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Library, IT operations adjust after Hale fire DENE DRYDEN

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After the Hale Library fire that occurred on May 22, Kansas State’s library and information technology services were disrupted, most notably marked by the lack of internet access in campus buildings and the inaccessibility of websites like KSIS lasting a few days after the fire. Now, the university’s library and IT services are operating all over campus. “Everybody’s been offering space, trying to help, with the understanding that we’re going to be in it for probably a while,” said Michael Haddock, associate dean for research, education and engagement at Hale. Haddock said Hale’s librarians are working out of several locations, including Seaton Hall, the Business Administration Building, the off-campus Unger Complex, the Berney Family Welcome Center and the K-State Alumni Center. Library user services are setting up a satellite service in the business building, Haddock said. “When you walk in the south doors of the College of Business, there’s a couple tables set up there, and they just started last week, manning those tables,” Haddock said.

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The Great Room is one of the largest rooms in Hale Library, often occupied by study groups and student activities. After the roof fire on May 22, Hale Library is closed to the public as damage assessments and restoration take place. He said the new help desk is staffed during the building’s open hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, according to the College of Business Administration’s website. Haddock said K-State Libraries is looking for a place to run a central help desk for the library this fall, but has not decided on a location. “We’re in the process of trying to figure out what’s

going to be a primary service point for things like reserved and interlibrary loan and more of a central help space, and we have some options, but we haven’t finalized it yet,” Haddock said. “Math/Physics Library, operating out of there, maybe operating from the Union, but nothing’s decided.” K-State’s Information Technology Services staff and operations had to be moved due to the fire as well. Rebecca

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Gould, director of the Information Technology Assistance Center, said the IT Help Desk is now located in Cat’s Pause Lounge on the second floor of the K-State Student Union. “We were up and running in Unger Complex ... on May 24,” Gould said. “By the beginning of the next week and with the generosity of the leadership of the K-State Student Union, we moved to a more visible and accessible

location.” The Media Center— known previously as the Media Development Center — is also located in Cat’s Pause Lounge. “We hope to have an updated location for the Media Center on August 1,” Gould said.

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MidFest brings Kansas music to 5 stages in Bluemont Hotel, Aggieville GIBSON COMBS THE COLLEGIAN

If you blinked, you might have missed MidFest. The young, “all-genre” Manhattan music festival, which this year occupied three stages in Bluemont Hotel and boasted two official after parties with bands in Aggieville restaurants, offered continuous music almost all day Saturday. Despite coinciding with Kicker Country Stampede, MidFest was able to draw in crowds after almost doubling its lineup size from last year despite undergoing a name change. In its third year, MidFest featured 40 acts in total, building off of last year’s success in the Bluemont Hotel venue. After purchasing a wristband for $20, which was good for come-and-go access to the stages, MidFest attendees could hear something most music festivals can’t offer: variety. With the first stage starting at 11:45 Saturday morning, the three stages featured interchanging talent throughout the evening with sets ranging from 30 minutes to an hour. “People think Kansas and they think country,” co-producer Katie Smith said. “They think Country Stampede in Manhattan, but that’s really not who we are. We are really way more talented and way more diverse than

that. This is the local response to that.” MidFest showcased local and regional acts in genres that included rock, hip-hop, electric, bluegrass and jazz. Those just scratch the surface, however, as many of the acts did not fit a single category, embodied by such bands as the Grateful Dudes, who describe themselves as “folk and roll,” and Space Station Lounge, who showed off their psychedelic rock and folk sound at Auntie Mae’s Parlor. Timmy Roberts, bass player of Wakim Jazz Trio, said he appreciates how MidFest is “fitting to all genres and to all types of music lovers.” After performing first with KidzRock on the Ground Floor Stage as a director of the youth rock group from Miss Emily’s Piano Lessons, he took the stage with the jazz trio. “[The variety] makes it really relevant for all people because we all love different types of music,” Roberts said. “We all connect to it. Especially being able to do the KidzRock thing was really cool for me, just giving these kids a chance to get on the stage and rock out with a bunch of people.” The MidFest co-producers said the event has not suffered after this year’s name change and “rebranding” that extended to redoing its logos and changing its social media. That effort was a preemp-

tive decision by in order to avoid a potential legal battle with the music festival South by Southwest. The heavily inspired “Mid by Midwest” name changed to something simpler but that still sounds similar. Smith said the email from South by Southwest that prompted the name change was “encouraging” because it showed they were “able to create so much energy that we kind of became a threat to them.” “It wasn’t a cease and desist; it was more of a ‘Hey, we would prefer it if you change your name,’” Taylor McFall, another MidFest co-producer, said. “We figured ... we might end up having to get a lawyer or something, and we decided to focus on making as good of an event as we can rather than try to fight some legal battle over a name.” McFall said MidFest saw mostly new acts this year, though there was “some overlap.” “We had plenty of new bands this year we didn’t have last year, like Deliberate Kin that’s about to go on,” McFall said. ”Vigilant Thieves from Kansas City are going to be on the main stage later. MariaElena, which is from Wichita. Ether from Dodge City and several others.” It’s a stark difference from the first festival that Smith said she held in her backyard two years ago, which had only 12

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The Bluemont Hotel is the site of many local gatherings such as MidFest. bands and “maybe 100 people and a port-o-potty.” She said the size of the festival last year, which featured 24 bands, drew the real attention from sponsors. She, along with the production team, has expanded the one-day festival again this year to offer more and more Kansas talent. Some of that success is due to a time chosen to coincide with a national Manhattan spectacle. “I wouldn’t say that we hold any animosity towards Country Stampede,” McFall said. “We are purposely on the same

weekend. Part of that is a little bit of marketing, leveraging the fact that everyone knows when Country Stampede is. Saying we are the same weekend, it sticks in people’s minds.” Smith said MidFest is a comfortable alternative that is the“opposite” of Country Stampede. The three-day country music festival “draws in national acts, people from all over come here,” Smith said. “We just wanted to highlight the talent that’s here. So local bands, local people celebrating the community just

internal.” Since “historically, people have just left town this weekend,” McFall said, the co-producers designed MidFest to be, in essence, “a reason for [Manhattanites] to stick around” with more variety and indoor amenities. “We are an indoor festival, which means air conditioning, which means indoor bathrooms,” McFall said. “We are not outright trying to go against them, but we are an alternative … something else to do on the weekend.”

Court ruling nixes Kansas voter ID law, changes registration process RACHEL HOGAN THE COLLEGIAN

A federal court decided earlier this month that Kansas’ proof of citizenship law is unconstitutional. On June 18, Chief District Judge Julie Robinson ruled to strike down the Secure and Fair Elections Act of 2011, saying the law violates the National Voter Registration Act and the Fourteenth Amendment. The law, put in place by Secretary of State Kris Kobach in 2011,

required people registering to vote in Kansas to provide documentation proving their citizenship. The League of Women Voters of Kansas (LWVK), one of the plaintiffs in the case, said such requirements increased the time necessary to register an applicant from three to four minutes to an hour. Now that the law was struck down, registration to vote is once again a brief affair. “It takes five minutes or less, and it’s done” Christine Hutchins, member of the Johnson County

chapter of the LWVK, told the Kansas City Star. Since the ruling last Monday, 72 freshly naturalized citizens have registered to vote without being made to submit naturalization documents. Instead, they, and anyone else registering to vote, only needed to disclose their name and address.

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Pool House Kitchen & Bar offers vacation feel, summer-inspired food MADISON JAHNKE THE COLLEGIAN

On the site of Manhattan’s first city swimming pool now sits Pool House Kitchen & Bar, a locale with poolside-themed cuisine and cocktails. Pool House, located at 219 South 4th Street, officially opened its doors on June 12. Since then, the “never-ending pool party” has been serving gourmet food and drinks in typical poolside fashion that includes rum-based cocktails, uniquely-topped hot dogs and exotic nachos. The restaurant is owned by Ben and Rachel Motley, who are also the owners of Arrow Coffee Co. After some research, the couple found out that Manhattan’s first city pool previously sat at the location in 1918. This revelation, in part, contributed to the vision of Pool House and its menu. “Obviously the food and drinks are cool and fun, but groups getting together and

bonding is what it’s all about,” Ben said. “To me, that’s the coolest part — shared experience. That’s what I like about working in this industry.” Ben said he and Rachel immediately knew they wanted to do something different when they found that the space, formerly the location of Sparrow Specialty Coffee, was going to be available. “We like this area — we like this spot exactly,” Ben said. “Then, we started thinking about what this area needs. We also wanted a business that wasn’t so student-focused. Arrow’s awesome, but it’s obviously very university-tied.” The Motleys said they wanted a business that wouldn’t rely on school-year traffic and decline in the summer. “We had fallen in love with the whole tiki-cocktail, rum-based drink culture,” Ben said. “We wanted something fun and summery to bring a fresh food and drink concept to downtown. A

place for people to feel like they’re on vacation.” Katharine Hensler, Manhattan resident, said her favorite thing about Pool House is the environment. “They’re fun, they’re interactive, they’re attentive and provide great service,” Hensler said. Susan Adams, Manhattan resident, expressed hopes for the restaurant’s future menu. “The pretzel dog was delicious,” Adams said. “We’re trying to convince them to do a ‘dog flight’ — a hot dog sample platter. I think that would be a good request.” Ben said Pool House will provide an “endless summer” by staying open throughout the winter. “We’re going to keep the menu seasonal — we’ll change things out, but stay on the same theme, always,” Ben said. A hope for the future of the restaurant, Ben said, is to host a variety of events. “We do a lot of events at Arrow, and this place has

K-State receives smallest tuition increase across all public Kansas universities RACHEL HOGAN THE COLLEGIAN

The Kansas Board of Regents approved and accepted Kansas State’s request for a 1.1 percent tuition increase, the lowest the university has requested since before 1989, during the last meeting of fiscal year 2018 on Wednesday. Under the newly approved tuition rates, resident students will pay an average of $53.10 more for tuition in the next two semesters while non-residents will see a jump

of about $130.05 per semester. The proposal submitted to the Board estimates the increase will generate more than $2 million in tuition revenue. This tuition increase is the smallest compared to the proposals put forward by other univisities in the state, except for K-State Polytechnic’s 0 percent increase. The University of Kansas requested and was granted a 2.8 percent increase on the Lawrence campus, while Pittsburgh State received a 2.6 percent increase. Wichita State, Fort

Hays State and Emporia State each received 2.5 percent increases. K-State administration was able to propose such a relatively small increase due in part to the restoration of $11 million in funding from the state as well as a $15 million reduction in the university’s general use budget. The Board’s approval of the tuition and fee proposal also grants K-State permission to expand the tuition assistance program offered to university employees to staff members of the Board.

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Pool House snack mix, raspberry sorbet floats and sampler dip platters are just a few things on the poolside-themed menu. The restaurant and bar features house-made cocktails, gourmet hot dogs, tropical desserts and more. good potential too,” Ben said. “We’re hoping to host events like rum tastings, bridal showers, things like that,

where people can just use the space.” Currently, the restaurant is open 2-10 p.m. Tuesday

and Wednesday, 2 p.m. to midnight Thursday-Saturday and is closed on Sunday and Monday.

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Some Manhattanites rose early on Thursday to attend the 6 a.m. sunrise session of Solstice Yoga on the Flint Hills Discovery Center Terrace. Bailey Griffin, Manhattan resident, said the morning yoga was worth getting up a couple hours early. “It was a great, relaxing way to start the day,” Griffin said.

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OPINION: Give country music a chance despite its image problem MICAH DRAKE

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“I like all kinds of music, except for country.” How many times has this been said? I don’t speak for anyone else, but to me, this statement is verging on the cliche. The country genre encompasses so much music, as much as hip-hop or alt-rock or electronic dance music. Surely it can’t all be bad, right? Even the new stuff. So why is this enormous swath of modern music being entirely discounted by so many? What did it do wrong? While I was attending Kicker Country Stampede, I leveled this question to a few guests: Why do you think people don’t like country music? Ian Chaffin, a soldier serving at Fort Riley and attending his second Country Stampede, didn’t seem too fazed. “I like every kind of music,” Chaffin said. “I played violin for nine years. That, and I went to a dozen raves, but I still love country because I’m from Texas.” Not everybody can shrug it off by saying country is in their roots. I’m totally comfortable with saying that a genre of music was not made for me as its intended audience, but to say that I am free from trying something out because it was not made for me discounts the rise in popularity of rap and hip-hop outside urban

communities. It’s okay to like a genre that wasn’t “made for you.” Modern country has picked up some hip-hop and other musical influences as well, creating the “bro country” sub-genre commonly associated with Florida Georgia Line and others. Nick Mills, Country Stampede attendee, said country music has changed. “It’s a bit more poppy, but the message is still the same,” Mills said. “Be yourself. That’s what matters.” Zach Cooper, Kansas State alumnus of the College of Education, said he agreed with this sentiment. “We definitely aren’t in the Johnny Cash era,” Cooper said. “Today’s music is going to try to appeal to a younger generation, going to try to put a hip-hop spin to it, so it’s kind of going away from the true country that I fit in, but it’s still not too bad. It’s got a catchy tune to it, something you can vibe with driving down the road.” One thing I noticed during Country Stampede was how many older bands there were, how time didn’t change them and how there was a marked difference between each band. Broseph doesn’t sound the same as Florida Georgia Line, though they both are a part of modern country. Each one has different strengths. Shane Boardman, Nebraska resident and longtime Country

Stampede attendee, said country music has more variety than the mainstream gives it credit for. “A lot of people think all country music is just steel guitar and fiddles, and it’s not,” Boardman said. “I think they should just give it a chance because it’s a lot better than a lot of people think. ... I think people just have a misconception of what they think it will be.” Think of that genre of music that you didn’t always know about, but love now. How did that start? You found one song or a friend recommended an album that you just listened to over and over again until you said to yourself, “I want to listen to more stuff like this.” You search YouTube or Spotify and find some bands that don’t really do it for you, even if plenty of other people like them, and then you find it: a second band to love in this genre. Country music is not an exception to this experience. There’s something out there for you, and there’s no reason to say, “I like all kinds of music, except for country.” Micah Drake is a senior in English. 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. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

Baseball adds new coach JULIA JORNS

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New Kansas State baseball head coach Pete Hughes announced June 22 that new hiree Austin Wates, one of Hughes’ former players at Virginia Tech, will serve as the team’s new assistant coach. Wates, who played for Hughes from 2007 to 2010, will work with the team’s hitters, outfielders and baserunners. ”As a player, Austin was the cornerstone of our culture change at Virginia Tech,” Hughes said to K-State Sports. “I am honored that he would want to work side-by-side with me as we head into a new era of Wildcat baseball. He is a great husband, a great father and a tremendous baseball mind. There will be no better role model for our student athletes to be around on a daily basis.”

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Senior outfielder Hanz Harker hits the ball during the game against Oklahoma State at Tointon Family Stadium on April 9, 2018. In 2010, the Houston Astros selected Wates as the No. 90 pick during the MLB draft. After six minor league seasons, three at the Triple-A level in Oklahoma City and New Orleans, the Seattle Mariners hired Wates to work as an area scout in Texas. Two players he scout-

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OPINION: 3 myths about Trump’s HALE border detainment policies, ICE

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A photo provided by the Customs and Border Protection shows people detained at a temporary holding facility in McAllen, Texas, on June 17, 2018.

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I hope I’m not ruffling anyone’s feathers when I say that children should not be forcibly removed from their families. Fortunately, the U.S. government agrees with me — after massive public backlash surrounding the separation of families that enter the U.S. illegally by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that is. Like any good public controversy, there are a lot of misconceptions surrounding the recent actions of the ICE and other border patrol agencies, so let’s take a look at the myths. 1. Children are being kept in cages This is technically true, but highly misleading. According to National Public Radio, detained families (and, formerly, separated children) are kept in indoor, fenced-in environments for less than three days before being transferred to holding facilities with beds, individual rooms and even space for recreation and education, depending on the facility.

I don’t think anyone would necessarily want to be in these holding facilities — they’ve received heavy criticism over poor conditions — but viral videos showing children crying inside their new chain-link homes are either misunderstood, mislabeled or even fabricated. 2. Obama started it all As far as I can tell, this one’s mostly true, but misleading. While the administration of former president Barack Obama certainly did detain families at the southern border who tried to immigrate illegally, the practice of separating children from their parents was put in place by President Donald Trump as part of what the Customs and Border Protection called a “zero tolerance” policy for illegal immigration. President Trump’s recent executive order halting familial separation at the border is something of a return to the way things were before he took office. New families that enter the U.S. illegally will be detained rather than separated, but families that were already separated are pretty much out of luck.

3. Only immigrants who illegally cross the border are being detained I wish this was 100 percent true, but not quite. According to NPR, all immigrants crossing illegally are being detained per the zero tolerance policy, but some families have been detained or separated after seeking asylum, if Customs even allowed them to seek asylum in the first place. For those unaware, seeking asylum is the perfectly legal practice of requesting shelter in a foreign country at one of its ports of entry, typically due to fear of violence or death in an immigrant’s home country. The numerous reports of immigrants being detained after seeking asylum would seem to suggest that the ICE isn’t following international law. The consequences of these violations remain to be seen, but I don’t think they’ll be pretty. Kyle Hampel is the opinion editor for the Collegian and a senior in English. 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.

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ACCESSING RESOURCES

Right now, Haddock said materials that are housed in K-State’s other libraries and the airport annex are still accessible, but it will be months before the books in Hale can be used again. “It’s very disheartening and almost surreal, but it is what it is,” Haddock said. “So now we just have to deal with it and help people however we can.” Availability of physical materials will affect students in the humanities more, Haddock said. “We know we’re going to have to use interlibrary loan, it’s going to be hitting much heavier in the fall because we won’t be able to use the collection,” Haddock said. “Probably depending on subject areas, it’s probably going to affect humanities and social sciences harder, and I say that because science, STEM areas tend to use electronic resources … heavier than they do books, and that’s online, primarily. “If you’re in English or modern languages or history, you need the books, and we won’t be able to get to them, so we have to get them from elsewhere for the time being,” Haddock continued. “It’s a cumbersome process, but we want to get the materials to people that need it.” In addition to books and other physical materials, Hale also provided students with pub-

lic access computers and study spaces. As reported by the Collegian in March 2017, Hale had over 220 computers for patrons’ use. Haddock said the absence of those computers and study spaces is going to “put pressure all over campus.” “For the coming year, this academic year, it’s going to be interesting,” Haddock said. “Just places to study with tables and quiet — it worries me, but we’ll try to make do the best we can. Actually, it’s now become a university issue because we don’t have the building, so where else can people do that? I think the university, which has been so good about coming to our aid, I think as an institution will begin to figure out some solutions, short-term here for the coming year.” Gould said computers are available in the Union, Dickens Hall and Seaton.

RESTORING HALE

According to the university’s Hale Library Recovery Plan webpage, architectural assessments of the building began on June 11. Since assessments are still underway, Haddock said an accurate assessment of cost will not be available for 30 to 60 more days. “I go in the building regularly because I give updates at our all-staff meeting about progress over the previous week, and there’s parts of the building I don’t even recognize,” Haddock said. “So they went in and took

out all the wet carpet and ceiling tiles and tried to get the moisture out. The water got into the drywall, so they’ve started taking out drywall; in some places they’re down to metal studs. It’s why it looks like a construction zone.” Haddock said all of the furniture the first and second floors of the building have been removed. Though power has been restored to the data center in Hale, he said the rest of the building does not have electricity. Because the building has a slight tilt toward Mid-Campus Drive, Haddock said water would go into each floor and flow to the other end of the building. “That’s why everything got wet, except fifth floor, which is another lucky thing,” Haddock said. “That’s where special collections and archives is. … That’s unique, and you can’t replace it.” In the most recent briefing between the university, library staff, the Belfor restoration company and insurance agencies, Haddock said a rough estimate for Hale’s restoration to be complete and for being back in the building is December 2019. “Originally they were talking 24 months,” Haddock said, “So 18 sounds a little better, but again that’s still just estimates. “I think, sadly, that one of the things to get across to most students, faculty, anybody at the university is that we’re not going to get back in the building very soon,” Haddock continued.

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OPINION: My struggle with an eating disorder doesn’t define me GABRIELLE ALBERTSON THE COLLEGIAN

Editor’s note: This column contains vivid references to eating disorders and alcoholism and may be upsetting to some readers. I’ve been debating on whether or not I was ready to share my story with all of you. At times, mental health gets swept under the rug. We tend to ignore what’s really going on in our minds by putting on a brave face. However, I decided now was the time because as a Kansas State community, we strive to represent that we are family. So, here’s a story about my own family. The more we hide our feelings, the faster we hit our breaking points. My mental health hit its breaking point in March 2017 during my second year of college. I

came home for spring break to see my family in Dallas. My mom pulled me aside and told me that my dad had an affair and they were getting a divorce. She had asked me not to tell anyone about the divorce. It had to stay between us. For some time now, my parents had not been getting along. I knew things were bad between them, but I always hoped that things would get better. Well, they didn’t. They drifted further and further apart. Soon, I went back to college and began to pretend that my life was going great, when in reality it felt like it was falling apart. I became my mom’s main support system. I was the one picking up the pieces when she and my dad had gotten into an argument. Imagine that you found out your family was falling apart and you couldn’t tell anyone. What would you do?

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Well, here’s what I did. One night, I was having a really hard time coping with everything between family, school and work, so I decided to go to the Recreation Complex. As I began to run on the indoor track, I soon forgot everything that was going on around me, so I decided to start running miles and miles on end. Every day, I would go to the Recreation Complex and work out for hours. Since I started spending most of my time there, I began to skip meals. That’s when an eating disorder entered my life. As time went by and things at home began to get worse, I dove deeper and deeper into my eating disorder. I began to pick up other eating disorder behaviors such as taking laxatives and diet pills as well as purging. My eating disorder became a part of me — it became my best friend. I never thought I had a problem until friends began to try

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It will just take me a little bit longer than everyone else, and that’s OK. If you are struggling with any kind of mental health disorder, I encourage you to reach out for help. I know it may seem scary, but I promise it will be OK. You are not alone, we all have a breaking point and we all need to turn for help at some point. Life will get better, and when it does, it’s going to seem unreal. Just keep on being you, because there’s no one better. As Winnie the Pooh once said, “promise me you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” Gabrielle Albertson is a junior in mass communications. 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.

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Life after service: Going back to a civilian lifestyle

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Veterans come from the various branches of the military with different stories, experiences and lessons; here is a veteran’s experience returning to civilian life after deployment. Chris Vitols, junior in clinical psychology, talked about his experience in the Army as an E-4 specialist working as a

CBRN tech. Vitols began his military journey at Fort Riley in the 1st Infantry Division. He worked in the First Engineer Battalion before beginning his Hardship Tour as a CBRN tech in a nine-month deployment in South Korea. “I was in a striker,” Vitols said. “We did operations out of South Korea.” During his time, Vitols said some of his deployments would have included Jordan

and Kuwait, but ultimately the Army’s plans changed. After serving three years, Vitols said he decided military life was not for him. He joined the Green to Gold program and began studying at Kansas State. Vitols said even though he decided to hand in his military life for a civilian life of a student, he learned many lessons from his experiences while serving. “I’ve learned how to prioritize,” Vitols said. “I’ve learned how to understand what is important as well as how to let go of certain things, how to have a thick skin.” Common sense is something Vitols said is instilled into soldiers. “They preach common sense in the military,” Vitols said. “That’s something they try to instill in you whether it’s from basic training or your first unit. They’d rather not have a bunch of smart people; they’d rather have common sense people.” Vitols also said everything in the Army is at an eighthgrade reading level. “The knowledge is given,” Vitols said. “It’s just how you use it.” Life after service can be difficult for many veterans. Vitols said his experiences were not as taxing as others’ backgrounds in the military, but he would like people to understand how life after serving can be difficult. “I never had rounds thrown at me,” Vitols said. “There’s a lot of baggage people bring. There’s a lot of things that don’t click.” He also talked about how there are some vets at K-State who will dive under desks after a particularly heavy book falls and creates a loud noise on the floor. When asked what advice he would give veterans entering back into the civilian realm after serving in the military, Vitols said, “Stay positive. There’s going to be a huge handicap all the way through.”

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