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Mary Abounabhan, sophomore in business administration, tap dances on McCain Auditorium’s stage on Monday during Union Programming Council’s Dancing with the K-State Stars.

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ancing with the K-State Stars season eight wrapped up last night in McCain Auditorium. This year’s theme was Hollywood Classics. This event is inspired by the hit show “Dancing with Stars,”

ERIN POPPE the collegian

MANHATTAN AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE RECEIVES GRANT FROM REGENTS

The Kansas Board of Regents recently awarded funds to Manhattan Area Technical College from the Perkins Reserve Fund Grant. The funds, which amount to $51,936, will be put toward implementing updates in the college’s simulation training, according to the Little Apple Post. This includes the purchase of a SimMan Essential (a human patient simulator) and upgrades to the Nursing Department’s simulation area. Manhattan Area Technical College’s current human patient simulator is about 10 years old, according to the Little Apple Post, and manufacturer support has been “retired.” The new SimMan Essential will be incorporated into the college’s pilot program that teaches basic skills to Certified Nursing Assistant students. According to the Little Apple Post, the updated simulation area will allow Manhattan Area Technical College faculty to observe their students’ performances during controlled situations with the SimMan.

REP. CARLIN TO RUN FOR EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE TERM

Rep. Sydney Carlin announced that she will be running for her eighth consecutive term in the Kansas House of Representatives. Carlin, a Democrat of Manhattan, publicized her campaign on KMAN’s “In Focus” segment last Friday. According to KMAN, Carlin already has a strategy for what she wants to accomplish with her constituents. see page

5, “BRIEFS”

which is currently on its 22nd season on ABC. The competition kicked off with a West Coast Swing routine by Ashley Wilmoth, Miss K-State 2015 and junior in marketing and accounting, and her partner Richard Reed, member of the K-State Swing and Salsa Club and graduate student in nuclear engineering. In their introduction video, Wilmoth said West Coast Swing

was new to her, and her biggest challenge to overcome was learning to dance with a partner. The couples were judged on five categories, including choreography, style, creativity, technique and stage presence, by a panel of three judges: David Ollington, associate professor in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance; Ben Hopper, Director of Greek Affairs at K-State; and Donita

Whitney-Bammerlin, instructor in the College of Business Administration. “I think this is one of the coolest K-State traditions,” Hopper said. “Megan Canfield and Julianne Jensby started it back in 2009 with season one, and it’s just really cool to see UPC has kept this up.” see page

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Professors develop technology to detect cancer sooner RILEY FLAKE the collegian

An estimated 1,685,210 cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. and 595,690 people will die from cancer this year, according to the “Cancer Statistics” page of the National Cancer Institute’s website. Deryl Troyer, professor of anatomy and physiology, and Stefan Bossmann, professor of chemistry, said they are working to significantly lower these numbers. They are developing a device that allows users to self detect cancer with just a small drop of blood. “We need a little blood, less than a cubic millimeter, and then we look at 10-15 proteases depending on the tumor and are able to identify stage 1 tumors at about 95 percent and stage 0 tumors at about 80 percent,” Bossmann said. “Then, you catch them early, and the classic technology is good enough for many tumors and can make a difference in the life of the patient.” Troyer said his passion comes from the frustration of the lack of resources and options for a cure. “Cancer is a devastating disease for which there are few durable cures,” Troyer said. The idea of the device is similar to a pregnancy test. If patients discover they have cancer, they can decide what to do with the information, Bossmann said. The idea is that they would be able to take a small sample of blood and the information would be transferred to their smartphone. From there, they would be able to see the gen-

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Data from National Cancer Institute Graphic by Audrey Hockersmith eral region the cancer inhabits and to what stage the disease has progressed. This new technology would allow people to catch the disease at an earlier stage, giving them a better chance to beat the cancer, Bossmann said.

The professors began their research together in 2007 and have run into controversial issues regarding their discoveries, Bossmann said. “This technology is able to save up to 50 percent of lives by just detecting tumors earlier,” Bossmann

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said. “What you need is a health system that wants to do this. One of our biggest obstacles is that hospital administrators want to discover the cancer at stage 3 because then you can make the most money from the patients. You need a health care system that is willing to detect the cancer early.” The professors are currently in the process of collaborating with the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, which is developing the company Mobile Biomarker Diagnostics, Bossmann said. They are attempting to give the power to the people: Some people want to know and some will not want the information. Millie Copper, junior in marketing and president of Delta Delta Delta, said she is involved with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through her sorority’s philanthropy. “The research the two professors are doing sounds incredible and could be a game changer for the horrible disease that has affected so many people,” Copper said. “Being able to self detect cancer before it spreads elsewhere could save so many people’s lives, no matter what age they are.” Copper said nothing would make her happier than if there was an increase in the survival rates of children battling cancer due to the work of Bossmann and Troyer. The professors’ research could revamp the way cancer affects the world since the device would be accessible to anyone, Bossmann said. “The goal would be to have the device on the market in about five years,” Bossmann said. “Since the test is enzyme based, it should be on the market for $20 or $30.”

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To be determined: President Obama’s legacy Pentagon.”

ALEX BRASE

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I’ll always remember President Barack Obama as my president. Of course, he was every American’s president, but the other leader of the free world that I can actually remember? President George W. Bush. To say the least, he wasn’t the ideal image of the country. Obama brought a new charismatic sense of grace and progress to the White House that may only truly be appreciated when someone new sits in the Oval Office. Despite his disagreements with Obama’s policy decisions, the president’s character is something he has taken for granted, conservative columnist David Brooks said in The New York Times article “I miss Barack Obama.” “Obama radiates an ethos of integrity, humanity, good manners and elegance that I’m beginning to miss and that I suspect we will all miss a bit, regardless of who replaces him,” Brooks said.

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importantly, the safe return of Capt. Richard Phillips, according to Robert McFadden and Scott Shane in The New York Times article “In rescue of captain, Navy kills 3 pirates.” The major opportunity for Obama to pursue foreign policy realism arrived in the form of the rapid escalation of international intervention in the Syrian Civil War. The key difference between Bush and Obama, however, is that Bush wasn’t trying to simultaneously close two wars that had been waging for more than a decade. “Syria, for Obama, represented a slope potentially as slippery as Iraq,” Jeffrey Goldberg said in The Atlantic article “The Obama Doctrine.” When Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s tyranny and re-

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In its last year, the Obama administration has implemented historic foreign policy strategies and actions that have been in development since the 2008 campaign. Obama’s ability to handle foreign policy was tested just months after his first inauguration when the captain of an American cargo ship was captured by Somali pirates. With much strategic planning and patience, Obama was able to give the go-ahead for a Navy SEAL team to move forward with the rescue of the captain, resulting in three dead pirates and more

ported gassing of Syrian citizens persisted, Obama authorized the CIA to train Syrian rebels but resisted calls for bombing the country. Assad could possibly survive the attacks meant to destroy the Syrian chemical weapons and claim that he had successfully defied the U.S., something Obama was not willing to risk, according to Goldberg. Obama directed the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, played a key role in reestablishing formal diplomatic relations between Cuba and the U.S. and became the first president to visit Cuba since 1928. Despite these achievements, Obama has failed to meet some goals he first set out to reach. Even with a Democratically controlled Congress in 2009,

the president wasn’t able to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Later, Obama was barred from even transferring prisoners to fully capable Supermax prisons in the U.S., a move that violated his presidential powers in Article II of the Constitution, according to Gregory Craig and Cliff Sloan’s Washington Post article “The president doesn’t need Congress’s permission to close Guantanamo.” In lieu of closing the prison, Obama had to resort to transferring detainees to prisons overseas. As of the most recent April 16 transfer, 80 detainees remain at the facility, and 26 of them have been approved and are waiting to be moved out, according to NBC News article “Nine Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia:

Pulling the country out of the Great Recession, Obama’s economic efforts have stimulated over 73 months of job growth that continues to be extended with each passing month, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Labor Blog, “Indicators point to a vibrant economy.” Additionally, the Affordable Care Act has pushed the rate of uninsured Americans below 10 percent for the first time ever, according to Bess Evans’ article “Getting to 20 million: White House Champions of Change” on the White House’s blog page. Further making his mark on the country’s history, Obama granted temporary legal status for undocumented immigrants who arrived as children, overhauled the background check system for gun purchases, instated The Every Student Succeeds Act to replace No Child Left Behind, and oversaw the buildup to the marriage equality ruling in 2015. As the 2016 presidential primary dashes around yet another corner, so does Obama’s final year in office. While he has made many controversial decisions, so have most great past presidents. It will take time to be able to fully assess the impact that Obama had on the U.S. and the world at large, but those who already have secured their trust in him may already know. 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.

Alex Brase is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

Imprisoning animals for personal entertainment is unacceptable

KAITLYN COTTON the collegian

There is absolutely nothing more exciting as a child than hearing the phrase, “We’re going to the zoo.” Animals you would normally have to travel hundreds of miles to see were suddenly right at your fingertips. The excitement of seeing baby monkeys, enthusiastic seals and

elephants larger than you have ever imaged was almost too much to bear. In my eyes, the metal bars that kept the animals in was a normal way of living for them; however, I came to find out that it’s not. With such small enclosures and minimal privacy, animals often become stressed and bored, according to the Animal Rights article “Arguments for and against zoos.” In the wild, animals have freedom that allows them to roam as far and long as they desire. “Elephants walk up to 30 miles each day, bears are active for up to 18 hours a day exploring their home ranges for up to hundreds of miles, and tigers and lions love running and climbing and will roam many

miles to hunt,” according to the Peta Kids article “5 secrets zoos don’t want you to know.” Zoos have been known to bring people and animals together in a way that educates the public, making them aware of the animals’ living habits and furthering appreciation for the animals. In reality, however, the limitations animals face when in captivity make the efforts to educate fall short. Because the animals are unable to live the way they normally would in the wild, they are offering very little educational value to the visitors. “You’re not getting the right education about what animals are like in the wild. That’s why we believe that you should keep wildlife in the wild. That’s best for animals and it’s

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best for the people,” said Adam Roberts, senior vice president of the animal protection advocacy group Born Free USA, on the Good Morning America segment “Born Free USA.” After a Siberian tiger killed a 17-year-old boy and severely injured two men at the San Francisco Zoo, Roberts said caging animals can create problems for both humans and the animals. Many of the animals that live in zoos have been born into captivity and will more than likely never be released back into the wild. Baby animals are some of the most popular attractions at zoos; however, once those animals become adults, their popularity dwindles and the zoo begins to lose money. This

incentive to breed new babies leads to overpopulation within the zoos, which forces the zoos to find a new home for the animals, according the Animal Rights article. “Surplus animals are sold not only to other zoos but also to circuses, canned hunting facilities and even for slaughter,” the article said. This is one of the biggest problems with zoos. It is absolutely baffling that money is such a large factor in these animals’ quality of life. Millions of dollars are spent to ensure the health of animals and education of people, Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, said on the Good Morning America segment. The millions of dollars

being spent are doing the complete opposite of what Hannah proposes. Instead of ensuring the health of the animals, the unnatural settings of metal bars and concrete floors are causing the animals stress. If zoos are teaching children anything, it is that imprisoning animals for our own entertainment and benefit is acceptable, and it is not. 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.

Kaitlyn Cotton is a sophomore in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com.

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Aggieville restaurants serve later, rowdier crowds KELSEY KENDALL the collegian

hile many businesses in Aggieville close for the night, others, including the bars and some restaurants, stay open later. Students and locals can hang out in the bars until closing at 2 a.m. Some might stumble home and others might stick around for a little bit longer to grab a bite to eat. “(People) are looking for somewhere to go, something to eat,” Ashley Strother, general manager at PepperJax Grill, said. Strother said it is easy to tell when the bars start to close down because it gets very busy in PepperJax once they do. PepperJax is not the only business that stays open late to serve the bar crowd. The Varsity Truck and Jimmy John’s also stay open late and experience the rowdier drunk crowd, according to Caleb Roth, Varsity Truck worker, and Sara Newell, assistant manager at Jimmy John’s. “The night shift is the most fun,” Newell said. “You never know what you’re going to get.” Newell said it can get pretty

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Fake Patty’s Day goers rest on a bench in Aggieville on March 5. crazy in Jimmy John’s once the bars let out. She said one night, she and the other employees had to break up

Letter to the Editor April 16, 2007, when I was a faculty member at Virginia Tech, the worst campus shooting in the U.S. occurred. The most difficult experience of my life was attending funerals for VT students killed in the massacre. Seeing friends and family of students at these services dressed in maroon and orange broke my heart. Saturday, I joined other K-State faculty at the Open House talking to attendees about new laws allowing concealed carry on Kansas campuses in July 2017. The conversations were courteous and open. When a few people said they supported the idea of allowing concealed weapons on campus without any training because they thought campus would be safer if everyone had handguns, I was respectful, but in my heart, I wanted to let them know how strongly I believe that more guns on campus will not make the campus safer. My area of research is domestic violence. Lethal violence is much more likely to occur during a relationship conflict when a gun

is easily accessible. I am also a family therapy professor. When a person makes a suicide attempt, it is much more likely to be lethal if a handgun is available. Many people die in the U.S. each year because of accidental discharge of weapons. I do not want to hear about a gun-related suicide, homicide or an accidental shooting on campus after the new laws go into effect while I remain silent. The issue of allowing concealed carry on campus is deeply personal to me. I can’t bear the thought of experiencing K-State funerals with family members and friends dressed in Wildcat purple as a result of more guns on campus. Please contact your legislators and encourage them to change the law and allow universities to decide the best ways to keep their campuses safe. Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor Family Studies and Human Services Kansas State University

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four fights. Roth said the Varsity Truck also has fights break out between custom-

ers some nights, as people get rambunctious after a night of drinking. Strother said although fights do

happen at PepperJax every now and then, they do not happen as often as in some other businesses in Aggieville. She said there has been damage to the bathroom sinks and cabinets in the past, however. “(PepperJax) is pretty lucky with customers not getting too bad,” Strother said. Strother and Roth said Fake Patty’s Day is the busiest day not only for the bars, but for many restaurants as well. “From the time we open to the time we close, (we have a line),” Strother said. Roth said sometimes the line has been so packed that he and his co-workers have had a hard time getting inside to start their shifts. Once, a man even tried to start a fight as Roth and his co-workers tried to work their way inside. Another night working at the Varsity Truck, Roth said two women tried to escape by crawling through people’s legs after not paying for their food. Since the end of the night can get kind of crazy, Newell said she recommends customers arriving should know what they want to order before getting to the cash register.

DANCING | Winners utilize energy

from crowd, receive mirror ball trophy continued from page

“I’ve been a part of every episode since season one, and it’s just a fun program to see K-State students, faculty and staff have fun,” Hopper said. According to Erika Davis, program adviser for UPC, the process began several months in advance with a sign-up of volunteer performers. UPC paired up the “professional” student dancers with the “stars,” or student leaders, based on their interests, Davis said. The teams were given six weeks to practice their routines. Wildcat Watch videographers recorded the training sessions and produced mini documentaries about the dancers that aired during the show.

“After events like this, I’m always super proud of the students because it’s a huge time commitment and lots of hard work,” Davis said. This year’s first-place winners were Mike Finnegan, associate professor in the Staley School of Leadership Studies, and Mackenzie Mong, senior in political science, who performs in musicals at the Manhattan Arts Center. The duo received the mirror ball trophy. The judges smiled as the two performed a salsa routine to “Cuban Pete” by Desi Arnaz. “It feels incredible,” Mong said. “I’m so proud of (Finnegan). I’m so proud of the dedication he put in. One of my favorite parts of working with him is his open-mindedness. It

was a true collaboration.” Finnegan said he used encouragement from his partner and the audience to fuel his stage presence. “I guess during rehearsals, (Mong) would always say, ‘Mike, smile’ and it was something I had to think of, but up on stage and being in front of people, you get a lot of energy from the crowd,” Finnegan said. “Hopefully it showed.” Davis said this year’s Dancing with the K-State Stars drew in a smaller crowd of roughly 130 attendees and less participants than in previous seasons. “This is our eighth year, so maybe it’s just getting less popular,” Davis said. “We’ll reconsider it for next year and see if it’s something we want to do again.”

BRIEFS | Carlin’s campaign may be delayed by bill continued from page

“Continue to build a coalition of moderate representatives that care about this state and its future,” Carlin said to KMAN. “There are

a group of us that get things done occasionally. We’ve stopped some really bad legislation... We do have a coalition that’s strong enough to protect the public from some things.” Carlin can begin her campaign

as soon as the legislature adjourns for the summer, but, according to KMAN, Carlin said that may be delayed due to an education bill that she expects the Supreme Court to strike down.

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