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Smethers set for Kansas Broadcasters Hall of Fame induction, retiring in 2022 ALEXANDER HURLA staff writer
The Kansas Broadcast Association will induct Steven Smethers, director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State, into the Kansas Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Oct. 3, 2021,
after a long career in broadcasting. “To get the award means a lot,” Smethers said. “It means a lot because it is literally my entire life they have chosen to honor.” It is a life’s work that began with a letter. “In the late 1960s, the custom was that small-town radio stations were trying to appeal to as many different types of listeners as possible,” Smethers said. That custom meant
stations played specific blocks of different music genres throughout the day. For 16-year-old Smethers’ local station – KALN in Iola, Kansas – that meant country music in the morning and rock ‘n’ roll in the afternoon. However, after the station played country music for three consecutive afternoons, Smethers said he got upset and took matters into his own hands. “I sat down and wrote a complaint letter to the radio station – it was very nice and very nicely worded – questioning why they made this programming decision,” Smethers said. The station’s manager, impressed with the letter, wrote Smethers back — an act Smethers said forever changed his life. “At the end of the letter, he wrote a paragraph that I’ll never forget,” Smethers said. “He said, ‘I would really like to invite you to come down, tour our radio station and visit with me.’ … They showed me through this small-town radio station, which was just a typical smalltown radio station, and yet I thought I was touring CBS. It was that big of a deal for me.” After the tour, the manager asked
to record Smethers reading two commercials and a five-minute newscast script from the Associated Press. “He said, ‘I want you to read these just as you think it ought to be read,’” Smethers said. “So, I read it. He came in and listened to the tape and said, ‘You know something? You read remarkably well. You write remarkably well. As soon as your voice deepens a little bit, we could use you around here.’” Before his visit, Smethers said he had never thought about going into broadcasting. He said the station manager’s comments opened up a new line of thinking about what he wanted to do when he grew up. “He called me up one day and offered me the chance to be the reporter for a show they had on the air called ‘The Anderson/Coffey County Hour,’” Smethers said. “There was, at that time, no local radio in either Anderson or Coffey County, and he wanted me to be the reporter for southern Anderson County and provide daily news reports on KALN.” Smethers accepted the position. “Then later on, during the summer of that year — this would have been the
But all of this is designed to serve the broadcasters and, in turn, serve the people of Kansas … That’s what good media is: that we first of all have to serve the communities where we’re located.” Steven Smethers Director of A.Q. Miller School of Journalism
summer between my sophomore and junior year — somebody left the radio station,” Smethers said. “He needed at least a good part-time announcer. He also needed somebody to write commercials for them. So, he called me up and said, ‘Would you like to do this?’ I said, ‘When do you want me to start?’ And that’s how I got into broadcasting, and it all came about because I knew how to write a letter.” After high school, Smethers went on to earn a bachelor’s in journalism from K-State in 1976. Following graduation, he worked in broadcasting as the operations manager at a radio station in Grand Island, Nebraska. However, Smethers said his goal was to own a small-town radio station. A friend gave him a proposition that Smethers said changed his career path. “He called me and said, ‘You know something? The radio station in Norton is for sale … for a bargain, and I think we should go buy that thing,’” Smethers said. After traveling to Norton, Kansas, to survey the community, Smethers said he realized the undertaking would be a challenge but a lot of fun. So, in 1978, the two men bought the station. “All of my friends said I was crazy,” Smethers said. “How are you going to keep from going nuts in a community that size?’ It is tough when you’re 26 years old. You’re working all the time, but we did it. We made the station successful and sold it in 1983.” After selling the station, Smethers returned to K-State, earned a master’s degree and began teaching classes.
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Kansas LGBTQ leadership conference hopes to invoke resiliency in student body MARGARET LATENSER staff writer
Kansas State will host the Kansas LGBTQ leadership conference on Friday, Oct. 15, at the Morris Family Multicultural Student Center. According to the K-State LGBTQ Resource Center website, the event aims to focus on the lived experiences and aspirations of the Kansas LGBTQ community. “We want to empower people to have a voice and inspire resiliency through leadership,” Brandon Haddock, student services coordinator of the LGBT Resource Center, said. The event will run all day, featuring two keynote speakers and several concurrent breakout sessions. One speaker, Tori Gleason, is a K-State alumna. According to Gleason’s LinkedIn page, she is a student at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita and a future researcher on health outcomes in trans and non-binary populations. “Tori is a great leader and an amazing person,” Haddock
said. “She transitioned after graduating from KSU. She found herself being a leader because of her passion and was able to develop networks that are making a huge difference.” Gleason’s Linkedin page indicates she works for healthcare organizations to provide better access to quality healthcare. The conference theme is “Centering Queer Voices, Working for Our IDEAL.” The theme highlights that LGBTQ voices need to be at the center of addressing LGBTQ issues. “Oftentimes, when we talk about LGBT rights and experiences, it defaults to a conversation about what allies can do and what others can do for us,” Rachel Levitt, teaching assistant professor in the gender, women and sexuality studies department, said. “That felt like a problem because then it wasn’t centered around LGBT people’s needs, it becomes centered around other people’s need for education and discomfort.” Levitt said the theme IDEAL is an acronym for inclusion, diversity, empowerment, au-
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thenticity and leadership. “We cannot have LGBT leadership without all these things,” Levitt said. “But also, it is not just an acronym that spells out ideals. The idea of ideals is this sort of romantic celebratory notion that our world can be better.” To remedy the concept, members of the center said they hope the conference empowers people to recognize the leader in themselves and their collective power. “Initially, this is about leadership,” Haddock said. “It is about how individuals or organizations have been leaders in creating an affirming environment. Having a sense of leadership is important, especially when people band together.” Adam Carr, program administrator for diversity and multicultural student affairs, said he is proud that LGBTQ and allied students have the opportunity to use their voices. “It is amazing when students have the ability to freely express their issues and be a part of coming up with solutions,” Carr said. Carr said when people use
their voices through activism and education, it builds community through conversation. Haddock said the conference will bring people together to have those conversations. “An individual may have a lot of passion and initiative, but they may not know how to go about doing something or the connections they need,” Haddock said, “Through this conference, people can lead by example, inspire others and work together.” According to the resource center announcement, activating leadership among young LGBTQ people and cultivating support networks are two of the conference’s goals. The conference theme is centered around the submitted proposals. According to the center’s website, proposals can be “individual scholarly/academic presentations or papers, organized panels comprised of 3-5 presenters to address different facets of a shared topic, roundtables, workshops or how-tos [and] issue-driven community conversations aimed at fostering
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dialogue among the community in attendance.” The accepted proposals will be presented in small groups categorized by topic. Possible topics are listed on the resource center’s website and can be submitted here. According to the conference proposal page, everyone is welcome to submit a proposal centering on queer voices and promoting IDEAL. Haddock said proposal submissions are flexible and unique depending on the person submitting. “Some people may not know how to necessarily write down their proposals, so this will give them options,” Haddock said. “This is a conference that is about trying to find the problems, work together for solutions while also celebrating the people and the strategies that are already implemented,” Levitt said. “This will tell LGBT students that they are welcome on a college campus and that adults are here to listen to their issues and support them.” Levitt said the goal is to have a conference that embrac-
es the complexity of queer lives. This will help discover underlying issues that still need addressing, even after much has been achieved. Haddock said they tell their students they need to know their history to move forward. “If we continue to see what we fought for and achieved, then we can continue to fight for more,” Haddock said. Haddock said marriage equality is an example of the community’s progress that still needs work. “Marriage equality was so important to so many people, and yes, it is legal, but the thing is, people can still get fired and discriminated because of it,” Haddock said. “We have achieved so much, but we have a long way to go. That is why leadership and conversation is important.” Haddock said they have already received several proposals, and many people are already registered to attend. The deadline for proposals is 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20. Questions about proposal submissions and conference registration should be sent to lgbt@ksu.edu.
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Members of K-State’s college of journalism/mass communications faculty, as well as students, join together is Kedzie 107 to honor Steve Adderley during the unveiling of new lab equipment. Adderley donated the funds required to update the lab and graduated from K-State in the class of 1982.
McCain Auditorium offers students one free ticket per performance MARGARET LATENSER staff writer
The McCain Performance Series is offering Kansas State students one free ticket per performance throughout the 2021-2022 school year until funding for the new program is exhausted. Todd Holmberg, executive director of McCain Auditorium, said he thought of the idea to help students experience the performance series without financial stress. “We wanted to remove any financial barrier to the students so we could have a greater impact in students’ lives,” Holmberg said. In previous years, performance tickets were at a 50 percent discount for students.
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However, the policy had not changed in decades. As ticket prices increased periodically, Holmberg said students were at a financial disadvantage. “Prices were going up, but our benefit to the student body was not keeping pace,” Holmberg said. “Even as the product got more expensive, we had not made any changes to raise our discount.” Holmberg said he proposed the new program to the Student Governing Association’s Student Services Fees Committee to solve the increased costs while benefitting students. The committee approved the plan and set aside increased funds to support the program. “We were allotted $25,000 for this year as a cap for free tickets,” Holmberg said. “This
is a trial run, and we expect that the fund will be exhausted fairly quickly.” Once the fund runs out, tickets will only be available at full price. Since the fund allocation was only for the free tickets, the budget is depleted once it reaches the $25,000 limit. As a result, Holmberg said there wouldn’t be any funds left for the traditional 50 percent discount on student tickets. “I expect the fund to run out after the first show,” Holmberg said. “We have already sold a total of $17,920 worth of tickets to 152 students.” K-State student IDs are required when obtaining a ticket from the McCain Ticket Services Office and when entering a show. Students can reserve tickets for any number of performances on the fall schedule.
Holmberg said students can go to every show if they please. However, it is first-come, first-serve. The new program debuts with the series’ first performance, country artist Sara Evans, on Thursday, Sept. 16. “She is a big star, so people will be excited,” Holmberg said. “She is a Midwest girl and has performed at KSU before, just never a part of the series.” Besides Sara Evans, the performance series has five other shows on the schedule for the semester. Two performances are set for later this month, with the final three in December. Holmberg said the spring semester features seven to eight performances, and those shows will be announced soon. Once tickets go on sale, students can reserve their free tickets. The free ticket program is part of the Student
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Services Fee that students pay each semester. Max Harman, chair of the Student Services Fee Committee and senior in biochemistry, said part of those fees cover the ticket costs. Harman said the fees are mandatory for all students and help fund campus student services, such as McCain Auditorium. Other student services, or entities, undergo a fee review every three years, at which directors can ask for an increase or propose changes to benefit the student body. The committee reviewed McCain’s fee use this past year and listened to Holmberg’s new plan. “We give out a certain amount of money based on a proposal, and the director will show us how they want to use that money for their organization,” Harman said. see page
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Panelists discuss mental health resources, advice for those seeking help JARED SHUFF editor-in-chief
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Students, specialists, and special guest coach Bill Snyder discussed the challenges students face and resources to help overcome these obstacles on Tuesday, Sept. 7, in the Student Union.
Students, specialists and special guest Bill Snyder took part in a panel discussion dedicated to mental health awareness Tuesday afternoon. Nicholas Wallace, an associate professor in the division of biology at Kansas State, moderated the discussion. During the discussion, Wallace asked panel members questions about mental health struggles, resources and individual experiences. The panel was held in-person and through Zoom, with two counselors on-site and phone numbers available through Zoom in case anyone was overwhelmed by the contents of the discussion. Panelists included Arnaldo Torres-Hernandez, graduate student in organ-
ic chemistry; Sakshi Bhati, graduate teaching assistant in leadership communication; Dr. Kodee Walls, assistant director of counseling services; Amanda Gaulke, assistant professor of economics; Dr. Kyle Goerl, medical director for Lafene Health Center; Bill Snyder, former K-State head football coach; Columba Herrera-Gonzalez, senior in computer science; Regan Bond, junior in psychology; and Chris Bowman, director of the Morrison Family Center for Student Well-Being. Walls opened the discussion acknowledging the current climate surrounding mental health as the COVID-19 pandemic continues and when people should consider professional help. “We’ve been in [the pandemic] for so long that I think we’re really still in survival
mode,” Walls said. “So, some of the things that we would have paid attention to in the past, that we would maybe call pink flags vs. red flags for something seriously wrong, we sort of put aside in an effort to just … get through classes, working to fulfill our research requirements and doing our [graduate assistant] work.” Walls said it is normal to feel sad or worried and that neither signifies a mental health disorder. However, she said intense feelings of sadness, anxiety or risky thoughts might lend themselves to professional help. “It’s very normal to be sad or upset,” Walls said. “But when we’re having a lot of trouble identifying at what point something happened, then it could be a good indicator again that we should start looping in our support
system and consider coming to counseling and psychological services.” Bowman took time to explain the Green Bandana project, a mental health awareness campaign dedicated to informing and training students to talk about resources available on campus. Students who complete the specialized training receive a green bandana to display somewhere on their person so students can reach out if needed. “That peer-to-peer connection we think is really, really valuable because I think our best resource here at K-State are the students,” Bowman said. “They engage [with] more people in one day than probably this panel does in a whole month.” see page
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Lafene urges community to help one another, promote suicide prevention during awareness week CLAIBORN SCHMIDT arts & culture editor
Many people across the nation have seen the effects of suicide, especially among high school and college students. Lafene Health Center recognizes the issue and hopes to bring awareness to Kansas State students and staff during Suicide Prevention Awareness Week. “According to the CDC, in the nation, suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States of America and … the second leading cause of death in America for people ages between 15 and 24,” Chris Bowman, director of the Morrison Family Center for Student Well-Being, said. There were many opportunities throughout the week for community members to learn more about the Green Bandana project, a mental health awareness campaign on campus, and take part in its training. “I think it is important be-
cause we want to teach people some signs of distress or mental disorder,” Bowman said. “The bandana project is a suicide awareness and prevention campaign that our departmental student organization ‘Thrive Navigators’ picked up on last year.” Training sessions provide students with a toolbox of skills to guide conversations about helping others and how to find help within the community. “The training is about how to listen, how to ask appropriate questions and then how to assess somebody’s needs and where they need to get help at,” Bowman said. The Green Bandana project hosted training sessions on Sept. 7 and Sept. 9 in the Big 12 Room at the K-State Student Union. The workshops were open to all faculty, staff, students and anyone else in the community. Along with training opportunities, advocates for Suicide Prevention Awareness Week from Thrive are offering postcards to
give people the chance to thank someone and have it mailed on their behalf. “Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., our Thrive Navigators will be set up on Bosco Plaza with postcards with messaging on it that students can fill out,” Bowman said. Bowman said these notes let students show someone their appreciation, as well as spread optimism on campus. “I know when someone tells me ‘Thank you,’ it feels good,” Bowman said, “but I also know that when I tell someone ‘Thank you,’ it makes me feel really good too. It is just a way to show appreciation and for students to build optimism.” Suicide Prevention Awareness Week runs Sept. 5-11. Those seeking professional help can reach out to Lafene CAPS from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. A hotline for mental health consultation is available even when closed by calling 785-532-6927.
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in person,” Duke said. Two new exhibitions debuted this month, opening on Sept. 7. The exhibitions feature works by Gordon Parks and Doug Barrett. A third exhibition, a video installation titled 45 Paleolithic Handaxes, opens on Sept. 21. A fourth exhibition of paintings by John Steuart Curry opened recently as well. “It’s an exciting time for the museum as we will celebrate our 25th anniversary during the 20212022 season with a truly unprecedented lineup of exhibitions and programs,” Duke said.
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Gordon Parks and Doug Barrett, both Kansas photographers, have their works displayed in partner exhibitions. The Gordon Parks exhibition features photographs he donated to Kansas State in 1973, along with photographs relating to two visits he made to Manhattan. “The images, representing the broad sweep of Parks’ career, constitute a kind of self-portrait aimed at the home crowd,” Aileen June Wang, museum curator, said. Wang co-curated the exhibition alongside Sarah Price, the museum’s collection manager. Barrett is a Manhattan-based artist, and his solo exhibition presents photographs from three series: “Homeless Veteran Project,” “Yuma Street” and “George Floyd Protest.” “Barrett invested considerable time and energy embedding himself in his subjects’ lives and getting to know them, just as his hero Gordon Parks did,” Wang, who also curated this exhibition, said. “Barrett also followed Parks’ example of telling a story through a combination of texts and images.”
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The museum features several of Curry’s paintings, prints,
drawings and book illustrations. John Curry, born in 1897, grew up in Jefferson County, Kansas. Even after leaving the state, he continued portraying scenes of Kansas through his artwork. In 1996, the Beach Museum purchased “Sunrise over Kansas” from the Curry’s second wife. “Because of distracting discoloration of the sun — caused by Curry’s mid-1930s experiments mixing natural resins and oilbased materials — the painting has not been on display for many years,” Elizabeth Seaton, museum curator, said. “Art conservator Kenneth Bé of the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center in Omaha has treated the painting to help bring back a sense of its sun’s intended impact.” The museum will continue following K-State’s COVID-19 guidelines for health and safety. Masks are required at this time. The museum offers free admission and parking for all, with regular hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The museum is closed on Sunday, Monday and holidays. More information about the museum, exhibitions and upcoming events is on the Beach Museum website.
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Herrera-Gonzalez said the main barriers that kept her from using the resources on campus were the cultural stigmas surrounding mental health and the belief that her problems weren’t important enough. “I’m Hispanic, and in the Hispanic community, there’s very much a stigma against going to medical doctors,” Herrera-Gonzalez said. “It’s like … ‘Oh, you’re feeling sad? Just go out and, you know, eat a good meal.’” She said asking for help was hard because it felt like a waste of their time. However, after getting through the doors and getting the help she needed, Herrera-Gonzalez said she loved the experience.
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As an international student, Bhati said language barriers and pressure from family contributed to her mental health struggles. The effects of COVID-19 also hit close to home, she said. “Not being able to go home, not being able to get in touch with our families on time, fear of our parents being away and sick,” Bhati said. “I lost my father last year to COVID myself, so I know the kind of pressure that it puts on me.” Bhati talked about her struggles with anxiety because of these added difficulties. She said that, while it is not something that cannot be solved, the experiences of international students are often overlooked because of where they are from and the stigmatization of mental health in their households. Giving advice on well-being and defining balance in life, coach Snyder said surrounding
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yourself with good people is one of the best things you can do for yourself. “The significant thing to me, I think, is that we surround ourselves with people who generally care about us, people who want to see us do well, people who do well, do right themselves,” Snyder said. “I think as a student, we have access to so many people, and we can make some bad choices in that respect.” Apart from surrounding yourself with good people, Snyder also said it is important to pinpoint goals and priorities and set a few small goals each day. For some, that can be as simple as getting out of bed in the morning. “It’s amazing what happens when you put that first foot on the floor,” Snyder said. “You can make yourself do that, [there’s] not a person in this room who
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can’t make yourself do that. Once the first foot goes on the floor, the second one will follow, I promise you that.” Snyder offered a personal example of this mindset, talking about the vehicular accident his daughter Meredith was in as a junior in high school. Despite doctors saying she would never walk again because of her injuries, Snyder said he knew that would not be the case. “Six weeks after the surgery, she was in Dallas Rehab Institute,” Snyder said. “She walked out of the institute with a helping hand and a cane. … We have greater control over that which we do than sometimes we desire to admit.” More information on available mental health resources is on the LafeneCAPS, Office of Student Life or Lafene Health Center web pages.
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Proposals are approved if they provide a benefit to students. The committee thought Holmberg’s proposal was a beneficial use of McCain’s allotted fees, Harman said. “Folks have been emailing, asking questions about how to get tickets – which is great,” Harman said. “We are at the start of the semester, so it is good to hear that interest.” Christian Mendez, junior in chemical engineering, said he wants a free ticket to the Canadian Brass Christmas performance. Mendez said he probably would not have
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Sutherland hits ‘fictional’ pop-stardom with Netflix soundtrack ‘Afterlife of the Party’ explores connection through music JARED SHUFF
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Ohio-native and Wildstock headliner Spencer Sutherland provides some refreshing alt-pop bangers with the “Afterlife of the Party” soundtrack. Featuring four original songs — including a duet with co-star Victoria Justice — Sutherland shows off his powerful vocals, soaring falsetto
and pounding pop melodies. I first heard Sutherland’s music after stumbling across his song “Tell Me” on YouTube, which quickly led to a deep dive into his discography. He makes multiple appearances on my most-played Spotify playlist, including the above track, the falsetto break-up bop “Sweater” and the (somewhat too relatable) “Help Me.”
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That said, you can imagine my surprise and excitement when I saw Sutherland’s name as the headliner for the inaugural Wildstock concert here in Manhattan. I was even more shocked to see he was starring in and writing music for the Netflix original film “Afterlife of the Party,” a romantic dramedy also starring “Victorious” actress Victoria Justice. While I have yet to watch the movie, the soundtrack has been on repeat since its release. These songs hold their own without the film’s context. The opening track “Blush” is a groovy dance hit sure to get you moving around like a party girl in a club … which makes sense given the film’s party-girlturned-ghost premise. Funky bass lines and insane falsetto riffs from Sutherland make “Blush” a fun pop song. Hopefully, we’ll get to dance to this song in person. Next on the soundtrack is “Drive,” a somewhat steamier song compared to the previous track. Sutherland’s raspy, distorted vocals blend with an even more distorted electric guitar as he sings, “I’d be lost without your touch, give me something, just a little, wake me up.” I’m sure this song has people swoon-
ing in the movie. The third song, “Home,” is a duet with co-star Victoria Justice. I honestly haven’t listened to Justice sing since her “Victorious” days, so I was pleasantly surprised to hear her alongside Sutherland. This song opens with cinematic synths before the drums kick in and Justice takes center stage. Before listening to “Home,” I was skeptical if their voices would work together. My doubts were cast aside as both artists complemented one another on the song. I wouldn’t be surprised if this song plays during a happy montage in the film. It has that uplifting air one would expect in a romantic comedy just before everything hits the fan. The fourth and final song written by Sutherland, “One Look,” is your stereotypical pop love song, with Sutherland singing in the chorus, “It only takes one look and I’m into you / There could be a hundred people in the room / If you take a chance you could feel it too / All it takes is one look, one look.”
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Netflix’s new original — if not somewhat cheesy — comedy film, “Afterlife of the Party,” refreshingly explores death and grief as it follows Cassie Garcia, a social butterfly played by “Victorious” actress Victoria Justice and her second chance at righting her wrongs. The film also explores how music creates strong connections. Opening with a classic getting ready montage, Cassie dances around her bedroom listening to “Blush” by Spencer Sutherland, flinging tops, skirts and jackets around the room. Cassie attends her 25th birthday party at a popular club with her best friend Lisa. “Blush” continues, the song dazzling the dance floor with a fun pop sound as the duo says it’s “their song.” The music really sets the film off on a high note for me, seeming to push the storyline forward. Sutherland plays a fictional pop star named Koop, whose original songs are enjoyable throughout the movie. Cassie loves to party and be the center of attention,
which leaves introverted Lisa in the dust. The plot quickly spirals into a fight between the pair about Cassie’s selfishness, throw insults and harsh words at one another before storming off. As Cassie returns from her long night of partying, she stumbles through her apartment and meets her demise by slipping and hitting her head on the toilet, instantly killing her. In an interesting take on what lies after death, Cassie is whisked away to the “in-between,” where she meets her guardian angel. The angel presents her with a series of tests she must pass within five days to determine her fate — either moving on to the “big party in the sky” or facing eternity down below. Cassie tries to fix her mistakes by connecting with Lisa, but she first has to find a way to make Lisa see and hear her. After yelling and throwing things, Cassie slumps on Lisa’s bed and starts humming a Koop song. see page
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Spencer Sutherland headlines Wildstock 2021 LANDON REINHARDT staff writer
The Union Program Council and Wildcat 91.9 present “Wildstock 2021,” a free outdoor music festival Friday night at Bosco Student Plaza to celebrate students returning to Kansas State.
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The night kicks off at 7:30 p.m. with sounds from DJ Krys. Then, Ben Chaverin, senior in the honors program and American Idol contestant, will open the performances. The Black Creatures, a dark-pop hip-hop duo from Kansas City, is an-
other featured act. All of this leads up to a performance by headliner Spencer Sutherland. Apart from his nearly half-million TikTok followers, Sutherland has released hit pop songs like “Too Many Friends” and “Indigo,” and recently opened for the Jonas Brothers
at Summerfest Music Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This past week, Sutherland made his acting debut in Netflix’s “Afterlife of the Party,” also
starring Victoria Justice, with the film quickly reaching number one in the United States. In an interview with Sutherland this past Friday, he dives into all
TO START, WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
Well, I’m a politician for one … just kidding. I have a problem with saying jokes that are on my mind. I am a singer/songwriter from Columbus, Ohio, but I’ve been living in Los Angeles for about six years. Along the journey, I’ve added “actor” to the profile. I really do everything entertainment, but mainly singer/songwriter.
“AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY” JUST CAME OUT ON NETFLIX. HOW DID YOU GET THAT OPPORTUNITY?
…it’s just mind-blowing. I’ve always wanted to act since I was a kid … music takes up so much time that it’s hard to go to acting class because I’m in the studio every day. So I got this audition that’s a singer and has lines in this movie, and I was like, “this is a perfect bridge.”
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING ALONGSIDE VICTORIA JUSTICE?
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It’s so funny because when I booked this movie, honestly like, we’re sort of in that age range to where all my friends were like, “Dog, oh my God.” We all watched her on Nickelodeon. So I was really excited to work with someone who I think is really talented, and we hit it off instantly, became friends instantly. After the movie, you know, you go back to LA, you go back to real life … like, “Oh, that was a fun experience,” and sometimes you just lose touch when you do projects, right? It’s like, you know, life gets in the way [or] whatever. I think we hung out that next week. We got back and then we became best friends and we’ll hang out, like, essentially every weekend … it was really cool to make like, you know, lifelong friends from a movie.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST INTERACTION WITH BEING SOMEWHAT FAMOUS?
I don’t know if I would call myself that, but I think like, [the] first time someone asked for a photo with me, I thought they were asking me to take
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a photo. And then I remember how surreal I felt. It was in the grocery store. Just like, “Really? Me?” Wild. And you know, every time it even happens now it’s just like, really cool.”
HOW MUCH OF YOUR SUCCESS HAS COME FROM THE ABILITY TO POSTS ON APPS LIKE TIKTOK REGULARLY?
I tried to do the trends early on … and it wasn’t really connecting with people and then it was the moment that I stopped quite literally giving a s–t and just … covered an obscure 90’s song that I liked. I woke up and had, like, 1.9 million views and I was like, “What the hell is happening?” So then I started covering songs that I like, and then I started … kind of wailing and like really singing, and … very, very quickly it started picking up. I started covering the artists that I love; Queen, Elton John, Aerosmith and these other 70s bands.
HOW DID YOU LAND THE GIG WITH THE JONAS BROTHERS?
Yeah, it’s unbelievable … I saw the Jonas Brothers were playing and I reached out to my agent and I was like, “Hey, can we try to get on?” and he was like, “I mean it’s the Jonas Brothers, I don’t know.” Long story short, he knew someone who knew someone and it got in front of the Jonas Brothers and they were like, “This is fire. Let’s have him on.” Now this will probably be the biggest show I’ve ever played.
WHAT DO EXPECT TO GET OUT OF THE EVENT IN MANHATTAN?
I’m very excited for it. I’ve always had such a great time at college shows. It’s a fun audience, there’s no parents, we’re our own people now. College kids have so much fun. With shows finally coming back, people had a whole year back at home, I’m just trying to spread good vibes and energy and just have fun … you’re never too cool to jump around and have a good time.
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Soccer looks for home support on Sunday after returning from away stretch COLIN SETTLE sports editor
The Kansas State women’s soccer team finished its stretch of away games this Thursday with a 2-0 loss against Purdue (4-1-2) and is set to return home on Sunday for its first home game in three weeks against Indiana (5-1-1). Head coach Mike Dibbini and others said momentum is important to continue winning at home in the following games.
“I think it’s going to be great to get back and play in front of our fans,” Dibbini said during the press conference. “This road travel, through adversity, really identifies the areas that we need to work on. It helps us sure [up] those areas and hopefully coming back home and hopefully putting on a good performance in front of our fans would be great.” The Wildcats last played at home against Weber State, where the stands at Buser
Family Park were filled for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic started. “It means a lot,” Dibbini said. “The girls appreciate it, we appreciate it and we just want to do well in front of them, so hopefully we can focus on the match and focus on the things we can control and give them a good performance.” Dibbini and other players highlighted the fans as the “12th man” helping the team win games at home.
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“It helps,” Dibbini said. “I don’t know if it’s from a jittery standpoint, you know the nerves a little bit, but it helps when it’s much needed you know, the ’12th man’ is going to be important going forward.” This past week, Brookelynn Entz said how nice it has been for the team to bond together on the road. However, she said she is ready to get to play in front of the home crowd. “It’ll be super nice getting back home,” Entz said. “Obviously, we’ve been away for I think 10 out of the last 14 days, and it takes a toll on your body and it takes a toll mentally, and trying to keep up with school is difficult as well. I think being home will take a lot off of our backs and we’ll be able to play free and we’re excited to play in front of the crowd again.” Entz said that power comes in numbers and that she is feeling good about being back at home with her teammates. “Obviously, we can’t travel with everybody, so being back home, it will be good to have the whole team back together, reunited,” Entz said. Junior forward Marisa Weichel leads the team in goals scored (4) so far this season. She is on pace to break Entz’s record for goals in a season (7). “I hope she can break my record,” Entz said. “Obviously, that’s the role of the center forward, and I think it helps a lot that she’s finishing those goals and taking the pressure off of everybody up there by finishing and putting us up. So yeah, I hope she can score as many
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goals as she can.” Weichel has scored a goal in all three weeks of the season so far and is not slowing down to let Entz keep her record. “I mean, yeah, that’s the goal [to break the record],” Weichel said. “I think [Entz] would say the same thing. Obviously, I’m going to score, but I just want our team to do well. We deserve it, and this team last year would have made the Big 12 Tournament, and I want to do everything I can to get us there.” Weichel managed to put two goals in the back of the net in the contest against Colorado State. Like her teammates, Weichel spoke on the excitement around playing back at home in front of a home crowd in Buser Family Park. “We’ll have had five games under our belt so far since we’ve been here,” Weichel said. “I’m just excited because we’ll get to play Indiana at home, It’s going to be a great game, and in every game, we’ve been progressing. We’ve been getting better as a team, and I’m just so excited to come back here and show off what we’ve been doing and get a win at home on a Sunday night.” A common theme for the soccer team this season is younger players making plays. It was no different this past Sunday against Colorado State as freshman Riley Baker found the back of the net, scoring her first career goal against the Rams. “It was honestly amazing,” Baker said. “Everyone has
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been cheering for me … and every game has been so close, and finally I was able to put it away with a really good play from Roo [Yarnell-Williams].” Baker praised the atmosphere of the team during her short time at K-State. “It’s been so amazing,” Baker said. “I couldn’t have asked for better, and obviously, as a freshman, you’re nervous coming in, and you don’t know if it’s going to be bad or if the upperclassmen are going to be mean, but no, not at all … I don’t think I could ask for better.” Peyton Pearson leads the team in shutout games this season (3) as K-State’s rotation goalkeeper playing alongside Alaina Werremeyer, filling the hole left by junior Rachel Harris, who is still recovering from a season-ending knee injury from this past year. “I think it’s a good confidence booster for the whole team,” Pearson said. “It’s definitely not just me, it’s the entire back line and defense out in front of me who do most of the work.” With the team playing away games for roughly three weeks now, Pearson says she’s ready to get back home in front of K-State fans. “I am so done with traveling,” Pearson said. “It has taken so much out of me. Waking up at 5 a.m. and these last two weeks, we got like one day here and tomorrow we wake up at 5 a.m. and do it all over again. I’m just so ready to be home in front of our home fans … ready to show how we’ve grown these past two weeks.” The Wildcats return for the first home game in three weeks at Buser Family Park at 7 p.m. in Manhattan against Indiana (4-1-1). The broadcast will be available through Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with live stats provided by KStateSports.com.
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Football team identifies mistakes against Stanford, looks forward to SIU NATHAN ENSERRO asst. sports editor
Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman reflected on the team’s 24-7 win over Stanford, looking ahead to this week’s match-up against an experienced Southern Illinois team during his mid-week press conference Tuesday afternoon. Klieman came out of the gate praising his team for their neutral-site win over a Power 5 opponent, while also noting specific failures. “I thought our guys came out and played really hard and physical,” Klieman said during the press conference. “Some areas that we need to clean up, some penalties that hurt us a little bit, some things on defense with some of our techniques … some first game things that I thought maybe would happen.” One major mistake? Quarterback Skylar Thompson threw an interception in the end zone to end the first drive of the game on a low note.
Thompson said the interception was on an audible he made. “It was a play that I checked [into]. I saw something that I liked, and they played a little bit differently in the game than what I saw on film going into the game,” Thompson said. “I was playing aggressive, and I should have come outside and thrown my slant to Malik [Knowles] underneath.” Looking ahead to Southern Illinois, Klieman pointed out his history as an FCS coach and the Missouri Valley’s history of giving Big 12 teams a scare. Klieman was the defensive coordinator for a North Dakota State team that beat K-State in Manhattan to start the 2015 season. “I wish you guys had the appreciation for the eight years I spent at NDSU of how good the football really is [in the Missouri Valley],” Klieman said. “Iowa State knows how good Northern Iowa is year in and year out. … It’s not a fluke to beat a Power 5 team. Those are good football teams.” Thompson said the same thing,
listing the Missouri Valley’s successes this past week against Power 5 programs. “Go look at the scores from last week — everybody was competitive,” Thompson said. “South Dakota State beat Colorado State, Montana won, Missouri State lost by seven to Oklahoma State, UNI lost by six to Iowa State. It’s a competitive conference.” He added that SIU is “a team full of Briley Moores.” Moore was a tight end who transferred into Manhattan from Northern Iowa and had a strong final season this past year. Thompson and Klieman also pointed out that the Salukis have 18 sixth-year seniors. “We’re focused in on that. They’re a good team,” Thompson said. “We just gotta prepare this week like we did last week.” The Wildcats kick off against Southern Illinois at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium, playing in front of a full crowd in Manhattan for the first time since 2019.
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Know Your Opponent: Southern Illinois not to be overlooked NATHAN ENSERRO asst. sports editor
The Kansas State football team plays its first home game of the year Saturday, Sept. 11, hosting the eighth-ranked Southern Illinois Salukis at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Salukis play football in the FCS’ Missouri Valley Football Conference, the same league as FCS powerhouses North Dakota State, South Dakota State and Northern Iowa. They were 6-4 and lost in the second round of the playoffs this past spring. Several FCS programs—as head coach Chris Klieman and his players pointed out—either beat or nearly beat FBS programs this past week. Southern Illinois is the type of program that could put out a similar performance this week. The Saluki roster features 18 players in their sixth year of collegiate play, including multiple FBS and Power 5 transfers. “A bunch of guys have played a lot of football there, and they have confidence in what they’re doing, and they’re well-coached,” Klieman said during his weekly press confer-
ence. Klieman also said Southern Illinois is a team coming off a deep playoff run who correctly — he thinks — believe they should be in the mix for an FCS Championship. Clearly, Southern Illinois is a serious threat and, if the mid-week press conference is any indication, the Wildcats are treating them as such.
OFFENSE:
This past week, starting quarterback Nic Baker threw for 460 yards and 4 TDs on 34 pass attempts in the Salukis’ blowout win against Southeast Missouri State before the first-stringers got the rest of the night off. Nearly a quarter of those yards came on a 99-yard touchdown pass. The Salukis also ran the ball 32 times for only 93 yards, a dismal 2.9 yards per rush. Klieman said what stood out most about their offense was their ability to pull off reverses and other trick plays. “Probably the best reverse team in the country,” Klieman said. “You’re going to see some reverses out of different formations and re-
verse passes and gadgets and Wildcat. They make you defend sideline-to-sideline with everybody. You better not just key in on a couple of guys. They’ve got some tremendous players, but they hit reverses on everybody.” The Wildcat defense needs to play sound, assignment football to avoid giving up chunk plays to the Saluki offense. This spring, Southern Illinois was one of the best programs in the FCS on third down, so they will need to also focus on getting into third-and-long.
DEFENSE:
On defense, the Salukis favor a 4-3 with experience sprinkled all over and depth in the secondary, but they will mix in some three-down looks. “They’re a mix between a fourdown and a three-down. They like to pressure an awful lot,” Klieman said. “I think they’ve got a really good inside linebacker, number 54. … They’re very active and really experienced on defense.” Sixth-year linebacker Bryce Notree is a strong run-stopper at linebacker, and classmate Jordan
Berner gets to the quarterback well from the defensive end spot. They also sport experience along the defensive line and in the secondary.
KEY MATCH-UPS: Spring football advantage: S o m e thing that cannot be overstated is the experience of this program, along with the fact their season ended just a couple of months ago. FCS p ro g r a m s have had a good start this year, possibly because they played a spring football season. Trench warfare: The Wildcat offensive line struggled at times this past week to open up running lanes through the middle for anyone other than Deuce Vaughn. This Saluki defense has size and experience, so it will be interesting to see if the Wildcats can generate more medium-long runs from other sources.
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Bill Snyder Family Stadium was filled to the brim in 2019, including the game against TCU on Oct. 19. The Wildcats look to fill the stadium again this year, starting on Saturday against Southern Illinois.
Can’t get fooled again: K-State was aggressive on defense this past week, and it worked well. The Wildcats were pitching a shutout until Stanford managed a garbage-time touchdown. This week, they will have to stay home and stick to their assignments to keep the Salukis post-snap misdirection and trick plays from creating game-breaking explosive plays. In past seasons, K-State has struggled to stop these types of plays.
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Southern Illinois hangs around longer than K-State fans would like to see, but K-State’s depth puts them over the edge at the end. K-State 35-21
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PREVIEW: Football returns for first 2021 home game against Southern Illinois LANDON REINHARDT staff writer
After a great start to the 2021 season with a dominating 24-7 win against Stanford, the Kansas State football team (1-0) looks to keep the energy rolling this weekend against FCS opponent Southern Illinois (1-0). The 6 p.m. kickoff is the first full-capacity game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in two seasons. To put it bluntly – the Wildcats looked great against Stanford. While head coach Chris Klieman said all the right things after the win — that the game “wasn’t perfect” and that the team must “continue to improve” — he couldn’t help but share his happiness for how well his team played. “Obviously excited about the great performance today,” Klieman said to K-State Athletics. “Been building on this for about eight months through an unbelievable difficult winter, difficult spring, difficult summer, difficult fall camp, because we knew we needed to be better and challenge the guys and they challenged each other.” Heading into week two, K-State is playing a lesser opponent in the Southern Illinois Salukis. Every year, K-State schedules games like these to get the Wildcats prepared for Big 12 opponents, facing teams so coaches can rotate different players in to get a better feel for the game. However, this doesn’t mean Saturday is a roll-over game. This
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Kansas State wide receiver, Phillip Brooks, catches a pass from quarterback, Skylar Thompson. K-State defeated Stanford 24-7 in their season opener in Arlington, Texas, as part of the 2021 Allstate Kickoff Classic. past season, K-State looked lackadaisical in a 35-31 loss to Arkansas State. In 2018, K-State snuck away with a 27-24 win over FCS South Dakota, and in 2013, FCS North Dakota State took down the Wildcats 24-21. The Wildcats need to keep their foot on the throttle against Southern Illinois, maintaining the same preparation this week as
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they did against Stanford. Every win and loss matters, so it is important to stay ready no matter the opponent. One thing to keep in mind about Southern Illinois is their passing game. Saluki quarterback Nic Baker tossed the ball for 460 yards, four touchdowns and an interception at a 74 percent completion rate in
the team’s first game against Southeast Missouri. The Wildcats secondary only allowed 194 yards and a touchdown through the air against Stanford, picking up a couple of interceptions along the way. The group only struggled against the size of Stanford’s receivers, which shouldn’t be an issue in week two. Hopefully, this means another strong week in the passing defense. Here’s what else to watch out for this week: Refill the Bill It’s no secret — K-State has one of the best home-field advantages. Between Wabash-ing and yelling on third-downs, players feed off the energy of fans throughout the game. In the first packed game in Bill Snyder Family Stadium in two seasons, hopefully, the Wildcat faithful can provide the college football experience to the players on the field that has become as synonymous to Manhattan as Aggieville.
Daniel Imatorbhebhe as a security blanket It looks like the graduate transfer tight end will be one of Skylar Thompson’s favorite short-game weapons, especially after the game against Stanford. With the run-game working as well as it did, K-State only needed to throw the ball 14 times, and four of those targets went to Imatorbhebhe. Along with his solid blocking in the run game, Imatorbhebhe could see a high number of looks each game. As the Wildcats continue to figure out their offense, look for Imatorbhebhe to be used even more. Defensive Line PostWyatt Hubert Update It turns out the defensive line is really good, even with the loss of Hubert. With the double-headed monster of Eli Huggins and Jaylen Pickle up front, K-State recorded four sacks against Stanford and only allowed 39 yards on the ground. Moving to a new opponent,
guys like Khalid Duke and linebacker Cody Fletcher will have the opportunity to rack up more stats and keep the Saluki offense off the field. Attacking the passing game Skylar Thompson looked great in his first game back from injury, running the ball extremely well. However, with only 14 passes against Stanford, I am not ready to say Thompson is 100 percent back in the passing game. With no touchdowns and one interception, look for the Wildcats to explore the offense through the air in week two. It’s hard to shy away from the run game when Deuce Vaughn is in, but Thompson could have been better in certain situations, especially going into Big 12 play. K-State’s upcoming game at 6 p.m. on Saturday is available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and will also be covered by the college radio station Wildcat 91.9. Catch up with the Collegian post-game for a recap and analysis.
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(Left) K-State defensive tackle, Timmy Horne, celebrates on the sideline after the Wildcats defeated the Cardinal 24-7 in their season opener in Arlington as part of the 2021 Allstate Kickoff Classic.
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(Below) K-State Quarterback, Skylar Thompson, runs in for a touchdown in the first quarter putting the Wildcats up 7-0. The Wildcats defeated the Cardinal 24-7 in their season opener in Arlington as part of the 2021 Allstate Kickoff Classic.
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Their shared love of his music and the bond they had fangirling over him ends up the connection Cassie needs. Upon hearing the song, Lisa — first panicked seeing her dead friend — can now interact. Lisa’s character development was very enjoyable. She’s quirky and cute, and as we get to know her, she learns to come out of her shell. She’s consistently loyal to her friend and goes on her own journey as Cassie helps her find the courage to apply for a promotion at her paleontology job, as well as land a date with her cute apartment neighbor, Max. The blooming relationship between Lisa and Max was — for lack of a better word — adorable. Their awkward interactions validate each other and had me giggling to myself. They also form a connection through music, their first date being a behind-thescenes trip to a Koop music video.
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Sutherland sports flared jeans and a 90s-esque top as he performs “One Look.” Sutherland’s music emerges again as Cassie and Lisa sit in their mint-green kitchen listening to “Drive,” a feel-good tune that inspires another impromptu dance party, a unique part of their friendship. The music gives them an outlet and a distraction from Cassie’s limited time back on Earth, still needing to patch relationships with her parents. Cassie makes amends with her parents over a few tear-jerking scenes and must wrap up her time with Lisa, realizing she will not see all of her life’s accomplishments. The duo shares happy tears before bidding one another adieu. Having completed her list, Cassie approaches the elevator that determines where she will reside for eternity. The angels grant her access above, where she meets her idol Koop, walking away together to their duet, “Home.” Overall, it was a sweet movie with character relationships that made me smile. It featured great music that accompanied me
through Cassie and Lisa’s journey. Despite a few corny moments, the story urges people to enjoy their time together, because there is no restart button in real life.
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$2 off hard & soft tacos and quesadillas $18 Mexi Beer Buckets Singo at 8pm
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10/3 Chilli Crawl 10/29 Trick or Treat
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