GEO members and supporters picket in front of Angel Hall on Monday, April 8, 1996. GEO was in the first day of their two-day walkout which they staged to better their position in bargaining talks with the University for a new contract.

An Anti-Klan protester throws rocks at police during a Ku Klux Klan rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, May 9, 1998. Hundreds of protesters confronted the Klan, who were protected behind a chainlink fence at the Ann Arbor City Hall, and police used tear gas to disperse the crowds during the noon rally. Several people were hurt, but no arrests were made.

a dandelion... held very, very close.

quiviannikumut: solitude on mountain lake

the Redwoods, morning mist

Going over the Mackinac Bridge at sunset.

Health professionals say kayaking as exercise can lead to a healthy body - and lowered blood pressure. Time to try a new sport?

A diving end-zone catch for U of M!

rhesus monkey, on Silver Spring. the monkeys, apparently, were brought from Cambodia by a tourist-trap developer in the early 1900's. he'd intended an island in the spring to be their home, not knowing that Cambodian monkeys can swim. now they roam Florida, though I have yet to see them anywhere else. we learned that from overhearing the tour guides speaking from glass-bottomed tourist vessels at the headwaters of the spring.

The Franciso Morazon, which ran aground off South Manitou on 1960. In 1903, the 'Walter L. Frost" ran aground within yards of this spot. It gets shallow quickly here.

Central Park, NYC as seen from the roof of the Met during a hot August afternoon.

palmetto leaves in sharp morning sunlight, Okefenokee Swamp

An Anti-Klan protester throws rocks at police during a Ku Klux Klan rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, May 9, 1998. Hundreds of protesters confronted the Klan, who were protected behind a chainlink fence at the Ann Arbor City Hall, and police used tear gas to disperse the crowds during the noon rally. Several people were hurt, but no arrests were made.

A group of protesters roam the streets of San Diego, California, during the Republican National Convention in 1996.

grasses blow in the wind at Zion National Park

The Franciso Morazon, which ran aground off South Manitou on 1960. In 1903, the 'Walter L. Frost" ran aground within yards of this spot. It gets shallow quickly here.

An enjoyable sport, to be sure.

Watersmeet, Michigan - the Sylvania Wilderness Area

University of Michigan Hockey player Brandon Wiseman celebrates after scoring a goal.

Players go every direction during Michigan's win over Illinois at Chrisler arena on Sunday February 26, 1995.

Michigan's Ed Davis runs with the ball during Michigan's 5-0 win over purdue on a snowy Saturday, 11-11-95 in Ann Arbor.

A five alarm fire burned on Fourth Street in downtown Detroit in the early morning of June 1, 1999. The fire gutted and brought down much of the building. No injuries were reported. (photo/Jonathan Lurie)

Anti-Nuclear protesters scramble over a fence into the arms of security officers at the Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant in Monroe, Michigan. The protesters were arrested.

Nick Stueve, sophomore in electrical engineering at Kansas State University, jumps off of a ramp at the skate area of CiCo Park in Manhattan KS September 8, 2009.

Tattered remnants of Collegians fill the air around the student section in Ahearn Field House Saturday afternoon as K-State students welcome their volleyball team to battle against Portland on the court. It is a K-State tradition for fans to throw shreds of newspapers into the air at volleyball and basketball games when the Cats starting line-up is announced.

Jim Clark, pilot, gave air rides during an antique air show in Junction City Kansas October 3, 2009 in his 1928 open cockpit biplane to raise money for the local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter.

Ettison Clio performs at a 1995 CD release party help in Detroit's St. Andrews Hall.

Lighting strikes, illuminating the sky behind Memorial Stadium in a shade of striking violet during a fall storm.

The Fall Trees play prominently upon the tan of McCain Auditorium.

Halloween emphasizes terror and fear for people to get their thrills from being scared.

Reid Carlson, a junior from Clay Center Community High School, jumps into the pool at Ahearn Field House's Natatorium after Manhattan High School's swim team practice Thursday. Carlson, the only state qualifier for MHS, participates on the Manhattan High team because CCCHS does not have a swim team.

Then K-State dance program practices thier piece "There are No Words" for thier spring dance in McCain auditorium Tuesday night.

Tank, the namesake of the now defunct bar Tank's Tavern, watches passerby as a window that was broken over St. Patrick's day 2008 is replaced.

Getting tickets checked is a spring ritual for baseball fans at stadiums around the country and Tointon Family Stadium is no different, with the staff sometimes checking over 4,000 tickets.

Ryan "Rhino" Engle, from Kansas City, looks over whats left of his sister-in-law Kristi Pottroff's house Thursday evening. Kristi and her 16 year old son were trapped in their basement for an hour and a half untill fire fighters were able to rescue them Wednesday night.

Toronto at night in the summertime.

Jason "Captain Morgan" Purintan, Kansas State University Parachute Club member, guides a skydiver in to a safe landing on July 26, 2008 at the Wamego airstrip. Many people jumped for the first time that Saturday after taking one of the KSUPC's parachuting clases which are only held six times a year.

Jason "Captain Morgan" Purintan, Kansas State University Parachute Club member, guides a skydiver in to a safe landing on July 26, 2008 at the Wamego airstrip. Many people jumped for the first time that Saturday after taking one of the KSUPC's parachuting clases which are only held six times a year.

Construction on the Kansas State Student Union Parking Garage, Fall 2008.

In this Photo Marvin Fitzwater, former U.S. Press Secretary and KSu Alum, spoke to a crowd Forum Hall about his experiences in Journalism from his time working as a student journalist for the Manhattan Mercury and the Topeka Capital Journal to the heights of his career working as the White House Press Secretary for President George H. Bush And President George W. Bush. I love this photo because it just captured the moment perfectly. During the speech Mr. Fitzwater started to talk about the demise of the great American paper, with this acknowledgement the pain and grief flowed out of Fitzwater. As he heralded the demise of his life and livelyhood. His age had come to an end, this was such a dramatic, I just wanted this photo to project the sorrow of his words.

Melissa Robbins, hides away in the basement of the Clovia house, leaving a trail of clues for her Clovia mom. This hide and seek game is a Clovia tradition.

A member of the Kansas State University Chapter of Delta Lambda Phi, a non-traditional progressive fraternity, takes part in a counter protest against members of the Westboro Baptist Church outside of the Kansas State Alumni Center October 12, 2008.

Donald Slater, Riley County resident and volunteer for the Riley County Democratic Party, reflects on the upcoming election during the 2008 presidential race between Barrack Obama and John McCain.

As the late afternoon sun hits the engineering complex, Shanon Robertson, sophomore in life sciences, waits for friends to join her before entering her Culture and Context in Leadership class. The course was designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply leadership skills to contemporary issues. Students studied materials that allowed them to analize the effect of culture on the concept of leadership individual development. ÒMy favorite part about the class was the group activities and discussions,Ó Robertson said. ÒIt helped open me up to new ideas.Ó I saw this and it just popped. I knew I had to take this shot. I loved the lighting coming from the heavens illuminating this lonely girl on the bench. It just such a surreal moment.

Sara Lynbe (left), junior in family studies and human services, and Jema Dubte (center), junior in anthropolpgy, attempt to turn Jesse Rigges (right), junior in journalism, into a zombie as he deffends himself armed with a nerf gun during their game of zombies verses humans in the quad wednesday afternoon.

Stewart Lane, senior in hotel and restaurant management at Kansas State University, worked as a chef for the USA House during the Beijing olympics in 2008.

Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. serenade Toni Owens, winner of the Miss Black and Gold Pageant, Saturday evening after Owens was crowned Miss Black and Gold 2008-2009. Owens was one of the eleven women who participated in the competition.

Rev. Jim Spemcer, founder of the Manhattan Martin Luther King Memorial Committe and whose mother was the Excutive Director of the NAACP was the key note speaker at the Dr. King Memorial mass held at the Manhattan Christian Fellowship Church. Rev. Spencer lectured the congragation passionately in his Baptist style on preachng on keeping the dream alive and holding true to King 's doctorine. Rev. Spencer pulled from his own experiences at the March on Washington , witnessing Emmit Till's severly mauled bo dy, and in Brimingham the day of the 6th street Church bombing.