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

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by Stephanie Mikuls Students llooded through the doors, covering the entire second floor of the librory, while more students ot the buck ofthe throng pushed to Iget inside. On Moy l2, hundreds of students ghothered outsi e Hole ot l p.m. to tuke on unusuol study breok-ond to toke ole on by storm. Students who had been studying upstairs leaned over the banisters and watched the chaos below. A speaker system had been set up, and an 18-minute song played a nonstop mix of techno that ended with the Wabash and the K-State fight song. Although the music was difficult to hear over the roar of the crowd, the repetitive chant of K-S-Ui' was loud and unmistakably heard by anyone near Hale. U1 made a Facebook group for it on a Mondayfi Timmy Specht, senior, said. 1 invited all my friends at K-State which was about 150. I just said invite your friends and did a little description of what we were going to do. I created the group at about midnight, and by 1 or 2 a.m. there were between 600 to 1000 confirmed people already. Facebook exploded the eventf' Campuses nationwide participated in similar spontaneous raves that had required the police to disassemble, sometimes resulting in the arrest or injury of students. With the expected attendance, Specht thought it might be best to inform the authorities of the upcoming library rave. The library was already aware of the rave, and appreciated the contact from Specht. 'lWe were aware of raves that had taken place without incident in other libraries, and we based our response, in part, on their experiencesf Lori Goetsch, dean of K-State Libraries, said. 'iAlso, since the rave was for a limited time, we decided that the disruption was tolerable. Although students danced on tables that had computers on them and pushed through the metal detectors at the entrance, little damage was done to the library. l'One of those green signs that hangs from the ceiling got unhooked while someone was crowd surfing, Specht said. Another student grabbed it and returned it to the help desk. One of the librarians that keeps a blog on the KSU website said they were going to replace those green signs anyways, so it was finef, The rave at Hale was covered by local media stations as well as Topeka's WIBW and KCTV5 and KMBC out of Kansas City. A few days later, footage of the rave also appeared on CNN during Morning Express with Robin Meade. The rave at Hale Library was probably one of the coolest things that I have ever seen, Pete Smith, freshman in construction science, said. uit was amazing how the majority of campus came together for such an event. It was one gigantic party that consisted of glow sticks, drunk people, boom boxes, and a huge line. Not every college campus can say that they have raved at their library. One word-EPIC.', 131

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