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INCLUSIVITY
Student Access Center works around an old campus with personalized solutions
KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
Although most buildings on campus have elevators and accessible entrances — with the exception of Ahearn Field House and General Richard B. Myers Hall — that doesn’t mean all buildings are completely accommodating. For starters, accessibility is about more than just staying in compliance with codes. “You can meet the letter of the law, but sometimes a room is still unusable so that has been an issue,” said Ann Pearce, assistant director of the Student Access Center and adaptive technology and access advisor. In recent years, there has been a push to make accessibility inclusive as well. “There’s two pieces, there’s one [that’s] meeting the law,” Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson, Student Access Center director, said. “Another step would be to be inclusive in your intention.” For instance, Maseberg-Tomlinson said, there might be a ground level entrance or a basement door that leads to an elevator, but it’s not equitable. “Having to go through the basement, through a back door, not through the main entryway — is that inclusive of all people?” Maseberg-Tomlinson said. “We have a list of buildings, there are different priorities and some met the ADA requirements when they were
PASSION Dalton Risner returns to Manhattan to promote book, “Rise Up”
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New year, new initiatives: K-State 2025 Refresh continues to progress Page 4
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The main entrance of Marlatt Hall features accessible doors. Many K-Staters live in the dorms their first year, but that brings new challenges for students of varying abilities. built, but those requirements or those standards have changed.” But fixing those problems can be a big undertaking, especially when the building is as old as some at Kansas State. It can require a lot of money just to add a main entrance ramp. In the meantime, the Student Access Center does a lot of work to mitigate barriers on campus that don’t involve construction or renovations. They oper-
ate mostly with an interactive process that focuses on the needs of students on a case-by-case basis, said Natalie Beharry, access advisor and interpreter coordinator. Maseberg-Tomlinson calls it an “individualized barrier assessment.” “Our primary responsibility is to help students with disabilities set up and maintain their accommodations with programs on campus,” Maseberg-Tomlinson said. “Through that, it’s important for us to
advocate for our students and, when possible, bring up those needs to the larger campus.” Several of the accommodations take a lot of cross-collaboration and teamwork with other campus organizations. “We have a lot of partners on campus. We are here to advocate for students, but we have a lot of people who work to get things done as well,” Maseberg-Tomlinson said. “It’s a campus-wide effort and responsibility.” One major partner has
been the Division of Facilities. “I’ve been very happy over the last few years — we’ve had a lot of progress with facilities on campus and accessibility. They’ve made changes that were pretty speedy,” Maseberg-Tomlinson said. “Facilities has gone out and they’ve redone sidewalks literally in a couple of days period if it’s in the pathway of someone.” see page
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Mental health organizations seek to impact K-State campus Page 5
Freshman sets school record in women’s basketball victory over the weekend Page 8
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BUDGET BAILEY BRITTON THE COLLEGIAN
Trey Kuhlmann, Wildcat 91.9 news director: So about a week ago, Governor Kelly declared her state of the state address and to address what her focus will be in the coming year in her term. What do you think are some of the most important things to gather from her state of the state address? Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers: Well, I think the first part is, you know, Governor Kelly and I were really elected to kind of rebuild the state, and so we issued a structurally balanced budget for the first time in a long time. What that really means is that we have more income than outflow and we’re trying to continue that process of rebuilding. We’re trying to pay off debt. As Kansans, we got a lot of heavy debt that we need to get paid off. That means there’s a lot of repayments that are going to be coming up. We’re continuing to invest in our children and our families, you know, with hiring staff. And then one of the big things that we’re trying to do is also some property tax and food sales tax relief, which we think is really, really vital as we’ve traveled around the state. That’s one thing we’ve heard. Bailey Britton, Collegian managing editor: Also in the State of the State
address, she mentioned restructuring higher education funding. So what is the goal of that? Rogers: One of the things we’re really proud of is it’s the first time in probably two or three decades where we’re doing a budget where we don’t have an unconstitutional K-12 school finance formula. That takes a lot of stress and a lot of problems away. What we’re wanting to do is continue to, you know, invest In our higher ed. Last year, we were able to put $46 million into our higher education. And again, the first time for years where, because the governor pushed with the [Board of Regents], we didn’t raise tuition in the state, which was really important. This year, there’s two big things: we’re continuing to invest in higher ed, where I think we’ve got $23 million in the budget for that. But we also have $5 million that we’re putting to help students with tuition for lower income students. Again, that’s the first time we’ve done that. Then we’re also helping our community colleges that work with our high schools. We’re trying to fund more of the technical education certificate type programs as well. So that’s kind of where we’re going. Our influence on the higher end system is through appointing Regents and we’re wanting to continue to make sure we’re doing that. I know the governor’s talked
with the regents about doing a study — we haven’t done on for 30 years — in terms of what schools offer what programs, and, you know, where are we investing, where are we not? Also continuing to work on some things with our workforce development councils and some of those things, too. Kuhlmann: You're talking about the 2021 budget, and which has been released about a week ago at this point? Rogers: Yes. Kuhlmann: So where all does the governor state of the state address get reflected in this 2021 report? Rogers: Well, like I said, we’re putting another $23 million in and that goes into what is called kind of a block grant. We give that to the regents and then they determine where that goes. Most state agencies put in how much they’re going to pay for this or that and other things. We’ve also put money into the capital budget for, you know, different universities. I know there’s funding and then there’s also some ability for bonding for some programs here at K-State for buildings and things like that. I think there’s $20 million for that. And then there’s some energy savings work that will go for a couple of different buildings that will help put money back into the campus. Again, energy efficiency will reduce operating costs, which
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Q&A: Lt. Gov. discusses state budget, higher education and rural prosperity
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could take pressure off of the program as well. We’re very concerned that we have cost effective tuition. I mean, the tuitions been going up so much. It’s keeping people from getting into higher education. And we know that the jobs of the 21st century are really going to require advanced learning and so we’ve got to continue to emphasize that. Britton: Since enrollment at institutions like K-State keep declining, is that a reflection of the declining census in Kansas? Rogers: I think some of it is the higher higher cost — the rising tuition. Some of it is also, you know, lower numbers of population and I think in some cases, we’ve had a big outflow of Kansans in urban and rural [communities]. We’ve got to make sure that we get that turned around. I got to travel this summer for the Office of Rural Prosperity and one of the things that we saw that some of our real, innovative communities that are, I think, going to be successful for the long term. We are in the company of the cities that work with their students: when they go away to school, they encourage them to come back. To me, that’s really important, because if we can keep people in Kansas, they can raise their families here. And then we can have future students as well. But as they move to Chicago or New York or whatever,
the likelihood of them coming back is not as great. So we’ve got to really work hard at retaining our students as well. Kuhlmann: You're talking about the Office of Rural Prosperity, and the last time we had you here, we have the opportunity to talk a little bit about that. Would you say that's a pretty good wrap up of what you gained from this tour? Rogers: The tour was great. You know, since we’ve been in office, we’ve traveled to about 72 counties, almost 20,000 miles. To me, it’s really important to get out of Topeka as often as we can and talk to Kansans. But on this tour, we really asked ‘what is prosperity?’ They told us that it’s access to a high quality job that pays well, they can raise a family, have retirement in a community that has a quality of life. I think that’s probably similar to what my neighbors in Wichita or Johnson County would say, but what we we also heard where there’s some great things going on in rural Kansas, we don’t often brag about them. For instance, Colby, when we were there, some of the great quality of life issues that they’re addressing, we saw that in Winfield, we saw that in Garnett. Then we talked about the things that stand in their way and that included their concerns for access to broad healthcare. They’re concerned about their hospitals and we heard over and over again how important Medicaid expansion was. We heard access to broadband. Twenty percent of Kansans don’t have access to broadband. We think in rural Kansas that’s a much higher
number. If we want precision agriculture to prosper, we’ve got to have that for our farmers and ranchers. But also, if we want to bring back families and millennials, we’ve got to have broadband where people could start businesses. We saw the concern about property tax where it’s high and it’s spread over a smaller, shrinking base. That makes it makes it tough. We also heard housing is not adequate. There’s a lot of our housing stocks built prior to 1940s. Some are before World War I. We’ve got to upgrade those. There’s not a lot of builders and developers in some of our communities. So how do we make cost effective and medium-priced housing is really where it came in more than anywhere else.We saw the concern about property tax where it's high and it's spread over a smaller, shrinking base. That makes it makes it tough. We also heard housing is not adequate. There's a lot of our housing stocks built prior to 1940s. Some are before World War I. We've got to upgrade those. There's not a lot of builders and developers in some of our communities. So how do we make cost effective and medium-priced housing is really where it came in more than anywhere else. Kuhlmann: Is there anything you'd like to add for the students at K-State? Rogers: We hope that school continues to go well. One of the big things that we're excited about now is the census in 2020. April 1, students will be counted here in Manhattan. So we want to make sure that they participate in that.
News Briefs - Jan. 27 BAILEY BRITTON THE COLLEGIAN
Two pedestrians died after being struck by a snow plow in Manhattan. Shortly after 5 a.m. Friday, a Riley County plow truck struck Anthony Stephen Toler, 22,
and Jayden J. Rosa, 20, both of Manhattan. Kansas State Trooper Ben Gardner said Toler and Rosa were “walking along the roadway and crossed over to gain access to where they reside.” A bill that would require meat substitutes
to have more specific labeling backed by the Kansas Livestock Association sits in the Kansas Statehouse. KLA said that unclear labels on meat substitutes could confuse consumers. “We just want to make sure everyone is clear as to what we’re buying and selling,” Aaron Popelka, vice president of
legal and government affairs for KLA, said. A fifth infection from the coronavirus has been confirmed in the United States. Cases are confirmed in Illinois, Arizona, California and Washington. China has reported 56 deaths. Schools in Wuhan, China have been shut down in an effort to stop the spread of disease. In addition, Disneyland in Hong Kong will close until further notice.
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PROGRESS JULIE FREIJAT
THE COLLEGIAN
File photo by Melanie White COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
The main entrance of Marlatt hall features hadicapped acessible doors.
Other major partners, just within the Division of Student Life, include the LGBT Resource Center. A common goal of the two offices has been to get restrooms on campus for students who are unable to use specific restrooms or feel uncomfortable doing so. “Some students have been unable to maybe have a class in a particular building because there is no restroom for them that works,” Pearce said. Oftentimes, adding a family bathroom to a building can accomplish both goals. Not only are they restrooms anyone can use, but they are usually large enough that students with varying abilities can access them. “You know, trying to advocate for each other and being aware of the many needs on campus,” Maseberg-Tomlinson said. “We’ve kind of worked on the outside into some of these buildings.” It’s an ongoing effort to make campus more accessible to the whole student population. “We are looking forward to the future of accessibility,” Maseberg-Tomlinson said.
You can meet the letter of the law, but sometimes a room is still unusable.
Kansas State launched its K-State 2025 Visionary Plan in 2010. Its end goal: to become recognized as a top 50 public research university. A decade later, the goal hasn’t changed, but the university has acknowledged the need to adapt to the changing world. Beginning in September 2019, K-State launched the first phase in the K-State 2025 Refresh. Six more phases are slated to occur, per K-State’s website. Eventually, the university hopes to receive feedback on the updated plan from their community. “We believe that by refreshing the plan we can re-energize the university communities behind our goals and initiatives,” Provost Charles Taber said via email. While acknowledging that new factors have come
into play, Taber said the plan maintains its initial trajectory. “The 2025 strategic plan is not off course and in fact progress has been made on nearly all of the metrics of success,” Taber said. “But we are facing new challenges and have new opportunities now that make a refresh of the plan a good idea. For example, changes in technology now give us an opportunity to rethink how we serve our land grant mission, which has b e come the Cyber Land Grant initiative as we refresh the 2025 strategic plan.” T h e website lists a few strategic i n i t i a tives that
University moves toward 2025 goal through six ‘refresh’ phases
K-State aims to focus on: global food, health and biosecurity, aviation, the cyber land-grant university and innovation in education. These focus areas will be explored by groups of individuals from across campus. “We have kept the goal of becoming a top 50 public research university, but are discussing ways to be clearer about what our values and priorities are,” Taber said. Taber said the university will continue to collect input from campus and other groups throughout year, hopefully producing an updated version of the plan by fall this year. In terms of keeping the plan on track to be completed in 2025, Taber said that the future is in consideration. “We will maintain a focus on the final five years of the 2025 plan, but understand that our strategic planning now must be designed to set us up for future s u c cess,” he
said. In order to measure the progress made toward completing certain goals, Taber said the university uses metrics outlined in the plan. They also produce an annual report on progress and publish the state of those metrics on their website. By phase six of the refresh, K-State plans to publish a 10year progress report detailing the events relevant to the initiative during the decade. Taber said the university is discussing ways to adjust their metrics that will be used in the refresh of the plan. “The strategic plan is designed to drive continuous progress towards our goals as measured by our metrics, and most of the metrics show steady improvement,” Taber said. “Our work is never done in that we seek continuous improvement.”
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VICTORY DALTON WAINSCOTT THE COLLEGIAN
This past season, the Kansas State crop judging team took the title of the national championship after winning the Kansas City American Royal Collegiate Crops Contest and the Chicago Collegiate Crops Contest. The team has been around for 86 years and won 18 of the last 21 years of competition. The team has competed all across the U.S., in places like Chicago and Wisconsin.
Unlike other clubs and teams on campus, to be a part of the team you are required to take an agronomy class on seed analysis and identification. This course is taught by the coach of the team, Kevin Donnelly. After taking the course, students are eligible to become a member. The team is composed of three competition members and three alternates. Competitions are broken down into three parts: seed and plant analysis, seed and plant identification and grain
K-State crops judging team ends season as national champions
grading. In seed and plant identification, students are required to accurately identify over 200 different plants and seeds. “You have to really pick up on the small intricate details that aren’t always super obvious,” Blake Kirchhoff, senior in junior in agronomy, said. Competitions are also timed — some of them lasting for hours. “Each section is an hour and a half,” Madison Tunnell, junior in agronomy, said. “Then we’ve got just a few minute breaks in
Jed Foundation and NAMI seek to promote campus mental health PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
Last semester, Thomas Lane, vice president of student life and dean of students, announced that Kansas State would partner with the JED Foundation, which he described as a national foundation focused on college student mental health. This semester, the plan is in motion. “We have a meeting scheduled up in the beginning of February, we have about 25 people from across campus, faculty, staff and students, that are going to be working as a JED campus team,” Lane said. “That first meeting, we’ll meet with our campus advisor that has been assigned to us by JED, they’ll Zoom in to that meeting, and they’ll talk a little bit about the JED Program.” The large group will meet on a monthly basis, and the team will break up into smaller groups that will meet more frequently. Lane also noted that the JED Foundation representative will have an on-site visit
next fall. Lane described the campus team he formed as “eclectic.” “We have students that are involved in SGA and also students who involved in mental health promotion,” Lane said. “We have staff members from student life [and] the provost’s office. Vice Provost Jeannie Brown Leonard is serving on the team with us. So, it’s a really eclectic, I think, group of folks who are interested in moving the needle forward on college student mental health.” While Lane started the process of the partnership with JED last fall, recent graduate Katie Sullivan saw the benefit of bringing the National Alliance for Mental Illness to K-State, which she started working on before graduating in December. “We made significant progress, and I am really excited,” Sullivan said. “I know I’m not a student anymore, but I can be as helpful as I possibly can to try and get the club good to go.” She said she is working with Aaron Estabrook, co-
chair at NAMI Flint Hills and city commissioner, to get it set up. Now that she has graduated, Sullivan is looking for people to take on the work she’s started at K-State. While she has found willing people, she needs a few more to officially start the club. Sullivan described what she thinks the necessary qualities are for the leader of the potential NAMI chapter. “I believe that at the root of all leadership is empathy and the ability to put yourself in another person’s shoes, especially when you’re dealing with situations that can be delicate,” she said. “Mental illness can leave you feeling just raw at times.” Sullivan said she sees NAMI as a way to provide even more of what is needed to help with mental health. “I’m focused more on just expanding resources, and the NAMI on-campus program, that NAMI has offered outlines and structure for, provides great resources and peer advocacy and stuff like that,” Sullivan said.
between each one so we can move from section to section.” The average completion will last over five hours. Each competitor will get a score based on their accuracy. These will be totaled over the three sections to produce an overall score which determines the winning team. The key to producing a good score is all in the accuracy. Contestants also need to make sure they have correct spelling and precise grammar. The team won in Kansas City and in Chicago, which led to their national championship win. Donnelly said he is proud of their hard work and determination. “I really enjoy seeing them advance and improve and grow,” Donnelly said.
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TRACK & FIELD
CULTURE
K-State hosts DeLoss Dodds Invitational
A Cappella group Audacity competes at ICCA quarterfinals for the first time ASHLEY ARNOLD THE COLLEGIAN
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Participating in the shot put, junior Kyle Parr throws the shot 10.88m, placing fourth during the Carol Robinson/Attila Zsivoczky Pentathlon in Ahern on December 7, 2018.
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THE COLLEGIAN
Kansas State held the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Ahearn Field House on Friday and Saturday. As the Wildcats have done all season at every meet they competed in, several events were claimed by K-State, and personal bests were set. In three different types of competition on Friday, five athletes for K-State finished in the top four of the heptathlon. Freshmen Maddie Righter, Pippa Earley and Kindel Nordhus earned honors in the heptathlon. Righter won the event in the high jump, Earley competed in the 800-meter taking third and Nordhus placed fourth. Safiya John of Arkansas-Pine Bluff claimed the women’s pentathlon. John had 3,689 points to win the event.
On the men’s side of the heptathlon, sophomore Matas Adamonis led the group with 2,143 points. Senior Kyle Parr also competed in three events alongside Adamonis and finished second with 2,072 points. Parr claimed the long jump event for the Wildcats with a distance of 6.85 meters, while Adamonis won the men’s shot put with a throw of 13.79 meters. Senior Helene Ingvaldsen won the women’s weight throw with a throw of 20.46 meters, and junior Colin Echols placed second in the men’s competition. On Saturday, a big highlight was Parr’s continued dominance; he claimed the overall win in the men’s heptathlon with 4,962 points. Parr passed Adamonis with three consecutive event wins to move ahead of his teammate. In the 1,000-me-
ter race, Parr ran a time of 2:48.03. Senior Lauren Taubert recorded a time of 8.45 in the 60-meter hurdles. This time moves Taubert to eighth all-time in K-State program history. Fellow senior Wurrie Njadoe claimed the women’s 60-meter race for the Wildcats. Sophomore Alex Ferguson finished the women’s 600yard dash three minutes ahead of the rest of her competition. Ferguson finished the race with a time of 1:23.13. The Wildcats swept the 1000-meter race with Sophomore Kassidy Johnson and senior Travis Hodge claimed the event. After their success at their second indoor meet of the season, K-State will look to prepare for its next meet starting Friday, Jan. 31 at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Audacity, Kansas State’s only all-female a cappella group, was one of nine groups to participate in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Southwest Quarterfinal, which was held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Saturday. K-State’s male a cappella group, Cadence A Cappella — which has previously competed — also performed this weekend, although neither group placed in the quarterfinals. Although going to the competition for the first time was exciting for Audacity, the timing presented challenges for the student-run group. “One of the biggest obstacles was that it was the first week back to school,” Lexie Garles, junior in entrepreneurship,
said. “It’s hard to get people to practice outside of rehearsal. “It has taken a lot,” Garles continued. “We chose to arrange all of our set, and we choreographed everything ourselves. We were also a little behind since the competition was the first week back to school. We have put in over 30 hours of rehearsal and about 10 hours of arranging and choreographing.” Kennzie Duncan, president of Audacity and senior in animal sciences, said the biggest challenge for the group as a whole was doubting themselves. “Since this is our first time going to the ICCA, we weren’t super confident that we would get in,” Duncan said. “Now, I think our views have changed after seeing how much work we’ve accomplished and realizing that we just have to have fun with it no matter what happens.”
Besides the group challenges that go along with preparing for such an important milestone, the girls were not without their personal obstacles. “Personally, I had a lot of trouble with learning outside of rehearsal,” Duncan said. “It’s really hard to plan time to sit down and just focus on music since there is so much going on every day.” However, to Duncan, both the competition and Audacity mean more than singing — it means friendship. “Audacity means sisterhood to me,” Duncan said. “I have connected with so many women in the last four years that have become my best friends. The women I’ve met are extremely talented, intelligent and beautiful humans – inside and out. I’m very blessed to have found that with this group.”
Face-offs versus Jayhawks, Sooners: This week in K-State Sports ADAM MEYER
THE COLLEGIAN
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The men’s basketball team (8-11) is coming off a tough loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Big 12/SEC challenge in which the Wildcats had a late comeback surge, but ultimately fell 74-77. In the first game this week, they will play the Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday in Bramlage Coliseum. This will be the second matchup in the season series, as the Sooners won the first matchup 6661 in Norman in the Big 12 season opener. This game will begin at 7 p.m. on Big 12 Now
on ESPN +. The second game for the men’s basketball team will be in Morgantown, West Virginia, as they will play the No. 14 West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday. In the first matchup on Jan. 18, the Wildcats upset the then-ranked No. 12 Mountaineers 84-68 for the team’s only conference win so far this season. The Mountaineers will likely be ready to play this time. Hall of fame coach Bob Huggins of West Virginia said in the postgame press conference that his players didn’t listen to him when he told them K-State would be ready to play. The second matchup will be at
1 p.m. on ESPN 2.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The women’s basketball team (8-9) will play their instate rival Kansas Jayhawks in the first game this week on Wednesday. The Wildcats defeated the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday 92-74 as they snapped a two-game losing streak. This game will begin at 8 p.m. on Fox Sports Network and will be played in Lawrence.
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Wildcats’ comeback falls short as men’s basketball falls to Alabama 77-74 CODY FRIESEN
THE COLLEGIAN
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Junior guard Cartier Diarra charges the basket for a layup during the men’s basketball game against West Virginia in Bramlage Coliseum on Jan. 18, 2020. The Wildcats were able to take the Mountaineers with a final score of 84-68.
The men’s basketball team’s late comeback fell just short as the Wildcats lost 77-74 to Alabama in the Big 12/ SEC Challenge on Saturday. The Wildcats entered the matchup seeking its first win on the road in the challenge. The road woes continue as the Wildcats are now 1-4 away from Bramlage this season. Kansas State jumped out to an early lead in the first half and kept the lead for the majority of the half. Alabama was able to keep the game in reach and finished the half shooting 45 percent from the floor, including 44 percent from three. The Crimson Tide only hit nine shots from the floor, but went 14-18 at the line in the first half alone. K-State took a 37-36 lead at the half despite shooting 38 percent from the floor. The Wildcats struggled out of the
PASSION
Dalton Risner returns to Manhattan for book signing, sharing his passion beyond football ANNA SCHMIDT THE COLLEGIAN
Former football player Dalton Risner returned to Manhattan on Saturday for the first time since the 2019 NFL Draft for the book signing of his children’s book “Rise Up.” Risner currently plays for the Denver Broncos, but as his fans know, he doesn’t measure his success in football accolades. While attending Kansas State, Risner created the RisnerUp Foundation with the purpose of using his influence for good. The foundation supports causes such as the Special Olympics and people struggling with serious illness. The latest contribution to his foundation, as well as the reason for his return to Manhattan, is his recently published children’s book, “Rise Up.”
“The whole point of the nonprofit is to make impacts or to help people in need, and I figured a good way to get my word out there was a book,” Risner said. “Something that people could keep for a long time, and it is getting donations to my foundation with that money.” Risner’s publisher Jefferson Knapp co-wrote the book with Risner with mindset of positivity. “We came up with a story that was aligned with the message of the Risner Foundation,” Knapp said. “That is just to do the right thing and when you see something wrong you stand up – well, ‘Rise Up’ – and make a difference in people’s lives. And that is the message of his book.” The book signing was held in the West Family Stadium and was attended by a steady flow of both K-State and Broncos fans.
second half when the Crimson Tide went on a 14-0 run, putting the Wildcats in a hole for the majority of the second half. The Wildcats pulled came back within striking distance with their own run, but came up just short of a comeback in Tuscaloosa. Junior guard Cartier Diarra led the Wildcats with 17 after coming off the bench for the first time this season. Diarra led the Wildcats with four of the 16 assists. Junior guard Mike McGuirl had four assists, four rebounds and seven points in his first game since Nov. 11. Senior forward Makol Mawien finished with a double-double with 12 rebounds and 13 points. The Wildcats dominated the boards, out-rebounding Alabama 45-33 and limited the Crimson Tide to three offensive boards. Alabama entered the matchup fifth in the nation in rebounds per game, averaging 41 per matchup. The Wildcats shot 35 percent from
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the floor and shot 34 percent from three. K-State outscored Alabama inside with 28 points inside the paint. Trips to the free-throw line were sparse for the Wildcats, who finished the night going 12-19 from the stripe. Sophomore guard Kira Lewis Jr. took over the game for Alabama with 26 points. Lewis hit two late shots to help seal the win for Alabama. All of the Alabama starters finished in double digits but had little help from the bench with only eight points off the bench. The Wildcats held the Crimson Tide to well below their season average of 83 points per game which could be seen as a moral victory going forward. The Wildcats will host Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN+. The Sooners will be looking to complete a regular-season sweep led by junior guard Austin Reaves, who scored 21 points in the previous matchup this season.
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BROKEN RECORD Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee dominates in women’s basketball win ANDREW LIND
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Going into the matchup, it was unclear how the women's basketball team was going to fair against Oklahoma's high shooting percentage. In the end, the answer was simple — utilize the frontcourt advantage. Kansas State ended up dominating the Sooners, 92-74. “This is a very explosive Oklahoma team, so I don’t think any lead is safe,” K-State head coach Jeff Mittie said. “They were down 15 to Oklahoma State with 2:18 left, and came back and won that game, they're that explosive.” Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee and senior forward Peyton Williams were the dominating players for the night, and it wasn't just because they were the giants on the court. They were both consistent through all four quarters. The first quarter was just the first punch in the game as the Wildcats drew out an early lead. Williams finished the first quarter with nine points, leading all K-State scorers. Dominance in the post was a persistent theme for the Wildcats in the second quarter as well with Lee keeping control on offense. After a slow two-point first quarter for Lee, she racked up 10 more points quickly. “I feel like we had several people going at different parts of the game, like Angela [Harris] had a really good section where she was really hitting shots. I had a good section, and then we got to Ayoka inside," Williams said. The lead the Wildcats held over the Sooners faltered slightly in the second quarter as Oklahoma picked up the pace at the post. Basketball is a game of runs, and the Sooners definitely made some attempts to steal the lead from the Wildcats. Senior guard Angela Harris was the perfect foil to the Sooner plot.
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Senior forward Jasauen Beard leaps up for a shot during the women’s basketball game against Oklahoma in Bramlage Coliseum on Jan. 25, 2020. The Wildcats beat the Sooners 94-72.
While Harris' performance wasn't legendary, she got the job done and at times, she steered the ship for the Wildcats. She kept the team intact when times were tough, and made a few pull-up jumpers when the game was close. K-State still led Oklahoma 45-41 heading into the break. The second half was much of the same, but more Wildcats joined in offensively, securing a well-rounded team victory. “Everybody did something well today,” Mittie said this is an image At the conclusion of the game, four Wildcats were in double figures, Lee tied a school
record with 20 rebounds and K-State snapped a three-game conference losing streak. Senior forward Jasauen Beard (12 points), Harris (20), Lee (23) and Williams (24) were the four double figure scorers. On top of tying the school record in rebounds, Lee also put on a 20-20 performance — the first K-State player to do so. K-State improves to (8-9, 2-4 Big 12), and will head to Lawrence, on Wednesday to take on the Jayhawks. Game coverage will be available on FSN and on the K-State Sports Network. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.