As the year 2000 approached, a growing fear of Y2K spread panic. Due to the way computers stored years using two digits, there was a concern that technology would break down as the year 2000 began. Government agencies formed Y2K divisions tasked with coordinating solutions to the potential problem. When the year 2000 arrived, nothing disastrous occurred.

Florida had a major voting recount dispute that took center stage in the 2000 presidential election, causing the results to be undetermined for more than a month. As the child’s sign implies, Florida received heavy scrutiny for its ballots. The nation saw the term “butterfly ballet” flash across the screen of every major news network as many seniors claimed their votes went toward the campaign of Pat Buchanan and not Al Gore, whom they intended to cast a vote for. As a result of this ballot issu

Students react to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the deadliest attacks that have occurred on American soil. Suicide hijackers flew airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, which resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths. The attacks on the Twin Towers were two of four attacks in America on Sept. 11, 2001. Following these events, President George W. Bush began the war on terrorism and a hunt for Osama bin Laden, mastermind behind the outbreak.

On Dec. 6, 2003, Arrowhead Stadium hosted the Big 12 Championship between the Oklahoma Sooners and the K-State Wildcats. K-State defeated the No. 1-ranked Sooners 35-7. The victory gave K-State its first Big 12 Championship and first conference crown in football since the Wildcats won the Big Six Conference in 1934.

The BTK killer, Dennis Rader, is a serial killer who murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County, around Wichita, between 1974 and 1991. The BTK killer, which stands for “bind, torture and kill,” sent letters describing the details of the killings to police and to local news outlets during the period of time in which the murders took place. He stopped sending letters through much of the 1990’s, but in 2004 resumed his letter writing. This led to his 2005 arrest and subsequent conviction.

Richard Branson sprays champagne on pilot Steve Fossett after his nonstop flight around the world.

The Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer circled the globe in a time of 67 hours 1 minute from February 28, 2005 until March 3, 2005. Additionally, the flight speed of 342.2 mph broke the Absolute World Record for the fastest nonstop un-refueled circumnavigation set by the previous Rutan-designed Voyager aircraft at nine days three minutes and an average speed of 115.65 mph. When the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer landed in Salina, the total distance flown was 22,936 miles.

K-State students collect donations for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, killed 1,800 people and displaced 400,000. After the levees failed in New Orleans, $100 billion in damages was caused by the hurricane. Four years after the storm, thousands who were displaced are still living in FEMA trailers.

Former President George W. Bush speaks at the 142nd Landon Lecture. During the lecture, Bush recalled the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and spoke about the battle against al-Qaida and the Taliban. He also discussed the liberation of Iraq from Saddam Hussein and the importance of democracy.

Fans storm the court as the Wildcats defeat KU in Bramlage Coliseum, 84-75. The Wildcats had lost to KU for 24 years in a row at home. Three Wildcat freshmen led the team to victory: Jacob Pullen, Bill Walker and Michael Beasley, who scored a combined 67 points. After the season, Walker and Beasley entered the NBA Draft.

Ron Prince announces his resignation as coach of the K-State football team as Jon Wefald, former K-State president and coach Bill Snyder stand by. Snyder first began coaching at K-State in 1989. Prior to his term, K-State had lost 27 games in a row. During his first reign, he led the Wildcats to their first bowl win in 1993, a No. 1 poll ranking in 1998 and won the Big 12 Championship in 2003. Snyder resigned after the 2005 season. During his first year back, the team had a record of 6-6 and def

Kirk Schulz addresses the crowd in Bramlage Coliseum during his inauguration as the 13th President of K-State. Schulz was selected following Jon Wefald’s 23-year term as K-State’s president. Schulz quickly became known throughout the student body as a technology advocate, using both Twitter.com and Facebook.com to communicate.