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Jordan Strickler, junior in biochemistry, and other “spotties” recreate an audience member’s day during their performance. On The Spot will fundraise for Relay For Life on March 1, in Forum Hall.

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n The Spot Improv, K-State’s improv group, will put on its weekly show today at 8 p.m at Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union. While On The Spot shows are free of charge, this time the group suggests a donation of $3 or more to Relay For Life for attendees.

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The Monday runoff election for student body president and vice president resulted in write-in candidates earning a position on the Student Governing Association general election ballot. The pairing of Jessica Van Ranken, junior in political science, and Trenton Kennedy, sophomore in entrepreneurship, received the most votes, followed by the pair of Michael Emley, senior in accounting, and Linda Bilberry, senior in agricultural economics. Emley and Bilberry were the write-in candidates in the previously held primary election Feb. 23-24. Robert Sharp, junior in political science, and Sam Hughes, sophomore in political science, placed third in the runoff and will not appear on the general election ballot. A total of 1,780 votes were cast in the runoff. Van Ranken and Kennedy received 891 votes, or 50.06 percent. Emley and Bilberry received 772, or 43.37 percent, and Sharp and Hughes received 117, or 6.57 percent. The vote totals remain unofficial for 24 hours, allowing time for the candidates to file a complaint of the results, Logan Britton, SGA elections commissioner and graduate student in agricultural economics, said. The runoff election had lower voter turnout than the primary election. While 1,780 votes were cast in the runoff, 1,915 votes were cast in the primary. After the primary election, a flaw was discovered in the write-in process, which led to the decision for a runoff, Britton said. “The election system is not broken,” Britton said. “The write-in process is flawed in its design.” see page

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Bridgette Beasley, club member and sophomore in microbiology, said that although the shows are usually free, suggesting a donation to attend this show presents audience members with a special opportunity to help support a good cause. “Our shows are always free, but this one is a little extra special,” Beasley said. “It’s so cool to kind of take what we do every single week and something that we just do for fun, and actually do it for a cause.” According to Maureen Bar-

ry, club president and senior in economics, On The Spot has performed at Manhattan’s Relay For Life events for the past three years, putting on improv shows at around midnight or 1 a.m. each time to encourage Relay For Life walkers. “Typically at that point, the walkers are a little tired, so we come in and do a little improv, try to jazz them up, keep them excited to keep going throughout the night,” Barry said. The club already has a perfor-

mance scheduled for the weekend of April 1-2, the same weekend as the Relay For Life event, which is why the group plans to dedicate tonight’s regular performance to Relay For Life, Barry said. On The Spot has held philanthropy events with other organizations, such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, but Relay For Life is an organization the group collaborates with each year, Barry said. “We have had an annual philanthropy for Relay For Life because we’ve just had such a great experience working with them, and it’s a great cause,” Barry said. Kennedy Burton, K-State’s Relay For Life fundraising co-chair and senior in life sciences, said joining forces with campus groups like On The Spot is a way to more closely link K-State students with the American Cancer Society’s cause. “Any other type of organization that can really take the time to participate in a different organization’s philanthropy or event is really great because you’re getting a broader spectrum of people, and you’re reaching the K-State campus in a wider range,” Burton said. According to Beasley, cancer awareness is a cause that is likely to mean something to a majority of K-State students, faculty, staff and Manhattan community members. “I think something like cancer research and awareness just strikes home for a lot of people,” Beasley said. “I know that it’s impacted my life, and I’m sure that there are going to be a lot of people in the audience who have been affected by cancer.”

Opening of Wefald Hall to bring new dining plan KAYLEE GUNZELMAN the collegian

“State of the art” food preparation, mezzanine dining, a “graband-go venue” and outdoor dining are all features students living in the residence halls will see in the newly renovated Kramer Dining Center in the 2016-17 school year, according to Division of Facilities’ website. Along with this, a new meal plan will be enacted in Derby and Kramer dining halls featuring longer hours and the option for an all-access meal plan, Jessica Perrault, Department of Housing and Dining Services manager, said. “Wefald Hall is opening up, so there’s going to be a new Kramer Dining Center,” Perrault said. “It’s going to look a lot different. It’s not going to be the normal line that students go through. There are going to be stations open all day and so they’re doing a new all-access meal plan to help with that.” Instead of students initially choosing to purchase 10, 15 or 20 meals a week when signing up to live in residence halls, students will choose between the options of 14 meals a week or an all-access plan, according to the “Rates and Meal Plans” page of K-State’s Housing and Dining Services’ website. “It’ll be fairly similar to what we have now,” Perrault said. “During

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usual meal hours, it’ll look similar with all the stations open so people can get through and get fed, but then during nontraditional meal hours, there will be just a few stations open for people to grab something to eat or they can sit down and study while they’re there.” Perrault said students employed by the dining halls can continue working there, even with the extended hours. “As far as labor and employees working there, they’ll have more employees working during those high meal times, and then we’ll just employ a few students to manage the few stations there the rest of the time,” Perrault said. Next year, students who choose the unlimited plan will be allowed unlimited swipes, which will give them access to eat at the dining hall as many times a day as they want. Students who choose this option, which costs $315 more than the 14-meal plan, will also be given five guest passes, five pizzas during closed hours, one meal at JP’s Sports Grill and a 5 percent retail discount each semester, according to the website. “We know students really enjoyed those aspects of the previous meal plans — that they can have togo meals and late-night options — so we wanted to have a way to include those,” Perrault said. “That’s why they can have 75 to-go options. Since we’re open all day, people won’t have to dash, and so we’re taking away

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Konnor Thompson, sophomore in secondary education, and Jarelle Easterwood, junior in economics, serve dinner in the Kramer Dining Center. The dining halls will have extended hours beginning next year. the dashing program and we’ll have a section where students can come in and take a pre-made meal to be able to dash with.” With the new dining plan, there

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CORRECTIONS Due to a Collegian error, the “It Happens Here” photo story on Friday should have been credited to Grace Brown’s “Project Unbreakable” and adapted by Erin Poppe. Due to a Collegian error, Jessica Van Ranken’s name was misspelled in the headline of her profile on Friday. Clarification: Friday’s story on the Kansas revenge porn bill did not indicate that the Kansas House passed the bill 113-11 on Feb. 22. If you see something that should be corrected or clarified, call Editor-in-Chief Jon Parton at 785-370-6356 or email news@kstatecollegian.com.

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Responsible gun ownership may solve gun violence

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When will the killings stop? Some say they will stop when everyone has a gun while others say they will stop when all guns are gone. Either way, the violence still continues. A shooter killed three and wounded 14 at a factory in Hesston, Kansas, on Thursday. This is the 33rd of 37 incidents this year involving firearms that has resulted in more than one person killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive article “Mass Shootings — 2016.” Yet again in the wake of such tragedies, the discussion of gun control is brought up at the speed of a bullet as Internet forums and news

outlets fire away with opinions on the matter. Though I have a very strong opinion on guns, rather than arguing that everyone should have guns or that no one should have a gun at all, I will try to approach this matter in a more balanced fashion. Although I am pro-gun and believe the Second Amendment is critical for the relationship between the American government and its people, I do recognize the concerns some people might have. Should there be a magazine capacity limit? Should background checks be stricter? I see such questions as having good intentions, and indeed, there must be some sort of regulation on guns if our society is to be safe. But how “safe” is safe? Even in countries where gun violence is much less than it is in the U.S., violence with clubs, knives, etc., is much higher. Take the United Kingdom, for example. The U.K. lost 38 people to gun-related homicides in 2011; however, the number of homicides by any method during the same year was a staggering 653, according to the GunPolicy.org article

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checks on an individual should take care of that problem; however, background check systems can have holes. Some states contribute very little to the federal list of prohibited buyers, according to The New York Times article “Problems Plague System to Check Gun Buyers.” Some might say that is a good thing, but I see it as a major security risk. States need to be more thorough with their reporting of criminal and potentially unsafe individuals if it means less guns will show up in the hands of killers. Finally, in regards to gun ownership, it is in my experience that some people just do not like to be around guns because they don’t feel safe. Gun safety is a paramount aspect of owning a firearm, but there are certain stigmas people can associate with certain types of guns. Take the Armalite Rifle, or AR15, for example. Due to its customizable nature, many people, such as the author of The Baltimore Sun article “Why we should ban assault weapons,” have called for a ban on the AR-15 because its features can enhance a shooter’s ability to cause

damage. One feature, for example, is a suppressor, which muffles the sound of the gun. The requirements for purchasing one are rather strict, though. When purchasing a suppressor, the same restrictions apply when purchasing a firearm, but not all states allow them and the background checking process is much longer, according to the “Education” page on silencerco.com. So, are concerns about the fear of guns valid? Absolutely. If handled responsibly and in compliance with the law, however, there is rarely anything to fear. I do not think mass shootings will ever completely stop, but in my opinion, the answer to gun violence is in responsible gun ownership and compliance with the law. 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.

Austin Mccampbell is a senior in history. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

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“United Kingdom — Gun Facts, Figures and the Law.” While gun violence was but a fraction of the deaths accounted for in the U.K. during 2011, it goes to show that those who intend to kill will always find a means of doing so, even if it is without the usage of a firearm. Although American gun culture is not the same as the U.K.’s, I believe criminals and killers will use whatever they can to carry out illegal activities. Should everyone have a gun so they can defend themselves? Not exactly. Take those with mental health problems, for example. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness article “Mental Health By The Numbers,” 43.8 million adults in the U.S. experience mental health disorders each year, 10 million of which are serious cases. That is 10 million people who I would not want to risk having a firearm. If someone with a serious mental illness were to have an episode with a firearm, it could result in harm to themselves as well as others. With that said, background

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or the second-straight weekend, the Wildcat baseball team split four games. The Wildcats are currently 4-4 after being swept by Oregon State and sweeping Utah over the weekend in Surprise, Arizona. In game one against the Beavers, senior outfielder Danny Krause gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead after a solo home run. The Wildcats scored a run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings, but they blew the 3-0 lead they had in the seventh inning after giving up three runs. K-State then lost the lead again after being up 5-4 in the eighth, losing 7-5. “(Oregon State) competed really hard once it got it close,” K-State head coach Brad Hill said to K-State Sports. “Their bats got really fierce for two innings. Fouled pitches off, and then got the big hit off Zubradt.” The Beavers dominated game two, defeating the Wildcats 14-0. Oregon State opened up the scoring with two runs in the second and then put together a four-run inning in the fifth to lead 6-0. The Beavers scored eight runs in the seventh and eighth innings to win by 14. They handed the Wildcats their worst shutout loss since 2002. Oregon State had 17 hits on the night and held K-State to six. “It was a learning process,” Hill said to K-State Sports. “In baseball,

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Then-sophomore right-handed pitcher Colton Kalmus pitches during the baseball game between Santa Clara and K-State on March 7, 2015, at Tointon Family Stadium. things are not going to happen like you want them. Then it becomes a matter of how are you going to recover from it quickly.” After suffering two losses to the Beavers, the Wildcats took the field to take on Utah Saturday and Sunday.

In game one, the Wildcats used a bases-clearing, two-out double in the third inning by junior Jake Scudder in a 9-2 win over the Utes. K-State led 5-2 going into the eighth inning after giving up two runs in the sixth. The Wildcats then scored two runs in both the eighth

and ninth innings to capture the win and snap their two-game losing streak. Senior starting pitcher Levi MaVorhis threw the first five innings and one-third innings of shut-out ball, including five strikeouts. “MaVorhis competed tonight,”

Hill said to K-State Sports. “His two-seamer was not there. He made a couple pitches when he really had to, but it was not the stuff he normally likes to have, stuff that really gives him some confidence on the mound. He had to get through not having his best pitch.” Game four was all Wildcats as they scored 20 runs to conclude the weekend in Arizona. A key for K-State was going 8-15 with runners in scoring position. The Wildcats scored four runs in the second inning followed by three runs in the third to take an 8-1 lead. “We had a great approach today,” Hill said to K-State Sports. “We hit a lot of balls flat and middle of the yard. We also had some two-out RBI, which carried over from yesterday. We just played a solid game.” In the sixth, K-State scored another four runs, but the Wildcats really put the nail in the coffin during a seven-run eighth inning. Wildcat junior starting pitcher Colton Kalmus threw five and onethird innings. He didn’t allow a run and pitched five strikeouts. “It all started with Kalmus,” Hill said to K-State Sports. “He pitched well. It’s always nice to get that good start. We then got on the board early, which put us in a good state offensively.” The Wildcats will have their home opener on Friday when they host the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff at 3:05 p.m.

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BAYLOR (19) AT OKLAHOMA (6)

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Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler attempts a layup around K-State senior forward Stephen Hurt in the first half of the then-No. 1 Sooners’ 69-80 loss to the Wildcats on Feb. 6 inside Bramlage Coliseum.

With Kansas clinching at least a share of the Big 12 title, Baylor and Oklahoma really only have Big 12 and NCAA Tournament seeding to play for. Baylor has been inconsistent lately. The same could be said for the Sooners, who have not been the same since they lost to K-State. On Saturday, Texas defeated Oklahoma and ended the game on a 25-5 run. The Sooners will need to find their stride if they want to make a run for the title in the NCAA Tournament.

Tipoff will be at 7 p.m. today on ESPN 2.

INDIANA (12) AT IOWA (16)

Indiana has won a share of the Big Ten title in this makeor-break season for head coach Tom Crean. The Hoosiers have been flying under the radar in a tough conference. Iowa has fallen off the deep end as of late. The Hawkeyes were the No. 4 team in the country at one point but are now sitting at No. 16 and might not even get a share of the Big 10 title. They will need a win here if they want to stand a chance. Tipoff will be at 8 p.m. today on ESPN.

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Virginia and Louisville are both tied for third and are one game back for first in the ACC standings. The winner of this game can still win the conference. Virginia has a chance to take its third straight regular season championship. Louisville really only has the conference championship to play for with the postseason ban. You can catch tipoff at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN.

NORTH CAROLINA (8) AT DUKE (17)

The second edition of this year’s Tobacco Road matchup should be as good as the first one, and College GameDay will be in attendance. Duke

won the first game between the two at North Carolina. The Tarheels have a lot to play for in this game; they can win the ACC outright with two victories and a Miami loss this week. Duke is just playing for good conference and NCAA Tournament seeding at this point after a tough loss Sunday to Pitt. Duke has had issues with injuries this season, which is one of the reasons they are not in the title race anymore. The Tobacco Road rivalry will tip off at 5:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN. Chris Robinson is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@kstatecollegian. com.

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-State entered Monday night’s game in Stillwater, Oklahoma, sitting on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were on ESPN bracketology expert Charlie Creme’s “Last Four In” before they squared off against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, who are 21-8 overall and 11-7 in the Big 12. A win on the road in this game would have helped solidify the Wildcats’ bid for the tournament. A loss would hurt their resume, making it more of an uphill battle to earn a spot. The latter of the two took place at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Monday night. K-State, 18-11 overall and 8-10 in the Big 12, fell 5159 to Oklahoma State. “We didn’t make the opportunities go our way,” K-State head coach Jeff Mittie said in his postgame radio interview. “We had a lot of execution issues and poise issues. We didn’t make strong basketball moves at the finish and officials aren’t

going to make those calls. In a game like this, they’re going to call the ones you earn.” The Wildcats started the game on the right note and held a lead in the first quarter, thanks to backto-back 3-pointers from sophomore forward Kaylee Page. Page ended the game with 13 points. But the Cowgirls ended the quarter on a 5-0 run and took a 19-15 lead into the second quarter, which was highlighted by K-State’s defense on the floor. The Wildcats won the second quarter 14-9 and held the Cowgirls to 32.4 percent shooting. “Our defense was pretty good,” Mittie said. “We did an excellent job on Martin again, and we were even with them on the glass ... we were able to go inside against them at times. I thought we did some really good things.” The Wildcats blasted out of the break with a 6-0 run to take a seven-point lead. But the scoring success would not stay as the Wildcats endured a nearly six-minute scoring drought that gave Oklahoma State

Letter from BSU: Members ‘embrace who they are’ February has been an exciting month for the Black Student Union. Tamyia Rowell, senior in operations and supply chain management, has been the backbone of it all. Rowell serves as the special programs director for the BSU and is responsible for planning and programming annual events such as the Welcome Back Celebration, Kwanzaa, Awards Ball and Black History Month. Black History Month is very important to the African-American community because it allows members to embrace and represent their culture unapologetically. “The best thing about Black History Month is seeing everyone enjoy being black and learn new things about our culture that they never would have imagined,” Rowell said. “It is also amazing to see everyone else’s talents, such as singing, dancing or even poetry.” Using the hashtag #TheBlackExperience, Hale Library has even committed to archiving some of the posts made on social media platforms. This gives BSU the opportunity to keep posts students have created. Over time, students from different schools even participated in the hashtag. “The hashtag has helped because when people see others participating in the conversation of the day, it makes them want to do the same,” Rowell said. Students even had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by Maggie Anderson. Anderson spoke about African-Americans not supporting other African-American owned businesses. The lecture was very empowering and was even a reality check to some. Anderson kindly gave copies of her book “Our Black Year” to the first 50 students who attended the lecture. She mentioned how she would love for our BSU to support her movement whole-heartedly, and they have by registering for her “Maggie List” app. This app will provide a list of African-American owned businesses that she supports. “I never knew how important it was to support our own people,” Rowell said. “Her lecture was definitely an eye opener.” The month concluded with the Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government held at the University of Kansas. K-State’s BSU was awarded the “Clarence Wine Most Outstanding Big 12 Council of the Year.” With the help of Rowell, executive and general body members, this would have never been possible. Even their adviser, Brandon Clark, won “Adviser of the Year” for Big 12 Council. “This was just the icing on the cake, all of our hard work has paid off,” Rowell said. BSU will continue to uplift the African-American community at K-State by providing support and allowing those to embrace who they are unapologetically. #TheBlackExperience #InheritTheRevolution

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Junior center Breanna Lewis and sophomore forward Kaylee Page attempt to block Kansas guard Lauren Aldridge’s shot on Feb. 13 inside Bramlage Coliseum. an opportunity to go on a 5-0 run. The Wildcats fought back, however, and led 4338 with one quarter to play. Oklahoma State freshman guard Karli Wheeler connected on a 3-pointer to take a 2-point lead with 2:40

minutes to play. Oklahoma State outscored K-State 9-3 to end the game, giving the Wildcats their 11th loss of the season. The next game for K-State will be in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the Big 12 Tournament. The

Wildcats will be the six-seed and will face the three-seed at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. “We don’t know an opponent yet and because of tiebreakers, we’re the six,” Mittie said. “That’s going to be a good team because it’ll be the third seed.”

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Britton said the flaw in the write-in process resulted in several blank ballots. While the primary had 1,915 votes, there was a total of 2,126 voters on the ballot, or a difference of 211 votes. The difference between Sharp’s total and Emley’s total was 77 votes. In the primary, Van Ranken and Kennedy received 1,395 votes, or 72.85 percent, Sharp and Hughes received 264 votes or 13.79 percent, and Emley and Bilberry received 187 votes, or 9.77 percent. The flaw stemmed from the threestep process for writing in a candidate, due to the lack of instruction for the third step, Britton said. “Whenever (voters) went in to write a candidate, they put the president in there, then they put the vice president,” Britton said. “Some students may have thought that by putting both names they had completed it, but there’s actually a third step after writing all the names where they had to press a green button that said ‘add candidate.’” The green button needed to be

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pressed to add the selected write-in students to the ballot before voting for them. There may have been confusion, Britton said, where students thought they had already voted and the button only needed to be pressed to add another write-in pair. This confusion may have been the reason for the difference between the votes cast and the total number of ballots. Britton said he believes the runoff was the right decision, which was made after an hourlong hearing and two hours of deliberation. “We had a hearing,” Britton said. “We said that with the rate of write-in ballots casted, we suspected that Lindy (Bilberry) and Michael (Emley), there was suspicion that they might have got second in the actual primary if the design flaw was not there.” Britton said steps are already being taken to fix the flaw for future elections, but the flaw will still be present in the general election Tuesday and Wednesday. He said it is possible, although unlikely, for a write-in candidate to win the general election for Student Senate due to the large number of candidates.

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