Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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The band entertained the crowd with the favorite Heartbeat City tfrom The Cara, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) Carol Beckman, Grinnell sophomore; Jill Harlow, Lincoln sophomore; and Jeanine Kaufman, Kingman sophomore, enjoy a warm September afternoon and the five music at Wheatstock. (photo by Steve Rasmussen) Wheatstock - 75

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A member of the rock band The Clique slnqs to a crowd of 150 students at the annual Wheatstock celebration. The event was sponsored by the Memorial Union Activities Board, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) Attendance was down at this year’s Wheatstock festival -- many students felt it was due to a lack of Suds J T Zheatstock, Fort Hays State ' s own l t version of the ' 60s rock festival Woodstock, came and went without much notice. The annual event was held Sept. 27 behind FHSU President Gerald Tomanek ' s house. The rock band The Clique performed for an audience of no larger than 150 the entire afternoon. For the first time ever beer was not offered at Wheatstock, due to the new cereal malt beverage policy which forbids the sale of alcohol at campus events. This was seen by those in attendance as the reason the crowd was so small. It’s a beautiful day and a great band. It ' s too bad so few are enjoying the afternoon because of the lack of beer, Jim Costigan, music committee chairman for the Memorial Union Activities Board, said. Larry Haliiday, Great Bend sophomore, said, Of course it ' s because there ' s no beer. Most of the people here are members of MUAB, or from local bands checking out The Clique. Without the beer the band is not enough of an attraction. Steve Nachtigal, Haven senior, said, I don ' t drink beer, so I don’t even notice it missing. I came for the music and the warm day. by barren mcguire A member of the band The Clique slnqs to a smaller than normal crowd at the annual Wheatstock celebration, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) 14 Wheatstock

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Stricter drinking laws put a damper on Hays ' traditional Oktoberfest Celebration Leo and Vlota Dorzwelier, Catherine, en- tertained the crowd at Ok- toberfest with a taste of Ger- man dancing, (photo by Monty Davis) t was a day for beer, bratworst and bierocks. Cold, gusty Kansas winds and a visit from Alcoholic Beverage Control Officers did not have a visible effect on Hays ' 13th annual Oktoberfest After- Harvest Festival, held Oct. 4 at Frontier Park. Over 22,000 people attended the traditional celebration of Ellis County ' s Volga German heritage, which opened Fort Hays State’s homecoming weekend. The Oktoberfest began as a German harvest festival and Thanksgiving rolled into one. The Hays Oktoberfest is the oldest in the state. FHSU students are traditionally excused from classes on this day to attend the event and experience a bit of German culture. Perhaps symbolic of a trend toward stricter drinking laws across the country, 10 FHSU students and two other area residents were arrested for violating cereal malt beverage laws. We had someone go into a liquor store for us, one FHSU female freshman, who did not wish to be identified, said. When we got done, he turned right and we turned left. A car we had never seen before followed us, and pulled us over right in front of the courthousel They took us in and wrote us tickets, she said. Later we found out the tickets weren ' t justifiable because there was no warrant. They issued one and we appeared in court. We had to pay a $25 fine and $80 in court costs She and eight others were arrested for possession of an alcohol liquor. It was scary - - they treated us tike real criminals. We were fingerprinted and everything! Three campus organizations who previously sold beer at Oktoberfest in years past were also affected by stricter drinking laws. A new university policy which went into effect Aug. 1 states that campus organizations may not use organizational funds to purchase beer off- campus. Marketing Club president Jim Groth said the beer policy prevented the organization from selling beer at Oktoberfest, as they have done in year ' s past, because when they found out they couldn ' t sell beer they really didn ' t have time to work up something else. We usually take in about $300 from Oktoberfest. Groth said the group would try to make up the lost funds with money-making projects throughout the year. In addition, this year the group would not be able to hold another annual fund raiser - the Marketing Club Beer Bash. Two other groups. Rodeo Club and Block and Bridle, were also not able to have booths this year because they were not able to carry out their plans to sell beer. Gary Lanier, Lewis senior, came to Oktoberfest to drink beer, eat German food, and socialize. There weren ' t as many people there this year due to the drinking laws, Lanier said. I fee! that this excludes underclassmen and younger people and kills the spirit of the whole event. Beer is part of the German heritage, and they are excluding part of that culture. It’s going to get worse every year since the drinking age is being raised. It would be different if it were any other kind of party. But this is like having a Russian culture party without cavier and vodka, he said. This year ' s festival was the third 16 - Oktoberfest