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

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'f1l5Po nt It was the second week of classes for the semester, and even though it was only a ursday, it looked as though the weekend tl already begun. Mimes froze until money s placed in a hat, the smell of crisp funnel ces hlled the air and a sea of purple flocked Poyntz to start off the athletic seasons with Juch of pride. 'llust by walking down the street you 1ld see purple pridef, community relations dergraduate assistant for Fan Experience d junior in mass communications, Lauren lsey said. From the amount of people in endance, to the streets lined with purple shirts and decorations, it was hard to not proud of being involved with such a great iversity. It was a successful event because of :ryone that came out to pump our athletes up and start off the athletic year with a bangfi Students, faculty, alumni and other community members came together to take part in the annual event. This wasn't limited to any group of people and even new Wildcats got to see what it was all about. alt seems like there is so much pride in the community, Carlye Simons, freshman in life sciences, said. uYou can see the pride when you walk around. I honestly had no idea what Purple Power Play was. IWhen I got therel I was excited this was a place with friendly people, and many activities to be involved inf' Booths lined the blocked off streets with enthusiastic sponsors ready to talk to any person who walked their way. I got a free manicure, pom-pons and a koozief' Kristin Willert, freshman in interior design, said. 'KI wish they had more free food, like popcorn, a funnel cake or even Applebee,s, she jokingly said. The atmosphere of this two-day event shone through, both for the fans and behind the scenes. Behind the scenes you can't act like a fanfi Halsey said. lt's a business. It's cool seeing alumni come back and get their posters and team schedules. What makes our Fan Experience Program great is the fact that we cater to what our fans want. Being a fan myself, I can say that having the teams appear at Purple Power Play was a great way for both the teams and the fans to feed off each other and create a great atmosphere to start the athletic season. The Mcnlwoltcm High Scool improv Club performs to raise money. The club struck o pose and held it untitmoney waspfluhed tn, the hot early in the night of ca blocked off street. They repecteclrthis progass througlidut the first night of A the event. Heather Scott on Thursddy middliifei 11-

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by Stephanie Mikuls Students llooded through the doors, covering the entire second floor of the librory, while more students ot the buck ofthe throng pushed to Iget inside. On Moy l2, hundreds of students ghothered outsi e Hole ot l p.m. to tuke on unusuol study breok-ond to toke ole on by storm. Students who had been studying upstairs leaned over the banisters and watched the chaos below. A speaker system had been set up, and an 18-minute song played a nonstop mix of techno that ended with the Wabash and the K-State fight song. Although the music was difficult to hear over the roar of the crowd, the repetitive chant of K-S-Ui' was loud and unmistakably heard by anyone near Hale. U1 made a Facebook group for it on a Mondayfi Timmy Specht, senior, said. 1 invited all my friends at K-State which was about 150. I just said invite your friends and did a little description of what we were going to do. I created the group at about midnight, and by 1 or 2 a.m. there were between 600 to 1000 confirmed people already. Facebook exploded the eventf' Campuses nationwide participated in similar spontaneous raves that had required the police to disassemble, sometimes resulting in the arrest or injury of students. With the expected attendance, Specht thought it might be best to inform the authorities of the upcoming library rave. The library was already aware of the rave, and appreciated the contact from Specht. 'lWe were aware of raves that had taken place without incident in other libraries, and we based our response, in part, on their experiencesf Lori Goetsch, dean of K-State Libraries, said. 'iAlso, since the rave was for a limited time, we decided that the disruption was tolerable. Although students danced on tables that had computers on them and pushed through the metal detectors at the entrance, little damage was done to the library. l'One of those green signs that hangs from the ceiling got unhooked while someone was crowd surfing, Specht said. Another student grabbed it and returned it to the help desk. One of the librarians that keeps a blog on the KSU website said they were going to replace those green signs anyways, so it was finef, The rave at Hale was covered by local media stations as well as Topeka's WIBW and KCTV5 and KMBC out of Kansas City. A few days later, footage of the rave also appeared on CNN during Morning Express with Robin Meade. The rave at Hale Library was probably one of the coolest things that I have ever seen, Pete Smith, freshman in construction science, said. uit was amazing how the majority of campus came together for such an event. It was one gigantic party that consisted of glow sticks, drunk people, boom boxes, and a huge line. Not every college campus can say that they have raved at their library. One word-EPIC.', 131