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page 8: ARTS & CULTURE

page 10: SPORTS

page 12: sports

page 13: gameday preview

Día de Los Muertos celebration on campus

Men’s and women’s basketball seasons starting soon

The decision between Martinez and Howard — each has beneﬁts, but only one can play

Wildcats host the gifted but underperforming Texas Longhorns

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As election day nears, here is a closer look at the candidates that will be on the ballot Nov. 8. Included is information on candidates’ stances on prominent issues. Governor

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2022 Voter Guide

GOVERNOR

Laura Kelly

Derek Schmidt

Seth Cordell

Dennis Pyle

Democrat, Incumbent

Republican

Libertarian

Independent

KELSEY VOLK

MARGARET LATENSER

MEREDITH MCCALMON

managing editor

news editor

staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Expedite the food sales tax cut signed into law in May 2022 • Remove sales tax on items such as feminine hygiene products and diapers • Implement a three-day suspension of sales tax on back-to-school items in August • Implement a tax relief plan that would save seniors making less than $100,000 a year a total of $50 million in tax savings over the next three years Education • Provide incentives to attend technical or trade schools • Restore funding to higher education and work with the Board of Regents to address the rise in tuition • Improve access to mental health services in schools Public Safety • Require background checks on all gun sales • Limit access to certain assault weapons • Ban bump stocks Health Care • Expand medicaid • Ensure Kansans have access to reproductive healthcare, including birth control • Pro-choice

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • A tax plan that exempts pensions, social security and private retirement distributions from state income tax • Remove sales tax for items such as diapers and feminine hygiene products Education • Eliminate critical race theory in schools • Opposes President Biden’s college loan forgiveness plan • Against Common Core, wants education to be handled at a state level • Advocates for parents to have more say over classroom curriculum and opposes gender and sexual identity content being taught to young children • “People who are biologically male should not be allowed to compete in sports that are reserved for female athletes.” Public Safety • More funding for school entryways and security cameras • Double the funds for the Safe & Secure Schools grant program • Enact the Reduce Armed Violence Act • Supports Second Amendment right to bear arms, does not believe gun restrictions will solve issues with gun violence Health Care • Against expanding Medicaid • More medical student loan repayments for doctors and medical specialists in underserved rural areas • Pro-life

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Decrease taxes and regulations on small businesses • Decrease taxes for consumers to increase their spending power Education • Eliminate standardized testing • Believes school should focus on preparing students for the modern workforce Public Safety • End qualiﬁed immunity for police • Legalize marijuana • Decriminalize non-violent drug use Health Care • Believes government should not be involved with individual’s healthcare decisions • Does not believe in restricting abortion

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Immigrants who entered the country illegally should not benefit from citizens’ tax dollars • State income tax should not be used for Social Security benefits or retirement benefits Education • Proposed an amendment that would give locally elected school boards the only authority to close schools Public Safety • Supports the Second Amendment • Citizens should have the right to keep and bear arms • Proposed an amendment that would allow any person who is at least 18 years of age and is on active duty in the armed forces to carry a concealed firearm Health Care • Pro-Life and voted twice in favor of the “Value Them Both” amendment • Vaccines should not be mandated • Mask mandates should be removed in Kansas • Immigrants who entered the country illegally should not receive assistance on their medical bills

SOURCES: laurakellyforkansas.com

SOURCES: Kcur.org Schmidtforkansas.com isidewith.com ksnt.com ﬂatlandkc.org

SOURCES: ballotpedia.org lpks.org emersoncollegepolling.com cordellforkansas.com ksn.com

SOURCES: ballotpedia.org pyleforkansas.com emersoncollegepolling.com Battleground Connect

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2022 Voter Guide

U.S. SENATE Jerry Moran

Mark R. Holland Democrat

MEREDITH MCCALMON

David C. Graham

Republican, Incumbent

MEREDITH MCCALMON

Libertarian

MEREDITH MCCALMON

staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Believes the current tax policy excludes the middle class Education • School should be focused on preparing students for vocational work and college Public Safety • Create a secure border and a smart immigration policy which will allow the workforce to be filled • Focus on decreasing the number of gun-related deaths by enacting bipartisan legislature Health Care • Believes health care is a human right • Provide affordable health care to everyone • Expand Medicaid • Pro-choice • Eliminate abortion restrictions • Birth control should be accessible and affordable everywhere • Endorses the Affordable Care Act • Mental health care should be considered healthcare

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Opposes reckless government spending and tax increases • Believes tax money should not be used by the Department of Homeland Security to purchase ammunition Education • Education programs should be tailored to fit the needs of students • Schools need more qualified teachers • Higher education is a necessity for students to live fulfilling lives • Congress should decide how to use federal educational resources • Opposes the No Child Left Behind Act • Schools should focus on preparing students for life’s challenges Public Safety • Increase security on U.S. borders • Improve legal ways for immigrants to come to America • Protect the right to keep and bear arms • Supports the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and the Hearing Protection Act • Believes restricting citizens’ access to firearms will not result in a decrease of violent crime • Citizens who misuse firearms should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law • Ensure that all law enforcement has federal funding to get resources they need • Provide law enforcement with new equipment, updated technology and outreach programs • Create partnerships between federal, state and local law enforcement Health Care • Policies should be created to reduce health care costs • Increase competition and choice for patients, giving them access to more health care providers • Committed to advancing medical research • Citizens should have access to TeleHealth as a reliable means of receiving healthcare services • Mental health problems should be addressed through increased awareness, increased screenings and access to treatment • Supports funding for mental health services • Supports the Commander John Scott Hannan Mental Health Care Improvement Act • Pro-life

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Lower taxes and lessen government involvement Public Safety • Rates of incarceration in the U.S. are too high • U.S. needs to focus more on violent crime • Government should be prohibited from polygraph testing • Opposes government regulation of guns • Believes schools and shop owners should be allowed to prohibit guns • Opposes mandatory minimum sentences • Promotes legalization of marijuana and decriminalization of substance abuse Health Care • Pro-life • Endorsed by the Pro-Life Libertarian Caucus

SOURCES: hollandforkansas.com ksn.com emersoncollegepolling.com jocoelection.org SOURCES: moran.senate.gov moranforkansas.com SOURCES: graham4senate.com kkﬁ.org

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2022 Voter Guide

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES James Beard

District 1: Manhattan/Western Kansas

Democrat

Tracey Mann Republican, Incumbent

ELEXIS BATES

staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Increase taxes for the rich Education • Increase budgeting for education • Believes education is the backbone of the economy • Education should be valued as an investment in the country’s future Public Safety • Supports the end of cash bail to decrease the number of people in jail • Supports full legalization of marijuana • Allow for the release of those arrested on only non-violent marijuana-related charges Health Care • Aﬀordable health care for all • Supports increasing Medicare

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Voted against bills supporting Biden’s Build Back Better Framework • Aims to decrease the spending of taxpayer dollars • Advocates for a free market for businesses without a federal overreach Education • Hosted virtual SIFMA program during previous term to provide students with an indepth understanding of personal finance and economics Public Safety • Against gun-banning legislation Health Care • Affordable, flexible health care to all Kansans in rural communities • Co-sponsored Telehealth Modernization Act to provide access to Telehealth for rural Kansans • Secure resources for hospitals and doctor’s offices • Supports policies to increase competition and choice for patients, doctors, nurses and health care providers

SOURCES: kansasreﬂector.com nytimes.com ballotpedia.org

SOURCES: mann.house.gov ballotpedia.org sifma.org

KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GWYNETH DAVIDSON staff writer

ISSUES: • • • • •

Eliminate the Kansas Food Tax Reinstate The Property Tax Relief Fund Strengthen the safety and security of public schools Expand Medicaid to help local hospitals Maintain voters, women’s, marriage and religious rights • Pro-Choice

SOURCES: kimzito.com ksn.com sos.ks.gov

District 67: West Manhattan

Kim Zito

Mike Dodson

Democrat

Republican, Incumbent

GWYNETH DAVIDSON staff writer

ISSUES: • Relieve Manhattan property taxes • Business development and the creation of new jobs in Manhattan • Better public school education and their funding • Medicaid Expansion to help local hospitals

SOURCES: 1350kman.com mikedodson.org/ sos.ks.gov

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2022 Voter Guide SECRETARY OF STATE Scott J Schwab

Jenna Repass Democrat

MARA ABERLE

Republican

Candidate did not respond to photo request.

MARA ABERLE

staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES: Election Security • Believes the 2020 presidential elections were fair and Kansas polls were secure • Wants to support local election oﬃces by focusing funds on personnel and communication to help elections run smoothly Election Day • Believes election day should be a holiday to increase voter turnout and celebrate democracy • Wants to address other issues such as voter disenfranchisement and distrust before adding same-day voter registration Redistricting • Supports a nonpartisan redistricting committee if Kansas voters are in favor

STANCE ON ISSUES: Election Security • Believes the 2020 presidential elections were fair • Stands for protecting voter options and creating informed voters • Supports voter ID and post-election audits to give Kansans conﬁdence in elections Election Day • Believes an Election Day holiday in Kansas is unnecessary • Against same-day voter registration because the system is already eﬀective and does not need to be changed Redistricting • The 2020 redistricting was based on population

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kansascity.com kansasreﬂector.com cjonline.com jeannarepass.com scottschwab.com

ATTORNEY GENERAL ALEX REWERTS staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES:

Public Safety • Supports gun ownership but advocates for gun safety • Prioritizes enforcing drunk driving laws in Kansas • Supports open record laws to increase legislative transparency • Denounces “dark money” in elections, meaning funding from unknown sources • Mann’s slogan is “Public Safety Not Politics” • Supports the Second Amendment except for violent oﬀenders Taxes • Supports taxing the rich Health Care • Pro-Choice

Chris Mann Democrat

SOURCES:

propublica.org ﬂatlandkc.org cjonline.com plannedparenthoodaction.org kansasreﬂector.com

Kris Kobach Republican, Incumbent

ALEX REWERTS staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES:

Public Safety • Against gun bans • Supports deterring illegal immigration and denounces presence of undocumented citizens. • Supports Second Amendment • Focus on deterring drug cartels from crossing the southern border with potentially dangerous substances Taxes • Pushes to lower sales and income taxes • Endorses a ﬁrmer handling of local property taxes • Previous campaign largely focused on restoring the Brownback tax plan for Kansans Health Care • Signed a compact in 2015 to remove Kansas from the Aﬀordable Care Act • Opposed the expansion of Medicaid • Pro-Life • Intends to defund Planned Parenthood

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2022 Voter Guide STATE TREASURER Steven Johnson

Lynn W. Rogers

Steve Roberts

Republican

Democrat

Libertarian

MARA ABERLE

staff writer

STANCE ON ISSUES: College Saving/Learning Quest 529 • Wants to promote this program and increase the number of accounts Auditing • Open to auditing but aware of costs and knows it is up to the legislature, so has doubts about the process happening

STANCE ON ISSUES: College Savings/Learning Quest 529 • Wants to expand this program to provide ﬁnancial literacy Auditing • Open to auditing but worries it will not be used for change and audits will stay “on a shelf ”

STANCE ON ISSUES: College Saving/Learning Quest 529 • Believes college savings are up to the individual and the government has no part in it Auditing • Hesitant to embrace the idea of auditing SOURCES: kansascity.com cjonline.com rogersforkansas.com stevenjohnsonks.com votejoco.com kansasreﬂector.com

BOARD OF EDUCATION Jeffrey Howards

District 1

Democrat

Danny Zeck Republican

CARTER SCHAFFER

editor-in-chief

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Prioritize students with developmental issues • Increase incentives and recruiting eﬀorts to mitigate teacher shortages • Believes Kansas Board of Education should require teaching issues like civil rights, race and gender SOURCES: jeﬀ4kansas.com cjonline.com

STANCE ON ISSUES: Taxes • Wants more transparency about classroom curriculum with parents • Supports opt-in only policies for data collection on students • Against biological men participating in women’s sports SOURCES: zeckforkansaskids.com Danny Zeck’s campaign Facebook

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Day of the Dead, better known in Spanish as Día de Los Muertos, is a Latin American holiday aimed at commemorating and paying respect to the dead while reuniting the dead with the living. Students and staﬀ assembled at the Kansas State Student Union to honor the dead, making decorative kites and ﬂying them at Bosco Plaza on Nov. 2. Inside the Student Union laid an altar — pop-

ularly found in Mexican celebrations of Día de Los Muertos — where students and staff could pay their respects. The altar, following tradition, is made of flowers, candles, artwork, statues of skeletons, photographs of the departed and more. Dr. David Robles, assistant professor in the department of social transformation studies, said he has reverence for the holiday as a first-generation Mexican. “It is important to acknowledge that [Día de Los Muertos] is not a modern practice, but it goes back to our indigenous roots, pre-Co-

lumbian,” Robles said. “It helps us heal from whatever loss we’re still grieving from or to think about our loved ones who have passed.” Dr. Maria Ballejo, assistant professor in the department of social transformation studies, said the splendor of Día de Los Muertos is unique and said there is a considerable diﬀerence between it and Halloween. “[Día de Los Muertos] is something that is respectful and moves beyond simply a Halloween celebration, which is not the case, but highlights the beauty of life and death,” Ballejo said.

During the event, celebrators were gifted sugar cookies and horchata. Meanwhile, high school student Jazmin Ramirez performed and sang Spanish songs to commemorate the dead. “One of the songs talks about passed loved ones,” Ramirez said. “Another is about La Llorona.” La Llorona, or the

Weeping Woman, is a famous Mexican folktale about a mother who drowned her children and then herself out of remorse for her children. Her ghost is said to wander in search of them. Yolanda BroylesGonzález, a Día de Los Muertos event speaker, explained the importance of La Llorona on this memorable

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“La Llorona is very important. This woman, who moves between life and death, has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years,” Broyles-González said. “Death is alive, and death is acknowledged as being alive.”

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The Kansas State men’s basketball team enters the Jerome Tang era with new faces and the opportunity to prove themselves. Close games — often ending in heartbreak — defined the Wildcats last season, but this year’s team doesn’t have to follow the same pattern. A new chapter is beginning in Manhattan, led by first-year head coach Tang. Tang, hired in March after the resignation of former head coach Bruce Weber, only retained two players from the 2021-22 squad: senior guard Markquis Nowell and junior forward Ismael Massoud. Nowell started 21 games for the Wildcats, averaging 12.4 points, while Massoud tallied 18 starts with 6.8 points per game. A player that will not be returning to Manhattan this year is former guard Nijel Pack. Pack, 2022 All-Big 12 First Team and the team’s leading scorer, transferred to the University of Miami in April. Fortunately for the Wildcats, Tang and his staff had already been pursuing transfers that would be key to finding success in 2022-23. The first addition was center Jerrell Colbert, sophomore transfer from LSU and former Rivals 4-star. He was soon followed by sophomore guard Cam Carter from Mississippi State. Perhaps the most noteworthy addition is senior forward Keyontae Johnson. Johnson transferred from Florida where he earned First Team All-SEC honors as a sophomore and was the Preseason SEC Player of the Year in 2020-21. However, he was later sidelined with medical issues. It is unknown who will make the largest impact on

the court this year, as Tang has stated he isn’t “married” to a specific lineup. In the exhibition game against Washburn on Nov. 1, the starting five consisted of Nowell, Carter, Johnson, Massoud and senior center Abayomi Iyiola. The remaining new additions to look for are junior forwards Nae’Qwan Tomlin and David N‘Guessan along with senior guards Tykei Greene and Desi Sills. The scholarship players are then rounded out by sophomore guard Anthony Thomas and freshman guards Taj Manning and Dorian Finister. Walk-ons include freshman Peyton Ackerman and Manhattan’s own senior Nate Awbrey. Tang also hasn’t stated which players, if any, plan on redshirting this season. Given

the exhibition minutes played by Manning, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him redshirt. On the other hand, Finister could make an immediate impact after seeing notable playing time against Washburn. Despite the additions, the thoughts among the fellow Big 12 coaches seem to be that Tang’s ability to create immediate success in Manhattan will be tough. The Wildcats were picked to finish last in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll. Tang and his squad will look to surprise their conference opponents this season, beginning Nov. 7 against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at Bramlage Coliseum.

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Excitement looms as the beginning of the 202223 season kicks off for Kansas State women’s basketball on Nov. 7 at Bramlage Coliseum. The young team has the opportunity to build chemistry and cohesion entering into a new season. While returning players like Emilee Ebert, Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Jaelyn Glenn are a good sign for the Wildcats, an injury to the team’s star player Ayoka Lee is a huge blow. Ruled out in late August after an announcement of her season-ending knee surgery, Lee won’t return until the 202324 season. However, Lee’s

absence will provide more opportunity for new talent to prove themselves. One player showing promise in early exhibition matches is senior guard Gabby Gregory, who scored 22 points and led with nine rebounds in their victory over Fort Hays State. Two years prior, Gregory was touted as one of the Big 12’s top scorers but had some setbacks due to injury. This year she has the opportunity to get back on track and help lead the team in points. Serena Sundell, sophomore guard, also assumed leadership responsibilities in Lee’s absence. She has proven to be a promising player in her role as a team leader, learning from Lee as well as

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As fans stormed the field of Bill Snyder Family Stadium, the hopes and aspirations for the Kansas State Wildcats reached the highest point of the year. The destruction of the then-No. 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys in a 48-0 rout turned the season around. Backup quarterback Will Howard was famously sprung up on the shoulders of his fellow teammates and

students, and has now been thrown into a tantalizing debate. Should he remain the starting quarterback for the Wildcats or should Adrian Martinez resume his role as the starter? Each side to the argument has its fair points and reasoning. While many lean heavily one way or another, the team decided to be supportive together. On the sidelines, Martinez continuously encouraged Howard as he ascended to a new level

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