Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Members of the Entomology Club prepare insect collections to be sent out to high schools across the state. Each insect included in the collections was pinned into a styrofoam board and iden- tified by a num- ber on the mas- ter list. The col- lections were then sold to the high schools and usually raised $800 to $900 a year for the club. (Photo by Shane Keyser) 2 1 4 -Entomology Club

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diving (continued from page 21 i) I think people who are adventurous and excited about scubadiving will get really involved. At the beginning of the spring semester, Hull went to the University Activities Board hoping to become registered and recognized as University- affiliated. In February, UAB notified him the club had been approved. UAB was helpful, but they weren ' t sure if the group fell under the umbrella of a sport or social organization, Hull said. To receive UAB funding, the club needed to be a sporting group. If we got funding elsewhere, we could buy equipment the whole group could use, Lana said. That would help everybody out with expenses. Looking for outside funding, Hull said he spoke with the Aggie Dive Shop owner. The club also asked its new members for assistance. We are asking for dues from all members right now, $5 from full-time students and $10 from part- time students, Hull said. Although experienced divers made up the club, the members hoped to introduce other curious students to the sport. It ' s a fast growing sport and is becoming very popular, Lana said. There are places around here to dive but people just don ' t know about them. One benefit of the club would be the discounts offered through group travel rates. There were many nearby places to dive, such as Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, Lana said. Just because we ' re in Kansas doesn ' t mean scuba divers can ' t find an outlet, he said. We may be able to get special group rates at various travel agencies, and that means that we can go to some real interesting locales. Hull said by establishing a scuba diving club, he hoped to get more students hooked on the sport. It ' s a rush of hanging over a coral reef or going down to explore a wreck. It ' s a different world, he said. It ' s kind of one of those things that becomes an addiction. Underwater at the Natatorium div- ing well, Hull poses for a portrait. Hull started the club with Lon Kilgore, faculty adviser. One benefit of the club would be the discounts offered through group travel rates to nearby places in Missouri, Okla- homa and Arkansas. Although UAB was helpful, they were not sure if the group fell under the umbrella of a sport or social organization. To re- ceive UAB funding, the club needed to be a sporting group. Looking for outside funding, Hull spoke with the Aggie Dive Shop owner and received a 10% discount on diving equip- ment. (Photo by Shane Keyser) -Scuba Diving Club- 213

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Assembling an insect collection to be shipped to an area high school ' s Future Farmers of America pro- gram, Robert Bowling, gradu- ate student in entomology, drops an insect into an alcohol solution. Part of the state FFA contest included an entomology identification contest April 27, where I SO to 200 students competed. The high school stu- dents used the collections to help them pre- pare for the identification portion of FFA regional and state contests. (Photo by Shane Keyser) grtui i cou noTTS uTfcnbots tSSi by heather hollingsworth Involvement in the Entomology Club required an interest in the creepy crawlies. It was a sibling rivalry thing for me. When I was about 3 or 4 my aunt took my sister aside and showed her how a June bug was fuzzy underneath, Dean Rider, graduate student in entomology, said. I wanted to know what was going on so she showed me. That was really, really neat something you never notice and there it is, Rider said. Then I started collecting bugs. With more than 15 members, the Entomology Club compiled insect collections to sell to high schools across the state. The high school students used the collections to study for the insect identification por- tion of the Future Farmers of America regional and state contests, Rider said. The collection has economically important in- sects, things that affect your household roaches, termites, ants and there are insects that feed on grain, Bob Miller, graduate student in entomology, said. It ' s important to companies so they don ' t lose money. Because 66 different specimens were represented in a collection, the club members gathered ordinary insects, Rider said. We usually stay with the common stuff, Rider said. If you have to have 60 specimens, and you have to collect them all over the summer, you try to pick things that you know you can collect. The state entomology contest April 27, hosted yearly by K-State, was part of the state FFA contest. The entomology portion of the contest attracted 1 50 to 200 students, Sharon Debesh, graduate student in entomol- ogy, said. It gives them a start so if they decide to study later they have the basics, Miller said. Although undergraduates could join the club, all members were graduate students, Rider said. They collected insects in several ways. During the summer we would go to Fort Riley as a group and collect specimens, Rider said. That turned out fairly well. We got a lot of aquatic insects. Insects were also gathered from captive colonies in the entomology department, and general entomology and taxonomy courses required students to compile extensive collections, Miller said. When other methods failed, the entomology club created a list of insects they needed, Miller said. Because most of us are in entomology we like to collect insects. What happens is everybody kind of (continued on page 217) -Entomology Club- L 1 5