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Kyle Anderson, a junior in feed science management, pours pancake batter on the griddle at Kakes for Kaiden hosted by FarmHouse Fraternity Tuesday.
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Technology Acceleration Partners, a global food solutions company, was co-founded by K-State and Michael Helmstetter, and it won the 2015 Excellence in Technology Based Economic Development award as America’s Most Promising TBED Institute, according to K-State News and Communications Services. The company, also known as TechAccel, is one of four organizations nationwide to earn this award of excellence. “Kansas State University is thrilled to be part of such a dynamic and exciting company as TechAccel,” President Kirk Schulz, member of TechAccel’s board of directors, said to K-State News and Communication Services. “This is a great illustration of how powerful university-business partnerships can be in addressing the global food system needs for transformational innovation as well as turning research and talent at the university into solutions that help advance Kansas State University forward to becoming a Top 50 public research university by 2025.” Dan Berglund, State Science and Technology Institute president and CEO, said to K-State News and Communications Services that TechAccel is unique in its multiple functions but also as an innovative model. see page
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arm, sticky pancakes were served by FarmHouse fraternity members at their Kakes for Kaiden philanthropy event Tuesday night. The pancake feed featured a visit from Bill Snyder, Willie the Wildcat, K-State cheerleaders, Kornerbooth photography and a live stream of the Kansas City Royals baseball game on the back patio. Entry to the event was a donation at the door. Lauren Jamison, sophomore in family studies and human services, said she enjoyed eating chocolate chip pancakes topped with strawberry syrup and Cool Whip. “Tonight I came to get a good place to watch the Royals game, support Kaiden and enjoy good pancakes,” Jamison said. Jamison said her favorite part of the night was meeting Bill Snyder and getting a picture with him. “Bill Snyder is a nice guy,” Jamison said. “He stood outside talking to us for quite a while.” All proceeds from the pancake feed will go to help the family of Kaiden Schroeder, a 10-year-old boy from McPherson, Kansas who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009, according to Charles Musil, FarmHouse philanthropy chair and sophomore in business administration. Musil said there were three key reasons why Schroeder was chosen to be the recipient of their philanthropy. First, FarmHouse’s philanthropy was in support of the leukemia lymphoma society. The second reason was because Kyler Jost, fraternity member
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and freshman in business administration, is from McPherson and is friends with Schroeder’s family, Musil said. The final reason was because Schroeder is a K-State
“He actually befriended some players on the football team a few years ago and comes to the games,” Musil said. “He even suited up and scored a touchdown in the 2014 spring game where he got to go on the field and run a play with the players.” However, due to his latest bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy treatments, Schroeder was unable to attend the philanthropy event, according to Jost. Schroeder’s immune system is not strong enough to be out in public yet, so this past weekend Jost said he visited Schroeder with some of his fraternity brothers. While visiting, Jost said he and his friends presented Schroeder and each of his family members with FarmHouse T-shirts. “He loved it, and one of the first things he noticed was the number on the back of his shirt was the jersey number 44, which is special to him,” Jost said. Jost said the number belonged to Ryan Mueller, Schroeder’s mentor and former football player. “I think it is things like this that we really see the true meaning of family at Kansas State University,” Jost said . “Not only can we be family on the football field, but we can also be family in the classroom, and we can even be family supporting those that aren’t even students yet that are 10 years old and battling a life disease.”
Percussion studio students showcase talent at recital CRAIG MEIER the collegian
The percussion studio held the Lower-Division Recital in Kirmser Hall Tuesday night. The show featured 16 students from the percussion studio showcasing talent on instruments like the marimba, snare and more. Once the lights near the back of the hall dimmed, silence fell and the recital commenced. “The recital is for the percussion studio to have a chance to perform in a live setting, in a more formal setting in front of their peers,” Brian Anderson, graduate student in music, said. Kirsten Votaw, junior in music education, performed a piece titled “Etude VII” by Michael Udow and Chris Watts. Votaw said she chose this piece from her music book and enjoys it because it has no set tempo or set notes. “It’s spatial,” Votaw said. “However close the notes are together is how fast you play it.” She said the piece took
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Kareem Tippin, sophomore in music education, performs Dream Sequence #2 by Tracy Thomas on the marimba during the Upper Division Percussion Studio Recital in Kirmser Hall Tuesday. two weeks to prepare both in and outside of lessons. After her performance, Votaw said she believed she did well. “I tried to really articulate the slurs in the music considering there is no tempo change or dynamic markings, so I had to throw in my own musicali-
ty to it,” Votaw said. Ryan Strunk, sophomore in music performance, said he had memorized his piece, “A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun” by Blake Tyson, played on the marimba. He said he chose it because he thought it was a beautiful piece.
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“(I) just loved it the first time I ever heard it,” Strunk said. According to Strunk, the piece took him a few weeks to prepare, practicing for two or three days per week for a few hours during each practice. “You can always do better,” Strunk said after
his performance. “There’s no such thing as a good performance.” Skyler Roth, sophomore in chemical engineering; Courtney Turner, sophomore in music education; and Jeremy Reynolds, sophomore in music education, performed “Dream Sequence #1” by Tracy Thomas on the marimba as well. While the majority of students performed pieces on the marimba, Madison Howbert, freshman in music education, and Matt Tidwell, sophomore in applied music, performed pieces on a snare drum. Christine Vavra, sophomore in applied music, said she enjoyed the sounds of music as an audience member and that she thought the performers did well. “They knew their music,” Vavra said. “They definitely portrayed that.” Overall, Votaw said she thought the recital went well too. “I think it went really well,” Votaw said. “It’s a really great experience for all the new people coming in, especially with the lower division.”
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Halloween traditions from around the world ELASSIA CUNNINGHAMYOUNGER the collegian
Dating as far back as 2,000 years, Halloween is a holiday that has evolved throughout the ages. Though it was originally a celtic, pagan festival called Samhain, where bonfires were lit to ward off ghosts and animal sacrifices were made to Celtic gods, Halloween has grown into a holiday that is celebrated in many countries all over the world, according to History.com. As Halloween spread around the globe, different countries acquired different traditions to celebrate the holiday.
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Many English-speaking countries and a number of European countries celebrate Halloween in similar manners: dressing up, trickor-treating and partying. America, however, is the only country that celebrates Halloween at such a large scale, according to foreign exchange students around K-State. One of the most celebrated traditions of Halloween is trick-ortreating. According to the Smithsonian.com, the origin of trick-ortreating began in the middle ages when children and impoverished adults dressed up in costumes and traveled door-to-door begging for money or food in exchange for songs, prayers and jokes. Today trick-or-treating is a child-friendly activity mostly performed in English speaking countries and some European countries. According to Maria Zorena, special undergraduate in English and exchange student from the United Kingdom, trick-or-treating is a Halloween tradition observed by children in the United Kingdom. "People go trick-or-treating, but it's not as big as (in America) and you would always go at 4 p.m. or like 5 p.m. with your parents and then you would back home," Zorena said. Likewise, in Australia trick-ortreating is a part of Halloween, but it is not as large of a Halloween tradition as it in America, according to Annelise Caplan, special undergraduate in open option and exchange student from Australia. Caplan said Australian Halloweens are sometimes celebrated by throwing parties. "Young kids sometimes trickor-treat, but we don't really celebrate it," Caplan said. "Sometimes people have Halloween parties." In European countries, the tradition of trick-or-treating is not as common as it is in other English-speaking countries.
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Taylor Underwood, sophomore in hospitality management, hands out candy to trick-or-treaters at the Sunset Zoo’s SPOOKtacular event Saturday. In Hungary, there are two different versions of Halloween celebrated, according to Rebekah Jackson, freshman in modern languages and exchange student from Hungary. While the fall celebration is called All Saints' Day, a holiday largely celebrated by Catholic nations on Nov. 1 to commemorate the saints of the church, the spring celebration of Halloween is more similar to the way American celebration. "There is something that is really similar to Halloween where all the kids dress up and go to a party," Jackson said. "They don't go trick-or-treating there, but they do dress up as like doctors or ghosts or witches, a lot like here. That's kind of a way to celebrate the dead winter is gone and the life of spring is coming." Jenny Barte, special undergraduate in anthropology, is an international student from Sweden. In Barte's home country, Halloween is celebrated by dressing up, however the holiday is primarily celebrated by adults who want to
party, according to Barte. "(Halloween) is not celebrated by kids," Barte said. "I think that the group that started to take it to Sweden were people who wanted to drink and wanted another reason to party, but it's spreading to kids now, as well, but, it's not a tradition to do trick-or-treat(ing) now."
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Some parts of the world do not celebrate Halloween at all, however many people in these countries have heard of the holiday through American movies. Mateus Zuliani, special undergraduate in mechanical engineering, said Halloween isn't celebrated much, if at all, in his home country of Brazil. However, Zuliani said that a lot of what he's learned about American Halloween came from American movies. "I know things I see in movies," Zuliani said. "People go out and trick-or-treat and I've heard about people going to Halloween
parties and it is much stronger than it is in Brazil." Qingling Li, senior in food science and industry, is a student from China and said that, like Zuliani, most of what she has learned about Halloween came from American movies and western cultural studies. "In our English class our teacher would share with us different kinds of western culture festivals, so I think Halloween was one of them," Li said.
A CHANGE IN TRADITION
In Nigera, Halloween is not celebrated at all; however, Nneoma Asinugo, junior in architecture, said she knew about Halloween before coming to America. "I already knew of Halloween, but I didn't know how seriously people took it before I came here, but we don't even think of it in Nigeria," Asinugo said. The American tradition of Halloween dates back to colonial times when the celebration of the
holiday was popular in Maryland and other southern colonies where colonist would tell "stories of the dead, tell each other's fortune, dance and sing," according to history.com. Halloween was made popular by European, specifically Irish, immigrants in the later half of the nineteenth century; by the 1950s, Halloween became the holiday it is today in America. In some countries, Halloween may not be as big of a deal, however that doesn't stop students from foreign countries from getting involved in American Halloween celebrations. Barte said that she is going to participate in Halloween by dressing up. "Since we're in Kansas, I bought this Dorothy from the 'Wizard of Oz' outfit and I'm going to be Dorthy and I'll probably go to Aggieville," Barte said. Elassia Cunningham-Younger is a freshman in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
A look to the past: a history lesson on losing for K-State fans
TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
After Saturday’s offensive debacle in Austin, Texas, Bill Snyder and his football team stare into polluted, rarefied air. Bill Snyder does not lose often. That’s why he is who he is. Since 1989, (or year one of real K-State football) the Wildcats have lost four or more consecutive games only six times before this season. Only four of those teams were coached by Snyder as the 2007 and 2008 teams lost their four and five straight games respectively under the watchful, bold and daring eyes of Ron Prince. 2007 made K-State fans weary, and 2008 found Prince fired after a season that included a blowout loss to Nebraska. So while those “scary smart” years have the same feel as the losing streak we’re looking at, the conductor is someone much different. Snyder lost seven in a row in 1989 after getting K-State’s first win after two straight nowin seasons. Needless to say, the seven in a row in 1989 may have more to do with where Wildcat football was before Snyder got there compared to the miracle Snyder and his staff would soon create. That leaves us with three different seasons, 1992, 2001
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K-State football players and head coach Bill Snyder step onto the field before the start of the game between K-State and Louisiana Tech on Sept. 19, 2015 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats dominated the Bulldogs after triple overtime 39-33. and 2005. 1992 found the Wildcat program in a weird place. Fresh off of their first winning season since 1982, the Wildcats reeled off three wins to start the season. K-State would fall in each of their next four, though, including a 7-31 loss to Kansas. The Wildcats were led by quarterback Jason Smargiasso, who was the last quarterback before the K-State quarterback pedigree significantly improved, starting with Chad May who took over under center next season. May, along with K-State legends like Kevin Lockett and Jaime Mendez, led the Wildcats to their first-ever bowl win in
the 1993 season. The Wildcats averaged only 244 yards of total offense that season with only 17.7 points per game. Fast forwarding almost a decade, we reach 2001. The Michael Bishop years brought K-State the closest that they’ve ever been to a national championship, and they enjoyed their third and fourth straight 11-win season, and second and third straight Big 12 North Title with quarterback Jonathan Beasley leading the way. The Wildcats, led by sophomore Ell Roberson, were ranked 12th to start the season and began it with a bang, beating Pete Carroll and USC 10-6 at the Coliseum in Los Angeles.
After blowing out New Mexico State 64-0 in the final nonconference game before a big showdown with No. 3 Oklahoma, the No. 11 Wildcats hung with the Sooners but fell 38-37 due to a blocked extra point that kept them from taking it to overtime. After that, the spiral continued, as K-State fell in three more conference match-ups before righting the ship in a 40-6 win against Kansas and winning four of the next five to get to a ninth straight bowl game. Finally, four years later, the ill-fated 2005 season, which saw the largest losing streak in the Bill Snyder era (minus the ‘89 season), was upon Manhattan.
After Roberson graduated in 2003 with a Big 12 title and a BCS bowl loss to Ohio State under his belt, the quarterback situation was muggy at best. K-State great and Ring of Honor inductee Darren Sproles had graduated in 2004 after a disappointing 4-7 season saw K-State’s 11-year bowl streak end. The Wildcats started off the 2005 season 4-1, including a 12-3 defensive battle versus Kansas. But five straight losses, including three by three or less points, saw Snyder announce his retirement prior to the last game of the season versus Missouri. K-State would win that final game, and Snyder would be carried off the field on the shoulders of Ring of Honor inductee Jordy Nelson and offensive lineman Jeromey Clary. Now, a decade later, K-State is looking down the barrel at what could be the longest losing streak Wildcat fans have had to suffer since that 1989 season. K-State has lost four in a row so far, with No. 2 Baylor looming on Nov. 5 and a trip down to Lubbock, Texas to take on Texas Tech coming on Nov. 14. Both of these are extremely losable games for the Wildcats. However, total collapse is not imminent for this K-State team. A bowl game and a salvaged season is still in grasp, but sometimes it is extremely difficult to see the forest for the trees in this season. The Wildcats undoubtedly had a top-loaded schedule, playing all four of the top teams in the conference in their first six games.
Still, if things do not get righted, it could get real tense in the Little Apple. Since 1989, a five-game losing streak has meant change at the top, whether that be a retirement of a beloved coach, or the firing of a despised one. This should be said: Bill Snyder should not retire. Bill Snyder should not be forced to retire. This season has been a biblical plague of injuries with Snyder himself wondering if he’s ever had to go through more trials in the pursuit of his teams’s first conference win of the season. “Well, I would not know how to judge it,” Snyder said on Tuesday. “Have I been as frustrated before? Perhaps not, but I cannot put a numerical value on it.” Whether those frustrations are met with empathy from the powers that be, no one but John Currie knows. But, if history has shown us anything, years directly after these years of struggle have been productive for K-State when Bill Snyder has been at the helm. 1991 was K-State’s first winning season since 1982. In 1993, K-State won their first bowl game in school history. In 2002, the Wildcats netted another 11-win season and won the Holiday Bowl versus Arizona State. 2015 may not bring Wildcat fans the victories that they’re used to, but history has shown that something big might still be in the works. Timothy Everson is an junior in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@kstatecollegian.com.
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K-State tries to find silver linings during bye week LIZ HEATH the collegian
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-State was 3-0 going into their last bye week back in September. In those three games, the Wildcats were averaging 34.3 points per game while they held their opponents to an average of 12 points per game. The goal for the first bye week was to work on improvements before entering Big 12 play against Oklahoma State. The team is still looking to make improvements going into this bye week, but instead of being on a three-game winning streak, K-State is trying to overcome a four-game losing streak. The Wildcats have fallen behind in average points per game with a 27.3 average to their opponent’s 28.9. The Wildcats have been plagued with a plethora of injuries. Head coach Bill Snyder said nine players were on the injury list before the Texas game last Saturday. Snyder said the intent was to cut down the length of practices on Tuesday and Wednesday before starting up again on Saturday to get the team rested up for Baylor. K-State will also be using this week to build team morale. “The hardest part is just trying to continue to motivate young people and to do the very best that they possibly can,” Snyder said at Tuesday’s press conferences. “You know a lot of us, myself included, have not really been here before.” Junior quarterback Joe Hubener said the team is not where they want to be in terms of the Big 12.
“This is not the projection we hoped for, but having a bye week gives us extra time to prepare for Baylor and to fix some of the mistakes that we have made in these first several games in Big 12 play,” Hubener said at the press conference. K-State will look to take advantage of Baylor’s quarterback situation. The Bears’ junior quarterback Seth Russell went down with a neck injury and freshman Jarrett Stidham will look to fill the void. Wildcats’ sophomore defensive back Sean Newlan said he sees Stidham as a well-coached player. “There is always that youth factor that goes along with a young player like that,” Newlan said at Tuesday’s press conference. “Maybe if we’re able to disguise some of our coverages we’ll be able to force him into some errors and missed throws, but I think he’s a pretty solid player.” Junior linebacker Will Davis is also hoping to use Stidham’s youth as an opportunity to make plays. “Even a senior out there who’s been playing for four years is going to make mistakes,” Davis said at the press conference. “A freshman might be a little more susceptible to that, so that’s what we’re going to have to take advantage of.” As for the team’s morale dealing with a four-game skid, junior offensive lineman Terrale Johnson said the team is staying focused on keeping determined and positive. “We just talk to every player and make sure they have their head up,” Johnson said at the press conference. “If we keep grinding hard together and we keep fighting together, we’ll come out on top.”
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K-STATE RESEARCH LOOKING TO END DEADLY SWINE VIRUS
K-State researchers are searching for a cure to a deadly swine virus. According to K-State News and Communications Services, this virus has a 100 percent mortality rate in piglets less than seven days old. Researchers are trying to determine a way to help through analyzing animal feed. “We have established that feed and feed ingredients
may act as a vehicle to transfer the virus,” Jason Woodworth, research associate professor of animal sciences and industry, said to News and Communications Services. “This is extremely important because feed and ingredients are not normally considered a vector in transmitting diseases.” Approximately a dozen K-State and Iowa State researchers are working to conduct feed processing at Cargill Feed Safety Research Center at K-State’s O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center. Most of the research is funded through the National Pork Board, according to Woodworth.
KANSAS EDUCATION SYSTEM TO FOCUS ON STUDENT NEEDS, LESS TESTS
Two days after President Obama’s administration announced education goals in limiting testing in classrooms, Randy Watson, Kansas education commissioner, said at the Department of Education’s annual conference that Kansas school systems rely on testing too much, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
The Board of Education and the Department of Education are working toward higher rates of high school graduation and completion of higher education, as well as kindergarten readiness. Education in schools should focus on the children, not systems, according to Watson. “The department and board are ready to lead the change,” Watson said at the department’s annual conference. “Going forward, we are going to be focused on how every student, K-12 and beyond, can be successful. Kansans have never backed down from a challenge, especially where our children are concerned.” Jim McNiece, state board of education chairman, said at the conference that the board understands that because student needs are continuously changing, the board needs to be flexible also. “Several months ago, as the board was considering changes to its strategic plan for Kansas education, we charged Education Commissioner Randy Watson with finding out what Kansans want in their state education system,” McNiece said. “Based on this feedback, our board has developed an exciting new vision for education.”
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n an average day, Corbin Moore can be seen cruising leisurely around campus on his longboard. However, he also loves the thrill of hitting over 65 mph down different hills around Manhattan. “It’s like a roller coaster,” said Moore, senior in mechanical engineering and co-president of the K-State Longboarding Club. “There’s like a second that you’re weightless. It’s a strange sensation.”
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NATIONAL LONGBOARDING EVENTS
For five years, Moore has been working with his co-presidents to take the club from a small group of students just looking to ride to one that hosts national events. For instance, the club’s annual spring event, Breezy Bomb, brings in longboarders from all over the country. “It’s kind of like a weird, dysfunctional family of downhill skateboarders,” Moore said. “We love it, though. It’s a lot of fun.” According to co-president Seth Gruver, senior in computer science, Moore does most of the work when setting up the national events. Planning includes talking to sponsors, marking the track, setting up liability insurance policies and speaking with local police, with whom the club maintains a good relationship so it is not banned from boarding around
Manhattan, Gruver said. Come race day, Moore is on top of the hill with the other racers. He doesn’t stay up there long, however, because he says the prospect of going as fast as he does can be nerve-wracking if he thinks too long about it. Once he starts going down the hill, Moore said the experience is indescribable.
LEARNING TO LONGBOARD
“(Longboarding) is one of those things that you have to experience to really understand,” Moore said. “You have to put in a lot of pain and effort and falling to figure out how it actually works, and once you get past the learning curve, it’s all magical from there.” Moore’s effort, pain and falling are evident through the number of scars that run up and down his arms, shoulders and back. To Moore, falling is
just part of longboarding, so he had to learn how to master the “art of falling.”
SAFETY
Moore once fell off his board going around 55 mph and “Superman” dove on his chest after attempting a turn. Luckily, he got up afterward without a scratch because of his ability to fall relatively safely. Other times, he is not as lucky, like when his helmet visor shattered and he had to pick the shards out of his shoulder. Moore’s roommate Devyn Simmons, senior in mechanical engineering, said Moore has a very strict, zero-tolerance policy in the club for those who do not follow safety procedures. Moore and his co-presidents require, at minimum, helmets and gloves when going down hills, and Moore takes it a step further by wearing a leather jumpsuit when racing.
“(Longboarding) is a good hobby and good exercise,” Janelle Moore, Corbin’s mother, said. “My only concern is it’s dangerous.” Janelle Moore said she approves of how safety conscious her son is, which influences how he runs the club, and knows longboarding is something he loves. That doesn’t stop her from getting nervous, though. Janelle Moore said that the one time she watched Corbin race, she just imagined with everyone going so fast, something might happen and cause a pile up. Corbin said his parents are supportive of his racing, though they might wish he would spend a bit more time on school. “I think he’s pretty determined, regardless of what his mom thinks,” Janelle Moore said.
DEDICATION
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“It’s kind of like a weird, dysfunctional family of downhill skateboarders...we love it, though. It’s a lot of fun.” Corbin Moore Co-President, Longboarding Club
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Corbin Moore, senior in mechanical engineering, stands with his longboard at Observation Point on Oct. 22. and “intense” are words many have used to describe Corbin. Simmons said Moore might come across as high-strung, but really he just has a lot of energy in everything that he does. Despite Moore’s intensity, Simmons (who learned to longboard from Moore) said Moore is a really patient teacher. He might forget how good he is at longboarding, however, and take people to hills they might not be ready for. “He likes to help people get started,” Simmons said. “He’ll watch you and help you, but it’s kind of hard. Everyone has a different approach to going down hills.” Simmons said he remembers the time he was going down a hill with Moore following in a car to give him some pointers, when Simmons started gaining too much speed. Moore was shouting at him from behind, “Lean forward! Lean forward!” The incident ended with Simmons falling off the board, but it was still a good learning experience
since, as Moore said, falling is part of longboarding. Moore’s brother Connor had a similar experience when he fell because his board was not made for that kind of speed. Corbin had insisted on going down the hill without realizing his brother did not have the right board, and his brother ended up falling into a ditch. Despite this incident, Connor said that he and Corbin have bonded over longboarding. Corbin started skateboarding at 7 years old and has impressed family, friends and former sponsors. “I’m pretty good at this point,” Corbin said. Even though he didn’t start longboarding in his flat hometown of Wichita until his junior year of high school, Corbin said he has fond memories of skateboarding with his father in their driveway. He does not make any serious distinctions between skateboarding and longboarding, except in board size and location, and he continues to do both.
COMMUNITY
Corbin Moore, senior in mechanical engineering, speeds around a corner at Observation Point on Oct 22.
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Like many longboarders around campus, Moore uses his board for transportation every day. Also, he goes to different hills for study breaks, de-stressing and just hanging out with his friends. Moore said though he thinks racing is fun, his favorite part of longboarding is the community aspect of it. Not only does he get the chance to hang out with local longboarders, but because of the events he goes to around the country, he said he knows many people that he would not have gotten the chance to meet otherwise. On event days, Moore described a social aspect of racing where everyone gets together for open skates, camps and barbecues. “It’s a really nice community,” Moore said. “You see all the same guys at all the events, so you’ll go to an event and then the next week you see the same guys at a different event.” Longboarding is something Moore said he hopes to continue in the future. He even talks about it at job interviews in order to grab employers’ attention. In the past, Moore was sponsored to race, but he said he is not concerned now about finding sponsors again and is just happy to continue racing and relaxing with his friends while doing what he is passionate about.
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