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Art Graduation: a rite of passage some students find unnecessary Just another ceremony in your life — Pomp and Circumstance, caps and gowns and speeches. You ' ve been through it all before. Some of your classmates aren ' t even going to bother with it. They are going to pack their belongings, leave K-State and wait for their di- plomas to arrive in the mail and make those four or five years of classes official. They don ' t want a formal good- bye from K-State, the place they called home and where they at- tempted — and, in some cases, suc- ceeded — in finding themselves. To one graduate it was just an- other ceremony. Since I was planning to attend graduate school at K-State, I knew I ' d be returning in the fall. So I really didn ' t feel like I was graduating. But I went through the cere- mony for my parents. It gave them such a thrill to watch their first col- lege graduate march in the stadium with hundreds of other students dressed in caps and gowns. My mother took dozens of pic- tures, too. She actually recognized me in that mass of graduates. And the evening ceremony, only one hour long, was shorter than in previous years. The masters and doctoral de- grees were awarded in an afternoon ceremony, saving the evening for bachelor degrees. I guess I would have gone through the ceremony anyway even if my parents wouldn ' t have wanted me to — just to satisfy my curiosity. And I ' m glad I did, be- cause it was a lovely evening, one graduate said. The procedure is simple. Buy your cap and gown in the Union, show up for practice in the stadium, be present at the formal ceremonies, and you ' ve made it — you ' re a col- lege graduate. Graduation .)5
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Derby Day: a sexist ' s dream Green grass, bright sun, mud holes, torn shirts, Wallace Village, women ' s liberation, $200, a party and a trophy were all part of the 17th annual Sigma Chi Derby Day in Manhattan City Park during the spring of 1973. To some, Derby Day is the Greeks answer to Spring Fling; to the women ' s liberation movement it is a perfect example of male chau- vinism. But to many, it is a chance to break the monotony of studying and enjoy spring with friends. Sigma Chi sponsors the annual event, and the participants are girls organized in teams by their living groups. The groups are usually from sorority houses, but dormitory resi- dents are invited to participate also. They are competing for the three-foot Derby Day traveling tro- phy which is given each year to the house which has accumulated the most points from the various events such as Derby Steal, Dec-A-Sig, Do- Nut Dash, Butterfingers, Limbo and Zip and Strip. This year prior to the weekend games, a benefit party netted $200 in beer and ticket sales for Wallace Vil- lage, a center in Colorado for the treatment of children with minimal brain dysfunction. The events started Friday after- noon with Derby Steal. On one side of the street, about 200 girls waited in the park for the Sigma Chis who were lined up in front of the Sigma Chi house wearing brightly-colored derbies. Finally the guys ran into the crowd of girls, who in response start- ed grabbing and tackling them to get the hats. The group who had col- lected the most ha ts won the competion. On Saturday the weather had turned considerably colder but en- thusiasm and spirit were still in the air. Rooters from sororities, fraterni- ties and dormitories were bundled up on the sidelines with banners for the team they were backing. The events started with the Do- Nut Dash which could best be de- scribed as an inner tube race. Another event, Zip and Strip, received fire from womens libera- tion supporters because they viewed the event as a means of exploiting women. The girls ran across the field to the sleeping bags where they changed into a different set of clothes as quickly as possible. When the games were over, the points were tallied and the Gamma Phi Betas lugged away the trophy. Delta Delta Delta placed second and the Delta Zetas won third. 16 — Derby Day
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