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Debate for ‘Big First’ held on campus

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C hris H opkins hopkins@esubulletin.com On Monday, two candidates running for a seat in Congress for the First District of Kansas attended a forum held at Emporia StateUniversity. Tim Huelskamp (R-Fowler) and Alan Jilka (D-Salina), addressed issues ranging from health care, the economy, schoolsand immigration. Libertarian candidate Jack Warner was invited to the forum, but couldn’t attend due to a scheduling conflict.

Candidates were not given prior notice to exactly what questions were going to be asked at the debate. Questions were selected from students and residents across Kansas.

Jilka wasted little time going after Huelskamp and his policies. On several occasions, Jilka would touch on the previous issues that he felt Huelskamp had mistaken. “(Helskamp) is a man that has been in office for years, and has never had anything pass in terms of legislation,” Jilka said after the debate. “I think there is something to be said for someone that won’t do a debate style forum, which is what we would have liked.”

Jilka also called his opponent a representative on the extremist fringe.

“At some point in time, and I think it’s quite a while ago for him, you cross the line from conservative into extreme and radical,” Jilka said during the debate.

Huelskamp said after the debate that it was an attempt to distract voters from his policies on health care and immigration.

Huelskamp was reserved for much of the evening in his responses and towards the comments made by Jilka. Throughout the contest, Jilka remained aggressive, but wasn‘t always as clear with his words. Huelskamp on the other hand decided to use more of a populist, “We the People” approach to the debate. “(Jilka) wants to raise taxes in a time where the debt is already $1.8 trillion which is going to fall on the next generation to pay off,”Huelskamp said during the debate. “This should be very concerning to college students especially.”

According to recent polls, Huelskamp is the

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WEEKLY

Q&A

Do you know much about the candidates up for election in November?

“I plan on researching the candidates to become further educated on their views.”

Anthony Cuffe, Rehabilitation education major

“I like the ideas of Tim Huelskamp but I went to the Congressional Debate on Monday and became well educated on both candidates running in this district.”

Hannah Belton, Elementary/Special education major

‘Pot’ Culture

THE SECOND IN A SERIES ABOUT MARIJUANA USE AT EMPORIA STATE K enzie T empleton templeton@esubulletin.com For Jane Doe, whose name has been changed, smoking marijuana is a favorable alternative to drinking alcohol since, for her, liquor is usually associated with negative side effects like nausea.

“It’s great to not wake up with a hangover, plus alcohol makes you depressed, but pot puts a smile on your face, and it’s also a way to relieve stress,” Doe said.

But according to Melissa Bailey, assistant professor of biology, marijuana affects different individuals in a variety of ways. Some users may feel nothing at all, others will feel relaxed or “high” and some can suffer negative reactions like sudden feelings of paranoia.

“The high caused by marijuana comes from the euphoric agent THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) which bonds with cannabinoid receptors in the brain,” Bailey said.

These receptors are associated with memory, motor coordination, and cognitive functions.

Those under the influence of pot may experience altered thought patterns, lose track of time or lack motor coordination and stumble.

“The chemical THC is a mild hallucinogen, which can distort reality, but small amounts probably won’t cause a hallucination,” Bailey said.

Jack Brown, an ex-marijuana cultivator whose name has been changed, said the plant is fairly easy to grow and doesn’t require a significant amount of care.

“The main part of the plant (that most users smoke) is the bud – you’re basically smoking flowers,” Brown said.

However, the leaves of the plants can

also be smoked, but Bailey said the sinsemilla, the flowering portion of the plant, has the highest THC content. She said growers of marijuana are learning how to breed the plant to produce stronger contents of THC because the pot of today is much more potent than that of the 1960s.

“One drop of hashish oil (generated from repeated extractions of THC from marijuana plants) on a cigarette is like smoking an entire joint,” Bailey said.

Some users find smoking pot to be helpful for homework. Doe said that it can enable people to think in new ways, so academic concepts may make more sense, but there is no scientific basis to reinforce this claim, and Bailey said marijuana has actually been proven to impair one’s memory.

“It’s not a stimulant like Adderall (a study aid), so I don’t really see how using marijuana to study could be a benefit,” Bailey said.

H o w e v e r, Doe said that pot can sometimes be a preference over attention deficit drugs like adderall because it is natural.

“Pot is 100 percent better than prescription drugs – you’re smoking something that comes from the earth and not putting a bunch of foreign chemicals in your body,” Doe said.

Unfortunately, there are many gray areas in regards to the health effects of pot due to a lack of research. Bailey said marijuana studies are not as conclusive as with other drugs.

“You can die from a cocaine or heroin overdose, but I have never come across a study or report of a fatal overdose of marijuana,” Bailey.

“Pot is 100 percent better than prescription drugs – you’re smoking something that comes from the earth and not putting a bunch of foreign chemicals in your body.”

See Page 6 about drug related crime at ESU

Debate wins speaker awards at WSU tourney A lex P edersen lot of, ‘do we have enough i’s pedersen@esubulletin.com The Emporia State Debate Team’s room has an entire wall lined with trophies.Last season, two teams went to the National Debate Tournament, an achievement that hasn’t happened for the last seven years.

Last weekend, at a tournament in Wichita, Ryan Wash, junior communications major, won top speaker in varsity, LaToya Williams-Green, senior communication major, won fourth speaker in varsity and Donnie Hanson, sophomore political science major, won third speaker in junior varsity.

“The week before it was time for us to go, there was a

dotted and t’s crossed to really have affective plans of action for when we go into these rounds?’” Williams-Green said.

“And I feel like, after being tested, and after we see the fruits of our labor, I think we can honestly say that our confusion, hard work and doing and redoing and re-structuring actually paid off and now we have some stability to start off the season on a real good foot.”

The squad will be leaving again around 4 a.m. tomorrow to attend a tournament in Chicago at Northwestern University, where they could be going up against some of the top

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Matt Cook, senior English major, and Ryan Wash, junior communications major practice during a debate meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Memorial Union.

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Police Reports Reports given to The Bulletin from

ESU Police and Safety Department Sept. 24, 2010 Lourdes Carreon reported being a victim of a violation of a restraining order. Paul Alaniz was allegedly taken into custody and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS UTX598 at 707 Commercial.

Officer completed deposits for Business Office and Parking Dept.

Officer completed deposit for the Foundation.

Ellie Carley reported theft of property from Roosevelt Hall.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS VME956 in Sector 3.

Officer completed deposit for the Business Office.

Ruth Magathan reported her keys lost.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer fueled vehicle 2517.

Officer admitted Peter Shoemaker into King Hall Room 12.

Officer admitted Lixian Huang into King Hall Room 210.

Officer admitted Aaron Wendland into Science Hall Room 50.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fight call on the west side of Welch Stadium.

Student Guard admitted Elizabeth Bourquin into King Hall Room 109.

Dakota Burton requested assistance after the team bus left for Topeka without him after the football game.

ESU PD HQ contacted coach. He will come back and pick him up.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer checked the Earl Center.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured north yellow gate Officer coned off parking in front of HPER building.

Officer checked out bow and arrow to Kyle Converse.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex.

Sept. 25, 2010 Officer admitted Ellen Weiss into King Hall Room 105.

Officer washed vehicle 4268.

Officer fueled vehicle 4268.

Officer admitted Cheong Lee into King Hall Room 105.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 416BBE at 228 S East.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 522DBF at 105 W 12th.

Morse Hall Complex zone 18 Fire. Mechanical Error.

Officer fueled vehicle 3373.

Officer admitted Yasmine Henderson into King Hall Room 105.

Officer admitted Niki Michael into King Hall Room 8.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a lock out at 707 Exchange.

Officer admitted Marco Hernandez into King Hall Room 105.

Officer admitted Sarah Johns into King Hall Room 109.

Officer admitted Yimeng Liu into Beach Music Hall Room 334.

Officer checked the Earl Center.

Officer admitted Jiang Lei into Science Hall Room 19.

Officer secured the gate to the compound.

Officer admitted Andrea Slary into King Hall Room 8.

Student Guard admitted Zhixuan Li into King Hall Room 7.

Officer checked the Earl Center.

Officer checked the west campus. Contacted occupant of KS 184CSX. Subject left the property.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a call at 18th and HighlandThe Villas.

Sept. 26, 2010

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ESU Blood Drive next week L auren L au

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Emporia State’s Fall Blood Drive is coming up from 11 a.m. to 5p.m. next Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Thursday in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The blood drive is sponsored by Caduceus Society and the Organization of Biology Graduate Students (OBGS).

“Following a successful blood drive last year, our goal is to receive at least 160 viable units of blood,” said Chris Smith, junior biochemistry and molecularbiology major and president of Caduceus Society.

However, there are eligibility re-

quirements to donate blood and the blood drive encourages everyone to at least sign up to donate. Donors are required to drink plenty of water prior to donating and bring Red Cross card or photo ID to come along with.

According to Smith, a donor will give a confidential health history to a staff member before donating. Then, the donor will be given a mini-physical examination of temperature, pulse, blood pressure and hemoglobin levels. The hemoglobin levels will be analyzed from a small sample of blood taken from the individual. After checking the donor, the staff members present will determine whether or not the donor is eligible to

donate.

Interested individuals may find a list of the requirements on the following web site: http://www.redcrossblood. org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements.

This is the first time for Caduceus Society and the Organization of Biology Graduate Students (OBGS) have worked together to co-sponsor the event.

A sign-up table will be up from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Friday and next Monday and Tuesday at Memorial Union Main Street.

“Anyone can make a difference in a blood transfusion patient’s life by donating blood,” Smith said.

Gunfire at UT highlights colleges’ response Austin, Tx (AP)- Yet another campus shooting, this one at the University of Texas in Austin, provided a terrifying test of how colleges respond at a time when universities nationwide have bolstered efforts to prevent bloodshed and respond decisively.

Since the mass shooting three years ago at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead, schools have beefed up mobile notification systems, staged drills with local law enforcement agencies, installed additional security cameras and honed their threat assessment systems — all while trying to avoid becoming walled-off compounds.

“It’s one of the most complex issues campuses will have to deal with over the next several years,” said Steven Healy, former director of public safety at Princeton. “How do you continue to create this open environment, where people are relatively free to move about, while maintaining a safe and secure environment? It’s clearly a balance.”

On Tuesday morning, a UT student in a dark suit and ski mask opened fire with an assault rifle near a campus fountain before fleeing to the sixth floor of the university library and fatally shooting himself, police said.

No one else was injured, and at least one witness said the gunman could have shot any number of people but didn’t. Authorities identified the gunman as 19-year-old Colton Tooley, a sophomore math major.

The initial reports of a gunman on campus set off a series of events recognizable to any campus security official post-Virginia Tech: a campus-wide e-mail and text alert that urged everyone stay put, a lock-down, a sweep of surrounding buildings and finally, an all clear.

“By all preliminary accounts, the University of Texas system worked quite well,” said Phil Johnson, president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and head of campus security at Notre Dame.

Colleges and universities dramatically expanded their emergency alert systems after the Virginia Tech tragedy, a 2008 shooting at Northern Illinois University that killed six and incidents on other campuses. They’re putting information out quickly by land line, text, e-mail, websites, message boards, campus cable TV networks

and loudspeakers.

Text messages, the preferred communication mode of millennials, are considered key. A survey in May 2008 from the Midwestern Higher Education Compact found that before Virginia Tech, 5 percent of responding colleges said mobile phones were included in emergency notification. Little more than a year later, 75 percent of those without that capability had made the move or planned to.

Within three days of the Virginia Tech massacre, the University of Maryland had expanded its notification system so it could blast out emergency e-mails and text messages, said Major Jay Gruber, the assistant chief of police.

The system now includes a continually updated list of 70,000 to 80,000 active university e-mails and 30,000 to 35,000 text-enabled mobile numbers, and parents and alumni can opt into the system, he said. Gruber said it’s been used for tornado warnings, a carjacking on campus and an off-campus armed robbery near student housing.

Colleges now also have a much better sense of what to tell people in the alerts, said Larry Hincker, Virginia Tech’s associate vice president for university relations.

“People want to know what they should do, rather than just getting an alert and telling them there’s a problem,” he said. “And that’s what Texas did.”

Many schools have either started or improved so-called threat assessment teams or managers, which field concerns from the university community about disturbing behavior and investigate them to evaluate threats.

“When we’ve researched these shootings, what we’ve found is a lot of different people had a small piece of the puzzle. They knew a little about this person,” said Marisa Randazzo, a former chief research psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service who has worked with colleges. “Threat assessment tries to put these pieces together and see what emerges.”

The University of Texas has a threat assessment team and urges faculty, staff and students to call an advice line to report people who concern them, university spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said Tuesday.

Officer stopped IN XY1509 at 1300 Market. Verbal warning for a oneway violation in the same location.

Officer fueled vehicle 4268.

Officer checked the Earl Center.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer admitted Jeff Pendergast into Science Hall Room 84.

Officer admitted Lisa Miller into King Hall Room 105.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex.

Officer checked the Earl Center.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer contacted two subjects and advised to remove red bandanas.

Officer admitted Zhixhuan Li into King Hall Room 7.

Officer contacted subjects with dog and advised of campus leash law.

Officer admitted Miranda Renfro into King Hall Room 3.

Officer stopped KS 156BNI at 1155 Market. Verbal warning for a oneway violation in Officer checked the west campus.

Caroline Murray reported a non-injury hit-and-run accident involving KS 582CHT in Sector 7.

Officer fueled vehicle 3373.

Officer checked welfare of occupants of MO YD1X2V at Trusler Sports Complex. No problem was found.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex.

Officer admitted Erica Cassella into King Hall.

Officer checked the Earl Center.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer coned off three parking stalls on Kellogg Circle.

Roosevelt Hall zone 16 manual pull-east door first floor Missing Alarm Signal.

Multiple alerts. Mechanical problem.

System was set to test mode for the remainder of third shift and building was checked visually for security.

Officer admitted Addison Hanna into the Sculpture Trailer at the Art Annex.

Sept. 27, 2010

Officers completed deposit for Business Office.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 017CLV at 910 Rural.

Officer completed deposits for Memorial Student Union and Parking Dept.

Mary Murray requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ. Parking enforcement immobilized OK 796EXS in Sector 2.

Officer completed deposit for Parking Dept.

Officer checked the west campus.

Officer washed vehicle 4268.

Officer admitted Donnie Hanson into King Hall Room 210.

Officer stopped KS 722CBP in 1400 Merchant. Verbal warning for stoplight violation at same location.

Sept. 28, 2010 Custodial staff reported a broken window at WAW Library. Incident had been reported previously.

Officer completed deposits for Business Office and Parking Dept.

Officer completed deposit for the Foundation.

Officer completed deposit for Memorial Student Union.

Officer fueled vehicle 4268.

Female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to threats.

Oct. 13, 2010

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STUDENT PROFILE: JARVIS NICHOLS

DJ by night, basketball player by day L auren L au

lau@esubulletin.com Jarvis Nichols, senior communications major, is a two-year student basketball player and has worked as a DJ at Natasha’s from 10:30 p.m. to midnight, every Thursday to Saturday, for three months. Nichols said that he gets to party and entertain others who party at the bar.

“When I am doing that, I get to see everything. I see who is drunk, who is not, who is talking to whom, who is dancing with whom, who is looking at me… I just get chances to see everything,” Nichols said.

Nichols owns a professional turn table and music mixer and he practices for 30 to 40 minutes every day either at home or at Natasha’s.

Nichols has been turning for eight months. He used to work at a little nightclub back at home in Chicago and was always watching the DJ there.

“I felt like a have an ear for music, so I want to start the same thing,” Nichols said.

The other reason that Nichols said he became a DJ is because he had anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery twice and had to stop playing basketball for about eight months.

“Before I was playing basketball all the

time, then I had to find some other way to have fun and fill that void for basketball,” Nichols said.

With previous experience working on the KISS 103.1 “After Hour Show,” Nichols said he is thinking about working at the radio station after graduation and getting a job that fits his background in communications, although he said has been playing basketball since he was two years old.

“To be honest, I don’t want to play no basketball no more, even though I got crazy game,” Nichols said.

As a student, Nichols needs to study and do homework every day and as a basketball player, he also needs to practice and work out every day from 3-5 p.m.

According to Nichols, he balanced the daily schedule of getting up and going to class in the morning, then going to basketball practice in the afternoon, studying and doing homework from 6 to 9 p.m. and getting ready for work at the club by 10:30 p.m.

James Roberts, owner of Natasha’s, said Jarvis does a great job at his work.

“He pulls a very great crowd. He is big balling and most of the people follow him place to place,” Roberts said.

Kris Cannon, bartender at Natasha’s and Nichols’ roommate, said he keeps the music mainstream.

NICHOLS “In my opinion, he is the only real DJ in town. That is why Natasha’s is so packed all the time,” Cannon said. “Jarvis mixes the real music in town, because anybody can hit the playlist on the computer.”

Roberts said Nichols can play about

any kind of music and he does a nice job of making people comfortable at the bar.

“The DJ’s job is to make people to feel like the bar is their home to relax, and this is where they belong and this is where they to be, and Jarvis is doing great on it,” Roberts said.

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Faculty Input Survey results Maes files: Police chief E ric H emphill

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Last spring, faculty members at Emporia State were given a faculty input survey as a chance to express their views on employment MEHRHOFF at ESU. Joella Mehrhof, professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and president of the Faculty Senate this year, said the results were helpful for the senate to determine how the faculty feels about working at ESU. “The faculty like being at ESU, I really do think that. I think they enjoy the students and they enjoy their colleagues, so it’s a good place to be,” Mehrhof said.

184 out of the 253 faculty members at ESU (71 percent) participated in the survey and answered questions dealing with

overall satisfaction with each faculty member’s employment at ESU, his/her feelings about salary, health care and retirement benefits and the reasons he/she would consider leaving ESU in the near future.

About 76 percent of faculty members surveyed said they were satisfied being on the ESU faculty, while 53 percent said it was likely they would leave ESU to find other employment because of concerns over salary, the advancement of his/her career, to reduce stress, to find a more supportive environment or to have more time for research and creative work.

At the Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 15, each senator will discuss what the results meant for his/her individual department. The Faculty Senate will then determine what can be done to change the parts of the survey that had unfavorable results.

Mehrhof said she was slightly surprised by some of the results.

“More than 75 percent of facul-

ty said they were satisfied being at ESU. This could potentially be the third year without a pay raise… so we thought that that might have more of an impact, but I was pleasantly surprised,” she said.

About 80 percent of those surveyed said that if they had to do it over again, they would still take a job at ESU. Tes Mehring, provost and vice president of academic affairs, said the faculty input survey was “absolutely” a good thing for the university.

“The faculty input survey is a good way to gauge concerns the faculty may have, gauge morale to a certain extent and find points that, if the resources are there, can be improved on to make the lives of the faculty better,” she said.

The survey was administered by the Kansas Board of Regents advisory group, the Council of Faculty Senate Presidents and the ESU faculty Senate. Each Regent university administers this survey once every three years.

knew of gambling ring DENVER (AP) — Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes has released decades-old personnel files amid recent questions about his law enforcement career in Kansas in the 1980s — records that support his claim that his boss did know that he was investigating a gambling ring and meeting with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

The KBI has said Maes never worked with them.

Maes provided his termination letter from 1985 to The Associated Press. In it, Liberal, Kansas Police Chief Richard Kistner told Maes he was being fired for telling his girlfriend that her family was under investigation.

“You were specifically cautioned not to reveal the contents of your conversations with your superiors and KBI agents” to his girlfriend or members of her family, Kistner wrote.

Kistner said he doesn’t remember the investigation or dismissal. The department and the KBI did not return phone calls seeking comment.

In his dismissal appeal, Maes

told Kistner he told his girlfriend six months after the investigation into a gambling ring ended that her family had been under investigation “as a gesture of love” for the lies he had told her.

Maes, who previously said he was working as an undercover agent, said he learned about the alleged bookmaking ring in August 1984 and told Sgt. Jimmy Peak, the sergeant of detectives.

Maes says he was told the department didn’t pursue such operations.

He told the department about another gambling operation and “our department seemed indifferent.” Peak died in 2008.

Maes says the police department set up a meeting with KBI agents Dave Yarborough and Bruce Mellor, and his police captain ordered Maes to keep Yarborough informed.

“My only misconduct has been the sharing of the pressures and anxieties of a complex investigation with the most important person in my life,” he told City Manager Alan Morris, who upheld the dismissal.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

CAAP or CRAP A dangerous disease called “senioritis” is in the air.

But before graduation, some students must take the CAAP test. The primary evaluation that students are required to pass in order to graduate is the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) test.

There are numerous problems with this test. Foremost among them is the very idea of requiring this test. If a student has passed the required courses for a degree program, why are they still required to take this test?

According to an USA Today article, Emporia State’s acceptance rate as of Fall 2009 was 88 percent. Every person who passes the required courses for his/her degree program is then required to take the CAAP test if he/she has not opted out of the test in some way.

So, for the “almost graduate,” this requirement puts students in an academic purgatory. Getting in is the easiest part of college, but if you don’t jump through some ridiculous hoops, you can’t get out.

The very fact that students are re-

quired to pay for this test is evidence of its flawed nature. Is the CAAP test really a measurement of what a student has learned, or is it simply a way to suck more money out of a student who has already paid the tuition costs and student fees required to attend ESU? The examination material for the CAAP test should also be reconsidered. Is the testing of reading, writing and mathematics really the three best categories to determine if a person is ready to graduate? Obviously these areas of academia are important, but to narrow what a student has learned in his or her time at ESU to these three categories is not only reductive, it’s misleading.

Students should be tested on the intangible parts of his or her degree program. Intangible details of what a person learns in college: organization of thoughts and ideas, being able to develop ideas and apply them on a local, national or global scale and understanding how to use knowledge acquired in college in life would all be good areas to test potential graduates.

Why not have each department or

college create a test for potential graduates of that degree program? A test that would focus on knowledge the student should have acquired through his or her degree program, which could also include important questions dealing with the general education curriculum at ESU. Another alternative is to require an “Exit Portfolio and Interview” for each student, where they must present a tangible portfolio to a group of three professors from their department, which could include a resume, work samples and a college reflection essay.

This process would give students an edge in the work force, allowing them to show what they’ve accomplished and giving them a chance to practice their interviewing skills.

We at The Bulletin recognize the oddity that is the CAAP test. There are far too many flaws and oversights attached to this test that the entire process of graduation is convoluted.

Whether the university retools the CAAP test to make it a better measure of what a student learns at ESU or completely new tests are generated

Cartoon by Ellen Weiss through each department, the bottom line is that something’s got to give.

The Bulletin urges the administration to address the

Abstinence-only ‘Education’ I’m sure we’ve all heard about the controversial issue of sex education. There’s the regular, common sense route, which involves the science and statistics of sexuality. Then there’s the abstinence-only route, which preaches that everyone should wait until marriage to engage in any kind of sexual activity.

The abstinence-only argument has a dual-basis that marriage is morally good for society and that monogamous relationships prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Something that these abstinence-only believers seem to have forgotten is the fact that people can get divorced. And they do. Pretty often in fact.

So if people get divorced, it completely negates their ability to get STDs without regular contraceptives.

Not only that, but by saying that people should wait until marriage to have sex, it implies that they’ll immediately want to have children right after they get married. What if they don’t? Is it just assumed that they’ll have learned all they need to prevent pregnancy in the meantime?

Additionally, if you use common sense, you will see that by racing into marriage for the purpose of having the sex that everyone desperately wants, we’re setting the next generation up to be plagued by unsatisfying marriages. I’d continue on about all the holes in their curriculum, but you get the point.

“Don’t do anything sexual” may sound like a sensible request for today’s preteens, but if we’re all honest with ourselves, we know it’s not going to happen. You can’t just tell children to do something “because I say so.” If kids are going to trust and respect us, we have to trust and respect them. At least enough to teach them healthy habits when they do decide the time is right.

Letters to the Editor Policy Letters to the editor should be no more than 350 words and can address any issues, concerns, ideas or event you choose. Letters may be edited for content and length.

Email letters to editor@esubulletin.com. Include your name and student email so we can verify authorship.

Online Commenting Policy E llen W eiss , weiss@esubulletin.com Now you may be thinking, “I’ve heard people debate about this a million times, why reiterate it here and now?”

Our school, no matter how innocent it seems, is going to have a huge influence on the rest of Kansas, perhaps even the rest of the U.S. ESU’s spectacular education department is currently training the next generation of educators who will be endowing children with the knowledge they’ll need to make it through the rest of their lives. When we teach them, they won’t have to go out and learn from unreliable sources.

We must equip our children the defensive knowledge they’ll need to go out into battle with their sexual futures.

Withholding important information is a dangerous strategy.

What kind of children do we want? Informed or ignorant?

Scared or empowered?Sexually frustrated or sexually confident?

If you’re responsible, sex can be a wonderful, super-duper great, extraordinarily awesome thing. Responsibility starts with knowledge. Knowledge starts with our teachers.

International Relations I walk around campus with the sole purpose of people watching in mind. Letting my feet take me as they please. I realize that I am surrounded by people that I have never met. I am continuously wondering what they are thinking. Trying to avoid the awkward eye contact that seems to be inevitable in the elevators. It’s complicated enough trying not to bump into each other, but really where else am I supposed to look.

Now I know that it is hard for me to meet new people; imagine what it must be like for international students who have trouble understanding English. Being thrust into an unknown environment with no one else you know can be more than a bit overwhelming. At least I have the advantage of being able to blend in with the crowd, which is something that most international students have difficulty with.

There is a program on campus that pairs international students with another ESU student. The idea of the International Conversation Partners is just that: friendly conversation. Once or twice a week you and an exchange student get together and hang out. It doesn’t matter what you talk about, as long as you talk.

Most of the exchange students involved in the program can read and write in English just fine. Expressing themselves, however, seems to be the most complicating part for them. That’s where you come in. Offering to take an hour out of your normal everyday schedule, you help an exchange student become better acquainted with American society.

By having conversations with them you help them better understand how the structure of a sentence plays out in everyday chit-chat. They are more than likely going to ask you how to say certain words and phrases but, other than that, it is just normal everyday conversation with someone new. Believe it or not, they are not the only ones who benefit from these interactions. You in turn

problems the CAAP test presents and to evaluate other alternatives that could better prepare students for post-collegiate life.

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Lauren Walbridge A manda M c C all , mccall@esubulletin.com would learn about other cultures that you might not have had the opportunity to experience without the aid of this program.

When I asked my friend Mariah, freshman psychology major, how she felt about the program she replied: “My conversation partner, Ning Wang and I talk about how our home lives differ. It is interesting to hear about her Chinese culture.

I am excited to continue our talks throughout the rest of the year.”

It has actually been rather amusing watching her prepare to meet Miss Wang. She has been so excited.

I am in full support of any program that strives to include all parts of the campus community, whether it is just making students more comfortable with each other, or actually helping them to succeed in their new environment. Programs like these are highly beneficial to not only the exchange student, but to the native as well. These experiences help define our opinions throughout life.

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Gordon Gekko is back…

L auren W albridge news@esubulletin.com Sunlight from the windows lights up the gallery area of the unfinished Emporia Arts Council building set to open in January 2011.The building, which includes a theater, ceramics room and gift shop, among other things, is about three times bigger than the council’s current space.

“We want to grow everything, everything that we have, right now we’re kind of too big at the art center where we’re located currently,” said Melissa Windsor, executive director of the Emporia Arts Council. “And really just, you know, we want to enhance the arts and entertainment district in Emporia.”

The new location at 817 Commercial is 15,000 square feet total, comparable to that of the art council’s current space at 618 Mechanic, which Windsor said is about 5,000 square feet.

The gallery itself is 1,600 square feet.

“We’ve been in the current space that we’re in probably about 15 years, so it’s time,” Windsor said.

Windsor said that with the help of fundraising and a lot of private donations, the EAC raised the approximately $3 million it took to build. She said the biggest donation they received was for $745,000 from the Jones Trust Fund. Windsor said the council is still looking for funding to equip the building’s kitchen with things like cabinets, sinks and refrigerators.

“We won’t have the funding for that initially, we’re still pursuing that anyway, and we’re hopeful that maybe we’ll have that by the time we open, but maybe we’ll get that pretty soon,” Windsor said.

Planning for the building project began when Windsor started at the EAC about five years ago, when board members got together and decided to do a feasibility study to see if it was possible.

“It was really started by a group of board members who knew that we had an opportunity for an arts and entertainment district in downtown Emporia,” Windsor said.

Dave Markowitz, head contractor for Mitchell-Markowitz Construction, the firm in charge of building the new center, said the company received a permit to build last November, did the demolition and some foundation work over the winter and really started building this spring.

“It seems like it’s been a long process, but I think the final product is going to be very attractive and go well with down town Emporia and I’m very excited to see how it all turns out,” Markowitz said.

The new structure includes much of the original building, which was most recently Dayton’s hobby shop. Windsor said the building was built in 1921, before the adjacent Granada Theater. Markowitz said that some of the structure of the old building supports the Granada, so engineers were more comfortable leaving it.

“Not only were we able to salvage some architectural features and get the look the architect was wanting, but it also helps support the north wall of the Granada and it stabilizes it,” Markowitz said.

Windsor said she felt that, in its current location, not enough people know about the art center. She said her goal is to expand in all areas, including ceramics and art education as well as having bigger gallery exhibits and shows.

“We want to really grow as far as a community center, you know letting people come rent the facility for other events and activities,” Windsor said.

Lacee Hanson, senior communications major and intern

Tools are scattered about the new Emporia Arts Council Building Tuesday afternoon in the 800 block of Commercial St. Alissa Miller/ The Bulletin at the Emporia Arts Council said the EAC has outgrown their current location.

“I think that it does have a lot more potential definitely, a lot more room to grow definitely in the new building,” Hanson said.

Sometime in late January, Windsor said the EAC will have the new building’s grand opening celebration. Also, on Jan. 19, the EAC is partnering with the Center for Great Plains Studies for a gallery exhibit juried by Jim Richardson, a National Geographic photographer from Louisburg. The gallery is a part of the sesquicentennial celebration for the state of Kansas.

“We’re very lucky to have the Center for Great Plains Studies ask to partner with us on this and we feel very fortunate to be a part of it and let it be our opening event for our gallery,” Windsor said.

Hanson said she feels lucky to be involved in the EAC at this time of transition.

“We’re just trying to really build that hype, to get Emporia to recognize that the new building’s going to be a really great thing for the community,” Hanson said.

EAC Upcoming Events Taikoza 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Granada Theatre Second Company of the Houston Ballet 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Albert Taylor Hall

After 23 years, Michael Douglas returns to his role as the greedy and ruthless character, Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.” This sequel to the tense 1987 film does have some ruthless parts to it. However, this time, director Oliver Stone took his first movie and made the opposite.

“Money Never Sleeps” focuses more on the life of a Wall Street trader named Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) who wants nothing more but to have a nice and peaceful life with his fiancé, Winnie Gekko (Carey Mulligan), who is the daughter of Gordon Gekko. The Wall Street we see in the movie is going down the tube, badly. Jake is having difficulty finding a way to get the company back in order and make sure that nothing gets in the way of his and Winnie’s relationship.

Jake looks for guidance to the one and only man who knew how to play Wall Street, and that is the notorious Gekko. Gekko was recently been released from prison, serving time for illegal inside trading information as viewed in the first film. As Gekko is released, he writes a book titled “Is Greed Good?” paying homage to the greed speech he gave in the first movie.

The Gekko we see in this movie has made a huge change. He still has that suave personality with a few cards up his sleeve, but now it seems as if he has a heart and actually cares about things. As Jake gets to know this new and improved Gekko, Winnie is in a total disagreement, not trusting her father after what he’s put her family through. Can Jake restore balance with the bond of the Gekko family? Can he make sure his Wall Street Company doesn’t go down the tubes with guidance of his new mentor?

Or will everything just be a bursting bubble?

Oliver Stone has taken a new turn on his study of the 80s tycoon era. Perhaps it is because it is a new generation and times have changed – not to mention completely different people wrote the film, Alan Loeb and Stephen Schiff. In this generation of Wall Street, the era seems a bit more melodramatic and lighthearted, which is the only major problem with the movie. As seen in the first one, it plays off as a more ruthless and intense study of what goes on with the lives of yuppies.

The script also seemed pedestrian towards the end, which threw off the intense chemistry that LaBeouf and Mulligan were having in their relationship that plays in the movie. Some may find it irritating that this was not the “Wall Street” movie they were expecting.

To give it credit, the acting is top notch, with the returning face of Michael Douglas as his role of Gekko, along with performances by Josh Brolin and Frank Langella. Also, the cinematography is simply magnificent, viewing New York in a beautiful way.

Stone proves again that he cares about character development in his movies, making sure that all of his actors get enough screen time to show who they are.

“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” may not be the angry sequel that everyone was wanting to see, but it still works out as a well-played drama and one of the more enjoyable movies of the year. The return of Gordon Gekko is worth saying that it is a MUSTSEE.

By Ellen Weiss

Building in progress gives Arts Council room to grow

with a heart.

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Comedians Dave and Ethan perform their routine about dating in college on Tuesday night in the Memorial Union Ballroom. They were hosted by UAC. Megan Gartner/The Bulletin.

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Future graduates prepare for required CAAP test H an Y an

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After passing the CAAP (The Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency) tests this past June, Kelly Roberts, sophomore elementary education major, has been qualified to enroll in teaching programs this semester.

“It was just about as difficult as taking ACT I think…I am going teach in Kansas,” Roberts said.

She did not choose to take the PPST (The Pre-Professional Skills Test), a nation-wide test specifically for education major students who intend to teach in states other than Kansas.

There is no significant change in the passing rates during the last five years.

However, ESU’s average scores in the three sections are lower than the national average. Take the CAAP test in February 2010 for example, the national average score for math is 58.5 percent, reading is 62.5 percent and writing is 64.1 percent, while Emporia State’s average score is 57.4 percent, 62 percent and 63.8 percent respectively.

There are about 700 students who took the CAAP tests each year from 2006 to 2009.

But, in 2010, the number of students who took the test shows a sharp decrease.

On May 1, 1984 Faculty Senate Bill, FSB 83005, required that all students who earn a bachelor’s degree from ESU must pass competency examinations in reading, writing and mathematics.

However, ESU did not apply the CAAP tests as the measure of the academic achievement level suntil 1989, according to Anthony L. Ambrosio, Director of the Assessment and Teaching Enhancement Center.

“Most students have the opportunity to become exempt from each of the three sections of CAAP depending on if they’ve done well in their course work,” Ambrosio said.

But teacher education students must pass the CAAP or PPST in their sophomore or junior year before getting into teaching program.

Kristyn Kness, senior elementary education major, is preparing for her PPST tests in the next two weeks. She has been preparing for a couple of months.

“I’m from Colorado. So that gives me an opportunity if I want to go back home, I can teach there or if I stay in Kansas, I can teach here,”Kness said.

The coming fall CAAP tests occur on Oct. 2 and Oct. 9. The math lab, reading lab and writing center can help students with their preparations of the tests.

Campus Crime Statistics K enzie T empleton templeton@esubulletin.com In compliance with the Clery Act, Emporia State posted its annual response to the Campus Crime and Security at Post Secondary Education Institutions Survey last Thursday. The law requires colleges and universities to provide information about crime on and around their campuses.

Overall, there were 13 drug related arrests in 2007, three of which took place on campus, another three were non-campus arrests and seven were on public property. In 2008, there were eight arrests – two were on campus, one was on non-campus property and five were on public property.

And in 2009, there were five arrests which all took place on campus.

The response said relevant substances included in the statistics were opium or cocaine and their derivatives, marijuana, synthetic narcotics like Demerol, and dangerous nonnarcotics like Benzedrine.

According to these figures, drug use on and around campus seems to be on the decline, since the number of arrests has steadily decreased in the past three years.

But senior theater major Andrew Nickel said that the apparent decline in drug related arrests does not stem from a decline in usage – people are just more cautious. Nickel is also a

resident of Morse Complex and said that drug use on campus has neither increased nor decreased over the last three years, but that it has remained steady.

“You’re not more likely to find pot on campus than you are off campus, so it doesn’t really matter if you’re on or off campus,” Nickel said.

Chris Hoover, Public Relations Executive for Police and Safety, said these statistics can be misleading because they include the arrests of individuals who are not affiliated with ESU, and these numbers are not necessarily an accurate indication of usage on and around campus.

For instance, if ESU hosts a class anywhere in the U.S., regardless of the location, the crime statistics of that area must be included in the report along with local statistics, Hoover said.

“If ESU holds a class in the basement of a church in Portland, Oregon, the local police have to gather and submit crime statistics for that one location to be included in the report,” Hoover said.

Hoover said that the report is not as beneficial as lawmakers intended since it has become so large-scale and confusing.

“The initial intent was to force universities to come out of the closet and show what was really happening on campus,” Hoover said.

ESU’s passing rates for three sections in the first exam of each year from 2006 to 2010:

Figures are provided by Assessment &Teaching Enhancement Center ESU’s number of students taking three sections in each June from 2006 to 2010:

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favorite to win the election in November.

Economics Professor Rob Catlett helped run the event, and students since the debate have expressed a concern for the aggressive-style attacks by both sides.

“For many students, Monday was the first experience of a political debate at such a high level,” Catlett said. “I think they were surprised by it, but by them being there in person, they could really see some of the issues that come with the seat.”

The First Congressional District is the largest district in the state of Kansas in terms of size. 69 out of the 105 counties in Kansas are included from the Western Kansas border to Lyon County, including Junction City, but not Manhattan or Wichita. All three candidates all won their respective primaries for their parties.

Jilkasaid that he would have voted for the health care bill, and his plan was to repair the bill, not repeal it. Huelskamp says he would have voted against it saying that the people in Washington didn’t read the bill before it passed.

ASG Senator Luke Chiddix believed after the debate that neither side really took advantage of the forum.

“Because of the style of the forum, it kind of dictated how the candidates spent their time addressing issues,”Chiddix said. “Neither side really brought their ‘A’ game.”

The election is to be held on Tuesday Nov. 2. Advanced balloting can be done before Oct. 15. Anyone interested in watching the debate can watch the taping set to air on KTWU on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.

squads in the nation. Luckily, the last tournament bolstered their confidence.

“It was a smooth ride,” Wash said. “It was a different type of feeling for me at the tournament because I didn’t feel the pressure of competition. It was just, ‘these are my arguments, and I know what your arguments are. Now the question just becomes ‘how does my argument answer yours and why are my positions better than yours?’”

The resolution for this season is whether or not the U.S. government should increase and/or expand eligibility for different types of visas.

“I feel very good about the team so far this year,” said Sam Maurer, director of debate. “We have two varsity teams, Paul Mose and Matt Cook, and Ryan Wash and LaToyaWilliamsGreen. LaToya and Ryan are our returning varsity team who qualified for the NDT last year.

We’ve got high hopes that they can at least make it back this year, if not do better at that tournament.”

In addition to three new debaters, the squad has two new assistant debate coaches who are former debaters themselves. Kurt Fifelski, senior political science and geography major, and Chris Loghry, senior communications major, are giving more personal time and attention to each team than having only one coach can. The squad plans to match their achievements of last year by having two teams attend the national tournament.

“It’s by no means set, but we’re on pace for it right now and I’d like to continue that,” Maurer said. “I think this semester will go well. Everybody’s been working very hard, putting in a lot of time on weekends, sacrificing a lot in terms of hours that they can work, hours that they can go home, hours that they can hang out with friends.

They’ve been dedicating a lot of time to this and I think our work is paying off.”

Kansas county 1 of 2 in nationwide prison effort OLATHE (AP) — Joseph Francis twitches, hears voices and often cries for reasons no one else can see.

Authorities and experts nationwide are looking for ways to keep mentally ill people like him out of jail.

But he’s in the Johnson County jail on his 26th booking.

Each day he costs taxpayers more than $100.

Johnson County experts know. The county is one of two national demonstration sites working with the U.S. Department of Justice to try to find ways to keep mentally ill petty criminals out of jail.

In a meeting last month, a staffer from the Justice Center of the Council of State Governments, a national nonprofit, reported early statistical results from Johnson County’s Mental Health Intercept Project.

During the first three months of this year, more than 100 mentally ill people a month were booked into the jail. About 17 percent of the jail population was mentally ill, matching the national rate. And 39 people had 10 bookings or more.

Who are they? What drives them? What can be done for them? experts asked.

Michael Brouwer, a Johnson County mental health employee who works with inmates at the jail, said his department was working with the sheriff and others to try to get those inmates stabilized in the community instead of behind bars.

He and Sheriff Frank Denning said a big problem was a shortage of mental health treatment centers and residential care centers. Largely because of that shortage, Denning said, “I run the largest mental hospital in the state of Kansas.”

Brouwer said Francis, 36, is “one who could definitely benefit” from a new approach.

In the jail last week, Francis sat in a tiny room with plastic seats and beige concrete. He twitched, cried and sometimes cringed as he told his story.

Scars on his arms indicate where he had cut himself.

He has cigarette burn scars, too, and has attempted sui-

cide twice. But he has stopped self-mutilation, he said. He doesn’t want his daughters to see it.

He’s jailed now for escape because he walked away from the county community corrections center, where he was put for theft. He said he was not on his medication and walked off during an anxiety attack.

He said he was not receiving the medication he needed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety attacks. He had been in jail for two weeks without them and was without them for many weeks before that. Jail officials said it took time to get patients prescriptions and they were trying to do it faster.

Francis, who was abused as a child, was about 12 when Kansas put him in foster care. Although Francis was adopted, it didn’t last long.

“I was so emotional they ended up sending me to a mental hospital,” he said. “I didn’t trust anybody.”

He spent more than a year in mental care, later dropped out of high school and at age 18 was released from foster care. He got a job at a restaurant, and the state paid for his apartment for two months. But then he went into the hospital with an infection.

“When I got out, they had switched the locks and they took all my clothes,” he said. “I started sleeping on the streets.”

He worked jobs such as fast food and remodeling and stayed with friends.

“I just felt I was always depressed,” he said. Diagnosed as bipolar in his 20s, he got medications, but sometimes he couldn’t pay for them or could not get to doctors for prescriptions. He went in and out of mental hospitals.

He married a woman, and they lived in Missouri for a time until 1995, when they both went to prison for theft. He has a 12-year-old daughter from that relationship; she’s in foster care.

Later he met a Leawood woman, and they have a 7-yearold daughter.

What’s cookin’?

Chef Tracy Kast hands a bowl of stir-fry to student during lunch Wednesday afternoon in the Memorial Union Cafeteria. Kast was brought to ESU as part of the Traveling Chef program sponsored by Sodexo.

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A peek inside the Arabic world A lex P edersen

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The sights of graceful calligraphy, exotic foods and smiling faces filled Plumb Hall rm 310 last Monday afernoon for a session of, “When the World Spoke Arabic Film Series.”

The particular session was about the influence of the Moors in Andalusia and of Ziryab from the Umayyad Court in Cordoba, both of which are in modernday Spain.

“It was an extra credit opportunity, but I’m also interested in world cultures,” said Kevin Flanders, freshman undecided major. “It was cool. It was an insight into a culture that I hadn’t heard about in a while and I got to know that culture a little better.”

About 25 people attended the event which included a movie that was approximately 30 minutes long, a discussion, a sampling of Arabic food – including falafel, dates and coffee – and an opportunity to have your name written in Arabic calligraphy by Raed Almatar,

junior marketing major.

“It was kind of confusing, but it was interesting,” said Veronica Garcia, sophomore undeclared major. “When you think of Spanish and Arabic cultures, you don’t think of them in the same place or in the same time, I thought they were completely separate.”

The film told of the Arabic influence in many different areas of culture, including music, food, fashion, personal hygiene

socialize and learn about Arabic language, culture and civilization,” said Abdelilah Sehlaoui, adviser for the Arabic Club and associate professor of English, Modern Languages and Journalism. “It is part of the cross-cultural dialogue to enhance diversity and to engage diverse cultures in a dialogue with each other.”

Sehlaoui was also excited to introduce Ahmed Al-Ma’awali, a graduate student and teacher of AB 300, Introduction to the Arab World, who came to Emporia State from the Sultanate of Oman NEXT... through the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program. This is the program’s seventh year.

“I liked to see the different viewpoints from the way the renaissance happened,” Flanders said. “It brought in the Arabic point-of-view of the influence they had on Spain with new technologies and new trains of thought that they brought to the European world.”

“It was definitely worthwhile,” Flanders said. “It’s a lot of fun to meet new and even courtly love. people and get to know what the world is “Faculty and students interact and like outside of the city.”

“From Arabic to Latin: The Assimilation of Arabic Knowledge” 5 p.m. Oct. 11 Plumb Hall 308

Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui, professor of TESOL and applied linguistics stands at the blackboard after a discussion on Arabic culture Monday afternoon in Plumb Hall. Alissa Miller/The Bulletin.

Toys and Textiles Club offers creative outlet for students E ric H emphill

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The Toys and Textiles club is a new Recognized Student Organization (RSO) this semester. Senior biology major and club president Daniel Rush said the club will help members learn helpful life skills. “(The club) will help people become just more creative in general… it will help to make campus a more creative place. Part of our mission is practical problem-solving skills and it will also help with multiculturalism, as part of the club is to learn about other cultures,” Rush said.

The club will consist of constructing stuffed animals, hats, costumes and other sewing and textile-based toys. The club meets once a week in the Memorial Union to discuss current and future projects each member is working on.

The club originated partly because Rush saw there was not a club of this nature on campus.

“I knew there were a number of clubs on campus, but none of them seemed to be orientated at the arts other than movie clubs and anime

clubs. (There was) no cooking club, no sewing club nothing like that, so I figured, why not?” he said.

Rush first started sewing when he was a kid, but picked the skill up again when he wanted to make a hat for winter. He also made a stuffed animal as a birthday present for a girlfriend. He started sewing more frequently and decided to start the club to find others who were interested in textiles as well.

The club started in early September and Bethany Bailey, freshman English major and group treasurer, was excited about the club.

“I joined because it seemed like an interesting club. I like working with fabrics and textiles, anything to keep my hands busy,” she said.

Matthew Simmons, freshman English major and vice president of the club, expressed similar excitement for it. “(I joined) because it sounded like fun. I have made a couple stuffed animals and I wanted to do more with textiles,” he said.

Rush said the club does not have any events planned currently, but hopes to plan a Halloween party in-

Daniel Rush displays some of the pieces he has made during the second meeting of the Toys and Textiles Wednesday night in the Memorial Union. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin. cluding homemade costumes. The group also wants to celebrate what Rush called “geek” holidays, such

as Talk Like a Pirate Day, Hawaiian Shirt Day and Mask Day. Rush hopes these holidays will provide the op-

portunity for the club to showcase their homemade costumes and props.

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ESU fights off Tigers, Mother Nature

The Sport Authority

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“October means crunch time” Defensive Lineman Harold Ayodele talks a Fort Hays State University runner Saturday afternoon at Welch Stadium. Ashley Wells/ The Bulletin

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The Emporia State football team is 4-1 for the first time since 2002 after defeating conference opponent Fort Hays State last Saturday 19-6. With a 9-6 game, the Hornets used 10 unanswered points and a 1:20 rain delay to get the win.

“No doubt we had many things that worked out in our favor,” defensive end Daniel Webb said. “Our offense controlled the clock which gave us time to breathe. When the defense was out there, the defensive backs did a nice job with coverage that allowed us extra time to apply pressure.”

The Tigers came into the game second in the conference in total yardage, and averaging over 40 points per game. However, the defense of the Hornets held the Tigers to 200 yards of total offense and a mere six points.

Perhaps the biggest group contributor on defense for the Hornets was the ESU offense. Controlling the line of scrimmage on Saturday helped the offense keep possession for well over half the game. Quarterback Tyler Eckenrode was 15-24 for 184 yards and had one touchdown for the game. ESU had three scoring drives over 70 yards the contest.

Late in the first quarter, Emporia State put together a 12 play, 80-yard drive with Kevin Smart scoring a touchdown. On the next drive, ESU ate up more clock with another long drive, but would have to settle for a field goal to take the lead 9-0.

After two field goals by Fort Hays and a 1:20 rain delay, the Hornets added a field goal right before the half to take a 12-6 lead at the break.

“It was very difficult for them to gain momentum, especially after having such a long weather delay,” Webb said.

The score held until wide receiver Shjuan Richardson scored a touchdown on a 67-yard pass play from Eckenrode in the fourth quarter. The Hornets would hold up the 19-6 lead thanks to an interception by safety Derek Lohmann with five minutes left in the ballgame. His five interceptions on the year (three in the last two games) lead all MIAA players.

“For the first time all year, we put a complete game together against a very good Fort Hays team,” said Head Coach Garrin Higgins. “I am really proud of the way our kids played today.”

The Hornets travel to the University of Nebraska-Omaha for a tough, conference showdown this Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. from Caniglia Field.

Runner follows in family’s footsteps C hris H opkins

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The name Delmott is no stranger to successful running at ESU. Dennis Delmott is a hall of famer that still holds several records at the school. SkylerDelmott, his son, was a standout runner for four years for the cross-country team and track teams and was national qualifier in the Steeple Chase for Outdoor Track.

Now the time has come for Skyler’s brother, Asher Delmott, to take over.

Asher, a junior psychology major from Emporia has grown up with cross-country in the family. His father Dennis and brother Skyler were both standouts, and now Asher is trying to do the same for himself. So far this year, Delmott has had the best time in both meets for the team while posting some of his best times.

“I feel like the work is starting to pay off right now,” Delmott said. “So far I have felt good about my times because I felt I ran a good race, but there is still a lot of work to do.”

Delmott says that he usually runs anywhere between five to 15 miles a day, depending on the day and about five or six days a week.

“I usually like to take just one day off to rest

my body, and prepare for the next week,” Delmott said.

Though it would come down to a choice between soccer and cross country during his freshman year in high school, Delmott felt he had more potential running and stuck with that.

Biology graduate assistant and older brother SkylerDelmott knows what it takes to have success at the collegiate level, and says the sky is the limit for Asher this season.

“Asher has really put in the work this season, really improved his times, and if he can pull all of his strengths together, he could really do some damage at the national level,” Skyler said.

Delmott wants to be a sports psychologist after college and maybe go into the coaching field. It is also one of his goals in the future to try running a marathon. As far as this season goes, he would like to qualify for nationals and do well at league meets.

Fellow runner and roommate Trey Bokaw credits Delmott’s success to the off-season training that he put in. hard on it,” Bokaw said. “That kind of drive “He really pushed himself this off-season, helped him, helped me, and has really helped didn’t take many days off and has really worked the team so far this year.”

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ESU women place first, men second

Hornets sweep Nebraska-Omaha

ESU suffers heartbreaking defeat to rival

Katie Mona made the most of her season debut this Saturday in the Tabor Invitational placing first overall. Mona helped carry the women’s team to a first place overall finish out of 11 teams, finishing a whole 10 seconds over first place. The ESU women were able to land three more top 10 finishes.

Amy Feldkamp finished fourth overall followed by Courtney Maddux, sixth, and Sydney Oltjen, ninth.

The ESU men also looked impressive with a second place finish out of ten total teams. Once again Asher Delmott led the way for the Hornets with a sixth place finish. Will Hohmeier also finished in the top ten with a ninth place finish. Next week ESU will compete in the ESU Invitational at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1.

This weekend the #11 Emporia State Volleyball squad swept Nebraska-Omaha on the road 25-22, 25-21 and 25-15. They increase their season record to 10-2 overall and 4-1 in the MIAA. The Hornets displayed an impressive amount of defense with seven total blocks.

Meg Schwartz led the team in digs with 11 and Ting Liu added six of her own.

On the offensive side the Hornets were lead by Brianne Boner with 11 kills, followed closely by Brittney Miller with 10 and Liu with five.

The Hornets next competition is the Washburn Crossover on Oct. 1-2 in Topeka.

The Hornets were able to generate offense in the first half this Saturday when they took on rival Washburn. Lauren Cathey scored her first goal for the Hornets this season in the 34th minute of play, giving the Hornets a 1-0 lead.

The Hornets would hold off Washburn until two goals late in the contest by the Lady Blues. Washburn’s Markie Gallagher and Leah Talley each scored in the 87th minute sealing the victory.

The Hornets were able to produce four shots on the game all of them coming on goal. ESU returns to the pitch at 4 p.m.

Thursday, Sep. 30.

Sports, much like academics, begin to feel the strain of October. Believe it or not as this article goes to press, the ESU athletic schedule for the fall is almost at the midway point.

Emporia athletics are bearing down for the homerun stretch this October, and as a student of this college, it’s time to dig in and support your teams. Saying you don’t care about athletics at this school won’t fly. The amount of ESU t-shirts and sweatshirts seen on the campus suggests otherwise.

Reasons still may be needed to get many of you to support the Hornets. As I write this, our football team is currently 4-1.

That matches the best start since 2002. With six games on the way and the way our defense has been playing, a winning season seems more than possible – perhaps even a playoff birth looms on the horizon.

Meanwhile our volleyball team is not only owning on the court but are currently ranked 11th in the nation. Need I say more? I will though. Through the first three weeks of the season, senior setter Ting Liu managed to earn three consecutive MIAA player of the week awards.

Volleyball can also be incredibly exciting sport – especially when there is a lively crowd.

Let’s not forget our soccer team in the excitement. The record may not persuade many of my readers to care to get out to a game, but the passion and intensity are just as evident on the soccer field as with any other sport.

Compare it to the bigger stage. Being an avid Royals fan, I have yet to attend a relevant Royals baseball game in my lifetime. Does that keep me from attending? Of course not. Add to this the excitement a soccer game brings, and the fact that October weather is great stuff, the reasons for attending a game begin to stack up.

Last and certainly not least, we come to cross country. This Friday will be their final home meet at Jones Park at 5 p.m.

In their last meet, Katie Mona opened up her season with a first place finish, and for the men Asher Delmott has been the top runner. Attending a cross country meet doesn’t take up too much time either, not giving way to any excuses to miss out.

The challenge is not to make it to every game, but to make it a priority to attend at least one game a week. That’s two to three hours of your week. Go with a friend, paint your face and forget about academics for a few hours while you enjoy our school’s great athletic teams.