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Student groups voice disappointment in admin, SGA pointing of them,” Lowry said. “They know what the right thing to do is, and waiting it out for the court, that’s not really taking a stance and leading. I would hope that they would change their mind on that.”

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fter a former Kansas State student and the third off-campus rape victim joined one of two Title IX lawsuits against K-State, student leaders of various organizations spoke out about K-State’s policies on off-campus sexual assaults and the response — or lack thereof — of the university and Student Governing Association leaders. Wildcats Against Sexual Violence, a student-led organization with a goal of “making K-State a more survivor-centered campus through policy change, education and prevention,” released a statement on its Facebook page Tuesday morning. “Sadly, this news does not come as a shock,” the release stated in reaction to the fact that Jared Girhing, a former K-State student, has been charged with the rape of two K-State students over a year apart. “The reason that we were saddened, but not shocked, that another student had been raped by the same perpetrator and that the university failed to respond to that is because we know by working in this realm and through statistics that only 6 percent of men are rapists, but of that 6 percent, each individual commits an average of 5.8 assaults,” Emma Barnett, president of Wildcats Against Sexual Violence, SGA senator and senior in political science, said. Barnett said she believes that had K-State investigated and adjudicated those two assaults and expelled the perpetrators, the third rape would not have occurred. “That is really sad, especially since we know those rapes took place about a year apart,” Barnett said. “Within a year, K-State could have done a very thorough investigation of those perpetrators and done something about it.” According to the release, Wildcats Against Sexual Violence does not believe the university is in compliance with Title IX. Barnett said the university has been misleading by inform-

FRUSTRATION WITH ADMINISTRATION

ing students they process all sexual assault claims, but that does not necessarily mean they will investigate or adjudicate those claims, especially if they occurred off campus. “We want to see all cases of assault be investigated,” Barnett said. “Right now, K-State says, ‘Well, we’ll investigate if those students are harassed on campus or are threatened on campus by their perpetrator.’ But it shouldn’t have to come to that. When a student experiences trauma off campus, that is going to affect their education. It’s going to affect where they feel safe on campus and how safe they feel.”

DISAPPOINTMENT IN SGA

Barnett also said Wildcats Against Sexual Violence has seen frustration with K-State’s SGA. “We want to see student leaders taking a firm stance against sexual violence and taking a firm stance against these policies,” Barnett said. “And I think it’s gone back and forth. We’ve passed a resolution in senate last semester that suggested changing this policy to investigate off-campus and now there’s been statements by student leaders that go back and forth with just waiting to see what the courts decide or ‘We’ll just support K-State.’” In SGA’s most recent statement released Monday, Jessica Van Ranken, student body president and senior in political science, and Trenton Kennedy,

student body vice president and junior in entrepreneurship, said, “We will continue to follow developments in the current lawsuits against Kansas State University and we will await a decision from the court of law in regard to the university’s policies concerning the investigation of sexual violence off campus.” Zach Lowry, president of K-State’s Interfraternity Council, SGA senator and senior in political science, said he is disappointed in SGA’s leaders, as well as K-State. Lowry said the Interfraternity Council has been working for more than two years with the Panhellenic Council to collaborate with K-State administration in requesting a change in its policy of how it deals with off-campus sexual assaults. “Our resolution is really simple,” Lowry said. “We just wanted K-State to begin investigating off-campus sexual assault like they do on-campus, so like the same way they would investigate a sexual assault in the residence halls.” Lowry said the Interfraternity Council has been working on initiating that change, but neither the university nor SGA has been willing to help. “We requested that for the last two years and the university has really blown us off,” Lowry said. “They had said they would get back to us and never did. So the second year we tried and asked again and no progress was

made.” In the spring, when the first two lawsuits came to light, Lowry said because of all the attention the policy was finally getting, the Interfraternity Council decided to get more involved and continued to push for a change by holding a rally and creating a petition for a change in university policy. Lowry said they received more than 1,300 signatures, even without the support he had requested from SGA. “Honestly, I’m kind of disappointed in our student government leaders,” Lowry said. “When I was putting on the rally last spring, I asked the leadership if they would co-sponsor the rally with me and help with (public relations) and they just decided that wasn’t in their best interest and said that wasn’t part of their agenda.” “I honestly think they just didn’t want to hurt their chances of getting things done with the university (administration) by protesting them,” Lowry continued. “So that was really disappointing for me. I was really hoping they would take a strong stance, but you know it’s just something they have not gotten behind.” According to K-State SGA’s website, the primary role of both the student body president and vice president, “is to represent and protect the rights and interests of the student body.” Lowry said it is frustrating to see that SGA leaders did not pub-

licly state that they want a change in this policy, even after Van Ranken had told the Senate at their April 22 meeting that, “We want to make it clear that we support a change in the university policy to adjudicate off-campus sexual misconduct.” As reported Tuesday by the Collegian, when Van Ranken was asked about this change, she replied, “If pending court decisions were to change the situation, then we would work with administration to advocate for student interests during a policy change process.” Lowry said it would have been nice to see the leadership actually want to make this change. “I think that’s really disap-

Holly Nelson, president of K-State’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance and junior in anthropology, said her and the alliance are working to make campus and the places they belong to better for those who face sexual violence, but there is an issue on the administrative level. “There needs to be something done with where (administration) keeps saying they can’t do something about these issues even though it affects our learning environment and it affects our safety on campus,” Nelson said. “The main issue with this case in particular is the university keeps saying they can’t do anything and I feel like they have an obligation to provide what they said they would to these victims.” Nelson said the lack of action from the university is making a hostile learning environment at K-State for students who are victims of sexual assault. “There needs to be some kind of intervention done by the university to ensure they are providing a safe learning environment for people,” Nelson said.

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Students give advice on drawing the line between funny, offensive jokes JULIA HOOD

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Social media exploded in September over a Snapchat gone viral from a former K-State student. Paige Shoemaker and a friend appeared to wear blackface masks over their faces with the caption “Feels good to finally be a nigga.” But, Shoemaker said, it was sent in a “joking manner.” “It was sent in a joking manner to our friends,” Shoemaker wrote in a Facebook apology after her Snapchat went viral. “I am the least racist and most accepting person you will meet. Never would I send it in a derogatory way.” Some viewers of comedian Jimmy Fallon don’t find “Saturday Night Live” funny because they perceive it to be offensive, according to Adrienne LaFrance’s Government Executive article “The SNL jokes that Americans found offensive.” If Fallon’s potentially offensive comments can be aired and accepted by others, then what is the line between a joke being funny or offensive — or is there one?

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Caesar Chavez, senior in philosophy, and Jemima Nesthant, senior in political science, both said sensitivity is a huge factor when making a joke. “I think with humor comes wisdom,” Chavez said. “Because, much like insults, humor also sort of penetrates the heart, but they are meant to do different things. Humor is meant to bring out joy and happiness and comfort. But insults, they pierce straight to the heart. And I think sometimes with humor, if not careful, it can bring about the unintended result. Humor, it’s a very tricky thing. It’s a very sensitive thing.” There is a line of sensitivity, Nesthant said, especially in social settings. She said when you’re with your group of friends, sometimes you hope there isn’t a fly on the wall with a speaker. “The jokes we have amongst our friends are things we laugh about, but as soon as

it gets recorded or someone sees it and they say ‘I didn’t mean it in this way,’ totally a lot of people don’t mean it in that way, but then you shouldn’t say jokes period knowing someone could get offended,” Nesthant said. “You know it’s going to offend anyone, it’s going to.” Nesthant said K-State students on the social media app Yik Yak crossed the line during the “hands up, don’t shoot” campaign after Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in 2014. “Yik Yak will make you get angry just by seeing things people say, which is just vow-out disgusting and mean,” Nesthant said. “That’s the stuff right there where you’ve really crossed the line. That’s just hatred talk and I can’t do that. It’s a level of just being ignorant and then just a level of something is literally wrong with you that I don’t even think anyone that has a degree in psychology could help you with. Because if you have the mindset to think that way I wouldn’t be surprised if you were to get violent or trash someone’s house.”

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Trang Le, junior in chemistry, said jokes definitely make a difference depending on the person who is saying them. “If I knew someone of a different race than myself and they knew me and they’ve known me for awhile and they make these jokes about my country, for example, and it’s true, I’m gonna laugh and say, ‘you understand me too well,’” Le said. “But if that person does not understand

me, has never talked to me before and has strictly surrounded themselves with people of their own race and they’re talking about something that was another race, you don’t do that.” Chavez said you have to be careful, especially with people who you don’t know or who are strangers. “When you’re more close to someone or intimate, you know their personality and you know what affects them so you can be a little bit more open in your humor,” Chavez said. Then, he said, there are always those awkward moments when someone tries to be funny and it is actually insulting. “Of course you factor in the context,” Chavez said. “Are you at a standup comedy club where you know this comedian, where his jokes are very racially oriented, or are you just in a close group of friends, a public setting, a professional setting? I think with humor, especially with things as sensitive as racial questions, it can go wrong really fast.” He said there have been times when he has joked around with his buddies, not realizing the jokes he said might affect them. “Guys are really prideful,” Chavez said. “They don’t want people to know that they’re affected, so they might brush it off or keep it secret. There have been times where I’ve been joking around about how my friend looks or how he’s dressed or things like that and later he’s told me ‘hey, that was kind of offensive.’ And obviously at the time I wasn’t doing it intentionally, it

was just sort of in the moment.”

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You also have to take into consideration where people grow up, Chavez said. “Like where I’m from, it’s kind of thick-skinned, so I’m not very easily affected by things,” Chavez said. “Obviously, I grew up being made fun of as a kid because of my Hispanic heritage and being Latino and my name and things like this so I’m sort of used to racial jokes ... I think with experience I’ve become a little bit more refined in my humor because I know how it can affect somebody.” Nesthant said she and her brother joke around on occasion. “I do charcoal masks and my brother has said ‘you are dark as night’ and it’s just a joke and I can’t take offense to it ‘cause it’s like, I’m dark and he’s dark, just like me,” Nesthant said. “It’s kinda weird.” Chavez said he shared a

post on his Facebook page that was a picture of a billboard sign that said, “Taco emergency, call 9-Juan-Juan.” He said he prefaced it with, “Hey, I’m Latino so I can make Latino jokes, otherwise this would be considered racial.” “I like to joke around with things like that,” Chavez said. “I definitely think there is an element to sort of — I don’t wanna say that you’re protected, but you kind of have a little bit more leeway to joke around about your own ethnicity ... But at the same time you have to be very careful how you do it. That’s why I prefaced that Facebook post because I didn’t want, even being Mexican and Latino, it can come across wrong. It’s stereotypical sort of. But I’ve experienced the same in my lifetime with people the way they look at Hispanics. They’re either all Juan, Carlos, ya know, there’s Jesus.” Chavez said tacos are sort of synonymous with the Latino or Hispanic culture and everybody loves tacos. “It was a good joke,” Chavez said. “You gotta admit it was funny. You can’t trust a person that doesn’t love tacos.”

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Nesthant said people say she’s nonchalant when it comes to stuff like this. “I’m not nonchalant, I’m just the type of person where it’s like I will tell you I will call you stupid and or I’ll just roll my eyes and like ‘ya ignorant’ and I’ll walk away,” Nesthant said. “I’m not gonna waste my

breath on you. But there comes a time where if she personally would of called me the n-word ... now then that’s when I get my book out and I talk to you ‘cause there’s something in your mind that’s not working and I just gotta talk to you.” Le said she thinks people are influenced by the people around them. “I think that it’s if you’re in a group that is of the same exposure to the society as yourself then they’re more likely to make something stupid,” Le said. “I just thought that if someone actually filmed things that people actually said that I felt discriminated against me and some Asian friends that I had in my dorm it would be much more horrible than that. I felt bad for the girl. I don’t think what she did was wrong but again I thought it was very unfair for people to just treat her like she was a very bad person.” Chavez said humor is a variety of art that can cause joy, hurt and pain. “You can be misinterpreted ... You’re intentions might come across wrong and I think I don’t know the person who did this, the Snapchat, so I can’t speak for her character and I can’t speak for her as a person, but I know there have been cases where — even perhaps myself — where I’ve tried to be funny or I’ve tried to joke around about things and they come off wrong,” Chavez said. “But humor is more of an art. It’s something that can bring about a lot of joy but it can also bring a lot of hurt and pain.”

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A letter from K-State head football coach Bill Snyder

Committee discusses tuition, fees models

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The Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee met Tuesday evening to discuss several different tuition and fee models and which of those models is the best fit for Kansas State. Before they discussed the tuition models, Cindy Bontrager, vice president for administration and finance, shared a few updates about where K-State ranks in the cost of tuition and required fees compared to other schools around the country. She said K-State ranks 86 of 172 in resident tuition and fees this school year and 81 of 170 in non-residential. Compared to the 10 public universities in the Big 12 and the four that have left the conference — Missouri, Nebraska, Texas A&M and Colorado — K-State ranks sixth of 12 in residential and seventh of 12 in non-residential tuition and fees. When Bontrager finished with the tuition and fees rankings, the committee discussed a few different types of models that K-State and other universities currently use. The main model they discussed was differential tuition, which, Jessica Van Ranken, student body president and senior in political science, explained.

“When you’re in one college and it has a different tuition amount than another college, it’s just pricing differently on the cost it takes to deliver the education in that college,” Van Ranken said. She used the example of the College of Engineering compared to the College of Arts and Sciences and the fees in Engineering that make it more expensive. According to the K-State Admissions webpage, students taking College of Arts and Sciences classes pay an extra $16.70 per-credit-hour fee while College of Engineering classes charge an $84 per-credit-hour fee. “(Bontrager) and I, our budget director Ethan Erickson and Lynn Carlin have talked a lot recently about how tuition has been charged by the credit hour here at Kansas State previously, how it has changed now to its flat credit hour rate — you take 15 you pay for 15,” April Mason, provost and senior vice president, said. “Previously you paid for 15, and you could take as many as you wanted (up to 18).” Another topic Mason brought up was the idea of what should be included in the cost of tuition and what should be covered under fees. She said she thinks information technology — things like wireless internet for computers and other electronic

devices — should be included in tuition fees, but said there is not enough tuition revenue to make upgrades in the campus IT system. “If you take an engineering class, it costs more,” Mason said. “You expect as an engineer, probably, that you have to pay more for that. But if you’re taking an English class or a history class, you still expect IT connection, you still expect an adviser, you still expect all these other things. In my opinion it’s hard to say we shouldn’t bring that out of tuition. Why should we say you have to pay a special fee to have that?” The committee also talked about budget cuts and how they are starting to affect students. Mason mentioned Hale Library’s hours, which were cut from being open 24 hours for five days a week to now closing at midnight because the library could not afford to stay open. Mason said it definitely has had an impact on some students. “I think we are seeing (the impact on students),” Bontrager said. “It’s getting very difficult for students to pay, and it’s got to have some impact on enrollment.”

My sincere thank you and immense appreciation for the role you have played in providing me the opportunity to have been a part of these 200 victories. The true victory, however, is what so many of you have meant to our football program and our university — truly unique and special. None of this would have happened without the caring commitment of the young

men who have played here, all past and present coaches and their families, as well as mine, our support staff, student body and our university faculty, staff and leadership. To the people of the Manhattan community and K-Staters all across our state, nation and world — you are appreciated beyond words. Warm regards, Bill Snyder

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Opinion: Racist America existed before President-elect Trump LAMEESE MADI

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Many blame President-elect Donald Trump’s racially ignited rhetoric on many events dealing with racism throughout the country. I pose the argument through my own experiences that although Trump’s rhetoric was dangerous and proliferated hatred, it did not, in fact, create racist ideology. Racist America has always existed. I am a Libyan immigrant. I am a woman and a Muslim who is not only a minority in

As a minority, I am not scared of Trump. He is one person in a battle with many layers. Lameese Madi

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America, but a minority in Libya. Sometime after Sept. 1, 2001, my mother, who had always worn a hijab, removed it due to safety reasons. We did not want anything that drew too much attention to us and my mother has not worn one since. My strongest and earliest memory of racism comes from ninth grade. Part of my high school curriculum was to have all incoming freshmen enroll in a religions course, which would teach us about tolerance. Everyone had to research a culture and religion and present it to class. I remember we were in the library, and we were all wandering around trying to find books relevant to our chosen religion. A kid came up behind me. He was already kind of known for bullying and wasn’t the most pleasant person to talk to. He called out my name and I turned around. In his hand was a Quran. I remember his smile. It was cunning, taunting. He snickered and dropped the book, keeping eye contact with me the entire time. He stepped on it. “Get out of my country,” he said, laughing. I remember that moment like it was yesterday. It was the first time someone had been malicious and hateful directly to my face. The irony of it was my teacher witnessed the whole thing and simply told him to sit down. No punishment. I’ve had racially charged statements thrown at me in conversations, incidents of terrorist jokes or comments about immigration. What I found was people would throw a racist joke at me but for some reason could not handle

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jokes being thrown right back. I’m not a politically correct person, but I definitely think that if you can deal it out, you should be able to take it. They are other instances of racism I have experienced that have been more violent and hateful. I make a point to not say what I am unless asked. Recently after Trump’s election, I experienced not only a racist comment, but witnessed a passage of racist ideology from one generation to another. It was a Sunday morning at a brunch place in town where I was serving a family

of nine in my section. I had been friendly as usual, and I got a pot of coffee for the group. I was pouring their drinks and I overheard an elderly man at the table say, “All these motherf---ing Muslims need to leave this country.” His grandson replied, “For real. They don’t belong here.” Little did they know their waitress was a Muslim. What surprised me was the fact it was said in public, but this wasn’t the first time I experienced it. It wasn’t something fresh or novel for me to struggle through. This was rhetoric I have heard before. President-elect Trump

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didn’t make this man say anything, and I’m certain he had no hand in that ninth-grader who decided to directly attack me with his statement. Racism has always been there, but maybe this is the first time white America can see it. I am not saying that Trump’s rhetoric is something to look over, but instead I make the argument that Trump is not the main actor in racism. He does not hold the cards and all of a sudden racism exists. It can be seen in our everyday news. Trump wasn’t running for president during the Trayvon Martin case. If anything, Trump is

a manifestation of racially charged rhetoric I and countless others have heard our entire lives. As a minority, I am not scared of Trump. He is one person in a battle with many layers and a deep-rooted history. 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.

Lameese Madi is a senior in modern languages. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com.

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Passing offense struggles as Barnes’ running success continues

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All game, they were within an earshot and late in the game, they were even ahead for a while. But when the clock hit zero, the Wildcats were the ones with another mark in the loss column. This was the scene that unfolded far too many times a season ago. The same scenario played out for the first time this season in the Wildcats’ loss to Maryland Saturday in Brooklyn, New York. “Yeah a little bit,” head coach Bruce Weber said about the game bringing back memories from last season. “I just tried to find a positive after the game. I said, ‘Hey last year we beat Georgia on the last play of the game and then we lost the next six or whatever (it was). This year we lost the first one; we’ll win the next six.’ ... We’ve got to move forward.” Senior forward D.J. Johnson said the Wildcats have put the tough loss behind them and they are ready for Green Bay. “We watched film over it, we had a good practice yesterday, so I’d say it’s behind us,” Johnson said. “I know (it’s) hard to put that one behind you, especially when you’re that close, but that’s something we’re going to have to work on.” The Wildcats (5-1) will look to keep their balanced attack going. Four out of the five K-State starters average more than 10 points a game. Five different Wildcats have led the team in scoring in their six games played. Green Bay (3-3) has had an up-and-down season thus far. The Phoenix have won just three of their six games and have struggled compared to last year’s team, which made

The Kansas State offense was the hot topic at head coach Bill Snyder’s press conference Tuesday. Here are two things that stood out:

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1. ALEX BARNES IS THE REAL DEAL.

Redshirt freshman running back Alex Barnes is the first K-State running back in three years with consecutive 100-yard rushing games. The kid is good. Barnes is averaging more than 7 yards per carry. He is also K-State’s third-leading rusher

despite seeing just 56 carries so far this season. “(Barnes) is a little bit like Jordan (Willis),” Snyder said. “He is learning the value of extreme hard work and preparation and that is one element. The other element is physical capabilities. He can be physical and stay on his feet and he has good low-body strength.” “I have seen all of those plays where (Barnes) dives at the pylon and that goes with the territory, but what impresses me is he gets hit again and again and stays on his feet and pushes the pile,” Snyder continued. “He gets those extra 2, 3 and 4 yards on snaps that a lot of guys will

go down at that time. He makes a big difference.” Barnes said everything has really come together down the stretch this season. “I have always felt that I have the ability,” Barnes said. “It is just having everything come together, bringing together practice reps and getting game reps, too. It is just about getting more experience and being confident in myself to go out and perform.”

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Senior forward D.J. Johnson goes up for a shot during the K-State basketball game against the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Bramlage Coliseum on Nov. 15. the NCAA Tournament. But they still may pose some problems for K-State with their up-tempo, pressuring style. “They play a very highpaced style,” Weber said. “We’re gonna have to be on our horses right away. You make a basket, you’re going to have to get back because

they’re coming; they’re going to take it right at you.” The Phoenix are led by senior guard Charles Cooper. Cooper averages a little more than 13 points a game as well as 5.8 rebounds per game. The Wildcats and Phoenix will tip off inside Bramlage Coliseum at 7 p.m.

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