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Kate Hampson broke the Washburn Lady Blues volleyball record for career assists.

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Έλληνας (Greek) to me: part two of a two-part series

Greek Village halted Christine Nelson WASHBURN REVIEW Although a few Greek houses have experienced struggles throughout the past year, the remaining houses are standing strong and have decided not to move ahead with Washburn’s Greek Village Project.

Back in 2006, a project was in the works to move the entire Greek community into one large complex, the new Greek Village, to be managed by the university. Fraternities and sororities would have left their historic homes behind, and group together in a new facility Washburn planned to build.

“It was a combination of everything,” said Jessica Neumann, assistant director of Student Activities and Greek Life. She said every chapter on campus was at a different place with housing and finances. Also, because of so many different feelings on the topic, no agreement could be reached between Washburn and the Greek community.

Clay Freeman, president of Delta Chi, said they never considered the project because of financial strains.

Freeman said the university was requiring each Greek chapter to raise $1 million to fund the Greek Village.

Without enough membership dues to fundthe project, it was out of the question for Delta Chi. Delta Chi, established at Washburn in 2005, is currently the only fraternity that does not have its own house. At one time, some members were renting a house off campus next to Varsity Blues, but it was not official housing.

With 23 members, they are working to build numbers to eventually be able to purchase a house.

Freeman said the only positive aspect he saw about the village was that it would be a brand new facility.

It would offer competition to current residential living facilities at Washburn, such as the Living Learning Center.

He said when students are shopping around at fraternities or sororities, they look at houses first, and then consider the prices and live-in policies.

“If they are all the same, it detracts from the uniqueness of going Greek,” said Freeman. If the entire Greek community were in the same building and had the same membership fees, it wouldn’t matter which house students joined. They would be all too similar.

“Houses should be separated,” said Freeman. He said when students join they want a place to call their own.

Freeman said their lack of housing has been an advantage for recruiting members because if they had a house to support they would have to raise dues, as well as live-in fees.

Neumann said the state of Greek life at Washburn is by no means facing a lot of challenges. A few houses have had bumps in the road, but the future looks bright.

Photo by Arissa Utemark, Washburn Review

Speaking to the people: Congresswoman Nancy Boyda was on campus Wednesday to address U.S. concerns and issues to interested Washburn attendees.

Boyda addresses military concerns ReAnne Utemark WASHBURN REVIEW

about exporting democracy and Americans being greeted as liberators.

She thought something just didn’t make sense, she was worried about Congresswoman Nancy Boyda invading another sovereign country. did not want to talk about presidential She went to a protest and spoke out.

“I was doing this because I felt politics during her speech, but she did speak about a major issue facing like we needed to stick with the job in front of us,” said Boyda, Americans in the election: referring to the conflicts the overstretching of the military. Boyda, a candidate POLITICAL before the war in Iraq. “Iraq ISSUES would be biting off more for the second congressional than we could chew.” district of Kansas, spoke She continued her speech after to a crowd gathered for a lunch discussion at noon last Wednesday at her election to Congress and as she learned more about limited nature of the International House.

Boyda, a freshman representative military personnel and resources. She and current member of the Armed lamented the “corner we’ve backed Services Committee, first told ourselves into.”

Boyda mentioned the surge and the audience how she became interested in running for the House discussed how that factored into her of Representatives. She said that the current military policy ideas. attitude toward the Iraq war in 2003 bothered her, including the rhetoric Please see BOYDA page A5

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Village people: The possibility of a Greek village, pictured in the renderings above, has been in limbo primarily because of lack of interest from the majority of Greek organizations on campus. Potential locations focused on utilizing space around the Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Sigma houses on the east side of campus.

Graphic by Travis Perry, Washburn Review

Fraternities, sororities and political campaigns were among the groups that created floats and were on hand Saturday morning for the annual Homecoming Parade. People lined the streets to witness the floats as they passed.

Among the other groups on hand were the Washburn Student Social Work Association, the Lynn Jenkins Campaign, Sigma Alpha Iota, Alpha Delta, and even Washburn president Jerry Farley, who had his own place in the event.

The floats began their trek around

The Ichabod Football team beat out ESU 14-6 for a homecoming victory.

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10:15 a.m., as the bright morning sun shone down on the float members and onlookers. The floats began in the KTWU parking lot and made their way around the entire campus. After heading north on MacVicar, the floats headed east down 17th street, before turning south on Washburn Avenue, and then heading back to the KTWU lot.

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Tuesday October 14

Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 10 a.m.

- 7 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

Library Search workshop, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., Electronic Classroom, Mabee Library.

Wednesday October 15

Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

“Bipolar Boy” presentation, 12 p.m., Lee Arena.

Brown Bag International Lecture, “Sacred Sites and Magical Isles: Discovering Greece,” 12 p.m., International House.

Library Search workshop, 2 - 3 p.m., Electronic Classroom, Mabee Library.

Capital City Marching Band Festival, 7 p.m., Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl.

DebateWatch, 7 p.m., Mabee Library.

“Bipolar Boy” presentation, 7 p.m., Washburn Room.

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Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

Library Search workshop, 4 - 5 p.m., Electronic Classroom, Mabee Library.

“Sacred Sites and Magical Isles,” 7 p.m., Henderson 208.

WU Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m., White Concert Hall.

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Library Search workshop, 3 - 4 p.m., Electronic Classroom, Mabee Library.

Mulvane Art Museum opening reception, 5 - 8 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

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

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October 19 Mulvane Art exhibits, 1 - 4 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

WU fall choral concert, 7:30 p.m., White Concert Hall.

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Tuesday October 21

Mulvane Art Museum exibit, 10 a.m. 7 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

Tunes at Noon, 12 p.m., Memorial Union lawn.

Strike up the bands! The Capital City Marching Band Festival will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl, Washburn University. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Children under the age of six will be admitted free.

Bands, flag lines and drum majors will showcase their best half-time performances for evaluation. Bands will be evaluated and presented awards based on musical performance, entertainment value and marching and maneuvering.

High schools participating are Highland Park High, Leavenworth High, McPherson High, Mission Valley High, Seaman High, Shawnee Heights High, Topeka West High and Washburn Rural High.

The Washburn University Fighting Blues Marching Band and Dancing Blues Drill Team will also present a performance.

If weather is unfavorable, the event will be rescheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 22.

For more information, call (785) 670-1511.

Final DebateWatch in library on Oct. 15 The public is invited to view the third televised presidential debate at the DebateWatch 2008 event on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Mabee Library on the Washburn University campus.

The DebateWatch event begins at 7 p.m. with the serving of food and beverage. At 7:30 p.m., Bob Beatty, a member of the political science faculty, will present “Great Moments in Presidential Debates,” followed by the debate at 8 p.m.

At the conclusion of the debate, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an intimate town hall style discussion. Those present may also participate in an instant polling project using the university’s clicker system, coordinated by the department of mass media.

For more information, call 6701855.

DebateWatch is sponsored by Mabee Library, KTWU, Friends of Mabee Library, Student Friends of Mabee Library, University Honors Program, Washburn Student Government Association and the departments of communication, mass media, history and political science.

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VISTA to celebrate ‘Make a Difference’ VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members will celebrate Make a Difference Day from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Let’s Help Inc., 200 S. Kansas Ave. VISTA members will be serving brunch to the clients at Let’s Help.

This event will celebrate the partnership of the State of Kansas, the Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS), and the VISTA project of Washburn University’s Learning in the Community (LinC) Center for Community Service and Civic Engagement. Thirteen VISTAs are serving the Topeka community by assisting 12 non-profit agencies.

VISTAs commit to serve full-time for a year.

Those organizations have VISTAs members are: Antioch Family Life Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Topeka, Chesney Park Neighborhood Improvement Association, East Topeka Senior Center, Foster Grandparent Program, Let’s Help Inc., Retired Senior Volunteer Project of the United Way, Sheltered Living Inc., United Way Volunteer Center, The Villages, YWCA Battered Women Task Force, and LinC. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed specifically

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to fight poverty. Founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965 and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993, VISTA has been on the front lines in the fight against poverty in America for more than 40 years.

Let’s Help Inc., and Washburn’s LinC VISTA project are sponsoring the event. For more information, contact Judy Nickelson at (785) 6702286.

- Campus Announcement

Orchestra concert set Music faculty and a student will be featured soloists at the next Washburn University Symphony Orchestra concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in White Concert Hall on the WU campus. No admission is charged and the public is welcome.

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Featured on Concerto for Flute & Bassoon in F major by Georg Philipp Telemann will be Rebecca Meador, flute and Kimberly Krutz, bassoon, and harp player Tabitha Reist-Steiner will perform Concerto for Harp in B-flat major, Op. 4 No. 6 by George Frideric Handel. Samuel Cho, a student, and Steven Elisha will be featured on Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531 by Antonio Vivaldi and Jamey Mitchell will be soloist on Concerto for Tuba & Orchestra by Arild Plau.

Former WU music adjunct Elizabeth Schellman will be soprano soloist in the presentation of “Aria Misera,” dove son, K. 369 for Soprano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Student conductor will be Alex Wise and faculty conductor is Norman Gamboa.

For more information, call 785670-1511.

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Don’t see your event in the calendar? Call the Review newsroom at 670-2506 to have your event included in an upcoming edition. It’s FREE. For upcoming Washburn athletic events, go to www.wusports. com.

Homecoming festivities: (above) The Homecoming 2008 Royalty was presented at halftime of the football game against Emporia State on Saturday. Jonathan Person was crowned homecoming king and Megan Maes was crowned homecoming queen. (below) Student and campus organizations put floats in the homecoming parade which circled the campus before the football game. Mabee Library’s float was themed around the Caddy Stacks event the library hosts in the spring. Photos by Aaron Deffenbaugh and Matt Wilper.

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Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 • News

Students, alums embrace politics Richard Kelly WASHBURN REVIEW Some may find the idea of working in politics and going to school far too stressful. Yet there are three individuals who went to or are going to school at Washburn who work for either Republican Lynn Jenkins or Democrat Nancy Boyda.

Chad Manspeaker graduated from Washburn in 2002 with a degree in political science. At that point, he was involved in area politics, not specifically at Washburn, but around the community. This is about the eighth or ninth year in which he believes he’s been politically involved. Manspeaker then got started volunteering and working for Boyda because of their similar interests and opinions in trade. He began his job putting up yard signs and going door to door. Now, he is the campaign manager for Boyda and, with that obligation, he has his hands on most things within the campaign.

“The key [to staying involved] was to not think of any job as belittling,” said Manspeaker. “If you stick with it and your dedication is there, you really can get involved and make a difference.”

Karl Fundenberger, who graduated in May 2008 with a degree in mass media, has been a “Social Media Guru” for Nancy Boyda for about three months now.

Fundenberger got involved through Manspeaker, and quickly found his place designing advertisements and doing videos for the campaign. This is Fundenberger’s first full-time job and first job in politics. With the thought of eventually doing graphic design, this was a step in the right direction for him.

Fundenberger recently finished a project that produced about 260,000 fliers for the campaign. If a major advertising event is taking place, he often is at the head of the design that will be used.

“This has helped me realize more and more I could do graphic design in any industry,” said Fundenberger.

“I don’t have to go into a media industry to do graphic design.”

Angel Romero is a junior political science major at Washburn and is involved in Lynn Jenkins’ campaign. Just last spring, Romero had an internship at her office. After his internship, he continued his volunteer work, doing “a little bit of anything and everything,” said Romero. Romero had been active in campaigns and Republican Party politics since his freshman year in college and in local government in Junction City, but this is one of his perception. Romero said he learned a vast amount of information from the biggest involvements to this point.

“I just want to do everything I experiences about how things work and that it’s important can to help to be able to see [Jenkins] win things from that this election,” “ viewpoint. said Romero.

I just want to do W h i l e “I know she’s everything I can to all three hold in the fight of different positions her life and help [Lynn Jenkins] and levels of it’s been rated experience, it’s as one of the win this election. a universal push top races in to do everything the country, - Angel Romero they can for their so I just want Washburn Student that makes to help her ” party the elections so win.”

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Oh Boyda!: (above) Recent Washburn graduate Karl Fundenberger, while taking the idea of embracing politics in a rather literal manner, has jumped head-long into helping Nancy Boyda make another run for office. Besides the usual tasks of making signs and filling balloons, Fundenberger has also been put in charge of spreading Boyda’s campaign message through more nontraditional sources of media, such as through social networking sites Myspace and Facebook.

Blow-up: (left) Fundenberger, along with other Boyda supporters, help to fill balloons to bring attention to the campaign.

Chin up: (below) Working to secure helium-filled balloons to a Boyda campaign sign, Kelly Jacobson is yet another Washburn student who has gotten heavily involved in the political process this year.

government to communication, so that viewpoints may be expressed in a wellthought manner, said Manspeaker.

“I always had friends who held a position like this and you could always see the intensity in their eyes every day,” said Manspeaker. “I myself get to the office at 7:30 in the morning and may not leave until 11:30 at night, and that’s pretty normal for me anymore. And when you get home, you’re already ready to go for that next morning.”

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

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Opinion • Monday, Oct. 13, 2008

Fired up or just fizzling out?

Town-hall left McCain at ease, Obama to keep up

The second Presidential Debate was much livelier than the first. We saw different views of the candidates than we did in the first one. McCain was much more at home with the townhall format, while Obama seemed ill-at-ease when being questioned by everyday Americans. Here are some of the highlights: The first two questions dealt with the economy and the bailout. By this point, I shouldn’t have to tell you their answers. Obama blamed the situation on Bush, McCain, and the “failed economic policies of the last eight years.” McCain called for an end to “this spending spree that’s going on in Washington.” He gave a specific example of what he would do. Now, being so specific is politically risky.

Risks that Obama avoids at all costs.

McCain is willing to take risks to solve our problems, he is trying to come up with solutions to America’s problems; Obama just wants to talk about them.

McCain finally said something in defense of himself and his party.

He pointed out that it was Freddie and Fannie “with the encouragement of Sen. Obama and his cronies and his friends in Washington, that went out and made all these risky loans, gave them to people that could never afford to pay back.” He explained how Republicans wanted to enact more regulations on these agencies while Democrats had repeatedly

rejected them. He called attention to the fact that “Obama was the second highest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac money in history.” With a powerful closing, he threw one last punch, “Fannie and Freddie were the catalysts, the match that started “ this forest fire. There were some of us[ ] that stood up against it. There were others who took a hike.”

Obama’s response made me laugh out loud. Stuttering he said, “So -- but, look, you’re not interested in hearing politicians pointing fingers. What you’re interested in is trying to figure out, how is this going to impact you?” So when the finger is pointed at him and his party, all of a sudden he is against the blame game?

Obama’s answer to Mrs. Finch’s question proved my point.

“How can we trust either of you with our money when both parties got -- got us into this global economic crisis?” Obama went on to attack the Republicans. Did he even hear her question? Did he understand that she was dissatisfied with both parties? ‘Fraid not. He outlined all of the things he would like to do with our money while never giving us a reason to trust him with it. McCain knew what Mrs. Finch was asking for. He pointed to the reasons why he could be trusted; his career as a bi-partisan reformer.

The candidates were next asked to prioritize the issues of health care, energy, and entitlement reform.

McCain boldly admitted something that Obama was too scared to admit;

I grew tired of Obama trying to get another word in when McCain nailed him (and his Jell-O) to the wall.

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that we will not be able to provide the same level of benefits to future generations. Obama was so scared to discuss entitlements that he left it off his list entirely; his list included energy, healthcare, and education?

At one point in the debate Obama took so long answering a question that Brokaw said, “Gentlemen, you may not have noticed, but we have lights around here. They have red and green and yellow and they are to signal...”

Obama interrupted, “I’m just trying to keep up with John.” Is the ‘old man’ that hard to keep up with? Do you have to run over your time limit, interrupt the moderator, and make excuses for it?

All in all, it was very apparent that Obama had a hard time keeping up with McCain. He was always on the defense, playing catch-up. He offered nothing but prepared remarks while McCain actually answered the questions posed to him. I grew tired of Obama trying to get in another word when McCain nailed him (and his Jell-O) to the wall. America needs to realize that Obama is nothing but empty promises and ‘feel-good’ speeches. If it wasn’t for Bush, Obama wouldn’t even have material for his ‘feel-good’ speeches.

News flash Obama, you’re running against John McCain, not Pres. Bush!

We need straight answers, not vague speeches. We need leadership, not partisan bickering and finger-pointing.

We need Sen. John McCain!

For more of my thoughts see my Facebook note: http://www.facebook. com/note.php?note_id=31605248597

RJ McGuire Washburn Student

Debate answers, ‘Republican Machine’ off-kilter The presidential candidates had their second debate on Tuesday, and it’s safe to say that it was more of the norm. Sen. McCain gave answers that were broad and vague, proposed an economic solution that didn’t make sense, and used the phrase “my friends” 22 times. On the other hand, Sen. Obama sometimes gave too much answer. Don’t get me wrong, I am a full-blown Obama supporter, but there were a few times I wished he would’ve cut his responses short.

However, I’ll take a long-winded reply over an unclear, anemic one any day, especially considering that these guys are interviewing for the position of president of the United States.

That being said, something else occurred in the political world this week that I believe is more important.

John McCain and Sarah Palin are taking this campaign to dangerous new levels. Several news outlets have been showing footage of their rallies, at which some speakers referred to Obama by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama. Naturally, Team McPalin would never personally use his middle name in a speech (which only proves that they’re fully aware of its implications), and they are quick to defend their fellow Americans’ right to free speech (they’re patriots!). But you must think I’m as stupid as the bigoted jerks that make those statements if you think I’m buying that excuse for one second. McPalin knows exactly

what they’re doing. This week during hair and blue eyes, this would not be a rally in Clearwater, Fla., Sarah Palin an issue. McPalin knows they can cast said that Obama “pals around with doubt on Obama’s character by merely terrorists” and “is not a man who sees questioning it. I’m ok with that, but do America the way that you and I see it honorably. After all, no one really America.” And she said this dressed knows who the hell Sarah Palin is, in angelic but you don’t see white, no less.

Team Obiden Also this week, “ painting her as Cindy McCain some extremist This tactic is playing criticized (even though you Obama for can Google her directly to America’s voting against name and find deep, dark, dirty funding for video of her being her son, who exorcised by a little secret: racism serves in the witchdoctor and U.S. military, pictures of her still exists. even though aiming an assault her husband did rifle at your face).

- Naomi Green the same thing.

Prematurely Washburn Student The Republican pulling the race Machine used to card, you say? ” Then explain simply nauseate me, now it just why Palin pisses me off. They are implicating suddenly wants to re-explore Obama’s that Obama is a menacing threat to relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah America; he isn’t like “you and I.” Wright.

I’d like to speak candidly about the Here’s why this particular situation 400-pound gorilla in the room. This infuriates me: Politically speaking, tactic is playing directly to America’s McPalin should be targeting undecided deep, dark, dirty little secret: racism and independent voters. One can still exists. There are people in this assume that voters who are still country that simply do not want a undecided this late in the game want black president. And if they can hate to learn more about the candidates him because he is “Muslim terrorist,” and their views on the issues that they don’t have to admit that they truly affect America before they make their hate him because his skin is brown. decision; they are not interested in Face it, if Barack Obama had blond hearing this lipsticked hogwash. To

put it in other words, by attacking Obama’s character, McPalin is not going to win enough votes to even up the polls, let alone pull ahead. So what are they up to? The cynic in me thinks that they are enticing hate just to bring Obama bodily harm. Frankly, there are some brainless, narrow-minded idiots who attend McPalin rallies, and they are fuming. And to them, McPalin is providing a “legitimate” reason to despise Obama out in the open; by slyly insinuating that he moonlights as a terrorist, they justify these incensed morons’ fury and even suggest it is a patriotic duty. That is beyond intolerable, it is criminal. Bellowing “Terrorist!” and “Kill him!” and “Off with his head!” at a rally is deplorable.

And it is an unacceptable reaction to stand idly by and turn a deaf ear.

(Sarah Palin, I’m talking to you.)

If I were a McCain supporter, I’d also be highly irritated with the way his campaign has mismanaged this race. But that is no reason to maliciously provoke crowds at these rallies until the unspeakable is attempted. To paraphrase the brilliant rapper Eminem, “When will it stop, when will they knock the crap off?”

I sincerely hope that by the time this column is printed, McPalin will have said or done something to check some of its overzealous supporters.

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Corrections

Review’s View

Obama sign offensive, walks the line of free speech A billboard posted near West Plains, Mo. depicts presidential candidate Barack Obama with a turban, and his middle name, Hussein, in quotes. It also says that Barack “Hussein” Obama equals more abortions, same sex marriages, taxes and gun regulations. All standard arguments against the Democratic party.

This billboard FREE crosses the line between SPEECH thoughtful, tasteful political discussion into the territory of racism and persecution.

However, as a newspaper editorial board, we must also maintain the importance of free speech.

There are several issues wrapped up together about this sign. It is offensive and uncalled for. It makes whomever wrote it look bigoted and unintelligent.

Unintelligent because if Obama is elected, there won’t necessarily be MORE abortions or MORE same sex marriages. There might be the same number. The sign is

misleading and offensive, to say the least.

We cannot say that the sign is completely wrong because there might be more taxes or more gun regulations. There are good ways to make arguments and poor ways to make arguments. This sign is an asinine way to make an argument.

Nevertheless, should people be without the right to say such things? If we take away that right...what is next?

The United States ruled that parody is a form of democratic dialogue. Is this parody or just racist name-calling?

It is an overly offensive piece of political “speech” that may be little more than ignorant people making ignorant claims.

These people should have the right to say/depict stupid things, because the rights of free speech are imperative to a democracy.

Oh, and Missouri, here is a grammar lesson, Hussein is his ACTUAL MIDDLE NAME, no need to put it in quotes.

The Washburn Review does not intentionally print anything that is considered libel or that is incorrect.

If a correction or a clarification needs to be made, please contact the editor at reanne.utemark@ washburn.edu.

All corrections and clarifications will be made as soon as possible on the Web site and will be located in this section in the next week’s paper.

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Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 • News

Law leaves loophole in DUI case ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man with four convictions for driving under the influence might not permanently lose his license even if he is convicted a fifth time for an accident that killed a Wichita woman and her 4-year-old daughter.

Gary Hammitt is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and driving under the influence after an Oct. 1 accident that killed Claudia Mijares, 37, and her daughter, Gisele, as they walked to the girl’s preschool.

Police say Hammitt, 54, was under the influence and speeding when the accident happened. He is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail under a $1 million bond.

But because of the way state law is applied by the Division of Motor Vehicles, even if Hammitt is convicted of drunken driving in the crash, he would have to be caught driving under the influence two more times before the state could permanently revoke his license.

Hammitt’s criminal record goes back 34 years and includes four previous DUI convictions. He also was charged but not convicted in a fifth DUI case in 1983. And in 1994, he refused to take an alcohol test after a hit-and-run injury accident, a police report said.

But because of the way the state applies the law, only two of Hammitt’s four DUI convictions count against him.

A 2001 state law says that a person will permanently lose his or her license after a fifth “alcohol occurrence,” which includes a conviction for DUI or failing or refusing to take an alcohol test.

But the state’s driver’s license database goes back only to 1996. Before the law went into effect, the Division of Motor Vehicles purged DUI conviction records after five years because there was no requirement to keep them and because of computer-system and record-storage limitations.

PARADE: Creativity, commitment needed to perfect homecoming floats Continued from page A1 Many floats were festively designed and organized to promote their organization or group, with the hope of recruiting people to join.“We have 21 members right now and we have a great freshmen class coming in and our hope is to have a lot of girls get involved with us because of that,” said Anna Reb, member of Sigma Alpha Iota.

Themes ran abundant throughout the different designs and ideas of HOMECOMING 2008 the floats, ranging from simple signs on the automobiles in the events, to creative and festive ideas that took possibly weeks to create in full. Alpha Delta and Alpha Beta decided on the idea of “Little Shop Of Horrors” for their theme. It was an idea that came together just recently.

“I haven’t been to bed for three days,” said Matt Moxter, member of the Alpha Delta fraternity. “We originally started about a week ago, but we scrapped that idea, and now we’ve been working for the past few days straight to get this done.”

With hundreds of people watching, the Homecoming Parade went through the area around Washburn throwing candy to bystanders and giving those watching a good reason to stay to see the whole event. Smiles lined the streets, and all the onlookers appeared to enjoy the show. As it came to an end, the leftover candy didn’t go untaken and for the parade of happy faces, it left a sweet taste in the mouth of all who attended.

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Out for a stroll: (above) Members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity proudly display their float in Saturday’s Homecoming Parade. (below) The Topeka High School marching band is always a rousing musical aspect of the annual event.

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

BOYDA: Priority is on United States security, not Iraq Continued from page A1 “By the grace of God, the surge has done wonderful things in Iraq,” said Boyda.

She gave credit to both the surge and the Iraqi forces working with the Americans. However, she felt that it had put even more pressure on an already strained military. According to the information presented by Boyda, if another terrorist attack were to happen, her military source said they would not be interested in a draft, but they would halt troop rotation and keep men and women in the field as long as it took.

“My number one priority is not the safety and security in Iraq,” said Boyda. “My number one priority is

the safety and security of the United States.”

Boyda discussed Pakistan and the possibility of al-Qaida being within Pakistan’s borders. She said that if there were actionable intelligence that Osama bin Laden were in Pakistan, that it would be “irresponsible and reckless to not go in there.”

“We’ve got our work cut out for us,” said Boyda in regard to al-Qaida.

Boyda said the United States should put its resources in Afghanistan, but that the surge would not work the same as in Iraq. Boyda said to increase the combination of Afghan and United States troops in Afghanistan from 62,000 to 125,000 and to establish a government that uses both the multiple tribal structure and elements of a

functional government.

During the question and answer session, Boyda discussed the danger of Iran going nuclear and the competition and outsourcing of military duties to civilian contractors.

“Outsourcing has its place,” said Boyda. “The generals on the ground are best to make that decision.”

Finally, Boyda addressed the cultural issue surrounding Middle Eastern policies and attitudes. She said American cultural norms would not be dictated to other countries, but that some ideals about justice would be imparted.

“Listening to other cultures is how we keep Americans safe,” said Boyda.

Will Chuber, an Army captain and ROTC instructor at the University

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of Kansas, said Boyda seemed well informed and seemed to have concern for the military’s best interests.

“She seems very non-partisan,” said Chuber. “Hopefully she can help work out the best solution.”

John Steel, history major and eleven-year veteran, also attended the speech and related his experiences to what Boyda talked about.

“When I was deployed overseas, there was contractors doing everything,” said Steel. “They even cleaned our bathroom. What we were left with was the mission we were sent there to do. On paper, that seems like a good idea.”

Steel suggested that while he was not familiar with the corporate side of the issue, it seemed like a “$200

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Boyda supported an amendment to a bill which would change the way A-76’s, the competition of military and civilian groups for military contracts, would be handled. President George Bush vetoed it. This did not surprise Steel.

“Of course it got vetoed, [President Bush’s] VP is Mr. Halliburton,” said Steel. “It just stands to reason.”

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With 3,963 assists, junior Kate Hampson broke a school record set six years ago and has helped lead the Lady Blues to a 21-2 record

Eric Smith WASHBURN REVIEW

Anyone who has ever tried setting a volleyball knows it’s not the easiest thing to do. But for Lady Blues junior Kate Hampson, it’s her job, and she’s pretty good at it.

“Part of it is almost that you are almost born with good hands because, some people cannot set. God did not give them the ability to set,” said Hampson. “Technically we work on it every day in practice, but I believe it’s like God-given to have a good hands.”

Saturday night in a conference match-up against No. 13 Pittsburg State, Hampson was able to use her good hands to become the career assist leader and help the No. 8 Lady Blues earn a 3-1 victory (25-18, 25-20, 2225, 29-27).

Lindsey Kersting’s previous record of 3,915 assists from 1999-02, was broken by Hampson, who finished the night with a season-high 54 assists and a current career total of 3,963.

“It feels really good to break the record, but honestly I can’t get assists if my teammates don’t get kills for me,” said Hampson, who had 114 assists for the week. “A lot of the credit goes to them because this wouldn’t be possible without them.”

And that’s where Lady Blues hitters like sophomore Ashley Shepard come in. Leading the team with 18 kills Saturday night, the Shepard and Hampson connection has been a deadly combination for opponents, and it helps that they are pretty good friends.

“We came together in the same recruiting class,” Shepard said. “We’ve had people drop off from our class but her, Kelci Wigger and I are the last of our class, even though Kelci and I have red-shirted.

“Kate is the lonesome junior of the

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team which is really sad. When she’s gone, it’s going to be a huge loss for our team. When we’re down, she helps our team stick together. Without her, we’d probably fall apart as a team.”

Although Hampson is a crucial part of the team, others shined as well last week as the Lady Blues defeated Missouri Southern 3-0 Wednesday and Southwest Baptist 3-0 Friday.

Against Missouri Southern, Mollie Lacy led the team in kills, attack percentage, and blocks and the Lady Blues went on runs of 11-1 and 18-1 to defeat the Lions easily.

Kate the great: In just three years at Washburn, setter Kate Hampson has broken records and earned recognition. As a sophomore, she was named second team All-American, first team all-region and honorable mention MIAA. Against Southwest Baptist, the a row and are 21-2 overall and 6-2 in to have to come out like we played on Lady Blues defeated the Bearcats for the MIAA. [Saturday]. Come out strong, flow like the 18th straight time as Wigger led They will hit the road to play at 7 a team, and just get after them from the team with eight kills and Molly p.m. at Fort Hays State before coming the beginning and not let down.”

Smith had 18 digs. home to play No. 11 Emporia State at 7 “We like playing these games more Overall for the week, the Lady p.m. on Friday in Lee Arena. Although than games we win fairly easy because Blues won nine of 10 sets and defeated Shepard said Wednesday’s game will this is what shows us how we’re doing. a nationally-ranked team in Pitt. get the team’s attention first, it is hard How are team plays. We like being “We stepped up and played tough not to look to the Hornets. able to step up to a tough team, and because we had some pretty tough “It’s always a big rivalry just with play this way, play competitive.” competition,” said Shepard. “It was the school in general,” said Shepard. good to finally have that feeling that “It’s even more so for me because my we had accomplished a really, really sister plays for them and we are really Eric Smith is a senior mass media big win.” competitive. We know they’re No. 1 major. Reach him at eric.smith1@ The Lady Blues have won seven in in the MIAA still. We’re just going washburn.edu.

Golfers finish fall season third Sheldon Warmington WASHBURN REVIEW

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Useful shot: Junior Matt Lazzo has watched the Ichabods suffer a slight downfall from typical expectations. WU finished sixth in the season’s last tournament.

Upcoming sports schedule Oct. 15 •Volleyball at Fort Hays State, 7 p.m., Hays Oct. 16 •Soccer at Emporia State, 7 p.m., Emporia Oct. 17 •Volleyball vs. Emporia State, 7 p.m., Lee Arena Oct. 18 •Soccer at Northwest Missouri, 11 a.m.

•Football at Truman State, 2 p.m., Kirksville, Mo. Oct. 21 •Volleyball vs. Missouri Western, 5 p.m., Lee Arena www.wusports.com

On the eve of what many considered a sign of the reemergence of Ichabod Golf, the team faced another disappointing appearance.

The last tournament of the fall season saw the Washburn golf team ending in a sixth place tie.

The invitational took place in Bolivar, Mo., the home site of Southwest Baptist. Because the tournament was part of MIAA play, it featured the usual adversaries: Central Missouri, Truman State and Southwest Baptist, who have all been in close competition with Washburn throughout the fall

season.

Looking back at WU teams from the last two seasons, one can’t help but to wonder what has happened this year considering they are usually a lock for the conference title.

The team went from total and utter dominant form start to finish, ending tournaments barely near top of the leader board. One assumption is that this year unlike the previous years, the team lost some of its top players.

“It’s important to consider the lineup changes that we went through,” said senior Matt Salome. “For the past three years we probably lost one or two people a year, which for the most part equates to having the same team.”

Although the Bods brought back

what many consider the core of the team, which includes the three Matts, the overall team chemistry and the collectively consistent level of play has looked like a thing of the past.

To this point, Matt Ewald’s level of play has been stellar, and to an extent he has been singlehandedly keeping the Bods in the running, but his accomplishments ultimately may amount to nothing if the team does not rally behind his charge and reassert themselves as the defending MIAA conference champs two years running.

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Blues welcome No. 20 UNO to MIAA, win 4-3

GOLF: Bods finish 24 strokes back at SBU Continued from page A6 Matt Lazzo, last season’s best player, has yet to come into 2007-08 form but if Salome’s prediction is right, Lazzo is in for an almost perfect second half of the season.

However, the team struggled even more than usual at Southwest Baptist. Ewald again carried the team, finishing fifth individually but the Bods were nowhere near the level of play seen by Central Missouri and Southwest Baptist.

The team is now entering an extended break from competition and expects to work hard over the break in order to get the kinks worked out and

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dominate their opposition. There is still a chance in the spring season for the Bods to have another banner year and finish as MIAA champions.

“I’ll be playing a lot of basketball to keep myself in shape, practicing hard and trying to refocus so that next season we can make up for the ground we lost in the fall,” said Lazzo.

For now, the one thing that we can say for sure about this 2008-2009 golf campaign is that it is far from over, and hopefully the best is yet to come.

The Lady Blues have found their winning groove after beating No. 20 Nebraska-Omaha 4-3 in Yager Stadium Saturday night. The win puts the Lady Blues record at 8-5-1 overall, with a 4-4 conference record.

WU scored three goals in the first half in an offensive flurry. Danielle Ayala scored her fourth goal of the season in the 14th minute of play.

Lauren Henry provided the assist on that goal and followed up with a score of her own at the 33:24 mark. Jessica Photo by Aaron Deffenbaugh, Washburn Review Mainz earned an assist on both that 99 problems: MIAA opponents have had a goal and Ayala’s second score of the hard time stopping Lauren Henry. evening, her fifth of the year, in the

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

Standings

Games Oct. 11

WU 14, ESU 6 NWMSU 20, UCM 13 MSSU 28, FHSU 0 PSU 45, TSU 28 UNO 42, MWSU 14

Games Oct. 18

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football report Conf. Overall PF PA Northwest Missouri St. (5) [3] 5-0 6-1 278 130 Pittsburg St. (14) [4] 4-1 6-1 225 188 Central Missouri (17) [5] 3-2 5-2 235 167 Washburn 3-2 5-2 161 113 Nebraska-Omaha 3-2 4-2 192 144 Missouri Southern 2-3 4-3 193 140 Truman St. [10] 2-3 3-3 143 173 Emporia St. 1-4 3-4 151 143 Fort Hays St. 1-4 2-5 126 154 Missouri Western 1-4 2-5 193 253 ( ) - Division II nat’l ranking, [ ] - Regional ranking, top 8 make playoffs

38th minute of play.

Washburn barely missed out on a first half shutout, as UNO scored right before the half ended.

Mainz started the second half with an unassisted goal, her sixth score of the season. While this put the Lady Blues at a 4-1 advantage, UNO was still able to score twice, including one corner shot.

Despite being outshot 13-11, WU still won the game thanks to four saves from goalkeeper Ashley Klone.

Just when it seemed the Lady Blues’ season was in trouble, the team has managed to bounce back and win four games in a row.

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Bod defense steps up again Blocked punts, another strong defensive performance carry Bods to 14-6 victory against Emporia State

Chris Marshall WASHBURN REVIEW Our university just beat Emporia State in football, collected more cans for the second year in a row and is getting ready to “can” them two more times this week in soccer and volleyball.

When Hornet fans ask, “What’s an Ichabod?” all you have to do is point to the scoreboard.

At the same time, Washburn fans want to show their support for the school, and their hatred for ESU in every way possible.

As any broke college student will tell you, the best way to do this is to give out free shirts. Not only do they send messages to opposing fans, they also instill a sense of pride and, most importantly, boost attendance at games.

Unfortunately, the release of this year’s “Huck the Fornets” was postponed until after Saturday’s homecoming game because they were deemed inappropriate and a bad represenation of WU. While the concern is understandable, it is up to individuals to decide what they wear, and to say otherwise is a violation of the students’ first amendment rights.

To my knowledge, the words “huck” and “fornets” are not trademarked. There is no “W” on the shirt that steals anybody’s copyright.

Keeping the shirts boxed up may be the best way for the school to play it safe in a time when decisions are questioned more than ever, but it should be up to us to decide whether we wear anti-Emporia shirts.

If the letters on the shirt WU-ESU were switched, RIVALRY and the words started with an “F” and “H” rather than the other way around, I would not wear or support the shirts.

However, that is not the case and the worst punishment that can be issued in this situation are dirty looks and calls into the office.

Maybe I’m in the minority, but it will take more than a slap on the hand for me to stop putting on free shirts. I’ll be wearing it all day today; not because I want to stir up trouble, but because I’m proud of how our university dominates Emporia on and off the field.

Two weeks ago, the University of Virginia, a school founded by Thomas Jefferson, issued a ban on making signs at football games because fans were being too critical.

The following Saturday, every student in attendance held a blank piece of paper in protest. It was a silent, yet effective way of sticking it to the man.

You better believe that ban was lifted before the next home game.

WU students are faced with a similar situation now, and will see similar results if enough people show they care.

As college students, we are in the perfect position to make our voices heard.

A few years from now, many of us will be forced to wear ties and dresses, working 9 to 5 and not putting on any kind of T-shirts at all.

So why not take a stand while we still have the chance?

At 7 p.m. Friday, No. 11 WU hosts No. 8 ESU in Lee Arena. It’s our duty to make shirts, signs, chants or whatever we can think of, and be in the stands to remind Emporia how we feel about their second-rate university.

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Fourth down failures: Ryan Mertz busts through the ESU offensive line to pressure the punter. Naji Shinskia was credited with the block on the play, and the Bods got a piece of three Hornets punts. WU built a 14-0 lead and used two interceptions and four forced fumbles to hold on and win the defensive battle.

Dave Becker WASHBURN REVIEW “Crazy.”

In many ways, this is the word that best describes Saturday’s homecoming game against longtime rival Emporia State, as well as the many turnovers and missed scoring opportunities.

Crazy because that Saturday marked the 105th time Washburn played Emporia.

Crazy in the way a redshirt freshman can get the green light to start at quarterback and win the homecoming game against his school’s arch-rival.

Crazy that there were more than a handful of turnovers and punts.

The Washburn offense struggled again this week to develop a passing game, despite starting redshirt freshman Dane Simoneau at quarterback. Though the Ichabods threw for more than 100 yards, something the offense hadn’t accomplished since the loss at Central Missouri, but turnovers and the lack of first downs limited the Ichabod offense to only six points in the first half, coming from Garrett Cummings field goals of 23 and 34 yards, giving WU a 6-0 lead going into halftime.

But not all was wrong with the offense. Running back Justin Cooper logged his second straight 100-yard game, finishing the day with 115, and receiver Joe Hastings had three receptions for 50 yards, including a 30 yard pass from Simoneau that helped the Bods sustain a drive resulting in a touchdown from Cooper, who ran it in from two yards out. The Bods opted

for a 42-yard touchdown pass, slashing WU’s lead to just eight.

“I wish we would’ve had the shutout,” said linebacker Bruce Ringwood. “But it was one play and I can live with that.

From a defensive stand point it was a great game.”

Both Washburn and Emporia each had two more drives after Emporia’s touchdown, but both teams failed to get anywhere near the opponent’s end zone.

“We struggled on offense getting into the end zone,” Photo by Aaron Deffenbaugh, Washburn Review said quarterback Dane Simoneau.

Wrapping it up: Ben Muir, Brandon Jackson and Bruce Ringwood “Sometimes it helped WU’s defense hold Emporia to just six points. seemed like we were just inches away from to go for two after the touchdown, and breaking out.” were rewarded when Simoneau found Coach Craig Schurig also saw signs receiver Drameagon Powers in the end that the team was close to scoring, zone, increasing the Ichabods lead to and was thankful the defense stepped 14-0. up for a second consecutive game.

The Ichabod defense was looking “We sputtered in important areas,” to shutout the Hornets, but that would said Schurig. “But we had times when not come to be. Halfway through our o-line was blocking them really the fourth quarter, Emporia’s Andre well and our receivers were there and Sloan El hit teammate Danny McEvoy

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Jump for joy: Lauren Henry and Jessica Mainz celebrate a goal against UNO.

There was a little extra motivation against the Mavericks on Saturday.

Two years ago, UNO was ranked No. 1 in the country and beat WU in the playoffs in a shootout.

The close loss ended the best season in Lady Blue soccer history, and a few players on this year’s team have not forgotten the pain of an NCAA tournament exit.

Now the Lady Blues have a .500 conference record (4-4) and a schedule that has WU going on the road for six of the next eight games.

It will not be an easy road to the postseason, but the team’s chances of making it are much better than they were

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two weeks ago.

The road trip begins against Emporia State on Saturday, a team that has been one of the MIAA’s worst the past couple years, and is 3-8 with a 1-6 conference record.

While the teams may look mismatched on paper, the Blues shouldn’t have a lack of motivation for this game either.

Like all of WU’s remaining fall sports, the team continues the long-standing rivalry with the Hornets, and hopes to build on their odds of making the postseason in the process.

we just missed them, but our defense is good and they’re buying us time for our offense to improve.”

Simoneau was named starting quarterback early last week and Saturday’s debut was his first collegiate start. He credited much of Saturday’s homecoming victory to the big guys out front.

“It feels great,” said Simoneau.

“Our o-line really blocked great and they gave me plenty of time, but we need to come out a lot better if we want to continue to win. Our coaches prepare us well for what we’re going to see. It’s just up to us to get out there and get it done.”

After Saturday’s win, the Ichabods are only three victories away from tying the series with Emporia State, which leads the series 51-48-6.

On Saturday, the Ichabods travel to Kirksville, Mo. to play Truman State University, with kickoff scheduled for 2 p.m.

A win could move WU into the regional rankings, which were released for the first time last week. The top eight teams make the playoffs, and TSU was No. 10 before losing 45-28 to Pittsburg State last week.

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to predict that a bunch of Spanish dudes would come and mow them down with Smallpox.

We also have our own preconceived notions about how the world will end, and that’s ok, but they’re not worth worrying about.

I think it’s safe to assume that aliens probably won’t be blowing us up, at least not until the last episode The Internet can be a scary place. of Scrubs has aired. The Russians/ Besides the infinite gallery of por- Chinese/Iranians/Canadians also nography, the online suicide pacts, don’t seem quite ready to blow up the mind-melting videos on Youtube the world with nuclear missiles yet, and the overwhelming stupidity of so I think we’re good on that front. people in general, perhaps President Bush’s weaththe most frightening thing er machine, that undoubtGLOOM about the Internet is the edly caused Hurricane Ka& DOOM constant barrage of theotrina, only seems to work rists predicting the end of on American soil, so we the world is right around the corner. can just move to Iraq if it goes hayPerhaps the most infamous theo- wire. ry, the Mayan calendar/2012 myth, is See, the myths can be funny, but a prime example of how something they can also be bothersome. Gullas simple as a calendar can cause a ible people across the world are eatmass hysteria. ing up your drivel like a Thanksgiving Now, let’s get one thing straight. turkey, or chimurkey for John MadEventually the world will end. Be it den. So knock it off, Internet. tomorrow or billions of years down the road, we have no way of knowing. If the Mayans were really able to Josh Rouse is a junior mass media predict the end of the world, you’d major. Reach him at joshua.rouse@ think they would have been able washburn.edu.

by Josh Rouse

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COVER The Argo will make fun of the silly end of the world myths that cause innocent people to lose sleep. Stupid Internet.

Buy a helmet.

Canned bacon can be an excellent food source.

The Argo is a monthly insert published by the staff of the Washburn Review for coverage of Arts & Entertainment. To get in touch with the A&E newsroom, please call (785) 670-2506 or e-mail at theargo@washburnreview.org. We welcome letters to the editor. Please send them in e-mail format to joshua.rouse@washburn.edu.

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A spaceship could always come in handy.

Deep impact unlikely

by Leia Karimul Bashar People seem to take perverse pleasure in imagining how the world might end, and one wildly popular end-game theory is that a giant asteroid will smash into the Earth, exterminating all life.

But what are the chances that a significantly large object will crash into Earth within the next few generations, wiping out all living species?

“An impact that large is very unlikely,” said Brian Thomas, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Washburn.

“We know of at least five major mass extinctions on Earth, with the last one occurring about 100 million years ago.

But it didn’t wipe out all life. It only wiped out about half of the species.”

Humans will likely take cold comfort knowing that when the next huge asteroid strikes, it will merely trigger a mass extinction instead of total annihilation of life. But Thomas said mankind has nothing to worry about because of the eons of time that mark the periods between each cataclysmic meteor.

“We probably have a major meteor impact every 100 million years or so,” said Thomas. “To put this to scale, the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago [when a meteor struck the Gulf of Mexico].”

In all probability, this means Earth has an infinitesimally long time to wait before its next encounter with a giant meteor – at least 35 million years. And although large asteroids do sometimes

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Man on the street How do you think the world will end?

“I think that monkeys are finally going to evolve, and then we’re all going to be screwed.

Once they catch up to us, they’re going to be like, ‘Look, you guys have had your chance, now it’s our turn.’”

Justin Shephard, mass media

Jamie Hood, undeclared

Illustration courtesy of NASA

pass near Earth, using the word “near” is a relative term in the vast openness of space, where Earth’s nearest neighbor, the moon, is approximately 238,855 miles away.

“Occasionally, you’ll see something in the news about a close pass,” said Thomas, “but a close pass is considered to range anywhere from hundreds of thousands of kilometers, up to 100 million kilometers away.”

On Wednesday night, astronomers in Africa witnessed a large meteor burn up in the atmosphere, according to a news report from MSNBC. Although most asteroids are the size of a grain of sand, this one was the size of a car. Still, scientists said it wasn’t large enough to pose a threat to people on the ground.

To cause any significant threats to life on earth, scientists say a meteor must be at least one kilometer (approximately 3,280 ft.) in length.

The Web site for “Science Daily” says that the next time a killer asteroid comes anywhere near the earth will be in 2029, when a 400-meter (approximately 1,312 ft.) asteroid known as “Apophis” will pass between the earth and the moon.

The asteroid will come so close to earth that it will be visible to the naked eye, although it will not threaten mankind with extinction. That honor will likely go to some as-yet-unknown, unnamed asteroid in the very distant future.

Leia Karimul Bashar is a senior mass media major. Reach her at leia.karimulbashar@washburn.edu.

John Larsen, history

“In the end, everybody is going to go ballistic and start shooting each other and killing each other. We’re going to need bomb shelters because we’re going to get tired and start blowing each other up.”

“I believe the Christians in the world will be raptured, and at that point, the world will be falling apart with storms, wars and all that stuff. Somebody will come and declare peace, and say, ‘I can create peace in this situation, if you put me into power.’ After a certain amount of time, though, he will take that power and become stronger and stronger, until he finally has his subjects worship him as God. Then, after a period of seven years, I believe Christ will come back again and there will be a big battle, called Armageddon. The world will end after Jesus Christ comes back.”

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‘Heroes’ save world, NBC’s ratings

Night on the town

Spoiler alert: everybody dies Photo courtesy of www.nbc.com

the bad guy really is. This has been apparent from the first few episodes of the first season, when viewers realized the Tim Kring’s hit series on NBC, “Heroes,” man in the horn-rimmed glasses is the has come a long way since its season one father of one of the token heroes, Claire debut in 2006. Even despite the tragedy the cheerleader. of turning season two’s intended hiatus Season three is titled “Heroes: Villains,” into a “that’s all?” type of season two. Fans and appropriately so. The writers, who were outraged, they wanted more he- have all along played archetypal good roes, I wanted more heroes. Cutting the guy/bad guy ping-pong with the audiseason off so early left many loose ends, ence, have really capitalized on this conand also left people worried whether the cept for this season, and appropriately show was going to come back and fin- so. We discovered something in last ish what it started or if it was going to be week’s episode, when the plot jumped canceled like countless others. four years into the future, where a token Those of you who are avid bad guy seemed to not be so T.V. “Heroes” fans know that season bad any more, but the world is three is into its fourth episode, REVIEW still set to end. airing tonight. Now, without As to how our band of hespoiling anything for anyone who hasn’t roes or villains will save the world this seen these past few episodes, it’s safe to season, the possibilities are infinite. Let’s say that the plot, as complex as it may hope for a full season this time around seem, is still along the same lines it has al- with more in-depth character developways been: Saving the world. One would ment that ends in an appropriate way, think that theme would be exhausted by instead of halfway into the season. We now, but the plot has evolved since one can be sure to expect something far beof its more memorable quotes from sea- yond viral epidemics and nuclear exploson one: “Save the cheerleader, save the sions in this season. world.”

Viewers should be sure to tune in for It’s a common and almost crucial el- tonight’s episode, when they will finally ement in any superhero series or sub- meet one of the major villains who has genre to stop the world from ending. In been behind a lot of the mayhem. the case of “Heroes,” there isn’t one evil mastermind holding the world hostage, or a group of villains bent on world domination. Instead, there are a lot of complex layers and groupings of characters Andrew Dunlap is a senior mass media and the relationships between them that major. Reach him at andrew.dunlap@ always leave viewers questioning who washburn.edu.

by Andrew Dunlap

by ReAnne Utemark A recent slew of movies I watched left me a little shot down.

Movies like “The Departed,” “In Bruges,” “Burn After Reading” and “Titanic” all end with almost everybody dying in really violent ways. There are a lot more — see anything by Quentin Tarantino — but these come to mind as movies with a bit more mass appeal.

Oh, I should perhaps mention the spoiler alert, at least for “Burn After Reading.” It is still at the expensive theatre, so I feel bad about ruining the ending. If you haven’t seen the others by now, then you probably aren’t going to see them and it doesn’t really matter.

Also, “Titanic” was more of a sick joke than anything else.

The other three movies seem to either be completely absurd or very dramatic.

Some are both – like “In Bruges.” In this movie, two assassins are sequestered to Bruges while they await orders for a job.

During their wait, Ray, one of the assassins, reveals that on one of his first jobs, he shot a small boy and was understandably struggling with morality, meets a girl who sells drugs to movie stars, gives

a bunch of coke to a dwarf who turns out to be racist and likes prostitutes. Turns out, the other assassin, Ken, has to kill Ray and can’t do it, so Ken puts Ray on a train and sends him away. Through a series of events, Ken jumps off a bell tower, Ray ends up back in Bruges and gets shot, the assassin boss shoots the dwarf, but thinks he shoots a boy and, consequently, shoots himself… I suppose it makes more sense if you actually see the movie, but not much.

“Burn After Reading” was just a weird series of misunderstandings involving Russians, Brad Pitt being an idiot, plastic surgery, online dating and John hatcheting someone in the middle of a Washington, D.C. street.

I have no idea what that was about.

In “The Departed,” everyone just gets their brains blown out.

The appeal of this kind of movie is unknown to me. I have always maintained that mass appeal movies are, for the most part, an escape mechanism. The movies of the early twentieth century took people away from war, economic downturn and a variety of other grim realities. I think some movies should still be an escape into heroics or romance or comedy. A movie experience should be whatever the viewer wants to get away from whatever they are facing in the cool darkness of a movie theatre, not to face their own mortality in the most gruesome ways possible.

Maybe John is an escape for some people.

ReAnne Utemark is a senior history major.

Reach her at reanne.utemark@washburn. edu.

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No concerns at CERN

The week in geek Graphic by Andrew Dunlap, Washburn Review

by Deana Smith It’s the end of the world, geek style. So stock up on your caffeinated beverages and microwavable dinners, and hunker down for the apocalypse… or at least a night full of video games.

Holy moley: The beam pipe in the LHC at CERN.

by Brandon Bills Science experiments should only be conducted under proper supervision, because accidents might result in bodily harm, death or a black hole that could gobble up the Earth. Well, at least that’s what some opponents of the Large Hadron Collider believe.

“It’s very, very remotely possible,” said Brian Thomas, assistant professor in the department of physics and astronomy.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border between Switzerland and France, was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN. According to CERN’s website, the LHC is the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex in the world, and it is located in an underground circular tunnel measuring 17 miles in diameter.

By colliding two opposing beams of protons, scientists intend to test the Standard Model of particle physics.

Thomas said that the LHC will either confirm what is known as the Standard Model or find that something is missing from the model.

Though many are interested to see what kind of results the LHC will produce, some people have expressed concerns about the safety of the collider.

Opponents of the LHC fear the creation of microscopic black holes, or strange matter leading to a doomsday type scenario. Attempts have been made in both American and European courts to stop the experiments from going forward, but with little success.

Photo courtesy of lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/

Karen Camarda, associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy, also believes there is nothing to fear from the LHC. Though its ability to accelerate particles is an accomplishment for humans, such charged particles are naturally occurring in space and come into contact with Earth’s atmosphere without posing a threat.

“If anything bad was going to happen, nature would have already done it,” said Camarda.

Both Camarda and Thomas said there is a possibility that the LHC could produce some microscopic black holes, but those would dissipate almost instantaneously.

Thomas said that those black holes would pose “virtually zero danger.”

CERN tested the machine, circulating a proton beam for the first time Sept.

10. The experiment hit a speed bump Sept. 19, when a large amount of helium leaked into the tunnel, most likely caused by a faulty electrical connection between two magnets. Repairs are estimated to take several months. CERN had already planned to shut down for the winter for obligatory maintenance, with a scheduled restart in early spring 2009.

“Science is always a game of probability,” said Thomas. “You can’t always rule something out. You can say with confidence that it is unlikely. It’s certainly not anything to stay up at night worrying about.”

Brandon Bills is a senior mass media major. Reach him at brandon.bills@ washburn.edu.

We can make black holes?

Tests started in earnest last month at the largest particle accelerator, located between, and far beneath, the borders of Switzerland and France. This 16-milelong atom smasher is supposed to give us a look into what the big bang would have been like. Um, cool! Oh, except for the slim, but possible, side effects. These include – or are speculated to include – turning the Earth into a quasar (a big light emitting power source) and ripping the fabric of the space time continuum. (I am not kidding! We are talking possible invasion of 30-foot monsters for all we know). What do scientists wielding

the experiment say? That it is likely to produce millions of tiny black holes with only a 0.00005 percent chance of any of them actually destroying our nice blue-and-green planet. It may look something like this: youtube.com/ watch?v=BXzugu39pKM, but probably not.

On the bright side, at least we won’t go out bombing one another.

But if we did, what would that unfold like? Don’t worry, I have this covered too. I searched the Internet for the most amusing end-of-the-world scenario I could find. It is a bit old, but still just as funny: endofworld.net.

Play the apocalypse I am leaning toward Fallout: 3. I hear good things.

Deana Smith is a junior English education major. Reach her at deana.smith@ washburn.edu.

North Korea removed from list The Associated Press North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. The breakthrough is intended to salvage a faltering disarmament accord before President Bush leaves office in January.

“Every single element of verification that we sought going in is part of this package,” State Department Sean McCormack said at a a rare weekend briefing.

North Korea will allow atomic experts to take samples and conduct forensic tests at all of its declared nuclear facilities and undeclared sites on mutual consent.

The North will permit experts to verify that it has told the truth about transfers of nuclear technology and an alleged uranium program.

“Verifying North Korea’s nuclear proliferation will be a serious challenge.

This is most is the most secret and

opaque regime in the entire world,” said Patricia McNerney, assistant secretary for international security and nonprofileration.

The move followed days of intense internal debate in Washington and consultations with U.S. negotiating partners China, South Korea, Russia and Japan. Tokyo had balked at the move because North Korea has not resolved issues related to its abduction of Japanese citizens.

“The key principle of the six-party talks is that any agreement must be agreed upon and in essence guaranteed.

The next is to go to the six and have this formalized,” McCormack said.

Removing North Korea from the blacklist was immediately criticized by some conservatives who said it rewards the North for bad behavior and sends a bad signal to other U.S. adversaries, notably Iran. U.S. officials stressed that the North would be placed back on the list if it fails to comply with the plan to verify it has told the truth about its nuclear activities.

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Maya mayhem, controversy caused by catastrophic long count calendar

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change will occur, possibly a spiritual one.

Others believe the world will come to an end.

“This is one stock in trade of apocalyptist religion,” said Barry Crawford, professor of religious studies. Crawford attributes apocalypticism to the human need for closure, resolve and to have questions Y2K came and went without incident, answered. He explained that apocalypses and hopefully the same holds true for the usually include cataclysm or catastrophe, year 2012. along with a final judgment of mankind.

The Mayan Long Count calendar, the People frequently make predictions longest of several calendars used about when the world will end, by the Mayans, ends Dec. 21, MAYAN but none have proven to be true.

2012. There is little information CALENDAR When the end of the world is available as to what the Mayans given a date and that date passes believed would happen on this date, but without incident, those who made the that hasn’t stopped some members of prediction quickly change their story. the new age movement from finding the “Usually, people just adjust the time date significant. Many believe some sort of tables,” said Crawford. “It’s hard to keep an

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apocalyptist down.”

The belief that the world will end in 2012 has quickly spread across the Internet. Sites like december212012.com seek to make people aware of the coming end, and to sell merchandise. A search of Amazon.com will return numerous books on the subject.

As Dec. 21, 2012 nears, expect interest in the date to intensify. During the summer of 2009, a film entitled “2012” will hit the big screen. The movie is from the director of “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow,” and stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Woody Harrelson.

“Don’t get caught up in it,” said Lori Spurgeon, academic adviser at the Center for Undergraduate Studies and Programs.

“It’s a big marketing scheme.”

Spurgeon has had a deep-seated passion for Mayan culture since visiting

Mayan ruins in 1979. Since then, she has read extensively about the people.

Spurgeon said the end of the Long Count calendar would have been significant to the Maya as signifying the beginning of a new age, but it wouldn’t have signaled the end of the world.

Crawford said that the Maya probably viewed time as cyclical. Therefore, they probably didn’t believe that the world would ever come to an end.

“It could be that the Mayans were not at all interested in a final judgment,” said Crawford.

Brandon Bills is a senior mass media major. Reach him at brandon. bills@washburn.edu.

2012, fact or fiction?

The poles are predicted to begin shifting in 2012, but this happens once every 250,000 Here are some interesting tidbits to Many experts say that the calendar isn’t years. keep in mind when deciding whether counting down to the end, but will beyou believe the Long Count calendar gin a new cycle.

The Earth may cross the galacmeans the end of the world. tic plane in 2012, which occurs Isaac Newton predicted the world once in 33 million years.

According to the Bible, we will not be would end in 2060. A book by David able to predict the day that the world Flynn says that his approximations were Josh Rouse is a junior mass media will end. Matthew 24:36 says, “Nobody inaccurate and the end of the world was major. Reach him at joshua.rouse@ knows about that day or hour, not even actually more likely to come in 2013. washburn.edu.

by Josh Rouse

the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the Father.”

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Director in focus experience,” said Shyamalan in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “If there’s a last film Once chastised for his “coy and that’s released only theatrically, contrived” screenplays, M. Night it’ll have my name on it. This is Shyamalan is now known to many life or death to me. If you tell as the mastermind behind some audiences there’s no difference of today’s most enigmatic cinema between a theatrical experience thrillers, such as “The Sixth Sense,” and a DVD, then that’s it, game’s “Signs” and “The Village.” over, and that whole art form is What most people don’t know going to go away slowly.” is that Shyamalan’s first two At only 38 years old, Shyamalan productions flopped has managed to rise to in mainstream media.

DIRECTOR the top of the charts, Luckily for Hollywood, and he isn’t going FEATURE Shyamalan continued anywhere soon. in his filmmaking quest Look for his and rose to become a box office upcoming fantasy project “The smash.

Last Airbender,” which is in preBorn in India and raised production and is expected in in suburban Philadelphia, 2010.

Shyamalan was expected to follow the family legacy and become a doctor like both of his parents. But Interesting tidbits by the time he was 17, Shyamalan He co-wrote the screenplay for had already completed 45 films “Stuart Little.” ,and he decided to attend New York University for film school.

He made up his middle name, Writing, directing, producing “Night,” in college. and even acting in half a dozen films during the past 10 years, All sound effects used are Shyamalan has acquired many specifically created for his trademarks in his movies, some movies. of which include using spot color, like the red flowers in “The Village,” He occasionally works with the always using Pennsylvania as the same actors multiple times: Bruce setting, and even making cameo Willis in “Unbreakable” and “The appearances in all but one of his Sixth Sense,” Bryce Dallas Howard films. in “Lady in the Water” and “The With his keen ability to build Village,” and Joaquin Phoenix in tension and suspense, Shyamalan both “The Village” and “Signs.” believes a movie should be something more than a pastime Information from IMDB.com or entertainment, it should be an

experience.

Nicole Stormann is an undecided “I’m going to stop making freshman. Reach her at nicole. movies if they end the cinema stormann@washburn.edu.

‘Blindness’ not worth seeing

by Nicole Stormann

www.washburnreview.org

Photo courtesy of www.blindness-themovie.com

pretty unreasonable, especially when they shot a man for standing four feet out of line when he asked someone to find it for him.

Don’t bother seeing “Blindness.” The only I think it was supposed to be a statement thing it accomplished was proving that stacking about the brutality of government. But since the deck with Academy Award nominees and a most of these quarantined people didn’t have Nobel Prize-winning author doesn’t guarantee the patience to find a bathroom, and instead a good movie. went on the floor, I can’t say I blame the guards The story would have us believe a mass for being a little impatient with them. epidemic of an unexplained contagion is As unrealistic as the guards were, the causing sudden blindness all over introduction of a former unnamed the world, and that the first of bartender is outrageous. None of MOVIE those effected are quarantined. the characters get names because, REVIEW Although the premise was a stretch, you know, there’s no reason for I suspended my disbelief the same blind people to need a verbal way way I do when movies have noise in space, but to recognize other people. The bartender the plot just deteriorated. For reasons unknown, smuggles a gun and takes control of the the government refuses to talk to them or give building they’re being held in. them any way to communicate. The idea that He hijacks the food rations, unopposed, these people were kept in quarantine after it because everyone is afraid he’ll shoot them, was obvious the virus could not be stopped, or even though he was recently blinded and that they would put away the few people who keeps running into things.

Please see BLINDNESS Argo 11 still can see to guard them, started to seem

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Top end of world movies -Chosen by Deana Smith & Josh Rouse-

10. “Mad Max”

9. “Soylent Green”

8. “The Postman”

7. “W”

6. “Logan’s Run”

5. “The Day After Tomorrow”

4. “Deep Impact”

3. “Armageddon”

2. “The Stand”

1. “Twelve Monkeys”

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Entertainment Calendar October 24

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David Huntsberger & Jeremy Nunes BullFrogs Live-Comedy 8:00 (Oct. 17 & 18) Gavin Degraw VooDoo Lounge 8:00 p.m.

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Freaker’s Ball The Midland by AMC 6:00 p.m.

Los Lobos Folly Theater 7:30 pm

Klatt, Midas & Barnett Celtic Fox 7:00

Ben Folds Uptown Theater 7:30 p.m.

Karaoke Night Celtic Fox 7:00 p.m.

Open Jam Session Down Under Lounge 7:00 p.m.

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Anberlin Beaumont Club 7:00 p.m.

Janet Jackson Sprint Center 7:30 p.m.

David Graham & Tony Vinh Bullfrogs Live- Comedy 8:00 p.m. (Oct. 24 & 25)

Metallica Sprint Center 7:00 p.m.

The Republic Tigers Beaumont Club 7:00 p.m.

-No Sympathy Celtic Fox 8:00 p.m.

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Alanis Morissette The Midland by AMC 8:00 p.m.

Chicago the Musical Topeka Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m.

The Academy Is Beaumont Club 7:30 p.m.

Open Jam Session Down Under Lounge 7:00 p.m.

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T6: Terror At the Midland The Midland by AMC 8:00 p.m.

Halloweenie Roast: Shiny Toy Guns & TV On The Radio Power & Light District 6:00 p.m.

Steve Kile Celtic Fox 8:00 p.m.

TBA & Jay Harris Bullfrogs Live- Comedy 8:00 p.m. (Oct. 24 & Nov 1)

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CMT on Tour ‘08 Jason Aldean Topeka Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m.

Underoath Beaumont Club 7:30 p.m.

Open Jam Session Down Under Lounge 7:00 p.m.

Blame it on Harry w/ The Mojo Brothers Celtic Fox 7:00 p.m.

Schumann’s Resonance

/Fromanhole /TBA Boobie Trap Bar 8:00 p.m.

Fall Films

Oct. 17

Max Payne Sex Drive W.

Oct. 24

Saw V Changeling

Oct. 31

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The Haunting of Molly Hartley Zach and Miri Make a Porno

Nov. 7

Quantum of Solace

Where to go

The Boobie Trap 1417 6th Ave. Down Under Lounge 3810 SW Topeka Blvd.

Celtic Fox 118 SW 8th Ave. Bullfrogs Live 4115 SW Huntoon St. Topeka Performing Arts Center 214 SE 8th Ave Hollywood West Ridge 8 1727 S.W. Wanamaker Rd Hollywood 14 6200 SW 6th Avenue

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BLINDNESS: Epidemic film lacks realism, vision Continued from page Argo 8 He then demands payment for the food rations. What good is money or jewelry with absolutely no way to spend it? If no one can leave where are they going to get more stuff to pay him with? He doesn’t know, when they run out of stuff he’ll just rape some people.

Throughout this all, of course, Unnamed Optometrist’s Wife (Moore) can secretly see, a plot device more for narration and plot movement more than anything else. Eventually a violent conflict leads to the main characters’ escape into the world to find everyone is blind by now too.

Then there’s some nasty business involving what felt like a scene from “Dawn of the Dead” and a really strange scene with a church where all the eyes on the windows and statues are blindfolded the movie winds down to a close.

The actors’ performances are nothing special, most of them are overdone in trying to imitate someone recently blinded. There was a pretty good performance by Alice Braga and Moore did have a few moments of decency, but the whole film just seemed to do disappointingly poor with the resources it had.

All in all, the movie probably wasn’t that bad, but all the marketing it did to make it seem brilliant just made it seem all the worse when I finally saw it.

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David Wiens is a freshman English major. Reach him at david.wiens@ washburn.edu.

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A playlist to end all playlists