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VOLUME 138, ISSUE 1 • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
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Sorority recruitment begins at WU
Paws in the park
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Photo by Andrew Escandon, Washburn Review
Sisters for Life: Hayley Strutt, Washburn student, talks to Washburn women interested in joining Greek life. Formal sorority recruitment is set to take place Sept. 4-8 and will provide information about sorority life.
Photos by Kelsey Wagers, Washburn Review.
Rain doesn’t matter: Despite soggy conditions on Aug. 25, the 16th Annual Paws in the Park event, held in Gage Park, attracted hundreds of animals and their owners. “Pawriates” was the theme for this year’s event, which began with a one mile mutt strut through the park. Paws in the Park raises money for Helping Hands Humane Society.
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The first meeting for sorority recruitment happened on Aug. 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Kansas room. Delanie Atteberry, psychology major, junior and panhellenic recruitment chair, talked to the crowd about the general activities about to take place. Sorority recruitment starts formally with two orientations, though students only have to attend one. The first meeting will be today at 3:30 p.m. in the Vogel Room. The next meeting will be tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Kansas room. At these orientations, each chapter will hand out a financial spreadsheet as well as have a presentation prepared. Sept. 4 from 5 to 9 p.m. is when sorority Greek Night takes place.
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During Greek Night, students will receive their recruitment counselor; as well as, attend four chapter meetings. The purpose of this is that students get all the information about the chapters, helping them select what chapter they would like to be a part of. “So our process is a process of mutual selection,” said Gary Handy, assistant director for student activities and Greek life. “We want you to interact with the chapter members as much as possible so that they get to know you and you get to know them as much as possible.” The second day of recruitment, tour night, will start off the same way but in the Washburn room B, again at 5 lasting till about 9 p.m. On this night students will learn more about the chapters, talk to the women to see if it’s a good fit for both
The negative thing about [sorority recruitment] is the ranking system. I didn’t really like that you rank one out each night, not going through it yet, I don’t know if that is going to be enough time. - Kara Protasio Sophomore mass media major
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parties and tour the facilities. On the second night, students will be asked to go to Henderson Hall and rank the chapters based on which they have preference towards. Philanthropy night, the third night, will start in the Kansas Room at the same time as the previous night. This night is all about getting to know more about philanthropy, the chapters’ non-profit organizations. This can also be called “craft night” because students will be making a craft about whichever organization they are placed with on that night. “On that night, you really want to listen. The chapter’s orga-
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Sports Sports Washburn soccer looks to change their woeful ways Louis Bourdeau and Luke Warnken
and Leah Talley. Despite only having three seniors on the
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After a dismal 2011 season which resulted in a 1-14-3 record, the Washburn Lady Blues soccer team will look to claw their way out of the bottom of the MIAA. First stop; the fall 2012 Drury Invitational. The Lady Blues will play the host team, the Drury University Lady Panthers at 7:30 p.m., Fri. Aug. 31 at Harrison Stadium in Springfield, Mo. The Blues will then face off with the Missouri S&T Lady Miners at 12 p.m., Sat. Sept. 1. “I always have two or three things we focus on each game, depending on us, not the opponent,” said Tim Collins, Washburn head coach. “We were invited to this tourney because of our record. But we are better than our record last year and we are even better this year. We won’t be easy to beat.” Collins enters his tenth season at Washburn University with a win-loss-tie record of 77-74-29 at the start of this season. The Lady Blues will be led by three seniors, including the dynamic duo of Tia Stovall
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Last year left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth and the team has come in prepared to not have that happen again.
- Tim Collins Washburn head soccer coach
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team, the Lady Blues haven’t had troubles adapting to one another. “I would say the unique thing about our team is the amazing chemistry everyone has on the field no matter if it’s the starters on field or the “super subs” coming in,” said
Lara Doescher, a junior midfielder from Waddell, Ariz. “It really makes a difference when the talent doesn’t lack when the players on the field change.” Washburn will have to turn some heads this year to gain any respect. The soccer team was voted to finish 12th in the MIAA, barely edging out Missouri Western who was voted to finish last. But don’t count Collins and his team out just yet. And if Doescher has any say, the Lady Blues will look to make Drury pay for inviting them. “My goal for the Drury tournament is to be able to dominate the air in the midfield, complete accurate passes to our forwards in the final third of the field and take lots of shots on goal,” said Doescher. Doescher, a transfer from Paradise Community College, will look to be a scoring threat for the Blues. WU only managed to come up with nine goals all of last season while surrendering 38 goals. The Drury Invitational will be a good starting point for a team trying to get back on track. Drury finished 8-8-2 last season while Missouri S
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Kicking Off the Season: Tim Collins, Lady Blues soccer head coach, talks to his team during a drill at practice. Collins is hoping to build off of his team’s perserverance last season. & T failed to reach .500 with a 5-9-2 record. And with a solid fan base behind them, the Blues will look to give the fans something to cheer for. “It is important to the readership of The Review to know what the difference their presence makes,” said Collins. “Being involved with your school means supporting your teams, and we will be electric. We strive for family atmosphere
that is positive and fun.” Yager Stadium will look to hopefully host two winning teams this fall as the Lady Blues continue to mesh together. “This is the closest team I’ve ever had. Last year left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth and the team has come in prepared to not have that happen again” said Collins. No matter the outcome of the first two games of the 2012
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season, there is no where to go but up. “Come watch us and be a part of what we achieve!” said Collins. Louis Bourdeau is graduate criminal justice major and Luke Warnken is a sophomore athletic training major . Reach them at louis.bourdeau@washburn.edu and luke.warnken@ wahsburn.edu
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