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[edit] Cheer

Now say it with me...

"K - S - U . . . WILDCATS!!"

And we shall follow that up with Another K-State FIRST DOWN!

Kirk: I'm afraid cheering for your favourite team doesn't really belong in an encyclopedia article. ;-)

What is wrong w/ adding a little color (or colour, as you might say) to these entries?

And if this encyclopedia entry (or any/all entries for that matter) are to be accurate, why not include things of this nature (btw, the lines you reference are indeed a part of the University, to some degree).

Oh, Lord. I see a whole raft of subpages for fight songs coming. --MichaelTinkler, alumnus of perennial football unfavorite Rice University

Nothing wrong with a little colour (or color, as you might say). However, you might preface the cheer with somthing like this:

While taking in a game, one is likely to hear the university cheer... (insert cheer here)

That way, you're not asking the readers to cheer along with you. -- Stephen Gilbert

I think adding fight songs would be no different than adding entries for other songs (see Take me out to the ball game). -- RjLesch, whose school fight song was usually sung as "Don't know the words / Don't know the words / ..."

[edit] Main Campus Buildings

Just a suggestion, instead of making an article per building make one article and link to the headings. It's still a work in progress, but see Iowa State University and Buildings of Iowa State University for an example. Cburnett 01:02, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Good suggestion. I wasn't involved in writing that part of the page, but I'm thinking of spinning off some info onto other pages that cover bigger topics in that style. Kgwo1972 00:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I like the idea, but have reservations. I might be more for that idea of Wikipedia weren't so slow so frequently. As such, the large pages like that never finish loading. --Hanenkamp 17:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Distinguished alumni

Kirstie Alley never graduated. I think she should be removed from the alumni section, but I would like some feedback. Kgwo1972 17:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

I went ahead and put the designation attended next to her name and others are not actually alumni. Kgwo1972 00:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Old map

I remember inside a closet door in jounalism department was a really old perspective map (is that the right term?). I wonder if it's still there. I was very tempted to steal it but I was too honest. If it's still there it would be cool to get a photograph of it. --Gbleem 04:49, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Research sentence removed

Hi all - I removed the following sentence:

Faculty and graduate research is conducted at the university in agronomy, biosciences, electrical engineering, food science and the social sciences.

The context implies these are the only areas where research is done, which is false. Also, I don't really see the purpose for such a list. It should be presumed that at any large research university, research is conducted in all academic fields. With a few very minor exceptions, I believe this is true of K-State. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 00:18, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Seems rational to me. I was just mucking around with that part of the page but that sentence was not my work. Kgwo1972 00:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Coach!

If someone could make a Ron Prince page, that would be great, seeing as the cats have a new coach.

[edit] Dan Glickman

Anybody have a citation that proves Dan Glickman attended KSU? I couldn't find one. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 01:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alcoholic coaches

I have now removed the statement that KSU basketball coach is an alcoholic. There are two problems with this addition. First, its not relevant to an article on KSU, perhaps the article on the coach, but not here. Second, it was unsourced. It being "well known" is not sufficient. A verifiable source is needed. Without such wikipedia is exposing itself to libel suits. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 02:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bleeding Purple

We use that a lot to say we are die-hard fans. Should it be added under trivia or something?Cameron Nedland 20:41, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll add it. WaltBren (talk) 19:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] KSU name

If someone knows, please correct. Otherwise, I'll look it up and do it. I thought that the name was, at one time, Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science until about 20 years ago. Polounit 02:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Done/Thanks, Spacini. Polounit 03:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Demographics

Is there any official information on this (like saying that 90% of students are from Johnson County, etc.)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cameron Nedland (talk • contribs) 16:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National champions

I have reverted this edit. This webpage appears to contradict it. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 01:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

As does this, if you count individual sports. Kslogic | Talk 23:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Campus in Olathe

Has anyone heard any details on the new campus they're making?Cameron Nedland (talk) 19:56, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Its not new. its an ag farm southeast of Lawrence that has been there for years. My sister worked there, too. Full of snakes, she said. WaltBren (talk) 19:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Endowment

The endowment figure has been going back and forth, so I though some explanation would be helpful. The figure of $453 million from the Foundation's annual report is for ALL assets, including non-endowment assets like the golf course and other real estate (see page 15). The annual report does show a figure of $289.8 million for pure endowments (see page 14 graphs), but that does not include quasi and term endowments. The best source of the actual endowment for Kansas State University is the NACUBO Endowment Study. NACUBO is the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Each September universities submit the fair market value of their endowment to NACUBO (along with lots of other data), which is published several months later. This is the source of the $346.4 million figure that has been reverted. In this case, both the annual report and the NACUBO study are dated 6/30/07, so one is not more current than the other. I hope this explanation helps. Alanraywiki (talk) 15:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with using the NACUBO figures. It is more accurate and third-party sources should be used whenever possible. →Wordbuilder (talk) 16:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I also agree with using the NACUBO figures for the reasons given above. It also provides an accurate means of comparison between institutions. -Kgwo1972 (talk) 21:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

It now appears that a revert war has started. I support the NACUBO figures, but perhaps we should turn this over to an admin.Spacini (talk) 13:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Since the editor who insists on the other version is, so far, unwilling to join the conversation and since that editor's version has not received support here, I think if the current version is again changed, then admin intervention may be required. →Wordbuilder (talk) 13:46, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Official Name

The reverted section stated that the official name of Kansas State University was "Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science" and was changed to this in 1959. According to this page from K-State Libraries, the college was named KSCAAS on 09 March 1931, and was changed to Kansas State University on 27 March 1959. Flibbert (talk) 15:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

This was a mistaken revert. The page referenced from the K-State University Archives isn't specific with the full name of the university. What it is referencing is that "College" was changed to "University". The official name of the university is Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Spacini (talk) 04:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Big 12 WikiProject

I'm trying to gauge the interested in created a Big 12 WikiProject and wondering who would like to be involved. There are already pages for WikiProject Big Ten and WikiProject ACC. A Big 12 project would cover the schools themselves and anything to do with conference sports including: events, rivalries, teams, seasons, championships and lore. There is already quite a bit of activity here on Wikipedia regarding the Big 12, and I think a project could help coordinate and unify our efforts. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Big 12 if you are interested, and add your name to the list. Grey Wanderer (talk) 00:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

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