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Sarah Spoon, current Editor-in-Chief of The Bulletin and senior Spanish and English major, Max McCoy, adviser to The Bulletin and investigative reporter, Allie Crome, senior secondary education major, and Margaret Mellott, Editor-in-Chief of The Bulletin next year and sophomore history secondary education major, stand with the Liberty Bell Award. The speaker at the event was Matthew D. Keenan, a lawyer with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, who said The Bulletin's work would make William Allen White proud.

Bar Association presents Bulletin with Liberty Bell Award for service

Sarah Spoon
May 3, 2019

Student publications win 28 awards at media conference

Sarah Spoon
May 1, 2019
SarahMug

My last Letter from the Editor

Sarah Spoon
April 25, 2019

KBOR increases special education program funding to $116,000

Sarah Spoon
April 17, 2019
Lorenzo Tuero, freshman communication major, talks about his group's partnered three day food drive with The Salvation Army. He sits nexts to the raffle prizes which were donated by six local businesses, including Emporia Main Street, Flint Hills Music, Casa Ramos, Sweet Granada, Jimmy Johns and Complete Works Custom Engraving.

Hornets partner with The Salvation Army to raise food for families

Sarah Spoon
April 10, 2019
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Drugs, gun violation alleged in dorm

Sarah Spoon
April 3, 2019
Students register and swab for the DMKS drive on Friday outside the Memorial Union. The drive took added 349 students to the registry in two days.

ESU nursing students add 349 to donor list

Sarah Spoon
April 2, 2019
Associated Student Government senators raise their hands during a vote at the beginning of the ASG meeting on March 21. The meeting was held in Visser Hall 118 to accommodate the Recognized Student Organizations representatives, which had to be in attendance in order to receive their allocations

ASG votes to award $152,240 in allocations

Sarah Spoon
April 2, 2019
More than ‘mere advocacy:’ Diversity candidate talks structural changes, representation

More than ‘mere advocacy:’ Diversity candidate talks structural changes, representation

Sarah Spoon
March 28, 2019
Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, spoke with student journalists from Kansas and Missouri today in conference call to discuss the encouragement of Midwest students becoming diplomats for the U.S. The call was opened up for a Q&A portion in which students asked about immigration, higher education and the press. 

Pompeo says Trump admin is ‘welcoming of immigrants,’ supportive of press freedom

Sarah Spoon
March 18, 2019
Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, spoke with student journalists from Kansas and Missouri today in conference call to discuss the encouragement of Midwest students becoming diplomats for the U.S. The call was opened up for a Q&A portion in which students asked about immigration, higher education and the press. 

Pompeo takes student journalist questions about higher ed, immigration, press

Sarah Spoon
March 18, 2019

Faculty Senate to hold VP forum

Sarah Spoon
March 3, 2019
Logan Fisher, Phi Sigma Kappa treasurer and sophomore economics and mathematics major, talks to Associated Student Government about the midwestern conclave at the ASG meeting Feb. 21 in the Senate Chambers. PSK was requesting $1,100 from ASG to help cover travel costs, which was approved. 

ASG approves $1,100 for Phi Sigma Kappa trip

Sarah Spoon
March 1, 2019
Rachel Castro, sophomore communication major, presents the groups idea to improve the community, "Bag-A-Birthday," which would provide people with the supplies needed to host a child's birthday party. Castro, Genevieve Lowry and Delaney Dold, all sophomore communication majors, won the $500 grant from The Community Impact Challenge yesterday. 

Students win $500 grant

Sarah Spoon
February 28, 2019
Only nine people attended an Associated Student Government senatorial debate for the Liberal Arts and Sciences department on Tuesday. The discussion centered on student government’s ability to engage students.

ASG talks engagement to nearly empty room

Sarah Spoon
February 28, 2019
Michaela Todd, Associated Student Government vice president and senior communications and political science major, stands in front of the senate during the meeting yesterday in Senate Chambers. The Diveristy and Inclusion Committee chair asked senators to no longer be "silent" when it comes to Todd's actions and the repercussions felt by students on campus.

A silent ASG

Sarah Spoon
February 14, 2019
Shonrock was ESU President 2012-2015 and was fired from Lindenwood University.   

Lindenwood: No degree? No Problem. Shonrock replaced with non-degree interim president

Sarah Spoon
February 11, 2019
Jennifer Ananda, Title IX coordinator, discusses her education, how she found her current position and the changes she hopes to see in Emporia State’s Title IX department Monday in Plumb Hall. Ananda wants to bring awareness and transparency to Title IX.

Ananda wants a more transparent Title IX

Sarah Spoon
February 8, 2019

Faculty members can’t sell textbooks they receive from publishers

Sarah Spoon
February 4, 2019

OPINION: 5 “obvious” ways to be a better roommate

Sarah Spoon
February 3, 2019
band

ESU ensemble chosen to perform at KMEA

Sarah Spoon
February 1, 2019
David Cordle, provost, stands near students and faculty members after a false fire alarm caused an evacuation of Plumb Hall yesterday. They stood in record low temperatures during a wind chill advisory until maintenance could fix the alarm.

False fire alarm causes frigid evacuation

Sarah Spoon
January 31, 2019
Jenna Pennington, president of Trauma Informed Educators and senior elementary major, and Shannon McCullagh, senior elementary education major, talks about the importance of educating future teachers on how to instruct students who come from traumatic backgrounds.

ASG approves two groups to RSO status

Sarah Spoon
January 31, 2019
The Emporia State Winter Guard practices last Thursday in a HPER gym. The team will be performing March 5 at Emporia High in the upcoming dance extravaganza.

Winter Guard introduces new aspects to shows

Sarah Spoon and Hidenobu Kaga
January 31, 2019
Archive Photo

Garrett discusses aftermath of Schrader investigation, university’s actions

Sarah Spoon
January 24, 2019
News Graphic

Schrader “no longer at the university”

Sarah Spoon
December 12, 2018
Archive Photo

Garrett: Time to ‘Move Forward’

Sarah Spoon
December 9, 2018
Source: A poll conducted by The Bulletin. That had a sample size of 414 from a total population of 3,605 undergraduate students at ESU. The survey has a confidence level of 95 percent and a plus or minus 4.5 percentage point margin of error. The Bulletin randomized the order of the questions and went to randomly selected classes to administer the survey. The surveys were anonymous, participation was on a voluntary basis and were given between Nov. 14-28. No one paid The Bulletin for the survey or funded the materials and hours spent administering the poll. 

Poll: A Campus Divided

Sarah Spoon
November 29, 2018
Source: Emporia State information provided by the Fall 2017 Data Book. All other information is provided by a poll conducted by The Bulletin. The poll had a sample size of 414 from a total population of 3,605 undergraduate students at ESU. The survey has a confidence level of 95 percent and a plus or minus 4.5 percentage points margin of error. 

How we measured the campus divide

Sarah Spoon
November 29, 2018
KDC, AKL affirm commitment to students during VP controversy

KDC, AKL affirm commitment to students during VP controversy

Sarah Spoon
November 20, 2018

Secret ASG meeting may have violated law

Sarah Spoon
November 16, 2018
Facebook

ASG VP appears on Fox News

Sarah Spoon
November 15, 2018
Jim Williams, vice president of student affairs, responds to comments regarding the Associated Student Government vice president’s usage of “illegal alien.” Williams sent out an email to the student body yesterday with resources on campus.

Administrators respond to student safety concerns

Sarah Spoon
November 15, 2018
Abigail Weiser, ASG senator and senior sociology major, comforts Ariana Williams, ASG senator and junior chemistry major, after last night’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee meeting. The meeting was attended by many students concerned for their safety and questioning ASG and administration’s stance on the Todd incident.

In meeting filled with tears, anger…Committee backpedals on impeachment

Sarah Spoon
November 15, 2018
News Graphic

Vietnam: the unwilling, led by the unable, to do the impossible

Sarah Spoon
November 11, 2018
News Graphic

Senate presents bills to clarify academic appeals

Sarah Spoon
November 11, 2018
Opinion

A much deserved win for teachers

Sarah Spoon
November 11, 2018
Derek Messer, lead singer of Messer, preforms Saturday at Bourbon Cowboy, 605 Commercial St. Messer is a five person rock band. 

Messer rocks at Bourbon cowboy

Sarah Spoon
November 9, 2018
News Graphic

Schrader continues to be paid, not teaching in Spring

Sarah Spoon
November 9, 2018
News Graphic

ESU proposes masters nursing program

Sarah Spoon
November 9, 2018
Saandhyarag Sasidhar, Hult Prize campus director and senior business administration major, is working to make ESU a point school for the Hult Prize. He said he hoped it becomes a permanent feature of campus, like Homecoming

$1 million U.N. competition open to students

Sarah Spoon
November 5, 2018
News Graphic

Career services works to prevent fraudulent Handshake jobs, internships

Sarah Spoon
October 30, 2018
Opinion

The EneMy of the People

Sarah Spoon
October 30, 2018
Mackenzie Haddix, freshman elementary education major, and Elliot Kobiskie, freshman accounting major, made phone calls on behalf of the Kobach campaign last Monday. If the students made 125 calls to voters, they would recieve a Kobach t-shirt. 

ESU Republicans partner with Lyon County GOP to fundraise, support veterans, candidates

Sarah Spoon
October 26, 2018

Ambassodors down numbers, prep for Homecoming

Sarah Spoon
October 21, 2018
News Graphic

Senate passes consenting relationship resolution

Sarah Spoon
October 18, 2018

Line items to give 15 minute ASG presentations

Sarah Spoon
October 3, 2018

Fiscal affairs begins line item consideration

Sarah Spoon
September 30, 2018
Opinion

Help your fellow hornet

Sarah Spoon
September 30, 2018

Committee works towards a more transparent Title IX policy

Sarah Spoon
September 27, 2018

Faculty Senate debates syllabi, attendance bill

Sarah Spoon
September 25, 2018
Deadlines for line item budgets announced

Deadlines for line item budgets announced

Sarah Spoon
September 17, 2018
Brenda Koerner, chair of the Academic Affairs committee and professor of biological sciences, reads through a proposed policy for expedited programs. The Kansas Board of Regents is looking at revising the current policy to allow for an expedited process at both the campus and KBOR level.

Academic changes to come

Sarah Spoon
September 16, 2018
Source: wildlife.org 

Bats descend on ESU

Sarah Spoon
September 16, 2018

Gazette faces criticism for unsigned letter

Sarah Spoon
September 15, 2018

Athletics prepare for action packed weekend

Sarah Spoon
September 14, 2018
Thomas Averill shares his Kansas writing Monday during the visiting writers series in Plumb Hall. Averill has won the O. Henry award for short stories.

Writer focuses on Kansas history

Sarah Spoon
September 14, 2018

ASG committee to review organizations budgets

Sarah Spoon
September 11, 2018
Greg Schneider, first vice president and professor of business administration, will choose the at-large senator for the second vice president nominating committee. The election will take place in the spring.

Faculty Senate presents members for 2nd V.P. nominating committee

Sarah Spoon
September 10, 2018
Steve Lovett, assistant professor of business administration, stresses a point he makes during the Faculty Senate meeting Thursday.

Faculty Senate exec has information gathering meeting

Sarah Spoon
September 7, 2018

KCM embezzlement case reopened

Sarah Spoon
September 7, 2018
Bulletin reporter misrepresents interviews, fired

Bulletin reporter misrepresents interviews, fired

Sarah Spoon
September 7, 2018

Zero tolerance relationship policy discussed

Sarah Spoon
August 31, 2018

Schrader paid $73,000, teaching no classes

Sarah Spoon
August 30, 2018

Faculty senators added to business school

Sarah Spoon
August 30, 2018

An email is no longer a meeting

Sarah Spoon
August 30, 2018
Rob Catlett, past president and professor of economics, and Steve Lovett, president of Faculty Senate and assistant professor of business administration, discuss implementing workgroups to expedite the process of creating legislation. There were several concerns about the work groups, including their role, what power they would have and if they were subject to the open meetings act. 

Senate discusses workgroups, consensual faculty relationship policy

Sarah Spoon
August 29, 2018
Corbin Crable, courtesy of Facebook 

Crable no longer at Baker University

Sarah Spoon
August 20, 2018
Corbin Crable, courtesy of Facebook 

Treasurer embezzles $21,000 from student journalism organization

Sarah Spoon
August 14, 2018
The Non-Disclosure Agreements students were required to sign in order to report incidents of sexual assault on campus.  

Jane: The Voice of Many

Sarah Spoon
July 9, 2018
SarahMug

From the Editor (on Empowered)

Sarah Spoon
July 9, 2018

KBOR approves funding cuts to student line items, increase in tuition and fees

Sarah Spoon and Allie Crome
June 26, 2018
Wrongly convicted man shares story with ESU

Wrongly convicted man shares story with ESU

Sarah Spoon
May 7, 2018
Rayna Karst, editor in chief of The Bulletin and senior English major, Allie Crome, managing editor and junior English education major and Sarah Spoon, opinion editor and junior Spanish and English major recieved an “Above and Beyond” award from the Sunshine Coalition for their “Jane” coverage. The award will be presented at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Greek Room in the Memorial Union.

Bulletin wins open government award

Sarah Spoon
April 26, 2018
Kim Hogeland

University Press editor to speak at ESU

Sarah Spoon
April 26, 2018

Why we cut the feed

Sarah Spoon
April 19, 2018

Since you didn’t want to hear about race at the town hall, read about it.

Sarah Spoon
April 5, 2018
Brian Schrader

Some of Schrader’s students ‘disappointed,’ leaving ESU

Sarah Spoon
April 5, 2018

Garrett discusses Schrader investigation and creation of task force

Sarah Spoon
April 5, 2018
Nang Rives speaks to a group last Thursday in the Sauder Alumni Center as ESU wrapped up Women’s History Month. Rives spoke about her life under an authoritarian regime in Burma and her experience with the #metoo movement.

Rives talks teaching, shielding students from bullets

Sarah Spoon
April 5, 2018
Brian Schrader

Professor who likely tried to kiss student placed on leave, new investigation announced

Sarah Spoon
March 28, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: Professor at center of sexual assault controversy placed on administrative leave

BREAKING NEWS: Professor at center of sexual assault controversy placed on administrative leave

Sarah Spoon
March 28, 2018
Students attending the "Justice for Jane" protest Monday in Union Square demanded change and shared the core message of the protest, which was to create a space of support for victims of sexual assault. Approximately 35 students attended the protest and held signs and wrote notes to administration and survivors of sexual assault.

Students demand change after ‘Jane Story’

Sarah Spoon
March 6, 2018
Photo Illustration by Allie Crome

ESU: It’s time for an independent investigation

Sarah Spoon
March 4, 2018
Photo courtesy of the "Justice for Jane" Facebook event page. 

Protest for ‘Jane’ to be held Monday

Sarah Spoon
March 4, 2018
Miranda Boyer, junior history major, Mesa Weidembach, secretary of PRIDE and freshman political science major, as well as other PRIDE members listen to President Allison Garrett yesterday in Miller Room of the Memorial Union speak about the lack of gender neutral bathrooms on the first floor of the union. Garrett made an appearance to the meeting to listen to the concerns of LGBTQ members had about the name for the new campus dorms which are named after Kay Schallenkamp, who removed a clause from ESU’s Equal Opportunity Statement protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination.

Garrett discusses residence hall controversy with PRIDE

Sarah Spoon
March 1, 2018
Robert Hart, theatre instructor and director of “He and She,” informs Harriel Mack, senior communication major, Ryan Wollum, freshman speech and theater education major, Torin Horvik, junior art and theatre major and Elizabeth Tate, freshman theatre and communication major, that the “He and She” play will run the full three acts, instead of cutting it down to two like had been previously discussed. The play opens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 and runs through March 10, with a 2 p.m. showing on Saturday in the Fredrickson Theatre.

‘He and She’ to show early feminist ideas

Sarah Spoon
March 1, 2018

Reporting in the face of punishment

Sarah Spoon
March 1, 2018
President Allison Garrett during her interview with The Bulletin on Monday in the President's Office. 

A ‘frustrated’ Garrett says she can’t address ‘Jane’s story’

Sarah Spoon
February 27, 2018

‘Jane’s Story’ stirs controversy, support

Sarah Spoon
February 22, 2018
The Psychology Department where Professor Brian Schrader works. Schrader was accused of sexual misconduct by an undergraduate student last year.

University response to ‘Jane’s Story’ not enough, some say

Sarah Spoon
February 16, 2018
The Psychology Department in Visser Hall is where Professor Brian Schrader teaches. Schrader was accused of sexual misconduct by an undergraduate student last year.

Misconduct investigation leaves student ‘hopeless’

Sarah Spoon
February 15, 2018
The Psychology Department in Visser Hall is where Professor Brian Schrader teaches. Schrader was accused of sexual misconduct by an undergraduate student last year.

Abused? Don’t talk about it.

Sarah Spoon
February 15, 2018

So you can’t drink, but you can shoot?

Sarah Spoon
February 8, 2018
Mark Daly, dean of international education, listens as Jason Brooks, co-chair of the alliance and assistant dean of students for for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, talks about the new alliance initiatives. The next meeting will take place in April.

University implements interfaith room

Sarah Spoon
February 8, 2018

Cryptic letter provides heat but no light

Sarah Spoon
February 8, 2018
Chieko Zimmerman, president of I Am That Girl and freshman elementary education major, reads “I Am That Girl” written by the organization Tuesday in the Memorial Union. Chieko started the local charter because she recognized that there was a lack of femenist groups on campus. 

Freshman starts feminist club

Sarah Spoon
February 1, 2018
James Williams, vice president of student affairs, opens the faculty/staff tobacco free informational meeting yesterday in Preston Family Room. The forum included a short presentation and four tables where people could learn about the nicotine research on campus, cessation, compliance, suggestions and handouts.

Tobacco Free Kick Off Meeting

Sarah Spoon
January 25, 2018
Students and faculty attended the candlelight vigil, the first event of Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week, Monday in the Center for Student Involvement. The next MLK event is guest speaker Kevin Powell at 6 p.m. on tomorrow in Skyline. 

Candlelight vigil begins MLK week

Sarah Spoon
January 25, 2018
David Cordle, provost, gives an update on the Kansas Board of Regents chief academic officer meeting. In the meeting, they talked about making concurrent enrollment statewide. 

Administrators discuss KBOR meeting

Sarah Spoon
January 25, 2018
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