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The students’ voice since 1901 • Vol. 111 No. 11 • Thursday, November 3, 2011 • Check us out online. esubulletin.comONTHE WEB
Tuition to fund higher president salariesSuSan Welte
Sharp-witted Shonrock strategizes for ESU’s futureCharlie heptaS
Emporia State’s first presidential finalist, Michael Shonrock of Texas Tech, spoke at an open forum yesterday in Webb Lecture Hall, showcasing a sharp wit and a charm-ing personality in his responses to the crowd of faculty, students and community members.
“I’m very strategic,” Shonrock said. “When you’re a strategic thinker, you think big picture. I have great vision, I think that’s important… but when you’re a futur-ist you have to learn a sense of patience.”
Shonrock is the first of four presiden-tial candidates who will visit the campus throughout November. Once all candidates have been introduced to the Emporia com-munity, the search committee will make its final recommendation to the Kansas Board of Regents. KBOR plans to appoint the next president and have them in office by January.
The candidate’s names will only be released one at a time, the day before their respective campus visits.
“There are several reasons (for releas-ing the names individually),” said Vanessa Lamoreaux, spokesperson for KBOR. “The first is to protect confidentiality for as long as possible and the second reason is that this is the process we (KBOR) follow for
other (presidential) searches.” Shonrock, who was introduced as the
senior vice president of auxiliary services, enrollment management and student affairs at Texas Tech, said he is actually an associ-ate professor of educational psychology at the university. His administrative position was eliminated last spring due to budget cuts.
Shonrock said he interested in becom-ing ESU’s next president because he felt it was time to move on and he desires a presidential position. He said he has a “real passion for higher education” and that he wants to be in a place where he feels he can make a difference. He also said he wanted to be part of an institution that someone could return to in 10 years and be proud of what it had become.
Some of the students in attendance said they felt Shonrock had the right ideas about school improvements as well as the right idea about what a president should be.
“He has the tools and resources to make the improvements that we need to see made at our university in order to keep growing and retain students,” said Manny Requenes, sophomore music major. “I think he is a great candidate,”
Samantha Atwell, junior secondary education major, said she liked Shonrock’s
Michael Morales, associate professor of physical science, makes a proposal for the intellectual property bill during the Faculty Senate meeting in the Kanza room Tuesday afternoon. Morales pushed for this bill to pass, which would give the university’s professors recognition for their creative property. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
Intellectual property bill stalls, some faculty wary of search methods
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Teach to the Test
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Is this going to be on the test? The aforementioned is a question
heard in classrooms at any grade level and is a question that John R. Schrock, professor of biology, said is becoming
Students of Ms. Frass’ class at Emporia Middle School prepare for a practice test on Monday. Two practice tests are given to gauge competency before the official test is given. John Henningsen/The Bulletin
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Effective January 2012, some presidents of regent universities will receive “market adjustment” pay raises, ranging from 12.2 percent to 14.7 percent. While not every president will receive this increase in salary, all will see a 1.8 percent cost of living increase.
“(The Kansas Board of Regents) annually reviews the salaries of the CEOs of colleges and conducts an analysis of how they should be com-pensated,” said Ed McKechnie, chair of KBOR.
KBOR approved both the mar-ket adjustments and cost of living increase with a vote of 8-1 on Oct. 20. Regent Tim Emert was the lone dissenter.
Since public funds will not be allocated to fund the pay increase, McKechnie said the money will
come from student tuition fees.In an article by the Lawrence
Journal World, Emert said the raises should be paid with state dollars, not through tuition and foundation funds.
“The state Legislature and governor, for some reason, refuse to step up to the plate and reward excellence,” Emert said in the article.
Emert also said he was concerned about “the people keeping the
American education system lacks creativitymore common.
“It is getting to the point that if it isn’t going to be on the test then it is not going to be taught in the class-room,” Schrock said. “The American teacher isn’t really a teacher anymore – they are an assembly line worker. They are handed the test and then are told what they will teach each day to prepare for the test.”
Schrock, who has written several articles over teaching to the test, said it should be a part of a teacher’s academic freedom to be able to choose the way they teach their classes. It is the stu-dents who are hurt when teachers must follow the same syllabus.
“When you educate, when you train and when you are teaching, it is all about how to get the right answers on a test, it focuses you straight in on memorizing,” Schrock said. “Then the American teachers stopped doing what they are suppose to do, which is trying to teach you to apply what you learn in the classroom to new things outside the classroom.”
Schrock said that teaching to the test is a reaction to the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires all schools receiving federal funding to take part in standardized testing. Student scores on the standardized tests are supposed
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The amendment of a Faculty Senate bill regarding the intellectual property pol-icy was the focus of debate at the meeting on Tuesday in Webb 2 Lecture Hall.
“The reason I put (the amendment) together is because this doesn’t reflect a good balance between the university’s rights and the faculty member’s rights who might create it (an intellectual property),” said Michael Morales, associate professor of physical sciences department.
Morales said some of the original poli-cies, like “the university shall have the right to revise (mediated courseware) and decide who will utilize the mediated courseware,” were fairly strong.
“What I tried to do then was to go through (the amendment) and make it more balanced,” Morales said. “For example, in most places where the uni-versity was deciding an issue, I thought that should be mutually agreed upon by the creator or creator’s courseware and the university.”
Marian Riedy, assistant professor of business administration and education, said she agreed with some of the amend-ment, but thought there was some confu-sion remaining about the meaning and intent of the proposed policy.
“I think the amendment was directed
to the part of the policy dealing with delivery methodology,” Riedy said, “but I think the main concern, which is addressed in the pro-posed policy, is the ownership of course mate-rials, which is in another part of the policy.”
She said she was also concerned that some parts of the amendment might conflict with the Kansas Board of Regents’ intellectual property policy.
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Photo Illustration by Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin
engines running,” who will not be receiving any pay increases.
But McKechnie said the salary
raise “reflects the current market.”“We will have to have the
compensation set for regional CEOs to be reflective of our recruiting for Emporia State University,” McKechnie said.
McKechnie said the cost of living increase did not detract
from the market adjust-ment raise and that
KBOR wants the sal-ary changes to be in
effect once a presi-dent is appointed
for ESU.The reason for the
raise was partially based on a review of pay for presidents at peer institutions in neighboring states during their annual review of presidential performances and salaries, McKechnie said.
Vanessa Lamoreaux, spokes-person for KBOR, said the board
Michael Shonrock, the first presidential finalist to be named, speaks during the open forum in Webb Hall yesterday at 4 p.m. Shonrock said he would aim for more involvement in student events to make connections between the president and students. Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin See FUTURe...Page 7
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Briefs
Concert to honor English professor
In honor of William Clamurro, professor of English and oboist, the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet will host a farewell concert at 7:30 p.m. tonight at
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 828 Commercial St.The concert, which will be Clamurro’s last with the
quintet, is free of charge and open to the public.They will perform three musical selections by
Beethoven, Maslanka, and Nielsen.
Up ‘til Dawn to host letter-sending event
Students are invited to help raise money for St. Jude’s Children Hospital from 6-10 p.m. on Monday night. Up ‘til Dawn, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for St. Jude’s, will host their annual letter sending party in Webb Hall in the Memorial Union.
Students can come and go as they please, but teams will receive more points for staying the entire time. Those who want to participate can go to Mystjude.org to sign up.
Although the event is not a contest, teams can still receive “moral points” for the time they contribute. Each team is encouraged to have at least 50 addresses to which they will send letters asking for support for the hospital.
There will be live musical entertainment, free food and drinks and a patient panel. All proceeds of the letters will go directly to St. Jude’s and the children receiving treatment there.
Website highlights student achievements
Googling your name is something everyone may do, but it is becoming more and more common for employ-ers to do it also.
Readabout.me, a website that helps students create a positive online presence, is joining with Emporia State to better publicize student achievements.
Gwen Larson, assistant director of marketing and media relations, said ESU is already publishing student achievements through Readabout.me, using the website to house these achievements online.
“Students at ESU can start building an online profile using Readabout.me,” Larson said. “Every news release we send that has the student’s name in it will be posted on that site, and from there you can post the link on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.”
Post graduation success and cre-ating a positive online identity is the main focus of the website, said Danielle Velenti, community man-ager of readMedia.
“The idea is to get the students’…profiles to show up if an employer were to do a Google search of their name,” Velenti said. “It is basically equal to having an online version of your diploma because this gives employers a list of all the great achievements you have done during school.”
The website also sends achieve-ments to the hometown newspapers of the student to better get the stu-dent’s success publicized, Velenti said. The website sends messages using the zip code of the student’s home address.
“The reason for that is to just let your hometown community know all the great things you are doing on campus,” Velenti said. “Just because we send it doesn’t mean they are always going to pick it up, but its great content that most newspapers like to run.”
Students receive badges for each
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Photo Illustration by Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
The Bulletin | November 3, 2011
Vietnam focus of yearly Veterans Roundtable
This year’s annual Veterans Roundtable will be pre-sented at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Webb Hall as part of Em-poria’s All Veterans Tribute.
The theme of this year’s discussion is “The Vietnam Experience,” which will focus on U.S. troops in Vietnam.
Speakers will include Sgt. Maj. Larry Gales, who served two tours in Vietnam in 1965-66 and 1968-69, and Cpl. Russ Estes, who served in Vietnam from 1968-69 with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Capt. Douglas McGaw, who served in Vietnam in 1969 with the 1st Infantry Division and later the 1st Air Cavalry Division, will moderate the event.
The Veterans Roundtable, which has been an annual event at ESU since 2002, is organized by Loren Penning-ton, ESU emeritus professor of history, and Christopher Lovett, professor of history.
The free event is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Social Sciences and Lyon County Historical Society Archives and Museum.
Students invited to collect “Coins for Christmas”
Alpha Kappa Delta will sponsor a “Coins for Christ-mas” fundraiser throughout November. All RSO’s are en-couraged to participate in the community service project.
Each group is responsible for decorating a con-tainer about the size of a shoebox with a Christmas theme and collecting as much money as possible. RSO’s are in-vited to collect money in any way they see fit.
All proceeds will be used to purchase gifts for teens at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
For more information contact Daniel Delgadillo, pres-ident of AKD, at [email protected].
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of their accomplishments, which are verified by the institution and
then posted on the student’s profile. Students can receive badges for schol-arships, making the Dean’s list, com-pleting a study abroad tour and even doing community service.
“I think my friends and family back home would visit the website to see my activity,” said Dillon Riley, social science major. “I doubt that my achievements would be news worthy for my hometown, but the online profile seems like a good idea.”
Velenti said the student profiles
are open for students to custom-ize, but the achievements happen automatically. Student do not have to register for the stories to be pub-lished.
“The only social aspect of this is the ability to share it,” Velenti said. “It gives you the ability to share it on Facebook or send it to grandparents while keeping the Emporia State brand.”
ReadMedia helps schools nation-wide, with about 450 schools involved, but Velenti said ESU is one of a few schools helping test out some new features.
Police Reports
October 29Officer reported attempted theft of three bicycles on west side of
Morse Hall Complex.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a shots fired call at 1014
Sylvan St.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with shots fired call in 1400 E
South block.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with domestic problem in 1300
Sunny Slope block.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a fight call at 9th and
Walnut St.Officer contacted a suspicious subject standing on a chair outside of
Northeast Morse Hall and advised him to leave the area.Officer stopped KS 534DBF at 13th and Exchange. Operator was
taken into custody for MIC and transported to Lyon Co. jail.Officer contacted subject outside of Butcher Education Center. Cita-
tion was issued for MIC.Officer contacted the operator of a vehicle at 15th and Wooster Dr.
Verbal warning was issued for being parked illegally.Officer assisted Emporia Police Dept. with a suspicious persons call at
the west campus.October 30
Officer stopped KS 813AYG in 1500 Merchant block. Verbal warning was issued for a stop light violation in 1300 Merchant block.
Kim Christian requested officer check the welfare of a female student on 4th floor of Northeast Morse Hall.Logs for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 were not given to The Bulletin by press time on Wednesday.
Reports given to The Bulletin from ESU Police and Safety Department
to determine whether the students have been taught correctly.
“We want to prepare the stu-dents for life, not just taking an exam,” said Jared Giffin, assistant principle at Emporia High School. “With No Child Left Behind being reauthorized, assessments will be changing in the next few years and will hopefully mirror what the com-mon core standards require of us.”
Because funding is so tight, teachers lose the opportunity to fully cover all the subjects and must
focus on those that are covered in the test.
“People are more worried about the score to meet a yearly progress goal,” said Carson Moore, freshman biology major. “I can definitely say getting public interest groups and politicians out of education would be beneficial and teachers should have an increased say in what is taught in their classroom.”
In July the Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 to apply to be one of four states to develop the national science standards test. Schrock said this is a way to force
science back into the classroom since No Child Left Behind mainly covers reading and math.
“I just focus on the sciences,” Schrock said. “The case is true for the other areas as well, we just teach too little and we teach it too late. It is apparent when you see exchange students come over and they coast for a year because it is stuff they covered three years ago.”
Schrock said creativity is lost when teachers only teach what is going to be on the test, and this lack of creativity is damaging the American education system.
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With over 30 years of leader-ship at the highest levels of the government, Steven P. Bucci, for-mer deputy assistant secretary of defense and IBM’s current issue lead for cyber, will speak at this year’s Zimmerman Lecture. His topic of discussion is “Forrest Gump Redux: One Man’s View of 9/11 and Events Since.”
“(Bucci) is pretty impres-sive,” said Ellen Hansen, chair of department of social sciences. “He has quite a distinguished background of experience…like Forrest Gump, he has witnessed many important events in his-tory.”
About two months before
9/11, Bucci assumed the duties of military assistant to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, witnessing firsthand the attack and the resulting war on terrorism, according to Hansen.
Bucci’s talk coincides with Emporia’s annual All Veterans Tribute in honor of Veterans Day, a holiday which was found-ed in Emporia.
“(Veterans Day) is kind of a big deal in Emporia,” said Jasmine Greene, junior political science major and Community Hornets member. “So I think looking at a terrorist attack and hearing about it right before we recognize veterans of wars and what they’ve done for our country, the timing is very good
because we are recognizing sol-diers that died – soldiers and police and veterans of all these different battles.”
After 9/11, Bucci later served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense and defense support for civil authorities, overseeing policy issues involving defense domains, including air, land and maritime, National Guard domestic opera-tional issues, domestic counter terrorism, all readiness exercises and defense response to natural and manmade disasters, accord-ing to a Community Hornets news release.
“Dr. Bucci is going to give us a view of history, and I would imagine that he would give everybody a view into the future
as well,” Hansen said. “He is currently involved in a pretty important activity, which is cyber security.”
In addition to serving as IBM’s issue lead for cyber, Bucci is also the regular cyber contribu-tor to Security Debrief, a leading national security blog. Hansen said he also speaks regularly at cyber related conferences and is sought after for his insights into cyber issues.
“He’s working on high tech-nology and the future of cyber security in the world, particularly in the U.S.,” Hansen said.” So he’s very forward-looking, hop-ing to protect computer systems in this country against cyber attacks, so that we can all contin-ue doing the things that we want
to be able to do in our work and in our entertainment.”
The speech will begin at 7 p.m. next Wednesday in Webb 2 Lecture Hall. The Zimmerman Lecture Series is named for Dr. John Zimmerman, who was a professor of history at ESU from 1954 to 1982.
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In a time where health and fitness are becoming increasingly more important in society, the Student Recreation Center is doing their part to help students stay active. They now offer a variety of new resources to help students achieve their fitness goals.
“We just feel like it is our responsibility to help the students develop into productive people as they’re here at the university,” said Mike Wise, director of Recreation Services. “We feel like…we could help them not only to meet new people and socialize and enjoy their time outside the classroom, but we have helped them better learn how to take care of their health.”
Wise said one goal of the recreation center is to help students lead a happy and more productive life as they age.
“We felt like we needed to offer more opportunities for the students as far as things to do on campus,” Wise said.
Students are able to use the recreation center free of charge because it is included in their student fees. The center also sells memberships to faculty, staff and alumni. Wise said that, on average, there are up
to 550 participants using the recreation center each day. To increase the desire for students to use the center and its services even further, the recreation department has expanded.
“Over the summer we did instructional videos on each of the different pieces of equipment and attached a QR to that video to each of the pieces of equipment so that if they (students) wanted to find out how a particular piece of equipment works and our personal trainers were busy at the time, they could still be able to find out how to use those pieces of equipment properly,” Wise said.
Along with the addition of these instructional videos, the staff at the recreation center has also been expanded. Wise said that when the facility was first opened, there was only one personal trainer. Now as the interest has increased, the facility has added four new staff members.
The center currently has ten personal trainers on staff. Each of them teach exercise classes, along with offering personal training. Some of the classes currently offered include Zumba, Cardio Kickboxing, TRX and Crunchtime.
“I think it’s wonderful to have a place for students to go
and work out,” said Lexey Jost junior theater major. “I think it’s a cool atmosphere.”
For students wanting to get involved in additional activities the recreation center also offers intermural leagues for flag football, volleyball, softball, basketball, and soccer, as well as special events throughout the year and competitions. Information about these activities can be found on the centers website, Emporia.edu/recsport.
The recreation center is currently open from 6:30a.m. to 11:00p.m, Monday through Thursday; from 6:30a.m. to 8:00p.m. on Friday; from 1-5p.m. on Saturday; and 3-7 p.m. on Sunday.
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Campus rec center encourages students to get fit
Scanning the code with your smart phone will link you to a video explaining how to use the equipment it is attached to. The QR system was designed by Health Promotion graduate Andrew Johnson this summer as an internship project. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin
Co-ed frisbee tournament open to studentsBeginners, pros or anyone in between is invited to take part in a co-ed
Ultimate Frisbee tournament hosted by the Marketing Management class and the Emporia Rec Center.
Ashley Carver, junior business major, said those aged 15-25 are encour-aged to participate at 1 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Jones Aquatic Center, 4202 W. 18th Ave.
The cost is $3 for each team member. Groups should consist of five to eight people, and teams can register in the CSI office in the Memorial Union.
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Yesterday I went to the open forum Michael Shonrock, the first presidential candidate to come to Emporia State. I’ve already nicknamed him “Shamrock.” Perhaps he’s the right per-son to bring ESU a bit of luck.
Though I can be very skeptical of those political hot air bag types, my first impression was that he was a pretty cool guy.
The audience asked some softball questions and set him up to deliver a few classic lines about community and involvement, yadda yadda yadda.
But it wasn’t his general answers that really hooked me - it was the small things.
The first detail I noticed and appreciated about Shonrock’s presentation was the table set up at the head of the room with chairs and microphones, but I didn’t once see him sitting there. I don’t know if there was some sort of technical difficulty, but my feeling was that he felt more comfortable being close to the audience, speaking loud enough for the entire room to hear and being able to walk around and gesture. It was nice.
Second, he used the adjective “passionate” to describe him-self several times throughout the interview. I definitely see the value of passionate people, so I was interested to hear more about what qualifies him to say this. A good sign was that he was involved in many student organizations, as well as a frater-nity, when he was in school.
After the forum, when I approached him personally, I dis-covered that his undergrad degree was in geography, with a minor in chemistry. This delighted me. These little tidbits told me that when he is interested in something, he goes all the way to learn and immerse himself as much as possible. This was also nice.
Third, and perhaps most importantly, he had no hesitation in reciprocating when I went in for a high five. True, it would’ve been weird if he had flat-out refused to touch my hand, and true, it may have been weird for me to ask for one in the first
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place, but that was what I liked about him. I felt comfortable enough to go for it. He didn’t talk down to me, and unlike many people in power, he didn’t intimidate me. Again, nice.
Of course, I’m not going to be satisfied with this brief first encounter. Before fully endorsing him, I’ll probably do some research about his actual political history and policies.
It’s unfortunate that I have no way to compare this first candidate against the others. I can’t even gather some basic information on the other contenders – because it’s a secret.
All in all, Shamrock was well-spoken, witty and had a good sense of humor. His answers were reassuring and on-topic, and nothing seemed to scare him. This guy seems to genuinely like our school and believe in our potential.
But don’t just take my word for it - the interview is posted on The Bulletin website at Esubulletin.com. Form your own opinion and be sure to keep up with future forums with can-didates.
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The Bulletin | November 3, 2011
The Kansas Board of Regents recently approved a “cost of living” increase as well general pay raises to the salaries for regent university presidents. But these were no ordinary raises - some received as much as 14 percent increases. Whether you ask “How?” or “Why?” the answers are ludicrous.
So how will these raises be funded? The answer – students’ pockets.
That’s right. Even though we are already suffer-ing in this time of economic crisis, our tuition will be used to make sure our presidents are getting their “due.” Which means our tuition is probably going to increase yet again.
It is as if those in power are taking advantage of the fact that higher education is essential in this day and age. We are being treated like some sort of cash cow – tuition ripe and ready to be raised whenever they need some extra cash.
But the students are not the only ones get-ting the short end of the stick. Professors’ salaries have gone unchanged for at least a few years. The Bulletin understands that KBOR has no control over their pay, but this does not change the fact that deserving instructors must sit back and watch as the position of president is rewarded and doted on, while they are left struggling to make ends meet.
Why approve such a controversial action? The answers The Bulletin has received were not satisfac-tory.
First, we were told that the position must be more appealing to attract higher quality candidates. But shouldn’t we expect a president to be passion-
ate about their position despite the pay? After all, teachers across the country do their damnedest to educate their students, and they do it for next to nothing.
Second, the regents presidents’ salaries were increased in order to match those of neighboring universities. This is also ridiculous. If we are able to hire qualified persons for the pay they were receiv-ing, why would it have to be increased? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
We are not saying that these university officials are not hard-working individuals that deserve to be justly paid, but this is not the right time, economi-cally or ethically.
These presidents may have wished for better compensation, but the economy is based on the idea that there are unlimited wants and limited resourc-es. In the immortal words of the Rolling Stones, you can’t always get what you want.
During this time of protest, it is our duty to criticize and question those in power. Where will it end? How much more will students have to sacrifice so that those in charge can afford to purchase that new car?
The Board of Regents has shown that the inter-ests of the few are dominating the interests of the many, and they are rubbing it in our faces. This lack of consideration and foresight is insulting to both the Kansas community and to democracy.
One thing is clear, the Board of Regents must learn to choose more carefully and with more dis-crimination where our resources are being used.
Test. This word strikes fear into the heart of many college students,
especially types like mid-terms and final exams. But the fear these things produce is in no way comparable
to the fear that is created inside students at the middle and high school level, as tests often determine the outcome of students’ futures. Test grades control which college they will attend and if they will be able to achieve their career goals.
This, of course, seems to fall into contradiction with the general theory that is happening in many teachers’ minds these days. Somehow, the idea of teaching towards a particular test has burrowed into the minds of teachers. They feel the need to follow that mindset, often times forgetting the true purpose of their jobs.
They operate under these false pretenses in order to bring in praise and additional funding for the school. For some reason, this is perceived to be a great thing.
This style of teaching is not the necessary requirement for being an instructor, beyond having a college degree and the desire to help students achieve their full potentials.
Our job as teachers is to make kids love the knowledge given to them and to create a sense of want in their souls to move forward, learn what they can and find something they can do with passion. It does no good to teach students how to read a passage and then answer five response questions. How does this help anyone?
Some college students are fresh out of high school, and I have to ask, did these tests actually help prepare you? Or did they smother out the desire to learn more?
The other question we really need to ask is whether this is the teacher’s fault or the misusage of valuable resources due to what the principal or superintendent believes to be correct. I
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believe that most teachers follow the rules given to them by the principal and his cohorts, creating an environment that allows the preservation of the school, not the students’ learning ability.
Some schools even have teachers test their students three times a month in order to prepare them for college, which only transforms the pupils into test-taking robots who retain a small bit of information and then forget it soon after.
We need to show and tell them what kind of harm this is having on our future students. We need to, as college students and future teachers, try to fix this broken machine. We need to accept that our schools may not gain money, but our students will learn to love learning.
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“In Time” combines an inter-esting new story concept with a well known moral tale to create a fairly unique film that delivers exactly what it promises.
Starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, “In Time” tells the story of a world very different from our own where time is literally money. Each person is genetically engi-neered to stop aging at 25, after which they’re given one year to live. But people can work to earn more time. So as long as their time doesn’t run out, they never die… unless they’re murdered or die in accidents. Basically, the rich can live for-ever and the poor try to survive day-to-day.
Will Salas (Timberlake) works a menial job, earning barely enough time to keep himself alive until one night he meets a wealthy man named Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer) in a bar who has over a cen-tury on his clock. After Salas helps save his life, Hamilton gives him his remaining time and dies. Salas uses Hamilton’s time to cross “time zones” into New Greenwich, a wealthy district, and meets Sylvia Weis (Seyfried), the daughter of a wealthy citizen.
He soon finds himself accused of murdering Hamilton and is forced to go on the run, pursued by the “Timekeepers,” a police force led by Raymond Leon (Cilian Murphy) and a mob-like group called the Minutemen. Salas and Weis end up going on a crime spree, giv-ing time to the poor.
The film is helmed by Andrew Niccol, director of “Lord of War” and producer for “The Truman Show.” Niccol does a good job with this film, not overdoing the action or drama, which serves to increase its appeal.
But one flaw is that the film doesn’t explain the whole his-tory of the time currency sys-tem very clearly. We’re given a very cursory explanation of the whole idea and left to figure the rest of it out on our own.
The casting for this movie is spot on, and while there wasn’t a great deal of emotional depth in the script for the actors to work with, each cast member played their parts well.
There wasn’t anything “bad” about the film, however, there wasn’t much that really made it stand out from other action movies. The Robin Hood-esque storyline has been done before and the premise of the movie didn’t add much to it.
While “In Time” wasn’t anything overly special, it was still entertaining and definitely worth seeing for anyone who’s craving a good action movie.
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Move over krump and hip-hop.
Students took on a differ-ent form of dance this week-end – step, a rhythmic type of dance that is based around stomping and slapping differ-ent parts of one’s body to cre-ate different sounds.
“Step was originally used in gold mines in South Africa,” said Lasonya McElroy, senior communications major and active member of the Black Student Union. “Miners would stomp and dance in their boots to make sure that all the other miners were still alive.”
BSU hosted the annual Step Show on Saturday night in Albert Taylor Hall, which included step routines from BSU; the Kansas City White Tigers, a traveling marching and dance school; the ESU Stingers dance team; a per-formance by C-Major; and a competition among several sororities on campus.
“I have been in BSU for one semester now (and) I love it,” said Tayler Wash, sophomore, secondary educa-tion major. “I joined to meet other African Americans here on campus and to make good connections for the future. It’s so much fun and it only took us one week to learn our step.”
Sigma Sigma Sigma were the reigning champs of the sorority competition and con-tinued their winning streak this year with another first place finish. They also won $50.
The sorority’s theme this year was the transformation from geek to cool. Instead of focusing on the dance portion though, they incorporated more step dancing accentuated by hip hop dance.
The runner up this year was Chi Omega. Their rou-tine focused more on hip hop dancing than step. They
From the depths of dorm rooms, apartment buildings and haunted houses, fans dressed as witches, goblins, vampires and other creatures to attend a musical Halloween celebration at Beer:30 on Saturday night. The Slack Theory, a band based in Emporia, and Carlos Pringle, graduate history student, per-formed.
“Carlos Pringle is very established as a musician,” said John McCracken, Emporia resi-dent. “He has been playing for several years as a good vocalist and guitar player. His music has a bluesy riff to it.”
Members of The Slack Theory include PJ Stevenson, senior integrated studies major, on vocals and saxophone; Colin Jones, sophomore music major and bass guitarist; Riley Day, senior music major and guitar-ist; John Gilmore, an alumnus of ESU and drummer; and Wade Crump, Emporia resi-dent and guitarist.
“The Slack Theory and Carlos Pringle are really good musicians – they are incred-ible,” said Jared Olson, co-owner of Beer:30. “They have a jazzy, funky, old school feel.”
Although the musicians put a lot of personal time and effort into their music, they said that their experience at Emporia State has helped them through their careers.
“A lot of the music classes that we took made it easier for us to learn the music that we play,” Stevenson said. “We learn music faster as a result of
Carlos Pringle, graduate history student, opens on guitar at Beer: 30 Saturday night. People were ready for Halloween and most dressed up in various costumes. The Slack Theory, a local band comprised of several students, played after Pringle. Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin
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the education that we have.” Stevenson said that Andrew
Houchins, professor of music theory, composition and digi-tal audio recording, provided a notable amount of guidance to the student performers.
“Anytime that the members of Slack Theory would struggle, he would find a way to make it relate to a way we look at music so we would understand,” Stevenson said.
Stevenson said The Slack Theory plays at Beer:30 about
three times a year.“We play on holidays (and)
specific dates, such as when school starts up,” Stevenson said.
Stevenson said that Slack Theory performs pop, soul and some funk.
“The whole idea of Slack Theory is to get people back into dancing while listening to a band,” Stevenson said. “We do not play anything slow – it is an hour and a half of go, go, go.”
Both Pringle and members of the band expressed the impact
music has had on their lives. “Music is what I do,” Pringle
said. “Music is what I will always be.”
Stevenson said that music is the most important form of expression.
“Music evokes emotion so it is a good release for what you are feeling and what you are think-ing,” Stevenson said. “For people who play music, it is the best way to have a good time.”
Bright Giant will play on Nov.19 at Beer:30.
Dancers from Sigma Sigma Sigma perform during the Step Show. The sorority took first place. Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin
The Kansas City White Tigers perform for the Stomp It Out Step Show at Albert Taylor Hall. ESU hosted the 2011 Step Show Saturday night.Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin
started off with the song “Footloose,” followed by music from Nicki Minaj, LMFAO, and New Boys. They also included gymnastics and black lights.
Third place went to Alpha Sigma Alpha, who started their show off with music from “Grease.”
“I performed in last year’s show too,” said Alyssa Boesche, senior health promotions major and ASA member. “It is so much fun, even all the Monday, Wednesday, Thursday practices from 9:30-11… we got third last year too.”
The Kansas City White Tigers performed their own original step routines for almost 10 minutes straight, pulling it off without any problems.
With all the competitors and audience members, there were about 350 people at the show. As a special feature, BSU arranged for the Stingers dance team to perform their Hoops For Hope routine, which they had performed the night before on national television.
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Kellogg apartments to offer ideal location for students
Between campus and downtown Emporia is the Historic Black and Gold District. The Kellogg Plaza and Lofts, which is currently under construc-tion in this area in the 1100 block of Commercial Street between Wheat State Pizza and the Quick Lube gas station, will feature 11 new apartments, along with three commercial spaces.
Corey Haag, owner and manager, said that he plans for tenants to be able to start moving in by this February, and he has already started leasing spaces for the spring semester.
“The apartments are in a handy place to go to class or shop downtown and not have to move your car when you are going to school,” Haag said. “This is a very marketable area for students. The location doesn’t get better than that for them.”
Named for Lyman Beecher Kellogg, the first president of Emporia State University, then known as Kansas State Normal School, the Kellogg Plaza and Lofts will provide its tenants and custom-ers with close access to campus and the downtown area.
The apartments will include three different floor plans and prices – a 525 square foot apartment for $575 per month; a 600 square foot plan for $595 per month; and a 700 square foot plan
for $650 per month. “We will have one of biggest one bed-
room floor plans in town,” Haag said “We will probably have two people living in some.”
The commercial spaces on the ground floor will consist of a leasing office for tenants, where interested leasers can come in and tour apartments. The businesses occupying the other available retail spaces are yet to be determined, but the spaces will range from 700 to 1400 square feet.
The apartments will provide all kitchen appliances, a washer and dryer, and a parking lot with front-door access, according to Kellogglofts.com.
“I don’t personally have access to a dish washer,” said sophomore pre-medi-cine major Amanda Rose. “Having a full range of appliances would be a big ben-efit.”
Haag also owns The Granada Plaza and Lofts, located across the street from The Granada Theatre. Like the Kellogg Plaza, it also consists of commercial spac-es on the ground floor, along with apart-ments on the second and third floors.
“The Granada Lofts went over well, so we wanted to build more apartments,” Haag said. “There is a strong demand for living downtown. We hope it will help rejuvenate that block of Commercial (Street) and add some life to the area. ”
For more information, visit kellog-glofts.com or contact Corey Haag at 343-6633 or [email protected].
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Masons lay the brick façade of the Kellogg building downtown. When finished, it will have spaces for businesses on the ground floor and one-bedroom apartments overlooking Commercial Street on the second and third floors.John Henningsen/The Bulletin
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Verona grill brings rare Italian experience to Emporia
Newly located at 410 Merchant St., the Verona Grill and Pizzeria is bringing a taste of Italy to Emporia.
“We’re excited to be working with Emporia,” said Matt Lowery, owner.
Lowery and his wife own the restau-rant. He said that for the past three years the restaurant had been with Pyramid Pizza, but they were ready to expand.
Plans for a change in menu as well as other aspects of the restaurant were made possible with the move into a portion of Beer:30. This will allow a larger kitchen space with a wood fire grill as well as a central location.
The owners said they are hopeful that the move will enhance the restaurant and allow for even more expansion with its new location in the downtown area.
“It’s downtown and there’s going to be a lot of growth happening downtown over the next few years,” Lowery said.
Students also said they are excited to test out this new atmosphere and get a taste of the food.
“I like Italian food,” said Kelly Roberts, senior speech, theater and English major. “I haven’t been there yet, but I think it’s a good idea to have it,
especially since it is the only Italian res-taurant in town.”
Roberts said that the pricing rather than the location would have more of an impact on whether or not she would eat at the restaurant, but she is interested in trying it out in the future.
Kylee Schomburg, freshman art major, said that she had not heard of the restau-rant but would also be willing to try it sometime.
“I like pasta and such,” Schomburg said, “Maybe if it’s priced reasonably.”
The grill’s menu includes a variety of Italian dishes with appetizers, salads, cal-zones, pastas, wood fire grill specialties, various entrees and, of course, pizza.
“Cooking over a wood grill has been really exciting and something very differ-ent for Emporia,” Lowery said.
Lowery said that the restaurant will remain open late along with the bar in order to serve the crowd pizza
The restaurant is currently open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 11-2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. These hours of operation as well as additional informa-tion about the restaurant’s services can be found on their Facebook page, Facebook.com/theveronagrill.
Nonpartisan group has Plan B for picking president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lots of people com-plain about the shortcom-ings of the country’s two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpar-tisan group is gathering millions of petition signa-tures — and dollars — to offer people a Plan B.
Americans Elect, which grew out of a failed 2008 effort to provide an alter-native in the presidential race, aims to secure a slot on the November ballot in all 50 states for a to-be-determined candidate who would be nominated in the nation’s first online convention next summer.
The group, whose backers include both Republicans and Democrats anxious to open up the political process, has raised $22 million so far and secured ballot slots in Florida, Alaska, Nevada, Kansas, Arizona and Michigan. It has submitted signa-tures for certification in California, Utah and Hawaii.
Americans Elect, whose slogan is “pick a president, not a party,” appears to be on track to secure ballot access across the country, with 1.9 million signa-tures collected so far. But how it will affect the 2012 race depends on what kind of candidate its del-egates select in next June’s online convention, which will be open to any regis-tered voter.
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For Lauren Peel, senior elementary education major who will graduate this December, the Fall Education Career Fair on Tuesday was just in time for her to find a job.
“I think (the fair) is absolutely fabu-lous, such a great way to meet people, to network,” Peel said. “It’s just a great way to get your resume out there, and to meet some people who are actually hir-ing in the district, so this is an awesome opportunity.”
Career services holds the education career fair every semester. This time, they had 43 employers from Kansas, Missouri and other states present, and about 250 students, said June Coleman, director of career services.
“The advantage of the fair is kind of a one-stop shop for students where they can have face-to-face contact with 43 dis-tricts all in one place,” Coleman said.
Last year, Emporia Public Schools had around 30 openings out of 440 total in the district, and about 20 of those posi-tions were filled with ESU graduates, said Brian Jordan, assistant superintendent of personnel of Emporia’s Public School System.
And this year, he anticipated the same percentage of those positions to be filled with ESU students.
“We’ve always had very good qual-ity candidates come out of ESU. They’re very well prepared for the challenges they’re going to see in the classrooms,” Jordan said. “Across the state of Kansas, they always bring a level of professional-ism with them that we expect as a school district as well.”
Jordan also expected candidates to be willing to grow in their careers.
“We look for somebody that’s on a career path where they have goals and they want to continue their career profes-sionally and grow professionally,” Jordan said. “We’re also looking for candidates that have experience in diverse settings so they are able to relate to our students in the type of instructions that we want to provide in our school districts.”
Peel expected five interview oppor-tunities before she came to the fair, and her interview schedule was filled up.
“I feel very confident,” Peel said. “I feel like all my classes at Emporia, and especially my block classes that are actu-ally for teaching majors have prepared me very well for this day.”
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Chris Dvorak, senior English secondary education major, Jessica Elsen, English and health major, and Mike Lowe with Topeka Public Schools discuss career opportunities post-college. The career fair was held on Tuesday in Webb Lecture Hall. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin
school district in the state of Arizona, expected 150 new teachers and two thirds of them would be hired out of state with $36,000 starting salary.
“This is my first time here in
Emporia,” said David Santellanes, teacher recruiter for Cartwright school district. “(Students here) seem to be very sharp and competent, and they are very articu-late.”
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presidents will receive the raise.“People are interested in being financially secure,” McKechnie said.
“The benefit is to attract and retain good CEOs. We have tried not to have a revolving door of different CEOs.”
McKechnie said that in order for universities in Kansas to do well, sta-bility is important and the board wants to recruit the strongest president for ESU.
“We think in the long term, it is money well spent,” McKechnie said. “We wouldn’t have done it if we didn’t think it would have a lasting effect.”
McKechnie said that deciding on a firm presidential compensation will allow ESU to get the best person to help the university move forward.
“If you want a degree to be of value, you have to retain quality faculty,” McKechnie said. “You must have things necessary for quality education, which is what we are trying to do.”
McKechnie said he wants students know that KBOR is trying to place a higher value on education.
ideas about how accessible a president should be for students along with his ideas on improving retention and working on what was already available at ESU.
The primary method for student feedback on the presidential search will be through an online survey on ESU’s website. The survey will only be available until 2 p.m. on Friday. Lamoreaux said the search committee does not participants to be confused on which survey applies to each respective candidate.
“It’s a process issue, so you don’t want people to get confused… in order for those surveys to be of use to the search committee they would need the results,” Lamoreaux said.
The remaining candidates will be on campus Nov. 7, 14, 21. To view full coverage of the open forum, go Esubulletin.com to access exclusive footage.
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19-6 deciding that the amendment should be separated into four specific pieces. The other passed 20-6 that the amendment should be tabled until the next meeting on Nov. 15.
“A rush vote is too dangerous to me,” said Deborah Gerish, associate professor of social sciences depart-ment. “Take some time, let people understand what the amendment really means. My department tells me what they want me to vote. Then we are all good.”
The presidential search also brought to attention the lack of avail-able candidate information and the limited time faculty and students have to provide feedback.
“The Board of Regents has a different view on the campus,” said Marvin Harrell, professor of math-ematics and chair of Faculty Affairs. “If we are the sellers rather than the buyers…we really aren’t looking at them – they are looking at us. At least that’s the impression that’s been given, and it’s the problem we need to be thinking about and then we expect the senate might want to consider a resolution.”
The Phoenix Charity Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which exists to support the families of international students in emer-gency situations. It was founded and acquired its IRS certification within a week after the fire that killed two ESU students over fall break, by Sisi
Huang, president of the Chinese Student Association and business manager for The Bulletin.
“What amazed me was that it’s a 501 (c)(3) registered organization, and she got it done in a week, which is unheard of,” said Kevin Johnson, Faculty Senate president. “I don’t know how she did it. It almost made me wish I had a company so I could offer her a job.”
Two other bills regarding credit hours for course and a time limit we on their second reading. Both were passed unanimously and forwarded on to interim President H. Edward Flentje for approval.
The next meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 in Webb 2 Lecture Hall.
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Hornets swarm Bulldogs in big win
Junior tight end Adam Schiltz dives into end zone for a touchdown Saturday af-ternoon at Welch Stadium. The Hornets crushed the Bulldogs with a final score of 52-18. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin
Sport Shorts
The Hornet soccer team earned their first ever post-season appear-ance this weekend with a 2-0 win over Missouri Western.
Both goals came in the first half for ESU as freshman Mallory Walden scored her third goal of the season in the 18th minute. Soon after, Walden scored her fourth goal of the season in the 24th minute.
In the goal, Nikki Schmitz had her fifth shutout of the season, which ties for the second most ever by a Hornet. She is also tied for second in ESU history with six career shutouts.
The Hornets’ record is 3-9-5. They finished fifth in the MIAA this year, which was their best finish since 2004. The Hornets will play Northwest Missouri at 6 p.m. today in Kansas City, Mo.
ESU soccer earns postseason bidThis past week, the Hornet volleyball team played in three straight
road games and were victorious in all three. Emporia State had to work hard for the first game as they came back to defeat Missouri Western 3-2, after finding themselves down 2-1 on Friday.
Meg Schwartz led the team defensively with 29 digs in the match. The Hornets captured their fourth straight victory as they defeated Northwest Missouri 3-1 on Saturday.
Tuesday ESU swept Southwest Baptist 3-0, thanks to 47 team kills – 13 of which came from sophomore Paige Vanderpool. Schwartz had 23 digs in the match. The Hornets record is now 18-8. They will return to William Allen White Auditorium this weekend as they take on Pittsburg St. this Friday and Missouri Southern on Saturday.
Hornets win three straight on road
Modest Kaiser kills for Hornets on the court
Q&A with Jory Collins
This season’s goals for women’s basketball high
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What are this year’s expecta-tions?
Our goals aren’t going to change. We feel like we’re at a
level where we’re able to recruit and replace people. We’re still going to try to compete for championships. I feel like this year especially, as soon as those young ones can get up to speed at the college level, then we’re going to be able to be right in the mix. They just need a little time. They may take some bumps early, when they’re getting thrown into the fire, but I know by January and February, once they get acclimated, then we’re going to be pretty good.
Who are some specific leaders for this team?
We don’t really have a single person. Last year everyone looked to Alli (Volkens). This year we have a lot of people that take leader-ship roles. We’re not overly vocal in that aspect. We are a little bit, but it’s a lot of lead by example for our team… it’s nice to have a balance (of leadership). This year we have six different players who could average double figures. I don’t think anybody’s going to get 18 a game, but we have six that could get 12, 13 or 14 that are capable of getting 20 on any given night. I think that makes you tougher to guard. Obviously, they can’t really focus on one person, and anybody can get you. I think with our depth now that we’re healthy and we have new players in here, we ought to be tough to guard because we ought to be able to have five people on the floor that can score.
Who are some specific freshmen who will make some impact?
(Sarah) Wood, (Merissa) Quick and maybe (Kathryn) Flott a little bit... as freshman post players, I expect them to be in foul trouble early. But they’re big, physical players. They have good skill sets. They’re just lacking some experi-ence – some college game experi-ence. Kathryn is going to play the four for us mostly. Her best skill is probably just putting the ball in the hole. She lacks a little bit in ball handling and in pass-ing – things she didn’t have to do in high school because she played the five. Shandelyn (Stewart) can do a little bit of everything. She’ll play the four for us as well. All of them are winners. They bring a lot of things to the table that we need. Obviously size is the number one thing, but they’re competitive and they’re ready to do well immedi-ately.
How do you replace Alli Volkens?
We brought in four freshmen. Two of them… play her spot. (Volkens) averaged 18 (points) and 12 (rebounds) last year, which are really big numbers. I don’t know if we’re going to be able to make up for points with one person. It’s probably going to be by committee because they’re really young players. What we’ll miss most is probably her competitiveness and leadership more than we will her points and rebounds. I think those guys that we brought in are very talented. They’re just not as experienced.
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The football team hosted the Truman State Bulldogs on Senior Day last Saturday, as 25 seniors played their last winning game at Welch Stadium.
The offense gained 436 total yards while the defense forced six turnovers. All cylinders clicked as the Hornets beat Truman 52-18. This marks the second week in a row that the Hornets have scored over 50 points.
“We are starting to get some confidence offensively,” said Garin Higgins, head coach. “We are executing better in the red zone and on third downs.”
The offense jumped out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter. Senior running back Adrian Abner scored twice in the first quarter on two separate nine yard touchdown runs. The defense then gained the first of their six turnovers as they forced a fumble and recovered on the 13 yard line. The offense later scored two plays as senior running back Dasor Horton plunged in from four yards out.
“The defense has been play-ing very big,” said Kevin Gaddis, defensive back. “From our line-men to our linebackers to our sec-ondary… when we all play as one, I feel we can’t be beat.”
The Hornets did not miss a beat heading into the second quarter. The defense played strong as they were able to force
two more turnovers. The passing attack found its stride as junior quarterback Tyler Eckenrode threw to junior tight end Adam Schlitz on a 13 yard touchdown pass. He also threw to junior wide receiver Shjuan Richardson on a 21yard touchdown strike.
At halftime, the Hornets lead 35-18.
“Our coaching staff does a great job with putting us in a position to make plays,” Eckenrode said. “We have been able to run and throw the ball very well these last two weeks.”
Both teams struggled against the wind in the third quarter, as neither team was able to complete a scoring drive. But the defense again stopped Truman on the two yard line to keep the Bulldogs out of the end zone and force a turn-over on downs. At the end of the quarter, the score remained 35-18.
In the fourth quarter, three seniors scored the remaining 17 points as running backs Dasor Horton and LaDarrian Page had touchdown runs of six and five yards, and kicker Zak King had a 23 yard field goal. The Hornets stretched the lead to 52-18.
“I told them in the locker room after the game, let’s go win three in a row,” Higgins said. “Three in a row would be a win-ning streak.”
The Hornets record now stands at 4-5 on the season. Next the Hornets will travel to Bolivar, Mo., to face the Southwest Baptist Bearcats at 1:30 on Saturday.
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The athleticism that the Hornets bring to the volleyball court is valuable to the team’s suc-cess. For Emporia State this season, no one personifies this more than sophomore outside hitter Briana Kaiser.
“She’s so athletic,” said Bing Xu, head coach. “She has tremendous physical ability. She has all the tools and fundamentals, especial-ly defense and passing… she has a lot of potential (and) is very talented and has a lot of natural ability.”
Growing up, Kaiser played
many different sports includ-ing basketball, volleyball, track, softball and cheerleading. In junior high Kaiser said she realized that volleyball was her favorite sport. During high school she earned all-state tournament team, all-metro, MVP and was a four time letter winner in volleyball at Valley Center.
“In sixth grade I was playing intramural volleyball and quit cheerleading,” Kaiser said. Once finished with high school, Kaiser went to Wichita State for two seasons before transfer-ring to ESU.
“I transferred here because I loved the nursing program after I visited,” Kaiser said. “Then volleyball just fit in and I love the game.”
This season, she has made a tremendous impression on both the coaches and the players.
“This year Briana has really stepped up,” said junior Meg Schwartz. “She is one of the leaders on the team. She makes a really big impact and we are really happy to have her here. She is definitely a dominat-ing force on our team… she’s always there encouraging, always supporting the team-mates and always has a really positive attitude.”
Although she has 243 kills
and 333 digs so far this season, Kaiser seems to be modest. She strives to be a good team player and puts the needs of the team before individual stats or awards.
“Teamwork is the most important thing,” Kaiser said. “Just meshing together with the other girls is very important to me. We practice hard every day. We are a very new team so having that chemistry is vital to our success.”
Her teammates and coaches have noticed how important teamwork is to Briana.
“Everybody likes her,” Xu said. “She is really fun both on and off the court. She is always there joking with her team-mates and the team chemistry is right there.”
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