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

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ascended into the clouds near Moore Hall. This situation has shown me how K-Staters come together not only in times of celebration, but also In times of need, said Lydia Peele, student body president and senior in secondary education. I was amazed at how many students were willing to help The campus Greenhouse D-Conservatory. located on the northwest end of campus, was left standing after the tornado June 11 On the other side of campus, located in the ' R ' parking lot, the remains of the university ' s Wind Erosion Laboratory were scattered a cross the parking lot Shards of glass littered sidewalks and parking lots around campus from wind damage. I was pretty nervous to see what had happened (on campus}, Trisha Gott. admissions representative, said. On the newscast, the K-State cameras had cut out mid-broadcast, which meant the tornado must have been hitting K-State pretty hard. When I saw campus It was definitely shocking to see what had been damaged, but I knew K-State would clean up in in the cleanup process. I was also impressed with the tireless efforts of our facilities crew. The fact that our campus looks amazing (now) reflects the feeling of optimism. Not even a tornado can stop K-State from being a great place to be. Continued on page 22 Tornado 21

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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

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Continued from page 21 Orientation and Enrollment A closed L.inipus and ,in alternate location were not aspects of New Student Orientation and Enrollment that student leaders, administrators or advisers had m mind for the first day. I made the decision to hold our first day of orientation and enrollment (as planned) at 1:30 a.m. (June 12). Pat Bosco. vice president of student life. said. Our staff led by Emily Lehning. assistant dean of student life, coordinator of new student services, and the summer ' s orientation and enrollment student leaders, had to move mountains from about 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. We started our welcome program to SOI I new students and familv members from Kansas and around the countrv on time. It was an incredibly proud K-State moment for me to welcome more than SOI I new freshmen and their parents at 9 a.m. m Bramlage (Coliseum). Although enrollment did not take place in the K-State Student Union, Bosco said the event at Bramlage was a true representation of what President Jon Wefild had said: the storm would not shut down the universm-, and it would be back better than ever. Trisha Gott. admissions representatiw, said the location ot orientation did not matter, students still ■22 Student Li