Women’s golf team to play in Texas for final tournament of fall season
In its final fall competition, the women’s golf team looks to have one of its toughest tests yet. In the Alamo Invitational in San Antonio, Texas, K-State will be in a field of 14 teams, the majority of which are ranked in the top 70 in the country. Four other Big 12 teams will accompany [...]
Student crew preps to collect recyclables at Saturday’s event
This Saturday, K-State plans to compete in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Game Day Challenge for recycling. The event is put on by the EPA for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at their home football games. K-State is one of 87 schools that have registered to compete in the challenge, and each school [...]
Funds between education, military unbalanced
When I see all the fancy arms and impressive Army airplanes, I imagine those must be very expensive, but I don’t understand why so much is spent in the Department of Defense when there are people who don’t go to college because they can’t afford it. The Census Bureau’s estimation of educational attainment in 2009 [...]
Cannon supports Fair Tax, rethinking policies
Ken Cannon, the Reform Party’s gubernatorial candidate, said he decided to run for governor after a friend in the legislature told him this year would be good for a candidate not in the two major political parties. Cannon said he thinks he is the best candidate for the job because of his hard work. “Frankly, [...]
Show to introduce audience to Indian classical dance style
Manhattan citizens and students will have an opportunity to experience the element of fire before trick-or-treating this Sunday. The Society for the Appreciation of Bharatiya Heritage and Arts is hosting “Natya: Dance of the Divine,” a performance to showcase one of the major styles of classical Indian dance. Anand Ramani, president of the society and [...]
Nurse: Effects of ‘roofies’ similar to drunkenness, difficult to recognize
“I always wondered why they were called roofies, cause you’re more likely to end up on the floor than the roof. They should call ‘em floories,” Doug said. “Or rapies,” Alan, another character from the movie “The Hangover,” added. However, roofies are, in reality, anything but funny. Bill Arck, director of K-State’s alcohol and other [...]
Despite losses, Wildcats improving
On Monday, an article ran calling the play of our football team “unacceptable.” Interesting, considering we were coming off a heartbreaking loss in a shootout, when we gained 407 yards, and senior quarterback Carson Coffman showed growth and maturation for a second straight week. And while a win is a win and a loss is [...]
Homecoming game takes Wildcats away to Missouri
Sam Nearhood senior staff writer Apparently, the athletics department did not receive the memo, as this weekend marks the conclusion of All-University Homecoming for K-State, but the volleyball team is going away. The University of Missouri (14-8, 6-6 Big 12 Conference) plays host to the Wildcats (9-14, 3-9) Saturday in Columbia, Mo., to conclude its [...]
OU, OSU, Iowa State looking to fill holes, rebuild
Ashley Dunkak attended the Big 12 Conference basketball media days at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21. After three hours of listening to the men’s coaches analyze their teams, Dunkak has put together a Big 12 Conference preview, giving insight into each of K-State’s conference opponents. Today’s segment [...]