April 24, 2014 Full Issue

Flint, a six-month-old moun-tain lion cub, has arrived at Da-vid Traylor Zoo.

Flint is named after the Flint Hills and received his name via a contest the zoo held that ended

in March. The public submitted 727 name suggestions to choose from. The zoo staff narrowed it down to five, then put stations around the zoo and in the zoo education center where people could donate money towards the name they liked most. The contest raised $3,100.

According to the zoo’s web-site, Flint was found and rescued in the Blue Mountains, located in Washington. Two men were hik-ing in the mountains when they found the carcass of a mountain lion. They reported it the wild-life and parks authorities who arrived the next day to find Flint

next to his deceased mother. Af-ter rescuing Flint from the wild, he was transported to the Em-poria Zoo.

“I’m happy to see that the zoo has gotten another moun-tain lion so soon after the pass-

As the discussion for dis-continuance of the athletic training program continues, a hearing held last Friday un-covered more issues besides the program not meeting the faculty and graduation re-quirements for the course.

The tenure of Mathew Howe, assistant professor of

physical education and recre-ation, has also been put into question. If the program is discontinued, Howe will not receive tenure and will be put on an annual contract.

Howe first came to Empo-ria State in 2001 as an under-graduate and has since then received a master’s degree from the university. He is in his sixth year of employ-ment. He has received all the

necessary marks for tenure and should have been put up for tenure in March. But Ken Weaver, dean of the Teacher’s College and professor of psy-chology, has recomended the program for discontinuance.

“I feel like I am just caught in the middle of a bad storm right now,” Howe said. “It is all just coming in at the worst possible time, and we are do-ing everything we can to see

it through. I know it is not in-tentional.”

The program discontinu-ation document was submit-ted to the Faculty Senate Ex-ecutive committee from the academic affairs committee on April 3. Weaver said this recommendation comes after receiving the news that the program would have to hire another full time employee to meet standards. The program

has also seen declining num-bers of graduates in the last four years. Only graduating about five students per year, it has not been meeting the ten required.

“I cannot justify advocat-ing for a second faculty mem-ber for a program that for five years hasn’t met the KBOR minimum when I have all

After beginning a search for a new vice president of admin-istration and fiscal affairs early this semester, the search com-mittee narrowed down the can-didated to three finalists. Ray Hauke, current vice president of administration and fiscal af-fairs, will be retiring after 16 years at Emporia State on June 1.

“I work with…many of the behind-the-scenes operations – budgeting, accounting, HR

(human resources), facilities, parking, those kinds of things,” Hauke said. “I also work with several committees.

Hauke said his favorite memories of his time at ESU were working with the new student rec center in 2001 and the Memorial Union renovation beginning in April 2010, which was a 23 million dollar project. When he retires, he plans to continue to reside in Topeka.

“I’ve always enjoyed work-ing with Ray,” said Gwen Lar-son, assistant director of Mar-keting and Media Relations. “What I’ve always appreciated is he can explain the financial in terms that I understand.”

A search committee was formed to find a replacement

for Hauke. The search committee con-

sists of Jim Williams, vice presi-dent for student affairs; Mary Mingenback, university con-troller; Mike Erickson, associate vice president for Information Technology; Karla Ingold, ac-countant in University Facili-ties; Bobbi Pearson, director of facilities planning; Kristie Ogil-vie, dean of the School of Busi-ness; Bob Warren, representing the ESU Foundation and Ray Lauber, assistant director of Hu-man Resources.

Williams, who has experi-ence working with Hauke, was appointed by President Michael Shonrock to be chair of the com-mittee.

“Many of the complex busi-

ness activities associated with the Division of Student Affairs are coordinated in partnership with Mr. Hauke,” Williams said.

The open position was an-nounced on Jan. 27, and the re-view of applications began on

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Discontinuation of athletic training still possible

HOUSING:‘No pet policies’ don’t stop students

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Flint, the newest animal at the David Traylor Zoo, rests atop a tree in his exhibit. Flint received his name in honor of the Flint Hills in a landslide vote from the Emporia public. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID TRAYLOR ZOO

Search for VP of administration, fiscal affairs continuesNumbers ofcandidates narrows to three

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Associate vice president for fiscal affairs and budget director at Emporia State University

The English Department is on the prowl for new profes-sors, specifically a new journal-ism professor and a new litera-ture professor.

The approval for this request from Marie Miller, dean of Lib-eral Arts and Sciences, and Da-vid Cordle, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, happened relatively quick, due to the sudden resignation of two faculty members, Miller said.

“Normally, we do not do a search at this late of a date be-cause the prime time for new faulty is in the fall,” Miller said. “By the time you get to January or February, in some cases, it’s almost too late to hire. The Eng-lish faculty felt very strongly that they could do a search at this short time period, and be-cause of the market…we felt very comfortable that we could get it done and that they could do a quick search.”

The faculty met on April 10 to discuss the hiring. On April 12, Mel Storm, interim chair of the English Department, circu-

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ing of the other,” said Amy Redden, secondary education major.

Flint’s exhibit is made specifi-cally for mountain lions. It fea-tures a small pool of water, a tree for him to climb on, a cave to nap in, and some rock features Flint likes to doze off under.

Before Flint came to the zoo, Sampson was the sole resident at the mountain lion exhibit. Samp-son arrived at the David Traylor Zoo as a very young cub, still needing to be bottle fed. He de-veloped a close relationship with his handlers over the years, and

spent his life in the care of the Emporia Zoo. Sampson passed from old age earlier this year and is memorialized by a plaque in the shape of a paw print in front of the exhibit.

The Emporia Zoo, founded in 1934, is free for the public to enjoy. It is funded by the city of Emporia.

“It’s something that the city wants to give to the people of Emporia and the surrounding communities,” said Lisa Keith, director of the Emporia Zoo.

The zoo sees around 80,000 visitors a year. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday thru Saturday. During the sum-

mer, the zoo has extended hours on Sunday and Wednesday – they’re open until 8 p.m.

“The mission of the zoo is to provide an environment which inspires the stewardship of the natural world,” Keith said. “We want people to understand that it’s important to conserve and to help the wildlife thrive in their natural world.”

The zoo will host “Party for the Planet” on April 27 from 1-3 p.m. The event will help guests explore ways they can positively impact the environment. For more information about the zoo and upcoming events, visit Zoo.emporia-kansas.gov.

Feb. 24. Originally, there were 35-40 applicants, Wil-liams said. Some qualities that the search committee looks for include: a record as an accom-plished fiscal administrator, su-perior leadership and manage-ment skills, an entrepreneurial spirit and excellent interper-sonal communication and team

building skills.Last Friday, two of four final

candidates for vice president of administration and fiscal affairs were announced.

Darrell Morrison, vice chan-cellor for finance and admin-istration at the University of Arkansas, withdrew his candi-dacy for personal reasons.

Diana Kuhlmann, associate vice president for fiscal affairs and budget director at ESU, will have an open forum today

from 2-3:15 p.m. in the KSN Room in Memorial Union.

When each candidate vis-its campus on their respective days, his or her schedule in-cludes several meetings with various staff members, an open forum, a campus tour with stu-dent ambassadors, a tour of the city of Emporia, and dinner with Shonrock.

The next two finalists will be announced tomorrow and will have their forums next week.

lated an email ballot to receive feedback from the members in the department to deter-mine which professor request should be submitted first. The vote was due April 14. Faculty decided that a new journalism professor was top priority.

“There really is a need be-cause the journalism program supports (the) general educa-tion (class) JO 200, which is Mass Communications,” Miller said. “And that’s a very, very popular general educa-tion course, and right now we can only offer three or four sec-tions.”

By April 15, the request was approved to begin the search

for a new journalism profes-sor. On April 17, the request was approved to search for a new literature professor. Miller said the English department planned it out well and pre-sented their case well.

“We’re very happy that this can be done,” Miller said. “We’re grateful that they can have the search. Hopefully, they’ll come up with some good candidates.”

The request to begin the search for new staff was sub-mitted on April 18, and was quickly approved due to the administration recognizing the severe need for more staff.

“We need someone to as-sist with the journalism pro-gram, and we’re also looking for somebody with expertise in

working with the BSE in jour-nalism,” Miller said.

The department is looking for a literature professor who can teach a wide range of class-es that may include early, me-dieval or restoration literature subjects.

The journalism professor will aid in the teaching of lower to advanced journalism classes and potentially advise clubs and majors dealing in journal-ism.

“We’re looking for someone who can teach a wide range of subjects,” Storm said.

Storm said that they hope they will receive applications before the end of May.

“We will welcome our new staff members sometime dur-ing the summer,” Storm said.

Police ReportsReports from ESU Police and Safety

Brown named Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor

Veterans Roundtable sponsors movie

Sigma Tau Delta hosts Open Mic Night

April 16Subject reported theft from

Plumb Hall bike rack. Bike seat and post was taken off of the bike.

Officer stopped KS 359GLK in 1400 Merchant. Verbal warn-ing for a stop sign violation at 15th and Merchant.

Officers assisted Emporia Po-lice Dept. with possession of ille-gal substance in Sector 8.

Officer took report of a non-injury accident involving KS 123FZV and KS 760CZB in Sec-tor 7.

Officer assisted Lyon Co. deputy with a car stop on I-35 at mile marker 130 southbound.

April 17Custodian reported damage

to ceiling tiles at Butcher Educa-tion Center. HBO.

Officer stopped KS 350GMB in 1300 Merchant. Verbal warn-ing for a stop sign violation at I-35 and Merchant.

Officer stopped a bicyclist in 1000 Mechanic. Verbal warning for a one-way.

Ambulance responded to Science Hall Room 44 for uncon-scious male. Subject declined transport.

Subject reported a shower in Northeast Morse Hall Room 420 would not shut off. Officer was able to shut it off temporarily.

April 18Officer contacted dog owners

in Welch Stadium and advised

of campus policy. Faulty member requested to

speak with an officer at Plumb Hall Room 103.

Officer checked the welfare of occupants in KS 594FCJ north of I-35 by north compound.

April 19Officer stopped KS 855GMB

at 400 block West 15th. Verbal warning was given for defective brake lights.

April 20Officer stopped KS 855GMB

at 400 block West 15th. Verbal warning was given for defective brake lights.

Officer coned off the 2 north plumb hall visitors stalls in Kel-logg Circle.

April 21Officer assisted Emporia Po-

lice Department with making contact with students at Empo-ria State University.

Officer stopped KS 856DVQ in the 1200 block of Stanton. Ver-bal warning for failure to dim bright lights.

April 22Officer responded to Plumb

Hall Room 109 for a report of a suspicious bag. Officer took pos-session of the bag and called the owner.

Officers assisted Emporia Po-lice Dept. with a search for a sus-picious person in the vicinity of 1200 Highland.

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Yesterday, Charles Brown, professor of philosophy, was announced as the 2014 Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor. President Michael Shonrock; David Cordle, provost, Marie Miller, dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Ellen Hansen, chair of Social Sciences, surprised Brown and his students in his 9 a.m. Introduction to Philosophy class to make the an-nouncement. The award includes a $1,000 honorarium for professional activities.

The Emporia State Veterans Roundtable will sponsor the movie about Germany’s supposed recovery from World War I, “Triumph of the Will,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 7 at the Granada Theatre, 807 Commercial.

The movie depicts Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party’s rise to power in the early 1930s. The motion picture shows the victory of the Nazi Party in Nuremburg, Germany from the view of the Germans, rather than the Nazi’s.

A brief discussion with the Roundtable will take place following the film. Admissionis free to the public.

For more information, call John Sanderson, 620-342-0874, or Loren Pennington, 620-342-2895.

Tonight at 7 p.m. in the PKP Room in the basement of the Memorial Union, Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Soci-ety, will be hosting an Open Mic Night. Any original works are welcome, including, but not limited to: poetry, short stories and songs. Each work performed should not exceed three to five minutes, but participants may perform more than one. The event is free and open to the public. Those who wish only to listen, and not perform, are also welcome. The event will last until 9 p.m. and those wishing to partici-pate may sign up as they arrive.

Briefs Letter from the EditorSometimes, we screw up. We’re student journalists, and we’re learning as we go along. But that’s

no excuse.During the Associated Student Government elections, we had planned to run profiles of the pres-

idential and vice presidential candidates, including information about their platforms, what they could bring to Emporia State that other candidates couldn’t and some fun, personal facts.

But the profiles didn’t appear in our April 3 issue. Due to a lack of communication between our writer and our editors, we failed to realize that we

had gathered only information from two sets of candidates – Tyler Huddleston and Victoria Har-mon, Chase Sossi and Charlotte Smith, but not Ray Voiers and Matthew Parra – until it was too late to change it.

We had planned to get the information as quickly as possible and put it up online, so our readers could still obtain information about the candidates, but another lack of communication caused us to only gather the information hours before the results were announced. By then, it was useless.

At the beginning of my career as editor-in-chief this year, I stressed the importance of communi-cation between the campus and our student newspaper. This made The Bulletin the prime example of why that 13-letter word is so important. We apologize for the massive miscommunication, and promise to continue improving in order to serve our students in the best way that we can.

Congratulations to the new ASG president and vice president – Huddleston and Harmon. Sting-ers up!

Susan WelteEditor-in-chief

Hitting the Right Notes

Dennis Bassett, assistant professor of voice, performed at his faculty recital in Heath Recital Hall on April 23. He was accompanied by pianist Tara Laudie. At his recital, he performed many pieces, including “Johnny Boy” and “Happy Birthday” for his grandma who was watching via live stream. NICHOLAS SUMNER | The BulleTin

In the United States, there are a handful of birthdays that every young man or woman looks for-ward to. At 16, you get your first car. At 18 years old, you’re legal to smoke, buy lottery tickets, and vote. And at 21, you can legally drink.

For most college students, it’s the latter that is the most exciting – the opportunity to go out to the bars and drink with your friends is overwhelming. For some peo-ple, the night of the 21st birthday gives invitation for a little bit of creativity.

“I think it’s a really fun, unique 21st birthday gift,” said new 21-year-old Kelly Smith,* a junior at Emporia State. “I think it’s just your own creativity and it’s like scrapbooking. I think it maybe brings them (friends) closer together like it shows them, ‘Hey, I love you. Look, I made you this great thing. Look at how many friends you’ve got, like we all love you so much.’”

A relatively new phenom-enon that has become popu-lar with college women, the 21 Shot Book gives young women (and men, if they so choose) the chance to create essentially a scrapbook of birthday girl’s 21st night. Each page requires a few specific things – what the shot was, where the shot was bought and what time, who bought the shot for the birthday girl and a line for her to sign at the end of the drink.

“There were a couple pages with dares in them. I did not do the dares because they made me uncomfortable, but there were

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Students cope with group project stress

Shots, Shots, Shots

Kristie Ogilvie, dean of the School of Business (left), and Jessica Buchholz, director of Student Services and marketing for the School of Business (right), cut the ribbon for the new Business Resource Center at 3:30 p.m. April 17 in Cremer Hall. The BRC is located on the second floor of Cremer Hall. WILL AUSTIN | The BulleTin

Smith looks through a shot book that her sorority sisters gave her for her 21st birthday. Each page was personalized with a place to record each drink she had that evening. WILL AUSTIN | The BulleTin

A margarita sits in front of Kelly Smith,* junior, on her 21st birthday earlier this month. Smith’s birthday celebration began at Applebee’s with her sorority sisters and some other friends. WILL AUSTIN | The BulleTin

Brogy Giesen, junior communication major, and Andrew Davids, junior biology education major, work on their group project on April 21 in William Allen White Library about the amount of vitamin C in Moun-tain Dew and Sun Drop. KATHRYN MARTIN | The BulleTin

As the semester comes to a close, many students are finish-ing class projects, often with an assigned group. Students working together in groups of-ten experience conflict, usually with students having very busy schedules and higher levels of stress at the end of the semester.

Tabitha Keast, senior interdis-

ciplinary studies major, Morgan Laughlin, junior accounting ma-jor and Spencer Bauman, junior marketing major spent Monday night downstairs in William Al-len White library working on their presentation about hir-ing capable personnel for their principles of management class. Laughlin said their group did not pick the topic, but found the topic very interesting.

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pages with dares in them,” Smith said. “There were ones that were like, ‘Kiss the next guy that you see that you don’t know.’ There was one that was, ‘Get some ran-dom guy’s phone number.’ Stuff like that. I did have some friends that took the shots with me, like whoever bought the shot with me. If they were of-age, for the most, part they would take the shot with me.”

Smith’s shot book was a sur-prise from her best friends. The pages filled with pictures and memories of them together. Her first drink of the night on her birthday – last week – was at Applebee’s. She had what she described as the “perfect mar-

garita.”Pinterest has been one of the

most prominent ways to gather ideas and inspiration for the perfect shot book – covers that say ‘Hot Mess Express’ or ‘Keep Calm and Drink On,’ as well as pages with the verse ‘Hakuna Some Vodka’ seem to be fairly popular ones. Many of the pages feature animal print and glitter – a crafting staple among many sororities.

Molly Love,* a senior at ESU, had a shot book put together by friends for her 21st last April.

“I really didn’t have any say in it. Tasha pretty much took it on as her responsibility as my friend. It was going to be kind of

her gift to me, to put it all togeth-er and get my friends to partici-pate in it,” said Lane. “(I did end up taking 21 shots), and 20 more. The way it turned out, I thought it was a good decision, because it got all my friends together and actually had a purpose of being there. I thought it went well.”

Lane did as Smith did and tagged some of her friends in throughout the night to take shots with her. Her favorite shot of the birthday night was the Jaeger Bomb; the weirdest – the Scooby Snack, a mix of pine-apple juice, Midori, Malibu, and banana vodka.

Though the 21 birthday has a tendency of being associated

with extreme binge drinking – as we’ve seen in such films as “21 and Over” – Lane doesn’t think it necessarily promotes an un-healthy drinking habit.

“I think it depends on the per-son. Like I can obviously handle myself when I do this stuff, be-cause I’ve had lots of experience, and I know what to look out for and what the dangers are,” Lane said. “But if it’s some naïve little girl who’s never drank before and it’s her first time drinking on her 21st birthday, this is probably not a good idea. Because she’s probably going to have alcohol poisoning by like the seventh shot. But, I am a beast.”

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ent method of hiring,” Laughlin said.

Keast said the group inter-viewed several businesses in Emporia.

“We did a lot of research about the hiring process,” Keast said. “We got data from all types of businesses in Emporia, big and small.”

The group frequently ex-perienced schedule conflicts throughout their time working on the project together – espe-cially at the end of the semester – and frequently had to take ad-vantage of the library’s new 24-hour schedule. Bauman said the group usually had to meet late at night in the library.

“Finding a time that works for everyone can be stressful, but we were able to get this to work,” Keast said.

Some students get lucky and

end up in a group where there is little to no conflict. Andrew Davids, secondary education bi-ology major, and Brody Giesen, communication major, started working on their group project for their quantitative analysis class after returning from spring break.

Davids and Giesen analyzed the amount of vitamin C found in Mountain Dew and Sun Drop.

“We actually found that there is more vitamin C in Mountain Dew and Sun Drop than the FDA says there is,” Davids said.

Davids and Giesen said schedule conflicts were not an issue while working on the proj-ect.

“Picking a topic was prob-ably the hardest part,” Giesen said. “It was picking something and just getting things started. The beginning was the hard

part, but actually getting it done was pretty easy.”

Davids said they picked Mountain Dew to analyze be-cause it is Giesen’s favorite soda.

Individual students might prefer a different learning style than the forced projects.

In an article in the Journal of Statistics Education, Joan Gar-field, doctor of Educational Psy-chology wrote, “students may want the teacher to do more explaining, and telling them the right answers, rather than strug-gle wit a problem themselves. Some students may prefer to work alone, and resist being forced to work in a group.”

“I’m glad I got to work with Morgan and Spencer,” Keast said. “Getting to know people is a pretty big part of the college experience, so group projects can be rewarding in that way.”

‘Shot book’ becomes trend for 21st birthdays

I like some scruff. Guys who can pull off facial

hair get a bonus point in my book. No Shave November is always a fascination to see

what the men on our campus are capable of growing on their faces. I can’t help but feel a little disappointed when someone that looks good in scruff decides to shave it all off and leave us with a baby face. Facial hair tends to make boys look older and some-times even sophisticated, like George Clooney (minus the gray hair). All girls know that’s a good thing. Take note, boys.

Christopher Howse wrote an article called, “Have we reached ‘peak beard?’ Good, because I’m not trying to be trendy,” about the evolution of the beard. He points out that we are currently in a “beard trend” among guys, and he

can’t wait for it to be over. Apparently, the beard is at the top and it’s only downhill from there. He explains how a few guys that look sexy with a beard inspires just about every other guy to do the same and now you have them all with a beard and nobody is getting an advantage. Now, the guys that have been gracing the beard for years look like they are trying to be trendy.

The beard seems to have always been some sort of topic of discussion for men. Howse takes us through the history of the beard and how it used to be frowned upon in other countries, during different time periods, and so forth. I


Dead week is rapidly approaching. And we’re dreading it more than finals week.

Originally, dead week was created in order to give students a breather and time for them to prepare for final exams. It serves as a time on campus when the bustling atmosphere starts to trickle, and students are normally cooped up in their dorm rooms, apartments or the library cramming a full semester’s worth of informa-tion into their heads.

Now, it’s just a week from hell for Emporia State stu-dents.

Lately, the papers, exams and last-minute projects that

teachers are assigning seem to pile up, even more than usual, during dead week. The agenda for teachers, especially in general educa-tion or elective classes, is to give a project or a take-home exam, due during dead week, and not to meet at all during finals week.

Some teachers are not even giving students suffi-cient time to work on these projects, assigning us projects or papers the week before dead week.

For most of us, finals week is a breeze, with all lengthy assignments turned in, full days without any tests and then one or two traditional finals thrown in. We can

nap, study a little bit and then nap again. And maybe our finals will be done, say, May 14, instead of May 16. While this eliminates some of the in-class exam pressure and may get us back home for the summer sooner, it sure doesn’t make the week before finals any easier.

To all the professors and instructors at ESU: Listen to the students voices as we cry out in misery in these final weeks of the semester. Assigning us a giant paper, portfolio, exam or project that is due or takes place during dead week instead of having a traditional final isn’t saving us any stress. It’s just creating more.

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You’ve Got a Friend in Roommates

“Who the hell are you?” If you’ve ever lived in

the dorms, this has probably run through your mind on move-in day. The stranger in the bed next to, above or below you is your new room-mate – someone you have the pleasure of spending time with and getting to know. Whether they’re tall and gangly with a

finger up their nose, or short and a bit chunky with the humor of a piece of cardboard, roommates are always a luxury to have.

Though you may not like your roommates at first, it’s important to get to know them and find something you can do together. I didn’t talk much to my roommates until I dis-covered that they’re both great people and even better friends.

Though I had a class with one, it wasn’t the reason we became close. Our curiosity of what the other person thinks, feels and likes doing drove us to develop a lasting bond. The other roommate, I discov-ered, had a whimsical sense of humor similar to mine. I could easily talk to him about every-thing, from the cartoons of our youth to funny nonsense we find on the Internet.

Though I didn’t think much

of them at first and, of course, had presumptions about them before I actually took the time to know them, I consider the time I’ve spent with them irre-placeable and dear to me.

It’s a privilege to be able to live with someone we have no prior knowledge of and develop a friendship built upon laughs, good times and a few inappropriate jokes here and there.

Get to know your room-mates. If you haven’t already, there is still time. Nothing bad can come out of getting to know the person you live with. Participate in things they enjoy and encourage them to do the things you enjoy. They may introduce topics you’ve never thought about before. Become mates, share a drink and get to know one another.

Here’s to you, Nova and Jun.

In an age where the trans-fer of information from one person to a million is all but instantaneous, misinforma-tion can have staggering con-sequences.

Most recently, misinforma-tion put the public in a panic. Videos posted on YouTube of animals appearing to flee Yellowstone sparked the fear that the volcano there were nearing eruption. I didn’t see the videos when they came out, but I was told about what the running animals was sup-posed to mean by a classmate.

My initial instinct was fear, but then I began to wonder why I hadn’t heard more about this supposed erup-tion, considering it would be deadly for most of the United States. This was one of the first red flags regarding the whole story. Something as big as the eruption of a volcano would have registered on the radar of the mass media.

When it comes to “news” like this, it’s essential to be skeptical. The initial reaction must be calm and objective because news from a class-mate or a blogger is not guar-anteed fact. They may mean well, but unless they’re on the ground floor of the story, you need to check the information. Check for the story to be cor-roborated by the newspaper or the cable news.

Of course, not all of my news actually comes from popular media. Most of what I learn about what’s going on in the Ukraine, for example, comes from current event blogs on tumblr. Social sites like tumblr or Facebook are great places to get current events, but taking that infor-mation at face value can lead to the fear of the Yellowstone misunderstanding at worst and, at least, unintentional ignorance.

Without proper objective

thinking, it’s easy to fall into a kind of hysteria reminiscent of the violent reactions to the “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast. It’s easy to get wrong information quickly. It’s just as easy to check that information. Take that extra few seconds to make sure what you’re hearing is true. If it sounds too scary or too good to be a fact, it very well might not be.

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am glad that we are currently in a time when they are in and I am hoping the so-called downfall of the beard takes its time.

But, there is a certain extent into how much is too much with the facial hair. Just like there is such a thing as “too much makeup” for girls that boys tend to dislike, there is a point where there can be too much facial hair. Guys don’t like a girl’s long hair to get in his way. Girls don’t want a bunch of facial hair to get in the way in an intimate

moment either. I don’t think college males our age should be trying to shoot for a beard as long as the Duck Dynasty guys. Wait until you are older. A couple weeks worth of that five o’clock shadow is better.

Guys shouldn’t be pres-sured to feel like they need to shave their beard because everyone else is doing it now and it has become trendy. If you look good and you are confident in your facial hair, flaunt it. Just be sure your facial hair is neatly kept, and avoid any creepy mustaches.

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In October of 2013, Alex Douglas,* an Emporia State student, was assaulted by a friend she said she had been talking to for a while.

“I’d gone out drinking and I was like, ‘Hey, I’m by your house, let me come over.’ And I thought we were just going to talk for a little bit and then it turned pretty bad,” Douglas said.

Douglas said she still sees them campus and it makes her nauseous.

“I didn’t file charges be-cause (they) absolutely don’t even know that it happened. Like it wasn’t a whole down-play, but it was rape. Saying no multiple times – it was all wrong. Everything was wrong. I wasn’t comfort-able in any sort of way, at all. I felt a sort of rejection in it, too. They’re taking you, but they’re also pushing you away.”

According to the National Institute of Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice, a col-lege with 10,000 students can experience as many as 350 rapes per year. But the yearly report from ESU’s Police and

Safety contains only one re-port of sexual assault for the year of 2012, compared with three in 2011 and one report-ed assault in 2010.

“(I’m) just concerned (about) statements made by one individual in the police department – that not ev-erything is actually reported because the victim will most likely recant,” said Allison Smith,* a professor at ESU. “If I had to make a guess, high reports for universities, in general, across the nation are typically low because that does not look good for the university. So if they report or record everything then it may make the university undesir-able to students and the par-ents of those students.

During the month of April, SAFE – SOS Advocates from Emporia – is pushing to make citizens of Emporia and students of ESU conscious of what goes on behind closed doors by putting up teal ribbons in honor of Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month.

“(Sexual assault) can be verbal, as well as physical,” said Jessica Sichel, senior so-ciology major and president

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SAFE acknowledges Sexual Awareness Month

What do students want to see at The Granada?After the recent T-Pain con-

cert at the Granada Theatre, students are already anticipat-ing the next big act to come to Emporia. The Bulletin sur-veyed 100 students to see what acts they would like to see at the Granada.

Over 600 people attended the T-Pain concert on March 29 and the event cost over $15,000. The Granada has not announced plans for a concert from another higher-level per-former any time soon, but stu-dents are already anticipating the next big show.

Among the 30 musical acts that students voted for, the band Coldplay was found to be the act that most stu-dents wanted to see live at the Granada.

“It would be cool to see Coldplay here,” said Emily Giffin, freshman health pro-motion major and a previous staff writer for The Bulletin.

Hip-hop proved to be a very popular genre among

students as over forty percent of those surveyed voted for a hip-hop artist. Tech N9ne was found to be the most wanted hip-hop artist and second most wanted musical act over-all among the students sur-veyed.

“I’d like to see Tech (N9ne) here, for sure,” said Christian Salazar, freshman art major.

Other hip-hop artists that students said they wanted to see included Snoop Lion, Jay-Z, MC Chris, Watsky, MF Doom and Danny Brown.

Hip-hop and pop acts were more popular among students, but many students voted for indie and alternative bands. Lindsey Kunkel, senior health promotion major, said she would like to see more al-ternative rock bands perform in Emporia.

“I’d love to see Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Granada,” Kunkel said.

Some musicians that stu-dents said they wanted to see included artist that incorpo-rate other things into their performance, such as rapper

and slam poet George Watsky. Loop musician and comedian Reggie Watts was also men-tioned by students surveyed.

“I’d like to see (George) Watsky, for sure,” said Shane Garrison, freshman account-ing major.

Other bands and musicians mentioned by students in the survey included The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Lorde, The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, Warpaint, Purity Ring, Fleet Foxes and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Christian Salazar, freshman art major, said he’d “for sure” like to see Tech N9ne

“I would really like to see Jay-Z perform at The Grana-da,” said Inwoo Cheong, fresh-man communication major.

Arisvet Hernandez, junior communication major, said she would be interested in more hip-hop shows.

“It would to cool to get MC Chris here,” said Austin Schopper, senior secondary education English major and a previous staff writer for The Bulletin.

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Teal ribbons were tied on trees by SAFE – SOS Advocates from Emporia – in the Morse parking lot in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. According to a report from ESU Police and Safety, there was one report of sexual assault in 2012. KATHRYN MARTIN | the Bulletin

of SAFE. “Physically, it’s any unwanted touching, space perimeter, even like facial ex-pressions, that sort of stuff. Sexual harassment falls un-der sexual violence and as-sault.”

Smith said that this is not just an ESU problem, but a nationwide problem.

“(The statistics would be) much higher than one or two, which is typically what Em-poria State University reports – zero, one, or two,” Smith

said. Douglas was also in an

intimate partner violent re-lationship in high school, an extra piece of baggage in their life, and eventually she was able to escape the rela-tionship. Counseling and the support of family has helped them feel better about the whole situation.

“I think getting over that part was just getting over the whole part, so it’s getting over the relationship as a whole is

helping me with that,” Doug-las said. “Also, trying not to define it, because it was a vio-lation of me and I just have to accept that. I don’t have to put a label on it. But because we’re humans we want to have a name for things. I kind of have to remind myself a lot that that’s not the impor-tant part. The important part is that you know you didn’t deserve it.”

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these other programs who are in some cases down multi-ple faculty members,” Weaver said in an interview before the hearing.

Weaver did say that there is are positives that come from the program, and the issue is not about the quality.

“(Howe) has done a great job educating and preparing athletic trainers over the past years, and if the program is discontinued, he will not lose his contract,” Weaver said.

Howe, along with Shawna Shane, associate professor of health, physical education and recreation, and Leslie Kenney, athletic trainer, talked in front of students and facul-ty attending the meeting held

in the Preston Family Room last Friday. Howe said he did not feel like he was in a fight with administration and felt supported in his plea to con-tinue the program.

Faculty members were also concerned with the rate in which the program is being pushed through the discontin-uation process. John Schrock, professor of biological sci-ences, said during the hearing that the discontinuation pro-cess should start at the faculty level and work up, since it is a long and thorough process.

“To keep the qualities of coursework at where it needs to be, that is the job of the fac-ulty and the faculty within the departments and the chair,” Schrock said. “That is where curriculum review should start because that is where curriculum quality starts… I

think we have people at the top we can trust and the pro-cedure will occur the right way next time because it did not this time.”

A resolution has reached Faculty Senate and will be reviewed at today’s Faculty Senate meeting. Sheryl Lidzy, associate professor of com-munications and theater and Faculty Senate president, said they would separately discuss program discontinuation and the tenure of Howe.

“The process, as it is in place now, should be time- consuming,” Lidzy said. “And what has happened in this instance is that this pro-cess should have taken a lot more time.”

The Senate will have 30 days to vote and submit a written recommendation to administration.

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‘No pet policies’ don’t stop students

Pets are still common among college students, even though many apartments and the residences halls have rules against them.

“Pets are not permitted in any student housing with the exception of non-carniv-orous fish in 10 gallon tanks or smaller” states the rules for the Singular and Trusler Halls, Towers Complex and Morse Hall dorms, although there have been students who have easily broken this rule.

Kelsie Wenger, sophomore psychology major, had a gerbil, and then a bunny, at one point in her dorm room last year.

“I didn’t really decide to get the gerbil,” Wenger said. “I just came in my room and my roommate showed me it, but we only had that for one month. Her sister came down and took it back.”

Wade Redeker, director of Residential Life, said he doesn’t suspect that many people try and hide pets in the dorms. If a resident is caught with an animal that breaks the rule then they will be asked to find another home for the animal.

“My roommate then begged me to let us get a bunny, and since I liked bunnies, we just decided to get one,” Wenger said. “I wasn’t really that scared to have the rabbit. I knew someone would just tell us to

Lily, a college tenant’s rabbit, explores her recently acquired home in Uni-versiy Aparments, 1533 Merchant St. The complex does not allow pets in its facilities, but the owner decided to get it anyway. JENNIFER PENDARVIS | The BulleTin

Lately, I’ve been asked what pre-workout I’m “on” more than how much I bench.

Since when do college kids need a pick-me-up supplement to release some energy? All of a sudden, it’s as normal to see someone experimenting with the newest pre-workout drink as it would be to see them downing Gatorade.

I get it. You’re tired, need some energy and it seems like everyone else is doing it.

Let’s start by addressing the fact that you shouldn’t be taking a supplement of any kind if you don’t know the ingredi-ents or their effects. Consider-ing majority of pre-workout supplements hide behind pro-prietary blends, which give a total serving size and then list a bunch of ingredients, which leaves you in the dark about the amounts. Usually this isn’t a health issue, but rather a ploy to have you spend $50 on some flavored caffeine.

Other times, there are severe consequences to venturing down the unknown pre-work-out trail, with companies being sued on allegations of contami-nating supplements with meth like compounds. The Federal Drug Administration does not regulate supplements. This gives anyone the freedom to put whatever they’d like in a

bottle and sell it to the gullible public.

Forget the fact that you’re probably wasting your money and the product could poten-tially be dangerous. What makes you think you need it? I’ll be the first to say that if you’re a competitive athlete looking to gain an edge there are products out there that are effective and safe, but if you aren’t, it’s hard to think you need one.

If your workout includes some bench pressing and a jog on a treadmill, I don’t think you need to be amped up for that one. Sure, these products may have trickled out to the mainstream due to effective marketing, but sports nutrition research isn’t being conducted so that you can bang out a few more curls. Don’t believe the hype.

If you feel bogged down, the first two issues tend to be sleep and nutrition. For college students, getting more quality sleep will increase energy greater than any pre-workout drink.

After you improved your sleep and nutrition, then see if you still need a pre-workout. If you do, remember more fre-quent use of caffeine decreases the effects, so use a pre-work-out sparingly.

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get rid of it if we got caught and nothing really bad was going to happen, so I didn’t care that much.”

Wenger said that almost everyone knew they had the bunny. She was known as “the one with the bunny.” Once the bunny died – soon after winter break – they buried it near the woods north of campus.

Kimberlee Hurla, senior elementary education major, had a kitten in her room in the University Apartments, 1533 Merchant St., that also has a no pet policy. Her and her room-mate kept it all year with very few problems.

“It was really easy to keep the cat, and we would see other cats sitting in people’s windows that aren’t supposed to have them, too,” Hurla said. “We were literally right across the hall from the office, so I’m sur-prised we never got in trouble. I still think they probably knew and just never said anything.”

Occasionally, Hurla and her roommate would have to take the cat on the road for 20 minutes while the apartment staff would spray their room, but it never got much more complicated owning the cat than that.

“She would climb in the windows and tear the blinds, and we ended up having to buy new ones. But after we had her for a while, we figured it out and taped down the blinds and put books in front of it so she couldn’t do that anymore,” Hurla said.

Cory Haag, who manages Haag Apartments in Emporia, has a no pet policy for all of his apartments but his apart-ments do comply with the Fair Housing Act, if accommoda-tions are needed.

According to The Fair Housing Act, there are “ele-ments of reasonable claim” for tenants to have pets, such as a person with a disability that the landlord is aware of or if the disability requires needing a pet for emotional support. The tenant must request this and provide how the requested accommodation would be helpful.

Dole planning second round of Kansas visits in May

TOPEKA (AP) — Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole is planning to return to Kansas for a second tour of his home state in May.

The 90-year-old Dole an-nounced Thursday that he will visit 16 communities over four days, starting May 12.

The former Kansas sena-tor and 1996 Republican presidential nominee already scheduled events next week in 10 communities in north-

east Kansas, starting with one Monday in Overland Park.

His second tour will begin May 12 with stops in Seneca, Marysville, Washington, Clay Center, Westmoreland and Manhattan.

Dole said he'll visit Junction City, Abilene, Salina, McPher-son and Newton on May 13 and Wichita, El Dorado and Emporia on May 14.

He plans to end the tour May 15 with events in Topeka and the Kansas City area.

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Emporia plans for expansion

Shonrock in second year as president

The Emporia Pavilions site plan at Industrial and 24th gives the layout of the current proposed idea of the business complex that would include new sit-down restaurants, a home improvement store and more. BLUE PRINT OBTAINED BY JENNIFER PENDARVIS | The BulleTin

Less than a year into his new position as president of Emporia State, Michael Shonrock shows support for Hornet football on Nov. 10, 2012 while in Washburn territory for the “Can the Bods” game of the season. Shonrock took on his function at ESU in January of 2012. WILL AUSTIN | The BulleTin

Some City of Emporia of-ficials are looking toward growth at the intersection of Industrial and 24th.

The $44 million plan in-cludes a 39-acre tract that a developer has acquired a pur-chase option on. This develop-ment project is called Emporia Pavilions and is a few years from becoming tangible.

“It’s still a proposition, rather than a reality,” said Jim Witt, assistant city manager. “There’s a long way to go. They do not have any signed leases or contracts, but they started the processes, but

they’re far from finished.” If the proposition goes

through, the building would include several new stores.

“The proposal is to build, or attract, a site for a home im-provement store and a grocery store as the two primary an-chor tenants and then possibly two or three restaurants,” said Kent Heermann, president of the regional development as-sociation of east central Kan-sas.

According to Spencer Thomson, attorney, devel-oper and one of the partners proposing the build, the final product would have around 10,000 square feet. While he and the group that he is speak-ing for are excited about the project, they won’t be able to start until they get the green light from Emporia.

“Right now, we’re waiting for a market study that’s being prepared at the request of the city, paid for by our team to make sure that an outside pro-fessional, with experience in studying the market demands of retail users, and so forth, is confident that there’s a market that we think exists there, and that there’s a demand for what we’re proposing,” Thomson said.

Thomson said the reason he and his partners believe they stand to make a profit is because of leakage, which means that citizens of Empo-ria travel outside of the city to

fulfill certain shopping needs. “There’s quite a bit of tax

dollars and investment that could be spent inside Emporia by Emporians and surround-ing communities that are go-ing to other communities because the services are not there, the product is not there to meet the demand in our opinion,” Thomson said.

According to Heermann the process by which the city of Emporia and this group came together was almost accidental. The city manager Matt Zimmerman, Heerman and RDA chair John Guyes went to the International con-ference of shopping centers.

“We happened to be at an event where we met Mr. Thomson and began some conversations with him. He’d actually been working on se-curing purpose option on that property for well over a year, and once he had that secure, we started having some con-versations about his project,” Heerman said. “We found him, but he eventually would have found us.”

The development group believes that if the project makes it through all the initial paperwork and finally starts, it could be very beneficial to Emporia.

“If these guys are willing to risk hundreds of thousands of dollars to try and get those stores here, what do we have to lose?” Heermann said.

President Michael Shonrock has now been at Emporia State for more than two years. He became the university’s presi-dent in January 2012.

But who hired Shonrock, and don’t they technically work for him now?

Part of the hiring process was a team called the search committee of faculty members and community members to help select the candidates they wanted to see as “finalists” in the final decision made by the Kansas Board of Regents. According to the people that selected him two years ago, they couldn’t be hap-pier with the way he has treated the uni-versity.

Stephen Catt, chair of the department of communication and theatre, has been at the university since 1977, and has seen several presidents come through ESU.

“There have been several presidents since I’ve been here and all of them have been very capable but nobody comes close to his enthusiasm,” Catt said. “No-body comes close to his positive outlook. Nobody comes close to his ability to con-nect with people.”

Starting with 40-50 applicants, the search committee had to narrow their decision down to 5 nominees for an on-campus interview and to be sent to the Board of Regents for the final decision.

“I thought it was very important to be on it (search committee) because that

was the leadership position for the uni-versity and I was very interested in be-ing able to choose someone that would be able to move the university forward in a very positive manner,” said Diana Kuhlman, associate vice president of fis-cal affairs.

Kuhlman’s first impression of Shon-rock was his boundless energy and op-timistic attitude. He seemed to be very well informed about the university, had done his homework and spoke with pas-sion during the interview, Kuhlman said.

“I think he has offered people hope,” Kuhlman said. “We still have to face problems financially and competition for students is getting tougher all the time, but even amidst those challenges he provides vision and hope and brings the community to have a more positive outlook.”

As a university, the college has always been very student focused and Shonrock has made sure of reinforcing that. Kuhl-man said Shonrock gave them permis-sion to “be excited and to move things forward.”

“With as much as President Shonrock does, it is hard for me to believe he has time to sleep,” said Jeanine McKenna, president and CEO of the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce. “He and his wife are both stay very involved with the community.”

Catt said Shonrock must have a twin because “even an outstanding person couldn’t be all of the places he’s at.”

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TOPEKA (AP) — Former U.S. Sen-ate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole is planning to re-turn to Kansas for a second tour of his home state in May.

The 90-year-old Dole announced Thursday that he will visit 16 commu-

nities over four days, starting May 12.The former Kansas senator and

1996 Republican presidential nomi-nee already scheduled events next week in 10 communities in northeast Kansas, starting with one Monday in Overland Park.

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Emporia State men’s tennis lost 5-4 against Newman on Friday at Milton Courts with four of the nine matches going to a tiebreaker.

The Hornets started strong, winning two of the three doubles matches. Fresh-man Diego Prudencio and sophomore Keenan Smith won 8-4 at #1, and freshman Jonathan Burton and junior Andrew Davids won in a tie-breaker at #2.

Three singles matches went to a tiebreaker, and Newman was able to take two of them. Prudencio got one of the two singles wins for the Hornets, taking the match at #1 11-9. Freshman Farhan Sadique won the other match with a straight set 6-3, 6-3 at #5. Freshman Payton Hays lost 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 at #6, and Butron fell 6-7, 7-6, and 1-0 at #2.

ESU was scheduled to play Ottawa on Tuesday for the final regular season dual, but it was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. The Hornets will see action again on Friday in Springfield, Mo. where they will play Nebraska Kearney in the first round of the MIAA Tourna-ment.

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For a team with a batting average of .310 on the season, one could see why the Emporia State softball team would be a bit dejected after getting only 11 hits in 56 plate appearances in a doubleheader split with Southwest Baptist Bearcats.

“I really didn’t feel like we did a good job hitting the ball, for us the entire day. I felt like

they were jamming us up quite a bit and I felt like we weren’t getting hits that we would nor-mally get. I felt like we didn’t attack with the bats in the first game and we didn’t enter game two with an aggressive mentality,” said Julie LeMaire, head coach.

The first game started off promising for the Lady Hornets as Stephanie Goodwin, junior outfielder, singled to left field but was caught trying to steal second to end the inning. In the second inning, the Hornets took a 2-0 lead on three hits and

one error.Katelyn Caston, junior

pitcher, had a shutout going through the third inning but was broken up in the fourth. This was the only run scored by the Bearcats.

Things didn’t pick up for ESU until the bottom of the fifth inning, when ESU scored two runs. Madison Rich, junior infielder, hit an RBI single up the middle to score Taylor Zordel, junior infielder. Trisha Vogel, senior infielder, hit a sac-rifice fly to score Rich. While Caston had only one strikeout,

Kevin Shaffer, junior pitcher, went seven innings while only allowing one run in last Tuesday’s game against Newman. Shaffer had five strikeouts and no walks to improve his record to 2-2. ROCKY ROBINSON | The BulleTin

Jamie Stevens, catcher and infielder for the Hornets, drives a hit in the first game of a double-header against Southwest Baptist Saturday April 19 at Trusler Sports Complex. The Hornets won the first game 4-1, and lost the second 0-3. WILL AUSTIN | The BulleTin

Kevin Shaffer, senior, pitched seven straight innings, only allowing one run, to give the Emporia State Hornet base-ball team their 12th straight win, defeating the Newman Jets 4-1 in last night’s home game.

Wade Hanna, freshman outfielder, had the first hit for the Hornets with a single in the bottom of the second. Hanna stole second before being run home by Tory Bell, junior catcher. Newman would end the second, stranding Bell.

The game had two more scoreless innings before Dean Long, junior infielder, hit his 12th home run of the year driving home Justin Harris, junior outfielder. The Jets bounced back in the top of the seventh with three singles and a run scored.

“We take every game as if it’s our last,” Long, a recre-ation major, said. “We don’t look ahead for nobody and just because it is a weekday game doesn’t mean we are not going to play with our same intensity.”

Matt Hinkley, junior pitcher, relieved Shaffer in the eighth, retiring three pitchers with only six pitches. Hanna hit another single in the eighth to score Price Jacobs, junior outfielder, giving the Hornets a 4-1 lead. Brenton Higgins, senior pitcher, would close the game going three up, three down to retire the Jets in the top of the ninth.

“He (Shaffer) pitched great and he will probably be ready for the weekend which helps,” said Higgins, a biology major. “He had a quality start and it will save arms for this weekend and give everybody else a little break. It’s big when a pitcher goes that deep.”

Hanna went two for four with an RBI. Long went one for one with a two run homer and two walks. Shaffer threw 92 pitches in seven innings, only allowing one run on six hits.

she was able to force ground balls and pop-ups to get outs for an impressive performance on the bump.

Game two was a pitchers’ duel as both teams were score-less through extra innings.

Eryn Stockman, freshman pitcher, was on the bump for ESU coming into the game with an 11-3 record on the year. She threw a complete game and then some, going all nine innings of the sched-uled seven-inning contest. She threw 124 pitches, struck out five, gave up three and hit one. The Hornets recorded 15 fly outs and 5 ground outs in game two, holding the Bearcats scoreless through eight. In the ninth they gave up three runs and couldn’t respond in the bottom half leading to a stun-ning loss.

“We can handle our D well, but then towards the last inning we just kept the ball up and couldn’t place it right and couldn’t get our bats going,” said Jacie Stephens, freshman recreations major and catcher.

In game two, the Hornets saw 31 at-bats and only had three hits, making it a misera-ble evening at the plate, batting less than .100. Only Stockman, Vogel and Gragg saw hits. Everyone else never got on base.

“I don’t think we came to play today. I mean, we scored what, four runs? I mean we just didn’t play like the team we can be. I think it’s just a mindset and it just wasn’t us today,” said Taylor Zordel, junior shortstop and health promotions major.

Coming off another winning season, the Emporia State football team is already back on the field giving fans a preview of what they have to look forward to in the 2014 season. Nearly 750 fans gath-ered into Welch Stadium last Saturday to catch the team in action.

Unlike previous years, this years scrimmage was broken down into session to allow fans and coaches to evaluate players return-ing next season. Shaun Van-diver, head basketball was a guest receiver in the “Catch a Winner” session. Van-diver managed to haul in a touchdown pass from Brent Wilson, sophomore quarter-back who is recently return-ing from a shoulder injury.

Earlier this April, the 2014 schedule was released and Emporia will open the season against Missouri Southern Thursday Sept. 4 at Welch Stadium. This will be the first meeting of these two teams since 2011, when the Hornets beat the Lions 31-24.

The Hornets have 19 returners and will have 29 new faces for the much-antic-ipated season.

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“Dean has been really good lately, and we have always known he can do that,” said Bob Fornelli, head coach. “He is a special player at our level and we have always known he can

do that and he is really going to help us down the stretch if he can stay hot.”

The Hornets are now 31-14 overall and 23-13 in the con-ference. They end the regular

season with Lindenwood in a four-game series. Game one is set for Friday in St. Charles, Mo.

“I’ll sleep a lot better, it wasn’t really fun when we were 19-14,” said Fornelli.

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