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Missionary Kids: Growing up overseas for faith, returning to US for college CALEB PFEIFER

THE COLLEGIAN

Sisters Sara and Hannah Greer sit in a popular Aggieville coffee shop packed with Manhattan residents and fellow Kansas State students as they take turns making comments, partially to one another, trying to describe what it feels like going to college and living in America.

The sisters had only lived in the U.S. for several years before they moved to Thailand, their home of more than 13 years.

“Home is a weird idea for missionary kids,” Sara said.

Sara Greer, junior in family studies and human services and pre-occupational therapy, and Hannah Greer, freshman in psychology, are two students among others at K-State who grew up outside of the U.S. with parents who were full-time Christian missionaries.

GROWING UP IN ASIA

The Greers had their ties in America from their father who is originally from Kansas, while their connection to Thailand came from their mother who was raised there.

Their father felt called to do medical work overseas, and their mother desired to return home and minister to the country she grew up in, Hannah said. Thus, the two sisters and their older brother, Nate, ended up 8,000 miles away from Kansas, in Southeast Asia with their parents.

Moriah Cobb, sophomore in agricultural education, along with her four younger siblings, also grew up in Thailand. Cobb said she lived there from the age of four up until a month before she began college at K-State.

Despite growing up in the same country, the Greers and Cobb had much different experiences.

Cobb said she traveled all over Thailand as her parents spread their Christian faith in a predominantly Buddhist area.

Her family’s official “job description,” she said, was “church planters.”

But churches were not all that the family helped plant.

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Sara (center) and Hannah (right) Greer pose for a photo with a friend in Thailand.

“We did a lot of agricultural projects to get into villages and kind of develop relationships and then hoped that that would lead to gospel conversations,” Cobb said.

The gospel in this context, refers to the story of Jesus Christ, who is the founder and God of the Christian faith.

Mainly in the city Chiang Mai, Sara and Hannah formed their own kinds of ministry as their father worked in the medical field and their mother began reaching out to women in a juvenile detention center, Sara said.

Much of what the sisters did stemmed from opportunities that came from their time spent at their school, Grace International School.

Sara said through relationships with friends who were not Christians, leadership roles, and sports-centered outreach events, she and Hannah formed their ministry.

Both sisters specifically recalled their involvement in a high school class called “Sports Leadership,” in which students planned sports camps that would be held in villages for poor refugee families’ children.

“It was just basically a way to have fun with the kids and

show them a lot of love, and share the gospel through that,” Hannah said.

Meanwhile on the opposite side of the continent, Carissa Tummons, junior in dietetics, was living in Central Asia with her parents and three younger siblings, also using sports to help children in impoverished areas.

For the safety of her family and other missionaries who are still in Asia, the name of the country Tummons resided in is not mentioned.

In addition to sharing American sports such as football and baseball with kids in her neighborhood, Tummons said her family used their knowledge of English and the country’s native language to serve their community by hosting English clubs and other events at a community center.

For six out of the 14 years she spent in Central Asia, Tummons attended a public school.

Beyond helping her become fluent in the country’s language, Tummons said, her involvement with the school allowed her parents to create more relationships with local people.

EUROPE

Asia was not the only continent with future K-State stu-

dents working alongside their parents in the mission field, though. Rebekah Jackson, sophomore in Spanish and education, moved just outside of Budapest, Hungary, from Atlanta, when she was only five years old.

Besides visiting the U.S. for several months most summers, Jackson said, she lived with her parents and four siblings in Hungary until she was 18 years old and came to K-State for college.

Both K-State alumni, her parents were inspired at a Campus Crusade for Christ, or Cru, conference to move overseas, and ended up settling close to Budapest to meet the need of missionaries lacking in Hungary, Jackson said.

Later in her teenage years, Jackson dove into the Cru high school ministry in her area. It was through summer camps and weekly meetings, she said, that she was making friends and talking to them about Jesus.

Many people in her area called themselves Roman Catholic, a denomination of Christianity, when they were surveyed, Jackson said, but did not actually understand the foundational beliefs of the Christian faith.

DIFFICULTIES

For Hannah and Sara, they

said a downside to growing up as missionary kids was the constant fluctuation involved with their life as people came and left.

“A lot of people are coming and going,” Sara said. “There’s just a lot of change —doesn’t seem constant ever, and I know for me, that was kind of hard.”

Despite the hardships they encountered, Sara and Hannah said they could still see God at work, and his provision throughout life’s inconsistencies.

Hannah said that she learned to see God’s provision as she spent time with kids who had next to nothing, and were extremely poor.

“You know, these kids were so happy,” she said. “They were just full of joy, that innocence of a kid … and I think those moments were when I really just saw how big God is, and just how good He can provide.”

Living in rural areas, Cobb was largely separated from friends and family who could speak her native language, English, which she said made her feel cut-off and lonely at times.

In addition, Cobb said her family did not see much success from their work of sharing the

gospel. Despite the difficulty of not seeing their faith spread, Cobb said she was learning from her father by watching him persevere.

“Having grown up seeing my dad and his passion for serving God, it has just kind of inspired me here to serve in whatever capacity I can,” Cobb said.

Jackson said being separated from extended family was a hard part of growing up overseas, along with standing out from others she lived around.

“It was hard to be kind of the odd one out, and be different than everyone around me,” Jackson said. “It was hard to be away from extended family, just seeing grandparents once a year, and seeing cousins once a year.”

Tummons said it was difficult being on the other side of the world from her loved ones other than her direct family.

Growing up feeling like a “pastor’s kid” and like she needed to be the ideal child of missionaries, was another struggle that Tummons said she had.

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Golf: No longer a 'white man's game,' diversity emerges at K-State ETHAN MILNER

THE COLLEGIAN

The road to getting to where one wants is likely to have obstacles.

Sergio Garcia, 2017 Masters Tournament champion in golf, has experienced these obstacles first hand, as he had finished in the top ten or better in golf ’s four major tournaments throughout his career 22 times — without a win — until early April.

Coming from Spain, and representing a minority group in what is called a “white man’s game,” Garcia’s race seemed to make his 2017 Master’s win that much more enjoyable, as it brought his heritage and determination throughout his 18-year career to the forefront, as there have only been three non-caucasian Masters champions other than Garcia since 2000.

Likewise, Levi Valadez, freshman in business and a member of the Kansas State golf team, fell short the past couple years on his high school golf team. Valadez came through with a win in

his last year of high school, just as Garcia had earlier this month when winning the Masters.

“It was a weight off my shoulders,” Valadez said while reflecting on a tournament win in the American Junior Golf Association’s annual tournament in his senior year of high school.

Growing up in San Antonio, Texas, Valadez got into golf at a young age. Starting at the age of four, Valadez’s father guided him to try an individual sport such as golf.

Early on Valadez found he was quite good at the sport.

Along with his father, Valadez was also given guidance by a local youth development organization called The First Tee. The First Tee strives to bring the game of golf to underprivileged kids in lower-income communities, while also teaching them life values.

“I used to brag a lot about how good I was,” Valadez said.

“They really taught me a lot of stuff outside of golf.”

As time went on, however, Valadez’s success slightly declined.

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A K-State Men’s Golf player practices putting at Colbert Hills Golf Course on March 9. work ethic,” Valadez said, going on to explain that his father was an important part in him becoming a collegiate golfer.

“If it wasn’t for him I would have just got left in the dust,” Valadez said.

Valadez’s father helped him to focus on practicing the game rather than just playing it, helping his son compete with his peers.

Having Mexican heritage,

Valadez represented a minority among his peers growing up.

When asked if this racial difference affected him, Valadez explained that it was not a big deal.

However, growing up in The First Tee, Valadez said he felt he was different in his upbringing from some of his competitors.

“Its funny, just because all these kids grew up in country clubs,” Valadez said. “Me and

this other kid grew up playing The First Tee; we just loved golf more than them.”

Valadez said after making the high school golf team, he was blown away by the country club courses he got to play on.

“I had to be dragged off the golf course for homework,” Valadez said.

Valadez shook his head when asked if he had ever gotten burned out. “Sometimes I would take a week off and then just get right back out on the course again,” he said.

Valadez said his teammates and competitors around him were getting recruited to colleges early on, but he didn’t seem to be getting any attention.

However, during Valadez’s junior year his play attracted the attention of K-State’s head golf coach Grant Robbins.

Teammate Benjamin Fernandez, sophomore in accounting and finance, said, “He had a very good junior career. Our coach saw a kid that was ready to jump right into it.”

Jacob Eklund, freshman in business and teammate of Vala-

dez’s, said that Valadez does not give up.

“Coach Robbins saw work ethic,” Eklund said. “He’s not the longest, or the strongest, he takes a different approach. He’s goofy, honestly.”

Fernandez said the two players — Valadez and Garcia — share similarities.

“Sergio was very focused and intense, and Levi kind of gets the same way when he is playing,” Fernandez said.

Eklund said at the beginning of the season Valadez suffered a knee injury, which put him in a slump after returning.

“He didn’t let it discourage him,” Eklund said. “He’s not a kid that gives up.”

Neither was Garcia, as a Masters win had finally been added to the veteran’s resume.

Of the eleven current K-State golfers, Valadez is the only player representing the Hispanic minority.

Valadez said race and stereotypes do not affect the sport in his eyes anymore.

“The golf course doesn’t care who you are,” Valadez said.

K-State offers mediation service to solve disputes to locals, students ANDREA DIZMANG THE COLLEGIAN

Kansas State offers a mediation service, a form of intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it, to Riley and Geary county residents.

The service is located in Mary and Carl Ice Hall, and it is directed by clinical assistant professor and Riley Geary Mediation Program coordinator Tonya Ricklefs. Ricklefs said the program was established about three years ago. While she said the program is under-utilized, it has been successful thus far.

“The mediation program has two focuses, one to be a service to the community, and two to be a resource to make alternate dispute resolutions affordable to the Manhattan community,” Ricklefs said.

The cases brought in to the

program are child-custody and family cases; however, Ricklefs said they could do other types of mediation, such as a business trying to solve a dispute or a sorority trying to bring order back into their organization.

“We have gotten referrals for other types of conflict, for example student-group conflicts here at K-State,” Ricklefs said.

“But what has happened is that they resolved those (issues) before coming to the mediation process.”

HOW IT WORKS

The mediation services that K-State offers is based on a sliding pay scale, so depending on what income people earn is how they base their hourly charge to clients. The first session is a three-hour session that includes the administrative side and an initial get-to-know-you meeting with the clients.

“Our process is to speak to each one of the parties individually,” Ricklefs said. “We gather background information, domestic violence screening and then we prep them, ask questions about what their concerns are and what their triggers could be.”

After the initial individual session, Ricklefs said they join for a two-hour joint session. The joint sessions do not necessarily happen in the same room, depending on concerns from the parties involved and the information the mediators learned from the first session.

In the three years the program has been open, they have received 330 referrals, which means they have been contacted and have contacted those clients back. Ricklefs said they get about 100 cases a year, roughly. She also said K-State’s program is ahead of the curve because they

offer online mediation, something that she does not know of any other mediation program offering the service yet.

STUDENT MEDIATION

The program offers K-State students the opportunity to student co-mediate. There is a certificate program offered to students — the conflict resolution certificate — through the College of Human Ecology. Once a student completes the certificate, they are eligible to be a student mediator.

Laura Lyddon, a K-State graduate, completed her certificate last summer and has co-mediated five sessions since then.

Lyddon graduated with a bachelor’s degree in family and life science with a minor in conflict analysis and trauma studies and her certificate in conflict resolution in December of 2016.

“It’s really fun to see the things we learned in class, like when we did the divorce and child custody class, we had to actually practice mediating with our classmates,” Lyddon said.

“So it’s really fun to see it happen in real life.”

Lyddon also said it’s a great opportunity to get to know professors better and interact on a more personal level with them.

Jessica Cless, a 2013 K-State graduate in family studies and human services, working on her doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy at K-State, has been mediating since she graduated in 2013.

“I go in and work a case with a lead mediator, someone who is a state-approved mediator and has lots of experience, and we work side-by-side with them,” Cless said. “Usually they will pair you with the same person and work a couple different

cases with them so you can learn from them.”

Cless said the more a student learns, the more responsibility a student can take as a student mediator. Cless also said the mentorship it offered from trained professionals like Ricklefs drew her to the program.

Ricklefs said the program is a big benefit to the Manhattan community because of its affordability and self-service abilities.

“We have people who are getting divorced, either as a student or military on Fort Riley, who just can’t afford to hire attorneys,” Ricklefs said. “They have us mediate the dispute part of the divorce, and then they can file their paperwork themselves.

That’s a huge benefit we can help people with.”

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I'm a soon-to-be College of Agriculture alum, and I'm still a vegetarian KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

Never have I ever…

A game not unfamiliar to many college parties. Everyone starts by holding up 10 fingers and each person takes turns saying something they have never done. If someone says something you have done, you put a finger down.

I’m pretty good at this game, for more reasons than one. However, I give most of the credit to my eating habits.

It’s not often you come across a vegetarian in the College of Agriculture or Kansas State, let alone the Midwest.

Never have I ever had a hamburger. Or a steak. Or a piece of meatloaf.

If I had to guess, I would guess you just put three fingers down.

I have one more for you.

Never have I ever gone to a College of Agriculture event — yes, I am an agricultural communications and journalism student — and been excited about the menu.

You read that right; I am a vegetarian student who is about to do what many said I could not do. I will graduate from the K-State College of Agriculture in 10 days and I am still a vegetarian.

The last bite of meat I

tried, which was just before I started junior high, was a piece of chicken. Before that, I would pick at chicken — usually chicken nuggets — only because my parents made me, since they feared I had a lack of protein.

I never liked red meat, for reasons I could only guess, but I was sometimes forced to eat it.

The last piece of red meat I had was a piece of ground beef my mom snuck into my cheese quesadilla when I was in fourth grade. I forgave her, but I did not forget. Sorry, Mom. I like to think it is the texture of meat that makes me a vegetarian. That has always been my go-to answer when I am asked how I could be a vegetarian while studying agriculture.

“I’m not a vegetarian; I’m just a picky eater who happens to not like meat.”

I am not lying when I say I am a picky eater. I don’t like the texture of mashed potatoes, ricotta cheese or onions. So it would only make sense that this is the reason why I also don’t like meat.

It’s also the easiest answer.

Can you imagine telling a fellow agriculturist, or really anyone for that matter, “I do not eat meat because it upsets my stomach to think about what I would actually be eating if I had a hamburger or piece of chicken.”

while being so involved in agriculture.

This is why I find it important to point out that I support all aspects of the agricultural industry, including livestock production. I am a 4-H and FFA alum who raised goats and rabbits for meat production, and I support all who do the same. I do not in any way advocate for people to become a vegetarian.

Rather, I encourage others to not judge people by what they choose to eat or not eat.

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Kaitlyn Alanis in the Certified Angus Beef meat lab in January 2017.

A VEGETARIAN IN AGRICULTURE

While I wish I had the courage to explain to the people at a banquet celebrating farmers the truth about my eating habits, I know it is not something that would be well received.

So today, I dread when meals will be served at an event.

Do I be honest about my eating habits and face the drilling of questions and the shock of those at my table? Do I quietly ask for a vegetarian plate and hope nobody notices? That is what I typically do, and it never fails that I am asked how and why I could be a vegetarian

THE KID’S MENU

I’ll never forget the day my family and I went out to eat — I was in high school — and I did not like anything on the menu so I asked for a kids menu, which technically was for those ages 12 and under.

The waitress was kind enough to let me, as most are once I explain how picky I am, but my family was not as delighted.

My grandma’s exact words were, “You will not be able to make it through college eating from a kid’s menu. You will have to start liking real food.”

I understand where my grandma was coming from, and I write this because I know she was not the only one to think this way; she was just the first person to say it that way.

Pre-college and throughout my three years of college I have

been asked more times than I count how I survive as a vegetarian, why I do that to myself, if I will give it one more try and other questions along the same lines.

I understand their curiosity and concern, and I appreciate the opportunity to explain myself.

ALL FOOD IS AGRICULTURE

Whether someone chooses to eat organic, gluten free or conventional-raised food, they are still supporting some aspect of the food industry.

When I order off the kid’s menu, I am still supporting agriculture.

When I order a baked potato instead of a steak, I support the Idaho potato farmer.

When I order a salad instead of a hamburger, I support the lettuce growers in my home state of California. When I eat too many rolls of bread because I don’t like anything else on the menu, I support the wheat farmers in the state I have grown to call my second home.

Here in Kansas, the top five agricultural products are cattle, wheat, corn, sorghum and soybeans. Four of the five are not livestock. And in California, the top-five valued commodities are dairy products, almonds, grapes, cattle and lettuce. Again, only one is in animal production.

I am no stranger to agriculture because I don’t eat meat. I know how marbling can make a good steak great, how all chicken is produced hormone free and why antibiotics are used on livestock.

I am proud to be a soonto-be graduate of the College of Agriculture, and I am proud to know where my food comes from.

College has taught me more than the six varieties of wheat, the reproductive system of the different livestock species and how to write a news story.

The most valuable lessons I learned in college happened outside of the classroom.

While sitting around a table, I learned who I best get along with. While writing in the newsroom, I learned what I want to do. While being challenged and supported, I learned who I am and who I hope to be.

And now — thanks to college — I am a little less embarrassed to ask for a kids menu.

Kaitlyn Alanis is a senior in agricultural communications and journalism. 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.

Guest editorial: A threat to K-State’s shared-governance model STEPHEN KUCERA THE COLLEGIAN

On Tuesday, April 11, the student-led Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee voted to unanimously deny the College of Engineering an increase in its surcharge amount that would move its per credit hour fee to $110-122. The College of Engineering currently has the university’s highest cumulative per credit hour fee at $84. The current increase was aimed to hire 5 additional

faculty members for the next year and backfill any potential higher education budget cuts from the state.

Subsequently, the College of Engineering dean, Darren Dawson, sent an email to faculty in the college. In the email, he encouraged his faculty to express a desire for university administration to ignore the voice of the student committee and to recommend the sizable fee increase, an increase that the faculty would never have to pay.

The Tuition and Fees

Strategy Committee is entrusted with the responsibility of recommending a per-credit hour tuition for the university and fee rates for the colleges.

Typically, the recommendation from the committee is then presented by the university without alteration for review by the Kansas Board of Regents.

This shared-governance model and trust between university administration and students is a system with few peers among high education institutions.

TFSC is comprised of voting members from all colleges

at K-State. I was lucky enough to serve on this committee last year. Although an individual college might have an advisory board recommend a credit hour fee increase, it is up to TFSC to consider the proposal from a more unbiased perspective and to contemplate the potential impact the cost would have on students who come from various backgrounds. The committee weighs the potential benefits of a fee against the financial impact on students and the accessibility of higher education.

For the past two years, K-State has experienced approximately a 4 percent drop in enrollment. This drop is in part due to students choosing to pursue education at community colleges and technical schools, and is also due to students choosing not to re-enroll at K-State. Although a few students do not see the value in continuing their higher education, from my conversations with some administrators, one of the main reasons students do not return to K-State is due to the high cost of attendance,

even after a financial aid package (scholarships and loans) is provided.

The rising cost of the education at K-State disproportionately affects students from minority communities and students whose families do not have enough economic resources to support what the student owes — the difference in between the total cost of attendance at the university and the student’s financial aid package. see page

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Local music scene needs a 'shot in the arm' CONNER SCHROCK THE COLLEGIAN

Students and local musicians believe the Aggieville live music scene could be improved.

Some say a new venue could be the answer.

“It needs a shot in the arm,” Doug Chapman, a 1970 Kansas State alum, said.

Chapman, a local musician, paid his college tuition by playing in gigs around town. His extensive music career includes touring with The Drifters and being inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

Chapman continues to be a part of the local scene by playing on Tuesdays throughout the summer at O’Malley’s Alley, but said he remembers a time when there was more opportunity for local musicians to showcase their work.

“There was a club on the corner of 11th and Laramie called PJ’s, probably before

(many students now) got here,” Chapman said. “What they did is a couple nights a week they let high school and college bands come in, and do four or five originals or covers and bring their own audience in. We don’t have that anymore. We just need one or two bar owners to say, ‘Hey, I really want to help the music scene and here’s what I’m willing to do.’”

One venue in town that promotes local music is Sisters of Sound Records, but the venue lacks size and a stage. The small record shop in Aggieville hosts local performers throughout the year.

“I love dropping by the record shop on Saturdays to listen to local music, I just wish the area was a little bigger,” Spencer Andresen, gradate student in architecture, said. “Students are definitely looking for more live music options aside from country.”

Auntie Mae’s is also a popular spot for local acts on various nights throughout the year but,

similar to Sisters of Sound Records, the establishment has limited space and lacks a stage.

Steve Keck, a local artist by the name of “Betty the Astronaut,” said there is a need for a venue.

“It has become apparent how difficult it is to find a venue to play in, even as a one or two person artist,” Keck said. “I’m not sure what the solution is.

I’d love to say more venues, but I don’t know how profitable a place that solely focuses on live music would be.”

Keck said he believes Manhattan is home to enough talented artists to fill a venue week in and week out.

“We absolutely have enough artists to fill it,” Keck said. “And if there was a weekly open mic night it will breed a community where musicians can easily meet other musicians and start playing together and starting new bands.”

Aggie Central Station, a retired Aggieville bar, hosted live

music and an open mic night before closing its doors about a year and a half ago. Keck said he routinely played at the bar with his previous band The Carney Encore. Keck said Aggie Central Station played a vital role in the resurgence of the community’s music scene, and was a venue that was able to host often.

“When we were playing, we could get shows at both Auntie Mae’s and Aggie Central Station with ease,” Keck said.

When it was open, performers were usually able to find open dates to play, Keck said. This gave any artist with a passion for performing a weekly opportunity to play, even if they were not necessarily “good.” That changed when Aggie Central Station closed.

“With the closing of ACS, and therefore open mic night, bands and the music scene were put in a tough position,” Keck said. “Auntie Mae’s is obviously still around and hosting live shows, but it would be impossi-

Baseball power rankings: Frogs stay strong Tech.

RILEY GATES

THE COLLEGIAN

4. OKLAHOMA (3016, 8-7) (LAST WEEK: 6) (NEXT: AT KANSAS STATE)

1. TCU (32-11, 12-6) (LAST WEEK: 1) (NEXT: TEXAS)

TCU lost a series to Texas Tech but continues to stand alone at the top of the conference. One of the two losses the Horned Frogs suffered against the Red Raiders was by a margin of 21-3, bringing to light some potential defensive struggles that could hurt down the road.

2. TEXAS TECH (36-12, 11-7) (LAST WEEK: 3) (NEXT: AT OHIO STATE) Texas Tech took a series from the top-ranked TCU Horned Frogs and is still in the hunt for a Big 12 Championship. The Red Raiders will need a few wins and some

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Senior infielder Quintin Crandall slides back to base during the baseball game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at the Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas on April 22. The Wildcats went on to win the game with a final score of 8-4. losses from TCU to take over the top spot.

3. WEST VIRGINIA (2617, 10-8) (LAST WEEK: 2) (NEXT: TEXAS TECH) A rough week for West

Virginia, losing two of three games to Oklahoma, knocked the Mountaineers back down out of the top two spots.

They’ll need to make up some ground now and have a great opportunity with their next series coming against Texas

After falling down to the No. 6 spot, Oklahoma jumped up to No. 4 in the power rankings after two big wins over West Virginia. The Sooners still could make a late charge towards a potential conference championship.

5. TEXAS (31-16, 9-8) (LAST WEEK: 5) (NEXT: AT TCU) A two-game sweep of Oklahoma State kept Texas in the top five of the power rankings this week. The Longhorns have a big series against TCU coming up that could help them gain more ground.

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Jordan Clark, The After Hours lead singer, sings at the The Varsity Truck during Live Music in the Alley on Aug. 28, 2015. ble for them to carry the burden of all the musicians that want to perform.”

Keck, Chapman and various local artists want the opportunity to showcase their music.

Andresen and others said they want to listen.

Keck said he believes the issue might come down to a dollar amount.

“People who are much

smarter and more business savvy than me have not jumped on the opportunity to open one, so I’d imagine its not as profitable as we artists would like to believe,” Keck said. “But we are dreamers, and I imagine one of us will soon take the leap of opening up their own venue. And I really hope those dreams of a successful bar with a focus on local music can be realized.”

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As fees have continued to increase, the committee has placed a greater emphasis on what colleges are doing to provide needs-based assistance to help students stay at K-State who are vulnerable to leaving the university due to fee increases. With no university-wide Needs Based Scholarship program, many times the only help for students attempting to remain at K-State are the Student Opportunity Awards, supported by K-State Proud.

The committee took this into account when making their decision to deny the large credit hour fee increase with a unanimous vote, including the student representative from the College of Engineering. In addition, this decision was supported by a unanimous vote from Student Senate, recommending to university administration that the decision from TFSC be respected and that the shared-governance model be upheld — a resolution supported by all the College of Engineering senators in attendance.

I attended the College of Engineering’s open forum on Monday where Dean Dawson pointed out that the university has not increased its allocation to the College of Engineering even though it is one of the few

colleges to maintain its size or grow in the last couple of years.

This is a issue that has been brewing for a while, and an discussion that President Myers and university administration should have sooner rather than later.

Although the dean has a strong point with this argument and his criticism, it is the opinion of this student that the shared-governance model should be respected and that the college’s hiring plan be put on hold for a year. During the intervening year, President Myers will have enough time to propose a different model for the allocation of the general use budget for tuition dollars at K-State that better reflects current needs.

A potential increase in the college’s already high surcharge fee should wait until the President has time to consider a different general use budget allocation or until a university-wide Needs Based Scholarship program is in place to help students continue their education at K-State.

Stephen Kucera is a senior in accounting and music performance. He served on last year’s Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee and four terms as a student senator in the Student Governing Association.

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Megan Katt, health educator at Lafene Student Health Center, said the brain’s favorite food is carbohydrates. Carbohydrates give the brain quick energy, but cannot sustain someone for a long period. Katt advises students to look for meals that combine carbohydrates and protein for greater sustenance.

“I know during finals it is easy to reach for the easy snack foods from vending machines, snacks such as potato chips or candy bars, sugary granola bars,” Katt said. “And that is probably the worst thing you could do.”

Leslie Graves, a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer and the owner of Grace, Goals and Guts in Manhattan, recommends eating mostly whole foods in their natural form and including a variety of foods with lots of color.

“This automatically will help limit sugary or processed food intake and provide a variety of nutrients needed by the body to function optimally,” Graves

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said. “An overall healthy diet and digestive system, as well as good blood sugar control, can help brain function.”

Graves also suggested eating foods high in antioxidants, healthy fats and foods that help fight inflammation because they are all beneficial to the brain.

Making sure to eat fruits, veggies and a variety from the five food groups will help the body be happier and can therefore learn more and remember more, Katt said.

PORTION INTAKE

“Eat enough till you feel full,” Katt said. “I always say that moderation is key.”

Mary Molt, assistant professor for the Department of Housing and Dining said students should eat more fruits, more vegetables, lean meat and protein, while everything else should be eaten in moderation.

“Housing and Dining is trying to help students have more access to the foods they want and encourage students to oversee their own eating through the option of the all-access meal plan,” Molt said.

By offering a variety of choices, Housing and Dining attempts to allow students to choose what they want to eat and match the number of calories that they need, Molt said.

Housing and Dining also has dietitians in all the dining centers across campus, willing to meet with students and discuss any needs they might have.

“Our ambition is to have enough choice so there is always a meal that students will enjoy and meets their caloric needs, as well as any possible allergies,” Molt said.

HEALTHY SUGGESTIONS

“My go-to for students is a homemade trail mix,” Katt said.

“Purchasing your choice of unsalted or lightly salted nuts, dried fruit, and something sweet for quick energy, such as dark chocolate chips.”

Everyone responds to food differently. Graves encourages people to pay attention and figure out which foods they tolerate the best.

“In general, eating more whole foods with lots of bright,

colorful fruits and vegetables is a good place to start,” Graves said.

ADDITIONAL POINTS

Exercise is commonly recommended because it can help decrease stress, regulate blood sugar, and improve memory and concentration, Graves said.

It is also plays an important role in overall health and temperaments.

“Exercise releases endorphins, gives it a feel-good feeling and gives the body that boost of energy,” Katt said.

Another common recommendation is increasing water intake. Katt said if one’s thoughts feel foggy, then it might be due to dehydration.

Graves said a few things in addition to dehydration that can play a role in foggy thinking are food sensitivities (wheat, dairy, sugar, corn, and peanuts all are common food sensitivities), poor sleep habits, stress, blood sugar imbalance or a diet deficient in nutrients.

“It’s important to figure out the root cause for each person and address it appropriately,” Graves said.

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