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SafeRide program use declines despite providing free rides on weekends

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SafeRide, a program that provides a safe alternative to drunken driving for students returning home from Aggieville, has seen significant decrease in usage over the past few years. Any time between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, students can hop on an Area Transportation Agency Bus for free and have a safe ride home. Riders must simply show their student ID. With one scan, they can ride with four guests. However, over the past three years, ridership has continually declined. The average number of riders on Friday nights was 3,374 during the 2016-2017 school year, but last year it was just 842. “I think there’s a couple reasons of change,” said Kelli Farris, executive director for the Center for Student Involvement. “Those numbers ... from SafeRide or from ATA Bus also reflects the number of downturn in citations and arrests for DUI or other driving while intoxicated [incidents].” Farris also mentioned the current bus system doesn’t necessarily meet the needs students may be looking for. “I think we also see just a different generation of students at K-State now and so the current generation of students wants something that’s more immediate

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Through the SafeRide program, students can hop on an Area Transportation Agency bus for a free safe ride home between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. and more convenient and more personalized,” Farris said. When she put out a survey earlier this semester, Farris said a lot of the feedback indicated students don’t want to stand and wait for a bus, and they don’t feel safe when they get off at a bus stop and then need to walk home in darkness.

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“It’s that immediacy that they’re finding in other ways,” Farris said. “Either by walking because they live a short distance [away] or they’re riding bikes or they’re just calling friends who are designated drivers.” During the 2017-2018 academic year, Farris said CSI went

through a lot of transition as a result of student organization policy, and the focus was on staff, not SafeRide.

Kansas State defeats KU 38-10 Saturday

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After a shooting Friday eveing, the Riley County Police Department arrested Richard Goens of Manhattan, on offenses of first degree murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated robbery. He shot and killed Tanner Zamecnik of Manhattan. Zamecnik suffered a life threatening gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital where he later died. Goens is held in the Riley County Jail on a $1 million bond. Judge Michael Simon of the Federal District Court in Portland, Ore., blocked President Donald Trump’s policy barring immigrants from entering the country if they don’t have health insurance or a way to pay for medical care. A Kaiser Family Foundation study found legal immigrants to be three times as likely to be uninsured than United States citizens. The New York Times wrote lawyers from Justice Action Center, Innovation Law Lab and the American Immigration Lawyers Association said this policy would cause more harm than good. To combat its distinction as the state with the highest incarceration rate, Oklahoma will see 527 commutations of prison sentences, according to the Washington Post. The commutations will be of low-level drug and nonviolent offenses. Oklahoma lawmakers call this the largest single-day commutation in both state and U.S. history.

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Hack K-State hosts fifth annual event

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Inventors, mark your calendars — the fifth annual Hack K-State event will be this Friday. Hack K-State is one of the largest “hackathons” in the region and is a unique event open to high school, undergraduate and graduate students across the nation. The Hack K-State website describes a hackathon as “an invention/innovation competition for technology.” Many hackathons are an all-day event, but Hack K-State is a 36-hour long experience. “They start Friday evening,

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“So our marketing obviously took a big hit in that year and the years since, just as we’ve been trying to help support student organizations on campus,” Farris said. “And so that marketing piece is now kind of leveraging itself back out as a larger priority. And so we’ll be able to do more

have opening ceremonies, and they will start creating, developing, programming. They will go non-stop until Sunday morning,” said Josh Weese, the program’s faculty adviser and teaching assistant professor of computer science. There were 199 participants in Hack K-State last year. This year, there are over 200 participants from 40 universities and 22 high schools, Weese said. The number of participating high schoolers increased this year. “We’ve had a really great experience getting high schoolers involved across the state, and now we get people from neighboring states,”

Weese said. “It’s a really great recruitment event and gives them a taste of a college event. “It’s really a unique environment where we get a variety of students coming in for the same week and the same place creating cool things just for the fun of it. It’s quite unlike school projects,” Weese continued. “You come in with an idea, but you haven’t done anything yet. What can you invent in a weekend? We have people from all over campus come in, which really creates a diverse team.” Weese noted the winners aren’t all computer scientists. It includes marketing and people being artistic. It’s also about feasibility, Weese said, including

contributing to society. Hack K-State is a departmental student organization within the Department of Computer Science. The organization works year-round to make the event possible. “It’s a ton of logistics, planning, budgeting and people-wrangling,” Weese said. It is also one of the largest student-run events on campus. Nathan McClain, senior in computer science, is the lead organizer for the 2019 event. In addition to organizing the event for two years, McClain participated for two years. “My favorite part about Hack K-State is getting to see the innovative ideas that partic-

marketing and outreach to students and sharing more information with them as well on how to use the system.” While Anne Smith, executive director for ATA Bus, said she thinks there are a number factors contributing to lower utilization, including lower enrollment, she sees marketing as the main problem. “From my perspective, I think the biggest challenge over the last two to three years, [is] there’s no marketing going

on,” Smith said. “We’re not paid to advertise the service. K-State is not advertising the service. Nobody knows about it. “When I go out to the community and talk, I always mention SafeRide,” Smith continued. “If I talk to groups of students, I always bring it up, but we don’t have the funding to market it. I know that there’s probably some email blasts and I believe it’s talked about at freshman orientation,

but when we have a booth up at open house, every single year the number one thing people ask about is SafeRide. Parents don’t know about it. Students don’t know about it.” Smith said she always tries to get the word out there, as she thinks the program is vital. “The program is one of the most important things that we do, because there’s no doubt in my mind we save lives every weekend,” Smith said.

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ipants come up with and work on throughout the event,” McClain said. Previous projects have included an a program that mimics an Etch A Sketch, where users upload an image and motors draw the image, and a game of Guitar Hero played via image processing instead of the guitar. Projects can also be fundamentally useful, like Amazon Alexa skills that keep track of school grades for teachers and parents. “I really enjoy creating the positive and welcoming environment that allow our participants to be creative,” McClain said. Participants from all

majors, universities, high schools and levels of experience are welcome. “No experience is required as we provide mentors throughout the weekend that can help assist in projects if you get stuck,” McClain said. “Students from any major can come together and create an awesome project.” Registration and volunteer sign-up is still open. The event starts Friday in the Business Administration Building. Archive photo by Mckenzie Spresser COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP

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Sunflower Showdown: K-State dominates Kansas 38-10 on the road CODY FRIESEN

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The Kansas State Wildcats traveled to Lawrence in one of the most anticipated matchups against the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday. The Wildcats silenced the doubters and became bowl eligible with a dominating 38-10 victory highlighted by a three-touchdown day by junior quarterback Skylar Thompson. The Wildcats opened the scoring on their first drive of the game capped off by a one-yard touchdown run by Thompson to give K-State a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. The Jayhawks responded with an eight-play, 45-yard drive but settled for a 34-yard field goal by junior kicker Liam Jones. K-State finished the first quarter leading 7-3 inside the red zone and opened the second quarter with a nine-yard option rush by senior running back Harry Trotter to extend the lead to 14-3. Junior defensive back Jahron McPherson caught an interception on a pass from senior quarterback Carter Stanley but could not capitalize on it. Stanley threw his second interception of the day to senior linebacker Da’Quan Patton at the KU 46 yard line with 1:20 remaining in the first half. Junior kicker Blake Lynch kicked a field goal as time expired in the first half to give K-State a 17-3 lead over Kansas. K-State had seven penalties for 78 yards in the first half alone, eclipsing the 74 total yards by the Kansas offense. The Wildcats finished the half with 244 yards, 176 of which came on the ground. Thompson led K-State with 91 yards and a touchdown. K-State’s defense only allowed three points and 74 total yards of offense in the first half. The Wildcats held sophomore running back Pooka Williams to 34 yards in the first half. The Wildcats opened the second half with a nine-play, 75 yards for Thompson’s second touchdown of the day with a 12-yard run. Kansas went for it on fourth down at their own 26-yard line but did not get it giving K-State the ball just outside the red zone. K-State

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Junior running back Harry Trotter runs in a touchdown during K-State’s football game against KU in David Booth Memorial Stadium on Nov. 2, 2019. The Wildcats defeated the Jayhawks in this year’s Sunflower Showdown with a final score of 38-10. added to their lead with a four-yard touchdown run by Thompson to take a dominating 30-3 lead over the Jayhawks. The Wildcats added to the lead with a 14-yard rush by senior running back Tyler Burns to go up 38-3. The Jayhawks would score within the final minute of the game on a one-yard run by senior quarterback Manny Miles. The Wildcats kneeled it out after a failed onside kick attempt to clinch bowl eligibility with a 38-10 win over Kansas. The eleventh straight win over the Jayhawks. K-State finished the game with 471 yards of total offense as Thompson rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns. “I kind of expected that just because James [Gilbert] and Jordan [Brown] and the possibility they

wouldn’t play,” Thomspon said after the game. “I go into every week trying to execute my role, whatever that may be. Whatever the coaches call, I’m going to do it to the best of my ability. They called my number a little more to run today, and rightfully so, I told them to keep it rolling baby.” Thompson has rushed for seven touchdowns in the last two games. The ground game as a whole was dominant, and the Wildcats gained 342 total yards on the ground without two of the primary running backs senior James Gilbert and senior Jordan Brown. “We always say the next man up, and we talk a lot about the depth we have at running back and so pleased with Harry [Trotter], Tyler [Burns], Joe [Ervin] and obviously we used

Skylar [Thompson] quite a bit more,” head coach Chris Klieman said. After the seven penalties in the first half, K-State finished the game with 11 penalties for 113 yards. “We have to clean it up, we probably could have had a couple of more scores, but they were taken back because of the holding,” Klieman said. The K-State defense held the Jayhawks to 241 yards in the game. Senior defensive end Trey Dishon collected two of the four sacks and was extremely proud of the way the defense played today. “I need to go back and watch film if I’m being honest,” Trey Dishon said. “I can’t believe we played that well after seeing the numbers and seeing everything it was just, you know, we had a little bit of drive

here and there but stopping on a field goal in the beginning and holding them out all the way until the fourth quarter was huge. I’m very proud about the defense, but I do need to go watch film.” The defense also held Williams to 61 total yards. The running back entered the game second in the Big 12 in rushing averaging 100.6 yards per game. Klieman talked about how limiting him was key to their success. “It was our best performance we tackled really well, we surrounded the cup on Pooka (Williams) because he is a phenomenal football player. We just didn’t give him a whole lot of daylight and lanes,” Klieman said. K-State will play Texas on the road next Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

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ANALYSIS: K-State’s defense was the key to success in big win

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Willie the Wildcat and K-State’s football team run onto the field before their football game against KU in David Booth Memorial Stadium on Nov. 2, 2019. The Wildcats defeated the Jayhawks in this year’s Sunflower Showdown with a final score of 38-10.

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The Kansas State volleyball team entered Ahearn Field House on Saturday night with nine total five-set matches played on the season. At the end of the night, K-State had 10 under its belt and a season series sweep over TCU for the first time since 2014. The teams traded sets throughout the match. When it came down to the fifth and final set, K-State (8-14, 3-7) showed they wanted the win more. Thanks to three blocks by redshirt junior middle blocker Peyton Williams and serves by freshman setter Teana Adams-Kaonohi, the Wildcats

closed out the final set on a 9-0 run. Sophomore opposite Gloria Mutiri and redshirt sophomore outside hitter Brynn Carlson led the way for K-State in kills, tallying 13 kills each. Mutiri hit a .444 percentage — a teamhigh for the night. The 15 team blocks from the Wildcats were a huge factor in the match, with Williams leading the team in that category at eight block assists while redshirt sophomore middle blocker Megan Vernon added seven. In the first set, the Wildcats found themselves down 9-6, but a 7-1 run gave them a 25-21 victory. The Wildcats held a .419 hitting percentage in the set, the highest of the night for K-State, compared to TCU’s .129 percent, their lowest of the night

until the fifth set. TCU flipped the script in the second set, hitting at a .216 percentage while holding the Wildcats to .067 thanks to four team blocks on the set, giving the Horned Frogs a 25-18 set victory. The closest set of the night was in the third, as both teams battled for the advantage. K-State took the set 25-23 in the end. K-State gave up a season-high 13 service aces with six of them in the fourth set, including a stretch where the Horned Frogs recorded three consecutive service aces. TCU took the set 25-17 with a .424 hitting percentage. K-State finished in the fifth set with a 15-7 victory. Freshman outside hitter Anna Dixon capped off a 9-0 run to finish the

set with a kill. Dixon finished the night with 11 kills, two aces and six block assists. The Wildcats finished the night with 57 kills and 19 errors on 149 attacks for a total hit percentage of .255 while holding TCU under the .200 mark as the Horned Frogs recorded 55 kills and 24 errors on 156 attacks. The victory catapults the Wildcats out of the last spot in the Big 12 to sixth place, just two spots away from their next opponent, Iowa State (14-7, 5-4), who they fell to in three sets on Oct. 26 in Ames, Iowa. K-State will get an entire week to prepare for that match at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Ahearn Field House. The match will stream on ESPN+ and KMAN radio.

the outside noise and taking care of business.” The Wildcats, now bowl game eligible, will turn their sights on Austin, Texas, for a road bout with the Texas Longhorns on Nov. 9.

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“My personal opinion: Kansas State is the place to be for being a Kansas kid,” sophomore defensive end Wyatt Hubert said. “There was a lot of talk going around, but we just preached on ignoring

dominant over in-state rival Kansas and gave them their 11th-straight win in the series.

up the front and got after [Stanley].” That defensive performance helped keep K-State

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The Kansas State defense shut down in a 38-10 win over Kansas in Lawrence Saturday afternoon. Coming into the game, Kansas’s new offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon seemed to have turned the Jayhawks’ offense into a powerhouse. They scored 48 points on the road at Texas and 37 in a home win against Texas Tech. That newfound offensive power ran into a buzz that held the Jayhawks to 241 yards, 10 points and forced two turnovers. The Jayhawks only converted two of 10 first downs. Except for a very late touchdown by head coach Les Miles’ son Manny Miles, the K-State defense kept KU out of the end zone all day. “It was our best performance,” head coach Chris Klieman said. “We tackled well. We surrounded the cup on [sophomore running back Pooka Williams], because he is a phenomenal football

player, we just didn’t give him any daylight and lanes.” Pooka Williams, who averages the second-most yards per game by a running back in the Big 12, was held to just 61 yards on 14 carries. He was held to nearly one yard per rush fewer than his season numbers. The Wildcats also shut down Kansas senior quarterback Carter Stanley, who was 13-23 for 115 yards and had two interceptions. “I have a great appreciation for Carter Stanley,” Klieman said. “We confused him a few times with some coverage looks. The interception that Da’Quan [Patton] had was a look we hadn’t shown this year.” K-State also prevented big plays, a staple of the Kansas offense, by bottling up the run and getting after the quarterback. Kansas’ longest play of the game was only 33 yards. The Wildcats sacked Kansas quarterbacks four times. “The D-line did a tremendous job,” junior linebacker Elijah Sullivan said. “They did their job, they cut

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Men’s and women’s basketball start regular season play this week ADAM MEYER

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

The men’s basketball team begins its regular season on Tuesday night against North Dakota State at Bramlage Coliseum. The game begins at 7 p.m. and will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Wildcats will also be in Las Vegas on Saturday to play the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels. The game begins at 3 p.m. on ESPN3.

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BASEBALL

The baseball team hosts its intrasquad Fall World Series Friday through Sunday at Tointon Family Stadium in a three-game series. Game one on Friday begins at 3 p.m., game two on Saturday at 1 p.m. and game three on Sunday at 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The women’s basketball team will play its first regular-season game on Friday against the University of Omaha. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. and be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN +.

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FOOTBALL

The football team (6-2) will be on the road this week in Austin, Texas, to take on the Texas Longhorns. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. and be televised on ESPN.

TENNIS

The tennis team will participate in the Arizona State Invitational Friday through Sunday in Tempe, Arizona.

VOLLEYBALL

The volleyball team (814) will host Iowa State on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. This game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN +.

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Junior running back Harry Trotter celebrates as he walks off the field after K-State wins their football game against KU in David Booth Memorial Stadium on Nov. 2, 2019. The Wildcats defeated the Jayhawks in this year’s sunflower showdown with a final score of 38-10.

26-point fourth quarter lifts the Wildcats over Fort Hays State JULIA JORNS

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In their second exhibition game of the season, the Kansas State women’s basketball team had what looks to be their normal starting five for this season. After a slow and struggling first three quarters, the Wildcats took advantage of the fourth and scored 26 points to pull away with a 78-60 win over Fort Hays State. A slow offensive third quarter for K-State was followed by a fourth-quarter with some impressive threes from the Wildcats. Sophomore guard Christianna Carr drained a three with 5:30 left in the game that helped spark the Wildcats. A minute later Carr would get another three-pointer on an assist and would put the Wildcats back up by 14. 3:25 left another three from Carr. 43 driving down the court with a pass to Lee put a lee at the line to push K-State’s lead to 18. Ayoka Lee led all scorers

with 24 points and added 10 rebounds with four blocked shots. Carr had 18 points on the night for the Wildcats. K-State struggled to keep the ball in their possession with 21 turnovers but were able to take advantage of fouls by the

Tigers by shooting 91 percent from the free-throw line. The Wildcats had 53 rebounds to 27 by Fort Hays State. The Wildcats will open their regular season in Manhattan on Friday, Nov 8 against Omaha. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

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Freshman guard Emilee Ebert scans the court for an open play during K-State’s women’s basketball team’s home opener against Washburn in Bramlage Coliseum on Oct. 29, 2019. The Wildcats held the Ichabods 75-59.

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Student senate introduced new legislation in short meeting WILLIAM RIDGE

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The Student Governing Association senate discussed the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Officer Compensation, introduced legislation to create a special committee and tabled a constitutional amendment on Oct. 31. Highlighting the agenda was the introduction of a bill that would disapprove the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Officer Compensation regarding the salaries of SGA leadership. Carson Tjelmeland, junior in chemical engineering and co-author of the bill, summarized the bill to the senate by noting some of the

more important clauses in the bill. “The 2019 JCOC report failed to state the criteria for how salaries were determined,” Tjelmeland said. “The report failed to explain the rationale for the compensation of positions that in the past have been unpaid, and the report issued has inconsistencies relating to the On-Campus and Travel Allocations based on inaccurate information about outdated titles of KSU SGA Officers.” A bill for the creation of a special committee on the reform of the Diversity Programming Committee was also considered before the senate. The committee would work to outline new guidelines and procedures for DPC. In addition, an amend-

ment to the SGA Constitution regarding the Office of Student Activities and Services was tabled for final action next week. Andrew Booze, sophomore in computer science and author of the bill, said there were not enough people present in senate to vote favorably on the amendment, so it should be tabled. “We only have 38 people present here for this meeting, so we do not have enough people currently present and we only have three proxies ... because voting for a constitutional amendment requires three-fourths of the total amount of senators, which would currently be 45 senators,” Booze said. The senate will reconvene 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 in Wildcat Chamber.

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Brazilian art duo beautifies downtown Manhattan with vibrant new mural REBECCA VRBAS THE COLLEGIAN

Brazilian art duo Douglas de Castro and Renato Perrieria completed their vibrant mural Sunday afternoon as part of the inaugural event for Incite MHK, a local group dedicated to celebrating public art and working to find ways to bring more public art to Manhattan. The mural now adorns the side of the building facing AJ’s NY Pizzeria at the corner of Poyntz Avenue and Third Street. Chad Bunger, Manhattan city planner and assistant di-

rector for community development, said the mural reveal was a special and emotional experience, made more so by sharing it with his family. “It was a flood of emotions,” Bunger said. “Honestly, super proud to know that we pulled something like this off for the community.” Curiously enough, Bunger, who helped start Incite MHK, described himself personally as “not artsy at all, probably the furthest thing from it.” “But I very much see the value of public art and unique things in our community that

make our community better,” Bunger said. The project and its completion was a work of collaboration. “It’s been a real team effort between a lot of different groups of people to make this happen,” Jeff Sackrider, another founding member of Incite MHK, said. Sackrider said Incite MHK started with a small group getting breakfast at The Chef once a month earlier this year and discussing what they could do to make Manhattan better.

“We all kind of had a passion for art, and just kind of quickly came together that creating public art was something we were all interested in,” Sackrider said. “And you know, nobody else was doing it. So why don’t we see if we can make it happen?” Incite MHK chose the art duo Bicicleta Sem Freio through Just Kids, a global creative house that curates and produces international art projects. The Portuguese name of the group translates to “Bicycle without Brake.” Perriera and de Castro are

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Head coach Chris Klieman celebrates as he walks off the field after K-State wins their football game against KU in David Booth Memorial Stadium on Nov. 2, 2019. The Wildcats defeated the Jayhawks in this year’s Sunflower Showdown with a final score of 38-10.

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Brazilian art duo Douglas de Castro and Renato Perrieria, completed their vibrant mural Sunday afternoon, as part of the inaugural event for Incite MHK. from in Goiânia, Brazil. The two said they had been drawing since they were kids and met studying graphic design at university. Their mutual mural partnership has spanned the past several years and numerous countries. The duo has painted murals all over the world — in London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles — but this week in Manhattan was their first time painting in the snow. This was the first time they got to see snow in their lives, Perriera said. “This was amazing for me,” Perriera said. The kaleidoscopic mural, which de Castro designed for Manhattan, features a person studying with flowers and a meadowlark springing from the open book. The two completed the mural over the course of five days, from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2. De Castro said what he loved most about art is the freedom it allows him to have over his work. “I feel lucky because I work with what I like, and I feel free,” de Castro said.

Perriera added he wanted to thank the community for the opportunity and hopes people enjoy walking down the street and seeing their mural. Bunger said Incite MHK has ideas “rolling around in their brains” for new undertakings for next year. “One of the cool things about this whole process has been people saying, ‘Oh I have this great idea’ or ‘Oh I want to be involved,’ which is amazing and is exactly what we wanted to happen with this first project,” Bunger said. Sackrider also welcomed local property owners, artists and volunteers interested in the organization to reach out. Additionally, the mural would not have been possible without the grant from the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Diehl Community Grants Program, which funded threefourths of the $40,000 mural, Sackrider said. “It’s this bright, unexpected, vibrant mural and we really hope that we can create some momentum behind this now and incite other people to want these kinds of things,” Sackrider said.