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From likes, retweets and follows, how social media can impact mental health
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Editor’s note: This article includes references to suicide. The rise of any trend or phenomenon comes with benefits and consequences. Social media usage has boomed over the last few years. A study by the Pew Research Center from earlier this year shows 72 percent of Americans use some form of social media — up from five percent in 2005. “Social media is a way for users to connect with multiple audiences across a number of platforms,” Heather Woods, assistant professor in communication studies, said. “It is a form of computer-mediated communication.” Since the boom, social media and other forms of digital entertainment have become suspects in suicidal ideation and mental illness. “There is a correlation between social media use and suicide rates, but I don’t think social media is the cause of people taking their own lives,” Kodee Walls, psychologist at Counseling Services, said. “However, social media, if used for good, can be integral in suicide prevention efforts.” Walls said some issues arise when social media comes into play. “A significant challenge mental health professionals
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A study from Pew Research Center shows 72 percent of individuals in the U.S. use some form of social media. This is up from five percent of individuals in 2005. and people interested in suicide prevention run into with social media is that we cannot contain the information that gets out,” Walls said. That said, some people take social media and turn it into a tool for advocacy, but they are not always professionals. These influencers take stands against suicide and other mental health issues, Lauren Cooper, senior in apparel and textiles, said. “I’ve seen influenc-
ers share unedited photos, which I know a lot of people are doing nowadays,” Cooper said. “I know Demi Lovato did one not too long ago where she did a side-by-side almost. Chrissy Teigen does it too — where they share unedited pictures.” Sharing unedited photos can battle the false depiction of beauty put on display on social media. “People need to be posting real things and being
honest when it comes to their flaws and acknowledging it so that the rest of the world can feel like they can do that too,” Cooper said. Attention in the form of likes, retweets and shares drives social media — which isn’t always positive, Walls said. “Research consistently shows us that we pay more attention to negative feedback than we do positive feedback,” Walls said. “This
can be very difficult for people who are struggling with feelings of isolation or believe that they don’t matter.” Jennifer Jennings, senior in psychology, said she believes people have come a long way when it comes to stigma, but there is still a ways to go.
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Boring, annoying, unrealistic and a lot of work — many people describe math this way. Who really cares how many coins Dave needs to spend on 27 watermelons if each watermelon is $4.32 and he had an equal number of pennies, nickels and dimes in his pocket? Yes, there are the algorithms and procedures, but there is a deeper meaning in math once you look at the structure and how it builds on itself. I continue to be fascinated. This semester, I will complete my last math class — differential equations — and it only seems right to share why so many find math to be beautiful.
MATH MEANS LEARNING THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON
Any math lover has a one or a few mentors that come to mind when thinking about learning concepts. For me, I think about my mother. I’ll never forget the day we sat down with a paper and a blue pen and she showed me how to divide fractions and why it is done by simply multiplying the inverse. I realized much later she
showed me the mathematical proof. There is a sense of accomplishment in uncovering the mechanics behind math, said Alex Anderson, sophomore in mathematics and computer science. “The feeling of reward when I understand a math problem is the same for a writer to see their completed work do well or a play/show go well,” Anderson said. “It feels rewarding,”
MATH IS COMMUNICATION
Different people have different ways of solving problems, and the math strategies we learn in class can carry over to logical reasoning in other areas of life. “In some ways math can be informative and orderly to simplify/quantify things, but we can also use it to apply ideas and creativity when using it to explain how things around us work,” Calder Knapp, sophomore in mechanical engineering, said. “When learning about math, it’s partly explaining how someone came to this conclusion and partly how this idea can bring on other conclusions.” In third grade, my teacher saw my interest and challenged me with a long division worksheet. At just the second problem, I was confused on what to do and had to ask for help.
Students reflect on their love of math Later on, I learned the same problem-solving process a different way. Teachers and tutors enlighten young mathematicians with their own style, and it becomes a part of the logical thinking that sticks with them. Anyone assisting me on my math journey built the internal workings of who I am today, and that is priceless.
MATH MEANS CONFIDENCE
There is a certain fear when completing a problem — what if I’m not doing it right? What if I’m not looking at it the correct way? To this day, I struggle completing a problem for fear of my misunderstanding getting in the way. I’ve learned doing well in math takes two steps. First is understanding what is going on. The second is having the ability and confidence to face it on your own. “You are presented with just a huge mess of nonsense, and then you break it apart step by step, you clean it all up, you give your brain a workout and at the end you have a nice and tidy solution and a sense of pride,” Peyton Threinen, junior in biomedical engineering, said. “It helps you with critical thinking, it pushes you to learn more, and it’s so satisfying when you figure
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For some students, math is more than just numbers. it out. It’s just puzzles.”
MATH MEANS APPRECIATION
High school math teachers opened up my love for math through their delivery of material. Imagine predicting the future with past knowledge — that is what math builds students to do.
Q&A: University Honors Program executive on the nature of leadership in community PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
Peter Loganbill, Collegian news editor: “When you’re overwhelmed and you have a lot to do, what are some other things you do to just like, manage it and take care of yourself ?” Kathryn Collins, University Honors Program executive board president and senior in industrial engineering: “I think that’s
something I’ve definitely had to cultivate over the time that I’ve been in college. It took me a long time to learn it, I think. I think this semester, especially looking at what the rest of my life is going to look like, a lot bigger questions are at stake. “So that exact principle has become really important. Meditation has become really important to me — and taking time for silence. So like right before this, I was just standing outside, like, looking at a tree. “It is kind of nice sometimes, especially after hours of
looking at a computer screen or reading academic articles or whatever. You can just kind of step back and live in the moment and remember your identity and your selfness and your autonomy from all these environmental things that can sometimes define you. “I’ve gotten pretty good at scheduling my own breaks and when to walk around and how not to get osteoporosis or whatever. We actually take classes on that in industrial engineering.” Loganbill: “What do you think are some of the best lead-
ership styles?” Collins: “I don’t know if I can answer ‘best leadership styles.’ I think that what I have seen succeed in my leadership experience is getting to know and value the people that you’re working with, because if they know that you value them, that you are working with them, that you recognize their skills and what they excel at. And you recognize them as a person, right? You recognize their personhood. I think that that respect, they then feel loyal to your to your organization,
Abby Kerber, senior in mechanical engineering, said math — specifically calculus — allows for explanation of the world’s little details. “I love calculus because everything in the world comes down to physics, everything — molecules moving, how a ball
is thrown in the air, how coffee cools down … and it’s calculus,” Kerber said. “It’s wild that someone used math equations to explain literally how everything in the world works: from how the planets orbit to how cells work. Math is wild.”
KULTIVATE and that’s how you get the best work. “So, in the Honors Program, there’s such an eclectic group of people from all these different backgrounds, and that’s what makes my team so successful is that there are all these different skills, but there’s also all these different personalities. “So some of those personalities are really hands-off. I give them something or they can bring me an idea and they go and execute it and that’s perfect. Some people need
more feedback. Some people need a lot of affirmation, which is something I struggle with giving, that I’ve had to learn to deal with. I think that the best leadership style that I can see is just getting to know and value your people and then treating them, communicating with them in the way that’s the most effective for them.” Interested in hearing more of this conversation with Kathryn Collins? Check out the “Collegian Kultivate” podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ events brings gaming community together STEPHANIE NUTT THE COLLEGIAN
The Village Geek, Manhattan’s downtown comic and game store with a strong emphasis on building community through games, hosts “Dungeons & Dragons” campaigns every other Friday and Saturday. The event welcomes novices and experienced players. “D&D” gained popularity recently through its depiction in the popular Netflix Original Series “Stranger Things.” Dungeon master Ashley Flowers helps at these events. Flowers said a dungeon master is someone who guides the story and explains the world to players and helps interpret their actions and their effectiveness. “The goal of the game is for everyone to enjoy the time they’re spending together and telling the story,” Flowers said. Christian Tatham, senior in marketing, joined one of his residence hall floormates for the event last weekend. “I love playing ‘Dungeon & Dragons,’ just the community that brings a lot of people
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“The best that we can do as users is be kind to each other online, and unfollow any accounts that may strike negative feelings,” Jennings said. “If you are constantly envious of, say, an individual that runs a health and fitness account because of how thin or fit they are, unfollow them and focus on your current goals.” Social media users often focus heavily on their followers or numbers of likes received. “When we don’t get the likes, views or retweets we expect, we don’t get the little dopamine dump we anticipated which decreases motivation and can impact our feelings of hope,” Walls said. “If someone cannot unplug
together,” Tatham said. “I’m excited to get to know new people. I’ve learned ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ before in the past, but I just want to really learn how other people play the game. These are new people I’ve never met before so it’ll be cool to figure out how people do it differently.” Character creation starts at 5:30 p.m. and actual game play begins at 7 p.m.. Beginner-level players begin creating characters by choosing their background, class and race like human, gnome, elf, etc. “The cool thing is that pretty much anyone can play the game, it doesn’t matter who you are, you can make any character,” Tatham said. “You can watch ‘Game of Thrones,’ you can watch any Disney princess movie — you can make the character ‘Dungeons and Dragons.’” Tatham himself plays a character based off “The Mandelorian” series on Disney+. You can check for “D&D” events, as well as others, online at The Village Geek website or Facebook page. Dungeons and Dragons players gather at the Village Geek.
from all forms of social media for at least a day to have meaningful relationships outside the digital world, we may be in trouble.” Jennings said while social media platforms are limited in their ability, there are a few ways they can help. “They cannot necessarily curate content that is posted, but they have the opportunity as a platform to promote mental health and wellness,” Jennings said. Walls said not to view potential warning signs on social media as attention-seeking. “Take it seriously and direct message the question, ‘Are you thinking about killing yourself ?’” Walls said. “If they answer ‘Yes,’ then have them contact 1-800-SUICIDE [1-800-2738255], contact their parents, friends or partner. Worst case scenario, find their location and call
However, social media, if used for good, can be integral in suicide prevention efforts. Kodee Walls
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the police. “It’s better to have someone be angry at you for keeping them alive than have to remember someone fondly who killed themselves,” Walls continued. Students who struggle with suicidal ideation can access several campus resources including Lafene Health Center’s mental health nurse case manager and alcohol and other drug education
director. “These professional staff, along with all of our medical providers, can address mental health challenges faced by students dealing with suicide ideation and make appropriate referrals as necessary,” said Shawn Funk, communications and marketing specialist at Lafene. Students can also utilize Counseling Services for help.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT Last week’s Educational Opportunity Fund Resolution BAILEY BRITTON THE COLLEGIAN
Student senate returned a resolution allocating the Educational Opportunity Fund to committee last Thursday due to incorrect information in the bill and lack of justification for allocations. The committee expects the resolution to appear in the third senate meeting of the spring semester. Natalia Rodriguez, student senator and sophomore in human resource management and Spanish, debated against the resolution. "The main discrepancy I noticed was that the 'whereas' clauses did not include the justification for entities not getting their initial requested amount," Rodriguez said. "I decided to debate against the bill because the Educational Opportunity Fund committee allocates over $340,000, and as senators we have to make sure that we are responsibly allocating these funds. "After reading the resolution I was not satisfied with the information provided in this legislation, therefore I knew I could not make a truly informed decision before voting took place," Rodriguez continued. Student senators de-
bated the bill for about two hours. Ali Karamali, student body vice president and junior in chemical engineering, agreed the bill needed fixing. The student senate body also learned the Educational Opportunity Fund committee consisted mainly of freshmen who had little experience drafting legislation. Blake Phillips, committee member and freshman in management information systems, said it took three meetings to create the report. "Ali sent all of the committee members the applications of all the groups about two weeks before our first meeting so we could read over them and make initial gradings," Phillips said. "We then used these gradings to aid the committee in our decision making." The grading system the committee used consisted of four-point criteria. Each entity received a grade based the ability to make a "positive and beneficial" impact along with other criteria outlined by the Kansas Board of Regents. "In this year’s EOF committee, similar to previous years, there was higher priority given to funding graduate positions, as these were deemed by
the committee as extremely beneficial," Karamali said. "The committee mentioned multiple times, in discussions, regarding various proposals, how important the experience and work [graduate research assistant] positions do, going past impacting only them but also undergraduate students pursuing s i m i l a r paths."
Karamali said 26 entities applied for funding, but only
20 received funding to "some extent." "I, and the committee, believe that every proposal submitted to us this year had a valid claim to apply for funding," Karamali said. "We believe each one served a purpose to improve campus and would h a v e
helped out students to
some extent. Unfortunately, as terrific as every entity’s proposal was, we simply do not have the funds to support everything." Moving forward, Phillips, Karamali and the rest of the committee plan to reach out to entities for additional information to reevaluate funding decisions. Ultimately, Phillips said most issues the committee plans to fix are technical issues such as adding "whereas" clauses with funding justification. Rodriguez cares about the EOF because she said she believes the entities on the receiving end benefit students everyday. "All of these work hand-inhand with students on a daily basis to enhance their experiences while attending college," Rodriguez said. "I believe all of these organizations are set in place for students, so we should be diligent when allocating their funds."
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House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The articles allege abuse of power in interactions with Ukraine and obstruction of Congress. According to Fox News, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, said the president's actions "absolutely" do not warrant impeachment while House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-New York, said Trump's actions put his personal interests above public benefit and engaged in "unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance" of the impeachment inquiry. A new North American trade deal is one step closer to becoming law. Officials originally signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement a year ago to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, but House Democrats insisted on negotiations with the White House on stricter labor rights and environmental provisions. Officials signed a reworked agreement on Tuesday, one that received praise from Democratic leaders. "There is no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA, but in terms of our work here, it is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, according to NBC News. Interstellar comet 2I Borisov is hurtling through our solar system this month. On Dec. 28, the comet will make its closest approach to Earth at 180 million miles. It will not be visible to the naked eye, but small telescopes will pick up its image. The New York Times reports it is the second interstellar object to pass through our solar system.
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Kansas State’s Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity Center, or CNAP, leads expansion in psychological sciences and innovative research. “It’s important to understand why the brain changes because it can help with disease treatment or countermeasures,” said Kimberly Kirkpatrick, CNAP director and professor of psychological sciences. CNAP received a large block of funding with a $10.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health in 2017. “It’s been really good for collaboration,” Heather Bailey, assistant professor of psychological sciences, said. “It gives us a bunch of pilot data. It’s a way to give us additional help and to be able to go out and get the funding that senior faculty members are able to secure.” Bailey’s research focuses on how prior knowledge can help someone learn new information. This specifically applies to older adults. “In a laboratory test, if you give older adults a knowledge
test like vocabulary knowledge or general work knowledge, they will greatly outperform students,” Bailey said. Bailey’s project assesses how brain function changes in response to the activation of prior knowledge. In other CNAP research, Mary Cain, professor of psychological sciences, looks at the effects of ethanol exposure during adolescence using rats. This research broadens the CNAP focus through later adulthood and fosters interdisciplinary connections with the Department of Chemistry. In other research, Charles Pickens, assistant professor of psychological sciences, combines natural and behavioral interference in interaction between brain areas key to decision-making during the learning process. Hayley Fisher, graduate student in psychological sciences, works with Pickens to see if these parts of the brain will “make up” for areas of the brain impaired by alcohol consumption. “It can be used as a model for other [addiction],” Fisher said. The research also aims to determine the necessity of brain area interaction.
The grant also funds projects outside K-State to increase competitive research within the state of Kansas. Rui Ni, associate professor of psychology at Wichita State, leads the fourth CNAP project on how weakened visual function in older drivers contributes to traffic accidents. “We use a theoretical approach to solve a real-world question,” Ni said. “In a series of studies, we use different procedures that aim to improve attention capacity, and we are seeing promising results.” Ni’s project benefits from the driving simulator core at Wichita State. “The driving simulator is a very useful tool,” Ni said. “It’s a more feasible way to get a great deal of what can occur in the real world.” This knowledge will help improve driving performance for older drivers through answering questions in driving safety and aging. “Given the mission of NIH, I think it is very important to link the research to real-world use,” Ni said. “Especially the aging population; it is very important for their well-being to maintain their active living styles.”
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Kansas State’s Model United Nations team traveled to Chicago to compete in the 30th American Model United Nations Conference. The team represented Equatorial Guinea, a small country in Africa, and won an award for policy position paper writing.
Fifteen K-State students competed against approximately 1,200 students from 77 schools across the country on security councils and policy position papers. Claire Chaffin, junior in political science, and Scout Molder, freshman in political science, won a delegation award — the first in seven years — for representing Equatorial Guinea on the Economic Com-
Model United Nations team wins award at national conference with 1,200 students mission of Africa. “The countries on the council were all small African countries, so it was a lot of research for the report writing body,” Chaffin said. Chaffin and Molder presented a report to all of the other countries in their council and finished in the top three. The K-State Model U.N. team began seven years ago and actively works towards se-
curing more awards at national events. The team participates in a national conference each fall. “We just have one big conference in Chicago, and we spend the whole semester leading up to that preparing for the event,” Chaffin said. After the team is assigned a country, the students break into partners and small teams. The councils and positions depend
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New registrar brings combination of strengths to K-State PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
New Kansas State registrar Kelley Brundage never planned to pursue her line of work — she said it’s not something you can major in. It just kind of happened to her. “I was working at Arizona State University,” Brundage said. “The registrar called and asked if I would consider being an assistant registrar, and the next thing you know, you just are in there and find your calling.” In the process of moving to Manhattan, Brundage plans to start work at K-State on Jan. 13. She finished working the same role at the University of West Florida last Friday. She said K-State is in a great town with great people, and being apart of K-State’s next chapter excites her.
“Coming to a land grant school was one of the things I was looking for,” Brundage said. “I’m really looking forward to working with the new administration and the office as a whole.” Through her career so far, Brundage worked at three universities: the University of West Florida, Colorado State and Arizona State. “My dad was military when I was younger,” she said. “So, we did move a lot. Moving doesn’t necessarily bother me, and I think that’s kind of part of the nature of our career path is to find that next thing, or we have have to move or do something a little different.” One of her favorite aspects of the job is that the office happens to be the “hidden hub of the university.” “We enforce all of the policies and procedures — federal, state, what the university comes up with,”
Brundage said. “We make sure systems run and that things are successful for students way beyond registration and grades.” “Although sometimes it can be challenging, but [I] definitely enjoy the aspect of the support we get to do, and it’s definitely a support mechanism that not everybody’s familiar with,” Brundage added. While a group of people from around campus made up the hiring committee, Provost Charles Taber made the final hiring decision. “We were very fortunate to have a strong pool of candidates, and Kelley Brundage emerged as the strong consensus top candidate,” Taber said. “She also was an excellent fit for our student-focused culture.” Karen Goos, vice provost of enrollment management, will be Brundage’s direct supervisor. While they haven’t met in person, Goos interacted with Brundage via email.
While a registrar needs to work with student records and process data, they must also do right by students and be collaborative. Goos said Brundage has the unique combination of these qualities. “My understanding is, and what I’ve experienced so far, is that she’s very collaborative,” Goos said. “She’s really knowledgeable and really personable.” Brundage said she always looks for a way to do things differently. “My industry, and there’s quite a few of us, we were known for a very long time as kind of being the know people because we have to do so much policy and procedure,” Brundage said. “That’s what keeps me going, being able to look at it differently and finding a placement institution that’s really looking at, ‘How can we do things differently for the benefit of students and faculty and staff?’ That’s kind of my area of expertise.”
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Kelley Brundage will take on the role of university registrar in January.
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