wednesday, august 24, 2011
TO THE POINT
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Card system has pros, cons To the point is an editorial selected and debated by the editorial board and written after a majority opinion is formed. This is the Collegian’s official opinon. When any new type of plan surfaces, it always seems to spark debate between those affected by the change. This year, the athletic department was faced with a challenge and difficult decision and chose to change the system of how athletic tickets are used. There are both advantages and disadvantages to this new method. In years past, students across K-State faced both struggles and successes with their student tickets. The
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Josh Klarmann a sophomore in secondary education and mathmatics, calls “out” a participant in capture the flag late tuesday night. One of the flag bases was located on the north side of Anderson Hall. The game was put on by Chi Alpha Campus Ministries and will be playing again next Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. Meet in the quad if interested.
Salina campus goes tray-less Natalie Blair K-State Salina Public and Alumni Relations K-State Salina’s cafeteria is no longer serving up trays. The new trayless dining program is expected to minimize waste, conserve natural resources, and promote environmental stewardship. “Studies have shown that trayless dining programs reduce food waste by 25 to 30
percent per person,” said Levi Esses, assistant director of student life. “Reducing that waste saves on food expense which keeps meal plan costs lower for our students.” The trayless dining program also helps conserve natural resources such as the water and the energy it takes to heat the one-third to one-half gallon of water used per tray, reduces the amount of chemicals introduced into the water table.
“The trayless dining initiative also allows the foodservice workforce to maximize their time on other tasks,” Esses said. One of those tasks is preparing for the Lunch Buffet Special. While the public is welcome to eat at the cafeteria for any meal, the all-youcan-eat lunch buffet is offered at a reduced cost of $4.75 on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ARREST REPORTS SUNDAY
Jesus Ignacio Salazar Cordero, of the 800 block of Moro Street, was booked for two counts of failure to appear. Bond was set at $500.50.
Bryce Samuel Russell, of the 2100 block of Browning Avenue, was booked for probation violation. Bond was set at $1,500. -compiled by Sarah Rajewski
athletic department would send out seasonal tickets, students would print them off and bring them to the games. If they couldn’t attend a game, they simply sold it. This year, things are a little different. Now, people are being asked to carry a card with their name on it in order to get into the games. A clear disadvantage is the loss of communication and commerce between students regarding tickets. No longer can individuals personally sell their ticket to whomever they please. Instead, that individual is faced with a question: “Do I trust this buyer enough to lend them my athletic ticket card?” Lending your card to just anyone doesn’t ensure
you will get it back, which diminishes all incentive to sell it in the first place. As with disadvantages, there are also advantages to the recent change. No longer will students have to scurry to print off their tickets before the games. K-State webmail will no longer be the reason for missed games during the football and basketball seasons. They will also no longer have to worry about printing off the wrong tickets. In short, this card will provide worry-free convenience at the cost of student-to-student commerce. Whether you see the good or bad in the change can be determined by the individual.
TUITION | Students involved in determining increase amounts “We’re facing the challenge of learning how to live in a culture where public institutions have to rely on private money essentially and student money to operate,” said Spriggs, junior in agricultural economics. Though tuition will continue to go up, the process K-State uses to determine the amount of increase is what makes it different from other state universities and Big 12 schools, Spriggs said. Students are involved in the
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entire process through the Tuition Strategies Committee, which formed in the fall of 2005. The committee has multiple students with voting rights who can craft the tuition proposal from the start, Spriggs said. Last school year, the committee listened to preliminary talks of almost 6 percent tuition increases, and students negotiated the proposal down to the final rate of 3.96, the lowest increase in the state, Spriggs said. In
contrast, Spriggs said other schools, like the University of Kansas, allowed students to look over the finalized proposal with only days to make changes, which gave them little time to make any substantial alterations. “I think that there’s a lot of systems out there, but I think that we have something special and unique here at Kansas State that speaks to our culture of putting students first,” Spriggs said.