K-State places first in Diamond Head Classic, McGruder named Tournament MVP
Not only did K-State head Coach, Frank Martin, spend his holidays under the sunny Hawaiian skies, but he also wore a festive, purple Hawaiian shirt as he led his team to a Christmas Day win of 77-60 over Long Beach State University, and the Wildcats came home from the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic with [...]
The Wildcats came prepared, beat No. 21 Alabama
KANSAS CITY – The K-State men’s basketball team captured its first win over a ranked opponent this season on Saturday against the No. 21 Alabama Crimson Tide. The Wildcats survived yet another sluggish offensive first half with a strong showing from the Wildcat bench to defeat the Crimson Tide 71-58 at the Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic, [...]
Wildcats come back to win over North Florida in overtime
The K-State men’s basketball team won 79-68 in overtime against the North Florida Ospreys after the Wildcats lost their previous game against the West Virginia Mountaineers in a double-overtime finish. A Will Spradling three-point basket gave the Wildcats a two-point lead with under 20 seconds left in regulation. Jimmy Williams, senior guard for North Florida, [...]
Student fights lupus: ‘I feel like I’m living a torturous life’
Lindsay Tubbs realizes it may look odd to others when she steps out of her handicap-parked car. She realizes that at first glance, she looks like a healthy, petite blond. But what people don’t know is that Tubbs is fighting the chronic symptoms of a painful disease that make it difficult to walk to class. [...]
Title IX changes confidentiality for sexual assault victims
Colleen Quinn staff writer Imagine befriending an upperclassman in your freshman year on campus. After attending a few parties, dinners and you suddenly find yourself at a bar in Junction City, drugged, with nowhere to go. The next morning you wake up in an unfamiliar apartment where you have been repeatedly beaten and raped by [...]
K-State international alumni share experiences, current success
Ambassadors of K-State’s spirit overseas came from all over the world with ambition and left with a part of K-State in them. They are the international students from more than 100 countries who studied at K-State. International students have been sharing and exchanging knowledge since the first international student was admitted to K-State back in [...]
Instructor’s love for music, life influenced by travel, cultures
As an instructor in communication studies, theatre and dance at K-State, Neil Dunn dabbles in a wide range of artistic mediums like choreography, composition, music editing and production. Although Dunn teaches in the dance program, his primary background is in music. He received his first drum set at the age of 16 and has been [...]
From the President’s Desk
K-Staters, What an exciting semester this has been! With the ‘Cats heading to the Cotton Bowl and everyone preparing for finals, Student Governing Association is closing out an exciting semester. Kate and I came into office with three main goals: to improve the classroom experience of K-Staters, to enhance campus safety and to further your [...]
Christmas is for everyone to celebrate, not just those dedicated to Christianity
Raised in a Christian family, I always had the opportunity as a child to celebrate Christmas. When I was in middle school, I converted to agnosticism, but did not tell my parents, so we still celebrated the holidays as a Christian family. Now an atheist and out of the house, I find that I will [...]