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Flashing neon lights, tall white platform boots and spandex of all shades; this was the spectacle that hundreds of people came to see Monday night in McCain Auditorium.

The Broadway musi-cal “Mamma Mia!” sold out as the cast stopped in Manhattan to perform the songs of Swedish pop group ABBA. The stand-ing ovation in the packed theater gave way to a host of encore performances, turning the musical into a

full concert.“Mamma Mia!” tells the

fictional story of a girl on a mission to find the iden-tity of her biological father, a secret her mother has kept from her through-out her life. The charac-ters in the show narrate, converse and even argue not only though dialogue, but through the music of ABBA’s most popular and recognized songs.

The musical was adapt-ed into the well-known movie in 2008. The audi-torium was filled with au-dience members who were buzzing with anticipation about the music and cast, and the appeal of seeing the original stage version captivated some audience members such as Debbie Pickrell, Manhattan resi-dent.

“I had seen the movie,” Pickrell said. “This is my first time seeing the stage version. Obviously doing

it this way will be harder.”Pickrell said that she

was looking forward to seeing how the stage ver-sion would accommodate elements that were in the movie.

“The movie had things like water, and other things that can’t be on stage, but this will still be exciting,” Pickrell said.

The lights dimmed, the sound of an electric keyboard began the over-ture and the crowd took their seats as the set was revealed.

The staging for the mu-sical comprised of two set pieces which were manu-ally revolved by the cast. The set pieces were rear-ranged throughout the show to create a beach, a hotel, a wedding aisle and a dance floor. Some audi-ence members had never seen the film version, and had no idea what to expect.

“I never saw the movie, but I like this,” said Jamone Lipsey, junior in life sci-ences. “The only things I’ve ever seen on stage are ‘Hamlet,’ ‘Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘The Lion King,’ but this has a lot of energy.”

The “Mamma Mia!” cast featured Kaye Tuck-erman and Chloe Tucker in lead roles. Tuckerman has previously appeared in touring productions of “The Boy From Oz,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Les Miserables.” Tucker began touring as Sophie Sheri-dan in “Mamma Mia!” in 2002.

“To ask where we’ve been is hard,” said Rick Anderson, an official mer-chandise salesman who had been with the cast since 2001. “To ask where we haven’t been is a better question. I’ve been off and on with this cast for 10 years, and people love this

show.”Anderson was in the

McCain lobby before and after the show and during intermission, selling “Mamma Mia!” items: T-shirts, soundtracks, seen-on-stage props like long, pink feather boas and of-ficial Broadway playbills.

Whether or not audi-ence members had seen the movie did not prevent them from enjoying and appreciating the stage ver-sion.

“My favorite part is the music,” Pickrell said. “Some of the songs here are a little bit different than the movie, but this has all been very good.”

The stage adaptation takes advantage of more than the actor’s voices. To go along with the ABBA sound, vibrant costumes and make-up were utilized to add for entertainment. Before the night was over, the audience was able to witness bright pink go-go outfits, deep blue scuba suits and men in wedding dresses.

“I like the costumes,” Lipsey said. “There was one scene that reminded me of Chaka Khan and Lady Marmalade.”

The cast’s energy, pre-cision and delivery of punch lines kept the au-dience laughing and talk-ing. The audience for the event ranged widely in age. There was a balanced mix of K-State students and Manhattan residents, many of whom brought their families.

The liveliness of the performance and the vi-brance of the sets and costumes drew a standing ovation from the audience, to which the cast respond-ed with a 10-minute-long encore performance. The actors urged the audience to sing, wave their hands and clap along.

“I see this show all the time,” Anderson said. “I watch this cast every night, and every night they deliv-er that energy. People are leaving happy, I’m happy, you’re happy, everyone loves it.”

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Every semester, the passwords that students and staff use to access the K-State network change.

This semester added some layers of complex-ity, which provide extra security for all network users. One added layer is the need to change the password settings on all electronic devices that are synced with the network. However, de-spite the email reminders, the changeover is still largely unfinished. As of this past weekend — just days before the Feb. 8 deadline — less than 50 percent of registered users had completed the reset.

Harvard Townsend, the chief information security officer at K-State, said that resetting passwords is important both for keeping K-State email accounts secure and keeping the network free of spam.

“K-State requires the password change in order to limit the amount of time someone can cause harm if it is stolen,” Townsend said. “This could happen if it is stolen by hackers via phish-ing scams or compromised computers. It can also happen if you share your password with another person even though it’s against K-State policy to do so.”

However, as Townsend pointed out, it is im-portant to note that there is a difference between the annoyance of spam and phishing scams, a specific type of spam that is malicious in intent.

“Generic spam is not a problem,” Townsend said. “It’s a specific type of spam — it’s phishing scams targeting K-State users trying to steal their eID and password.”

While most are familiar with phishing scams, as K-State issues warnings that the university never asks for information via email, a new kind of phishing scam is still catching people off guard.

“We have had several duped by the ‘work at home’ scam,” Townsend said.

Townsend said that K-State students need to respond to the simple and important task of re-setting their passwords in order to protect their online accounts.

“About 17,000 registered K-State eIDs have reset their password,” Townsend. “Out of ap-proximately 41,000 active ones, less than half have responded. Most wait to the last minute or miss the deadline and get locked out of K-State Online, Webmail and iSIS.”

Alexandria Powell, sophomore in psychology, said that it was easiest for her to remember to change her password by not trying to remember to do it at all.

“I changed it the first time I saw a reminder in my inbox,” Powell explained.

The other added layer of complexity was a change in password restrictions. The old stan-dards required passwords to have five to eight characters and three different kinds of characters other than lowercase — capital letters, numbers and special symbols.

Now, in addition to the extra three types of characters, the new guidelines requires pass-words to have at least 10 characters and at most 30 characters.

The new, more complex requirements make the passwords harder to steal or guess. Since making a new password under the new guide-lines, Powell said that her password was stronger than before.

“I think I made a good password,” Powell said. “I tried making it just a name, but the restrictions wouldn’t allow that, so I mixed and changed it up. It was a little hard to remember at first, so I wrote it down. After typing it in a few times, I’ve got it memorized.”

Rebecca Gould, director of the information technology assistance center, had some tips to make a good password.

“Find a phrase that works,” Gould said. “It has to meet the character length requirements. Maybe choose an obscure line from a song, movie or book. Then mix in the other character requirements but don’t do them in blocks.”

Townsend said it is important to remember that all wireless devices are affected by password changes as well. To make sure your synced de-vices stay connected to K-State, you must change the password settings on all synced devices.

“People who have multiple devices linked to the network should gather all of them up and then make sure to change the password settings on each one,” Townsend said. “If they don’t do that, or if they don’t change their password for their eID, Thursday morning nothing is going to work for them when they try to connect.”

Feb. 8 is the deadline for resetting account passwords. To reset a password, visit eid.k-state.edu.

To change passwords for other wireless devic-es, go to wireless.k-state.edu/connect and follow the instructions.

For more tips on how to make a strong pass-word, visit k-state.edu/its/eid/faqs_password.html.

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The cast of “Mamma Mia” entertained a packed McCain Auditorium Monday night.

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Garrett Love, Repub-lican state senator for the 38th District in Kansas and the youngest senator in the state, spoke at the KSU Col-lege Republicans meeting on Monday.

Love discussed several topics including his use of social media that was instru-mental in his election at only 22 years old and also spoke on the issues he is tackling at the capitol building in Topeka.

When Love defeated Tim Huelskamp, 24-year incumbent senator, he was able to utilize social media campaigns on Facebook and YouTube to help spread his message as well as save money.

“My opponent was 70 years old at the time and had a lot more campaign funds than I did,” Love said. “My opponent had spent $100,000 the previous cycle, and we were hoping to get to $15,000. So being able to reach out to so many voters for free had a big impact.”

Love also maintains, how-ever, that traditional forms of campaigning were still the top priority during election time.

“We were able to connect with a lot of folks and get

them involved,” Love said. “We still went and knocked on doors though and made those phone calls. That’s still the most important thing you can do.”

At the meeting, Love also discussed the issues he is tackling that affect college students. According to the senator, the primary issue was the job market.

“Bringing in jobs and businesses will affect higher education,” Love said. “Our economy has led us to where our college graduates are sitting around for one or two years twiddling their thumbs.”

Love said that the eco-nomic model used in Texas should be studied and rep-licated in Kansas in order to

decrease unemployment and increase growth.

“We see Texas blowing everybody out of the water in job growth,” Love said. “I know as a K-State fan, we don’t like losing to Texas. So in legislation, I don’t want to get beat by Texas either. We want people to come to the state of Kansas and invest to bring in jobs. That’s a top

priority.”Love does his best to

attend many education-re-lated events throughout the state. Since he is still so young compared to many of those in public service, he said that he feels like he is able to more closely relate with students.

“I always look forward to opportunities to connect with college students or high school groups because this is the next generation of lead-ers,” Love said. “It’s important that someone close to their age tells them to get involved and stay engaged in every-thing that is going on in gov-ernment.”

The students that attended Monday’s meeting were very pleased with the message that Love brought to them.

“We thought about Love coming a while ago,” said Ashton Archer, senior in mechanical engineering and president of KSU College Republicans. “I feel like a lot of people don’t have good young role models in politics, they just see the old geezers. So having someone his age that is fresh out of college and making a difference is definitely an inspiration.”

Rane Cravens, junior in political science, said he en-joyed the overall feel of the speech given by Love.

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Todd Haley, former Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach, will join the Pittsburgh Steelers as their offensive coordinator a source told ESPN senior ana-lyst Chris Mortensen.

Haley met with Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin on Jan. 31 after being fired by the Chiefs December 2011.

Bruce Arians, the previ-ous offensive coordinator for the Steelers, was not retained and left a void in the Steelers’ coaching staff but was picked up for the same position by the Indianapolis Colts on Jan. 30.

Haley went 19-26 in his two-plus seasons with the Chiefs and won an AFC West title in 2010. He spent 10 sea-sons as an assistant before being hired by the Chiefs and was an offensive coordina-tor for the Arizona Cardinals in 2007-2008 where he was a part of their only Super Bowl appearance.

Cycling:

Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title on Monday and also banned for two years following the sport’s highest court finding Contador guilty of doping.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the Span-ish cyclist after his petition that his positive test for clen-buterol was a cause of con-suming contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest day.

CAS backdated Conta-dor’s ban and he will miss out on events such as the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the London Olympics but will be able to return to com-petition on Aug. 6, meaning he will be able to ride in the Vuelta a España that begins on Aug. 18.

Contador had no comment but is expected to hold a news conference Tuesday.

NBA:Minnesota Timberwolves’

star-forward Kevin Love was issued a two-game suspension

by Stu Jackson, NBA execu-tive vice president of basket-ball operations, for stepping onto the chest and face of Houston Rocket forward Luis Scola in the third quarter of the two teams’ matchup on Saturday.

The incident occurred during one of many physical plays between the two players and resulted in the third quar-ter when the two got tied up while fighting for a rebound.

Love apologized to Scola after the game and in a state-ment issued by the team on Monday, saying he needed to do a better job of controlling his emotions.

Love will sit out Tuesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings and Wednesday’s game against the Memphis Griz-zlies while the Timberwolves (12-12) will be trying to climb above .500 for the first time this season.

Love is averaging 25 points and 13.7 rebounds per game and tops the NBA with his 39.4 minutes per game.

Two- minute drill

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Jalana Childs, senior forward, as she steals the ball away from Brooklyn Pope during the game against Baylor on Saturday in Bramlage Coliseum.

Under the leadership of Frank Martin, K-State basket-ball has had its fair share of ups and downs. Take a glance at the highest points and you will find a common factor.

Upper classman leadership is one of the most important, if not the most important, characteris-tics of a Frank Martin basketball team.

Whether that leadership takes place off the floor or on the floor, finding someone to take control of the team was one of the main points brought up by fans and media before this season started.

The Wildcats brought back a healthy crop of players but brought in several freshmen to help fill spots and build depth.

Transitioning from a team led by K-State career scoring leader Jacob Pullen and fellow senior Curtis Kelly wasn’t going to be an easy task for any player no matter whether you’re new to the pro-gram or not.

Glimpses of success have shown throughout Big 12 Con-ference play but a consistent threat has been hard to come by for K-State.

Following last Saturday’s win over Texas A&M, Martin contin-ues his astonishing 21-3 record in the month of February during his tenure as head coach.

When asked about bringing similar success to this season’s team, Martin referred to the

leadership that has been in place since his arrival in 2007.

“If you can get Denis Clem-ente to dress up for us or Jacob Pullen, I’d be more than happy to tell you we’d have a good Feb-

ruary,” Martin said. “Those guys aren’t here. Every team is differ-ent. Let’s see how this team fares in February. Do I have confi-dence that it can happen? Abso-lutely. Am I going to predict it? No, I know how hard winning is.”

K-State has often been criti-cized this season for lacking a consistent leading scorer, but after Rodney McGruder’s strong start at the beginning of confer-ence play, it looked as if a clear-cut leader has been revealed.

Freshman forward Thomas Gipson began the year as one of the Wildcats most consistent scoring threats.

When fellow freshman guard Angel Rodriguez has been able to stay on the floor, he has become a literal driving force to the Wild-cat offense.

Sophomore guard Will Spra-dling faced the tall task of re-placing Denis Clemente in his freshman season. Now in his sophomore year, expectations have been high.

Spradling has gone through shooting struggles this season but re-ignited his confidence after a 19 point performance against Texas A&M. In order to maintain Spradling’s recent suc-cess, Martin believes it’ll come down to one decision.

“He hasn’t passed up open shots, which was my biggest thing with him,” Martin said. “It’s not just not having confidence in himself, it’s having confidence in his teammates.”

The Wildcats pride them-selves on their ability to rebound and it’s crucial that players like Spradling take open shots when the opportunity is available.

“We’re one of the better of-fensive rebounding teams in the country, not just in this league,” Martin said. “One of the reasons for that, is our guys shoot when they are open and our guys go rebound it when their team-mates shoot it. If he [Spradling] won’t shoot it, then it’s hard to go rebound it when he misses. He’s obviously taken that to heart.”

You take two to three of those situations and put them together, and this team is capable of com-peting with anybody in the coun-try.

For K-State, the win over Texas A&M displayed several positives. Being able to maintain that performance as they hit the homestretch of conference play will be the determining factor of the team’s postseason fate.

If Martin’s head coaching career up to this season is any indication, K-State is in for an exciting conclusion to the season.

Adam Suderman is a sophomore in journalism and mass communications. Please send comments to [email protected].

K-State men’s basketball looks to make a late season push

Jalana Childs, senior forward, has been making an impact on the K-State women’s basketball for the past four years. Described by head coach Deb Pat-terson as having a great at-titude on and off the court and as a leader to her team-mates, her presence has not gone unnoticed during her time at K-State.

On the court, Childs competes with a fierce pas-sion and intensity, while off the court she is one of the friendliest people around.

Now, in her final year of

playing for the Wildcats, Childs is looking forward to her future. However, leav-ing an environment she has grown to love comes with its difficulties.

“It’s kind of bittersweet, because I’ve had a lot of fun here at K-State,” Childs said, “and you don’t really want that fun to end, on the court and with my team-mates.”

Childs came to K-State from Orlando, Fla., and de-spite the fact the weather is chillier, Childs has enjoyed life in Manhattan.

“It’s so different,” Childs said. “I miss the sun, I miss the beach. It’s been a crazy transition, but I think what overcomes the beach and the sun is the people that I’ve met. I’ve met a lot of great friends who have helped me a lot to just grow as a person. I’ve learned from a lot of people at K-

State and it’s definitely been fun, so I’m glad I’m here, I’m glad I’m in Kansas.”

Childs is majoring in hotel and restaurant man-agement, and is looking for-ward to an internship at the Hilton Garden Inn in Man-hattan this coming spring.

While juggling school and basketball is not always an easy task, Childs said she has gotten used to it over her years of combining basketball and college life, and has found that she has more time than most people would think for her school-work and socializing out-side of practices and games.

Childs said being with her teammates, on and off the court, has been one area during her time at K-State that she has loved.

“We’re just a bunch of crazy kids having fun, hang-ing out together, dancing, joking around, reminisc-

ing,” Childs said about life with her teammates. “I’m pretty close with everyone.”

This season for Childs has been a good one, as she averages 13.9 points per game, and scored her 1,000th career point this year during the Big 12 Con-ference season.

Her past years at K-State have been success-ful as well, as she held Big 12 Freshman of the week during her freshman year and was a part of the 2009-10 Academic All-Big 12 first team. She played in all 32 games her junior year, and also made an appearance in every game her sophomore year.

With such success comes somewhat of a celebrity status off the court, a status Childs says she enjoys, but at times can get to be a bit hectic.

“It’s cool, but it’s a little

overwhelming,” Childs said. “My adviser, Nancy Hansen, would give me shout outs in class, and I sat in front. So I thought, ‘these people are going to be scared of me, they’re not going to want to talk to me and think I’m a prima donna when really I’m just a normal girl.’ Sometimes it prevents me from making friends, but I’m just some normal kid.”

This season the Big 12 has played every team in the conference both away and at home. While it gives every team an equal op-portunity of having home-court advantage, the busy schedule has kept the team traveling often.

“It’s the best schedule for the Big 12,” Childs said, “but I don’t really like it. For the month of January we traveled every weekend, so every Saturday we had an away game, and now Febru-

ary comes and we have an away game every Wednes-day.”

Childs said she feels bad having to miss so much class, but she finds ways to stay caught up and for-tunately her teachers are “really cool about it.”

As her time on the team winds down, Childs has been able to look forward to her future in hotel and res-taurant managing.

“I’m kind of ready for the real world, I think coach P [Patterson] has prepared us with her lessons on the court and off the court,” Childs said. “She’s prepared us for the real world, and I’m ready to experience it, but then again, it’s going to suck not being able to be on the court and play and experience these fans that we have, but it’s been a fun ride, it’s been a real fun ride, I’m blessed to be here.”

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A varsity cardigan buttoned up with a striped T-shirt underneath serves as the “hip-ster” approach to the casual look. A cotton button-up can be worn with the cardigan as well, but try leaving the sweater open.

Within these classic pieces, dip into the Valentine’s color palette. If you’re not feeling tough enough to wear pink, try something in burgundy, chestnut, rust or wine.

For a formal date, look dapper in slacks, a crisp white dress shirt and a statement tie. Skinny ties are all the rage, but wear what you prefer. Use the tie as your festive pop of red or in a plaid with pink accents. If it suits your quirky personality wear a bow tie or even a pair of suspenders in the holiday’s colors.

If you are wearing an understated tie or you want to go without the tie completely, wear a sports jacket. With this look, slacks work best, but even a nice jean looks slick. Corduroys of all shades are also a nice alternative to denim.

Your best accessory is a watch (large-faced are right on trend), but otherwise keep the accessories to a minimum.

Let these tips be your guide in selecting the perfect Valen-tine’s Day outfit, sure to make your date’s heart skip a beat.

Take a handful of these ‘sweet’ pickup lines

Valentine’s fashion guide for formal, casual dates

Jakki Thompson

Is your dad an astronaut?

Because someone took

the stars from the sky and

put them in your eyes.

You must be tired because you’ve been running

through my dreams all night.

You’re so sweet

I’m getting

cavities.

You’re like a dictionary; you add meaning to

my life.

I’m going to put this

tear of mine in the

ocean. When you

find it I’ll stop loving

you.

If beauty were time, you’d be

eternity.

If you stood in front of

a mirror and held up 11

roses, you would see 12 of

the most beautiful things

in the world.

Is there an airport near by

or is that my heart taking

off?

I hope you know CPR, because you take my breath away.

What does it feel like to be the most beautiful girl in this room?

If I had a nickel

for every girl as

beautiful as you, I’d

have five cents.

Top: Casual clothes like skinny jeans, riding boots and a nice blouse are great items for women to wear on Valentine’s day. A dark wash pair of jeans and a button down is a great combination for men.Bottom: Going “dressy” can be easy for college students- a simple little black dress and a blazer are two clothing pieces that can spruce up an outfit.

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Libra Sept. 23 - Oct. 22Domestic Dan says: “The key to a woman’s heart is through the kitchen. Learn to cook, not to bake.”

Scorpio Oct. 23 - Nov. 21Love comes in all shapes, sizes and sorority letters. Keep your eye on the prize.

Sagittarius Nov. 22 - Dec. 21The next time you see that overly clingy couple in Hale, put up a sign that says “don’t feed the idiots.”

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 19Yes, your girlfriend is dumb. You know it, I know it, so does everyone in the cosmos. The better question is how do you go about

telling her two plus two does not equal fish?

Aquarius Jan. 20 - Feb. 18Couples: remember to leave enough space for the Holy Spirit or God will send Tim

Tebow to be all up in your face about it.

Pisces Feb. 19 - March 20There are things out there much worse than the Danger Zone ... for instance the “Friend

Zone” and any other song sung by Kenny Loggins.

Aries March 21 - April 19Your constant need for attention will eventu-ally leave you old, alone and forever trying to live out your glory days in the frat house.

Your only hope is to read a book every once in a while.

Taurus April 20 - May 20Love can be a fickle old curmudgeon some-times. It’s best not to irritate it, that’s what

gets you a mother-in-law.

Gemini May 21 - June 20Pet names are never cute. However, they are hilarious weapons your friends can use to egg you on later in life.

Cancer June 21 -July 22Just because your love life is similar to Liz Lemon’s from “30 Rock” does not mean you have to dress like her. “Good God Lemon.”

Leo July 23 - Aug. 22Dr. Love called; he told me to tell you that he can’t fix your problems. Perhaps you should see another specialist.

Virgo Aug. 23 - Sept. 22Looking for love in all the wrong places? Take out a personal ad in the Collegian. It’s safer than Craigslist and more entertaining

for the rest of campus.

HOROSCOPES

-Compiled by Tim Schrag

Valentine’s Day horoscopes: looking for love in all the wrong places

Valentine’s Day is a day to remind the special people in your life how much you love them. Traditionally, expres-sions of love on Valentine’s Day are given to the girl in the relationship. When we think about the classic gifts a man gives to the woman he loves, what comes to mind are chocolate, flowers and diamonds. But what’s a girl to do?

After asking numerous

guys this question over the past few days, I have detected a pattern. Most guys are not concerned about expensive gifts or elaborate Pinterest projects.

Ladies, the No. 1 way to show the man in your life that you love him is to receive gifts graciously. Let him pursue you this Valentine’s Day.

It might be tempting to create precise pictures in your head about what your perfect date would look like. Dream-ing is OK, but don’t get so set on what you want that you can’t appreciate the efforts he makes. Most real men are not as naturally charming as Noah from “The Notebook” or Wesley from “The Princess Bride.” And let’s admit it — if men did some of the things in real life that happens in chick flicks, we would be creeped

out.Whether he gives you

chocolate and roses, fixes dinner for you or surprises you with something impres-sively creative, acknowledge the efforts he is making for you and thank him. It takes more courage than they would admit to attempt to be romantic.

When he tells you that you look beautiful, say, “thank you.” When he jumps out to open the door to the car for you, let him. It does not matter that you’re fully ca-pable of carrying in your own bags of groceries, allow him to serve you in that way.

Encourage the man in your life when he acts honorably. Don’t be demanding, but allow him to treat you like a lady. So many girls complain about how chivalry is dead,

but what if we’re the ones who killed it?

Now, I’m not telling you that the holiday is all about you. Here are a few fun ideas to show your man you love him this Valentine’s week:

NIX THE CHICK FLICK

“Braveheart?” “Gladiator?” “The Godfather?” Perhaps he is one of the few guys who genuinely love chick flicks, but the odds are not high. Watch his idea of a great movie and you may just dis-cover that Russell Crowe tops Ryan Gosling any day. If gore is not for you, hiding behind pillows or snuggling up to him is acceptable.

GO ON AN ADVENTURE

Find a place around Man-hattan where you’ve never been together before. Explore the trails of the Konza Prairie. Better yet, start off on a hike without a plan and see where you end up; this is ideal for long conversations and quality time together. Have you been to one of the many secondhand stores? It’s fun to look at trinkets together and find new, interesting items.

SWEETS FROM THE HEART

What’s Valentine’s Day without some sugar? Mix up a batch of his favorite cook-ies or treats. Skeptical about your baking skills? Either way, he’s going to appreciate your heart and effort behind

the homemade gift. However, if you do happen to be the next Rachael Ray, he probably won’t complain.

PLAY HIS FAVORITE VIDEO GAME

“FIFA,” “Halo” or “Call of Duty” may not be top on your list of ways to spend time with your boyfriend, but if he enjoys playing video games, he will definitely love play-ing them with you. You may fumble with the controller and shoot teammates, but no matter how frustratingly bad you are, he’ll certainly appre-ciate the effort.

Marisa Love is a junior in journal-ism and public relations. Please send comments to [email protected].

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When two people live together, both parties have to make a lot of adjust-ments. We have all had a messy, noisy, inconsiderate roommate at some point, and it is only a matter of time before differences in lifestyles cause strain on the setup.

The situation gets more complex when the two parties involved are in a relationship. Cohabiting with a significant other can test and strain a romantic relationship; if you find out that your girlfriend of boyfriend is an inconsider-ate slob, it can make it a lot harder to be patient and loving with them.

It is, however, a neces-sary step that those in a committed relation-ship will take eventually. Although cohabiting with a significant other has its drawbacks, it is a major stepping-stone for couples to discover true compat-ibility and future marriage potential.

Cohabiting is an issue that has morphed over the ages. Traditionally, cohabit-ing has often been frowned upon due to religious and societal taboos, but in this day and age, more and more couples are living together before marriage.

According to a July 9, 2011, article by Susan Greg-ory Thomas in the Wall Street Journal, between seven and eight million couples are living together before getting married, up from just under four mil-lion in 2000.

Though the cohabitation rate is rapidly increasing,

traditionalists maintain that living together before marriage decreases the chances of a couple being happily married. These claims, however, don’t have legitimate data to back them up.

A study done by the National Survey of Family Growth in 2002 showed

that the likelihood of an unmarried couple living together lasting the decade after marriage was 55 percent, according to a March 3, 2010, NY Daily News article by Sheryl Connelly. This means that a couple that cohabitates has just over a 50-50 chance of being in a lasting relation-

ship.When the odds of stay-

ing together are higher than not, it seems living together before marriage isn’t the doom of relationships like many critics say and can in fact help a couple under-stand each other.

Cohabiting with another person is much more than simply playing house. Things like differences in lifestyles and schedules coupled with different priorities can add to room-ing difficulties and test a relationship.

Regardless of the hurdles that a couple has to jump, this test run to marriage can be a blessing in dis-guise for many couples.

Marriage is so much more than being in love; there are a lot of factors that affect a couple’s hap-piness, including compat-ibility, and what better way to test compatibility than to live together? It is the best way to grow accustomed to the other’s tendencies, quirks and annoying habits rather than get thrown to the sharks after getting married.

Many say that cohabit-ing can cause the luster of marriage to wear off quickly and can cause future spouses to feel like roommates instead of spouses. Traditionalists make the case that jump-ing into cohabitation can make marriage feel like just another step.

This point is moot, how-ever, because regardless of when a couple starts to live

together, the honeymoon phase will eventually wear off. Truly strong relation-ships will benefit from cohabitation, which will make the transition from pre-married to married life a lot easier.

Others point at the fact that if a couple breaks up while living together, it could make way for an ex-tremely awkward situation in which one or the other is forced to move out.

This is a risk, how-ever, that people who have roommates regularly take anyways. Anyone could find themselves in the same situation with a friend when they have a falling out, but that has never stopped people from find-ing roommates to live with.

The argument that couples who live together before marriage are less likely to be happy is flawed because all of the statistics don’t isolate this factor. For example, strains in mar-riages could be caused by infidelity, financial prob-lems and a variety of other personal differences.

Cohabitation is by no means a guaranteed means to a happy marriage. It only makes sense, however, that the more accustomed two people are to each other’s preferences, tendencies and habits, the easier it will be to live together happily as a married couple.

Andy Rao is a junior in finance and accounting. Please send all comments to [email protected].

Are you pursuing a worth-less degree? Are you wasting your time and money on an education that is insignificant?

According to a recent Yahoo News article, degrees in agricul-ture — my future degree — are worthless.

In the article “College Majors That Are Useless,” author Ter-ence Loose cites five college majors that produce degrees to avoid. In order they are agriculture, fashion design, theatre, animal science and horticulture.

The article explains its find-ings with the National Associa-tion of Colleges and Employers’ 2012 Job Outlook study, which asked 1,000 employers about their hiring plans.

At the top of the list were business majors, with 83 percent of employers preferring them for employment. Next on the list were accounting and computer and information science majors; 60 percent of employers said they were seek-ing those applicants.

However, the study was com-

posed of mostly non-ag related businesses, so there was a bias against agriculture majors.

Reporting the study’s find-ings, Loose also wrote that agriculture programs are being cut due to “hard times,” but there is plenty of evidence that suggests otherwise.

For instance, enrollment in animal science is growing at K-State, surpassing 1,000 stu-dents for the first time last fall. Maynard Hogberg, chair of the Iowa State University animal science department, said in a Jan. 20 CattleNetwork article by Greg Henderson that he is also seeing record enrollment.

“Enrollment in animal science at Iowa State has set new records for the past six years,” Hogberg said. “Over 95 percent of our recent gradu-ates have found jobs, and the average starting salary exceeded $38,000 per year.”

Increasing enrollments, however, are no guarantee of a rewarding career in agriculture, but a logical evaluation of the world around us and testimony from recent graduates points to a growing need for trained agricultural professionals.

Within 12 hours after Yahoo posted the story about alleg-edly useless college majors, a

Facebook page called “I Studied Agriculture & I Have A Job” was up and agriculture gradu-ates were posting comments about rewarding careers they found using their degrees.

A common theme among the posts was how uninformed and misleading the Yahoo story was.

Even if the author of the Yahoo story and others don’t view agriculture as an attractive profession, logic should suggest that agriculture and related careers will be in high demand in the future.

The world’s population is projected to reach nine billion by the year 2050, and research by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na-tions says food production will need to double in order to feed those people, according to the organization’s website.

Around the world, trained agricultural professionals are critical to survival and the security of nations.

For instance, Joyce Turk, senior livestock adviser at the Bureau of Food Security for the U.S. Agency for International Development, said there “is no better example of livestock to food security and to liveli-hoods” than the loss of animals

during the current drought in the Horn of Africa, according to an Oct. 21, 2011 article on the North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s website.

According to the same article, Turk says that the loss of animals due to the drought is a “critical factor driving families to destitution, famine and death from starvation.”

Fortunately, America has abundant food supplies, and that is largely due to our em-phasis on agricultural research and education at our country’s many land grant universities. That investment in agriculture has made farming and ranching more efficient while producing wholesome and nutritious food products.

Agriculture’s success has made it possible for fewer farmers to produce more food, but that fact has also meant an increase in the need for agricul-tural professionals.

The growing demand for food means jobs for those trained in crop science, meat and dairy science, food process-ing, biotechnology, animal nutrition, genetics, food evalua-tion, new product development - the list is almost endless.

And agriculture degrees aren’t limited to the food industry.

Cathie Lavis, associate professor of horticulture at K-State, posted this comment to the CattleNetwork article about agriculture degrees: “Graduates from our Kansas State Uni-versity Horticultural program typically have a number of job offers prior to graduation. There is high demand in the Green Industry for highly trained and skilled Horticulturists.”

K-State has approximately 2,400 students pursuing various degrees in agriculture. Facts and logic suggest the major-ity of those graduates will find rewarding and successful careers in a profession currently striving to feed more than seven billion hungry people.

Lisa Henderson is a sophomore in agriculture economics and agricul-ture communication. Please send all comments to [email protected].

It is that dreaded time of the semester once again - it is time to change our pass-words. For such a simple task, it is easily forgotten about until it is too late. In the past, students were able to reuse passwords if there was at least a semester in between. Now, however, it seems that changing a pass-word becomes harder and harder. Passwords cannot be reused and the amount of characters that the IT desk requires has increased.

Changing passwords is important for each student so any personal emails, grades and financial infor-mation do not get hacked into and into the wrong hands. It is easy these days for our online integrity to be compromised. In addition, it is annoying to be locked out of all of the informa-tion we keep on the school server, causing us to go to great lengths to get back in. All this could be avoided by something as simple as changing our password.

We like having security settings, but dislike coming up with new passwords of 10 characters to try to remember. We are reminded through webmail, but these reminders get tossed aside for other incoming emails, texts and assignments. Apparently we need more exciting ways to get our attention to change our passwords.

Our generation is constantly surrounded by

media and other forms of entertainment and emails do not always grab the needed attention. What if there were text messages, Tweets or personal phone calls to those close to run-ning out of time? Better yet, would incentives target us college students more effectively? What if prizes, coupons, meal deals or event tickets were handed out to those students that change their password on the first day the email goes out to change it? Maybe then fewer students would forget and go through the tedious process to get back into the system.

Incentives can be a great way to reach poor college students. When we change our password, there could be a receipt to print out as proof to receive a reward. Each day there could dif-ferent prizes with the best ones for those that change passwords first. The last day could be something small, like candy so every student has a chance to win something.

While all these ideas are fun, in the end, we are all responsible adults who should be able to remember to do these simple tasks without bribery. So here’s another reminder: change your passwords by Wednes-day, Feb. 8. You may not receive a prize, but it will definitely make your life, and the lives of those at the IT department much easier.

New ideas might help with password change

TO THE POINT

To the point is an editorial selected and debated by the editorial board and written after a majority opinion is formed. This is the Collegian’s official opinon.

EDITORIAL BOARDAgricultural degrees vital for increasing population, not useless as some believe

Cohabitation beneficial to couples looking at taking next step

Andy Rao

Illustration by Erin Logan

Illustration by Yosuke Michishita

Storyor

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Editor’s Note: This article was completed as an assignment for a class in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communi-cations.

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City commissioners will vote to approve the final de-velopment plans for the future downtown entertainment dis-trict tonight.

The Manhattan City Com-mission will vote on approv-ing the first reading of an or-dinance regarding enhanced enforcement of overcrowding violations.

The proposed ordinance considers allowing the Riley County Police Department to close a business for up to 24 hours following an inci-dent of overcrowding. RCPD has the authority to enforce overcrowding policies and to increase the penalties for vio-lations.

The City Commission meeting will take place in the City Commission Room in City Hall Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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In an empty parking lot outside of their apartment building on Kearney Street, a group of friends play a match of cricket. Kiran Uppu, graduate student in civil engineering, hits the ball while Anurag Muthyarn, freshman in mechanical engineering waits for the catch.

SENATOR| Love learned leadership roles at Washburn Continued from page 1

“I thought Senator Love did a great job,” Cravens said. “He did a great job with a lot of the issues and got really motivational. He was able to really hit on how age doesn’t matter, it’s about where your heart is at and how you ap-proach the issues.”

Love attended Washburn University in Topeka. He originally went to Washburn on a men’s basketball schol-arship, but left the team after three years to become stu-dent body president. Love said that one of the biggest lessons he learned at Wash-

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“I learned a lot about losing at Washburn,” Love said. “Wherever you are in life, losing happens. Who-ever learns how to lose the right way will go a long way.”

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GAME ONMen’s basketball tries to create a winning streak against Texas Tech


Junior guard Rodney McGruder looks to block a Texas A&M player from passing the ball back in during Saturday’s game. The Cats went on to win 64-53.


Jamar Samuels dunks the basketball during Saturday’s game, putting the Wildcats on the board in the first half. The Wildcats went on to win against Texas A&M, 64-53.


ABOVE LEFT: After a missed 3- point attempt, Jordan Henriquez, junior forward, rebounds the ball to get the Wildcats two more points against Texas A&M.

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TOP PLAYERS TOP PLAYERS

Rodney McGruder – 15.0 points per game

Jamar Samuels – 10.4 points per game, 6.4 rebounds per game

Will Spradling – 10.4 points per game, 2.8 assists per game

Jordan Tolbert – 11.9 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game

Ty Nurse – 9.0 points per game

Jaye Crockett – 8.0 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game

TEAM STATS TEAM STATS

REBOUNDS

38.8 rebounds per game, 27 overall in NCAA

ASSISTS14.5 assists per game, 60th overall in NCAA

POINTS73.1 points per game, 76th overall in the NCAA

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31.2 rebounds per game, 306th overall in NCAA

ASSISTS 11.4 assist per game, 279th overall in NCAA

POINTS61.7 points per game, 301st overall in NCAA

Jared Brownstaff writer

Fresh off a Big 12 Confer-ence home win against Texas A&M on Saturday, the K-State men’s basketball team will look to make it two straight victories when they take on the Texas Tech Red Raid-ers tonight. This will be the second meeting between the two teams this season. The first matchup featured a game in which the Wildcats won almost every statisti-cal category on their way to a convincing 69-47 win over

the Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas.

Although Texas Tech (7-15, 0-10) still has yet to win a game in Big 12 conference play and is currently placed last in the conference standings, K-State head coach Frank Martin isn’t taking the Red Raiders lightly. Martin is convinced that this is a different Texas Tech team than the Wildcats faced less than two weeks ago.

“They are doing something a little bit different in their of-fense,” Martin said. “We are going to get a group of guys that fight like heck and Billy [Gillispie] will have them playing the right way. They fight you and they do not go away. They are young. Having nine first-year guys is a dif-ficult task. They have made some adjustments on the way they play but nothing major,

but the biggest difference per-taining to our game, is that there are some guys who did not play against us, but are starting to play a lot again.”

K-State (16-6, 5-5) snapped a two game losing skid on Sat-urday but still sits alone at fifth place in the Big 12. With talks beginning to swirl around seeding in the Big 12 tourna-ment, Martin knows the most important thing the Wildcats

can do is stay the course and continue to take it one game at a time.

“I do not worry about all of that stuff,” stated Martin

in a press conference Monday night. “I worry about the next game. I never liked long distance running as a kid. I learned that if I worried about where the finish line was at, I would get tired halfway through the race. If I focused

on 15 yards in front of me, I usually got to the finish line pretty well. It is the way we coach. We coach for today and then try to win the next one.”

Freshman guard Angel Rodriguez gave the Wildcats a much-needed lift in their win on Saturday against the Aggies. He totaled 13 points, five rebounds and four as-sists. His aggressive play has been key in several of K-State’s victories this season. Rodri-guez appears to be accepting his role on the team and his performance is beginning to reflect his level of comfort within Martin’s system.

“Coach is giving me the confidence to make plays,” Rodriguez said. “As long as I have the confidence, I know I have the skills. I just have to do what I have to do to help the team.”

Rodriguez’s confidence level seems to be high and he will look to carry that into the game tonight against Texas Tech. Although he only played 17 minutes in the first game against the Red Raiders, Ro-driguez still managed eight points, three assists, and two steals. It’s likely that Rodri-guez will be more involved in this game than he was in the first game against Texas Tech.

After this game against Texas Tech, three of the K-State’s next four games will be against teams ranked in the top 10. Rodriguez knows how important it is for the Wild-cats to get a victory against the Red Raiders.

“We just have to play our game and play our defense and execute on offense,” Ro-driguez said. “The game will take care of itself.”

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K-State looks to sweep season series against Texas Tech Red RaidersAfter defeating Texas A&M, the Wildcats will face off against Texas Tech in second matchup

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Kelly McHughsports editor

It takes hard work, talent and confidence for a freshman to hold a starting position on an NCAA Division I basket-ball team, and freshman guard Angel Rodriguez has shown a combination of the three this season for the Wildcats.

While gaining the experi-ence the upperclassmen hold takes seasons of playing in games and devout training, freshmen have to prove them-selves every second they have on the court. It takes a differ-ent mentality, a different work ethic.

“I’m used to the work ethic here,” Rodriguez said. “I’m used to everything, so now it’s kind of up to me whether I want to do it the right way or not.”

Rodriguez has started the past six games for the Wildcats and has been working toward adapting to the fast pace and intensity of Big 12 Conference basketball. Head coach Frank Martin described Rodriguez in his past practices as “being in tuned, his effort, focus, his competitiveness, is all in the right places.”

Rodriguez attended Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami, Fla., and had many achievements during his high school years. His school basketball team was ranked at No. 1 in Flor-ida, and No. 11 in the nation during his senior year, and Rodriguez was rated as the No. 4 prospect in the state of Florida according to Florida-

Hoops.com. Rodriguez played a big role in his high school team’s success as he went on to average 23 points per game his senior year.

Rodriguez’s high school coaches and Martin all told him playing basketball in col-lege would be a completely different atmosphere.

“Frank told me how it was going to be,” Rodriguez said, “but that’s the thing, hearing it is one thing, and actually going through it is another.”

Getting used to the K-State style of basketball was a struggle in the beginning for

Rodriguez as he went from shorter high school practices to intense, three hour prac-tices with K-State. Rodriguez said in high school it would be OK if you slipped up once or twice in a practice, but in col-lege it has been different, and you have to work your hard-est every time you step on the court, whether that is in prac-tice or in a game.

“It was tough at first, it was very tough actually,” Ro-driguez said about his time playing with K-State. “Now I feel comfortable, I feel like

I’ve been here for a long time. I feel like there’s no struggle anymore. [I] just got to keep learning and getting used to the system and trying to be consistent every day at what I do.”

In three games this season, Rodriguez has led the Wild-cats in points scored, and he holds a 7.5 points-per-game average.

When paired with sopho-more guard Will Spradling and junior guard Rodney Mc-Gruder, Martin says Rodri-guez has been a key part of the team’s success.

“When we’ve been good this year, we’ve had a combination of him, Will, Rodney play real well offensively,” Martin said, “and when all three play real good, then we’ve got a chance to be a pretty darn good bas-ketball team, and he’s been good here for a little bit.”

Half way through his first Big 12 season, Rodriguez said having games so often means he has to be physically and mentally ready every day.

Martin said Monday’s prac-tice for Rodriguez has been one of the best yet this season.

“I feel like I’m doing good,” Rodriguez said. “I feel like I’m at the right pace, just got to continue to work and contin-ue to get better, and obviously that’s going to lead me to help the team win, which is what we’re trying to do here.”

With the upcoming game against Texas Tech Red Raid-ers, who have not won a game so far in the Big 12 Confer-ence season, Rodriguez looks forward to making an impact on helping his team come away with another win.

“I know I have the skills,” Rodriguez said, “and I just got to do whatever I got to do to help the team win the game.”

Freshman Rodriguez makes impact on men’s baskebtall team

Frank Martin says ‘Rodriguez is tuned in and competitive’

After Saturday’s game against Texas A&M, Angel Rodriguez, freshman guard, is interviewed by the Big 12 Network. K-State beat Texas A&M, 64-53.


“I feel like I’m at the right pace, just got to continue to work and continue to get better, and obviously that’s

going to lead me to help the team win, which is what we’re trying to do here.”

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