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

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After the opening ceremony for Let ' s Just Play, a Nickelodeon employee cleans off ine-year-old Manhattan resident Jordan Biggs who was slimed on stage. The stage show included games, team competitions, music and prizes. — Christopher Honewinckd — At the seventh game station, Allison Hadley. sophomore in chemistry. plays football with children. The Lets Just Play event was the first time members of the greek community teamed with residents of Manhattan for an event. — Christopher Honewmcke — lENTY TC5 CHOOSE FROM ■ station One: - Hula hoop pass - Baton relay - Over under race ■ Station Two: - Musical chairs - Red light green light ■ Station Three: - Tug of war with slime ■ Station Four: - Shoot hoops - Soccer goal kick ' tation Five: - - e bucket brigade - WfeL -oonge toss I Station Six: - Broom hockey - Dizzy bat ■ Station Seven: - Sloppy football ■ Station Eight: - Sack race - Crab walk race - Three-legged race - Wheel-barrow race ■ Station Nine: - Running bases I Station Ten: - Football run and pass ■ Station Eleven: - War ball CREATE YOUR OWN SLIME For the Let ' s Just Play event, Annie Timmons, senior in mass communications took two recipes off Nickelodeon ' s Web site. Recipe One: - Combine: oats, water, green food coloring and baby shampoo. - Mix all ingredients, but add shampoo last and carefully to avoid suds. Recipe Two: - Combine: pudding, apple sauce and green food coloring. measurements depend on desired amount During the slime bucket brigade Katherine Evans. member of Chi Omega and first-year veterinary medicine student, dumps slime on one of the children. The event was geared to get children off their couches and outside. The state of play has gone down significantly in the U.S.. Evans said. Kids don ' t go outside as much as they used to. — Christopher Honewinckel — ( 1 Student Life

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The theme song from Jimmy Neutron played over the speakers on stage, and the crowd ot children screamed while green slime was poured onto the head of nine-year-old Manhattan resident Jordan Biggs. ( Continued on page 11 —

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GREEN SLIME and a day of games — ContinueJ from pa«e 9 The reason tor the excitement was Nickelodeon ' s Let ' s Just Play event April 22 at City Park. Let ' s Just Play is just so children across the nation get up out of their seats, get active and become healthy, said Annie Timmons, director of Manhattan ' s Let ' s Just Play and senior in mass communications. To achieve this, Nickelodeon, along with the greek communit ' , set up a fun-filled day of slime, music, stage shows and games. I think it ' s a good idea, Timmons said. It gets kids out of their rooms and playing sports instead of playing violent video games. Nickelodeon came up w-ith the event in 2003, hut this was the first time it was co-sponsored hy a uni ' ersit ' , Timmons said. This also marked the first time the entire greek community worked on an e ' ent together. I wanted people to see the greeks as role models in the Manhattan community , Timmons said. If we were outside and active, we want the kids to be u I think it ' s a good idea. It gets kids out of their rooms and playing sports instead of playing violent video gannes. — Annie Timmons, senior in mass communications Other members of the greek community said they were happy to see e ' eryone working together for a bigger, better cause. I ' m new to greek lite, but I think it was good to get people from different houses together, said Scott Fischer, member of Sigma Pi and sophomore in engineering. Not to mention there was no competitive edge, just fun. Eleven stations, headed by the 11 sororities with help fr ' cl i the 25 fraternities, were set up throughout the park There was never a time where we were bored, said Kather e E ans, member of Chi Omega and first-year veterinary medicine student. We got to play at every station; there was ne -er a dull moment or a time you did not have so me form of slime on you. Timmons said not only were the greeks and Nickelodeon happy with the e ent, the communis ' was impressed as well. It turned out the way 1 wanted it to. she said. The parents w thankful and the kids just could not have been happier covered in slime. — Alex bcum