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

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Wayne Myers, Alta Vista, uses a long roller to paint the bulk of a Wildcat logo in the intersection of Third Street and Poyntz Avenue for the final night of the Purple Power Play on Poynu. Myers worked for A R Brushworks of Manhattan. (Photo by J. Kyle Wyatt) Manhattan residents scramble for money and prizes thrown from the roof of a building. The money toss concluded the festivities on the first night of the Purple Power Play on Poyntz. (Photo by J. Kyle Wyatt) S chance Johnson, curator of education at Manhattan ' s Sunset Zoo, shows a Madagascar cockroach, the world ' s largest cockroach, to a young on-looker. The petting zoo featured various animals. (Photo by J. Kyle Wyatt) 0 III PURIM PRUDE

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Wyatt stands looking at the rows of books. Fine Line tattoo studio offered thousands of tattoo patterns, but some people designed their own. 1 asked Jon (the tattoo artist) who he tattoos now. 1 had always stereotyped people who get tattoos asHarley riders, Wyansaid. Mystercotype wasnot accurate. He said most of his customers are college students getting their greek letters on their ankles. (Photo by Datid Mayes) fad of the ' 90s made a more permanent fixture of itself than the Chia Pet and the per rock. Planted under the skin at the depth of a dime, tattoos were there to stay. The tattoo craze ran full•force, and the reasonsfor the increase inpopu- larity were varied. ' Tattoos have been much more mainstream in the last couple of years, especially with students. It ' s just more socially acceptable now, said Teddie Fischer, tattoo artist at Fine Line tattoo studio in Topeka. ' People are just now feeling that it ' s OK to have one. A wide variety of people de- cided to sit under the needle. In our Junction City parlor, we get military personnel. However, most of our customers are just aver- age everyday people. About half are men and half are women, Fischer said. In the last two years or so, we have seen more college students. In fact,fratemitiesancl sororities will often have their letters placed on their ankles. Many tattoo de- signs were offered. Cartoon characters such as Ban Simpson, Calvin and Hobbes and theTasmanian Devil were popular choices. But many people designed their own. A lot of people don ' t know what to expect when they come in, Fischer said.“They don ' t think that we ' ll have that many designs, but we have thousands on file to choose from. However, many do choose to design their own? John Berberich, freshman in arts and sciences, got his tattoo at Fine Line. Berberich picked his tattoo in memory ofone of his friends who had died. I got a joker on a p ole, he said. It was the one my friend was going to get before he died. The average tattoo design took about45minutestoapply,butsome designs took up to three hours. The amount of pain experienced de- pended on the tattoo ' s location. Asfaras the pain, it is tolerable. It ' s not something you would sit still for under normal circum- stances, said Scott Schafer, tattoo artist at Fine Line. ' The rib cage and the tailbone are the most pain- ful spots. There are a lot of nerve endings in these places. Mast people put a lot of thought into it before they come in, and are committed to the process. MattJames, sophomore in jour- nalism and mass communications, said he wasn ' t prepared for the pro- cedure to b e so painful. Some people were worried about the risk of AIDS involved in get- ting a tattoo, but Fine Line used steam to sterilize the equipment, the same procedure used in steriliz- ing surgical equipment. The tattoo parlorabofollowedother rults,such as refusing to tattoo anyone under the age of 18 without parental con- sent, or anyone intoxicated. Fadornot,the tattoos were there to stay. Fischer said the increased popularity oftattoos made promot- ing them unnecessary. We don ' t sell tattoos, Fischer said, tattoos sell themselves. It was excrutiating, ridiculous and miserable, James said. Everybody told me it wouldn ' t hurt. They lied. BY TED KADAU AND STEPHANIE HOELZEL TATTOOS M 9

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GENERATING PRIDE balloons lined Poyntz Av- enue sidewalks. Little girls dressed in cheerleader uniforms, and little boys and adults flaunted K•State apparel. People filled the street to kickoff the fourth annual Purple Power Play on Poyntz. The festivities began on Sept. 17, two days before the opening football game. Vendors roamed the street selling food, balloons and football tickets. Afterdonating food to the Flint Hills Breadbasket, fans had pictures taken with Willie Wildcat. Musical groups, ranging from country to old rock, performed. The scene was set for the pep rally. This year, Purple Power Play on Poyna was extended togencratemorespint. We extended it to three days this year so we could keep every- one psyched up, said Jim Dailey, intern for KQLA•FM 103.9 ra- dio station. Power Play offered the commu- nity a way to show support for an- other football season. Community support for Kan- sas State is excellent. This is a good example of how the community backs the University, said Laura Mitchell, senior in psychology. After performances by the Classy Cats, the marching band and the cheerleaders, Bill Snyder, head football coach, was intro- duced. The 1991 Coach of the Year, who was present at the first Power Play, addressed a crowd twice as big as it had ever been. There•as a lotofcheeringwhen Snyder introduced the leaders of the football team. Brooks Barta, senior in education and team cap- tain,promised the team would work hard. He said if everyone did, they would win because nobody has a heart like a Wildcat. The endoftlie peprallysignaled the beginning of the money toss. A thousand dollars worth of money VMS thrown off the top of the mall to a mob of people in front of the entrance. Along with the money, small purple and white footballs, orange basketballs and coupons were also thrown. Brian Underwood, freshman in park resources management, saw a small boy get knocked down when he was trying to reach an envelope of money near three older boys. Undemodcaughtanenvelope and decided to give up his pritt,but he didn ' t realize what it was. Elmo and the Deadbeats played at the strcetdance the nextevening for those who listened despite the chilly weather.AgiantptupkWild- Cat logo was painted on Poyntt Avenue in front of the mall. Saturday ' s activities began with a parade of high school bands, who marched along PoyntrAvenue from the City Park to the mall. After the parade, people deco- rated their cars to caravan to the football field. Participants received a free parking pass. The growing popularity of the football team caused a stir with the students, families and businesses. Their enthusiasm and support was evident at the Purple Power Play on Poyntz. Next year, I ' m going to tell people about it and take more people with me, said Becky Busenbark, sophomore in biology. The boy opened the envelope and there was $20 inside. I sure could have used that $20, Underwood said. BY JENNI STIVERSON PURPLt PRIDL M 1 1