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BY THE NUMBERS Cost comparison in college fees and surcharges
College, school tuition & fees per credit hour — Manhattan campus
PETER LOGANBILL THE COLLEGIAN
FACULTY SALARY TUITION SURCHARGES College of Business Administration
$65
Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
$80
COLLEGE FEES $20
College of Agriculture College of Architecture, Planning & Design College of Arts & Sciences Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
$55 $16.70 $19
College of Health & Human Sciences Global Campus summer & intersession courses
$20
The College of Education does not have a fee attatched.
$12
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Graphic by Julie Freijat Information from K-State Division of Financial Services
In addition to tuition, each college at Kansas State, except for the College of Education, has additional surcharge fees or “college fees.” Hannah Heatherman, cochair of the Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee, speaker of the student senate and senior in finance, said while surcharge fees are used for a specific purpose, other fees can be allocated with different intentions, like for advising and technology. Only the colleges of engineering and business administration hold surcharge fees. “Basically, the cost of hiring faculty in those colleges is more expensive, generally speaking, than it is for other colleges — also, to retain those faculty,” Heatherman said. The surcharge fee for the College of Engineering is $80 per credit hour. For the College of Business, it’s $65. Kevin Gwinner, dean of the College of Business Administration, inherited a plan when he first became dean to increase the $20 per credit hour surcharge fee by $45 over three years. “We wanted to lower our class sizes, and we were really successful at doing that,” Gwinner said. “The other thing we wanted to do was to hire some new people and to launch electives that we just didn’t have the bandwidth to offer at the time.” Interim dean of the College of Engineering Gary Clark
said via email the college’s $80 per hour surcharge fee is for faculty support. “The original fee was established to help with funding for engineering faculty salaries and retention,” Clark said. “Engineering faculty salaries were, and many still are, low compared to peers at similar institutions.” The College of Engineering also has a $19 per credit hour fee for computers, printers, projection systems, lab equipment and equipment support. The fee began in fiscal year 1992 and increased to its current charge in fiscal year 2009. Although the process changed over the years, today colleges go through an extensive fee approval process. The college’s dean typically gives the proposal. “They’ll talk about their expenses or about some new plan that they’re trying to implement — some new service or something that needs cash,” Jim Badders, assistant director of the Division of Financial Services, said. “They’ll talk about why it’s important for the university, why it’s helpful to the students.” The process starts with Provost Charles Taber, who said via email the primary criteria for approval is how the fee will serve some student need.
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In the rodeo club, a typical day doesn’t exist
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Project IMPACT creates ‘college-going culture’ among firstgeneration students Page 3
Off-campus mental health resources benefit K-State student population Page 6
Housing and Dining Services, Greek Life work to raise mental health awareness Page 6
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“I evaluate college fee proposals and if I think they meet a compelling student need, I forward them to the TFSC,” Taber said. “The TFSC goes through a stringent process to determine whether students in the given college support the fee and then to decide whether to support the fee. Administration decides whether to take a fee forward to [the Kansas Board of Regents] after receiving the TFSC recommendation. Student support is important to administration and to KBOR in making the final decision on a fee.” While the main aspects TFSC looks at are long-term effects and how it will help students, Heatherman said other involved groups look at where K-State ranks in terms of faculty compensation and turnover rate. “We really do see it [as] best practice and hope that the department head of the dean in that specific college goes out and kind of vets it among some of their student groups,” Jansen Penny, TFSC co-chair, student body president and senior in industrial engineering, said. Other per-credit-hour college fees include a $20 charge in the College of Agriculture, a $16.70 charge in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $20 charge in the College of Health and Human Sciences and a $55 per credit hour charge in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. The only college that doesn’t have this type of fee is the College of Education. There are many reasons why Debbie Mercer, dean of the College of Education, does not implement this type of fee — student debt, as teachers typically have low salaries, and the fact that the college does not have the same type of lab equipment as other colleges since students go out and get experience at schools. “Collectively, as a group of deans, student debt is a big issue to us,” Mercer said. “I think the colleges that have chosen the fee route have done it with great thoughtfulness, and they’ve gone that direction when they felt like they didn’t have another choice, not because their first choice was ‘let’s put more on students.’ “Might I ever be in that position? I can’t say ‘never,’” Mercer continued. “To this point, I’ve been able to manage things without going that route. My back has not been against the wall that I think my counterparts have felt.”
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Project IMPACT creates a ‘collegegoing culture’ among first-generation, multicultural students
ANGELA SAWYER THE COLLEGIAN
For over a decade, Project IMPACT has worked to support and encourage first-generation, multicultural and transfer students. Through its programs, high school students tour the Kansas State campus, take classes and hear from speakers who are culturally relevant to them. Mirta Chavez, director of Project IMPACT and multicultural programs and services and PhD student in counseling, emphasized the importance of the speakers. “We find that when students see someone that looks like them that has been successful because of the educational process, they get more motivated to think about staring to think about going to college,” Chavez said. Chavez added most students they see don’t think they could afford to go to college or they don’t really see anyone who looks like them going to school. Chavez said that this is something that needs to change. “Education is the key to upward mobility in life for everyone, and so what we are really trying to build is a college-going culture,” Chavez said. Project IMPACT’s programs
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Thomas Lane, vice president for student life and dean of students, holds a sign saying “FIRST-GEN COLLEGE GRAD” while posing in a photo booth for National First-Generation College Student Celebration Day on Nov. 8, 2019. Lane is a first-generation college graduate. include KOMPASS and the Multicultural Academic Program Success sessions. During the summer, MAPS invites perspective students to K-state and, depending on the program, they stay on campus for a few days or a few weeks, Brandon Clark, pro-
Student takes pas sion for food s ecurit y, economics to UK with prestigious s cholar ship CHRISTIAN BRIGHT THE COLLEGIAN
Clara Wicoff woke up on a cold morning in Chicago, pressed “play” on a podcast and began getting ready for the day. She went down for the continental breakfast in her hotel, took an Uber to her interview with representatives of the Marshall Scholarship, then went to the 61st floor of skyscraper where her life would change forever. Wicoff, senior in agricultural economics and College of Agriculture ambassador, received the Marshall Scholarship. She is one of 50 students across the United States to
receive the award and just the 15th Kansas State student to receive it. The scholarship supports students in graduate study in the United Kingdom. Wicoff leaves to pursue her master’s degree next October. “British government, or the United Kingdom, pays for Marshall scholars to come to do either one or two years of graduate study at a university in the UK,” Wicoff said. Wicoff’s top choice is the University of Oxford, where she would like to study economics. “They have a lot of opportunities to do research, particularly what I’m interested in,” Wicoff said. “My passion is food security, and I’m really interested in the role that agriculture
gram coordinator of diversity multicultural student affairs and director of the two programs, said. “They are getting an early start to their college career while also being exposed quite intimately with potential majors and job opportunities in the fields of engineering, ag-
riculture and business,” Clark said. Project IMPACT also gives high school students the chance to talk to current K-State students. “There are students who will say that they probably would not have come to K-State,” Clark said. “Being in MAPS or KOMPASS has influenced their decision. These programs have a very positive impact on the students who are in them, thus the name Project IMPACT. Our goal is to have a positive impact on these multicultural students who are involved in these programs.” Clark said spending time in these programs gives new students an advantage that many freshman do not have. “Just like any student who comes to K-State, you can easily get overwhelmed and over-involved,” he said. “These programs give these students an early start.” While college can be challenging, Project IMPACT encourages students as they come. “I think the main thing I would want students to take away from Project IMPACT is that college is for everyone,” Chavez said. “People should really think about going to college, and getting a college education really changes the direction of your life.”
EDUCATION plays, but I’m also interested in data analysis and how we can use economic policy and economic theory to better inform policy decisions related to food security and hunger. “The ability to take data and theory and make visuals that are interactive was something I just got really excited about,” Wicoff continued. “I knew that I wanted to try and pull that into what I eventually wanted to do as a career.” It’s a passion Wicoff developed some time ago. She grew up in Iola, a small town in southeast Kansas with a strong agricultural background; her grandparents and uncles are farmers. In high school, Wicoff worked with her local summer food service pro-
gram, helping kids aged one to 18 get free meals during the summer. “In the town where I grew up, there were a high percentage of students who qualified for the free and reduced lunch program, and so during the school year, they were able to get free breakfast and lunch every day because they were at school and they could get it there,” she said. “But during the summertime, they don’t go to school, they don’t have that opportunity to get the free and reduced meals.”
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THINK L O C A L
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In the outskirts of Manhattan on Johnson Road lies a pianist’s favorite dream. With the biggest and most diverse selection of pianos in the Midwest, Mid-America Piano desires to inspire musicians of all ages by providing them with quality instruments. Dan Murphey, owner, established his business in August 1986. His favorite thing about owning his company is the ability to spread music because it is a “language that everybody can understand.” Murphey is passionate about
pairing musicians with the right piano for them. “Pianos are like people, they all have their own personalities,” Murphey said. “It all depends on the tone you want. Different pianos bring out different types of music from the musician.” With every used piano, Mid-America Piano offers a threeyear trade-up guarantee. If someone buys a used piano they can upgrade anytime within three years and not lose any money. “It’s an easy stair-step thing if a client has younger children. They can start out on something that is not too expensive and then upgrade again every three years,”
Murphey said.
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Murphey’s experience as a pianist helps him ensure every musician who walks through the door is well taken care of. He first began playing piano around the age of six. “Both my grandmas and my mother played piano, and I just liked listening to the piano,” Murphey said. “I sat on their laps and watched them play and decided it looked like fun.” Cally Bitterlin, Mid-America Piano marketing director, echoed Murphey’s talents as a business
owner. “If I could describe him in three words, it’d be ‘a great leader,’” Bitterlin said. Murphey said playing the piano is much more than just music. It has been proven to assist in memorization and concentration. “When you’re playing the piano, you’re playing a bunch of notes in two different hands,” Murphey said. “It really forces your brain to go in a different gear.” Some research shows it assists those with learning disabilities. “We’ve sold pianos to autistic kids who were having a really difficult time in their life,” Murphey said. “My friend who has an autistic son
put all his energy into it and it was really good for him. You can express yourself a lot on a piano.” Murphey offered a simple but vital aspect of achieving success as a pianist, which is “Don’t quit.” “If you want to really be good at something, whether it’s sports, whether it’s an instrument, it’s not something you just get instantly,” he said. “The things in life that are really worth acquiring take time and perseverance.” Mid-America Piano is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except for Sundays and also offers repairs. For the best selection of pianos in the Midwest, Mid-America Piano is the best place to be.
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WELLNESS Housing and Dining Services, Greek Life work to raise awareness of mental health DREW GALLOWAY THE COLLEGIAN
Housing and Dining Services staff and leaders in Greek Life deal with student issues like roommates fighting, being too loud and coming back to their rooms drunk. Another issue is mental health and suicide. “Looking at mental health on a broader scope, it’s one of the most important topics that we spend time with our staff,” Nick Lander, associate director of Residence Life, said. Housing and Dining spends the month of August preparing resident assistants for everything they encounter during the school year. Several days are dedicated to education on how to handle students struggling with mental health and how to manage it themselves. Lander said working in a helping profession as a student can be tough. Since there are limitations of what RAs can do, Housing and Dining takes time to define the role of an RA. “We don’t expect them to be counselors for students,” Lander said. “Their goal is really to refer students to the proper resources and then just be supportive of those students, and get them to the professionals that can really help them.” While RAs aren’t licensed counselors, there are things they do to help students early — plan programs dedicated to mental health education, post bulletin boards with local resources, and most importantly, get to know their residents. Building relationships with residents helps RAs be supportive and notice issues early on. Lander said RAs are often the
first person a resident goes to when they or their roommate are struggling with mental health. While RAs are an important resource, they are not confidential. Housing and Dining documents everything to create the best possible environment for students. If a student wishes to talk to a confidential resource, RAs direct them to one for the help they need. “My hope is that, if we can recognize the signs of students struggling early on, then we can get them the help and resources they need before it gets to the point where they would be considering suicide,” Lander said. Lander said RAs do not frequently deal with situations of suicide. Greek Life also has plans to help raise awareness about mental health and suicide. “Talking about mental health and suicide is becoming more of a cultural norm now,” Interfraternity Council President Sam Keener said. Panhellenic Council President Brooke Montgomery said this is an opportunity for IFC and PHC to collaborate. “This is a big opportunity for IFC and PHC to work together,” Montgomery said. “We have had lots of groups and speakers reach out to us to present to chapters in the spring and next fall.” Fraternities now elect mental health chairs to help the chapter members’ mental health and direct them to resources within Counseling Services or the Center for Advocacy, Response and Education. “We will have a workshop for all of the chapters’ mental health chairs and give them all the resources they need,” Keener said.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A note about sensitive content in today’s Collegian KAYLIE MCLAUGHLIN THE COLLEGIAN
A Kansas State student recently committed suicide. These stories are not a response to this tragic event. A Kansas State student
recently died by suicide. In respect of their life and the privacy of their family members, we will not be reporting on the matter and we will not provide details. In today’s print Collegian and online, there is content dealing with mental health.
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While Kansas State has its own mental health services, students can also seek help outside of campus. Pawnee Mental Health and Katie’s Way are two off-campus resources students can take advantage of. Both offer counseling and therapy services.
1. KATIE’S WAY
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this series have been held until a later date due to their sensitive content. If you or someone you know is dealing with mental health issues, we implore you to seek help using the Office of Student Life or K-State’s Counseling Services.
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ilar help, just without a crisis center. Staff supplies outpatient mental health services, diagnostic assessments, transcranial magnetic stimulation, family and group therapy, individual therapy, psychological testing and medication consultation, assessment and treatment. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is a procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. It’s typically used when other depression treatments are
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Pawnee supplies a few services: therapy, substance treatment services and medical services. Per the company website, Pawnee helps clients “solve current problems and change unhelpful thinking and behavior [and] help you ‘reframe’ your thinking and provide you with valuable tools to cope with life’s obstacles.” Pawnee has two locations in Manhattan: one on
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RODEO
In the rodeo club, a typical day doesn’t exist
BASKETBALL Hot start jolts men’s basketball to an 86-41 win over Alabama State CODY FRIESEN
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A rodeo participant rides a bucking horse during the bronc rider segment of the K-State Rodeo. The 63rd annual K-State Rodeo took place in Weber Arena for three consecutive days during the month of Feb. 2019.
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For the 70 members of Kansas State’s rodeo club, cowboy hats are a must. The team meets the first Monday of each month with executive board meetings in between. Although rodeo is a more specialized field, like all clubs, the team accepts individuals from all majors, and anyone can become a part of the executive board, said Casy Winn, club adviser and instructor of animal sciences and industry. Team practices are always different. “There’s really no typical day,” Winn said. “When we’re outside here, we have two arenas, so a lot of times we’ll start open calves while they’re working barrel horse in the other arena, then we’ll team up later. Just depends on the day and the students’ schedule.” Each member specializes in specific sports within rodeo as well as responsibilities if they are on the executive board. As a member of the rodeo club, one requirement is to have sponsorships totaling at least $300 with $200 of that total coming from local businesses. “That sponsorship amount can either be in straight cash or in value of services that a business provides us,” Jacob Grinstead, sponsorship chair and senior in agricultural eco-
nomics, said. Members of the rodeo club come from all backgrounds. For Grinstead, it was a family affair. “I was born into a horse family,” he said. “My dad was actually on K-State’s rodeo club in the ‘80s and team roped all of his life and continued to.” Although Grinstead didn’t start team roping until high school, he rode pleasure horses when he was young. “A pleasure horse or a show horse in general, is evaluated by judges based on their ability to provide basically an easy, enjoyable riding experience,” Grinstead said. “You want a lot of the same qualities in a cow horse or a rope horse, but the energy level, and the competition time is a lot faster paced.” For some, rodeo can even become a career. “I know I’m going to rodeo the rest of my life,” Grinstead said. “I know I’m going to train on horses the rest of my life. What I haven’t figured out is whether that’s the career path I’m meant to do or whether there’s a plan for me to achieve something else.” Some team members go on to win national titles, like Kassidi Hofman, senior in animal sciences. Hofman won fifth in the nation last year in breakaway roping, making the women’s rodeo team 15th in the country, Winn said.
Men's basketball returned to action with an 86-41 win over Alabama State on Wednesday night. Senior guard Xavier Sneed led all scorers with 20 points. This blowout win came on the heels of a loss to Marquette last Saturday in which Kansas State only shot 32 percent from the field. "Being humbled a little bit [after Marquette], being a little more coachable, disappointed, and frustrated," head coach Bruce Weber said. "We said, take it out on whoever we're going to play." K-State dominated immediately in the first half with a 20-2 run over the first six minutes of
the game, shooting 78 percent from the floor. "We just wanted to come out there and show what we were about," Sneed said. "We had a rough stretch the last couple of games, so we had to get back on a winning way." Efficiency was the story of the first half for K-State, entering the half shooting 71 percent from the floor. This put the Hornets in a hole early. "We picked the wrong night to come in here," Alabama State head coach Lewis Jackson said. "They shot it well from the perimeter, like 71 percent in the first half, 66 percent from the three-point line. That was really tough for us." Three Wildcats finished with career-highs in the second half. Senior guard Pierson McA-
tee scored his career-high with six points, freshman guard DaJuan Gordon recorded his career-high with 13 points and freshman forward Antonio Gordon also finished with a career-high 13 points. K-State finished the game shooting a season-high 63 percent from the floor, and 66 percent from three. Alabama State struggled the entire game, shooting just 27 percent. The Wildcats were in the giving spirit with a season-high of 29 assists led by Cartier Diarra with 10. "Ten assists, it's big-time, he's one of the best in the country," Weber said. K-State will face off against Mississippi State at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey.
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Senior forward Xavier Sneed looks to the basket for a shot during the men’s basketball game against Alabama State in Bramlage Coliseum on Dec. 11, 2019. The Wildcats defeated the Hornets with a final score of 86-41.
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SENIOR SEND-OFF
Sophomore guard Shaun Williams enters transfer portal ANDREW LIND
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This semester, we say goodbye to longtime Collegian staffer Rachel Hogan as she prepares to graduate. On staff, Hogan served as news editor, deputy managing editor, co-editor-in-chief, summer editor-in-chief and copy chief. She graduates from Kansas State with a Bachelors of Arts degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in French. Following graduation, Hogan will take on a new position at KSN in Wichita as a news producer. We thank her for all her hard work in promoting the student voice at K-State.
Sophomore guard Shaun Williams announced Wednesday afternoon via his personal Twitter that he will part ways with the Kansas State men’s basketball team. Williams came to Kansas State last season as a freshman and appeared in 30 games. This season, however, was a different story. Williams sat out the first two exhibition games and the first three match-ups of the regular season due to a suspension, head coach Bruce Weber said. Williams saw the court five times, averaging 3.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 9.1 minutes of play.
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Sophomore guard Shaun Williams watches the hype video before the men’s basketball game against Marquette in Bramlage Coliseum on Dec. 7, 2019. The Wildcats fell to the Golden Eagles 73-65. Williams leaves the team averaging 7.4 minutes, 1.7
points and 1.1 rebounds in 35 appearances for K-State.