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At the beginning of the Collegian’s live online Q-and-A with Frank Tracz, the director of bands received an email from university administrators denying him the ability to speak to the media.

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K-State President Kirk Schulz speaks during the K-State Student Union renovation groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 2, 2015.

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fter undergoing criticism over the K-State Marching Band's halftime performance at Saturday's football game against University of South Dakota, Director of Bands Frank Tracz was set to participate in a live, online public Q-and-A with the Kansas State Collegian. The Q-and-A, titled Ask Me Live, was scheduled Sunday evening following an email inquiry from the Collegian's online editor and Ask Me Live host Erin Poppe, graduate student in public administration. Poppe asked Tracz if he would like to participate in an AML session during the following week to address the controversy. Tracz responded within five minutes of Poppe's email, saying "You bet, Erin. I would love the opportunity to answer questions and get the

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truth out about this past weekend and what I and the band do." At 8:55 a.m., just five minutes before the start of his Q-and-A, Tracz released an opening statement, saying "I appreciate all the support that we’ve been getting from the K-State family. The marching band is a special group of young people to me and the staff. They are deserving of the Sudler Trophy and all the support you could give them." Shortly after, however, Tracz received an email from university administrators and asked the Collegian staff to wait as he called K-State President Kirk Schulz for further details. Upon finishing his discussion with Schulz, Tracz received a call from K-State Athletic Director John Currie. When the second conversation ended, Tracz informed the Collegian staff that he could not continue with the chat under

advisement from Schulz and Currie. In his closing statement at 9:09 a.m., Tracz said "I think it would be best at this time to delay this interview until we have a chance to meet and discuss this with the appropriate people. I really appreciate the Collegian with providing me with this opportunity, and will certainly take them up on this Ask Me Live request on a future date and at a future time." On the phone, Tracz mentioned that a meeting about the performance is taking place Tuesday at 2 p.m. Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students, stopped by to show support for Tracz and Ask Me Live just after it was cancelled, seemingly unaware that Schulz and Currie had advised Tracz not to speak. Calls made to Schulz and Currie were not immediately returned.

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SMALL EARTHQUAKE JOLTS KANSAS

Starting quarterback Ertz out with unknown injury

“Well, Jesse is going to be out for quite some time. We’ll miss him. We feel badly about the loss and he will be there.”

The Kansas Geological Survey reported Saturday that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.5 has been gently shaking Kansas since Tuesday, its magnitudes throughout that time ranging from 2.2 to 3.1, according to the Little Apple Post. The earthquake felt near Cardwell, Kansas, a town in Sumner County. Many of about 200 Kansas earthquakes since 2013 have been recorded to have occurred in or near Sumner County and Harper County. Earthquake recordings in these counties are linked to salt water injections after oil drilling, according to The Kansas Geological Survey.

KANSAS MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF MACHETE, GUN

After being convicted in June for a variation of crimes, James Russian, 57, of Pittsburg, Kansas, was sentenced to 136 months in federal prison on Thursday, according to the Little Apple Post. His charges ranged from unlawful weapon possession to drug trafficking. During Russian’s initial trial, evidence was presented that police cars chased Russian from Barton County, Missouri to Crawford County, Kansas. Police investigated reports that he threatened two people with a machete and a gun. Investigators later found marijuana, firearms and ammunition in Russian’s possession.

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Bill Snyder watches the field at the K-State vs. South Dakota Football game Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats dominated the game against the Coyotes 34-0.

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After being sidelined with injury after his first play as a starter, head coach Bill Snyder announced Monday morning in his weekly teleconference with the media that sophomore quarterback Jesse Ertz will not be returning for the year. “Well, Jesse is going to be out for quite some time,” Snyder said. “We’ll miss him. We feel badly about the loss and he will

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be there.” The nature of the injury has not been released. Ertz recently won a highly publicized quarterback battle against junior Joe Hubener, freshman Alex Delton and sophomore Jonathan Banks. “He’s been a wonderful individual for us,” Snyder said. “Very representative of the value system of our team. He was really developing as the leader. I’m quite confident he’ll stay invested in what we’re doing and be very helpful to all of his teammates. He is a great teammate. We’ll move on.”

The reigns will be transferred to Hubener, who had a decent game after taking over for the fallen Ertz last weekend in the season opener to South Dakota. Hubener went nine for 18 passing for 147 yards and a touchdown and ran the ball for 38 more yards. Coming out of Cheney, Kansas, Hubener walked on to the Wildcat program with very little quarterback experience from high school, redshirted his freshman year and played in the Iowa State game his redshirt freshman year, rushing twice for five yards.

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Hubener then backed up Jake Waters last season, where he went nine for 17 passing for 235 yards and a touchdown in addition to 142 more yards on the ground. “Joe’s a good young guy,” Snyder said. “We thought he was a fine athlete in high school and walked on into the program, and we liked so many of the things he did. He’s a bright young guy, so he has the ability to absorb a great deal of information and process it quite well ... and he has the ability, playing different positions out of high school, has the athletic ability to give you a young guy who does more than just throw the ball.” K-State will go on the road this weekend to take on the University of Texas at San Antonio at the Alamodome. Kick-off is scheduled for 11 a.m.

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Becoming a locavore: a proposal to eat local

MALLORY DIEKMANN the collegian

We all know the terms like carnivore and omnivore, but the latest addition is a locavore. According to an article from About Food titled “What Is a Locavore?” locavores support their local economy by avoiding processed foods, but they also hope to connect to their local community in the process. While the majority of a locavore’s diet is sourced within a designated radius from their home, they have cheat foods. These foods include coffee, spices and other food items that are usually unavailable to purchase locally. I am probably in the minority here, but I genuinely do not enjoy fast food. When I get a craving for a deliciously juicy hamburger, I opt for So Long Saloon rather than Burger King. I much prefer the taste of So Long, but, more importantly, I also believe in supporting the Manhattan area by eating locally. At its root, eating locally can be tied to buying ice cream from Call Hall or getting a perfectly prepared fish taco from Taco Lucha, but it is more than that. Eating locally can also mean buying ingredients that are sourced locally and preparing the food

yourself. There seems to be a stigma that eating locally and organically will break your bank. As college students, our textbooks and course fees already have the bank-breaking job covered, and our diets tend to suffer because of it. I understand that there are nights when all you want is a Freddy’s steakburger with fries; we all have those cravings. I also understand there are other nights when a Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme is all you can afford; we have all been there. What I do not understand is why fast food has to be the thrifty college kid’s go-to, and other college students around the country are with me. The American Farmland Trust, in collaboration with various institutions in New York, is working on an initiative to introduce more local foods into university dining centers in New York. This pilot project, termed Farm to SUNY, was introduced due to college students’ desire to eat more local food. From New York to Boston, the local food demand is high. According to an article from Greatist News titled “Real Food Challenge Brings Healthy, Sustainable Food to College Campuses,” the Real Food Challenge’s goal is to “get colleges to source at least 20 percent of food from real sources.” The nonprofit organization considers real source to be humane, sustainable and local. Over 100 universities have been introduced to RFC, and 11 have formally integrated their schools into the program. No matter the initiative, they

Illustration by Kent Willmeth all have similar calls-to-action, and we are the ones being called. As college students, we have a lot more power in this movement than you might think; especially here at K-State. We are an agriculture school, and we are blessed with fresh ingredients right in our backyard - literally. Our dairy, animal and meat science programs are handson in the production and retail of fresh agriculture products. Call Hall is not only stocked full of ice cream, but also milk, eggs and tons of meat too. The Bakery Science program puts on a bake sale every Wednesday in the basement of Shellenberger, where you can purchase cookies and breads that they physically make themselves the night before. Their Monster

Cookies are to die for. Beyond our school grounds, Manhattan provides even more opportunities to source local ingredients. On either side of town you can find the Eastside and Westside Markets. I have been to both stores, and the second I walked through their doors, I knew the produce was extremely fresh; I could smell it. They have an abundance of fresh produce, that, according to their website, is grown in North Central Kansas. You can also find jams, honey and refrigerators stocked with cured meats and cheese. At the beginning of this school year, I purchased some basil and mint from the Eastside Market, and now I have my very own herb garden growing on my patio.

I don’t have a car with me at school, but I don’t let that stop me from eating locally, and neither should you. When the weather’s nice, I go for a walk to Manhattan Town Center, but I don’t go there for the mall. On Saturday mornings, Dillard’s parking lot is transformed into a farmer’s market, and when the weather turns cold, from November to April, the market moves indoors at CiCo Park. Attending the market really makes me feel like I am supporting our town, even through something as simple as my purchase of sugar snap peas. I am not proposing that you stop eating at chain restaurants, like Chipotle for example; I would never say such a thing. All I’m suggesting is that the next time you stop by Call Hall, take a gander in the fridge and maybe pick up some eggs or a fresh rack of ribs. The next time you make a weekend trip to the mall, notice the potatoes in the Dillard’s parking lot. Maybe you are extremely inspired, and you pop on over to the Westside market, pick up some fresh herbs and decide you’d like to grow your own herb garden in your tiny college house, too. The way I see it, I’m a “townie” while I attend K-State, so I might as well eat like one. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Collegian.

Mallory Diekman is a junior in agricultural communications and journalism. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.

Why you deserve Oxford commas, why they deserve your respect

JONATHAN GREIG the collegian

I wish to talk to you today about something of extreme importance: the always-controversial Oxford comma. Use it. I am going through a bit of a traumatic experience at the moment – the introduction to journalism and its accompanying Associated Press style of writing, after years spent instead in English classes for my minor. This transition has not come completely without stress. For example, in the majority of my writing now, I can no longer write that something was “okay,” but have to express that it was “OK.” I don’t even write OK in my texts; it has always seemed like an odd spike in volume to me. But the biggest point of stress in this transition by far has been the emotional loss of my dear Oxford commas. And the Oxford comma, also known as a serial comma, according to Oxford Dictionaries, is “an optional comma before the word ‘and’ at the end of a list.” The definition goes on further to explain that

“it can clarify the meaning of a sentence when the items in a list are not single words: These items are available in black and white, red and yellow, and blue and green.” [polldaddy poll=9064941] There are some now widely-seen examples out there pleading for use of the Oxford comma. Sentences like “This book is dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God” have been much-discussed among the passionate and illiterate alike (as always, the passionate are the ones that agree with me, the illiterate are the ones who oppose me. Looking at you, Vampire Weekend). Those fighting against the Oxford comma will say that the above sentence merely needs more careful arranging so as not to indicate that you were the child of Ayn Rand and God, like this: “This book is dedicated to Ayn Rand, God and my parents.” I say that this idea of rearrangement instead of a serial comma is inefficient at best and a dangerous precedent at worst. First of all, the addition of an innocent and clarifying Oxford comma is way more grammatically efficient than the split-second of confusion that its lack will ensure. Why put the onus on the reader to have to sparse the potential groupings of your list when you can simply and quickly clarify yourself with an easy and efficient Oxford comma? Secondly, not all sen-

tences are to be best served by a rearrangement of order. The author could easily have reasons to order their list in a way which demands the use of an Oxford comma. Writers won’t always be able to casually throw the end of their list, their “my parents” in the previous example, to the front

stripper names, or strippers themselves. But Lubin argues that the premise of this sentence can be used for the opposite argument as well. “We invited the stripper, JFK, and Stalin,” uses a serial comma, but now seems to indicate that the stripper is directly being called JFK, once

“We invited the stripper, JFK, and Stalin,” uses a serial comma, but now seems to indicate that the stripper is directly being called JFK, once again missing the supposed true meaning of the list. of the line. It is dangerous to assume such a cookie-cutter attitude toward language, and I must ask – how dare you? Gus Lubin in his Business Insider article, “The Oxford Comma is Extremely Overrated,” asserts that both use and non-use of the serial comma can cause equal levels of confusion. He uses another famous example sentence to demonstrate his point: “We invited the strippers, JFK and Stalin.” This is, of course, a sentence that argues for the use of the Oxford comma to avoid troubling questions of these famous figures being

again missing the supposed true meaning of the list. However, as one astute commenter on the article also pointed out, this anti-serial comma argument actually holds no water. This second sentence that Lubin uses is actually not a usable sentence at all, for the “JFK” in that sentence cannot refer to the stripper, as it would mean that “JFK” is an appositive. And while appositives (which, to paraphrase Merriam Webster, simply means a noun that relates to an adjacent noun, further clarifying it) are usually formed with a pair of commas,

such a restrictive appositive in this sentence would dramatically change its meaning, so the commas must be omitted entirely. Thus, Lubin’s example is not simply a paralleled misleading sentence, but altogether simply incorrect. Walt Hickey, of FiveThirtyEight, wrote on the subject in his June 17, 2014 article “Elitist, Superfluous, Or Popular? We Polled Americans on the Oxford Comma.” The survey conducted found that 57 percent of the Americans polled favored use of the Oxford Comma, while non-users totaled 43 percent. So, Americans are fairly split on the issue. Hickey’s article also included some other interesting tidbits. The survey also asked its respondents to rate their own grammar. Those who previously said that they prefer the Oxford comma were much more likely to rate their own grammar as ‘Excellent’ (63 percent compared to 37 percent of non-Oxford comma users), or ‘Very Good’ (61 percent to 39 percent), while those who preferred no Oxford comma more often rated their own grammar as ‘Fair’ (59 percent to 41 percent). Hickey draws from this data that those who prefer Oxford comma “tend to be the kind of people who will tell a survey that they think their own grammar is excellent. Zealous, but not really the humble type.” This goes along with the narrative that the

Oxford comma, and its proponents, are grammatical elitists, or snobs, or however you wish to put it. I draw a slightly different premise from that same data. The Oxford comma doesn’t bring with it grammatical snobbishness, but merely clarity, rhythm and most importantly – confidence. Being able to comfortably wield the serial comma brings new confidence to a person, enough to even rate your own grammar more highly. Sometimes, that confidence in yourself can mean all the difference in trying something new and amazing with friends, getting that raise at work or scoring a date with the cutie at the coffee shop. The Oxford comma makes your life better. Use it. And for anyone who is inclined to take any of what I’ve just said too seriously, Hickey’s article had one last tidbit that is worth sharing. Hickey quotes John McIntyre, editor behind The Baltimore Sun’s language blog, as saying this: “Feigned passion about the Oxford comma, when not performed for comic effect, is mere posturing.” The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Collegian.

Jonathan Greig is a senior in anthropology. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.

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K-State sweeps UNLV during Varney’s Invitational GRANT COHEN the collegian

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Junior setter Katie Brand sets the ball during the Varney’s Invitational against California Friday in Bramlage Coliseum.

-State fans stood anxiously for match point in the third set in Saturday’s UNLV

match. A week ago, they had discovered that their reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Kylee Zumach, would be out with a knee injury. However, the Wildcats would not let that setback stop them from clinching their second straight Varney’s Invitational Tournament. As UNLV’s defense thought that Katie Brand was about to set up one of her teammates for the kill, she surprised them for the sixth time in the game on the second hit, giving the Wildcats the 3-0 sweep at Bramlage Coliseum. “We talked about me not being active enough (against Cal),” Brand said. “Today that was kind of the focus of me being more active to get my teammates opened up more by (the defense) paying attention to me.” The Varney’s Invitational Tournament MVP finished with her second double-double of the weekend with 43 assists and 16 digs to add along with her six kills. Katie Reininger and Bryna Vogel added 11 kills each in the Wildcat’s 3-0 sweep over the Runnin’ Rebels.

“Coming into the tournament, we were all questionable how it was going to go,” outside hitter Brooke Sassin said. “We have a lot of fight and everyone gave 100 percent the whole time. It worked out to our advantage and helped us out a lot.” UNLV hung around with K-State in the first set, producing 16 kills and getting their attacking percentage over .300. Bree Hammel and Alyssa Wing would get five kills in the first set, who each finished with 10 kills in the match. Vogel produced two straight kills at the end of set one to give the Wildcats a 25-20 victory. The last two sets belonged to the other Wildcat to make the all-tournament team, Brooke Sassin, who led all players with 19 kills. Sassin’s 14 kills in the final two sets rallied the Wildcats to a 25-17 victory in set two and a 25-22 finale in set three. The junior outside hitter’s .372 hitting percentage helped the Wildcats create opportunities with a .432 percentage in the first set and a .405 average in the second. “I liked the way we played,” head coach Suzie Fritz said. “I thought we competed hard, and our team chemistry is really strong. We’ve got a lot of people doing a lot of things.” K-State had a tougher time finding opportunities in the third set, finishing with a .231 attacking percentage and producing eight er-

rors in the third. UNLV, however, would not give up so easily, tying the score up 10 times in the third, eventually tying it up 13-13. Thanks to three kills by Sassin, the Wildcats were able to go on a 4-0 run and end UNLV’s hopes for a comeback. K-State was able to force UNLV into committing 14 errors throughout the game and an attacking percentage of .235 for the match. “We have a lot of resiliency in this team,” Brand said. “When (UNLV) was coming back, we always knew that we wouldn’t quit fighting.” The Wildcats continue their streak at Bramlage Coliseum, now holding a 10-0 undefeated margin at the Octagon of Doom. Only losing one set in the course of three matches in 36 hours, the Wildcats have a tremendous amount of momentum riding on their 5-1 start. “It was wonderful to be at home,” Fritz said. “It was nice to piggyback off of some of the football crowd and expose some new people to K-State volleyball and bring them back to Ahearn.” K-State travels to Murfreesboro, Tennessee for the Middle Tennessee Invitational. The Wildcats will play Virginia Commonwealth on Friday and wrap up the tournament with matches against Seattle and Middle Tennessee State on Saturday.

Big 12 Power Rankings: Frogs still reign after first round of games one of the biggest non-conference games on the schedule as they take a trip to SEC power Tennessee. A win here would do wonders, not only for head coach Bob Stoops but for the Big 12 as a whole.

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There’s not much change to this week’s power rankings, although it looks like Kansas has a new roommate in the basement of the Power Rankings’ house. Is it possible that we could be seeing a new number one by next week?

1. TCU (2), 1-0 NEXT: STEVEN F. AUSTIN (LAST WEEK: 1)

Even with the close result from last weeks’ match-up with Minnesota, TCU is the best team in the Big 12. It’s highly possible that the Horned Frogs will be undefeated when they visit Manhattan on Oct. 10.

2. OKLAHOMA (19), 1-0 NEXT: AT TENNESSEE (LAST WEEK: 2)

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Texas Tech games will be high in points and entertainment value.

8. IOWA STATE (NR), 1-0 NEXT: IOWA (LAST WEEK: 9)

This is arguably the biggest weekend for college football in the state of Iowa. Scratch that, it is the biggest weekend. I’m not sure there’s a hot seat near Iowa State head man Paul Rhoads; however, a loss here and you can bet the heat will start to rise in Ames.

3. BAYLOR (4), 1-0 NEXT: LAMAR (LAST WEEK: 3)

Now that the Baylor Bears have finished with the toughest game on their non-conference slate, look for the Bears to plow though their remaining opponents up until West Virginia visits them on Oct. 16.

4. OKLAHOMA STATE (NR,) 1-0 NEXT: CENTRAL ARKANSAS (LAST WEEK: 4)

The Cowboys had a unique first game going on the road to Central Michigan, and now like a lot of other Big 12 teams, have a pretty smooth non-conference schedule up until they travel to Texas on Sept. 25. However, the way the Longhorns are going right now, it’s possible that it may be the following week against K-State as to when they get their first test of 2015.

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9. TEXAS (NR), 0-1 NEXT: RICE (LAST WEEK: 7)

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Students in the student section of the football game against the University of South Dakota cheer on the Wildcats Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

(NR), 1-0 NEXT: AT UTSA (LAST WEEK: 5)

Just when you thought the 2015 K-State season wasn’t intriguing enough, now the Wildcats have to venture to San Antonio, Texas where they are 0-2 all time and carry with them a nice healthy quarterback controversy. Saturday around 11 a.m. should be fun.

6. WEST VIRGINIA (NR), 1-0 NEXT: LIBERTY (LAST WEEK: 6)

After a 44-0 snoozer over Georgia Southern Saturday, West Virginia, like a large number of Big 12 teams, essentially gets a week off. This week they take on Liberty, a Football Championship Subdivision program. Don’t be shocked if West Virginia decides

to put up 70 on the Flames in this one.

7. TEXAS TECH (NR), 1-0 NEXT: UTEP (LAST WEEK: 8) Although it was against an FCS school in Sam Houston State, the Red Raiders struggled at times, but as they say, a win is a win. Up next, it’s UTEP in a game, which like most, if not all,

The odds were stacked against Texas as they headed to South Bend to face Notre Dame this past weekend, but I’m not sure anybody expected Texas to look like a midlevel junior college team as they were blasted by the Irish 38-3. Only in Las Vegas can you be a 15.5 favorite over a team even though you haven’t managed to score anywhere close to 15 points. Amazing.

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