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Lafene gives higher volume of flu vaccinations SARAH MOYER
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Before the winter season brings runny noses, tired bodies and a greater need for naps, students and faculty are preparing to fight off the flu with vaccines. Within the first three days of their walk-in clinic, staff at Lafene Health Center administered 122 shots, which is 40 percent more than they did during the clinic’s first week in 2017. “We’re pretty excited that we have that many individuals coming in,” Abby King, nursing coordinator at Lafene said. The walk-in clinic, open almost continuously between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. every week day. No appointments are necessary. Last year, all the clinics administered a total of 1,644 vaccines, with an estimated 1,000 of the vaccinations going to Kansas State students. King said these
numbers don’t include people who came to Lafene who received the vaccine while in a seperate care appointment. Andrew Adams, public health emergency preparedness coordinator with the Riley County health department, said flu activity may be in the Riley County area soon. “In last few years, we’ve started seeing flu activity towards the middle of October so we take that data and use it in our planning for the next year,” Adams said. Nationally, trends are similar with a peak of activity between December and February. Adams said the 2017-2018 season was the worst flu season nationwide since 2009 with the CDC reporting approximately 80,000 deaths attributed to the flu and infection complications. “[CDC] and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends being vac-
cinated by the end of October to ensure adequate protection heading into peak flu season,” Adams said. “It typically takes the body about two weeks to build up a strong enough immune response to fight off the flu when someone comes in contact with the virus.” King said the health center encourages students who receive their flu shot to share the reasons why they get vaccinated and to use #FightFluAtKSU on social media. “We’re really trying to incentivize students to come in,” King said. “We’re giving away $10 gift cards every week to a restaurant or business here in town.” Other locations in Manhattan give incentives as well. Katie Spradling, senior in agricultural economics, said she has taken advantage of Target’s offer since she and a roommate learned about it their freshman year. “I got my flu shot at the CVS inside Target because they
accept my insurance so I don’t have to pay, but the best part is if you get your flu shot there, they give you a $5 Target gift card,” Spradling said. Spradling said she always seeks out the vaccine because her mom tells her she has to. Kagan Blackwell, senior in mechanical engineering, said he returns home for his vaccination. “I didn’t get a vaccine last year because I was procrastinating and, surprise, I got influenza,” Blackwell said. King said health professionals are unable to predict exactly how helpful the vaccine is for this year’s flu. “It all really depends on how well the vaccine is matched with the virus that is going to be out,” King said. King said receiving the vaccine can really make the difference when it comes to such a potentially deadly virus. “We always suggest every-
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Nursing Coordinator Abby King gives a K-State employee a flu shot during the Employee Benefit Expo in the Union Ballroom on October 4, 2018. Students can get flu shots without an appointment at Lafene Health Center. one get vaccinated, not just for themselves, but for everyone around them such as young children and people that are immunocompromised,” King said. Similar to Lafene, the RCHD hosts clinics for flu vaccines. The clinic, Okt-FLU-ber Fest, is the biggest outreach event of the year for the department,
Adams said. “At Okt-FLU-ber Fest 2017, a total of 435 vaccines were administered,” Adams said. The 435 vaccines administered during October brings their total to 1,435 vaccines administered by RCHD during the 2017-2018 flu season from more than 30 community clinics.
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Two swing senators signal likely support for Kavanaugh TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON — Senators on Thursday took turns reviewing a confidential FBI report into alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh as tensions built before a procedural vote scheduled for Friday likely to show if he will be confirmed to the nation’s highest court. Two swing Republicans said they believed the FBI investigation was thorough, raising hopes at the White House that they were falling into line and would back Kavanaugh. Their votes could be enough to end what has become a bitter partisan and legal battle in the #MeToo era. Democrats and Republicans got alternating one-hour periods to visit a secure room holding a single copy of the FBI report, which was delivered to Capitol Hill before dawn. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the contents would not be released to the public despite urging from both sides of the aisle. A final vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination is expected on Saturday, but the results probably will be telegraphed with a preliminary vote on whether to proceed. That step is currently scheduled for Friday at 10:30 a.m. EDT.After an explosive Senate Judiciary
Committee hearing on Sept. 27, the White House directed the FBI to conduct a supplemental background check to help senators determine if Kavanaugh assaulted Christine Blasey Ford, a Palo Alto University professor, when they were high school students in 1982, or exposed himself to Deborah Ramirez at a dorm room party when they were classmates at Yale University. Kavanaugh has vehemently denied those allegations. The White House ordered the FBI probe after three Republicans who are seen as swing votes — Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona — said they could not support the nomination unless the FBI was allowed to investigate. If no Democrats vote for Kavanaugh, McConnell can afford only one defection from his own caucus. But the White House was upbeat after Collins and Flake said they were pleased by the FBI report despite concerns from Democrats that it was incomplete. “It appears to be a very thorough investigation,” Collins told reporters. Flake agreed, telling reporters that he saw “no additional” corroboration of the allegations against Kavanaugh in the report. If they vote for Kavanaugh, Vice President Mike Pence prob-
ably would wind up casting the deciding vote for confirmation. Only two Democrats — Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, both facing difficult re-election races in states that Trump won in 2016 — were considered potential supporters of Kavanaugh’s nomination. But Heitkamp said Thursday afternoon that she would not vote for Kavanaugh. “Both sides horribly handled the process around this nomination,” she said in a statement. “We must learn from these mistakes.” Manchin has not announced his decision, and Democratic Senate sources said he is not expected to step forward as the deciding vote. That means Republicans probably need to find enough votes in their own ranks to get to 50. The completion of the FBI report led to a new round of partisan bickering. “This investigation found no hint of misconduct and the same is true of the six prior FBI background investigations conducted during Judge Kavanaugh’s 25 years of public service,” Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement. “The most notable part of this report is what’s not in it,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the
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Protesters hold up signs during a protest against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Oct. 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C. ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told reporters. “It looks to be a product of an incomplete investigation that was limited.” Trump said it would be impossible to appease Democrats. “This is now the 7th time the FBI has investigated Judge Kavanaugh,” he tweeted. “If we made it 100, it would still not be good enough for the Obstructionist Democrats.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said, “We didn’t learn anything new” from the FBI report. She told reporters that the White House was pleased with the way the FBI conducted its latest investigation, and dismissed
criticism that the FBI did not interview all the potential witnesses. “We allowed the FBI to do exactly what they do best,” she said. “We haven’t micromanaged this process. We accommodated all of the Senate’s requests. The president was very clear about that and allowed the FBI to make those decisions.” FBI background checks usually do not examine events before a nominee turns 18, which is when Ford alleges she was assaulted by Kavanaugh. She said that in the summer of 1982, when she was 15 and Kavanaugh was 17, he and a friend drunkenly pushed her into a room at a party and he climbed on top of her, covering her mouth when she tried to
shout for help. The FBI investigation appears to have been circumscribed from the beginning. White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah told CNN that the Republican-controlled Senate provided the FBI with only four names of people interview to start the investigation, far short of the two dozen suggested by Democrats. Ultimately 10 people were contacted, Shah said, and nine were interviewed. Neither Ford nor Kavanaugh, who both gave extensive testimony under oath to the Senate committee, was questioned, prompting complaints from Ford’s lawyers.
Republican enthusiasm surges amid Supreme Court battle TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON — They are getting outraised. They are struggling in suburbia. And their top guy is dividing America. But suddenly, five weeks from Election Day, Republicans are seeing tangible evidence of a spike in GOP enthusiasm that has eluded them all cycle. “It’s got to be Kavanaugh,” said Republican pollster Robert Blizzard, coming to the same conclusion as GOP operatives nationwide: The Democrats’ ef-
forts to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee are backfiring with Republicans who were previously apathetic about the midterms but are now angry _ and engaged. Conversations with pollsters, strategists and party officials reveal that Republican voters are circling the wagons around Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee who has been accused of sexual assault, allegations he strongly denies. And now, there are concrete signs that the drama over his confirmation, complete with emotional Sen-
ate hearings and an FBI supplemental investigation, is helping Republicans close an enthusiasm gap with Democrats, which has been one of the GOP’s biggest challenges of the last two years. “It’s the difference between victory and defeat in a close race,” said veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres, who said he’s seeing a bump in Republican enthusiasm. “They’re pretty upset about how Kavanaugh has been treated.” The National Republican Congressional Committee’s low-dollar donations over the past week are up 175 percent
compared with the same time period the previous month, NRCC communications director Matt Gorman said. He added that the average donation total is up 111 percent, and that the committee has raised 194 percent more overall in the last week, again compared to the same timeframe the month before — all signs of grassroots enthusiasm. “The Supreme Court fight has energized conservatives in an undeniable way,” Gorman said. “The Republican Party does three things: cut taxes, kill terrorists and confirm judges. When we
do those things, we energize our base and are also appealing to independent voters.” Indeed, the nomination fight over Kavanaugh appears to have jolted a wide range of Republican voters, including both women and men, Trump loyalists — who are now remembering that they voted for him in part because of the Supreme Court — and Republicans who don’t like the president. Chris Wilson, a GOP pollster working on several Senate races this cycle, said he’s seen an uptick in support for Republican
candidates running in Arizona, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas over the past week. And another GOP strategist said that in two polls since the confirmation hearings — one for a state Senate race, the other for a House race — they saw high single digit gains in support from Republican women, a key demographic that, in some cases, has been turned off by Trump.
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“The Democrats’ attacks on Kavanaugh have really energized and united Republicans in a way we haven’t seen in the past two years. ... To see them attacking Brett Kavanaugh’s character feels like an attack on conservatism,” said GOP strategist Alex Conant. He added, “Any race where Republicans were losing because of an enthusiasm gap is now a competitive race.” Of course, many of the fundamental challenges facing Republicans this cycle still exist. There is a recognition among party operatives that exciting GOP voters is not enough to change the course of a number of House races that were already drifting out of reach, especially at a time when Democrats are pulling in staggering fundraising hauls. Just as the Supreme Court fight is firing up conservatives, there’s also the risk that it alien-
ates some independents. And even if voters are engaged on the Supreme Court issue for the moment, there’s no guarantee that the subject will still resonate in the same way a month from now, especially if Kavanaugh is confirmed shortly and the issue fades from the spotlight — while no one doubts that Democrats are going to stay energized. “If he gets confirmed Saturday, you know how fast everything moves in a week or two — is this going to matter? I don’t know what the long-term impact is going to be,” Blizzard said. “Certainly, in the short term, what’s happened recently, we now have seen a big improvement for Republicans in terms of enthusiasm. It’s really important because we have had lethargic, complacent Republicans for most of the cycle.” Some public polling backs that up: A survey from NPR/ PBS NewsHour/Marist released Wednesday showed that in July, Democrats had a 10 percentage-point lead over Republicans
on the question of whether the midterms are “very important.” Now, the lead is down to two percentage points. “We’ve seen a real pick-up in Republican enthusiasm and interest,” Blizzard said. “It’s really been across the board: statewides, congressionals, all across the country. I do think there is a little bit of momentum here in terms of enthusiasm picking up for Republicans.” Rob Stutzman, a GOP strategist based in California, agrees that Republicans appear increasingly unified, but cautioned that the politics of the Kavanaugh saga are “really complicated and nuanced.” “I was beginning to think this was pretty well-baked, this election,” he said. “The Kavanaugh stuff, I think, turned a lot on its head ... some Republican strategists think you’ve got to get him confirmed, some argue if he’s not confirmed, another appointment (will be) up that will energize the base. “There’s no playbook for this type of environment.”
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Former Miss America candidate says she never let autism define her SHAWN O’BRATE THE COLLEGIAN
Alexis Wineman wasn’t on campus to promote pageantry. In fact, she isn’t even fond of pageants, heels and makeup in the first place. She was here to speak about living with and around autism. Wineman, Miss Montana 2012 and the “America’s Choice” winner of the 2013 Miss America pageant, spoke in the K-State Student Union Ballroom on Wednesday. In her speech “Autism Does Not Define Me,” Wineman spoke volumes about how people treat others with autism, how autistic people of all ages face hurdles at every stage of life and how everyone can better themselves by throwing away the old ideas about autism in the workplace and in the world. The Union Program Council put the event together with the help of the Student Access Center. Their goal was to bring someone who could “expand the definition of multiculturalism,” said Abby Sarvis, senior in modern languag-
es and hospitality management. “When you meet someone with autism, you have only met one person with autism,” Wineman said, before kicking off her heels and standing flat-footed at the microphone. “None of us are the same.” Wineman said she and her twin, Amanda, were born five weeks early. Amanda was seen as normal while Alexis couldn’t walk until she was two or talk until she was three. Her family, other students and teachers were stand-offish, insulting and rude to her after she was misdiagnosed with depression at a young age. Wineman sprinkled in joke after joke between harrowing stories of her childhood and teenage years to make it easier for the audience to understand her story. “Comedy makes people want to listen,” she said. And it did. Though her story included sadness and some tears, the ballroom was filled with laugh after laugh. Two weeks before the Miss Montana pageant in 2012, Alexis was applying for college scholar-
ships. Upon seeing how much her life after high school was going to cost, she decided to compete in the pageant. “I had never worn heels before in my life and the only makeup experience I ever had was the face paintings at homecoming games,” Wineman said. But she decided it was worth it to at least try, if not for the prize money then at least for the experience of stepping out of her comfort zone. With the encouragement of her parents and three siblings, she went on to win the 2012 Miss Montana pageant and become the first-ever woman on the autism spectrum to participate in the Miss America pageant. Wineman realized she could inform and help people with autism by becoming an advocate and traveling to educate others on autism. “We wanted to bring Alexis Wineman specifically so we can tell students that these people do exist on our campus and we should be aware of this community and how they affect us,” Sarvis said.
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Alexis Wineman speaks to K-State students onThursday about her story, and encourages them to reach and aim high. Wineman was the first Miss America contestant to be on the autism spectrum, and since then, she had dedicated herself to builing acceptance and awareness of autism.
From Seaton’s basement, professor uses aquaponics to teach sustainability OLIVIA BERGMEIER THE COLLEGIAN
Kansas State was built as a college of agriculture, but there is a smaller operation in the basement of Seaton Hall that can help communicate the work of producers to the consumers of the world, Stacy Hutchinson, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, said. Hutchinson said she uses a single-barrel aquaponics system to help students learn about its use in sustainable farming practices. The system produces vegetables and fish proteins in a circular system where the waste from the fish feeds the plants that then clean the water for the fishes’ habitat. “In an aquaponics system, you’re a little more sustainable, because you’re producing both the vegetables, the plant material as well as raising protein,” Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson said she oversees one barrel, but her system holds 250 gallons and it holds up to 200 pounds of fish once they’ve matured. “There’s not much water left at that point, it’s just like a solid fish mass,” Hutchinson said. An aquaponics system makes it easier to grow protein, unlike with traditional farming practices in beef and poultry, Hutchinson said. Where it takes a lot of resources to grow those two types of meat proteins in agriculture, an aquaponics system allows for the growth of the protein and the carbohydrates that utilize the same nutrient pool in a circular system, she said. The only input into the system is food for the fish to consume. “In a very small footprint, you can farm pretty high-quality protein as well as produce you’re vegetables,” Hutchinson said. Hutchinson spoke at length about an aquaponics group in Kansas City
called the Urban Farming Guys who have tackled a local food desert. “Jason’s family and the group that he works with went in and set up a lot of garden plots, but they also run a barrel aquaponics system like I’m running,” Hutchinson said.“It’s rejuvenating that area through [an aquaponic] food production.” “Crime has gone down, people are now wanting garden spots and he’s creating an entire economy off of the urban farming processes and aquaculture is part of it,” she said. It was not long ago when almost 80 percent of the American population was involved in food production and today there is less than one percent, Hutchinson said. She said efforts like the Urban Farming Guys and similar operations are where communication between the grower and the consumer are being revitalized. In what she referred to as the
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Kansas State professor of biological and agricultural engineering Stacy Hutchinson pulls dead stems and other plant material from her single-barrel aquaponics system. “farmer’s market movement,” people are moving toward more niche or smalltown operations that revolve around one-way consumerism and better education about food sourcing. “You’ve got groups of people now
that are producing food at scales that they’re probably not making a full living off of, but they’re connecting back in a way and producing sustainable, high-quality food product that can be sold locally,” Hutchinson said.
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Alumni Association hosts panel on diversity and social capital JULIE FREIJAT
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Jessica Elmore, associate director of diversity programs for the K-State Alumni Association, moderated a panel of alumni on Thursday. The panel, “Alumni Voices — Living in Two Worlds: Assumptions and Social Capital” featured five alumni of various racial and ethnic backgrounds who are part of Kansas State’s Alumni Association Multicultural Alumni Council. The panel was held as an event to promote learning and inclusivity in conjunction with the K-State Book Network Common Read, “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. The novel follows Starr, a teenage girl who witness the shooting of her best friend at the hands of a police officer. Members of the panel discussed assimilation, assumptions and social capital. “A majority of my life has been about making other people comfortable,” AbdulRasak Yahaya, a 2008 K-State graduate, said. Yahaya spoke about his experience of feeling the need to assimilate into a community. “My name, AbdulRasak
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Yahaya, is an Islamic name — I am from Nigeria,” he said. “But in different circles and spaces I get different reactions — even in the African American community. Putting your whole name on your resume and [not knowing] if your resume would even get past the door because of the background [of your name]. After 9/11, it was very challenging for me, having an Islamic name and not being Islamic.” Each of the panel members expressed their own experience with certain themes that are discussed in The Hate U Give. Kelly Jones, a 2003 graduate, talked about her decision to resist assimilating. “For me, this would be around making the decision to wear my natural hair,” Jones said. “It was a personal, outside of work decision, however, I guess I never really thought of the impact it would have on a professional setting.” The members each reflected on how their background and race shaped their interactions. Mako Miller, a 2004 graduate, spoke about how she feels other perceive her. “I’m biracial — I’m half black and half Japanese.” Miller said. “My name is
Mako, which is Japanese, so my mother named me. I think a lot of times, when I’m speaking or doing a presentation, I introduce myself and immediately people will just start wondering, ‘Where is she from?’ With my name and the way I look, it’s kind of ambiguous and I just see the wheels start turning.” In “The Hate U Give,” the protagonist deals with trying to avoid assumptions from other people. The members discussed their experiences with assumptions in their everyday lives. “There’s an assumption in the book but it kind of gets crossed out, the ‘Asians eat cats and dogs’ assumption,” Jackie Huymh, a 2018 graduate, said. “That is not true. Not at all, but when I was younger in elementary school, students would come up to me and say, ‘Does your family eat dogs?’” Much of the conversation centered around how race and circumstances can affect the social capital a person retains. Social capital can be thought of as the tools, advantages and networkings a person has in their community. Edgar Ramirez, a 2004 graduate, discussed times when he felt he had a low social capital.
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AbdulRasak Yahaya sits in the middle and watches as Jessica Elmore, associate director of diversity programs at the Alumni Center, sets up for the special KSBN roundtable lecture. “Mine was a low social capital.” he said. “I moved here from Mexico when I was in fourth grade and learning the language was a difficult task ... I didn’t really fit in.” Other events will be held this semester in conjunction with the KSBN common read, and author Angie Thomas will be speaking on campus on Feb. 15. More information about KSBN events can be found on their website, www.k-state.edu/ ksbn/events.
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Now in their 32nd year, Mid-America Piano has become a national piano powerhouse ABBY LACY
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Mid-America Piano was opened in August 1986 by Dan and Diane Murphy. The owners are proud to share that their central location has allowed them to place pianos all over the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico and even Africa.
IIn August 1986, Dan Murphy rounded up a couple of used pianos, fixed them up, found buyers and went from there. Now, 32 years later, he is still the proud owner of Mid-America Piano. “We’re one of the biggest piano dealers in the Midwest,” Murphy said Mid-America Piano is not your average piano business. While they do sell new pia-
nos, they have become known around the country for selling used pianos in great condition at affordable prices. “We deliver them nationwide, we deliver more piano value for the investment and that’s the reason why we have people calling from New York and California to get their piano from Kansas,” said R.W. Stec, piano consultant. Murphy’s business has sold pianos to 48 states along with Canada and Mexico. Getting Mid-America Piano to the level of success it is at now was not an easy feat,
however. One of the most challenging aspects of running a piano business that also sells used pianos is keeping the prices affordable while providing a wide range of brands. Most other piano dealers can call piano manufacturers and order the exact amount of each type of piano. This isn’t always the case when the goal is to keep prices more affordable for customers, Murphy said.
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Above all, Murphy said what’s most important to him is making sure all his customers are happy. “If we don’t have happy customers, I’m not happy,” he said. Murphy said he asks questions about their likes and dislikes to lead them to a piano that is perfect for them. The tone, touch, brand, color, size and price are just a few aspects that can be taken into consideration when choosing a piano. Murphy said he encourages customers to visit Mid-America Piano so they are able to try out
various pianos. “To get people to Manhattan, you’ve got to build up the area and tell them why it’s exciting,” he said. “We want to make it a fun time for people to come visit us.” From delivery trips to painting pianos bright colors, Murphy said he enjoys having fun in whatever he does at Mid-America Piano. “We have painted K-State purple on a piano,” Murphy said. “I still have a mark on the wall of my shop where we painted the piano, so we have an outline of a grand piano lid on our wall”. Delivery trips have provided Murphy the opportunity to meet people all over the county, to visit nearly every beach in the country,
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K-State travels to Waco for Baylor matchup after loss to Texas CODY FRIESEN
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Coming off of a tough 1914 loss to Texas last week, the Wildcats will head deep into the heart of Texas on Saturday to take on the Baylor Bears. But as the Wildcats try to salvage what’s been a rough start to the season, head coach Bill Snyder has been silent on K-State’s quarterback situation, even as sophomore quarterback Skylar Thompson has seemed to be the team’s obvious first choice for Saturday’s start. The legendary coach even snapped at reporters Tuesday who probed Snyder on the starter position, telling them “write whatever the hell [they] want to write.” After the Wildcat offense, led by junior quarterback Alex Delton, was shut out in the first half of last Saturday’s game, Thompson took over at quarterback for the second half, and the Wildcats rallied to hold the Longhorns scoreless in the second half before falling five points shy of a comeback. K-State will head to Baylor this Saturday with a record of 2-3 on the year and 0-2 in conference play. Baylor faced conference favorite Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday and lost 66-33.The Bears defense could not contain Oklahoma’s Heisman hopeful Kyler Murray who was credited with seven touchdowns. Baylor is 3-2 on the season and 1-1 in the Big 12. Baylor is a three-and-ahalf point favorite over K-State this weekend.
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K-State fans might still have some bad memories with the Wildcats’ upcoming trip to Waco. In 2012 the No. 1 ranked, undefeated Wildcats faced a four-win Baylor team.
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Junior wide receiver Isaiah Zuber expresses a confused and playful look as he waits for the next play during the game against Texas in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sept. 29, 2018. The Wildcats fell to the Longhorns 19-14. The Bears shocked the nation and crushed the Wildcats 52-24. K-State holds a 9-6 all-time series record over the Bears, but the Wildcats have not won consecutive games in Waco since 1998 and 2002. A win on Saturday would push the Wildcats above .500 in Waco, the current record is 4-4. In 2017, the Wildcats defeated the Bears 33-20 in Man-
hattan in the first Big 12 game of the season.
QUARTERBACKS BY THE NUMBERS
The quarterback controversy has been a trend throughout the first five weeks of the 2018-19 season and it just might have hit its peak this week. In Snyder’s weekly press conference this week, he made it clear that both quarterbacks
will play on Saturday, but also that he is done answering questions on the subject. Neither quarterbacks were available to the media after the game against Texas or in the press conference on Tuesday. Going into Saturday, Skylar Thompson has accounted for six touchdowns this season (4 passing, 2 rushing) with 601 passing yards and one interception and 175 rushing yards.
Thompson has played in all five games and has been the starter in the opening four games. Alex Delton has thrown for 273 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions this season. He rushed for 143 yards and zero touchdowns through five games this season.
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ty Eli Walker is coming off an 11-tackle game against Texas, the most by a Wildcat in a single game this season. Junior linebacker Da’Quan Patton leads the team in tackles (30) and is 18th in the Big 12 and had eight tackles in the matchup against Texas.
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Know Your Opponent: Baylor NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
The 3-2 Baylor Bears are set to host the Kansas State football team at McClane Stadium in Waco, Texas, Saturday afternoon. Head coach Matt Rhule is in his second season at Baylor after a sexual assault scandal caused the university to clean house. His offensive coordinator, Glenn Thomas, and his defensive coordinator, Phil Snow, followed him to Waco after a 10-4 season at Temple. Thomas and Rhule’s offense is a fairly baCooper Kinley COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
sic and balanced spread attack headed by sophomore quarterback Charlie Brewer. Brewer is a solid quarterback and he can deliver the ball where it needs to be for his receivers to make plays, but the scary part about him is that he is a sneaky good runner. Brewer is the kind of quarterback where it looks as if the defense has him bottled up, but he is mobile, deceptively quick and can make plays on the ground. He is Baylor’s third-best rusher, averaging 21.2 rushing yards per game. The Bears are still stacked at receivers with junior Denzel Mims returning and former Tennessee running back senior Jalen Hurd making the switch to Baylor receiver.
The Baylor football teams lines up before the game against K-State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on September 30, 2017.
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It’s a new Sunflower Showdown as K-State soccer hosts Kansas NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State soccer team is gearing up for its second-ever matchup with in-state rival Kansas on Friday night in Manhattan. This will be the Jayhawks’ first-ever trip to Manhattan for a women’s soccer game and only the second-ever Sunflower Showdown in women’s soccer. K-State upset the Jayhawks last season in Lawrence, 1-0, on a goal by then-freshman forward Hannah Davis. That was K-State’s last win of their inaugural Big 12 season and also the last time K-State beat a Big 12 team. K-State, who started 4-3-2, is on a three-match losing streak, including losses at home to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and a road loss to West Virginia. K-State’s last win came in the form of a 3-0 rout of the University of Tulsa on Sept. 16. The Wildcats now sit at 4-6-2. Kansas, at 8-2-2, is currently in the receiving-votes portion of the United Soccer Coaches poll and ranked 26 in the NCAA’s RPI rankings. They are 2-1 in Big 12 play, their sole loss coming against Oklahoma State. The Wildcats are at 115 in that same RPI poll. K-State will need to be wary of Jayhawk junior forward Katie McClure, who has scored
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six goals on 15 shots on goal. Junior forward Taylor Christie has been dangerous off the bench for KU, putting in three goals despite not making a single start and tallying only 412 minutes played. The Wildcats do not have any single goal scorer who is that prolific, but the scoring this season has been a team effort. Their top scorers are junior forward Katie Cramer and sophomore midfielder Brookelynn Entz, who both have two goals. Eight other Wildcats have scored one goal this season. In the goal for the Jayhawks will be freshman goalkeeper Sarah Peters, who has made the save on 69.7 percent of shots on goal and has only allowed 10 goals all season. Her goals against average (GAA) — goals allowed, times 90 minutes, divided by number of minutes played — is an excellent .78. K-State’s goalkeeper will likely be sophomore Emma Malsy, although freshman Olivia Elofsson played the last 20 minutes in the 4-0 loss to West Virginia last week. Malsy has allowed 13 goals this season, despite saving 81.9 percent of shots on goal. Her GAA is 1.6. The match is set to kick off at 7 p.m. on Friday in the K-State Soccer Complex. It will be streamed live on ESPN3 and can be listened to on 101.5 KROCK.
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Senior Megan Kalkofen watches the ball closely as she shifts to prepare for the next play at the home game against Oklahoma on Sunday. Oklahoma beat K-State 1-0.
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Mims averages 89.8 yards per game and Hurd is right behind him with 83 yards per game. Schematically, they like quick wide receiver screens and run plays to set up deep balls. Baylor’s receiving corps torched Kansas on a lot of deep passes into the end zone. K-State fans can expect plenty of that as well. K-State’s secondary is undersized this year and it will really show this week against the 6-foot3 Mims and the 6-foot-4 Hurd. In fact, only one Baylor receiver on their two-deep roster is shorter than 6 feet: 5-foot-11 speedster Chris Platt. Backup quarterback Jalan McClendon has also appeared in every game this season and will likely play in this game as well. Brewer could have a very nice day against K-State’s defense unless K-State can come up with some uncharacteristic pressure and force Brewer to check down or run the ball. On defense, Baylor runs a standard 4-3, but will shift to a
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three-man front in obvious passing downs. They have a preseason Nagurski Trophy watch-list honoree in the center of that defense in senior tackle Ira Lewis. Despite that talent, Baylor’s defense ranks dead last in the conference in points per game and eighth in yards per game. They have the worst second-worst rush defense in the conference and last in turnovers. K-State should absolutely start sophomore quarterback Skylar Thompson, although head coach Bill Snyder has been stubborn about allowing Thompson to start, favoring junior quarterback Alex Delton. Key matchups
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Thompson versus Delton: K-State’s quarterback battle should have ended a long time ago, but it has not mostly because of Snyder’s reluctance to let it end. K-State can do two things with Delton on the field: quarterback option runs and straight up runs with the running back. This has led to defenses filling up the first five yards with defenders “stacking the box” and flowing
to stop the run. Thompson, on the other hand, forces defenses to be honest. He can make all the option reads that Delton can as well and the quarterback run game does not suffer that much as well as throwing the ball and handing it off the K-State’s running backs. The only reason Delton should be on the field is if K-State is up three or more scores in the fourth quarter. K-State OL versus Baylor front seven: K-State’s offensive line was supposed to be great this season, but outside of senior guard Dalton Risner, they have been between average and bad. K-State’s offensive line has a chance to buck that trend this week. Baylor has not been able to stop the run this season and that falls mostly on the talent on their front end. Watching film of their games against Kansas and Duke, no one really stood out to me on the defensive line. K-State could exploit this weakness with their talented stable of running backs. K-State wins, 27-24.
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K-State baseball hosts first exhibition game ADAM MEYER
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The Wildcats showcased their bats in their first exhibition match of the season Thursday night against Cowley College in a 6-6 tie at Tointon Family Stadium. Freshman catcher Mason Crews and senior infielder Rainer Ausmus led the way for the Wildcat offense. To get the Wildcats started, Ausmus hit a two-RBI double in the second inning and Crews hit a threerun home run in the eighth inning to give the Wildcats a 6-5 lead.
Junior outfielder Will Brennan also had a notable performance both on the mound and in the batter’s box. He began the game as the starting pitcher and struck out two Cowley batters. He also drove in a run on an RBI single in the eighth inning. Brennan was the only Wildcats to have collected a multi-hit game, as he went 2-4 and stole a base. Kansas State got quality results from the bullpen, as three relief pitchers – Jaxon Passino, Eric Torres, and Gavin Hinchliffe – pitched a perfect inning. K-State put 10 pitchers on the mound, gave up just one hit after the seventh inning and re-
corded a total of 11 strikeouts. “I thought we threw enough strikes, but I think we’ve got to throw more,” said firstyear head coach Pete Hughes to K-State Sports. “We’ve got to clean some things but overall, I thought our approach was very good. Got to see some young guys do some things and it’s fun getting to play against a different uniform. I wanted us to compete and play fast and play clean defense and we achieved all those things.” Cowley got a 5-2 lead behind a three-run seventh inning before K-State’s big eighth inning. Then Cowley was able to get a run in the top of the 13th
inning to tie the game up 6-6. Hughes said he thought his first K-State baseball game as head coach went well. “I am happy with today,” Hughes said to K-State Sports. “We played error-free baseball for nine innings, that’s a big improvement from where we were on the first day of the fall. So, if we can keep doing that, we’ll put ourselves in a position to have success.” The next game on the schedule for the Wildcats is their second exhibition game against Hutchinson Community College on Friday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m at Tointon Family Stadium.
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OP-ED: America should be ruled by law, not passions GAME This opinion-editorial was written by Joshua Willis, sophomore in political science. If you would like to write an op-ed with the Collegian, send us an email at opinion@kstatecollegian.com to get started. The Brett Kavanaugh hearings have demonstrated the willingness of many Americans to throw the rule of law out the window and replace it with mob rule. Sadly many Americans forget the bedrock principle of American jurisprudence, the “presumption of innocence.” President and founding father John Adams believed in the presumption of innocence. We would do well to heed his philosophy of justice today: “Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictums of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” When Adams said these words he was in the midst of defending captain Thomas Preston and the seven other British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. On March 5, 1770, a crowd of hundreds pelted eight british sentries with stones, ice balls and other objects.
In the chaos the soldiers opened fire killing five men. Boston residents were outraged and wanted the soldiers put to death. John Adams was the only lawyer who would take their case. Adams decided to defend these men because he believed they were innocent and entitled to a fair trial despite the feelings of the public. He realized he could lose his reputation and feared for his family’s safety, but he decided to defend the soldiers anyway. He believed in the importance of due process for everyone. Convictions should happen only if there is probable cause that the crime was committed, not if the passions of a particular group call for a guilty verdict. Of the eight soldiers on trial, six were acquitted and two were charged with manslaughter. None were convicted of murder. The controversy surrounding the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrates how we as a society have embraced mob rule, instead of the principles of American jurisprudence. The allegations of sexual
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Junior wide receiver Isaiah Zuber leads all K-State wide receivers in yards (389) and touchdowns (3). Baylor: Sophomore quarterback Charlie Brewer has thrown for 1,262 yards, eight touchdowns, and one interception through five games this season. Last week against Oklahoma, Brewer threw for 400 yards and two touchdowns. Wide receivers Jalen Hurd and Denzel Mims each had over 100 receiving yards in the game against Oklahoma. Through five games, Hurd leads the Bears in receiving yards (415) and has five touchdowns on the year. It will be crucial for the Wildcats to stop junior running back JaMycal Hasty both on the ground and as a receiver on Saturday. Hasty has 225 rushing yards and three touchdowns this season but also has 16 receptions for 122 yards and a touchdown. The Wildcats and the Bears will face off at 2:30 p.m. on FS1.
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Thicc-er treat: 1,176-pound pumpkin on display in Manhattan DEREK SIMMONS THE COLLEGIAN
It can be called a great pumpkin, a grand gourd or a giant jack-o-lantern. All of these names could work, but the one name it can definitely claim is that of Kansas’s largest pumpkin. On display just inside the front entrance of the Flint Hills Discovery Center for the past week, the 1,176-pound behemoth of a pumpkin sits larger than life for anyone who wishes to see it. This pumpkin was offered as a free attraction to the Flint Hill Discovery Center by the grower himself, Jacob Marintzer, who is also a network and technology administrator for the K-State Alumni Association. Marintzer’s pumpkin is the
product of a competitive man who grew up with a dad who farmed and a mom who gardened. “I just thought it was frickin’ cool because they’d just grow so fast you could literally watch them grow,” Marintzer said. “So that kind of drew me to it.” While the pumpkin has earned Marintzer the bragging rights for having grown the largest pumpkin in Kansas, he is no newbie when it comes to grand gourds. Marintzer also broke the record for growing the largest pumpkin in Kansas in 2016 by growing a 938-pound pumpkin. While Marintzer has found plenty of success in the area of pumpkin-growing, he has also found that doing so in Kansas has not been a very easy task due to the state’s recent hot and
humid weather. This lead him to build a greenhouse in which he could continue to grow his pumpkins. Marintzer said while the process of getting the soil ready for planting giant pumpkins begins as soon as the previous pumpkin has been removed, the process of growing a particular seed begins in early April. In the world of growing record-breaking pumpkins, not just any seed will do.
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Kansas’s largest pumpkin has been display at the Flint Hills Discovery Center for the past week.
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