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The Manhattan City Commission held its weekly meeting on Tuesday in the City Commission Room at City Hall, located at 1101 Poyntz Ave. A pressing issue brought up from the crowd during the public comments section of the meeting was the parking issues at Mount Zion Church of God located at 916 Yuma St. The issue was brought forth by church pastor Carl Taylor. He said that although the church had received approval in the past for additional forms of parking, the overflow of cars that come to the church is too much for the small parking space to handle. Therefore, the members have to use the Douglas Center, located at 901 Yuma St. Taylor said by using the Douglas Center during the times of church services, it does not take away necessary parking from those who work at the Douglas Center since it is a short period of time. He said the punishment handed out for church members parking in those spots is unnecessary and needs to be changed. “I fully understand, as well as all the (church) board members understand, that is the Douglas Center parking lot and we don’t own it,” Taylor said. “But parking in the city of Manhattan is an issue across the board. Other worship services are allowed to utilize and park in the city’s parking. So should we.” Taylor said a woman who brought her child to a day care service and parked in the Douglas Center parking lot for the time she would be dropping off her child. see page
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ollowing a year of tuition and fee caps at universities in Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback announced a cut of $17 million to higher education. The announcement came after the state’s Department of Revenue announced that February’s tax receipts fell $53 million short of estimates. K-State students received an email about the budget cuts Tuesday evening from the Division of Communications and Marketing. “Today, Gov. Sam Brownback issued a 3 percent callback in state general funds for all state universities totaling $17 million,” the email statement said. “The callback will be about $4.9 million for Kansas State University.” “This is an economic problem, not a tax policy problem,” Brownback said in a written statement. “Our tax policy has been instrumental in creating more than 80,000 jobs since we took office and has resulted in a record number of Kansans working.”
Graduate teaching assistant motivates students DALLAS CORONADO the collegian
Isaac Fisher, graduate teaching assistant in Spanish, is in his fourth semester of graduate school and has been teaching Spanish 1 and 2 classes since he arrived at K-State in the fall of 2014. He is a Topeka, Kansas, native, Washburn University alum with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and deportee. Fisher said after finishing his undergraduate studies at Washburn, he moved to Mexico to pursue his master’s degree. “I’d been there for seven months, then the secretary of Public Education came and said ‘Hey sorry, your bachelor’s isn’t valid, so you can’t get your master’s. You have nine days to leave the country,’” Fisher said. “And I got deported from Mexico.” Fisher said he wishes there was more to the story, but that was all there was to it. Tanner Lewis, senior in social sciences, friend and former student of Fisher’s, said he often jokes with Fisher about his deportation. “He’s probably one of the few white people to ever get deported from Mexico,” Lewis said. “We always give him a hard time for that.” Lewis took a Spanish 2 class that Fisher instructed during spring 2015. Lewis said he enjoyed Fisher’s teaching method, and it even helped him enjoy learning Spanish. “He was great,” Lewis said. “Despite the fact that I was terrible at Spanish, he made it more interesting.” Lewis said he was only required to take Spanish 1 and 2, but Fisher’s class motivated him to try out Spanish 3. “He made the atmosphere more conducive to learning,” Lewis said. “It didn’t feel quite so difficult.” Fisher said he likes teaching, and his daily goal is to make lessons easier for his students. “Even if it’s a more advanced
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concept,” Fisher said. “My goal is, ‘How can I teach this in a way that makes it easier for them to understand?’” Fisher said accomplishing that goal is satisfying. “You have those moments where you’re like, ‘I nailed it today,’” Fisher said. He said it is not required for GTAs in his program to teach, but there is a financial benefit that makes it worthwhile. “The motivation of being a GTA is, depending on the program, most of them pay for your tuition and they pay you for teaching,” Fish-
er said. “It’s like a job that goes along with your master’s.” Fisher said for most of the GTAs in his program, teaching is the end goal anyway. He said the experience is like teaching practice before getting to advanced courses. Fisher said GTAs teach most of the courses from Spanish 1-4. Fisher is currently instructing a Spanish 2 class and taking two other graduate courses: advanced Spanish grammar and advanced peninsular literature. He said this semester is much easier for him than past semesters because he would normally be taking or teaching an additional class.
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Isaac Fisher, graduate teaching assistant for the Department of Modern Languages, is conducting his graduate research in sociophonetic variation, which he describes as “researching when someone sounds gay.”
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He is pursuing his master’s degree in second language acquisition in Spanish, which is the study of how the brain acquires another language. Fisher is also doing his graduate research in sociophonetic variation, focusing on sexuality. Fisher said he is researching when people sound “gay” in their first or second languages and what about their speech makes another person make that assumption. Fisher said he analyzes different variables that people listen to in speech. He said he spent a month in Mexico last summer conducting interviews and analyzing them. “I really like linguistics,” he said. “It’s a mixture of the humanities and sciences.” Fisher said he must present his conclusion on April 1, and will be taking composition exams the following week. Fisher said he will be given three questions and three hours to answer them. A week later, he will have to present them to the Spanish committee, where he must defend his answers. Mary Copple, associate professor of Spanish and Spanish Language Program coordinator, supervises the Spanish 1 through 4 sequence and is the professor of one of Fisher’s classes. “I have an awesome group of TAs,” Copple said. “It’s not an easy job.” Copple said she does not think students know how hard it can be for GTAs because most GTAs have no teaching experience. “I think a lot of times students think GTAs possibly have more teaching experience than they do,” Copple said. “It is just as big of a learning curve for them, as it is for anyone who’s learning to teach.” Copple teaches graduate courses to help GTAs with their teaching plan and delivery. She said a teacher cannot go into a classroom and improvise a Spanish lesson because the students will notice.
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hen a student is selected to be the National Hereford Queen, she must plan to visit Hereford cattle shows around the country for the year she serves as queen. In addition to her duties as queen, Taylor Matheny, freshman in agricultural communications and animal sciences and industry, manages to be a full-time student at K-State. Matheny said it is like having two jobs at once. Being a Hereford Queen has many duties that come along with it, Matheny said. The Queen attends cattle shows nearly every month, and since most of them are outside Kansas, Matheny is often absent from class. “I work ahead with my professors and I like to go to them a week before and stay caught up on the work and hopefully get it in before I leave,” Matheny said. “Staying organized and keeping my planner up-to-date has helped me manage both activities.” Matheny said she has dreamed of becoming the Hereford Queen since she was a little girl. The queen serves as an ambassador for the breed, Matheny said, which requires a lot of work and an understanding of the breed. Matheny said her mother served as the National Polled Hereford Queen in 1988. “My mom and I are the first mother-daughter National Hereford Queen, so it’s
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something that’s run in my family growing up,” Matheny said. Matheny said knowing that her mother had been the Hereford Queen inspired her to take on the role of queen herself. “My mom has been my role model growing up and has a positive outlook and the characteristics of a person that I want to be, and has helped me learn about the Hereford breed from my family,” Matheny said. Matheny said she was able to see what the queen’s duties were and how the queen represents the Hereford breed from attending the cattle shows when she was growing up. When Matheny attends each show, she is required to be in official dress. As queen, she wears an all-white long skirt, shirt, suit jacket, boots, gloves, sash and a big shiny crown. She said her distinct outfit can attract a lot of attention and questions. “It’s always been inspiring getting to take on this role and be in the white outfit and to lead other girls,” Matheny said. “It’s an exciting position and an exciting time to be in the Hereford breed.” Matheny said her experience as queen has allowed her to network with older and younger breeders alike. “It’s a great way to tell them my agriculture story, and also the amount of little girls and sometimes little boys that want to come up and meet you and get to know you, it’s exciting to see that someone cares so much about you,” Matheny said. She is also using her
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Taylor Matheny, freshman in agricultural communications and animal sciences and industry, receives the National Hereford Queen title. networking skills with established breeders and the public to communicate who she is. “It’s impacted my life by meeting so many new people having this experience,” Matheny said. Matheny’s older brother Austin Matheny, sophomore in animal sciences and industry, said because he also attends K-State, it allows them
to spend more time together. “She has grown in maturity, and she has been able to balance school and her travels,” Austin said. “She has also developed into a young lady that most young girls in the Hereford breed look up to now and see as like an idol, you can say, and has become a role model for them.” Austin said since Taylor is Hereford Queen, it means
a lot of traveling with family on long truck rides, which brings them closer together. Along with her duties as Hereford Queen, Taylor also is responsible for her own cattle at shows. Taylor and her family work together as a team: Her mom helps her get ready to be queen for the day while Austin and his dad stay back at the stalls to work on the cattle, Austin said.
“My dad has taught me everything I know,” Austin said. “We work well together and manage to get by just fine.” Taylor said her middle school teacher, Shannon Roberts, from her hometown of May’s Lick, Kentucky, also had an impact on her involvement with the Hereford breed and other organizations. Roberts said Taylor has developed her leadership skills over the years through multiple organizations, including the National FFA Organization, 4-H and Family Career and Community Leaders of America. Roberts said she watched Taylor grow since the sixth grade, and she has helped her accomplish many goals along the way. “I was her teacher since sixth grade, and when I first met her I knew she was different than most kids just because she was never bossy and she was totally a leader,” Roberts said. “She knows what she wants and goes for it.” Roberts said her daughter, Ainsley Roberts, looks up to Taylor as a role model, and when Taylor goes home, Ainsley is always eager to check cattle with her. Taylor also got Ainsley involved in 4-H, Roberts said. Roberts said Taylor’s family has raised her to know the difference between wrong and right. “She didn’t need to fall into the pressures of typical teenagers and what they do,” Roberts said. “She just had her mindset that she was doing successful things in life, and she did it.”
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Kat Chat educates on Fake Patty’s Day safety RILEY FLAKE the collegian
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efore Fake Patty’s Day hits Manhattan this Saturday, K-State’s Kat Chat discussion series held a chat Tuesday evening to provide information, tips and tricks on how students can have safe Fake Patty’s Day experiences. “You need to decide what kind of drinker you are going to be that day and educate yourself accordingly,” Michael Dreiling, leader of the Kat Chat and K-State Counseling Services program assistant, said. Dreiling said a red Solo Cup allows users to make knowledgeable decisions because it provides the suggested serving size for each variation of alcohol. Dreiling said the first line from the bottom of the cup represents a 1.5-ounce shot of liquor, the second line represents a 4.5-ounce glass of wine and approximately halfway between the second and third line is for malt liquor, while the line second from the top is for a 12-ounce beer. “Beware, though, a full glass of jungle juice, which is a mixture of different alcohols, can be equal to 5-7 drinks, depending on the content,” Dreiling said. Another way to avoid unsafe drinking is utilizing phone applications that allow a relatively accurate measure of blood alcohol
content, Dreiling said. The Apple iPhone offers the application IntelliDrink PRO, and Android has a similar model, AlcoDroid. These applications are not fully accurate but can give you an idea of your intoxication, Dreiling said. Dreiling also said a public misconception is that eating lowers your blood alcohol content; the only way to deplete the body of alcohol is time, which is something to keep in mind the morning after Fake Patty’s Day. Dreiling said many DUIs are given the morning after a night out because alcohol is still present in the body. During the Kat Chat, Dreiling said designated drivers, Uber, K-State’s SafeRide program and Wildcat Walk can be alternatives to getting behind the wheel. Brooke Tilley, freshman in open option, said this year will be her first year out and about in Aggieville on Fake Patty’s Day. “My main concern about Fake Patty’s Day is everyone around me,” Tilley said. “I heard that Aggieville is crowded with a ton of drunken people all day. I am concerned for my safety and my friends’ safety.” Halei Matthews, freshman in dietetics, said this year will be her first Fake Patty’s Day experience, and she has safety concerns as well. “My concern about Fake Patty’s is my friends because I know they like to drink,” Matthews said. “I am usually a designated
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Michael Dreiling, K-State Counseling Services program assistant, discusses ways for students and community members to stay safe on Fake Patty’s Day during the Kat Chat in Leasure Hall on Tuesday. driver, so I am scared that stuff will happen to them.” The most significant safety hazard that accompanies drinking is alcohol poisoning, and it is critical to be aware of the signs and the amount of alcohol a person has consumed, Dreiling said.
“Common side effects of alcohol poisoning are mental confusion, stupor, coma, seizures, hypothermia, bluish skin tone, vomiting, slow breathing and irregular breathing,” Dreiling said. “You must call 911. You will not be prosecuted.”
According to Dreiling, the best way to be prepared is to eat a good meal filled with proteins and fats, drink plenty of water and have a plan for the day. “Remember this is a marathon, not a sprint,” Dreiling said.
Career and Employment Services helps students find potential internships MADISON OBERMEYER the collegian
As the spring semester nears the halfway mark, Career and Employment Services aids students in finding and applying to internships. Kerri Keller, director of CES,
said students might have seen and attended the career fairs held by CES. There was a fair in the fall, and in the spring semester there are fairs that are more individualized toward various majors. “We also have an online system called ‘My CES Account,’ and as of today we have 440 internships listed in our online system,” Keller said. “We meet individually with students
and when a student has a particular interest, work with them in their search.” While students may be looking specifically for an internship within their field of study, there is an advantage in an internship where a student can step out of their comfort zone, Keller said. “I think it’s different for every student,” Keller said. “I think if a
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Jacob Winkel, senior in wildlife and outdoor enterprise management and worker at Career and Employment Services, assists Charday Long, sophomore in psychology, at the CES office in Holtz Hall on Tuesday.
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Copple said most people who only know Fisher as a friend or instructor do not get to see the student side of him that she does. “Isaac is really relaxed, really easygoing,” Copple said. “He’s funny. I think they would be amazed how seriously he takes his work.” Copple said Fisher always comes to class prepared and with thoughtful questions about the readings. She said people who’ve just met him might not think he is that way. “He has a really good balance between life and work,” she said. “Which is healthy.” Fisher said one of the biggest challenges of teaching is maintaining two identities with his students. “I’m still a student, so I understand we’re all the same,” Fisher
said. “But I’m also their professor.” Fisher said when his education is completed, he wants to teach. He said he would like to continue working with Hispanic communities, partly because there is a lot of marginalization that is being ignored. “What makes America America is inclusivity of ‘Welcome to our country,’ and ‘Let’s celebrate your heritage but let’s celebrate my heritage, too, and let’s celebrate all together,’” Fisher said. He said his dream job is to be a university professor. “Location (would) probably (be) Austin, Texas,” Fisher said. “I like the multicultural aspect of it.” He said Texas would be ideal because it is close to Mexico, where he likes to visit. Fisher said he would also be open to working in a university in Latin America.
student was questioning the particular major that they’re studying, they might want to develop some skills in another area or in a different setting than what might be typical for a particular major.” Ana Vandermark, junior in marketing, said she could receive college credit for her internship this summer with FieldAware in Plano, Texas. “The details are being worked out, but I would potentially be receiving credit for this internship, meaning that I am able to take other courses offered at K-State during my last semester that are not necessarily working towards my major,” Vandermark said. “I can take a fun class because I used my time well during the summer.” Credit or no credit, many employers use internships as a specific recruiting strategy for converting interns into full-time hires, Keller said. “Generally speaking, relevant, related experience is the top characteristic that employers are typically seeking in potential candidates, so experience related to your professional interest is very valuable and typically very marketable on your resume,” Keller said. Keller said the sky is the limit when looking for an internship because a lot of companies and organizations — especially nonprofit organizations — may have a structured internship program advertised on their website. Students can also get a contact within the company and then articulate why they would be interested in interning with that organization. Vandermark said she conducted a search independent of K-State’s programs and found her internship through a family friend. “I am working with a marketing
team and specifically will be doing a lot of target market research and analytics,” Vandermark said. “I will also be writing blogs to increase in-bound marketing efforts.” Tyler Benson, sophomore in business administration, said there is pressure to find an internship, especially as a sophomore or junior. “You need an internship to make sure you want to continue in the field you’re in and maybe potentially work at the place of your internship,” Benson said. “I’ve used the programs that K-State offers, and it was pretty helpful. They gave me good advice and other resources on how to apply online and potentially get one.” Keller said it is important to present oneself as professionally as one would for a full-time job and not to just quickly slap together a resume. “Come in and let CES look over your resume and make sure it’s representing yourself as effectively as it can,” Keller said. “A lot of students don’t think to list co-curricular experiences and unpaid experiences.” Once in the internship, showing initiative can really make a positive experience for both the student and the employer, Keller said. “Be prepared when you correspond if you’re invited in for an interview, and be prepared to share with that organization not only what you hope to gain but what you can offer as well,” Keller said. “You want to be able to show them that you will be a good contribution. Internships are a great springboard to other internships, so you need to think about how you can get experience before you go for a bigger internship later on in your K-State experience.”
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The individual was contacted while inside the day care center and told that if she did not move her car, she would be ticketed and it would be towed. “That’s not necessary,” Taylor said. “On that day, there may have been three cars in the parking lot. That’s not necessary.” The board did not take a vote on this matter but informed Taylor and members of the church who were gathered that they would address it on Thursday. Commissioner Usha Reddi spoke to the attendees of the meeting about the success the Great Books sale recently held at the library and said she was pleased with the turnout of the people who were waiting to buy books. Reddi also spoke about the two large events taking place in the Manhattan community on Saturday.
The Manhattan tradition “Fake Patty’s Day” was the first. Reddi urged those in attendance to keep the young people who will be partaking in the festivities safe and to also not hesitate in calling authorities if they feel they are being disturbed or are in any danger on Saturday. “We want everyone to be safe,” Reddi said. “We’ve tried in the past to have constraints on it and we’ve done everything we can to control it, but we can’t control social media and things happen. RCPD is wellequipped, IEMS is well-equipped, and there’s lots of people working to keep our young adults safe. Please be cautious, be tolerant and make yourself available if someone should need you.” Reddi said that on top of Fake Patty’s Day, Saturday will also be the day for the presidential caucus. She gave instructions on how to go about voting in this year’s caucus. An update was given to the
commission by Jason Hoskinson, head of the Transportation and Traffic Engineering division of BG Consultants, on the road improvements at West Anderson Avenue and other areas that had been previously presented to the commission to be worked on in the future. Among the improvements were possible installations of roundabouts at various locations in Manhattan. A motion to finalize design on the improvements and changes was passed unanimously by the members of the commission. Manhattan Mayor Karen McCulloh said the week of March 1419 will be named “Brain Awareness Week,” thanks to the Little Apple Pilot Club. McCulloh also said the entire month of March will be “March for Meals” month in Manhattan. The commission will have a work session on March 8 before taking the next week off during the spring break holiday.
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Wildcat seniors cap off careers, look to lead team in postseason RILEY GATES the collegian
Last Saturday in K-State’s last home game against Baylor, senior guard Antoinette Taylor shed tears as she left the floor of Bramlage Coliseum for the final time. So many players at so many different levels of the game have felt the same emotions Taylor was feeling at that moment. After contributing so much time, energy and
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effort to a program for so many years of your life, it hurts to take your final walk off the floor. Three Wildcats took their final walk off the floor inside Bramlage, and one Wildcat was with the team for the final time. Although they came to Manhattan from different paths, at the end of the day, they can all say they ended their college careers in Manhattan. Senior guard Bri Craig and Stacey Malone entered the program in 2012 as recruits of the Deb Patterson era. Malone’s career was unfortunately shortened due to injuries. The Tyler, Texas, native played nine games in her freshman season before her career was ended due to an injury. Although she didn’t play, she stayed with the team as a student assistant. Out of Lincoln, Nebraska, Craig made an impact on the team from day one. She started 34 games as a freshman for K-State. During her freshman season, she ranked fourth in school history for 3-point field goals made by a freshman and the most 3-point field goals made by a K-State freshman since the 2009-10 season. Craig continued to score throughout the course of her career. Her career honors include making the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll six times, the 2013 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team and the 2014 and 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First teams. Taylor came to K-State in the 2014-15 season as a transfer from State Fair Community College. During her time at K-State, she has been a solid contributor coming off the bench for head coach Jeff Mittie’s teams. Taylor was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll twice. The final senior, Megan Deines, is a native of Springfield, Missouri, but transferred to K-State this season from the University of Louisville. Deines has improved her game tremendously in her short time at K-State. At Louisville, Deines averaged 3.9 points, 1.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.7 steals per game, according to K-State Sports. At K-State, she is averaging 9.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Deines has been a consistent starter for the Wildcats this season. She has postseason experience from Louisville that will come in handy as K-State charges toward the postseason. Those four players have contributed to the constant improvement of K-State basketball. The Wildcats have improved their record every year since the 2013-14 season, and much of that can be accredited to what these players have contributed. K-State will look for leadership from these seniors as they charge into postseason play. K-State sits at 18-11 and is on the border for a bid in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats will more than likely have to win at least one game in Oklahoma City in the Big 12 Tournament if they hope to make the NCAA Tournament. It all gets started Saturday, and the Wildcats will, without a doubt, lean on their four seniors to help get them where they need to be.
Men’s basketball honors seniors in Octagon of Doom LIZ HEATH the collegian
Division I college basketball is something that millions get to witness and few get to experience. That experience is coming to an end for three K-State seniors. Brian Rohleder, Justin Edwards and Stephen Hurt will play their final game inside Bramlage Coliseum tonight. “It’s fun,” Edwards said. “I’m going to miss the whole college atmosphere.” The Octagon of Doom has served the senior class well. Hurt said his last home game will be emotional, but there is still a game to be played. “We have to keep our minds focused on getting the win and keeping this thing rolling on into the Big 12 Tournament,” Hurt said. Head coach Bruce Weber said he knows senior night will be special. He has rallied the team around getting a win for the seniors. “You want them to have a nice, lasting memory of their last home game here,” Weber said. “All of them have been important members of the team and they’ve had some nice moments along the way.” These nice moments include a court-storming celebration against thenNo. 7 Kansas last season and an upset over then-No. 1 Oklahoma this season. “Getting to beat the No. 1 team in the country, I don’t think a lot of players who play in this country can say that,” Edwards said. Both Edwards and Hurt said they plan to see how far basketball can take them, and both have hopes to coach whenever their playing days finally come to an end. “(Edwards) wants to coach down the road,” Weber said. “He’s become one of the best students of the game.” Rohleder joined the program in the 2011-12 season. After dedicating five years to the program, Rohleder was awarded a scholarship for the 2015-16 season. A true love of the game has been the driving force behind Rohleder’s work ethic. When Weber offered Rohleder a scholarship last summer, he turned down an internship to take the scholarship. Rohleder told his coach he had worked his entire life to earn that scholarship; he could work for the next 40-50 years of his life. “There’s so many ways this has paid off for me,” Rohleder said. “I’ve made great connections. There are so many people who have made it all worth it.” Rohleder will complete his degree in mechanical engineering this May. “He’s already got a job,” Weber said. “I think it’s a six-figure job right out of
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school.” Though the road has been bumpy, each of the seniors have played an important role in guiding a young team through a season based on rebuilding. The sand hasn’t quite ran out of the hourglass on K-State yet. Beyond what happens this postseason, all three seniors are sad to see their K-State basketball season come to a close, though they are ready to see what’s next. “They’ve been good K-Staters,” Weber said. “I think that’s the most important thing.”
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lthough it might not be the last time the three seniors on the K-State men’s basketball team play inside Bramlage Coliseum, Justin Edwards, Stephen Hurt and Brian Rohleder will be recognized Wednesday night as the Wildcats host TCU for Senior Night. The Wildcats are coming off a 61-80 loss to Iowa State inside Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. K-State is 15-14 overall and 4-12 in Big 12 play, while the Horned Frogs are 11-18 overall and 2-14 in conference games. The Wildcats sit one game ahead of Oklahoma State for eighth, and the Horned Frogs are one game behind the Cowboys with two games left to play.
In Saturday’s game, junior forward D. J. Johnson finished with 22 points, which is a career high for him. He appears to be playing his best ball of the season as we approach March. “We lived off of D. J. tonight,” head coach Bruce Weber said after the Iowa State loss. “We needed someone else to step up and make some plays. He’s playing with his heart and playing really good basketball right now. He’s been special lately.” TCU and K-State played not even two weeks ago on Feb. 16, when the Wildcats defeated the Horned Frogs 63-49 in Fort Worth, Texas. The game snapped a 13-month K-State Big 12 road losing streak. In that game, Edwards led all scorers with 17 points, while freshman guard Barry Brown had 16 points and freshman forward Dean Wade provided 14. The top scorers for TCU
this season are sophomore guards Chauncey Collins and Malique Trent, who are both averaging almost 12 points per game on a team that averages a Big 12 low of 67 points per game. The Horned Frogs have not won a game since Feb. 8, when they beat Oklahoma State 63-56 at home. “TCU is a huge game for us and we’ve got to get it,” Weber said. “We played well down there and we are honoring our seniors, so I hope we have a great crowd.” It looks as if the Wildcats might be hosting a game in the National Invitation Tournament if they don’t make the NCAA Tournament, so the three seniors may get at least one more game in the Octagon of Doom. Tipoff between the Wildcats and Horned Frogs is set for 7 p.m. today in Manhattan before both teams finish up regular season play on Saturday.
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From the Sports Desk: Describe this season in your own words.
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Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler attempts a layup around K-State senior forward Stephen Hurt in the first half of the then-No. 1 Sooners’ 69-80 loss to the Wildcats Feb. 6, 2016, in Bramlage Coliseum.
3. OKLAHOMA (22-6, 10-6) LAST RANKING: 3
We’re down to the final week of the regular season, and while the top and the bottom are pretty much set, there is still plenty of room to move in the middle.
Oklahoma is just limping its way to the finish line after playing a stretch of incredible basketball. I still think Oklahoma could make a deep tournament run, but head coach Lon Kruger needs to find a way to get senior guard Buddy Hield some help. It would be a shame if this Oklahoma team makes an early exit come tournament time. The Sooners have to find that highlevel gear they were operating at early in the season.
1. KANSAS (26-4, 14-3) LAST RANKING: 1
4. TEXAS (19-11, 10-7) LAST RANKING: 4
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Kansas is playing its best basketball at the right time, but I’m still tentative to go all in on the Jayhawks come tournament time. Their lack of a consistent inside presence does not bode well for a deep run. Great Kansas teams that have made deep runs in March in the past several years have had strong post presences: In 2008 they had Sasha Kaun and Cole Aldrich, and in 2012 they had Jeff Withey. But who knows? Maybe freshman Cheick Diallo comes alive in the tournament. Time will tell.
2. WEST VIRGINIA (227, 11-5) LAST RANKING: 2
West Virginia has little to gain and a lot to lose in the final week. Beating Tech and Baylor guarantees the Mountaineers a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament and probably a nice three seed in the NCAA Tournament. Two losses, however, could see the Mountaineers fall from the top tier of the conference all the way down to the bottom half. Head coach Bob Huggins and company must finish strong and validate a really nice season for the fans in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The Longhorns had a chance to move into my top three, but top three teams don’t lose by 30 at home, no matter how good the other team is. What head coach Shaka Smart has done this season in Austin, Texas, has been fantastic and it shows great promise for the future. Unfortunately, the Longhorns’ big Monday loss against the Jayhawks looked like a real step backward.
5. BAYLOR (21-8, 10-6) LAST RANKING: 6
The Bears have a chance to get two top-25 wins to close out the season against Oklahoma and West Virginia. Baylor can really put a nice topper on a fairly successful season by just splitting, and winning both would be huge. Losing both may see Baylor drop down to sixth place (or seventh if Tech finishes strong).
6. IOWA STATE (21-9, 10-7) LAST RANKING: 7
I don’t know what to do with the Iowa State team. The Cyclones still are so talented, and if they are hitting shots they can beat almost anyone in the country. Unfortunately, their depth is a huge Achilles
heel. A big win over Kansas to close out the season can give them momentum in their hunt to win another Big 12 Tournament.
7. TEXAS TECH (18-10, 8-8) LAST RANKING: 5
A 20-win season in Lubbock, Texas, is totally possible, which is kind of a miracle considering how bad the Red Raiders have been. A NCAA Tournament appearance seems imminent, and skies are officially brightening in west Texas.
8. K-STATE (15-14, 4-12) LAST RANKING: 8
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Senior forward Stephen Hurt huddles with the team at the begining of the basketball game against the University of South Dakota in Bramlage Coliseum on Nov. 20, 2015.
The merry-go-round of a season for K-State basketball is nearly at an end. There have been a few highs but sadly, there have been more lows. Sports staff members Liz Heath, Avery Osen and Riley Gates offer their take on what this season has meant to them.
The Wildcats are barely breathing. A loss to TCU kills their season for good, but wins over the Horned Frogs, Texas Tech and a good showing in the Big 12 Tournament will really allow K-State to put a good face on what has been a very disappointing season in Manhattan.
9. OKLAHOMA STATE (12-18, 3-13) LAST RANKING: 9
Rumors are circulating out of Stillwater, Oklahoma, that the Pokes will be coach shopping this summer. Head coachTravis Ford has a chance to make a plea for his job in the final stretch of the season. A last-chance win over Texas to close out the regular season and a solid tournament effort may go a long way in making the final decision.
10. TCU (11-18, 2-14) LAST RANKING: 10
TCU also may be looking to trade in head coach Trent Johnson for a more successful model. I like Trent, but the Horned Frogs have seen little improvement since they joined the Big 12 four seasons ago. It might be a good idea for TCU to try something new come next year.
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When I think of this men’s basketball season, I like to compare it to the Earth in Action geology class I took as a freshman. I went in not expecting much. After the first few weeks, things got interesting because we started talking about volcanoes. Fire, magma and lava are pretty exciting. Then, we went right back to talking about boring rocks. We talked about how diamonds were made once — that was entertaining for about 15 minutes, but then we reverted right back to the rocks. My instructor tried to make the rocks
interesting, but it is very difficult to turn the rocks into something they’re not. I didn’t expect much out of this basketball season, but K-State managed to gain my interest in the beginning of the season. The Wildcats put up a solid fight against North Carolina, ranked No. 9 at the time. A road win against Georgia also kept me engaged. All of those close-butnot-close-enough overtime losses provided plenty of excitement. At the same time, repeated overtime losses served as a reminder how young of a team K-State is. The Wildcats are capable of playing above their talent level, but finishing out a tough game needed consistency they didn’t have. Their win in Bramlage Coliseum against Oklahoma, the top team in the country at the time, provided a lot of entertainment for a few days. Following that, the Wildcats reverted back to a losing skid. Again, this team is young. Head coach Bruce Weber has tried to guide this team through a competitive conference, but experience comes with time. I learned a few things in my geography class. Diamonds form deep below the Earth’s surface over the course of billions of years after the boring rocks undergo intense heat and pressure. It won’t take billions of years for K-State to develop a strong basketball squad. The future of the program is already here. After a season of learning how to perform under the pressure in a power conference, this season has proved there are some good things on the way for K-State. I don’t expect much more from this season, but the future of the program is bright.
AVERY OSEN the collegian
The difference between a good and great team in college basketball is winning close games. This year’s K-State men’s basketball team is a good team, not a great team. The Wildcats have been in almost every game this year, but they have not been able to finish them out, mainly because of lack of experience. K-State has started a freshman in every game this season, which will provide experience in the future but is hard to capitalize on right now. This was not as bad of a season as everyone is saying it was, though. Sure, the Wildcats finished in the bottom of the conference, have only won four games in the Big 12 and won’t make the Big Dance, but this will be a year that will help them in the long term. There are so many returners for next year that will all be looked upon as veterans, even if they are only sophomores. The highlight of the season was defeating then-No. 1 Oklahoma right here in Bramlage Coli-
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seum. This was a win the Wildcats will look back on and build confidence on in the upcoming years. The underclassmen have looked up to seniors Justin Edwards, Stephen Hurt and Brian Rohleder and have learned a lot from them. This past offseason, freshman Dean Wade battled with Hurt, which really seemed to help him get ready for the pace of a Division I basketball game. Unless you are Kansas, every team goes through rebuilding years, and this was clearly one of those years for the Wildcats. I think K-State will be a force to be reckoned with before this freshman class graduates, and I wouldn’t out an NCAA Tournament run in the near future. But for this season, I think a deep run in the National Invitation Tournament will be sufficient.
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You know that feeling when you meet a really cute girl and you want to ask her out? But you’re sure this girl will reject your proposal, so you don’t even get your hopes up. Then right before you
ask her out, you get a false sense of confidence that she’ll say yes, only to be shot down when you finally do ask her out. That is K-State basketball to me this season. K-State wasn’t supposed to have a good season. With the disaster the Wildcats went through in the 2014-15 season and then the summer leading up to this season, nobody expected the Wildcats to have any sort of success. I didn’t get my hopes up originally, then I got excited during the season and then K-State shot me down. K-State gave us false hope often this season. The Wildcats played really well in the nonconference slate, came close to winning a lot of big conference games and even won some really big games that could have put them in the tournament. At the end of the day, however, the Wildcats have still lost 14 games so far. It is very promising to be a young team that fought hard with the top teams in the league. It shows the Wildcats have potential and could be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years. But this season brought frustrations too. K-State fans haven’t experienced good basketball in a while now. The longer it takes for K-State to become relevant again, the more people will get angry at players and call for Weber’s head. This season tells me that KState basketball is slowly getting back on the right track for success. But for the sake of Weber’s job and the sanity of this fan base, this season told me that there is not much time left to be successful again.
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