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Increased enrollment puts USD 383 bond on ballot

Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 to vote on bond proposal for overcrowding, security issues SARAH MOYER

THE COLLEGIAN

The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board proposed a $129,500,000 bond to be voted on on Tuesday by the school district, which includes portions of Riley, Geary and Pottawatomie counties. Many elements in the proposal look to aid overcrowding and security issues in facilities. However, one section for building a new two-story wing at Manhattan High School has caused disagreement. “We’ve had quite a bit of population growth in the district since the last bond issue was passed in 2008,” said school board member Leah Fliter. Overall enrollment increased by more than one thousand students — 776 of those students are in the kindergarten through sixth grade population. For Manhattan-Ogden school district residents, property taxes would increase if the bond passes. An average homeowner in Manhattan with their property assessed at $200,000 would pay an additional $179.33 annually. Commercial properties are taxed a little differently, and Fliter said she

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Several students and teachers came out to show their support for Yes 383 during the Homecoming parade on Oct. 12, 2018. hoped rental property landlords would not feel like they had to pass on a rent increase if the bond passed. Longtime Manhattan resident Mark Knackendoffel said he helped prepare a previous bond proposal but decided to not campaign in favor of this one because he holds concerns about it.

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Knackendoffel said he has struggled with his decision because he considers himself an advocate for the public schools. “I would say my decision would probably be to vote against it, but it’s a very, very close decision,” he said. “I think they’ve tried to do too much with this bond issue.”

Much of Knackendoffel’s concern surrounds a new high school wing proposed in the bond, he said, because one wing was completed just a few years ago in 2012, costing $50 million.

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Second Science Communication Week begins by Dene Dryden The Kansas Science Communication Initiative kicks off Kansas State's second Science Communication Week from Monday to Saturday. Many workshops and events require preregistration. Find a full list of events and how to register for them at k-state.edu/scicomm/ events. Monday: Before the group's weekly improv show, On The Spot Improv will lead a science communication workshop at 6 p.m. in the K-State Student Union, room 207. This is a registered event. On The Spot's improv show starts afterward at 8 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room. Tuesday: Science writer Daniel Stone will give a lecture on his book "The Food Explorer" at 7 p.m. in the Flint Hills Discovery Center. Stone's book focuses on David Fairchild, a man with K-State ties who brought foreign foods like avocados and lemons to the U.S. Wednesday: Tallgrass Tap House continues its Science on Tap series with Tendai Gadzikwa, assistant professor of chemistry, at 7 p.m. With appetizers and drinks, Science on Tap presenters talk about their research and have a conversation with the attendees about their work. Thursday: The discussion of Daniel Stone's "The Food Explorer" continues with a panel discussion from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. K-State professors from various disciplines will talk about Fairchild's work and how it affects us today.

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Election Day 2018: Here’s what, who to know before casting your vote LEAH ZIMMERLI THE COLLEGIAN

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Incumbent Roger Marshall (R) faces off against challenger Alan LaPolice (D) in the race for U.S. House Representative for Kansas’ 1st Congressional

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For Manhattan High School alone, the Kansas State High School Activities Association shows its enrollment for the 20172018 year at 1,766 students. This placed the school in the middle of the 6A classification, which is the highest category in Kansas. Currently, ninth grade students are located at 901 Poyntz Ave., east of Manhattan High School’s main campus at 2100 Poyntz Ave. “If they are in marching band or chorus or want to take advance math or science or foreign language classes, they have to go up to the west campus up the hill for those classes,” Fliter said. “Every hour of the school day, we send a bus back and forth.” The busing costs the district $100,000 a year. Knackendoffel said, as a parent of multiple Manhattan High School graduates, he liked the current setup. “My kids I think hardly ever had to be transported between the two campuses,” Knackendoffel said. “Maybe that is a bigger issue than what I realize, but that’s not the reason to spend $30 million.” Emma Devane, junior in industrial engineering, graduated from Manhattan in 2016 and commented on both sides of the argument. She said she enjoyed her time at the east campus because many middle schools in the district entertain rivalries with one another. “That’s the first time we all come together,” Devane said. “Because Manhattan High is so big, that’s a great year to meet people.”

District. Marshall, a physician-turned-politician, has held the position for a year. At the beginning of the 115th Congress, he was assigned to the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Small Busi-

ness. Marshall advocates for reduced government involvement in health care, business and agriculture. He is staunchly pro-life and supports the Second Amendment. His largest campaign donor, according to opensecrets.org, is Poet LLC, a biofuel company that

specializes in the creation of bioethanol. LaPolice is an educator and served on his local school board. He ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 and has now moved to the Democratic Party. LaPolice supports open

markets and reduced tariffs for agriculture, environmental regulations, a water policy to support agriculture and crop insurance and believes a seasonal guest worker program would encourage legal immigration. The bulk of his fundraising comes from individual donations.

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Fliter said the distance between the two campuses hinders ninth graders from engaging in high school clubs and activities. Devane, who was president of her Business Professionals of America chapter as a senior, agreed and wished ninth grade students could begin their engagement in clubs sooner. “One thing that is really a predictor of success in high school is them getting involved right away,” Devane said. The proposed wing would give the high school room for 2,200 students, and Fliter said it should last the district at least 20 years. If the bond passes, she estimated that complete renovations would take four to five years. Devane said she foresees growth with the completion of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility north of K-State’s campus. She, however, wants the district to wait with expansions to its high school facilities. “I think a whole new high school needs to be built, and they should stop adding onto this one,” Devane said. For younger students, the bond’s passing would spur another major project: the construction of an additional elementary school in the Blue Township. “There are more than 400 elementary-age kids that we bus over the Blue River every day to come into Manhattan proper,” Fliter said. Many young families have moved into the area northeast of the city, and it is quickly growing. “I think it’s pretty clear to everybody that a new school being built in the northeast part of the school district would make a lot of sense,” Knackendoffel said. Multiple other factors, such as K-State and movement of military families in the district, influ-

ence USD 383’s large elementary student numbers. “We tend to have a disproportionately large number of students in those early grades versus the rest of the school system,” Knackendoffel said. “You have graduate students that maybe have young kids that enter the primary and maybe preschool time period. They get their Ph.D., and then they move elsewhere.” Elementary and middle schools would be another main focus for security efforts. “Eugene Field Head Start, Frank [V.] Bergman Elementary, Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Dwight [D.] Eisenhower Middle School do not have the type of security entrances that we prefer for our schools.” Fliter said.”You basically can come in the front door and just kind of head down the hall. Unfortunately in today’s society that’s not a safe aspect in our schools.” Improvements would allow staff to direct visitors through the school office for identification before they could enter the hallways. Knackendoffel said he also supports security improvements. Several schools lack dedicated tornado shelters, and high wind shelters would serve as extra classroom space or assembly space if added. Also written into the bond is additional parking near elementary schools. Fliter said details like these, including drainage improvement, aren’t very glamorous, but that’s what patrons asked for. Another layer to the USD 383 bond is sports and physical education facility updates. “We’re also wanting to construct some new tennis courts up at the high school,” Fliter said. “We can’t host any tournaments there. They’re in pretty bad shape. That’s a minor part of the

renovations.” Major parts of the bond include more parking space for the transportation department and moving MHS’s central kitchen to the east campus. If the bond fails, there is no guarantee another will be proposed anytime soon. “We can’t turn around and amend the bond issue right away, because the state approves each year an annual amount of bond issues that can be run by all the school districts in the state,” Fliter said.

There are 285 school districts in Kansas, and applications open on July 1 each year. “If you have a lot of large bond issues at one time that people are proposing across the state, you run into applications that don’t get accepted,” Fliter said. Knackendoffel encouraged students to gain a firm understanding on both sides of the vote, which includes issues, consequences and costs, in order to make a decision in the best interest of the school dis-

trict’s communities. Bailey Krouse, sophomore in life sciences, said she voted early to pass the bond. “If they need to make those differences in schools, then they should have the money,” Krouse said. ”Taxpayers should contribute to that because education is important.” Other students polled at K-State did not speak in detail about portions of the bond issue. Some did not realize what it contained or were unsure of their stance.

The candidates for governor of Kansas include Kris Kobach (R), Laura Kelly (D), Jeff Caldwell (L) and Greg Orman (I).

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Indian Students Association celebrates, shares culture at Sanskriti event JUSTIN WRIGHT THE COLLEGIAN

Music, dancing and the embracing of a culture filled the Kansas State Student Union on Saturday as part of the Indian Students Association’s Sanskriti 2018 event. “Basically, Sanskriti means culture, this event is to spread knowledge about Indian culture,” said Sofiya Sabreen, graduate student in architecture and former president of the ISA. “India is a land which is very diverse in cultures, language and religions, but the nation is known for its unity and diversity. “It’s that unity we want to show to the community of Manhattan who has accepted us as one amongst them,” Sabreen continued. “That is what we as a group want to show with Sanskriti.” Featuring many aspects of

the vast culture that comprises of India, this annual event showcased traditional music, garb and art and invited students from all backgrounds to join the festivities. “Over the year we have tried to make it more culturally inclusive so that many domestic students and other students from different countries can take part in it,” said Pranav Savanur, sophomore in biology and public relations officer for the association. “Our main focus this year is put in a lot of work and efforts to make it more open.” The event welcomed all students to come and learn about Indian culture and its many expressions. “We’re providing a platform, because we feel responsible as an international organization,” Savanur said. “As an independent organization we want to set that stage for students to embrace new culture

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Performances at Sanskriti featured traditional Indian garb and dances. and make more connections with transfer students.” Workshops at the event provided insight into some of the traditions of India, provided dance lessons and facilitated henna tattoo art. The association also creat-

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ed a Rangoli in the courtyard, which is a form of art that is created on the floor for festivals to provide decoration and is thought to bring good luck. “We have students at K-State who did the Rangoli with powdered color,” Savanur

said. “People think it’s paint but it’s not, so it’s very hard to do, but they do it with their hand.” At another table, there was a showing of the many holidays celebrated within India. “We respect and accommodate all religions on Earth, so there is literally every religious holiday in India,” Savanur said. The morning’s events led into Forum Hall for a showcase of invited artists who performed dances and music ranging from traditional to modern works. “We have one Bollywood performance, then we have one fusion of all the south Indian music performances,” Savanur said. “In India we have over a thousand languages and over a hundred that are official languages.” During the acts, the audience clapped and sung along, cheering and applauding the

dancers and singers. Sabreen engaged with the audience and invited members to share their experiences in India. Savanur said the goal of the event is to introduce people to the Indian culture so they can also take part in it. University president Richard Myers also attended the event. “It’s good to be at a university where you can experience other cultures like this,” Myers said. “That’s how we learn to respect each other, how we learn to admire each other and understand our different points of view.” This event also won the “Student Organization Event of the Year Award” in 2017. “That was really nice of Kansas State University and the community of Manhattan to recognize our efforts,” Sabreen said. “We really look forward for the community to accept us more.”

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Women’s basketball takes on Pitt Wildcat volleyball sweeps WVU Mountaineers in straight-set win State today in exhibition game JULIA JORNS

THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas State women’s basketball team will play the Pittsburg State Gorillas at home on Monday night in its second and last exhibition game of the season. The Wildcats will open their regular season with a game against the University of Omaha on Nov. 12. On Thursday night against Fort Hays State, K-State came away with a 48-46 win in their first game action with this year’s team. Junior forward Peyton Williams sealed the win for the Wildcats with a two-point basket with just 19 seconds left on the clock. The Wildcats were only 1-20 from the 3-point line and shot 30 percent from the field. The Tigers went on a 7-0 run to tie the game at 46 before Williams had the game-winning layup. Sophomore guard Rachel Ranke led K-State with 12 points over 35 minutes of play. Junior guard transfer Jasauen Beard was second on the team with 10 points but had the most rebounds with nine. Beard played 32 minutes. Wiliams added three blocks in the winning effort. K-State ended last season with a record of 18-16 overall and 7-11 in conference play. The team returns eight players and welcomes six newcomers to the roster. Senior guard Kayla Goth averaged 17 points a game and six assists. Williams averaged 14 points and seven rebounds. The Gorillas lost to Drake 92-55 on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. The two leading scorers were freshman guard Tristan Gregg and sophomore guard Maya Williams, who each had

13 points. Pittsburg State shot 29 percent from the field and 25 percent from beyond the arc. The Gorillas finished last year 23-7 and only lost to Kansas by seven points with a final score of 57-50 in an exhibition game. Senior guard Shelby Lopez is the leading returning scorer from last season. Lopez averaged 11 points a game.

The last time K-State and Pittsburg State met was back in November 2015. The Wildcats won that game 58-50 and ended their season 19-13 overall. The game will begin at 7 p.m. inside Bramlage Coliseum. Fans who cannot make it to the game can listen on the K-State Sports Network or watch on kstatesports.com.

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The Kansas State volleyball team didn’t take long to beat West Virginia on Saturday night in a straight-set win over the Mountaineers inside Ahearn Field House. The Wildcats are now 13-9 overall and 3-8 in Big 12 play, while West Virginia is now 1014 and 2-9 in conference play. K-State had a season-low seven errors in the match while West Virginia ended with 20. “We’ve been working really, really hard to find consistency,” head coach Suzie Fritz told K-State Sports after the match. “I thought tonight was a good example of ‘good over time.’ We were good. We were just good, from start to finish. In every phase, I thought we were good and our personnel played consistently well.” K-State freshman outside hitter Brooke Heyne had 11 kills and her first career double-double, and senior Alyssa Schultejans had 10 kills in the winning effort. “I thought they were smart, and their shot selection was really good and purposeful – they challenged the block in productive ways,” Fritz said of Heyne and Schultejans. “They did a

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Evading the Fort Hays State defense, K-State guard Christianna Carr shoots and scores two points. During the game on Thursday, Carr scored five points total.

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Elle Sandbothe goes up to spike the ball during K-State’s game on Oct. 24, 2018. nice job of not pressing and hitting it where they weren’t. What makes Brooke special isn’t one thing. What makes her special is she can do a lot of things well. The Wildcats had a good serving day with nine service aces behind Schultejans, Zsofia Gyimes and Sarah Dixon, all having two each in the match. The Wildcats dominated in the first set, taking it 25-12.

Set two showed the Wildcats winning 25-17 as Heyne also led the team in kills in the set with four. The final set of the match was the closest. Both teams went back and forth, but the Wildcats were able to close it out 25-23. Next up, K-State will take on Texas on the road at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

mate, Wink Hartman. Kelly has served as a Kansas state senator representing District 18 since 2005. She was last re-elected in 2016. She supports a change in economic policies from the Brownback era, investment in education and infrastructure, LGBTQ civil rights, expansion of Medicare, pro-choice policies, restriction of guns in public places and support for rural communities. The bulk of her fundraising comes from individual donations not exceeding $2,000. Caldwell was previously a 2014 Libertarian candidate for District 36 of the Kansas

House of Representatives. He supports removing taxes on food and water, reducing taxes for farmers and ranchers, reducing the gas tax, legalizing cannabis and hemp, tax-exempt tips for the service industry, ending civil asset forfeiture and abolishing daylight saving time. Fundraising information for his campaign is not available. Orman was a non-affiliated candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate in 2014.

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OPINION: Orman can’t win governor race, don’t waste your vote REBECCA VRBAS THE COLLEGIAN

With the U.S. midterm elections rapidly approaching and partisan politics raging as fiercely as ever, Kansas voters once again face the dilemma of deliberating between candidates they cannot agree with on every divisive issue. There’s one fact that everyone needs to agree on though: third-party candidates in Kansas, namely independent Greg Orman, are not going to win the race for state governor. Independents and third parties will always be an option, just not a viable one for governor in our current political system in Kansas. It is certainly possible at a local level, where the voting pool is much smaller. A third-party candidate that runs a well organized campaign can successfully secure a majority of voters on a smaller scale. However when it comes

to the gubernatorial race, the numbers clearly indicate this is not going to be the case. RealClearPolitics shows that the majority of pre-election polls have Orman polling at less than 10 percent. I have never had any great love for the two-party system; it seems ludicrous to condense so many stances and issues into two ideologies. However, I believe strongly that for a candidate to take office, they should have to win a majority (50 percent plus one) of votes. It seems grossly undemocratic that a candidate could win somewhere in the realm of 40 percent of the vote or less — the majority of voters opposing them — and still take office simply because their opponents got even fewer votes than they did. There are lots of different election systems other countries employ in an attempt to reach a majority. Even within the U.S., Maine adopted a tworound system that allows voters

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Hands up and speaking brightly about Kansas’s future, independent gubernatorial candidate Greg Orman visits with the staff of the Collegian on Jan. 23, 2018 about his ideas and plans for Kansas if elected governor. to rank candidates by preference. This means that if everyone’s first-choice candidate doesn’t win over 50 percent of the vote, the candidate in last place is eliminated and those voters’ second-choice candi-

date is counted. This process is repeated until there is one candidate with a majority. While this system may seem confusing at first, the basic idea behind it is to allow voters to feel comfortable vot-

ing for whichever candidate they agree with most, even if it’s a third-party candidate, without worrying about their vote being “wasted.” Unfortunately, Kansas has no such system. A relatively small number of people vote for third-party candidates. It seems like one protest vote won’t make that big of a difference, and it might just ease your conscience by excluding you from the two-party dichotomy, right? Unfortunately, even a small percentage can make an impact when races are neckand-neck, as the gubernatorial race in Kansas is currently. One could argue that voting for a third-party candidate is better than not voting at all, but if you are going through the trouble to vote, don’t you want it to really count for something? If you’re planning to vote on or before Nov. 6 — which you absolutely should be doing, by the way — I can’t tell you

who to vote for. But I can recommend looking at the realistic outcome of the election when casting your vote and accepting the reality that if you’re voting third party, you’re increasing the likelihood that the candidate you agree with the least will get elected. Please read up on the viable candidates’ stances, conveniently located on their websites. Heck, if you’re feeling really crazy, maybe even browse some credible fact-checking organizations on their claims. And please, for democracy’s sake, think twice before throwing your vote away. Rebecca Vrbas is a Collegian staff writer and a junior in mass communications. 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. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

REVIEW: New ‘Nutcracker’ a 1.5 hour cliché ABIGAIL COMPTON THE COLLEGIAN

Movie poster for Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”

“The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” visits you just in time to start getting into the Christmas spirit, but does it stand out with the many other existing plays and movies about the Nutcracker? I don’t think so. Disney revisits the story with a young girl named Clara, played by Mackenzie Foy, as she goes off on an adventure of self-discovery into a world unlike any other. That is where Clara discovers a magical land in need of help. It’s up to her and her new friend the Nutcracker to solve this world’s issues, but Clara will discover not everything is all it seems. If this all sounds like a massive cliché, its because it is. My first issue with the film is that nothing about this plot felt original or stood out. I already can feel myself forgetting what happened in the movie because it immediately feels like something you have

already seen before. Maybe your attraction to this movie wasn’t the plot, and that is fair. This movie is heavily investing in its appearance, and often that is what sells tickets. Even that though, fell short. It’s not that it doesn’t appeal visually to the viewer, it’s that Disney has been playing the same visual cards for some time now that even the visuals felt predictable. If you have seen the most recent “Alice in Wonderland,” then you have seen this movie. If you have seen “A Wrinkle in Time” by Disney, you have seen this movie. Even great actors such as Keira Knightley felt forced and awkward. This movie to me fell under a heavy formula that Disney has created in recent years, and people are catching on.

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Your peers will finally accept you as long as you vote in the U.S. midterm elections this Tuesday. I hope you’re registered.

The stars will punish you for your selfishness by making your next pizza delivery half an hour late.

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SCORPIO Oct. 23 - Nov. 21

You’ll finally agree to let your friend take you out dancing this week. What they won’t tell you is that it’s actually a square dance at the senior center.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 The stars say you will climb a ladder this week. I guess that’s somewhat out of the ordinary, but it’s not exactly exciting, huh?

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Not everything about this movie was lacking. There

Jesus will appear in your toast this week. No, not that Jesus — famous Spanish soccer player Jesus Navas Gonzalez, of course.

Remember to drink plenty of water this week. I know that’s not a fortune, but the stars say it’s still important.

were a few things that I think you can go and enjoy if you choose to watch it. The movie will be easy to watch with any family member, and young children will have a fun time looking into this imagined world and won-

dering what they would do there. Also, the music that is in the original “Nutcracker” play makes its way into parts of the movie, and is enjoyable when played. I didn’t leave the theater mad that I went, just disap-

Everything you touch this week will start to smell like sardines, and you’ll never know why.

You will continue procrastinating on your work like always, disappointing everyone you know. Keep it up!

pointed. This movie fell short for me with a cheesy plot, average acting, a visual style that felt borrowed from other movies and a formula that has been overworked by Disney. I wouldn’t recommend this for adult viewers, but your

Three spirits will visit you in the night: the ghosts of poet T. S. Eliot, former President Richard Nixon and pop star Michael Jackson. Sounds like fun.

Your wild attempts to make it to class on time will result in hefty fines. What made you think you could park on the grass, anyway?

This is going to be a good week for you! Instead of failing your exams twice, you’ll only do it once.

Are you feeling lucky? The stars say you will either win the lottery or be struck by lightning this week. Flip a coin.

children or relatives might have a fun time watching a movie during family night. I don’t see this movie becoming a classic anytime soon. Abigail Compton is a junior in fine arts. The views

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