenge is funding.

Each student pays around $500 for campus privileges, and only 44 cents of that goes into publishing Quivira.

Krenger said that every student has essentially paid for their copy of Quivira, but they don’t know about it, so they don’t pick it up when they see it

The crowd at Quivira’s Launch Party listens to Natalia Barb, senior English major, read her work entitled “The American” last Thursday night. This year, the journal will be published in spring instead of fall.

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around campus.

The selection for each publication is done by a board of editors. Three editors read each piece, not knowing the name of the author to remain impartial, and vote to publish it or not.

Rabas said he encourages any students who may be considering submitting their work to first study the journal and then submit their works to quivira@emporia.edu.

Quivira accepts short fiction up to

20 pages, poetry, artwork, photos, creative nonfiction and plays up to 10 minutes in length.

Students can pick up copies of the latest edition in Plumb Hall or the English department.

Education course focuses on diverse learners

Education professor Marla Darby discusses the new class available in the education department. The class, Collaboration and Strategies for Inclusive Secondary Settings, was developed for education majors and anyone interested in areas such as educating special needs students in secondary schools. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

A lex H osack hosack@esubulletin.com One of the biggest problems facing teachers today is “diverse learners,” students with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, health issues, etc.

To help prepare future secondary education teachers for the challenges of teaching diverse learners, Emporia State offers the course Collaboration and Strategies for Inclusive Secondary Settings, SD 303.

“This course is a secondary education strategies and methods course,” said Marla Darby, special education instructor. “And its purpose is to provide the secondary (education) teacher with skills and strategies to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all the students in the classroom.”

In spring 2010, Darby, who teaches the course, and Bob Aman, elementary education, early childhood development and special education instructor, traveled to school districts throughout Kansas to

Agencies say Kan. Medicaid changes progressing TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas is making progress in overhauling its Medicaid system for the poor and disabled, officials from two state agencies told a legislative committee Wednesday.

Kansas has saved more than $1.3 million from changes the state made to the federalstate program in the past year, Shawn Sullivan, secretary of the Department for Aging and Dis-

ability Services, said. The savings came from reducing staff when some state agencies were merged and several employees took voluntary early retirement, he said.

Kansas is seeking a federal waiver as part of the overhaul that will allow the state to use federal Medicaid dollars for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback administration’s managed care plan, called KanCare. A decision on the waiver request

is expected later this year. Kari Bruffett, director of the Division of Health Care Finance for the Department of Health and Environment said the state was in negotiations with federal regulators to win the approval.

Under KanCare, nearly all of the state’s 380,000 Medicaid beneficiaries will be placed under three private managedcare organizations.

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One of Phelps’ main points is that human trafficking can and does happen everywhere and that people have to be aware of the issue.

Phelps said that helping spread knowledge about sex trafficking and helping prevent the culture that ignores it were important ways for people to help.

“It was really informative. We talked in some of my classes about human sex trafficking, and she covered a lot of stuff you can’t learn in a class,” said Amanda Heiniger, junior sociology major. “So it was good to hear the experience, rather than just cold hard facts you learn in class.”

Over 500 tickets were distributed for the event.

major and vice president of Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol. “The real statistics were good for college students to know, and I like that they don’t beat around the bush.”

Donna Drake, GAMMA adviser and counselor, said that she thought students appreciated the openness.

She also said she firmly believes that the more we talk about sex, the less taboo it becomes.

“Students sit through lectures all day,” McDaniel said. “We don’t want students being bored or terrified while talking about this topic; we want a more open atmosphere where students can have fun while becoming more open and open-minded.”

Frater said they don’t “knock”

religion at all, but even people who have chosen to be abstinent need this information and that all people have permission to love their own body.

“We chose to do this on campuses because of (the) increase of sexually transmitted infections among college campuses,” Frater said. “College students were not getting enough information or even the right information about sex.”

Student interaction is Lastique’s favorite part of the program, she said.

“It’s really heart-warming to work with them,” Lastique said. “We started doing more Midwest campuses because we actually got more requests. We come through Kansas every semester. If you want to be the most successful parent, teach your kids the actual facts about sex.”

meet with special education directors to discuss positive changes that had been made in ESU’s special education program.

They asked ESU start incorporating strategies and methods to work with such students into their curriculum, and thus the Collaboration and Strategies for Inclusive Secondary Settings course was created.

“SD 303 has been my most influential class to date,” said Victoria Crocker, senior secondary English education major. “Although it is optional, I learned more in it than some of my previous education classes. SD 303 helps give secondary education majors that extra perspective that they may not get until Phase 1 or student teaching.”

Crocker said that although education majors learn from experience, she felt more comfortable entering Phase 1 and her internship at Emporia Middle School after taking SD 303.

The class, offered for the first time last spring, is available in both the fall

and spring semesters.

For Johanna Norris, senior secondary education major, the course taught her “how to better work with students who need special attention and help.”

“It’s one of the most useful education classes that I’ve had at the secondary level,” Norris, said.

But Crocker said the problem with the course is that students struggle to enroll in it because it’s not required and students aren’t able to make room for it at the last minute or may not see the importance of it.

“I think it should be required for all secondary education majors,” Crocker said. “Although we cannot make that decision now, we do need to get students enrolled so the opportunity is there for future students.”

Enrollment numbers for the course have been small, with only two students taking it this semester and three taking it in the spring.

The class needs to have 10 students enrolled for it to be able to be offered in the spring semester.

Student wins PR competition

S teven E dwards edwards@esubulletin.com Earlier this month, Lambda Pi Eta and Sheryl Lidzy, associate professor of communication, took two students to Oklahoma City to compete in the Public Relations Student Competition. And one of those students, junior communication major LaShae Castel, was on the winning team.

“It was great to get public relations experience working with a real organization,” Castel said. “The OKDAV (Oklahoma Disabled American Veterans) director said the organization will be using information from the five presentations.”

The competition was hosted by the Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association. Although this was the third year OSTCA has hosted the competition, this was ESU’s first year to have students compete.

It was also the first collegelevel event that Castel and Countryman competed in, though they both were involved in forensics in high school.

Five teams presented marketing techniques to help increase public awareness about OKDAV. The teams were briefed by OKDAV to discuss public relations opportunities for the nonprofit organization in the form of a digital presentation. The goal was to emphasize “brand building and

relationship management, particularly through social media and direct customer contact.” Members of each of the five teams were drawn randomly from 25 individual entrants.

“We had to present ways to increase the organization’s visibility,” said Rachael Countryman, junior communication major, who also represented Emporia State at the competition. “All of the groups presented marketing techniques that would encourage disabled veterans to use the services. We also presented techniques that would encourage donations to OKDAV, but the emphasis was on letting more people know about the services they can provide.”

Lidzy said that four groups gave PowerPoint presentations and one group made a presentation using the cloud-based online application called Prezi.

“Each team had two hours to prepare their presentation,” Countryman said. “Then each team had 10 minutes to present to the OKDAV board members.”

The presentations were judged by OKDAV state commander Dennis Cougar Hammons and OKDAV board member Tommy Sellers.

Castel and Countryman will compete in another communication event in April at the Central States Communication Association in Kansas City, Mo.

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Waste Not, Want Not Garbage almost spills out of our homes. We discard so much over the course of our lives that the magic of its removal seems commonplace. Place garbage in bin. Bin gets dumped. Out of sight, out of mind.

But it always goes somewhere, even if we don’t know – or care to know – where that is.

It is incumbent that we join the rest of the world in understanding the limited space we live in. Even in the off chance that nothing comes of the city commission’s proposal for curbside recycling, there’s no reasonable excuse for not recycling for ourselves anyway.

Communities around the world have realized the necessity of recycling, yet Emporians only now are coming to terms. Currently, Emporians can take their trash to several locations throughout the city to dump their recyclables.

But the reasons for providing a

curbside option are self-evident. It’s a convenient solution to the growing problem of material accumulation.

In a world where sustainable development has only recently gained a stronghold in industrial countries, we cannot afford to remain idle, awaiting the day when we must literally dig ourselves out of the mess we have already made.

In general, Emporia is not a dirty town. This is both a blessing and curse. It provides us with a scenic and inviting personality that attracts students, families and businesses to set up shop. However, it also disassociates us from the problem of trash. What we don’t see, we don’t perceive as a problem. But it is. A curbside recycling program would not only facilitate a cleaner Emporia, but a cleaner world even if we don’t observe it every day.

The only major consideration is cost to the tax payer. There is no

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guarantee that there would be an additional tax associated with this service, nor do we know if the service would be mandatory. These are quarrels that can and should happen in the planning process. What should not happen, though, is a wholesale rejection of a curbside program based on these objections. This is an opportunity for lawmakers to provide a worthwhile service for the city that should not fall prey to fiscal infighting. Ultimately, if taxes are inevitable, then they should clearly be used for a no-brainer, like a recycling program.

Perhaps this will be one of the rare instances in which everyone can agree on a solution. The real tragedy would be a stalemate due to lack of interest. The issue of environmental protection, though not readily apparent in our lives as students at Emporia State, is of paramount concern to the health of our global community.

Nostalgia is So 1980

Lately, you are bound to hear the phrase, “Things sure aren’t like they used to be,” said by someone who has their mind stuck in the past, while the world tries its hardest to push itself forward.

The concept of nostalgia is something odd as, even though we all talk about moving forward with technology and viewpoints, some of us still cling to the past, thinking it will have an effect on our current situation.

The truth is that no matter what we do, time progresses in a linear path, never curving back on itself, save some clever theoretical physics.

We cannot continue to look to the past for answers when all it does is stifle us and our progress. By taking a look at the way things used to be, our vision of the future becomes muddled.

We lose our grasp on what is happening in front of us by fixating on what has already happened.

If we want true improvements to

our ways of life, we have to give up on our love of nostalgia. Our love of the fads from the past and the political decisions that we once believed must be purged from our constant thought processes. The concepts that we have evolved from are stuck in the past for a reason – they did not work and have become outdated by newer and better principles.

Comfort is not always ethical. Jim Crowe gave way to civil rights. Gender discrimination prompted Title IX. And even smart phones have had a major impact on our life, yet they were looked at with some levels of disbelief due to peoples’ desire to stay with older services.

When we, as students and democratic citizens, look at new ideas and legislation, both local and national, with disinterest because of their potential to eschew ideas that we have grown up with or tear apart our image of the old days, we are creating

the day the service comes through your neighborhood, then removed and placed back away from the street.

But everywhere you look around town, they set along the curb all week or tipped over with the rotten contents spilled out on the ground.

It only takes a couple of minutes to pull it beside or behind your house.

It must look like crap to visitors in our community to see our trash bins overflowing with junk as they visit.

All around town, I have noticed that the number of people who take pride in the appearances of their yards and homes is dwindling.

Yards filled with junk and trash, cars parked on lawns and tree limbs that need picked up or trimmed back so people can walk on the sidewalks are the kinds of tackiness that is ruining the image of this city.

Come on, people. Just take a few minutes and avoid throwing your trash out in the street. Put your ciga-

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Give up on nostalgia and accept change. Participate in the future. Do not be a ghost of the past.

recorded making a myriad of coarse and ignorant remarks about domestic and foreign politics, and when confronted, stuck by what he said. My favorite part was when he spouted that 47 percent of Americans “will vote for the president (Obama) no matter what” because they feel “entitled” to food and housing. Good to know that he likes to mock half of the American population, his hopeful constituency.

Go to hell, Mitt.

Third, the conflict in Syria isn’t over. Most of the people who were killed were civilians – a.k.a. the entire thing sucks. I find it funny that the United States feels free to swoop in and “rescue” countries when we think they have bombs, but when there is hard proof that innocent people are being killed, we decide to sit it out. In any case, I hope it ends as peacefully and as soon as possible.

As you can see, my reporting is rather biased. In the strictest sense, it’s not even reporting. It’s my take on others’ reporting. Each of you, surely,

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Move your trash receptacles away from the street. Clean up your yards and trim your trees. Take pride in our community. Keep it clean. It’s a matter of respect.

Read All About It

So we all know it’s important to keep up with the news, but who has the time to read all of those waytoo-long articles, or even watch the news on those cable channels we can’t afford?

Because I find it so important to stay informed, please allow me to distill a few of those articles and reports down and spew them out in 350 words or less.

First, tons of people in Egypt and Libya are pissed about a previouslyobscure anti-Muslim film that was made by a hateful and untalented Californian filmmaker. Some got so mad that an American ambassador and several embassy staffers were killed. Many members of the Muslim community have since spoken out, saying that this was an overreaction, or apologizing on behalf of those who killed unnecessarily. This was a reality check for me – America is obviously not very popular.

Second, Mitt Romney is making a full-on ass of himself. He was secretly

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Your Mom Doesn’t Live Here

It’s an old saying, but if you haven’t heard it, it simply means clean up after yourself. Your mom’s not here to do it for you. That goes for at home as well as out in the community.

There is nothing that leaves a worse impression than when you’re new in a town or just passing through, and all you see is trash and debris scattered along the streets.

And what could be worse than walking down a sidewalk and stepping in used gum? The fronts of bars and restaurants in Emporia are covered in cigarette butts, another problem I have seen in the last couple of years since the smoking ban was instated.

All around town you can see fast food sacks blowing around in the wind; that really chaps my ass.

The large trash bins that the garbage truck picks up once a week saves the city money on trash removal. I also know that these are only supposed to be placed out on

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The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the William Allen White Library hosted the first ever Diversity Film Festival on Monday and Tuesday in order to raise awareness about diversity.

Jason Brooks, director of multicultural affairs, pointed to Emporia’s public school district as an example and said that around 55 percent of students are Hispanic, 30 percent are Caucasian and 15 percent are African-American or other ethnicities. He said that Emporia State wants students to be well-rounded and able to work with minorities and other cultural groups.

“Diversity awareness is extremely important in the aspect of our society,” Brooks said.

Brooks said another goal of the film festival was to provide a major diversity event in the fall semester, since the International Food Festival is in March.

The first movie shown, “Pariah,” tells the story of a young African-American woman in the inner city coming to grips with her emerging sexuality.

The film focuses on her becoming aware of that and trying to help her family understand.

The second movie, “The Last Train Home,” is a documentary chronicling an annual event in China – when workers from small provinces, who have migrated to large cities in order to find jobs, try to make it back home for the Chinese New Year, their only chance to see their family after a whole year. The film follows a family as they made their way home, their hard life working in clothing factories and the strain placed on them by this lifestyle.

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Sexologists Joni Frater and Esther Lastique are my kind of women – intelligent, attractive and entertaining as hell. If you were lucky enough to attened Sex Ed Boot Camp Monday night, you know what I mean. I sat down for a one-on-one with Frater Monday afternoon. This is what she had to say:

“(‘The Last Train Home’) really made you think, really made you appreciate what you do have here and makes you think about what happens in other cultures or countries,” said Jonnie Stahl, sophomore music education major. “It’s just a wake-up call to how often you get to see your family and how you don’t have to work all the time

his heritage, decides to leave and go home. The film follows him and the bounty hunter sent after him and the sheriff who desires to kill them both.

The fourth movie, “Sin Nombre,” focuses on South American workers illegally migrating to America. A former gang member helps a young woman cross the border, despite members of his gang following them to kill him. “(‘Sin Nombre’) didn’t sugarcoat anything…very shocking how little I know about the immigration process and the trials people have to go through just to come to America,” said Allison Annaekin, senior music education major.

Tayler Marsh, junior elementary education major, said she enjoyed the films and the whole experience. “(Diversity awareness) is more than necessary,” Marsh said. “All of us as people, not even just as students, but just as human beings, have to at least be aware of different cultures. The next step would be respecting that.”

“All of us as people, not even just as students, but just as human beings, have to at least be aware of different cultures.”

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when you do work for your family.”

The third movie, “The Only Good Indian,” tells how young Native Americans were forced by white men to enter boarding schools and become “civilized.” One teenager, angered by the attempts to eradicate

Off the Reel “The Master” is Truly Masterful On the surface, “The Master” is a film about a man joining a cult and the life changing events he experiences there. But at its core, “The Master” is a film about humanity, belief, hope and despair, all wrapped in a beautiful package of masterfully-crafted sights, sounds and story, brought to us by director Paul Thomas Anderson.

Joaquin Phoenix returns to the screen for the first time since “I’m Still Here” and reminds us that he truly is still here. Phoenix plays Freddie Quell, a World War II veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who returns to a post-war America. He loses two jobs due to his drinking and violent tendencies and, in a drunken haze, literally stumbles onto the yacht of Lancaster Dodd (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), a self-proclaimed writer, doctor, nuclear physicist and theoretical philosopher.

Dodd is also the founder of the Cause, a cult-like movement where converts are intensely interrogated about their past in order to relive traumatic events and, in the process of reliving these dark memories, cleanse their souls of toxicity.

Anderson, the architect behind “There Will Be Blood,” turns an unblinking eye on religion and cults. In particular, the parallels between L. Ron Hubbard’s Scientology and the fictional Dodd’s Cause are unmistakable. Anderson has also admitted in interviews to

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using the genesis of Scientology as a sort of “backdrop” to his film.

However, rather than becoming a cautionary tale about such movements, “The Master” uses this rich real world source material to bring its message home.

But it’s hard to imagine this film working at all without the brilliant acting of Hoffman. He truly brings the character to life as a charismatic, yet ultimately hollow worded cult leader. From booming messages to his followers to low hypnotic phrases, Hoffman ensnares the audience with his voice almost as well as Dodd ensnares Quell. We can feel his despair as he tries to bring Quell into the fold because, even in world built on his lies, Dodd truly cares for him.

Phoenix is equally enthralling, but in a much different way. Quell is a landmine just waiting to go off should anyone try to question Dodd. However, he shifts from fanatical devotion to extreme doubt and begins to question Dodd himself. While imprisoned following a confrontation with police officers, Quell destroys part of a jail cell and slams his head against the top bunk multiple times. When Dodd tries to calm him, Quell turns his rage on him, questioning everything that Dodd has taught him and demanding that Dodd “tell him something that’s true.” Phoenix brilliantly broadcasts Quell’s pain, his sorrow, his hopes and his failures so that

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It’s hard to truly describe what makes “The Master” a great film.

Jerry Greenwood has crafted a beautiful score for the film that never disappoints, and it pairs perfectly with cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr.’s breathtaking imagery.

But the true strength of “The Master” lies in its message. Anderson has brought us a work of art that speaks to the nearly universal human desire to belong and the sacrifices that we make in order to do so.

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How does one become a sexologist? What sort of training is involved?

The training that we chose to take is a school in California called the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. You must have a bachelor’s degree first, and then you can take varying levels of sexology degrees, anywhere from being a health educator all the way up to having a Ph.D in sexology. We’d already taken psychology and sociology courses, so we had that background. I do suggest that you have that background to do sexology.

What made you want to create a program like Sex Ed Bootcamp?

We found out that young people were not being given any information on sexual health in many states because of abstinence-only before marriage education. Before college, students were not allowed to talk about anything other than “just say no,” and as a result of that, the STD rates started going crazy, and as a prior dentist, that affected me tremendously. There are other people doing what we do, but we do it our own way with our own spin because we want accurate information. We give a tremendous amount of information, and that’s why it’s called Boot Camp. We have to catch people up really fast because we know that there are up to 75 percent of sexually active students on a college campus, which means they’re sexually active without information on how to protect themselves against diseases that can hurt and kill them. And the 25 percent that are abstinent need to know what a relationship means. It’s not all about sex, although sex has a lot to do with it.

Is there an appropriate age for people to start learning about sex?

I think people should start learning about sex as children – the basics of appropriate touch versus inappropriate touch, who can touch you where and how, learning the words of your own anatomy. Then start to talk about sexual acts as early as 10 years old because by 10 and 11, their hormones are there, and young women are getting their periods at 11. So you need to be having that talk early.

a religious and political debate on this, but there’s kind of a war on sexuality.

It’s really unfortunate because what we’re doing is a total disservice to the young people in our country by not giving them any information. We think that you’re going to figure it out on your own or get it through osmosis – it doesn’t work like that. We have to be as open and honest and blunt as possible and give you everything we think you need to know to get you started. Take what you need and leave the rest.

How can students protect themselves emotionally in a hook-up culture?

It’s really hard because people do have emotions, and you can’t help them; you can’t stop them. If you interview the person you’re going to be with a little bit and figure out where they’re coming from and if they’re in the hook-up culture and if that’s where they want to stay, then you can kind of prepare yourself. The hookup culture is exactly what it is, and we’re not saying that it’s a bad thing or a good thing. People should have different experiences before they settle down with somebody just so that you know what you like and don’t like, what turns you on and turns you off, and sometimes experimenting with different people helps you along that path. Then there’s people who want to be in love with someone before they share their body, and that’s great, too.

You should still have that pre-sex talk to make sure they’re on the same page as you.

What’s the secret to becoming a great lover?

Pay attention. Ask a lot of questions. Watch their body language, and watch the look on their face. Ask, “Does this feel good? Does this feel better when I do this, or when I do this?” Sex isn’t just a one-way street; it’s kind of hills and valleys. You need to constantly check in and say, “What can I do to make you feel better?

What will work for you tonight?

What will turn you on? What can I do to you? Your body’s my temple.”

There are lots of ways that you can entice someone to come forward and let you know what they need and what they want so that it becomes a mutually satisfying experience.

What’s the most common misconception college students have about sex?

They think, “We’re not going to get diseases because we’re better than that. We’re clean, we’re good, we’re in beautiful Kansas where things like that don’t happen to us,” and that’s not true. STDs don’t care where you’re from, they don’t care what color you are, how much money you make or what your education is. It’s just looking for a warm body to grow in.

Also, the withdrawal method does not work. There is semen in pre-cum, so What’s the most frequentlythis is the reason why we constantly asked question you get?

The two most common topics of scream, “Condoms, condoms, conconversation are about oral sex, and doms,” because there are no methods inevitably, if you can pardon my ver- other than a physical barrier that will nacular, to swallow or spit, especially keep someone from becoming pregnant and/or getting an STD. with oral sex on a male. And then we also get a lot of questions about Can you sum up the most imfemale ejaculation, G-spots, and a portant thing that students need to lot of questions about anal sex. know?

The most important thing stuAre there any taboo subjects dents need to know is how to protect you won’t discuss? themselves for every situation and to No. We pride ourselves in having be empowered about their own body no taboos. Once in a great while, so that they can say “no” at any point, there’s topics that we choose to not even if they’re in the middle of an act. go in to in great depths because we If something isn’t feeling right, or the don’t have the time to give it it’s due, hair starts to stand up on the back of and that’s really the only way we your neck, you have every right to won’t go into something. stop and say, “No. I’m done.” And that power is huge. We have to emThere’s a societal belief, espepower people to say, “This feels good. cially in states like Kansas, that That doesn’t, and I don’t want to do sex should be kept behind closed that again.” So, the power of “yes” and doors and not discussed in frank “no” is really the most important lesterms. Why is that? son people need to know and how to There’s a whole complex situation going on, and we could get into protect yourself.

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Workshop intended to prevent tragedy N ing L iu liu@esubulletin.com In memory of two international students, Yawei Fan and Zheng Lin, who died as the result of an offcampus apartment fire last October, the Office of International Education, Student Life and the City of Emporia Fire Department held a workshop to cover the basics of fire prevention and safety on Tuesday.

“We don’t want this tragedy to happen ever again,” said Dinusha Warusavitharana, graduate student who is in charge of international student event programming. “We want to educate people as much as we can about these risks, that some apartment complexes may not necessarily keep their standards up.”

International students may not necessarily know about fire hazards in their off-campus residences or in the dorms, so Warusavitharana said it’s important to educate students about fire safety.

“We really encourage every student to attend this workshop, no matter where they come from,” said Rozita Smith, director of international student and scholar services. “This is really important for students’ lives.”

Captain Larry Bess of the Emporia Fire Department said that whether students live in the dorms or off campus, the workshop provided need-to-know information to prevent accidents and enable people to start thinking about what happens if they have a fire in their

Fire Marshall Tom Andrews displays a sprinkler system to students at the fire prevention workshop Tuesday evening in Webb Hall. The fire prevention workshop helped explain how to better prevent fires, potential fire hazards in everyday situations and what steps to take in the occurrence of a fire. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

home.

Tom Andrews, fire marshal, also gave a presentation about how to

bay, and finding a window as an escape can also help save a person’s life. If the fire is outside of the room, people can judge the heat by touching the door handle. Additionally, Andrews suggested that students should choose residences with automatic sprinklers.

“Our recommendation is to stop for a minute to think about fire safety,” Bess said. “That makes you know what to do if you can’t get out of the room normally. Don’t waste time trying to grab things, just get out and call the fire department.”

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Marketing Club does Business After Hours A lex H osack hosack@esubulletin.com Once a month the Emporia Chamber of Commerce sponsors Business After Hours, an event for chamber members to get acquainted, learn about businesses and hear about any promotions, new locations and events that are going on in Emporia.

“It’s just a great way for them to have other members come into their business and check it out, see what’s going on,” said Jessica Crumb, public relations coordinator for the Emporia Area Chamber and Visitors’ Bureau.

This month’s event was held last Thursday in the Skyline Dining Room in the Memorial Union. The union was chosen to host as a way to “celebrate the completion of the renovation and to get some of the community leaders into the Union,” said Dave Hendricks, director of the Memorial Union.

Attending the event for the first time this year was the Emporia State Marketing Club.

“Business After Hours is an event among business people, so it’s not actually for students, but we got the chance to go,” said Zhen Yin, senior business administration major and president of the Marketing Club.

“It’s very good for business students because we can learn many things outside of the class and outside of the book.”

The Marketing Club is a student organization whose purpose is to help promote local businesses.

“What we are trying to do is to help or to promote local businesses for their productions, for their services, like whatever they are in need of,” said Sanghoon Baek, junior business administration major and vice president of promotion and advertising for the club.

Baek also said that in the past the club has helped businesses such as the Flint Hills Mall and Yoga Mama’s Ancient Yoga, and that Business After Hours is a way to look for similar opportunities.

As an RSO, the Marketing Club also does community service. They will participate in Trick Or Treat Food for Kids in October and Up ‘Til Dawn in November.

Anyone interested in joining the Marketing Club can contact advisor Joyce Zhou at xzhou@g.emporia.edu, or Baek at 620-803-8175. All ESU students are invited to join the club whether they are majoring in business or are just curious to learn about business.

“Stop for a minute to think about the fire safety. Don’t waste time trying to grab things.”

– Larry Bess use electric appliances correctly and how to make sure that smoke detectors are functioning properly.

Bess said that keeping doors closed can keep smoke and heat at

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Senior business administration major and president of the Marketing Club Zhen Yin talks with Kansas Representative Peggy Mast last Thursday.

They talked about business attitudes in the market place and work experience in the Memorial Union Skyline. Yohan Kim/The Bulletin

Tennis on Tuesday

Muscling with a Missouri Mule, sophomore defensive player Nichole Marean fights for control of the ball at the University of Central Missouri on Sept. 22. The game resulted in a 0-2 loss for the Lady Hornets.

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Playing for fun on Tuesday at the Milton Courts, sophomore Christian Lollar sends a ball across the court. The Hornets’ next three games will take place in Pueblo, Colo. Will Austin/The Bulletin

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The Bulletin | Sept. 27, 2012 Andrew from ...Page 1 laughter and smiles.

“Now that Andrew has transitioned, he’s finally happy with where he is, and it hasn’t been an easy road… it’s been hell,” Wolford said. “But I think that process of becoming someone who he feels he was always meant to be has had a profound impact on him.”

The transition, still an on-going process, has been a “roller coaster,” Leigh said, both physically and emotionally. When he first came out to his family, the reaction was not what he expected.

“I’d come out before as lesbian, as bisexual…I came out a lot, and each time it was just treated as, ‘Okay, you’re just figuring out who you are,’” he said. “When I came out as transgendered, I got the, ‘What did I do wrong? Do you understand what you’re doing?’ It really took time for them to accept that this has been here all along.”

But Leigh was dealt an even tougher blow when his brother, who Leigh asked to remain unnamed for privacy, decided he could no longer have contact with him because of career concerns. Leigh hasn’t spoken with his brother directly since June 2011. If he wants to talk, he has to send a text message to their mother so she can facilitate communication between the two.

“It always hurts because he and I were close,” Leigh said. “Our parents divorced when I was 16, and then he and I were our family. And now, I’ve lost him because society cannot allow him to be there for me.”

This February, Leigh’s mother, who asked to remain unnamed, sent him a Valentine’s Day card addressed to her son, a gesture Leigh said finally meant she was accepting of his male identity.

Physical Challenges Medically, the biggest obstacle Leigh has had to deal with is the lack of knowledge available about transgendered individuals. Doctors are not traditionally trained to be able to work with the trans community, even though being transgendered is a medical condition.

Leigh is formally diagnosed as a patient with gender dysphoria under DSM-5, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.

The standards of care for treatment of individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria or gender nonconformity are published by the World Professional Association for Transgendered Health.

“The guidelines state the transition is the recommended course,” Leigh said. “It is never recommended to suppress somebody’s gender identity.”

Leigh has been to five different doctors, and only one of them has had any prior experience with trans individuals, so he has had to educate each doctor he has been to – and it hasn’t been easy.

“One of his biggest frustrations is that he knows if he gets a job and he has to move, he’s going to have to start

that process all over again,” Wolford said.

Another concern is the type of medical treatment he might receive.

“One of my greatest fears is to get in a car wreck and wake up in the hospital to find that they’ve reverted to treating me like a female because that’s what they see,” Leigh said. “I actually carry a medical card that says, ‘I am transsexual. Use male pronouns, and these are my medications.’”

A major setback to Leigh’s physical progress came last December when he was denied a hysterectomy surgery.

Being on testosterone, his internal female organs will eventually atrophy, and he has two options. First, he could start another hormone called progesterone, which would force his body to

“As far as having a penis, that doesn’t make a guy,” he said. “Does a soldier who’s hit by an IED whose genitalia is blown off, is he no longer a man? Would we ask that question of him? But we ask it of trans individuals all the time.”

But since beginning hormone treatments, Leigh has developed a neophallus.

“When you’re on testosterone, the clitoris actually enlarges. In the uterus when a boy (starts producing) those hormones, (the clitoris) is actually what enlarges into the phallus,” he said. “So when a trans guy starts testosterone, over time the clitoris will enlarge to two to three times the original size…it’s about the size of a micropenis, if we’re going with strict,

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For the most part, Leigh said the discrimination he encounters is unintentional.

“It’s really interesting because you can get those open-minded people who really believe in equality for everyone,” Wolford said. “And then you can have individuals that are very close-minded, prejudice, that just shut off. And then you have people that are indifferent.”

But one source of support and acceptance came from an unexpected group.

Growing up, Leigh was a lonely individual by the time he reached his teens. He left the church he was raised in, which was fundamentalist Christian, when he was 14, after the

While Lackey said he could not speak as to why other churches are not always as open as St. Andrews, he did say that the Episcopal Church has always been somewhat progressive and open to diversity.

“We try to look at where the Holy Spirit is moving the church, and by and large what we see is, as Jesus presented the Kingdom of God, it’s expansive and it’s inclusive, and that’s not always comfortable, and it’s not always easy,” Lackey said. “But it seems like in order to be faithful to our charge to be followers of Christ, it’s our ministry, our obligation, to proclaim the good news to all of God’s children. The details of their struggle and living to be who God has created them to be is something that we’re not here to condemn – we’re here to offer support as they’re being formed to the image of God.” Although Leigh has found acceptance in a faith-based community, he is still always on guard wherever he goes. Something as simple as going to the bathroom or changing in the men’s locker room at the recreation center on campus could turn into a violent situation in an instant.

“We’re in small town Kansas. I youth group tried to help him fit in by assume if someone sees me in the giving him a makeover. men’s locker room and questions me, “It damn near broke me,” he said. I could be attacked for it,” he said. “So “I didn’t understand who I was at that I go to my locker at the library, empty point. I didn’t know why it felt wrong. my pockets of everything, and then go I just knew it wasn’t right.” change…when you read the stories, For the next seven years he identi- when you hear the news, and then fied as pagan in the sense of being you see the legislation of people disliknon-Christian because he knew that ing the concept of you based on their he was not compatible with the belief religion, based on their beliefs, based system he was raised in. on their sense of what’s right, it makes After he transitioned, he decided it very difficult to feel comfortable that to go back to church Christmas day everyone you meet is not going to do “just to see.” something to try to harm you.”

“I felt the spirit move in me, While he hasn’t been physically even knowing I could not talk to the attacked yet, Leigh has plans for whercongregation,” Leigh said. “I could ever he goes. He recommends that if not tell them anything about who I individuals who are transitioning feel actually was, but I knew I needed to unsafe, they should do something to find a faith, a community who would raise their awareness of their surroundsupport me and let me be who I was.” ings and to prepare themselves for any Leigh found that community at St. scenario.

Andrews Episcopal Church, located at “Just know what you would do 828 Commercial St. He’d heard good and who you would go to,” he said, things about the ministry and decided “and prepare your friends.” to stop by one week. When he came Wolford is one friend who Leigh out as transgendered, the church wel- knows he can turn to if something comed him with compassion. goes wrong or if he is attacked. The “He’s a great person, really comtwo have worked out a contingency mitted and caring,” said Father Kelly plan of what they would do if such a Lackey, Leigh’s priest at St. Andrews, situation ever occurred. in an interview in spring. “I think “If he has to defend himself and that in terms of our conversations and somebody gets hurts, he’s worried from my aspect as his priest, being about getting charged with assault, able to be in a Christian community getting charged with murder if it where he can be in a relationship with comes to that because it’s all too real God and not have to deal with a great a possibility,” Wolford said. “The bigdeal of intolerance and negativity gest role I have is being there for his seems to have been a positive thing for support.” him.”

Leigh said there are not currently Leigh has been returned to the any accurate statistics on how many church for about eight months, transgendered individuals are living in but he sometimes still finds himself the United States because most do not slipping. In reference to Westboro live openly, mainly as a safety precauBaptist Church, an extremist group tion. based in Topeka actively involved in But Leigh strives to be the the anti-gender and sexual minorities exception and lives completely open movement, Leigh said he sometimes because he wants to be a role model engages in the same kind of prejudice. for other trans individuals who do not “It becomes really hard to dishave anyone to turn to for support tinguish the fundamental, scriptural and guidance. And now that he is literalists, who hate me for being who finally able to live as the man he feels God made me to be, from the conhe’s always been inside, he is excited gregation that has given me a home,” for the future.

Leigh said. “It’s something that I’ve “I didn’t realize being trans and not really noticed within the (gender and acknowledging it was killing me,” he sexual minority) community is we said. “A year ago, I wasn’t sure I was have a lot of created tension between going to be able to function a couple ourselves and faiths because of the months ahead. Now, I’m looking discrimination we’ve run into in the forward to the future. I have a degree churches we were raised, and so we and several different career options. I tend to apply it to all churches.” can do anything.”

“Penis, vagina, breasts, and facial hair would be a lot less of an issue if society would just accept people for who they say they are.”

– Andrew Leigh-Bullard have a menstrual cycle. But this is not a route Leigh is willing to take.

“It would destroy me…never again. Shark week is over. I’m done,” he said jokingly.

Leigh’s other option, the one he hopes to be able to do eventually, is to get a hysterectomy. He actually had the surgery scheduled last December at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., but his insurance at the time, TRICARE, wouldn’t cover it, even though there are major health risks without it. The hospital’s payment plan was also undoable for Leigh.

“I had to come up with $10,000 in a week,” Leigh said. “I don’t make $10,000 in a year. So, at first, I just thought, ‘Well I just want to rip them out myself.’”

Leigh’s current insurance agency, United Health Care, also won’t cover the surgery.

Wolford said the setback was rough on Leigh, not only because of the health risks, but it was also the realization that he would have to continue to visit a gynecologist on a regular basis.

“He has to get back up there and basically be Amanda again for a doctor’s visit,” Wolford said. “Even though he’s Andrew, he’s masculine, he has to be subjected to something that men aren’t supposed to be subjected to.”

Leigh knew he couldn’t simply “rip” his female organs out himself, so instead, he went to Men’s Warehouse and bought a tailored suit for job interviews.

“I realized that while the transition as a whole was impossible at that moment, I could take smaller steps to be seen as who I am,” he said.

For now, the hysterectomy is off the table, but Leigh said his transition was complete when he started being comfortable with himself as a man, even though he doesn’t have a traditional “penis.”

medical definitions.”

Leigh used to wear a packer, which is padding or a penis-shaped object worn in the front of a one’s pants or underwear to give the appearance of having male genitals, but he no longer wears it.

“It kept jostling around and getting uncomfortable, and you know, you have those hot days, and it would chafe,” Leigh said. “For me, I realized that having the packer in or out didn’t make me any more or less of a man, and so I just stopped bothering with it.”

As for his chest, Leigh wears a binder, which is a garment that compresses his chest and abdomen.

“Binders are recommended for use eight to 10 hours a day, at most, because of the pressure they put on the chest area,” Leigh said.

He is also hesitant to get top surgery because there is a major risk for loss of nipple sensation, which is a risk he’s not willing to take at this time.

“Penis, vagina, breasts, and facial hair would be a lot less of an issue if society would just accept people for who they say they are,” he said.

While he’s currently single, Leigh is a self-described pansexual, meaning he has the potential to be attracted to people of all sexes and gender identities.

“I’m attracted to people based on their personality, based on how I connect with them, and so what’s in their pants becomes an issue when we’re discussing what to do in the bedroom,” he said.

Coping with Trans Identity Acceptance and respect as a man has been somewhat unpredictable for Leigh.

“For me, being respected as a man means being able to do the things I want to do, being able to identify as myself, being, ‘Hey man, what’s up,’ as opposed to, ‘Excuse me, ma’am,’” he said. “It really comes down to

Thousands seek move of Topeka Zoo elephants TOPEKA (AP) — Topeka City Council members have received thousands of emails urging the city to move two elephants from the city’s zoo to an animal sanctuary in Tennessee.

Councilman Chad Manspeaker told The Topeka Capital-Journal Tuesday that each council member received more than 4,000 emails on the subject since Friday.

He says nearly all the emails come from outside Topeka and

are linked to an Internet website petition urging the public to support retiring the elephants to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.

Critics say the zoo does not provide enough space, causing the elephants physical and emotional harm.

City spokesman David Bevens says the city is conducting an analysis on the situation that could take up to 90 days.

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Hornets clip Riverhawks

S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com The football team is now 4-0 on the season after a weekend win against the Riverhawks of Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla., 30-20.

Clinging to a 3-point lead, senior receiver Shjuan Richardson hauled in an 11-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Tyler Eckenrode to boost the Hornets up 30-20 with just 3:49 left in the game.

“They came in together as freshman. Both (are) three year starters and have thrown countless balls together,” said Garin Higgins, head coach. “I’d be a rich man if I counted how many times they have thrown passes to each other, and those are the guys you look to make plays like that.”

The Hornets first scored thanks to a 27-yard chip-in field goal.

Emporia State built on that with a touchdown run by senior running back Derwin Hall right before the half, pushing the score to 9-0, making it the fourth straight game the defense has shut out the opposing team in the first quarter.

Junior running back Dozie Iwuagwa continued the ground success in the second half with an 11-yard plunge to make the score 16-3 in the third quarter. After allowing a field goal by the Riverhawks, the Hornets responded with an interception by senior defensive back Kevin Gaddis. Iwuagwa scored another touchdown run, and Em-

poria cruised to a 23-6 lead.

With the game in the Hornets’ favor, the Riverhawks responded with 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. That’s when Eckenrode and Richardson hooked up for an 11-yard touchdown pass to seal the victory.

“Our defense played great and we responded well and stuck together,” Eckenrode, a management information systems major, said in an interview with Media Relations after the game. “At the same time, we still have a lot to work on.”

ESU ended up with 229 yards in total offense, and 223 yards in defense. Hall ended up with 85 yards and a touchdown off of 18 carries. Iwuagwa also had 18 carries for 80 yards and 2 scores.

Senior linebacker Ben Carlson led with 10 tackles. Junior defensive back Chris Poston came away in a close second with nine tackles.

“We didn’t have our starter (running back), so it was nice to have Dozie and Derwin step up,” Higgins said. “They played outstanding.”

According to the ESU website, this is the first time the Hornets have been 4-0 since 2003, and the first time they have scored more than 30 points per game since 1969.

The Hornets look to carry this momentum with their fourth straight victory as they head back home to take on Lincoln University at 1 p.m. Saturday at Welch Stadium.

Working on his tackle, Jordan McAdoo, redshirt freshman and outside linebacker, pummeled into a yellow stepover dummy at practice on Tuesday afternoon. Already 4-0, the Hornets play Lincoln University of Missouri at home this Saturday. Will Austin/The Bulletin

Volley sweeps weekend matches

C risty F lippin flippin@esubulletin.com

The volleyball team had a successful weekend with two sweeps in two days, beating Central Oklahoma 3-0 on Friday and Pittsburg State University 3-0 on Saturday.

The Hornets opened the season at home against Central Oklahoma. The offense was led by Morgan Buckner, junior elementary education major and right side hitter, who hit had 12 kills.

“What we have worked so hard on in practice is finally paying off in our games, and it is a really great feeling,” Buckner said. “We came in with the right mindset, (and) we handled our business and got the job done with no hesitations, and the results were really positive.”

Junior outside hitter Paige Vanderpool recorded a double-double with 10 kills and 13 digs. Sophomore undecided major, right side hitter and setter Katie Deutschmann led in assists with 26 in total, and added two service aces.

“It was very exciting to finally play at home, and we had been looking forward to it for a long time,” Deutschmann said. “The home opener went really well and we were excited to get the win in front of our fans.”

The Hornets won the game in three matches – 25-18, 25-19 and 25-16.

On Saturday, the Hornets hosted Pittsburg State University. There were only five lead changes on the day, and the Hornets swept PSU 3-0.

Deutschmann lead the Hornets on offense with 12 kills and contributed 22 assists as well.

“We went out and played very clean and consistent like we had been working on in practice,” Deutschmann said.

Meg Schwartz, senior biology major and defensive specialist, led the

Sports Shorts XC teams win at Tabor invitational going into the meet that their legs would be far from recovered. They responded well to each workout and In their third race of the year, the competed great this morning.”

Emporia State cross-country team Freshman Lindsay Cuadra led traveled to Newton for the Tabor In- the women’s team, getting 9th place vitational, where the men and women individually with a 5k time of 20:09. placed first in both events.

Junior Morgan Riggs led the men’s “For both the men’s and women’s team, getting 3rd place individually teams, this was the best week we’ve with an 8k time of 26:35. Riggs was had so far this season,” said Head also named this week’s MIAA Men’s Coach Eric Wellman in an interview Cross Country Athlete of the Week. with Media Relations. “I challenged

Next week the men and the teams with some extremely tough women host the ESU Invitational at workouts this week and they knew Jones Park Cross Country Course.

R ocky R obinson sports@esubulletin.com

Hornets prepare for Blue Tigers S hane J ackson jackson@esubulletin.com The series between the Lincoln University Blue Tigers and the Emporia State Hornets began in 1958 at the Mineral Water Bowl. The Blue Tigers came away with a 21-6 victory.

Since then, these two have only faced off three times, ESU coming away victorious twice, including last year’s 52-23 victory.

This year the Hornets come in as hot as ever with their first 4-0 start since 2003. They rank number one in the MIAA in total offense and passing, as well as in the top 11 nationally. The offense has scored at least 30 points every game, while defensively shut-

ting every opponent out in the first quarter.

Meanwhile, Lincoln University comes to Welch stadium off to a completely different start with a 0-4 record, losing to the top tier teams in the league who have a combined record of 13-3. The Blue Tigers defense however remain tied with ESU for second in the league in takeaways with 12.

“We still have to work on our fundamentals, we can’t just think because we are 4-0 we don’t have to work as hard, we have to work even harder,” said Garin Higgins, head coach.

Kick-off is at 1 p.m. Saturday at Welch Stadium.

Volleyball see Tuesday Victory Competing at home on Saturday at William Lindsey Auditorium, junior middle/offensive hitter Brianna Kaiser smashed the ball into Pitt State territory. It was the third victory in the Lady Hornets’ current four-game winning streak. Will Austin/The Bulletin

Hornets on defense with 15 digs.

“Overall it was a solid weekend.

We came out strong in both games and got the job done in three sets,” Schwartz said. “Everyone is playing aggressive, and it is definitely paying off.”

The Hornets played solid on both offense and defense and controlled the tempo for the weekend. They

only committed nine attack errors on the match. The PSU Gorillas fell to 8-6 and are 0-5 on the season. The Hornets improved to 8-4 and 2-1 in MIAA play.

The Hornets play at 6 p.m. Friday against the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The next home game is at 3 p.m. Oct. 20 against Northwest Missouri State University.

percentage helped sophomore setter and right hitter Katie Deutschmann rack up a double-double with 12 kills and 21 assists, her second for Sweeping their fourth straight match, the Emporia State volleyball the year.

Junior middle Brianna Kaiser team improved their record to 9-4 with a Victory over Newman Uni- helped with 10 kills and seven digs, and senior defensive specialist Meg versity in Wichita Tuesday night.

Schwartz led the team in digs with Closing the first set with an nine. Freshman setter Sydney Hart8-4 run, the Hornets had a 25-14 man also assisted on 23 kills. victory. Newman picked up their

According to ESU’s webgame the next two sets, but still fell, site, this streak makes Head Coach 25-20, to the Hornets.

Hitting .473 percent while hold- Bing Xu’s record 182-67 in the eight years he has coached here. ing the Newman to a .138 hitting R ocky R obinson sports@esubulletin.com