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DANIELLE COOK the collegian

“Fueling Human Existence” is the slogan of the inaugural Technology, Entertainment and Design event (TEDxMHK), which was held in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall. Live-event tickets sold out on the day of their release, according to Abby Krstulic, junior in hospitality management and nonprofit leadership and Union Program Council Forums Committee co-chair. “TED is a global movement, and their mission is to create ideas worth spreading,” Krstulic said. “They host a series of conferences that encourage people to share their ideas, and it’s got (everyone) ranging from authors, to people like Bill Gates, to people who just want to share incredible things they’re finding out in research or things like that.” Krstulic said TED grants communities licenses to organize their own TED events, which pertain to those certain communities’ own interests, characteristics and areas of import. UPC localized TED by helping organize TEDxMHK, an independent community event that featured short talks, many of which were given by K-State professors and some graduate and undergraduate students. A simulcast of the event was held at the K-State Alumni Center, as TED allows only 100 attendees at each live event, Krstulic said. Kaitlin Flores, junior in psychology and hospitality management and UPC Forums Committee co-chair, said TEDx events inspire communities to form new ideas by acknowledging the existing ideas of individuals who are components of

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A rare collection of William Shakespeare’s plays will be on display at the Beach Museum of Art throughout February as part of an exhibition celebrating 400 years since the playwright’s death. The exhibit centers around the bard’s First Folio, a collection of 36 plays assembled by Shakespeare’s contemporaries in 1623, and Shakespeare-themed events will be offered throughout the month. The month-long celebration, dubbed “Shakespeare in the Little Apple,” will take place at various locations throughout Manhattan, with events ranging from a workshop for teachers on the First Folio, to a pub crawl on Poyntz Avenue called “Shakesbeer.” The pub crawl gives people a chance to change their perceptions about Shakespeare’s plays, said Rachel Nyhart, senior in anthropology and English and president of the inactive Shakespeare club. “The pub crawl event is a great idea,” Nyhart said. “Society has this perception that Shakespeare is highbrow literature, but in reality, Shakespeare plays were enjoyed by an audience of mixed social classes.” Kara Northway, associate professor of English specializing in Shakespeare, said she is most excited for a dance performance by Jessica Lang Dance, a New Yorkbased dance company that will be premiering a performance based on the poet’s sonnets on Feb. 9 inside McCain Auditorium.

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A K-State student takes notes during Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Michael Wesch’s TEDxMHK talk on the real purpose of education — to learn and better a student’s character, not perform well enough to get a decent grade — at the TEDxMHK live stream broadcast in the Alumni Center Ballroom on Monday. the communities. “Coming to a TEDx event, or just a TED event in general, opens your mind and broadens your spectrum to so many things around the world that you would never have the opportunity to learn about by just

going to a textbook, or just searching the web,” Flores said. “These are things that these speakers put an extreme amount of time into, putting things together and making up their presentations, so you learn a lot in these 18-minute or less talks

than you would just surfing the web or anything like that.” K-State advertised the event on its Facebook page with the phrase “diverse ideas ‘worth spreading’” and a photo of an allwhite, all-male TEDx speaker lineup. Many people then commented on the post and said there couldn’t be true diversity of ideas among the speakers. The TEDxMHK planning committee responded on the post: “On behalf of the TEDx planning committee comprised of K-State undergraduate and graduate students who are mostly women and represent several different countries, we are very excited to present this inaugural TEDx talk. We will strive to incorporate this feedback in our future events.” Karina Michel, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, said she attended the event with Strengths Advocates in support of the TEDxMHK speakers. Michel said the group tried for a talk slot during the TEDxMHK event but did not succeed. “I know one of the main objectives of this TED talk was along the lines of diversity of students and the community here at K-State and Manhattan,” Michel said. “And I feel like they didn’t really reach that as much, as there are a lot of just white males that are on the TED talk, and so I think that if we were to make it a little bit more diverse, it would really help the impact of the TED talk. But other than that, I think everything about it is pretty good.” Flores said that when mentioning its choice of diverse speakers, the planning committee meant the diversity was geared more toward the speakers’ range of topics and messages than their physical diversity. see page

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Bluestem Bistro: Great drinks, no space

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Gus Pease, freshman in engineering, makes a latte at Bluestem Bistro on Monday. Bluestem’s staff is known for being friendly.

KELSEY KENDALL the collegian

Bluestem Bistro, located in Aggieville, offers a wide variety of drinks and food options for almost everyone in Manhattan. The staff seems friendly enough, considering how busy the cafe can get. On a

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Sunday afternoon, there were only two small tables available. Despite the lack of space, Bluestem has a very unique menu. This cafe offers everything from smoothies and specialty coffees to coffee liqueurs and wine. While there are some common favorites, like hot chocolate and a variety of brewed coffees, the “Bistro Favorites” menu offers a few unique to Bluestem

Bistro. The Heaven Breve, which is what I got, was excellent. It has vanilla, white chocolate and coconut flavors and is a Bluestem Bistro creation. Other drinks include the Honey Nougat Latte, Sweet Love, Grasshopper Mocha, Milky Way Mocha and more. Many of these drinks are only available at Bluestem Bistro, unless someone decides to try to make another cafe and recreate these drinks, but I can assure you it would not be the same as the original. Price-wise, the cafe did not seem to be trying to get its customers to empty their pockets. For almost $6, I was able to get a large Heaven Breve with an extra shot of espresso. Considering all that went into the drink, it felt fair enough. Bluestem also offers the “Bistro Blackhole” for those coffee addicts in need of limitless refills on regular brewed coffee for only $3. The staff members are extremely friendly and seemed to know what they were doing. Despite the long line, the cashier was smiling, polite and rang up my order efficiently, keeping the line moving. I thought I would have to wait longer than I did because of the number of people ahead of me in line, but by the time I found a seat and got situated, my drink was ready. There were enough

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staff members behind the counter to accommodate for the many customers. Even though the drinks are fantastic, Bluestem seems to be lacking one thing, and that’s space. The cafe was crowded on a Sunday at 3 p.m., and there were very few tables open, except on the patio. This would have been nice when the weather was warm, but it wasn’t nice in the winter. The small tables were inches apart, not offering any real sense of privacy when talking to your friends or whoever you might be out with. On the plus side, it is much easier to meet new people when it is so easy to eavesdrop on the couple next to you. If you are just wanting a quiet place to study, however, this might not be the place for you. Overall, Bluestem Bistro is a decent place to chat with friends. If you are someone that needs background noise to work, this is the place to study. Otherwise, you might be better off going to the library, but then you would miss out on the exceptional coffee drinks exclusively at Bluestem Bistro. Kelsey Kendall is a sophomore in mass communications and anthropology. Please send comments to current@kstatecollegian.com.

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OPINION tuesday, february 2, 2016

Americans setting themselves up for failure

JENA ERNSTING the collegian

hard B. What is even harder to fathom than Clinton’s growing lack of compassion and ability to relate with women and gays, is that despite his unfavorable rating, Trump is sitting so high in the polls that he is basically floating in the clouds above all the other Republican Party nominees. It’s not hard to hypothesize

The American people hate Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and they have their reasons. Clinton’s and Trump’s unfavorable ratings are highlighted in the Jan. 9, 2016, New York Post article “Parties are about to nominate two candidates Americans hate,” by Kyle Smith. Smith’s article is not the only thing alluding to the idea that Americans hate these two candidates. If you want proof, just look at the polls. Clinton’s unfavorable ratings average 51.4 percent and Trump’s average 57.8 percent, according to polling data from Real Clear Politics’ website. These numbers are higher than some of my chemistry exam scores, which is sad. Does the comparison make any sense? No, but it does add a little more weight to the issue. Evidently people lost their love for Clinton. They once thought her feminine charm made her compassionate and honest, as well as inspiring and decisive, but they think differently now. Beginning around August 2015, Clinton’s unfavorable ratings took a turn for the worse and skyrocketed from 46 percent to more than 53 percent in October, according to Real Clear Politics. Another reason Clinton’s fan club may have taken a few steps back was to avoid association with her after her Secretary of State email scandal. Clinton used a private email server and neglected to register a State Department email account. By doing this, Clinton and her aids had an increased control of her email records, according to the CNN article “Hillary Clinton emails: Did she do anything wrong or not?” Lesson learned. Clinton isn’t as loving as she once was, even despite her new title: grandma. Politics turned her into a cold,

why Americans hate Trump. It is simply because he is a class A jerk. He is overconfident in flaunting his riches, something that doesn’t relate well with the general populace as not everyone fits into his tax bracket. On Twitter, Trump said Megyn Kelly is “a lightweight reporter,” according to the Fox News article “Trump campaign

says Donald won’t participate in Fox News/Google debate.” Although Trump is being cool by using social media like everyone else, using it to attack Kelly didn’t help his approval ratings, if that was what he was looking for. From what is broadcast in the media, Trump doesn’t have a platform. He is constantly changing his mind and flip-flopping

positions. David A. Fahrenthold does a great job of describing Trump’s platform in his Washington Post article “Republican Candidate Donald Trump’s platform: Because I said so.” “President Trump’s vision would work because Trump would be president,” Fahrenthold said. Trump’s platform, based on building projects and immigrant manhunts, holds about as much weight as a parent rationalizing a decision to their child by saying, “Because I said so.” On the other hand, Clinton’s campaign is for her to be a champion for everyday Americans. Not only is she concerned about Alzheimer’s disease, campaign finance reform, campus sexual assault, climate change and energy, she also has a stake in criminal justice reform, disability rights, early childhood education and gun violence prevention, to name a few from her website, hillaryclinton.com. Her issues take more than one scroll to get all the way through, but at least she has a stake in political issues. What have these candidates done thus far? Honestly, I don’t know, which is so incredibly sad. Other than run their mouths, make political mistakes and look ignorant to the public, these candidates have done nothing of substance that I can tell. Looking back at the beginning of Obama’s presidency, I remember hearing a lot of talk revolving around people’s lack of approval for him and the idea that he wouldn’t be sitting in the White House for long. If one of these so-called candidates finds themselves enjoying the luxuries that the marble-guttered city, also know as Washington D.C., has to offer, then I hope they don’t find themselves facing the threats Obama did at the beginning of his presidency. Jena Ernsting is a sophomore in agricultural communications and journalism. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

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With rule changes, who is the greatest quarterback to ever live? PATRICK WHITE the collegian

During this year’s AFC Championship game, there was much talk about the two quarterbacks competing, and for good reason. Tom Brady has never had a losing season as the Patriots’ quarterback, while it seems Peyton Manning owns every record for which a statistic has been invented. The two have faced off 17 times, with five of those games occurring in the playoffs, according to the NFL’s website. Both are surefire Hall of Fame players, but when it comes down to it, are they the best

quarterbacks ever? One factor arguments like this leave out is the fact that these two quarterbacks come from different eras with different rules. When the NFL started in 1920, the forward pass had only been invented for roughly ten years. It took another 13 years to decide that a forward pass could be thrown from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage. In 1977, however, rule changes were adopted to open up the passing game and to cut down on injuries. “Defenders were permitted to make contact with eligible receivers only once; the head slap was outlawed; offensive linemen were prohibited from thrusting their hands to an opponent’s neck, face or head; and wide

receivers were prohibited from clipping, even in the legal clipping zone,” according to the NFL’s website. All of this meant that if anybody wanted to get anything done in the air, they had to try and throw it to a receiver who was getting pushed around. Even with the changes the game has gone through, the question remains: Who is the best? Would I say Manning just because I wear orange and blue on Sundays or because I have never forgiven Brady for beating out Michael Bishop for the Patriots’ starting job? Well, no, I wouldn’t say either of these things. Manning and Brady are both great quarterbacks,

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but playing in an era where safety rules allow them to have longer careers skews the argument on who is the best. So, who is the greatest quarterback of all time? Roger Staubach, inventor of the Hail Mary pass? Brett Favre, the gunslinger? I was going to pick Johnny Unitas, the man with the “Golden Arm.” Playing in the ‘50s and ‘60s, he took the Baltimore Colts, now the Indianapolis Colts, from a cellar-dwelling team to several league championships. Unlike Brady and Manning, he did it in the rough-and-tumble era where it was legal to hit people. Although he was one of the first to reach 40,000 total passing yards, Unitas spent

most of the time on the bench because of injuries in the later half of his career. After thinking it over and looking at the evidence, Joe Montana is the best quarterback ever. “Joe Cool,” as he was known, was a pioneer of the West Coast offense, allowing him to gain great success throwing the ball dozens of times per game. Both Manning and Brady wouldn’t get to be offensive juggernauts if Montana hadn’t shown them how it’s done. In addition to his offensive innovations, Montana also had to face one of the era’s toughest defenses, the Chicago Bears, in the playoffs to win those four Super Bowl rings. Maybe the new rules ben-

efit the new guys and Unitas hung in there, but Montana changed the way the game could be played. While I know there will be different opinions on this argument, before you make your decision on who is the greatest quarterback ever, think about the difference in eras in which they played. Rules change all the time, but it is the legacy of the players that lives on. Patrick White is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com. 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.

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Students stay warm, save money during cold months KELSEY KENDALL the collegian

With the temperature dropping, students may be tempted to crank up the heat in their apartments or houses. This, however, can lead to high energy bills that are not very friendly on a college student’s wallet. Ally Curtis, freshman in philosophy, said she is learning how to keep the energy bill low in her apartment through trial and error. She said she has only been living on her own for approximately six months and is still learning all the tricks to saving money. “I’m just trying to keep the heat as low as possible,” Curtis said. Curtis said she tries to keep warm by staying under blankets whenever she can. Jubilee Kinney, senior in secondary education, said she does the same thing. She said she will even turn the heat off for a day or two to keep her bills low. “I’m fairly comfortable living like this,” Kinney said. Besides turning off the heater, Kinney said she also makes sure all of the lights are turned off before she leaves home. She said because she and her husband are gone all day, this helps keep their energy bill from becoming too expensive. Curtis said she learned that putting the heat on the auto setting instead of the circulate setting on her thermostat has helped her save money. She said she thinks many people

do not know about the setting, and it could help them save money as well. Curtis and Kinney both said their apartments are small enough that it does not take as much energy to keep them warm. Tim Rodden, senior in social sciences, said he and his roommates live in a large house that is more difficult to keep warm. “We try to toughen it out, but sometimes we just

can’t take it anymore,” Rodden said. Rodden said he lives with one of his five roommates in the basement of their house. He said they try to keep the heat low to save money, but sometimes he asks his roommates to let him turn up the heat, even if just for a little bit, so the basement does not get so cold. “It gets brutal,” Rodden said. “Sometimes it’s too cold to sleep.”

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“It’s just really important that we focused on the material that they were going to provide for our audiences,” Flores said. “It was based on the contents of their character, rather than anything that’s more up on the surface.” Penny Lasater, event attendee from Manhattan, said that while she did notice the speaker lineup appeared to be “homogenous in scope” as far as race and gender, she had hoped most for more diversity in the speakers’ styles of presentation. “I hope they are planning to do this again because I think that it’s great for the community, but I think there needs to be an eye toward diversity of topics,” Lasater said. “Just because it’s at a university doesn’t mean it has to be a lecture series. This is a more dynamic type of a platform, and so far, they haven’t capitalized on that, with

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the exception of one speaker.” According to Lucas Shivers, event attendee from Manhattan, the TEDx event was brimming with exciting ideas that showcased K-State’s influence on the Manhattan community. “The lineup was power-packed,” Shivers said. “The theme was fantastic. It was such a great reflection of the power and potential of K-State being so centered on global food and as a research base to share ideas. Starting off in 2016 is a great way to go. I think there’s a lot more stories to be told, a lot more people to have talk.” Josh Shultz, event attendee and Manhattan-area resident, said he found the speakers’ messages interesting. “I enjoyed it,” Shultz said. “It was very inspirational. Even the stuff that wasn’t necessarily inspirational was just very informational. A lot of it was really cool to hear, and it was just overall enjoyable.”

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Big 12-SEC Challenge was better than expected

AVERY OSEN the collegian

Last week I wrote a column about how I didn’t like the midseason conference clash between the SEC and the Big 12. I’ve changed my mind a bit. It was so much fun to watch as the games unraveled on Saturday. Between the unique matchups, ranked teams facing each other and draft picks going oneon-one, this year’s Big 12-SEC Challenge was one for the ages. The Big 12 went 7-3 in the challenge. West Virginia, Texas Tech and Iowa State were the three teams that lost. There wasn’t any question as to which conference had the better teams, but watching them battle it out really proved that the Big 12 is

the best. Kansas outlasted Kentucky in overtime, K-State beat Ole Miss, Oklahoma came back to defeat LSU, Baylor beat Georgia by 10, Texas controlled Vanderbilt, TCU defeated Tennessee by double digits and Oklahoma State took down Auburn on the road. The reason why I loved this challenge so much is that it put a much-needed spotlight on the Big 12 that I don’t think the conference gets very often. Saturday night, all of the major networks were talking about these games and what impact they will have later in the season, creating a big buzz for the conference. This is something that the Big 12 coaches wanted after league meetings about three years ago. “The coaches did a great sale job that we were going to get a lot of publicity from this,” K-State head coach Bruce Weber said following Saturday’s game. “We felt that so much has gone to the ACC and the Big 10 even though we have been the highest RPI conference the last three years.” The challenge was something that Weber said he thought was positive for the Big 12 last year.

Now that the conference is really good, though, the challenge might not necessarily be needed. “We came back to our meetings and said we don’t mind doing it, but maybe not at this time,” Weber said. “We just beat each other up and there are no easy games, and it takes a toll on our teams.” It was a great weekend for these two conferences, and I applaud everyone who made it possible. This is something the Big 12 should do with other conferences, especially the ones that are well known for basketball. I am already looking forward to seeing another great showdown between the Big 12 and another conference next season. Avery Osen is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@ kstatecollegian.com. Parker Robb | THE COLLEGIAN

Freshman forward Dean Wade (left) and Ole Miss forward Marcanvis Hymon (right) eye the ball prior to the tipoff of the K-State and Ole Miss Big 12SEC Challenge game on Saturday inside Bramlage Coliseum.

FOLIO | Shakespeare’s work ‘just as important now as it was back then’ Featured public events for Shakespeare in the Little Apple: February 2 The Bard at the Bar: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Mock Trial February 3 “O Happy Hour!”: A Shakesbeer Pub Crawl February 4 Opening Reception February 5 Performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Actors from the London Stage February 6 Workshop for K-12 Teachers February 6 Shakespeare in Performance at the Manhattan Arts Center February 9 Performance by Jessica Lang Dance February 13 “Shakespeare in Love” Masquerade Ball in the iconic Hale Library Great Room February 20 Shakespeare Faire: Shakespeare for All Ages at the Manhattan Public Library

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“This is a world-famous group premiering an interpretation of Shakespeare’s Sonnets,” Northway said. “Shakespeare loved music and dance and incorporated them frequently into his plays.” There will also be performances of Shakespeare’s plays by professional and local groups. The opportunity to see these plays performed live is a oncein-a-lifetime chance for the community, especially for those who have never seen a Shakespeare play performed live, according to Don Hedrick, professor of English specializing in Shakespeare. “I’ve had students be bowled over by seeing a play, who have never seen any live theater at all,” Hedrick said. “It’s the sort of opportunity that students in other schools, some of the most prestigious in the country, would not themselves have.” The book’s collection of 36 plays contains 18 pieces that were unpublished prior to the release of the Folio, including “Macbeth” and “The Tempest.” Had the book not been released, Shakespeare may not be known as the preeminent playwright of the Renaissance, Northway said. Cementing the bard’s legendary status, however, was not his colleagues’ sole intent when the Folio was compiled.

“Shakespeare’s good friends, who created the Folio after he died, believed that it had something within it that could draw and hold all readers,” Northway said. “The exhibit will offer all readers unmediated access to Shakespeare’s words as he conceived them.” The Folio is on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. to a single site in each of the 50 states. K-State was chosen as the venue for Kansas. The collection is one of only 233 of the playwright’s remaining original Folios, most of which are rarely put on display. Northway said this makes the community’s chance to view the Folio very special. “At any given time, there may be only a handful of places in the world where the Folio would be on public view,” Northway said. “This year is an

exception because 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.” After the Beach exhibition closes at the end of February, someone wanting to see the Folio will have to go to some trouble and expense to do so, Northway said. “The Folger exhibition is a treasure that we have a chance to see for free in our own backyard,” she said. The Folio and related events offer something for everyone, even those who may not like Shakespeare, Nyhart said. She said she believes the community will bond around the events. “Just as much as the events are focused on Shakespeare, they also emphasize community building,” Nyhart said. “Not everyone has to like Shakespeare or ‘get’ Shakespeare to enjoy themselves this month. It’s awe-

some that we get to celebrate history as a community through this iconic artifact.” According to Casey Hoeve, assistant professor and library representative for the Folio grant application, Shakespeare’s works are still relevant today because they are still being used as a base to create modern works, like movies and plays. “I think that even at this point, we’ve seen so many different authors and playwrights and scholars that are still researching Shakespeare today, and his work is just as important now as it was back then,” Hoeve said. “It’s fairly important that students and the public recognize that these works are still relevant, as they’re still being used to produce new works and new adaptations that they enjoy that they may not realize is tied to Shakespeare.”

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