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

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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

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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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unlimited by Jenny Shoemaker I 1 I I I What was frequently off-limits became an opportunity for students younger than 21 to enter the bar scene. Opened in August, Shotz Bar Grill featured the band Ten Till Blue and allowed those 18 and older to enter for designated events. The fact that there was a band playing is what drew me into the bar, Alicia Davignon, freshman in modern languages, said. Also, the fact that they were letting 18 and older in, I figured it would be a good opportunity to go, whereas I wouldn ' t be able to go otherwise. The ahernate layout benefited patrons wanting to socialize, Davi- gnon said. I thought that it was a lot roomier than other bars — it wasn ' t cramped or anything, Davignon said. It was nice because they had the stage separated from the tables, so you could have room to sit down and talk if you wanted or join others at the stage without bothering those sitting down. Melanie Gruber, freshman in apparel marketing and design, said she liked the open design of the bar. It seemed a lot more advanced than other bars, not just a hole in the wall, Gruber said. They had a nice dance floor. It wasn ' t just a nasty bar. Shotz replaced the western themed Longhorn ' s Waydown Lounge. (Shotz) really was a neat atmosphere, Davignon said. It was really crowded, a popular place to go. It seemed like there were so many people. I think they have good entertainment there withought being cramped. I felt as if I could actually move around. The appearance was not the only appealing part about the bar, the entertainment also delighted students who stood in the front row and yelled for the band, Gruber said. For those of drinking age, non- traditional beverage containers dis- tinguished Shotz from other bars. I did notice that they had these shots in little test-tube glasses, which were kind of cool, and they passed them around, Davignon said. I thought that was really unique about the bar. After opening, Shotz experimented with parties where machines covered the bar area and patrons in foam. I ' ve heard about the foam parties, Grant Klingenberg, sophomore in agricultural economics, said. They sound wild. I ' ve heard the foam gets really high and you almost suffocate, but that ' s part of the fun, right? shotz 19