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

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TAU SIGMA DELTA Architecture Design Honor Society Front Row: Grace Wallace, Mark Latham, Chris- topher Metz, Rebecca Gcist. Second Row: Jodi Dreiling, Kara Kofford- Vincent, Dwayne Oyler, Michael Stornello, John Nickel, Nathan Howe. Back Row: Mick Charney, Justin Graham, Patrick Beaton, David Rienstra Jr., Jeffrey Schutzler. UNION GOVERNING BOARD Front Row: Melissa Hurtig, Meredith Mein, Angie Riggs, Sarah Hadley, Barb Pritzer. Second Row: Jack Sills, Matthew Jones, Don Foster, Bernard Pitts. Back Row: Richard Coleman, Amanda Evins, Jack Connaughton, DougRegehr. UNITED METHODISTS MINISTRY CROUP Front Row: Carey Sterrett, Erin Sell, Christy Cauble, Jennifer Collins, Janelle Dobbins, Rev. Cindy Meyer. Second Row: Aaron Rice, Amy Sell, Andrea Roth, Ed Flora, J.R. Glenn, Megan LaRue. Back Row: Adam Smith, David Hendricks, Dustin Petz, Chris Smith, Luke Naylor, Shelly Cox. UPC Executive Committee Front Row: Erin Parkinson, Angie Riggs, Me- lissa Burgess, Matt Jones. Back Row: Patrick Carney, Nikka Hellman, Sarah Hadley, John Sandlin, Tim Henderson. VAN ZIIE HAIL GOVERNING BOARD Front Row: Sheila Balaun, Michelle Bachamp, Candace Baldwin. Second Row: Kristen Roth, Rinav Mehta, Corissa Weeks, Brian Uphoff, Sam Eichelberger. Back Row: John Schmoll, Dustin Springer, Chad Weinand. 226-KSDB-FM

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Maggie Otvos, senior in theater, holds a cigarette while talking on the air during KSDB-FM 91.9 ' s A Purple Affair live remote at Dara ' s Fast Lane across from Goodnow Hall. Live remote seg- ments were a new addition to the call-in radio talk show but finding a place for the remote was often diffi- cult because of its 10 to 1 1 p.m. time slot. (Photo by Darren Whitley) purple by trina holmes iscussions ranging from penis enlargements to cam- pus issues compelled students to turn off their televisions and tune into A Purple Affair, the call-in radio talk show on KSDB-FM 91. 9. Richard Allen, promotion director for A Purple Affair and sophomore in theater, said he tried to attract special guests for the show around the holidays. We get our guests locally, as well as from all over, he said. If there ' s a minor holiday coming up, we usually go for a national guest, but if it ' s a major holiday, we try to stay local. The show had changed during the three years it had been on the air, Allen said. It didn ' t start out being four days a week, he said. Now it runs Monday through Thursday, and the topics we have are more interesting. We have live remotes and underwriters. The live-remote segment of the show was a new addition. Heidi Evert, member of the live-remote crew and senior in mass communications, said sometimes it was difficult to find places to do the live remotes. We ' re kind of limited because the show ' s from 10 to 1 1 p.m. and it ' s hard to find places that are open or willing to open, she said. We went to Rad-A-Tat Tattoo once. They ' re not normally open that late, but they stayed open and Maggie (Otvos) got a tattoo over the air. Evert said she and Otvos, senior in theater, rode the bull at Silverado Saloon and sang karaoke at The Flash- back Lounge over the air. She said the live-remote portion of the show was well received. For a week during (fall semester) finals, we didn ' t do the live remote, Evert said. A guy called in and wanted to make sure that we were going to do the live remote again the next semester. He said that we were the only reason he listened to the show. Jason Dechant, show co-host and junior in political science, said A Purple Affair had improved through- out the year. It ' s developed a lot since the beginning of the school year, he said. People have started to work better together. We ' ve gotten more consistent. Dechant said he hoped the show would receive a different time slot in the future. Next year, I want to get a new time for the show, 5 to 6 p.m., and take it to five days a week, he said. The 10 to 1 1 p.m. time slot doesn ' t offer us the opportunity (continued on page 227) -KSDB-FM- 225

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Live on the air, Aaron Decker, senior in radio television, addresses a caller while Jason Dechant, junior in pre- law, and Aundray Collins, sophomore in theater, wait for their chance to speak on A Purple Affair. The KSDB studios were located on the third floor of McCain Auditorium. (Photo by Darren Whitley) Collins speaks to a caller on A Purple Affair Aug. 29 as Dechant ad- justs the sound board in the KSDB-FM 91.9 studio. They had to fill in for a guest they were not able to keep on the line because of a poor phone con- nection. The show aired five nights a week from 10 to II p.m. Although the show hoped to change its time slot because of small audiences, it still managed to draw notable guests such as Fred Phelps, Topeka resident. The hosts wanted to move the show ' s time slot to 5 to 6 p.m. because more businesses were open for their live remote and more people would be able to listen. (Photo by Darren Whitley) on air (continued from page 225) 10 to 11 p.m. time slot doesn ' t offer us the opportunity that the 5 to 6 p.m. time slot would. Regardless of A Purple Affair ' s time slot, Allen said the station ' s number of listeners had steadily in- creased. We are getting more listeners than we ' ve ever had, he said. We ' ve always had a steady listenership, but it ' s really been increasing lately. Dechant said he and the show ' s other host, Aaron Decker, senior in radio television, wrote their own questions and researched and discussed possible topics for the show. Aaron Decker and I have developed a chemistry throughout the year, Dechant said. We have a strong ability to work off and feed off each other in terms of creativity and the questions we ask. Looking to continue improving the student-run show, Allen said he had taken promotion by the horns. As long as I ' m around, I hope to keep making it 10 times better, he said. We get a lot of positive reactions to the show. We have a steady listenership and good hosts who deserve a lot of praise. -KSDB-FM- 227