Also… #STINGERSUP Emporia State Univ. needs to reconsider!! PUT SOME MF RESPECT ON THEIR NAME Memorial for ESU Debate went out SWINGING AND STINGING

Unfortunately we lost our semifinals debate. With that, our season--and existence as a debate--team has come to an end. Congratulations to Wake Forest. I am ridiculously proud of this team and everything they've done this year and thank you all for cheering us on.

Thanks so much to Chuck and KVOE for helping us tell this story.

Emporia State University’s debaters have wrapped up a successful season — ending almost 150 years of collegiate debate in Emporia. emporiagazette.com/gaz/article_56…

Article about the debate team in this morning's Emporia Gazette. emporiagazette.com/gaz/article_56…

learningenglish.voanews.com/a/debate-bring…

Emporia State University has been placed on the American Association of University Professors' censure list this week, as the organization claims it to be one of the worst run universities in the country. emporiagazette.com/free/article_7…

"The American Association of University Professors has placed Emporia State University on its censure list, claiming it to be one of the worst-run universities in the country." msn.com/en-us/news/us/…

emporiagazette.com/free/article_d…

The Kansas Board of Regents has approved a 4-percent salary increase for Emporia State President Ken Hush, doing so nine months after over 30 staff were dismissed as part of ESU's Framework for Workforce Management. lnkr.fm/JV0ZA #KVOENews

It's starting to make more sense. Debate was too old, and even though it's not a degree program or department the administration likely held it to some form of these degree program standards. kansasreflector.com/2023/06/21/i-d…

Dumpster fire!? In *Emporia*??? Well, I never.

I love that KVOE keeps reminding folks ESU cut the debate program and it doesn't make any sense. kvoe.com/2023/08/28/emp…

"escaped" is right kansas.com/opinion/opn-co…

We’ve got one team at UCO this weekend competing in Open. Good luck Wichita MR!! Day one results: Wichita MR 2-0

Huh, weird. "Emporia State University continues enrollment slide while other Kansas universities post gains" emporiagazette.com/news/state/art…

This is actually hilarious. hr.hornet365.com/1924-assistant…

Conservative contempt for academia, beyond being indicative of an inability to read above a 3rd grade level, genuinely stems from the growing sentiment that universities should be replaced by glorified trade schools that pump out business, engineering, and comp sci graduates