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A full blood moon appears behind the tower of Anderson Hall as the lunar eclipse begins on Sept. 27, 2015. The lunar eclipse coincided with a supermoon during this rare celestial event.
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K-STATE AT NIGHT Life at Kansas State University buzzes on even after the sun sets. Though doors are locked and street lamps illuminate the buildings in a hazy light, the heart of campus beats on. With the students working in studio classes, the custodians keeping the K-State Student Union open and lively Aggieville happenings down the block, the Little Apple is a city that never sleeps. K-State after dark isn’t a side of campus that many are used to seeing. For some, it’s terrifying, and
for others, it’s work as usual. Regardless, campus and the surrounding area is a hub of life, no matter the time of day. In this special edition of the Collegian, the stories recorded within these pages are those of the people of Manhattan. Individuals whose work is accompanied by chirping crickets and sparkling stars, students gathering to blow off steam at the Recreation Complex, community members in worship and others who make the night life in Manhattan possible.
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Most of the reporting in this issue occurred on March 7 — just a day before spring break. It’s not unusual for life at K-State to drag out into the late hours of the night or the early hours of the morning, and Thursdays seem to be one of the busiest nights of the week. Some students kick off their weekends, some gather in student organization meetings and others, like the people who make this very newspaper, work well into the evening. From the Collegian, this is K-State at Night.
All-nighters on campus: Why some students study in the Union after the sun goes down ANGELA SAWYER THE COLLEGIAN
As it gets closer to midnight, most would probably expect the Student Union to be as empty as the sidewalks on the Kansas State campus. Though the stores and shops have closed, the Union is far from dead — it simply has a different type of energy. While other buildings on campus often close for the night, the Union is open 24 hours a day, Sunday through Thursday when school is in session.
For many students, the late hours of the night are the best time for studying. The areas that are usually crowded during the daytime are free game, and the noise levels go down significantly. The Union gives a space for students to study in if they can’t (or don’t want to) study at home. Nancy Lopez, sophomore in finance, said the Union is the perfect place to study at night, and she could easily stay there as late as 2 a.m. “I usually just come here to study,” Lopez said. “It gives me an atmosphere where I can actually concen-
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trate. Where I live, there are a lot of distractions sometimes, and this place just offers a different atmosphere.” The Union also hosts a lot of club meetings and other events for organizations that can end late in the evening, and some of these students remain in the Union even after their event is over. “I was here for a meeting, then I stuck around afterward because I had some stuff to get done,” Whitney Gutsch, junior in psychology, said. “I am not super productive in my apartment, and I can get things done here.”
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With so much studying to do in college, many students at K-State prefer to study in a public space free from the fun distractions of their residences. Katherine Spencer, freshman in elementary education, is one such student. “I had study hours with my sorority, and they tend to run late,” Spencer said. “I focus better when I am in a public place than when I am in my dorm.” Whatever the hour, the Union always houses students in need of a place to buckle down and focus on studying.
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Grab your copy of at Vista Christian Challenge builds faithful community at K-State PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
Every Thursday evening, Christian songs can be heard from Forum Hall in the Student Union as members of the student ministry Christian Challenge meet to build their religious community at Kansas State University. Rachel Ryan, junior in education, said she started coming to Christian Challenge after being invited by a friend’s older sister. “I come to Christian Challenge for the community and as an extra way to gain wisdom and knowledge in my faith and to grow in fellowship with other believers,” Ryan said. “I’ve learned that community is really important. That is key in growth, [both] personally and in your walk with Christ.” Andrew Dunn, sophomore in electrical engineering, said he also goes to Christian Challenge to interact with like-minded students. “It helps me to growth in my faith, to grow in wisdom and understanding of what the Bible says and how I can live in community with other believers,” Dunn said. On the night of March 7, the associate director of Christian Challenge, Brian Sturm, shared a message from the biblical book of Proverbs. Sturm explained a contrast between the biblical ideas of wisdom and foolishness. “A guy who discipled me said, ‘It’s preventative ministry with college students,’” Sturm said. “We’re talking about today, foolish choices that lead to poverty. If we can solve those when we’re
young, it saves a lot of grief when you’re my age because you’ve had bad habits.” Sturm said he works with Christian Challenge because of the impact Christianity had on his own life in college. “Students are trying to figure out what they’re going to live for, what life’s about,” Sturm said. “Growing up, I was in church. I had a lot of preconceived notions about who Jesus was, and I never checked it out for myself. When I did, it radically changed my life, so I want to help students that are interested just to grapple with who He is and set aside our preconceived notions and investigate it.” Back when Sturm was a student, Christian Challenge was known as the Baptist Student Union. The name changed so the inclusivity and goals of the student ministry would be more clear. “Everybody hated the name because a lot of people weren’t Baptists and they felt like they couldn’t come if they weren’t a Baptist,” Sturm said. “We’re loosely associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, but a high percentage of students that’d come weren’t Baptist, so they’d see it and go, ‘Oh, I’m not welcome there.’ We also had students confused that we were the Black Student Union, because we would call it ‘BSU.’” Sturm said he loves working with college students because they are in a decisive time of their lives. “It’s a great time to follow [Christ],” Sturm said. “It’s just a key place in life when we’re figuring out what we’re going to live for, who we’re going to marry, all those kinds
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Associate director Brian Sturm shares a message from the biblical book of Proverbs at Christian Challenge on March 7.
of things. [Students] have such vision to change the world, to offer yourselves fully in whatever that is. It’s just exciting to be around.” After attending Christian Challenge for a couple of years, Dunn said he has been encouraged to act on his faith in his everyday life. “I’ve learned the biggest thing would be intentionality in my faith,” Dunn said. “How I can be a light to the other people on campus and my desire to reach others.” Christian Challenge meets every Thursday in Forum Hall at 7 p.m. with a second service at 8:45 p.m.
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Varsity Truck attracts customers even on cold winter nights EMMA WITTER
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While students’ motivation may have been slowing down in the brutally cold weather before spring break, business at the Varsity Truck in Aggieville was still going steady on March 7. The eatery is located in a food truck behind the Varsity Donuts storefront. Laci Moore, Varsity employee and senior in secondary education, said she wanted to work at the truck because of the people. Even in the cold, she said there hasn’t been a shortage of customers for her “people watching.” “Even on our coldest days, it’s amazing what people will wear or do at the truck,” Moore said. “There’s a lot of different kinds of people that come to get the food.” Moore has been working at the truck for two weeks, but she said her short time there has already been defined by several crazy encounters, mostly with intoxicated individuals taking a break from a night out. “We had one guy throw $31 in the window as a tip,” Moore said. “He was stalking around the truck forever yelling through the windows, and we were like,
‘We don’t know what you want!’” Moore said she loves working at the truck, and apparently customers feel the same way about her. “People tell me they love me, and I’m just like, ‘Okay!’” Moore said. One avenue to the Varsity Truck is through an alley connected to Moro Street. In recent weather conditions, this alley has often been covered in a thick sheet of ice. “I almost slipped walking back there multiple times,” Kirby Krumsick, sophomore in social work, said. “But honestly, the grilled mac ‘n’ cheese was worth the risk.” Moore said a typical night at the truck includes ebbs and flows of business. “It’s a lot of ‘hurry up and wait,’” Moore said. “A lot of times there’s a lull, and then usually later in the night we’ll get crowds of people. Some are super crazy, but others are really chill.” Morgan Gantz, senior in animal sciences and industry, said the Varsity Truck is a great spot to visit if you’re hungry and not sure what to do with your night. She and some friends stopped by the truck that Thursday to fill a lull in their plans. She said they didn’t
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The Varsity Truck is open from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. spend much time out in the cold. “There was no line when we went. Score!” Gantz said. “They were super fast and friendly as usual.”
While some students make their trip to the Varsity Truck the main event of the night, others find the truck to be a place to unwind and recharge for just a moment. “I think my favorite part
about going to the truck is getting off the main streets because it’s not as crowded as the bars,” Krumsick said. “It’s a nice way to get some food and get away from the chaos of Aggieville.”
While it may be relatively chaos-free, one thing the Varsity Truck can’t protect customers from is the cold. Still, that doesn’t seem to stop them from coming out to eat.
Midnight snacking: An important part of MHK’s food culture SARAH MOYER
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A pair of Kansas State seniors sat facing the front window inside Insomnia Cookies, Aggieville’s most notable late-night dessert place. It was about 10:30 p.m., and car lights flashed by on Anderson Avenue as the Thursday night foot traffic started to pick up near Aggieville. The two friends — Morgan Mauck, senior in physical sciences, and Tatum Wagner, senior in family studies — said they came to procrastinate on studying for a test with the help of gooey, chocolatey cookies. Insomnia Cookies is typically one of Manhattan’s favorite midnight snack providers. The Little Apple’s latenight food culture includes local and chain restaurants. While she was sitting at Insomnia Cookies on March 7, Wagner said McDonald’s and Pizza Shuttle are her other favorite places. Each restaurant has daytime hours, but Wagner said she thinks Insomnia Cookies tastes better at night. Its retail and delivery hours last until 3 a.m. every day. “I definitely come here the most,” Wagner said. “Sometimes I get it delivered.”
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Laci Moore, senior in secondary education, hands Kirby Krumsick, sophomore in social work, a grilled mac ‘n’ cheese at the Varsity Truck on March 7. Mauck shared similar sentiments. “I don’t think to buy cookies unless it’s at night,” Mauck said. The duo said Insomnia Cookies is “always open” and its cookies are “always
warm,” and that is what brings them back. On the other side of town, Kriss Anderson, a 10-year employee of Pizza Shuttle, was hand-tossing crust for the night’s second big wave of pizza orders.
The first wave starts around 6 p.m. — dinnertime. “It’s a great adrenaline rush,” Anderson said about preparing pizzas on a busy night. “We are the delivery masters.” Pizza Shuttle, which
opened in Manhattan in 1988, makes about 400 to 450 pizzas on a typical Thursday night, Anderson said, and March 7 was no exception. Still, it seems paltry compared to the 1,300 pizzas made earlier on
March 2, Fake Patty’s Day. “I get to make great art that everyone loves,” Anderson said. Cade Green, sophomore in management information systems, said he learned about Pizza Shuttle from his parents, who attended K-State themselves. “They said Pizza Shuttle was the move, so we tried it once and we’ve never looked back,” Green said. Green was picking up a cream cheese pizza that night — his favorite — when interviewed. Anderson said the most popular orders at Pizza Shuttle are a tie between cream cheese pepperoni and cream cheese bacon. “Other places don’t have the cream cheese part,” Green said. “I find it to be a little bit cheaper than other places, too.” Green said it costs $9 for his favorite pizza, but it would be more expensive for delivery. Anderson said taxes are included in all their prices when ordered. Pizza Shuttle delivers until 2:30 a.m. on Thursday nights, but hours vary every day of the week. “For dinner or late at night, me and my roommates always get it,” Green said about his cream cheese pizza. “We get it like three times a week, honestly.”
Small crowd rides the waves at Mojo’s before spring break RAFAEL GARCIA THE COLLEGIAN
On the night of March 7 — just before spring break at Kansas State University — Mojo’s Beach Bar attracted an unusually small, quiet crowd for a bar in Aggieville. At the start of the night, about a dozen people clustered into the tropical-themed bar — not necessarily the crowd you might expect to see on a “Thirsty Thursday,” but Mojo’s isn’t the most well-trafficked bar in the first place. Mojo’s is located on the outskirts of the Aggieville business district, and with many students already on their way to the real beach for spring break, the number of “shark shots” the bar was expected to serve that night was minimal. Then again, a low profile might be exactly why a handful of customers were there in the first place. The bartender said about half of them were regulars, and the other half were the kinds of students who wander in and out of Aggieville’s many bars for variety. The regulars all knew each other and the bartenders by name, and it’s where many of them met each other and became friends.
“It’s very much a ‘college dad’ bar,” Rey O’Rourke, a recent K-State alumna, said at the bar. She said she usually goes to Mojo’s with a couple of her coworkers from Tallgrass Tap House, but that evening, she was just there doing some “people watching.” She said she likes the campy atmosphere and “turd music” the bar plays. On the other end of the bar, a loud rendition of the chorus to “Whatta Man” by Salt ‘N’ Pepa and En Vogue broke out. Lleran Johnson and Zac Throneburg, two other recent K-State alumni, were between the bar and jukebox, shifting between playing darts, sipping beer and belting out songs. Since the two graduated years ago, they have remained regular customers. “It’s not really your average college bar,” Throneburg said. “It’s like that kid at school who does their own thing.” The pair agreed Mojo’s wasn’t all that busy at the time, but it was still early. In the meantime, the pair indicated there was still plenty of time for dancing. “It’s the one bar that you’ll hear ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at, and everyone will still be dancing and singing along off-key,” Johnson said.
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Kansas State alumni Lleran Johnson, left, and Zac Throneburg, right, take turns at the dart board in Mojo’s Beach Bar.
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When the sun goes down, students stay busy in studio classes MACY DAVIS
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Willard Hall appeared to be empty on the evening of March 7, but appearances can be deceiving. Behind closed studio doors and down in the basement of Willard, students were still working on projects the day before spring break. Casey Keatley, sophomore in kinesiology, was working in the Willard ceramics studio on a project for ART 102, ceramics for non-majors, which she attends on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. “We’re supposed to do an abstract project,” Keatley said. “Right now, I’m just waiting on my clay to dry ... so I can put it together and be done when I leave for spring break.” Keatley was one of two students staying late in the studio after the last session of the course before spring break. While Keatley said she had taken other night classes before, this was her first studio course. “You kind of have to apply yourself a little bit,” Keatley said. “You definitely have to be creative, which is also hard when you’re so ready to be done for the day. You’ve got to get those creative juices flowing.” Meanwhile, up on the second floor of Willard, Jordan Hill, freshman in fine arts, was spending time in a drawing studio. “I’m supposed to be working on a ballpoint pen drawing that’s due after spring break is over,” Hill said, “but I had to get done
Jordan Koster | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP Studio spaces for student projects in Seaton Hall are frequently used at all hours of the day. an image that I need to photocopy for a woodblock carving I’m going to be doing for printmaking.” Hill said he has found himself spending more time in the studio at night in the spring semester than he did in the fall. There are more projects in his printmaking and 3D design classes that can’t be easily worked on in the dorms, he said. Though Willard had appeared empty, Regnier Hall had no such deceptions
right before the beginning of spring break. Through the large glass windows, students could be seen in various architecture studios hard at work. However, Regnier is hard to get into after dark if you aren’t an architecture major; students have codes they use to get inside the building. Jenna Engel, senior in architecture, said in an offsite interview that she spends four to five nights a week in
the studio. “Technically, once, when I was a freshman, I pulled an all-nighter,” Engel said. Architecture studio is a five credit hour course. The other classes architecture students take often correlate directly with their studio class. “It’s a pretty normal thing directly after studio ends to go eat supper and then come back,” Engel said.
When working on projects, students perform site analysis, participate in a design and feedback process and then spend time in production meticulously making models of their projects. “Production is where you spend the most time,” Engel said. “Those are the crazy insane hours of getting three hours a night of sleep.” Despite the long hours, Engel said she enjoys the dynamic that exists between
the members of a studio. “The environment is awesome,” Engel said. “I really think that’s unique to this major. There’s something about being in studio together at 3 in the morning, super stressed and super delirious, that you get super close to each other. The studio I have now is constantly roasting each other and it’s hilarious. You’re around these people constantly, but after 1 a.m. it’s completely different.”
On busy nights, intramurals give students chance to be active GABRIELLE ALBERTSON THE COLLEGIAN
March 7 was a busy Thursday night in Manhattan, and Thursdays are the night to go to the Recreation Complex and watch or play intramural sports at Kansas State. The Rec Complex is currently focused on intramural basketball, but Teresa Christie, intramural
supervisor and senior in agribusiness, said there are other intramural sports taking place right now, too. “Currently, we have basketball and individual sports,” Christie said. “We also have 2K, badminton and racquetball, and then after spring break, soccer will begin.” While there are a variety of sports to take part in, basketball is one that is clearly more popular than
other intramural sports. “Intramural basketball is the gauntlet of basketball here on campus,” Spencer Fuller, senior in marketing, said. “It’s kind of like battle royale, but it’s basketball.” Tyus Heinrich, Rec Complex official and senior in nutrition and health, said intramural sports are more than just something to do with friends on a Thursday night, which is one of the busiest nights at the Rec
Complex. “Intramural sports are really about conflict management — how do you interact with different people and how do you diffuse situations,” Heinrich said. “You really bring in your people skills. With players and then your fellow officials, it’s all about how you manage the game and then how you go about making sure the game doesn’t get messed up.”
Just about every available court is filled up on Thursday nights with students playing basketball. On March 7, the playoff games for intramural basketball tournament were held. “To get to the playoffs, you play five regular season games,” Fuller said. “Everyone is separated into pools and you have to be among the top three or four teams in your pool to make the
playoffs. ... We went threein-one I believe this year, so the way that works then is at the end of the playoffs, they seed you based on that and then [hold] single-game eliminations from there.” With the basketball season coming to an end, students can get involved with tennis, softball and other intramural sports for the last part of the spring semester at the Rec Complex.
NICHOLS HALL AT NIGHTTIME
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Numerous activities go on at night on the Kansas State campus, including rehearsals for plays at Nichols Hall, pictured here on Sunday in the glow of its evening lights. After a long night in Nichols, the noise and lights from Anderson Avenue can chase students home any day of the week.
K-State Police works to help students at all hours of the day LIZZIE WENBERG THE COLLEGIAN
At Kansas State University, the on-campus police department plays a large part in promoting safety and efficiency on campus, but the daily lives of police officers can also be unpredictable, especially after dark. The K-State Police Department is headquartered in 108 Edwards Hall. The department has seven security offi-
cers, six communications specialists, two investigative officers, 17 police officers, one emergency management coordinator and seven administrative members. The campus police department created to assist in promoting and regulating the overall efficiency and safety of the university. Lt. Bradli Millington shared plenty of info about the K-State Police, along with some things that set it apart from the average town’s
police force. Millington said he started out working for the Riley County Police Department in the early 2000s. A job opened up in 2003 for the K-State Police, and Millington decided to take it. Having that experience of working for a non-collegiate police department, Millington said he had to adjust in some ways to the new setting and the different experiences it would bring to his line of work.
“The college campus is unique because we deal with a broad variety of different nationalities here on campus,” Millington said. “Our population is also pretty transient.” Millington said the campus police see a wide variety of people every year because the student population changes annually, and professors come and go semi-frequently as well. K-State’s Manhattan campus, as Millington put
it, is “a city inside of a city,” and it is the job of the campus police to enforce not only university policies, but local ordinances and state laws as well. Officers also work closely with the Office of Student Life and the Department of Housing and Dining to ensure students’ safety at K-State. Along with this, the daily life of a police officer can be quite unpredictable. The campus setting presents plenty of variety in the types of
tasks officers are asked to respond to, Millington said. “You never know quite what you’re going to do every day,” Millington said. At the end of the day, Millington said the police department is on this campus to keep order and assist those in need at any time of day. “We’re here to help people,” Millington said. “We have a job to do, but we’re also here to teach and help.”
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Baseball wins series over UT Rio Grande Valley CODY FRIESEN
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Kansas State baseball moved its record to 10-9 this season with a series win at home against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley over the weekend in Tointon Family Stadium. Junior Chris Ceballos collected five RBIs for the Wildcats in the series, including a pair of home runs, but K-State committed five errors in the final game of the series, allowing UTRGV to snag a win for a final standing of 2-1. The Wildcats won the opening game of the series with UTRGV 3-1 on Friday, backed by dominant pitching. Freshman Griffin Hassall pitched 4.2 innings, striking out seven and only allowing one run on four hits. The bullpen threw 4.1 scoreless innings, with sophomore Andrew Stratman earning his second win of the season. Junior Caleb Littlejim struck out four in two innings of work, and senior Mitch Zubradt collected his fourth save of the season. Junior Cameron Thompson went 2-4 with two runs, and RBIs from senior Thomas Hughes, sophomore Zach Kokoska and Ceballos were enough to secure the win for the Wildcats. On Saturday, the Wildcat offense erupted in a 7-1 victory to secure the series win over the Vaqueros. A two-run second inning and a three-run third helped the Wildcats to their dominating win. Ceballos had a hot bat on Saturday and collected four RBIs with two home runs. Junior Dylan Phillips hit a solo home run, his
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Junior pitcher Tyler Eckberg pitches toward the Old Dominion batter while the catcher prepares the recieve the pitch. On March 8, the K-State baseball team had their opening home game against Old Dominion. The Wildcats lost 5-0. This weekend, the Wildcats ended up victorious in a home series against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley team. third of the season. Freshman Jordan Wicks earned his third win of the season with 6.1 innings pitched and only allowing one run on five hits with six strikeouts. The Wildcats failed to get the series sweep as UTRGV took
the final game 6-5 on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats were held scoreless after the fifth inning, leading 5-3, but gave up runs in the sixth, seventh and a solo home run by senior Anthony Gomez would give UTRGV a 6-5 lead. Phillips was the losing pitcher af-
ter giving up the game-winning home run to UTRGV. K-State committed five errors in the final game and allowed two unearned runs due to errors. Despite the win, UTRGV left twelve runners on base in compared to the five left on base by K-State.
The Wildcats will have a twogame series at home against Canisius on Tuesday and Wednesday at 3 p.m. before traveling to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to open the first Big 12 Conference series of the season on Friday against Oklahoma State.
Rowing claims several races at spring opener
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Men’s basketball head coach Bruce Weber paces the court at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. After losing in the Big 12 Tournament to Iowa State on Friday evening, K-State is now looking toward the NCAA Tournament in San Jose, California. In the Big 12, the Wildcats were ranked as the No. 1 seed, but lost that status on their way to the championship. At the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats are seeded at No. 4 for their first game — the same ranking as the University of Kansas.
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This past weekend, the Kansas State rowing team claimed victory in nine races in its spring opener at the Hornet Invitational. The competition was held on Lake Natoma in Sacramento, California, on Saturday and Sunday. This was the first regatta of the spring season for the Wildcats. K-State had five boats racing in this competition in individual sessions against Saint Mary’s, Sacramento State and San Diego State. During Saturday’s races, the Wildcats claimed seven consecutive races against Sacramento State and Saint Mary’s. “I think that all the racing went really well,” head coach Patrick Sweeney said to K-State Sports. “It was a great weekend for us.” The K-State 1v8+ boat defeated Saint Mary’s in open water in 6:37.5, and the Wildcats won all four races that afternoon against Sacramento State. The 2v8+ boat won in 6:49.1. The first day of the regatta ended with K-State coming in first over Sacramento State in 7:05.6. “I think we are in a really good physical state, but we have to work on our technique and sharpen up, but that comes with being on the water,” Sweeney said to K-State Sports. On Sunday morning, K-State rounded out the Hornet Invitational by winning races with its 1v4+ and 2v8+ boats against San Diego State. The K-State 1v4+ boat crew won in 7:27.5. Coming in second and beating San Diego State, the 2v4+ boat finished in 7:33.7. Next up for the rowing team will be the Sunshine State Invitational in Sarasota, Florida, on April 5 and 6.
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Driving me crazy: K-State senior shares his odd experiences as a late-night Lyft driver SIERRA STAATZ
THE COLLEGIAN
When the clock rolls around to 2 a.m., many people out and about in Manhattan count on drivers using ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to get home safely. Sterling Oliver, senior in theatre, is one such late-night driver, and he has several strange encounters to share. Oliver said he ended up as a Lyft driver due to his need for flexible hours. As a theatre student at Kansas State University, he was looking for something with guaranteed income in
between performances and helping friends make albums on the side. Although Oliver said he enjoys driving, he doesn’t devote an excessive amount of time into his job as a driver. “I still have a real job,” Oliver said. “As a theatre major, I’ve been acting in a show, I have Cadence [a capella group]. I can’t get many hours in a week.” Still, Oliver has completed nearly 150 drives for Lyft since July 2018. Many people that use the service are transfer or temporary students who need a drive from the grocery store back to campus, but in the later hours, Oliver said he sees a lot of inebriated
Aggieville partygoers. One aspect of ride-sharing that can be frustrating for drivers is missing a pick-up, especially later on in the night. “One time somebody called, and I said, ‘Okay I’ll be right there,’ and then they never showed up,” Oliver said. Fortunately, the noshows are not considered a complete waste of time. If there’s a no-show, the driver still gets a little bit of money from Lyft. Every time Oliver goes out, he said he tries to get at least three or four rides in. “Most students and workers will have vehicles,” Oliver
said. “I mostly only see locals around the 2 a.m. range.” Oliver said he has experienced some interesting situations during his time as a Lyft driver. Most often, Oliver said, he overhears friends telling funny, yet inappropriate stories. On one occasion, though, he witnessed the aftermath of a major moment in his riders’ lives. “One time, I drove a couple coming out of a really fancy restaurant on Poyntz [Avenue] called Bourbon and Baker,” Oliver said. “I think they had gotten engaged that evening. That was a lot of fun.” However, not every Lyft
ride happens after something blissful like an engagement. Sometimes, things get awkward. “One time a girl had just broken up with her boyfriend,” Oliver said. Regardless, Oliver said he works to make every ride enjoyable for the riders. Some Lyft drivers have a sheet of paper posted in the back of their car, allowing the rider to choose if they want the ride to be quiet, talkative or something in between, but Oliver has his own personal twist on the idea. “What I do is keep my aux cable open if they want to listen to music,” Oliver said.
While that is the only “extra” thing Oliver does, he said it is enough to keep riders happy. “They feel like they are catered to, and that can make a magnitude of difference,” Oliver said. If you’re looking for a job with sociable coworkers, being a driver probably isn’t for you; Oliver said he does not know personally know any other drivers. “I’ve never spoken to anyone from Lyft — ever,” Oliver said. However, Oliver added that he does not mind the isolation. “I’m a very independent person,” Oliver said.
OPINION: The 3 best nighttime study places on campus EMMA SNYDER
THE COLLEGIAN
The end of the semester will be here before we know it, which means it’s time to get back on that study grind. Hitting the books and studying hard can be a tedious task, and finding a good place to study on the Kansas State campus just makes it all the more difficult. If you’re seeing a lot of late-night study sessions in your foreseeable future, here’s a list of the top three nighttime study places on and around campus.
1. K-STATE STUDENT UNION
The Union can often be intimidating during the day. There’s so much hustle and bustle, and finding a good study spot seems pretty much impossible. During the evening, however, traffic slows down and it becomes a much more mellow place to get stuff done. The Union is a popular study spot among students for many reasons, mainly for its accessibility: There are so many places to sit, a variety of food options (at least before the restaurants close) and it’s home to multiple public printers and computers as well as the Library Help Desk.
The Union is always a good option if you need a place to get stuff done, day or night.
2. UNION STATION
In the heart of the Union is separate little space called Union Station, an offshoot of the local restaurant JP’s Gastropub. The sit-down restaurant is popular among both students and professors for its quality food, wide variety of beers on tap and speciality cocktails. JP’s is the perfect spot to study and grab some good eats and quality beer — if you’re old enough, anyway. From street tacos to salads to burgers topped with mac ‘n’ cheese, there’s a dish for everyone, and they have student specials for under $6. Just go ask a server or bartender and they’ll hook you up. Union Station is open until 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 8 p.m. on Sundays, so it’s the perfect spot to get some work done before it gets too late.
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After Hale Library’s temporary closure due to fire and water damage, the K-State Student Union is a convenient option for students like Sarah Onken, sophomore in mass communications, who like to get away from distractions at their dormitories or apartments when they study.
3. RADINA’S COFFEEHOUSE
feine fix while you’re at it. Their coffee is good and their atmosphere is even better, plus they’re open late to fulfill your nightly study (and espresso) needs. Once you start studying
Radina’s is a go-to for a majority of K-State students due to its multiple locations both on- and off-campus. It’s a great place to study and get in your caf-
at Radina’s, you’ll probably never want to stop, so you might as well make a routine out of it. Pack your bag, head to your closest Radina’s, order a cup of joe and study, study, study!
Emma Snyder is a contributing writer for the Collegian and a junior in mass communications. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the
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