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Th e Peters Recreation Com-plex has been going through renovations over the past year to expand the complex. Th is ex-pansion means more room for working out and better ways to fi ll students’ exercise needs.

Th e Rec Complex was opened at K-State in 1980. In 1993 the Rec Complex went through its “Phase II” renovations that gave it the current structure, gym fl oors and carpeting. Th is year, the Rec Complex has begun a series of upgrades to the 18-year-old renovations to make it a more benefi cial com-plex to its current users.

“Th e new Rec is going to have a more open atmosphere and will allow people the space and equipment to work out however they want,” said Travis Redeker, the assistant director of recreational services. He is very excited about the upcom-ing changes to the building.

Much of the expansion is es-timated to be completed by May of 2012.

Th e Rec Complex gets a lot of use from the K-State students.

Shelby Houser, junior in ap-parel and textile, and Kelley Kusnierz, junior in marketing, explained that they go to the Rec Complex to work out four or fi ve times a week.

When asked if the expansion project ever gets in the way of their workout Hosuer said, “Not really, it is still pretty easy to get around inside the Rec, but park-ing can get tough during the busier times.”

Houser and Kusnierz said some things they would like to see in the new complex would be more machines and a bigger indoor track.

Luke Wiggins, junior in business, and Ethan Reinke, sophomore in mechanical en-gineering, work out at the Rec Complex almost every day. Wiggins and Reinke said they are still able to get in a good workout with the construction, but it has been an annoyance to have the locker rooms closed.

“It is diffi cult to use the free weights due to the limited space,” Reinke said.

Some things Wiggins and Reinke would like to see in the expansions would be more free weights. Wiggins said he would like to see a steam room in the locker rooms.

Th ere’s a lot to expect from the expansion of the Rec Com-plex. Th e women’s and men’s down stairs locker rooms have already been renovated and are now open. Th e downstairs rac-quetball rooms have new fl oors and walls, and now have energy effi cient lighting that will come on only when needed.

Redeker said that there is going to be a south entrance that will connect with the Jar-dine Apartments which will make access easier to students. Th is entrance is going to have a lounge with televisions, wire-less internet and couches. Th ere is going to be a very large stone wildcat statue to welcome guests when they walk in.

For the fi tness expansions there will be a 39-feet tall rock climbing wall, a 12-feet tall

Kelly McHughstaff reporter

Rec to be completed in spring semester

For many K-State students, when the “Wabash Can-nonball” and “Wildcat Vic-tory” are heard, an adrena-line rush runs throughout the Snyder Family Stadium. The excitement of the game and the music, that students all know and connect with, echoes throughout the sta-dium. But chances are people have never thought about the tremendous amount of work that goes in to making the sights and sounds of a K-State football game happen.

Orchestrating the atmo-sphere of the student section

each game day is the man with the microphone. Frank Tracz is the director and, even more so, is the foundation of the pride of Wildcat land be-cause of his constant work on making the school, athletics and the band the best he can.

A professor of music and director of K-State bands, Tracz’s journey to the present began with one goal in mind: to be the first in his family to attend a college institution and become a band director.

Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio with six brothers and sisters, Tracz said his dream growing up was to attend Ohio State and join their marching band.

“So there was no question about where I was going to school and what I was going to do,” he said.

It is easy to construe that Tracz had a determi-nation throughout his life, but it’s not as easy to pin-point where the determina-tion comes from. At just 8 years old, Tracz’s life took an unexpected turn when his mother passed away, leaving his father to provide for the family. As a steel worker in a factory, money was not easy to acquire, so late nights and long hours were routine.

“There was nobody home

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A student plays a quick game of chess with Katherine Gentry, sophomore in biochemistry and a member of the K-State Chess Club. The Union Courtyard was fi lled with a plethora of diff erent clubs and activities from Skydiving Club to the Toastmasters Club.

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At the start of every semester the Union Program Council conducts a Expo & Activities Carnival to entertain students as well as help organizations reach out to students. The K-State Student Union was occupied by hundreds of students with interested in getting involved on campus and looking for something entertaining to do. The expo featured several outdoor attractions in addition to exotic, live animals.

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Percussion members practice on Thursday at Memorial Stadium for the upcoming football season.

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Dean Shackley, with Restoration and Roofi ng of Kansas City, repairs a limestone cornice leading to the basement of Seaton Hall on Thursday. A variety of construction projects are currently underway across campus.

bouldering rock and individual group fi tness rooms for spinning and mind-body studies. Also included is a large mat room with punching bags.

Th ere will also be personal train-ing and consultation rooms, class-rooms and more offi ce space.

An outdoor nature trail will be available to run and walk on for those who enjoy working out out-side. Also, the eighth-of-a-mile indoor track will be extended 0.3 miles to a fi ft h-of-a-mile track. Th is will make running in the heat of the summer or the chill of the winter more tolerable.

Th ere will also be a large free-weight room with more weights, ma-chines and new equipment.

Th e current cardio room will be renovated later and used as a place to work out in a more relaxed, quiet environment.

Other projects, like the multi-ac-tivity-court gym are estimated to be fi nished the end of the spring 2012 semester. Th e multi-activity-court gym is going to be the size of three basketball courts and fl oored with Sports Court, which is fl ooring for multi-purpose athletic use. Th e gym is going to give students the opportu-nity to play indoor sports like roller hockey, tennis and indoor soccer.

Alex Speth, a senior in economics, has worked at the Rec Complex for the past fi ve years.

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With the current high tempera-tures people are more likely to take their workouts indoors. Th erefore, the Rec complex has been getting a lot of use.

“We appreciate everyone’s pa-tience as we work through this con-struction process,” Redeker said.

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While everyone was taking ad-vantage of the summer to rest up for the start of school, the Take Charge Challenge, takechargekansas.org, against Law-rence and KU s o l d i e r e d on. And t h e r e ’s

still a chance for every single Wild-cat to help us tromp the Jayhawks.

The challenge started in Janu-

ary and pits K-State and Manhat-tan against Lawrence and KU to see which community can save the most energy. Right now we are

neck-and-neck with the Jay-hawks with six weeks to

go. The competition ends Sept. 30.

To win brag-ging rights

over the Jay-hawks – as

well as a $100,000 community prize – we need each and every Wildcat.

To help beat KU, you can:Switch all your light bulbs to

compact fluorescents and report the switches at takechargekansas.org.

Sign up to have a home energy audit. Any audits scheduled before Sept. 30 earn us points in the com-petition.

Learn more by attending one of the following upcoming events:

Acoustic Jam Session and Sur-prise Night, 7:30 p.m. today, Coff-man Commons, next to Hale Li-brary.

Take Charge! Campus Ice Cream Social, 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 30, Bosco Student Plaza. You’ll get free Call Hall ice cream, a free CFL bulb and the community will get points when you show up to learn how best to save energy and money. If you miss the August ice cream social, a broader community social will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 8, City Park Pavilion.

Sign up for Westar’s free Do-It-Yourself Energy Savings Workshop on Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Leadership Studies’ Town Hall. Register through UFM at tinyurl.com/3njfoyo

To keep tabs on the standings or find out more about how to take charge, go to takechargekansas.org or email [email protected]. If you have questions, please feel free to contact one of us.

Let’s show the Jayhawks that the Wildcats know how to come together to win when it counts. Spread the word. Go ‘cats and beat KU.

K-State First Lady Noel Schulz, [email protected]

Bruce Snead, former Manhattan Mayor, [email protected]

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BEAT KUWildcats can still beat the Jayhawks in the take charge! Challenge, 6 weeks left in competition

So here we are, the beginning of a new school year in Manhat-tan. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably either been attending classes here or this is your fi rst year. College is a place where everybody is supposed to help you learn, grow and become the adult you were always meant to be; however, what if there are people on campus that don’t really care to help you grow as a person? What if all they care about is furthering their own beliefs through you and your peers?

Th e sad thing is that those questions aren’t really ‘what ifs’ as much as they are facts. And the sad thing about that fact is that we all unknowingly con-tribute to it out of need.

Th e need I speak of isn’t something essential for one’s physical health, but rather a need for stability and being able to feel at home. We’re raised in a myriad of diff erent ways, having to do with religion, life-

style, sexual orientation or gen-eral worldviews. When we leave home and come to a new place, of course we’re going to seek out people or groups that have similar views; we’re seeking out people that we can readily asso-ciate with.

With this need we all exhibit, at least upon our fi rst arrival to this new place, the groups we seek out may be of comfort at the beginning, but soon they may rear their ugly heads.

A young man I know was attending a gathering of a reli-gious group here on campus in his fi rst year. Sure, their mes-sage started out simple enough, about faith, etc. It was when he heard their message was becoming more about direct-ing than guiding that he had a problem with their methods. What were they saying? Th eir message was simple: Don’t date.

Now, I don’t know about you, but when it comes to life experience, I like to believe that a hands-on approach works better; we all need to experience things for ourselves to learn. Ultimately, your actions (dating or otherwise) are your own and you’re free to take any advice given, but following blindly is not healthy.

A peer or mentor who tells

you what to do and what not to do and expects you to follow along without thinking cannot have your best interests in mind.

You see, there isn’t a prob-lem when your peers are guid-ing you through all available options; the problem comes up when they don’t consider other choices and only direct you toward what they think is best. A good mentor is some-body that helps you weigh all of your options and helps stimu-late your thoughts as to decide what’s the most appropriate choice for you to make.

When you surround your-self with one specifi c group of people, your view as a whole is bound to go in one direction on most aff airs. It’s only when you start to branch out and spend time with people from various backgrounds that you can start to garner a more mature, varied view on the world around you.

Although a group you join may seem on your side, you’d do better to hold them at an arm’s length so your brain has room to breathe.

Tyler Brown is a senior in English. Please send all comments to [email protected].

College important for growth

Tyler Brown

As many people know, among the many expansions Manhattan is undergoing includes the Chester E. Peters Recreation Center. Th ough people may be anxiously wait-ing for its completion, like any other building going under renovations, the process takes time.

It’s understandable that students around campus are frustrated with the many delays the Rec has had regarding it’s fi nishing date, but now that there has been given an estimated completion date of May 2012, hopefully people will be more patient. Th e amount of time and work that has gone into the renovations I’m sure have been tough, but so long as the construction does not get too much in the way of the working out experience, the outlook of the new renovations should remain positive.

Th e cool new amenities that will come along with the expan-sion, including a rock-climbing wall, will be the fi rst of its kind here at K-State. Th at said, it should be well worth the wait.

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TO THE POINT

As the fall 2011 semester kicks off and classes are in full session, many returning students and faculty look forward to another successful se-mester.

New faces also line the crowd on campus, as freshmen students and new staff weave their way through their first week at K-State.

Perhaps one of the more notable newcomers, however, is Jeannie Sneed who is joining K-State as the new head of the department of hos-pitality management and dietetics in the College of Human Ecology.

Formerly a food safety specialist with the U.S. Department of Agri-culture, Sneed has extensive experi-ence with enforcing food safety and has conducted influential research on food services safety, as well as child nutrition.

Sneed spoke of her passion in food safety and nutrition and re-counted that her interest in the area began as a young student working

on her doctoral degree at Ohio State University.

“As a young Ph.D. student, I began developing a passion for children and their nutrition,” Sneed said. “In America, we do have nutrition and obesity problems and I want to be able to run programs designed for children’s nutrition and food safety to the best of my abilities.”

Sneed said that although chil-dren’s nutrition and food safety are her main areas of expertise, the nutritional choices that college stu-dents often make are disconcerting as well.

“A lot of times, the decisions that you make early in life cultivate habits that are extremely difficult to break. But it is never too late to change and do what is best for you,” Sneed said.

According to Sneed, the biggest problem facing the children’s nutri-tion industry is parental guidance in their children’s diet, a challenge that dieticians have been struggling with for years.

Sneed also spoke about the up-coming transition in her career. Al-

though working for the USDA was a very beneficial experience, Sneed felt that as the head of the depart-ment of hospitality management and dietetics, she will be provided with

new experiences from an established food safety program.

“I’m very excited to be working with the students and staff at Kansas State and I am especially looking forward to being a part of such an esteemed program,” said Sneed.

Much of the leading research

done in the area of food safety and children’s nutrition has been con-ducted at K-State, and, according to Sneed, this was one of the many rea-sons that she chose to join K-State’s faculty.

“K-State has had a long-standing reputation of success in the area of food safety and nutrition; in fact, many of the textbooks and various pieces of research in food safety have been produced at the hands of K-State grads and faculty,” Sneed said. “I look forward to coming in on day one and contributing to the con-tinued excellence that the university has experienced.”

Sneed recognized that as a leader who is new to the college, she has several challenges to tackle. One of those challenges, she said, was learn-ing how to introduce new ideas and visions without taking away from the tradition of success that the K-State food safety program has expe-rienced in the past.

“I know for a fact that I will not come into town to tear down an es-tablished program,” Sneed said. “Any

changes or new initiatives that are enacted will be a result of collabora-tive effort and deliberate decision making on the part of our entire staff.”

Although she is not due to offi-cially start her position until Oct. 1, Sneed said she is looking forward to starting her new occupation and has already made living arrangements in anticipation of her move to Manhat-tan.

“One of the things that stood out to me about the city of Manhattan was the people,” Sneed said. “The people and the town are welcoming and all of the K-State graduates that I have ever talked to have this sort of fierce loyalty toward their alma mater and the town.”

Sneed said the characteristics of the campus caught her attention.

“K-State is a unique campus. The friendliness, the academic excel-lence and the longstanding tradition of success really make it stand out from many other institutions, and I’m honored to be able to soon be a part of the family.”


Andy Raostaff writer

New department head: looks forward to contributing on day one

“ I look forward to coming in on day one

and contributing to the continued excel-

lence that the Univer-sity has experienced.”

Jeannie Sneedhead of department of hospital-

ity management and dietetics

Th e K-State Proud cam-paign hosted a “New Kids on the Block” party, featuring music, free popcorn, water and more to students as they enjoyed exotic animals and games in Bosco Student Plaza on Th ursday night.

K-State Proud had a booth off ering refreshments and other free gift s to students, providing information about their organization and encour-aging new students to sign up as volunteers. K-State Proud was created six years ago as an organization by students to help students. Th e campaign raises money through events, such as T-shirt sales, to pro-vide Student Opportunity Awards to help students who need extra help with things such as textbook costs. Last year’s campaign raised more than $117,000 and they have raised more than $450,000 since its inception.

“I’m excited for the year to get started and to help as many K-Staters as possible,” said Rachel King, junior in political science and K-State Proud co-chair. “It’s all about the K-State family.”

King is intimately familiar

with K-State Proud’s focus on family and togetherness. Her brother Matthew, who gradu-ated in 2007 with a degree in political science, was one of K-State Proud’s founders. King was inspired to join K-State Proud her fresh-man year and continue the tradition of helping her fellow stu-dents. Th e eff orts of herself and her fellow volunteers has paid off , she said, because many incoming freshmen are already aware of the campaign and news of it has spread on the Internet.

“I never saw so many K-State Proud shirts before,” King said. Th e fi rst day of classes, she said she saw many students wearing K-State Proud shirts from previous fundraising events. She has also seen people in towns out-side of Manhattan wearing the shirts. Recently, a YouTube video caught the eye of an anonymous donor who had no affi liation with K-State but wanted to contribute to the campaign.

“I believe K-State Proud is

the heart of this campus,” said Jared Rogers, sophomore in architectural engineering and member of K-State Proud. Rogers, a native of Manhattan, was aware of the campaign before coming to K-State and

made a point of j o i n i n g the cam-paign in his fresh-man year. R o g e r s said K-S t a t e P r o u d

struck him as a worthwhile cause because of the impact it had in helping to retain stu-dents who might otherwise struggle with school.

Maintaining student morale is an important part of many organizations on campus. Th e Union Program Council also had many free activities available for students, includ-ing a rock climbing wall, an infl atable obstacle course and a booth where free postcards were provided to students to write a note home to their families.

Cassandra Smith, enter-tainment committee co-chair for UPC and senior in biol-ogy, said she loved planning

events. It wasn’t something she had much experience with before joining the UPC two years ago, but she liked seeing the students enjoy the events they put on.

“Th e exotic animals have been very popular,” Smith said, adding that she was afraid of snakes. “Th at’s why I stay far away.”

Many students crowded around the exotic animal exhibit provided by animal-rentals.com and some even handled the animals. Yashira Coles, junior in elementary education, asked one of the handlers if she could pose with the monkey and it climbed onto her shoulder while her friends took pictures.

“It was a little stressed, so I was like ‘oh my God, it’s going to bite my ear,’” Coles said. But the monkey returned to the handler without incident and Coles decided to pose with the python next.

Coles said she enjoys the events the UPC puts on for students, especially “random things” that surprise her, like the rock climbing wall. Coles tried to encourage one of her friends to try it, but she de-clined.

“I probably will by the end of the day,” Coles said.

K-State Proud, UPC bring music, fun to plazaKaren Ingramcoverage editor

“I believe K-State Proud is the heart of this campus.”

Jared Rogerssophomore,

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Kathryn Stockett’s witty and eye-opening novel, “The Help,” has re-ceived worldwide recognition and in-terest from readers since its release in 2009, but this novel’s popularity has skyrocketed due to the mid-August release of the movie.

The novel, “The Help,” is a riveting story that dives into issues pertaining to the equality of African Americans during the heat of the civil rights movement. The story is told from the perspectives of three different narra-tors, whose voices and messages take the reader back in time to the early 1960s.

Stockett illustrates what life was like in Jackson, Mich., for African American maids who worked for white families when America was segregated and discrimination was widely accepted. I was prompted to read the book because of the famil-iarity of the issue of racism and dis-crimination during the civil rights movement. The originality of the perspectives from maids during this time sparked my interest in this book because the stereotypical “Mammy,” figure was called into question and told from that particular point of

Growing up, the Disney movie “Something Wicked This Way Comes” was one of my favorites. It scared the heck out of me every time I watched it and I still find it very enjoyable to this day. It is for this reason I put off reading the novel it is based on for so long. Books, with very little exception, are always better than the movies and I did not want the book to ruin such a wonderful movie.

I am pleased to report that was not the case. Disney remained very faith-ful to Ray Bradbury’s novel and the parts that are different — which I’ll go over in a moment — are true to the spirit of the book and Bradbury’s in-tentions. Both are wonderful and ut-terly beautiful for their own reasons.

Both follow the story of two young boys in the early 20th century who are best friends and live next door to each other. They are as different as night and day. Will Halloway is fair-haired, thoughtful and quiet while Jim Night-shade is dark, loud and full of adven-ture and mischief. Both have issues with their father: Will’s is very old

and has trouble relating to his young son while Jim’s is absent. Their lives are turned upside down when a carni-val arrives in town and strange, scary things begin happening to the towns-people because of it.

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SWITCH-A-ROOTh e ‘Change-Up’ off ers predictable story line, some laughs

In a movie outlandishly similar to “Freaky Friday,” “The Change-Up” surrounds two polar opposite men, desperate for one another’s lives. Though many of the crude and vulgar jokes generated laughs in the theater, the off-balance and predictable script did not bring much else to the table.

The story surrounds Dave, played by Jason Bateman, who lives the life of a doting father and husband with an incredible job as a lawyer. Dave has worked all his life to succeed in his career, whereas his best buddy, Mitch, played by Ryan Reynolds, remains an out-of-work actor with a knack for never finishing anything he starts. It’s an all-too-predictable scenario: successful family man misses having down time and hook-ups with random women, while stoner friend wishes for stability and family. It’s a popular case of married man versus single man.

What is supposed to be the twist in the story is that these two men will finally get their wishes granted. The switch occurs while drunk, when both Dave and Mitch urinate into a random park fountain and wished to trade places. Lights go out, dramatic music followed, and the next day, they wake up — gasp — as their counterpart.

Now they are faced with the stresses of a different life. Both Dave and Mitch are extremely dif-ferent in their personalities, one being responsible and the other like a college-aged man. As they struggled to adjust to this new re-ality, I often found myself squirm-ing in my seat over the many un-comfortable situations they each faced being each other. When both men decide to tell Dave’s wife, played by the hilarious Leslie Mann, they get a normal reac-tion: disbelief. So instead of pur-suing the act of convincing her, they decide to temporarily live their lives switched, hesitant but willing to take on all roles of the

other, whether that be sleeping with other women, or going to their separate job meetings or au-ditions, etc.

What brought the movie its character is how each man grows after the initial switch. The men at first struggle to deal with the stresses of a different life, but soon adjust to the upsides. For example, Dave finally has his long-awaited free time, while Mitch works hard at the law firm to close a deal in order to prove to himself he can finish something he had started. Also at play is the romance be-tween Dave, in Mitch’s body, in

which he is finally able to date his office crush Sabrina, played by the beautiful Olivia Wilde. It’s a “Freaky Friday” meets “Hall Pass” type of movie, I’ll say that much.

I will admit that it was, at times, fun to watch Bateman and Reyn-olds play such different parts in the same movie. You get to truly see their abilities as actors to por-tray two separate roles in the film. Both actors do a nice job of por-traying one another by displaying random acts of each other’s man-nerisms. Even Mann does a great job bringing a different type of hi-larity to the movie by playing the

role of a stressed mother with little shame. But the script seems to lack that “oomph” that would separate it from other comedies in the same category.

But that’s not to say the film isn’t entertaining; the different job difficulties, raunchy language, nudity and Mann’s naked trip to the toilet all lead to an entertain-ing time. However the prolonged journey of this unsurprising turn-out creates a serious lack of depth to the storyline. So while the flick offers a few good laughs, the movie could be a hit or miss, depending on the audience. The raw language

and amount of naked women in-dicates the predicted target audi-ence would be men, and if you’re looking for an entertaining film with an adult-type storyline, this comedy will not disappoint. Just don’t bring your younger siblings or family members to the show.

“The Change-Up” wasn’t a movie that was difficult to watch; however, it’s one I can’t decide if I’ll see again. When the final line played, “Is it bad I miss your penis?” I think I knew this would be a movie I’d recommend waiting to watch until its DVD release.

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pitching in to do that stuff. You start to do that, that’s your job and that’s just what you do to survive. It’s changed the way you do things; we had to do a lot of stuff ourselves.”

Tracz said what pushed him even more to find his own path of success was the hardship that his father faced when he would come home with missing fingers. His father eventually became par-alyzed from the waist down.

Witnessing something of that magnitude, he said he knew he didn’t want the same future as his father. What

amazed him, though, was that his father wouldn’t quit despite the life-changing ac-cident.

He watched as his father still went about his daily life like nothing happened, pick-ing weeds, washing the car and painting rooms, trying to figure out a way to make things work.

“That was probably the big-gest thing noticing that, and that was giving inspiration to succeed.” Tracz said.

Tracz took his learning ex-periences and applied them to his life. He created his own path. But all paths have bumps in them.

During the Vietnam War, the draft was instated and that created an uneasy feeling. Many young men were fearful of being drafted which would cause a rapid change of pace in their lives.

“I was wor-ried about get-ting drafted,” Tracz said.

Tracz went on to be the first of his brothers and sisters to attend college, but not just any col-lege: Ohio State.

His dream was made into a reality. He joined the march-

ing band and he remained there for four years. Eventu-ally, he graduated and made his journey to the University of Wisconsin to teach junior

high and elemen-tary music and later, received his master’s degree.

Shortly after receiving his master’s degree, he moved back to Cleveland and taught high

school for four years.After receiving his doctor-

ate at Ohio State, he landed jobs at both Syracuse Univer-sity and Moorhead State as

band director. Tracz was of-fered a job at K-State, which has been home to him for the past 18 years.

“I’ll be here till death or re-tirement,” Tracz said.

K-State, too, has seen a lot of change since Dr. Tracz’s ar-rival.

“I’ve seen this place grow immensely. This is not even close to the same university now as it was when I first got here. The band, it gets bigger, gets better every year. It’s a nice thing because I think it’s improving constantly.”

Under his direction, K-State was a top five marching band in the country last year.

Tracz’s work ethic is some-thing he said he learned from Ohio State and Wisconsin. Both locations raised the bar on his expectations for the students he teaches now.

At K-State, there more than 300 students in the marching band and three concert bands with a variety of ensembles. That has increased dramati-cally from when Tracz first arrived, when nearly 120 stu-dents were in the band. At that time, there was a nationally recognized and championship contending football team at K-State and there needed to be a band with the same stat-ure.

BAND | Ohio State alum goes on to direct the Pride of Wildcat LandContinued from page 1

“I’ll be here till death or retirement.”

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It was announced last Friday from President Kirk Schulz that K-State Athletics has received Th ird-Cycle Certifi cation from the NCAA. Th e decision was made aft er a self-study conducted last year by K-State that was submitted to the NCAA upon completion.

“NCAA Th ird-Cycle Certifi ca-tion is an integral part of our goal in becoming a top 50 public re-search institution,” Schulz said in a press release put out by K-State.

Th is certifi cation, in laymen’s terms, is a written status uphold-

ing the integrity and compliance of the K-State Athletics Department. In a time where numerous major universities such as Ohio State and Miami are under heavy scrutiny by the NCAA, K-State earning this certifi cation is a beacon of light in a tumultuous world of college ath-letics.

“Receiving certifi cation is a con-fi rmation of our goal of becoming a model intercollegiate athletics program and acknowledges that we are conducting our internal processes in accordance with the NCAA’s principles of operation,” Athletic Director John Currie said in the press release.

Th e study to receive certifi cation began in August 2010, and includ-ed over 100 faculty, students, and representatives. Ruth Dyer, senior vice provost, led the process.

“I appreciate the time and out-standing work of Dr. Ruth Dyer and Jill Shields, just to name a few, as we examined our processes, cel-ebrated our successes and identi-fi ed areas for improvement,” Schulz said in the press release.

One of the driving forces behind the integrity of K-State Athletics is the graduation rate of the student-athletes. Th e Wildcats have the No. 1 graduation rate of all Big 12 schools in addition to their on-

fi eld successes, which included being one of only three schools nationally last year to have its foot-ball team in a bowl game, its men’s and women’s basketball program in the NCAA tournament, its base-ball team make the NCAA tourna-ment, and have both the men’s and women’s track team fi nish in the top 20.

Above all though, this certi-fi cation shows that K-State is in compliance with the NCAA in all aspects, and that for the most part, the university is safe from any major scandal that has rocked other colleges and dominated the media coverage.

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Preseason results notimportant

I like to think of NFL pre-season games as a series of really boring movie trailers before the midnight release of a highly an-ticipated fi lm.

Th ey will get your attention for a minute, you decide if it’s something you want to watch in a month, and you forget. Which is what you should be doing.

To put it simply, the exhibi-tion games that are being played this month have as much an impact on the season ahead as Cheesehead sales in Green Bay or liquor sales in Buff alo.

In 2007, the Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI aft er going 1-3 in preseason games. Five months later, Peyton Man-ning was hoisting the Super Bowl MVP trophy. Th e 2004 Pa-triots did the same thing. Th ese aren’t the only examples of a lousy trailer leading to a block-buster.

Last season, the Kansas City Chiefs went 10-6 and won the AFC West for the fi rst time in seven years aft er a 1-3 exhibition campaign.

How a team does in the pre-season does not matter. Th at’s all there is to it. Th e average starter will play about a quarter of each game. Aft er that, the second string plays for another quar-ter or two, and by the time the two-minute warning hits in the fourth quarter, even if the game is tied, the only guys on the fi eld are ones desperately trying to make the team as a practice squad participant.

Will Ferrell had a bigger role on the Flint Tropics than these guys do on their teams.

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FOOTBALL: Terrell Owens will hone his acting skills

as he awaits an offer from a team. After the 15-year veteran tore his ACL in April, Owens has used the time during the lock-out to begin a career in acting by perform-ing on the sitcom “Necessary Roughness.” However, Owens said that he expects to receive calls to play football again once he is healthy enough.

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The Tennessee basketball program and head coach Cuonzo Martin were ruled to not have to pay for the improprieties com-mitted by former head coach Bruce Pearl. Pearl received a three-year show-cause penalty, while Tony Jones, Steve Forbes and Jason Shay each received one-year penal-ties.

NBA:

Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin will be spending his time during the NBA lockout in a unique way. Griffin, a long time fan of “Funny or Die,” will be interning for Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. During his internship, Griffin will help in video production by writing, shooting, editing and even acting in sev-eral videos.

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January 20, 2006. Th is is the last time Anderson Silva left a match as the loser. His opponent that night? Yushin Okami. Granted, there was some controversy to that fi ght as Silva was disqualifi ed for an illegal kick. Still, Okami got the victory, and that is all that counts.

Th is Saturday, Silva gets the chance to redeem himself when he faces Okami in the main event at UFC 134. Silva said in an interview

on Aug. 25 with Th e Well Versed, “One thing I can guarantee you is that I’m going to be well prepared. I’d like to tell all the fans out there and the world, everyone that is buying a pay-per-view, that this is going to be a fi ght that you don’t wanna miss.”

If that was not all of the moti-vation he needed, he will get even more due to the fact that the fi ght is going to be taking place in his home country of Brazil. For Okami to have any chance, he will have to make it more of a ground fi ght. He cannot

stand up and go punch-for-punch with Silva; no one in the middle-weight class can. Look for Okami to give him some trouble early, but in the end, Silva should get his revenge.

Th ough this is the main event, the other matches should be enter-taining as well.

Luiz Cane takes on Stanislav Nedkov in a light heavyweight match-up. Cane is a veteran while Nedkov is still a rookie. Cane has showed that he can be very danger-ous, but he has been inconsistent in his fi ghts. Nedkov is undefeated, but

has not faced anyone on the level of Luiz Cane, so look for Cane to get the victory over Nedkov.

Th e next match up will be Ross Pearson versus. Edson Barboza in a lightweight match up. Pearson is a former ultimate fi ghter winner with a 4-1 record in the UFC. Barboza has yet to lose and there are some experts that think he could, at some point in his career, become a cham-pionship contender. What makes this fi ght exciting is that they are

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K-State professor helps research eff orts for lung cancer treatmentEmily Henderson staff reporter

K-State’s Masaaki Tamura, associate professor of anato-my and physiology, started researching lung cancer six years ago and has been work-ing to find a safe, more ef-fective treatment for lung cancer patients. Tamura and his colleagues are working with a peptide nanoparticle gene therapy. This therapy uses therapeutic genes to target diseases and help cure them.

At some point during this year more than a million people will be told they have cancer and an additional 500,000 will die from the disease in the United States according to CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Allison Cushing, a junior in family studies, said, “I didn’t know that K-state did this kind of research. I think it’s really great because my grandmother was just diag-nosed with lung cancer.”

Tamura compares the therapy to breathing.

He said if you consume or breathe any bacteria into your chest cavity, your immune system, assuming it’s strong, will destroy the bacteria. The therapy is cur-rently in the form of a spray and is sprayed into the throat.

“If we put the therapeutic gene through the trachea, it will spread out through the lungs,” Tamura said.

The therapy has been

successful on mice, but has yet been tested on a human being. He has sent a proposal to the National Institutes of Health to test his therapy on humans. In order to do so his team must find a way to revise this formula into a drug. They have yet been able to complete this revision, but are working on doing so.

“Hopefully in the future, we can convince them that this is a useful drug and will help cancer patients to be cured,” Tamura said.

“If you have lung cancer, you will probably be dead in five years. It’s a serious dis-ease,” Tamura said.

“I think that this could work over a long period of time and trials. Things like that just don’t happen right away,” Cushing said.

Tamura’s K-state team consists of professors Deryl Troyer, Mark Weiss, Butch Kukanich and Sherry Flem-ing as well as graduate and undergraduate assistants.

Deepthi Uppalapati, a graduate in physiology said, “”I look up to him (Tamura). He is very enthusiastic and charges up everyone with his innovative and inquisitive ideas.”

Cory Berkland, an associ-ate professor of pharmaceuti-cal chemistry from the Uni-versity of Kansas, generated the peptide nanoparticles

used in this therapy, is work-ing very closely with Tamura on this project. A chemist in Greece is also contributing to this research.

Stephanie Jacquez, a senior in pre-medicine said, “Researching cancer is very important to me because two of my family members have died because of cancer, one of pancreas and one of lung. Since Dr. Tamura’s lab works with both cancers, I find myself very fortunate to be a part of his research team.”

Jacquez presented Dr. Tamura’s research last spring in the Developing Scholars Symposium.

The American Cancer Society reported that lung cancer is the leading cause in death in all cancer patients.

“Colon, breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer all combined is about the same as lung cancer. It’s very dif-ficult to cure,” Tamura said.

According to the Ameri-can Cancer Society, lung cancer is responsible for 28 percent of deaths in cancer patients. The probability that a man is likely to get lung cancer is one in 13, while women have a one in 16 chance.

“Cancer statistics in the last five years in general have been gradually improv-ing and that’s encouraging,” Tamura said.

“Hopefully in the future, we can con-vince them that [peptide nanopar-ticle gene therapy] is a useful drug and will help cancer patients to be

cured,”Masaaki Tamura

associate professor of anatomy and physiology

Tamura compares spray form of therapy to breathing

view. I was highly impressed by Stockett’s ability to inter-twine the emotions of resent-ment toward white mothers who depended on the African American maids to raise their children, yet the love and de-pendence that the maids had upon the children of the white families.

This story’s three narrators, Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny, portray the perseverance and courage it takes to create and inspire change in a racist, close-minded society. Euge-nia Phelan, otherwise known as “Skeeter,” is a fresh-out-of-college white woman who was raised in a privileged home. Her many progressive desires and aspirations clash with her friends, family and entire community throughout the novel.

On returning home to Jack-son, Skeeter becomes increas-ingly aware of the injustices placed upon African Ameri-can maids working in white homes in her community. An issue regarding separate

bathrooms for maids in these households inspires Skeeter to write a book about what life is like for maids in Jackson. She prompts a middle-aged maid named Aibileen Clark, who is the second narrator of the story, to share her experiences as a lifelong housekeeper for white families.

At first, Skeeter’s desire for a successful book con-flicted with Aibileen’s fear of persecution for speaking out against the white families. However, their unlikely bond and common goal creates a chain reaction to other maids in the community, including the third narrator, Minny. Unlike Aibileen’s traditional meek housekeeper demean-or, Minny has a tendency to speak her mind and talk back to her white employers. The book jumps from all three of these narrators’ perspectives throughout the novel, and their collaboration to write this radical book sheds light upon issues and injustices that people are wary to dis-

cuss in such a close-minded community.

The complexity and fa-miliarity of all three of these narrators throughout the novel allows for the reader to feel the pain, the joy, the de-spair, the hope and the pride that these narrators describe throughout the novel. Stock-ett’s ability to make the reader actually hear the voices of all of the narrators creates a per-sonal connection to the char-acters. This book is a very ac-cessible and intriguing read. I found myself not wanting to put down this book and I started to feel tied to the characters and their plights throughout the novel. This is a long book to read in regards to page length for an average recreational reader, which also means it has a tendency to be a slow read in sections, and therefore I would give this book a 4 out of 5 stars. Kathryn Stockett’s novel, “The Help,” is a story worth being on any bookshelf and in the hands of any reader.

HELP | Three voices, one storyContinued from page 6

the roles of others. While much of the evil is more subtle in the novel, the Disney movie takes a more cause-and-effect approach to show the malicious intent of Dark and his carnival. The lightning rod salesman, Tom Fury, plays a pivotal role in the plot of the movie that is absent in the book, but the story makes sense either way. It’s difficult to explain with-

out giving it away and I de-spise spoilers.

The book, on the other hand, delves into the feelings and thoughts of the characters more, especially Will’s father, Charles Halloway (played brilliantly by Jason Robards in the film). While the film touches upon father/son re-lationships and they remain a very important aspect of the plot, I feel the bulk of the film

focuses on the battle between good and evil while the book leans more towards stuff like time, mortality and the fears of fatherhood.

The film is delicious, goth-ic-flavored candy while the book reads like sweet poetry in its descriptions, with a little shiver down the spine. I love them both for different rea-sons and think both deserve five stars.

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both fi ghters that would rather throw punches, so this has the potential to be a very enter-taining fi ght that will end in a knockout either way.

Antonio Nogueira will take on Brendan Schaub in a heavyweight showdown. For Nogueira, this fi ght holds im-portance due to his last fi ght where he was beaten easily against Cain Velasquez. With Schaub, you have an up-and-coming fi ghter who has some potential, but is still young. Nogueira could possibly be fi ghting for his career, and because of this, expect him to

survive a great eff ort by Schaub and get the victory.

In what may be the fi ght of the night, you have Mauricio Rua taking on Forrest Griffi n in a light heavyweight battle. Th is is a rematch for these two competitors. Th e fi rst time they fought, Griffi n was able to escape with a convinc-ing victory over Rua. Th is was considered a big upset at the time, as people did not think Griffi n could compete with Rua. Both of these fi ghters are experienced and have been in big fi ghts before, so neither of them will be intimidated by

the big lights. With that being said, look for Rua to get some revenge against Griffi n.

Th ese should all be interest-ing fi ghts and it would not be a shock to see them go either way. If you do not want to pay the $49.99 to watch the fi ghts on pay-per-view, Cole Morri-son, a senior in criminology, has a suggestion.

“When me and my friends go watch the fi ghts, we like to go to Buff alo Wild Wings,” Morrison said.

Most of the local bars will air the fi ghts, so students have many options to pick from.

UFC | Competitors well matchedContinued from page 8

NFL | Preseason can help, hurt teamsContinued from page 8

Th ere are only two impacts these games really have. In-juries, which can only hurt a team, is the fi rst. Experience for rookies and new acquisi-tions is the second.

As a result, and as it relates to the 2011 Chiefs, an 0-2 start with two blowout losses doesn’t mean all that much. Actually, KC hasn’t won a pre-season road game since 2003.

No need to fret whatsoever.ESPN does everything it

can to make the preseason something huge, but besides contract holdouts and free agency, it is just over-blowing everything like it does for the Yankees and Red Sox. Th e only people they are doing a favor for are the analysts that have been sitting in ESPN’s freezer for six months.

Here’s the good news to all this: it’s almost over. Th e season, which once looked like it might not happen because of corporate greed, is nearly here.

So get your fantasy draft s taken care of, silence your cell phone, make sure you have a large popcorn and Coca-Cola, and enjoy the show. Th e movie you’ve been waiting to see is about to begin.

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