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Wayne Goins, director of jazz studies and guitar, strums riffs and solos to teach Colton Jones, senior in piano performance, and Ethan Levin, freshman in history, at a private guitar lesson in his office on Wednesday. Goins is a distinguished professor and has an accomplished career performing music and publishing articles and five books.
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Born to perform, share knowledge MAYARA GARAY KOSTIANOVSKY THE COLLEGIAN
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orn and raised in Chicago, where blues followed him wherever he went, Wayne Goins, professor of music and director of jazz studies, said he was born with the desire to make the guitar his partner in life. Goins said he was born to be a musician, a guitarist specifically. The inspiration came from his musically-inclined family as his father was a harmonica player and his uncle was the head of a band called “Jimmy Jones Blues.” At 12 years old, Goins said he performed professionally for the first time with his uncle’s band. “Every Christmas, all I wanted was a toy guitar,” Goins said. “Finally when I was about 10 years old, my uncle gave me my first real guitar, and I instantly learned how to play it. I’m a natural guitarist.”
BEING AN AUTHOR
Aside from being a professor and a director, Goins said he is in the process of writing a biography about Taj Mahal, professional musician, as well as reviews for a magazine. Goins said he met Mahal when he came to perform at McCain Auditorium in 2013. Although he had never heard of Mahal before then, Goins said he was immediately blown away by the musician’s talent. The same day Goins said he asked Mahal to allow him to write his biography, and it is set to be published in the fall of 2017. Goins said he also writes articles for Living Blues magazine, and this month’s issue of the magazine is going to feature one of his articles about
Mahal. “It is funny how life works sometimes,” Goins said. “I wrote a deep article about (Mahal) for this issue of the magazine. I’m very excited.”
SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE
In addition to Goins’ love for music and writing, Goins said his passion is teaching. As passionate as he is about teaching others about music, however, Goins said he believes that the best lessons in life are the ones not related to the subject he teaches but rather to life itself. “Teaching is a wonderful thing because it gives you the opportunity to share your gift with others, to spread it around,” Goins said. “My goal as teacher is to serve as guide, mentor and example of what is possible if you pursue your dream with complete dedication and passion.” Goins said being an educator requires a lot of responsibility since educators set an example for their students. Still, Goins said when you get to see that you have touched and had an impact on so many lives, it is the most gratifying experience you can get. Goins said he has been the director of the jazz department at Kansas State since 1998, and was named a distinguished scholar this year. “To know you are receiving the highest honor the university can give you,” Goins said. “I am so grateful and I feel the obligation to continue to live up to the standards and do more good research.” Jacob Wright, junior in music education and performance, said Goins is truly passionate about what he does and that everyone appreciates it during rehearsal times.
Evert Nelson | THE COLLEGIAN
Wayne Goins, director of jazz studies and guitar, discusses the theory behind the songs he’s teaching to students at a private guitar lesson in his office on Wednesday. Goins is a distinguished professor and has an accomplished career performing music, publishing articles and writing five books. “He pushes us, but he pays a lot of attention to details, so he is able to tell us what we have missed and how can we improve,” Wright said. “He’s very open to ideas. He is the best mentor I’ve ever had, not only on a professor-student level, but as professional musician and as a person, too.” Timothy Roberts, sophomore in music education and another one of Goins’ students, said he met Goins in his last year of high school when he came to visit K-State’s music professors before making a decision on where to attend college. “He introduced me as ‘this band’s bass player next year,’” Roberts said. “He had a huge impact on my decision to attend K-State.” Roberts said Goins’ talent
is indescribable and that he performs like no other. “I’ve never known a guitar player who can do half of the things he can with those six strings,” Roberts said. “He has made a name for himself in the jazz world as a performer, educator and even historian. His mind is filled with so much material it would be impossible for him not to succeed.” Goins said one of his most memorable students was Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby’s son. They developed a mentor-mentee relationship, and when Cosby finished school and went back to California in 1997, he was murdered. After Cosby’s sudden death, his father came to K-State to perform in McCain Auditorium. Goins said he immediately felt the need
to talk to him in person to let him know how much he cared about his son. “I met him along with my family,” Goins said. “We talked for like half an hour. He was an awesome guy. We didn’t know back then everything we know now about him and I hate that this is the reality, but for me that guy who spent his time hanging out with me and my family, that was the Bill Cosby I knew.”
PERFORMING INTERNATIONALLY, RECORDING LOCALLY
Goins said he has also performed internationally. In 2007, Goins and his band performed in South America, and has also performed in cultural centers and for the governments of coun-
tries like Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Goins said he is currently working on the development of his new band “Doc’s Ukulele Duo Orchestra.” The band is made up of only ukulele players and was inspired by the time he spent with Mahal and his band in Hawaii this summer. Goins said he also owns a record label in Manhattan called Little Apple Records, where he has recorded some of his work and the work of other students and friends. Goins said he believes he is lucky to have the opportunity to make a living doing what he loves and what he is talented at and plans on continuing his research, teaching and performing for more years to come. “The harder I work, the luckier I get,” Goins said.
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Season overview: Trends in K-State soccer SHELTON BURCH THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State soccer team played its final home game of the season Sept. 30, winning 2-0 in what may very well go down as the team’s best performance of the season. Then the Wildcats got shutout in the first game back on the road. With just three games remaining this season, some trends have become clear about where the team is and what it needs to do to improve. Here’s what we’ve learned about them so far and what fans can expect as the season concludes and the team prepares for next season.
THIS TEAM IS RIPE WITH YOUNG TALENT. Nathan Jones | THE COLLEGIAN
Junior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin prepares to return the ball in the game against the University of Northern Iowa on Sept. 16 in the K-State Soccer Stadium.
Those keeping count will probably roll their eyes and say “duh” when they see that statement, coupled with the fact the team had 29 freshmen and sophomores on a roster of 36 players.
But while that number clarifies the team’s youth, the stats clarify the team’s talent. The Wildcats have scored 16 goals this season. Of those goals, 14 have come from either sophomores or freshmen. Sophomore forward Tatum Wagner, freshman midfielder Laramie Hall and freshman midfielder Dora Gallo are the only players on the team with multiple goals. Those three alone have combined for half the team’s scoring this season. Wagner and Hall each have three goals, while Gallo has two. The youth also leads the team in shots. Of seven players with double-digit shot totals, all but one, junior forward Abby Sieperda, are underclassman. To some, it might seem logical to guess the juniors and seniors on the team just happen to play defense. However, that isn’t the case here. Of seven upperclassmen, the only two who aren’t either midfielders or forwards are graduating senior defender
Abbey Fiser and redshirt junior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin.
LARKIN WILL STRENGTHEN THE TEAM FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR.
K-State head soccer coach Mike Dibbini and volunteer goalkeepers coach Tyler Watkins deserve some serious credit for finding Larkin. Larkin played her first two seasons at Oklahoma. In her freshman season, Larkin played four games, allowed four goals, made five saves and had a single shutout. Larkin didn’t play at all her sophomore season. Enter Dibbini, Watkins and the recruitment by K-State. Nobody may ever really know what drew Dibbini to recruit Larkin, or Larkin to reach out to K-State or whatever happened that led the two sides together. One thing, however is certain. The combination appears to have been exactly what Larkin needed. Under new coaching and
in purple instead of crimson, Larkin’s statistics this season have been remarkable. She has played ferociously, defending her net like Tuttle Creek Dam defends the campgrounds below. Statistically, Larkin ranks in the top 50 nationally in every statistic used to evaluate goalkeepers, including saves per game, goals against average, save percentage, total saves and shutouts. In her two seasons at Oklahoma, Larkin made a combined five saves. This season, she’s averaging 5.6 saves per game. Her five shutouts rank her No. 28 nationally, while her 88.6 save percentage ranks her 12th. Larkin is saving nearly 90 percent of the shots she’s facing. She’s doing this, meanwhile, behind a young offense and a young defense, which have occasionally been overwhelmed, such as in the team’s Oct. 2 game against Drake, in which the team got only two shots on net, while allowing the Bulldogs to get six. see page
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Big 12 defensive power rankings: Week 6 BRETT ENGLE
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1. PATRICK LEVELS, SENIOR DB, BAYLOR
Levels, although not leading the Bears in tackles anymore, remains at the top of the list. The senior has 34 tackles, including 7.5 for loss, to go along with his three fumble recoveries and forced fumbles.
2. OGBONNIA OKORONKWO, JUNIOR LB, OKLAHOMA
Okoronkwo moves up a spot after helping the Sooners
pick up a win over TCU. He now has four sacks on the year, and his play will help determine how far the Sooners will go.
3. ELIJAH LEE, JUNIOR LB, KANSAS STATE
Lee also climbs up the list after a strong performance against West Virginia. Lee leads the Wildcats with 33 tackles and also picked up an interception versus the Mountaineers.
4. AIAVION EDWARDS, SENIOR LB, AND TAYLOR YOUNG, JUNIOR LB,
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Edwards and Young are in the same spot because their numbers are virtually identical and everyone else on the list deserves to be on here. Edwards leads Baylor with 41 stops and Young is second with 40. The duo has also combined for nine tackles for loss.
5. JORDAN WILLIS, SENIOR DE, KANSAS STATE
Willis is the second Wildcat to climb up the list. Willis now has four sacks on the season and was consistently in the backfield against West Virginia, making life hectic for the
Mountaineers’ senior quarterback, Skyler Howard.
6. TY SUMMERS, SOPHOMORE LB, TCU
Summers makes his first appearance on the list at the No. 6 spot. Summers has three tackles for loss this year and leads the Horned Frogs and the conference with 52 tackles.
7. REGGAN NORTHRUP, SOPHOMORE LB, IOWA STATE
Northrup moves down five spots, but it’s not because he’s doing poorly. It’s because
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Kansas State defensive end Jordan Willis rushes Florida Atlantic University’s quarterback during the game between K-State and Florida Atlantic in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sept. 17. everyone else is doing so good. Northrup still leads the Cyclones with 38 tackles on the year.
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Wildcats dominate Red Raiders on the road, 3-0 AVERY OSEN
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The Wildcats came out ready to play and dismantled the Texas Tech Raiders in straight sets on Wednesday night in Lubbock, Texas. Kansas State is now 13-4 on the season and 2-2 in conference play. “We passed really well to start off the match,” assistant coach Jeff Grove said in a radio interview after the match. “That gave (senior setter) Katie (Brand) options to mix up the offense and get different people involved.” Junior opposite hitter Bryna Vogel played exceptionally well with a team-high 12 kills after not playing most of the third set. “(Vogel) was unstoppable on the balls in the middle,” Grove said. “It was a good night for her and us.” The Wildcats got off to a slow start in the opening set, trailing 3-0, but came back very quickly and took their first lead at 7-6. K-State never trailed again in the set and won it 25-18. The Wildcats found
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Junior opposite hitter Bryna Vogal and sophomore middle blocker Macy Flowers attempt to block the ball in the game against Texas on Saturday in Ahearn Field House. themselves in another quick hole as Texas Tech won the first three points of the second set, but K-State bounced back once again and tied the
the set 25-19. In the third, the Wildcats really controlled the second half of the set as they took what felt like a commanding lead at 15-11. The Wildcats never looked back and dominated the final set 25-20 to get back in the win column after losing their last two matches. “We got better as we went tonight,” Grove said. “I will say I don’t think we were always purposeful in our hitting and we can’t just hit into their players. We had to remind our players to mix it up so the other team doesn’t know where we are hitting.” Brand had 40 assists in the match while senior outside hitter Brooke Sassin provided 11 kills in the winning effort. “I thought our passing tonight was really good,” Grove said. “There have been times that we come down to this
arena and not passed well, but tonight we got a lot of hitters involved.” Senior libero Kersten Kober played a couple sets and had 18 digs after an ankle injury took her out of Saturday night’s match against Texas. “I thought she was great tonight,” Grove said. “She is still a step slow because of her ankle, but you would never know it. She’s so fast, so athletic and so experienced out there, it was great to have her out there.” K-State will return home on Saturday as they host TCU at 1 p.m. inside Ahearn Field House. “They have very capable players, including two really good middles,” Grove said. “They are going to be a handful for us, but hopefully we’ll get a big crowd out there prior to the football game and make it a tough environment for them to play in.”
set at 8-8. Both teams went back and forth for the rest of the set until K-State won six of the final eight points, winning
SOCCER | Talented, young team NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS
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Larkin will be a senior next season. The team currently has two freshmen goalkeepers in the wings behind Larkin: Tania Chassot, who has started two games this season and Andi Wenck, who hasn’t started any. Expect Larkin’s presence to allow the team some time to establish its future goalkeeper rotation.
K-STATE’S OFFENSE MAY BE YOUNG AND TALENTED, BUT IT’S INCONSISTENT. The game against Drake
was a perfect example of one issue the Wildcats will have to continue to work on: their consistency. The Wildcats have had stretches where they’ve played brilliantly, such as in the 6-0 crushing of Oakland early in the season, and where they’ve played tough, such as in the game against UMKC, where the team continued to attack even after creating a 2-0 lead. They did so having learned from a pair of recent games in which they had allowed comebacks to steal possible wins. Then, they’ve had letdown games, like the game
against Drake, in which Larkin made five saves on six shots on goal, but her offense was unable to match outside of a near miss by Wagner that hit a post. Inconsistency offensively is likely a by-product of the team’s youth, but that doesn’t mean it’s one the staff are happy about. Expect Dibbini to attack that issue both for the rest of the season and into the offseason. Shelton Burch is a senior in English. Please send comments to sports@ kstatecollegian.com.
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K-State alum shares experiences as U.S. press secretary
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Marlin Fitzwater, former press secretary for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, talks to students and faculty during a Q&A in the Hemisphere Room of Hale Library on Wednesday.
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Abilene has produced two men who have gone from life in a small, Kansas farming community to working in the White House. One has a museum named after him and was president from 1953 to 1961. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was born in Texas, was raised in Abilene and then became the 34th president. The other man, Marlin Fitzwater, came to Hale Library at Kansas State on Wednesday morning to dedicate the opening of the new exhibit honoring him and his work, “Marlin Fitzwater: From the Wheat Fields to White House.” Fitzwater is a K-State alum who served as press secretary under former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush from 1983 to 1993. He is the only press secretary to have worked under two presidents. During his hour on Wednesday, he spoke on the Iran-Contra Affair, working with the presidents and first ladies and what life is like working
in the public sector. Before moving to Washington D.C., Fitzwater attended K-State, where he graduated with a degree in journalism in 1965. He joked that things were a little different when he attended. “I came to K-State because it had a good journalism department,” Fitzwater said. “It was close to home and it was relatively inexpensive. When I came here, tuition was $104. I lived on Bertrand Street in a basement apartment with my friend and rent was $50 a month. He asked if I could afford $25 a month, and I said, ‘Oh, I don’t know, that’s pretty steep.’” During his time at K-State, he worked “flipping burgers” in downtown Manhattan, in addition to selling advertisements for the Collegian. He also held jobs at the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, the Manhattan Mercury and the Topeka Capital-Journal. When he moved to Washington, he worked for 17 years before making it to his high-ranking position with the president, including working for the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, the Department of Transportation and the Appalachian Regional Commission. It was only when he was needed to “take the heat” in 1983 that he moved up in position. At the time, he was serving as deputy press secretary. “The press secretary came up to me and said that they needed someone to take the heat for the president. ‘We’re a month away from a recession, we have 10 million unemployed. Can you take the heat?’” Fitzwater said. “And I said yes.” He went on to work on two presidential political campaigns, the re-elections of both Reagan and Bush. While the former had a happy ending, the latter still sits with Fitzwater. “There’s nothing like losing a national election,” he said. “Being fired by 40 million people is something you remember; it stings a little.” Stinging moments, though, are sometimes offset by his memories from the Reagan administration. For example, when Fitzwater fell asleep on Air Force One and Reagan called the White House photographer to take pictures, or when
he was locked in a restroom stall and Reagan came to mock him. “I’ve never told this story in public before,” Fitzwater said as he started the story. After Reagan had left the waiting area before giving his final graduation speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Fitzwater said he realized he could not leave the restroom, because the door was stuck. When a Secret Service agent went to get help, Reagan returned to assist Fitzwater. “He comes in and starts yelling, ‘Marlin, get out! I have to go; the president has to go!’” During the Reagan era, there were some less-funny moments that Fitzwater encountered, like the Iran-Contra Affair and the invasion of Panama. While national scandals were part of the negatives, he also said the disconnect from the average American takes a toll on those who work in the
White House. “It’s very easy to feel a disconnect, especially in the White House,” he said. “You’re part of a big government group, with the same interest and background, then there’s the White House bubble. You walk into the White House and you turn over your life to the president, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” Fitzwater documented his time in the office through diaries and copies of his press releases, which are on display on the fifth floor of Hale. Lori Goetsch, dean of K-State libraries, said the exhibit started after a friend of Fitzwater, who lives in Abilene, suggested it to the library and Fitzwater. “We knew him as a wellknown, famous alum,” Goetsch said. “He was very enthusiastic. We met in person on a couple of occasions on what it would take.”
In addition to papers, there are also photographs and memorabilia from the White House and Fitzwater’s travels, along with copies of his books. After the Q&A session, students, including Rachael Crosby, senior in secondary education, were able to look around the exhibit. Crosby said she thinks it is a great opportunity for students. “I think there’s a lot of amazing stuff, considering there’s stuff here you couldn’t even find,” Crosby said. “I was looking at his jacket from Air Force One; that’s something that’s really unique. And getting to look at his old diploma from K-State and to just see the progression is actually really cool that K-State is able to give this opportunity to students.” “Marlin Fitzwater: From Wheat Fields to White House” is on display until mid-March on the fifth floor of Hale.
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Work group proposes fix by removing economists, eliminating estimates JASON TIDD
THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas tax revenue estimating group that has repeatedly been wrong may be overhauled in the near future. This week, it was revealed that the tax receipts for September were $45 million below the estimate for the month, according to a report from the Kansas Department of Reve-
nue.
For much of the last two years, the state’s tax revenues have been below estimates. When February tax revenues were $53 million short, Gov. Sam Brownback cut higher education budgets by $17 million. This resulted in a nearly $5 million cut to Kansas State. Afterward, the university increased student tuition by 5 percent.
Now, Gov. Sam Brownback’s work group has proposed changes to prevent overestimates. One of the recommendations is to eliminate the monthly estimates. Tax revenue is estimated by the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, which is comprised of representatives from the Division of the Budget, Department of Revenue, Legislative Research Department
and three economists, one from the University of Kansas, one from Wichita State University and one from K-State. Lance Bachmeier, professor of economics, is the K-State representative. Another recommendation is to remove the current economists and replace them with a system where a request for proposals would find a single economist for both the economic outlook and revenue
forecasting meetings. According to KCUR-FM, Sam Williams, the retired accountant who led the work group, said the revenue estimating group does not currently have the right people. “The tools we have are not accurate,” Williams said. “The people we’re bringing to the table are not bringing, in our opinion, the expertise to the table we need to bring.” In an email to the Colle-
gian, Bachmeier declined to comment on his role in making revenue estimates, why revenue estimates have been off and his recommendation to fix the process. “Unfortunately, as a member of the group, I allow Legislative Research and the Department of Budget to handle public communications on all issues,” Bachmeier said. “Therefore I will not be making any public comments.”
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K-State proposes electrical distribution system upgrade JULIA HOOD
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Birgit Wassmuth, department head of journalism and mass communications, described the power outage in Kedzie Hall last week as a sobering experience, a little eerie and a little “Twilight Zoney.” Wassmuth got a call from the police on Sept. 25, informing her that the power in Kedzie Hall had gone out during the storm the previous day. From there, the next morning was spent moving classes out of Kedzie Hall. She said the people in the dean’s office, especially Karen Solt, administrative officer in the College of Arts and Sciences dean’s office, deserve kudos for relocating people on such short notice. Thompson Hall and All Faiths Chapel were affected as well, yet were brought back to life on Monday afternoon. Wassmuth said a team of four K-State electricians started working on Kedzie, one of the oldest buildings on campus. “The first day when we talked, they were frustrated because they hadn’t found the place where things broke yet,” Wassmuth said. On Monday afternoon, the electricians located where the cables blew, which are 80-plus years old, according to Ed Heptig, director of facilities maintenance. Heptig said even though they found the problem on Monday, it took them until Wednesday to fix it because they had to remove part of a wall to get back to the cables, along with cutting and replacing wires. “Once they found it, I could see a more relaxed smile on their faces,” Wassmuth said. “From there, it was just a matter of fixing it.” Casey Lauer, assistant vice president of engineering, utilities and maintenance, said the cost of materials and labor to restore power to Kedzie, Thompson and All Faiths Chapel was approximately $8,000. Wassmuth got the all-clear on Wednesday evening and on
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An electrician works on restoring power to Kedzie Hall on Sept. 27. The power was disrupted on Sept. 24 after an underground cable was broken, possibly in relation to a lightning strike. Thursday, Kedzie was allowed to go full speed again. She said all the computers were pulled out of the electrical outlets before any lights could be turned back on. “Some areas in Kedzie have had problems with moisture coming in and when you bring electric wiring together, that creates concerns,” Cindy Bontrager, vice president of administration and finance, said. “That’s why we have a budget for things like this, so certain things can be strategically upgraded one by one.” To fix problems like these, K-State has created an electrical system upgrade plan that will reach 18 buildings on campus. Back in 2007, the 4.16-kilovolt electrical system failure rate had become intolerable and needed to be upgraded to a new, 12.5-kilovolt medium voltage
electrical distribution system for reliability and safety considerations, according to the electrical system upgrade plan provided by Bontrager. The Kansas Legislature passed a bill in 2007 that created the Deferred Maintained Program to provide K-State with $46 million over five years from state and interest funds. In 2008, they began the program, with the top priority being to replace the 41.6-kilovolt electrical system. The modern 12.5-kilovolt electrical loop was designed to increase power and allow switching of buildings in case one of the two sub-stations were to fail, according to the upgrade plan.
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