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Volume 140, Issue 7

October 2, 2013

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Governor ‘chews the fat’ at Obesity Summit

Colton Goeffert WASHBURN REVIEW Sept. 30, the downtown Ramada hosted a number of people, including governor Sam Brownback himself. The occasion was the second annual Kansas Obesity Summit, an event that was hosted by the Get Active Kansas movement, a division of the Kansas Governor’s Council on Fitness.

Attendees and members of the event’s panels came from all across the state and attended the event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Three panels took place over the course of the day and were all hosted in the Ramada’s grand ballroom. The first panel was a community showcase, which had a group of people who were all part of different organizations decreasing obesity. The panelists shared their success stories and gave tips to people looking to succeed in starting or perfecting their own fitness oriented organization.

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Oktoberfest to bring traditional German heritage to Topeka Emily Juhnke

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The 28th annual Oktoberfest in Topeka will take place 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 5 at Fairlawn Plaza.

The main purpose of the event is to communicate and celebrate traditional German heritage.

The event is free and open to the public. There will be many activities along with a variety of music, food and entertainment that people can enjoy.

“Oktoberfest is a very big German tradition,” said Irma Wager, executive assistant with Fairlawn Plaza. “In Germany it’s much bigger than what we’re doing here, but this is a little flavor of it.”

Schuhplatter German

dancers will be there to perform diverse types of folk dances.

Three different music groups are also set to take the stage.

New to the festivities this year will be a Polka dance contest at 5 p.m. Participants are welcome to register all day long leading up to the contest.

There will be many different kinds of traditional German foods available for people to try. Becky’s Bierocks will have a stand selling bierocks and potato salad. Wager said there will also be bratwurst, sauerkraut, pretzels and an annual German bake sale.

The traditional Oktoberfest beer, Blind Tiger, will also be available for purchase. A small

white tent will be set up as a “beer garden” to allow people to socialize and drink.

Different vendors from around the state are coming to sell items from the German culture.

A vendor from Wichita is coming to

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sell German clothing and knickknacks. There will be vendors inside the mall for people to come look around.

The Fairlawn Plaza Petland

is sponsoring a wiener dog race at 1 p.m. Four to five dos will race in each heat with several heats to occur.

“It is the funniest thing you will ever see,” said Staci Williams Petland owner. “It’s something you will never see except at Oktoberfest.”

There will be cash prizes of $100, $50 and $25 for the first, second and third place winners.

A contest for the biggest, smallest and best-dressed Dachshund will also be held. Williams said that any Dachshund is welcome to participate.

To register your dog before Oct. 5, contact the Topeka Petland at 1-855-552-8424.

Registration will also be open all day before the race.

Oktoberfest used to take

place entirely inside the Fairlawn Plaza mall. It was moved outdoors about five years ago, and the event has only grown bigger. There will be two large blue and white tents set up in the parking lot of the Fairlawn Plaza behind the Bank of America. Wager said that almost everything will be inside of those tents. If the weather is nice, they are expecting 2,000-3,000 people in attendance throughout the day.

“Come and take in the German tradition,” said Wager.

“Just come and enjoy, and stay as long as you want.”

from the Garden City Schools Wellness Initiative, to name a few.

The event seemed to be an overall success, and while no actual numbers relating to a downturn in obesity rates were shared, Brownback seemed optimistic, saying “We started the summit last year to work on bringing down the obesity rate and talk about activities that could drive those numbers down,” said Brownback. “While I don’t have the [obesity rate] numbers comparing this year and last year, we had a successful state

employee event where a number of people lost weight and we founded this group to help people spread programs like that around their own communities.”

The governor finished by saying he wants to urge people who are struggling with weight loss to not give up. And to the people around them, don’t judge them.

Emily Juhnke, emily.junke@ washburn.edu, is a junior mas media major.

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JoDee Altman was one of these panelists, and attended representing the Center for Health Improvement at Hays Medical Center, which received an honorable mention award during this year’s awards ceremony. Altman explained what the medical center was about, saying, they are a medical wellness facility that offers a variety of programs aimed at improving the health of our community including decreasing obesity.

The second panel was actually at the previously mentioned awards ceremony

where Brownback presented the awards to individuals and organizations especially dedicated to declining obesity.

Lisa Mortz, from Tribune, won the award for an individual’s efforts against obesity for her organizing of races, as well as other wellness and fitness programs in her community.

“I do this working with the Greeley County health department, as I’m the Greeley Country school nurse,” said Mortz.

Another honorable mention, this time for organizations, was presented to Scott Wadle who

representer the Wichita and Sedgwick County Metropolitan Planning Department.

“We feel very fortunate to be nominated for the award being presented here at the obesity summit,” said Wadle.

The third and final panel was the school showcase board.

This panel was similar to the previous community showcase, but featured teachers and school board member sharing tips and stories instead of general community members. Panelists included Rhonda Holt from the “Let’s Move! Kansas Schools” program and Tracy Johnson

Colton Goeffert, colton.goeffert@ washburn.edu, is a junior associate science major.

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Albert Einstein once defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

Working from that position its hard not to declare Congressional Republicans insane. In the nearly four years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, Republicans in the House have voted 42 times to repeal it, the nearly one repeal vote every four weeks. Each vote met with the same fate, it died in the senate.

The Tea Party would have the American people believe that the fight for the Affordable Care Act is a battle that can still be won by conservatives in this country.

The reality is that the war is long over, the Supreme Court doesn’t pound out legal opinions just because they are fun. The reality is that the fight for the Affordable Care Act is over and the fighting we are seeing now is nothing more than a flavor of “sectarian violence” designed to disrupt and destroy the democratic process championed by America and emulated by billions around the world.

On Monday the world looked on in horror as many Republicans, who were elected on the premise that the only good government is a dead

government acted to shut down the federal government. While a shutdown is not going to transform the country into a Mad Max wasteland overnight, it will cost millions, potentially billions of dollars. For a group of leaders touting fiscal responsibility allowing the government to go idle and wasting millions of dollars seems counterproductive.

As the deadline for the shutdown loomed, Republicans tried to pin the shutdown on Senate Democrats. For days leading up to Monday, Republicans made the rounds on the news networks claiming that Democrats refused to negotiate. Like most stories the democratic refusal to negotiate was at best only a half-truth and at worst a flat out lie. What the Republican caucus doesn’t want the American people to know is that at the beginning of the most recent budget crisis neither side was required to keep spending levels at those set by the sequester that went into effect many months ago. Democrats gave up billions in discretionary spending, a very good deal for Republicans. Instead of accepting a good deal, Republicans decided that Monday night was the ideal time to engage in an ideological crusade from a weak bargaining position.

Holding votes to repeal a law that is ideologically opposed to the Republicans position is one thing. Shattering the government because the party is unwilling to accept a loss that occurred four years ago is another.

The United States has had a long tradition of majority rule, but respect to the minority.

Monday night the country bore witness to one political party abandoning that most sacred of democratic principles.

The conservative movement is in serious trouble after the shutdown. As a party, the Republicans now oversee a fractured organization that may have been dealt a mortal wound.

Hopefully that will not be the case. Hopefully this ordeal will reinvigorate their will to government.

Instead of a party that wants to see the government stripped of all function, except perhaps the military, we will bear witness to a party that will accept what it can get, make deals when it can and stand firm where it ought to all in the name of the American people.

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Editor encourages people to avoid the freshman 15 Kara Protasio

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Hello students. Are you starting to feel the freshman 15?

When it comes to school, people often get so busy that they don’t make the right food choices.

Eating right and working out every once in a while will stop yourself from putting on the pounds. So if you haven’t already, find a workout buddy and hit the gym to prevent yourself from gaining weight.

Your diet is really key to your weight. It’s important to have good nutrition. Nutrition is the science of how food nourishes the body. The body requires six kinds of nutrients to live. The most important nutrient among the six is water.

The more water you can drink a day the better. Three of the six are energy yielding which includes carbohydrates, fats and protein. The last classes of nutrients are vitamins and minerals. Some of the nutrients are essential nutrients. That means that the body cannot make the nutrients for us.

The best way to obtain a nutritious diet is to consume a variety of fruits, vegetables, dried beans, meats, fish and poultry, whole foods including grains, and milk and milk products each day. However, in this day and age it is very hard for people to incorporate nutrition in their

lives. We have a lot to do and little time to think about what our body really needs. So how do we choose what we eat?

There are many factors influencing food-related choices.

Consumers today spend most of their budget on food that requires little or no preparation because it is convenient. Other factors include the use of advertising, personal preference, habit, social pressure, availability, cost, health and nutrition benefits.

So when you eat one of your meals today, think about why you picked what you’re eating.

Is it because it was convenient?

Or because of the cost? Why do you drink coffee every morning?

I personally find that what I eat is because of habit or availability because I am a student. I don’t have a lot of say on what the cafeteria serves.

Food for thought: How can we sneak health foods into our diet? Because we are so busy with our lives, we should incorporate easy little things into our diet each day. An easy thing to do is to stock up on fruit. Fruit is so important to the body and most Americans don’t eat enough of it. Fruit is an easy snack to have around and will perish more slowly if kept in the fridge.

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

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Local video game tournament draws a crowd

Colton Goeffert

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Over the weekend numerous gamers flocked to Topeka’s most recently opened video game store, Gamer’s HQ. The reason for the sudden influx was Megacake Meltdown, a two-day fighting game tournament where patrons could pay a fee of either $7 or $5, which allowed for access for the whole weekend, or one day, respectively.

Once the door charge, gamers was paid were able to play many console fighting games, as well as the shop’s many arcade machines, which were set to free play mode. Gamers were also able to participate in an official tournament for a fee of $3 per entry.

There were two tournaments over the course of the two days in Marvel VS Capcom 2 and Street Fighter Alpha 3. The entry money for each tournament went toward its prize. This meant that the more entries there were, the bigger the prize would be. Prizes were also given out as a part of an hourly raffle and ranged from action figures to Blu-Ray box sets.

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Gamers Rejoice: Counterclockwise from top: Washburn Tech student and Megacake Volunteer, Tyler Hazelton, and Megacake Organizers, Marvin Smith and Brail Watson pose with tourney participants. Two tournaments occurred over Saturday and Sunday.

“I’ve been to different events here before, but never on this magnitude," said Tyler Hazelton, a Computer Repair and Technology student at Washburn Tech. "I had a lot of fun playing Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, and would definitely come to future events.”

General games available for play included Super Smash Bros Brawl, Super Smash Bros Melee, Playstation AllStars Battle Royale, Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat, Super Street Fighter IV, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dead or Alive 4, numerous retro

fighters and the two –button indie fighter, Divekick. Unofficial tournaments were arranged just for fun in both Smash Bros and Divekick, as well as many other games.

“The event was originally started by a few buddies of mine, Brail Watson and Marvin Smith,

who put together something really cool, a giant fight tourney, and I was lucky enough to be chosen as the venue,” said Caleb Davis, owner of Gamer’s HQ. “I’m a part of a multimedia conglomerate, New Midwest Entertainment, and I wanted to create my thing for the gaming community here in Topeka. Me and my friend, Marvin, we used to do this thing where we would pool our TV’s and systems together and played fighting games. We realized we wanted to do something for the gaming community and bringing that to the rest of the gaming community was the perfect thing to do,” said Waston.

A few students from Washburn and Washburn Tech were in attendance at the events participating in both tourneys and free play stations.

“It was a fun time, and enjoyed all the free play arcade machines,” said Micheal Reynolds, freshman music education major.

Colotn Goeffert, colton.goeffert@ washburn.edu, is a junior associate science major.

Happy 1st birthday to the first hookah house in Topeka Farai Harreld

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One year ago, Topeka welcomed the Genie Hookah House and its owner Sammy Valloun.

Valloun’s goal was to provide a safe, fun and entertaining place for teenagers and students over 18-years-old to have fun and relax.

“The reception in Topeka has been great, this was the first hookah place in Topeka and everyone who comes here enjoys it because I have clean tobacco that is made here in America and is inspected by the government,” said Valloun.

Since opening, the hookah house provides several different

flavors of tobacco and exotic desserts that people can try.

Valloun enjoys discussing the different flavors people can try by mixing the tobacco.

In order to be student friendly, the hookah house does not serve alcohol and maintains no smoking fees, no cover charges and has free Wi-Fi. Valloun prides his establishment in being a relaxed place where everyone can be comfortable.

“Even if you don’t smoke, you can still come here and relax and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee," said Valloun. "We play low music and we have tables where you can do your homework, everyone is welcome.”

Tirzah Richards, a sophomore Spanish major at

Washburn said that the hookah house has a very relaxing atmosphere and it's a great place to hang out with friends.

"I remember one night with a group of friends (who are crazy outgoing and lots of fun). We were all singing to the music and invited everyone at the hookah house to join us in a wave. The first attempt was poor.

But the second was a success,” said Richards. “After that, we started dancing to different songs and almost every group joined in. The waitress was taking requests for songs. Everyone

was talking. It was a blast.

People who were strangers only minutes before became friends as a result of putting aside feelings of insecurity a n d discomfort to have a little fun.”

Students with valid school I.D.’s usually get a 10 percent discount but during the month of October, the Genie Hookah

House will be donating 10 percent of their proceeds to the Veterans Affairs Hospital here in Topeka.

They will also be providing a 20 percent discount to anyone who helps make a donation to the VA hospital. Donations can be made at the hookah house.

“The VA hospital provides a great service to our country and I am glad to try and help out and get the community involved as much as I can,” said Valloun.

Farai Harreld, farai.harreld@ washburn.edu is a junior mass media major at Washburn university

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alendar

Wednesday, October 2

Honors Advisory Board Meeting: Noon, Cottonwood Room (Memorial Union) Friday, October 4

Women’s Soccer vs. Fort Hays State University: 4 p.m., Yager Stadium Volleyball at Pittsburg State University: 7 p.m., Lee Arena Saturday, October 5

Fall Break (Excluding Law Students): Runs through Tuesday, Oct. 8 James Cook: The Painted Image: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mulvane Museum Gallery (runs until Sunday, Dec. 29) Softball vs. Kansas Wesleyan University: 1 p.m., Washburn Softball Complex Washburn Art Department Faculty Exhibit: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mulvane Museum Gallery (runs until Sunday, Dec. 22) Football at Southwest Baptist University: 2 p.m., Bolivar, Mo. Volleyball vs. University of Nebraska at Kearney: 3 p.m., Sunday, October 6

Women’s Soccer vs. University of Nebraska at Kearney: 1 p.m., Yager Stadium Monday, October 7

Men’s Golf at University of Central Missouri : All day, Warrensburg, Mo. Tuesday, October 8

Women in Science Day: 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Stoffer Science Hall

News

W a s h b u r n September 25

15:12—Information report, suspicious activity; Washburn Institute of Technology; Report Taken, person of interest identified: investigation continues 13:47—Theft, duffle bag and contents; Petro Allied Heath Center; Report Taken: no suspect(s) at this time. Investigation continues 16:10—Theft/Trek bicycle and bicycle gear; Stoffer Science Hall; Report Taken: No suspect(s) at this time: investigation contines 23:03—Information Report, Possible criminal activity; Living Learning Center; Report Taken: Individual determined there was no criminal activity: referred to Dean of

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Students

September 26

15:49—Information Report, disturbance; Henderson Learning Resource Center; Report taken, disturbance calmed on WUPD arrival: Individual referred to counseling 19:31—Motor vehicle accident; Parking lot 16; Report taken, photos taken 20:35— Information Report, Disturbance; Living Learning Center; Report Taken: Individual relocated: No other calls received to the area

September 27

10:00— Motor vehicle accident; Parking Lot 7; Report Taken: Photos taken

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September 28

10:24— Information Report, fire alarm; Living Learning Center; Report Taken: Probable cause dirty / faulty detector: Alarm cleared & reset

September 29

10:55— Theft, Motor vehicle; Parking Lot 7; Report taken: Individuals & vehicle of interest seen on video: Not able to identify: Vehicle entered into NCIC: Investigation continues

September 30

09:28— Theft, textbooks; Memorial Union; Report Taken: Person of interest identified: investigation contines 10:00— Criminal damage

to property, excavator window; Washburn Institute of Technology; Report Taken: No suspect(s) at this time: Investigation continues 14:19— Information Report, medical call; On campus location: Report taken: Treated at scene: Taken to hospital by AMR ambulance 14:41— Theft, textbooks; Memorial Union; Report taken: Persons of interest identified: Investigation contines 15:08— Information Report, Followup: Report taken: More Information received about previously reported thefts

Hair-Slingers host second annual fundraiser for breast cancer awareness

Michelle Boltz

WASHBURN REVIEW

Hair-Slingers is hosting its second annual fundraiser for breast cancer awareness 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 5. Haircuts will be $10.

All proceeds for that day will go to support Kyle Bean, who will be participating in a three day, 60 mile walk for the Susan G. Komen foundation for breast cancer research for his wife Korri.

Korri Bean was diagnosed in late April 2011 with Stage IV Inflam-

matory Breast Cancer. IBC is the rarest and most aggressive form of breast cancer. The cancer has recently spread into her brain.

In 2012, Kyle and Korri participated in a three-day, 60-mile walk in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas. Kyle also walks for his mother, cousin Eva, friend Heather and Korri’s cousin and best friend, Sara Essman.

Essman is a hairstylist at Hair-Slingers, who was diagnosed 2 and a half years ago with Stage II invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Essman is currently

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in Texas looking after her cousin Korri.

“Sara is cancer free now, and is near and dear to us,” said John Emslie III, owner of HairSlingers.

Le Ron Mun and Essman will be doing haircuts for the event. Last year, Hair-Slingers also had a fundraiser for the Helping Hands Humane Society and raised $550. For breast cancer awareness, their goal is to raise at least $1,000.

“Every 13 minutes someone in the U.S. dies from breast can-

cer, and there is a new diagnosis every two minutes,” said Kyle Bean. “I walk for the real heroes the victims and the loved ones.”

Hair-Slingers is located at 1406 SW 17th Street, next door to the Kwik Shop, across from Washburn University. They also have a Facebook page: www. facebook.com/hairslingersllc.

Michelle Boltz, michelle.boltz@ washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

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Event brings fun for families at WU Anzhelika Tolstikhina

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Fun for all: Reagan and Hayden Marstall enjoying the bean bag toss available for play in the Union basement.

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Fun and Games: There was all sorts of fun at WU’s family day. Street performers displayed their craft while children won prizes at carnival games.

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Leading the Song: The Washburn cheerleaders led the happy birthday song for the Ichabod at his 215th birthday party.

No rain stood in the way of Washburn hosting Family Day in honor of Ichabod’s 215th birthday. Despite the weather conditions, a significant amount of people still showed up and participated in activities for the annual celebration.

“I’ve seen nothing but smiles on everybody’s faces and people are really excited to meet Ichabod,” said Jeremy Hoffman, social work major, who worked at the tattoo stand in the Memorial Union.

The public enjoyed the diversity of activities before the football game against the Central Oklahoma Bronchos at 2:37 p.m. at Yager Stadium.

Families highlighted good food, music, sales at the Ichabod Shop and the surprise birthday party. Ichabod received his own football jersey and the audience was treated to free cupcakes for

the occasion.

“I love this celebration, because Washburn for me is one big family,” Joel Bluml, director of SRWC. The carnival games in the Memorial Union became the center of attention.

“We are having a blast,” said Dr. Michael McGuire, faculty for the psychology department. “My kids can play and win prizes. They love it.”

In addition to the victory at the football game with a score of 28-19, WU recognized the 2013 Washburn Honorary Family during halftime. This year, the award was given to the Harry family for their continuous contribution and involvement in Washburn University over the decades.

Krystal Harry, a junior studying music education, nominated her parents, Kevin and Stacey Harry, her grandparents, Dennis (now deceased) and Sharon

Harry and her 15-year-old brother, Kristian Harry, who plans to be an Ichabod in the future. Both of her parents and grandparents went to Washburn; three of them have received degrees.

“Krystal didn’t tell us about the nomination before she found out we were honored,” said Stacy and Steve Harry, dues-paid members of the Washburn Alumni Association.

Without each of them, Krystal wrote that she would not be where she is today.

The Harry family received tickets to the family day picnic and football game, a $200 gift card to the Ichabod Shop, a plaque and a framed photo from the Family Day festivities, in addition to the honors.

Anzhelika Tolstikhina, anzhelika.tolstikhina@washburn. edu, is a freshman nursing major.

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Need a Lift?: Washburn doesn’t skimp when it comes to birthdays. Ichabod was given his very own Bodmobile, especially for use on game days.

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Eat Chicken: Local businesses did not miss the opportunity to invite families out for dinner with their students.

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Happy Birthday, Ichabod: Washburn students had the opportunity to sign a banner on Friday. The birthday display was hung up in honor of the party.

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Go, Bods!: The Ichabod posed for pictures with his party attendants.

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Happy Birthday, Ichabod: Washburn threw a party for the Ichabod’s 215th birthday. Dr. Farley, president of Washburn, led the festivities which included free cupcakes.

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Opinion

Question: Why does the government shutdown matter?

Answer: I polled my faculty and we agree that you need to know a few things 1) IT WILL IMPACT YOU! Make no mistake, if the government shutdown continues, your financial aid could be at risk. No government money means no grants or loans of any kind. This suddenly means that a huge chunk of our student body could potentially not be able to return due to lack of financial assistance. I know personally I didn’t get my financial aid until a month into the semester, and it impacted everything from my cell phone to my rent. Do you intern for a program funded by federal grant money? Do you

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Were your children or siblings scheduled to take field trips at Brown v. Board of Education, or any national park? Anything that is bank rolled by the feds will be effected.

2) It is completely unnecessary. Look, I don’t care if you’re a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, or vote for Mickey Mouse. I don’t care. This shutdown is completely attributed to the lack of compromise and lack of ability to put aside party agenda to serve the American people. Both parties currently are paying lip service to that, but the proof is in the actions of the few holding hostage the many.

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The other part to this is that it is proof of the divide within the Republican ranks, and between Republicans in the House and the Senate. The Republicans cannot agree internally about policy, much less in conjunction with the Democrats (who I have my issues with, make no mistake).

3) YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND OBLIGATION TO CHANGE IT IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT! If there has EVER been a reason to vote next year, this is it. It starts with what YOU AS A CITIZEN can do to make sure that we are voting in people that are not power hungry, corrupt, and completely out of touch with the will of the American people. Figure this out quickly: Washington is not acting in accordance with what the PEOPLE (who vote them into office!) want. Those who allow this shut down to continue are NOT SERVING YOU! They are serving party agenda. That goes for all of them. I’m not saying there are no good house members and good senators, I’m not saying that. What I am saying is that we keep voting into office the same people who bankrupt our nation and bankrupt our states.

You absolutely have a voice, and

In the meantime, let your local House member and Senators know what you think.

We are constituents and they represent all of us, not just some of us.

Senate: Jerry Moran (202) 224-6521 Pat Roberts (202) 224-4774 House: Lynn Jenkins (202) 225-6601

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 or go online to washburnreview.org and find your answer there.

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Make it count next year. Don’t be lulled by complacency that as students we cannot do anything.

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‘Killer Klowns’ entertain in this week’s Netflix pick Brian Cervantez

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The and it fit Courtesy of www.rottentomatoes.com story follows how scary Fun Flick: This is a fun movie that I the character the clowns enjoyed and my rating for it on Netflix is a M i k e 5 out of 5 stars. looked when To b a c c o , they came p l a y e d face to face

by Grant Crammer, with his with some of the town’s people. girlfriend, Debbie Stone, played This is of those movies that

by Suzanne Snyder. a joy for me to watch because of While they are out on a the cheesy horror film that it is. I date, they see something that would put this in the categories looks like a shooting star. When of horror movies that are a cult it lands, they go to investigate. classic because it doesn’t fit the Surprisingly they get to the area norm of the Horror movies that they see a big circus tent, but it is I usually watch and that is why not what it appears to be. It turns I like it. out to be an alien spaceship with Netflix users give “Killer clowns on it.

Klowns from outer space” 2.9 The thing I really enjoyed out of 5 stars. My Netflix rating in this movie was its special for this movie would be 5 out of effects. Even though it was made 5 stars, but don’t take my word in the ‘80s the effects were done for it and check it out. really well. During one scene, the clowns do shadow puppets for some of the town people.

What makes it a great special effect is that the shadows the clown makes are things that no one can imitate in real life. For example, a T-Rex shadow puppet comes off the wall and eats the Brian Cervantez, brian. town people, turning them into cervantez@washburn.edu, is a popcorn. It is creative for the junior mass media major.

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Volleyball pushes through season Megan Dortch

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The Ichabod Volleyball team has won their past six matches dating back to Sept.

20 against Texas Women’s University.

Washburn hosted their first home match against Northwest Missouri State on Tuesday Sept. 24 and won in three straight sets. Senior setter Abby Wittman had a double-double and tied the school record for service aces for one match with seven. Wittman tied former Bod, Lindsey Kersting’s, record set in the 2001 season.

Wittman’s seven aces are the most by any Ichabod in a three set match.

Junior rightside hitter Marissa Cox lead Washburn with 15 kills hitting .500 while Kelsey Lewis added 16 digs and redshirt freshman middle hitter Hannah Frierdich added four blocks. The Bods hit .253 as a team while Northwest hit 1.45.

The Ichabods traveled to Pittsburg State Friday Sept. 27 to take on the Gorillas. Washburn won in four sets, dropping the third. Cox had her first double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs.

Freshman middle hitter Sarah Vicory had 13 kills, freshman outside hitter Leanna Willer had 12 and senior outside hitter Corrine Stringer added 11.

“Our ball control is pretty good, and if your ball control is pretty good then you can side out and you get a lot more hitting

situations, more often,” said women’s volleyball coach Chris Herron. “I think that’s been the key.”

Washburn struggled with the serve, having nine service errors. While both PSU and WU struggled attacking the net, the Bods outdid the Gorillas having a .175 hitting percentage to their .075.

The Bods trailed once during their three set sweep of Central Oklahoma.

They gave up the first point of the match but never looked back and they rolled over the Bronchos. Willer had her eight double-double of the season with 16 kills and 10 digs. Cox had 10 kills and lead the Bods with a .333 percent and Wittman had 31 assists.

Washburn fell to number 15 in the AVCA national polls out on Monday.

This is the 126th straight week that the Ichabods have been in the top 25 rankings.

The Bods will see action next on Friday, Oct. 4 against Fort Hays and Saturday, Oct. 5 against NebraskaKearney.

“Kearny’s certainly on our mind, but there’s Hays first, so we really don’t talk about Kearny until we play Hays,” said Herron. “That’s just something that we don’t do here, we gotta play one match before we play the other one, so all our focus is on Fort Hays State.”

Megan Dortch, megan.dortch@washburn. edu, is a senior mass media major.

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Undefeated: Junior, Running Back Vershon Moore carries the ball during Saturdays game at Yager Stadium on Family Day. The Washburn Ichabod Football team continued there winning streak going 4-0 with a win over Central Oklahoma Saturday in Yager Stadium. The Bods won 28-19 over the Buffalo. The Bods are back on the road to Southwest Baptist this weekend to take on the Bearcats. The Bods are ranked 15 in MIAA standings and are looking to improve as they take on Southwest Baptist. The team return home to Yager Stadium on October 16 to take on Lincoln University on Hall of Fame Day. The Bods hope to remain undefeated as they continue on in the season.

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Ichabods Crush the Bearcats

Robert Zimmerman

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Friday, the Ichabods took on the Jennies from the University of Central Missouri. While the Icahbods were down 0-1 at the half, the team made some changes that turned out to give the Jennies an advantage in a 0-3 win.

“We played a good first half and decided that we were going to try and change the way we played by forcing it down their throats in the second half but it played into their strengths,” said coach Tim Collins.

The team was back in action on Sunday facing Southwest Baptist University and this time the team was ready to play.

None of the players on the team had ever won a game over SBU. While the game

was very physical with a lot of fouls, the Ichabods kept calm and won the game 4-1.

This weekend marked the halfway point of the season. Coming into the season the team had lofty goals. “ W e h a v e exceeded our expectations for this season because it was a team we had never beaten and we crushed them,” said senior foward, Caisey Beetley.

While the team has more than met their expectations, there are still ways to improve. Soccer is a sport that requires a team to be prepared for both halves. If the team only plays one half then disaster can strike. Teams cannot just come out and expect a win they have to have the desire and will to compete and earn the win.

“The team who wants the win most gets it and

that is the team who can come and play all 90 minutes instead of just playing one half of the game,” said Bailey Wobig, sophomore foward.

Wins for the team have not come easy this season. When the team has won though they have crushed their opponent by either allowing one goal or getting a shutout.

The team has not had much luck when the games have been decided by one goal.

Subbing players can throw off a team’s rhythm especially when it is unexpected due to an injury.

“The team has to have consistency when we sub and when they are in the big moment of one goal games especially because having a good or bad game on Friday can determine how much playing time they get on Sunday,” said Collins.

Robert Zimmerman, robert. zimmerman1@washburn. edu, is a freshman psychology major.

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Kicking It: Senior Foward, Kaitlyn Doescher, kicks the ball at Friday’s game aganist University of Central Missouri at Yager Stadium. The Bods lost 0-3 on Friday but came back for a 4-1 win on Sunday aganist Southwest Baptist. The Bods return home on Oct. 4th to take on the Fort Hays State University Tigers.

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