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unday night, Manhattan received over two inches of precipitation, according to
the National Weather Service. Bryan Baerg, National Weather Service meteorologist of Topeka, said Manhattan residents can expect similar weather tonight, including strong winds and hail. “The main threats across central Kansas will be large hail, wind
and there’s still a tornado potential,” Baerg said. Though there is no way to know for sure what will happen until later tonight, Baerg said he expects the storms to begin in the Salina area and move on to Manhattan.
“People just need to be aware,” Baerg said. “Just stay aware of what is going on.” Baerg said he recommends listening to local weather providers to stay up-to-date, as it is difficult to tell exactly what will happen ahead of time.
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BUSINESSWEEK RANKS K-STATE AS 39TH BEST PUBLIC UNDERGRAD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Bloomberg Businessweek recently ranked K-State’s College of Business Administration as the 39th best undergraduate business school among U.S. public universities. The ranking was featured in Businessweek’s “2016 Best Undergraduate Business Schools,” according to the Little Apple Post. When the publication included private universities, the college’s ranking dropped to 82nd overall — a 41-spot increase from the last Bloomberg Businessweek rankings. A section of the rankings included an employer survey, in which employers were asked to list and rank 10 business schools that they recruit from. In this portion, K-State ranked 28th among public universities and 58th overall, according to the Little Apple Post. “The significant increase in our overall ranking and our outstanding placement in the employer survey is a testament to the emphasis that the college has placed on developing experiential learning opportunities and career development programs for all of our students,” Kevin Gwinner, dean of the College of Business Administration, said to the Little Apple Post. “As we move into our innovative new building for the fall 2016 semester, we can expand those opportunities and programs for our students, which will allow us to continue to move upward in business school rankings.”
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Get to know a fee proposal: What Arts and Sciences will do with $8.70 more per credit hour SHELTON BURCH the collegian
Editor’s note: This is the third story in a series analyzing fee proposals under consideration by K-State. The College of Arts and Sciences is requesting an $8.70 percredit-hour fee increase starting in fall 2016. The proposed fee would raise the current fee from $8 per credit hour to $16.70, according to the college’s fee proposal application. The increase was unanimously approved by the Tuition and Fees Strategies committee on April 13. Stephen Kucera, senior in music performance and accounting and student senator representing the College of Arts and Sciences in the Student Governing Association, said he takes into account a few different questions when deciding how to vote on a fee, including how much the proposed fee would raise each student’s tuition. In the case of a student taking 15 credit hours in the college, Kucera estimated the fee would cost approximately $120 more for each student. “When you compare the College of Arts and Sciences’ credit-hour fee, particularly when you compare it to some colleges like Engineering, which I believe is currently at $54 per credit hour and wanting to go even higher than that, increasing Arts and Sciences’ from eight to $16.70 seemed a lot more reasonable,” Kucera said.
HOW THE FEE WILL BE USED
THIS DAY IN HISTORY On this day in 1986, the world’s worst nuclear accident to date occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear plant near Kiev in Ukraine. The full toll from this disaster is still being tallied, but experts believe that thousands of people died and as many as 70,000 suffered severe poisoning. In addition, a large area of land may not be livable for as much as 150 years.
The prospective fee, if implemented, will be used to hire full-time advisers and help attract graduate teaching assistants by increasing their stipends, according to the proposal. “The GTA stipends for the College have been non-competitive for many years, affecting our ability to attract the very best graduate students to our programs who serve as teaching assistants for
many of our general survey and laboratory courses,” according to the proposal. “Annual surveys begun in 2013 demonstrate that we are well below our peer averages, in some departments by over $5,000 per year.” Beth Montelone, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said there is variation among departments, but the average salary difference between
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K-State graduates and their peers in departments at other universities is $3,000. “There’s more discrepancy from average in some departments than others, and that’s pretty typical too,” Montelone said. “Usually the science departments tend to be highly competitive, and so we are closer to our peers than we are, say in English, or art, or humanities.” The reason K-State was more competitive in some departments than others was because the university has not historically had the funding to create “appropriate stipends” in all areas, Montalone said. She said the fee will also go toward hiring full-time academic advisers for departments within the College that do not have them. Students not assigned to professional advisers are assigned to faculty advisers, which are faculty members who advise students while serving as professors or in other roles, Montelone said. They generally work with students who are further along in their academic careers and can help students find internships or job opportunities or serve as professional contacts within their given fields, Montelone said. She said the difference between full-time and part-time advisers is that full-time advisers help people who do not necessarily know which career tracks they want to pursue between two similar ones or similar fields of study, such as those deciding between biology or pre-health. They also might help those who are just not sure what they want to do. see page
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Name brands are no better than store brands Illustration by Savannah Thaemert
PATRICK WHITE the collegian
Each time I go to Target, I am consumed by the limitlessness of products. Each section contains a variety of aisles, which contain a variety of products that all vary in cost. With each step I take, my mind is pushed farther into the rabbit hole of deciding between store brand and namebrand products. The influence of society’s dependence on the latter makes my chances of making it out with money left in my wallet slim to none. This dependence has been the result of good marketing for name-brand products. In real-
ity, the prices for name-brand products are higher because the marketing reaches more consumers than store-brand products’ marketing. The more people willing to buy a product, the higher you can make the prices. It’s simple economics. Oftentimes, consumers mistake the higher prices for better quality, but that just isn’t the case, according to Jim Wang’s CBS News article “Generic vs. brand name: Is there really a difference?” A common misconception is that generic medicines will not work as well as the name-brand drugs, but how the Food and Drug Administration regulates the making and selling of generic and brand-name medicine are virtually identical, according to the “Facts about Generic Drugs” page of the FDA’s website.
“When a generic drug is approved, it has met rigorous standards established by the FDA with respect to identity, strength, quality, purity and potency,” according to the FDA’s website. “Generic drugs are required to have the same active ingredient, strength, dosage form and route of administration as the brand-name product. Generic drugs do not need to contain the same inactive ingredients as the brand-name products.” The same is true for some food products, like flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar or milk. “Staple food products like flour, sugar, corn starch, pepper and others are regulated,” Wang said. “In many cases, the same manufacturers produce the generic products and the brand name.”
While I believe saving money is always a good idea, there will only be one true Oreo and my childhood love for Mrs. Butterworth maple syrup will always be the strongest. Childhood favorites aside, buying generic products will sometimes give you the same product as the name brand will — the only difference is in the packaging. When a generic and namebrand milk were put up against each other to test quality, it was found that the only difference between the two was the packaging, despite the name-brand milk being $2.45 compared to the generic price of $1.67, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady article “25 name brand vs generic face-offs: Best and worst revealed.” The difference between the quality of generic and name-
brand products is a lie our society has created to make the industry more competitive. In my opinion, the only difference between generic and name-brand products is how well-known they are, and this is a direct product of marketing. The rabbit hole of deciding between generic or name-brand products that our society is stuck in is self-made and unnecessary. After all, doesn’t everyone like saving a little extra money without having to give up quality? 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.
Patrick White is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
Pittsburgh Penguins continue to capitalize on adversity BRANDON FAIT the collegian
The NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs are in full swing. With the recent completion of the first round, the true contenders have proven their worthiness while the pretenders have exited early. Earlier in the season, I predicted that the Pittsburgh Penguins would win the Stanley Cup, and the more I watch them play, the more convinced I am that they will win it all. A common trend I have seen between the Stanley Cup champions over the years is that they all had a low point in their season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are no
exception to this trend. In December, the team fired coach Mike Johnston after a start in which the team severely underachieved. The Penguins started 15-10-3 and ranked 28th in scoring, according to the ESPN article “Pens fire coach Mike Johnston after sluggish start.” With star players like centerman Sidney Crosby, centerman Evgeni Malkin and right wing Phil Kessel, the Penguins’ front office was surely expecting more out of their team by the midway point in the season. Soon after hiring Mike Sullivan as their head coach, the Penguins went from averaging 2.36 goals per game
to 3.56, an average that aided in the team going 31-15-5 during the season, according to Alexa Mavrogianis’ Isportsweb article, “Pittsburgh Penguins: Mike Sullivan deserving of the Jack Adams.” When the playoffs began two weeks ago, I really wasn’t sure what to expect out of the Penguins. I wasn’t sure if the team was really as good as they were playing or if they were peaking at the right time. My question was answered when the Penguins met the New York Rangers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Without starting goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, the Penguins dominated the Rangers in a 4-1 series win. Splitting
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time in the net for the Penguins were young goalies Matt Murray, who had a .955 save percentage, and Jeff Zatkoff, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Jenn Menendez, “Penguins’ young players mesh with veterans in playoff series vs. rangers.” The Penguins will face the Washington Capitals in the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The matchup bodes well for the Penguins because they have won three out of five games against the Capitals during the regular season, according to Jonathan Bombulie’s Trib Live article, “Penguins notebook: Capitals next on radar in 2nd round of playoffs.”
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The Capitals are led by superstar left wing Alexander Ovechkin, who is considered one of the two best players in the league alongside Crosby. In my opinion, if the Penguins can shut Ovechkin down, they are have a good shot at winning the series. If the Penguins can make it out of the Eastern Conference, they have a very good shot at winning the Stanley Cup. Many of the better teams in the Western Conference, like the Stars and the Sharks, have had trouble holding leads throughout the first round and barely managed to escape. I think it’s remarkable that a single coaching change resulted in one of the more nota-
ble turnarounds in recent NHL history. Earlier in the season, many NHL experts predicted that the Penguins would have to fight for a playoff spot, and to everyone’s surprise, they clinched the second seed in the east. With the way the Penguins are playing right now, I really don’t think they can be stopped. 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.
Brandon Fait is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
WHEN SHOPPING, DO YOU TEND TO BUY NAME-BRAND OR STORE-BRAND PRODUCTS?
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“Name brands— the quality is better than the store brands.”
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Professors’ research shows moderate exercise may help cancer treatments ISABEL LAUBY the collegian
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wo K-State professors’ research has shown that moderate exercise can increase the effectiveness of cancer treatments. One of the professors, Brad Behnke, associate professor of exercise physiology, said the main focus of his research is how exercise can increase oxygenation to a tumor to permanently alter its environment. “We’re taking advantage of the body itself and the systems in the body,” Behnke said. “Basically personalizing different types of exercise prescriptions to try to manipulate the cardiovascular system.” Moderate exercise can be described as a slow jog or a fast walk, Behnke said. His research could indicate that this type of physical activity can provide oxygen to the tumor, increasing the effectiveness of radiation or chemotherapy treatments. David Poole, collaborator and professor of exercise physiology, said tumors maintain low oxygen pressures that oscillate. Although depriving a tumor of oxygen may sound like a good thing, this “turns on a spectrum of over 35
tumor-growth genes that increase tumor size,” Poole said. Additionally, when a tumor has no oxygen or very low levels of oxygen, the tumor cells are more resistant to radiation or chemotherapy than those in a normal oxygen environment, Behnke said. Behnke has received one of the four Kansas grants from the American Cancer Society to conduct his research, according to the “Current Grants by State” page of the society’s website. He said he also receives support from the Johnson Cancer Research Center. The National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society both recommend exercise for cancer patients to fight the side effects of cancer treatments, but Behnke said his research focuses on the lesser-studied subject of how exercise can be personalized to fight the tumor itself His research aims to establish for cancer patients in the future “which exercise protocol would be best to modify their particular tumor, so kind of a personalized medicine approach, in combination with their specific chemo or radiation therapy,” Behnke said. He said he is studying different exercise programs on rodents with prostate cancer in attempts to ma-
Photo Courtesy of K-State Division of News and Communications Services Brad Behnke, associate professor of exercise physiology, and his collaborators have shown that moderate exercise on a regular basis may enhance tumor oxygenation and improve treatments in cancer patients. nipulate the tumor oxygenation. His results have shown that with exercise, the oxygen levels in the tumor have been elevated within a week-to-twoweek period. This is typically the time frame a patient would go through radiation therapy for prostate or breast tumors. “From the research we’ve seen so far, it’s very promising,” Behnke said. “It’s suggesting, at least with these certain types of exercise regimes that we’re using, we’re permanently altering the tumor.” Before coming to K-State, Behnke worked in Florida where he studied age-related changes in resistance vessel structure and the function of stored fat and skeletal muscle.
He became interested in his current field of research when he heard a speaker prompt the audience to look around and acknowledge that 1 in 3 females and 1 in 2 males will be diagnosed with cancer. “I’ve always looked at cardiovascular function and just been interested with how rapidly it can adapt,” Behnke said. “I was really interested in how can we impact the survivability of these cancer patients.” Several of Behnke’s collaborators are in Florida, but Behnke also works with graduate students at K-State as well. Expanding these opportunities for student involvement in research is one of K-State’s goals listed in its
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According to K-State Today, the “complementary venues designed to appeal to students, faculty and staff alike were chosen to provide different experiences from graband-go options, quick service selections or casual dining with table service.” While some venues are returners, like Chick-fil-A and Panda Express, there will be some new eats, including: Union Station by JP’s: Modeled after JP’s in the Jardine Complex, items on the Union Station’s menu will be sourced locally when possible, like with Weber Hall meats and homemade pretzel buns. Qdoba Mexican Eats:
Qdoba will serve both chef-inspired and customizable menu items, like burritos, ThreeCheese Queso, Loaded Tortilla Soup and Knockout Tacos.
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The Riley County Police Department recently announced the launch of its new community program, PROJECT: GUARDIANS. According to KMAN, the program is a private and secured database designed to help officers provide assistance to members of the Riley County community who are unable to communicate or
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“(The full-time advisers) are working with those students and making sure that they get in a program for at least that critical first year so that they’ll be in a good position whichever way they decide to go for a major,” Montelone said. Of 24 departments in the college, six currently have fulltime advisers, Montelone said. The proposed fee will allow all departments in the college to either have one or share one with another department if they are too small. The national recommendation is fewer than 300 students per professional adviser, Montelone said. When it comes to voting on fee proposals, Kucera said he tries to learn all he can about fees being presented, including talking with the people presenting them. “One of the things I try to do is talk to the deans that are bringing these proposals, and so I talk with each of them,” Kucera said. “I talked with the interim dean (of the College of Arts and Sciences), Amit Chakrabarti, and I asked dean (Peter) Dorhout before him, ‘With this increase do you feel like students would not be able to stay here at K-State or not be able to come here because of this one particular increase?’” For the College of Arts and Sciences fee proposal, the answer was no, which Kucera said was not always the answer he got from other deans. “The deans felt very confident that people would be able
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The fee proposal will now go to the university president’s office, who will then submit them as part of the tuition and fee budget proposal for next year to the Kansas Board of Regents before their meeting on May 18-19, according to Breeze Richardson, communications director for the regents. They will then receive an “initial reading” unless they need to be postponed for some reason, such as if the Kansas Legislature is still in session, Richardson said. The Legislature needs to have completed its session before tuition is determined because the two biggest parts of a university’s budget are state appropriations and tuition rates, Richardson said. “It’s not prudent to set tuition until after the legislature has concluded their session and the budget is established from the state general fund stream,” Richardson said. After that, the budgets from each university will go through revisions and an all-day workshop, where each university president will present their budgets to the regents one at a time. In the case of K-State, the regents expect collaboration between outgoing university president Kirk Schulz and interim president Richard Myers, Richardson said. Because Schulz’s time at K-State ends before the next meeting, however, Myers will likely present the budget.
properly interact with emergency responders. Such community members may include those affected by autism, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The database, managed by RCPD, includes a digital picture and contact information of participating members. According to KMAN, officers can use the database
to retrieve important care and contact information, as well as to “determine special circumstances or obstacles that a participant may be experiencing.” RCPD is hosting an informational event for the program from 5-7 p.m. Friday. Applications for the program will be available later next month.
2025 plan, according to the “Theme 1: Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities, and Discovery (RSCAD) — Strategic Action Plan” document on the “2025 Visionary Plan” page of K-State’s website. Sarah Hancock, documentation technical writer for the Office of the Vice President for Research, said the opportunity for students to be involved in research at K-State allows them to learn and experience “cutting edge information.” Behnke said he does not think there will be a cure to cancer in this generation, but he is optimistic about progressive treatments. “It’s not a death sentence anymore,” Behnke said.
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Wildcat shines for women’s golf, qualifies for NCAA regionals TIM EVERSON the collegian
It had been more than a decade since a K-State women’s golfer finished in the top 10 at the Big 12 Championship. Junior Madison Talley did more than that as she earned herself a spot on the All Big 12 team, finishing fourth after shooting a 2-under-par 214 at Dominion Country Club in San Antonio over the weekend. In addition to her tournament success, Talley rewrote some of the K-State record books with her score of 214 over 54 holes, which was the best score recorded by a Wildcat in the Big 12 Tournament. The score also put Talley at eighth in program history.
While Talley showed up strong, it was not a great overall weekend for the team. The Wildcats finished eighth after shooting a 24-over-par 888 as a team. Three strokes separated the Wildcats from sixth place. “I am very proud of Madison,” K-State head coach Kristi Knight, said. “She had a great Big 12 Championship and season overall. But as a team, that was not the way we wanted to finish today. We did not take advantage of the opportunity.” K-State finished the first two rounds in fifth place with six strokes between the Wildcats and the fourth-place TCU Horned Frogs. Sunday did not go well for K-State, however, and the Wildcats shot 299, the worst conference score, plummeting them to second-to-last place.
Juniors Katherine Gravel-Coursol and Paige Nelson tied for 35th with an 11-overpar 227, while sophomore Connie Jaffrey and freshman Chloe Weir tied for 40th after shooting a 12-over-par 228. Talley will advance to the NCAA regionals as one of 24 players from across the country. This will be the second postseason appearance of her college career. “Making a regional is a reward for having a great season,” Knight said. “(Assistant coach Stew Burke), and I are proud of her. We are excited to take her down to Baton Rouge and see her play that golf course.” Talley will be the No. 3 seed at the Baton Rouge Regional in Louisiana on May 5-7 at the University Club.
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BatCats set for battle against struggling Shockers AVERY OSEN the collegian
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fter winning a three-game series against Baylor over the weekend, K-State’s baseball team will travel south to take on the Wichita State Shockers. This was the second-straight series the BatCats have won since 2013 after beating West Virginia in two out of three games last weekend. The Wildcats are 18-22 overall this season and are 5-10 in the Big 12. Wichita State has been struggling this year and has a 15-25 record on the season. The Shockers are coming off a series win over Bradley this past weekend, which was their second series win in the Missouri Valley this year. Senior outfielder Mikel Mucha is leading the Shockers in hits with 45 on the season and is tied for first in doubles with eight. K-State pitchers will have to be careful when dealing with sophomore Shocker catcher Gunnar Troutwine, who has hit a team-high six home runs, 34 runs scored, 26 walks and 30 RBIs. The Wildcats are 14-1 when they score six or more runs this season and have scored double digits in 10 games this season. K-State junior first baseman Jake Scudder is leading the team with six home runs. He is also leading the team in RBIs with 32. Wildcat senior outfielder Clayton Dalrymple is leading the team in batting average at .366 this season. The Wildcats showed their power over the weekend when they belted four home runs in three games against the Bears. They have 22 home runs this season, which is the most by a K-State team since 2013, and they still have many games left to play. “The middle of our order was really good today,” K-State head
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Junior left-handed pitcher Jordan Floyd unleashes a pitch to Baylor infielder Justin Arrington in the eighth inning of the Wildcats’ 10-4 victory over the Baylor Bears on Sunday in Tointon Family Stadium. coach Brad Hill said to K-State Sports. “Then Quintin Crandall (hitting .429 over the last six games) is starting to come on for us at the bottom of the order, giving us some big at-bats.” Last season, these two teams split the two-game season series when the Wildcats won the first meeting 5-4
and the Shockers got the best of the BatCats 11-5 in game two. The first pitch between K-State and Wichita State is set for 6:35 p.m. today at Eck Stadium. The teams will meet up again May 3 for the rematch at Tointon Family Stadium for the final of six straight nonconference games for K-State.
KDA_3_50118A2 In the McCall reach-in cooler (right unit), there were peeled baked potatoes without a date. The cook said he made them on April 19. Corrected on-site, voluntarily discarded. KDA_4_20211A2 In a utensil drawer, there were three rubber spatulas with deep cracks along the edges that are not easy to clean. Corrected on-site, discarded. KDA_5_40211 In the middle compartment at the three-vat sink located in the kitchen, there was a metal strainer of black beans below the flood rim. The sink is directly plumbed. Corrected on-site, removed the black beans.
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Coffee Hour offers chance to learn about other cultures ALLISON EVANS the collegian
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round five times a semester, K-State students, faculty and community members get together to learn about other cultures through coffee, food and conversation at the K-State International Student Center’s Coffee Hour. “Most of the people are here because they’re curious, and coffee hour definitely feeds your curiosity,” Sai Pradeep, Coffee Hour coordinator and graduate student in industrial engineering, said. “It’s a new country. You don’t know much about it, so there will definitely be things you love about a country or think that is really interesting.” Pradeep said Coffee Hour is an opportunity for both graduate and undergraduate students from other countries to share their culture with others. Topics discussed can include geography, politics, history, food and more. International students are contacted via email asking if they want to present, and then they send in applications, Pradeep said. Countries are chosen based on how recently they have been presented in Coffee Hour, with the intention of choosing countries that have not been showcased in the past five years. Countries with higher populations at K-State, such as China, India and Saudi Arabia, are not included because there are other events for those cultures around campus throughout the year, and the goal of the Coffee Hour series is to bring attention lesser-known countries, Pradeep said.
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People line up to try food at the Coffee Hour presentation in the International Student Center on Friday. This Coffee Hour presented information about the Czech Republic. A presentation is given by a student, or students, that lasts between 30-40 minutes, Pradeep said. After that, there is a Q&A session followed by authentic food from the country, which is prepared by the student presenters. “My favorite part of the Coffee Hour is tasting the food that’s authentic to that country,” Pradeep said. “It’s usually two to three dishes. And it’s not a lot, it’s just a taste, but I believe there’s no better way to share a culture than to share its food.” Meenu Mohankumar, gradu-
ate student in statistics, presented over Sri Lanka in February with two other students, she said. Mohankumar said she enjoyed the opportunity to share her culture with others while she is studying at K-State. “I’m really glad that I could present my country and tell something about my country to people here,” Mohankumar said. “It’s good to let the people know, and it’s totally different from here, the cultures, the clothes, everything. I really wanted to represent my country.” Sonia Moisa, graduate student and postdoctoral research assistant
in animal sciences industry, presented over Argentina in March and said the series is a good way for international students to promote their countries and encourage others to consider visiting. “You’re learning about new cultures, and sometimes they may not have any idea where the country is from,” Moisa said. “It’s a general culture for these people, a general education of the country, and maybe you’re given the idea, ‘Hey, I want to visit.’” Pradeep said he has records of the series dating back to 1999 but is
unsure of when it actually began. Attendance has spiked this semester. In 2015, the average number of attendees was 110, and before that in 2013 it was between 70-80, Pradeep said. For this spring series, they have seen averages of 160. The rise in numbers is possibly due to an increase in word of mouth, as well as the creation of a Coffee Hour Facebook group, Pradeep said. “This semester something changed,” Pradeep said. “I don’t know if people became more curious. At one point, we had 175 and people kept coming, and we couldn’t let anymore in, so we had to say no to people who came.” The series wrapped up for the semester on Friday with a presentation over the Czech Republic. Loryn Wiebe, junior in psychology and secondary education, said she enjoyed the presentation and others in the series because they offer an education that might not be found elsewhere. “I love learning about the different cultures,” Wiebe said. “It’s very insightful and things you don’t normally learn if you just read a book about them. It’s actually from the people who are native there.” Pradeep said he is sad to see the series end for the semester but is looking forward to more Coffee Hour events in the fall. “The Coffee Hour feeds energy to me,” Pradeep said. “I look forward to the next Coffee Hour. It’s like students usually look forward to the weekend and I look to the next Coffee Hour. I love this job so much. I’ve had so much personal growth talking to all these people from all these different countries. I’ve had so much perspective increase in myself.”
Game review: Dark Souls III offers new systems, mechanics
COLLIN WEAVER the collegian
HHHHH In 2009, I picked up a game called "Demon's Souls" on a whim. I had next to no knowledge about the game — I just thought the box art looked pretty cool. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it was the best impulse buy I've ever made and the beginning of seven-yearlong love affair. "Demon's Souls" never technically received a sequel. Instead, the game's developer, FromSoftware, released a spiritual successor: "Dark Souls," which is a sequel in everything but name. "Dark Souls," its se-
quel "Dark Souls II" and 2015's "Bloodborne" share the same basic DNA as "Demon's Souls." "Dark Souls III" is, for all intents and purposes, the fifth game in the series. It's practically a greatest hits album for the series, taking elements from every one of its predecessors and blending them all together into a single, fantastic package. The Souls games are action, role-playing games that have become infamous for their difficulty. Though I would describe them as tough but fair instead of outright difficult, the point still stands that these games refuse to hold your hand or give you an easy win. Victory is earned, not given, and failure is almost always the player's fault. Player death and failure
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in "Dark Souls III" (along with every other Souls game) is not so much a punishment as it is an important and integral mechanic. Each death is a learning opportunity. Smart players will analyze what killed them, be it a tough enemy or devious trap, and the mistakes they made that led to their failure. A particularly nasty ambush might not be that bad when you know it's coming and are prepared for it. This gameplay loop of death, knowledge acquisition and progression is core to the
Souls series. This stands true in "Dark Souls III." What does "Dark Souls III" do differently, then? To someone who has never played these games, probably not much. Veterans, however, will find new systems and mechanics to play with and figure out. The most obvious change is the introduction of Focus Points and Weapon Arts. The games have always had an omni-present Health meter and Stamina meter (which governs how much you can perform actions such as attacking, blocking
or rolling), but "Dark Souls III" adds in a third meter for Focus Points. You consume Focus Points when you cast spells or utilize a Weapon Art. These are new attacks or skills and vary from weapon to weapon. These skills can vary and include attacks that break your foe's guard, nimble quick-steps, damage buffs or a flashy sweep maneuver that hits everything around you. Weapon Arts give players a much wider range of tactical options to consider. Exper-
imenting with the different weapons and trying to master their Weapon Arts on top of the weapon's existing set of attacks made sure I was constantly engaged and switching up the equipment I used. I was always excited to pick up a new weapon featuring a new Weapon Art for me to try out, and I often found myself loving weapons I likely wouldn't have touched otherwise. To read more, visit www. kstatecollegian. com.