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NO LIMITS Comedian Kyle Cease entertains audience with improvised act Comedy Central’s ‘Stand-Up Showdown’ winner visits K-State Amy Himmelberg staff writer With a website that boasts “one of the most in-demand young comics,” it’s no stretch of the imagination to believe Kyle Cease is the real deal, after learning about his multiple Comedy Central, radio and film appearances. But the real feat lies in entertaining a room full of college students who could all be a million other places on a Friday night, all the while managing to make them forget they’re sitting in a crowded and blistering auditorium.

After three opening acts, comedian Kyle Cease took center stage for a night where nothing seemed to be off-limits. From jokes about drinking and sex, to the funny side of nudity and race, the night was not without frequent F-bombs and plenty of laughter. Cease said his material is almost purely improvisational.

“There’s no ‘making’ a joke happen,” Cease said. “I just go with my instincts and live in the moment and occasionally bits come up that have gone over well in past shows.”

The night included surprises and plenty of audience interaction in the form of a piano duet with an unsuspecting student and a practical joke involving a certain

Maggie Gilmore, who left to use the bathroom and returned to find her group of friends had been relocated.

Cease went on to say no topic is taboo. He believes he has every right to say what he wants, and he believes every audience member has their own set of rules that limit what they consider to be funny.

“If you always seek someone else’s approval, you become their slave,” Cease said.

Overall, the audience was responsive, applauding and heckling in all the right places. As a seasoned performer, the comedian has visited more than 700 colleges and claims to perform for crowds that are open-minded and intelligent and therefore allow him to be authentic.

“He spoke to us like we were adults and his jokes weren’t run of the mill,” Amy Geske, freshman in pre-vertrinary, said.

After a montage of the night’s events, a roaring standing ovation and the promise of a CD signing, Kyle asked for a few more minutes of the audience’s time.

He began with a simple statement: “My career is not a fluke.” After an evening of dishing out sets, Kyle ended by recalling the journey that left him as the winner of Comedy Central’s 2009 “Stand-Up Showdown” against top guns like Chris Rock and Chelsey Handler.

Beginning at age 12, Kyle

“There’s no ‘making’ a joke happen. I just go with my instincts and live in the moment and occasionally bits come up that have gone over well in past shows.”

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Stand-up comedian Kyle Cease performs his stand-up act in front of a large crowd inside Forum Hall on Friday night.

Cease interacted with the crowd throughout the set, keeping them in their seats even as the show ran late. was appearing at clubs. He said it came naturally to him, and at such a young age, he never stopped to consider whether he wasn’t old enough or couldn’t succeed.

At 15, without the aid of an agent, he began to question how he could create a career

from his passion and began making flyers offering to entertain for corporate parties of big name companies like Honda and Sears. He recalled auditioning for a small part in the film “10 Things I Hate About You” with a cheesy grin, and ending up playing

a part that took six weeks of filming.

“You can do more than you know,” Cease said. “Because our beliefs create reality, we are scared to step outside our comfort zone.”

You would not have guessed from Friday night’s

performance, ending in a standing ovation, that the man on stage performing with such ease ever experienced stage fright. But he told his audience an unexpected story about a man

See COMEDIAN | pg. 7

Campus ministry group travels K-State sees jump in Latino, to Haiti for 10-day mission trip African-American enrollment 29 Ichthus members build housing, kitchen for local school Sam Diederich news editor More than a year ago, the Caribbean nation of Haiti shook with the reverberations of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Jostled by unseen tectonic plates, the island nation shivered in the seawater like a swimmer submerged in cold spring water. The destruction was epic. Haitians could only avoid sights of soggy rubble by directing their eyes towards the sky, where help might come from some heaven above Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, stuor from incoming relief sup- dents and advisers were able plies. For months, celebrities, to spend 10 days constructing politicians and athletes world- housing for teachers and orwide rallied to raise money and ganizing extracurricular prosupplies. grams for a local school.

Lost in the shuffle of worldThough Ichthus is a faithwide support were the prob- based student group, Jeanette lems that existed in Haiti before Schwartz, one of the advisers the earthquake. Human rights for the trip, said the trip’s main violations, political unrest and objective was to provide aid to a frail educational system keep those who needed it, regardless Haiti in a seemof faith. ingly inescapable “It was a “I decided, ‘Well, mist of hopelessmission trip, I’ve never been ness. but we did out of the coun- not go with a Such conditions, joined try and I like the ‘church-plantwith a sense of ing mentality,’” people here at personal responSchwartz said.

Ichthus.’ I said a sibility, are what “We were vismotivated 29 quick prayer and iting missionK-State students who had decided to do it.” aries from the campus established a ministry group school, and Ichthus to spend Nate Bozarth most of what part of their junior in agronomy we did rewinter break in volved around Haiti. the school.”

Through a partnership with The mission of revitalizing a pair of missionaries based in a school was deemed a worthy

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one by Ichthus members — so worthy, in fact, that some decided to go on the trip before they even attended an informational meeting.

“It happened kind of fast. At a meeting one week, they told us they were going and it was a ‘last call’ kind of situation,” said Nate Bozarth, junior in agronomy. “I decided, ‘Well, I’ve never been out of the country and I like the people here at Ichthus.’ I said a quick prayer and decided to do it.”

For Danielle Young, senior in family studies and human services, the decision to join the trip was an easy one.

“Haiti has had such bad luck and just gone through a lot of devastating things,” Young said. “I’ve always wanted to go with an organization I’ve supported. I wanted to know what I was putting my money and energy into. After a meeting, I knew it was something I wanted to do.”

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Left to right: Dominique Brookshire, junior in elementary education; Same Lewis, graduate student in political science; Tyrone Williams, junior in dance, business management and social economics; Kaila Wilson, freshman in chemical engineering and Laniqe Jackson, sophomore in accounting sit in the K-State Student Union on Thursday afternoon between classes.

Students question whether numbers reflect actual diversity Michael Sellman staff writer This academic year, K-State has enrolled a record number of both African-American and Hispanic students.

Though the number of this semester’s enrollment cannot be released until after the 20th academic day of the term, a fall 2010 report released by the university’s Office of the Registrar reported

that approximately 993 African Americans and 1,077 Hispanic/ Latino students enrolled for the semester. This is a fairly significant jump from 2005, when the university enrolled 726 African American students and 292 Hispanic students.

“On campus, it has been pretty much a pleasant experience as a Latino minority,” said Jeanette Aldana, senior in life sciences. “Being involved on campus as a Latino minority, you get to be around people like yourself with the same interests.

I feel like the Latino community, though we’re really small, we are united. As a Latino, you want to

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That feeling of community is very important to the K-State experience, Vice President of Student Life Pat Bosco said.

“Our best recruiting advantage is a satisfied K-State student and family member,” Bosco said.

“Word of mouth has kept the KState experience very real.”

Though the student body has become increasingly diverse over the last five years, some think the university is still lacking a truly diverse atmosphere.

“It’s been fine. I’ve enjoyed it,”

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HAITI | Trip rewarding for students, Haitians Continued from page 1 After a plane ride to Portau-Prince, the country’s capital, and a five-hour carpool to Fond-des-Blancs, the students were in a position to fulfill the intentions of their trip. It did not take long for them to be put to work.

“When we got there, I was handed construction plans and we started work,” Bozarth said. “The project director approached us and

asked, ‘Who’s the foreman?’

The pastor who was with us said, ‘Nate, you have the most construction experience. How about you?’”

Bozarth and a group of eight students took on two different construction projects while in Fond-desBlancs. First, the group laid sheetrock in a house for teachers, then they went to work building a cook-

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ing house separate from the living quarters. Both new additions are tremendous luxuries in Haiti, Bozarth said, and would hopefully attract and retain quality educators for the local school.

Despite the group’s relative inexperience with construction, Bozarth and his fellow volunteers were able to complete both tasks successfully.

“I was definitely nervous. I could’ve made a lot of mistakes,” Bozarth said.

“The building is sound and is going to be in good shape, but yeah, I was nervous. It was definitely a very cool bonding experience with everyone.”

While Bozarth and his crew dedicated their energy to construction projects, Young and others were asked to get more directly involved with the school.

“We were divided up.

They had sheds and tool rooms that needed to be organized and de-cluttered,” Young said. “I also went to the school and helped with planning a festival for students.”

Schwartz was also able to get involved with the school.

“We were used in a number of ways. Some of us were at the school teaching

art classes and organizing the library,” Schwartz said.

“It was a powerful learning experience.”

Despite Ichthus’ many contributions to the town, Schwartz argued the people of Fond-des-Blancs were not the biggest beneficiaries of the trip.

“I think a trip like this usually does a lot more for the people that go rather than the people that we help,” Schwartz said. “It’s important to establishing life priorities.”

For Bozarth, the trip served as inspiration for future endeavors.

“What I’m hoping to do, and this started while I was in Haiti, is to get into urban development,” Bozarth said.

“Wouldn’t it be cool if you could start a development in a developing city, and then take citizens from that city to help in other places?”

Such a plan is doable, Bozarth says, because of the nature of people in poverty.

Despite their meager surroundings, Haitians seemed more ready to provide assistance than their first-world counterparts.

“One of the most beautiful things about citizens in impoverished places is that they are so willing to help out others,” Bozarth said.

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Bridal show entertains with fashion show Amy Himmelberg staff writer The K-State Student Union Ballroom was the perfect venue for an elegant afternoon of wedding excitement on Sunday afternoon. The Manhattan Bridal Show has been putting on impressive expos for over 30 years, and this time around the event went off without a hitch despite the city being coated in a thin layer of ice.

Hundreds of brides and grooms-to-be, supportive friends, moms and a few curious singles crowded to meet eager vendors offering their special occasion products and services.

Brides were given pink stickers and grooms blue stickers throughout the event to represent to professionals that they

were in the market for some of the best and brightest wedding professionals.

Doors opened at noon, and free admission provided guests with access to booths featuring caterers flashing their menus and fine silver dining settings as well as travel agencies ready to help choose the perfect honeymoon destination.

Attendees included both newly engaged couples and those looking to make the final touches on their careful plans.

“My fiance and I are a little behind on our wedding plans, and we heard about this event online,” said Gabrielle Minnete, Junction City resident. “We thought it would be an easy way to get us both excited about finalizing our plans once and for all.”

Dillons displayed several classic white wedding cakes,

with three frosted tiers and cascading pearl strands, as well as a few more modern cakes with trendy square shapes and anything but white accents. Also offered were samplings of their popular lemon and strawberry flavors. Guests also enjoyed viewing bouquets created by Steve’s Floral, bursting with bright stargazers and muted shades of tulips, each bundled with satin ribbon. Participants could take advantage of ring sizings provided by Premier Designs Jewelry, as well as obtain useful information while entering plenty of free giveaways.

The main event featured a fashion show. Brides took note as each gown, bridesmaid dress and tuxedo were described in detail by K-State football’s own announcer Dave Lewis. Models

of all sizes and skin tones donned designs by Mori Lee, Maggie Sottero and Allure.

Couples marveled at gowns accentuated by A-line skirts, trains, sweetheart necklines, and shimmering bead and lace accents. The grooms-to-be, escorting the women, represented designers like Ralph Lauren, with styles that included the classic and clean jet-black double button coats with rich hued ties.

A few more daring looks introduced chocolate brown, caramel and coal grey jackets, complete with a scattering of less traditional striped and argyle ties.

Applause rang out as models turned to reveal subtle asymmetrical pleats or confidently pointed out hidden pockets tucked neatly inside jackets.

“I was so impressed by the variety in the show, every thing

ENROLLMENT | University looks to retain students Continued from page 1 said Bronson Blackwell, junior in finance and accounting. “Although I’ve been the only African-American in some classes, out in the real world, that’s what my experience is going to be. As an African-American, K-State prepares you for that.”

To improve diversity, Black-

well suggested K-State and teachers should work together to organize and attract students to multicultural events.

“The university, rather than individual teachers, should try to work towards more multicultural events,” Blackwell said. “I think it’s more on a class basis rather than a university basis.”

Blackwell said in his experi-

ence, teachers often offer incentives, such as extra-credit points, to encourage students to attend various ethnic programs, such as lectures or activities.

Regarding the record number of African-American students, Blackwell said, “On a blank sheet, it looks good. Are we really raising diversity or are we trying to raise numbers?”

Bosco said many K-State students make a difference through multicultural programs.

“We have lots of targeted programs for underrepresented students,” Bosco said.

He also said that with the number of enrolled students last fall, there is a solid interest in retention of K-State’s students this semester.

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PATRIOTISM?

Constitutional dogmatism exploits pride to support flawed policymaking, prevents innovation

Beth Mendenhall A citizen’s relationship with his or her country is complicated. From a young age, we are socialized to be patriots, including daily speaking-inunison, inordinate study of WWII and the one holiday with fireworks. As we grow older and wiser, many Americans start to feel uneasy about their country.

Did we really do that to the Native Americans? Why did we invade that country again? We gave who weapons to fight the Soviets? Maybe we aren’t so exceptional. Globalization throws this relationship into relief as our culture comes into daily contact with everything it’s not.

As our economic competitiveness wanes, and only our hyperbolic defense spending keeps us on top, what can an American really hold onto?

Surprisingly, the Tea Party might have the answer — except, unsurprisingly, they’re still slightly wrong. The virulence of American patriotism has its source in the legitimacy of our democratic republic. To be frank, our political system rocks, relatively speaking. Our Constitution is the oldest in the world and has been amended sparingly and successfully to reflect the evolution of our moral and political framework.

Some, however, have sought to capitalize on the real heart of enduring American patriotism for their own political gain.

Many newly elected House Republicans made a campaign out of wielding their pocketsized Constitutions, sold for $4.95 from the Cato Institute, a right-wing think tank. Tea Party demonstrations have been known to include more than one tri-cornered hat and mini-marching band. One of the first acts of the new Republicancontrolled House was to read the Constitution aloud, except a bunch of parts, including the “three-fifths compromise” and a provision for returning escaped slaves, as per the Washington Post.

Republican Party leadership is considering a bill that would require every piece of legislation passed by the chamber to include its constitutional justification, despite the fact that interpreting the Constitution is the plenary purview of the Supreme Court. This simultaneous sanitation and invocation of the Constitution by the right wing is illuminating: is their fervor just a ploy for political legitimacy which otherwise must be hard-fought via seniority and re-election? More importantly, is the cult of the Constitution good for national policymaking?

Yes and no. In that order.

Let’s be honest: the Constitution rocks because it gives us the ability to work within a loose framework that could adapt to a rapidly changing society, while maintaining a historical and philosophical foundation for our government policy. Dogmatic adherence to its dictates is misguided and damaging.

Shouldn’t it mean something that the men who wrote the Constitution supported extreme racism, sexism and classism?

How could such a document adequately deal with the unique challenges of international property rights, evolving social norms, and the Internet? No institution is perfect, and we shouldn’t pretend ours is an exception.

Strict adherence to the Constitution risks dangerously reducing the scope of our government. While the relationship isn’t rock solid, political devotion to the Constitution correlates strongly with the desire for a minimalist federal government. The Republican Study Commission recently announced plans for trillions in budget cuts for the next decade.

While some of these cuts are undoubtedly reasonable, we do need social programs. The Founding Fathers were brilliant men, despite many violent ideological attachments, but they couldn’t possibly have predicted a population this large and the effects of economic globalization. Federal policymaking should be about making the government meet the needs of contemporary society, not attempting to achieve some idyllic political past.

Americans ought to be proud of the durability of our social contract.

The nationalist zeal inspired by reading the Declaration of Independence and studying the Constitution is sometimes refreshing for a proponent of liberalism — the international relations kind, not the American politics kind — who can’t forget about the internment of the Japanese, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

Unconditional devotion to the Constitution requires a kind of cognitive dissonance, easily reaffirmed by leaving out the

three-fifths compromise, which we simply shouldn’t subscribe to.

We should be honest about who we are as a country in 2011, and where we need to go.

Pursuit of those goals should be constrained by how they’re best achieved, not whether they’re in line with political thought from 1789.

Beth Mendenhall is a senior in political science and philosophy.

Please send comments to opinion@spub.ksu.edu.

“Let’s be honest: the Constitution rocks because it gives us the ability to work within a loose framework that could adapt to a rapidly changing society, while maintaining a historical and philosophical foundation for our government policy.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students should take interest in student K-State’s handling of government, SGA affects all K-Staters TEVAL case ‘appalling’

Danny Davis During my first year working for the Collegian, I was given a great opportunity to cover the Student Senate meetings each week. After reporting on them for a year and a half, I’ve seen the extent to which they affect daily life at K-State.

Students should take an interest in the Student Governing Association. It is one of the authorities that has the power to spend your tuition dollars. If you recall looking at your tuition breakdown, you might have noticed an item called “privilege fee.”

For the current school year, full-time students were charged $598 with this fee. Privilege fee money is allocated to various student groups and organizations on campus. If you’re part of a

student group, fraternity or sorority, you’ve probably held an event requiring upfront funding. Chances are your group considered requesting funding from SGA. Through the Allocation Committee in Student Senate, groups make requests for funding. If the funding request passes in committee, the senate takes a vote on it. Once passed in senate, the group receives funding for their event.

There are 60 senators in Student Senate who represent all the students on campus.

but they can at least follow the current activity in SGA. Senate meetings are open to anyone interested in attending, but rarely do any spectators attend. SGA is an organization for the students and by the students so they should treat it as such.

Applications are available for students to file a campaign for this year’s elections.

Natalie Rauth, arts and sciences senator, said at Thursday’s meeting that SGA hopes to have 4,100 voters this year as well as more candidates.

With a filing deadline of “Senate meetings are Feb. 18, there’s ample time for open to anyone interested students to conin attending, but rarely do sider becoming any spectators attend.” active within student government.

Last year, only 3,400 students Do you enjoy working on voted in the general election. homework in the K-State Add to that the fact that only Student Union? Or stopping 72 students even bothered for lunch in the cafeteria running and you’re left to as you’re rushing between wonder why more students classes? The Union is studentdo not express an interest for funded. student government.

Students’ tuition dollars I’m not saying everyone are spent within the walls of should run for a position, SGA, and students deserve

to have an understanding of what their money benefits.

But they must take initiative and show at least slight interest in student government.

Having 72 people running for 60 positions is sad.

Having only 3,100 voters on a campus with over 23,000 students is more sad. When you, a student, pay your tuition for the year, do you not make some attempt to pass the class and get something for your dollar?

The same should go with student government. While you might use some of the services that are funded by the privilege fee, there are many more that you aren’t aware exist. Would you like to know what groups are doing with your tuition money?

So, for a new semester, I challenge students to become more informed with their student government. Perhaps they will find it’s rather interesting.

Danny Davis is a sophomore in journalism and mass communications and political science. Please send comments to opinion@spub. ksu.edu.

Dear Collegian, While reading through the story about the grave and unethical alteration of Professor Wright’s teacher evaluations, which nobody in K-State’s administration seems to be denying took place, I was deeply disturbed that President Schulz told Professor Wright that he “would be falling on his own sword.” In fact, it was so unbelievable to me that I had to read through the quote five or six times.

Frankly, if serious misconduct like this occurred, heads should be rolling. If, for example, somebody who had access to the evaluations altered the evaluations to gain revenge for his fraternity brother who got a bad grade in Professor Wright’s class so Wright would presumably be denied tenure, demoted or even fired, then the offending party should be expelled. K-State’s administration should be doing the right thing, instead of worrying that they might be offending a “fat cat” donor when his/her son or daughter gets expelled.

I personally contacted K-State’s administration recently when greek members were way out of line. I provided very detailed

information, but the administration seemed to be much more concerned with just making the problem go away as quickly and quietly as possible. Frankly, one gets the impression that when allegations of student misconduct are made at K-State, the administration looks in their records first to see whether the offending parties come from “important families” or not and whether the complaining parties come from “important families” or not.

The inmates shouldn’t be running the asylum. Justice needs to be blind and I feel really bad for Professor Wright. He talks that this “will be the death” of his career at K-State. The lack of support he is receiving from the administration right now is appalling.

There are indeed a lot of people right now who should be “falling on their swords” — probably some of whom are grossly overpaid and have offices in Anderson Hall — but Mr. Wright isn’t one of them: Wright’s the victim.

Sincerely, Ron Stelter K-State Alumnus B.A., 1990 M.A., 1992

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K-State blows by Nebraska in final meeting in Manhattan Chris Wallace staff writer The K-State women’s basketball team continued its strong play at home this season by knocking off Big 12 North rival Nebraska, 64-37.

As a nice parting gift for the Huskers, the Wildcats held Nebraska to their lowest point total in the history of the series against K-State since they scored 31 points back in the first game between the two teams in 1975.

In front of 4,931 fans inside Bramlage Coliseum, the Wildcats turned up the heat on their opponent, forcing Nebraska into 22 turnovers — the most caused by K-State in conference play so far. The Wildcats held the Huskers to just 23.5 percent shooting, a season low for the team, and only allowed the team to make two 3-pointers the entire game. In addition, the Wildcats tied a school record, holding an opponent under 50 points for the ninth time this season. “(This was) an exciting win for us at home thanks to a great, great crowd,” head coach Deb Patterson said following the victory. “We beat a great program, and I thought the story of the game for us was the ability for us to be accountable on the defensive end. We were very focused individually, and no matter who we put in the game, everyone was unbelievably focused and doing their job, and I think we made the game difficult for them on the offensive end of the floor and that was a big key today.”

The game started with Nebraska grabbing an early 4-0 advantage thanks to strong rebounding on the offensive end, but the Wildcats held their own at their end of the court, and both teams secured six offensive rebounds at the first media timeout. But the Wildcats started slow from the field, shooting a combined 1-8 from the field, and trailed the Huskers by two.

After five points from junior forward Alina Voronenko, the Huskers responded with an 11-0 run to build a lead of 14-7. The Wildcats quickly responded with their own 22-4 run to close out the half.

“Our signature from this group was going to be tough-minded defensively, and they’ve established that over the course of the season to this point,” Patterson said. “They have really bought in to their potential to be that, and so having done that today here at home is very significant and a compliment to the kind of ball they have been building their team this year.”

Senior center Catheryn Redmon led the Huskers with just six points in the first half, and sophomore forward Katya Leick added five points. But freshman forward Jordan Hooper, the team’s leading scorer, was held to just two points, and only two other players scored for the Huskers during the half.

Sophomore guard Brittany Chambers responded from her cold shooting on Wednesday against Missouri with 14 first-half points.

“I got some open looks early in the game, and fortunately I hit them, which is a good way to start the game,” Chambers said.

“Also, they were really focusing on Jalana (Childs) in the post — they were double-teaming her — and Mariah (White) set good screens and all of the players were setting good screens and allowing me to get open, and like I said, fortunately they went in today.”

The second half picked up where the first half left off. K-State hounded Nebraska’s ball handlers, forcing them into 10 more turnovers and more easy opportunities on the offensive end. White also turned up the intensity on defense in the second half, grabbing all of her team-high four steals in the second half.

Chambers finished the game with a point total of 26, tying her career high. She also led the team for the second consecutive game with 11 rebounds, and notched her first double-double of the season. Voronenko added 11 off the bench, recording her second game of the season with doubledigit scoring.

“Last year we lost to them three times,” Chamber said. “That alone was enough motivation, but on top of that, we knew it was the last time they would play here and we Jonathan Knight | Collegian wanted to end on a good note.”

Next up for the Wildcats is an K-State guards Brittany Chambers and Taelor Karr celebrate a foul call away game against Colorado on against Nebraska during the second half in Bramlage Coliseum, Jan. 22.

Wednesday at 8 p.m.

The Wildcats defeated Nebraska 64-37.

K-State women’s basketball team emerging as Big 12 contender

Paul Harris After a miserable season that saw K-State win just 14 games and blow lead after lead, K-State women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson has quietly led this team to 13 victories, just one short of last year’s total, and an undefeated record at home.

The team still has its problems on the road. Losses to Middle Tennessee State and University of Texas-San Antonio are hurting K-State right now, and this team should only have one conference loss.

Against Texas Tech, KState had a nine-point lead in overtime. Junior forward Jalana Childs admitted that, at one point in time, she thought

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State. While But the Hill is never team is more “Not only is K-State going to about defense defending the ball, light up the than scoring. scoreboard, but it also attacks the Patterson’s she has been has glass at a furious pace.” system a steady always relied source of on toughleadership. Patterson said nosed half court defense.

Hill is especially important All season long, Patterson’s in practice. Hill makes sure defense has made oppopeople are not slacking off nents uncomfortable. After and is always there to offer Saturday’s effort K-State held advice not criticism.

Nebraska to 37 points, the Junior forward Alina lowest output for a Husker Voronenko has been nagged team since 1975. throughout her career with It was also the ninth time injuries. When she signed K-State has held opponents to with K-State, Voronenko, fewer than than 50 points this according to a recruiting serseason. Defense is going to be

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the calling card for this team all season long. Not only is KState defending the ball, but it also attacks the glass at a furious pace. Sophomore guard Brittany Chambers is the team leader at six rebounds per game.

Chambers took her lumps as a freshman, but has matured this season. She also leads the team in scoring at 15 points per game.

Chambers’ attitude, plus

the emergence of sophomore guard Mariah White has made K-State a tough out.

While their talent level may not equal that of Baylor or Texas A&M, K-State has their most athletic team ever.

Patterson has said before that Childs is a possible WNBA player. Childs has showcased her array of offensive moves all season long.

She scored a career-high 21 points against Missouri.

The team is still young, but if this season’s strides are any indication, K-State will be a force to reckon with next year in the Big 12 Conference.

Under Patterson, K-State already has two Big 12 championships, and this year’s core group will add a third.

Paul Harris is a senior in journalism and mass communications. Please send comments to sports@spub. ksu.edu.

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‘BLACK SWAN’ SHINES

“Black Swan” ★★★★★

Movie review by Tyler Brown At first glance, to the casual moviegoer, the film “The Black Swan” might appear as an over-the-top drama about girl issues in the ballet; however, if you take a look at who is at the helm of this film that has received so much praise, you’ll see there’s much more here than meets the eye. The man in charge of the movie is none other than Darren Aronofsky, responsible for other great titles such as “The Wrestler,” “The Fountain” and “Requiem For A Dream.”

Taking the leads in this dark and psychological drama are two starlets that many should recognize: Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. As the main character, Portman does an incredible job portraying the innocent Nina Sayers and her transformation into the assertive prima ballerina of the ballet company. Kunis starts opposite of Portman, playing Lily, the new girl in the company who may or may not be after the lead role in the ballet’s latest production.

Both of these women do an amazing job in this film.

After being awarded best actress in a drama at the

Golden Globes, I wouldn’t be surprised if Portman picks up more awards for best actress in the upcoming awards season.

To hear anyone describe the film as “girl-drama fanfare” really does it a disservice. Sure, it’s about a ballet company being reinvigorated with its new production of Swan Lake; and yes, the story is about the lead striving to do well in her new role, but if you go and see the film you’ll realize there’s so much more here to enjoy.

What Aronofsky and company truly delivers is a tale about the pressures to succeed. As the lead character in the production, Nina has to understand both sides of her role: the innocent and loving White Swan and its dark twin, the sexually charged Black Swan.

Not only does Nina have to star as Swan Queen, but she’s also replacing the prima ballerina who has had reign of the company for years. Eventually the pressures mount on Nina’s shoulders so much that we begin to see the character she was fall apart and inevitably fade away.

Since the film is done from Nina’s perspective, the audience gets to experience firsthand all of the out of place and downright creepy things she sees due to all of the pressure she’s under. Adding to the thriller’s atmosphere is composer Clint Mansell, who ingeniously takes the music from the ballet and puts his own dark twists into it. His score is so convincing that at the end of the film, when the music swells, it’s hard to not have your breath taken away from the combination of the music and movie.

To put it simply, this film should be on your must-see list; in fact, I’d urge you to go see this in theaters where you can be sucked in, instead of waiting for its mass-market release when things around your home could distract you. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Aronofsky’s latest garners a best film award, or at least a nomination.

Eerie and cerebral as it was, Black Swan was certainly one of the best films of this past holiday season.

Tyler Brown is a junior in English. Please send comments to edge@spub.ksu.edu.

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“Ninja Storm 2” ★★★★✩

Game review by Jayson Sharp

Released this past October for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, “Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2,” is not only one of the longest titles I have ever seen, but also one of the best animated games of 2010.

This game follows the second portion of the “Naruto” manga series to where the anime is at currently, minus the filler seasons. There are a few different sections to this game: adventure mode, local play and online play. An awesome extra I found was that I could change the vocals for the game to the Japanese setting, and to my surprise the voices are all done by the actors and actresses who voice the characters for the

anime. I personally watch the anime and this was a big plus for me.

“Ninja Storm 2” is just beautiful. The game is done in the cel-shaded style that makes it look like you are playing through the anime episodes.

The art styling made the list of top five game animations of 2010 on G4’s Xplay. As a fan of the anime, this helped me feel immersed in the game. The main story is followed pretty closely, though some events have been altered slightly so everything is determined by the fights the players have. Instead of an open world that players can run around in between fight sequences, the areas are static maps that players walk around in, which gave the game a “Final Fantasy” feel to it. There was a lot of running in between areas to collect items and to get to the next fight. I

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left one cut scene twice to walk to another area and as soon as the new area loaded, another cut scene started. The boss fights are amazing, and they blend the standard fighting with some quick-time events and other special gameplay; the blending made the boss fights epic.

The fighting in local play and online play is the same, with two modes available: team and solo battle. Solo battle is self-explanatory as a one-onone fight between two of the 42 total characters available. Team battles allow you to pick a fighting character and one or two supporting characters to help you during battle by defending you or attacking your opponent. The fighters themselves have access to two forms, a normal state and an awakened state. When in the awakened state, characters are granted

new abilities and weapons to try to take down the opponent.

Most fighting games have difficult combos and abilities, but in “Ninja Storm 2,” players who don’t normally play fighting games can perform a majority of the attacks after a 10 minute crash course.

“Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2” is a fighting game for fans of the anime and players who are just looking to dabble in the fighting game genre. Hardcore fighters might not like that the button mashing noobs can do just as well as trained combatants. This is a great title, with amazing visuals and fun boss fights, that I feel has truly earned the right to rest on my games shelf.

HOROSCOPES Aries March 21 April 19 Domestic Dan says: “Meddling in other people’s personal lives should be left in the past semester. Mind yourself and your manners this new year.”

Libra Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Jayhawks are not very bright, loud, sometimes very headstrong, but ultimately annoying. It is a good thing this does not apply to Collegian-reading Libras.

Taurus April 20 May 20 The Semester of the Bear is nigh. This might mean we destroy Baylor, it might mean something about the Chicago Bears losing, it could have something to do with little sisters.

The cosmos has no idea.

Scorpio Oct. 24 Nov. 21 Rumor has it you have had a love affair with a professor. The cosmos wonders if the affair was “Facebook official.”

Gemini May 21 June 21 The savvy social networking Gemini follows Tim Schrag on Twitter @ timschrag.

Sagittarius Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 So was it hard sharing your birthday time with the holiday season? The cosmos hopes at least one person paid attention to you on your special day.

Cancer June 22 July 22 There comes a time in every college student’s life when they are questioned for promiscuity. The cosmos advises you to treat this time as if you were Olive Penderghast.

Capricorn Dec. 22 Jan. 19 You have an overwhelming urge to start writing for the Collegian this semester. Hurry though, the deadlines in Kedzie Hall wait for no one.

Leo July 23 - Aug. 22 This week’s code word is Doom. This week’s code word is brought to you by Frank Martin.

Aquarius Jan. 20 Feb. 18 Ophiuchus? Ophiuchus? Ophiuchus? You have nothing in common with an Ophiuchus. Remind anyone who brings it up.

Virgo Aug. 23 Sept. 22 There is a certain word that Virgos hate.

It begins with an “M” and is commonly associated with to chocolate cake ... are you following?

Pisces Feb. 19 March 20 Partners in crime come along only once in a while. Make sure to look out for each other. You never know when they might need to bail you out of jail.

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Jayson Sharp is a senior in computer science. Please send comments to edge@spub.ksu.edu.

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COMEDIAN | Entertainer shares philosophy on life with crowd Continued from page 1 who was once overcome with so much anxiety about his shows that he couldn’t help but visualize himself fainting on stage.

After learning to see the world through the eyes of a positive thinker, things began to change for him.

Cease said his thought procesws shifted from “I hope I don’t faint,” to, “What if I had the No. 1 spot on Comedy Central?”

In more general terms, he stopped asking himself if he could accomplish his goals and instead began questioning how he could accomplish them. He encouraged the audience to stop taking advice from people who aren’t where they want to be in life and

to fantasize a world of success for themselves.

“When I was competing on Comedy Central against 100 other comedians, I didn’t see it as a problem but a test to see how bad I wanted it,” he said.

Students in the audience seemed to receive this message well, and few left their seats even after several hours of entertainment spilled into the wee hours.

“I’ve only seen a few live comedians and I was very impressed,” said Meredith Lindsey, graduate student in theatre. “It takes guts to do that, and I loved that Kyle wasn’t just funny, but he also had a

message.”

As the show drew to a close, Cease reminded students that if you ask a question, your mind will find an answer with persistence. He concluded by saying if we stop separating ourselves from success, we start to realize that 99 percent of success is the want, and all the while he cautioned the audience never to think something material will bring happiness.

Comedian Kyle Cease watches the opening comics around a corner in Forum Hall before taking the stage Friday night.

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Though he’s only in his second season in Manhattan, sophomore Rodney McGruder has established himself as a leader on the basketball court this season. He currently leads the team in three-point shooting and rebounding.

Despite size, McGruder leads K-State in several categories Ashley Dunkak senior staff writer When a guard leads a team in three-point shooting, that most likely means he's a good guard.

When a guard leads his team in three-pointers and rebounds, that's something else altogether, and that's Rodney McGruder.

Over Christmas break, the sophomore guard earned a spot in the starting lineup, and from all accounts, it's completely deserved.

"Rodney's young, makes a lot of mistakes, but he has a heart the size of this building," said head coach Frank Martin, "and takes an unbelievable amount of pride in doing what we ask him to do as coaches. He's running around the locker room telling me he's 6'6" because he grabbed 15 rebounds."

McGruder - who is listed at 6-feet-4-inches - clarified that Martin had said on the bench during the Texas Tech game that McGruder was 6-feet-2-inches.

With an easy grin, McGruder said he got all those rebounds because he had to let it be known that he's about 6-feet-6-inches.

Dispute about height notwithstanding, McGruder's play has been no laughing matter. Senior guard Jacob Pullen said his teammate is a very capable rebounder and athlete but also has the ability to make shots, which separates him from many players on the team. McGruder isn't a showy kind of guy, but then, his 45 three-pointers and 132 rebounds speak for themselves.

"You've got to really find

Rodney," Pullen said. "He's not the guy that stands out in the crowd because he's usually to himself and really quiet. He's also a great teammate. He's that person that never gets down on anybody no matter what the situation is. He's the type of guy you need on your team."

Senior forward Curtis Kelly categorized McGruder's ascent as big-time improvement.

"He's becoming a better defender, he's shooting the ball well, he's become a better driver," Kelly said. "I think every aspect of Rodney's game is getting better. I think the sky's the limit for Rodney. I think he's going to continue to get better, and I know he cares for the team. I know he cares about getting better for the team."

McGruder said Martin makes rebounding a priority, so he makes it a priority too. While he said he doesn't give the forwards a hard time about outrebounding them, some of the coaches like to scream, "Rodney McGruder's leading the team in rebounds!" as motivation during practice.

You had better believe that the coaching staff won't be shying away from the truth. In fact, Martin's honest, forthcoming demeanor was one aspect of the Wildcats that made McGruder think he would want to come to K-State in the first place.

Still, going from high school to college was a big transition for the Washington, D.C., native.* In high school, some of his coaches allowed occasional small mistakes to go unmentioned. With Martin at the helm, that just

doesn't happen.

"He's different because he don't care if you are his best player or his worst player, he's going to be in your ear, telling you what you need to do, what you're not doing right," McGruder said. "If you make a little mistake, he makes a big deal out of it. Some coaches will let some things go; he doesn't let anything go."

That was a switch for the player, who was a star on his high school team and consequently got away with some things, he said.

"Then I come here, and you can't get away with anything," McGruder said. "Everything you do he sees; he doesn't miss a single thing. It was a pretty tough transition."

Thanks to his family, he was well prepared. His older sister, Rashawn, taught him to play basketball when he was young, and he still remembers the first time he beat her playing oneon-one; he was in fourth grade, and she was a freshman in high school. She had played basketball and eventually gave up the sport but continued to push Rodney to work hard and give his all to whatever he wanted to be. His parents, Rodney and Rodine, provided similar encouragement.

"They've been there for me," McGruder said. "They always praise me, how proud the are of me, things like that, and that means a lot to have both of your parents praising you and pushing you to do better in life."

In addition to appreciating the great influence of his sister and

A native of Washington, D.C., McGruder said it’s been a very different experiece playing for head coach Frank Martin, who said the sophomore has “a heart the size of the building.”

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parents, McGruder said he looks up to Martin as an example of turning things around and getting better where he needs to get better. As far as improvement goes, McGruder's goals for the semester include being on the honor role or maybe Student of the Week, and winning a national championship.

For all his efforts, McGruder earned a loving endorsement from his coach.

"He's the kind of guys I enjoy coaching," Martin said. "I love coaching guys like Rodney McGruder." *Editor’s note: McGruder is a native of Washington, D.C., where he played with his Amateur Athletic Union team, the D.C. Assault, but he attended high school with current teammate Wally Judge at Arlington Country Day in Arlington, Fla.

K-State returns to face Baylor Tyler Scott senior staff writer The string of conference tests continues tonight as K-State (13-7, 1-4 Big 12 Conference) will host the Baylor Bears (13-5, 3-2) for a prime time match-up on national television.

K-State is coming off a loss to Texas A&M, while Baylor rolls into Manhattan after a victory over Oklahoma State.

The Wildcats have lost two straight, and the season outlook isn't getting any easier.

This will be a home game for the team, but Baylor poses a threat as three of its players are scoring in double figures led by LaceDarius Dunn. Dunn, who returned for his senior season after considering a departure to the NBA, is averaging 21 points per game, which is the top mark in the Big 12.

Perry Jones and Quincy Acy are each averaging 13 points per game.

The Bears are fifth in the conference in scoring defense surrendering an average of 69 points per game and are third in the conference in field goal percentage with a total of 49 percent.

K-State is led by senior guard Jacob Pullen,

who is averaging 17 points per game. He has failed to score in double figures only twice this season, with the last time coming against Washington State on Dec. 3. K-State is third in the conference in rebounding with 36 per game and fifth in rebounding defense giving up an average of 30 per game.

In the game against the Aggies, K-State had plenty of chances to make a run due to Texas A&M's struggle to hold onto the ball, but couldn't as the team was 5-of-20 from beyond the 3-point arc. Head coach Frank Martin is still having problems finding a rotation of players who can fit for a solid 40 minutes, and shifts in the lineup could continue throughout the season.

Martin emphasizes that the team is progressively getting better, even though the record does not show it. The team has played games in difficult places, but tonight's game against the Bears gives them should help as they are playing at home in front of a sold out crowd.

The game will also be televised on ESPN as a part of the station’s Big Monday lineup.

Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum.

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ACCOUNTABILITY | Martin: players continue to improve Continued from Page T3 has also been mentioning the body language of the players "when we're ready to win, and when we're ready to sit down and lose," as Kelly put it.

As a result, guys have been stepping up and holding each other accountable. Martin listed several guys who have improved their leadership in practice.

"Jamar's been phenomenal in that department," Martin said.

"Jamar's been real good. Jacob's

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Rodney works every day. Rodney just doesn't say much."

Since the turning point of that difficult practice, two weeks of what Martin called good practices have yielded losses at Missouri and Texas A&M. Against the Aggies, however, the Wildcats came about as close as possible to a win.

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Though he’s only been in Manhattan for a short while, guard Will Spradling has seen plenty of playing time in a Wildcat uniform, including six starts this season.

Freshman Spradling emerges as contributer for K-State me when I played growing up."

Some people may be surprised at how much Will has played, but his attitude and Most incoming freshman have never focus have helped him in practices and grasped the concepts of playing college bas- games. When K-State played Virginia Tech ketball right away. However, for freshman in November, Will drew three charges and guard Will Spradling, his focus and knowl- Bramlage Coliseum noticed his hard work edge of the sport have helped him tremen- ethic. dously. While he is still learning, he is becomSpradling said the charges were something ing a key player in the K-State offense each he learned a while back. game he steps onto the floor.

"When I was in high school I started playSpradling grew up on the basketball court ing for a new Amateur Athletic Union coach where his father was not only a father figure, and he was really big into taking charges," but his coach throughout his life. Will grew Spradling said. "Once you take one charge it up in Overland Park, makes you want to Kan., and was a four take another." year starter at ShawSo far this season, nee Mission South Spradling has become High School. He is a frequent backup to currently the second senior guard Jacob leading scorer at Pullen, but he has South with a total also earned starts in of 1,225 points and six games. He has helped the Raiders averaged five points to their second Class and 20 minutes a 6A State Tournament game this season and appearance in the is also second on the program's history. team in free throw Spradling said shooting. date of birth: June 7, 1991 his father was a key There have been player in intrigutimes this season Height/Weight: 6’3”, 170 lbs. ing his interest to where Martin has Hometown: overland park, kan. start playing basketbecome furious with High School: shawnee mission south ball.

"He played him, but Martin emwhile he was growing phasizes that Will is Year: freshman up," Spradling said. trying to help out in Position: guard "My father had a prothe leadership degram in Kansas City partment of K-State Major: undecided where he coached basketball. points per game: 5.6 for 20 years. Ever "He's been more assists per game: 2.3 since I was born I've vocal than what he always been around was when he first arAverage Minutes: 20.3 him." rived at this school, While playing which has been in high school, he good to see," Martin was selected to the said.

Kansas Class 6A all state first team and was Spradling knows he not only has Martin named the Sunflower League Player of the and other coaches who can help him out, Year and first team all-conference as a senior. but players like Pullen and sophomore guard He is the first Kansas City area recruit to earn Rodney McGruder who can help him hold his a scholarship to K-State since Tyler Hughes in head up when he makes a mistake.

2002. Spradling said living in Kansas and the "He's a heady player and is one of the freshhelp of head coach Frank Martin influenced man who understands a lot," Pullen said. him a lot in making his decision to come to "Right now it's all about learning the game K-State. "I was able to come and visit campus from Frank's perspective and it's a different and watch a lot of the practices," Spradling weight than most other coaches. Will has his said. "Frank's coaching style was similar to my bumps and when Frank yells at you it means father's and the intensity factor was there. The your not doing something right. Will is trying way Frank pushes his players was a lot like my to figure out the ropes of what he can and father pushing me and he was pretty hard on cannot do against higher competition."

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Junior forward Jamar Samuels is part of a K-State frontcourt that was once regarded as one of the best in the country. Though the Wildcat bigs lost a man with the departure of junior Freddy Asprilla, they could still live up to their high expectations in 2011.

K-State forwards beginning to show flashes of brilliance Ashley Dunkak senior staff writer Back toward the beginning of the season, players speculated that the Wildcats' frontcourt could be one of the best in the country. After serious struggles, the performance of the forwards against Texas Tech finally matched those forecasts of greatness. After seeing that capacity, it is clear that getting the inside game going is key to getting wins for the Wildcats.

While K-State has one fewer forward now, as junior Freddy Asprilla left the team, it is still fairly deep at the position.

Senior forward Curtis Kelly brings muchneeded experience to the frontcourt.

Against Missouri, he had only 4 points but also provided a team-high 7 rebounds. He has perhaps the best back-to-the-basket moves of anyone on the team, but he has had trouble holding onto the ball, with a combination of 10 turnovers in the past 2 games.

Head coach Frank Martin said Kelly's focus has been good. He told the forward he is not going to allow him to lessen intensity now.

"I'm going to push you harder than you've ever been pushed," Martin told Kelly, "because we're going to finish your senior year the way you deserve it to finish."

Junior forward Jamar Samuels often

makes the fiery plays for the Wildcats. He is strong enough to put up contested shots in the paint and has been making his free throws lately. Plus, he successfully puts up a three-pointer on occasion, so defenders can't play too far off him when he is on the perimeter.

Samuels is also playing through pain (which he wouldn't wish on his worst enemy, except maybe KU, he said). He recently pulled a muscle in his chest while lifting, so he has not been 100 percent, but Martin said he has to give the team what he can anyway.

"Jamar isn't fully healthy right now, but still not an excuse," Martin said. "That's what I told him after that Colorado game.

I said, 'I realize you're not healthy, but that's not an excuse.'"

Samuels said he thinks if he focuses in practice, it all transfers over to the game.

Against the Red Raiders, when Samuels got 22 points and 9 rebounds, that certainly appeared to be the case. The forward's play impressed Texas Tech head coach Pat Knight.

"You talk about a guy who can get you a double-double any night," Knight said, "and that's really hard to replace."

Sophomore forwards Wally Judge and Jordan Henriquez-Roberts have played varying amount throughout this season, on and off, but both have had flashes of brilliances. Henriquez-Roberts had 14

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Since returning from his suspension, senior forward Curtis Kelly has provided a spark under the basket for K-State. points and 6 rebounds against the Tigers.

The statistics from the game against the Red Raiders clearly illustrate not just KState's ability on the boards but also the way that rebounding facilitates the entire offense.

Against Texas Tech, the Wildcats nabbed 44 rebounds. They won the game by 34 points.

Defensive rebounds end an opponent's possession and create opportunities for quick scores. Getting boards off the other team's missed shot attempts allows a team to run the floor, giving the advantage to the better-conditioned team. In a nutshell, defensive rebounds lead to fast break points.

Against the Red Raiders, the Wildcats scored 23 points - nearly a quarter of their total - on the fast break.

Offensive rebounds prolong the shot clock, revive possessions and often precede second chance points, of which K-State scored 25 against Texas Tech, who only managed 4. Pulling down boards on offense also allows for high-percentage shot attempts close to the basket. Even if a player pulls down a rebound and goes back up only to miss the shot, he is likely to get fouled and thus get more chances to score at the foul line. The Wildcats scored 13 points from the free throw line, including a perfect 4-4 effort from junior forward Jamar Samuels.

Even in the loss to Missouri, K-State got 34 rebounds and outdid the Tigers as far as points in the paint to the tune of 34-26.

If numbers are indication, the Wildcats win most easily when the frontcourt is dominant. When they get the ball in the basket and grab rebounds to enable the fast break attack, everything else falls into place.

Head coach Frank Martin says accountability starts with him Frank Martin admits that changes need to be made if the Wildcats want to see success in 2011.

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Ashley Dunkak senior staff writer Just because the Frank Martin you see on the sideline is often all vim and vigor and venom, don't think for a minute that he isn't willing to consider his part in the team's success and alter his methods accordingly.

After the Wildcats' 94-60 win over Texas Tech, Martin revealed recent days of reflection on his part. He took responsibility for the team's shortcomings and said he would do better in the future. On Thursday, he reiterated that sentiment.

"Listen, when the fish stinks, it stinks at the head first," Martin said. "It starts with me. I needed to do my job better."

The coach said he has realized that while he was criticizing the team for its lack of leader-

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ship, the players needed him to provide more of exactly that. He said he fell into the same trap of what he can't stand, which is adults who allow kids to fail.

"I'd been talking about our lack of leadership for awhile, and this team has been begging me to help them learn how to lead, maybe even provide leadership, and I neglected to see that," Martin said. "I've started doing that, and our staff has started doing it, and the players have been great since that, just following the lead and being more demanding of each other."

Pullen said that the night before the contest against the Red Raiders Martin took practice to another level. The guard explained that the added intensity was about focusing, staying in tune and making sure they didn't let up. Failure to do those things had caused problems for the team, Pullen said.

"We work hard, and then we give in to fatigue, and we give in to, when the game gets tough, just saying, 'Oh well,'" he said. "That's something that Frank's never been about and something that K-State's never been about, so we had to change that."

Accordingly, that Friday night before the Texas Tech game ushered in a new era of practices, ones which included more running, more teaching, and more punishment (in the form of wind sprints), said senior forward Curtis Kelly.

Kelly added that Martin's approach in film has been more instructive than negative, and he has spent more time having the players watch game tape and as has been pointing out positive plays as well as mistakes. The coach

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