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After 15 years, rare corpse flower blooms at K-State greenhouse ALEXCIA RODRIGUEZ THE COLLEGIAN
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The Amorphophallus titanum in the Kansas State Univeristy greenhouse complex on June 30, 2017.
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Kansas State University is home to a rare type of flower, Amorphophallus titanum, also known as titan arum but more commonly referred to as the corpse flower. The corpse flower bloomed for the first time in 15 years in a greenhouse at K-State June 27. “Amorphophallus titanum, discovered in 1878 by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari, is native to Sumatra, Indonesia,” Lea Westervelt, greenhouse manager and research associate for the Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, said. The corpse flower derives its nickname from the unique odor released during the blooming process. The smell is known to resemble the stench of a dead animal or a human cadaver. “Chemical analysis of the scent has identified compounds including isovaleric acid [cheese, sweat], dimethyl disulphide [garlic], dimethyl trisulphide [decomposing meat], indole [feces] and trimethylamine [rotting fish],” Westervelt said. According to a K-State Research and Extension News June 21 press release, the flower was planted more than 15 years ago by
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former faculty members Ken and Janet Schroeder. “This plant shows the diversity and complexity of plants for our students,” Westervelt said. “Having this plant also can contribute to the international effort to protect the Amorphophallus titanum, which is vulnerable to the point of being endangered due to habitat destruction.” The corpse flower began blooming June 27 in the late afternoon. The typical blooming process lasts between 24 and 48 hours. “The blooming was captured with time-lapse photography by Dan Donnert of the College of Agriculture Research and Extension News Media Services, and they were key in getting the information to the public that the flowering was happening,” Westervelt said. The blooming of the flower was also captured through daily Facebook updates and a live feed provided by Chad Miller, associate professor of landscape horticulture. “I was really excited for it to bloom,” said Emma Brooks, sophomore in horticulture production. “Everyone around here was waiting for it. There was a really big buildup, and there were several days where they thought, ‘Oh, today’s the day.’ It was a waiting game for sure.”
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Westervelt said the flower is known to grow up to 12 feet tall in its natural habitat. The mother plant of the corpse flower at K-State has a full bloom of 8 feet and 5 inches tall. “The magic of the titan arum flower comes from its great size,” Westervelt said. “It is the largest unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom.” Westervelt said continuous conservation efforts are being made for this plant. This year, other sightings of blooming corpse flowers were captured around the world in Australia, Canada, China, England, the Nebraska Lauritzen Gardens, the Chicago Botanic Garden and four different locations in California. “Prior to the year 2000, fewer than 50 blooms had been recorded in over a century of cultivation,” Westervelt said. Westervelt said there is a tradition of naming each of the blooms that occur at K-State due to its rarity. However, the corpse flower has not yet been officially named. “I feel like a lot of people here didn’t really know how prestigious it is to have a corpse flower bloom at your gardens,” Brooks said. “It’s a big deal to have one, especially since it’s a tropical plant, and we’re in Kansas. It’s crazy that we have a corpse flower blooming here.”
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Residents of Manhattan partook in traditional summer activities to celebrate the nation’s independence day.
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Johnson signs professional basketball contract in Greece DEAUNDRA ALLEN THE COLLEGIAN
D.J. Johnson, former K-State men’s basketball forward, signed a contract to play professionally in Lavrio, Greece for the city’s professional basketball club. The 6-foot 9-inchtall St. Louis native will begin his professional basketball career in August. Johnson, who joined the Wildcats in 2012, finished with 863 career points, placing No. 41 on the all-time scoring list. Johnson averaged 10.3 points on a 61.7 percent shooting average as a junior and senior. Johnson is a May 2016 K-State alumnus in social science and was working toward a master’s degree in community planning and design. Currently ranked eighth in K-State men’s basketball history with 129 games played in his
career, Johnson is also ranked fourth in K-State history to successfully connect passes at a rate of 60 percent or better in a single season. The 59.5 field goal percentage he achieved is a first in K-State history. He achieved a Big 12 Conference best in field goal percentages with 62.3 percent during his senior season. Johnson totaled more than 500 rebounds in his basketball career at K-State. Johnson finished his time at K-State with 551 rebounds, 23rd in the university’s history. As a senior, Johnson played in 34 of 35 games with 33 starts. Johnson was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention by league coaches in 2017. Additionally, Johnson was also named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, Spring Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and received the Ernie Barrett
Play Hard Award. After graduating from Parkway North High School in St. Louis, Johnson selected K-State over a number of offers from other Division One universities, including the University of Alabama, Colorado State University, the University of Memphis, the University of Minnesota and Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Johnson was the first player to commit to K-State men’s basketball head coach Bruce Weber’s program and the first to sign a national letter of intent April 27, 2012. Now, Johnson is pursuing his dream to play basketball professionally. “It’s something new,” Johnson said to The Topeka Capitol-Journal. “I hope I get an opportunity next year to prove that I’m one of the top players in this class.”
Williamson, Kynard will go to IAAF World Championship DEAUNDRA ALLEN THE COLLEGIAN
Four athletes from the K-State women’s track and field team competed in the Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association Track and Field National Senior Championships held in Kingston, Jamaica from June 22-25. Athletes in attendance were sophomore Shadae Lawrence, discus throw; sophomore Shardia Lawrence, women’s triple jump; sophomore Shanae McKenzie, high jump; graduate student Kim Williamson, high jump; senior Janee’ Kassanavoid, hammer throw; and freshman Wurrie Njadoe, long jump.
Williamson, former high jump national champion, won the high jump title with a mark of 6 feet and 2 inches, the same mark she achieved to win the 2017 NCAA Championship. Williamson won the title on her first attempt. She was unable to clear 6 feet and 3.25 inches on her last three attempts. Williamson is now qualified for the International Association of Athletics (IAAF) Federation World Championship Aug. 5-13 at the London Stadium in England. Erik Kynard Jr., assistant coach for K-State’s Track and Field team, also qualified for the IAAF World Championship. He competed in the men’s
high jump, where he finished third with a mark of 7 feet 5.25 inches. McKenzie placed sixth in high jump with a mark of 5 feet and 5 inches. Shadae Lawrence finished fourth in discus throw with a mark of 188 feet and 4 inches in the final round. Shadria Lawrence took third place after she cleared 44 feet and 8.75 inches in the women’s triple jump competition. Kassanavoid finished 14th in the women’s hammer throw with a mark of 207 feet and 1 inch. Njadoe took 12th in the same event with a mark of 19 feet and 9.75 inches.
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CANCER June 21 - July 22
Oh, crap. The Stars wanted to warn you, but now it is too late. You have already gotten out of bed, haven’t you?
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 19
Respect is something that must be earned. You have been languishing in the unemployment line for years. Sorry, Capricorn, but some people just suck.
AQUARIUS Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
LEO July 23 - Aug. 22
Meditate and find peace in silence now as practice for later when you will have to find peace among a cacophony of assholes.
VIRGO Aug. 23 - Sept. 22
Have you tried talking to them about it? Why not? Do you not think you should be able to? Wow. Coward.
You blink, and your lengthy to-do list morphs into a list of your personal deficiencies. You will never cross any of the items off.
A conversation that leaves you feeling warm and inspired leaves your counterpart rolling their eyes. One man’s substance is another man’s nitrous oxide.
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 22
Honesty is not always the best policy. You really should have lied on that job application.
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ARIES March 21 - April 19
Nostalgia is poisonous. Growth is the only known antidote. Well, not really. Vodka works too, but you need more of it.
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TAURUS April 20 - May 20
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GEMINI May 21 - June 20
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What most people would call “mistakes” are what great artists call “style,” and you, Taurus, are the Piero Manzoni of human imperfection.
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OPINION: Further tuition increases negatively effect students JAKKI FORESTER THE COLLEGIAN
Another Kansas legislative session has come and passed, and to nobody's surprise, another round of education budget cuts passed. Budget cuts equal tuition increases, which have occurred at Kansas State University—and every other university in the state— every year for at least the past decade. I have been at Kansas State University now for six years. It took me five years to complete my undergraduate double majors and double minors. I have also completed my first year of graduate school and have one year left. In the seven total years I will have spent at K-State by the time I graduate, tuition will have increased [IL1] 33.8 percent. After the numbers are added up, I am appalled the state, the Kansas Board of Regents and the Kansas legislature allows this to continue to happen. These governing bodies must look at tuition increases and say, "Oh, it's just 2.9 percent for this year," or, "Well, what's another 5 percent increase?" without actually acknowledging how much of this burden falls on the students of colleges and universities in Kansas. Being born and raised in Minnesota, I did not know what it was like to live in a world where education was not valued. Sure, budget cuts to education happen everywhere. That is a given since our society has systematically shown it does not care about education. But I did not comprehend how deep the systematic and institutional devaluation of education could go until I moved to and lived in Kansas. Currently featured on K-State's home page is the disclaimer that K-State is ranked the "No. 1 college value in Kansas." OK? So, K-State is bragging about
Illustration by Iris LoCoco being the best of the worst? Cool for you, friend. But this accolade is based on the 2017 article "Best Value Colleges" per state from Smart Asset, which purports itself as a website that provides accessible information about complex financial questions. What gives this source any level of credibility? Or is K-State really that desperate to claim itself as a strong
land-grant university that it is willing to literally scrape the bottom of any barrel to hang on to praise from anywhere to support itself as a good institution to attend? Who knows, because I sure do not. If there is one thing K-State does well, it is public relations. It releases a press release any time there is anything remotely positive to
say about itself, and this ranking from Smart Asset is no different. Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students, is quoted in a June 23 press release stating that attending K-State is one of the best returns on investment. But at what cost to students? According to the Office of Student Financial Assistance's website, it awards
"more than $230 million is scholarships, federal, state, university and private aid each year." That is great, but how much of that is student loans compared to scholarships, university or private aid each year? I ask because one of the leading sources of fundraising for the university is the Kansas State University Foundation, which has a goal to raise $1.4 billion by 2020. There is a discrepancy in how much money is coming into the university and how much money is actually being given to students. There are probably bureaucratic processes I do not understand as some lowly student in the grand totem pole that is the inner workings of a university. And sure, I acknowledge that not all money given to a university goes directly back to students through aid and scholarships. But I find it frustrating that as tuition continues to increase, it is unknown what kind help has been given to students who most need it. As a student who has received multiple types of aid from K-State, I am still sitting in debt from student loans due to the continued increase in tuition. In what ways have scholarships been adjusted for inflation and/ or the continued increase of the cost of living in Manhattan? Time and time again, I hear from students who have "full ride" scholarships who cannot afford to live in this town or take all of the courses they need without additional aid because the university did not consider or
has not considered that as it becomes more expensive to live in this town or the cost of attending the university increases, then the amount of the "full ride" scholarship must also proportionally increase. If scholarships are not adjusted accordingly, the brunt of education continues to fall back on students who need the most help. The scholarship opportunities offered at K-State also are only available to the elites who might not even need assistance to get through college. What about average students who have to work two to three jobs averaging 40 to 80 hours a week in order to afford to live in Manhattan and attend K-State, whose grades consequently suffer because they have to allocate their time in other ways in order to simply survive? Are there the same opportunities for them— those students who are not 4.0 GPA students and are not related to alumni from Johnson County? Realistically, there are not. For those average students, their only option is student loans. So, how can K-State claim it is one of "the best returns in investments" when they are forcing students further and further into debt because they do not provide as many opportunities for the average students compared to the 4.0 students? This university hides behind the guise of "everything is fine, and we are helping our students." But once the surface is barely scratched, one can see how little this university is actually helping its students and how badly the public relations campaign is actually working. Jakki Forester is a graduate student in communication studies. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
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Street Talk
“WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THE FOURTH OF JULY AND WHY?”
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junior in elementary education
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“History started on July 4th 1776. Everything before that was a mistake.”
“Everything about it and the fact that I’m not British.”
“Give me ten more beers and I’ll give you my answer.”
“I don’t know my favorite thing about 4th of July.”
“Being a stereotypical American on the 4th.”
Manhattan Local Events Calendar: July 5 – 11 JAKKI FORESTER THE COLLEGIAN
FOURTH OF JULY FIRECRACKER ICE POPS
July 6, 2017, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Waters' Quad at Kansas State University. Sponsored by K-State Summer School, Fourth of July Firecracker ice pops will be provided for free while supplies last.
ARTS IN THE PARK: VOCAL TRASH
July 7, 2017, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Larry Norvell Band Shell in Manhattan City Park. Vocal Trash is this week's featured Arts in the Park performance. This green-minded ensemble aims to bring audience members and others together through song and dance. The performance is free and open to the public.
DOWNTOWN FARMER'S MARKET
July 8, 2017, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Dillard's Park-
ing Lot, located at the corner of 3rd Street and Leavenworth Street. The Downtown Farmer's Market features a variety of locally produced and harvested produce, meat and breads for purchase. There are also local craft makers with a variety of homemade goods available for purchase.
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MANHATTAN MUNICIPAL BAND
July 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Larry Norvell Band Shell in Manhattan City Park. Under the direction of Dr. Frank Tracz, director of bands at K-State, this is the weekly performance of the Manhattan Municipal Band. The performance is free and open to the public.
RUM TASTING
July 11, 2017, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. in Arrow Coffee Co., located at 1800 Claflin Road. Arrow Coffee Co. is hosting a rum tasting where participants ages 21 and up are welcome to taste-test numerous types of rum, learn various uses for rum in cocktails and the history and geography of where rum comes from.
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OPINION: Conceal and carry exemption causes faculty exodus JAKKI FORESTER THE COLLEGIAN
As of July 1, the exemption for carrying concealed weapons on Kansas university campuses expired. This will allow any individual who is more than 21 years old, a resident of the United States, not mentally ill and who does not possess a felony to have the right to legally conceal and carry in Kansas now including college and university campuses, including Kansas State University. In addition to the exemption expiring, Senate Bill 45 was passed in 2015, which was an amendment to the Personal and Family Protection Act that eliminated the need for individuals to have a permit or to go through gun safety training in order to legally conceal and carry a weapon. Since the exemption’s expiration date has come and passed, it has caused university faculty, staff and especially students to feel unsafe stepping onto campus. According to a June 23 Manhattan Mercury article by Dylan Lysen, at least four faculty members have cited this exemption expiring as the
specific reason why they left or are leaving the university either temporarily or permanently. But for those who are left having to deal with the turmoil of this policy, there is little one can do to explain the fear that comes from a policy like this, especially as members of marginalized communities and who teach controversial and/or disliked subjects at K-State. There are people out there who conceal and carry. There are people can conceal and carry responsibility. But looking at faces in a classroom or while walking on campus, we do not and cannot differentiate those people from those who have minimal knowledge about handguns, including proper safety. Stepping into a classroom will be, if it is not already, fear-inducing. One might stand there and wonder who is potentially concealing and carrying. Who has a weapon who could significantly harm, if not kill, another human being if they are frustrated or angry about the course? Will course content during lecture set off this student, or will professors/instructors be harmed during office
hours when discussing grades students are angry about? Faculty left because of the exemption expiring, and a level of pseudo-safety is gone now that concealing and carrying is allowed on campus. We are exhausted having to try to rationalize our fears to others in conversation. Logic has left arguments. Emotions and lived experiences are the roots. We live in a world where threats are real and come to fruition all the time. The noose incident May 5 reinforced how individuals on our campus and in our Manhattan community still live in a world where deeply historically racist imagery is OK. The incident reminded our campus that overt racism is alive and well, and the incident was a reminder that individuals in our community still believe in racially-rooted violence, as well as violence against other marginalized populations. The May 5 noose incident should have taught our campus how to listen to students, faculty and staff about the fear they experience coming to campus every single day. But it did not. When we are able to listen to
others and sympathize with what they are experiencing, that is when we learn from their experiences, especially when their experiences are oppression. Our university needs to actually have action behind the words they say. If the university says it cares about diversity, then give more money to departments that teach diversity. If the university says it cares about its students’ safety, then it needs to investigate rapes and sexual assaults that happen on and off campus to K-State students. If the university hears members of the campus community state multiple times over they are fearful of this conceal and carry exemption that expired, then listen. The university needs to always be student-centered in its actions and policies. The diversity of our campus is what makes K-State such a strong land-grant, research university. The fear about the exemption that ended is coming from diverse and systematically and institutionally marginalized populations. When marginalized communities are vocal about their fears of conceal and carry on campus, the voice
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of their fear seems to dissipate when entrusted to those within our institution who can make effective change. Rather than silencing the fear, the exemption expiring is causing the loss of more faculty, staff and students. The university should implement tactics to create a safer and less fear-driven campus climate. Emporia State University’s administrators hosted open forums where campus community members could ask administrators face-to-face questions and actually receive answers about the exemption expiring. ESU consequently learned from the open forum and implemented training modules that were inclusive to learning how to protect oneself. A recommendation is
K-State take similar steps. This university needs to actually have dialogue with those experiencing this fear and/or leaving the university because of this policy. But why should we have to attend classes and/or work on a campus where we have to learn to protect ourselves against guns rather than continuing to allow the exemption? Why expose those at the university in such undue and unjust harm? Jakki Forester is a graduate student in communication studies. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to opinion@kstatecollegian.com.
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K-State students, alumni look after campers at Rock Springs KYLE HAMPEL
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The Rock Springs 4-H Center, located 17 miles south of Junction City, is home to a variety of facilities used by camping groups from around the state. Rock Springs 4-H Center provides access to archery, swimming, crafts, horseback riding and more. K-State students and alumni are always around to keep things running smoothly. Daniel Skucius, a 2014 alumnus in wildlife and outdoor enterprise management, is the conservation director and an administrator at the campsite. “At K-State, having a lot of friends with an agriculture background and a 4-H background helped me prepare for living in an environment where 4-H is a large part of what we do,” Skucius said. Megan Page, recruitment director at Rock Springs, holds several events each year
at K-State to recruit summer staff. Skucius was recruited as a summer staff member at one of these events before he graduated. After he graduated, he became a year-round member of the administration. “I was never in 4-H myself,” Skucius said. “I was never a camper. I had friends that came here, but I’d never been out here. I decided it sounded pretty cool.” As conservation director, Skucius keeps an eye on the landscape and the animals that live within the site. He also monitors the eponymous Rock Spring, the second-largest spring in Kansas and sole source of clean water for the entire campground. Skucius’ said his administration duties also keep him busy. Camp groups of all sizes come and go through the facilities on a weekly basis—some are affiliated with 4-H, some are not. Skucius said he does everything he can to make campers feel welcome at Rock Springs. However, Skucius did not
always have as much responsibility. He started as a summer camp counselor just like any other. “I was what’s called a ‘rover,’ so I was doing all the activities with kids, whether it was archery, rifles, canoes, environmental education, things like that,” Skucius said. Many of those employed as summer staff at Rock Springs 4-H Center are K-State students this year. Christopher Tharman, sophomore in park management and conservation, and Michael Whitman, a 2016 alumnus in education, are the head lifeguards for the swimming pool on-site. “I’ve been coming here since I was a kid,” Tharman said. “Six years as a camper, four years as a counselor/adult chaperone, and I’ve been in 4-H for about 13 years, so I came back to my roots.” see page
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Congratulations to these Collegian staff members named to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society: Melissa Huerter Advertising manager 2016-17 Senior in advertising; Lenexa Emily Moore Campus editor 2014-15, Reporter 2016-17 Senior in English and print journalism; Overland Park Madison Paige Obermeyer Reporter 2016-17 Junior in print journalism and French;Wichita Since its founding in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa has celebrated excellence in the liberal arts and sciences and championed freedom of thought. Only ten percent of colleges in the U.S. have chapters, which select only ten percent of their arts and sciences graduates join.
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From left: Michael Whitman, Hannah Fry, Christopher Tharman, and Allie Johnston at the Rock Springs 4-H Center in Junction City, Kan. July 3, 2017. Rock Springs is a camp, conference and retreat that includes more than 700 acres in the Kansas Flint Hills and is run by the Kansas 4-H Foundation.
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Liquid Art Winery and Estate: Fulfilling a native couple’s dream ALEXCIA RODRIGUEZ THE COLLEGIAN
Liquid Art Winery and Estate was built on a foundation of dreams from David and Danielle Tegtmeier. David and Danielle are Kansas natives and met while they were students at Kansas State University in 2007. Danielle is a 2011 K-State alumna in business marketing. David transferred to Fresno State University in 2009 and graduated there in 2011 with degrees in enology and viticulture. “David studied [abroad] in France while he was at K-State and realized the soil profile between Manhattan, Kansas and Bordeaux, France are almost identical,” Danielle said in an email interview. “He always knew he wanted to build a winery in Manhattan. It was just a question of when and where.” David’s passion for winemaking began when he planted his first vineyard in 2006. “David enjoys the winemaking process,” Danielle said. “Each year’s grape crop brings new challenges and differences, and he enjoys the chemistry behind the scenes.” In 2014, David and Danielle began the process of creating Liquid Art Winery and Estate. “We found the property on
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Liquid Art Winery is a local vineyard with ten acres of land and their own winery on site. Wildcat Creek Road in 2014,” Danielle said. “After doing soil profile testing, David knew the soil was perfect for a vineyard. The location of being in close proximity to Manhattan, K-State and Ft. Riley was also ideal.” Before working full time at Liquid Art Winery, David and Danielle lived in Firestone, Colorado. While living in Colorado, David worked as the head
cider maker and operations manager for Wild Cider, while Danielle worked as a wine and liquor sales representative. They decided to purchase the land in March 2014. When the land was bought, the property was covered in cedar trees, which required clearing more than 100 acres of land. For eight months, they commuted to Kansas almost every weekend to work on the
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said. “Now, everyone is able to see and appreciate all the sweat equity it took to build Liquid Art.” Liquid Art Winery and Estate is a full-production winery, including a tasting room and event center. “We love visiting with our guests that visit the Tasting Room,” Danielle said. “We have had guests from all over the world visit.” The groundwork for the winery was laid in August 2015. The winery’s event center opened in April 2016, and the grand opening for the tasting room was in July 2016. In May 2015, Liquid Art hosted a planting party, which consisted of about 100 volunteers who helped plant 7,000 grapevines in the estate vineyard. “The process of creating a winery required education, ambition and a little bit of crazy,” Danielle said. David and Danielle gained the opportunity to share their passion for grape growing and winemaking with Manhattan, as well as those not from the area. “Liquid Art benefits Manhattan by bringing an experience that is very unique,” Dan-
ielle said. “We often get guests that have lived in Kansas all their lives and never knew Kansas had views such as ours. We want people to visit our winery for the experience of not only seeing the Flint Hills but seeing a different form of agriculture and enjoying the fruits of the labor.” Guests at Liquid Art Winery and Estate are welcomed with quality wine and good service. “It’s the quality of the wine, the venue is spectacular and the owners are the most hospitable people you could ever want to meet.” Brett DePaola, Liquid Art Winery and Estate visitor, professor of physics and interim physics department head, said. Liquid Art Winery and Estate provides the opportunity for guests to socialize and connect with others while enjoying wine and surrounded by the vineyard’s scenery. “The winery adds to our quality of life,” Josefa Ben-Arieh, Liquid Art Winery and Estate visitor and Manhattan resident, said.
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Tharman said he also works in Manhattan as K-State security and a bouncer at Johnny Kaw’s Sports Bar in Aggieville, “but only on weekends.” “This is my seventh year here,” Whitman said. “My first year at K-State, I saw an ad in the newspaper for Rock Springs and said, ‘Hey, I don’t want to go home for the summer,’ so I called and got an interview, and the rest is history.” Rock Springs also offers indoor and outdoor habitats for a variety of animals that campers can interact with, including reptiles, fish and horses. Allie Johnston, sophomore in wildlife and outdoor enterprise management, is an out-
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“I live in Alpha of Clovia, and one of my Clovia sisters had worked at Rock Springs and said, ‘You should go try it!’ So that’s how I got here,” Fry said. “I came here as a camper, but I didn’t know you could actually work here until I was in college.” This is Fry’s second year at Rock Springs, and she said she appreciates the time she gets to spend working with the horses and the children. “Our main job is to get kids out on rides and get them introduced to horses, and when no one’s there, we’re working on our riding skills,” Fry said. All four summer staff members agreed the best part of working at Rock Springs 4-H Center is interacting with
co-workers and the campers themselves. “Every summer, we get new people,” Tharman said. “Out here we’re kind of secluded, but we get to know one another and we find great, lifelong friends every time.” Skucius said he wanted to emphasize that Rock Springs 4-H Center is always willing to hire former and current K-State students as staff members. “If you’re interested, we hire a lot of summer staff every year for any K-Staters who would like to work out here,” Skucius said. To learn more about Rock Springs 4-H Center, visit rocksprings.net.
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Rock Springs 4-H Center staff practice riding horses at the center in Junction City, Kan. July 3, 2017. The 4-H Center is a camp, conference and retreat that includes more than 700 acres in the Kansas Flint Hills and is run by the Kansas 4-H Foundation.
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