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Bringing home the bacon Page 5: The K-State Swine Teaching and Research Facility provides students with opportunities to learn about swine production.

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Varsity Food Truck workers enjoy fast-paced, fun job AUTUMN MOCK THE COLLEGIAN

The Varsity Food Truck’s workers’ nights start at 8 p.m., said Klinton Cranston, the food truck’s manager. The food is made in the main building then brought out so everything is fresh before the customers start to show up. Once the truck opens, the activity is relatively slow and steady for the early half of the night, Cranston said. “We typically get a lot more families and parents coming through a lot earlier in the night,” Cranston said. Once the bars in Aggieville start to close, business gets busy, and the line usually stretches out to Starbucks, said Ramiro Lopez, a Varsity Food Truck employee. Even with the long line aand cold weather, people will wait to get their hands on some food. Cranston said that on a typical Saturday night, they will sell around 1,000 sandwiches and 300 corn dogs. Since such a large number of customers arrive once the bars start closing, the truck does not always close at the time listed on their sign. “Typically we shut down whenever the crowd leaves,” Cranston said. “That could be anywhere from

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Varsity Donuts is a go-to on the weekends, any time of year, for Kansas State students. 2:30-3 a.m., but it can go as far as 3:30 a.m. depending on the night.” Even when the truck closes at 2:30 a.m. the employees are still there shutting everything down and cleaning up until 4 a.m. “I usually go to bed around 5 a.m., and then I have class at 10 a.m.,” Lopez said. “My Fridays are pretty rough.” Although, for some employees like Cranston, the hours are their favorite part.

“I’m a hardcore night owl, so the hours are my favorite part of the job,” Cranston said. Cranston has been working at the truck on and off for the past three years. He said all of his friends worked there for a long time before he decided to apply. “It’s a lot easier to work with friends than it is to make friends with the people you work with,” Cranston said.

It’s not easy to get hired at the truck, though. Cranston said people usually end up working at the truck through friends who are already employees. “We’ll get around 40 to 50 applications a month, and only one or two of those people end up getting hired,” Cranston said. Lopez said his co-workers are his favorite part of the job, too. “Everybody that comes here likes to work here,” Lopez said. “They’re all pretty much team players. That’s something I’ve never experienced in other jobs before.” The interactions with the Manhattan community, especially the students in the lively, night environment of the truck, are not only a perk for the employees, but also the customers, Zak Boxler, junior in finance, said while waiting in line for the food truck. “The atmosphere is great because of the friendly staff and the people you meet standing in line,” Boxler said. Between the community interactions, friendly co-workers and odd hours, there are unique experiences both employees said they enjoyed about the job. “It’s long hours, but it’s fastpaced and really fun (working at the truck),” Lopez said.

23 seconds too slow: Start of the Free Hugs Project KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

Three hours, five minutes and 23 seconds. Twenty-three seconds too slow to qualify for the Boston marathon. Twenty-three seconds that could have made a year of training a waste of time. Twenty-three seconds that turned into many free hugs. Twenty-three seconds made all the difference for Ken E. Nwadike Jr., a once-homeless kid and now the CEO of the Hollywood Half Marathon and the founder of the Free Hugs Project. As a past track athlete and an avid runner, Nwadike said hearing about the bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon was the first time hate went to his front door. “It was disheartening to see

runners who had trained their whole lives lose their limbs or even die in that race,” Nwadike said. “All I could think was what if a bomb went off at our race the week before. As a runner, it felt very close to me.” It was then that Nwadike decided he would show his support by training for and then competing in the 2014 Boston Marathon. “I started training for an entire year,” Nwadike said. “I thought if I trained and put in enough time I could pull it off.” Those 23 seconds stopped Nwadike from reaching his goal. “It was the first time I felt like I was going to cry when I crossed the finish line of a race,” Nwadike said. “I saw that 23 and realized all that training was for nothing. I wanted to show my support as a runner and as a race organizer and realized that wasn’t going to happen.”

From there, Nwadike said he was determined to find another way to show his support at the Boston Marathon.

FREE HUGS PROJECT

“I started talking to my friends and came up with this idea where instead of going there to run the race, I was going to go there and try to spread love,” Nwadike said. “I told them I’m going to wear this ‘Free Hugs’ shirt and try and give people hugs. And they told me that’s the stupidest idea ever.” Nwadike said his friends wished him good luck and encouraged him to take a tripod to film himself giving away free hugs. Much to their surprise, Nwadike said it was a huge success. Some runners even slowed down their pace to receive a free hug. “It didn’t matter that they were

running a race,” Nwadike said. “It really moved people. One lady told me it was probably the first hug she’d received in 10 years.” Nwadike posted the video of him giving hugs on YouTube, and by the time he got home after a eighthour flight nearly one million people had watched the video. “I knew I had to do more of this, so I said I’ll go to more running races,” Nwadike said. “And then as we started to move toward this political race and seeing all this tension going on and police brutality cases and protests, I said, ‘What if I used that same approach to go and spread love within this violence and see what could happen?’”

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K-State Wellness Week enhances overall wellness, raises awareness KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

Kansas State's Wildcat Wellness Coalition kicked of the 2017 Wellness Week with free bagels and hot chocolate at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, on the Union Terrace during their Wellness Week Kickoff. Julie Gibbs, director of health promotion at Lafene Health Center, said this is the first year K-State is hosting a Wellness Week and they hope to bring awareness to the eight different dimensions of health: spiritual, physical, environmental, occupational, social, intellectual, emotional and financial. "We just wanted to enhance overall wellness and raise awareness about overall wellness," Gibbs said. "We're trying to really focus on the different dimensions of health and try to have something for each day that focuses on a different aspect of health." Aubrey Rech, freshman in German, and Anna White, freshman in kinesiology, attended the kickoff for the free bagels, but said they enjoyed finding out about the other wellness events that will be hosted throughout the week. "I think it's cool," Rech said. "I like how they're doing multiple activities throughout the week."

WELLNESS WEEK EVENTS All Week: Scavenger Hunt. "Like" the Wildcat Wellness Coalition Facebook page to get clues Tuesday Transform Your Trek: All day, throughout campus Life-Size Barbie Meet and Greet: 4-6 p.m., the Rec "Let's Talk About Sex:" 6-7 p.m., Union 209 Wednesday Health and Wellness Expo: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Union Courtyard Top Chef Presentation: 6-7 p.m., Kramer Dining Center Thursday Spring Break Not Spring Broke: Noon to 1:30 p.m., Union Courtyard Ending the Silence: 7-8 p.m., Hale Library Hemisphere Room Friday Groove and Glow Zumba Dance: 7 p.m., the Rec Scavenger Hunt Winners Announced

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Farrow-to-finish facility for swine gives students opportunities SAMANTHA ALBERS THE COLLEGIAN

Whether it is through research projects, hands-on and class activities or part-time employment, the Kansas State Swine Teaching and Research Facility provides many opportunities for students. The swine unit was built in the late 1960s after a tornado wiped out the original farms that were north of Weber Hall. Since then, the farrow-to-finish facility has grown to a 150 sow herd operation, producing about 3,000 finishing pigs — which are the pigs that have reached the optimal market weight to be taken to harvest — every year. A farrow-to-finish facility has barns for each stage of production in a pig’s life, from farrowing — the process of a female pig giving birth to her litter — to weaning — when the litter is taken from the mother — to finishing. “It is a very practical and functional farm,” Mark Nelson, swine unit manager, said. “All the pigs are well cared for and are very healthy.” With each litter, sows — female pigs that have given birth — will farrow an average of 12 to 14

pigs.

After a new group of sows farrow every 35 days, their piglets stay with the sow for about 21 days and are then weaned into the nursery barn where they will stay for another eight to 10 weeks. They are then moved into the finishing barn, where they spend another 14 to 16 weeks until they have reached the market weight. The majority of harvest-ready pigs are sold to a commercial packing facility in St. Joseph, Missouri. However, for teaching and research purposes, a small number of the pigs are processed in Weber Hall. The meat from the pigs at the swine unit is then sold either at Call Hall or at the Weber Hall meat sale that occurs every Friday afternoon.

BIOSECURITY

At the unit, biosecurity standards and processes are met daily to ensure continuous health. Biosecurity standards are met when every visitor and worker who has been in contact with other pigs is required to shower and change into the coveralls and boots provided by the facility to protect the farm from any harmful bacteria or diseases. Others are required to

change their shoes and sanitize their hands. “We are very fortunate to have a very healthy herd and by following biosecurity protocols, our goal is to keep diseases off the farm,” Nelson said. One such disease, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, affected swine at 38 South Dakota farms alone in 2016. Even though there have been fewer cases in surrounding states, this disease is still a concern for producers because it can spread quickly and can be deadly to piglets.

RESEARCH, EXPERIENCE

There are currently seven faculty members at the unit, each with their graduate students who utilize it for research. The facility also has various undergraduate classes that visit to experience hands-on learning. At the farm, there are three full-time employees, with a range of 12 to 14 graduate students who conduct their research at the unit to work for their graduate or doctoral programs. There has been a focus recently to encourage undergraduate students to develop their own research projects. With faculty and graduate student supervision,

ducted at the farm and its direct application of these research findings to swine producers,” Nelson said.

STUDENT LEARNING

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Dylan Goeckel, senior in agribusiness, holds a piglet inside the farrowing house at the K-State Swine Teaching and Research Facility on Monday. Goeckel is one of the many K-State students who works with the animals regularly. there are about four to six undergraduate students each year who have the opportunity to visit the facility to gain exposure to the steps of conducting their research. Most of the current research projects at the unit focus on nutrient requirements for different ages or stages of production of different pigs. A few of these specialized projects include vitamin and min-

eral requirements and amino acid requirements for swine health. The research program also emphasizes applied research to help other swine producers in the industry become more profitable by improving management techniques and lowering feed costs. “K-State has a national and international reputation for the quality of research that is con-

“My favorite part about working at the farm is the variety of tasks,” Cannon Woodward, junior in wildlife, fisheries and conservation biology, said. “It is pretty hard to be bored out there because we are always doing different things.” Woodward is from Wamego, Kansas, and said he did not have any previous experience with working at a swine operation before coming to K-State. Alex White, senior in agribusiness, also said he did not have any previous experience with working in swine production before starting his employment at the unit. He said working there has given him the opportunity to learn about how to work with pigs and handle them properly. “One of the main parts that I’ve enjoyed about working out here is being able to work with animals and get my mind off of school,” White said. “I also enjoy telling people that I work at the university swine farm since it’s not usually a common job that other college student partake in.”

K-State agriculture students put classroom knowledge to the test MOLLY BERTZ

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Kansas State College of Agriculture students tested their talents last week while competing in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry’s Academic Quadrathlon. Seventy-six students from across the college competed in teams of four for a chance at the champion title. Teams competed in a lab practicum, written exam, quiz bowl and oral presentation in hopes to win with the highest combined score. The academic quadrathlon is a long-standing tradition in the animal science department, beginning in 1982. On average, 13 teams compete in the competi-

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MaRyka Smith, senior in animal sciences and industry, Taylor Ochsner, junior in animal sciences and industry, Cameron Hayden, junior in animal sciences and industry, and Jenna Chance, freshman in animal sciences and industry. tion, but a record 19 teams participated in this year’s event. Karol

Fike, professor in animal sciences and industry and coordinator of

the quadrathlon competition, said she attributes this feat to her colleagues. “We have significant faculty, graduate student and staff leadership beyond myself that contribute to making the event a success,” Fike said. “There are other faculty members who provide leadership to the oral presentation, quiz bowl, written exam and lab practicum portions of the competition.” Cassie Jones, professor in animal sciences and industry, said her experience competing in the competition during her undergraduate career at K-State was one of her favorite memories. “I was fortunate to be on a winning ASI quadrathlon team my freshman year of college, and

we represented K-State at regionals,” Jones said. “As a student, I participated because it was a fun thing to do with my friends. The potential prize money and belt buckle were certainly motivating factors, as well. That experience, and especially the regional competition, exposed me to a network of students and faculty that I otherwise never would have interacted with.” “Participating in the ASI quadrathlon as a student was a fun thing to do with my friends, and ended up helping me understand how all the disciplines and classes I was taking are interrelated,” Jones said. Now as a faculty member in animal sciences and industry, Jones said she continues to see the

benefits of the competition and provides incentives for students to participate. “As a faculty member, I now give extra credit as a small extra incentive for students in my animal nutrition class to participate,” Jones said. “I understand the value that the critical thinking and extracurricular experience of the animal science quadrathlon brings to our students.” Winning team members received a $100 cash prize each for every event, while the overall team also won custom belt buckles. Second place team members won $50 in gift certificates. Cami Roth, senior in beef see page

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Guest editorials: Student body presidential, vice presidential candidates YOUR DEGREE, YOUR CAMPUS, YOUR VOICE

These three focuses are a product of conversations, concerns and ideas from our experiences and interactions with K-State students. We are committed to transparency and accountability as we work to improve the spot that we love full well by putting your ideas into action. In the coming year, we hope to help provide the best educational and campus experience for all students. Our initiatives encompass many ideas such as DARS readability and technology improvements, degree flow-charts for every major, as well as transportation aspects, like a drop-off lane at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on game days, and providing ATA Bus GPS Tracking on the K-State app. With these ideas, and many more, we hope to provide tangible improvements to campus that all students can enjoy. Moreover, the future of our campus is largely governed by long-term university strategic planning. We believe with our depth of experience we will be able to effectively serve as strong stewards of student voice to make sure the needs and the voice of students remain our

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Jack Ayres, senior in chemical engineering, and Olivia Baalman, junior in computer scienece, stand in front of Anderson Hall in the center of Kansas State’s campus on Jan. 27.

university’s top priorities. This journey has been incredibly rewarding for us as we have been able to meet so many peers and administration, gain new perspectives and experience purple passion across all of campus. We have gained an even greater appreciation for this university and people at it. Moving forward, our efforts will focus on ensuring that the

K-State family atmosphere and community that we all know and love is maintained in order to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. Here at K-State, we continue to hold our land-grant mission close to heart. A large component of that mission is access. Students are being faced with tuition increases each year as they work to obtain their degree. We are committed to being a voice for all students and ensuring that our administration is transparent and accountable as they work toward initiatives affecting students such as the creation of a multicultural student center and increased funding for needs-based scholarships. Lastly, we hope to see even more students engaged and involved in this process by voting in the Student Governing Association elections. Your participation in elections is a critical part of what makes the student voice at K-State so strong. We are grateful for the opportunity to advocate for student ideas and concerns. As always, go Cats. Jack Ayres and Olivia Baalman are candidates for student body president and vice president.

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cattle management and a member of the 2016 champion academic quadrathlon team, knows what it takes to win the coveted title. “Our upper-level animal science classes, such as anatomy and physiology, reproduction, beef science, nutrition and feeding helped to give us an edge,” Roth said. “To prepare for the oral presentation, (our team) met several times before the competition to come up with our skit.” While knowledge was valuable, Roth said she attributes their

success to teamwork. “We had a team of great people who had a fun time together and made the quadrathlon a very rewarding experience,” Roth said. For the past three years, Gage Nichols, junior in animal sciences and industry, has competed in the quadrathlon. This year, Nichols’ team placed fourth overall. “I do the quadrathlon competition every year because it gives me a chance not only to have a fun time with friends, but also apply the knowledge I have gained here at K-State,” Nichols said. “It is also fun to see what I have not learned or do not remember.” The 2017 champion aca-

demic quadrathlon team consisted of MaRyka Smith, senior in animal sciences and industry, Taylor Ochsner, junior in animal sciences and industry, Cameron Hayden, junior in animal sciences and industry and Jenna Chance, freshman in animal sciences and industry. All four individuals will travel to Omaha, Nebraska, to represent K-State at the Midwest Academic Quadrathlon in March. “I believe our variability of experience is what really set us apart,” Smith said. “It was a collective effort. We are extremely excited to compete at regionals and hopefully nationals.”

FOCUSED ON YOU

To us it is more than just a phrase. It is a promise that we have made to you, and a promise that we intend to keep. Throughout the past four months, we have reached out to every organization and spoken to over 1,100 students. From discussing how the Anthropology Club can help with campus food insecurity issues, to listening to the United Black Gospel Choir practice, we have learned so much about our campus and our peers. Our original intent with reaching out to every organization on campus was to adequately hear and understand the concerns of our peers. We wanted to come to you and listen. Additionally, we chose to pick six platforms. In choosing these platforms we surveyed students to ensure that we were picking things important to the student body. We also chose them because we felt that they were concrete ideas that we could feasibly accomplish in our term. We felt that you deserved this metric to adequately judge our job performance. However, there are still so many more issues that we wish to advocate for, and while we did not make them specific platforms, they are still very important to us. They have been a part of our conversations with administrators, students and our core staff since the beginning. At this time, we would like to expand on some of these. We know that there is need for a multicultural student center. We are also aware that there have been certain roadblocks, like administrative

changes, that seem to set these plans back. The multicultural center plays an integral role in K-State’s Diversity 2025 Plan. We know we still have much to learn, and we intend to do so by continuing to reach out and partner with multicultural organizations. We are committed to learning more. We will need help further educating ourselves and the rest of the student body on the importance of diversity, but we understand that this is File Photo by Austin Fuller THE COLLEGIAN

Matt Mindrup, sophomore in biology and philosophy, and Emily Zwick, junior in philosophy and agricultural economics, stand in front of Anderson Hall in the center of Kansas State’s campus on Jan. 30.

an important issue to many students. It is also an important issue to us. We are also committed to securing need-based scholarships. These scholarships would be privately-funded scholarships for students who have exhausted all other forms of financial aid. These scholarships do not take away from the pool of money for general university scholarships. As you might know, K-State has had lower enrollment the past three years. These lower enrollment numbers did not result because we have a recruitment problem, or poor freshman to sophomore year retention rates. Instead, many students that left were juniors and seniors who ran out of money

and had to drop out to work. The intent of these needbased scholarships is to assist students like them. Finally, we would like to address the issue of empathy on our campus. From Jetmore, Kansas, to Asunción, Paraguay, K-State is home to thousands of students, with each holding his or her own individual experiences and values. We are different; yet, we all identify with this amazing thing known as the K-State family. College is an amazing time because it allows individuals to branch out and meet people completely unlike oneself. Encountering those whom we disagree with or do not understand can be a very exciting experience, and it can also be uncomfortable at times. However, in order to ensure the integrity of our educational institution, it is imperative that we continue to push for respect and empathy toward those from which we differ. One of the most beautiful things about higher education is the ability to have the free and open exchange of ideas. We must work toward building a more empathetic campus so that we can ensure the spirit of respect and family never dies. We are so proud of our university and the students here. It has been a true honor meeting and speaking with you. This experience has been life changing. Regardless of the outcome of this election, we will continue to ensure that our university is focused on serving you. Matt Mindrup and Emily Zwick are candidates for student body president and vice president.

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OPINION: Allowing alcohol in sororities would reduce sexual assault CALEB SNIDER

THE COLLEGIAN

If Kansas State, along with universities nationwide, and the greek community are truly concerned about reducing the number of sexual assaults on college campuses, then a great way to do so would be allowing sororities to have alcohol in the houses, just as some fraternities can. I know it may seem like a ridiculous way to reduce sexual assaults at universities, but just take a few minutes to read this and think about it. Allow me to start by saying that I don’t believe this plan of letting sororities host parties will make all college sexual assaults disappear. We desperately need to be educating people on our campuses of proper sexual conduct, to take “no” as a literal no, and to openly discuss the psychological, social and physical effects sexual assault can have on someone, their family and the community. Now, if you have ever asked

why sororities can’t host parties, you have probably heard that it’s because having alcohol in a house in which multiple women live is considered a brothel. It’s not true. It’s a silly myth that people continue to tell. The real reason is because keeping sororities dry means the houses are cheaper to insure. To see if this belief was the the case on our campus, I asked the president of the Panhellenic Council for K-State, Laura Herter, senior in education, in an email interview about K-State’s panhellenic requirements and who determines the policies that sororities follow. “The simple answer is the decision to not allow alcohol/ parties in the women’s chapter facility is decided by the individual organization headquarters,” Herter said. “On our campus, the sororities are a part of (National Panhellenic Council). NPC states that the best practice for alcohol policy is to hold the members to the standards created by the chapter headquarters along with risk management education.

“Each chapter on our campus follows the rules establish by their organizations, keeping them consistent with their values and fellow members across the nation ... Yes, there is a large incentive to remain alcohol-free because of

lower premiums, but also because the house itself stays cleaner (and) newer longer.” So this begs the question, are sororities, whether knowingly or unknowingly, putting a price on the prevention of sexual assault?

I put pressure on the sororities because the National Institute of Justice, a research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, identifies sorority membership as a risk factor in sexual assault, saying, “Almost a quarter of sexual assault victims were sorority members, whereas only 14 percent of non-victims were sorority members.” In my opinion, this means sororities have a moral obligation to do all they can to protect the women who live in their houses from sexual assault. On the flip side, there are several studies documenting the difference between men who join fraternities in college and those who don’t. Many of these studies find that the men who join a fraternity and are submersed in the culture are three times more likely to commit sexual assault. Before anyone jumps to the defensive, as I predict some will, fraternity culture is extremely important in this discussion because of the fact that sororities can’t host parties.

Fraternities thereby are the go-to for parties, especially for sororities since they’re all part of the same community. The kind of large-scale parties that frequent among fraternities, which are so well known that Hollywood has made movies about them, that provide an environment in which sexual assault becomes easier. Extensive amounts of alcohol and/or drugs mixed into a culture where the main objective for men at parties is to “score” is begging for something to go wrong.

To read more, visit kstatecollegian.com Caleb Snider is a sophomore in public relations. 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.

What to Watch: College basketball’s final week before tournaments RYAN PORTER

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NO. 24 IOWA STATE AT NO. 10 WEST VIRGINIA

A Big 12 matchup between No. 24 Iowa State and No. 10 West Virginia. Both teams are sitting at 11-5 within the conference. Although Kansas has already clinched the Big 12 Conference, it is a matter of momentum as we draw closer to March Madness. Iowa State plays Oklahoma State before their meeting with the Mountaineers. The Cyclones have been red-hot toward the end of the season, winning six of their last seven. Not to mention they took down top-ranked Kansas and Baylor. One thing Iowa State has going for them is experience. Their top four scorers,

each averaging double-digit points, are all seniors, led by Monte Morris with 16.3 points per game. West Virginia still has to face No. 11 Baylor before playing Iowa State. West Virginia has looked good all season long, but had a very shaky performance against TCU Saturday, only winning by one point. The Mountaineers traditionally play very well at home, only losing three games all season while in WVU Coliseum. Tune in for tip off at 6 p.m. Friday on ESPN 2.

NO. 19 NOTRE DAME AT NO. 8 LOUISVILLE The ACC race is very tight. There are three teams only a couple of games behind first-place North Carolina, two of which are Notre Dame and Louisville. Despite a four-game

losing streak in the middle of the season, Notre Dame has regrouped to win their last five games. Notre Dame was victorious in their first matchup with Louisville, winning 77-70. The Fighting Irish rally behind junior forward Bonzie Colson, who is averaging a double-double with 16.8 points and 10.6 boards a game. Louisville, sitting with an overall record of 23-6, has lost all six of their games to ranked opponents. The Cardinals have relied heavily on their young talent, sophomore Donovan Mitchell, who has been carrying his team with over 16 points per game. Louisville will also look to improve from outside the arc, shooting just shy of 26 percent from the three-point line in their first match up with Notre Dame. Catch the ACC action at 1 p.m. Saturday on CBS.

NO. 17 DUKE AT NO. 5 NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina succumbed to Duke 86-78 earlier this season in one of college basketball’s biggest rivalries. However, the Blue Devils now have to head to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for their last game of the season. Duke has one game before North Carolina, against No. 15 Florida State. The struggles don’t stop there for the Blue Devils, as they look to snap a two game losing streak to unranked opponents. Despite these problems, beating two ranked teams within the ACC could put them in a great position heading into the ACC tournament, along with March Madness. North Carolina has been all business since losing to Duke, winning the four games since then by large margins.

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Sophomore forward Dean Wade jumps for the ball at the game against Iowa State on Feb. 15 at Bramlage Coliseum. North Carolina is sitting at the top of the conference with a record of 13-3. The Tar Heels lead the NCAA in rebounds, 44.2, and are third in assists,

18.1. They also have a tough matchup before Duke, traveling to take on No. 23 Virginia. Tune in for a thriller Saturday at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN.

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K-State women’s basketball falls in Women’s golf team wins Westbrook Spring Invitational season finale on senior night BRETT ENGLE

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The Wildcats fell in their final game in Bramlage Coliseum to the No. 6 Texas Longhorns 69-61 on Monday night. “We made a nice push to get back in,” head coach Jeff Mittie said. “We got to the free throw line. I think our group did some good things to get back in it, but ultimately too many mistakes with a quality team like Texas.” The Wildcats were led in scoring by junior guard Karyla Middlebrook who had 14 points in the losing effort while senior center Breanna Lewis had 12 points and senior guard Kindred Wesemann finished with 11 in their last games in Manhattan. It was a very slow offensive start for both teams, as the score at the end of the first quarter was 9-5 with Texas holding the four-point advantage. K-State took a 17-16 lead, but the Longhorns regained it and took a halftime lead 27-19. The Longhorns came out of the gate strong on a 6-0 run and had a 14 point lead just a few minutes into the second half. The Wildcats had an answer though, as they went on their own 8-0 to cut the gap to 39-31 with four minutes left in the third quarter. K-State got even closer, getting within four points at 45-41 with just 10 minutes to play in the game. The Wildcats could not get over the hump in the fourth quarter, as they eventually fell 69-61 on senior night at Bramlage Coliseum. This was the final game in Manhattan for Lewis, Weseman, Jessica Sheble, Kelly Thomson and Erica Young, unless K-State is selected to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament in March. “We were just honoring what they have done for the program,” junior forward Kaylee Page said. “They have just really set a standard that we want to

The Kansas State women’s golf team started its spring season in high fashion, winning the Westbrook Spring Invitational that took place on Sunday and Monday at the Westbrook Village Golf Club in Peoria, Arizona. The team shot a 3-under-par 861 to beat the 13-team field by four strokes. The 861 team score is now tied for the second lowest 54-hole score. The Wildcats sat two shots back of first place after the first day, but pulled ahead after a solid second day. “I’m really proud of the ladies,” head coach Kristi Knight said to K-State Sports. “They did what they needed to do, which was stay patient and stay calm throughout the round.” Junior Connie Jaffrey led

the team, coming in second place with a 6-under-par. Aubrey Judd of Nebraska won the tournament with a 7-under-par. Senior Madison Talley put together some solids rounds, shooting a 1-under-par, which tied her for 10th. Freshman Tara Carlson tied for 21st with

a 2-over-par. Senior Katherine Gravel-Coursol tied for 31st, and senior Paige Nelson tied for 37th, shooting a 5-over-par and a 6-over-par, respectively. On March 10-12, the Wildcats will return to the course in Tucson, Arizona, for the Mountain View Collegiate.

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Then-junior Paige Nelson follows her ball to the green of hole 11 at Colbert Hills during a women’s golf team practice on Oct. 13, 2015.

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Senior center Breanna Lewis looks to shoot the ball during the K-State game against Texas in Bramlage Coliseum on Monday. live up to, and continue to live up to. I would say it was a special night, and we were playing for them. However, it was another league game and we wanted to come out with a win. We

just fell a little bit short.” Next up for K-State is the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City as the Wildcats will take on the Iowa State Cyclones at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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Transgender students, allies rally for solidarity, support on campus

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Riley Katz, senior in gender, women and sexuality studies and president of Gender Collective at K-State, speaks to the crowd at the K-State Family Call-In on Bosco Student Plaza on Monday.

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The K-State Gender Collective and K-State Sexuality and Gender Alliance, as well as allies, rallied on Bosco Student Plaza Monday evening during a “K-State Family Call-In,” to show support for the bathroom and locker room rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. Samantha Sharpe, graduate student in biology, said the group hoped the rally would bring attention to policies and statements being made by those in the White House that are not inclusive to everyone. “This rally is organized as a response to the executive statement that came out last week that the White House is no longer supporting the rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are in accordance with their gender,” Sharpe said. “That doesn’t influence the official policy of Kansas State University, but we feel like it might potentially embolden individuals to harass or endanger transgender students on

campus.” Holly Nelson, senior in anthropology, said there needs to be a sign of support from faculty and staff like President Richard Myers; Pat Bosco, vice president of student life and dean of students; Zelia Wiley, interim associate provost for diversity; and athletic director John Currie. “We can’t keep falling back on the general non-discrimination policy,” Nelson said. “We need a statement — explicit policies. We need to know and we need clear verbal support. We know you don’t want any student to be harmed or hated on this campus, but do you see the specific struggle students are going through and are you going to do something about it?” Nelson said action that should be taken by administration includes the addition of gender-neutral bathrooms, help in making the act of asking for someone’s pronouns normalized and using preferred names on class rosters. “Right now there are 20 gender-singled restrooms on this campus,” Nelson said. “They could easily be made into gender-neutral bathrooms with a flip of a sign.”

Riley Katz, senior in gender, women and sexuality studies, said some students on the K-State campus have to live in fear because they do not know what restrooms they can use. “In the past two weeks, I have heard from a handful of trans students here on this campus who are so afraid to go to the bathroom,” Katz said. “They are afraid to be assaulted. One student told me they waited seven and a half hours to go to the bathroom. These are people you see on a day-to-day basis. How is that OK? In any world, how is that OK? You can’t tell me that this is OK.” Brandon Haddack, coordinator of the LGBT resource center, said it is not OK that K-State students are living in fear. “Today, we have to have these conversations because we can’t allow our students to live in fear,” Haddack said. “We can’t allow a student to not feel safe because they don’t know where they can use a restroom. Everybody should be entitled to be able to use the damn restroom. There’s nothing normal about preventing someone from using the restroom, especially according to their gender identity.”