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Wildcats ready for final nonconference test against Missouri State SCOTT POPP

THE COLLEGIAN

Last year the Kansas State football team squeaked out their final nonconference game against Louisiana Tech in three overtimes. While they did get the win, the Wildcats didn’t quite get the kinks out before Big 12 play started.

The Wildcats hope to avoid their mistakes from a year ago when they take on Missouri State Saturday.

There has been a lot of talk about cleaning up penalties as K-State has 20 already. But there are still other things to shore up on both sides of the ball.

Junior linebacker Elijah Lee talked about the importance of getting the little things right.

“It is very important,” Lee said. “We still have little things to iron out before we get into league play, and that is something we are going to take dayby-day this week. We have to

keep creating turnovers and play hard and physical.”

Creating turnovers was difficult for the Wildcats a year ago.

They only forced 16 turnovers the entire year.

In their two games this season, they have already forced five turnovers, including two interceptions from defensive backs.

That is a stat K-State has doubled after last year when senior cornerback Morgan Burns recorded the only interception by a defensive back Senior defensive end Jordan Willis said creating turnovers is something head coach Bill Snyder has emphasized. “(Snyder) has told us that we need to force more turnovers,” Willis said. “Obviously we are getting interceptions as well, so we did a good job last weekend, whether it was fumbles or interceptions.”

Snyder said his defense has improved from a year ago.

“I do not look at the statistics, only when the season is

File phto by Cassandra Nguyen | THE COLLEGIAN

Then-freshman offensive lineman Dalton Risner prepares for the play during the second quarter of the football game between K-State and Oklahoma University in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 17, 2015.

K-State lost to Oklahoma 55-0.

The offense has also been a over,” Snyder said. “But just based on the assessment and work in progress with so many evaluation of where we are right new faces getting a lot of playnow, I would say, yes, we are ing time, especially along the an improved defensive football offensive line. Six linemen have received a majority of the playteam from last year.”

ing time. Senior Will Ash has replaced starter freshman Tyler Mitchell at times.

The line struggled big time against Stanford, but improved against Florida Atlantic. They only allowed two sacks and were instrumental in developing a run game. The Wildcats gained 336 yards on the ground.

Snyder said the line needs to be more consistent throughout the game, but he did like his second stringers’ ability to step in and perform.

“I thought we played well,” Snyder said. “In the first five or six possessions of the ball game, we didn’t play very well up front.

After that when we had all the twos in, I thought we played reasonably well.”

The Wildcats will have to work out the kinks against their opponent Missouri State. The Bears have already surpassed their win total from last years’ 1-10 team. They are 2-0 this season with wins against Southwestern College and Murray State.

The Bears have only allowed 51.5 yards per game on the ground and haven’t allowed a rushing touchdown in their two games. They also average 42.5 points and 465.5 yards of total offense a game.

Snyder said the Bears’ sophomore quarterback Breck Ruddick is someone to watch for.

“They’re obviously a 2-0 football team that has some momentum in their program,” Snyder said. “I like their quarterback, he can run the ball if he chooses to. He can throw it, he can pull it out and keep it on those zone read option type things, he’s got some speed to him when he does run the ball so I think they feel pretty good about that position.”

Kansas State is 3-0 all-time versus the Bears. Their most recent game, a 51-9 win, came in 2012.

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Inside look from newbie K-State marching band member BRI SCHOCK

KSU MARCHING BAND

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s I’m walking from the elevator to my dorm, I can smell the stench of my own feet as I unlock my door.

My body is drenched, but not from any sprinklers.

From picking my feet up at a 90-degree angle more times than I can count. From holding my body in positions that made my muscles burn.

And as I hunch my body over the air vent to cool down from the intense heat I had just endured for half of the day, I am overwhelmed with the feeling of victory — I had just conquered my first football game.

I have been in many marching shows, but none like this.

None where the crowd was as loud as the Enterprise going into warp drive. My legs were shaking when I looked across the stands to a sea of purple. When I try to compare it to something, the first thing that comes to mind is the scene where B-Rabbit chokes on stage in “8 Mile,” except the crowd is 50 times louder and there is no time to vomit.

I’d like to compare it to a competitive sport, but I think it would be better described as a competitive job. Your fellow marchers are your colleagues,

and the goal is to be attentive to your work and enthusiastic for your clients.

The clients (that’s you guys in the stands) are the most important part. Without the crowd, what we do would go unnoticed.

Needless to say, I was afraid of failing at my job and making a mockery of myself.

There is a lot of behind-thescenes work that goes into making halftime as spectacular as it is. My day started at 5:30 in the morning, which is great if that’s what you are into. But I am the type of person who wakes up at 10 a.m. and then needs a nap from 10:01 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

All sections are different, some show-up hours early (only God knows why) and some show up 30 minutes before call time (another thing I do not understand). I am part of the baritone section. (It is okay if you don’t know what that is; no one ever knows who we are. But I HIGHLY recommend that you Google one later. Or now.) We meet around 6:55 a.m. to polish our instruments, then we do our first run-through on the real field.

The walls are a lot higher in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

When on the field I heard another player near me say, “Wow. That’s a lot of stairs.” This became very obvious to me later on, right after halftime was over,

and we had to go back up to our newly-added section of the stadium.

Before we did our runthrough, Dr. Tracz said something that really resonated with me. “You’re not playing just for you,” he said. “There are generations and generations of people out there, and what you’re playing is a part of their tradition.”

It made me become aware of the bigger picture. To me, this meant that my playing needed to be executed with the utmost respect and precision a person can have. It meant there were no do-overs, and if I were to move during a hold, or forget a set, or be out of step, I would be shunned and probably get made fun of.

If I mess up hard enough, the rest of my section will make memes about me for the rest of my life. I was told at least 40 times to not forget my pants … I could explain, but I would rather not.

There is a lot of pressure, and if you cave under it, you won’t make it in the band. So rather than shaking in your spats, you buck up and march with pride. Your game face is worn loud and proud.

There was quite a bit of time in between the first runthrough and pregame. This is where we eat and some of us go

Emily Starkey | THE COLLEGIAN

Bri Schock, freshman band member, expierences her first preformance in Bill Snyder Family Stadium during the game between Kansas State and Flordia Atlantic University in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday. to tailgaters and play them some happy tunes. Then we meet back up in our “secret lair” and prepare for the festivities.

The atmosphere of the stadium was intense. A surge of energy came over my body when we rushed the field for pregame.

People in the stands went wild as soon as we started playing Wabash. Time almost seemed to go slower. A purple field of wheat is

all that I could think of, watching the people sway back and forth.

The feeling I had right before halftime was different than pregame. I wasn’t nervous at first. Waiting on the sidelines, I felt pretty good. I felt like I could do no wrong.

But the longer we stood there, the more conscious I was to the churning in the bottom of my stomach. I was watching

the clock run out (remember, a football minute is not the same as a normal minute), and the pre-game jitters crept in.

The people around me stormed the field, and we took our positions. I waited for the whistles, and I felt my body take over. Not that I was possessed or anything, but I would not be surprised if the band gods came over me and took care of me.

Everything felt so automatic. I moved without thinking.

Right when it started, it was over. I couldn’t believe that it ended and I didn’t collapse. The feeling was surreal. But the day was not over yet.

We scuttled over to the stands to play for the rest of the game. This is where things got (for lack of a better word) interesting. For anyone who has ever been outside in the middle of the summer, you know what it feels like to have the sun pounding down on you, but imagine this: You have at least three layers of clothes on, including undergarments (hopefully), and one of those layers is made of wool. I felt like an Eskimo who got invited to a party at the equator and overdressed for the occasion.

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Frank Tracz inspires students, builds successful program AUTUMN MOCK THE COLLEGIAN

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fter 24 years at Kansas State, Frank Tracz, director of bands and professor of music, says he doesn’t see himself going anywhere soon, despite the program’s lack of funding.

“I tell people I’m here till retirement, death or assassination, and I thought last fall it was going to happen,” Tracz said, speaking of the events from last year’s first halftime show.

Tracz said his love for music started at a fairly young age.

“I was going to be a rockand-roll star when I was in high school,” Tracz said. “Aren’t we all?”

After growing up in a family of blue-collar steel workers, Tracz said he knew that wasn’t the path for him.

“I saw my dad, brothers and sisters come home, and when they came home, they just didn’t seem to be very happy about things,” Tracz said. “And working in a steel mill, they smelled and looked funny.”

Austin Fuller | THE COLLEGIAN

Frank Tracz, director of bands at K-State, watches the Pride of Wildcat Land during halftime in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday.

Tracz said he was playing the drums in his high school band when he noticed that his band director seemed to be having fun with his job.

“I asked him, ‘What do

you have to do to be a band director?’ and he told me about college and practicing,” Tracz said. “I asked him, ‘You get paid for doing this?’ and he started laughing.”

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Tracz said it was then he decided he was all in. From there, he went on to Ohio State

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University, making him the first member of his family to attend college. Once he graduated, he taught at Morehead State University and worked with the band program until he got a call from K-State.

“I got a call from somebody at a place called Kansas State,” Tracz said. “I had never heard of Kansas State. I didn’t even know where Kansas was.”

After playing around with the idea of working for a university in the Big 12 Conference, Tracz said he came to K-State with the intention of only staying a couple of years before going back to Cleveland, Ohio, to raise a family, but he fell in love with Manhattan, K-State and especially the students here.

“There were opportunities for us to move on, go someplace else, but the people here made the difference,” Tracz said. “A lot of people talk about that, and (other people) kind of look at you like it’s just a bunch of garbage, but it’s not.”

Tracz said the day-to-day interactions between students

and professors is an unusual dynamic that not many other campuses possess. From being able to casually greet one another on campus to happily helping with directions, he applauds the community on their friendliness.

“This generation is not one that’s going to go down in my books as the one that’s going to change the world for the better, but the students I deal with are just great people,” Tracz said. “They have a work ethic to kill for, they have a desire and a passion to work for what they do and want to be the best they possibly can.

They’re the kind of people you want on your side.”

Tracz said he leads five concert bands, various small ensembles, three pub crawl bands, a couple of basketball bands, a volleyball band and the marching band.

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friday, september 23, 2016

For D.J. Reed, “chip on the shoulder” is more than a cliche TIMOTHY EVERSON THE COLLEGIAN

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he sound of construction and cars whizzing down Kimball Avenue on a hot and heavy summer afternoon crowded the air as the shadows of senior defensive back Donnie Starks and sophomore defensive back D.J. Reed raced over the white lines on the turf in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

To the puzzled onlooker, the two players alone on the field jumping and jubilating with glee celebrate for nothing.

For Starks and Reed however, the now empty seats surrounding them are packed to the brim with 50,000 strong losing their minds.

“I want you to close your eyes and visualize yourself making big plays,” Starks says to Reed.

The diminutive Reed, only 5’9”, three inches shorter than his partner on the field, jumps in the middle of the path of a make-believe ball, snags it out of the nonexistent hands of the wide receiver and makes his way downfield.

Starks, out in front, clears the way for Reed from the frantic imaginary offensive players trying to run down the intercepted ball.

Reed didn’t even have a Divison I scholarship offer coming out of high school, but now, at least in that moment in the mind of two players witnessed by no one, Reed had his first interception on the big stage.

It would be several months before he did it for real.

--Bakersfield, California, sits smack dab in the San Joaquin Valley more than 100 miles from

George Walker | THE COLLEGIAN

Sophomore defensive back D.J. Reed takes the ball downfield during the football game between Florida Atlantic University and Kansas State in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday. The Wildcats defeated the Owls 63-7.

Los Angeles and Fresno from the northeast and southwest, respectively.

Fifteen high schools fill the city with Independence High School standing as the newest, less than a decade old.

In 2013, Reed finished his high school career at Independence with six interceptions, five forced fumbles and became the first person in his school’s short history to earn MVP honors in both football and basketball.

Yet, when the school year had ended, Reed had not one Division I offer to show for his efforts.

“I had a great senior year of high school, and I thought for sure that I was going to get a D-1 scholarship,” Reed said. “I thought I was going to get offered by Cal-Poly but my ACT scores weren’t high enough so that didn’t work out.”

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Reed redshirted, hoping to get through his first year on campus and to show the coaching staff by his second year that he was worth a scholarship and a spot on the field.

After meeting with his position coach and head coach, Reed was dismayed that not only did they see him playing special teams next season but they also weren’t planning on offering him a scholarship.

The news hurt Reed, who truly thought after a year of strength and conditioning, plus learning Fresno State’s playbook, that surely he had done enough to make that next step.

Instead, even with protestations from family for him to remain a Bulldog, Reed took that step and transferred to Cerritos

College, a junior college south of Los Angeles.

“My family was telling me to stay but you’re the only person who knows your gut feeling,” Reed said. “So I left.”

As a Cerritos Falcon, Reed recorded 42 tackles and two interceptions in the 2015 season, running one of those interceptions back 74 yards for a touchdown.

After fellow Falcon and current K-State defensive tackle Ray Price tipped off K-State coaches about Reed, the Wildcats gave him his second offer and he committed in the spring earlier this year. Even when more schools kept calling, Reed didn’t waver.

“After that, my recruiting started going real fast but I didn’t feel like there was a need to go anywhere else,” Reed said.

--The buzz surrounding Reed’s signing was fairly quiet. When you’re a no-star JUCO transfer who transferred to that JUCO from a school in the Mountian West, that tends to be the case.

It wasn’t just fans who Reed snuck up on either. Most players didn’t know about Reed until they met him.

“I didn’t know who D.J. Reed was until the day coach Hayes called me and told me to pick him up,” Starks said.

When Reed arrived in Manhattan, he didn’t have a car so defensive coordinator Tom Hayes called Starks to go pick Reed up, take him shopping and show him around Manhattan.

“I took him to Walmart,” Starks said with a laugh. “He didn’t even have a shower curtain.”

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A bond formed between the

“He was really the first friend, first brother I had out here,” Reed said.

And when the rest of the players did meet Reed, it didn’t take long for him to make an impression.

“I knew right when he got here that he was going to be a good player,” sophomore safety Kendall Adams said. “He attacks the ball well, he’s real fast and real physical.”

The physicality was something the K-State coaches identified as well, and was one of the things that convinced K-State coaches to pull the trigger with a scholarship offer.

“Probably the one ingredient that stood out as much as anything was his aggressive play that he could defend well against the run,” head coach Bill Snyder said.

“That hasn’t changed since he’s been here.”

--If you pressed Reed on the subject, he’d tell you that Fresno State not offering him a scholarship after redshirting still bothers him. Same with not getting offered out of high school. He’s always got something to prove, and he’s not afraid to say so.

“I feel like every time I get onto the field, I have a chip on my shoulder,” Reed said. “I think about all of the people who doubted me and I feel like I gotta let people know how good I am every time I step onto the field.”

Reed would tell you he’s always been overlooked but soon, he feels, that will change.

“If Fresno would have re-

spected my game I’d be balling out there but I don’t look at it as a negative,” Reed said. “I use that as motivation. That fuels me, knowing that they overlooked me. I’m going to do big things here.”

--Last season, K-State’s secondary only grabbed one interception. In Saturday’s home opener versus Florida Atlantic, the Wildcats doubled that in one fell swoop.

Adams nabbed one during the first quarter as K-State bullied their way to a 42-0 advantage at halftime. After the half, Reed was itching to make a play. “(Adams) got the first one, he motivated me, and I kept thinking, ‘Man, if a ball comes my way I’ve got to make a play,’” Reed said.

In the third quarter, Reed made his move, snagging an interception that was anything but easy.

He had made the big play that he had visualized months ago.

“It felt real good,” Reed said, nearly speechless. “Especially with the whole stadium ... I can’t explain it. It was just a great feeling.”

When asked if the interception was like he had pictured, Reed paused for a moment.

“I would say so,” Reed said.

“That’s probably the most excited I’ve been since I’ve been here.”

After playing just two games in his college career, Reed has already given opposing teams reason to not throw in his direction.

By season’s end, Reed would like nothing more than to catch a few more reasons.

He may have been overlooked his entire life, but if he keeps this up, that will no longer be an issue.

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friday, september 23, 2016

K-State looks to improve in pursuit of first home win SHELTON BURCH THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State Wildcats (2-5-2) will play home games tonight and Sunday afternoon as they continue the search for their first home victory.

The Wildcats lost to Northern Iowa Sept. 16, 2-1, allowing the second-straight comeback against them this season after UNI scored two goals in a period of about two minutes, one goal coming 21 seconds before halftime, the other coming less than 90 seconds after.

Wednesday, K-State head coach Mike Dibbini said the loss stung, but it was part of the process, and the team is moving forward as they prepare for tonight’s game against Oral Roberts (5-5-0) and Sunday’s game against South Dakota (1-8-1).

He also said he expects the team to be competitive this

weekend, just as they were last weekend.

“Competing for 90 minutes, that’s our number one goal,” Dibbini said. “I felt like in our last match we competed for 88 out of the 90 minutes.

We gave up two minutes of just young mistakes.”

Specifically, Dibbini said he hopes to see the team play defensively disciplined throughout the game while executing on offense.

“I’m hoping we go 90 minutes of staying detailed and staying the course of the game,” Dibbini said.

Freshman midfielder Laramie Hall said the team primarily spent this week working on the intangible aspects of soccer.

“We’re really working on the mental part of the game,” Hall said. “We have the soccer down, we have the talent and we have the hard work. It’s just

File Photo by George Walker | THE COLLEGIAN

Freshman midfielder Laramie Hall guards the ball from University of Northern Iowa defender Kelsey Hansen during the match between K-State and the UNI on Sept. 16. mentally making sure we’re focused for everything, so that’s what we’ve been trying to work

on.”

Hall said Wednesday that the team would look later in

the week at the specific styles of Oral Roberts and South Dakota, but she felt confident the team could be dangerous if they could just pull together all the abilities they have.

“We have a lot of the pieces of the puzzle; it’s just for us putting them together,” Hall said. “Once we put them together, I think we can beat any team. So it really doesn’t matter who we play, it’s just the matter of getting ourselves ready for it and focusing every single minute.”

Dibbini said he sees this weekend as an opportunity to start to build momentum for the looming four-game road trip the Wildcats will take to conclude their season. That road trip starts Oct. 2. against Drake.

“I’m looking at this as can we execute better offensively and execute better defensively

and see if we can get the (winning) results,” Dibbini said.

“Confidence is important as we’re going into our next road trip here in a couple weeks.”

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friday, september 23, 2016

SGA resolution aims to exclude BYU over noninclusive honor code JASON TIDD

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A resolution to exclude Brigham Young University from the Big 12 Conference is a chance for Kansas State student leaders to “stand for inclusion,” Jessica Van Ranken, student body president and senior in political science, said.

“I think it’s very important that we as a Student Governing Association stand for inclusion,” Van Ranken said. “I think this is one way that we can do that in a crucial way.”

The resolution, which was introduced at Thursday’s SGA meeting and will be voted on next week, states that BYU’s “policies openly discriminate against its LGBT students, faculty and staff.”

“BYU’s Honor Code explicitly prohibits its students, staff and faculty from ‘not only sexual relations between members of the same sex, but all forms of physical intimacy that give expression to homosexual feelings,’” the resolution states.

Because of this, the resolution states, “KSU SGA believes that Brigham Young University’s discriminatory policies and practices are inconsistent with the values of the Big 12 Conference,” and, “KSU SGA does not support BYU’s membership bid to join the Big 12 Conference at this time.”

BYU is one of about a dozen schools that have shown interest in joining the Big 12 if the conference chooses to expand.

Trenton Kennedy, student body vice president and junior in entrepreneurship, introduced the

resolution. Because the resolution was not voted on at the meeting, debate was not allowed, but questions were.

In the span of almost 15 minutes, Kennedy fielded a wide range of questions from student senators, including one on how BYU affects K-State students.

Kennedy said BYU should be inclusive to students who visit from other schools, whether for athletics, academics, conferences or other reasons. He said BYU would have an “inconsistency in inclusivity and acceptance” with other Big 12 schools.

“What we really want to talk about is the Big 12 and its values and its commitment to inclusion and acceptance and K-State’s values and its commitment to inclusion and acceptance,” Kennedy said.

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“He motivates us to do more than just be good at band,” Bures said. “He motivates us to go to class and succeed in our lives. He wants us to succeed past marching band, and I think that’s really inspiring.”

Besides the students, Tracz said Bill Snyder is another main reason he stayed in Manhattan.

“The fact that Bill Snyder is the man that he is is a big reason why I’m still here,” Tracz said. “I have the utmost respect for that guy, what he’s done and what he means. Him and his family have done more for Kansas State, Manhattan and the state of Kansas than anyone I can think of in the past 24 years.”

SUCCESS

Much like Snyder, Tracz has some success stories of his own since being at K-State, including when the marching band received the Sudler Trophy in 2015.

“My all-time favorite memory was when we got the Sudler Trophy, especially considering what we had been through a couple weeks before that with all the controversy over the first halftime show last year,” Tracz said. “That was probably my all-time favorite day of teaching.”

The Sudler Trophy is a two-year award that is presented to the most outstanding marching band in the country, making it a highlight of his career, Tracz said.

“He brought a lot of recognition to the school with the Sudler Trophy,” Hunter Sullivan, sophomore in applied music, said. “When he got here, the band was like 50 people, and now it’s like 400 people. He really knows how to recruit and build up a program.”

This will be K-State’s final year with the award, but Tracz said he is excited to be on the committee to decide who will receive it next.

Despite finding success and falling in love with the

university, Tracz said that working here, at a school in Kansas, is by no means an easy task. He said the schools in Kansas are some of the most underfunded universities he’s ever seen, putting significant strain on his job when he has to fundraise to just repair instruments and continue doing what the bands already do.

“There aren’t many people struggling like we are,” Tracz said. “I understand that there’s a part (in fundraising) we have to do, but this has crossed the ridiculous line.”

Although the lack of funding makes Tracz’s job hard at times, Bures said she believes Tracz’s charismatic personality and the mixture between a fun and tough teaching style contributes a lot to the success of the program.

“He’s very energetic, and he really wants to get us pumped up,” Bures said.

“He’s also tough, but I think that’s what any good organization that wants to succeed as far as our band has succeeded needs.”

have LGBT resource centers, Kennedy said. Baylor is the only one that does not. Baylor’s student honor code does not forbid homosexuality, but it does forbid students from participating in LGBT advocacy groups.

TCU and Baylor are the Big 12’s two private, religious universities. BYU is also a private, religious university.

The resolution states, “The Big 12 Conference policy handbook acknowledges its commitment to ‘cultural diversity, promoting respect and sensitivity to the dignity of every person and fostering participation of all in competition, administration and governance.’”

Van Ranken said she interprets that to also include LGBT individuals.

Michael Reichenberger, senator and graduate student in

nuclear engineering, asked why the resolution, if passed, is not planned to be sent to BYU. “BYU has no choice whether they join the Big 12 or not,” Kennedy said. “They’re in a bid, so it will be decided upon by the Big 12 university presidents. But we’d be more than happy to send them a copy of this resolution.”

Samuel McGee, senator and graduate student in education, asked Kennedy if any of the other candidates for Big 12 expansion had their student honor codes vetted by the resolution’s authors.

Kennedy said he did not know if the other universities had similar potential issues in their honor codes, but added that it might be an area to research further.

The resolution was referred to the Legislative Executive Com-

mittee, which will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. in room 203 of the K-State Student Union.

OTHER ACTION

Kyler Langvardt, sophomore in agricultural communications, was sworn in as a new senator, representing the College of Agriculture.

Jordan DeLoach, SGA chief of staff and senior in computer science, said the possible names for the old Foundation building have been narrowed down to four.

Several student groups also received funding from SGA. The Agriculture Education Club received $800, the Engineers Without Borders $500, the Structural Engineers Association of Kansas and Missouri $500 and the Army ROTC $1,000.

SGA also created an elections committee.

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friday, september 23, 2016

Review: ‘Mission Blue’ documentary is captivating

EMILY MOORE THE COLLEGIAN

As vast and endless as the ocean may seem is just how passionate Sylvia Earle appears to be about the ocean. Yet, while ocean health diminishes, it seems as if Sylvia Earle’s interest and passion only grows stronger.

The documentary “Mission

Blue” explores the life and interests of Earle, a scientist, marine biologist and ocean advocate. This documentary seamlessly combines a biographical documentary with an environmental documentary. It not only includes facts about ocean health but also about the achievements Earle has had in the fields of science.

Earle explains her point of view and passion for saving the ocean throughout the documentary. She is not only a knowledgeable scientist but also a powerful speaker as well. The documentary also covers the work and progress she created for female scientists in general.

While I have to say this is not the most earth-shattering documentary, it is ocean shattering, if you will. What this documentary has done is follow the life of a marine biologist from her beginning all the way up until the present. It used this history, and

the passion of Earle, to present the facts in a more emotionally touching manner.

Additionally, the documentary has beautiful, picturesque B-roll. It often chooses to show what we are losing rather than what it will look like once it has been lost. That’s not to say that there are not shocking images of the damage that has occurred throughout the years.

One example in particular is video of an oil rig that spilled into the ocean. The documentary contained footage of animals covered in oil struggling to survive. It is very tactical in the strategies used to inform the audience.

The documentary also includes video from the past to show Earle throughout her life. This is particularly effective as the documentary chronologically follows Earle’s journey with the sea.

The documentary purposely seems to parallel Earle’s life with the problems that arise in the ocean.

This, in part, helps to establish the huge bond that Earle has with the ocean.

The only negative thing I can say is that maybe the documentary was a tad too long to hold uninterrupted attention. Yet, overall, it was very heartfelt and informative. As a watcher, if you are at all interested in the topic, it will captivate you.

It was very well made and did a fantastic job of seamlessly integrating two types of documentaries to create one special one. The facts were interesting and Earle is a fascinating person to listen to and learn about.

Emily Moore is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

Review: Civil War Era Drawings exhibit casts new perspectives

Nick Horvath | THE COLLEGIAN

Sketches used in the post-Civil War era media outlets and other memorabilia are now on display at the Beach Museum of Art. The Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection will be running from Sept. 15 through Dec. 18.

KELSEY KENDALL THE COLLEGIAN

Tucked in a corner of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is a collection of Civil War era drawings. When I first arrived and began looking at the sketches lining the walls, I wasn’t extremely interested.

The longer I was there, though, the more interesting I realized

the collection was.

The exhibit was much more educational than I expected it to be. The drawings weren’t just for aesthetic purposes when they were originally created. These sketches were turned into illustrations for several newspapers during that time period. The plaques explained how artists were sent to the armies’ camps and to the front lines of different battles to

record what was going on.

The drawings are extremely simple, as they had to not only be turned into an engraving to be mass printed, but they had to make it back to the newspaper through all kinds of weather and battles without the reliable postal system we have today. Still, the ones that survived all of that created our visual record of this time period.

The exhibit is as simple as the art it is presenting. It took about 30 minutes to go through. I’d recommend anybody looking for something to do between classes to take a quick walk through the exhibit and learn something about the Civil War you may not expect.

The subjects of the drawings are some you’d expect: battle front lines, dramatic cavalry scenes and soldiers marching.

There were also some scenes and subjects that I was not expecting to see. Some drawings showed the armies’ camps, covered in snow or just during downtime for the soldiers. One artist’s work really stood out to me, since it was something I had never really thought of in

regards to the Civil War. Edward F. Mullen drew an execution of a deserter. Another drawing, titled “Drumming out a coward officer,” showed a group of soldiers escorting a man with a sign, which said “Coward,” hung around him.

The drawings really showed the attitude of the soldiers during this time in regarding loyalty.

My favorite part of the exhibit was the more interactive portion. Two iPads with connected headphones sat in separate booths. The screens

were opened to an interactive slideshow of many of the drawings already shown across the walls of the exhibit but included audio recordings of letters from Civil War soldiers. It was really incredible hearing the soldiers’ thoughts during the scenes depicted in the drawings and showed how real people actually lived in those images.

Walking out of the exhibit, I felt I had really learned something. It wasn’t like more modern exhibits where you see abstract blobs painted on canvases

and leave wondering what on earth you were just looking at.

These drawings were simple and told an easy-to-understand narrative on the Civil War. The Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection exhibit is free and open until Dec. 18 in the Mary and Morgan Jarvis Wing of the Beach Museum of Art. Kelsey Kendall is a junior in mass communications.

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friday, september 23, 2016

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Big 12 offensive power rankings: Week 4 SCOTT POPP

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1. PATRICK MAHOMES II, JUNIOR QB, TEXAS TECH

Mahomes just can’t be stopped. The junior put up 470 yards and five touchdowns against Louisiana Tech. It was the fewest amount of passing yards he’s thrown in a game this year.

Despite Mahomes’ incredible play, Tech has struggled. Mahomes is probably the best

quarterback in the Big 12, but will not get recognized as such if Texas Tech continues to struggle.

2. JAMES WASHINGTON, JUNIOR WR, OKLAHOMA STATE

Washington had a huge game against Pittsburgh on Saturday. He finished with a ridiculous 296 yards and two touchdowns in the Cowboys’ 45-38 win. Washington was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.

3. KD CANNON, JUNIOR WR, BAYLOR

Cannon’s game wasn’t quite as impressive as Washington’s but still incredible nonetheless. Cannon had 213 yards and two touchdowns in the Bears’ 38-10 win over Rice. Cannon and the Bears will look to keep their season rolling against Oklahoma State on Saturday.

4. MASON RUDOLPH, JUNIOR QB, OKLAHOMA

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Rudolph doesn’t get the

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love that Baker Mayfield and Mahomes get, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t one of the best quarterbacks in the Big 12. Rudolph had a big game on Saturday against a capable Pittsburgh team as

he threw for 540 yards and two touchdowns. Rudolph will face an even tougher test against Baylor on Saturday.

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friday, september 23, 2016

No. 23 Wildcats set to take on Baylor Bears AVERY OSEN

THE COLLEGIAN

The No. 23 Kansas State volleyball team will travel to Waco, Texas, Sunday to take on the Bears at 2 p.m.

The Wildcats are 12-2 this season, 1-0 in Big 12 play and currently on a ten-game winning streak after starting the season 2-2.

K-State is coming off a four-set win over Iowa State in-

side Ahearn Field House to start Big 12 play off with a win.

A big reason for their win was senior middle blocker Katie Reininger, who had 14 kills and seven blocks in the winning effort for the Wildcats. K-State junior opposite hitter Bryna Vogel contributed 13 kills and senior outside hitter Brooke Sassin had 10.

But now the Wildcats turn their attention to Baylor, who is 12-4 this season and had a bye in the first matchup of Big 12

games.

After starting the season 3-3, the Bears have turned hot just like the Wildcats, as they have won nine of their last 10 games, including wins over Virginia and LSU. The Wildcats and Bears have no common opponents this season so far.

Baylor is very dangerous on the outside, especially redshirt junior outside hitter Katie Staiger, who has a team-high 303 kills on the season. Staiger

leads the Big 12 in kills with that number and averages more than 5 kills per set. She also leads the conference in points with 338.5.

Another person for the Wildcats to watch is junior middle hitter Camryn Freiberg, who is second in the Big 12 in blocks with 72, 1.26 per set this season.

Nathan Jones | THE COLLEGIAN

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friday, september 23, 2016

K-State football possesses best cost-per-win average JASON TIDD

THE COLLEGIAN

While the expense on a football program may not directly translated into wins, Kansas State had the cheapest expense per win of any Big 12 team in 2014.

K-State’s football team spent $1.9 million for every win. The University of Kansas had the second most expensive cost per win in the Big 12 at $6.9 million.

That year, K-State went 9-4 and spent $17 million on the program while earning $34.7 million. KU went 3-9 while spending $20.8 million and earning

$26 million.

The revenue and expense numbers come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. The most recent numbers come from 2014.

When compared with other power five conference schools, K-State has the fourth-best cost per win, behind only Oregon, Mississippi State and Georgia Tech.

K-State’s cost per win was low because of a relatively high revenue and relatively strong winloss record.

Across the NCAA, the Texas

football program brought in the most revenue at $121 million.

Texas went 6-7 in 2014.

Of the top-30-revenue teams, Texas and Michigan were the only two teams with losing records. Michigan earned $88 million, which was fifth-best in the country, while going 5-7.

Three SEC schools spent the most on their programs. Alabama spent $51 million, followed

by Auburn at $40 million and Florida at $37 million.

Next week the Collegian will publish the full data from all NCAA Division I FBS programs.

Graphic by Audrey Hockersmith