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Before enrolling for classes,Cameron Schneider, junior second-ary education major, uses the website RateMyProfessor.com, which allows students to “grade” their professors based on helpfulness, clarity and difficulty.
In addition to academic-based ratings, a chili pepper option is available for professors whose physical appearances get students’ attention.
Devin Parkman, sophomore graphic arts major, said he has not used the website before, but he was surprised at the option to rate professors as “hot.”
“Most of my professors have been guys, but I guess James Ehlers had pretty hair,” Parkman said.
But Emporia State’s hottest professor is not Ehlers – Deborah Gerish, associate professor of social sciences, received the most chili peppers at ESU.
Schneider took Gerish’s World Cultures to 1500 class last year. “I’m more into people my age,” Schneider said about Gerish’s
chili pepper rating, “But I’m not saying a 40 year-old women can-not be attractive.”
Although Gerish is rated as ESU’s hottest professor, Schneider
said some of her class assignments and tests might scare students away.
“I haven’t take advanced physics, but I’ve taken 300 and 400 level courses, and they were not as hard as (Gerish’s class),” Schneider said. “But it was challenging – and that was one of my favorite parts.”
Gerish teaches a wide range of history classes from the 100 to the 800 course level and usually sees 80 to 100 students per semes-ter.
“College courses should challenge students, in my opinion, and people shouldn’t expect to do everything perfectly the first time they try a new skill,” Gerish said.
Parkman said he does not choose classes based on professors, but if he does not like a class during the first couple of weeks, he will simply drop it.
“I think a lot of people struggle (in my classes), but I only know this when they come to see me,” Gerish said.
Gerish said her classes are difficult, but students who remain in her courses for the entire semester learn far more than simply names and dates.
“Almost every day, a student lets me know that they’ve gotten something of use from my work,” Gerish said. “That’s a lot of af-
The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 110 No. 18 • Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 • Emporia State University
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Proposed bill targets undocumented students
In accordance with a 2004 law by the Kansas state legislature, when children of undocumented immigrants graduate from a Kansas high school or receive their GED from the state, they are allowed to pay in-state tuition upon acceptance into a Kan-sas university, college or technical school.
But a proposed bill in Topeka is at-tempting to repeal this law so that un-documented students would no longer
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Students discuss budget woes with legislators
Faculty Senate President Joella Mehrhof speaks at the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday in Visser Hall. The senate voted on whether administrator evaluations should be open to the public.Chris Franklin/The Bulletin.
‘Red Hot Chili Peppers’
Student body representatives from the Regents universities in Kansas, including a group of Associated Student Government members from Emporia State, got the chance to meet with Kansas legislatures last Tuesday at the state capitol during Higher Education Day where they spent the day mingling with Kansas officials to discuss funding for higher education.
Jonathan Rivers, senior social science secondary education major and president of ASG, said the students thanked the leg-islators for their support and asked that they continue to provide funding for higher education. Rivers was able to have individual conferences with Paul Davis, the House mi-nority leader, and Steve Morris, president of the Senate.
“There’s still so much work to be done… it was an appreciative message, but also that we need help,” Rivers said.
Some of the topics included building maintenance, professors leaving Kansas uni-versities and colleges for better-paying jobs in other states and increasing tuition.
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‘Cubist Corky’ claimed by CoreFirst Bank and Trust
The Corky that was pulled out of the Cottonwood River on Dec. 28 has been claimed by Michael Black, vice president of CoreFirst Bank and Trust in Empo-ria, as of last Thursday.
“Our marketing department purchased it as a joint promotion with ESU, and we had a local artist paint it,” Black said. “Shortly after it was complete, it was taken from in front of the bank and we have not heard anything about it until I noticed the picture of it being taken from the river.”
The recovered Corky was a part of the Corky’s on Parade fundraiser in 2005, during which local busi-nesses and organizations bought 10 fiberglass Corky statues and had them decorated and displayed for homecoming week. The Corkys were then auctioned to raise funds for the Presidential Academic Awards Scholarship program, according to an archived pam-
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A university photograph shows “Cub-ist Corky” before it was damaged from prolonged exposure in the Cottonwood River. “Cubist Corky” was one of the second class of Corkys created for the Corky’s on Parade fundraiser in 2005 where local artists created and decorated the mascot. Some of the Corkys created for Corky’s on Parade are still on display on campus and at area businesses. Photo courtesy of Gwen Larson/ESU Media Relations
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Faculty senate passes evaluation bill, 13-9
A bill deeming administrator evaluations as confidential personnel documents that are not open to the public was passed as amended 13-9 at the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday in Visser Hall.
In accordance with an amendment that was tabled at the last hearing, the adminis-trator being evaluated will have the oppor-tunity to provide written commentary along with the evaluation.
“The administrator gets to pick, at any juncture, who may be able to view that, before or afterwards – it’s nondescript on purpose,” said Rob Catlett, assistant profes-sor of economics and faculty senator.
Under the current policy, Catlett said any-one who participates in the evaluations may view the results, but the records are not fully open to the public. They are also currently stored in the president’s office. Catlett said
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be eligible to pay in-state tuition – they would be required to pay out-of-state
tuition rates, regard-less of their academic background.
“We’re talking about students that are in a situation based on de-cisions far outside their control – the benefit of having access to edu-cation is an enhancement in the long run to the economy and the wellbeing of
the state,” said Jim Williams, associate pro-vost for enrollment management and vice
president for strategic partnerships.
Williams said the 2004 law provides an opportunity for anyone who lives in Kansas to be educated, regard-less of residential status.
According to the bill, “An alien who is not lawfully present in the United States is
not a domiciliary resident of the state, and in no event shall such individual be entitled to pay resident fees (in-state tuition) upon enrollment at any state educational institution.”
According to a recent article in The Emporia Gazette, ESU President Michael Lane said, “The 2004 law embodies the concept of expanded educational opportunities for people who live in Kansas, which empowers our graduates to contribute to the well-being and eco-
Brianne Simon
Snippets of reviews about Emporia State faculty
and staff by students as included on the website,
RateMyProfessor.com. Illustration by
Ellen Weiss/The Bulletin.
StudentS rate eSu Faculty and StaFF by claSSroom perFormance, ‘hotneSS’
To generate excitement and community involvement during Emporia State University’shomecoming, a steering committee introduced Corkys on Parade. The ESU office ofUniversity Advancement commissioned the casting of ten fiberglass Corkys based on thewalnut sculpture carved by Paul Edwards (BSE 1937), creator of the modern ESU mascot.Area businesses and organizations were invited to purchase a fiberglass Corky, decorate it, anddisplay it in time for the Homecoming 2003 festivities.
Community members and ESU alumni who returned to campus for Homecoming obtainedmaps of Corky locations and walked, drove, and biked around town in search of each of theten Corkys. Sadly, two of the Corkys have been kidnapped, but the spirit of Corkys on Paraderemains. As “Corky” artist and art therapist Cody Miller put it, “The process by which theCorkys were created and displayed is as important as the Corkys themselves. Art therapy caninvolve bringing people together, and the Corkys on Parade created comradery and fellowship,and pulled together a diverse group of people. This is truly community-based art.”
Corkys on Parade at the Emporia Arts CouncilEach Corky will be on display at the Emporia Arts Council at 618 Mechanic Street inEmporia, Kansas beginning Tuesday, February 10. The Corkys will remain displayed throughthe gala and auction on March 19.
Vote for your favorite Corky!All community members are invited to vote for their favorite Corky. Votes must be received bythe Sauder Alumni Center by March 18. Ballots are available through Corky sponsors, theEmporia Chamber of Commerce, the Sauder Alumni Center, and at the Memorial Union andPublic Affairs and Marketing office on the Emporia State University campus. The “Best ofShow” Corky will be announced during the gala and auction on March 19.
Gala and Auction – March 19, 2004You’re invited to the grand finale of the Corkys on Parade: a gala and auction! Each of thefiberglass Corkys will be auctioned to raise funds for Emporia State University’s PresidentialAcademic Awards scholarship program during a gala event on Friday, March 19, at theEmporia Arts Council. In addition, the “Best of Show” Corky will be announced. For moreinformation, contact the Sauder Alumni Center at (620) 341-5440 or [email protected].
Presidential Academic Awards scholarship programThe Presidential Academic Awards scholarship program provides scholarships for first-timefreshmen and incoming transfer students based on academic achievement. During the past sixyears, the program has awarded $2,352,200 to 3,687 students. PAAs are a vital tool inattracting students to Emporia State University and the Emporia community. Even if youdon’t win your own Corky, you can contribute to the Presidential Academic Awards this spring through the Campus/Community Scholarship Challenge. To learn more, contact the Sauder Alumni Center at (620) 341-5440 or [email protected].
February 10 – March 19, 2004
After nearly four months out on the town,the Corkys are on parade at the
Emporia Arts Council!
Concurrent Emporia ArtsCouncil Exhibits
Emporia High SchoolTwo-DimensionalStudent Exhibit,
Painting & PhotographyFebruary 10 – March 9, 2004
The Emporia Arts Council proudly presentsthe two-dimensional work of more than 40Emporia High School advanced art students.
Prairie Print MakersMarch 16 – April 30, 2004
This national show features 34works from this pioneeringgraphics society from 1931-1965.
A Kansas-based organization, the group hadmore than 100 members throughout NorthAmerica. These prints run the gamut oftraditional printmaking techniques, includinglithographs, etching, drypoint, aquatint andwood engraving.
Emporia Arts CouncilLocation and Hours
618 Mechanic, Emporia, Kansas 66801(620) 343-6473
Open Tuesday - Friday Noon – 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
and by appointment
Visitwww.emporia.edu/corky
February 10 – March 19, 2004Emporia Arts Council
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Police Reports
Feb. 10Officer notified Emporia Police Dept. of a non-injury
accident involving KS 393DBG and KS 274AWA in 1700 Graphic Arts Rd.
Officer completed deposits for Parking Dept. Busi-ness Office and Sauder Alumni Foundation.
Officer took report of a non-injury accident involv-ing University vehicle and KS 885CRZ in Sector 7.
Officer assisted a vehicle stuck in snow in 1000 E 12th.
Officer completed deposit for Memorial Student Union.
Officer attempted to provide jump start assistance for MO HF9C9P at 1000 Mary.
Officer escorted female student from ESU PD HQ to 1012 Constitution.
Carole Minton requested to speak with an officer to take damage to property report.
Betty Browning reported criminal damage to prop-erty in Sector 2.
Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 699BIV in Sector 7.
The north door of King Hall is not closing completely and requires adjustment.
Feb. 11Officer assisted KS 333BYQ at 12th and Merchant. Officer assisted KS 397CHT at 11th and MarketOfficer assisted KS WXY899 in Sector 3. KS 555DBG requested help with a stuck vehicle in
Sector 5. Physical Plant staff was able to pull vehicle out.
Officer notified Emporia Police Dept of a non-injury accident at 12th and Merchant.
Officer admitted Alisha Scheafer into King Hall Room 111.
Officer checked Trusler Sports Complex. Secured both north gates.
Officer checked the welfare of occupants of KS 389AKC north of I-35. No problem was found.
Feb. 12Officer provided lock out assistance at ESU Apt. A-2
1201 Tripplet Dr. Officer provided jump start assistance for KS XOS964
in Sector 6. The light on light pole 50 is on in Sector 3.Officer admitted Diana Kuhlmann into Plumb Hall
Room 210 to retrieve keys. Officer provided jump start assistance for MO
PF5D9Z in Sector 5. Officer attempted to provide jump start assistance
for KS 385ANS at 1325 Exchange. Officer admitted Aaron Wendland into Science Hall
Room 46. Officer washed vehicle 2517. Resident Assistant reported a patch of ice outside of
North Morse Hall. Officers treated patch with ice melt.
Briefs
A city relations forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the Memorial Union Ballroom. This is the first forum since it was first proposed by the Associated Student Government’s city relations committee.
Miriam Gray, public affairs director and head of the city relations committee said that the forum will consist of a panel of six people representing law enforcement, city prosecutors, city de-fense, ESU Police and Safety and the Emporia Chief of Police.
“We want to talk about the city’s law enforcement,” Gray said. “We will talk about house party regulations and the things we feel students should know.”
This city relations forum is a joint effort of the committee and the Emporia city mayor. The forum is free and open to the public.
City relations forum to discuss ‘Nightlife and the Law’
The Emporia State Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday in Albert Taylor Hall, featuring high profile artists.
One of the guest soloists is Alan Baer, principal tubist for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Wind Ensemble will perform two pieces with Baer, includ-ing “Concerto for Tuba and Wind Ensemble”by Gary Ziek, director of bands.
Ziek said he had written a grant to pay for Baer’s appearance in the concert. One of the main goals of the grant was to put on a con-cert, free to the public. Ziek said he wanted to give this opportunity to the people of Emporia.
“We would love to get as many people to come to this as pos-sible,” Ziek said. “Alan Baer is one of the finest instrumentalists in the world.”
New York tubist to perform with wind ensemble
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Feb. 17, 2011
ESU THEATRE Presents
Six One-Act Comedies by DAVID IVES
Roosevelt Hall RQ Frederickson Theatre
February 23-26, March 2-4 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 5 at 2:00 p.m.
620-341-6378 for tickets
Produced by special arrangement of
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From Feb. 23-26, the Panhellenic Informal Week will help stu-dents learn more about Greek Life and the four sororities on cam-pus including Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Tau.
“This event will provide a way for women to branch out, meet other women, and get to know the sorority women on campus,” said Arielle Bowhay, recruitment chair of the Panhellenic Associa-tion.
During the first two days, the attendants will meet from 6- 8p.m. in Visser Hall to visit all of the chapters in a neutral area. On Feb. 25, attendants will take a tour of each chapter area from 6 to 8 p.m. On Feb. 26, recruits and chapter members will attend a basketball game at 5:30 p.m. in White Auditorium.
The entire event is casual attire. T-shirts and jeans are appropri-ate and all women that are full-time students are eligible. Those in-terested can either go to the event or sign-up in the CSI office.
Panhellenic Association event
the amendment will provide a form of “check and bal-ance” to the process.
Those included in administrator evaluations are the university president, provost and any vice president or dean.
Dwight Moore, associate professor of biological sci-ences and chair of academic affairs for Faculty Senate, said that another amendment which was passed and incorporated into the bill makes it possible for all faculty members to be able to evaluate individuals “at the vice presidential level.”
The appointing administrator will provide the faculty a summary of the administrator evaluation, including a statement of actions taken as a result, in accordance to the bill.
“It’s an attempt to create some dialogue following that evaluation,” Catlett said.
Another bill intended to change the requirement for the academic calendar had its first reading on Tuesday.
Moore said that all of the Regents schools have either 73 or 74 days per semester, while Emporia State has 75.
The proposed bill would make several changes to the requirements set forth for the current academic calendar. For instance, Moore said that one possibility would allow
for five consecutive days off for Thanksgiving break, as opposed to the three days ESU currently has by eliminat-ing Fall Break.
“A lot of students seem to be gone that Monday and Tuesday (before break) anyway,” Moore said.
Some senators voiced concern over having to make up snow days.
But Tes Mehring, provost and vice president for aca-demic affairs, said, “We don’t make up snow days – we just talk faster.”
The bill will be brought back on the table at the next Faculty Senate meeting.
Joella Mehrhof, president of the Faculty Senate, said that in a monthly meeting with Michael Lane, president of ESU, it was discussed that there may be a shortfall in next year’s budget of $250,000 to $680,000 due to a decrease in enrollment. As a result, the equipment budget, which is currently set at approximately $900,000, has been frozen until a later date.
Mehrhof said that the ESU Foundation has also cut the level of scholarship funding from four-percent to three-percent of money that is eligible to be used.
“(Lane) is trying to talk the foundation board into three and three quarters-percent, and so this is not totally done at this moment, but that is their current recommenda-tion,” Mehrhof said.
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According to Vol. 1 of the governor’s budget for the 2012 fiscal year, enrollment at state universities decreased by 173 students between the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years.The number of non-residents enrolled increased by 833 students, and the number of Kansas residents dropped by 1,008 students.
The document stated, “The decrease in enrollment could be due, in part, to increased tuition in recent years, concerns related to student indebtedness and job avail-ability, or other financial concerns.”
Rivers said that in comparison to other agencies that were cut in the budget, higher education funding was not “hit very hard.” ESU did not loose any state funding, but the university did not receive any additional revenue from last year’s budget.
“The fact that we are staying flat lined is a cut in itself – we can’t keep funding the way it is because people are in trouble,” Rivers said.
Rivers said that if funding for higher education is not
coming from the state, it is coming from the students.According to the governor’s budget, ESU’s resident tu-
ition and fees amounted to $2,187 for the 2010 fiscal year and $2,318 for the 2011 fiscal year, a six percent increase.
During the 2011 fiscal year, higher education in Kan-sas was funded by $581,076,409 from the state general fund and $593,238,396 in tuition. For the 2012 fiscal year, $577,887,343 will come from the state general fund and an estimated $557, 727, 515 will come from tuition, although this amount may increase depending on enrollment rates.
Laura Bosiljevac, sophomore political science major and legislative director of ASG, said the day was a success and a “step forward.”
“You’re not going to go in there and make change in one day, but the process of how you go about it is the most important part – our process went phenomenally,” Bosiljevac said.
On March 8, Bosiljevac said ESU will take part in an-other session at the state capitol, which encompasses a larger representation of ESU students and some adminis-tration members.
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For Shalyssa Mitchell, junior music education major, last Thursday evening was a night to remember as she won first place at the open mic slam, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the Memorial Union Main Street, for both singing and speaking her poem “Change.”
“I can’t just talk about the change, I gotta be about the change,” Mitchell said in the opening lines of her poem.
Mitchell said she was inspired to write the poem by attending church and encountering many people who say they are Christians, but their actions sug-gests otherwise.
“We need to stand up and live the lifestyle that we say we’re going to,” Mitch-ell said.
The contestants were judged by five, randomly-selected audience members who found pink slips of paper under their seats. The judges watched the indi-vidual performances and gave scores between one and 10 for each performer.
Lasonya McElroy, senior communications major and Multicultural Affairs student worker, said the event was a success.
“Tonight’s event went really well,” McElroy said. “A lot of people had to
trudge through the snow to get here (and) it was phenomenal.” McElroy said the event was a little different than a traditional slam.
The judges did not hold up individuals’ scores to keep privacy and to avoid intimidating contestants.
“I did some research…the idea of a poetry slam originated out of a high school to allow students to get their feelings out constructively and creatively,” McElroy said.
Kevin Rabas, assistant professor of English, and Ariel Robello, director of multicultural affairs, we also among the performers.
“The one I liked the best was the one where she did poetry and she also sang in it… it gave me Goosebumps to listen to it,” said Brandi Wade, senior sociol-ogy major.
Wade said she was very impressed with each performance.“I went to fulfill a requirement for my ethnic and gender studies major, and
I’m so glad I went because it was amazing – I hope they have another one,”Wade said.
Multicultural Affairs will host a documentary film, “Rize,”at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21in the Memorial Union Main Street, depicting the creation of the dance style “krumping.”
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Jones Distinguished Lecture Series
American Educationin the Age of Globalization
Catching up?Or leading the way?
Dr. Yong Zhao
For more information, call 1-877-378-5433 or 341-5830
At a time when globalization and technology are dramatically altering the world we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path? Are schools emphasizing the knowledge and skills that students need in a global soci-ety? Are education systems in China and other countries really as superior as some people claim?
In this presentation, Dr. Yong Zhao addresses these and other questions. Born and raised in China and now a professor at the University of Or-egon, Zhao bases many of his observations on extensive research and firsthand experience as a student in China and as a parent of children attending school in the United States. His unique perspective leads him to conclude that American educa-tion is at a crossroads, and we need to change course to maintain leadership in a rapidly changing world.
Co-sponsored by ESU Special Events Board, Academic Enhancement Grants, Phi Delta Kappa, & the Department of Instructional Design & Technology.
February 23, 2011 • 7:00 PM Albert Taylor Hall • Emporia State University
A free public lecture
Multicultural Affairs hosts open mic slam
firmation.” Some student reviews on the website defined Gerish as a
“willing professor,” calling her “extremely” and “amazingly” help-ful.
One review stated, “She has hard tests, but will help you prepare.”
Even though her classes can be demanding, Gerish said her classes are always fun. She uses scenarios to illustrate points and has student role-play.
“Once you’ve played the village idiot, you tend to remember the material,” Gerish said.
Schneider said he enjoys Gerish’s classes because he gets a strong sense of what kind of person she is and not just course information.
“She is totally obsessed with Harry Potter, and she drinks way too much diet coke with lime,” Schneider said.
Gerish said she was surprised at her chili pepper rating online and that the critiques are probably a little dated. As a student, she said never had a crush on a professor.
“It took me a long time to see them as human beings,” Gerish said.
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Granada to host wine tasting and movie event
For Jessica Buchholz, executive director of the Granada Theatre, the wine tasting and showing of the movie “Sideways” tonight is a step towards offering opportunities for all age groups to be in-volved with the Granada.
“We just wanted to do something a little differ-ent,” Buchholz said. “We try and have activities that will get the community involved – we want to have family nights, but we also want to do events that are more adult driven so we can cater to all ages.”
The theme for the evening is “Get your wine on” and the event will begin with the wine tasting at 5:45 p.m. and will then transition into the movie.
According to the Granada’s website, the wine tasting had about 10 tickets remaining for sale on Tuesday, which cost $15 each and includes the wine tasting and the movie. There are also tickets available for $5 for those who only want to watch the movie. The doors will be open at 6 p.m. and the film will begin at 7 p.m.
Buchholz said the wines available for tasting will be a Francis Coppola Diamond Series Chardonnay, a Five Rivers Pinot Noir, an Apothic Red Blend, a Ghost Pines Merlot and a Louis Martini Cabernet
Sauvignon.“All the tasting will be on the stage, and we’ll
have someone here explaining all the wines, going over the ins and outs of each label,” Buchholz said.
King Liquor, located at 318 East 6th Ave., is sponsoring the event. The wines will be available for purchase at the store with a 10 percent discount through March 17.
“It’s basically to get more exposure for the store and showcase some fine wine in the area,” said Keith King, owner of King Liquor.
The movie “Sideways” is about two middle aged men who go to the California wine country, accord-ing to IMBd.com.
“Sideways is a wine movie – it’s all about wine, so it just made sense,” King said.
Buchholz said the Granada hopes this branch-ing out will help broaden their appeal to the com-munity and reach out to students as well. They plan to have more activities such as the wine tasting in the future.
“It’d be great to have the students from the uni-versity come down and participate in some of these events because on a Thursday night there might not be a lot of other activities in town, and it’s some-thing different to do,” Buchholz said.
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Arizona-style law to be pursued by Kinzer in Kansas
TOPEKA (AP) — An influ-ential Kansas House member confirmed Wednesday that he is pursuing a proposal on illegal immigration similar to the law enacted last year in Arizona.
Judiciary Committee Chair-man Lance Kinzer told The As-sociated Press that he’s drafting a bill that includes a provision directing local law enforce-ment officers to check the legal status of some of the people they stop. He said the bill will require such checks when of-ficers have a reasonable sus-picion that someone is in the country illegally.
He said he’ll take his pro-posal to another committee Thursday and ask it to sponsor his legislation. Such requests are routinely approved and are typically followed within days by the bill’s introduction in the House.
Kinzer, an Olathe Repub-lican, is considered one of the House’s leading conservatives on issues such as abortion and immigration. He also said he’s working with Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Kansas City-ar-ea law professor on leave who’s known nationally for helping to have draft the Arizona law.
Kinzer said his legislation will include provisions to re-quire state agencies and con-tractors to check the immigra-tion status of employees and to ensure that illegal immigra-tions don’t receive social ser-vices from the state.
“The idea is that while the federal government’s in the process of making whatever decisions they’re going to make about immigration reform long-term, we need to make sure we’re enforcing existing law and not incentivizing ille-gal behavior,” Kinzer said dur-ing an interview.
The proposal directing law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of peo-ple they stop is likely to gener-ate vocal opposition.
Critics of the Arizona law contend it will lead to ra-cial profiling, and its passage prompted lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department, civil rights groups and others. A federal judge has put the requirement for officers to check people’s immigration status on hold, but the ruling has been ap-pealed.
Kinzer said his proposal will contain provisions to require offices to have reasons other than a person’s race to check their immigration status. But House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, and opponent of an Arizona-style law, is skeptical that such a provision will prevent racial profiling.
“I don’t know how you can do that,” Davis said. “If you’re Latino and you are pulled over for some kind of a traffic vio-lation, you probably ought to prepare for the fact that you’re going to be asked for proof of your citizenship, whereas if you’re a Caucasian like me, you probably don’t have any wor-ries.”
Kinzer plans to ask the House Federal and State Af-fairs Committee, which deals with immigration legislation, to sponsor his legislation. The time allowed for individual leg-islators to introduce bills has passed, and bills sponsored by the Federal and State Affairs Committee are exempt from all deadlines for when measures must be considered.
The Federal and State Af-fairs Committee also has en-dorsed a bill to repeal a 2004 state law that allows some ille-gal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state universities, community colleges and tech-nical colleges. Kinzers is among 25 sponsors of the measure.
Illustration by Kellen Jenkins
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Before I say anything, I need to take a moment to point out the irony here: today I’m writing an opinion article about something that isn’t an opinion at all. Global warming is a sci-entific fact.
The other day, I was listening to the radio. The host was speaking with a young woman who was unsure about whether or not global warming was true. They arranged for the young woman to speak with a renowned environmental scientist who researches global warming. At the end of the discussion, the girl was still unsure of whether or not it was true. I was shocked! I wondered, “How could she not be convinced by someone so educated in this specialized field?”
Then I realized I should have asked, “When did it become popular to ignore what scientists have to say?” Apparently, it was whenever Bill O’Reilly decided that that’s the way it should be. That’s right, the young woman was an avid fan of O’Reilly, and was inspired by his words to believe that the idea of glob-al warming was just an opinion. But wait, I didn’t know Bill O’Reilly was a scientist! Oh right, he’s not.
Just because we, the laypeople, don’t understand the com-plex reasoning behind something like climate change doesn’t mean we can just decide that it is “somebody’s opinion.” You can argue and bullshit as much as you want, but this doesn’t make you any more educated. Be humbled by the idea that these scientists make their living by doing tireless research to prove a hypothesis.
So why put any trust in someone like O’Reilly? My feeling is that people are so hedonistic, selfish and egotistic that they refuse to accept the idea that their indulgent and irresponsible behaviors have long-term negative consequences. Not only that, but it’s easier to believe that something isn’t your fault.
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Global warming: fact or nonfiction?
Every time I walk into the library, I seem to follow the same routine.
I check the newspaper (NY Times, not USA today, which seems to be written for children) next to the doors, look around for anyone I know in my immediate vicinity and head up the left set of stairs heading to the computer corral.
I then find a seat in front of an empty computer and, un-less I am rushing to print something before a class, I log on to Facebook first and then do whatever task I came there to do. Unfortunately, I think that this is a fairly common trend in ESU students.
In fact, as I look around the room while I’m currently in the library writing this, I notice that many of the people here are on Facebook or are reading something that probably does not pertain to school.
On top of that, I also took a stroll through the treasure troves of knowledge that are the decks and found that many more people were on the second floor in front of computers than were in the decks looking at books.
Our generation has become far too reliant upon instant information through technology and we have forgotten the power and wisdom one can gain from old-fashioned books and diligent studying.
I have known people who, when I ask what their favorite book is, reply that they simply do not read, they are more of a movie person or something. Every time I hear that, I lose a little faith for humanity.
It all makes me think back to elementary school, before computers were considered standard tools for modern life, when all of the research I had to do for a paper would come from the facts in books. I wonder how our generation would
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You know it’s true.It can’t be denied, however, that the growing population is
having frightening short-term effects on the Earth. Whether or not you accept the idea of global warming, we can still do our part to be accountable members of the global communi-ty. Emporia State provides some opportunities for recycling cans and paper, so take advantage of every chance you get.
I wish that people would realize that whether you’re lib-eral or conservative, neutral or apathetic, politics and opin-ions do not, or should I say, should not factor into concepts that are scientifically researched and proven. Despite your stance, it is our duty as young adults that rely and reside on this planet, to develop habits that are environmentally re-sponsible. Remember to reuse, reduce and recycle as much as possible.
Education Without BordersSTAFF EDITORIAL
There is a time to take an objective view of things and there is a timea to look at each situ-ation subjectively.
The trick is figuring out when to do which.Perfect example—proponents of Kansas
House Bill 2006, which would repeal a 2004 bill that allows undocumented immigrants to be eligible for in-state tuition to state universi-ties if they went to at least three years of Kansas high school, earned a degree and have signed an affidavit that ensures they will apply for resi-dency.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach spoke with the Federal and State Affairs Committee last Friday to tell them he does not agree with the 2004 bill.
It is no real surprise that Kobach would be in favor of repeal in this case. He was a co-au-thor of the Arizona immigration law, which is now one of the strictest immigration laws in the country and has already initiated lawsuits op-posing similar laws three times.
Kobach’s head might be in the right place. Il-legal immigration is a major problem in Kansas, so something must be done to solve the prob-lem. But does the battle to solve America’s im-migration crisis really start by making it more difficult or even impossible for undocumented immigrants to attend Kansas universities?
Emporia State President Michael Lane has spoken out against the repeal of this bill in an article in The Emporia Gazette.
“The 2004 law embodies the concept of ex-panded educational opportunities for people who live in Kansas, which empowers our grad-uates to contribute to the well-being and eco-nomic strength of our state,” Lane said.
Lane is completely right. There is no reason
for this repeal. It is the wrong issue being fought in the wrong way. With so much happening po-litically in this state at the moment, it seems frivolous to fight so hard to repeal this bill.
Those opposed to illegal immigration con-tinually chastise illegal immigrants for not be-ing educated or having a firm grasp on the Eng-lish language. So, to counteract this, we make it harder or almost impossible for them to be educated at state schools. It’s ludicrous and ul-timately helps no one.
But the shortsightedness doesn’t stop there. Most of these individuals have lived in Kansas for a significant portion of time and most were brought to this state as children. To punish them for something out of their control is hor-ribly misguided.
How can our state expect to go to the stars through hardships if lawmakers continually make it more difficult for some among us to do so?
There seems to be a split between the ide-ological notion of the issue and the reality of what is being done about the issue. The ideo-logical notion is that Kansas needs to cut off any legislation that helps undocumented im-migrants stay in the state.
The reality of the situation is that instead of starting with illegal immigrants who are det-rimental to society, we are starting with edu-cated undocumented immigrants – people who could potentially help our society greatly are now being made into a symbol that the current administration is doing something to deal with the problem of illegal immigration.
It is time for a dose of sanity to enter into the discussion. The only people who will be greatly affected by this repeal are those who are willing
cope with reverting back to old forms of studying.I think we would adjust quite well, because we would have
to. In fact, it would force us to become more thorough in our research and get more concrete facts.
Of course, we love Wikipedia because it’s easy. There’s no searching through a dusty old tome, only typing, clicking and a small amount of reading. It takes very little energy, but the results will never be as reliable as a fact-checked, published book.
There is very little investment when it comes to digital research and there is also very little payoff. I have read hun-dreds of things online, but there is something about physi-cally holding a book in your hands and reading ink on paper that is empowering and impacting.
So the next time you’re bored and are about to get on Face-book to update your status, pick up a book instead.
Reading: it’s not just for an electric screen.
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to work hard to attend college. It is a bit backwards to wage a war on ille-gal immigration by putting those who could help our society the most on the front lines.
This repeal is nothing more than a mildly xenophobic attempt by the current powers that be to show Kan-sans that the fight against illegal im-
migration is going strong. Don’t be fooled. Repealing this
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Mulligan’s had its stage filled with drum sets, speakers and rockers at the first live performance hosted by the bar since its reopening on Dec. 30 under new owners Steven Robertson and Aaron Westmoreland.
“As a reopener, this will be the first live show of many at Mulligan’s,” Westmoreland said.
The concert began with lead singer for United States of Noise, Matt Weiman, reminding the audience that it was National Jumping Day.
“The more you jump, the better the music sounds,”Weiman said.
Calling the concert a “kickoff to Armageddon,” Weiman referred to the music they played as “spiritual war chant-ing.”
After hearing the night’s first band perform, audience member Bennie Green described United States of Noise as “schizophrenic transcendentalists.”
Not originally billed for the concert, the three member band Distributor traveled from Arkansas City to perform.
When asked why Distributor made the trip, guitarist and vocalist Chris Rodgers said, “There is a way better music scene in Emporia – better reception (than Arkansas City).”
Patrons responded to Distributor’s “crash inspired rock” with an impromptu mosh pit in front of the stage.
The third to perform was the local band The Serotonins.
“It’s good music by mediocre musicians,” said bass player Logan Herrera about the band.
Herrera said the band got its name from chemical found in the brain, serotonin, associated with happy emotions.
“I thought it would be funny for the band because we’re singing about being angry and being depressed – how ironic,” Herrera said.
Finishing up the night was Dead Deer, whose music is described as “scum rock and roll from the Prairie” by Brad Raper, singer and guitarist of Dead Deer.
“We’re a throwback to the old school stuff –we’re not going to be played on the radio soon,” said Jason Torrens, rhythm guitarist.
Though this was the first concert at Mulligan’s for Dead Dear to perform, it was not the first concert for the band members to perform at Mulligan’s.
“We were (one of ) the first bands to play at Mulligan’s when we were Live, Fast, Die,” Raper said. “But we (now) are a step up from before – little faster, little harder.”
The concert’s audience had different reactions about the show and the venue.
Steve Anderson, a fan who drove over 100 miles to see the show, said “It’s nice to know there is a place to come back to listen to live music like this.”
The owners of Mulligan’s hope for more live music in the bar. Robertson said they plan to have live shows every four or five weeks along with a summer concert series.
“I want people to come in and have as much fun as I do in my bar,” Westmoreland said.
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Tony Gullick, left, and Chris Rodgers, right perform with their band Distributor at Mulligan’s on Saturday. Erica Cassella/The Bulletin.
AriesHanging out with animals is a great way to have fun and relieve stress, so go find some-thing cute. Hairy friends can act as a substitute.
TaurusThere’s a difference between wants and needs, be conscious of this. Do you NEED the $200 boots, or do you WANT the $200 boots?
GeminiYou need some platonic cud-dling. Warm, human contact will be good for you. Don’t forget, a real hug lasts 10 seconds.
CancerThings are going to stay the same this week. There will be the usual ups and downs, but neutrality is the name of the game.
LeoRemember that a true lady or gentleman puts others’ comfort before their own. Not everyone is impressed by your farts. So pass up the beans for a meal today.
VirgoIf you were planning on calling or messaging someone, con-sider meeting them in person instead. Virtual reality doesn’t always measure up to the real thing, baby.
LibraHenry Ellis once said, “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” He was a European governor in the 1700s, so he’s a kind of a big deal.
ScorpioCongratulations on your recent achievement! Keep up the good work and all of your hopes and dreams will come true. Eventually. Dont stop trying until you see an effective result.
SagittariusYou will notice something missing in the next few days. I hope it’s nothing important. It is most likely a roomate or a friend borrowing without asking .
CapricornWhen planning your schedule for the next week, you’ll probably double-book something. Don’t make promises you can’t keep. Cats in the cradle, man.
AquariusProtect your eyes. Wear sun-glasses, goggles or any other safety equipment. Just because you have two eyes doesn’t mean one is superfluous.
PiscesRemember your morals, ethics, virtues, and morays. Maintain tolerance, righteousness, integ-rity and strive for excellence. Please, I know you were plan-ning to do something naughty.
For one whole year, Jeremiah Devine, senior mu-sic and theatre major, Gabe Moyer, senior speech and theatre major, and Dylan Lewis, senior theatre major, have been studying the script of “All in the Timing,”a collection of comedic one-act plays written by David Ives, as a joint student-directing project for Emporia State theater.
“If you are interested in a comedic, strange and mind-boggling experience at the theater, then ‘All in the Timing’ is the place to be,” Moyer said.
Devine said he has mainly directed musicals and operas, while Moyer said he has been directing main-stage plays like “Lone Starwritten” by James McLure for about a year and a half. Lewis said he has directed before, but “All in the Timing” is his first main-stage show.
“Directing has given me a new found respect when it has come to what it really takes to put on a show in a way I never realized when acting,” Lewis said.
The show consists of six short comedies in-cluding “Sure Thing,” “Words, Words, Words,”
“Philadelphia,”“Universal Language,”“Variations on the Death of Trotsky” and “Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread.” Nine actors from the theater department will compose the cast.
Lewis said that Ives uses many of different types of comedy from situational to physical, which suits a variety of people.
“In “Universal Language,” (the characters) com-pletely make up a language, and yet people are still able to understand what they’re saying even though it’s a completely make-up language, which is interest-ing and humorous,” Moyer said.
Devine said in“Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread” the characters speak “nonsense syllables,” but the words they say in conjunction to each other actually tells a story.
“Therefore, the audience can be sitting back and absorbing, seeing what they can make up the in the story,” Devine said.
Moyer said “Words, Words, Words” is about three monkeys, each named after a great writer, trying to rewrite the Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
“All of the play is about relationships,” Moyer said. “It is about how they understand each other, how they
Student directors to present collection of one-acts, ‘All in the Timing’huiBinG lu
Daniel Reardon, freshman theater major, and Cara Lohkamp sophomore theater major, rehearse a scene in Fredrickson Theatre Tuesday evening. Alissa Miller/The Bulletin.
get across what they want to talk about, what they what to be heard and what they want to be known.”
The play will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23-26 and March 2-4 and at 2 p.m. on March 5 in the Frederickson Theatre in Roosevelt Hall.The tickets are $5.
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For many college students, Spring Break is a time of reward for surviving the first half of the spring semester.
But for students of the Emporia State debate team, Spring Break will be a time to showcase two of their top debaters.
Ryan Wash, junior communication public relations major, and Latoya Wil-liams-Green, senior communication public relations major, will be compet-ing in two national debate competitions over Spring Break. The first competition will be the Cross Examination Debate Association tournament at Bingham-ton, N.Y., from March 18-23.
After competing with every available debate team in the country, Wash and Williams-Green will head down south to the University of Texas in Dallas, Tex-as, for the National Debate Tournament from Match 24-28. Though both highly competitive, the critical difference be-tween these two tournaments is what it takes for students to enter.
Sam Maurer, director of debate, said the CEDA tournament is open invite to all college debate teams.
“You just have to be academically el-igible,” Maurer said. “NDT is more elite, more competitive.”
Maurer explained the concept of “bids” to illustrate how a team is chosen
for NDT. He said a bid contains a team’s records and honors for the season. These bids are first submitted to the “first round at large bids, which means every debate team in the country has a legitimate argument why they are of the top 16 two-person teams,” Maurer said.
“(To be selected as) a first round bid is a real honor – you find yourself in company of Northwestern and Har-vard,” Maurer said.
Wash and Williams-Green were not automatically selected as one of the top 16 debate teams. But according to the National Debate Coaches’ Poll, ESU is the “23rd ranked team in the coun-try,” sandwiched between two Harvard teams.
Maurer said district three, in which the two will compete, is “the best and most competitive district in the nation (and) it is possible for us to bring to ESU a national championship.”
This will be the second con-secutive year for the two to compete at NDT. Between the two partners they hold 13 years of debate experience.
“It’s a general passion of mine, to manipulate words to convey a mean-ing and call people to action,” Williams-Green said.
Williams-Green said that some peo-ple view debate as two people simply arguing back and forth about subjects
Ryan Walsh, junior communications and public relations major, and Latoya Williams-Green, junior communications and public relations major, sit with their debate notes. Walsh and Williams-Green have qualified for the National Debate Tournament. Erica Cassela/The Bulletin.
like politics.“There’s more to it than that – a winning
debate is determined by only a few words,” Williams-Green said.
The duo said that the opportunity to at-tend nationals is a privilege.
“There is more to debate than what peo-ple think,” Wash said.
Calling for support, Williams-Green said, “We’re taking care of business on the debate circuit – ESU Debate is winning and bringing back pride to ESU.”
At their meeting last Thursday, Alex Fulbright, senior po-litical science major and president of Emporia State’s Young Democrats, suggested the group change both their name and mission in order to recruit more members.
“People seem to prefer non-politically affiliated groups,” Fulbright said.
Fulbright said the nine-member RSO is dwindling as stu-dent political groups seem to suffer when it’s not an election year – only three members attended the meeting.
The revamped club would simply focus on political ac-tivism and social justice, Fulbright said, rather than specific Democratic candidates. Green Week, raising money for Afri-ca, working to resolve the issues in Darfur and raising aware-
ness for humanity problems in general are some of the ad-ditional issues that the re-established group would address.
Fulbright hopes to meet with other Young Democrats presidents in Kansas to discuss how to survive during a non-election year.
Fulbright said the group is small, but they still man-age to stay relatively active on campus. Last semester, they marched in the Homecoming Parade, had a booth at the ac-tivities fair and helped register voters on campus. They also helped campaign for multiple political candidates including Jerry Carr, who ran for the 17th State Senate district, Tom Holland, who ran for Governor and Raj Goyle, who ran for a state House Representatives position to represent Kansas’ fourth district.
Ellen Hansen, chair of the department of social scienc-es, associate professor of geography and adviser for Young
Democrats, discussed project ideas for the new semester with the group, which included participating in a project with Habitat for Humanity to builds houses for the impover-ished and ushering at The Granada.
Hansen said the group is considering the possibilities of combining with the Environmentalist or the Pre-Law clubs.
Stephanie Wright, sophomore political science major and secretary for the group, said she grew up in a small town and that her parents were not politically active.
“My parents wouldn’t even let me watch the news,” Wright said.
Wright said she decided to join the group see “see what it was about.” She said she has so far had a positive experience and has “stuck with it.”
The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Plumb Hall 412.
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Students, faculty and alumnigathered together on Wednes-day in the Memorial Union Ballroom to celebrate the 148th birthday of Emporia at the Founder’s Day Luncheon.
“Founder’s Day is the day that celebrates the founding of the school,” said Tyler Curtis, director of alumni relations. “Feb. 15, 1865 is when students first came to classes. Since it was established by the Kansas Legislature as Kansas State Nor-mal School in 1863, ESU can claim to be the oldest of the nor-mal regional schools.”
Tying into Kansas’s sesquicentennial, the Founder’s Day committee organized the event around the theme “Kansas–Empowered by E.”
“It is the 150th year of Kansas and we wanted to involve
that history – it’s about how Kansas was affected by Emporia State,” Curtis said.
The event began with the ceremonial ESU birthday cake cutting. All in attendance sang “Happy Birthday,” led by Peggy Lane, chair and associate professor of the department of ac-counting and information systems.The cake was then cut by Ashley McCullough, vice president of Associated Government, and Laura McAntee, representative of the Kellogg Society.
While the cake was being served, ESU President Michael Lane was welcomed onstage to present theFounders’ Day ad-dress and one of three new commercials for the “Empowered by E” marketing campaign.
As a part of the new campaign, the commercials will air “so people know the quality of this institution and the quality of education Emporia State has to offer,” Lane said.
Lane said that in the spirit of Founders’ Day, it was impor-
tant to consider “what makes Emporia State special.”For the first time since 1980, the University Service Cita-
tion Award was presented during the event.According to the event’s program, the award “recognizes unique and significant service to Emporia State University.”
This year there were three recipients of the Service Citation including Kieth Hiesterman, Gail “Pep” Shanelec and John Summervill.
Summervill was honored for coordinating, since its be-ginning, “Fan Fair,” the annual ESU alumni gathering on the opening night of the Kansas State Fair, which “this year was the highest turnout on record,” said Summervill.
Telling stories of his recruiting high school students for ESU, Shanelec said, “It’s easy to sell students on ESU because I love this place.”
Hiesterman said it was a privilege to be a part of ESU.
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nomic strength of our state.” Lane was unavail-able for an interview by The Bulletin.
Williams said one misconception is that students do not attend college for free, which is illegal. Undocumented students must pay tuition and because they are undocumented, they are not eligible for any state or federal student finan-cial aid assistance. Williams said the only tuition assistance that these students can get is paying in-state tuition.
Erin Black, freshman psychology major, said that if is someone wants to receive an education to “better themselves and further their careers, that’s a good thing.”
“They shouldn’t be crucified,” Black said.According to a testimony opposing the bill
by Andy Tompkins, president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, in 2010 there were
62 undocumented students enrolled in public universities, including 2 at Emporia State. There were 323 enrolled at community colleges and 28 enrolled in technical institutions.
“We fall right in line with the opinion of the Board of Regents – we are not in favor of the ap-peal,” Williams said.
Kansas is not the only state to allow the chil-dren of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition, according to studentaid.ed.gov. Other states that permit this tuition cut include Texas, California, New York, Utah, Illinois, Washington, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Williams said there is affidavit process that undocumented students complete with the assistance of the registrar’s office during which students must agree to fulfill the steps required to become citizens. The number of undocumented students is then reported to the state and KBOR.
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phlet from Emporia State.Two other Corkys were stolen from the
first “class.” According to an archived ESU document, these were “Corky at Bat,” a baseball themed statue designed by Andy Kuhn, and “In Pursuit of Excellence,” a statue designed to honor student athletes designed by Alpha Morrow.
The Corkys were auctioned off as post-ers and signed by student athletes.
Gwen Larson, assistant director of mar-keting and media relations, suspected that the recovered statue was the Cubist Corky, based on an archived photo of the original and the photos of the Corky being pulled from the river.
“It is my personal belief that this is the
statue recovered from the river,” Larson said. “If you look at the photo of the two firefighters in the water with the statue, you can see squares affixed to Corky’s head.”
The statue was damaged from the time spent in the water, and most of the adorn-ments had been washed away, making it difficult to identify.
But the Emporia Police Department confirmed that the recovered Corky is the Cubist Corky, which was in the second “class” of the Corky’s on Parade auction.
The statues were insured for $1,500, stated Boyce Baumgardner, a former execu-tive director for university advancement, in an interview with The Emporia Gazette.
“I find the Corky issue amusing and I thought we might use it for some type of marketing campaign,” Black said.
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On Tuesday night, the Office of Multicultural Af-fairs recreated a 1920s style speakeasy in the Memo-rial Union Ballroom in honor of Black History Month. Emporia State students, faculty and visiting perform-ers from around the state showcased their talents in poetry and music.
“We want to honor the writers and performers (of the ‘20s) by doing a series of poetry and songs,” said Ariel Robello, interim director for multicultural affairs.
Around ten to 15 students attended the event which included performances by visiting poets Gustavo Ay-bar and Natasha Ria El Scari. They both traveled from Kansas City to perform their pieces. Kevin Rabas, pro-fessor of English, played drums to Scari’s poetry, and Jim Starr, former violin/viola professor, played along to another.
Robello, Rabas, Natalia Barb, junior English major and Shalyssa Mitchell, junior music education major, were among the local poets who read.
“We’ve got a lot of talent here,” Scari said.Barb said she was watching her mother’s face dur-
ing the performance of her two poems and that her mother had never been to one of her prior perfor-mances.
“‘Mama’ is really about her childhood more than mine (and) I think the one about her dad struck her hardest though because everything I said was true about him,” Barb said.
Bonnie Starr, director of biofeedback and Jim Starr performed two violin duets.
“When we first met, I was his violin student, and that was 40 years ago – we’ve been playing duets off and on since then,” Starr said.
Lasonya McElroy, senior communications major, said that during prohibition in the 1920s, it was illegal to sell alcohol. The name “speakeasy” derives from bartenders telling their clients to be quiet and “speak easy.”
“The business of running speak easies was so lucra-tive that such establishments continued to flourish,” McElroy said.
McElroy said the event was designed to celebrate black history and remembering jazz legends, poets, and singers that used to play in underground venues in the 1920s and 30s.
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Bonnie and Jim Starr perform at the Speak Easy Talent Show on Tuesday in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin.
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Throughout the duration of a single sports season, it’s easy to lose sight of little things. This occurs especially when a team is vying for a conference cham-pionship. It’s easy to get caught up with the team’s record, rank-ing or current win streak. All of which are good things to get hung up on.
The phenomena I will be re-ferring to happens in all areas of sports. For example, in pro-fessional baseball, Ken Griffey Jr. retired halfway through last season without much publicity. Brett Favre limped his way to re-tirement (or at least for today). Michael Jordan didn’t even have an epic retirement (the third time, that is).
Though on a much lower scale, Emporia State Athletes – and really all college athletes – experience the same type of ending to their careers.
It’s about this time of the year that the final home games will be played at White Auditorium. The games will come and go, a team will win or lose, but something will inevitably be overlooked. What I’m referring to is the lega-cy of senior forward Alli Volkens. With just two games left for Em-poria State fans to see barring a road trip, Volken’s legacy as a Hornet is coming to an end at Emporia State.
Our job as fans? Don’t take her successes on the court for granted.
Volkens has established her-self this year as one of the top players in the MIAA averaging 17points and 12 rebounds per game as well as almost 3 blocks per game. Furthermore, not in-cluding Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburg St., Volkens is the 17th Hornet on the women’s basketball team to reach 1,200 points in her career. After Satur-day’s 16 rebound effort, she be-came the 7th all-time Hornet in that category just four shy of 800.
Certainly, the future looks bright for the Hornets, but play-ers like Volkens don’t come around every day, and it’s our job as fans to appreciate them when they do come around. In-stead of taking for granted what has almost become a given when it comes to generating double-doubles, appreciate the talent on the floor.
So, if you happen to make it out to a Hornets game for one of the last two at White Audito-rium, cheer for the team above all. But don’t forget to recognize the talent that is soon leaving Emporia. Because with sports, like most things in life, you never fully realize what you have until it’s gone.
Facing off against Pittsburg State on Wednesday, the Emporia State women’s basketball team fought through a tumultuous game to end up losing in the last seconds, 73-71.
“We are really disappointed,” said sopho-more guard Rachel Hanf. “They made nice shots and made a lot of their three-pointers.”
In the first half, the Hornets tied twice, held the lead once but began to fall further behind as their defense was unable keep PSU in check. In the first half alone the Hornets had 11 turnovers.
“Turnovers are killing us right now,” said freshman forward Kelsey Balcom. We’d get a steal and turn it right over.”
The Hornets got down by 11 at most and got as close as one behind, but could not secure a lead. Trailing at the half the Hornets came off a scoring run that brought them to only two points behind going into the second.
“I thought we were horrible in the first half, we couldn’t guard anyone,” said Head Coach Jory Collins. “To give up 44 in a half is not something you can do and still expect to win a game.”
Starting the second half the Hornets make a field goal to tie the game. Ali Volkens makes a field goal to take the lead and draws a foul to get another point. PSU gained the lead back almost immediately and then made it into a six-point lead on an 8-0 run.
The Hornets were able to tie it up with 9:10 left in the half, then take the lead with a three-pointer making the score 61-58. PSU followed up with two more three-pointers, going for a 10-0 scoring drive to build a seven-point lead.
“We had some opportunities to maybe get a three, four, five point lead, but every time we got a three point lead or tie they got a big shot,” Collins said.
With 2:11 left in the half the Hornets made a comeback to tie the game again at 68-68. Getting down to the last minute the lead changed twice and was tied with nine sec-onds to go. The Hornets foul trouble caught up with them when Collins made a bad play call while the score was tied allowing PSU to make two free throws with a second left to seal their victory.
The Hornets’ record dropped to 15-8 over-all and 12-7 in the MIAA. They play Lincoln this weekend at home.
You Never Know What You Got…
Women lose to Gorillas
After slow start, ESU starts season with win
It took until the bottom of the ninth but the Emporia State Hornet baseball team began the 2011 season with a victory Wednesday against the Jets of Newman University. Infielder Zack Carlson scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a single by Kevin Wempe.
“It’s the first time we’ve been out, the first time we’ve really put our uniforms on to have an opportunity to play a game,” said Head Coach Bob Fornelli. “I felt like we kind of felt through the game instead of competed in the game. And that’s part of the early season baseball, and hopefully we can get better.”
The game was all Newman until the bottom of the third. After quickly loading the bases, Newman scored off a sacrifice fly to take the early 1-0 lead. A solo home run in the second and another score off of loaded bases in the third put the Hor-nets in an early 3-0 hole.
ESU showed their resiliency however as they would go on to score three runs in the bottom of the third, two of them coming off a double by Joe Vaskas.
“We started a little slow offensively,” Wempe said. “They came out of the gate and marked the first three innings. We put two big innings back to back, but we’d like to have more consistent offensive play and try to score every inning.”
In the bottom of the fourth, Carlson broke the 3-3 tie with his two-run home run.
“He gave me a first-pitch fastball, and I should have swung at that,” Carlson said. “I took that and was down 0-1, and then he just gave me a slider that came right to the zone, and I just connected with it.”
The Jets struck next in the top of the sixth inning after a
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Third baseman Kevin Wempe slides into home Wednesday afternoon at Trusler Sports Com-plex. Wempe hit the gaming winning single ending the Hornets’ match up against Newman 6-5. Kellen Jenkins/The Bulletin.
walk and double led to two runs to tie the game up at five runs apiece.
The Hornets dug down defensively as they held on to hold Newman scoreless for the next three innings. Wempe then saw his opportunity in the bottom of the ninth as he followed up Carlson’s lead off triple.
“That situation with the infield in
(you’re) just looking for something up in the zone you can hit out in the outfield,” Wempe said. “Carlson made it pretty easy. He hit a triple to lead it off. I just had to advance him one base.”
ESU begins the season at 1-0 after the win. They travel to Newman for the next game before returning home at 12 p.m. on Feb. 26 to take on Arkansas Tech.
It was a tale of two halves at White Auditorium on Wednesday evening as the Emporia State men’s basketball team took on the Gorillas of Pittsburg State. The Hornets were down by 12 at halftime but fought back for an 82-81 victory.
“We’ve been in similar situa-tions where we get down early,” said senior guard Xavier Burnette.
The game started in Pittsburg State’s favor before it ever began as senior Michael Tyler was whistled for a technical foul before regulation began for dunking during the warm-ups, allowing the Gorillas to start the game up 1-0.
Despite the early deficit, ESU was able to open up the game leading by three shortly after the start. How-ever, the three-point shooting from the Gorillas overwhelmed Emporia as they scored 47 points in the first half to Emporia State’s 35. The Goril-las made nine of their 14 attempted three pointers in the half.
“We were going zone and trying to take away the inside game and the penetration game, which we did, and they ended up kicking it out and everybody was knocking shots
down,” said Head Coach David Moe.After switching to a man-to-
man defense in the second half, the Hornets slowly began to cut into the lead. Senior guard Robert Moores helped spark the Hornets lead with eight points in the first ten minutes. Moores would finish with 12 points for the evening.
It wasn’t until the 8:23 mark when the Hornets finally tied the Gorillas after a lay-up by senior Adam Holthaus. ESU would take their first lead after a steal and breakaway dunk by Burnette who ended the game with 19 total points, 13 of them coming in the second half.
The Hornets’ free-throw shoot-ing kept them in the game and eventually secured the win as Tyler sealed the deal with his two point shot at the 13 second mark. Despite a desperate three at the end, the Gorillas were unable to catch up.
“This is a huge win,” Moores said. “This gets us still in the race to get into the tournament.”
The win keeps the Hornets alive for post season play as they improve to 12-13 on the season and 9-10 in the MIAA. ESU will take the court again at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at White Auditorium.
Single shot guarantees Hornet win
Sophomore Jocelyn Cummings is fouled on a layup by Pittsburg State’s Lauren Brown Wednesday night at White Auditorium. The Hornets lost 73-71. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin
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Senior Adam Holthaus gets a
layup against Pittsburg State
Wednesday night at White Auditorium.
The Hornets beat the Gorillas 82-81.
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