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

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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

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I I by Erin Poppe A week before the event, 308 people hod clicked the 'I m Attending button on Facebook forthe K-State Bright Out. This confirmed thot students would weor their brightest clothes to show their spirit. Sponsored by ReadyU, this online site was dicated to being a real resource for college .dents dealing with life on campus. On t. 6, ReadyU decided to scatter across 150 lege campuses, including The Univsersity lKansas and Wichita State University, in der to promote being bright and cheerful :n when school is bogging you down. Ashley Frerking, senior in marketing, was r universityis local ReadyU ambassador .o helped put it all in motion. Basically itis a competition, Frerking d. The best photos and videos can go tion wide on MTV. Weire trying to get :ryone excited about this. There were giveaway prizes for students .o participated. The prizes, s-uch as neon .ored sunglasses, mini laundry bags and inples of Cheer laundry detergent, were inated by Procter and Gamble. 'KThe Cheer samples are actually whatls behind the theme of Bright Outf' Frerking said. 'cTheir motto is ckeep your clothes cheery and bright', so it just worked really well with what we wanted to promote. From 11-3p.m. ReadyU representatives took photos, videos, and signatures in hopes to dominate the competition. Frerking was especially into the idea of beating KU. We want everyone to know that weire the best, because we aref, Frerking said. GI think we have a very spirited university. The students love getting involved and they responded well to thisf' Yet there were some students that felt there wasnit enough information out there prior to the event to get into it. Kasey Dassel, sophomore in business administration, was one of them. Sure they made a facebook group, Erin Poppe dufing the event. said Dassel. But it was only up for a short amount of time beforehand, and I didnit see any personal publicity. If they had come to talk to my sorority house during dinner, we would have had the information first hand and I think a lot more people would have wanted to join the funfi However there were students that gathered at Bosco to celebrate Bright Out, fully decked out in neon clothing. They performed the Wabash and the fight song for onlookers as the ReadyU representatives documented the event. Monica Klawuhn, senior in marketing, enjoyed watching all the festivities. lid say it was pretty successfulf' said Klawuhn. K'People were really excited about the products and the ReadyU website. And getting dressed up in neon colors. Who doesn't love that?l' Students sigr up and gather tree prizes and give-aways during the universitys tirst Bright Ou' Day Students and faculty were invited to aress up in their brightest colors to wear around carnpus on Oct 6. Various activites and gannes were played 15-