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Wildcats Pho-Ever dinner serves Asian cuisine JANAE MCKINNEY
The Riley County Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide. According to a media release from the RCPD, a call came in at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday to report a body in the rural area of southern Riley County. The victim has been identified as Carrie Alicia Jones, 48, of Junction City. Initial investigation determined Jones to be a victim of homicide.
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The Asian American Student Union and Wildcats Forever hosted the Wildcats Pho-Ever dinner Sunday evening at the Frith Community Center as part of an annual tradition to get Kansas State students acquainted with Vietnamese cuisine. K-State students were invited to eat pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs and a choice of either chicken or beef. A vegetarian option was also available for students who purchased tickets in advance. Attendees were able to add toppings to their pho including chives, cilantro and sprouts. Jackie Huynh, former AASU president and senior in hospitality management, said the annual event began five years ago and has continually grown in size. The first year, the dinner was attended only by the four AASU executive officers. This year, 60 people purchased tickets. “The people in attendance are mainly K-State students, but I want Manhattan and Junction City people to attend to make it a county-wide event to bring more people,” Huynh said. Karijanna Miller, sophomore in graphic design, said the AASU is transitioning from being just a social club to also being a political club in order to “get their name out there.” This was the first year the group partnered with Wildcats Forever. The partner-
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Students enjoy pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup, at the Wildcats Pho-Ever dinner in Manhattan, Kan. on Oct. 29, 2017. The event was hosted by Wildcats Forever and the Asian American Student Union. ship was considered a success by Jordan Peyton, vice president of AASU and sophomore in biological systems engineering. “The event [went] smoother,” Peyton said. “They were able to give us more funding. I hope the momentum continues in the future to be a bigger presence. I want AASU to be a safe spot for everyone.” The dinner also featured a raffle of candy, movies and cookware with winners chosen throughout the night.
The money raised from tickets will go to support students attending the Midwest Asian American Student Union conference and other events. Other events hosted at K-State by the AASU include the Taste of Asia, a free event for students to try Asian foods such as kimbap, spring rolls and dumplings. Students interested in joining the AASU can attend meetings held every other Tuesday at 7 p.m.
UPC hosts 40th screening of 'Rocky Horror' MONICA BRICH
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Kansas State students and members of the Manhattan community filled the Union Ballroom Friday night to attend the Union Program Council’s annual showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” The musical follows a newly engaged couple who get a flat tire on their way to visit a friend. The couple stumbles upon the castle of Dr. Frank N. Furter, who is preparing to debut his new creation: a muscular man named Rocky. Since its debut in 1975, the production has been embraced by the LGBT community for its openness regarding sexuality. Last year, it was
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remade into a television movie, starring transgender icon Laverne Cox. “I’ve been seeing ‘Rocky Horror’ for a long time,” Mary Renee, emcee for the pre-show, said. “It just makes for a really fun and different night in Manhattan, stuff you don’t normally see.” Renee is a 13-year veteran emcee for “Rocky Horror.” She explained the history of the production’s culture, which includes audience participation and a pre-show featuring a “virgin auction.” “People would do a virgin auction,” Renee said. “If you haven’t [seen the movie live] before, you’re marked a virgin, and then there’s costume contests and a lot of fun things before the
show.” Jenna Henderson, sophomore in animal science and “Rocky Horror” virgin, was convinced by her friends to attend the event. Henderson and the other “virgins” were marked with a red V on their foreheads, and were “auctioned” to the audience for bids like applesauce and “the repressed memories from this night.” Most of the crowd came dressed in costumes, including Mary Poppins, Pokémon characters and Merlin. For the costume contest, they were organized into groups on stage determined by their type of costume, who had come in pairs and who had recently eaten Mexican food. Renee then determined winners and gave out prizes like candy
and plastic bones. Audience participation extended into the showing of the film itself. Afterwards, Henderson said she enjoyed how interactive it was. “Honestly, it was a great experience,” Henderson said. “Everyone gets so involved, and it’s pretty cool.” Charlsie Fowler, senior in apparel and textiles and daytimes co-chair for UPC, said Friday’s event was the 40th year of “Rocky Horror” screenings at K-State, making it the longest running show in Kansas. “It’s a K-State tradition,” Fowler said. “It’s a great way to bring in a great group of people that lets them be themselves and let loose. It’s just a really wonderful time.”
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Bump in the night: Do ghosts roam the halls of a K-State fraternity?
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The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house in Manhattan, Kan.
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Like many old buildings in Manhattan, the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house is believed to be occupied by more than just its members. Ghosts have been said to haunt the halls of the house since 1955, when the old St. Mary’s Hospital moved from its location at 1100 Fremont St. to a new building in Manhattan. The members of Delta Sigma Phi
claim there are two ghosts who live in the house: George Segal, a former hospital patient, and an entity known only as “the Nurse.” There is no direct relationship between the two ghosts, but their whereabouts in the house have been documented by previous members of the fraternity who have allegedly encountered them. “Bedrock Values” is a book by Loren Mall, a Delta Sigma Phi alum, containing the history of the Kansas State chapter of Delta Sigma Phi, and it includes a chapter about the ghosts. Matt Mindrup, junior in biology, shared an
excerpt from “Bedrock Values” about George’s background. George was a patient at St. Mary’s Hospital in the early 1950s. He was bedridden and could not speak. One night, George fell off his bed and was pinned between the wall and the bed frame. As the hospital made its transition from the Fremont place to the new Manhattan location, the hospital staff was checking all the rooms and making sure all the patients were moved out. When checking George’s room, they didn’t see anyone and assumed he had already been moved. George died later that night. The book also mentions how George really liked “Star Trek.” An ice storm in the 1960s knocked out the power to the whole neighborhood, but every Tuesday at 4 p.m., the electricity would come on in the house and reruns of “Star Trek” would play. “What’s weird about it is, it said no other house would have electricity,” Mindrup said. The members quickly found out that George’s love for “Star Trek” meant he had a hatred for “Star Wars.” “I was told last year a member brought a lightsaber for a date party costume, and that night he heard a huge crash; it was his lightsaber broken on the other side of the room,” Mitch Byers, freshman in secondary education, said. “He’s a good ghost,” Mindrup
said. “People think he liked to bowl, so members hear a bowling ball out on the third floor at night, and they’ll go out and look and won’t see anything, and they really only hear it from George’s room.” Jake McIntire, senior in kinesiology, also had a chilling encounter when he lived in the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house. “One time I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and there was a recliner at the end of the hallway,” McIntire said. “I thought I saw someone rocking in it, but when I looked back they were gone. It was 3 in the morning, so everyone else was asleep.” With over 50 years of haunting the halls in Delta Sigma Phi, it doesn’t appear George is going anywhere anytime soon. Fraternity members currently living in the house continue to have unexplainable occurrences. “In the room right next to me across from George’s room, once or twice a week they will hear footsteps go across the room,” Byers said. “It’s really weird. It’s creepy.” The other ghost that is said to reside in the Delta Sigma Phi house is simply referred to as the Nurse. According to legend, she was on the third floor and was going to take a cart down to the first floor. She pressed the button for the elevator and opened the gate. She backed in, thinking the elevator was there, fell down the elevator shaft and died.
Current members say that while George stays on the third floor, the Nurse roams the house. She particularly likes to haunt a hallway they call Nurse’s Hall. “Nurse’s Hall is probably the creepiest part of the house, especially at night,” Cody Uhlich, senior in biology, said. Byers shared a story he heard about a time when their house mom, Barb Holste, was decorating the house for the holidays, and all the members were out studying or taking finals so she was the only one home. Holste heard screaming, but no movement up or down the steps. When the Nurse died, it has been said she screamed all the way down. While the idea of ghosts being in the house may seem unsettling, many of the fraternity members have learned to live with it. “It doesn’t really bother me because you don’t think about it until something weird happens,” Mindrup said. With strange noises, flickering lights and other paranormal activities, the majority of fraternity members say they believe ghosts do exist within the walls of Delta Sigma Phi, even if they haven’t had their own personal encounters with them. “I 100 percent believe there are ghosts in the house,” Byers said. “I would love to encounter them. That’d be a really cool story.”
Fort Riley hosts annual Ghost Tours, shows ‘haunted’ quarters CHRISTINA CANNON THE COLLEGIAN
The ghosts of Fort Riley’s historic past came out Sunday evening for the military post’s 21st annual Ghost Tours event. The tours started in front of Polk Hall, which was once the fort’s commissary, and were led by volunteers from the Historical and Archaeological Society of Fort Riley. Maggy Gray, member of the HASFR and one of Fort Riley’s “pie queens,” volunteered this year to lead visitors around the neighborhood as a haunted tour guide, or a “ghostess” as the HASFR calls them. This year’s tour covered the area surrounding the Cavalry Parade Field, including a stop at a tour mainstay, the Custer House.
Gray, who has only been at Fort Riley for about a year, said she also attended the tour last fall when it covered the neighborhood surrounding the Artillery Parade Field. “We do a different tour every year,” Gray said. “Last year it was focused on Scholfield, and this year it’s focusing on the Cavalry Parade Field and Forsyth Avenue and trying to take care of some of those stories on this end. It’s a lot less residential this year too, because we’re [telling stories] about the old theater, and King Field House and the old commissary.”
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Visitors to Fort Riley listen to the story of Sarah Fox at the old train station across from Waters Hall during the 21st annual Fort Riley Ghost Tours on Oct. 29, 2017. Fox was the daughter of a 19th-century Army sergeant who was a victim of the cholera epidemic. Her body was buried by the train station and later exhumed and placed in an unmarked grave in the current Fort Riley Cemetery. She has allegedly been seen walking around the area at night.
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While not every house on Fort Riley has a story, many of the homes surrounding the parade fields and older sections of the fort have storied pasts. Gray’s own home, known as Quarters 18-A, was a stop on the tour. Gray told tour guests stories the past residents of Quarters 18-A have told her and she shared her own experiences with
the home. Gray said her children refuse to use the showers on the second floor because of a “presence” that spooks them. Another stop on the tour was Quarters 24-A, known as the Custer House. The house was believed to be General George Armstrong Custer’s home during his assignment at Fort Riley, though later research suggests that Custer actually stayed in Quarters 21-A.
The Custer House was burned down by a fire in the kitchen at some point, after which it was restored to be a facsimile of what Custer’s quarters would have looked like in the 1800s. Sarah Curry, the current occupant of the Custer House, said there was a seven-year gap during the 1930s where the house had no inhabitants, which is most likely when the fire occurred. “There’s a list and there’s
an empty space of about seven years in the ‘30s,” Curry said. “So that’s our guess, because there’s residents listed before that and then there’s this gap in the ‘30s.” Curry said there is architectural evidence to support the claim that the Custer House burned down in the 1930s. “Our house is very ‘30s,” Curry said. “It has these big arched doorways and it doesn’t have chopped up rooms. It looks
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K-State football struggles in 30-20 victory at Sunflower Showdown NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
A sparse crowd saw the Kansas State football team defeat the University of Kansas in Lawrence, 30-20, on Saturday at the 115th iteration of the Sunflower Showdown. KU got the scoring started on a 28-yard kick by senior place kicker Gabriel Rui. That offensive push was set up by a fumble from K-State junior wide receiver Byron Pringle. K-State junior defensive back D.J. Reed would take the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. The return marked the 13th straight season in which the Wildcats had a kickoff return touchdown, the longest active streak in the nation. “I got an opportunity to touch the ball finally,” Reed said after the game. “I just hit a hole and it was history from there.” Both teams had trouble pushing the ball into the end zone in the first half. K-State had two red zone turnovers and KU was forced to settle for a field goal on both trips. KU’s sophomore quarterback Carter Stanley got a starting position over junior quarterback Peyton Bender, the team’s normal starter. For K-State, sophomore quarterback Alex Delton got another starting po-
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The Kansas State Wildcats played the University of Kansas Jayhawks during the Sunflower Showdown at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kan. on Oct. 28, 2017. The Wildcats went on to win 30 - 20. sition, but was taken out of the game after an apparent injury and redshirt freshman quarterback Skylar Thompson took
over. Delton did not return for the rest of the game. “I was awful proud of him, considering he’s never set his
foot on the field [in college],” K-State head coach Bill Snyder said in a post-game press conference.
In the third quarter, the Wildcats started to take a commanding lead when senior linebacker Jayd Kirby had a strip
sack on the first play of the second half. Three plays later, sophomore running back Alex Barnes would score a touchdown on a three-yard run. Reed broke up a pass on the goal line on a third down and then turned around and returned the punt 37 yards out to KU’s 47-yard line. K-State senior kicker Matthew McCrane kicked a 36-yard field goal on the ensuing offensive drive to make the score 20-6 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter was a back and forth affair. The teams traded touchdowns until McCrane iced the game with a 41-yard field goal. Reed intercepted a pass from the Jayhawks as time expired to seal a win for the Wildcats, 30-20. Barnes finished the game with 128 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The offense as a whole gained 202 yards on the ground. “They came out and popped us in the mouth, that program is on the rise,” Barnes said in the post-game press conference. McCrane made all three attempted field goals this game, including a long kick of 41 yards. For KU, Stanley threw for 418 yards and one touchdown. He also had 23 rushing yards on the ground. Sophomore running back Khalil Herbert led the KU offense with 33 rushing yards.
Bowl game hopes not dead for so-far lackluster K-State football BRETT ENGLE
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Earlier this year, I did a game-by-game prediction for Kansas State’s entire football season. I predicted that the Wildcats would finish 11-1, and needless to say, that’s not going to happen. But with a 4-4 record so far this season, let’s take a look to see how the Wildcats might finish the year and if they can make it to a bowl game.
NOV. 4: TEXAS TECH As we’ve seen in recent games, K-State’s defense
has struggled. Texas Tech is known for having explosive offenses, and this year is no different. Hopefully senior quarterback Jesse Ertz will be back for the Wildcats, but unless the defense can contain the Red Raider offense, things could get ugly in Lubbock, Texas — a place that is historically hard to win at. In the end, Texas Tech’s offensive firepower will be too much for the Wildcats to handle. Final score: K-State: 27, Texas Tech: 55 Bold prediction: Sophomore running back Alex Barnes rushes for over 100 yards with two touchdowns.
NOV. 11: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY Sitting at 4-5, the Wildcats are in desperate need of a win. A win against the Mountaineers won’t come easy, as quarterback Will Grier and wide receiver David Sills V having been having great years for the faithful in Morgantown, West Virginia. That being said, the Wildcats will protect their home turf and come away with a big win. Final score: K-State: 34, West Virginia: 24 Bold prediction: Head coach Bill Snyder gets tricky and plays junior defensive back D.J. Reed at wide receiver.
NOV. 18: OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State, much like Texas Tech, has a big, fast-paced offense. But no matter what, the Wildcats and the Cowboys have a knack for playing close games in Stillwater, Oklahoma. K-State will get back to its old self — using up every second of the play clock and getting those 8-minute-long touchdown drives. But in the end, Oklahoma State can score whenever it wants and come away with a win. Final score: K-State: 24, Oklahoma State: 31 Bold prediction: Ertz is healthy, but sophomore
quarterback Alex Delton sees a majority of the time at quarterback.
NOV. 25: IOWA STATE
K-State was in this exact same position just a few years ago, where bowl game eligibility hinged on a home game with Iowa State. The Cyclones are currently playing as well as any team in the country — they’ve picked up wins over the University of Oklahoma and Texas Christian University during their winning streak. But with all the pressure stacked against K-State, Snyder will have the Wildcats
ready to play and go bowling. Final score: K-State: 24, Iowa State: 21 Bold prediction: Senior kicker Matthew McCrane hits a field goal with under a minute left on the clock to make the Wildcats bowl-eligible. Brett Engle is a sophomore in business administration. 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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Iowa State scored in the 40th minute when Taylor Wagner snuck a goal through the legs of Wildcat senior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin from 28 yards out. The Cyclones’ final goal came in the 73rd minute, when Emily Steil nailed a penalty kick to seal the victory. The Cyclones finished the season with a 3-12-3 overall record and a 1-6-2 Big 12 record. K-State almost tied the match up in the final minute before halftime, but Iowa State narrowly kept sophomore forward Katie Cramer’s shot out of the goal. The lone Wildcat goal came from freshman midfielder Brookelyn Entz in the 64th minute. Entz converted a penalty kick to tie the match at 1-1. The goal was Entz’s fifth of the season, and she set a new K-State record for career goals. The Wildcats outshot the Cyclones 21-19, but had one less shot on goal, 5-6. The combined 40 shots from both teams set a new Big 12 record. The loss ended a tough season for the Wildcats. While they didn’t have a winning season, the squad won one more match than they did last season and got their first ever Big 12 win against the University of Kansas. Friday also marked K-State’s Senior Night. Seniors Larkin, defender Kelcy Fiser, forward Abby Sieperda, and mid-
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fielder Jade Anderson were all honored as they donned their Wildcat uniforms for the last time. Head soccer coach Mike Dibbini said he was pleased with his team’s first season of Big 12 conference play. “I think we overachieved and we were a lot more accelerated than people anticipated,” Dibbini said to K-State Sports. “We were picked last because we were new. We managed to stay and compete in every match.” Dibbini also said he is optimistic about the Wildcats’ future in their next soccer season. “I think we gained a lot of respect,” Dibbini said to K-State Sports. “We stayed in games and we did not lose by very much when we did. We really challenged our opponents and put them to the test ... but I wished we would not have gotten last [in the Big 12] because that is what everybody expected of us. We were really trying to prove everyone wrong, but I feel like we did well in this season overall.” K-State will return its top two scorers, Entz and junior midfielder Morgan Mauck, next season. A lot of progress was made by the soccer team this season, and fans should be excited to see what 2018 has in store.
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K-State beats Fort Hays State in home men’s basketball exhibition NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State men’s basketball team won its second exhibition game of the season 79-56 over the Fort Hays State Tigers on Sunday at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State started the game on fire, making their first four baskets to take a 10-2 lead at the 17-minute mark. Sophomore forward Xavier Sneed got the scoring started with a three-pointer on the first K-State ball possession. Sneed contributed a couple of fast break dunks later in the first half. “I’m trying to get to the hole more, of course, and do a lot more things for our team to help us win,” Sneed said after the game. K-State stretched its lead all the way to 20 points with just over nine minutes left after a steal-and-dunk from Sneed. Toward the end of the first half, Fort Hays started making a comeback, cutting the K-State
lead to nine points after a pair of free throws from junior guard Marcus Cooper. K-State held the Tigers at arm’s length for the rest of the first half. The Wildcats took a 37-30 lead into the locker room at halftime. “I think it was more us than them, we got a little lackadaisical on defense and just kind of got lazy,” junior forward Dean Wade said. “We started off the game hot … we just got a little lazy on defense.” Sneed led K-State’s scoring with 18 points and seven rebounds. Wade contributed 15 points and three rebounds. Fort Hays’ offense pulled forward to be within five points of the Wildcats at the beginning of the second half, but K-State answered with a wild scoring run to take an 11-point lead into the under-16-minute media timeout. “I hope our depth is a big plus for us, but we just have to wait and see,” K-State head coach Bruce Weber said in the post-game press conference. Even with the Wildcats’ of-
fensive balance, it remains to be seen who will be the team’s go-to scorer in late game situations. K-State went on a 19-7 run in the middle of the second half to open up the scoreboard 59-41 at the under-12-minute media timeout. The Wildcats’ lead would float around 20 points for the last 12 minutes of the game and eventually turned into a 23-point lead after freshman forward Nigel Shadd hit a jump shot at the buzzer. Even without 6-foot-11 redshirt freshman forward James Love III, the Wildcats had a distinct height advantage. K-State outscored the Tigers 38-12 in the paint. Junior guard Kamau Stokes did not play for the Wildcats due to recently having his wisdom teeth removed. K-State will play one more home exhibition match Friday against Emporia State. Tip-off will be at 8 p.m. following the conclusion of the women’s basketball game against Emporia State.
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Mawdo Sallah looks to pass the ball during the men’s basketball game between Fort Hays State University and Kansas State University at Bramlage Coliseum in Mahattan, Kan. on Oct. 29, 2017.
Volleyball loses hard-fought match to Texas Tech, 3-2 AVERY OSEN
THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State volleyball team fell 3-2 on Saturday to the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas. The Wildcats were ahead of their opponents in nearly every category, but they ultimately couldn’t win the match against Texas Tech. The two teams went to five sets for the second time this season. The loss ended a seven-match winning streak against Texas Tech for the Wildcats. The first set was controlled by the Wildcats until Texas Tech bounced back to take a 16-15 lead. The Red Raiders were able to close out the set, 25-18. K-State struck back with a vengeance to take the second set,
leading by as many as 10 points. The Wildcats had four blocks and forced Texas Tech into nine hitting errors for a 25-17 set win. The third set was also a good one for the Wildcats — they never trailed in score and won the set 25-17 for a 2-1 lead in the match. Texas Tech fired back and narrowly took a must-win set four, 25-23. The Red Raiders had a 14-4 lead early on this set, but K-State fought back to even things out. In the decisive fifth set, the Red Raiders took an 8-3 lead, but the Wildcats didn’t go home easy. K-State battled back and tied it 12-12 before ultimately losing 15-12 in set five, and thus losing 3-2 in the match. The Wildcats are now 9-14 overall and 2-8 in Big 12 conference play, while the Red Raiders’ record improved to 14-9 overall
and 3-7 in Big 12 conference play. For K-State, senior opposite Bryna Vogel provided 12 kills and had a career high 29 digs for the Wildcats. Vogel now has 30 double-doubles in her four years at K-State. Junior outside hitter Kylee Zumach also finished with 12 kills, while freshman outside hitter Brynn Carlson had 11 kills and freshman middle blocker Peyton Williams had 10 kills. The Wildcats hit .179 as a team in the loss, and the Red Raiders hit .100. The Wildcats had 60 kills and Texas Tech finished with 52. K-State will face a tough challenge up next as they face the University of Texas on Wednesday inside Ahearn Field House at 8 p.m. The match will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
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