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Kansas State students package bags of food for Cats’ Cupboard at the Purple Pride Pantry Party UPC Event in Manhattan, Kan. on Nov. 27, 2017.
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College of Agriculture hosts student-led diversity forum Tuesday KELSEY KENDALL THE COLLEGIAN
Students, faculty and community members packed into Town Hall in the Leadership Studies Building with pizza for a forum on diversity in agriculture. The forum was organized by students in the College of Agriculture. Zelia Wiley, assistant dean and director of diversity in the College of Agriculture, said she is “extremely proud” of the students who helped organize the forum. “You’ve given me so much hope because you are the change we want to see in the world,” Wiley said. The forum aimed to start dialogue on different perspectives and how students can make an impact and promote diversity at K-State. After opening statements from Wiley and students from the College of Agriculture, the floor opened up to the audience.
Audience comments ranged from those curious about how to ask people of different backgrounds and ethnicities questions in a respectful way to reactions to recent events on and around campus, such as the damaged sukkah — which was found to have been damaged by strong winds — and the Snapchat image that alluded to the Ku Klux Klan. Some attendees mentioned fear felt on campus, specifically after dark. Wiley said some students are unsure of where they stand with their peers. “What so many of our multicultural students are feeling like is, ‘If this didn’t happen, I still feel bad,’” Wiley said. “’I can sit in a room with so many other students, and I don’t know if they dislike me, if they hate me because all these things are taking place.’” Bryanna Cook, junior in agricultural communications and journalism, said this fear
can be dispelled by members of the K-State community standing up for each other. “We are K-State family, and I think that’s great,” Cook said. “We just need to act like it.” Cook said people often take to social media to say recent events are “dumb,” but the K-State community could do more to support one another. Eric Valenzuela, freshman in animal sciences and industry, said this support goes beyond changing the mindset of the white majority in many parts of the community, that anyone can be racist. He also emphasized the importance of diversity. “We need to understand that we’re all different, but the most beautiful thing is seeing a diverse place,” Valenzuela said. Wiley said Tuesday’s forum will not be the last, and diversity will continue to grow in the College of Agriculture.
Kat Chats prepares students for finals week stress management CAMRYN MCDONALD THE COLLEGIAN
Kodee Walls, psychologist at Counseling Services, gave students tips during Tuesday’s Kat Chats meeting on ways to combat stress as final exams draw closer. Walls first had students make a list of finals-related items and tasks that are especially stressful for them. Then, students identified which ones are within their control and which ones they have no power over. “It was helpful to make the list about what our stressors are,” Danny Faust, sophomore in finance, said. “Writing it out and separating what you’re stressed about into different parts made those things seem a lot more simple.”
With the help of worksheets and lists of tactics and enjoyable activities to do in times of stress, students identified areas of improvement to successfully get through finals week. “Knowing the negative ways you cope with stress can help you avoid them and think of positive coping strategies instead,” Walls said. “If you have plenty of positive ways, those can be outlets to relax with between studying.” Walls took students’ examples of negative methods of coping and suggested healthier alternatives, or coping mechanisms. “I’m not very good at dealing with stress, so putting it out into steps of how I can handle things was very helpful,” Erin Klehm, junior in social work, said. “Seeing the list of coping mechanisms, I realized I use
some of the bad ones, and figuring out how to change that and cope in better ways was a big help.” Students ended with creating action plans to sketch out what their finals week will look like and what they aim to accomplish by its end using healthy coping mechanisms. “Poor time management and procrastination can also sabotage our success,” Walls said. “We all have 24 hours in the day, but sometimes it seems like it’s never enough. We need to look at how we manage our time and how we can do that more effectively so we ourselves can be more effective.” Kat Chats will resume as scheduled after winter break. Recordings of the Kat Chats presentations from this semester are available on the K-State Counseling Services webpage.
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Zelia Wiley, assistant dean and director of diversity in the College of Agriculture, speaks during the College of Agriculture diversity forum in Manhattan, Kan. on Nov. 28, 2017.
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Street cat makes K-State campus its home KATIE MESSERLA THE COLLEGIAN
A cat has been spotted across campus over the past year in locations spanning from the Leadership Studies Building to McCain Auditorium. The curious cat is a large gray and brown tabby with striped legs and a full, fluffy tail, which can often be seen taking long walks on the streets and lounging by All Faiths Chapel. It has been seen around campus since at least last semester, and it appears that no one truly knows where the cat came from. One student, Corbin Sedlacek, junior in accounting, said
he thought the cat belonged to another famed KSU resident. “I honestly just thought that the cat was the president’s cat,” Sedlacek said. However, Dana Hastings, executive assistant to the president, said President Myers does not have a cat. While the origin of the cat is still unknown, it seems as if the cat is happy where it is and is living well. More importantly, the cat seems to be eating well, said Kait Long, program and project associate for the Staley School of Leadership Studies. “I walked out of the Leadership Studies Building on the south side and went to the left, and there was a large group of people that were all standing
very excitedly, pointing, and I see this thing dart across the street, and it’s the cat,” Long said. “People were really excited that there was a cat, and I realized that the cat was hunting a squirrel.” Several students have said they think the cat is a welcome addition to the K-State family and it adds a sense of home to the campus. Sedlacek said he thought it was a great representation of the Wildcats. “I think it’s kind of cool to see the cat, because we are the Wildcats, and it’s kind of like we have a little mascot floating around,” Sedlacek said. Kristen Jones, sophomore in secondary education, said she thinks the cat is a unique
surprise for students. “I’m really not used to seeing a cat on campus — I’m really used to seeing squirrels — but a cat was definitely a first for me,” Jones said. “It kind of had a homey feel; I liked seeing it.” When asked if she thought there was any major health concern attributed to having a cat on campus, Jones said she couldn’t think of any major repercussions to the feline visitor. “I mean, I don’t ever see him actually go and interact with anybody,” Jones said. “Other cats might be concerned, but not really humans.” Sedlacek said he also was not concerned about the cat living on campus.
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The campus cat crossing an intersection at Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan. “Is it a health concern?” Sedlacek said. “Not really. I myself am allergic to cats, so if I went up and petted it for five minutes, I’d be really in danger, but since it is outside
and it’s not really going around anyone, I don’t feel like it’s an issue.” When the cat was asked “Who is a good kitty?” it chose not to comment.
Up for interpretation: Campus sculptures have little-known histories
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The “fork” statue created by James Wentz on Kansas State Campus in Manhattan, Kan. on Nov. 28, 2017.
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Everyone has a different theory about what the sculptures on campus represent. Art is usually left up to interpretation, especially when the artist’s intent, and the piece’s origins remain a mystery. “When I was a freshman walking through campus, there was a statue by the Union that I thought looked like piece of rye bread,” Lydia Mounts, senior in elementary education,
said. “It always made me feel better because I knew I was almost done with my day when I saw my rye bread.” Mounts said her freshman year was a really difficult year for her, so having things like the “rye bread” statue made her feel better about being on campus. The sculptures on campus serve as landmarks to many students at K-State. There are at least 15 sculptures all around the campus guiding freshmen and seniors alike to the right buildings.
“The sculptures around campus help me tell where I am,” Reagan Grimm, senior in education, said. “For instance, the giant fork statue lets me know I’m by King Hall because it’s like a trident that Neptune would have.” There are several different speculations about many of the sculptures on campus, but the “fork” is at the top of that list. Created in 1969 by James Wentz, it is the tallest statue on campus. It is made of wood, fiberglass and plastic, but little else is known about it. Just like the “fork,” many of the statues on campus received their funding from a workshop called art-in-situation throughout the years. Others were donated or purchased. “Other sculptures on campus were either purchased or donated from professional artists, including the brother statues ‘Kreqe-aekyed’ and ‘Kqrefe-aekyad,’ the statue ‘Spiral Jade’ and the bust of William Alexander Harris,” said Linda Duke, director of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and chair holder of the KSU Committee for Public Art. Duke said there has not
always been a formal way of putting up sculptures or papers saying how long they would be there and who would take responsibility for them. “Unfortunately, I think there are pieces that aren’t representative of the artist’s intention anymore,” Duke said, “since they have been left without upkeep or anyone being responsible for them.” Diana McElwain, administrative assistant for K-State Human Capital Services and graduate student in public administration, said she took on the task of documenting all the pieces on campus in 2015,
including memorials, statues, sculptures, etc. She took a photo of each piece and put its title and who made it. This is the most formal documentation of any of the pieces on campus. The choice of what stays and what goes or changes is a difficult decision for the Committee for Public Art. “Finding student representation is a big part of moving forward,” Duke said. The committee had student representation last year, but since the student left campus, the committee has not filled the position.
“There are so many students who could design a website,” Sarah Blair, junior in fine arts, said. “It would be nice to be able to go online and click on a link that would show you all of the different art pieces you could go see on campus.” Blair said a competition for students to present ideas on how to best display on the different pieces on campus would be good course of action. Duke said it is a difficult job that will need many different voices to come together to get this done and find a solution.
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Volunteers pack thousands of meals for students and hurricane victims at UPC event TAYLOR LUCK
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Volunteers joined forces with the Union Program Council and the Outreach Program to load thousands of meal packages during the Purple Pride Pantry Party in the Student Union Monday evening. The UPC partnered with the Outreach Program, a nonprofit based in Iowa that helps programs around the U.S. package and distribute food, and Cats’ Cupboard in recruiting volunteers for the event to prepare nonperishable breakfasts and lunches to those in need. Volunteers sorted, measured, sealed and packaged food items that will be distributed at Cats' Cupboard and in areas affected by hurricanes
Harvey and Irma. At the end of the night, 20,000 packaged meals were split evenly between Cats' Cupboard and the Outreach Program for transport to reputable businesses and food banks. Beth Bailey, director of programs for the UPC, said the Purple Pride Pantry Party was UPC's first philanthropic event “Normally we do small events weekly and big ones monthly," said Alex Maynard, vice president for membership at UPC and senior in communication science and disorders. "We bring a lot of people to KSU, like Kevin Hart, but this is something where we can give back to our community and get a lot of people involved, while also giving them volunteer hours they need." UPC president Laura
Apel, senior in hospitality management, said the council's last president, who was in Texas when Hurricane Harvey hit, encouraged the event. “It’s a really good experience for college kids to help those within and without their community,” said Kate King Hagen, UPC vice president of operations and senior in management. "It helps them remember there is a world outside of our little community at KSU." Volunteers signed up in shifts to set up the event, sort food, pack and then clean up. Each shift was comprised of 50 to 60 people, Bailey said. Volunteers were able to write encouraging notes to go with the packaged food after they were finished. Mackenzie Smith, sophomore in apparel and market-
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ing, volunteered for the event. Smith said philanthropic events help students to expaerience things they may not have otherwise. Jasmine Gray, sophomore in business and human resources, also volunteered. “It’s the holidays,” Gray said. “It’s the time to give to others and help out.” Bailey said the Outreach Program provided everything to host the event, except the space, tables and volunteers. Mary Kate Zach | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
Nicole Doughramaji and Jacob Kraus scoop and bag grains for Cats’ Cupboard during the Purple Pride Pantry Party UPC event in Manhattan, Kan. on Nov. 27, 2017.
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Men's basketball set for contest at home against Oral Roberts tonight AVERY OSEN
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The Kansas State men’s basketball team will want to bounce back after placing third in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational last week. The Wildcats will host Oral Roberts for a contest set to start at 7 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats beat George Washington 67-59 after losing to Arizona State the night before in the Las Vegas Invitational by two. K-State was led against George Washington by junior forward Dean Wade, who had 17 points and nine rebounds. Junior guard Kamau Stokes scored the most points for the team with 19 in the winning effort. After shooting nearly 50 percent from the field this season, K-State will try and keep its undefeated record at home going against the Golden Eagles. The Wildcats have also been very good behind the arc, as they are shooting nearly 40 percent from the three-point line and have made 53 on the season. Overall, junior guard Barry Brown is leading the team in scoring, as he averages over 15 points per game right in front of
Stokes, who is at 14.8 points per game. Wade and sophomore forward Xavier Sneed are third and fourth in scoring, averaging 12.2 and 11.2 points so far this season, respectively. Wade is leading the team in rebounds this year at 5.8 per game with Mawdo Sallah behind him at 4.8. As for Oral Roberts, they have really struggled so far this season; they are 1-6 in the young campaign. They started the season 1-0 with a win over Avila University, but have yet to find the win column again, losing six straight. With that said, three of those losses have been by seven points or less and two of the other three losses are against power five conference schools. One of those losses was against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, ending 91-48, on November 16th. The game in Manhattan will also be the sixth road game of the season already for the Golden Eagles, a team that went just 1-13 last year in road contests. They are averaging 68 points per game this season and shooting almost 43 percent, while the Wildcats have only scored less than 68 points once
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The Kansas State Wildcats men’s basketball team plays the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan. on Nov. 14, 2017. in a game this season. Last year the Golden Eagles
went just 8-22 and won only four games in their conference.
K-State will play two of its next three games at home —
including a battle against South Carolina Upstate on Dec. 5.
NFL teams fight for playoff spots Sunday in must-watch games JARRETT WHITSON THE COLLEGIAN
Playoff spots are filling up, and teams are fighting for position to play beyond the regular season.
MINNESOTA VS. ATLANTA
Minnesota is clearly in the lead of the NFC North and should coast into the playoffs. Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen has been playing out of his mind. The Minnesota native has averaged 119 receiving yards through the last four games and has scored a touchdown in all but
one of those games. Thielen is currently third in the NFL with 1,005 receiving yards on the year. After going 4-1 in its last five games, Atlanta is looking at getting the sixth and final spot in the playoffs for the NFC. The Falcons have a talented receiver of their own, arguably one of the best in the league. Julio Jones exploded for 253 yards and two touchdowns last week. The four-time Pro Bowler sits above Thielen in league receiving yards, as he is second with 1,039. The game is set to air Sunday at 12 p.m. on FOX.
CAROLINA VS. NEW ORLEANS
It seems that the NFC South is the division to be in if you want to win games — three of its four teams have a winning record and have gone on significant winning streaks. Carolina is on a four-game win streak with an 8-3 record, and the Panthers are tied for first in the division with New Orleans. Since fellow receiver Kelvin Benjamin was traded to Buffalo, Devin Funchess has been the primary target for Cam Newton. In that three-game stretch, Funchess has posted marks of 86, 92 and 108 receiving yards, as well as tallying two receiving touch-
downs. Until being defeated by the Los Angeles Rams in week 12, New Orleans was on an eight-game win streak. The Saint offense has been phenomenal. It ranks second in total and passing yards per game, third in rushing yards per game and fourth in points per game. The running back play has been great as well. Mark Ingram is first in the NFL with eight rushing touchdowns, and Alvin Kamara has scored a rushing or receiving touchdown in each of his last five games. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:25 p.m. Sunday on FOX.
PHILADELPHIA VS. SEATTLE
Philadelphia is at the top of the NFC with a 10-1 record. It has been a balanced team, ranking first in the league in points scored per game and third in points allowed per game. Carson Wentz continues his MVP campaign. He leads the league in passing touchdowns with 28, and has thrown for 2,657 yards. Wentz hasn’t thrown an interception since Oct. 29 and has only thrown five all year. Seattle is second in the NFC West and is currently sitting just outside of the NFC playoff picture. After a tough
three-point loss to Atlanta two weeks ago, they rebounded by beating San Francisco. The Seahawks are riddled by injuries defensively. They are without defensive end Cliff Avril, cornerback Richard Sherman and safety Kam Chancellor for the rest of the season. Quarterback Russell Wilson has shined for the team. He is third in both passing yards (3,029) and touchdowns (23). Wilson consistently throws upwards of 200 yards a game, throwing over 370 yards in a game twice this season. The Eagles-Seahawks game is this week’s Sunday Night Football matchup, set for 7:30 p.m. on NBC.
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OPINION: The “Shrek” movies, ranked from worst to best It’s been over 16 years since DreamWorks Animation unleashed a jade and jaded ogre known as Shrek upon the world, and $3.5 billion in ticket sales later, almost every student on the Kansas State campus could list the layered similarities between ogres and onions by heart. Shrek’s pop cultural ubiquity was unprecedented in the 2000s, but with no new releases since “Shrek Forever After” in 2010, the franchise has been waning in relevance for seven years. Indeed, the millennial internet’s weird sense of humor has turned Shrek into more of a joke than a box office trendsetter. “Shrek is love, Shrek is life,” as they say. However, DreamWorks recently announced a fifth film in the “Shrek” series after a buyout from NBCUniversal. Little is known about “Shrek 5” beyond its 2019-2020 release window, but this presents a perfect opportunity to create a retrospective for the animat-
ed film series. Here are the four main films in the “Shrek” franchise, ranked from worst to best.
THE WORST: “SHREK THE THIRD”
As a movie judged on its own merits, “Shrek the Third” is boring and trite. As a follow-up to “Shrek 2,” this movie is a sad joke. It’s visually bland, and the plot is so uninteresting that I barely remember it after seeing the film three times. Prince Charming is a poor villain with nonsensical motivations, and none of the other characters can keep the movie afloat. Even when the movie tries something different, it usually ends up disgusting rather than entertaining, like a bad episode of “Ren and Stimpy.” Call me old-fashioned, but Shrek in high heels and horrifying dream sequences of ogre babies pouring into every orifice of Shrek’s house are not fun for my eyeballs.
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NOT QUITE AS BAD I GUESS: “SHREK FOREVER AFTER”
This movie might be objectively worse than “Shrek the Third,” but as an entertainment product, “Shrek Forever After” is kind of a blast. It’s so stupidly nonsensical and out of place in its own universe that it’s like going on a flaming rollercoaster ride through hell and loving every minute of it. “Shrek” has always been a series about fairy tales with a twist, and “Shrek Forever After” throws that simplicity out the window for a movie about time travel, alternate universes and a bunch of oddball tropes you rarely see outside of fan fiction. It’s certainly not a movie you can enjoy without being in the right mood, but “Shrek Forever After” just barely fits into the definition of “so bad, it’s good.”
PRETTY GOOD FOR THE MOST PART: “SHREK 2”
The sequel to the movie that started it all is regarded
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by most as the best in the franchise, but I can’t find myself agreeing with that. “Shrek 2” has a lot of things going for it — Antonio Banderas as a swashbuckling kitty, for instance — but the movie is lacking the simple elegance and charm of the first. While the original movie was very focused, building toward a singular message and climax, “Shrek 2” is a lot more meandering, with pointless scenes and characters sprinkled throughout. “Shrek 2” certainly added a lot of oniony layers to the series, but any movie that reimagines a green ogre as an animated Tony Shalhoub lookalike for a decent chunk of its runtime can’t get a pass from me.
THE BEST: “SHREK”
Here it is, by process of elimination. I feel like a hipster for thinking the original is the best, but “Shrek” is just a darn good movie from start to finish. It’s an inventive and fun concept that’s handled incredibly
well thanks to clever dialogue and a focused narrative. While all three sequels have room for improvement (some sequels more than others), I can’t think of anything that I would change about “Shrek.” It somehow combines Smash Mouth and fart jokes into a package that’s much smarter than it needs to be. Every joke lands with a punch, Lord Farquaad is the best villain in the series by far and the ending has a strong, important message about physical beauty. It’s not the best movie ever made, but “Shrek” is so good, you’ll be sad when it’s ogre. Kyle Hampel is the reviews and opinion editor for the Collegian and a junior in English. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
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Women's basketball will face University of Missouri on Thursday JULIA JORNS
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The Kansas State Wildcats women’s basketball team plays the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kan. on Nov. 13, 2017. The Wildcats went on to win with a final score of 81-60.
The Kansas State women’s basketball team will travel to Columbia, Missouri, on Thursday to face the University of Missouri in the Big 12/SEC challenge. Both K-State and Missouri come into this game with five wins and only one loss. The Wildcats were nine points away from upsetting now No. 7 University of California, Los Angeles last weekend in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas. The No. 19 Missouri Tigers lost their first regular season game against Western Kentucky in the Hawkeye Challenge on Nov. 10 but have gone on to win five straight. Their biggest win against a ranked opponent came with a score of 55-52 against No. 21 University of California,
Berkeley. Freshman guard Rachel Ranke leads K-State in shots made from beyond the arc this season with 20. Averaging 13.8 points a game, Ranke has started all but one game. Two-sport athlete and sophomore forward Peyton Williams is averaging 5.7 boards in each of the six games she has started for the Wildcats this season. Senior guard Shaelyn Martin is finding a way to make an impact this season. Martin is fifth on the team in points scored with 47, but she finds a way to help her team in other areas. With 49 total rebounds, 39 being on the defensive end, Martin is earning her spot in the starting five. The Wildcats had their biggest win in the matter of point differential on Nov. 10 against the University of Stephen F. Austin, where K-State won by 25 points. The closest
game win for K-State came against the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, Nov. 19, where they pulled out the victory 55-54. Missouri has had the same starting lineup in every game this season and has three starters averaging in double figures. Redshirt junior guard Lauren Aldridge has 33.8 minutes of game action on average, and junior guard Sophie Cunningham has averaged 31.3 minutes on the court per game. The Tigers are averaging 70.2 points in games and holding opponents to 61.8. On the other side of the matchup, the Wildcats are scoring 69.3 points and only allowing 58.2 to their opponents. The Wildcats and Tigers will tip off at 8 p.m. The next home game for the Wildcats after facing Missouri will be Dec. 6 in Bramlage Coliseum against the University of Texas, Arlington.
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