Fall Issue September 23, 2010

The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 110 No. 6 • Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 • Emporia State University

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‘Social change’ theme of Bonner and Bonner Series H an Y an yan@esubulletin.com With his consistent mission and faith, Bill Strickland presented his lecture “The Art of Leadership and the Business of Social Change” last night in Albert Taylor Hall.

“You have to look at the solutions not the problems. If you treat people with great dignity, they come back to life. And you guys (students who are determined to become teachers) are key to the whole story,” Strickland said during the lecture.

Strickland is the president and CEO of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation.

By providing arts education and job

training at his centers in the U.S., Strickland helped disadvantaged children and adults to restore their faiths and achieve transformation in their lives. He believes that the world of art can redeem the soul of poor people.

To build 200 training centers in the world, 100 in the U.S. and 100 around the world is Strickland’s life destination and he said everyone can make the impossible possible.

“First of all, you have to be determined. Things become possible over a long period of time. It’s not magic. There is no pill you can take. The other thing is that have a vision or picture that where

you want to go before you started journey,” Strickland said during a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.

Judith L. Heasley, president of the ESU Foundation, said this outreach for the students and the community was nice and shewas very pleased to have Strickland as the Bonner and Bonner speaker.

“He mesmerized the audience and he was so inspiring for your own success, for your own life, setting a mission for yourself. (It’s) a nice gift from the Bonner, a pioneer thing to do in Kansas,”Heasley said.

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‘Pot’ Culture

Bill Strickland speaks about the importance of leadership and social change at the Bonner & Bonner Lecture Series last night in Albert Taylor Hall. Ashley Wells/The Bulletin.

THE FIRST IN A SERIES ABOUT MARIJUANA USE AT EMPORIA STATE

‘Big First’ debate to be held at ESU C hris H opkins hopkins@esubulletin.com At 7 p.m. Sept. 27, two candidates up for election for the First Congressional District of Kansas will go head to head in a debatestyle forum at Albert Taylor Hall.

Democrat Alan Jilka, a three-time mayor of Salina, and Republican Kansas Senator Tim Huelskamp of Fowler are seeking the U.S. House of Representatives seat recently vacated by Congressman Jerry Moran.

Jack Warner, a Libertarian candidate, was invited to the debate but will not attend because of a scheduling conflict.

The event is sponsored bythe American Democracy Project, Associated Student Government and the League of Women Voters.

“We have had success in the past, and it is our goal to get college students more civi-

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Fallen soldier was ESU graduate K enzie T empleton templeton@esubulletin.com Photo Illustration by Jon Coffey/The Bulletin.

K enzie T empleton templeton@esubulletin.com When Jeff Poort, junior music major, decided to stop using marijuana, he noticed positive changes in his grades and personal life.

“I used to be an occasional user until about two years ago… I’m definitely happier with life since I’ve stopped using it,” Poort said.

Poort said that this satisfaction stems from a decrease in stress related to legal and educational repercussions if caught using pot. He also worried that using it would lead to harder and more dangerous drugs.

In a recent pollof 100 ESU students by The Bulletin, 39 students said they’ve tried marijuana at least once, while 61 students said they’ve never tried it. Of these students who have used marijuana, 22 said they use weed occasionally and 10 use it on a regular basis, which was anywhere from once or twice a semester to a few times every day. Seven students said they use pot more often closer to midterms and final exams.

Poort said that he has encountered students who would get high every day before class, but that such students were generally not disruptive in the classroom.

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Joseph Smith, whose name has been changed, said that there are a lot of students who have tried marijuana, but many are afraid to admit it because they are fearful of the con-

“I’ve never seen a violent high person – unless destroying massive amounts of Taco Bell counts,” –Jeff Poort sequences.

“I tried pot once, and it was a very bad experience for me – I will never ever try it again,” Smith said.

Smith also saidthat the laws criminalizing pot need to change because too many one-time offenders have unfairly tarnished permanent records.

However, Smith said that if marijuana were legal, it should be heavily regulated, like alcohol, and a hefty tax would be necessary. He also said that such a tax would be a good source of income

for both federal and state governments.

Smith said that in comparison to alcohol, pot is not any more dangerous because both substances have the equal potential to endanger lives.

“The only difference (between alcohol and marijuana) is that I’ve never seen a violent high person – unless destroying massive amounts of Taco Bell counts,” Poort said.

According to Smith, freshman year is a prime time for students to begin experimenting with illegal drugs like pot because they are more easily influenced than older students.

“As soon as kids get away from (their parents), they try pot if they haven’t already,” Smith said.

Poort said that becoming heavily involved in marijuana is not a wise choice for students to make.

“One of my best friends was really into it and now he’s homeless (on the West Coast),” Poort said.

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson ordered all flags at half-staff last Friday, it was to honor fallen Army Capt. Jason McMahon, a 2004 Emporia State graduate.

“Jason took some of my classes and was a very good student – a very quiet and polite person,” said Alfredo Montalvo, associate professor of Sociology.

McMahon, the officer commanding the 744 Explosive Ordnance Company, 184 Ordnance Battalion, 52 Ordnance Group, died Sept. 5 of wounds incurred after his explosive ordnance disposal unit received indirect fire from insurgents in support of Operation Enduring Free-

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Three ESU football players cited for marijuana use SEE PAGE 8

Is pot commonly used by students on campus?

“Not commonly, but moderately used.”

Jolene Hund, sophomore biology/ pre optometry major

“Yes, because there is nothing to do but get high and screw each other.”

Kyle Granzow, sophomore information major

Flags were lowered to half-staff last Friday in honor Captain Jason T. McMahon, a 2004 ESU graduate who was killed while serving in Afghanistan on September 5 of the year. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin

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Police Reports Reports given to The Bulletin from

ESU Police and Safety Department September 15, 2010 Officer completed deposit for Memorial Student Union.

Officer fueled vehicle 4268.

Shannon McBride reported criminal damage to KS 347BXN in Sector 7.

Female student requested officer check the welfare of several females reported on the ledge of 6th floor South Twin Towers.

Subjects left prior to officer’s arrival.

Officer admitted Zhixuan Li into King Hall Room 7.

Officer fueled vehicle 3373.

Sgt Moore requested welfare check of female student. Subject was escorted to ESU PD HQ to meet with Mental Health official. property.

September 16, 2010 Officer provided lock out assistance for KS XLF288 at 13th and Center.

Officer completed deposits for Business Office and Parking Dept.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured the north and south yellow gates.

Officer opened the northeast and northwest gates to Welch Stadium for Coach Fornelli.

September 17, 2010 Officer completed deposits for Business Office, Foundation and Parking Dept.

Officer completed deposit for Parking Dept.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 782CKF at 1230 Highland.

Officer admitted Liu Muye into Science Hall Room 245 to retrieve property.

Officer completed lock out assistance for KS 475AOS at Trusler Sports Complex.

Officers responded to Singular Hall 2nd floor for odor of marijuana. Officers were unable to locate.

Officer checked KS 826CUV parked in roadway in Sector 6. Vehicle was moved.

Johnson Officer stopped KS 628CUV in Sector 5. Operator was taken into custody for driving while suspended and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

September 18, 2010 Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured the north yellow gate.

Officer contacted operator of KS 880AFZ in 1000 W 15th and advised of city no parking policy.

Officers assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a foot chase in the vicinity of 1400 Merchant and 1500 State.

Demetrius Carter was taken into custody for an alleged outstanding warrant and allegedly fleeing to elude and transported to Lyon Co. jail.

Ambulance responded to Welch Stadium for heat related illness. Subject was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

Officer issued a citaion to OK 796EXS for blocking the loading zone on the northeast side of Welch Stadium.

Officer secured the bell tower.

Officer admitted Funa Wang and Li Yang into Beach Music Hall.

Bruekelman/Brighton Hall zone 238 Trouble. Mechanical error.

Officer assisted Emporia Fire Dept. with a suspicious odor call at 226 W 12th. No problem was found.

September 19, 2010 Josh Slaughter reported a light fixture is smoking in HPER Room 113.

Called Al Ziesmer. No answer.

Called Oscar Hernandez. No answer.

Called Tom Zink. No answer.

Contacted Denis Moheling. He will come in.

Light ballast in HPER Room 113 needs to be replaced.

Officer admitted Marco Hernandez into King Hall Room 105 and Jessemine Baker into King Hall Room 110.

Marshall Ghilespi requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ in reference to text messages he has been recieving.

Subject reported skateboarders on campus between Plumb Hall and Morse Hall Complex. Officer was unable to locate.

Officer admitted Erica Cassella into King Hall Room 7.

Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured the west door of the club house.

September 20, 2010 Officer checked the west campus.

Officer admitted Subha Chatterjee into South Morse Hall Room 211 to retrieve property.

Officer fueled vehicle 4268.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 292AIE at 502 E 12th.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS WLD504 at 525 Elm. A ‘Flame Failure’ alarm was going off at the alarm panel.

Called Dave Johnson. Left message.

September 21, 2010 Officer completed deposits for Parking Dept. and the Business Office.

Officer admitted Lixiao Huang into King Hall Room 210.

Officer completed deposit for the Foundation.

Officer completed deposit for Memorial Student Union.

Katie Werly reported a broken window involving KS ESU 21616 in Sector 8. Grounds crew accidentally broke window while weedeating.

WAW Library zone 9 Burglary northeast emergency exit. Human error.

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Depression Screening next week L auren L au

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For the upcoming National Depression Screening, Emporia State University’s Counseling Center will have its sixth annual free Depression Screening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept.

28, 29 and 30, on the basement floor of William Allen White Library.

“It is impossible for counselors to meet all the students on campus, but with Depression Screening, we can go out and meet a lot of different students,” said Bonnie Starr, counselor and biofeedback coordinator of Student Counseling Center.

The purpose of the Depression Screening is to screen students who may be at risk for depression and help them get in contact with campus resources. The Counseling Center screened more than 500 students and made appointments with about 60 students last year.

Shubha Chatterjee, graduate art therapy student and mental health communication major, will help at the event for her third time this year.

“It is a very general depression

screening and students can learn the relaxation techniques for our mind and body,” Chatterjee said.

Students will be asked to take the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9) and be scored before being sent to talk with counselors.

Shana Smith, counselor at the Counseling Center, said this year the center newly provides an online screening questionnaire that students can take ahead of time and bring to the library for scoring and talking to the counselors.

“We are trying to make it readily accessible for students,” Smith said.

Each student has five to 10minutes to talk with counselors, with a maximum of 15 minutes. The counseling will be presented individually in five different study rooms downstairs and is confidential. Students can also make hour-long appointments with counselors at the Counseling Center.

Smith said students should not only be concerned with the score of the questionnaire, but also with talking to counselors.

Students who have the following symptoms for more than two weeks

may be at risk of depression: not being able to sleep or sleeping too much, eating too little or eating too much, overall depressed mood or feeling sad.

“Students don’t have to have depression to come to talk, but maybe there is something happening in their lives, and they need a professional experienced counselor to make it less scary,” Smith said.

As a student from India, Chatterjee said the Depression Screening is especially a good tool for international students, who are facing more stress about moving from foreign countries and having the different backgrounds and studying in foreign languages.

According to Chatterjee, it is important to learn how to relax, even with economic and graduating stress.

Art Therapy is doing handcrafts or doing art work to get enjoyment and relaxation, such as painting, singing songs or making beads. Biofeedback is the technique of relaxation to empower the body and mind by adjusting breathing or other physical actions.

“I really think the Biofeedback and Art Therapy really help, especially since it is free,” Chatterjee said.

California utility stumbles on 1.4M years RIVERSIDE, California (AP) — A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in Southern California’s history.

The well-preserved cache contains nearly 1,500 bone fragments, including a giant cat that was the ancestor of the saber-toothed tiger, ground sloths the size of a modern-day grizzly bear, two types of camels and more than 1,200 bones from small rodents. Other finds include a new species of deer, horse and possibly llama, researchers affiliated with the project said.

Workers doing grading for the substation also uncovered signs of plant life that indicate birch, pine, sycamore, marsh reeds and oak trees once grew in the area that is now dry and sparsely vegetated.

The fossils representing 35 species have all been removed from the site and will be on display at the Western Science Center in nearby Hemet starting next year.

The bones are about 1 million years older than those found in the famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, said Rick Greenwood, a microbiologist who also is director of corporate environment health and safety for the utility, Southern California Edison.

“If you step back, this is just a huge find,” he said. “Everyone talks about the La Brea Tar Pits, but I think this is going to be much larger in terms of its scientific value to the research community.”

Greenwood continued: “Some of the things I personally

find fascinating are the prehistoric camels and llamas and horses and deer. I don’t think most people even have the concept that those types of animals were roaming around here more than a million years ago.”

San Diego Museum of Natural History paleontologist Tom Demere said the fossil trove cannot be directly compared to the La Brea Tar Pits because they contain different species and shed light on different eras. Nevertheless, he said the collection could advance scientists’ understanding of life in Southern California 1.4 million years ago.

“We have a fuzzy view of what this time period was like in terms of mammal evolution,” Demere said. “A discovery like this — when they’re all found together and in a whole range of sizes — could really be an important contribution.”

The fossils were found in San Timoteo Canyon in a part of the ancient river valley about 85 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The region is now arid and dusty and shadowed by the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, but it was lush more than a million years ago, said Philippe Lapin, an archaeologist for the utility.

The dig started last fall and wrapped up this summer.

Southern California Edison spokeswoman Lauren Bartlett said the substation project is moving forward, with completion expected in mid-2011.

Paleontologists studying the dig site believe so many skeletons were preserved because a muddy lake bed or marsh may have trapped animals that came to drink there. Some animals who became stuck may have fallen prey to others, while some died because they were unable to free themselves.

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STUDENT PROFILE: ARIEL VANDIVER

One hoop at a time L auren L au

lau@esubulletin.com Ariel Vandiver, sophomore earth science major,owns 22 hula hoops.

“I am the ‘hooping girl.’ Nobody knows my name, because I am just nobody,”Vandiver said.

However, Vandiver only started hooping in midJune, when she started practicing every single day. She started out hooping on campus down by Wooster Lake, the Union Square and the open lawn between Roosevelt Hall and Union.

Not being very social or into partying, Vandiver said she felt awkward and scared of going up to people and talking to them at a rave in Kansas City at the beginning of the summer. There she met a girl named Gemma, who had an LED hoop (a hula hoop with LED lights on it, making it bright at night) and was doing the hoop dancing.

Vandiver said she was always really good at hula hooping, and she felt she should learn to do it like Gemma. So she did, instead of standing in the corner, watching people all night.

“In this way, at least I could be out there and people could come to talk to me,” Vandiver said.

Peter Herguth, junior biology major, has known Vandiver for three years. Herguth said Vandiver is very passionate and caring.

“The things she gets into, she dedicates herself to and often gets obsessive,” Herguth said.

Vandiver found that hula hooping is about hooping

just on the waist, while it has more of a flow with a little dance move, which she said is “really cool with music.”

“Hooping is second to studying for me and it is something different and something I am good at,” Vandiver said.

Zhengqi Zhang, junior accounting major, said she is one of Vandiver’s best friends and that her friend is so excited about hooping.

“Every time I talk about her, I will always tell people how good she hoops,” Zhang said.

Not only a hula hooper, Vandiver also makes her own hoops and sometimes she gives them out to friends as gifts. Usually the regular hoop cost varies from $30 to $100, while the LED hoops sell for $200 or more.

“Usually, bigger and heavier ones are easy to learn with,” Vandiver said.

During summer, she went to a group called “KC Drum Circle” with more than 60 people with hoops learning from each other and having fun.

“Everybody is accepting and welcomed,” Vandiver said.

Right now, Vandiver can work with two hoops at the same time, but her goal is to use three hoops together

by Christmas.

“My final goal will be having four LED hoops hooping together,” Vandiver said.

Vandiver wants to start a hooping group on campus to gather people hooping together.

“To people, she is special for her hooping, but to me she is special for everything,” Zhang said.

VANDIVER If you have a suggestion for a profile, please email editor@esubulletin.com.

Kansas man convicted of repeatedly raping young girl KANSAS CITY (AP) — A Kansas City, Kan., man has been awarded $833,250 by a federal judge for an incident in which he was beaten by a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.

Judge Julie Robinson said Barron Bowling — now 36 — suffered assault, battery and excessive force from “road rage fueled by egos and unwarranted self-righteousness.”

The Kansas City Star reports that Robinson also scolded the Kansas City, Kan., police department for its “shameful” treatment of a detective whose findings differed from the version told by DEA agents.

Bowling was severely beaten in July 2003 after trying to prevent an unmarked DEA car from making an illegal pass on the right side on a Kansas City street. After the two vehicles sideswiped each other, Bowling was forced to lie on hot pavement and was beaten by the agent.

Man pleads guilty to murder in NJ school killings NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A suspect in the execution-style killings of three college students in a New Jersey schoolyard in 2007 pleaded guilty Tuesday, days before his trial was set to begin.

Melvin Jovel, 21, pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and weapons charges in the Newark attacks.

Prosecutors said Jovel and five other young men lined up Iofemi Hightower and Dashon Harvey, both 20, and 18-yearold Terrance Aeriel, against a schoolyard wall and shot each of them in the back of the head.

A fourth victim, who survived, testified at the first trial in the case that she was sexually assaulted, slashed with a machete and shot in the head. She is not being identified by The Associated Press because of the sexual assault charge.

“With this guilty plea today, the victim and the surviving family members are spared one trial and Mr. Jovel will spend the rest of his life behind bars,” said Essex County Assistant

Prosecutor Thomas McTigue. “We can now move on with the prosecution of the remaining cases.”

The other four defendants are in jail awaiting trial.

Jovel faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 4. His lawyer, Joseph Krakora of the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, declined to comment on the plea.

Prosecutors have portrayed the killings as an initiation ritual for members of the Central American gang MS-13. They say Jovel and at least two of the other suspects had lived in an apartment complex in Newark’s Ivy Hill section across the street from the scene of the murders.

Prosecutors say the four victims, who attended or planned to attend Delaware State University, were hanging out listening to music in the schoolyard behind the Mount Vernon school on the night of Aug. 4, 2007, when they were approached by the suspects, who robbed them and forced them to lie on the ground.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Blackboard: Friend or Foe? The course management software Blackboard Learn has become an extremely effective tool in the academic world. It allows teachers and students to communicate in a public manner outside of the classroom setting. It also gives students the ability to post assignments and discussion questions without going through the hassles associated with printing a document, and without using any paper.

Blackboard can help to make the classroom and learning experience much easier on students and professors by creating a place where assignments and discussion topics can be posted.

The current use and implementation of Blackboard is scarce at best. There are numerous problems with the program, including problems uploading and downloading documents, difficulties logging in and navigating the site and the website not allowing or making difficult seemingly simple tasks.

However, if these problems can be

solved, Blackboard and the concept behind the program could become a staple of academic life.

There are also the obvious environmentally-friendly benefits for using Blackboard. Using Blackboard for smaller assignments reduces the amount of paper used per class.

Because the costs of printing on campus have continued to rise in the past few years due to budget cuts and other issues, Blackboard becomes an even more important tool at the disposal of students and professors.

Though it is obviously impossible for a college campus to become completely paperless, it is possible for professors and students to keep up with the rising costs of printing by posting all assignments possible online using Blackboard.

Most classes could forgo printing out documents such as class syllabi and schedules by posting them on Blackboard before the semester begins. This would help

immensely campus-wide, as syllabi are possibly the most printed documents on campus. It would also be convenient in the event that a syllabus is lost to have another copy posted online.

Also, for classes based heavily on the discussion of texts and issues, discussion topics and responses to those topics could be posted on Blackboard to forego printing in this manner.

Though there are some classes that utilize Blackboard in at least some capacity, there should be more class material posted online than there currently is. The university pays to be a Blackboard user, so it does no good for students and professors to not use this program.

It is not possible to use Blackboard for all assignments and readings, but there is a larger portion of class material that could be posted on Blackboard as opposed to being printed out. Students benefit, teachers benefit, the environment benefits. It’s a win-win-win situation.

Where are all the Jews in Emporia?

Has anyone else noticed that there are no Jews in Emporia? Maybe there are, and I just don’t know about any of them.

Let’s get real here: there are churches on every block, Christian stores and shops and a wide array of clubs and activities for every flavor of Christianity. Now think, have you even met a Jew here?

As a Jew, it just feels lonely. What is it about Emporia that repels us? There is no Hillel program here, no synagogue; there isn’t any sort of Jewish welcoming. Why would a Jew choose Emporia when KU and K-State have programs and entire communities ready and waiting to invite them in? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Emporia is supposedly a “commuter school.” Why come here and form a Jewish community when you can just drive an hour and a half to be with your community at home? I’m not saying there should be more Jews, I’m just confused.

And what’s really sad is that the only thing most Emporians will know about Jews is what they learn from Seinfeld, South Park, and all those other ridiculous stereotypes in the media.

There’s only so much laughing you can do about something before the line between lighthearted satire and mockery has been crossed.

Honestly, I’m used to Jew jokes and such. The only thing that really bothers me about the lack of Jewish community is that Emporians in power schedule things on important Jewish holidays. It’s like they all get in a room together and say “what test/event can we schedule on this one important holiday to prevent Jews from being with their families on this specific day?” And honestly, there aren’t that many major holidays, so it shouldn’t be too hard to avoid them.

Not many people know about one of the most important holidays in the Jewish faith, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur,

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Online Commenting Policy E llen W eiss , weiss@esubulletin.com which act as a joint holiday, spread 10 days apart. Yom Kippur ended last Saturday night. They are the beginning and end of the Lunar New Year. If any holiday is important, and worth taking off school and work, it is Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

Excuse the pun, but God forbid something should be scheduled for Christmas, but people don’t give a second thought about the Holiest of Holy days. Everybody knows about Hanukkah, but that isn’t one of the big ones; it just gets good rap because people seem to think that the importance of a holiday is directly proportionate to the amount of presents one receives. It’s not the Jewish Christmas.

I know this won’t be the last year I miss being with my family because school has prevented me from being with them, but perhaps one of those powerful schedule-makers will read this and look at their fucking calendars next time before they decide that a couple Jews aren’t worth changing a date.

The Book Banditos I was walking to my Editing and Layout class about a week ago, when I suddenly realized I needed to buy a book for class.

I put the shoelace express into high gear and braved the subterranean labyrinth to get to the bookstore.

I arrived at my destination and a clerk gets my book for me.

I take it over to the check-out desk and she rings it up. I am surprised when I see that I’m paying somewhere close to $25 for a copy of the Associated Press Stylebook, but I shrug it off and go to class.

Then I get home and decide to look up the price online and see how much I should have paid. According to the Associated Press online bookstore, any regular Joe who would want to buy it would pay $24.90, $18.95 for the book and $5.95 for shipping.

I felt relieved until I looked closer and saw that was the price for the category labeled, “other journalists.” I then saw two other categories, “AP member newspapers,” and “college bookstores,” both of which were only $17.90, exactly $7 cheaper. That is a markup of nearly 40 percent.

Of course, this is nothing new to college students or even professors. We have been paying hundreds of dollars every year to buy the latest editions of books with nothing changed except for perhaps an extra page or two.

They have us pinned in a captive market like helpless sheep, forced to be sheared every few months until we can escape.

Of course, there are some books that must be purchased every year. The AP Stylebook is a perfect example. Also, books about tax laws or dictionaries. These cannot be avoided. But should they really have such a steep raise in price?

There was a federal law that went into effect last July that forced publishers to document and share information about books’ prices, three previous editions and other formats, such as online.

However, this will not lower the prices of books in the least.

Unless it somehow makes the publishers feel guilty, we will not see lower prices.

It is the publishers’ business, so it is understandable why they try to squeeze out as much money as they can from both the

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EDITORIAL STAFF A lex P edersen , pedersen@esubulletin.com schools and the students. And I’m sometimes a fan of capitalism, but not when it is a monopoly.

Perhaps this all occurs because there are deals made for the school to only go through certain publishers in exchange for a cut of the money. And maybe this isn’t a bad thing, if the school gets money, then it can grow. But don’t we already pay enough for tuition, which seems to be rising each year?

I think that perhaps the school should set an example. I think that the school should take the deal that is best for the students, the deal that allows them to buy the cheapest books that are still of high quality.

Imagine how this would affect our public image! It is a public relations dream: “Emporia State: the selfless school.”

It has the potential to be a major selling point for any potential students, which would more than make up for what money we may lose in book deals. We may even consider a raise in tuition more permissible, depending on how much we could save on books.

We must write to the administration, tell them what we want.

With no prodding, there will be no action taken. It is up to us to voice our opinion, or continue to writhe in the pain of high prices.

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John Henry and the Engine

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On Saturday, John Henry and the Engine graced the stage at Beer:30. The St. Louis/ Columbia, Mo., based band is touring about 100-110 dates a year and has had shows in Emporia for a couple years.

“We’ve been playing in Emporia for about two years off and on,” guitarist and vocalist John Henry said, “more on lately. We were introduced to the scene by Ha Ha Tonka.

They just showed us this market here in Kansas and it was pretty close to home and the people cared about live music, so that’s why we’re here.”

The band classifies themselves as “Americana” music and keyboardist and vocalist Wes Wingate said their influence is American music of all kinds, including country, soul, gospel and rock and roll. At the show, they played covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

“You know, the stuff they’re doing is pretty late ‘60s-esque stuff,” said John Shell, music major. “I mean, it is what it is and they play it very well.

When you do covers, you want to hear somebody that can nail it.”

Henry and Wingate said they like playing in Emporia because there’s always a crowd

of people that care about the music.

“The best thing about Emporia is probably the fact that there ain’t much to do in Emporia,” Wingate said. “So we are gathered here and everybody who is going to be out tonight is going to be here, really and that centralizes it which is harder.

The bigger the city, the more it’s like a hotdog down a hallway, but here we can just really get a lot of people at once. And you know that they’re going to care about what you’re doing most of the time, so that’s a really good quality of this town.”

Eric Nelson, a member of The Whiskey Trio, which opened for John Henry, said he was honored to open for a band that the crowd really enjoyed it.

“I thought it was great,” Nelson said. “It’s nice that there’s touring musicians coming to Emporia that care enough to stop here. It’s just good that we have musicians from other parts of the country coming through here.”

John Henry and the Engine plan on touring Europe in 2010. They are also coming out with a new EP on vinyl in October and will be back in Emporia towards the end of that month.

“The goals that we have are

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Movie Review: “Easy A” Here’s another movie where the title says it all.

The lead singer of John Henry and the Engine performs Saturday night at Beer:30. Ashley Wells/The Bulletin. to constantly write better songs and to expand the radius that we tour in and to build up so that everyone can hear us,” Henry said. “We want people to

hear the music that we do because we feel like what we’re doing is honest American music and we’re not trying to bullshit anybody.”

Senior art show creates ‘dream world’ L auren W albridge news@esubulletin.com Senior Art Therapy Major Krista Heller’s show opened in the Gilson Gallery in King Hall on Friday. Heller’s exhibit is made primarily from paper and relates to her future field with its sky blue hues and an interactive portion that allows visitors to purge secrets.

“I wanted it to be kind of like a surreal park theme,” Heller said.

The exhibit opened last week, but the reception for Heller’s senior art show is from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 1in the Bruder Theatre lobby. Senior Art Therapy Major Mendalyn Garland said the show exemplified the feeling of serenity.

“I think it’s very nice to have a welcoming presence especially since she did mix the art therapy with her art exhibit; it was almost like a dream world,” Garland said.

Heller said she wanted to make an environment entirely out of paper because she thinks it is a resource that is often taken for granted. Using different paper sculpture techniques including a German technique called scherenschnitte, Heller created a garden of paper flowers, a tree silhouette background, birds that hang from the gallery’s ceiling and a paper mache willow tree.

“I really liked making the paper flowers in the flower garden and the birds, but the flowers I did get sick of it after awhile because I spent lots and lots of hours on those,” Heller said.

Along with the sort of peaceful environment Heller’s show provides, along one wall, visitors to the gallery can pick up note cards, write “secrets” on them and tape them up. Heller

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A paper owl hangs in the Gilson Memorial Gallery in King Hall as part of senior art therapy major Krista Heller’s senior art show. Alissa Miller/The Bulletin. said she wanted to allow people to meditate and reflect while making it interactive.

Assistant Professor of Sculpture and gallery coordinator Roberta Eichenberg said many undergraduate students don’t create an exhibit where viewers actually contribute to the art. She said it is very similar to a blog called “Post Secret.”

“This is kind of a focal point of this show and it’s the thing that she’s asking you to do too is to contribute your secrets and it’s a way of purging. There have been a few projects with that concept… so it’s kind of a take on that and it’s almost like a confessional in a way,” Eichenberg said.

Heller said she began researching for this project last December. She said Eichenberg helped her with some of her ideas and bringing the show together.

“She was kind of a mentor throughout the whole thing, I bounced questions off of her

and she gave me ideas of what materials and things like that to use,” Heller said.

Eichenberg said the senior art show is a professional platform for students. She said most students who put on a show don’t realize how much time it takes between creating the art and installing it in the final show.

“People don’t realize how much time it takes and I don’t really tell them how much time it takes because they don’t believe me.

Everybody is like,‘that’s easy, that looks easy so it must be easy,’” Eichenberg said.

Garland said after having classes with Heller and seeing her show, it was exciting to see someone incorporate art therapy into a gallery.

“For anyone who is able to take the chance to observe it and attend it, I think it was a very nice, different approach to having an art exhibit at ESU and I was really proud of her,” Garland said.

“Easy A” is a fresh and smart high school comedy that doesn’t overplay its parts like most other high school flicks.

Let’s just say that this is a movie that the late John Hughes would’ve been proud of like most of its audience members will.

This hip, new, teen queen story features Emma Stone (“Superbad,” “Zombieland”) who gives a natural funny performance as Olive, a girl in school who isn’t popular enough to be recognized by most of the other students in her school.

That is, until she tells a little lie to her friend about a “date” she just had, and she automatically becomes the most talked about person on campus.

The lie involves telling her friend Rhiannon (Alyson Michalka) that on her “date,” she finally got her virginity card swiped. This causes other boys to believe that she is easy to hook up with and causes other girls to believe she is a slut.

As this fiasco of a lie spreads even more, Olive begins to realize that she is being more noticed by people than her family members and her favorite teacher (Thomas Haden Church).

Rather than focus on romantic interests like other teen movies, this movie focuses more on moral choices on who to be and who not to be. Rather than playing it cheesier to the bone, this movie has the smarts that match its wits with other quality teen movies, such as “Mean Girls” and “Juno.”

The script is fresh, original and hilarious, thanks to writer Bert V. Royal, who did a splendid job of providing humor, wittiness and charm to this movie.

The performance by Emma Stone is the key element to this movie. Other than having her sound like she’s reading from the script, she actually sounds like she’s talking like a anormal person, making her seem more natural.

She’s given this kind of performance before in her previous role as a teenage student in “Superbad.” Her performance here is likely to make her into a star and be involved in more lead roles in movies.

With heart, “Easy A” is likely to earn an easy A thanks to Emma Stone’s performance, a hip script and being just downright funny.

If John Hughes could see this movie, it would guarantee a smile on his face, knowing that there are writers and directors who found inspiration from his genius.

For girls and guys, this would be a perfect date movie, making it a MUSTSEE.

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Page 6 Debate...from page 1 cally engaged through democracy, the more active they are, the more they get engaged,”said Rob Catlett, assistant professor of economics and mentor for the American Democracy Project.

Catlett said he believes this is an opportunity to represent the university, really get to do something special and get more involvement out of students.

The candidates all won their respective primaries and will be up for election on the Nov. 2, or general election day. The winner will represent the “The Big First” District which includes 69 of the 105 counties in Kansas.

Senior education major John Murphy said he plans on attending the debate.

Murphy served in Iraq from 2005-2006, and believes that it is important for students to attend the debate and to vote when the election is held this November.

“I think it is important for students to vote on this position so that they can have an influence on what policies they want to represent them. Among the issues I hope they bring up is a progressive, moving ahead plan for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I believe we can have success, and I would hate to think the people I served with did it for nothing,” Murphy said.

The public is invited to attend at no cost.

However, electioneering is not permitted at the event, with no signs or banners of any kind allowed. Stephen Catt, professor and chair of Communication and Theatre, will moderate the debate.

Students can visit each candidate’s website or submit a question for the forum by going to www.surveymonkey.com/s/ESUforum.

Democrat Alan Jilka

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Republican Tim Huelskamp

ISSUES ENERGY “We should also continue incentives for oil and gas exploration which can create jobs and help our Kansas economy even as we responsibly transition to other forms of energy… All of the options for meeting our increasing appetite for energy – coal, natural gas, wind, solar and nuclear, must be considered.”

“I support enhancing our domestic energy production by exploring for and responsibly using our resources in ANWR as well as drilling for oil off America’s coasts.

I also support coal, natural gas, nuclear, ethanol, wind, biomass, and any other viable methods to increase America’s energy supply and decrease our dependence on foreign oil.”

AGRICULTURE

“Perhaps, the most important issue facing Kansas agriculture in the coming decade will be the availability of water. While state agencies govern water policy, the Agriculture Committee can ensure that farmers are not overregulated by federal agencies that may restrict access to water and irrigation vital to the economic development of Western Kansas.”

“Comprehensive legislation (should protect farmers) interests without regulating them profitless, and that global markets are pursued to protect the value of their products. As new technologies such as bio-fuels emerge to answer the energy needs of tomorrow, we must ensure that the opportunities are sought in a way to help producers as well.”

LIFE ISSUES

“I am Pro-Life and believe that human life has fundamen“Life deserves legal protection at every stage of developtal and transcendent value. We need to promote what Pope ment: from conception to natural death… I believe that John Paul II referred to as the ‘culture of life,’ that human if we do not protect Life, then all other rights are without life should be protected from the moment of conception unmeaning.” til natural death. Public policy should pursue these goals.”

Information: www.jilkaforcongress.com, www.huelskamp.org Infographic by Ellen Weiss

Soldier...from page 1 dom in Afghanistan.

Originally from Mulvane, McMahon joined the Army in 1996. His numerous awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Afghanistan Expeditionary Medal, among others, according to a news release from Fort Campbell.

McMahon is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and his three daughters, Trinity, McKenzie and Azlyn, as well as his parents, Ronald and Sherry McMahon, and a brother, Ty and his wife, Kimmy.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Sept. 18 at Evangel United Methodist Church in Holton. McMahon was buried with full military honors in Soldier Cemetery.

Dave Hendricks, Director of the Memorial Union, said that the Memorial Union appreciates students who have served in the U.S. military.

“The Memorial Union stands in recognition of the service given and in memory of the ultimate sacrifice made by Emporia State students for their country through the decades,” Hendricks said on the Emporia State website.

Hendricks said that the Memorial Union now also stands to honor the memory of Capt.

Jason McMahon.

UN promotes health campaign for women, children UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s nations pledged more than $40 billion to battle needless deaths among poor mothers and their children, and President Barack Obama spoke about what America can do to help the U.N.’s ambitious development goals.

But the struggling world economy, particularly in the United States, raises deep concerns that the cash won’t be forthcoming. Leaders exhorted financial donors to fulfill their aid commitments.

“The crisis is no excuse for letting up our efforts, but underscores the need for actions,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he wrapped up the three-day Millennium Development Goals summit.

With many countries still hurting from the global economic crisis, the secretary-general has repeatedly urged governments not to abandon the world’s 1 billion people living on less than $1.25 a day. The United States and Britain said they will continue to do their part to help the global poor.

“We will keep our promises and honor our commitments,” President Barack Obama told world leaders.

“I suspect that wealthier countries may ask — with our economies struggling, so many people out of work, and so many families barely getting by, why a summit on development?” he said. “The answer is simple. In our global economy, progress in even the poorest countries can advance the prosperity and security of people far beyond their borders, including my fellow Americans.”

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg urged other countries to join Britain in meeting aid commitments.

The goals, “are not simply charity, nor are they pure altruism,” Clegg said. “They are also the key to lasting safety and future prosperity.”

The issues of maternal and child mortality have been a particular

focus of the summit, which reviewed efforts to implement anti-poverty goals adopted in 2000 — and found them lacking. Worldwide every year, an estimated 8 million children still die before reaching their 5th birthday, and about 350,000 women die during pregnancy or childbirth.

Along with easing maternal and child mortality, the goals included cutting extreme poverty by half, ensuring universal primary education, halting and reversing the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

“In many parts of the world, women have yet to benefit from advances that made childbirth much safer nearly 100 years ago,” Ban said at the afternoon launch of his pet project, the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health.

“Millions of children die from malnutrition and disease which we have known how to treat for decades. These realities are simply unacceptable,” he said. “The 21st century must be and will be different.”

More than $40 billion in financial commitments by governments and nonprofit agencies were announced for the global strategy, which aims to save the lives of 16 million mothers and children over the next five years.

“You can count on the United States and the Obama administration for the success of this initiative,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Ban at the “Every Woman, Every Child” event.

Speakers including Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the prime ministers of Ethiopia and Tanzania spoke of ways to tackle maternal and mortality: training midwives and other health workers to assist in births, inexpensive vaccines for common diseases such as measles which are responsible for needless deaths of small children.

Rockers Kansas carry on, play with college groups STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — College students who weren’t alive the last time the rock group Kansas had a hit are playing with the band on its latest tour — a series of performances with university symphonies.

The ‘70s supergroup known for songs like “Dust in the Wind” and “Carry On Wayward Son” is touring several states to play with student musicians after what it thought was a one-time performance last year for its 35th anniversary. But the orchestra and band complemented each other so well a tour was born.

“If our music didn’t fit so well symphonically we might give it a second thought, but it’s a natural progression for symphonies and Kansas to play together,” said drummer Phil Ehart, adding that the group “didn’t have to do a lot of shoehorning to get the orchestra to fit.”

The band whose members are now in their 50s and 60s released its first album in 1974 and had hits including “Point of Know Return,” ‘’People of the South Wind” and “All I Wanted,” which in 1986 became its last major hit.

“Even still today, those are songs that everybody should know,” said 23-year-old Oklahoma State senior Colby Bunch, a drummer in the school’s symphony who will play with Kansas on Thursday and Friday as part of the tour that includes stops in Alabama, Missouri, Texas and, of course, Kansas.

After Kansas played last year with the Washburn University symphony in Topeka, Kan. — a concert that was recorded and sold as an album — representatives of the group called schools to see if their symphonies would be interested in a joint show. The lure: an outside consultant would help raise funds for financially strapped music schools from donors at each university at which the band performed.

“A lot of schools are struggling and the first thing to always be cut is the arts side,” Ehart said.

Kansas will donate a portion of its merchandise sales and the band’s record company will donate part of the proceeds from CD and DVD sales at the concerts. In addition, for each school, music accessory manufacturer D’Addario is kicking in a $2,000 scholarship for a student and donating $3,000 worth of music equipment.

The financial benefits to the deal were a nice touch, said

Skip Snead, the director of music at the University of Alabama, where Kansas played two dates this month. But the musical ones were significant too.

“Getting to work in that genre and style was a great opportunity for our students,” Snead said. “Our students, following the concert, felt they had a much greater and deeper appreciation for Kansas and their musicianship and who they are than they did beforehand.”

Uwe Gordon, the 50-something principal at Stillwater High School, has seen four Kansas concerts, sometimes decorates his office using the group’s album covers and is a key reason the group will be playing in Oklahoma. Brant Adams, the head of Oklahoma State’s Department of Music, said the university’s 800-seat performing arts center was too small to host the show, so he asked Gordon if he could use the high school’s 1,200-seat venue.

“He said, ‘If you get me a T-shirt, because I’ve lost my old Kansas T-shirts.’ So, on that very sophisticated contract, we agreed that we would do this,” Adams said. Both the university and high school will benefit, he said.

Erin Tingler, 49, who plays the cello in Oklahoma State’s symphony, counts Kansas’ 1976 release “Leftoverture” as one of the first albums she ever bought.

“One thing that sets Kansas apart is the orchestration, the strings that they add in,” she said.

Students like Bunch are reveling in the chance to play with a band that their parents may have listened to.

“Kansas to me is one of the last bands that genuinely were really, really talented, awesome, trained musicians that had that perfection to their art,” he said. “Especially seeing it on paper as we’re playing it in orchestra, with key changes and time signature changes and everything like that.”

Conductor Larry Baird, who’s also worked with the Moody Blues, developed orchestral arrangements of Kansas songs to be played during the concerts and is conducting the college shows.

Ehart said Kansas tried to draw something from each of its albums, but notes, “you have to be careful when you pick this music out. An orchestra can make rock songs into elevator music if you’re not careful.”

Bonner...from page 1 Lecture Series is the university’s annual lecture series whichwas established in 1992 in honor of Dr. Thomas Bonner with his wife Dr. Mary Winstead Bonner’s contribution to ESU.They are the first and second African American professors and served ESU for combined 48 years.

Winstead Bonner attended the lecture.

“I feel inspired by a lot of it. I feel more motivated,” said Ari Bownay, junior psychology major. “I know how our generation can become great.”

Man chosen to lead Marines against lifting gay ban WASHINGTON— President BarackObama’s choice to lead the Marine Corps says he doesn’t think Congress should lift the ban on gay troops who want to serve openly.

Gen. James Amos’ comment came hours before a Senate test vote on a defense policy bill that would repeal the 17-year-old law, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

Amos told a Senate panel on Tuesday he was concerned that unit morale could suffer. He also said the shake up could become a distraction for forces busy fighting in Afghanistan.

When pressed by Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who supports repealing the law, Amos said the Marine Corps would dutifully implement any changes to its personnel policy if Congress changed the law.

Buddy Black said Bob Black had watched his mother and mother-in-law suffer from Alzheimer’s.

He also was upset about his own health, Buddy Black said. Bob Black had a severe case of diabetes, was missing some toes, took insulin daily, had difficulty walking and didn’t see well.

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Flu season approaches, shots available L iz C offey

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Flu season is quickly approaching.

But Emporia State’s Health Center is making a preemptive strike. This year’s vaccination includes three strains of influenza, including the H1N1. Mary McDaniel, assistant director of Student Wellness, said that each season the vaccination is made to include the predominant and predicted strains.

Flu shot or not, there are measures to take to avoid the flu. Tara Trent, junior nursing major, had some advice.

“Always wash your hands, avoid sharing drinks, avoid sick people and if sick yourself then stay home,” Trent said.

Students must pay $10 to receive their flu shot on campus.

Staff and faculty flu shots are $25.The Health Center will accept cash, checks, or can bill student accounts. All students, staff and faculty are welcome.

Although the shots were free for students for many years, the increasing costs of shots and the decreased budget has led to the fee. McDaniel encouraged those at the most risk to get the vac-

cination.

“Those at most risk are those living in the Residence Halls, with chronic medical conditions and those caring for the young or old,” McDaniel said.

Jue Jiang, graduate earth science major, felt that she was not at risk and would not get the vaccination this season.

“Don’t feel I need it because I don’t get sick very often. I’ve maybe got sick once since I’ve been here,” Jiang said.

McDaniel said there are several flu symptoms students should watch out for.

“True influenza is a respiratory virus and it very fast hitting with high fever, body aches and a dry cough. In some cases there is sore throat, vomiting and diarrhea,” McDaniel said.

There are risks in getting the shot, but many are mild. Those who have received the shot could experience mild redness and soreness at the injection shot. Severe allergic reactions are rare, but those with severe egg allergies should not get the vaccination due to its generation in egg embryos.

Call Student Health Services at 620-341-5223 for more information.

Board of Regents approves new plans to better higher education H an Y an

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For Emporia State, the Foresight 2020 and The Kansas Commitment approved by the Kansas Board of Regents on Sept. 15 would be a new opportunity and a challenge.

“The opportunity is that the six goals provide clear direction for us in terms of what the expectations are from the Board of Regents,” said Tes Mehring, vice president of academic affairs and student life. “The goals also provide challenges. Some of the goals are clearly inspirational and will require continued and intense commitment from faculty and administrators to meet the goals.”

Foresight 2020 is a 10-year long agenda composed of six strategic goals, which aims to improve the quality and efficiency of Kansas higher education system. The Kansas Commitment is funded by a $50.4 million state general fund with $27,075 other funds to stimulate Kansas economic development by investing in higher education.

“If the legislature funded it, we believe it would be a considerable opportunity for the university,” said Raymond Hauke, vice president of administration and fiscal affairs.

Besides being beneficial by increasing the

state’s higher education budget 2.73 percent, restoring building maintenance projects and keeping the university’s sales tax, according to The Kansas Commitment, ESU will get $1.125 million in funding mainly used to build three new degree programs: e-commerce, student affairs administration and sustainability.

“That would probably happen if the legislature provides the funding, and we will know the result by next May 1, after the legislature’s meeting in January,” Hauke said.

Jonathan Rivers, senior secondary education major and president of ASG said he attends the Kansas Board of Regents meeting every month as a member of the Student Advisers Committee and to give suggestions and feedback from the perspective of student.

“Last year our message was ‘no more cuts’… you don’t have to give us (ESU) more money, just stop cutting us because we can’t survive right now. We were cutting programs. We were losing teachers.

We were losing students. Our message for this year is investing Kansas then you will see positive returns for economy,” Rivers said.

Rivers said ASG will have open forum to discuss the funding plan and listen to students’ opinions.

The regents will visit campus early next week.

Flu shots will be available 6-8 p.m. Sept. 29 in Towers Lobby.

6-8 p.m. Sept. 30

in Schillinger Lounge

2-4 p.m. Oct. 5

on Memorial Union Main Street.

Third woman says Wisconsin District Attourney harassed her MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A law student said Tuesday that a Wisconsin prosecutor accused of abusing his power to seek relationships with two other women also sent her sexually harassing text messages in 2008 while helping her seek a pardon for a drug conviction.

Maria Ruskiewicz said she believes Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz wanted sexual favors after agreeing to support her pardon. She said she met Kratz in his office and that afterward he sent her texts that soon turned harassing — including one that asked how she would impress him in bed.

Ruskiewicz, an Oklahoma City University law student, is the third woman in the past week to allege that Kratz acted inappropriately as district attorney.

“The reason why I’m coming forward is he abuses his power, not only with women, but with women in certain situations who are extremely vulnerable to his authority,” Ruskiewicz, 31, an Appleton native, told The Associated Press.

Gov. Jim Doyle pardoned her last month, a move Kratz supported, according to the pardon resolution.

Kratz has acknowledged sending

30 text messages in three days last year to a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend. In the messages, Kratz asked whether the woman was “the kind of girl that likes secret contact with an older married elected DA,” and called her a “tall, young, hot nymph.”

A second woman complained to Doyle’s office last week that Kratz invited her to an autopsy after they went to dinner in January, “provided I act as his girlfriend and would wear high heels and a skirt.”

Doyle said Kratz’s behavior was an “unimaginable” abuse of power if true.

He planned to start the process to consider removing Kratz from office and said he hopes to make a decision in a month.

Kratz’s attorney, Bob Craanen, denied that his client invited the second woman to witness the autopsy and has apologized for the text messages to the abuse victim. Craanen said he did not know anything about Ruskiewicz’s claims Tuesday and could not reach Kratz, who is receiving in-patient therapy.

Aspiring rapper pleads guilty to killing 4 in Virgina FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — An aspiring rapper in the “horrorcore” genre pleaded guilty Monday to killing his 16-year-old girlfriend, her parents and her friend days after the adults chaperoned the teens at a music festival featuring artists rhyming about raping, killing and mutilating people.

Richard “Sam” McCroskey, 21, was sentenced to life in prison as part of his agreement to plead guilty to two counts of capital murder and two counts of first-degree murder.

He initially was charged with four counts of capital murder, which could have resulted in the death penalty if convicted on the charges.

His attorney, Cary Bowen, said after the hearing that the prospect of a conviction on capital murder charges was a major factor in agreeing to the guilty plea.

“Four bodies are pretty compelling evidence,” Bowen said. “This is the kind of stuff that citizens any place in this country are terrified it could happen to them. This is the kind of case death penalties arise from.”

McCroskey, from Castro Valley, Calif., arrived at the Prince Edward County Circuit Court shackled, in a loose-fitting orange jumpsuit and under heavy guard. He did not look at family members gathered on side of the courtroom, and showed little emotion during the hearing. He replied “yes” and “no” to questions from the judge in Prince Edward County Circuit Court.

He declined to offer a statement in court but Bowen said his client was preparing a message to give to the victims’ families. He described McCroskey’s mood as “somber.”

“There are four people dead here,” Bowen said. “He’s not happy at all.”

McCroskey pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend, 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock; her parents, Presbyterian minister Mark Niederbrock

and Longwood University professor Debra Kelley; and Emma’s 18-yearold friend, Melanie Wells of Inwood, W.Va. Their bodies were found last September in Kelley’s home.

Family members and friends of the victims sobbed softly during the hearing in this college town 50 miles southwest of Richmond. They left without speaking to reporters, but issued a written statement: “We have endured a tragedy of unspeakable proportions. We are relieved that justice has been done.

“While we will never forget our loved ones or the circumstances of their deaths, we hope to move forward and begin the healing process.”

Prosecutor James R. Ennis said that the women were bludgeoned with a wood-splitting tool — a maul — while they slept on Sept. 15, 2009.

Mark Niederbrock was killed with the tool when he came to check on them a day and a half later.

Asked why McCroskey remained in the house, Bowen said, “I think he was contemplating suicide. He was contemplating what he had done, and not knowing what to do about it.”

Ennis declined to speculate on a motive. “He’s a closed individual,” he said.

But Bowen said McCroskey had become increasingly angry with Emma and believed she “wasn’t being loyal to him.”

McCroskey and Emma Niederbrock shared an interest in the “horrorcore” genre, which sets violent lyrics over hip-hop beats.

McCroskey, a website designer and music promoter, had been rapping under the name “Syko Sam.” He flew to Virginia to visit Emma, and her parents drove them and Wells to a horrorcore music festival in Michigan Sept. 12. Police found their bodies six days later after Wells’ parents became worried that she didn’t return home.

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ESU loses to #7 ranked UCM C hris D vorak

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The #11 Emporia State Hornets were swept 0-3 against conference rivals and #7 ranked University of Central Missouri Jennies.

Throughout the contest, UCM kept the Hornets on the defensive and from getting an offensive foothold.

“We needed to bring attacking power from the beginning,” Head Coach Bing Xu said. “(We were) totally reversed… (we) fell back and had to fight defensively.”

In the first set the Hornets trailed to UCM from the beginning. The Hornets offensive abilities were dragged down by the nine offensive errors. Though the Hornets made a few attempts at rallying, the momentum wasn’t enough, and UCM’s offense carried them to a 25-16 win over the Hornets.

“They were so pumped up… but the game didn’t go (their) way, and they lost confidence,” Xu said. “It’s part of the game… they need to keep their composure, play their own style, own tempo and own momentum.”

The second set again started with the Hornets trailing UCM. The Jennies’ quick responses and blocking added to a series of unanswered points. The Hornets offense broke the dry-spell late in the set with four unanswered points, which was not enough to make up for the deficit created by UCM. The Hornets lost the set 25-16.

The Hornets were able to pull together for the third set and improve their game.

“In the locker room… (we) got everyone on the same page, knowing we still had a chance and could still improve,” senior right setter Brittney Miller said.

“Everyone is beatable, you can’t question yourself,” Xu said. “Have to play with confidence and bring the game back.”

Moving into the third set, UCM started off strong with four unanswered points. Battling through the set, the Hornets eventually fell behind to 14-10. After calling a time out, the Hornets picked up their game to take the lead at 1514, and again at 23-22. However, the Hornets lead was short lived and they lost the set 25-23.

“They peaked out a little bit,” Xu said. Outside Hitter Caitlyn Murray gets a kill against the Central Missouri Jennies Wednesday night “Against a team like this, the third set is too at White Auditorium. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin. late.”

The Hornets loss brings them to 9-2 overall um on Oct. 8 against Pittsburg State Uni- “We will continue to improve. It’s early in the season so a loss now is better than a and 3-1 in conference play. After a long road versity.

“We have a lot to work on,” Miller said. loss later.” stretch, the Hornets return to White Auditori-

Defense comes up big for Hornets C hris H opkins

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Back Adrian Abner breaks up field against the Missouri Southern defense Saturday afternoon at Welch Stadium. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin.

Last Saturday the Hornet football team got back on the winning track with a 30-27 victory over MIAA opponent Missouri Southern. The win moves their record to 3-1 on the season and 1-1 in the conference.

After a quick score in the first quarter by Missouri Southern, ESU responded with two touchdown passes by quarterback Tyler Eckenrode and a Zackary King field goal to take a 16-7 lead with only 3:01 left in the half. However, Missouri Southern would respond just before the half with a touchdown of their own, closing the margin to 16-14.

ESU started the second half off with a bang after an onside kick recovered by cornerback Chris Woods and a 49yard touchdown run by running back Adrian Abner on the next play to put the Hornets up 23-14.

“We knew pretty early in the week that we wanted to try on onside kick. I told the guys at halftime that we were going to start the second half with an onside kick. We really needed that big play,” Head Coach Garrin Higgins said.

Missouri Southern would score two touchdowns, one of which was a 96-yard touchdown run, to take a 27-23 advantage.

The lead would hold for about the length of a quarter until linebacker Michael Luthi intercepted a pass from Missouri Southern quarterback Collin Howard and ran it back for what would be the game-winning touchdown.

“The play happened because our defensive line got pressure on the quarterback. Danny Webb put a good hit on him as he was throwing, and the ball just came to me,” Luthi said.

The player of the game was sophomore safety Derek Lohmann. Lohmann had two red zone interceptions in the second half that helped seal the victory. The first was a sideline catch in the end zone that stopped a drive by Missouri Southern with them still having the lead 27-23 late in the game. Lohmann then made a one handed interception for his second one on Missouri Southern’s last drive of the game, sealing the win.

“We really needed some big stops on defense at the end, and fortunately for us we made several big plays at the end to be able to run out the clock at the end,” Lohmann said.

“This is a huge win for our team and our confidence.”

The Hornets finish up their two game home stretch this Saturday with opponent Fort Hays State. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Welch Stadium.

Sports Shorts Three ESU football players cited for marijuana use Three ESU football players were cited for allegedly possessing marijuana in the North Twin Towers on Aug. 28. Miguel Johns, Jackson Bonnette, and Orelando Pratt Jr. were the three players.

Johns was a freshman wide receiver from Newton. Both Bonnette and Pratt were freshman from Corpus Cristi, Tex. Bonnette was one of five quarterbacks on the team, and Pratt also played at the wide receiver position.

All three players were redshirted and had yet to see any game time action. Head Coach Garrin Higgins said the players are no longer with the team. The three have been issued misdemeanor tickets and are currently scheduled for a court date at 9 a.m. on Oct. 28.

Volleyball Sweeps Missouri Western, Northwest Missouri State The Emporia State Volleyball team swept Missouri Western on Sept. 17. They won their three sets 25-10, 25-15, and 15-17.

Strong serving by senior setter Ting Liu, including a seven point run in the first set, and five unanswered serves in the second set helped push the Hornets toward the sweep. Other notable Hornet performances were senior Brianne Bonner with 16 kills and six blocks. Fellow senior Brittney Miller had 12 kills and four blocks, and Meg Schwartz had 11 digs to fill out the Hornets’ defensive game.

In further volleyball action, the Hornets swept Northwest Missouri State on Sept. 18 with wins of 25-20, 25-20, and 26-24.

Top player performances were by senior Brittney Miller with 13 kills and Brianne Boner with eight kills and three blocks. Playing a tough defensive game were Paige Vanderpool with nine digs and 12 kills, Katelyn Schmidtberger with 11 digs and Meg Schwartz with 10. Following the Hornets two weekend road sweeps they have now been bumped up to the 11th spot in the AVCA poll. Furthermore, Ting Liu has earned MIAA Specialist of the Week for the third straight week.

Cross Country Teams land top 10 finishes The men’s and women’s crosscountry teams traveled to Lincoln, Neb., this Saturday for the Woody Invitational, the team’s first big meet. Both teams were able to land top ten finishes as the men finished fifth out of 21 and the women seventh of 20.

Out of 295 runners, Asher Delmott led the Hornet men placing 36th overall followed by Will Hohmeier (47th) and Jacob Bull (56th). For the women Kathryn Davison led the way placing 61st overall. She was followed by Sydney Oltjen (66th), Courtney Maddux (74th) and Amy Feldkamp (79th).

The cross-country teams will travel to Hillsboro for the Tabor Invitational this Saturday.