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Veteran Jacob Horton continues to teach after death
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“He always wanted to be a teacher and his wishes can still be fulfilled. We can educate and give people knowledge about what is going on so that maybe it will save a life or save a family from going through what we’ve been through.”
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Around 11 a.m. on April 2, K-State campus police were notified of a possible deceased person in a vehicle in a parking lot on Manhattan’s campus. Upon further investigation, police identified the male as Jacob Horton, freshman in education, who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Jacob, of Leavenworth, Kansas, was 26 years old when he died, leaving behind his parents, John and Nancy Horton, and four siblings. Because he served in the U.S. Army on multiple tours in Korea and Afghanistan, he had many other brothers. Jacob was out of the service for only a few months before he enrolled in the flight program at K-State Polytechnic, then K-State Salina. Similarly, Sarah Byarlay, junior in English and secondary education, served in the U.S. Navy and was in the states for only two months before she threw herself “back into the public” and started
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Jacob Horton, who studied education, served in the U.S. Army on tours in Korea and Afghanistan. attending classes at K-State Polytechnic, where she met Jacob. “When I started going to class at K-State Salina, they did not have an active veteran’s organization at all,” Byarlay said. “There was no peer groups, no help, no one to turn to, no one to talk to, and having just literally come from deployment, that was kind of rough.” Byarlay then formed the Student Veterans Association at K-State Salina, she said. “You don’t realize how much you need somebody until you come back and you feel like there’s nobody around you that gets it,” Byarlay said. “Nobody knows what you went through. Nobody knows who you are and what you’re capa-
ble of, and that was really evident when I came back and there was nobody to talk to.” Byarlay said Jacob was very active in the association, and then both of them became members of the Manhattan campus’ Veteran Student Organization when they transferred this academic year. “He was standing right next to us everywhere we went, talking to everyone we talked to, ‘I’m here for you, if you need anything I know what you’re going through,’” Byarlay said. “He was the person that people would go to and talk to and hang out with.” “It was a huge shock to our community when Jake took his life because he was one of those peo-
ple,” Byarlay said. According to Military Suicide Prevention’s website, 22 veterans and one active-duty solider take their own lives each day due to reasons related to post-traumatic stress disorder. “Twenty-two veterans and one active duty member commit suicide every day, that has been discussed,” Byarlay said. “The numbers are changing, but the fact of the matter is they’re just numbers. Jake’s not just a number.” Some signs and symptoms of PTSD include negative changes in beliefs, feelings and relationships with others, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD’s website. “It’s a very sneaky thing,” John, Jacob’s father, said. “From our experience, you’re not going to see a lot of signs and symptoms.” Jacob was a happy go-getter who enjoyed talking with people and teaching, his parents said. “He didn’t show any kind of depression that we thought was abnormal,” Nancy, Jacob’s mother, said. “We knew he suffered from nightmares, but he seemed to be able to handle it.” Part of the issue, Nancy said, is society’s failure to successfully integrate soldiers back into society. “These guys don’t fit in with these college kids, they don’t share the same experience, they feel like nobody understands,” Nancy said. “I know Jacob tried hard to fit in, and yet, it’s like fitting a square peg into a circle — it just doesn’t work.” Another part is the way the military is designed. see page
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The ROTC is a group of college-based programs for training commissioned officers. K-State has two branches of this group: Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC. On May 13, 17 cadets from Army ROTC and four from Air Force ROTC will be commissioned as officers serving in the Army or Air Force. “The ceremony would be deeply traditional,” Capt. Matthew Cline, assistant professor of military science, said. “The senior ranking officers would give them oaths of office, and the new officers would receive their second lieutenant ranks. Also, they would give their first salutes.” Every semester, the Army and Air Force ROTC branches at K-State welcome newly commissioned officers, Cline said. “They are all graduates of K-State and also have gone through military and officer training programs,” Ryan Massman, Air Force ROTC public affairs officer and senior in chemical engineering, said. Renee Douglas, senior in mass communications, is one of the four who will be commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program this semester. “It is definitely exciting to serve in the U.S. Air Force,” Douglas said. “I worked so hard during these four years, and I don`t have to extend my school years.” see page
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Where no student has gone before: The northeast concourse JASON TIDD the collegian
“Let’s gear up.” I wriggle my fingers into the construction gloves. With a fully-tightened hard hat, fresh neon vest and protective eyewear, we meet the sunlight. There, in front of us, is a field of construction obscuring our view of the football field beyond. To the side is Vanier Football Complex, the gatehouse to the castle that is Bill Snyder Family Stadium. We enter the chain-link-fenceenclosed construction area. Once, this was the entrance to the field. The opposing teams used to to park their buses and equipment semitrailers here. Now, it is a field of dirt crossed with the tracks of various construction vehicles. In a week, it will be a field of fresh concrete. The marching band entered the stadium through here. Now, the concrete is still wet in the tunnel where the Pride of Wildcat Land will line up before run-on. “Can you imagine Harley Day when they come through here?” Clint Dowdle, chief of staff and associate athletics director for administration, says. Dowdle is one of our tour guides of K-State Athletic’s Phase IIIB construction for Bill Snyder Family Stadium — the enclosure of the house that Bill built. Alongside Dowdle is Ryan Lack-
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Jeremy Niederwerder, project manager of Phase IIIB of the Bill Snyder Family Stadium Master Plan, looks over the area where construction on new seating is underway during a tour on Thursday with The Collegian. ey, assistant director of athletics communications, and Jeremy Niederwerder, project manager for Mortensen Construction. Mortensen and the GE Johnson Construction Company are the firms managing the construction. We enter what will become the visiting team locker room. The smell of fresh paint wafts through the air — or is it the aroma of progress?
The price tag on this project is $15 million. Niederwerder says they will be finished in seven months. “This (project) is aggressive,” Niederwerder says. “A house, a residential place, takes half a year to build. We’re building this multi-million dollar complex in about the same time frame.” And, Niederwerder says, the project may come in under budget and
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The Peace Memorial Auditorium is set to host a fundraiser concert series.
stage built as part of a memorial to fallen soldiers of World War II will be filled by the jazz music of K-State students at a fundraiser concert this weekend. Members of the K-State music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, will perform “An Evening of Jazz” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The concert will raise funds for restoration of the lobby and stage of Peace Memorial Auditorium, which was built in honor of the 2,610 Riley Countians who served and the 101 who died in World War II. “The longer that we continue to do recitals at Peace Memorial, the longer Peace Memorial will stay open,” Henry Law, vice president of Phi Mu Alpha and sophomore in music education, said. “It’s more of a community effort.” The performance will include various jazz ensembles, including a vocal ensemble, a trombone quartet and a quintet, among others. Law said jazz was chosen for the concert because Phi Mu Alpha is an American fraternity and encouraged by the national
fraternity to play recitals of American music. “Jazz is just about the only form of music that was created in America, so therefore everything we play stemming from jazz can be tied back to American core values,” Law said. In a letter to The Collegian, Randi Dale, events chair of Friends of the Peace Memorial Auditorium, said over $150,000 has been raised toward the goal of $500,000. In the letter, Dale said the members of Phi Mu Alpha have been a blessing with their performances. “This group of college men and talented musicians have helped us raise money for restoration,” she said in the letter. Dale also said Phi Mu Alpha has strengthened the connection K-State has with the community. “The connection between the university and Manhattan on this project is awesome,” Dale said in the letter. Even if students and Manhattan residents cannot donate, Law said they should still come enjoy the music and support the community. “I would just encourage people to come out, and even if they can’t donate anything, just to show their support of the community of Manhattan,” Law said.
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In the first two years, students in ROTC do not necessarily have contracts with the U.S. military; however, the field training in the summer before junior year is a big milestone, Douglas said. “There are lots of factors, such as GPA, physical fitness scores and commander`s ranking,” Douglas said. “If you’re not selected for training, then you are out. My year has a big cut off — 76 percent can’t go.” During their junior year, those who went through field training officially sign the contracts with the military. “Once they sign the contracts, they have had already made the decision to serve (in the) U.S. Army or U.S. Air Force after their graduation,” Cline said.
To become a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force, students have to fully complete the programs, Cline said. Hard work is the key for Douglas, she said, as this allows her to continue developing her leadership skills, time management skills and ability to stay on the top of the job. Each commissioned officer has a different schedule for serving, according to Cline. “They are all pretty exciting,” Cline said. “ROTC is just the beginning, beginning of their military life.” Shelton Burch | THE COLLEGIAN
Chris Campbell, senior in social sciences, Renee Douglas, senior in mass communications, and Ryan Wasinger, senior in management, are scheduled to be commishioned as officers in the U.S. Air Force on May 13.
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| Mental health changes through generations
JENA ERNSTING the collegian
Mental health concerns are plaguing today’s college students. Between the rising costs of a college education and the high levels of stress students face on a regular basis, the effects stress has on our bodies has become a normal state of living, and this is a problem. As students enter college, they face the shock of a completely different atmosphere, schedule and freedom. “The American Freshman annual survey from 2012 found that 30 percent of college freshmen report feeling frequently overwhelmed, with the number of women reporting this to be at its highest point, 40.5 percent, since the question was first asked in 1985, at which time the levels were less than half the current numbers,” Gregg Henriques said in the Psychology Today article “The college student mental health crisis.” Henriques, who said college students today are suffering from a mental illness epidemic, also drew connections between increased rates of anxiety, depression and different generations of students. Look at the difference between our parents’ generation and us. I remember feeling so much pressure to apply for scholarships and trying to juggle those deadlines with my high school course load and activities. Our parents
Illustration by Savannah Thaemert did not have to deal with that. My mom’s voice still echoes in my head, “When I was going to college, we didn’t have all these scholarships like you do.” As I look back today, I wonder if my mom and dad were as stressed or overwhelmed as I was, not just applying for scholarships but building a resume full of leadership positions and activities. Not to mention the good grades necessary to be eligible for the scholarships I was applying for. “Consider that one study found that the average high school student in the year 2000 has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient did in the 1950s,” Henriques said. “And those rates have only increased in the last decade.”
The fact that they are looking at high school students in that study is baffling because college is significantly more stressful than high school. The percent of students seeking counseling services for harassment or sexual assault, drug and alcohol use or preexisting mental health disorders has stayed constant; however, students have been reporting self-injuries, suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts at a steady increase, Tyler Kingkade said in the HuffPost College article “The Number Of College Students Seeking Mental Health Treatment Is Growing Rapidly.” Knowing there is a mental health epidemic among college students makes it even more pertinent for students and family
members alike to build an understanding of the mental illness plaguing their loved ones. The American Psychological Association looks at how mental illness can affect family and friends of those inflicted in the article “How to cope when a loved one has a serious mental illness.” It’s easy to feel hurt and embarrassed by a friend or family member who is struggling with mental illness. You want them to just get over it and move on. The APA suggests remaining positive and keeping an accepting attitude while remembering that a bystander’s attitudes and behaviors can make an important contribution in the recovery of someone who has a mental illness. The takeaway from that is
to be accepting of the illness but to continue to maintain the same outlook you had before the illness surfaced. Mental illness is scary. We know it is in front of us, yet we find it easier to throw a blind eye at; however, gaining an understanding of how to cope with it and knowing what is triggering it helps. 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.
TV-PG rating slams World Wrestling Entertainment viewership BRANDON FAIT the collegian
There are many parts of professional wrestling that not only attract younger kids, but any demographic. Since the World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. went to TV-PG, however, the shows have been boring and juvenile. This makes me believe that professional wrestling cannot thrive in a TV-PG setting. The WWE switched from TV-14 to TV-PG in 2007. While the WWE’s revenue is higher since 2007, the ratings are beginning to dip, according to the Inquisitr article “WWE programming heading back to an edgy TV-14 rating soon?”
I’m not surprised by this at all. As a matter of fact, I’m surprised ratings didn’t dip a long time ago. It’s evident to me that the WWE’s switch to PG-TV was made to accommodate the younger fans. For a long time, especially in the late 1990s, the WWE was not appropriate for young kids to watch, and that period was known as the “Attitude Era,” according to the Inquisitr article. From Stone Cold Steve Austin coming out to the ring to chug beers and give middle fingers, to The Rock cussing three times for every two sentences, WWE shows were much more entertaining. In my opinion, the WWE’s switch to TV-PG was made possible by the lack of competition within the profes-
sional wrestling industry. WWE bought out its rivals on Jan. 11, 2001. World Championship Wrestling was a very successful wrestling business for years and was owned by Ted Turner, who owns TBS, according to Wrestling Online’s article, “The Sale of WCW to WWE.” From June 17, 1996, to April 13, 1998, the WCW actually beat the WWE in ratings. according to Wade Keller’s Pro Wrestling Torch article, “Streak is over: Raw beats Nitro in TV ratings with teased Austin vs. McMahon match.” Since that time, no company has ever come close to competing with the WWE. With this in mind, the WWE took a gamble on the TV-PG rating, and until now it has
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worked out okay. In my opinion, ratings are going down because fans are not interested in the wrestlers. Many of the personas of these modern day wrestlers are either too corny or lacking charisma. Many of the older wrestlers were not only wrestlers, but icons of pop culture. Wrestlers like the Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock were able to take their talents to other entertainment sectors of society. Both those wrestlers starred in movies after their careers, and that not only marketed themselves, but the WWE as well. The fans aren’t the only ones seeing the decline of the WWE. Legendary WWE Wrestler Bret Hart was not thrilled with the latest
WrestleMania, according to the Total Wrestling Magazine article “Bret Hart: ‘They’ve done an awful job with Roman Reigns for WrestleMania.” “I’m just being honest and I have to say that this year’s WrestleMania card is the worst WrestleMania card in history,” Hart said. “I won’t be watching it. I couldn’t care less about it. The characters mean nothing, the titles mean nothing. I’m embarrassed by it.” The latest WrestleMania was the perfect example of what the WWE has become since its TV-PG rating: an embarrassment. It has wiped out all the entertaining facets of professional wrestling. Instead of throwing each other off steel
cages like The Undertaker did to Mankind, now you have wrestlers dabbing and twerking. There’s a lot more talk but also a lot less action. Ultimately, at the end of the day, the fans have the final say because they are in control of the ratings. The WWE is a great brand of wrestling, and it’s a shame that physical and vocal talent is being wasted because of a TV rating. 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.
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Freshman golfer only beginning to tap full potential SCOTT POPP the collegian
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hen his head coach said he had the potential to be the best golfer the K-State program has ever seen, his reply was, “That’s cool,” followed by a couple of chuckles. Jeremy Gandon is his name and he is one of the many young talented golfers on the K-State men’s golf team. “He’s had a really, really good freshman year,” head coach Grant Robbins said. “It’s hard for any freshman playing college golf for the first time. You don’t typically see them have as much success as he’s had.” While Gandon had a very successful freshman year, it has not come without its ups and downs. In his first-ever collegiate tournament, Gandon finished in 60th place. The following tournament two weeks later he finished in a tie for first to win the tournament. Gandon said the ever-challenging mental side of golf is something he needs to work on. “I think the main work I have to do is more in my mental game, which is sometimes not very good,” Gandon said. “Last year I didn’t
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have to care about school, it was only golf, so now I have school and golf. It can be a challenge.” Making the transition from playing golf in France to coming to K-State and being a student and an athlete all at once is no easy task.
Gandon, however, said he is happy he chose to come to this small college town in northeast Kansas. “It’s pretty cool,” Gandon said. “I like Manhattan. It’s very good here. I think it was the best program for me between the schools that (re-
cruited) me.” Robbins said Gandon has done well in how he has handled the challenges of going to another country to play golf. “It’s very hard for someone coming from another country be-
cause you come, and you’re having to deal with the language barrier, having to fit in to a new school, having to be away from home for so long,” Robbins said. “He’s made the transition very well, he gets along well with everyone on the team and he’s doing well in school. He’s had a very, very good freshman year.” Now that the transition year is finished, Gandon is focused on improving his game for next season. “I will work on my mental game and my short game and putting,” Gandon said. Finishing fourth in the competitive Big 12 Tournament to end the season is a great building block and will certainly help keep his focus on improving, Gandon said. “It’s good because I was in a bad mood the last few tournaments, so for my confidence going forward it’s good,” Gandon said. K-State golf has produced two All-Americans since 2004, including PGA Tour golfer Robert Streb. Robbins said Gandon oozes potential, and if he keeps improving could be destined to join those two. “He’s going to grow and by the time you see him as a junior and senior, he’s going to be very, very good,” Robbins said. “He has the potential to be the best that’s ever played here I think.”
Wildcat track and field to host final regular season meet LIZ HEATH the collegian
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Freshman pole vaulter Erin Smith gets a running start in the pole vault at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational track and field meet on Jan. 23 in Ahearn Field House. Smith finished second in the event.
The school year is wrapping up, and so is the outdoor season for K-State track and field. This weekend’s Ward Haylett Invitational marks the last regular season meet before the Big 12 Championships start on May 13. So far, the outdoor season has proven successful for K-State. In week five of competition, the K-State women are currently ranked ninth with 195.26 points. They are just 1.62 points behind No. 8 ranked Stanford. The only women’s team ranked higher in the Big 12 is No. 4 Texas with 242.24 points. Overall, 14 K-State athletes rank in the top 50 in their respective events for both men and women. That includes six events where a K-State student-athlete is ranked in the top 10 or higher. The men are represented by sophomore Terrell Smith, ranked No. 5 in the 200-meter. At the John McDonnell invitational, Smith recorded a time of 20.44 seconds to earn a spot in the top 5 rankings. The John McDonnell invitational was also where senior Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye had his best long jump performance of the season. Otuonye’s mark of 25-5 1/2 puts him at the No. 21
ranking in men’s long jump. Senior Akela Jones is ranked in five events. She currently holds the top rank in women’s heptathlon after earning 6,371 points. She is also ranked first in high jump with a mark of 6-4 3/4 inches. Her other ranked events include 38th in the 200-meter, sixth in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth in long jump. In women’s high jump, junior Kim Williamson is not far behind Jones. She currently sits in fourth on a jump of 6-1 1/4 inches recorded at the John Mc-
Donnell Invitational. The women throwers also hold a strong representation. NCAA Indoor Shot Put National Champion senior Dani Winters is currently ranked sixth with a throw of 56-11 1/2 recorded at the LSU Battle on the Bayou. Freshman Shadae Lawrence holds the No. 9 ranking in discuss after her performance last weekend in the Rock Chalk Classic. Lawrence recorded a throw of 185-6 inches. K-State’s women hammer throwers will face some tough competition this weekend. Se-
nior Sara Savatovic is ranked No. 8 in women’s hammer throw on a mark of 213-3. Savatovic will go up against the Big 12 Athlete of the Week, University of Kansas senior Daina Levy. Levy hit her season-best mark last weekend at the Rock Chalk Classic on a throw of 224-3. She is no stranger to the Big 12 Athlete of the Week title either, having earned it in the indoor season as well. Saturday’s Ward Haylett Invitational will begin with field events at 10 a.m. at the R.V. Christian track.
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“An oath is an oath to a soldier, regardless of what branch they’re in,” Nancy said. “There’s just certain things they’ll never talk about, and it’s kind of like a trap in a way when they suffer like they do and they do the act that Jacob did.” After Jacob’s death, his parents began reaching out to organizations to help tell their story to educate and help other soldiers. “You have to do what you can and we believe as Christians that we’re here to help other people, and our experience is what does that,” Nancy said. “We feel like we have to do something. We just can’t let it be.” Jacob’s parents said they will fulfill his wish of being a teacher. “If we can make a difference that way, then
Jacob has pointed us in the right direction, and that would be something he would want done,” John said. Byarlay, who was diagnosed with PTSD two years ago, said she wants to emphasize the relevance of suicide awareness. “We can keep talking about it until we’re blue in the face, but the fact is we need to get out there and touch somebody because if you’re not getting out there and you’re not helping somebody, it’s going to continue to happen, and it’s going to continue to be relevant,” Byarlay said. She said shes hopes they can make an impact in the lives of other veterans. “Jake was a helpful person,” Byarlay said. “He reached out and he touched lives, so now it’s time that we do the same.”
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“It’s not about having the best visiting team locker room,” Dowdle says. “But it is going to be a more functional space, more efficient and it’s going to provide a good experience for the visiting team.” Previously, the team and coaches had to share a locker room and showers, Dowdle says. Now, the players will have double the space. And the coaches? They will have their own locker room and four times the space. There is also a new room for postgame press conferences. In the past, coaches had to step outside to talk to the media. Around the corner and down a hallway are rooms for the officials. In the old facilities, Dowdle says, the officials’ facilities used to be in the same area as the visiting team facilities. “That’s not good,” Dowdle says. “You don’t want the coaches running into officials at halftime or during a game.” Where a door used to be the only barrier between coaches and officials, a concrete masonry unit wall will separate them.
A new female restroom will be added to accommodate a need that has existed for female team trainers. “From an equitable standpoint, we’ve addressed those issues,” Dowdle says. Other programs in the conference are also upgrading their visiting teams’ facilities, Lackey says. The visiting team can take the stairs in the tunnel, or they can take the Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant elevator and ramp. The facility improvements will help with scheduling opponents. “This is an attractive venue for teams,” Dowdle says. “To know that they come here, they’re going to be in a good locker room, there’s a good setup for their equipment managers, that helps us attract more opponents to come to play here.” Above the tunnel where the band will march in is gameday storage space for the band. It will also allow access for band members to go to the restroom. The facility can also serve as a space for Willie the Wildcat to cool off during a hot September Saturday afternoon, Dowdle says. We walk through the door, and the purple and green turf of Wag-
ner Field glistens under the afternoon sun. To the left are steps. They are wide enough that two tubas can walk next to each other yet shallow to allow easier maneuvering. Wider-than-normal aisles bend around the corner, giving band members more space than they used to have. A platform extends in front of the aisles, from where Dowdle says Frank Tracz will direct the band. The new location will give the band a higher elevation in the stadium and an angle facing the stadium. “That’s going to be a huge improvement for the band,” Dowdle says. “They’ll be able to project to the entire stadium.” Dowdle says the gameday atmosphere will improve as a direct result of moving the band. “An already fantastic atmosphere will become greater,” Dowdle says. “You hear a lot of visiting teams and visiting coaches say this is the loudest place in the Big 12, and it’s going to become louder.” How much louder? “You can’t test it until gameday,” Dowdle says, “so we’ll find out on Sept. 17 how much
louder it’s going to be.” Above the band section, the new home of the Pride of Wildcat Land, is the northeast concourse connecting the east and west sides of the stadium. On top of the concourse, we are standing where no student has stood before. The columns for a new Carl and Mary Ice video board are in place. The board will go up on May 15. With its addition, fans will be able to see one of the three boards from anywhere in the stadium. ADA-accessible seating will be under the video boards. Behind them, if the stadium is sold out, there will be standing-room-only space. Bill Snyder Family Stadium is on a 27-game sell-out streak. The concourse structure is complete. Right now, walls are being painted, and ceiling tiles and carpet will go up in two weeks. Mechanical units will be turned on May 23. “It’s a challenging structure, but the interior finishes are minimal,” Niederwerder says. June will consist of landscaping and testing with the state. Niederwerder says he is shooting for a July 15 finish date.
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n 1988, Bill Snyder accepted the challenge to coach the collegiate football team with the worst record in the NCAA Division I-A: K-State. How Snyder and the players were able to tackle that challenge and turn around the program is what a K-State graduate said he is hoping to capture in his documentary “The Miracle in Manhattan.” Dan Youngman, 2007 K-State alum, is working to combine his passion for K-State and his experience in video production to create a documentary that tells the inside story of what’s been considered the greatest turnaround in the history of college football. “I immediately knew there was a story to tell, but beyond that I knew it was one that was very important to tell and that anyone else from outside the K-State family would look past,” Youngman said. The documentary will focus on the time between Snyder’s start at K-State in 1989 to the team’s first bowl victory five seasons later in the 1993 Copper Bowl game, Youngman said. “With the people on board and the content I already have, we are without question on to something very, very special here,” Youngman said. The documentary will feature interviews with Snyder, former K-State football players, coaches and staff. Youngman said his love for K-State football is what interested him in the beginning of the proj-
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“My favorite thing about K-State football would just be the people,” Youngman said. “I mean, it really is. Whether it’s the guys on the team or the people in the stands, the people are just the greatest people on earth to me.” One thing that makes K-State’s story unique is how Snyder and the team’s efforts extended far past the football program, Youngman said. “They didn’t just build a football program, they built the university and an entire city really,
based on their hard work and sacrifice,” Youngman said. “Manhattan, Kansas, was just this little tiny dot on the map that no one really knew about, but now on Saturdays you’re in bumper-to-bumper traffic to get here.” Youngman said during his time working on the documentary he has gained a greater appreciation and understanding of Snyder’s principle of family. Michael Orr, former K-State football player who will be featured in the documentary, said some of Snyder’s success could be attribut-
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ed toward his priority of instilling discipline and responsibility in the players. “He really did a good job at making football more than just about the game itself, but really saying as you grow and become men, life is going to be hard and this is going to prepare you for life as well,” Orr said. “And honestly 25 years later it has.” Zaldy Doyungan, KSNT news reporter and K-State graduate, shared a teaser for the documentary on Facebook that has reached over 100,000 views and over 2,000
shares. “It was really cool to see the amount of excitement and how fast it spread,” Youngman said. Laura Bergkamp, freshman in industrial engineering, said she has seen the trailer and is excited for the documentary’s release. “I’m really excited about it because I love K-State football, and Bill Snyder is a great coach,” Bergkamp said. “I think this can really show how much he’s done for K-State.” Youngman said he plans to have the documentary finished in August, but said there is no set release date yet because how it will be released is undetermined. “It is incredibly, incredibly important to me that this story be told with the integrity it deserves and with the highest quality possible,” Youngman said. Youngman said he is optimistic about the potential for the documentary to be easily accessible once released and hopes that it will be a success within the K-State fan base and beyond. “The impact will be tremendous in terms of making people take notice that what we do at K-State is special,” Youngman said. “Not only are we doing things on the same level as everyone else, but we are doing it better. All while keeping a smile on our face.” Orr said he is equally optimistic about the potential for the documentary. “I really think it’ll be a national success because Dan is doing it the right way,” Orr said. “He’s taking the time to get the details and find the inside story that nobody else knows about except the guys who were there.”
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