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ON THE ROCKS Page 8: Rock Climbing Club provides students a space for body and mind training

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A member of the Rock Climbing Club scales the rock wall during their meeting on Oct. 5.

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Air conditioning to return to engineering buildings EMILY PORTER

THE COLLEGIAN

As the temperature outside cools, so will the inside of the three-building complex for the College of Engineering. Parts of the building have been without air conditioning at different times throughout the semester.

Various parts of Rathbone Hall were without air conditioning for four weeks. Among those four weeks, only two were planned, and little was done to inform students of the lack of air conditioning.

According to Jeff Gibisch, operations manager for the College of Engineering, the plan is to have the air conditioning fully functional after Oct. 21.

Work on the chilled water plant and distribution project has caused sporadic loss of air conditioning in all three buildings of the engineering complex. Durland Hall, Rathbone and Fiedler Hall all have gone their share of days without cool air.

Students have been facing the reality that TV sitcom parents and grandparents joke about: “When I was your age, we didn’t have air conditioning;

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Engineering students and faculty mingle about the atrium of the Engineering Complex’s new addition, Engineering Hall, during a celebratory reception Jan. 20. we just opened a window.”

Except windows were not opened. Instead, fans were placed in hallways and blew cool air into the rooms during classes.

“This was planned work, but there were some unanticipated extended outages,”

Gibisch said. “Sometimes it went kind of randomly.”

Work on the project began in and around Durland on Aug. 8, then continued in Rathbone on Sept. 30. The final phase is anticipated to be finished in Fielder on Oct. 21.

During the Rathbone

phase, there were four weeks without cool air, but only part of that was scheduled.

“We had an unanticipated loss in Rathbone for two weeks,” Gibisch said. “We had two weeks of that and then two weeks of it planned.”

While some professors did

choose to work elsewhere on warmer days, Gibisch said that most classes were held without problems.

“We had issues where a couple classes were moved, but for the most part everything was fine,” he said.

The work for the project was planned through the Division of Facilities, but only some people knew about it. Some students were less than thrilled and almost none knew exactly what was happening, according to Gaby Lobo, senior in industrial engineering and Engineering Student Council president.

“I think there was definitely a bit of a shock at first, coming in and not having any air conditioning in the building, especially in some of those labs where they have computers running,” Lobo said. “So I think it was a bigger issue earlier in the year when it was hot out and now it’s at a more comfortable temperature.”

The fans did help, but they were not always part of the plan. According to Gibisch, some were rented and others were provided through the contractor and the Division of Facilities.

“It was nice to have the fans later on,” Lobo said. “At first, we didn’t have those when it was initially turned off. I think one thing that could have been improved was communication to the students. I kind of learned through my classes and my professors informed me, but it wasn’t necessarily something that we knew what was happening and when it would be finished.”

The lack of communication frustrated some students, like Rachel Hayes, senior in industrial engineering.

“Not having air conditioning was an inconvenience at first because it would get so warm in some of those classrooms,” Hayes said. “It’s getting cooler though, so it’s not as bad.

I’m hopeful that it will be fixed soon, because it’s supposed to get warm again in a few days.”

The chilled water plant and distribution project is a part of K-State 2025 and effects buildings currently on campus.

According to the Division of Facilities website, installing the chiller lines now will help with any future repairs and will allow renovations to remove existing window air conditioners.

of Sound BSU member shares insights from Tim Wise Sisters In Aggieville The Collegian will publish a bi-weekly column from the Black Student Union. This is the first, and is named "The Sankofa Column" after the BSU symbol.

GET THEM WISE, TIM WISE

“No accidents, just precedents.” It was no accident that Tim Wise was speaking in front of a packed audience in the K-State Student Union’s Grand Ballroom.

With racial tensions in the country growing to catastrophic levels, action has to be taken and a good start is to bring in a speaker who has been covering racial issues for quite some time.

With 25 years of public speaking under his belt, it’s safe to assume that Tim Wise has

mastered the art of working a crowd. I had spent the time watching interviews and had a short encounter with his book, so I was no stranger to the issues that Tim Wise was bound to cover during this lecture.

My only concern was how much prudent and critical information from the man of the hour would fall to deaf ears.

As a relatively conscious black male, I know the issues that are yet to be faced in not only the black community but in most communities that are not the majority.

I have sat around with groups of my peers and discussed these issues. I have also sat and talked with my white counterparts about these racial issues and oppressions that have yet to be faced. I have had successes in these engagements and failures as some problems can often be made minimal.

As soon as Tim Wise took the podium, he immediately eradicated all of my doubts, beginning the lecture stating that the things he would talk about have already been talked about by people of color 20 times in

the last week. He was only using his platform to further articulate the issues discussed on a daily basis in the communities of people of color.

Filled with humorous rhetoric, direct and subliminal Trump slams and words spoken with much fervor, Wise’s lecture was a wake-up call to the future.

In my opinion, it should have been a wake-up call to the white majority on campus as well.

I know how easy it is to ignore or dismiss things that don’t directly pertain to us, but as Wise so eloquently put it, “Don’t ignore those that have taken the class and continue to take it daily.” see page

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Puppies bring warm fuzzies, joy during stress of midterms ANDREA DIZMANG THE COLLEGIAN

“Pet Away Stress” is a campus event that happens twice a semester every year. Yesterday, students joined K-State Counseling Services and Purple Power Animal Welfare Society from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to pet puppies and relieve stress.

Wendy Barnes, online programs coordinator for Counseling Services, said she started this event in 2013 with her graduate teaching assistant, who had previously done some-

thing similar for stress relief in her undergraduate program.

Fast forward three years, and the volume of dogs to pet and students attending have more than doubled in size.

“In 2013, we had a little over 400 (students),” Barnes said. “By the third time we did it, we had over 1,000, so we started doing it twice a semester.”

The dogs that come to be petted and help students relieve stress are from Purple PAWS, an organization whose efforts are spent dedicated to help-

ing the lives of homeless pets.

The animals are taken from the animal shelter, where they would have been euthanized, and are instead placed in foster homes that Purple PAWS provides. Animals are taken in by a member, cared for, kept up on shots and wait until they are adopted.

In the meantime, the animals get to attend events like “Pet Away Stress.”

Britany Coffman, senior in park management and conservation, brought her German shepherd, Sadie, to “Pet Miranda Snyder | THE COLLEGIAN

Ryan Schamberger, freshman in electrical engineering, plays with a dog named Mack at the “Pet Away Stress” event in the Quad on Oct. 12.

Away Stress” for students to pet. Sadie is four years old, and Coffman said she loves to play with people and other dogs.

Coffman and Sadie attend the event every semester to help out.

“People come out and start petting dogs and you can just see their stress go away,” Coffman said.

Not only is “Pet Away Stress” an outlet for stress relief, it’s a way to connect with people by means of common interest: loving dogs.

“Last time, two ladies came

up to me and told me that they met at ‘Pet Away Stress’ a year before last and now they are roommates and best friends,” Barnes said.

The event has increased in numbers and for many students it’s a place to come twice a semester. Barnes said they keep the event on Wednesdays in the Quad from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every time they do it to establish a sense of normalcy for the event.

Taylor Stricker, graduate student in accounting, said she loves “Pet Away Stress” and

comes out every time she can.

This is her third time attending, and she said it is her favorite campus event.

“I love petting the dogs; dogs are my favorite,” Stricker said. “I was super stressed when I came here and now I feel warm and fuzzy and happy with joy.”

“Pet Away Stress” is available to students during Week of Welcome and midterms in the fall semester and again before spring break and during dead week in the spring semester.

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Merani Rivarola, freshman in open option, gets kisses from a dog named Mack at the “Pet Away Stress” event in the Quad on Oct. 12.

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A dog named Cy looks on at the “Pet Away Stress” event in the Quad on Oct. 12.

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K-State downed by Kansas Jayhawks in straight sets AVERY OSEN

THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State volleyball team was swept by the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks on Wednesday night inside of Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

The Jayhawks hit .340 and held K-State to a hitting percentage of .190. K-State finished the match with 19 errors and was blocked nine times.

“They did just about everything very well tonight, quite frankly,” head coach Suzie Fritz said after the match. “I’m very disappointed because we need to coach them better, we need to play better and from the very beginning things just didn’t go our way.”

Kansas was led by junior outside hitter Madison Rigdon, who had 14 kills, while junior

right side hitter Kelsie Payne and senior middle blocker Tayler Soucie each had 11.

The Wildcats were led in kills by sophomore outside hitter Alyssa Schultejans with 14 and senior middle blocker Katie Reininger provided nine.

“I thought she stayed high and challenged in productive ways,” Fritz said. “She moved it around and she stayed aggressive during the entire match.”

The first set did not start the way the Wildcats wanted as the Jayhawks jumped out to a 5-1 lead after four straight blocks for points.

Kansas won nine points in a row after the Wildcats won the first point to lead 9-1. K-State had nine attack errors in the first set while the Jayhawks only committed two. Kansas had 13 kills in the set and won it 25-15.

The Wildcats hitting per-

centage was .000 and Kansas hit a whopping .500 in the first set.

K-State had a 5-2 lead to start the second set, but Kansas won the next three points to tie it up at 5. Both teams went back and forth until the score was tied at 17 each. The Jayhawks won the next eight of 11 points to take the set 25-20 and a 2-0 lead.

The Jayhawks were led by Payne, who had seven kills in the set as Kansas had 31 as a team in first two sets of the match.

In the third set, K-State had a 6-4 lead, but Kansas won the next four points to take an 8-6 lead. Kansas wouldn’t lose the lead after that and won the set 25-23 as they swept the Wildcats in three sets.

“We got better as the match went on, but we started at such a low point it could only go up from there,” Fritz said. “We

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The Wildcats walk off the court at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center in Lawrence after being defeated by KU in the Sunflower Showdown on Oct. 12. The Cats lost 3-0. can’t let someone hit .350 and have any expectation of being in a match. We weren’t good defensively, we weren’t good offensively or in any other aspect.”

The Jayhawks are now a perfect 8-0 at home this season.

K-State played the major-

Wildcats look to top previous season’s ITA Regional Championship success RYAN PORTER

THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State women’s tennis team is headed north to the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to compete in the ITA Regional Championship, which is set to hit off today.

The entire Wildcats team will be making the trip to Minneapolis, led by seniors Iva Bago, Livia Cirnu, Palma Juhasz and Maria Panaite along with junior Carolina Costamagna and sophomores Ana Garcia Navas and Millie Stretton.

K-State has had success at the ITA Regional Championship in the past. Last season, several players recorded wins during individual play, including Costamagna and Garcia Navas, who picked up a “W” in their first two singles matches. Bago and Garcia Navas also secured a

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Then-junior Iva Bago (right) celebrates winning a point with doubles partner then-sophomore Carolina Costamagna during a women’s tennis practice on Oct. 7, 2015. victory last year in doubles play.

“The regional championship is always the biggest fall tournament we play,” head coach Danielle Steinberg said to K-State Sports. “This year’s

field is the deepest and largest it’s been in recent years, which is exciting. We are coming off two back-to-back tournaments and played a lot of matches recently, which means we are coming into

this week in very good match form. Our doubles have been outstanding so far, and we really feel like we can be a legitimate threat in this tournament.”

The Wildcats’ doubles team has seen early success this season, claiming doubles championships at both the OU and SMU Invitationals, and providing momentum heading into play today.

Doubles play will begin on Friday, including some player changes from previous years.

Garcia Navas/Stretton, Costamagna/Juhasz and Bago/Cirnu are set to compete in the 64 duo field, drawing first-round opponents from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri.

Panaite will start the tournament off for the Wildcats at 8 a.m. today, in the singles competition, as she goes head to head with Morgan Brower of South Dakota State.

ity of the match without sophomore outside hitter Kylee Zumach.

“We needed to make a change early in the match, and Schultejans went in and kind of held it down,” Fritz said.

Kansas improves to 16-2

and 5-1 in Big 12 play while the Wildcats are now 14-5 and 3-3 in conference play.

K-State will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to face off against the Sooners on Saturday with first serve set for 6 p.m.

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BSU | White majority must take stand against racism in United States continued from page

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With this simple, yet intricate statement, I believe if we

continue to heed to the racial dilemmas faced in America, then we will begin to better understand how the systems of

oppression affect people of color. Simply put, lending an ear to the troubles people of color express to you daily should be

humane, not an indictment.

In order to progress our quest for justice and equality, the white majority has to take a stand and join the conversation.

No longer can it be put off.

They have to be willing to be accomplices to people of color even to the point where they will die for what they believe in.

This is the groundwork to starting a true change in the country and picking ourselves out of this hole leading to destruction.

So again, Wise’s insight to combatting racism was no accident but simply a precedent of the work we still have to do as we try to find solutions for

the systematic oppression faced by people of color as well as the racial tensions that area direct effect of these oppressions.

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Rock climbing presents personal challenges, rewards MAYARA GARAY KOSTIANOVSKY THE COLLEGIAN

Sean O’Toole, sophomore in mechanical engineering and president of the Kansas State Rock Climbing Club, said he went to “The Cave” in Kansas City, Missouri, during his junior year of high school and was instantly captured by the sport.

“I started climbing and I couldn’t get enough of it,” O’Toole said. “I always want to do new routes or get to the top.”

The Rock Climbing Club is a group of around 20 people who get together at Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex twice a week to develop their climbing skills and help each other improve their climbing abilities. The only requirement to joining the club is that members are certified, which takes one class at the Rec Complex, O’Toole said.

“It is a great sport for anybody,” O’Toole said. “You can only get better at it. It’s fun and it requires collaboration.”

O’Toole’s goal is to the climb tallest mountains and to challenge himself more every time. He has climbed in Arkansas and Kansas City, but he dreams on conquering the mountains of Colorado, hopefully by the end of this year.

Brandon Edward Yutzy, sophomore in mechanical engineering and member of the club, has been climbing outdoors for five years. Although he said the holds of the indoor climbing wall cannot be compared to the actual rocks of the outdoors, he joined the club because climbing in a group leads to long-lasting friendships.

“I love climbing outdoors; it’s a lot more adventurous,” Yutzy said. “It’s hard to describe the feeling, but it’s way better than climbing at the gym.”

Yutzy said he has climbed at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch,

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Members of the Rock Climbing Club talk about their experiences rock climbing and how to approach their climb on Oct. 5.

Joshua Tree National Park, the Wichita Mountains, Colorado and Pennsylvania, and he plans on adding places to the list.

“Climbing makes me feel awesome,” Yutzy said. “My goal is to always have fun.

When you’re outside and you get to the top and you’re greet-

Levels continues to lead Big 12 defensive power rankings BRETT ENGLE

THE COLLEGIAN

1. PATRICK LEVELS, SENIOR DB, BAYLOR

Baylor had the week off last week, so there is no reason to take the top spot away from Levels.

The senior will look to improve his impressive numbers across the board this week as the Bears take on Kansas.

2. OGBONNIA OKORONKWO, JUNIOR LB, OKLAHOMA

Okoronkwo picked up another sack in Oklahoma’s crucial win over rival Texas. The junior is third on the team with 33 tackles on the season.

3. ELIJAH LEE, JUNIOR

LB, KANSAS STATE

Lee stays at No. 3 after another solid game against Texas Tech.

The junior added eight more tackles to his totals and continues to be a leader on the defensive side of the ball week after week.

4. JORDAN WILLIS, SENIOR DE, KANSAS STATE

Willis continues to climb the list, and if he keeps this pace up, he might find himself at the top spot at some point. Willis picked up two sacks last week and now has six sacks in five games.

5. TY SUMMERS, SOPHOMORE LB, TCU

Like Willis, Summers very well could be at one of the top two spots at year’s end. The young linebacker had 12 tackles last

week and leads the Horned Frogs in that department with 64 on the season.

6. AIAVION EDWARDS, SENIOR LB, BAYLOR

The senior linebacker has lived up to expectations this year.

Edwards leads the team in tackles with 41 and also has 1.5 sacks on the season.

7. JORDAN EVANS, SENIOR LB, OKLAHOMA

Evans leads the Sooners in tackles this year with 44. Five of those have been for a loss, including half a sack. Evans also has two pass deflections this year.

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ed with this epic view, you get this cool sense of accomplishment.”

O’Toole said the Rock Climbing Club’s goal is to be able to go on trips and climb

outdoors together, however, they need to raise enough money and be organized to make this happen. To accomplish this, team members get elected into positions, and each position has a part in making this goal happen.

The organization consists of a president, who overviews the financial situation, fundraising and other responsibilities, as well as a vice president, treasurer and secretary.

Daniel Becker, junior in mechanical engineering and club member, said he always loved climbing trees, boulders and big rocks, and his interest came from always having to sleep on the top bunk when he was growing up.

Becker said his older brothers told him about the climbing wall while they were students at K-State, and that added to his pros on choosing K-State.

“Climbing as a sport is physically demanding,” Becker said. “That being said, it is for anyone who is wanting to challenge themselves. It allows you to keep pushing yourself in new ways and seeing and feeling the results of that effort.”

Becker has added climbing outdoors to his bucket list this year, however, he said this sport is much more about meeting amazing people and having new experiences than the actual climbing for him.

“I would say that climbing is one of the best ways to meet incredible, supportive people while also giving your body and brain a workout,” Becker said.

“The feeling of reaching the top and knowing that it was the effort you gave to get you there is a fantastic one that is often hand-in-hand with a burst of self-pride, something very much deserved after working your way to the top.”