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

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PRE-VETERINARY CLUB-OFFICERS Front Row: Kayla Dick. Renee Rankin, Dan Hume, Kristen Henderson, Tobina Schmidt. Sec- ond Row: Erin Matzen. Trisha Maag, Angela Bass, Lynn Kennedy, Manah Berry, Dr. Linda C. Martin. Back Row: J.D. Weber, Justin Parsons, Jason Stimits, David Haak, Seana Goins. Psi CHI National Pschohgy Honorary Front Row: Fred Martinson, Ah Swisher, Karen Wessel, Rebecca Finger. Second Row: Kandice Beckmon, Olivia Guerra, Roberta Corbin, Travis Brown. Back Row: Bonnie Nettles, Lee Ann Steadman, Trisha Kane, Amanda Bahner. PRSSA Public Realtions Students Society of America Front Row: Mary Emerson, Jill Tegtmeier, Jodi Wolters. Back Row: Stephanie Steenbock, Steve Young, Summer Ruckman, Michael Burgess. PUERTO Rico BAILA FOLKLORIC DANCE GROUP Front Row: Arleen Daiges, Salvador Oreamuno, Sara Saunders. Back Row: Blanca Portillo, Deidre Corona. RESIDENCE HALL GOVERNING BOARD- SAUNA Front Row: Mark Stieger, Lonnie Burk, Ben Mace. Back Row: Matt Massey, Mike Reilly, Matt Wagner, Robert Busse, Kristina Truhe. 2 1 6 -Entomology Club-

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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

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1 ' ' + ' Making sure his project is com- plete, David Levin, graduate student in ento- mology, adds an- other insect to his collection. The Entomology Club used the in- sect collections as fund raisers and sold them for $30 to high schools. The money raised was used to sponsor guest speakers and picnics. (Photo by Shane Keyser) A member of the Entomology Club identifies and places one of the insects into his collec- tion tray. The club had about 15 members, all of whom were graduate stu- dents. Each member was re- sponsible for col- lecting the bugs and making them part of their collections to sell to high school FFA stu- dents and chap- ters. They had to have 66 different insects from sev- eral different ar- eas in Kansas. (Photo by Shane Keyser) insects (continued from page 215) knows what insects we use for the collections, Rider said. So if you ' re out and you happen to see a couple of specimens that we can use, then catch them and bring them in. After insects were gathered, free food motivated club members to organize their collections. Our incentive t o get people involved is a pizza party, Rider said. We have a pizza party and people show up and pin bugs. The Entomology Club began selling the collections to high schools about 10 years ago. Collections cost about $30 each, and the Entomology Club generated between $800 and $900 a year from the sales, Rider said. The fundraising efforts paid off when the club spon- sored a speaker and a picnic for club members, Rider said. Anyone on campus is welcome to come see the speaker but typically just the entomology students at- tend, Rider said. We try to bring in someone who has a general interest in entomology so that when he comes in and talks to our group no one gets upset because he specializes. -Entomology Club- 2 I