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

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According to Ray. the game calls for agility and coordination and is now being used in other sports as a warm-up exercise. We like to warm-up with a game of Hacky Sack before we play Ultimate. David Zentz, senior in marketing, said. It loosens up the muscles and puts you In better condition to play. Developed in 1968 by Joel Silver and Buzzy Hellring, of New Jersey, Ultimate is a Frisbee sport that requires running as well as catching and throwing skills. At K-State students get together for a friendly game only to discover that the pain of twisting limbs is overlooked in the midst of competition. The game can get pretty intense at times. laughed Mark Styles, senior in biology. It ' s a lot like soccer or basketball in that it can be real hard on the body. Members of the K-State Flying Disc Liberation Army are well acquainted with sore joints and even occasional knee surgery, but despite these, they continue to support their sport. According to Zentz, the club started informally with friends calling each other to start a game when they had free time. After being kicked off their playing field at the Old Stadium, however, they decided to become affiliated with the University. We used to play on the field where the band practiced. but we got kicked off that too, Zentz said. Now that the club is registered with the University, it is allowed to play by checking out the stadium for a certain amount of time. We don ' t get to play that often, so when we manage to find time when all of us aren ' t busy we go for a game, he said. In a typical game of Ultimate, the object is to gain points by scoring goals. It is similiar to football because it is played on a field that Is approximately the same size, but no contact is allowed. The frisbee may only be passed, and a goal is scored when a player successfully passes the disc to a teammate in the end zone which that team is attacking. With seven members on each team all scrambling to gain control of the same object, play becomes fast and furious. It ' s like any other game, how good you are depends on how much you play. It takes practice, Zentz said. While the KState members play primarily for enjoyment, they also enter tournaments and competitions with teams from other areas. It ' s a lot more involved than you would think. Styles said. The half dozen teams that qualify for nationals are very serious about their game. Each team t rys to psych out the opposing team by developing Interesting defensive and offensive strategies, he said. Styles played Ultimate when he lived in California and found enthusiasts to be even more zealous there. It ' s amazing, for some guys it ' s like a job. People get to the point where they really devote a lot of time and energy to It, he said. When members of the K-State club travel to tournaments the money must come from their own pockets. Entry fees for e ach team can be anywhere from 330 to S50 and if many teams are represented, Incentive Increases accordingly. Styles said. We recently went to Springfield. Mo., for an Invitational, Styles said. We weren ' t taking things seriously — just going mainly to have some fun but we made $225. For Frisbee enthusiasts more interested in developing the individual aspect of the sport, there is Frisbee golf. According to Styles this is one of the highest paying Frisbee sports because there is a professional disc golf association. A 14-hole golf course is located on the K-State campus but players are careful to play when it isn ' t crowded with students going to class. We made a map of the course for Rec service to distribute so that people would know where we were playing, Styles said. We try to stay on the edges of the campus because not too many people appreciate getting a frisbee thrown in their face. 1E21 by Sharon Riley

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Frisbee and Hacky Sack ' ultimate ' games it means different things to different people. While some may find the wrist action of tipping a cold Coors stimulating enough, ot hers devote leisure time to developing skills in games of challenge and finesse. Games that became popular on the campus are !kicky Sack, Frisbee Golf and Ultimate. Hacky Sack is played with a small leathery sack filled with beans and became popular in many residence halls. The object is simple in theory. All that is required is to keep the sack in the air by using any part of the body but the hands. In practice the game looks like a twisting torture for flying arms and legs. The game does not require any special talent, just limber people, Charlie Ray, sophomore in computer science, said. Larkin ' — Dave McNaghten. junior in archictecture shows his skill with the Hacky Sack ball. The game makes for limber limbs. as players attempt to defy gravity to keep the ball In flight. SOJII Looking for an out — Brad Loucks. senior in milling science. searches for a teammate. then sneaks the Frisbee past guard John Steeves. junior in pre-veterinary medicine during a game of Ultimate. 18 games

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The eyes have it From clutzy frames to sexy eyes ou ' ve noticed us before. We can ' t venture into Kansas wind without becoming teary-eyed and we often have blinking fits of 10.000 blinks per minute. Our eyes are always bloodshot by 10 p.m. and we can often be seen swirling our eyes in outlandish directions. We are the contact lens wearers on campus. We ' re so cool! No more covering our youthful faces with repulsive, unalluring glasses. No more flirting and making eyes through thick. clutzy lenses. Never again will we need miniature windshield wipers for our glasses in the rain. With contact lenses, the poor- sighted college student has It made. Well, almost. After initially purchasing contacts, deciding what color, type and size, and going through training sessions to learn to use them, new contact wearers are all set — except for a few minor difficulties that are never mentioned by the eye doctor. It ' s important for wearers to train themselves not to blink excessively. Over-blinking is a dead giveaway for new contacts and women will find themselves attracting unwanted attention in bars. Wearers should always be able to recall how to remove their contacts, whether it ' s after pulling an all.nighter at Seaton or returning from the two.for-one special at Kite ' s. Once the minor difficulties have been mastered, the new contact lens wearer still cannot be considered a professional wearer. He can only bec ome a true pro if he learns to handle the dilemmas that even longtime wearers unfortunately but inevitably face. Jane, typical lens wearer, fell prey to such a situation. There she was. on her first date with Rick, the fraternity man of her dreams. The dark movie theater was the idealistic setting to let her imagination run wild with fantasies about the gorgeous guy sitting beside her. The evening was progressing the way Jane wanted when halfway through the movie, disaster struck. A speck of dust plopped into her left eye and scooted under her green•tinted contact lens. Jane tried to remain calm, determined not to annoy Rick with her excruciating pain. She tried to get rid of the speck by blinking lightly, but it was persistent. She blinked harder. Soon she was sniffling, dribbling and drooling. By this time. Rick, a non lens wearer who had no idea that Jane wore contacts. couldn ' t decide if she was some sort of weirdo or if she was drooling over him. Finally, the speck was out. Jane desperately tried to regain her composure, but it was difficult. She was left with a flushed face, bright red eyes, matted eyelashes. dripping mascara and a runny nose. For some reason when Jane bumped into Rick in Aggieville the next night, he couldn ' t seem to remember who she was. Ernie also suffered through a situation only a pro could handle. He was sprawled out in his chair in psychology lecture, his last class on Monday afternoon. Totally bummed out after a wild weekend, Ernie was having trouble staying awake. When he closed his eyes Ernie felt an itchy sensation from his contacts, but he was too tired to worry about it and fell sleep. He was awakened by the sound of moving students. He assumed they were leaving class. He couldn ' t tell for sure because his eyes were dryed up and his eyelids stuck together. Ernie managed to wrench his eyelids apart but normal sight was still impossible since there was a hazey film covering each contact. With eyes burning. Ernie stu mbled out into a stinging Kansas wind. His ten minute walk back to the dorm seemed like an eternity. Jane and Ernie are not alone. I ' ve had My own share of experiences with contacts. I made my Art History class a lot more interesting one afternoon. We were in the middle of an exam when I took time out to whip my head around and give the cute guy behind me the eye and my contact popped out. I whispered urgently to everyone in my surrounding area not to move. I was crouched down, frantically searching. when a guy two rows down whispered too loudly that he found my contact. What could I do when I, along with three hundred other students, heard him scraping my contact along the floor as he tried to dig his nails under it to pick it up? Despite never-ending predicaments, most wearers wouldn ' t give up their contact lenses. Look for us on campus. Whether on hands and knees in the Union looking for another lost contact or walking through campus with tears streaming down our faces from a strong wind, we ' ll brighten up your day with a good laugh. WO by Beth Bowen Right on target — Doug Allen. senior in milling science. puts in his contact tens. Contacts are purchased to improve eyesight. but also for social reasons. Complicated accessories — Part of wearing contact lenses is learning to use solutions and machines for both hard and soft lenses. 20 contacts