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Tuesday’s midterm elec-tions revealed that Kansas will remain a predominately Republican ran state.

“The biggest shocker is the low turnout,” said Mi-cheal Smith, associate pro-fessor of Political science. “I knew Roberts was still in the game and that Kobach would win, but I did not see the Brownback re-election coming.”

Lyon County had a total of 19,284 voters registered for the 2014 election.

“I did not have time to register with coming back to school,” said Andrew Blackwell, junior second-ary business education major. “That’s probably a lame excuse, but no I did not.”

Kansas had a 30 percent voter turnout, according to KAKE TV. Polls, however, predicted a 50 percent turn-out.

“It’s disappointing,” said Andy Blakemore, graduate student. “Those people could have made a real difference. I also think it’s alarming that

given such low numbers of turnout that the state and at-torney general are pursuing a bill that would discourage minorities and women to

vote. And I heard that a lot of the votes that have been placed in limbo of that law come from young people.”

Polls before the elec-tion also showed a possible change in office.

“I’m extremely disap-pointed in the outcome of the election,” Blakemore

said. “I feel like in the lead up to the election, I expect-ed a different result based on, you know, the poles and the expectation of the

people… I don’t know if it was the budget of-fice, a few days before the elections, like for the governor, that re-ally demonstrated the budget crisis the state is in. I really thought that would have an in-fluence on people vot-ing.”

Reactions vary from student to student.

“I know republicans dominated,” Blackwell said. “I mean I’m still in college. I’m blessed that my dad still pays for my stuff, so a lot of my own financials don’t really matter too much in that because I don’t really have enough money.”

Blakemore voted via mail-in ballot.

“To alienate a group of thousands of young people that are choosing to go out and vote at a young age, when only 30 percent of the state is voting is a step to-

Emporia State opened Corky’s Cupboard using the 59,835 cans that squashed Washburn’s 15,000 in the an-nual Can the Bods competi-tion on Monday.

“Any items or money that were donated here on cam-pus stayed on campus,” said Tyler Huddleston, senior communication and Spanish major and Associated Stu-dent Government president. “Any items that we collected in the community, like KVOE does Pack the Pantry at the same time so we help them with that, any of those items went to the Salvation Army.”

Students can gather up to 10 food items once a week at Corky’s Cupboard, the new food pantry that was put to-gether by a collaborative ef-fort among ASG, the Center for Student Involvement and

the Student Wellness Center. “For a number of years,

from time to time the health center has had students who have come through who have had an identified need for access to food that they didn’t have,” said Ja-son Bosch, senior director for the Center of Student In-volvement. “There’s been an awareness that there’s been a need for something like this, and then in the spring semes-ter we had a student who was severely food insecure, had become extremely mal-nourished. It was affecting this student’s performances. And that was kind of the tip-ping point, we said okay, we have to do something.”

In a survey taken by 40 students, 42 percent said that in the past month they had skipped a meal because they did not have enough money to buy food.

“I think it will help stu-dents focus on school be-

cause they won’t have to worry about eating ramen noodle meals every day,” said Robin McGonigal, ju-nior biochemistry major.

Corky’s Cupboard is lo-cated near the CSI, with two entrances- one up the staircase next to the CSI and another to the left of the col-umns at the front of the me-

morial union. “We chose the location

because on the one hand it’s relatively easy to access be-cause it’s right here in the Student Union, but on the other hand it’s easy to access privately because there is a south entrance to the Union that will take you right by the pantry,” Bosch said.

In a similar survey, 60 per-cent of 67 students at Sacra-mento State said that they were insecure about food during the fall 2013 semester. Sacramento State has been conducting more research throughout the fall 2014 se-

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Jason Bosch, senior director of the center for student involvement, talks with Kajsa Mullenix, senior commu-nication major, about the stock of Corky’s Cupboard on Monday, Nov. 3. Corky’s Cupboard is open for use on Mondays and Thursdays from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. MAN XU | the Bulletin

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Depression effects Emporia State students

Depression is a heavy bur-den. There are days where if a person with depression can make themselves wake up for more than ten minutes, it’s still physically painful to get out of bed. For those it af-fects, friends can’t help, and parents and siblings don’t understand. It can be onset by stress, a traumatic event, anything. And it can only get worse when a depressed per-son comes to college.

It is said by the National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH, that 30 percent of college students at both two and four year colleges are de-pressed, whether it be a per-sonal or professional diagno-sis.

At Emporia State, those numbers are real. Warrick Rodgers, sophomore psychol-ogy major, is one of those stu-dents who struggles with de-pression.

“There’s not that many counselors in Zimbabwe but like the mentality is a whole lot different,” said Rodgers. “We’re expected to just be tough kind of thing and like push through it – figure it all out on our own.”

Rodgers, who hails from

Zimbabwe, Africa, first no-ticed he was withdrawing from friends and family in ju-nior high school when he was about 10 or 11 years old. He says that he believes his de-pression is due to an abusive childhood, of which he would not go into detail.

“I didn’t notice (it was re-ally bad) until my second se-mester,” Rodgers said. “My second semester was the hardest. Like I saw a little bit of a GPA drop, but that was about it.”

Rodgers believes that stu-dents can become depressed at college due to stress – stress that they inflict on themselves or the pressure put on them by their parents.

At ESU, mental health counseling is free to all stu-dents. Sally Crawford-Fowler, the Director of Counseling Services in the Student Well-ness Center says that about 12 percent of the campus popula-tion comes in for counseling, and those numbers have risen every year since Crawford-Fowler arrived eight years ago.

“The amount of students that come here with depres-sion would definitely not be

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Young people studying to be teachers at ESU are starting to inquire about finding jobs in other states- worried about funding cuts and no more due process for teachers. Colorado is a popular choice. ”

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Police ReportsReports from ESU Police and Safety

Oct. 30Power outage campus

wide. Officer responded to subjects in King Hall elevator. HBO.

Officer contacted the op-erator of a vehicle parked im-properly in 1500 Market and advised to move to a legal parking area.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with removing stop signs from 12th and Mer-chant and also 12th and Com-mercial.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 937DFG in 1300 Market.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 978GDT at 1024 W 12th.

Officer admitted faculty member into HPER building Dance Studio.

Officer admitted ZOIKS into Plumb Hall/Albert Taylor Hall.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 470HBO in Sector 5.

Officer stopped KS 008FUS in 1500 Merchant. Verbal warn-ing for driving with no head-lights.

Officer admitted student into King Hall Room 13.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 760CZB in 400 W 15th.

Oct. 31Officer removed immobi-

lizer from OK- 616LJA in Free Parking.

Parking Enforcement im-mobilized MO PM7C7D in Sector 7.

Officer assisted the Emporia Police Dept. with an attempt to locate subject at W 18th and In-dustrial Rd.

Twin Towers Complex zone 0 Fire. Unknown error.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 037DCF in Sector 7.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS Personalized tag ‘THNDRUP’ at the Earl Center.

Officer provided lock out assistance for Kansas 762GMC at 18th and Industrial Rd.-Sutherland’s.

Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 037DCF at Sector 7.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 742DET at 1519 Merchant.


Officers checked welfare of a male student on the south side of Singular Hall. The sub-ject was distressed.

Nov. 01Officer searched for a dog

on the east side of campus. No contact was made.



Northeast Morse Hall zone 129 Fire Trouble-ground floor lobby. Actual alarm.

Emporia Fire Dept. arrived on scene.

Emporia Fire Dept. left the scene.

Officer admitted students into King Hall Room 8.

Officer provided lock out assistance for the operator of a vehicle at 1016 Constitution.

Officer admitted student into King Hall Rooms 1 and 3.

Officer stopped a vehicle in 1300 Market. Verbal warning for a one-way violation in same location.

Officer stopped a vehicle in 1300 Market. Verbal warning for a one-way in same location.

Officer admitted student into the Art Annex.

Nov. 02Officer admitted student

into King Hall Room 135.Officer admitted student

into King Hall Room 2.Officer provided turn han-

dle for an exterior faucet at the Earl Center so as to provide water for a workshop project.

Officer attempted to silence the alarm on the door of the Earl Center for workshop at-

tendee’s.Officer admitted into King

Hall Room 105.Officer admitted a student

into King Hall Room 13.WAW Library/SLIM zones

34,35,36 Burglary. Motion de-tector 2nd floor. Human error.

Officer was dispatched to assist a student whose vehicle had run out of fuel in Lot 9. Student was able to start the vehicle long enough to drive vehicle to 105 W 12th to fuel. Assistance was not needed.

Officer admitted student into King Hall Rooms 2 and 8.





Officer provided jump start assistance for MO PM6E2P at Sector 3.

Female student reported her laptop missing from her ve-hicle outside of Roosevelt Hall.



Resident assistant reported one of the washing machines in South Twin Towers Laundry Room was leaking water from the back. Officers shut off wa-ter supply.

Officer stopped KS 518BEQ in 10 W 15th. Verbal warning for a stop sign violation at 15th and Wooster Dr.

Officer admitted student into WAW Library to retrieve his keys.

WAW Library/SLIM zone 13 Burglary. West exit ramp. Human error.

Officer admitted students into King Hall Room 8.

Nov. 03Residential Life staff mem-

ber reported a possible theft from a resident in Twin Tow-ers Complex. The student de-clined to file a report.

Parking Enforcement re-moved immobilizer from MO PM7C7D in Sector 7. Officer provided jump start assistance for KS 780DZG at 306 E 12th.

Officer opened the north-east gate of Welch Stadium for football team.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 97AJZ at 3302 W 18th - Emporia High School.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with locating a suspicious male subject near 901 West.




Nov. 04Officer stopped KS 358DAE

in Sector 8. Verbal warning for a one-way violation at same lo-cation.

Parking Enforcement im-mobilized KS D606CH in Lot 1.

Officers provided lock out assistance for KS 618AMA at 1302 C of E Dr.

Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with fire at 105 W 12th.

Officer admitted staff mem-ber into HPER Building Room 124.

Officer stopped KS 162DYD in 500 W 15th. Verbal warning for driving without headlights.

Officer provided lock out assistance for KS 993DBC at 10th and Constitution.

A female student requested to speak with an officer at ESU PD HQ.


Emporia Police Dept. re-ported an ambulance had been dispatched to Singular Hall for an intoxicated male student with a head injury. Subject was transported by ambulance to Newman Regional Health.

Officer provided escort for a female student from Singu-lar Hall to Newman Regional Health.

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Veteran roundatable focuses on PTSD

The Veterans Round-table annual meeting will have guest speaker Major Jeffery Hall, a retired vet-eran. The meeting is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 in the Preston Family Room. The meeting is free to attend and open to the public.

Introduced by John Sanderson, retired United States Army Colonel, Hall’s speech is titled “A Cost of Warfare.”

Hall was enlisted in the army in June of 1988. Hall served in Desert Storm in August of 1990. He then at-tended Emporia State and graduated in 1997. Hall was awarded a commission in the army field artillery and went on to command Bat-tery A, 4 Battalion, 1 Field Artillery. Hall deployed to Iraq twice before being di-agnosed with Post Traumat-ic Stress Disorder. He was sent to Walter Reed Hospi-tal for treatment and evalu-ation.

Hall advocates for ser-vice members who suffer from the same disease. He will share his experience with those who wish to listen, in hopes of helping anyone he can.

The event is sponsored by the ESU College of Lib-eral Arts and Sciences, the ESU Department of Social Sciences and Lyon County

Historical Society Archives and Museum.

The annual Veterans Roundtable meeting began in 1940, although the name of the holiday wasn’t offi-cially changed from Armi-stice Day until 1953. The Veterans Roundtable is

part of a bigger celebration called All Veterans Tribute. All Veterans Tribute is a week and a half long cele-bration that commemorates the founding of Veterans Day in Emporia, Kansas. Festivities last from Nov. 3 to Nov. 12.

Associated Student Gov-ernment recognized the importance of adding the definition of consent under the Violence Against Wom-en Act as a footnote in the student planners at their meeting on Oct. 31.

The student planners previously had a definition of consent, but the new res-olution adds a footnote that elaborates on unambigu-ous action.

The footnote states un-ambiguous action can be defined as an action that is “not open to more than one interpretation.” Since un-ambiguous action may be interpreted differently by each individual, it could be tremendously difficult to determine consent through actions.

Consent is best deter-mined by more precise communication, such as vocal affirmation and or non-verbal communica-tion.

Tyler Huddleston, ju-nior Spanish and commu-nication major and ASG president, said during the last ASG meeting of each month, senators vote on an outstanding senator. Mi-randa Bargdill, senior psy-chology major, was select-ed as September Senator of the Month.

Votes for the October

Senator of the Month were made during the meeting.

“We are going to start doing senator check-ins,” said Victoria Harmon, ju-nior accounting major and vice president of ASG. “It’s just a little five to ten min-utes, we get together and talk about what we need to do better next semester or what you think has gone well.”

Along with check-ins, each senator will receive an update including different articles regarding their par-ticipation throughout the semester.

ASG sold nearly all the homecoming shirts with a profit of over $4,000. Forty-two shirts are still available for purchase at the Center for Student Involvement.

Steven Fox, sophomore communications and health major, offered some insight regarding the medical am-nesty policy discussed at the previous meeting, which protects intoxicated minors who seek medical help for themselves or a friend.

“There are 21 states who have a policy or some type of law toward medi-cal amnesty,” Fox said. “In the states there has been a survey and there has been a 700 percent increase in calls to 911 since they en-forced the medical amnesty law. And there has been no foreseen rise in under-age drinking in places that

these laws are enforced.”ASG voted with 16 affir-

mative, two opposed and one abstention to recognize the Saudi Club as a new recognized student orga-nization. Saudi Club is an organization for Saudi Ara-bians to meet to share their culture. They help each other get involved with Americans and explore dif-ferent clubs they could join.

Frances Mihulec, se-nior business administra-tion major, joined the ASG meeting to speak on behalf of Enactus. Enactus hopes to receive funds in order to help them with expenses for a conference.

“We have some of our members now in route to the conference,” Mihulec said. “It is a leadership con-ference in Texas. It is host-ed by the International Or-ganization of Enactus. Our goals are largely centered in helping communities through entrepreneurship, through philanthropy. And these conferences are very helpful for giving us new ways to work on helping in our communities, cultivat-ing leadership traits and work on our fund raising.”

Mihulec said the officers this year are all new and they have been mostly fo-cusing on events to raise money for different student organizations.

ASG approved the re-serve fund request with a vote of 17 -1-1

ASG finalizes decision to add sexual misconduct definitions to student planners

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John Sanderson, a retired soldiers, also one of the organizers of the roundtable, took an interview in his home on Nov. 3. Sanderson, a suf-ferer of PTSD, talked on the importance of soldiers getting psychological care upon returning home. MAN XU | the Bulletin

mester. “There’s food pantries

at other campuses even here in Kansas, so this isn’t something that’s unique, but I think that there’s probably a need on all campuses,” Huddleston said. “I just don’t know if all campuses recognize that need and are combat-ing that need like we are.”

In researching, ASG discovered institutions

handled projects similar to this in many different ways, from requiring stu-dents to go through a com-plex application process to allowing anyone to use the pantry at any time.

“We kind of decided to take sort of a middle of the road approach, so we don’t have any eligibility other than you have to be a currently enrolled stu-dent,” Bosch said. “Any student can come and ac-cess the pantry with their

hornet ID card. When the pantry is open, we do have it staffed by a student as-sistant but other than that any student can use it they don’t have to prove to us that they need it. We’re just putting our faith in the students that those who use it are the ones who will need it.”

Corky’s Cupboard is open Mondays and Thurs-days from 12:00-5:00 p.m. while classes are in ses-sion.

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Michelle Wilkes, freshman elementary education major

“Everything that happened I voted against, so I’m not very happy with how everything turned out.”

William Prohask, freshman elementary education major

“I didn’t vote because I never registered and I was too lazy.”

Madison Bishop, freshman theatre major

“I decided not to vote because I didn’t feel that I had enough information on any of the candidates because I haven’t had time to pay attention to their campaigns.”

Johnny Morgan, junior math education major

“I was not surprised at the election results because Kansas has almost always been a conservative state.”

What did you think about the election results?Q&A:

the amount of students that are suffering with de-pression because we find that most people do not seek services when they have depression for a number of reasons,” said Crawford-Fowler. “I think there’s a lot of reasons that people don’t come. I think that it could be the mental health stigma. That people have a stigma against seeking help for men-tal health issues, that a lot of times people grow up and our society says, “Oh well you just need to fix yourself and you don’t need to find someone else to help you with those kind of issues”.”

According to emory.edu, there are approximately 1,000 suicides on college campuses each year. Though ESU has not seen an on-campus suicide in a while, in 2012, international student Mingxuan Yang, 26, shot and killed himself near the en-trance to the interstate.

“Depression alone is an illness that takes away mo-tivation and takes away hope,” said Crawford-Fowl-er. “Those two things are kind of necessary to come in to get help. If a student or anybody comes in with de-pression, it might be severe enough that they don’t even want to get out of bed.”

Another student who has dealt with depression for many years is Chandler Ar-

cher-McGinnis, senior the-atre major.

“I first noticed anxiety when I was young. I would have panic attacks over the littlest things. When my soon to be brother-in-law commit-ted suicide my freshman year of college I realized I had de-pression too,” said Archer-McGinnis. “The diseases go hand in hand triggering each other. I have been this way as long as I can remember, but when he died I couldn’t con-trol it anymore and had to be put on medication.”

Archer-McGinnis stopped eating and began smoking marijuana every day to cope with her feelings. Her sopho-more year, she stopped tak-ing her prescribed medicine, when is which things got re-ally bad. In two months, she lost 46 pounds.

“I had a mental break-down and stopped eating and would cry every time I wasn’t preoccupying myself with work or school. I got put on heavier medication (they actually treat PTSD with it too) and I haven’t had a breakdown since,” Archer-McGinnis said. “A day where depression hits is when I can’t get out of bed. Once I’m out of bed I’m lit-erally fighting tears to make it through the day. You have absolutely no control of your emotions and you feel like quitting is better than trying anything.”

While she thinks that her new medication is helping her, Archer-McGinnis also admits that it shuts down all

emotions. She says that she seems like a “zombie” every day. But she also has not had any breakdowns since then.

Crawford-Fowler says that if a student doesn’t want to come in or seek counseling, there are ways to feel better in everyday life, whether it be healthy eating, exercise, sleep, or socializing with friends.

“I think that it’s just a kind of tumultuous time in life, so there’s a lot of fac-tors going on for college students,” Crawford-Fowler said. “Sleep is super impor-tant. They find that people that don’t get adequate sleep are more likely to have de-pression and unfortunately a lot of college students don’t get a lot of sleep. So it’s very important to do that.”

Like many students, Rod-gers and Archer-McGinnis find solace in friends and keeping themselves busy with school and work.

“My roommate Cody was the one person I knew I could always turn to when things were getting bad. No mat-ter what time it was I would wake him up and he would talk me down from a melt-down and rationalize things for me,” Archer-McGinnis said. “Nine times out of ten I would be freaking out over things I had made up in my head and he would explain how these things weren’t logical. Some people just say get over it. But your true friends understand you’re in a rut and will do what it takes to get you out.”

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The Bulletin | Nov. 6, 2014

The parking situation at Emporia State has become a colossal problem.

The university has run out of green parking, leaving some students out in the cold, forced to make a pilgrimage to the barren wasteland that is free parking. But now, even those scarce, desolate free parking spots are growing ever fewer in number.

The landscaping that is serving as ESU’s new front appeal has taken up a vast number of free parking spaces. Though the new landscaping is part of the university’s master plan, placing the new front view where free parking was seems like a mistake.

Though the university has taken away the gravel patches they called parking spots, it has changed an area in front of the student recreation center from grey parking to free parking. It’s a nice sentiment,

but having to walk from any dorm complex to free parking is a burden.

If a student is over-encum-bered with school work, laundry and other items, the last thing they want to do is walk the ten miles from free parking to their rooms or vice versa. The university needs to create more parking closer to the dorms to help students who live on campus.

The university could take away a few parking meters, as a start. With an overabundance of parking meters, exchang-ing a few spots for green parking could help the parking problem greatly. Creating more green parking allows more stu-dents to buy parking passes, which will allow them to avoid the forsaken free parking.

Returning students shouldn’t be forced into free parking because of a surge of incoming students. Upper-

classmen have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to parking since the university focused on its freshmen obtain-ing parking spots first. The university wants people to buy parking passes, but doesn’t have space for people to park. It’s a parking paradox.

Another problem with parking comes to light when-ever ESU or a local high school has a football game or event. The parking lot becomes a hell filled with parents and locals who disregard the fact that they are parking in spots that students need. Either create more parking for students and visitors that don’t require a meter, or migrate those visitors out of student parking because the system, or the lack of a system, for parking right now is ineffective and maddening.

There needs to be more parking for students. Simply putting an arrow sign under-

neath a grey parking sign near the rec doesn’t cut it. The parking problem at ESU is a joke and needs to be fixed. The

master plan might have ideas for the future and betterment of campus, but parking should be a priority.

OPINIONThe Parking Paradox

STAFF EDITORIAL

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A 21st Century Death

The thing about death is, it makes all the people you’ve met throughout your life finally come out of the wood-work to be your BFF.

In today’s society, when someone dies, their Facebook

page is flooded with condo-lences and “prayers for your family.” Even if they don’t actually pray, or they have no idea who his or her parents are, they’ll still pretend to.

People from elementary school, colleagues who used to gossip about the deceased, classmates you haven’t heard from in years – they will all post something nice.

And, if the person ever, in the history of their entire life, took a picture with someone, you can expect the deceased to be tagged in it. After all, every-one wants the world to know how affected they are by the latest local tragedy, right?

This is a trend that drives me crazy.

A girl from my hometown

recently passed away, and it was astounding to see the amount of people who made Facebook statuses about it.

Many of the contributors didn’t even know how she died; much less even know her.

If the only picture you could find of the two of you was on your old MySpace account, you’re probably not “good friends.” So why are you pre-tending to be?

Girls who made her life hell in high school were comment-ing about how great of a person she was, and how much “she will be missed.”

Though I’m sure she was a nice girl, and such a death at our young age is truly heart-breaking, I find the comments from her acquaintances to be

frustrating, not comforting – and I’m not even a close friend.

People need to quit trying to get attention for themselves during a family’s time of mourning. Half the time, I feel like most of the posts made on someone’s Facebook wall after a death is fueled more by a desire for ‘likes’ than actual compassion.

Have some respect for the people who are actually dealing with the loss. Quit pre-tending to know or like people after they’re gone. Even from an observer’s point of view, it’s offensive.

Death, unfortunately, is inevitable. But when you die, would you want strangers to pretend to know your life’s story?

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Traditionally, incoming recent high school graduates are the norm on university campuses, and for college revenue, but with the chang-ing economy millions of older adults are going back to school. Non-trads, as they are referred to, are an impor-tant and growing population, but they’re generally being ignored at Emporia State.

In addition to people who decide to go into a new field, or who took a few years off before going to college, mil-lions of people are finding that the companies they’ve worked at for years are requiring them to have a college degree to keep the position that they already have - much less advance in their careers - and so they find themselves on campus, sitting in gen-ed classes next to people much younger than

they are, re-learning things they haven’t had to deal with since they were in high school, and feeling altogether out of place.

The lack of support for non-trads doesn’t help. Unless you live in the dorms or are on campus, there is very little chance that you will know about all of the events and services offered to students. Many of them don’t know about the dozens of recog-nized student organizations on campus, or know that things like the Student Health Center and Writing Center are open to them.

By neglecting to proac-tively reach out to non-trads we are severing them from all of the potential benefits that traditional students receive. Involvement has not only been linked to student success rates,

but also serves to help students feel connected to their campus, form a support system, find an outlet and potentially make connections that will benefit them in the future.

Further, while there are some wonderful designated offices that reach out to select populations who may need some additional support - such as Veteran’s Affairs, International Education, or Disability Services – there are no designated places for non-trads to go when they need help adjusting, dealing with tuition reimbursement from their employer or balancing college and things like work and family. Even a list of resources offered to incoming non-trads at enrollment would be helpful.

Bringing in more non-trads would expand ESU’s market

base as well as provide higher retention rates - relocation is less likely for established citi-zens, and incentive for gradu-ation is often concrete.

It simply makes sense to reach out to potential non-trad students, and to offer more support to the non-trads already on campus.

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Aspire Seek Attain

Three words make up the open motto of the sorority I joined last year. It’s not the first thing people think of when they hear about a soror-ity, but those three words are the most important to me.

The stereotype that all Greek life or now called “so-rority/fraternity life” are in for the parties, or that these people are “buying” their friends is ridiculous.

Going Greek is more than a big party. It’s time, dedica-tion and hard work. Joining a sorority or fraternity does not mean that you are buying your friends. It means that you have found a place to be with like-minded people that share a common goal- to make the world a better place, and improve as individuals along the way.

Yes, the parties are fun, and yes being in sorority can be costly, but the price is out-weighed by the experience.

Dedication to philanthro-

pies such as teeter-tottering for SOS, Big Brothers/Big Sis-ters and the Children’s Net-work for 36 hours, walking all night in Relay for Life for sisters who have passed from cancer or sitting on a pole dur-ing Homecoming have noth-ing to do with the big parties held. It’s about giving back.

Not only do sororities give back locally, but they give back nationally. Alpha Sigma Alpha, for one, helps with Girls on The Run, the S. June Smith Center and the Special Olympics.

Also, to stay in the soror-ity, chapter women have to maintain a 2.75 GPA. Now, to some that doesn’t seem very high, but most chapter women keep a much higher

GPA. Chapter women also take part in other recognized student organizations.

Students in Greek Life make up a majority of the student leadership team. Ty-ler Huddleston, president of Associated Student Govern-ment, is in Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Vice President Victoria Harmon is in Chi Omega sorority.

I had to leave my soror-ity for financial reasons, and I wish I never had to. Never have I felt more encouraged, supported or accepted than when I lived within the walls of the Apple house. Yes, I went to parties, but I also got to take part in something beautiful.

The women in that house

pushed me to be a better per-son, and helped me along my life’s journey.

Next time you think of bashing the Greek commu-nity, remember that those that lead the student body are a part of that community, and if you haven’t ever been a part of it, you most likely won’t ever understand it.

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Chi Omega raises $388 for Make a Wish Foundation

To help with their philan-thropy project with Make a Wish Foundation, Chi Ome-ga hosted their third annual Swishes for Wishes basketball tournament on Saturday.

“Other Chi Omega chap-ters have done this project and this was one of the events that looked fun and interesting and even our first year doing it was really successful,” said Felicia Sullivan, junior com-munications major and Chi Omega’s director of commu-nity service.

Chi Omega hosts this event

every year, and this year’s Swishes for Wishes tourna-ment was to raise money for 11-year-old Carolyn who has Acute Lymphoblastic Leuke-mia. Her wish is to be a dol-phin trainer for a day at Sea World. According to Sullivan this event is very beneficial to children with these illnesses.

“It helps a child remem-ber what it’s like to be a child again,” Sullivan said. “As one little girl said when we helped her it put magic back in her life.”

The winners of the tour-nament this year were Slater Parks, Hayden Parks and Colten Rinzler, who made up

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Luke Andrews, student at WSU, tries to steal the ball from Haydon Parks, Witchita County High School teacher, at the Swishes for Wishes basketball tournament Saturday, Nov. 1. Swishes for Wishes was held in the Student Recreation Center and raised money for 11-year old Carolyn, who suffers from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. NICHOLAS SUMNER | the Bulletin

Team Royal. Sullivan thinks that most people that partici-pated in the tournament en-joyed it.

“Having fun while being able to help grant a child in need of a wish is an incredible opportunity and I believe it is worth everyone’s time to par-ticipate and make it an even bigger success than the year before,” said Janet Weaver, junior psychology major and

Chi Omega Secretary. This year 25 teams signed

up for the competition, 21 men’s teams and four wom-en’s teams. Chi Omega made approximately $388 in dona-tions and entry fees at the tournament.

“I hope this event stays around and I’ll be sure to continue supporting it,” said Miranda Bargdill, senior psy-chology major and Chi Ome-

ga member. Because of its success in

fundraising and the participa-tion it’s attained in three years, Chi Omega is confident they will continue hosting Swishes for Wishes.

“It is one of our biggest fundraisers and compared to some of the other events we do it is really successful,” said Sullivan. “I think the more we do it the bigger it will get.”

Mrs. Franki Roberts claps as her husband Senator Pat Roberts gives his victory speech after winning re-election as US Senator in a very tight race against Independant Greg Orman. MARK REINSTEIN | the Bulletin

Governor Sam Brownback wins re-election to another term as Kansas Governor Tuesday, Nov. 4. Republican Governor Sam Brownback gestures to some of his supporters at the vic-tory party after winning his race against Democratic Paul Davis Tuesday, Nov. 4. MARK REINSTEIN | the Bulletin

Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins delivers her acceptance speech at Tuesday’s victory party after she won re-election as the Republican member of congress representing Kansas’s 2nd district Tuesday, Nov. 4. MARK REINSTEIN | the Bulletin

Kris Kobach at Tuesday’s victory party after he won re-election to the of office of Kansas Secretary of State. MARK REINSTEIN | the Bulletin

wards a repressive govern-ment,” Blackwell said. “And you know a bad political future for Kansas. Yeah, I’m disap-pointed in the elections.”

Predictions for the future of Kansas and education don’t seem to be bright. Smith pre-dicts huge budget short falls.

“The highway trust fund balances’ days are numbered, and when they are, I don’t know how to fill the bud-get gap,” Smith said. “Young people studying to be teachers at ESU are starting to inquire about finding jobs in other states-- worried about funding cuts and no more due process for teachers. Colorado is a pop-ular option for them.”

Even with the possible downward slide, Smith feels that Kansas has a solid standing in senate, and that Democrats have a problem with not voting in midterm elections.

“Early returns had Davis doing well, but they were from certain precincts in Manhattan and Emporia which, I suspect, were near universities,” Smith said. “I was caught off-guard when the results started to ‘turn’ later in the evening. However, I did know that turnout in Wy-andotte County would be cru-cial (it ended up being too low for Davis and Orman to have a chance), that some Demo-crats (mainly younger and mi-nority voters) are less likely to vote in midterms, that Kobach would run ahead of Roberts, who in turn would run ahead of Brownback, and that Lyon County was a bellwether. So, at least some of my predictions were correct!”

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The Bulletin | Nov. 6, 2014HORNET LIFE6

Pretending to be at a house party, Andrew McCutcheon, senior acting major, acts as a drug addict, upsetting the host played by Jennifer Bratton, junior math major, Thursday, Oct. 30. Zoiks! uses an annual tradition of starting the Halloween show with a rehearsed skit, which featured cross dressing this year. BRITTANY COLLINS |The BulleTin

(above) As part of a Na-tive American education-al event, Angelyn Con-nywerdy, dancer with the Oklahoma Fancy Dancers, performs a tra-ditional Native American dance. Connywerdy, her daughter, Kricket Rhoads-Connywerdy and their singer Rowe Kishketon performed and shared stories in the Memorial Union as part of Native American Heritage Month.

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Acting as the father, Fletcher Bogdan, sophomore communication major, tries to take his children Landon Noll senior, stage craft and costume major and Chandler Archer-Mc-Ginnis, senior theater major, golfing, Thursday, Oct. 30 at Albert Taylor Hall. Zoiks! performed Dressed for the Occasion using songs based off audience suggestions. BRITTANY COLLINS |The Bulletin

Zoiks! opens traditional Halloween show with rehearsed skit

Native Dance

Trying to help a co-worker out of trouble with their boss, Olivia Bisges, freshman, elementary education major, and Elliott Brest, senior theater and English major, act out scenarios given by the audience at Thursday’s Zoiks! show. Other skits involved the crowd favoite “I like my women like I like my...”BRITTANY COLLINS |The BulleTin

The Bulletin | Nov. 6, 2014 NEWS 7English honor society brings library to Memorial Union

Sigma Tau Delta, ESU’s international honor society for students of language, literature and writing, es-tablished a Take One, Leave One Library in the memorial union last week.

“I am somebody who loves to sit down here in the union, I think this space is awesome… But I noticed that there’s TVs and there’s the game corner back here and there’s computers and this kind of space to hang out and as the president of Sigma Tau Delta, the Eng-lish honors society, we like to promote literacy and we thought that it was lacking a reading component,” said Tasha Messer, senior English education major and presi-dent of Sigma Tau Delta.

Sigma Tau Delta held a book drive last spring and had an excess of books, which they used to start this project.

“The goal of the book drive was to generate books that could be donated to com-munity organizations, litera-cy programs, senior centers, any community group, they really wanted the books to stay within the community as far as possible,” said Cyn-thia Patton, English profes-sor. “The community organi-zations were very happy to get the books, but there were a lot of books that they didn’t want because they were pop-ular fiction, or textbooks that were in areas that were a lit-tle more advanced than they were interested in.”

The little library, located in the common area between Buzzcotti and the Center for Student Involvement, books topics include informational texts and textbooks, novels and young adult literature. Anyone who frequents the Union is welcome to take a book from the shelf and/or leave one they’re willing to part with.

“I think if I saw one that was actually really interest-ing, or really caught my eye, I might leave one,” said Han-nah Robinson, junior English major. “Maybe leave one equally as interesting.”

A common problem with take one leave one libraries is that the interesting books are the ones that get taken, and uninteresting or unwanted books are the kinds that get left.

“One of the reasons why it felt like a good idea to start it right now because there are enough books to keep an attractive selection going,” Patton said. “The other thing Sigma Tau Delta has going for it is (an English) depart-ment full of professors who often have four copies of in-teresting books, they aren’t all traditional textbooks.”

The take one leave, one concept can be seen as way to broaden students’ reading horizons.

“One of the things that I noticed were copies of things that I had used in my class on the Japanese supernatu-ral last spring, and I thought ‘how cool!’ somebody didn’t want to keep them, but they were there. They’re really in-teresting novels- they don’t look like textbooks, they don’t feel like textbooks, so I think we have probably the rest of this academic year to see what the taking and leaving pattern is like and then strategize, but I think we’re in good shape at least through the rest of this year, and then we’ll see,” Patton said.

To keep things inter-esting, Messer mentioned brainstorming to possibly team up with other RSOs who could take charge of a shelf in the book shelf to fill it with books on a particular topic during a certain time period.

“An example that we came up with is talking to PRIDE and collaborating with them on PRIDE Week.

So, before PRIDE Week we met with them and some-how we came up with a plan

for a book drive to come up with any books that have to do with gender inequal-

ity, LGBTQ, and have a shelf that is dedicated to that for that week,” Messer said.

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Hannah Robinson, junior secondary English education major, browses through books on the Take One, Leave One Library in the Union outside the Center for Student Involvement Monday, Nov. 3. The Take One, Leave One library is open to anyone to trade out a book they are interested in. NICHOLAS SUMNER | the Bulletin

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to rule in favor of a former federal air marshal who wants whistleblower pro-tection for leaking informa-tion about aviation security plans.

Several of the justices

indicated during oral argu-ment that Robert MacLean did not violate the law when he revealed to a re-porter government plans to cut back on overnight trips for undercover air marshals despite a potential terror threat.

MacLean said he leaked

the information to an MS-NBC reporter after super-visors ignored his safety concerns. His revelations in 2003 triggered outrage in Congress and the Depart-ment of Homeland Security quickly decided not to make the cutbacks, acknowledg-ing it was a mistake.

Court seems to favor fired whistleblowerBut MacLean was fired

from the Transportation Se-curity Administration three years later, after the govern-ment discovered he was the leaker.

A federal appeals court ruled last year that MacLean should be allowed to pres-ent a defense under federal

w h i s t l e b l o w e r laws. The Obama adminis t ra t ion argues that whis-tleblower laws contain a major exception — they do not protect employees who reveal informa-tion “prohibited by law.”

Deputy Solici-tor General Ian Gershengorn told the justices that TSA regulations specifically pro-hibit disclosure of “sensitive secu-rity information,” including any in-formation relat-ing to air marshal deployments.

But several of the justices point-ed out that the W h i s t l e b l o w e r Protection Act re-

fers only to other laws, not agency regulations.

“So it is prohibited by regulations, let’s not play games,” Justice Antonin Scalia told Gershengorn.

Justice Stephen Breyer suggested that since no law seemed to ban the kind of information MacLean leaked, the president could simply issue an executive order to keep TSA workers from disclosing that kind of information.

“If in fact that was a real worry about blowing up airplanes, for that reason, could the president then simply ... say an executive order will require that to be kept secret?” Breyer asked.

Gershengorn agreed the president could do so, but he said that would dupli-cate and possibly under-mine what Congress consid-ers to be “sensitive security information.”

Chief Justice John Rob-erts didn’t seem to think that would be a problem.

“He signs an executive order saying duplicate the SSI system and right away the problem we have here of people like Mr. MacLean re-vealing information is not a problem anymore,” Roberts said.

SPORTS8 The Bulletin | Nov. 6, 2014

The Emporia State foot-ball team will play host to MIAA leader Northwest Missouri State this Satur-day.

The Bearcats are 7-1 on the year, starting the season 6-0, with their lowest margin of victory being 22 points. Their only loss comes at the hands of Pittsburg State, 35-17.

The Bearcats are led by

Adam Dorrel. Dorrel grew up in Maryville and played on the offensive line for NWMSU. He is 3-6 in his three seasons in Maryville, 25-4 in the MIAA.

Just last season, the Bearcats went a perfect 15-0, and won the Divi-sion-II national champion-ship. NWMSU looks to be a lock for the post season again this year and a con-

tender for another national title.

Under Dorrell the Bearcats offense has exploded, averaging 45 points per game and they have exceeded 59 points on eight different occasions.

Saturday’s showdown is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Welch Stadium.

SportS ShortS

Last Saturday, the Emporia State football team limped out of Topeka with its fifth loss of the season by a count of 36-10.

Braxton Marstall, sopho-more quarterback, made his second career start for the Hornets. Marstall was replaced by Ty Reasnor in the second half. For the first time since 2012 at South-west Baptist, two quarter-backs played in the same game, when Brent Wilson, junior quarterback, replaced the injured Tyler Eckenrode.

WU scored the game’s

first 23 points and had a 23-0 lead at half. The Hornets scored 10 unanswered in the third quarter, but the fourth belonged to the Bods. They scored 13 unanswered to end it, 36-10. WU domi-nated the ball, they had the ball over 40 minutes in the 60 minute contest. The Bods were also 11-18 on third down while the Hornets were just 2-9.

The Hornets have their senior day against the MIAA leader Northwest Missouri State, this Saturday at 2 p.m. at Welch Stadium.

Hornets welcome Bearcats for senior day

The Emporia State women’s basketball team looks to repeat their success after a 30-4 record last season and finishing third in the NCAA Division II Tour-nament.

The Lady Hornets are first in the preseason MIAA tour-nament, and ranked seventh in USA Today coach’s poll. ESU comes in with two return-ing seniors, Merissa Quick, forward, and Amber Vandiver, forward, and three transfer stu-dents coming into the season.

“Post position is one of the best in the Division II as you can get,” said Jordy Collins,

head coach.With only four returning

starters coming into the season, the Lady Hornets’ weakness is experience, but coach Collins said effort will make up for it.

“The thing that made last year’s team successful is expe-rience,” Collins said. “This year’s team is completely dif-ferent, but we have a culture of winning. You have an expecta-tion to be successful and they are working hard to make it happen.”

Lady Hornets looked good on Monday against Kansas State University. They were up by one at halftime, but lost by four points against the Wildcats. Lady Hornets out rebounded the Wildcats and had a better three-point percentage than the Wildcats.

“Obviously staying close to those guys is good,” Collins

Basketball teams hope for successful seasons

Merissa Quick, senior forward, grabs a rebound over a Tabor player last season. The Lady Hornets are favored to win the MIAA in preseason polls. ROCKY ROBINSON | The BulleTin

The Emporia State Hornet volleyball team hit the road this weekend, where they dominated Missouri Southern in four sets before losing to Central Oklahoma on Saturday.

Friday’s match against MSSU started with a 25-21 victory in the first set for the Hornets, followed by a blowout 25-16 Hornet win in the second set. The third set saw three ties and three lead changes before the Lions took control, costing a 25-18 win. The Hornets went on to dominate the fourth and final set 25-19 to take the match 3-1.

The Hornets traveled to Edmond, Oklahoma Saturday night to take on the COSU Bronchos. The Hornets dropped the first set 25-22 despite four ties and two lead changes. The second set was not so closely contested, as the Bearcats easily defeated the Hornets 25-17. ESU bounced back in the third set, never trailing, to win the third set 25-19. A 9-1 run in the fourth and final set gave the match to COSU, 25-13.

Carly Spicer, senior hitter, was the only ESU player to reach double figures with 22 kills and two blocks. Courtney Hearing, senior hitter, added seven kills and five blocks.

The Hornets return home to take on Southwest Baptist tomorrow at 7 p.m. at White Auditorium.

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said. “Your goal wasn’t to get embarrassed when you go play them. We out rebounded them. We won the toughness, and we dove for loose balls.”

The men’s basketball team made drastic improvements under Shaun Vandiver, who is starting his fourth year as head coach. The Hornets have been 40-45 under Vandiver, with 18 of those wins coming just last season.

The Hornets had their first winning record under Van-diver a year ago and made their first post-season advancement to the MIAA tournament in Kansas City.

While three of the Hornets’ four leading scorers and their three leading rebounders are all gone, the Hornets do have a big returner coming back, both lit-erally and figuratively. Michael Harris, a 6-8” junior, who took

Terrence Moore, junior guard, goes up for a layup in last season’s game against Bethal. The coaches’ preseason poll has the Emporia State Hornet men’s basketball team Ranked 8th for the upcoming season. ROCKY ROBINSON | The BulleTin

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Turnpike Tussel goes south for Hornets

Justin Brown, freshman wide receiver, dodges players as he makes his way down the field in attempt to score against the Ichabods Saturday, Nov.1. CASSIE HOLT | The BulleTin

last season off due to back inju-ries, will return to the court this season.

“It’ll be interesting, hon-estly I didn’t ever think he’d be back when we talked about his injury. We really developed his game and he’s become a heck of a player,” said Shaun Vandiver, head coach.

While the Hornets look to be climbing the ladder, Vandiver doesn’t like to make pre-season predictions.

“When I worked for Dan Dakich, he said, ‘V, which games do you think we’ll win and lose?’ And I told him. He said for the games we’ll lose already, so we’re not gonna prepare. Our goal is to win every game,” said Vandiver.

The Hornets open their season on Nov. 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada against Concordia Uni-versity of St. Paul.

Upcoming Games

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Track and Field at Emporia

Soccer wins on the roadThe Emporia State soccer

team won their last two games on the road against Washburn and Nebraska Kearney.

The Hornets won against Washburn 4-1, and Ne-braska Kearney 1-0, to clinch a spot in the MIAA tourna-ment.

In Friday’s game against in-state rival Washburn, the Hornets managed to set their season high for most goals in a game against the Ichabods on friday with a score of 4-1.

All four goals were from four separate players on the Hornets’ side with the first goal being made by Grace Linton, freshman forward, in the 13th minute.

Three minutes later Mal-lory Walden, senior mid-fielder, put up a two goal lead over the Ichabods in the 16th minute.

During the second half, Amelia Hueten, freshman midfielder, scored in the 54th minute to make a 3-0 lead over the Ichabods.

The Ichabods finally scored their first goal in the 64th minute off of a header, then the Hornets scored their first in the 84th minute by Kelsey Wakefield, junior midfielder.

On Sunday’s game against Nebraska Kearney, it was a must win for The Hornets to clinch a MIAA tournament berth. With a game winning goal in the 71st minute by Jordan Foutch, senior forward, to win 1-0 against the Lopers.

Yadira Rivera, sopho-more goalkeeper, recorded her seventh shutout of the season.

The Hornets start their MIAA tournament play against Southwest Baptist. 2 p.m., Nov. 5, at Bolivar, Missouri.

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