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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas State is launching an “immediate review of the university’s options” after a tweet by a student making light of the death of George Floyd. Jaden McNiel, whose Twitter bio identifies him as the president and founder of “America First Students,” wrote: “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month!” As a result, as of 11:00 a.m. Friday, “K-State” is trending nationally on Twitter.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas State University is renaming its computer network system to avoid associating with a terrorist group. Chief Information Officer Ken Stafford said in a news release Thursday that the university will no longer use the abbreviation iSIS for its network handling enrollment, registration and financial aid. Stafford says many people have expressed concern over the network’s name because the acronym is also used by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The network will now be called KSIS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2006 – President Bush yesterday called his terrorist surveillance plan a lawful, necessary step in the war against terrorism. Speaking at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., Bush said he made the move to allow the National Security Agency to listen in on calls to terrorists as a means of protecting the American people. Bush stressed that he acted to protect Americans. The authorization he gave was for the National Security Agency to intercept communications emanating between individuals inside the United States and outside the United States, when one of the numbers is "reasonably suspected to be...

BUSH: Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for inviting me here to give the Landon Lecture. For those students who are here, I want you to know, I can remember what it was like to sit through lectures. I didn't particularly like it then.

President Bush gave a terrific speech at Kansas State yesterday. For one thing, he was very funny. His visibly high spirits suggest to me that he thinks events are moving his way. You can read the speech in its entirety, along with an entertaining question and answer session, here. This is what the President said about the NSA international surveillance program: I made the decision to do the following things because there's an enemy that still wants to harm the American people. What I'm talking about is the intercept of certain communications emanating between somebody inside the United States and...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Move over, Oprah. President Bush is making himself into television's newest talk show host by making audience participation a feature of his appearances. Bush has been taking questions from audience members in recent speeches, and the White House says none has been prescreened. The sessions are not open to the public, but instead limited to invited groups. It's a throwback to the folksy style on the campaign trail that helped him win re-election and a departure from the heavily scripted speeches that were the norm last year. And his answers have resulted in some revelations - both...

In President Bush's speech, during a question and answer session, an Iraqi woman took the microphone and thanked America and President Bush for liberating 27 million Iraqis. She said that she lost family members to the ruthless Saddam Hussein's reign of terror and two sisters are now members of the new Iraqi Parliament. The unidentified Iraqi woman blasted the naysayers and non-supporters (read: Democrats and loony left) for standing against such a correct decision to oust Saddam from power. When the President told her to tell her relatives in Parliament to form a Unity government with Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds,...

After a great speech at Kansas State University today, the President had an even better Q & A.... including when someone caught the President off guard, asking if he'd seen Brokeback Mountain... Hilarity ensued http://www.rightwinged.com/2006/01/video_bush_hasnt_seen_brokebac.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush told abortion opponents Monday that they are pursuing "a noble cause" and predicted that their views would prevail eventually. "We're working to persuade more of our fellow Americans of the rightness of our cause," the president told abortion foes gathered at the foot of Capitol Hill on a chilly, rainy day. He spoke by telephone from Manhattan, Kan., where he gave a speech. "This is a cause that appeals to the conscience of our citizens and is rooted in America's deepest principles," the president said. "And history tells us that with such a cause we...

MANHATTAN, Kan. - President Bush on Monday rejected critics' assertion that he broke the law by authorizing domestic eavesdropping without a warrant, saying he was doing what Congress authorized him to do to protect Americans from terrorist attacks. With congressional hearings set to begin on this issue Feb. 6, Bush kicked his administration's new intensive public relations effort to win support for the program run by the National Security Agency. As part of that, he gave it a new label — the Terrorist Surveillance Program.Bush noted that hearings will open in Congress soon, and Sen. Pat Roberts (news, bio, voting...

Bush 'Amazed' People Say Eavesdropping Broke Law POSTED: 5:23 pm EST January 23, 2006 UPDATED: 6:19 pm EST January 23, 2006 MANHATTAN, Kan. -- President George W. Bush pushed back Monday at critics of his once-secret domestic spying effort, saying it should be termed a "terrorist surveillance program" and contending it has the backing of legal experts, key lawmakers and the Supreme Court. Several members of Congress from both parties have questioned whether the warrantless snooping is legal. That is because it bypasses a special federal court that, by law, must authorize eavesdropping on Americans and because the president provided...

WASHINGTON — President Bush thanked abortion opponents Monday for helping to defend his "culture of life" agenda and for pursuing "a noble cause" that he hopes will persuade other Americans to the "rightness" of their effort. "You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence apply to everyone, not just to those considered healthy or wanted or convenient," Bush said by telephone to demonstrators gathered in Downtown Washington before a march to Capitol Hill. "These principles call us...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- President Bush told abortion opponents Monday that they are pursuing "a noble cause" and making a real difference in the campaign to recruit more Americans to stand on their side. "We're working to persuade more of our fellow Americans of the rightness of our cause," the president told abortion foes gathered at the foot of Capitol Hill on a chilly, rainy day. He spoke by telephone from Manhattan, Kansas, where he was to give a speech. "This is a cause that appeals to the conscience of our citizens and is rooted in America's deepest principle,"...

The President and first lady spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Sunday On Sunday the White House Website put up an article counteracting the Democrats continued attack on the Terrorist Surveillance Program Details here Further details - setting the record straight Today the President discussed the global war on terror at Kansas State University and afterward held and question and answer session. President Discusses Global War on Terror at Kansas State University Whilst in Kansas the President telephoned the March for Life Participants President Calls "March for Life" Participants Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks in front of soldiers who recently returned from Iraq at the Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, January 23, 2006. Bush made remarks on the War on Terror at the University. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)

Pelosi Statement on President’s Speech on the War on Terror Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s speech on the war on terror at Kansas State University: “President Bush missed a critical opportunity today to explain why, more than four years after the 9/11 attacks, the American people are not as safe as they should be. “The 9/11 Commission’s final report card indicted the continued failure by the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress to meet the security needs of our nation and make Americans safer. “Security gaps at...

Speaking live in front of 9000 people!

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- Kansas State quarterback Ell Roberson was accused Thursday of sexually assaulting a woman at the team hotel, leaving his start in the Fiesta Bowl in question. Roberson told police he had consensual sex with the 22-year-old woman, who is a Kansas State alumna and acquaintance of the quarterback, Paradise Valley police Lt. Ron Warner said. Neither the woman nor Roberson were staying in the room where they had sex at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Warner said. Kansas State athletic director Tim Weiser said it would be up to coach Bill Snyder whether Roberson, the Wildcats' career...

SAN DIEGO - The sky was clear blue Thursday, with temperatures in the 60s, and Kansas Staters filled the downtown streets for a pep rally. This was purple pride at its best. And before today is over, as the Wildcats move toward an accomplishment never before achieved in school history, that violet hue could radiate just a little bit more. "We have a chance to finish in the top five," K-State senior wide receiver Taco Wallace said. "That never has happened here, and we wouldn't mind being the first ones to do it." For everything he's done at K-State, for...