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Vaping: An increasing complication for young adults

NATALIE LEONARD THE COLLEGIAN

Take a stroll down Manhattan Avenue around 10 a.m. and observe: a handful of students walk to class, leaving thick puffs behind them. Clouds of smoke drift from an open car window. Even in the classroom, a student may cover their mouth with their shirt, trapping the smoke from a vape rip. In September, the BBC released statistics that show as of 2018, 41 million people vape worldwide. In fact, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, more than half of the total 530 patients who have been hospitalized for a lung disease thought to be a result of vaping are under the age of 25. Among K-State students, the reasons for vaping are varied. “I didn’t start out vaping, I smoked cigarettes,” Brittany Granger, senior in agronomy, said. Granger said she has vaped for about two years. She began smoking cigarettes in high school, but moved to vaping products to try and stop smoking completely. This has not been an easy feat. Granger said she has tried to stop, but the power of nicotine is hard to overcome. “I’ve very addicted to nicotine,” Granger said. “That’s why I still do it.”

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An e-cig unscrews to allow you to refill it with a variety of flavors. Granger explained the negative physical effects of vaping are what drive her to stop. She said she gets bronchitis very easily, that she’s had it several times, and she doesn’t remember getting it when she smoked cigarettes. However, Granger said other vaping symptoms are not nearly as bad as when she smoked cigarettes. “When I used to smoke cigarettes, I would have tightness in my chest, and I would be out of breath walking down the street,” Granger said. “I played sports in high school and running was so hard for me because I felt like I couldn’t get enough air.” With vaping, she said these symptoms are not as bad as they used to be, but they are definitely

‘Informed userbase’ is the best way to fight fishing

still there. Carter Rands, sophomore in business, was introduced to vaping last year by a friend, a common way of exposure. Rands said he began vaping because his friend had a Juul, and it was fun, but the more he did it the more he became hooked on it. “I’ve been trying to stop doing it for a while, but, I mean, it’s hard,” Rands said. Rands said recent stories about the dangers of vaping worry him and that he doesn’t want to end up like those kids who are hospitalized for illnesses related to vaping. He said he has noticed lately that he has a slight cough. He doesn’t know if this a result of vaping or the approaching flu season, but it

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concerns him all the same. Another reason students vape is to cope with stress. Paige Hieger, junior in human development and family science, does just that. Hieger, who uses a vaping device called a Vladdin, said her relationship with vaping started a year ago and began really slow as she used vaping to get her mind off things. Her habit rapidly increased as she began using vaping as a means of reducing stress. Since she uses it as a coping mechanism, the more stressed she is, the more she does it. “Everyone always thinks ‘I’m not going to get addicted,’ and then they do,” Hieger said. “That’s definitely what happened to me. I probably go through half a pod a day, maybe a full pod. It depends if I’m really stressed that day. So, that’s about half a pack of cigarettes, which is really bad.” For Hieger, the physical effects of vaping are present and she is aware of them. She said she has a really bad cough as a result of vaping that generally kicks in five minutes after she uses her Vladdin. Recently, she’s been feeling nauseous after using her vape, which she finds concerning. “I’m aware of the medical risks associated with vaping, and I would like to stop, it’s just hard,” Hieger said.

OPINION: Greta Thunberg should be taken seriously

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Voting increased at K-State in 2018 midterms by Bailey Britton The voting rate of registered students at Kansas State was 47.3 percent in 2018, an increase from 23.8 percent in 2014, according to the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement. The registration rate also increased from 66 percent to 76.2 percent. In addition, voting for all age groups increased. For 18 to 21-year-olds, it increased from 10.3 percent to 30.5 percent. In the 22 to 24-year-old range, the voting rate increased from 12.5 percent to 32.6 percent On National Voter Registration day in 2018, K-State Votes registered more than 120 students. In addition, there was a push in fall 2018 to register new voters from groups such as LoudLight, HandsOn, the League of Women Voters and Student Governing Association. “As part of our commitment to community engagement, K-State has worked to create engaged citizens, strengthen democratic values and promote civic responsibility,” David Procter, director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy and the Center for Engagement and Community Development, said in K-State Today. “This national study of student voting demonstrates that our efforts at Kansas State University are paying dividends.”

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IT analyst recommends ‘informed userbase’ for phishing prevention TRACE SALZBRENNER THE COLLEGIAN

Automatic measures protect Kansas State students from thousands of email scams every day, but some still make it through. A phishing scam is an email that seeks to trick receivers to turn over passwords and other information that could be used against them. Someone may get an email about a job offer that, when pursued, ends with the “employer” asking for a bunch of personal information over email, or they could get an email from someone posing as a faculty member who needs their password. “Attackers could have any number of motivations,” Josh McCune, a K-State IT security analyst, said. “One of the most frequent uses we see of compromised credentials is the propagation of additional scams using a ksu.edu account to phish other ksu.edu accounts bypasses some of the spam protection that we have in place.” He said ksu.edu emails are targeted because they can be used to get research data, a common goal of many phishing scams. Jordan Bauman, IT Help Desk worker and sophomore in

management information systems, said phishers commonly attach an “alternative email” to send and receive messages. Bauman said this method allows scammers to use an email without its owner even knowing that it is being used and has lead to rerouting financial aid in very rare cases. K-State isn’t letting these phishing scam emails just slip by. McCune said many emails are filtered and a majority of harmful emails won’t even be seen. On Sept. 12 alone, more than 139,000 emails and even more IP addresses were blocked from K-State’s Outlook server. McCune said these emails and IP addresses are blocked through firewalls — scripts that delete scam emails — and targeted blocking of compromised accounts. They also flag emails that may be malicious. “K-State applies warning banners on emails that contain the words ‘gift card’ because we’ve seen a lot of gift card scams,” Vernon Turner, IT manager, said. Preventing phishing scams also relies heavily on students. “If you believe that you may have been sent a phishing scam, even if you’re not sure, forward it to abuse@ksu.edu and don’t click on any links contained in the mes-

sage,” McCune said. “That email is used to target, delete and prevent scams like it in the future.” If an account has definitely been compromised, the owner can also report it to the same email. “If a student happens to fall for a phishing scam their eID is locked and their password is scrambled,” Turner said. “The IT Helpdesk will contact the student and get their eID account unlocked and password changed.” University emails may be attacked more because of the access to research and financial aid, but the IT Helpdesk has a lot of protection in place to correct any problems that may arise. However, the problem may never disappear completely, McCune said. “Unfortunately I don’t see any way to completely eliminate them,” McCune said. “Every time we take a step toward better detection, the attackers find new ways to evade. While the automated tools certainly prevent a number of scams from making it to inboxes, our best defense is an informed userbase.” To become informed, McCune and Turner both suggest checking out IT’s website and following K-State IT Status on Twitter.

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Cybercriminals employ various methods to attempt to gain access to K-State’s secure network, including trying to phish user’s credentials.

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Derby Dining Center remains open during renovations ANGELA SAWYER THE COLLEGIAN

The almost-55-year-old Derby Dining Center is in the middle of major renovations but remains open to serve students. The bottom floor and parts of the top floor are closed, but food lines and residence hall entrances and exits have changed to accommodate closures. Major portions of Derby will reopened in fall 2020, but renovations will not be fully complete until spring 2021. Skyler Harper, associate director of Housing and Dining Services, said renovations are a

needed change and the updates will make the dining center more efficient. “We are going to be doing a lot of infrastructure but also a lot of stuff outside,” Harper said. “So the dining experience will be a lot different [and] a lot more up to date.” The dining center will continue to stay open through the renovations. For Luis Avalos, Derby student worker and senior in park management and conservation, adjusting to the changes in front or behind the scenes has been a bit hectic. “There has definitely been a lot of changes. The hardest

would be just the shifting of the kitchen,” Avalos said. “I was so used to things being in a certain location so I had to relearn where everything was.” Jacob Porter, junior in modern languages, said he hopes Derby’s community feeling doesn’t fade away with a new look. The long tables that fit entire dorm floors have some good memories and traditions that he doesn’t want to disappear. “What I usually like about the Derb is that it fosters more of a community,” Porter said. “I’m a little bit suspicious I guess if we are going to change and be a little bit more fragmented.”

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VAPING continued from page

Hieger said she believes smoking cigarettes is worse than vaping, but like cigarettes, she thinks it is a possibility that vaping will have dramatic physical consequences in the future if she keeps using it like she does. Hieger said she sees the effects of smoking cigarettes on her father, and she doesn’t want those to happen to her. Hieger said she can stop — she didn’t vape for nearly all of July. However, when

she came back to school this fall and her stress began to increase, she began to crave it more and she fell back into it. Despite this, Hieger is learning different ways of managing her stress and she plans of quitting vaping completely when she graduates next year. Lafene Health center uses recommendations by the CDC as a guide for the information they distribute to their patients. According to reports by CDC, the number of youths who use e-cigarettes increased by 1.5 billion between 2017 and 2018. Most E-cigarettes contain nicotine, which is an addictive

drug. As the human brain continues to develop until around the age of 25, the CDC claims that nicotine can cause harmful effects in young adults and can cause the brain to not develop properly. Lafene nursing coordinator Abby King said, using nicotine in adolescence can harm parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood, impulse control and may increase the risk for future addictions with other drugs. “They’re seeing cancer-causing chemicals like heavy metals, such as nickel, tin and lead, in the juice used for vaping,” King said.

“There’s a lot of stuff in that liquid that could be very harmful. CDC says that e-cigs are safer than cigarettes, but that doesn’t mean that e-cigarettes are safe by any means.” Jessica Blasi, Lafene’s alcohol and other drug education director, said youths and young adults are vulnerable because they don’t always know the risks of vaping but can easily access the products online, therefore avoiding the age restrictions put in place to try and protect them. Blasi said the dangers of addiction are vast. Addiction can impact health, both physical and mental, can lead to a

psychological or physical dependence on the substance and can interfere with relationships and work. Lafene said they have not seen any increase in clinical cases that would be indicative of a rise in bodily complications due to vaping in students. However, if they were to see an indication of this, they are required to report it to CDC for research on the matter. Lafene’s staff encourages any student who is need of support due to their struggles with addiction to vaping, or another kind of substance, to use their health center as a resource and to make an appointment.

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Hall's leadership stamps K-State soccer LUIS VILLARREAL-REYES THE COLLEGIAN

With three seasons and the nine games under her belt, senior midfielder Laramie Hall enters the last stretch of her collegiate soccer career with nearly 5,000 minutes of on-field action. Hall is one of Kansas State soccer’s original recruits, but her time as a Wildcat is nearing its end. “It’s so sad, like, you could ask any of the girls I literally cry every week,” Hall said. “I’m just very sentimental, and like nostalgic, because I can’t believe where we started, and I can’t believe where we are now. And just the bonds that are on and off the field. Everyone cares for each other, and it’s really awesome. So, it’s really sad, but it’s exciting at the same time.” Hall’s name dots the program’s record books. She is second in program history with seven career assists, second in goals with six total and tied for second in goals in a single season, scoring three in 2016 and three so far this season. Hall said that as far as her student athlete career goes she would “do it the same way 1,000 times over.” While Hall has had a successful career on the field she said she is just as grateful for her experiences off the field. “Just from obviously getting to

play here and getting minutes and then just everything that K-State has done for me in terms of developing leadership and my character on and off the field — I think it’s a tremendous success,” Hall said. Head coach Mike Dibbini said Hall’s leadership extends to newer players on the team. “She’s helping a lot of our younger players understand what it takes to compete day in and day out, because of her leadership and grit,” Dibbini said. After coaching Hall for the last four years, Dibbini said Hall took a chance on the built-fromscratch program. “She came in with numerous opportunities and she chose K-State, and I’m very thankful and appreciative that she did,” Dibbini said. “And I love building that relationship with her over the last four years and see her grow and mature and put a stamp on this program.” But what comes next for Hall? She said she doesn’t know for certain. “I honestly have no clue,” Hall said. “I’m bopping around like six different ideas. I’ve applied to grad school. I’m not sure if that’s exactly what I want to do, but I’ve applied and so obviously I don’t know it could be on the field. It could be off the field.” Hall and the rest of the Wildcats play Oklahoma this Thursday in Norman, Oklahoma, at 7 p.m.

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Then-sophomore midfielder Laramie Hall runs with the ball during the game against Central Arkansas on Sept. 8, 2017, in Buser Family Park.

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OPINION: Greta Thunberg should be treated with intellectual dignity SUAN SONNA

THE COLLEGIAN

Greta Thunberg soared to international attention after her 2018 protest outside Swedish Parliament. Thunberg originally protested alone until a series of Tweets brought her cause to the eyes of the world. Her most recent speech at the United Nations Climate Summit propelled her back into the world’s spotlight — and scorn. She has been derided as a “mentally ill” child who needs to be “spanked”, compared to Nazi Propaganda, a “brainwashed” child and other egregious names. These attacks focus on her age, gender and cognitive capacities in one way or another; but they are all remarkably silent on one matter — the actual substance of her advocacy. Rather than debating the scientific merit of climate change or offering solutions to mounting environmental problems, many of Thunberg’s critics have attacked her. But, for the sake of argument, let us assume that Thunberg is wrong. Let us assume that climate change is not a real phenomenon and that she has been advocating a false cause. This would in no way excuse the vicious personal attacks against her, and such ad hominem arguments are useless for public discourse anyway. But, could we still make the argument that she is being “used” by the left or that she has been “brainwashed”? Perhaps Thunberg has been coerced into this cause. However, this is patently false. Not only is there no evidence of her being coerced, but there is all the more evidence of her genuineness. Jonathan Watts of The Guardian describes what it was like for the introverted teenager to protest alone outside of Swedish Parliament: “Her parents tried to dissuade her. Classmates declined to join. Passersby expressed pity and bemusement at the sight of the then unknown 15-year-old sitting on the cobblestones with a hand-painted banner.” The other alternative might be that she was brainwashed

into believing climate change is true for the sake of propagating socialism. The argument here is that the left is using her as some kind of shield to render climate change immune from questioning and a potential government seizure of the means of production inevitable. The fundamental question here is whether she has been “brainwashed” or “misdirected.” If she has been raised in an environmentalist echo chamber and is unwilling to reason through her position, then a case can be made that she has been brainwashed. However, there is insufficient evidence to justify this conclusion. Furthermore, it is belittling to jump to such a conclusion. Such is the case with Rich Lowry from The National Review: “There’s a reason that we don’t look to teenagers for guidance on fraught issues of public policy. With very rare exceptions — think, say, the philosopher John Stuart Mill, who was a child prodigy — kids have nothing interesting to say to us. They just repeat back what they’ve been told by adults, with less nuance and maturity.” Notice that Lowry does not actually demonstrate a falsehood in Ms. Thunberg’s core position. He merely asserts the subjective generalization that she has nothing “interesting” to say due to her age. However, from my life experiences and perhaps the lives of many others, we can attest to how we were more articulate and knowledgeable of certain public policy issues at age 16 than many adults. Age is irrelevant here. I think there is good evidence that Thunberg knows exactly what she’s talking about. Consider the testimony of her father: “Over the years, I ran out of arguments. She kept showing us documentaries, and we read books together. Before that, I really didn’t have a clue. I thought we had the climate issue sorted. She changed us and now she is changing a great many other people. There was no hint of this in her childhood. It’s unbelievable. If this can happen, anything can happen.” The other possibility, if we

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Veterans Against War hosted a climate change strike at Triangle Park and led a march through Aggieville on Sept. 21, 2019. assume that climate change is false, is that Thunberg has been misdirected. Suppose someone in good faith, looking for the truth, comes to the wrong conclusion due to an error in their reasoning or a hidden assumption. It’s not that they are unwilling to see reason, but something else has happened. If that is the case with Thunberg, then we should be encouraging her to seek the truth and not slandering her. But let’s flip the script. Let’s suppose that climate change is true and that we are throwing human civilization and all life on Earth towards another mass extinction event. All human achievements, our memories, the beauty of the world, are under threat of erasure. If this is the case, then Greta Thunberg is a hero. It doesn’t matter whether or not we believe this alternative scenario is absurd. If climate change is really destroying the earth, then her activism is all the more crucial. If her position is

correct, then she is not brainwashed or misdirected. She has been proclaiming the truth. If climate change is true, then the consequences are severe and anyone who can awaken our conscience should be speaking. Even if we think it’s somehow “indecent” for children to get involved in politics, perhaps extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. As Thunberg said in her U.N. speech, “This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.” Her point is that an issue as obvious as climate change should not require a child to surrender their childhood to save the world. Allow me to close by making a confession and some final observations. I am not a climate scientist, and the graph and statistics-filled debate tends to dizzy me. I have tried my best to understand the complex science, but, when I gravitate more towards one side

over the other, I am promptly told by the opposing side that I am deluding myself. That is the last thing I want to do to myself. If there is someone who can offer me definitive evidence and address all of the arguments of the opposition, then I will greatly appreciate it. Still, I do lean a certain direction, and that direction is conservation. The greatest living conservative philosopher today, Roger Scruton, has argued that conservatives should be environmentalists. Conservatives should cherish their inheritance, the work of our ancestors and the flourishing of unborn generations. This involves caring for the planet while paying attention to human flourishing now. Scruton has been a defender of economic freedom, traditional values, protested against socialism and communism and is an outspoken environmentalist. Perhaps what divides us is not our political labels but our proposed solutions. Maybe the

whole climate change debate is merely a distraction. The real question is: how can we maximize human flourishing now and save the earth for future generations? Alas, the answer is beyond the scope of this column. But, returning to my original point — our treatment of Greta Thunberg should not be one of scorn or dismissal. She cannot be immune from criticism or questioning, for such immunity is patronizing and infantilizing, but there are of course proper and improper ways to disagree with someone. And, if we do not know the difference between reasoning and insulting, then we are pathetic. Suan Sonna is a sophomore in political science and philosophy. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

wednesday, october 2, 2019

K-State begins a three-game run at home on Saturday vs. Baylor CODY FRIESEN

THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State Wildcats are coming off the first loss of the season in the Big 12 opener against Oklahoma State last weekend ahead of their first home game in three weeks against Baylor. The Wildcats will again be without redshirt freshman wide receiver Malik Knowles, who missed the conference opener with a foot injury. Knowles has nine receptions for 137 yards and two touchdowns in only three games this year. “I do not have more clarity, it truly will be a week-toweek deal, and we are hoping he can do some things this week in practice,” Klieman said after the 13-26 loss to Oklahoma State.

Knowles’s absence showed against the Cowboys: the offense had only one rushing touchdown for 126 yards total. Defensively, Baylor is second in the conference in rushing defense, allowing an average of 102.5 yards per game. The rush is a huge part of the game that K-State relies on and had success with against Baylor last year. “I think that the unique thing for me is I think they have transformed their defense from the last time K-State played them,” Klieman said In the last matchup against Baylor came on the road, and K-State rushed for 319 yards including a monster day from former running back Alex Barnes, who had 22 touches for 250 yards and three touchdowns. The Wild-

cats fell short 37-34 on a late field goal. “They are much more three down, and whenever we saw in last year’s game we don’t even want to use because it’s so different from last year to this year,” Klieman said. Junior quarterback Skylar Thompson said Baylor has improved. “They are a really good football team, watching them on film the past two days,” Thompson said. “They fly to the football, play hard. They are really physical. They get their hands on you, and they have a lot of experience.” Both Thompson and Baylor’s junior quarterback Charlie Brewer enter the matchup without throwing an interception. Junior defensive back A.J. Parker is tied for second in interceptions with two in four

games and will be looking to hand Brewer his first interception of the season, but the defense has to bear down for a similar style of offense. “Just like any Big 12 offense, they have a lot of weapons,” Parker said. “They have a lot of tools, so we have to make sure everyone is on their game and guarding everybody and respecting everybody.” New helmets and white pants were revealed through social media on Monday. It is the first uniform modification since the white camouflage helmets in 2016. Uniform modifications bring some excitement but the players still need time to get used to the helmet. “We needed to unveil it yesterday just so the guys, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have a chance to wear the helmet,” Klieman

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K-State’s Malik Knowles waits for the next play during K-State’s football game against Texas Tech in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Nov. 17, 2018. The Wildcats upset the Raiders 21-6. said. “That’s the biggest thing you know, you can’t unveil it on a Friday. The kids would freak out if they have a put a helmet on they haven’t worn

for the whole week.” K-State will open a threegame homestand against Baylor on Saturday at 2:30 on ESPN2.

Professor presents on relationship between politics and science REBECCA VRBAS THE COLLEGIAN

Laurie Johnson, professor of political science, presented her lecture “Climate Change and Political Ideologies” in Ackert Hall on Tuesday as part of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series.

Johnson began the lecture by acknowledging the complex relationship between science, facts and politics. “One thing that’s important for people to know … if they go into a field such as many of you are in, is the political dimensions of these issues,” Johnson said. “My goal today is to kind of give you a little bit of the lay of the land, ideologically speaking.”

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Johnson explained some of the history behind the Climate Strike movement, classical liberalism, classical conservatism, anarchism and communism in relation to environmental issues. “In the climate issues you tend to talk about reasserting individual rights against the corporate power,” Johnson said. “The idea in classical liberalism is that capitalism generally works. Peo-

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ple involved in climate strike protests tend to say, ‘We need government to regulate better, to do a better job of sort of balancing the interests of business with all of our interests as people to help the environment.’ We are talking about political ideas and ideologies that previously were sort of off the table, especially in the United States. We’re beginning to see ideologies that truly question and reject liberal values.” The mildest option, Johnson said, is classical conservatism, which is notably different than the type of pro-capitalist conservatism people commonly associate with former president Ronald Reagan. “Some of the assumptions of this way of thinking are that society — and not the individual — is primary, that community is of the primary importance, and we have to be careful to keep that social fabric from unravelling,” Johnson said. Classical conservatism says too much growth, too much change, too much displacement and the exploitation of the envi-

ronment causes disruption in human communities that makes it harder for us to live meaningful lives, Johnson said. Anarchism, though it shares classical conservatism’s emphasis on localism, is the belief that the government is the cause of many problems and that people left to their own devices cooperate more easily, Johnson said. Johnson elaborated further along the spectrum, explaining that communism, though not the totalitarian kind, is being openly discussed by some thinkers. “There are people who, despite that legacy, are beginning to talk about, ‘Perhaps it’s time to think again about whether we need to change the system very drastically,’” Johnson said. “These ideologies are coming into play more and more, they’re more extreme, they’re more challenging to the system,” Johnson said. “They aren’t necessarily bad, or at least not all of them. They all have some ideas that might be worth learning from. At the very least, you need to know they exist and that if

things do get worse, those more extreme ideologies are the ones that gain traction and that’s just the facts.” Krista Long, senior in biological systems engineering, said climate change is relevant to her studies. “Climate change is a big thing that we talk about both in NRES and in biological systems engineering,” Long said. “We don’t talk about the politics of it a lot. We normally talk more about the science of it. So I think this is really good as far as how we convey that scientific information effectively.” The Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences secondary major is a program designed to prepare students to apply their scientific knowledge to the use, sustainability and quality of natural and energy resources. The next NRES seminar will be “Tallgrass Prairie Responses to Forecast Climate Change,” led by Jesse Nippert, professor of biology, on Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m. in Ackert 231.

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K-State Super Smash Bros. tournaments are about more than winning TRACE SALZBRENNER THE COLLEGIAN

Kendon Ehrhart is a custodian at Kansas State. He lives a normal life, with a normal job and has normal hobbies — such as playing video games. On Saturday, Ehrhart participated in the K-State Smash Bros. Club’s first monthly tournament called The Manhattan Project. The tournament took place in the Tallgrass Room in the Kramer Complex. The event lasted twelve hours, going from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and had around 40 attendees from all of Kansas and Nebraska. “I guess as a kid I played it a lot against my brother,” Ehrhart said. He said started to participate in tournaments only this year after he learned about the Smash Club’s weekly local tournaments.

“I kinda went into it not thinking that I would stick to it, but when I got here, the community was really great and welcoming,” Ehrhart said. “I don’t see myself stopping anytime soon.” Ehrhart is not alone in this story. The Smash Club is a growing community on campus, so much so that they are now hosting monthly tournaments that allow more participants and bigger prizes. “After I joined seeing how the people are a much higher level than me actually helped me because I saw what I can improve on,” Jose Ortega, freshman in business administration, said. this is an image Trenton Schnieder, participant in the club's tournaments and sophomore in psychology, said prior to this last weekend, Smash Club was hosting weekly tournaments and attracting around

30 participants. Those tournaments, which will continue alongside the new monthly ones, ask each participant to pay $2 for a winner's pool. “The monthly has a higher cost so the idea is that more people from out of town would come,” Max Maus, participant in Smash Club and sophomore in computer science, said. The cost to enter the Manhattan Project was $10 for the singles tournament and $5 per teammate in the doubles tournament. That means a bigger payout for tournament winners. “I have seen people from KC, Wichita, Emporia, Hutchinson, Lawrence and Nebraska here,” Maus said. “I was an athlete in high school, I wrote for the newspaper and sang in the choir,” Emporia State student Benjamin Crumb said. “In college, I didn’t really have an outlet and I decided that this would

Crowdsourced: The keys to surviving four years of college OLIVIA ROGERS THE COLLEGIAN

We asked, you delivered. K-State students, alumni and others weigh in on how to survive — and thrive — in college.

CONFIDENCE IS KEY "Fake it 'till you make it. I promise no one actually knows what's going on." — Ethan Eccles

PRODUCTIVITY HACKS

"Stay on campus as long as you can to get everything you need done." — Morgan Kaiser "Take a nap. A rested brain will help more than having a sleepy one the day of an exam." — Corinne White "Take things a day, hour

or assignment at a time." — Janelle Naegele “I figured out which classes and assignments didn’t matter that much and gave them less effort.” — Benjamin Ristow

SOME SAGE WORDS "Take each new semester as an opportunity to learn how to problem solve (and work with others to get work done) ... Second, understand what it means to have a growth mindset and cultivate it! The world is constantly changing but you have the capacity to change and learn with it." — Mandy Trewett

PRIORITIES

"Don’t put your interests or career goals in a box. Pursue and study what fascinates you." — Elyse Pendergrass "YOUR GRADES

DON'T DEFINE YOU. Your 4.0 cannot come at the cost of your mental health. Take care if yourself, and remember that you're more than your grades." — Grace Diane Stanfield "Remember that college is a means, not an end. Failure here doesn’t define you." — Blythe Landon "Make friends. Find your people." — Gregory Eiselein

AND FINALLY...

"I called my mom at least once a week." — Joanna Lind Do you have a question you want crowdsourced? Email us at opinion@kstatecollegian. com. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

really help with that." The winner of the tournament left with a prize of $182. Second, third, fourth, fifth, and six places also got cash prizes. Kenny Ehrhart didn’t win any of the prizes at The Manhattan Project, but he said he plans to keep going because he loves the atmosphere. “There are a lot of good people here that I like being around," he said. "I may not have won, but I like the game and I want to keep playing with these guys."

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A GameCube controller that is often used in competitive Super Smash Bros. tournaments.

wednesday, october 2, 2019

K-State soccer falls 1-0 to Texas Longhorns at home on Sunday LUIS VILLARREAL-REYES THE COLLEGIAN

The Wildcats (2-7-2, 0-2-0) hosted the Texas Longhorns (74-0, 2-0-0) on a windy Sunday afternoon, looking to secure their first win in Big 12 action. The Longhorns kept a clean sheet and left Buser Family Park with a 1-0 advantage after a late goal in the 86th minute. This is the third consecutive loss for the Wildcats, winning only one out of five straight home games. Despite the loss, head coach Mike Dibbini made a point of acknowledging the growth the soccer team has been through, and said he is hopeful for what’s to come in the next Big 12 matches. “I felt like we did a good job of competing. We had some chances, they had some chances, they’re a good team. I just feel like, right now, we’re in a stage where we've got to continue to

keep working hard, which they will," Dibbini said to K-State Sports."The harder we work, the luckier we’re going to get and it’ll bounce our way once we can continue to do that. It’s coming, we’re on the verge, we’re on the brink, we’ve just had some unlucky breaks. They scored the one that mattered and that’s coming for us." With 30 miles per hour winds in favor of Texas in the first half, they outshot the Wildcats 124. Despite the wind disadvantage, redshirt Sophomore Rachel Harris was able to get three saves and keep the score tied 0-0 at the half. “I think knowing how well the end of the first half went just kind of carried our momentum into the second half," freshman midfielder Shae Turner said to K-State Sports. "Obviously the wind does help if you’re going to play long ball so we looked at it a couple of times but overall we still wanted to play K-State soccer, that’s our identity and that’s what we want

to go forward with always.” Turner also talked about her take away from the start of the Wildcats' Big 12 action this season so far. “Obviously it’s a little frustrating how the season has gone a little bit," Turner said. "Last year, obviously I wasn’t here, but I just know that we had trouble even getting out of our own half, but this year we are competing and getting shots off, it’s honestly very even." The Longhorns finished the night with 22 total shots and nine on shots on target. The Wildcats fell short in both total shots at 15 and shots on goal at five. “We were fighting through tough battles. We were staying urgent and trying to create chances for ourselves. Just unfortunate that we just couldn’t get that lucky bounce," Dibbini said. The Wildcats will continue their Big 12 action on the road for two games as they face Oklahoma on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Oklahoma State on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Senior midfielder Laramie Hall attacks the Longhorns’ outside defense at the home game on Sept. 29. The Wildcats fell to Texas 1-0.

Campus crime and car accidents: Sept. 24-30 TUESDAY, SEPT. 24

Incident: Criminal damage to property reported from Aug. 25 Incident: Theft by deception and giving of worthless checks reported from Sept. 13 Incident: Theft and criminal damage to property (under $1,500) reported from Sept. 23 Incident: Two vehicle non-injury accident Location: 1500 Denison Ave. Time: 5:15 p.m. Disposition: Investigation complete, citation issued

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25

Incident: Two vehicle non-injury accident

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Location: Denison Ave. and College Heights Rd. Time: 1:35 p.m. Disposition: Investigation complete, no citation issued

THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 No incidents reported.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27

Incident: Theft and criminal damage to property (under $1,500) Location: 1200 N. 17th St. Time: 7 a.m. Disposition: Under investigation

SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 No incidents reported.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29

Incident: Driving under the influence of drugs/ alcohol Location: 1600 Anderson

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Time: 3:02 a.m. Disposition: Investigation complete, arrest made Incident: One vehicle non-injury accident Location: 1300 Poyntz Ave. Time: 11:34 p.m. Disposition: Investigation complete

MONDAY, SEPT. 30

Incident: Theft (under $1,500) Location: 1831 Olympic Dr. Time: 5:30 p.m. Disposition: Under investigation Compiled by from the K-State Police Department's daily crime log.

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