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Kansas State students and professors discuss Russian invasion of Ukraine and its impacts
Ray Navarro shares wealth, wisdom with marching band percussion leaders
Aggieville bars, RCPD prepare for Fake Patty’s Day
Where Are They Now: Football’s Aaron Lockett
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“Everyone is afraid, but nonetheless, they fight for their home” Ukrainian Kansas State students share their thoughts about what is happening in their home country. see pages 4 & 5
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Health department announces five new COVID-19-related deaths as cases decrease WENDY BARNES news editor
In the latest COVID-19 update released on March 2, the Riley County Health Department announced five additional deaths attributed to COVID-19. All five deaths occurred during December, January and February. According to the report, four of the individuals were unvaccinated. The latest death was a 60-yearold vaccinated male who tested positive in January and died on Feb. 24. These deaths bring the county total to 79 since the beginning of the pandemic. However, case numbers have decreased. Since the previous report on Feb. 16, the health department identified 188 new cases, with 132 of those cases being reported over the past two weeks. With only 46 active cases of COVID-19, a decrease of 203 active cases since the previous report, and an additional 386 recoveries, Health Department Director Julie Gibbs said the county is in a much better position than it has been over the past two years. “Thankfully, the community is now in a position to resume more of the social activities we all love,” Gibbs said in the report. “The health department will remain alert and active, and we will
let you know if a new variant poses concerns locally. COVID will continue to be part of our lives, but it is not currently an emergency situation for Riley County.” According to the report, Ascension Via Christi experienced an 86 percent decrease in hospitalizations since the omicron surge began in early January. There are four COVID-19 positive patients at Ascension Via Christi. The report did not indicate if any of those patients were in the Intensive Care Unit. Along with case numbers and hospitalizations, the twoweek positivity rate also decreased from 16.64 percent to 6.68 percent in the past two weeks, along with the decreased case numbers. On-campus positivity rates for the same time frame were not updated. However, the most recent reported positivity rate was 8.85 percent for Feb. 14-18. The Health Department also announced the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines the county can use to determine the next steps for the local community. According to the CDC website, Riley County is at a medium-risk level. Risk levels are determined by several factors: hospital beds used by COVID-19 patients, hospital admissions and the number of new COVID-19 cases in the
local area. The report also said that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment testing site at 3019 Anderson Avenue in the Plaza West Shopping Center remains open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday for free COVID-19 PCR tests through March 31. KDHE will also be distributing up to three free N95 masks to each individual requesting them. Symptomatic patients needing a rapid test can schedule an appointment for Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays with the health department by calling (785) 323-6400 from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday-Friday. In addition, free take-home tests are available while supplies last. In the report, Gibbs said she hopes people staying home when sick is a change that sticks around. “Staying home if you are sick is one cultural change that I hope will last well beyond COVID-19,” Gibbs said in the report. “No one wants to spread COVID, flu or even colds to their friends, classmates or coworkers. Please continue to stay home if you are sick. You will find that you will recover from mild illness faster if you rest, drink plenty of fluids and follow the advice of your doctor.”
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‘All In for K-State’ fundraiser to support mental health resources on campus ALEXANDER HURLA asst. news editor
Kansas State Foundation’s “All In for K-State” campaign will hold a 24-hour fundraiser to support a fundable idea positively impacting the K-State community. It is the third time the Foundation has held such an event. This year’s event is set for March 23 with the goal of destigmatizing the use of mental health services at K-State while also increasing students’ abilities to access them, according to the campaign’s website. The fundraiser in 2019 raised $320,560 to support Cats’ Cupboard, and 2021’s event raised $503,161 to reduce the cost of textbooks for students. It was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Holderness, associate vice president of development at the KSU Foundation, said the results of a survey done at K-State before the pandemic were one of the driving factors to choose this year’s issue. “There were nearly 2,000 students who participated in this survey, and in that, we learned that 26 percent of students said they thought about killing themselves at some point, and that’s astonishing,” Holderness said. “We thought it completely necessary to go all in to support the sorts of services that reduce the sense of hopelessness, that increase the sense of belonging and those sorts of things that stave off any sort of thoughts of suicidal ideations.” While the Foundation hopes to raise more money than this past year, Holderness said it is not the ultimate goal. “Our goal is to raise awareness and destigmatize the use of the services,” Holderness said. “As such, if we raise some money alongside that, that’s fantastic. The fact that mental health services are such a human experience that all of us may need to utilize them, whether it be at K-State or beyond, we believe that any dollar amount will be a success. We try not to constrain our success to a goal associated with dollars or donors but in-
stead to solve the problem itself.” Holderness said the money raised would be placed in a fund managed by the Foundation and dispersed at the discretion of Kathleen Hatch, Morrison Family associate vice president for student well-being. Hatch, who arrived at K-State in September 2021, said she is excited to see K-Staters helping each other. “I’ve heard about the generosity of this Wildcat family and about how the alums here are number one in the conference in terms of gifting and giving back to the institution, which is really quite incredible when you think of some of the powerhouses in this Big 12 Conference,” Hatch said. “To me, it speaks to the character for wanting to care for one another.” She said the fundraiser could have an impact on students’ day-to-day lives. “I was meeting with a group of students not long ago and just asking, without even understanding the scale of one to ten, ‘How are we doing today?’” Hatch said. “And for anybody who’s at five or six, it’s ‘What can we do to architect even a six or seven?’ because that’s quite a shift even if it’s incrementally or just some momentary relief to some of the pressures.” Hatch said one aspect she hopes more people become aware of is who uses mental health services. “I think our emotional, mental well-being is often thought that it’s those who may be in clinical services,” Hatch said. “But today’s broader brush and impacts are that really high-performing, high-achieving, very successful students also need support.” She said the fundraiser will have immediate impacts on students and might also help over the long term. “This is a perfectly timed moment to infuse some money for direct and, hopefully, immediate impact for students by the fall and beyond,” Hatch said. “That theme of advancing our emotional and mental well-being is just exciting. The impacts could be huge. We could find
ways to have new opportunities in the larger environment through ecotherapy.” Kodee Walls, assistant director of Counseling and Psychological Services at K-State, said she hopes CAPS can invest in getting students connected with nature. “Being an ag university, we know there’s a lot of amazing opportunities for us to connect with the academic side of the world to create this connection, not just with students who are taking a class around mental health,” Walls said, “but also students in treatment to interact with the outdoors and nature and planting and growing.” She said it would be part of a well-rounded therapy program. “We’re finding that wellness isn’t just specific pockets; it’s a whole experience,” Walls said. “Enhancing people’s awareness of the ecological impact of existence and finding that greater connection can, in a lot of ways, be really healing for people when they feel alone and isolated.” Walls said CAPS would also invest in lower tier, less intense intervention services to help address students’ needs before they become larger problems. Two of those services include Tao Connect, an appbased program Walls said students would be able to use to tap into their natural resilience and awareness when addressing depression and anxiety. Another is the Together All Community, where students can seek support from peers on the platform. “Traditional therapy services are not as approachable and, then, by extension, under-utilized by historically excluded or underrepresented populations,” Walls said. “Together All is actually capturing a lot of those students.” Walls said while the number of students seeking counseling services for the first time has increased across the country, there are still students who don’t know where to seek help. In addition, the growing demand for available staff has left students
not getting their needs met. “What you can expect to happen, often, is that when a student finally feels comfortable enough to reach out for help or they’re at a point that it’s bad enough that somebody else asks them to reach out for help, they’re met with a ‘We can’t see you right now, so try to come back,’ or ‘We’ll call you in potentially two to three weeks,’” Walls said.
With this fundraiser, Walls said K-State is a trailblazer in higher education to help solve the problem of overburdened mental healthcare systems. She said this also presents an opportunity for students to take ownership of positive change on campus. “That has a direct impact not only, potentially on them, but it also then impacts the future class levels, and the gradu-
ate students who come in and the international students who are joining us,” Walls said. “It has those rippling effects that they can look back on and say explicitly, ‘I was part of that. I’m the reason why this was successful.’” More information about “All In for K-State” and donating on March 23 is available through the “All In for K-State” website.
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‘We want freedom for people to live without fear’ Kansas State students and professors discuss Russian invasion of Ukraine and its impacts ALEXANDER HURLA asst. news editor
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Ukrainian K-State students (left to right) Yaroslav Gumennyy, Dima Lysak, Volodymyr Kavetskyi, and Volodymyr Z., spoke during the silent candle march in solidarity with Ukraine at Triangle Park on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
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Manhattan residents hosted a silent candle march in solidarity with Ukraine through Aggieville on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
Yaroslav Gumennyy, freshman in business administration and a Ukrainian native, said his mother does not venture out much from her home following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to CNN, Russia began the assault during the early morning hours of Feb. 24, Eastern European Time. “Nobody wants to get to the risk of getting intercepted by Russian forces on a road, so my mother stays home,” Gumennyy said. Gumennyy’s parents remain in Ukraine, and he said he is keeping in contact with his mother as best he can. “Approximately every four to three hours, I’m calling her because Ukrainian news agencies show all the Russian attacks and the bombing of [the] civilian population,” Gumennyy said. It is similar for Dima Lysak, an undergraduate exchange student from Ukraine studying chemical engineering. “My parents said that they’re not going to leave because this is their home,” Lysak said. “Everyone is afraid, but nonetheless, they fight for their home, for their family and all that stuff. But still, we need help because we’re not as big as Russia: we don’t have so [many] resources.” Some countries, including the United States, have stated they will not send troops to Ukraine because it is not a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member. However, according to CNN, many of the same countries placed sanctions on Russia, limiting its ability to wage war. Although the U.S. is not currently supporting Ukraine with its military, Volodymyr Z., a Ukrainian undergraduate exchange student studying computer science, and Volodymyr Kavetskyi, graduate student in agronomy and a Ukrainian native, as well as Lysak and Gumennyy, all said the K-State and Manhattan community could take other actions to help the Ukrainian people. Recommended actions include donating to legitimate organizations, such as the Red Cross and Save the Children, providing humanitarian aid to refugees. The students also said people could donate to the National Bank of Ukraine’s account for the Ukrainian
Army or contact Kansas senators and state representatives to help place more sanctions on Russia and close airspace to Russian planes. On a more personal note, they suggested people only share truthful and accurate information on social media and ensure people know where their money is going when purchasing items. “To just casual, normal Americans: when you fill your tank with gas, some of this gas is produced from oil extracted in Russian territory,” Volodymyr said. “If you fill your tank with that gas, chances are that you are financing some Russian oligarch who is financing this war.” Carla Martinez Machain, professor of political science, said one goal of the sanctions is to impact the Russian oligarchs negatively. “Even though Russia is not democratic, there’s a core group of people without whose support Putin can’t stay in power,” Martinez Machain said. “That includes the oligarchs who control a lot of the economic resources in Russia. So, a lot of these sanctions are targeted to hurt the economic and financial interests of these people who are keeping Putin in power. And to basically turn them against the war because of the high economic costs that they’re facing.” According to Vera Smirnova, assistant professor of political science and geography, who also has family in both Ukraine and Russia, the sanctions against Russia — meant to target the Russian government and oligarchs — will also negatively impact Russian citizens. “Inflation is already 8.7 percent, the Central Bank has hijacked their interest rate now to almost 20 percent, which has never happened in the history of Russia,” Smirnova said. “People are definitely going to suffer because we’re already seeing the prices for just general groceries have increased 11 percent.” While the invasion leads to high costs — including 752 civilian casualties, as reported by the United Nations on March 1 — Martinez Machain said it’s difficult to fully understand what intentions Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has by invading Ukraine. However, she said his recent speeches give some indication of his goals.
“He has alluded to historical Russia, so not just the Soviet Union,” Martinez Machain said. “I think a lot of people have been talking it wants to go back to the Soviet Union. But I think he has actually gone beyond that in his speeches and is making reference to kind of the historical Russian Empire. I think he sees Ukraine, as well as other countries in the region, as being historically part of Russia, and they should be part of Russia again.” Smirnova said while Putin’s ultimate goals in Ukraine are uncertain, the Russian government’s rhetoric surrounding the invasion is perplexing. “Russian nationalists are portraying Ukraine as currently being completely absorbed by the neo-Nazi government,” Smirnova said. “I don’t know what that even means because Zelenskyy himself is Jewish, because Israel has openly supported Zelenskyy and because Ukrainians fought on the side of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany for a very long time.” Martinez Machain said returning Ukraine to Russian power would mean overthrowing the current president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “So far [Putin] seems to want more, so I think at the very least he is aiming for regime change,” Martinez Machain said. “So somehow overthrowing the Zelenskyy government and then substituting it with a pro-Russian, puppet-type government.” Despite threats against his life and an offer from the U.S. to evacuate him from Ukraine, the actor and comedian turned politician, Zelenskyy, has refused to leave the capital city of Kyiv. Volodymyr Z. said Zelenskyy’s refusal to leave shows the president’s strength as a leader. “He shows himself as a great leader,” Volodymyr Z. said. “Many people portrayed him as a clown before: nobody doubts that he’s a ‘Chad’ right now. He’s a hero.” Kavetskyi said other presidents would not be as bold as to stay in a warzone. “The fact that my president decided to stay there to be with the people means a lot,” Kavetskyi said. “Unlike most of the presidents before, he stands with the nation.” Regarding the high number of civilian casualties, Martinez Machain said Russian forces are not using weapons in ideal settings and are aiming for military targets in urban
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areas. As a result, the situation has led to Ukrainian civilian casualties. However, she said that is not the whole story. “At this point, the Russians have made it clear that they’re willing to target civilians,” she said. “They’re trying to make it so the war is costlier for the Ukrainian population to make them think, ‘Oh, it’s not worth it to put up resistance, too many people are being killed, we’ll pressure our government to surrender to the Russians.’” Gumennyy said this conflict, especially the targeting of civilians, has instead brought the Ukrainian people together. “There’s always been kind of division in Ukraine through the eastern and western,” Gumennyy said, “But right now I want to say that whole Ukraine is united and that the whole [of] Ukraine is against the Russian terrorist attack on [the] civilian population.” Smirnova said she believes Putin was surprised by the Ukrainian people’s national identity and will to fight for their country. “The bigger kind of a thing that probably surprised Putin was how united Ukrainians are and actually how they have their strong national identity, and they’re ready to go and fight,” Smirnova said. “So, we see mothers and fathers just dropping off their children across the border and coming back to fight.” That is something Kavetskyi said he believes, as well. “I think the most important part is that Ukrainians are ready to fight for their own land,” Kavetskyi said. “They want to protect their land. They want to stand till the last drop of blood they have, and we won’t give any of our territories to anyone. Anyone who comes to our land with a gun will be dead.” Martinez Machain said the Ukrainian people’s resistance to the Russian invasion has garnered international backing. “It matters in terms of mobilizing global support in favor of Ukraine because what we’re seeing is these images that show up on our TV of ordinary citizens with rifles and Molotov cocktails,” Martinez Machain said. “So it really emphasizes what the people of Ukraine want is to be independent.” Volodymyr Z. said everyone he has talked to in his home country holds the same belief about the result of the conflict. “All people I know share this opinion that we will win,” Volody-
myr Z. said. “There is no doubt that we will win, and the only question is when and what Putin can do in the meantime. It’s not a question who will win: the question is how many casualties there will be, how [much] damage to infrastructure and how many civilian people will be killed.” Lysak said he believes global support will make the world remember this invasion. “I don’t think the world is going to forgive Russia, even in the worst scenario if Ukraine is invaded and in control of Russia or something I don’t think that world is going to forgive Russia for that because we’re living in the 21st century,” Lysak said. “I mean, war is our history, and to make wars right now when we have some other problems like global warming – it’s not a very good time for wars.” He added Ukrainians are fighting for independence from Russia. “Freedom means a lot to everyone because for a huge part of our history, we [have] always been a part of Russia,” Lysak said. “We want to go further to join European Union to grow and just to get better. It means everything to us. Because with Russia, we’re not going to grow.” Gumennyy said freedom and democracy are aspects Ukrainians yearn to keep. “Ukrainians have always had the understanding that it’s important to choose their own president, to control the elections to control their lives and to control the future of their country,” Gumennyy said. Kavetskyi said Ukrainians didn’t ask for this war, but he hopes the Ukrainian and Russian people can appreciate their nations’ shared history while recognizing Ukraine’s independence. “Ukraine, in general, is a really friendly nation, and we’ve never been aggressive to anyone,” Kavetskyi said. “We want freedom for people to live without fear of being attacked by their neighbors and from those who claim to be our brothers and sisters in Russia. Freedom is that we can leave on our own and remember that we were together in the past and that we have a joint history.” Up-to-the-minute coverage of the conflict is available through CNN’s live updates, and a list of reputable charities helping Ukraine is available through Charity Watch’s website.
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Manhattan residents hosted a silent candle march in solidarity with Ukraine at Triangle Park on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
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OPINION: Women ‘March’ forward through Women’s History Month ELLA JUNG staff writer
Women are a vital part of our country, today and historically — but they weren’t always thought of that way. Seen as inferior to men, women could not own property, work or vote for some time. However, women played a crucial role in the upbringing of our country and continue to play a pivotal role in its upkeep and future. The celebration of women’s history originated as a week-long event started by the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women. During the week, presentations were given and students partici-
pated in essay contests. The idea was so popular among different communities that, in 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 as Women’s History Week. The week-long celebration was then established as a national celebration in 1981 and, in 1987, March was declared Women’s History Month. Countless women have been trailblazers in our nation’s history. From politicians, authors and mothers alike, these women are just a few of the many.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
Also known as “The Notorious R.B.G.,” Ginsburg was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Out of the 115 Supreme Court Justices in history, Ginsburg was one of five women to ever serve. She spent her tenure fighting for gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights and civil rights for immigrants.
FRIDA KAHLO
Frida Kahlo played a key role in the shaping of contemporary art. After contracting polio when she was young and suffering a bus crash at 18 years old, Frida spent much of her life in pain. However, her spirit would never cease. While in school, Kahlo experienced a political awakening and had an intense passion for Mexican identity. She found inspiration in her experiences,
Travel and dining auction rings in 25th year this April CLAIBORN SCHMIDT arts & culture editor
Eighty-five dollar bid now $90, now $90 bid, now $95 … sold for $100 to Willie the Wildcat. Check out what’s for sale at the 25th annual travel and dining auction taking place next month, April 2, at the Hilton Garden Inn Manhattan. The travel and dining auction is set up in a class format for each spring semester, but there is a lot more that goes into the preparations before the Tuesday/Thursday class. The first week of class is full of information, and Nancy King — hospitality management instructor — has students dive right in as they only have a few months before the auction. “Miss King is dreaming of it [travel and dining auction] constantly,” Kayla Jost, senior in hospitality management and co-chair of the class, said. “It is something that we prepare for
a lot. But its preparation starts right before this second spring semester starts.” The class is made up of 20 students headed by the two co-chairs: Jost and Sydnee Caton, senior in hospitality management. King said that if the 20 students were to prepare the auction from the ground up, they would need much more time as an event of this size would normally take a year. “The basic plan is there,” King said. “And then we kind of mix it up a little bit and add a new wow factor to each event.” Not only is the travel and dining auction a great resume builder for students, but it helps students gain a new sense of professionalism, training and skills going into future jobs and careers. “It gives the students handson experience before they actually go into the real world and plan events,” Abby Whitney, senior in hospitality management and marketing lead, said. “We get
to see all the behind-the-scenes of everything that goes into an auction. I know I had no idea before I took the class … it’s a great learning experience for students.” In the past 24 years, hospitality management students have taken part in the class, planned events and raised over $500,000. All of the proceeds for the auction go towards hospitality management student scholarships and the hospitality management club, which is used to help send students to national conventions. “It gives a hands-on learning experience, plus the proceeds that we make go right back to the students,” King said. “Every year, we put as much money to the bottom line as we can. We have about, I’d say an average of 85 to 90 percent profit – we don’t spend money, we make money.” To read more, visit kstatecollegian.com
continuing to create art even as her body weakened.
MAYA ANGELOU
Author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Angelou was a poet, activist, dancer, actor and journalist. A victim of childhood sexual abuse, Angelou found her voice through writing. It was while writing she began to inspire generations to come. Becoming involved in the Civil Rights Movement, Angelou worked with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. The success of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” an autobiography blended with literary fiction, launched her career as a bestselling author.
KAMALA HARRIS
Lastly, Vice President Kamala Harris — the first female vice president and an accomplished lawyer. In her days as a lawyer, Kamala specialized in child sexual assault cases and fought for marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act and environmentalism. March is dedicated as a month to not only support womens’ accomplishments but also support womens’ endeavors. Read books by female authors, support your local female artist, keep informed on current women’s rights issues and research women in politics. Not only are we supporting them through this, but it will keep you informed on who might become your favorite author
or a politician you might vote into office. Women have fought for their rights, and March is a dedicated time to celebrate that, so celebrate the women in history and your life. Ella Jung is a Collegian staff writer and a senior in mass communications. 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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Ray Navarro shares wealth, wisdom with marching band percussion leaders CLAIBORN SCHMIDT arts & culture editor
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Ray Navarro is a 94-yearold Manhattan-born local that truly “bleeds purple” and is one of the Pride of Wildcat Land’s biggest supporters financially and fanatically. Being raised in Manhattan allowed Navarro to partake in Kansas State activities at a young age, and he continues to contribute to K-State through donations. “I started going to Nichols gym probably when I was six years old,” Navarro said. “My uncles would take me to K-State’s wrestling program and basketball [program], and that evolved into football games at that old Memorial Stadium.” While enamored with Wildcat sports, Navarro’s true passion
was musical performance. Navarro didn’t get to participate in band in high school because of work, so when K-State donors approached Navarro with the chance to help with the band program, Navarro didn’t hesitate. “I’m a frustrated musician that never really got to participate at the time, and I had to work after high school, so I got started donating to the band through a former band director to help buy new uniforms,” Navarro said. Because Navarro has been living in Manhattan his entire life, he has seen the town and campus evolve over the years. A current development he is getting to see unveil and help fund is the new band practice facility. “They took me down and showed me the empty area … where it is gonna happen, an area that I used to play in when I was just a little kid … it’s going to be an enormous place for the band,”
Navarro said. Navarro said he has always had a love for music and was never afraid of it or dancing. When talking about a middle school dance, he explained how he was not afraid — unlike other students in his class. “You’ve seen that where the girls are on one side and boys on the other,” Navarro said. “That didn’t happen with me — I had a blast.” After Navarro’s first donation to help pay for new uniforms, he created the Navarro Marching Band Percussion Leaders Scholarship, financially helping percussion student section leaders who devote time and energy to the Pride of Wildcat Land. Gordon Dowell, senior gift planning officer at the KSU Foundation, helped Navarro with the scholarship. see page
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Students prepare for laid-back spring break ELENIA HENRY staff writer
As spring break approaches fast, students are tasked with making plans that align with COVID-19 restrictions, frugal budgets and the university-wide need for rest. This past year, K-State replaced spring break with a single three-day weekend in April to prevent travel-induced spreading of COVID. Having stringent guidelines, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has devolved in rigidness, but students might still feel the effects of the pandemic on their spring break plans. Seth Bednar, sophomore in animal science, said quarantine requirements halted his plans to visit his father overseas this spring break. “My dad is currently deployed in Korea for the next three months,” Bednar said. “We were supposed to go see him over break, but they extended the
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“Then I met ‘Flash’ Gordon here and really got involved, and they allowed me to pick a section of the band that I want to support,” Navarro said. “I’m blessed to be able to participate this way.” Navarro has been gifting donations to the band for over 20 years and enjoys helping those students. Navarro considers all the students he helps as part of his family. “Ray provides significant scholarship dollars to all eight student leaders of the drumline,” Frank Tracz, director of bands, said. “Needless to say, these awards are extremely beneficial to the students in the DL [drumline].” Patrick Flett, senior in electrical engineering, has received and benefited from Navarro’s scholarship for being one of the percussionist leaders in the K-State marching band. “Ray Navarro’s generosity has helped me out tremendously over the past three years, and I can’t thank him enough,” Flett said. “He’s a really nice guy. He loves listening to the drumline play, and we love having him around.”
quarantine time there, so if we went, we would have to stay inside for 20 days.” Nestled right in the thick of the busy school year, spring break grants students an opportunity to work on mental health. Lauren Boughfman, freshman in strategic communications, said she is using the break as a time to re-charge. “I’m heading home so I can have family time and see my friends from high school,” Boughfman said. “I’ll most likely end up relaxing a lot. I should be productive – but I’m probably not going to.” Hailey Case, junior in strategic communications, plans to keep things lowkey, much like Boughfman. She is choosing to take this year’s break and spend it at home, with little worries about COVID. “I’m going to go back to my hometown to help my dad farm and to spend time with family,” Case said. “I’m from rural Kansas, so COVID won’t be a problem there.”
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Travel restrictions and general academic burn-out aren’t exactly catalysts for the kind of wild week most students might have originally planned on. While Kansan suburbia is no Daytona Beach, K-Staters are still making the best of their time off. In lieu of his trip overseas, Bednar plans to make the most of some much-needed time for himself through the activities he enjoys. “I’ll probably finish reading my book, catch up on TV shows, play some Legos and take some pictures over break,” Bednar said. “I’ll be productive in the sense that I’ll be able to go to the gym every day, but I’ll still be resting and taking time to breathe. My body and soul need rest.” A week without classes is a perfect opportunity to cultivate a new hobby, nourish relationships and perform selfcare. With busy schedules, it can be hard to take time to stay mentally healthy.
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Aggieville bars, RCPD prepare for Fake Patty’s Day ANDERSON JACKSON staff writer
The day that many college students look forward to all year is among us — Fake Patty’s Day. In preparation for the unofficial Saint Patrick’s Day celebration, Aggieville and participating bars are taking precautions. “We plan on having extra patrol in Aggieville and just around town,” Aaron Wintermote, public information officer with the Riley County Police Department, said. “The last couple years have not been the sheer number of people as it has been previous years, but if there are large parties around town, we plan on making contact with them and making sure that things don’t get out of hand. It is tough for us because Fake Patty’s Day does focus on binge drinking and that is something we never can promote, so the best way to stay safe is to not really participate in binge drinking as it can lead to a variety of other safety concerns.” Though RCPD doesn’t encourage the day, they said they will be out protecting the town of Manhattan and keeping its citizens safe. Bars participating in the town-wide event are also taking precautions. “[Goolsby’s] will be open
11 a.m. to 12 a.m. and we will be doing ‘green beer’ with food coloring,” George Cartwright, sales and marketing manager at Goolsby’s, said. “We will have security and will be wrist-banding all customers over the age of 21.” Employees of participating bars in Aggieville working the Fake Patty’s Day rush are also preparing for a bigger crowd by selling wristbands. “It’s the best holiday of the year,” Gable Howerton, bartender at 785, said. “We are selling wristbands to be able to enter, and you must be 21 and up. They are $10 if you pay in person and $7 if you download the ‘LineLeap’ app on your phone that we have partnered with. But if you wait until March 5th, they are $20, so don’t be the last to buy.” Many participating bars will have specials specifically for the Fake Patty’s celebration. Howerton said 785 will have rolling specials all day: every hour having a new deal. “We will have a pounder special for an hour, then a Truly, then a well and then a bomb [special]. The times are undetermined,” Howerton said.
“[We will also have] three Kansas City DJs.” Students who have already purchased the wristbands for the day have nothing to worry about and are very excited about the festivities. “I am really excited for the whole day,” Dane Pedersen, graduate student in business administration, said. “I would [recommend] buying wristbands ahead of time because they will up the prices the day of. I bought a wristband because it’s the last Fakes with all my friends before they graduate, so we want to be able to go to the bars.” With preparations in effect by bars selling wristbands and RCPD scheduling extra patrol through town, remember to enjoy the “holiday” and everything participating bars have to offer. However, don’t push your luck this Fake Patty’s — stay safe and responsible.
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Baseball’s comeback not enough PREVIEW: Women’s basketball takes on against historic program TCU, possible Big 12 seeding scenarios
CHASE HAGEMANN staff writer
Kansas State baseball hoped to complete a twogame win streak following an 8-2 beatdown against CSU Bakersfield but came up short. The Wildcats made a valiant effort to take a 5-4 lead in the fifth inning but blew it in the eighth, losing to Cal State Fullerton 7-5 on Tuesday. Both teams were 1-5 heading into the contest, with Cal State Fullerton losing two against No. 6 Stanford and being swept by a tough Gonzaga team. The Titans seemed to be cruising to their first home win of the 2022 season, but K-State fought back. The Wildcats dug themselves an early 1-0 hole in the first inning when first baseman Orlando Salinas Jr. stepped in front of second baseman Josh Nicoloff to field a soft grounder. Salinas Jr. slipped and allowed an RBI with the bases loaded. Fullerton added two more runs in the second against Arizona-transfer German Fajardo, who relieved starter Wesley Moore after just 1.2 innings. Both runs were charged to Moore. Fajardo surrendered an additional run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly, but the Wildcats stitched their wounds and clawed back with a bang. They finally started taking advantage of opportunities when Brady Day reached on an error by the Fullerton second baseman. Soon after, a red-hot Justin Mitchell singled up the middle, and All-American Dylan Phillips walked. With bases loaded and zero outs, Josh Nicoloff cranked a fly ball to left field, hitting the orange paint at the top of the outfield wall. There was confusion on whether the ball was a home
run because balls that hit the top line along outfield walls are usually deemed home runs. However, rules differed in Fullerton, California, and it scored as an RBI single instead. It didn’t matter, as shortstop Nick Goodwin made sure K-State cashed in those three runs with a base-clearing RBI double to left field. The score was tied 4-4 now, but the Wildcats were still hungry. Orlando Salinas Jr. tacked on another run with an RBI infield single to give K-State a 5-4 lead. RHP Griffin Hassall put the team on his back by recording scoreless sixth and seventh innings, but everything fell apart in the eighth. Fullerton charged back by smashing two triples over Cameron Uselton’s head in right field to even the score. Then, a passed ball off Raphael Pelletier’s glove gave the Titans the go-ahead run (6-5). Shortly after, a strange double down the left-field line took place when left fielder Dominic Johnson fielded a ball in traffic. Fullerton’s field doesn’t have bullpens, so pitchers rendered play along foul territory, and umpires didn’t call interference. Johnson proceeded to juggle the ball, throw it off Brady Day’s mitt, causing the ball to bounce out-ofplay into Titan territory for a free base and the lead. A double and two errors led to a non-official inside-the-park home run, officially scored as a triple. The turn of events deflated any fight left in an exhausted K-State team, and Fullerton won the battle 7-5. The Wildcats face Loyola Marymount in a three-game series March 4-6. Viewing is available on WCCN and audio on KMAN radio.
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With one final match-up before the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas State women’s basketball team (18-11, 8-9 Big 12) has an opportunity to get back to .500 in conference play against TCU (6-20, 2-15 Big 12). K-State has lost three straight, ensuring that the Wildcats will not finish better than sixth in the Big 12 after their Wednesday night loss to West Virginia in double overtime. Despite having the tiebreaker with Kansas, they officially cannot reach them in the standings. They also will not be reached by West Virginia because of the record-againstthe-top-seed tiebreaker. The Wildcats’ early-season win over first-place Baylor gives them the tiebreaker over any team they split the season series with — which is most of the league. The Horned Frogs have lost 12-straight and have not won since a Jan. 19 home game against Texas Tech. Each of their Big 12 wins has come by one point. This past time out against TCU, K-State was paced by 21 points from junior center Ayoka Lee, 12 from freshman guard Brylee Glenn and 11 from her twin sister Jaelyn Glenn. K-State has more-or-less collapsed since then, however, winning just two of its eight games and falling from a promising 6-3 start to Big 12 play to 8-9 and battling to finish above-.500 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs are led by guard Lauren Heard’s 14.9 points per game. She also leads the team in rebounds, assists and steals per game. The 5 foot 9 inch senior is one of the league’s top players. It will be interesting to see how TCU chooses to guard Lee. The 6 foot 6 inch center
has been drawing double- and even triple-teams all season, but some teams have been able to limit her early with just one player in deny defense. TCU has the size and length to guard her, but the players with that size do not average many minutes and are not the Horned Frogs’ best offensive lineup. The Horned Frogs will likely front Lee with a center and have help over the top should K-State try to lob it over the denying defender. K-State can score against that defensive strategy, but it has limited Lee without allowing the rest of the Wildcat offense too much leeway. K-State has struggled when it cannot get the ball to Lee and get her early shots.
It seems to impact the confidence of the rest of the team and their ability to score, and it shows in outcomes. The best way for K-State to alleviate the pressure on Lee: make three-point shots. K-State’s late-season collapse has tracked with its late-season shooting struggles from the three-point line. While the seeding is set in stone for both teams in this match-up, the same cannot be said for the rest of the league. As things stand, K-State would play Oklahoma in the first round’s 6/3 game, but OU is tied with Texas at 12-5 in league play with one game to go. Iowa State is also in play for a third-place finish if it were to lose and both Texas and OU win.
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Where Are They Now Football’s Aaron Lockett COOPER DETERS staff writer
As a wide receiver from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Aaron Lockett quickly became a fan favorite at Kansas State. Lockett now spends his days as an agent and founder of Next Page Sports, but he had to get through Manhattan to get there. From the years 1998 to 2001, Lockett recorded 137 receptions for a total of 2,400 yards and 14 touchdowns, averaging 17.5 yards per reception. Crazy enough, Lockett did not make as big of an impact on offense as he did on special teams. In 2000, he was the NCAA punt return average and punt return touchdown leader, averaging 22.8 yards per return and having three punt return touchdowns. In 1998, Lockett was also No. 3 in receiving yards with 928. Lockett was a four-time All-Big 12 selection and was selected as a second-team All-American in 2000. The Lockett’s are a family
affair at K-State, with Aaron’s brother Kevin getting to K-State before him and Aaron’s nephew (Kevin’s son) Tyler playing from 2011-2014. Tyler ranks first, Kevin ranks second and Aaron ranks fifth in the K-State all-time receiving list. “Well, my brother went to K-State,” Aaron Lockett said. “I went to every one of his games, and I knew all of the coaches, and I kind of just got familiar with the environment.” In his long career at K-State, Lockett played with several well-respected Wildcat athletes, such as Josh Scobey, Jerametrius Butler and Joe Hall. He also got to experience a lot of great memories with them. “My freshman year, I got a chance to play on a team that was ranked No. 1 for a few weeks,” Lockett said. “We were also undefeated for a majority of the season, I think we were undefeated all the way up until the Big 12 Championship game, and since it was my first year playing there, I thought it was like the normal for
Kansas State to be like that and it was just fun to be there.” Even with all of the friends he had at K-State, Lockett said he never had a closer conversation than the ones he had with legendary coach Bill Snyder. “It’s funny, my favorite coach Snyder memory isn’t even about football,” Lockett said. “My freshman year, one of my close friends committed suicide, and I was already in Manhattan and I’d been gone for about three weeks, and I remember going to coach Snyder and having that conversation with him. Of course, I was crying and he was consoling me. I think that was the best memory I have because, at that moment, he didn’t know me by anything besides Kevin’s little brother and a three-week recruit, but at that moment, he treated me like I had been family forever and had been in the program forever.”
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PREVIEW: Big 12 Tournament seeding on the line on Senior Day LANDON REINHARDT sports editor
Kansas State men’s basketball (14-15, 6-11) has all but ruled itself out of the NCAA Tournament since going on a four-game losing streak that includes three games decided by two scores or less. This means that the only way to get into the big dance is winning the Big 12 tournament and securing an automatic bid.
While no seeding presents an easy route to the championship, a win against Oklahoma on Saturday would get the Wildcats out of an eight-versus-nine-seed play-in game that would have to face the No. 1 seed in the following round. With Oklahoma State’s suspension from this year’s post-season, the Big 12 will feature a nine-team bracket, with the opening round of
games looking like this: No. 1 vs. the winner of the No. 8/9 play-in game, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5. Getting out of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 game means K-State would only have to win three games for the automatic bid instead of four.
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Several Wildcats take the podium at Big 12 Indoor Championship KELSEY BIGELOW staff writer
The Kansas State track and field team wrapped up the Big 12 Indoor Championship on Saturday, Feb. 26, in Ames, Iowa, with several athletes returning with hardware. The women’s team finished sixth with a total of 61 points, and the men’s team finished seventh with a total of 56 points. In both the men’s and women’s, Texas took first. “It is all about the team effort,” Cliff Rovelto, director of track and field and cross country, said to K-State Athletics. “Clearly, a lot of people rose to the occasion. As a group, I thought we competed really well. There were some really outstanding marks today.” In the men’s heptathlon, freshman Emil Uhlin placed third overall with 5,639 points, a personal best. Uhlin was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles, third in the pole vault and first in the 1,000-meter run.
Along with Uhlin, freshman Carl af Forselles placed fourth overall with 5,586 points, another personal best. He finished thirteenth in the 60-meter hurdles, first in the pole vault and tenth in the 1,000-meter run. Freshman Kavian Kerr finished fourth in the 200-meter run, tying for first in program history on an oversized track. “Any time a freshmen scores at this meet, it is pretty good,” Rovelto said to K-State Athletics. “Kavian is an extremely talented athlete, and he really did a great job.” In men’s high jump, super-senior Tejaswin Shankar finished second with a jump of 2.20m. Along with Shankar, freshman Kamyren Garrett finished fourth with a jump of 2.17m, junior Devon Richardson finished fifth with a jump of 2.17m and super-senior Kyle Alcine finished sixth with a jump of 2.14. In the men’s mile final, junior Hadley Splechter finished sixth with a time of 4:02.98, which now ranks second in program history on an oversized track. Freshman Antonio Hanson also
ranks second in program history on an oversized track, but in the 600-yard dash. Hanson finished third in the meet with a time of 1:08.97. On the women’s side of the meet, junior Sydney Burton placed second in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:49.04.zz---_Junior Kassidy Johnson broke a school record in the 800-meter run on an oversized track. She placed third in the meet with a time of 2:04.00. “Kassidy has really contributed a lot in her four years,” Rovelto said to K-State Athletics. “She has really risen to the occasion at all of our conference meets.” In the 3,000-meter final, junior Jaybe Shufelberger got sixth overall with a time of 9:43.57. Placing eighth in the 60-meter hurdles was junior Vitoria Sena Batista Alves at a time of 8.80. The women’s 4x400-meter relay team of junior O’Shalia Johnson, junior Shalysa Wray, senior Alex Ferguson and super-senior Macy Heinz finished fourth with a time of 3:40.06.
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Wildcat tennis defeats No. 68 Nebraska 4-1 LUKE LAZARCZYK staff writer
After back-to-back losses, the Kansas State tennis team defeated No. 68 Nebraska 4-1 on March 2 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Starting off in doubles, the first match to finish was freshman Florentine Dekkers and senior Ioana Gheorghita against the Cornhuskers’ Kristina Novak and Maja Makoric. Dekkers and Gheorghita fell 6-1, with Nebraska winning the first match. The second match was seniors Karine-Marion Job and Maria Linares against Ellie Kuckelman and Samantha Alicea. Job and Linares were able to even off the contest for the doubles point 6-4, placing freshman Dinara Alloyarova and senior Anna Turco in a position to secure the Wildcats the doubles point. The freshman-senior duo
finished off the doubles contest, winning the doubles point by beating Chloe Kuckelman and Isabel A. Gallego 6-3. The Wildcats then carried their success from the doubles matches into the singles matches. Linares was the first player to finish her match, only conceding one game to Gallego, winning 6-1, 6-0, and giving K-State its second point. Senior Rosanna Maffei’s match was the second singles match to end. Maffei faced off against Kuckelman, losing 6-1, 6-2, resulting in Nebraska’s only point of the day. Following up the second match to finish, Gheorghita won her match with her two sets resulting in the same score of 6-2, 6-2 against Alicea, giving K-State its third point. Securing the victory on the day was Job in a match against Novak. Job fell in the
first set 6-4 before tying it up with a 6-3 set victory, sending the match into the third and final set. Job continued her success in the final set, defeating Novak 6-2 and giving the Wildcats the team win. Dekkers’ was unable to finish her match, which was going into the third set after she lost the first set to Makoric 7-6, but took the second set 7-5 in the close match. Turco’s match against Jillian Roa was also stopped after she lost the first set 6-4 but was one game away from winning the second set at 5-3. The Wildcats return from their road stretch with matches on back-to-back days on March 4 and 5, facing off against Iowa and No. 42 ranked Northwestern. The team currently stands with a 5-3 record before the weekend matches.
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