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Student committee approves 3 percent tuition increase JASON TIDD
THE COLLEGIAN
A student committee approved up to a 3 percent increase in tuition for fall 2017 in a special 7 a.m. meeting on Thursday. The Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee recommended that tuition increase by no more than 3 percent. The recommendation goes to President Richard Myers, who then takes any tuition increase proposal to the Kansas Board of Regents. The committee also recommended prioritizing compensation package improvements for university employees, as well as prioritizing needs-based scholarships through non-tuition funding. The recommendation came after months of discussions where university administration outlined three scenarios for tuition increases. The worst-case scenario, under which the state government cuts funding to the university, included a 5 percent tuition increase. The best-case scenario called for a 3 percent increase. Every 1 percent of tuition increase brings in about $1.7 million to the university. Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration and fi-
nance, said the amount of state funding — especially funding cuts — directly impacts tuition increases. “People need to understand that when the state gives us money, we can bring tuition down,” Bontrager said. “When the state cuts us money, it impacts tuition: it goes up. And I think that’s the important message that we are really trying to get out to families is that what happens in Topeka affects us directly. It affects our pockets.” The Kansas Legislature has yet to pass a budget for the next fiscal year. “There’s a lot of politics going on,” said April Mason, provost and senior vice president. “So what we’ve communicated to vice presidents and deans now today is anticipate 2 to 4 percent cuts, reallocations, in their own budgets. But we’re all waiting for the Legislature, and there’s a lot of politicking going on.” Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students, said tuition increases are necessary. “Having no tuition increases, as much as Bosco would love to say that ... we’re not going to be able to pay our bills and keep things going ... with a zero percent increase in tuition,” Bosco
said.
Voting members of the committee include Jack Ayres, junior in chemical engineering; Drew Bormann, junior in economics and finance; Cat Gutman, sophomore in architecture; Anna Jackson, junior in elementary education; Jordan Martin, senior in computer science; Trent McGee, graduate student in counseling and student development; Jake McIntire, junior in kinesiology; Will Moreland, sophomore in agricultural technology management; Victor Valdez, sophomore in economics; and Jessica Van Ranken, senior in political science. McGee was the only student who voted against the 3 percent tuition increase cap. Gutman was absent. Van Ranken, a former student body president, said without tuition increases, budget cuts will hurt academic programs. “Remember that for the lower tuition is, the more that the programs that students come here for will probably be cut,” Van Ranken said. Valdez, an SGA senator, said he supported the lower 3 percent increase instead of a 5 percent increase. “Looking around the room, I’m the only sophomore here,”
Valdez said. “This impacts more to me because I’m here for a little bit longer than you guys have.” Bontrager said other state universities are currently considering 3 to 4 percent tuition increases. Kansas State would only consider a 5 percent increase if there were a state funding cut. “If we don’t get a state cut, there’s no way I think the president would support a 5 percent (tuition increase), nor would the Board accept,” Bontrager said. Tuition increased 5.81 percent before fall 2016. Jackson said if the higher 5 percent tuition increase were needed because of a state budget cut, increases in scholarship funding should not come from the tuition increase. “I like the idea of the needsbased scholarship, but I also see it’s still increasing tuition, so then we’re basically going to be using that increase to charge $500 and here’s $250 back of it,” Jackson said. “It’s basically taking it out of one pocket and putting it into the other.” Trenton Kennedy, sophomore in entrepreneurship, a non-voting member of the committee and a former student body vice president, said some students are in a better position than others to afford tuition increases
without corresponding increases in financial aid. “Because of the very diverse population at K-State, there are a lot of students I feel like who can afford up to a 5 percent increase in tuition and maybe won’t even pay attention to it or blink an eye,” Kennedy said. “And I think there are students like me, candidly, a Pell Grant recipient, where if tuition goes up 5 percent
next year, my Pell Grant isn’t going up at all.” The Board of Regents in December approved a 2.1 percent increase in housing and dining services at K-State. There is no increase in the student privilege fee for fall 2017.
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About to graduate, Stephen Kucera leaves legacy of student service RAFAEL GARCIA THE COLLEGIAN
If you go down to the Derby Dining Center on Friday evenings at 5:30 p.m., you might hear snippets of piano playing anything from the big band song “Putting on the Ritz” to classic Disney songs from “Mulan” and “Frozen” to Aerosmith songs. These are the piano musings of Stephen Kucera, senior in music performance and accounting. Since the first Friday night of the fall semester of his freshman year, Kucera has regularly performed during the Friday dinner rushes, providing entertainment for the dining center’s students after long weeks of classes. Such is Kucera’s talent that over the past few years, he has played piano with pomp and circumstance for over 25 commencement ceremonies for six of the university’s nine colleges. “How many people can say that they’ve played for a basketball stadium full of thousands of people?” Kucera said. “I won’t tell people that it’s graduation, but how many people can say that?” However, in one week, Kucera will be noticeably absent at the piano bench at two ceremonies because he will instead be walking twice across the stage to receive two diplomas — one from the College of Arts and Sciences and one from the College of Business Administration — after a five-year undergraduate career. Kucera is far from just a talented piano player, as his skills on the piano might be the simplest aspect of his character, if not the most pronounced. Rather, Kucera’s legacy as a K-Stater is perhaps best measured by the thousands of students whose lives he has impacted and touched during his tenure as a student leader at K-State. Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students and mentor to Kucera, said Kucera’s impact reverberates throughout campus and the Manhattan community. “He’s a very feeling individual and cares a great deal about people,” Bosco said. “He’s one of those connectors that goes out of
Stephen Kucera speaks at a student senate meeting. (Courtesy Photo by Bill Harlan)
his way to bring people together.” “He does that purposefully,” Bosco continued. “He’ll sit with someone who’s quiet or alone in the residence halls. He’ll approach someone in the Student Union who’s maybe studying by him or herself. He just has that way about him to want to seek out others who may not be in the mainstream. Sometimes when that happens, you hear things that no one else hears, and Stephen does that very well.”
STEPHEN THE ‘UNDERDOG’
During interviews and conversations with Kucera, flashes of a quirky personality shine through Kucera’s more professional demeanor when he stops mid-statement to make quips about the subject matter. In similar fashion, Kucera’s modest, business professional attire (if casual, then typically purple) suggests a man proud of his actions, yet humble in self-reflection. “That’s my job (as a student leader),” Kucera said. “That’s what people expect I dress up like.” These mannerisms reflect Kucera’s rootedness in a background of adversity. Kucera said he came from a homeschooled
background that was “sheltered at best,” and early bouts with disease and sickness left a mark on him. “Back when I was 3, I was given some allergy medicine that paralyzed my legs for 24 hours,” Kucera said. “The side effects eventually wore off, but at first, they thought I’d never walk again. Then they said I wouldn’t be able to run, then they said I’d have breathing problems and wouldn’t be able to run far.” Since then, Kucera has run several 5Ks and finished two half-marathons, but other ailments have followed him throughout his life, said Anna Kucera, his sister and junior in biological systems engineering. “When he was gradually diagnosed with that, our family just kind of binded behind him to help him achieve and go places,” Anna Kucera said. “That was a big part of growing up, just helping him. I think he’s an underdog from his background. If you looked at him, you’d think he’s a highly healthy individual, whereas all his struggles, you can’t really see. “It made him, you know, willing to get down in the dirt and fight for himself and others,” Anna Kucera said. “Not necessarily himself all the time, but he knows what other people can go through.”
When he first arrived to K-State, Stephen Kucera said his experiences deeply shaped his perspective. “I came to college, and I came from the perspective of an underdog, from the neighborhood I grew up, from some of the experiences I had growing up,” Kucera said. “I was like, ‘I’m going to put all that behind me, and I’m going to work hard, and I’m going to make something of myself to show that someone who came from my background — my experiences — could make something of themselves and be a leader.” However, Kucera soon found that even hard work was not always enough to accomplish goals. “What I did my freshman year is I worked incredibly hard,”
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Kucera said. “I got involved with a ton of things. I worked harder than a lot of people in those organizations.” During that year, Kucera ran for election as a senator from the College of Arts and Sciences, but only the top 18 candidates received seats in the senate. Kucera was 20th, just nine votes shy of coming in 18th. “That was a tough pill to swallow, because I come from a blue-collar background where if you work hard, you succeed,” Kucera said. “You work hard, you have good skills and therefore you accomplish more and you’re rewarded for it. But that’s not the way that it happened around here.” Still, Kucera persevered, and he found himself stepping into whatever roles he could. “What I did over the next few years is I did continued to do what I do best — I knew how to say yes to the different things that people threw my way and they weren’t glamorous positions, like parking citations appeals committee,” Kucera said. “Not many students want to serve on that.” “I never saw that a position was below me,” Kucera continued, “so people began to count on me to come in and fill those roles — to step in and do a better job than most other people would — because even though it may not have been my first choice, I was focused and I was motivated to do the best with the authority that people placed in me.” About a month after the first failed election, two senate seats opened up after the senators were appointed to other roles, and that began Kucera’s senate career in the Student Governing Associa-
tion.
A RECORD OF STUDENT SERVICE
“We almost take the quality of our student leadership for granted here at the university,” Bosco said. “The care, passion and responsiveness of our student leadership is simply second to none. Stephen from day one has exemplified that sort of sincere commitment to doing things right.” During his career in the student senate, Kucera said he made it a point of reaching beyond the walls of the Big 12 Room in the Student Union, which is where senate meetings are held. “A lot of times, I think students elect representatives and they don’t see them again until it’s election time, but I wanted to be involved in students’ lives and make sure that they knew that somebody cared about them and somebody was listening to their stories,” Kucera said. Kucera, who finished his term as speaker pro tempore of the student senate in April, looked back at the arc of his senate career, highlighting an increasing emphasis on diversity during his tenure. “You can look at some vote totals over the last semester and see that we have some work to do, but I think people are more receptive to those issues now than they ever were,” Kucera said. “When I came into student government my freshman year, diversity was never something we really talked about.” see page
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“We were a body that talked about allocations bills and privilege fees and tuition.” As time went on, Kucera and other senators began talking about other issues, specifically diversity. Since then, Kucera has had a hand in crafting much of the senate’s legislation speaking out in support of the university’s minority and marginalized students. Earlier this semester, the senate passed a resolution stating solidarity with K-State’s transgender community. “A lot of people from LGBT community and senators were surprised and thankful it got passed unanimously,” Kucera said. “That’s where we came from, from it not being talked about at all to background conversations to having legislation on the floor and committees.”
‘CHAMPION OF THE UNDERREPRESENTED’
Bosco said Kucera exemplifies the traits of any great student leader who takes into account the students who are often marginalized. “Those traits include a genuine sense of ownership, of willingness to put in the time to process and to listen to a whole
bunch of students who sometimes have no voice,” Bosco said. “Stephen is a champion of those who are underrepresented, who sometimes feel disenfranchised. He is an advocate for not only them, but for the general student body.” Bosco admitted that K-State has needed to improve in terms of diversity, but credited Kucera with working to increase the university’s inclusiveness. “He has been an advocate for the university to be better when it comes to inclusion, and I think that we’ve responded in a purposeful, meaningful way,” Bosco said. “We can always do better and we will, and Stephen has helped move the needle during his time here.” In an email interview, Bill Harlan, director of the Office of Student Activities and Services and SGA adviser, said Stephen led those efforts by example and by “doing the little things and doing them right.” “I think one of the issues that Stephen has worked hard on is to improve the diversity of SGA,” Harlan said. “Making sure that students who don’t currently have a voice in the room have someone who will voice their concerns.” Kucera said participating in student government has been
a lesson on the concept of privilege. “A lot of times, people of privilege don’t understand the experience of people who may not have the same privilege as them until they put themselves in a situation where they are in the minority or where they feel like they have fewer opportunities because of the intersectionality of some persona that they identify with,” Kucera said. “Coming into college, I was very aware of that,” Kucera continued. “Coming into freshman year, I didn’t have a group of friends that I could mesh with. I didn’t have people that wanted to hang out, people that were those natural go-tos when I needed help on stuff.” In response, Kucera made it a point to be that person for other students. His early efforts focused on reaching out to students in Derby Dining Center, the same building he played piano at every week. Abby Zimmerman, junior in entrepreneurship, said she first met Kucera at the dining center. “It was maybe my first or second day on campus, and he was playing songs from ‘Wicked’ at the Derb,” Zimmerman said in an email interview. “I also play piano (though not nearly as well) and love the musical, so I walked
over and said hi. We ended up really connecting and started hanging out.” Kucera’s willingness to reach out to students is what he will be remembered by, Zimmerman said. “I feel like Stephen will be known for a lot of things, but if I have to choose one, I think it will be for giving a voice to the voiceless,” Zimmerman said. “Stephen works exceptionally hard to increase diversity, equality, inclusion and understanding.” Kucera said he heard stories and perspectives that deeply impacted him, hearing from students who were choosing between buying textbooks and buying food, or other students who were contemplating physical harm or suicide. “I came to the senate from those perspectives and those stories, so when I looked at bills, I came at them from those perspectives,” Kucera said. “I felt I was able to channel the stories of 24,000 students instead of just the people or friend groups I grew up with.”
‘THERE WAS TENSION’
Even at the student level, politics came into play when Kucera dealt with other senators. “There was tension,”
Kucera said. “Innately, people don’t want to talk about what’s uncomfortable. They don’t want to talk about the fact that they may not be the most qualified to make a decision on a particular issue without talking to other individuals.” Kucera pointed to his conversations with students at K-State as examples of the people not being heard or represented in the senate. “There are people out there that have faced significant struggles to get to K-State, let alone to stay here or feed themselves or to make it day-to-day with different struggles, mentally or emotionally,” Kucera said. “People don’t want to hear that.” As the senate works to increase its diversity, Kucera said he may have missed opportunities due to his not belonging to a fraternity or other “privileged groups on campus.” “My decision not to join some of the privileged groups on campus definitely hurt my chances for leadership positions,” Kucera said. In the senate, Kucera emphasized individual student stories and the failure of some senators to take responsibility for
representing their constituents. “Do you think that sitting in the back row of senate watching a basketball game or being on Twitter or Facebook that that’s the best way to make a decision that affects the lives of 24,000 students?” Kucera said. “I didn’t think so, so I turned up the heat on that occasionally.” “I didn’t set out to be a galvanizing figure or somebody who changed the conversation,” Kucera continued, “but I just saw something that needed to be talked about or needed to be done, and I just rolled my sleeves up and did it. It’s something I’ve done in the past, and it’s something I look forward to continue doing in the future.”
STEPHEN THE STUDENT
Although Kucera distinguished himself as a student leader and friend to the student body, he has not been immune to the stresses and struggles of college. In fact, ordinary academic and social stresses afflicted him.
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OPINION: K-State debunked all the typical college myths I believed KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN
Freshman-year me heard stories of the awful roommates, scary professors and long all-nighters in the library. Thankfully, most of the stories that made me nervous to begin my collegiate career were myths thanks to the Wildcat Way.
MYTH: THERE IS NO EXTRA CREDIT.
I’ll never forget my high school teachers who attempted to make us students appreciate them more by saying, “Don’t take this extra credit work for granted. This won’t happen in college.” Throughout my three years at K-State I have had opportunities to write extra credit papers, take extra credit quizzes and earn extra points by attending lectures and outside-of-class activities. While this might not hold true for every class, most of the professors I had during my college career were willing to work with students to help us succeed.
MYTH: YOU WILL MEET YOUR BEST FRIENDS IN THE RESIDENCE HALLS.
Well, maybe you will. Let’s just say I did not. I once heard someone say college is where you meet people who walk through life the same way as you. This was not a myth; I just do not believe the best time for this to happen is during your underclassmen years. You might meet these people in your major’s extracurricular organization, at your place of work or in the most random of classes. If I had let myself be down after not finding a best friend during my time in West or Haymaker Hall, I might have never found the people who I know will be there for me years after I graduate on May 13.
MYTH: NOBODY WILL NOTICE IF YOU DON’T GO TO CLASS. I pride myself in the fact that I have missed very few college classes due to an illegitimate reason. Perhaps this is because I would feel guilty missing a class, or maybe it is because each
lecture is the equivalent of about $60 for an out-of-state student. All I know is I’ll never forget when an instructor emailed me after the first class I had an unexcused absence to make sure everything was OK. It was, but I was just a little extra tired that day. I didn’t miss one of those classes again ... teachers care.
MYTH: CLASS PARTIES DO NOT EXIST.
Another myth from my high school, junior high and elementary school teachers. This week alone I had a doughnut party, a Cinco de Mayo party and an appetizer pizza in three separate classes. That doesn’t even include the barbecue and ice cream at the Grad Bash or the pizza party in the Collegian newsroom for our last production night. College students — and professors — can always find a reason to bring food to class and celebrate.
MYTH: YOU WILL LIVE IN THE LIBRARY. I can count on two hands the number of times I actually worked on assignments in the
beloved Hale Library. Rather, I studied and completed homework in coffee shops, dorm rooms, friends’ apartments and random spots across campus.
MYTH: PROFESSORS WILL NOT GET TO KNOW YOU.
Sure, the professor of your freshman-level general education course with 400 students (most likely held in Umberger 105) might not learn everyone’s name. However, that’s not to say they won’t make an attempt, especially since students are encouraged to meet with faculty during their office hours. The professor of my first 400-person course offered to meet with students over lunch or coffee and talk about class or college life in general. The professor of my agricultural policy course shook over 100 students hands during the first week of class while working to learn the names and a fun fact of each student. The professor of my entomology class will stop and ask me how I am doing when we run into each other on campus. These professors truly do care.
MYTH: ALL-NIGHTERS ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
I have never spent an entire night up working on assignments, studying for a final or writing an essay due the next day. I know all about working on assignments at the last minute, and I also know firsthand that all-nighters can be avoided if that is not your thing.
MYTH: YOU ARE JUST A NUMBER.
With ever-increasing tuition and fees, it can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking each student is just a number and part of the university’s master plan to become a top-research university by 2025. This is not true. K-State preaches we are a family, and I am grateful this was not just a recruiting technique, but a way of life. I had advisers who sent me internship information if they thought it was a good fit for me, friends who opened up their homes to me for holiday breaks and mentors who offered to drive me to Lafene Health Center when
I felt incredibly sick but did not have a car to drive myself.
MYTH: FINALS WEEK IS THE WORST WEEK OF THE ENTIRE SEMESTER.
At this point in the semester I appreciate the break from three to four classes a day and the readings, homework and daily deadlines that come with the classes. Finals week has actually always been one of my favorite weeks of the semester — despite the few exams — filled with time spent with friends and partaking in activities around Manhattan that I typically do not have the time to enjoy during the rest of the semester. 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.
OPINION: The life lessons I learned in the Collegian newsroom JASON TIDD
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While college is intended for academic learning, the greatest educational opportunities come from outside the classroom. I learned more in the Collegian newsroom than I did in any classroom, and many of those lessons are applicable outside of newspaper life.
NOTHING GETS DONE WITHOUT DEADLINES.
Everyone hates them, but they are absolutely necessary. Without deadlines, no one ever finishes anything, from writing a news story to taking out the trash.
MOTIVATION CANNOT BE TAUGHT.
People who are not self-mo-
tivated are some of the worst people of all. The writers who annoyed me the most were the ones who could not find a single topic they cared about. If you are in college and have no cares other than food, beer and video games, maybe you deserve to flip burgers when you drop out.
IN PERSON IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN OVER EMAIL.
When I want to talk to somebody for a story, I go to them. People can ignore emails and put phone calls on hold, but they have to deal with me when I am standing in their doorway. Interviews in person are always better because you get more honest and conversational answers. And a real in-person kiss is always better than a kiss emoji.
SOME PEOPLE WILL NEVER CARE ABOUT QUALITY.
Some people refuse to care about the quality of their work. Some writers refuse to work with an editor to improve their story, and some members in class group projects refuse to do more than the bare minimum to pass. Don’t be one of these people.
TRY SOMETHING BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO HATE IT.
We had a student in the beginning journalism class tell us at the start of the semester that he hated journalism and couldn’t wait to switch majors. Now, after three published stories, he asked to write more stories than his class requirement. If only more people could have an open mind.
PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS.
The best stories are the ones that make an issue relatable by showing how it affects real people. For instance, more people care about presidential executive orders — regardless of their
political views — when you show a K-State student who cannot reenter the U.S. after Donald Trump signs a travel ban.
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TAURUS April 20 - May 20
You should’ve started studying like four weeks ago. LOL.
GEMINI May 21 - June 20
Part of you wants to study, but part of you wants to go cause utter chaos in the lives of others just for something fun to do while procrastinating. Ugh — being two-faced is so full of tough choices.
CANCER June 21 - July 22
If you’re thinking that you’re going to pass all your finals with flying colors, think again, friend. Think again.
LEO July 23 - Aug. 22
You’re used to getting what you want without even trying, but has that ever applied to finals — ever? We go through this every year. It won’t hurt you to crack a book.
VIRGO Aug. 23 - Sept. 22
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 19
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 22
AQUARIUS Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
Do what you want. Unless what you want is to drop out of college a week before finals to become a stripper. Don’t do that. But everything else is fair game.
Winging it again? The stars should advise against this, but winging it generally works for you, actually. You should write a book — “The Lazy Sign’s Guide to Getting By.”
SCORPIO Oct. 23 - Nov. 21
You should just plan on marrying rich. (Hint: Capricorn literally never stops studying. Ever.)
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 You should get an award — you are a master procrastinator. You make it look like it’s easy or something.
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You look like you haven’t slept in like 37 years, but hey — you’ll be looking real appealing when you pass all your finals now and Scorpio is still looking to marry filthy rich down the road. Look at it this way: you become a total hermit, hiding away from the world and studying to the point of near-insanity all week, but you also don’t totally want to cry as soon as you see the first question on your final.
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20
Hope you like the library because the way things are looking right now, it would be wise set up camp in there for the rest of your days before finals. You might actually make some friends who are as miserable as you are.
ARIES March 21 - April 19
The exit is on your left if you’re thinking of charming your way into some extra credit before finals. I mean ... honestly, it’d probably work on us, but your professors are strong. They will have none of your shenanigans.
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From infants enrolled into the Born to Be a Wildcat program by their parents to K-State graduates in their 90s, the Kansas State Alumni Association serves and provides programs for a wide range of people with various interests and reasons for involvement, said Linda Cook, assistant vice president of communications. With 82 K-State Alumni Association clubs in the U.S. and 18 international clubs, there are ways for young children, teenagers, college students and K-State graduates and non-graduates alike to get connected, Cook said. “There are all these different programs and services to get at that number one goal of providing that link back to K-State,” Cook said. “It’s always about the link back to K-State.” Kim Dahlsten, associate director of membership, said the association looks at how many events they hold each year and how many people are a part of them to find out how they can encourage involvement. According to the K-State Alumni Association’s 2016 Annual Report, 110,403 people participated in 976 events last year. Cook said they usually have around 1,000 events each year, and the number of yearly participants does not fall below 100,000.
MEMBERSHIP
There are currently 183,481 living K-State graduates, and the Alumni Association has 41,620 members as of the end of March 2017, Cook said. Based on these statistics, Cook said K-State is ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference in percentage of graduates who are involved with their school’s alumni association through membership. K-State’s percentage of graduates who are Alumni Association members is also
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CURRENT AND FUTURE WILDCATS
Prior to college, infants can be enrolled in the Born to Be a Wildcat program, Cook said. When children outgrow this program, they can join the Junior Wildcats program, which is largely focused on involvement with K-State athletics. Then, they can be part
of programs for high school sophomores and juniors that lead into attending K-State. In the Alumni Association program for current K-State students, Wildcats Forever, there are around 1,600 members, Dahlsten said. In addition to Wildcats Forever, current students can be a part of the Student Alumni Board. The board, made up of around 35 members, helps connect graduated, current and future K-Staters with the Alumni Association, according to the association’s website.
$434,685, which continues to increase every year, Cook said. A portion of those funds came from the association’s license plate program, which has 8,400 license plates distributed in Kansas and has brought in $3.4 million since its beginning in 1997. “People want to be able to show their pride,” Dahlsten said. “That’s one thing we know alumni want. We want … activities, things that allow us to show our K-State pride, and that license plate on the back of your car, it’s got the powercat on it.”
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Students can also be impacted by the Alumni Association through scholarships that are provided by fundraising done by Alumni Association programs. The total amount raised for scholarships last year was
One of the main goals of the Alumni Association in making programs for K-State alumni is to provide a feeling of loyalty to the university that
alumni can keep, Cook said. “College was a life-changing moment, a period of time in their life,” Cook said. “They just want to stay loyal to K-State and show that connection.” One of the first benefits that is available to K-State graduates from the Alumni Association is an optional free, year-long membership provided by the Alumni Association
and the university. Cook said that this and a discounted membership rate for future years are ways the association promotes involvement among recent graduates. Manhattan resident Tamren Sturges said she graduated from K-State in December 2009 and took advantage of the free first year of membership. “I went ahead and used that and then we — my husband and I — just kept renewing it after that,” Sturges said. Included in the growing list of other benefits exclusive for Alumni Association members are the K-Stater magazine sent out four times per year, a yearly printed calendar with K-State-related themes, discounts on some K-State products and athletic tickets and cost-free use of four-person meeting rooms in the Alumni Center building, Cook said. In addition to enjoying the K-Stater magazine and the calendar, which she uses for work, Sturges said she also uses a discount for playing golf at Colbert Hills that Alumni Association members get. Dahlsten said friends of K-State (non-graduates) and international students who only attended K-State temporarily are just as welcome to join the association as graduates. “It’s more than just Riley County, greater than the state of Kansas, which is our biggest population,” Dahlsten said. “We want (international students) to make that connection and help us grow for the long term.”
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Despite stress, students find value in co-curriculars, build resumes JILL SEILER
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For many students, college is the last step before entering the workforce. It is a time to make memories and also prepare for a career after tossing the graduation cap. Many students prepare for careers by being involved in student organizations. Thirty-five percent of K-State seniors said they spend six or more hours a week on co-curricular activities, according to The College Portrait. Co-curricular activities like student organizations, competition teams and undergraduate research can help prepare students for careers, but can also bring added stress and time commitments, said David Lehman, marketing instructor and adviser for two student competition teams. “The students are getting opportunities to network with professionals that can lead to internships or full-time jobs,” Lehman said. “But it causes students to have a greater burden because they’re having to concentrate on the competition they are there for, but at the same time fully focus also on school work.”
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Rachel Zimmerman, senior in agribusiness, said she has experienced the added stress of co-curriculars. Zimmerman is a College of Agriculture Ambassador, National Agri-Marketing Association president and competition team member, and a student fellow for the Center for Risk Management Education and Research. “You are working with a bunch of different people and you are trying to schedule a lot of things that may not be cohesive, and that brings a lot of added stress,” Zimmerman said. Despite the added stress, Zimmerman said her busy schedule makes her stand out as a candidate in job applications. “I walked into an interview with Cargill, and my interviewer informed me that I had handed him one of the best college résumés he had ever seen,” Zimmerman said. “Extracurriculars definitely gave me a singular opportunity to set myself apart and build on what is a fairly broad degree.” After graduation, Zimmerman will work as a grain merchandiser for Bartlett Grain Company and will have the opportunity to advance in her career because of the connections she made and skills she learned in student organizations. “There are lots of ways that students can get those skills, and certainly student organizations is a great way that students can
gain some of those skills,” said Mary Ellen Barkley, assistant director of the K-State Career Center.
ACTIVITIES CONFLICT WITH ACADEMICS
Whether for competition or industry tours, student organizations will occasionally take students out of the classroom. Even though students are out of class, they have to keep up with their academics since 70 percent of employers will screen candidates based on GPA in 2017, and 60 percent of those employers will use a 3.0 GPA as the cutoff for hiring, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Rachel Waggie, junior in animal sciences and industry, competed on the dairy judging team last fall and said she made it a point to get notes from lectures that she missed and do any online homework while she was gone. “I take a lot of responsibility for my classes,” Waggie said. “My professors are really great at working with me to stay on top of things, too.” Similarly, Zimmerman said she schedules her extracurricular activities around class time and tries to prioritize academics, although she said that does not always happen. “I try to strike a comfortable balance between work and school and then fit activities in as needed,” Zimmerman said.
Other students are not able to travel with student organizations as much because of classes. Zimmerman said she had a friend who could not compete with the NAMA competition team this spring because of a professor who was not flexible with a class assignment.
THE VALUE IN EXTRACURRICULARS
Even though many of his students miss several classes a semester for competitions, Lehman said co-curriculars are important. “At least half of your education should occur outside the classroom,” Lehman said. “When they find that one thing that interests them, I’ve seen that make them better students.” Lehman said he wants to make sure the students he works with are able to find a balance between schoolwork and student activities. To help his students do this, Lehman said his competition teams will start doing grade checks and requiring study hours for those students who fall below a certain point. “We are mindful of students’ academic performance,” Lehman said. “The bottom line for me is if a student is struggling academically, they probably should not be traveling to competitions.” Barkley and the career center help students prepare for interviews and employers by discussing students’ involvements
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and what they have got out of their organizations. Barkley said she tries to help students see what skills they have gained in student organizations and connect that to what employers might be interested in. “I think that is what’s fun about the work I do, having conversations with students about the work that they have done in a student organization and making those connections,” Barkley said.
A WORD OF ADVICE
Other difficulties students involved in extracurricular activities encounter are overloading on work, becoming too busy and getting stressed. Lehman said that it is easy to be overcommitted because students do not realize they are over-involved until they are over-in-
volved. “I think that usually comes from getting involved in too many things,” Lehman said. “I encourage students to find one thing and really make that a priority.” Waggie said students who are not involved in an extracurricular activity should get involved because it has added a great deal of value to her education at K-State. “Something that we hear all the time is, ‘Don’t let school get in the way of your education,’” Waggie said. “You can learn a lot sitting in class and reading out of a textbook or listening to your professor lecture, but when you are actually out interacting with people that you could be working with in the future and really getting hands-on experience, there’s no comparison.”
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A year in review: Highs, lows, the best of K-State sports SCOTT POPP
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Another year of K-State sports has come and mostly gone, save a few spring sports still competing. In honor of the school year’s ending, the Collegian sports desk took a look back at some highs and lows of the past year, as well as team, coach and player of the year.
HIGHS
The new K-State women’s soccer team kicked off its first-ever season in late August on the road in St. Louis. The team had its first home game several weeks later in mid-September that set the record for largest crowd at a Division I soccer game in Kansas. While they struggled at times to reach a 4-9-3 record, they were competitive in most games in their first-ever season. K-State volleyball won its 800th program win and got head coach Suzie Fritz’s 300th win in charge of the Wildcats against Mississippi State in early September. The Wildcats had one of their best seasons in recent memory. They were chosen to host a sub-regional in the NCAA tournament and took down Lipscomb in the first round before falling to Ohio State in the next round. Head football coach Bill Snyder has led the Wildcats to pile up more wins. Snyder passed yet another milestone in the Wildcats’ final home game of the season; he won his 200th game as head coach of the Wildcats. The Wildcats dominated the 114th edition of the Sunflower Showdown beating the Jayhawks 34-19. Chants of “Bi-ll-Sny-der” echoed throughout the stadium after the game, and the Hall of Fame coach was carried off the field. “200 is a number and that stands for a lot of wonderful young people that have come through this program, and every single one of them has contributed to that particular number,” Snyder said after the game. K-State football went to
Houston for the Texas bowl against Texas A&M in late December looking for its first bowl win since 2013. The Wildcats outplayed the Aggies in almost every aspect of the game and held on late for the 33-28 win. Snyder was given a confetti bath, and the Wildcats took home the Texas Bowl trophy. In late February the K-State men’s basketball team was dominated by last place Oklahoma. It looked like the season was over and head coach Bruce Weber would lose his job sooner rather than later. The Wildcats then won three straight games, including a win in the Big 12 tournament over No. 9 Baylor. It was enough for the Wildcats to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. K-State took down Wake Forest in its First Four play-in game; senior forward Wesley Iwundu dominated for the Wildcats in the 95-88 win. The Wildcats would lose in the first round to Cincinnati, but the win over Wake Forest was the first NCAA tournament win for K-State since 2012. “I couldn’t be more thrilled for these guys,” Weber said after the Wake Forest game. “They’ve persevered. They’ve believed. They’ve kept the faith and now we get to move on to Sacramento.” The K-State women’s golf team won two championships through the season and qualified for the NCAA tournament regional in Athens, Georgia. The Wildcats won both the Chip-N Club Invitational and the Westbrook Invitational. The Wildcats’ women’s basketball team won the most games in a season since the 2008-2009 season and hosted NCAA tournament opening round games in Manhattan. They eventually fell in the second round to Stanford.
LOWS
As mentioned above, K-State men’s basketball lost to last-place Oklahoma in late February by 30 points. The game was their eighth loss in ten games. Many, including the
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Coach Bill Snyder is carried off the field by players after getting his 200th win with the victory against KU on Nov. 26, 2016. Collegian sports desk, thought the Wildcats would miss the NCAA tournament and head coach Bruce Weber would lose his job at season’s end. The football team looked like they were going to take down No. 18 Oklahoma State at home in early November when they had a 37-28 lead midway through the fourth quarter. However, the Cowboys would rally and scored with just 1:46 left in the game to take down K-State 43-37. The Wildcats dropped to 5-4 record with the loss.
The BatCats started their season off strong at 15-6. However, they struggled once Big 12 play started. The Wildcats lost 12 of 14 games from March 24 to April 15. The Wildcats now sit at 25-20 overall and 4-11 in the Big 12. They are in danger of missing the Big 12 Championship at season’s end.
TEAM OF THE YEAR: K-STATE FOOTBALL
This may be the copout answer, but when looking back at the year, the football team stood out the most. The
Wildcats started off slow but improved steadily throughout the season in typical Snyder fashion. K-State started off the season with a loss at Stanford and struggled at times to a 5-4 record and 3-3 Big 12 record. After the fourth loss, the Wildcats were able to string together some wins thanks to a strong running game behind the emergence of then redshirt freshman running back Alex Barnes. Then redshirt junior quarterback Jesse Ertz also matured greatly as the season progressed, just like many first year starting quarterbacks under Snyder. The Wildcats won their final three games of the season and earned a bid to the Texas Bowl where they took down Texas A&M. “I think it’s the perfect ending for this team,” senior safety Dante Barnett said after the win. “With all we’ve been through with last season and starting off this season (and) the fight that this team had; it was the perfect way to end the season.”
COACH OF THE YEAR: JEFF MITTIE
Yes I know, Jeff Mittie is
not Bill Snyder. But Mittie’s success leading the women’s basketball team should not be ignored. The Wildcats won 23 games, the most in a season for the team since the 2008-09 season. They have improved each year under Mittie with this past season being his best yet. K-State finished fourth in the Big 12, was consistently ranked in the Top 25 all season and made it the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second year straight.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: KATIE BRAND
To put it simply, Brand was one of the best players in Wildcat volleyball history. The senior setter earned AVCA third team All-America honors in her final season in a Wildcat uniform, the first K-State All-American since 2008. Brand is second all-time at K-State for career assists with 4,743, second in career double-doubles with 67 and is one of three Wildcats since 2001 with multiple 1,200-assist seasons. She helped the Wildcats earn a seed and the right to host the opening rounds of the NCAA tournament in her final season.
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Track and field competes at home before Big 12 Championship
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The Kansas State men and women’s track and field team will be concluding their regular season this week with the Ward Haylett Invitational, which will
be held in Manhattan at the R.V. Christian Track. This will be the last tournament before the Wildcats head out to Lawrence for the Big 12 Championship that will be held at Rock Chalk Park. Last week at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, the
Wildcats did well and proved they are ready to move forward. Sophomore Shadae Lawrence took first with a throw of 54.09 meters in the women’s discus, while All-American sophomore Brett Neelly placed third in men’s shot put with a throw of 17.83 meters. Senior Brady Grunder took first in the men’s hammer throw with a throw of 63.82 meters, followed by senior Kyle Smith, who placed fourth with a throw of 60.81 meters. On the women’s side of hammer throw, senior Janee’ Kassanavoid threw her way into second place with 62.93 meters, followed by Helene Ingvaldsen coming in fifth with 60.91 meters. Senior Haley Pitko also stood out that weekend when she threw 43.31 meters in the women’s javelin, where she placed third.
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The Kansas State baseball team will play its final games at home this season as they host the Oklahoma Sooners for a threegame series inside Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats have won their past four games, as they swept Abilene Christian last weekend and defeated the Wichita State Shockers on Tuesday night 5-4. K-State is beginning to play very well at a good time, winning eight of their last 10 games.
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