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Pages 6 & 7: Students and community members participated in the Take Back Our Lives rally on Tuesday protesting and raising awareness of injustice toward marginalized people.

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Chelsea Turner, sophomore in American ethnic studies and co-president of FIRE, shouts chants to a crowd of people gathered at Bosco Student Plaza for the Take Back Our Lives rally on Tuesday evening.

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Spring signals start of severe weather, K-State Alerts notifies public ANDREA DIZMANG THE COLLEGIAN

The end of the spring semester at Kansas State also marks the beginning of Kansas spring weather, which can mean sunshine and clear skies one minute, and tornadoes and 90 mph winds the next. When the weather turns suddenly, it is important to be safe and prepared for the perils spring offers. Mackenzie Thrush, junior in communication sciences and disorders, said she knows that spring weather can turn at any given moment. “I normally check the weather and look on the news,” Thresh said. “(If there’s a tornado) I get to the basement.” Thresh said her sorority Sigma Kappa does not have a basement, but if a tornado warning were to occur, she would go to neighboring fraternity Phi Delta Theta. The National Oceanic and

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Cars line up to enter the K-State Parking Garage as severe weather approaches Manhattan on April 24, 2016. Atmospheric Administration’s Weather-Ready-Nation, a program which helps communities prepare for the perils of extreme weather, states that spring weather “roars in like a lion, rampaging across the United States.” Its website specifically lists tornadoes, floods, lightning and even

heat as spring hazards.

K-STATE ALERTS

To help students stay aware of bad weather in the area, K-State offers an alert-messaging system called K-State Alerts. The system, which is run by K-State Police, allows the public to sign

Students volunteer at Manhattan Boys & Girls Club, gain experience KENNEDY MCKERNAN THE COLLEGIAN

With a stated mission “to inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens,” the Manhattan Boys & Girls Club provides a safe place for the city’s youth to learn and socialize with each other before and after school, as well as during the summer months. The club is open to children from elementary school through high school, and volunteers, which include students from Kansas State, provide fun and educational activities. Alexis Nouhan, sophomore in elementary education, works with the club’s third-grade students. “I wanted to work with kids to help with my future

up for alerts concerning inclement weather or public safety. “We use the National Weather Service, and we get with Emergency Management,” said Lt. Bradli Millington, K-State police department coordinator for support services. “The dispatch center runs it and we send

them (alerts) out for here, Salina and we send them out for the Olathe campus as well.” Millington said that the alerts are primarily used for tornado warnings and safety alerts. The alerts used to get sent out for any thunderstorm watch or warning, but he said they scaled it back because there were so many alerts it became “like firearms, where nobody paid much attention to them.” Students and faculty have the option to receive the alerts via text, call, email or any combination of the three that they choose. “They send the alerts to my email anytime something happens,” Amir Pshenov, freshman in political science, said. “I feel like they are necessary because its important to inform students that there is something is going on. Even if nothing happens from it, students need to know.”

BE PREPARED

Accuweather has several tips to stay safe during the spring sea-

son, including knowing the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. “A watch is issued when conditions are favorable, for example, either for a severe thunderstorm or tornadoes,” Dan Kottlowski, AccuWeather.com senior meteorologist, said. “It doesn’t mean severe weather is imminent.” A severe weather/tornado warning means that weather is imminent based off of specific criteria and reports that have been received. Weather-Ready-Nation advises citizens to know the forecast before leaving their homes for the day. The group also suggests having an emergency supply kit that has at least 72 hours worth of food and water in case an emergency does strike. Lastly, the group advises citizens to come up with an emergency communication plan with friends and family for meeting places and plans of action in case the risk of severe weather increases.

Public Forum THE COUNCIL ON PARKING OPERATIONS INVITES YOU TO A PUBLIC FORUM ON PROPOSED PARKING RULE CHANGES THE FORUM WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 27TH from 1 to 2:30pm in the BIG 12 ROOM K-STATE STUDENT UNION

job in elementary education,” Nouhan said. “Throughout the week we go through a book and a (science, technology, engineering and math) program.” Nouhan said the STEM program allows the children to be creative with Legos and play computer and iPad games. Rachel Walker, sophomore in apparel and textiles

marketing, is a program leader for the club, which means she is assigned a group of kids usually between fourth and sixth grades. “This semester we’ve started something new,” Walker said.

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Proposed changes include: • Better definition of refund procedures • Responsibility of vehicle owners when vehicles are loaned • Rules when permits are not displayed For those that are unable to attend in person, the Forum will be streamed on: www.ksu.edu/parking

A detailed lisiting of proposed changes is available at: www.ksu.edu/parking

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Students approve university-wide fee for Business building, renovations JASON TIDD

THE COLLEGIAN

A student committee approved a university-wide percredit-hour fee — the first in Kansas State history — to pay for the Business building and maintenance and renovations on other academic buildings. The $4 per-credit-hour fee proposal includes $1 million per year for maintenance and renovation of academic buildings and $900,000 for the College of Business Administration building. If approved by President Richard Myers and the Kansas Board of Regents, all on-campus students will pay the fee starting in fall 2017. The Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee, which makes recommendations to the president on tuition and fee proposals, approved the fee on a 6-4 vote. The same proposal failed 15 minutes earlier on a 5-5 vote, and a proposal to only approve a $2 fee for the Business building failed 3-7. Students voting yes were: Will Moreland, sophomore in agricultural technology management; Cat Gutman, sophomore in architecture; Victor Valdez, sophomore in economics; Anna Jackson, junior in elementary education; Jake McIntire, junior in kinesiology; and Jessica Van Ranken, senior in political science. Students voting no were: Drew Bormann, junior in economics and finance; Jordan Martin, senior in computer science; Trent McGee, graduate student in counseling and student development; and Jack Ayres, junior in chemical engineering. Valdez, a former Student Governing Association senator, said he wanted people to know “we passed this because we were forced to.” “I don’t want this fee, right, but we all understand that we need to pay this fee because we promised (the money for the Business building),” Valdez said. The fee funds an obligation made by former K-State President Kirk Schulz, who committed $15 million to the Business

building construction project for equipment, furnishings and technology. “This is kind of an unprecedented circumstance that we’re dealing with right now with the Business college and the fact that the state is not giving us dollars to renovate buildings,” said April Mason, provost and senior vice president and non-voting member of the committee. Most of the $13.5 million expenses have been paid already using cash balances accumulated in the restricted fees fund. The money from the fee would pay back the restricted fund over 15 years. The $900,000 portion of the fee for the Business building was introduced a year ago as a $2.10 fee, but was voted down by the committee. The same proposal was approved in 2015, but a Kansas Legislature and Board of Regents cap on tuition and fees increases prevented implementation. Jonathan Peuchen, junior in mechanical engineering, a non-voting member of the committee and SGA senate speaker, said the SGA constitution forbids the use of fees for renovating buildings — or constructing them — without a student referendum. The constitution states the SGA senate may: “Pass enabling legislation for the establishment or increase of any fee for which the purpose is to finance the construction of or renovation of a building or facility at Kansas State University only after the fee has been ratified by a binding student referendum as provided for in Article XI.” Van Ranken, committee co-chair and former student body president, said since the university — not SGA — will establish the fee, the SGA constitution likely does not apply. “If we’re going to be doing big projects like this, we ought to have a referendum of students, to me it would seem,” Peuchen said. In a February 2016 meeting, Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration and finance, told the committee that

Student vote on $4 per-credit-hour fee for Business building and academic building renovation and maintenance:

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Will Moreland

sophomore in agricultural technology management

Cat Gutman

sophomore in architecture

Victor Valdez

Drew Bormann

junior in economics and finance

Jordan Martin

senior in computer science

Trent McGee

sophomore in economics

graduate student in counseling and student development

Anna Jackson

Jack Ayres

junior in elementary education

Jake McIntire

junior in chemical engineering

junior in kinesiology

Jessica Van Ranken senior in political science

a student referendum was not necessary because the Business building was not built using bonding authority, or debt. Ayres, committee co-chair and student body president, originally proposed failing the fee and suggesting a 0.5 percent tuition increase to raise $950,000 to pay for the Business building — excluding the renovation and maintenance portion — with a guarantee that students could write a memo on their position to the Board of Regents. Van Ranken explained the reasoning behind a tuition increase instead of a fee increase. “With this, (we are) saying, ‘We don’t think it should be a fee. If it has to exist, we think it should exist in tuition, understanding that it’s going to exist in some form or another,’” Van Ranken said. Martin, an SGA senator, said he did not think students should have to pay the fee, but he preferred a fee over a tuition increase because of greater transparency. “That’s simply because seeing tuition, seeing all of my

classes get raised by $3, I don’t know where that $3 is going,” Martin said. “If there is a spot on my tuition bill that says College of Business Building Fee, I know that, for whatever reason, somebody decided that my money should be going to the College of Business building.” Martin also said he thought the fee should be renamed the “College of Business Building Fee” instead of the “University Academic Infrastructure Support” fee.

“I think that’s what it should be called, because ... the majority of that money is going to be going to the College of Business building,” Martin said. “You see that, and you’re like, ‘What the heck is going on? Why did this happen?’” Martin said. “Then you look into it ... I want people to be pissed about it.” Moreland said students would support paying for renovating buildings. “How many students who

have ever been in a building at K-State would argue that we need to put money towards renovating them?” Moreland said. “I mean, there’s a lot of buildings that obviously do need help, and a lot of students would be on board for that.” Trent McGee said he appreciated the proactive nature of the renovation and maintenance portion of the fee but thought it should be funded through tuition. He said the Business building portion was a “mistake” because of the precedent it sets. “This is a very historical thing that has real dollars and real money that students are addressing, and basically what we’re doing is opening a door for someone to come in and go, ‘Well, that committee said it was OK,’” McGee said. “There are plenty of entities on this campus that want access to a university-wide fee,” McGee continued, mentioning K-State Libraries, the Office of Student Life and academic advising. “We would be the committee putting it on record that that’s OK.” Trenton Kennedy, sophomore in entrepreneurship, a non-voting member of the committee and former student body vice president, said if students cannot stop students from paying for the Business building, they should allow it to be a fee because it gives greater control to students. see page

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Campus concealed carry education efforts face approaching deadline ALEX BRASE

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The concealed carry of handguns will be legal at Kansas public universities in a little over two months, but Kansas State’s administration has yet to launch a major effort to educate parents or current and prospective students about the state law implementation. The University of Kansas has created a multi-page website to inform students on the topic of concealed carry, while K-State has not yet created a similar website. Aside from a link to the university weapons policy, the K-State Office of Administration and Finance webpage provides a timeline for the university policy’s revision and approval by the Kansas Board of Regents, while the K-State Police webpage provides a list of concealed carry instructors created by the state attorney general. KU’s concealed carry resource website provides information beyond the policy and statutory information displayed on K-State’s website. KU additionally supplies “a series of information pages tailored to specific audiences that provide a quick overview of the university’s policy,” a “Fast Facts” section that gives bullet point overviews of the law and university policy, FAQs specific to the university, a section with applicable resources and a “What To Do When...” page. In November 2016, when he was announced as K-State president, Richard Myers said he was against the expiration of state universities’ exemption to the law. “I’m on the record as believing that concealed carry on a university campus is not in the best interest of the folks on campus,” Myers said then. “That’s my stance.” On Nov. 7, 2016 — a day before the elections — in an “Ask Me Live” session with the Collegian, Pat Bosco, vice president of student life and dean of students, said he thought students should consider the ramifications of the law before voting for state legislators.

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Anderson Hall and the grand lawn opens up to the rest of campus as the sun sets. “You know, I’m prohibited from expressing what I feel about the present law by the Board of Regents, so I’m going to violate that and say that the legislation that will be voted in this Tuesday will look at the law and give it a good look ... and decide whether it’s right for Kansas schools to have concealed weapons,” Bosco said.

SPRING 2017 DEVELOPMENT

When asked in late February about plans to inform the campus of the revisions, Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration and finance, said the Weapons Advisory Work Group was looking at increasing its efforts to share the policy changes closer to the July 1 implementation date. Bontrager said on April 17 that apart from a single page for the group on the university’s web site, she was “not aware that there was disclosure of (K-State concealed carry policy), necessarily.” Students and parents should expect to receive new information on how to report suspected policy violations, Bosco said in an April 18 email. “We are going to include a concealed weapons FAQ in a hand-out for orientation and enrollment,” Bosco wrote. Bosco said the university had planned to incorporate information about concealed carry on campus into the Alcohol and Sexual Assault Prevention

Program that incoming students must complete, but the program developer has not completed the work.

KEEPING QUIET

K-State’s administration has refrained from referring to or detailing the policy change on its homepage or admissions webpages, with the bulk of the communications happening in 20 unique stories in the daily “K-State Today” email newsletter since the four-year exemption was granted in 2013, according to searches for “weapons” and “concealed carry” on the university website. The most recent email referring to the change appeared in inboxes on Feb. 2, announcing a Legislative Review Session with the Office of Governmental Relations on topics such as the expiring weapons exemption. Bontrager said she got pushback from others in the Weapons Advisory Work Group when suggesting more communication on the issue. “They were like, ‘We don’t want this to be so in the media that this is all that folks are talking about,’” Bontrager said. Bontrager said the university is trying to maintain enrollment and not “overshadow” what K-State offers “because this could be considered very negative.”

CONCEALED CARRY AFFECTS ATHLETICS

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the Regents’ governance committee last week of plans to purchase an estimated 70 metal detectors for Bramlage Coliseum, which holds 12,528 fans, and Bill Snyder Family Stadium, which contains 50,000 seats, to lawfully restrict concealed carry during games. “Seventy is the estimated number of detectors that will be necessary to adequately cover all of the entrances to Bill Snyder Family Stadium,” Kenny Lannou, K-State associate athletic director for communications, said in an April 19 email interview. “Approximately 18-20 of these 70 portable units will also (be) utilized at Bramlage Coliseum.” K-State gained the Regents’ approval to rent the athletic department’s security for select events in McCain Auditorium, K-State Student Union’s Forum Hall and the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. K-State Athletics, which is largely funded through private donations and game-related sales, strongly encourages fans to arrive early due to these security changes, Lannou said.

STUDENT ABILITY TO CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUS

While the university is prohibited by law from requesting information from and maintaining registries of students who will carry concealed handguns, there were 11,851 non-international students who were at least 21 years old enrolled at K-State

in the fall of 2016, making them eligible to carry concealed handguns, according to information provided from K-State’s Office of Planning and Analysis through an open records request. Spring 2017 enrollment numbers broken down by specific age are not currently available. In the residence halls, 349 — or about 10 percent — of the 3,446 students who call K-State’s residence halls home for the spring 2017 semester are 21 or older, Nick Lander, interim associate director of K-State Housing and Dining Services, said in a phone interview. When not carried, firearms will need to be kept in a locked car or in storage devices supplied by the owner and approved by the university administration in on-campus housing, according to K-State’s revised weapons policy. The Kansas Regents suggest in a Jan. 18 FAQ on concealed carry policy that housing applicants who are uncomfortable sharing a room with a handgun owner alert Housing and Dining Services. A combined 72 percent of K-State faculty and staff who participated in a Jan. 2016 Docking Institute survey and a combined 62 percent of K-State students who participated in a similar survey that month said they would prefer guns not be allowed on campus, or would approve of the expiring four-year exemption for universities from concealed carry be extended.

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

“It’s difficult to track all the reasons students decline our offers of admission to the M.A. program in English,” said Anne Longmuir, associate professor and director of graduate studies in K-State’s English department, referring to a prospective graduate student who declined an offer from the English department the day before. “This year, however, I have noticed an increase in the number of students citing personal reasons,” Longmuir said. “We can’t know whether all those students were referring obliquely to campus carry, but it is the reason that yesterday’s student cited.” Several faculty members who are planning on leaving or retiring from their positions at K-State before the law takes effect have alluded to the law as a reason for leaving, including Ruth Miller, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Keith Miller, research assistant professor of geology, Bruce Snyder, teaching associate professor of biology and David Rintoul, associate professor of biology. Daniel Hunt, associate professor of sculpture, is retiring, but he said the implementation of campus concealed carry had no influence on his decision to retire. “If you think that guns are not already on campus, you are fooling yourself,” Hunt said.

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Chelsea Turner, sophomore in American ethnic studies, leads a crowd of people out of Bosco Student Plaza during the Take Back Our Lives rally on Tuesday. The rally was put on to raise awareness about violence against all marginalized people.

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Abigail Agnew, senior in marketing, directs a crowd of marchers through Aggieville during the Take Back Our Lives rally on Tuesday.

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Participants in the Take Back Our Lives rally in front of Higinbotham Gate on Tuesday.

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Students march to protest oppression, promote unity RACHEL HOGAN THE COLLEGIAN

“Whose streets?” “Our streets!” Through the soft, Tuesday evening rain, Kansas State students and community members marched across campus and through Aggieville, protesting and raising awareness for the injustices faced by marginalized people in the Take Back Our Lives rally. The rally, organized by Feminists Igniting Resistance and Empowerment and the American ethnic studies department, was inspired by the annual Take Back the Night march, which aims to end

sexual and domestic violence. The Take Back Our Lives rally echoed that sentiment, but also made it more inclusive to welcome all groups that experience oppression, such as Muslims, members of the LGBT community and immigrants. “We’re here to be here for each other,” said Chelsea Turner, co-president of FIRE and sophomore in American ethnic studies. “It’s a whole bunch of people, not just black people being here for black people, women being here for women. It’s a whole bunch of groups being here for each other.” The rally kicked off with an open-mic session. Several poets read poems addressing

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President Donald Trump’s election to presidential office, childhood sexual trauma and immigration. Muslim students spoke about their experiences of being wrongly perceived as terrorists. First-generation students shared their struggle to get to college. A march through campus and Aggieville followed the open-mic rally. Marchers shouted chants — such as “Rape and incest, we say no” — and held signs denouncing the Trump administration, Islamophobia, transphobia and other issues. Maria Vieyra, junior in psychology, held a sign that read “our pain, rage, life matters” above portraits of high-profile victims of police

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brutality and hate crimes, as well as an extensive list of lesser known victims. “You don’t really hear about the people that don’t make the media,” Vieyra said. “These people are being murdered, and they matter.” As the procession made its way through the streets of Aggieville, passers-by stared. Others clapped, shouted in support and chanted along. Drivers showed support by laying on their horns and waving through car windows. “This march is one big voice getting people to listen on a massive level,” Emily Miner, graduate student in English, said. “Especially by going out into the town instead of staying on campus.”

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The large-scale exposure was one of the event’s goals. “We’re here to show that we’re going to take up space, make some noise and show people that we’re not afraid anymore,” said Brie’Asia Harris, co-president of FIRE and sophomore in American ethnic studies. A second goal was to unify marginalized communities, something Turner said is vital to coalition building in the modern political climate. Turner, Harris and Miner said they were conscious of how coalitional demonstrations like the Take Back Our Lives rally are viewed. Some onlookers inside Aggieville restaurants could be seen through windows watching

the procession with frowns, shaking their heads. “In a state like Kansas where it’s completely red, people all agree with the current administration,” Miner said. “It’s really important to get visibility for people who completely disagree and feel like their voice has been stolen from them.” Despite the fact that many may not see the value in protest, Harris urged people to educate themselves on the issues being protested. “You don’t have to personally identify with each of these struggles,” Harris said. “Just recognize these people as human beings who go through struggles. They matter.”

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Concussion concerns linger around football play NATHANIEL FUNK THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State football team recently played its spring game, and while fans may have to wait until the fall for football to resume, questions have remained as to the safety of players at the national, college and local levels, especially in regards to the effects of concussions on player’s health. The National Football League reported 244 concussions during the 2016 football season, and over 500 concussions were reported in the NCAA’s Division I between 2013 and 2015. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concussions can be caused by “a bump, blow or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth.” The brain’s resulting sudden movement can damage brain cells and create “chemical changes in the brain.” With wider awareness of the effects of concussions, some players have questioned their playing

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Baylor’s Levi Norwood tries to escape former K-State senior free saftey Ty Zimmerman on Oct. 12, 2013, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. careers. “If I would have known what I know now, I never would’ve played football past high school,”

said Terrence McKinney, senior in social sciences and former redshirt football player at Kent State University. “Nothing is worth

damaging my mind.” For others, the chance of concussions are an accepted risk of stepping onto the field.

“I’ve always felt that it’s just part of the game, just like any risk of injury,” said Ty Zimmerman, former Kansas State All-American safety and former New Orleans Saint. “I think the way the game is going now, with some rule changes and changing the way players tackle, is definitely a good thing though, because as we learn more and more about concussions, we see the long-term effects that it has on some people.” Zimmerman referred to a change in rules in the NFL that penalizes hits to players’ heads, as well as hits on defenseless players. In implementing those rules, the NFL has balanced player safety with the inherent physical aspect of the game that draws fans to the game. For example, the league implemented a rule in 2016 that placed the ball at the 25-yard line, rather than the 20-yard line, after a touchback during a kickoff. Kick returns are one of football’s most dangerous plays because players run full speed with high momentum. Zimmerman said the main

difference in concussion protocol between college and professional football is that the NFL takes a more business-minded approach, and that professional players may take more time off for concussions than college players, as their livings depend on their health and ability to play. Rule changes and an increased emphasis on proper tackling are a few of the reasons for the NFL’s decrease in concussions. Some of the NFL’s most popular athletes, including Calvin Johnson Jr., Patrick Willis and Marshawn Lynch have also retired early in what seemed like promising careers, prompting speculation that health concerns, particularly concussions, have been a driving factor in the retirements. In December 2016, the NFL settled a lawsuit that could pay as much as $1 billion to former players over the next 65 years in response to player accusations that the NFL had hid the dangers of playing.

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“The kids got to decide what kinds of clubs they wanted to have so my site has Art Club and All Star Club,” Walter continued. “We also have two clubs provided by Boys & Girls Club of America

called Passport to Manhood and Smart Girls, which is projected to teach each group specific things about growing up.” Ashlyn Riley, sophomore in elementary education and program leader, said she creates activities and lessons for

the children. “I chose to work at Boys & Girls Club because I love working with children of all ages,” Riley said. “I also felt this would be a great experience I could have for my future career.” The Boys & Girls Club of

Manhattan has many opportunities and activities for the youth of Manhattan to attend before and after school, as well as during the summer. Information about the club can be found at http://www. bgclubmanhattan.com/.

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BatCats lose to Arkansas Razorbacks after wild pitch KALEB SCHUMAKER THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State baseball team fell to the Arkansas Razorbacks Tuesday night 6-5 under the bright lights of Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals. The game got off to a slow start with a one-two-three inning to start off for the Cats. K-State eventually got on the board in the top of the second when senior first baseman Jake Scudder hit a leadoff homerun to deep right center field that just missed the center fielders glove to clear the fence. The Cats then proceeded to get the next three Arkansas batters for a shutdown inning. The next runs weren’t scored until the bottom of the fifth when Mitch Zubradt, the right-handed sophomore, walked the leadoff batter. After a line-out to left from sophomore outfielder Eric Cole, the Razorbacks put in a pinch hitter, Dominic Fletcher. Fletcher was able to find the ball and sent a single out to right. After a double-steal, Evan Lee, another pinch hitter for the Razorbacks, hit a single to left field, bringing two men home to put

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Members of the baseball team line up for the National Anthem before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at the Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan on Saturday. The Wildcats went on to win the game 8-4. Arkansas up 2-1. Lee found his way to second base after an errant throw and was brought home when junior infielder/outfielder Chad Spanberger hit a deep shot to right center field that took a bounce off the outfield wall for an RBI double. In the sixth, the Wildcats

were able to pull back within one after a single through first from sophomore catcher Josh Rolette that was able to bring in freshman infielder Cameron Thompson from second base. In the top of the seventh, the Wildcats would add three more after an RBI single from fresh-

man outfielder Will Brennan that scored senior infielder Jake Wodtke, as well as a two-run shot from redshirt senior infielder Quintin Crandall that just snuck inside the left-field foul pole. The lead was short lived because in the bottom of the seventh the Razorbacks would knot

Track and field to compete in Drake Relays DEAUNDRA ALLEN THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State men and women’s track and field team will be competing in the 108th annual Drake Relays. After a weekend of hazardous weather in Arkansas, they will come in with hopes for clear skies.

JOHN MCDONNELL INVITATIONAL

This past weekend, K-State competed in the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where five individuals achieved first place. Sophomore Brett Neelly stood out, where he took home two first-place medals in both

the shot put and discus. Also doing well in the meet was senior Morgan Wedekind, who got a personal record and placed first in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. On the men’s side of the 3,000 steeplechase was junior Colton Donahue, who also placed first.

DRAKE RELAYS SCHEDULE

The Drake Relays will start on Wednesday with day one of both the men’s decathlon and the women’s heptathlon. The decathlon will go first, beginning at 11:30 a.m, followed by the women’s heptathlon at 1:30 p.m. Thursday’s events will start at 9:30 in the morning,

starting with the decathlon and heptathlon. Also on Thursday, the distance carnival will begin at 6:00 p.m. beginning with the 800-meter run and will end at 9:05 p.m. with the 5,000-meter run. The university events will pick back up on Friday starting at 9:32 a.m. with the 100-meter hurdles. It will then resume at 11:55 a.m. with preliminary rounds of both the men’s and women’s 4x100-meter relay, which will take place an hour before the 400-meter hurdles and the 100-meter dash begins. Also on Friday, the field events will begin at 10:00 a.m. with long jump and will continue on with javelin, shot put, pole vault, high jump, discus

and triple jump. Friday will conclude with the preliminary rounds of the 4x400-meter relays at 3:30 p.m. On Saturday, the day will begin with women’s hammer throw at 9 a.m. and will be proceeded with discus, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, long jump and shot put finals for both men’s and women’s. The track events will begin at 9:35 a.m. with the men’s and women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. Saturday will also include the sprint and distance medleys, the 400-meter hurdles, the 800-meter run, 110-meter hurdles, the 1500-meter runs and all relays. The meet will begin Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. in Des Moines, Iowa.

it back up at five a piece. After two hits to start the inning from junior Eric Cole and another hit for Fletcher, a passed ball would advance them into scoring position. Junior outfielder Luke Bonfield would bring them in with a sac fly out to right. The Cats would later strand two men in the top of the ninth and with bases loaded in the top of the 10th. “With men on third base with less than two outs that’s where you need to cash in and punch those runs across,” head coach Brad Hill said after the game. This would prove to come back to haunt them when in the bottom of the 10th with a heavy rain coming down. Senior pitcher Colton Kalmus threw a wild pitch that would lead to redshirt junior Carson Shaddy scoring from third to end the game. After a game that went four hours and 25 minutes, the Razorbacks won 6-5. “It was a good game back and forth, but you hate to see it end on a wild pitch,” said Hill. With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 21-20 on the year and will next host Abilene Christian at Tointon Family Stadium for a weekend series.

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FEES | Provost values student input in tuition and fee discussions continued from page

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“All of us in here know that someway or another, students are going to be assessed a fee to pay back the university’s obligation to the College of Business,” Kennedy said. “I think we all agree that regardless of how administration does it, it’s going to happen. So why not do it — although it sets precedent — why not do it as a fee and put our utmost control over the fee, review it every three years and have our SGA structure that requires a lot of transparency on behalf of administration?”

ENGINEERING DEAN’S ‘IGNORE’ EMAIL

April Mason addressed an email by Darren Dawson,

dean of the College of Engineering, which was reported in the Collegian on Tuesday. After the committee unanimously voted against a $26-38 fee increase for engineering, Dawson asked faculty and members of advisory councils for their own votes “to convince President Myers to ignore” the recommendation of the committee. “I want to say personally I respect the tuition and fees committee, (the university administration) respect the tuition and fees committee,” Mason said. “We respect the discussion, the candor, the organization ... the demonstration of shared governance is incredibly important to me.” Mason said she would not have used the same method as Dawson but did not specifically condemn Dawson’s

actions. “I think what happened with a letter that went to a college and advisory boards, I could only say that’s not the way I would have done it myself,” Mason said. Mason said she and Bontrager will include student input when discussing fee proposals with Myers. “We will be discussing the implications of all of the suggestions and recommendations that are made by the committee with the president, putting them into context, attempting to represent the voices of all of you who have worked so hard over the last many months,” Mason said. “... We respect what’s done in this room and value your opinions, your voice and I just wanted you to hear that from us.”

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Food porn: K-State researcher hopes to end phenomenon NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN

There is an implication to the term “porn.” It suggests something inherently sexual. Because of this, William Taylor, Kansas State communication studies professor, said scholars should not use the term in connection with food. Taylor will be making his argument by presenting a paper in front of an international audience of food studies scholars. “The paper itself looks at the moniker ‘porn’ as it relates

to things like posting on Instagram or taking a picture of a meal you just made,” Taylor said. Taylor defines “food porn” as the act of taking or looking at high-quality pictures of food. This phenomenon can be found all over the internet. His argument is that the terms “food voyeurism,” being the act of watching another person’s life, or “food exhibitionism,” the act of showing the public something, would be more accurate. Taylor has been selected by the Seventh International

Conference on Food Studies to present his paper on the moniker of food porn. The conference is in Rome this October. Taylor’s application process for the conference included providing the abstract for his paper well in advance. “It’s odd that I got a rhetoric paper in there, I’m hoping that means they liked it,” Taylor said. He said he believes inclusion in this food conference is an accomplishment for his self-funded research efforts. “While (the food conference is) not typically attended by our department, we do

strive for international engagement and this is an excellent opportunity to broaden the scope of communication studies research as a field of study,” Natalie Pennington, assistant communication studies professor, said. This year, the conferences goals aligned with Taylor’s research. “Taylor’s work is pertinent to the thematic goals of the conference, which includes a focus on food politics, policies and culture,” Pennington said. Taylor’s method for research is different from that of a lot of traditional research

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papers. “It’s more rhetorical in nature, especially the metaphoric analysis,” Taylor said. Taylor said a lot of his research was reading scholarly papers and forming arguments around those ideas. “As a researcher, or a communications scholar, it’s important to have a basis for the claims that we’re making and the things that we’re studying,” Taylor said. Taylor said he hopes that his arguments can help provide that basis and give people a framework to study “food porn.”

“This (food porn) phenomenon is accessed on a daily basis by hundreds of thousands of people,” Taylor said. Taylor said his paper is targeted more at the scholarship community than it is at Twitter or Instagram pages that specialize in photographs of food. Nolen Yapp, avid food photographer, said it is likely it will not catch on with the online food porn community. “When I say ‘food voyeurism,’ it’s like I’m going to a five-star restaurant where my food costs more than my shoes,” Yapp said.

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