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Frank Tracz watches during the K-State football game against Baylor in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sept. 30, 2017.

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President Myers gives Fall enrollment sees largest drop in school his first State of the history, K-State threatened with budget cuts University address ALEX BRASE

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President Richard Myers presents his State of University address at Forum Hall in Manhattan, Kan. on Sept. 29, 2017.

GRANT THOMPSON THE COLLEGIAN

Kansas State University president Richard Myers gave his first State of the University address Friday afternoon, focusing on the university’s goals and challenges. Myers opened up the address by dedicating a moment to remember Steve Logback, associate vice president for the Division of Communications and Marketing, who suddenly passed away Thursday evening. Myers’ main theme of this address was paying respect to K-State’s early years, as it was the first land-grant institution in the nation. This was made possible by former United States president Abraham Lincoln in 1863. “Being a land-grant university means everything to us,” Myers said. “It’s a special designation that I believe was the original engine for economic development and quality of life for the U.S.” On Friday morning, news came out of a continued decline in K-State enrollment numbers, which could have negative effects on the universi-

ty’s revenue and budget. Myers said the university is uncertain of what the low enrollment numbers mean for K-State’s future. “Enrollment numbers are one thing,” Myers said. “What counts is credit hours, so we need to know how many credit hours we’re going to accumulate this semester so we know what the budget impact is.” Campus salaries are an issue K-State’s University Support Staff Senate is concerned about. The USS Senate acts as a voice for employees at K-State. “USS staff are dealing with increases to taxes and health insurance premiums at a rate higher than increases being received,” Carrie Fink, president of the USS Senate, said. “USS staff are also feeling the pressure of increased workloads as positions stay vacant.” Brian Lindshield, president of K-State’s Faculty Senate and host for Friday’s address, said he felt optimistic about President Myers’ decision to tackle the budget model.

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Frequent budget cuts and enrollment slumps at Kansas State have landed like punches to the gut in many departments, but another round may be on the way. The fall 2017 semester is the third consecutive fall semester to be plagued by lower enrollment, a drubbing that has brought the number of students at the university’s Manhattan, Polytechnic, Olathe and Global campuses down to 22,795, 4.14 percent lower than last fall. The fall 2017 semester’s drop in enrollment is the biggest plunge in the 30 years of enrollment data available from K-State’s registrar’s office. The last time fall enrollment increased at K-State was in 2014, when a record 24,776 students enrolled, up 0.75 percent over fall 2013 enrollment. Throughout the summer and early parts of this semester, several administration officials declined to talk on the record about their expectations for 2017 enrollment. Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration

and finance, did not hedge when asked on May 30 about her expectations for enrollment in the fall 2017 semester. “We’re anticipating there will be some additional declines in enrollment, but we have not pulled back to accommodate for that,” Bontrager said. “We’ve only adjusted for what we actually occurred (sic) this year. So it’s very likely, as we move into [fiscal year] ‘18, we will need to make more adjustments.” The 2018 fiscal year began on July 1 and runs through June 30, 2018. The Kansas Board of Regents requested members of K-State’s administration refrain from releasing information about fall 2017 enrollment until the governing board’s official announcement, Bontrager said in early September. K-State President Richard B. Myers confirmed the decline in fall enrollment at Wednesday’s “Pizza with the President” luncheon. Myers said to students at the meeting that the university plans to hire an enrollment consultant, and specifically noted a drop in out-of-state enrollment. A range of issues may

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be to blame for the university’s continued tumble in enrollment, from higher cost of attendance and the state’s continued economic woes, to the recent implementation of a law permitting concealed carry on public universities. Each college is already wrestling with a 2.52 percent budget cut this academic year, according to the university budget office.

LESS FUNDS TO BEGIN WITH

Increases in benefit rates, salaries and a host of other expenses that typically affect department funding drive the degree to which each college’s general use funds are increased by university administration. That is why the appearance of increased coffers may obscure the budget crunch many departments are in. General use funds predominantly consist of tuition revenue, state funds and dollars from K-State Research and Extension. These funds do not include any grants, private do-

nations or funding from KSU Foundation and the many other sources colleges utilize. When it comes to general use budget cuts, the Staley School of Leadership Studies is the only college or academic unit at K-State to begin the 2018 fiscal year with its overall finances in negative territory. The College of Engineering’s general use budget, on the other hand, increased by 18.47 percent, equal to over $4.6 million. The College of Business Administration’s general use funds have also swelled by 9.78 percent, or about $1.1 million. “Part of the increase that you might have seen between ‘16 and ‘17 in Engineering and Business [Administration] would be because of a function of the increase in the tuition faculty surcharge that each of those colleges have,” said Ethan Erickson, assistant vice president for budget and planning.

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Band stops during Wabash Cannonball after ‘vulgar chant’ flares from student section

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The marching band performs at the beginning of the game against Baylor on Sept. 30, 2017, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

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Kansas State Marching Band director Frank Tracz cut the band off in the middle of “The Wabash Can-

nonball” during the pre-game festivities of the Baylor game Saturday after K-State fans chanted “F*** KU” in the student section. After the band stopped, a pre-recorded message from head football coach Bill Sny-

der was played on the video board. In his message, he asked fans not to disrespect the Wabash tradition by saying the “vulgar chant.” Tracz said stopping the band mid-performance was something that had been discussed by the administration and that he received a message from the president’s office and K-State Athletics to cut the band off shortly after the chant started up. “I’ve been here an awfully long time,” Tracz said. “I’m really getting tired of it. I know the students are. I know a lot of parents, families and kids are just tired of it, too.” Tracz said “the chant” sullies the good name that he and others have put work into

building at K-State. “To let some kids that are quite immature and irresponsible think they can be flippant about things and say things just because they are in a crowd ... to ruin what so many people have spent so many years building, that’s sad to me,” Tracz said. While the video played, the silenced band members resumed their normal routine and began to form their “tunnel formation” for the football team to run through on the field. The university’s administrators have ramped up their efforts in recent times to put an end to the chant. In a February letter to the student body and in an address to the Student Governing Associa-

tion at their first meeting this semester, President Richard Myers decried the chant, saying it has been both “personally embarrassing” and embarrassing for the university. After the game, Marissa Grace Sullivan, trumpet player in the marching band and senior in psychology, took to Facebook to explain her feelings about the chant. “When a vulgar chant like “F*** KU” is shouted over the marching band, it disrespects the hours that the band puts into learning pregame [routines],” Sullivan said on Facebook. Recently, ESPN’s Brandon Chatmon named “The Wabash Cannonball” the best pre-game tradition in the Big 12, putting it up there with

nationally-known traditions like “dotting the ‘i’” at Ohio State and “War Eagle” at Auburn. The song is a tradition at K-State that dates back to the 1968 fire in Nichols Hall. “The Wabash Cannonball” was the lone surviving piece of music because it was with the band director instead of being stored in Nichols Hall. “The Wabash Cannonball” was played for the first time at a basketball game just three days after the fire, and the band has been playing it ever since. “I don’t want K-State to be known for students who yell curse words during a tradition,” Sullivan said. “It casts aside all the great things K-State should be known for.”

Bouncing back, the Wildcats beat the Bears in Big 12 home opener DEAUNDRA ALLEN THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State football team won Saturday’s home game against the Baylor Bears, 33-20. The Wildcats are now 3-1 for the season. Bouncing back after a loss against Vanderbilt, K-State opened Big 12 conference play against Baylor with 12 first downs in the first half and 21 in the second, finishing with 33 first downs. Sophomore wide receiver Isaiah Zuber ran in the first K-State touchdown, where he received senior quarterback Jesse Ertz’s 16-yard pass. Following the touchdown, senior kicker Matthew McCrane kicked a perfect field goal, pushing the Wildcats’ point lead to 7-0. On Baylor’s first offensive drive, senior defensive back Cre Moore was ejected from the game for targeting. Once he was ejected, sophomore Johnathan Durham took his place. Before the first quarter ended, Baylor sophomore Connor Martin kicked a 38-yard field

goal, scoring the Bears three points. The first quarter ended 7-3 in K-State’s favor. In the second quarter, McCrane kicked a field goal for 37 yards, and brought K-State up to 10-3. Junior fullback Winston Dimel had a one-yard run for the Wildcats, and McCrane kicked the Wildcats into a 17-3 lead. Later, McCrane kicked another field goal, driving the Wildcats to 20-3. In the third quarter, Martin kicked a 27-yard field goal for Baylor, moving them up to six points total. Later, Baylor freshman John Lovett would have a 74-yard run for the Bears, bringing the score to 20-13. McCrane had two more fields goal in the last quarter, the first for 49 yards, the second for 23 yards. Ertz also ran in a touchdown during the fourth quarter for 15 yards, bringing the Wildcats’ final point total to 33. For Baylor, sophomore Denzel Mims received a 70-yard pass from quarterback Zach Smith. Smith ended the game with 291 passing yards and three sacks. Ertz ended the game with 119 passing yards and no sacks.

Both Smith and Ertz threw for one touchdown. During the post-game press conference, K-State head coach Bill Snyder talked about the team’s offensive efforts. “It was very, very inconsistent,” Snyder said. “We made a few big plays, but we need to be more of a big play offense. Not collectively a big play offense, but that needs to be part of the balance that we have and we do not have quite enough of those. “In the second half, we were not a very good third-down football team, but a lot of that is Baylor,” Snyder continued. “Baylor has been very successful on some of the things that they have done on third downs, so my hat goes off to them. I think they played well, but nevertheless, it is not about them, it is about us. We just have to be better.” McCrane was a key player for the Wildcats in Saturday’s victory against the Bears. After four games, McCrane has only missed two field goal attempts this season. McCrane is now at 234 career points, only one point away to make a tie for seventh place in

K-State’s career scoring list. Coach Snyder also talked about McCrane and his position on the team. “Considering how difficult

[kicking] is … as I have said so many times, that is probably – outside of snapping the ball – the hardest thing in the game of football itself, and he does it quite

well,” Snyder said. “It takes a lot of focus and a great deal of discipline on his part. He works at it and it is important to him. He has done well with it.”

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Baylor sophomore linebacker Jordan Williams attempts to stop K-State junior running back Dalvin Warmack during the football game between K-State and Baylor, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sept. 30, 2017.

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Volleyball falls to Longhorns in three sets, Zumach shines through AVERY OSEN

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The Kansas State volleyball team traveled south to face the University of Texas on Saturday, but the Wildcats failed to win a single set, losing 3-0 to the Longhorns inside Texas’ Gregory Gymnasium. The game was dominated by Texas, with K-State failing to gain

any leads on the scoreboard for the duration of all three sets. Junior outside hitter Kylee Zumach had yet another great game individually, leading the team with 14 kills. Saturday’s game was special for Zumach as she finally earned over 900 kills in her career, with 902 total. Zumach has gotten at least 10 kills in 15 of the 16 games this season, and she is the active leader in kills

for the Wildcats. The Longhorns hit .494 and only committed two attack errors in their 28th straight win against the Wildcats in volleyball. K-State played a promising first set as they hit .375, but Texas led the entire way, hitting well over .500. The Wildcats had six service errors in the set, but Zumach had more kills than any other player on the court this set, with

six kills in 12 attempts. The Wildcats had two team attacking errors in the first set, but in the second set, K-State had 10 errors. The Wildcats had seven blocks from Texas, and the Longhorns led 18-7 at one point. Junior middle blocker Alyssa Schultejans had three kills, while Zumach added two in the losing set. Texas did not give K-State a chance in the final set as the

Longhorns got an early 5-1 lead and didn’t let up from there. K-State hit only .167 in the last set, but Zumach tallied six more kills, hitting .270 for the game. The Longhorns held a strong defense with nine team blocks, but the Wildcats failed to record a single team block for the first time this season. K-State had two service aces from Zumach and junior setter Brooke Smith.

Schultejans finished with eight kills, while senior outside hitter Bryna Vogel had six kills in the Wildcats’ losing effort on the road. K-State volleyball is now 8-8 overall and 1-2 in Big 12 conference play for the season. The Wildcats will travel south once again Wednesday when they take on the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at 8 p.m. The game can be watched live on ESPNU.

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A cause for paws: K-State veterinarians bring care to animal shelters KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN

In April 2015, Kansas State’s College of Veterinary Medicine started a program to benefit the hundreds of shelter animals living around the Manhattan community. The Shelter Medicine Mobile Surgery Unit, staffed by a rotation of fourth-year veterinary medicine students, is a program that allows teams of three students to receive on-site training for two weeks to better prepare them for the field of veterinary care. The unit travels to shelters in Manhattan, Junction City, Lawrence, Emporia and several other cities in the region to provide vaccines, sterilization surgeries and disease control. Funded mostly by grants from PetSmart Charities and local donors Cheryl Mellenthin

and the late Mark Chapman, the unit travels to 16 organizations regularly, successfully providing hands-on training to more than 150 veterinary students in the rotation. According to K-State News, the students have provided more than 10,000 spay/neuter procedures in total. Dr. Bonnie Rush, interim dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, said it is important to recognize that without gifts and grants, this program would not exist. “It’s a win for everybody,” Rush said. “It’s a great experience for the students, it helps the shelters and the animals are now more adoptable. The students have the opportunity to do about 50 surgeries in that twoweek period of time, and without this program, they would graduate with maybe having done five. It has a huge impact on their technical skills.”

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Fourth-year Kansas State veterinary students, from left, Megan McLaughlin, Hunter Like and Gina Callari take part in a trip on the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Mobile Surgery Unit. Rush said that the overarching goal of the program is to not only create more adoptable pets,

The B-52s, ‘world's greatest party band,’ come to K-State PIPER BRANDT

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The B-52s, a dance-rock band with an iconic ‘70s sound, performed their hit songs “Rock Lobster,” “Love Shack” and others in McCain Auditorium on Friday night as part of the McCain Performance Series. All of the band’s founding members performed except for the band’s original drummer, Keith Strickland, and the band’s late guitarist, Ricky Wilson. Three supporting musicians joined to play bass, drums and guitar. Fred Schneider, The B-52s’ lead vocalist, kept his singing to a minimum, mostly performing in his trademark sprechgesang, a performance technique somewhere between singing and speaking. Schneider encouraged the audience to make up their own dance moves during the show. “The stupider, the better,”

Schneider said. Kate Pierson, one of the band’s vocalists, told the audience that the band was thrilled to be in Manhattan, and they enjoyed getting to see the Konza Prairie during a trip with a K-State professor before the concert. “One thing we didn’t see in the prairie were the native wildcats,” Schneider said. Prior to the concert, Steven Maxwell, associate professor of music, hosted a McCain Conversation in the Beach Museum of Art. Maxwell gave context to the formation of The B-52s and informed the audience of their impact on popular music, both past and present. “What I think is really fascinating about The B-52s is that they were an accumulation of all kinds of different styles, and that’s what makes them a perfect party band,” Maxwell said. “Everybody likes them.” The sound of The B-52s is

inspired by many genres that were popular during the ‘50s and ‘60s, including psychedelic rock, surf rock and pop rock. Maxwell also gave background on the band’s history, starting with their formation in 1976. “They got together as a group in Athens, Georgia, which was an interesting place for rock and roll,” Maxwell said. “It functioned as this sort of underground … and as a haven for all these bands who wanted to do something different.” Linda Lawson, K-State alumn, said she has been a fan of The B-52s for over 30 years. While her cousins were going to see The Beatles in concert, Lawson said she went to see The B-52s instead. “The B-52s, they are just one of those wild and crazy groups, along with many others that came along,” Lawson said. “I love their music, they are that iconic group … at the time, they were the bomb.”

but also create more marketable students. “My hope is that, for stu-

dents who didn’t have any previous experience, when they take a job somewhere, they will be ... better equipped to help shelters in their area,” Rush said. “There’s all sorts of things that happen at shelters that they would not be exposed to in a teaching hospital.” Megan Terry, fourth-year veterinary medicine student who has previously served on the Mobile Unit, said her favorite part was how she was able to learn while giving back to the community in such a meaningful way. “What I think is unique about the program here is that you get to travel around to a lot of different shelters and communities and see what they have to work with and their limitations,” Terry said. “I think that shelter medicine is really important and I think [the program] really helps prepare you.”

Dr. Beth Davis, department head of clinical sciences and professor of equine internal medicine, said she believes the most important part of the program is the way it opens an incredible number of doors for the students. “Regardless of what the students are going to do following graduation … some may have a predetermined path that they would like to follow,” Davis said. “This program introduces them to the world of shelter medicine.” Davis said she has hope for an expansion of the program in the future. “We would like to have two full-time faculty members so that this can be a rotation for all veterinary students … to maximize the impact on the students and [the] impact students are going to have after graduation,” Davis said.

BUDGET | Low funds hurt K-State continued from page

The College of Business Administration increased its credit hour tuition faculty surcharge by $15 this year, bringing the charge’s total to $60 per credit hour, contributing to its increased general use funding. Faced with a cut of just over 2.5 percent to his college’s funds, John Floros, dean of the College of Agriculture, said each department’s budget is close to the previous year’s amount. “The way we made that reduction is that we basically passed this all to every unit in the same amount, more or less,” Floros said. The general use budget for the College of Agriculture is down 2.96 percent. The administration makes budget decisions at the college level; calls are not made by administrative officials or staff about each department’s general use funds – those decisions are made by the dean of each college. Myers said to the Topeka

Capital-Journal in August that compensation has been prioritized in this year’s budget, but noted that lower enrollment from previous semesters has led to a $7 million deficit.

CASE STUDY IN THE EFFECTS OF BUDGET CUTS

Repeated cuts to department budgets have already led to the reduction or elimination of office phones, copying and printing by instructors for instructional use, graduate programs and temporary staff and faculty in many departments across campus. “We fill our sections, and in fact this year we were short sections, so we lost — for this fall semester — about 165 seats,” Bruce Glymour, head of the philosophy department, said. His department was not able to hire replacement instructors and professors due to insufficient funds. “We have people teaching ... on an overload basis, courses that are really too large,” Gly-

mour said. The College of Arts and Sciences Dean Amit Chakrabarti said the committee on planning is charged with providing recommendations for faculty hires within the college. The group — an elected body of faculty representing the wide assortment of disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences — ensures an equitable and big-picture look at the college’s departments. The overall performance, diversity, grant accumulation and paper publications, Chakrabarti said, are a few of the many different quantitative and qualitative components considered in the apportionment of general funds. While in some cases reductions in funds or instructors may lead to the closures of course sections, departments do not run into that kind of situation very often.

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OPINION: Despite skepticism, hot dogs are not sandwiches When it comes to eating meat, it doesn’t get more American than a hot dog. The classic frankfurter is an import from Germany, a more processed cousin of the centuries-old sausage. A typical hot dog is made with ground meat trimmings wrapped in an intestinal casing, which can either be removed after cooking or left on for some added crunch. Throw in a bun and some mustard and you’ve got yourself a true American icon. Recently, it has come to my attention that there are some scallywags who believe the hot dog is in fact a kind of sandwich. Debates surrounding the sandwichiness of hot dogs can get quite heated, but hopefully sharing my side of the issue will help to settle the dust.

WHAT IS A SANDWICH?

The key to understanding this debate is knowing how to

define a sandwich. The sandwich was invented in Britain in the 1700s and has spread worldwide through the centuries. This widespread culinary propagation means there are many varieties of sandwiches, thus making a single definition is almost impossible. However, Dictionary.com gave it their best shot. They define a sandwich as “two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.” The “hot dog is a sandwich” debate comes from a technicality: where do you draw the line on how much the bread covers the filling? Some believe the hot dog is not a sandwich because a sandwich requires two separate pieces of bread, but critics argue that this would also disqualify a Subway footlong from being a sandwich, and with that logic, a hot dog is in fact a sandwich. More radical thinkers even

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different on both counts. The meat is pressed into a long cylindrical shape, and the hot dog is typically eaten facing up from the bun, with no top or bottom piece of bread. Additionally, the condiments on a hot dog are usually not contained within the bread — they’re spread on top of the meat itself, and they’re prone to sliding around a fair bit.

CULTURAL CONTEXT

Illustration by Justin Wright argue that calzones, tacos, jelly donuts and Pop Tarts are all sandwiches. These rapscallions believe a sandwich is solely defined as bread with filling inside. While I respect the worldview of these people, here are the reasons I believe a hot dog is not a sandwich.

INGREDIENTS AND EATING

The first reason a hot dog

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is not a sandwich is because of the way it’s prepared and eaten. Even among the many variations of a typical sandwich, the ingredients are almost always sliced or flattened, and the sandwich is eaten with a clearly defined top and bottom slice of bread. Hamburgers, French dips and PB&Js all conform to this standard, along with many other sandwiches. Hot dogs, by contrast, are

By far, the biggest flaw in the “hot dog is a sandwich” perspective is that it distills and broadens the definition of a sandwich until it’s no longer a useful description of food. If a hot dog really is a sandwich, then why can’t I order a hot dog from Jimmy John’s, or a jelly donut from Goodcents? This kind of confusion would be needless. The definition of a sandwich needs to be a little strict, because otherwise it becomes a meaningless word. Additionally, I disagree with the notion that every

“bread with filling” dish should be a sandwich because it robs people of their cultural heritage. Sandwiches were invented in Britain, but hot dogs were invented by working-class Germans, and tacos were invented by the indigenous people of Mexico. The Brits have had enough colonialism for one millennium — let these people enjoy their accomplishments without having to stuff their cuisine into a British descriptive label. Regardless of what you think about hot dogs and their relation to sandwiches, hopefully we can all agree that Pop Tarts are not sandwiches. Seriously, that’s just dumb. Kyle Hampel is a junior in English. 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. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

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“It’s been put off for a number of years,” Lindshield said. “I think this will be a major takeaway for faculty, and a big change for campus.” Myers repeated the three themes of teaching, research and service throughout his address, saying programs like K-State First are designed to help freshmen acclimate to a new environment in a successful way. “We are committed to providing all students with a quality education and preparing them to be a good member of a vibrant democracy,” Myers said. Myers also revisited K-State’s goal to be one of the top 50 research universities in the nation. K-State currently has $193 million in research and development expenditures. To be included in the top 50

ranks, the university’s R&D expenditures will need to be closer to $300 million. “President Myers embodies that thing that admits ad astra per aspera, or times of difficulty, with declining enrollment and declining state funding,” said Jack Ayres, student body president and senior in chemical engineering. “We want to grow. We want to become better. We want to be a top 50 research university, and that kind of drive and that passion to do more with less is extremely indicative of the nature of K-State, and I think that’s what today just showed.” In terms of diversity and inclusion, Myers touched on K-State’s position among the “Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities,” as determined by CampusPride. org. Myers also mentioned the university’s plans to launch a

multicultural student center as soon they find and select a chief of diversity. “It’s not enough, but we’re proud of that,” Myers said. Ayres said he is eager to get the multicultural student center project started. “We need to move the needle on the multicultural student center,” Ayres said. “President Myers talking about it today is a perfect example of that.” Changes like these are what President Myers said he is focused on, regardless of if it will be easy or not. President Myers said he deemed the state of the university to be “strong.” Over the past 154 years, Myers said K-State has been “built on a foundation of high standards in teaching, research, service and delivering exceptional opportunities to those who want to take on the challenge.”

This exhibition is sponsored by Anderson Bed and Breakfast, Little Apple Art Supply, Manhattan Broadcasting Company, and made possible in part by a grant from The Japan Foundation, New York.

DON’T MISS!

ART IN MOTION

a free indoor-outdoor celebration of art for everyone! Saturday, October 7, 2017, noon-4 p.m. Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

• Watch Live painting performance by artist Enrico Isamu Ōyama • Make a print in GraficoMovil, a mobile printmaking studio/gallery • Meet the artists Sayaka Ganz and Fidencio Fifield-Perez • Demos and action art activities for all ages

National Coffee Day

Major support for this exhibition and related programs is provided by a grant from the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grant Program, with additional sponsorship from UFM Community Learning Center at Kansas State University.

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Students gathered for National Coffee Day in Bosco Plaza in Manhattan, Kan. on Sept. 29, 2017. The Union Program Council provided free coffee, food and giveaways to attendees in celebration of the unorthodox holiday.