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he Flint Hills Breadbasket served over 23,000 people in the Riley County area last year. It would not have been possible without the 700,000 pounds of food items donated by the local community, according to the “What Does the Breadbasket do?” page of its website. The Breadbasket not only accepts packaged and dry food items but also properly packed leftovers, Maribeth Kieffer, executive director of the organization, said. Some of these leftovers come from K-State. All of the dining centers on campus package and donate their leftovers if the food in question cannot be repurposed, Missy Schrader, unit director of Kramer Dining Center and registered dietician, said. Schrader said the decision to donate leftovers comes down to whether or not the food is safe and if it can be
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Bosco discusses LGBT ordinance at City Commision SHAYLEE ARPIN the collegian
During the Manhattan City Commission meeting on Tuesday, commissioners and public attendees spoke of possible amendments to Chapter 10 of the city of Manhattan’s Code of Ordinances, which is about civil rights regarding prohibitions against discrimination. The meeting room was filled quickly, spilling out into the lobby where many attendees viewed the proceedings from TV screens. “I appreciate so much the courage on both sides of this issue,” Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students Pat Bosco said. “It’s not easy to stand up when you have one or two people applauding as well as feeling that you are going to get hurt.” Bosco said he supports an updated ordinance that would be inclusive to LGBT citizens. Jason Hilgers, deputy city manager, began by presenting the current ordinance against discrimination. According to Hilgers, while language such as sexual orientation and gender identity were heavily discussed, the two terms were not included in the 2011 ordinance. According to the repealed ordinance included in the City Commission’s agenda, however, both sexual orientation and gender identity were clearly defined in the 2011 ordinance. see page
repurposed for another meal. “There’s really two decisions we make,” Schrader said. “One, as long as it’s safe and the appropriate temperature, we will repurpose it in some way. If it’s not the appropriate temperature then we compost it. If it’s not acceptable (to repurpose), like French fries, we safely cool them down and freeze them until the Flint Hills Breadbasket comes. Most food can be cooled down and repurposed. We try to manage our food so we don’t have
leftovers.” Schrader said the program has been going on for about 10 years, and volunteers from the Breadbasket come at scheduled intervals every week to pick up food for donation. According to the Breadbasket’s website, 23.2 percent of Riley County citizens live at or below the poverty level. While one of the organization’s goals is to make sure everyone in the community has adequate nutrition, its website states that,
ultimately, it wants to enable clients learn the skills needed to be self-sufficient. see page
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Elizabeth Rogers, junior in agricultural education, and Debbie Madsen, Manhattan resident, volunteer at the Flint Hills Breadbasket separating food items into their respective categories on Tuesday.
Students discuss, plan how to fight food insecurity COLLIN WEAVER the collegian
Leadership studies students, faculty and members of the K-State chapter of the Food Recovery Network gathered Tuesday in the Leadership Studies Building to present information on and address the food insecurity of K-State students in the first of two planned meetings. Food insecurity is defined as the “economic and social condition of limited
or uncertain access to adequate food,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service’s website. Students enrolled in the LEAD 405 Leadership in Practice course gathered data, information and personal stories throughout the semester about those affected by food insecurity, which were then compiled and presented at the meeting. “Everyone is connected to food in some way, and food has an impact on many aspects of our lives,” Christine Rock, sophomore
in food science and industry and political science, said. “As students, our performance can be affected if we don’t get the nutrients we need.” Rock and Tom Anjard, sophomore in industrial engineering, are both members of the K-State chapter of the Food Recovery Network. This network is “the largest student movement against food waste and hunger in America,” according to its website. Anjard said the meeting was just one of the beginning steps to addressing
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Students engage in conversation about food insecurity at K-State in the Leadership Studies Building on Tuesday.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a longlost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition. history.com
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food insecurity at K-State. “We want to open a dialogue and figure out what the next steps are,” Anjard said. “What do we do with this data? How do we move forward?” Following the presentation, the group discussed how to begin addressing food insecurity. The group plans to pitch and discuss solutions in a more in-depth manner in a followup meeting on Thursday. Theo Stavropoulos, communications coordinator for the Staley School of Leadership Studies, spoke about the importance of long-term, continued engagement. “We’re looking to establish a universitywide network for solving hunger issues, to build an infrastructure for raising awareness and student engagement,” Stavropoulos said. Lori Kniffin, adviser of academic programs for the Staley School of Leadership Studies and instructor of the LEAD 405 course, said a hurdle the group faces is finances. “Sustainable funding, staff and even space on campus are all issues to consider when thinking of solutions,” Kniffin said.
Rock said another challenge is finding solutions that will reach a greater variety of people. “Hunger is a diverse and multi-faceted issue,” Rock said. “It would be hard to have just one solution. We need to have multiple, flexible solutions.” Anjard said food insecurity is an “issue that needs to be tackled from all sides.” Kniffin said the biggest obstacle is unawareness. “Getting people to engage with the issue and finding a way to facilitate discussion is a challenge,” Kniffin said. “If people don’t know or care about the issue, they won’t be a drive to fix it.” Kniffin said she hopes passionate students will tap into their own networks, such as social media, greek life and student organizations to spread awareness and enact change. “We had a lot of productive conversation today,” Anjard said. “But there needs to be a call to action, to mark food insecurity as a real issue here on campus. We need students who can push the issue to their peers and to the administration, so we can have real progress.”
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According to Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, a human rights and services board will “receive, initiate, investigate, pass upon and attempt to conciliate complaints alleging unlawful discrimination in employment, public accommodations and housing.” The Human Rights and Services Board has created five options for the City Commission to put to a vote. The options range from no new amendments to adding “sexual orientation and/or gender identity to the list of protected classes and create a local human rights commission that enforces all complaints of discrimination,” according to a presentation given by Hilgers. Throughout the meeting, attendees heard both sides of the debate. Public speakers spoke of discrimination in the Manhattan community, how the changes would influence business owners and landlords, how changing the wording would create an inclusive community and what including words like “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” mean to religion. Religious representatives shared with commissioners excerpts from the Bible along with personal stories. “I was one of 14 pastors who signed a letter encouraging this commission to take action to protect gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people here,” Jonalu Johnstone, Manhattan community minister, said. “I have been a minister for more than 20 years. For more than 30 years, I have
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Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Pat Bosco and Be Stoney, faculty athletics representative, speak to the Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday at City Hall. been in a lesbian relationship. When I first started working on these issues, the only arguments were from the religious community. Now it is clear that the religious community is no longer united against protecting gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people.” The commissioners did not vote on the amendments during this meeting but are planning to vote in the future.
The current Human Rights and Services Board serves as a way for citizens to have their voice heard regarding civil rights issues. According to the City of Manhattan’s website, the board addresses complaints against discrimination and makes recommendations to the City Commission concerning policies, procedures and programs. When presented the five
options, the Human Rights and Services Board voted 5-1 in favor of option five. This option adds sexual orientation and/or gender identity to the list of protected classes and creates a local human rights commission, which mimics the Kansas Human Rights Commission. Although the Human Rights and Services Board voted for option five, the final say is up to the
City Commission. When asked about the complaints currently received, Hilgers said that three to five complaints are made directly to the board; however, citizens can choose to file a report directly to the Kansas Human Rights Commission. K-State was represented at the meeting with multiple students present. In addition to students, faculty of K-State also
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OPINION wednesday, april 6, 2016
Everyone should try going cruelty-free titled “Using animals for testing: Pros versus cons.” On the other hand, the section listed cons, such as the captivity and sometimes killing of animals, the high price tag that comes with such tests, and the uncertainty of whether some substances tested will be used. After dragging myself through aisles and aisles at a variety of stores to find what I thought would be the best for the animals and the best for me, I found, in the end, what was not actually best for me. Skin sensitization tests use 32 guinea pigs or 16 mice, skin irritation or corrosion tests use between one and three rabbits, eye irritation tests use between one and three rabbits, and oral toxicity tests use seven rats. Other tests for birth defects use thousands of rats or rabbits, and tests for the beginning stages of cancer can use hundreds of rats or mice, according to the Humane Society of the United States. I would rather see products tested on small, easily reproduced animals than risk developing cancer or risk my future children being born with birth defects. Animal testing has many pros that outweigh the cons because it prevents a variety of possible harm from being inflicted on humans.
JENA ERNSTING the collegian
Using animals for scientific and commercial testing of goods and services is something that is constantly debated. Around 1 million animals and 100 million mice and rats are used in experiments in the U.S. alone, according to the “Experiments on Animals: Overview” page on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal’s website. These animals are being killed in laboratories for cosmetics testing, biology lessons and medical training, to name a few. As society has started going the organic route to avoid added chemicals in foods, I am confused as to why people are not more concerned with what is going on behind the other goods we are purchasing, like cosmetics. American consumers are found to be more trusting of independent third-party seals of approval and logos when it comes cruelty-free claims, according to the Leaping Bunny Program, which works with companies “to help make shopping for animal-friendly products easier and more trustworthy.” This is a serious problem — we are more interested in labels than what is really behind them.
Illustration by Audrey Hockersmith The label of “organic” looks good and healthy; however, organic processed foods are still processed. The “cruelty-free” claim looks good, but it is just more of a hassle and expense. Last summer I went through a phase where I would use no
cosmetic products that were linked to animal testing. What may sound like an easy venture was actually incredibly difficult. It was difficult because for some, the pros of animal testing outweigh the cons. Animal testing helps
researchers find drugs and treatments, which improves human health and helps ensure the safety of drugs. It is also helpful because alternative methods of testing do not simulate humans in the same way, according to the About Animal Testing article
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.
| Poverty challenge: Day 2 constricts freedom, energy me. While I feel relatively safe walking around Manhattan, I felt less so walking in the early morning hours. At least multiple bags of groceries didn’t slow down the trip like they did the day before. The cold was bearable and the darkness was bearable, but the blisters on my feet and nausea were making a noticeable difference on the long journey home. All day I had been thinking about going home to prepare some pasta or chicken. That thought was the driving force that kept me going. When my hourlong walk finally brought me there, however, I talked myself into lying down for just a few minutes. The energy to make decent food just wasn’t there. Poverty constricts both freedom and energy. That’s what I learned on day two.
JON PARTON the collegian
As explained yesterday, I undertook a weeklong challenge to understand what those living in poverty face every day in Riley County. I was limited to $28.05 for groceries, the average SNAP benefits received by a single person in Kansas. I could not access my car or use the Internet at home.
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Distance walked: 8 miles Weight: 240 (-1 from Sunday) Based on the experience of my first day, I wasn’t looking forward to the second day. I thought it would be a good idea to pack a hearty lunch since my day would consist of four classes and work. I fell asleep, however, shortly after getting home the night before and didn’t take
Jon Parton | THE COLLEGIAN As part of the weeklong challenge, lunch selection was limited due to time constraints. time to cook anything. Lunch for day two consisted of cottage cheese and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. While there’s nothing wrong with either, it’s a bit disheartening when that becomes your only option.
Having no access to a car affected everything I did. It took time away from the day as a 10-15 minute commute became a one-hour trek. I lacked the freedom to go where I wanted, when I wanted.
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That fact played into dinner that evening. Since I work on campus, it didn’t make sense to walk home and then walk back to work because there wouldn’t be enough time, so I did without. Although a week’s worth
of groceries were at home a few miles away, it might as well have been 100 miles. It was almost 1 a.m. when work was finished. After a full day of classes and eight hours of work, another 3.5 mile walk was ahead of
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.
Jon Parton is a senior in political science. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com.
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“I will be taking umpire classes.”
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BatCats win 1st road game in a month RILEY GATES the collegian
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t is finally time to breathe a sigh of relief for K-State baseball and its fans. Entering Tuesday’s game against Nebraska, the Wildcats had not won a road game since February 28 against Utah. A month. K-State had not won a road game in a month. Behind the pitching of senior Brandon Erickson, who improved to 1-0 with the win and gave up no runs in four innings, and the bat of junior first baseman Jake Scudder, K-State, 13-17, defeated Nebraska, 19-9, by a score of 4-2 and snapped a four-game losing streak. “Erickson gave us a good start, number one,” K-State head coach Brad Hill said to K-State Sports. “A senior going out there and throwing up zeros (on the scoreboard). And then Jordan came in and really saved the day for us.” The Huskers had their chance to take the lead early in the bottom of the first inning. Nebraska had runners on the corners with only one out recorded. But back-toback strikeouts from sophomore infielder Scott Schreiber and freshman catcher Jesse Wilkening ended the inning with both men left on base. K-State could not have
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Then-junior Kyle Halbohn pitches against Nebraska University during the first inning of the game at Tointon Family Stadium on April 7, 2015. started off the second inning any better, as Scudder took the first pitch of the second inning over the right field fence for a home run and a 1-0 lead. Nebraska went hitless at the plate in the second and third innings, while the Wildcats would build on their lead in the fourth. With senior outfielder Danny Krause at first and Scudder at second, senior shortstop Tyler Wolfe singled into right center and brought home Scudder for the 2-0 lead. Scudder went two-for-
four at the plate on Tuesday, scoring two runs and walking once. He accumulated a .315 average on the night. K-State continued its dominant performance, holding the Huskers scoreless through the first five innings and taking a 3-0 lead in the top of the sixth when senior catcher Tyler Moore crossed the plate as a result of an error by Nebraska sophomore pitcher Reece Eddins. The Huskers broke onto the scoreboard in the sixth inning when freshman pitch-
er Corey Wright walked two batters. Wilkening singled and drove in senior infielder Jake Placzek, cutting the lead to 3-1. The Wildcats and Huskers would go on after that run to swap one run each with each other. K-State responded to Nebraska’s score in the next inning when Moore singled and junior infielder Jake Wodtke scored from second base. Placzek would be the answer for Nebraska again in the bottom of the eighth when he
scored a run off of a wild pitch from freshman Brogan Heinan and made it a 4-2 game in favor of the Wildcats. But the inning was not over for the Huskers and they gave K-State’s lead a scare. Nebraska loaded the bases with no outs in the inning. But the Wildcats’ defense would prove strong. Sophomore infielder-outfielder Luis Alvarado hit the pitch back to K-State junior pitcher Brandon Floyd on the mound and he sent it back home where Nebraska junior first baseman Ben Miller would be recorded out at home. One out. Freshman utility player Ben Klenke struck out swinging. Two outs. Finally, senior catcher Taylor Fish took a pitch to the shortstop, and Alvarado was thrown out at second base. Three outs and the Wildcats avoided a late-game disaster and a fifth-straight loss. “We were solid defensively,” Hill said. “That’s what has been kind of beating us. We also pitched through some walks. We were able to minimize some bad walks and played good defense, which is what we have not been doing.” K-State will be in action again on Friday at 6:35 p.m. when they begin a three-game series against the Texas Longhorns at Tointon Family Stadium.
Engineering fee proposal a response to state law JASON TIDD the collegian
Two separate demands of Kansas politics are the reason for a $30 per-credit-hour fee increase proposal for the College of Engineering. This is according to Darren Dawson, professor and dean of the college, who spoke at the Tuition and Fees Strategies Committee meeting Tuesday. The college’s fee proposal was originally $15 per credit hour for next school year, which would be used by the college to meet the requirements of the Kansas University Engineering Initiative Act. But with President Kirk Schulz’s 2 percent budget callback on Feb. 19 and Gov. Sam Brownback’s 3 percent cut to higher education funding announced March 1, the college proposed an additional $15 fee on top of the $15 fee increase for next year to keep the plan on track. The original engineering fee proposal was for year two of a five-year plan, where the percredit-hour fee is increased by $15 per year. A $75 per-credithour fee for engineering courses would be the end goal of the five-year plan, which would be in addition to a $20 equipment fee. If the fee proposals are not approved, the college’s accreditation may suffer, Gary Clark, professor and associate dean of the college, said. He said the accreditors said they had concerns with the college when they visited in 1999, 2005 and 2011. “We had to do some scrambling after that last visit in 2011 to get that weakness resolved,” Clark said. “But I guarantee you when (the accreditors) come back next year, if we’re out of balance again, it’s going to be bad news.” The five-year fee plan was the college’s response to the University Engineering Initiative Act, a 2012 Kansas law intended to increase undergraduate engineering degrees in the state. As part of the law, the state will fund $105 million over 10 years to K-State, the University of Kansas and Wichita State University, the three state universities that provide undergraduate engineering degrees.
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According to the fee proposal document, each set of $15 per credit hour raises $750,000. The intended fee of $75 per credit hour would generate $3.75 million per year.
Of that, $750,000 would be spent on 10 instructors, teaching assistants or associate professors at an average salary of $75,000. An additional $2.75 million would cover 25 tenure-track faculty at an average salary of $110,000. The remaining $250,000 would be used for “targeted enhancements for existing faculty for retention purposes,” according to the fee proposal. In his presentation to the committee, Dawson said K-State’s goal with the law was to grow undergraduate enrollment in the college from 2,900 to 3,800. As of fall 2015, Dawson said there were 3,666 students. While enrollment at K-State as a whole has decreased by 608 students since fall 2014, Dawson said the college’s enrollment was up 156 students. To meet the demands of the additional enrollment, 35 new faculty are required. According to the fee proposal document, seven new faculty will be added every year. The first seven will begin teaching this fall. Nine of the 35 will be funded through tuition increases by the university while the other 26 will be funded by the college’s fees. The original $15 per-credit-hour fee increase plan would cover the 26 faculty. The additional $15 per credit hour in the proposal for next school year would cover the budget cuts, which Dawson said was necessary to continue to meet the requirements of the University Engineering Initiative Act. The budget cuts would be difficult to absorb, Dawson said, because 94 percent of the college’s budget go toward faculty and staff, leaving little room to make cuts. The accreditation problem is that there are not enough faculty for the number of students, Dawson and Clark said. “Students are having to be charted into large lecture halls to teach junior-level classes in
mechanical engineering,” Dawson said. “In mechanical engineering, we can’t get all the students into the labs. In computer science ... they were teaching those classes with 35 students. Now there are like 60 students in a class like that. The system is starting to break.” April Mason, committee member, provost and senior vice president, said the fee proposal is not to enhance the education, but to improve the base program. “This is not the whipped cream and the cherry,” Mason said. “This is the ice cream. You’re hearing accreditation issues. You’re hearing class size. That’s not an enhancement, that’s the actual program.”
K-STATE VS. THE COMPETITION
Dawson’s presentation included a listing of engineering degree costs at K-State, KU and all the peer institutions of the K-State 2025 plan. The peer institutions are all land-grant universities of similar size to K-State. The average cost for an engineering degree at the peer institutions was $53,924. The
current K-State cost is $44,467, while the current KU cost is $46,878. The projected fee and tuition increases over the next four years would make a K-State engineering degree cost $55,273. “Our costs are not out of whack compared to other students in other states,” Dawson said. Dawson said the comparisons to peer institutions is valuable because it compares the cost of in-state tuition at other similar, land-grant universities to the cost of in-state tuition at K-State. Comparisons with Big 12 schools would be skewed, Dawson said, because of private schools such as Texas Christian University and Baylor University. Dawson said that according to the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, both KU and K-State rank 70th for their undergraduate program’s, but K-State’s graduate program ranks 94th while KU’s ranks 90th. “It’s important for us that we don’t let KU get out in a place where their reputation is substantially better than us according to the U.S. News and World Report because people do use that to make a decision,” Dawson said. Because of the ranking, KU is advertising itself as the best engineering program in the state, Dawson said. KU is also adding 30 new engineering faculty as they comply with the state law, Dawson said. “We believe the K-State alumni, faculty and staff, and students deserve the best engineering program in the state of Kansas, and bygone that’s what we’re going to do,” Dawson said. Dawson said the job market for engineering majors is strong throughout the country and the return on investment is high, so the increased costs would be unlikely to deter students from enrolling in the engineering program.
Students on the committee asked if increasing need-based scholarships could help offset some of the additional costs to students. Clark said there is a $400,000 fund for first generation student scholarships, but it is difficult for the college to increase financial aid for students. Currently, the $36 million endowment generates about $1.6 million per year, but the scholarship bill is over $2 million, Clark said. Part of this is because more than half of Putnam Scholarship students are engineering students, Clark said. Financial aid commitments for engineering Putnam scholars is about $1.43 million. “We’ve had tremendous success in attracting great students in the College of Engineering,” Pat Bosco, committee member and dean of student life, said. Clark said it is a good problem to have, but there is not enough scholarship money to cover the commitments.
STUDENTS DIVIDED ON FEE PROPOSAL
Students and faculty have both been engaged by the college for feedback on the fee proposal. Dawson said over the course of several meetings, which had an average attendance of 75-150 students, students were informed about the fee proposal. Jordan DeLoach, committee member, SGA senator and senior in computer science, said he attended the meetings and asked students to email him with their comments, but he didn’t receive any. “The fact that I saw no one
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K-STATE PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
A multidisciplinary team from K-State is partnering up with more than 30 other universities as part of the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Institute’s Fabric Innovation Network. According to the Little Apple Post, K-State and its partners will be working via the network to identify technological revolutions in fibers and textiles so as to make a significant impact on national defense, human health and safety. The network, which received $75 million in funding from the Department of Defense and more than $240 million in matching contributions, works to advance the design and manufacture of technologically enhanced fabrics. The K-State team will be led by Jooyoun Kim, assistant professor in textiles, and initially included 11 faculty members from six departments in five colleges: Santosh Aryal, chemistry; Seong-O Choi and Jeffrey Comer, anatomy and physiology; Julia Day and Sherry Haar, apparel, textiles and interior design; Steve Warren, Tim Sobering and Punit Prakash, electrical and computer engineering; Steven Eckels, mechanical and nuclear engineering; and David Richter-O’Connell, interior architecture and product design.
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Riley County is no longer one of the “healthiest counties in Kansas.” A study done in March by the Kansas Health Institute ranked Riley County 14th out of 101 ranked Kansas counties, according to countyhealthrankings. org. This is a drop from its second-place spot in 2014, according to the website. Jenna Fiscus, health educator with the Riley County Health Department, joined the Riley County Commission meeting on Monday to share the results. According to KMAN, Fiscus said the drop in ranking might actually be caused by other counties getting better rather than Riley getting worse. taking initiative to say ,’Hey, I don’t agree with this,’ I found to be telling,” DeLoach said. Jack Ayres, SGA senator and senior in chemical engineering, attended the meeting and said he doesn’t think “positive” and “negative” apply to students’ opinions on the fee proposal. “Nobody is positive toward increased fees,” Ayres said. “Nobody is excited about paying more fees, but I do think there is a pretty unanimous voice that was positive that the plan was necessary ... It’s a very unfortunate reality.” Several members of the committee said they were concerned about the additional fee increase to cover the budget cuts. The opposition included discussions that no other colleges are using this method to cover the cost of the cuts. “I do see the need for new faculty, so I would probably support the $15,” Emily Beneda, committee member and senior in food science and industry, said. “But I understand everyone is facing this 3-5 percent budget cut but no other college said that they’re going to use this fee to backfill for that, but I also understand that if there is no other source of revenue, it’s really hard.”
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K-State football holds 1st press conference of 2016 season RILEY GATES the collegian
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or the first time since before the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, K-State head football coach Bill Snyder and select players met with the media at the Vanier Football Complex on Tuesday afternoon. Spring practices began last week for the Wildcats, and both Snyder and the players seemed excited to be back. Snyder walked into the press conference room making jokes with media members. Sophomore center Dalton Risner greeted nearly every individual with a smile and a hello before talking about the status of the 2016 team. “First and foremost, our players have expressed they are not happy about how last season went, the middle part in particular,” Snyder said. “We have had a substantial group of young guys step up in some leadership roles. I think they have been very active in regards to promoting leadership, but at the same time, the right kind of leadership and the vocal leadership that we talk about all the time. It has stemmed from distaste for not being as good of a football team as they could have been
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K-State head football coach Bill Snyder answered questions live on The Collegian’s first #AML (Ask Me Live) on Aug. 20, 2015. last year.” The season they were not pleased with was the 6-7 campaign K-State had in 2015. It was the first time since 2008 the Wildcats had a losing record. The coaches are looking to rebound off of that disappointment. Snyder said the team had as good of a first practice as he could recall on Wednes-
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The appearance of two quarterbacks, freshman Alex Delton and junior Jesse Ertz, really highlighted Tuesday’s press conference. Both signal callers are coming off injuries from the 2015 season. Ertz was the Wildcats’ starter for the season opener against South Dakota. It took just one play — his first
play as a K-State quarterback — to sideline him for the season. “I could not ask for a more worse start to the season,” Ertz said. “I learned a lot from it. You get a lot tougher going through stuff like that. It was just a whole season of learning again, even though I could not play. I am still in there, and I still knew the game plan. I am
still learning things like that.” Having Ertz back out on the field is encouraging to his teammates. “It is good to see someone who had to miss so much time to just get out there and be able to play football,” sophomore running back Justin Silmon said. “It is good to see (Ertz) out there having fun. He is making some plays out there, too, so it is good to see that as well.” Ertz and Delton are not the only two who will be gunning for the starting quarterback position this season. Returning to K-State’s depth chart is senior quarterback Joe Hubener. Hubener took the reigns as the starter last season and compiled a stat line of 1,837 yards and nine passing touchdowns on the season. All three players could be in the mix come Sept. 2, when the Wildcats go to Palo Alto, California, to face Stanford. “They have each had their moments, up and down,” Snyder said. “In the last couple of practices in particular, (Hubener) has really elevated what he has done in the passing game. (Delton) has really gotten off to an excellent start and had three pretty good days of practice ... and then (Ertz) is still kind of working the kinks out, but you have seen the growth in four days, and he has moved along
quite well.” When it comes to the offensive line, Risner will be looked upon to be the rock in the trenches. Last season, he looked up to the likes of Cody Whitehair, a possible firstround pick in the NFL, but this season, Risner, a native of Wiggins, Colorado, will be called upon to lead the offensive line. “It is a whole different story,” Risner said. “I told you guys that year how I was always trying to prove myself to those guys every day. ... Now I am on the other end of the spectrum where I am having to get guys ready to get going.” All-in-all, not much was revealed at Tuesday’s press conference. There is no starting quarterback yet, and we probably won’t know who wins that job until August. The updates were very beneficial to help answer some glaring questions facing K-State — like how Ertz is recovering — before the spring game rolls around on April 23. “It is going well,” Risner said. “Spring practice is rolling right along. We are only four or five practices in, but then again five practices is like 25 percent of spring ball. We have a lot to work on, and spring ball is always kind of humbling. We are not close to being ready, but the work ethic is there and we are working hard and getting ready.”
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Kieffer said a key to the Breadbasket’s success is its location and accessibility. “I’m always amazed at how the Manhattan community supports the Flint Hills Breadbasket and how much they care about those in need,” Kieffer said. “Last year we logged over 9,000 volunteer hours at the warehouse alone.” Lori Kniffin, adviser for academic programs at the Staley School of Leadership Studies, said she also volunteers to help local organizations feed the community. Kniffin
is also the adviser of the Food Recovery Network Program at K-State. It is a national organization and has been a part of the K-State campus for about a year. The volunteer-based program collects leftover food items from the athletic training table and donates them to local churches in the community so they can incorporate them into community meals that they host, Knifflin said. Kniffin said a lot of the volunteers are K-State students who are currently in the LEAD 212 class, Introduction to Leadership Concepts.
The class also participates in the Cats for Cans campaign, where the the students collect food donations from the local community to donate to the Breadbasket. “A lot of us here are also working to address campus hunger and campus resources,” Kniffin said. Monday started an action week for food security on campus, Kniffin said. The week’s events will include a food engagement symposium for students and community members as well as community conversations for students to talk about food security issues.
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Insomnia Cookies by Jon Parton & Tim Everson
HHHHH This week, we set on the difficult task of reviewing the recently opened Insomnia Cookies, at 1319 Anderson Ave. From what we understood, they mostly served cookies and ice cream. God bless America.
ATMOSPHERE
Jon: When it came to atmosphere, the place was bare bones. Aside from the tables and bar seating at the window, there wasn’t much to look at. For a place that only serves dessert, it seemed fitting that the atmosphere matched the menu. Tim: Nothing fancy. A couple tables spread out in the small storefront. A small counter displays the different varieties of cookies and ice cream. It’s homey, but in a good way. Very welcoming and comforting. While I was there, “The Zephyr Song” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers played over the speakers. Definitely my kind of place.
FOOD
Jon: Wow. I knew this had to be the end game. Every decision in life that led me to
a huge, warm chocolate chunk cookie that almost fell apart in my hands was a good one. Large, abundant chunks of melted chocolate were generously baked into the cookie. Want to ensure world peace? Start handing these cookies out to everyone. They offered a variety of cookies like white chocolate macadamia, M&M’s and peanut butter chip. I didn’t opt for the cookie a la mode, though it was hard to resist the call. Tim: Let me start by saying that any warm cookie with ice cream on top is heaven. Insomnia lets you wonder if there’s anything beyond heaven with their gooey, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chunk cookies. This is your grandma’s cookie, and it’s wonderful. I also decided to try a mint chip fudge cookie because I am a mint connoisseur, and I was not let down. The fudge and refreshing mint went well with the scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream on top of it all.
VALUE
Jon: At $1.45 a cookie
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Insomnia Cookies has a wide variety of cookies, including ice cream sandwiches made with cookies.
and $2.95 for a deluxe cookie, Insomnia certainly won’t hurt the wallet, and the cookies are definitely worth the price. I understand they also have delivery, which reinforces my belief that we live in the greatest country
in the world. Tim: For two cookies with ice cream on top I paid a little more than $7. While that’s not fantastic if you want to go all out, the price per cookie isn’t
going to break the bank. Also, they deliver all day up to 3 a.m., so for not much buck, your late study session or after-Aggieville bacchanal can feature a sweet and delicious new treat arriving fresh and gooey at your door.
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