2012-13 Issue 21 by Washburn Student Media

Washburn Review

Washburn University

Volume 140, Issue 21

The ‘Blizzard of Oz’ causes WU to close campus three times Tricia Peterson

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Washburn has been through a lot in the last week. A week ago, everyone was running around getting ready for a snowstorm to hit, classes were canceled and campus received two snow days in a row for the first time in years. Upon arriving to class on Monday, the question was if there would be a third snow day on Tuesday. The answer was “yes.” Classes were canceled and campus was closed for the third day in less than a week. Over the weekend meteorolo-

gists tracked a new storm, which was supposed to be as strong and detrimental as the first, forecasting up to 14 inches of snow in some areas with freezing rain in the mix. “They [were] predicting 8-12 inches in the next 12-18 hours,” said Rick Anderson, VP Admin and Treasurer at Washburn University, Monday before the storm hit. “The wind is supposed to be worse than the last snow storm so we will have more drifting.” The decision to close campus comes from a variety of sources in-

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Question: Why do diversity surveys matter? I keep getting emails telling me to fill it out, but I don’t really care. What’s the big deal? Answer: Unbeknownst to many people, in 1970, the U.S. Census Bureau created the term “Hispanic” to label a group of people who did not fit into any other existing category. In 1930, the census counted Mexicans, but not all people of Latin American heritage were Mexicans. In 1940, 1950 and 1960 the census counted Spanish speaking people in the Southwest. Spanish speakers in other parts of the country were not counted. Those of Latin Ameri-

can descent who did not speak Spanish were not counted. During the slave era, African Americans were accounted for as one would number cattle, and the raw statistics vary. For taxation purposes, slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person. Asians who immigrated through either coast were not always categorized as Chinese or Japanese, etc., but rather, as a subcategory from time-totime, and the data itself is rough at best. Now, why do I pick out these examples? To show how, without accurate record, people cannot be accurately represented. That said, the responsibility falls to us as individuals to speak up and be counted when the opportunity permits. Things like the di-

Opinion BOD “I’m not a big fan of snow and I hate walking around in it and it’s cold.”

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versity survey give us as students and faculty an occasion to speak up about who we are and what we represent. It might come as a surprise to some that the average gay population is around 10 percent. For as many races and subcategories of races, there are also a myriad of sexual orientations and biological and gendered concepts of identity. The hard statistics aid the writers of the survey to be able to (as accurately as possible) understand who we are as a campus community, what we do well in our conversations about diversity (and from whose perspective) and what we need to do better. As culture and society evolves, more and more people are identifying themselves in categories other than traditional gender and racial norms. As we become a more racially and sexually diversified globe, people who wouldn’t have even been thought of 20 years ago, are now a vocal minority and deserve to be seen. If we don’t monopolize on the opportunity to show ourselves, when we’re not accounted for, we cannot complain. Why do you care? Why does your voice matter? Is it worth five minutes of your life to be seen? People

go throughout their entire lives never being heard or understood. Our greatest want as humans is to be connected and “gotten,” and for once, there are people waiting to listen. That being said, much of the issue of census papers or surveys is that surveys are inadequate to account for all people in all walks of life. That’s why they are “surveys.” They are a general pulse check to really take an honest (beginning) look at “what’s so” about our student population. That being said, the writers of the survey are opening up a much needed dialogue about who and what is going on at Washburn. I, for one, thank them for taking the time to allocate for many who otherwise would not be counted. It is a slow process (but a process nonetheless) and as the debates continue, the demographics will change. Here’s a link to the survey, https://www.surveymonkey. com/s/66LZ69V If you would like Raz’s advice, email your question to realworldraz@gmail.com. Look for this column every week on this opinion page for your answer.

With all this snow and ice, we wanted to know:

“How do you feel about all of this winter weather?” “I hate snow. I hate it a lot.”

“I like bearded ladies.”

Brittany Rygaard, junior, nursing

Michael West, sophomore, history

“I love it! No classes.”

“It’s wet and cold and white unless it’s dirty.”

Pedro Rolon, sophomore, history Interviews by Kara Protasio

Josh Myers, sophomore, nursing

Phone: (785) 670-2506 Fax: (785) 670-1131 www.washburnreview.org Editor-in-Chief Tricia Peterson Advertising Manager Raz Potter Mike Kerns Promotions Director Austin Abernathy A&E Editor Kelly Hurla Sports Editor Luke Warnken Online Editor Mike Goehring Graphic Design Editor Katie Child Copy Editors Richard Kelly • Fatima Oubaid Assistant Editor Alex Sonnich Production Assistant Linnzi Fusco • Ryan Hodges Writers Kelly Hurla • Tricia Peterson • Farai Harreld • Raz Potter • AJ Dome • Colton Goeffert • Sophie O’Neill • Luke Warnken • Jensen Moore • Elise Barnett • Xuelu Pan • Shaun Collins • Brian Cervantez Photographers Andrew Escandon • Mike Goehring • Alex Voskoboyev • Linnzi Fusco • Ivan Moya • Graphic Designers Katie Child • Kelsey Wagers • Chen Yuan • Chelsea Howe Videographers Andrew Huff • Rodolfo Parisi • Drew Egnoske • Bradley Parrales • Holly Werndorff Advertising Staff Linnzi Fusco Kaw Editor-in-Chief Kayla Norton Adviser Regina Cassell

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Letter to the editor, praising Jauken and crew Hello all, I want to take a second to send out some high praise for our snow removal and facilities crew over this past weekend and the one approaching. Mr. Mike Jauken and his crew have done a fantastic job of cleaning up the Washburn campus for many years. I work on the Kansas Silent Film Festival (which occured

this past weekend) and I can honestly say without this crew of dedicated guys, our event would not have been possible. I arrived here Friday morning and watched them scrambling to remove ice and snow from walkways, steps, drives, roads and parking lots. Well before showtime, the campus was ready to receive visitors again. Our attendance was lower than

usual, but I’m sure people just feared to get out and tackle driving on the streets (none of which looked like our Washburn campus). I could not have been more proud of the great job that was done to clean up the area and have it ready in time. Numerous attendees made note of this fact and commented about it to me upon entering the Concert Hall

Friday night and Saturday. My hat’s off to Mike and the guys for doing such a fine job. Thanks, Bill Shaffer KTWU If you would like to write a letter to the editor, please email the Washburn Review at wureview@ gmail.com.

Kansas makes a move out of the ordinary, surprises EIC

Tricia Peterson

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Holy cow Kansas, you have surprised me and in a good way for once. This state is so backwards, it makes my head spin

and when I read this article, http://cjonline.com/news/201302-22/court-rules-same-sexchild-custody-case, on CJonline, I had to do a double take. After the case of the same-sex couple trying to obtain state aid and being forced to take the biological father to court, http://www. usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/02/sperm-donorchild-support/1803725/, I never saw this coming. In this case, the artificially inseminated biological mother of two children, Kelly Goudschaal, shared by the same sex couple doesn’t think that her ex-partner, Marci Frazer, should have legal visitation rights because she never legally adopted the child nor is she a biological parent. Much

to my surprise, the court said that they need to investigate the relationship between Frazer and the child before making a decision. I agree with this decision mostly, because as the partner who wasn’t the “biological” parent was actually acknowledged and her rights were available. Seeing as how same sex couples can’t legally be married, this is the least they could do to show support for someone who may have been involved in this child’s life for some time now. Just because they aren’t married and they are a same sex couple, doesn’t mean they don’t both love the child equally or that the parent who isn’t biologically related shouldn’t have rights that pertain to the child.

I, if you couldn’t already tell, am supportive of all LGBTQ rights and I think everyone should be treated equally regardless of sexuality, gender, race or any of that. In the past I have been appalled with some of Kansas’ laws, but this one is surprising in a really great way. This is a positive step forward for the LGBTQ community in Kansas and hopefully many will follow. On sort of the same note, right now Washburn has its annual diversity survey active right now and students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take the time to fill it out. This is everyone’s chance to let people that can make a difference what you think WU needs to improve on when it comes to diversity and

making everyone, regardless of race, gender, religion and sexuality, feel safe and welcome on campus. I personally feel comfortable and accepted on this campus, but I am sure not everyone feels this way. I feel like Kansas is coming a long way in accepting people for who they are. I feel like just because the politicians in this state aren’t accepting, doesn’t mean the people aren’t. In light of this recent court case, I feel much better about our state.

Tricia Peterson, patricia.peterson@washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

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alendar

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Wellness Fair: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Washburn Room B Big Read Book Talk—The Great Gatsby: 4 to 5 p.m., Mabee Library Women’s Basketball at Emporia State University: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28

Washburn Who’s Who Among Students: 6 to 9 p.m., Washburn Room Men’s basketball at Emporia State University: 7 p.m. Planetarium Open House: 7 to 8 p.m., Stoffer Hall The Vagina Monologues: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre Friday, March 1

Men’s Tennis at Wichita State University: 2 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. Newman University: 2 p.m., TBD Saturday, March 2

Men’s Tennis vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State University: 11 a.m., Washburn Tennis Complex Women’s Tennis vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State University: 11 a.m., Washburn Tennis Complex Women’s Basketball vs. University of Central Missouri: 5 p.m., Lee Arena Men’s Basketball vs. University of Central Missouri: 7 p.m., Lee Arena

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Trafficking event postponed Xuelu Pan

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The Catholic Campus Center student organization is bringing a guest speaker to give a presentation on human trafficking. Originally the date was set for Feb. 25, but due to the impending storm, the center decided to postpone the event. They haven’t set a new time or date and their website says to watch the website for further rescheduling details. The event will include Kristy Childs who will talk about sex trafficking across the country and her own experiences. According to an introduction by Anna Frantz, secretary of the Catholic Campus Center, Childs was trafficked for 20 years and struggled to go back to the life she once had. After she finally recovered, Childs stayed concerned about women and girls who have been caught in commercial sexual exploitation, who have no voices. Childs founded the organization Veronica’s Voice in 2000. The organization is named in remembrance of Veronica April Neverdusky. Veronica was the mother of three young children who were 21 years old when she was found murdered in Penn Valley Park and her case remained unsolved until March 2007. VV

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provides education and opportunities for the women to have an easier, smoother transition back to a normal life. It is the only recovery program located in Kansas City dedicated solely to victims of prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation. The Catholic Campus Center has other events through the year and they have them listed on their website, wucatholic.com. “We have scheduled a fundraiser meal of Buffalo Wild Wings on March 6 in Catholic Campus Center,” said Jay Wessel, student president. “Ten percent from the meal will go to VV. We will continue planning different fundraisers like that.” As the statistics on VV’s

official website show, there are approximately one million prostituted women in North America, or one percent of women in North America are involved in prostitution. This fact is, in Wessel’s words, “something that happens in our community, even our campus.” “I think [human trafficking] is terrible,” said Patti K. Lyon, director of the Catholoic Campus Center. “One of the things that concerns me is that I think many times women victims in sex trade, prostitutes, are blamed for that. These young people get onto the street and they have no way of supporting themselves. And this [being coerced to get involved in sex trade] is how they

Monologues set for this week

The Vagina Monologues will be performed Feb. 28, March 1 and March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre. The Vagina Monologues is based off of Ensler’s “vagina interviews” with women from all over the world. It is a collection of tales that gives voice to human stories. The Vagina Monologues is a play that was written by Eve Ensler and helped launched V-Day as a global non-profit movement, which has raised over $75 million for women’s anti-violence groups. The play has received

numerous acknowledgements including Worth Magazine’s 100 Best Charities, Marie Claire Magazine’s Top Ten Charities and more. There is a $10 suggested donation, which will benefit the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment. Tickets will be available in the Memorial Union Feb. 25-28 and March 1 from 11 to 1 p.m. Tickets will also be available at the door each evening of the performance. For more information contact Sharon Sullivan at 785.670.2246 or by email sharon.sullivan@washburn.edu.

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have been able to survive. I think it’s horrible too, what’s happening to these women and to these children. And it’s happening a lot more than we think. That’s what we need to be aware of.” If students are interested in volunteering, please e-mail volunteer@veronicasvoice.org to be contacted by their volunteer coordinator. VV is hoping to get someone to pledge a monthly gift to pay for the rent and/or utilities at the Veronica’s Voice SAFE Center. Please call Kiersten Adkins at 816.483.7101 for more details or visit their official website at veronicasvoice.org/.

Xuelu Pan, xuelu.pan@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.

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Cafe makes science a casual affair Linnzi Fusco

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Topeka now has its own Science Café, which offers a place for the community to learn something new about science and it’s free of charge. The group held its first meeting Feb. 19 at the Lazy Toad located at 5331 SW 22nd. The Science Café is a nationally occurring trend— there are cities participating across the nation in their own science café groups. The idea is to have a new speaker at each meeting who gives a short introduction to a science related topic, followed by an open discussion and the opportunity for the audience to ask questions. Brian Thomas, a founder of Topeka’s Science Café, has known about science café groups for a while and was interested in getting one started. He is also an associate professor in physics and astronomy at Washburn University. “This is the first one in Topeka,” said Thomas. “There’s been a regular one in Johnson County for a long time, recently in Manhattan and Wichita, so we decided that we didn’t want to be left behind and a few of us decided we would get one going here.” Thomas wants the café to transcend Washburn University’s

campus and become something bigger for the whole community. “The basic concept is to bring science out of the university, to have it in a public place in a casual kind of environment where people can come, have a beer and talk about some interesting ideas with an expert,” said Thomas. At their first meeting, community members gathered to listen as speaker Rodrigo Mercader, assistant professor of biology at Washburn, gave a talk about the emerald ash borer. The emerald ash borer is a small beetle that came to America in the mid ‘90s from Asia. It was first detected in 2002 and has spread, killing millions of ash trees and causing massive devastation and millions of dollars in damage. Mercader is an assistant professor of biology at Washburn University. He studies how plants and insects evolve and how plants defend themselves against insects attacking them. This translates to study of invasive plant-feeding insect species like the emerald ash borer. Mercader has been teaching at Washburn for a year and a half and has taught a variety of classes such as ecology, entomology, zoology, evolution, field biology, cell biology lab and seminar.

Photo by Linnzi Fusco, Washburn Review.

Change of Ideas: The Science Café seeks to bring science out of college classrooms and into a more informal setting. The Science Café will meet every third Tuesday of the month and locations will be announced via the group’s Facebook page. “I do work that goes from the basic to the applied,” said Mercader. “I like to make work that is relevant so that’s why I tend to work on those things and then I get side tracked and work on the evolution of the butterfly.” The event at Lazy Toad was Mercader’s first Science Café talk but there’s a possibility he may be speaking for the group again on another topic, such as butterfly evolution. “I roped him into giving our first presentation because I knew he would do an awesome job, and I wanted someone from Washburn,” said Thomas. The Science Café will meet

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every third Tuesday of the month at locations to be announced via the group’s Facebook page. The Science Café sessions are free and open to the public. It gives science professionals the opportunity to interact with the public and get them involved. “One of the cool things it’s doing is making sure that experts have plenty of places to meet and talk about things. We don’t often communicate to the rest of the world what we actually do,” said Mercader. Thomas said he didn’t quite know what to expect for their first session but he was happy with the number of people who

attended. “The idea is really to have everybody who is interested come, you don’t have to have a science background you don’t have to be an expert or anything like that, please come learn something new and ask some questions,” said Thomas. For more information visit their Facebook page at facebook. com/TopekaScienceCafe, and the national organization’s website, sciencecafes.org/what/. Linnzi Fusco, linnzi.fusco@ washburn.edu, is a senior art major.

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Clearing the way: People clear off their vehicles in order to brave the streets last week. Some cars were getting stuck vbefore they could even leave campus.

cluding Anderson, President Jerry Farley, police reports from surrounding areas and the decisions of other universities in the area. “Based on these factors and fact that it will be happening during rush hour and the amount of the snow, campus will be closed [Tuesday],” said Anderson. For normal snowstorms five to six inches is typical and easily dealt with. Cars can travel in six inches of snow easily, but when the snowfall gets higher than that is when the trouble begins. Because the predictions for this snowstorm are so high and guaranteed, Washburn’s administrators decided to close campus. “[Five to six inches] is not easy but it’s passable,” said Anderson. “ When it gets up to 8-10 inches [of snow], road systems can’t keep up, plows can’t keep up and another part of it is the amount of snow and the timing of when it is coming down.” The snow began falling around 4 p.m. Monday and was predicted to keep going into Tuesday and possibly into Wednesday. Campus officials decided to close campus, because Topeka was guaranteed to have anywhere from 8-12 inches of snow.

“When it’s a 100 percent cer“I don’t think last Friday was tainty it’s easier to make the call,” necessary, the streets weren’t too said Anderson. “We usually make bad but I don’t know how the roads the call at 5-5:30 a.m., when they were outside of campus,” said Anaren’t sure. Given that this is ma- thony Ho, Washburn Student Govjor snow storm like the last one, ernment Association administraand they know it’s going to snow tive assistant. “From where I live ‘X’ amount and that it’s going to just south of campus, I don’t feel it be windy and have much more was necessary.” drifting. We feel more comfortable Ho does think that the snow calling it tonight.” days are great, and agrees that the Similar factors attributed to decision whether to cancel classes Washburn closing last Friday, Feb. is a hard one to be made. 22. Other uni“I think that versities, such as [the university] is Kansas UniverWhen it’s a 100 per- kind of stuck besity and Emporia cent certainty, it’s easi- tween a rock and State Univer- er to make the call. a hard place,” said sity closed their Ho. “I think it’s a campuses, and huge liability to - Rick Anderson have a university many schools in the Topeka area, VP Admin. and Treasurer, closed because as well. Kansas Washburn University you just don’t State University know what colwas open, but lege students are Manhattan only doing on their day got five to six inches of accumu- off but at the same time it’s also lation, compared to Topeka’s 10 dangerous for instructors and stuinches. dents to drive to campus because “Part of it was figuring out if we are a big commuting campus.” people could get to campus,” said Anderson. “The campus itself was clear, the crews did a pretty good job making the campus passable.” Some students didn’t feel that Tricia Peterson, patricia.petercampus should have been closed son@washburn.edu, is a mass media major for a second consecutive day.

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Exclusive Q&A with senior artist, taxidermist ‘Good day’ to catch movie in theaters

Jensen Moore

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Washburn’s Art Building is currently displaying the works of senior art student, Joe Wayner. The exhibition, entitled “Sharing Nature’s Design,” showcases,

A: I have a passion for the outdoors and wildlife. I try my best to capture either wildlife in their natural habitat to a spectacular sunrise or sunset. Q: What is an artistic outlook on nature?

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He’s a Natural: In addition to taxidermy, Wayner likes to paint as well. Most of his works feature nature settings, including taxidermy. among other pieces, numerous paintings of wild animals and landscapes. However, some students may believe the exhibit is rather controversial due to its display of taxidermy. “Even though I am against taxidermy, they are easily the strongest works in terms of craftsmanship,” said Tyler Quintin, freshman art major. Q: What inspired you to do a nature themed exhibit?

A: Being an avid hunter and fisherman, I get to spend a fair amount of time outdoors and can often times be caught just hunting with a camera. Q: Can you describe a real-life situation that inspired you? A: I have different stories for each piece, but one recent inspiration for a painting is of a picture I took duck hunting with a friend. It is of a spread of decoys on the Kansas River with a fiery sunset, all being reflected in the water with the oranges, yellows and pinks. Q: Some would say the placement of taxidermy in your show was a controversial choice, was that your initial intention?

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Stuffed Up: Some view Wayner’s use of taxidermy in his show to be controversial. Wayner says he wasn’t trying to be, he just wanted to show off what beautiful creatures Kansas has.

A: Placing taxidermy in my show was not me trying to get a rise out of anyone. My intention was just to simply show a few pieces [that] I have done to bring some [people] a closer look

at what we have right here in Kansas. My overall mission is to preserve the beauty of nature. I believe the more we educate others about wildlife and the outdoors the more they will want to take care of it. Q: How did you get into taxidermy?

A: My interest in taxidermy started when I was younger. My dad would come with pheasants from a hunt and I just thought their feathers were so pretty. I started messing around with different feather displays and such. In middle school I bought a few books to learn the basics of taxidermy and purchased supplies and dove in with my trial and error. I met a local taxidermist from a field trip in fifth grade that agreed to teach me how to mount a fish and a bird my freshman year of high school. I practiced and practiced and I got to the point where I was good enough to start taking on work. I got certified at the Dan Rinehart School of Taxidermy in Edgerton, Wisconsin a few years ago. Q: Professionally what’s your goal? A: I plan to pursue my taxidermy business called Misty Waters Taxidermy. Eventually, but hopefully, in the near future I would like to build a building where I can display my mounts and paintings like a Taxidermy and Arts Studio. Joe Wayner’s senior exhibition, “Sharing Nature’s Design,” will be shown in the art building until March 1. A Gallery Talk will be held at noon Feb. 27 as well as the gallery reception to be held later that day from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information about the exhibit or his works you may contact Joe Wayner at joe.wayner@gmail.com. Jenson Moore, jensen.moore@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore English major.

Brian Cervantez

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The fifth installment in the “Die Hard” franchise, “A Good Day to Die Hard” did not disappoint. This film had all the thrills that “Die Hard” love, including great scenes from John McClane‘s character, played by Bruce Willis. One great thing the movie does is bring in different elements from the original “Die Hard” movies. The one element that stood out to me was when McClane was thrown into another situation quickly, just like in the first three movies of the franchise. There is not much dialog in start the movie, but when the action starts, the dialog comes. T h e basis of the fifth movie is McClane finding out his son, Jack McClane, played by Jai Courtney, is in prison in Russia. John McClane goes overseas to see what is going on with his son. Like in all the other “Die Hard” movies, trouble finds John McClane once again. The fact that this was a father-son movie between the two main characters made it fun to see how the relationship was portrayed by Willis and Courtney. I could tell how great the chemistry on screen was,

which, in turn, made it a great story line to watch unfold. The movie was put together well because it made you feel like you were a part of the story line and thrown right into the action. The lighting of the movie was made to be dramatic in a serious scene and in the action scene it was light so you could see what was happening. The one thing I did not like was in some action scenes was that the subtitles would move too fast to read, if the other actors were speaking Russian. It didn’t matter too much though, because you could still tell what was going on. The music also fit well together b e c a u s e it would intensify the scene that was going on. If you are a person who grew up watching the first “Die Hard” and all the others, then you will Image courtesy of imdb.com love how it has an old school feel to the others in the franchise because it is nonstop action. Now if you are someone who has not seen some of the older “Die Hard” movies, but you love action movies, I highly recommend you go see this because this is one action movie that does not disappoint.

Brian Cervantez, brian. cervantez@washburn.edu, is a junior mass media major.

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Missing You, Metropolis interesting play on poems Kara Protasio

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Exhibit exhibits ‘small deaths’ Caroline Hau

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Large format silver gelatin paintings depicting birds, flowers and insects are hanging on the walls on the second floor of the Mulvane Art Museum. The exhibition features work by Kate Breakey, originally from Southern Australia, who is now residing in Tucson, Ariz. The artist creates the pictures by taking a black and white, silver gelatin photograph and hand coloring them with colored pencils and oil paint. Many layers in oil are required to create the effect on the creatures in the paintings. “I enjoy that she took a traditional photograph and painted it,” said Amber Aylor, freshman art education major. “I would have never thought of that.” The animals are actually

dead when the photographs are taken, but are brought back to life through the artist. ‘The creatures are painted as individuals, each with a unique life story, a different tragic death and each found in different stages of decomposition,’ are the words written on a sign at the entrance to the exhibition. “You don’t know these animals are dead, the other aspects of the picture are more eye catching than the fact that they are dead,” said Chelsey Jamison, sophomore physical therapist major. “I really like the detail. The bird pictures are my favorite. I like the close-up of the birds.” Students said the colors made the difference. “The paintings are so bright and vibrant. The bright colors bring the birds to life,” said Jan Bychinski, museum experience

and gallery manager. “You have to look close to figure out that they are not alive.” The birds shown at Mulvane are ranging from hawks, owls, quail, ducks and a turkey to various songbirds. “It is giant,” said Aylor. “I love that she made the little things big.” Jamison said he would recommend the exhibit. “I would tell others, if they love nature and want to see real detail, they should come and see this,” said Jamison. The exhibit is loaned from the Whittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography, Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas and will be displayed until June 9. The Mulvane Art Museum is located at 1700 S.W. Jewell Ave. The museum is open Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum is free of charge. For more information about the Mulvane Art Musuem or upcoming exhibits, visit the website at: mulvane. info@washburn.edu. Caroline Hau, caroline Hau@ washburn.edu, is a Journalism 2 student.

I went to see the performance piece “Missing You Metropolis” on Friday, Feb. 22. The audience consisted of very few people because of the weather and snow day, but I got to sit behind Gary Jackson who the main character of the play was based off. Gary Jackson is a Washburn alum and the author of the poetry collection “Missing You, Metropolis” that was adapted into a play by several members of Washburn’s Theatre and English Departments. I find it very hard to give a synopsis of the show because it’s not a traditional play when it comes to the sequencing of the performance. In this performance, the plot revolves around main character Gary Jackson and some of the challenges that he had in his younger years in Topeka. Some of these challenges include the death of his sister and his best friend committing suicide. The twist of this performance is that the plot weaves in different poetry pieces from his book in between the stages of his life. These poetry pieces involved superheroes, villains and the women who are in relationships with the superheroes that deals with struggles in their own lives. This show had lots for the audience to look at and speculate. It had great images projected at the back of the stage for certain poems that helped portray the meaning. Some of the backstage projections of people doing shadows on the screen were either a hit or miss though. The pantomiming was also hard to follow. Overall, the best impressions that I received

from the performance piece were the scenes that involved the main character Gary and his best friend Stuart. They had the most real interactions of the entire play because these two characters connected the most with one another. Jason Jones, who played Gary Jackson, was wonderful at his presentational style of acting. Mike Guliford played the character Stuart and did a really good job. His pantomiming created a great shadow experience near the end of the show. This play was a very interesting play, but I believe that the sequencing of the play made it confusing. The switching between poems to the story line just threw me and made it hard for me to fully understand the plot.

Kara Protasio, kara.protasio@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore mass media major.

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To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

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1 Romaine lettuce 4 Ayn Rand’s ___ Shrugged 9 Stage, in time 14 Strike 15 Prepared 16 Fur of the marten 17 So. state (Abbr.) 18 Butterfly beginning 20 Tennis units 22 Rich brown pigment 23 Jacuzzi 24 Clips 26 Bull’s eye 28 Fugitives from justice 31 Gazelle 34 Permits 35 Chum 37 Single 38 Shellac, e.g. 41 Maldives 43 Vase 44 Norma ___ 45 Fibs 46 Hush money 48 Marine mammal 52 Former Ford 55 Scandinavian 56 Sense organ 57 Tempts 60 Grade 61 Overwhelmed, totally 64 Swedish river 65 Go furtively 66 Fisherman 67 Fr. summer

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McNeill wills the Bods past Fort Hays Luke Warnken

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Things didn’t look good for the Washburn Ichabods early in the game against the Fort Hays State Tigers. The Tigers started off hot behind the three-point shooting of Ben Congiusta. The senior

guard from Australia was lighting it up from behind the arc, hitting his first three attempts to give the Tigers a early 9-2 lead. “I think we got their best night shooting again,” said Bob Chipman, Washburn head coach. The Ichabods were able to battle back and took their first lead of the game, 12-11, off of a

Joseph Smith tip-in at the 13:34 mark in the first half. Washburn’s lead was anything but safe, as the Tigers fought back behind phenomenal three-point shooting to force eight ties and seven lead changes in the game. Luckily for Washburn, senior guard Will McNeill played like the AllAmerican that he is. The 6-foot-

1 shooting guard was the focal point for the Washburn offense, scoring 13 of his game-high 28 points in the first half. McNeill used his athletic ability on the low block, posting up guards who struggled to stop the highflying guard from Louisiana. “My teammates did a great job getting me the ball,” said McNeill. “It felt like everything was going in tonight.” Fort Hays seemed to counter back with an answer every time McNeill hit a big shot. The Tigers knocked down 10 threepointers. Congiusta found his rhythm again in the second half, hitting three more treys on his way to finishing with 20 points and four assists.

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Our guys hung in there and we did just enough. I was just so proud of everyone, just fighting and trying as hard they can try. - Bob Chipman Washburn head coach

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“The three ball can get you standing,” said Chipman. “I thought it had our defense standing in the second half.” Unlike the Tigers, who shot 48 percent from downtown, Washburn was only able to muster up one three-pointer out of six tries. The only three that went down for the Bods couldn’t have came at a better time. Washburn held a one point lead, 63-62, when back-up guard/ forward Leon Flowers knocked down a shot from the perimeter to make it a two possession game. “Leon who hasn’t played much,” said Chipman, “he hit a big three and his defense was great.” Just when things looked to being going Washburn’s way, Fort Hays junior guard Carson Konrade found some holes in the Ichabods’ defense. After both teams struggled to score

for a couple of minutes, Konrade answered to Washburn’s lone three with a big three of his own with 1:51 left in the game to pull FHSU within three, 68-65. All eight of Konrade’s shots were from behind the three-point line, as he nailed four of them and three free throws en route to 15 points. “When Congiusta and [Konrade] hit those threes, I was praying they would miss those next ones,” said McNeill. “Luckily we stayed together as a team and got the W.” McNeill took over the waning moments. He hit four free throws in the last minute of the game as Washburn walked away with a key 76-70 win. McNeill went 10-12 from the charity stripe. Although Washburn was unable to sink shots from behind the perimeter, they were able to get things going in the paint. Senior forward Bobby Chipman played arguably one of his best games of the season, going 5-7 from the field as he finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Fellow senior forward Zack Riggins provided a huge spark in the first half, scoring eight of his 12 points in the first half. Riggins calmly sank all six of his free throw attempts, two of them coming in the final minute of the game. Despite only playing 11 minutes because of foul trouble, Smith scored 12 points as Washburn outscored the Tigers 28 to 10 in points in the paint. “I was proud of Will,” said Chipman. “He was dynamic down the stretch. Our guys hung in there and we did just enough. I was just so proud of everyone, just fighting and trying as hard as they can try. We want to get back to that this year.”

For more photos of the men’s game, check out page 12 Luke Warnken, luke.warnken@ washburn.edu, is a junior athletic training major.

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Lady Blues blow by Lady Tigers Luke Warnken

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The Lady Blues continue to make a case as the best team in the MIAA after stomping past the Lady Tigers of Fort Hays State. Fort Hays entered the game with a six-game win streak and looked to move up in the Central Region rankings. Problem is that somebody forgot to tell Washburn, who took advantage of the Lady Tigers’ poor shooting en route to a 61-41 victory. “Our defense was clean again other than we fouled the big kid a bunch,” said McHenry. “That was their whole purpose was to go inside to her.” The Lady Tigers were

able to keep things interesting in the first half. Sophomore 6-foot-4 center Kate Lehman was tough to guard in the first half, scoring eight of her game-high 22 points. Junior guard Katelyn Edwards chipped in seven more points in the first half, but the hot shooting of senior point guard Laura Kinderknecht was too much for FHSU. Kinderknecht’s 13 first half points gave the Blues an eight point heading into the locker room. “Laura had an awesome game, hitting almost every shot she took,” said Casyn Buchman, Washburn sophomore guard. Lehman and Edwards continued to try get the Lady Tigers back in the

game, but Washburn used their perimeter to keep FHSU off of their heels. Washburn was 7-12 from behind the arc, four of those by Kinderknecht who led WU with 18 points. Fort Hays also attempted 12 threes, but was unable to knock down any of them. The Lady Tigers struggled to hit a shot from anywhere on the court as they finished with an abysmal 21 percent from the field on 10-48 shooting. Washburn shot much better, going 23-54 from the field for a solid 43 percent. “We always put up on the board know not only who you’re guarding, but what you’re guarding,” said McHenry. “You got

to know what kind of player you have. I though our perimeter defense was good.” Senior Stormye Everett continues to provide a threat on the offensive end, scoring 12 points to go with six rebounds. Buchman sank two three-pointers on the way to 10 points. Junior guard Lavonda McCall led the Lady Blues in rebounding with eight. Both teams had 35 rebounds in the game, but the Lady Tigers were unable to capitalize on second chance opportunities. Luke Warnken, luke. warnken@washburn.edu, is a junior athletic training major.

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Inside Job: Washburn’s Tiara George (33) grabs a pass inside before going up for a shot. George played 12 minutes in the contest and had four assists to help propel Washburn.

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Up and Away: Washburn’s Lavonda McCall (12) puts up a shot early on against Fort Hays State University. McCall played 25 minutes in the game and had six points, as Washburn defeated FHSU 61-41.

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Dunk Contest: Washburn’s Will McNeill (10) cashes in on a fastbreak for a dunk during Saturday’s game versus Fort Hays State University. McNeill had 28 points to lead the Bods to a hard fought 76-70 win over the Tigers.