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

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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

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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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After class, Hindman takes an English exam while her guide dog Kovu waits. Hindman needed extra time for the written portion of the test because of her vision impairment. I planned on commg to college and I knew getting a guide dog would be best. she said. It ' s a lot of work, but he ' s worth it. she said. Joslyn Brown Although 3-year-old Kovu Is a working dog, he knows as soon as Anna Hindman, freshman in business administration, removes his harness, he is free to act like a puppy. Hindman gave Kovu time after school each day to play. I take his harness off, but he won ' t go anywhere without me anyway. He ' s really devoted. she said. Joslyn Brown ISstudent life I