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Raiders’ offense flying high entering Saturday’s game SHELTON BURCH THE COLLEGIAN

The Texas Tech Red Raiders have always had a pretty simple offensive philosophy: “The best defense is a good offense.”

Look back to last year, when the Wildcats played the Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas. The teams combined for a total of 103 points in that game, which the Wildcats lost 59-44. Then look at this season so far, in which the Red Raiders have gone 3-1 and average 60 points per game, which is the most of any team this season.

They’re led by junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, who slices apart defenses the same way college tuition slices away at parents’ savings: mercilessly and without a whole lot to stop it.

Mahomes has thrown for 1,770 yards and 18 touchdowns in just four games this season. He ranks No. 3 nationally in the first statistic and No. 2 in the second one. He averages more than 10 yards

per attempt, which is also good for No. 2 in the country.

He leads his team in rushing touchdowns with four.

In the weekly press conference, K-State head football coach Bill Snyder acknowledged the part Mahomes plays in the Texas Tech offense.

“They do an awful lot of things with him, and he is a physical guy and has some good height to him,” Snyder said. “You have to be prepared against the run, but he wants to make a living throwing the ball. They get the ball out of his hands quick where you do not get a great deal of pressure on him.”

Mahomes, however, is far from the team’s only offensive weapon, even at quarterback.

Last week against Kansas, Mahomes got hurt in the third quarter, causing the Red Raiders to resort to junior quarterback Nic Shimonek, the team’s backup at the position.

He entered the game and threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions.

Mahomes is listed as day-

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Texas Tech then-sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II falls to the ground with the ball on Nov. 14, 2015 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Mahomes had a total of 384 passing yards. to-day, according to multiple news outlets, but if he can’t start the Red Raiders will

still be able to put up gross numbers of points, partly because the team will still

have sophomore wide receiver Jonathan Giles.

With 565 yards and seven

touchdowns this season, Giles ranks as one of the best wide receivers in the country. He is No. 8 nationally in yards and No. 3 in touchdowns.

Still, if anyone can stop the best offense in the country, it just might be the Wildcats.

K-State has only allowed 959 yards this season, second only to Ohio State for the fewest allowed in Division I college football. They also have allowed the third-fewest points this season with 50, despite having played No. 8 Stanford on the road. They also rank No. 12 nationally in passing yards allowed per game, with 154.5.

Senior running back Charles Jones said he has faith in the defense.

“When you have a defense that is playing the way ours has, I have confidence that they are going to do their best,” Jones said. “I have all the confidence in our defense that they will do their thing.”

Shelton Burch is a senior in English. Please send comments to sports@ kstatecollegian.com.

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Big 12 offensive power rankings: Week 6 SCOTT POPP

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1. MASON RUDOLPH, JUNIOR QB, OKLAHOMA STATE

There is finally a new player at the top. Rudolph earned the honor with his impressive performance against Texas. Rudolph carried the Cowboys; he had 392 yards and three touchdowns through the air. He consistently made difficult throws, threading the needle many times. Rudolph could have another big game Saturday when Oklahoma State takes on Iowa State.

2. SHOCK LINWOOD, SENIOR RB, BAYLOR

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Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph looks to pass during the football game between K-State and Oklahoma State at the Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Oct. 3, 2015.

The Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week had himself a game against Iowa State. Although the Bears struggled and had to come back from behind, Linwood’s play was a bright spot. Linwood ran for 237 yards and a touchdown on just 25 carries.

That is an incredible 9.5 yards per carry.

3. JONATHAN GILES, SOPHOMORE WR,

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Giles’ stats may be inflated because of the Jayhawks’ defense, but Giles’ stats are impressive nonetheless. Giles hauled in 12 balls for 219 yards and two touchdowns. Giles is quietly leading the Big 12 in receiving yards per game, and if he keeps this pace up, he will eventually start turning heads.

4. KENNY HILL, JUNIOR QB, TCU

Hill had another great game in what is becoming a very good season for the Texas A&M transfer. Hill threw for 449 yards and five touchdowns in the loss to Oklahoma. Despite Hill’s success, the Horned Frogs have still struggled and will need to field a better defense for Hill to get noticed.

5. TAJ WILLIAMS, JUNIOR WR, TCU

Another Horned Frog here. Williams had an outstanding game against the Sooners last week. He burned the Oklahoma secondary numerous times on his way to 210 receiving yards and two touchdowns on only five catches.

6. PATRICK MAHOMES II, JUNIOR QB, TEXAS TECH

Mahomes moves down a few spots not because of his time on the field but because of his time off of it. Mahomes was injured in the third quarter of the Red Raiders’ game against Kansas. Despite not playing most of the second half, Mahomes still managed 277 yards and four touchdowns. That’s better than what most quarterbacks throw for in an entire game.

7. NIC SHIMONEK, JUNIOR QB, TEXAS TECH

That’s right. This week we have two Texas Tech quarterbacks in the rankings.

Shimonek honestly might have even been more impressive than Mahomes. I know it was against Kansas, but still, in a quarter-and-a-half Shimonek threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns. K-State will have its hands full this week no matter who starts at quarterback.

8. D’ONTA FOREMAN, JUNIOR RB, TEXAS Despite the loss against

the Cowboys, the Texas running back had a heck of a game. Foreman ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns on the day and averaged 8.7 yards per carry. Foreman quietly leads the Big 12 in rushing despite missing a game because of injury.

9. BAKER MAYFIELD, JUNIOR QB, OKLAHOMA

Mayfield did not put up crazy numbers against TCU but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have a good game.

Mayfield is the engine that runs the Sooners’ offense and he ran it very efficiently.

Mayfield finished with 274 yards and two touchdowns, completing more than 75 percent of his passes.

10. DEDE WESTBROOK, SENIOR WR, OKLAHOMA

Westbrook was Mayfield’s’ top target on Saturday against the Horned Frogs.

Westbrook hauled in seven balls for 158 yards and two touchdowns.

Scott Popp is a senior in mass communications.

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Wildcats’ defense seeks to contain Red Raiders’ offense Saturday SCOTT POPP

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Two styles will clash Saturday evening in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The high-paced, high-flying offense of the Red Raiders versus the run-the-clock, slow-paced, methodical attack of the Wildcats.

Texas Tech’s offense will be the toughest test yet for a stingy Kansas State defense that is one of the Big 12’s best. The Red Raiders come into the game with the No. 1 total offense in the nation. They average 664.3 yards per game, mostly on the back of junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II. Mahomes is on pace to surpass 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns this season. He went down with an injury in the third quarter of Texas Tech’s last game in Kansas, but then backup quarterback junior Nic Shimonek casually came in and threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns.

No matter who takes reigns of the Red Raiders’ offense, K-State head coach Bill Snyder said he knows they will be formidable.

“Their offense is their of-

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Sophomore linebacker Elijah Lee attempts to stop Iowa State sophomore quarterback Joel Lanning during the football game on Nov. 21, 2015, in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State defeated Iowa State 38-35. fense,” Snyder said. “Whoever they pull in there is gonna do it.”

Though Snyder said he expects to see Mahomes anyway.

“I think we’ll see the number one guy but like I said, if you watched the game you don’t see any significant drop-off whatsoever,” Snyder said. “The guy that came in really did a nice job. He executes their offense really well.”

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defense, K-State defenders will face their biggest challenge yet.

They were solid in the loss to West Virginia. Junior linebacker Elijah Lee finished with 14 tackles and an interception, and senior defensive end Jordan Willis was in West Virginia senior quarterback Skyler Howard’s face all afternoon.

Willis said Texas Tech’s offense is somewhat similar to the Mountaineers’.

“Obviously we did some good things last week, so we have to take the same approach in having four good preparation days,” Willis said. “Once you get into Big 12 play, the teams are different but the scheme is the same, so there is not much that is different for me ... Some things do change but for me, a lot of it is the same; put your hand in the ground and go.”

Despite K-State’s talented defense, even more pressure will be on the offense to keep up with the Red Raiders’ offense. A week ago the Wildcats could only muster 16 points and only one touchdown. Leaving so many points on the board will not do on Saturday.

Freshman running back Alex Barnes said he believes in his defense but acknowledged the need to score points.

“I have confidence our defense is going to be able to stop them,” Barnes said. “They’re one of the top defenses in the country.

But yeah we do have more pressure to score more points than we did last week in order to win games in the Big 12.”

K-State and Texas Tech will take the field on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

K-State adds to future football schedule SCOTT POPP

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The Kansas State football team has added games against Rutgers, Tulane and North Dakota to its future football schedule.

The Wildcats scheduled just one game with North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks will come to Manhattan in 2020.

K-State also agreed to a two-for-one series with the

Tulane Green Wave. The first of the three games will take place in Manhattan in 2022.

The return game in New Orleans, Louisiana, will be in 2024. Then Tulane will come back to Manhattan in 2026.

The most notable scheduling agreement for the Wildcats comes against Big Ten member Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights will come to Manhattan in 2030, and the Wildcats will head to Piscataway, New Jersey, in 2031.

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What to watch: Week 6 BRETT ENGLE

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TEXAS VS. NO. 20 OKLAHOMA

Always an anticipated matchup, this year is no different as both coaches could be coaching for their jobs.

Charlie Strong and his Longhorns started the season off with a bang, beating then No. 10 Notre Dame 50-47 in double overtime and UTEP 41-7. Since then, things haven’t gone their way, dropping games to Cal 50-43 and Oklahoma State 49-31. In Texas, mediocrity isn’t accepted, and if Strong finishes with a record at or below .500 this year, it’s hard to imagine he’ll be around next year.

Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele has been everything Texas has wanted him to be this year. In four games, Buechele has thrown for 959 yards and eight touchdowns and has added a touchdown on the ground.

The Longhorns also have an explosive running attack. Junior running back D’Onta Foreman leads the team with 436 yards and is tied for the team lead with five touchdowns. Senior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes has thrived in the Longhorns’ 18-Wheeler package, rushing for five touchdowns in red zone situations.

Bob Stoops is also in a similar situation to Strong. The Sooners are 2-2 early in the season and were very close to falling to 1-3, squeaking a win out against TCU. A loss would also push the Sooners to 2-3, and in Norman, losing to Texas is unacceptable. There’s no doubt “Big Game Bob” is a good coach, but maybe a change of scenery could do him some good. (Maybe someplace where he doesn’t need a visor?)

Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield leads the Sooner charge, throwing for 1,067 yards and nine touchdowns on the year and adding two more scores on the ground. Sophomore running

back Joe Mixon and junior running back Samaje Perine continue to be a dynamic 1-2 punch, combining for 587 yards and six touchdowns on the season.

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NO. 9 TENNESSEE VS. NO. 8 TEXAS A&M

In the only top-10 matchup of the week, this SEC battle shouldn’t disappoint.

Tennessee had a couple scares early in the season, but appear to have all the kinks worked out now beating back-to-back top-25 ranked teams in No. 19 Florida and No. 25 Georgia.

Senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs has been the MVP of the Volunteers’ offense, throwing for 1,035 yards and 18 total touchdowns. Junior running back Jalen Hurd has been solid in the backfield, rushing for 407 yards and two scores. Hurd has also caught two touchdown passes. Junior

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Taryn Daniels, senior in kinesiology, is a member of the K-State cheerleading team and has been cheering for about 16 years.

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Taryn Daniels, senior in kinesiology and Kansas State cheerleader, said she has always seen cheering at the collegiate level as the end goal of her long cheerleading career.

“It was kind of my overall goal with competitive cheer and high school cheer, to get to some type of collegiate lev0el, more so the D1 level,” Daniels said.

Not only was it an entirely different experience from competitive cheerleading but it was also a much higher level of difficulty and exposure in comparison to high school cheerleading,

Daniels said, and cheering for K-State has been a great conclusion to her 16 years of cheerleading.

“It was always my dream,” Daniels said.

GAMEDAY PREPARATION

Come gameday, cheerleaders endure long yet excitement-filled days to prepare for cheering on the Wildcats.

“We have to get ready really, really early,” Anna Shipley, freshman in business management and K-State cheerleader, said. “We usually have to be there six hours before kickoff.”

After getting ready, Daniels said the cheer team meets at the

indoor football facility to stretch, warm up and practice stunts.

Then the team walks over to the Vanier Football Complex, where the team shares a room with the Classy Cats, to drop off their belongings.

The team also receives a schedule during this time for the day because between their early warm up and walking out on the field, the cheerleaders have several different places to appear.

“Sometimes a group will be right inside the gates handing stuff out, or we have to go to a bunch of tailgates,” Shipley said.

A few cheerleaders will also often appear at the Willie Fun Zone in the Bramlage Coliseum concourse, where kids can color different posters, write letters to players and the cheerleaders pass out face tattoos.

“It’s kind of a long day,” Daniels said. “Last game we had to be there at like 12:30 p.m., and kickoff wasn’t until about 6 p.m.”

Once kickoff time starts approaching and the band is ready, both the cheerleaders and the band line up in the indoor football facility. From there they walk around the west parking lot, where they can see all the fans, and finish at the tunnel by Vanier that they walk through.

she said.

“That’s when I cried, during the alma mater,” Daniels said. “The alma mater gets me every time.”

Shipley said on top of the band, Willie spelling out KSU and the pump-up videos, pregame is hands down her favorite part of the gameday experience, and the first game was especially special to the team.

Shipley also said the energy during the first game got to the team.

“A lot of us freshmen, when we were standing there for the first game, thought we were going to cry,” Shipley said.

Jake McIntire, junior in kinesiology and K-State yell leader, said being on the sidelines throughout the game is a very overwhelming and unique experience.

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Both Shipley and Daniels said the amount of people and the noise in the stadium at game time is crazy.

“It’s really loud, but there’s so much energy,” Shipley said.

This energy also plays into Daniels’ favorite part of game day.

“I would say the beginning of the game (is my favorite part) because there’s so much hype around it,” Daniels said.

Daniels said she has also allowed her emotions to get to her during her final year on the team.

“Me being a senior this year, I definitely cried during pregame,” Daniels said.

She especially loves when her team is lined up on the field when the band comes out and plays the fight song and the alma mater during pregame,

“It’s pretty incredible,” McIntire said. “My favorite part is seeing the whole student section do the Wabash. It’s just very overpowering.”

SACRIFICES

Despite the cheerleaders’ love for gameday, there are sacrifices they have to make in order to be on the team.

Shipley said many times she has had to turn down a night out with her friends due to having practice or having to go to sleep so she can get up at 5 a.m. to go work out.

“You miss out on a lot of other stuff that I think is a part of the normal college experience,” Shipley said.

On top of classes, cheerleaders have workouts and conditioning twice a week in the mornings, as well as three prac-

tices a week that can go late into the night, Daniels said. Along with appearing at games, the cheerleaders also appear at several pep rallies and pub crawls.

While some of these appearances are volunteer-based, many are mandatory.

Regardless of the circumstances, Daniels and Shipley both said they enjoy being able to share this experience with their team, which they call a family as well.

“I don’t think we’re a normal team,” Shipley said. “We get along really well, and we have a lot of fun together.”

Daniels said since everyone on the team is with one another a lot, they have become extremely close over the past couple months, and all of their fun personalities have led to a fun atmosphere.

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work group tasked with finding improvements for the state group that estimates Kansas tax revenue recommended eliminating the current economists and no longer making monthly estimates.

“I do not understand how that’s an improvement,” John Carlin, Kansas governor from 1979-1987 and a Kansas State visiting professor in the Staley School of Leadership Studies, said about the proposal to eliminate the monthly tax revenue estimates.

The recommendations announced Tuesday were made

by Gov. Sam Brownback’s work group tasked with identifying improvements to the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group.

Tax revenue is estimated by the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, which has consistently made inaccurate predictions over the past few years.

For the current fiscal year’s first quarter, which consists of the last three months, the state is $67.7 million short on total tax revenue expectations. The September tax revenues were $44.7 million below the estimate, while they were short $10.2 million in August and $12.8 million in July.

In a 12-page report, the work group detailed its recommendations to eliminate inaccurate monthly revenue estimates.

The work group suggested eliminating the monthly estimates. This recommendation was listed under a call for greater transparency in the revenue estimating process.

Sen. Tom Hawk, D-Manhattan and a K-State alum, said this recommendation “disturbs me the most.”

He called the comparisons of actual to predicted revenue every month a “dipstick” indicator for the economy and state budget.

“Every business I know that intends to stay in business for the long-haul has at least monthly revenue and expense reports,” Hawk said. “They look at their balance sheets so they can make midcourse adjustments. If you don’t do that, how is anyone in the Legislature going to know wheth-

Graphic by Audrey Hockersmith er or not we need to make some significant changes in how we do business?”

Carlin said the monthly estimates help indicate if changes to the state budget are necessary throughout the course of the fiscal year. “(The monthly estimates) are important so you can see trends,” Carlin said. “If the trending is severe enough, you can step in and see some action.”

According to the recommendations, the monthly estimates, “should not be used to avoid trend analysis bias in revising future official estimates.”

Ed Olson, a member of the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group from 1998-2010 and a K-State professor emeritus of economics, said it is “a bad idea.”

“That may prove to be more embarrassing than the current situation of month-to-month ... (because) this could give a more erratic appearance than the present system,” Olson said.

ACADEMIC ECONOMISTS

The work group also recommended removing the current economists and replacing them with a system where a request for proposals would find a single economist.

“It sounds to me like, potentially, a way to give a contract to someone you know will work with you,” Carlin said. “What you want to have and should have is an objective group laying out the

truth, regardless of how it looks to anybody in the Legislature or the governor’s office. Just, ‘Here’s the way it is.’”

The Consensus Revenue Estimating Group is comprised of representatives from the Division of the Budget, Department of Revenue, Legislative Research Department and three university economists — one each from K-State, KU and Wichita State.

Olson, who was the K-State economist in the group for 12 years, said each economist and each of the three state departments calculate their own tax revenue estimates. Those six revenue estimates are then discussed until there is a consensus.

He said the estimates when he was a member were usually accurate, except during the Great Recession of 2008-09.

The university economists ensure independent views during the revenue estimating process, Olson said.

“I know that there were sometimes when ... the people associated with the administration would have a view that would be different from that of the independent economists,” Olson said.

“I would be afraid that if they only had one economist who depended upon the state that that person may just reflect the executive or the legislative point of view and you would lose the independent leavening of the academics.”

Lance Bachmeier, associate professor of economics, is the current K-State member of the

group.

In an email to the Collegian, Bachmeier declined to comment on his role in making revenue estimates, why revenue estimates have been off and what his recommendations would be 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.”

ANTICIPATING CHANGE

In an email to the Collegian, Shawn Sullivan, Kansas budget director and a K-State alum, said he and the director of the Kansas Legislative Research Department “have agreed to move forward” on “a number of things from the report of recommendations.”

Included in these are recommendations to: “utilize outside macro-economic reports,” “ utilize more industry experts from various sectors,” “develop a better process for the sharing of information” and “more information and analysis.”

Other recommendations Sullivan included were to invest in new economic and revenue modeling software and to utilize “statistical methods to develop a base projection for the major tax sources.”

Sullivan said the elimination of the monthly revenue estimates and the university economists will

be discussed but needs agreement for the Kansas Legislative Research Department/Legislature.

If they were to be approved, it would not be until after November.

Other recommendations include pushing the estimate deadline from April to May to provide, “a better view of income tax collections for the last quarter of the fiscal year,” according to the report. Another proposal would separate capital gains from the individual income tax forecast.

Sullivan said both of these would be discussed, but also need approval from the Legislature.

Olson said there were several recommendations that he agreed with, including the separation of capital gains, because they are “almost impossible to forecast.”

CONSISTENTLY INACCURATE

Over the last fiscal year, which ran from July 2015 to June 2016, revenue from 10 of the 12 months was below the estimate.

This resulted in tax revenues $265 million below the estimate during the time span. The revenue, on average, was a negative 4.5 percent off the estimate.

When February tax revenues were $53 million short, Gov. Sam Brownback cut higher education budgets by $17 million. This resulted in a $4.9 million cut to

K-State.

Afterward, the university increased student tuition by 5.8 percent.

Since the income tax cuts championed by Brownback were passed in 2012, the state has struggled to have accurate tax revenue estimates. Since July of 2012, revenue has been $583 million below the estimates, with 34 of the 51 months overestimating tax revenue.

Carlin said when he was governor, the revenue estimates were more accurate than they are now.

“Were they perfect? No, but they were very close,” Carlin said.

“I don’t recall having anything comparable to what’s going on now.”

How close? Enough that when estimates were off for a month, they would still usually balance out over the entire fiscal year, Carlin said.

Hawk blamed the recent inaccuracies on the “abysmal management of state government” and the “reckless” 2012 income tax cuts championed by Brownback.

“I’m very concerned about how we can change these disastrous policies that are hurting about everything I love about Kansas,” Hawk said. “It all falls back, to me, on the tax cuts and the mismanagement of the budget.”

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National Day of Saudi Arabia celebrated differently VANESSA PETERSON THE COLLEGIAN

For the first time ever at Kansas State, men and women celebrated the National Day of Saudi Arabia together.

Students and faculty from all walks of life gathered in the K-State Student Union courtyard to celebrate the 86th National Day of Saudi Arabia. The event was held Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, even though the official holiday was Sept. 23.

The event was designed for students to take a walk through the past, present and future of Saudi Arabia. There were various stations set up throughout the courtyard to inform students on the culture of Saudi Arabia and to eliminate any preconceived misconceptions.

The Saudi Club at K-State has celebrated this holiday since 2006, but this year was a little special.

Abdullah Alhaqbani, senior in industrial engineering, is the

event organizer and club president. He said this is the first year that men and women have united to create one event.

In years’ past, men and women have celebrated this event separately. But after Alhaqbani took the presidency in February, he decided it was time to change that.

“This year is kind of special because it is the first time women and men have had one event,” Alhaqbani said. “To be honest, it is not normal to put on an event and talk about everything, even Saudi women, when there are no women at the event.”

The event not only incorporated women, it featured Saudi women and their achievements.

Nora Alrayes, graduate student in mathematics, has attended the event in the past, but this was the first year she was allowed to volunteer.

“We need to show the American students our achievements, because most of the American students just think women stay home, and don’t do

anything, but we do,” Alrayes said.

The particular booth Alrayes was stationed at featured women’s achievements and their vital role in society. Other stations featured traditional food, different aspects of life in Saudi Arabia, cultural exhibitions, pictures with Saudi customs and guests’ names written in Arabic.

This event provided Saudi men and women the chance to unite and provide their peers a window into their cultural traditions.

Caroline Henery, freshman in animal sciences and industry, said she had little knowledge of Saudi Arabia previous to the event. Henery said she was fascinated by the various stations throughout the courtyard, but one in particular surprised her.

“Obviously we knew it was a different culture when we walked in, but there was a lot I didn’t know,” Henery said.

“They wrote our name in Arabic, and that’s when we learned that they write from right to left.”

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Lama Alanazi, junior in interior design, tells students about the many achievements of Saudi women at the National Day of Saudi Arabia celebration in the K-State Student Union courtyard on Thursday.

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Review: “The Addams Family” combines horror, fun KELSEY KENDALL THE COLLEGIAN

“The Addams Family” is now at the top of my list of movies to watch around Halloween time, or any time really. It’s funny, quirky and just a good time. It’s perfect for people wanting to partake in the Halloween holiday spirit but who are not into the scary side of it all.

The 1991 movie follows a very familiar trope. One character is sent to integrate him or herself within a group for less-than-admirable purposes, i.e., espionage or thievery. Then that character starts to bond with said group, yet is forced to betray them, only to end up siding with them in the end when it really matters.

Gordon is that character sent to pretend to be the Addams family’s long-lost brother and uncle, Fester Addams. Despite the Addams family’s peculiarities (to put it nicely), he relishes his role as Gomez Addams’ dear brother and Pugsley’s and Wednesday’s loving and slightly destructive uncle. He might have been there for the Addams’ vault, but he ends up with new family connections.

Even if viewers recognize the slightly cliche plot line, the antics of all the family members was random enough to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. Let’s take a moment to truly appreciate Wednesday Addams and her very obvious, unapologetic homicidal tendencies.

One complaint I have with this movie is that the graphics leave some-

thing to be desired at some points of the movie. That being said, the movie was made in early nineties, and I didn’t have any higher expectations than what I was given. I’m just spoiled with more modern graphics in movies today.

One thing that could be taken as a complaint but I didn’t really see it that way is the awkward sexual energy between Gomez and Morticia.

I wouldn’t say the odd allusions to unconventional relations actually made the movie any worse. I will say it was just uncomfortable enough for it to be hilarious at just the right moments.

With this movie being so iconic and having a long history of television adaptions, musicals and more, I am very sorry it took me so long to watch it. It presents family values in a way

that isn’t really expected.

I did have a few questions at the end of the movie that are going to bother me until the end of time, constantly nagging at the back of my brain.

With how often Thing walks on its fingertips, how much does it spend on manicures?

How much time does Morticia spend on her makeup? She has some quality smokey eye going on.

Do they really eat cyanide? If so, why aren’t they dead?

There are more, but these are the big ones. Does anyone really know?

Kelsey Kendall is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to current@kstatecollegian.com.

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K-State volleyball team prepares to take on TCU AVERY OSEN

THE COLLEGIAN

After a dominating performance Wednesday night, the Kansas State volleyball team will host TCU at 1 p.m. inside Ahearn Field House on Saturday.

The Wildcats are 13-4 overall and 2-2 in Big 12 play and have won 11 of their last 13 matches.

K-State took care of the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Wednesday in straight sets in Lubbock, Texas.

The Wildcats were led in kills by junior opposite hitter Bryna Vogel, who had 12, while senior outside hitter Brooke Sassin provided 11.

A major reason for K-State’s success this year is assists. They are leading the Big 12 with 13.56 assists per set. Senior setter Katie Brand leads the conference in assists per set with 11.73 and has

more than 730 assists in the season already.

The Wildcats were very happy to get senior libero Kersten Kober back on the floor as she was injured in the third set Oct. 1 in a match against Texas.

Kober returned to action against Texas Tech and made a big impact. She had 18 digs in the winning effort and ranks fourth in the conference with 4.14 digs per set, while the team also is fourth in the Big 12 in digs with 15.67 on average per set.

The Wildcats rank second in kills in the Big 12 with more than 14 per set, just behind Texas. But the Wildcats will have to watch out for blocks on Saturday because TCU ranks second in the conference in blocks.

The Horned Frogs are 10-5 overall this season and 3-2 in Big 12 play. They have lost two of their last three matches, including one on Wednesday when they were swept on the road at

Baylor.

TCU is very talented when it comes to front hitters.

Horned Frog senior outside hitter Jillian Bergeson and senior middle blocker Regan McGuire both have 128 kills per set, which is just more than two on average per set. Another player to watch in the front is senior opposite hitter Sarita Mikals, who has 125 kills this season.

Last season, the Horned Frogs and the Wildcats split the season as both teams won on their home court, with those matches going into four and five sets.

TCU also made the NCAA Tournament, losing to the Hawaii Rainbow Wahines in five sets.

The Wildcats will have two straight road matches after the game on Saturday as they travel Maddie Domnick | THE COLLEGIAN to Lawrence to take on Kansas and Norman, Oklahoma, to The K-State volleyball team celebrates a point against Texas on Oct. 1 in Ahearn Field House. take on the Sooners next week.

Women’s soccer plays nonconference game versus Texas tonight er Miranda Larkin is expected to start in net for the Wildcats, who are coming off a 1-0 loss to Drake Sunday. Likewise, the Longhorns also are coming off a 1-0 loss, falling to Kansas the same day.

Each team has had its struggles this season, however, the Longhorns’ struggles have

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Senior Abby Fiser kicks the ball to one of her teammates during the last home game of the seaosn on Sept. 30 against UMKC. K-State’s soccer team scored a 2-0 win over UMKC.

SHELTON BURCH THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State soccer team will take on the Texas Longhorns tonight in a game

that will technically count as a nonconference game.

If there’s a chance to see what the Wildcats might be like in Big 12 play, tonight will be the night.

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come largely in conference play.

The Longhorns have lost three straight to fall to 6-61. Before the KU game, the team lost to Oklahoma State on Sept. 30 and Oklahoma on Sept. 25. The three losses, combined with a 1-1 tie against Baylor have given Tex-

as an 0-3-1 record in conference play and moved the team to second-to-last place in the conference.

The loss to KU, however, might prove to be a respectable loss by season’s end for the Longhorns. The Jayhawks are currently receiving votes toward becoming nationally

ranked and are currently leading the conference with a 3-0 record, despite having the likes of No. 22 Oklahoma and No. 3 West Virginia in the ranks.

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