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A statue of Willie the Wildcat was unveiled in the K-State Student Union on March 29, 2017. The statue sits on a bench in the bottom floor of the Union.

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Title IX training session helps attendees recognize, report sexual violence MEGAN KOCER

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Two students and five staff and faculty members — all women — attended the Kansas State’s Office of Institutional Equity’s Title IX training session, hosted by Scott Jones, director of Office of Institutional Equity. “The Office of Institutional Equity strives to help the Kansas State campus become more educated and create a more normalized office to report sexual harassment and violence,” Jones said. “We act as a neutral party

by analyzing facts.” The training session’s learning outcomes were the type of conduct Title IX covers, reporting obligations, the “who, where, what and how” of making a report, support services and confidential resources, policy and procedure for reviewing complaints and the four “R’s” of eliminating discrimination. The four R’s are recognizing, reporting, providing resources and reviewing. K-State offers all-inclusive assistance to support and assist both victims and respondents. These services might include medical, counseling, academ-

ic and living assistance, among many others. Along with listing services, the pinwheel of resources given out by the Office of Institutional Equity also showed what services and organizations are confidential. There are also opportunities for grants to help with medical and counseling bills from K-State and Manhattan community services. Clara Valadares Kientz, advocate and educator at the Center for Advocacy, Response and Education, said the CARE Office provides confidential services and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence, dating violence, stalking

and sexual harassment. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “You, as a student, have to understand the options the university has for you,” Valadares Kientz said. “We know statistically that one in five women and one in 16 men will become victims of sexual assault. You may think that you don’t need to know and understand how reporting and coping with a situation like this works, but it could happen to a friend of yours or maybe even yourself.” The Title IX training discussed how the reporting process is conducted. Counseling Ser-

Ayres, Baalman reevaluate advising platforms KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

Kansas State students meet with their advisers a minimum of one time per semester to enroll, and the student body president and vice president-elect ran on a platform to make the advising process more efficient, personal and interactive. Jack Ayres, junior in chemical engineering and candidate for student body president, and Olivia Baalman, junior in computer science and candidate for student body vice president, ran on three platforms: Your Degree, Your Campus and Your Voice. As previously reported by the Collegian, the pair campaigned on improving advising standards across the colleges, updating academic advising technology and initiating a “Finish in 4” campaign under their “Your Degree” platform.

IMPROVED ADVISING STANDARDS

Consistency across colleges and departments, communication between advisers who have the same advisees and better focused conversations are ways Ayres said they can improve the university’s advising standards. “Part of it is I think there is a lack of an institutional standard,” Ayres said. “Not like a standard of excellence or accountability, but we don’t have a standard on

the way advising is done.” Ayres said while he understands different degree programs might have different needs, he is committed to consistency in advising. “Even if it’s consistently inconsistent, that’s better than what it is now,” Ayres said. From the various advising programs that are currently implemented on campus, such as one-on-one advising, group advising and lecture hall advising, Ayres and Baalman said it will be important to look at what styles are most effective to students. “I don’t want to say all group advising is bad, but I do think it’s important to look at the specifics of it in making sure it is still effective for the students,” Baalman said.

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Also under “Your Degree,” Ayres and Baalman said they hoped to make DARS reports interactive and more beneficial to students. According to the K-State Office of the Registrar, the “DARS report is an individualized analysis of a student’s academic progress toward a specified degree.” The report can be used to check degree requirements, how transfer credits and K-State credits fit into a specific program and what requirements have not been fulfilled.

“Currently DARS is more of an adviser resource than a student resource,” Ayres said. To make the report more student focused — when campaigning — Ayres and Baalman said they hoped to make DARS reports more interactive with the ability to run “graduation checks,” which would allow students to test different scheduling scenarios to ensure it is efficient for a four or five year graduation plan. Now, after being elected, Ayres and Baalman spoke with the Office of the Registrar to make this interactive report possible. After their meeting with the registrar, the pair found out these interactive features already exist on KSIS. On the same page where students can request a PDF version of their DARS report, students can also request one in HTML format, which is interactive. Students can also request a “What If ” report, which allows students to see what their course progress would look like if they switched their major. A “K-State 8” progress report and “incomplete requirements” report can also be downloaded. Ayres said each of the reports takes about six clicks. “There are a lot of features on the DARS reports now that one, students don’t know about and two, don’t know how to ac-

cess,” Ayres said. Now that the pair knows these features exist, they plan to make students more aware. “Nobody knows about these clickable links,” Ayres said. “So even if the look of the report doesn’t change, we can make massive headway in working on that request screen. Make that easier, make more instructions for students and make that the user-friendly component we want to work on.” However, with the Office of the Registrar’s plans to upgrade KSIS by fall 2017, they are not yet sure on the best time to begin making those changes.

‘FINISH IN 4’ CAMPAIGN

Ayres and Baalman also found out by talking to the Office of the Registrar that their plans to create degree program flow charts to help students “Finish in 4,” might not be possible. “There’s been some concern from the registrar — we’ve heard it from a couple people — about how it’s difficult to have flow charts for every major just due to the nature and characteristics that some of the programs work,” Ayres said. “I’d be interested in continuing to look more into that. Even if we don’t have it standardized across the board ... maybe there’s a way we can encourage departments to graphically represent (their degrees).”

vices, Lafene Health Center and the CARE office are all confidential employees that are designed to help discuss options after sexual harassment or violence happens. The K-State and Riley County Police Departments, Office of Student Life and Office of Institutional Equity are other places where incidents can be reported. Kylie Kinley, journalism and mass communications adviser, attended the session. “I think it’s important for me to become educated for all the issues that affect students,” Kinley

said. “This not only helps me to improve in my job as an adviser but also helps me to better advocate for students who may face issues like sexual assault or harassment.” Alongside the training for Title IX, The Office of Institutional Equity also conducts training sessions throughout the year for faculty, staff and supervisors on anti-discrimination, being a supervisor and the annual online training about alcohol and other drug use, sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention. The Office of Institutional Equity is located in Edwards Hall’s A-wing.

News Briefs: March 30 KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

National Crayon Day is on Friday, and to celebrate, Crayola said it will retire one of “its beloved colors from its iconic Crayon portfolio.” To find out what color from the standard 24-crayon box will be retired, Crayola is hosting a Facebook-live event tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. Central Standard Time. Frank Martin, South Carolina’s head men’s basketball coach, used inspiration from Kansas State’s head football coach Bill Snyder to rebuild South Carolina’s basketball team, according to the Wichita Eagle. “I asked him to reminisce on how he got through the first couple of years at K-State where they didn’t

win a lot of games and coach walked me through it, really helped me understand a lot of his visions, how he did it.” Kansas legislators are working on stricter amusement-park regulations after a 10-year-old boy was killed on Schlitterbahn Waterpark’s Verruckt waterslide in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. The waterslide was the world’s tallest. On March 29 the House Federal and State Affairs Committee approved a bill that would require owners of permanent amusement park rides to have them inspected by a professional engineer each year. The bill will now be sent to the House for debate, possibly allowing both the House and the Senate to approve it next week.

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1. TEXAS TECH (234, 3-0) (NEXT: TEXAS SOUTHERN) Picked to finish third in the Big 12, Texas Tech has met and exceeded those expectations. The Red Raiders are hot as they have not lost since a 5-1 defeat from UT-Arlington on March 14, and sit at the top of the Big 12 Conference.

5. TEXAS (18-10, 3-3) (NEXT: AT KANSAS) The Longhorns are usually a Big 12 contender, but have gotten off to a rough start at just 3-3 in conference play. It is still early in the season, but Texas will need to turn things around quickly.

2. TCU (18-5, 5-1) (NEXT: UTRGV)

TCU won the Big 12 in 2016 and was picked to win the conference again this season. The Horned Frogs have lost just once in conference play (a 4-3 loss to Kansas) so those predictions still look good for now.

3. OKLAHOMA (235, 2-1) (NEXT: TEXAS TECH) In three Big 12 games, Oklahoma has seen many runs scored. In its first three

6. BAYLOR (187, 2-4) (NEXT: AT WASHINGTON)

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Willie the Wildcat watches the K-State baseball game against Eastern Illinois University at Tointon Family Stadium on March 5. conference games, Oklahoma has averaged nearly five runs per game. With that type of efficiency, the Sooners could

contend for the Big 12 this year.

4. WEST VIRGINIA

(13-9, 2-1) (NEXT: AT OKLAHOMA STATE) West Virginia picked up one of the nine first place

Baylor has now lost backto-back games and will hit the road looking to avoid a third straight loss. The Bears’ 18-7 overall record is impressive to start, but 2-4 in conference play is a record they would like to see improve.

7. KANSAS (10-14, 1-2) (NEXT: MINNESOTA) KU is low in the con-

The secret's out: Life-size Willie the Wildcat statue unveiled KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

A big, purple Kansas State secret was revealed Wednesday afternoon in the K-State Student Union. Only 20 minutes before the surprise reveal at 2:30 p.m. the Union tweeted, “We’ve seen lots of you admiring the new Spirit Wall, but we feel like there’s something missing...” No other details were revealed. Then, at 2:23 p.m., the union tweeted again: “Lots of secrecy happening here.” Included in the tweet was a photo of a big “Willie the Wildcat-sized” object covered in a K-State purple blanket. Willie the Wildcat and

about 30 people filed in front of the Spirit Wall to be some of the first to find out one of the Union’s best kept secrets. “I think I can guarantee Willie will be speechless once he sees ... he will be at a loss of words,” Bill Smirga, executive director of the Union, said. The secret was a $35,000 life-sized Willie the Wildcat sculpture sitting on a bench, made possible through outside donations to the Union Excellence Fund. “Some days are more fun than others and this is one of those days,” Smirga said before revealing the secret to those in attendance. Audrey Taggart-Kagdis, Union director of marketing and community relations, said with the Union renovations

that have been going on for almost two years, new things are always popping up. She said Wednesday felt like the right time for a surprise, especially since Open House is this Saturday and students are just coming back from last week’s spring break. “We really felt like this was a good time to welcome everyone back from spring break and have a nice surprise so that as students are walking through the building over the next several weeks of the semester, they’ll stumble upon it,” Taggart-Kagdis said. Smirga said the addition of this sculpture and bench to the Union is “one of the coolest things” to have happened since renovations began almost two years ago. “Before renovations start-

ed, one of the things we knew about this building was it really didn’t speak to the spirit of K-State,” Smirga said. “In fact, you could stand in the middle of the building before renovations and look around and you wouldn’t even know you were in K-State. You wouldn’t see anything that related to the spirit or the history, hardly any purple in the building.” Smirga said one of his goals was to bring in more K-State spirit, and he hopes that as people now look around the building, they will see that changes have been made to encompass the K-State family spirit. Taggart-Kagdis said they had hoped to include a “photo-op” spot, and they looked for inspiration from other uni-

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ference standings with just one conference win, but has only played three conference games at this point. The Jayhawks have lost 14 games so far this year, but still could improve, as they are just getting ready to start their conference schedule.

8. OKLAHOMA STATE (15-9, 0-3) (NEXT: WEST VIRGINIA)

Oklahoma State is fresh off of a sweep at the hands of TCU to start conference play. It is a far from promising start for the Cowboys if they want to chase a Big 12 title this year.

9. KANSAS STATE (15-10, 0-3) (NEXT: TCU)

Kansas State was pummeled on Tuesday in Lincoln, Nebraska, 11-1 at the hands of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Much like Oklahoma State, the Wildcats will need to turn the momentum the other way quickly.

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Late February, Kansas State performed one of the first cataract surgeries on a gibbon, a type of ape, a 2-year-old named Booger. Booger was born with congenital cataracts in her eyes, which prevented her from seeing. “Booger is unique in that in my research and my understanding, she is the youngest gibbon I know to have cataract surgery,” Jessica Meekins, assistant professor in ophthalmology, said to the Manhattan Mercury. “The only other report I found was a gibbon of about five years old, and that was outside of the country. Booger is owned by Dana Savorelli who works at the Monkey Island Rescue and Sanctuary in Greenwood, Missouri. There, he cares for over 250 animals including other gibbons and sloths. Savorelli thought that K-State was one of the best places to help Booger. Savorelli also considered Missouri University for assistance, but MU could not accept, as they have a no primate rule due to health concerns. Savorelli chose to bring Booger to K-State after watching James Carpenter, assistant professor in wildlife and zoological medicine, work. Savorelli said it took some time to get ready for Booger’s surgery, including the blood work, but the

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Booger, a 2-year-old gibbon, had cataract surgery. day finally came. “My company manufactures equipment for handling exotic animals and Dr. Carpenter is pretty strong in the zoo world,” Savorelli said. “I have seen him over the years at the conventions and was pretty much a legend and K-State has a reputation of handling exotic animals.” There were at least 15 people in the operating room and several more just outside the doors. “There was not much risk, as any primate could go through the surgery,” Carpenter said. Despite the difference in species, this operation had no problems dealing with the eyes, as most species have similar

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