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Rout The Raiders Pages 4-5: The Wildcats look to halt a two-game losing streak against Texas Tech

STOPPING BY Union Pacific’s steam locomotive ‘Big Boy’ stops in Manhattan Page 8

Top spots in Big 12 remain static as season comes to a close Page 6

K-State aims for consistency against Texas Tech Page 4

Engineers Without Borders supplies infrastructure to communities in need Page 3

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MEETING NEEDS Engineers Without Borders supplies infrastructure to communities JULIE FREIJAT

THE COLLEGIAN

As the holidays approach, families struggle to decide whether to bake cookies or cake for their Thanksgiving dinners.

Girlfriends and boyfriends fret over the perfect gift for their partners. Retail employees brace for the onslaught of slashed prices and long lines.

But somewhere in the United States, a parent worries about finding clean water for their children. Somewhere in the world, a family will lose one of their own because a hospital doesn’t have access to proper sanitation.

Somewhere in the world, someone lacks access to basic needs. Kansas State’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders strives to implement ways to meet those needs.

The chapter partnered with the El Amate community in Guatemala to produce needed infrastructure. Irma Ailon,

EWB community liaison and graduate student, is from Guatemala and said projects take a lot of team effort.

“The KSU-EWB members are passionate about the vision of EWB-USA and I have witnessed their work as they strive for a better tomorrow for those who need the most help,” Ailon said. “I work closely with the international lead team as an interpreter and community liaison.”

International project lead and junior in mechanical engineering Caleb Cox called EWB a service and project-based organization.

“If you’ve ever heard of Doctors Without Borders, it’s kind of a similar concept where we will do engineering-oriented service projects both locally — that can be here in Manhattan or throughout the state of Kansas, even kind of neighboring states — or internationally, which is where I specialize,” Cox said.

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President of EWB and senior in mechanical engineering, Abby Kerber, said the best way to describe the organization is through their mission statement.

“Our mission as a whole is to build a better world through engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs with highly skilled volunteers to work with communities to find appropriate solutions for their infrastructure,” Kerber said. “What that kind of translates to is providing solutions, like technical expertise, to communities that might not have that resource to help them meet the needs of their concerns.”

Kerber said EWB members are just people helping other people.

Zach Newman, international project lead for EWB and junior in architectural engineering, said the group is not only for engineering students — but for students who enjoy service activities and involvement.

“Yes, there is some work with it. I do a lot of work ... but it’s more of I’m committed to helping other people, I’m committed to helping the infrastructure of this little community and helping these children succeed at school,” Newman said. “It’s less about the engineering part

and it’s more about the humanitarian aspect of it.”

CROSSING BORDERS

K-State’s chapter of EWB has worked with Guatemala for a few years on projects including new schools and sanitary plumbing. In January, a few members will travel to Guatemala to begin their next project, a retaining wall.

“The past three years we’ve been working on this, and pictures are great — they’re essential to work on it, but we’re reaching a point where we haven’t traveled in a while and it’s tough to engineer something when you haven’t even been to the site, so it’ll be extremely advantageous,” Cox said.

The retaining wall will sustain previous projects, Cox said.

“During the wet season in Guatemala, it rains like every day and [we] sort of started to see some irrigation issues — erosion issues that are threatening the projects that we’ve already built, so building this retaining wall is going to fix the irrigation issues as well as just optimize the usable space that they have in the area,” Cox said.

Kerber said partnerships in EWB are long-term — they don’t leave the community on their own after they finish their projects.

“We stay with that community for another 5 [or] 10 years,

Our mission as a whole is to build a better world through engineering projects that empower communities.

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Kansas State’s chapter of Engineering Without Borders is partnered with a community in Guatemala. and we’ll go back in a couple years and check on everything, make sure everything’s still running how it needs to, making sure it’s being maintained properly,” Kerber said. “Because one of the common pitfalls in some humanitarian organizations is like they’re like, ‘Here you go, we built this for you,’ and they leave, and it falls by the wayside because the community is not used to using it and that kind of thing.”

Newman said finding funding for travel can be tough to come by. Since the organization is a non-profit, funds come solely from donors, grants or fundraising.

Kerber said none of the donations can come from or within K-State.

“The College of Engineering can’t give money to us, to our organization, for international projects, which is kind of unfortunate, but that’s just how it is right now,” Kerber said. “So it’d be donations directly to our chapter, and so we also apply for grants and do things like that.

Grants and individual donations are definitely the biggest way to

finance our trips.”

HANDS-ON HELP

Cox said he found his way to EWB because he thought of the organization as a call to action.

“We have this incredible industrialized engineering in the United States, and you can come to university and get a really high level education and do that — and that opportunity is more or less available to the majority of Americans, but that opportunity is just not even available for people in developing countries,” Cox said. “They don’t have the resources or the education necessary a lot of times to fix their own problems — it’s not that they don’t have the talent or the intellect.”

Kerber said she thinks it’s phenomenal that she can tackle difficult situations hands-on while in college. If people are left wondering how they can help others, EWB is a way to do it, she said.

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Consistency is the goal against Texas Tech CODY FRIESEN

THE COLLEGIAN

Consistency was the word of the day in Kansas State’s weekly press conference on Tuesday. The Wildcats are suddenly on a two-game skid after a shocking 24-20 home loss against West Virginia last Saturday.

K-State opened the last two games with touchdowns but struggled late to come up short. First, the Wildcats failed to maintain a 14-0 lead against Texas to lose 24-27. Last week, K-State relinquished a 7-0 lead to the Mountaineers.

“We’re still fighting consistency, that’s the biggest thing,” head coach Chris Klieman said Tuesday. “We put together some good consistent drives together, offensively. We had a big play to start the game, so there were real positives, but one of the big drives we had we ended up getting stopped at the four and not getting into the end zone, and end up getting three out of that.”

Teams have come to expect the run early, which allowed K-State’s offense to come out swinging in the passing game, but if the ground game isn’t established, it can shut down the offense.

“Sometimes it’s the worst thing that happens to you, too,” Klieman said. “You get a big play, and you just relax a little bit. I don’t think that’s the case.

We were better this week than we were against Texas, but when you struggle to sustain the ability to rush the football, especially on early downs.”

In the first year of a new coaching staff, there is potential for some growing pains. Klieman said the year has been a rollercoaster.

“That’s ebbs and flows of your first year — I really believe that,” Klieman said. “We’re going to go through — and we talked about this, guys, when I took the job — we’re going to go through some ups and downs.”

The Wildcats are on a twogame skid after the second threegame win streak this season.

“We’re just not consistent

enough and not making all the plays,” Klieman said. “That’s the sign of us learning the offense, learning the defense as well as just getting comfortable with us as coaches.”

Junior quarterback Skylar Thompson shows growth in the passing game during the transition with a career-high 299 yards last Saturday.

“We have gotten better at making a lot of improvement in the passing game the past couple of weeks,” Thompson said. “I’ve hit my career-high two weeks in a row, and we have left more out on the field.”

The upcoming matchup against Texas Tech provides K-State a chance to bounce back. Following a two-interception game, Thompson said he is ready to respond.

“It’s going to be a good challenge for us to come out and attack and play with confidence and bounce back from last week and take care of the football,” Thompson said. “I need to get back to that’s what keeps us in ball games is taking care of the football and moving the chains.”

Junior kicker Blake Lynch is 13 for 14 on field goals this season. The lone miss came on his first kick of the season, but he followed up with consistency.

“I think the first kick actually helped me,” Lynch said. “It allowed me to be more focused and not take it for granted, honestly. It’s a weird way to look at it because I obviously wish I would have made that one, but I think it’s helped out.”

“He’s just had a phenomenal year, and he’s just a really consistent guy,” Klieman said.

“He wants to be perfect in his craft. That’s what I appreciate about Blake. Everyday he’s out there with his same routine. As a kicker, it’s about your routine, and he’s locked into his routine.”

K-State exceeded preseason expectations and is bowl eligible in the first year of the Klieman era. However, there are still two games remaining to gain momentum ahead of the postseason.

The Wildcats will travel to Lubbock, Texas, for a 6 p.m. matchup against Texas Tech.

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The more things change, the more they stay the same for Tech NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN

Kansas State gets one more shot at a first-year coach this week when they travel to Lubbock, Texas to take on Texas Tech.

The Red Raiders hired Utah State’s former coach Matt Wells to replace Kliff Kingsbury, who is now the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.

Despite Wells being the Raiders’ first departure from the Hal Mumme/Mike Leach air raid offensive, Texas Tech still operates in a similar fashion to the past.

They like to go fast —

really fast. They are the 10th fastest offense in the country, only taking 20 seconds per play.

They also still stick to short, easy throws that are typical of the air raid. A lot of short slants, curls and wide receiver screen passes are used to try to get their talented receivers in space.

It will be a big test for K-State’s defense, which is the top passing defense by yards per game, but middling-to-bad by completion percentage allowed and yards per attempt.

Junior quarterback Jett Duffey is a more-than-serviceable quarterback for this offense. His arm is good enough for the offense, but where he

really adds a lot to the offense is in his ability to scramble and run the option when needed.

In the midweek press conference, K-State senior safety Denzel Goolsby talked about how a scrambling quarterback is especially hard for a safety to defend because it is difficult to gauge if he is still behind the line of scrimmage.

The Texas Tech defense is the lowest ranked in the conference. They average 478.2 yards per game, last in the Big 12, and 28.5 points per game, seventh in the Big 12.

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Top spots in Big 12 remain static as season comes to a close CODY FRIESEN

THE COLLEGIAN

10. KANSAS JAYHAWKS

The Jayhawks dropped to 3-7 after a 31-13 loss to Oklahoma State last Saturday.

Senior quarterback Carter Stanley threw for 226 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Kansas played three quarterbacks during the game and each threw an interception.

The Sooners held sophomore running back Pooka Williams Jr. to only 26 total yards, but he is still third in the Big 12 in average rushing yards per game with 88. This is one of the few statistical bright spots for the Jayhawks, The Jayhawks’ three total wins could also be considered a silver lining, as it meets or exceeds some preseason predictions.

Kansas will face Iowa State at 11 a.m. Saturday on the Fox Sports Network.

9. TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

The Red Raiders lost to TCU 33-31 last Saturday.

Junior quarterback Jett Duffey threw for 333 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. Senior wide receiver R.J. Turner had three receptions for 116 yards and two touchdowns.

Texas Tech did not have a rushing touchdown and only rushed for 69 yards.

The Red Raiders are third in the conference in passing offense, averaging 312.9 yards per game, which could be a challenge facing the No. 1 pass defense in the conference in Kansas State. The Wildcats limit opponents to only 198.7 passing yards per game.

Texas Tech will host K-State at 6 p.m. Saturday on Fox Sports 1.

8. WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS

West Virginia shook up the Big 12 with a 24-20 road win over K-State last Saturday.

Junior quarterback Jarret Doege threw for 234 yards and

three touchdowns in his first start of the season filing in for junior quarterback Austin Kendall. The Big 12 named Doege newcomer of the week.

Senior wide receiver George Campbell had five catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns.

The Mountaineer defense recorded two sacks and is still second in the conference with 28 sacks this season.

West Virginia has not had a great season (4-6, 2-5) but will look to play spoiler once again against Oklahoma State.

The Mountaineers will face off against the Cowboys at 11 a.m. Saturday on ESPN2.

7. TCU HORNED FROGS

The Horned Frogs are one win away from bowl eligibility after a 33-31 win over Texas Tech.

Freshman quarterback Max Duggan threw for 323 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for one touchdown.

Senior kicker Jonathan Song is second in the Big 12 in scoring with 97 points. Song is second in field goal percentage at 95.5 percent (21-22).

TCU leads the conference in total defense, limiting opponents to 328.8 yards per game but is fifth in the conference in

scoring defense, allowing 26.9 points per game.

This could be problematic for the Horned Frogs, who play the dynamic offense of Oklahoma this weekend.

TCU will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to play the Sooners at 7 p.m. Saturday on FOX.

6. TEXAS LONGHORNS

Texas got a taste of their own medicine in a last second field goal for a 21-23 defeat against Iowa State last Saturday.

Junior quarterback Sam Ehlinger threw for 273 yards and three touchdowns. Ehlinger is third in the conference in total offense with 3,342 yards and 27 touchdowns.

Senior wide receiver Devin Duvernay did not score a touchdown last Saturday but had nine receptions for 107 yards. Duvernay leads all receivers with an average of 8.7 receptions and 101.7 receiving yards per game.

Texas is out of the conference championship contention but is still bowl eligible.

The Longhorns will play Baylor at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on Fox Sports 1.

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Commissioner Jerred McKee spoke on his view of the ordinance.

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BUILDING THE FUTURE Long hours, creative projects: The life of an architecture student CHRISTIAN BRIGHT THE COLLEGIAN

Seaton Hall, while quiet and inconspicuous from the outside, is full of students hard at work designing, creating and constructing. The cluttered but seemingly organized studios are where architecture students can be found in the late hours of the night.

Matthew McGuire, junior in architecture, huddles with group members around drawings and a wooden model of a beam, working out calculations.

McGuire found his passion for architecture at age eight when he started playing with LEGO sets. A particular LEGO set he built pinpointed the exact moment he wanted to be an architect.

“LEGO had this set of black box architecture, like special building projects, and I think the first one I got was Frank Lloyd Wright’s 'Fallingwater,'" he said. "After I finished that, just seeing how everything could pull apart and you could analyze the structure of it, I knew I wanted to be an architect.”

McGuire will not be able to make the five-hour drive to Bentonville, Arkansas, to see his family for Thanksgiving break as he has to stay in Manhattan and work on his project.

“I kind of knew that it would happen," McGuire said.

"So I’ve been able to prepare myself for a month, but it sucks.

The other day I was talking to my mom and was like, 'I probably won’t be able to come up for Thanksgiving break,' and

she like kind of teared up and turned away from me."

A typical day for McGuire is long — filled with class and many hours of studio and group projects.

“If I would’ve woken up on time today, I would have been up at 7:30, would have gotten breakfast and gone to one lecture that gets out at like 11:30 a.m,” McGuire said.

After lecture, he said he spends most of the day at studio, grabs lunch at Radina’s and works. When the afternoon is winding down and turning into the evening, McGuire goes home.

"I’ll go home, have dinner, maybe take an hour-long nap or break, then I try to be in studio till at least midnight," he said.

"That’s how/when I feel accomplished."

When McGuire is home, he sometimes sees his roommate, Matthew Henigsman, junior in interior architecture and product design. Both Mcguire and Henigsman are busy with their projects when they find time to hang out with each other and cook.

“We just sit around and talk, watching a TV show," Henigsman said. "We occasionally take like, we get a group of friends together and take a trip.

We went to Kansas City earlier this year for a day just to hang out, do some antiquing and whatnot.”

Henigsman described their relationship as them being different from each other, although he enjoys McGuire's company when they hangout.

“He likes to go out on the weekends, I like to stay in and

just watch a few shows with my friends," he said.

"He just gives really good counsel, whether it’s with architecture projects or just, you know, organizing my life for figuring out what I might want to do next, you know as a project or an interest," Henigsman said.

Back in studio, two members of the group project, Christian Lee, junior in general architecture, and Annie Lomshek, junior in general architecture, spoke about their group dynamic.

“Me and Matt work well together," Lee said. "I think we’re very like-minded people.

We have the same humor, and we can just kind of go back and forth, and I think because of that we’ve become very real with each other.”

"We can be very honest,

brutally honest with each other," he continued. "Like, we’re good at communicating in that way.”

Lomshek and Lee said their group meets together to collectively work on their project.

“We try and do almost everything together, we all designed together," Lomshek said.

"We just kind of like to try and play off each other’s strengths."

It’s not all work all the time in studio. The students find ways to have fun when they take breaks. McGuire recalled one instance in particular.

“I literally just stood up on my chair and screamed to everyone in my studio that we’re taking a break, and so we all just stopped working and had a little dance party for like 10 minutes,” Mcguire said.

Just passing through: Steam locomotive ‘Big Boy’ stops in MHK PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN

Although “Big Boy” was late, the crowd of hundreds cheered as a faint, yet loud whistle blew down the tracks Wednesday morning. Off in the distance, they could see the train billowing steam and its bright front light as it approached the South Manhattan Avenue crossing.

When it stopped at the crossing, spectators could feel the mist of the steam pouring out the sides, and see water gushing out of its pipes.

After over two years of restoration work, steam locomotive No. 4014 is touring the Union Pacific system to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad, and the driving of the golden spike.

“We’ve had huge crowds this whole way,” Jim Leonard, Union Pacific steam crew conductor, said.

Originally built in 1941, “Big Boy” is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world.

“My dad is really into trains, so I thought it would be cool to see a huge train in-person,” Shelby Cope, a sophomore in psychology and pre-law, said. “I think it’s kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing to see, it’ll probably never come through Manhattan again. I thought this would be a great opportunity.”

With such a large crowd, Ed Hoover from Wamego, Kansas, volunteered to do crowd control for Union Pacific. Dressed in overalls and a conductor’s hat, he said he had a green light from the company.

“People move when I tell

them to move,” he said, making sure viewers were at least 25 feet away from the tracks.

Kyra Manner, junior in elementary education, is a para for Theodore Roosevelt elementary.

“As a para educator, I work with a couple of the kids in the class, and we’re on a field trip right now to see the train,” Manner said. “I think they’re having a lot of fun. I just found out this morning that it was happening.”

Art Vaughan, from Keats, Kansas, was a yard clerk for Chicago and North Western Transportation Company and said that he and his wife joke about the fact that kids still call trains “choo choos,” but none of them go “choo choo” anymore.

“The ‘choo choo’ sound is actually produced by the fact that when she blows the air out

of the backside of the cylinder, it’s made to go up through the chimney to produce a draft, to pull the hot air through the thing,” Vaughan said. “And so every time that valve opens that steam releases, and it goes ‘choo.’”

Glenn Manning, senior systems engineer for Union Pacific, is based out of Omaha, Nebraska, but was taking vacation days to come to the Manhattan visit.

He’s already seen the train in Omaha.

“I am from Manhattan, I went to college here, and so this is a chance to come back,” he said. “I have family that lives in town, and family from Wichita that was going to come up and see this.”

As the train got ready to leave, the engineer, conductor and some other crew members got out to take a picture in front

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The Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam engine made its stop south Manhattan Avenue railroad crossing, of “Big Boy.” They then got back in, and the locomotive fired up again, puffing down the tracks.

Making its way to Junction City, Kansas, the echoing whistle of “Big Boy” could be heard throughout Manhattan.