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

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With $7, Anders and Salisbury begin their date by ordering ice-cream cones from Sonic Drive-In. The couple also went to City Park and Radina ' s Coffeehouse and Roastery. We are both poor, Andra said. But there are a lot ot cheap places to have fun in Manhattan. lostyn Brown What would you do with $7 and a couple hours to make a great date? A cheap date. In the 21st century, even $7 wasn ' t enough to pay for one. But sometinnes college students didn ' t have more than that to spend. For Tamara Andra and Brandon Salisbury, however, $7 was plenty to enjoy each other ' s company. Brandon and I are best friends, so we like to talk to each other a lot, Andra, sophomore in secondary education, said. We don ' t really need to do a whole lot to enjoy each other ' s company. I guess we go together so well because we always have fun no matter what we are doing. The couple didn ' t have trouble finding ways to spend their $7, but they did have trouble deciding where to spend it, Andra said. First, they drove to Sonic Drive-In for 99-cent vanilla ice-cream cones. Andra said they picked vanilla cones because they were cheap and she and Salisbury, sophomore in interior architecture, could still hold hands. Afterward, they headed to City Park for a walk and to play on the playground. We went to the park and just walked around, Andra said. We decided to go explore the park because I wanted to play on the swings. We just talked and made fun of each other a lot. That is how we are. To end their date, Andra and Salisbury went to Radina ' s Coffeehouse and Roastery and she ordered a single house coffee and he had a single cafe mocha. Andra said it was a good way to warm up and relax after the park. With 59 cents remaining, the couple thought the $7 date had been both fun and easy to pull off. It was reall y a lot of fun, Salisbury said. As far as the $7 goes, we do so much together that costs little or no money that I knew we could find something to do. It was really easy. After dating for 1 1 months, the couple was used to finding cheap things to do in Manhattan, Salisbury said. Going on walks around campus and watching movies at each other ' s homes were common weekend activities. B ■s 3 • CO l6

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In the pumpkin patch, with hundreds of pumpkins to choose from, Josh Perez, junior in architecture, tries to decide which he likes best. Perez visited the farm for the first time with his wife, Megan Perez, 2000 K-State graduate, as an inexpensive date. We are one of the largest fruit and vegetable farmers in Kansas, with 500 acres, Angela Britt, co-owner of Britt ' s Farm, said. Christopher Hanewinckel To find their way through the corn maze, Michelle Sullivan, junior in animal sciences and industry, Becky Sullivan, freshman in agricultural communications and journalism, and Krista Perkins, freshman in mechanical engineering, create their own trail through corn stalks. At the end, visitors reached the pumpkin patch, where they chose their own pumpkins to take home. Christopher Hanewinckel St in i 15

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Ivnding Ihcir $7 date, Tamara Andra, sopliomorc in secondary education, and Brandon Salisliury, soplioniorc in interior architecture relax with col ' l ' ee. They spent $4.41 on the drinks. My favorite part was getting to do something we hadn ' t done before, Salisbury said. It ' lvn Brown T a BUDGET the breakdown... Manhattan had many inexpensive places to go and things to do — students just had to be willing to look for them. Many times the expensive part of a date was dinner. After spending money on food, keep the rest of the date inexpensive by finding something simple. Go for a walk in City Park, visit the Beach Museum or enjoy the sights of Manhattan from Manhattan Hill. 7 ways to make the most of your money 1 A trip to Pillsbury Crossing, admission to the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art or a K- State volleyball game. Friday night tickets to a UPC movie in Forum Hall or jello shots at Tubby ' s Bar and Grill. A round of bowling, plus shoes, in the K-State Student Union Bowling Alley from 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays. Hurricanes, Bahama Mamas or Long Islands at the Salty Rim on Wednesday nights. Admission for one adult to the Sunset Zoological Park. . A fish bowl at Fat ' s Bar I and Grill — any day of the week. . Sausage Biscuits and Gravy fat Bob ' s Diner — any day of the week. Daily car fee at Tuttle Creek State Park from April to September or one round on the Executive Course at Colbert Hills Golf Course.