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2019 NFL Draft moves six K-State Wildcats forward in their football careers
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The first of the final waves of Bill Snyder recruits entered the 2019 NFL draft with high expectations. Many former Wildcats signed in free agency, but many will have the potential to get some playing time on Sundays. Dalton Risner was the biggest prospect for the K-State Wildcats in the NFL draft. Risner, an offensive lineman, represented Kansas State in the senior bowl and was drafted in the second round by the Denver Broncos. Risner, the Wiggins, Colorado native, signed as an instant starter for the Broncos. Risner also has potential to become a pro-bowl caliber offensive lineman in the AFC West division. Cornerback Duke Shelley got drafted as the 33rd pick in the sixth round by the Chicago Bears. Shelley suffered season-ending injuries in the last two years, but impressed scouts during the K-State Pro Day in March. Shelley is a solid defensive back who can become a reliable return man for the Bears next season. Shelley’s best performance of last season came at home against Oklahoma State where he had six tackles with two interceptions. His season was ultimately cut short a week later after a leg injury. If Shelley can stay healthy, he could make waves in the NFL.
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Former Kansas State University football senior, team captain and offensive lineman Dalton Risner holds the “FAMILY” block before the game against Baylor University on Oct. 6, 2018, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Risner was drafted by the Denver Broncos in this year’s Second Round Draft Pick.
One of the most shocking parts of the draft was watching running back Alex Barnes go undrafted. Barnes held the top spot in the bench press among running backs with 34 reps but only slightly tailed off in the rest of the
Students voice concerns on proposed McCain updates
combine. Barnes was signed by the Tennessee Titans shortly after the draft ended. Barnes led the Big 12 in rushing in 2018 over Iowa State junior David Montgomery and Oklahoma State junior Jus-
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tice Hill. Both Montgomery and Hill were drafted.
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K-State administrator is last candidate to interview for Bosco replacement by Logan Reilly Derek Jackson, associate vice president of student life at Kansas State University, shared his experience, ideas and reasons for applying for the position of vice president for student life and dean of students, a position currently held by Pat Bosco who will retire in July. Sharing his connections with K-State and his personal background, Jackson talked about his vision for the future of the university. Jackson shared experiences gained from his career, emphasizing his belief in student empowerment and campus diversity. “If you’re from a majority culture what is your responsibility and opportunity to step beyond what is comfortable?” Jackson said. “What do you need to think about in this global world? That you need to me more culturally competent and have interactions with people who are different than you.” In a slide from his presentation Jackson shared the following quote: “We are raising up well citizens (not just students) of the world to change the world.” Jackson continued on about his personal experiences at K-State and the University of Georgia, where he received his master’s degree and doctorate. He shared how both places gave him the opportunity to work with LGBTQ communities and communities of color.
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Barnes is an extremely physical running back and proved it in the Snyder offense. Barnes will be able to grind in small yardage situations and has the potential to be a valuable asset to the Titans who currently have Derrick Henry in the backfield. Defensive back Eli Walker signed with the Seattle Seahawks. Walker finished the 2018 season
tied for 20th in the Big 12 in tackles at 68 which also leads the Wildcat defense. The Seahawks are in the process of rebuilding the “legion of boom” and Walker is a good option for Seattle who reached the Wild Card game in the playoffs in the 2018-2019 season. Walker will join former Wildcat Winston Dimel in Seattle as both were signed as undrafted free agents. Walker will have his hands full as he competes for a roster spot on a competitive defensive team. Offensive lineman Abdul
Beecham signed as an undrafted free agent with the Buffalo Bills. Beecham is a consistent offensive lineman and has the potential to become a starter for the Bills who are looking to amp up the protection for second-year quarterback Josh Allen after losing multiple starters in the offensive line. Beecham appeared in all 12 games last season and started in 11 in his senior season. The Bills are aiming to make reach the playoffs again after a 6-10 season in 2018-19.
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Running back Alex Barnes smiles and points to his teammates after scoring his fourth touchdown during the football game against Oklahoma State on October 13, 2018.
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“I was one of the of the only straight white males on our staff,” Jackson said about his time at the University of Georgia. “And so I challenged myself to enter into a community I was not comfortable with. And with that came a lot more curiosity, awareness and comfort with other cultures.” Jackson also shared his belief in empowering students. Citing the Nichols Hall fire and how students organized to stop the demolition of ruins in the 1970s, Jackson expressed his belief that students should be able to enact change within their community. “K-State Proud campaign and activities helped hundreds of thousands of students. Students helping students financially,” Jackson said. “That is not by chance
at Kansas State University.” Jackson then went on to cite the Morris Family Multicultural Student Center unveiling and how students were empowered to lead that initiative. “Once again we have our students saying, ‘We’re going to invest in this,’” Jackson said. “The building isn’t the end.” Jackson also expressed his desire to help students facing financial and food insecurity. He went on to share his support for student mental health and well-being, focusing on the accessibility to health professionals at Lafene Health Center. The forum concluded with a question and answer session with questions varying between cultural openness and personal accomplishments of Jackson. Adam Carr, senior in human resources management, said he thought the forum felt more like a history lecture about K-State and
as opposed to a vision for the position’s future. Comparing Thursday’s event to the other previous forums, however, the event was more relaxed. “I appreciate his answer about wanting to meet with students and prioritizing students,” Carr said. Jansen Penny, student body president and junior in industrial engineering, said he appreciated Jackson’s reasons for applying for the position. “Something I really liked that he talked about was the land grant mission of K-State and what that really means as far as value to students,” Penny said. Penny added that other candidates have shared ideas about aiding students facing food insecurity and how Jackson in his current position, along with the Student Governing Association, has already worked together on issues affecting the university. groups and his desire to not be silent on big issues.
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Students voice disappointment with announced McCain expansions SARAH MOYER
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Two weeks after the announcement of a $6 million McCain Lobby Expansion Project by the Kansas State University Foundation, students in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance continue to voice their concerns about inferior student-use facilities. The expansion project plans to extend the McCain Auditorium lobby by adding a new box office, donor lounge, technical director suite and administrative office. It would also provide more service spaces like restrooms and concessions. “My initial reaction was a bit of surprise and a bit of disappointment, just having been in the McCain building and the McCain classroom side for the past three years and knowing all the things that are wrong or have issues on that side; and that this was given a priority,” Madison Hines, junior in music education, said. “Most of us don’t use the McCain performance side on a regular basis.” Another student, Anna Featherston, junior in music education, shared an account of mixed emotions, too. “I was happy for the building to be getting updates, but like other students I was concerned about it taking away from the need for real updates, like things that are actually broken,” Featherston said about the April 16 announcement. She said there are leaky ceilings all over the student-centered side of McCain, and it is a regular occurrence for doors to break. Featherston said she frequently finds splinters from classroom benches as well. “The feeling is pretty mutual around all the students,” Featherston said. “We’re all just kind of ticked at the system, I guess is how you could say that. Everybody just kind of agrees that the student side of McCain gets pushed off to the side, and nobody is that concerned besides our own staff. The rest of the university doesn’t seem to be too concerned about what’s going on and even how our building needs updates.”
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McCain Auditorium recently received funds to renovate the visiting parts of McCain, including a new box office and donor lounge. Students are speaking out against the funding, citing deteriorating student facilities. In some accounts, students have found themselves locked in practice rooms when doorknobs break off. In April 2016, McCain flooded three times so professors and students worked together to help cover lockers with trashbags and other water-repellant coverings.
A request for comment by the Kansas State University Foundation was declined. Director for the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Jeff Ward, said he recognizes the program would utilize a dedicated recital hall, and there is a need for improved practice rooms. “We don’t have the means to fix that at a school level,” Ward said. “That has to be at a broader university basis.” As for maintenance issues, Ward said their financial situation does not allow them to fix everything. “We have to repair on a caseby-case basis,” Ward said. On April 25, the School of Music, Theatre and Dance facilitated a town hall meeting about McCain facilities. Ward sat on the meeting’s panel along with Todd Holmberg, McCain’s executive director; Linda Cook, K-State’s chief of staff and director of community relations; and Amit Chakrabarti, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Hines, who was a 2018 assistant drum major for the Kansas State Marching Band, attended the meeting to join other students
in expressing concerns. There, Chakrabarti shared some additional plans for facility improvements, related to spaces used by bands. The plans, however, are not finalized or fully-funded at this time. They could include updates to the World War I Memorial Stadium and an expansion of indoor band rehearsal space in McCain 201. The feasibility of the plan continues to be studied, Chakrabarti said. “That was a very exciting announcement to hear,” Hines said. “I had heard that might be a possibility, and that was something Dr. [Frank] Tracz was really working toward and hoping to be able to expand. So, to hear that that is in the works and in the final stages of approval is really exciting. I think it will be a great benefit to the band side of the music program.” Hines said she thought the timing of the announcement was fine.
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International Programs battles lowered international enrollment TRACE SALZBRENNER ter international students THE COLLEGIAN
Kansas State University welcomes students from all over the world. Asia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom are all represented in the backgrounds of students on campus. However, the number of international students is decreasing. Grant Chapman, associate provost of international programs, said the process for a student to come here from another country is a long one. “There are a lot of factors that go into recruiting — having a student apply, having a student admitted and having a student enrolled,” Chapman said. “Af-
are admitted, they then need to get permission to go here.” Chapman explained that to come to the United States, international students must have an acceptance letter and prove they have funds to support themselves for a year, That includes tuition, rent and other miscellaneous expenses. Having all of that documented is the first step to getting a visa to attend an American institution. International students must also interview at an international embassy to show their interest in coming to the U.S. “Any one of those steps that involve mostly external factors — if any one of those factors may change, it may have an effect on their
enrollment,”Chapman said. “And because this decline is national, we can say that many of the causes are external.”Pat Bosco, vice president for Student Life
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With a 200-student drop in enrollment, international student enrollment is at a ten-year low. K-State enrolls students from all over the world, including countires from Asia, the Middle-East and the United Kingdom.
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“I know I’ve heard from some of my peers that they were not content,” she said. “Giving our concerns with McCain, it was like something they were going to give us so we would stop talking.” Even with her excitement for Chakrabarti’s announcement, Hines said she and other students will keep talking. “We are going to continue to express our grievances with the classroom side and the need to renovate it and make improvements, because probably one of the reasons that people having been giving to the McCain performance side is that they really appreciate and utilize it,” she said. “Assuming the people that give to the McCain performance side are supporters
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Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students, said the market for international recruiting from China has become very competitive, causing a decrease in enrollment. However, in another part of the word, the Middle East, the decrease is from a different problem. “We all know that the political climate has made it very uncomfortable and frankly unwelcoming for some of our Middle Eastern students,” Bosco said. “They are having a very hard time deciding on American universities in general.” When asked about Bosco’s comments, Chapman said he believed it was just one of many factors. “There is more competition,” Chapman said. “Not only the English speaking countries — Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, the U.S. — competing for international students, but now you have countries like Korea, like Japan and even China who are really interested in having international students come to their universities.” Whatever the cause may
of the arts, they may not have known about the condition of the McCain classrooms. A lot of people don’t go in it unless you are a music student or have classes.” Considering the future of the arts programs, Hines said she is motivated to initiate progress for students behind her, especially as orchestra, choir and band programs all continue to climb in numbers. “They deserve quality rehearsal spaces too,” she said. “A lot of us who attended that town hall meeting and who are fighting for these new changes and for improvements, they will not happen during our time. So, I think it says a lot that so many of us are coming forward, because we really are wanting to improve this not for ourselves, but for the future students.” For student recruitment, Ward helps with visits, especially during the summer, and he said the facilities are always a concern. He also said his
be, K-State’s international enrollment count dropped by a 121 students from spring 2017 to 2018. This year, that number dropped again by 213 students. Overall, K-State’s enrollment dropped by 601 students compared to last spring. Currently, there are roughly 1,500 international students taking classes at K-State. The majority — 30 percent of all international students — come from China, followed by Saudi Arabia with 11 percent, India with eight percent, Paraguay with five percent and Iran with three percent. Binghui Liu, a graduate student in mechanical engineering from China, said a lot of Chinese students come to K-State for two main programs —engineering and business. “Students come from China for an engineering degree to find work here in America,” Liu said. “They get a business degree to go back to China, usually to work for a family company.” She explained that those were the common approaches that she had seen in her experience here at K-State. As for her, she came to K-State because her father was friends with a professor that works here.
mantra related to the issue is students attend K-State to learn from the people and faculty on campus, not because of the facilities. “Our students come here in spite of the facilities,” Ward said. Featherston, a second-generation music education student at K-State, echoes Ward’s comments from a student viewpoint. “Even though our facilities aren’t the greatest, we’re aware going into that, and it’s OK because we like the professors, and we like the people,” Featherston said. “But it would be nice to have things that made school life a little easier.” Ward said he is glad students are expressing their opinions and catching the attention of people beyond the school. “I really appreciate the thoughtfulness our students are applying to this issue,” he said. “It’s a continuing conversation.”
“This was my main choice,” Liu said. The Office of International Programs is working to get K-State’s name out to more prospective students. They have started programs that allow students to experience just a small taste of life here. “We have a brand new online course,” Chapman said. “Normally international students don’t take an on-campus visit. So, how do we talk about campus to get
Courtesy photo by Meredith Neuer
Students and professors cover instrument lockers with tarp in McCain Auditorium to prevent damage from ceiling leaks during rain on April 26, 2016.
them excited to come to Kansas State? We are trying to replicate — although it’s virtual, so not as fun as coming to see the Union, going to a game or going to experience student life — what we think is important about Kansas State, what you should think about.” International Programs have also released advertisement campaigns focused on the message “you are safe here.” They also created access to multiple languages
in their resources, started offering English development classes for credit and
have looked at how to push K-State’s name into places where it was not before.
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OPINION: 3 ways to keep it cool under the pressure of another finals week OLIVIA ROGERS THE COLLEGIAN
Finals week is always an interesting time. I'm fairly certain that during the previous three finals weeks of my college experience, I've managed to consume Netflix shows and burn through more movies than during the entire rest of the school year. This isn't just procrastination, though (although some of it is). It's a carefully planned strategy that makes sure I ace each exam. Here are three steps to planning your own relaxed, movie-filled, successful finals week.
1. WRITE IT OUT.
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Finals are right around the corner for the Spring 2019 semester, here are some tips to aid in the process of studying.
2. TAKE BRAIN BREAKS.
Now comes the fun part. After each final exam, schedule at least an hour for a brain break. You're not fit to study right after finishing an exam. Instead of studying right away, watch a movie, a few episodes of "The Office" or go for a long walk outside. Even if you feel panicked and like you won't have enough time to take a break, it is worth it. You'll come back much more capable of studying than you would've been otherwise.
3. PREPARE SUSTENANCE.
Now that your study schedule is complete, it's time to gather the goods. Have your beverage of choice — my favorite is coffee — and snacks stocked and ready to go before finals week hits. That way, you won't have to make a latenight run for food. You'll be using the time you would've been driving to study for that chemistry final instead. Your future self will thank you. Taking even a few minutes to schedule out your finals week can make a huge difference in the long run. Make sure to treat yourself with a few movies and study hard — you're almost to the finish line! Olivia Rogers is a
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We have all heard the saying: "failing to plan is planning to fail." This is especially true when it comes to finals week. Instead of freaking out about how much you have to study, take a more positive outlook. Finals week is an almost entirely free week — you don't have your normal class schedule and each exam is only around two hours. That's a lot of extra time you don't normally have. The Saturday or Sunday before finals week begins , sit down and write out what you'll be doing each day. First, start with the things set in stone, like the times and days of your final exams, work shifts, or meetings. Then, fill in study time before each of your finals. Visually creating a plan like this allows you to prioritize your time. For example, if you have a chemistry final on Monday and a philosophy final on Wednesday, you know you'll spend all day Sunday and part of Monday morning studying for the chemistry final. Once that's over, you'll spend all day Tuesday and part of
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Smurthwaite House is about being a community off-campus GABRIELLE ALBERTSON THE COLLEGIAN
Smurthwaite Scholarship/Leadership House is an off-campus, all-women house. The close-knit group lives by four pillars: leadership, friendship, scholarship and service. To them, Smurthwaite is home. “I think we have a really strong community that encourages everyone in the house to do their best,” Avery Rose Micke, senior in geography, said. “Which sounds really cheesy, but it matters.” Along with that, Smuthwaite is a familiar community.“I think we have a really strong community that encourages everyone in the house to do their best," Avery Rose Micke, senior in geography, said. "Which sounds really cheesy, but it matters.” Along with that, Smuthwaite is a familiar community. “It’s really cool, to have a community where everyone gets to know everyone. Maybe you’re not best friends with everybody, but you have a lot of familiar faces," said MacKenzie Cline, president of Smurthwaite and junior in biological systems engineering. "You can eat together for meals and you can just have a good time and when you have a hard day you get to come back and have so many familiar faces to help support you.” Throughout the year, the executive council holds events that allow them to form a stronger bond. "We just had our third annual mystery dinner this semester which is not a murder mystery dinner," Cline said. "It’s like you get a menu and everything has a theme, but you have no idea what you’re ordering, and you order it be-
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Smurthwaite, 1500 N. Manhattan Ave., is an all-female hall that houses about 45 women on the east side of campus. In contrast to other similar housing options, Smurthwaite residents pay lower rates, but take more responsibility for chores including kitchen duty and cleaning. Residents participate in activities emphasizing leadership, education, diversity and community service, and they must maintain a 3.0 GPA. tween four courses. And then you might not order your fork in the same course as your spaghetti and then you have to eat it and it gets messy, and it’s just silly and that’s just a really fun event. "During finals week we have rowdy hours so it’s 23 hours of quiet hours but for one hour each day of finals week the floor presidents will plan an activity where people can come and participate in if they want," she said. "And there will be “Just Dance” and maybe even finger painting. Basically, things where you can be loud, and it can be okay during finals week.” Another aspect about the house is that they name their kitchen appliances. Some examples are George the garbage disposal, Teana the tea kettle, Delilah the dishwasher, Ollie and Oliver the ovens and Tony the toaster. In addition to simple, fun activities, Smurthwaite also takes the time to discuss serious topics.
“We brought in three guests — one was transgender, one was non-binary and then one was a cisgender woman,” said Tara Magana, equity and inclusion chair of Smurthwaite and junior in psychology. “They kind of just talked about different gender experiences in a heteronormative world. And then I’ve also done programs with intersectionality and classism. I’ve also made lists of different events happening on campus and told everyone about those and just generally trying to make a more accepting atmosphere around Smurthwaite and just keep developing that.”If there’s one word to describe Smurthwaite that would be passionate, Rose said. "Anybody can apply to live in Smurthwaite," Cline said. "It's such a welcoming and diverse community and it's a really cool family to be a part of.". In the words of Magana, “Smurthwaite is cool.”
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