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University stalls, charges high cost for records request JASON TIDD

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ansas State stalled and requested a high charge for the Collegian’s requests for records on sexual assault investigations by the Office of Institutional Equity.

The Collegian’s Kansas Open Records Act request asked for information on Office of Institutional Equity sexual harassment and/or sexual violence investigations related to the conduct of any student, faculty or staff member or campus visitor between May 1, 2012, and August 26, 2016.

This included “the specific date each investigation began and when the investigation was closed or if it remains open.”

After about two and half months and a revision to the original request, Hanna Manning, university records custodian, said the university needed another month to produce the records, starting from the time payment would be received.

And the amount Manning said was necessary? $1,375.

The total came from 35 hours, at $25 per hour, to access and copy the records, 10 hours of confidentiality/privilege/redaction review at $50 per hour and the printing costs of an undetermined number of pages.

TIMELINE

The Collegian filed the first request on Sept. 20 and received an acknowledgement of receipt on Sept. 23. In the university’s Sept. 28 response, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act was used to deny access to the records, even though the request only asked for dates of an investigation and the subject’s relation to the university.

On Oct. 6, the Collegian filed an amended request that specified the newspaper was “not asking for any personally identifiable or protected information.”

The university sent its acknowledgment of receipt on Oct. 11.

On Oct. 25, the university said it needed more time.

It was not until Nov. 4, about a month and a half after the original request, that K-State said it

would release the records — at a cost of $1,375.

If the Collegian were to pay the full $1,375 needed for the request, that would be higher than the newspaper’s weekly payroll.

The amount is more than double the combined cost of two similar requests filed by the University Daily Kansan, the student newspaper at the University of Kansas and almost seven times the amount of the cost of the request that produced the records for the Daily Kansan.

Even at a lower cost, one Daily Kansan editor said they still overpaid for the public records.

The Olathe campus and Polytechnic campus in Salina had no sexual offenses listed in their Clery reports for 2013-2015.

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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

The Collegian’s record request originated from a collaboration idea with the Daily Kansan.

K-State and KU both face two Title IX lawsuits each.

The records obtained by the Daily Kansan, which are detailed in a Nov. 30 story by Conner Mitchell, the Daily Kansan associate news editor, are listed in a six-page table.

The records show there were 273 reports of sexual harassment and sexual violence to KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access between May 2012 and August 2016.

They include the beginning and end dates of the investigations, the length of the investigation and whether the person under investigation was a student, faculty or staff member, campus visitor, someone not affiliated with KU or an unknown person.

Personal information, context into the university’s actions and details about the type of offenses were not included. They were also not specifically included in the request, Mitchell said, because “I knew that if I did, the request probably would be denied.”

Mitchell said he initially filed the requests because he wanted to know the length of investigations.

KU charged $362.50 for first request, which did not give him the information he wanted. His second request, which gave him the information reported in the Daily Kansan story, cost $198.50.

“So far we are $561 into open records requests for what I

would still consider to be limited information,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said he thought KU’s cost was higher than it should have been.

“From what I know about open records act laws in different states, in general, is that they’re supposed to be compiled by the lowest salaried person in the staffroom who would get the records,” Mitchell said. “So I thought it was strange that we were charged $65 an hour in manager time and $33 an hour in staffing time because I’d love to meet people who actually make that much money.”

“I personally would not consider what we were charged to be reasonable, but we felt that the reporting we were going to do on it validated paying that much money,” Mitchell said.

CLERY ACT DATA

The Daily Kansan compared the data obtained through the open record request to data from the Clery Act, a federal law requiring universities to release the number of various types of criminal offenses.

In 2015, according to KU’s 2016 Clery report, there were 11 on-campus rapes with six of them at residential facilities, one non-campus rape and two rapes on public property. There were also four instances each of

fondling and domestic violence, 10 of dating violence and 11 of stalking.

But KU’s Clery report data did not reflect the information obtained through the open record request. In 2015 KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access received 65 reports of sexual misconduct. The Clery report data only included 43 offenses.

“I think that gives more context to the fact that if there isn’t anything released by these universities in a timely manner about how often they’re told of these types of cases, you never really get a full picture of what a campus’s climate is like,” Mitchell said.

“Because if there were 65 reports of some kind of sexual misconduct in 2015, the fact that KU only has to report 11 of those or four of those is kind of demonstrative of how universities in general don’t give a complete picture of campus climate,” Mitchell continued.

In 2015, according to K-State’s 2016 Clery report for the Manhattan campus, there were three rapes in residential facilities, four non-campus rapes, five instances of domestic violence, four stalkings and one instance each of fondling and dating violence.

The report also shows no rapes in 2013 and 11 rapes in 2014.

Several student newspaper from across the country have struggled with their universities, sometimes taking the battle to the courtroom, to obtain documents from open records requests related to various aspects of sexual assault at their respective universities.

The Indiana Daily Student, the student newspaper at the University of Indiana, saw its open records requests denied. The Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper at the University of North Carolina, filed a lawsuit against the university in November over an open records request.

The University of Kentucky sued its own student newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, over the newspapers open records request.

Western Kentucky University denied the open records request of its student newspaper, the Herald.

“Just from a student newspaper perspective, we don’t do this kind of reporting with the goal of being out to get administrators or things like that and I think that’s the perception sometimes,” Mitchell said. “We do it to shed light on a consistently underreported issue.”

“And campus communities, prospective students and their parents, they need as much context as possible about how universities handle reports of this kind of conduct to make a decision as to whether that’s place they want to go or not,” Mitchell continued.

“This kind of reporting is necessary, but at the same time it’s hard for us to do our job when the information is so inaccessible and costs so much money.”

While the Collegian does not have any plans to sue the university, the cost is prohibitive of the request.

“Honestly, what this comes down to is that the records that we were given and that other universities do release, they are public, but when the universities don’t release them on a regular basis and newspaper like us have to

request them, the cost alone takes away their accessibility because for student newspapers we can’t afford to continually be paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for records that in theory could be made available to the public at no cost,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said he asked for updated information about this school year and was told to file what would be his third request.

“I think that continues to illustrate the fact that universities just aren’t going to be forthcoming about this kind of information and they are going to make people pay for it, which at some point has to be viewed as restricting public information,” Mitchell said.

With these continued costs, the ability of newspapers to do their jobs will be limited, Mitchell said.

“With records that they charge a student newspaper for $1,300, that’s just not possible,” Mitchell said. “It takes away our ability to do our due diligence.”

The information sought by the Kansan and the Collegian, Mitchell reiterated, is supposedly public record.

“When they ask for exorbitant amounts of money for not personally identifiable information, which is in theory public record, as government agency, that detracts from people ever getting a full picture of what the campus climate and safety and the universities’ response to these kind of reports is,” Mitchell said.

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K-State rules student’s report not a violation of policy said the review team did not find that the theft of textbooks was retaliation for Bernett’s complaint.

With that said, Heinen was allegedly suspended for the theft after a trial held by the SGA student review board. The judicial branch was not able to confirm or deny these claims.

“He is suspended, to my knowledge until fall of 2017, because theoretically those who he stole from will graduate in May of 2017,” Bernett said. “I read that as, he can come back when I’m gone because K-State wants his money.”

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ff-campus sexual harassment and the theft of eight textbooks.

Both harassment and theft are behaviors that constitute misconduct against Kansas State’s student code of conduct, according to K-State Student Governing Association bylaws.

Both are crimes.

One was enough to get William Heinen, graduate student in English, suspended from K-State.

It was not the sexual harassment, Niki Bernett, graduate student in English, said.

Bernett said she was sexually harassed by Heinen on Sept. 29, 2015, at Auntie Mae’s in Aggieville as well as outside of his apartment and she reported the incident to her program director on Sept. 30, 2015. The Office of Institutional Equity was forwarded the information on Oct. 6, 2015.

“Mr. Heinen was suspended from campus because of books theft, which reads to me that books are more important than my body and safety,” Bernett said. “No actions were taken as far as sexual harassment. It was literally just the books. The books were worth more. It was, ‘We are going to suspend him for stealing books, but not for anything else he has done.’”

A request by the Collegian for whether or not Heinen was suspended due to theft was sent to Sarah Pride, SGA attorney general and junior in family studies and human services, and Andy Thompson, assistant dean of student life. The request was then forwarded to Steve Logback, associate vice president of the Division of Communications and Marketing.

“The information requested, if and to the extent it exists, is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,” Logback said in an email statement.

Heinen did not respond to the Collegian’s Dec. 6 request for comment as of 10 p.m. Dec. 7.

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NOT WORTH A LAWSUIT

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Niki Bernett, graduate student in English, said she was sexually harassed off-campus, but the university said the harassment did not violate the student code of conduct. dressed to Bernett on March 24, 2016, by the K-State Office of Institutional Equity’s Administrative Review Team, the team said they had completed the evaluation of Bernett’s complaint and determined that “the (review team) did not find that Mr. Heinen engaged in any conduct that, if true, would be considered sexual harassment in violation of the policy.”

The Administrative Review Team, which consisted of Danielle Dempsey Swopes, former senior investigator; Karin Westman, head of the department of English; and Thompson, had, according to the letter, determined that Bernett’s allegations of sexual harassment do not warrant any further investigation or review under their policy.

The university policy states “this policy may apply to allegations of discrimination, harassment or retaliation for behavior that occurs off campus ... Off campus occurrences that are not related to university-sponsored programs or activities are investigated under the policy only if those occurrences relate to discrimination, harassment or retali-

ation alleged on campus.”

However, Bernett said she did feel that on-campus harassment continued after the initial incident, such as Heinen constantly repeating the word “vagina” in inappropriate classroom settings, even when it did not apply to the class material.

Bernett also said she felt uncomfortable around Heinen and told the Office of Institutional Equality that, but because she did not use the word “scared,” the review team did not find that Heinen provided a risk to her.

In the letter, Bernett was told other individuals were interviewed about “potential concerns with Mr. Heinen” and they too expressed feeling uncomfortable around him. However, according to the review team, “the concerns were focused almost entirely on Mr. Heinen’s alleged awkwardness in socializing with classmates and not due to any conduct (or pattern of conduct) of a sexual nature.”

Bernett said she was not only uncomfortable, but she also told the review team that she was considering leaving K-State. She said the only reason she is still here is

because of the help she received from the English department, not from the university.

The letter said the incident and other behaviors were not “severe or pervasive so as to create a sexually hostile environment on-campus or in a university-sponsored program.”

Bernett, who is also a sexual assault survivor, reported to the Office of Institutional Equity in a letter that on Sept. 30, 2016, a day after the harassment, Heinen said to her, “I assumed you were a lesbian. Aren’t you supposed to be a lesbian? Don’t rape victims hate and fear all men?”

BACK TO THE BOOKS

Bernett said she felt Heinen retaliated against her for making the harassment complaint when eight of her textbooks were stolen from her office.

According to the letter, a police investigation found that Heinen admitted he stole the books because he needed money.

The investigation also found that Heinen stole books of others who had not filed a complaint against him.

Because of this, the letter

Bernett said she is not filing a lawsuit or joining an existing lawsuit against K-State because it is not about the money and her situation was very different than the three women who were sexually assaulted and who did file lawsuits.

“Based on my conversation with Ms. Simon (the lawyer representing the three other students), I have decided that I want to take my story to the press in the hopes that it brings awareness to others, to show that these problems have affected other cases, that other survivors at KSU are not alone,” Bernett said in her initial email to the Collegian.

“Especially in response to Gen. Myers’ comments and your article (on Nov. 30), I want to share my story to confirm that ... The Collegian and ‘the media’ are NOT presenting ‘inaccurate claims’ or ‘misinformation about our polices’ and that you have consistently reported the truth and exposed KSU’s policies and procedures for what they really are; problematic,” Bernett continued.

Bernett said she would still like to see a policy change and the initial harassment and the review team’s decision still affect her to this day and has re-shaped her entire graduate school experience.

“I would like to see K-State’s policy change to where they do investigate off-campus incidents because they do affect campus life,” Bernett said. “They do affect people on campus. They af-

fect people who attend this campus, who are part of this campus, regardless of where those people are ... this policy severely hurt these three other women and it did not protect them in the way that it should have. I want other people to know they are not alone and I want to empower other survivors in any way that I can.”

Bernett said she did not believe K-State ever made the policies clear to her until she received the letter in the mail in March, five months after her first complaint was filed.

“I don’t think this policy was made clear and I understand it now — I don’t agree with it, but I understand it,” Bernett said.

“I disagree with the argument than even though it happened off campus that it didn’t affect me on campus, because it did. It affected both (employment and education), even though it happened off campus.”

Bernett said she disagrees with what is written in the policy, as those who are harassed or assaulted on campus still have affects from those incidents on campus, even if it is indirectly.

“That doesn’t mean that anybody’s feelings or experiences should be invalidated or that they should be told they just have to deal with it or they’re a liar or that it’s not a problem (because it happened off campus), because it is a problem,” Bernett said. “Specifically that they say it is not severe or pervasive enough to impact them because it does. It’s about how the survivors feel.”

While the allegations do not constitute sexual harassment to K-State, the university did allow Bernett to switch the section of one of her two classes with Heinen and provided her with a Center for Advocacy, Response and Education advocate as well as resources to counseling, Bernett said.

“I think K-State could have taken some more responsibility,” Bernett said. “They say that we’re a family, but I don’t feel that we’re a family. I feel like K-State was out to protect themselves in this case. They were more worried about Mr. Heinen suing them than my safety. And I don’t think that should be the case.”

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CAPTURE | CREATE Collegian Q&A: Kindred CELEBRATE Wesemann my team.”

WHO IS YOUR ROCK ON THE TEAM?

KW: “Shaelyn Martin is my best friend on the team, roommate and will be the maid of honor at my wedding.”

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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE PLAYING IN BRAMLAGE?

KW: “We have hands down the best fan support in the Big 12 for women’s basketball.”

WHAT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED?

KW: “The young girls keep me motivated because they all want to wear 24 just like me and play basketball in college. My family has supported me throughout my entire college career. They have sacrificed so much for me to live out my dreams and I just want to do everything I can do to repay them.”

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Kindred Wesemann, senior guard, goes up for a shot during the K-State game against Tulsa in Bramlage Coliseum on Nov. 14.

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Kindred Wesemann, senior guard for the Kansas State women’s basketball team, is also 2016 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as well as fivetime Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll inductee.

Those aren’t the only things in her trophy case, as Wesemann has received numerous awards and honors, named 2016 All-Big 12 Second Team and also 2014 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie

Team.

Wesemann shared some insight on what it’s like to be a Division I basketball player here at K-State.

WHERE IS YOUR HOMETOWN AND HOW SUPPORTIVE IS YOUR COMMUNITY OF YOUR ATHLETIC SUCCESS?

KW: “I am from Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and my community is very supportive of my athletic success. Every time I go home and go to sporting events, everyone says hi to me and asks about my season and

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IN THREE WORDS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A COLLEGE-LEVEL ATHLETE?

KW: “Hard work, dedication and a truly humbling experience.”

WHAT ARE YOUR PREGAME RITUALS?

KW: “I stay at the gym after our pregame meal and listen to music until the game starts, I pick a song that I am feeling that day and repeat it until game time … I am always the first one in the locker room.”

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT K-STATE?

KW: “My favorite part about K-State is the family atmosphere, the support that everyone has for each other is limitless. I love Manhattan.”

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Student starts his own bicycle repair business MIRANDA SNYDER THE COLLEGIAN

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inding a job while being a full-time student can be challenging, especially finding one that peaks your interest. Avery McNelly, senior in wildlife and outdoor enterprise management, found a way around these problems by creating his own job.

McNelly is the owner of A. McNelly Services, LLC. McNelly Bicycle is the name his LLC does business under. McNelly said the bicycle company started about two and a half years ago when he realized he could make a little extra cash while helping other students and community members save money on bicycle repairs.

When he came to college, McNelly said he had bought a fairly new road bicycle to get to and from classes. When it started needing repairs, he took it to a local bike shop to have it fixed and was charged what he said was an outrageous amount.

“Once the same problem occurred again, I decided to learn to fix (the bicycle) myself,” McNelly said. “I took it apart and learned that the bike shop had taken short cuts and hadn’t done the work that was agreed upon. I decided from then on I would fix my bicycle anytime it needed work. That’s how I learned to work on bicycles. That’s how it all started.

I did it to help the community while doing something I’m passionate about.”

McNelly said he handles the business side of McNelly Bicycles by himself but his friends and family are also a huge part of his success.

“They drive me to work hard and grow,” McNelly said.

“They help me make business decisions and I can go to them for advice. There’s no way I would have the dedication of running my business without them.”

Daphne Park, senior in sociology and family studies and

human services, is dating McNelly and helps him out when she can.

“As far as helping him goes, I definitely do not do any of the mechanical work except maybe hold a part when he needs an extra hand,” Park said. “The best part is that I got to design his logo since he knows how much I love art. I also help run his social media sites which is pretty fun.”

Park also said having him work from home is beneficial to both of them because it is easier to communicate while he is working.

“His business is the perfect example of how hard working and caring he is,” Park said.

“He really just enjoyed working on bicycles and figured he could help people out for a cheap price so he did just that.

I hope other student entrepreneurs can look at him as an example of what hard work and giving something a try can do.”

McNelly Bicycle is located in McNelly’s garage in Manhattan.

According to McNelly, some of the services his business provides are replacing parts, changing tires and tubes, complete tuneups, adjusting and centering brakes, adjusting shifters and derailleurs and cleaning and lubricating chains.

McNelly said he is capable of doing any repairs. His most common repair is a tuneup which includes shifter and derailleur adjustment, brake adjustment, wheel truing and lubrication.

Caroline Skidmore, junior in biology, is a client of McNelly’s and has had her bicycle repaired by McNelly after her breaks were destroyed in an accident she got in.

“I took it to him and he completely repaired the breaks, restored gears that I hadn’t had in months, aired up the tires and gave it an overall tuneup,” Skidmore said. “I was extremely happy with the experience.

My bike ran even better than

when I first bought it second hand. The price was a steal for the amount and quality of work done.”

Skidmore said she would highly recommend McNelly Bicycle to others and that McNelly knows what he’s doing and is skilled with repairing bikes.

“The work done was great and he, as a repairman, is kind and patient as well,” Skidmore said. “I would tell people to go to him before they go to any other business in Manhattan to get their bikes repaired.”

McNelly Bicycle also sells used bikes that McNelly repairs himself before selling. He acquires most of these bikes from classified ads online.

“I only have a few bicycles right now that are for sale since it is the off season,” McNelly said. “I have a couple of Giants and an Electra Townie for sale.

They are all hybrid commuter bicycles.”

According to McNelly, business is a little slow right now because many people have stopped riding their bicycles since it is starting to get cold.

Currently, the business is working on public acknowledgement.

“We are all over social media trying to gain followers and show the community that we exist,” McNelly said. “We would love to one day move into a public storefront where we can take walk-ins.”

McNelly Bicycle is the only DBA that is operating under the LLC. McNelly said he plans on entering into a couple other business fields in the future. He will be opening a small lawn care business this spring and is also working on putting together a hunting business.

“Our biggest goal is to help out the community,” McNelly said. “We offer huge discounts to college students, military and law enforcement.

We look forward to this spring — we are capable of getting everyone’s bicycles ready for the road again.”

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Avery McNelly, senior in wildlife and outdoor enterprise management, started his own bicycle repair business to make extra money and offer the community a more affordable option.

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Collegian previews, predicts Big 12 bowl games at knocking off the Pokes. In order for the Cowboys to win this game, junior quarterback Mason Rudolph has to continue his strong play he’s had this year. In the end, the Cowboys offense is too much for the Buffs to stop.

Prediction: OSU 35-17

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The Collegian takes a look at the Big 12 bowl games and predicts the winner.

DEC. 27, MOTEL 6 CACTUS BOWL: BAYLOR VS. BOISE STATE

The Cactus Bowl is not where Baylor saw itself ending up at the beginning of the year. Baylor dealt with major scandals and shakeups during the offseason but expectations were still high after losing head coach Art Briles. The Bears started the year off well but fell apart at the end when they played tougher opponents and when their starting quarterback senior Seth Russell got injured for the year. On the other hand, Boise State has had a good year entering the game at 10-2 and a good running game led by junior running back Jeremy McNichols.

Needless to say, Boise State will be tough to beat.

Prediction: Boise State 31-20

DEC. 28, ADVOCARE V100 TEXAS BOWL: KANSAS STATE VS. TEXAS A&M It’s a battle of old Big 12 foes as K-State takes on the Aggies. The Wildcats came into the year a mystery. But they won eight games and it could’ve been nine if they got some calls to go their way against Stanford. Junior quarterback Jesse Ertz has

DEC. 30, AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL: TCU VS. GEORGIA

led the way all year running the ball and don’t expect that to change. The Aggies are led by ex-Oklahoma Sooner senior quarterback Trevor Knight, who has had a good year for A&M. This should be a slug-fest of a game.

Could this be Bill Snyder’s last bowl game? Against an old Big 12 foe? We shall see.

Prediction: K-State 27-24

DEC. 28, RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL: NO. 16 WEST VIRGINIA VS. MIAMI (FL) West Virginia has had a great year, led by senior quarterback Skyler Howard who has thrown for just under 4,000 yards and 26 touchdowns. The West Virginia Mountaineers had the College Football Playoff in their minds until they were shut down by the Sooners 5628. Miami is also a dangerous team, lead by a NFL-caliber quarterback junior Brad

Kaaya. Kaaya has 3,250 yards on the season with 23 touchdowns to just seven picks, which are comparable to Howard’s numbers.

Prediction: Miami 27-17

DEC. 29, VALERO ALAMO BOWL: NO. 12 OKLAHOMA ST. VS. NO. 10 COLORADO

It’s another old Big 12 matchup in the Alamo Bowl. Colorado has been the surprise team in the Pac12 along with Washington this year. The Buffaloes are upset that they lost the bid to the Rose Bowl to USC and they’re looking to make a statement. The Buffalo’s quarterback, senior Sefo Liufau, re-injured his ankle in the Pac-12 Championship game Saturday and his health going forward is the biggest key to this game. If he can make it back for the game, the Buffs have a great chance

The Liberty Bowl this year will feature two teams that may have slightly under performed this year. The TCU Horned Frogs have a strong running game led by junior running back Kyle Hicks, but they are prone to turnovers. The Georgia

Bulldogs, however, have the 16th ranked defense in the nation and they don’t give in to opponents easily.

Prediction: Georgia 17-9

JAN. 2, ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL: NO. 7 OKLAHOMA VS NO. 14 AUBURN Oklahoma is led by two Heisman finalists, junior quarterback Baker Mayfield and senior wide receiver Dede Westbrook. These two have been an unstoppable duo all year long and they look to continue their success against a very good Auburn defense. The Sooners believe they should be in the College Football Playoff because

of their undefeated record in Big 12 play, so they will look to prove the committee wrong. The Auburn Tigers have been up and down all year long, but they’ve held their ground this year to be one of the better SEC teams. At the end of the day, Oklahoma’s offense is just too powerful, even for a top-20 Auburn defense. It will be close but Oklahoma is just too much for the Tigers to handle.

Prediction: Oklahoma 30-17 Peyton Garrison is a senior in social science.

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BEST BURGER

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1ST PLACE WINNER: So Long Saloon

1ST PLACE WINNER: Platinum & Co.

Finalist: Kite’s/Rusty’s

Finalist: Great Clips

Finalist: Five Guys

Finalist: Gaia Salon and Spa

BEST DATE NIGHT 1ST PLACE WINNER: Harry’s Finalist: Bourbon and Baker Finalist: Olive Garden

BEST SPECIALTY/ GIFT SHOP 1ST PLACE WINNER: Acme Finalist: Rally House Finalist: Thread

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BEST SANDWICH 1ST PLACE WINNER: Jimmy John’s Finalist: Mr. Goodcent’s Finalist: Subway

BEST ICE CREAM 1ST PLACE WINNER: Cold Stone Creamery Finalist: Call Hall

Finalist: Baskin Robbins

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Finalist: Wildcat Property Management

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BEST CLOTHING STORE 1ST PLACE WINNER: Fortuity Finalist: American Eagle Finalist: Target

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BEST LIQUOR STORE

BEST HOTEL

1ST PLACE WINNER: The Fridge Wholesale Liquor 1ST PLACE WINNER: Bluemont Hotel Finalist: The Library Discount Liquor Finalist: Beer Goggles

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Finalist: Hilton Garden Inn

BEST GROCERY STORE

BEST FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT

1ST PLACE WINNER: Dillon’s

1ST PLACE WINNER: Seth Child’s Cinema

Finalist: Walmart

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1ST PLACE WINNER: Chick-fil-A

Finalist: Jeff’s Pizza

Finalist: Freddy’s

Finalist: AJ’s NY Pizzeria

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Finalist: Taco Bell

BEST BRUNCH

1ST PLACE WINNER: Varsity Donuts

1ST PLACE WINNER: The Chef

Finalist: Paradise Donuts

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Rent-Apt. Unfurnished MANHATTAN CITY Ordinance 4814 assures every person equal opportunity in housing without distinction on account of race, sex, familial status, military status, disability, religion, age, color, national origin or ancestry. Violations should be reported to the Director of Human Resources at City Hall, 785-587-2440.

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WITHIN STEPS of Campus and availabil‑ ity on East Side and West Side, Lee Crest Apartments offer Spa‑ cious Floor Plans, Quiet Living, and Off Street Parking. Most units have balconies.

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Onsite Laundry and 24 Hour Maintenance Emergency line. Spa‑ cious Closets and Ex‑ tra Storage make Lee Crest Apartments a great choice.

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ARE YOU an early riser? The Collegian seeks students to de‑ liver the daily paper around campus and the city. Less than two hours of your time per day. Pays $20.00/ day.

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Help Wanted THE COLLEGIAN cannot verify the financial potential of advertisements in the Employment/ Opportunities classifications. Readers are advised to approach any such business opportunity with reasonable caution. The Collegian urges our readers to contact the Better Business Bureau, 501 SE Jefferson, Topeka, KS 66607-1190. 785-2320454.

Wabaunsee High School Assistant Track Coach Custodians Bus Drivers If interested, please complete the Classified Application at usd329.‑ com or at the District Office, 213 E. 9th, Alma, KS. If you have questions regarding any of these positions, please call 785‑765‑ 3394.

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