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Council proposes 10 percent increase in parking permit rate for next year
Collegian Media Group welcomes editors-in-chief for 2021-22 publications
Baseball hosts West Virginia in weekend series
K-State’s 17th annual Drag Show set for virtual debut
‘We just love playing’: Marching band members thrive despite budget concerns MADDY DANIELS staff writer
Rallying behind sports teams with a flare of purple pride, fans dance and clap to Kansas State’s iconic “Wabash Cannonball” at every game. The K-State Marching Band forms the heart of these celebrations and brings a sense of family and community to K-State. Long has the band played an integral part in K-State culture, but the organization has struggled financially in the past and still does today. Caleb Niehoff, sophomore in music education and trumpet in the band, recently tweeted a Collegian article from 1991 reporting on the band needing financial assistance, and he urged people to understand the band still has funding challenges. “The band program has had a history of budgetary issues for as long as I can remember,” band director Frank Tracz said. “It was far worse ‘back in the day’, [the] 70’s and 80’s.” Band members put on many fundraisers to afford meals for game days, instrument repairs and instrument supplies. For example, over 400 bell covers needed purchasing this year, and fundraising supported that. “I would not say the lack of funding affects me directly, but it does affect the program,” Hannah Seck, senior in hospitality management and clarinet
in the band, said. “It’s hard knowing that if something were to happen to my school instrument it’s going take money away from something else that needs to be paid for, or possibly make them have to cut back on third [or fourth] year’s scholarships. … We are one of the only Big 12 schools to only have two band directors because we cannot afford to hire a third.” Tracz said budget cuts from the past year affected faculty positions, graduate assistant positions and program budgets. The band program, including marching, pep and concert ensembles, is funded entirely by K-State Athletics. They support the organization to purchase uniforms, fund staffing, traveling and more. “Athletics has been extremely supportive financially to the band program,” Tracz said. “If we did not receive this funding from athletics, the entire band program would not exist.” Even though budget cuts take a toll on the band program, members said they still enjoy playing and performing. The quality or quantity of things they receive is not as important to them as the experience of being a part of KSUMB and all their spirit does for the university. “We are there because we want to make music, show our school pride and show off our awesome horn moves with 400 of our closest friends,” Seck said. “We work our butts off to fund-
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The Pride of Wildcat Land is funded by K-State Athletics. Band members raise funds for other expenses, like meals for games, instrument repairs and supplies. raise for what we have, and even though it’s hard knowing that the program is struggling, we always show up with our best attitudes and we’re ready to give our best performance.” The 400 members of KSUMB spend hours every week rehearsing,
sometimes in the All Faiths Chapel that “is too small for us” and commit hours on game days as well, Seck said, but the dedication amounts to lasting memories and friendships. “It can be a lot of hard work at times, but we still choose to partici-
pate in band because we love it, and a large portion of us don’t even enroll in marching band for credit,” Niehoff said. “We just love playing and seeing how much our presence in Bill Snyder Family Stadium affects not just the crowd but the team as well.”
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Walk against sexual violence on Friday features discussion on assault, Title IX BAILEY BRITTON editor-in-chief
On Friday, April 23, the Wildcat Walk to End Sexual Violence begins at 4 p.m. in City Park. Sara Haggard, sophomore in medical biochemistry and Student Governing Association sexual assault and prevention director, organized the walk with the Center for Advocacy, Response and Education. Haggard said the main focus of the walk is to raise awareness for sexual assault, allow survivors to share their stories and discuss how the new Title IX policies affect Greek life. “I was planning on implementing this walk, which is meant to celebrate the launch of a social media campaign I also launched last week called Don’t Wait K-State, which shares the stories of survivors from K-State, lets students
know that this is an issue and to be aware about sexual violence on our campus,” Haggard said. The walk goes from the northwest corner of City Park to Bosco Plaza. Haggard said the walk itself will take around 40 minutes. Once in Bosco Plaza, speakers, including vice president for student life and dean of students Thomas Lane, Lott, assistant director of Counseling Services Kodee Walls and survivors of sexual assault, among others. Haggard said she is especially concerned about the Title IX changes and the effect on Greek life. However, she said she is optimistic that new Title IX director Stephanie Lott will help address these issues. “Basically the way it’s run right now, is that Greek life students if an incident of sexual violence or sexual assault occurred in a Greek Life
house ... Title IX process — because of like how we got separated from the university — students cannot qualify for a Title IX investigation with university assistance,” Haggard said. Fraternities and sororities at Kansas State are considered independent student organizations as of 2017. As such, K-State has no liability for issues such as sexual misconduct. “We’d really just like to see the Title IX policy expanded to Greek life and also be more focused on utilizing the CARE office as a resource at the university and including sexual violence prevention measures,” Haggard said. Haggard said the event will still go on even if it rains. Masks are recommended and Haggard said social distancing will be enforced “as much as possible.” Photo courtesy of Sara Haggard
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Rec climbs towards full capacity, pre-pandemic normalcy CLAIBORN SCHMIDT staff writer
The Peters Recreation Complex is working towards becoming fully open once again. A few parts of the Rec recently opened, including indoor and outdoor basketball courts. “The Rec as a whole is opening more, and the basketball courts have opened back up,” Sam West, climbing wall program assistant and senior in parks management and conservation, said. The indoor courts are only open for members to “shoot around,” not to play pick-up games quite yet. Some students are hoping for that chance soon, but for now, they will have to stick to improving their shooting skills. “Inside the facility, we are basically allowing students to shoot only at a basket,” Clint Hafliger, associate director at Recreation Services, said. “We try to limit to two [people] per basket.” Similar to the indoor basketball courts, a few outdoor facilities have re-opened. “The outside basketball courts are open again, and the sand volleyball courts because of the warm weather,” West said. Students like Kortney Rowe, fresh-
man in architecture, are excited for the outdoor intramural sports to come back this spring as well. “I definitely want to do soccer, and the slow-pitch softball sounds really fun,” Rowe said. “I know that a lot of those are starting up again, so that is really exciting.” Spring intramural registration for select activities is still open until the end of April. Staff members said they were excited to announce the return of almost every sport offered in previous years. “We started planning intramurals outside in basically all sports, and we started that at the beginning of April. We play softball, soccer and I think they are playing some football,” Hafliger said. Additionally, the Rec is now allowing non-K-State members admission to the facility as long as they come with a K-State student or staff. This is part of the increased capacity limit throughout the building. “It used to be that you couldn’t host anyone in as a guest at the Rec building as a whole, but now anyone that is a member, from a student or someone with a key tag membership, can host three people if they are 18 years and older,” West said. Larger rooms in the facility will now
host exercise classes with the intent to allow participants to feel safe exercising around others in the class. “We started out in the group exercise rooms then we had to switch to teaching in the small gyms this semester, and now we are back in the fitness rooms,” Lauren Gasiorowski, group fitness instructor and senior in secondary education and French, said. “A lot of rules keep changing, so we keep changing where we have the classes to keep up with number sizing.” To keep up with good social distancing practices, the Rec will continue spacing out equipment in each workout room. The cardio deck has some treadmills blocked off and spaced out, as well as the weight racks. “They have taken away a lot of the treadmills I noticed, so when it is during the busier times of day it is harder to find a spot,” Rowe said. “As well as with the weight racks, it is hard to get one, and to get it you have to wait your turn.” The rock wall is at half capacity and has closed some climbing ropes to keep distance between each climber, preventing them from getting too close to one another. “At the rock wall specifically, you
have to leave a space between each rope on the rock wall, so you cannot climb next to somebody,” West said. Some students said they are fine with the Rec closing off a portion of the treadmills because of the discomfort they experience while running with a mask on. Dylan Connell | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP “Since wearing The Peters Recreation Complex has continued masks is required at the Rec Center and to open up many areas of the building in stages, the gyms in my home- including the basketball courts, climbing wall and town, I try not to run group fitness activities like yoga. on the treadmill as Gasiorowski is excited to rebuild the much because it is really annoying having to breathe in with fitness community at the Rec as it continues to open and people are able to work your mask there,” Rowe said. The Rec will continue to follow out with one another again. “One of my favorite parts of exercampus guidelines and wait to continue cising is the community that it builds, and opening other parts of the facility. “We wait for the directions from the I am excited that people will be able to university and work with leaders around go to the Rec together or have more opcampus to determine what we can and portunities to talk to people in the group can’t do and try to keep everyone at [the] fitness rooms,” Gasiorowski said. Rec safe,” Hafliger said.
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In Thursday’s virtual town hall, director of parking and transportation Jeff Barnes and other members of the Council on Parking Operations addressed the proposed increase in parking fees for fiscal year 2022. With this proposal, student permits will increase by $18 from $180 to $198. Faculty and staff permits have three tiers to reflect benefits levels. The tiers will have just shy of a 10 percent increase. “Some of the faculty/staff may actually see a decrease in how much they’re paying for their permits this year,” Barnes said. “So, if you’re making between $28,000 and $40,000, you’re going to drop down to tier one. ... The same thing goes if you’re making between $40,000
and $80,000, you’re going to drop down to the FS2 category, and you’re going to pay a little less than you did, actually, this year.” The council, comprised of members from the faculty, student and university support staff senates, showcased the three main reasons for the proposed increase: 1. Increased services and costs for ATA bus shuttles, 2. Increased parking lot maintenance costs, 3. Decreased parking permit revenue. A parking lot condition study in 2019 showed 24 percent of Kansas State parking lots failed and need replacement. Another 21 percent of lots were in poor condition. “I would be okay with the increase if there was more parking available, but there’s not,” Joey Ragona, senior in biochem-
istry said. “Pre-COVID, you would pay $180 for there not to be a guarantee in a [parking] spot, ... there are about 100 spots in the parking lots around campus that are always filled unless you get there at 8 a.m.” Additionally, annual permit sales are down 1800 permits since 2014, bringing the overall annual revenue for Parking Services down $200,000 — an additional $2.5 million was lost because of the pandemic. With the proposed increase, the additional revenue would allow for parking lot maintenance, rebuilding reserves for debt service coverage and starting to implement the License Plate Recognition program.
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CARE prevention specialist educates K-State community about relationship, sexual violence NATALIE LEONARD staff writer
Located in Holton Hall, the Center for Advocacy, Response and Education is a resource for any member of the Kansas State community affected by dating, domestic and sexual violence as well as stalking or harassment since 1973. One leader on the team of CARE workers is Jessica Henault, K-State’s first-ever sexual and relationship violence prevention specialist. Henault began to create a safer K-State community in August 2019. “Prior to my position, there had never been a prevention specialist at K-State, so it’s kind of cool to be breaking that glass ceiling,” Henault said. Her duties include providing all prevention education to students, staff, faculty
and administrators across all K-State campuses. She is often found presenting and hosting workshops on topics like consent, healthy and unhealthy relationships, sexual harassment, trauma and recovery and more. “Our most popular training is Wildcats Make a Pact,” Henault, who oversees the program, said. “It is our bystander intervention training that teaches participants how to safely intervene if they see behavior that could put others at risk for violence, victimization or perpetration.” Henault said the CARE office has a partnership with the Interfraternity Council, requiring all incoming fraternity men to complete the training. Since its installation in the fall of 2019, the program has trained over 700 students. This past week, CARE finished the spring 2021 presentations and
trained approximately 100 men in four days. Henault helps spread awareness of services provided by CARE and increases prevention education training on campus. “Prevention education is extremely vital for every community because the only way that we can change the culture of consent in our communities is by engaging in these difficult conversations, facilitating this open dialogue and meeting each other where we are at so that way we can begin to shift this narrative,” Henault said. Alayna Colburn, a survivor advocate in the CARE office, said Henault’s role is vital to fulfilling CARE’s mission to advocate for positive social change, calling her “a fierce advocate for the education and prevention of sexual violence.” see page
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Jessica Henault is the sexual and relationship violence prevention specialist for the CARE Office located in Holton Hall. At the University of Kansas, several people do the job she does alone.
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‘This is really something special’: K-State’s 17th annual Drag Show set for virtual debut JARED SHUFF culture editor
The energy of a drag show is hard to find anywhere else, so recreating that energy for a virtual platform is no easy task. With help from the Union Program Council, Wildcat Watch and many others, Kansas State’s 17th annual Drag Show doesn’t plan on holding anything back — even from a virtual platform. Usually taking place in February at McCain Auditorium, the K-State Drag Show had to adjust to COVID-19 restrictions for the show to go on. While performing virtually isn’t new for this year’s performers, there is no denying the importance of audience participation. “Switching to an online platform, we’ve had to take into consideration the audience,” Brandon Haddock, LGBT Resource Center coordinator, said. “Normally, there’s a lot
of back and forth with Monica Moree and the audience members, so it helps build that kind of energy and excitement that goes into it.” After meeting with performers, organizers and talent agencies that have adjusted to virtual performances, Haddock’s team worked on creating a virtual-ready show living up to its reputation. Over the years, the K-State Drag Show has evolved from small bar shows to selling out McCain Auditorium. “We have performers come in who have been on television, who have been in Las Vegas … and they walk out on that stage in little Manhattan, Kansas, and there’s almost 2,000 people screaming,” Haddock said. This year’s theme is “Cosmic Rodeo,” a nod to country artists like Kacey Musgraves, Orville Peck and Lil Nas X, who’ve all made strides for equality within the genre and
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Over the years, the K-State Drag Show has evolved from small bar shows to selling out McCain Auditorium. LGBTQ community as a whole. Anna Casner, president of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance and junior in social work,
said the theme helps represent LGBTQ culture in Kansas. “People want to pretend like queer people exist only in
urban areas … but there were gay cowboys too,” Casner said. “That’s something that expands beyond any sort of geographical limitation.” Preparing the event for an April kickoff wasn’t Haddock’s first choice, but they felt it was the best option given the circumstances. However, there are no plans to have the drag show this late in the semester ever again. “It was decided for everybody’s benefit that we would postpone it until April,” Haddock said. “We probably will never do so again because … my initial reaction was, ‘You want to do this in April, two weeks from the end of the semester?’ But that’s okay, we’ll make it work.” During a live performance, the show normally has several money-changers and tip-runners, swapping out large bills for smaller ones and running tips to the performers on
stage. All money collected goes towards scholarships, mental health funds and other student-focused areas. “Students hear that, audience members hear that, and they know that they’ve made a difference,” Haddock said. “The show has always gone to benefit our students.” Casner said the drag show brings visibility to the community on campus. For students like Casner, the show is the first experience they have with a large-scale event celebrating the LGBTQ community. “I’d never been to a Pride event. This is the first event that I’d been to [with] a bunch of people celebrating their identity and their queerness,” Casner said.
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“[Henault] works tirelessly to create new and exciting presentations where she has the uncanny ability to draw participants in so that they want to learn more from her,” Colburn said. “She is both very welcoming and patient with those who are new to this
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topic, while also staunch in her support for accountability.” Colburn said Henault is “an irreplaceable component to the CARE office,” and said it would benefit the university and community to make her position at K-State permanent. In addition to Henault’s work, the CARE office offers a variety of free, voluntary and confidential advocacy services to the K-State community. “Our office is small, but
we are mighty, let me tell you,” Henault said. CARE provides medical advocacy, crisis intervention, legal advocacy and safety planning services. The office works closely with the Office of Student Life, helping student survivors with academic remedies like extensions for assignments and excused absences. Also, the CARE healing fund, made possible through partnerships with
Counseling Services and private practices in Manhattan, covers the cost of 20 therapy sessions for survivors. Henault said the work of the CARE office is important because violence prevention “takes every single person.” “Violence impacts every person — our interpersonal relationships, our communities, our state and federal policies and procedures and our societal norms and behav-
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iors,” Henault said. Henault said even if someone has not directly experienced violence, they likely know someone who has. Even if they don’t, Henault said everyone feels the effects of violence as it is perpetuated through rape culture and rape myth narratives, creating harmful norms that contribute to an unsafe campus environment. “In order to make our campus safer, more equitable
and accessible, we all need to come together and engage in violence prevention,” Henault said. “This isn’t just something that I need to be leading. All of us need to be in this fight against violence.” To make an appointment with the CARE office or learn more about its services, students can visit Holton Hall 206, the CARE website and social media, email ksucare@ ksu.edu or call 785-532-6444.
Collegian Media Group welcomes editors-in-chief for 2021-22 publications RACHEL SEIFFERT marketing
The Collegian Media Group announced new editors-in-chief for the 2021-22 academic year. Appointees have been selected for the Kansas State Collegian, Royal Purple yearbook and Manhappenin’ magazine. Jared Shuff, junior in secondary education, will become the Collegian’s editor-in-chief after serving as the culture editor. While Shuff did not originally anticipate applying for this position, he is excited to take on the role and carry the experience into his future career teaching English and journalism. While discussing goals for the paper, Shuff emphasized multimedia, open communication and capturing voices throughout K-State. “The other thing that I just really want to make sure
we’re doing is getting the stories out of different groups on campus and just making sure K-State is represented in its totality,” Shuff said. With in-person classes next fall, Shuff is also excited to see more people back in the newsroom and hopefully produce more story coverage as on-campus activities resume. “It’ll be nice to have the newsroom opened up and really get to see all the writers, all the editors and just build that community up again,” Shuff said. Shuff said he wants to continue building relationships with the staff and keep an open line of communication as he heads into next year. Holly Delay, junior in strategic communications and art director, will become editor-in-chief for the Manhappenin’ magazine until she graduates next December. Delay has been with the magazine since the fall of 2019.
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She will take over for current editor-in-chief Natalie Leonard. Delay has helped with production design for both the magazine and newspaper. She also holds the position of creative manager for the Collegian advertising staff. “I’ve really enjoyed just being able to work with a bunch of creative people and put something together that means a lot to not just the team, but to K-State as well,” Delay said. Delay is excited to lead the team and see what they can come up with from a leadership role. “I’m so excited because we’ve spent a whole year not being able to meet in person with the team, and when we’re able to meet in person you get a feel for everyone,” Delay said. “It’ll just be nice to get back to how it was.” Delay’s goals include increasing online and social media presence and improving diver-
sity within the team members. Another goal of hers is to have weekly in-person meetings. Hallie Everett, junior in journalism and co-editor-inchief of the Royal Purple, will become the solo editor-in-chief next fall. While Everett works well with her current editor, she is looking forward to the challenges and responsibilities that will come with the position next year. “It would be hard for me to find a part of this job that I don’t enjoy a lot,” Everett said. “I just wanted to come back because it would be really hard for me to see myself not being a part of this for my senior year because I love it so much.” Everett became copy editor as a second-semester freshman and has held leadership positions throughout her time with the yearbook. She said she began writing stories casually, but the yearbook soon became a huge part of her life.
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“Through having these leadership positions ever since my freshman year, I have discovered a passion for leadership. I love being a leader for them,” Everett said. Everett sets out to continue improving staff culture and book sales. She also hopes to return the book to its normal 360 pages if resources allow. “We survived this year, so
I don’t have hesitations about surviving the next year,” Everett said when addressing the yearbook’s changes because of COVID-19. As on-campus activities are set to resume in the fall, the new editors-in-chief get ready to document the next year of K-State history.
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Texas musician, popular TikToker lives in the moment with new EP JARED SHUFF culture editor
Sadness and humor often go hand-in-hand, and singer-songwriter Emma Oliver is a perfect example of the balance between laughter and anguish. The musician-turned popular TikToker, recently released “We Are Only a Moment,” a six-track extended play record full of sad bops and ballads. Oliver’s TikTok — @itsemmaoliver — is a blend of her chaotic humor and beauti-
ful vocals. Her channel features a jazz-infused acoustic cover of Smash Mouth’s “All Star,” a selfroast comparing herself to BlingBling Boy from the show “Johnny Test” and numerous original songs. It’s no wonder she’s nearing 500,000 followers. While TikTok fame was a fluke, music has always been a part of Oliver’s plan. In an interview with lifestyle and culture blog UPROAR, she said, “I dropped out of college. I barely graduated high school. I’ve literally gotten fired and laid off from
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well — getting older. While the project focuses on living in the moment, the moment can only last so long. Oliver sings, “Maybe I don’t understand, I’m just not as put together / Because in my mind I’m not safe and I’m only getting older / So let me put my head on your shoulder.” Distorted vocals throughout the song are reminiscent of musician Jon Bellion and his production style. It’s a strong finish to a strong project. “We Are Only a Moment” is available on various streaming services, along with more of Oliver’s work. After giving her a listen, you can visit her TikTok to laugh away your tears.
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SPORTS
friday, april 23, 2021
Baseball hosts West Virginia in weekend series NATHAN ENSERRO assistant sports editor
The Kansas State baseball team (21-15) hosts West Virginia (14-16) in a threegame series at Tointon Family Stadium this weekend. The Mountaineers are coming off a 2-1 series loss to Texas Tech last weekend and — like the Wildcats — did not play a midweek series this past week. The first game of the series starts at 6 p.m. Friday. It will likely pit sophomore southpaw Jordan Wicks (4-2) against senior southpaw Jackson Wolf (3-4). Wolf managed to keep his ERA sub-3.00 through his first six starts before he gave up five earned runs in a loss to Baylor and then four in a loss to Texas Tech last week. He is a high-strikeout pitcher and has only given up one home run this season. Opponents bat just .201 against him. Game two on Saturday Dylan Connell | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
First baseman Dylan Phillips homered to right center and the Wildcat’s bench celebrates. Kansas State baseball capped off the weekend by defeating Oklahoma 8-3 at Tointon Family Stadium.
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afternoon will probably see yet another left-handed starter in junior Adam Tulloch (0-3) on the bump for the Mountaineers. Right-handed sophomore Carson Seymour (2-4) is the likely starter for the Wildcats. Of late, Tulloch’s games have become bullpen games with him only going an average of four innings per game. His ERA is a jump from Wolf ’s relatively-low ERA to 6.67. He did manage to record the win over No. 7 Texas Tech with a four-inning, one-run performance. Freshman lefty Ben Hampton (3-1) holds down the Sunday starting duties lately for West Virginia. He will likely face freshman starter Connor McCullough (4-5) in the 1 p.m. start. Hampton stumbled out of the gates in his last couple of starts and ballooned his once-formidable ERA to 3.81. The Mountaineers haven’t allowed him more than roughly
75 pitches in a game, meaning that the Wildcats can get to the bullpen quickly if it has long at bats early. The Mountaineer bats are not overwhelmingly powerful. The team has hit only 29 home runs and bat just .251. Fifth-year senior left fielder Hudson Byorick is perhaps the Mountaineer’s most reliable bat with a solid .310/.420/.512 slash line. In terms of power, sophomore first baseman Matt McCormick and fifth-year third baseman Kevin Brophy each have six home runs. Freshman shortstop Mikey Kluska leads the team with 21 RBIs. K-State will look to extend its hot streak against a fellow middling Big 12 Conference team. K-State won four if its last five games including two of three against Oklahoma after starting conference play against three of the conference’s top four teams.
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