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Student leaders on campus oppose BYU joining Big 12 Conference JASON TIDD

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Brigham Young University’s bid to join the Big 12 Conference has found a new opponent in Kansas State’s Student Governing Association.

Three SGA leaders told the Collegian Monday they will consider writing a resolution opposing BYU’s possible acceptance into the Big 12 because of the university’s student Honor Code.

The Honor Code bans homo-

sexual behavior: “Homosexual behavior is inappropriate and violates the Honor Code. Homosexual behavior includes not only sexual relations between members of the same sex, but all forms of physical intimacy that give expression to homosexual feelings.”

The issue came to the forefront Wednesday when Iowa State University’s student government passed a resolution opposed to BYU joining the Big 12.

Trenton Kennedy, student body vice president and junior in entrepreneurship, said the Honor Code at BYU is not inclusive, and that is reason enough to exclude BYU from the Big 12.

“When you’re in the Big 12, you’re expecting a standard of inclusion and a standard of acceptance and welcoming when

we know that my fellow students, as student-athletes, are going to be traveling to those schools to participate in athletic events and competitions,” Kennedy said.

“So I believe that it should be an acceptable standard to know that my fellow students are going to go to an accepting and inclusive atmosphere when they travel for games.”

BYU is a private, religious university, owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Baylor and TCU are both private, religious institutions in

the Big 12. Neither of their student honor codes make any mention to homosexuality.

SUPPORTING CHANGE

Jessica Van Ranken, student body president and senior in political science, said SGA will work on drafting a resolution this week, but she wants to talk with other campus organizations first to get their input.

“We have plans to look into writing one this week,” Van Ranken said. “We’re reaching out to different areas on campus that would be interested in the fact that we’re doing that.”

Those include, but are not limited to, K-State Athletics and the Office of the President. The Big 12 university presidents will be the ones voting on conference expansion sometime this fall.

“I think the message (the resolution) would send is a message that these institutions that have passed these resolutions have students on those campuses who feel strongly about sending their students to an inclusive environment, about fostering an inclusive and an accepting community, both at their own institution and in the conference which they are a part of,” Van Ranken said.

“I think it sends a message of commitment on behalf of our students to the Big 12 in that we want to see a Big 12 that is in-

clusive and held to a higher standard and that the Big 12 is an organization that matters to us,” Kennedy said.

Van Ranken said the goal of a resolution would not be to keep BYU out of the Big 12, but to express support for a change in the Honor Code.

“The goal of the resolution would likely be to express that the students at Kansas State would support a change in BYU’s Honor Code,” Van Ranken said.

“Knowing that we can’t, as we are not students there and we are not necessarily stakeholders at their university, we can’t force a change at that level, but saying that we would support a change at that level.” see page

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Letter to the Editor: No BYU Currently, Brigham Young University is being considered as a new member to the Big 12. Iowa State’s student government recently issued a resolution against BYU joining the Big 12, as listed in Friday’s issue of the Collegian. As a member of the LGBT community and the president of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance on campus, my stance is that BYU does not deserve to be a part of the Big 12.

BYU’s values do not align with the rest of the Big 12 Conference’s growing commitment toward LGBT inclusion. Nine out of 10 Big 12 schools have protections for students based on their sexuality as well as LGBT resource centers that work to make their campuses safer and more welcoming to LGBT individuals. Furthermore, 80 percent of schools within the Big 12 have protections for students based on their gender identity.

BYU on the other hand has explicit policies that discriminate against LGBT students. At BYU, an LGBT student can be suspended or dismissed for expressing his or her sexuality or gender identity that is not heterosexual or cisgender.

Unlike existing Big

12 members, BYU doesn’t abide by NCAA rules and Title IX regulations. The Big 12 should not welcome in a new member who is allowed any exemptions from the conference’s standards but rather new members who will help to continue the progress toward LGBT inclusion already being made within the conference. Being a member of the Big 12 Conference is a privilege, not a right, and as long as BYU upholds anti-LGBT policies incongruent with the values and expectations of the other member schools within the Big 12, it does not deserve that privilege.

Further, BYU’s bigotry is detrimental to the entire Big 12 sports community.

Any coaches, athletes, fans, etc. who might travel to BYU for a sporting event would be unprotected from discrimination as BYU is exempt from Utah’s LGBT nondiscrimination laws.

Any LGBT athlete who may be drawn to BYU for its membership in the Big 12 will be forced to live with the university’s blatant discrimination. BYU’s anti-LGBT policies would certainly be detrimental to the mental health and academic achievement of any LGBT athlete at the university. The Big 12

Conference should not support an environment that is disrespectful of sexuality and gender identities.

Kansas State is leading the way in LGBT inclusion in our conference, ranking at No. 1 for LGBT inclusion in the Big 12, according to the Campus Pride Index. BYU is ranked as the sixth worst school in the nation for LGBT inclusion on the same index. To add them to our conference would undo a lot of progress being made toward creating an inclusive environment and would be harmful to the entire Big 12 community.

BYU does not deserve the privilege of being a member of the Big 12 and there are plenty of other candidates being considered for the expansion of the conference who are inclusive of LGBT individuals. Hopefully our K-State Student Governing Association is able to address a resolution similar to that of Iowa State’s to make it clear that our student body does not support adding BYU to the Big 12 Conference. There is no room in the Big 12 for bigotry based on sexuality or gender identity.

Holly Nelson, senior in anthropology

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Wildcat volleyball ranked for first time since 2014 AVERY OSEN

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The schedule doesn’t get any easier for the Kansas State volleyball team as it hosts Creighton on Tuesday in Ahearn Field House at 6 p.m.

The Wildcats have catapulted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll after winning five straight matches, including a sweep of the Wildcat Classic this weekend defeating Mississippi State, Miami and Loyola.

K-State is now No. 25 in the

nation at 7-2. This is the first time since 2014 that the Wildcats have been ranked, but it is the 125th week that the Wildcats have been ranked under head coach Suzie Fritz.

Fritz was happy about the Wildcats’ recent play.

“We were very pleased about the weekend,” Fritz said. “We were offensively pretty efficient, we kept our errors relatively low and we really liked our serving, which is a good start to being a better defensive team.”

Senior setter Katie Brand was named Most Valuable Player of the Wildcat Classic, but she

said most of the credit goes to her teammates.

“As a setter, I feel like we are just products of the players around us,” Brand said. “I don’t set well unless they pass well, and I don’t get assists unless they kill it.

It’s just a team honor more than anything.”

The Wildcats take on Creighton again after losing to the Blue Jays last season in five sets in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Blue Jays are 4-4 this season, but that is a bit deceiving at first glance. They have lost three matches in five sets, to Wichita State, USC and Kansas,

but won their past two matches.

In the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, Creighton received 14 points and have been ranked as high as 18th this season.

“We are going to play our game and are excited to get another chance at them after losing last year,” senior libero Kersten Kober said. “We are going to have to play well on our side of the net and that’s what we are focused on.”

But there is no decline in opponent as Creighton is very good on the left side of the court, which will make the Blue Jays very

tough, Fritz said.

“You could leave it at that because if you have two good attack hitters you’re going to be tough,” Fritz said. “They will be one of the best teams we’ve seen so far and are very balanced. They have no glaring weaknesses and are good in any and all areas.”

Fritz said they have lots of players in the mix for playing time, which is good for practices.

“It is a competitive environment on a day-to-day basis and that’s a big part in being good in matches,” she said. “When practice is harder than matches, then you really have something going.

All of them are working hard and if they are in the mix, we are trying our best to find them opportunities to have a role and contribute in whatever way they can to help this team.”

After the match against the Blue Jays, the Wildcats will travel to Arkansas to take on UMKC, Arkansas and Southern Miss over the weekend. They will return home for their Big 12 opener Sept. 21 when they host Iowa State in Ahearn Field House.

“I can’t believe that next week is the start of Big 12 play already,” Brand said. “It’s going by way too fast.”

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The Kansas State women’s volleyball team celebrates its 3-1 victory over Mississippi State in Ahearn Field House on Friday. This was the program’s 800th win and head coach Susie Fritz’s 300th win.

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Sophomore middle blocker Zsofia Gyimes blocks the ball during the Kansas State volleyball game against Miami in Ahearn Field House on Friday.

Senior libero Kersten Kober passes the ball to the setter in the match against Mississippi State in Ahearn Field House on Friday.

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K-State professor overcomes life challenges, wins first place for blog MAYARA GARAY KOSTIANOVSKY THE COLLEGIAN

After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador from 1976 to 1978, Gloria Freeland, journalism and mass communications internship coordinator, moved to San José, Costa Rica, where she worked as a reporter at an English language newspaper, and also met her first husband, who coincidently was from Kansas as well.

After six years of marriage, Freeland’s husband passed away from an aneurysm while she was pregnant with their daughter, Mariya Vaughan, who is now assistant coordinator for K-State First.

Although this was one of the hardest times in her life, Freeland’s college roommate and good friend Debbie Wilds said the tragedy really bonded them.

“Seeing her so devastated tore me apart and I just wanted to support my friend,” Wilds said. “We spent hours on the phone, with her just crying and me listening. I made sure she had something in her mailbox every day to open.”

Despite the distance, Wilds said she and Freeland kept in touch through the years and that destiny knew what it was doing when it brought them together.

“We had fun times in college together, then stayed in touch long distance for the following years when we went in different directions,” Wilds said.

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Gloria Freeland, journalism and mass communications internship coordinator, is the recent recipient of a blog award for two of her “Kansas Snapshots” articles. She is also conducting research for her book in addition to her weekly blog.

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the same town for years now, but they remain good friends even after 44 years.

“We just know that we will be there for one another no matter what, when or where, and that is such a wonderful comforting gift to have in life,” Wilds said.

Last week, Freeland received first place in Kansas Professional Communicators’ 2016 Communications Contest in the “Blogs – Personal (weekly)” category for two of her “Kansas Snapshots” articles.

The two articles were, “Forever 31,” a story about her first husband who passed away in 1986, and “For whom the bells tolled,” Freeland’s perspective over the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. What started as a column in the Riley Countian newspaper became a weekly blog, which posts stories that draw a link between the past and present every Friday.

“She is a wonderful community member who loves history,” Cheryl Collins, Riley County Historical Museum director, said.

Collins said she has worked with Freeland for years and it has always been a pleasure to work with Freeland in the organization of various events, one of which will be the museum’s centennial this October.

After helping in the development of a community in Ecuador and managing a newspaper in Costa Rica, Freeland returned to Kansas to get a master’s degree and later on become a professor at Kansas State.

Freeland’s colleague and friend Steve Smethers, associate professor of journalism

and digital media and associate director for undergraduate studies, said Freeland’s calm personality and professional outlook are some of the qualities that make her a great teacher.

“She has a totally professional outlook, she understands the profession of journalism, she preaches journalism, she lives the professional standards of journalism,” Smethers said.

Freeland is currently working on a book, the biography of K-State alum Velma Carson, a Kansas democrat during the Great Depression.

After Freeland got in touch with Carson’s family to start her research, Carson’s son-in-law decided to donate all of Carson’s documents and letters to K-State archives.

“Last spring I spent almost every Tuesday and Thursday at the K-State archives, like eight hours a day, just going through her letters,” Freeland said. “She wrote letters from the time she was a little girl up until she died.”

Freeland said the next step after finishing the research will be to interview Carson’s family members and only after she has done all of that, can she start thinking about the writing component.

Vaughan said even though her mother has been through good and bad times, she has always found the silver lining in every situation.

“Seeing her strength and resilience throughout everything has served as great inspiration to me throughout some of life’s struggles that I’ve been through as well,” Vaughan said.

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Texas keeps lead in Big 12 power rankings RILEY GATES

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1. TEXAS (2-0) (LAST WEEK: 1) (NEXT: CALIFORNIA)

After its impressive double overtime win over Notre Dame to start the season, Texas didn’t show any signs of a hangover in a 41-7 win over UTEP. Whereas most teams might struggle to play with the same intensity against a lesser opponent, the Longhorns throttled the inferior Miners.

Freshman quarterback Shane

Buechele threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns and will be the key to a road win for Texas.

2. OKLAHOMA (1-1) (LAST WEEK: 2) (NEXT: OHIO STATE) Oklahoma was angry after its season-opening loss to Houston. If the Sooners needed a punching bag to take their anger out on, they found it in the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield went for 244 yards and three touchdowns,

while his understudy, freshman Austin Kendall, had 108 yards and two touchdowns. Oklahoma will need to be locked in this weekend against Ohio State, or their College Football Playoff hopes will likely be shattered.

3. OKLAHOMA STATE (1-1) (LAST WEEK: 3) (NEXT: PITTSBURGH)

Oklahoma State won the game on Saturday. Well, the Cowboys didn’t win the game on the scoreboard, but they should have. They did everything that

they had to do to win the game.

Oklahoma State lost to Central Michigan 30-27 on a Hail Mary pass from Central Michigan. But the Chippewas shouldn’t have even had the opportunity. The winning pass came on a play that shouldn’t have been allowed, but the referees ruled that the game could not end on a penalty, thus allowing the Chippewas an extra play. The Cowboys don’t get punished in the rankings, because they should be 2-0 right now.

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An Oklahoma State fan celebrates after a victory over Kansas State at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stilllwater, see page 8, “RANKINGS” Oklahoma, Oct. 3, 2015.

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“If that change were to occur, we would be significantly more supportive of them joining the Big 12 Conference that we are a part of,” Van Ranken said.

The Collegian requested comment from student leaders at both BYU and Iowa State but did not receive any responses by publication deadline. If either respond, the story will be updated online.

BYU released a statement in response to the ISU resolution, standing by their honor code while also expressing a message of inclusiveness: “BYU welcomes as full members of the university community all whose conduct meets university standards. We are

very clear and open about our honor code, which all students understand and commit to when they apply for admission. One’s stated sexual orientation is not an issue.”

DRAFTING A RESOLUTION

Kennedy said he had reached out to a friend who attends BYU but has not heard back yet. Van Ranken said the thoughts of students at BYU would provide context on the Honor Code, but the resolution would be written from a K-State point of view.

“The resolution would be representative of what students at Kansas State think and what student Senate thinks because they would be the individuals

voting on the resolution,” Van Ranken said. “This resolution is about Kansas State students and what they want from the Big 12 Conference.”

While a resolution would not have any binding power over the Big 12’s expansion decision, Kennedy said it can still have an effect.

“A resolution could be powerful because it would be a large group of students who represent their peers, and so it would hopefully be representative of K-State,” Kennedy said. “While it may not have the president of the university’s signature, it’s a mandate from students’ voices that this is how we feel about something.”

Jack Ayres, speaker of the SGA Senate and senior

in chemical engineering, said the vote on a resolution would represent the stance of the students on the issue. “(A resolution) does have to be voted on by the Senate,” Ayres said. “So there is a vote count that would go into there, which could take into account if it wasn’t a unanimous approval. It could represent a little bit of a metric on just where K-State lies on the issue.”

Iowa State’s resolution was passed 21-6.

“I think the bottom line (is) using our voice as much as we can and in the biggest way to make sure the Big 12 is inclusive and that our students will always be a part of an inclusive organization,” Kennedy said.

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4. BAYLOR (2-0) (LAST WEEK: 4) (NEXT: RICE)

A 40-13 win over SMU has never looked as deceiving as Baylor made it look Saturday.

The Bears won by 27, but were tied with the Mustangs, 6-6, at the halftime break. Baylor’s senior quarterback Seth Russell impressed with 261 yards and two touchdowns, but the Bears will need to work out the kinks against Rice this weekend if they hope to contend for the Big 12 this season.

5. KANSAS STATE (0-1) (LAST WEEK: 6) (NEXT: FLORIDA ATLANTIC)

Coming off a season-opening loss versus Stanford, the Wildcats had the week off. K-State’s defense impressed many in the opener, but the offense showed

it has some work to do. The bye week certainly gave them time to work on that, as will this weekend against the Owls.

6. TCU (1-1) (LAST WEEK: 8) (NEXT: IOWA STATE)

I kind of beat up on the TCU Horned Frogs in the rankings last week, but they had it coming after nearly losing to South Dakota State. The Horned Frogs suffered a loss to Arkansas, 41-38 in double overtime this weekend, but looked improved. Junior quarterback Kenny Hill accumulated three total touchdowns in the loss. TCU isn’t the team it’s been recently, but it could be a middleof-the-pack team this year.

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