2012-13 Issue 23

Washburn Review

Washburn University

Volume 140, Issue 23

March 27, 2013

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Student Media takes off for Spring Break Tricia Peterson

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Members of Student Media were all over the country last week - some in New York City, others in New Mexico and one in Las Vegas and California. Another member won a beauty pageant right here in Kansas.

Spring Break was the perfect chance for Student Media to get away from it all and take a break from the hustle and bustle of the news room.

Eight members of student media, plus their adviser Regina Cassell took a trip to New York City for a College Media Association conference. The conference featured media professionals from around the country, high level executive keynote speakers, thousands of students from colleges across the country all in the heart of Manhattan. There were 250 unique sessions planned for two days and the students learned a great deal of information to help them in their media careers.

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Wednesday, March 27

Celebrating Birthdays: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Union Market Softball vs. Emporia State University: 2 p.m., Washburn Softball Complex Softball vs. Emporia State University: 4 p.m., Washburn Softball Complex Thursday, March 28

Top of the Tower luncheon: noon to 1 p.m.

Theme Thursday: March Madness—Washburn Dining: 5 to 9 p.m.

Washburn Lecture Series: Susan Cain: 7 to 8:30 p.m., Henderson 100 Friday, March 29

Last day to withdraw/change grade status from a pass/fail to graded or a graded class to pass/fail Baseball vs. Northeastern State University: 2 p.m., Falley Field Softball vs. Lincoln University of Missouri: 2 p.m., Washburn Softball Complex Women’s Tennis vs. Johnson County Community College: 2 p.m., Washburn Tennis Complex Women’s Tennis at Lincoln University of Missouri: 3 p.m.

Baseball vs. Northeastern State University: 4 p.m., Falley Field Softball vs. Lincoln University of Missouri: 4 p.m., Washburn Softball Complex

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Rainbow house fights WBC with love

Colton Goeffert Sophie O’Neill

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Last week, local activist Aaron Jackson and his non-profit group, Planting Peace, painted a house in rainbow colors that represent gay pride. The house is located directly across from America’s most controversial church, known for it’s anti-gay protests at high profile and military funerals.

The house Jackson initially wanted was sold by the time he got around to buying, but luckily, there was another one located on the corner of 12th and SW Orleans streets that “was ideal” for his organization to spread their message. He paid about $83,000 for what he was trying to accomplish.

In 2004 Aaron Jackson and John Dubai founded Planting Peace in Haiti. After achieving their goal of deworming one million people in Haiti, Planting Peace became more known. They expanded into orphanages then got into human rights in the U.S. While Jackson isn’t of homosexual orientation, he’s big on equality and compassion. In 2007, the public voted him a CNN Hero for his charity work in Haiti. Now, Planting Peace plans to combat what Jackson calls “messages of hate” that comes from the followers of Westboro Baptist.

“We think they’re victims of the wrong view and they’re just misinformed,” said Davis Hammet, director of operations for Planting Peace. “And we think it’s really unfortunate that that’s spreadin.”

Jackson said he plans to use the “Equality House” to raise money for an anti-bullying campaign. By Wednesday afternoon, Planting Peace had already raised more than $22,000.

Planting Peace hopes to raise a $100,000 to kickstart anti-bullying programs.

“We’re currently using the house to raise money for anti bullying initiatives in K through 12 schools,” said Hammet. “Because of the media attention, we’ve raised about $50,000, so we’re halfway to our goal of $100,000.

With that we’re going to help ex-

photo by Colton Goeffert, Washburn Review

Paint To End The Hate: Members of the organization Plant the Peace hold up their message for the world, to end hate and promote equality. From left: Robert Gisser, director of canvassing, Davis Hammet, director of operations and Aaron Jackson, president. isting programs as well as create our own deal will bullying issues.

On their website, the penetratingly anti-gay (pun intended) Westboro Baptist had plenty to say about their new neighbors.

“We thank God for the sodomite rainbow house…It is right across the street from the only church that loves people enough to tell them the Bible truth about the filthy, soul-damning, nation destroying sin of sodomy. The sodomite rainbow house helps shine a bright spotlight on this!”

Followers of the Westboro church, led by pastor Fred Phelps, believe God is punishing the United States for “the sin of homosexuality” in various ways, including military deaths. They have held up signs that say things such as “Thank God for dead soldiers.” A fallen Marine’s family sued Westboro for picketing at the funeral, alleging invasion of privacy. However, in 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the church’s right to free speech.

“Children are killing themselves because they are hearing a message that they are less than their peers because of their sexual orientation,” said Jackson.

“We want to counter that message. Where better to start it than next door to Westboro Baptist Church?”

Colton Goeffert, colton.goeffert@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major. Sophie O’Neill, sophie.oneill@washburn.edu is a Journalism 2 student.

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Snow Equality?: This guy is probably melted by now, but Planting Peace members hope his message will continue on without him.

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Up Front and Personal: This is the front porch of the Rainbow house. Many people have been showing up to take photos of the unique house.

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Eco Bods get garden going for spring Tricia Peterson

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The organic garden that the EcoBods built last year will be planted again this year, and soon.

“The garden will probably get going early to mid April, is when we will start tilling in compost, and prepping the ground,” said Kellis Bayless, biology lecturer and faculty adviser for Ecobods. “I would expect near the end of April we will start planting, maybe even a little earlier.”

The EcoBods encourage anyone who is interested in helping water or weed the garden, to come talk to them. Judy Nickelson, VISTA coordinator and staff adviser for the EcoBods wants to stress that students interested should come talk to her to receive some basic training on garden upkeep and care. Nickelson emphasizes that if students are interested to come see her first.

“There is an opportunity to take care of the garden, anybody that really wants to, we are willing to show them the proper techniques,” said Nickelson. “Plus, it’s better that you don’t pull up the little plants with the weeds, some people don’t know the difference.

It’s good to have some instructions.

We would be glad to work with anybody. Even if they can’t come to the meeting or they can’t help plant or plan, that is fine, just come talk to me, I will be here.”

One planned crop for this summer will come from heirloom tomato seeds, which Kellis Bayless, associate professor and faculty adviser for the EcoBods, received from a friend. These take much care and will be started in the green house located in Stoffer Science Hall.

Starting crops from seed take much more time and care than starting them from either seedlings or small plants that haven’t bloomed yet. These are usually what the garden starts with when dealing with tomatoes. Heirloom tomatoes are different than Hot House tomatoes because the seeds have never been genetically modified.

They come in all different colors, including purple, yellow and green and can be sold for twice as much as regular tomatoes.

“Heirloom tomatoes are a lot more difficult to grow than the newer hybrids, and they are leggy.

They are tall and skinny, you have to stake them and they don’t produce as much,” said Judy Nickelson, EcoBods faculty adviser. “But what you do produce is worth it.”

The EcoBods donate all of their produce to the needy and last year everything went to Let’s Help Inc., a non-profit organization that provides services for those in need.

There are no current plans for what they will be doing with the produce this year. Emily Engler, president of the EcoBods, is open to ideas.

The garden is special because

Photo by Abigail Brinker, Washburn Review.

Going green: The EcoBods garden will make a return appearance this year. Kellis Bayless, EcoBods faculty advisor, noted that heirloom tomatoes will be featured in the garden this year. the way it’s set up, it’s supposed to gather enough water in the barrels to self-sustain. There are a couple fixes that need to be made to the way it’s set up in order to make it easier to collect the water, but there also needs to be more moisture available to actually collect.

Because of draught the garden can also be watered with a plain garden hose.

“The original design of the garden, when they first put in the barrels, they don’t work because the water collects but you can’t get the water because it’s so far down,” said Nickelson.“We haven’t been able to figure it out without having

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to raise the barrels a foot or 18 inches. There will need to be some cutting of the spouts, but we need to talk to maintenance for their help.”

The garden will need to be kept up over the summer and with students moving home and off campus for summer break, help will be needed to keep the crops alive.

“We really need some students who are either living here over the summer, taking classes over the summer or are willing to come and work in the garden through the summer,” said Nickelson. “There is no schedule set, but if you walk by there and see weeds that need to be

pulled, pull them.”

To find out more about the garden and how to participate, the EcoBods have their weekly meetings at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Wilson Room in the Living Learning Center on the second floor. Their next meeting is Wednesday, March 27. Another way to find out more information is to email Nickelson at judy. nickelson@washburn.edu or Emily Engler, president of the EcoBods at Emily.engler@washburn.edu.

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

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Slavery Awareness Week Student Media travels for Spring Break kicks off at Washburn continued from ■ 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 1, to Friday, April 5, at Memorial Union: Slavery awareness information and a social networking campaign to join the fight against modern day slavery. “Ichabods Against Slavery” T-shirts will be distributed.

■ 7 p.m. Monday, April 1, Washburn B: Keynote presentation by Patricia Medige, a lawyer working with Colorado nonprofit legal organizations that specialize in combatting human trafficking.

■ 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Mabee library: Feature film “Not My Life,” a film depicting present-day slavery.

■7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Mabee library: Feature film “Born Into Brothels,” a film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi.

■ 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Mabee library: Feature film “Slumdog Millionaire,” a film about a young man from the slums of Mumbai who participates on an Indian television show and exceeds everyone’s expectations, arousing suspicions of cheating. He recounts flashbacks from key events in his past that aid him in answering each question.

Slavery Awareness Week is sponsored by Washburn’s student government, International Justice Mission student chapter, the Social Justice League, the Psychology Club, the So/An Club, and IS 400/CJ390/HS390: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.

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“My favorite part of the trip was what I took away from it,” said Farai Harreld, writer for the Review. “I loved how all the speakers had a visible passion for the work they were speaking about such as how to be self sufficient as a freelance writer or how your online presence affects your chances of being hired by future employers.”

The group utilized one of Washburn’s Transformational Experiences in order to afford the trip. The program will provide the means for Student Media to use the information learned from the conference to create a training module for students in the future to utilize. There are various forms of WTEs and Student Media utilized the cultural WTE and each student had to participate in a cultural aspect on their New York trip. Kaya Norton went to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Tricia Peterson ate at various New York restaurants, including one in China Town. A group of students went to the Empire State Building. Another student attended various comedy clubs.

“It was a great experience,” said Kelly Hurla, senior mass media major and Arts and Entertainment Editor for the Review. “I loved getting to see several comedians in each show. While I didn’t find every one to be particularly funny, I wouldn’t change it. It was all about putting yourself out there and being confident.”

New York was not the only destination for members of Student Media. Other members used

Spring Break to get away from it all, as well.

Linnzi Fusco and Mike Goehring went south for their vacation and found themselves in Alamogordo, New Mexico at White Sands Monument. They didn’t originally plan to go there, but stumbled across it online and found it interesting so headed there. Their trip wasn’t the typical tourist vaction, but one where they could take photos of beautiful landscapes.

“So I had some extra money and the timing was right and I always wanted to go on a photo trip where I just traveled and shot photos,” said Goehring. “So at the last minute I told [Fusco] and she was in. I originally wanted to go to Arizona but [we] ended up going only to New Mexico.”

White Sands isn’t an ordinary desert, mostly because the sand isn’t typical sand. The white powdery stuff is actually gypsum crystals, not grains such as those found on a sandy beach. Gypsum is water-soluble so this is why White Sands is incredibly unique.

Not a lot of water falls in this part of New Mexico and the little that does fall accumulates and evaporates.

“We spent most of our time there just enjoying the weather, scenery of the white snow-like dunes and the mountains in the distance followed by an awesome sunset,” said Fusco. “We took dozens of pictures and played in the powdery sand before heading to our hotel. I am definitely going back there someday. I want the dunes in my back yard.”

Kayla Norton stayed in Kansas and won the title "Miss Sun-

flower" in a pageant. Norton has competed in pageants off and on since she was five years old.

"It is important to me because my dream has always been to be a queen and have always looked up to the Miss America program," said Norton.

Next, she will be competing in the Miss Kansas Pageant June 6 through 8. She will be participating in a number of volunteer opportunities and fundraising events in the future during her representation of Kansas.

Abigail Mies went to Las Vegas, NV and California. In Vegas she walked up and down the strip and checked out the casinos. Another day she visited Lake Mead, which was formed because of the Hoover Dam and is the 16th largest man made lake in the world.

In California she went to Disney Land and rode rides and checked out the beach. The water was cold, but the sun was not.

Richard Kelly went to Dallas, Texas to see over 30 of his favorite bands at South By So What.

The event included four stages and lots of headbanging and mosh pits. Kelly got the worst sunburn of his life at the event.

"It was so worth it though," said Kelly. "I was able to meet some of my favorite musicians."

Student Media had a funfilled Spring Break and to check out more photos of their journeys visit the website at washburnreview.org.

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

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Student Media around the country for Spring Break

Worth the Trip: (From left) Abigail Mies, Fatima Oubaid, Kayla Norton and (in back) Tricia Peterson traveled to Carlo’s Bakery in New Jersy by path train to try the famous bake shop’s sweets.

The Crowning of Miss Sunflower: Kayla Norton was crowned Miss Sunflower and will continue on for a chance at Miss Kansas in June. She has competed in pageants off and on since she was five years old.

Mickey Mouse Time: Coby Fitzgibbons and Abigail Mies ventured off to California over spring break and had a blast experiencing Disney Land for the first time.

Way Down South: Linnzi Fusco made her mark at Cadillac Ranch, a public art installation in Amarillo, Texas. Visitors are encouraged to decorate the ten half-buried cars with spray paint. The piece was installed in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were members of the art group Ant Farm.

Into the Desert: Mike Goehring visited White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. White Sands is the only place of it’s kind in the world. The dunes are surrounded by mountains making it a prime location for landscape photography.

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QUESTION: I heard a guy talkin bout the gay marriage thing and people voting or something. Why we even talkin about gay marriage when we have a broke country and I’m just tryin 2 graduate?

Answer: I had a friend of mine the other day actually bring this up exactly, but from the opposite view: she felt that if we were discussing the issues we have as a nation as a humanitarian concern rather than a racial, class, or economic concern, we’d

have much less “sequestering” in general. That said, we’re talking about gay marriage (and the vote which is coming up March 26 and 27) because there are two cases going before the Supreme Court this week (DOMA and California’s Prop 8) which will impact the ability for gays and lesbians to marry. The importance of these cases represents the same as the “21st century equivalent of the court’s 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia that struck down state bans on interracial marriages.” Would we consider the right for interracial

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couples to marry something to debate about? Not anymore, as we see that regardless of race, everyone is equal and has the right to love. At the end of the day that is all this conversation is. I understand the religious edicts and issues, but churches of varying faiths have come out to support the “right to love” no matter the gender. Also, in recent polls, nearly 50 percent of the nation supports gay marriage, in contrast to the 44 percent who don’t. Obviously, the nation is divided on the issue, which is why the need for the debates.

Also, repealing and voting over time shows the cultural evolution of a country. While California voted against gay marriage in 2008, now in 2013, the debate has come up again and could potentially show a different outcome. The conversation regarding “marriage equality” impacts us in Kansas and Missouri directly as well. Missouri Democrat McCaskill spoke out publically regarding the shift in the nation toward gay marriage stating that “times are changing,” and that,

“What’s really happening on this issue around the country is that more and more gay and lesbian couples are letting it be known that they are gay, and that they are in long-term committed relationships.” So given the polarized views between Kansas and Missouri, the debate is alive and well, and the only way to contribute to it (one way or another) is to get involved.

(For further information, read: http://www.kansascity. com/2013/03/25/4142790/mccaskill-backs-gay-marriage.html as quotes were used in this article. Also see Huffington Post blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/26/proposition-8_n_2952595.html).

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.

Spring Break was last week and we here at the Review wanted to know:

“What did you do for Spring Break?”

“I went home, got hammered, woke up another day.”

“I like bearded ladies.”

Chris Bonnewell, freshman, music performance

Gabriel Palma, senior, art

“I visited my family, friends and boyfriend.”

“Watched Doctor Who!”

Madison Powers, sophomore, history

Jordan Chilcote-Santoro, senior, history

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Phone: (785) 670-2506 Fax: (785) 670-1131 www.washburnreview.org Editor-in-Chief Tricia Peterson Advertising Manager Raz Potter Mike Kerls 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 • Lynda Zook • Luke Warnken • Jensen Moore • Elise Barnett • Xuelu Pan • Alex Sonnich Photographers Andrew Escandon • Mike Goehring • Ashley Russell • Sarah Rush • Alex Voskoboyev • Linnzi Fusco • Ivan Moya • Jenna Baucsh Graphic Designers Katie Child • Ashley Russel • 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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Rainbow house puts Topeka, equality in national spotlight Washburn Review

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With the Supreme Court’s weighing of marriage equality on Tuesday, the Review discussed tolerance of people’s differences in today’s society. We mostly talked about the rainbow-painted house--a symbol of LGBT tolerance--across the street from Westboro Baptist Church. This is our favorite type of protesting: silent and creative.

As Topekans, we largely ignore WBC, and hope the rest of the world does the same. We feel that Topeka still carries a stigma, brought upon us by WBC’s hateful speech. That doesn’t look

good to the rest of the world, and we can feel the judgement others have placed on Top City.

This new installment of quiet protest has brought Topeka into the national spotlight. CNN and other major media outlets have reported on our new colorful house. All of this attention has hopefully worked its way into the mindsets of Americans, and helped further the cause for tolerance. We hope that the world views Topeka differently. We hope that people get a sense of tolerance and friendliness when they see Topeka on a map, or drive on our streets. We believe in making the place you live continually better, and the

rainbow-painted home is a good place to start.

The owner of the home, activist Aaron Jackson, is not of homosexual orientation, but his work consists of promoting equality on all fronts, not just marriage. His work encourages others to spread the word of equality. With the money raised for his non-profit group Planting Peace, he plans on starting an anti-bullying campaign, which would teach the word of equality and provide safe refuge for those who need someone to talk to about LGBT issues.

We prefer this word--equality--over the word that WBC “preaches” from across the street.

Their website was quickly filled with hateful messages about that “sodomite rainbow house,” and that lack of classiness is what we hope to abolish with time and patience. There’s no need for shouting in a world where everyone’s already shouting about everything. Just a simple paint job will do. Plus it livens up the neighborhood’s color palette.

As far as the Supreme Court’s hearing on marriage equality, social media became the place to show tolerance. A red equal sign dominated social media sites on Tuesday in support of marriage equality. Twitter’s top three trending hashtags on Tuesday were “#MarriageEquality,”

“#SCOTUS,” and “#Prop8.”

We enjoy seeing a community showing support for all its residents. In the larger picture, we love seeing national changes for the betterment of its citizens.

With daily negative headlines, it’s nice to see something positive form and grow. We hope the Supreme Court makes the right decision, whatever it may be.

The Review enjoys a little bit of peaceful protesting when it’s called for. In the case of the rainbow house, it’s very much appropriate, tasteful, and classy… and we’re suckers for a good example of irony.

Basketball, NCAA tournament finds way into EIC’s heart Tricia Peterson

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I am going to write about something I don’t usually write about: sports.

This year, for the first time in my life, I paid money to participate in an NCAA bracket. My in-laws are huge Kansas University fans, so of course that is who I root for. In the past though, I merely stood by the sidelines and wore my KU shirt, but for some reason this year, I care.

I found myself rooting for a basketball team for the first time since I was in high school

and was on a basketball team.

I looked at the schedule and planned to watch the games, and actually watched them. This was a huge deal just ask my husband - he has tried so hard in the past to get me to care about the sport and I never wanted anything to do with it. I always had fun playing it but never liked sitting on the sidelines, watching the fun instead of having it.

So this year I decided to give a crap and jump on the bandwagon and join in the fun. I even went to a few Washburn Ichabod games and I tried writing a Lady Blues game recap. It turned out

OK, but I don’t think I would have ventured into sports writing if it wasn’t for my recent basketball obsession.

The next step, logically, was to try my hand at an NCAA bracket. Now, just because I was interested in Washburn and KU hoops didn’t mean I cared about teams outside of the state. I had no idea who to pick so I used their rankings, but I didn’t use that on each matchup. With a little help from my husband and after digging deep into my limited memory of basketball teams, I made my picks.

To my husband’s and my

own surprise, I am in second place right now. There is one person ahead of me and they are only beating me by one point. I don’t know how that happened, especially because I had no idea what I was doing. Of course I have KU as winning the championship so it really rides on them and how well they play on Friday and for the rest of the tournament.

At first I thought the bracket was dumb, but I have ended up having a good time with it. It just proves to me that I need to stay open-minded and continue to try new things. Especially things I

don’t think I will like. Then if I hate them I just will never do it again. This sounds like something my parents would tell me about some nasty looking food they were trying to shove down my throat. But boy, do I love broccoli as an adult.

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

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An Ichabod at Sea: March 20 and March 22 entries

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Ship Wide Relay Race The Sea Olympics start tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. We have the opening ceremonies tonight after Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu gives a talk in the Union. Each hall/sea is a team, and there is also a faculty/staff/lifelong learner team. I’m in the Mediterranean Sea (3rd Deck) and our color is red. Here is the schedule of events: I’m on the Jeopardy team and I’m also doing a the word search in the Shipwide Relay Race. That race is going to be pretty intense. I put the relay race description right under the schedule of events. GO MED SEA! Event 1 - Union

Photos courtesy of Emily Juhnke, Washburn Review

Olympics at Sea: Here are some pictures from the day and from the Opening Ceremonies the night before. I have a lot more videos than I do pictures. For more photos check out her blog. that. I kind of wish I would have Religion class today and he was think my sea placed fifth in that.

Emily Juhnke WASHBURN REVIEW Side Note: It was slightly signed up to be on our team. absolutely incredible. I will make awkward that the Mediterranean Everyone did amazing. What the a blog post dedicated to that soon, I’m going to start this post Sea (my sea) was red and the Red teams were able to pull together in but here is one of my favorite off by saying how AWESOME Sea was blue. I’m not exactly sure such a short amount of time was quotes from his talk: “If we aren’t compassionate Sea Olympics were yesterday. why that happened. Our Resident really impressive. we know inside that we are less than They announced the winners My Jeopardy team placed first, Director was in charge of the Sea what we ought to be. Otherwise, after the lip-synching competition. which was one of the events at the Olympics and she got first choice we would be sub-human. You can The winning team got to choose beginning, so that was a great way of colors, so I guess she decided to try to pretend that this is not the whether they got off of the ship to start off the day. After that, I pick red. case.

But we are bound together. first or last in Barcelona, when walked around and watched some Synchronized Swimming got Our world is going to sink or the voyage ends, and they also get of the other events like Last Comic cancelled because the ship was swim based on how seriously you an ice cream social.

(You take ice Standing and the Spelling Bee. pretty rocky yesterday. Instead, and I take the fact that we belong cream whenever you can get it on I actually didn’t make it to many they had the teams do Synchronized of the outdoor athletic events. The Dancing in the Union. That this ship.) The winner of the Sea together.”

We have two more days relay race started at 2 p.m. and was pretty entertaining. It was Olympics was the Caribbean Sea. before arriving in South Africa.

Our team placed last, but it was interesting to see how they adapted took about an hour and a half to still an awesome day. to performing on solid ground complete. There was about a 30 Emily Juhnke, emily.juhnke@washArch Bishop Desmond Tutu burn.edu, is a sophomore mass meminute time difference between instead of in the water. The Lipthe first and last place finishers. I Synching competition was after spoke in my Anthropology of dia major.

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One player will eat six saltine crackers and then whistle. As soon as they are able to produce an audible whistle, they will hand the spoon to the propeller.

The propeller will carry a spoon from Union to Classroom 9 and hand it to the Sudoku player.

Event 2 – Classroom 9

Two players will complete a Sudoku Puzzle. Once they are completed and it is checked by a judge, they will hand spoon to next propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from Classroom 9 to the basketball court.

Event 3 – Basketball Court

Player must make a free throw from behind the free throw line. Once the free throw has been made, the next propeller can leave.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the basketball court to the Garden Lounge and hand it to the cup stacking participant.

Event 4 – Garden Lounge

One player must stack ten cups up into a pyramid with five on the bottom level, then three, then two, and then one. Then they must take the pyramid down again with

all cups into one stack. They will then hand the spoon to the next propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon to Deck 7 Port Side and tag the first Dizzy Izzy participant.

Event 5 - Deck 7 Port Side

Four players will participate in a dizzy bat relay race. The first player must spin around a bat (with their head on the bat) seven times and then run across the court and back to tag their next teammate. The next teammate will then spin around the bat and so on and so forth until all four players have gone. They will then tag the next Propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the deck 7 port side to the Glazer Lounge and hand the spoon to a house of cards builder.

Event 6 – Glazer Lounge

Two players will build a two story house of cards that will stay standing for five seconds. There will be a judge to make sure this happens. No folding or bending of cards is permitted. Once they are successful, they will hand the spoon to the next propeller.

The propellar will carry the spoon from Glazer Lounge to the Garden Lounge and hands the spoon to the

PB&J builders.

Event 7 – Garden Lounge

Four players will be here to create and eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. One player will put the peanut butter on a slice of bread.

Another player will put the jelly on a slice of bread. The third player will feed the sandwich to the last player (who cannot use his/her hands.) Once the sandwich is fully swallowed, they will hand the spoon to the next propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the Garden Lounge to Classroom 9 and hands the spoon to the word search players.

Event 8 – Classroom 9

Two players will find the words in a word search puzzle. Once all words are found, they will pass the spoon to the next propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from Classroom 9 to Deck 7 Port side and tags the first leap frog player.

Event 9 – Deck 7 Port Side

Five students will leap frog over each other to cross the distance of the Deck 7 Port Side. After they complete the distance, they will tag the next propeller.

The propellar will carry the spoon from Deck 7 Port Side to the Basketball Court and tags the ball passers.

Event 10 – Basketball Court

Ten players will pass a ball (volleyball, soccer ball, or basketball) over, under, etc. down the line. The first person will go to the rear of the line until the line reaches the opposite end of the court. They will then tag the next propeller.

Event 13 - Union

One player will eat a donut hanging from a sting and must not use their hands. Once they have eaten the entire donut, they will pass the spoon to the next propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the Union to the Deck 5 Dining Hall and hands to the first player with the orange.

Event 11 – Deck 5 Aft Outside

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On the outside of deck 5 aft, one player will have a cup filled with water and a ping pong ball. They must blow on the ping pong ball until it travels out of the first cup and into the second cup. Once they are successful, they will hand the spoon to the next propeller.

The propellar will carry the spoon from the outside of Deck 5 aft to the pool deck and tag the push up player.

Event 12 – Pool Deck

One player will complete 30 push ups. Once they are completed they will hand the spoon to the next

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The propellar will carry the spoon from the Pool Deck to the Union and hands the spoon to the donut eater.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the basketball court to the outside of Deck 5 aft and hands the spoon to the player with the cup.

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Ten students will stand in a line side by side in the dining hall. The first will place an orange in his or her neck and then pass the orange to the next player without using hands. That player will receive the orange also in his or her neck. This will continue on until the orange reaches the tenth person. If the orange drops, it must start at the beginning of the line. They will then hand the spoon to the next propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the Deck 5 Dining Hall to Classroom 5 and hand the spoon to the blind drawing participants.

Event 15 – Classroom 5

One player will be given a word and be blindfolded. They then must draw the word. Their teammate will have to accurately guess the word. Once they have done so, they will hand the spoon to the next propeller.

The propellar will carry the spoon from Classroom 5 to the Garden Lounge and hands it to the cheerio string player.

Event 16 – Garden Lounge

One player will string 15 cheerios onto a string of yarn. Once they have completed this task, they will hand the spoon to the next Propeller.

The propeller will carry the spoon from the Garden Lounge to the Union and hand it to the tissue box player.

Event 17 - Union

One player will have an empty tissue box strapped to their waste (with the box on their rear side) and will attempt to shake out the ping pong balls which are inside the tissue box. Once all balls have been eliminated from the box, they will hand the spoon to their team captain. This completes the relay race.

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Comicon comes with great expectations

Shaun Collins

WASHBURN REVIEW

New venue, same great experience.

At least that’s what Chris Jackson and his army of volunteer organizers are planning for this year’s Planet Comicon, the area’s

premier comic book and pop culture convention.

This year, the con’s 13th, boasts an impressive move, as it leaves the familiar confines of the Overland Park International Trade Center (which it had outgrown in the last two years) and re-

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locates to the larger Bartle Hall Convention Center in Downtown Kansas City.

One of those volunteers is Kirk Chitton, Panel Coordinator and Marketing Consultant for Planet Comicon.

“I’ve been involved with Kansas City comics conventions since 1989, and Planet Comicon for the past five years,” said Chitton. “This year’s show is going to be the biggest comics event we’ve ever seen.”

With larger space, Comicon boasts an equally impressive larger guest list.

Fans should be excited over comic legends Neal Adams from “Batman” and “Superman;” writer Scott Snyder from “Batman” and “American Vampire;” and artist Tony Moore from “Deadpool” and “The Walking Dead” are just the tip of the iceberg of over 150 creator guests.

Planet Comicon doesn’t limit itself to just comics, but also features stars of movies and televi-

sion shows.

Media guests include “Firefly” and “Chuck” star Adam Baldwin; Lou Ferringo from “The Incredible Hulk;” “Star Wars” stars Peter Mayhew and Ray Park (Chewbacca and Darth Maul); Catwoman, Lee Meriwether; “Bionic Woman” and “Warehouse 13” star Lindsay Wagner; “Star Trek” legend George Takei; “Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s” Clare Kramer and Nicholas Brendon (Glory and Xander); Daphne Ashbrook from “Doctor Who,” and “Star Trek: The Next Generaton” actor and frequent “The Big Bang Theory” guest star Wil Wheaton just to name a few.

“Last year it was obvious that Planet Comicon had outgrown it’s old location, but moving to Bartle Hall was a huge step.

The convention organizers knew that we would have to pull out all the stops to bring in thousands of additional attendees, so we focused more on celebrity guests than ever before,”

said Chitton. “Each announcement of a major guest has ramped the excitement even further. We released the news about booking George Takei and Wil Wheaton just a few days apart, and that made everyone sit up and take notice. Nobody could ignore that Planet Comicon is a must-attend event for anyone who likes comics and science fiction movies and television. The fan response so far has been truly astounding.”

Special attractions at this year’s con include a street-legal faithful replica of the DeLorean Time Machine as seen in the film “Back To The Future,” Topeka’s own “Doctor Who” podcast “Traveling The Vortex” will be conducting a live podcast during their panel, Certified Guaranty Company will be grading attendees’ comic books, gaming and over 60 exhibitors and dealers with a room full of collectibles.

Costume contests have been a part of the festivi-

ties for years, but this time there’s an added bonus.

In addition to the contest awarding up to $3,000 in cash prizes, Planet Comicon will host the Syfy channel and their new network series “Cos World,” which will shine a spotlight on the phenomena known as Cosplay. Anyone attending the con in costume has the opportunity to be featured on the show, which will have a worldwide audience. Planet Comicon runs Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7.

While advance ticket sales have ended, tickets will be available at the door, $40 for the weekend, less for individual days.

For prices, times, guests and a complete schedule of events, check the Planet Comicon website www.planetcomicon.wordpress.com, facebook.com/ planetcomiconkc or twitter. com/planet_comicon.

Shaun Collins, shaun.collins@washburn.edu, is a junior mass media major.

Diner experience a bust, service not noteworthy Tricia Peterson

WASHBURN REVIEW

I had many good experiences in New York City, but the one that stood out the most was the worst experience, of course.

I would have to say that it was the single worst dining experience in my entire life. I must tell you that I was extremely hungover and had just woke up. My friend Kelly and I walked around Manhattan in search for a place to eat where we wouldn’t have to stand in line for an hour before getting seated.

We found a place called Ellen Stardust Diner that looked nice enough and there was no line out

front. Score. We walked in and were seated right away. Score. The seats were cramped and we were next to the server station and bar. No score. Usually this wouldn’t be a problem, but at this restaurant, it proved to be a hazard.

The music was loud but wasn’t that big of deal, at first. After ordering off of the extremely over priced menu, $21.99 for a freaking cheeseburger, and getting our drinks, I realized that our server, instead of serving us, was singing and dancing around the restaurant.

Our food didn’t take long, but some other person than our server served

it to us - she was too busy dancing around. The food was ok. The cuisine offered is that of your typical diner food: burgers, fries, shakes and meatloaf. I wouldn’t say it was great, nor would I say it was worth the money they wanted. Kelly ordered chicken fettucini Alfredo which didn’t seem to have any sauce or flavor.

The burger I ordered was like two inches thick and reminded me of a hockey puck. The fries served were crispy and good, but nothing special. Nothing was special about this place, except for the singing waitstaff. I guess I should be nice, they are trying to get on Broadway, and I

mistakingly patronized it unknowingly—this is not their fault. BUT, I would never go back. I don’t like people singing in my face, nor do I appreciate being ignored by my waitress so she can sing and dance. On that note, the music was so extremely loud, Kelly and I couldn’t even talk to each other, let alone ask a member of the waitstaff for extra sauce. I also had a problem with the servers sanding on the back of my chair and dancing, kicking my seat while I was trying to eat. Not only that but I also had someone singing in my face and jangling bells and just causing me to want to bolt without

paying. I did pay, but after the waitress chased me down to demand more of a tip, it made me want to rethink paying for this horrible experience.

Normally, I have something good to say about the restaurant, but not this time. This restaurant offended and appalled me in a way that I can’t believe this place is popular.

I guess if you like people singing in your face while you try to eat instead of serving you, go to this diner. If you are like me and want to actually get service when you pay over $20 for a cheeseburger, go to another restaurant, even if you have to wait 30 min-

utes, it will be worth the wait.

Photo by Tricia Peterson, Washburn Review.

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

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Rachael Johnson’s senior BFA exhibit is entitled “Journeys Begun.”

The Gallery Talk for art faculty and students is set for 12 p.m. April 1, along with a Gallery Reception 5:30 to 7 pm.

“Tulipiere” by Kris Roberts. This is a porcelain piece.

“Overshot 1” by Kris Roberts. This piece is a black and white stoneware.

Artwork by Rachael Johnson.

“Trace” is Kris Roberts BFA senior exhibition.

The Gallery Talk for art faculty and students will be held at 12 p.m. Thursday, April 4.

Photos by Abby Mies, Washburn Review

“Ogenblikken (Moments)” by Kris Roberts. These pieces are gum biThe Gallery Reception for chromate photographs.

Roberts is scheduled 6 to Journeys Traced: Several works by two senior artists are displayed through7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5. out the Art Building and Theatre Gallery on campus. Both exhibits will remain displayed through April 5.

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Art speaks to history Kelly Hurla

WASHBURN REVIEW

Those who are able to spend the time taking photographs, researching what’s already been done and then spending weeks with several processes may have more patience than most. Kris Roberts is one of these people.

Roberts has always enjoyed finding out where objects came from and why they were created.

Although Roberts has an emphasis in art history, he also enjoys creating artwork.

“I found that I really enjoyed the more academic side of art and the learning along with making,” said Roberts, a senior fine arts major.

Roberts is fascinated by all sorts of history, in addition to art history, he even considered architecture as a career briefly.

Like most senior artists, Roberts would like to take a short break after his show to see what his options are and to reflect on his work thus far. He has applied for several graduate programs.

Art history, ceramics and a brief interest in architecture aren’t all that Roberts is interested in, however.

“I also really enjoy photography and I think that sort of feeds into the theme of history, because photography’s a way to preserve things that probably won’t happen again,” said Roberts. “That was one of the orig-

inal uses of photography, to preserve and sort of distribute that knowledge.”

For the spring semester of 2012 Roberts spent most of his time in the studio while studying abroad in Belgium. During his time at Provinciable Hogeschool Limburg, he varied from his usual pottery pieces to develop more abstract works. It was here that he developed one of his favorite pieces entitled “Overshot 1.”

“Sometimes with pottery, it’s hard to be original because so many people have made a cup,” said Roberts. “So I wanted to do something a little different that I didn’t think anyone had done before.”

“Trace” will be exhibited until April 5. The gallery talk will take place Thursday, April 4 at noon. From 6 to 7:30 p.m.

April 5 will include Roberts’ gallery reception.

Another current exhibit includes “Journeys Begun,” which will also be on display through April 5. Johnson’s exhibit is one of reflection and process.

The Gallery Talk is set for noon, April 1. The Gallery reception will also be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. April 1 at the Neese Gray Theatre - Gallery, which is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Kelly Hurla, kelly.hurla@washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

Artwork by Rachael Johnson

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‘Runners withstand Tornado, win 4-1

Richard Kelly

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Second place for the NAHL South Division playoffs officially belongs to the Topeka RoadRunners.

Given the chance to clinch home-ice in the first round of the NAHL playoffs, Topeka (37-147) finished off the Texas Tornado, winning 4-1 Sunday at Landon Arena. The loss also clinches Texas for third place in the division.

After a scoreless and somewhat uninspired first period, Topeka head coach Scott Langer was happy with how his team responded for the remainder of the game. The RoadRunners scored three goals in the second period to take a 3-0 advantage into the third.

“They just went back to how they were supposed to play,” said Langer. “We got pucks behind their defense, we were solid on the forecheck, and it paid off.”

In the third period, unlike Friday and Saturday, Topeka held off Texas, only allowing a goal by forward Brandon Platt with nine seconds left in the game and also maintaining offensive pressure.

Goaltender Spencer Viele

Photo by Kayla Norton, Washburn Review

Still on Top: The Lady Blues celebrate after a 59-53 victory over Central Missouri this past Saturday. The Blues needed to beat the Jennies in order to win the regular season conference title outright. The win also secured their spot as the No. 1 seed in the MIAA tournament at Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium.

“It’s certainly got to can’t let our guard down. was a strong spot for the 2:54 of the second peri- Gaffney to make it 3-0.

In the third period, get checked out,” said We’re playing for pride, RoadRunners, stopping 27 od when forward Brogan of 28 shots of the night. Rafferty slipped a shot at 5:14, forward Tyler Langer. “He took a puck and we’re about winning RoadRunners forward and past Texas goalie Aaron Poulsen scored a short- square to the teeth. He’s hockey games. We’ll see captain Drew Kariofiles Davis. Rafferty was in his handed goal on a break- missing some teeth. He’s a what next week brings.” said Viele’s play was cru- first game with the team, away to essentially put the heart and soul kind of guy, The puck drop is set to cial to the team’s win on following an injury to for- game out of reach at 4-0. so it’s tough to watch.” take place at 7:15 p.m. FriAs the regular season day and Saturday night at ward Brandon Brossoit on The late goal by Texas Sunday. seemed to go unphased, as nears its close, Langer said Kay Yeager Coliseum.

“He’s a huge part of Saturday.

Roughly four min- Topeka held on for the 4-1 it’s important for his team this team,” said Kariofiles. to maintain focused next “All weekend, he played utes later, at 6:55, Kario- victory. great and deserved the win files scored on a wrist shot An interesting side- weekend in Wichita Falls, tonight.” glove side high to make note in the game came late, Texas against the Wildcats. Richard Kelly, richard.

“Those guys [Wichita kelly@washburn.edu, is After the aforemen- it 2-0. At 16:22, forward when forward Jerad Tationed scoreless first peri- Tyler Andrew redirected foya had to leave the game Falls] are going to be bat- a senior mass media and tling,” said Langer. “So we social work major. od, the scoring started at a shot from forward Sean following an injury.

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Lady Blues take to the diamond with little to lose Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

In her second season at the helm of the Washburn Lady Blues’ softball team, Vanessa Becerra is still trying to right the ship.

After going 19-24 in her first season, the Lady Blues (6-

14, 2-4 MIAA) are trying to find a way to win again.

“Our numbers don’t show on paper,” said Becerra. “I think it could be a good thing for us.

We can come out and surprise some people.”

Things haven’t been easy this season for the Blues. The weather this spring has been

horrendous for any outside team.

Snow storms have forced the Lady Blues to go indoors making it hard to simulate game-day situations.

“We got spoiled last year so it’s the first year for us to have to deal with this,” said Becerra.

“I think we’re fortunate in having the indoor cages and the

resources to come inside. The aspect of working on defense and it not being very realistic is pretty tough.”

Washburn’s youth and inexperience was evident early on as they struggled to win, but the Lady Blues have taken three out of their last eight as conference play begins to hit full swing. Three wins may not seem that important, but the Blues doubled their win total and are more confident heading into their matchup with Emporia State University. The game is scheduled to be played March 27 in Topeka, but because of weather conditions the game may have to be moved back to Thursday.

“The sun has done a great job of melting the snow out there, but the infield is still pretty wet,” said Becerra.

Washburn has had a week to prepare for ESU since their last outing. While most of Washburn’s students were out and about enjoying spring break, the Blues travled to Missouri to square off with the Jennies of Central Missouri.

The Blues gave up a run in the bottom of the first inning as the Jennies took an early 1-0 lead, but Washburn exploded offensively in the top of the second inning. Junior shortstop Shelby Erickson got things started off by doubling into left field. Sophomore pitcher Lauren Thimmesch was walked and rightfielder Deidra Jones singled in the next at-bat to load the bases. With one out and bases loaded, freshman centerfielder Haylee Marstellar went deep to center field for a grand slam giving the Lady Blues a 4-1 lead.

Central Missouri tacked on a run in the bottom of the third off a Jakki Prater single that brought in Braylyn Bivens.

Neither team was able to drive in any more runs until Washburn added two insurance runs in the top of the sixth inning.

Katie Schroeder sent a pitch to first base driving in Marstellar and sophomore catcher Kristen

Bell. The Jennies were able to tack on a run in the bottom of the sixth, but were unable to catchup, falling 6-3 to the Lady Blues.

“I think we’re still working out some kinks,” said Becerra.

“We’re still trying to get all our offensive hitters running on all cylinders.”

Things were eerily similar in the second game as the Jennies took an early 1-0 lead.

Washburn tallied things up in the top of the second when Erickson homered to lead off the inning.

Jones doubled to right center and Bell and leftfielder Sklyer Gentry were walked to load up the bases for the Blues. For the second time Schroeder came up big, this time doubling to center field to drive clear the bases as Washburn jumped out to another 4-1 lead.

Not to be outdone, UCM closed the gap in the bottom of second inning. Kristen Heil homered to center field to come within one run. Pitcher Marina Quimby began to struggle, walking three batters to load the bases. Thimmesch entered to stop the bleeding, but UCM was able to make WU pay by driving in five runs to give the Jennies a comfortable 8-4 lead. Central Missouri added two more runs in the bottom of the third. Jones went yard in the top of the fourth to bring Washburn within five, but three more runs in the bottom of the fifth gave UCM the 13-5 win.

“We just haven’t hit our peak,” said Becerra. “It’s coming, we are just a little slow getting there.”

Whether or not Washburn plays March 27 or March 28, they will have tough time knocking off Emporia State. Emporia (178, 4-2 MIAA) “It’s exciting because I know the talent and potential we have,” said Becerra.

Luke Warnken, luke.warnken@ washburn.edu, is a junior athletic training major.

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Hornets pull off upset for second year in a row Jake Wingo

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Even with Spring Break starting on Friday, the Lady Blues still had quite a fan-base on hand for the opening round of the NCAA Regional Tournament. With Emporia State visiting Lee Arena for the second time this year the Blues were looking for revenge after suffering two consecutive losses to the Lady Hornets at Emporia, and in the second round of the MIAA Tournament.

Early in the game neither team could seem to find an edge as scoring came at a premium. With under seven minutes left in the game, Tiara George tied the game at 15. Physical play from both teams led to early foul trouble for Emporia and two starters were forced to sit with three fouls with over six minutes to play.

With under four to play Brittney Lynch gave the Blues the lead with a gritty layup and a hard foul but couldn’t convert the and-one. As if to make up for the miss she immediately knocked down a

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

So Stung: For the second year in a row the Washburn Lady Blues played host for the NCAA Division II tournament. And for the second time Emporia State University played spoiler, this time knocking the No. 1-seeded Blues our in the first round.

17-footer to put them up 23-19.

A first half that included 18 combined fouls was very indicative of how both teams came out of the gates. Strong defense on both ends had the Lady

Hornets up 28-25 at the half. The difference in the first half came at the charity stripe as the Blues only shot 45 percent to Emporia’s 86 percent. Laura Kindernecht had an unusually quiet first half, going

0-4 with only one assist.

Emporia’s Laura Patrick lead all players, scoring with 10.

Great play from the Lady Hornets’ post players and more poor free-throw shooting from the Blues led to an early 6-3 run for Emporia. The quick start had Washburn down 34-28 with very little momentum in their favor.

After one made free throw from Dana Elliot and a 3-pointer from Casyn Buchman things were starting to look up for the Blues. Emporia quickly answered with a 3 of their own. A turnover by Kindernecht followed by a transition layup had the Lady Hornets up seven with under 13 to go in the game.

A very strong defense from Emporia forced the Blues into tough and contested shots in five straight possessions. Offensively they were able to get clean looks at the basket on every following possession, building their lead to 48-38 with just under eight minutes to play.

The physicality of the Lady Hornets was on full

display as a thrown elbow from Merissa Quick sent LaVonda McCall to the floor following a rebound.

Quick was a force at center all game long drawing fouls, making her freethrows and hitting turnaround jumpers in the post.

“When they see Merissa go one-on-one and make a big play in the post it give the whole team a big boost,” said Jory Collins, Emporia State head coach. She ended the game with 17 points and nine rebounds.

Washburn countered by getting back to their bread and butter. The hard foul from Quick seemed to fire up McCall and George as they began to battle down low. Two layups from each of them had the Blues within striking distance making it a 4 point game at the 3:40 mark, 5248.

The Lady Hornets responded again, however, with a 6-2 run of their own.

A converted and-one and a made 3 from Patrick gave them an eight point lead with under two minutes remaining.

A late run by the Blues

brought the game within five after being down by as many as 10 but more made free-throws sealed the game for Emporia State 65-58. Patrick led the Lady Hornets with 20 points and added three rebounds.

George led all scorers with 22 and added a team-high seven rebounds. In her last game as a Lady Blue leading scorer and Central Region Player of the Year Laura Kindernecht was only able to muster four points on 1-9 shooting.

“They’re pretty physical and we’ve played them so many times this year that they just know what we’re trying to do,” she said.

“They’re champs,” said Ron McHenry, Washburn head coach. “They really are. We just ran into a buzzsaw. This group has a lot to be proud of. This team went through a tough league with only two losses.”

Jake Wingo, harold. wingo@washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.

Athletic training program looks to promote profession during athletic training month

Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

Most people are aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but few realize that March is Athletic Training Month.

For Washburn and its Division II sports teams, athletic trainers are an integral part of their team.

“The point is to promote the profession of athletic training and try to educate the public about what athletic trainers are and how they can benefit from the services that athletic trainers can provide,” said John Burns, Director

of Washburn’s Athletic Training program.

Burns, a Washburn graduate, is in charge of the athletic training program that provides students an opportunity to work hands on with real college athletes. Burns has also tried to branch out and wor with other allied health programs.

“Program wise we’ve really started working with the nursing interdisciplinary program. We’re trying to integrate athletic training into those other professions so both groups can see how beneficial one an-

other can be. If we can put those groups of students then they’ll learn to appreciate and respect each other and how they can help each other.”

The Washburn Athletic Training program will be tabling in the Petro Allied Health Building March 27 to help inform the community about what athletic training is about.

Students from the program will be there to help inform anybody interested in learning more about the profession and help to also help promote it.

“We use the term

“trainer” and that can mean everything from an athletic trainer who is a health care provider, to a personal trainer who is more on fitness, to a boxing trainer.,” said Burns.

“I think it’s confusing since we use general descriptions. Once a person comes in contact with an athletic trainer they quickly realize what their level of training is and the qualities and benefits they have.”

Athletic trainers must obtain a bachelor’s degree at a CAATE ac-

credited school and then pass a Board of Certification test. Once one have passed these rigorous tests, one can go on to work in various settings, not just in an athletic setting.

“Not all athletes wear jerseys,” said Burns. Policemen, firemen, the military, dancers, and performers are all athletes in their own way. When need to get a firefighter back on the job so he can safely fight fires and do his public ser-

vice.”

As sports and occupations continue to psuh the limits of the body, the growing profession of athletic training will be there to help out along the way.

“Everybody needs an athletic trainer,” said Burns. “When they have those aches and pains that happen in life, it doesn’t necessarily have to go to a doctor. There are other health professions out there.”

Luke Warnken, luke. warnken@washburn.edu, is a junior athletic training major.

16 The Review March 27, 2013

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Blues still looking for first win Ichabods starting to find their groove

Photo by Linnzi Fusco, Washburn Review

Coming together: The Lady Blues stand to cheer on one of their teammates as she finishes up her match. Washburn is still winless, but sophomore Casyn Buchman will return to the team after spending time with the Lady Blues’ basketball team.

Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

It has been a rough season, to say the least, for the Lady Blues tennis team. The young Blues haven’t gotten much help from mother nature either.

“We’ve practiced probably a total of three days outside this spring,” said Dave Alden, Washburn head coach. “We’re lucky to have a indoor facility to have access to practice at.”

The Blues have gone through a trial by fire, maturing their game as they

go.

“It’s learning how to play at this level,” said Alden. “We’ve made some good strides from a doubles standpoint. Before we were competitive, now we’re winning matches.”

Washburn’s doubles team stumbled in their last action against East Central (3-4). The Lady Blues lost all three doubles matches before snagging two wins in singles play. Freshman Jodie Blackim defeated Bernardita Muscillo in No. 2-singles while sophomore Rachael Hageman won No. 6-singles in two

sets. The 7-2 loss makes the Blues 0-10 on the season and they will have to wait at least two more days to get their first win after their match against Johnson County Community College was postponed because of weather. Luckily for the Lady Blues it gives sophomore Casyn Buchman a couple more days to transition back into tennis form.

“It’s unfortunate that basketball finished the way they did,” said Alden.

“They had a great season, but [Buchman] is a big part of our team and she steps in and really augments what we do. We’re really excited to have her back.”

Buchman will look to help lead a WU in dire need of a win to help build some confidence. Junior Sophie O’Neill has been the focal point so far, winning five out of her last six matches.

Luke Warnken, luke. warnken@washburn.edu, is a junior athletic training major.

Women’s MIAA Tennis Standings School

Southwest Baptist Northeastern State Central Oklahoma Fort Hays State Nebraska Kearney Northwest Missouri Lindenwood Emporia State Truman Washburn Lincoln Missouri Western

Con. CPct Overall Pct.

7-0 5-1 5-2 2-1 3-2 2-2 2-2 1-2 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-6

1.000 0.833 0.714 0.667 0.600 0.500 0.500 0.333 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

12-0 12-2 9-2 4-1 10-3 5-5 2-5 3-3 0-2 0-10 1-4 0-9

1.000 0.857 0.818 0.800 0.769 0.500 0.286 0.500 0.000 0.000 0.200 0.000

Streak W12 L1 W1 W1 W2 L2 L1 W2 L2 L10 L2 L9

Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

The Washburn Ichabod tennis team is finally starting to get in a groove and play up to the high expectations they had coming into this season.

“Our men’s team was kind of where the [women’s] team was two years ago when these kids all first came in,” said Dave Alden, Washburn head tennis coach. “They’ve really worked hard. This is probably one of the hardest working teams I’ve had.”

The Ichabods are coming off of a narrow defeat to No. 41-ranked University of Southern, which snapped a nice fivematch winning streak.

“We lost a really, really tough one against Southern Indiana,” said Alden. “They are a real solid team and we were right there with them.”

The Bods started off hot, taking two out of the three doubles matches.

Juniors Arek Kozaczuk and Steven Fletcher took No. 1-doubles 8-4 while fellow juniors Bobby

Florence and Chance Joost stole No. 3-doubles with an 8-2 win. Kozaczuk went on to defeat Michael Kuzaj in No. 1-singles in two sets. Joost was the only other Ichabod to walk away with a win in singles play, defeating USI’s Joel Stern 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 in No. 6-singles play.

“We could have won that match,” said Alden.

“I think on any given day we’d beat those guys.”

Washburn was set to get things back on track Tuesday at home with a match against Johnson County Community College, but due to snow, the match has had to be postponed to Thursday.

“Fortunately, we’ve had access to some indoor courts so we’ve had to shift some days around,” said Alden. “Most teams regionally in this part of the country are facing the exact same thing we are so it really hasn’t been a competitive advantage or disadvantage.”

It will be tough for the No. 49-ranked Bods to stay focused against JCCC with a big match against

No. 34-ranked Southern Baptist this Saturday.

“At this point our season boils down to a handful of matches,” said Alden. “We have to travel there to play them and that’s always a challenge.”

Despite being ranked behind the Bearcats in the national standings, the Ichabods sit higher in the regional rankings.

Washburn is third in the Central Region while Southwest Baptist is one behind in the fourth spot.

Washburn cannot afford to falter down the stretch as only the top four teams in the region move on to the national tournament.

“We can really reaffirm the fact that we should be where we are,” said Alden. “We have the capacity to go in and if we do what we are capable of we can certainly come away with a win.”

Luke Warnken, luke. warnken@washburn.edu, is a junior athletic training major.

Men’s MIAA Tennis Standings School Southwest Baptist Northwest Missouri Washburn Lindenwood Emporia State Truman Nebraska Kearney

Conf CPct. Overall 2-0 1.000 6-5 1-0 1.000 7-3 1-0 1.000 6-3-1 3-1 0.750 5-4 0-1 0.000 2-4 0-2 0.000 0-4 0-3 0.000 7-7

Pct. Streak 0.545 L1 0.700 L2 0.650 L1 0.556 W3 0.333 L2 0.000 L4 0.500 W1