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Union Governing Board recommends IFC, PHC stay in Union CAMRYN MCDONALD THE COLLEGIAN
This past Friday, a small step forward was finally made in favor of the Interfraternal Council and Panhellenic Council. After much discussion at the Union Governing Board meeting, it was voted to recommend that IFC and PHC keep their previous offices located in Room 004 of the Union. Previously in May, IFC and PHC had been told that they needed to be moved out due to the dissolvement of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. “During Union renovations this space was specifically de-
signed and intended for use by fraternities and sororities,” IFC President Lucas Renz said. “We have meetings almost every day, we have resources that need to be stored somewhere. It made sense for me to go to UGB and ask for an office space, more specifically to keep this same office space we’ve been housed in.” Renz, along with PHC president Laura Herter, came to the meeting prepared with a written proposal in hopes of swaying the council. “An office for our councils is exceptionally important, but it is even more important that we are able to have a space in the Student Union. IFC and PHC have
been housed in the Union for years,” Herter said. “We appreciate the opportunity to present to the Union Governing Board, and I hope that you can find a space to house our two largest student organizations at K-State.” After hearing the proposal, Patrick Kennedy moved and Jordan Martin seconded the motion during the Council to recommend that IFC and PHC keep their previous office. “I wanted to support them because I think that fraternity and sorority life does and always will have a large impact on the student body and individual student lives,” UGB member Jordan Martin said. “And it’s important
we keep them front and center in the Union as well as some others.” Although the recommendation is a good start for IFC and PHC, it does not mean the change will be made, or be permanent. The recommendation will go to a higher board that oversees the Union after it is finalized. “From my understanding there has never been a UGB recommendation that has been rejected so it’s nice to have that support moving forward,” Renz said. “But we can’t get our hopes up too much.” Renz and Herter will be going back to the Union Governing Board today, Sept. 22 to speak more about the subject.
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The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life on Kansas State campus in Manhattan, Kan.
KSDB roundtable discusses student impact of tuition increases SARA WALLACE
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With 20 seconds left in the hour, headphones were on and microphone volumes were raised as the on-air red light flashed and the specialized group geared up to discuss a topic close to home to K-State students: tuition increases. KSDB hosts roundtables with professionals to discuss specific topics that can be controversial or complex in a frank and thorough matter. The Kansas legislature recently proposed a plan to cut funding to higher education in the state once again, resulting in a tuition increase for students and a continuum of stagnant pay wages for faculty. KSDB News Director, Lucas Peterson, brought the topic to a roundtable Wednesday. “The big question I wanted
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answered from this roundtable was whose fault is it that students are struggling financially and what is being done to help students,” Peterson said. “What is being done to fix the problem?” The roundtable discussion focused on three main points. The first being why Kansas is providing less financial support to higher education. Those involved in the discussion looked at the history of Kansas’ budget crisis with the help of Senator Tom Hawk. “This roundtable is a chance for me to educate students, faculty and friends of K-State as of what I think is a critical issue, and that’s keeping the price of a high quality education like what we have a K-State, affordable,” Hawk said. “I don’t personally think my group has been doing its fair share of that in the legislature.” Next, the panel was asked why K-State’s tuition is increasing.
Cindy Bontrager, vice president of finance, said when state funding is cut, pay raises for faculty are nonexistent and maintenance fees become more difficult to pay. “We are truly trying to balance the quality of our education that our students receive with where that tuition amount and that fee cost should be,” Bontrager said. “We’re doing everything we can to be efficient and making sure that the revenue that we are receiving is being spent as wisely as we possibly can.” Student body President Jack Ayres, senior in chemical engineering, and student support director Stephen Kucera, graduate student in accounting, explained ways the Student Governing Association has been involved in encouraging student involvement in committees like the legislative advocates, or helping with direct impact through the new food pan-
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One in five KSU undergrads experience food insecurity, research says CALEB SNIDER
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College students’ hectic schedules often result in missed meals, but for some Kansas State students, cutting their food consumption down to one or two meals per day is a conscious choice to save money in the face of rising tuition and living expenses. In 2015, a campus climate survey revealed that nearly half of all K-State students (48 percent) reported facing financial hardship while attending school. Additionally, nearly one in five (19 percent) students indicated that they lack the funds to afford nutritious food, an economic condition also known as food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.” It affects half of all college students in the nation at least once during their time in school. Miranda Klugesherz, recent K-State graduate in communication studies, spent several months interviewing students to gain a firsthand account of their experi-
ence with food insecurity as part of her master’s thesis. “What we don’t have are the stories,” Klugesherz said. “And what we don’t know is what led to these problems and how they’re coping with it, or how it affects them. If we don’t have these details, we can’t possibly create effective programs to change the cycle.” According to Klugesherz’s research, one in four students in the United States experiencing food insecurity will drop out of school altogether. This corresponds to one out of every eight college students dropping out because the rising costs of housing, tuition, books and health care often leave less money in students’ bank accounts for food. Students who willingly go hungry to make ends meet often stave off their hunger by drinking coffee and tea, or chewing gum. For some, the situation is so dire that skipping meals is no longer an effective way to meet the financial demands of staying in school. Brandon Irwin, assistant professor of kinesiology and director of the Heathy Communities Laboratory, said a lack of affordable housing is the single greatest cause of food insecurity.
“If you’re spending more than 30 percent of your income on housing, you’re cost-burdened,” Irwin said. “Being cost-burdened comes along with a number of health consequences. You’re at a higher risk for being physically inactive ... a higher risk of being food insecure, and you don’t have as much money to spend on health care.” In Riley County, 55 percent of all renters spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing. This makes Riley County the fourth most rent-burdened county in Kansas, according to the Healthy Communities Laboratory. In Manhattan, many churches and organizations like the Flint Hills Breadbasket sponsor and regularly provide food and meals for people in need. However, those experiencing food insecurity often avoid such services because it makes them feel weak, Klugesherz said. One of the subjects interviewed in her thesis, a full-time undergraduate and member of the National Guard, told Klugesherz: “It’s this idea that ... you’re weak and you don’t deserve to do things to better yourself because you couldn’t figure it out on your own.”
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The Cats’ Cupboard on Kansas State campus in Manhattan Kan. on Sept. 21, 2017.
He also said that hunger is a difficult subject to discuss, especially in Kansas, because of the traditional conservative belief in pulling oneself up “by the bootstraps” and working harder to overcome poverty. Instead of asking for help or going to a food pantry, these students would rather brush off their situation and just cope with it. One way students try to downplay their situation is by saying, “It’s not that bad,” or “This is the way it’s supposed to be,” Klugesherz said. Klugesherz said she admits some amount of struggle is part of the college experience but said she disagreed with the mindset of students downplaying these circumstances, raising concern over their health and grades. “To a certain extent, this isn’t supposed to be the most lucrative years of your life,” Klugesherz said. “But when you’re getting to the point where you’re eating one meal a day and you can’t focus, you can’t sleep ... that means all of your schoolwork goes down the drain.” Food insecurity can be severely detrimental to one’s well-being. For college students, the consequences are compounded by stress from academic requirements and the desire to have a social life.
Klugesherz highlighted this in her research, writing that having little access to food, nutritious or otherwise, can leave students feeling tired, weak and depressed. This can result in negative effects on students’ academics and social lives, which can further lead to suicidal ideation. Because of the negative effects that food insecurity can pose, “it is unsurprising that malnutrition is the second leading cause of mental health concerns in the college population,” Klugesherz said in her thesis. From the outside, this problem seems like an easy fix, Klugesherz said. Students just need to work more and practice better budgeting. But some students, specifically those in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, can’t allocate enough time at their jobs to pay for living expenses. In a 2013 report by CBS News, it was found that roughly 30 percent of undergraduates — excluding the 14 percent who worked full-time — worked more than 20 hours a week during the school year. Additionally, to apply for benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a student must meet the requirement of working at least 20 hours a week, among other things.
The problem of food insecurity has not gone unnoticed by members of the K-State community. The university recently established a new food pantry on campus to help combat this problem. As previously reported by the Collegian, a coordinator has been hired to manage food donations and distribution. The new food pantry, called the Cats’ Cupboard, will be larger than the current food pantry in the Office of Student Life, room 201 in Holton Hall. The decision to open Cats’ Cupboard was based on students’ needs outpacing the resources available at the current pantry. “Our students were indicating that they were selling [blood] plasma,” Sarah Barrett, Clery Act federal compliance coordinator for Cats’ Cupboard, said. “They’d be willing to get a payday loan, and some indicated that they had.” Klugesherz said food insecurity has severe social impacts on university students. “It changes the way we shop here in Manhattan, the way classes are run, the grades of these students,” Klugesherz said. “If the basic needs of a human population aren’t being met, the implications are far larger than we can possibly ever track.”
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First a walk-on punter, Walsh looks to pursue career in singing and songwriting CAROLINA LEWIS THE COLLEGIAN
Senior Nick Walsh enters the 2017 football season as one of Kansas State’s most successful starting punters, but during the recent offseason, he made the decision to pursue an unexpected career after graduation: singing and songwriting. Starting with jam sessions on his guitar, Walsh realized the music he was making had potential, especially when he started adding original lyrics to the songs he had composed. Walsh said he understands that his dream of becoming a successful musician is not an easy road, but he has overcome adversity before on the foot-
ball field. When Walsh first arrived at K-State, he was a walk-on player and believed he would never play a career game. His skills said otherwise, and he was starting by the second game of his freshman season. “I knew if I wanted it bad enough, I would get it,” Walsh said to K-State Sports. This has been a common theme for Walsh, who has been working on getting his music career going by making contacts in the music industry. Lakehouse Records and Publishing in Orlando, Florida, has been a source of mentorship for Walsh. He has been able to share the creative process with various singers and songwriters.
Another person Walsh was able to learn from was Erik Dylan. Dylan is originally from Kansas, but he now works with various country artists in Nashville, Tennessee, such as Kip Moore, Justin Moore and the Eli Young Band. “I just love seeing a small town kid from Kansas chasing his dreams and getting to play D1 football,” Dylan said to K-State Sports. “I think he’s taken that mentality and the same strategy into the songwriting realm and learning to play the guitar. You can tell he’s one of those guys that, when he sets his mind to do something, he’s one of the people that will make that happen.” In the future, Walsh wants to blossom his music career in Nashville, where
the Wildcats recently suffered a loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores, 14-7. “I’m just going to focus on this football season,” Walsh said to K-State Sports. Currently, Walsh has punted eight times within the first three games this season. With passion for football and music, Walsh is making the best of all the opportunities he has. Archive photo by George Walker | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
Then-sophomore K-State punter Nick Walsh prepares to kick the ball during the football game against Louisiana Tech at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sept. 19, 2015 .
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K-State soccer team begins Big 12 conference play in Texas today JARRETT WHITSON THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State soccer team is set to open their first Big 12 season tonight at 7 p.m. in Lubbock, Texas — the home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Tonight marks the first ever meeting between the two teams. Last year, the Wildcats played just one Big 12 opponent — the Texas Longhorns — but it did not register as a Big 12 match. Therefore, the Texas Tech soccer match will be K-State’s first official conference matchup. The Red Raiders are coming off a 3-0 victory over California State University, Northridge. They have also won five of their last six matches, and they will be heading into the K-State match with serious momentum. Through nine games, Texas Tech has posted a 7-2 record, tying them with West Virginia University for fourth place in the Big 12. Unlike the Wildcats, Texas Tech’s head coach has plenty of Big 12 coaching experience. 2017 marks the 11th season at Texas Tech for Tom Stone. Stone has numerous accomplishments on his resume aside from simple experience.
Stone is the winningest soccer coach in Texas Tech history, with a record of 117-67-23. In the last five seasons, his Red Raiders have won 73 matches. No other coach had taken Texas Tech’s soccer team to the NCAA tournament until Coach Stone arrived; he has since taken the team to five appearances in a row. For K-State, head coach Mike Dibbini will make his Big 12 debut. He isn’t new to the coaching scene, as he has had success at the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. He led the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes and the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos to a combined 13 postseason appearances. Prior to his job at K-State, Dibbini amassed a career record of 265-78-25. In their previous match, the Wildcats defeated Colorado State in thrilling fashion. The team got its first ever overtime victory with a score of 3-2. The win pushed K-State to a 5-3-1 record for the season, leaving the Wildcats sitting at seventh place in the Big 12.
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The Red Raiders have yet to lose a home match this year — they are 3-0 inside the John Walker Soccer Complex. Defen-
sively, Texas Tech has been very stout. They have held their opponents to five goals in 86 attempts, allowing an average of just 0.56 goals per game. Texas Tech is also a force to be reckoned with on the offensive end. They have netted 13 of their 136 attempted shots on goal, an average of 1.44 goals per game. The scoring leader for the Red Raiders is freshman forward Ally Griffin, who has accounted for eight points.
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The road record for the Wildcats in 2017 is 2-2-1. K-State has taken 69 shots on goal this season, so they will want to continue that aggression against a Texas Tech squad that has absorbed just 27 opponent on-goal shot attempts. In each of their five wins, K-State has shot at least 14 times. The Wildcat offense will look to freshman midfielder Brookelyn Entz for more stellar play. Entz leads the squad with seven points this season. Kansas State will finish their tour of Texas with a visit to Fort Worth, battling Texas Christian University on Sunday. Tonight’s game can be heard on 101.5 KROCK and KStateSports. com.
Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 3 NATHANIEL FUNK THE COLLEGIAN
K-State has fallen down in the power rankings after a loss against Vanderbilt, but what teams remain on top?
1. OKLAHOMA (3-0)
Even after another dominant performance by the Sooners, they dropped back to number three in the national rankings after spending a week at number two. This team doesn’t look like they will be slowing down any time soon, though. Baker Mayfield went out and played another great game, and he continues to look like a Heisman candidate every single week. The Sooners will head down to Waco, Texas, this week to face the Baylor Bears, who have yet to show any signs of life this season.
2. OKLAHOMA STATE (3-0)
In a game that some thought would be the Cowboys’ first test of the season at the University of Pittsburgh, Mason Rudolph and company won 59-21, putting up almost 50 points in the first two quarters. They jumped all the way up to number six in the country after this performance, and they have another chance to prove their dominance when they go up against number 16 TCU in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
3. TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (3-0)
This is a team that seems to get better every week. For three quarters of the game last Saturday, the Horned Frogs were in a tightly contested matchup against Southern Methodist University, but took over the
game in the fourth quarter and closed it with a 56-36 win. This weekend, they have a huge opportunity to prove how good they truly are when they head to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys in what will be an exciting Big 12 matchup.
4. WEST VIRGINIA (2-1)
The Mountaineers easily handled Delaware State 59-16. They will head to Lawrence, Kan. to take on a Jayhawks team that has not impressed this season. After a week one loss this is a team led by quarterback Will Grier that looks to be very competitive the rest of the year.
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SGA unanimously passes DACA and white nationalist resolutions STEPHEN LOADER THE COLLEGIAN
The Student Governing Association unanimously voted in favor of their resolution for a swift replacement of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and a resolution to denounce “‘alt-right’ white supremacy” on campus Thursday. Accompanying the unanimous votes were two DACA
recipients who spoke during the first open period of the meeting: Priscila Aguero, senior in finance, and Evelyn Lucio, sophomore in American ethnic studies. Aguero was born in Mexico, but her parents brought her to America with her 3-year-old brother when she was in sixth grade, she said. She did not learn she was undocumented until she went to get her driver’s license, and many col-
leges would not accept her. Evelyn Lucio said despite being born in America, she was treated as a criminal and assumed to be a “dropout single mother” in her cleaning job. “I am like a criminal,” Aguero said. “I feel like I belong in this country, but sometimes things don’t feel right.” In his speech regarding his DACA resolution, Stephen
Kucera, graduate student in accounting and student support director, said DACA recipients are often considered to be “too Mexican to be American, and too American to be Mexican,” which leaves them as people without a country. “Some people think that power is the ability to exercise justice and execute that justice,” Kucera said. “There might be
every legal justification to remove the DACA protections or to deport these individuals, but … true power is granting grace instead of executing justice.” Ryan Kelly, junior in civil engineering and communication studies and a student senator, said his resolution denouncing white supremacy was important for protecting non-white students who feel afraid.
“When students of color have to walk around campus in pairs … when those same students can’t even show up to the rally that was in support of them because they’re scared of students with guns on campus, we know that there is a problem,” Kelly said. The resolution completely denounced the ideology of the “alt-right,” stating that white supremacism is not welcome.
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Sen. Moran surprises agricultural economics class, speaks with students
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Senator Jerry Moran made a surprise visit to Kansas State professor Barry Flinchbaugh’s agricultural economics lecture Wednesday. Moran shared his life experience and advice for the students in the lecture. “I’m a first-generation college graduate with a huge passion in history and politics,” Moran said. “I was the type of kid who would sit on the library steps and read books about that kind of stuff.” Moran also spoke about his time as an intern in Washington D.C. during the 1970s. The impeachment of Richard Nixon fascinated and inspired him to become a leader of the country. Moran then shared stories from past visits to Flinchbaugh’s lectures. “My best shot at Dr. Flinchbaugh — one of the first times I came in, I wore a cap and listened to him for what seemed like forever,” Moran said. “He’s complaining about the quiz scores, and I finally piped up and said, ‘Well, maybe if we had a better professor, we would have done better!’ Ever since then, he’s had some intuition that I’m in the room.” As the class period came to an end, Moran answered students’ questions. One stu-
Students confront Sen. Moran on health care bill
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Sen. Jerry Moran speaks with Kansas State students in Manhattan, Kan. on Sept. 21, 2017. dent asked about the general population’s misconceptions of legislators. “I’m not just a senator,” Moran said. “I have other interests. It’s hard to make that case when people don’t know
you well.” Moran continued, talking about how many people think senators live an easy, luxurious life. “I generally drive myself around,” Moran said. “I just
traded in my Ford F-150 because it hit 244,000 miles on it. I think about that as I put quarters in a vending machine at 10 o’clock at night to get out a can of tuna to go back to my desk.”
Garrett Kays, Moran’s legislative correspondent, told students about internship opportunities in Moran’s office. “We’d love to have K-State interns in our office,” Kays said.
Following the surprise visit to campus, a group of students and members of the community confronted Sen. Jerry Moran to start a conversation on health care. The discussion was focused on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill. The bill is the newest attempt from the Republican party to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “As constituents, we expressed our concern about Graham-Cassidy and urged the senator to oppose the bill,” Adam Wilkerson, sophomore in political science, said. Garrett Wilkinson, senior in nutritional sciences and microbiology, said that a “yes” vote on the bill will be a “critical mistake.” Wilkerson, Wilkinson and others in the group stationed themselves outside every exit from Cardwell Hall. When Moran exited the building, the group member at that exit notified the rest of the group via group message. The rest of the members then convened on Moran. Moran did not take a strong stance on the bill during the 30-minute conversation. “I have not taken a position on Graham-Cassidy,” Moran said. “I’ve never seen the words. I’ve not seen the CBO score. I don’t know exactly what it does.” Wilkinson said he was disappointed by Moran’s lack of a decisive stance against the Graham-Cassidy bill. “The reason it was such a disappointing conversation is that he didn’t come out and say things like, ‘It’s bad to cut Medicaid, it’s bad to kick 30 million people off their health insurance,’” Wilkinson said. “I’m looking for that force of moral courage within him that I see in most people across Kansas.”
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5. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (2-1)
The Wildcats suffered a heartbreaking 14-7 loss at Vanderbilt this past weekend, and they did not look anything like the team we saw in the first two games of the season. The offense struggled mightily, but the defense was still strong, only allow-
ing 14 points. The Wildcats have a weekend off before opening up Big 12 play against Baylor on Sept. 30.
6. IOWA STATE (2-1)
Iowa State had no problem against Akron last Saturday, defeating them 41-14. The Cyclones have a weekend off before facing the University of Texas when they start conference play
next weekend.
7. TEXAS TECH (2-0)
The Red Raiders looked strong in their 52-45 win over Arizona State, and they could stay undefeated as they head to Houston this weekend to play the University of Houston Cougars.
8. TEXAS (1-2)
Texas would be a lot high-
er up in this power ranking if they had been able to pull off an upset against number four University of Southern California on Saturday night. The Longhorns fell to the Trojans in double overtime after leading by three points with less than a minute remaining in the game. Texas fans should be optimistic, though, because the team showed they can compete with
one of the top teams in the country. They have the weekend off as they prepare to face Iowa State to start Big 12 play.
9. KANSAS (1-2)
Another weekend, another Jayhawks loss. Kansas suffered a 42-30 loss to the University of Ohio on Saturday, and they once again don’t seem to be showing any signs of competi-
tive spirit. They will face West Virginia this weekend in Lawrence.
10. BAYLOR (0-3)
One of the better showings we have seen from this Baylor Bear team was their 3420 loss to Duke. This weekend, they head up with the number three team in the country, Oklahoma.