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For DACA recipients studying at K-State, uncertainty has become the norm in 2019
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SARAH MOYER
THE COLLEGIAN
Evelyn Lucio is getting ready for life after graduation, and like any senior, she’s uncertain about her future. But Lucio’s uncertainty is more deep-seated than most, and while other soonto-be graduates know their college degrees will set them apart in their job searches, Lucio can’t be sure if she’ll even be able to search for a job. Lucio, a senior in American ethnic studies and prelaw, is one of approximately 50 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at Kansas State University, and while repealed changes to immigration law have allowed her to live a relatively normal life in the United States, a raging battle in Congress over homeland security has made Lucio and her fellow immigrant students less certain about the future. “Most people, they might graduate, and they may not be able to find a job immediately, but they can find a temporary job, and they have the right to keep looking,” Lucio said. “For me, when I graduate, I might not be able to even look for a
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job, because I don’t have the documentation to even get a simple job, like at a retail store or something like that.” Under the DACA program enacted by then-president Barack Obama in 2012, certain immigrants who
were illegally brought to the U.S. as children are granted temporary immunity from deportation based on a renewable two-year registration in the program. As a key component of the program, DACA also
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grants recipients eligibility for permits to work legally in the country. However, the program offers no legal path to permanent citizenship. At the time of its announcement, the program was criticized by many states
as an unconstitutional use of executive power by essentially granting protections for DACA recipients.
OPINION: How to find your inner goddess in college
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K-State Libraries announced Tuesday it will not be purchasing any new books, journal titles, databases or other subscription-based materials until the end of the fiscal year due to budget constraints. Certain materials, such as those needed for accreditation, course requirements or research projects may be approved on a case-by-case basis. Dean of libraries Lori Goetsch and Provost Charles Taber announced the news via K-State Today. The temporary suspension, or moratorium, is due to an increase in prices for subscriptions to electronic databases and journals. K-State Libraries’ statement explains that subscription prices experience an average annual inflation of six percent. This model is unsustainable for K-State Libraries, which spends about $5 million annually on subscription-based materials. Additionally, K-State Libraries’ budget has decreased by approximately 11 percent since fiscal year 2014. Staffing positions have also been reduced by 30 percent in the last five years, in part to try to make up for the cost of subscription increases. The cut, which is expected to be made later this spring, will be the largest to date. This decision will be made following an open forum held by K-State Libraries in February. Librarians will also reach out to discuss department and faculty needs. Kansas State faculty can put forward purchase requests through June. Additionally, the interlibrary loan system can be used to request materials that the libraries do not own.
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College of Engineering may receive second fee increase in two years RACHEL HOGAN THE COLLEGIAN
For the second year in a row, the Kansas State College of Engineering will attempt to pass a $15 per credit hour fee. Over the course of the next four weeks, a college tuition committee, or CTC, consisting of engineering students and student senators will meet with the Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee and Darren Dawson, dean of engineering, to discuss the merits and potential uses for the fee before voting. The CTC met with TFSC for the first time Tuesday evening in the Center for Student
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During the first year of President Donald Trump’s administration, plans were announced to gradually phase out the program by March 2018. When Lucio first heard about the program rollback, she said she felt destroyed. “I tried taking it day by day, but we just didn’t know what would happen,” Lucio said. “I kept wondering if my work would be worth it, or if I would even be able to look for a job after college. I felt like I had committed myself to spending four years here [at K-State], and now I had to face the possibility that none of it would have mattered.” Soon after the decision to rescind DACA, several states challenged the decision and sued the Trump administration. Federal judges ordered the administration to resume the program, at least temporarily, while the matter is settled in court. The Supreme Court has yet to take up the case, and with a full court calendar for this year, a judicial decision is unlikely to come in 2019. Recently, as Congress reached a record 35-day partial government shutdown over
Involvement conference room for orientation on the fee approval process. The meeting also reviewed the debate surrounding last year’s $15 per credit hour fee increase, which the CTC approved with a vote of 12-6-0. At $99 per credit hour, the College of Engineering already charges students with the highest course fees. The College of Business Administration comes in second at $65 per credit hour. If the CTC approves the new fee, the engineering college’s fees could increase to $114 per credit hour. Last year’s debate contended upon a discrepancy between the survey that was
sent out to engineering students which outlined a series of departmental fees, each for $15 dollars per credit hour that would raise money only for the department, and the fee that was brought to TFSC, which was one college-wide fee. Two other prongs of that debate focused on whether increased costs would hinder accessibility and the split between using funds for tenure-track faculty and instructors. “I think it is important to realize that being taught by research faculty is an important distinguisher for our university from other universities,” Provost Charles
Taber said during Tuesday’s meeting. “[At] some of the universities, the students in engineering aren’t taught by research faculty who are themselves doing research, and that is a benefit to you. ... You don’t want to become a university where the faculty are largely teaching faculty without people who are creating new knowledge through research.” Jonathan Cole, senior in mechanical engineering and student senator, countered this, citing a lack of teaching skills. “My experience, at least, with that is that research faculty, especially within the College of Engineering,
don’t have a background in education or communication very often, so their teaching skills aren’t something for an undergrad that we need,” Cole said. The CTC will meet for an in-depth discussion on the fee proposal next week. However, the date and time may change to allow for members of the CTC and TFSC and ex-officio members to attend the K-State v e r sus KU basketball game next Tuesday, Feb. 5.
funding for Trump’s proposed expanded border wall, discussions over the contentious wall briefly floated the idea of extending the DACA program in exchange for wall funding. No concessions were made, however, and the government ultimately reopened, at least for three weeks, without any legislation on DACA. Amid the intense debate on the shutdown, Lucio said she and other DACA recipients have felt like the wall debate has distracted from conversations about actual immigration reform for “Dreamers,” a term based on pro-DACA proposals in Congress called the DREAM Act. “Dreamers get lost in the shadow of the wall, but we have to keep going,” Lucio said. “Especially for the people that come after us. We have to grab people’s attention.”
pealed, Lucio said university officials did not hesitate to attend emergency meetings, listen to students’ concerns and bring in a lawyer to help answer any questions the students might have had. Pat Bosco, vice president of student life and dean of students, and Madai Rivera, assistant director of student engagement with an emphasis on Hispanic and Latino students, both pointed to the university’s statements on K-State’s dedication to its DACA students. “We’re committed to being the number one choice among DACA students in the state and the region,” Bosco said. “I think it’s incredibly important that we continue a focused and unified effort that undocumented students are given the best chance to receive the best possible education at our university.” Although the debate on immigration issues can be tense, Bosco said the university sees an opportunity to rise above politics and be a leader in higher education when it comes to DACA recipients. Bosco added that other institutions regularly ask K-State for examples on how to best support undocumented students. “I think it’s critically important, more so today than ever, that we understand the economics of our state, the de-
mographics of our region and be a leader,” Bosco said. “Even though there are some risks, [we strive] to provide that kind of opportunity for young people particularly, who have tremendous promise, have done nothing wrong and deserve an opportunity and university experience.” Rivera said that while DACA students are ineligible for federal aid, there are still scholarships and grant opportunities available for them, and she has personally helped establish partnerships with a few organizations to provide scholarship opportunities for the students. Rivera and Bosco said they think DACA students tend to be motivated, high-achieving leaders, making them outstanding candidates for scholarships. But for all the administration’s attempts to support immigrant students, there have been some tense moments on campus. After the repeal of DACA, K-State’s chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens organized a rally at Bosco Plaza to show solidarity with campus DACA students. Leslie Ramirez, junior in secondary education and then-president of LULAC, said some people passing by yelled “Go back to Mexico” as they walked by the rally of predom-
inantly-Hispanic students, but she says such statements show mostly a lack of understanding. “All that these people want is to get an education and get a job legally,” Ramirez said. “They’re misinformed at how little these students actually get.”
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In Manhattan, about 50 of these DACA recipients have found a home on K-State’s campus. Lucio said that in her time at K-State, she and other students in similar situations have found tremendous support from university administration. When DACA was first re-
FINDING AN IDENTITY
For all intents and purposes, Lucio said she is a typical American college student. She goes to classes, helps out with her sorority, participates in campus clubs, and between all that and two majors, still somehow finds time to work as a tutor for students who speak English as a second language. Even though Lucio has lived in Kansas her whole life (she was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and brought to Wichita at one month old), she said she’s struggled with finding a concrete sense of identity as a Mexican. With light skin and red, curly hair, she says she hasn’t fit into stereotypes of who people think a Mexican immigrant is. “For the longest time, I was embarrassed to speak English, because I didn’t know it well,” Lucio said. “I was embarrassed to speak Spanish, because to learn English, I had to focus on it and forget about Spanish. I remember feeling like I was a
fake Mexican and a fake American. I felt like I couldn’t satisfy anybody.” At K-State, though, Lucio says she’s worked toward making a name for herself as someone who’s making a difference. Someone who is passionate, someone trying to make her family proud and someone who “has her sh*t together.” More than anything, she wants to bring to light the struggles that she and her fellow DACA recipients face. “We want people to know all about us and who we are and what we do,” Lucio said. “We want people to know that we aren’t the stereotypes and negative things that [Trump] says we are.” For now, though, Lucio said she looks forward to graduation by taking things day by day. “I just don’t want to feel stuck and not knowing where I’m going,” Lucio said. “To me, that just haunts me, and it haunts a lot of the other DACA recipients on campus. “It sucks that we have to work within that two-year timeframe, but I tell myself, ‘I have two years,’ so that once I hopefully get another two years, I have a set foundation,” Lucio continued. “I can’t predict the future, but I’ve got to work with what I’ve got.”
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A Place to Call Home From K-State to Silicon Valley: Wildcat startup finds success in the tech world LOGAN REILLY
THE COLLEGIAN
Moving can be a pain, especially for people who don’t have access to large vehicles that can carry everything they need to move. However, two Kansas State alumni have found a way to make moving easier for people across the country with a simple phone app. Bungii, an on-demand truck service that can be accessed from a smartphone app, was co-founded by 2015 K-State graduates Ben Jackson, marketing and statistics, and Harrison Proffitt, business marketing and biology. Together, these two entrepreneurs have taken their company from K-State Launch, a campus entrepreneurial competition, to the boardrooms of venture capitalists. The concept for Bungii was born in May 2015, after multiple friends had asked Jackson to use his truck in the same day. He then took this unique dilemma to a classmate, Proffitt. After discussing it, the two found an idea: offering an on-demand truck service to the market to solve this problem. Competing in the fall 2015 K-State Launch competition, the two won first place. Since their success in 2015, Bungii has received numerous awards from technology and startup journals recognizing their unique business. Most recently, Startland News named Bungii the number one Kansas City startup to watch in 2019. “K-State Launch was a vital part in Bungii’s success,” Jackson said. “When we are pitching Bungii, sitting in a conference
room in a high-rise in front of very successful businessmen whose job it is to poke holes in your idea and tell you why it is not going to work, those types of meetings are substantially easier to have and less nerve-wracking after you have done that on stage in front of an audience and a panel of judges.” Following their success at K-State Launch, the two were encouraged by Chad Jackson, director of the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship and dean of the College of Business Administration, to continue with their entrepreneurial dreams. “The last summer of college at K-State, Harrison and I went against our parents’ advice and gave up some substantial internships to prove that people would pay us for a business like this,” Ben Jackson said. “That summer, we had a successful test market and we completed over 350 deliveries, proving that there was a concept for this.” The two then moved on to the Kansas City area after col-
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Harrison Proffitt (left) and Ben Jackson, founders of Bungii, pose on a company truck. lecting data from their summer in Manhattan. Eight months later, Jackson and Proffitt were officially ready to launch their Bungii app. “We were so excited for this app, and we thought it was going to be a game changer and that the floodgates would just open once the app was released, but that was the furthest thing from
the truth,” Proffitt said, recalling the day the app launched. “We launched to crickets, with only a couple people using our app over the first week. It was one of the biggest punches to the face that we ever had.”
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With results below expectations, morale was low between Jackson and Proffitt. “We could have waved the white flag, but Ben and I put our heads down and thought about where can we find our customers and how can we lower this customer acquisition cost,” Proffitt said. The two then set out to try and find a solution. They sat with a 10-minute timer on as both thought up ideas for how to find customers, writing everything down. After the timer rang, they compared ideas, crossed out which ones would not work and narrowed it down to two or three. “I don’t think there is ever a single greatest challenge, just a bunch of fires that you need to put out one day at a time,” Proffitt said. With new ideas and inspiration, the two then expanded their reach by partnering with local furniture stores, building name recognition and not letting this challenge stop them. Before long, customers began to use the app and Bungii quickly expanded from its headquarters in the Kansas City area to new markets in Atlanta, Washington D.C., Baltimore and most
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The current staff at Bungii poses for a group photo in their headquarters. recently Miami. With this new momentum, Jackson and Proffitt now have their eyes set on their next city for expansion. “We’re on the cusp of another major expansion, but the details remain under wraps for now,” Jackson said. Proffitt said his future goals are to be in every major city by 2022 and a household name by 2025. “We’re currently in the middle of a funding round to launch the app across the country as soon as possible,” Proffitt said.
When asked about what makes an entrepreneurial venture distinct from others, Chad Jackson said there are two components. First, it’s the team and entrepreneurs drive and determination for the company. Second, it’s finding a customer need that can be solved. “They clearly identified a gap in a marketplace, a space where customers had needs, and they were able to satisfy that need in the right way,” Chad Jackson said. “Those two things combined together are what really separates them apart.”
National Weather Service issues wind chill advisory PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service out of Topeka issued a wind chill advisory for Manhattan and the surrounding area. Manhattan will be on the edge of a cold front coming through from the northeast. The worst of the front will hit other parts of the Midwest. “Frigid wind chill values of 15 below zero to around 25 below zero are expected tonight into Wednesday
morning generally along and northeast of a line from Belleville to Manhattan to Emporia,” the report states. “As a result, Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for those locations starting at 9 PM this evening.” Brandon Drake, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said the wind chill in Manhattan could reach 13 below zero, a temperature at which frostbite can take hold in about 30 minutes. Drake said students should keep their cell phones fully charged and wear lots of layers if they
need to go outside. “Plenty of warm clothes is what you want to focus on,” Drake said. “If you don’t have to go outside in those early-morning or late-night hours, you should probably avoid it if you can.” Kansas State encouraged students on Facebook in need of winter accessories such as hats, gloves and scarves to visit Cats’ Cupboard, the food pantry in the basement of Fairchild Hall. The Wind Chill Advisory will remain in effect until noon Wednesday.
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OPINION: Find your inner goddess in 5 easy steps today KYLE HAMPEL
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Hello, friend. Are you tired today? Here, have a seat on the metaphorical couch. I know what it's like to have problems, but whenever life gets me down, I have a trick up my sleeve — my inner goddess. Everyone has a goddess inside them, just waiting to figuratively burst out of your chest and literally thrive in sunshine. I just want to help, friend, so here are five ways to bring out your inner goddess.
5. RECOGNIZE YOUR INNER LIGHT
We have so much light inside us — it's like we all swallowed a flashlight at some point. Regardless of what other people say to you, your inner spirit is kind and gentle, like Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happiness," or Tom Hanks in real life. There's good in you. I just know it. Remember where you keep the kindness in your soul, and your inner goddess will share a warm smile.
4. CHANT IN THE MIRROR
This one's a little old school,
but I think there's a rustic charm to the old way of doing things, like writing with a fountain pen or using a flip phone. Ancient holy men and modern day weirdos both use chanting to summon powerful deities, so why wouldn't it work for you, too? Chant whatever phrase you choose while looking in the mirror (bonus points if you're naked). Saying, "Inner goddess, I choose you!" exactly 151 times has never failed me, but everyone is different, and I think that's beautiful.
3. PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP
Here, friend. Let's take a walk down the imaginary boulevard of love. Feeling bouncy? You should. Inner goddesses are naturally jittery, like Jell-O on a subwoofer. The pens on your desk probably have springs in them, but do they really need those springs more than you do? Filling your shoes with metal springs will keep your energy up, and your inner goddess loves to express itself through positive vibes and groovy moves.
2. COMMIT A SACRIFICE
Sacrifices have a bad reputation, but they don't have to be violent. Your inner goddess will show
its true form even if all you sacrifice is your daily cup of coffee, or a healthy sleep schedule. Or both! Of course, killing a goat also works wonders, but I won't force that upon you, friend. Spilling blood is your choice alone.
1. TRANSCEND WITH NIHILISM (AND TEA)
Do you ever feel insignificant? I suppose we all are, at least on a geological time scale. Nothing wrong with that, though. I like you just the way you are. The nihilistic emptiness inside all of us says everything is pointless, but I never liked pointy things to begin with. Embrace it. Nihilism is just a way to connect yourself to the heart of the universe, where your inner goddess was born in stardust. Give it a home. Staying a while? Have some tea, friend. Goddesses love tea almost as much as they love existential dread. With all these tips, I think you've already become your best self. Your goddess is right here with us, and it's proud of you. Kyle Hampel is the copy chief and deputy multimedia editor for the Collegian and a senior in English.
Student drinking habits intensify during first week back to class SARAH MOYER
THE COLLEGIAN
Sticky floors, loud music and the smell of booze fill the air as local businesses welcome back students — and their spending money — with open arms during the first week of classes after a month away from Manhattan. According to local business owners, alcohol consumption goes up during the first week of classes at Kansas State University compared to an average week. “That week is probably
about the same as our graduation week,” Kevin Neitzel, owner of The Fridge Wholesale Liquor, said. “There’s just not a lot of school stuff going on. They don’t have the responsibilities of homework usually, so they’ll party five nights a week.” Neitzel compared his “syllabus week” sales from the spring semesters in 2017 and 2018 to numbers from 2019. He said 2019 was the busiest of the three. The stores in Aggieville see a spike in traffic, too. “Coming back from break, I feel like a lot of my friends want
to go out more this first week,” Cassidy Anderson, senior in agribusiness, said. “More people are like, ‘Oh, let’s go out Tuesday for $2-you-call-its at O’Malley’s,’ and they want to go and get all the deals because everyone is back together again.” Shelby Stair, senior in animal sciences and industry, said she goes out every two weeks. She also bartends at Mojo’s Beach Bar.
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Plans for new bike-share company still being finalized, SGA says JULIE FREIJAT
THE COLLEGIAN
After several delays, the Student Governing Association is still sorting through details to bring the for-profit bike-share company VeoRide to campus. The plans for the bike sharing program began in late August 2018. While SGA initially hoped to have the bikes on campus by October or November 2018, some difficulties
prevented this from happening. Corbin Sedlacek, local relations director for SGA and junior in accounting, said the contract is still being negotiated and there will not be an established timeline for having the bikes on campus until the contract is signed. “The process has jumped around quite a bit,” Sedlacek said. “The two biggest hurdles we have had to overcome were to find an office on campus to be the signatory and house the
Student body presidential primary down to 2 candidates KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
With the first debate in Kansas State’s student body presidential election on the horizon, only two candidates remain in the running after two former candidates dropped out. Devisha Pandey, sophomore in open option, was not in attendance at the mandatory candidate meeting Monday evening, resulting in her disqualification from participating in the election. The violation was filed Tuesday morning by Kristen Schau, elections commissioner and sophomore in political science. Around the same time, Mohammad Al Abdullah, senior in industrial engineering, suspended his candidacy. Al Abdullah said he wants to learn more about the university before tak-
ing on the role of student body president. In the meantime, he said he plans to run in the general election as a College of Engineering student senator. Now, only Ryan Kelly, junior in communication studies and speaker of the student senate, and Jansen Penny, junior in industrial engineering and chair of the Privilege Fee Committee, remain in the race. Both of the remaining candidates have previously indicated their intent to participate in Thursday’s presidential debate. The primary debate, which will be moderated by the Collegian and KSDB FM in collaboration with Student Governing Association, will be held in the K-State Student Union Courtyard on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Voting in the primary election opens at noon on Feb. 12 and closes at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13. There will be a write-in option for candidates not on the ballot.
program, and the possible introduction of e-scooters.” Sedlacek said the cost structure for the bikes will be the same as previously agreed upon and can be viewed on VeoRide’s website.
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Bikes are locked onto bike racks on campus after students had ridden them to class.
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There are two options for payment — students can pay a $50 subscription or pay 50 cents per 15 minutes of use. Users will use the VeoRide app to scan the QR code on a given bike to unlock the bike and ride it. To end a ride, the user must return the bike to a designated
rack and lock the bike. The app will then stop charging the user. Students will also be able to use the app to locate the bikes nearest to them. SGA said it is still not certain if e-scooters will be introduced to campus. “We put discussions on hold with VeoRide until we determined what was going to happen with e-scooters,” Sedlacek said. “Right now, both state and local laws surround-
ing e-scooters are unclear, but I’ve heard that there may be legislation introduced in the Kansas Legislature to clarify things. After a meeting, ... all parties came to a consensus that we are going to wait and see what the Kansas Legislature may do and revisit it next year.” VeoRide will be the second bike-share company on campus, the first being Green Apple Bikes. Green Apple Bikes will still remain on cam-
pus and be available for students who don’t want to pay for VeoRide. Currently, VeoRide is available at the University of Kansas and Pittsburg State University. Melanie White COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
Bikes are locked onto bike racks on campus after students had ridden them to class.