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Kansas State plays the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 7, 2017. The Wildcats lost the game, 40-34.
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Jewish religious symbol destroyed on campus, vandalism suspected
“What was introduced as an opportunity to support religious diversity within our family has been directly threatened and attacked.” Glen Buickerood
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A Jewish religious symbol located on the lawn behind Goodnow Hall and near Kramer Dining Center was destroyed Friday night. The suspected vandalism is believed to be an act of anti-Semitism. The symbol, a tent-like structure known as a Sukkah, was a collaboration between Kansas State’s Housing and Dining Services and Hillel, a campus Jewish student organization. The Sukkah was intended to be a temporary gathering place for Jewish students and community members to eat their meals during the holy week of Sukkot. The structure was large and made of heavy metal poles attached to stakes in the ground. Between 9:45 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday, the Sukkah was moved and damaged. Glen Buickerood, graduate stu-
dent in counseling and liaison between Housing and Dining and KSU Hillel, was among the first to notice the suspected vandalism. “When I walked past the Sukkah to my car, I noticed something horrible,” Buickerood said in an email to campus leaders. “The Sukkah was gone. The chairs and tables stood where the Sukkah had been. The stakes were still in the ground. Stakes that had been tied to the Sukkah had been pulled out.” In a phone conversation, Buickerood deferred questions to the K-State Division of Communications and Marketing, which was closed Sunday afternoon. The Sukkah was found wrapped around Buickerood’s car approximately 40 yards away, causing damage to the vehicle and leaving the metal poles of the Sukkah bent. A storm hit the area around the same time on Friday night, though
Buickerood said he doubts the winds were strong enough to rip the stakes from the ground, move the structure 40 yards and wrap the Sukkah around his car. “I believe a group of individuals recognized that the Sukkah was affiliated with Judaism and the Sukkot holiday,” Buickerood said in the email. “This was a direct response to what the Sukkah stands for and represents. “ The K-State Police Department responded within minutes, Buickerood said in the email, and an investigation for property damage is underway. In a phone call Sunday afternoon, K-State Police referred all questions on the incident to the Division of Communications and Marketing.
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Administrators makes plans to prevent future decreases in enrollment KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
On Sept. 29, the Kansas State Office of the Registrar announced that the university saw a drop in enrollment of more than 4 percent this semester compared to fall 2016. Most departments at K-State reported decreases in enrollment, and the overall decrease was around 1,000 students. Pat Bosco, vice president of student life and dean of students, said he believes there are several factors that could be causing the decline in enrollment. ”Fewer students are going on to any kind of post-secondary experience in our state,” Bosco said. “The pool is substantially reduced.” Part of this is a result of increases in tuition costs. Rising tuition is causing students with good grades to drop out of classes, Bosco said. Internation-
al student numbers are dropping concurrently with domestic students. “The international student market has changed dramatically,” Bosco said. “Some of it is the economy, and some of it is the climate in America right now.” Heather Reed, assistant vice president of student life and senior associate dean and director of student life, said the effect that the drop in enrollment will have on the university is unknown. “We haven’t heard what dollar amount will be called back from our budgets yet,” Reed said. “Those decisions have not been made. I imagine we will hear more within a month.” Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration and finance, said her main concern is in the potential for more enrollment decline. “The enrollment decline should have a minimal impact
to students this year, but if the lower enrollment persists then there will be less revenue available, so vacant faculty positions may not be filled,” Bontrager said. “That results in larger class sizes or fewer sections offered, along with an impact to services provided for students.” Bosco said there are already plans in action to counteract the drop in fall enrollment and prevent similar declines in the future. “The way the university operates is that it projects out income and then goes ahead and anticipates what our revenue is going to be, and we make promises based on those projections,” Bosco said. “We have a very aggressive plan to continue to respond to all kinds of objectives for us to increase our enrollment.” In the meantime, Bontrager said she is confident there is a solution to solve the fiscal issues that may arise from lower enrollment figures.
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“We have a pretty good estimate of tuition revenue that will be collected from the fall courses that is less than what was built in the budget,” Bontrager said. “We will do our best to estimate the tuition revenue decline and share it with our unit heads, deans and vice presidents later this month so they can begin planning how to cover the tuition shortfall for this year.” It has not been decided how the revenue shortfall will be distributed, but Bontrager said it will likely be applied “across the board” for this year. Administration is also working on a budget model to redistribute general use funds. Overall, Bosco said he was not very concerned with the decrease in university enrollment numbers. “We still have the highest freshman-to-sophomore retention rate in the state, second highest in school history,” Bosco said. “The key is that we have an incredible brand. There’s
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Soccer beats KU 1-0 in first conference win of the season
Football comes up short in double overtime loss to Texas
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The Kansas State soccer team had a historic night on Friday as the team scored its first Big 12 conference win over its in-state rival, the University of Kansas. The Wildcats won 1-0 and have an overall record of 6-6-1 for the season. Head coach Mike Dibbini said he could not have been more proud of his team. “It is an unbelievable feeling to get that first Big 12 win,” Dibbini said to K-State Sports. “These girls played extremely hard tonight and they deserve every bit of it right now. We stuck to the game plan, and made an adjustment at half. These girls have been unreal. They are very coachable, and it just feels even better to get the first win in the Sunflower Showdown.” Neither team scored in the first half, but it did not take long for the Wildcats to take the lead in the second half. In the 47th minute, freshman forward Hannah Davis scored off an assist from sophomore forward Katie Cramer. On the defensive side, senior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin had nine saves for the night, six of which came in the second half and late in the game. Larkin gave credit to the jeering KU fans for her standout effort.
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Freshman midfielder Maddie Souder chases the ball during the game against West Virginiain in the K-State Soccer Stadium on Sept. 29, 2017. “Their fans really helped me out and pumped me up,” Larkin said to K-State Sports. “I do really well under pressure and when people are yelling at me and trying to get under my skin, I really play better. I was ready to get the shutout and get our first Big 12 win. We got that goal and I wasn’t going to give up that goal.” The game also set a record for attendance for a Divi-
sion 1 soccer game in the state of Kansas. The 2,514 fans in attendance broke the record previously set by K-State during its home opener last season. The Wildcat soccer team will have its next game on Oct. 13 at home against the Baylor Bears. The match will kick off at 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3 or heard on 101.5 KROCK.
The Kansas State Wildcats were defeated by the University of Texas Longhorns 40-34 on Saturday night in double overtime. The Wildcat football team is now 3-2 this season. It was the battle of the backups in Austin, Texas, after Texas’ sophomore quarterback Shane Buechele was removed from the starting lineup and K-State’s senior quarterback Jesse Ertz went down with an apparent knee injury in the third quarter. This was the first overtime game for K-State since 2015, and Texas’ second overtime contest of the season. Texas lost in double overtime to the University of Southern California in the third week of the season. Junior cornerback D.J. Reed intercepted Texas freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger on the first play of the game. K-State seemed out of it when Ertz tripped and then left the game in the third quarter, but sophomore backup quarterback Alex Delton came in and had successful runs, gaining 79 yards and scoring two touchdowns. As the game continued, Delton was less effective in the run game. Sophomore wide receiver Dalton Schoen caught two touchdowns for 128 yards, including an 82-yard catch-andrun for a touchdown in the second quarter. He led the Wildcats
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Kansas State plays the University of Texas in Austin, Texas on Oct. 7, 2017. The Wildcats lost the game 40-34. in receiving yards and touchdowns. Texas’ junior kicker Joshua Rowland pushed a late field goal to the left that would have tied the game at 27. K-State went three-and-out on the next possession. Texas then made a game-tying field goal thanks to Rowland. Ertz returned to the game in the fourth quarter. He threw a long interception with 32 seconds left. Ertz completed 12 of 18 passes for 224 yards and a long touchdown. The Longhorns then drove down for a field goal attempt. Rowland missed it from 45 yards out with two seconds left. But it would be a miss by K-State’s senior kicker Matthew McCrane that would decide the game for K-State in the second overtime.
Texas scored a touchdown on the very first play of overtime on a 25-yard touchdown pass. Delton responded with a touchdown run from eight yards out. In the second overtime, a series of penalties doomed K-State to attempting a 53-yard field goal. McCrane knocked the kick into the upright. Texas junior running back Chris Warren III was pushed into the end zone from two yards out to end it. For Texas, Ehlinger went 30 of 50 in passes for 380 yards and two touchdowns. He also led the team in rushing for 107 yards on 20 carries. His favorite target was freshman wide receiver Reggie Hemphill-Mapps, who had 12 catches for 121 yards. The Wildcats will return to Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 14 to face Texas Christian University at 11 a.m.
K-State rowing team places first at Head of Oklahoma Regatta JULIA JORNS
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The Kansas State rowing team competed at its first competition of the season at the Head of the Oklahoma regatta in Oklahoma City on Saturday. The Wildcats placed first in two events, the women’s novice 4+ and the women’s novice
8+ regattas. Three boats also placed in the women’s varsity 8+ event: one placed sixth with a time of 14:13.74, one placed eighth at 14:24.50 and one placed tenth at 14:41.88. In the women’s novice 4+ event, freshman coxswain Victoria Iacovetti and rowers sophomore Abbey Hebbert, sophomore Caroline Geither, freshman Jazzmyn Pekarek and
freshman Taylor Hartman finished first overall with a time of 16:55.47. “It’s always nice to see the novices win,” head coach Patrick Sweeney said to K-State Sports. “The novice races can be a bit unpredictable, but they did a good job and they did what we would have liked for them to have done.” In the women’s novice 8+,
the boat coxed by lacovetti and rowed by sophomores Leah Gaines, Aubrey Gilchrist, Hebbert, Skylar Gottschalk, Macy Flory and Geither and freshmen Pekarek and Hartman finished the race 20 seconds faster than the next boat with a time of 15:42.29. The University of Oklahoma finished second in this race with a time of 16:04.57 while the University of Central
Oklahoma finished third with a time of 16:49.30. “I think we’re in good shape,” Sweeney said to K-State Sports. “I would have liked for them to be a little sharper, a little more aggressive. If they can hold it together like they did this week and add that aggressiveness, we’ll be in good shape.” K-State placed ninth overall in the women’s varsity 4+
with a time of 15:58.54. The second 4+ boat for the Wildcats finished 11th with a time of 16:09.15 and the third boat with a time of 16:18.35 came in 13th. The second and last full rowing meet before the spring season starts will be on Oct. 22. The Wildcat rowing team will compete in the Jayhawk Jamboree in Lawrence.
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NASHVILLE AT CHICAGO
In the first round of the 2016-17 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Nashville Predators swept the Chicago Black-
hawks in a 4-0 series win to move on. Chicago will be looking to redeem themselves on Saturday as it hosts the Predators in an attempt at redemption. Nashville is off to a slow start for the season, losing both of its first games to the Boston Bruins and being shut
out in Pittsburgh against the Penguins. The game will take place Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
ARIZONA AT LAS VEGAS
The first regular season hockey game in Las Vegas will be on Tuesday, when the
Golden Knights will host the Arizona Coyotes. The Golden Knights have started the season 2-0 with two very close games that ended in 2-1 victories by riding on the success of goalie Mark Andre-Fleury, who made 44 saves in the season opener and 27 in the next
game. James Neal has also been a big help to Las Vegas, scoring three of their four goals. Arizona will be looking for its first win of the season and a taste of revenge after it lost its home opener to the Golden Knights. The game will take place
Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.
PITTSBURGH AT WASHINGTON
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In 20th year, Staley School remains committed to leadership ideals HAILEY MCCLELLAN THE COLLEGIAN
After getting its start as an idea from two people sitting on the floor of Holton Hall, the Staley School of Leadership Studies is commemorating 20 years of teaching students about real-world applications of leadership and diversity. The first ideas for the leadership studies program came from Bob Shoop, former director of the Cargill Center for Ethical Leadership, and Susan Scott, first director of the Staley School of Leadership Studies, to prepare students for dealing with ethical questions and diversity in the workplace. Tamara Bauer, leadership studies instructor, said Shoop and Scott started collaborating on the floors of Holton Hall to bring about the program that exists today. “Leadership isn’t something that is stagnant and that you become an expert on,” Bauer said. “It’s more about, ‘How do we meet the needs of the world to-
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The Leadership Studies building on Kansas State campus in Manhattan, Kan. day and what type of leadership is needed?’ To me, that’s what our 20 years represents.” The leadership program has grown since then to include its own building and faculty. The building is named after two K-State alumni
who were major donors to its construction, Mary Lynn and Warren Staley. “Growth and on-campus presence has changed,” said Kaitlin Long, program coordinator and leadership studies instructor.
“We believe that anyone can exercise leadership at any time. We all have an opportunity to create change.” The leadership studies program has its own minor with different focuses, such as non-profits,
civic leadership, global citizenship and theories of leadership. “We try to bring those difficult conversations into the classroom to think about how we can actually make progress on this,” Bauer said. Lauren Mertz, senior in mass communications, said the instructors and students discuss weekly topics in the classroom and then break up into smaller groups to discuss how the topic is applicable to their own lives. “My favorite thing is getting to work with the faculty at leadership studies and being treated as an equal,” Mertz said. “We actually contribute as students. I feel like I am doing real work that matters for the school and university ... I love seeing the impact we have.” In leadership studies, students focus on relationships. Classes are structured differently from a traditional professor-led classroom, making the students’ voices important. The School of Leadership Studies invites student voices in as often as possible, “creating a democratic process where they invite
all voices to the table,” Bauer said. “If we aren’t modeling what we are teaching, then we are teaching something else,” Bauer said. “Leadership at its core is about relationships, we do our best to practice that with our students.” Long said that the leadership studies program gets many requests from community organizations for volunteers, partnerships and for event awareness. “I think that speaks to the idea of that campus-community connection,” Long said. The leadership studies faculty and students are excited for the program’s 20th anniversary and what the future will bring. “I hope it’s a hub of creativity and innovation, a place where people feel really welcome and safe,” Mertz said. “I hope it acts as a vehicle for people to fall in love with K-State the way I did, and find self confidence.” The leadership program started out with 14 students in the graduating class of 1997. That number has since grown to over 2,000 students in the past 20 years, Bauer said.
Global Campus sees increases in enrollment, scholarships offered JONATHAN COLEMAN THE COLLEGIAN
While enrollment numbers have declined throughout most of Kansas State, scholarship and enrollment numbers at the Global Campus are seeing a general increase. K-State’s Global Campus handles online degree programs, also referred to as “distance education.” The fall 2017 semester saw a 4.14 percent drop in enrollment from the fall 2016 semester, making it a nearly 1,000 student deficit and the biggest drop in 30 years, as previously reported by the Collegian. Although numbers continue to drop for the rest of campus, the Global Campus seems unaffected. “We have steadily increased since 1996,” said Melinda Sinn, alumni and external relations coordinator at the Global Campus. Over 12,000 students en-
rolled in online courses for fall 2017, with 4,800 being online-only students. Currently, the Global Campus graduates between 500 and 550 students each year via online degree programs and facilitates education to students in all 50 states and 44 countries. The Global Campus also presented $53,600 in the form of scholarships to more than 50 distance education students for the fall 2017 semester, Sinn said. This marks a dramatic increase from the $15,900 awarded to 15 students in 2013. Contributing factors include efforts made by Sue Maes, former dean of the Global Campus, to boost the funds available for distance education scholarships. Maes retired in September. These efforts include partnerships with community foundations to provide funds. Maes and her husband established an endowed scholarship. Sinn also established
an endowed scholarship in honor of her mother, who passed away in 2013. “K-State considers themselves to have four campuses,” Sinn said. This conglomerate includes the Manhattan, Olathe, Salina and Global campuses. While the physical campuses handle on-site, accredited education, the Global Campus oversees online degree programs in addition to non-credit conferences and workshops for professional development. “The main purpose of the Global Campus is to serve working adults,” Sinn said. Rebecca Dale, academic advisor for the Global Campus, said the Global Campus works to accommodate non-traditional students. “Whatever additional education they need to better themselves, we have that covered,” Dale
said.
Amy O’Grady, senior in food science and industry and recipient of the College of Agriculture’s scholarship for distance education, is one of the non-traditional students served by the Global Campus. “I work full time, I have three kids, so online [education] is pretty much the only way I would’ve been able to achieve a degree at this point in my life,” O’Grady said. O’Grady is a certified dietary manager at a small hospital in Wathena, Kansas. Her distance education scholarship allows her to study food science at the Global Campus. “My experience has been terrific,” O’Grady said. “The classes online make it achievable for a non-traditional student. I still feel like I have a K-State experience, even though I’m not on campus.” The K-State Global Cam-
pus was established in 1966, and has been offering online courses since 1996. The Global Campus celebrated its 50th anniversary this past year.
The Global Campus is currently searching for a new dean following Maes’ September retirement. Duane Dunn is the interim dean.
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Letter to the editor: Don't further regulate the Second Amendment In her recent opinion, “Now is the time to regulate the Second Amendment,” Kaylie McLaughlin responded to the recent tragedy in Las Vegas. She has “issues with the idea that we should have unrestricted access to guns,” and “with the modern interpretation of the Second Amendment.” The first argument she makes is that the Second Amendment is outdated, claiming that “weapons in 1776 were archaic compared to the rifles on the civilian market today.” Of course, the Bill of Rights was not written until 13 years after 1776 and was ultimately ratified in December 1791. That discrepancy notwithstanding, McLaughlin is not incorrect. However, she overlooks a few key points. Firstly, weapons capable of firing multiple rounds without re-
loading had been in development and use for centuries by the time the Second Amendment was ratified. For example, by 1650, the Kalthoff repeater had been invented. Though it was not produced en masse, it was used in the 1659 Siege of Copenhagen and the Scanian War of 1675; some models were equipped with 30-round magazines. Nine years before 1791, the Nock gun was produced. It could shoot seven rounds — at the same time. Beyond obviously being philosophical and political giants of their time, the Founding Fathers were inventors, scientists and military masterminds. They were keenly interested in the latest and greatest. One must completely disregard centuries of firearm history to suggest that the authors of the Second Amendment were blind
to the rapid advance of weapons technology. They were right in the middle of it. Secondly, McLaughlin overlooks technological developments in other areas and how they might offer parallels. For instance, in the digital age, speech that is protected by the First Amendment drives thousands of youths to suicide. Tweets can start wars. Yet, I have seen no arguments from supporters of gun control that because the Founding Fathers could not have foreseen wi-fi or Sarahah, the First Amendment does not apply to electronic expression, even though it can be swifter and more devastating than books and newspapers were in 1791. Truthfully, technological advances that have amplified our speech today would have been unfathom-
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Enrico Isamu Oyama paints during the Art in Motion event at the Beach Museum of Art on Oct. 7, 2017. The Art in Motion event also included the GraficoMovil mobile printmaking studio and was concurrent with live music in Aggieville Triangle Park.
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The Washington Capitals can never seem to get past the Pittsburgh Penguins in the playoffs, but the teams are always pretty even in the regular season. In two games, Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin has already netted seven goals, the first player in 100 years to get hat tricks in the first two games of the season. The Penguins are 1-1 this season, with their loss coming from the Chicago Blackhawks, 10-1. Since then, the Penguins played a solid game against Nashville, winning 4-0 in their Stanley Cup rematch. Expect this game to very physical, with the Penguins picking up Ryan Reaves from the St. Louis Blues. Reaves had one goal and 24 penalty minutes in their game against Nashville. The game will take place Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m.
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