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Student allegedly harassed on campus, dismissed by police officer MONICA DIAZ KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
A student senator at Kansas State claims to have been dismissed by campus police while attempting to file a harassment report. In a written personal account emailed to campus leaders on Oct. 20, Ryan Kelly, student senator and sophomore in civil engineering, claimed that an officer from the K-State Police Department behaved unprofessionally on Oct. 19 when taking a report of Kelly’s claims of harassment at his apartment. Kelly claimed to have been harassed as a result of comments he had made in a Collegian article the day prior, in which he stated that students of color are afraid to walk on campus. Kelly said he had received threats after the article was published and that multiple unknown individuals had come to his apartment looking for him, which Kelly said was unusual. Kelly’s written statement identified Timothy L. Schrag as the officer who conducted the initial interview for the report. Jack Ayres, student body president and senior in chemical engineering, confirmed Schrag as the officer in question. Officer Schrag is not to be confused with Timothy J. Schrag, editor of K-State Magazine. Kelly wrote that Schrag lacked empathy and immediately dismissed the “malicious” intent of the people harassing him during the initial interview for the harassment report. Schrag cast doubt on Kelly’s claims of harassment, attributing the alleged harassment to drunken college students looking for parties — despite the fact that Kelly does not live near a bar and lives on the third floor of a Jardine apartment building. Schrag proceeded to discuss Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and his presence at a rally in support of DACA recipients, Kelly wrote in the report. Kelly wrote that Schrag said he didn’t understand why “illegals are trying to make an issue out of a non-issue.”
Kelly said he felt like Schrag was giving an argument for why he should drop the report of harassment. At the conclusion of the interview, Kelly said he noticed Schrag had written his race as white on the police report. Kelly, the son of a black father and white mother, told Schrag he was black, to which Schrag replied with a comment along the
wrote. “He never said he had covered up anything or didn’t report something explicitly, but he implied that’s what would happen if it was an ideal world. I then asked very bluntly, ‘Have you ever not reported a racebased incident?’ He went around the question and never really gave me a satisfactory answer. “I felt like he posed a direct
“[Schrag] never said he had covered up anything or didn’t report something explicitly, but he implied that’s what would happen if it was an ideal world.” Ryan Kelly
student senator and sophomore in engineering lines of “you never know these days,” Kelly wrote in the report. Kelly wrote that Schrag then remarked that his body camera had apparently run out of battery power and had not recorded the interview, before giving Kelly his card and the case number for the report. After Schrag left, Kelly said he received a call from Schrag, who explained that his superior had told him he needed to conduct the interview again for the sake of accuracy. During the follow-up conversation, Kelly said Schrag began speaking about racial tensions in policing, speaking about police officers who had been shot while on duty in cities across the country. Schrag also spoke on recent protests in the NFL and referenced his armed forces background. Kelly said he did not know why or how the conversation had digressed from his initial report of harassment. Schrag then allegedly spoke “about the difficulty in reporting racial incidents as a police officer ... [and] how sometimes it’s best not for him to report things to his higher-ups,” Kelly wrote. “I began to ask for clarification, ‘So what you’re saying is that Chief Grice doesn’t get the whole story sometimes?’” Kelly
threat to me,” Kelly said in the statement. After the interview for the harassment report, Kelly said he felt coerced by Schrag to not report the incident. Schrag told Kelly he had 28 years of experience with the K-State Police. The Kansas Open Records Act does allow for access to police disciplinary records, but Kelly said in his emailed statement that he does not believe he was the first person to have filed a complaint against Schrag. Jonathan Peuchen, speaker of the student senate and senior in mechanical engineering, was present with Kelly for the follow-up phone call from Schrag. Peuchen said Kelly’s fear of harassment was “rational” and that Kelly had spent the night of Oct. 19 in the Student Governing Association office. “It is certainly something that should not be happening, especially at K-State,” Peuchen said. Heather Reed, assistant vice president of student life, said an investigation into the officer’s behavior is currently underway. Reed also said she was informed that the officer in question was not currently at work, though what that precisely meant was
unclear. Officials from the K-State Police Department, including Chief Ronnie Grice, declined to comment or referred questions to the university’s Division of Communications and Marketing. Schrag himself declined to comment on the issue. A week after the incident involving Kelly and Schrag, K-State News released a statement in response to questions from the Collegian. The statement read: “K-State Police are committed to the safety of our students, faculty and staff. In response to questions we have received from the media, the following information explains how the university investigates concerns about an officer’s conduct. “Policies and processes are in place to address allegations about police conduct and ensure that they are investigated thoroughly, fairly and professionally. But campus police do not share names and other details about individuals involved in particular matters due to student and personnel privacy laws. “Following department policy, complaints about officer conduct are submitted to the Assistant Vice President of Public Safety and Chief of Police. A formal internal investigation is then conducted. The officer whose conduct is at issue in a complaint is notified of the complaint and pending investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation, findings are made, the officer is notified of those findings, appropriate action is taken if applicable and a complainant is informed of the findings by the Assistant Vice President. Resources and support also are provided to the community members involved.” Kelly said the experience with Schrag left him feeling “vulnerable.” “I wanted to be done with K-State,” Kelly said in his emailed statement. “I wanted to be in a space where I felt comfortable, accepted and welcome.” Klarissa Calvillo, senior in psychology and gender, women and sexuality studies, said there are other students, herself in-
cluded, who feel vulnerable on K-State’s campus. “Just from a student perspective, I am Mexican, and I am a part of that population that is feeling that threat,” Calvillo said. Ayres acknowledged the growing feelings of discomfort among minority students. “The unfortunate reality is that some students don’t feel safe in the K-State Family,” Ayres said. “Those feelings of fear are valid. Community-wise, everybody needs to understand that students do feel this way.” Jessica Kerr, academic coach and adjunct professor in the Staley School of Leadership Studies, said a contributing factor to this discomfort is the university’s response to controversial events on campus. “We as a culture at large are starting to question the ability of our institutions to deal with issues of sexual violence, harassment and racism in our ranks,” Kerr said. Reed said she has a lot of hope for the direction that campus is moving in, regarding student responses to controversial events. “Students have been out
front in condemning these things and our students are willing and expecting to ... be really involved in helping this develop,” Reed said. Kerr said she believes the idea of the K-State Family to be “aspirational” for the university but not necessarily indicative of how all students feel. “One of the things that I think about when we talk about those Principles of Community is that they are things that we want, but might not necessarily be achieving,” Kerr said. Reed said she believes that while many students may not feel safe within the K-State Family, the K-State Family has not been lost. “I don’t think that we’ve lost the K-State Family at all,” Reed said. “I would never say that. In all of the responses, there’s been that reinforcement of, ‘That’s not who we are.’” Kelly said he does not want his experience to turn students against the K-State Police. “This should be seen as an opportunity to educate our police force and to improve community relations between campus police and the student body,” Kelly said.
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From cattle to camels: how four camels came to Shamrock Farm PIPER BRANDT
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At first glance, Shamrock Farm looks no different from any other small Kansas farm — until you look closer and see the four camels behind the house. Shamrock Farm, located about 30 minutes outside of Manhattan, is also home to June Crenshaw, who has lived there ever since she and her late husband, George Crenshaw, bought the land. Their granddaughter, Valeri Crenshaw, went to graduate school at Kansas State and is responsible for the farm’s four camels: Siwa, Algiers, Dhafra and Ani. Most visitors are baffled by the four camels that managed to show up on a little farm in Kansas. George and June felt similarly when Valeri expressed interest in keeping camels on the farm. “George said, ‘What in the world are we going to do with camels on this beef farm?’” June said. “I told him it was because he had a granddaughter that he wouldn’t say no to.” Roy Crenshaw, son of George and June, took his daughter, Valeri, on a month-long trip to Egypt during her senior year of high school. After Valeri spotted camels in Egypt, it was love at first sight. “As we were driving near the Libyan border, I said, ‘Look, Dad, I think those are camels!’” Valeri said. “‘No, those are oil derricks,’ he said. About the time he said no, they put their heads up and we both started laughing.” “That’s what got her started on camels,” Roy said. Together, Roy and Valeri have visited over 30 countries, stopping by camel festivals in all parts of the globe. Their most recent journey was to Mongolia, where Valeri helped to train a string of ten camels for an expedition. A love of animals runs deep in the Crenshaw family, which has worked with the K-State agriculture department for decades. In 1993, George and June became the first couple to be inducted into the Stockman Hall of Fame for their contributions to the university. George was hired by K-State in 1946 as the purebred beef herdsman. His duties included managing the beef barn and getting the cattle ready for K-State’s first beef shows after World War II ended. However, it wasn’t just George who handled the cattle. June became one of the first women to enter the show circuit,
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June Crenshaw and her camels Algiers and Siwa on the Shamrock Farm outside of Manhattan, Kan. on Oct. 18, 2017. and she encouraged other women to do the same. “Several people told George that it really wasn’t very good of me,” June said. “Well, I helped get the cattle ready, and I did my chores. After I was out there for a while, the guys tried to keep their swearing down a little. Then, women started going with their husbands.” June, who turns 92 in about a week, has seen many things in her lifetime. In 1934, at the age of nine, she was pronounced dead after receiving a kick in the head from a mule. “They thought I had died, and I probably should have because my jaw was broken,” June said. “They figured I had died, but I just wouldn’t do it. It was even in the paper.” June was raised on a farm eight miles outside of Attica, Kansas, where she attended school with George at a one-room schoolhouse. Once she graduated from high school, June attended college in Alba,
Oklahoma. When June returned to Attica, she and George married on June’s family farm in 1945. The ceremony was modest due to wartime rationing. With money from June’s father and the prize money garnered by one of George’s champion steers, the two bought Shamrock Farm and built a house on the land. Inside the house sits a taxidermied bobcat with a purple ribbon around its neck, the Crenshaws’ own personal Wildcat. “We always went to all the K-State football games, whether they were here or someplace else, and [the bobcat] rode in the back window,” June said. “You’d be surprised by how many times people would honk and wave at us. He’s been all over the country.” June and George would later meet Bill Snyder and the K-State football team when they paid a visit to Shamrock Farm on an invitation from George. Visitors have always been welcome
at Shamrock Farm, and homemade Halloween donut parties were a popular tradition among June’s neighbors, including Tim Keane, professor of landscape architecture at K-State and friend of the Crenshaws for over 30 years. “Everybody went over there for homemade donuts and weak coffee,” Keane said. “All the neighbors got together to converse and try and solve the problems of the world.” Other visitors to the farm include the K-State Muslim Students Association for an Eid al-Fitr meal at the end of the holy month of Ramadan this year. Valeri, who comes to the farm almost every weekend, has helped coordinate events with the Muslim Students Association due to the camels and their special connection to the Middle East. Lowla Alfoudari, vice president of the Muslim Students Association, was in attendance for the Eid al-Fitr meal. “Roy told us that when he was abroad in the Middle East, the people
there comforted him, so he wanted to do the same for us,” Alfoudari said. Alfoudari said she was surprised that an Islamic religious group could feel so welcome at a small farm in Kansas. She was even more surprised about the camels. At the end of the meal, June and a Kuwaiti student played a piano duet for the group. There are always unscheduled visitors who stop by after getting a glimpse of the camels or after visiting the Shamrock Café, a sitting area and geocache uphill from the farm with an excellent view of the sunset. June said she has never minded the stream of visitors or the commotion caused by the camels, even in her old age. “I’ve got probably the best rest home you’ve ever seen,” June said. “I can sit here and watch the camels and see all the pretty flowers, and I don’t even have to pay any rent.”
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‘Alternative breaks’ offer service learning opportunities for students AUTUMN MOCK THE COLLEGIAN
Instead of staying home bored for the entirety of winter or spring break, some students are deciding to go on “alternative breaks” to help communities in need. Alternative Breaks is a name of a program provided by the Staley School of Leadership Studies that allows students to go on service learning trips in cities such as Dallas, Denver Kansas City, Missouri. In teams of six to 10 people, students spend a week working with communities affected by current issues and gaining skills that can be used after the break. “A big part of K-State’s mission that they’ve been stressing in the last few years is diversity, and part of Alternative Breaks is learning how to be a leader in a diverse world,” said Kate Schieferecke, student coordinator for Alternative Breaks and junior in
economics. Hannah Schauf, student coordinator for Alternative Breaks and senior in biochemistry, said prior to going on an alternative break, students are taught ways to reflect on what they will learn during the trip. Coordinators encourage participants to ask themselves why their service is needed in the community and what their role is in combating societal issues. Through the service learning model, Schauf said she thinks students are able to experience personal growth. Schauf went on an alternative break to the AIDS Services of Dallas her freshman year. “In Manhattan, you don’t really hear about AIDS or HIV much, so being in that cultural context was like a whole new place for me,” Schauf said. Since Schauf was studying health, she said the trip made her realize that some diseases have stigmas attached to them, and she was later able to place
what she learned in a larger context through her major. Nate Cameron, junior in English, also went on a trip to the AIDS Services of Dallas recently and said learning about the stigmas attached to people affected by the disease was extremely impactful. “One of the most important things I learned from the trip was that with issues like AIDS, it’s really important to go in with an open mind,” Cameron said. “There’s stigmas attached, but with an open mind, you’re able to overcome that and get to know the actual people.” Students have also gone to Denver to work with public education. At North High School in Denver, K-State students aided teachers and worked with students to prepare them for college. Schauf said many of the students at North High School have no aspirations to go to college, but that is often because they have never had someone
there to encourage them to seize that opportunity. A more local site for alternative breaks is with Hope Faith Ministries in Kansas City, Missouri. K-State students volunteer by cooking meals for the homeless and working at thrift stores. Many Alternative Breaks participants said the most valuable aspect of the program is being able to work alongside people who once lived on the streets and hearing their powerful stories. “I think the value of the break comes from the people you meet there,” Schieferecke said. “If a student goes into the break with the mindset that they want to learn through the people they meet, I think no matter where they go, they’re going to find value in the relationships they make.” Alternative Breaks will be taking trips to the three sites listed above in Dallas, Denver and Kansas City, Missouri, over
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Kansas State students who volunteered their time with the Alternative Breaks program. spring break. Interested students can fill out an application before Feb. 1. There is also a $250 fee for housing, transportation, food, insurance and administrative fees for participants. “Through Alternative
Breaks, I hope students get the opportunity to see the world through a new lens,” Schauf said. “I want them to feel like they contributed to something greater than themselves on that break.”
Alum prompts students to think deeply with whiteboard questions OLIVIA ROGERS THE COLLEGIAN
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Jacob Friesen on Kansas State campus in Manhattan, Kan. on Oct. 31, 2017. Freisen is a recent graduate in agribusiness and comes to campus to ask students life question.s
“How would you change the world? Do people have real value? Can you pursue joy too much?” These tough questions are exactly what Jacob Friesen, a recent Kansas State graduate in agribusiness, wants to ask. Students passing by Ackert Hall can see Friesen and his thought-provoking questions written on a sign every day. “In college, life happens so quickly — you’re making major decisions, you’re always busy,” Friesen said. “What’s really important gets overlooked.” During his freshman year of college, Friesen said he began to realize how much his view on life was being challenged.
Friesen grew up in a Christian home, but he realized he always took his life for granted. “There are so many influences, from professors to people in your residence halls,” Friesen said. “As students, our minds are changing and our thought patterns are changing. We’re out of our comfort zone. We need to stimulate discussions about that and about how to live the best way possible. I was challenged at college with big questions.” Friesen said there is a misconception that college students do not want to discuss the “big questions” of life, and he wanted to challenge it by standing outside of Ackert Hall with his bike, his backpack and a whiteboard. Each day, there’s a different philosophical question written on the sign designed to
stimulate conversation and challenge assumptions. Typically, about four to six people stop and engage with Friesen directly. He said he has talked for over an hour with one student before, debating about the exact meaning and interpretation of a question. “People tend to have a well-rounded answer,” Friesen said. Although the vast majority of students don’t stop, the questions still spark discussions. “Even when people don’t stop to talk to me, I often hear them ask the person they’re with,” Friesen said. “It starts discussions.” Friesen grew up on a farm in the small town of Overbrook, Kansas. He is a legacy K-Stater; his siblings, parents, grandparents and great-grandpar-
ents attended the school, going all the way back to when the school was known as the Kansas Agricultural College. Perhaps the biggest thing Friesen wants to emphasize with his sign is that there is no need to be intimidated by different people with different backgrounds, religions or beliefs. Friesen said the family atmosphere at K-State allows students to seek truth together, and he said he believes you can disagree with someone and still be friends with them. “General morality is a big and ... messy topic,” Friesen said. “The foundations for living and morality are being questioned.” The next time you see Friesen and his sign, don’t be afraid to start a discussion. These questions and how they are answered will be a true sign of the times.
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Top 25 team face-offs to watch in college football this weekend BRETT ENGLE
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This week contains seven college football matchups between top 25 teams, but here’s just three to keep your eye on.
NO. 8 OKLAHOMA VS. NO. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE
This will be just the second nationally-ranked team the Sooners have faced all year. Oklahoma won on the road against then-No. 2 Ohio State in week two 31-16. Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield has been electric for Oklahoma this year. Mayfield has thrown for 2,628 yards this year to go along with 23 touchdowns. If Mayfield keeps his play up, he could be a serious
Heisman Trophy contender. This will be the second of three straight games against ranked teams for Oklahoma State. The Cowboys beat thenNo. 22 West Virginia University last week, 50-39. Senior wide receiver James Washington has been explosive this year. Washington has caught 45 passes for 1,005 yards. He has also caught eight touchdowns this year. The game will kick off Saturday at 3 p.m. on FS1.
NO. 19 LSU VS. NO. 1 ALABAMA
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After a stunning loss at home to Troy, the LSU Tigers have won three games in a row. Two of those wins have been against ranked teams, then-No. 21 University of Florida and then-No. 10 Auburn.
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 to 20. Junior running back Derrius Guice has been consistent in the Tiger backfield this
year. Guice leads the team in rushing with 711 yards and six rushing touchdowns.
Alabama is a perfect 8-0 this year, but it hasn’t really faced tough competition just yet. Alabama beat then-No. 3 Florida State in week one, but it hasn’t faced a ranked team since. Junior running back Damien Harris is just one of the players who makes the Crimson Tide backfield so dangerous. Harris leads the team with 697 yards and 10 touchdowns. The game will kick off Saturday at 7 p.m. on CBS.
NO. 13 VIRGINIA TECH VS. NO. 9 MIAMI
Virginia Tech has taken care of business this year, as its only loss came to one of the nation’s best teams, then-No. 2 Clemson.
Freshman quarterback Josh Jackson has been a pleasant surprise for Hokie fans. Jackson has thrown for 2,032 yards and 17 touchdowns this year with just four interceptions. He has also scored two touchdowns on the ground. Miami has yet to face a ranked team this season, but it will get two of them in two weeks with Virginia Tech and No. 5 Notre Dame next week. Junior quarterback Malik Rosier has put up very similar numbers to Jackson. Rosier has thrown for 2,071 yards, and he has also thrown for 17 touchdowns and four interceptions, just like Jackson. Rosier has two rushing touchdowns as well. The game will kick off Saturday at 7 p.m. on ABC.
Wildcats try for upset against Texas Longhorns in Ahearn tonight AVERY OSEN
THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State volleyball team is aiming to upset the University of Texas, a team ranked number three in the country, at home tonight. The Wildcats will come into the contest at 9-14 overall and 2-8 in Big 12 conference play, while the Longhorns sit atop the conference at 17-2 overall, 9-0 in Big 12 conference play and riding an 11-game winning streak. K-State previously fell in three sets to the Longhorns this season on Sept. 30. The Wildcats are coming off a five-set loss to Texas Tech on Saturday. Despite the losing effort, the team had some outstanding individual perforFile photo by Sabrina Cline | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
The Kansas State women’s volleyball team play Iowa State at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kan. on Oct. 25, 2017.
mances. Junior middle blocker Macy Flowers had a career-high 13 blocks, while freshman libero Reilly Killeen and senior opposite Bryna Vogel had career highs of 29 digs each. K-State recorded 19 blocks and 109 digs as a team on Saturday, both season highs. Offensively, Vogel and junior outside hitter Kylee Zumach had 12 kills each, freshman outside hitter Brynn Carlson had 11 kills and freshman middle blocker Peyton Williams provided 10 kills. The match against the Red Raiders was the Wildcats’ eighth five-set match this season, which equals the team’s five-set match total from the 2014 season. As for the Texas Longhorns, the team is riding an 11-match winning streak and leading in many categories in the Big 12. The Longhorns lead in team hitting percentage at .309, and the team has the best defense in the conference, with opponents hitting only .167 and averaging 3.36 blocks per set against the Longhorns.
Texas senior Chiaka Ogbogu is leading the Big 12 in hitting percentage at .402, while junior Morgan Johnson is averaging 1.3 blocks per set. The Longhorns have historically dominated the Wildcats in volleyball. K-State has lost to Texas in 28 consecutive matches through the years, which is the longest active losing
streak the Wildcats have against any team in the Big 12. The Wildcats will aim to break a 12-match losing streak against ranked opponents. This year alone, K-State has a 0-7 record versus ranked teams. The game will begin inside Ahearn Field House at 8 p.m. It will be broadcast live on ESPNU.
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KSDB REVIEW: Weaves’ "Wide Open" is quintessential indie pop MONICA BRICH
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I hadn’t heard of the indie pop band Weaves until recently, but I’m glad I checked out their newest album, “Wide Open.” The album starts with “#53,” a drum-heavy song that introduces the album very well. It’s about a woman trying to find herself while also dealing with relationships. The lyrics, “I don’t wanna think about you again / I don’t wanna dream about you again / I know I’m gonna cry about you again,” are repeated several times throughout the song, and as the instrumentals change, her tone seems to change from a plea to a statement.
The next song, “Slicked,” is very ‘80s-pop-sounding. Since it’s all about getting ready, it is a quintessential song to pump you up in the morning. The album continues with a few more pop songs, including “La La,” which is probably my favorite song on the album. The vocalist sings in an offbeat rhythm that I don’t often hear, but the outcome sounds really neat. The album then slows down quite a bit with the title song, “Wide Open.” It’s nothing new or amazing, but it’s still nice to listen to as a great midpoint to the album. On any given album, there are usually a couple songs I don’t like, but can still see how other people would enjoy them. This is not the case with “Scream.”
Like the song’s title suggests, “Scream” has weird gibberish and guttural screams that sound awful in the background. The song would be pretty good without those noises, but they happen so frequently throughout the song that I can’t just ignore it. The next song, “Gasoline,” is unlike its name because it’s a slow burn. It’s more grungy than the first half of the album, and it steadily gets louder and faster as the song goes on, which is really cool. This idea is continued with “Grass,” which sounds like more of a ‘90s or early 2000s pop song. The album ends with “Puddle,” which starts out with just the vocalist and an acoustic guitar. “It’s never a choice when the light in your life starts to die / I’m giving a
voice to the person you saw in my eyes.” Halfway through, the electric guitar and drums barrel in. I love when songs do this, and this song was no different. “Puddle” was a great ending to the “Wide Open” album, and I can’t wait to see what Weaves does next. Monica Brich is a junior in mass communications writing on behalf of KSDB, Kansas State’s student-run radio station. The views and opinions expressed in this review are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian or KSDB. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com and visit ksdbfm.org for more reviews.
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Costume contest in Student Union invites colorful competition KELSEY KENDALL THE COLLEGIAN
Alex Shaw | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
Kansas State students and faculty participated in the costume contest hosted by Union Program Council at the Union in Manhattan, Kan. on Oct. 31, 2017.
A dark elf, a wizard and Daenerys Targaryen walked into the Student Union to meet with Frozone, Kylo Ren and many others to compete in the second annual costume contest hosted by the LGBT Resource Center and the Union Programming Council on Tuesday. The contest was originally planned to take place in Bosco Plaza, but it was moved inside the Union due to inclement weather. Beth Bailey, assistant director of the Union, said 30 people took part in the contest. Judges ranked contestants’ costumes on creativity, craft, authenticity and originality for the Best Overall category. Other categories included Spookiest Costume and Cutest Costume. Kylee Norris, Best Overall winner and senior in English, described the contest as “small, but
pleasant.” Norris dressed as a gaster blaster, a monster resembling a floating skull from the video game “Undertale.” She wore the same costume to Denver Comic Con in 2017 and the Little Apple Renaissance Festival last weekend. “When [my cousin] said she wanted to cosplay characters from ‘Undertale,’ this was the first thing that came to mind because it was so simple, and you could do so much with it,” Norris said. “Cosplay,” a combination of the words “costume” and “play,” is a popular slang word. It refers to the practice of dressing up as a fictional character and attending a fan convention, either for competition or just for fun. Norris said she estimates she spent 60 hours crafting the skull portion of her costume. Her roommate and mother helped with the rest of the costume. Norris won a candy cake for getting first place in the Best Overall category. “I’m loving the costumes,”
said Charlsie Fowler, senior in apparel design and costume contest judge. “A lot of homemade costumes this year, which I love to see.” Marcelo Ambrosio, post doctoral fellow in physics, said he was impressed by the craftsmanship on display. Ambrosio put together a plague doctor costume, which won the Spookiest Costume category. “There were many interesting costumes,” Ambrosio said. “The [other] two that won didn’t look homemade, but they were homemade. I acknowledge all the work and time and talent that they put into their costumes.” Elli Archer, graduate student in counseling and graduate assistant at the LGBT Resource Center, said the event promotes inclusivity. “Halloween is a chance for people to dress up however they want and express themselves in whatever way they want, and that’s kind of what we promote in the LGBT Resource Center,” Archer said.
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