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Sheep and meat goat center offers agricultural experience

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Voter’s Guide: K-State student body president primary elections on campus and enhance the K-State app. Within “Your Voice,” Ayres and Baalman said they would like to improve transparency among student leaders, administrators and students.

KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

The primary election for student body president candidates begins at noon today and is open until 6 p.m. Wednesday. All Kansas State students are eligible to vote at www.sgaelections.k-state.edu for one of the three candidates who filed for president. The three candidates who filed in the presidential election are Jack Ayres, junior in chemical engineering, Sarah McDermott, senior in entrepreneurship, and Matt Mindrup, sophomore in biology. The two candidates who receive the most votes will then have to register their vice presidential candidates by Feb. 22. The top two presidential candidates and their vice presidential candidates will move on to the general election, which will be held March 7-8. While no vice presidential candidates are officially filed with

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Candidates for student body president and vice president of the Student Governing Association in front of Anderson Hall. the Student Governing Association elections committee yet, all three presidential candidates have been campaigning with their vice presidential candidates.

AYRES, BAALMAN

Ayres and his vice pres-

idential candidate, Olivia Baalman, junior in computer science, have organized their campaign into three platforms, which they have named “Your Degree. Your Campus. Your Voice.” Under “Your Degree,” the pair hopes to initiate a “Fin-

ish in 4” campaign, improve academic advising technology and increase teacher transparency. “Your Campus,” encompasses the duo’s goal to start an on-campus food pantry and multicultural student center, improve transportation

As the only female pair in the election, McDermott and her vice president candidate, Mary Abounabhan, junior in management, named their campaign, “She’s Bringing Change.” The team hopes to bring change in three main areas on campus: transparency, diversity and empowerment. To make K-State more transparent, McDermott and Abounabhan would work to provide financial breakdowns to each student, class syllabuses on KSIS before students enroll and a K-State version of “Rate my Professor.” Under diversity, the pair hopes to offer diversity-incentivized programs, workshops

for students to learn how to better utilize services offered by SGA and better resources for diversity-based organizations. Finally, to empower students, they have a goal of making internship and community service opportunities more accessible.

MINDRUP, ZWICK

Mindrup and his vice president candidate, Emily Zwick, sophomore in agricultural economics, said they are focused on students, which is why their campaign slogan is named, “Focused on You.” Mindrup and Zwick have planned out six platforms, where students will be their main focus. Their goals are extended library hours, a new peer-mentoring program, improved academic-advising standards, changes in public speaking class requirements, the start of an on-campus food pantry and required active shooter training for each student.

Sheep and Meat Goat Center offers experience for variety of students SAMANTHA ALBERS THE COLLEGIAN

The Sheep and Meat Goat Center at Kansas State provides students with more than a part-time job: it also provides hands-on learning experiences and connections in the livestock industry. From studying and learning about health and nutrition to producer-education programs that are extension-based, the facility provides several opportunities for students, faculty and industry professionals. Joe Hubbard, manager of the Sheep and Meat Goat Center, said the unit hires students from diverse backgrounds, even outside of the agriculture industry. “Some of the students have a strong background in agriculture and have been involved in the industry their entire lives, but there’s also students who do not have an agricultural background and haven’t been around sheep and goats before

working there,” Hubbard said. There are five student workers who feed about 200 sheep and goats at the unit, check their water and monitor the health and wellness of the livestock every morning and evening. “The students gain experience in general animal handling and also how they behave around the animals,” Hubbard said. “At least with sheep and goats, the students with little experience can get used to handling them in our facility operations and don’t have to worry about being stepped on or being seriously injured by an animal.” The center does not have an undergraduate research program for students to develop their own projects. However, students who work there gain experience from the different tasks they have each day. One of the opportunities for experience is a lambing class that teaches students about the process of lambing — which is when the female sheep give birth to their young

— and how to efficiently help the sheep if they need assistance with their offspring. This class opportunity is held every spring and the students are set up on a “lamb watch” schedule, where they learn what signs to look for when they are watching for labor and taking care of the sheep before, during and after birth. Sam Davis, sophomore in animal sciences and industry and a student worker at the center, said he had previous experience working with goats, which is why he applied to work there. “My parents and I are partners in our own commercial show goat operation,” Davis said. “Working at the sheep and goat unit was a logical job choice. I thoroughly enjoy raising livestock, and the sheep and goat unit offers perspectives that I had not encountered back home.” Pierce Bennett, senior in animal sciences and industry and a student worker at the unit, said the people he works with make the long hours

spent at the sheep and goat unit worthwhile. “I love the camaraderie of being with a good team,” Bennet said. “It always makes it fun being out on the farm with good friends. It makes some of the long hours and hard work all worth it.” While it’s not “easy” work, Bennet said working at the Sheep and Meat Goat Center has taught him many lessons. “I don’t know if I would call it ‘easy,’ simply because there would be a big learning curve,” Bennet said. “However, if someone is interested and willing to learn, I don’t think there is any reason that a person of any background couldn’t come to a university livestock farm and be an asset. But they would definitely have to be willing to learn, and learn fast.” Editor’s note: This is the second in a series showcasing K-State livestock units. The first was on the dairy unit. Next week’s story will feature the beef cattle research unit.

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A goat looks out from a pen at Kansas State’s Sheep and Meat Goat center on Feb. 12.

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You know you are an OPINION: Regulations yield AGRICULTURE MAJOR when... real economic benefits ... you own at least one pair of boots — cowboy boots — special jeans to go with the boots and a baseball hat. CHRIS REUSZ, senior in bakery science

... the majority of your classes have hands-on contact with animals. KENDRA HOLTHAUS, senior in animal science

... one of your favorite sounds on campus is boot heels. BRITTANY HILFIKER, junior in animal science

... everything you deal with is plants and animals. NATHAN WELCH, freshman in agronomy

... you realize you’re taking an extra language course (in Latin).. LANDON FORCHE, sophomore in horticulture

... it’s non-stop talk about cows. MATTHEW ANGUIANO, junior in agricultural education

... you’d rather be outside than inside even on a cold day.. QUINN BONGE, freshman in park management and conservation

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CALEB SNIDER

THE COLLEGIAN

Since the midterms of 2010, federal regulations have been thrown into the spotlight as a prominent target of fiscal conservatives and Tea Partiers alike. They claim that regulations kill jobs, harm small businesses and are unnecessary government interventions in the free market. But is any of this actually true? Part of the claim is true, but barely so. Federal regulations can hurt small businesses, but to a much lesser degree than what is claimed — large corporations and modern day monopolies wreak more havoc on small businesses than regulations and taxes. As with nearly every study or set statistics, anomalies can be found in which a few points

don’t correlate with what is being claimed. So the fact that some small businesses are harmed by federal regulations should not be shocking. Yes, it is something we need to look at, but the answer isn’t to just say that small businesses no longer must abide by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Clean Air Act Amendments, the Civil Rights Act and other regulatory standards put in place to ensure public safety. The rest of the claims made against federal regulations are patently false. A report published in 2014 by the Office of Management and Budget, in which they studied the costs and benefits of federal regulations and unfunded mandates between 2003 and 2013, found that the regulations yielded more benefits than costs on the economy.

Between 2003 and 2013, “The estimated annual benefits of major Federal regulations reviewed by OMB ... for which agencies estimated and monetized both benefits and costs (in 2001 dollars), are in the aggregate between $217 billion and $863 billion, while the estimated annual costs are in the aggregate between $57 billion and $84 billion.”

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IF YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING TO BILL SNYDER RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

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“K-State is behind you 100 percent. This is when your K-State family comes through.”

“Get well so we can win a national championship.”

“I was sad when I heard the news about this. I will just say that I will be sending good thoughts towards Coach Snyder.”

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Football coach Bill Snyder diagnosed with cancer SCOTT POPP

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Kansas State head football coach Bill Snyder announced Monday morning that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer. According to a news release issued by K-State, Snyder has been receiving treatment for about three weeks at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City and is “getting along very well.” Snyder said the doctors have projected a positive out-

come and that he expects to be back and ready to coach spring practices in March. “Both ‘teams’ have projected a positive outcome and have worked out a schedule that allows me to be in Kansas City for my regular treatments and still be back in the office on a regular basis through the first week of March,” Snyder said. “Sean, along with our coaching and support staffs, remain highly productive in carrying out their responsibilities keeping us on track.” Snyder thanked K-State

president Richard Myers as well as athletic director John Currie and many others who have reached out to him in the past few days as news about his health issues spread. “I greatly appreciate our President, Richard Myers, and Athletic Director, John Currie, for their continued support, and I’m very grateful to those who have responded over the past 24 hours via calls, texts, emails, etc., with such kind thoughts and words,” Snyder said. “And again, my apology to each of you whom I did not

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Bill Snyder celebrates his 200th win at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Nov. 26, 2016. have the opportunity to reach personally before this release. “As I’ve said so often: we

came to Kansas State University because of the people, we stayed because of the people

and we came back because of you, the people. Nothing has changed.”

Final stretch will determine Kansas State’s tournament fate

What to Watch: College men’s basketball and NBA All-Stars

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RYAN PORTER

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After a 19-point loss at West Virginia on Saturday, the Kansas State men’s basketball team only has six more regular season games left. How the Wildcats finish down the stretch will determine their NCAA tournament fate. The Wildcats took care of business earlier this year, going 11-1 in non-conference play. That 11-1 record is deceiving, though. When looking at the teams they beat, it’s not quite as impressive as it looks. The lone loss was by one point to Maryland at a neutral site and there weren’t any good wins to brag about. K-State currently has a 5-7 record in conference play, but has the opportunity to finish strong. Five of the seven losses this season have came to some of the nation’s best in Baylor, West Virginia and KU. Arguably the most difficult game remaining on the team’s schedule is Wednesday at home against Iowa State, a game in which the Wildcats should be favored. After that, K-State goes to

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NO. 12 DUKE AT NO. 14 VIRGINIA

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Senior forward Wesley Iwundu dribbles the ball during the game against KU in Bramlage Coliseum on Feb. 6. Texas, hosts Oklahoma State, plays two roads games against Oklahoma and TCU and finishes the season at home against Texas Tech. In the daunting conference that is the Big 12, it’s nice to finish the season without having to see the likes of ranked teams. K-State’s record of 16-9 on the year doesn’t really show how talented this team is. The Wildcats have really been out of two, maybe three games all year. One of

the main points in those losses has been finishing, so it will be a great test to not only see how this team finishes the rest of games, but the rest of the season. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi currently has K-State as a 10 seed, which was released on Monday.

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This week, No. 12 Duke is headed to No. 14 Virginia for another ACC match up. Both are sitting at 8-4 in the ACC. The Blue Devils are headed to Virginia full steam ahead behind a five-game winning streak. Duke is coming off a close victory against Clemson, along with a victory over rival No. 8 North Carolina before that. The Blue Devils will rally behind junior guard Grayson Allen, who drained seven 3-pointers against North Carolina, alongside sophomore guard Luke Kennard, who is coming off a 25-point game against Clemson. Virginia is coming off a heartbreaking loss to Virginia Tech in double overtime, 80-78. Things won’t get any easier for the Cavaliers, who host Duke at home, then hit the road for No. 10 North Carolina. One task at a time, the Cavaliers will focus on Duke behind senior

guard London Perrantes, who is coming off a 22-point game. Catch the action at 8 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN2.

NO. 3 KANSAS AT NO. 4 BAYLOR

Baylor will host Kansas in a Big 12 showdown, with first place in the conference on the line. Kansas managed to top Baylor in their previous meeting in Lawrence this year 73-68. Baylor will have their hands full containing Kansas senior guard Frank Mason III, who is averaging 20.1 points per game, not to mention young their freshman star, guard Josh Jackson, who continues to show his true talent. The Bears will turn to their versatile forward, junior Johnathan Motley, who is averaging 16.9 points and snagging 9.7 rebounds per game. Baylor will need Motley to be in his groove, as the Bears have struggled this far in February, picking up two of their three losses this season. The Jayhawks and Bears will tip off at noon Saturday on CBS.

NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND

The 66th annual NBA AllStar weekend begins this Friday in New Orleans. The action kicks off with the NBA All-Star Celebrity game at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The State Farm All-Star Saturday competitions begin at 7 p.m. The Skills Challenge will start things off, followed by the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest. A new champion will be named this year in both the Skills Challenge and the Slam Dunk Contest; however, Golden State’s Klay Thompson will look for his second consecutive Three-Point Contest victory. Sunday will feature all of the best NBA players, as the East is set to take on the West. Tune in at 7 p.m. on TNT to watch Russell Westbrook team up with his rival Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors in the All-Star game.

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Dear Stranger, I see you and feel the need to reach out. I love you without knowing your name, you are a genius despite odd things you say. You make the world beautiful without make up or sucking it in. You greet everyone’s memories with breath taking images of you chasing midnight in luminous times. Thank you for giving every mundane moment meaning without complement. Thank you for saying everything that left your mouth, even when you feared the words that came out. Most of all thank you for giving me, a nomadic soul, a sweet home. I am leaving for war soon and this place is home. That makes us family, and family always comes home. To the ones who I hurt, you know my name, this is a guerilla apology, an open letter to the hearts everyone else not be strangers anymore. Most people love hellos but I love goodbyes, since they are departures from the other side of something challenging. I just got over an impossibly difficult time in my life. It obliterated damn near all the good I had and pushed all that I wanted away. In light of this I am saying goodbye to that part of my life, writing hello to every stranger that I wish was a friend, and asking forgiveness of every friend that I forced to be a stranger. I am scared to death, but fear is a suggestion which can no longer hold merit. We can’t choose who loves us or who loves us back, only remind them by reaching out. The blind optimism in me tells me we can rewrite ourselves at any time; it’s these edits that make an epic story. Rewrites aren’t free; in fact they cost friendships, dreams and even moments that we would never trade on a sober day. Like a dog guarding their broken legs with teeth, we all act differently when suffering. I hurt the closest to me and my friends the most. I understand that some will not speak to me. I wish I could change this since these are sublime souls I miss, but we can’t ask for impossible things, only perform them. I am a passionate recovering drug addict. My sins include pouring evil in with a needle, selling lies to the good people. Stealing love when I needed it, while being apathetic to those who suffered because of me. I was cold and calculated, only redacted feelings played the part of actually being here. I spoke war crimes as sentences. I know everyone hates the addict, but most of all I hated one. I did find love and actions do speak louder than words I hope this becomes both. Thank you, friends, for being family and keeping me a part of your journey. Thank you for the brilliant memories I will keep on my down days, so they never happen again. I lived a hard life with good people; even bad times have great stories. Glory to the ones who fearlessly claim the day. Shout out to thickness of thieves that stole my days of sadness, when I was pure madness with a name. Dearest to my claim I know that just because I’m hard to hate doesn’t make me easy to love, but we do such crazy things in the name of love. So please, God, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can and the wisdom to know the difference. God knows I can change; everyday I wake up it is not out of necessity or obligation. In fact it’s courage to change, yet wisdom comes by being courageous. I will see you all when I get back. Sincerely, Sam PAID FOR BY SAM WICKERSHAM