Working on the Bod Magazine has been one of the most rewarding projects during my time at Washburn. This magazine has pushed me to be more creative, organized and thoughtful. While working on each page, I try to think of a Washburn student that may be reading it or looking at the pictures and a creative way to show what a great article is on each page.
Making a fun and uplifting publication has been my goal with each Bod Magazine, and this one is no different. The bright colors throughout are a huge reminder to myself to have fun and enjoy the ride, because being the in charge of this magazine is a great stepping stone for my future goals.
I encourage you to keep your future goals in mind while looking through this magazine and remember how college is a time for pushing yourself, making mistakes and learning who you are.
I have learned three things during my time as Director of Special Publications. I love designing and working on publications, I shouldn’t be so hard on myself and a shower as well as a cup of coffee are necessary on a daily basis. No matter how busy I may feel, I stop, take a breath and remember that tomorrow is another day.
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Colleen Kelly
Washburn’s campus is alive with students, special events and energy that all come together to create an excellent place to grow and learn.
Dating Decoded
By Ali Dade
Undoubtedly, one of the trickiest things about being a young person is dating people and being in relationships. Within this tricky world of dating, one of the hardest things to overcome is the dating language.
If he says he’ll text you or call you and then doesn’t He probably feels like he has more important things to do. This is definitely nothing personal against you, even though you may feel like it is. If someone that texts or calls you every day is important to you, make sure he knows that. If he can’t give that to you, find someone else.
If he cancels your plans at the last minute
Of course there are exceptions to this, like an emergency, but generally if he cancels plan after plan, he’s just not interested. Don’t make someone a priority when, to you, they’re just a choice.
If he doesn’t initiate the first move
He’s probably just nervous, so don’t’ be afraid to make the first move.
If he says he likes you, but that he’s not looking for a relationship
Sienna Haynes, junior music education and performance double major, and Paul Priddy, senior music performance major. They have been together for over three years.
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This typically just means he wants a purely physical relationship, which is perfectly fine and normal, especially for people our age. But if that’s not what you want, tell him. Don’t think that you can just change his mind about the matter; generally this will just lead to misunderstandings and hurt feelings.
If
she dodges your first move
If you go in for that first kiss and she moves away, don’t keep trying. She obviously doesn’t want you to do that, so leave it alone.
If
she just looks at her phone all night
This is a tricky one. This one could mean she’s uninterested, or it could mean she’s just nervous and isn’t sure what to do in this situation.
To combat this, make sure you’re attempting to keep her interested, ask her about herself and her day. If she still seems uninterested now, she probably is.
If she only wants to hang out with you in a group setting
She is probably nervous around you, so don’t be offended if she invites you to come along with her and her friends somewhere.
Give it some time and see if she shakes off enough of those nerves to hang out alone
If
she only wants to hang out at certain places
If she only wants to hang out at her place, or yours, and never go out for dinner or drinks, she might not be the serious relationship you’re looking for. Don’t take it personally. I’ve heard since I was young that communication is the key to a lasting relationship. This is extremely true.
Your partner can’t read minds, just like you can’t. If you don’t like something or expect something from them, make sure you make it known.
Alex Davis, junior nursing major, and Maggie Clem, senior graphic design major, have been together for four years and are currently engaged.
Three Essential Life Skills Every Adult Should Know
By Colleen Kelly
College is a time of transitioning. We’re expected to know how to be adults by the time we’re in our 20s, but unfortunately, a majority of students don’t know essential life skills necessary to living on their own. Unless you have an amazing RA, hands-on parents or a very patient roommate, it’s unlikely you’re going to get much guidance in college, either. Here are a few essential skills not related to school that everyone should know by the end of college.
1. How to jumpstart a car
One of the most frustrating hurdles of car ownership is knowing what to do when your car won’t start.
One service that you can easily perform yourself is jumpstarting your battery. You will first need to be sure that your car battery is the problem. Try starting your car as normal. Does your engine turn over slowly? Are the headlights and dashboard lights dim? Does the radio still work? If you answered yes to any of the following, it is likely that your battery is the problem. You will need two things to fix this: another working car and jumper cables.
1. First, turn both cars completely off and pop your hoods. Both cars should be parked with their engine compartments close, but not touching.
2. Identify your car battery by looking for a black plastic box with two knobs called terminals. They are
typically colored red and black, red being the positive terminal and black the negative terminal.
3. Connect the dead battery first. Put the red cable on the positive and black on the negative. Then, connect to the charged battery. Put the red on the positive then the black on negative.
4. Turn on the working car first and let it idle for 30 seconds before starting the non-working car. Let idle for 30-60 seconds. When removing the cables, remove both ends from one battery. Do not allow the two to touch each other.
Then, remove the positive cable from the other battery, followed by the negative. You will need to keep the car running for at least thirty minutes so as to maintain the charge to the battery.
5. If the jumpstart does not work, carefully disconnect the cables from each car and call for roadside assistance.
2. How to file your taxes
Taxes can be a terrifying endeavor if you never had to file them yourself. As you work, you should be keeping your W-2 forms - or forms that keep track of your earnings and how much was sent to state and federal establishments.
1. Get your W-2(s) handy. You should have one per year per job. If you are not married and have no
Katelyn Rollins, senior secondary English education and math double major experiences car troubles in the Washburn parking lot.
dependants (children), you should be filling out the most basic tax form.
2. You may need information on student loan payments if you have started to pay them off, college expenses or recorded donations. You will also need to know basic information about your employer(s).
3. Visit TurboTax.com and create an account. The service is free if you are only filing for personal taxes. It will save your progress and save each year to make filing easier. TurboTax should walk you through stepby-step to plug in information.
6. Keep each years paperwork in a safe place. Each time you file taxes you will need to know last years information.
3. How to heal a sprain
You would be amazed how many people don’t know how to take care of basic injuries that go beyond aspirin or band-aids.
1. Be sure that a sprain is not a fracture. If the injured appendage is bleeding, difficult to move, moves in an unnatural way or is extremely painful to touch, seek medical attention. Otherwise, this is likely a sprain and can be treated at home with proper care and monitoring by applying the R.I.C.E. Method.
2. Rest: Use the injured appendage as little as possible. Use can only worsen the injury.
3. Ice: Apply ice or a cold compact to the injured area for 10-30 minutes. Do this three or four times throughout the day. Do not apply heat to the sprain for the first two days so as not to worsen swelling.
4. Compress: Wrap injured appendage as tightly as is comfortable. Wrapping too tightly can worsen swelling.
5. Elevate: Keep injured appendage comfortably elevated above your heart. This decreases blood flow, minimizing pain, swelling and inflammation.
See a doctor if the sprain is present for over a week.
SPACE HACKS
By Ali Dade
Whether you’re living in the dorms or in an apartment off-campus, living in a cramped environment can be quite the struggle for college kids. One of the things we never think about considering as an issue is the lack of space you’ll have in your new living quarters. Make the most out of your space with these eight small space hacks that are perfect for your house, apartment or dorm.
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Dorm Rooms
and apartment buildings won’t allow you to make holes in the walls (with nails, screws, etc.), but the perfect solution is to use Command strips. These can be found at most stores and they are sold in multi-packs. They use Velcro to keep things hanging on walls without peeling the paint or leaving any marks.
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Vanity
- Often our bathrooms can become cluttered by small items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, cotton swabs or cotton balls. To better organize these, go to your local dollar store and buy a few small ceramic pots or glass mason jars to store them in. These are heavy enough they won’t tip over and make a mess, plus you can decorate them to match the motif of your bathroom using paint, stamps or stickers.
Bathroom - For many, bathroom sinks and vanity areas can be the most disheveled places, because it takes many products for us to get ready for the day. If we want to cut down the amount of space these products take up in the shower, invest in a shower caddy or hanging shower organizer. Either of these can be found in almost any store for less than $20.
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Closet - Go to your local hardware store and buy a short piece of metal chain, grab an “S hook” and attach it to the end. Hang this contraption in your closet and hook your clothes hangers through each of the chain rings. This will cause your hangers to hang down vertically, rather than horizontally and save tons of space for other clothes in your closet.
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Bedroom - Another tip for space-saving in your bedroom involves those pesky sheet sets. After you’ve folded them, place the sheets inside of one of its corresponding pillowcases. This will keep all your sets together, as well as save space in your closet.
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Work area - Living in a technologydriven age has its perks, but all those wires cluttering up our desks are not one.
A solution to this issue is to clip binder clips onto the edge of your desk and loop the beginning of the chords you’ll need through them, such as your laptop and phone chargers, so they don’t continually fall down onto the floor.
Desk - For this next space-saving hack, you’ll want to save some of your toilet paper rolls, and take another trip to that aforementioned dollar store and pick up a small rectangular box (which you can decorate however you’d like). Just hot-glue the toilet paper rolls to the inside of the box, standing up, and use this to hold your pens, pencils, markers and other desk items.
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Kitchen - Use one of those hanging shoe organizers to hold your snacks or cleaning supplies. The rectangular pockets are the perfect size for holding Clorox wipes, extra paper towel rolls, small chip/cookie bags, granola bars fresh fruit, etc.
Once you’ve finished out one of those aforementioned Clorox wipe containers, use it to keep all of your reusable plastic grocery bags in one place.
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Ouary and Kenzie McCoy
Thrifty Travel
Tips & Advice
By Shayn Jones
Going on an adventure doesn’t have to cost you. Thrifty dwarf, Bilbo Baggins, from the movie, “The Hobbit,” travels throughout the Lonely Mountain without a penny or shoes. However, shoes are recommended when traveling.
Traveling can be difficult while attending college, especially when students have to pay tuition and student loans.
Loren Gros, freshman undecided major, said she wants to travel to Europe.
“I think it is difficult to travel because a lot of students don’t have the money that is needed to get to those places, to rent a hotel room or to travel to those locations” said Gros.
One step to traveling on a budget is to research for good air, rail and ship deals. Take advantage of budget airlines, which normally have the
same destinations as commercial lines, but for a fraction of the price.
For train travel, Amtrak is the national rail company in the United States. In Europe, consider buying Eurail (for non-EU citizens) or Interrail (for EU citizens) International Rail passes.
For bus in the United States, Greyhound provides bus travel. In Europe, Eurolines provide a pass to cover travel between more than 45 European cities.
Megabus provides intercity travel in North America and Europe.
Graphic by Cody Dannar
Air travel is generally the most expensive way to travel. Use flight comparison websites such as travelsupermarket, skyscanner and kayak as well as flight brokers such as Travelocity and Expedia.
For ship or ferry travel, cruises can be cheap if you consider accommodations and meals are included. For comparing prices, use websites like TheCruisePeople.
Another step for travel is to research for good accommodation deals. Do an online search and get lists of all the hotels in your location.
In some cases, find out if you can stay with friends or family to save on accommodation expenses.
Spend your days cheaply. Walk around a lot, visiting free or cheap attractions and use shuttle buses or other cheap public transportation. You can learn a lot about a place without spending large amounts of money. Enjoy scenic walks as part of your
travel experience. Visit the tourist information centers in the area, where you can also obtain informational packets or ask the guides for advice on how you can maximize your stay and experience without spending too much.
For traveling on a budget, check for study abroad options at the university as well as travel and hotel deals online. Being prepared and doing your research before your trip can provide you with a sense of how and where your budget will be spent. Creating a spreadsheet with estimates may also come in handy.
With these tips, students can travel at any time and still get the most out of their experience.
Lindsey Boyer, freshman nursing major, hinted at ways to travel.
“I think it’s very important to take advantage of study abroad while still going to college and getting the credits that you need,” said Boyer. “It makes for a great experience.”
The College Man’s Fashion Essentials
By Kenzie McCoy
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While college gives the opportunity for students to roll out of bed and come to class in whatever sweatpants look less dirty that day, it also prepares you for the working world every once in awhile. Job fairs, mock interviews, presentations and date nights give guys and gals a chance to find their own, personal style.
I’ve always been jealous of the ease that men have when it comes to fashion. While I’m taking too long to fix my hair, guys are simply jumping out of the shower, throwing on their clothes and bolting out the door. However, with maybe a couple more minutes in the morning and a few tricks, guys can take their routine from drab to eye-catching.
I asked my boyfriend, let’s call him Tim, if he had any ground-breaking advice for college guys and their fashion and grooming choices. He quickly muttered something about wearing tighter
clothes and trimming your beard. Let’s flesh out these words of wisdom a bit more, shall we?
Embrace fitted clothing
MWhen you reach adulthood, it’s time to trade in the baggy cargo pants for slacks and fitted jeans. And yes, there’s a line between form fitting pants and a pair of “I can’t sit down” pants. There has to be a compromise.
When comparing Tim’s current look with how he dressed a few years ago, I noticed how his taste in clothes has matured from loose, sloppy-looking clothing into more fitted, polished pieces. Even if you don’t want a lot of form-fitting pieces, grab a couple staples to add to your closet. A tapered leather jacket or peacoat and straight-cut, darkwash jeans can make all the difference and add structure to your winter look.
Fitted button-ups and rolled sleeves are also winners. It doesn’t take money to wear the right size of clothing.
Ben Ciummo, senior computer science major, models a bicep-flattering button-up, fitted jeans and well-groomed facial hair.
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Do as the Vikings did
VI’ve always had to beg Tim to trim his hair and manscape on a regular basis. While I don’t have a problem with beards in general, they demand upkeep. When facial hair isn’t shaped, it can make your face look wide and your look messy. After spending some time watching the show “Vikings,” Tim was eventually convinced that maybe trimming your beard could actually be manly. In the show, they were all about haircare. While giant Viking braids may not be the norm today, the pointy beards, half-shaved hairstyles and man-buns are very much in style.
Grab the beard trimmer, pull up a picture of a Viking and let the inspiration take you. For example, shaping the edges of a beard enhances one’s jawline. Embrace and mantain your luscious locks, rub beard balm onto your clean facial hair and you’re primed and ready to impress the world, no matter what you’re wearing.
Upgrade on a budget
HWhile college is a great time to transition from a dude to a grown, hard-working man, it isn’t the time to spend a ton of money on highdollar wardrobe decisions.
My advice is to purchase a few staple pieces over the course of your college career, gradually updating your closet so that, when you graduate, you will be well suited for a new job and any new aspects of your life.
Here’s some items to consider swapping out this season: Old t-shirts for casual polos; Distressed jeans and juvenile cargo pants for dark wash jeans and fitted slacks; Baggy sweatshirts for fitted sweaters and fleece pullovers.
With these style tips in mind, head to one of Topeka’s thrift stores, like Plato’s Closet, and find your hidden gems. Invest in a few staples that you can mix and match on the regular, then slowly accumulate pieces with more personality to create your own unique style without much hassle or breaking the bank.
DIY, Geometric Wall Art
By Miyuki Nishimura
Grab some old magazines, some scissors and rekindle the imagination you had when you were 10 years old. This DIY project is fun for all ages and can make your dorm room, apartment or house feel more decorated and colorful.
This DIY only requires 3 easy steps to accomplish it. Let’s get started.
1. Grab Materials
Grab any magazines that you don’t read anymore, scissors, glue and a white piece of paper or poster board. Choose whatever size paper you want your poster to be.
Travel magazines, cooking magazines and fashion magazines often work especially well for this DIY.
2. Clip Magazines
Cut out magazines in triangle shape. All triangles should be the same size. Make one example and use it when you cut out the magazines.
If you look for photos with a similar color scheme, the poster will have a clean, monochromatic look.
3. Glue Triangles
Grab your glue and paste the triangles you made on your piece of paper/posterboard.
As you can see in the image above, arrange them in the same pattern: up and down. Before you actually paste them, arrange them on the paper to see how it’ll turn out.
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Washburn’s professors, classes and mutiple resources, like the career center, help prep you for a successful life after a hard-earned degree.
Students Thought to Ask
Answers to student’s top job questions from the Washburn Review website.
By Alex Hounchell
While going to college, a majority of us have had the same thought. What am I going to do after school? Where will I find a job? Who will hire me? How will I balance work and school? Here are some answers for your top job questions.
1. What are employers looking for in college graduates?
Though it is hard to create one model that works for all, according to the 2017 Job Outlook Survey by the National Association of Colleges, the top three things that employers look for in resumes are the ability to work as part of a team, problem-solving skills and written communication skills.
2. What are the best ways to succeed at a job?
“The best way to succeed is to do more than is expected of you,” Kent McAnally, Director of Career Services, said.
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“The Hunger Games” character, Effie Trinket, knows the importance of luck, but these job questions will give you more than luck for all things job-related.
Being prepared for a job interview is key. Do your research and find out as much as you can about the company beforehand.
Succeeding at a job is more about knowing what not to do. Try to stay out of office politics and away from gossip. Defer to people who know more, when you are unsure of what to do.
Don’t say nasty things about your employer on Twitter and Facebook.
“No job is perfect, and you are highly unlikely to be in your dream job right after graduation, and if you are, your dreams are still evolving,” McAnally said.
3. How do I balance school, a job and my social life at the same time?
“Balance is difficult for most of us,” McAnally said.
There are two ways to look at balance. The first way is to strike a work-life balance, meaning that there is a definitive line between work and play. School and a job are considered work, while a social life is play. The important thing is trying to do things that relieve stress overall. Whatever works for you, whatever it may be. Meditation, yoga, or biking are all good places to start.
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The best way to succeed is to do more than is expected of you.
- Kent McAnally Director of Career Services
“There’s no perfect equation for balance that works for everybody. Just like there’s no universal perfect job.” McAnally said.
In general, there is no right answer that fits everyone. Rest assured that if you would like to build up your professional repertoire, Career Services in Morgan 105, is always there to help. They’ve even helped me a time or two.
The second method is the opposite. This means attempting to blur the line between work and play. The Silicon Valley companies built their entire model after this and many of them, like Google, are thriving. Find a way to turn work into play to some degree, this may also help managing your stress levels.
Photo by Alice Ouary
Pensonality
By Alex Hounchell
Circle your answers to discover your perfect writing utensil and potential career matches.
Fill in the number of your letter choices from page 18. Your top career matches, as well as your perfect writing utensil, are listed with the highest number.
_____ A’s = G2 Pilot Pen
Blue Collar Jobs: Farmer, Steelworker, Construction
You are both tough, stubborn, and hard headed at times, but you get the job done in the best way you know.
_____ B’s = Gel Pen
Traveling Jobs: Ad consultant, anthropologist, historian, journalist
You are both fluid and eccentric. Suited to be on the road based solely on versatility. You have an acquired taste that makes you want to travel.
_____ C’s = Pencil
Creative Jobs: Painter, writer, movie director, actor, teacher, musician
You are okay with making mistakes, because you know that you can handle them. You are both creative and maybe slightly reckless for the betterment of your job.
_____ D’s = Ballpoint Pen
Desk Jobs: Accountant, economist, government official, banker
You roll and adapt to your entire environment, meaning you can learn from most experiences and become better from them.
_____ E’s = Metal Pen
Civil Servants: Nurse, psychiatrist, social worker, doctor
You are strong and as such, you are a hard worker and people look up to you. You are not as easily stressed out as others and you are reliable.
Film Fomo
Five movies that inspire serious job envy.
By Colleen Kelly
1. “Chef” (2014)
One of the most overlooked jobs is that of a chef. When renowned chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) has a public meltdown with a food critic, he rediscovers his creativity and love of food by opening up his own food truck and touring the American south-west.
This film accomplished two key things: It made me deeply care about something I knew nothing about and it gave me that creative itch. You watch Carl struggle to remake himself as he reconciles public opinion with that of his top critics. You witness someone falling in love with their life all over again. This film will make you want to sign up for a cooking class ASAP, whether it be out of piqued curiosity or the excitement of creating something.
2. “Million Dollar Baby” (2004)
If there’s one thing that hits home with most audiences, it’s an underdog story. “Million Dollar Baby” tells the story of Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood),
a misanthropic boxing trainer, and his latest student, Maggie Fitzgerald (Hillary Swank) as they try to leave their old selves behind and climb the ranks in boxing.
Something this story did exceptionally well was it humanized professional athletes and their struggles in a way its predecessor, “Rocky,” couldn’t for me. It not only reinforced our respect for professional athletes and the strain they put on their bodies, but it is sure to inspire aspiring athletes and remind them of the long, yet rewarding road ahead of them.
3. “La La Land” (2016)
No matter what anyone tells you, a career in the arts is valid. No film in recent years has better captured the rapture and tragedy of pursuing a career as a performer than “La La Land.” The film follows Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a struggling jazz pianist, and Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress.
The duo is faced with rejection and failure many times over the course of
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the film, and that was an integral facet of the story. A life in the arts is harsh and takes just as much relentlessness as it does talent. It makes it all the more satisfying when we see the characters finally succeed and get a taste of real fame. “La La Land” is a love letter not only to Los Angeles, but those who aspire for a life in the arts and all that they endure.
4. “Hot Fuzz” (2007)
While it’s not your typical buddy cop movie, “Hot Fuzz” is a cult classic for a reason. The story follows Nick Angel (Simon Pegg) and Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), a hilariously mismatched pair of cops charged with protecting a quiet English village in the midst of a string of bizarre murders.
What makes this film worthy of job envy, is the sheer amount of fun Nick and Danny have and the genuine love they have for their job by the end. They’re just two guys trying to do the right thing, one wrong step at a time. Considering today’s culture of police brutality and subsequent public scrutiny of law enforcement, it’s nice to see a whacky film where the cops are not only the good guys, but good people.
5. “The Martian” (2015)
This is the film that reignited our generation’s wanderlust for space travel. Set in the not so distant future,
astronaut and botanist Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is one of the first humans to study Mars firsthand. While the survivalist aspect of this film could make the astronaut life off-putting, no one left that film without a sense of wonder and amazement for space exploration.
Against all odds, Watney used his scientific background to keep himself comfortable and entertained on the isolated Martian terrain, and you’re lying to yourself if he didn’t impress you with his quick wit. Strip away the danger of his situation, and who wouldn’t want a job that allows you to bask in the beauty of a foreign planet and study its secrets? The portrayal of physicists, engineers, astronauts and tech experts is the stuff of daydreams to those with an interest in science.
Photo by Shayn Jones
Colleen Kelly is a senior English education major.
A Academic Best
Washburn’s classes can offer more than just a grade. Small class sizes make professors available to help you gain as much as possible from a class.
Eccentric Classes Foster Fun
By Natalie Engler
Students often dread the day when it’s time to choose classes for the next semester. There are general education requirements, university requirements and even classes that are required for a student’s major and minor.
However, there are times when a class is offered
that piques the interests of all kinds of students and those classes are the ones that bring students of different majors together. Classes like Alexander Hamilton, taught by Dr. Kelly Erby, history professor, and the intro to forensic investigations class, taught by professor Rebecca Vincent-Giles, accomplish this.
History course, Alexander Hamilton, uses the popular rap musical Hamilton as a driving force to explore various aspects of Hamilton’s world during the revolutionary and early, national periods.
Erby has always been a fan of the early national period and teaches other courses related to the Revolution. For her, teaching a class about Alexander Hamilton was an opportunity not to be missed.
“It just seemed like a way, a fresh way to freshen up my knowledge and rethink the way I teach the
Rachel Wheeler, sophomore forensic investigations major, works hard to collect evidence and notes with Emily Edwards, senior forensic investigation major during a mock crime scene. This activity allowed students to enhance their skills learned in the intro to forensic investigations class.
Photo by Natalie Engler
Revolution and early national period,” Erby said. “After the most recent election, there’s a ton of really timely stuff that has roots in Hamilton’s period and Hamilton himself is really influential in a lot of current discussions.”
While classes can be exhausting and mentally draining, they all have the potential to become interesting and fun, even general education courses. Erby encourages students to major in what interests them.
“If you’re not interested in learning, then you’re probably not going to be successful at it,” Erby said.
Forensic Science in Criminal Justice is a course designed to help students understand and apply the fundamentals and advanced techniques in crime scene investigations. The course also teaches students proper procedures, like chain of custody, and what evidence can be used in court proceedings.
Vincent-Giles recently joined Washburn’s faculty
in the fall where she was able to teach introductory courses in relation to forensic science. She wants the mentality of these advanced courses to be similar to those taught in crime scene school.
Students will be participating in shooting reconstructions, blood splatter analysis, chemical processing and even witnessing an autopsy.
Vincent-Giles has students who have taken the introductory course and are now taking the advanced class.
“I’m using a lot of my CJ 415 students to help me teach CJ 115 when I do a lot of practicals,” she said. “[I love] to see them as experts already; I’m really proud of them.”
Whether you like classes about the American Revolution or astronomy, there are classes available for every kind of student. When the time comes to register for classes again, look at what fun and exciting courses are available and take a chance.
Music Professor Quick, Fun Facts
By Ryan Thompson
Favorite ice cream topping:
My spirit animal is:
The strangest thing in my office is:
One word that describes my teaching style is:
My dream vacation would be:
If I could pick one era to live in, I’d live in:
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Adjunct instructor, Brent Ferguson, teaches an introductory guitar course at Washburn and also conducts private lessons.
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Kenzie McCoy
Photos by Jessica Knieff
Not all musical performances are formal affairs. The Marching Band is a central aspect of student life on college campuses. The spirit and beat of the Washburn Athletic Bands and the music students involved, give Washburn Sports remarkable energy.
A Day in the Life
Behind the scenes of a music major.
Photos by Jessica Knieff
of
Classes outside
the classroom. Many courses taken by music majors are ensembles taken for one or zero credit hours. These students are preparing for Wind Ensemble on stage in White Concert Hall.
Once rehearsals, performances and practicing are done for the day, even music majors cannot escape written homework. Music theory is the study of the theoretical elements of music. While not often realized as one of the areas of expertise for musicians, it is a foundational element to a music major’s education.
Then and Now: How Life Has Changed for WU
By Alex Hounchell
Time is a strange thing, regardless of whether it is moving forward actively, or if you are thinking about the past. It is hard to say how time moves or how we perceive it. One moment, you are a senior in high school, or you’re thinking about going back to college. The next moment, you are only a few weeks from graduating. The time was marked by unexpected moments, failures and successes. Everyone has had the paper they wrote the night before achieve the grade of an A. Let’s take a blast to the past and compare four years ago to now.
In 2012
Psy, a South Korean, had mega popular success. His song, Gangnam Style, had little English, but it swept through the nation.
In 2016, Hello by Adele became one of the most popular songs, featuring no Korean and no dancing that imitates riding a horse
In 2012, Forbes listed Biomedical Engineering as the most commercially viable degree.
In 2016, the trend falls closer to computer science, software engineering and electrical engineering, but overall Forbes chose Chemical Engineering.
In the 2012 London Olympics, the US won overall, acquiring 46 gold medals.
Rio Olympics, the US won overall again, acquiring 46 gold medals.
In 2012,
SpaceX delivered its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. This started a new interest in space travel and was quite the milestone.
In 2016,
Virtual Reality Helmets become commercially viable. Allowing, among many other things, the ability to feel as though you are flying a drone from a cockpit.
In 2012, Sword Art Online was one of the most watched animes of the year. Featuring a character in a virtual reality setting.
In 2016, HBO’s Game of Thrones was one of the most watched television shows.
Between 2012 and 2016, Washburn gained Lincoln Hall, the Welcome Center and beautiful students like yourself.
On average in 2012, gasoline cost an astronomical $3.80 Yet in 2016, gasoline was $2.45 on average.
In 2012, Marvel’s Avengers premiered and it was the highest grossing movie of that year, featuring an all-star cast of superheroes.
In 2016, Deadpool, another character created by Marvel, becomes the highest grossing R rated movie since Passion of the Christ.
The past may not be a predictor of the future, but the past is a reminder of what can happen. Whether you want to be a superhero actor, a writer, a gold medal winning athlete, an artist, a geologist or an astronomer, Washburn University has something for you. Knowledge is tinder for dreams and ideas. After you graduate, you will have a richer understanding of the world. So go on and walk. Walk a few steps closer to the future.
