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years old was at 75.9 percent and only dropped to 63.4 percent over the same period. Carlin said he believes young voters should be the largest group participating because they have more at stake for the future than older voters.
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Illustration by Iris LoCoco Secure and Fair Elections Act passed in 2011. As of January 2012, voters became required to bring a photo ID to the polls. Starting in 2013, Kansans had to also provide proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, U.S. passport or naturalization records.
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Over 36,000 Kansans have been unable to register to vote due to changes in requirements, according to the Oct. 15 New York Times article, “Voter ID Battle Shifts to Kansas.” Secretary of State Kris Kobach said these changes are supposed to stop fraudulent voting in Kansas, though some argue that it is a barrier against the right to vote for certain groups. “Our objective was to make Kansas elections the most secure voting systems in the country,” Kobach said. According to Kobach, these changes are part of the Kansas
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DANIELLE COOK K-STATE ANNOUNCES NEW SHOWCASE STAGE FOR MARCHING BAND
According to a release from K-State’s Athletic Department, Bill Snyder Family Stadium will soon be home to a permanent showcase stage for the K-State Marching Band, The Pride of Wildcat Land. Athletic Director John Currie, Director of Bands Frank Tracz and student government leadership announced this news Wednesday. The stage will be set in an area below a concourse walkway in the stadium’s northeast corner. The showcase stage, part of Phase IIIB of the stadium’s Master Plan, has been designed specifically for the marching band, which consists of over 400 members. With the help of Tracz, who began assisting in the design process last spring, the stage was designed to better serve the band and was positioned in order to increase band visibility and projection of sound. “Not only will we be seen and heard by areas of the stadium that previously could not enjoy our music, this new area will also increase much-needed storage space for our game day equipment and improve the overall safety of our band members and instruments with a dedicated stairway to the field,” Tracz said. “Most importantly, the new section maintains our important connection to the students, continuing to create an intimidating environment for the visiting team.” Currie also announced Wednesday that $15 million was estimated in project costs and of that amount, $10 million has been pledged. see page
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TARGETING YOUNG VOTERS
Though Kobach said these requirements will stop fraudulent voting, some have said they feel it stops more than that. “Are we wanting people to vote, or are we discouraging folks from participation?” John Carlin, visiting professor and executive-in-residence in political science, said. To Carlin, the changes in
registration requirements make it more difficult to register. He said that young voters 18-30 years old are particularly inconvenienced because they are the most mobile of the population and may have left their documents with their parents. “I think young people should be outraged,” Carlin said. Carlin also said one thing he tells his students to do is to vote; however, young people have the lowest turnout at elections nationwide. This can be seen in a U.S. Census Bureau study that showed voter participation by citizens 1924 years old was at 50.9 percent in 1964 and dropped to 38 percent in 2012. The same study showed that voter participation by those 45-64
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Kobach said there should be a higher young voter turnout, but that hasn’t been the case for decades. “It’s not as if today’s college-age voters are doing any worse than college-age voters 20 years ago,” Kobach said. Young people have always had lower turnout rates for elections, according to Kobach. “(These requirements) keep a group that historically is unmotivated from actually voting,” Abby Agnew, junior in marketing, said. “They’re like, ‘This is too hard. Why should I try?’” Agnew said these additional registration requirements target young people and disenfranchise them. She said she believes that Kobach is not considering how difficult it might be for students to get their proof of citizenship from their parents, who might have misplaced the documents and have to search for them for long periods of time to help their children.
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For many years now, the topic of sex education in high schools has been a touchy subject. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 22 of 50 states require that public schools teach sex education, and 33 states require students be educated about HIV and AIDS. Even with these national mandates in place, schools still have room to decide how sex education will be taught and what will be included. Some schools teach about abstinence, while others teach students about birth control options and how to practice safe sex. Student experiences differ depending on what high school they attended. For instance, some high schools take the approach of informing their students of the bare minimum and leaving it up to the students to find the rest out on their own. “My health class was honestly a joke at my high school,” Courtney Robles, senior in finance, said. “They only talked to us about pregnancy statistics.
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We were not taught actual ways to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. We were left to figure almost everything out on our own.” At other schools, sex is brought up solely to push an abstinence-only message. Terran Jennings, senior in agricultural technology, said he believes this is not proactive and is not the best way to educate students. “If a school only taught abstinence, I feel like people who start becoming sexually active might not know the risks of STDs or might not worry about pregnancy as much as they should,” Jennings said. “I feel like people who don’t want the school talking to their children about safe sex could be hurting them instead.” In a 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 41 percent of high school students reported that they did not use a condom the last time they had sex. In addition, “nearly half of the 20 million new STDs each year were among young people
between the ages of 15 to 24,” according to the center. Lauren Reardon, senior in graphic design, said her sex education courses in high school were considerably more comprehensive and also focused on the many birth control options available. “The high school I went to made us take a health class where we were taught all the different types of birth control,” Reardon said. “I think that’s the best way to inform people. To make them take it seriously and understand (it) fully.” Although Reardon’s sex education classes were more in depth than others, she said she still believes additional steps can be taken to strengthen sex education courses in high schools. “I believe incorporating a sexual assault program within a high school sex education class would be a smart thing to do,” Reardon said. “I mean, while you’re talking about safe sex it is also just as important to educate them on the severity of sexual assault.”
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Review: ‘American Tet’ offers provocative view
NICHOLAS CADY the collegian
“It’s not a pretty play, but it’s not a pretty world.” The quote by “American Tet” playwright Lydia Stryk is appropriate to describe most productions of the 2004 Iraqi War drama, including K-State Theatre’s current presentation. “Pretty” is a word that usually brings something pleasant to mind. “Pretty” might be applicable to the set design, which was handcrafted to represent a dreamy American backyard blanketed in the safety of home, but don’t be fooled; the “pretty” in “American Tet” ends there. The play is a provocative conversation at its core. The script is full of unnerving moments, both at home as well as in foreign lands, which director Samantha Hindle, graduate in theater, said she finds very relevant today. “I was a military spouse for four years, and I think that it’s important for us to look at how war affects us on a micro level as opposed to always looking at it on a macro level, in terms of how it’s affecting nations, the economy and all of that,” Hindle said. “I really wanted to focus on how it impacts families.” The cast has been rehearsing for two months and has valued the exercises that allowed them to escape character and the emotional context of the script, Tori Ptacek, senior in theater, said. “Getting out of character has been tricky, but we do really (have) fun de-rolling activities, and then also sometimes after rehearsal
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Danny, the young military policeman, played by Jacob Edelman-Dolan, freshman in theater, discusses the damages of war with the disfigured American soldier of the Iraq war, Angela, played by Kelly Serna, senior in psychology, during dress rehearsal of American Tet Monday. I’ll just drive around and listen to music,” Ptacek said. “It just kind of helps Tori come back.” The cast itself is a mixture of old and new faces to K-State Theatre; this is a return to the Purple Masque stage for Ptacek, who plays the role of Elaine Krombacher, a wife and mother struggling with the pros and cons of patriotism. Some of the most powerful scenes were executed by Ptacek and Dinh Phan-Elliott, sophomore in business administration, who portrayed Nuh, the voice of Vietnam and a
silenced people. “I’m a Vietnamese girl so when I read the script, I recognized where I come from,” Phan-Elliott said. “I liked the way the character Nuh showed her emotions about her history, the Buddha, everything. Everything about it is so beautiful.” Phan is a newcomer to K-State Theatre, and as an international student brought a nonnative perspective to the production. “I had many problems with pronunciation and grammar,” Phan-Elliott said. “The way
that actors show emotion here is different from my country. I’ve joined theater while at university in Vietnam, which was really light and funny, so I’m very excited to try this.” The lead male role, Vietnam War veteran Jim Krombacher, is played by Sam Neel, freshman in theater. Neel’s performance as a middle-aged father retired from active duty is harrowing and convincing; it is a true casting victory of collegiate theater. The roles of Krombacher’s
children are played by Kelli Jones, junior in theater, and Jacob Edelman-Dolan, freshman in theater. Jones portrays Amy, the conflict-driven teenage daughter, while Edelman-Dolan plays Danny, the young military policeman whose isolating soliloquies and visit home from Iraq brings raging colors to the black and white world desperately created by the Krombacher family. The chilling Angela Gomez, a disfigured American soldier of the Iraq war, is played by Kelly Serna, senior in psychology. The show’s second act was haunted by the image of the injured Angela, whose painful shrieks and labored breathing will surely leave audiences struggling with the same moral dilemmas experienced by the characters. “When I was researching the play, realizing how many veterans are dying on their home soil due to suicide, I found that veterans are killing themselves at eight times the rate of soldiers being killed in action,” Hindle said. Those who can grasp the themes of forsaken veterans will have truly understood the concepts communicated by the script and Hindle’s vision. “When you see the statistics it’s pretty scary, and so coming at it from a drama therapy perspective, I wanted people to have that awareness that we’re really failing our veterans in terms of their homecoming and their treatment,” Hindle said. “American Tet” opens today at 7:30 p.m. at K-State’s Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium, with additional performances Friday and Saturday. Nicholas Cady is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to current@ kstatecollegian.com.
K-State hopes to build on past successes in their final fall tournament CHRIS ROBINSON the collegian
The Wildcat tennis team is heading to Florida to take part in the UTSA Clay Court Invitational, taking place Nov. 5-8. Last time out, K-State put up a strong performance at the Drake Jamboree in Des Moines, Iowa. The Wildcats finished with a 6-3 record in singles and a 5-3 record in doubles. Florida State and K-State are two of 17 teams that will be in attendance. Florida, Clemson, BYU, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State and Georgia are a few of the other teams competing.
The Wildcats will take two players to this tournament, sophomore Carolina Costamagna and freshman Ana Garcia Navas. Navas is having a strong start to her freshman campaign, carrying a record of 5-2 so far this fall. Costamagna isn’t off to a bad start herself; she holds a record of 5-6. Neither players attended the Drake Jamboree, but each will try to improve their records, as well as build on the Wildcats’ success from the tournament. Singles play will begin Thursday starting at 8 a.m. and will continue until 3 p.m. Individual start times have not yet been announced.
This week’s tournament is hosted by Florida State at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, both of which are in Orlando, Florida. This will be the fourth straight year that Florida State hosts this tournament. The tournament continues with the winners bracket and consolation games on Friday and Saturday. All finals will be on Sunday to determine the champions. You can watch the first round and championship round on ESPN3. This will be the last event of the fall for the women’s tennis team.
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Sophomore Carolina Costamagna prepares to return the ball during a women’s tennis practice on Oct. 7, 2015.
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Kobach said that providing proof of citizenship is not as difficult as some might say. According to him, even a picture taken on a phone would be accepted when registering to vote. “We’re doing everything we can to encourage people to vote,” Kobach said. There is an app, VoteKansas, that gives users information about their voting sites. According to Kobach, it is actually easy to register. Still, not everyone agrees.
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“I don’t like any movement that makes (voter registration) complicated or difficult,” Carlin said. “It can be simple.” According to Carlin, technology should make voter registration easier. He said some states have registration open until the day of elections, and Kansas should be doing something more like that instead of throwing out registration forms after 90 days that could
not be completed because the registrant was unable to provide proof of citizenship. According to Austin White, senior in electrical engineering, the voter registration requirements are “definitely a hindrance.” White said allowing photos of a registrant’s proof of citizenship can make the registering process easier for young voters like him, who would have to drive for several hours to get their birth certificates or other accepted documents from their parents.
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Though White said he thinks photos are easier, they can also prove problematic. Fraudulent voters can use technology to make changes to a birth certificate and still be able to vote, according to White. “Quite frankly, I don’t think (Kansas has) a problem of any serious nature in terms of people cheating,” Carlin said. These registration requirements are just making it needlessly complicated to reg-
ister, according to Carlin. “These are a bunch of additional requirements that we have to figure out how to do,” Agnew said. Agnew said this is not a useful law because voter fraud was never a significant problem, so there is no way to “justify some stupid law.” Katie Thomas, sophomore in finance, said it makes sense to require proof of citizenship to register. She said the laws in America and Kansas pertain to American citizens, so they should be the ones able to vote.
“It’s perfectly fine to require proof of citizenship,” Thomas said. This controversy over registration requirements has put Kobach against many Kansas Democrats, who believe he is barring certain groups from voting. Carlin said these requirements are going to keep voter turnout rates low in Kansas, though to Kobach “the argument (against the new registration requirements) is ridiculous” because of how easy it still is to register.
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Young basketball team searches for consistency TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
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ruce Weber’s basketball team far exceeded his expectations in last Friday’s 80-42 win over Emporia State. “Oh, it was way better than I ever dreamed,” Weber said. “I told (Athletic Director John) Currie, if we lose, don’t be surprised. I mean, I had no idea. We had struggled in the scrimmages against our inner-squad between ourselves. They probably played better than we anticipated and maybe Emporia wasn’t as good as we thought ... We’re just so unknown.” The Wildcats will welcome another Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponent in Fort Hays State for their second and final exhibition game of the season. Last week the Wildcats, led by junior forward Wesley Iwundu and senior guard Justin Edwards, threw up a solid overall effort, dominating Emporia State on both sides of the ball. K-State put up 40 points in the first half for the first time since the first game of last season and held the Hornets to zero field goals in more than 13 minutes of game time. Now that Weber has seen some good things out of his players, he said he wants to see these things repeated in their second time out on the court. “Consistency,” Weber said. “Do it again. “The older guys, their numbers are good solid numbers. Now do it again. The younger guys, keep feeling more comfortable.” Weber said freshman guard Barry Brown and freshman forward Dean Wade were both nervous, but they took big steps and now need to start feeling more comfortable. This will be the first time since 2011 that the Wildcats and the Tigers have played, with K-State winning that bout 90-60.
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Junior guard Carlbe Ervin II celebrates after a teammate scored a basket during the men’s basketball game between K-State and Emporia State on Friday in Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats defeated the Hornets in the exhibition opener 80-42. Fort Hays looks to start three returners, including senior point guard Craig Nicholson, who led all returners in scoring last season with an average of 14.9 points per game. Weber said he hopes his young-
er players will be up to the challenge of defending an experienced player who knows how to get baskets. Fort Hays State has a really good, experienced player in Nicholson, Weber said, and it remains to
be seen if the Wildcats will be able to control him like they did Emporia State point guard Terrance Moore. After the Fort Hays game, the Wildcats’ season will officially start
on Nov. 13 as they open the season at home with Maryland-Eastern Shore. Tipoff between K-State and Fort Hays is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Bramlage Coliseum.
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WATC STUDENTS OFFERED BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAM WITH K-STATE POLYTECHNIC
K-State Polytechnic Campus and Wichita Area Technical College are offering Wichita students a bachelor’s degree program, according to K-State News and Communications Services. The schools have created and signed a two-plus-two agreement. The agreement lets WATC students complete a bachelor’s degree in technology management from K-State while they live in Wichita and take online classes.
After completing a WATC associate degree, students can then finish the last two years of their education in online K-State Polytechnic technology management classes. “We are proud to partner with one of our educational neighbors and we’re hopeful this program will lead to the progression of prepared and skilled professionals in Kansas,” Verna Fitzsimmons, CEO and dean of K-State Polytechnic, told K-State News and Communications Services.
VETERINARY HEALTH CENTER HOLDS GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
FOR EQUINE PERFORMANCE TESTING CENTER
The Veterinary Health Center hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new $2.8 million Equine Performance Testing Center Wednesday at Mosier Hall. Private donations have allotted for more than $800,000 of the project. According to K-State Today, the center includes an indoor riding arena, indoor examination area, radiology suite, farrier space and consultation room. There area about 2,500 services provided each year by Veterinary Health Center equine clinicians, almost half of which deal with performance-related disorders.
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f you saw any of the five World Series games in the past week and a half, you surely saw it. A promo video, flashing with Fox’s normal bravado, promoting Thursday night’s tilt between the No. 2 Baylor Bears and the lowly 3-4 K-State Wildcats. Highlights of one of Baylor’s six wins, each by 18 points or more, flashed across the screen while the voiceover touted the offensive and defensive might of the second ranked Bears.
Finally, wrapping it up in a nice bow, they finally got around to the fact that Baylor was playing someone on Thursday. K-State’s name, and their name alone, was thrown on the end. This is a sign of the times for the Wildcats. “You know, it’s kind of disrespectful,” sophomore linebacker Elijah Lee said of the video. “At the end of the day, coach Snyder’s teams have never gotten that much respect no matter how good they are or how decent they might be.” That, however, is life for a team that’s on the verge of going on the largest losing streak in over 20 years. The Wildcats’ offense has been
driving their backward momentum. They rank dead last in the Big 12 in total offense, second to last in passing offense and third to last in rushing offense. Going back to the Oklahoma game, the Wildcats have scored one touchdown in the past eight quarters. “The shortcoming is that we have had nine points in the last two ball games and that is not a very good statistic to go by,” head coach Bill Snyder said. “We are just at a point where we cannot create new things, but we have to become better at the things that we do. We have to enhance our passing game and continue to enhance our running
game to create some balance in our offense, which has been somewhat lacking.” The Wildcats will be counting on their offense not only to attempt to keep pace with the barrage of points that the Bears put up, but to also assist their defense by keeping Baylor’s high tempo assault off the field. In games this season where the Wildcats’ offense looked serviceable to even good (the first five games of the season), K-State has won the time of possession battle. But in the last two games where one could argue against the mere existence of the K-State offense, they’ve lost the time of possession.
“Coach always preaches time of possession, and that is always something that as an offense we feel as necessary against a high-powered offense,” junior quarterback Joe Hubener said. “I think we would like to replicate that to some degree and continue it throughout the whole game.” While K-State’s offense is in the depths of the Big 12, the Wildcats on the defensive side have to crane their neck to see all the way up to see where the Bears’ offense sits atop the conference rankings. What is especially impressive about Baylor is not only do they have the best ground attack, a common misconception about the Bears, but they average over 100 yards per game, which is more than any other team in the Big 12. Meanwhile, the steadfast Wildcat defensive front seven are allowing less than half of what the Bears average on the ground per game. “Just like any other team in the Big 12, they are one play away from making a big play happening,” Lee said. The K-State secondary will also be tested, with junior sensation Seth Russell sidelined with injuries and true freshman Jarrett Stidham taking his place. The Wildcats still expect Stidham to put a lot of pressure on a sickly and struggling K-State secondary that is third to last in the conference in defending the pass. “He is very capable, and the thing we overlook sometimes is that he is a freshman,” Snyder said of Stidham. “But he was there in December and he has always been the No. 2 guy. He has taken thousands upon thousands of repetitions of what they do, so I think they are very comfortable with him.” With all of that taken in stride, K-State, as confident as ever, looks to do what they almost did over a month ago — try to rock the Big 12 and college football world and upset the No. 2 team in the country. “You never have too many experiences like that,” Lee said. “We did earlier in the season and I feel like it got out of our hands, but now we have another opportunity.” Kickoff between the Bears and the Wildcats is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
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3. OKLAHOMA (14) 7-1 NEXT: IOWA STATE
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It will be a fatal four-way to settle the Big 12 unless someone causes chaos this weekend. We’ve entered November and the Big 12 is in prime position to put one or even two teams in the College Football Playoff. The top four teams in the Big 12 are a combined 30-1 on the season, but that will soon change. Can each of these teams survive the first week of November unscathed?
1. TCU (5) 8-0 NEXT: AT OKLAHOMA STATE
November is here, which means it’s about to get real for the Horned Frogs. A win against Oklahoma State improves their College Football Playoff resume, while a loss does damage that is possibly irreparable.
2. BAYLOR (2) 7-0 NEXT: AT KANSAS STATE
It’s been easy so far for Baylor; however, it’s about to get a whole lot tougher. It is not too often that a trip to Manhattan on a Thursday
Like most of the contenders in the Big 12, this is the biggest stretch of the season for the Sooners. After Iowa State this week, they wrap up their Big 12 slate with Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma State. I’d say things are about to get fun for the Sooners.
4. OKLAHOMA STATE (12) 8-0 NEXT: TCU
The Cowboys are one of the most underrated teams in America. Sitting at 8-0, this team is primed to do some damage in the College Football Playoffs due to their favorable schedule, which brings the top three teams in the power rankings to Stillwater.
5. TEXAS TECH (NR) 5-4 NEXT: AT WEST VIRGINIA
This is where things get ugly. Teams five through 10 are all battling it out for a bowl game, and none more so than Texas Tech. After going down to the top four teams in the Big 12, the Red Raiders need to assert their dominance against the bottom half of the conference in order to turn this season around.
6. WEST VIRGINIA (NR) 3-4 NEXT: TEXAS TECH There is no team more desperate for a win than West
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An Oklahoma State fan celebrates after their victory over K-State at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stilllwater, Oklahoma on Oct. 3, 2015. Virginia. OK maybe K-State is. Still, a win against Texas Tech would do wonders for the Mountaineers’ bowl chances.
7. TEXAS (NR) 3-5 NEXT: KANSAS
One week Texas beats Oklahoma and looks good against K-State, then the next week they struggle and get
shut out by Iowa State. Will the real Texas please stand up?
8. KANSAS STATE (NR) 3-4 NEXT: BAYLOR The Wildcats’ death march is almost over. After Baylor it’s a much more manageable schedule, but by then, will it be too little too late?
9. IOWA STATE (NR)
3-5 NEXT: AT OKLAHOMA
Currently sitting at fifth in the Big 12 Conference Football Standings, I’m looking to see if the Cyclones can capitalize off their impressive victory against Texas. A strong showing against Oklahoma might do the trick.
10. KANSAS (NR) 0-8
NEXT: AT TEXAS
It was good to see all those fans show up to Memorial Stadium last weekend. Oh that was for the Royals. Ouch. Andrew Hammond is a sophomore in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@kstatecollegian.com.
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Off the Field with Elijah Lee: week 10 TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
We caught up with sophomore linebacker Elijah Lee as both he and the K-State football team prep for their tall task versus No. 2 Baylor. The Blue Springs, Missouri product leads the team in tackles with 39 so far this season. Lee also leads the team in interceptions with two on the season.
WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Last movie I watched was “The Blind Side,” ‘cause it’s always on TV. Whenever you see “The Blind Side,” it’s one of those movies that catches your eye because it’s about one of those guys that doesn’t have much and a family takes him in and he becomes this bigtime guy.
IF YOU COULD LIVE IN ANY HISTORICAL TIME, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
Just because the style of my hair is a flat top before I cut it, I’d probably say the ‘80s and the ‘90s just to go back because I have that type of style with them.
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT K-STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT MADE YOU WANT TO COME HERE? I feel like through the process there were some schools that were honest, but they were also far away. You know, I’m a family guy and you can’t beat two hours to get back home. And I’m even in a different state. So it’s kind of a good distance and enough distance to get away from your family.
WAS THERE A PLAYER, WHETHER IN THE NFL OR COLLEGE, THAT YOU LOOKED UP TO GROWING UP?
Probably have to say Von Miller or Aldon Smith before he started getting into all of the trouble. ‘Cause, you know, he’s from the
same area that I’m from, and he went to Mizzou and then he went on to the 49ers before he started to go off the wrong end.
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Probably “Hotline Bling” by Drake, “March Madness” by Future. Those are pretty much the two songs I have on repeat.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE ON THURSDAY?
This season is not dead and there’s still more to fight for. I hope people haven’t given up on us yet. We still have five games left. Going out Thursday is just a milestone that we want to set to move on from this losing streak. File Photo by George Walker | THE COLLEGIAN
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ANDREW HAMMOND the collegian
T
outing one of the nation’s best offenses, the Baylor Bears stroll into Manhattan for a Thursday night showcase inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium as they near a critical point in the 2015 season. Although the Bears carry an undefeated 7-0 record going into the game, they are without early-season Heisman candidate Seth Russell. Freshman Jarrett Stidham will be stepping up in Russell’s place. The freshman is making his first-ever
start on the road this Thursday, but head coach Art Briles isn’t worried about his young signal caller. “All I can do is go by on what I’ve seen,” Briles said to Baylor Athletics. “That’s kind of how you judge people by, about what you see and what you hear. I’ve been doing it 37 years. I’d be totally shocked if he’s not very composed, very competitive, very intelligent and very on cue with everything he does Thursday for our football team.” Stidham has only seen limited work but has been impressive. He’s thrown for over 300 yards on 24-28 passing with six touchdowns and no interceptions. “You go by what you’ve seen
and what you feel, and what you’ve been subjected to,” Briles said. “That’s what we’ve noticed since being around him. He’s got an old soul, don’t look at him as that ‘F’ word, because he’s not. He’s a ready quarterback, and that’s the way we look at it.” Briles should feel confident in his newly minted quarterback. He will now be in charge of one of the nation’s best offenses. The Bears enter the Thursday night contest averaging 686.1 yards on offense and scoring 61.1 points a game. That will be a tough task for a K-State defense that has struggled to keep teams out of the end zone in Big 12 play. “It goes back to balancing your
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offense,” head coach Bill Snyder said on Tuesday. “Your defense dictates whether you are going to run it or you are going to throw it. When you spread people out, you have to think about how many you are going to defend the run with and how many people you are going to defend the pass with. You are going to end up being short one way or the other. What you will see with virtually every defense in the country is you will have two or three guys that are playing half and half.” On the defensive end, the Bears are just as good. Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett, former K-State defensive coordinator, coaches a group that ranks among
the nation’s best defenses. The Bears are forcing at least one turnover per game and are holding opponents to a 36.8 conversion rate on third down. Sitting at No. 6 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, the Bears have a very tough road ahead of them. With a very pivotal stretch that starts in Manhattan, Baylor knows that what they do this month will have a factor in how their season will go. “We do. We really do,” Briles said. “And you said it right there, that we always remember November. That’s what’s important. If you want to have a good football team you better be good late.”
Big 12 defensive power rankings: a newcomer ranks on the list Billings and the Bears had last week off, but they will be ready to go against K-State this week. I expect double-digit tackles from Billings this week.
4. ERIC STRIKER, LINEBACKER, OKLAHOMA (3)
AVERY OSEN the collegian
1. EMMANUEL OGBAH, DEFENSIVE END, OKLAHOMA STATE (1) Ogbah had a great game last week against Texas Tech as he had seven tackles, four of which were solo. He continues to impress on the defensive end in the Big 12.
2. DOMINQUE ALEXANDER, LINEBACKER, OKLAHOMA (2) Alexander took advantage of a sloppy Kansas defense on Saturday when he had 11 tackles; eight of these were solo. He is a huge part of the Oklahoma success this year and will continue to be great.
3. ANDREW BILLINGS, DEFENSIVE TACKLE, BAYLOR (5)
Striker wasn’t great this week with only one tackle against the Jayhawks. His numbers have gone down the past few weeks, and he must get it back together to stay in the top five next week.
5. DAKOTA ALLEN, LINEBACKER, TEXAS TECH (4) Allen had five tackles Saturday against Oklahoma State, and he is very close to a breakthrough on the list. He also had one interception on the night.
6. FISH SMITHSON, SAFETY, KANSAS (7) Smithson continues to impress on a bad defensive team. He had 10 tackles against Oklahoma, and eight of those were solo. He is a very good player and a bright spot for the Jayhawks.
7. SHAWN OAKMAN, DEFENSIVE END, BAYLOR (8) Oakman had last week
off but will take on K-State Thursday night. He will look to feast on a struggling Wildcat offense.
8. DALE PIERSON, DEFENSIVE END, IOWA STATE (6) Pierson didn’t play in his team’s victory against the Texas Longhorns, which is why he dropped a few spots on the list.
9. NICK KWIATKOSKI, LINEBACKER, WEST VIRGINIA (9) Kwiatkoski had a good game against TCU with seven tackles, six by himself. He is a very good player and has 13 tackles in the past two weeks.
10. ZACK SANCHEZ, CORNERBACK, OKLAHOMA (NR) Sanchez didn’t play last week in Oklahoma’s victory over Kansas, due to an injury, but he will have a huge impact this week when the Sooners take on Iowa State. He plays a vital role on defense and the Sooners need him on the field. Avery Osen is an XXX xxx xxx xxx. Please send comments to sports@ kstatecollegian.com.
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