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K-State Student Body Vice President Wayne Stoskopf, senior in agribusiness, shared information about his love for ties, the best place to eat in Manhattan and previously undisclosed details about his collegiate life-changing discussion on a beach in South America. He also filled us in on his plans to move to Washington, D.C., after he graduates in May.
Q: What are the responsibilities of the VP?
A: Dalton and I are both elected to represent the students. That's our responsibility: to voice student concerns to the administration and the officials as well. I chair two separate committees that both allocate student funds. The first one is Education Opportunity Fund. The second is Student Centered Tuition Enhancement. I also have a seat on Faculty Senate and serve as a voting member. I'm on several other committees across campus. It's not something I'm required to do, but that's how Dalton and I split our time. For example, I'm serving on the search committee for the new vice president for communications and marketing for K-State. They wanted student representatives.
Q: Any comment on the story Dalton told about you two deciding to team up?
A: We had talked about it before we went on the South America trip, and that's really where I agreed to run with him, and we really did quite a bit of out planning — what we wanted to do and who we wanted to be by the time we got back.
The hard part was that we were in South America so we didn't have access to cell phones and couldn't call anyone. That made it more difficult to connect with our friends to ask them to help with our campaign and even let them know that we'd decided to run.
Q: Favorite piece of clothing?
A: My favorite piece of clothing is ties. Not every day, but there's a level of professionalism that it shows off as well as personality. I actually have a purple tie that I bought in South America that is my favorite. I have a few crazy ones; some have been passed down from my grandfather and others through my fraternity, Delta Sig.
Q: Best place to eat in Manhattan?
A: As a freshman, one of my friends from my hometown and I would go to a new restaurant every week. That allowed us to hang out and try a bunch of different places. My favorite would be So Long Saloon. I always order the aloha burger. It has pineapple on it and is delicious.
Q: Funny first day of class story?
A: My very first class of college was General Calculus and it was 8:30 Monday, Wednesday, Friday. We had two people assigned to teach our class. They fought for like 20 minutes over who would be the teacher. They left and told us to wait there. I'm guessing they went to the department. It was my first college class. I was just confused; it was funny.
Q: What's an interesting fact about you?
A: I am diabetic (Type 1). I have been since I was 5. Instead of diabetes, we call it live-abetes, because it's more positive.
Q: What are your future plans?
A: I will graduate in May, and I'm planning to move to Washington, D.C., and work up there. I have a couple different options of things I can do, but I don't have a specific job lined up. I'd really like to be involved with politics. I really am interested in policy, like public policy, and that's why I want to go. Actually making legislation or working with legislators to make a difference.
-Compiled by Katie Morford
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