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

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For the finale of his comedy show, judson Laipply, comedian, dances to Michael Jackson ' s Thriller He spoke and danced as a part of his act. Inspirational Comedy. The dance is hilarious, absolutely great. Mark Caywood. freshman in history, said. judson laipply ' s playlist Name Artist Year Hi)und Dog Elvis Presley ] ' .i53 The Twist Chubby Checker 1960 Staxin ' Alive The Bee Gees 1477 Y.M.C.A. The Village People 1978 Rung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas 1974 Keep On The Brady Bunch 1972 CIreased Lighcmn ' lohn Travolta 1978 You Shook Me All Night Long AC DC 1980 Billicjcan Michael Jackson 1983 Thriller Michael Jackson 1984 Ooiiipa Loonipa The Oompa Loonipas 1971 Mr. Roboto Styx 1983 Break Dance West Street Mob 1 )S3 Walk Like An Eg ' ptian The Bangles 1986 The Chicken Dance Bob Karnes V ' )2 Mony Mony Billy Idol 1987 Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice l ' )9() U Can ' t Touch This MC Hammer 1990 Love Shack B-52 ' s 1989 Apache (Jump on it) The Sugarhill Gang 1981 Jump Around House of Pain |,,,)2 Baby Got Back Sir Mix-A-Lot 1992 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 19 ' K, What Is Love Haddaway 1993 Cotton Eye Joe Rednex l ' )94 Macarena Los Del Rio 1995 Bye Bye Bye N ' Sync 2tiii() Lose Yourself Eminem 2002 Hey Ya! Outkast 2003 Dirt Off Your Shoulder Jay-Z 2003 Evolution of Dance 19

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urlON dance inspires laughter, change By Caitlin Burns Students gathered m the K-$tate Student Union April 2 to hsten tojudson Laipply ' s Inspirational Comedy. Many students had seen Laipply ' s The Evolution of IDance video on YouTube.coni, whieh was a part of his program. The dance, representative of changing music, was a metaphor for lite, he said. Everything m your life is there because of the choices you make, Laipply said. You ' re changing who you are every moment of the day. Life is change. Throughout the performance, he discussed other topics including drinking, relationships with fimily and h-iends. coping with change, the addiction to Faccbo(.)k. coin and what he thinks are the t o truths m life. There are two truths in this world, Laipply said. There are things you can control, and there are things you can ' t. He made jokes about the importance of laughter. He said that people like to laugh, and it does not matter what kind of laugh they have. The one thing everyone had in common was that the - ended their At Judson Larppl ' s inspirational comedy show students play a game called Fastest Finger Count Caitlin Burns. Union Program Council co-arts chair and sophomore in fine arts, said they wanted him to perform because he was so popular Our goal was to make it free so more people could come. she said- laugh With a sigh and a smile. Laipply said the average child laughs between 20(1-30(1 times a day, while adult laugh closer to 10 times. The dance was my fa -orite part, Mark Ca ' vood, freshman in history, said. It was absolutely hilarious. Laipply performed an extended version of his dance, which included C:i-ank that (Soulja Boy) by Soulja Boy Tell Em and music from Shakira. It was cool that he added 30 sect)iids to the dance, ' said Hannah McSpadden, Union Program Council co-arts chair and sophomore in agribusiness. I don ' t think he ' s done that at other schools. The program was sponsored by Lateiie Health Center, Student Health Advisory Committee, Sexual Health Awareness Peer Education, Phi Delta Theta, UPC and Leadership Studies and Programs. Chie ot our main goals was to make it tree so more people could come, McSpadden said. There was a good turnout tonight. There were people even standing against the walls. 18 Student Life

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June 11, tornado sirens alerted Manhattan at 10:30 p.m., televisions flickered, power outages occurred, sirens continued, wind and rain became toward campus. The tornado first touched down near the Manhattan Regional Airport, then hit Miller Ranch, torrential and then all was quiet. The wind died, the the Waters True Value Hardware on Seth Child sirens stopped and the radio announced a tornado ' ;iit the south side of town and was moving Road, residential areas on West Anderson Avenue, and did $28 million in damage to campus before it 20 Student Life