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wo fee increase proposals were discussed at the Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee at its meeting Tuesday. The committee listened to presentations on per-credit-hour fee proposals by the colleges of Business Administration and Arts and Sciences. Kevin Gwinner, professor and interim dean of the College of Business Administration, presented phase two of the college’s proposal, which would be be implemented for next school year, of the college’s three-phase plan. Amit Chakrabarti, professor of physics and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, presented the college’s plan to double its current fees. The Business fee increase would go toward hiring additional faculty and staff while the Arts and Sciences fee would be used to increase stipends for graduate teaching assistants and to hire additional academic advisers.
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ARTS AND SCIENCES RESPONDS TO STUDENT COMPLAINTS
City Commisson meeting sparks debate
Chakrabarti said the college implemented an $8-per-credit-hour fee in fiscal year 2014. The funds went toward technology, supplies, maintenance, research and travel. The new fee would be an additional $8.70 per credit hour, which would result in a total fee of $16.70. The fee would be broken down so that $5.50 would go toward in-
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creased GTA stipends and the other $3.20 would go toward additional academic advisers. Chakrabarti said the fee proposal is the college’s response to complaints from students about the quality of GTAs and advisers. “I need to return three parent phone calls tonight, complaining about their student complaining to them about an instructor who
doesn’t speak English, or doesn’t communicate well in the classroom,” Pat Bosco, committee member and dean of student life, said. “We’ve got good people doing good things, but this is a disconnect, and if it’s not addressed in this arena, it needs to be addressed somewhere else. This is a university-wide, family concern.” Chakrabarti said it is important
to have GTAs who know the subject well and are able to communicate in a way that students can learn. Part of the problem, Chakrabarti said, is that the pay is not competitive and does not attract the best possible GTA candidates. He said the pay for some GTAs is “shameful.” see page
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TAYLOR CZAJKOWSKI the collegian
The Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board recommended the approval of a motion that would upzone approximately 3.5 blocks extending toward Bluemont Elementary School for more intense use, but one planning board member spoke out against the plan at the Manhattan City Commission meeting Tuesday evening. The member, Phil Anderson was unable to attend the meeting in which the Urban Area Planning Board proposed the plan and voted 5-0 in favor of it. Anderson said he was against approval of the plan. “I’m opposed to the upzoning that is being presented,” Anderson said. “We do not need to encroach on Bluemont Elementary in this way. The Comprehensive Plan is 2035. This is 2016. We seem to be rushing this.” Some commissioners said they agreed the plan was being rushed, but others wanted to move forward with the Comprehensive Plan, which describes the city’s plans between now and 2035. This plan was approved in March of 2015, and the upzoning plan passed tonight was a step in the process of that plan. Commissioner Wynn Butler voted yes and expressed support for the upzoning plan. “We came up with a 2035 plan, so people knew where the city was going,” Butler said. “The rezoning is designed to support that. We have had a lot of plans in this city, but we don’t implement them. We made it crystal clear that if the Comprehensive Plan passed, it is going to get implemented.” see page
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The death of the K-State family
TIM EVERSON the collegian
Well... Folks are pissed. I realize starting off a column that way isn’t very “professional writer” of me, but sometimes you have to lay the facts out bare and simple and well, folks are pissed. Former K-State player and assistant Brad Underwood is off to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to take the helm at Oklahoma State. #BringBackBrad failed in a painfully predictable way as K-State fans young and old saw the chances of their native son returning his alma mater back to national prominence fade away like a child crying and staring out the back windshield as Disney World fades from sight as their parents drive home. Except, odds are, that child will have the chance to return to Disney World while K-State fans will most likely never, ever, ever see Underwood back in Bramlage Coliseum wearing
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purple. A brief aside: I join almost every K-State fan who I’ve seen sound off on Twitter since the announcement in wishing Underwood the best as the head coach of the Cowboys. It was because of teams he helped coach that I fell in love with basketball and became deeper entwined with my
K-State fandom. I owe him (along with Frank Martin, Bob Huggins and the other members of their staffs) a debt because who knows if I would be doing what I am now without experiences of watching the tenacity of those K-State teams from 2006 to 2011. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, boy, oh
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boy does this make things interesting for the top brass at K-State. The kraken of discontent is about to be fully unleashed. A storm is coming. You wouldn’t know it, though. Yes, thumb twiddling season is in full effect at K-State. Athletics Director John Currie has received a large amount of feedback since the end of basketball season. His response: a press release about skipping postseason play and stats to hopefully satiate the weary and worn K-State fan. Surprisingly that didn’t work. People don’t enjoy being ignored. I think disagreeing is one thing, but ignoring the anger and frustration that a fairly vocal majority has placed in the past week doesn’t sit well. The message that it sends is not one of “family,” something any K-State fan has had drilled in their head for quite some time now. The message it does send is this: If you are just a fan, or a large collection of fans, your voice is just not expensive or important enough to be listened to. In a world where money is considered both speech and power, the average, everyday K-State fans will get as much done yelling at a wall as they will tweeting their frustrations. And it’s not just about
the Underwood thing. That is the most recent and brazen look at the issue. The disconnect has been long documented. The administration is out of touch with their patrons. It’s their way or Bill Snyder Highway. That’s not how public universities or public anything works. We’re not banging our heads against the wall and throwing some kind of tantrum because we’re not getting exactly what we want. We’re doing it because we’d like to be heard. We’d like to believe that the people who get the money from season tickets, concessions, merchandise and other purple and white paraphernalia actually care about what we think. But since Currie and K-State President Kirk Schulz took the reigns, more and more it seems like they’re the guy mom married after the divorce who’s trying to ship fans off to military school. They’re Alec Baldwin in Cat in the Hat. If you haven’t seen it, don’t; it’s not worth getting the joke. The fans want respect, and right now, every move the administration makes slowly but surely eliminates all respect for them.
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Students serve communities during alternative spring breaks Karyn Elliott | THE COLLEGIAN
ARIES March 21 - April 19
That weeklong break would have been the perfect time to accomplish all that schoolwork you’ve been carefully avoiding. Unfortunately, it seems that you’ve successfully put it all off again. When will you learn?
TAURUS April 20 - May 20
Cut the crap. Calories definitely count during Spring Break, and you’ve consumed a small horse worth of alcohol. Give your liver a break. I can hear it screaming from here.
GEMINI May 21 - June 20
Have you seen the sun lately? Clearly not. I’ve seen ghosts more tan than you. Seriously, you need some vitamin D. Go outside for the love of Pete.
CANCER June 21 - July 22 Photo of the The Staley School of Leadership Studies
Members of the team traveled over spring break to North High School in Denver, Colorado.
JAMIE TEIXEIRA the collegian
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ome students spent last week basking in the sun and visiting friends and family, but one group of students spent their break serving various communities. K-State’s Staley School of Leadership Studies in partnership with Break Away, a nonprofit that supports alternative break programs, hosts an Alternative Breaks program each year. Students participating in the opportunity come together through service projects during semester breaks. Alternative Breaks serves as a way for students to travel to different communities and work with “residents to address a pressing social issue,” according to the Staley School of Leadership Studies’ Alternative Breaks’ website. This semester, students served communities in Denver, Kansas City and Dallas. “I went to Dallas,” Corinne Stratton, junior in political science, said. “We were in a group of nine students that volunteered at the AIDS Services of Dallas.” The AIDS Services of Dallas is an organization that creates and develops
communities for residents living with HIV or AIDS. Its mission is to do this through “advocacy, education and the development of affordable housing options and community development opportunities, both for its residents living with HIV/AIDS, and for economically disadvantaged people,” according to their website. K-State has had a partnership with the organization for the past 19 years, so students return to the communities and continue to bond with the residents and finish projects previously started by past students. “This year, our project was to build a playground while we were there and also paint a mural,” Stratton said. “The mural is something K-State’s volunteers do every year.” Student volunteers have been building a relationship with more than just the community in Dallas; in fact, most of the destinations for alternative breaks are available through existing partnerships, according to Gabriel Gutierrez, senior in management. “We’ve had these sites for a while, so we have strong partnerships with them,” Gutierrez said. “These (partnerships) help create impactful learning because we’ve been there a few times with these communities.”
For Stratton, the experience was not just about the bond with the community. It also established a bond within her group. “We drove (to Dallas) together from Manhattan, about an eight-hour drive each way,” Stratton said. “No one knew each other, so we grew as a group and got to know each other and the community.” The lasting bonds created during these trips with the community help energize and drive the program, but the most important thing is the service-learning experience for students, Gutierrez said. “One thing to remember is that this is completely different from a mission trip,” Gutierrez said. “There is a huge impact on service learning. It’s not a trip where you go and do something and that’s it. There are pre-reflections and post-reflections, and that really makes it more meaningful.” Stratton said she chose to attend the trip because of her future plan to work for a nonprofit organization. “With this trip, I got to see the inner workings of a nonprofit,” Stratton said. “I got to see the staff and how they interact with the residents and holistically serve them. This experience kept my passion in drive for what I want to do and see it in effect.”
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“If you look at the English department GTA stipend, it’s actually very close to food stamp levels,” Chakrabarti said. April Mason, committee member, provost and senior vice president, said the English department is important because it reaches every student who attends K-State. Mason said some departments are not able to get their first and second choices for GTAs based on GRE scores, undergraduate GPAs and other factors because the pay is not competitive, adding that she was not putting down any of the current GTAs. Cindy Bontrager, committee member and vice president of administration and finance, said another reason the stipends are low compared to other institutions is that the state Legislature has not approved any salary increases since fiscal year 2009. Chakrabarti said the college’s average stipend for GTAs is about $4,000 below the averages of K-State’s peer institutions. There were 414 GTAs in the college in 2014-15. To increase stipends to meet the peer average, Chakrabarti said $1.7 million is needed, and the $5.50 portion of the fee will meet that. Chakrabarti said the college needs an additional 18 full-time advisers. The $3.20 portion of the fee would raise $1.08 million for $40,000 salaries plus fringe benefits.
For a student taking 30 credit hours of Arts and Sciences classes in an academic year, the total cost of the existing $8 fee would be $240. The additional $8.70 fee would bring the total to $501, an additional $261. According to the K-State Admissions’ website, several of the colleges have per-credit-hour fees. Agriculture’s is $20, Architecture, Planning and Design’s is $40, Arts and Sciences’ is $8, Engineering’s is $54, Human Ecology’s is $20 and Business Administration’s is $35 with an additional $100 fee per semester. “When you look at it relative to all the other colleges’ fees, (the Arts and Sciences fee) is like nothing compared to (the other colleges’ fees),” Emily Beneda, committee member and senior in food science and industry, said. “I know (Arts and Sciences) have more students and everyone takes their classes, but I definitely see the need for better GTAs in my own personal experience.”
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CITES CLASS SIZE CONCERNS
Gwinner said the original proposal, which was introduced before he became the dean, called for a $100 per-credit-hour fee. It would have been phased in over five years at $20 per year. Gwinner said the college is not looking for the $100 fee now. Instead, a $45 fee, phased in over three years at $15 per year, is the new plan. The first phase
of $15 has already gone into effect. Now, the college is seeking to implement the second phase. The fee will be used to hire 14 new faculty and the equivalent of 5.4 new full-time staff. Gwinner said the purpose of hiring additional faculty is to reduce class sizes while also offering more elective classes. “We’re trying to offer (elective classes) more often, so students have greater opportunity to take those courses, and then to offer new elective courses that we’re not currently able to offer,” Gwinner said. The support for academic advising will help improve the college’s professional adviser model, Gwinner said. A portion of the funds would also go toward support staff at the new College of Business building, including a building manager and technology support staff. Gwinner gave an update of the progress so far on the first phase of the fee. Three instructors have been hired, resulting in nine new course sections for the spring 2016 semester. The college has ongoing searches for one professor and two instructors, which will result in 11 additional course sections starting in fall 2016. Overall, the six hires will result in 40 new course sections per school year. Four of what Gwinner called core classes for business majors and minors will see a decrease in class sizes as a result of the first phase of the fee. Finance 450, which Gwinner said is one
of the most difficult classes in the major, will see its average class size decrease from 380 to 75. Management 366 and 420 and Marketing 400 will also see decreases in class sizes. Gwinner also said there has been an increase in advising capacity, and the building manager will be hired in spring 2016. Transparency about the fee, including its costs and benefits, was something Gwinner said has been important throughout the process. Gwinner said one of those areas of transparency includes the overall cost of tuition and fees to attend the College of Business. Bosco said the college informs current and potential students about cost estimates, but the exact amount cannot be known until after the state Legislature finalizes the budget. He said the university is in a difficult situation because of the nature of politics in Kansas. To inform students of the fee proposal, Gwinner said two forums were held in the fall, and an information video was posted on the college’s website and emailed to all current business students. So far, the student feedback from the college’s outreach has been mostly positive, Gwinner said. “The students saw the benefit that was going to come from the fee,” Gwinner said. “But of course, whenever you’re looking at raising the price of something, there’s a question mark. But I believe that the value was there.” Fred Guzek, committee
When you left for break, you told yourself that you were going to come back a better and empowered person... Well, at least you had good intentions.
LEO July 23 - Aug. 22
Climbing mountains. Surfing waves. Long drives. It all looked great from your friends’ Snapchats. You always have next year?
VIRGO Aug. 23 - Sept. 22
You spent so much money this past week. Your grandchildren will still be paying off that credit card bill after you’re long gone. You better find a job. Or three.
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 22
It would probably be a good idea to call your parents this week. Not for any real reason — they just probably want to know you’re still alive.
SCORPIO Oct. 23 - Nov. 21
Good news! You’re going to come into some money! It’s going to come from nowhere, and you won’t expect it. You’ll just have to crack the code on the briefcase. Here’s hoping probability works in your favor.
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 Your trip to Vegas was exciting. Unfortunately, you’ve lost a very expensive briefcase, and soon those loan sharks will figure out that you’re in Kansas... You better plan an overseas trip.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 You’re flying high this week. Too high. Like you need to return all of the “food” you bought in Colorado.
AQUARIUS Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
Your co-workers have been super annoying. They’ve been telling you that you actually need to do things at work and show up on time. Why don’t they understand that 8 a.m. is hella early to be using your brain?
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20
You left your dignity at the beach last week. Don’t worry, the only people who know about it are all of your friends and everyone on social media. I’m sure you’ll save some face by the time that tan fades.
member, Faculty Senate president and professor of business at K-State Polytechnic, was supportive of the fee proposal. He said business majors will earn enough money throughout their careers after graduation to make the fee a worthy investment. “We’re really not asking them to invest in their education the way we should,” Guzek said. Kurt Lockwood, committee co-chair, SGA speaker of the senate and senior in agricultural economics, said he was uneasy about the fee proposal because he does not see the explicit need for the fee. He said that while the student leaders within the College of Business may be in support of the fee increase, he would like to gauge feedback from a greater depth of students within the college. Candice Wilson, committee member and graduate student in agricultural economics, said approval for the fee could be a “slippery slope.” “At what point are we going to say enough is enough?” Wilson said. Andy Hurtig, committee member, student body president and senior in accounting, said he is also concerned about the potential for a
slippery slope because fees do not typically go away after they are implemented. Trenton Kennedy, committee member, SGA senator, student body vice president-elect and sophomore in entrepreneurship, said the committee can only judge the merit of this proposal and cannot make decisions based on potential fee increases in the future. Stephen Kucera, committee member, SGA senator and senior in music performance and accounting, said he agreed, adding that the current committee can write an open letter to future committees to explain these concerns as well as others. Kennedy added that, as a business student, there are two electives that he currently cannot take that he would like to and that they would potentially be offered if the fee proposal is approved. Gwinner said there are ongoing efforts to increase need-based scholarship aid to help offset the financial impact on students. “We are clearly sensitive to the financial impact that this has on students,” Gwinner said. “As a father of a freshman here at K-State and a freshman next year at K-State, I am particularly sensitive to this.”
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OPINION wednesday, march 23, 2016
Stepping out of comfort zone leads to possibilities
JENA ERNSTING the collegian
The fear of an unknown outcome deters people from trying something new, however, there are more possibilities that come with stepping outside of the box we have all built for ourselves. According to the Psychology Today article, “Trying new things, why new experiences are so important to have,” trying something new often requires courage, opens up the possibility for you to enjoy something new, keeps you from becoming bored and forces you to grow. The Psychology Today article written by Alex Lickerman elaborates on these four principles; however, I believe the strongest point lies in the possibility to enjoy something new. “Entire careers, entire life paths, are carved out by people dipping their baby toes into small ponds and suddenly discovering a love for something they had no idea would capture their imaginations,”Lickerman said. We all may connect to those principles differently, but as college students, with the whole world to travel, many dishes of food to try and years of a career or careers in front of us, I think this applies best. Growing up, my parents would always remind me if I didn’t try something, usually food, that I might be missing out on something great. As I have gotten older, the same motto applied to the sports I played, the clubs I joined and the positions I
Illustration by Savannah Thaemert ran for. My motto was an extension of theirs. If I did not try something, I might miss out on a life changing experience. Because I have taken this outlook, I have considerably less regrets than I would have if I were not so apt to jump in and try new things. I now know that I am more suited for journalism and less for geology, but I would not have learned that if I didn’t take a semester of geology classes and not succeed. According to a TIME excerpt from Health and Happiness titled, “Happiness, try new
things,” psychologist Rich Walker found that people who tend to engage in a variety of experiences are more apt to retain positive emotions and minimize negative ones compared to people who have fewer experiences. From my one psychology class perspective and interpretation of Walker’s study, the more you try new things, the happier of a person you will be. That saying that if you’re happy, then the people around you are happy too is actually true. According to the Washington Post article, “Happiness can spread among people like a con-
tagion, study indicates,” a study followed more than 4,700 for 20 years and found that people who are happy or were becoming happy increased the chances for someone they knew to be happy. It also showed that the power of happiness is like a domino effect. In the end, trying new things isn’t just good for you, it is great for you and the people around you. The next time you feel held back by your own sense of insecurity, just think about all the possible positive outcomes and maybe it will make trying that new Indian dish or sushi roll a
little easier. With enrollment just beginning, you could take it a step further and take that class you have always been interested in. You could be missing out on your future. 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.
Jena Ernsting is a sophomore in agricultural communications and journalism. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
Warring factions have made Republican Party sick, not dead
AUSTIN MCCAMPBELL the collegian
The Republican Party, or at least the establishment, is dead. At least, that is what I have been told over the last week. With the unusual conditions surrounding the election, is the Republican Party dead? Is the “true conservatism” banner they have held for so long finally collapsing on top of them? I believe the Republican Party is not dead, but rather, it is sick. It is sick from warring factions within itself. Between evangelicals, libertarians, neocons, moderates, Tea Partiers and other groups, this election cycle has highlighted the differ-
ences between them more than prior elections. Only time will tell if this sickness of internal strife will fade away like a seasonal cold or if it is a terminal disease that threatens to rip the GOP asunder. There is a chance that a new Republican alignment will be born from the chaotic fires of this cycle. “But first we need a corpse,” Leroy Goldman said in The Charlotte Observer article “From Lincoln to Trump: Republican Party is dead.” In other words, the Republican Party needs to go the route of the Whigs and perish in order for a better replacement to be born. Despite the article’s claim, I believe the GOP should not rest its head on the execution block just yet because its sickness may be temporary. When diagnosing an illness, doctors search for the causes of the sickness before acting upon it. The cause of the Republican Party’s sickness is the
argument over what it means to be a “true conservative.” In the same way the Scotsman fallacy modifies an assertion to exclude differing groups of ideas, one Republican’s definition of a true conservative may be entirely different from another’s. The vast difference in those definitions gives an idea of how divided opinions are on the definition of one of the party’s core values. With the cause identified, how should the GOP’s sickness be treated? Usually, it would be with a candidate who unites the party by representing values that appease the more radical sects while being agreeable to the moderate and centrist elements in the party. This time around, however, that card just wasn’t in the hand the Republicans were dealt. There are three candidates remaining in the race, none of whom are particularly uniting. We have Donald Trump, whose campaign rides on
controversial statements and is considered a middle finger in the face of traditional politics. The Trump voters are people who seek to rewrite the party’s rules even if it causes unnecessary conflict. We have Ted Cruz, whose Senate record is the personification of obstructive tea party tactics in Washington working to accomplish a Republican agenda. And finally, we have John Kasich, whose fairly moderate stances are nice for party centrists but are considered too soft for the more hardcore Republican voters. Between the varying viewpoints given this cycle, it shows the splintered viewpoints Republican voters have toward what their party should look like. This brings me to what I believe is one of the symptoms of the GOP’s sickness: lack of compromise. Obstruction is something the Republican Party has become famous for over the last
six years. The American Legislature is a place “where nothing is accomplished,” Dave Helling and Steve Kraske said in the McClatchyDC article “Analysis: How the death of compromise has crippled U.S. government.” While the fault is not just on the Republicans but also on the Democrats, the Republicans are the most at fault for the government being dysfunctional. For this, the primary culprit for the symptom of anti-compromise is the Tea Party, whose roots go back to the difficulties of the 2008 recession. “Angry conservatives, disaffected independents, Glenn Beck disciples, strict constitutionalists and assorted malcontents” had formed the faction in response to a new Democrat president,” Joshua Green said in The Atlantic article “The tea party’s brain.” Over the past half decade, this faction has seized the Republican Party with obstructionist tactics that candidates and
representatives like Ted Cruz now represent. The Republican Party is not dead, but rather can be salvaged by separating itself from the more hardcore elements such as the tea party. The lesson is that by trying to please everybody, they end up pleasing nobody. With the Republican Party in the semi-comatose state it is in, the party cannot pull itself together amidst the heat of an already crazy election season. That said, as soon as the election is over, I suggest the Republican Party take quick action to counter its sickness of faction before the disease threatens to rip it apart. 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
wednesday, march 23, 2016
4th inning kills Wildcats at Creighton RILEY GATES the collegian
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he K-State baseball team made a final push at the end of the game. Freshman outfielder Michael Smith grounded out in the seventh, which allowed junior outfielder Quintin Crandall to score, and junior infielder Jake Wodtke found his way around the bags to bring in a run in the eighth to bring the Wildcats’ deficit down to just one run. But the damage had already been done by Creighton and the Wildcats couldn’t stop the bleeding in time. On Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Ballpark in Creighton, Nebraska, the Wildcats dropped the fifth game of their last six and fell to the 13-4 Creighton Bluejays by a score of 5-4. “We competed tonight,” head coach Brad Hill said to K-State Sports. “The guys were invested, tried really hard, in a much better way than what it was over the weekend (against Western Carolina). We saw better results tonight, but it was just unfortunate we came up a little short.” The Bluejays got the scoring started early in the bottom of the first inning. Senior infielder Ryan Fitzgerald took the first pitch of his at-bat to right field for a double. Junior infielder Nicky Lopez followed Fitzgerald with a single to right and drove
in his fellow Bluejay for an early 1-0 lead after the first inning. Senior outfielder Clayton Dalrymple and Wodtke responded for the Wildcats. Dalrymple reached first base on a walk and advanced when Wodtke also walked. Freshman catcher Josh Rolette doubled to right and drove in the two Wildcats to take a 2-1 lead after the top of the third. The game was tied up at 2-2 after three innings when Creighton when Fitzgerald drove in junior outfielder Daniel Woodrow with a single. A tied game and a little bit of confidence looked like it could bode well for K-State and freshman pitcher Logan Wiley in his first start of his career. Then the fourth inning happened. It was not a promising start from the first batter of the inning, and the Bluejays essentially won the game in this inning alone. Senior infielder Harrison Crawford, the first batter, was hit by a pitch and took his spot on first base. Junior outfielder Kevin Connolly put Crawford on second with his base-hit single, which forced K-State to make a pitching change of senior Brandon Erickson for Wiley. Creighton singled one more time and loaded the bases, eventually bringing Woodrow to the plate. Woodrow reached on a fielder’s choice, and whereas senior catcher Matt Gandy was thrown out at second, Crawford crossed the plate and started the
snowball of the fourth inning. After Woodrow stole second base on the next play, the Bluejays had runners at second and third. Fitzgerald singled on his at-bat, driving in Connolly and putting Woodrow at third, leaving runners on the corners. Lopez then singled to right, scored Woodrow and put Fitzgerald on third, where he stayed as K-State finally made it out of the inning after allowing the Bluejays to score three runs that came to decide the game and give the Bluejays their seventh win in a row. Sophomore Ethan DeCaster took the win for the Bluejays and improved his record to 1-0. Wiley took the loss for the Wildcats and fell to 1-1. K-State is still skidding early in this season. The Wildcats have now dropped four straight games and are desperately seeking some successful games. It will not get any easier for K-State in their next game on Thursday, though. The Wildcats, 11-10, will welcome the Oklahoma State Cowboys, who are 14-7, to Tointon Family Stadium at 6 p.m. Thursday. Maybe, just maybe, K-State will find a way to end their losing ways before it becomes a habit. File Photo by George Walker | THE COLLEGIAN
Freshman pitcher Jacob Ruder pitches during the game against Creighton on March 9 at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State defeated Creighton 8-2.
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Restaurant Review: The Chef SERVICE
KELSEY KENDALL the collegian
The Chef, located at 111 S. Fourth St., is a small breakfast diner that seems to be very popular on Sundays since the place was packed when I first arrived at 9:30 a.m. and later at 11:30 a.m. I can completely understand its popularity as it was probably the greatest breakfast food I have had in a very long time. Despite the crowds, The Chef was an excellent restaurant.
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Maybe it was just that there were so many people, but the space seemed tiny. In all honesty, this is probably my only complaint with my experience at The Chef. When there are wait times of 35-40 minutes, there really should be more than two stools in the corner for seating. Really, though, this is a small issue. Once my friend and I were seated, we were comfortable. The music was a tad loud, but that was probably just to compensate for the large and very loud crowd inside.
My coffee mug never emptied and the waitress always had a smile. She was very prompt and friendly, which are the best qualities in a waitress. I have absolutely no complaints in regards to service. Even with the packed restaurant, she was cool, calm, collected and a delight.
FOOD
Have you ever had heaven smothered in gravy? I did. The smothered breakfast burrito was amazing and filled with egg, bacon, sausage and cheddar cheese. I have never had a more wonderful breakfast burrito. I highly recommend this dish, though my friend's French toast looked pretty amazing too. On the downside, my side of homestyle potatoes were not as spot-on as the burrito. They did not seem very consistent in seasoning as some bites were more flavorful than others. It was sad that the potatoes did not compare to the burrito, but that would have been tough to do anyways.
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The prices were all to be ex-
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The Chef is located in the heart of downtown Manhattan. pected. For my very large smothered breakfast burrito with the side of potatoes, as well as a never-ending cup of coffee, I paid just slightly over $12. If you are just looking for a cheap meal, this is not the place for you. If you want great breakfast food for a fair price, The Chef has
Wednesday News briefs ERIN POPPE the collegian
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AWARDS $27,850 TO 11 FACULTY
The Office of International Program distributed $27,850 to 11 faculty in honor of the spring 2016 Incentive Grant awards. According to K-State Today, “the awards can be used by faculty to develop international collaborations, research, teaching and study abroad opportunities.” In addition, the awards can also heighten international learning opportunities and experimental short-term co-teaching grants. Marcellus Caldas, International Programs assistant provost of international faculty collaborations and educational programs, led the K-State College Advisory Council in reviewing and accepting the grant proposals. “Every year our (K-State College Advisory Council) receives excellent proposals, and once more the quality of the proposals submitted for our incentive grant awards have exceeded our expectations,” Caldas said to K-State Today. The Incentive Grant winners include: Carlos Castellanos, assistant professor of art, received $3,000 to attend Artistic Explorations of Ecology, Technology and Community in Wuhan, China. Anne Sally Davis, assistant professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, received $3,000 for a Rift Valley Fever
Virus research collaboration with the University of Pretoria. Julia Day, assistant professor of apparels, textiles and interior design, received $1,550 for the fourth Expert Meeting of the International Energy Agency Energy in Buildings and Communities Program Symposium: Annex 66 and NSF workshop. Salvatore Florio, assistant professor of philosophy, received $2,000 for “The Nature of Logic: Teaching and Research.” John Jaeger, associate professor of agricultural research, received $2,500 for “Collaborative Applied Beef Cattle Research and Undergraduate Instruction.” Shuting Lei, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, received $2,500 to develop a research partnership with France’s Aix-Marseille University and to present at an international conference in Germany. Janice McGregor and Sara Luly, assistant professors of modern languages, received $3,000 to attend JLU Giessen & LMU Munich: Site visits and program development. Ji Young Na, assistant professor of family studies and human services, received $2,000 to attend the 2016 Biennial International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, or ISAAC, Conference. Kumiko Nakamura, instructor of modern languages, received $3,000 to develop new partnerships in Japan for a Skype exchange program, service learning opportunities and a study abroad program. Balasubramaniam “Bala” Natarajan, professor of electri-
cal and computer engineering, received $3,000 pending report from previous grant for “Energy Harvesting in the Internet of Everything.” Maggie Syme, assistant professor of human ecology, received $2,300 for “From Kansas to Australia: A Sexuality and Dementia Research Collaboration.”
DUPLEX FIRE CAUSES ABOUT $45,000 IN DAMAGES
Several Riley County officials responded to a structure fire just west of Frank Anneberg Park on Monday afternoon. The Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched at 3:36 p.m. to 520 Stone Point, according to KMAN. Soon after, the firefighters were notified that Riley County Fire District #1 crews from Station 17 would be joining them, totaling 22 service individuals. When the crews arrived, they quickly extinguished the fire on the rear exterior of the single-story duplex. Two occupants were home during the fire and escaped without injury before help arrived, according to KMAN. They have received an estimated loss of $10,000 for contents and $20,000 for the structure. The occupant in the connected home, 522 Stone Pointe, received an estimated content loss of $5,000 and $10,000 for the structure. The fire’s case was ruled as accidental due to an electrical issue, according to KMAN. All five residents of the two homes are currently displaced and are being assisted by Red Cross.
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Commissioner Usha Reddi said she opposed the plan because she was concerned about noise next to Bluemont Elementary School and that the city was making this too urgent of a matter when it should be concerned with overbuilding. “We may not see as many people come in,” Reddi said. “K-State is already building on their own, and I do have a concern for the small neighborhood schools. I think when we rush into things, we end up regretting them in the future.” Commissioner Linda Morse
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said she agreed with Reddi that this issue was being rushed and she wished for the issue to be revisited at a later time. Ultimately, the motion passed 3-2, but there was over an hour of debate amongst the commissioners and people speaking out on the issue. During the meeting, Manhattan Mayor Karen McCulloh also said she had some concerns about increased arrests this year on Fake Patty’s Day. “Arrests on Fake Patty’s Day were way up,” McCulloh said. “They had been down for a couple of years, but they were back up again this year. There was an
increase of drug-related arrests and drug dealing arrests as well, which provides more concern to the law board and the police department.” McCulloh also declared April 2016 as Parkinson’s Awareness Month in Manhattan. Commissioner Michael Dodson reminded the public that from March 28 through April 1, the city will be coming by to collect tree clippings and similar items. He said we need to do everything we can to “make Manhattan more beautiful than it already is.” The commission will hold a work session on March 29.
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it covered. While living in Manhattan for almost two years, I had only heard great things about The Chef. This was the first time I made my way in there, and I'll say it was worth the wait. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, so I was very happy
with the quality of the food I was given. This place gets a well-deserved 4 out of 5 stars from me. Kelsey Kendall is a sophomore in mass communications. Please send comments to current@kstatecollegian.com.
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Do you know why Bill Snyder is so beloved? Among countless other things, he openly respects and cares about the fans. He knows how important they are to his process. He loves them. When Snyder calls K-State fans family, it’s because he truly and deeply means it. I don’t get the same vibe from Currie and Schulz. Sure, they sound like they mean it, but their actions
show that it is lip service and resume building through and through. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I don’t know what the next basketball season will bring. Winning makes everything better and if Bruce Weber and his staff can get back on track, you’ll get no complaints from me. But even if things do get better, the administration’s behavior has left a permanent mark on the trust and confidence of K-State fans.
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