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

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Brenda Miller, Stockton, Marla Plante, Plalnvllle, and Kathy Barber, 1101 E. 15th, watch the chicken dance during the Oktoberfest celebration, (photo by Jim Evans) Authentic German costumes and traditions are a part of the annual German festival held In Hays on Oktoberfest weekend. {Photo by Jim Evans) Oktoberfest Lewis has attended. Several campus organizations did profit from conducting fund-raising booths at the festival. B.A.C.C.H.U.S., (which stands for Boost Alcohol Conciousness Concerning the Health of University Students), sold non-alcoholic beverages and conducted breath tests to help promote alcohol awareness. The breath analysis tests were done to show people how many beers it takes to be drunk, and was done with the help of Patty Scott, university nurse. Epsilon of Clovia members baked and sold apple dumplings for the fourth year in a row. We did really well this year, Shelly Woodruff, Ashland senior, said. We spent a week making the dumplings. Each girl had to make 32 of them. We sold out at about 1 :30 p.m. in the afternoon and made a profit of about $400. Woodruff, a transfer from Colby Community College, has attended the Hays Oktoberfest twice. It (the Oktoberfest) has good food, and it is fun to watch everybody. The younger kids were more aware of drinking than anyone else. Those of age didn ' t really care, she said. Oktoberfest is sponsored by the Volga German Society, which keeps a small percentage of the profits from each non-profit organization ' s booth. The money is used for park maintenance and security and funds a variety of projects to promote the Volga German Heritage in Ellis County. Additionally, the money funds 15 scholarships for FHSU students. by jill grant Oktoberfest - 17

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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

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Kevin White, Syracuse senior, shoots Sara Blodgett, Arlington freshman, and Pam Faubion, Salina senior, asks, Any Last Words? The float was built by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and the Della Sigma Phi fraternity, (photo by Steve Rasmussen) A covered wagon parade entry was only one of the Western ideas at the Homecoming parade with its Best in the West theme, (photo by Monty Davis) The Creative Society ' s Float won the grand prize in the Homecoming parade, (photo by Monty Davis) Peggy Ware, Longford junior, stuffs the body of the float for the Creative Arts Society, (photo by Monty Davis) Julie Walker, ElDorado senior, puts the finishing touches on the Creative Arts Society float before the parade, (photo by Monty Davia)