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

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It ' s a lof iraper back behind the bar so when I go out it ' s somethin more patience because I know how hard the bartenders re-wi thing that can stink is when I see bartenders I know, then I pay more, give therr bigget tip?, because they would do the same for nne, it ' s like a bartenders code. MacCallum, senior in marketing, pours a beer. MacCallum said he enjoyed making up his own drinks. like tine American shot. It helped me get confidence and break out of my shell. MacCallum said. It also brought me networking. and when I go out I see all the people I bartend for. - Phoios by Josl n Brown - Bartender 13)

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heb a night in the life of Corey MacCallum As Corey MacCallum enters the bar around 8:15 p.m. to start his shift, he greets the bouncer with a smile. He gets to the bar, programs his cash register with the night ' s spe- cial and counts the money, making sure he has $200 in fives and $100 in ones. Then closes the register drawer, muttering to himself; This thing never wants to shut. A girl walks up to the bar asking MacCallum if Tubby ' s Sports Bar still had her credit card from the night before. He smiles, asking her to wait, then grabs an index cardholder sitting next to the register. He thumbs through the numerous alphabetically organized cards search- ing for her name, turns around and returns it to her. It is 9 p.m. Tubby s is almost empty with only one man sitting at the bar drinking his beer. During this lull, MacCallum, senior in marketing, checks that his essentials — ice, vodka, rum, gin, pre-mixed Crown and peach and SoCo and lime — are topped off before the rush. Suddenly an order receipt prints, MacCallum ' s first of the night, a bottle of Bud Light. He grabs it out of a cooler behind him, hands it to the waitress and with a You ' re welcome, turns to greet new custom- ers. The once-empty bar is full at 1 1:30 p.m., of pub-crawlers, birthday groups and regulars. People crowd the bar, holding money out, trying to catch MacCal- lum ' s eye. While he is in the middle of pouring a few wells, someone in the bar yells out, You ' re the man, Corey, you ' re the man! MacCal- lum looks up to see who said it, but just starts laughing when the other bartender asks him, Don ' t you love doing this job? MacCallum turns and gives him a joking response. 1 am just trying to do the Lord ' s work, he says, serving beverages to 19 — 1 mean 21-year-olds. A group of his friends walk up to the bar and begin talking to him about the previous weekend. The next thing he knows it ' s 2 a.m., and the bouncer yells across the bar, Everybody get out! With a tired sigh, MacCallum cleans up, shaking his head when one of the waitresses says it smells like beer. He looks up and asks her, What else would a bar smell like? I Then, all the employees pull up a stool around the bar, split tips ind talk about the night. |- He returns to the register he had been fussing with the entire night nake sure he has accounted for all the sales and logs out. says good-bye to the waitresses and tells them it is going to be ind the energy to get up for his 8:30 a.m. class. He exits tl ■ ° lititered, giving a tired smile to the bouncer. K; — Alex Yocum — iiiiiat »l li DVD 12 Student Life

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H Bus tour mirrors original underground railroad journey through Manhattan a LightingthewaY One ot Manhattan ' s best-kept historical secrets may have been a branch of the Underground Railroad that helped escaped slaves find their way to freedom. One such branch, often called a spur, was located 13 miles south of Manhattan in Wabaunsee, Kan. I had no idea this was out here, said Lacey Carlson, participant in the guided tour and senior in family studies. I thought it would be interesting. Richard Pitts, author of A Self-Guided Tour of the Underground Railroad in Kansas, and Manhattan resident, led tours of the Wabaunsee spur for 10 years. On Sept. 16, a school bus acted as a time machine, taking passengers hack to 1858, the height of the Underground Railroad and abolitionist movement in Kansas. Pitts began the tour at the Beecher Bible and Relief Colony monument alongside Kansas Highway 18. There, Pitts told the 90 tour-takers about the beginning t)f slavery in the United States. (Continued on page 16 — While on the Underground Railroad tour, Manhattan residents Fadiya Perry and Trevor Hudgins lift a replica of a ball and chain that would have been placed on the ankles of escaped slaves who were caught and returned to their slave-owners. I really enjoyed the tour, Thomas Boltzer, senior in history, said. I would definitely encourage others to take the tour. — JosJyn Brown — 14 Student Lite