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Black Student Union members sing alongside other BSU members before starting off the “Our Story Kings and Queens” event on Wednesday in the K-State Student Union. BSU hosted the event as a part of its weeklong My Black is Beautiful campaign.
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In addition to approving funding for the Union Program Council and allocations for various student groups, the Student Governing Association commended several people at its meeting Thursday. SGA approved a budget agreement with the Campus Entertainment Fund. It included $150,000 of privilege fee funding for each of the next three years, for a total of $450,000. The money will be used to bring in entertainers, as it has in the past with Bill Nye, Aziz Ansari and Lindsey Stirling. Another budget agreement was approved to give UPC $211,243 of privilege fee funding for each of the next three years. UPC After Hours is earmarked at just under $60,000 of each year’s amount. According to the legislation, “Between the years 2012-15, UPC has reached an attendance of 359,093 people which is an 184 percent increase from the previous three year cycle ... ‘After Hours’ averages about 30 events per year with average attendance of 7,130 people per year,” while UPC holds over 150 events. SGA also made four commendations. Wayne Goins, professor of music, was recognized for his 2014 book “Blues All Day Long: the Jimmy Rogers Story.” see page
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marketing and BSU member on the My Black is Beautiful Week planning committee, said the event was the organization’s way of “celebrating black beauty” not only with each other, but with others from across the nation. “It’s explaining that black beauty is everything that we should celebrate,” Smith said. “It’s not that we should put each other down. It’s getting rid of those stereotypes and stigmas that we have on each other every single day.” Muenfua Lewis, senior in finance and BSU president, said he believes the idea to host a week of events based on the phrase “My Black is Beautiful” is original to
K-State. Many of the individual event names were inspired by “key black enthusiasts and black culture,” he said. “I guess we’re kind of making history with what we’re doing,” Lewis said. “We planned it out ourselves and came up with our own events. I got to work with the coolest committee ever, and these ladies were incredible.” Each night of presentations, activities and discussions had a different theme or focus. “It kind of stemmed from the campaign My Black is Beautiful, which is nationwide, and we’ve never done something like this before,” Smith said. “So we decided to have a week that celebrates us.”
Lewis said that throughout the week, posts to BSU’s Twitter account were tagged #BlackToTheRoots, and he noticed that the hashtag spread quickly across campus, and even to other schools’ campuses. “It’s really been incredible because I’ve seen African Americans from all over K-State that aren’t even always in BSU using this hashtag,” Lewis said. “I’ve seen that now other schools are starting to catch on to it because of something that K-State did here.” According to Casha Mills, junior in English and BSU member, My Black is Beautiful Week served as a time to focus on spreading positivity and supporting identity, especially since it reached so much of the K-State community. “This week is all about making everyone feel like they can walk outside and say, ‘No matter what society thinks or what the media depicts of me, I am beautiful,’” Mills said. Gabby Simms, BSU member and freshman in communication sciences and disorders, said she felt that that My Black is Beautiful Week was a fun way to celebrate the importance of identity throughout all cultures. “A lot of people in society just put down black features and black people and that gets to people,” Simms said. “It hurts their feelings and can make them feel like they’re worth less than they are, so I just think this (My Black is Beautiful Week) is really uplifting to do to educate everyone about it, not just us.”
‘Christmas Carol’ opening night lights up McCain JESSIE PEARSON the collegian
People were greeted by a Christmas tree and festive carolers upon entering McCain Auditorium on Thursday, as they filed in to see Charles Dickens’ tale of Ebenezer Scrooge come to life in K-State’s “A Christmas Carol – The Musical.” In the tale, Scrooge must face his selfish ways when he is confronted on Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. “When Dickens wrote it, it was to reinforce the idea of charitable giving at Christmas because that was a big thing,” Jerry Jay Cranford, director and choreographer, said. “On Christmas, you gave to the poor. And it’s just as relevant, and the message just as pertinent, today.” Cranford said when the theater faculty was discussing which musical to do this fall, they were looking for something that
THIS DAY IN HISTORY On this day in 1969, in Washington, D.C., as a prelude to the second moratorium against the war scheduled for the following weekend, protesters staged a symbolic “March Against Death.” The march drew over 45,000 participants, each with a placard bearing the name of a soldier who had died in Vietnam.
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Darrington Clark, senior in mass communications, and Mark Hay, senior in theater, act out a scene of “A Christmas Carol The Musical” as Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley respectively during production rehearsal at McCain Auditorium on Wednesday. would be family-friendly. Darrington Clark, senior in mass communications, plays the part of Scrooge. He said that even though “A Christmas Carol” is a simple story, he thinks it is a powerful one that has a lot of good, fun-
tion of the play calls for a cast of more than 50 people, which he scaled back to 22. “Everyone in the show has a role or feature of some sort, which is nice because it sort of spreads the wealth,” Cranford
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said. The director, cast and stage management team had six or seven weeks of initial rehearsal, according to Clark. During these weeks, students created the show’s sets, props and costumes. To stage manager Lucy McDonald, senior in theater and history, the stage set is “pretty minimal, actually, for a musical.” Part of the reason for this is to make the ghosts’ visits seem as though it really is Scrooge’s memories or dreams, according to McDonald. “The lack of fluff lends itself to kind of how we see dreams in our heads,” McDonald said. Audience member Grace Baugher, junior in music composition and French horn performance, attended the opening night Thursday and said the musical was impressive.
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New ‘Werewolf’ cat breed makes lasting imprint KARYN ELLIOTT the collegian
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Loki, a rare Lykoi cat, is owned by K-State employees Wendy and Dominic Barnes, who are currently the only breeders in the state of Kansas. In 2011, the Lykoi breed was accepted into the International Cats Association.
or the last few days Lykoi, aka “werewolf,” cats have been trending on Facebook. This new breed of cat is described as “acting like dogs while looking like cats,” according to Wendy Barnes, the online programs coordinator for K-State Counseling Services. “I think they’re very cute,” Dorinda Lambert, director of Counseling Services, said. “I know some people react differently to them, but they’re just so cute ... they’re very sweet cats.” The breed was discovered in the last 20 years by Johnny Gobble and his wife, Brittney. In order for Lykoi to be recognized an official breed, they had to be registered with The International Cat Association. The Gobbles sent the organization paperwork to notify them that they were experimenting with a new breed, and in 2011 Lykoi was formally established. Barnes and her husband Dominic, Fort Riley and Military Student Services coordinator for K-State’s Global Campus, were the first in the Midwest to breed the cats and are currently the only Lykoi breeders in Kansas. “A friend of mine shared one of the Gobble’s images of a Lykoi to my page and she’s like, ‘here’s the cat for you,’” Wendy said. “I was instantly in love.” Information about the breeding practices of Lykoi cats has been met by a torrent of factual inaccuracies. According to Wendy, the Lykoi gene is a natural mutation of a recessive gene. “(They’re) not genetically modified,” Wendy said. “The Gobbles aren’t sitting in their basement with a laboratory acting like mad scientists.”
So Wendy emailed the Gobbles with an adoption request and soon a standard Lykoi cat, Loki, joined the Barnes family. That wasn’t the end, however, as the Gobbles also asked Wendy if she was interested in breeding Lykoi in addition to owning one. According to Wendy, the couple was looking for breeders they could guide for the proper needs and care of a Lykoi cat. “I just never responded,” Wendy said. “I had no breeding and show experience.” The Gobbles reached out to her again in March 2013 to once again ask if she was interested in helping with the breeding program. “They had a little male kitten and it would be available in a couple months time,” Wendy said. “I responded ... saying that ‘I’m in love with the cats, but I understand that you want to have people that know what they’re doing and I guess I’ll just wait until you get one back.’” At that point in time, there were only seven breeders in the world and only 25 standard cats. Lykoi cats can only breed with a black domestic short-haired cat. The Barnes’ cat is considered a “foundation cat,” because he is a standard Lykoi; meaning he has a roan fur pattern. This roan pattern, known as an even mixture of white and pigmented hairs that do not fade as the animal ages, was previously only seen in horses and dogs before the Lykoi breed was discovered. According to Wendy, it took over a year to get the term added into the acceptable terms used in defining these cats. “It has been recognized as an official color pattern with TCIA,” Wendy said. “So they added that color to the accepted colors for the international organization.” Once Loki or another foun-
dation cat breeds with a black cat, their offspring are considered F1 because they are one generation from the foundation cat. Any black kittens can stay within the breeding program; however, any classified as blue have to be petted out, meaning they will be adopted out instead of used for breeding. “We’re trying to diversify the bloodline,” Wendy said. “We’re trying to keep the cats from inbreeding.” Due to the fact that Lykoi are a new breed, the Barnes and Loki participate in local and national cat shows in order to spread awareness and knowledge of the breed. “(Loki) was the first cat to show in any cat show in (the experimental breed) category,” Dominic said. “We just happened to be the first ones there.” Since there is no prior information on Lykoi, Dominic said that breeders have to educate not only spectators, but also judges at shows. According to Dominic, judges cannot judge a cat without a standard to draw information from. “We had to teach the judges,” Dominic said. “Before all this happened, as a group we decided what the standard would be and then it was published. We took with us copies of the standards for all the judges ... and we had a judge that looked at (Loki) and said, ‘This is not a black cat.’” Since then, Lykoi were established as an advanced new breed by the association. The Gobbles’ website said they are hopeful the cats will be a championship breed by 2016. Despite the challenges the breed faces, the Barnes say Lykoi are very intelligent, sweet creatures. “You either look at them and say, ‘Oh that’s a cool cat,’ or you just don’t like them,” Wendy said.
Facilities plant supervisor grows, thrives ‘playing in the dirt’ JESSIE PEARSON the collegian
Though he shows up at 6:30 a.m. and doesn’t leave until 5 p.m. every day, Tim Brunner, K-State physical plant supervisor senior, said he loves what he does. “I’m probably the one guy that comes to work every day that’s got a smile on his face,” Brunner said. “I don’t care if I’m 10 foot in a ditch. It doesn’t ever bother me.” As the maintenance supervisor for Zone 3, Brunner is in charge of overseeing the maintenance of 14 buildings on the northwest side of campus. “He enjoys playing in the dirt, even at a supervisory level, and some of them wouldn’t do that,” Casey Lauer, assistant vice president of engineering, utilities and maintenance, said. “He wants to be the one in the hole with the shovel, getting dirty, solving the problem.” Brunner’s supervisors said even if a problem occurs that is not in his zone, he’s always willing to help fix it.
“He not only takes care of his zone, he looks to go out and repair issues outside his zone,” Ed Heptig, director of facilities maintenance, said. Troy Bronaugh, physical plant supervisor senior for Zone 5, said he thinks that the more difficult a problem is to fix, the more Brunner likes it. “He’s not one to sit back and just take stuff as it comes,” Lauer said. “He’s one that likes to really take control for his area and sort of push the envelope in terms of what we can do.” Brunner said his maintenance team receives 20-30 work orders every day, and he almost always has over 100 work orders in progress. “I’ve tried to get it under 100,” Brunner said. “I think I’ve done it once or twice, but it doesn’t stay there very long.” For Brunner, maintenance work is “just endless.” “I can keep two guys busy changing light bulbs in Cardwell Hall and Throckmorton Hall 365 days a year,” he said. Brunner has only been
working at K-State for a year and a half. “I haven’t seen too many people move up the ladder as fast as he has,” Bronaugh, who has worked at K-State for 25 years, said. Bronaugh interviewed Brunner for a job in the plumbing department while Brunner was still working overseas as a civil contractor. Bronaugh said Brunner was even more impressive in person than what he was over the phone. “We hired him right off the bat for being a plumber here,” Bronaugh said. Brunner said he applied for the job at K-State after three years of working as a civil contractor in Afghanistan because his wife asked him to come home. “She wanted me to take a job that I didn’t have to bring home with me,” Brunner said. Before this job, Brunner said he had been a construction superintendent all his life, which meant he often worked seven days a week. see page
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Election 2016: Rise of the Outsider
AUSTIN MCCAMPBELL the collegian
The 2016 election cycle is one that is already destined for the history books. When future political scientists and historians look back on this time, which aspect will be focused on the most? It won’t be the who or what of the cycle that will be scrutinized, but rather the why. Illustration by Savannah Thaemert
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Context is crucial when analyzing any political landscape, so what makes the 2016 election cycle different from previous ones? In similar fashion to the 1896 and 1960s elections, political anti-establishment has risen once again. So what has caused anti-establishment feelings to flare up in this election cycle? How is it that people like Donald Trump or Ben Carson are leading the Republican polls along with Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, sitting with a solid third of the Democratic polls? As much as I like seeing political outsiders shake up the process to an extent, I feel it needs some explaining. The road to why this electoral cycle is the way it is cannot, however, be confined to a single opinion piece. Therefore, three factors will be discussed as to why I think anti-establishment sentiment has come up again. If we want to go back far enough, we could look at several decades to see why the political climate is the way it is, but I think an overview of a 15-year long process will suffice. Through government action, sensationalist media and the rise of a new voting generation, I believe 2016’s election cycle will be remembered and studied for decades to come.
OUTSIDER INFLUENCES The first major instance in this process is the disillusionment many feel toward the government. A Gallup poll shows that as of September, 61 percent of those that participated had little
to no trust in the federal government to handle domestic issues, with only 4 percent believing the government is completely trustworthy in this regard. Why do these numbers reflect such a poor opinion Americans have toward their government? This problem lies in recent history. The government, under the Bush and Obama administrations, has not sown goodwill among many Americans, myself included to a degree. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan under Bush, the former being of more suspicious causes, have become the present-day equivalent to the Vietnam War in that we got entangled in centuries-old conflicts and just can’t seem to completely detach from the region. As for the Obama administration, the government has seemed less and less trustworthy by the year. Between TSA surveillance, spying on allies, increased usage of drones, the Edward Snowden kerfuffle and America’s shrinking influence in places like East Asia and Eastern Europe, many are questioning the reliability of government efforts. With the government and those working within it proving themselves less trustworthy, the media has always been quick to jump aboard the government hate-train. When one thinks of political news outlets, the usual suspects are brought in. Fox, MSNBC, CBS and the rest of the news acronym party gets invited for their
political input. When it comes to political discussion, however, all those stations crave ratings generated from political outrage. The government shutdown in October 2013 over the national debt ceiling was a prime example of the media trashing government workers in Congress. A CNN broadcast from Oct. 16, 2013 states that “ ... it’s not that the United States can’t pay its bills ... But the government is not capable of making a decision that allows it to pay its bills.” Such was the narrative from all news stations, with each one pointing fingers at what they thought was to blame for the shutdown. Fox News pointed the finger to Obama and the Democrats in Congress while MSNBC blamed the Republicans. If you ask me, so much mud was thrown that no one came out clean. So, after trumpeting that the government was useless and gridlocked by stubborn politicians for so long, doubt became instilled in the American public as to the government’s effectiveness. In no demographic is this more the case than in the youngest voting generation that is just beginning to be roused: the millennials. As a fellow member of this generation, I take pride in the political activism millennials have become engaged in so far. Being in the Information Age certainly has its benefits like mindlessly watching hours of YouTube videos and gaining endless amounts of knowledge from the likes of Google and Wikipedia.
With politics, though, it also opens some unusual doors. Social media and online news outlets like Buzzfeed, Vice, FiveThirtyEight and all other political branches of the Internet tree have fed this generation with all kinds of political fruit to taste. I think the yield of this electoral year has left a sour taste in many peoples’ mouths. According to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2014, 50 percent of millennials consider themselves independent with 27 percent aligning with the Democrats and 17 percent with Republicans. Why is that? From what I’ve seen, it’s the tiredness of same-old sameold politics. The most eligible candidates come up, give their memorized lines, promise “hope and change,” and so on. In come a few political outsiders that don’t have to toe the party line, don’t mind a few gaffes and suddenly it’s no longer boring. So in combination with a government-bashing media and the untrustworthy dealings of the government, a large portion of the up-and-coming millennial vote wants no part in partisan politics and would rather search for an alternative. Enter the political outsiders of the 2016 electoral cycle.
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When looking at the anti-establishment runners in the electoral race, it is easy to see how one can hope for a nomination to
go to any of these candidates. On the Republican side leads Donald Trump, the casino-owning multibillionaire and TV show host. Instead of telling people they’re fired, he’s the one applying for the job with the American people, though in his familiar position of boss (minus the obscenely manicured hair. Or is it a toupee?). Second for the Republicans is Ben Carson, a man with a mind for neurosurgery and a heart for God. Then there is Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Together, these three political outsiders have accrued an average 52.2 percent of Republican votes, according to RealClearPolitics.com. In the Democratic polls, Hillary Clinton is currently ahead of the competition, but this does not dismiss the anti-establishment wave the Democrats are experiencing too. Bernie Sanders, a lifelong politician from Vermont, challenges Clinton with 32.6 percent of Democratic polls, also according to RealClearPolitics. While he’s nothing new to politics in Washington, D.C., it’s his unique message that makes him stand out. His energetic messages of European ideals, democratic socialism and anti-Wall Street populism differs from the usual Democrat message. Because of this, he has given something new for both the politically jaded and the younger voters to stand behind. With so much support for political outsiders in the polls, it is without question that there is an anti-establishment wave washing through this electoral cycle. As stated before, I believe 2016’s election season will be one to be remembered and analyzed for decades. While the factors listed haven’t been the sole causes, they carry much of the weight as to why the political landscape is the way it is. Having this in mind, I will sit back and watch to see what happens, preferably with some popcorn in one hand and crossing my fingers with the other. 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.
Austin Mccampbell is a senior in history. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
Hope dwindles as Kansas Speaker Merrick boots moderate Republicans
JONATHAN GREIG the collegian
The Kansas government continued its lurch to the extreme right on Wednesday, when state House of Representatives Speaker Ray Merrick further weakened any influence moderate Republicans might have in our state’s legislature. “Three moderate Republicans who support Medicaid expansion have been removed from a Kansas House committee that oversees health care issues,” Bryan Lowery reported
for the Kansas City Star on Tuesday. Merrick also removed moderates from key committees dealing with the budget and education. And so the great conservative experiment marches forward, undeterred and unencumbered by the extremely unhealthy state of the Kansas economy or education system. This is a time when the Star is also publishing articles like “Group estimates Kansas budget shift will cut money to early childhood programs by 6.5 percent.” This is a time when the Kansas Health Institute is reporting that $25 million in Medicaid funds from the federal government, that could have potentially gone toward medical waiting lists or Kansans with disabilities, will instead be used to fill in the deficit in the
state budget. In its Nov. 9 article “Federal budget deal yields Medicaid savings,” the institute points out that “while facing a tight budget in the last year, the state has used increased federal money from the Children’s Health Insurance Program and a prescription drug rebate program to fill gaps.” This is the time of Gov. Sam Brownback’s incredible tax cuts, and it hasn’t been pretty. In the Washington Post article, “Kansas reaps the whirlwind of its right-wing experiment,” its author claims that “Kansas’s leaders have already frittered away state reserves, shortchanged investments in education and infrastructure and played around with its pension fund, all in service of a simplistic anti-tax orthodoxy.” Similarly, in The New
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York Times Magazine article “The Kansas Experiment,” author Chris Suellentrop (nephew of Kansas Rep. Gene Suellentrop) detailed the huge cuts in Kansas education our conservative economic petri dish has brought us. He also described the significant loss of highly respected moderates in the vein of Dwight Eisenhower or Bob Dole. “In the past four years, Brownback has remade the Kansas Republican Party in his likeness,” Suellentrop said in his article. “The party’s once-powerful moderate wing has withered after steep losses in consecutive primary elections, the main battleground where policy is determined in a one-party state.” This right-wing power grab continues still in the hands of Brownback, Secretary of State Kris Kobach (of whom
Kansas has uniquely given prosecutorial powers which he has in turn used to suppress voting rights) and Merrick, who is strongly diminishing the influence of Republican moderates. In theory, it makes perfect sense that if you philosophically believe in smaller and smaller government, you must garner power over said government in order to reduce its reach. But in practice, this pursuit of power and influence, all the while taking away influence from everyone else (like your own party’s moderates) paints a much scarier picture than inefficient bureaucrats or higher taxes. Is this what conservative Kansas voters wanted? Is this experiment living up to its supposed windfalls? Even though I don’t agree with conservative economic, small government or trick-
le-down strategies, I might not argue so vehemently against them if their grand experiment seemingly gave me, a child of Kansas, any greater hope for my future and the future of my home. I have big-city, liberal dreams of academia or journalism or environmental work. My younger sister has incredibly vivid dreams of owning a farm out in the beautiful Kansas fields. I won’t stand by while this experiment fails us both.
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.
Jonathan Greig is a senior in anthropology. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
IF YOU COULD BE ANY DISNEY PRINCESS WHICH ONE WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?
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“Mulan; she thinks of her family first and takes initiative to keep her family safe. She’s not your average girl.”
“Ariel, so I wouldn’t have to wear pants.”
“Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). It’s always been my favorite Disney movie; the music is spot on and Prince Phillip is a dreamboat.”
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“Belle, have you seen the library she gets?”
“Ariel, because everything’s better under the sea.”
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“There were just so many cool elements that just took it to a whole other level,” Baugher said. Roselyn Korb, from Sutton, Nebraska, came to see the show because her daughter played a backstage role in the production. “We know that the talent is here, because we’ve seen a lot of the other productions,” Korb said. “And so we know when we
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come, we’re going to see outstanding productions.” “A Christmas Carol - The Musical” will be showing in McCain Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. “It’s a great experience,” Angela Merwin, junior in human nutrition and dietetics, who attended the show, said. “You get to just be in the moment of the Christmas spirit, the holiday spirit.”
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Goins won the Living Blues Magazine readers’ poll for the Best Blues Book of 2014 and was also awarded the 2015 Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in the Blues, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues category by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Ivy Calvert, Michael Fibelkorn, Kage Edgar, Cooper McGuire and Noah Linquist were commended for their success at the West Central National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Auditions, held at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Calvert, senior in applied music, won first place in the Senior Women Classical division and was named the Singer of the Year. Fibelkorn, senior in music education, won first place in the Junior Men Classical division. Edgar, sophomore in music
education, won first place in the Sophomore Men Classical division. McGuire, freshman in music education, won first place in the Freshmen Men Classical division, and Lindquist, sophomore in music education, won first place in the Lower Division Musical Theatre Men division. SGA also commended the Kansas City Royals for their 2015 World Series championship. The K-State Design Build Team was commended for winning second place in the design build division of the Region IV Associated Schools of Construction 2015 Student Competition. SGA also allocated privilege fee funding to three student groups. The Institute of Industrial Engineers received two allocations. One was $800 for students to tour industrial engineering companies in the Topeka area. The other was $3,920 to host the
Regional Technical Paper Conference at K-State on Feb. 26-28. The event will include K-State students and students from other Midwest schools. It will allow students to present their research, participate in workshops, interact with future employers and listen to speakers from Walmart, FedEx and Hallmark. The Theriogenology Club will receive $300 to send five students to compete at the Student American Veterinary Medicine Association Symposium in Ames, Iowa, next March. The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers will receive $1,000 to travel to the organization’s annual winter conference in Orlando, Florida, next January. SGA introduced legislation recommending uses for over $600,000 in City/University Special Projects Fund money for cal-
endar year 2017. Included in the recommendations are $100,000 for North Campus Corridor improvements, almost $150,000 for the realignment of the intersection at Lover’s Lane and Thurston Street, $200,000 for K-State Student Union Forum Hall ADA renovations and improvements, $30,000 for Colbert Hills special assessment support, $100,000 for lighting additions to the path from Jardine to College Avenue, $15,000 for a rain garden study at Hale Library, $35,000 for the Pioneer Lane sidewalk expansion between Manhattan Avenue and McCain Lane and $2,500 for bike repair stations at Hale Library and Cardwell Hall.
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Mizzou protesters, working journalist, the First Amendment
Black Student Union; why not ASU – All Student Union?
The protest at the University of Missouri is irrational. This institution — which holds the claim to the first journalism school in the world — was named one of the top 50 public schools by U.S. News and World Report. This university, its faculty and students seem to have forgotten their priorities. There, I said it. The students and faculty protesting about “Concerned Student 1950” are in the wrong. This is not to say that former University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe and his staff were in the right. Mizzou, a school known for its prestigious journalism program, is denying journalists their basic First Amendment rights. In the video “#ConcernedStudent1950 vs the Media” students and faculty can be seen dismissing Tim Tai’s rights as a journalist to take photos in a public space. A professor of communication even yells at Tai, telling him “you need to back up.” This video demonstrates how blatantly embarrassing the protest and hunger strike are for the University of Missouri. The idea that a black student had to starve himself to obtain the administration’s attention is embarrassing. The idea that a black student was literally willing to starve himself to death to remove a president from his position is embarrassing. The idea that a journalism school doesn’t understand the First Amendment rights of a journalist is embarrassing. Students involved in move-
Racial indiscretions have been a hot topic the past few days and it’s important to talk about them, no matter what your race might be. The protests at Mizzou have made an agenda clear when it comes to racism, but what happens now? As the story in Missouri has continued to pan out, there continues to be a separation of race; mostly black versus white. This has been confronted on both sides of the fence and ultimately it has to stop. The K-State Black Student Union has been working on a campaign to show that black equals beauty, which is also important to share, but why? I have gotten myself in trouble quite a bit this week when it comes to me sharing my perception of these situations. I am well aware that as a white male I do probably garner more privileges than other races. On the flip side, there are people who have more privileges than I do because I am gay. What do I do? There are LGBT communities at every university in which a gay person can become involved. They can choose to join that type of an organization where others surround them with similar qualities. The same goes for those in eth-
ments across the nation have formed their own version of the First Amendment and tailored it to fit their specific needs. Mizzou president Tim Wolfe resigned Monday. The students involved in various racial related incidents have been punished. The protest continues this week. What do these protesters, who deny that they would accept any media attention, wish to prove? Without the media, this cause would be simply an unresolved issue. Yet, the University of Missouri — a school known for its journalism program — is screaming in the face of student journalists trying to do their job. One faculty member can be heard proclaiming, “They have a life to live, they have an education to get and a life to live.” Although I applaud this faculty member for her inspirational choice of words I must ask, what education are these students obtaining by protesting? The media has somehow become the enemy of “Concerned Student 1950.” This is a message for Mizzou students: the media isn’t the opposition here, but people spreading racial hate are.
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“I spent a lot of years taking this stuff home, working on it at home,” Brunner said. “I don’t have that here. I’ve got a good bunch of guys that work really hard for me, and we get our stuff done. We go home and we come back the next morning and do it again.” Brunner said the team environment among the workers in facilities and maintenance is unbelievable. “They guys take ownership and pride in what they’re doing because they know this is their building and this is what they’ve got to do,” Brunner said. “It’s been a great change from what it was.” The Division of Facilities on campus switched
nic-specified organizations. I know we aren’t where we should be in equality in the year 2015, but it’s our choices that make changes. I choose to not be involved in LGBT-types of organizations. I choose to get involved with other groups because I want to change people’s perceptions. Is it hard? Absolutely. I have to be vulnerable, and sometimes I’m the only gay person involved in these scenarios, but that is life. When we graduate, we will be exposed to cultures that don’t only cater to one specific type of people. College is here to challenge us folks. I challenge every member of an inclusive organization to break down walls and join a group that is outside of your comfort zone. Who knows? You might be well on your way to changing the world. 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.
Michael D. Higgins is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
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from being divided into departments to being divided into zones, which cover different areas of campus, last March. Each zone maintenance team is composed of heating and air conditioning technicians, plumbers, electricians and preventative maintenance technicians. “It’s just a good place to be,” Brunner said. “Good people. I think we’re all still one great big facilities team. We enjoy working with each other.” To Bronaugh, Brunner is always happy-golucky and ready to take on the next adventure. “Four or five days a week here, he’s got dirt head to toe and he’s still smiling,” Bronaugh said. “I can’t figure that one out.”
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Wildcats take on Texas Tech in final away game
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Junior quarterback Joe Hubener pushes Baylor defender Travon Blanchard aside as he rushes for a considerable gain in the first half of the Wildcats’ 24-31 loss to the No. 2 Bears on Nov. 5, 2015 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
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aving gone through the gauntlet of four ranked teams and a trip to Austin, Texas, K-State hits the road for the final time this season as the Wildcats take on Texas Tech in Lubbock on Saturday. The game presents an opportu-
nity for the K-State running game to get going as they face one of the worst rushing defenses in the country. The Red Raiders sit at 126th in rushing defense. This may be what the Wildcats need as their rushing game, led by junior running back Charles Jones and junior quarterback Joe Hubener, looks to break the Wildcats’ lengthy losing streak. “I do not want to treat this week any different than any other week,” freshman center Dalton Risner said.
“Every other week we have prepared hard for good defensive lines. We definitely have had our struggles, but we have run the ball pretty well this year. I want to try to treat it the same this week and make sure we do not treat them lightly. We have to go out there and be prepared, and I think we will get the job done.” The Wildcats put together a solid 24-point effort in their last game against a solid defense in the Baylor Bears. Quarterback Joe Hubener
compiled over 300 total yards versus the Bears, and that same effort will be needed once again on Saturday if this team is thinking about reaching a bowl game. The Red Raiders are well-versed in the quarterback run play by the Wildcats and already expect a heavy dose this Saturday. “They’ve mastered it,” Tech defensive coordinator David Gibbs said to media of K-State’s quarterback run game. “I mean, they’ve got an extra hat every snap, which it’s
option football is what it is. Instead of options outside, they’re running options inside. Their offensive line is well coached. Their running backs, tight ends block, I mean, they are a true definition of a sound football team who is really good, and they utilize their personnel to the maximum.” On the defensive side of the ball, the Wildcats come off of what could be called a stellar effort against a Baylor team that had been averaging over 60 points a game. The Bears only scored 31 points against the Wildcats on Nov. 5. The Tech offense, one of the most high-powered offenses in the country, gives the K-State defense another test as they look to stop Tech quarterback Pat Mahomes, who ranks in the top five of the FBS with 3,527 passing yards. Having seen what the Red Raiders can do on offense, coach Bill Snyder said he finds no true differences between Tech and other teams in the conference who run the same offense. “Nothing that comes to mind as you look at all the teams that you are talking about that spread it out the way that they do,” Snyder said to K-State Sports. “For the most part, they are very similar type of offenses. Some of them more major in the run game than the pass game and vice versa. They pretty much run the same offense. It is more the matter of emphasis that creates the biggest differences more than anything else.” With the Red Raiders and Wildcats both hungry for a bowl, Saturday’s game will carry a lot more importance than most may realize. “These guys are fighting for their season, and they only have two games left in the last four weeks; they have to beat us or Texas,” Risner said to K-State Sports. “They are giving it their all at practice this week. It is not going to be one of those things that we show up on Saturday and have to be ready to go.”
Off the field with K-State linebacker Will Davis TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
Before the Wildcats head down to Lubbock for their Saturday game versus Texas Tech, the Collegian sat down with junior linebacker Will Davis to discuss James Bond, Harry Potter, Texas football and life off the field. If you could put yourself on any specific NFL team, any year, any team, what team would you be on? Davis: Cowboys in the ‘90s. I’m a Dallas fan. That’s prime-time. Those were some of the best teams to play football, so definitely a Cowboys team in the 1990s, any of them. What was the last movie that you saw? Davis: Last movie I watched was the James Bond movie that came out this weekend, “Spectre.” It was good. It wasn’t the best James Bond in my opinion but it was good. What is your favorite James Bond movie? Davis: I like “The Spy Who Loved Me,” Roger Moore’s James Bond, and “Goldfinger” with Sean Connery. Those two are probably my top two. Being from Southlake, Texas, what it like growing up with football being as big as it is down in the Lone Star State? Davis: The best way that I can describe it is there are kids and their dream is to play for their dream school or play for their dream NFL team. But there are a lot of kids who dream of playing on Friday nights in Texas. I know
The Collegian’s Tim Everson speaks with junior linebacker Will Davis at K-State Football’s media day on Aug. 8, 2015. for Southlake, we’re a big football program. When you’re four or five years old, you go to games every Friday night. You see 15,000 people in the home stands, and you idolize those guys that are on the football field. It’s a cool experience and I loved every minute of it.
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When Will Davis was 7 or 8 years old, what would you find him doing? Davis: If it was a weekend, my parents were probably driving me to some sort of game no matter what sport it was, baseball, football, soccer, basketball. I played them all. If
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Davis: Well, my favorite TV show is the “Walking Dead,” but I would not want to be dropped in there. As a little kid I was always a big Harry Potter fan. I’ve read all of the books. Probably if I could become a wizard, that’d be what
I’d want to be. What would your Hogwarts house be if you were in the Harry Potter universe? Davis: Oh, Gryffindor, definitely Gryffindor. I even took the quiz online. It was Gryffindor every single time.
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Texas Tech coach relying on seniors to end skid TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
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exas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury will look to his seniors as he welcomes K-State into Lubbock, Texas, for a Senior Day matchup on Saturday. The Red Raiders hope that a struggling Wildcat team, carrying a large load with five straight losses, will be the cure that ails their own three-game losing skid. Kingsbury understands, though, that 0-5 K-State might be more than what their record says about them. “I think they’ve played some good teams,” Kingsbury said at the Texas Tech University Football Media Conference. “You look at some of those scores with the exception of, I think, one, they’ve been competitive games. They’re a tough team. Watching them last week against a very good Baylor team, hung right in there until the end. So we know they’re a good football team. We know we’ll get their best shot. They’re fighting and clawing like we are, and that’s what we’re expecting.” Meanwhile, the Red Raiders have been hard at work practicing for their seniors’ final game at Jones AT&T Stadium. “It’s been good,” Kingsbury said of practices leading up to Saturday’s game. “With it being Senior Day (on Saturday) it’s been very spirited. Those seniors have taken the leadership role that you’d expect
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K-State senior nickelback Randall Evans trips up Texas Tech runningback DeAndre Washington during the first quarter of the Wildcats’ 45-13 defeat of the Red Raiders on Oct. 4, 2014, in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. with them knowing it’s their last game at this stadium. They’re excited and they’re pushing the pace of practice.” Texas Tech will look to improve after a falling last week in a close five-point loss versus West Virginia. The Mountaineers put up 300 yards rushing on the Red Raiders, including four touchdowns on the
ground. “That was a tough team physically and they got after us,” Kingsbury said. “We didn’t respond the way we should have at times. (We) had opportunities throughout the game. (We) kind of hung in there but never made the push we needed to make.” The poor effort in stopping the
rush has been par for the course for the Red Raiders, who rank dead last in the conference in stopping the run. Offensively though, the Red Raiders have been trucking, ranking second in passing offense and third in total offense in the Big 12. Leading the way for Texas Tech is sophomore quarterback Pat-
rick Mahomes II. Mahomes has been airing it out a lot this season, putting him up at No. 2 in yards per game in the conference with 353.2 yards. “Well to me, he’s a very competitive young guy,” K-State head coach Bill Snyder said. “I appreciate that about him. ... He’s not afraid to run the ball by any stretch of the imagination. He’ll bring it down and bring it out, and he’s not afraid to put his pads down and run into you. I just like his competitive spirit, and I think that provides a great deal of leadership for his football team.” Mahomes hasn’t been alone in offense production for the Red Raiders. Last week versus West Virginia, Texas Tech senior running back DeAndre Washington quietly crossed the 1,000-yard rushing mark on the season for the second straight season. “He does a lot of it on his own,” Kingsbury said. “He’s great at making people miss and great after contact. He’s a guy that our young players can look up to. His work ethic and the way he carries himself, so can’t say enough good things about him.” So far Kingsbury has had trouble with both K-State and on Senior Day as he is winless when either is involved. K-State has won four straight matchups versus the Red Raiders. Kickoff between the Red Raiders and the Wildcats is set for 2:30 p.m. at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.
Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 11 that, as the Bears are desperate for a meaningful win.
3. OKLAHOMA
(12) (8-1) NEXT: AT BAYLOR
One of the best one-loss teams in America, Oklahoma
can insert itself into the playoff discussion with a win at Baylor. A loss reduces the Sooners to the role of spoiler for the rest
of the 2015 season.
4. TCU (13) (8-1) NEXT: KANSAS
TCU’s season went south on Nov. 7 against Oklahoma State. Now that their road back to the playoffs just got tougher, they can take their frustrations out on the Kansas Jayhawks.
5. WEST VIRGINIA (NR) (4-4) NEXT: TEXAS
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If West Virginia is going to reach a bowl game, they need a win Saturday. A loss makes it much harder for them from here on out.
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It happened. It finally happened. We had our first major shake-up in the Big 12 Power Rankings, and now the conference is down to three legit contenders for the Big 12 playoff. The winner of Saturday’s game between Oklahoma and Baylor is a step closer to competing for the Big 12 crown and a possible spot in the College Football Playoff.
6. TEXAS TECH (NR) (5-5) NEXT: K-STATE See West Virginia.
7. TEXAS (NR) (45) NEXT: AT WEST VIRGINIA
See Texas Tech and West Virginia.
1. OKLAHOMA STATE (5) (9-0) NEXT: AT IOWA STATE
8. K-STATE (NR) (3-5) NEXT: AT TEXAS TECH
Yep, same story as the rest. See Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia.
Oklahoma State’s dispatching of TCU on Nov. 7 gives the Cowboys the league’s best win for the season. If they win out, they will be in the College Football Playoff.
9. IOWA STATE (NR) (3-6) NEXT: OKLAHOMA STATE
For the Cyclones to reach a bowl game, they have to win three straight conference games. The last time that happened was in 2011. So they have that going for them, which is nice.
2. BAYLOR (4) (8-0) NEXT: OKLAHOMA
Sure Baylor has beaten K-State, but when you look at the Bears’ resume, what has this team done? They have no wins against a team that has a record above .500. Baylor is sitting below Iowa in the College Football Playoff rankings this week as a result. A win versus Oklahoma would surely fix
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Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph looks to pass during the football game between K-State and Oklahoma State at the Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Oct. 3, 2015.
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Who needs to step up to stop losing streak?
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TIMOTHY EVERSON The Collegian’s sports editor Tim Everson, lead football writer Andrew Hammond and writers Liz Heath and Avery Osen gave their individual take on who they think is the most important in K-State’s matchup with Texas Tech this Saturday.
TIM’S TAKE
Really, with the kind of season K-State has been having, it’s an all-hands-on-deck situation for the Wildcats to get their first conference win of the season. However, with the importance of K-State’s offense having their stuff together, I’m going to go with the engine that makes it all go: the offensive line. With the amount of yards that the Red Raiders give up, it’s imperative that the big guys up front impose their will versus a Texas Tech defensive front seven that has been bad. When you’re worse than Kansas at stopping the run, you’re pretty dang bad, and wouldn’t you know it, the Red Raiders are last in stopping the run.
In addition to getting the run game going, with Joe Hubener’s limitations at quarterback this season, whatever extra time the offensive line can buy him to avoid rushing him into another bout of bad decision making is a must. K-State cannot lose the turnover battle versus Texas Tech, and the offensive line making Hubener comfortable in the pocket is a good way to ensure that happening.
ANDREW’S TAKE
The most important player this Saturday is Hubener. The quarterback has been picked apart by us in the media, and fans all over have called the Wildcat signal caller out on his play. However, it’s possible that Hubener is poised to have his best game in a K-State uniform Saturday against Texas Tech. After stringing together 572 yards and seven touchdowns collectively against Baylor and TCU, it’s apparent that Hubener can come up in big games and string together good moments. I mean, making plays against Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma State isn’t easy. It’s apparent the kid has some game, so maybe fans should lighten up when it comes to their thoughts on him. The Texas Tech defense offers another opportunity for Hubener to endear himself to the Wildcat faithful. If Hubener can get his legs and arm going against Texas Tech, it will go a long way in improving the bowl chances for the Wildcats.
Texas Tech sits dead last in the conference in rushing defense and eighth in pass defense, so Saturday presents a huge opportunity for Hubener to build some consistency as he looks to lead the Wildcats, who are reaching a very pivotal stretch in the 2015 season. If Hubener can’t get things going on Saturday against what many would consider a “struggling defense,” the question we may be asking ourselves is, “Is Joe Hubener the guy that will be leading K-State for the rest of the season?”
LIZ’S TAKE
Last week, Baylor’s passing offense bombarded the Wildcat secondary for 419 yards. The secondary has been plagued with injuries this season, and with younger players stepping up in the backfield, there is no better time for someone to start making big plays happen. The backfield has been anything but consistent this season. K-State’s passing defense is ranked ninth in the Big 12. The Wildcats are ranked last for interceptions in the Big 12 with just three. None of those interceptions were made by a member of the Wildcat secondary. Their ranked opponents are now out of the way, but K-State can’t keep pretending like the secondary not making defensive plays is OK. It’s not okay. There is no such thing as an easy game in the Big 12, and if this team wants to make a bowl game, the Wildcats need someone in the backfield
to start making things happen. Breaking up a pass once is great, but not if the opposing team’s quarterback can turn around and throw a 60-yard bomb on the next play. Texas Tech is a team that likes to throw the ball. The Red Raiders average 392.5 passing yards per game, ranking them second to TCU in the Big 12. Texas Tech’s sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II ranks sixth in the Big 12 for passing efficiency, completing 282-437. The opportunity is there for K-State’s secondary. It’s easy to look to senior cornerback Morgan Burns, but instead I’m going to look for freshman cornerback Duke Shelley to be the spark plug for the K-State secondary. Shelley had five tackles and one pass deflection against Baylor. He got his first start against TCU and has started every game since. Shelley is a breakout story that’s waiting to happen, and the opportunity will be there against Tech’s offense.
AVERY’S TAKE
In the midst of a five-game losing streak, some teams find out who they can and cannot rely on to carry a team. This week I’m going to name two players because I think it is that important for the success of this team. My players that need to step up this week are running backs freshman Justin Silmon and junior Charles Jones. These two have been off and on this season, but the Wildcats
need them Saturday when they travel to Lubbock, Texas, to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Silmon and Jones are being out-rushed by their quarterback, but in their defense, the offense is centered on a running quarterback. The Red Raiders are last in the Big 12 in rush defense, which is something that the Wildcats must take advantage of to stay competitive. Texas Tech has given up almost 2,000 rushing yards this season, which is almost 500 more yards than the low-life Kansas Jayhawks have given up. If the Wildcats can find a way to establish the run game then that will open up more receivers for Hubener to find. Jones and Silmon have combined for only five touchdowns this season and will need to be finding the back of the end zone more often in the future. The Wildcats are only averaging 166 rushing yards per game, but the Red Raiders are giving up almost 300 rushing yards per game. Silmon and Charles must look for holes from the offensive line and execute to get through the rush defense. It’s time for these two players to fit into the role Bill Snyder needs them to be in, and I think they are more than capable. If the Wildcats can steal this game, I think a bowl game will be in their future, and it will be because of the success of Jones and Silmon.
Absence from Baylor game raises questions about fans’ loyalty
RILEY GATES the collegian
I entered the Dev Nelson Press Box level of Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Nov. 5 at around 5:45 p.m. This was 45 minutes before K-State was scheduled to kick off their showdown with the Baylor Bears. As I surveyed the crowd, I was at a loss for words. The phrases I heard as we commented on the lack of people in the stadium at that time sounded a little something like this: “Don’t worry, everyone’s just running a little bit behind tonight.” Or maybe, “They’ll get here eventually, just look at the line of traffic backed up.” Well, I figured that was probably correct. It was a Thursday night game after all. People had to put in a full day of work, or at least close to a full day, before they were allowed to take off and come to Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Or in the case of students, some possibly had classes that were running late into the afternoon or the evening, so they wouldn’t get there very early. So I waited, and waited, and waited. By the time kickoff rolled around, I could not believe what I saw. The amount of empty seats, not only in the student section but also in the
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Students celebrate as the Wildcats make their second touchdown in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Nov. 5, 2015. season ticket holder’s sections, was astonishing. I continued, however, to give fans the benefit of the doubt and figured they would slowly trickle in as the game got underway. What happened, though, was the complete opposite. Baylor held a 14-7 lead in the first half as they recovered a fumble from quarterback Joe Hubener. This is when fans began heading toward the exits... in a 14-7 football game! Do you really have so little faith in your
team that you would leave the game while only trailing by one touchdown? Is that the kind of fans you are? At halftime there was one section of students that was more than 50 percent full, and that was the section the band played in. Without the band, that section would have been just as empty as the rest of them. Folks, this was a 14-point game at halftime. Who quits on their team when they are trailing the No. 2 team in the coun-
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try by 14 points? This wasn’t the Oklahoma game. K-State wasn’t down 35-0 at halftime. When it’s a blowout that bad, then yes, leaving early is understandable. But 14 points? This is not the stadium that K-State football is known for. There was once a time when this place was full, loud and rowdy no matter the situation. For example, people stayed through a game in 2011 where K-State beat Eastern Kentucky 10-7 with a K-State touchdown pass not coming until there
was 1:39 left in the game. Over 50,000 people stayed in their seats from start to finish for Eastern Kentucky, and you can’t stay for Baylor in prime time? Even when this team isn’t getting blown out? There can be certain situations where it only makes sense to take off early or not even come to the game. I myself am from Beloit, Kansas, which is 1 hour and 45 minutes away. Weeknight games have caused me to miss games before. I couldn’t make it to the North
Dakota State game in 2013 or the Auburn game in 2014 since they were on weeknights and conflicted with other commitments I had. But my dad and my brother didn’t have any other commitments the night of the Baylor game and they stayed through the entire game. Even with the almost 2-hour drive home, they stuck it out until the end. So I ask you, especially those of you who live in Manhattan, what’s your excuse? K-State has two home games left in this season. Excuses to miss both of them can already be heard from a mile away. The Iowa State game will give us excuses like, “Well, I wanted to get a head start on my Thanksgiving break so I didn’t go.” For the West Virginia game we will probably hear, “It was too cold to go!” If you fall in this category of people who make up these excuses for missing those games, then fine. This team deserves better fans than that. If you left this game early on Thursday, you quit on this team. Admit it. You quit on them. Bill Snyder wrote a letter to this student body just two weeks ago apologizing for his team’s performance. “Please know that you are greatly appreciated and considered a major part of this football family,” Snyder wrote. You hear that word? Family. Do you consider yourself to be part of this family? If you said yes to that then I ask you, where were you at the end of the game on Thursday night? Riley Gates is freshman in mass communications. Please send all comments to sports@kstatecollegian.com.
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