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bout two years ago, Shannell Carroll, senior in social sciences, was being treated for cervical cancer. Homeless, jobless and without family support, Carroll and her son Bryson, just months old at the time, were living out of a hotel room and their car. Carroll said she found her way to the New Church of the Living God in Junction City, where she met the woman who became her mentor: Dawn Douglas, safety and occupational health specialist and U.S. Army veteran. Douglas said Carroll is a different person today than she was when they met. “She was often weak and sick,” Douglas said. “I met her probably at the lowest point in her life.” Douglas is the founder of the Eve Restoration Ministry Foundation in Junction City, where Carroll went to seek help. “When I met her, I thought she just needed resources,” Douglas said. “I soon realized that she just needed help, someone to talk to, someone to believe in her.” Carroll said she grew up a foster child in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Wilberforce and Toledo universities in Ohio before eventually enlisting in the Army. “I don’t have any biological family,” Carroll said. “So (Douglas) is the only person that I consider family besides my son.” Carroll said she still did not know what she wanted to do with her life, so she enlisted in the Army to help find a direction. After spending four years at Fort Riley, Carroll was diagnosed with cervical cancer. “I got sick and I was a single

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SGA tackles tobacco, gun, tuition policies Thursday JASON TIDD the collegian

Tobacco policy, student affairs changes and complying with Kansas gun laws were among the many issues introduced at the Student Governing Association meeting Thursday. Senators discussed a new timeline for introduction of a new tobacco policy. SGA will hold two opportunities for members of the public to express their opinions. The first is the “campus conversation” on Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. in the K-State Student Union Ballroom. The second is a live forum on Feb. 9. Legislation is set to be introduced at the Feb. 11 SGA meeting and will be voted on at the Feb. 18 meeting, which will be live-streamed on SGA’s website. A survey of about 2,500 people was conducted by the Division of Communications and Marketing to obtain public opinions on the tobacco policy. As of the Thursday SGA meeting, the survey had a 24 percent response rate after being released earlier in the week. The results of the survey will be announced at the Feb. 9 forum. SGA also introduced legislation that would create a Student Senate Special Committee on Smoking and Tobacco. Andy Hurtig, student body president and senior in accounting, said he would like to create a new academic affairs committee within SGA. Possible goals of such a committee, Hurtig said, would include adding a fall break in October, starting the spring semester a week earlier, creating a new midsemester TEVAL, implementing a new fee to improve advising and enhancing the career fair. see page

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Shannell Carroll, nontraditional senior in social sciences, plays with her 19-month-old son Bryson at Manhattan City Park on Thursday. mom, so I knew that I just needed to take time to focus on me and my son,” Carroll said. Carroll said she knew she wanted go back to school but did not want to return to Baltimore because there was nothing left for her there. Before enrolling at K-State, Carroll said she expected to be challenged. “It definitely lived up to those expectations,” Carroll said. “I’m up at 5 (a.m.) and I don’t go to sleep until 12, 12:30 (a.m.), then I’m back up at 5 again.” Carroll said she has a very busy schedule but still makes time for her son every day, and she purposely set up her schedule that way. “At 4 o’clock, everything stops,

and it’s all about him until he goes to bed,” Carroll said. Carroll’s cancer is now in remission, and she is months away from graduating. She said she has a home, job and purpose and is also the president of the Student Parent Organization in the Nontraditional and Veteran Student Services center. Carroll said she wants to empower other student-parents to believe that being a parent should not stop them from finishing their degree. People may have different ideas about what a nontraditional student is, but according to the National Center for Education Statistics, enrollment patterns, high school graduation status and finan-

cial and family status can all characterize a nontraditional student. Carroll is one of more than 2,000 other nontraditional undergraduates at K-State, according to K-State Nontraditional and Veteran Student Services. In the fall of 2014, 23 percent of the students at K-State, including both undergraduate and graduate students, were nontraditional. For Carroll, being a nontraditional student is not all bad. She said she thinks she has an advantage over the younger students. “I know who I am, and I know what I want,” Carroll said. “I know what I need to get done.” see page

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Students ‘connect’ to clubs, organizations at expo RAFAEL GARCIA the collegian

The annual Wildcat Winter Expo attracted hundreds of students, new and old, to the K-State Student Union to browse the various opportunities for involvement in campus organizations and activities. Students could browse over 130 campus groups and organizations on display throughout the Union Thursday night as the Office of Student Activities and Services hosted the annual winter activities fair. “I think that getting involved will help me connect to the K-State community,” Dalton Dunn, freshman in horticulture, said. The expo faced new challenges this semester as much of the Union has been affected by construction work as part of the Your Union renovation campaign. Bill Harlan, director of the Office of Student Activities and Services, said the expo had to turn several organizations away due to the limited space. “We have 132 organizations represented at the fair, which would be a lot more, but we are totally out of space in the building,” Harlan said. “We booked the organizations

THIS DAY IN HISTORY On this day in 1861, Kansas is admitted to the Union as a free state. It was the 34th state to join the Union. The struggle between proand anti-slave forces in Kansas was a major factor in the eruption of the Civil War.

on a first come, first serve basis.” The activities fair was also affected by the weather as it was originally scheduled for Jan 22.

“The weather caused us to push the activities fair back, so we had a few organizations drop out,” Hanlan said. “But we had a waitlist

of organizations ready to fill those spots.” see page

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Molly Bertz, freshman in agriculture communications, shares information about her club NAMA to fellow student Jacqueline Clawson, freshman in agriculture economics and business marketing, in the K-State Student Union Grand Ballroom at the Wildcat Winter Expo on Thursday.

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Student strives to fulfill lifelong dream through music MADISON SALMANS the collegian

n a world with seemingly endless options and diverse passions to pursue, Timmy Roberts, freshman in music education, said he has known since his first piano lesson in second grade that music was his calling. Looking back at his childhood in Overland Park, Kansas, Roberts said that northeast Kansas — “a hotbed of amazing teachers” — has greatly shaped him as a musician. After the piano lessons helped him realize his musical interest, Roberts said he joined the orchestra as a violinist in the fourth grade. Eventually, his teacher suggested he begin playing the string bass due to his unusual control as a young musician. Jenny Klinkenberg, Roberts’ former orchestra teacher, said she began to hold events before and after school to aid him in becoming an adept bass musician. Roberts said Klinkenberg was extremely influential in the development of his love for music and his decision to pursue it as a career. “He has always been a shining star,” Klinkenberg said. “He excels in his relationship with people and was always a student leader in our classroom.” As a seventh-grader, Roberts said he found the style of music that impacted his life and the direction for his path as a musician. “It’s so fun in jazz because I make everything up on the spot,” Roberts said. “I’m able to kind of create what’s in my mind, sometimes expressing myself, but often expressing what somebody else wants expressed, through sound instead of words.” Roberts said his zest for music, specifically jazz, prompted him to participate in band, jazz band and orchestra as a student at Blue Valley

Northwest High School. Being so involved in a variety of music groups and classrooms throughout his youth has shown him many different teaching strategies, Roberts said. Because of the array of musicians he has witnessed, Roberts said the decision to pursue music educa-

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Timmy Roberts, freshman in music education, picked up the string bass in grade school after a teacher noticed his musical control abilities. Roberts said he encourages anyone who wants to pursue music not to think it is only for those who have played an instrument for years because anyone can learn.

“I hope to create an environment of positivity and humor ... more about creating a community than a perfect group.” Timmy Roberts freshman, music tion was not a hard one. This diversification helped him solidify what he hopes to eventually create for future students in a classroom of his own, he said. “I hope to create an environment of positivity and humor ... more about creating a community than a perfect group,” Roberts said. For three years, Roberts worked as a swim instructor for middle school youth in Overland Park. Infected by their nonstop energy and humorous tendency to speak their mind, Roberts said he developed a passion for educating children of that age and finds himself called to push them to learn the information he knows. Over the course of winter break, Roberts received the opportunity to go to his former middle school and participate in a student observation program in Klinkenberg’s classroom.

“It was rewarding and exciting to reconnect with her and take part in her classroom again,” Roberts said. Klinkenberg said having Roberts back to observe her classroom was an excellent experience. “When it comes down to it, he is always the hardest working kid in the

room,” Klinkenberg said. Roberts said being a music major requires you to go out on your own and find time to practice and work on honing and mastering your skills. “Sometimes it’s so easy to not set yourself to super-high standards

because you can make music that sounds good,” Roberts said. “But you know yourself, that you could push a lot harder. It requires a lot of self-discipline.” Roberts said that if he could give advice to people who wish to pursue music, he would encourage them to avoid thinking music is just for people who have done it for a long time. “Anyone can learn it at any time, which is one of the many beautiful things about it,” Roberts said. Although he loves the music program, Roberts said he chose K-State because “it had the best type of people.” He said he wanted to surround himself with people who do it because they love it and people with passion and zeal for the art, like himself. Roberts is a current member of the K-State Orchestra, as well as two jazz bands. He made the top jazz group at K-State as a freshman, which is “excellent,” Gordon Lewis, bassist and jazz instructor, said. “The thing I like about (Roberts) is that he has a lot of different musical interests with jazz and also orchestra music,” Lewis said. “He’s a very well-rounded student. Before long, he will be playing not just locally, but around the area.” Roberts said he is excited about continuing to pursue his mission of learning, growing and sharing through music. “Music is my gift, but my passion is in children and in educating and teaching the next generation,” Roberts said.

Women’s basketball faces Big 12 Conference-leading Texas RILEY GATES the collegian

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Head coach Jeff Mittie relays instructions to his team in the fourth quarter of the Wildcats’ 59-46 victory over the Jayhawks at the annual Sunflower Showdown on Jan. 20 inside Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence.

The K-State women’s basketball team has been away from Bramlage Coliseum since Jan. 16. Saturday’s game against the Texas Longhorns will finally give the Wildcats another chance to play on their own hardwood. Playing at home and in front of their own fans will be critical for the Wildcats if they want to extend their four-game winning streak to five games. Texas will be no easy task for head coach Jeff Mittie’s squad. The Longhorns are ranked No. 6 in the country with a 19-1 overall record and an 8-1 record in conference play. They have impressive wins over No. 4 Baylor, No. 13 Mississippi State, No. 16 Stanford, No. 18 Tennessee, No. 21 Oklahoma

and No. 24 West Virginia. Junior center Breanna Lewis has been stellar for the Wildcats this season. She averages 17 points, 7.5 rebounds per game and is ranked third in the Big 12 with 2.79 blocks per game. Couple that with junior guard Kindred Wesemann’s 12.8 points per game and senior guard Megan Deines’ 9.8 points per game, and the Wildcats provide a potent offensive attack for all of their opponents. On the floor, the Longhorns have two players who average double figures in points. Senior center Imani Boyette scores on average of 13.7 points per game. Boyette could be Lewis’ kryptonite in this matchup. She stands at 6 feet 7 inches tall, which is 2 inches taller than Lewis. Boyette also reels in 10.1 rebounds per game, which is 2.6 more per game than Lewis. In addition, Boyette one-ups Lewis by leading the Big 12 in

blocks per game at 3.45. Sophomore guard Brooke McCarty contributes 11.2 points per game to assist Boyette in scoring. The last four games for K-State have given the Wildcats exactly what they needed: confidence. While they didn’t beat any top-four teams in the Big 12 during the course of this winning streak, they beat the fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth place teams. They needed those wins to get back on the winning track. After losing their first four Big 12 games, the Wildcats could’ve spiraled downward and mailed it in on the season. K-State, however, got the season back and started winning games. If the Wildcats win on Saturday, they will have completed a full-conference turnaround after their 0-4 start. Tipoff between the Wildcats and the Longhorns is set for 7 p.m. Saturday.

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OPINION friday, january 29, 2016

Kitchen table should be used for more than eating my house back in Minnesota. You do not know ridicule until you sit down for dinner with three teenagers, two overly honest sisters, a grandma whose hearing ability is declining, a parent with extremely dry humor and another parent who cannot vocalize real words because she is laughing too hard. I am not sure if our insults are getting more ridiculous, or if we are becoming more insane. Honestly, it is probably some of both. No matter, the familial banter taught me how to laugh at myself. The kitchen table taught me what love is. I learned how it looks, feels, sounds, smells and tastes. Love is family and friends laughing at each other until we cry. Love is my grandma’s homemade banana bread. Love is looking around a table while everyone else is talking, feeling blessed just to witness it. Love is the smell of pancakes at midnight. Love is sharing a meal. In her book “Kitchen Table Sustainability,” Wendy Sarkissian said that not everyone has the same kitchen-table experiences. “The kitchen ‘table’ assumes many different forms in many different environments,” Sarkissian said. “Yet the ‘hearth’ that it represents is universal.” If you have yet to experience this balance of mockery and love, I invite you to dinner at my house. We have plenty of banter to spare, as long as you do not mind the eight-hour drive to get there. As someone who loves cooking, baking and simply food in general, my earliest and latest memories happened around all types of kitchen “tables.” In her poem, “Perhaps the World Ends

MALLORY DIEKMANN the collegian

There is something magical about a kitchen table. While it may be at its most visually appealing when the hardwood is stained with food, its inner beauty is revealed through the conversations that occur around it. I believe kitchen tables are composed of invisible magnets that draw people to them. I cannot tell you how many nights my roommates and I spend sitting at our kitchen table. Sometimes we are accompanied by hot chocolate and homemade popcorn, but most of the time it is just the four of us in our pajamas and slippers. Oddly enough, we spend more time talking than actually eating at our table. I know doctors say it is bad, but I seldom eat at an actual table. Yet, I continue to find myself there. In her book “Kitchen Table Wisdom,” Rachel Remen credits the kitchen table’s significance to its unbiased nature. “The kitchen table is a level playing field,” Remen said. “Everyone’s story matters. The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child, and the life of a child can teach us as much as the life of a sage.” This reminds me of meals at

Here,” author Joy Harjo depicts the kitchen table as the beginning and the end. “The world begins at the kitchen table,” Harjo said. “No matter what, we must eat to live. … Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and

crying, eating of the last sweet bite.” In the end, when the food is all gone, the conversations will remain.

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Mallory Diekmann is a senior in agricultural communications and journalism. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

“The kitchen table is a level playing field. Everyone’s story matters.” RACHEL REMEN AUTHOR, KITCHE N TA BLE WIS DOM

Obama pushes closing of Guantanamo Bay as final legacy PATRICK WHITE the collegian

To be honest, I was chomping at the bit when I took this assignment. I wanted to rail against the machine and speak truth to power. When President Barack Obama was running for office back in 2008, his platform was one of reform. He was going to reform health care, and he promised to shut down the Guantanamo Bay. With it now being pushed as a priority, I am wondering: why did it take so long? In a single word, my opinion would be Congress. Obama was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2009, and just two days later he signed the executive order to close the detention facilities, according to the CNN article “Pen-

tagon expected to transfer several Gitmo detainees next week.” So right off of the bat, the president took a swing at this infamous prison in which interrogation techniques, a government euphemism for torture, have been questioned time and time again. After years of questioning the legality behind the practices at Guantanamo Bay, what possible reason would there be to oppose closing the center? In a Rolling Stones Magazine article titled “Inside Guantanamo: America’s Shame,” writer Janet Reitman detailed the rejected proposals suggested as alternatives. Most involve building a new facility here in the U.S. rather than on an overseas naval base, like the facility the president proposed to build in Illinois. The White House recently rejected the

Department of Defense’s cost estimate for moving the inmates to existing federal buildings, even if it could get congressional approval. As part of the current spending authorization, Congress bars federal funds for transferring or building a facility in the U.S., as well as barring transferring any of the inmates to several countries. This means that even though the cost of housing them on a naval base in Cuba is estimated to $3.4 million per prisoner with 90 inmates remaining after current transfers go through, we have no way of moving them, according to the Rolling Stone article. Because there is no agreement, the center remains open while some inmates are relocated overseas or transferred to countries that will take them. It pres-

ents more problems than can be solved by closing Guantanamo Bay. Jessie Gittemeier, junior in political science and president of the K-State Young Democrats, said the delay in closing the detention center starts with fixing problems here at home. “We have seen pushback from Congress like this before,” Gittemeier said. “I would hope it was because their constituents were against it rather than for a political gain. One thing that I think could be a consideration is that here at home we have problems with overpopulated prisons along with legal issues like mandatory sentencing.” Gettemeier said that having to house terrorism suspects along with dealing with those issues could be problematic; however, the

current situation presents its own conundrum. “In general, the detention center doesn’t reflect well on our nation or on humanity while it is in operation,” Gittemeier said. “I understand the necessity for keeping war prisoners such as these, but don’t understand the way it has been conducted as such.” Laura Meyers, senior in public relations and president of K-State College Republicans, said the issue brings about mixed feelings. “When the reports of waterboarding and other acts broke, I felt that was something we as a country should not be doing,” Meyers said. “What I’m also afraid of is a decision being made just to fulfill a legacy goal or campaign promise.” While many prisoners have been moved or re-

leased, half of the remaining prisoners won’t be. According to the CNN article, 59 of the remaining 90 have been deemed ineligible to be transferred. “I don’t want to cut corners because when it comes to terrorists you can’t cut corners, and you can’t be lazy,” Meyers said. “Until we have a plan put together, the reaction I think people are having is that they are not comfortable with terrorists close to home.” The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Collegian.

Patrick White is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

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“It’s not a big issue here at K-State. I’ve lived in a lot of places in and out of the United States, and Kansas is not in the highest rate of racism. A lot of people here are educated with this, especially in a college town like Manhattan.”

“On Yik Yak, people can say some mean things. Like how once they were saying how they wished my group at my table were underground workers and all this stuff.”

“I haven’t experienced racism yet. People are pretty nice and not judgemental here.”

“People can be very ignorant to racism, and they’re very much like, ‘It doesn’t affect my life so why should I care?’ People are taught this way. It’s ingrained in them.”

“People here (are) all good. There is no problems, no racism, no. They just talk fast.”

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Nationally ranked Wildcats head to New Mexico LIZ HEATH the collegian

t’s only the beginning of the 2016 indoor track and field season, and so far the K-State men’s and women’s teams have hit the ground running. Both teams are ranked in the top 25, with the men sitting at No. 24 with 36.29 points and the women at No. 4 with 115.12 points. The K-State women are just 8.41 points away from Texas, who is sitting in the No. 3 spot. The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are right around the corner, and K-State’s Olympic hopefuls have been in the spotlight. Senior Akela Jones received two Athlete of the Week awards for her first-place pentathlon performance in the DeLoss Dodds Invitational. K-State men and women combined for eight first-place finishes to sweep the meet. The Wildcats are led by experience. Head coach Cliff Rovelto is a nine-time Team USA staff member. This year, Rovelto will serve as an assistant coach for the Team USA men and will take charge over jumps and combined events. Over the course of his career, Rovelto’s success at K-State earned him international recognition. “He has coached a total of 14 individuals who have represented their countries at the Olympic games 18 times,” according to K-State Sports. Before the Olympics, however, K-State will continue with their current track and field schedule. This weekend, K-State will head to Albuquerque, New Mexico,

for the New Mexico Team Invitational. The other teams attending the meet include Air Force, California, Colorado State, Nebraska, Texas Tech, New Mexico, TCU and Utah State. Host team New Mexico has had its own string of success so

far in the indoor track and field season. Senior Allan Hamilton was named Mountain West Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for his performance in long jump. Hamilton’s 24-9 1/2 earned him second overall and first collegiately at the Cherry and Silver Invita-

tional this past weekend. The jump was good enough to best Steven Barze of Southeastern Louisiana. Barze is the senenth-ranked long jumper in the NCAA. Hamilton is currently ranked 17th in the NCAA for long jump.

The men will be up against stiff competition from their Big 12 rivals. TCU moved to No. 10 in the national rankings with 65.86 points, and Texas Tech is at No. 15 with 54.95. Events at the New Mexico Invitational will start Saturday.

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Olympic silver medalist and former K-State high jumper Erik Kynard soars over the bar en route to winning the high jump and again breaking the meet record at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational track and field meet on Jan. 23 inside Ahearn Field House.

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Matthew Myers, senior in physics and president of Kappa Alpha Psi, said the activities fair was essential to recruiting new members. “It’s a great way of meet-

ing people,” Myers said. “Unless you’re really going around campus during the day and actively telling people about the organization, you’re only going to spend time in your college or hall not really meeting new people or taking advan-

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Qian Niu, freshman in the English language program asks current Anime and Manga Society president Ben Dodge, senior in digital art, and Ella Popova, senior in biology, questions about their club during the Wildcat Winter Expo in the K-State Student Union Grand Ballroom on Thursday.

tage of the opportunities there are on campus.” Janelle Sparkman, junior in political science and communications chair for the women’s a cappella group Audacity, said the group relies on the activities fair to fill openings within the group. “We want more girls because with the new semester, we have a lot of open spots, and we are always looking for people with a passion for singing,” Sparkman said. Other organizations at the expo stated the importance of campus involvement beyond academics. “It’s important to become involved with organizations because you get to meet a lot of different people, and it’s a good ‘in’ for you because it’s a network that you’ll get involved with,” Cheyanne Evans, junior in animal science, said. Evans is the president of the Friends of Four Paws, an organization that works with a local animal shelter.

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Joe Tinker, student body vice president and senior in psychology, said the enrollment management committee, which was started by President Kirk Schulz a year ago, has the goal of 1-2 percent growth in enrollment every year. As a member of the financial subcommittee, Tinker said there has been discussion about new tuition models. One proposal could be flat-rate tuition, similar to the tuition models at Pittsburg State University and Oklahoma State University. Such a model, Tinker said, could have a flat-rate tuition at the rate for 15 credit hours for any student who takes between 12 and 18 hours. “I bet this will help graduation rates overall because I know lots of students are on significant financial aid and so can only take up to — you only want to take — 12 hours a semester, so you’ll be here for longer,” Tinker said. “So if we give students the opportunity to take more hours and pay less, I think that it’s going to be really beneficial for our graduation rates. It would also be a good source of revenue for the university.” Hurtig said the university’s Weapons Committee will create five subgroups at the request of Cindy Bontrager, vice president of administration and finance. They will focus on special events, student life, academics, research and general services. “The (Board of Regents) made the decision that they were not going to move forward with any efforts to repeal the law and no such efforts to extend

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the exemption or get any such exemptions for residence halls or anything,” Hurtig said. “So essentially we are now moving forward with our weapons advisory group here at K-State with the assumption that nothing will change, and as of July 1, 2017, we will have concealed carry on campus.” Hurtig said the results of the student survey showed a majority of students were opposed to the law. Tinker also spoke about diversity initiatives. “We’re trying to create a social justice campaign that will incorporate all the academic student life initiatives as well as our human capital initiatives onto one thing, so we can kind of push one unified voice out about what’s going on at K-State regarding diversity right now and into the future,” Tinker said. Tinker said the Office of Institutional Equity is seeking volunteers to create a “climate-response team” as a first-response organization to instances of racism. Senators were told that the Manhattan City Commission will talk about rental housing at a Feb. 9 work session at 5 p.m. at City Hall. A rental housing inspection ordinance is expected to be discussed. SGA approved the fiscal year 2017 allocations for the Educational Opportunity Fund budget. A total of 27 proposals will receive $370,000. Tinker said the Green Apple Bikes bicycle sharing program may place five new bike racks on campus in addition to a few racks

at the Bosco Student Plaza as part of SGA’s Green Action Fund. Bill Smriga, director of the Union, said the Union will receive new furniture for the second floor next week. The old furniture will be given away. Smriga said those who are interested should contact him either Friday or Monday. Garrett Kays, student body senator and senior in agricultural economics, said the Privilege Fee Committee will review its accounts with the Union and will tour the Union’s construction. Senators commended the K-State Crops Team for winning the national Collegiate Crops Contest for the seventh year in a row. SGA appointed two new senators. Ethan Stueve, junior in electrical engineering, was approved as a student senator for the College of Engineering. Mathew Grosdidier, junior in mechanical engineering, had previously resigned from the position. Denzel Jones, graduate student in human ecology, was approved as a student senator for the Graduate School. The position was previously vacant. SGA will send 15-20 members to Topeka for a “Cats in the Capital” event on Feb. 17. Amendments were proposed to the SGA constitution, statutes and bylaws concerning graduate student council elections, graduate student senator seat allocation and appointments and student senator seat allocation and appointments. If the amendments are approved, they will not take effect until after the spring 2016 SGA elections.

Students who participated in campus activities reported higher GPAs and better educational experiences, according to a 2008 study by the National Survey of Student Engagement. “The most important reason we do (the activities fair) and the reason we started doing it both semesters, was because we think that it is important for any student to get involved in campus organizations,” Harlan said. “It’s a really good way of getting experience outside the classroom, making connections with students and faculty and finding Emily Lenk | THE COLLEGIAN

Ty Herbin, junior in secondary education, and Jaylan Padilla, junior in kinesiology, share with Jordan Priddle, assistant director of Greek Affairs, what their Sigma Lambda Beta International fraternity participates in and supports in the K-State Student Union Grand Ballroom at the Wildcat Winter Expo Thursday.

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Carroll said now that she is older, she is much more ambitious and can see the “bigger picture” in a way many younger students may not be able to. She said nontraditional students are usually the most unique individuals in the classroom setting because due to their life experiences, they can offer much more than a student’s perspective. Carroll said she is able to provide advice to some of her peers after what she has been through. “Although getting my degree is great, I really, really love the fact that I can be of assistance to somebody else,” she

said.

After graduation, Carroll said she wants to continue to inspire people and remain a board member of the Eve Restoration Ministry Foundation. Douglas said many people fail to realize that Carroll is a working student and that she takes care of her son all on her own. Douglas said it has been an “uphill battle” for each of Carroll’s accomplishments, and Carroll’s story is so wonderful and inspiring that she wanted Carroll in the foundation. Carroll has accomplished a lot but is still humble, said Spc. Chelsi Blahnik, Carroll’s friend and unit armorer at Fort Riley’s Headquarters and

Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery. Blahnik said she and Carroll were in the same unit at Fort Riley before Carroll left the Army. They still see each other a lot, and she even baby-sits 19-month-old Bryson, whom Blahnik’s 7-year-old son adores. “She is the most kind, loving and supporting person I’ve ever met,” Blahnik said. “I have never met anybody like her.” Carroll said she does not mind sharing the story of her past. “If there was any real reason why I’m in college, it’s just to be an inspiration to somebody else,” Carroll said.

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-State will take a detour off the bumpy Big 12 Interstate to take on the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday in Manhattan as a part of the Big 12-SEC Challenge. The Wildcats are coming off a 70-55 loss in West Virginia to the Mountaineers on Tuesday night. K-State is 12-8 overall and 2-6 in Big 12 play. Ole Miss and K-State met up in 2013 inside Bramlage Coliseum when the Wildcats squeaked out a 61-58 win, giving the Rebels their first loss of the season. “We know this venue pretty well,” Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy said on Monday. “It will be a difficult challenge, but one that we are looking forward to.” On the other end of the

court is Ole Miss, who is 13-7 overall and 3-5 in conference play after Wednesday night’s win against Auburn. The Rebels lost their last four games before Auburn, all by single digits. The player to watch for the Rebels is senior guard Stefan Moody, who is averaging over 24 points and 35 minutes per game. He sat out this past Saturday in a loss to Mississippi State due to a hamstring injury. “The one positive of having to sit him out one game is we got to play other players,” Kennedy said. “Sunday was an off day, and he continued to progress with his rehab. He is day-to-day and I have him start practicing more and see how he does.” The Wildcats will try and bounce back from one of their worst shooting performances of the year. K-State shot just .056 percent from the 3-point line on Tuesday night after shooting 60

percent from the field on Saturday at home against Oklahoma State. “When you go 1 of 18 from the 3-point line, that doesn’t help your cause either,” head coach Bruce Weber said. “I think a lot of it was they had us rattled and going too fast. We were okay in our half-court defense, but at the end of the first half they had a big shot to get momentum. We kind of hung in there. We kept talking about having an ugly game and keeping it close to find a way to win, but (West Virginia) just made too many plays.” Although this game won’t help or hurt the Wildcats in Big 12 play, it certainly could help K-State build their resume a bit more and get some confidence going into the second half of conference play. The Wildcats and Rebels will tip off at 1 p.m. Saturday inside Bramlage Coliseum.

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From the Sports Desk: Which player is key to K-State’s success this season?

The Wildcats have been hot and cold this season (although it’s been a little more cold than hot), and the balanced effort provided by K-State has made it so that a MVP has been fairly hard to find. So if that’s the case and if K-State wants to have more success in the second half of conference play, which player is crucial to that success? Sports Editor Tim Everson and sports staff members Liz Heath, Avery Osen and Riley Gates give their opinion on who that player is.

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Kansas head coach Bill Self talks to his team during a timeout in the second half of the Wildcats’ 70-63 victory over the then No. 8 ranked Jayhawks in the 281st Sunflower Showdown on February 23, 2015, inside Bramlage Coliseum.

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With the Big 12-SEC Challenge coming up, teams are looking to build on their success or attempt to regain confidence heading into the second half of conference play.

1. OKLAHOMA (17-2, 6-2) LAST WEEK: 1

It was another big week for the nation-leading Sooners. Oklahoma rebounded strong after their loss to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. They soundly defeated Baylor in Waco, Texas, before blowing out Texas Tech at home. A very interesting test awaits the Sooners on Saturday, as they head down to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to take on Ben Simmons and LSU.

2. IOWA STATE (16-4, 5-3) LAST WEEK: 4

After taking down TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, (a road win is a road win) and a landmark win versus Kansas at home, the Cyclones continue to be the hottest team in the Big 12. The Cyclones will attempt to continue their streak and take down their second top five team in a week when they head down to College Station, Texas, to play No. 5 Texas A&M. A win will most likely propel them near the top five in the NCAA Rankings.

3. WEST VIRGINIA (173, 6-2) LAST WEEK: 2 The Mountaineers have won two in a row after drop-

ping two games to Oklahoma and Texas. Unfortunately for West Virginia, those two wins were against two of the bottom teams in the conference. Iowa State’s wins were more impressive, so they moved up. West Virginia has the Gators in Florida before heading to Ames, Iowa, to play Iowa State.

win game, the Wildcats looked awful on the road against West Virginia, playing what was possibly their worst game of the season. The Wildcats must find consistency soon if they want to make it back to the postseason. A win over Ole Miss would be a good resume win toward that end.

4. BAYLOR (16-4, 6-2) LAST WEEK: 3

8. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-10, 2-6) LAST WEEK: 7

Scott Drew’s team had a real chance to take sole control of the conference when they had Oklahoma at home, but the Sooners proved to be too much. The conference is too competitive to drop home games if you want to stay on top.

5. KANSAS (16-4, 5-3) LAST WEEK: 5

Do not count out the Jayhawks. This is not the first time in the past decade of dominance where all has seemed lost. Time, however, is running out for KU to figure out how to win a road game. Confidence and spirits, of both fans and players, would be raised with a win versus Kentucky on Saturday.

6. TEXAS (13-7, 5-3) LAST WEEK: 6

Shaka Smart’s team is heading in the right direction. They put up a good fight versus the Jayhawks in Lawrence, but Allen Fieldhouse still comes with one of the best homecourt advantages in the country. As of now, they’re definitely a tournament team with the talent to maybe make some noise come March.

7. K-STATE (12-8, 2-6) LAST WEEK: 8

One step forward and two steps back is a cliché. It’s a cliché, however, that K-State is embodying. After soundly beating Oklahoma State in a must-

Things do not look good in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Fans were very upset with their team’s effort against K-State last Saturday. A loss against Baylor at home is just another foible for team looking to really tun the corner. A win over Bruce Pearl’s Auburn team on the road on Saturday wouldn’t be too bad either.

9. TEXAS TECH (12-8, 2-6) LAST WEEK: 9

After their win against TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, the Red Raiders seemingly took a step in the right direction when they took West Virginia to the wire at home. They lost that game, but when you are at the point Tech is at, you have to count every moral victory. Then the Red Raiders got thumped by the Sooners in Norman, Oklahoma. Big 12 life is hard, especially when you don’t have a player-of-the-year candidate. They have a big opportunity against a struggling Arkansas team on Saturday to gain a little more confidence.

10. TCU (9-11, 1-7) LAST WEEK: 10

I don’t know how Texas lost to TCU earlier in the season. I also don’t know how TCU is going to win another game in this conference. A win on Saturday against a struggling Tennessee team would at least guarantee the Horned Frogs 10 wins.

It’s been well established that KState struggles scoring the basketball. The Wildcats are ninth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage, shooting only 42.9 percent from the field. When you move that shot from behind the 3-point line, that shooting percentage drops to 29.3 percent, which is dead last in the conference. Jump shots, for one reason or another, just aren’t consistently getting it done for KState so far this season. The Wildcats need to find that consistency under the basket. Senior forward Stephen Hurt must start scoring inside consistently. Even though his game is traditionally not made to work under the basket, he is the only player that is above 6 feet 10 inches that has played any minutes this season. Also, Hurt is the second-best free-throw shooter on the team with an average of 79.5 percent, and yet he’s only attempted 39 free throws. By comparison, junior forward Wesley Iwundu has shot 100 free throws at this point. Hurts’ number needs to go up. By pounding it down inside, Hurt can also attempt more free throws when he is inevitably fouled. The 3-point shot is bound to return at some point, right? Right? But until then, a strong inside game can help fill the scoring void for the Wildcats.

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At times, this K-State team plays with enough energy, passion and teamwork to make last season’s dysfunctional team seem like a distant nightmare. Other times, it’s easy to pick out the young players from the upperclassmen. Despite their youth, when the Wildcats play at their full potential they can play with anyone in the country. The key is keeping

that high-caliber style of play consistent. With a young team, you can’t expect that for a full 40 minutes. That doesn’t mean fans don’t have plenty to be excited about. One thing KState fans should be especially excited about is freshman guard Kamau Stokes. Yes, Stokes is still learning the game and what it means to play at the Division I level. He has had ups and downs this season, but when Stokes is on his game, such as his 24-point performance against North Carolina, the rest of the K-State team seems to match those performances. Stokes has shown that he is more than capable of playing in clutch situations. His team-high is 20 points against Baylor, including two free throws that sent the game into overtime. Right now, Stokes is averaging 9.9 points per game and has been one of the high-point scorers in three of the Wildcats’ last five games. The ability to score the ball in clutch situations is good, but what really gives Stokes potential is his ability in the point guard position. Stokes has the ability to take control of this K-State team and lead the Wildcats up against the best in the Big 12. It won’t happen overnight, but when those skills are fully developed fans will have plenty to cheer about.

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For the question this week, I’m going to say Iwundu, who is the face of the team right now, is the key to K-State’s success. He needs to keep playing like he is and even better. He has been a solid player this year, but head coach Bruce Weber and the rest of his team needs him to take the next step that we all know is inside him. Averaging the most minutes played on the team so far this season, Iwundu is the clear leader of this team, but he needs to play more like it late in these close games. He is leading the team in scoring with 12.3 points per game. But if this team is going to win more games, Iwundu needs to be the one shooting shots late in the game, and he needs to be scoring closer to 16 or 17 points per game. Iwundu is the biggest factor for the Wildcats because he is so versatile on both ends of the floor, which you don’t see very often in a basketball player. This is why he is one of my favorite all-time players. Tuesday night in West Virginia, Iwundu worked very hard on the defensive end, and many times he was the first one on the hardwood when the ball was loose. Iwundu has struggled at the charity stripe this season, however, shooting below 70 percent. This is something he has got to work on and be better at down the stretch. Iwundu and the rest of the Wildcats still have time to make a run and be in the field of 64 come March, but most of this rests on Iwundu’s shoulders. My guess is that he will step up and get the job done and send this team playing into mid-March.

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Freshman guard Kamau Stokes drains a 3-point jumper to put the Cats ahead 31-19 in the first half of the Wildcats’ 83-70 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Jan. 12 inside Bramlage Coliseum.

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Take a look at the statistical leaders for the K-State Wildcats. Iwundu leads the team in scoring with 12.3 points per game. Freshman forward Dean Wade leads the team with six rebounds per game. Both are critical to this team’s success, but neither of the two are the most crucial player for the Wildcats. You need a leader on the floor. You need a floor general. You need Kamau Stokes. In basketball, nothing is more crucial for

a team than someone who can bring the ball up the court and run the offense. We saw this to be true during the course of last season when K-State had a disastrous season. What did they lack on the 2014-15 squad? A point guard who led the team. Sure, you had Nigel Johnson and Jevon Thomas, but what did they really do for that team? They just combined to turn the ball over 104 times. Stokes has been stellar for the team this season, and he is only in his first season. He is averaging 9.9 points per game as the Wildcats’ starting point guard. That alone, as a true freshman nonetheless, is showing the potential Stokes has to be a fantastic point guard at K-State. The Wildcats play well when Stokes plays well, and they play poorly when he plays poorly. When K-State beat Texas Tech by 13, Stokes dropped a team-high 17 points. When the Oklahoma Sooners embarrassed this team in Norman, Oklahoma, Stokes scored a mere five points. The Wildcats need a point guard to lead their team. They need Stokes.

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