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Renters Together MHK group meets to discuss legislating safer housing by Bailey Britton Renters Together MHK, a local housing advocacy group, met Tuesday evening at the First Congregational Church on Poyntz Avenue to discuss strategies on how to make rental properties safer and more affordable for tenants in Manhattan. Kansas State students, members of the K-State Student Governing Association and Manhattan community members were in attendance at the meeting as part of Renters Together. Jonathan Cole, senior in mechanical engineering, led the meeting and encouraged everyone to voice their views. The meeting began with a debrief led by Rachel Shivers, community member and property renter in Manhattan, concerning events from the past two weeks. Shivers focused on a City Commission meeting and the town hall hosted by SGA on March 28. “One of the main focuses right now is meeting with city commissioners and [working] on getting a rental inspections policy in place,” Shivers said. “It was two weeks ago tonight where there was a City Commission meeting where a proposal was brought forth to implement an inspections policy.” Shivers said there were many sources of support for the policy, including community members, renters and K-State students.

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Hale renovations continuing as scheduled despite lack of insurance funds, dean says

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As previously reported by the Collegian, the east side of Hale Library’s first floor will be reopening in August as a study area. However, that doesn’t mean all is finished at Kansas State University — despite fire and water damage in May 2018, a lot is being done for the library thanks to donations and hard work. Regarding the need for donations, Michael Haddock, associate dean of K-State Libraries, said the library’s insurance payout is not yet finalized. The insurance will contribute a large sum to the renovation expenses, but Haddock said the K-State Family will need to chip in. “I can’t give dollar figures,” Haddock said. “It is an ongoing process, and it will be a while before there is a final number given. Philanthropy will be important. What we would like to do and how much we get for insurance may not pay for everything.” For the past two weeks, there has been major demolition on Hale’s first floor. The area behind the sunflower entrance that once housed Einstein Bros. Bagels and several offices is now completely empty. “So, it’s a big empty space in the first floor,” Haddock said. “Construction for renovation for

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The office of Lori Goetsch, dean of libraries, sits covered in plastic to prevent damage to her office space on the fifth floor of Hale Library during reconstruction efforts. After suffering significant fire and water damage on May 22, 2018, the library has undergone demolitions to renovate the first floor. Part of Hale’s first floor is expected to reopen for students in the fall 2019 semester. the first floor will start soon. Lots of stuff is happening inside.” Air ducts are currently being worked on in the Great Room. Next week, various heating, ventilation and air conditioning units will

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be replaced, and concrete flooring throughout the building will begin. “A lot is going on from the roof, but you can’t see it from the ground,” Haddock said. “Last week, 60 workers were working on the

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Klieman talks Spring Showcase, team progress at press conference CODY FRIESEN

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Now that legendary football coach Bill Snyder has officially retired, the Kansas State football team’s new head coach Chris Klieman has big shoes to fill, and K-State fans will have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the new coach in action with a Spring Showcase on Saturday. Fortunately for Wildcat fans, Klieman said at a Tuesday press conference that he is already seeing improvement during spring practices as the Wildcats enter the final week of spring camp. “Obviously, it’s a work in progress,” Klieman said. “Every day, I’m learning a little bit more about the position, or a young man. They’re practicing

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All members agreed the presentation at the meeting was effective and that city commissioners were interested in the issue at hand, that being renters’ rights and implementing a rental inspection policy. Shivers said the current system is insufficient. “We should continue to work toward fixing the issues with rental housing,” Shivers said. Cole added that Renters Together needs three or more commissioners on its side to make a difference. Brandon Irwin, local renter and community organizer with the Flint Hills Wellness Coalition, said Renters Together most likely has two commitments. City commissioners Jarred McKeen and Linda Morris seemed to side with the group during the last meeting, with two more seemingly on the way: Mayor Mike Dodson and mayor pro tempore Usha Reddi. “We seemed to get two others,” Irwin said. “Mike and Usha.” Irwin presented a diagram that depicted the influence of groups advocating for renters’ rights and the amounts of influ-

hard, we’re learning, it’s going to take time. I think all of us coaches have seen tremendous improvement from practices one to four, four to eight and eight to 12, so we’re making strides.” Spring practices provide an opportunity to experiment with players in various positions before things are more finalized in the fall. For example, junior wide receiver D.J. Render has spent some time as a safety in the last few practices. “It’s an experiment right now,” Klieman said. “D.J. did some really good things on a tackling circuit that we had from a special teams point of view, and so we wanted to give him an opportunity just to see where he would be.” Render previously appeared in seven games for the Wildcats in 2017, primarily on

special teams. Klieman also discussed junior quarterback Skylar Thompson’s progression with the new offense throughout spring practices. “I’m really pleased with where Skylar’s come from day one,” Klieman said. “To be able to make some calls on his own, to be able to change the protection, to be able to change a play to be able to get out of something that he knows probably isn’t going to be the best plan [has] put us in a better opportunity to be successful.” Thompson finished seventh in total offense in the Big 12 Conference last season, averaging 160.4 yards per game, and he is expected to improve even more in the upcoming season. Despite the strides Klieman said he has seen, he em-

ence they have. On the sheet, landlords are depicted as having a lot of influence with city commissioners about rental policies, while Renters Together, students and other advocates typically have less power. However, there is a chance that Renters Together made an impact at the last City Commission meeting. Shivers said Reddi made a statement at the meeting that she thinks incremental changes are the main way to change the policies currently in place. Irwin said Reddi seems to be straddling the line when it comes to rental issues. “There are two options for her indecisiveness,” Irwin said. “Reddi wants the program to be stronger, but also thinks it might hurt her candidacy. That isn’t compatible with one another.” Corbin Sedlacek, junior in management and accounting, added that some renters and city leaders might put the pressure on K-State to help improve housing options for students. “Mike seems to want K-State to step up and improve the education component of things to help students,” Sedlacek said. Another event hosted by Renters Together was an SGA town hall on March 28. Three city commissioners — Reddi, Morris

and McKee — spoke to students about their concerns related to rental properties and inspections. “We hosted a town hall with city commissioners, and it was a good opportunity for SGA,” said Hayley Spellman, student senator and senior in political science and communication studies. “We had nearly 100 people attend. It was good for them to learn about these issues and be heard.” Shivers added that she was also pleased by the town hall. “I was proud of the Renters Together members in general for this event,” Shivers said. After discussing the events of the past week, Renters Together then worked on setting goals and preparing their next steps. The group settled on a general long term goal of achieving safe and affordable housing that is renter-friendly, along with a short term goal of convincing commissioners that this is a large issue in the community that needs focused on. Renters Together also listed allies with their group, such as SGA and the K-State administration.

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phasized that it also comes down to the players to improve off the field. “It can’t just stop at the end of spring,” Klieman said. “All these guys [are] going to continue to work on their own — not just getting bigger, stronger, faster, but looking at install notes, looking at some film from the spring so that they stay on top of their game.” Rather than having a traditional Spring Game, K-State is putting on an open practice session for fans this year called the Spring Showcase. While a regular practice session may generate slightly less excitement about the upcoming season than a football scrimmage, Klieman said the decision was made for good reasons. “We only have two active corners that are not in red jerseys, so we can’t have a full scrimmage, and we only have a couple of active de-

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Willie the Wildcat welcomes the football players before the K-State football game against Oklahoma State in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 13, 2018. The Wildcats defeated the Cowboys 31-12. fensive ends that are not in a red jersey, and so we want to be smart with our guys,” Klieman said. “As far as you know, K-State’s not on the schedule for next year, so we want to make sure that we get our work

done so you can see a practice.” The K-State Spring Showcase is set to begin Saturday at 1 p.m. in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Tickets are available to the public, starting at $5 per person.

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Men’s golf takes 2nd out of 15 teams at Tiger Intercollegiate NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State men’s golf team rode a second-place individual performance by junior Jacob Eklund all the way to a second-place team finish out of 15 teams total at the Missouri Tiger Intercollegiate in Columbia, Missouri. The Wildcats played the first two rounds on Monday and finished up with a single round on Tuesday at The Club at Old Hawthorne, a 7,221-yard, par72 course in Columbia. Eklund came into the final round of the tournament 13-under-par for the tournament and in first place. Eklund then came back from a seven-stroke sixth hole to finish even-par in the last

round, and thus 13-under overall for the tournament. He was beat out by TCU’s Stefano Mazzoli, losing by just four strokes. As a team, K-State shot 276 in the first round and matched that score in the second round. This pair of 12-under-par finishes put K-State in third place at the end of the first day. “We are right where we need to be,” head coach Grant Robbins said to K-State Sports after the second round Monday. “We are eight shots off the lead, so we have a chance on Tuesday. The conditions right now are perfect, and the greens are really good, which obviously can lead to low scoring.” K-State got a little help from its host school in the form of an 8-over 296 third round that knocked Missouri off the

top spot and let K-State climb to second behind TCU. K-State’s senior Jeremy Gandon scored a 69 in his last round to jump from a tie for 18th to a tie for ninth. He shot a 69 in the first round and a 71 in the second round to go along with that performance. Junior Ben Fernandez and senior Roland Massimino tied for 18th place at 5-under 211. Massimino had a 73, 68 and a 70 in each respective round of play. Meanwhile, Fernandez shot 68, 72 and 70. The Wildcats will now turn their momentum to the Hawkeye Intercollegiate in Iowa City, Iowa, on April 20 and 21. That will be their final event before the Big 12 Championship in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, the following weekend.

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Hale was damaged by a fire that started near the roof during construction on May 22, 2018. While the fire did some damage to the building, most of the destruction was caused by either smoke or the water from the sprinkler systems that helped put out the fire before it spread too far.

With the first floor scheduled to be finished this fall, the second and fifth floors are expected to be reopened by spring 2020, with hopes of having those sections open to students at some point throughout the semester. The third and fourth floors will be finished by fall 2020. The areas of Hale built in 1927, including the Great Room, received the brunt of the water damage following the fire. Walls with murals had soaked up enough

water to have 90 percent moisture content, so the water has to slowly dry until the walls on all floors have lower moisture. Because of this, these sections of the library will likely not be open until 2021, Haddock said. While reconstruction of the building is important, there is also another half of the project being worked on — book cleaning. “Since September, people have been cleaning books [from] the 1.5 million volumes with dam-

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Books with smoke damage have been part of the cleaning process since September. For each book, a high-efficiency particulate air vacuum is used to clean off soot, the front is wiped with a chemical to remove any residue and ozone gas is used to eliminate odors. This is a book-by-book process, but 70 people are currently working every day to have the books completely cleaned by July or August. Numerous students have indicated disappointment with

the prolonged closure of Hale, K-State’s largest library and a popular study spot for many. “It’s sad to think about what is ruined and destroyed,” Sade Denny, freshman in political science, said. “You know it’s not going to be the same after the fire. Some things worse, some things better.”

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OPINION: How to find body positivity through 6 short questions GABRIELLE ALBERTSON THE COLLEGIAN

With summer right around the corner and the school year coming to an end, many of us want to have the “perfect” summer body — but there's no such thing as perfect. Society has painted a picture telling us that we need to look a certain way. Exercising more and eating healthy are healthy habits, unless we get carried away. Here are several questions to ask yourself to stay on a healthy track when it

comes to exercise and body positivity.

1. WHAT DOES MY BODY ALLOW ME TO DO?

Your body helps you do everyday chores like cleaning your apartment, doing school work or hanging out with friends. Your body is your best friend. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to function. Shifting your mindset to focus on all the things you are able to do creates room for gratitude. It's a gift to be able to walk, run, take the stairs and manage your life with a body that is functioning.

2. WHO SAYS YOU NEED TO BE THINNER? YOU?

Don’t let your mind take control of who you really are. Your weight is not your defining factor, no matter what society might be saying to you. Ask your close friends and family how they see you. They'll notice your kindness, your intelligence and your dedication — the things that really matter in the end.

3. HOW DOES YOUR BODY HELP YOU DO WHAT YOU LOVE?

Do you like hiking, yoga or playing with your furry

pal? Well, without your body you wouldn’t be able to do any of that stuff. Remember that.

4. ARE YOUR LOOKS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

To some, looks may be everything, and to others, they are content with themselves. Think to yourself: do I care how I look because of someone or something in my life? Because if that’s true, then some things need to change because I happen to think you are perfect the way you are.

5. WHAT HAS MY BODY HELPED ME DO WITHIN THE PAST MONTH?

Maybe that’s attending a concert with friends or going out on a family brunch. Without your body, you would not have been able to do any of those things.

6. HOW DOES MY BODY EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS?

Two words: through movement. That’s all it takes for your body language to express your emotions. With all of this being said, having a body positive

mindset is beneficial to you and your health. Looks aren't everything. As summer approaches, remember to ask these questions any time you doubt yourself. Gabrielle Albertson is a senior in mass communications. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian.

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