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International students spend summer away from home MAYARA GARAY KOSTIANOVSKY the collegian

International students are a big part of the K-State family. According to K-State’s International Admissions and Recruiting webpage, more than 2,000 international students came to K-State from all over the world this year. Summer vacations give international students a lot of time to either go back to their home countries or stay in the U.S. Some of them go back, but there

are a lot of others who stay in Manhattan specifically to take classes in order to graduate on time. Ali Mohammed Alghobari, sophomore from Saudi Arabia in mechanical and nuclear engineering, said he came to K-State because his brother was already studying here. Alghobari usually stays in Manhattan over the summer to get done with some classes and goes back home during winter break to spend Christmas with his family. “I think the best time of the year is when I get to see my family again, but I’m a student now and I have a period

of time to finish all my classes before I can go back to my country,” Alghobari said. “I would say (it) is better for international students to just stay here and finish classes first so that after they graduate, they can go back to their countries forever.” Yi Yang Chen, senior from Taiwan in management, said he loves living in Manhattan because of the college town environment. Chen said he is planning to graduate in December and that is why he decided to stay this summer for the first time. “This is actually my first time stay-

ing here over the summer,” Chen said. “I need to take a few courses and study for some tests to get into graduate school.” He also said he thinks it is best for international students to stay in the U.S. as much as possible to help them become better with the language. Chen has been living in the U.S. for eight years now and he goes back to Taiwan every six months. Omar Khawari, junior from Qatar in civil engineering, said he is here on a scholarship. As a result, he can study in the U.S. for a limited amount of time so he usually stays in the summer to take some classes.

Khawari said he lives with his brother and two cousins, and that there are a lot of other people from his country with whom they have become friends. During summertime, he, his friends and family like to go to the city pool, play cards and have barbecues at the lake. He said they enjoy doing different activities together and it makes them feel closer to home. Even though missing home can be a constant part of international students’ lives, Khawari said finding friends who help them feel at home makes it easier for them to keep studying and earn their degrees on time so they can go back home.

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4-7 p.m.: 4-H’s bake sale takes place in Pottorf Hall. Carnival rides, livestock shows and fried foods of all kinds are some of the things visitors can expect at the Riley County Fair this week. Although it is not certain when the fair began, the modern iteration of it has been held at CiCo Park since 1964. Making sure all the pieces come together is Jennifer Wilson, Riley County Extension Director. Wilson, who has worked for the Extension Office for 21 years, said the fair requires a lot of planning. “We start planning the county fair the minute the current one is over,” Wilson said. The unofficial kickoff of the fair, the fair parade, takes place Thursday at 6 p.m. starting at Manhattan Town Center and traveling along Poyntz. True to small city roots, Wilson said there is no preregistration required and everyone is welcome to participate in the parade. “We don’t know (how many people will be in the parade),” Wilson said. “We don’t ask for pre-entries. We just tell people if they want to participate, they can gather in the parking lot ... and our parade marshals will organize them from there. We know there will be 4-H folks. We know there will be politicians and other community organizations.” In addition to some of the familiar events, Wilson said the fair will have a new building creation contest that encourages families, kids and individuals to show off their building skills. “You can build with Legos, K’NEX, Popsicle sticks, whatever you want to build with,” Wilson said. “You can build that,

Thursday, July 21 6 p.m.: Parade on Poyntz Avenue 6-11 p.m.: Carnival at the Riley County Fairgrounds 7:30 p.m.: Pedal tractor pull in Hurlburt Arena 8 p.m.: Kaw Valley Rodeo in Wells Arena Friday, July 22 5 p.m.: Blue Valley Pork Producers Barbecue 6-11 p.m.: Carnival at the Riley County Fairgrounds Evert Nelson | THE COLLEGIAN

Food venders and fair equipment fill the Riley County Fairgrounds Tuesday in preparation for the Riley County Fair. bring it out here and put it on display. That really came out of the imagination of our 4-H agent John Jobe who does a lot of work with science, technology, engineering and math concepts in our 4-H program.” As for food at the fair, Wilson said visitors can expect a lot. “You can get anything you want that’s fried,” Wilson said. “There are turkey legs ... funnel cakes, snow cones, cotton candy. For me, my favorite foods are the 4-H baked goods.” Coinciding with the fair is the 41st annual Kaw Valley Rodeo. On Thursday, military service members and their families are invited to the military pre-rodeo picnic. The picnic will feature free cater-

7 p.m.: Shepherd’s Lead & Sheep Show in Hurlburt Arena 8 p.m.: Kaw Valley Rodeo in Wells Arena

ing by Chick-fil-A and service members will receive free tickets to the rodeo. Janet Nichols, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce’s military community liaison, said this will be the ninth year the rodeo will have a military appreciation night. “This year, we purchased 1,000 rodeo tickets to give away,” Nichols said. “So many people come from Fort Riley and have never seen a rodeo before, so we’re really excited to do this.” Out of all the things presented at the fair, Wilson said people are still her favorite. “To me, it’s like a great big family reunion,” Wilson said. “There’s people I only get to see once a year and that’s at the county fair.”

Saturday, July 23 8 a.m.: Dairy judging in Hurlburt Arena 8 a.m.: Rabbit judging in the North Tent 10 a.m.: Open foods judging in Pottorf Hall 10 a.m.: Horticulture judging contest 2:15 p.m.: Fair Olympics in Entertainment Tent 6-11 p.m.: Carnival at the Riley County Fairgrounds 8 p.m.: Kaw Valley Rodeo in Wells Arena Sunday, July 24 1 p.m.: 4-H Livestock judging contest 1 p.m.: Blueberry pie contest in Pottorf Hall 6-11 p.m.: Carnival at the Riley County Fairgrounds 6:30 p.m.: Beef judging in Hurlburt Arena Monday, July 25

10 a.m.: Round robin showmanship contest in Hurl burt Arena 6-10 p.m.: Carnival at the Riley County Fairgrounds 7 p.m.: 4-H Livestock sale in Hurlburt Arena

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You’ve been too busy playing “Pokémon GO” to notice someone cute trying to get your attention, and they’re about to give up on you. Oh well. Can’t catch ‘em all.

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We’re all feeling a little personally victimized by you right now. Check yourself, or the stars will. (In other words, be nice to people and always look both ways before crossing the street.)

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People are starting to catch on to the fact that you’re actually completely basic — your fabricated cool just isn’t enough anymore. Hope you have a solid backup plan.

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6 Jon Parton and Tim Everson are back again with a look at Manhattan’s newest Mexican restaurant, Azul Mexican Grill, located at 1116 Moro St. While you can never go wrong with Mexican food, we decided to check it out and see if Azul could stand up to its competition in Aggieville.

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Tim: It’s pretty laid-back overall. The decor is very similar to Wabash, the restaurant that was there before Azul. It has a sort of underwater feel with blue fluorescent lights reflecting off the metal on the walls and at the bar. Also, they kick it old school and put out a paper table cloth with crayons so even adults can draw and col-

or on the tables while they wait for their food. Jon: They’re going for something different at Azul, and I was glad to come along for the ride. I liked the openness of the restaurant and didn’t feel like I was being cramped into a small bar. The crayons were a little confusing at first just because I wasn’t expecting them. Soon enough, though, I felt like a 10-year-old again and was drawing pictures of cars falling off cliffs.

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Tim: I got the chicken bacon ranch club and it was delicious. The chicken was spicy and flavorful, incredibly well cooked. Sometimes you run into

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dryness with chicken sandwiches but this was not the case with this sandwich, which was paired with a great Texas Toast bun that was lightly toasted to perfection. We also tried their chips and salsa, and I’d say they were OK. Nothing special, but for chips and salsa it got the job done. Ditto for the french fries that came with the sandwich – definitely more than fine but nothing too terribly special. Jon: I ordered the stuffed poblano pepper, an enormous pepper overstuffed with cheese and shrimp. Every bite contained a multitude of flavors and spices that made me want to stop time just so I could savor an extra moment of it. The chips and salsa were serviceable, but uninspiring. Like most appetizers, they were there to serve as practice while we waited for the real food to show up.

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Tim: The sandwich with fries ran me $8.50. While I will sing the praises of the flavor of that chicken in the sandwich, that only made me want more of it. It wasn’t a terribly big sandwich, and for almost nine bucks I wish that I would’ve gotten a little more for my buck. The chips and salsa were

Evert Nelson | THE COLLEGIAN

Patrons enjoy drinks at the bar of Azul Mexican Bar and Grill in Aggieville Tuesday. The new restaurant features tables and bars inside and a rooftop section. only $3 so that was more than fine. I loved the food at Azul and I look forward to going back. I just wish you got a little more. Jon: No me gusta. I found the portions to be rather small considering what the prices were. The stuffed pepper, which

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Big 12 moves for expansion ANDREW HAMMOND the collegian

As the 2016 version of Big 12 Media Days wound down, the Big 12 conference decided to drop a big story in its wake. University of Oklahoma president and the Big 12’s board of directors chairman David Boren, along with commissioner Bob Bowlsby, announced via a teleconference on Tuesday that the Big 12 is looking to expand. Yes, “conference realignment” is back. “As Commissioner Bowlsby has already said, we also had a discussion of the future makeup of the conference going forward ... the entire structural issues for the conference, how to make the conference stronger,” Boren said. “A number of universities, as you well know, have contacted the Big 12 to express interest in our con‑ ference.” This came as a surprise to many who thought the conference would not expand after previous meetings did not show any prom‑ ise of expansion. Now, here we are again. The Big 12 and conference expansion. This comes off the heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a fellow “Power Five” conference, announcing that it would create its own network. This move may have been the motivation behind the Big 12 deciding to move for‑ ward with expansion. “We have reports from our two groups of consultants that have been working with us in terms of evaluating the interest of other schools and also those that have been giving us advice as to our media relationships and the media contracts going forward,” Boren said. On July 18, the ACC and ESPN agreed to a TV deal that would result in the conference getting its own network by 2019. “Something has been agreed to with the ACC, we don’t know all the details at this point, but it

indicates that we live in a very fast‑changing world, (the) situa‑ tion is changing quickly,” Boren said. “New technologies are being adapted and the reports on the ACC indicate some exploration of new platforms as well.” Although there is no time‑ table for the expansion, Bowlsby explained there is a process in vetting potential schools. Some have already expressed interest, like Cincinnati, who’s been more than open to joining the new con‑ ference. “It will be an ongoing pro‑ cess,” Bowlsby said. “We’re just finished with the meeting, and I don’t know that I’m prepared to put a time frame on it right now. But we intend to be active very soon. We have been contacted by a number of institutions, and my guess is that after this news breaks, we’ll be contacted by them again.” Schools like Brigham Young University and the University of Connecticut, along with Central and South Florida, have been

long rumored to join the Big 12, if they were to expand. “There likely will be a two‑stage process of some sort that will involve some preliminary work, and then a secondary pro‑ cess as well that gets into a little more of a fact‑finding but also perhaps even a negotiation stage,” Bowlsby said. While it has previously strug‑ gled to gain a foothold, once again the Big 12 has an opportunity to be one of the strongest confer‑ ences in the U.S. Bowlsby gave some insight on what types of schools he’s looking for. “I would say that we are look‑ ing for members that will grow over time as we grow,” Bowlsby said. “That will bring stability to the conference and ... will benefit from an affiliation with the schools that are currently in our confer‑ ence. And I think those that will — you know, they’re going to join a family. And it’s important that they strengthen the family and we strengthen them.”

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OPINION wednesday, july 20, 2016

Social media distracts from real world problems JENA ERNSTING the collegian

Everyone takes advantage of social media for different reasons. Some people broadcast every thought they have, while others silently watch from the sidelines. All in all social media platforms are not too different from everyday life, with the largely verbacious people on one side of the room and the silent wallflowers on the other side. But how does having these two different user types impact the impressionable people down the middle of the line? The combination of a social media addiction and the fear of missing out (FOMO) phenomenon can pressure impressionable teenagers into drinking, just like the snap stories they’re seeing, according to Meghan Neal’s Motherboard article, “Social media is getting young people drunk.” It takes the old saying, “keeping up with the Joneses” to a whole new level. Not only do we feel like our Facebook,

Instagram and Twitter posts need to be similar or even better than our friends, but we also feel as though our Snapchat stories should reflect the life we want to live and not the life we are living. I believe that this concept does not just stop with teenagers or even young adults. How many grown adults, our parents’ age, do you see sharing posts similar to, “Share if you love your children?” Is that a type of peer pressure on some level? You bet it is. Their friends are sharing it, so they think they should too, or maybe those adults also have a FOMO issue. Similar to the sharing frenzy, we’re constantly seeing our “friends” sharing or posting things that only media makes relevant. And to top it off, those people, who likely know little about the topic at hand, are attaching their own commentary to go along with it. Our problem is called media, and if I were some fancy communications scholar, I would coin this new phenomenon as “Media Relevancy Theory.” Without much research to back it

and primarily personal observations, I have come to the conclusion that people are only concerned with what media tells them to be concerned with. We see this all the time, without really noticing it. Unlike the recent Disney alligator incident, which seemed to blow up on national news and then take to social media, the even more recent controversy surrounding Taylor Swift and the Kardashian/West posse, showed how something can start on social media and in a short time find its way to national news. This same Swift and Kardashian/ West conversation was overbearing some other more important events and conversations in this nation. But what did social media tell us to do? It told us to create some nice hashtags like #PrayForNice and pretend like we were actually caring about what was going on, while what we really wanted to see, snap, tweet and post about was Kim Kardashian’s Snapchat story. Heidi Stevens’ Chicago Tribune article, “Kim Kardashian/Taylor Swift

dust-up: More than just a distraction,” related our need for a distraction to an overbearing social media centric populace. “Murdered cops in Baton Rouge, slain revelers in Nice and a coup in Turkey are hardly the stuff of summer reverie,” Stevens said. “But the Kim Kardashian/Taylor Swift feud isn’t so much a departure from our nightmarish times as it is a reflection of them.” This, the idea that we are caring more about some celebrity than the lives of many who are being lost, well … it’s utter ridiculousness and borderline acting like we are brainwashed. Do we focus on famous people like this because we are letting social media and the media relevancy theory take over our lives, or is it because we are actually lonely behind our screens? Well, we have always been lonely, social media is just making it worse, Christopher Lane said in his Psychology Today article, “Social media and social loneliness: Are social media increasing loneliness or merely exposing it?” In Lane’s article, he used a 1985 survey showing 10 percent of Americans

believed they had no one to discuss important matters with. That same survey showed that only 15 percent thought they only had one good friend. Lane connected it to a different 2004 survey that showed 25 percent of people felt like they had nobody to talk to, while 20 percent only had one confidant. What I gather from Lane’s article is that our society is getting lonelier with a larger social network, which is making us pay more attention to celebrities, thus making us lazy in our own lives. In a roundabout way, we are the ultimate group of followers. No pun intended. With the FOMO phenomenon and our lack of ability to determine personal relevancy, we’re basically in over our heads at this point.

The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position ofThe Collegian. Jena Ernsting is a sophomore in agricultural communications. Please send all comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com

Black Lives Matters broadens race conversation MAYARA GARAY KOSTIANOVSKY the collegian

The history of race inequality in the U.S. goes back for decades. Even though it has improved with the years, there still is a noticeable difference in how black people are treated in this country. The Black Lives Matter movement was formed in 2012 to raise awareness of the racial inequality black people face on a daily basis with police and vigilantes, according to the Black Lives Matter website. “When we say Black Lives Matter, we are broadening the conversation around state violence to include all

of the ways in which black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands of the state,” the website said. One way people are trying to broaden the conversation is by giving their names to Starbucks baristas as, “Black Lives Matter,” according to Taryn Finley’s The Huffington Post article, “The clever way Starbucks customers are insisting ‘Black Lives Matter’ is heard.” The hopes of these customers is to raise awareness and encourage conversations by coercing the coffee shop’s employees to shout the phrase in the stores, according to Eric Gonon’s International Business Times article, “Will the Starbucks (SBUX) Black Lives Matter movement make

a difference?” In my opinion, this is a great way to peacefully protest and have their voices heard, an option that it seems many fail to realize is there. However, despite the customers’ good intentions, not all the Starbucks employees agreed with this form of protest. “The barista took my order, and asked who it was for. However, while I expected to be served as normal, I was quickly informed that Black Lives Matter would not be served at this establishment,” Genevieve Uzamere, Starbucks costumer and owner of the blog The Ratchette said in her blog post, “NYC Starbucks refuses to serve ‘Black Lives Matter’.”

In my opinion, their unwillingness to take part in racial matters contradicts Starbucks’ “Race Together,” campaign in 2015 that encouraged customers to write the phrase on their Starbucks drinks to get the conversation of racial equality started, according to Zak Rice’s Identities.Mic article, “There’s one problem with Starbucks’ new anti-racism campaign.” I find it slightly confusing how a company who encouraged racial equality just last year would be so against promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. This is the type of protest that is not intended to promote violent outcomes, but rather to make people aware of the reality of this country

and even the world. This type of protest is the foundation needed to end the taboo around the violence against people of color. If anything, this should be the way in which people should treat most, if not all, issues regarding humanity. We are all human beings, but sometimes it feels as if we are forgetting that very important part. Instead of trying to solve violence with more violence, something that we have seen for many years does not work, why are we not trying to solve this issue by simply talking about it? The topic of racial inequality is constantly put on the back burner, and instead of focusing on fixing that is-

sue, the world is more focused on feuds between Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift. If people cared as much about the Black Lives Matter movement or racial inequality altogether as they do celebrities’ social media fights, then writing a simple phrase on a Starbucks cup wouldn’t be so controversial. The views pressed in this of the author essarily reflect cy or position

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Mayara Garay Kostianovsky is a senior in mass communications.Please send all comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com

OPINION wednesday, july 20, 2016

‘Pokémon GO' inspires interactions; not enough MAYARA GARAY KOSTIANOVSKY the collegian

Summer — the season of pool parties, lake barbecues and park picnics, or so you would think. Once again, technology has taken over the lives of millions and diminished all hope we once had of a tech-less summer with the launch of the “Pokémon GO” app. Mixing gaming with real life has been a huge factor in the app’s success. “Pokémon GO” has more Android users than Twitter and is used more on a daily-basis than WhatsApp, Instagram or Snapchat, with an average of 43 minutes per day, according to BBC article, “How ‘Pokémon GO’ took over the web.” Nevertheless, as with any new app there are still some flaws. The app takes up a lot of compute capacity, which has led to several server issues, according to Alex Konrad’s Forbes article, “This site built by engineer fans can tell when ‘Pokémon GO’ servers are about to crash.” “And with ‘Pokémon GO’ still set to roll out to new countries—its arrival in Canada led to more server issues, and its launch

in Japan has been delayed due to server concerns—gamers are bracing themselves for more outages,” Konrad said in his article. “Pokémon GO” users have found a way around the shock of these outages, however, by going to the site ispokemongodownornot.com. This website allows users to track the service status, which lets them know when the server will work smoothly and when it will not, according to Konrad. Another flaw in this app is that in the first month, people have reported problems with their phone’s battery life, according to Paul R. La Monica’s CNN Money article, “’Pokémon GO’ sends smartphone battery stock soaring.” Despite this being a disadvantage for the app users, Zagg, a small maker of phone accessories, has seen their stock rise more than 25 percent since “Pokémon GO” was released, La Monica said. On the other hand, the app is said to burn 1,500 calories for women and 1,800 calories for men if the game is played for 43 minutes every day for a week, the BBC article said. This is an unusual advantage to come with a technological advancement, in my opinion.

However, in my three years of living in Manhattan, I don’t think I have seen this many people out walking around for fun ... except maybe for orientation week in August. While I agree that being out and walking around is a good thing, I can’t help but worry this advantage is being canceled out by the lack of face-to-face interactions the app promotes. Unlike the game’s “gotta catch them all,” mentality, it would be impossible for us to catch all the advantages of the game and escape the disadvantages. Even if people are not talking to each other while playing “Pokémon GO,” it is promoting spending time together in areas where you can also enjoy nature. 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. Mayara Garay Kostianovsky is a senior in mass communications. Please send all comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com

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Pinkett talks athlete development, ‘Courts for Kids’ ANDREW HAMMOND the collegian

Andrew Hammond: “Courts for Kids.” That was something you participated in this summer? What’s the background of that? Cori Pinkett: “We started a program called ‘Cats Across Continents’ and we partnered with ‘Courts for Kids’ to do our abroad trip. It was really cool. We were looking for something that gave our student athletes the opportunity to study abroad but in a shortened time frame. We thought it would be best to do a service abroad approach so that we wouldn’t have to deal with the nuances of class credits and student athletes having to pay for classes and everything that came along with that.” AH: How many athletes participated in the program and how many sports were a part of it? CP: “We had 16 student athletes from a total of eight or nine sports.

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Cori Pinkett sits at her desk in the Vanier Complex Tuesday to talk with The Collegian. So you had your football, women’s basketball — your track and field, tennis, rowing and equestrian. I know I’m missing some but we had eight.”

AH: Being away from home in another country, with a totally different culture, had to come with some culture shock. Were there any moments where you stepped back and

had to say, “I’m not in Kansas anymore?” CP: “The language was the biggest thing for me. I’ve traveled abroad, I’ve studied abroad and I’ve done service abroad so that’s where my passion for this comes from. I had seen poverty and lived in it during my service abroad experience so that wasn’t the biggest ‘ah-ha’ moment. When I did my abroad work before, I was in South Africa where they speak English, so I didn’t have to worry about the language barrier. Having the desire to communicate but not having the ability to, I was like ‘Man, I can’t say anything.’” AH: Do you feel like some of the athletes opened up as the trip progressed? Got more involved within the community and each other as things moved forward? CP: “It’s so funny you ask that question. So when we were doing our pre-trip meetings, the athletes would sit with their sports and there were a few people that would be the only person in their sport. It was just, we don’t really know each other so we’re

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just at these meetings so we can get prepared. Even that first day of the trip it was like that – but after that they were tight and it was just amazing to see that. They were forced to bond. You’re in a rural community, you don’t have access to Wi-Fi and you can’t use your phones. You’re forced to be with a group and it was cool also because they had different challenges each day to force that cultural immersion, so we briefed them at the end of the night and it gave us a chance to come together at the end of the evening and talk about those experiences.” AH: What was the most rewarding moment for you on this trip, looking back on everything? CP: “When we finished the multi-sports court where they can play basketball and soccer. Seeing the joy on that community’s face when we finished the court and seeing the joy on those kids’ faces as they learned how to play basketball and soccer. Seeing them have a place to play those sports, that was worth it all.”

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