Campaign Kickoff

In today's K-State Collegian on page 7 there is a short article about the Vote Pirate 2008 campaign effort. After a gruelling evening spent with reporters and cameras, we are pleased with the introduction of the Pirate campaign to the student body.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with our campaign, we stand for simple, important changes. We want to turn the Natatorium into a Naval Academy, which would complement a Navy ROTC program very nicely. We have also looked into other locations in Manhattan for use in such a program, such as the lake and the ice rink.

We would like to bring back cannon fire for touchdowns and victories at athletic events. We decided against cannon fire to signal the beginning and end of class in deference to longer classes and concern for the community.

We dearly miss Long John Silver's, which was closed to exand street infrastructure. We want to bring it back to Manhattan, preferrably into the K-State Student Union.

In the interest of upholding high standards at Kansas State University, we would like to include walking the plank as a punishment for honor code violations. We believe that this will encourage students to maintain high ethical standards.

We have set up a Facebook Group and encourage you to join to show your support.