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‘Paying into the pot’: Where privilege fees go
Every year, students pay close to $900 in privilege fees. Here’s what that money goes to. KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
In the 2018-2019 academic year, Kansas State students taking six or more credit hours pay $444 a semester on top of their tuition in privilege fees. Those dollars amass a fund of more than $16 million that is then allocated to 15 entities. “The privilege fee is confusing, and it’s even confusing for [committee members] their first year,” said Sarah Niederee, former committee chair and senior in agricultural economics.
SHARED GOVERNANCE
“I think one of the biggest things is it is a student-decided, student-paid for and student-utilized fee,” Jansen Penny, committee chair and senior in industrial engineering, said. “I think that sort of representation from students is really important because K-State is unlike a lot of other places with that.” The privilege fee, Niederee said, levels the playing field for students because everyone is “paying into the pot.” “Students need to know is that $444 that they are paying this semester is going towards all these
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K-State’s student privilege fee allocations for the 2018-2019 academic year per student, per semester. different things that they have a privilege to use,” Penny said. “They are paying for that and they should take advantage of all those opportunities.” The existence of the fee and the committee, Niederee said, speaks volumes to the level of shared governance between student government and administration at K-State. The allocations the committee decides are recommendations to administration and are ultimately passed by the Kansas Board of Regents over the summer months. “I think K-State is really lucky because we have this model of shared governance and in all these years, the president has not said no to a privilege fee decision which is really awesome,” Niederee said. “I think it’s really important for the students to make those decisions because it’s student money and it’s all entities that
SGA attorney general Peter Moyer talks about his path at K-State
all students have access to.”
STUDENT-DECIDED ALLOCATIONS
The allocations for every entity are decided by Student Governing Association’s Privilege Fee Committee on three-year entity review cycles. The decisions made in the committee, which changes with every new governing term, take effect in the fiscal year that follows. In that sense, Penny said the fee is a “floating fee.” In the previous academic year, for example, the increase, decrease and continuation decisions made by the committee resulted in students paying an additional $13 into the pot this semester. Part of that, Niederee said, was impacted by how closely knit enrollment and the privilege fee are. “Last year we were told at the
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very beginning of the year ‘enrollment has dropped significantly and the privilege fee is going to increase no matter what,’” Niederee said. “We were really challenged with trying to save money other places.” In the 2017-2018 term, the committee voted to increase allocations to Counseling Services and Lafene Health Center and ultimately terminated the privilege fee contract with K-State Athletics. The decisions made in the committee are typically made over a three-weeklong period where the committee will hear the entity’s request for an increase, continuance or a decrease in their current allocated amount.
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OP-ED: K-Staters can, should vote for Kris Kobach
NEWS
Little Apple Pride hosts Drag Queen Story Hour by Rebecca Vrbas Little Apple Pride hosted Manhattan’s second-ever Drag Queen Story Hour Booktacular in the Manhattan Public Library’s auditorium on Saturday. An enthusiastic crowd of children dressed up as dinosaurs, space ships, princesses, superheroes and more gathered to enjoy an hour of Halloween-themed entertainment put on by local drag queens TyWoo, Fauna Fables and Lil Kim Chi. Each took a turn animatedly reading a children’s book aloud, complete with commentary as entertaining as the book itself. The program ended with a throwback, lip syncing to “I Put A Spell On You” from the movie “Hocus Pocus.” Jonathan Mertz, who helped coordinate the event, said their first Drag Queen Story Hour got such positive feedback that they decided to repeat the event with a Halloween twist. “There have been drag story times popping up all over the country, and we thought well if they’re doing at those places, why can’t we do it here?” Mertz said. “We’re actually the first city in Kansas to do it. Since then it’s been done in other cities around the state.” Drag queen Fauna Fables expressed how performing for an audience of children changes the dynamic of a performance.
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Interest in law motivated this student to lead SGA’s judicial branch JULIE FREIJAT
THE COLLEGIAN
The three branches of Student Governing Association — executive, judicial and legislative — all play a different role in regulating what happens on campus. One of the many students that has a hand in the governing body is attorney general Peter Moyer, junior in political science and economics. Moyer said neither of his parents attended Kansas State, but he came to school in Manhattan because of how well the College of Business Administration recruits students. “During my freshman year, I switched out of business because I realized I really didn’t want to do that at all,” Moyer said. After taking a course about government in high school, Moyer said he began to feel more interested in the judicial side of government. Moyer said his affinity for the branch in the United States government led him to put a poster of the first African American justice on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, on
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“I’ve noticed at drag shows, the crowd is always kind of like validating us,” Fauna Fables said. “But for kids, especially with drag queen story time, this is to show those kids that this is okay; it’s okay to be who you want to be, it’s okay to be what you want to be. So you know, us getting to validate them for a change and you know, show them that it does get better is so beautiful to me.” Drag Queen Story Hour is just one of many events that Little Apple Pride sponsors. “All of this is just building up towards our main event in April, which is our big Little Apple Pride Festival,” Drevel Taylor, Little Apple Pride leader, said.
his wall, finding membership with his poster of Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” President John F. Kennedy and civil rights activist William Kunstler. “I was really reading a bunch of like civil liberty stuff and feeling really impassioned about constitutional law,” Moyer said. “I mellowed a lot from that, but judicial seemed like the right avenue to go from that energy.” As far as the judicial branch in SGA, Moyer said most of the cases they see on Thursday nights are instances of students drinking and misbehaving at tailgates. Since they don’t have any jurisdiction off campus, the student tribunal doesn’t hear cases involving fraternities or sororities, for example. Moyer, who is a pre-law student, said he got involved in SGA partially because he was “an average student in high school” and it was the first thing he came across on campus, but also because he thought it would be about law. “I read ‘In our Defense’ written by [JFK’s] daughter when she was in law school,
which is about civil liberties, and I thought judicial would be more like that,” he said. “It’s not legalistic at all; people confuse that. But that’s what drew me to it — I thought it would be more law-based.” In Kansas, the state judiciary and the K-State judicial branch operate quite differently. Moyer said at K-State, the process is exhibited and, of course, run by students. The “by students, for students” motto that comes with SGA, Moyer said, helps the tribunal understand the people being reviewed by the tribunal. Students can understand the thorough process behind a decision a student being reviewed made, Moyer said. “As students we have standards we want upheld for other students,” Moyer said. “There’s a behavior we all agree is unacceptable, like if you’re going to tailgates and getting into fights, you’d want [someone] at K-State to have a conversation with them, try to understand why that behavior exists and find appropriate sanction. Not to punish them for it, but just to mitigate that behavior and find new avenues for them.”
Little Apple Pride Festival will be held on April 13, 2019. For more information
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The children attending the Drag Queen Story Time Booktacular at the Manhattan Public Library on Saturday are enthralled as TyWoo reads a story about a spider.
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What to Watch: Crucial matchups put top teams at risk of upsets ADAM MEYER
THE COLLEGIAN
NO. 6 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (71, 5-1) AT NO. 11 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (7-1, 5-1)
The Wildcats and the Bulldogs will battle to be alone at the top part of the East of the Southeastern Conference. They both go into this game tied in first place in the east. Georgia is coming off a huge win against the thenranked No. 9 Florida Gators 36-17, and Kentucky survived an upset last week as they just got past 4-4 Missouri Tigers 15-14. Georgia’s high-powered offense that has averaged 38.6 points per game this season is led by sophomore quarterback Jake Fromm. Fromm is coming off a terrific game against Florida, as he completed 17 of his 24 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns. He has also thrown
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The first week centers primarily around a presentation from the entity director and possibly student affiliated with the organization. When Student Design Services came to the Privilege Fee Committee to request a continuance earlier in the fall semester, Audrey Taggart-Kagdis, assistant director for marketing for the K-State Student Union and the adviser of the service, presented a brief history of the entity and what it spends its allocations on. Additionally, a student employee from Student Design Services showcased some of the big design projects he completed. In the week that followed, Taggart-Kagdis returned to the committee to answer any questions its members might have remaining after the pre-
for 1,649 yards and 16 touchdowns this season. Along with Fromm, the Bulldogs have junior running back Elijah Holyfield, who has rushed for 559 yards on 85 carries — and has found the end zone four times this season. The Bulldogs’ offense will be tested as Kentucky’s defense allowed just 13 points per game this season. For Kentucky, its offense has been led by junior running back Benny Snell Jr. Snell has carried the Wildcats offense this season as he has accumulated 935 yards on 179 carries — and has recorded nine touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Terry Wilson has struggled this season, as he has thrown more interceptions (six) than touchdowns (five), and has thrown for less than 1,000 yards on 100 completions. He will be tested once again against Georgia’s defense. This crucial conference game will kick off on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on CBS.
NO. 1 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (80, 5-0) AT NO. 4 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (7-1, 4-1)
sentation. In each review cycle, Penny said the meeting that revolves around questions allows the committee to “dive in deeper” to how the entity impacts students. From there, the committee usually meets one final time for discussion and then they vote on a recommendation for that entity. For Student Design Services, the committee recommended a decrease of 5 percent because of the approximately $9,000 they had in surplus from the previous fiscal year. Those recommendations are then introduced to student senate to be read, and in the weeks that follow, they are returned to committee to be voted on again and passed back to the legislative body for final action.
add value to a student’s time at K-State. “The K-State experience is so much more than just academics and classes and showing up for your 12 to 18 hours a week of class,” Penny said. “It’s so important that we have other resources and these other experiences that really empower students to succeed.” Major portions of the multimillion dollar fund go toward what Penny referred to as the big three. Those three — the union, Lafene Health Center and Recreational Services — collectively receive more than 80 percent of the total money in the privilege fee account. Other entities, like Counseling Services and the Center for Student Involvement, receive considerably smaller allocations: $765,391 and $551,176 respectively. SGA is also funded by the privilege fee in the amount of $73,741 annually.
WHERE ARE THOSE DOLLARS GOING?
The privilege fee and its associated entities, Penny said,
The LSU Tigers will have a golden opportunity to knock off Alabama, the defending national champion, on their home field in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Crimson Tide have defended their national title and No. 1 ranking as they have remained unbeaten so far this season, recently handling the Tennessee Volunteers 58-21. Both teams have played exceptional defense, as Alabama has allowed just 15.9 points per game, and LSU has allowed just 15.1 points per game. Alabama’s offense against the Tigers’ defense is the matchup to look for in this game, as the Crimson Tide have averaged 54.1 points per game. Sophomore quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been
outstanding, completing 107 of 152 touchdown passes for 2,066 passing yards along with 25 touchdowns, with no interceptions through the first eight games. Sophomore wide receiver Jerry Jeudy has been the most productive receiver for the Tide, he has 31 receptions for 777 yards and 10 touchdowns. For the Tigers on offense, senior star running back Nick Brossette continues to carry his team, he has run for 697 yards on 10 touchdowns. The Tigers’ upset bid will begin on Saturday at 7 p.m. on CBS.
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NO. 12 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (61, 4-1) AT NO. 15 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (6-2, 4-1)
Two high-powered offenses of the Big 12 collide as they sit in a three-way tie with Oklahoma in first place in the Big 12. Two great quarterbacks will be the showcase of this game as the Mountaineers’ Will Grier and the Longhorns’ Sam Ehlinger have both put up big numbers this season. Grier has thrown for 2,272 yards on 154 completions and has thrown 25 touchdowns with only seven
interceptions. Ehlinger has thrown for 1,817 yards on 158 completions and has thrown 13 touchdowns, along with just three interceptions. The Mountaineers one loss this season was in Ames, as they were upset by Iowa State 30-14. The Longhorns were just recently stunned in Stillwater, as the Cowboys upset them 38-35. The Longhorns’ hopes for the College Football Playoff most likely ended after their loss to Oklahoma State, but their hopes for the Big 12 trophy remain alive. This crucial Big 12 matchup will kick off on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on FOX.
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Oklahoma dominates the Wildcats in blowout loss CODY FRIESEN
THE COLLEGIAN
The Kansas State football team traveled to Norman, Oklahoma to face off against the eighth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. K-State entered the game as 24-point underdogs and were outmatched, losing 5114. To put things lightly, the Sooners dominated the entire game.
FIRST QUARTER
Tempers flared during the very first drive of the game, but the Sooners scored on a 35-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Kyler Murray to sophomore tight end Grant Calcaterra to
put OU ahead early. After a K-State three and out, the Sooners again marched down the field, but the Wildcats held Oklahoma to a 32-yard field goal by senior placekicker Austin Seibert. The Sooners scored yet again when Kyler Murray found sophomore wide receiver CeeDee Lamb wide open for an 82-yard touchdown to put the Sooners up 17-0. The Wildcats did not get past the 50-yard line until the last play of the first quarter.
SECOND QUARTER
K-State opened the second quarter in OU territory, finishing a drive capped off with a five-yard rushing
touchdown by sophomore quarterback Skylar Thompson. The drive was 14 plays and 72 yards long, and took 6:32 off the clock. The Sooners quickly answered yet again, this time with a seven play, 75-yard drive that ended with a threeyard rush into the end zone by freshman running back Kennedy Brooks. Murray marched the Sooners 90 yards down the field in three minutes after a K-State punt, and scored on a nine-yard rushing touchdown. After a fumble by junior wide receiver Isaiah Zuber on the ensuing kickoff, Oklahoma was held to a field goal to go up 34-7, a lead it held
Senior rower Samantha Scott dies from sudden illness JARRETT WHITSON THE COLLEGIAN
Samantha Scott, a senior on Kansas State’s rowing team, passed away on Saturday due to a sudden illness, Kansas State Athletics announced on Sunday morning. Scott was 23 years old. The Fort Morgan, Colorado, native was K-State’s top coxswain this season. An architectural engineering major, Scott was an Academic All-Big 12 selection last year. “Samantha was a great leader for our program and more importantly a great person,” head coach Patrick Sweeney said in a statement to K-State Sports. “She was so well-liked by all of her teammates and had such a big impact on our program both on and off the water. We are all still in a state of shock, and we will continue to keep her family in our thoughts and prayers.” “We are all deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Samantha,” K-State athletics director Gene Taylor said. “The Scott family will remain in our prayers during this time, and we will provide all of the necessary support we can for their entire family and also the members of our rowing program as they cope with this devastating loss.”
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going into the half. The Wildcats ended the half with 124 total yards, while the Sooners posted 386 total yards.
THIRD QUARTER
K-State received the kick to begin the second half and had to punt after another three and out. The Sooners added to their lead after an 86-yard run by Brooks to go up 41-7. The Wildcats would punt yet again. Five plays later, Murray found Lamb for a 57-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead 48-7. Murray’s day ended early as he was replaced by sophomore Austin Kendall with five minutes remaining in the quarter. Murray added to his Heisman campaign resumé as he threw for 352 yards
and three touchdowns, while rushing for 46 yards and a touchdown.
FOURTH QUARTER
The Sooners started the fourth quarter with the ball on the six-yard line and would kick a 22-yard field goal to extend their lead over the Wildcats. K-State would drive down to score a touchdown on a nine-yard rush by senior running back Justin Silmon to put the score at 51-14. Oklahoma had to punt for the first time in the contest with eight minutes remaining in the game, and would later run down the clock to win the game 51-14. Thompson threw for 108 yards and rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown for K-State. Silmon was the leading rusher for the Wildcats with 51 yards and a touchdown.
Sophomore defensive back Walter Neil Jr. led the Wildcat defense with nine tackles on the day. Oklahoma finished the game with 702 total yards, while K-State only had 245 total yards. Brooks ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns for the Sooners, while Lamb had four receptions for 160 yards and two touchdowns. With the loss, K-State is now 3-5 on the season and 1-4 in the Big 12. Its bowl game hopes are dwindling away with the Wildcats needing to win three more games, but with only four games remaining in the regular season, K-State’s bowl streak could be quickly coming to an end. The Wildcats will face TCU, who lost to KU over the weekend, on the road next Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on FS1.
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OP-ED: Why students should vote for Kobach This opinion-editorial was written by Benjamin Ristow, senior in history and vice president of College Republicans. If you would like to write an oped with the Collegian, send us an email at opinion@kstatecollegian.com to get started. On Wednesday, The Collegian published a letter titled “I’m a Republican, but K-Staters shouldn’t vote for Kobach.” The author made several interesting claims. Some of them are misleading. Others are just false. In the interest of preserving honesty in our public discourse, here are my thoughts on some of these claims. The author points out that Kris Kobach believes that universities waste too much money. I wonder how this observation by Kobach makes him “possibly the worst choice for governor the Republican party and the state of Kansas has ever produced”? When one looks at the numbers it certainly seems that universities are spending beyond their means. From 2002 to 2017, state appropriations to Kansas State remained mostly stagnant, but tuition increased from under $2,500 to around $10,000. Even when one acknowledges that state appropriations should have increased around 2 percent per year to match inflation, and that tuition had to increase to make up for this, that only accounts for around half of the increase that occurred. People tend to blame the state government for high tuition. Given that tuition could have made up the difference in state funding since 2002 and still be about half of what it is today, I find this argument to be lacking. Should the state be doing more to support higher education? Probably, but don’t pretend that if Kansas increased appropriations that tuition hikes would cease. Kris Kobach is correct. Universities like K-State clearly have a spending problem. Next, the author notes that
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‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ continues UPC legacy, cult-classic status JACKSON WILLIS THE COLLEGIAN
Scantily clad women, drag queens, virgin auctions and condoms. While this may sound like a really wild college party, for the Union Program Council, it is just another screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” On Friday, the K-State Student Union Grand Ballroom invited students and the community to partake in the antics and screening of the quintessential cult-classic. “I think everyone has to experience it,” said Anna DePastino, junior in architecture and a member of the UPC Films committee. “It’s all about being yourself,” DePastino said. “You feel included and love each other like you are part of the family.” A picturesque family
bonding moment — minus the fact that the event wasn’t exactly “family friendly.” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is the story of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, two newlyweds who find themselves in the predicament of a lifetime. When they get a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, they find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist who’s preparing to unveil his latest creation, Rocky Horror. When participants arrive, they are asked if they are virgins. If so, they are marked with a large red “V” on their forehead or hand in red lipstick. Everyone receives a “prop bag” full of the “essentials” to make the most of the experience. Out of context, the bag is full of items I would only assume would be in the junk drawer of an estranged grandmother. Included were two
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Strutting down the center aisle in high heels, Mary Renee steps away from the stage to get a better look at all the costume contestants. During the Rocky Horror pre-show on Friday, costumed spectators were given the chance to win prizes and personal glory. cards, a bag of rice, a piece of “toast,” a newspaper and some toilet paper. You know, just the essentials. These props were used to
mimic the scenes on screen. The cards, rice, “toast” and toilet paper were all tossed into the air during the film. The newspaper was the only
“grounded” prop, meant to protect your head from the harsh rain during Brad and Janet’s trek to Dr. Frank–NFurter’s castle. Rocky Horror played promptly at midnight, but the pre-show began at 10:30. During the pre-show, fans were entertained by host Mary Renee. Her persona added another level to the ambiance of the show. Quotes include, “This movie is a terrible terrible film,” “Who has a penis in their pants?” and “Oh no, I’m stepping on a condom.” During the pre-show, Renee facilitated the traditional costume contest and “Virgin Auction.” During the “Virgin Auction,” movie “virgins” are auctioned off, not for money, but for the random objects non-virgins have on them. This year, the main currency was 2-yearold condoms, some birth control, and a handkerchief. Only
the best for first-time viewers. UPC puts this event on every year, but for freshman in open option and “Rocky Horror” “virgin” Ally Demott, it was anything but routine. “I feel … enlightened,” Demott said. “Definitely a unique experience. That being said, if you have the chance to experience this, you got to go, it’s so fun.” “Rocky Horror Picture Show” premiered in the U.S. on Sept. 25, 1975. Almost immediately, the movie was shelved. But one year later, midnight screenings of “Rocky Horror” at the Waverly Theater in New York began to change the movie from a flop, to the coming-of-age ritual it is today. The underground phenomenon has continued for over 40 years, mainly due to the group of dedicated fans who flock to the midnight screenings.