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issue #20 - January 12th, 2012

This issue of The Hype Weekly scooped up and tossed in your face by:

jimbo ivy, sarah sullivan, George Wame Matthews, Keegan D. Hudspeth, michael donovan, adam j. mason, samuel sargent, antonio senior, c. sharp,

jim spencer, jen lee, shoun ruffin, cindy shrottson, matt beyer, and as always the mysterious “hypester”.

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The Slant(Voices, yours and ours)

2 - Us to You3 - Stop the Presses!

Cover by: Keegan D. Hudspeth

The Centerfold(Your Weekly Calender made of 100% Awesome)

The Beat(Stories you tell us to write)

4 - Small Market, Big Opportunity6- Natural Vs. Organic - What Does it all mean?

7- MLK Jr. Day Schedule

The Bump(Bump it, Brah, it rocks!)

12 - Winter Farmers Market14 - Football, Steak and Beer:

A Cotton Bowl Story

Dear Manhattan,

We giddily present to you the first scrumptiously-themed episode of the 2012 Hype. I hope you are reading this somewhere where food is readily accessible or at least near a vending machine for you poor brow-beaten students hanging out in the 24 hour study lounge at the library. We have jam-packed these pages with succelent articles about all things food from where to buy it, how to fry it, and what’s inside it.

We feel the need in these cold days to pass on the same warm comfort that you used to get eating mom’s chicken noodle soup and mashed po-tatoes, only in print form, and we’re pretty sure if you eat us, your tongue will probably get paper cuts and you won’t feel warm all over after chok-ing all 16 pages down.

Despite this fact, we would like to invite you to sit back, get comfortable, order a hot beverage, a tasty treat, or a plate full of something drowned in gravy and dig in to the Foodie Issue of The Hype Weekly. We guar-antee that you will walk away satisfied or at least hungry for some good stomach food to go with your food for thought.

Also, Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! There are a lot of wonderful people in this community that have been working very hard all year long to put together a terrific day of events to celebrate the live of the Doctor. See inside the issue for a listing of events and get out there and celebrate!

Love,The Hype Weekly

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Manhattan Arts Center's Spring 2012 classes now on the web!

Visit www.manhattanarts.org and select from the Classes tabfor class options and details.

Coming up:

Mrs. Holly Friesen's Drawing ClassAges 8-10 January 24-April 3 (every other Tuesday)Ages 11-13 January 31-April 10 (every other Tuesday)4:15-5:30pm

Learn to draw from real life and pictures! Learn techniques and ex-periment with watercolor pencils, pastel pencils, colored pencils and much more.

Minimum of 5 students, maximum of 8. Cost: $60 (scholarships available)

Adult Drawing(w/ Linda Rae)Ages 16 plusMon: Jan 23 - March 12,6-8pm

Bring your own drawing materials and an item for a still life composi-tion each week. Students will be introduced to a variety of drawing media and papers. Contour drawing, drawing on the right side of the brain, values, composition, and shading, as well as speed sketching, drawing human proportions, and perspective will all be offered. Cost: $90

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITYWe're looking for a few good people to help with the galleries on Sat-urday afternoons.

"Gallery Sitters" open the galleries and welcome the public.

The galleries are open from 1-4pm on Saturdays.

The Columbian Theatre is holding auditions!

Good Afternoon to All! The Columbian is gearing up to start work-ing on our play for the season, "Don't Dress For Dinner," a comedy by Marc Camoletti! We are holding two separate auditions this time around and we would like to invite you to join us. This production will be directed by Tracena Marie, a KSU Graduate Student! Manhattan auditions will be held January 12th at the Founders Hill Apartment Complex Conference Room located at 1401 College Av-enue from 6-8pm.

Wamego auditions will be held January 13th at the Columbian, up-stairs in the theatre, from 6-8pm. Prepared material is not necessary! Performance dates are March 9-11, 16-18 (Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm) Synopsis: In a renovated French farmhouse, Bernard is hoping to pack his wife, Jacqueline, away to her mother's for the weekend so he and his mistress, Suzanne, can have a romance filled weekend. As an alibi, Bernard invites his best friend Robert over, who unbeknownst to Bernard, is having an affair with Jacqueline. While Bernard is busy packing Jacqueline up, she is busy answering calls from the catering agency confirming "Suzy" and from Robert who also confirms his ar-rival. Jacqueline quickly cancels her trip and tells Bernard her mother has the flu and Bernard's fool proof plan rapidly unravels and a week-end of mix-ups promptly ensues. We hope to see many of you at either of the auditions and prepare to have tons of fun :) Thanks!

Contact The Columbian at (785) 456-2029 or [email protected]

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The Beat

You may have noticed in the last few months that this publication’s content is substantially weighed in the direction of promoting and in-forming the public about local and small business. Hopefully, this induces a feeling of profound guilt, one which claws eerily up your spine ev-ery time you enter some national chain mega-store. I can see you now, out on an errand strapped for time, and there it is, the big friendly blue or red letters of the giant chain store. “Welcome”, it says to you, ominously from across the road or highway. It’s only until you enter that you understand the mistake you’ve made. I’m not going to patronize you beyond what I’ve already done, you know what happens, you’ve seen it.

The robotic nature of it all, everyone inside might as well be on conveyor belts. I don’t need to tell you that the corporations pay someone to design the interiors of their stores to do that to you. They construct every placement in the store to lead you where they want you to go, like herding sheep. Sure all the Bisquick and peanut butter you want is readily available for your consumption, so convenient, so boring. I know you want something new, and if you’re a new arrival in town, whether for work or school, I’m sure you might have different tastes than the conventional. Maybe you’re vegan. Maybe you’re Asian. Maybe you’re a foodie on the prowl. Worry not dear reader, the Hype is here.

People’s Grocery Co-Op - 523 South 17th StreetHands down if you’re looking for organic whole foods or a way to cure your vegan/veg-etarian munchies, People’s Grocery is where it’s at. Forget the organic section at the big chains, this place beats it all in spades and makes them whimper in embarrassment. People’s Grocery is customer owned, and while a one time $50 fee to become a member might seem discouraging to impoverished college students, membership is not a require-ment to shop there in spite of how much it’s worth it. People’s helps support local growers and suppliers of everything from honey and produce to freshly made breads. You won’t need to look far if you’re heading down Fort Riley Boulevard. In order to get into People’s, you still need to turn onto 17th and get around the Daras/Taco Casa combo at the end of the street before you make your way to the store passing Game Hounds and that one mat-tress place.

A few years ago they relocated to the new spot, and inside the newer building you find a polished and welcoming store whose staff and stock offer all the information and support

that a discerning consumer will truly appreciate. I highly suggest paying attention to the tea/spice island near the front door, as some of the loose leaf tea concoctions and hard to find spices are really worth your perusal. Something I really love about the store was a result of my own misinformed assumption. Coming from smallville Kansas, I always assumed that a whole foods store was directed primarily at vegans and vegetarians. Not true, and I discovered this through the excellent deli featured inside the store. Not only can you have a hummus sandwich, but you can toss a slice of humanely fed and kept turkey on it to compliment the organic tomatoes and other veggies you might want. Their soups are spectacular, and while I’ve yet to try a smoothie, the last time I was in I saw a five year old begging for a soy based fruit smoothie, so you be the judge of that.

Yi’s Oriental Market - 1030 Colorado StreetI’ve been going to Yi’s off and on since I moved to Manhattan, and it should be a staple for any-one wishing to experiment with Asian cooking. Yi’s has a family feel to it. Often you can hear what I assume is one of the owner’s younger children practicing music in the back room, she’s quite good by the way. The stock of the store is focused toward Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Polynesian food and ingredients, but don’t let that stop you from exploring and purchasing from one of the longest standing small grocers in the area. When looking for the store all you need do is take 11th street from Aggieville and follow it down past Poyntz to the corner at Colo-rado street. The little 7up sign is hard to miss. If you’re looking for the fun staples, Yi’s won’t let you down. When I feel like a good jar of kimchi or making some miso soup I can find all the ingredients there, ready and waiting. It’s also good for bulk buys if you’re looking for a large

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Big Opportunitysacks of rice or just about any form of Asian noodle. Admittedly, (and it’s a Western flaw in myself), but Yi’s is the only place in town I can find a Japanese treat that is usually supposed to be eaten only to celebrate Japanese New Year. However, as much as I love mochi rice cakes, a soft glutenous rice pounded into an opaque dough filled with sweet azuki bean paste, I suppose I celebrate new years too often.

The Asian Market - 2304 Stagg Hill Rd # DThis is one of the newest groceries in town, and I must say I really enjoy it. I feel like nearly every time I’ve come in they change something and the selection and presentation get a little better with every visit. Asian Market is just off Stagg Hill Road right next to the Enterprise rental store and the Chinese buffet which I believe they might share associa-tion with. Their selection of products meant for Indian cooking is admirable, especially since most of the ingredients could be translated to Thai cooking as well. The prices are quite competitive and I was happily shocked to find some really authentic regional choices in their freezers. Including packages of whole crabs and little packs of chicken feet which I’ve found from a bit of research to be a very popular snack around the world. Asian Mar-ket also boasts some really hard to find Asian produce that I have been wanting for my recipes at home, and again those that I’m not brave enough to try. I’m speaking specifi-cally of things like cute little white mushrooms that are often found in soups and hot pot dishes, but more infamously things like the Bittermelon, whose name speaks for itself, and the spiky Durian fruit. Known for the love/hate relationship it has with it’s consum-

ers around the world, the Durian fruit is what Admiral Ackbar would describe as a trap. Those who have eaten it describe the edible flesh as tasting rich and similar to almonds with the texture of custard, but the smell of the fruit is reminiscent of turpentine and old gym socks. I’m bemused to report that people love the weird little fruit so much that they’ve made Durian flavored pop-sickles for the kids. These are also available for purchase in the store.

The Chinese Grocery - 715 N 12th StThe Chinese Grocery in Aggieville makes an excellent place to stop by if you are a student in the dorms or living close to campus and feel like picking up some fun groceries on the way home. The location, for those of you who aren’t new to town is located where Rockstar and Rogers used to be right across from Stickel’s Cleaners. The staff is really nice and helpful, and if they’re not too busy restocking they can usually help you look around to find what you need. The store seems geared toward continental Chinese food only, but that’s not to say you can’t find food from other regions as well. The freezer section they put up recently has a number of really cool easy to prepare frozen items, most of which I can’t properly identify as my ability to read Mandarin is, well, nonexistent. The store used to have a buffet during the week for an hour or two, sur-rounding lunch time that I really loved, but I found recently that they discontinued it. The buffet was great because you could snag a plat-ter of pretty authentic Chinese food. Not the sugar covered oil slath-ered tasty junk food that you usually get with a buffet, but healthy and unique Chinese fare. I remember once that a coworker had been a bit taken aback by the bag I brought to work one day. “What are those purple things?”, she asked, “Lotus Root”, I replied. “And those weird black stringy things?”, she sneered, I smiled, “Black fungus, or mushroom if you prefer”. Say what you want about how it might look weird, that black fungus was delectable. (Continued on Pg 6)


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Martin Luther King, Jr.Day January 16th, 2012

Natural? Organic? What Does It All Really Mean?By Matt BeyerYou would have to be completely oblivious to what is in the local grocery store to not at least recognize the terms Natural and Organic, but it would not surprise most if you do not know what they truly mean. In terms of the food industry, these are two growing sectors that consumers are wanting, even though they are unknown.

In general, when a consumer thinks of something be-ing Natural, they expect it to have no ingredients that are heavily processed or artificial, which is the same for Organic products. But the real question comes into play as to why is there a nifty little symbol on all of the Organic products, but not on all of the Natural products? There is a very simple answer for this, all Organic products are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), while there is no government authority regulat-ing, or even making a standard, for what is classified as Natural.

Organic food manufacturers are required by the USDA to have an Organic certification from an authorized auditing firm. Grandma Hoerner’s Foods, Inc. located just off of I-70 is a producer of Organic and Natural food products, and is required to have this certification for all of the products that are classified as Organic. They use the cer-

tification company Midwest Organic Services Association to do their inspections, and have them come in at least once every year. Along with getting audited once a year, companies making Organic products must use ingredients in the products that are either certified Organic or are ap-proved by the USDA for use in Organic products.

For the Natural products that they produce, they will use the standard for Natural products and the accept-able and unacceptable list of ingredients set forth by both Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. These are two companies that have set the largest standard for what is classified as Natural and are used largely by the food industry to help control what is being classified as Natural. Another general standard that is used to help determine what is Natural that all ingredients are not derived from geneti-cally modified organism sources, also known as GMO sources.

Now it may be going through your mind, “Well, here are two options for products, but which is better?” This is a point that has been argued to no ends and is still being argued. In my personal opinion, both are good and viable options since Organic products are in essence Natural products that have been certified to a higher standard. That being said, Organic certification will increase the cost of the products due to the cost of certification and overall cost of ingredients. But without a set standard for Natural products, it falls on the consumer to read the list of ingredients, and ensure that the term is not being used in a false manner.

Though the Trader Joe’s list of Acceptable Ingredients is not available on their website at this time, the Unac-ceptable Ingredients for Food list is available on Whole Foods website under Product Info. Their website is www.wholefoodsmarket.com.

If you would like more information, you can always visit the Grandma Hoerner’s Foods Factory and Gift store off of exit 324 off of I-70. You can see some of their products off of their website and more contact information at www.grandmahoerners.com.

Happy shopping and make sure to keep an eye on your food labels.

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Eastside and Westside Markets - next to Super 8 on US Hwy. 24 or across from Briggs These markets, located on the east and west sides of Manhattan respectively, rely on lo-cal farmers for their products. Stepping into either store you can expect to see not only a variety of lo-cally grown produce, but also the means of growing food yourself. Eastside and Westside Market carry seeds and growing supplies for pretty much every-thing that can grow in this region, and even a few things that can’t, if you’re willing to give it a shot. You will also find a wall of canned and jarred good-ies ranging from some of the most peculiar

salsas to the weirdest jellies, all made and processed by people in this state. I’ve always been impressed with how open the stores are. If you go in during spring, summer, or early fall, you can expect to see doors open and large side doors rolled up to allow customers access to a number of potted plants and other gardening supplies that are readily available.

As far as price range, you’re going to pay a little more for a few kinds of vegetables, but the taste and the quality of what is offered outpaces the extra 15-20 cents /lb. that you might not pay for some dull bargain at one of the big stores. If you know how to shop for sea-sonal produce, you’re cheating yourself if

you don’t stop through and try some of the fruits when they are in season. Caution, your head may explode from being overwhelmed with flavor.

10:00am Welcome Rev. Jim Spencer, MLK Committee National Anthem by Moriah Wagner

10:15am Mayor Jim Sherow: Reading of Proclamation10:35am Billy and Lynette Hill11: 00am Randi Dale Dance Troupe11:25am MT. Zion Family Worship Center11: 50am MLK Art and Writing/ Video contest Awards /� e Spirit of MLK Award

12:35pm Manhattan Christian Fellowship Church Choir/ Praise Dancers

1: 00pm Fellowship Temple COGIC Sunshine1: 20pm Minister Jahvelle Rhone- Saxophonist1: 45pm Bethel AME Church2:10 pm Richard Pitt- Drum group2: 30pm LeAnder Sharpe singing group 3: 20pm Greg Stephens and Family4: 00pm Closing Comments – MLK Birthday Cake & Punch

Are you ready to do your part to keep the Dream, Legacy, and Vision of Dr. King alive? Become a member of the MLK

Committee.

Contact Jim Spencer @ 785.537.1496 to join today!

28th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Manhattan Town CenterJanuary 16, 2012

Monday, January 16, 2012 – 10:00am-04:00pm

Manhattan Town Center – Manhattan, KS

MLK DAY 2012|Performance Series


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MLK Jr. Memorial Committee

Community Celebration and Candlelight Walk

Saturday, January 14, 20126:30-8:30pmManhattan High School East Campus

Speaker: Dr. Mildred Edwards, Director of the Kansas African Affairs Committee

Candlelight Walk from East Campus to First Lutheran Church, 930 Poyntz

MLK Jr. Youth Celebration and Sunday Supper

Sunday, January 15, 20124:00-6:00pmSchool of Leadership StudiesKansas State UniversityMid-Campus Drive and Petticoat Lane

Art, Writing and Video Contest Awards and Reception

For any questions contact Jim Spencer @785-5371496

Prayer BreakfastMonday, January 16, 2012 8:00am Clarion Hotel, 530 Richards Dr.Speaker: Charles Scott Jr., son of Charles Scott Sr. who argued Brown v Topeka Board of Education before theSupreme Court.$10/person buffet

Day of Service Day on, Not a Day Off 9:00am Volunteer check-in begins at Manhattan Mall

Martin Luther King, Jr.Day January 16th, 2012


Thursday 12 10:00AM 2011 K-State Dept. of Art Faculty Biennial @ Beach Museum of Art, KSU Seethecreativeworkofthetalentedfacultyinthe KansasStateUniversityDepartmentofArt.

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10:00AM Surface Tension @ChapmanGallery,onthefirstfloorofWillardHall RobinGermanyisanationallyrecognizedphotographer, andanAssociateProfessorofPhotographyatTexas TechUniversity.Freeandopentothepublic.Partofthe DepartmentofArtVisitingArtistsSeriesforthe2011- 2012Season.

3:00PM City Ice Rink Hours @CityPark Awinteractivitythatshouldnotbemissed!OpenMon daythroughFriday,3-7PMandSaturdayandSunday 1-7PM.

10:00AM Only the Best II @Strecker-NelsonGallery,4061/2Poyntz Seethecreativeworkofthetalentedfacultyinthe KansasStateUniversityDepartmentofArt.

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10:00AM 2011 K-State Dept. of Art Faculty Biennial @ Beach Museum of Art, KSU Seethecreativeworkofthetalentedfacultyinthe KansasStateUniversityDepartmentofArt.



All Day Little Apple Girls Basketball Tournament @ManhattanHighSchoolWestCampus Cheeronthegirlswho’vegotgame!

Your Hit Music Channel!

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10:00AM Columbian Artists @ManhattanArtsCenter TheColumbianArtistsgroupwasfoundedinDecember of1998.Itwasconceivedasasupportgroupforexpe rienced2-dimensionalartists.Astrongresponsetothe initialletterpavedthewayfortheideatobecomereality.

8:00AM Manhattan Christian Spring Enrollment @ManhattanChristianCollege Academicenrollmentforthespringsemesterofclasses.

8:00AM Manhattan Christian Spring Enrollment @ManhattanChristianCollege Academicenrollmentforthespringsemesterofclasses.


9:00PM The Dead Silos in Concert-Free Music Friday! @AuntieMae’sParlor TheHypeWeeklyandAuntieMae’sParlorproudlypres ent:TheDeadSilos!Theyarethebrainchildofthe creativeforcesbehindBlackGasoline,Wichita’sriffsling inggroovedoctors.Thebandformedfromasudden inspirationtocreateamorevocallydrivenR&Bstyle soundthatmixedgenresandwasdistinctivelyMidwest ern.

9:00AM Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age @HaleLibraryHemisphereRoom Copyrightlawisintentionallyvagueinordertoapplyto awidevarietyofsituations.Whileflexible,itpresentsa challengeforfaculty,staff,andstudentsindetermining whetherthelawpermitsre-useofaparticularcopyright edwork.

10:00PM Cody Canada & the Department in Concert @ Longhorns Saloon CodyCanadawas16yearsoldwhenhemadehisway fromYukontoStillwater,Oklahoma.Hehadbeensearch ingforsomeinspiration;aplacetocallhomemusically. Whathefoundwasacreativenirvanaofmusicianswho weregeneratingthemusicthatwouldstaywithhimfor therestofhislife.

10:00PM Riot on the Roxxx w/ Shawn Rock @ Pat’s Blue Rib’n BarBeQue Get your Roxxx on with Shawn’s mix of heavy metal!

10:00AM Only the Best II @Strecker-NelsonGallery,4061/2Poyntz Seethecreativeworkofthetalentedfacultyinthe KansasStateUniversityDepartmentofArt.

6:00PM Auditions for “Don’t Dress for Dinner” @TheColumbianTheatre InarenovatedFrenchfarmhouse,Bernardishopingto packhiswife,Jacqueline,awaytohermother’sforthe weekendsoheandhismistress,Suzanne,canhavea romancefilledweekend.Asanalibi,Bernardinvites hisbestfriendRobertover,whounbeknownstto Bernard,...ishavinganaffairwithJacquieline.While BernardisbusypackingJacquelineup,sheisbusy answeringcallsfromthecateringagencyconfirming “Suzy”andfromRobertwhoalsoconfirmshisarrival. JacquelinequicklycancelshertripandtellsBernardher motherhasthefluandBernard’sfoolproofplanrapidly unravelsandaweekendofmix-upspromptlyensues.


9:30PM Old School Video Mix w/ DJ Pizzle @BobbyT’sBarandGrill GetyourdanceonwithDJPizzle,Manhattan’sKingof theOldSchool,mixingmusicvideosfromthe70’s,80’s, 90’sandtoday,with5000+MusicVideos.


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10:00AM Surface Tension @ChapmanGallery,onthefirstfloorofWillardHall RobinGermanyisanationallyrecognizedphotographer, andanAssociateProfessorofPhotographyatTexas TechUniversity.Freeandopentothepublic. 10:00AM 2011 K-State Dept. of Art Faculty Biennial @ Beach Museum of Art, KSU Seethecreativeworkofthetalentedfacultyinthe KansasStateUniversityDepartmentofArt.

8:00PM KSU Men’s Basketball vs. Texas @BramlageColiseum GoCats!

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Monday 16 10:00AM Surface Tension @ChapmanGallery,onthefirstfloorofWillardHall RobinGermanyisanationallyrecognizedphotographer, andanAssociateProfessorofPhotographyatTexas TechUniversity.Freeandopentothepublic.Partofthe DepartmentofArtVisitingArtistsSeriesforthe2011- 2012Season.



2:00PM MLK Day Storytime @Auditorium,ManhattanPublicLibrary Joinusforastorytimeofamazingpicturebooksthat helpyoungpeoplelearnaboutandunderstandtheCivil RightsMovementandtheimportanceofMartinLuther King,Jr.Day.

10:00AM Martin Luther King Day- On Event @Beach Museum of Art, KSU InthewordsofDr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.,“Ourlives begintoendthedaywebecomesilentaboutthingsthat matter.”JointhestaffoftheBeachMuseumofArtfor thepremierof“TallgrassTV,”avideoinstallationbySam Easterson,andprojectsbasedoncelebrating,investigat ing,andpreservingtheprairieenvironment.

Tuesday 17 10:00AM Surface Tension @ChapmanGallery,onthefirstfloorofWillardHall RobinGermanyisanationallyrecognizedphotographer, andanAssociateProfessorofPhotographyatTexas TechUniversity.Freeandopentothepublic.Partofthe DepartmentofArtVisitingArtistsSeriesforthe2011- 2012Season.


7:00PM KSU Women’s Basketball vs. Oklahoma @BramlageColiseum GoCats!


10:00AM Tallgrass TV: Tribute to the Konza Prairie @Beach Museum of Art, KSU Anexhibitionfeaturingvideofootageofanimalsnative toKonzaPrairieandsimilarprairieenvironmentswillbe ondisplayattheMariannaKistlerBeachMuseumofArt January17-June10,2012.

2:00PM C. of Agriculture/ Dir. of KSRE Cand. Seminar @Ballroom,K-StateAlumniCenter Seminarswillbelivestreamedandarchivedforviewing upto48hoursfollowingtheseminar.

10:00AM Tallgrass TV: Tribute to the Konza Prairie @Beach Museum of Art, KSU Anexhibitionfeaturingvideofootageofanimalsnative toKonzaPrairieandsimilarprairieenvironmentswillbe ondisplayattheMariannaKistlerBeachMuseumofArt January17-June10,2012.

All Day Klicks for Kids Photo Display @ManhattanTownCenter SponsoredbytheKansasChildren’sServiceLeague.Es teemedphotographersthroughoutthestateofKansas havecompiledamovingexhibitofKansaskidsthatare lookingforanadoptivefamilytoofferthemawarmand lovinghome.

9:00PM Auntie Mae’s Mighty Fine Poetry Night @AuntieMae’sParlor Instantpoets;justaddbeer.

11:00AM Jazz Brunch @BluestemBistro PerfectsoundsforaperfectSunday.

6:00PM Dr. Wayne Goins Sunday Jazz @DellaVoce EnjoysomegoodItalianandjamwiththeDoctor.

6:00PM Pagan Fellowship Night @MysticMyths Agatheringofopenheartsforfun,games,and togetherness.Startsat6pmandrunsuntilwhenever.

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Adam Eats With A Surf Rocker

Hola, amigos! If you know me, you know I love food. In fact, I dare say there was a point in time for about a month where at least 90% of my Facebook statuses involved either what I was stuffing my face with at the time, or my plans to indulge in the many culinary delights to be found around our fair city. However, with the holiday season coming to an end, and new year’s resolutions abound, I find myself running out of excuses to chow down on whatever my stomach desires. Which is exactly why I figured it was about time I grabbed someone interesting, picked a local dining hot spot, and busted out another edition of “Adam Eats With..” . You know, for the benefit of our readers.

This time around I sat down at Taco Lucha with local musician, Antonio Senior of Los Habaneros. Normally, I let my guests pick the venue for our feast, but this one was all me. Why? Simple. Taco Lucha is at the top of my list when it comes to something you can only experience in Manhattan, KS, and it seemed like the type of place a guy like

Antonio might enjoy. When I asked if he had ever been, he replied “No, but I’ve been wanting to”. I was shocked, and it was settled.

Los Habaneros is a local surf rock band formed in the fall of ‘08 composed of two guitarists (Antonio and Thad), a drummer (Trapper), and a bassist (“The Legendary” Bill Hughes). Quite possibly the only 100% surf rock band you’re go-ing to find without traveling at least three states in any direction from your current location. Before you get the wrong idea I

would like to direct your attention to a quote on the band’s Facebook page, specifically the “About” section, which is only one sentence long, and I quote, “If you think surf music sounds like The Beach Boys, then you are an idiot.” This band rocks, and rocks hard. Think along the same lines as the intro music to Pulp Fiction. If you haven’t seen Pulp Fiction, stop reading this, and do yourself a favor by watching it right now.

Speaking with Antonio, a Manhattan resident since 1990, I was impressed to find out that he has been playing music for literally the majority of his life. Starting in 3rd grade with the cello, to piano shortly thereafter, and on to guitar around his teenage years, with a bit of work on drums here and there. With such a wide variety of instru-ments under his belt, and experience to match, I had to ask, “Why surf rock?” He ex-plains that it started when he and Thad were in a band named Corkscrew Boar, which played mostly straight rock music with a few surf tunes being worked into their sets before they eventually disbanded. Antonio tells me, “we really enjoyed the surf music aspect of it, knew that no one else around here was doing anything like it, and made it sort of a challenge to ourselves as musicians to see if we could really pull it off to go all out in that direction.” With the addition of Trapper on drums, the discovery of their “wild card” Bill Hughes on bass, and everyone focused on bringing an outright original sound to the area, Los Habaneros emerged as Kansas’ only surf rock band.

A member of such a unique band deserves an equally unique dining experience, and Taco Lucha certainly fits that bill. The overall aesthetic of the joint was best summed up by Antonio when he remarked, “When I walked in here, I didn’t feel like I was in Kansas anymore.” It’s certainly easy to make that mistake. Bright, vibrant colors, luchador masks, faux candle chandeliers, and a bar that looks like it was made from a gigantic piece of drift-wood someone hoisted off the beach and chopped in half are just a few of the things that set this small space apart from the state that surrounds it.

It is also apparent that quality is of utmost concern here. Cabo Wabo (my favorite tequila...so far) is bottom shelf to these guys, with their top shelf being a Don Julio 1942 that goes for $18 a drink (something I’m dying to try as soon as my pocket book recovers from Christmas). The ingredients are fresh and well prepared with a twist of originality. Antonio chooses to go after a couple of Slayer Tacos (grilled steak, roasted poblano and onion, with a jalapeño pesto aioli, queso fresco, and pickled jalapeños on a corn tortilla). I decide this evening I will be devouring the Roasted Pork Bur-ritos (slow roasted pork and their original tinga sauce, rolled up and topped with pork chile verde and cheddar cheese), a Buffalo Chicken Taco (grilled buffalo style chicken, bacon, avacado, and a jalapeno ranch in a flour tortilla), and a Carnitas Taco (braised chopped pork, and a pineapple salsa on a white corn tortilla).

The Slayer - With his first bite, I see a look of joy come across Antonio’s face. He exclaims, “I love spicy things, and this is perfect!” He is so wrapped up in enjoying the Slayer tacos that, ironically, he forgets to grab the squeeze bottle of habanero sauce sitting inches away that he was quite excited to use at the onset of our meal. So it might be safe to say that for you spice lovers out there, this stuff is good enough to make you momentarily ignore damn near everything around you.

The Roasted Pork Burritos - The pork was ridiculously tender, and in all honesty, I probably didn’t even need my knife to cut it. I used my knife anyway to ensure maximum efficiency in getting the food from plate to face. I really can’t describe the tinga sauce. They describe it as “a homemade sauce of tomatoes, chilis, and spices: sweet & mild”. All I know is that it’s tasty enough to shut down all unnecessary brain functions and divert all power to my taste receptors, leaving me with a limited vocabulary that I use to push out a “sooooooo good” in between bites.

Buffalo Chicken Tacos - Something I had never tried before in my five other visits here in the past two months. Also something I am sad I avoided for so long. Delicious through and through. Seriously how can you go wrong with bacon, avacado, and jala-peno ranch? You can’t.

Carnitas - This has become my favorite taco here, hands down. Very simple, but extremely full of flavor. The chopped pork is as tender as that found in my burritos, and I would be willing to pay large sums of money for a small jar of the pineapple salsa so that I could eat it by the spoonful. Maybe I’d use chips. Maybe.

After our meal, I asked Antonio what was next for Los Habaneros. He said it’s hard to say, but for now they’re happy being the only surf rock band around and having a blast doing it. But no matter what does or doesn’t happen for the band he knows that they will always be musicians. It’s a part of them, who they are. Come check out their next show on March 2nd at Auntie Mae’s parlor, and before the show maybe you can swing by Taco Lucha for a bite to eat. I guarantee it will be a most enjoyable and memorable night away from the ordinary.

by Adam J. Mason


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Winter Food Recipes

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Ingredients * 3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes * 1/3 cup diced celery * 1/3 cup finely chopped onion * 3/4 cup diced cooked ham * 3 1/4 cups water * 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules * 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste * 1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste * 5 tablespoons butter * 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour * 2 cups milk

Directions 1. Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham and water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt and pepper. 2. In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added. Con-tinue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes. 3. Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.

Delicious Ham and Potato Soup

The Hype Weekly wants to show you how much we love you. So, we’re passing on to you the recipes that our moms and grandmas, dads and crazy uncles have

taught us to help fight off the cold weather, seasonal affective disorder, but mostly hunger. We’ve made them into convenient recipe cards for you to cut out and

trade with friends. Enjoy!

By The Hype

Ingredients * 1/4 cup packed brown sugar * 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice * 1 teaspoon whole cloves * 1 cinnamon stick * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 1 pinch ground nutmeg * 1 large orange, quartered with peel * 2 quarts apple cider

Directions 1. Place filter in coffee basket, and fill with brown sugar, allspice, cloves, cinnamon stick, salt, nutmeg, and orange wedges. Pour apple cider into coffee pot where the water usually goes. Brew, and serve hot.

Hot Spiced Cider

Ingredients * 3 (12 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough * 1 cup white sugar * 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon * 1/2 cup margarine * 1 cup packed brown sugar * 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) * 1/2 cup raisins

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube/Bundt® pan. 2. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into quarters. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bot-tom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along. 3. In a small saucepan, melt the margarine with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits. 4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut! The bread just pulls apart.

Monkey Bread


The Bump

I decided to take a hiatus from writing for The Hype Weekly, not for any dramatic reasons but simply because I wanted to go a different direction creatively. Mostly, I wanted to focus on revising my novel, getting it ready for publication. But while I was reducing my involve-ment from paper, I wasn’t completely stepping away. For instance, I still Like The Hype Weekly on Facebook. Not because I was necessarily inter-ested in news regarding the paper itself but because Jimbo and The Hypester (Contrary to rumor, they aren’t the same person. The Hypester couldn’t pick up nearly as many people as Jimbo during a drunken rampage.) repost quite a lot of useful info regarding Manhattan businesses and events.

So it was that I discovered that the Manhattan Downtown Farmers Market runs a special winter market on the first Saturday of each month in Pottorf Hall at Cico Park.

The previous Saturday, we had stopped by a Mennonite bulk foods store and our haul included a bag of sweet Thai black rice. If you’ve never been to a Mennonite or Amish bulk foods store, you should find your way to one. (Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the nearest one to Manhattan is in Hutchinson. The one I visited was in Mis-souri, near my mother’s house. If you know of a closer one, please let me know.)

While searching the Internet for the nearest store, I encountered various forum threads in which people expressed confusion as to what an Amish bulk foods store is, seem-ingly envisioning an electricity free Costco. Unlike the big big big box stores, you don’t buy huge packages of overly processed corn dogs and cheese puffs. Instead, the bulk foods store buys the food in huge packages and then breaks it down into smaller, quite affordable bundles. There are often baked goods, deli meats and hand crafted items as well. The spices alone are worth the trip, coming in little tubs and costing considerably less than most grocery stores. Smoked paprika has become one of my signature touches.

So where was I? Oh yeah, Amish/Mennonite bulk food stores are awesome. And having picked up a bag of rice from one, I needed vegetables to go with it, thus I was off to the Winter Farmers Mar-ket.

As I walked into Pottorf Hall for the first time, I was filled with a sense of... mundanacity. It’s just a big room. Not so huge as to be impressive but large enough to be useful. Fortunately, the offerings

within the hall were quite a bit more impressive. Also, mundanacity isn’t a real word, but if you knew what it meant then you’re my kind of person.

So what does the Winter Farmers Market have to offer? Very simi-lar offerings to the normal spring-fall farmers market, actually, even including the live music. Not quite as many vegetables, and more imported goods (which were clearly labeled as such, at least at the booths we bought from) but an impressive selection none-

the-less. Potatoes (both sweet and unsweetened), onion, radishes, carrots, locally made cheese, even a few watermelon. One booth had a few large boxes stuffed full of a wide variety of fruits & vegeta-bles for $5. This looked to be an incredible deal. The only thing that kept me from walking out of there was the fact that, based on past history, I knew a large portion of the box would probably end up going to waste. Also, I’m a lazy bastige and I didn’t want to carry that heavy box back to the car.

But enough about what we didn’t buy. Our final haul was: 3 sweet potatoes, 3 zucchini, a box of porto-bello mushrooms, a bottle of Mexican vanilla and a pan of herb Parmesan buns. No doubt this would

result in a feast fit for a minor dignitary.

As for the meal itself, the rice was cooked in a rice steamer. When contemplating buying a rice steamer, a friend told me that it

would be one of those things I never knew how badly I needed until after I got one. He was right. You pour the rice in the bowl, add the appropriate amount of water, hit the button and then go watch TV. No stirring. No watching the pan to make sure the water doesn’t start slopping over the side. No nothing. You turn the steamer on and 20 to 30 minutes later you have perfectly cooked rice.

When reading about black Thai rice on the Internet, I learned that people mostly use it for desserts, so I was a bit concerned about how well it would work for an entreé. I needn’t have worried, as it worked perfectly, with a slightly nutty aroma and flavor and the perfect amount of stickiness. It didn’t taste sweet at all but I can see how it would go excellently with coconut milk, which is what most of the recipes I found utilized.

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Incidentally, this brings up some very sage advice I read on Life Hacker several months ago. When you encounter a new food at the market that seems potentially interesting, don’t worry about how to cook it. Just buy it and then look it up on the Internet. You’ll find at least 100 recipes. Whereas if you wait to buy it until after you know what to do with it, you’ll just procrastinate and eat the same damn thing over and over again.

The sweet potatoes were sliced and baked at 400° for 30 minutes with a generous helping of butter in the pan. Halfway through cook-ing, I flipped them and added Jane’s Crazy Mixed-Up Salt. (When they were done, my fianceé added cinnamon and sugar to hers, I ate mine as is.) The zucchini and mushrooms were sauteéd, also with butter and crazy salt, and then all of the veggies were piled on top of a bed of rice and consumed forthwith, along with some of the herb Parmesan buns.

As for the vanilla, it’s still sitting on the counter unopened, but since I acquired a new cookie scoop (it’s ingenious, it’s like an ice cream scoop but with a rubber center so you can push the cookie dough out!) from Bed, Bath & Beyond later that day, I suspect the vanilla will be in my belly soon.

So what have we learned today, kids? 1.) Like The Hype Weekly on Facebook. Unlike many companies, you won’t just get bombarded with self-promotion. 2.) Amish bulk food stores, as well as farmers markets, have delicious and affordable foods. 3.) Everyone needs a

rice cooker. 4.) The Mysterious Hypester is kind of puny compared to Jimbo, which eliminates at least 2% of the population of Manhattan, for those of you who are still trying to crack the mystery of his iden-tity.

Also, be careful about posting photos of your dinner on Facebook because Jimbo might use that as an excuse to ask you to write some-thing for The Hype after you had decided to stop writing for The Hype and you won’t know if he’s desperate for content, is trying to subtly lure you back into the fold or if he just really wants to print an article about the Winter Farmers Market and couldn’t find any-one else who had gone. So you end up babbling along, occasionally mentioning the Winter Farmers Market but at least getting to take a couple of pot shots at The Hypester, making it all worthwhile.

The next Winter Farmers Market will be February 4th, from 8 to Noon, in Pottorf Hall.


The Bump

As I left for the Cotton Bowl Thursday morning, all I could think to myself is I really hope Google maps doesn’t F*** me over today. Yes eventually it did. The drive itself was not so terrible except for the vast emptiness of Kan-sas, Oklahoma and Texas farmlands. I could go on about the drive but who wants to hear about that?!? Leaving at approx. 10:45 am I figured I would not get there till about 6:45 that night and I would go right to my hotel. I did not expect to have to turn around seven times on three different highways that all had the same name. When I finally got to my hotel around 8:00pm and got settled in, it was with excitement mounting for the following day. I decide to take my chances and drive out to Arling-ton to check out the bar scene and find the rest of the Wildcat Nation. Little did I know every-one was staying in Fort Worth. I ate at a bar, then had a beer and drove back to the hotel.

“Gameday morning is finally here,” cheered my groggy self. I got ready and contacted a friend who was in Texas, who told me to come to Fort Worth. When I got there I was shocked! As far as the eye could see, there were people in purple. Just about every person on the streets walking around or eating in pubs or restaurants were wearing K-State purple and preparing for the day’s activities. I headed to a local pub called Frankie’s Sports Bar where the official headquarters of the K-State fans was located. The bar had to open an hour late because they were still cleaning and restocking beer from the night before. Apparently, the last two nights the bar had been overrun by K-State. The fans were ready. The line to get into the bar was wrapped around the corner and down half a city block. Every-one was waiting to get a crack at the first beer of the day. Inside the bar, K-Rock was present broadcasting, projector screens showing the football highlight DVD from 1998-2001, the bartenders clad in K-State attire, and everyone sitting or standing around was in high spirits. They say between 20-25,000 K-State fans attended the pep rally on Wednesday afternoon. EPIC!!

The place was packed tight. I sat outside with a bucket of beer to myself and met some cool folks. As we sat, partied, ate great food, smoked our cigarettes and grew in anticipation of 7pm we would look down the streets and watch as thousands more K-State fans walked about the Sunshine Square area in down-town Fort Worth, Texas. This occurred until about 3 or 4 pm when everyone decided to start heading to the tailgating lots and the Miller Light Plaza at the stadium. This is where the K-State Party was being held with the band Emerald City, ESPN radio personalities playing host, and thousands more K-State fans partying. However I did not make this event. I was playing slave to the sched-ule of the 10 dollar shuttles that would bring me to and from the game but did not start until 5pm.

Once at the stadium, I was trying to meet up with some friends in the Miller Light Plaza (the dedicated outdoor section to K-State fans) on the east side of the stadium, however, they would not let me in because my ticket was for the gates on the west side of the stadium. I had to walk all the way back around to the other side, all the way up to the very top of the stadium, all the way back around, and down to the Miller Light Plaza to join my friends. Talk about the worst design ever!!!!

Anyway, the start of the game was electric. There was not a seat open that I could see with one entire half purple and one entire half red. The crowds were jumping with excitement. Each fan section chanting school cheers and fight songs. It was a back and forth battle just like monks chanting during prayer.

The scene was probably one of the most beautiful and exciting moments in my life.

Unfortunately we all know what the outcome of the game was.

However the grand old saying repeated in Aggieville so many times before “win or lose we still booze”. When I

finally arrived back at Frankie’s, it was to discover a surprisingly empty bar. This was about an hour after the game. Maybe everyone was just tired, maybe they came out later, maybe everyone was content

with the wonderful skills of K-State defense and the hard fought battle that had just witnessed, but when I left the city it was still pretty empty.

Saturday was a chill out day. I had just spent around 200 dollars on food and beer the day before and was ready for a relaxed day. I joined my best friends in down-town Dallas to watch the K-State vs. Mizzou basketball game. It was amazing. Mizzou never stood a chance against our power defense. Once the game was over we decided to walk around the

city. We visited the site where JFK was assassinated, walked around the grassy

knoll and went to the 6th Floor Museum where the shot was taken from. After the museum, we

decided to walk around a bit more and find a place to eat dinner. First we visited a place called Dicks

Last Chance. At this local eatery the staff is allowed to be a dick hence the name. They have the a**hole hat for

certain people and seemed like a cool atmosphere. We left and tried the House of Blues. Here we had a few appetizers and went on

our way to find the best steak around. We landed at a place called Hoff-brau Steakhouse. It was great food, fun atmosphere and had a great wait staff all too willing to offer you a good cold beer.

Finally we made our way to a bar called Gator’s for Karaoke night. There were lots of Arkansas fans at this bar. We got along pretty well with them trading off school chants every time someone from the other group finished singing a song.

Sunday was my drive back home. I knew how to get around by this point so getting home was not difficult. The only crappy part was again driving through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas farmlands, all by my lonesome. Seven or so hours later, I arrived back home to greet my dog and tell my story to the roommates. All in all it was a great trip. Well worth the approximately 800 dollars I spent in total. Let’s just say I cannot wait until next year for another bowl game to attend!!

Football, Steak and BeerA Cotton Bowl Story

by Michael Donovan


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It's every Kansan girl's dreamto fly away like Amelia did

and just get the hell out, findingsomeplace exciting to rest her

ancient bones when the dreaming is done.

And can you blame her?It could have happened to you.

And every Kansan girl is the same,

a little shy, and all insane, but they always make their daddies proud and prove they are stronger

than their mothers and their mother's mothers

and with luck these girls rediscover climbing trees before it's too late, before they are too scared to see

the consequence of heights and gravity.

And it could happen,it could have happened to you.

And did you know that

every Kansan girl has been choked?There is still a Bible belt

tied ‘round her neck at birth, and by God!

she calls her cross a “necklace” now, and Oh! God!

what were they thinking, letting her leave

the house like that? Has she no shame, this girl?

And has she no respect?

And near her folk's simple home, there are prayers

growing like weeds from the ditches,and they grow wildly discarded

like the empty beer cansher Marlboro smoking boyfriend

always chuckedout his Chevy pickup truck.

He'd drink and chuck and drinkand smoke along those little dirt roads

leading straight to nowhere in no place and

she'd let the wind pull her hair outthe window and she'd prop

her bare toeson the dashboard, eyes closed,

dreamingand losing herself with the static

on the radio, but can you blame her?It could have happened to you.

And every Kansan girl has cut her lips

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And she walks barefootall summer long,

soles like leather treadingon “down the road”

for an ice cream cone,passing carved initials and the holy

shade of trees.

And she used to bake the mud-pies under the fire of the sky.

And she used to hunt the lightning-bugs, and crickets

like they were jungle beasts, but the “rollie-pollies”

were her friendsand “rollie-pollies” were given names,

although every bug dies in jars, just the same. What a shame.

And she has seen the sky turn greenand heard silence echoing, echoing!

And she remembers the weariness ofneighbors as they begin poking onto

porches, waiting.And she has heard the sirens sound

their warnings, warnings!And she has raced

into the center of the streetwearing cutoff shorts

and a nighty shirtjust to watch the sky start spinning,

spinning!And she has drowned

in the glowing ocean of the moonlight, coughing up her wishes

and her childhood and her days.

And she still thinks that bruises are pretty.

And she still scatters hair clippings on the lawn.

And she’s still stubborn and eager and feisty and fragile.

And she was born the rustic color of American Beautiful.

And she’s still here.And she is so tired.

And she is still dreaming.

But regardless of this and never mind that,

if dreams really can come true,then Amelia had the right idea.

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