From the frying pan into the fire

How some K-State students are eating at home
Written by Alecia Stuchlik
Photography by Laura Hansen

For Kansas State University students living off campus, balancing budget, health and time constraints puts huge pressure on where, what and when they decide to eat.
Cooking on the cheap
Adele Falk, Overland Park senior in vocal performance, and her roommate Holly Lathrom, Wichita [...]

Serving Late-Night Munchies

Students work graveyard shifts to keep late-night eaters full
Written by Lauren Tice
Photography by Anne Dinsdale

Travis Hartwick averages about five hours of sleep a night, and for what?
Hartwick works several 12-hour shifts a week delivering pizza for Gumby’s Pizza. This may not appear out of the ordinary for a college student, seeing how many are gainfully [...]

Cup of Joe

Why we love the fairly traded coffee and its very first campus kiosk
Written and Photographed by Anne Dinsdale

Name: Kacie Davis
Year: Fresh
Major: Pre Med. Life sciences
Hometown: Leawood
Favorite CC: Iced vanilla latte
What do you think about the new location: I used to go to Caribou Coffee after high school in Leawood. I like that it has a [...]

New wine in old bottles

College students are quickly becoming the new connoisseurs of wine
Written by Alecia Stuchlik
Photography by Anne Dinsdale

To many people, wine is nothing more than a beverage occupying part of a liquor store. While it merits notice, wine is nevertheless a sort of no man’s land to beer guzzlers or martini mixers. However, for those who prefer [...]

Ahead of the game

Fire up the grill for football and fun with our guide to Powercat tailgating

Written by Alecia Stuchlik
Photographed by Kelsey Thompson

“Without tailgating, it’s just a game,” couldn’t ring truer for fans of Wildcat football.
For the average Kansas Stat University student who bleeds purple, tailgating is a nonnegotiable part of all college experience in Manhattan.
The smells [...]

Raising Dough

K-State’s Bakery Science Club Discovers Recipe for Success

Written by Alyssa Reeves
Photographed by Anne Dinsdale

What just might be the best-kept secret at Kansas State University can be found every Wednesday afternoon in Shellenberger Hall, where a weekly bake sale has fed K-State students’ cravings since 1970.

This is a bake sale with a professional purpose: While patrons [...]