Architecture program continues to receive high rankings, honors
The College of Architecture, Planning and Design at K-State continued its record of high rankings in the November/December 2012 issue of Design Intelligence magazine entitled “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2013.” In the newest edition of the magazine, K-State placed 13th in the architecture graduate program, 11th in the landscape architecture graduate program and 9th in the interior [...]
Speech students present petitions for on-campus issues
On Thursday afternoon, six K-State students presented persuasive speeches to an audience in an attempt to convince students to sign petitions and spread the word on the proposals presented. The event, put on in part by Speech II instructor Travis Smith, and held in the Town Hall Room of the Leadership Studies Building, allowed presenters to [...]
Speaker presents firsthand account of living with HIV
The K-State Student Union Little Theatre housed a group Thursday night for an emotionally-charged, firsthand account of the challenges of living with HIV. The goal of the presentation was to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. The Union Program Council-sponsored event “Does HIV Look Like Me?” brought the story of Christina Rock to Manhattan. Rock, [...]
Volleyball team falls in first round of NCAA tournament
A once-promising season came to an end Thursday night, as the K-State volleyball team fell to the Northern Iowa Panthers in three sets in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Lincoln, Neb. The Panthers’ defense stifled the Wildcats’ offense, never allowing them to gain any ground. K-State finished the match with a hitting [...]
Architecture program continues to receive high rankings, honors
The College of Architecture, Planning and Design at K-State continued its record of high rankings in the November/December 2012 issue of Design Intelligence magazine entitled “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2013.” In the newest edition of the magazine, K-State placed 13th in the architecture graduate program, 11th in the landscape architecture graduate program and 9th in the interior [...]
K-State memes aim to entertain, stay positive
For a Facebook page that was just started this February, K-State Memes has been a big hit. Creators Jess Eisenbarth, sophomore in biology, and Matthew Roeder, sophomore in graphic design, didn’t realize that their page of memes regarding aspects of K-State — most of them true — would become so popular, ascending from between eight [...]
Attendees of social media round table discuss new ways to reach students
With social media, it is often hard to know the source behind posts and tweets. On Thursday, a monthly social media round table was held in the Hemisphere Room of Hale Library to discuss tactics that different K-State departments and organizations can use to connect with students. Several different departments were present, from Hale Library [...]
iPhone iOS 6 software upgrade offers new features, met with mixed reviews
With the recent success of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 software, Apple took the plunge in a new advancement in both the iPhone 5 and the new software of iOS 6. According to a Sept. 21 TechRadar article by Gary Marshall, the new software is “much more social than before.” Not everyone is happy [...]
Audiences pay money for familiar movie sequels, regardless of quality
We’ve all had that feeling, whether sitting in a movie theater or on the couch, of finishing a movie and thinking that there could not possibly be a part two. Nowadays, however, if you assume a film will not have a sequel, you’ll more than likely be proven wrong. Why are film sequels, most often [...]