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he K-State women’s basketball team got their first chance at some different competition on Monday night. The Wildcats welcomed the Ichabods of Washburn University to Bramlage Coliseum for the first of their two exhibition matches this season. Although this doesn’t go down on the official record for the Wildcats, K-State took the game 75-48. “I thought it was alright,” head coach Jeff Mittie said. “I was disappointed in the second quarter. I thought we could have competed harder in that quarter. I thought we gave them some easy looks at times in that stretch, and then on the glass we’ve got to compete better. But I was pleased with the second half. I thought we did some better things ... All in all, not too bad of a start for us.” The game was the first time that K-State had a chance to play against competition other than what they see on a dayto-day basis in practices. Junior forward Breanna Lewis said she enjoyed the opportunity. “It’s nice to see someone else,” Lewis said. “You get a chance to see how your hard work has paid off.” Lewis got the game rolling just 15 seconds into the first quarter when she made her first shot, giving the Wildcats the early lead. She finished the game with 22 points, just six shy of her career high of 28. The game was an improvement from last year for Lewis, who struggled to play consistently last season. She made her
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DANIELLE COOK CIVICS, GOVERNMENT TEACHERS OFFERED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
K-State’s Center for Social Studies is offering to provide Kansas civics and government teachers a free professional development program, according to K-State Today. This program is for teachers who would like to achieve an “exemplary curricular program for their students.” Part of a national professional development program led by the Center for Civic Education, the James Madison Legacy Project was created to give professional development to civics and government middle school and high school instructors. “In order to help students become effective and engaged members of ‘We the People’ and further the goal of a nation that is supposed to be of, by and for the people, it is critical that teachers have access to the people, strategies and resources that will help them bring the subject to life each and every day for their students,” said Thomas Vontz, professor and director of the Center for Social Studies and “We the People” state co-coordinator. The James Madison Legacy Project utilizes a model for professional development that includes online assets. Many of these online tools were engineered by the center and will reportedly be used by teachers to develop teaching methods and academic content, which will help students “develop the capacity and inclination to become competent and responsible participants in the civic life of their communities and the nation.” see page
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Junior forward Breanna Lewis puts up the ball in the game against Washburn Monday in Bramlage Coliseum. Lewis brought in 11 points for the night. improvement through offseason workouts and fall practices. “We’ve got a good practice group,” Mittie said. “(Lewis is) going up against (6-feet-6-inches, 6-feet-7-inches) everyday, and some days may be better than
others.” K-State came out right away on defense in a 2-3 zone, which proved to be a struggle for Washburn to handle. The Ichabods went just 16-59 from the field and were held under 50 points.
Although the zone defense ended up being successful overall, the Wildcats still have room for improvement. see page
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Slightly sarcastic horoscopes for the week of Nov. 2 Aries (March 21 - April 19) Grandiosity is your middle name, huh? You truly believe that you’re entitled to live in the lap of luxury, even though your income is practically peanuts. Enjoy the bankroll while it lasts, and start praying you can land yourself a Sugar Daddy before your real one kicks it and leaves your lazy ass with nothing. Taurus (April 20 - May 20) When nothing ends up being as cut and dry as you hoped, you’ll need to start searching for more innovative solutions. Hopefully you still have enough friends around whom you haven’t alienated to help you brainstorm, because on your own you’re about as creative as a colorblind statistician.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) You’re due for a string of good luck this week. Shocking, Madam LoCoco knows. Since you so easily seem to slip into self-sabotage mode, I’d be careful not to do anything to screw this up. If there were ever a week to stay in, turn off your phone and speak to no one, this is it. Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Lately, your attitude has been more abrasive than a porcupine glued to a package of steel wool. Focus on polishing up your act, or else the only thing that will be shining in the eyes of your friends and family is that “No. 1 asshole” trophy on your mantle.
Gemini (May 21 - June 20) You’ll spend time doing some soul-searching this week, but don’t be surprised if you come up empty-handed. You sold yours long ago. Cancer (June 21 - July 22) It’s far too easy to stray from routine this week when the net is vast and the amount of time available to waste is seemingly endless, but try to maintain some semblance of structure if you can. If your boss catches you egosurfing during the staff meeting again you’re screwed. Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) Forget about selling anything to anyone this week, especially your own ideas and capabilities. Even the most obsessive eBay fanatics aren’t buying what you have to offer, which is pretty sad since they’ll buy just about any old crap with a low enough starting bid.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Empathic by nature, you’re the first one your friends turn to for advice in a time of crisis, but you also have a bad habit of wrapping yourself up in everyone else’s drama as a comfy escape from your own problems. Learn how to deal with your own sad little problems first, or else how is anyone else expected to trust your screwy advice? Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) It might be a good week to stay in and watch sappy Lifetime movies if you’re feeling like as much of an emotional basket case as your recent status updates indicate. At least that way you’ll have a reasonable excuse when the neighbors inevitably call the cops on your round-the-clock crying jags. Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) The muses are really lighting a fire under your ass this week. The heat might end up blasting you off in an unexpected direction, so try not to screw it up by spiraling into a fiery crash landing with your anxious dithering.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Don’t ignore the giant angry gorilla in the room. He’s huge and he’s smelly and you just can’t avoid him anymore. The gorilla is a metaphor for your problems, just in case you missed that. Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Keep friends close to you whose moral compasses point due north, because your ethics have been a bit dodgy lately, and their guidance might help keep you on the right ride of the prison yard fence. All “double jeopardy” means is that you didn’t learn from your dumb-ass mistake the first time.
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Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo was reaccredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in the Nature Exploration Center of the zoo Thursday. Sunset Zoo was reviewed on its ability to match advancing standards both in the present and future. These standards include animal care, veterinary programs, conservation, education and safety, according to KMAN. In order to maintain membership with the association, it is required by AZA that affiliated zoos and aquariums complete the accreditation process every five years. Sunset Zoo is one of seven zoos and aquariums in Kansas accredited by the AZA, and it has remained a member of the association since 1989.
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There will be a University Support Staff Open Forum with K-State President Kirk Schulz and Vice Presidents Cindy Bontrager and Cheryl Johnson in Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. According to K-State Today, everyone is encouraged to attend, as the event is an opportunity to receive answers to questions in any category. Questions can be posted ahead of time by emailing Carol Marden (cmarden@k-state. edu) before the forum begins.
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OPINION tuesday, november 3, 2015
Gerrymandering a sickness of our democracy
JONATHAN GREIG the collegian
For those who weren’t already aware, politicians are manipulating the value of your vote for personal or partisan gain – glad we have that settled. One of the easiest and most impactful ways they have been doing this is by gerrymandering. To gerrymander, according to Merriam-Webster, is “to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible.” That’s right; the politicians whose job it is to win these population districts are the people who are in charge of defining these districts. Once you’re in power over these districts, it is entirely too possible (and embarrassingly too predictable) to redefine them however you see fit to maintain your or your party’s legislative power in the state or even the country. The basic idea is that legislators, through the redrawing of district boundaries, can overly concentrate likely-to-oppose voters into a small number of districts while spreading out populations of likely supporters between many districts. Even if they lose the overall vote, through district manipulation they might still be elected to more seats as a result. That is exactly what happened on a macro scale in the 2012 election when Democrats received 1.4 million more votes for the House of Representatives, but Republicans conversely won the House 234 to 201. This is certainly a manipulative tactic used by both parties, as on Oct. 20, 2011 Maryland’s district map clearly showed Democratic gerrymandering as well, but this strategy is implemented far more frequently by Republicans. The Republican State Leadership Committee openly detailed this with their Redmap plan, which was their effort to influence redistricting. According to the New York Times article “The Great Gerrymander of 2012,” “The $30 million strategy consists of two steps for tilting the playing field: take over state legislatures before
Illustration Courtesy of Creative Commons I J. Albert Bowden II the decennial Census, then redraw state and Congressional districts to lock in partisan advantages. The plan was highly successful.” Even places like Politico, in their article “Gerrymandering could hurt GOP,” have suggested that, even though Republicans have largely ensured House control, it has had a hugely negative effect for them as well, polarizing their candidates into the hard-line, Freedom Caucus-like legislators that have held the Congress hostage. Lawsuits are being pursued against political gerrymandering in places like Maryland, and as detailed by the Wall Street Journal,
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a constitutional amendment is being voted on (and is expected to pass) today in Ohio reining in the practice. The most infuriating part of this affront to basic democracy is that it already has solutions including computer algorithms and independent commissions. According to the Washington Post article “What 60 years of political gerrymandering looks like,” New York is one example of clear success. New York “has also set up an independent advisory commission that recommends congressional and state redistricting plans to the state legislature. This commission
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was set up in 1978, and shortly thereafter the level of gerrymandering in the state peaked and has been declining ever since,” according to the article. California is another state where voters have taken control of redistricting by creating the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. As detailed by the NYT article, in 2012 “62 percent of the two-party vote went to Democrats and the average mock delegation of 38 Democrats and 15 Republicans exactly matched the newly elected delegation.” Clearly we already have successful solutions, and this problem
is prevalent in Kansas as well. If we truly care about the right to vote, we also should care about attempts to diminish it. This is both an obvious and solvable one, and in our complicated world of actually tough issues, this is a problem we should jump at the chance to solve. 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.
Jonathan Greig is a senior in anthropology. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
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“Chinese food because it has a distinguished taste and it’s filling.”
“Chicken strips. They are my favorite and they fill me up.”
“Steak because it’s great and I don’t get it as often.”
“Pizza because it’s my favorite food and it’s fattening and delicious.”
“Cheesecake because then I could pretend I was rich and not a poor college student.”
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People more concerned with ‘Thanksgetting’ than Thanksgiving
COURTNEY BURKE the collegian
Saturday was both Halloween and daylight saving time, but before the busy day was even over I started hearing people talk about how excited they were to start listening to Christmas music. This
really took me by surprise, so I counted the days. There are 54 days between Halloween and Christmas and only 35 days between Halloween and Thanksgiving, so why do so many people just skip over the one major holiday in November? “Perhaps Thanksgiving is not a grand season in today’s society because it only deals with giving,” said Jonathan Seligman, author of “Why Do We Always Skip the Season of Thanksgiving?” “After all, people receive things on Halloween and Christmas, as opposed to Thanksgiving ... that would explain why Black
Friday and Cyber Monday have gained more weight than the main event. Perhaps we have given into commercialism and only celebrate seasons that businesses can capitalize on.” If people aren’t tuning in to radio stations that are playing ‘round the clock Christmas carols, then they’re skipping dinner to map out their Black Friday routes and get in line outside their favorite stores before the doors open. “As Thanksgiving becomes Thanksgetting, we’re directed to give thanks until the midafternoon ... then separate, sit in traffic, wrestle with sale-hungry mobs and stand
on long lines all in the name of accumulating more stuff,” said Christopher Dale, writer of the New York Post article “Shopping too soon: How retailers are ruining Thanksgiving.” Are we really skipping the one holiday where we take a few hours to sit down together and remind ourselves what we have to be thankful for because we don’t get anything? Other holidays are oriented around getting things, like presents on Christmas, cards on Valentine’s Day or candy on Halloween. It doesn’t seem like too much to ask to celebrate one holiday where we give back to our loved ones,
does it? There’s nothing wrong with a little Black Friday shopping, but people should remember that the day is about being thankful for what we have, not greedily rushing for things we still want. According to the National Retail Federation, the typical shopper planned on spending more than $800 on gifts for friends and family last year. In addition, the Russell Research report “Simon Holiday PR Study” found that nearly 80 percent of holiday shoppers started their shopping before Thanksgiving last year. Don’t get me wrong, I
love Christmas. It’s probably my favorite holiday, but I love Christmas when it’s time for Christmas and I’m not going to skip Thanksgiving to prepare for Christmas. I’m going to spend Thanksgiving being thankful. 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.
Courtney Burke is a senior in mass communications. Pease send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com.
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Big 12 Offensive Power Rankings: Week 10 3. JOSH DOCTSON, WR, TCU (UNRANKED)
Doctson continued his huge season on Thursday against West Virginia. He exposed the Mountaineer defense by catching 11 passes for 183 yards and two scores.
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1. TREVONE BOYKIN, QB, TCU (UNRANKED)
Boykin is rewarded with the honor of this week’s No. 1 thanks to his ability to take over games. In TCU’s 40-10 victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers, Boykin completed 32 of 47 pass attempts for 388 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. Boykin broke the TCU school record for total career offensive yards, tallying 12,041. This breaks Andy Dalton’s record of 11,925 from 2007 to 2010.
2. JAKEEM GRANT, WR, TEXAS TECH (UNRANKED)
Jakeem Grant had one of the best days of his collegiate career on Saturday against Oklahoma State. Despite losing 53-70, Grant notched a career-best 13 receptions for 178 yards and a touchdown. Adding to that, his touchdown was a 100-yard kickoff return.
The two-quarterback system is working wonders for the Oklahoma State Cowboys as Mason Rudolph and J.W. Walsh have a certain chemistry that cannot be stopped. Walsh entered the game in the fourth quarter and threw just five passes for 167 yards. On those five passes, four were completed and two were touchdowns. He also ran for 80 yards on eight carries, including a rushing touchdown.
5. MIKE WARREN, RB, IOWA STATE (9)
This freshman Cyclone could be one of my favorite young prospects in the Big 12. Warren took over in the Cyclones’ 24-0 shutout victory over Texas, as he recorded 157 yards on 32 carries for a touchdown. It seems almost as if Iowa State is beginning to form their offense around Warren.
passes for 183 yards and a touchdown in Oklahoma’s 62-7 victory.
6. STERLING SHEPARD, WR, OKLAHOMA (UNRANKED)
7. PATRICK MAHOMES, QB, TEXAS TECH (UNRANKED)
Sterling Shepard owned the field against Kansas. He caught 11
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Oklahoma University quarterback Baker Mayfield hands the ball off to running back Samaje Perine during the football game between OU and K-State on Oct. 17, 2015 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
Patrick Mahomes consistently shows top performances by the week
despite Texas Tech’s poor record of 5-4. He did it again Saturday against Oklahoma State, completing 38 of his 55 passes for 480 yards in the air along with four touchdowns. Mahomes also did work on the ground, recording 11 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown.
From the sports desk: Will K-State make a bowl game?
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“If the Wildcats have to get to six wins, the answer is no. As of now, with what we’ve seen from this K-State offense, I don’t see three wins from them. Iowa State, win. Kansas, win. Baylor, Texas Tech or West Virginia, I’m not so sure. I just can’t, in good conscience, count on this team to get an upset against three offenses that are more than capable at putting up points, lots of points. Having said that, I haven’t quite answered the question. I don’t think that K-State will get six wins; however, to get to a bowl game, they may not have to. Every once in a blue moon, the state of college football is such that there are not enough six plus win teams to fill all of the spots in the different bowl games. That’s where a K-State, a team that has several close losses versus top-25 programs, might come in. This year is shaping up to be one of those years in which a few five-win teams might slip through the cracks. To use the cliche, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, and K-State might get lucky in December, even if they only have five wins.”
“As an optimist I like to think nothing is impossible, even when all hope is lost. Maybe I get it from watching the Kansas City Royals over the postseason. K-State’s football team has been on an unpredictable roller coaster ride this season with twists, turns, peaks and drops where you’d least expect them. Right now, it may seem like the team is dropping straight down on an unending track and quickly spiraling out of control. K-State is currently plagued with injuries, and a group of young players is having to step into leadership roles with little to no experience. But if there’s one thing the wild and crazy world of sports has taught us, it is that the odds don’t always add up. There is no predicting when the right player will have their “a-ha!” moment and make that momentum-changing play that will propel the Wildcats into the postseason. There’s no telling if an enlightening moment will happen at all. But with the back half of this Big 12 schedule looking much more manageable then the first half, I wouldn’t count the Wildcats out of the bowl game conversation just yet. That being said, I also wouldn’t completely rule out scheduling a ‘Plan B’ skiing vacation to the mountains, either.”
“I do think that K-State will make a bowl game. This team is young and is gaining experience every game they go out there and play. Now they just need some confidence. The back end of the schedule gets easier for the Wildcats. I would feel a lot better about the pick if they can steal a victory at Texas Tech or at home against Baylor; there would be less pressure going into the final game against West Virginia if they only beat Iowa State and KU. I think the key for the rest of this season is to have huge crowds at Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the remaining home games. That is always key for young teams, knowing they have the crowd behind them. That means K-State fans need to show up for the Baylor, Iowa State and West Virginia games and be loud to show the team they have our support and make a difference for this football team. If you can also travel to Lawrence for the KU game and be loud and show support for them on the road, as well, I believe that this can help make a difference in whether or not K-State will make a bowl at the end of the season. Regardless if this team makes a bowl game, Wildcat fans should be excited for the future with the young talent this team has. There is definitely much upside that the younger players have.”
“Yes, the Wildcats will make a bowl game. Look, one good thing about this crazy death march is that the rest of K-State’s schedule is full of teams who are less than or equal to the talent level of K-State. Looking at this Wildcat team, they have the potential to play with the best in America; see what they’ve done against Oklahoma State and TCU? However, there are a few things that the Wildcats might want to straighten out before we expand on these bowl aspirations. The only thing stopping the Wildcats is the constant struggles of their offense. Through four games, the Wildcats sit at the bottom of the conference in total offense and are near the bottom in passing offense. This just in, the remaining opponents, aside from Baylor, are sitting at the bottom of the Big 12 in passing defense, so if there was ever a time to get the offense moving, this would be it. This K-State team will make a bowl game; there’s too much young talent and even will the injuries that have been suffered, they will be good enough to play in December or early January to kickstart a promising 2016 campaign.”
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“If my memory serves, they scored maybe 10 points with less than two or three seconds on the shot clock,” Mittie said. “We’ve got to finish those kinds of plays better because it really negates about 25 seconds of good defense. Give Washburn credit. They really spread us; they were really moving the ball very quick. I thought Washburn did some pretty good things that will be good for us to look at on film to see how we can defend better.” Although the final score of the game ended up being a 27-point difference, the Wildcats did not make their separation from Washburn until the third quarter rolled around. K-State held just a 33-26 lead at halftime and was out-rebounded in the first half. The defensive intensity picked up in the third quarter, however, and K-State outscored Washburn 24-13 in the third quarter and then 18-9 in the fourth, leading to the Wildcats’ 27-point win. For the first competitive game of the season, Coach Mittie was overall pleased with his team’s performance. “I thought we got some pretty good things accomplished,” Mittie said. “We got some young ones some time on the floor and we got some time for those who had been injured. So all-in-all for us, we come out of the game fairly healthy and were able to get some film for us to take a look at.” K-State will play one more exhibition game before starting the regular season. The Wildcats take on the Gorillas of Pittsburg State at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Bramlage Coliseum.
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