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Voice of the students since 1901

The Bulletin
Maddie Carr

Maddie Carr, Editor-in-Chief

Maddie Carr is in her second year as editor-in-chief of The Bulletin. She joined The Bulletin in 2022 as a staff writer and is the former opinion editor. Carr is a senior sociology major and plans to pursue graduate school for a master’s degree in journalism. In 2024, she was the first college student in the state to be named Kansas Journalist of the Year by the Kansas Press Association.

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KBOR approves committee members for ESU presidential search

KBOR approves committee members for ESU presidential search

Maddie Carr
September 3, 2025
A sign reads “Center for Student Involvement” by the door to the Student Life Office located on the first floor of the Memorial Union.

This campus involvement hub is operating under a new name starting this academic year

Maddie Carr
August 29, 2025
Two Emporia Police Department vehicles outside the visitor entrance at Newman Regional Health after police responded to an false active shooter alarm.

Newman Regional Health active shooter alarm identified as switch error

Maddie Carr
August 28, 2025
The entrance to the Roger D. and Carla B. Smith Intercultural Center on Aug. 26. The center, which opened in November 2024, has not opened its doors to students this academic year.

ESU quietly dissolves DEI division, no clear answer on Intercultural Center

Isabel Ayala and Maddie Carr
August 28, 2025
Ken Hush

Letter from the Editor: Let's make it our year

Letter from the Editor: Let’s make it our year

Maddie Carr
August 22, 2025

Faculty retirement incentive aims for “cost savings,” not position cuts

Maddie Carr
May 12, 2025

Spafford announces retirement as ESU athletic director

Maddie Carr
April 30, 2025

ASG awards $74,300 to RSOs for upcoming fiscal year

Maddie Carr
April 25, 2025
Details pending after ESU announces Faculty Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive

Details pending after ESU announces Faculty Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive

Maddie Carr
April 24, 2025

ESU accreditation reaffirmed by Higher Learning Commission, next reaccreditation in 10 years

Maddie Carr
April 6, 2025

Students on visas in the U.S. are being disappeared for their speech. Make no mistake, this means you don’t have free speech either.

Maddie Carr
April 5, 2025

Q&A: Azwad-Manahan, Franz-Gant tickets share how they will lead if elected ASG prez, VP

Maddie Carr
April 2, 2025

ESU, Planetarium and Emporia Main Street to bring scaled solar system model to campus, downtown

Maddie Carr
March 27, 2025

Faculty Senate voted no confidence in General Counsel; now they will vote to rescind it

Maddie Carr
March 15, 2025

Hornet basketball falls in first round of MIAA Tournament

Maddie Carr
March 8, 2025
Maddie

Democratic governments don’t dictate press access

Maddie Carr
February 28, 2025
Emporia State General Counsel Steven Lovett gives testimony on HB 2348 during a House Committee on the Judiciary meeting on Feb. 11

Bill seeking to eliminate tenure as a property right stalls in committee

Maddie Carr
February 27, 2025
Maddie

“Reach out if you need anything” is not something we should tell others – It’s for ourselves too

Maddie Carr
February 15, 2025

ESU tennis teams both victorious at spring home opener

Maddie Carr
February 15, 2025

Executive Orders, campus and you: What you need to know

Maddie Carr
February 15, 2025
“You’re f***ing up your teammates”: Former ESU basketball captain and previous assistant coach allege verbal abuse by Ostermann

“You’re f***ing up your teammates”: Former ESU basketball captain and previous assistant coach allege verbal abuse by Ostermann

Maddie Carr
February 14, 2025
Maddie

Firmly

Maddie Carr
February 4, 2025

FIRE: ESU free expression policy may violate First Amendment obligations

Maddie Carr
January 30, 2025

Pitler sent link to pornography, sexually conversed with minor affidavit alleges

Maddie Carr
December 13, 2024
Sara Schwerdtfeger

ESU announces deans for Teachers College, Science and Mathematics

Maddie Carr
November 23, 2024

Hearing over ESU petition challenging reinstatement of dismissed professors rescheduled

Maddie Carr
November 13, 2024
ESU prof arrested on child sex crime charge: Who is Howard Pitler?

ESU prof arrested on child sex crime charge: Who is Howard Pitler?

Maddie Carr
November 13, 2024
Washburn prof helps students, community make sense of 2024 campaigns

Washburn prof helps students, community make sense of 2024 campaigns

Maddie Carr
November 13, 2024
Hornet Volleyball sweeps Bearcats 3-2

Hornet Volleyball sweeps Bearcats 3-2

Maddie Carr
October 31, 2024

ESU basketball falls to Shockers in exhibition play

Maddie Carr
October 31, 2024

Intercultural Center Book Club to read “Never Whistle at Night” in honor of Indigenous Heritage Month

Maddie Carr
October 29, 2024
Hundreds of miles away Helene resonates in Emporia

Hundreds of miles away Helene resonates in Emporia

Maddie Carr
October 27, 2024
Pitler arrested on child sex crime charge

Pitler arrested on child sex crime charge

Maddie Carr
October 24, 2024
"It put me in a position to free others”: Championing justice while wrongfully convicted

“It put me in a position to free others”: Championing justice while wrongfully convicted

Maddie Carr
October 14, 2024

Western apathy kills: Gaza, West Bank since Oct. 7

Maddie Carr
October 9, 2024
Old Navy is located off of 24th Avenue in Emporia Pavilions next to Five Below. 

Old Navy to soft open Oct. 2

Maddie Carr
October 1, 2024

One in eight: The death penalty has no place in our so-called “justice” system

Maddie Carr
October 1, 2024

Spreading racist rumors does not help American suffering

Maddie Carr
September 22, 2024

Weekend roundup: Hornets take home multiple victories

Maddie Carr
September 20, 2024
Maddie

Letter from the Editor

Maddie Carr
September 10, 2024
Maddie

Ceasefire or please, fire?

Maddie Carr
September 7, 2024
“I want him to be remembered”: Remembering Dr. Daehyun Moon

“I want him to be remembered”: Remembering Dr. Daehyun Moon

Maddie Carr
September 6, 2024
Junior quarterback Gunnar Gundy hands the ball off to graduate student running back Billy Ross Jr., nearing the end of the second quarter against the Washburn Ichabods. 

Hornets take Ichabods 30-14 in Turnpike Tussle

Maddie Carr
September 6, 2024
Courtesy of Ryann Brooks, The Emporia Gazette 

No foul play suspected in unattended death on ESU campus

Maddie Carr
July 15, 2024
Courtesy of Ryann Brooks, The Emporia Gazette 

Body found in tunnel on campus

Maddie Carr
July 15, 2024
Emeline Fuller stands outside Newman Regional Health on 12th Avenue. For 12 years, Fuller has endured a legal battle with Emporia healthcare providers for bills she "just can't pay." 

‘They leave me with nothing’: Former ESU student concerned with Emporia healthcare amid 12-year legal battle with providers

Maddie Carr
June 28, 2024

ESU proposes 0% increase in tuition, fees to lower net costs to students

Maddie Carr
May 18, 2024

Simunovic testifies, state and defense rest on day four of trial

Maddie Carr and Adia Witherspoon
May 3, 2024
Emporia State President Ken Hush speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for the future Nursing + Student Wellness Center building on April 24. 

ESU dedicates future Nursing + Student Wellness Center to students

Maddie Carr
May 1, 2024
Dominik Simunovic is seen exiting the Lyon County Courthouse on Jan. 3, with his attorney, Frederick L. Meier, after pleading not guilty to alleged rape and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy.

Monday sees jury selection, opening statements in Simunovic rape trial

Maddie Carr
April 30, 2024

The NYT memo, Western media, and Palestine

Maddie Carr
April 22, 2024

Just pick up the phone

Maddie Carr
April 12, 2024

Kansas legislators are attacking trans kids with SB233, whether they believe it or not

Maddie Carr
April 8, 2024

Kids to combat: If they’re not old enough to drink, they’re not old enough to go to war

Maddie Carr
March 28, 2024

Increased crossover in major, minor requirements cause for course sharing policy

Maddie Carr
March 22, 2024

“I was going to do the time instead of letting the time do me”: Criminal justice reform advocate David Garlock opens conversation about prison reform

Maddie Carr
March 22, 2024

Kansas SB233 is not about protecting children

Maddie Carr
March 21, 2024

Aaron Bushnell self-immolated because of the Palestinian genocide – context matters

Maddie Carr
March 5, 2024

KBOR disallows same course to fulfill major and minor requirements effective immediately

Maddie Carr
March 1, 2024
Graphic by Mason Hart 

We should have addressed the gun violence problem yesterday

Maddie Carr
February 23, 2024
Construction crews are seen taping off sections along the west wall of the ESU recreation center on Feb. 16.

Student Rec to reopen Feb. 26 after crash

Maddie Carr
February 22, 2024

Lady Hornets suffer 51-61 loss to Missouri Western

Maddie Carr
February 18, 2024

130 days later we continue to fail Palestinians

Maddie Carr
February 17, 2024
Construction crews are seen taping off sections along the west wall of the ESU recreation center on Feb. 16.

Student Rec to reopen Feb. 26

Maddie Carr
February 16, 2024

Local coffee: it’s better

Maddie Carr
February 13, 2024
Guy Ramos, Kappa Alpha Psi president, is seen reading “The Story of Kappa Alpha Psi”, which is a comprehensive book on the fraternity’s history. All members are encouraged to read on the history of the fraternity.

Black excellence: How one Emporia State senior is keeping traditions alive

Maddie Carr
February 13, 2024

EPD says driver fled attempted welfare check before ESU SRC crash

Maddie Carr
February 12, 2024
A gray Acura is seen flipped upside down inside the weight room of the ESU student Recreation on Feb. 11.

Investigation underway after car crashes into ESU Student Rec

Maddie Carr
February 11, 2024

Paying for parking – it’s infeasible for everyone.

Maddie Carr
February 1, 2024

Trial date set in Simunovic case

Maddie Carr
January 26, 2024

Voting for the lesser of two evils doesn’t feel worth it anymore

Maddie Carr
January 26, 2024

“They’re volunteers because they care”: 11 new members added to ESU Foundation Board of Trustees

Maddie Carr
January 26, 2024
Dominik Simunovic is seen exiting the Lyon County Courthouse on Jan. 3, with his attorney, Frederick L. Meier, after pleading not guilty to alleged rape and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy.

‘His eyes went black, it was just evil’: Simunovic pleads not guilty in October rape

Maddie Carr and Adia Witherspoon
January 4, 2024
(Left) Interim head coach Chloe Marquez, and (Right) previous head coach Bryan Sailer celebrate together after winning the MIAA conference tournament on Nov. 11 against Central Missouri University, 3-2.  

Bryan Sailer not returning as head soccer coach

Mason Hart and Maddie Carr
December 8, 2023

Journalism just sucks sometimes

Maddie Carr
December 6, 2023
Courtesy of the Lyon County Sheriff's Department.

Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity releases official statement after Hunt arrest

Maddie Carr
November 30, 2023
Courtesy of the Lyon County Sheriff's Department.

Sigma Tau Gamma member arrested for drug distribution, possession, firearm possession

Maddie Carr
November 30, 2023

Many facilities are still inaccessible to Americans with disabilities: accessibility needs to be a priority

Maddie Carr
November 20, 2023
Courtesy of Lyon County Sheriff's Office.

Affidavit reveals unsettling new details in Simunovic alleged rape, aggravated criminal sodomy case

Maddie Carr and Adia Witherspoon
November 16, 2023

Healthcare isn’t a luxury, so why is it treated like one?

Maddie Carr
November 13, 2023
Winner of the tricycle races, Sigma Tau Gamma, hoist the winners cup after beating their opponent in the championship round. 

Sigma Tau Gamma wins tricycle races for the second year in a row

Maddie Carr
November 8, 2023

If we appeased everyone, we wouldn’t be journalists

Maddie Carr
November 6, 2023
Emporia State Alum Arthur White performs at Albert Taylor Hall for the Emporia State University Jazz Alumni Reunion Weekend on April 30, 2023.

ESU assistant dean resigns amid public outcry of sexual harassment. It’s not the first time

Maddie Carr
October 19, 2023
Just because it isn’t reported doesn’t mean it’s not happening

Just because it isn’t reported doesn’t mean it’s not happening

Maddie Carr
October 6, 2023
You are not ‘sooo OCD’ because you like to clean: My experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

You are not ‘sooo OCD’ because you like to clean: My experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Maddie Carr
September 29, 2023
In a Reddit post, u/Jezell38 claims Tokosh may be employed at Emporia State. This comes after USA Today released an article about his alleged sexual harassment of female students. 

Debunked: No, Joseph Tokosh is not employed at Emporia State

Maddie Carr
September 21, 2023
“Made for TV” shouldn’t always mean unhealthy

“Made for TV” shouldn’t always mean unhealthy

Maddie Carr
September 21, 2023

Grief is not linear: What I learned about grief in a year

Maddie Carr
September 7, 2023
Juan Chavarria, an assistant professor of accounting, information systems and finance at Emporia State University, says campus leadership should provide a roadmap in the wake of faculty layoffs.

‘I do have some grave concerns:’ Faculty senate poses questions for next phase of Workforce Management

Maddie Carr
September 22, 2022
Congwen Wang, ASG senator and SLIM graduate student, expresses his concerns over the recent faculty dismissals. (photos by Noah Eppens)

“We must stop the ‘students, students, students’ mantra:” Students raise concerns over faculty dismissals

Maddie Carr
September 16, 2022
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