Whether you are staying in and watching scary movies or going out with friends, these tasty treats are sure to make any Halloween get together a ghoulish good time. Just remember to drink responsibly.

The Bloody Cauldron

Ingredients:

3 ounces of tomato juice

1 ounce of Black Vodka

Pinch of celery salt

Splash of Worcestershire Sauce

1/2 ounce of fresh lemon juice

Pinch of Horseradish

Stalk of celery for garnish

1 Slice of jalapeño for garnish

Ice

Directions:

Add all the ingredients into a serving pitcher and stir until fully blended. If black vodka is not available, the recipe also works well with clear vodka.

Once fully blended, fill a tall glass with ice, garnish with a slice of fresh jalapeno and a stalk of celery and then pour in the mixture. Serve immediately.

NOTE: If you are making a batch and storing it in the refrigerator, leave the ice and garnish out of the mix until you are ready to serve. *Recipe obtained from Celebrations.com.

Jamaican Zombie

Ingredients:

2 1/2 ounces light rum

1 ounce dark rum

1 ounce apricot brandy

1 ounce fresh lime juice

1 ounce pineapple juice

2 ounces orange juice

1 ounce passion fruit juice

1 or 2 teaspoons powdered sugar to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Strain into a frosted zombie glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange slice and cherry. *Recipe obtained from Webtender.com.

Salem Witch

Ingredients:

1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce raspberry schnapps

1/2 ounce Midori melon liqueur

Splash of lime juice

Splash of grenadine

Fill with 2/3 sour mix

Fill with soda water

Directions:

In a collins glass with ice, pour vodka, Midori, and raspberry schnapps. Add a splash of lime juice. Fill 2/3 with sour mix and the rest with soda water (or seltzer). Stir gently, and finally top with a splash of grenadine. *Recipe obtained from Webtender.com

Vampire Bite

Ingredients:

2 ounces premium tequila

3 ounces tomato juice

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

liberal sprinkle all-spice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a highball glass with ice and stir.

TIP: For a fun “garnish,” buy a bunch of cheap plastic vampire fangs and hang them on the rim of the glass. *Recipe obtained from Celebrations.com.

*Please note that The Bulletin does not condone underage drinking or any other illegal activities that involve alcohol.

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ANDERSON

In her fourth year at Emporia State, Sarah Anderson emerged as a consistent offensive weapon for Hornet soccer, an area the team need improvement on in going into the season.

Under her leadership, the Hornets have been able to generate 184 shots this year, 103 of those shots on goal.

“She’s a quiet leader,” said head coach Bryan Sailer. “But she does the right thing. She leads by example. She’s a hard worker. She’s here everyday. She’s not missed one practice, one game, not late, nothing. She’s just a good kid, in the community (and) just as a person.”

Anderson grew up in Overland Park where she began playing soccer at an early age, as her dad influenced her to take up the sport.

Although soccer was the first sport she played growing up, she was also a pitcher for a competitive softball team until she entered high school. But in the end, soccer was Anderson’s first choice.

“Honestly, I just love the sport,” Anderson said. “I really like endurance… I love long distance running, so that matches a lot more with soccer than it did softball. Plus, just the whole soccer atmosphere, I like it better than softball.”

Anderson attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School where she lettered for three years in soccer. During her senior season, she scored five goals and had two assists and was a member of the 2006 and 2007 state championship teams.

After high school Anderson chose ESU over other MIAA members Truman and Washburn. In the end, her future plans and the location of the campus persuaded her to choose ESU.

“The location was pretty good for me… I wanted to be close to all my friends and be able to have my parents come to my games, and stuff like that means a lot to me,” Anderson said.

Anderson’s career plans include becoming an elementary teacher or a middle school math teacher. During her time at ESU, Anderson has scored six goals and has had seven assists. This year she scored her sixth goal against Southwest Baptist in a game the Hornets won 3-0. Anderson also had an assist in the game.

Anderson, who has had three assists this year, is currently tied for second on the team in total points. Her leadership this season has not gone unnoticed.

“She shows us by, not only verbally speaking to us, but she also shows us by playing to her best ability,” said junior forward Ashley Hill.

This year is the first for the MIAA soccer tournament. The top six teams will earn a bid, and the Hornets are currently seventh and one point behind Washburn.

As the Hornets attempt to make it into this year’s tournament during their final two games, Anderson’s play at forward will be essential for the team’s success.

Brandon Schneeberger

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CORTEZ

Coming into his fourth season on the track team, Frank Cortez shows determination in his pursuit of being a national qualifier in the 400 meter dash.

Cortez finished fourth in the 400 meter dash at the MIAA Outdoor Track Championship last season and in last season’s overall standings he finished third. His personal best was 48.36 seconds, which he ran during the preliminaries at a conference meet.

Despite all of last season’s successes, there were also bumps along the way.

Cortez grew up in Wichita playing football and basketball, his first love. Then in eighth grade he moved to Ellinwood, where he would realize he had a knack for running track.

Like a lot of track athletes, he wanted to compete in the 200 meter dash, but by luck the 400 meter fell into his lap.

“It’s really funny how I fell into the 400,” Cortez said. “I was always big on the 200 when I was younger. I’ll never forget it. On the day of the meet, (my coach) said let’s switch races. Me being the freshman, said ‘ok’ because I was trying to impress the coaches. I ended up winning the meet that day. I have stuck with it ever since.”

Cortez said he decided to come to Emporia State on a partial scholarship. Due to less than ideal grades in high school, he red-shirted his freshman season. After another hiccup, he would become academically ineligible his sophomore season.

But this did not discourage Cortez from running track.

“It’s really almost like a movie,” said track head coach Steve Blocker. “His story transcends him… he went from not even being on the team to making it all the way back. He literally made it back to being our number one 400 runner.”

In his fourth season with the team, he has improved and worked very hard to be in the position that he is today. He continues to work hard in the weight room to be a better athlete.

“His work ethic is awesome,” Blocker said. “After being away from the track team for nine months, he came out and was in horrible shape. But he came back and hung in there… Before you knew it, Frank Cortez placed in the MIAA conference meet.”

Even through all of the highs and lows in his track career, Cortez seems to have persevered.

“The competition drives me more than anything,” Cortez said. “The sport itself gives me motivation in life. That inspires me the most.”

Marcus Hix

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ESU football beats Lincoln 52-23

The Hornets traveled to Jefferson City, Mo. to face the Lincoln Blue Tigers on Saturday. In a back and forth first half, the game remained close, 21-17, with the Hornets leading.

Adrian Abner scored the first points of the game with his first touchdown run of the season. Dasor Horton scored the second touchdown of the game with a 19-yard run.

The Hornets would pull away in the second half with LaDarrian Page getting in the end zone. Then Tyler Eckenrode hit Cameron Gee on a 63-yard touchdown bomb over the middle. The defense was once again stout.

In the end, the Hornets gained a total of 563 yards of total offense as they pulled away with a 52-23 victory. The Hornets record now stands at 3-5. The team will take on Truman at 2 p.m. this Friday at Welch Stadium.

Volleyball downs FHSU 3-1

The volleyball team traveled to Fort Hays State on Friday, ending up with a 3-1 record. The team had three players finish with double-doubles. The team also had 12 total blocks. They won the first two sets 25-23 and 25-18. The Tigers took the third set 25-17. The Hornets rebounded ending the match 25-16 in the fourth set.

Katie Deutschmann led the way with 23 assists and 16 digs. Paige Vanderpool had another impressive night with 16 kills and 12 digs. Morgan Buckner hit .407 for the match, ending with 11 kills.

The team will take on Northwest Missouri University at 7 p.m. Friday night in Maryville, Mo.

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Senior defensive line Kennedy Ezimako tackles the Missouri Western
quarterback for a safety on Oct. 15 at Welch Stadium. The Hornets lost
16-22 over homecoming weekend. Jon Coffey/The Bulletin

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Sophomore right side hitter Morgan Buckner spikes the ball over the net Tuesday night at White Auditorium. The Hornets beat the Bulldogs 3-0. Chris Franklin/The Bulletin

Emporia swept the Truman Bulldogs 3-0 on Tuesday night at home. With 10 kills and 12 digs, sophomore middle blocker Brianna Kaiser finished with a double-double. Receiving player of the night, freshman middle blocker Courtney Haring had seven kills and eight blocks, two of them solo.

“We wanted this game really bad,” Haring said.

In their second face-off against the Bulldogs this year, the Hornets sought revenge after losing the first game 2-3.

“We need to be consistent,” said Bing Xu, head coach. “You can’t play up and down.”

The Hornets came out fired up from the start. Freshman setter Katie Deutschmann contributed with strong net play while her teammate sophomore outside hitter Paige Vanderpool viciously attacked the net. There was tension in the gym as the score became 24-24. The Hornets pulled away taking the first set 26-24 off of a kill by Haring.

Emporia lost some energy as they got down early, 0-4, in the second set, forcing Xu to call a timeout to rally the squad. Immediately after the timeout, the Hornets scored and continued their streak to get the score to 7-7.

Kaiser contributed many kills to as the Hornets played strong. Haring continued to be a brick wall as she continuously stuffed the Bulldogs’ attacks. The set remained close as the score was tied at 26-26. The gym exploded as Emporia took the second set 28-26 over Truman.

“We weren’t happy with the results the first time we played Truman so we knew we had to come out strong,” Kaiser said. “We just had to take it one point at a time.”

The Hornets took an early lead in the third and final set. Deutschmann scored crucial points as her team rallied around her play. Keeping the game intense the teams contained yet another close set, tying the score at 14-14.

Vanderpool, Kaiser and Morgan Buckner all played vital parts as they stretched the lead. The Hornets would close out the Bulldogs winning the third set by a score of 25-18.

“It was a very intense game,” head coach Bing Xu said. “Mentally, we are strong enough. I am really proud of them tonight.”

The Hornets will take on Missouri Western at 7 p.m. this Friday in St. Joseph, Mo.

Chelsie Slaughter

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Freshman Joshua Rock sits outside of Brightons Lecture and Morse “Fishing for jokes.” His
voice rang out to students, “Fishing for jokes! Homeless jokes accepted!” Friday afternoon,
hoping to catch himself a little entertainment for the day. Jenny Pendarvis/The Bulletin

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The 1940s will swing and dance into Emporia this Friday. The Emporia Arts Council will host In the Mood, a group made up of six singers and dancers accompanied by a 13 piece orchestra playing swing music from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and the Andrews Sisters, according to David Shaw, president of Art Beat.

The show is not the type of performance that the council would normally host, but they decided to bring it to Emporia after being contacted by Art Beat, the nonprofit organization that helps schedule shows for In the Mood, said Melissa Windsor, executive director of EAC. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Albert Taylor Hall on campus.

“It is such a big production that there wasn’t room for it at the Granada,” Windsor said. “It is a show that attracts a broad range of people but really appeals to the older generation that lived through the 40s.”

Windsor said that about 200 tickets have already been sold, but EAC expects a rush in the days before the show.

“I heard about the show in one of my classes and saw fliers around town,” said Landon Noll, freshman theater education major. “I am probably going to go even though the tickets are kind of expensive.”

The show is a celebration of an unusual era in American music, according to In the Mood’s website. The show is on its 17th year and has even been performed overseas. It has recently been on tour in Australia and the group performed a show for the 53rd presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton.

Shaw said the goal of In the Mood is to bring a quality show to small towns. After receiving positive feedback from past performances in Emporia, Shaw was eager to get in contact with the EAC. He said the show will run throughout Kansas each year, and although no schedule has been made, he said they will probably make another appearance in Emporia in the future.

“We encourage feedback from the audience and often ask for suggestions for new music,” Shaw said. “We add new music every year so it is something that people like to see over and over again. The older generation really gets into the show because it is something they experienced in their lifetime.”

Tickets are available at the art council building downtown or at Brownpapertickets.com. Adult tickets cost $27 and youth tickets are $12.50.

Rocky Robinson

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Emmy Rice, graphic design instructor, stands next to a display of shampoo designs made by her students in King Hall Tuesday afternoon. Prior to teaching in Emporia, Rice taught graphic design at Kansas State. Julie Thephachan/The Bulletin

Emmy Rice, Emporia State’s newest instructor of graphic arts, is bringing fresh ideas to the art department in the form of web design for artists.

Before arriving at ESU, Rice was a graphic arts teacher at Kansas State, her alma mater, but she decided to come to ESU for the contrasting opportunities it offered.

“(I came to ESU) because it was a great opportunity, nice community and had small class sizes,” Rice said.

Rice’s experience at K-State with larger class sizes was one of the things the art department liked about Rice, said Patrick Martin, associate professor of glass blowing and interim chair of the art department.

Another thing that set her apart from the other candidates was the fact that Rice already had a freelance web designing business. She will teach a course in web design next semester in addition to her graphic arts classes.

“I just gave a talk to the art department on the importance of creating an online presence for your work,” Rice said. “Using blogging, Twitter, Pinterest and other social networking sites as viral marketing is a concept that is really important for today’s design student,” Rice said.

Rice is the only graphic arts teacher at ESU, so she has a lot of freedom with the curriculum when it comes to her classes.

“I regularly incorporate collaborative projects into each semester that mirror the real world,” Rice said.

Rice’s classes have also put together a blog using WordPress to document their daily artistic process.

“Incorporating WordPress into my daily curriculum is a baby step towards (web design),” Rice said.

Rice said group work projects that students create together helps to create a more lifelike situation of what jobs will be like when the students graduate.

“These students want to learn how it will be in the real world,” Rice said. “This way they get a feel for what it means to work in the same conditions as a professional.”

They recently finished a group packaging project, which is posted on the students’ blog.

“It seems like the projects she has her student do are appropriate – you know, fun and very real life,” said Stephanie Lanter, instructor of ceramics.

Lanter, a fellow first year instructor, said she was glad to have another new instructor in the department.

“Emmy is wonderful,” Lanter said. “She has tons of energy, cares and her positive attitude has contributed to my experience at ESU… we are both new this year so we connected easily. Trying to figure out the system together and everything.”

Rice said she was excited to be at ESU and hopes to make Emporia her home for a long time to come.

Megan Nolan

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Luke Bohannon

I’m a huge fan of the “Paranormal Activity” movies. The unique way in which these films have utilized the “found footage” style has been both refreshing and horrifying – that is, until now.

“Paranormal Activity 3” has fallen very short of the legacy of the series, and it’s a shame to bear witness to.

This prequel to the first two films takes place in the late 80’s and again focuses on the sisters Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi Rey (Jessica Tyler Brown). The sisters are living with their mother Julie (Lauren Bitter) and her boyfriend Dennis (Chris Smith), and have befriended an invisible entity named Toby who lives in their house.

Naturally, some spooky stuff starts happening in the night and Dennis, who just happens to be a wedding videographer, decides to set up cameras in the house to catch said spooky stuff along with a lot of unnecessarily long pan shots and a completely random sub-plot involving witches.

As I said, I’m a fan of this style of filming, but “Paranormal 3” didn’t bring anything new to the table aside from stretching the bounds of believability. There were several moments in the film that I found myself wondering why the cameraman was carrying around a camera at that particular moment or even why the camera was left on.

One possible reason for the shortcomings of this installment could be the directors, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Neither have worked with the “Paranormal” franchise before this, although they have made another “found footage” film called “Catfish.”

The true disappointment lies with producer Oran Peli, who has been involved as a writer with all of the “Paranormal” films as well as “Insidious.” Seeing as he remodeled his own home to film in and bankrolled the original film, you would think he would have looked at the third one and said, “Maybe this isn’t the direction to take.”

The biggest downfall of this movie is that all the cool and interesting moments advertised, as well as the plot advertised in the commercials, were not actually in the movie. The previews show a house fire that played a large part in the back-story this movie was supposed to portray, yet it was completely absent in the final product.

Also, nearly all of the scary moments shown in the trailers that were omitted from the film for whatever reason were replaced by rather lack-luster scares and false-alarms, aside from one rather inspired moment in a kitchen.

“Paranormal Activity 3” had the potential to be another great addition to the “Paranormal” series, but instead it became a tedious exercise in unrewarded patience for this unhappy viewer.

Luke Bohannon

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