Kansas State University - The Royal Purple Yearbook

“Eric Starens, Weston Fox, Kory Kool and Ryan Hummel, all of Manhattan, wave at their friends from the Cat Tracker bus at Purple Power Play on Poyntz. The Cat Tracker had been to every K-State football game for six years except the Aloha Bowl. The event was put on before the first home football game on Sept. 3. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) continued from Page 3 Technology that was at the last turn of the century was a part of students ' daily lives. Students had the ability to on the Internet with KATS for the first time spring semester, rather than walking to Willard Hall and waiting in lines. Residence hall students, along with six greek houses, could do all of that from their rooms with Ethernet connections. Students also contributed to the research from which they would benefit in the next millennium. A cure for cancer and a long-term space station were fathomable due to studies at the campus ' Cancer Research Center and BioServe Laboratories. In the Clothing Textile Department researchers investigated clothing ' s part in protection against ultraviolet rays. Students looked toward the future but built it at the same time. This was the foreword to tell of things to come. was changing. It was a step forward — fast. A license plate on the front bumper of a truck reflects the sun, projecting the Powercat image. The truck was parked in the Haymaker Hall parking lot the week before fall classes began. (Photo by Clif Palmberg.) 4 foreword ”