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Logan Wassall | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP Freshman guard Cartier Diarra drives the ball against TCU in Bramlage Coliseum on Jan. 20, 2018. The K-State men’s basketball beat the Horned Frogs 73-68.
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Women's basketball takes down KU in overtime NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
Fifty years of women’s basketball at Kansas State and the University of Kansas culminated in a thriller of a game in Lawrence on Sunday afternoon as the Wildcats beat the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse, 63-59 in overtime. “You look at these as two programs that committed to women’s basketball early and meant so much to the region,” K-State head coach Jeff Mittie said. “I told the team yesterday, ‘You’re going to step out there and you’re going to play in a rivalry game that is important to women’s basketball.’” The women’s basketball programs of both schools pre-date the 1972 Title IX legislation that denied universities the ability to discriminate on the basis of sex. The two teams wore “throwback” uniforms to reflect their history. The story of the game for K-State early on was its defense. The Wildcats’ 2-3 zone absolutely confounded KU early on. KU committed eight turnovers in the first quarter alone. “We got a lot of deflections early in the game,” Mittie said. “I
thought we roofed them pretty well.” K-State also forced KU to get all nine of their first-quarter points on 3-pointers toward the end of the shot clock. Even with all the turnovers, K-State struggled to finish under the basket when trying to run on the Jayhawks. KU always seemed to have someone dropping back to stop the transition layups. “We reminded them that we were wearing the light-blue shirts and reminded them that they need to throw it to those [players],” KU head coach Brandon Schneider said. KU’s guards came alive in the second quarter, managing to drive and get to the line. By the under-five minute media timeout, K-State had committed five fouls. Despite KU moving the ball better and only giving up one turnover in the second quarter, K-State took a slim 23-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. K-State came out of the locker room ice cold. They missed their first nine shots of the half and allowed KU to go on a 9-0 run to take the lead. K-State seemed lost trying to move the ball on offense as KU turned up the intensity.
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After the Kansas State women’s basketball team drained a 3-pointer, freshman center Ashley Ray celebrates her teammates’ good work. K-State played the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in Bramlage Coliseum on Dec. 16, 2017. Despite subpar shooting in the third quarter, KU led by just two points at the break. K-State freshman guard Cymone Goodrich hit a deep 2-point shot and a corner three to give the Wildcats a little life at the end of the third quarter. “My message to them was: ‘The toughest team wins this game,’” Mittie said. KU slowed it back down in the fourth quarter to turn the
Defensive coordinator Tom Hayes to retire from coaching football NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
Kansas State football defensive coordinator Tom Hayes is set to retire, according to GoPowercat.com. Hayes has been K-State’s defensive coordinator for the last six seasons. Prior to that, he coached K-State’s defensive backs for a season. Hayes’ tenure in Manhattan included a Big 12 Championship in 2012 and seven straight bowl game appearances, including three bowl wins. In Hayes’ 40 years of
coaching experience, he spent time at the University of Oklahoma, KU, Stanford, Tulane, UCLA and Texas A&M, as well as five seasons with the NFL’s Washington Redskins. Hayes also played defensive back under head coach Hayden Fry at the University of Iowa between 1967 and 1971 while current K-State head coach Bill Snyder was the offensive coordinator there. Hayes has received criticism from K-State fans recently because of his pass defense philosophy. Critics argued that his cornerbacks played too far off the line of scrimmage to
stop deep throws at the expense of short slant and comeback routes. During his career, Hayes coached 33 defensive backs who found their way onto NFL rosters, including five firstround picks. K-State will enter the 2018 season with new coordinators on both sides of the ball after Dana Dimel moved on to become the head coach at UTEP. Dimel was replaced by former wide receiver coach Andre Coleman. No replacement for Hayes has been announced at this time.
game into a possession game. The Wildcats scored a few baskets early in the quarter to grab a lead.
Sophomore forward Peyton Williams lead K-State with 23 points and eight rebounds. She also recorded four points in overtime. “I saw that we needed to fire up towards the end,” Williams said. “That was my way of firing up the team.” A pair of threes from KU juniors Brianna Osorio and Kylee Kopatich tied it at 41-41 with just over three minutes to play. They would both hit additional threes to give KU a six-point lead over the next minute. “I’ve never played in front of that big of a crowd,” Kopatich said. “All the emotion that was running through us and we just got back into this — it was a feeling that was indescribable and something I’m never going to forget.” K-State’s offense fell apart down the stretch, with turnovers and missed shots later on appearing to doom the Wildcats.
However, clutch shooting from Wildcat freshman guard Rachel Ranke tied the game with 10 seconds left after a ferocious comeback and great defense by K-State. “It’s a play we have ran for about a week now,” Mittie said. “They executed it really well.” K-State had a chance to win it late in regulation after a fumbled rebound went out of bounds off of KU, but the half court heave was late. A missed free throw by KU’s Kopatich, coupled with some missed close shots and empty possessions would prove fatal for KU in overtime. Junior guard Kayla Goth came in clutch at the free-throw line and off the dribble late in overtime. Ultimately, senior guard Shaelyn Martin iced the game with a pair of free throws with 10 seconds to go. “It was a fun game all around,” Williams said.
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Anticipation builds at K-State over second Sunflower Showdown tonight
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Beginning the game, Kansas State junior forward Dean Wade leaps high for the ball only to be bested by Georgia Bulldog junior Derek Ogbeide. Even though Georgia had a head start on Saturday, K-State viciously returned later in the game to end the game with a Wildcat victory at Bramlage Coliseum.
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Today is a day that the Kansas State men’s basketball team has had
marked on its calendar for weeks: the day of the rematch at home between the Wildcats and the KU Jayhawks. On Jan. 13, K-State lost to its instate rivals at KU by just one point in Allen Fieldhouse. The Wildcats were
close to winning the season’s first Sunflower Showdown, leading the Jayhawks on and off throughout the game, but in the end the score read 73-72 in KU’s favor. Since that devastating loss, however, K-State has been thriving. The men’s team has not lost a game since, currently riding on a four-game winning streak. During their winning streak, the Wildcats have beaten the then-No. 4 University of Oklahoma, then-No. 24 TCU, Baylor and the University of Georgia. Junior guard Barry Brown and junior forward Dean Wade have played phenomenally in recent games. In January, the duo is averaging 21.3 and 18.5 points per game, respectively. Wade in particular is quickly becoming a fan favorite. Starting with the Jan. 13 game against KU, Wade has scored over 20 points and grabbed at least six rebounds in five straight games. As a team, the Wildcats are scoring an average of 76.3 points per game and holding opponents to an average of 66.6 points per game. During their current win streak, the Wildcats have shot 51.2 percent on field goals, versus 42.1 percent for their opponents. Young players have been stepping up for K-State, with the team getting help from freshman guard Cartier Diarra and sophomore forward Makol Mawien. Since his first start of the season against Oklahoma State, Diarra has scored double-digit points in all but one game versus TCU. He has also stolen the ball seven times during those six games. Meanwhile, Mawien has finally broken out of his shell and is playing much more aggressively for the Wildcats. His peak was an 18-point, five-rebound, two-block performance against TCU earlier this month. Mawien shot 8-11 from the field in that game.
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Wade carries men’s team to Saturday victory against Georgia, 56-51
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Flying into defense mode against the Georgia Bulldogs, K-State junior guard Barry Brown protects the basket during Saturday’s game in Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats clawed their way to victory against the Bulldogs, 56-51.
DEAUNDRA ALLEN THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State men’s basketball team hosted the University of Georgia Bulldogs at home Saturday to partake in the fifth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. This year, the Wildcats won, 56-51. In the first half, the game was rather slow and seemed as if it took ages to progress forward. Many people feared that the Wildcats would play “flat” as soon as they went outside of the Big 12. This was definitely the case for the start of the game. The first four minutes of the first half for the Wildcats weren’t too bad. As time progressed, the Wildcats looked tired, the defense slipped at times, and the offense missed easy baskets or overshot by inches. A major play in the first half for the Wildcats came from Makol Mawien, where he swatted the ball out of Georgia’s
hand to keep them from scoring. While the game remained dry in the first half, the largest lead for K-State was by five points. The lead changed five times in the first half and was tied four times. K-State had a total of 10 points in the paint. In the first and second half of the game, the Wildcats had two players in particular that jumped out. Georgia’s Yante Maten was matched up against K-State’s Dean Wade, where they went head-to-head in both the first and second quarter. A 6-10 Wade was able to contain the 6-8 Maten more than once. As Wade’s defense skills shined through to overpower Maten, it became clear that Wade was going to contain Georgia’s leading scorer.
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In the second half, Diarra made his own paths and plays to get K-State back in the game and tie it up. For the first 15 minutes of the game, Georgia kept beating down the Wildcats with a strong hand. However, Diarra stomped that and made way for himself to get the points they needed to win. Wade was able to pick up where Diarra left off and shoot two baskets from the field, driving them up and to take the lead. Wade brought the Wildcats back into contention where he was
able to bring forth the Wildcats to take the lead, 54-51 in the last minute of the second half. It was another quiet game for Barry Brown, where he finished the game with nine points. He was able to bring the Wildcats up to 56-51 after he was able to get two free throws. “It was tough. They were a physical team,” Brown said regarding today’s matchup. Brown later explained that it is always a better case scenario to learn from a win rather than a loss. When it came to guarding Manten, Wade talked about the strength that Manten brought to the team, as he finished the game with 14 points and five rebounds. “He’s their best player,” Wade said. “He’s huge, he’s
strong. He’s got it all, he’s the whole package. It was a fun matchup. He was tough to guard.” Wade opened up to how he felt regarding Monday’s matchup, talking about previous matchups and what it would mean to both him and the crowd. “It would mean a lot,” Wade said. “I’ve never beat them. It would also put us tied in the Big 12, so that’s huge. Giving the fans something they’ve been waiting for for years would be huge. Its a big game.”
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A Place to Call Home Know your rights: Five legal tips for living off campus in Manhattan LEAH ZIMMERLI THE COLLEGIAN
Moving into off-campus housing is a huge step toward independence that rightfully causes concern for many students, but Kansas State’s Off-Campus Housing Support staff is a key resource available to help students through everything from roommate disputes to property issues. Here are five key tips to guide you through the process of living off campus.
DO YOUR RESEARCH
It is critical to learn as much about the space you are planning on renting as possible. First, look for reviews about your possible landlord to make sure you’re working with a good landlord. “Ask around; ask people you know who live off campus,” said Mariah Kinderknecht, director of Off-Campus Housing Support and junior in hospitality management. “See if they’ve had any issues with a management company before. For most bigname rental companies, you
can find reviews online.” When looking at prospective properties, you should have an understanding of what makes an acceptable home. Manhattan has a city housing code that mandates what a dwelling must have. Calling the Manhattan Code Services at 785-587-4506 can also ensure that the property is a legitimate rental registered with the city. “Most kids don’t want to come in and stir the pot, but you should know what the code requires so that you choose a safe and suitable place to live,” said Sarah Barr, staff attorney for Student Legal Services. When renting out a space with multiple units, make sure you are visiting the exact unit you are planning to live in. You should also try to visit your space during the day and night to see if there are any lighting issues. “Don’t look at how it's decorated — you have to look beyond that,” Barr said. “For example, if they have a blanket hanging in the window, ask if it’s the ambiance they’re going for, or is it there because there is an issue with the window?”
READ YOUR LEASE (THE WHOLE THING)
Your lease is a legal contract, and there’s not much you can do to get out of a lease once you’ve signed it. This is why it is so important to read and understand your lease before signing it. “There are going to be events where property management companies are going to have iPads and encourage you to sign [a lease] then and there and offer a free month’s rent,” Barr said. “If you don’t read your lease and you sign it right there, you will have no idea what you’ve just agreed to.”
CHOOSE YOUR ROOMMATES CAREFULLY
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When a group of roommates sign a lease, it is called joint and several responsibility, which means each roommate is individually responsible for paying the whole rental fee. If one of the roommates leaves, the remaining roommates are responsible for that person’s portion of the rent. “If you hate your roommate, wanting them to move out may not actually be what you want, since you’ll have to pay more when they leave,” Barr said. “Not only do you have to trust them around your stuff, but you have to trust them to pay their bills and behave in a way that you are comfortable with."
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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For as well as K-State has played since the last matchup with KU, the Jayhawks have played equally well. Since the last Sunflower Showdown, KU has defeated then-No. 7 West Virginia University, Baylor and Texas A&M while also losing to then-No. 12 Oklahoma. KU boasts the third-best scoring offense in the Big 12 Conference at 83.8 points per game, and the Jayhawks also have the Big 12’s thirdbest scoring margin at 13.4. The Wildcats are right behind them in scoring margin at 9.7. The Jayhawks and the
of each party are defined. How to furnis"There are things you need to do in your home," Kinderknecht said. "You need to keep it clean and avoid putting holes in the walls or breaking doors off of hinges. If it’s something you can’t fix, like if the sink is backed up due to bad plumbing or if there’s an issue with electrical wiring, that’s a landlord issue, and they need to come out and fix it.” Understanding your responsibilities as a tenant is important, but you also have rights. “Your security deposit can only be one month’s rent, but that can be different if it’s a furnished apartment or if there’s a pet involved,” Barr said. “A landlord cannot say that your security deposit is three month’s rent, which they have done, often to international students.” If you’re looking to avoid legalese, a summary of the Landlord and Tenant Act is available on the Off-Campus Housing Support website in plain English.
DOCUMENT EVERYTHING
Wildcats have the second- and third-highest field goal percentages in the conference at 49.8 percent and 48.7 percent, respectively. KU is lethal from behind the arc, shooting a conference-best 40.7 percent. Both teams are at the bottom of the Big 12 in rebounding, sitting at ninth and tenth, respectively. The only statistical category in which one team holds a clear advantage over the other is free throw percentage. The Wildcats are shooting 75.2 percent from the stripe on the season, but the Jayhawks are connecting on just 69.3 percent of their free throws. Both schools have two of the top-10 scorers in the conference. K-State’s Brown is tied with KU senior Devonte Graham for third with 17.3
points per game. K-State and KU match up well on paper, and there is no doubt that tonight’s game will be extremely competitive. With the result of the last Sunflower Showdown in mind and the stellar play from both teams as of late, expect this game to come down to the wire. The Wildcats and the Jayhawks will face off at 8 p.m. at home in Bramlage Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
“Do everything in writing," Barr said. "Send texts, send emails, make sure your interactions with your landlord and roommates are well documented. If an issue ends up in court or there is some other kind of dispute, it’s a lot easier to go back and establish what’s been done and said when you can look at all of your emails and text messages.” A good way to help you get your security deposit back is to take as many pictures as possible of your space the day you move in. “It’s not the tenant's job to prove that they didn’t do damages to the space, it’s the landlord’s job to prove that they did,” Barr said. “It would be very helpful to have plenty of pictures to prove the condition of the rental prior to the tenant’s time there. Take pictures of things like the toilet, bathtub and drip pans. The details are important.”
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Q&A: Candidate for Kansas governor talks student issues, Brownback Greg Orman, Independent candidate for Kansas governor, visited Kansas State on Friday to sit down with the editors of the Collegian and answer questions about policy, his qualifications and other matters related to his candidacy in the November 2018 gubernatorial election. Kaylie McLaughlin, assistant news editor: How do you believe Governor Brownback’s economic policies have affected the people of Kansas, and what ideals would you set in motion to counteract or work with these policies? Orman: "I think Governor Brownback’s tax experiment was a big mistake, but his biggest mistake was when all the evidence suggested it wasn’t working [and] not changing course. My background is in the private sector. I built companies for a living, and private sector companies that ignore inconvenient facts go out of business." Rafael Garcia, editor-in-chief: We are a college publication, serving as the voice of Kansas State University. How will you reach out to the college-aged population here in Kansas? Orman: "We are looking to build active programs ... and engage young people in the campaign and hopefully talk to them about issues that really matter to them. ... We [will] address the issue of higher education affordability, which seems to go unchecked. No one seems to be looking out for that group of people. "We look at this race — there are a lot of young people who have entered the governor's race, and I actually think that’s a very good thing. I’ve got an old saying: 'If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’ Unfortunately, so many young people, because they don’t get involved in the political process, their needs don’t get met. "We are hoping to be able to build campus programs on every university campus, talk to younger voters about issues we think really matter to them ... and what we are going to do is drive a positive outcome for them and hope to get them engaged." Garcia: You mentioned the availability of higher education. What ideas do you have to address that? Orman: "If you look at it at the federal level ... we spend well over $100 billion a year trying to make education
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Speaking about his platforms and ideas for the state of Kansas, Independent candidate Greg Orman visits with members of the Collegian editorial staff. Orman officially announced his campaign for Kansas governor Wednesday. more affordable to people. We do it through guaranteed student loan programs, Pell Grants, HOPE Scholarships, tax credits, and yet we then allow universities to ultimately do whatever they want to do with prices. "The state of Kansas has to get back to the point where we restore funding to higher education, but then we also have to look at the universities and say to them, ‘Well, we are going to do our part, we are going to expect you to do your part,' which means you can’t increase tuition, books and fees by more than the rate of inflation in the general economy. "That’s a big part of it: accountability. We have all kinds of policies oriented around making higher education more affordable, and then we don’t uphold the recipients of that aid accountable for achieving that public policy goal." McLaughlin: Why did you decide to run for governor, and what do you think are the key parts of your platform that will define your campaign? Orman: "I think Kansas is at a critical juncture, and the people of Kansas know that the system is broken. I believe that what happens over the next five years is going to
define the path that Kansas is on for the next several decades. I’ve got two young daughters — I want them to feel like they can build their lives in Kansas, and I am concerned that if we don’t change course, that isn’t going to happen. I decided to run for governor because I believed that we have a vision that can change the state of Kansas and make it a place we can all be proud of again. "The first [priority] is making Kansas a leader again. ... I think we can make Kansas great again by embracing innovative policies that solve our problems [and] fix our politics. ... The second thing we need to do is that we need to make government more transparent, effective and accountable to reporters. ... Our third priority will be about growing the Kansas economy. ... Another priority is really addressing the issue of health care access and affordability. ... The fifth thing that we need to do is to protect the pillars of our community. If you look at what makes Kansas great, it’s always historically been that we’ve got really good schools, we’ve got great infrastructure, we’ve got great critical access facilities and we’ve got to do what we can to protect those pillars of our community."
Dene Dryden, chief copy editor: You talked about health care access and affordability. How does that include reproductive health care access? Orman: "I’ve got six sisters and two daughters, and I want to make sure that they have access to the health care they need. ... I think so often those issues are the ones that divide us, but I don’t think we’re all that far apart in reality. "I think the elephant in the room there is abortion, and I think everybody agrees that we would like to reduce the number of abortions. But in my mind, the way you do that is through access to contraception, it’s through education and it’s through economic factors. "We’ve seen great success in places like Colorado, where they’ve opened it up and we’ve seen significant reductions in the abortion rate. I think if you want to see reductions in the abortion rate, you’ve got to invest in health care resources." Garcia: On Wednesday, you announced your candidacy. What do you think you’ll do differently this time based on the lessons you learned campaigning for senate back in 2014? Orman: "[In] 2014, I think we built a really solid foundation of support all throughout Kansas. ... In fact, I think we had almost 1,000 people who wanted to volunteer in the end and it sort of overwhelmed us, so I think we’ll have a little better organization this time to be able to really use the talents of people and ... get them involved and engaged and active in our campaign. "Other than that, the benefit that we have this time is we are starting much earlier. Our campaign in 2014, we started in June. This time, we are obviously starting several months earlier so we will be able to get around the state more and we will be able to meet more people, bring our message to more folks and ... hopefully build on that foundation of support that we built in 2014." McLaughlin: Why did you choose to be an Independent candidate, and did it come from your own conceptual criticism of the current state of Kansas politics? Orman: “What I’ve observed — particularly in Washington — is that Democrats and Republicans are no longer capable of working together.
They are far more interested in seeing the other party fail than they are in seeing our country succeed. "I describe Democrats and Republicans now, particularly those in Washington, as a married couple going through a bitter divorce ... and sending them to Washington to solve our problems is kind of like putting that married couple in a room and telling them to work it out. It’s just not going to happen without the intervention of a third force. "I am a political Independent because I put my country and my state ahead of any political party, but also because I cannot see myself participating in a system that I think is divisive, counter-productive and is daily allowing the greatness of America to slip away.” McLaughlin: What do you think is going well in the state of Kansas government-wise, and how do you plan to build on that? Orman: "I actually think we are heading in the right direction as it relates to vocational education. Not everybody is ultimately able to make it through and get a college degree, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t want our kids getting some level of higher education. What we’ve found is that in many cases, some of these skilled jobs go unfilled, and they actually lead to a great middle class life. "I think focusing on vocational education, helping those kids who aren’t able to actually get a college degree and have an aptitude for a degree in a vocational area is not only good for the state of Kansas, but good for those kids. It’s something we’ve started to move toward, and I think it’s something we need to continue." McLaughlin: What elements of your life have uniquely qualified you to serve as governor of Kansas? Orman: "I’m the second oldest child in a single-parent family with six kids. I got free and reduced lunches, I got subsidized products from the Department of Agriculture. ... I went to college with the benefit of the guaranteed student loan program, and ultimately I’ve been able to live my own version of the American dream. I think I understand the struggles that people go through.
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Locals talk beekeeping, community involvement at Talk20MHK MARISA LANG
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The UFM Community Learning Center and the Manhattan Public Library hosted the second semiannual Talk20MHK event Thursday night, inviting six local speakers to give 20-slide presentations in just seven minutes on topics ranging from beekeeping to community involvement. Local beekeeper Nikki Bowman, who will be teaching a class on beekeeping this Saturday at the UFM Community Learning Center, said it was challenging to condense such a broad topic down to a mere seven minutes. “That was crazy for me,” Bowman said. “I can do that for three hours without notes.” Similarly, community-driven entrepreneur Josh Hicks said the hardest part about giving a presentation in seven minutes is
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"I’m a big believer that even though you’ve made it and been financially successful, those of us that have climbed the ladder of success, we shouldn’t pull it out from behind. I think that childhood and growing up in that [way] has made me very empathetic to what people go through. "And by the same token, I’m a serial entrepreneur. I started my first company when I was 23. I started and built and sold many companies over my life. As a person who deals with startups and turnarounds, I deal with companies at the most difficult time of their life cycles. Generally, you have to figure out how to get better outcomes with limited resources, and I think that’s precisely the job we have here as governor of Kansas. We have to get better outcomes with limited resources, and so I think I’m uniquely qualified."
determining what to leave out. “I wanted to tell a whole lot of stories, but I just had to get right to the point and figure out what the most important things were,” Hicks said. “Once I got that, it was a lot easier.” Hicks said he chose to speak at Talk20MHK to encourage community involvement. “I believe that communities thrive when there’s more people starting more things bringing everyone together,” Hicks said. “This platform was to maybe encourage other people and start more things, new things and bring more people together.” Whitney Bandel, art instructor at Kansas State, spoke at the first Talk20MHK event last summer on electronic textiles and how art can be integrated into science, technology, engineering and math. This time around, she said she en-
joyed being a part of the audience. “I participated in that one, and now I’m trying to pay it forward by going and supporting the next ones," Bandel said. "It’s also very nice to see what other people are talking about without the pressure of having to give a talk yourself.” Bandel said she most enjoyed listening to the presentations on community and mindfulness. “I really feel like they did a nice job of talking about community,” Bendel said. “Just being more in touch with either doing activities where you can go out into nature and you can just experience the world around you, or even just ... being more mindful of your own life.” Other presentation topics included landscapes, engineering and storytelling in film. For more information, visit the Talk20MHK Facebook page.
Conrad Kabus, managing editor: With K-State pushing to be recognized as one of the nation’s Top 50 public research universities by 2025, what are some strategies your campaign has laid out to increase innovation in research? Orman: "Far too often, there’s a disconnect between what folks on campus actually want to research and what industry wants to see researched, so I think we need to do a much better job of communicating between industry commerce and the university to make sure we have alignment along that dimension. “I understand if you’re a university professor and work at a university, that means by definition you’re a very intellectually curious person ... and you sort of want to research what you want to research. ... I think we need to find a way to create better alignment because the more we can commercialize the research, the more resources we will have to plow back into the system
in terms of royalties and other benefits you can get when you take raw research and you actually commercialize it." Garcia: I think my sports editor might kill me if I don’t ask this question, but the K-State/KU game is Monday. Who do you go for? Orman: "You know, that’s a really tough question. ... I am a K-State football fan, and in terms of basketball, I’m going to do a political thing here and avoid answering the question."
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Listening intently, attendees at the Talk20MHK event sit comfortably as they hear a community member speak. The event was held at the Manhattan Public Library on Thursday and co-sponsored by the UFM Community Learning Center.
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SGA holds first senate meeting of semester, fills vacant positions KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN RAFAEL GARCIA THE COLLEGIAN
The Student Governing Association confirmed the appointment of the new attorney general as well as appointments to the Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee during their first meeting of the semester. Peter Moyer, junior in political science and economics, will head SGA's judicial branch as the new attorney general. Moyer was selected from a pool of eight applicants. The senate also appointed several senators representing their respective colleges to the Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee. Jonathan Peuchen, speaker of the student senate and senior in mechanical engineering, said K-State Polytechnic declined to send a representative, as they said they are not subject to the tuition suggestions made by the committee. Additionally, due to the res-
ignation of Bryanna Wishcop as student senator for the Graduate School, Russell Harp, graduate student in counseling and student development, was nominated by the Graduate Student Council to occupy the vacant seat. Nick Edwards, SGA athletics liaison and senior in marketing, presented a brief presentation on the history of the "F*** KU" chant and asked that senators both refrain from participating in the chant and discourage those around them who might participate during the game. During final action, the senate granted a continuance of the KSDB Operations Privilege Fee The senate also approved a bill to amend Chapter 27 of the SGA statutes to reflect changes in funding for the Student-Centered Tuition Enhancement Committee. The amendment also correctly re-identifies the Student Activities and Services office as the Center for Student Involvement. Pat Bosco, vice president of student life, spoke about the im-
portance of SGA and student representation at the end of the meeting. Bosco said he believed SGA at K-State "is unlike any other student government in America" because of its emphasis on true student involvement and the how K-State continues "passing the power onto a legitimate student government vehicle." During commendations, the K-State Crops Team was formally commended for their "excellence," and SGA formally "appreciates the time and effort that students within the College of Agriculture put forth to show the value of their hard work in both academics and throughout their respective organizations at KSU."
SGA PROGRAM AIMS TO BOLSTER STUDENT GOVERNMENT AWARENESS
Earlier in the evening, representatives from each SGA branch hosted the first session of the Accelerated Fellowship Program.
First female president of Malawi to present Landon Lecture RACHEL HOGAN THE COLLEGIAN
Ryan Kelly, student senator and junior in civil engineering, said the event was designed to inform the general student body about the functions of SGA. "We are just ... looking at a really high-up overview of what Student Governing Association does," Kelly said. The goal in the coming weeks of the program, Kelly said, will be to give more in-depth explanations of what the executive, legislative and judicial branches do at SGA throughout the semester. The AFP will meet every Thursday at 6 p.m. until Feb. 15 in the Student Union, Room 227.
The first female president of Malawi will deliver a Landon Lecture in the Kansas State Student Union on Monday morning. The lecture is open to the public and will take place in Forum Hall at 10:30 a.m. Joyce Banda served as the president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014, and, according to K-State News, she is credited with healing the country's hurting economy. Malawi's economic growth rate stood at 1.8 percent when Banda entered office and grew to 6.2 percent when she left. The country's operational industrial capac-
ity also increased from 35 percent to 85 percent. Since leaving office, Banda has worked as an activist and philanthropist, serving on the boards of Nutrition International Canada and the Tana High Level Forum of Peace and Security in Africa as well as the Council of Women World Leaders. Banda also founded the Joyce Banda Foundation International in 1997, which supports the empowerment of women and programs dealing with HIV/AIDS, leadership training and human rights. In both 2013 and 2014, Forbes magazine named Banda as one of the most powerful black women in the world.
SGA hosts workshop for student leaders, talks student organizations KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
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Happily answering questions, senior Jordan Kiehl speaks to fellow students at the Student Governing Association Engagement Event. Students gathered at the K-State Student Union on Saturday to talk about the different ways that student organizations can be successful on campus.
Leaders from student organizations took part in a workshop Saturday to bridge the gap between the student body and the Student Governing Association. Nick Nordstrom, chair of the Student Engagement Committee and junior in biology, said the workshop was designed to address "discrepancies” present between SGA and the general student population. Nordstrom said the program is about “bridging the gap” and moving forward to work as a student community. Leaders of departmental and independent student organizations were invited to attend
and work to develop strategies for how SGA can better serve the student body. “Getting involved in student organizations really is one of the best things you can do at a university,” said Kelli Farris, executive director of the Center for Student Involvement. “It also helps connect you to the university, and that's not just for the student leaders, but also for the average student member. You're helping to create an environment, a place and a home for every one of our students around this campus.” After brief presentations about SGA's basic functions and a few tips on how to be an impactful student leader, participants wandered between tables to ask SGA representatives how they can better utilize the op-
portunities the senate provides to student organizations. Several attendees asked questions to clarify the differences between independent student organizations, or ISOs, and department sponsored organizations, or DSOs. Under the newly implemented Student Organization Policy, ISOs became completely separate from the university. Jordan Kiehl, SGA chief of staff and senior in industrial engineering, said the change was made to remove liability from specific organization advisers and allow student organizations outside of individual departments to flourish independently. Jordan Kocher, CSI liaison, said the transition to full independence has not been entirely smooth, as many student lead-
ers are having trouble getting in contact with people who are supposed to be advising the transition for ISOs. One of the biggest issues is receiving approved allocations of funds in a timely manner. Some DSOs experience financial miscommunications as well. Student organizations such as the Public Relations Student Society of America are struggling to get funds transferred out of private bank accounts and into a fund with the KSU Foundation, as stipulated by the Student Organization Policy. While Kocher was unable to answer these questions and others posed by student leaders, she said she will be sure to answer the questions as soon as possible.
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OPINION: Three reasons why group projects are worse in college JASON DEFISHER THE COLLEGIAN
Most of us are familiar with the dreaded words
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Assuming that a student is enrolled in fourteen hours — the average course load for K-State freshmen — that means a student should spend 42 hours a week studying, according to advisers. By adding on a project,
which is often separate from normal homework, a student’s schedule can quickly become bogged down in work. Another problem with group work is that college students have crazy schedules. Some students may work after classes, while others only have classes before noon. When you take four or five students and make them
work on a project together, the probability that there will be scheduling conflicts increases drastically. Even within a highly motivated group, it can be a challenge to get everybody together at once. If even a single group member doesn’t fairly contribute, a greater work load is placed on the shoulders of the rest of the group, which in turn could cause the quality of the final
product to suffer. Finally, group work can hurt the grade of a student who is highly motivated but has the misfortune to be grouped with students who simply don’t care about the project. As mentioned before, a noncontributing member can cause a group’s project to be less than ideal. When you factor in the knowledge that a group member is intention-
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projects. Until then, we’ll be working just as hard as ever. Jason DeFisher is a junior in animal sciences and industry. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.