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BALANCING ACT
New student organization forces campus leaders to consider freedom of expression, principles of community
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KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
A new chapter in the college political conversation on campus opened up at the beginning of this semester when a student organization called America First Students announced its conception on social media. The new organization’s constitution says: “America First Students is a student organization that believes in putting America and its people first. We stand in defense of Christian values, strong families, closed borders, the American worker, and the preservation of tradition.” According to a Twitter post, the group met officially for the first time on Jan. 28. Leadership in Student Governing Association and some representatives from the Sexuality and Gender Alliance spent about an hour on the topic on Tuesday evening, halting the proceedings of the regular student senate Executive Committee. Some student senators in attendance floated concerns about blowing the presence of the student organization out of proportion. “We don’t want to cause controversy that doesn’t exist,” Carson Tjelmeland, chair of the Travel Allocations Committee and senior in chemical engineering, said. “We need to be careful
Architecture students create grow labs to explore alternative building materials
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Museum exhibition gives new perspective on Wild West tales Page 3
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The morning light reflects off the limestone of Anderson Hall. In a meeting on Tuesday evening, leadership in Student Governing Association and representatives from the Sexuality and Gender Alliance spent about an hour discussing a new student organization. in the actions we take in order to not create a monster that doesn’t exist as of now.” Student body president Jansen Penny, senior in industrial engineering, was one of several student leaders in the room who brought up the balance between First Amendment protections af-
forded to all students at a public university like Kansas State and the Principles of Community, which outline the expected conduct of all people on campus and establish a framework for a culture of respect. “My concern would probably be how do we bal-
ance two things that are very important to this university,” Penny said. K-State was recently the only public university in Kansas to receive a green light rating from a free speech watchdog organization. Lily Colburn, intern coordinator and sophomore in
biology and political science, said she thinks this is an opportunity for SGA to more clearly define its vision for campus and determine what student leadership can “be doing better to improve student climate.” see page
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ELECTIONS Wittmer wins primary, moves on with Heatherman to the general election PETER LOGANBILL NEWS EDITOR
"As cliche as it sounds, it's definitely been a team effort all the way," Wittmer said. "Lane [Lundeen] and myself's vision, our motto is 'better together,' and I think that's definitely proven out here tonight. "I'm just really grateful for all the hard work that everybody on our team's put into this and again I don't think this campaign has been about me or Lane, because our vision, again, has just been to create a dedicated network of individuals who want to make K-State a better place for everyone and I think that's exactly what we're going to do and I hope we can carry that momentum into the general election," he said. The second highest winner was Hannah Heatherman, junior in finance and organizational management, who received 1062 votes, or 34.18 percent. She will also move on to the general election. "We're really excited to be advancing to the general, we know that we have a great team, and excellent platforms that are going to advance the student body, regardless of position," Heatherman said. "And we're just so excited to continue working, continuing to present to student organizations, and being able to continue hearing stories of students who we know our platforms will benefit. "We definitely have work to do, but we also know that we're in good company from people who have been
able to win the general after the primary and that excites and motivates our team," she said. "And we look forward to overcoming any obstacles that lie ahead, but mainly we're just excited
t o be in the company that we are and advancing forward." With 358 votes, or 11.52 percent, Jacob Casey, junior in hospitality management and political science, will not move on to the next round. "I am just so happy, and so relieved,'" Casey said. "It just makes me so happy, me
and Morgan [Boyer] were texting and we just shouted at the top of our voice when we saw the results. "My campaign didn't have an intention to win; it set out to see what the process was like and to help other students see like, 'Oh hey, you can get involved in SGA, even if you have no connection,'" he said. "We were literally afraid that, by some stroke of bad luck, we would get more votes than another person who was actually seriously running and put actual time and work into their campaign, so we're so glad that we didn't take away from them." The primary took place online over a 30-hour period from Tuesday at noon to Wednesday at 6 p.m. The general election to select the student body president, Student Governing Association senators and other officials starts Tuesday, Feb. 25 at noon and closes Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m.
“My campaign didn’t have an intention to win; it set out to see what the process was like.“ Jacob Casey Junior
‘Voices of the West’ exhibition gives new perspective on American West ANNA WEIGEL WRITER
Perceptions of the American West have been heavily shaped by novels, movies and television portrayals that often fail to recognize the stories of America’s original inhabitants. An exhibition titled “Voices of the West” on display in the Beach Museum of Art gives voice to indigenous peoples and their art. Curator Liz Seaton said “Voices of the West” is designed to complement an exhibition on Kansas Regionalist John Steuart Curry and his depiction of the American West. “The Curry exhibition presents primarily a white, European point of view — the view of those who were essentially immigrants to the West,” Seaton said via email. “‘Voices of the West’ offers alternative perspectives on the historic and modern American West. Several images by American Indian artists, for example, address the displacement of Native Americans and the challenge of maintaining cultural traditions.” One artist whose work is on display in the exhibition is Norman Akers, an associate professor of visual art at the University of Kansas and a member of the
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“We as SGA need to think about what’s going to come. I think the ball is slightly in our court,” Colburn said. “What happens when this group inevitably asks for funding? ... We as SGA need to be prepared to have that conversation a little bit more organized than we did last year.” Some of the leadership in the new independent organization are students who were active in the former K-State chapter of Turning Point USA before it disbanded in 2019. In the spring of 2019, cam-
Osage Nation from Grayhorse District and the Pawnee Nation. In Akers’s small monoprint “New Company,” U.S. historical icons Alexander Hamilton, Ulysses S. Grant and George Washington hover over maps of the Americas in spacecrafts, arriving as immigrants to the New World. European stereotypes of Native Americans are emphasized in the central print and shifted boundaries on the maps depict the displacement of indigenous peoples. “I want to engage people in conversations about these issues,” Akers said. “With my work I am trying to explore imagery that will engage people in the act of looking, and through that process of looking that they begin to start to see some of these issues.” Issues addressed by Akers’s work are often overlooked in history presented through tales of the American West, Seaton said. She said she hopes the exhibition will provide a positive educational experience for visitors. “I tend to think that it’s important to be able to see other perspectives,” Akers said. “To get an understanding of the place where one lives, you need to be aware of the history of that place. The fact is that history does not come from one point of view … I think that’s why exhibits like this that reexamine perspectives on
place are very important.” Seaton said two paintings in the exhibition by Potawatomi artist Louis ShipShee have just returned from a conservation center in Omaha, Nebraska where the surfaces were cleaned to reveal details, brightening colors and a clearer picture of historical subjects. Visitors also have an opportunity to contribute to the conservation of art on display in the exhibition. “The public will also have an opportunity to view a 19th-century painting — a majestic mountain scene by Edward Moran — that needs conservation,” Seaton said. “They’ll be able to read the conservator’s recommendations and make a donation in a nearby box, knowing that they’ve had a part in bringing the painting back to life.” Conservation of “Western Landscape” is estimated to cost $2500. If enough funds are raised, the painting will be sent to Omaha for treatment and will continue to tell a part of this exhibition’s story. “Indigenous people have a certain awareness of the West, and on the other end, settlers have a different awareness of the West,” Akers said. “But when you’re trying to get an understanding of that big picture, you have to take in all those different accounts.”
pus protests about Turning Point USA’s invitation to three controversial speakers and SGA’s decision to allocate $3,000 for the event made headlines across the state. A Collegian investigation later revealed that the national organization of Turning Point had tried, unsuccessfully, to infiltrate student body presidential elections. Tel Wittmer, chair of the On-Campus Allocations Committee and junior in secondary education, said SGA should also consider the thoughts of the students in the organization. In particular, he said there should be consideration for why they felt the need to start the organization in the first place.
“I think it’s a broader question ... what are the things that are making students feel the need to move into this far ideological perspective. I don’t know what the answer is to that. ... That’s something we need to consider as well,” Wittmer said. “It’s definitely unfortunate to see even this falling back on the university and coming down to us as students and how we’re perceived elsewhere.” On Feb. 11, the Kansas City Star reported the organization is part of a national pilot program on college campuses to push out a new phase of hyper-conservative student groups. Leadership from America First Students could not be reached for comment.
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Horticulture club hosts rose sale for Valentine’s Day JULIE FREIJAT COPY CHIEF
If you’re looking for a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift for your significant other, the horticulture club has you covered. The group will sell roses from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. “We’re going to have a booth at the Union and then one in Throckmorton,” said Claire Barnhart, public relations officer for the club and sophomore in horticulture. “We’re going to have various colors and sizes of rose bundles that you can get. We have six different colors and pricing is from anywhere from $12 to $60 for a dozen roses.” Barnhart said the bundles also come with filler plants and a vase. “Horticulture club has had a couple of work nights this week, and we’re making all the arrangements,” Barnhart said. “So we got shipments of the roses in and we basically just like made it a club event and made up all the arrangements ourselves — they’re all original.” Participants were given some guidance on how to
create the arrangements, but Barnhart said there was a lot of creative freedom. “There were little strips of paper that showed kind of a step-by-step way to put the arrangements together,” Barnhart said. “It’s like, first you add this greenery ... then these are the different ways you can place your roses.” The proceeds go to the club and assist in providing them with funding for activities, Barnhart said. The club hosts a variety of other sales throughout the year: a poinsettia sale, a succulent sale and a bedding plant sale. The group orders each kind of plant aside from the bedding plants. “We do grow most of those [bedding plants]; we take care of them,” she said. “So we ordered a lot of the plugs for those, and then we kind of have to take care of them for the semester leading up to the next sale — so that’s a lot more labor intensive.” These kinds of sales not only help provide funding, but they also help increase the clubs exposure, Barnhart said. “Usually we have good
opportunities to reach out — like our four sales — and then we do the club activities fair the beginning of the school year,” she said. “The bedding sale is also really huge because it’s during the open house, and so that way we kind of snag a lot of the parents and students from other areas.” The club hosts a variety of other events throughout the year, including some opportunities for students to network. “It’s just a really good opportunity for different people in the club the meet people that are of different specializations kind of figure out like what opportunities there are,” Barnhart said. Horticulture specialities include production, science, landscape and golf course and sports turf operations. Barnhart said the club functions on its own, with a little help from professors. “It’s really student-led,” Barnhart said. “The professors that are involved are really amazing and supportive and give a lot of really good direction, but a lot of it is student-led — we have officer meetings every other every other Tuesday.”
HISTORY
The history of Holton Hall, as told by university archives ANNA SCHMIDT WRITER
The University Archives, which are available online, is endless in its supply of valuable Kansas State history. The files contain old newspaper articles, information on student groups, course catalogs and a substantial amount of information on the history of the agriculture department at K-State. One portion of K-State’s agricultural history with a unique story is that of Holton Hall. Holton Hall is currently an administrative building which contains the Office for Student Life and other student services. Before it became what it is today, it held other titles. Assistant university archivist Veronica Denison explained some of the history. “Holton Hall was formerly called Education Hall and Agriculture Hall,” Denison said. “Agriculture Hall was built in 1900. When the ag department moved to Waters Hall in 1913, it was then used by the vocational school, and in 1924 was taken over by the Department of Education.” In the archived document, “History of the Kansas State College of Agriculture and
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Holton Hall contains administrative offices and student services, including the Office of Student Life. Applied Science,” the various phases of Holton Hall are explained. While Holton Hall served as the Agriculture Hall between the years of 1900 and 1913 it served 1,094 students and over 50 faculty members. Several agriculture classes were offered, but Holton Hall specifically was home to trade classes like dairy farming, domestic science, agriculture and mechanics and horticulture and mechanics. After this it would serve as a vocational school for nine years. This meant it hosted classes like agronomy, forestry, animal husbandry, dairy husbandry, horticulture and more. Then, Holton Hall would become the Education Hall and host various education classes including some
rural education classes. During this time, Edwin Lee Holton was named the professor of rural education, and he would then be named professor of education in 1913. Eventually he would even become a head of the education department. Holton’s vast experience in education made his name a suiting choice for a building that held such similar sentiments to his lifelong career. “On Dec. 22, 1950, it was renamed Holton Hall by the Board of Regents after E. L. Holton,” Denison explained. In 1989 a remodel would turn Holton Hall into what it is today. Around $1 million worth of interior renovations would be made thanks to an increase in student fees.
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GOING GREEN PETER LOGANBILL NEWS EDITOR
On Tuesday, architecture students displayed 15-foot-tall plastic tents in Bosco Plaza as part of an innovative project exploring alternative housing structures. “What we’re doing is we’re creating these inflatable structures that become grow labs for a construction material called mycelium,” Lawson Endicott, senior in architecture, said. “Mycelium is basically a fungus, that when in a formwork, will grow into a structure.” Jonathan Dessi-Olive, assistant professor of architecture, said the projects were part of a class focused on shell and space structures. “We combine aspects of structural design with making in the digital age, there’s a really
big disconnect between how we design and how we make,” Dessi-Olive said. The project is giving them unique experience before going into the real world, he said. “It’s rare in architecture school that a student will design something and actually step inside,” Dessi-Olive said. “Make a design, construct it, have to actually understand it from a structural standpoint, from a geometrical standpoint, but then also experience it at the end. And that’s something that we don’t really get to do much in architecture school.” Although there will be some logistical issues to get through, Dessi-Olive said the idea is that these are the first step of a series of structures. Mycelium is sensitive in terms of getting infected, and the bubble is an attempt to
create a sanitary space. Dessi-Olive has done projects like this before, using mycelium, corn husk and mushroom roots to make hard structures. This time though, the bubbles would act as a shield and keep the materials from getting infected. “Because we’re talking about a biological organism that is basically being our glue, we have to be sensitive to how it wants to grow and all that,” Dessi-Olive said. “Mycelium, when it grows, although it grows underground, it happens to love the exact same environments that dangerous molds and other dangerous fungi [love] that you wouldn’t want growing in your building materials.” There is a larger, intentional idea behind this project, Dessi-Olive said. “In my opinion, one of the
largest problems the earth is going to face is the movement of people,” Dessi-Olive said. “That’s going to be for any number of reasons, being both geopolitical climate, but also climate change. Right now we’re encountering refugees, and when we think about, refugees are living in tents that are made to be there for only a few weeks and now they’re lasting years.” With this idea, the plastic bubble and the mycelium structure can both be used to create a living space. “If we need to go somewhere, and there’s nothing and we have a field of corn and we have a little petri dish of mushroom strain, what do we need to do to be able to make our building?” Dessi-Olive said. “The proposal here is that first you can make a plastic bubble, and you
Walls of fungus: Architecture students display plastic grow labs for mycelium structures
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Plastic structures in Bosco Plaza on Tuesday. can then have a safe place to grow building parts. “You pull out the building parts and then at the end of the day, you could have both
a bubble in which you could live in certain parts of the year and then another structure that would be made of mushrooms,” he continued.
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PREVIEW CAMERON BRADLEY WRITER
Kansas State and TCU square off on Saturday evening in Fort Worth, Texas. Both teams currently hold the two longest losing streaks in the Big 12 Conference. Both starving for a victory, Saturday’s game could go a long way in determining how each team finishes out its 2019-20 Big 12 campaign.
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The Wildcats have found themselves on a four-game losing skid for the second time this season after a tough 6459 defeat to Oklahoma State (12-12, 2-9) in Bramlage Coliseum on Tuesday night. Holding an overall record of 9-15 and 2-9 in the conference, K-State is currently sitting at the bottom of the table in the Big 12 standings, a complete 180 from last year’s Big 12 regular-season title team. The Wildcats are led by senior forward Xavier Sneed, who averages 14.2 points per game and is fourth in the Big 12 in steals per game with
1.8. Redshirt junior guard Cartier Diarra is not too far behind Sneed, averaging 13.3 points per game and is fourth in the Big 12 in assists per game with 4.6. K-State’s youth has shown up this season, starting two freshmen against Oklahoma State: DaJuan Gordon and Montavious Murphy. Since the Wildcats are a young team, they have room for growth. The youth form this year can become a strength in the years to come. In its last outing, K-State was held under 60 points for the fifth time this season after shooting 35.7 percent from the field and just 31.8 percent from behind the arc. The big story on Tuesday night, though, was how well the Cowboys were able to shoot the ball, shooting 51.2 percent from the field overall. A lot of that percentage was thanks to a spectacular second half of play where Oklahoma State made 13 of their 16 shots. That 81.3 percent from the field was the second-highest field goal percentage allowed in a half in team history
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TCU
TCU is currently riding a six-game losing streak with their latest loss coming at the hands of No. 24 Texas Tech (16-8, 7-4) on Monday night in Lubbock, Texas, 88-42. With an overall record of 13-11 and 4-7 in the conference, the Horned Frogs are sitting just behind Texas (1410, 4-7) in the Big 12 standings at seventh place. Senior guard Desmond Bane has established himself as one of the top scorers in the Big 12 this season, ranking second in the conference in points per game with 16. He hit this mark last time out against the Wildcats on Jan. 7, notching 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting, including four three-pointers. That is not all that TCU has to offer though, they also have two talented sophomores as well. Sophomore guard RJ
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Senior forward Xavier Sneed looks down the court for an open play during the men’s basketball game against TCU in Bramlage Coliseum on Jan. 8. The Wildcats fell to the Horned Frogs in a game that was close until the very end with a final score of 59-57. task for the Wildcats. After a tough performance defensively for K-State on Tuesday, it will be interesting to see if the Wildcats will be able to contain Bane. The defensive performance will be crucial for K-State if they want to come out of Fort Worth on Saturday with a victory. For TCU, it is almost the exact opposite, with an of-
fense that hasn’t hit 50 points in their past two games, the Horned Frogs have got to get their offense ramped up in this game if they want a chance at winning. The last time both teams faced each other was on Jan. 7 in Bramlage Coliseum where TCU slipped past the Wildcats 59-57. Catch all of the action at 4 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+.
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Nembhard currently averages 12 points per game, while center Kevin Samuel averages 10.4 points per game and is first in the Big 12 in blocks per game with 2.8 and third in the conference in field goal percentage, shooting at 65.3 percent on the season. Last time out the Horned Frogs were dominated by Texas Tech, as the Red Raiders held TCU to just 42 points, the fewest amount of points in a game since 2016 for the Horned Frogs. In that game, TCU netted its lowest field goal percentage since 2014, shooting just 26.7 percent from the field, while shooting another low from behind the arc, 15.8 percent, their lowest threepoint percentage since 2016.
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After a furious comeback win over West Virginia on the road Tuesday night, the women’s basketball team sets its sights on a road trip to visit the Oklahoma Sooners. Sunday’s test pits the 1212 Sooners against the 11-11 Wildcats for the second time this season. Last time around, a dominant third quarter lead Kansas State to a blow-out home win, 92-74. The two teams are part of a logjam at the middle of the conference with five teams — half the conference — sitting somewhere between 5-6 and 4-7 in conference play. The Sooners are in the middle of the pack at 5-7, but ride a two-game losing streak
that includes a road loss to Iowa State and a home loss to in-state rival Oklahoma State. They’ve lost three of five since the loss in Manhattan. In the last match-up, K-State’s two forwards turned in downright dominant performances. Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee joined a group of Wildcats tied at the top of the single-game rebound list with 20, she added 23 points. She also blocked five shots. Senior forward Peyton Williams contributed another 24 points and 11 rebounds. She managed three assists from the forward spot as well. The Wildcat frontcourt was able to do that mostly because of a massive size advantage. Lee, at 6-foot-5, and
Williams, at 6-foot-4, have a couple inches over any Sooner averaging more than 20 minutes per game. The two players have remarkably similar season averages in points and rebounds. Lee (15.59) and Willams (15.33) are nine and ten in the conference, respectively, in points per game. They are also two and three in the conference in rebounds per game, Williams has 11.48 and Lee has an even 11. What the Sooners do extremely well, though, is shoot the three ball. The only team with a better percentage is Baylor, who dominates most statistical categories. In the last game against K-State, Oklahoma was just 7-25 from three and sophomore guard Taylor Rob-
erson was only 2-10. The McPherson native averages a league-leading 4.67 made three-point per game and leads her team in percentage, making 42.9 percent. The Wildcats likely cannot count on such a poor shooting night to happen in Norman, Oklahoma, Sunday night and will have to focus on closing out well on shooters and running them off the line. K-State’s offense will probably stick to what is does best and feed the ball to Lee and Williams as much as possible. Expect another big rebounding night from those two against the undersized Sooners. The battle will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday on Fox Sports One and the K-State Radio Network.
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Four year process of reform begins with first JED campus meeting PETER LOGANBILL NEWS EDITOR
During the fall semester, Kansas State announced its plans to partner with the JED
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friday, february 14, 2020
VALENTINE’S DAY DENE DRYDEN COPY CHIEF
It's one of the most loved and most hated days of the year: Valentine's Day. Whether you're in a budding relationship, a long-term partnership or are trying to start a new fling, it's a prime day to show your affection via our generation's love letter — texting. Here are some templates for texting your lover a grand Valentine's message today, sorted by relationship status. Throw some emojis in for extra flirty flair.
FOR MAKING THE FIRST MOVE ON YOUR CRUSH
"Roses are red / Violets are blue / Just because I'm an English major doesn't mean I'm a good poet / Pls be my boo."
"You know, if we ***pretend*** to be a couple and get fake engaged at dinner, we'd definitely get free dessert."
FOR YOUR LONGTIME LOVE "Is it OK if I wear sweatpants to Harry's tonight?"
"After all this time, after X years of love, we always give each other flowers for Valentine's Day. This year, let's do something ~spicier~." (Then, drop a link to the Edible Arrangements website.) "You know, if we got fake engaged at dinner, we'd definitely get free dessert. ... Yes, I know we're already married, but it's worth a shot."
FOR YOUR FWB
"I think we need to put some space between us for a bit. Like a table-wide space. Or an actual table. Dinner?"
Texts to send to your significant other
"Let's try something new in bed tonight ;) I'll bring wine." (Hint: The new thing is confessing your true feelings for them, with emergency break-up wine at hand.)
FOR YOUR SAUCY TINDER MATCH
"Thanks for the super like! I super like getting discount chocolate, bring some to our first date?" "I see you like to fish :) I promise I won't leave you hanging on the line when we go to the movies tonight."
FOR YOUR NEW BOO
"I don't know your middle name or your favorite TV show yet, but what I do know is you've got a place in my <3." "Having the third date on Valentine's Day is pretty intense, so no worries! No pressure about gifts or anything :) it's
casual." (This is more for you than it is for them, oh God you're so nervous, it's OK, relax.)
FOR THE PERSON FROM BIOLOGY CLASS WHO YOU WENT ON A DATE WITH BUT IT FELT AWKWARD, YET IT WASN'T REALLY THEIR FAULT OR YOURS "It was great getting coffee with you last week! But I think our experiment needed to be in a more controlled environment. Mario Kart at my place?"
Dene Dryden is a senior in English and co-copy chief for the Collegian. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
Dating on a dime: Ideas for Valentine’s Day plans REBECCA VRBAS WRITER
There's no need to spend a great deal of money on some lavish display of affection to enjoy the day with your loved one. Show your love for your partner by not breaking the bank on your Valentine's date of choice.
APPRECIATE SOME ART
Art museums are both peaceful and romantic, and on top of that, Manhattan's own Beach Museum of Art is free to the public. There's always something new to see — they often have traveling exhibitions.
TAKE A HIKE
Though today might be a bit brisk for this activity, if you don't mind a little cold, this can be a fun and free way to enjoy the outdoors with your partner. Manhattan offers many opportunities for hiking, including the Konza Prairie and Pillsbury Crossing. The gas isn't free to get you there, but the view is worth it.
VISIT THE ANIMAL SHELTER
The best and cheapest way to show some love to some animals in need. The only downside is that this date isn't free if you fall in love and end up bringing home a furry companion.
GO WILD AT SUNSET ZOO
Manhattan has a surprisingly nice zoo to offer for a town of its size. It is $5.50 per person, open until 5 p.m.
GO ICE SKATING
Manhattan Ice Rink is a relatively affordable way
to get some exercise and keep you and your partner by falling on your face. It's only $3.50 a person with another $3.50 for skate rental. The rink is only open until Feb. 21, so now's as good a time as ever to go check it out.
ENJOY CLASSICAL MUSIC
If music is your love language, there is a brass quintet & piano concert sponsored by the Hale Library Concert Series at the St. Isidore’s Catholic Student Center. Tickets are $10 for students, but as far as concerts go, it's relatively cheap.
GET YOUR YEEHAW ON
If a concert sounds boring to you but the price point is about right, you can check out the K-State Rodeo at 7:30 p.m. in the Weber Arena. It's $10 for students with an ID.
WHATEVER YOU DO...
Don’t go out for a cliche dinner on Valentine's Day. Nothing is worse than being stuck at a table, in a crowded restaurant with an overworked staff, only out of obligation to make a public display of affection for your significant other. But that's just my opinion. Rebecca Vrbas is the Collegian’s culture editor and a senior in journalism and mass communications. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.