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Rainy weather to continue into fall months, according to Weather Data Library
BREE MAGEE
THE COLLEGIAN
Due to the abnormally high amounts of moisture throughout the summer in the eastern half of Kansas, the outlook for precipitation is above average for the fall months, according to a recent update from the Weather Data Library at Kansas State. The update also states that along with increased precipitation rates, temperatures will be generally warmer-than-normal across the state. Due to increased humidity, the heat index will rise relative to temperature. Starting with September, temperatures on an average day will be mid-to-low 80s. Christopher Redmond, WDL and Mesonet manager, said the data they produce is used in climate models to come up with long-term forecasts by feeding current and past data into models ran by the National Weather Service. “To tie the Mesonet to future weather outlook, we can never really know that until we know what is currently going on,” Redmond said. “So we need to look at the current observations compared to climatology.”
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Students walk out of Waters Hall as the sun sets. Redmond also said that since Kansas has received a lot of precipitation, the moisture in the atmosphere causes a positive feedback creating more precipitation. However, decreased precipitation and increased temperatures would be more favorable going into the harvest season, according the the update. The WDL is part of the Kansas Mesonet, a network
of dozens of environmental monitoring stations across the state operated by K-State. The network collects current and past data to help Kansas residents in farming, firefighting and other industries make weather-linked decisions. The Mesonet uses a rain gauge stations in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, used all over Kansas and especially in Manhattan. There are about
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50 stations in the network, and 16 working stations are able to find the approximate amount of rain received from storms to find an average since there is a lot of variability for where the water is in any particular storm. Mary Knapp, assistant state climatologist at K-State, writes the weather outlook and oversees outreach to the public for the WDL under the Kansas Mesonet. Knapp
looks for the trends in the data that is spanned for the climate normal timespan, which is every 30 years. “There is a lot of movement toward automated systems like Mesonet,” Knapp said. “Any of the automated systems has the potential for problems. The human component is that there is someone that is out there that records it and records it not only for you, but for your children and your grandchildren.” The data collected by Mesonet will be used for generations to come for further outlooks. Gabe Younger, a senior in secondary education in biology, said he checks the weather on a regular basis using his phone app and when he is at home he watches the local weather stations. “I actually follow the Kansas Mesonet on Twitter and I keep up with their updates,” Young said. Knapp said to watch for future events where students can participate in severe weather training as well as events that work through the community like Meadowlark and K-State. Updates are also available for day-to-day climate data on their website and on Twitter.
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K-State 8 changes to aid in content distribution by Julie Freijat Recent changes to K-State 8 guidelines ensure students receive an adequate amount of “tagged content” in their courses, said Todd Easton, associate professor in engineering and co-chair of faculty senate’s academic affairs committee. K-State 8 courses are separated into eight different groups with a specific “tag” to classify the category. The tags are: aesthetic interpretation, empirical and qualitative reasoning, ethical reasoning and responsibility, global issues and perspectives, historical perspectives, human diversity within the U.S., natural and physical sciences and social sciences. Easton said the changes should help faculty members understand how much content needs to be incorporated into a class with a specific tag. When deciding whether a course can have a tag or not, faculty members must determine how much K-State 8 subject matter is in the course. “When they propose a class, they look at it [and] say, ‘Does it have any of this content? Am I creating one credit hour worth of this content for my students?’ If it is, then — in a new class — you say ‘I want this tag on it,’” Easton said. After a faculty member decides they want a tag on the class, the proposal goes through numerous boards and senates in order to gain approval for the tag.
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Secretary Pompeo discusses unalienable rights in Landon Lecture DENE DRYDEN
THE COLLEGIAN
In the 190th Landon Lecture, secretary of state and former U.S. representative for Kansas Mike Pompeo discussed the United State's tradition of unalienable rights and how the State Department integrates those values into its service domestically and abroad. Pompeo's speech in McCain Auditorium at Kansas State on Friday was titled "In Defense of the American Rights Tradition." University president Richard Myers opened the lecture, recognizing notable audience members such as former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum. Myers also noted that Pompeo is the fourth secretary of state to deliver a Landon Lecture at K-State. When Pompeo took the stage, he addressed the crowd: "Good morning, everyone. How y'all doing?"
His speech focused on unalienable rights as defined by the United States' defining documents and founding fathers. He quoted the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." "In other words, these are rights that were endowed upon us by our creator," Pompeo said. "They're part of our nation, and they're part of who we are as Americans, as human beings. They are independent of anything our government does, and the purpose of government, indeed, is to protect those unalienable rights." Pompeo spoke on Kansas' stance in the wake of the Civil War. Its conflict over slavery was, in essence, "a fight over unalienable rights." He cited Kansas abolition-
ist editors George Washington Brown and John Speer and a quotation from Abraham Lincoln that affirmed the country's tradition of protecting and fighting for unalienable rights. "That fight has continued," Pompeo said. "We are an imperfect nation, to be sure. But we're lucky—we have unalienable rights as our foundation, our North star." Those rights extend outside of the U.S., Pompeo said, as seen in the State Department's work extending back to the United Nation's 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "This was the first time ever that America led nations to set a standard for how governments should treat their people," Pompeo said. "We even fought to protect unalienable rights of the people in nations we had just defeated. This wasn't American imperialism, but rather American mercy, or grace."
Although human rights victories have occurred globally, there are still violations worldwide addressed by the State Department. "We owe it to all Americans to uphold this noble tradition of American leadership to secure rights, here at home and abroad," Pompeo said. Pompeo said students lack education on unalienable rights, and media attempts to "rewrite our history as an unrelenting tale of racism and misogyny, not as a bold and imperfect nation." Pompeo's comments on unalienable rights did not escape challenge; in the following Q&A, faculty, students and community members questioned him on a variety of issues, including suppression of scientists' work within the State Department, abortion and the internment of Uyghur Muslims in China. A question posed by Cora Farley, second year student in the College of Veterinary Medicine,
addressed immigration: “My question relates to how you talk so strongly about the unalienable rights that America wants to uphold not only here in the states but also throughout the entire world, and yet the Trump administration very strongly opposes people coming here in search of those rights and being able to pursue happiness in countries where they may safe." Pompeo said immigration opposition is "fundamentally not true," that the U.S. has an obligation to protect American sovereignty and conduct a generous, lawful immigration policy. "I've been to El Salvador, I've been to Mexico several times," Pompeo responded. "These people who are coming across our southern border, they're putting their lives at risk, the lives of their children. We need a system that welcomes people to come to our country in a way that is lawful and respectful of their human dignity, and it's what President Trump is
aiming to achieve." Olivia Rogers, senior in political science and Collegian community co-editor, asked Pompeo how young people can live out the values he spoke on. Pompeo listed three actions: know the history of the U.S. and the philosophies that predate it, "work your tail off” and define success on your own terms. He cited his own foreign service officers who define success as taking on a life of public service. "Everyone here will choose a different path and define success in a different way," Pompeo said. At the end of his speech, Pompeo said Americans have the responsibility to protect and promote unalienable rights. "We Americans are the heirs of immortal principles," Pompeo said. The next Landon Lecture will take place on Sept. 27. Fortune CEO Alan Murray will give the 191st lecture in the longstanding series.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens to a question from an audience member (off-camera) after the delivery of his Landon Lecture on Sept. 6 in McCain Auditorium. University president Richard Myers stands onstage, helping facilitate the Q&A session.
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Wildcats crush Bowling Green Falcons 52-0 in second home game of the season CODY FRIESEN
THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State Wildcats kept the momentum rolling in week two with another dominating win, this time a 52-0 rout of Bowling Green at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday. The Wildcats were extremely efficient in Saturday's game, going six for six in the red zone and possessing the ball for 42:52. Junior quarterback Skylar Thompson was spectacular in the win, going 10-13 for 151 yards and two touchdowns. K-State opened the game
with an eight-play drive that ended in a field goal. After a three-and-out, the Wildcats followed it up with a drive, capped off by a 50-yard touchdown by senior running back Jordon Brown to put K-State up 10-0 early in the game. The Wildcats brought the energy early in the ballgame and put the pressure on Bowling Green from the start. "I challenged the guys this week to improve upon what they did in week one," K-State head coach Chris Klieman said in the post-game press conference. "In particular this morning to get the fight started quickly and jump on them
from the start." K-State did just that from the opening kick and continued it until the final whistle. Senior running back James Gilbert ended the first quarter with a 17-yard touchdown to put the Wildcats up 17-0. K-State had good field position immediately following the touchdown, leading to another quick touchdown run by junior running back Harry Trotter, putting the score at 24-0. The K-State offense kept rolling the next drive. James Gilbert headlined a six-play 74-yard drive with a 51-yard
run followed by a five-yard run touchdown to put the Wildcats up 31-0. The Wildcats did not slow down and went for it on fourth and three the next time they had the ball. Thompson took a shot to redshirt freshman Malik Knowles in the endzone with a 34-yard pass from Thompson to Knowles to extend the K-State lead 38-0. K-State held the Bowling Green offense to 82 total yards in the first half. The K-State offense was able to collect 372 yards in the half. K-State came out of the locker room and continued to dominate after getting the ball
Logan Wassall | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
K-State’s yell leaders rush out onto the field with K-S-T-A-T-E flags before the football game against Bowling Green in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sept. 7, 2019. The Wildcats shut down the Falcons with a final score of 52-0.
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Junior running back Harry Trotter takes the ball to the ground as he’s tackled by Bowling Green players. The Wildcats won 52-0 in their second dominating win of the season. off another three and out. The Wildcats extended the lead to 45-0 with another touchdown pass from Thompson to Knowles. Knowles had a couple of dropped passes in the season opener last week, but bounced back and had five catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns. After the game redshirt freshman John Holcombe Jr. talked about Knowles and the confidence the quarterback core has in the wide receiver. "We feel that he is one of the best athletes on the team, one of our better receivers we have on the team," Holcombe said. "We instill trust in him knowing that he is going to go out there and run the right route." The lone mistake of the game was on a muffed punt by redshirt freshman Phillip Brooks to give Bowling Green a drive at the K-State's 22-yard line, but the Wildcats got the ball back with a forced fumble on a sack by redshirt freshman linebacker Daniel Green that was recovered by true freshman linebacker Khalid Duke. The K-State defense was only on the field for 17:08 and recorded six tackles for loss, accumulating 25 yards including a sack-fumble. The Wildcat defense also forced five
quarterback hurries and shut out Bowling Green. "As a defensive player that's what you want, you want to keep that zero on the board, and for us to do that, it's just amazing," senior defensive end Reggie Walker said postgame. Holcombe and sophomore quarterback Nick Ast saw action in the final two quarters for the Wildcats. Ast went 3-3 for 28 yards, and Holcombe went 1-3 for nine yards with 23 rush yards. The Wildcats added in the fourth quarter after a 14 play, 68-yard touchdown drive that ended with a five-yard run by true freshman running back Joe Ervin to put the Wildcats up 52-0. The running game was lights-out once again with four players finding the end zone, including Gilbert, who rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns in the win. "We've got a great offensive line so let's give the credit to those guys, but I was pleased with our backs today," Klieman said. K-State has accumulated over 500 yards for the second week in a row, the first time they have done that in the first two games of season, and will look to keep the offensive momentum rolling. The Wildcats will go on the road for the first time this season with a matchup against Mississippi State next Saturday at 11 a.m. on the ESPN network.
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Q&A: Secretary of State talks education, his role with the Collegian KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
Following his Friday Landon Lecture at Kansas State, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with multiple media outlets, including student media. In an interview with the Collegian, Pompeo discussed the evolution of education and his experience in serving the U.S. government. Kaylie McLaughlin, editor-in-chief of the Collegian: “You went to West Point and Harvard Law, so how do you think higher education has changed since you graduated?” Mike Pompeo, secretary of state and former U.S. representative for Kansas: “Oh, that’s a good question. You have so much
more information that is so much more readily available. Certainly when I was an undergraduate, it was the library, the stacks in the basement that you were going to go dig information out of and now you can sit at your desk in your dorm room or your house or wherever it is and the world is at your fingertips. And that’s certainly changed. It gives you more opportunity, but it has costs as well. “The other thing that I think has changed, I think there’s a recognition that you, no matter what walk of life you’re headed to, some core capacity to handle these technological issues is an absolute imperative. Whether you’re going to go be a novelist or a playwright or whatever it may be, the capacity to help, to understand and have a knowledge base that helps you man-
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo laughs with Collegian reporters Kaylie McLaughlin and Pete Loganbill during his interview with them on Sept. 6. Pompeo sat down with them following his Landon Lecture. age information is an absolute imperative. “And the other great thing is that you can commu-
nicate with people all around the world in ways that you couldn’t before, so you have exposure to things that are
much broader and deeper than you’d have back when I was a college student in the early 1980s. We had typewriters when I started too.” Pete Loganbill, news editor of the Collegian: “You moved to Kansas in 1996, is that right?” Pompeo: “The late 1990s. It might have been 1997 … it was right around that time.” Loganbill: “When you were U.S. Representative from Kansas, what was your favorite part about representing Kansas in Congress?” Pompeo: “The part that brings the most joy is always when you’re back in the state talking with voters, constituents, friends, hearing what their lives are like, what they’re experiencing, the things the federal government’s doing that is good
for them or helping them and the things that it’s doing that’s just driving them crazy. Those moments, whether you were talking to a group of farmers out at an ag facility or you’re with manufacturing folks or families or people who are really challenged and were looking for the federal government to help provide them a path forward, those were the things that I remember most about my six years as a member of Congress. Not the votes, not the time in Washington, but the time back home.” McLaughlin: “What was it like being asked by the president to do a job?” Pompeo: “Oh, it’s crazy.”
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McLaughlin: “Yeah?” Pompeo: “So I didn’t know President Trump and got a call that said ‘Hey, would you be willing to consider joining the administration,’ and then not too long after that, I was at Trump Tower being interviewed by President-Elect Trump to be his CIA director. And it was certainly life-changing for me. It took the level of responsibility and duty that I had to an entirely new level, and it also put me in a place where I was part of a team: the President’s National Security Team. And I had to make sure that I was operating and functioning as a part of that team in a way that was going to help President Trump make good decisions for America.” Loganbill: “How does your job impact students?” Pompeo: “Oh, goodness, in so many ways … We don’t deal directly with education issues, we have a Department of Education that does that, but we have intern programs and we provide curricular ideas to schools at every level all across the United States. “And of course, the things that we do, the diplomatic things we do around the world impact young people’s lives in so many ways and frankly, shapes the future that they’ll have, not only here in the United States, but around the world. Boy, I hadn’t thought about it that way. But there’s not much that we touch as diplomats that doesn’t have the capacity to truly, fundamentally shape how America will proceed and how successful we will be in the world. And that in turn has an enormous impact on people’s decisions on family and work that are very important to every single student.” McLaughlin: “You probably don’t plan to be Secretary of State forever, what kind of stuff do you have planned after?” Pompeo: “I don’t have anything planned.” McLaughlin: “Nothing?” Pompeo: “No. So I don’t know how long I’ll do this, but there will come an end whether it’s in a year and a half, or in five and a half years if the president’s reelected and he chooses to keep me on as Secretary of State, I don’t know. But I haven’t given a heck of a lot of thought to what I’ll do next. “I hope I can still find a way to do public service again at some point in my life, but I also loved my time [when] I ran two small businesses here in Kansas and I loved that. It was very different from what I do today, but I was part of a team, leading an organization and I always enjoy that.” Loganbill: “How has your CIA experience informed your time as Secretary of State?” Pompeo: “That’s a great question. So, in two ways that I think are very central. First, every day I read the products that are put out by the intelligence community, mostly the
CIA, but all of the intelligence agencies. Every morning, I get handed a book that’s got this information and I can read it with a depth that if you hadn’t had that experience, you didn’t know how that information came to be in that place, you couldn’t understand the methods and the tools that were used, you’d read it and you could value it, but I can get deeper in understanding what they’re really saying and what they’re communicating in ways I think, had I not had the experience, I wouldn’t have. “The second is my work deeply depends on the work that the intelligence community does. When we’re making decisions, we are every day mindful of the facts and the analysis that’s been put out by the intelligence community. It informs everything we do and therefore, the recommendations we make to the president. “And what’s been great is because I have a special relationship with the agency, the woman who is now the director of the CIA was my deputy … we have a deep understanding of each other, we have a shared view of how diplomats and intelligence collectors can work together to create value, I think that’s been really important. I think that’s helped this administration greatly.” McLaughlin: “Why did you decide to speak at K-State today?” Pompeo: “I was invited.” McLaughlin: “You were invited.” Pompeo: “I was invited to be part of this really cool, amazing lecture series that is a world-renowned lecture series and I had been to Landon Lectures before, I had seen these really remarkable leaders speak to this forum, so when I got the invitation, I was really excited. I worked quickly to find a date that I thought would work for the campus and the university and the community here as well as my schedule. We locked it in and I have, since that day a number of months back, moved heaven and earth to make sure that nothing got between me being here and the chance to speak to this important forum where leaders come and talk about the work that they’re doing and why they’re doing it. “And second, it’s great for me too because it’s home. I got a chance to come back to a state that I love very much and a group of people that I love very, very much.” Loganbill: “How do you balance having a job like this and also just like your family life and stuff like that?” Pompeo: “Yeah, not very well. Look, when you take on a task like this, you realize that for this moment in your life, you’re going to be very, very focused on the work that you’re doing, and you’re going to sacrifice a lot of those things. And so my wife Susan, a lifelong Kansan, is a great supporter — she’s all in. She tries to travel with me when she can and to help our team, our family members that are stationed all across the world. “But we know it means I’m going to spend an awful lot of time doing work stuff, but there will be another time in my life and we’ll rebalance it at that point in time. We’ll sort of put it back in the other direction.
Bailey Britton | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Collegian reporters Pete Loganbill and Kaylie McLaughlin on Sept. 6, 2019 ,after he gave a Landon Lecture at Kansas State. His lecture focused on unalienable rights. “The other thing is, Susan and I both, we love working. For some, maybe to work with the kind of schedule I do, it would be an enormous sacrifice. I feel like it’s an enormous privilege to do what I am getting this chance to do here for a little while. So, not a sacrifice to spend this much time focused on this mission for America and working for the president.” McLaughlin: “What do you think has been the most difficult decision you’ve been involved in as your time serving the president?” Pompeo: “Oh, goodness. There have been so, so many. The ones that really strike you most directly are the ones that impact real security issues that impact American lives, where you’re making decisions about whether to send young men or women into harm’s way to help deliver an outcome for you. “I remember, this was when I was the CIA director, we were working, the Assad regime in Syria had taken a chemical strike, at least we believed that they had, the world believed that they had, and the president wanted to respond to make clear that the use of chemical weapons anywhere, anytime was unacceptable. And he turned to me and said, ‘I need to know for sure what happened, for sure it was a chemical weapon, who did it. We need to be sure we’re right if we’re going to take this action. We have to have it now, we can’t get that wrong.’ And so we spent, he gave us about a day and a few hours to develop it. We had a team of almost 500 people working around the clock to paint the picture with enough depth and clarity so we could understand what it was that had taken place. “We were lucky in a couple of places and really good in a handful of others, and we were able to definitively then go see the president and 30 hours later, say this is what it was. This is
how it happened. This action was undertaken, and this is who did it with multiple strands of data that supported our analytic and say with high confidence that it really happened. This gave him the opportunity to confidently make a decision about how America should respond. ... But we couldn’t miss this one, to make sure we had it right was something I remember and the clock was running. The team that was working on this was so great that day.” McLaughlin: “Well, I think you have one more question. Pete?” Loganbill: “I do and this is the hardest question so far.” Pompeo: “Yes, sir.” Loganbill: “Have you had Call Hall ice cream yet?” Pompeo: “I have not, but it sounds like something that I should not allow my life to expire without having it first.” Loganbill: “You’ll have to try it before you leave.” McLaughlin: “Yes, it’s downstairs in the Union.” Pompeo: “Oh, alright. Sounds good. I’ll make sure. That is the hardest question. And I had the worst answer. I’ll have to make sure I do it. I’m trying to watch my weight.” Loganbill: “Thank you so much.” McLaughlin: “Yeah, thank you.” Pompeo: “It’s been wonderful to be with you all today. Are you both seniors?” McLaughlin: “I’m a junior.” Loganbill: “I’m a senior.” Pompeo: “Good luck. Do you know what you’re doing next?” Loganbill: “We’ll see.” Pompeo: “Yeah, I don’t know what I’m doing next either.” To listen to this interview, look out for it on the Collegian Kultivate Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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Potluck: A bond from across the pond SIERRA STAATZ
THE COLLEGIAN
When people come to campus living in the dorms, many students opt for a ‘potluck’ choice for their roommate, which is essentially being paired with a random roommate. Sometimes, once being randomly assigned, the roommates contact each other. It was no surprise that my new roommate emailed me. However, what was contained in the email was unexpected: “To: Sierra Staatz From: Rebecca Sutcliffe Hi! I’m an exchange student from the UK…” This came as a surprise, but it has been a wonderful change in what was expected. We wanted to call to get to know each other over the summer, which
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The faculty senate unanimously approved the changes in June, but this does not affect the categories and tags on existing K-State 8 courses. Easton said the adjustments shouldn’t effect K-State 8 courses, because,
can be difficult with a six-hour time difference to account for. As I have learned from her, some differences between her original university and K-State includes our recreation center that is open to all students and the large amount of social activities throughout campus. Dorms are also quieter here in Kansas; however, at her institution single rooms are much more standard. Also, to no surprise, there is less talk about Brexit here. While being from different places, we have our similarities. Both of us love cats and life sciences. She and I are biochemistry and chemical engineering majors, respectively. So, as we were both avoiding working on chemistry lab reports, I sat down with her and asked her a few questions: What is something that is very different? “Driving on the right side of the
hopefully, the classes already followed the content rules. “There used to be a formula for it, and it was very difficult to understand — it was complicated,” said Easton. “What we deal with at the university is typically credit hours. So, the primary change was that every class that has a K-State 8 tag needs at least one credit hour worth of both content and grading in that tag.”
road and sitting in the passenger seat on the right side. It felt so strange. So weird. It felt like I need a steering wheel.” Is the food different? “Chocolate is too sweet, but it also does not have as rich of a chocolate flavor, because the cocoa butter content it lower. In the dining hall, I find the deep-fried chicken too salty. The donuts here are better, though. The ones from Kramer.” As a chocolate lover, she brought some chocolate from her home to the United States. What’s something nice about K-State? “I actually really love that there’s not smoking allowed on campus.” What are some common questions people keep asking you? “Brexit — actually no, I get a lot of questions about ‘how are you finding it here?’”
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Change to OrgCentral poses challenges for student organizations BAILEY BRITTON THE COLLEGIAN
The platform all registered student organizations use to keep documents, membership information
purchased by Campus Labs several years ago, said Kelli Farris, executive director of the Center for Student Involvement. “We’ve been holding out on making the transition to the new Campus
The name change is slight, but Ferris highlights that the inclusion of “central” in the name will help students know that this platform is a central location they can find information about the approximately
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OrgSync changed to OrgCentral this past summer with help from Kelli Farris, executive director of the Center for Student Involvement. The Center for Student Involvement is located in the K-State Student Union on the main floor.
and more has changed from OrgSync to OrgCentral. The change was inevitable after OrgSync was
Labs product because it had not been meeting some of the needs that we had and how we had it implemented on campus,” Farris said.
560 student organizations at Kansas State. The new OrgCentral platform is already up and running. The tab on
K-State’s website is located where the OrgSync tab was previously. Students still use their K-State login information to access the new platform. Farris said there have been very few issues with the new platform. However, there has been a learning curve with registering new organizations. “One of the challenges that comes with this new platform is that it doesn’t have some of the automated features that OrgSync had, especially when it comes to the organization registration process,” Farris said. “In OrgSync, the registration process was very automated. Once the students filled out their registration form, OrgSync would automatically send a form to advisers to check off and say, ‘Yes, I will be the adviser’ and automatically sent one off to the sponsoring department.” The new OrgCentral platform does not have this automated feature so students will have to inform the advisors themselves. To assist with the adjustment, Farris and the Center for Student Involvement have been communicating with advisers and student organizations. Some video tutorials are in the works to assist in the learning process. As for documents that student organizations stored on OrgSync, Farris said
that those documents had a smooth transition to the new platform as far as she is aware. However, issues have popped up in other areas. “The one issue in the transition from OrgSync to OrgCentral has been the transfer of rosters,” Farris said. “It didn’t transfer the position title with the name. So, if you were listed as president of an organization, it didn’t transfer the title along with your name.” In addition, organizations’ constitutions did not transfer over. “Uploading a new, recent constitution will be part of the registration process this year,” Farris said. “We do have the ability to pull those old ones from OrgSync. So, if any organization doesn’t have a current, electronic copy of their constitution, they can just reach out to us.” Students have faced some challenges with the platform. Nathan Bothwell, speaker pro tempore of student senate and junior in political science, said the Student Governing Association has trouble managing the organization in addition to uploading and editing legislation. “I feel that OrgCentral is a bit more difficult to use than the previous platform, OrgSync,” Bothwell said. “OrgCentral is just missing many features that made OrgSync convenient. For
example, you have to open an entirely different tab to manage an organization page. OrgSync let you both access features and manage the page from the same screen.” Bothwell also said that uploading documents is difficult for standard members of SGA, as OrgCentral doesn’t allow standard members to upload files. To combat this, members have all been granted some level of administrative access. A large part of SGA, Bothwell said, is creating and editing legislation. In OrgSync, members could see previous versions of documents, but that feature is unavailable on the new platform. “With how many edits we make to legislation in SGA, this is a major hinderance to our utilization of the site,” Bothwell said. Part of Bothwell’s job has also been impacted by this. “As speaker pro tempore, it is my job to move legislation to the correct folders,” Bothwell said. “On OrgSync, you could move multiple documents at once. OrgCentral requires you to move each file individually, one at a time. This is just time consuming for the large volume of legislation that we produce.” Farris encourages students to reach out if they face issues in OrgCentral.
Multiple fall sports in action for week three of the 2019 season ADAM MEYER
THE COLLEGIAN
A full week of Kansas State State sports is in store for week three, including a big challenge for the football team.
WOMEN’S GOLF
The women’s golf team will begin their season in Dallas, Texas, at the Trinity Forest Invitational hosted by Southern Methodist University. This is a two-day invitational that will take place on Monday and Tuesday.
VOLLEYBALL
The volleyball team (4-2) will travel to Springfield, Missouri, to compete in the Missouri State Fall Invitational. This is a two-day invitational from Thursday to Friday. On Thursday, the Wildcats will play Missouri State at 6 p.m. and on Friday they will
play Weber State at noon and Dayton at 7 p.m.
SOCCER
The soccer team (1-2-2) will have two home matches this week as they will host Gonzaga on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Tulsa on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches can be seen on ESPN + and can be
heard on 101.5 KROCK.
TENNIS
The Wildcat tennis team will compete in the Drake Invitational Friday through Sunday to begin their 2019 season in Des Moines, Iowa.
FOOTBALL
The football team (2-0)
will travel to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on Mississippi State (2-0) on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN. This is the second game of a two-game series between the two teams. The Wildcats will be looking for revenge after being defeated by the Bulldogs last season in Manhattan.