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

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knockaround by Jacob Walker guys With nothing but energy to burn, time to kill and a set of boxing gloves, a small group of Marlatt Hall residents began an impromptu boxing tournament. A couple of guys down the hall got out their gloves, John Becker, freshman in open-option, said. Then another guy, Clayton Lidgett, knew how to ref, so we just decided to organize a little something to take out some aggression. Common sense ruled the simple matches: one-minute rounds, 30 seconds between each round and the fight ended at the first sight of blood, Becker said. And we let everyone know that if they got hurt, they were the ones who volunteered, he said. So it wasn ' t anyone else ' s fault. The small group of fighters quickly grew into a crowd of hundreds. People just started volunteering to fight, Lidgett, freshman in architectural engineering, said. People saw what we were doing out their windows and came downstairs to fight. Members of the crowd issued challenges to one another, set up matches and added another dimension to the event, Stevy Townsel, freshman in art, said. That dude kept challenging me, Townsel said. He kept on chal- lenging me. I beat him though — dude quit after the first round. The event was such a big hit that Becker and Lidgett decided to have matches once a week, Wednesdays at 9 p.m., but the idea was short lived. About halfway through the third night, we had the police show up, Lidgett said. They said they had gotten complaints from a bunch of people and that unless we had a permit and crowd control, the whole thing was illegal. The police told the students they were disturbing the peace and were guilty of battery, disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly, Becker said. When we first started the whole thing, we asked our R.A. (Tyler Van Slyke) if it was all right, Lidgett said. He took it to the Hall Gov- erning Board and they voted that it was all right. But apparently the cops didn ' t agree. The students were issued a warning by the police and were told to cease the weekly fights. Becker and Lidgett said they looked into getting a permit and start- ing a boxing club but the impromptu Wednesday fight nights were postponed indefinitely. boxing D 17

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Rogelio Soldevilla, senior In construction science and management, and Maria Prieto, graduate student in business administration, dance at Shotz Bar and Grill. Any time I feel like getting my groove on and dancing a little, Soldevilla said, that ' s the place I think about. Photo by Zach Long The DJ booth offers a bird ' s eye view of the outdoor donee floor at Shotz where the Opening Night foam party occurred Aug. 19. Shotz featured outdoor foam parties for bar patrons occasionally throughout the year. The new bar also housed the largest dance floor in Manhattan. Photo by Zach Long In August, Shotz replaced Longhorns Waydown Lounge in Aggieville. Shotz featured Top-40 hits from the ' 70s, ' 80s and ' 90s. Shotz was a 21-and-over bar, but occasionally hosted nights for patrons 1 8 and older. Photo by Kelly Glasscock . y