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

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I »i ' J While participating in Chi Omega and Sigma Nu ' s Pledge Games at City Park, Oct. 9, Ann Gregg, freshman in architectural engineering, flies over an air obstacle course. Gregg was one of eight members who competed in the event for Alpha Delta Pi. ADPi had an ' 80s Pi theme for the day. We were sporting ' 80s Pi side ponies, Gregg said. Christopher Hanewinckel During his opening sl it for Fort Riley Day, Willie the Wildcat runs out of a Hummer at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Sept. 24. At halftime a tribute to the soldiers took place with a flyby and the KSU Marching Band. The Wildcats beat North Texas. 54-7. Christopher Hanewincltel Wf ' — A— •J.;-.-. - fl mi tfmSS l T- ? V - - m M g 1 M lb ■■ 9 W d Royal Purple Volume 97 April 2005 - March 2006 royalpurple. ksu. edu Student Publications, Inc. Kansas State University 103 Kedzie Hall Manhattan, Kan. 66506 Enrollment: 23,182 Copyright 2006 intersection!

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: 5 m. After a long week of recruitment events, Erin Engelland, senior in family studies and human services, celebrates with new member Claire Anderson, freshman in business administration, while new members made their way to the Kappa Kappa Gamma house Aug. 18. More than 500 women participated in the recruitment process in hopes of becoming a member ofone of 11 sororities. - istopher Hanewinckel As the sun sets on Poyntz Avenue, Tiffany Hands, freshman in communication sciences and disorders, and Dave Plumb, senior in psychology, walk through crowds at the annual Purple Power Play on Poyntz, Sept. 2. Hands and Plumb, members of the Big Cats, attended the event to help get fans ready for the football team ' s home opener against Florida International. Christopher Ha rrewinckel Continuing six years of broken enrollment records, K-State welcomed 23,182 students in the fall, only a slight increase from the 2004 record. The increase was largely due to an influx of students enrolled in online courses, with the campus population decreasing The enrollment numbers bridged the constantly expanding K-State community with a future of dwindling enrollment at Kansas high schools. K-State was a transitional point in students ' lives as they focused their energies on classes - whether it was one online course or the 11th semester of traditional undergraduate studies. Some students escaping the devestation of Hurricane Katrina came fo campus to finish a degree. continued on page 4 intersection