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Topeka has a need for speed Capital city works to get faster Internet through Google Paige Anderson WASHBURN REVIEW
more technology savvy generation. “This could create jobs our generation can latch on to,” said Starkey James Kirkwood, junior, said that By becoming a test site for Google’s if Google chose Topeka it would mean fiber optic experiment Topeka hopes great things not only for the Topeka to be the fastest city in the country. community but also Washburn students. When Google made the announce“It would be interesting for stument Feb. 10 that it would be looking dents, specifically computer science for a few communities to be trial loca- majors to be part of something like tions in testing its this. They would ultra-high speed “ be able to exnetworks, Jared plore a whole Starkey took note. new technolThis could be the “ I saw what ogy with hands beginning of a Google was doing on learning,” on an social news said Kirkwood. whole new Topeka. site and thought it To p e k a ’s was exactly what quest to become Topeka needs,” a high-speed hot said Starkey spot was taken to Starkey sent a whole new levGoogle a form el when Topeka - Jared Starkey nominating ToMayor Bill BunThink Big Topeka peka, got a few ten proclaimed friends involved Topeka was ” that and took the cause to be known to Facebook. as Google, After only Kansas for three weeks the Facebook group, the month of March. “Bring Google’s Fiber Experiment to Topeka’s name change has garTopeka!” has more than 12,000 mem- nered both local and national news, bers and is still gaining momentum. even making its way onto CNN.com “We are where we are because Kirkwood believes the publicity we have an overwhelming amount Topeka has received as a result of the of public support,” said Starkey. name change could be a good thing. Google wants to test an ultra“It may be cheesy but it’s givhigh speed broadband network that ing the movement national recwill provide Internet speeds more than ognition. Hopefully Google 100 times faster than what the average will take note,” said Kirkwood. American receives today. Fiber-to-theGoogle has set a deadline of home will deliver a connection speed of March 26 for interested commuone gigabit per second and give custom- nities to turn in their nomination er’s access to better and faster Internet. forms. Google plans on announcing Starkey said he believes that its target communities later this year. Topeka would receive an economic “This could be the beginning of boost if chosen as a trial location, as a whole new Topeka,” said Starkey. any company hoping to make strides in business would want to come to Topeka. An increase in the number of new businesses being brought Paige Anderson is a member of the adto Topeka would likely result in an vanced news writing class. Reach her at increase of job opportunities for a paige.anderson@washburn.edu.
LinC campaigns for LEAP
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March 23 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Memorial Union
Kate Fechter WASHBURN REVIEW
The Washburn University Learning in the Community office is participating in the Pepsi Refresh Everything campaign trying to raise money for its literacy program. The Refresh Everything campaign allows organizations, groups, and individuals to compete to raise funds to support ideas or causes they believe in. There are four monetary categories each month: $5,000, $25,000, $50,000 and $250,000. People can go online and vote daily for the ideas that they think should win. Each visitor is allotted 10 votes per day, but, only one vote per cause. At the end of the month, the top 10 ranked ideas get money in the lower 3 categories. The top 2 ideas get money in the $250k category. Rick Ellis, faculty adviser to the program, is trying to raise money for the Literacy Education Action Proj-
ect. The money would help further the goals of LEAP in the Topeka community. It would fund four preschool sites that focus on one-on-one reading development, a program at Robinson Middle School focusing on math and reading, four elementary school after school math and reading programs and four summer school programs. The money would also benefit the Let’s Help GED program. “The programs will be targeting kids in under-served communities,” said Ellis. “We want to hire Washburn students to work in these programs. We’ll be creating 100 new jobs for Washburn students. If you’d like a job, you should vote for this.” Of the $250,000, $180,000 would be used for education stipends for student employees. Another $20,000 will be used for providing learning materials to the 10 sites during the academic year and $25,000 will be for the summer programs. Supplies for the various programs will take $10,000,
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$7,500 will go toward field trips and $7,500 will pay for employee training. Sara Stauffer, a Washburn VISTA leader, is helping Ellis get the word out on this project and is encouraging students to vote. “Students have to vote every day,” said Stauffer. “Also if you have multiple e-mails, you can create different usernames and vote once for each e-mail address.” If the literacy program is not selected this month, Ellis intends to keep entering the contest. Last month, LEAP finished 47th out of 100. As of March 5, LEAP was ranked 16th. Ellis and Stauffer are brainstorming ways to get students involved in the voting process and spreading the word about the project. Students may contact Ellis or Stauffer in the LinC office in Benton. Kate Fechter is a junior mass media/psychology major. Reach her at kate.fechterstamper@washburn.edu.
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Think Big: Kyle Edelman shows support for Think Big Topeka’s campaign to bring Google’s fiber optic Internet experiment Topeka. Google hopes to deliver an ultra-high speed connection capable of speeds more than 100 times faster than people experience today.
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News • Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Greek News Calendar Wednesday, March 10 Ichabod Junior Day 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Scorch on the Porch Main Level, Memorial Union 11 a.m. Brown Bag International Lecture International House 12 p.m. Baseball Falley Field 2 p.m. WU Choral Concert White Concert Hall 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 11 WU Jazz Ensemble Concert White Concert Hall 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 12 Concert, David Cho with Topeka Symphony Youth Orchestra White Concert Hall 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13 Sunday, March 14 Monday, March 15 Tuesday, March 16 Intro to SparkPeople.com Morgan Hall, Room 270 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m. Baseball Falley Field 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 17 Softball Washburn University Softball Complex 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 18 Friday, March 19 Saturday, March 20 “Mariachi Estrella” Film, Panel and Music White Concert Hall 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 21 Monday, March 22 Tuesday, March 23 Softball Washburn University Softball Complex 1 p.m. Shawnee County Scholarship Reception Washburn Room 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24 Brown Bag International Lecture International House 12 p.m. Diversity Matters Seminar: “Other Stories: Living Diversity in Ways Expected and Not” Mabee Library 7 p.m.
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only awarded to one chapter in the nation. It is given to a chapter that has made significant improvements to its facility. Over the summer, Sigma Toga! Toga! Toga! These lines Phi Epsilon moved into a new house most likely conjure up images of that has 15 residential rooms and can National Lampoon’s Animal House. hold 45 members. Along with having Sigma Phi Epsilon is out to change a fully equipped kitchen, a meeting this “frat house” space and formal image and prove “ dining and living not all fraternities spaces, there are Washburn’s Greek are created equal. also convenient From Feb. study rooms becommunity doesn’t 12-14, members cause one of the of Washburn’s focuses for really have an image main Sigma Phi Epthe chapter is silon fraternity to build a better at all. (Kansas Delta student and man. chapter) attended T h e s e the 2010 Carlstudy rooms are son Leadership equipped with - Jessica Neumann Academy in St. everything the Assistant Director, SAGL Louis where they men need to were honored ” study and mainwith two awards. tain their dediT h i s cation to acaLeadership demic success. Academy included “a solid day of The men of Sigma Phi Epsihard-core training focused on re- lon are trying to “create an atmocruitment, retention and membership sphere of learning,” said Neumann. development,” said Matthew PeterThese awards are important for not son, Sigma Phi Epsilon president. only Sigma Phi Epsilon but for WashThe men of Sigma Phi Epsilon burn’s Greek community as a whole. also earned the Manpower award “Washburn’s Greek commuand the Excelsior Cup for Hous- nity doesn’t have a negative image, ing. Each of these awards is but it doesn’t really have an image given out on a national level. at all,” said Neumann. “We want The Manpower award is giv- everybody to know that the WU en to chapters that have the high- Greek community is moving toward est number of fraternity members. creating a positive image in conKansas Delta currently has 34 mem- junction with their strategic plan.” bers according to an e-mail PeterThese awards will impact the son sent to members and alumni. fraternity in many positive ways. These numbers can be attrib“National awards will defiuted, in part, to the steady increase of nitely help with recruitment and Sigma Phi Epsilon’s recruitment in show that not all fraternity houses the last couple of years. There were are about partying,” said Peterson. seven new recruits in fall 2007, 10 in fall 2008 and 16 in fall 2009 said Jessica Neumann, assistant director Emily Scott is a member of the advanced of Student Activities and Greek Life. news writing class. Reach her at emily. The Excelsior Cup for Housing is scott@washburn.edu.
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Seems like a typical party: Saturday evening, loud music, new and familiar faces and plenty of games and drinks. But at the Washburn Alpha Delta House everyone is of age. The Alpha Delta house hosted its first ever Root Beer Pong Tournament. The tournament was meant to open the doors of the Alpha Delta house to the Washburn Community. The fraternity hoped the event would help recruit potential members. The event was also a way for students to get out and relax. It is midsemester and many people are stressed out said John Henderson, sopho-
more, Alpha Delta recruitment chairman. He said the event was not only to recruit, but to allow people to get out and take a break from studying. Not all attendees were involved in Greek life. Henderson said it was about half and half for those involved and uninvolved. Kashmon Ware, junior, said he came out to support Washburn Greek life even though he is not interested in joining a fraternity. The Root Beer Pong tournament was a double elimination round robin tournament. Pairs shot ping pong balls into a pyramid of plastic cups. After a ball was made in a cup, the cup was removed from the table. The first team without any cups left would advance further in the tournament. Tony Ahrens and Rachel Buthorne won the 14team tournament. Alpha Delta supplied root beer and food for the players and also information about alcohol and its effects. Posted around the house were fact sheets on different things alcohol can do to an individual. Ryan Calovich, Alpha Delta President, said they wanted to be sure they weren’t promoting drinking despite the use of a drinking game. “It’s basically a drinking party, without the beer,” said Henderson.
Briana Holmes is a member of the advanced news writPhoto by Elicia Nichols, Washburn Review Score!: Two Ichabods play root beer pong at the Alpha Delta ing class. Reach her Root Beer Pong Tournament. The event was used to help recruit at briana.holmes@ washburn.edu. new members and to help students relax over the weekend.
Election Results
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Is this thing on?: Caley Onek gives her acceptance speech after the results of the WSGA elections were announced. Onek and her running mate, Lucas Mullin, won the president and vice president positions for the 2010-2011 school year.
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Taylor McGown Nicole Perkuhn Dlany Conny Jarrod Cullan Amber Kissell Ben Cullan Merideth Cline Jenna Seematter Wesley Lawrence Trang Le Nguyen Kasim Hardaway Paje Routhier Brooke Rollison Bianca Ramirez
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Megan Christiansen Keenan Hogan Danielle Hunter Lashanda Carter Rachel Smyth Aaron Moses Katlin Hays Rizki Aljupri Brett Ash Josh Rosenbaugh Caprice Cortez Katie Lawless Becky Addington
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Students of Washburn, Elections have come and gone. I would like to send out a big congratulations to all of our newly elected Senators. I saw a lot of great campaign posters and Facebook pages, more than I think we have ever had in the past! I think the new Senators will find that serving as a representative of the Washburn Student Government Association is an invaluable experience like no other. My advice to you would be to be wise, be open, be vocal and always remember who elected you- you serve the students. To all of the returning Senators, thank you for all that you do. Washburn is a better place because of you and we have been able to accomplish big things this year. I look forward to seeing all that will come from WSGA in the coming years. Finally, congratulations to my colleagues, Caley Onek and Lucas Mullin, for becoming Washburn’s 98th Student Body President and Vice President. I have enjoyed working with both of them over the last year and ensure you that they both are very driven, talented individuals seeking to make
Washburn the best place for students to be. I know they have a lot of great ideas for the coming year, and I am excited to see WSGA continue to progress for students. To see the posted election results, go to http://www.mywsga. com/site/electionresults.pdf. If you were not elected as a Senator, make sure and apply for an open seat! Deadlines for applications will be posted soon. SOAR award nominations are due THIS Friday, March 12th, at noon. Nominations include Outstanding Student Organization Advisor, Emerging Leader, Student Organization of the Year, True Blue Bod Spirit, Random Acts of Kindness Community Service, President’s Outstanding Leader, and Outstanding Programs of the Year. All nominations are to be turned into the Student Activities and Greek Life Office in the lower level of Memorial Union. Applications can also be retrieved online at www.washburn.edu/getalife. Have a great rest of your week and a SAFE Spring Break! Go Bods! Garrett Love WSGA President
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The not-so-holy Thursday Tips and tricks for dealing with your taxes by the April 15 deadline
The IRS also provides information on tax law changes, how to earn income tax credit and other information that relates directly to tax season. The Web site supplies instructions for how to fill out tax forms, as well as other publications and resources that can help ease the process. Additional resources, like TurboTax and H&R Block, two professional tax services, offer advice, guidance for filing and access to online tax forms. TurboTax is tax software that buyers can purchase that walks filers step-by-step through preparing and filing federal tax returns. H&R Block allows people to make an appointment with a local tax professional or walks customers through the online filing process. Both companies have an active presence on the Web. Both of these tax services even have tabs that address frequently asked questions and customer support options. Tax season doesn’t have to be a time of the year of dread; information is available for the public that can simplify the filing process significantly, even for first-time filers. Filing taxes doesn’t have to be something you wait to worry about until April 15. And, if you’re lucky, you will find a check from the government waiting for you in a few short weeks.
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As children, we don’t recognize the significance of April 15. As adults, we typically dread this date, scrambling at the last minute to get everything organized in order to submit taxes by deadline. Unfortunately, filing taxes annually is not something that can be avoided. However, there are ways to find the answers to your questions and get the guidance you need to make the filing process as simple as possible. Most college students are now to the point where they are required to file taxes. This transition into the world of adulthood can be challenging. A lot of students don’t even know where to start, and some are perfectly content not worrying about it until they have to. Deedra Baker, a junior at Washburn, is a dependent of her parents, who take care of filing her taxes each year. “It has been really convenient for my parents and me,” Baker said. “I am thankful my parents take on this responsibility for me.” Baker is only one of many college students whose parents file taxes for them. But while it is convenient now, perhaps these students are missing a potential educational opportunity in not adopting this responsibility themselves. “I do wonder if I wouldn’t benefit from actually doing it myself so I could better understand the process for when I really need to know it later,” Baker said. Blake Bryant, a Washburn sophomore, has taken on the responsibility of filing his own taxes for the last two years. “I fill out my taxes online,”
said Bryant. “I have always been adamant about my finances… so naturally, I really care about where my money goes when it gets taken off my paycheck and then watch it come back through a return.” Bryant also said that students probably don’t like to deal with their own finances because they don’t know all the facts. “I don’t study money, I don’t know all of the inner workings of the systems. I just know that I c a r e enough about my pers o n a l finances to deal with them directly,” Bryant said. A lot of students are unsure of what form they should even fill out, what the numbers mean and most importantly, how to actually file the tax forms properly. This information is surprisingly easy to access; it is only a click away. The Internal Revenue Service works to provide the public with answers to questions regarding taxes. At www.irs.gov, the public can access tax forms, have access to online services that allow one to check the status of their tax refund, electronic filing services, payment options and a number of tax statistics.
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Lauren Eckert is a junior mass media major. Reach her at lauren.eckert@ washburn.edu.
Behind the scenes: Whiting Field House
The story behind one of Washburn’s oldest buildings, beginning to end
Brian Dulle WASHBURN REVIEW
Some say it looks like a fort. Standing as one of the oldest structures on the Washburn University campus, Whiting Field House opened on Dec. 18, 1928. It was first called Washburn Field House. “The finest college field house in the Middle West,” Forrest C. Allen said, former University of Kansas coach, right before he brought his basketball team to Topeka on Dec. 18, 1928. On that night, the Washburn Ichabods won their first basketball game in Whiting Field House against the University of Kansas, beating them 25-24. Designed by Thomas W. Williamson, who later drew the plans for Topeka High School, Whiting is constructed of native Kansas stone. It was called Washburn Field House until June 1, 1930, when it was named after Albe Burge Whiting, who gave forty-five years of services as a member of the board of trustees of Washburn University and was one of Washburn’s greatest benefactors. When it first opened, students who never before participated in sports were swimming, boxing, wrestling, playing handball, volleyball, and basketball. The basketball floor was 50 feet by 94 feet, with a thick two inch flooring. Two smaller courts were available for tournament play. It had two large handball courts and at one time held the largest indoor swimming pool in Topeka, rooms for wrestling and boxing, a kitchen for large banquets, a moving picture projection room, a decorated trophy room, several class rooms and a large stage.
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After serving as Washburn’s home basketball court for fifty-six years, Whiting Field House was retired in 1984 without commemoration or even a farewell party. It was replaced by the $5.8 million Petro Allied Health Center, which now houses the Ichabods and Lady Blues. Starting the summer of 2008, the outside would remain the same, but the inside of Whiting Field House would never be the same after renovations on the 80-year-old building would begin. The $7 million project would turn the out-dated building into a state of the art, modern facility that would give the Washburn athletics department a new weight room, locker rooms, practice courts, offices, classrooms and an entry way that now houses the Washburn Athletics Hall of Fame and trophy cases.
A public ribbon ceremony to celebrate the completion of renovations to Whiting Field House was held on Sept. 4, 2009. “If a tornado was not going to take it down, we sure were not going to” said President Jerry Farley that day. At the ceremony, JuliAnn Mazachek, president of the Washburn Endowment Association, said, “I think from the outside most people wouldn’t realize that they had completely renovated the interior of the building. We believe we have set it in motion to be an important part of the Washburn campus for the next fifty to one hundred years.” Brian Dulle is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at brian.dulle@washburn.edu.
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Bricks and basketball: The Ichabods won their first basketball game against the University of Kansas in Whiting. The building will remain, having survived 82 years.
Astrophysicist examines cause of mass extinctions
money they received in a grant from NASA last spring. After almost a year of work, Thomas has set his goals for the grant period very high. It doesn’t take a rocket sci“We’re looking to produce a very entist to figure out that dino- broad, but detailed census of these difsaurs and other creatures inhab- ferent kinds of events,” Thomas said. ited the Earth millions of years ago. He hopes the research will help make However, the extinction of these connections between biological and organisms has remained an unex- paleontological findings and solidify plained mystery, one that needs more his approach to extinction theory. than just a rocket scientist to figAlthough Thomas has spent much ure out – it needs an astrophysicist. of his time at Washburn doing reBrian Thomas, Washburn pro- search, he also teaches several coursfessor and astrophysicist, has spent es. Steve Black, chair of the physics the last seven years department, believes finding out what has that Thomas has been a SCIENCE caused mass extinction great asset to the departDEPARTMENT ment and the university. periods throughout history. His research re“He’s very interestsults have been coined as a sugges- ed in the education aspect, and he does tion for the source of these events. an excellent job with that,” Black said. Through his collaboration with reIn his fifth year at Washburn, searchers at the University of Kansas Thomas still believes that this univerand the Smithsonian Environmental sity was the best fit for him to teach. Research Center, Thomas has studied a “It’s big enough that there’s a lot mass extinction event that took place at of diversity, but it’s small enough that the end of the Ordovician period nearly my upper division classes are a few 450 million years ago. Using knowl- students and we go wherever we’re inedge of astrophysics, Thomas and his terested in,” said Thomas. “Even my collaborators have suggested that the larger classes are no more than 40 stuevent could be caused by a gamma- dents, so I can give each individual sturay burst, a high-energy radiation dent as much attention as they need.” explosion occurring in the universe. Overall, Black has been pleased “What we found is that there are with Thomas’s teaching and research. correlations with whether or not an or“The approach of the physics deganism is likely to survive past this event partment is always to work together toor not… and with predictions we’ve ward a common goal, and he fits quite made about these kinds of radiation well into that picture,” Black said. events,” said Thomas. “The connection there is with the effects that we predict and what’s seen in the fossil record.” Nicole Stejskal is a junior mass media Thomas and his collaborators major. Reach her at nicole.stejskal@ continue to work on the project with washburn.edu.
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WU offers retirement incentives Ben Fitch WASHBURN REVIEW
All Washburn employees have until March 30 to take advantage of the early retirement package that Washburn is offering. To be eligible for early retirement, an employee must be at least age 62 and have 10 years of service at Washburn in an eligible full-time position. The package is being offered to employees as a result of an estimated $500,000, saved over the next three fiscal years. Deborah Moore, director of human resources, said there has been a response to the offer, but no firm commitment. “It really depends on where people are in their career,” she said, “and some really love teaching.” Moore said the state of the economy might also be a strong consideration for some who are not ready to retire. “I’m very excited,” said Gary McDonald, custodial worker, “it’s a good deal for me—maybe not for someone who makes $200,000 or $300,000 a year, but it is good for me.” Moore said the job vacancies that result from retirees might need to be filled if necessary. She said the first priority is students. So if a significant number of faculty accept the early retirement, academic affairs will carefully
determine whether those positions need to be replaced, based on student needs. The Board of Regents minutes from January, 2009 outline the specifics of the retirement package that was offered. President Jerry Farley said the sole purpose of the plan, formally termed the Retirement Incentive Program, was to implement budget reductions. Last year, the program was amended to realize a projected $250,000 gross savings in the first year. Since then, the plan was moved to become effective only if $500,000 were realized in savings. The motion was seconded in the Board of Regents minutes last month. In addition, there was an imposed freeze on existing position lines, leaving vacancies unfilled. The benefits offered in the Retirement Incentive Program include a lump sum payment in an amount equal to 50 percent of the employee’s annual salary. Also, the employee will receive continued University paid health insurance for three years, but the cost of dependent coverage is the responsibility of the retiree. The incentive is being offered to all Washburn employees. “I’m going to take it,” said McDonald. Ben Fitch is a senior mass media major. Reach him at benjamin.fitch@washburn. edu.
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Opinion • Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Academy The dangers of animals in captivity deserves praise for Oscars Editorial Board WASHBURN REVIEW
It’s been a few days since the Academy Awards ceremony, and news sources are still buzzing about the “big win.” In case you’ve removed yourself from reality for a spell, I’ll help fill you in. “Avatar,” a favorite to win Best Picture at the Oscars, was beat out by “The Hurt Locker,” a film that in many ways is the polar opposite of the blockbuster hit. Film critics have been reeling (no pun intended) about the Academy’s decision, citing reasons why “The Hurt Locker” won, both good and bad. I’ve read quite a few articles regarding the issue, and I’d like to give an outsider’s point-of-view on the matter. Simply put, I think the Academy based its decision on the art of filmmaking, not on the politics. They took a good, hard look at the aspects of the film itself, not the outcomes it generated. For starters, I don’t believe that you should let the box office fool you. Yes, “Avatar” generated more than $720 million, but it also cost close to $500 million to make. The profit doesn’t seem that large when you look at it that way. And although “The Hurt Locker” has been the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner in recorded history, a movie doesn’t have to be the crowd favorite to be well done and award worthy. Additionally, I feel the content of the movie helped support its Oscar win. For the Academy, it was probably refreshing to finally see a film that didn’t involve the political side of Iraq. Watching men risk their lives to save others is much easier to stomach than watching them take lives. “ T h e Hurt Locker” FROM THE also conveys EDITOR an important message about what the men and women who fight for our country do each and every day. While “Avatar” has an interesting and entertaining plot, it doesn’t cover the realistic and pertinent subject matter of “The Hurt Locker.” And in light of the continued controversy over the war, it’s nice to see something positive happening in Iraq. The movie did have some factors working against it, which could have affected the outcome of the awards ceremony. For example, having Kathryn Bigelow as the film’s director could have played a part in the Academy giving the award based on sympathy. This also could have been the case had they considered the fact Bigelow is James Cameron’s ex. However, this is the political side of the films that I believe the Academy did an appropriate job of leaving out of the picture. Also, many film critics claim the Academy has a bias against science fiction films, as it has never awarded a Best Picture Oscar to a film from that genre. However, considering the subject matter of both films, it should be plain for anyone to see a film with stronger content would ultimately reign in the end. Overall, I don’t believe the Academy would name “The Hurt Locker” Best Picture if it didn’t deserve it. After all, the film was awarded Oscars in writing, sound mixing, sound editing, film editing and directing. What the Academy has finally looked past is the money, the hype and the popularity of a film to see the true quality and excellence achieved by an exceptionally well-done film. Nicole Stejskal is a junior mass media major. Reach her at nicole.stejskal@ washburn.edu.
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animals for educational purposes is much different than keeping them in captivity for entertainment. It is a fine line which has unfortunately, been breached more often than it should. Research from the United States Department of Agriculture forest service warns the public that animals are more likely to harm humans if they are disturbed in their natural habit. Most of the time, they just want to be left alone. It is the human tendency to meddle with the natural order of things that triggers the tragedies that occur as a result of this unnatural human interaction. Instead of a tiger or lion, maybe we should consider house training something on a smaller scale, like a tabby cat. Or instead of training killer whales, maybe we should be teaching goldfish how to flip in the air and wave at the audience.
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him and squeezing him until he was unconscious. The mother didn’t notice what was happening until all that was visible of the child were his feet. Everyone loves a good pet, a quality Timothy Treadwell, the inspiration companion that always takes your side. for the 2005 film “Grizzly Man,” and But when did the world decide that it his girlfriend were killed and partially was acceptable to take animals that eaten by grizzly bears in 2003. are in no way, shape or form domestic Treadwell ignored multiple warnings out of their natural habitats and give about the dangers of grizzlies, because them names like Skip or Princess? after interacting with them for 13 On Feb. 24, a 30-year-old orca years, he thought they trusted him. named Tillikum killed The “Crocodile a trainer at SeaWorld in Hunter” Steve Irwin was REVIEW’S killed while filming TV Orlando, Fla. The giant VIEW whale grabbed the trainer show in Australia in 2006 by her ponytail and pulled after a stingray barb pierced her into the water where she received his heart. Irwin had years of experience traumatic injuries and drowned. working with and around exotic animals. This same orca has been tied to two These examples are only a few earlier deaths in both 1991 and 1999. of the countless stories of death But this isn’t the first or last case and destruction resulting from of tragic encounters with animals human interaction with animals in captivity. On Feb. 10 of this year, that aren’t meant to be pets. parents were arrested in Las Vegas after It is true that holding animals their 18-foot python Eve attacked their in captivity can have benefits, such 3-year-old. The couple was arrested on as observing lifestyle patterns charges of child abuse and neglect after and learning how to better protect the snake bit the child, coiling around endangered species. But holding
With mid-terms on the minds of students this week, the Review decided to give them something to look forward to by asking about their spring break plans.
Briton Alexander Senior
“I’m going to the alternative spring break in Little Rock.”
Lisa Bellanga Junior
“I’m going to Amsterdam and smoking my life away.”
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“Hawaii! My uncle is stationed there for the army.”
Sierra Moeller Junior “We are going to Colorado for snowboarding and a Nuggets game.”
for spring break?
Abby Meedhan Freshman
“I’m going to Nebraska to visit my sister.”
Daniel Salazar Freshman
“Going out of town.”
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Katy Warner Junior
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Andrew Potter Senior “Hit the casino with the brothers — as in fraternity.”
Adrian Christian Junior
“Working.”
Interviews and photos by Tesa DeForest and Ben Fitch
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Chris Marshall thinks that people in stick houses shouldn’t throw stones...or build fires. Reach him at christopher. marshall@washburn.edu.
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Blues win MIAA tourney Seeded No. 2 in NCAA South Central Regional, face Central Missouri Friday at 2:30 p.m.
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We’re Number One!: The No. 1 seed Washburn Lady Blues basketball team (26-3, 17-3) won the MIAA tournament over the weekend, defeating Southwest Baptist, Northwest Missouri and Central Missouri. Washburn faces Central Missouri again in the first round of the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the South Central Regional.
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explosively as Washburn took a 15-6 run. The team stats were notable—12 of 24 from behind the arc, 46 percent from the field—and the Blues took their win. In the past eight years, the Lady “Central had just beat Emporia,” Blues have taken six MIAA tournament said Brette Ulsaker, senior guard, “so titles. The most recent was claimed they were ready to play. My adrenaline Sunday when the team beat Central kicked. It was tough going back to back, Missouri with a tired starting lineup. but I’m used to playing 30 minutes a The Blues had to turn around from game.” their Saturday game against Northwest Washburn has looked in the face Missouri. of the Central Missouri Jennies with “The first five minutes we didn’t relative frequency. The Jennies beat really play well,” said Hope out the No. 2 seed, Emporia Gregory, junior guard. WOMEN’S State, to face the Blues in “Both teams were tired, and championship game. BASKETBALL the it came down to who wanted And Washburn will see it more.” them again, Friday, as they Dayna Rodriguez, the senior open up the NCAA tournament at 2:30 forward powerhouse, had been out all p.m. week with an injured ankle. She still “We thought the last game was offered 13 points to the final 68-56. going to be another Washburn-Emporia “We had Dayna going for loose showdown,” Gregory said. balls even though we shouldn’t have,” The tournament, which started said Gregory, who put up 14. last Thursday, paired Washburn with Coach Ron McHenry pulled the Southwest Baptist. Baptist started off starters out within the first six minutes, strong as it was coming in with a good when Central Missouri leaped to an record and an impressive shooting early 10-3 lead. They lead most of average. the first half, but the Blues lead 33“We were supposed to play Baptist 31 at the half. The second half started earlier in the week, so we were focused
on Baptist,” said Gregory, “but we needed to be smarter defensively.” On Saturday, the Blues played Northwest Missouri State and won 8066. “It had been a while since we had played Northwest,” Gregory said, “we really didn’t play that well but we played well enough.” The Blues will head for the NCAA tournament as No. 2 seed in the South Central Regional. And their aspirations are positive—having just faced Central Missouri. “We know a lot about them, and we will have to take it to them early—not so that we can coast, but so we won’t have to worry about a close score,” said Gregory. Ulsaker, who will come back as an assistant coach for Washburn after she graduates, will play as a Lady Blue for the last time during the NCAA tournament. “Our team is very confident,” she said, “all of us want to be here, all of us want to win.” Ben Fitch is a junior mass media major. Reach him at benjamin.fitch@ washburn.edu.
MVP: Junior guard Hope Gregory was tournament MVP, scoring 14 points in the championship game.
Bods lose by 2 in MIAA finals to UNO Chris Marshall WASHBURN REVIEW
Photo courtesy of Gene Cassell, Washburn SID
Nail-biter: Junior forward Logan Stutz, who scored 23 in the Bods’ loss against Nebraska-Omaha, throws down a dunk in Municipal Auditorium at Kansas City, Mo.
field goal of the game when he stole the ball and layed it in to pull WU within one point. Both teams hit one free throw and with 50 seconds remaining, UNO led Washburn squeezed into the MIAA Tournament 68-67. on the last day of the regular season, and after an Maurice Colter missed a go-ahead 3-pointer with improbable run to the championship, the Bods six seconds on the clock and WU was forced to foul. found themselves on the brink of stealing an NCAA UCM’s Aaron Terry hit his first free throw, but missed the second and De’Andre Washington grabbed the Tournament bid as well. WU upset top-seeded Central Missouri, the No. rebound and called time-out for WU. With two seconds left on the clock, Washington 4 team in the nation, 79-60 in the opening round, then topped Missouri Western 56-43 in the semifinals to set received a three-quarters court in-bounds pass as three up a championship showdown with Nebraska-Omaha defenders swarmed to cover him. He quickly fired the ball to McNeill, who was running wide open beneath on Division II’s Selection Sunday. the basket. The sophomore guard leapt in Despite spending most of the the air to catch the ball and put up the shot year battling for the eighth spot in the MEN’S all in one motion, but it deflected off the conference standings, all the Bods (16-14, BASKETBALL rim as the clock hit zero, sending several 8-12 MIAA) needed to do was beat UNO WU players falling to the ground as UCM to earn an automatic NCAA Tournament celebrated at mid-court. invitation. The Bods cut UCM’s lead to one point five times Just as they did the previous two days, the Bods played as underdogs against the third-seeded in the last 10 minutes, but they were never able to Mavericks. WU closed the first half with a 9-0 run to regain the lead, missing several of the momentumgo ahead 31-30, but UNO reestablished its lead in the changing shots that got them to this stage of the second half and the Bods came just short of tying the tournament. Stutz, who scored a career-high 23 points, said game in the final seconds, losing 69-67. if just one or two more shots would have fallen, the William McNeill’s game-tying lay-up attempt Bods could have pulled off their third upset in three bounced off the bottom of the rim as the clock expired, days. ending WU’s season painfully close to an MIAA “We were never able to get over that hump,” Stutz Tournament title. In his 31 years coaching the Bods, said. “I think we would have been fine if we got over it Bob Chipman said few losses have hurt more, yet few and hit our shots but we just came up short.” teams have fought harder. Stutz shot seven of nine from the field and made “It’s a tough one to swallow,” Chipman said. 9-11 free throws to go with eight rebounds, while “I’ve been in national championship games and I Washington added 14 points and 13 rebounds to earn can’t remember ever one meaning as much as this one his 12th double-double of the season. meant. This group could’ve quit and didn’t quit.” Please see BODS page A6 With 2:27 left to play, Logan Stutz scored the last
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Those who watched the Ichabods basketball team this season had to be dumbfounded. A team that went 14-13 during the regular season, lost four of its last six games and just barely snuck into the MIAA tournament as the eighth and final seed, did the unthinkable. It went into Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., took on the fourthranked No. 1 seed Central Missouri (25-2) and won by 19 points. From that point on, the Ichabods were something special. The next day, Washburn faced another daunting task against No. 4 seed Missouri Western (18-11). Washburn again surprised the Division II basketball world, defeating the Griffons 56-43 and bringing head coach Bob Chipman his 29th tournament win, the most in MIAA history, and vaulting the Bods into the finals. At this point, it seemed as though the Ichabods were a team of destiny. Being one win away from a berth in the NCAA Division II tournament, SPORTS a match-up COLUMN against No. 3 seed NebraskaOmaha seemed like a walk in the park for the giant killers. However, the Ichabods were unable to beat the Mavericks, faltering by two points and ending their season with a 16-14 record. While the run may have seemed extraordinary to Washburn fans, in actuality it was part of a pattern. Prior to Washburn’s trip to the MIAA tournament finals, the last two tournament finals featured eighth-seeded teams. Perhaps the reason for this phenomenon is the MIAA’s all-around strength. Routinely, the conference features some of the top teams in the nation. However, the MIAA doesn’t traditionally have a dynasty program in men’s basketball. While other sports, such as football and women’s basketball, have a few teams that have been at the top of the conference year in and year out, men’s basketball fluctuates. This fluctuation causes parity, which causes upsets. The most recent men’s basketball “dynasty,” however, could be Washburn. The Ichabods were regular season champions four times between 2000 and 2005, and tournament champions during the 2000-01 season. In the end, it’s easy to connect the “team of destiny” term to any underdog with an intriguing story. However, there is nothing supernatural about an eight seed beating a one seed. Hard work, good recruiting and teamwork are the final factors in determining which team will walk away victorious. Happy March, folks! Josh Rouse is a junior mass media major. Reach him at joshua.rouse@ washburn.edu.
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Tennis teams streak into tough stretch
Williams starts stellar senior season
Richard Kelly WASHBURN REVIEW With the season beginning to heat up, the Washburn men’s and women’s tennis teams will find themselves in a grueling stretch beginning tomorrow. After picking up four out of five victories combined in the last week, each team will likely play six matches in seven days. Many of the matches will take them to Texas, with Dallas, Wichita Falls and San Antonio all on the agenda. The women may only play five matches, with a possible match at Fort Hays State this Thursday. The men will take in two wins in Topeka versus the University of Nebraska-Kearney and Newman University. Combined, they won decisively 14-0 over the two teams. On Sunday, they also traveled to Wichita to face Division I opponent University of Illinois-Chicago. They lost that match 4-3. The women’s team was also successful in its two recent matches, defeating University of Nebraska at Kearney 5-2 and Newman University 6-1. Within these matches, Washburn head coach Dave Alden has seen the men’s doubles team, seniors Ryan Ward and Simon Blondin, come together, as well as the women’s doubles teams as a whole playing stronger technically. And with the season still young, Alden acknowledged his teams’ effort in each match. “By and large I think these matches have been very good for us on both sides. And then for the men, quite frankly, WASHBURN we probably could’ve won TENNIS Sunday. And any time, as a Division II, you can not only compete but probably beat a Division I program, that shows where we’re at,” said Alden. While having six matches coming up in seven days seems to be difficult, Alden said this was going to be beneficial for the team both in terms of improvement and perseverance. “We as a team are going to know exactly where we’re at after this stretch. You know, trips like this, you’re going to get tired, you’re going to get sore,” said Alden. “I’m going to learn a lot about the character of these teams, not only as individuals but as a collective group.” The stretch, which begins with two games in Topeka for the men and likely one in Topeka for the women, eventually takes them to Wichita Falls, Texas. There, they are expected to kick off with Midwestern State before traveling to Dallas to play Dallas Baptist, then to San Antonio to play the University of Incarnate Word and St. Mary’s University (Texas) before ending in Eda, Okla., against East Central University. At this point in the spring season, the men are 2-3, while the women are 3-1. Despite the intensity of the upcoming week and the aches and pains it may bring, Alden was quick to point out though that the players are looking forward to the journey. “They’re happy, like every college student, because spring break is a good time,” said Alden. “But, because we play a lot, they don’t have the same opportunity to really get on top of their schoolwork. “So they have some other pressures that are out there. But, by and large, from a pure tennis standpoint, I think they’re all excited. Starting on Thursday, it’s on.”
Richard Kelly is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at richard. kelly@washburn.edu.
Upcoming schedule 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/20 3/24
Cameron Ferris State Midwestern St. Dallas Baptist Incarnate Word St. Mary’s East Central SW Baptist
Home games in bold
3 p.m. 10 a.m. 2 p.m. 9 a.m. 2 p.m. 10 a.m. TBA 2 p.m.
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People helping people: Despite the RoadRunners 3-2 loss against the St. Louis Bandits last Saturday, it wasn’t difficult for the season-high 3,333 people in attendance to walk away feeling good. The game helped raise $3,500 for the National MS Society.
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preserve the victory. Hill, who had the game-winner, expressed his appreciation for how his goaltender played the final minute. The Topeka RoadRunners may “Evan played amazing, just have only picked up two out of the stood on his head all night, with the four points this past weekend in a exception of their one goal which was two-game series with the St. Louis probably interference. Props to him Bandits, but none of the players are tonight,” said Hill. hanging their head. Being back at home was also a Putting up a valiant effort on boost. the offensive and defensive side of “It’s great to be back. Playing at the game, the RoadRunners earned home’s the best. You know, our fans a split against the Bandits, who now love us, and you get up and they’re trail Topeka (39-8-5) by four points just loud and you hear everything, it’s with a game in hand in the race for just mind-boggling,” he said. the North American Hockey League And they loved Topeka on South Division Saturday, as top spot. a season-high “ F r i d a y crowd of 3,333 night’s effort saw It was a big success. file into the St. Louis (38Expocentre. We were all really 10-3) pick up a Early on, a powerplay goal shorthanded goal excited. We sold out only six minutes halfway through of T-shirts. the first period in gave St. Louis as Patrick Raley a 1-0 lead. But found the back of resiliency paid the net. But, just off, as Topeka - Lisa Ille six minutes later cashed in on the Washburn junior, organizer on the powerplay, powerplay at the ” 12:17 mark of the Kevin Ryan let a blast go from the first, when Alec blue line to tie the Hagaman scored game at one as the game reached first off an assist from Kovacs. Three intermission. minutes later, a St. Louis powerplay The second period went scoreless put the Bandits on top going into first until Justin Kovacs put the puck in the intermission. net on a scrum. It gave Topeka a 2-1 A scoreless second period lead going into second intermission, brought a third period that left Topeka as the ‘Runners outshot the Bandits down 3-1 with 12 minutes remaining 12-3 in the period. as a fluke play off a Topeka skate put In the third, St. Louis tied the the puck behind Karembelas. Topeka game early on another battle in front would battle late and bring the game of the net. The game would remain within one on a Hill goal, but the latedeadlocked until Michael Hill put on game charge couldn’t get the tying an individual effort and rifled the puck goal past Bandit goaltender C.J. Groh. by Bandit goalie Tyler Bruggeman Over the weekend, Topeka outshot St. which put Topeka back on top with Louis 50-27. only five minutes remaining. St. After the game, RoadRunners Louis would get a five-on-three head coach Scott Langer expressed powerplay late in the game and pull slight disappointment in the way the its goalie, making it six-on-three for team came out of the game Saturday. the last minute of the game, but Evan “We fumbled some pucks there Karembelas stymied the Bandits to in the first period. We were not sharp.
We were decent, but not sharp. And against them (St. Louis), you know, we’re a good team and we’re skilled, but we weren’t early,” said Langer. Putting Saturday aside, Langer quickly shifted to next weekend, when Topeka will travel to St. Louis to finish a home-and-home series with two games in Chesterfield, Mo. “It shows tonight you’ve got to be perfect to beat St. Louis,” said Langer. “They’re a good hockey team. We’ve just got to work hard this week and go in there with that mind.” “Move it with MS and the RoadRunners” also had quite the evening, with orange ice and many orange shirts throughout the arena. Jillian Foreman, the community development manager for the MidAmerica Chapter of the National MS Society, was ecstatic about the support the organization received. “This is absolutely the greatest thing that could’ve happened to get the word out about the MS Walk and then to raise money for MS,” said Foreman. “Really, it isn’t a very wellknown disease so to let people know what it is, this is great.” The game was also gratifying for Lisa Ille, who was one of the students in the junior leadership course involved in planning the event. “It was a big success,” said Ille. “We were all really excited. We sold out of T-shirts. It was very emotional. Everything just went really well. It was just as good as we could have expected.” Even Jen Montgomery, account executive for the RoadRunners saw the event’s success as a possible key to bringing people back to games. “Hopefully this will bring the nonhockey fan back,” said Montgomery. “It was just awesome all-around. The only thing I can really say that sucked was we lost.”
Richard Kelly is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at richard. kelly@washburn.edu.
BODS: Men’s basketball season over and never looked back against UCM, a team ranked in the top 10 all season. Both made the all-tournament team The Mules cut the lead to eight points along with UCM’s Tyler Bullock, who with 5:18 left in the game, but WU earned Most Outstanding Player honors responded with a 5-0 run to secure the with 19 points in the championship. upset. Washburn became the third straight The Bods fell behind early against No. 8 seed to reach the MIAA title game, Missouri Western, but at the 3:54 mark but all three have fallen just short of of the first half they took the lead for continuing their Cinderella good on a Washington stories into the NCAA Offensively, ICHABOD 3-pointer. Tournament. Few expected Washington and Stutz WU to even get past UCM BASKETBALL carried WU through the in the first round, but the tournament. Stutz scored Bods extended their season by simply 57 points through the three games and outplaying their first two postseason Washington added 49. opponents. The win against the Griffons was “I was a little surprised,” Stutz said Chipman’s 29th in MIAA Tournament of the win against the Mules. “I thought play, an all-time record for the they’d make a push against us but they conference. Before the tournament never did. I’m not surprised at our began, WU’s longtime coach said the effort, because I knew we’d play hard, title was up for grabs, and from the but I’m surprised they didn’t make it opening tipoff, his team proved him more of a game.” right. WU jumped out to a 29-11 lead “We really bought into what he
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said,” Stutz said. “We had the mindset that everyone’s 0-0 again in the postseason and if we played our best, we’d keep playing. That’s the way we felt going into it.” On a team with no seniors, WU was one of the conference’s least-experienced squads all season. However, when March rolled around, Chipman showed why he’s one of the best in MIAA history, leading a team with just three returning players within two points of the NCAA Tournament. “They’re great kids, just great kids,” Chipman said after the loss to UNO. “They were out-matched, real young, but it’s just a wonderful group.”
Chris Marshall is a graduate student. Reach him at christopher.marshall@ washburn.edu.
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Tish hits: Senior third baseman Tish Williams has had a successful career at Washburn. She has hit a school-record 51 home runs, two shy of the MIAA record.
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The Lady Blues came back from the weekend having toughed the Lady Buff Invitational in Canyon, Texas. The first match-up featured West Texas A&M, Friday, which brought a loss for Washburn, 5-9. Next was Central Oklahoma, who also defeated the Blues 2-6. “Their pitching wasn’t great, I can’t explain why we lost,” said Tish Williams, senior third baseman. “We were too anxious and we weren’t relaxing on the ball.” Saturday, the Blues took a win and a loss from a double-header against Eastern New Mexico. They faced West Texas again by the end of the weekend, and took the win 6-4. “The first game, we should have done better,” said Williams, “but we came back and kicked butt. That morning we didn’t wake up tired, we were ready to play.” On Sunday, Lindsey Himpel, Britny Cushing, Ashley Podschun, Alex Zordel and Williams each had two hits. Williams drove in two runs in the win. In fact, the 5’5 No. 17 has claimed the Lady Blues’ career record with 51 home runs. She needs two more to set the MIAA record. Her batting average is the highest in school history, and she will need as many hits this season as she has runs to become the school’s all-time leader. Williams, who hails from Edmond, Okla., has been playing ball since the age of five. She stepped into a game of baseball, but her mom decided that her daughter would be good at softball. “It’s just so much fun,” said Williams. “I’ve met a variety of different people—it’s a good feeling. I’m definitely inspired by my parents.” As a sophomore in high school, Williams was named Player of the Year. During her senior year, a friend who played for Washburn asked Williams if she would like to come play for the Lady Blues. Williams, not thinking the offer was genuine, said yes. She was playing softball for Washburn the next year. In 2006, Williams sat out the season as a redshirt. For the next three years, she broke records consistently, including her own. When she is done with her softball career she may get her masters in sociology. “Go to work. Get a job,” she said. The sociology/criminal justice major wants to take all the games this weekend at the Missouri Western Tournament, which starts Saturday with Lewis University in St. Joseph, Mo. “Whatever happens, happens,” she said. “If we lose, we know we tried our hardest.” Ben Fitch is a senior mass media major. Reach him at benjamin.fitch@ washburn.edu.
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Washburn and the National Taiwan University of Arts in Taipei. It was initiated by The Elaris Duo, Steven and Larisa Elisha, in 2007 when Cho made his first visit. The Elishas have both Special guests David taken master classes at NTUA. Cho and Kuang-Nan NTUA has a sister relationship with Huang will be visiting Washburn, and this visit will help forge Washburn University an international relationship between and the Topeka the two communities. community from “It’s very exciting to have these Taiwan March cultural exchanges because it allows 5-15. This visit us to learn about each other’s cultures, is a collaboration arts and talents, and helps to inspire our between students,” Steven Elisha said. This is the first time that Cho will be joined by Huang, who is the president of NTUA. Cho and Huang will present a series of individual and collaborative performances focusing on interplays between traditional Chinese art and Taiwanese music. The Mulvane Art Museum and Washburn’s music and art departments will cohost Cho and Huang, providing venues for the exhibition of Huang’s ink drawings, lectures, performances and master classes with the art department. There will be many great opportunities for National Taiwan University of Arts logo courtesy of ntua.edu.tw interaction with Washburn Washburn University logo courtesy of www.washburn.edu
students., including a Brown Bag Presentation by Huang and Cho at the International House March 10 at noon. Huang formerly served as director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum as well as director of the National Museum of History. There was an opening reception of his exhibit, “A Sketchbook of Oriental Ink Paintings” at the Mulvane Art Museum, and a welcome reception for Huang and Cho March 5. In addition, Huang gave an ink painting master class at the museum March 6. Huang’s exhibit will be on display until March 22. Cho is a professor of music at the National Taiwan University of Arts. As a college student, Cho received a full scholarship to study at California State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Cho has been honored by the Executive Yuan of Taiwan for his efforts to promote culture and music education in his homeland. Cho will be giving two music performances during his visit. He will perform Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 with the Topeka Symphony Youth Orchestra Synfonietta Enphonieta at White Concert Hall March 12 at 7:30 p.m. He will also have a recital at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library in the Marvin Auditorium March 14 at 3 p.m.
Michelle Boltz is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at michelle. boltz@washburn.edu.
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on having groups and agencies set up booths at the show. Due to the short notice and also the event falling on Easter weekend, this is still in the works. There will not be tickets sold On April 2 and 3, Washburn will for the show, but donations will be celebrate the V-Day movement by accepted. holding its annual production of “The “A large portion of the donations Vagina Monologues”. The show on will go to theYWCA’s Battered Women’s Friday April 2 will be at 5:30 p.m. Taskforce,” said Carter. “Donations will and the show on Saturday April 3 will be greatly appreciated.” be at 11 am and 4 p.m. This year’s Both women feel that this production will be production is directed by Julie very important in Fairchild, a junior “ working towards I want to do this social work major empowering and theater minor. women and that presentation so that The assistant there are many [young women] director will be monologues that can see you can be Michaela Carter, will be presented a sophomore that women in a woman and be majoring in the audience empowered. Theater and can connect German. Julie is with. Carter got directing because involved last - Julie Fairchild Sharon Sullivan, year for personal Student, Director of professor in the reasons and is now Vagina Monologues theater department looking forward ” to getting a taste and the show’s normal director, is of directorial on sabbatical. experience. Fairchild wants to show “I had fun doing it last year,” young women about empowerment. said Fairchild. “I was a sign language “It’s about empowering women,” interpreter. It was believed two young said Fairchild. “We have young ladies with more experience in stage women on campus who may not be management and direction would be self-empowered. I want to do this doing the show since Sharon Sullivan presentation so that they can see you is on sabbatical. That didn’t pan out, so can be a woman and be empowered.” I volunteered on short notice.” Fairchild and Carter are working Please see V-DAY page A8
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Famous Broadway play to open at WU theatre ‘Rent’ takes stage in late spring Bryce Grammer WASHBURN REVIEW
“Rent,” self-classified as a rock opera, was written by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Giacoma Puccini’s opera “La bohѐme.” “Rent” held its final Broadway performance in Poverty, drug addiction and the 2008 and has just recently released the struggle to survive are all rolled into one production rights that allow the musical in a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. to be produced by other entities. But, “Rent,” Broadway’s eighth longest that’s not the only reason the musical running show, is coming to Washburn chosen for production this semester. University this April, as a collaborative “I think that this play has something production between The Helen Hocker to say for this generation,” said Prece. Center for the Performing Arts and the A musical that classifies itself as Washburn theatre department. Set in a rock opera and features college-age New York City’s lower east side in the people who are short everything but late ‘80s to early ‘90s, Rent focuses on problems would probably have a hard a group of young artists and musicians time keeping them away. fighting for survival while living amidst The music, lyrics and book for urban decay and the ominous “Rent” were written during the PAY fog of the HIV/AIDS time period in which the play ‘RENT’ epidemic. is set. Besides a short threeThis will be the fourth week run at the New York collaborative theatrical production Theatre Workshop in 1994, the official that The Helen Hocker Theatre and premiere of “Rent” was Jan. 25, 1996. Washburn have teamed up for. All Sadly, the show’s creator, Larson, collaborations have been musicals for died unexpectedly the night before. multiple reasons. The musical soon outgrew the New “Part of it is because musicals York Theatre Workshop. In April of its are more expensive to produce,” said opening year, it gained international Paul Prece, chair of the Washburn acclaim and won a Pulitzer Prize. theatre department and director of “Rent” ran on Broadway for 12 years this semester’s production of “Rent.” and in 1996 won several Tony Awards Musicals usually need larger numbers including Best Musical. “Rent” will of people, and the budget needs to open in the Andrew J. and Georgia be sizably increased because you Neese Gray Theatre Apr. 23 and will have to have an orchestra, and you continue Apr. 24, 25, 29 and 30, as well have to have a musical director and a as May 1 and 2. Tickets are $12 for choreographer.” general admission and $6 with a valid Another benefit is that the Washburn ID. partnership opens up auditions to other actors besides Washburn students. “Students work with people who tend to be more experienced than Bryce Grammer is a junior mass they are, and that’s a good thing,” said media major. Reach him at bryce. grammer@washburn.edu. Prece.
Fashion, politics converge Michelle Boltz WASHBURN REVIEW “Ms. Homeland Security: Illegal Entry Dress Installation” is the newest exhibit on display at the Mulvane Art Museum. This display is available for viewing from Feb. 13 through May 2. The featured artists are Robin Lasser and Adrianne Pao. Their project consists of creating wearable architecture and large-scale color photographs that merge a dress tent
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sculpture with its companion landscape constructing a fashion of place. Ms. Homeland Security: Illegal Dress Tent, was originally installed beneath the California/Mexico border, and contains military blankets embroidered with the names that have lost their lives while crossing the border. Those who seek refuge beneath the skirt are implicated with their own relationship to border issues. In this way, the dress tents address body and land politics as they interface with the nomadic nature of contemporary life. Ms. Homeland Security wears over her heart a patriotic badge that features the American stars and stripes, protected by the American eagle, wings spread wide. Illegal Entry Dress Tent is one of a series of fourteen dress tents (2004-2010). Robin Lasser is a Professor of Art at San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif. Lasser produces photographs, video, sitespecific installations and public art working with socially and culturally significant imagery and themes.
Adrienne Pao is Visiting Faculty in the Photography Department at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Calif. Her current projects, Hawaiian Cover-Ups and Dress Tents investigate notions of tourism in real and simulated fantasy landscapes, and involve a combination of performative and staged scenarios. Robin Lasser will be an artist-inresidence at Washburn’s Art Department March 26-29. The reception for this exhibit is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 26, where Lasser will present a Ms. Homeland Security performance at 6 p.m. Lasser will also present a lecture on her work on Monday, March 29 at 6 p.m. In the gallery, the tent brings the experience of the referenced landscape back to the audience.
Michelle Boltz is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at michelle. boltz@washburn.edu.
V-DAY: Play to empower women, despite late start in 1998. The V in V-Day stands for victory, valentine and vagina. “The Vagina Monologues” is a V-Day is a global movement that collection of reflections written by real was created to stop violence against girls women about their experiences. Not all and women. According to vday.org, of the content is politically correct and in 2009 over 4200 events contains foul language, so took place in the U.S. and is not recommended for THE VAGINA itchildren throughout the world. The under high school V-Day movement holds MONOLOGUES age. benefits and campaigns This year’s show will to educate men and women about be held in the ballroom of the union. the violence against women. They There will be tea lights in memory are hoping to change social attitudes of Jana Mackey, a KU student and about the issue. The movement began women’s rights activist who was killed
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by her ex-boyfriend in 2008. “Even though it’s on short notice, the show will be great in its own right,” said Carter. “Any volunteers are welcome and if you have any questions email us.” Fairchild can be reached at julie. fairchild@washburn.edu. Carter can be reached at michaela.carter@washburn. edu. Kate Fechter is a junior mass media/ psychology major. Reach her at kate. fechter-stamper@washburn.edu.
YouTube Pick of the Week: DJ grandma rocks it Matt Wilper WASHBURN REVIEW
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Let the beat rock: Matt Mirsch keeps it steady with Echo Lake Monday night while the band plays at Alpha Phi’s Shamrocks and Shenanigans. This event was a Greek affair to tie in to Washburn University’s Fake Patty’s Day, which will continue through the week.
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Everybody will want this old lady to be their grandma, at least I do. This grandma is 69 and DJ’s at nightclubs. Her name is DJ Ruth and she can kill it. You can tell she is like any other grandma because she rocks the big bug looking sunglasses. My grandparents have these glasses also, they’re big enough to fit over the seeing glasses. However, my grandparents wouldn’t rock these sunglasses at a nightclub, mostly because they haven’t been to a nightclub in 50 years. DJ Ruth is up on stage, mixing songs and rocking these glasses. Who knows maybe they will be
the next big fashion trend. Her grandson has to be the nicest grandson in the world. On his birthday he let his grandma come to the club with him. I would never let my grandma come with me, no matter how cool she is. Plus my grandma is in bed way before a club gets going. When then-just-plain-Ruth went to the club, she saw the DJ and said she could do that. This is by far one of the coolest grandmas in the world. The way she dresses is also pretty cool. She said she does it because it how the “kids dress.”
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Til’ next week, stay classy, Washburn. Matt Wilper is a junior sociology major. Reach him at matthew.wilper@ washburn.edu.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 defines online warfare Ashley Nadeau WASHBURN REVIEW
Battlefield Bad Company 2 increases the graphics and intensity of its predecessor while allowing for some of the most addictive and innovative online multiplayer action out there. Objective based multiplayer allows up to 24 players to team up in four online modes. Rush, conquest, squad rush and squad death-match provide your typical defend and destroy, capture the flag, and straight up team versus modes seen in other first-person shooters, but with added depth and tactics. At the start of each match and every time you spawn after a death, you can choose between four unique weapon and skill options: recon, assault, engineer and medic. Each of these occupations holds different benefits ranging from sniping abilities to gadgetry specialization. The single player campaign keeps most of the same elements as the multiplayer
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modes. Straightforward and brief levels collectible. Once you pick up a new keep you focused and ready to play the weapon you can switch it out at any next. What really sets the campaign supply drop and can select any weapon apart from other squad-based shooters you’ve unlocked, although only two is your squad. Not just extra fodder for weapons can be equipped at a time. your enemies, each member of your Weapons can be upgraded and earn team holds unique additional stars as Game: Battlefield Bad Company 2 abilities and will they rank up. actually benefit Publisher: EA Games Even if you System: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC are disappointed you in battle. The team- Release date: March 2, 2010 by the lack of an based gameplay online cooperative s t r a t e g y campaign option, transcends into the online multiplayer. or with the single player campaign The game is designed to encourage itself, the online multiplayer in this players to work together. A user friendly squad-based military shooter stands out interface provides easy match ups with from other games in the genre. friends and allows for the creation of Battlefield Bad Company 2 custom online clans. The gameplay features massive, well designed maps, itself promotes teamwork by awarding destructible environments, the ability extra points and awards for working to commandeer vehicles, and topwith your teammates. notch sound design. Combined, these Destructible environments in both elements give the sense that you are the campaign and multiplayer maps add playing more than just on a combat a new level of strategy to offensive and arena but on an actual battlefield. defensive attacks. You are no longer safe in a building from enemy assaults as it can be completely destroyed by a Ashley Nadeau is a junior mass media rocket or well placed explosive. major. Reach her at ashley.nadeau@ All the weapons you find are washburn.edu. What’s Good: · Addictive online multiplayer · Destructible environments · Collectible, upgradeable weapons and ability to commandeer vehicles · Environments look great · Quality sound
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