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Military veteran brings fun, sense of humor to work at Kramer Dining Center

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As students get in line to swipe into the Kramer Dining Center for lunch, they may look up to see an older man crack a smile as he says hello and holds out his hand for their ID card. The man under the ball cap is James Swartz, retired from the military for over 20 years, waving his weathered hand as he says “See you later!” after you put away your dishes and walk out the door. During his time in the military, Swartz became a “people person” through training and corresponding with fellow personnel. “I don’t like putting people down,” Swartz said. “When I see people who are down, I try to bring them up as much as possible. If they’re rude, I’ll also be nice to them when they’re rude. It’s going to make them feel worse because, even though you try to bring me down, I’m going to say something to let them know that regardless of how you feel about me, I’m the same person. I bring that to work everyday.” His friendly greeting never wavers, but his attire might, depending on upcoming holidays. “Every time they have

different events like spirit week, my wife will dress me up in different types of things, [she says] ‘Do it for the kids,’” Swartz said. “Normally, I’m not that type of person. ... I mean, the conversations are there, but as far as dressing the part, it just seems like the kids will enjoy it, and if they enjoy it, I don’t mind. My wife had me dress up as the Queen of Hearts, I believe it was. I kind of like that, but a lot of the kids liked the ‘cereal’ killer one that I did [for Halloween].” Last Friday, Swartz dressed in Easter attire with a basket of eggs in hand to give out. On Valentine’s Day, he had small cards with candy in a basket in front of the card swiping table for almost every student during the lunch rush. In less than two years as a card swiper at Kramer, Swartz has developed relationships with students, even spending time with a few on weekends. “I enjoy talking to a lot of the kids,” Swartz said. “I like a lot of them and they kind of let me into their world a little bit. I’ve been asked to go hang out with some of the guys, go have a beer or two. I have fun hanging out with them, ‘keep the old man young’ in a way. “Even though it’s just a walk-through thing, a lot of them make a point to say

Annual runway show to showcase student work

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James Swartz, dressed like a rabbit for Easter, holds up an egg in the Kramer Dining Center on Friday, April 19. ‘bye,’” Swartz continued. “That shows me that at least

they appreciate me, even though I’m getting paid, even

though they’re going to school. It’s mutual thing.”

How a junior got to open for the upcoming K-Chella festival

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Student on motorcycle struck in hit-and-run at Claflin and Denison by Peter Loganbill A K-State student was the victim of a hit-and-run Monday evening at the intersection of Denison Avenue and Claflin Road. Aaron Meyer, senior in food science, was driving south along Denison on his motorcycle when the incident took place, at approximately 8 p.m. “I was just riding down Denison and came to the intersection of Denison and Claflin and a guy that was going to turn left decided at the end that he wanted to turn right and he went right through me on his way and I flipped over on my motorcycle, and here we are,” Meyer said. “But then my good friend Shelbi came and picked me up.” Shelbi Emling, junior in human development and family sciences and pre-occupational therapy, happened to be driving by shortly after. “I was just coming back from a meeting and I saw him on a corner and he’s a good friend of mine, so I stopped to make sure he was OK,” Emling said. Meyer did not seem to have any serious injuries, only a cut on one knee. In the crime log for April 22, the Kansas State Police Department reported this incident as a two-vehicle, hit-and-run, minor injury accident that is under investigation. The Collegian will update this story online at kstatecollegian.com as more information becomes available.

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Kelsey Smith Foundation founders present safety seminar on campus ROWAN JONES

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“Keep your eyes, ears and hands open.” That was some of the advice Greg Smith gave to students in the College Republicans organization at Kansas State during a safety awareness seminar held Monday in the Business Administration Building. Greg and his wife Missey Smith are the founders of the Kelsey Smith Foundation, an organization created by the Smiths to “honor and perpetuate the life of Kelsey Smith,” their daughter, after she was kidnapped and murdered in 2007 just nine days after graduating from Shawnee Mission West High School. In order to achieve their goal, the Smiths use a variety of seminars to help empower communities and individuals to protect children and young adults. After the death of Kelsey, Missey and Greg Smith said they noticed the majority of violent crimes were geared toward children and young

adults. “We wanted to prevent this from happening to others,” Missey Smith said. With that goal in mind, they created safety awareness seminars. Greg Smith was a police officer at the time of his daughter’s death, so he used the training methods he learned on the force and applied them to a civilian setting. “It really came out of street survival — how do officers stay safe on the streets?” Greg Smith said. “I went out there and looked for a civilian equivalent. It didn’t exist, so I made one.” During the presentation, Greg Smith displayed a variety of graphs and charts showing that the majority of violent crime victims are between the ages of 17 and 24. Despite that, the Smiths could not find any training programs that targeted this specific age group. After a brief section on the types and statistics of crime, Greg Smith laid out two main concepts: responsibility for your own choices and maintaining safety awareness both online

and in the physical world. For Greg Smith, trusting your gut, natural intuition and choosing not to ignore those natural signals are some of the most important parts of staying safe, he said. That includes staying aware of your surroundings, keeping exits in the back of your mind and keeping an eye out for possibly suspicious individuals. Most importantly, Greg Smith emphasized the “Big Three:” making eye contact with possible attackers, reporting suspicious circumstances and informing either family or friends when you change locations. As for the utilization of violence in self-defense, Greg Smith quoted self-defense advocate Tim Larkin: “Violence is rarely the answer, but when it is, it’s the only answer.” In the realm of self-defense and personal safety, Greg Smith said people have to truly be prepared to use violence. He introduced the audience to the concept of a winner’s mentality, utilizing whatever means

are necessary to come out of a conflict. “In and of Itself, [violence] is not a bad thing, it’s a tool,” Greg Smith said. To develop that winner’s mentality, Greg Smith recommended to rehearse and visualize scenarios. By doing that, he said, your body will respond almost automatically even in situations where you are caught off guard. For situations where you might be experiencing a sense of sensory overload and feel that you may be unsafe or unaware of your surroundings, Greg Smith recommended calling 911 or the Wildcat Walk service. “Don’t be afraid of that,” Smith said. He added that when he was a police officer, there would never be any judgment for asking for help. Rowan Jones COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP

In the Business Administration Building, Greg Smith answers student questions during a safety awareness seminar.

ATID program to present annual runway show, gallery exhibit featuring student work Thursday EMMA WITTER

THE COLLEGIAN

The apparel, textiles and interior design program's annual Student Symposium will be held this week. The 15th annual Student Symposium from the apparel, textiles and interior design program will be held Thursday and Friday to showcase student work and provide networking opportunities with industry professionals. The symposium is a twoday event which begins on Thursday with the Showcase of Excellence, a gallery exhibition that will occur from

6 to 7 p.m. on the first floor of the Kansas State Alumni Center. The gallery exhibit will be followed by a runway show beginning at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Center Banquet Room.

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A model showcases student work at the annual ATID Student Symposium on April 12, 2018. The runway show will be held again this Thursday.

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Bringing Coachella to Kansas: Meet one of the acts for K-Chella AUTUMN MOCK

Chaverin said he will be the first to take the stage at K-Chella, a free outdoor music festival for students inspired by the Coachella festival. While he typically performs covers at open mic nights, he will be playing his own original songs during his 20-minute set at K-Chella. For the past few months, Chaverin said he has been going to Nashville Songwriters Association International meetings, where people have the opportunity to write songs, critique each other’s work and brainstorm ways to become better songwriters. “I think [writing] is different for every song and every person who ever writes a song,” Chaverin said. “Usually, it’ll start real small, like two words or a phrase or an emotion.” Chaverin said his preferred genres are folk with a bit of pop.

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With a father who has played guitar for about 30 years and a family that frequently plays music in the background, Ben Chaverin, junior in operational management, said he developed an inclination for music at a young age. When Chaverin was 12 years old, his father showed one of his brothers a few chords; not to be outdone, Chaverin felt the urge to start learning, too. The first song he ever played was “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down. Chaverin is now the vice president of the Rap n Producing Club, a frequenter of Union Program Council open mic nights, the man who runs Kramer Overtime’s open mic nights and a performer at UPC’s K-Chella this week.

“I was raised on John Mayer, so that got me into the acoustic guitar,” Chaverin said. “I later discovered Charlie Puth, and he basically got me into production, beats and more pop elements.” Chaverin said he started learning a lot about recording and producing this past year, even releasing an extended play record a month ago, but he said there is a lot more that goes into audio production than he ever assumed. “I like how much control you have over how it sounds,” Chaverin said. “The frustrating thing is when you don’t know why it sounds a certain way, and then you’re like, ‘I hate this. Why does it sound so bad?’ Then you fiddle with it for like six hours.” Overall, Chaverin said he is most excited about simply performing at K-Chella and having his friends there to sup-

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port him. “Part of what I love about performing is the excitement of getting up there,” Chaverin said. “There’s a really good feeling you get from that — a compelling, artistic vibe.” K-Chella is a free student music festival happening at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Bosco Plaza. Camila Segura Rivera, graduate student in architecture, said the event will provide both free food and a fun outside festival vibe. “College students can’t really afford to go to Coachella, so we’re bringing a piece of that here,” Rivera said. Rivera, a member of the music committee in UPC, said this event is also being put on in an effort to showcase more talent at K-State. “When I started this position, someone said there was no music scene at K-State,” Ri-

vera said. “I thought that is not possible — 20,000 students and no music scene? Come on.” Each year, UPC also puts on the OPUS Battle of the Bands, where student musicians compete against one another, but Rivera said the downside to that event is that only three bands walk away as winners despite everyone putting in the same amount of work. “We just wanted to have an event where we could pay all the acts and say we appreciate them for dedicating their time to open mic nights every month and coming to OPUS Battle of the Bands,” Rivera said. In order to choose which musicians would be a part of K-Chella, UPC had artists audition while student judges rated them on a scale of one to 10. The highest scorers were then offered a time slot to perform at the event. “I have always loved sup-

porting local bands and artists, so an event where I can see students perform sounds really cool and is something I’m looking forward to,” Madison Smolich, senior in nutrition, said.

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Hispanic population rises despite overall K-State enrollment decline TRACE SALZBRENNER THE COLLEGIAN

Hispanic enrollment is on the rise at Kansas State University despite an overall decrease in total enrollment, according to numbers from the Office of the Registrar. As previously reported by the Collegian, K-State has seen a steady drop in enrollment numbers since 2014, with the current student population decreasing by 2.8 percent — over 600 students — since last year. However, the Hispanic student population has increased by 4 percent, or 62 students. The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Student Affairs indicated this increase was expected. “We are specifically focusing in on Hispanic students — Latino students — because of the demographics of our state,” said Pat Bosco, vice president of student life and dean of students. ”While most cohorts in the state of Kansas are decreasing or are flat, most of the Latino enrollments are increasing throughout the state.” According to the U.S. Census, Kansas has a Hispanic or Latino population of roughly 11 percent. In 2018, K-State had roughly 7 percent of its population identify as Hispanic or Latino. The diversity office and other administrative bodies at K-State have recently pushed for more accessibility for Hispanic students, including using Spanish for enrollment, implementing programs to help minority student retention and conducting outreach to high school counselors. “I would ask my high school teachers in Dodge City if I could come and talk to their students about K-State … then Dean Bosco approached me and said, ‘I heard you are doing these things and I need you to do them for me officially,’” Madai Rivera, assistant director of student engagement, said. “We didn’t start everything. We had programs in place that already supported

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Despite a total decrease in enrollment, the population of Hispanic students at Kansas State University has increased by 4 percent from last year. Latino students, but I think he just wanted something extra.” This “something extra” came in the form of a “wish list” Rivera created. It included handout materials that came in Spanish and a request for the K-State website to also support the language. “I explained that, while most of the students that we are recruiting are bilingual, their families are not,” Rivera said. Adrian Rodriguez, associate vice president of student life for diversity and multicultural student affairs, said Rivera’s work is focused on connecting to Hispanic families. “You have to create these connections and have these very focused and intentional conversations,” Rodriguez said. “That is what Madai and others do.” These bilingual conversations are happening across the United States; K-State’s recruiting office has dedicated posts in major cities such as

Denver, Chicago and the Kansas City area. When talking with Hispanic and Latino families, Rivera said there are delicate questions to answer regarding safety, money, resources and citizenship. Many students pursuing post-secondary education from a Latino household are first-generation students or are from a family educated in a different country. “When you are the first in your family, the questions are different,” Rivera said. “They really don’t have a deep understanding of how college works in the United States. When you are with an undocumented family, the questions pile up more. ‘Am I able to enroll, can I get scholarships,’ and the answers are yes, yes, yes. But of course, as an undocumented student, they don’t know that.”

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SGA allocations focused mostly on ‘educational’ value, former chair says BAILEY BRITTON PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN

When the Turning Point chapter at Kansas State was allocated money for an on-campus event on April 5, there was debate regarding the issue from all sides of the political spectrum across campus. Some students were concerned that the speakers Austin “Fleccas” Fletcher, Elijah “Slightly Offens*ve” Schaffer and DC Draino — all conservative internet personalities — would be too controversial to have on campus. Other students were worried that funding or not funding the event would be seen as a political stance by the Student Governing Association either way.

However, by granting funding to student organizations, Nils Bergsten, former chair of the On-Campus Allocations Committee and senior in agribusiness, said when SGA approves funding to a student organization, it does not mean SGA and that student organization are sponsoring that event. For a group to host an event on campus, it must be considered “educational” by the committee. Bergsten described how this criteria relates to dependent and independent student organizations. “With dependent student organizations, it’s usually fairly easy because, if you’re part of the College of Engineering or part of the College of Ag, if it’s something like that that pertains to what you’re learning in class, that’s usually pretty educational

and usually easy to see,” Bergsten said. “With independent student organizations,” Bergsten continued, “it’s a little bit different because they’re not always related just to a college or academic material that you see, but it might relate to that in another type of way. It could be just learning about other things that are happening outside the world, outside of Kansas State, just academic stuff. Could be leadership activities, too.” Bill Harlan, SGA adviser and graduate student in data analytics, said the definition of educational value can change from year to year. “Typically, the committees will define that,” Harlan said. “The different groups of students will define that from year to year

how they see fit. Their job is to then be consistent with that definition throughout their year.” Bergsten also said the definition of educational activities could include information on current events and politics, as was the case for the Turning Point USA event. “I think there’s several classes and stuff where you talk about the First Amendment,” Bergsten said. “You talk about free speech and all that, allowing that on campus. You have to be able to hear both sides, or all sides. There’s not just two, there’s different sides to everything when it comes to political speech and that type of stuff in today’s society. If you deny, and that’s the determination that our committee came to, we can’t deny someone based on what they’re believing right now, and especially when it comes to the most basic rights of our country, free speech, freedom of religion. That’s the determination that we made.”

Jeffery Morris, vice president of communications and marketing, said SGA is held to the same standards as the university when awarding mandatory fees, so SGA must distribute fees without regard to the group’s viewpoint. Bergsten said he only denied funding twice during his tenure, and one of those times was when someone was requesting funding to hold an event off-campus. There are certain requirements an organization must meet to acquire funding, and sometimes organizations are not fully funded, Harlan said. For example, SGA does not fund food at events. “Someone might request $4,500 for an event, and $500 of that goes toward food, so they might receive $4,000 if the rest of the event is good,” Harlan said. Harlan said he does not see the $3,000 for the TPUSA event as an outlier compared to other

funding for previous events. “It does not stand out to me as being different than other amounts,” Harlan said. “The range is very wide from year to year. There’s been some big ones and there’s been some 300s. What SGA considers to be a minor allocation, which is where they vote on them as a bulk instead of hearing them individually, that threshold is $850. $3,000 is more than that, but not outlandishly. The diversity program and committee funds have to be a minimum of $3,000 for the event, so that’s the least that you could request for that. To me, it falls in the middle.” Overall, Harlan said he thinks SGA has been doing its best. “From the SGA standpoint, I think those students are trying to do the best they can with all of their responsibilities, and that can be difficult,” Harlan said. “I have not questioned their intention of trying to do the right thing.”

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K-State leads Big 12 in recycling for 5 years of 6 EMMA WITTER

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The Wildcats are Big 12 champions for the second time this year. This time, instead of shooting balls into hoops, the competition was throwing paper and plastic into recycling bins.

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ATID students spend the majority of the spring semester planning the event, finding models and picking a theme. This year’s theme is a single word: “Thrive!” McKenzie Weien, junior in

Each year, Kansas State and members of the Big 12 Conference compete in RecycleMania, an eight-week national competition held to encourage recycling on college campuses. Universities keep track of and report the amount of recycling and trash they collect, tallying the totals and weighing them against competing

universities. K-State has led the Big 12 in the competition for five of the past six years. RecycleMania ranks schools based on percentage of material recycled compared to overall waste. This year, Wildcats recycled 43.4 percent of total waste collected throughout the eight weeks.

While this was a slight drop from last year’s 45.3 percent, it was still enough to place K-State at first in the Big 12 and 52nd in the nation for 2019. According to the RecycleMania website, K-State’s recycling helped contribute to greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to taking 112 cars off the road.

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“It shows what we really do in our majors,” Weien said. “It’s a great representation of the work that students in the College of Human Ecology do.” Tickets must be purchased in advance to attend the ATID Student Symposium and can be purchased from the ATID department’s event page. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Beyond the Showcase of Excellence, the ATID Student Symposium will also feature workshops, topic sessions and professional panels for current K-State students as well as high school and middle school students who want to learn more about ATID. More information about the symposium can be found at the event webpage.

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Bosco said a primary concern for these families is paying for a college education. “The number one issue we deal with for families choosing colleges is financing,” Bosco said, “and the families want this option of education.”

While working with families in the southwest corner of Kansas, Debra Bolton, director of intercultural learning and academic success, said she saw a common trend in the families and the schools. “The number one thing that my 20 years of research told me was that these families’ top priority is education,” Bolton said. “But what they didn’t know was how to navi-

gate that.” Bolton said Hispanic families would either avoid financial conversations or be ignored due to the language barrier present. However, inclusive efforts from K-State and other institutions have still contributed to an increase in enrollment. “You’ll see this across the landscape,” Rodriguez said. “While you’ll see a decrease in

numbers nationwide, this isn’t just a trend at K-State. Again, you’ll see Hispanic and Latino populations on the rise.” According to the National Center for Education Statistics, university enrollment decreased by 5 percent between 2010 and 2015 across the nation, representing a drop of over 1 million students. However, national Hispanic enrollment has increased each year

from 2000 to 2015. “The numbers are there,” Rivera said. “Students are graduating from high school, but we wouldn’t have that record at K-State if we weren’t being responsive to them. We just wouldn’t.” The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Student Affairs has integrated Spanish into multiple stages of the recruitment process and reached

out to non-profit organizations to raise money for Hispanic families looking to send their students to college. “Today, we are celebrating record enrollment numbers with our Hispanic population, and just a couple years ago, we were doing the same with our black student population,” Bosco said. “I’m always dedicated to making minority voices be heard.”