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

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A student expresses her attitude toward K-State and with paper buttons pinned to her shirt. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) Phil Cundari, senior in interior design, and Gary White, senior in park resources chant and yell behind President Jon Wefald ' s house. The persistent group surrounded Wefald ' s home once he walked inside. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) REORGANIZATION 19

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Architecture students stand next to their white T-squares tombstones and pretend to die alongside them. The protested the plan to dissolve the College of Architecture and (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) PROTESTS REORGANIZE PRIORITIES Students rise up against President Wefald ' s proposal to axe the colleges of Human Ecology and Architecture and Design. BY MARGO KELLER A few expressive signs remained: white T-squares protruded from the lawn in front of Anderson Hall, students adorned rebuttal slogan T-shirts and badges, and graffiti marred the front of Seaton Hall. Reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s when students fought for their rights and dressed for a cause, protesting returned when the administration ' s plan for called for closing the colleges of Human Ecology and Architecture and Design. It was an emotionally super-charged period of time, said Lane Marshall, dean of the College of Architecture and Design. Having been around in the ' 60s I know that very few students have had the opportunity to protest. There was a whole generation of students who didn ' t get to feel what it was like to protest. These people will never forget what they did. Despite the lack of experience, the students showed up in full force to rally around their college and University. They were exercising their democratic right, Marshall said. They will never forget that. That was power. That was democratic power. They will never forget those two days. The collective voice and power perhaps was the most important piece of education. Students voiced concern over the unexpected plan. The initial draft, which surfaced in late October, offset recent state appropriation losses and saved the University a projected $3 million. A five-point evaluation for the decision came under intense scrutiny by students, faculty and alumni. I felt the plan was flawed and ill-considered at every level, said Gary Coates, of architecture. The premise was not that we were an academic group working creatively to solve the problems, but it was more like divide and conquer. It violates the principle of being an academic institution. Poised like troops sent into battle, people from both colleges and other disciplines staged marches on campus and around Anderson Hall just days after the plan was announced. Beyond Marshall ' s closed office door bearing the sign War Room, Marshall and his executive committee of directors met from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. I hadn ' t been to bed for days. I went on sheer nervous energy, he said. It was to see students get involved and see they were capable. I seldom look back at the nights without sleep and the 10 pounds I lost. There was a high, even though I wouldn ' t go through it again. (Continued on page 21) 18 REORGANIZATION

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Fifth-year students in interior architecture Cathy Hall and Darcell Sockwell stand outside Justin Hall where the protest march began. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) 20 REORGANIZATION