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NATURE Monarch Watch uses citizen science to track butterflies from Canada to Mexico
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DEUCE IT AGAIN
Klieman’s new coaching contract features bonuses, perks for bowl games
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C O V I D -1 9 KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN managing editor
Since enrollment peaked at Kansas State in 2014, the university scrambled to slow the annual declines in student body population. In recent years, that’s looked like hiring administrators focused on student success and enrollment strategy as well as adjusting recruiting priorities. Now, vice provost for enrollment management Karen Goos said the pandemic slowed that progress. “I think compromised the progress is a great way to put it,” Goos said. “We were making really good progress on some of our priorities.”
FALLING SHORT
In March, Goos and oth-
ers working on strategic enrollment management shifted their focus from proactive planning to a more reactive approach, emphasizing keeping people enrolled at K-State engaged from a distance and retaining students. K-State expected to see some returns on its investment this year, but enrollment fell this semester — as the university expected with the economic crisis spurned by the pandemic — 4.1 percent. Right now, total enrollment is at its lowest since the late-1990s. Across the whole Board of Regents system — which includes community colleges, technical colleges and state universities — enrollment in full-time equivalency fell nearly seven percent from this time last year.
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“What’s important to recognize is, overall, we knew that our enrollment was going to be down,” Goos said. The melt rate — the number of students accepted to attend K-State, but do not enroll — also went up this year. Usually, the melt rate is in the ballpark of seven percent, Goos said. This year, it was over 15 percent. That doesn’t mean people decided not to come to K-State, Goos said. Rather, some may have pushed off going to college altogether for a few years or even made the choice to live at home while attending a community college.
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of the key goals of the strategic enrollment management team is increasing retention across the whole K-State system and raising the four- and six-year graduation rates. K-State saw significant progress on those fronts, Goos said. In fact, the university documented its highest freshman- to sophomore-retention rates in school history despite the pandemic. “I think our faculty and staff did a great job of reaching out and making those personal connections, making sure the students felt comfortable coming back,” Goos said. Additionally, the number of individuals applying to the university is climbing. “We were already seeing some progress. I think we would have realized a stronger fresh-
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As enrollment continues to trend downwards, K-State grapples with decreased funds collection and COVID-19 economic impacts. men class had the pandemic not hit,” Goos said.
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As brick-and-mortar businesses have had to close during the pandemic, restaurant owners are getting creative with new business models.
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Before the pandemic, Jenny Glenn’s local restaurant was going strong. Just months after COVID-19 came to the U.S, she closed its doors. Things were looking down until she put her business on wheels. Before businesses started shutting down in March, changing her restaurant’s business model wasn’t something Glenn ever thought about. She owned a brick-and-mortar restaurant, Bluestem Grill, located in the Kansas State Office Park, and business was fine up until that point. As the pandemic progressed however, Glenn knew she’d have to do something different to stay in business. “When coronavirus hit, it was especially hard on us, as we were a new business,” Glenn said. “When I announced the
Grill was closing, so many people had kind things to say and were sad. It was a shame to have to do it, but I didn’t have an option at that point.” From the remains of Bluestem Grill’s brick-and-mortar location, The Grill To Go was born. Glenn also owns a catering company, Kiva Catering, the business model of which inspired The Grill To Go: a meal delivery system of prepping food in a commercial kitchen and bringing it to customers via contactless delivery. “We figured people were tired of cooking at home, and this could help out and I would be able to give some of my employees jobs again,” Glenn said. Glenn’s creativity created greater access to food for customers who wanted to stay safe inside their homes. Trace Henderson, sophomore in psychology, said he’s impressed with the resilience of restaurateurs in Manhattan
during the pandemic. “I think creativity, other than reliability is the most important factor in a business,” Henderson said. “Every time a business can provide that [creativity], the customer is benefiting.” As challenging as the pandemic has been for businesses as a whole, it also affected employees and their livelihoods. Amanda Caldas, former manager at Harry’s, felt this effect. Harry’s, a fine-dining restaurant formerly located in downtown Manhattan, didn’t make it through the economic downturn the pandemic created. “Fine dining and a pandemic don’t really don’t go hand-in-hand,” Caldas said. Out of their jobs, former staff members at Harry’s kept cooking. Many began experimenting with different foods and sharing their creations with friends and family.
From their experimentation came a new restaurant, Guilty Biscuit, specializing in biscuit sandwiches. “Guilty Biscuit was a weird dream,” Caldas said. “We wanted to keep our team together, keep safety a priority and provide really good food at a really great price that’s easy to get ahold of.” Guilty Biscuit started out as a few tables in a dining space, but the owners quickly converted to a carry-out only kitchen offering only delivery and curbside-pickup. There are challenges to opening a restaurant in the middle of a pandemic, Caldas said, but Manhattan has provided an environment that allowed those at Guilty Biscuit to feel comfortable enough to move forward. “This community is incredibly supportive of everything happening here, especially since we are a local business,” Caldas said.
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Another enrollment strategy the university emphasizes is increasing the out-of-state enrollments as the population K-State historically recruited from — in-state students — continues to decrease. Ashley Kragelund, junior in animal science, is originally from Nebraska. She came to K-State in 2018 using the Midwest Student Exchange Program that offers decreased tuition to out-of-state students from the region, like Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana. That, combined with the added bonus of there being a well-regarded veterinary school associated with the university, brought Kragelund here. “I decided to come to K-State after visiting because it just really felt like the right fit
of all the schools that also had a vet school,” Kragelund said. “I didn’t think there were really any other incentives when I first decided on K-State.” Starting next fall, students from Missouri could be charged in-state equivalent tuition, decreasing their education price tag by more than 60 percent. “We knew there was going to be growth in traditional aged students in the outof-state market,” Goos said. “If we continue to just work our in-state market then we would see continued enrollment decline no matter how well we performed.” That’s not to say K-State ceased recruiting in-state students. In 2019, in-state students still made up nearly 70 percent of the total student body.
SETTING 'REALISTIC' GOALS
The primary goal of the enrollment management strategies is not to get enrollment at
K-State back to what it was in 2014 — that’s not a reasonable plan, Goos said. “I do not intend to us to get back to our highest peak. That is certainly not my goal,” Goos said. “I don’t have a plan of getting back to where we were, and I don’t think that’s a realistic expectation in the short term.” Instead, the focus remains on making up some recent losses in total enrollment and creating a more steady year-to-year student body population size. In the meantime, as enrollment continues to decline, Kragelund said she’s a little bit worried. “I don’t feel like it’s affected me personally, but lower enrollments could mean that some classes wouldn’t be offered, and I think that could negatively affect other students at K-State,” she said. “It’s definitely an issue that needs to be worked on.”
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With a staff of 111, Kansas State Facilities covers around 6.4 million square feet in cleaning shifts from 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. When COVID-19 hit, the staff made major changes. Linda Craghead, director of facilities services, began researching the best possible sanitization equipment to prevent the spread of the virus. The electrostatic sprayers placed in classrooms disperse QT3, a disinfectant on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of recommendations. Custodial manager Stephanie Brecheisen said QT3 has a shorter disinfecting time per surface. The sprayers make it efficient for facilities staff to finish their cleaning before classrooms open in the morning. Throughout the day, professors can easily spray the room after their classes to prepare for the next group of students. “It puts out a fine mist, and that's all there is to it. I mean, it's awesome,” Brecheisen said. “Otherwise, we'd be using spray bottles." Over the summer, facilities staff participated in weekly hands on training, the focuses on restrooms, classrooms and touchpoints. Every staff member learned techniques for proper disinfecting and using the new chemicals. Come the fall semester, supervisors no longer sent their custodial specialists out to 636 classrooms, only 300. Teams of supervisors and specialists split across campus and took responsibility for different complexes. Kristin Muehleisen, custodial supervisor, said with the work facilities staff do, it's been nice to get some recognition from those the department serves. “Attitude with building
users, professors, students— as far as dealing with them — has been a little bit more respectful," Muehleisen said. "It just seems to be a little bit more appreciative." Kelly Cheever, custodial specialist, works with a team of three colleagues in her assigned buildings. The work is tedious, but Cheever said it's worth it to keep in-person classes in session. “We start out with two [workers] doing classrooms. Top to bottom, they're wiping tables, taking trash,” Cheever said. “[Another specialist] follows them afterward spraying down the QT3. It has to sit on tables for 30 minutes to be disinfected completely. We hit all touchpoints in the building entryways, restrooms, everything, for three minutes. We do that two or three times a day. Then, we hit all stairwells two to three times a day. We're constantly, constantly disinfecting, but it gets [students] back on campus.” Every surface is disinfected multiple times a day. Brecheisen said other universities like Clemson have delivered cleaning products and more custodial specialists to K-State facilities services. “We get people that have been really tremendous," Brecheisen said. "It's been fun in a weird way. Everybody's just stepped up and everybody's there for everybody.” Facilities staff get a break on the weekends, but they're on-call for any sign of a potential outbreak or confirmed case of COVID-19 on campus. In such an event, the Riley County Police Department contacts Facilities and traces the positive case so staff can disinfect all major touchpoints in each contaminated building. “We want [students] to feel safe. We don't want [them] to come in feeling paranoid that we haven't disinfected enough," Cheever
said. "We want [them] to be comfortable to come back. I feel like on campus, we have covered those grounds, so I'm hoping that next semester, we can kind of start working again as professors and buildings open up.” Muehleisen said she is happy to see students spending more time on campus recently. "I thought at first they might be annoyed that I'm there spraying when they're in there studying, but they're not," she said. "I think that they feel good to see that.” The department also implemented no-touch soap and paper towel dispensers in every bathroom and space with a sink. Step-N-Pull grips installed on the inside of bathroom doors enable touch-free exits from those rooms after hand-washing. Over the university’s holiday breaks, the facilities staff will detail clean every building and restroom. They use a no-touch power washer to work everything to the drain in the restrooms. A squeegee is also used to clean the floors. Craghead said her team is vital for the safe return of faculty, staff and students to campus. To celebrate all of the facilities staff's hard work, Victoria de Souza, senior in biology, put together gift bags for every custodial specialist. Last Friday was National Custodial Appreciation Day. In her 25 years as a custodial specialist, supervisor and manager at K-State and other universities, Brecheisen never heard of National Custodial Appreciation Day. She said it's been nice to see the administration give custodial specialists the recognition they deserve. “I think it’s [COVID-19] that brought my team together closer,” Muehleisen said. “We've had to rely on each other a lot more than we probably ever have."
quality of some students’ mental health since the start of the pandemic. “Not being able to hang out with friends has affected kids in negative ways, and no one really knows what to do to get help,” Spencer Dugan, sophomore in construction science and management, said. “It’s really hard for me to log on to Zoom every day. I used to make a lot of friends in classes and now I can’t hang out or make new friends in those classes.” Dugan echoed Ekwerike’s point that professional mental health services should be widely offered rather than stigmatized, especially now.
“The idea of opening up and having more sessions for free therapy sessions would go a long way,” Dugan said. Wellcat Ambassadors aims to provide some of that extra help to struggling students. The program consists of certified peer educators focused on the wellbeing of students. “It scared me for the students to be socially isolated,” Megan Katt, health director and Wellcat Ambassador advisor, said. “Students need other people to connect with to make it through college.” The purpose of the program is for ambassadors to provide education
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clinical psychology, Ekwerike said he’s concerned about K-State students’ mental health. “We need to create more safe spaces for students and learn not to stigmatize, but be more empathetic with our mental health issues,” Ekwerike said. Ekwerike is also the founder and current president of the Mental Health Innovation Network. “A lot of students struggle with depression and anxiety,” Ekwerike said. “Generally, we just need to be more kind to each other and be more encouraging of professional mental help.”
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MEET THE CANDIDATE JOSIE WHITAKER staff writer
A Kansas State alumna, former city and county politician and owner of a bath remodeling business, Kathryn Focke is hoping to take her community involvement one step further with her run for Riley County Commission. Focke is running in District Three as a Democrat, and said her background in local government prepared her for this race. Serving as the Riley County Democratic Chair for 12 years, Focke has a long history of political activism with the party in Riley County and a hand in what the party is today. When Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, ran for Kansas governor in 2003, Focke served as her coordinator in Riley County. Focke said this work inspired her to get back into politics. The need for transparency in the county government is at the center of Focke’s campaign. “There’s a lot that the county commissioners are responsible for, like the ATA bus-
ses, the health department, police department, etc.,” she said. “We need more transparency in this government and I’m a real open person.” With Ron Wells, the current District Three seat holder, set to retire in January, Focke decided she wanted to make a run for the open seat. She started attending commission meetings and found that she wanted to change the agenda. State statutes require county commissions to meet twice a week, but they don’t mandate what time or day. When in office, Focke said she wants to change meeting times from the current 8:30 a.m. slot to be more publicly accessible. “[It’s] tough for people to participate when they are going to work or school,” she said. Another way Focke hopes to use her platform is to mandate taxes and use them to further the interests of Riley County. “We are going to be facing a lot of economic issues going forward with the pandemic in small businesses, so I would be very careful with tax dollars,” Focke said. To hear more voices in the community, Focke plans to open regular office hours
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and hold a public forum at the K-State Student Union if elected. “I plan to have open and respectful conversations, to respect everyone’s opinions and look at issues very carefully from all sides of the spectrum,”
Focke said. Taeler Roberts, owner of Kai Strategic Media, said it’s time for someone like Focke to represent the community of Manhattan. “[Focke] shows up and will take any challenge head-
on. She’s compassionate, objective and transparent,” Roberts said. “Those are all characteristics of a leader I want. She’s got my vote.” Nathan King, Mosaic community relations manager, said Focke knows Manhattan.
“Whether it has been serving with the Common Table community meal or just walking through Anneberg park with her dog Rocky, Kathryn loves the town of Manhattan,” King said. Focke’s love for the community extends from the town to K-State’s campus, King said. “As your county commissioner, [Focke] will work to ensure that students have the best quality of life possible while they study here,” he said. Because students make up most of the community, Focke said advocating for students in local government is essential. “I really encourage students to get registered to vote here and get involved in local politics,” she said. “I know that when I’m elected, I’m not going to be a ‘yes woman,’ meaning I am not going to just go along with the status quo. I want to question things and listen to people,” she continued. “I think with a new commission, we can make a lot of changes and do things in a different way. I’m not a person to sit back and be quiet.” For more information about Focke and her run for Riley County Commission in District Three, visit her campaign website.
K-State uses three-tier disciplinary course for COVID-19 policy violations ABBY LACY staff writer
Some universities send students home if they violate COVID-19 campus policies, but as of now, Kansas State has not sent any students home for this reason. The university imposed a three-tier disciplinary course for students in violation of any campus COVID-19 regulations. After the first violation, students receive a letter reminding them of the policy. If the student violates the policy again, they must meet with a dean in the Office of Student Life to
discuss the student's failure to comply with the regulation. The third violation results in a meeting with the Student Review Board. "We so far have not had any students come through our Student Review Board," Ashton Hess, Student Governing Associate attorney general, said. "All of the students that have gone through either step one or two of that process have seemed to revise their behaviors and now follow that university policy so I would say it's working in that sense." The three-tier system gives students the opportunity to change their actions before any serious punishment is given out.
"We've taken the approach of educational first," Andy Thompson, senior associate dean and director of student life, said. After the third violation, students face a range of consequences including a recommendation for suspension or expulsion. As with any other code of conduct violation, Thompson said the ramifications for violating the COVID-19 campus policies vary based on the situation. "Every circumstance is looked at individually because every situation is unique on why a student isn't wearing their face covering," Thompson said. "If it's a repetitive issue, they'll go through
the process in a fair manner and the board will hear that determination as they see fit." Thompson said off-campus behavior can't be regulated through the Student Code of Conduct, but he encourages anyone with a concern about a student's behavior to inform the Office of Student Life. "Our code of conduct is only an on-campus or university-sponsored activity jurisdiction and so off-campus behavior is not heard through the Code of Conduct," Thompson said. "Now, we do have the threat management policy, and that policy does lend itself if there's a threat to campus, where we could look
at behavior from off-campus as part of that jurisdiction." They cannot guarantee they are able to discipline students based on their peers' complaints but will investigate potential violations brought to their attention. "If anybody has a concern or an issue whether about on or off-campus student behavior, we certainly want to hear about it and have that discussion," Thompson said. "Again, we can't guarantee that the policy will apply, but if there's a concern, we want to hear about it so that we can at least take a look at the situation. If it needs to be reviewed, we certainly will do that."
Klieman’s new coaching contract features bonuses, perks for bowl games NATHAN ENSERRO assistant sports editor
K-State Athletics and footballl head coach Chris Klieman agreed to a contract extension, keeping Klieman in Manhattan through 2026. The new contract raises his base salary incrementally from $2.5 million this year to $4.3 million in 2026. The new contract features some other changes as well. The new contract expands rule violations covered in the contract to NCAA rules, Big 12 Conference rules, university and K-State Athletics rules. The original contract only listed NCAA rules. Klieman will receive automatic extensions each year Kansas State wins eight games and appears in a bowl game. For the COVID-shortened 2020 season, the Wildcats only need to win six games and appear in a bowl game. Klieman can earn up to
three contract extensions at $4.3 million per year. Klieman and K-State will negotiate an extension after the 2024-25 contract year. Kllieman’s raises begin with the 2021 season. The salaries are as follows: 2020: $2.5 million 2021: $3.1 million 2022: $3.5 million 2023: $4 million 2024, 2025 and 2026: $4.3 million All salaries are base pay. Klieman can earn performance-based bonuses if K-State were to win the Big 12 football championships. However, K-State added retention bonuses. If Klieman remains head coach after the 2021 season, he will receive a lump sum of $200,000. The season after that, he will receive $250,000. Athletics amended the buy-out section of the contract as well. The new system is based on the percentage of unpaid base salary and the
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T HE LONG RUN number of contract years left. Previously, K-State would have paid Klieman a specific amount that decreased over the course of the contract. If Klieman is fired with four years remaining on his contract, he would be entitled to 75 percent of the total salary K-State owes him. If he were fired with three years left, it would be 67 percent and 50 percent at two years left. If they fire him with one or fewer years left on his contract, he would be paid $4.3 million or the remainder of the total owed, whichever is less. The percentage system considers the automatic extension years. If Klieman resigns before the end of his contract, he owes K-State $5 million if five or more years remain in the contract. The amount decreases by $1 million each year following that. The head coach’s perks package features eight hour usage time for a private airplane
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K-State football head coach Chris Klieman runs onto field with the Wildcats prior to the game against West Virginia in 2019. Klieman and K-State Athletics recently agreed to a contract extension. and a catered suite at any potential bowl games. The bowl game tickets must be for the purpose of “promoting the University
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a day before K-State’s big upset over Oklahoma. Klieman and athletics director Gene Taylor signed it Sept. 28.
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Freshman opposite/outside hitter Tessa Mati joins the volleyball team this year. With a European background, Mati is trying to adjust and take advantage of the opportunities the United States offers. Mati, an environmental engineering major, grew up in Grosseto, Italy, and started playing volleyball at 11. She became the first in her family to play the sport. At first, it was just a game, but it soon became a passion. “I was happy to be able to attend every practice, was enjoying my time with my teammates and I realized that I didn’t want to do this for life but I wanted it in
my life,” Mati said. While Mati has been in the U.S., she noticed the culture is different than Italy. For her, one of the biggest differences is in the style of volleyball. She said she adjusted quickly to the physicality of the game here. The American style of play requires more jumping and lifting weights, while volleyball in Italy is more precise and technical, she said. Playing with older women last year, Mati said her practices were more intense. She said one thing remains the same: the speed of the game. “You can play volleyball with people of your same age, but at the same time you can play in a league where there are women
of every age ... so I played with a 28-year-old,” Mati said. Mati said colleges in Italy do not offer organized sports, making the opportunity to come to America to play and study something she could not turn down. “It was my dream to come to America and combine the studies and the sport that I love,” she said. Kansas State volleyball head coach Suzie Fritz said she discovered Mati through a European recruiting service. When Mati got to Manhattan, interaction among her and the coaches was limited while she quarantined.
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For the first time this season, Wildcat football travels to Texas to try for 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play for the first time since 2014 after a 31-21 win over Texas Tech last week. The Wildcats look to continue that momentum during a road matchup against TCU. Kansas State is hopeful senior quarterback Skylar Thompson will be able to play after suffering an injury on Saturday. However, true freshman quarterback Will Howard is the likely starter for the matchup against the Horned Frogs. Howard threw for 173 yards and a touchdown after replacing Thompson in the second quarter.
True freshman running back Deuce Vaughn dominated in the young season and took the Big 12 newcomer of the week for the second week in a row. Vaughn had 194 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns in the win over Texas Tech and is second in the conference in all-purpose yards with 429 yards over three games. The defense may not seem so impressive on paper, but helped keep the Wildcats in games. K-State ranks fifth in the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 30.3 points per game, despite giving up the second-most yards per game. Even though they give up yardage, the defense limited red zone scoring and ranks second
in the conference in the category. They’ve made five interceptions through three games and are tied for first in the nation in turnover margin. TCU is coming off of a big 33-31 win on the road against Texas last Saturday. Similar to K-State, the Horned Frogs received Top 25 votes this week. All-time, the Horned Frogs lead the series 7-6 and have defeated the Wildcats four of the last six meetings. Sophomore quarterback Max Duggan threw for 231 yards and had 79 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore place kicker Griffin Kell went 7/7 in all kicking opportunities, including a 49-yard field goal. His performance earned him a special teams player of the week nod.
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The K-State offensive line received praise from coaches the last two weeks. The biggest question for the Wildcats before the season was the line’s experience, but they stepped up in conference play. Sophomore defensive back Ekow Boye-Doe had two starts this season. He has ten tackles and three passes defended in the two games. Against Texas Tech, Boye-Doe had five tackles, including one for a loss and two pass defenses. He is one of the taller defensive backs. He could find himself matched against the more dynamic wide receivers of TCU. Junior wide receiver Taye Barber appears to be
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Young talent aims to keep football team at top of conference in a tilt with TCU Max Duggan’s favorite receiver with 12 receptions, including seven receptions for 51 yards against the Longhorns. Barber is tied for third in the conference in receptions per game with six with 133 yards and a touchdown. Junior safety La’Kendrick Van Zandt had seven tackles and an interception in the win against Texas, which earned him Big 12 defensive player of the week honors. He made 12 tackles for the Horned Frogs over two games this season. The Wildcats are the 8.5-point underdog in the road matchup with TCU, and the over/under is set at 50.5. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas, on Fox.
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LAST MEETING The last time K-State and TCU faced off, the game sat tied at 17 for most of the third quarter, and nearly all of the fourth before then-junior quarterback Skylar Thompson led a 95-yard drive that ate up more than five of the last eight minutes of the game. The touchdown sealed the victory for K-State, 24-17. “I thought [Thompson] was big-time when he needed to be,” head coach Chris Klieman said. The Wildcats finished the game with less time of possession and had 100 fewer yards than the Horned Frogs, but the K-State defense played a big role in keeping K-State in the game.
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The Wildcats travel to Fort Worth, Texas, this weekend to take on the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G Carter Stadium. This is the 14th meeting between the two teams. TCU leads the all-time series 7-6, but the series is tied 4-4 since 2012 — when the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 Conference. TCU head coach Gary Patterson came to TCU in 1998 and was promoted to head coach in 2000. Patterson played safety and linebacker at Kansas State in 1980 and 1981. After their opener against SMU was postponed, TCU is 1-1 with an opening loss to Iowa State and 33-31 a win at Texas last weekend. As a former defensive coordinator, Patterson is known for stout 4-2-5 defenses. Their defense typically features four down lineman, two linebackers and five defensive backs. Patterson has a reputation for showing a lot of disguised presnap looks and running man
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KNOWYOUR OPPONENT defense and this year is no different. They use junior strong safety La’Kendrick Van Zandt to cover a slot receiver or as a blitzer off the edge. Against Texas, they also used a linebacker as a “spy” on the quarterback. A spy sits behind the line on pass plays and is charged with corralling a scrambling quarterback. On offense, sophomore quarterback Max Duggan is a dual-threat weapon. This season, he’s attempted 49 passes and 28 rushes. They use him in both designed quarterback run plays and option plays. He leads the team in rushing yards on the season. Out of mostly shotgun 10 personnel — that is, one running back, no tight ends and four receivers — they are fairly balanced between the run and the pass. They average 3.4 yards per rush attempt. They use speedy receivers in motion from the slot to the backfield to enhance their run threat using jet sweep-type action to run outside the tackle. Those receivers are also used as a decoy to open up the middle of the defense for Duggan.
Unless they are in short yardage situations, they avoid using a tight end. They will pull offensive linemen to lead their rusher through the hole. In the pass game, Duggan’s favorite target is junior wide receiver Taye Barber, who has 12 catches for 133 yards and one touchdown through two games this year.
KEY MATCHUPS WILL WILL WILL HIS TEAM TO A WIN?
After senior quarterback Skylar Thompson left the game against Texas Tech with an injury, freshman Will Howard took over and led K-State to a win. Thompson’s status is up in the air for this week, although head coach Chris Klieman seemed optimistic he could play. K-State relied on some inspired play from Thompson in close games throughout his career, and this week will likely be no different. If Thompson cannot play, it will be up to the true freshman to fill his shoes in clutch situations. Preparing Howard for Patterson’s complex defense,
but not overwhelming him with information, will be hard to balance for
K-State’s coaching staff, but it will be essential to his play this week.
CONTAIN THE RUN
The defensive secondary took a spot in this section the past two weeks because of questions about their health. That is still a question for the de-
fense, but the front seven — the tackles, ends and linebackers — will take the spotlight this week.
K-State’s front seven need to find a way to neutralize Duggan in the run game. If the quarterback rushing threat is taken away, K-State’s defense can be very successful against the Horned Frogs.
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
One of the good things for K-State is the emergence of new faces on the field.
True freshman running back Deuce Vaughn and transfer senior tight end Briley Moore made huge plays on offense, including two long strikes to help ice the Texas Tech win. On defense, sophomore defensive back Ekow Boye-Doe and freshman safety TJ Smith are more than serviceable stop-gaps on the back end. Sophomore defensive tackle Jaylen Pickle has done will in limited snaps backing up K-State’s starting linemen. K-State will also need to see continued growth and development from these new contributors in this game. The development of young players will not only help this year, but carry over in depth for future seasons. PREDICTION: This is a hard game to predict because of the questions about K-State’s quarterbacks. K-State’s defense will keep the Wildcats in it and I predict the Wildcats to win 2824.
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After losing to Kansas last week, the soccer team travels to Austin, Texas, Friday to take on a Longhorn team that provide their best shot at grabbing a victory — the first of the season. “We’re pissed, we’re mad, we want to win,” sophomore forward Kyler Goins said. “We’re going to bring that same competitive energy from KU to Texas.” The biggest issue this season for the Wildcats is their failure to convert on opportunities. Through every game so far, Kansas State had a total of 19 shots — four of those shots on goal and one scoring a point. In their most recent game against the Jayhawks, K-State sent six shots flying — just one on goal. It was the lack of converted opportunities that sunk K-State. However, head coach Mike Dibbini believes they are close to a breakthrough. “We’ve been in these positions before, but I think we’re inching closer to figuring it out,” Dibbini said. “We broke down a really good KU team, clearly had three or four key moments, but we just could not finish and make opportunities — and that’s the moment we’ve got to get better at.” Dibbini is focused on making sure the women practice every possible scenario, drilling into them the importance of finishing their opportunities. Players stayed after practice to work on drills that emphasize the importance of finishing. “It’s really frustrating [not finishing]. We talk about it a lot, how frustrating it is and recently we’ve been working,” senior midfielder Christina Baxter said. “What we just did [after practice] for 30 minutes was finishing and I think the
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K-State senior defender Avery Green calls for a foul after a contested strike against Oklahoma State. The Wildcats fell to the Cowboys 3-0 at Buser Family Park on Sept. 13, 2020. more we continue to repeat it and get that same feeling. I think we’re going to start doing some special stuff because we’ve been working really hard on extra work after practice.” Losing players from injuries and COVID-19 precautions made this year particularly tough for the Wildcats. In their last match, K-State fielded 18 of their 31 players. On Wednesday, Dibbini said he can field anywhere from 18 to 20 players on Friday, and hopes that number increases to 24 by their match against Oklahoma. Because of the injuries and COVID-19 precautions plaguing the goalkeeper
position, K-State started redshirt freshman goalkeeper Cameron Illingworth against the Jayhawks last week. She previously had not seen a minute of action with the Wildcats, but had four saves, holding the Jayhawks scoreless until the sixtieth minute. Even with original backup freshman Alaina Werremeyer back in the goalkeeper rotation this week, Dibbini expects Illingworth to start Friday night after the amount of training she logged this week. Dibbini’s biggest worry for the team is their energy when traveling, and since the trip to Austin, Texas, is over 10 hours, those con-
cerns are valid. Baxter believes that energy will be key for the match on Friday night. Motivation must be high for a victory against the Longhorns. “It comes with energy coming out, wanting to win every battle that you have,” Baxter said. “At this point, we have nothing to lose because obviously. We’re coming in as the underdogs, we haven’t won a game yet, we’ve scored once and I think [the key] is just staying motivated and continuing to work hard on the field.” Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. Friday in Austin, Texas, and is available live on the Longhorn Network, as well as heard on 101.5 KROCK.
After an 11-21 season showed a lot of promise for the future of the team, men’s basketball head coach Bruce Weber wanted nothing more than to return to the courts. A global pandemic and looming uncertainty soon halted that vision. In a press conference on Wednesday, Weber discussed some of the struggles COVID-19 caused and what this year might look like for the team. Weber is hopeful for a full season and is looking forward to seeing how the Wildcats will compete, even though things are “chaotic.” “Some of the leagues haven’t finalized how many games they’re going to have,” Weber said. “It’s just been very chaotic, to say the least. Our league obviously has one protocol for testing. I know football’s dealt with this; other leagues are going to have other testing protocols, so, hopefully, it all works out. We want to get as many games as possible. It’ll be interesting, to say the least.” Even though the scheduling for the upcoming season has not been finalized, Weber and his coaching staff want to get to work. While the pandemic limits the amount of practice the team can have, a sense of normalcy should return on Oct 14, when full practices officially begin. This year’s team is very young and inexperienced, with senior guard Mike McGuirl as the only returning upperclassman. Weber is looking to McGuirl and sophomore guard DaJuan Gordon to step up and lead the team for the Wildcats this year. “Our young guys are going to have to step up, and they’re going to have to be major factors,” Weber said. “We’re all pleased as a staff with our older guys. Mike McGuirl came back early in May, DaJuan [Gordon] and him, they just said, ‘We’ve
got to come back coach’ and they couldn’t get in our facilities, but they worked out on playgrounds, and anywhere they could.” Since 11 of the 14 players on the team this year are underclassmen, Weber knows this may be a down year for the team, but the future looks bright for K-State. This is the highest-rated recruiting class that Weber has signed in his tenure as head coach. Incoming freshmen Seryee Lewis, Davion Bradford, Luke Kasubke and Selton Miguel will look to recreate the same magic Dean Wade, Barry Brown and Kamau Stokes made during their time at K-State — and lead the team to another Big 12 Conference title. “Our young, new players are talented,” Weber said. “They are just going to have a lot to learn as we move forward into practice.” Unfortunately, Kasubke will be out for quite some time. He sustained a foot injury and had surgery. Weber said he will be out “more months than weeks.” While Kasubke is out, Weber will look to other incoming freshmen to step up. “The other guys; Nijel [Pack], Selton [Miguel], Seryee [Lewis] and Davion [Bradford] have all shown signs that they’re going to be really, really good players,” Weber said. “They’re all going to be able to contribute as we move forward. We’re going to need at least two of them — maybe three — to really step up and give us major production if we’re going to be successful.” While the recruiting went well for Weber this year, there has been no time for rest. The recruiting team worked with K-State to give potential recruits campus tours through Zoom and make videos detailing where they would fit in the program. The early signing period is just over six weeks away and the recruiting team will work hard to try and improve on an already promising incoming class.
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As the leaves change and the wind chills, you might have noticed an influx of bright orange, blackand-white spotted butterflies dancing in the breeze. Every year, monarch butterflies embark on their long journey through the heartland of the country, and some Kansas biologists have been working to understand just how they do it. Orley “Chip” Taylor, University of Kansas professor emeritus in ecology and evolutionary biology, said the inspiration for the monarch tagging program came from teaching an experimental field ecology graduate course.
“As I came up with projects, I began to realize that very little was really known about the monarch migration,” Taylor said. He wanted the program to tackle larger ecological questions surrounding the migration, migration dynamics, population growth and regional survival rates. Thus, Monarch Watch was born. In 1992, Taylor started the Monarch Watch tagging program with the help of Brad Williamson, a fellow KU professor. What started with a handful of people in Lawrence now spans across the continent, tracking the monarchs’ path all the way from Canada to Mexico. Tagging butterflies allows scientists to see cause and effect relationships that go back
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to the previous year, such as drought and habitat loss. Using the data gathered from the tagging program, Taylor recently published a paper refuting previous theories that the population was declining as a function of migration. “The tagging data shows very clearly, there has been no increase in mortality of tagged butterflies over the last 15, 20 years,” he said. The larger downward trend in population, Taylor said, is due to habitat loss, largely associated with agricultural intensification and the consequent loss of milkweed. “We’re losing about two million acres a year by my estimates, and it’s not clear that we’re restoring two million acres a year,” he said. “So if that’s the case, we’re still losing ground.”
Taylor started working to combat this loss in 2005 with the Monarch Waystation program, encouraging farmers and landowners to create small habitats for butterflies called “waystations.” These plots ensure monarchs, and other pollinators, have access to resources as they travel. While it started very slowly, Taylor said the program took off, and now has over 30,000 Monarch Waystation habitats registered it in five different countries. The Master Gardener Program at Douglas County, through K-State Research and Extension, helps maintain Monarch Waystation No. 1 in Lawrence, which is “kind of an attraction on campus,” in Taylor’s words. “That’s one aspect of what we do, is promote people individually acting in a way that is environmentally responsible by creating habitats for monarch butterflies and pollinators on their own property,” Taylor said. “It’s a symbol of what we need to do to maintain what we like about the things that visit our gardens.” With Kansas right in the middle of their migration path, the Flint Hills serve as a major traffic-way for traveling monarchs, Brad Williamson said. Brad and his wife Carol Williamson are both retired from teaching now, but they still tag butterflies together for Monarch Watch. Though they live in Lawrence, Carol and Brad visit the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area regularly as docents. “Not many field trips this year, but we still go out and walk the prairie and put on our docent badges if we do,” Carol said. When the couple was tagging at Konza Prairie recently, Carol said they saw thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of monarch butterflies. “It was amazing, I mean we’ve seen that before, but it’s
inspiring,” she said. “It’s exciting when you’re there seeing so much migration happening. With the Konza Prairie … I think by looking at an individual species like the monarch, it helps to highlight the importance of the prairie.” Though the butterflies may look delicate, Brad said their wings are tougher than they seem. “These are really strong wings. They can fly on half a wing and still make it – it’s
was an amazing thing to witness.” While tagging for this season is mostly done, Brad encouraged people to keep an eye out for the butterflies in the spring. “It’s an amazing phenomenon,” Brad said. “It’s a phenomenon that’s difficult to say goodbye to if we lose.” In a time with a great need for citizen literacy, Carol said, learning science by doing is an important way to
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A monarch butterfly rests on a sunflower at Britt’s Farm. amazing,” Brad said. “They’re one tough little butterfly,” Carol said. Though the butterflies can tolerate the handling associated with tagging, volunteers are still careful when they capture them. “The other thing is, we didn’t count on is just how much this butterfly would touch the public’s emotional heartstrings,” Brad said. “It
share, not only the research and conservation program, but the education about an organism and its environment. “[Monarch Watch has] truly has become one of the premier international citizen science projects,” Carol said. “Chip is retired from teaching, but he’ll never retire from the Monarch Watch project.”
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Homecoming will lack parade, hold virtual events this year MADDY DANIELS staff writer
This year, many traditional All-University Homecoming festivities will be virtual to promote safety and keep students, faculty and alumni healthy. “We’ve got a lot more virtual activity going on and things that wouldn’t require a lot of people to come together, especially for our fraternities and sororities," Jessica Elmore, associate director of diversity programs and Homecoming coordinator, said. This year's virtual activities will include a Kansas State Family Game Night with Homecoming trivia and the annual Homecoming Philanthropy 5K Run/ Walk, held between Oct. 18-22. "[The 5K is] now open to our Wildcat community all over the world, so we’re pretty excited about that," Elmore said.
Though a parade and other large gatherings are out of reach this year, Elmore said there will still be some in-person activities on campus. “We’re still having the spirit sign and sidewalk chalk competition so that can be something shown on campus," Elmore said. Elmore said they're also planning to share flashback videos so people can get into the spirit and reminisce about awesome performances from the past. "What better way to do that than Homecoming, where we can reminisce on our time, whether [K-State] is your alma mater or if you’re a current student, it’s a chance to participate in the iconic tradition," Elmore said. "We wanted to do that, while pivot as best to we can to promote safety." While Alexandria Klassen, junior in elementary education,
said she still intends to make the most of it, missing the experience of Homecoming is difficult for those who would typically be heavily involved. “I’m in a sorority and was really looking forward to the excitement of all the events and making memories with my friends," Klassen said. "The parade was so fun last year, and I’ll really miss that." Despite the disappointment, Klassen said she thinks the precautions are the best course of action. “I think having virtual events is probably the smartest thing to do to stop the spread of COVID," Klassen said. "I hope people can still get excited and be looking forward to Homecoming and the special atmosphere of being a part of Kansas State that week, and be willing to get involved in the activities."
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OPI NI ON VEDANT D. KULKARNI
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A refugee is a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution. Currently, the world is seeing a significant rise in the number of people displaced from their homes and pushed into refugee camps. The United Nations reports that, as of 2018, an unprecedented 70.8 million people were displaced. An estimated 30 million are refugees and half of them are assumed to be children. Millions of these refugees become stateless people who are denied access to basic human rights such as education, healthcare, employment, freedom of movement and freedom of expression. Further, the refugee camps
that are set up to host these individuals temporarily are wildly underfunded and unsafe. The COVID-19 pandemic makes this situation even worse, with a lack of healthcare facilities. People are quick to blame refugees for being dangerous and refuse to help them. Unfortunately, the most common victims of global terrorism are these poor refugees themselves. When we do nothing to help them, we are condemning hundreds of thousands of people to death by terrorism, according to Amnesty International. Last year, the U.S. stepped down from its position as the global leader on refugee crisis management by accepting fewer refugees than ever. So, what we can do to help members of these communities? While all of us can do our part by providing financial
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assistance to these communities, universities like Kansas State in the U.S. and worldwide should start investing in the education of refugees. According to UNHCR, 3.7 million refugee children are out of school, and only about three percent of refugees have access to higher education. Additionally, four million refugees and refugee children are completely unable to attend school. Under the declarations of the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, education is a basic human right. Providing education to refugee youths protects them from being forced to join armed extremists, child labor, sexual exploitation or child marriages. Additionally, it gives them a chance to live a better life.
LETTER: SGA members believe spring mental wellness day will be critical to student success COVID-19 does not make exceptions. Masks, hand washing and social distancing provide added protection against this deadly virus — but, as the news of our nation’s president testing positive proves, no one is exempt. Concern for self, concern for the 811 members of our Kansas State family who had COVID-19 and concern for vulnerable loved ones left at home weigh heavy on our hearts. Atop this lingering fear of illness are the financial implications that COVID-19 placed on us, our families and our communities. All of these factors create a perfect storm that, for the sake of everyone, must pass soon. With this in mind, the Student Governing Association stands in full support of the Faculty Senate’s decision to extend Winter Break and remove the traditional Spring Break. SGA believes that, for the safety of students, faculty, staff and the greater Manhattan community,
travel associated with Spring Break should be prevented. However, the stress of our perfect pandemic storm and 16 weeks of uninterrupted instruction will prove detrimental to the mental and emotional wellbeing of students. To help mitigate the difficulty of a semester without breaks, Provost Charles Taber agreed to consider two well-being days in which all classes would not meet. On Thursday, Oct. 1, SGA introduced, special ordered and passed Resolution 26. In this piece of legislation, SGA recommended the wellbeing days be held on either a Monday or Friday, resulting in two distinct three-day weekends. SGA proposed these short breaks to take place within the weeks of Feb. 22 and April 5 to create even sections of instruction. After passage, the legislation went to administrators in time for the University Calendar Committee meeting on Friday morning, where the
Student Body President and Vice President offered their thoughts. Both student leaders and administrators expressed concern that a three-day weekend will result in students traveling. Although SGA does not recommend unnecessary travel, student leaders agreed that asking students — particularly those who live too far away to visit home on a regular weekend — to go 16 weeks without seeing family could be harmful to their emotional well-being. Students considering traveling home are urged to take part in Lafene Health Center’s asymptomatic testing before travel. With coursework, extracurricular activities and the stressors of living through a global pandemic, having a strong support system is imperative.
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Education, as we know, provides a pupil with knowledge, skills and wisdom and helps people develop their communities. Educating refugees could potentially provide them with a better life, and it may also help them gain the leadership skills required to turn lives in their community and home countries around. As the UNHCR says, "higher-level education turns students into leaders — it harnesses the creativity, energy and idealism of refugee youths and adults, casting them in the mold of role models, developing critical skills for decision-making, amplifying their voices and enabling rapid generational change." The UNHCR works in partnership with universities and organizations across the world to provide education to refugees. These programs are available
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in both virtual and in-person options. The UNHCR came together with universities and organizations to form the Connected Learning in Crisis Consortium for higher education for refugees. K-State should volunteer to be a part of this consortium. Currently, the CLCC comprises 27 members, with about 10 of them in the continental U.S. K-State should apply to become a part of this group as we are an educational institute and we pride ourselves on developing capable global leaders. Under the leadership of the Staley School of Leadership Studies, K-State can get involved with this initiative. We can create a scenario where we give the best leadership education to refugee youths and adults, turning them into the global leaders we need them to be. The mission of the Leadership Studies program is to develop knowledgeable, ethical, caring, inclusive leaders for a
diverse and changing world. We can contribute to help rebuild refugees' lives and develop them into leaders who will transform the world. K-State can help change the lives of many people around the world by taking this one step. Using technology, globalization and a universal support system, we can provide education to the world's most vulnerable populations. As Malala Yousafzai said, “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” Vedant Deepak Kulkarni is a Collegian contributor and a senior in management information systems and mass communications. He is also the international student affairs director in the Student Governing Association cabinet.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.
OPINION VEDANT D. KULKARNI
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International students are able to witness the fight for equality in the United States. They should take the fight for things like racial equality, LGBTQ+ rights and climate change to their home countries as well. Our university is home to over 1200 international students representing numerous countries
across the world. International students represent a unique diaspora at Kansas State — one that is racially, ethnically, nationally and sexually diverse and inclusive. International Students at K-State and across the nation have great potential for promoting global peace and unity. To provide a few examples, students from India and Pakistan attend K-State and other U.S. universities. It's not news that India and Pakistan
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in their home countries. Along with all of these, international students should align themselves with LGBTQ+ rights activism and promote marriage equality globally. Currently, only around 30 countries globally recognize same-sex marriage. This number is extremely small. There are countries where being LGBTQ+ could land a person in prison or worse — suffer capital punishment. International students from such countries should educate themselves about LGBTQ+ rights and advocate for the same in their home countries. By doing so, we would be doing a huge service to our fellow LGBTQ+ community members and ensure that our home countries are a little bit more inclusive and equitable. In addition to these, international students should also utilize the resources available to educate ourselves about similar important issues such as climate change, poverty, and inflation, and then promote globalization and global collaboration to tackle these challenges. All of us at K-State are future leaders navigating a global society. K-State prides itself on creating the global leaders of tomorrow. We can become future heads of states across the world. We need to carry forward this passion for global peace and unity in any field that we choose to go into. We need to engage ourselves in activities that contribute to global leadership and advocate for global unity and inclusivity. International students and local students need to engage more within their communities to promote intercultural and universal peace and unity. All of us need to align ourselves with pro-globalization causes that promote healthy global growth and sustainability. When we share our experiences and discuss solutions, we come across ideas we may have never thought of. Slowly but surely, we can accomplish our quest to create an equitable and united global society by taking smaller individual actions.
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Freshman Running Back Deuce Vaughn outruns Texas Tech defender for touch down in first half. The Wildcats beat the Red Raiders 31-21 on Fort Riley day at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
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