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First-year women's basketball Head Coach MJ Baker at Late Night at White on Nov. 5.

Creating a legacy: Baker and Billeter discuss upcoming season for the Hornets

Isabella Tyson November 14, 2025

As Emporia State basketball opens the 2025-26 season with mid-to-low rankings in the MIAA pre-season coaches and media polls, second-year head coach Tom Billeter and women's first-year head coach MJ Baker...

students at last fall's e-mersion trip to Manhattan, Kansas

Fall E-mersion experience to focus on rural communities

Isabel Ayala November 10, 2025

On Nov. 10 and 11, a group of Emporia State students will embark on Jan Todd’s annual 24-hour “E-mersion” experience. Todd, an assistant professor of sociology, will take students on a less than...

Defensive Back Aidan Hicks putting his helmet on.

Hornet football falls on Homecoming against No. 14 Northwest Missouri 41-14

Isabella Tyson November 9, 2025

After a 20-point third quarter by No. 14 Northwest Missouri the Hornets fell 41-14 at the Homecoming game on Nov. 1 at Welch Stadium. Taking the lead from the start, the Hornets stopped the Bearcats...

Aaron Kubacka waits to order from Keke's, a food truck offering Korean cuisine, at the Homecoming bonfire on Oct. 30.

Students taste good eats at Homecoming bonfire

Maddie Carr November 3, 2025

Emporia State students enjoyed a change of scenery—and good eats—Thursday at the university’s annual Homecoming bonfire. The bonfire, held outside the Student Recreation Center, included a performance...

Bird Bridge, formally known as Rocky Ford Bridge, overlooks the Cottonwood River outside Emporia city limits.

Bird Bridge: What lies beneath

Allie Breneman October 30, 2025

On humid summer nights, teenagers still drive out past the edge of Emporia, down a narrow county road that dissolves into farmland and dark. They park near the bridge and wait.  Some swear they’ve...

The 2025 Stinger Showdown will be operated by the Office of Student Life, Associated Student Government Vice President Josh Manahan announced Thursday. The annoucement comes just days before the event is set to kick off Homecoming Week.

Office of Student Life undertakes Stinger Showdown ahead of Monday event

Maddie Carr October 24, 2025

The Office of Student Life will lead the annual competition between schools known as Stinger Showdown, The Bulletin has learned.  The move comes as Stinger Showdown, which was planned by the Associated...

What it means to be from nowhere

What it means to be from nowhere

Allie Breneman October 17, 2025

I’ve lived in three small towns, but sometimes I forget which one I’m remembering. They blur together in fragments—the same lone gas station on the edge of town, the same brick church, the same hush...

A “green permit required sign” posted in the parking lot outside of Abigail Morse Hall. Green permits are designated for students living on campus.

‘Terrible’: Students express concern over poor parking conditions despite recent changes

Adriana Peralta October 17, 2025

Whether you’re a student living on campus or a commuter, chances are you can relate to one of the following problems: you’ve driven around aimlessly to find a parking spot on campus. You’ve parked...

Courtesy of Rebecca Rodriguez Carey

Walnut Elementary students explore the globe through “Around the World” event

Allie Breneman October 16, 2025

Students from Walnut Elementary School experienced a trip across continents on Tuesday, Oct. 7 during an “Around the World” event put on by Emporia State’s applied sociology and applied criminology...

David Garlock visited Emporia State on Sept. 29 to give his presentation "Blood Brothers: Escaping Abuse Through Murder." The presentation detailed the role trauma and abuse played in Garlock and his brother's 1999 murder case while also bringing a new perspective to the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents Jose and Kitty seven years earlier.

‘You could be both’: One survivor’s advocacy for a system that heals

Maddie Carr October 5, 2025

Criminal justice reform advocate David Garlock, who returned to Emporia State for a second time on Sept. 29 to give his presentation "Blood Brothers: Escaping Abuse Through Murder," addressed criminology...

ESU enrollment increases for first time since 2020

ESU enrollment increases for first time since 2020

Maddie Carr October 2, 2025

Emporia State's enrollment for the 2025 academic year has increased 5.8 percent compared to 2024 with 4,820 enrolled students, according to 20 day enrollment data from the Kansas Board of Regents. The...

Blake Stone was arrested and booked into the Lyon County Jail on Sept. 28.

ESU football coach charged with misdemeanor DUI, transporting open container

Maddie Carr September 29, 2025

An Emporia State football coach was arrested and booked into the Lyon County Jail Sunday, according to a booking document by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. Blake Stone, who is a running back and...

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