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

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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)

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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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UP IN BY RENEE MARTIN THE POLICY contained no ifs, ands or butts. In April 1991, the Union Governing Board passed a policy banning the sale and use of tobacco products in SMOKE Policy bans tobacco in Union the K-State Union. Previously, tobacco products were sold from the counter and vending machines, and allowed in designated areas. The new policy became effective Aug. 1 and was met with opposition by a minority of stude nts. There is a group that is boycotting the Union and gathering signatures on a petition to be given to Jack Sills and Jon Wefald, said boycotter Sandy freshman in education. It should be brought to a public vote. The policy was voted on by the UGB and approved by the Student and Faculty Senate after a subcommittee had explored various proposals. The sub-committee was made up of people other than those on the Union Governing Board, said David Johannsen, in finance and a member of UGB. Their purpose was to discuss and come up with proposals. It came down to the feasibility of establishing an area just for the smokers. Cost-wise it would be difficult to do because of the problems with ventilation, he said. Union Director Jack Sills said the Union ban follows a national trend of smoking restrictions. This is a natural trend that is occurring because of concerns about people bothered by tobacco, Sills said. The tobacco policy gradually was becoming more restrictive. Now, the policy simply states that the building is smoke free. This decision angered some smokers. I think the policy stinks, said Hogwood. The state law doesn ' t say smoking is not allowed in public buildings, just that there should be designated areas. There is so much space in the Union, said Lyn Nelson, junior in sociology. We would be satisfied with one room. The Union is supposed to be for the but it ' s not for all the students, just the non-smoking ones. About 1,000 people had signed the petition, and many of these refused to use the Union. As far as I ' m I will not use the Union as long as I ' m in school, Hogwood said. I will not give the Union one penny of profit. Sills said he regretted the boycott, but believed the policy pleased the majority of students. We have satisfied a good number of students and patrons while we acknowledge that there are those who are dissatisfied, Sills said. We still have smokers using the Union. We ' re not telling them to stop using the building, just to stop smoking in it. AFTER TOBACCO were banned from the Union, outside ashtrays served as daily gathering places for students who smoked. (Photo Illustration by Mike Venso)