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

Chemical Engineering Front row: Walter Walawender. Mary Rezac, Keith Hohn, Back row: Larry Glasgow. Jim Edgar, Pete Pfromm, John Scfilup. Jennifer Anthony, LT. Fan, Larry Enckson. Civil Engineerin, Front row: Ham Melhem, Steve Stairett, Dunja PerJc, Yacoub Najjar, Lahshmi Reddi, Robert W. Stokes. Back row: Alok Bhandari, Alexander Mathews, Stefan Romanoschi, David Steward, Asad Esmaeily, A.SM Mustaque Hossain, Sunanda Dissanayake. Hayder f?asheed- Diagnostic Medicine Front row: Roman Ganta, Gordon Andrews, T. Annelise Nguyen. Donald Robertson. M.M. Chengappa, John A. Pickrell. Back row: Kristin Palton. Steven Stockham, Shafiqul Chowdhury, Jerome Nielfeld, Manuel Moro. Kyeong Chang, Sanjay Kapil, Sanjeev Narayanan, Brad De Groot, Gary Anderson, David Renter, Steve Dritz, Derek Mosier, 120academics alum debuts NOVEL by Jaci Boydston After the October debut of his sophomore novel, " You Only Live Once, " Adam Catlin, communications specialist for the K-State Police Department, said he hoped to become the voice of a state underrepresented in modern literature. " I ' d like to be a Kansas-based author because I think Kansas is a very neglected source of storytelling for any kind of writer, " Catlin said. " I think I stand a pretty good shot of being able to tell those stories in the future. " " You Only Live Once " was set in Conway Springs, Kan., a small town southwest of Wichita. Catlin ' s first novel, " Until August, " took place in Cowley, Butler, Sumner and Chautauqua counties. Through his writing, Catlin hoped to accentuate parts of Kansas life he Catlin ' s novels " You Only Live Once " and " Until August " were published August 2005 and December 2004, respectively. " Aside from my experiences in Wichita, I ' ve always lived in a small town, " Catlin said. " There ' s a sense of Norman Rockwell Americana - the people who go everywhere and don ' t lock their doors because they know everyone. " Steven Doll Local author Adam Catlin published his second novel in August, The Sedan, Kan.-native shared part of Kansas with readers in his two books about small-town life. " I get e-mails from people now, and I ' ve had fan letters, " Catlin said. " It ' s always been weird thinking that there are people out there who I ' ve never met reading something I ' ve written. " Steven Doll i