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Rezoning to affect areas near K-State campus JASON TIDD the collegian
Manhattan City Commissioners approved the first readings of ordinances rezoning two areas near the K-State campus at their meeting Monday. In two separate ordinances, the block of Hunting Avenue immediately north of the K-State Memorial Stadium parking lot and the block of Elaine Drive between the Kramer Complex and Jardine Apartments will be rezoned. The rezoning will allow new construction that can house more residents than the current buildings. “The potential increase in density right now is approximately 53 dwelling units within the rezoning area, and with the rezoning, hypothetically, could get around 300 plus dwelling units in there,” Eric Cattell, assistant director for planning for the city of Manhattan, said about the Elaine Drive rezoning area. For the Hunting Avenue area, Cattell said the density has the potential to go from 36 dwelling units to 150. The rezoning will affect any construction in the future, allowing for small to mid-sized apartment complexes and multiple-family homes, such as duplexes. Developers will have to meet parking requirements, which include a specific number of parking stalls per dwelling unit and placement of the stalls behind the building. Cattell said this should help alleviate concerns of added congestion as residents and students park along the streets. see page
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Student enjoys watermelon at the watermelon feed sponsored by the K-State College of Agriculture. Students had the opportunity to play various competitive games and visit booths set up by Weber Hall on Sept. 1, 2015.
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tudents enjoyed fresh cut watermelon as they mingled at the annual College of Agriculture Watermelon Feed on the front lawn of Weber Hall on Tuesday evening. The event was open to the entire campus to come and enjoy not only the cool, crunchy watermelon, but also Call Hall ice cream, Monster Cookies and
many more goodies handed out by various clubs to attract new students. The Collegiate Farm Bureau table featured a Ford truck filled with donated food items for their “Fill-A-Ford” canned food drive. “A lot of people have brought canned food and there is also people doing the dollar donation, which is really awesome,” Paige McFarland, senior in agricultural communications and president of the Collegiate Farm Bureau said. The Collegiate Farm Bureau is working in conjunction with the
Riley County Farm Bureau and Kansas Farm Bureau to make donations to the Northern Riley County Food Bank, according to McFarland. “It seems like the watermelon feed is having a really good turn out this year,” McFarland said. The Watermelon Feed is an opportunity for students to learn more about the organizations and the competitive teams that exist within the college. This event has been going on for several decades, according to Shannon Washburn, assistant dean for the College of
Agriculture and adviser for the Ag Student Council. “The Watermelon Feed has been a long standing tradition in the College of Agriculture to primarily give clubs and organizations an opportunity to share who they are with primarily our new students,” Washburn said. The clubs set up tables forming a large circle on the lawn, facing in toward the center. Many different posters, billboards and signs were used to attract students to the various club booths. Another popular booth at the Watermelon Feed was the Powercat Tractor Team featuring last year’s competition tractor. Other than the engine and tires the rest of the tractor is built from scratch by the team, according to Josh Medeiros, equipment manager for the team and senior in agricultural technology management. “Our goal here (at the Watermelon Feed) is to gain new student interest to join our club and get more of the underclassmen involved in the tractor team,” said Medeiros. “Today we have seen some interest and have had some people sign up.” The Watermelon Feed is coordinated by the Ag Student Council and sponsored by the Brandon Harder family. The funds are used to purchase the watermelon for the event, which are then served by members of Alpha Zeta, the professional student honorary in the College of Agriculture, according to Washburn. “Brandon is an alumni of K-State and a past Ag Student Council officer,” Washburn said. “We are excited that he continues to be involved even though he has graduated.”
Wildcat’s offensive puzzle pieces are starting to fit TIMOTHY EVERSON the collegian
With a little under a week to go until the kickoff of the new season, the pieces are starting to come together for head coach Bill Snyder’s 2015 K-State football team. The Wildcats return a near-completed jigsaw puzzle when it comes to the defensive end of the ball. Offensively, though, the pieces have been found but the fit is yet to be seen. The biggest piece that needed to be found was the quarterback, and he was found with sophomore Jesse Ertz. “(Ertz) evolved to the top of the race,” Snyder said in the new Vanier team theater during Tuesday’s press conference. “Like I said, I have a great deal of faith in all four of them. They really have done a nice job.” Junior Joe Hubener, who backed up Jake Waters last season, and freshman Alex Delton look to continue to compete even though
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Wide receiver Deante Burton brings the ball downfield during the game against Texas on Oct. 25, 2014 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. they are behind Ertz in the depth chart. “I am trying to prepare every game like I am starting,” Hubener said. “Last year, I do not think I had that mentality, but this year I am always going to prepare as if I am starting.”
While the quarterbacks have been the focus throughout the offseason, finding the right person to take over at center was another thing high on the todo list for K-State coaches over the summer. Redshirt freshman
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Dalton Risner got the nod after putting up impressive spring and summer performances. “I think, first and foremost, (Risner) performed better,” Snyder said. “That was the case from early in our two-a-day time. He
has range to him. He has an intense desire to learn and be as good a player as he can possibly be. He is a great teammate, and he gets along with everybody – he is well received. He has proven his ability to be an effective blocker, both in the running game and in the passing game.” Risner’s predecessor B.J. Finney also started as a freshman and held his spot over his four years at K-State. While Risner will have starting duties as a freshman, he will have a senior-laden line around him to guide him on his way. “He has really, going in and having a new center, labored under the possibility that we would have to have the veteran offensive linemen to take on that responsibilities on making the decisions upfront and a lot of the calls, but he evolved into that quite nicely,” Snyder said. “He was able to do so without having to redistribute those responsibilities.”
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‘myHomework:’ a review of an app that could save your semester
CHLOE CREAGER the collegian
As a student who starts out every school year vowing to change my study habits, become more organized and quit procrastinating but ends up falling back into old habits within a week, I need something more than the average paper planner to keep me on track. This has led me to a relatively new tool: planner apps. Planner apps allow you
to keep track of homework assignments, meetings and other societal obligations from whatever device you carry everywhere, rather than in a small notebook that may eventually wind up forgotten and unused in the bottom of your bag. Although most smartphones come with default calendar apps, planner apps such as myHomework offer more efficient and convenient ways for you to manage your time. myHomework is specifically designed for students' schedules at any level of education. In it, you input your class schedule down to the specific day and hour. You have the option to color code your classes, which lets you demonstrate which classes you hate by assigning them an ugly brown or gray. You
can view your class schedule in a monthly, weekly or daily view. You can also add all of your assignments to your myHomework calendar, which you can customize for type of classwork and urgency, and they will show up on your calendar the day they are due. You can also set notification reminders to ensure you do that class reading, turn in that paper or show up for the final on time. Additionally, since myHomework is an account-based app, you can download the app on multiple devices and have the same information on all of them. The app offers benefits, but there are some drawbacks as well. Although all the above features are available for free, you have
to pay $4.99 annually for a premium version in order to remove ads, unlock most of the customization themes and have the ability to add files to assignments. The app is designed specifically for school and classwork, so you need to use a different app to account for your extracurricular activities as well. One other drawback is that myHomework works in collaboration with an app called Teachers.io so students can interact with teachers and find class-related information online, but none of K-State's professors actively use Teachers.io. This means
that unless your university uses the Teachers.io, you can't enjoy that feature, and you're stuck typing in every word on your screen the old-fashioned way. What would make this app more ideal for the average K-State student would be the ability to synchronize with K-State Online so that anything your teachers have on Canvas or Classic would automatically transfer to your planner. myHomework can be downloaded for free from Apple's App Stores, Google Play, Amazon Apps, the Windows Store and the Chrome Web Store, and it includes
everything basic a student needs. Although a $5 app may seem expensive compared to the free games you constantly download to fill up time that you could actually use productively, consider it both an investment and solid replacement for the $20 planner that will collect dust in your room all semester. I would rate myHomework four out of five stars. Chloe Creager is a sophomore in animal sciences and industry. Please send all comments to current@kstatecollegian.com.
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Snyder names Ertz as starting quarterback
ANDREW HAMMOND the collegian
It’s official. After almost six months of practices, spring games and new arrivals into the competition it didn’t take long for K-State head coach Bill Snyder to officially announce his starting quarterback in Tuesday’s press conference. In fact, before the media could ask any questions it was Snyder who answered the biggest one of all, who would be his starting quarterback. “Jesse evolved to the top of the
race.” Snyder said. “I think it was a consistency factor across the board. From A to Z, name the position, we have had inconsistency throughout our preparation. I think Jesse, from that group of players, performed with greater consistency throughout that time than any of the others did.” Ertz will be making his first career start on Saturday night as the Wildcats face off against the South Dakota Coyotes at Bill Snyder Fam-
ily Stadium. The sophomore from Burlington, Iowa beat newcomers Alex Delton, Jonathan Banks and returning quarterback Joe Hubener. For his career, Ertz has rushed for 46 yards on the ground; however Saturday’s game will be the first time Ertz will throw a pass in a Wildcat uniform. “I’m very happy to be here, very lucky to be in the position I’m in.” Ertz said. “I’m excited, you know it’s hard to not have a little bit of nerves
just cause it’s been so long since the last time I’ve played but I’m happy and lucky to be in the position I’m in.” Even before stepping foot in Manhattan, Ertz was a highly decorated quarterback from the state of Iowa. In 2012, he was named the Gatorade Player of the Year and put together over 9,000 total yards and 130 touchdowns over his two year career at Mediapolis High School. However, Ertz’s road to this moment has been filled with ups and downs over the last few months, after appearing as the clubhouse leader for the starting job in the spring, Ertz struggled in the spring game by throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown on his first pass attempt of the afternoon in Kansas City. Following his nine for 15 effort in the spring game, a newcomer was inserted into the “Wildcat Quarterback Derby” in the form of California junior college transfer Jonathan Banks. “Jonathan, as true with all of the young freshmen we have in our program it’s their option as to whether they redshirt or not and through much deliberation chose to do that,” Snyder said. In Tuesday’s press conference it was also announced that newcomer Alex Delton will continue to compete with Joe Hubener for the number two spot coming into Saturday’s matchup with South Dakota. Hubener is currently the only quarterback who’s thrown a pass while in a Wildcat uniform in a regular season game, however, it will be Ertz who is the man under center and all eyes will be on him come Saturday night at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. “You work so hard and for so long to achieve this position and you definetly get at lot of satisfaction out of it, you look at it as work and this is not the end or anything like that,” Ertz said. “I’m just looking at my opponents and preparing and just keep moving forward.” Andrew Hammond is a sophomore in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@ kstatecollegian.com. File Photo by George Walker | THE COLLEGIAN
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Freshman quarterback Jesse Ertz takes the ball downfield during the K-State Spring Game at the Sporting Park in Kansas City on April 25, 2015.
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K-State cross country shines during first meet RYAN REED the collegian
K-State proved a decent showing during Tuesday’s 2015 Bob Timmons Dual Classic which took place in Lawrence, Kansas at Rim Rock Farm. As for the men, Colton Donahue placed fifth overall for the Wildcats with a time 19:28.0 and an impressive average mile time of 5:13.1. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Bachman placed 11th overall and put up an also respectable time of 19:42.1 with an average mile time of 5:16.9. Joe Gorthy placed 13th with a time of 19:45.9 and an average mile time of 5:17.9 - a performance that certainly deserves some respect. Other K-State finishers were Bryan Zack in 17th with an overall time of 19:51.5, Blake Goo-
din in 31st with a time of 20:55.1, and Brett Bachman in 43rd with a time of 22:10.7. On the women’s side of the meet, Morgan Wedekind and Kayla Doll especially brought it. Wedekind grabbed the silver medal and a second place finish with an overall time of 18:25.1 and an average mile time of 5:55.3. Doll managed a solid sixth place finish with an overall time of 18:59.0 and an average mile time of 6:06.2. Other Wildcat runners were Paige Stratioti in 15th with an overall time of 19:24.1, Emma Wren in 16th with a time of 19:34.6, Jennifer McCarty in 23rd with a time of 20:05.7, and Mady Nestor in 25th with a time of 20:16.0. The Wildcat’s next meet will be the JK Gold Classic Duels on Saturday, Sept. 5 in Wichita at Raft Golf Course.
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Morgan Wedekind earned silver medal and a second place finish with an overall time of 18:25.1 and an average mile time of 5:55.3 at the 2015 Bob Timmons Dual Classic in Lawrence, Kansas at Rim Rock Farm on Tuesday.
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Not every position on offense is as cut-and-dry, though. While junior running back Charles Jones got the top spot on the depth chart released on Tuesday, competition for playing time between Jones, redshirt freshman Justin Silmon and redshirt freshman Dalvin Warmack is still heated as the hunt for definite starter seems foggy. “Well, can it be better than last year? The answer is yes,” Snyder said. “Will it be better than last year? I don’t know. Again, I think we have to see, are the pieces in place? Perhaps. But, I think the running back spot itself, there’s still some indecisiveness and (Jones) is at the top of the list right now, but (Silman and Warmack) have practiced extremely well. It has been competitive, and it
will continue to be so.” Last season, Jones rushed 133 times for 540 total yards, scoring 13 touchdowns. His longest run was only 18 yards. “I think (Jones) has got to get better in order for us to have an improved running game,” Snyder said. The starters for the Wildcat wide receiving corps were hardly a surprise with leading returning receiver in senior Kody Cook taking his spot with junior Deante Burton taking his side as the other returner. “I had the best camp I have had since I have been here,” Burton said. “I am a lot more confident than I was when I first walked in, and over time it has just built up a lot of expectations for me heading into the season.” Redshirt freshman Dominique Heath joins Cook and Burton as a starter
after having a great off-season, cementing his role not only as a return man, but a receiver as well. “He is just another one of those young guys – a good young guy,” Snyder said. “He works diligently at it. He made it important to him. He is one of those guys that stayed after workouts to just work on certain things to get better. He runs well. He catches well. He has learned the system well. He is good in and out of cuts. Still, an amount of room to improve, but by the same token, he has adapted to the wide receiver position and has the capability to line up in a lot of spots.” K-State still has three days to iron out any wrinkles before they go under the lights Saturday night at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Snyder has his pieces, and it’s about time to see if they fit.
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Pedestrian safety was also a concern. Because there are no sidewalks along Elaine Drive, Cattell said the city is looking at options to add sidewalks. Crosswalks across Denison Avenue to K-State were also a concern. The Hunting Avenue area was determined to have adequate pedestrian infrastructure. While the Elaine Drive rezoning had no controversy, the Hunting Avenue rezoning had multiple public comments centering on two lots along Sunset Avenue. The lots are part of an
area considered a “buffer zone” between the multiple-family residences near campus and the single-family residences west of Sunset. The commissioners kept the two lots in the rezoning plan, partly because the surrounding buildings are already multiple-family residences that were built before the current zoning. Commissioners also approved nearly $180,000 for Manhattan’s BG Consultants Inc. to continue planning for an expansion project for West Anderson Avenue. The project is expected to
expand the number of lanes on Anderson Avenue near Frank Anneburg Park. Plans also include a roundabout at the intersection of Anderson Avenue and Scenic Drive. Cost estimates are between $5.2 million and $5.5 million. Funding would include property and sales tax increases and debt service payments over 20 years. Transfers could also be made from the storm water fund. An ordinance was passed rezoning the area northeast of the intersection to residential districts and a neighborhood shopping district.