Find out more about attending K-State by chatting with K-State admissions before, during and after the K-State vs. the University of Kansas basketball game Saturday, Jan. 30. The live, online chat from 5-10 p.m. is available to anyone with an interest in K-State. A chat representative will be available to answer questions about K-State admissions, [...]
There will be no shortage of music on campus in February, with a variety of performances for the community to enjoy. Performances, all free and open to the public, include: * Patrick Sheridan, guest tubaist, will present a solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in All Faiths Chapel. Sheridan is one of the [...]
The Landon Lecture by Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at McCain Auditorium. “Adm. Mullen was originally scheduled to speak at K-State early in the fall 2009 semester, but asked that his lecture be postponed because of scheduling conflicts. With U.S. [...]
Work by two theater students and a K-State faculty member is being recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 5. The festival, Jan. 17-23 at Johnson County Community College, featured 2,000 students from eight states competing in various areas of theater. K-State’s Joe Klug, junior in theater, Overland Park, received first place [...]
Hierarchy and individualism may seem like strange bedfellows, but a K-State political scientist and his colleague argue that such unlikely pairings have been a recurring theme in Kansas politics since the state’s beginning. Joseph A. Aistrup is a Kansas politics expert who is a professor of political science and interim associate dean of K-State’s College [...]
As a first-generation college student, Brandon Hall said he was especially unaware of what it took to transition from high school to college. Now, with firsthand experience of these difficulties and as president of K-State’s Black Student Union, Hall aspires to help his fellow students achieve success in college. Hall, a junior in marketing, grew [...]
The K-State theater program will present the comedy “Big Love” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4-6 and Feb. 10-13 in Nichols Theater. Written by Charles L. Mee, “Big Love” is a modern twist on the Greek play “The Suppliant Women” by Aeschylus in which 50 brides flee to Italy to avoid marrying their 50 cousins. Chaos, [...]
Antioxidants increasingly have been praised for their benefits against disease and aging, but recent studies at Kansas State University show that they also can cause harm. Researchers in K-State’s Cardiorespiratory Exercise Laboratory have been studying how to improve oxygen delivery to the skeletal muscle during physical activity by using antioxidants, which are nutrients in foods [...]
The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art will have two workshops for sweethearts inspired to make valentines. A workshop for adults will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3. “This would make a great date-night activity,” said Kathrine Schlageck, the museum’s senior educator. “We often hear that adults would like to participate in their kids’ [...]
Earthworms will soon be wiggling their way into Kansas classrooms to help a K-State biology instructor with a statewide biological research project. Bruce Snyder, instructor in K-State’s Division of Biology, is teaming up with collaborators throughout the state for the project “Earthworms Across Kansas: A Citizen Science Approach to an Invasive Species Survey.” The project [...]