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

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A lot of the things that go on in the house have been traditions for so long that no one who ' s in the house remembers when they started. Adam Young, sophomore in architectural engineering Michael Young, freshman in biology, tries to ride Daniel Weltman, Sigma Nu from the University of Kentucky, down the Sigma Nu water slide. Participants had a variety of techniques for making their way down the slide, like pretending to ride a surfboard, going down head first or riding on top of one another. Sliders sometimes could get tripped up by bumps in the hill and tears in the slide. Christopher Hanewinckel oliClG continued from page 15 Adam Young, sophomore in arclnitectural engineering, said people found ways to be creative on their trips down the hill. A lot of people try to surf without the surfboard, go down on their knees or spin on their backs the whole way down, Young said. If you ' re wanting to do something really ridiculous, you definitely have to be under the influence (of alcohol). Young said Slide Party was a Sigma Nu tradition for longer than any of the members could remember. However, it continued to serve the original purpose. The reason we have the slide party at that time of year is because we know the girls (attending sorority recruitment) have been cooped up in their houses for a week or two, Young said, so we do it so they have something to help them unwind. It ' s kind of an act of charity for them. Andrea Oltjen, junior in hotel and restaurant management and Delta Delta Delta member, agreed Slide Party helped relieve post-recruitment stress. It ' s always something we tell all the new freshmen in our house about, Oltjen said. It ' s fun to get out in the sun and meet new people. I ' ll miss it when I graduate, because it ' s a tradition that we look forward to at the beginning of each school year. I ' 16student life I

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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

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Surrounded by students in bathing suits, Maggie Gillam, freshman in environmental design, slides down the hill. During the hottest part of the day temperatures reached 100 degrees. Christopher Hanewinckel Delta Delta Delta members Hanna Kohfeld, junior in marketing: Renee Girard, junior In intencr architecture; Andrea Oltjen, junior in hotel and restaurant management; Lindsay Bowen.juniorin mass communications; and Rachel Knight, junior in mass communications, soak up sun dunng the Slide Party. Oltjen said Tri-Delts looked forward to the party, We ' ve been going since our freshman year, Oltjen said. It ' s a nice start off to the semester. Christopher Hanewinckel slide party 17