K-State's safari-themed Open House to feature Marching Cobras, racing cockroaches, wild games and exhibits showing what K-State has to offer

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News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

K-STATE'S SAFARI-THEMED OPEN HOUSE TO FEATURE MARCHING COBRAS, RACING COCKROACHES, WILD GAMES AND EXHIBITS SHOWING WHAT K-STATE HAS TO OFFER

MANHATTAN -- Everyone is invited on a safari adventure to see Wildcats in their native habitat -- the Kansas State University campus.

Come explore K-State at the safari-themed All-University Open House, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the campuses in Manhattan and Salina. Open house gives visitors a chance to see what life at K-State is really like. Through games, exhibits, entertainment, interactive displays and tours, see what a K-State education can do for you.

Some "wild" things you can expect to see on the safari:

* Marching Cobras. The renowned Kansas City drill team gives its second open house performance at noon on the Bosco Plaza outside the K-State Student Union.

* Racing cockroaches. Staff at K-State's Insect Zoo will show off some of the zoo's creepy, crawly inhabitants.

* Fighting robots. See competition robots in action at the engineering complex.

* Tightrope-walking rats. Rodents perform feats they've learned from K-State psychology students, Union.

* "Naked" computers. At K-State at Salina, students in the department of technology and aviation will demonstrate the inner workings of computers using a game of tic-tac-toe.

K-State's All-University Open House can answer questions about admissions, student financial assistance, on-campus or Greek living, and campus life, including K-State's nearly 400 student organizations. Open house will have information specifically for transfer students, students from military families, minority students and out-of-state students.

Each K-State college will have demonstrations, games and food, as well as faculty and students on hand to answer questions about the more than 250 majors offered at the university. To help prospective students unsure about a major, a free online career assessment will be given each hour beginning at 10 a.m. in 14 Holton Hall.

Walking tours of campus, given each half hour, will include a 1 p.m. tour in both English and Spanish. Shuttle buses run every 15 minutes from the Union to sites across campus, including the Peters Recreation Complex, residence halls and Hale Library, the centerpiece of K-State's Manhattan campus.

For K-State's youngest visitors, open house includes children's activities like carnival games outside Calvin Hall and the stuffed animal clinic at the small animal lobby of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in Mosier Hall.

Entertainment for people of all ages includes a variety show and international parade at Bosco Plaza, as well as a presentation Friday, April 13, by two of the stars of the Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" program. The show begins at 7 p.m. in McCain Auditorium. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased by calling 785-532-6428.

There's plenty to eat at K-State's All-University Open House, from goodies made by students in bakery science and management, to salads you make yourself with help from students in K-State's dietetics program.

More information about K-State's All-University Open House, including a list of events, is available at http://consider.k-state.edu/openhouse/