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bill titled The Student Physical Privacy Act was introduced in the Kansas House and Senate on March 16. If passed, the bill would require transgender individuals to use only the public school and university restrooms according to their genetically assigned sex. The bill, introduced by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, states, “Children and young adults have natural and normal concerns about physical privacy when they are in various states of undress, and most wish for members of the opposite sex not to be present in those circumstances.” According to the bill, students who “encounter a person of the opposite sex” while using a restroom, locker room or shower room designated for those students’ sex, may sue the school for “(s)tatutory damages in an amount of $2,500.” If the bill passes, it will have an impact on not only transgender students attending K-State, but also students and children statewide, Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, said. “Outing students that are transgender is a safety risk, but also psychological,” Witt said. “This is going to isolate transgender kids. It’s to going out them and put them in danger of harassment, bullying and potential injury.” K-State currently does not have a restroom identity policy, which allows students to freely use campus restrooms in compliance with their gender identity, Angela Hubler, interim department head and associate professor of women’s studies, said. This could

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K-STATE PROMOTES 48 FACULTY, GIVES 23 TENURE

K-State recently announced that 48 faculty members received promotions and 23 faculty members received tenure. According to K-State Today, of the 48 faculty promotions, 23 were to the position of full professor, 23 to associate professor with tenure, one to clinical associate professor and one to clinical full professor. “Each of our new tenured and promoted faculty members have made significant contributions through their teaching, scholarly endeavors and service to their departments and college, as well as to the university, and we celebrate these outstanding achievements with them,” April Mason, provost and senior vice president, said to K-State Today.

K-STATE JOINS OGALLALA AQUIFER RESEARCH TEAM

K-State researchers will work alongside seven other universities within the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture-funded university consortium to address the agricultural sustainability on the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest freshwater aquifer in the world. The aquifer is declining at what many consider to be an unsustainable rate, according to the Little Apple Post. The consortium will study how agriculture within the region can adapt to declining aquifer water levels and improve water-usage efficiency. This will be done in collaboration between K-State, the seven universities and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, according to the Little Apple Post. These universities include Colorado State University; University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Oklahoma State University; New Mexico State University; Texas Tech University’ West; Texas A&M University; and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service. see page

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Gov. Sam Brownback speaks to media during Marco Rubio’s rally in Topeka on March 4. change, however, if the bill passes. “If the bill is passed, I will not be enforcing it,” Hubler said. “What we know is that trans students are more likely than other students to be sexually assaulted, and so this will make them more vulnerable by outing them and forcing them to use bathrooms that are not appropriate, so I think that this bill is a problem.” Riley Katz, senior in women’s studies, who identifies as a trans man, said in an email that his daily life and the daily lives of

other transgender students will be negatively affected if this bill becomes law. “If the only available option is to use the women’s room, I have to consider whether or not I am going to get yelled at, or worse: physically assaulted,” Katz said. “I have been stopped by someone’s boyfriend, prior to coming out publicly, about my transgender identity while trying to use a women’s restroom because they did not want a man in the restroom with their girlfriend. My

birth certificate says female. When I use the men’s room, I have to be concerned with whether or not I appear ‘male’ enough because if I don’t, I run the risk of physical or sexual assault.” Katz said that the passing of this bill could be in conflict with Title IX, a federal law that protects gender equality in public schools and universities. “We’ve had different conversations about bills that tried to go through in other states, but everyone’s mind was blown that it started here in Kansas,” Katz said. It is up to state leaders to make decisions that will lead to the demise of discrimination instead of the justification of it, Katz said. “Bills like this are stopped by the common sense of people in office — people who look beyond the panic that someone isn’t like themselves — and see that this bill would do more harm than good,” Katz said. “Unfortunately, I don’t think there are many of those people in the Kansas Legislature, nor the governor’s office, so I fear that this bill will quickly become law.” The people of Kansas hold the power to speak out against this bill before it passes, Witt said. “People should call their representatives and tell them this is a bad bill and vote no if it should come up,” Witt said. Rep. Sydney Carlin, D-Manhattan, said in an email that legislators must deal with “ridiculous kinds of legislations” every year, but this bill is worse than most. The bill says the schools must take “reasonable steps” to prevent people from using facilities designed for use by the opposite sex. “I have no idea how one could even determine what sex another person was born with,” Carlin said, “This is an unnecessary and dangerous piece of legislation.”

Open Mic Night showcases poets, comedians, singers RACHAEL CASTELLINI the collegian

A variety of performers took the stage of Little Theatre in the K-State Student Union during Open Mic Night, hosted by the Union Program Council Wednesday evening. Performers ranged from poets to comedians to singers. The event was free of charge, and potential performers were allowed to sign up at the door, according to the UPC’s website. Comedians were given five minutes to perform, and singers were limited to one song of their choice. The music styles represented ranged from opera covers of modern songs to pop and gospel. Though the signup sheet near the entrance of the venue remained blank until about 20 minutes before the event’s scheduled beginning time of 9 p.m., 15 performers trickled in and signed up to showcase

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Charlsie Fowler, sophomore in apparel and textiles, sings an opera version of “Hotline Bling” by Drake at the UPC Open Mic Night in the Little Theater of the K-State Student Union on Wednesday. of like Ed Sheeran.” A self-proclaimed singer-songwriter, Bunge also played the guitar during her performance. While she said she has been play-

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Nathan Laudan, then-sophomore in food science and industry, points out the various features of campus to Manhattan High School students during a campus tour. Manhattan High students got to observe a day in the life of a K-State student during their Koch College for a Day event on March 28, 2013.

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aving a university in a town can result in more interaction between students at all educational levels. Regardless of age or grade level, this has led to a family feel outside of K-State and throughout Manhattan, Rosie Mitchell, director of the K-State Center for Child Development, said. There are between 60-80 K-State students employed at the center who work primarily as sup-

port for the teachers, who help K-State students build teaching and leadership skills, Mitchell said. The teachers build connections with the children by allowing them to feel more involved with both teachers and students, Mitchell said. Through the involvement, the children have fun learning and want to keep doing so, therefore showing them the importance of education, Mitchell said. Kayla Yost, junior in elementary education and teacher aide at the center, said working there is a learning experience. She said her connection with the children helps her better understand her major and builds

a more positive experience for her at K-State. The interaction between the teacher aides and children provides K-State students with a break from their usual routine and shows that “college kids feel more happy” when given this opportunity to connect with younger children, Mitchell said. As the children improve their relationships with the college students, they become more playful and involved with the program, Mitchell said. In addition to working at the Center for Child Development, K-State students are also able to

work as teacher aides in the high school. “I see it as a benefit (to the high school students),” Dustin Duntz, Manhattan High School counselor, said. Seeing college students working as aides gives high school students insight on the amount of effort put toward a degree, Duntz said. Because of the interaction between college and high school students, he said high school students get more exposure to college life, which can encourage them to attend K-State in the future. Duntz said the program also provides easy access to K-State,

which allows high school students to be more comfortable with the campus life. He said high school students gain insight about what college life is like by being able to go on campus and see students carry on their responsibilities at the college level. These are some factors that help influence Manhattan High School graduates to attend K-State after high school, Duntz said. “A large majority (of high school students) have a great experience in college,” Duntz said. KaZoua Lo, sophomore in anthropology and graduate from Manhattan High School, said during her years at the high school, the students, herself included, did not generally think much of the college students who worked there as teacher aides. She said there is constant exposure between students at every grade level at Manhattan High School, so students do not think much of each other because these interactions are expected. Lo said she remembers the high school events where students went to the elementary school to do activities with the younger children. The middle school had tours of the high school for incoming freshmen and also held practices for the middle school track and field team at the high school. The high school team, on the other hand, ran around K-State’s campus for practices, Lo said. Lo said she and her friends felt very anxious before going to K-State because the idea of college in general made them feel a little nervous. “We were all anxious to get life started and that’s when life felt redundant, but when the semester started everyone went into their own direction,” Lo said. Lo said she and her friends have now seized many opportunities related to their majors at K-State. What stands out to her now, she said, is how the town has so much interaction between students of all ages, creating the family feel K-State is known for.

COLLEGIANTHROWBACK: 3.24.2014 Jeff Mittie unveiled as new women's basketball coach By Emilio Rivera the collegian Nine days after K-State Athletics Director John Currie announced the firing of long-time women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson, the program has a new coach: former TCU head coach Jeff Mittie. “Coach Mittie’s success as a head coach at three different institutions, Midwest background, as well as his reputation as a top-notch recruiter make him the ideal fit to lead our women’s basketball program,” Currie said in his official statement. “We set out to find the very best basketball coach for K-State, whose personal values and integrity reflects those of our university and one that appreciates the unique opportunity of being part of our strong basketball tradition and commitment to championship performances, and we are confident that Jeff Mittie is that person.” A native of Blue Springs, Missouri, Mittie will be coaching his fourth program in what will be his 23rd season as a head coach. To begin his coaching resume, Mittie made a short three-season stay at his alma mater, NCAA Division-II Missouri Western, and a four-season stint as the head coach of Arkansas State. His most recent coaching experience came from a 15-season stay at Big 12 foe TCU. Mittie went 303-175 in his 15 years in Fort Worth, Texas, helping the Horned Frogs to an impressive streak of 11 consecutive postseason appearances, including nine NCAA Tournament appearances. Mittie left his mark on the Horned Frogs, turning around a program that only had 208 wins and four winning seasons in its first 22 years. As he departs the program, the Horned Frogs now have 511 wins as a program. During his 15 seasons

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K-State first lady Noel Schulz adorns then-new women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie with a purple jacket at his introductory press conference in the West Stadium Center of Bill Snyder Family Stadium on March 25, 2014. with the Horned Frogs, Mittie garnered his only losing season of his 22-year coaching career. The Wildcats’ new coach has garnered five conference coach of the year awards while winning nine conference championships in four different conferences. Averaging 21 wins a season, Mittie inherits a program that hasn’t won 21 games in a season since the 2010-11 campaign.

A factor that made the decision for Mittie easier was his wife Shanna’s connection with the local community. She was raised in Junction City and graduated from Chapman High School. A good sign for the Wildcats is that Mittie knows how to foster great scorers, coaching 10 of the 12 players in the Horned Frogs’ 1,000-point club. This is good news for the young talent that the

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bout 1,800 students 18-24 years old die every year from alcohol-related accidents, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “One day you’re seeing your friend on a regular basis and the next he’s gone,” Matthew Legler, junior in electrical engineering said. “Comprehending something like that isn’t easy. There’s definitely some people out there that should never touch alcohol.” Legler said his friend was under the influence of alcohol when he mistakenly trespassed on private property. The owner, who was also under the influence, took him for a robber and shot him. He later died while being taken to the hospital. Legler’s friend, like some college students, was a heavier drinker, and he was known to drink several days out of the week, Legler said. “There are a lot of reasons that college students are known for drinking,” Briana Carrillo, graduate student in communication studies, said. “I think one of the biggest reasons is that it’s so normalized in our culture. College is where you drink. I think it also stems from this warped belief that your tolerance for alcohol directly equates to your strength or value as a person.” Results from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions show that more than 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder. A study done by K-State shows that 82 percent of students at K-State drink alcohol, according to Chaz Mailey, psychologist and coordinator of the K-State Alcohol and Other Drug Education Service. Though the num-

Graphic by Carly Adams ber of students seeking alcohol-related help at K-State Counseling Services changes semester to semester, about 1 in 5 students seeking help report having concerns about alcohol abuse, Mailey said. “They don’t think they have a problem, so they never seek help,” Carrillo said. “There’s a lot of stigma about drug dependency, so then we have society not doing anything to help those kids help themselves either.” The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s

2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that about 60 percent of the students who participated had drank alcohol during the month prior to the survey and that 1 out of 3 of those students engaged in binge-drinking during that same month. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge-drinking as a pattern of consuming alcohol to the point where blood alcohol concentration goes to 0.08 percent or above. This occurs

after most people have four to five drinks within two hours, according to the NIAAA. “We’re known for drinking because we can actually get away with it,” Michaela Matthews, sophomore in family studies and human services, said. “I could drink every weekend and still absolutely destroy my exams if I set my mind to it.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent national statistics on alcohol abuse show that excessive drinking behaviors, such as

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College baseball is a little bit different than other major collegiate sports. In football, teams typically finish playing all out-of-conference opponents before they dive into their conference schedule. Basketball tends to go the same way. Such is not the case in baseball. At 6 p.m. today, the K-State baseball team, 11-10, will partake in its first Big 12 game of the season against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, who are 14-7. Oklahoma State enters tonight’s game on a bit of a hot streak. Of their last nine games, the Cowboys have only lost one, a 4-2 loss to the Michigan Wolverines. And although the Cowboys are not on any sort of winning streak, they are coming into tonight’s game with loads of confidence. Oklahoma State is fresh off of a 17-0 beat down that they put on the Wichita State Shockers Tuesday evening. The bats were on fire for the Cowboys in that game as nine different players recorded hits off of the Shockers’ pitching staff. Senior outfielder Corey Hassel and junior outfielder Ryan Sluder both took pitches over the fence for home runs. It has been the play of senior infielder Donnie Walton that has the Cowboys clicking so far this

binge-drinking, are most often not cases of alcoholism. About 90 percent of excessive drinkers did not meet the criteria for alcohol dependence, according to the 2011 CDC study “Prevalence of Alcohol Dependence Among U.S. Adult Drinkers.” “ I think a major risk is doing something we’ll later regret,” Matthews said. “Everyone’s trying to have a good time, but it’s easy to go too far. Later you end up drinking just to forget. And liver damage. I bet we’ll pay for all this later.”

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Senior catcher Tyler Moore passes the ball to senior pitcher Corey Fischer during the Wildcats’ game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on March 4 at Tointon Family Stadium. year. Walton is batting an average of .338 this season and leads the team with 25 hits. Walton and the Cowboys’ offense will be a tough challenge for the K-State pitching staff, which has a collective ERA of 5.06 runs per game. It will not be a cakewalk for the Cowboys, however, as the Wildcats’ ace pitcher, senior Levi MaVorhis, is assumed to be taking the mound. MaVorhis will face the Oklahoma

State offense with a 3-0 record and a 2.6 ERA that will look to slow the Cowboys’ bats down. Sophomore Thomas Hatch will pitch for Oklahoma State. He takes the hill at 1-0 with a 2.03 ERA. For the Cowboys, the key to slowing down K-State’s offense will be slowing down junior infielder Jake Wodtke. The Shawnee, Kansas, native continues to lead the

Wildcats statistically and is tied for third in the Big 12 individual batting average rankings with a .377 average. Wodtke has 18 runs batted in, 29 hits and has scored 24 runs this season for the struggling BatCats. The Wildcats will look to stop their losing skid and turn the young season back around when it all gets underway tonight at Tointon Family Stadium.

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A 27-year-old Manhattan man was sentenced to two life sentences on Monday in response to two rape counts. The man, Greg Hoyt, entered a no contest plea to the two rape counts last month following his August seizure by Riley County Police Department for reports of inappropriate behavior with a child, according to KMAN. Hoyt, sentenced in Riley County District Court by Judge Meryl Wilson, will have to serve a minimum of 25 years before he is eligible for parole under Kansas law, according to KMAN.

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10 a.m.-9 p.m. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Saturday Friday

10 a.m.-5 p.m. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

*1st time local guests only. 18+ for all UV. Restrictions may apply. See spa for details.