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s of January 2015, there are more than 5,000 hourly student employees at K-State, according to Career and Employment Services. Most starting wages on campus range from $7.25, the state minimum wage, to $8.00 an hour. Alexis Hullaby, senior in elementary education, works multiple jobs. She said she works at the campus bookstore in the Union and at the athletic training table on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. “I don’t get paid enough to pay my bills,” Hullaby said. “I have to decide when I’m going grocery shopping or how much I’m going to spend on groceries.” Hullaby said she chooses to juggle more than one part-time job to make ends meet and recently added a third job. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and if there are events like a Royals game or party nights in Aggieville, Hullaby becomes an Uber driver. “Now I’m having to Uber on top of having another job,” Hullaby said. “That’s stressful.” With all of her jobs, Hullaby said a minimum wage of $7.25 is unreasonable and should be raised. “I would say that if (we’re) going to raise it, raise it to about $9 an hour,” Hullaby said.
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Allison Crowther, senior in mechanical engineering, works at Kramer Dining Center on Sunday. Kramer Dining Center starts employees at $7.50 per hour, different from the state’s minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
SARAH HARRIS the collegian
Halloween came a week early at the Sunset Zoo in Manhattan Saturday and Sunday. Children of all ages filled the zoo disguised as princesses, goblins, seahorses, cowboys, news reporters and more, to participate in SPOOKtacular. Preparation for this year’s event began more than a week in advance. Zoo staff, along with several hundred volunteers from local businesses and nonprofits, decorated the zoo’s pathways with pumpkins from Britt’s Garden Acres, according to Ella Casey, assistant zoo director. Stations where participants trick-ortreated were set up along five pathways. Sunset Zoo purchased more than 6,100 pieces of candy to distribute during SPOOKtacular. “I can’t say ‘thank you’ enough to all of the wonderful volunteers and businesses who make this weekend a hit year after year,” Casey said. “It wouldn’t be possible without the community help we receive.” Fair weather throughout the weekend brought an attendance of more than 5,000 people who participated in a wide array of events throughout the zoo. Along with trick-or-treating stations, visitors to the zoo competed in daily costume contests, ran through a straw bale maze and watched performances from Manhattan High School and K-State students. On Oct. 18, K-State students in Interior Architecture Design Studio 1 traveled to the zoo. see page
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OPINION: Hidden letters tell an untold story GARRET HEATH the collegian
In late 1918, World War I was on its way to a close; however, a new battle was beginning for U.S. citizens. The impending winter months brought fear amongst many that an already brutal force would continue to wreak havoc on American citizens, especially our servicemen and servicewomen. This force was not that of the German military, but rather the influenza epidemic, which threatened the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans in both the private and public sector. Among those threatened was Pvt. George Irvine, member of the Air Force stationed at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Among those in fear was his family in Manhattan, Kansas. Eighty-six years later, I was fortunate enough to recently learn about the experiences of Irvine and his family after finding his writings to his family in Manhattan sent at the end of the war. As the weather became
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Garret Heath, junior in mass communications, found these letters from George Irvine, a serviceman in World War I, looking for storage space. cold and the war slowed in December of 1918, the worry of the influenza virus continuing to spread became a point of concern throughout America. De-
feat of the German forces was imminent for the U.S. military, but a battle that would kill at the same rate as combat was still being fought.
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On this day in 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
According to a Stanford University online archive, Molly Billings, assistant professor of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the
University of Washington, wrote as a pre-med student at Stanford University in 1997 that October of 1918 saw nearly 200,000 American casualties; not from war, but from influenza. Billings said service members were at great risk, as hospitals concentrated on those returning from combat and not on those with the influenza virus. One of these at-risk service members was Pvt. George Irvine. As I examined the writings by Irvine that my roommates and I found in our house, I opened up just one of many American stories of the influenza breakout at the end of World War I. The evening we found the letters, I was sitting in in my living room diligently working on my biochemistry homework. I did not know that I would later get up and stumble upon the personal letters of a former American soldier. As my roommates and I examined the house for storage space, we came across a stack of letters dated just a few months before the Treaty of Versailles.
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THE BLOTTER ARREST REPORTS SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Branden Peter Chevrefils, of Junction City, was booked for unlawful possession of hallucinogens or marijuana. Bond was set at $750. Clayton Lee Estes, of the 800 block of Vattier Street, was booked for driving while suspended. Bond was set at $1,500. Elizabeth Nicole Robinson, address unlisted, was booked for battery and criminal trespass. Bond was set at $3,000.
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OPINION monday, october 26, 2015
America's push against multiculturalism
JONATHAN GREIG the collegian
Wednesday night, the third Republican presidential debate will take place, and if the first two so far have been any indication, the debate will be a fine expose on a fascinating paradigm in America right now – a push against multiculturalism. This paradigm is showing itself in the constant discussion of immigration, which, thus far at least, the Republicans have spent much more time than their Democratic counterparts. There is certainly a divide amongst the candidates, and a definite impact on how the Latino vote will view the discussion. We’ll start with Donald Trump just because he is still currently the front-runner, but he’s not the most interesting voice on the matter. He is infamous for saying that illegal immigrants from Mexico are “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Solid caveat at the end there, Mr. Trump, really solid. He’s even bragged in the debates that it is thanks to him that immigration has been such a hot topic to his fellow candidates. Some others have gone so far as to advocate for English as the official language of the U.S., including Carly Fiorina, as she revealed very recently to CNN on Sept. 3. Even Marco Rubio, arguably the GOP’s best candidate to appeal to Latino voters, included an English-only amendment to an immigration reform bill in 2013. But perhaps the most interesting thought on immigration and citizenship came from one Jeb Bush, who said on Sept. 22 that “We should not have a multicultural society.” His statement, though, is not
Illustration by Jacob Larson as harsh as it sounds, as he was not arguing specifically against respecting other cultures but instead was trying to mark a delicate difference between multiculturalism and pluralism, with the difference basically boiling down to the issue of cultural assimilation in America. Multiculturalism, Bush would say, is too culturally isolating, while pluralism lets multiple cultures come together, but still demands a strong unity of “American value.” Immigrants, in other words, need to assimilate by embracing the U.S.’
shared set of values. “We’re a pluralistic society,” Bush later said, before a campaign event. “We’re diverse, we have people that come from everywhere. We’re not multicultural. We have a set of shared values that defines our national identity, and we should never veer away from that because that creates the extraordinary nature of our country.” So while Bush is much more nuanced than his contemporaries like Donald Trump, he is still misguided, fixating on assimilating to an “Amer-
ican ideal” that supposedly cannot be improved upon by the influence of other cultural values. Paradigms like his simply allow for even worse anti-immigrant ones to foster, like Mr. Trump’s idea to mass deport an estimated 11 million illegals. The event that this strict deportation idea reminded me of was a similar mass deportation – rooted in fear, multicultural ignorance and American exceptionalism - the Trail of Tears and the treatment of Native Americans in the 1830s. And I, apparently, was not the only one to
get that eerie feeling. Claudio Saunt, history professor at the University of Georgia, examined this phenomena in his article “The First Time America Tried Mass Deportation It Was a Disaster,” published Oct. 25 by Politico. Of that decade in American history, Saunt said, “the federal government uprooted some 80,000 Native Americans from their homes and forced them west of the Mississippi, into what is now Oklahoma. It was a humanitarian disaster and remains one of the most shameful episodes in the country’s history.” He later overcomes the surface-level difference of legal status by detailing the surprising similarities between the treatment of Native Americans then and illegal immigrants now. This list, which I’ll very briefly summarize, included they are both reviled minorities, occupying a legal netherworld and facing the same threat of state-sanctioned and state-administered deportation. And yet, here we are again. Attacking sanctuary cities, silencing bilingualism, demanding strict values of assimilation and even threatening the horrifying prospect of mass deportation. How can we still dare do such disgusting injustice to the legacy of Native Americans welcoming the pilgrim immigrants into the country? We should continue to respect our history as a nation of immigrants, and absolutely not try and force our own personal vision of assimilation on others doing the same in order to call them true Americans. You don’t have to coat each single ingredient in salt and butter (American values if I’ve ever known them) before you throw them in the melting pot to make a good stew. 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.
Jonathan Greig is a senior in anthropology. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com.
Accountability to press is public accountability RAFAEL GARCIA the collegian
Last week, a Kansas county commissioner was criticized for refusing a request for an interview by a bilingual reporter. According to the Kansas City Star, Sedgwick County Commission chairman Richard Ranzau — who is already facing recall efforts due to comments he made regarding immigrants — refused to answer questions from Beatriz Parres. Parres is a bilingual reporter for Wichita television stations KWCH and KDCU, which broadcast in English and Spanish, respectively. Ranzau made a specific point of calling Parres an
“advocate” for the pro-immigration groups that are attempting to remove him from office, simply because she was assumed to be advocating for the pro-immigration groups because of a shared language. He requested another reporter that solely worked with KWCH instead of both the English and Spanish television stations. This is very concerning, especially for anyone in the media industry who is at all concerned with the freedom of the press. In this instance, Ranzau denied one reporter an interview because he labeled her as a member of a group because she speaks a common language with the group. Parres, as it turns out, is not even Latin American; she was born and raised in Ma-
drid, Spain. Parres earned her degree in broadcast journalism at St. Edward’s University in Texas. Her ability to speak Spanish has undoubtedly allowed her to cover Hispanic-American issues in the U.S. better than non-bilingual journalists would be able to. Fears of silencing differing voices has been in the country for centuries. In 1950 Harry Truman said, “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” Another issue with Ranzau’s refusal to be interviewed is that he called Parres an
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“advocate.” Ranzau never gave Parres the opportunity to demonstrate any bias, so his claims are not credible. Additionally, Ranzau’s fear of being interviewed by an “advocate” of pro-immigration groups demonstrates his lack of knowledge over the issue. If he truly knew what he was talking about, instead of using immigrants as the basis for political power, Ranzau would be able to hold his own against Parres, in either of her capacities of “advocate” or reporter. Funnily enough, as members of the press we are always advocates, whether we want to be or not. We don’t necessarily push for individual political or societal issues, but we advocate for the spread of information and the spread of knowledge.
We advocate for the people whose voices are not heard. We ask the questions that the people want answered, and we hold those in power accountable by critiquing them and their decisions. To refuse that critique is to refuse to be held accountable. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” These are the reasons that the First Amendment’s guarantee of the freedom of the press is so important; in being granted that freedom, the press
must also accept the responsibility to use these freedoms for the greater good of the public. By refusing Parres the interview, Ranzau took a stance against the press by suggesting that he should be able to pick and choose how he is covered by the media. That is an extremely dangerous concept, and it is precisely what the First Amendment protects against. This behavior is completely unacceptable by an elected official. 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.
Rafael Garcia is a freshman in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
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“New Zealand, so that I could see the set of “The Lord of the Rings.””
“South Korea, because I think the architecture there is so cool and for my major it would be cool to see.”
“Pawnee, Indiana, to shake Ron Swanson’s hand.”
“‘France, to see all the old castles and the Louvre.”
“‘Dubai, because its a beautiful arabic city with American design and I would be able to speak Arabic and practice my English.”
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monday, october 26, 2015 Review: Astoria by Marianas Trench CRAIG MEIER the collegian
OVERVIEW
Listeners are in for quite a treat when it comes to this album. With various rhythms, instruments and each song tying together, "Astoria" by Marianas Trench delivers a unique display of songs to the ear.
THE ALBUM
The first song, also named “Astoria,” reminded me a bit of Coldplay’s “O (Hidden Track)” at the beginning, which really grasped my attention. Then, it progressed into synths with the lead singer’s tender vocals blending into the sound and later switched styles three times, from a funky 80’s theme to rock and finally a piano to finish the first track. In a sense, the first song seemed like a teaser to what Marianas Trench had in store for this album. As the album progressed through its collection of pieces, “Burning Up” had a similar feel to songs by Bruno Mars, while “Shut Up and Kiss Me” had some similarities to music by the Jackson 5. Other songs like “One Love” and “Who Do You Love” reveal more of a slow rock, and “Wildfire” delivers a powerful melody with strong vocals, drums, bass, guitars and strings. Finally, certain songs poised as instrumentals like “And Straight On Til Morning” and “Never Say Die” and were each a minute or less. They easily tied songs with lyrics together, however, allowing listeners to go on a smooth journey through the hour-long album.
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“Wildfire” struck my interest, since its melody and styles were similar to a lot of Marianas Trench’s previous works. From the vocals to the drums and strings, this song was an artistic blend showing the band’s true colors. If I knew one song from this album had to be in the top 10 on iTunes, I’d say this track would be it.
FINAL COMMENTS
Although some styles I didn’t favor as much with how the vocals sounded, Astoria was an interesting album incorporating styles from the 70s to present day. Some songs reminded me of various artists such Coldplay, Maroon 5, Thirty Seconds to Mars and others. Each track presented something fresh and new, which I thought was fantastic about this album. "Astoria" by Marianas Trench, in a sense, is like a palate of colors that creates a colorful masterpiece in one hour. It constantly changes to bring something new to the table.
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Offense washes up down in Austin TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
The rain may have been plentiful down in Austin, Texas, but K-State’s offense seemed all dried out as Texas took advantage of its offensive ineptitude, beating the Wildcats 23-9. Texas got on the board first after a promising drive was slowed in the red zone, forcing Longhorn kicker Nick Rose to kick a 28-yard field goal to put Texas up 3-0. The Longhorns ran the ball every play on that first drive, a pattern that would serve them well as they racked up 274 yards rushing in the game compared to only 135 yards by K-State. After a stalled Wildcat drive forced K-State sophomore punter Nick Walsh to punt for the second time in the half, the Longhorns – led by the quick legs of quarterback Jerrod Heard – made their way into their red zone again. Backup quarterback Tyrone Swoopes powered his way through into the end zone to give Texas a 10-0 lead. Swoopes was dominant in the red zone, rushing for only 50 yards in the game but scoring all three of the Longhorns’ touchdowns. It was nearly the same story on Texas’s next drive, as Longhorn running back Malcolm Brown broke free for a 46-yard run before being run out of bounds at the two-yard line. Texas once again trotted their 6-foot-4-inch, 244-pound backup
quarterback back out for his second touchdown of the half. The Longhorns muffed the snap of their extra point but regained their special teams’ good fortune as they recovered a live ball off K-State on the kick-off to set up shop on the Wildcat 27yard line. The Wildcats defense helped its offense regain the ball as they stuffed Heard on a one-yard sneak on fourth down to force a turnover on downs. K-State finally found the knack on offense and drove it all the way down with the help of a costly Longhorn pass interference penalty. The Wildcats got into the end zone, connecting on a seven-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Joe Hubener to freshman wide receiver Dominique Heath. Hubener ended the game 1022 for 97 yards and a touchdown along with 53 yards on the ground. “We were very limited in what we were able to do today,” head coach Bill Snyder said of his team’s passing game. “It was an issue for both teams, but we have got to be better. Taking the weather out of it, we have to do better. We are capable of it and I have seen it; we just have to do it.” They would be unsuccessful on the two point conversion, cutting the Texas lead to only 10. The defense found their stride at the start of the first half, forcing the Longhorns into six consecutive punts to start off the half spanning through the third quarter and into the fourth.
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Irvine’s name was scribbled in cursive writing on the top envelope. Just below this name was the address of Kelly Air Force Base and inside that envelope was the story of a soldier and his family. The documents in the envelope were discolored and rough in texture. The soldier who wrote them was described by a source close to the family as a “strong and healthy individual.” According to this source, “he never spoke much about his service.” His writing did speak about his service and told the story of how this soldier from Kansas battled in the midst of an epidemic that killed many. It also told the story of how his family worried. The ravages of the influenza epidemic were evident both physically and mentally in America. Death came to people instantaneously, and worry came as well. In a letter to Irvine, his mother wrote, “I sincerely pray that you escape this- sickness.” Irvine also detailed in another letter that one soldier close to him may be in critical condition due to the influenza. His mother wrote back, “I will be afraid if you get sick.” She wished him well, writing that she hopes he has a “happy Christmas” before the writing on the bottom of one postcard became too difficult to read. The soldier and his family were filled with worry about whether he would come home safely. His mother often mentioned in her writing that the family was
waiting for him to come home. Would Irvine come home to continue life after service? The present time tells us that he did. After finding the letters, I learned – after speaking to sources near his family – that Irvine did come home and continue life after service. He married and raised a family here in Manhattan. A source told me that Irvine did, in fact, have the fortune to “never get the flu.” His mother’s prayers were answered. Several months after the letters were written, the Treaty of Versailles was signed by President Woodrow Wilson, who ironically had a minor case of the flu at the time. The war was over and the epidemic followed soon after. Life continued in America, for awhile without war and without a flu epidemic; Irvine’s letters were directly in the middle of this time in American history. Even after dying as a result of illness in 1970, his story still serves today as one of many untold American stories that can further shape our history and remind some of their own past. 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.
Garret Heath is a junior in mass communications. Please send all comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
“We played well on defense,” Snyder said. “A couple of young guys who hadn’t really been on the field played real well and sustained us. We gave up a few plays, but we played reasonably well. It was a team loss, and we had mistakes on offense and special teams that contributed to the loss as well.” K-State capitalized after the second Texas punt as they drove down the field, led mostly by junior running back Charles Jones. Jones had several moderate runs for under five yards before he broke off a 19-yard run, getting K-State down to the 24. Jones would end up being the bright spot for the K-State offense, rushing for 122 yards in a career-high performance. It was a huge step up from last week where the Wildcats were held to only 65 yards rushing in the entire game. “It wasn’t too much of a difference,” Jones said. “I just feel like we had a great week of practice. After what happened last weekend, we just had a lot of energy and hopes.” The Wildcats would eventually be stood up at the 19, setting up senior kicker Jack Cantele for a 36-yard field goal to make it a one possession game. After several more stops by the K-State defense, the Wildcats had a chance to tie it up with a little over four minutes left. Senior backup quarterback Kody Cook, who was in for Hubener after he went down on the previous possession on a quarterback sneak, found senior wide receiver Andre Davis for a 10-yard
pass. Hubener returned on the next play and after throwing an incompletion to Cook, lofted an easy interception to Longhorn Dylan Haines. Texas returned to their rushing ways as Swoopes found his way into the end zone on a 10-yard run for the third time in the game after two straight runs for over 10 yards before it. K-State would get the ball once again with a minute and a half to try to perform a miracle, but it would not occur. After the 23-9 loss, K-State dropped to 3-4 overall and 0-4 in the Big 12. It is the first time since 2001 that they’ve started off the season 0-4 against conference opponents. “It is tough with any team with four straight losses,” Jones said. “I have never been a part of that but we are going to keep fighting, keep swinging, not keep our heads down, but just look to the next game, look to Baylor, and have a great week of practice.” The Wildcats have next week off before welcoming No. 2 Baylor into Manhattan for a Thursday night matchup. “It gives us more time to find out who are,” sophomore linebacker Elijah Lee said of the upcoming bye week. “We have this bye week and we can think about who we are and what we want to be. We need to have guys that are willing to stand up, take charge and say the past is the past and go win games.”
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“That $7.25 is literally impossible.” Tim Folkins, senior in digital art and part-time employee at the Cat’s Den in the Union, said minimum wage is not enough, but it is reasonable. “You never get paid enough, but it’s decent for (my) job,” Folkins said. “I can get a raise eventually.” According to Folkins, the biggest challenge of working for minimum wage is knowing that paychecks are not going to be a lot of money. Folkins said budgeting plays a big role in managing minimum wage. “I get everything I need to pay out of the way first,” Folkins said. “If I have any money left over I do what I want to do with it.” Students on campus can receive different hourly pay, depending on their position. Hullaby said she earns $7.60 working for the bookstore. According to Andrew Kohls, career development coordinator at Career and Employment Services, said that the difference of students’ pay depends on available departmental funding. “If it’s a high-labor-intensive job, that’s probably going to get more money than a front desk worker, per se,” Kohls said. According to Hullaby, her campus bookstore job requires more effort than may meet the eye. “We have to do a lot of different things,” Hullaby said. “On certain days, we have to be at the
Union. We also have to restock books, which is a lot of work. It’s a lot to be making $7.50 or $7.60 an hour.” According to Kohls, there are other ways for students to receive money that do not include working. Kohls said students forget about the scholarship opportunities. “Finding those other significant academic financial assistance resources are especially helpful,” Kohls said. “You need to put as much energy into looking for scholarship resources as you do for jobs.” Kohls said that on-campus jobs could be more beneficial than off-campus jobs. “The importance of a campus job can be so influential on students,” he said. “With an on-campus job, you’re a student first before anything else.” Off-campus jobs may not be as willing to adjust to student schedules. According to Kohls, for students looking to make extra money, finding additional work outside of campus would be fine. “Then again, you have to remember time for studying and extra curricular activities,” Kohls said. “Someone that’s able to do that must have really great time management.” Folkins said that it is important to get a job that does not feel like a job. “If it’s a job you really like, work as if you’re getting paid the money that you deserve,” Folkins said. Hullaby also said that she believes a fun job or one that is enjoyable is a reason to keep work-
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SPOOKTACULAR | kids take center stage at event continued from page
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ABOVE: Taylor Underwood, sophomore in hospitality management, hands out candy to trickor-treaters at the Sunset Zoo’s SPOOKtacular event on Saturday.
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ABOVE: A man and his twins dressed as Thing One and Thing Two relax in a garden at Sunset Zoo during the Spooktacular event on Sunday.
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BELOW: Four-year-old Jameson Lautt gets a piece of candy during the SPOOKtacular event.
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They met with clients, Zoo Sprouts Childcare Program students, for their latest projects. For six years, students taking IAPD 307 in the fall semester carved pumpkins to be displayed at the zoo during SPOOKtacular, and this year they were given the challenge of working with clients 2-5 years old. “Creating a five-year-old’s interpretation of an animal takes focus,” Kaylee McIlvaine, sophomore in interior architecture and product design, said. The project was more than a break from studio as students had the chance to work on different media forms, in addition to working with actual clients. Each Zoo Sprout was matched up with two K-State students and was instructed to draw his or her favorite animals. Once the drawings were given the final OK from the Zoo Sprout clients, the K-State students were left alone to carve the pumpkins. The carving designs ranged from squids and monkeys to cats and a wolf-man. The pumpkins were numbered and put on display at the event over the weekend, and
community members in attendance were able to vote on their favorite carvings. SPOOKtacular weekend entertainment changes from year to year, but one group has been represented for over six years – the K-State Tap Ensemble. The group had 15 of its 22 members present at the zoo Saturday. Guests stopped to watch and children danced along to the music during the hourlong performance for visitors to the zoo. The ensemble performed 10 dances, taking a break in the middle for some audience involvement. As Halloween music played, children were welcomed up to the stage with the performers to learn how to tap dance. “We like asking kids to dance,” Abigail Owen, senior in nutrition and kinesiology, said. “They have fun being involved.” SPOOKtacular began as an after-hours terror trail geared toward adults, according to Casey. The transition to a family-friendly event for all ages, inviting area residents to come to the zoo and trick-or-treat while enjoying a fall day at the zoo, came more than 15 years ago.