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Winter Dance offers chance to see, interpret art in a different way
JULIE FREIJAT
THE COLLEGIAN
This weekend, in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall, Winter Dance will offer Wildcats and the Manhattan community a chance to view the dance talents of Kansas State students. Practice and planning for the concert began early this semester; in total, Winter Dance is comprised of seven pieces. Allison Griffin, senior in psychology, is in two pieces, one of which is in complete silence. “There’s no music except that one of the dancers is hooked up to a bio sensor machine — it picks up her heartbeat,” she said. “The audience can actually hear her live heartbeat as she’s performing which is really cool. It’s a contemporary modern piece.” Griffin said she likes the piece because it is based on breathing and being connected with your body, so she has to focus more on being connected with the other dancers and the movement itself. “The movement just makes you feel good when you do it,” Griffin said. “I love pieces where you almost feel harmony between the other dancers you’re with because you have to. I really enjoyed that
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World AIDS Day aims to educate about HIV and AIDS, eradicate stigmas by Shawn O’Brate
Olivia Bergmeier | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP Students dance together in the final moments of the opening peice named “We’re It,” choreographed by Kate Digby. Kansas State students that are part of the dance program performed on Nov. 29, 2018 at the 2018 Winter Dance. whole process of learning that and putting it together — it’s kind of like self-exploration.” Emma Hochman, junior in political science, has a minor in dance and is in two pieces in
the show. One of her favorite parts of Winter Dance is the setting, she said. “My favorite part of Winter Dance specifically is that it’s in Chapman The-
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atre, which is in Nichols,” Hochman said. “The stage is really small and close to the audience members, so I can really see everybody I’m supposed to be dancing for
instead of being really far away from them.”
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Men’s basketball lacks full energy, emotion to start out games
With World AIDS Day on Saturday and the popularity of Bryan Singer’s new movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” conversations about HIV and AIDS are buzzing. Living with HIV when it was first noticed by scientists in the 1980s was considered a death sentence, but thanks to advances in science and the mass amounts of research, it is not anymore. According to the World Health Organization, more than 39 million people have died from HIV or AIDS-related illnesses out of roughly 76 million who have been diagnosed since the infection was first found. However, since the cocktail of drugs that helps HIV-infected people has been condensed into one or two pills, living with HIV is possible. Kevin Stilley has lived with HIV since his diagnosis in 1985, although he has been an activist, fundraiser and supporter of spreading information about HIV/AIDS to help end stigmas that surround it since before being diagnosed. The two most common stigmas that come with the disease are the ideas that were disproven long ago, yet are still believed.
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DeVos' Title IX changes open for public comment through late January TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE SEATTLE_ Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has proposed narrowing schools' obligations when it comes to responding to sexual misconduct. Starting Thursday, you can tell the U.S. Department of Education what you think about her desired changes to Title IX regulations. DeVos' proposal is a departure from Obama-era guidance for Title IX, a federal civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination in schools that receive public funding. These changes, DeVos has said, would make the process fairer to accused students and their schools. The proposal — leaked in September and officially released by the Education Department mostly unchanged this month — has been denounced by survivors and their advocates, who believe it will allow schools to avoid dealing with cases of sexual misconduct. Public comment opened Thursday and lasts for 60 days — meaning you have until about the end of January to share your thoughts. What are the changes? Schools would only be required to respond if an official report was made to them or if multiple complaints about the same person were made to an official with authority to respond. (Under Obama, schools could
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One stigma about HIV is that only people in the gay community can contract the disease, Stilley said. This specific misconception arose when the disease ran rampant through the community before all the modes of transmission, like breast milk or dirty needle-sharing, were known. “I’d like to see the stigmas disappear,” Stilley said. “The best way to get rid of the stigma is somehow, someway we need to educate people. There are still people who are afraid you can
be found in violation of their Title IX obligations for not responding to sexual misconduct if they knew or reasonably should have known about it.) Schools also wouldn't have to respond to off-campus incidents and the definition of sexual harassment would be narrower. Other controversial changes include allowing schools to use a higher standard of evidence and mediation for sexual-misconduct cases, as well as requiring cross-examination by advisers during hearings. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ranking member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee called on DeVos to withdraw the proposal at a Wednesday news conference in Washington, D.C. "Secretary DeVos' proposed rule will return us to a time when sexual-assault survivors were ignored and felt like they had nowhere to turn," she said. "It is clear from this rule that Secretary DeVos did not listen." Murray is also supporting calls to extend the public comment period. Sexual assault survivors and advocates — including a survivor of ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar and a 14-year-old who said she was sexually assaulted by a peer — joined Murray. Jess Davidson, executive director of End Rape on Cam-
catch it casually—it just doesn’t work that way.” Over the past three decades, developments in research covering HIV and AIDS has made living with the disease possible. Currently, for the first time in history, over half of the people diagnosed with HIV are receiving treatment. Sara Weckhorst, Kansas State alumna, is a social worker for the Kansas Department of Health, where she helps newly affected HIV-positive people all over the state set up appointments, go to doctors’ offices, obtain medicine, set up housing and eventually live with the disease. “The [LGBT] community
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos speaks during a news conference at the Marriot Heron Bay in Coral Springs, Fla., in 2018. Devos said on Tuesday warned an audience of a 'crisis' of rising college student loan debt and defaults on student loans. pus, said she went through the Title IX process in college. She said her perpetrator was found responsible, but not until after graduation. Because of how long her case took, she said she walked across the graduation
stage the same day he did. "While the system was really flawed for me, I was grateful that there was an alternative system I could turn to," Davidson said, explaining that she didn't want to go to law enforcement.
as a whole should know that just because somebody’s HIV-positive doesn’t mean that they’re going to die or that their life is going to be cut short,” Weckhorst said. In her year-and-a-half on the job, Weckhorst said she has seen over 50 newly diagnosed clients, all of whom tested positive in Kansas. Of those people only one has actually died from “specific HIV-related opportunistic infections.” Weckhorst said she wants everyone to help fight the stigmas that come with being diagnosed HIV-positive. While gay and bisexual men account for over 65 percent of all HIV diagnoses in America, it is
still a disease that heterosexuals, both male and female, can contract through more than just sex. The first step to living with HIV is to test for it. Here in Manhattan, testing is available at the Riley County Health Department and Planned Parenthood, or by buying a home-test kit or going to a primary care physician. “If you’re sexually active, get tested,” Stilley said, “Know your status. Get educated and know about this disease.” One way to get educated is at an AIDS memorial service on World Aids Day on Saturday at First Congregational Church on the corner of Juliette and Poyntz Avenue at 6 p.m.
Davidson said she and other advocates have been working to improve the Title IX process
for survivors, and that DeVos' changes would roll back that progress.
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Freshman SGA intern Lily Colburn heads committee, strives for progress
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Lily Colburn, freshman in political science and intern in Student Governing Association, is also chair of a Special Committee on Membership.
JULIE FREIJAT
THE COLLEGIAN
When Lily Colburn was in kindergarten, she did not want to be President of the United States. That would’ve been too difficult and stressful, she said at the time. But just a few years later — fourth grade, to be exact — Colburn joined student council. Ever
since then, Colburn has been involved in student governments, in one way or another. As a freshman in political science, Colburn is an intern for Student Governing Association and serves as the chair of the Special Committee on Membership. “I definitely enjoyed my time in student council and as student body president of Manhattan High School and so I was kind of looking for similar organizations
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“My favorite part of Winter Dance specifically is that it’s in Chapman Theatre, which is in Nichols.” She said. “The stage is really small and close to the audience members, so I can really see everybody I’m supposed to be dancing for instead of being really far away from them. That’s what really connects me to Winter Dance more — that I get to connect with the audience by being physically closer and receiving and expelling energy.” Hochman said she enjoys her modern piece. She said the piece can be depressing at times, but, in the end, it leaves you with a hopeful and powerful feeling. “It’s more of like a feminist piece.
to get involved in and I think SGA is the natural evolution of that,” she said. Colburn, who is a phasetwo intern, went through the first phase as a member of the first group to complete the new program. In this phase, interns get placed into committee rotations and get more hands-on experience with how SGA works. “It’s kind of a jumping-off point to get further into SGA, but
We’re representing young girls and we have lots of child-like scenes playing recess games and fun stuff but then its interrupted by something odd and strange which clashes with the mood of the piece,” Hochman said. “How I’m interpreting it is how every child deserves to have a childhood that is free and expressive and uninterrupted, but women so often have interruptions in their childhood where something like young sexualization or abuse or unnecessary expectations are put on them and it interrupts our development.” Winter Dance is Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. with a Saturday matinee on Dec. 1 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Hochman said she thinks people should come because the audience gets to interpret the art for themselves. “I think dance is really important
also just to learn about it and decide whether or not you want to get involved later,” Colburn said. As an active member of SGA, she said she enjoys being a liaison between the students and the administration and thinks it’s important to understand both sides equally. “I really like the behind-thescenes look you get,” she said. “Getting to interact with administration and Dr. Bosco and President Myers — people that the normal student might not [get to interact with]. I think it really cool to see their perspective. Students can complain about administration and their policies, but when you have that background and that knowledge of why they’re doing it, it makes more sense.” Ryan Kelly, speaker of the student senate and junior in communication studies, has worked with Colburn and said her drive helps her stand out. He appointed her to chair of the Special Committee because she is the “natural fit.” To his knowledge, she is the only intern to also be a committee chair. Kelly said he went to a conference with Colburn earlier in the fall semester with a handful of other Kansas State SGA members and it was then that he really got to know how driven she is, despite how young she is. “On our way back, we had a
for people to come see because it’s so interpretive instead of like a play or a musical or stuff that gives you a storyline or plot or what it’s supposed to be about which is all great and worthy art, but I think dance is really interesting because it isn’t a verbal art.” Hochman said. “You have to interpret it on your own. I think it’s an interesting experience for people who have never seen it before to take that opportunity to see art in a different way.” Olivia Bermgeier | COLLEGIAN MEDIA GROUP
Two students perform as part of the piece named “Fragmented Cognition”, choreographed by Julie L. Pentz. This peice was performed by students on Nov. 29, 2018 as the first part of the 2018 Winter Dance.
couple conversations about some issues that are ongoing in student government and different ways that we can work to make progress,” Kelly said. “I think a lot of the ideas that Lily has were similar to the vision of what I was thinking for the Special Committee on Membership.” Colburn said she found her place in student government because of her passion for progress. “I like to get things done and I like to make progress quickly,” Colburn said. “I’m not just sitting by and going to my committee rotations and doing the bare-minimum of an intern.” She said she doesn’t want people to let her young age get in the way. “I think sometimes we put off freshman as not having enough experience or not knowing enough, but that can be an asset— having fresh eyes to the university. Not only can I have that, but other people can too. I hope people can realize I am trying to break that stigma,” Colburn said. Kelly said it’s important to have freshmen involved in SGA, and he said he feels lucky to work with many talented freshmen interns. “When we have these freshman that say, ‘There’s a problem, I want to go tackle that,’ I’m going to do whatever it takes to make progress on this issue,’ that breeds
a culture in student senate. Not only among freshman interns, but among us upperclassmen,” Kelly said. “It holds us accountable. We see them doing the work and wanting to do the work and we bring them in and we engage them, and we work with them.” Corbin Sedlacek, junior in accounting and director of local relations, went to Manhattan High School as well and was the student body president two years prior to her. He said he is confident K-State will be in good hands when he leaves. “I’ve been able to see her grow, it’s been really cool. I recommended her for the intern program and she applied,” Sedlacek said. “She is very active and passionate, very much a hands-on person. Seeing someone that young being that passionate, it’s been refreshing to see that.” Kelly said he believes that Colburn will excel in whatever endeavor she takes on while at K-State and down the road. “She can go toe-to-toe with a senior,” Kelly said. “Lily, respectfully, is not afraid to challenge someone she doesn’t agree with. I think that that mentality is something that is a little rare amongst students at K-State and amongst students in our student government as well.”
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What Cohen’s plea deal means for Trump, his business and Mueller TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON _ Robert Mueller has for the first time publicly connected Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and business to the Russian government, adding a significant new chapter to the special counsel’s ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections. In a guilty plea Thursday, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen admitted that he spoke with Trump and Russian officials as late as June 2016 — a month before Trump officially accepted the Republican presidential nomination — about a potential business deal in Moscow that Cohen told Congress had ended months earlier. Here are the key takeaways from Cohen’s plea for lying to Congress: It ties Trump to Russia during the campaign. Mueller’s “criminal information” filing lays out multiple exchanges between Cohen, real estate developer Felix Sater and Russian government officials about a proposed Trump tower development in Moscow. While the deal never went through, conversations about it between Cohen, Trump, his family and at least one campaign official came as Russia was in the midst of a sophisticated plan to meddle in the U.S. election that American intelligence agencies found was intended to hurt Democrat Hillary Clinton and ultimately to help Trump win. “This is enormous,” said Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor. “We’re seeing financial motives and financial entanglements with a foreign power who interfered in our elections.” Cohen discussed the Moscow tower project with Trump at least four times, including the possibility that the presidential candidate would travel to Russia, according to the filing. Cohen also briefed Trump family members about it and discussed the possible travel with a senior campaign official. On May 5, days after Trump had won the heavily contested Indiana primary and appeared
all but certain to clinch the nomination, Cohen was invited by a Russian official to a conference in St. Petersburg with the offer of a possible meeting between Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin or Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Cohen was actively planning for the trip, including filling out relevant forms, until it was called off in mid-June for a reason the statement doesn’t specify. On June 14, 2016, the Washington Post reported that Russian government hackers had penetrated the network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the party’s opposition research file on Trump. Cohen had told the House and Senate intelligence panels in a two-page statement in August 2017 that all talk of the Moscow project ended in January 2016, emphasizing that was before any of the presidential caucuses or primaries. He said he made the false statement, which is a crime, to help Trump and limit the ongoing Russia probes. It doesn’t prove collusion or conspiracy by itself. It’s not illegal for a presidential candidate to simultaneously explore possible business deals overseas, as Trump emphasized to reporters on Thursday. But the ongoing contacts raise continuing questions about Trump’s attitude and motivations toward Russia. As a candidate and as president, Trump has continued to say he wanted to get along with Putin, at times saying he believed the Russian leader’s assurances that his country didn’t meddle in the election despite the finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that it did. It adds to a list of Russian contacts with Trump associates. Right about the time Cohen was in contact with Russian officials and discussing a possible Russia trip for Trump, campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos was doing the same. The day before Cohen was invited to the St. Petersburg conference, possibly to meet Putin, a Russian contact emailed Papadopoulos saying his country was “open for cooperation” and of-
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media prior to his Marine One departure from the White House Nov. 29, 2018 in Washington, D.C. fering to arrange a meeting with him in Moscow. Several weeks later, Papadopoulos emailed a senior campaign staffer trying to set up a Trump trip to Moscow, writing “Russia has been eager to meet Mr. Trump for quite sometime.” On June 9, while Cohen was preparing paperwork for his trip to Moscow, a Russian lawyer visited Trump Tower in New York for a now infamous meeting with Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Cohen called off his trip to Moscow days later. In early July, another Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, traveled to Moscow where he gave a commencement speech and says he briefly interacted with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and had a meeting with Andrey Baranov, head of investor relations for oil giant Rosneft and an aide to Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin. It gives Mueller an opening into Trump’s business. Trump has previously said that Mueller would be crossing a red line if he looked into his business dealings. But Cohen’s guilty
plea could contribute to the special counsel’s rationale for delving more deeply into the Trump Organization. Emails cited in the plea deal came from the Trump Organization, which turned them over to prosecutors. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s attorney, said the documents Mueller’s office “is using to show that Cohen lied to Congress were voluntarily disclosed by the Trump Organization because there was nothing to hide.” He also called Cohen a “proven liar who is doing everything he can to get out of a long-term prison sentence for serious crimes of bank and tax fraud that had nothing to do with the Trump Organization.” It’s significant that Mueller negotiated the plea agreement with Cohen, rather than having another U.S. attorney’s office do so, as happened with the charges brought against Cohen earlier this year related to hush-money payments to adult performer Stormy Daniels, Rocah said. It’s a strong indication that Cohen’s lies, as well as other information Mueller may have, is directly relevant to his investigation into whether Trump or any of his associates conspired with Russia. “The walls are crumbling
down on top of them from so many different directions,” Rocah said. It contradicts Trump’s past statements. Trump has repeatedly denied having business ties to Russia during the presidential campaign and as president. While those statements appear to be accurate in regard to the Moscow tower project that never came to fruition, he appears to have been downplaying his business relationship. He tweeted in July 2016 — just a month after it’s now known that discussion on the Moscow development stopped — that he had “ZERO investments in Russia” and that accusations “Russia dealing with Trump” were “crazy.” He has repeatedly said that his closest business ties with Russians was the purchase and sale of a Palm Beach mansion. “I have had dealings over the years where I sold a house to a very wealthy Russian, many years ago,” he said in an interview with NBC News. “I had the Miss Universe pageant, which I owned for quite a while, I had it in Moscow, long time ago. But other than that, I have nothing to do with Russia.”
At a February 2017 news conference at the White House, he expanded on that assertion, saying, “I have nothing to do with Russia. To the best of my knowledge no person that I deal with does.” It suggests Cohen may have offered other information. Mueller struck an ongoing cooperation agreement with Cohen, which builds on meetings that have already taken place between Trump’s ex-fixer and federal and state prosecutors. Cohen first met with Mueller’s office on Aug. 7 in a so-called proffer session, and he had six more debriefings, according to his plea agreement. Cohen has been scheduled to be sentenced in the hush-money matter on Dec. 12. His lawyers asked the court to consolidate Thursday’s case with that and for the sentencing to proceed on schedule. The timing suggests that Mueller may already have secured most of the information he wants from Cohen. It underscores that the list of guilty pleas keeps growing. Trump has accused Mueller of forcing former aides and associates to lie — as he said Thursday about Cohen — or pay a heavy price for refusing to do so. “Wait until it comes out how horribly & viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie,” Trump tweeted this week. But Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who’s in line to head the Judiciary Committee when Democrats take control of the House in January, said Thursday that the list of Mueller successes was long and damning. “The special counsel has now secured guilty pleas from President Trump’s personal attorney, his campaign manager, his deputy campaign manager, a foreign policy adviser to his campaign, and his national security adviser,” Nadler said in a statement. “The president can pretend that this investigation has nothing to do with him and nothing to do with Russia, but these indictments speak for themselves.”
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K-State men’s, women’s basketball teams in action this weekend NATHAN ENSERRO THE COLLEGIAN
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Kansas State men’s basketball team picks back up after a home win over Lehigh with a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to play the Marquette Golden Eagles on Saturday. This will be the No. 12-ranked Wildcats’ first true road game of the season. They will play in the brand new Fiserv Forum shared by the Golden Eagles and the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. Marquette will be a solid early measuring stick for K-State. The Golden Eagles have beaten last season’s
ty (UMBC), and power six school Louisville in overtime, en route to a 5-2 record. Marquette lost to Kansas by nine after leading at halftime, and to Indiana by 23 points. The Golden Eagles’ leading scorer is junior guard Markus Howard. He averages 19.4 points per game and plays just over 35 minutes per game. Brothers Sam and Joey Hauser both also average over 10-plus points per game. Sam, a junior guard, averages 16.6, and Joey, a freshman forward, averages 10.3. Joey is third on the team in total minutes despite only starting four of seven games this year.
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K-State freshman Savannah Simmons celebrates with the team after gaining two points over UMKC during the game on November 18, 2018. The Wildcats defeated the Kangaroos 61-50 in Bramlage Coliseum. NCAA tournament darling Maryland-Baltimore Coun-
The Wildcats are coming off of an early-season tourna-
ment win that saw them beat Eastern Kentucky, Penn and former-Big 12 rival Missouri, part of a 6-0 start to the season. The Wildcats’ senior duo of guard Barry Brown and forward Dean Wade are leading K-State in scoring this season. Wade pours in 16.2 points per game and Brown gets 15.7. The Wildcat men will play on Fox Sports 1 at 1:30 on Saturday.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The women’s basketball team hosts SEC foe Vanderbilt on Dec. 2 in Manhattan as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. K-State’s women are coming off of a less fruitful early-season tournament than the men. The women traveled to Cancun and lost to two ranked teams, thenNo. 16 DePaul and then-No. 14 Syracuse, before beating Princeton in the last game. Vanderbilt is 3-4 on the year and has dropped games to North Alabama, Middle Tennessee State, 17th-ranked NC State, and perennial powerhouse No. 2 UCONN. Vandy is 0-3 on the road this season. The Commodores have three players clustered at the top of their stat board. Sophomore guard Chelsie Hall averages 14.1 points, junior guard Cierra Walker adds another 13.3 per game,
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The team laughs as teammate Makol Mawien shoots a free throw after an offensive foul was called on Lehigh. The Wildcats defeated the Mountain Hawks 77-58 on November 24, 2018, in Bramlage Coliseum. while junior forward Mariella Fasoula gives them 13.7 per game. For the Wildcats, junior forward Peyton Williams leads the team with an average of 14 points per game to go along with an average of 8.2 rebounds per game. Freshman guard Christianna Carr is averaging double figures with 10.3 points per game. Head coach Jeff Mittie’s team will tip at 1 p.m. Sunday inside Bramlage Coliseum, and can be seen on ESPN3 and heard on the K-State Sports Network.
Men’s basketball team will need to pick up energy and emotion going forward through season ADAM MEYER
THE COLLEGIAN
The No. 12 Kansas State Wildcats have defended their top-15 preseason ranking so far this season as they are 6-0. They have done what they are
supposed to do to sustain that high ranking by winning all their games. However, how they have won most of their games has not made the Wildcats look like the No.12 team in the country. In all three of the Wild-
cats home games against opponents Kennesaw State, Denver and Lehigh, they did not play with full energy and emotion from the opening tip. They defeated Kennesaw State by 15 thanks to a strong second half, as they went into halftime with just a four-point
lead. Then, thanks to senior guard Barry Brown Jr. scoring 25 points, they survived Denver 64-56.
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College bucket list: Eating just vegetarian for a week SIERRA STAATZ
THE COLLEGIAN
People constantly recommend different diets to Americans. For some, these options are completely suitable, but others can't imagine a meal without certain foods. When I was a kid, I despised meat. It was always the last item left on my plate, and I could never understand why anyone would find the tough food so appealing. Fast-forward to now, and it is rare to see me eating a meal without meat.
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After scoring 25 points, Brown told K-State sports that “I wasn’t feeling the energy” and that he wanted to “bring it.” The Wildcats seemed to
But I was curious, so I tried to be vegetarian for a week. Since I live in the dorms, the dining centers offer a variety of foods to suit many dietary needs, including my new temporary switch. At first, it was much easier than I thought. On the first day, I was excited to see all the options I could try. The dining centers have designated meatless or vegan items that were extremely helpful. Surprisingly, breakfast was the same, with a large sum of eggs to start my day. If I needed to eat during the day when
the dining halls were not open for other meals, I made my own salad with beans, peas, egg and quinoa, or I snacked on cottage cheese and peaches. For some meals, I attempted to have a more normal plate. On dinner the second day, I attempted to fill my plate at the Classics line to find my meal (where I, sadly, had to decline meatloaf) was generally the same except for one difference: I had swapped my meat product for a helping of potatoes. I think the switch from a normal American diet to vegetarian would be easier than
vegetarian to vegan, because I had learned that because I was eating vegetarian, I was having to rely more on eggs and dairy products and other animal products. Another thing I learned was switching to vegetarian is easy but switching to vegetarian while trying to be healthy was a larger hurdle than expected. Within a few days, I had learned my staple items: beans, veggies, fruit, potatoes, and cottage cheese. If I was losing nutrients, I couldn’t tell. At every meal I felt as if I were eating more, yet I did not feel
as full as usual. For anyone considering being a vegetarian, I have a few recommendations. Test it out: Attempt being a vegetarian for a week to see if how much of a difference it can make. Find protein alternatives: This includes beans, eggs or high-protein dairies Have proper nutrients: Vegetarians can lack B12 vitamins, iron, or omega-3 fatty acids, so it is important to take vitamin supplements or add healthy fats from seeds, avocados, or healthy oils.
If younger-me knew people lived a lifestyle without meat, I would’ve loved the idea. Personally though, I probably could continue to be a vegetarian, but I think I'll go have a turkey sandwich, because I prefer a diet with meat. Sierra Staatz is a freshman in biological and chemical engineering. 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.
find their groove in the Paradise Jam as they defeated Eastern Kentucky, Penn and Missouri by at least 15 points. Now for the first time this season, the Wildcats will be playing an opponent in the opponent’s home arena as they travel to Marquette on Saturday and to Tulsa the following Saturday.
Against Lehigh, the Wildcats didn’t bring the energy and emotion they needed until the second half, as they went into halftime with just a twopoint lead on the Mountain Hawks. Head coach Bruce Weber said in the post-game press conference that his team played with more energy and
emotion in the second half. Lehigh is a NCAA Tournament caliber team that you have got to be ready to play, he said. “You’ve got to bring it,” Weber said. “When you get rated in the top 20, these other teams are geared ready to play. They [Leigh] came out and were going at us. We
probably weren’t ready for it.” As the Wildcats head to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to take on Marquette, they will need to come ready to play and bring the energy that came out of the locker room with for the second half against Lehigh from the opening tip. The Golden Eagles (5-2) are a good team, they recently pummeled Charleston Southern 76-55. Marquette has proven they are a good team this season as they have competed
against good teams this year. They beat Louisville 77-74 as well as led No. 2 Kansas 47-38 at halftime. The Golden Eagles will be K-State’s toughest test of the season so far. Marquette showed they were ready to play Kansas. On their home court, they will be ready for No. 12 K-State. “It’s a big game for us,” Weber said after the Lehigh game. “We will see what we’re about.”
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Hitting the ball out of bounds, K-State’s Xavier Sneed attempts to intercept a pass to Lehigh’s Marques Wilson. The Wildcats defeated the Mountain Hawks 77-58 November 24, 2018, in Bramlage Coliseum.
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Zhang Hongtu melds identity, culture in one-of-a-kind art exhibit REBECCA VRBAS THE COLLEGIAN
Performance artist Dan Kwong and Beach Museum of Art curator Aileen June Wang walked students through a journey exploring the beauty of blending ideas, cultures and art forms on Thursday at the museum’s exhibition, “Culture Mixmaster Zhang Hongtu.” Zhang Hongtu, an internationally acclaimed artist, explores different intersections of identity by designing diverse works of art drawing from Chinese and American culture and utilizing different art mediums, including digital. “Culture Mixmaster Zhang Hongtu,” the first solo show of Zhang’s art to be featured in the Midwest, is a unique compilation organized by Wang herself. Wang said she wanted the ex-
hibition to be a celebration of mixing cultures to show the inspiring results that could come when cultures are not separated. “You know someone like Hongtu, he grew up in China, knows Chinese culture, he grew up in a Muslim family, and then came to the US, settled in New York and studied art in New York,” Wang said. “You see that in his work, it’s really a mix of his Chinese background and his embrace of European artistic traditions and American culture.” This one-of-a-kind art exhibition will be featured at the Beach Museum through Dec. 22. “I really enjoyed it because of the fact that he not only took things from historical context, but he added his own identity into the artwork,” Shelby Tomasevic, freshman in open option, said. “It’s kind of like surreal how many different forms of medium he used to make
everything, even like the way in which he created was like a collision of his identity.” Kwong, who helped lead discussion surrounding Zhang’s works at the gallery walk, is an award-winning performance artist based in Los Angeles. As a storyteller, Kwong also delves into the themes of culture and identities, performing all around the world. Co-hosted by Kansas State Theatre and the Beach art museum, Kwong held a two-night student workshop on the art of storytelling this past week. Kwong will be featuring his own solo work, “It’s Great 2B American” Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Purple Masque Theatre. The event is open to the public as part of the museum’s “Silk Road through Kansas” program series. All events with Dan Kwong were organized in partnership with the Asian American Student Union.
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