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

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Jake Kruge, senior in mass communication, reads Mad Libs made up by parcipants at the Oct. 8 interactive poetry reading at Java Espresso and Bakery. The Mad Libs were one of the activities audience members contributed to during the reading. Participants were also given sheets of paper with random words and were allotted three minutes to form a poem to read aloud. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) Reading his poem titled We Are the Worms That Feed, Raymond Paul, Manhattan resident, portrays the emotional content of his poem. Paul shared several of his original poems Oct. 8. He pulled the poems, typed on loose-leaf paper, out of a notebook. The Union Program Council Arts Committee chose Interactive Poetry for the evening ' s theme. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) Latte Lyrics Interactive Poetry Mad Libs These Mad Libs were created at the Oct. 8 reading. Audience members provided italicized words. Don ' t browse for me dorm room, The truth is I never puked you, All through my wild zipper, My mad coffee I kept my promise,don ' t keep your stirrup. - Original verse taken from Evita ' s Don ' t Cry for Me Argentina To kiss or not to kiss,That is the dog: Whether ' tis enormous in the podium to write- The peoples and horsies of outrageous cars, Or to take tables against a doorknob of cameras, And by swinging, end them. To kiss: To kiss; No more; and by a kiss to say we end. The touch and the 17 natural tentacles That foot is heir to, ' tis a consummation Lovingly to be wished. To kiss, to kiss; To kiss: perchance to frolick: aye there ' s the cactus. -Original text taken from Shakespeare ' s Hamlet 19 poetry readings

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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

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ARMED WITH SLEEPING BAGS, LAWN CHAIRS, ID CARDS AND A LOVE OF FOOTBALL, STUDENTS CAMP OUT IN ANTICIPATION OF PRIZED TICKETS PIGSKIN PANIC One of the most anticipated football seasons in K-State history quickly turned into a nightmare for hundreds of students before the team even played its first game. Groans filled Bramlage Coliseum at 12:45 p.m., Aug. 29, when Steve Stewman, junior in fine arts, purchased the final sheet of student season tickets and strolled into the coliseum parking lot after waiting six hours. He originally planned to buy tickets for himself and his roommate, but when he was told there was only one ticket left, he took it for himself. I feel bad for my roommate, but I feel lucky, Stewman said. I ' m just hoping to be discrete until everyone is gone. Stewman was fortunate. While Stewman and 8,828 others left Bramlage with cheers of KSU Stadium already ringing in their ears, ticketless students wandered away with bitter memories. This system does not work, Mike Borgelt, junior in theater, said. There ' s got to be a better way. The ticket craze began Aug. 27 at 4:30 p.m. when the first group of students set up camp to secure their place in line. Throughout the course of the night, students trickled into the parking lot, and sleeping bags, coolers and Pizza Shuttle boxes began to dot the sidewalk leading to the Bramlage ticket office. More than 4,700 students from all grade classifications purchased the $160 combination football and basketball season tickets on Aug. 28. The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics said those students supporting both the football and basketball programs should have first priority when buying tickets. After that, priority for the $98 football tickets was based only on class standing. Athletic Director Max Urick said he knew it was impossible to keep every student happy with the new ticket system. With ticket demand growing to an all-time high, Urick reasoned, seniors have been here for four or five years, so obviously they should get first opportunity. When deciding upon a new system, Urick said the athletic department took many factors into consideration. Department officials asked for input from Student Governing Association, the ICAT board and students. They also read critiques from the previous year to determine what students said worked and what didn ' t work. By daybreak on Aug. 29, the second day of ticket sales, a line of anxious seniors spanned to Kimball Avenue and began to wind its way into the Vanier Football Complex parking lot. The crowd slowly moved toward the doors of Bramlage, awaiting an opportunity to buy just football season tickets. Juniors followed seniors at 10 a.m. to buy what was left of the coveted tickets. continued on Page 22 BY ROYAL PURPLE STAFF student life