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VOLUME 135, ISSUE 19 • MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009

Spring enrollment down 4.7 percent Brian Allen WASHBURN REVIEW

With the spring semester well underway and all students and credit hours accounted for, it seems that WU is down again in terms of enrollment.

While other area schools such as Fort Hays State, Pittsburg State, Kansas University and Kansas State University have all increased from spring 2008 in comparison to spring 2009, Washburn’s enrollment has dropped 4.7 percent, according to Tom Ellis, vice president of enrollment.

But Ellis believes the disparity may not be what it seems.

“The state universities include off campus, on-line students in their numbers. There are not 8,000 students at Hays America, there’s about 4,000 students, and about 5,000 students in

China,” said Ellis. up this year but not enough to replace He acknowledges those 5,000 the people who are graduating. We on-line students are a resource but need to double our recruiting efforts.” the inclusion of on-line students Kirk Haskins, director of makes comparing state universities to admissions, explained some new Washburn like comparing apples to efforts in recruitment. oranges.

“We are revamping and re“We have relatively few [students] imaging our message, our brand,” he at a distance, we have 130,” he said. said. “We have made a commitment to To account for commit more resources Washburn’s 4.7 percent to software to help us SPRING drop in spring to spring ENROLLMENT communicate, to build on enrollment relationships. This month “Full time student of February, we worked numbers did not change, it is part-time on CRM which stands for Constituent students that seem to be taking a break, Relationship Management software. saving their money, taking less credit It’s more than a recruitment tool, it’s a hours due to the economy,” said Ellis. relationship marketing tool.”

“The senior class was the biggest one Once students are in the system, we graduated last spring. We had gone Washburn will be able to identify their up 25 percent in the last five years in interest and send them information enrollment. That meant we had some that progresses, first a letter, then a very big graduating classes and we brochure and so on; every fourteen have a big graduating class coming up days it can send out a new message this spring. Freshman enrollment went unique to the prospect.

“Once we have the prospects we start talking to them, building up the relationship,” said Haskins. “Our goal is to filter them down into applicants.

Once they apply we hope to filter them into enrollees. That yield between applicant and enrollee is where we spend a lot of energy and time trying to help the student with their choice. That yield runs about 50 percent. “We have some unique programs to offer,” said Ellis. “Actuarial Science is not offered everywhere. We have a Masters of Social Work Law combination and an MBA Law combination, those are not common. Biochemistry is not common everywhere. There are several that are attractive to international students who are seeking specific kind of degree programs,” Washburn continues to recruit locally and statewide. Referring to a state map Ellis pointed out the biggest area of focus for the university is a 60-mile radius around WU, which

encompasses 2 million people.

“One of the challenges for us is that we have always drawn well from small towns,” said Ellis. “But big parts of the state are being depopulated very quickly.”

The enrollment office has not forgotten about the part-time students it has lost.

“It is time to review the times that we offer courses, both time and the delivery of courses to make sure they are meeting peoples needs,” said Ellis.

“It is absolutely time to review what courses we offer, why we offer them, when we offer them and do we offer them.”

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Additionally, the Washburn Police Department has posted videos on the Web site with step-by-step instructions on what to do in certain emergency situations. The iAlert system will not, however, be used in weather emergencies. Forester said if students receive too many texts or calls via the iAlert system, the program will lose its edge, and it may be ignored.

Once students realize the benefits of the program, it’s relatively easy to sign up.

“All a student needs to do is log on to the Washburn Web site or the police Web site and find the link,” said Forster. “Then, [they] can register as many phones as [they like].”

Once a student does this, his or her phone numbers will be on the contact list for good. The only time someone would need to reregister is if he or she were to get a new number.

“We are really proud of the system, it’s the full nine yards,” said Forester, “We want everyone to know how seriously Washburn University takes the security of our students.

People like it when we’re bored, so we hope to never use the system, but we bought enough room for everyone on campus to be signed up. We can’t reach everyone if everyone isn’t signed up.”

The first test of the new system will be this quarter. The police department plans to make an announcement prior to this to give everyone another chance to join.

Brian Allen is a writer with the Washburn Review. Reach him at brian.allen@ washburn.edu.

Prof. saves strays from streets WUPD continues to back iAlert system

Ben Fitch WASHBURN REVIEW In terms of rescuing strays, Lee Boyd, biology professor, and others in the biology department, have proven to be the cat’s meow.

Renovations on the Stoffer science building that began in May 2007 made it necessary to find new space for the biology department, so it was relocated to the Washburn Place apartments, where many Washburn students live.

Shortly thereafter, Boyd discovered a community of feral cats squatting in the area. She said she decided to catch them.

“We started putting out food,” she said, “and after a while we saw them mating, so they obviously had not been

neutered.”

In an effort to stop the chaotic feline frenzy, Boyd said she contacted the Cat Association of Topeka to get advice on what to do. The people at CAT advocated a trap, neuter and return program.

Boyd initially trapped nine cats and had all of them neutered; a mass surgery that ended up costing her about $1,000.

Three of the nine cats were given homes right away. Boyd adopted Hal, a black cat, who now lives in Boyd’s closet and is only enticed to come out with the prospect of food. Wendy Stafford, secretary, adopted Callie, a cat appropriately named for her calico color.

“She’s the most adorable cat,” said

Ben Fitch is a writer with the Washburn Review. Reach him at benjamin.fitch@ washburn.edu.

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Jennifer Loucks is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at jennifer.loucks@ washburn.edu.

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The iAlert system, run by Washburn’s Information Systems and Services, along with the police force, is up and running, but some tweaks are still being made to the system. iAlert is an electronic messaging system that sends out police-generated notices to student’s home phones, cell phones, and e-mails, regarding any problems on or near campus. As of two weeks ago, Micheal Gunter, Director of Information Systems and Services at Washburn University, said the count of students signed up is roughly 750 out of 6,000.

Dean Forster, director of university police, said things have been going well.

“Anytime you get something new, there are always problems,” said Forster. “It’s a learning curve. The only problems that we’ve had are that certain carriers were not allowing anonymous, unidentified calls. We contact these carriers, and everything has been worked out.”

Last week, iAlert began running with a new company, Rave Wireless.

The Police Department has purchased seven satellite phones to ensure that, in any scenario, they will be able to get the notices to students.

“We know that in an emergency, everyone will be on their cell phones, so with these satellite phones, we know we’ll be able to communicate,” said Forester. “We have trained people working with them,”

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Rags to riches: Patience Wagner plays with Chester, one of the stray cats biology chair Lee Boyd rescued from the streets. Since being adopted, Chester has gained 10 pounds.

Stafford. “She adapted very well. I have another cat that’s older by three or four years, and they get along great.”

Then there was Chester, a charismatic tomcat named after the Cheshire cat in Charles Lutwidge’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

“He was so skinny,” said Boyd, “He weighed about 5 pounds with only two teeth in his head, but he could suck in food perfectly well.”

Chester was diagnosed as having FIV, the feline equivalent of HIV, which is not dangerous to humans.

“We couldn’t adopt him to a house with other cats, so we thought maybe he could be an office cat,” said Boyd.

So Chester took up residence in the biology department’s offices, where he competed with employees for the use of chairs and keyboards. Eventually, Chester was adopted by Paul and Tracy Wagner, assistant biology professors.

Paul Wagner said his daughters have benefited the most from having Chester around.

Patience Wagner, 4, said she helps take care of Chester.

“My sister is the one who feeds him, and I clean his litter box out,” she said.

Chester now weighs 15 pounds and will soon have his two teeth removed at a dentist’s suggestion.

In January 2008, the biology department moved back into Stoffer, but Boyd continued to check in on the cats and feed them. Apparently someone didn’t think it was a good idea.

“Right before Christmas I got an official letter from Washburn that said I had been seen feeding the cats and should basically cease and desist,” said Boyd.

After talking to the landlord, however, Boyd was permitted to catch and release the remaining cats. Since then, many of the strays have been given new lives, in addition to their nine.

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News Briefs • Monday, March 2, 2009

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Tuesday March 3

Mulvane Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

Bods on the Ballot, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., lower level, Memorial Union.

Wednesday March 4

Mulvane Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

WSGA voting, students can vote online or at various spots around campus.

Native American dance, “Big Soldier Creek Singers and Dancers” from Mayetta perform, 12 - 1 p.m., Washburn Room.

“A Glimpse at WTE (Washburn Transformational Experience) Opportunities in Kenya and a Spectacular Safari,” 12 - 1 p.m., International House.

Thursday March 5

WSGA voting, all day.

Mulvane Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

Bods on the Ballot, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., lower level, Memorial Union.

Friday March 6

Mulvane Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

WSGA voting ends at 1 p.m.

Bods on the Ballot, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., lower level, Memorial Union.

V-Day Vulvapalooza information fair, 7 - 8 p.m., Lobby of Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

“The Vagina Monologues,” 8 p.m., Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

Saturday March 7

Solo music festival, all day.

University Child Development garage sale, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., University United Methodist Church.

Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 1 - 4 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

V-Day Vulvapalooza information fair, 7 - 8 p.m., Lobby of Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

“The Vagina Monologues,” 8 p.m., Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

Sunday March 8

Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 1 - 4 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

V-Day Vulvapalooza information fair, 1 - 2 p.m., Lobby of Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

“The Vagina Monologues,” 2p.m., Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

‘80s Skate Night, 7 - 9 p.m., Sk8away.

Monday March 9

Washburn Review at noon.

Erin Davies’ mission is to raise awareness about hate crimes and homophobia in our society, to give a voice for those who are silent, to inspire others to take a stand against bullies and to be an example of how to overcome obstacles in bringing a creative project to life. Davies will present her new documentary, “Fagbug,” with a question and answer session following, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in room 112, Henderson Learning Resources Center, Washburn University. The event is free and open to the public.

In her documentary, Davies shows others what it is like to be a victim of a hate crime. On April 18, 2007, the 11th annual National Day of Silence, Davies was a victim to a hate crime in Albany, NY when her car was vandalized, because she had a rainbow sticker on her Volkswagen Beetle. The words “fag” and “u r gay” were written on the hood and driver’s side door.

OPEN, a Washburn University student organization, is sponsoring the event. For more information, contact Resa Boydston at (785) 554-9537.

WTE topic of brown bag lecture “A Glimpse at Washburn Transformational Experiences in Kenya and a Spectacular Safari” will be discussed by Norma Juma, assistant professor, School of Business, and Kanalis Ockree, professor, School of Business, at the Brown Bag International Lecture at noon Wednesday, March 4, at the International House, Washburn University. The event is open to the public.

Juma and Ockree visited several universities in Kenya this summer.

While in Kenya, they also went on a safari on the Maasai Mara, and visited the sandy beaches at Mombasa, on the Indian Ocean, and the equatorial town at Maseno. They experienced the African culture and the big five game, including the world’s greatest natural spectacle, the great wildebeest migration and even spent some time in the city of Kisumu on Lake Victoria.

Kenyan politics and Kenyan culture were constant topics of discussion.

The international programs office sponsors the series. For information, call (785) 670-1051 or visit www. washburn.edu/iip.

- Campus Announcement

DeSanto wins Student Life award Washburn University recently awarded the February Student Life Achieving Excellence Award to Barb DeSanto, professor and chair, mass media.

The student who nominated DeSanto stated, “She has taught all

sorts of life lessons… (my life) has changed since having a person like Dr. Barb in my life.”

The Student Life Achieving Excellence Award is an ongoing award presented to a student adviser, faculty or staff member, or community leader who demonstrates excellence in working with individual students, student groups and organizations and who reflects the guiding principles of the student life area.

For more information regarding the award, call the Washburn student life office at (785) 670-2100.

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Correction

In Issue 18 of the Review, a quote was misattributed to Carole Hill: "There was a certain lack of social nicety," said Hill. "Some of the gals just didn't know how to behave. But also, we didn't know the niceties of what was OK to talk to them about.

Was it all right to say to someone you just met, 'What are you in for?' So we didn't have certain social skills, either."

The quote was actually said by Sharon Sullivan. The Review regrets the error.

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My dear students, The election campaign chaos is almost over, and, sadly, so is the Philippi-Billinger administration.

We only have six weeks left in the term, but we are still working hard for students. Don’t forget to vote in the WSGA Elections this Wednesday through Friday, March 4-6 at my.washburn.edu! The link to vote is located on the page just before you log in. If you have not had a chance to get to know the Presidential teams yet, you can visit their amazing websites:www. garrettandcaley.com & www. lawrence-hockman.com. For a list of WSGA election events, visit www.mywsga.com Another important election is occurring this week: the Mayoral and City Council election takes place this Tuesday. Five candidates are running for the office of Mayor for the City of Topeka. Although they do not receive as much

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02/21/09 - Info. report, fire alarm, West 02/25/09 - Info. report, information, Hall, report taken, TFD responded, Morgan, report taken. burnt popcorn.

02/26/09 - Info. report, information, 02/21/09 - Theft, Alpha Phi, report Memorial Union, report taken, received information. taken.

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Campus Life: (above) Washburn University hosted Disney Teacher of the Year Ron Clark. Clark told stories ranging from getting stuck in a doughnut oven to how he became a teacher. (below) The Student Health and Recreation Center hosted “All Night at the Rec.” It was an evening where students could participate in rock climbing, Guitar Hero and a number of other activities. Photos by Matt Wilper

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attention as national elections, local elections are very important.

These are the leaders of Topeka who will be making decisions with your tax dollars that directly affect you. Check out the Mayoral Debate hosted by WIBW by visiting www.wibw.com To find out voting information, you can visit the Shawnee County Elections Office website at www.snco.us/ election/default.asp. I’ve given you the resources to get informed and learn how you can vote, now please make an effort to get out and vote this week! The choices you make today will determine your future as Washburn students and citizens of Topeka.

Sincerely, Whitney Philippi President Washburn Student Government Association

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Regina Budden WASHBURN REVIEW The 13th annual Silent Film Festival roared—silently—to a start Friday evening in White Concert Hall. With features ranging from short comedies to long, suffering romances, the festival was entertaining and informative about the silent film era.

Members of the audience were treated to the silent pictures, often shown on the regular reel film, accompanied by live organ music provided by Marvin Faulwell, a retired dentist from Kansas City, and Greg Foreman, a music teacher in the Lee’s Summit school district in Missouri, and occasionally incorporated percussion, done by Kathy Combs, a musician of Tecumseh. The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra from Boulder, Colo., also accompanied several films, including the festival’s climactic feature shown Saturday evening.

“The neatest thing is how far people have come,” said Zandra Myrick, a Topekan who was “talked into working” the front table of the festival. “I wasn’t a big fan, but I am now!”

The number of people who traveled long distances was staggering.

People came from all around Kansas, and also from New England, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Arizona, Texas and California.

The silent film era lasted from about 1895-1930, and only about 30 percent of the films still remain, said Bill Shaffer, the SFF’s president. There are now several groups dedicated to preserving the films and legacies of the artists from that period, though. It is thanks to these groups that the films may be viewed, though many have undergone e x t e n s i v e restoration.

The festival began with a double helping of Kansas-born actors: Topeka-born Fay Tincher in a short film, “Rowdy Ann,” and Buster Keaton (born in Piqua, Kan.) in “Go West.” The evening wrapped up with “The Great K & A Train Robbery,” a Tom Mix film. Saturday morning brought a whole new round of features, and from 9 a. m. to noon celebrated the work of Mary Pickford with a film and a documentary, “Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies,” recently compiled by film editor and University of Kansas graduate Nicholas Eliopoulos.

Eliopoulos’ dedication to preserving Pickford’s legacy began

Washburn, Free State orchestras share stage Regina Budden WASHBURN REVIEW Music director Norman Gamboa and the Washburn Symphony Orchestra split the stage Feb. 23 with the Free State Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Lynn Basow. The concert, held in White Concert Hall, also featured the Columbian-born soprano Victoria Sofia Botero.

The Free State Symphony Orchestra was invited as a special recognition to its members for their hard work in the field of music.

“Once a year we like to invite a high school ensemble to play with us,” said Gamboa.

Normally, the credit for the work falls on the director, but when they come to the University, it is a way to recognize their efforts, too.

“It’s a nice way for us to thank them for being so dedicated and laborious,” said Gamboa.

The evening opened with Free State playing an allegro from “Concerto in A Minor by Bach,” with a violin solo by student Jenny Loewen.

Next, Juliet Remmers took a soprano solo of “Love is a Plaintive Song,” by Sullivan, with the entire symphony as accompaniment. Another violin solo, played by Victoria Gilman, snaked through the Lawrence High School’s

performance of a Mozart piece, an allegro from “Concerto in A Major.”

Free State’s half of the event concluded with the “Hungarian Dance, No. 5” by Brahms.

The Washburn Symphony Orchestra took over the stage with two pieces by Villa-Lobos: “Prelude” and “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5.” Botero, the soloist featured in the latter of these pieces, is a Columbian-born performer.

She has an extensive career as a soloist and performer in music-related theatre.

Botero has a bachelor’s degree of music in vocal performance from The Catholic University of America, and is currently working on a master’s degree in vocal performance, and a master’s degree in history and literature at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Gamboa said he heard her voice in a performance and “had to have her sing for us.”

The symphony orchestra’s sixth concert of the year concluded with Schubert’s “Symphony No. 8,” or “Unfinished” symphony. This piece contains only the first two movements instead of the traditional four, and was not publically played until 32 years after Schubert’s death.

Regina Budden is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at regina. budden@washburn.edu.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ raking in respect, money David Wiens WASHBURN REVIEW Walking out of theater after the end of “Slumdog Millionaire,” I was relieved that, after sifting through Oscar nominees, I had finally found one I could actually wholeheartedly recommend to anyone instead of some gut-wrenchingly beautiful film that somehow leaves you feeling terrible by the time you walk out.

“Slumdog Millionaire” is the story of how an uneducated boy serving tea for a telemarketing company managed to get so far answering questions that have stumped much smarter people.

Suspected of cheating, Jamal K. Malik, played by Dev Patel is brought in for police questioning. And by

questioning, they mean beating. After a failed attempt to beat the answers out of him, they finally sit the boy down and ask him how he got so far.

He responds simply, “I knew the answers.”

Jamal then begins to explain his remarkable life story, using each question as a starting point. The story brutally portrays his life beginning somewhere around 5 or 6 years old when, after being locked in an outhouse by his brother, Jamal drops through the hole in the bottom to get a chance to see a visiting action star and get his autograph.

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when he met Buddy Rogers, Pickford’s last husband and also a KU alumnus.

Rogers inspired him to begin what he calls “a long labor of love.” It was seldom a consistent process, however.

“We worked as we got funding,” Eliopoulos said. The documentary covers Pickford’s life. She was born in 1892, the year that Eastman Kodak Company invented negative film, and since film and Pickford became so

connected, Eliopoulos said it made sense that his documentary should demonstrate the correlation. Pickford was a pioneer of film; she was the first actress to earn a million dollars in a year, she won the second Academy Award, and founded a retirement for those who work in motion pictures.

Eliopoulos said the documentary was being entered in the running for next year’s Oscar race.

The festival continued through the day and ended that evening with the American premiere of “Bardelys the Magnificent.”

Regina Budden is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at regina. budden@washburn.edu.

‘Bardelys’ screened for first time in 80 years Regina Budden WASHBURN REVIEW

and, even if these obstacles could be mounted, none of these men had the rights to the film. Shepard set This year’s Silent Film Festival to work, exhausting his resources marks a significant event in history to find whatever pieces remained of for silent film buffs. The festival the original movie. The Academy lasted the night of Feb. 27, and all of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences day Feb. 28, showing many restored had about 250 still frames left from films, but none with so miraculous the original shooting of the movie, a story as the film designed for the which were used to fill in the holes event’s culmination: “Bardelys the left by the missing reel. Then, the Magnificent.” original titles were tracked to the Saturday night, this timeless library of the University of Southern romantic comedy enjoyed its first California. Finally, it was discovered showing in the United States since that Sony had bought the rights to the its opening tour, a span of at least movie, which they handed over to 80 years. David Shepard of Flicker Flicker Alley and Lobster Films, free Alley Films brought “Bardelys” from of charge.

Europe for its American debut.

With these difficulties solved, “Topeka isn’t what you would next came the issues with the film call a cultural center, but this is an itself. It was nearly impossible to extraordinary event,” said comfortably view the film Shepard. The uniqueness in its original format, so it of the movie is not SILENT FILM was put on DVD, where really in the film itself FESTIVAL Shepard and his crew used (although it was witty what he called “digital and entertaining), but in the efforts magic” to make it less objectionable. expended to restore it.

That is how the film came to be “Bardelys” is a tale of a Don shown here in Topeka at the festival, Juan-esque French nobleman who accompanied by live music provided is forced into a bet about wooing a by the Mont Alto Motion Picture certain lady for a wife, and amidst Orchestra. Next week, the orchestra court intrigues, treason and mistaken is recording a sound track for identities, the Marquis de Bardelys “Bardelys,” which will be played on finds himself in a world of trouble. the DVD being released by the end The film was supposed to be a great of the year. hit when it was first debuted by Apart from his work, Shepard MGM in 1926; it was based on the has an evident love of silent film. He book by Rafael Sabatini, and paired loaned several of the restored films actor John Gilbert with director shown this weekend.

King Vidor. Both Gilbert and Vidor “I loaned them because films are were great MGM favorites, and had only alive when they’re in front of an just made a successful movie, “The audience, not sitting on a shelf in a Big Parade,” a year earlier, which can,” said Shepard. predicted triumph for “Bardelys.”

He believes the importance Too bad the triumph was trumped by of silent films is found not in their movies with sound, which came out medium, but in the story they in 1927. communicate.

In 1936, the film rights for the “A work of art has validity book came due, and MGM had independent of its technical two options: to renew the contract, resources,” said Shepard. or destroy all known films of Shepard said there are bad silent “Bardelys.” Since silent features films just as there are bad modern were out, the company burned the films, books and paintings. film. It seemed as though that was yet “Not every work of art is a another great film lost forever. Then, masterpiece,” said Shepard. “In time, just two years ago, Serge Bromberg the bad sink, and the good rise to the and Eric Lange of the Paris-based surface. We can always appreciate Lobster Films stumbled onto reels sincere, creative, resourceful work.” of film that turned out to be the lost “Bardelys.” They contacted Shepard about the find, and then began facing the problems that went with it.

The biggest complications were Regina Budden is a sophomore mass that an entire reel-worth of film was media major. Reach her at regina. missing, the titles were all in French, budden@washburn.edu.

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All night event all right Brandon Bills WASHBURN REVIEW The Rec Center came alive Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning for the first ever All Night at the Rec, an event sponsored by the Student Recreation and Wellness Center and residential living office.

“It’s for students to take advantage of and have a great time,” said Becky Wilber, assistant director of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

From 11:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m., students took part in a wide range of activities to meet every taste. The gym had ongoing games of volleyball, basketball and dodge ball. Elsewhere, others played Wii Sports, Guitar

Hero, Twister or climbed the rock Wilber said one of the goals of wall. Attendees could refuel with free the event was to try to create a culture Jimmy John’s subs, of university Papa John’s Pizza “ camaraderie. and drinks.

“I think It was scary and Throughout it’s a great the night, winners event to bring exhilarating at the were announced in people together prize drawings for with all their same time. a variety of prizes, friends,” said including gift Asha Plattner, certificates to area a student restaurants Outback volunteer for - Ryan Calovich Steakhouse and the event.

Rock wall climber Texas Roadhouse. ” at theAllRecNight Later in the was night, students had also a great the opportunity to tie dye the All Night way for students to meet new people, at the Rec T-shirts, provided free to all said Molly Kelley, a student volunteer attendees. for the event.

“It’s kind of a way to get people out of the party environment and get involved on campus,” said Kelley.

All Night at the Rec also attracted many students who don’t otherwise usually use the Rec Center.

“I think it’s pretty neat,” said Heath Jepson. “I don’t come up here often.”

Jepson said that he might visit the Rec Center more often after having attended All Night at the Rec. Johnathon Ramirez was dragged to All Night at the Rec by friend Ryan Calovich.

“Nothing going on tonight,” said Ramirez. “It’s better than sitting at home doing laundry.”

Neither Ramirez nor Calovich use the Rec Center very often. Calovich

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when he gives that up he winds up serving tea for telemarketers.

I wish I could tell you that running Still, the genuinely honest through a crowd of people completely disregard for the money he keeps and totally covered in the most vile making is what really sells his story. smelling collection of people’s waste The fact that the only reason he keeps only to have his autograph sold off going is because the love of his life, the by his brother for food was the worst girl who was left behind when he ran thing that happened to him, but it’s away, might be watching. While the actually one of the lesser misfortunes film’s message is tired and predictable, of his life. the story built behind it is What makes this powerful enough to actually MOVIE story distinct to me is make it seem original.

REVIEW the structure of conflict, The ending credits, I because while his lot in life have to mention, were the is unquestionably unfortunate, it does most random and seemingly out of seem to gradually get more bearable place addition to a movie I’ve ever seen instead of the standard arch of drama. and I recoiled when they first started, At around the age of 6 or 7 the orphan but by the end I was almost laughing is forced to leave his best friend after at the break in tension and I realized narrowly escaping from a man about it was a way to leave the moviegoers to remove his eyes with a hot spoon with something to smile about without because “blind beggars earn double,” interrupting the story. but from there he becomes a con-artist tour guide, filling tourists’ heads with David Wiens is a freshman English facts he pulls from thin air while other major. Reach him at david.wiens@ kids steal the tires from their car. And washburn.edu.

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Andrew Roland WASHBURN REVIEW In my last review, I talked about Tallgrass Brewing Company’s “Tallgrass Wheat,” a somewhat disappointing example of a spiced witbier. Tallgrass Brewing is a great local brewery, however, and its Tallgrass Ale is proof that it knows what it’s doing.

In my book, good brown ale is the nectar of the gods. When I’m not slumming with PBR or chugging coffee to finish a paper, there’s nothing I like better than enjoying a nice, dark brown brew. Brown ales are a fairly broad category in the beer world, with varying hop and malt levels,

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and wide variation in alcohol content.

A standard brown ale will have a slight sweetness and an understated hop character. The best browns have a warm, toasty oat smell with a comfortable mouthfeel—not too heavy, but certainly not watery.

Tallgrass Ale fits this bill. I tried a bottle last weekend; although the bottles can be tough to find around town, several area bars carry this on tap, including - Andrew Roland Varsity Blues.

Beer specialist If you’d prefer to pick up a six pack, I believe Jac’s and Devlin’s on 21st carry bottles.

Appearance Tallgrass Ale is a solid brown

The warm, toasty oat smell that comes bubbling out of this beer sends tingles down my spine.

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color, a very important consideration for a brown ale. In contrast to the Tallgrass Wheat from last week, the Ale has a great head after the pour.

Head is important on a beer—it helps release the beer’s aroma. (Note to beginning beer aficionados: the pros drink out of a glass. You miss out on a lot if you just try beer from the bottle.

Go get a pint glass. Seriously.)

Smell The warm, toasty oat smell that comes bubbling out of this beer sends tingles down my spine. You can definitely smell the malt in this beer.

Taste This is where brown ales dominate the other beer styles. Brown ales are dark, but don’t taste outrageous. With a slight sweetness and just enough hop bitterness for good balance, Tallgrass ale has flavor, but is light enough to be enjoyable for the average drinker.

Combined with the wonderful aroma, the light, toasted oat flavor has hints of biscuits, without the overblown caramel flavor of an amber ale, like New Belgium’s Fat Tire.

Drinkability Looking through my notes for this beer, I have one word underlined in the drinkability section: great.

Bud Light claims to be drinkable because it tastes a lot like water.

Tallgrass Ale is drinkable because it has straightforward, malty character, and doesn’t feel like you are sucking down a bottle of molasses.

Overall This beer is good, and a great introduction to darker beers.

Tallgrass Ale can be compared with Turbodog from Abita, Moose Drool from Big Sky Brewing or imports like Newcastle Brown, although Newcastle likely costs twice as much and doesn’t come close to Tallgrass in quality. With a great combination of flavor, smooth drinkability and light body, I’m happy to recommend Tallgrass Ale. Andrew Roland is a senior public administration major.

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‘Girl Culture’ arrives this month Stovall to perform tonight Brandon Bills WASHBURN REVIEW

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Promoting emotional and physical health for teenage girls will be the focus of the exhibit “Girl Culture,”

by Lauren Greenfield, which will be coming to Topeka in March.

The exhibit, which is funded by the Topeka Junior League, will be hosted in the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery from March 6 through April 17. It will be the center of a series of events aimed at both teen girls and parents.

“Girl Culture” is a collection of photos taken over a five year span by Los Angeles photographer Lauren Photo courtesy of www.hbo.com Greenfield. Her work documents the Stretched thin: Lauren Greenfield, the artist behind the exhibit “Girl Culture” that will be effects of the fashion industry and featured at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery in Topeka this month, also created a documentary media on the way young girls perceive on HBO entitled “Thin,” which focuses on anorexia patients. themselves and their body image.

The exhibit may be controversial, said gallery curator Trish Nixon. everyday, and she referred to the Parents in the community are “Some of the photos are not unsafe percentage of teens who are invited to take part in the events, and cheerful, lighthearted images,” said already experimenting with sex at they are also encouraged to take part Nixon. “They’re very powerful.” alarmingly early ages. in the panel discussion by community She expects some controversial According to the 2007 Youth leaders called “Are Girls Growing Up reactions from the public, but Risk Behavior Survey conducted Too Fast?” welcomes this as a way to get parents by the Kansas State Department of As a way to interact with the and teens to communicate with each Education, 34.4 percent of teens in art itself, a postcard project is also other. high schools across the state engaged included in the events. The project is Debra Rukes, director of Teen in sexual intercourse with one or more meant to help girls tell things about Pregnancy Prevention partners during a three- themselves anonymously by filling at the YWCA, will be month span. the back of the postcard with images CULTURE leading a workshop called Last year in Shawnee and words. The postcards will be EXHIBIT “Illusions of Me” as part of county, six girls ages 10- arranged in collage format by gallery the exhibit. The workshop 14 gave birth. curator Heather Kearns. will be a discussion about sexuality “This is a nationwide problem,” “It’s something interactive that and body image for teenage girls and said Rukes. She also said that to think utilizes Lauren’s works but also it will focus on helping teens realize teen girls don’t face these kinds of starts dialogue between people,” said their own value and potential as problems in Topeka is naive.

Kearns. “Sometimes it’s very painful individuals in order to make healthy An artist discussion with to say things. This is one way they life choices.

Greenfield and the showing of her can talk and still be anonymous.”

“The reality of what we’re HBO documentary film “Thin” will She also said that the project exposed to changes what we think,” be featured along with the exhibit. is important to the exhibit because said Rukes. “Why not Topeka? The The movie follows four women as people can better understand the pictures in gallery, they’re somebody’s they receive treatment for anorexia photos when they have a personal daughter or niece.” nervosa. It will be followed by a connection with them.

Rukes said it was important question-and-answer session led Kristen Grimmer is a member of the to discuss the kinds of issues that by Gabriella M. Adorino, who has advanced newswriting class. Reach will be presented in the exhibit with experience dealing with eating her at kristen.grimmer@washburn. teens who are being exposed to them disorders. edu.

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Natalie Stovall, a country rock singer and fiddle player will perform at 8:30 p.m. on Monday in the Washburn Room of Memorial Union. It is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.

Stovall’s music is a blend of traditional country with high energy, soulful, and rock music.

“She’s unique,” said Billie Jean Bergmann, executive director of CAB. “We try to mix up the talent we bring here to Washburn.”

As a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Stovall has been performing most of her life. Beginning with the Opryland Kid’s Club, she has appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and performed “God Bless America” for President George W. Bush at the 93rd Annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

“She’s a very dynamic individual,” said Brian Haug, live music director for CAB. “We thought it would be a great concert that Washburn students would enjoy.”

Concert attendees can look forward to hearing Stovall’s hit “If

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I Run To You Now,” and her cover of the Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” said Haug.

The day of the performance, Stovall will appear on the 94.5 Country morning show with Jim Daniels at 8. She will also appear on WIBW, “13 News at 4” with Ralph Hipp at 4 p.m.

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Sheldon Warmington WASHBURN REVIEW

With all the hype and postseason implications in last Wednesday’s Washburn-Emporia State game, the match up could be called “the Thrilla in Lee Arena.”

However, after all the build up, the end result was anything but a “thrilla”.

The Bods lost 78-63 to their most hated rivals on Senior Night to add misery to an already bitter defeat.

Coming into the game, Washburn had a 2-game winning streak and a size advantage that figured to be beneficial, but once again the Bods were unable to capitalize on those advantages.

Out of the gates, the Hornets erased any doubt from the minds of the spectators as to who was the

better team that night. At the halftime buzzer, Emporia led with a score of 41-29, shooting a staggering 50 percent of their shots. In what sounded like a horrible prank, Emporia shot 15 of 30 from the field and 7 for 14 from the 3-point stripe.

With this level of efficiency on the offensive end of the floor by the Hornets, Washburn would have to pull of nothing short of a miracle to erase the 12-point hole they found themselves in.

In what has become a redundant theme,Washburn came back from the halftime break and made a valiant effort to cut the lead to just 3 points, but could get no further, and in a disappointing note lost the biggest rivalry game of the year to Emporia State.

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Moores problems: James Williams and the Ichabods had a hard time stopping Emporia State’s Robert Moores, allowing the guard to score 21 and lead the Hornets to a win.

Blues swat Hornets Washburn tops No. 5 Emporia in season finale, finish second behind ESU in MIAA standings Eric Smith WASHBURN REVIEW The Washburn Lady Blues had an eventful week. After a crushing triple overtime loss to Pittsburg State nine days ago, Washburn finished its regular season with a victory against rival Emporia State, 87-74 during Senior Night Wednesday in Lee Arena.

However, the helpless Lady Blues watched their chances of winning the MIAA slip away Saturday as the Hornets topped Fort Hays State to earn their 17th conference win and the regular title.

TURNPIKE season The Lady TUSSLE Blues (23-4, 16-4) earned the No. 2 seed in the MIAA Basketball Championship Tournament held Friday through Sunday in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Washburn will take on No. 7 seed Hays at 6 p.m. on Friday.

The Lady Blues have played the Tigers (12-15, 8-12) twice on the year, winning 77-58 at Lee Arena and 83-60 in Hays. Washburn has won the last 12 in the series.

“Every game is obviously going to be huge, but they have a lot of shooters on that team and so we can’t let them keep their heads up,” said Hope Gregory, sophomore guard.

“We don’t want to get caught up in an early loss so we definitely have to go into the game prepared and ready to stop their shooters.”

The winner of that game plays in the second semifinal game at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday.

The championship will be held at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday.

Washburn lost in the second round of last year’s MIAA tournament to Northwest Missouri and is looking to hang around a little longer this year.

“I think it’s going to be important that we come in to the conference tournament looking for a win to play through Sunday and get a win,” said Gregory, who is averaging 19.4 minutes and 5.5 points on the season.

“So I think it’s important that we focus on every single game as much as the championship game.”

The Lady Blues’ four losses this season have all come against teams in the top five of the MIAA and have only been by a total of 17 points.

“We know the games we’ve lost: two in overtime and one by one,” said Gregory. “And then Emporia we lost by seven or eight. So if you took just a couple of points here and there, we could be looking at it like we could have just lost one game.”

While the winner of the MIAA Tournament earns an automatic berth into the Division II South Central Region, the top eight teams ranked in

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Round 2 goes to the Blues: Jess Mainz had 8 points and 11 rebounds in Wednesday’s rematch against Emporia. The two teams head into the MIAA tournament as the favorites to play for a third time this season in the conference championship. the region also continue their season. at Pittsburg and nearly reaching the Washburn sits at sixth in the 30-point mark again in just 21 minutes region rankings. of action against Currently, the the Hornets. only other MIAA Bright helped team is Emporia out on the State, in fourth. boards, grabbing And while the Men vs. Emporia St., a career-high most recent 8:15 p.m. Thursday nine rebounds in rankings do not her final game at include the Lady Lee Arena.

Blues’ win over Women vs. Fort Hays St., Wa s h b u r n the Hornets, jumped out the MIAA 6 p.m. Friday to a 12-point tournament lead late in the will determine All games played in first half, but Wa s h b u r n ’s Emporia cut it p o s t s e a s o n Kansas City at Municipal down to seven future. with a 43-36 Auditorium In the Senior halftime score.

Night game The Hornets between two nationally ranked teams, also were able to get within 3 points the No. 13 Lady Blues handled the with 4:35 left in the game before the No. 5 Hornets with the help of 28 Lady Blues went on an 11-2 run that points by senior Stanecia Graham and secured the win.

19 by senior Janice Bright.

“We played so much better Graham played her best two games overall defense than we did down [in of the season, scoring 31 in the loss Emporia],” said Gregory.

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The victory was payback for Emporia’s win in the Turnpike Tussle earlier in the season when they handed Washburn their largest defeat of the season, 85-78. In the last six meetings, the Lady Blues have won five.

The Washburn women also continued their hot streak in Lee Arena, earning their seventh win in their last eight games at home against the Emporia women. It was the 14th home win on the season for the Lady Blues, whose only loss in Topeka came back in January to Central Missouri in a 79-77 overtime loss.

For Washburn, the goal is to make the most of the week of practice and to make the postseason last as long as possible.

“We have to work hard in the conference tournament and try and take care of business,” said Gregory.

Eric Smith is a senior mass media major. Reach him at eric.smith1@ washburn.edu.

Mike Ditch, Jr. SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR As a lifelong Topekan, I’ve heard more than enough people complain about the lack of entertainment in this town. As someone who watches the news on a fairly infrequent basis, I’ve also heard there’s a little obesity problem in the United States.

With spring and summer on its way, I’m here to show you the opportunities to put both of these issues to rest.

If you’re allergic to a tan, or can’t handle the heat, my best recommendation is to utilize the SRWC here on campus.

It’s open during the summer to students, and is a great place to kill an hour or two by walking the track, showing the elliptical machine who’s boss, lifting weights, or playing basketball.

There’s also the Nintendo Wii that provides ample opportunities to get in shape as well. As a guy who went three rounds against an 8-year-old, Wii Sports provides a great chance to get a workout while also keeping you entertained. I highly recommend tennis or boxing for an entertaining workout. I’m aware of the Wii Fit, but have heard that most people ditch (heh, get it? See: author name) this game after a few uses.

If you’re a fan of the outdoors, I can really help you out here. There’s nothing more relaxing than spending four to five hours at Lake Shawnee Golf Course.

The views of the lake are nice, the course is in great shape for being stuck in Kansas’ harsh summers and winters, and it’s affordable with your student ID. The exercise of walking this somewhat hilly layout allows you to get a decent workout as well! If golf isn’t your thing, there’s always the nine-plus mile walking trail around the lake.

The city and county parks and recreation departments also offer several ball diamonds for you to get your friends together for some softball. There are the Shunga and Oakland walking trails for you to bike, walk or rollerblade on.

There are several miniature golf courses around town that are entertaining, but unless you’re the guy on ESPN14 battling for that $5,000 grand prize, it’s not the most physically demanding of outdoor activities.

If you’re a swimmer, there are the Gage Park pool and the Shawnee County North pool, both of which should replace the word pool with fun-a-palooza. However, if you’re not wanting to swim with little kids who may or may not have complete control over their, um, plumbing, there’s always Washburn’s natatorium.

There are countless tennis courts throughout the city, as well as a few bike parks, and Gage Park’s dog park to go spend some of your free time.

So quit complaining about how there’s nothing to do in Topeka, and go out and enjoy the weather and get your bod in shape for those incoming freshmen that catch your eye next year.

Mike Ditch, Jr. is a law school student. Reach him at mike.ditch@ washburn.edu.

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Monday, March 2, 2009 • Sports

White golden for Blues

First team all-MIAA first baseman returns for senior year, looks to break home run record, lead Washburn back to NCAA regionals Eric Smith WASHBURN REVIEW

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Swinging for the fences: All-MIAA first baseman Dani White is nearing the Lady Blues’ all-time homerun record in her senior season.

Tournament, March 5-8 in Kansas City Men’s Thursday

Saturday

1 Southwest Baptist (23-4)

Sunday

Noon

8 Missouri Western (12-15) Noon

4 Fort Hays State (19-8) 2:15 p.m.

5 Nebraska-Omaha (17-10) 1 p.m.

3 Emporia State (18-9) 6 Washburn (15-12)

8:15 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

2 Central Missouri (23-4) 6 p.m.

7 Missouri Southern (19-11)

Women’s Friday 1 Emporia State (23-4)

Saturday

Sunday

Noon

8 Southwest Baptist (8-19) 4 Central Missouri (17-10)

6 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

5 Missouri Southern (18-9)

3:15 p.m.

3 Pittsburg State (19-8) 8:15 p.m.

6 Nebraska-Omaha (15-11)

8:15 p.m.

2 Washburn (23-4) 6 p.m.

7 Fort Hays State (12-15)

coach Lisa Carey, Washburn was an easy choice.

She began her career as a Lady The homerun is one of the most Blue in the fall of 2005 on a bad thrilling acts a fan can see at a softball note.

She tore her ACL during the fall or baseball game. And for Washburn’s season and had to sit out her freshman Dani White, hitting homeruns never campaign. White was redshirted and gets old.

“You can definitely kind of feel it that’s when her career began to take when you’re swinging,” said White, off, making a big impact on the team’s senior first basemen. “And then to success ever since.

White is an advertising major just round first and see it’s over, it’s almost like a relief and an instant burst in the mass media department and of energy. Then, when you round that plans to graduate in May. She’s done base and coach is smiling, you give an internship with the Kansas City T-Bones in the ticket and her a pound. And then sales department and is the round home, I mean DANI looking to pursue a career in nothing’s better.”

WHITE sports advertising.

White is third on White has many great the all-time home run memories from her five list with 34, behind only teammate junior Tish Williams, who has 35, and years on the softball team. One that former Lady Blue Brooke DeVader, she said stood out was in 2006 at a Northwest Missouri tournament who has 38.

But White does more than just hit versus Minnesota State-Mankato. The homeruns. According to Williams, Lady Blues scored six runs in the top of the seventh off of four homeruns she is a spark and a team leader.

“My favorite thing about her is to come back from a 7-4 deficit to how mature she is,” said Williams. beat Mankato 10-9. In that game, the “We have a lot of crazy characters on Lady Blues set a school record with this team. And she keeps everybody in six homeruns.

“I would say one of the best line. And she’s always being positive games I’ve played in is Mankato,” to people that are down.”

Dani White is from Berryton and said White. “Brooke [DeVader] and I went to Shawnee Heights High School both had two homeruns in it. And I believe they were both back-to-back where she excelled playing softball.

And with Washburn University homeruns. So it was a blast playing being near family, plus the close in that one.”

In White’s career, she has earned relationship White had with head

numerous honors and awards and has put her stamp on the Washburn record books.

An example of this is the career RBI list where she currently sits in second with 124, right behind DeVader, who has 141. She is also second in total bases to DeVader and has a career batting average of .308.

“She’s a big tool to us when it comes to playing,” said Williams, who is fifth on the list with 112.

“She’s positive all the time, so when she’s up to bat, we definitely need her especially when we have a runner at third and second. We all feel positive she will do her job.”

White likes the honors and awards but says they are not why she plays the game. And while she has been a part of the only two teams to go to the North Central Regional in 2006 and 2008, she’s hoping this year’s team can go even further.

“I’ve had a lot of individual awards and those are always great,” said White. “But in the end, it’s what the team does, so my goal is definitely do what I can to help the team start winning, and get to the regional and the MIAA tournament. Because the individual awards, they’re nice to have, but at the end of the season, they don’t help your win record or where the team goes.”

Eric Smith is a senior mass media major. Reach him at eric.smith1@ washburn.edu.

BODS: Team seeded sixth Continued from page A6 The Bods trailed by 11 with 14:42 remaining in the second half, but Washburn went on a 20-4 run that spanned more than eight minutes to make it a single possesion game.

Senior Paul Byers finished the last game he’ll ever play in Lee Arena with a game-high 17 points, pushing his career total points scored in a Washburn uniform to 809 points.

Byers also led the team with a gamehigh eight rebounds.

Paul J a m e s Williams, also Byers in his last game in Petro, finished with 14 points of his own.

Despite a solid offensive outing, the Bods had trouble guarding Emporia’s talented trio, allowing Jeremiah Box, Robert Moores and Lamar Wilbern to combine for 61 of the Hornets’ 78 points.

“The loss to Emporia really hurt,” said Moriba DeCoteau, junior.

“Some of the guys really took it to heart.”

Senior Darnell Kimble played just eight minutes and threw his jersey onto the court in the game’s closing seconds.

The forward was dismissed from the team, making the postseason that much more difficult for Washburn.

The Bods dropped to sixth in the final MIAA standings with the loss, setting up another rematch with the No. 3 seeded Hornets in the first round of the conference tournament.

The game will be played at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Based on the past two meetings between these teams, Washburn will have to dig deep into their bag of tricks to get this win.

But if the sting of the loss at home still resonates in the mind of the players, Washburn will emerge victorious and make a deep run in the post season.

The loss of Kimble will hurt the team on the boards, as well as frontcourt depth, but the players remain optimistic about the rubber match against the in-state rivals.

“We’re implementing some new plays in order to give Emporia some offensive and defensive looks that they haven’t seen in the first two meetings,” said DeCoteau. “So it should be an interesting matchup.”

Sheldon Warmington is a senior business finance major. Reach him at sheldon.warmington@washburn.edu.

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Rising up:Sophomore Logan Stutz played his way into a starting job this season and is likely to see more playing time in the postseason with Darnell Kimble off the team.

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Monday, March 2, 2009 • Sports

RoadRunners roll on WU Night Nicole Stejskal WASHBURN REVIEW

Washburn’s Night with the Topeka RoadRunners provided students with an evening of intense hockey entertainment, and the RoadRunners with a key win for the season.

With a 3-0 shutout over the Kenai River Brown Bears, the RoadRunners moved into a first place tie with the St. Louis Bandits for the NAHL South Division and clenched a berth in the playoffs.

In the game’s first period, Edgars Lipsbergs made a pass to Matt Hartmann on a 2-on-1 break where he shot the puck to give the RoadRunners a 1-0 lead. The RoadRunners maintained the lead through the first period despite being outshot by Kenai River 13-10.

Topeka increased their lead in the second period to 2-0 after Travis Stevens scored a goal from a pass assisted by Jacob Poe. The RoadRunners turned the game around this period, outshooting their opponents 14-2.

In the final period, the RoadRunners kept up their momentum by outshooting the Brown Bears 16-8 and moving their lead to 3-0 after a shot from Lipsbergs, assisted by Stevens and Hartmann. The win moved Topeka to 38-7-4 overall as they gear up to play the Alaska Avalanche this week.

Throughout the regular season, the

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Oh my gosh, they killed Kenai: Forward Tye Lewis helped the RoadRunners sweep Kenai River in last weekend’s home series, putting the team back in first place of the NAHL. RoadRunners play 58 games and are on the road every other weekend, so for the players, coming home to a supportive crowd in Topeka is important. Each individual is playing for the chance to receive college scholarships, so having the support from other college students motivates the players.

“It’s better to have a crowd around our age because it adds to the atmosphere,” said Eric Artman, defensive player for the RoadRunners.

“Usually college students have great support for us, so it’s great when they come here to watch us.”

Caleb Wolfgram, RoadRunner defensive player, also enjoys having college players attend the games because he finds that it is easy for players and students to relate to one another and creates a greater experience for everyone.

Washburn students also had a good time at the event and showed

their appreciation for everything the RoadRunners do for Topeka.

“I thought it was a really great game, and I had fun,” said Caley Onek, sophomore business marketing major. “It’s good that the RoadRunners pay such a big contribution to our community. I wish that Washburn could get more involved in Topeka because it creates a better sense of community.”

Phil Norris, senior anthropology

major, also thinks that the Puckabod event is a great way for students to get involved in Topeka.

“I think it was a good event, and I wish I had seen more Washburn students out there, but it was still a great game,” he said.

Nicole Stejskal is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at nicole. stejskal@washburn.edu.

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Lee Arena, he played just eight minutes, going 0-for-3 from the field and scoring one point.

In his second year playing with Washburn, Kimble was the team’s leading rebounder, averaging 6.0 per game and second leading scorer, with 11.9 points per game.

Starting point guard Mario Scott was dismissed in January after being ruled academically ineligible.

Scott led the team in assists and steals, and since his release the Bods have gone 5-5.

Logan Stutz will likely reclaim his starting role in Kimble’s place when the Bods face Emporia State Thursday in the MIAA tournament’s opening round.

For the second time in two months, the Washburn men’s basketball team has dismissed a key senior.

Darnell Kimble, a forward for the Ichabods, will not play with the team in the MIAA tournament this weekend after being released last Friday.

In several instances, Kimble was visibly upset during WU’s 78-63 loss to Emporia State last Wednesday.

Near the end of the game, Kimble remained seated on the bench outside of the huddle during time outs, and as the final seconds ticked down, he threw his jersey on the court and headed for Chris Marshall is a senior mass media major. the locker room.

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Garrett Love and Caley Onek are enthusiastic about their run for President and Vice President of WSGA, and they are ready with ideas about retention, school spirit and ways to help students become invested in Washburn’s campus.

Communication to help involvement “The concern for us was student life and student involvement at Washburn University and we feel a big way of addressing that is communication,” said Garrett Love, presidential candidate. “Students need to become involved, they need to become a part of something.”

The team said that students who get involved are more likely to stay at Washburn for four years. Love said that both he and Caley Onek were “thankful” for their Washburn experiences and wanted to help facilitate that for other students.

Onek added that retention was a big issue.

“We want students to be so excited about being at Washburn, and college life and campus life, that they want to stay here and graduate from Washburn,” said Onek.

In order to meet these ends, the Love/

many of the same aspects as the four pillars of the WTE. “We just want to let them know that what they’re doing right now could probably be a WTE for them,” said Onek.

Love said awareness is key, and many students are intimidated by the process or uninformed. However, the Greek experience is not intended to become a fifth pillar of the WTE. “We want to be educators of the WTE,” said Love. “We think that is a huge issue at Washburn University. It’s a great program and helping students realize that and making it more user-friendly is something that we want to do. It shouldn’t be intimidating.”

Campus Safety Love said the campus safety plan that he and Onek advocate is similar to a neighborhood watch program that would inform students about safety on campus. For example, the availability of the campus police force 24 hours per day or the emergency call centers. Onek said that they had looked into other universities’ campus watch programs and said these programs were successful.

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Onek team wants to implement the Bod Alert text messaging alert system that would inform students about events on campus, as well as announcements like snow days. The Love/Onek team thought students would find the program useful and that many students would use it.

They want to heavily promote it to incoming freshmen so that these freshmen can sign up for it and more easily get involved in the first year.

Students would be able to text a specific word to a number and they will be subscribed to the service and they always have the option of unsubscribing.

“We want to spread awareness so students have access to be more involved,” said Onek.

Love said students he spoke to have indicated that they did not attend events because they did not know about them beforehand.

Greek Experience as a WTE Onek said her ticket wants to make the WTE more user-friendly.

“A lot of students are confused, they don’t know how to get their WTE,” said Onek.

Onek said she recently completed a WTE and said that she was in the middle of the process before she found out how to complete her WTE. Onek said that the Greek experience included

WSGA Budget In light of WSGA’s funding for student organizations running out, Love and Onek want to look at the structure of funding student organizations. Love said he realized the budget was not likely to increase in the next year, so he Onek are very interested in focusing on the structure of how student orgs is organized.

Onek said WSGA raised the amount of funding that student orgs could get.

“At the time, I think senators thought that that was just a small amount, but that it would benefit the organizations more,” said Onek.

“That small amount of money adds up.”

Love and Onek said they did not want to take money away from student organizations, but did want to conduct research that would allow more student organizations to be funded.

Love and Onek said they have been heavily involved across campus because of their fond feelings for Washburn. They said their experiences have led them to want to serve and help other students have a positive experience.

ReAnne Utemark is a senior history major. Reach her at reanne.utemark@washburn.edu.

Know the facts Will Lawrence Hometown: Burlington, Kan. Major: Political Science Charity Hockman Hometown: Topeka, Kan. Major: Public Administration

The Issues • Create 4-year tuition projection program • Build and establish on-campus child care for Washburn students • Bring greater accountability to WSGA Garrett Love Hometown: Montezuma, Kan. Major: Management/Econ./ Finance Caley Onek Hometown: El Dorado, Kan. Major: Business Marketing/ Sports Management

The Issues • Include Greek Experience as part of WTE • Establish textbook rental program through WU Bookstore • Increase school spirit on campus

Travis Perry WASHBURN REVIEW The campaign promises of Will Lawrence and Charity Hockman can be summed up in a single word: focused.

As they have burned the campaign trail over the last few weeks, stumping their platforms and informing students, Lawrence said in their drive to be elected the next president and vice president of the Washburn Student Government Association, they’ve fought hard to keep their goals minimal and grandiose.

“I’m not the type of person to run on something that can’t happen,” said Lawrence, a junior political science major, who added that for their campaign, they’ve chosen to focus on two big goals rather than several small ones.

“There have been some concerns that our issues are broad, but we want them to be broad.”

The two big targets the Lawrence/ Hockman team have taken point on include the establishment of a four-year tuition projection program, and the creation of on campus childcare, the latter of which has been a desire of Hockman’s for quite a while now.

On Campus Child Care “I was very surprised when I came to school two years ago that Washburn didn’t have any child care,” said Hockman, a junior public administration major and mother of three. While a portion of the student activity fee, $30,000 to be exact, is given to University Child Development, 1621 S.W. College Ave., Hockman would like to see a facility established on campus with greater resources and the ability to accept a larger number of children. Currently, according to assistant director Cathy Gaddis, UCD is already at capacity with 40 children, 90 percent of whom are children of Washburn students.

“We feel very confident that we would be able to work with other departments and schools on campus, along with the Washburn Endowment Association to raise the funds,” said Hockman.

Tuition Projection In terms of their tuition plan, Lawrence said the basic idea is to project the cost four years out to give students an idea of what their upcoming costs may be. After speaking with administrators such as Jerry Farley, university

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president, Tom Ellis, vice president of enrollment and Denise Ottinger, vice president of student life, Lawrence is confident the program is a definite possibility.

“This gives us a chance to create a conversation with students graduating high school,” said Lawrence. “We’re going to make some noise in Kansas.”

Currently, the University of Kansas is the only other institution in the state with a similar program, but unlike KU, any potential plan at Washburn would not be a tuition lock for freshman for four years, said Lawrence.

He added that a plan such as a tuition lock would only hurt Washburn.

WSGA Accountability Another platform issue the Lawrence/ Hockman campaign has been stumping recently is increased accountability within WSGA. This should come as no surprise because both were adamantly opposed to actions and perceived actions undertaken by

the current administration last semester. Most notable was the incorrect use of authority when Whitney Philippi, WSGA president, terminated Hockman early from her former position as special events director. This came shortly after Hockman had turned in her notice of resignation by the end of the semester.

Ultimately, Lawrence said he would like to setup more internal checks and balances within WSGA to prevent any potential abuses of power or conflicts of interest, but admitted they won’t be able to fix everything.

“I think that, to some extent, there’s always going to be some problems,” said Lawrence.

In the end, the two are hoping that their unique ticket, Lawrence as a traditional student and Hockman as a non-traditional student, when combined with their issues will resonate with the wide variety of students at Washburn.

Travis Perry is a senior mass media major. Reach him at travis.perry@washburn.edu.

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Safety no issue for students Erin Wiltz WASHBURN REVIEW Campus safety is an issue that is looming in the minds of both teams vying for the Washburn Student Government Association presidency.

Garrett Love and Caley Onek have developed something akin to a neighborhood watch program, while Will Lawrence and Charity Hockman are rallying for students who live on campus to have the parking spots closest to residential living reserved. Yet, the main issue is whether safety is a problem on campus.

“I walked to the Zeta house from the law school at night and there has been an increase in security by the campus police and they are top notch,” said Betsy Baker, a junior economic and finance major.

According to the Washburn University Police Department, in the past year there has been one case of motor vehicle theft, five cases of arson and nine cases of burglary. When compared to Emporia State, Washburn’s campus safety stats are similar to other universities. The ESU university’s police department reported

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Emporia experienced two cases of forcible sex offenses, one case of aggravated assault, 11 cases of burglary and five cases of arson.

“I feel uncomfortable when walking on campus at night, but I see the campus police around constantly,” said Alison King, freshman business major.

Washburn University’s Police Department is required by law to keep crime statistics viewable to the public, and it has a bulletin board map of Washburn with pin points that illustrate where crime took place on campus. The WUPD also provides services in an effort to keep students safe.

For example, officers can escort someone from one place on the campus to another if the person doesn’t feel safe doing so alone.

“I have two daughters who go to Washburn University and take night classes and I’m never concerned about their safety risk walking on campus at night but there is always that chance,” said Dean Forster,

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director of University Police. “I’m not too concerned because every area of campus is covered by a camera.”

Erin Wiltz is a sophomore nursing major. Reach her at erin.wiltz@ washburn.edu.

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Candidates flop on WTE proposals Maggie Robinson WASHBURN REVIEW Roll up your sleeves and put on your work boots. Washburn Student Government Association presidential candidates are trying to make it easier for students to complete the transformational experience, but their plans may not be feasible.

All Washburn students are required to take part in an approved transformational experience.

The Washburn Transformational Experience was put in place to help students take a moment and look beyond themselves.

Students have a variety of choices when it comes to the WTE. They can choose scholarly or creative experiences, community service, leadership or international experiences. However, WSGA candidates Garrett Love and Caley Onek, as well as Will Lawrence and Charity Hockman, are looking to add a few more options to the TE buffet.

Each team has a different change it wants to make.

Lawrence and Hockman want to add an opportunity for students to perform the community service WTE at their proposed

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on-campus child care facility. Love and their goal to bring on campus childcare to Onek are looking to include student’s WU. Ideally, if the childcare goal goes work through Greek Life to be added to through, students could volunteer there to the community service WTE project. fulfill the community service TE. Both parties spoke Feb. 18 at the Unfortunately, according to Rick Washburn Student Film and Video Ellis, director of the community service Association meeting and stressed the TE, neither of these improvements are importance of making the WTE more actually possible. The community service user-friendly.

WTE was designed as a way for students Love and Onek focused to take their education on an option to include off-campus and into the involvement in student Transformational community.

Experience organizations and Greek Ellis has been a Life. Onek said Greek Life part of the development is a transformational experience in itself, of the WTE from the beginning. The and should be included in the approved community service program requires a community service program. minimum of 150 hours of service to be Their proposal has managed to get completed in two years. The program some students interested in the changes. consists of completing activity plans, “Being a non-traditional student reflection meetings with a WTE mentor to with kids makes it difficult to do the discuss the student’s service experiences, WTE,” said Amanda Backstrom, junior and a final presentation at the Day of communications major. “Having the Transformation in April. possibility of a WTE that included student “WTE is designed to get students organization involvement and community involved in the Topeka community,” said service would make it much easier to meet Ellis. “We want students to do service the requirements.” outside of the four walls of Washburn.”

Lawrence and Hockman’s plans The proposed addition of a site onare also exciting many students. Their campus at the new child care facility by proposal adds a community service WTE, Lawrence and Hockman goes against to be preformed on-campus in tandem with this idea. The service experience must

be completed off-campus.

Those who developed the idea decided on these regulations because they wanted students to learn how they can impact the community, and staying on-campus would not give students this opportunity.

Love and Onek’s proposal does not work with the community service set up, either. Although much of the community service already required by student organizations and Greek Life is done offcampus, they want students to make the distinction between service experiences.

Ellis said that it would be difficult to monitor the service efforts for students using them for two purposes.

“The WTE has specific requirements that are not being fulfilled by the Greek houses,” he said.

The WTE was developed and approved in 2004. It was put in place for all students in 2005. It has served the Topeka community in many forms. Sites that hold WTE programs include Let’s Help, Community Action Head Start, Robinson Middle School, Marion Clinic, Midland Hospice and the Topeka Zoo. Maggie Robinson is a member of the advanced newswriting class. Reach her at maggie.robinson@washburn.edu.

Bookstore sees potential in textbook rental idea Richard Kelly WASHBURN REVIEW The Washburn Bookstore is considering a textbook rental program at Washburn next fall, and price reduction would be a big deal for students with tight budgets.

Garrett Love, Washburn Student Government Association presidential candidate, is one of the students who has been advocating for a textbook rental program. Three years ago, when he was a freshman, he started his own business, Love Book Sales. He’s now hoping to make his idea a university-wide program.

Kay Farley, director of the Washburn Bookstore, has also been considering the idea for the past several years.

“When Garrett came and talked to us, we said that it was something we’d been thinking about looking into, and that we’d be happy to work with him,” said Farley.

Love saw the possibility of getting the University involved as a huge step.

“In order to reach the most students, it wasn’t going to be through Love Book Sales or some small program like that,” said Love. “Washburn Bookstore is going

to be the one to work with. I want all the money to go back to Washburn.”

The program would allow students to buy textbooks at lower prices, at nearly half price. At the end of the semester, students would return their textbooks.

There would be no refund, but the overall price paid would be cheaper. Additionally, students who desired to buy the textbooks and then sell them back could still do it.

“You don’t have to rent the textbooks,” said Love. “We just want to present options because that’s basically what my Love Book Sales program was; a cheaper alternative. Giving [students] options is something we’re excited about.”

If the program becomes reality, students shouldn’t expect all books to be immediately available for rent. It will take some time.

“One of the schools we talked with, Cal-State Fullerton, has been doing [textbook rental] for four years, and they have 35 titles,” said Farley. “So it’s not exactly a fast process.

Students who are slow about selling their books back get less money for them.

That is where the textbook rental program becomes most beneficial. Because there’s no urgency getting the books right back to

the bookstore.

There are still a lot of problems that will need to be worked out before textbook rental is a realistic possibility, but the program might eventually become a reality.

One of the things we’ll do now is send out surveys to the schools we know who have textbook rental programs to gather information on how they function,” said Farley. “We like to learn from others about how they’ve been successful and the challenges they’ve had with the program.”

What it comes down to for both Love and Farley is that textbooks are a huge expense for students.

“Some universities main bookstores are completely rental-based and are seeing a lot of success,” said Love. “A

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lot of Missouri schools are doing it. In approaching them, that was the main angle, and that’s what we wanted to push for with the bookstore.”

Richard Kelly is a freshman mass media major. Reach him at richard.kelly@washburn. edu.

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Bods on the Boulevard What do you believe is the most important issue the candidates should address?

“The budget.”

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“Keeping tuition low.”

Joseph Wasinger

“Make students feel welcome.”

William Smith

“Keeping money in student jobs and not cutting hours.”

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Campus child care would benefit students Travis Perry and ReAnne Utemark WASHBURN REVIEW

With the diverse demographic that Washburn hosts, it’s no wonder on campus childcare is a hot topic this election season.

Boasting a diverse viewpoint, the candidate team of Will Lawrence and Charity Hockman are pushing for on campus childcare to serve the percentage of Washburn students at the university who have children.

Currently, the only childcare option available to students is University Child Development, 1621 S.W. College Ave., and according to assistant director Cathy Gaddis, they’re already at full capacity.

“We have a waiting list that goes all the way beyond a year,” said Gaddis. With a maximum capacity of only 40 children,

Hockman sees UCD as “ “I think it’s a benefit, but not one something that that is able to meet the should have We have a waiting needs of the student been available list that goes all the body in its current previously,” said state.

Hockman’s Reist. “I think way beyond a year. ultimate goal would be it’s a comfort to for Washburn to host a have your child facility, whether it be on campus – you - Cathy Gaddis in a new or existing can check on them UCD Assistant Director structure, capable of between classes.” caring for up to 140 G a d d i s ” agreed with both children.

“It’s nice to see someone who is a Hockman and Reist, and would love for non-trad involved in WSGA,” said Kori UCD to play a greater role in serving Reist, senior non-traditional student and Washburn students, but at the moment it’s managing editor for the Kaw Yearbook. not an option in terms of fiscal abilities.

“Having a daycare on campus would allow Currently, UCD receives $30,000 from for more of that – more of a chance to get student activity fees, and 90 percent of the involved [for non-traditional students].” children it cares for belong to Washburn Reist sees a definite advantage to a students. potential on campus childcare option.

Washburn is one of few universities

in the state that does not offer on-campus childcare. Hockman cited Emporia State University as a prime example of how such an operation could be wrong, specifically in how ESU’s childcare operates on similar funding to that which is given to UCD, yet is able to accept twice as many children.

While funding for such a facility on campus is still up in the air, Hockman said she has communicated with other departments at Washburn, as well as the Washburn Endowment Association, and believes there is a way to make it happen.

“With the percentage of non-trads [at Washburn], it should definitely be thought of,” said Reist. “I’m glad it’s an issue.”

Travis Perry is a senior mass media major.

Reach him at travis.perry@washburn.edu.

ReAnne Utemark is a senior history major.

Reach her at reanne.utemark@washburn.edu.

Student organization funding tapped out WSGA allocates all funding for student organizations, now on first come first serve funding basis Travis Perry WASHBURN REVIEW While many were expecting it to happen yet again this year, few were ready for it to happen so early in the second semester.

Funding for student organizations has effectively dried up.

Although this issue occurred last spring, it was much later in the semester. This time around, some student organizations may be left with empty pockets in terms of funding their events.

“I just feel bad about it,” said R.J. McGuire, Washburn Student Government Association senator and member of the allocations committee, responsible for divvying up student organization funding.

“Unfortunately, that means that it’s very likely that no more student orgs will be able to receive assistance from WSGA for the rest of the fiscal year, unless we can come up with something, whether that be making some changes to the budget or something else.”

In technical terms, the issue lies in the fact that all the money in the account has been allocated, but not necessarily spent. So if organizations that have already received

funding use “ believed the less than the root cause was amount they organizations I think it’s unfortunate, were given, fearing funding but it’s a reality. There’s it is possible would run out, that more and subsequently just limited amounts of funding will submitting be freed for funding requests funding and to be sure use by other earlier in the you get those funds, you semester. organizations.

As with last have to get your requests [ s t “Basically, year, any udent additional organizations in early. requests will are] just - Whitney Philippi be handled on going to have a first come, to wait and see if WSGA President first serve they get funding, or ” basis. they may not get it at Whitney Philippi, WSGA president, all,” said Philippi. said a big factor in this was the drop in McGuire said that while nothing enrollment, and subsequently any revenue is in motion at the moment, the idea of generated from student activity fees. increasing the student activity fee yet “I think it’s unfortunate, but it’s again had been floating around the Senate. a reality,” said Philippi. “There’s just It had popped up earlier, but eventually limited amounts of funding, and to be sure lost momentum because of the struggling you get those funds, you have to get your economy. Yet with the lack of funding for requests in early.” Philippi added that she student organizations, McGuire said it is a thought the allocations had done a good topic that might be revived. In the end, he job in being frugal with available funds. said this is something he greatly opposes, McGuire believed the lack of funding and he encourages students and student was because of a slightly different cause, organization presidents to speak with a specifically in terms of different senators’ member of the senate about their opinion goals for WSGA. McGuire said he of a potential fee hike. believed WSGA existed to help student organizations attain their goals, while others on senate see WSGA as a driving force behind academics and entertainment Travis Perry is a senior mass media major. on campus. In the end, though, McGuire Reach him at travis.perry@washburn.edu.

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Candidates for 2009-10 WSGA president and vice president

ReAnne Utemark WASHBURN REVIEW

Garrett Love and Caley Onek are enthusiastic about their run for President and Vice President of WSGA, and they are ready with ideas about retention, school spirit and ways to help students become invested in Washburn’s campus.

Communication to help involvement “The concern for us was student life and student involvement at Washburn University and we feel a big way of addressing that is communication,” said Garrett Love, presidential candidate. “Students need to become involved, they need to become a part of something.”

The team said that students who get involved are more likely to stay at Washburn for four years. Love said that both he and Caley Onek were “thankful” for their Washburn experiences and wanted to help facilitate that for other students.

Onek added that retention was a big issue.

“We want students to be so excited about being at Washburn, and college life and campus life, that they want to stay here and graduate from Washburn,” said Onek.

In order to meet these ends, the Love/

many of the same aspects as the four pillars of the WTE. “We just want to let them know that what they’re doing right now could probably be a WTE for them,” said Onek.

Love said awareness is key, and many students are intimidated by the process or uninformed. However, the Greek experience is not intended to become a fifth pillar of the WTE. “We want to be educators of the WTE,” said Love. “We think that is a huge issue at Washburn University. It’s a great program and helping students realize that and making it more user-friendly is something that we want to do. It shouldn’t be intimidating.”

Campus Safety Love said the campus safety plan that he and Onek advocate is similar to a neighborhood watch program that would inform students about safety on campus. For example, the availability of the campus police force 24 hours per day or the emergency call centers. Onek said that they had looked into other universities’ campus watch programs and said these programs were successful.

Photo by Aaron Deffenbaugh, Washburn Review

Onek team wants to implement the Bod Alert text messaging alert system that would inform students about events on campus, as well as announcements like snow days. The Love/Onek team thought students would find the program useful and that many students would use it.

They want to heavily promote it to incoming freshmen so that these freshmen can sign up for it and more easily get involved in the first year.

Students would be able to text a specific word to a number and they will be subscribed to the service and they always have the option of unsubscribing.

“We want to spread awareness so students have access to be more involved,” said Onek.

Love said students he spoke to have indicated that they did not attend events because they did not know about them beforehand.

Greek Experience as a WTE Onek said her ticket wants to make the WTE more user-friendly.

“A lot of students are confused, they don’t know how to get their WTE,” said Onek.

Onek said she recently completed a WTE and said that she was in the middle of the process before she found out how to complete her WTE. Onek said that the Greek experience included

WSGA Budget In light of WSGA’s funding for student organizations running out, Love and Onek want to look at the structure of funding student organizations. Love said he realized the budget was not likely to increase in the next year, so he Onek are very interested in focusing on the structure of how student orgs is organized.

Onek said WSGA raised the amount of funding that student orgs could get.

“At the time, I think senators thought that that was just a small amount, but that it would benefit the organizations more,” said Onek.

“That small amount of money adds up.”

Love and Onek said they did not want to take money away from student organizations, but did want to conduct research that would allow more student organizations to be funded.

Love and Onek said they have been heavily involved across campus because of their fond feelings for Washburn. They said their experiences have led them to want to serve and help other students have a positive experience.

ReAnne Utemark is a senior history major. Reach her at reanne.utemark@washburn.edu.

Know the facts Will Lawrence Hometown: Burlington, Kan. Major: Political Science Charity Hockman Hometown: Topeka, Kan. Major: Public Administration

The Issues • Create 4-year tuition projection program • Build and establish on-campus child care for Washburn students • Bring greater accountability to WSGA Garrett Love Hometown: Montezuma, Kan. Major: Management/Econ./ Finance Caley Onek Hometown: El Dorado, Kan. Major: Business Marketing/ Sports Management

The Issues • Include Greek Experience as part of WTE • Establish textbook rental program through WU Bookstore • Increase school spirit on campus

Travis Perry WASHBURN REVIEW The campaign promises of Will Lawrence and Charity Hockman can be summed up in a single word: focused.

As they have burned the campaign trail over the last few weeks, stumping their platforms and informing students, Lawrence said in their drive to be elected the next president and vice president of the Washburn Student Government Association, they’ve fought hard to keep their goals minimal and grandiose.

“I’m not the type of person to run on something that can’t happen,” said Lawrence, a junior political science major, who added that for their campaign, they’ve chosen to focus on two big goals rather than several small ones.

“There have been some concerns that our issues are broad, but we want them to be broad.”

The two big targets the Lawrence/ Hockman team have taken point on include the establishment of a four-year tuition projection program, and the creation of on campus childcare, the latter of which has been a desire of Hockman’s for quite a while now.

On Campus Child Care “I was very surprised when I came to school two years ago that Washburn didn’t have any child care,” said Hockman, a junior public administration major and mother of three. While a portion of the student activity fee, $30,000 to be exact, is given to University Child Development, 1621 S.W. College Ave., Hockman would like to see a facility established on campus with greater resources and the ability to accept a larger number of children. Currently, according to assistant director Cathy Gaddis, UCD is already at capacity with 40 children, 90 percent of whom are children of Washburn students.

“We feel very confident that we would be able to work with other departments and schools on campus, along with the Washburn Endowment Association to raise the funds,” said Hockman.

Tuition Projection In terms of their tuition plan, Lawrence said the basic idea is to project the cost four years out to give students an idea of what their upcoming costs may be. After speaking with administrators such as Jerry Farley, university

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president, Tom Ellis, vice president of enrollment and Denise Ottinger, vice president of student life, Lawrence is confident the program is a definite possibility.

“This gives us a chance to create a conversation with students graduating high school,” said Lawrence. “We’re going to make some noise in Kansas.”

Currently, the University of Kansas is the only other institution in the state with a similar program, but unlike KU, any potential plan at Washburn would not be a tuition lock for freshman for four years, said Lawrence.

He added that a plan such as a tuition lock would only hurt Washburn.

WSGA Accountability Another platform issue the Lawrence/ Hockman campaign has been stumping recently is increased accountability within WSGA. This should come as no surprise because both were adamantly opposed to actions and perceived actions undertaken by

the current administration last semester. Most notable was the incorrect use of authority when Whitney Philippi, WSGA president, terminated Hockman early from her former position as special events director. This came shortly after Hockman had turned in her notice of resignation by the end of the semester.

Ultimately, Lawrence said he would like to setup more internal checks and balances within WSGA to prevent any potential abuses of power or conflicts of interest, but admitted they won’t be able to fix everything.

“I think that, to some extent, there’s always going to be some problems,” said Lawrence.

In the end, the two are hoping that their unique ticket, Lawrence as a traditional student and Hockman as a non-traditional student, when combined with their issues will resonate with the wide variety of students at Washburn.

Travis Perry is a senior mass media major. Reach him at travis.perry@washburn.edu.

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Senator Candidates

W SG A 20 10 Betsy Baker

Hometown: Wichita, Kan. Class: Junior Major: Business - Economics and Finance Platform: I want to increase communication between senators, student organizations, and students. I’m ready to make sure students’ opinions are heard by student government.

Blake Bryant

Hometown: Independence, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Mass Media - Public Relations Platform: Participation and preparation — the keys to a good year!

Ben Cullan

Hometown: Hutchinson, Kan. Class: Sophomore Platform: Work with Chartwells to improve relations with organizations, and to improve access to nutritional information.

Nick Brown

Hometown: Kansas City Class: Freshman Platform: To make the Washburn Student Government Association more relevant to the lives of the students of Washburn.

Dlany Conny

Hometown: Denver, Colo.

Class: Freshman Major: Criminal Justice Platform: To help make WU a place for you! I want your ideas to make Washburn better. To promote a fun, safe, and educational campus and to help you get the most out of your “Washburn Experience”!

Curt Fulwider

Hometown: Colby, Kan. Class: Freshman Major: English/Pre-law Platform: I’m currently on senate and wish to continue my service to the students of Washburn. My primary goal is to assit the food service committee in better the campus food and reduce prices.

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Michael Glass

Andrea Hale

Hometown: Americus, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Biology Platform: I would love the opportunity to give back to the Washburn community by serving as a WSGA senator. I feel that I can be a creative and enthusiastic voice for my peers if given the opportunity to service in this capacity.

Hometown: Olathe, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Nursing Platform: I want to continue to be the voice for my fellow students on WSGA and get students more involved with their university so that they’re proud to say they’re an Ichabod!

Lindsey Himpel

Danielle Hunter

Lisa Ille

Erica Koepsel

W SG A 20 10 Hometown: Tonganoxie, Kan. Class: Sophomore Platform: I would love the opportunity to serve you and the WU community. I feel that increase awareness and interaction between WSGA, students, and organizations can increase the positive impact of WSGA.

Hometown: Ellinwood, Kan. Class: Sophomore Platform: As a senator, I would do my best in being a voice for the “average” student on campus. I feel my role in WSGA is to advocate for the student body’s wants and needs and I plan on satisfying this by working on issues such as keeping the cost of education low, promoting school spirit and making every student’s experience at Washburn unforgettable.

Kate Larson

Hometown: Galva, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Biology with Pre-med emphasis Platform: I want WSGA to become more connected to the student body. We are students, serving students. In order to better serve, I want to improve the funding policy, increase communication with student organization [sic], and get more traditional and non-traditional students more involved on campus.

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Hometown: Olathe, Kan. Class: Senior Platform: Increase communication between WSGA and student organizations, make the funding request process more user friendly, increase awareness, student participation, and multiprogramming.

Hometown: Rose Hill, Kan. Class: Junior Major: Psychology Platform: Create one central place where students can see a calendar of all activities on campus so that we increase involvement and stop over scheduling.

Also help increase school spirit and pride in our school!

Brady Lundeen

Hometown: Fowler, Kan. Class: Freshman Platform: To act as a voice for the Washburn students.

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Taylor McGown

Hometown: Mound City, Kan. Class: Freshman/Sophomore Major: Biology Platform: Represent the student body as best I can, while making Washburn a better university for you!

Lucas Mullin

W SG A 20 10

Zach Morris

Hometown: Olathe, Kan. Class: Shophomore Major: Accounting/Finance Platform: I want students to feel like they can come talk to me about their concerns regarding Washburn so I can help their ideas become a reality!

Hometown: Eureka, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Public Administration Platform: To continue representing the student body as a whole. I want to make sure that everything WSGA does benefits students in every corner of campus.

Providing quality services to students, such as working to ensure that student orgs have equal opportunities to receive funds, cut waistful spending, and figuring how to allocate the activity fee in ways that benefit the majority of students.

Nicole Perkuhn

Angel Romero

Paje Routhier

Meghan Ryan

Shamika Stamps

Hometown: Junction City, Kan. Class: Junior Major: Political Science Platform: To continue to keep students at the center of what we do in WSGA. After three years I’ve had amazing opportunities to serve students and make a positive impact and I hope to continue to do that if re-elected.

Hometown: Leavenworth, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Political Science Platform: I would like to have the opportunity to represent this great student body and bring their options and ideas surrounding activities and campus changes to the table. Go Bods!

Hometown: Topeka, Kan. Class: Junior Major: Business Marketing Platform: Attending Washburn University has been one of the best decisions I have ever made! I’m excited about working extremely hard for students of Washburn to help strengthen YOUR experience and further Washburn’s success.

Class: Sophomore Major: Public Administration Platform: I will strive to increase communication between students and the Washburn Student Government Association and also increase school spirit and participation.

Hometown: Topeka, Kan. Class: Sophomore Major: Public Administration Platform: I would love the opportunity to serve as enthusiastic voice for bridging the gap b/w Washburn students and administration. I plan to make sure ALL students are represented well within senate as well as other organizations.

W SG A 20 10

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Trey Streetman

Lauren Van Patten

Kyle Volle

Sheldon Warmington

Hometown: Topeka, Kan. Class: Junior Major: Criminal Justice Platform: Be proud, loud, heard and you is to carry the voice of the student body to further their success and achievements @ Washburn.

Hometown: Grantville, Kan. Class: Junior Major: Physics Platform: The iSave program provides a huge, tangible benefit for students at no cost. It is my goal to expand the scope of this program while increasing awareness of it.

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Hometown: Coppell, Texas Class: Sophomore Platform: Washburn has provided me with endless opportunities and I want to give back to Washburn and act as a voice for my fellow students. I will work hard to make sure that the issues that matter most to students are placed on top priority.

Hometown: Old Harbor, Jamaica Class: Senior Major: Accounting Platform: I intend to make sure that minorities have representation and that the voice of the growing international population at WU gets heard.

Editor’s Note: All biographical and campaign information is copied exactly as it was given by the candidates. Review staff made no additions or corrections to the spelling, grammar or content of the information.

Amy Hughes

Blake Edwards

Chris Jones

Edwin Madrigal

Heather Gelsinger

Rebecca Lange

Editor’s Note: The preceding students are also running for WSGA senate. However, they did not provide the Review with biographical or campaign platform information.

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Philippi, Billinger reflect on term Jennifer Loucks WASHBURN REVIEW

Each spring, Washburn Student Government Association holds elections, and then two new students take the reins of leadership on campus. A practical first step might be for the new president and vice president, as well as the voters, to reflect back on the successes, obstacles and improvements of the previous administration.

President Whitney Philippi and vice president Amy Billinger feel positive about their time in office. Ultimately, they believe they were able to successfully get through many of the issues and problems that arose along the way to accomplish their goals.

As in any political position, the job does not come with a guarantee of smooth sailing. During the Philippi/Billinger administration, there were numerous internal controversies they had to cope with.

For example, Philippi said there were staff issues with the outdoor stage.

“These problems distracted from our main purpose, and the amount of time we lost is unfortunate,” said Philippi.

“However, once we got past these road

blocks, we have come a long way towards our original goals.”

After that was settled, the organization ran efficiently and made great strides in other areas.

In this semester alone, WSGA has already ordered new printers for the library, which was one of their campaign goals.

“Among our other projects, we have started the WTE Committee and Food Services Committee, which are already making headway,” said Billinger.

Philippi said her administration has works in progress as well. For instance, it has passed a bill to fund an event at College Hill along with Alcohol Awareness and Safety Weeks.

“The goals we set for this administration were very idealistic, and we are content with that fact,” said Philippi. “Our campaign goals were never easily quantifiable. We brought a different perspective to the Senate that was academically and more broadly focused.”

“We are still working to complete our campaign goals, but we understand that the ideas we had may take more time than anyone thought,” said Billinger. “For instance, the Food Services and WTE Committees are initiatives we encourage the Senate to keep because these are ideas

that take time to improve, but are very beneficial for students. The Senate is not only here for short term gain, they are in it for the long run, for the good of Washburn’s future.”

Even with elections taking place within such a short period of time, WSGA has no intention of slowing down. They fully aim to work until the last minutes of their term.

However, Billinger said there would be no rush at the midnight hour for WSGA. The committees and programs Photo by Aaron Deffenbaugh, Washburn Review that the administration is focused on now are long- Winding down: Whitney Philippi and Amy Billinger, term. president and vice president of WSGA are relatively “My goal, as president, is to get the pleased with the progress they made in their term.

Senate to sign on for a Heartland Visioning with new officers come new ideas and Strategy that they will carry on for the next new views, but the blue and white baton will not be dropped by the next runners. five, 10, or 20 years,” said Philippi.

From administration to administration, Jennifer Loucks is a sophomore mass media both leaders and senators have stressed major. Reach her at jennifer.loucks@washthe need for carrying on traditions. Along burn.edu.

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