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On the Spot debates hot actors, weird words DEVIN BRATKIV

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The Dumb Debate series, hosted by the Union Program Council and On the Spot Improv, wrapped up in the sweetest way possible: arguing about sweets and treats. Two members of On the Spot Improv, Kailey Meacham, freshman in wildlife conservation biology, and Jacob Casey, freshman in political science and hospitality management, bantered back and forth on whether or not Peeps, the marshmallow candies, are really “that bad.” “Even if you don’t like the candy, you’ve got to admire the candy,” Meacham said. “You don’t have to eat them, but they’re nice to look at.” In response, Casey compared Peeps to going to the doctor to get vaccinations. “It’s like a shot: you only have to get it once a year for a vaccination, and you hate it,” Casey said. “That’s how painful Peeps are, honestly.” Meacham combatted that statement, saying, “I, for one, love shots because every time I go to get a shot, I reward myself with a Peep.” Casey and Meacham also debated which word was worse: moist or supple. “I love the word supple,” Meacham said. “I’d use it in

WEEKEND EVENTS Compiled by Rachel Hogan What: UPC film screening — The Disaster Artist When: Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Where: Wildcat Chamber, K-State Student Union James Franco takes on the role of Tommy Wiseau in the retelling of the making of cult classic “The Room.” Entry is free for all K-State students with their student ID. What: Delfestopia Improv Comedy When: Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Where: Forum Hall, Student Union Before diving into the final weeks of the semester, take an evening to relax at Delfestopia. Friday night will feature college improv teams, and a professional improv team, The Reckoning, will perform on Saturday. The cost of attendance is free, and there will be free food.

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Questioning the opinion of an audience member, Jacob Casey and Kailey Meacham have an intriguing debate on whether cheesecake is actually a cake. As members of On the Spot Improv, Casey and Meacham took part in Dumb Debates, hosted by UPC in the Union Courtyard on April 19, 2018. every sentence if I could. I don’t hate moist, but it is a weaker word.” Casey replied with a different opinion. “I love the word moist,” Casey said. “When you’re

talking about food — especially desserts — moist is the only usable word. You can’t be like ‘Mm, this cake is so damp.’” Mikaila Woods, junior in microbiology, offered a more

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moderate sentiment. “I like all words equally,” she said. To test the limits of this statement, Casey and Meacham tried saying words like “garage” and “meats,” which

seemed to be the nastiest words they could think of, but Woods held true to her word.

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What: Strong Community Country Swing Dance When: Saturday at 8 p.m. Where: Strong Complex Courtyard The Strong Community is hosting their last country swing dance of the year. The event will offer beginner dance lessons, refreshments and a performance by R&P. What: Clean Up MHK When: Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Where: Aggieville To kick off Green Week 2018, the Office of Sustainability, Housing and Dining Services and Students for Environmental Action will roam the streets of Aggieville and the sidewalks of campus, cleaning up Manhattan before stopping at Arrow Coffee Company.

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LGBTQ* Faculty and Staff Alliance aims to build support, solidarity MARISA LANG

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For years, the Sexuality and Gender Alliance at Kansas State University has provided a welcoming and supportive environment for LGBTQ students and other members of the community. Now, the formation of a newer organization gives LGBTQ graduate students, faculty and staff access to a group of their own. “There has been interest in and support for a group like this for many years,” said Mariya Vaughan, co-chair of the LGBTQ* Faculty and Staff Alliance. “Many passionate faculty and staff members felt there was a need for an organization to bring our community together in support and solidarity.” Vaughan, who is also the assistant director for K-State First, said the alliance has worked with the LGBT Resource Center in its formation, and in 2017, finalized their bylaws and mission to become an officially recognized group at K-State. The alliance’s other cochair Harlan Weaver, assistant professor of gender, women and sexuality studies, said the group is most focused on providing an inclusive, supportive space in a society where heterosexuality is considered the norm and LGBTQ identities are not always accepted. “We are really focused

on building and sustaining a community that faculty, staff and grad students can benefit from,” Weaver said. “The kind of space where, for example, when one of us has to contend with, say, the daily microaggressions and macroaggressions that go along with being LGBTQ in a campus and a town that is mostly hetero- and cis-normative, we have a place to turn where folks not only don’t need any explaining, but also offer support and, if needed, guidance.” Josh Hilbrand, social chair of the alliance and program coordinator with the Global Campus, said his decision to join the alliance came not only from his own experiences, but from seeking a place in Manhattan where he could connect to other members of the LGBTQ community. “I joined after the founding of the group, but I joined for a lot of the reasons it exists,” Hilbrand said. “I moved here a few years ago from Washington, D.C., where the gay scene is huge. It seemed like a good place to connect with the local community, find support and also serve the university in some small way.” While the group has worked to provide support for members of the LGBTQ community through advocacy and inclusivity across campus, Vaughan said there are still incidences of harassment and discrimination. However, Vaughan believes these incidences could be prevented by

more education on LGBTQ identities and issues. “Advocacy is needed so that all are celebrated and accepted inside and outside of the classroom and in our workplaces,” Vaughan said. “We also need to ensure that our community has a voice at all levels of the university, so our experiences are heard and we have a say within the institution.” According to the Human Rights Campaign website, FBI data shows a 5 percent increase in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes from 2015 to 2016, including a 2 percent increase in crimes based on sexual orientation bias and a 9 percent increase in crimes based on gender identity bias. Weaver said they believe their group is critical to ensuring that members of the LGBTQ community have the resources necessary to continue supporting each other in environments that may be hostile or otherwise homophobic. “As a group, we also labor to make sure that faculty and staff have their own support so that they in turn can be supportive,” Weaver said. “Given the rise in LGBTQ related If hate crimes in the past several years, both broadly and in terms of college populations, maintaining faculty and staff’s ability to continue the important work of caring for students and each other is critical. A group like ours is needed now more than ever.” In the end, Hilbrand

hopes to build a caring campus community that does not merely tolerate LGBTQ people, but understands and celebrates others of differing sexual orientations and gender identities. “In practice, I suppose our goal is to push the needle in a positive direction, even if it’s small,” Hilbrand said. “Creating spaces for us to be ourselves is important. Finding areas where we can nudge opinions or promote understanding is essential. … We want to build a community and a culture where we are not just tolerated or accepted, but celebrated for being who and what we are.”

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Mariya Vaughan, co-chair of the LGBTQ* Faculty and Staff Alliance, works with Harlan Weaver to support and advocate for sexuality and gender identity-based issues in the K-State community.

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The library of tomorrow: Hale prepares for first floor renovations MONICA BRICH REINA GARCIA GRANT FLANDERS THE COLLEGIAN

Technology and the way that students use it to study is evolving, which means that research locations like Hale Library must evolve as well. Hale is fundraising for a new renovation, for which a start date has not been set. As Hale prepares for the first floor renovation, Roberta Johnson, project manager for the renovation and senior director for administrative and IT services, said the project focuses on improving the student experience. These updates include: • Opening entrance to first floor • Reservable collaboration rooms for students to work on projects, use Skype, etc. • An easier access point to Einstein Bros. Bagels from the inside of the library • Turning the 24-hour study area into a public meeting room, similar to the Hemisphere Room, where students can study when not in use • A library instruction classroom to fit 60-80 people, also available for student use • An innovation center for 3D printing, virtual reality, video production, green screen studios, artificial intelligence and plasma screen TVs Also, the children of the Hale family have donated $500,000 to support the project. To commemorate the donation, a cafe in the renovated space will be named in their honor.

ROBERTA JOHNSON HAS WORKED AT HALE LIBRARY FOR 12 YEARS, SO SHE HAS SOME STORIES TO TELL ABOUT THE STUDENTS: “I have several I can’t

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A snowy morning outside Hale Library on the Kansas State University campus on Jan. 16, 2018. Johnson said roughly 97 percent of the library’s budget now goes toward electronic materials instead of print materials. Print materials are still available, but they are stored off site. “[Students] are now doing work differently than even 10 years ago,” Johnson said. “[Hale] was built in an era where that wasn’t even thought of as being a need.” Johnson said library staff have always mediated between students and information. And as ways to access

tell you, because I don’t want them published. The students here are very creative and very innovative in the things they do. We have locks and bolts on all of our vents [now] because we found students in the walls. When we first sort of

information evolve, so does the library. “Sometimes I don’t think people understand why it’s still so important for [librarians] to be involved in understanding what that knowledge is, because in addition to being very powerful, it’s also getting more and more difficult to determine whether it has any validity,” Johnson said. “And I think librarians have a real important place in all of that.” The new electronics have not yet reached Hale’s floor,

but there are librarians that can help students access and utilize modern technology. Rachel Miles, digital scholarship librarian at Hale Library, does copyright consultations for students and faculty, as well as helping them publish scholarly journals through New Prairie Press. “I can also help with assessing the impact of their research,” Miles said. “I have a specific little niche expertise in altmetrics, that basically looks at what kind of online attention [someone’s] research is

started with the YouTube, we had a group that put crayons and drawing paper and created a video on how to find it so if you were stressed while studying, you could go to a certain place in the stacks, move some books, and there was all this creative material. And that video had a birth-

day cake with candles lit, which of course was a challenge for me because [fire in a library] is not a good thing. I’ve been called back to the library because of hammocks being strung in the old stacks. Some of our folks that are really into their hammocking out on the trees

getting.” Altmetrics, Miles said, can monitor social media, taking note of every mention on Twitter, Facebook and news outlets, as well as public policy. Miles estimated that she helps roughly 5 to 7 percent of graduate students who are usually looking into starting or publishing research, as well as undergraduates and faculty. “We help faculty as much as we help grad students, because faculty often don’t know a lot of these copyright and

brought their pajamas and their slippers and strung their hammocks from the bookshelves. I had somebody put up a camping tent one time in one of the open stairwells. One of the good things about being here is that students are very comfortable here, they feel very safe here,

research assessment issues either,” Miles said. Hale also houses the Information Technology Services, which allows students to check out equipment including digital cameras, tripods, laptops and audio recorders. Johnson said in adding to the library, she wants students to have to opportunity to do interesting and creative things with their assignments and research. “I think really lends [itself] to what the library of today really does,” Johnson said.

and they feel a lot of ownership for this building, which we love and we foster. My position kind of deals with the challenges that occur when that happens, but it’s a way that I stay young and remember that you guys are smarter than I am and are one step ahead of me.”

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‘Snyder Magic’: Bill Snyder’s accomplishments at Kansas State JARRETT WHITSON THE COLLEGIAN

One of the most accomplished and impressive jobs of coaching in college football has continued on, as Kansas State’s legendary head football coach charges on. After two tenures and 26 years, Bill Snyder may not have any national championships to his credit, but he is still in the College Football Hall of Fame. In the eyes of Kansas State fans and many others, Snyder is recognized as the football team’s savior and regarded as one of the best college coaches to ever don the headset. In his introductory news conference in 1989, Snyder made the bold statement that the Wildcats had the opportunity for “the greatest turnaround in college football history.” As we stand here in 2018 looking back, that statement no longer seems so bold. Many have defined Snyder’s work of wizardry at K-State as just that.

THE PATH BEFORE K-STATE

Long before he settled down in Manhattan, Snyder himself played college football. He spent the 1958 season at the University of Missouri before becoming a three-year letter winner at William Jewell College as a defensive back from 1959-1962. Upon graduation, he began his coaching career. Snyder’s first experience coaching at the collegiate level came in 1967. He spent that one season as a graduate assistant coach at the University of South-

ern California under John McKay. The fact that Coach Snyder had experience at a historic program like USC puts the success he had into perspective. From 1976-1979, he was an assistant at North Texas State (now the University of North Texas) under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry. At North Texas, Snyder played a part in orchestrating a 26-7 record. He then followed Fry to the University of Iowa. There Snyder served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 1979-1988, while helping lead the Hawkeyes to two Big Ten Championships. November 24, 1988 is the day that Bill Snyder first became the head football coach at K-State. The program’s first victory in 30 games came in game four of the 1989 season, with a 20-17 defeat of North Texas. Upon his arrival, K-State hadn’t won a game since October 1986, holding a record of 0-26-1 during that span. During the 93 years prior to Snyder, K-State had a .370 winning percentage, only registered four winning seasons and had been to just one bowl game in which they lost. It took just two short seasons for Snyder to lead the Wildcats to an above .500 season. After going 1-10 and then 5-6, the 1991 squad finished 7-4. In 1993, he led the team to his first bowl game — a 52-17 throttling of Wyoming in the Copper Bowl.

a publisher of gopowercat.com. From his time writing for the Collegian as a K-State student in the 1980s to now, he has covered Snyder and his teams for several years. He knows firsthand how bad the state of Wildcat football was before Snyder. “There had never been any real tradition at Kansas State,” Fitzgerald said. “I always tell people he can raise the dead because he did with Kansas State football. They were quite literally down to one last coach, giving it to Bill Snyder or join the Missouri Valley.” Another GoPowercat writer also knows Snyder and his teams very well. D. Scott Fritchen is living the dream that he fell in love with in fall 1993 as a student writer for the Collegian. He has been covering Snyder and K-State football for the last 24 years. In the eyes of Fritchen, the most memorable bowl win for a Snyder squad was the 1997 Fiesta Bowl. That Wildcat team was the first ever to win 11 games in a season. “It was about Snyder directing a team that continued to get a little bit better throughout the season, and at the end defeated a very good Syracuse football team with Donovan McNabb,” Fritchen said. “It represented that next step for Coach Snyder’s team, [quarterback] Michael Bishop and for all the Kansas State players coming back to really set the stage for that successful 1998 season.”

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“The sales person that knows what they’re talking about,” Borth said. “My success is because of Julie [Wasinger], my son Tracy and the fact that we’ve been here so long. Our sales people, our installers — all of them have been with me at least 15 or 18 years.” Wasinger, who has worked with Borth for over 20 years, works as a design consultant for the company. “Jerry is a great boss,” Wasinger said. “He has a huge heart, and he’d do anything for anybody.”

Wasinger echoed Borth’s sentiment about customer service, emphasizing a need for cultivating meaningful relationships with their customers. “We don’t just sell our products to sell product,” Wasinger said.

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The debate then turned to who is the best “Super Chris” out of Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans. The audience jumped at the opportunity to answer. Cheers of “Chris Pratt!” rang out from the balcony seating above the Union Courtyard, which Casey confidently challenged. “What makes you think Chris Pratt is all that and a bag of chips?” Casey said to the audience.

There were many responses concerning his superior physical appearance to the rest, but one member of the audience had a unique take. “Because he’s probably got a bag of chips with him somewhere,” Eric Hoyt, sophomore in secondary education, said. Charlsie Fowler, senior in apparel and textiles, facilitated the debate and played a major role in creating the event, referring to it as her “brain baby.” “We wanted to create debates where we would not just do light-hearted topics, but just stupid topics that don’t really have a conclusion,” Fowler said.

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Martin to continue athletics, school in Salina

How Snyder’s legacy changed Kansas State’s stadium name AVERY OSEN

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Senior guard Shaelyn Martin charges the basket against KU in Bramlage Coliseum on Feb. 24, 2018. The Wildcats defeated the Jayhawks 91-67.

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Senior guard Shaelyn Martin is headed to Salina to continue her academic and athletic career at Kansas Wesleyan University, a private school whose athletics teams compete in the NAIA. Martin, who has one year of eligibility left, is switching sports too. She will play volleyball for the Coyotes. “It’s a great volleyball program back at home and a great atmosphere and great community support there,” Martin said. “It kind of made the decision pretty easy.” She said playing volleyball at some point was always a part of the plan. “Going into college, I

had always thought about using that fifth year for volleyball,” Martin said. “It’s a sport that I do not think most people realize I love as much as I do. Basketball always came first for me, but I’ve always enjoyed volleyball.” While K-State fans know her for her talent at basketball, Martin is no stranger to the volleyball court. She was Second Team All-State twice in high school at Salina Central, according to K-State Sports. Martin also ran track in high school. “Volleyball, basketball and track were my three core sports starting in third and fourth grade,” Martin said. “My mom was a volleyball coach growing up, so at a very young age I would do drills with the high school team she coached.”

Martin plans to graduate from K-State in May with a degree in kinesiology and will pursue an master’s in business administration at KWU before heading off to occupational therapy school. “Having the opportunity to play and get my MBA in one year is going to be a good use for my year off,” Martin said, adding air quotes around “year off.” Martin has attended school and played basketball in Manhattan for four years now. She started in games all of those years, including all 33 in her freshman year and all 32 in her sophomore year. She averaged 27 minutes per game over her career. She grew up dreaming of playing basketball at K-State, as she said following

K-State’s senior day victory over in-state rival Kansas. “When you are that little girl and you want to play somewhere, to actually be able to do it has been one of the best experiences of my life,” Martin said after beating Kansas 91-67. Martin scored seven points and pulled down 10 rebounds in her 30 minutes of play in the rivalry game. For Martin, KWU was ultimately the right choice and the only one she really wanted. “If I was going to play, I was going to play back at home,” Martin said. “It was not a thing where I wanted to be recruited by a lot of people and have my choice, it was just — I wanted to have some fun and have a fun time with a great staff.”

In the 2005 season, the Kansas State football stadium didn’t look much different except for one thing: its name. The stadium was renamed Bill Snyder Family Stadium to recognize the architect of the greatest turnaround in college football history. The Kansas Board of Regents made the proclamation on November 16, 2005 to honor the College Football Hall of Fame Coach. “As a member of the Kansas Board of Regents, it is certainly an honor to approve this new name which reflects Coach Snyder’s tremendous contributions not only to Kansas State University but also to the entire state of Kansas,” said Regent Nelson Galle of Manhattan. “Coach Snyder’s contributions extended well beyond the football field, and the Board is truly grateful for his 17 years of dedication to K-State.” Snyder has the stadium and the highway that leads into Manhattan both named after him as he brought the Kansas State football team back to life and one of the powerhouses of the Big 12. Through the years the stadium has seen a very big change in how it looks. From the name change, the new Vanier addition,

two video boards and much more, the stadium might not be recognized by someone who has not seen it in awhile. Since 2016, Snyder has been the coach for the Wildcats the majority of the time and has a .800 winning percentage at home during that span. That includes a Big 12 Championship in both 2003 and 2012. The name of the stadium was requested by Kansas State, but Bill Snyder had one detail in the name that he wanted in there. He wanted it to say Bill Snyder Family Stadium because of the people he had met over the 17 years as head coach at the time. “If you are going to do it, name it after the people that I care about the most,” Snyder said. The stadium holds over 50,000 people that come to support the Wildcats on Saturdays during the fall. Although primarily used for football, the stadium has been used for concerts such as the Zac Brown Band and Train as headliners in 2016 for the Wildcats Kickoff that took place a week before the first home game of the season. No matter what happens in the future, the stadium that the K-State football team runs into every Saturday will be named after the coach that put Manhattan back on the map: Bill Snyder.

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The following year saw Snyder’s 1998 team narrowly miss a chance to play for a national championship in the first year of the BCS, as they were ranked as high as second in the country before a loss to Texas A&M in the Big 12 Championship game. The team’s average margin of victory was 38.1 points that season. Even with all that in mind, perhaps the highlight of 1998 was a 40-30 victory that ended a 30-year losing streak to rival Nebraska. That first 11-win season in 1997 was certainly not the last of the Bill Snyder era. From 1998 to 2003, the Cats won 11 games all but once in 2001. K-State achieved 11 wins for the seventh time in 2012, on their way to winning a Big 12 title. What is remarkable about Snyder’s career is the fact he has led K-State to success in not one, but two tenures. During his first stint as head coach of the Wildcats was from 1989-2005, Snyder amassed a record of 13668-1. During those 17 seasons, the Wildcats had a bowl record of 6-5. They also finished 10 of those seasons ranked in the AP poll, sixth of those within the top 10. Snyder returned to the sidelines in the 2009 season. At the end of that regular season, the Wildcats were 7-5 and his career record now stood at 209-110-1. In K-State’s second-to-last regular season game in 2016, Snyder achieved his 200th career victory. He became just the 26th FBS coach to reach that milestone, and just the sixth to do so with one team.

IMPACTING K-STATERS BEYOND WAGNER FIELD

Snyder has also been successful in sending players to the National Football League. K-State currently holds the Big 12 record for having a player selected in the NFL draft for 24 years in a row. Fritchen recalled a conversation he had last summer with former Wildcat defensive back, Terence Newman. Newman was selected fifth overall in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, and is currently in his 15th

season with the Minnesota Vikings. Newman posed this question: “Where else in America, does a coach take 2- or 3-star recruits and make them successful people, players and send them to the NFL to have long careers?” One could talk about what Bill Snyder has accomplished on the field all day, but something unique to him is the impact he makes off the field as well. He impacts not only the Wildcat football team, but the whole university and Manhattan community. A way he did this was in helping grow and develop KSU’s School of Leadership and the Bill Snyder Fellows Program. A program that started out in a two-story house across the street from campus resulted in its own building being opened in January 2010. Fritchen offered his thoughts on this accomplishment of Snyder. “To me, it is so impressive not only the impact he has made on football players throughout his great career, but the impact he has made upon Kansas State students and really the community, helping guide students and turning them into great leaders in their own right,” Fritchen said. “That is getting them set for life.” Another attribute of Snyder’s career Fritchen said he admires is his approach to coaching that predicates getting a little bit better each day. He said from his vantage point, it appears the Wildcats don’t skip any steps in the process. Fritchen added that while Snyder teams might not be perfect, they make the best of situations, continue to build upon success, correct the little things and leave no stone unturned. It will never be about winning 10 or 11 games, but about the general process of getting better. Fitzgerald attributed the success and life of GoPowercat to the work of Coach Snyder. “If you look at our company, we wouldn’t exist without him,” Fitzgerald said. “We literally would not exist without the football success. He has created a lot of jobs, including my entire career, and for that I will be forever thankful.” Karen Hibbard is the director of the Manhattan Con-

ventions and Visitors Bureau, and has been since 2005. In her position, she has been able to see how Snyder has impacted the Manhattan community. “I call it ‘Snyder Magic,’ and it has certainly been more than welcomed,” Hibbard said in response to how Snyder has affected Manhattan. Physical evidence for Snyder contributing to Manhattan’s success is found in hotels. Hibbard said it was in 1998 when the city really started to see hotels come on board. That year, the Hampton Inn and Fairfield Inn were built, and before that there was just a Motel 6 and America’s Best Value Inn. According to Hibbard, during that time there were around 700 hotel rooms in Manhattan. Now, she said, there are about 1,350. Today there are 17 hotels in Manhattan. Hibbard cited that during 2014, occupancy of Manhattan hotels during the week ranged from 55-65 percent and would increase to 87-93 percent filled on game-day weekends. Hibbard applauded Snyder’s integrity and caring heart. “Coach is a man of integrity,” Hibbard said. “He is very genuine. He is a man that cares for his players. He cares for them, he wants them to be successful. I think not only does he care about those young people he coaches, but he cares about ‘Wildcat Nation’ and the community.” With 209 wins, Snyder now sits 15th on the list of all-time wins in Division I football history. With this accomplishment in mind, Fritchen said it really epitomizes the impact of Snyder. “I would argue that out of the top 20 coaches in terms of wins, that none of them overcame the odds or the hardships that coach Bill Snyder did in resurrecting the Kansas State football program,” Fritchen said. “To me that is a feat that likely had not been accomplished by any other college football coach in history — one that given the impatience within the industry, and the impatience with school administrators throughout college football, that I argue cannot be duplicated again,” Fritchen continued. “I think that speaks plenty about the impact that Bill Snyder has made on college football.”

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Letter: TEVALs should be public Rowing team will compete in SIRA Championship Regatta for more informed enrollment I’m writing to express my concern that Kansas State does not provide resources to help students know of a professor's teaching style before enrolling in their courses. As enrollment for the fall 2018 semester has begun, students will resort to asking their friends for recommendations of professors instead of having teachers’ evaluation results, or TEVALs, published for them. I am a senior at K-State, and I am studying political science. Each semester, while preparing my shopping cart of courses, I ask my friends or contemplate whether I would like my new professors and if I would learn effectively from them. Many of the students at K-State don’t know what the courses entail or what the professors’ techniques will be, unless they get the chance to meet them after many emails or have had them before.

Those students who are still in their first year have even more limited resources if they have not had a chance to know people within their programs. As students for the majority of our lives, we have at one point associated with a professor and learned more from them than others. This may be simply for the reason that we felt they were approachable to us or we liked their teaching techniques. Publishing TEVALs can help students find the professor that they best align with while also encouraging educators to take evaluations seriously through being held accountable. Currently, the only resources available are other students who choose to disclose their opinions and ratemyprofessors.com, which has been highly criticized for reliability and selective bias. The TEVALs are intellectual property of the instructors,

but they have to become property of K-State in order to be published. The change would have to be made through the Office of the General Council, which is in charge of drafting policy and their interpretation. The office, however, only meets with administrators and representatives of students. I urge you readers to contact your Student Body President and urge her to represent the students' interests among the administrators. Contact information is on the Student Government Association’s website at k-state.edu/ sga/contact. Siba Khojah is a senior in political science. 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.

OPINION: The Royals’ bullpen this season needs help, quickly AVERY OSEN

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Many times in life you look back at a particular time and realize how good it was. Some don’t realize how good it was until it’s gone. Those are my feelings about the Kansas City Royals bullpen. Back in the good ol’ days (2013-2015) it was Kelvin Herrera in the seventh, Wade Davis in the eighth and Greg Holland closing the game in the ninth. It was perfect formula that won the Royals many games. If Kansas City had the lead going into the final three innings, it was nearly impossible to get past the three-headed monster of HDH. The starting pitchers knew all they had to do was have the

lead going into the seventh inning and the game was essentially over. Nothing could be more opposite this year. The bullpen has been absolutely awful and has costed the team many games, and it’s only mid-April. It ranks up there with the worst bullpens in the major leagues, and there isn’t much hope for the rest of the year, either. The Royals already sent one bullpen pitcher down to the minor leagues — Brandon Maurer, who gave up six runs in four innings pitched. The woes don’t stop there though. Justin Grimm and Blaine Boyer should catch the next bus to Omaha, Nebraska, as Grimm is currently sporting an 18.90 earned run average while Boyer is

averaging 25.20 ERA. You don’t have to know much about baseball to realize that this is really bad. The worst part is that manager Ned Yost keeps on putting them in as if one day they will just get better. I don’t see that happening, and they need to go get help down in the minor league system. The rest of the bullpen hasn’t been nearly has bad as these three guys, and I hope they can find hope in Omaha. But how nice it would be to have Herrera, then Davis, then Holland waiting at the back end of every game again.

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After a successful season so far, the Kansas State rowing team will next see competition at the SIRA Championship Regatta on Saturday and Sunday. The Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship Regatta will be held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Melton Lake. This will also be the site of the Big 12 Championships on May 12 and 13. When the Wildcats competed at the SIRA Championship Regatta in 2017, each of their four boats won gold. In fact, they have won medals in each of their boats since 2014. “There are a number of small, competitive schools

competing this weekend," head coach Patrick Sweeney said to K-State Sports. “One reason we like doing this race is it gives us a chance to see the Big 12 venue. It’s good water. It is one of the better courses in the country. That is why we like to go there.” There will be five boats on the water during time trials representing the Wildcats. The 2v8+ and 2v8+ boats will begin racing at 9:05 a.m., followed by the 1v4+ and 2v4+ boats at 9:40 and the 1v8+ boat will race at 10:20 a.m. The last race where K-State competed on open water was the Big 12 Double Dual in Kansas City on April 7. The team collected to race victories with their 3v8+ boat against Tennessee and their 2v8+ boat versus Alabama. “With the good course,

we will likely get five or six sessions on the water while we are there,” Sweeney said to K-State Sports. “For us, the big key is we are getting on the water, so we are looking forward to the water time as much as anything else.” Several competitions so far for this team have had windy conditions that are not ideal for rowing. This team has pushed through difficult weather conditions and lack of time on open water. Following the SIRA Championship Regatta, K-State will compete against Kansas in the Sunflower Showdown on April 28 before the Big 12 Championships in Oak Ridge. K-State will begin their races at 9:05 a.m Saturday, and the finals events will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday.

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Shear quality: Barber Randy Sievers garners loyal clients in MHK ALEC MADRIGAL THE COLLEGIAN

Behind every haircut is a creator, a barber, a stylist. In Manhattan, Kansas, one such artist lives among us, putting his personal touch on the head of many unique haircuts. Randy Sievers, barber at 3rd Street Hair Cuts, has been cutting hair for the past 41 years, living and working in Manhattan for the past eight. Sievers said he first knew he wanted to be a barber while waiting for a haircut on one cold, dreary day. “If I were a barber, I would

not be working outdoors in the cold and the wet,” said Sievers. “And I thought it would be nice to enjoy some immediate gratification from work.” Curious about the profession, Sievers questioned his barber about how to do it. and enrolled in the School of Men’s Hairstyling in Wichita six months later. Sievers' first job after barber school was in Liberal, Kansas. “I later left Liberal and went back to barber in Wichita for about eight or nine years,” Sievers said. “And then I was in Lawrence for 22 years.” After Lawrence, Sievers left to do something else he said he

loves. With his horse, he spent five years doing guide work on ranches and in Yellowstone National Park. After his hiatus, Sievers moved to Manhattan, where he has cut hair for the past eight years. He worked at Wildcat Barbershop for most of that time, moving last summer to 3rd Street Hair Cuts. Sievers said that now six months in he is very pleased with the new workplace. “A lot of this area has changed in the last eight years,” Sievers said. “Much of the downtown area is getting developed and I am thrilled to see the progress here.”

Even with the move of location, Sievers said he hasn’t seen a drop off in the amount of customers he gets. “My clients are so faithful and loyal; I am very touched. I think people have even brought more friends with them than ever,” Sievers said. “My clientele did not take a hit at all.” In pursuit of his passion, Sievers will be travelling to Alaska this June through September to guide tourists through the national forests on horseback. So this summer, his clientele will have to be just as faithful and loyal to their barber as they were during his location move and support him upon his re-

turn. Sievers said his co-worker, Mike, "a wonderful barber," will be more than happy to assist his regular customers while he is away. Jordan Green, senior in city planning at Kansas State, said he is more than willing to wait for Sievers to return from his summer job, because Sievers "obviously cares about" forming connections with his customers. “What I really like about him is that he doesn’t just cut my hair, he does it well,” Green said. “You don’t just have a surface-level conversation with him. He brings up things that you talked about in the past and

is interested in forming a relationship with you.” Stephen Snodgrass, junior in personal financial planning, said he will also be waiting for Sievers to return from his Alaskan trip. “I’ve never really had a barber before,” Snodgrass said. “As a kid I used to just go to Sports Clips. We have gotten to know each other, it’s not just some random person to sit down and have small talk with.” It is not yet too late to schedule an appointment with Sievers to hear about his upcoming trip to Alaska and life as a barber. For appointments, call (785) 776-5197.

Konza United Way streamlinines volunteering for 6 Kansas counties CAMRYN SCHARNHORST THE COLLEGIAN

Konza United Way brought three of its partners to Bosco Plaza on Tuesday to raise awareness in the Kansas State community for the services the organization provides. United Way, a privately funded nonprofit organization, has about 2.6 million volunteers and 9.6 million donors worldwide. The Konza United Way, which serves six Kansas counties, serves as a funding entity for its partners and aims to create opportunities to strengthen communities by strengthening the people who live within them. Konza United Way came to K-State to encourage students to get involved with their Young Leaders Association or one of their many operating committees. "Students should get involved to help those that may be less fortunate than they are or are in a tight situation from any number of misfortunes," Mark Claussen, CEO of Konza United Way, said. "I hope that each new generation learns that the service to community is what makes a strong community. "We hope that people will check out our website and learn more about it because there are so many opportunities to help these partner agencies," he said. United Way's services can also be extended to college students in need of rent assistance, legal services or counseling. Madison Pehlman, junior in hospitality management and business event coordination, hosted Claussen alongside three of United Way's partners: Thrive, aTa Bus

and Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas. "It's amazing to see these organizations lean on college students for help and I was happy to give them a platform to draw awareness to their causes," Pehlman said. Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas, another charity partnered with Konza United Way, seeks to reduce poverty for the vulnerable, regardless of religious background. The organization offers a variety of services including, but not limited to disaster relief, financial help, adoption services, immigration services, pregnancy support and counseling. "Through the efforts of our volunteer allies and staff, we help to build stronger individuals and families," Susan Wendland, youth and research development coordinator, said. Claussen said that in conjunction with Konza United Way, these programs exist to serve the community and are available to all K-State students free of charge. "I think it's important to learn that everyone doing something, no matter how small, can make an impact on someone's life and that we can all do something even if financial means are not available," Claussen said. Visit the Konza United Way website to see what ongoing projects need volunteers. The projects are from a range of sponsoring charities, so there are opportunities to volunteer in many areas from health care to disaster relief to food drives.

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Students from Konza United Way provided information about the organization at Bosco Plaza. Free gifts, pizza and volunteer opportunities were provided for students that stopped at the booth on April 17, 2018.