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

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OU defeats ' Cats, but PURPLE PRIDE Prevails For a university with a bleak football history experiencing another losing season, Homecoming provided K-Staters the opportunity to display their dormant school spirit. For many people, both students and alumni, Homecoming was the peak experience they had in school spirit during the fall. The strong spirit during Homecoming surfaced on Friday of Homecoming week in the Union Courtyard for the finals of the spirit competition. Several hundred spectators and participants cheered the various teams vying for the overall spirit award. Cheers echoed from every corner of the Union when Kevin Knaus, senior in journalism and mass communications and master of ceremonies for the competition, announced the individual team winners. The crowd was really enthusiastic, Knaus said. Everybody really got into the activities and made my job a lot of fun. The overall winner of the spirit competition in the residence hall category was Putnam Hall. In the living group category the winners were Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Delta Theta. Individual team competition winners were Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon in the body-building event. Winners of the yell-like-hell event were the team of Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Upsilon and Theta Xi. Those who came to the Homecoming football game against the University of Oklahoma did not get to see K-State victorious — the Sooners pounded the ' Cats, 41-6 — but they did experience the exuberence of cheering fans involved in the excitement of the event on a stunningly clear fall afternoon. Nobody will remember 10 years from now that Oklahoma beat us, but maybe some will remember a beautiful fall day and a wonderful Homecoming that was a very special event, said Lori Shellenberger, sophomore in history, political science and modern languages. Shellenberger and Terry Hallauer, junior in marketing, were named the new K-State Ambassadors during halftime. Centering attention on the spirit of the event was indicative of how most students and alumni remembered Homecoming. We couldn ' t have cared less about who won the game — that ' s not what we celebrated Homecoming for. Homecoming was a time that really brought the University together. For once, everybody got involved, William Janner, Class of ' 79, said. Homecoming is a great way to get everybody involved in school spirit, especially since the football team is not doing well, Connie Ensley, sophomore in marketing, said. I like Homecoming because we seem to be losing school spirit, and Homecoming brought us closer together. I think people like the deep-seated, grass-roots feeling of Homecoming. Most people had a traditional homecoming in high school, and it brings back lots of memories, Sheila Farrel, junior in pre-medicine, said. It ' s great that a school this size can have this great spirit, said Kim Willis, sophomore in elementary education. Homecoming really brings out the students ' spirit. — J. Scott Bolt Hoping the rest of the mount holds up while attempting to reach the final heights of the body building competition is Alpha Chi Omega member, Kristi Broadfoot. Karl Long and Ron Stillwagon hold up Kristi while Anne Wiley and Amy Wise sit on the shoulders of Mike Querry and Tom DonateII. (Photo by Jim Dietz) Strong winds blow sparks and embers from the Homecoming bonfire in Memorial Stadium as members of Blue Key attempt to keep the blaze under control. (Photo by Jim Dietz)

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