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

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Residents from Moore and West halls dance to Ruskabank in the Derby Complex courtyard. The dance was one of the events during Wildcat Welcome Week, sponsored for the first time by the Department of Housing and Dining Services. It had previously been sponsored by Union Program Council. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) Kappa Sigma fraternity members, Jason Heffner, freshman in agriculture Mike Burson, freshman in pre-professional construction science and management; and Jeff Brin, freshman in watch the women ' s 4x100-meter relay during Pledge Games Sept. 27 at R.V.Christian Track. (Photo by Clif Palmberg) 2 foreword

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fast foreword Fans cheer before the start of the football game against the University of Texas Sept. 19. Willie the Wildcat led a parade of motorcyclists around the field entertaining the 43,174 people who watched the Wildcats defeat the University of Texas Longhorns 41-7. Fans had a larger stadium to look forward to as the athletic department planned to expand the stadium by 7,000 seats, completing the $12.8 million for the first home game in fall 1999. (Photo by Clif Palmberg) 1999 royal purple yearbook kansas state university volume 90 manhattan, kan. 66506 enrollment: 20,885 student publications inc. april ' 98-march ' 99 copyright 1999 www.spub.ksu.edu rp .

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foreword As the millennium approached, this was the foreword. The changes in buildings, campus operations and in 1999 prepared K-State for the 21st century. Pieces of the ceiling fell two stories to the courtyard on the ground floor of the K-State Student Union as workers replaced skylights Sept. 15 as part of the Union Expansion Project. The renovations were part of the $10.5 million project slated for completion in 1999, just in time for the A combine cuts its way through a corn field east of Manhattan Sept 16. Leonard Ebert, of Westmoreland, Kan., drove the machine. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) Two-year-old Ellie Mankin eats during a watermelon feed in front of Waters Hall. The watermelon feed was sponsored by the Agriculture Student Council and Alpha Zeta. (Photo by Steve Hebert) While the campus ' appearance was updated, campus operations changed in preparation for the turn of the century. St udents camped outside Bramlage awaiting football ticket sales Aug. 28 and 29. For the first time, students could not put the purchase of athletic tickets on fall tuition bills, and many were left without tickets. The line — seniors first, freshmen last enabled seniors and most juniors to obtain football tickets. Underclassmen found their best bet for buying tickets was through purchasing the combination of football and basketball tickets the first day of sales. continued on Page 4» 3