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Wildcat football will take on Oklahoma Sooners at home Saturday DEAUNDRA ALLEN THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State football team will host the University of Oklahoma on Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats stayed at home last weekend to host Texas Christian University, and they lost 26-6. K-State is now 3-3 this season and still remains unranked nationally. Starting quarterback Jesse Ertz did not see any playing time, so second string quarterback Alex Delton stepped up. Delton threw for 146 yards and had a 37.9 percent completion rate. Senior kicker Matthew McCrane kicked two field goals, the only efforts that
put K-State on the scoreboard. Last week, the Oklahoma Sooners hosted the University of Texas Longhorns at home. The Sooners won 29-24, and now have a record of 5-1 with a national rank of number nine. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield threw for a total of 302 passing yards with a 63 percent completion rate. Mayfield threw one interception and two touchdowns for the Sooners. Oklahoma running back Trey Sermon stepped up for the game against Texas, where he ran for 96 yards. During the weekly press conference for K-State on Tuesday, head coach Bill Snyder talked about improvement for the football team.
“When you lose ballgames, obviously you have things to straighten out and get better at,” Snyder said. “When I say get better, I do not mean just players, I mean the coaches as well. All of us have a number of different things that we have to address and be able to have an honest self assessment on a variety of different things. We have to be able to make changes where changes are necessary.” In regards to Oklahoma, Snyder also talked about the Sooners’ defense and their speed. “They have a lot of people that run well,” Snyder said. “You look at their linebackers, and they get where they are going in a hurry. They have two basic approaches — one with an odd
front and one with an even front. You never know what you are going to get. There is enough variety in their defense that creates
issues in regards to preparation. Fortunately, we have been able to work against similar defenses in previous ballgames.”
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Undefeated Texas Christian Univeristy tops Big 12 Power Rankings NATHANIEL FUNK THE COLLEGIAN
1. TCU (6-0)
TCU continued their dominance this week over the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan. The Horned Frogs leaped in the rankings to number four in the country and are now in control of their own destiny, trying to reach the College Football Playoff. This weekend, they play the University of Kansas.
2. OKLAHOMA (5-1)
After a tough loss to Iowa State, the Sooners rebounded in dramatic fashion against the University of Texas in the Red River Rivalry. Oklahoma still has a shot to win the Big 12 and make a run at the Playoff. They head to Manhattan this week
to take on a Wildcat team that’s hungry to rebound. Oklahoma moved back into the top 10 nationally, up to number nine.
3. OKLAHOMA STATE (5-1)
Oklahoma State moved their way back into the national top 10 after their back-to-back wins. The Cowboys dominated Baylor 59-16 in a game where Mason Rudolph threw for over 400 yards. This weekend they play the University of Texas Longhorns, who have proven to be a competitive team.
4. WEST VIRGINIA (4-2)
West Virginia rebounded against Texas Tech last weekend after a heartbreaking loss the week before. The Mountaineers are ranked 23rd in the country and face up with
Baylor this weekend.
5. TEXAS (3-3)
The Longhorns have taken some tough losses this season, and that continued this past weekend in their heartbreaking loss to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry. This team has shown a ton of improvement since week one, and they can continue to improve. This weekend, Texas faces another tough game against Oklahoma State.
6. TEXAS TECH (4-2)
The Red Raiders had a chance to take down West Virginia last weekend, but ultimately fell 46-35. This is a team everyone in the Big 12 should be worried about going head-to-head with. Texas Tech faces off against Iowa State on Saturday.
7. IOWA STATE (4-2)
Iowa State is coming off back-to-back wins after running over KU this past week. This weekend, they will face a tough Texas Tech team.
8. KANSAS STATE (3-3) What started off as a hopeful season for the Wildcats has started to nose-dive. Every game is a must-win for this team if they want to be able to compete in the Big 12, but the road ahead won’t get any easier when the Oklahoma Sooners come to town this weekend.
9. BAYLOR (0-6)
Baylor is still winless, having just gotten crushed by Oklahoma State. The Bears will hope to get their first win at home against West Virginia on Saturday.
Know your opponent: University of Oklahoma NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
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Baker Mayfield, University of Oklahoma quarterback, is sacked by K-State during the football game between OU and K-State in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 17, 2015.
The Kansas State football team is taking on another Associated Press top 10 team this weekend, the University of Oklahoma. Here’s what to expect from the Oklahoma Sooners in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Sooners boast a 5-1 record this season, including a big win against Ohio State. Their single loss came at home against Iowa State. Oklahoma’s offense is led by Heisman candidate quarterback Baker Mayfield. Mayfield leads the Big 12 in passing efficiency and heads the number two passing offense in the conference. Mayfield also has a history of putting up big numbers against K-State. He threw for
346 yards and four touchdowns last season and 282 yards and five touchdowns the year before. These two teams’ 2015 matchup was a 55-0 rout of K-State in Manhattan. History is also not on the Wildcats’ side — K-State hasn’t beaten Oklahoma in Manhattan since 1996. That was two coaches ago for the Sooners. K-State hasn’t beaten Oklahoma at all since a 31-30 win in 2014, and K-State has a losing all-time record of 74-19 against Oklahoma. Former head coach Bob Stoops stepped down in the off-season to make way for Lincoln Riley to be promoted from offensive coordinator.
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The Kansas State Wildcats play the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 14, 2017.
10. KANSAS (1-5)
It seems like the Jayhawks really don’t want to give away their spot at the bottom of this list. They fell short again last
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week against Iowa State, losing 45-0. This weekend, the Jayhawks will face the hottest team in college football, TCU.
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If Big 12 running backs were types of cars DEAUNDRA ALLEN NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
Running backs are known for their speed — they are like well-oiled machines. That begs the question: If Big 12 running backs were cars, what would they be?
KU - KAHLIL HERBERT
Queen Elizabeth’s car of choice, a Jaguar Daimler V8. He’s probably a very fine running back, but he rarely gets used. Queen Elizabeth drives her Jaguar occasionally around her estate, but she is usually chauffeured in state-owned Bentleys.
Likewise, Herbert is third in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game, but has the third-fewest attempts on that top 10 list.
TEXAS TECH - JUSTIN STOCKTON
Toyota Corolla. He won’t grab headlines, but he is silently very reliable. His average of 80.2 rushing yards per game and four touchdowns this season makes him the number four rusher in the conference, but he’s on an offense where he will be overshadowed by the passing attack.
BAYLOR - JOHN LOVETT
Tesla Model 3. He’s new and relatively unproven, but he
has shown that he can compete. Lovett cracks the top 10 in rushing yards per game despite only being a freshman. The Model 3 is a new model for Tesla, but if it can do what it claims, it may finally give legitimacy to electric cars among car lovers.
TEXAS - CHRIS WARREN III
A mid-90’s Ford Mustang. It has a lot of style, a little power, but it’s always in the shop. Similarly, Warren III could be a very good running back, but his season has been hampered by injuries enough for him to be overshadowed by freshman running back Kyle Porter, who is the mid-oughts’ reinvention of
the Mustang in this analogy.
WEST VIRGINIA JUSTIN CRAWFORD
Nissan GT-R. In 2009, the GT-R replaced the high performance package on the Nissan Skyline and has been a very popular high-performance two-door coupe since. Crawford is just the latest in a line of good running backs at West Virginia. In fact, West Virginia has had a running back in the top five in rushing yards per game every year since 2013, except for one year where their top rusher finished sixth.
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Sophomore wide receiver Dalton Schoen talked about their challenge of this week. “It is a big game, just like all of them,” Schoen said. “Another top 10 opponent is coming into our stadium. Obviously, our backs are against the wall a little bit, sitting at 3-3. We know it is a game we have to be prepared and focused for.” Snyder spoke about play
calling and the schemes the Wildcats can use against Oklahoma’s defenses. “You see a lot of different looks defensively, and if you have too much on your plate, you do not have the opportunity to test each scheme against a variety of defensive looks,” Snyder said. “It is important to be able to pair things down so you can get enough work against taking one scheme against a variety of different
defenses. You just have to have repetition of all the variables that take place. The biggest concern that we have is having too much on our plate going into a ballgame and not being as prepared as we need to be.” Also coming on Saturday, the K-State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is working to fight hunger for the 22nd annual Cats for Cans food drive. Wildcat student athletes will collect canned food dona-
tions two hours prior to kickoff. Drives will be open in the parking lot at all stadium entrances and throughout the week at Dillons, Hy-Vee and Walmart in Manhattan. The goal this year is 5,000 pounds of food donations and $15,000 in cash donations. The game between the Sooners and the Wildcats is set to kick off at 3 p.m. in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game will be broadcast on Fox.
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Volleyball hungry for victory against West Virginia AVERY OSEN
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Reilly Killeen, junior libero, digs the ball during the game against Baylor at Ahearn Fieldhouse on Oct. 14, 2017.
The Kansas State volleyball team will wrap up the first half of Big 12 conference play on Saturday when they travel east to West Virginia University for a match at 12 p.m. These two teams have had very similar seasons, with both sitting at 2-5 records in Big 12 play. K-State is 9-11 overall, while West Virginia is 13-7 for the overall season. K-State is coming off a four set loss to the Baylor Bears on Saturday night inside
Ahearn Field House. Junior outside hitter Kylee Zumach led the way for K-State with 13 kills while freshman middle blocker Peyton Williams followed behind her with 11. Senior opposite Bryna Vogel had a team high of 22 digs, which leaves her with over 800 digs in her career as a Wildcat. The Wildcats have lost their last six matches against nationally ranked opponents, but West Virginia also lost to Iowa State on Wednesday night in four sets. West Virginia has been very good at serving this year. They are first in the Big 12
Soccer team looking for wins this weekend against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State CAROLINA LEWIS THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State soccer team is facing a pair of away games against Oklahoma State today and the University of Oklahoma on Sunday. This weekend’s matches will mark the end of the regular Big 12 season. This is the first time the Wildcat soccer team has competed in the Big 12 conference since its establishment, which was announced in Dec. 26, 2014. The Oklahoma State Cowgirls, who will host the Wildcats in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex, are currently in first place in Big 12 soccer standings, barely edging past West Virginia University. The nationally-ranked Oklahoma State team has won five of its past six matches, only dropping a game against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Oct. 6. Oklahoma State also leads the Big 12 conference in goals, assists and total points. Next, the Wildcats will
take on the Oklahoma Sooners, who have found themselves winless during Big 12 play. Oklahoma is coming off a two match losing streak against West Virginia and Texas Christian University. Before that pair of losses, the Sooners had three scoreless ties from Sept. 29 to Oct. 6. The last match the Oklahoma women’s soccer team won was on Sept. 10 against the University of Illinois. This past weekend, the Wildcats dropped two close 1-0 matches at home against Baylor on Oct. 13 and the University of Texas on Oct. 15. The Wildcats had their opportunities against Baylor, especially in the 83rd minute when the Bears were called for a handling and gave the Wildcats a penalty kick. Baylor goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt blocked the attempt by K-State freshman forward Hannah Davis. Wandt was announced as the Big 12 Freshman of the Week because of her performance against the Wildcats. The game against the
conference with 125 service aces and 1.43 aces per set. Looking at just Big 12 matches, Mia Swanegan is 10th in the conference in hitting percentage at .310 and sophomore Peyton Caffrey is 10th in kills per set at 3.32 and leads the team in service aces with 29 for the season. Defensively, Swanegan and teammate Katie DeMeo rank in the conference’s top 10 in blocks. Swanegan is fifth at 1.14 per set, and DeMeo is eighth at 1.03. The Wildcats will lean heavily on Zumach, who has double-digit kills in 18 of the
Women’s and men’s golf teams prepare for next tournaments BRIANNA MAGEE THE COLLEGIAN
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Kansas State University plays Baylor University in Manhattan on Oct. 5, 2017. Texas Longhorns was only the second time the Wildcats faced a nationally-ranked opponent, with the first being the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Wildcats put up a good fight and took the Longhorns to overtime, but ultimately fell 1-0 in the 93rd minute. In its first two seasons, the K-State soccer team has been
powered by the underclassmen. 75 percent of points have been scored by either a freshman or a sophomore, while a senior has yet to score. The Wildcats are coached by Mike Dibbini, who was previously at Kansas Wesleyan for eight seasons and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for two seasons.
20 matches this year and is leading the team in kills in 11 matches so far this season. Her service game has also improved as she has 18 service aces this season. She only had 20 in her entire career coming into the year. The Wildcat volleyball team has had an 8-2 winning record against West Virginia since 2012. The Wildcats will hope to continue their success against the Mountaineers from last season. Volleyball fans can watch the game live at WVUSports. com or listen to the action at KStateSports.com.
The Kansas State men’s and women’s golf teams are engaging in two tournaments in October, with the men’s team recently finishing the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and the women’s team still preparing for the Maryb Kauth Invitational. The K-State men’s golf team headed out to the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate from Oct. 13 – 15, placing 14th overall out of 15 teams. Although the team’s overall score has showed little improvement since last tournament, the individuals all had solid rounds. Sophomore Ben Fernandez had the best score on the team with 215 overall. Sophomore Jacob Eklund came in second with a 216. Third was senior Trent Evans with 223, and fourth was redshirt freshman Matthieu Caron with 228. Lastly was junior Jeremy Gandon with a 230 overall. The men’s golf team will
be turning their focus toward their next tournament at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate in Greensboro, North Carolina, from Oct. 28 – 29. Meanwhile, the women’s golf team has been practicing for their upcoming tournament, the Maryb Kauth Invitational from Oct. 22 – 24 in San Antonio. Head women’s golf coach Kristi Knight talked about her team’s progress for the tournament next week. “The last couple days, we’ve been going out on the course and hitting different shots,” Knight said. “They’re all great putters; we just didn’t have a good putting week in Mississippi.” Coach Knight is referring to the Magnolia Invitational in Starkville, Mississippi, where the K-State women’s golf team placed ninth out of 10 teams from Oct. 1 – 3.
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Smoothie King will soon open up shop in Manhattan this winter at 1228 Westloop Place, straight across from the west Dillons. With over 800 locations across three continents, Smoothie King plans to provide healthy lifestyle choices for smoothie-loving customers. Born and raised in Manhattan, franchise owner Terry Langton is excited for Smoothie
King to open, as he hopes the store will educate the health-focused student population. “Manhattan is a vibrant, well-educated town and, coupled with the student population, a very health-focused community,” Langton said. “They deserve the finest, and Smoothie King is the 'original smoothie' and still the best available. Smoothie King’s mission is to ‘help our guests live a healthy and active lifestyle.’” Smoothie King is dedicated to developing smoothies with
a purpose. The store will have smoothies that are designed for each guest’s individual tastes — whether that includes losing weight, adding extra protein, getting extra nutrients or boosting the immune system, there are many ways Smoothie King can help its customers.
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to have a warm, welcoming feel to it. The Manhattan store will also have a very unique shape — Langton described it as “not the typical box-shaped space.” Although this has created a few design challenges, they have worked through the problems and plan to open their doors in early December. Smoothie King will be looking for 18 to 20 reliable workers to
cover their daily schedule: Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. “We will begin interviewing and hiring a couple weeks prior to opening and spend about a week training our team members on everything from the history of Smoothie King, our processes and food safety, as well as basic
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SGA reveals it mishandled year and a half's worth of resolutions RAFAEL GARCIA RACHEL HOGAN THE COLLEGIAN
Over a year and a half ’s worth of Student Governing Association resolutions have not been sent to their intended recipients, a student senate inquiry revealed. It was not immediately clear how extensive the failure to send the resolutions was, but Jonathan Peuchen, speaker of the senate and senior in mechanical engineering, said the senate is “pretty confident” that resolutions on various topics in the past year and a half were not sent. Jordan Kiehl, chief of staff and senior in industrial engineering, said the responsibility for sending the resolutions used to fall under a staffer inside the senate’s office. “About a year and a half ago, this was switched, but SGA was not aware,” Kiehl said. “There
is a lot of turnover in SGA and a lot of moving pieces, so I can see where that would be lost since it wasn’t explicitly said under any position.” A preliminary review of SGA’s constitution — which lists the responsibilities of the president, speaker of the senate and speaker pro tempore, among others — failed to find the responsibility of sending resolutions under any of the positions, although the constitution was unavailable online Thursday evening for confirmation. “As a student senator, as someone who has written legislation in the past, it’s frustrating to hear that those things are not delivered to the recipients,” said Ryan Kelly, student senator and sophomore in civil engineering and communications. Jack Ayres, student body president and senior in chemical engineering, said neither he nor any other SGA members were made aware of the changes.
Ayres was the speaker of the senate during the time period of the switch. “Let me be very clear here, student leaders were not made aware, as far as I’m concerned,” Ayres said. “That was not a part of our transition material. “It’s oversight,” Ayres continued. “It’s kind of a collective fault when it comes down to it. I want to make sure I own that mistake.” Resolutions are the formal manner in which the senate states its stance or opinion on a given subject, in contrast with legislation, which enacts rules, regulations or allocates funding. However, the senate typically undergoes its most contentious debate during resolutions, as the resolutions assert opinions on controversial matters. “For me, the point of a resolution is to provide clarity on where the student senate stands on an issue,” Kelly said. “The reason why I write resolutions is to make student groups, to make adminis-
‘Walk at K-State’ spreads message of tolerance, conflict resolution CONRAD KABUS THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State conflict resolution certificate program and the Student Governing Association held events Thursday to showcase messages of peace and action after a string of discriminatory acts occurring on and around campus. National Conflict Resolution Day falls on the third
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Thursday of October. This year, the K-State conflict resolution certificate program organized “Walk at K-State” with 50 people from the school and community. Sharon Seidler, program coordinator for the conflict resolution certificate program, said the event was held in honor of National Conflict Resolution Day and in response to the xenophobic acts occurring at
K-State and around the nation. “The subject matter is not always about human rights in conflict resolution, it’s about the human,” Seidler said. “We are all human. Our students are human, and our society is human.
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trators, to make any faculty and staff aware of where we stand.” Another less controversial type of resolutions are commendations, which formally congratulate notable members of the K-State community on accomplishments or milestones. The inquiry revealed the recipients of these commendations never received formal notice of them. “That’s what I think is the biggest loss in all this,” Ayres said. “We’ve commended a lot of people for a lot of incredible things that they’ve done, and they haven’t gotten an official commendation.” Ayres said despite the fact the resolutions were not sent, he has taken the resolutions with him to meetings with President Richard Myers, the Kansas Board of Regents and meetings in Washington, D.C. The issue was first discovered at a Governmental Relations Committee meeting discussing the senate’s resolution in support of Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals students. A new committee member asked who was responsible for sending the resolutions to their intended recipients, said Stephen Kucera, student support director and graduate student in accounting. Kucera followed up with Peuchen and SGA adviser Bill Harlan, which is when Kucera said “the story started writing itself.” “It was clear there was a significant breakdown in communication and that important resolutions from the student senate were not being distributed” Kucera said. Kucera said he had never heard of the change in resolution sending procedures over his fiveyear senate career. “There was no communication of the process to at least the majority of SGA members, and if anyone knew of the change, it was definitely not passed on from year to year,” Kucera said. Initially, some members of the senate thought it would be
best to “keep quiet on this broken process,” Kucera said. The Collegian was first made aware of the issue by an insider source who requested their name be left off the record. The Collegian followed up with senate leaders, including Peuchen and Ayres, who said they wanted to be as transparent about the issue as possible. “We immediately started thinking about, ‘OK, we have to figure out something to fix this because this is not a good deal,’” Peuchen said. “We have to figure out something that works.” Moving forward, the senate will create a process in which the author of the bill creates a mailing list of intended recipients and writes a cover letter for their resolutions, after which the speaker pro tempore will be responsible for printing and sending the resolutions and cover letters by mail, Peuchen said. However, no specific legislation amending the senate’s constitution or by-laws was introduced at the meeting.
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Student group counters K-State’s changes to student organizations KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
Students in leadership studies are using a group project to protest Kansas State’s new policies regarding the affiliation of student organizations with the university. On Aug. 14, K-State enacted new policies regarding the organization and affiliation of student groups. Chapter 8540 of the Policies and Procedures Manual labels student organizations as either Departmental Student Organizations or Independent Student Organizations. A DSO is a “registered organization having a purpose that is critical to the mission of the University and that is sponsored by a department.” An ISO is any other organization “not operated by or affiliated with the University.” These changes will absolve the university of liability in many future incidents related to student organizations. The students’ group project, called the Campus Unity
Project, is being worked on for Leadership in Practice (LEAD 405). The class aims to apply “abstract concepts of leadership ... to develop or hone leadership skills through work as scholars or practitioners,” said Jessica Kerr, adjunct professor and academic coach. Jacob Boyce, junior in computer science, said the students agreed to raise awareness of the new Student Organization Policy to try and change it. “We decided on the Student Organization Policy and the changes that it had on our campus [as it] resonated with all of us because all of us are involved outside of just attending class,” Boyce said. Kerr said she thinks it’s important to keep K-State’s family narrative in mind. “One of the things that I think ... when I think about the narrative of family is of responsiveness and caring, and it’s very much about empathy and listening to the person in front of you and the challenges that they might be facing, and then working together to find solutions,” Kerr said.
Boyce said he feels there are a lot of people who are unhappy with the way the new policy was created and implemented. “We as the Campus Unity Project feel that the university is taking a hands-off approach when it comes to student protection and student safety,” Boyce said. “The university wants to protect themselves against litigation — and that’s a perfectly reasonable thing for them to do, but students think that there is probably a better way to go about it and a way that it could be shaped with student involvement. What we want is to see this policy be changed, and I think that collaboration is key.” Jerod Howard, senior in family studies and human services, said the goal of the project is to encourage more collaboration between students and administration. “The ideal result would be students working with administration to come up with a policy that would better fit the university and the student body,” Howard said.
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The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life in the Student Union in Manhattan, Kan. Kerr said the Campus Unity Project will continue to spread a message of “student vulnerability or dissatisfaction” with the help of the Collegian. Rafael Garcia, co-editorin-chief of the Collegian and
junior in print journalism, said the Collegian’s role in the Campus Unity Project is to share the stories of those on campus. “A lot of people have been affected, and I think that those are the stories that need to be
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OrgSync to be replaced with Engage in April MIKEY HUGHES
THE COLLEGIAN
By the spring semester, Kansas State will no longer utilize OrgSync software to manage student organizations, instead switching to a new managing platform called Engage. Following a company merger, the managing platforms OrgSync and Campus Labs are working to create a new platform that combines their strengths, naming it Engage. As a result, schools using either platform are being asked to transition. Currently, OrgSync is used to keep track of student organizations and provide an easy way for officers to communicate with club members. Originally, K-State planned to make the switch to
Engage over the summer to coincide with changes in the Center for Student Involvement. The plan was delayed because the new program was not ready. “We still hope to make the transition to Engage in April, if it is ready when we do our annual organization registration,” said Bill Harlan, director for the Center of Student Involvement. Harlan said Engage will offer different features from OrgSync with little cost to familiarity. “The new platform should feature several great improvements for student organizations and other departments while keeping all of the features we have come to appreciate about OrgSync,” Harlan said. All existing information on OrgSync — including files,
forms, membership data and events — is expected to be imported into Engage, making the transition as smooth as possible for organizations, Harlan said. Audrey King, advisor for Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow and agricultural communications instructor, said she looks forward to the switch to Engage despite the unfortunate timing. “I have not heard much about the switch, but I am excited to see how Engage will cooperate with K-State 360,” King said. “However, it does come at a slightly inconvenient time because of the changes organizations are going through with the regulations and distinctions the university is providing us with.” Cassidy Schlessiger, secretary of Collegiate Cattlemen and junior in animal sciences
and industry, said the change will be positive for most organizations. “It feels exciting that students will have the opportunity to discover and engage with more clubs than they currently do,” Schlessiger said. Amber Kelly, president of Collegiate 4-H and junior in agricultural communications and journalism, said the new platform is a chance for organizations to attract new members. “The new system is a lot better because it is designed to assist in resume planning, which will benefit every student at Kansas State,” Kelly said. “Collegiate 4-H will be adding events into the new system that everyone is welcome to attend and get [K-State 360] points for.”
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Student expenses outpace consumer national average at K-State RAFAEL GARCIA THE COLLEGIAN
The costs associated with being a student at Kansas State have substantially increased over the last year at a rate faster than the consumer national average, according to the K-State Economics Club's annual Student Price Index released Wednesday morning. The SPI measures the changing prices of goods that a typical K-State student might purchase, including tuition, groceries, transportation, housing, utilities and entertainment. The United States Consumer Price Index does the same for a typical consumer at the national level. According to data collected by the Economics Club, the SPI at K-State rose by 5.1 percent between September 2016 and September 2017. By contrast, the U.S. CPI only rose by 2.2 percent over the same period, according to information the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday morning. This percentage increase in the SPI is the largest since 2011, when the SPI increased by 6.3 percent. Last year, the SPI had increased by just 2 percent, while the U.S. CPI increased by 1.4 percent in 2016. The Economics Club's report attributed the large increase in the SPI to "prices increasing dramatically in several key categories, even though there were some areas of student expen-
diture that were unchanged or showed some deflation." Dan Kuester, professor in economics and adviser for the Economics Club, said in the release that such a large increase is not a typical finding in the SPI, and it is not good news for students. "One positive thing to note is the increase in tuition this year was significantly lower than the overall rate of student inflation," Kuester said. "This is somewhat encouraging for our future inflation expectations for students.” Since the Economics Club started collecting data on the SPI in 2002, the SPI has increased by about 125 percent, while the U.S. CPI has only increased by approximately 35 percent. This indicates that the average K-State student's expenses have more than doubled in the last 15 years. To create the SPI, members of the Economics Club collect data on prices and expenses from local stores during the third week of September every year. "I felt like students enjoyed working in teams to collect this data," said Dickson Ochanda, senior in economics and vice president of the Economics Club. "We use the SPI as a way to involve some of our new members in a real economics project." One expense that has gone up substantially is gasoline, with an increase of 16.7 percent in the average price of sampled locations.
STUDENT PRICE INDEX AVERAGES
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+16.7% +2.9% -6.5% +16.7% GAS
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"I suppose that this may lead fewer students to elect to travel home on the weekends, and possibly some of us may be more inclined to purchase ICAT tickets since those have not increased in price," said Jorge Echauri, sophomore in economics and Economics Club member. Textbooks saw the largest price increase at 31.8 percent, while non-Greek housing saw the largest price decrease at 6.5 percent. The press release attributed some of the changes in this year's index to outliers in the
data samples. “[Outliers] made a big difference in the SPI value," Ochanda. "But it does make sense as there are many vacant apartments in Manhattan. We learned in our principles classes that a surplus will lead to lower prices.” Kuester said the club has opted to consistently sample the same goods for the index each year. “Dickson and I talked about how to try and account for outliers in the data," Kuester said.
“We have decided to keep a consistent bundle of goods, even though this may cost us a bit of predictability." Kuester said the Economics Club tries to account for advances in technology and changes in availability in the SPI. "When the club elected to change from traditional books to e-books, that led to significant cost savings for students," Kuester said. "But I feel this is accurate as many resources are now available for free online that used to cost students either
significant time or money to obtain.” The price of beer has increased by 16.7 percent alongside pizza prices increasing by 2.4 percent, while grocery and movie ticket prices have experienced decreases of less than 1 percent. "I am sure many of my classmates will reduce either their number of trips to Aggieville or the beer consumed per trip," said Will Weninger, junior in economics and treasurer of the Economics Club. Weninger said the increase in the price of beer may actually be a positive for some students. "Students may now choose to stay in on some weekends and focus on their studies while consuming relatively cheap delivered pizza and essentials they can buy at the grocery store," Weninger said. "With movie tickets essentially unchanged, I expect some students to spend more of their entertainment dollars there.” Kuester said the SPI is an excellent way for members of the Economics Club to apply what they've learned in the classroom to a real world scenario. "This is a great project for our students every year," Kuester said. “Dickson did a great job getting students involved in this project and everyone enjoyed their work. This is a fun way to get members involved with the club and to demonstrate how a price index works and is calculated.”
Athletic director Gene Taylor speaks to Sports Marketing class ALLISON WAKEFIELD THE COLLEGIAN
Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor spoke with the public and students in the Sports Marketing class (MKTG 630) as part of a speaker series in the business building Thursday. Taylor discussed his career and experiences at other universities, relating them to the need for good sports marketing. Taylor said during his
speech there is a great need for marketing. While working with Jack Lengyel, former athletic director for the United States Naval Academy, Taylor said he gained knowledge on how to market sports with a losing team. “I learned a lot from Jack,” Taylor said. “Jack always said, ‘If you wait to market your athletic program when it is winning, you’re too late.’” During his 15-year run with the United States Naval Academy football program, where he
worked under a losing teams for 13 seasons, Taylor said sports marketing became about everything but football: jet fly-overs, jumpers and march-ins. Football became a thing for the fans, Taylor said, whose excitement brought the team to the Aloha Bowl. When the football team began to win, ticket prices exploded. Taylor said he took Lengyel’s determination and philosophy with him to North Dakota State, whose program moved from Di-
vision II to Division I under his tenure. “[It was] the most difficult decision I ever made,” Taylor said. “But I am glad that I had that experience.” Taylor described how he had seen marketing evolving and changing by using data and analytical research to push the envelope and come up with outof-the-box ideas. For example, Taylor said utilization of email, social media, surveys and follow-up calls allow K-State fans to
rate their experience. “We care a lot about our fans,” Taylor said. “99 percent of our fan base is satisfied, but there are still 500 fans that we are striving to make their time better.” Taylor said nothing was better than a full student section, no matter where K-State was playing. Marketing is continuing to help brainstorm ideas to keep the younger demographic of students engaged during games and keep the streak of consecutive sellouts at Bill Snyder Family Sta-
dium alive. Jake May, senior in marketing, said having Taylor as a guest speaker in the class gave him “a good perspective about how the content they learn in class relates to the real world.” Doug Walker, associate professor of marketing, said he was thankful for Taylor’s time. “[Taylor] gave a lot of expert insight about the subjects we learn at a deeper level that really helps the students grasp the material,” Walker said.
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University announces $12 million budget callback ALEX BRASE
THE COLLEGIAN
Kansas State announced plans Wednesday for a 4.48 percent budget callback. Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration and finance, made the statement in the K-State Today amid substantial declines in
enrollment for the fall 2017 semester and persistent state funding uncertainty. The announcement details a one-time callback, resulting in a reduction of about $12 million dollars in the university's general use budget for the 2018 fiscal year, which runs through June 31. General use funds are about 50 percent of the university's total budget, the announcement
stated. The fall 2017 tuition revenue estimate used in the creation of the current university budget was higher than what the university will receive, Bontrager said in the posting. "We have already implemented increased efforts to attract out-ofstate students, while continuing to focus on in-state high school graduates and transfer students," Bon-
trager said. "This year, incoming graduate students increased and we will do everything we can to make progress." The cuts are scheduled to take effect in December, Bontrager said Monday, a month after an enrollment consultant is expected to begin work at K-State. The Collegian first reported the budget cuts on Monday.
Behind the badge: Ronnie Grice, chief of KSU’s campus police KENNETH ROOME THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State Police Department has become a staple in our lives lately with everything that has been going on around campus, but do we even know anything about the police and who they are? Ronnie Grice, chief of the K-State Police, provided a more in-depth look into who he is so the student body can get to know him better. Grice is originally from Arkansas, where he went to school to study law. While looking for work, Grice was convinced to go on some ride-a-longs with the Arkansas Highway Patrol. He really enjoyed the feeling of being a police officer, so he decided to switch his occupation of choice from lawyer to cop. Grice worked with the Arkansas Highway Patrol for 12 years before working with a community college as the director of public safety. Grice wanted to move to a campus with a bigger population, so he came to K-State. “I wanted to get the ‘big school experience,’” Grice said. Grice has been with the K-State Police for 23 years, working on his 24th. Grice said he has had opportunities to work at other places, but he enjoys K-State. His favorite part of working with the K-State
community is working with the students and faculty. “When working with a university, you get a unique experience,” Grice said. “It’s like a city within a city.” Grice said he is happy with the K-State Police being able to help students when they are in need. “We are able to provide law enforcement with a personal touch,” Grice said. “If your backpack or laptop gets stolen, we are here to take care of that problem personally.” The biggest challenge Grice said he feels like they take on is when people do not let the K-State Police investigate things first. “I feel like if we have the chance to investigate things, we would be figuring things out much quicker,” Grice said. Grice encourages students and staff to take time and look at the K-State Police page on the university’s website and learn more about them. They have a new video they put together that Grice is really excited about, along with contact information for all the K-State Police staff. “I’m an open person with an open door,” Grice said. “I’m a listener, and I will make time for you. Please don’t hesitate to ask a question or bring a concern. I will also try and speak to any organization that would like me to.”
News Briefs: Oct. 20 The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will collect canned food donations outside of Bill Snyder Family Stadium before Saturday’s football game. Student athletes will walk around collecting the cans for the Flint Hills Bread Basket, a local organization that helps feed the hungry in Riley County. According to the Salina Post, the SAAC hopes to reach their fundraising goal of 5,000 pounds of food this year. George W. Bush delivered a condemnation of “nationalism turned nativism” in a speech in New York City on Thursday. According to CNN, former president Bush never mentioned President Donald Trump by name, but criticism of his philosophy was present throughout the address. Bush said “bigotry seems emboldened” in today’s America, with public discourse “degraded by casual cruelty.” Puerto Rico continues to recover after the damage caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria. President Trump stated Thursday that he rated his administration’s aid response a “10 out of 10.” According to CNN, approximately one million people are still without running water and three million lack power, but President Trump contends that Puerto Rico faced destruction worse than that of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the federal response was much better this time.
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Ronnie Grice, assistant vice president of the Division of Public Safety and chief of the K-State Police Department.
Missouri proposed an innovation corridor for Amazon, suggesting that they build a headquarters in both Kansas City and St. Louis rather than building a single base of operations. According to the Topeka Capital-Journal, the 240 mile distance could be shortened by a proposed high-speed, train-like Hyperloop track connecting the two cities, shortening commute time to 25 minutes. The Amazon headquarters could bring as many as 50,000 jobs to the Midwest.
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OPINION: Witch-hunting does nothing to stop racism on campus KYLE HAMPEL
THE COLLEGIAN
A Kansas State student has once again made a tasteless joke on Snapchat, and I am once again disappointed in the response this incident has received from individuals in our student body. As previously reported by the Collegian, freshman Sarah Harper and two of her friends took a Snapchat photo of themselves in white, hooded ponchos during weather delays at a home football game, claiming to be members of the “Kstate [sic] Kool Kids” in an attempt at humor. Their horrible spelling skills aside, the aftermath of this incident is a horrible example of how to combat racism at our university. Most of the controversy
started when the “KSU ‘21” group chat, home to approximately 300 K-State freshmen, was suddenly alerted to Harper’s joke in an aggressive display of condemnation. Every attempt by Harper to defend herself or apologize was shut down by accusations that grew louder and less patient. From there, Harper’s joke was spread around social media like wildfire. I saw people crying for her expulsion and even looking up her address to publicly dox her personal information. It was like being in old Salem, Massachusetts, as a firsthand witness to a hysterical witch-hunting. I’m unfortunately not exaggerating when I say that public humiliation was one of the worst ways possible to educate Harper on the errors
of her ways. Harper made a tasteless joke in public about domestic terrorists with a dark history of racial violence in the United States, and that’s absolutely unacceptable. But anyone who thought that a public shame-a-thon would help her realize her mistake and do better in the future is kidding themselves. I will publicly admit that I have made many tasteless jokes in my past that I deeply regret. Most people probably have, in fact, but they kept their insensitivity outside of the public eye. I’m much more considerate and “woke” today than I used to be, and it’s not because I got dragged through the mud by hundreds of angry voices telling me to leave and go somewhere else.
OPINION: Racist jokes not okay, students must lead by example EMILY LENK
THE COLLEGIAN
Like many of us, I have been following the recent stories about acts of hatred that have been going on at our school. Also like many of us, I’m angry and disappointed, but not just with those specific students. I’m disappointed with the fact that there are people around me who really don’t know better. My grandma always told me that common sense is a gift and not everyone is blessed with it. Harsh? Maybe, but you get the point. Not everyone was raised to be considerate and think about the consequences of their actions. So how can we show those who lack the ability to think before they act that their actions are hurtful without tearing them apart? After the recent controversial Snapchat where two girls were captured wearing white rain hoods with the caption “Kstate
[sic] Kool Kids,” I heard a common question way too many times: Why can’t we just let it go because it was a mistake? My answer to those who ask that question: that type of thinking is what leads to divisiveness rather than a sense of community. Seeing acts of discrimination or ignorance like that and letting them slide shows the next person that it’s okay for them to do it too, that they can get away with it. It shows students that it’s funny to degrade fellow students around them for their race or heritage. It also shows people who were affected by organizations like the Ku Klux Klan that we think their ancestors being hated and killed is just a joke. That kind of attitude is what makes this situation a big deal. Why would you want to make your fellow students feel unsafe and unwanted? It doesn’t matter if those students are young and don’t know what they’re doing, because
that’s the problem. No one is teaching these college kids right from wrong. No one is showing them how to respect those around them. In this situation, the public backlash is how they’ll learn. Even if they didn’t mean to offend anyone, they did, and they have to deal with consequences. But I also don’t believe that the girls behind the KKK Snapchat should be torn apart and have their lives ridiculed to the extent that they have been. Isn’t that just repeating the hateful mindset all of us don’t want to see? Point out what’s wrong with what they did. Leave comments about how that type of joke isn’t funny. But don’t stoop any lower. Don’t become hateful yourself and continue this horrible pattern of disrespecting each other.
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People who were older and wiser than me, some friends and some strangers, were kind and gentle enough to take me aside and explain why my worldview was flawed. Without the generosity of socially aware people, I would not be the person I am today. What happened to Harper was not kind nor was it gentle. Witch hunts are cruel, malicious things perpetuated by people who would rather feel good about themselves for their “just actions” than help a flawed human being see the error of her ways. News flash: People don’t change when they feel attacked. Harper did not learn that she should be more socially aware when she’s trying to be funny with her friends. What Harper learned was that she’s another victim of outrage culture and her attackers were unjustified fiends who wanted to see her suffer.
Harper left her sorority. She contemplated leaving the university. She was so distraught that she refused to do interviews and deleted her Facebook page. Thanks to this witch hunt, she’s learned nothing and lost everything. Why did anyone feel the need to publicly shame Harper for her actions? Should we have even been mad at Harper, or should we be raising issues with an American education system that makes no effort to tell girls like her about how horrifying and real the racial violence of the Ku Klux Klan is? I can’t believe I’m sympathetic toward a girl who made jokes about the KKK, but the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. There needed to be consequences, and she needed to be educated. But is this justice? Or is this just self-aggrandizing hypocrisy? Any reasonable person who heard about this issue
will see the witch-hunters as a radical mob that shouldn’t be listened to. The witch-hunters’ cruel efforts are making the idea that “racist jokes are bad” seem unreasonable. They are the definition of self-defeating. I don’t know if Harper will ever read this. But if she does, I want her to know that I’ve also been in situations where I was ignorant and I made a despicable joke. People can change and see the errors of their ways through kindness. I know this because it happened to me, and I hope it happens to her too. 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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OPINION | Stop responding to hate
speech with hate, be good role models continued from page
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There comes a point when we need to start doing more, not just ridiculing these students who sadly, honestly weren’t raised any better. Our words are powerful. We need to stop perpetuating hate by hating, and instead teach others how and why that kind of behavior is wrong and how they can change it. Joking about a racist organization isn’t funny, and that should have been something obvious to these fellow human beings, but it wasn’t. But that’s where our focus should be at.
I don’t know about you all, but I don’t want to see somebody get attacked on social media. I don’t want to see my friends get angry and hurt by acts like this. I want to see action. I want to see progress. I want to see respect. Our school is amazing, it really is. So let’s show these students who don’t know any better how to act maturely and respectfully, and let’s create the change we want to see at Kansas State. As former U.S. president Barack Obama once said, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting
for. We are the change that we seek.” We may not be able to change those students ourselves or get rid of hatred completely, but if we work on how we respond to hateful acts and be the role models we’d like others to be, then change might actually happen. Emily Lenk is a senior in mass communications. 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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No matter how we end up in the behavior of conflict, building into the strong fabrics of society is what we hope to do in conflict resolution.” Tom Wu, graduate student in the conflict resolution certificate program, said his experience at “Walk at K-State” helped him connect with new people and experience healthy conversation. “We are not walking against anything,” Wu said. “We are walking for peace, hospitality and common goals. I think I got the opportunity to become more peaceful after the walk, and of course I did exercise too, so I feel happy about that.” Seidler said the goal of the event was to create a com-
mon ground between people. “It was very cooperative, lots of intermingling within the group,” Seidler said. “People got to know each other and walk side-by-side.” The program released a statement though email that read, in part: ”We believe that something as simple as taking a walk together has real power — walking is what makes us human, and doing so side-by-side in a common direction is both simple and uniting.” The program coordinators were hopeful that events such as these can help bring about a non-hostile environment for healthy discussions following controversies. Additionally, SGA deemed events like “Walk at K-State” as something the student senate committees will work to communicate with students about through
student organizations. Jack Ayres, student body president and senior in chemical engineering, said events like these provide an opportunity for student group discussions. “People have said talking about the issue would inflame racial tensions, and I want to push back on that a lot as I really disagree with that,” Ayres said. “Talking about the issues on hand is the best way to solve them and use them as action to move forward.” Ayres specifically cited a Snapchat photo alluding to the Ku Klux Klan. The photo was posted Saturday by a member of K-State’s Family of the Year. “People see the Snapchat as a reminder of how we need to do better as a university in terms of cultural competency,” Ayres said. “We need to be working with the administration on that.”
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friday, october 20, 2017
Boys and Girls Club arrives at Northview Elementary BRIDGET HOWARD THE COLLEGIAN
Members of the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan, members of the community and students and faculty from Northview Elementary School celebrated the newest addition to the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday. A survey was conducted in the spring to determine whether Northview Elementary could operate and fund before- and after-school programs for their students. According to the club’s website, there was an overwhelming response and desire for assistance. The Board of Directors at the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan then voted to add Northview as their 10th site.
“I think it shows just a continued increase in the need for youth in our community who need a safe, positive place after school,” said Trent Jones, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan. “For us personally, it just really goes along with our mission and the heart of what we do.” Cleion Morton, principal of Northview Elementary, said she is thrilled with the new program and excited that her students will have a safe place to develop their social and academic skills outside the classroom. “It’s a really neat way to fill those after school hours, especially when kids might go home to an empty house,” Morton said. “We’re excited that it’s a positive learning environment for them, and we’re delighted to work with Boys and Girls Club.”
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The Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan opens their 10th site at Northview Elementary on Oct. 18, 2017. The program serves nearly 2,500 youth members each year and averages around 970 students each day through before- and after-school pro-
grams. Olivia Redelsheimer, site coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club at Northview Elementary, said she looks
forward to the opportunities the club’s involvement may provide students and their families. “It’s teaching them not only to listen to their peers, but also to listen to adults, and it’s also giving them a different outlet,” Redelsheimer said. “A lot of the time, kids will just go home and sit on the couch and watch TV or play computer games or video games, but this is getting them out of their comfort zone and allowing them access to do different activities that they normally wouldn’t get to do if they were just sitting at home.” Morton said families are relieved Northview has been added to the program because it will give their children a safe place to spend time with friends and enhance their academic skills at the same time. “Our parents really care
about their kids, but many of them don’t have opportunities for a safe, positive environment after school because they are working a job or sometimes multiple jobs,” Morton said. “So this provides a very safe, positive learning environment for them and also provides some physical fitness, social interaction, and it’s just a great opportunity for them to help develop as young people.” Redelsheimer said she has already noticed the positive effects of this new addition to the school and is excited for what the future holds for both Northview and the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan. “Northview has been super great as the school,” Redelsheimer said. “I think that having this program has been really beneficial, and we’re just really happy to be here.”
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