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

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by Adrianne DeWeese MORE THAN nas Lucas and Katie Maddy stay busy with family, school and executive duties but remain close after becoming the first presidential siblings. Lucas and Katie Maddy came from a family of six children. They spent their childhood playing in a Radio Flyer wagon on the family farm in Norton, Kan. She was the engine for our race car, Lucas, senior in agricultural technology management, said. The Maddys made history March 8, when they became the first brother and sister student body president and vice president at K-State. Despite being from a close family with strong values, Lucas said he and Katie ' s business life was their main interaction. We don ' t have a whole lot in common, so you don ' t catch us hanging out together, and when we do, you won ' t catch us talking about work, Lucas said. That is one thing we do have in common — we can turn off our business sides and just enjoy ourselves. Two days a week, the Maddys were guaranteed to be together — Thursday nights for Student Senate meetings and Sundays for their KSDB-FM 91.9 radio show, An Hour of Accountability. THURSDAY They sat front row, center, in the Big 12 Room in the K-State Student Union, next to Matt Wagner, Privilege Fee Committee chair; and Gayle Spencer, coordinator of the Office of Student Activities and Services. Lucas and Katie ' s interaction was minimal; they sat focused and quiet, and glanced at the evening ' s agenda throughout the Student Senate meeting. Spencer said Lucas and Katie had a traditional big brother and little sister relationship. I think he tends to look out for her and be a little protective of her, Spencer said. I don ' t know that you can ever separate that brother-sister relationship. You have an intuitive relationship, especially with closeness in age. That intuition, Spencer said, was an advantage of having a brother and sister as student body president and vice president. They ' re professional, but that relationship is always there, Spencer said. They ' re a team — the vice president has one or two specific duties and can go in where needed. If you know that person well, you can use that to your advantage, and there ' s a certain trust. ? Wagner, senior in management information systems, also said the pair had its complementary roles and knew the other ' s strengths and weaknesses. continued on 20 BO ?r a m 3 a a. a. ■ 19

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With family members, David, father; Kara, sister; Patsy, mother; Madeline, niece; and Christopher, brother; Katie and Lucas Maddy address the student body during their weekly radio show, Oct. 29. There is a difficulty in keeping our business and personal lives separate, Lucas said. We do try to keep it separate and put that aside when we are with the rest of our family. Christopher Hcinewinckel Sitting beside each other, Katie and Lucas, discuss the agenda at a Student Senate meeting. The Maddys were K- State ' s first brother-sister presidential pair. I don ' t really see the point in doing something unless you ' re going to succeed, Lucas, senior in agricultural technology management, said. We wouldn ' t have even entered if we didn ' t have an excellent chance at winning. Christopher Hanewinckel

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l : 4 V r - .-.--A Si • K » 1 Wl J ) ) ) . 5 Discussing the evening ' s agenda, Katie and Lucas talk with Matt Wagner, privilege fee chair, and Gayle Spencer, Office of Student Activities and Services coordinator, as they sit in a weekly Student Senate meeting. Spencer said she had not previously seen a brother and sister presidential pair during her 28 years in higher education. Christopher Hanewiiickel In KSDB-FM91.9 ' s radio station, sister Kara, niece Olivia, mom Patsy and niece Madeline, listen to Katie address the student body on the Maddys ' weekly show An Hour of Accountability. We were listening (to the radio) and we started jumping up and down and crying, Kara said about finding out Lucas and Katie had won the election on March 8, 2006. Christopher Hanewinckel U ' ' M 20