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COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP Willie Wildcat leads K-State fans in cheering on their football team during the game against TCU at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 19, 2019. The Wildcats took the Horned Frogs 24-17.
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Sunset Zoo provides outreach, conservation education for locals TRISTAN ANDERSON THE COLLEGIAN
Even in the middle of the Kansas plains, there is a place where cheetahs, emus and hyenas roam. Sunset Zoo is home to 300 animals of over 100 different species. It is divided up into five separate areas: Kansas Plains, African Forest Trail, Australian WalkAbout, Trails of South America and Asian Forest Trail. The zoo dates back to 1929 when the city of Manhattan bought an area known as Sunset Cemetery. However, part of the land was too rocky for burial — they built a zoo instead. The zoo had animals as early as 1930 but wasn’t chartered until 1934. As such, it maintains a founding year of 1933. It also has ties to Kansas State — Dr. EJ Frick, former head of surgery and medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine, volunteered his time to the zoo in 1933. The Works Progress Administration granted the city funding to construct exhibits and buildings of limestone, most of which are still standing today.
The city updated the zoo in the 1980s with funds raised by fees. After the upgrades, the fee helped take care and conserve animals. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited the zoo in 1989. On Tuesday, Kristin Vehrs, AZA executive director, gave the zoo its credentials. “The application is lengthy,” Vehrs said. “It can take up to six months to do.” With the accreditations, Sunset Zoo can access new animals or species by working with other accredited zoos. “We go through this huge matrix,” Scott Shoemaker, Sunset Zoo director, said. “We also have to ask ourselves, ‘Will it work well with our collection? Can it live here?’ There are many factors that go into getting new species. We have two bobcats here that are orphans from Milford Lake. We never take wild animals.” Some students volunteer or work at the zoo. “I’ve worked there for two and a half years — and I plead the fifth,” said Amanda Young, customer services employee and senior in computer science. “I don’t actually work with the animals — except the peacocks, I
guess. They hang around nearby sometimes.” The zoo prides itself in teaching others the importance of animals, conservation and nature. They have many events and educational activities for children to enjoy such as discovery programs and animal ambassador programs. “We have one of our largest events of the fall, Spooktacular, which will have over 20 community booths, and we’ll be handing out candy and having a costume contest, “ Melissa Kirkwood, marketing and development officer, said. “Over five thousand attendants come during the two days.” Spooktacular will be on Saturday and Sunday noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunset Zoo also has a master plan to expand and enhance the zoo. They are currently taking in donations to help break ground in early 2020 for Expedition Asia. “We plan for Expedition Asia to be open in 2021,” Shoemaker said. “It’s up to the public with donations for the other phases.” According to the website, they have up to three other plans for the zoo — including giraffes, lions, and lemurs.
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Sunset Zoo was founded in 1933. Today, its home to 300 animals of over 100 different species.
Japan to K-State: The story behind the glass artwork in the Union JACOB HATTON THE COLLEGIAN
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Ohno’s sculptures of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria being moved to the second floor of the K-State Student Union in 2015.
Some artists use canvas. Others, express themselves with a pen. Mitsugi Ohno’s medium was glass. Ohno was originally from Japan, and he worked as a glassblower at the University of Tokyo. He died of cancer on Oct. 22, 1999, but his work lives on in the K-State Student Union. Former head of the department of physics Alvin Cardwell recruited Ohno to Kansas State in the late 1950s. He crafted glassware pieces for chemistry faculty. Ohno quickly gained a reputation for being able to
make anything the chemistry faculty required for their experiments — including a true Klein Bottle, a twisted tube folded through itself. The process of making such a thing was very difficult. When Cardwell told Ohno to make the apparatus, he struggled with it for days. He lost all hope, deeming the task impossible. A week passed, and Ohno had a dream in which he completed it. The solution reportedly dawned on him and he bolted out of bed. It was then that he made the first-ever Klein bottle at 4 a.m. Former colleague, Jim Hodgson, senior scientific glassblower, explained what scientific glassblowing is, call-
ing Ohno the Yo-Yo Ma of the craft. “It’s making custom instruments for research for stuff that hasn’t been done,” he said. Hodgson compared these instruments to the wild arrays of tubes and valves in a “Frankenstein” movie. “He was a fabulous glassblower, a scientific glassblower. People don’t see the scientific side of his works,” Hodgson said. Ohno had a multitude of sculptures displayed across the globe, from the Tokyo Imperial Palace to the second floor of the Union. Most of the works displayed on campus are of various structures from both
American and K-State history, from Anderson Hall to the U.S.S. Missouri. Each piece was a colossal task, with his sculpture of the White House taking 1,800 hours to complete. This massive model weighs only 14 pounds. Craig Johnson, associate director of the Union, spoke about Ohno’s artwork. “What you see here is his hobby,” Johnson said. “There are hundreds of hours worth of work in building each of those models” Hodgson said Ohno was generous in his work and time. “He never took any money for any of the works he did,” Hodgson said.
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City commissioners debate digital advertising board merits BREE MAGEE
THE COLLEGIAN
The Manhattan City Commission meeting Tuesday night reconsidered the prohibition on digital billboards and allowing them within limited areas. Chad Bunger, assistant director of community development, presented the consideration to the commissioners. The sign and zoning regulations were last visited in 2015. Wynn Butler, city commissioner, wasn’t completely against the idea of updating the regulations and procedures. “This could be a plus for several local businesses,” Butler said. “We’re not going to turn it into Las Vegas.” The proposed billboards are described in the agenda as large, off-premise signs that would use
displays and computers to rotate messages in a specified lengths of time rather than a consistent sign that would go for a longer period of time with only one message. Critics site prohibiting these signs for the safety of drivers and community appearance concerns. These signs would typically be located along major roadways like expressways and arterial roads. “We decided on the regulations because ... of the safety and aesthetics,” Usha Reddi, pro mayor tem said. “I think what we have right now is fine, but I worry about kids these days with changing signs and their phones.” Reddi said she thinks Manhattan, being a university town, doesn’t need more things to distract drivers. The types of signs that are currently allowed are electronic changeable copy, digital graphic
and digitally animated signs. No fly-ins or spins are allowed in an advertising sign so drivers won’t get distracted. Jerred McKee, city commissioner, said there are other impacts these signs could have on the community. “Character is my biggest concern,” McKee said. “In a study I read, digital billboards have a bigger carbon footprint and use 30 times more energy than the average home in a year.” If allowed, other things would need to be considered such as “dwell” time. Questions over what characteristics should be required and what types of off-premise signs would be allowed were raised as well. Commissioners said they would like to hear more in future discussion once additional research has been done on the matter of the off-premise signs.
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K-State Family Day and homecoming: Where to get a bite EMMA WITTER
THE COLLEGIAN
The families are coming, and they’re hungry. This Saturday is K-State Family Day, and restaurants in Manhattan are preparing to feed thousands of ‘Cats and their families and friends for homecoming weekend. Trip Advisor lists its “Top 10 Best Restaurants in Manhattan, Kansas,” but here’s a few recommendations catered to the type of family members you’ll be eating with this weekend.
THE “WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME” MOM If the average Kansas State undergrad were to have at least one family or friend visit, that would amount to
over 40,000 customers descending on Aggieville, Westloop and pretty much anywhere else along Anderson Avenue. For those who aren’t keen on long restaurant waits, your best bet may be to pack a lunch for the tailgates, but if eating out is more your style, Manhattan offers plenty of options.
THE LEGACY Legacy students with nostalgic parents: look no further than Vista Drive-In. It was the place to eat when they were in school, and, for your sentimental family member, the place to be on Saturday for a trip down memory lane.
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a seat near a TV at any sports bar in Aggieville, and don’t give up your spot no matter how long the wait line gets. “We always go to Tanner’s every time my family is here,” Jason Gawlick, junior in accounting, said. “We enjoy watching all the games together, and there’s a wide variety of food to choo se from.” Other popular spots include JP’s Sports Bar and Grill and Kite’s Bar and Grill. As an added bonus to the food and football, the noisy atmosphere of a bar may also be ideal for dodging your family’s constant questions about your grades, love life and post-graduation plans.
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It’s a pre-game day tradition for the Pride of Wildcat Land Marching Band to take over Aggieville with their music the night before a home game. On Oct. 18, the band took to Aggieville the evening before K-State football beat TCU 17-24.
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K-State faces a top Heisman candidate, arsenal of offensive weapons CODY FRIESEN
THE COLLEGIAN
Fresh off a win that showed the defense’s resilience, the Wildcats are preparing for the biggest challenge on Saturday in Oklahoma’s nationally top-ranked scoring offense. Specifically, Kansas State will face one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the country and Heisman candidate senior quarterback Jalen Hurts. Hurts has embarrassed defenses all year. Hurts is second in the FBS in total offense averaging 397 yards per game and already has 20 passing touchdowns along with 10 rushing touchdowns through seven games this season, but has
only been part of Oklahoma’s offense less than a year. “It’s really impressive when you look where Jalen Hurts is at this year because he wasn’t in the system very long,” Klieman said in his weekly press conference on Tuesday. “Seeing what he’s been able to do running that offense — and it’s a phenomenal offense as it is — but he’s running it at a really high level. Obviously, that’s the biggest challenge is he can beat you in so many different ways.” Hurts held one of the most prestigious jobs in college football as the starting quarterback at Alabama. It all was lost to current quarterback junior Tua Tagovailoa in the 2018 National Championship, but appeared in
the SEC Championship game in 2018 before transferring to Oklahoma in the spring. It is clear that he has improved under the tutelage of Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley. “Right now, he’s in a very good place,” K-State defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton said. “He’s playing under control. He understands the offense. He’s very patient, calm and his demeanor’s good.” It will be a challenge to not only stop Hurts, but the other weapons in the offense : junior wide receiver CeeDee Lamb — who is second in the Big 12 in scoring touchdowns — and redshirt sophomore running back Kennedy Brooks.
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“You pick your poison a little bit,” Klieman said. “I think we have to at least be able to slow down some of the run game, but which run game are you going to slow down? Are you going to slow down the quarterback run? Are you going to slow down the running backs, the jet action, all that stuff?” Kleiman emphasized the defense will need to show different looks to avoid an explosive run, tackle in space and make Hurts throw the football. Hazelton said Oklahoma’s depth could be a problem.
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K-State and TCU team captains meet at midfield for the coin toss before their game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 19, 2019. The Wildcats took the Horned Frogs 24-17.
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Know your opponent: Oklahoma’s offense does it all NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
K-State will take on No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. In eight games played against the Sooners in Manhattan, the Wildcats lost seven times. The Wildcats have not beaten the Sooners in Manhattan in seven tries dating back to 1996. Their last matchup in Manhattan in 2017, K-State lost 42-35. The Oklahoma offense centers around Alabama transfer senior quarterback Jalen Hurts. He is a favorite for the Heisman Trophy and leads the Big 12 in total yards with 397 per game. Under head coach Lincoln Riley, the Sooners typically use a spread passing offense, but this year they’ve moved the ball on everyone through the air and on the ground with relative ease. Part of that can be attributed to Hurts’s passing accuracy and running ability. Instead of getting the edge and beating defenses with
speed like some rushing quarterbacks, Hurts operates more like a running back when he decides to tuck the ball and take off. His favorite target is junior wide receiver CeeDee Lamb who stands 6-foot-2 and averages 22 yards per carry. I expect the Sooners to be fairly balanced between the run and passing game this week. They have the talent and scheme to do whatever they want on offense against most conference defenses and their offensive numbers show that. The defense has generally been a weak spot for Oklahoma in the last few years of Bob Stoops’s tenure and the first year of Riley’s, but new defensive coordinator Alex Grinch flipped the script this year. They rank first in the Big 12 in total defense and third in scoring defense. They stop the run and the pass equally well. They run a 4-3 defense with a smart, athletic middle linebacker in junior Kenneth Murray. The defensive front does a good job of bringing pressure to the quarterback in key situations and plugging up running holes, and they play fast in the
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Junior quarterback Skylar Thompson celebrates with his teammates after running in a touchdown against TCU at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Oct. 19, 2019. The Wildcats took the Horned Frogs 24-17. secondary. In their game against Texas, they did a lot of tricky things in pre-snap motion to
throw junior Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger off and brought blitzes from different angles and positions.
PREDICTION: Frankly, Oklahoma is really, really good. I don’t think K-State has the talent at most positions
to win the one-on-one battles consistently enough to stay in this game — Oklahoma 42, K-State 10.
K-State won’t emphasize its home tilt against toughest opponent yet NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
When the Wildcats take the field at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday, their opponent will be the best team on the Wildcats’ schedule: Oklahoma. Still, head coach Chris Klieman does not want to focus on the mismatch they face against Oklahoma. “I learned a long time
ago [to] be careful about over-emphasizing one team than another because if you do that, ‘Oh, this is our Super Bowl, we have to get it done,’ then what do you do the next week?” Klieman said. While the Wildcats will not focus on how talented Oklahoma is or make this game any more important than the others, Klieman said he is certainly aware of the Sooners’ success this season. “What Oklahoma’s do-
ing is unbelievable — what they’re doing against everybody and the success they’re having,” Klieman said. “When you turn on the explosive play tape it just goes and goes and goes because they have a tremendous scheme, guys that understand the scheme and … they are executing it. Klieman has upset teams that were more talented — or at least had more scholarship athletes — than his own at
North Dakota State. In 2013, Klieman was the defensive coordinator on a North Dakota State team that came into Manhattan and beat a Kansas State team that went on to go 8-5. As head coach in 2016, Klieman put together a 23-21 road upset of a ranked Iowa team that would also finish 8-5. K-State players are aware of this match-up’s importance.
“We’re going to have a lot of eyes on us, it’ll be a good opportunity for us to kind of show what we’re capable of versus a very good team,” junior quarterback Skylar Thompson said. “It has our whole team excited.” This week’s game will be nationally televised on ABC in the early kickoff window at 11 a.m. The Wildcats sit at 4-2 on the year with a good chance to get to a bowl game regard-
less of how the Oklahoma game shakes out. “We don’t really have anything to lose going into this game, so that kind of takes some weight off of our shoulders,” Thompson said. “We’re going to have to perform at a really high level.” K-State’s game against Oklahoma will be the last of three-straight home games. After Oklahoma, the football team will take on in-state rival Kansas in Lawrence.
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Wildcats snap five-game skid with comeback victory over KU CAMERON BRADLEY THE COLLEGIAN
Before Wednesday night, things had not been going quite right for the volleyball team, with five straight losses and just one victory in Big 12 play. Going into the third set of their match against rival Kansas on Wednesday night in Ahearn Field House, it looked like things might keep going downhill, but the Wildcats weren’t ready to call it quits. Down two sets, Kansas State rallied thanks to a season-high 75 total team kills and defeated KU in the Sunflower Showdown for the third straight time in five sets. Four players recorded double-digit kills on the night for the Wildcats. Freshman outside hitter Anna Dixon matched a career-high 21 kills, redshirt sophomore outside hitter Brynn Carlson had 15, redshirt junior middle blocker Peyton Williams had 13 and sophomore opposite Gloria Mutiri with 12. The first two sets were battles with 10 lead changes and
29 ties. The first set ended 3331 in favor of the Jayhawks, as both teams had four set-points before KU ended things with a kill after a 3-1 run. Both teams also had their lowest hitting percentage of the night in the first set, as KU finished with a .150 while K-State finished with a .146. The Jayhawks took a more routine, but tight set in the second, 25-22. The Wildcats were within one point at 2221 late in the set, but another 3-1 run sunk K-State and put them in a 2-0 hole. After having two sets of hitting percentages under .200, K-State showed determination to hit over .300 for the rest of the match while holding the Jayhawks to .200 or below, only trailing once in the final three sets. K-State jumped to an eight-point lead in the third set and didn’t look back, as five kills by Dixon and a .303 hitting percentage gave the Wildcats their first set victory at 25-22. Looking to force a fifth set, the Wildcats had another big start in the fourth set, opening up to a seven-point
lead. K-State once again took the set 25-22 and this time had an even better hitting percentage of .324 to force a decisive fifth set. K-State played some of their best volleyball of the season in that fifth set, earning 13 kills and hitting at a .400. Thanks to a quick start by Carlson, earning four straight kills, the Wildcats started out with an 8-3 lead as the teams switched sides. KU tried to rally, but it was too little, too late as the Wildcats recorded four of the final five points to take the decisive set 15-9. Overall K-State hit .257 with 75 kills and 27 errors on the night compared to KU’s .191 with 54 kills and 24 errors. The win for the Wildcats increases their series lead over KU to 66-52-1, while also making it 30-19 all-time at home against their in-state rival. K-State heads to Ames, Iowa, on Saturday to take on Iowa State (12-7, 3-4) at Hilton Coliseum. That match is set to start at 8 p.m. and can be seen on Cyclones.TV and heard on KMAN.
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Redshirt junior middle blocker Peyton Williams tips the ball during the game against the University of Kansas on Oct. 23, 2019 in Ahearn Field House.
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Annual Hale Library Concert Series sees its 13th year despite fire ANNA SCHMIDT THE COLLEGIAN
In 2003, two professors from the music department proposed the purchase of a grand piano to the Board of the Friends of the Kansas State University Libraries Despite a hefty cost and the consistent required maintenance, the board unanimously approved the proposal in an effort to enrich the musical and artistic culture at K-State. The grand piano is the focal point of the concerts put on within the Hale Library Concert Series each year since 2006. Shortly after its purchase, the board came up with the idea that would become a four-part annual concert series. The series would feature musicians from the Manhattan area and beyond. Associate professor of music and president-elect of the Friends of the K-State Libraries, Craig B. Parker plays a vital role in the series’ artist selection. “I make recommendations to the founder of the series, Mary Ellen Titus, as to what musical repertoire could be featured and who the best musicians would be to perform that music,” Parker Nickole Nakonechny | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP said. “The performers have been The Hale Library Concert Series was established by the Friends of the Kansas State Libraries in 2006 to enrich the KSU music faculty and occasionK-State community. ally students, KSU music alums and talented students and other guest artists from throughout the country.” Oct. 18 was the first concert of the 2019-2020 series, and it Real Options, Real Help, Real Hope featured K-state alum Donald Livingston. Parker said Livingston is a nationally known performer of early music and is notably talented on both the organ and piano but was asked to play the harpsichord for this particular recital. This year’s series will also feature artists such as pianist Slawomir Dobrzanski, the K-State Faculty Brass Quintet, tenor Bryan Pinkall and pianist Amanda Arrington. Prior to the fire in Hale LiFree Pregnancy Testing • Call for Appointment Paid for by Hatesohl for brary in May 2018, the concert Same Day Results • Totally Confidential Service series was held in the library’s City Commission, Additional Free Resources to Help With Your Next Step Hemisphere Room. SOLID LEADERSHIP Neil Horton, Treasuerer Darchelle Martin, Hale’s for a Sound www.PTCkansas.com |1445 Anderson Ave. public information Future officer, helps Paid forthe by Hatesohl for City Commission, plan logistics of this event. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Neil Horton, Treasurer “The planning has intensi-
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fied a bit over the past two seasons since we can’t host the concerts in Hale,” Martin said. “We’ve been really lucky to find some great alternate locations, but it does take more time for us to plan.” Each concert brings out around 100 attendees who share in the cultural experience that was once hoped for by the 2003 Board of the Friends of the K-State Libraries. Any profits goes towards the upkeep of the piano purchased in 2003. The upkeep is particularly demanding since some damage was done in the 2018 fire at Hale Library. Titus, former president of the board of Friends and co-chair of the concert series, was instrumental in the implementation of the grand piano and the concert series itself. Her goal in implementing this piano and series was in alignment with the Board of Friends. “When the Board of the Friends of the K-State Libraries voted to purchase the seven-foot Mason Hamlin grand piano, it was done to enrich the cultural activities at the university and in our community, and in turn to acquaint more people with the ‘heart of the university,’ Hale Library,” she said. While Titus stepped down from her role as president in 2003, she was still interested in the events at Hale and in the library itself. She said she is proud to look at the series 16 years after the piano’s purchase and 13 years after the first concert. “The Hale Concert Series started in 2006, and now 13 years later with the Oct. 18, 2019 concert, we certainly have met or surpassed our reasons for the vote in 2003,” Titus said. Parker said Titus was a key reason for the series’ success. “Like many other musical endeavors in Manhattan … the Hale Library Concert Series was the brainchild of retired elementary school teacher Mary Ellen Titus and her late husband, Ralph,” Parker said. “Nobody has done more to further music in Manhattan than have the Tituses. Mary Ellen is still the guiding light of the Hale Library Concert Series and remains involved in virtually all aspects of this series.”
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Baylor jumps, an improved Kansas moves up in the Big 12 ranks CODY FRIESEN
THE COLLEGIAN
10. WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS
The Mountaineers were the latest victim of the dominant Oklahoma Sooners and fell 5214 in Norman, Oklahoma, on Saturday. Junior quarterback Austin Kendell threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns in his return to Oklahoma. Kendell transferred from Oklahoma to West Virginia following last season. Junior wide receiver T.J. Simmons had six receptions for 74 yards and two touchdowns. The Mountaineers have struggled to put points on the board with only 159 total points through seven games. The Mountaineers will get a much-needed bye week before taking on undefeated Baylor in week 10.
9. KANSAS JAYHAWKS
The Jayhawks came out swinging against Texas coming off a bye week, but fell just short of an upset to lose 50-48 on Saturday. Kansas had a big day from senior quarterback Carter Stanley who threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns. Sophomore running back Pooka Williams Jr. rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns and bumped up to second in rushing in the Big 12. If the Jayhawks can put up these kind of numbers on a weekly basis, it could shake up the bottom half of the Big 12. Consistency has already been a huge factor for KU so far in the Les Miles era. The Jayhawks look to keep the momentum rolling in a home matchup against Texas Tech on Saturday at 6 p.m. on Fox Sports One.
8. TCU HORNED FROGS
Freshman quarterback Max Duggan rushed for 115 yards and one touchdown, but could not get the passing game going in a 17-24 loss to Kansas State.
Duggan went 16-29 for 132 yards with no passing touchdowns. The number one ranked rushing defense held K-State to only 94 rushing yards and are holding offenses to 100 yards rushing per game. TCU sits at 3-3 and 1-2 in the Big 12 with no more bye weeks. The Horned Frogs have the chance to make a bowl game, but will need to steal a game against Oklahoma State or Baylor. TCU will host Texas on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on FOX.
7. KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
K-State got a much-needed win on Saturday in a 24-17 game against TCU on Saturday. Junior quarterback Skylar Thompson threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns with 68 rushing yards and one touchdown. K-State is the number one scoring defense in the Big 12, only allowing 18.7 points per game, but will have a tough test against Oklahoma. The Wildcats are now 4-2 and have plenty of time to become bowl eligible, but would like to make a statement in the Big 12 with the remaining games. The Wildcats will host its homecoming game against the Sooners on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ABC.
6. TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
Texas Tech dropped a home matchup against Iowa State 3424 on Saturday. Junior quarterback Jett Duffey threw for 239 yards and one touchdown. Freshman running back SaRodorick Thompson kept the Red Raiders in the game with 10 carries for 57 yards and two touchdowns. The Texas Tech defense leads the conference in interceptions with 10 through seven games, including one against Iowa State. Sophomore quarterback Alan Bowman should be close to returning for the Red Raiders. Bowman has missed the last four
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Baylor offense lines up against K-state defense as the Bears try for a field goal in the second half of the game on Oct. 5, 2019. The Wildcats lost 31-12. games with an injury. Texas Tech sits right in the middle of the Big 12 but need a big win to right the ship after two straight losses. The Red Raiders will travel Lawrence to face Kansas as fourpoint road favorites.
5. OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
The Cowboys could not contain the Baylor offense despite recording nine tackles for losses, including four sacks in the 45-27 loss in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Saturday. Sophomore running back Chuba Hubbard was held to only 171 yards and two touchdowns, which brought down his Big 12 leading average to 186 rushing yards per game. Freshman quarterback Spencer Sanders threw for 157 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Sanders has thrown nine interceptions this year. The Cowboys will face Iowa State on the road on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on Fox Sports One.
4. IOWA STATE CYCLONES
The Cyclones improved to 5-2 with a win over Texas Tech on Saturday. Sophomore quarterback Brock Purdy threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns. Freshman running back Breece Hall rushed for two touchdowns. Purdy is second in the Big 12 in passing average per game averaging 299 yards per game and will be looking to air it out against Oklahoma State’s eighth-ranked defense. Iowa State enters the matchup against Oklahoma State as 10.5-point favorites on Saturday.
3. TEXAS LONGHORNS
Texas proved to be vulnerable in a near upset against Kansas. Sophomore kicker Cameron Dicker hit a game-winning 33yard field goal to walk it off for a 50-48 win. Junior quarterback Sam Ehlinger threw for 399 yards,
four touchdowns, and one interception in the win. Senior wide receiver Devin Duvernay had eight catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Texas gave up 569 total yards to a team that has yet to win a conference game, but a win is a win. The Longhorns are still fighting for a spot in the Big 12 Championship and enter Saturday’s matchup against TCU as the favorite.
2. BAYLOR BEARS
The Bears spoiled Oklahoma State’s homecoming with a 45-27 win to improve to 7-0 on the season. Senior running back JaMycal Hasty had 16 carries for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Junior quarterback Charlie Brewer threw for 312 yards and one touchdown with one rushing touchdown in the win. The Bears defense leads the conference with 25 sacks on the season but only had two in the matchup against Oklahoma State.
The Bears look like a solid team that could make a run to the Big 12 Championship. Baylor will get a bye week before facing West Virginia in week 10.
1.OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Oklahoma rolled over West Virginia in a 52-14 rout on Saturday. Senior quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 316 yards, three touchdowns and rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns. The Mountaineers held junior wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to only 71 yards, but he is still second in the conference in scoring with 11 touchdowns on the year. Oklahoma is the number one scoring offense in the country and will be matched up against the number one scoring defense in the conference in K-State. The Sooners enter the road matchup against K-State as 23.5 point favorites.
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Big changes come to the Little Apple: Aggieville development plans JULIE FREIJAT
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As redevelopment of Aggieville looms in the future, a public meeting was held on Wednesday to garner public feedback on potential designs for the district. Posters lined up inside the City Park pavillion where visitors could see what plans the engineering firm had in store, as well as write down comments on no-
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Wildcats Vote encourages civil engagement NATHAN COX
THE COLLEGIAN
Election day is coming and some students are taking the initiative to register their peers to vote and educate the public on why it’s important. Hayley Spellman, senior in political science and communication studies, founded Wildcats Vote to involve her fellow students in their community and encourage them voice their opinion through the ballot. Spellman founded Wildcats Vote after being inspired by her involvement in the Student Governing Association. “Last year, I served as the Government Relations committee chair for SGA, and I kinda started having the conversations about voter registration and civic engagement on campus,” Spellman said. Wildcats Vote tries to reach young people directly by various activities on campus. Last week the organization held a fundraiser to get as many students registered to vote before the Oct. 15 voter registration deadline. “We had over 40 volunteers manning the table, and we got about 100 to 130 students registered to vote,” Spellman said. Wildcats Vote is using unique ways to get students
registered to vote. One of the flyers had a QR code that took students straight to the ksvotes. org website. “People could take a picture of the flyer through Snapchat or their camera, and within minutes they are registered to vote,” Spellman said. This is the primary website for voter registration for students from the state of Kansas. Registering people to vote is only half of the battle, Spellman said. “In the city of Manhattan, for people between the ages of 18 and 24, roughly 5,100 people were registered to vote, and of that 5,100 only 228 people voted in 2017,” she said. Young people also have to show up to the polls, Spellman said. “These numbers don’t reflect well on the school, with local elections impacting everyday life from taxes to what roads are fixed, people need to have more interest in their community,” Alex Orellana, a senior in engineering, said. Wildcats Vote set a goal to get 500 K-State students to vote in the upcoming elections. This number would double the total number of students who voted in 2017, and Wildcats Vote hopes to raise the number of students voting every year.
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Men’s golf falls to ninth at Royal Oaks NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
The men’s golf team finished ninth out of 12 schools at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate tournament this weekend. Baylor hosted the tournament at the Royal Oaks Country Club, a 7,068-yard, par-71 course in Dallas. Senior Jacob Eklund finished seventh in individual scoring. He ended up 6-under for the whole tournament at 207 strokes. Round one saw Kansas WState off to a slow start. The
team shot a 4-over-par 288 over the first 18 holes. Eklund, who shot a 2-under 69, was joined by sophomore Will Hopkins, who shot an even 71, in holding K-State first round score down. Eklund also shot a 69 in the second round, while the team managed to knock three strokes off their first-round pace to finish at 1-over 285. Junior Kyle Vance was the only other Wildcat at or below par. He shot an even 71 on the second round. "Jake was really solid today," head coach Grant Robbins told K-State Sports. "He hit it close quite a bit and was
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able to make a lot of birdies. As a team we just had too many big numbers. We are only a few shots out of the top 5. We just need to get everyone going and put up a low round tomorrow." At the end of the second round, K-State sat in eighth place. On the final day of the tournament, K-State shot a 6-over 290, jumping their score-to-par from 5-under to 11-under and dropping them to ninth place. "Overall, we just made too many mistakes that just killed our momentum," Robbins said to K-State Sports.
"We made a lot of birdies this week, we just made way too many bogeys especially inside 100 yards. It's all about a mentality with this team and something we have to keep working hard to develop." Eklund’s 1-under 70 was the lone bright spot of the round for K-State, who recorded two 73's and a 74 to round out the four scores that counted toward the team score. The Wildcats will be off until late February, when they will compete at the North Carolina-Greensboro-hosted TPC Dorado Beach Collegiate in San Juan, Puerto Rico.