2015 collegian media group

I N D E P E N D E N T V O I C E F O R K A N S A S S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y

VOL. 120 NO. 112

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thursday, march 12, 2015

By Shelton Burch
the collegian

epresentatives and
water experts from
multiple
counties
discussed potential goals
for Manhattan and other areas affected by the Kansas
River and local reservoirs
Wednesday night.
Over 30 people filled
the Manhattan Fire Departments assembly room
at 2000 Denison Ave. and
formed six groups around
tables, responding to and
discussing questions like,
What do you see as the

best way to ensure adequate reservoir storage in

the future? and What role
should water conservation
and public education play in
meeting future needs?
This was the 13th installment of more than 20
meetings scheduled to take
place across Kansas from
March 2-31.
One topic central of
discussion was Tuttle Creek
Lake. According to Earl
Lewis, assistant director
for the Kansas Water Office, the goal is to avoid
drought situations like the
one Kansas faced in the
1950s. Lewis said measures
taken by Kansas decision

Graphic by Christian Dyck

makers back then, including the construction of new

reservoirs, helped ease the
impact of both that drought
and the current one.
A lot of folks didnt
even really recognize that
we were in a drought or how
bad it was, Lewis said. So
that infrastructure and that
planning has worked, now
whats the plan going forward.
According to Lewis,
the biggest issue at hand in
Manhattan is sedimentation,
or matter that is deposited
into bodies of water by wind
or water. If students drive
across the bridge at Tuttle
Creek, they can see a mud-

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Tuttle Creek

George Walker | the collegian

The Tuttle Creek Dam impounds Tuttle Creek Lake, which serves as a water reservoir for Manhattan and surrounding areas. One of
the biggest issues Tuttle Creek faces is sedimentation.

KDA discusses agricultural use of unmanned aircraft systems

Rodney Dimick | the collegian

Mark Blanks, K-State Salina unmanned aircraft systems program manager, speaks about how students are learning how to use UAS vehicles
at a Kansas Department of Agriculture meeting yesterday.

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The Kansas Department of

Agriculture held the first in a
series of discussions on the topic of unmanned aircraft systems
featuring key players in its use,
production and benefactors.
In partnership with the Kansas Department of Transportation, KDA is holding sessions
about the emergency management and law enforcement, research and survey, small business
interests and updates throughout

K-State greeks
address stereotypes
of sexual assault
By Allie Hennes
the collegian

flat in the lake.

When (Tuttle Creek) was
built, it was all
water, Lewis said.
So what that really
translates to in a drought
is that would have been
water that wed have had
to help make it through the
drought. Now thats filled
with dirt so you cant have
that storage.
The longer sediment
accumulates in this way,
the less reliable the water
supply becomes in drought
situations, Lewis said.

By Beth Cooper
the collegian

Wildcats are out of

Big 12 Tournament

Kansas.
The first session, held in
Manhattan, addressed barriers,
data gathering and education
needed to fly a UAS.
One of the major barriers
that the panel discussed was education. TJ Craig, director of agriculture at Pulse Aerospace, Inc.,
a Lawrence company producing
UAS, talked about how an education system needs to be in place.
Without such systems, Craig said
he has reservations about what
that could mean for the airspace.

Continued on page 5,
DRONES

Sexual assault. These two words bring on

some powerful and intense emotions, yet its
discussion is one many still shy away from.
(Sexual assault) is a problem for all campuses; one in five women will experience sexual assault and (so will) one in 16 men, said
Jenna Tripodi and Jessica Haymaker, educators and advocates at the Center for Advocacy,
Response and Education.
So if it affects so many, why do people
still shy away from discussing it?
For students to begin having conversations about this topic, they must first be able to
recognize that it is an relevant issue and treat
it as one.
Its important to challenge people to stop
saying its just a word; it has become a way
to minimize and completely deny that our language affects our actions, our behavior, our
understandings and how we conceptualize societal problems, Haymaker said.
According to Haymaker, this isnt the only
thing that society should be doing to fully understand this issue.
We have to address a lot of myths, Haymaker said. In order to properly educate, you
have to debunk those.
The myth that victims should have done
something to prevent their assault is one of the
common myths Tripodi and Haymaker said
many people believe.
To combat this issue and break the cycle
of myths, Tripodi said society must learn to
channel its energy and efforts into educating
itself.
On the education side of our work, we
teach students, faculty and staff about how
they can educate themselves on sexual violence and how they can be active bystanders,
Tripodi said.
One way Tripodi and Haymaker expand
their message campus-wide is through the Its
On Us campaign, which was adopted and personalized to the campus by CARE. Its goal is
to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual violence, as well as to educate others about
the importance of being an active bystander.
Tripodi said no one is immune to this act
of violence and anyone can be a victim.
One group that has often fallen under
harsh scrutiny regarding this issue is the greek
community.
According to Sexual Assault Response
Services of Southern Maine, 10 percent of
college rapes took place in a fraternity house.
Research conducted on the topic of rape myth
acceptance culture in greek life by the Journal
of Student Affairs Research and Practice states
that fraternity men are more likely to commit
rape than other college men, while women in
sororities are 74 percent more likely to experience rape than other college women. Also,
women who live in the sorority house are over
three times as likely to experience rape.
While this is a nationwide problem, it hits
close to home as well. Last September, the
Huffington Post reported on an incident that
occurred at the University of Kansas on the
evening of Oct. 13, 2013. A freshman student,
under the influence of alcohol supplied at a
fraternity party, was assisted by a male classmate back to the dorms where they both lived.
The male student later admitted to having
nonconsensual sex with her in his dorm room,
even after she said no, stop and I cant
do this.

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