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

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Durex; a swing wry Chris Van Tyle, senior in agriculture education, Is Any Leek, K-State arena, Sept 22 at Longhorn ' s in Aggleville. The crowd generally dean:id the dance fleecier more copenenced swingers. Van Tyle taught a swag dance class to senior citizens at St Isidore ' s University Chapel. (Photo by Steven Dearinged Longhorn ' s sponsored Lades ' Night every Wednesday. Waugh the bar typical, payed country music, the music on Ladies ' Night ranged from rap and canny to hip hop and ening. (Pinto by Steven Crearrnged Most popular drinks bought on Ladies ' Nights. • DRINK: Strawberry WHATS IN IT: strawbe Irish Creme. frozen PRICE: $1.50 Kicker ' s DRINK: Bud Light bottle WHATS IN R: beer PRICE: $1.50 maretto Sour S IN IT: amaretto, nge juice PRICE: $2.50 Longhorn ' s DRINK: Captain Morgan WHATS IN IT: tun, Coke PRICE: $2.75 ladies ' night 15

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a night out ON THE Female students had weekly opportunities to take advantage of free cover charges, lower-priced drink specials at four Manhattan bars. BY JENNIFER BIEBER The line moved slowly while patrons waited patiently to file inside. The music poured onto the street, calling the dancers to the dance floor. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening women in Manhattan ventured out for Ladies Night Bars offered Ladies ' Nights on different nights. Ladies could get into Longhorn ' s, Porter ' s, Silverado ' s and Kicker ' s on the designated Ladies Nights without a cover charge. Matt Church, Longhorn ' s manager, said besides game days, Wednesday nights were their busiest time. ' Them were a wide variety of people who attended Ladies Night, Church said. They ranged from college students to Fort Riley residents, cowboys and girls to greek-affiliated persons. Melissa Goering, freshman in business administration, went to Longhorn ' s with her friend Selina Cammer, sophomore in agribusiness. Ladies ' Night on Wednesday is good because it gives you a break from classes, school and everything. And it ' s free, Goering said. Derec Yakel, Longhorn ' s bouncer and junior in agriculture technology management, spent most of his time working the door and surveying the crowd for problems. The best thing about Longhorn ' s is that everyone is friendly, and it is a laid-back atmosphere, Yakel said. 1 have just as much fun, if not more, at Longhorn ' s than at any bar in Aggieville. The people who came to Longhorn ' s usually became regulars and in many cases, Yakel ' s friends. I have made more friends here than anywhere else. Yakel said. Everyone will always say continued on page IS 14 student life

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continued from page 141 ' 0 W N Silverado ' s had the largest dance floor in Manhattan, Greg Gilman, Silverado ' s manager, said. He said the 1,000 square-foot floor helped draw in a large crowd on Thursday nights. Silverado ' s wide variety of music attracted more than the typical Wrangler-wearing crowd, he said. Wednesday and Saturday, Silverado ' s biggest nights, drew a large crowd due to the atmosphere, Gilman said. To pick up business on Thursday, one of their slower nights, they added Ladies ' Night. Bars ran ads for their Ladies ' Nights, which included drink specials. 1 heard about Ladies ' Night at Longhorn ' s from a friend of mine as well as from the adverts ' ements, Goering said. Ladies ' Night is a good way to draw in a crowd. Cammer had heard about Ladies ' Night through her friends. Their influ ence aided her decision to attend. I usually go out on Wednesday night, unless I have a test the next day, Cammer said. 1 usually meet up with my friends at Longhom ' s, when I am looking for something to do. Ely Sprenide, bartender at Kicker ' s, said Fridays crowd at Ladies ' Night varied with the time of day. He said an older crowd usually attended during the day, and as the night progressed the crowd tended to be younger. We chose Friday because we figured that if a groupof people came in on Friday and liked what they saw, then they would come back for more on Saturday, Spenkle said. We also offer swing lessons on Tuesday nights, to draw in the crowd. Dan Wallace, Porter ' s manager said their Ladies ' Night, catered to ladies who already went out on Wednesdays. ' We just recently started having Ladies ' Night and so far it has been pretty successful, Wallace said. There has only been a slight increase in attendance, but people seem to enjoy the martini atmosphere. Porter ' s has a classy feel about it, like bars in Kansas City. Seine Cars sophomore in agribusiness. talks with Melina Goering. freshman El business administration, at Longhorn ' s. Cammer said she went out three to four times a week, but only attended Ladies ' Night at LonghornS. ' I go out to meet people and get away from the dorms: she said. Photo try Steven Deadnger) 16 student life