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Dewey Molenda, senior in statistics, and Ryan Woods, senior in fine arts, perform on stage at the On The Spot improvisation show in Forum Hall on Tuesday.

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Students link Willard art to Illuminati; actually astrology NICHOLAS CADY THE COLLEGIAN

Symbolism can be found in several of K-State’s buildings.

Nichols Hall and Hale Library house murals on the walls of their upper-stories, while a fork sculpture stands outside of the Leadership Studies Building.

While tracking down some of these art displays may require more or less exploration into the interior passages of the buildings, Willard Hall is different. A 12-by-12-foot floor design lies in the center of the building’s main entry area.

The design is a circular array of symbols centered around a six-point star, lined by four outer triangles. The symbolism has sparked rumors pertaining to the meaning behind its purpose in the hall.

“I think it’s really creepy,” Allison Olsen, junior in fine arts, said. “It looks like somebody drew it on the floor as a satanic sacrifice circle, like there should be a large star hand-drawn in the middle of it. I’ve heard that it’s

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The artwork on the floor of Willard Hall is rumored to be linked to the Illuminati. related to the Illuminati because of the triangles.”

The Illuminati, believed to be a secret society, is rumored to be linked to the symbolism by several students who take classes in the building.

“It gets associated with the Illuminati a lot because there are a lot of triangles in it (and) I think there’s eyes in it, too,” Emily Webb, junior in secondary education, said. “All of my classes are in Willard, so I see the sym-

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pitality management. Schmedemann works in Willard’s main office just several yards away from the symbol display.

Schmedemann linked the building’s symbols to its past as the university’s chemistry department.

“Willard used to be the chemistry building,” Schmedemann said. “The symbols all pertain to chemistry because Willard Hall used to be home to the chemistry department, but they’ve since moved across the street to another building.”

A comparison of the symbols to the traditional astronomical symbols classified by Universe Today reveals that the markings in Willard actually represent the elements of the planets and parts of the solar system.

In fact, each of the symbols in the structure are symbols of

astrology, including the Globus Cruciger, or symbol for Venus, Jupiter’s thunderbolt, Saturn’s scythe, the shield and spear of Mars, the sun, Mercury’s winged helmet and caduceus and the waxing moon. The four triangles on the outside of the circle traditionally represent the four cardinal points of a compass.

While Schmedemann finds the rumors to be imaginative, she said she thinks they are harmless.

“It’s not surprising to find that sort of imaginative story in an art department; the people here are very creative and the idea that the symbols might have more meaning behind them is what drives the stories,” Schmedemann said.

Imagination and creativity aside, it looks like the Illuminati rumors can officially be put to rest.

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On The Spot improv hosts first show, auditions EMILY PORTER

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odd set off the fire alarm and killed the octopus.

That is just one of the things the audience learned at Kansas State’s improvisational acting troupe On The Spot’s first show of the year Tuesday night.

For just over an hour, the 10-member group performed eight games, as students yelled out the next suggestion and laughed along.

The first game of the evening was “Objection,” a game in which a member starts telling a story, but the other members yell the name of the game when they want to take a turn.

For example, when one member started telling a story of visiting the mall with a friend, another yelled, “Objection!

No one goes to the mall.”

Two audience members participated on stage during “Human Prop,” which is as involved as it sounds. Two of the

group members went through a scene and whenever they needed a prop, they used one of the two audience members as a lobster, dog-cat hybrid and even a toilet and a toilet paper dispenser.

Another game the group played was, “Hitchhiker,” in which a member of the group has to guess the characters played by the three hitchhikers as they drive to their destination. This group included Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny and Alexander Hamilton.

Other games included “Comes From Pockets,” “Movie Review,” “Pan Left, Pan Right,” and a long-form story. The evening ended with “Sex With,” a game in which the audience yells out an object or activity, and the group members say how having intercourse with a select person would be like that object or activity.

“I love performing,” Casha Mills, senior in English literature and a fifth-year group member, said after the show.

“I love the bond of the group.

Initially, I didn’t like improv and was just looking for a way to get involved, but I ended up liking it and the bond.”

Other students who are interested in performance opportunities and making people laugh can audition to join the group. Students do not need to prepare anything beforehand.

Even if a student is not selected this year, Mills said to not be too discouraged.

“Come see what it’s about,” Mills said. “Come back and audition again next year and come see our shows to get used to us.”

On The Spot hosts free shows every Tuesday in Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union at 8 p.m. The group also hosts other events such as sketch shows and workshops throughout the semester, as well as do philanthropy and private events.

Open auditions will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Little Theatre in the Union.

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Ryan Woods, senior in fine arts, Brennen Flanniganm, sophomore in secondary education, and Michael Lee, senior in animal science, perform a skit during the On The Spot show in Forum Hall on Tuesday.

Clinton campaign organizers offer volunteer opportunities for students JASON TIDD

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Students will be on the front lines of the “most powerful thing in politics” if they volunteer with a presidential campaign.

Andrea Johnson, Kansas State director for the Clinton campaign, detailed volunteer opportunities for students during GWSS405 Resistance and Movements for Social Change on Wednesday, including phone banks and canvassing potential voters.

“Door-knocking and having that personal conversation is the most powerful thing in politics,” Johnson said. “It beats TV ads, it beats radio ads, it beats mail pieces, it beats rallies,

it beats everything, is that personal face-to-face conversation.

The second most important thing in politics ... are phone conversations.”

The campaign uses volunteers to canvass — knocking on the doors of potential voters and engaging them in political discussion.

The Clinton campaign will take volunteers to canvass in Iowa. Volunteers will carpool to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Sept.

10.

Among other opportunities for volunteers are calling potential voters.

While scripts are provided for both canvassing and phone calls, volunteers are encouraged to go off-script.

“Speak from the heart,”

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Hillary Clinton supporters wave signs at the Democratic Caucus on March 5.

Johnson said. “If they are just have a connection or to have a reading campaign bullet points, real conversation. It’s those real that is not a very good way to conversations and those con-

nections that really matter.”

Johnson had a suggestion for how to make conversations with potential voters more powerful.

“Use your personal stories,” Johnson said. “What do you care about in your life?

What matters to you? Why are you motivated to come spend this time knocking on doors and making phone calls? Because that’s going to be the most persuasive thing that we can tell a voter to get them to vote for your candidate.”

Volunteering can be a beneficial experience for students, regardless of whether or not they seek a career in political campaigning.

“We’re big about creating skill sets and experience that will

last beyond this campaign, so on Nov. 9 there’s something that’s left behind,” Johnson said.

In addition to campaigning for Clinton, volunteers will also encourage voters to consider candidates in state and local elections.

The Riley County Democratic Party will also put volunteers to work on phone calls, Haley Kottler, a volunteer coordinator and senior in gender, women and sexuality studies and family studies and human services, said.

Students who want to volunteer can contact Andrea Johnson at ajohnson@hillaryclinton.com or 913-396-2538 and Haley Kottler at haleykottler@k-state.edu or 405-3082145.

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KANSAS STATE @ NO. 8 STANFORD Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder and his Wildcats are looking to pull off an upset over the No. 8 Stanford Cardinal, who are led by last year’s Heisman trophy nominee, Christian McCaffrey. Expect McCaffrey to continue form from last season when he finished with 2,664 total offensive yards and 13 touchdowns.

K-State looks to stop McCaffrey with their nine returning starters on defense.

The Cats will be traveling to Palo Alto, California, with an inexperienced offensive line and quarterback. Starting quarterback, junior Jesse Ertz, has never thrown a pass for the Wildcats and the K-State offensive line features just one starter returning from last year, sophomore center Dalton Risner.

K-State might be outmatched, but as we all know, Snyder-led K-State teams are never afraid of a ranked opponent. Look forward to a close one at Stan-

ford on Friday night.

NO. 3 OKLAHOMA VS. NO. 15 HOUSTON AT NRG STADIUM

This matchup is my favorite of the weekend because of how much is on the line. A Houston Cougars program vying to get into the Big 12, playing about seven miles from their campus, against the expected Big 12 champions will make for a thriller.

The Oklahoma Sooners come into the matchup with a lot to lose. That being said, they are very well-equipped with the likes of Samaje Perine, Joe Mixon and star quarterback Baker Mayfield.

The Sooners surely will rely on their running game to chug through this one.

The Houston Cougars, meanwhile, have a returning quarterback who is ready to continue form from last season. Greg Ward Jr. threw for more than 2,000 yards last year and does not look like he’ll slow down anytime soon. Expect a high scoring game on Saturday.

NO. 2 CLEMSON @ AUBURN

At first, this matchup doesn’t look very intriguing, but with a coach like Gus Malzahn, you just know that Auburn will put up a fight on Saturday night.

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Then-freshman offensive lineman Dalton Risner points to Louisiana Tech players who need to be covered in the fourth quarter of the Wildcats’ three-overtime 39-33 victory over the Bulldogs on Sept. 5, 2015, in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

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Zumach glad to be back as K-State hosts Wildcat Classic AVERY OSEN

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fter winning two out of three matches this past weekend in Hawaii, the Kansas State volleyball team will play its first home match of the season during the Wildcat Classic this weekend.

“From a result perspective, we were relatively happy with that,” head coach Suzie Fritz said after the matches in Hawaii. “We showed some tenacity throughout and we had the right mentality. Lots of good that we can build on, but not our best volleyball and I wouldn’t expect that this early in the season.”

A big reason for their success this past weekend was because of redshirt sophomore Kylee Zumach, who is coming off a torn ACL, which cost her all but two matches last year.

“I don’t really think about my injury now that I’m playing,” Zumach said. “I was timid at first just thinking should I be doing this or even can I do this.

I second-guessed myself, but I’ve gotten over that.”

Zumach returned to the court and had 31 kills, led the team in blocks with six and provided 19 digs in the three matches played.

“I’m feeling great, but it

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Head volleyball coach Suzie Fritz talks to the players during a timeout against West Virginia in Bramlage Coliseum on Oct. 10, 2015. has been a long road back,” Zumach said. “I’m getting my confidence back and I’m feeling really good right now.”

Zumach said she was able to start hitting again in late spring and particularly one week in the spring when everything started to click again for

the Buffalo, Minnesota, product.

“It was awesome being able to hit again,” Zumach said.

“The hardest part of the injury was not being able to play with these girls.”

K-State will start the classic this weekend by hosting Mich-

igan on Friday at 5 p.m. The Wolverines went to the NCAA Tournament last season and won the first round game 3-1 against Santa Clara. Michigan was defeated in the next round

by UCLA in five sets.

The Wolverines will rely heavily on senior middle-backer

Abby Cole, who actually spent lots of time this summer with K-State redshirt senior setter Katie Brand.

Brand and Cole played on the U.S. Collegiate National Volleyball Team that traveled to China this summer and won gold.

“This is going to be really cool to see her again and (Cole) is really good,” Brand said.

“We’ll need to slow her down in the game to be successful.”

Brand said her team got to coach a younger team from China and play with them for one day, even though there was a language barrier.

“That was my favorite part of the entire trip,” Brand said with a smile. “I took the setters and the only form of communication for us was through volleyball. Although we couldn’t speak verbally, we still said lots of things to each other just by watching and gestures, which was so cool.”

On Saturday, the Wildcats will take on Tennessee State, who have started the season 4-0, at noon. The Tigers finished 16-14 last season and struggled on the road as they went 9-11 in games not played at home.

After that, K-State will turn its sights to Georgia Tech, who they will face at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets are 3-0 this season after beating Auburn, Pacific and Furman this past weekend in the War Eagle Classic.

“It was a big travel weekend and Hawaii was a long way to go,” Fritz said. “We are happy to sleep in our beds, have our fans cheering us on and get back in our routine. There are some good teams we will face this weekend here in Manhattan.”

K-State didn’t lose a player from last year’s roster, which is something Brand thinks should help them in the early going.

“We have lots of confidence right now and our chemistry is really good,” Brand said. “We know what kind of team we are, we are confident with where we are and believe we can play with anyone in the country.”

The Wildcats will play at home for their next seven matches, which will conclude on Sept. 13 when they host Creighton.

“Speaking for myself, I haven’t played a home match in two years because of my injury and I’m so excited to be back,” Zumach said. “Nothing beats playing here and our fans are the best in the Big 12. No one has the environment that we have here at K-State and I can’t wait to play in Bramlage again.”

One of the later episodes dissects how basic human error led to one of the biggest automobile recalls in recent memory. We all thought it was the car.

Truthfully, it could happen to any of us. It’s terrifying. It rocks you to the core.

I hung on for every second.

This is only season one, so it’s hard telling where Gladwell will continue to go with the

next episodes. One thing is for sure, if you’re looking for a whole new perspective, different way of thinking or want your whole worldview turned upside down, “Revisionist History” is free on iTunes.

'Revisionist History' both engrossing, chilling MAGGIE STANTON THE COLLEGIAN

I’ll start this off by saying I’m pretty new to the podcast scene. As it turns out, so is Malcolm Gladwell, the mastermind behind the new podcast “Revisionist History.”

In an interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” Gladwell, who is also the author of “Outliers” and “The Tipping Point,” said the driving force behind the switch from books to podcasts was to “move people emotionally.”

And so he does. Astonishingly well.

“Revisionist History” currently has 10 episodes, with each one examining a new topic, event or idea. Forty minutes will never pass by so quickly. Essentially, Gladwell takes something we assume to be correct and asks, “But what if we’re wrong?”

It plays with your emotions. You’ll laugh, cry, think and feel afraid. He leaves no stone unturned, even dissecting Colbert’s character on “The Colbert Report” in an effort to explain why satire often hurts,

instead of helps.

He also includes three episodes on higher education, and it’s fascinating. You learn why it’s so hard for lower income, talented youth to obtain a college education. It’s almost impossible for some, and it isn’t for the reasons you would think.

He’ll tell you all about one private college’s mammoth effort to take on these lower income students, only to find that it’s costing them the students who pay full price and keep the university afloat. Meanwhile, another private college hardly

tries recruiting poorer individuals, and they’ve been reaping the rewards from their richer counterparts.

Finally, he’ll examine why people give such large endowments to top-tier schools like Stanford and MIT, when the greatest good can be done by giving to a small state school.

K-State may be losing out to the Ivy Leagues in that regard.

The podcast is incredibly tough to listen to at times. It’s not a podcast you can turn on for some background noise while you work on homework.

It’s too engrossing for that.

Maggie Stanton is a senior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian. com.

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Sharon Thielen leaves impact on College of Agriculture lege student, Thielen said she believes she has been able to relate to students who are struggling when they enter college because she was one of them.

“Actually, truth be told, I didn’t want to go to college,” Thielen said.

Thielen’s options were to either stay at home and work at the local truck stop or go to college, she said.

Thielen said her first year at K-State wasn’t great because she didn’t take the opportunity to step out and get involved in any student organizations or take the initiative to make a lot of connections.

However, Thielen attributes getting involved in the College of Agriculture Ambassadors program to turning her experience around and opening the doors for more opportunities, which is how Thielen realized she had a passion for higher education.

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“Bittersweet” is the word Sharon Thielen, assistant dean of academic programs, used to describe her exit from Kansas State and the College of Agriculture after 10 years of working for the college.

“Although it’s a great opportunity to move on and spend time with my family, I will miss this one,” Thielen said.

Thielen said she has been at K-State for a long time, receiving all three of her degrees from the university. She graduated in 2002 with her bachelor’s degree in agribusiness and received both her master’s and doctorate in curriculum and instruction in 2005 and 2012, respectively.

As Thielen spoke about her time in the College of Agriculture, she used “family” as a theme, whether she was talking about the students, her colleagues or the college’s advances.

“The mix of individuals we have in the agriculture academic programs helps us in relating to a larger group of prospective students,” Thielen said about her academic program family. “For example, Don Boggs was a pre-vet student back in the day.”

Boggs, associate dean of academic programs for the College of Agriculture, said Thielen’s most profound impact on the college has been

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Sharon Thielen, assistant dean of academic programs in the College of Agriculture, will be leaving K-State after 10 years here. her ability to effectively communicate the story of agriculture to prospective and current students, thus sponsoring a significant amount of growth within the college.

Through her career in higher education, Thielen said she believes the job and the students have kept her young.

She said the students are always excited about their future, very career and goal driven and hard workers, so it leads the professionals and administrators to have that same enthusiasm for life.

Similar to the way she enjoys helping college students find their passions and success, Thielen said she loves being a mom because she sees her children’s excitement for life and how they are always celebrating something good. She said she also enjoys being their coach and mentor, aiding in their learning.

“I can say I am probably moving into a harder job, taking care of those girls,” Thielen said.

Thielen said her four children are young. She has a six-

year-old, Avery; three-year-old, Paige; and 16-month-old twins, Clara and Kassie. “(My husband and I) farm part time, so being able to spend more time on the farm with them is what I’m looking forward to,” Thielen said.

As Thielen is beginning to walk away from the College of Agriculture, she said she will miss the students.

Like many students, Ellen Blackwell, junior in agricultural education and agriculture ambassador, said she has felt lucky to be exposed to Thielen’s influence. She said Thielen will be missed.

“I think (Thielen) left a very positive impact on us in the College of Agriculture, and we’ll definitely miss working with her,” Blackwell said.

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Any Spaces Left?

“By (Thielen’s) coordination, enrollment has increased almost 50 percent,” Boggs said. “We’ve gone from around 2,000 students to 3,000.”

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