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Students pay for college with agriculture experience, passion ASHLEY TERCERO THE COLLEGIAN

In the uncertain agriculture industry —where good years follow bad years and bad years follow good years — students in the College of Agriculture have found some stability in farm work. For Brooke Marshall, sophomore in animal sciences and industry, and Leah Scholz, junior in animal sciences and industry, a background in the agriculture industry led them to the College of Agriculture and provided them with the income necessary to pay for college. Originally from Halstead, Kansas, Marshall said she grew up with a passion for cattle from a young age, as her uncles own and operate a cow/calf operation. As soon as she was nine years old, Marshall said she signed up for 4-H and began showing her own calves. Between the ages of nine and 18, Marshall sold her steers each year and saved the profits to purchase more animals, but also to begin her college fund. “It makes me take my education even more serious because its money I worked hard for to pay for college,” Marshall said. Marshall said the tuition

increases make her very nervous each year, but coming from a family of Kansas State alumni, Marshall said her parents are always there to step in and make sure she can afford to finish out her education and join them as alumni. From the small town of Lancaster, Kansas, Scholz said her family has been farming ever since they came to America from Germany, growing soybeans and corn-row crops. Aided by her family and experience in 4-H, Scholz started her own cow/calf operation. Scholz said the uncertainty of the agriculture economy has not affected her very much. “My parents taught me young that it is important to save my pennies so that one day the pennies will turn into dollars to pay for college,” Scholz said. Because of this mindset, Scholz has had money saved up for college since she was a little girl. Her intent was to invest in her education so that if the economy did hurt, it would not affect her abilities to pay off college. Because she grew up in the agriculture industry, Scholz said she has an endless passion for it. She said all the scholarships she has received from the industry keep her motivated to pursue an education, no matter how expen-

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Eulises Corrales, agricultural technician, and Jocelyn Flowers, senior in animal sciences and industry, milk K-State dairy cows on Jan. 29. sive it may be. “The opportunities are endless because of the family atmosphere within the agriculture

industry,” Scholz said. Scholz said agriculture has taught her how to be strong in her faith, enhanced her respon-

sibility and work ethic, and has taught her how to give absolutely nothing but her best because anything less is not acceptable.

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Financing a college education is a concern for college students, who are often stereotyped as being poor or in insurmountable debt. In response, many of those students seek employment, especially in on-campus university departments. Kerri Keller, director of the Career Center, said the university employs students in 174 of its departments, according to numbers she said were from Human Capital Services.

Some of the largest employers on campus include Housing and Dining Services, Bramlage Coliseum, the Kansas State Student Union and the Division of Facilities — which altogether employ nearly 1,700 students. Keller said with all departments considered, the university employs between 5,500 and 6,000 undergraduate students each year, as well as about 2,000 graduate students as graduate assistants, graduate teaching assistants and graduate research assistants. see page

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Graduating seniors reflect on college careers MEGAN KOCER

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As the end of the spring semester approaches, soon-to-be graduates are looking back at their time at Kansas State. Caleb Amundson, senior in interior architecture and product design, said he initially chose K-State because of the people. “I knew I wanted to study something creative,” Amundson said. “I went to visit an art school in Chicago that I was dead set on at the time, but the visit left a weird taste in my mouth — I just didn’t click with the people. So when six of my seven friends decided to head to K-State, I agreed to give it

Karly Frederick, senior in agribusiness, said she first came to K-State to experience something different. “I went to a high school that didn’t have an ag program at all, so I knew I wanted to see what that looked like in the form of learning,” Frederick said. “I remember my very first class on Monday morning was Crop Science, and I had this ‘aha’ moment that we are actually learning about agriculture, and there is actually a formal learning process, and that was really cool to me. Why would you leave something so good?” Frederick said she found an organization she loved during her collegiate years.

“College, and K-State specifically, has challenged me to stop assuming.” Caleb Amundson, senior in interior architecture and product design a year and figure out where I saw myself long term.” Five years later, Amundson said his overinvolvement in his first few years was not as fulfilling as he would have imagined. “My first two years I was involved in anything and everything because I’m a yes man,” Amundson said. “It was honestly really unfulfilling. As the adage goes, I was shallowly involved in everything, which prevented me from being involved in anything.” Amundson said he went on to learn from his mistake and decided to commit his time to school and his church community.

“I really found my community within Ag Ambassadors,” Frederick said. “I really enjoyed that there were students helping kids like I was in high school figure out what they want to do. That’s where I plunged in deep with involvement.” Andrew Snodgrass, senior in family studies and human services, said he came to K-State because of the Manhattan community, but stayed because of the great times he had. “I enjoy Manhattan for the most part,” Snodgrass said. “It’s a quaint little town. But one of my favorite memories was two springs

ago when we put on a rock ‘n’ roll concert called Burgerstock. We cooked a ton of burgers in the backyard, got a sound permit and had a drone taking video footage.” Snodgrass said he continued through with college to “make (his) momma proud.” Throughout college, Amundson, Frederick and Snodgrass said they learned about themselves alongside learning within classes. “College, and K-State specifically, has challenged me to stop assuming,” Amundson said. “I deeply believe that my professors, peers, church community and even the greater Manhattan community have all provided space and encouragement to appreciate where I’ve come from and how it’s shaped me.” Amundson said he learned to appreciate the values he discovered while at K-State. “I’ve learned that learning isn’t the end all be all, but that knowledge can become wisdom only when you apply it to your own life,” Amundson said. “And that is a lesson that no amount of money can pay for.” Frederick said the diversity of college taught her about who she was as a person. “Your decisions really do make you who you are, and that really helped me to see what makes me, me,” Frederick said. “College has helped me to realize the things that I actually value.” Snodgrass said he learned to be open to new people and experiences. “I learned a decent amount about open-mindedness to new people and people from different backgrounds,” Snodgrass said. “It makes the potential of meeting new people more of a positive thing than a scary thing and to not take people for face value.”

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TAURUS April 20 - May 20

I don’t know who lied to you, but just because you’re about to finally actually obtain your degree does not mean your sleep cycle will magically reset after four+ years of borderline school-induced insomnia. Sorry to ruin the illusion.

GEMINI May 21 - June 20

It’s official now: you peaked in college. But at least you have your degree, so when you’re out in the real world doing something professional and boring, you can always look back on the good times you had while struggling to earn your degree.

CANCER June 21 - July 22

Trying to impress your crush? You can’t go wrong with cooking skills. Or finally collecting your college degree. That’s a big one, too — ya know, stability and all. Good thing you have at least that to offer.

LEO July 23 - Aug. 22

You still don’t know the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re,’ but you’re about to walk out of here with a degree that will make employers assume you do. And isn’t that all that matters?

VIRGO Aug. 23 - Sept. 22

What I learned in college is...is...? Yeah, we’re not sure either, but you’re bound to figure it out and be able to use it for something eventually.

LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 22

A job? You could probably get yourself a good one of those now. Or you could just continue your hunt for a rich spouse. But uhgg — those plans both sound equally exhausting.

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Graduation day can and will be incredibly stressful. We don’t really have any good advice for making it any less stressful — we’re just giving you a heads up.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 Good luck out there in the real world. (Honestly, you’ll need it more than any of the other signs, so we’ll check in even after you graduate to make sure you’re not making too much of a mess of things. You’re welcome.)

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Look at you, graduating and stuff. Don’t you just feel like a grown-up now? Yeah, we didn’t think so. You’ll always just be kind of adolescent, generally speaking.

PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20

C’s get degrees, and degrees get — well, they get you something. We’re not really sure what, but probably something.

ARIES March 21 - April 19

You have that degree and you’re finally free — until you stop celebrating for a second and remember that you’re actually neck-deep in student debt...but that degree, though.

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‘Senioritis, a cramming disease’ afflicts graduating students ABI BALLOU

THE COLLEGIAN

Common student opinion is that senioritis is a cramming “disease,” causing procrastination and a loss of motivation on university campuses toward the end of the academic semester. Summer fever gets higher and higher as the final weeks speed by. Symptoms typically last a few weeks, and treatment includes walking across a stage and receiving a high school or college diploma. However, some seniors said senioritis feels different in college compared to how it felt in high school. “When I was done with high school, I knew I would have a fun summer then go to Kansas State,” Zach Lowry, senior

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in political science, said. “Now most seniors are worried about finding jobs or post-grad studies. The ‘senioritis’ is still there however; the closer we get to graduation the less work I want to do.” In high school, students afflicted with senioritis know they are heading toward more schooling, but college students with senioritis face the unknown. “I think that in high school you get senioritis because you are over high school and want to move on to your next thing,” Madeline Frankel, senior in communication studies, said. “When you’re in college you get senioritis because you don’t want college to be over.” Kara Dold, senior in hospitality management, said high school students are ready to move on to the freedom of college, but in college, that feeling is different.

“In high school, senioritis was the feeling you got when you knew college was just around the corner,” Dold said. “You were growing up, and you had so much to look forward to. Four years of new friends, a flexible schedule and no supervision, and that’s why it was so hard to think about high school anymore.” For many college seniors, senioritis is the beginning of the end, but also the start of a new chapter in life. “College senioritis is when you realize it’s the last time you will be in school and the last time you do what you’ve been doing the last 20-some years of your life,” Dold said. “College senioritis is the best and worst feeling all wrapped into one. You know the moment you walk across the stage on graduation, school is something you only used to do.”

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Graduation 2017 Fourth-year graduation rates increase due to tuition spike JILL SEILER

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As graduating seniors prepare to walk across the stage in Bramlage Coliseum, a few of the students’ classmates will be missing. Of the 3,754 incoming freshmen in 2013, a little over 30 percent will graduate in May, according to trends in the Big 12 Longitudinal Retention Survey. Even though many students attend Kansas State for more than eight semesters, the number of students graduating after eight semesters is increasing. In spring 2016, K-State graduated 33 percent of its students after four years, compared to only 27 percent of four-year students graduating in spring 2010. The university’s individual colleges have seen similar

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rising trends as well. In 2016, the College of Human Ecology graduated 51.25 percent of its students after four years, the College of Education graduated 47.8 percent and the College of Agriculture graduated 43.64 percent of its students in four years. Don Boggs, associate dean of academic programs for the College of Agriculture, said the reason for this is money. “We don’t see as many students working on minors and working double majors as we did when tuition was one price,” Boggs said. “There’s also the side of opportunity cost of finishing your degree and getting out and getting into a well-paying job.” In 2006, in-state resident tuition for undergraduates was $2,889.50 for a semester and in 2016 it was $4,936.75,

according to the Office for Planning and Analysis. Adjusting for inflation, that is a 38.97 percent increase in tuition. Boggs said financial issues are one of the reasons students leave K-State, so the College of Agriculture has worked to increase the financial support it gives its students in the form of scholarships. “As we go forward, we have to continue to always look at affordability and the financial support we can provide students,” Boggs said. “Scholarships and the support of our alumni have been very important.” Audrey Schmitz, senior in agricultural communications and animal sciences and industry, will graduate in a month and said saving money is one reason she does not want to stay longer.

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“I chose to finish in four years because it saves money in the long run,” Schmitz said. “I also know exactly what I want to do when I graduate and where I want to work.” Another reason students leave K-State without completing a degree is due to academic-related issues, Boggs said. The college focuses on faculty advising, departmental orientation classes for freshman in their first semester and student organizations to help retain students. “The sooner you can get a student kind of tied into different things that’s not just going to class and taking tests and writing papers, the more quickly students settle in,” Boggs said. Schmitz said the structure of the college curriculum is the reason she was able to graduate in four years. “The course requirements for my two majors interconnect so the free electives for the one major count toward the other and vice versa,” Schmitz said. “Personally, I think it is genius.” Boggs said the college

hopes to increase retention between students’ first and second years to 90 percent and increase overall graduation rates to 70 percent. At the same time, the College of Agriculture has grown by almost 1,000 students from 2007 to 2014, Boggs said. Balancing a large growth in size and retention rates is hard because having more students per faculty advisor and larger classes tends to lead to lower retention rates. “We have advisors that have 50 to 70 percent more advisees than they did back in 2007,” Boggs said. “It’s difficult, especially when we have not gotten additional resources to help teach and advise our students.” Not all colleges at K-State have seen substantial increases in earlier graduation. The College of Business Administration graduated 33.57 percent of its 2006 freshman class in the spring of 2010, compared to graduating 34.4 percent of freshmen in the 2012 class in the spring of 2016.

That lower percentage in 2016 could be a result of the tough curriculum and higher 2.5 GPA that students must maintain for business classes compared to the university’s 2.0, Georgina Rubio, senior in marketing, said. Rubio will graduate in four years, but said her time in the College of Business Administration was filled with a little frustration because she had trouble figuring out what classes she needed to take freshman year to graduate in four years. “I would have done some things differently if I would have had a plan in the beginning,” Rubio said. Rubio said the college has been working to retain students, and she has seen the efforts this year. “The College of Business has implemented more programs and assistance, whether it’s tutoring for academics, financial help or even job searching with the new career coaches,” Rubio said. “They are definitely doing the best they can to improve.”

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Street tweets: RCPD engages with public through social media RAFAEL GARCIA THE COLLEGIAN

As police departments across the nation adapt to modern social media platforms and learn to engage with the public, the Riley County Police Department has remained a cornerstone of Manhattan’s social media landscape. As the department’s public information officer, Alexander Robinson manages RCPD’s Twitter and Facebook pages. In that role, Robinson has used humor and imagery, coupled with pointed messages and advice, to aid in the department’s mission of public service. “Talking with officers, a lot of times the first thing they hear when they go out on a call now is, ‘Oh, you guys are so funny on social media,’” Robinson said. “That helps a lot — it really does.” While some aspects of the job require a sense of humor, Robinson — a K-State graduate with a degree in marketing — applies a methodical, business-like approach toward his job. For example, Robinson said he tries to be infrequent in requesting the public’s assistance in identifying suspects or gathering information, as too many of those posts can lead to information fatigue. “The public has attention bandwidth is the way I think of it,” Robinson said. “You only have so much space in your head for things, and most of that is taken up by drinking and partying when you’re in college, and the rest is taken up by friends and college. “There’s only so much space that can be dedicated to us, so if we’re using it every single time someone steals something from Walmart, but we have some more serious stuff going on, you’re not going to be paying enough attention to it to know it’s something serious,” Robinson said. Robinson said he frequently denies requests from other officers to put such requests out on social media, as they have low chances of being solved, and instead focuses on major crimes that are more likely to garner a response — as well as valuable information — from the public.

“Whenever I see (RCPD’s) handle or username, I always pay attention because it is something that either is a big deal kind of thing or it’s an important warning or advice sometimes,” Emma Ullrich, sophomore in electrical engineering, said. “At the very least, it’s something entertaining.” The silly and the serious Managing and posting on the social media accounts means maintaining a delicate balance between humor and the more professional side of policing. “I see other departments where they put out only funny, or they do only serious or something like that,” Robinson said. “I try to have a mixture of some funny stuff, some serious stuff, some indepth discussions.” One example of the more serious social media discussions is Robinson’s week-long campaign on sexual assault awareness last month. Initially, some members of the public were upset the police department was holding a discussion on such a sensitive topic, Robinson said, but as time went on, the public warmed up to Robinson’s efforts to increase sexual assault awareness and prevention. At the same time, Robinson said it is difficult to stand out in the sea of police-run Twitter accounts, which he said he sometimes evens looks to for inspiration for RCPD’s Twitter. “We don’t think we’re doing anything special,” Robinson said. “It’s just new to people, and so they think it’s pretty cool, but literally everywhere in the country does it now. Lots of them do it way better than us, lots do it way worse.” A playful, humorous tone also attracts more attention than more traditional avenues of public information, Robinson said. “The way I view it, who here actually pays attention to press conferences?” Robinson said. “No one pays attention to press conferences, because what do they say at press conferences? They say ‘blah, blah, blah — this is the corporate line.” Robinson said oftentimes the police are seen as robotic or unengaging. “We want to avoid that as a police department,” Robinson continued. “We want it so that

RCPD Twitter when we put something out, you guys are engaged and you’re thinking about it, and you’re like ‘Hey, that was really funny. OK, awesome, I’m going to share that with my friends,” but we’re not funny just to be funny. I could go work for Buzzfeed or an actual funny place — that’s not the purpose. The purpose is to engage and keep people learning.” Mariel Winnerman, sophomore in wildlife biology, said while she does not follow the department on Twitter, she has heard about it from friends and seen other friends retweet RCPD tweets. “I’ve seen quite a few that make me laugh,” Winnerman said. “It shows people that they’re not always serious. They can be funny and friendly.” Social surveillance (or lack thereof) Robinson said the public sometimes believes RCPD is patrolling the information superhighways, looking for signs of sinful behavior on the public’s part. A common misconception is that police officers look at Snapchat or other social media for screenshots of debauchery, whether it be underage drinking or other illegal behavior. In short, Robinson had one answer to this misconception: police officers don’t actively look for these things. “Generally, we can’t do any enforcement action off of photos because we don’t know that’s a beer,” Robinson said. “It could be a lemonade, or there’s a lot of dif-

ferent things that could be in the cup. Certain situations you can (take enforcement action), but it’s almost always on a case-by-case basis. It’s way too complicated to get into here. I get those pictures all the time.” Robinson said he frequently receives pictures and complaints of people texting and driving, but Robinson said officers cannot do anything with pictures that amount to hearsay. Robinson said the pictures he receives also beg the question of whether or not the picture takers were also using their phones while driving. When the department receives reports of a suicidal person, the department will sometimes evaluate the person’s social media to determine how credible the reports are, Robinson said. Such reports are typical after couples undergo hard or nasty break-ups, but Robinson said the department takes all requests seriously. Social media evaluations can mean the difference between officers kicking down doors or knocking or sending messages over social media when conducting welfare checks in response to the reports. Other instances where Robinson will look at social media include public requests for speaking engagements and for ride-alongs. In doing so, Robinson looks for signs or clues that the requests are hostile, or at least not sincere in nature. Bridging the gap In interacting with the public, Robinson said he first has

to overcome a divide, which he called the “us versus them scenario.” “That’s what we’re trying to break, because for a long time now, cops are ‘them’ to the public, and a lot of times the public is ‘them’ to us,” Robinson said. “We’re trying to bridge that gap and make everyone an ‘us,’ because really, we’re a part of this community and we’re part of Riley County. We want people to see it that way.” At the same time, efforts to close the divide must come from both sides of the division, Robinson said. “We want the cops to see that all of you guys are important and that all of you matter and that everyone has a role in this community, and we want the community to see, ‘Hey, these guys are human, too,'” Robinson said. “They have families, they’re just doing their job. They’ve got a lot of things going on. Their jobs are super complicated, maybe I’ll cut them some slack.” At times, Robinson’s humor has seen blowback from some members of the public, he said. Most times, Robinson is able to reason with those individuals in one-on-one conversations. “Even though I know I’m not going to make everyone happy, that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try,” Robinson said. “It’s just kind of part of the game. The more people we get as followers and the more people that see something, the more likely it is that someone is going to think it’s a horrible thing that we’re doing.” “That’s the same for patrol officers,” Robinson continued. “You have 10,000 interactions a year, someone is going to complain about you for something, and we do our research and our due diligence to make sure that officer wasn’t being a jerk.” Robinson said there is sometimes no connection, no empathy and no understanding when it comes to relations between the police and the public. “A lot of people have no idea what cops do,” Robinson said. “They think we pull people over and we take people to jail — that those are the two activities that we do. They don’t understand all of the different things we do inside

of our job and why we pull people over or why we take people to jail.” Robinson said he aims to build that connection with RCPD’s social media presence. “The interactions we have on social media — every single one of them is designed to help people understand all of the complex things we deal with on a daily basis,” Robinson said. “Hopefully, we’re starting to bridge that gap.” Humans behind badges In the near future, Robinson said he plans to run a week-long series humanizing police officers by sharing pictures of the officers with their families or reading to their children. “If you see a whole bunch of cops with their kids and they’re playing games or reading books or feeding them or something like that, all of a sudden, hopefully, we’re not just a badge and a uniform.,” Robinson said. “Like, there’s an actual person inside that uniform, and that would show people that.” Robinson said he realized he will never completely change everyone’s opinion on the police. “People are going to hate cops no matter what. People are going to love cops no matter what,” Robinson said. “Those are the people you can’t really change their opinions, but everybody else in the middle, the 80 percent, they’re going to be swayed one way or the other, whether it’s by us or by the media or by their personal interactions with someone.” With that in mind, Robinson said it is not his goal to convince people to love the police. “We’re not trying to lie to people or to change peoples’ opinion in a nefarious way,” Robinson said. “We’re just trying to show people what we deal with on a daily basis, and the types of behavior people in our community have, and why we have to stop those kinds of behaviors. “Hopefully, that shows people one, that we’re professional; two, that we care about them; and three, that when we take enforcement action, it’s for a reason. It’s not just because we want to. There’s laws for a reason, there’s penalties for laws for a reason, and that’s to keep people safe and to help people have better lives.”

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STUDENT SERVERS AND RUNNERS

As one of the largest employers on campus, Kramer Dining Center employs nearly 300 students. With a larger staff size, Melissa Schrader, unit director of Kramer Dining Center, said this enables students to work about 5-10 hours a week, giving them an opportunity to focus on classes and homework. “Students don’t want to overload themselves with work because they have classes and are getting adjusted to college life,” Schrader said. Schrader said the dining center encourages all students to apply for jobs, especially students living in the Goodnow, Marlatt and Wefald Hall communities. “For some students, (Kramer) is their first job, so they’re able to learn customer service skills and responsibility,” Schrader said. “There is quite a wide variety of jobs (and) for our entry-level students, the tasks are simpler,” Schrader said. “A lot of serving food and running food

from where it’s produced to the service point.” With all of these tasks to do, Schrader said help from student employees is absolutely critical and it takes approximately 2,500 to 2,800 student hours to operate Kramer each week.

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Another employer on campus that offers opportunities for first-time employees is Hale Library. “We employ anywhere between 50 to 70 students,” Kimberley Piper, human capital representative at Hale Library, said. “Right now we’re on the low end, between 55 and 60 student employees.” Since the library’s student staff is on the low end, Piper said now is a great time to apply for a job. “We’re really flexible and work with students’ schedules and extracurricular activities so that they can maintain their grades and activities,” Piper said. Currently, there are about a dozen positions open in different departments at the li-

brary. “A lot of student employees are graduating, and we need to fill those positions,” Piper said. “Our library helps student specialists conduct research, help people find resources, help users find library materials and sometimes open and close the library.” The library also offers jobs that require more technical skills. “Our instructional design librarian wants someone who is going to assist her in designing and creating online learning tools,” Piper said. Other more specialized jobs include technology support and computer assistance for students and staff. Piper also said that freshmen can apply for any of these jobs. “We really want people who have attention to detail and customer service skills,” Piper said. For a listing of on and off-campus jobs for students, visit http://www.k-state.edu/ careercenter/students/jobs/.

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Certain ‘air-purifying’ plants may help put you to sleep JACQUELINE WALLACE THE COLLEGIAN

A common stereotype among college students is that they are busy and stressed almost all of the time. This can be attributed to times when it is hard for them to fall asleep, along with the problem of staying asleep. However, this behavior might be more than just a stereotype for your typical college student. “9.4 percent of American college students reported difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep at least three nights per week for at least six months,” according to “Epidemiology of insomnia in college students: relationship with mental health, quality of life and substance use difficulties.” However, there are ways to ease the process of falling asleep at night. One way to ease stress, insomnia and mental wellness is to keep a plant in the bedroom. “Studies have shown that seeing nature and taking care of it can improve one’s mental health,” Candice Shoemaker, head of the horticulture and human health department, said. A lack of sleep leads to lower productivity, less energy and poor health, according to DailyHealthPost’s article, “Put these 10 air-puri-

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Some college students struggle with insomnia and the ability to stay asleep. fying plants next to your bed for better sleep.” The article reports that studies have shown being around nature helps lower cortisol level and blood pressure, as well as boosting im-

mune function and triggering relaxation. Plants also purify the air by absorbing odors that can impact breathing. “One thing that plants do that people don’t think about is you have to water your

plants, so that adds moisture to the air naturally,” Darla Ridder, professional gardener at Horticultural Services Garden Center, said. DailyHealthPost’s article lists 10 plants that one can

place next to their bed at night to aid sleep: jasmine, lavender, snake plant, aloe vera, gardenia, spider plant, Valerian, English ivy, peace lily and golden pothos. “The snake plant is hard

to kill,” Chris Kortge, professional gardener at Horticultural Services Garden Center, said. “It can take a difference in light conditions and its more adaptable.” Kortge said some plants would not survive all year, such as gardenia and jasmine, because they could not handle the Kansas winters. Lavender would survive the winter, but it would not survive indoors. Mary Conner, sophomore in horticulture, keeps a Dracaena plant and a Stonecrop plant in her dorm room. Conner said lavender is a great plant to aid sleep, as well as hops, which is an ingredient used to make beer. She said that people can put hops in their pillowcases to help them sleep better at night. Conner said there are many benefits to caring for a plant, even with a busy schedule. “A lot of college kids are just learning how to take care of themselves, and I think it’s important to learn how to take care of something else as well,” Conner said. “It also helps you value life a little bit more because you realize that other things depend on you. College students are so busy studying that they don’t really get to spend a lot if time outside, and I think it’s kind of a way to bring the outdoors inside.”

OPINION: Quit selling ‘soft’ news, dressing up feel-good stories CALEB SNIDER

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Whenever a news organization is labeled as “fake news,” I’m one of the first to jump in and push back vigorously against those claims. That being said, the news media (both local and national) don’t always make it easy for me to come to their defense. Not because they’re “fake news,” but because they run stories as newsworthy,

when in reality they are not. Case in point, I was recently reading The Mercury and was astonished to find a petition to save a dog’s life and the sale of John Currie’s home featured as news stories. Now, I am in no way inclining that The Mercury is “fake news” (that would be preposterous), but those stories are not newsworthy. The first is just a feelgood story (yes it’s wonderful, but it is not something that everyone absolutely needs to

know about), while the latter is just general information that affects almost no one in Manhattan. To be fair, one could argue that the stories I mentioned are newsworthy because they have some relevance. So let’s say, for the sake of the argument, I agreed with you. Then what happens if hypothetically there was a story about a corrupt local official stealing money from the city? Are you willing to put that in the same

category as a story about John Currie’s house being on the market or a petition to save one dog? I would hope not, because that would be utter nonsense to do so. They are completely different: one is a story that affects every resident — as it would probably be their tax dollars that are stolen — and needs to be known, while the other is just the price of a home. As with the petition story, again, it’s just a feel-good story.

The advent of the 24hour news cycle has created a problem of masquerading feel-good stories as actual news. Sometimes there aren’t enough newsworthy events for CNN, CBS, etc., to fill the 24-hour cycle, so “soft” news then gets propagated as “hard” news that people need to know and talk about. For local newspapers, it’s unrealistic to think you’ll have “x” number of pages per copy every single day with hard-hitting news. Please quit

falling into the trap of the 24-hour news cycle by dressing up feel-good stories and general information as actual news. It hurts your credibility. Caleb Snider is a sophomore in public relations. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

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Benefits, downsides: NCAA eliminates two-a-day football practices RILEY GATES

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From the end of spring football to the start of fall camp, there is a dead period — also known as discretionary time — for college football teams. Coaches are only allowed to require eight hours of summer activities from their players each week. Even then, the hours are not full-contact practices. In order to make up for the time lost not having contact practices from spring to fall, teams have held two practices per day, or “two-a-days,” in fall camp to get up to speed. That is until this season. On April 14 of this year, the NCAA DI Council voted in favor to make two-a-days illegal for college programs across the country. As with many things, the decision to ban two-a-day practices can have both pros and cons. Some are in favor of the decision, while others believe it will result in a big challenge for football programs.

WHAT WERE TWO-ADAYS LIKE?

To best understand what exactly the NCAA is taking away, understanding all that went into a practice during two-a-days is important. Just knowing ta there were two full-contact practices is simply not enough to understand what players faced. With only so many hours in the day, practices had to begin early in the morning. Former Kansas State football player Keithen Valentine said practices began as early as 6 a.m. and the day would not be over until 5 or 6 p.m. “When I was there, they were putting us in the dorms,” Valentine said. “We would wake up at six or seven, go to the complex, eat breakfast and then go straight to practice.” The two practices in a two-aday were different, though. “Once you start two-a-days, you go in the morning and you go over some plays,” Valentine said. “You do scrimmaging and stuff like that. And then in the second half, you do like more conditioning and a little walk-through.”

Now, all of that must be put into one practice.

BENEFITS OF BANNING TWO-A-DAYS

When up for discussion on whether or not to ban two-a-days, the NCAA used the health of student-athletes in its argument. With over 500 concussions being reported in DI football from 2013-2015, the case for safety is a strong one the Council cited in its statement. “The Council’s action reinforces our commitment to the health and safety of our student-athletes,” Northwestern athletics director and council chair Jim Phillips said in a statement. “We continue to be guided by the recommendations from medical professionals, coaches and administrators and the strong support for discontinuing two contact practices in the same day.” Along the lines of looking out for student-athlete health, programs will now not face the challenge of overexposure to the outside elements. In states like Kansas, where the summer sun becomes tough for many to deal with, players will not have to be outside for two practices in the heat. Instead, they will be outside for only one practice and then head back indoors. Along with the health factors played into making the decision to ban two-a-days, one benefit is it will now be easier for teams to schedule their one full-contact practice per day. With student-athletes taking summer classes before the fall semester starts, the challenge of fitting two practices into a 24hour time slot became a tough task. Now, coaches will only have to slot one practice and can make it work with their players’ class schedules. “I’m not opposed to it by any stretch of the imagination,” K-State head coach Bill Snyder said at a recent spring press conference when asked for his feelings on the ban. “I mean, it’s fine, we’ll make it work. Everyone can basically be on the same page.” Teams will now also be able to begin practicing a week earlier because of the ban, according to K-State associate athletic director for communications/sports infor-

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The spring game was held at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on April 22. mation director Kenny Lannou. “The first practice date for football is calculated by using a legislated formula that counts back from the date of the first contest and considers the first day of classes,” Lannou said. “With the new legislation that does not permit two-a-day practices, the NCAA has approved a waiver that would permit institutions to start practice no more than seven days earlier than the first practice date as determined through the calculation. That is supposed to help to make up for the practices that were lost due to not having two-a-days.”

DOWNSIDE OF BANNING TWO-A-DAYS

As is usually the case with many things, there are also downsides to implementing this ban on two-a-day practices. One downside is cutting into player’s time off. Football is a long season. It lasts from August until early December, or even January if a team is fortunate enough to play in a late bowl game. Because of all that is asked of the players during the fall and also spring practices, they are rewarded with discretionary time, when they cannot be required by coaches to partake in football activities. It is almost like a vacation from football. But with the ban on two-adays, teams will begin practicing earlier in the fall and cutting into the original discretionary time. “I would like to have seen them look at some of the other areas,” Snyder said. “There’s this timeframe that goes throughout

the course of the year, and you have discretionary weeks and things that just are sensitive to the time element for players. If we were to move our practices back, we cut into discretionary time, which the NCAA requires us to have. So that goes back to the summer time and goes back to the spring time, just backs up forever.”

Another downside to the ban is player health. Although it looks and sounds good to cite player safety as the reason for banning two-a-day practices, there are still some cons when it comes to the ban, and player safety is actually one of the cons as well as a benefit. As mentioned, practices for fall will begin earlier with this ban. That then brings in the summer heat problems. According to currentresults.com, the average temperature in Kansas City, Missouri, for the month of July is 90 degrees. With an average of 90 degrees and some days that even eclipse the 100-mark degree, these are not really ideal conditions for practicing football at full-contact. “Now you’re talking about starting practices in July,” Snyder said. “Last I checked, it was 105 (degrees) in July. I don’t know to what degree that is a safety element for players.”

WORKING AROUND THE BAN

Even though coaches are not allowed to have two practices per day, that does not mean there is a rule on what all a coach can do during the practices. Valentine said while he was playing at K-State and under former coach Ron Prince, the team would practice, lift weights and watch film all in one practice. It may have been one practice all together, but it was the length of more than one. Valentine said he expects Snyder to be able to find a good strategy to keep production up despite the ban. “I remember doing that with Prince,” Valentine said. “Coach Snyder always comes up with something, so I think he’ll come up with some kind of system that it will benefit the guys. He’ll figure out a way to get some kind of production throughout the day.”

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