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

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BILLY SQUIER a young boy in the audience before beginning the Welcome Back Concert at Memorial Stadium. (Photo by Christopher T. Assaf)

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HERE ' S TO YOU Society bonds with beer BY TED KADAU ONE CLUB founded by students epitomized true party animals. Beta Delta Sigma, the Beer Drinkers ' Society, held meetings parties weekly for its 50 active members. The society was formed in 1989 by three friends who attended Goddard High School. We were all friends in high school, and we all drank together. In fact, each of us spent something like $1,500 on beer over a period of one year, said Dale Silvis, sophomore in business administration and BDS founding We all just got to talking and decided to start a Beer Drinkers ' Society. The quality of the beer was not a major issue with the members. If we are going for flavor, we will usually buy Michelob Light, but if we are just out to get drunk, we like Mickey ' s Big Mouths. Usually whatever is cheapest will do, Silvis said. If we have the money, we will buy a keg. It ' s kind of funny. The guy who owns a liquor store knows us now, and if we are a little short of money, he will just go ahead and let us have the keg. We give him so much business that he doesn ' t mind. The Beer Drinkers ' Society was not recognized as an official club by the University, but strived to be organized. The club itself is a lot more organized now than it was when we first started the BDS. We have a constitution, and there is a definite hierarchy, said Jeff Blasi, freshman in engineering and BDS member. The person who can consume the most beer is president. Although the club had a selected leader, the president didn ' t have any real obligations. The president did, however; have some power over the members. When the president wants to party, we all have to get together and party, Blasi said. At one time we even thought about getting a house, and possibly going to the alumni from the club to try to receive money, but it just never panned out, Blasi said. The BDS K-State chapter had 50 members, but Beta Delta Sigma more than twice that number across the nation. Overall, we have over 100 members-50 here at K-State, and about 25 at KU—although the KU chapter is not as organized. The rest of the members are pretty well spread out over different colleges. In fact, the original president is in the Navy right now, Silvis said. BDS allowed new members into their group on a regular basis. Really anyone can join. We do have to be a little bit selective, though, Silvis said. The new members have to be genuine power drinkers, and they have to go through the initiation ceremony called ' crossing streams ' . We do have two members in the club, Blasi said. When all the beer had been consumed, and the party had died down, the premise of the Beer Drinkers ' Society lay within the fun of socializing. The fact they all liked to drink beer linked the members. It ' s not that we ' re all a bunch of alcoholics, Blasi said . We do study, but in the end, I guess, we just stand for having a good time.

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SQUIER ROCKS Big name welcomes students back BY JANE ROESNER ALTHOUGH THE 11th annual K-State Welcome Back Concert at Memorial Stadium drew a larger audience than last year ' s concert, some were still disappointed with the size of the crowd. The Gweedles and As We Speak opened for feature performer Billy Squier at the Sept. 15 concert. The Union Program Council ' s Special Events Committee, KMKF-FM 101.5 and Snookie Entertainment sponsored the annual event. Gary Blanck, senior in management and member of the Special Events said the sold 567 tickets for last year ' s concert and 1,765 tickets for the concert. Becky Brown, senior in hotel and restaurant management and chairperson of the committee, said it was difficult to find popular bands with the small budget her committee was allocated for the event. Keith Wade, said he didn ' t understand why more people didn ' t attend the concert. For $10, this place should be packed, he said. I don ' t know where everybody is. This is Billy Squier. This is the man. Scott Moss, Manhattan resident, said he thought the low attendance negatively affected Squier ' s performance. Billy ' s kicking, but if there were a crowd here to suit him, Moss said, he would be kicking that much more. Despite the relatively low attendance, the crowd was able to coax Squier out for two encores with flaming lighters and screams. Squier said he was pleased with the audience at the Welcome Back Concert. I ' ve been working pretty hard the last few weeks in particular, Squier said. I didn ' t have a lot of energy when I came in here, and the audience gave me a lot of energy I didn ' t know I had, he said. I was very happy with the results. BEFORE SQUIER ' S show, Tom Jones, Fort Riley, and Sarah Silva, Manhattan, cuddle on the steps of the East Stadium. (Photo by Christopher T. Assaf) THE GWEEDLES, A band based out of Kansas City was one of the three groups performing at the Welcome Back Concert. (Photo by Mike Welchhans) HACKEY sack was the way in which Clint Coover, senior in advertising enjoyed the warm weather during the Back Concert. (Photo by Mike Welchhans)