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9Round Fitness: Local gym brings kickboxing to Manhattan RYAN URBAN
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9Round Fitness offers a unique exercise opportunity in Manhattan. Adam Rogers, master level trainer and the general manager at 9Round, and Kansas State alumnus in public health and kinesiology, said the experience is unlike any other gym and a great stress reliever. “Our mission is to make our members stronger in 30 minutes both physically and mentally,” Rogers said. “We do that in a few different ways. Mental benefits for students — who are on campus, studying, dealing with stress and anxiety — include being able to provide a healthy outlet that’s always positive and always upbeat, and then you get to hit and kick things as well.” The 30-minute sessions are broken into three-minute exercises at nine different stations (hence the name “9Round”). Each exercise is set up with the final 30 seconds saved for trainees to go hard and blast, with small recovery exercises between intervals. “We have cardio, strengthbased training incorporated into some of the rounds, when you’re punching or kicking a 100-pound heavy bag, there’s resistance built in,” Rogers said. “And there’s a trainer there who pushes you past your comfort zone, pushing you or helping your with modifications.” Exercises change daily and customers can engage in weekly challenges. Kassie Procopio, level three trainer and senior in anthropology, said the energy is high for a reason.
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Crops Team takes second in Australian competition GABRIELLE ALBERTSON They also had major donations THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State University Collegiate Crops Team traveled to Australia in September to compete in the Australian Universities Crops Competition, placing second overall. The competition was “sponsored by the Australian GrainGrowers organization, which is a commodity group kind of like our national associations of wheat growers or corn growers or sorghum producers would be,” said Kevin Donnelly, coach of the Crops Team and professor of crop science. The competition took place at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy agricultural campus in South Australia. Six team members attended the competition Sept. 1829 and competed Sept. 23-25. Donnelly said the competition includes competitive and social events as well as tours of farms and agricultural businesses. Three students earned a stipend from the American Society of Agronomy based on their high placing in the U.S. national crops contest last year, and scholarships from the College of Agriculture were awarded as well, Donnelly said.
from state agriculture associations. They began preparing for the competition last spring, and studied for it over the summer. “This semester we’ve been having practices once a week to go over different parts of the contest and trying to prepare for it,” said Luke Ryan, team member and junior in agronomy. “Then, of course, studying on our own scientific names specifically.” The event consisted of several components. “The competition involves identification of crops, some assessment of problems in the field, weed identification, diseases and then there’s a couple of written exams,” Donnelly said. “One is a business analysis of a farming enterprise, and there are some exams over production of specific crops and the Australian grain industry.” Going into the competition in Australia, Ryan said the team wasn’t sure what crops they would be working with. “It’s really based on Australian agriculture, so they have all these different crops that we don’t have over here,” Ryan said. “Ours is identifying specific weeds and crops and their’s is more
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The K-State Crops Team stands in front of a canola field. From left to right: senior Wes Jennings, senior Nathaniel Dick, junior Jayden Meyer, senior Madison Tunnell, junior Luke Ryan, junior Blake Kirchhoff and head coach Kevin Donnelly. like, ‘What do you do when you have these weeds in your crops or how do you manage your crops?’” The team also did more than compete; they explored
the country and spent a full day on the Great Barrier Reef. “We got to go to Kangaroo Island and we got to see a lot of the wildlife, we chased kangaroos, saw koalas, found a
pet kangaroo and saw seals and dolphins,” said Madison Tunnell, team member and junior in agronomy. “We really got to see the things you don’t see here.”
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Know Your Opponent: Baylor to run similar offense to years’ past NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State football team returns home this weekend to play the Baylor Bears in Manhattan after two road games with a bye in between. Last season, the Bears beat the Wildcats 37-34 on a last second field goal but struggled to contain former K-State running back Alex Barnes, who racked up 250 yards and 3 touchdowns. Baylor’s offense is very similar to that of years’ past. They spread defenses laterally and run the football. Three different players have recorded more than 100 rushing yards this season. They have talent all over the field at skill positions that allow them to get multiple running backs and even receivers involved in the run game. Starting junior quarterback Charlie Brewer complements this
offensive philosophy with his ability to deliver quick, accurate strikes to his athletic receivers on the edges. Those short outside passes prevent a defense from keying in on the run and force them to defend the entire field. Brewer can also deliver deep strikes if needed, but through four games this year his longest pass is 50 yards. He completes his passes at a 66 percent clip and has amassed 972 yards through the air and 10 touchdowns. His best target is senior wide receiver Denzel Mims, who has pulled in a team leading five touchdown grabs and 355 total yards through four games. Between the facets of the offense, Baylor has found a balanced attack, attempting 145 rushes to 133 passes and 921 rushing yards to 1,038 receiving yards. On defense, the Bears are very similar to some looks Oklahoma State showed last week. They are a very good defense, allowing
just over 16 points per game and just shy of 300 total yards a game. They favor a three-man front and play three or even four linebackers against K-State’s runfirst offense, as opposed to the two-linebacker sets they showed against more pass-happy offenses earlier this year. Against Stephen F. Austin and UTSA, the Bears really got after the quarterback by bringing five or more players on blitzes on passing downs. The ability to hound the quarterback comes from experience on the defense. Their starting defense features just one player who is not a junior or senior. Senior linebacker Clay Johnston leads the team with 37 tackles on the year. He also has 2.5 sacks. The game will kick off at 2:30 p.m. at Bill Snyder Family Stadium and be broadcast live on ESPN2 and on the radio on the K-State Sports Radio Network.
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K-State drops after loss, OSU could be the team to watch in week 6 CODY FRIESEN
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10. KANSAS JAYHAWKS
The Jayhawks are off to a rocky start in Les Miles’s tenure in a 51-14 rout by TCU on Saturday. Senior quarterback Carter Stanley went 12-29 in passing for 84 yards and one touchdown. Kansas will have to rely heavily on sophomore running back Pooka Williams after Miles announced senior Khalil Herbert’s departure from the team. Herbert is ranked fourth in the Big 12 in rushing while Williams comes in at seventh. The Jayhawks face off against Oklahoma at home on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ABC.
9. TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
Texas Tech was the first Big 12 team to fall to Oklahoma on Saturday in a 55-16 loss. Junior quarterback Jett Duffey threw for 120 yards. Duffey is replacing sophomore quarterback Alan Bowman who is out with a shoulder injury. The Red Raiders must win out to get a shot at the Big 12 Championship. Texas Tech squares off with Oklahoma State on Saturday at 11 a.m. on Fox Sports 1.
8. IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Sophomore quarterback Brock Purdy went 27-45 with 342 yards and two touchdowns in last week’s game against Baylor. Purdy is first in the conference in total offense with 1,331 total passing yards. The Cyclones shot themselves in the feet last week and will need to clean it up as they head into Saturday with a 2-2 record. Iowa State will play TCU at home at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.
7. TCU HORNED FROGS
The Horned Frogs received votes this week in the Coaches Poll after their win over Kansas. Freshman quarterback Max Duggan threw for 100 yards and two touchdowns and finished his afternoon with a 99.6 quarterback rating. Senior quarterback Alex
Delton went 10-15 for 186 yards. Senior running back Darius Anderson led the rushing core with 115 yards and one touchdown. TCU may be a better team than they get credit for, but the Horned Frogs will be tested against Iowa State. The Horned Frogs are 3.5 point underdogs in the matchup with the Cyclones, and the point total is set at 43.5
6. WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS
After a bye week coming off a conference win over Kansas, the Mountaineers will host their first Big 12 game of the season with a matchup against Texas. West Virginia will look to spoil Texas’s chances of a College Football Playoff appearance. West Virginia will host Texas on Saturday at 2:30 on ABC.
5. KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
The K-State offense struggled only putting up 13 points to Oklahoma State’s 26 on Saturday. Junior quarterback Skylar Thompson went 11-23 for 118 yards. K-State only rushed for 126 yards and one touchdown. The defense kept the Wildcats in the game by holding one of the highest-scoring offenses in the conference to only 26 points and forcing one fumble and two interceptions. The Wildcats will return home for the first game since early September. K-State will face Baylor on Saturday at 2:30 on ESPN2.
4. BAYLOR BEARS
The Bears are coming off a win in their Big 12 opener in a 2321 win over Iowa State. Junior quarterback Charlie Brewer has thrown for 972 yards and ten touchdowns with no interceptions this season. The Bears average 259.5 passing yards per game. The Baylor defense is second in the Big 12 in rushing defense limiting opponents to 102.5 yards per contest. It will be a battle in the trenches in the matchup against K-State as the Wildcats are fourth in the Big 12 in rushing offense averaging 241 yards per game an average 45.7 rushing attempts
this season. The Bears are a 1.5 point underdog on the road against K-State.
3. OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
Oklahoma State dominated K-State in their home opener on Saturday. Sophomore running back Chuba Hubbard was a true force in the matchup. Hubbard rushed for 296 of the 373 total rushing yards for Oklahoma State and had one touchdown in the win. Oklahoma State will be a rush-heavy team but have the weapons to throw that football. Junior wide receiver Tylan Wallace leads the conference in receiving yards per game, averaging 124 with six touchdowns on the year. Oklahoma State could be a dark horse team in the Big 12 this season. The Cowboys are a tenpoint favorite against Texas Tech.
2. TEXAS LONGHORNS
The Longhorns are coming off a bye week after a win over Oklahoma State. Texas will try to keep their Big 12 Championship hopes alive as favorites against West Virginia. Senior wide receiver Devin Duvernay leads the conference in receptions per game with 9.7 and had four touchdowns this year. The Longhorns do not particularly stand out on a stat sheet but are a solid team that gets the job done and are on the outside looking in for a college football playoff bid.
1.OKLAHOMA SOONERS
The Sooners have dominated every opponent in 2019 and woke up feeling dangerous against Texas Tech. The Sooners are sitting out of the early CFP rankings but will need to go undefeated to make the playoff. The lone weakness, on paper, for Oklahoma is the rushing defense. The Sooners are fifth in the Big 12, allowing 153 yards per game but have only allowed three rushing touchdowns. The Sooners travel to play Kansas on the road as 32 point favorites.
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Head coach Chris Klieman leads his team out onto the field before the game against Oklahoma State at Boone Pickens Stadium on Sept. 29, 2019.
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K-State seeks to fix mistakes against Baylor at home this week NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
The K-State football team returns home this week for their first Big 12 home game against the Baylor Bears. The Wildcats are looking to bounce back after a mistake filled 26-13 loss in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at the hands of Oklahoma State. “As players we did not execute at a high level like we usually do,” senior running back James Gilbert said. “We watched the film, there were opportunities for big plays to happen. We just didn’t execute, so that’s on us.”
Senior offensive lineman Adam Holtorf blamed execution as well. “There’s a lot of frustration because we weren’t able to execute and take advantages of the opportunities we had,” Holtorf said. “We should have been able to make the adjustments and execute.” It was not just the lack of explosive plays for K-State. They also want to try to hold opponents to fewer explosive plays. “They had, I think, ten explosive plays,” head coach Chris Klieman said. “I think we had like two.” Klieman opened Tuesday’s press conference by mentioning the explosive
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on the field,” Klieman said. “We were 1-13 on third downs, you can’t do that on the road and you can’t do that in the type of offense we want to play.” K-State also struggled in the passing game last week without freshman wide receiver Malik Knowles. “There’s a lot of different ways to go about [improving passing],” Thompson said. “At the end of the day, we have to get open
and I have to make the right reads and get them the ball. I felt like there was a lot of things going wrong.” Thompson only amassed 118 yards on 11 completed passes. No receiver caught more than three passes or gained more than 39 yards in the game. A win would help the Wildcats get rolling in a key stretch of three home games against Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma. The games could
make or break the season. “The most important game is the one that you are preparing for,” Holtorf said. “We’ve got a great home stretch. It feels like forever since we’ve been at home so it’s important that we start this homestand off on the right note.” The game against Baylor will kick off at 2:30 p.m. at Bill Snyder Family Stadium and be broadcast on ESPN2.
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A whole new world: Faculty explore Iranian cityscape in KSBN panel JULIE FREIJAT
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In the desert, the air is dry and hot. The sun beats down hard. Day after day, the landscape is the same. There is no place to go but through. Eventually, you will encounter water. Perhaps it’s just a small amount, but soon you will begin to find more. The moisture cradles your face and the sound of a running stream kisses your ears.
This is the picture Todd Gabbard, associate professor of architecture, painted in the minds of students and staff on Thursday in Regnier Forum. The K-State Book Network hosted a panel inspired by the architecture and cityscape of Iran — specifically the city of Yazd, which is located in the heart of the country. Iran is the one of the settings in this year’s common read, “Darius the Great is Not Okay” by Adib Khorram. The lecture hosted five
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K-State’s fall enrollment dip is the largest of all state universities
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For the sixth consecutive fall semester, Kansas State enrollment decreased. This semester, however, K-State saw the biggest decrease in fulltime equivalent enrollment of any state university in Kansas, according to preliminary data collected by the Kansas Board of Regents. Across the board, the Regents recorded a loss of 726 full-time equivalent students. K-State accounts for more than 550 students in that drop. In the full-time equivalent count across the system, the Regents recorded a less than 1 percent decrease. K-State recorded a 3.12 percent decrease. According to the press release, Fort Hays State and Wichita State recorded small increases at .94 percent and .99 percent respectively. In terms of total headcount enrollment, K-State and the University of Kansas were the only state universities in the system to record decreases. K-State fell 2.3 percent and KU fell .75 percent, according to a Regents press release. According to a press release sent out on Wednesday by K-State, the university saw a record increase in freshmen to sophomore retention and near-record graduation rates. The university also recorded increased enrollment at the Global, Polytechnic and Olathe campuses.
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“We’ve completely revamped our scholarship programs and are finding new ways to increase the value of our already excellent degrees,” Provost Charles Taber said to K-State News. “Higher education has been proven to be one of the best investments a person can make — with demonstrably proven increased lifetime earnings and quality of life. The prosperity of our state and country depends on a well-educated populace.” Taber went on to say he feels the university is on track
with the strategic enrollment plan. The Regents also track enrollment numbers for municipal universities, community colleges and technical colleges. Of all public post-secondary education types available in Kansas, technical colleges were the only options that did not report enrollment dips. Technical colleges recorded a near 6 percent increase in total headcount enrollment since fall 2018 and a 42.48 percent growth over a five year period.
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