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

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I Cheering on their friends, students watch as others make their way down the slide to the pool at the bottom of the hill. Matt Winger, Sigma Nu president and sophomore in business administration, said students had fun no matter what they did, Some people just stand and watch, but the majority of people do take the opportunity to slide, he said. Christopher Hanewinckel Mstudent life

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Eating hot dogs and chips, Kristin Hardy, freshman in open-option, tailgates north of Kimball Avenue before the football game. Sept. 24. Christopher Hanewinckel Tailgating Etiquette Trait Description | Time Early arrival helps ensure choice parking locations. Tailgaters recommend arriving three hours before game time. Activities Tossing a football, beer pong and washers. Food Bring a lot and do not be surprised if people not from your party eat it. Tailgating is a group thing - you ' re all from the same school, so you ' re all considered family. Beverages Typical beverages include beer or mixed drinl s, but anything in a cooler will suffice. Roacf Games Travel in packs to intimidate the opponent. Attire Dress for the weather, but it should be purple. Courtesty Share food and conversation with students and visiting fans. Washers, a popular game played by student tailgaters like Scott Summers, freshman in mechanical engineering, consists of tossing a washer into a hole in a wooden board. Summers and his friends played in the lot north of Bill Snyder Family Stadium before the North Texas game, Sept. 24. I try to hit the tailgates for the people I know. li Iiles Duncan, junior in sociology, said. I will go and see how they are doing and what ' s up and will steal some of their food. Christopher Hanewirtckel tailgatingl3

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yi Fraternity invites students to unwind before classes begin by barbecuing and creating a waterslide in their yard at the annual Slide Party by Jaci Boydston To kick off the fall semester, the men of Sigma Nu invited students to eat, slide, splash and crash in their front yard. At the annual Slide Party on Aug. 20, students barbecued and greased themselves with baby oil to careen down the hill in front of Sigma Nu on a homemade slip ' n slide. It ' s like the traditional alligator slip ' n slide we all played on when we were kids, Matt Winger, Sigma Nu president, said. It ' s just a good time to hang out and get to know everyone in the neighborhood. To build the slide, the men laid two sheets of plastic across the length of their yard, lining the edges with hay bales to make seats for spectators. If participants slid correctly - which required balance, steering and a running start - they ended in a large pool at the foot of the hill. Because of injuries at previous Slide Parties, Winger said Sigma Nu men considered safety concerns when planning the party. We put padding under the tarps, and we try to make the pool bigger each year, because it ' s safer that way, Winger, sophomore in business administration, said. We put up signs saying, ' Slide at your own risk, ' because there ' s danger in any event you do. continued on page 16 Celebrating the end of summer, David Cotter, sophomore in business administration, and Jeremy Pukach, sophomore In construction science and management, navigate their way down Sigma Nu hill. We make sure nobody files out into the street iike in years past, Adam Young, sophomore In architectural engineering, said. Christopher Hariewinckel slide partylS 1