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

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fast forward to CD-ROM Emig looks back at Correll waiting for the final command to jump. After crawling out onto the wing support, students waited for the jump master to say dot, at which time the student looked at the X taped on the wing directly above their head. While looking at the X, the student let go of the plane. Before sky diving students are allowed to jump, they must take a test covering all the information in class about parachutes, their functions and emergency procedures. The students formed a circle around a trampoline in the hangar to complete the test. 17 sky diving

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continued from Page 15 FREE FALLING the jump After new students completed the classwork and hands-on training, they were ready for their first jumps. The first jump was by static line — a strap attached to the pilot chute and the plane. As the jumper fell away from the plane, the strap started canopy deployment by pulling out the pilot chute. The pilot chute then pulled out the main canopy. This process allowed jumpers three to four seconds of freefall before the main canopy opened and slowed descent. After the canopy opened, an experienced jumper on the ground directed the students to the landing zone at Wamego City Airport via a radio installed in the students ' helmets. After the jump was completed, the jumper recieved a logbook where each jump could be recorded. With information about her first jump recorded, Emig looks over her parachute jump logbook. The logbook included information about each jump, like location, altitude, jump aircraft, date, wind conditions, jump master and notes about the jump. Emig smiles back at jump master Brian Correll, junior in mechanical engineering, while waiting for the plane to reach jump altitude. Students ' first jumps were from 3,000 feet. 16 student life

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Latte and Lyrics by Shannon Delmez Students express creativity at local coffee shop A poetry reading became interactive for the first time Oct. 8, and a full house at Java Espresso and Bakery appreciated the change. The poetry reading, sponsored by the Union Program Council Arts Committee, centered on an interactive theme to attract audience members and increase participation. We are trying to include the audience, said Bronwyn Rounds, junior in fine arts and Arts Committee chairwoman. This is a test to see if it works. The event included two Mad-Lib sessions in which participants contributed to the poem ' s words. Jake Kruge, senior in mass communications, and Rounds called out parts of speech, and audience members responded with words that sometimes brought laughter. This is going to be weird, Melina Hemphill, junior in family sciences and human services, said in response to the word tentacle. The surprise at the end was finding out the poems were the To Be or Not To Be speech from Shakespeare ' s Hamlet and the song Don ' t Cry For Me Argentina from the musical Evita. Rounds read the students ' versions of the poems as the audience laughed at the word choice. Between open-mic sessions, committee members passed out notepads, pencils and a list of random words from Magnetic Poetry — words backed with magnets used to form poems on refrigerators and other magnetic surfaces. The audience was instructed to use the words on the list and take three minutes to write an original poem. The room became quiet as the audience put pencil to paper, the only sound other than the cappuccino machine ' s distant churning. After three minutes, Rounds and Kruge invited the audience to share its work. Some poems caused the au dience to break out in laughter, while other serious poems left the group silent. These are really deep. It must be like a poetry reading or something, Kruge said, laughing. Students read poems they wrote themselves, while others read from their favorite writers. The audience responded with encouraging words after those reading took their seats. Hemphill read a poem about the random things children say. Last time they said it was going to be extemporaneous, so that ' s what the poem was about, she said, kids just rattling stuff off. The interaction helped students become acquainted with others. Brent Anders, sophomore in psychology met Rounds, his girlfriend, at the readings. He was smitten with me, she said with a grin and look in his direction. In addition to giving students an opportunity to meet new people, the poetry readings gave participants a skill they could use later in life. I think it helps people overcome their fear of speaking in front of people, Kruge said. Everyone is encouraged to come up and read or say hi, because it ' s fun. Several people shied away from reading their poems, but some made it a point to venture to the podium. It ' s a lot easier to get up when other people are making fools of themselves, too, Hemphill said. I ' m shy. This is my one chance to raise my voice. The word banks provided to audience members for spontaneous poetry and coffee cups sit on a table at Java Espresso and Bakery during a poetry reading. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) 18 student life