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Students join URGE for advocacy at Capitol Bill would prevent concealed carry Andrew Shermoen WASHBURN REVIEW
On Monday, Feb. 8, the Kansas branch of Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity met at the Kansas Statehouse to discuss reproductive rights and recent legislation attempted by Gov. Sam Brownback. Over 50 students from different universities across Kansas attended the programs held at the Statehouse. Rep. Gail Finney, representative of Kansas’ 84th district, also joined in on the conferences, as well as supporters of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (PPKM) and representatives of Trust Women. The day started with many of the students having group discussions and becoming acquainted before the day’s activities began. The organization held a press conference with many different speakers discussing the state of reproductive and female health care in Kansas. One speaker in particular was Finney, who had plenty to say about her disappointment with her fellow legislators. “These legislators are flat out tripping,” Finney said. “Kansas has been chipping away at access to reproductive health care for a long time. Recently, some of my colleagues have upped efforts to do everything they can to make it harder and more expensive to access vital and
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“The city should try to allocate some money to try and save [the store],” Brummett said. “They’ve got to make sure their people are fed.” Another student at Washburn, Mike Smalley, who is majoring in computer science, is also dismayed at the closing of the store. “I know some people back in Lawrence who would need rides from other people just to go to
Recently proposed Senate Bill 248 would prevent conceal and carry on college campuses across the state, but the odds are not in favor of its passing. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “In 2013, five states introduced legislation to prohibit concealed carry weapons on campus. None of these bills passed.” Prospects look grim to those desiring a repeal or revision of the law. “...From what I know of the Kansas Legislature, I would doubt it,” said Jim Schnoebelen, a Washburn professor of communication who also teaches political communication. Should the current law go into effect on July 1, 2017, it is up to the administration of each university to set policies that regulate guns on campus. Faculty have voiced concerns to administration in open fora, however concrete decisions do not seem to have been made yet. “Lots of questions, not a lot of answers,” said Jennifer Ball, Faculty Senate President and economics professor at Washburn. Jennifer Ball shared that there was a small study done of campus faculty, but the response rate was so low that it was untrustworthy. Her personal opinion is that the majority of faculty would prefer guns not be allowed on university property. Staff and students alike feel uncomfortable with this situation according to surveys recently released by the Docking Institute. Unless students, faculty and concerned citizens let their voices be known, the current law
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Speaking Out: Haley Miller is a Midwestern field agent for URGE, Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity. She and many other students from universities all over Kansas gathered at the Kansas State Captiol to speak about their dissatisfaction with women’s health care in Kansas.
constitutionally protected health care.” Finney also commented on the large amount of restrictions made by Kansas in recent years. “Kansas has passed more restrictions on abortion than any other state over the last four years,” Finney said. The representative had to
leave quickly after her speech, but she set the stage for many other speakers to speak on their dissatisfaction toward recent events in Kansas Legislature. Another key speaker was Erendira Jimenez, the student leader of URGE at Wichita State University. Her location has given her knowledge of the
difficulty of not having access to proper care. “I know from experience, living in Western Kansas, that it is very difficult to have access,” Jimenez said. “There aren’t many providers.” She spoke specifically on the URGE: continued on page 4
Citizens petition to save grocery store Anna Ciummo
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Recently, many citizens of Topeka have been protesting in a petition against the closing of a Dillon’s store. The Dillon’s grocery store on Huntoon Street is one of the only sources of food for many Topeka residents. Because the store is located within a vast, tightly-networked neighborhood, it is easy for many in the area to simply walk to the store
and buy what they need. Some do not have cars. However, it was announced earlier in 2016 that the store was to close. Once this happens, the nearest place offering food sales would be fast food places and gas station convenience stores. Kimberley Brummett, a freshman studying finance, volunteers at the Harvester’s food pantry and has firsthand experience working with families who don’t have access to proper food. “A lot more people would be
hungry,” Brummett said, in regards to the store’s closing. “I think many people would even desert the area.” The petition online explains that the area depending on this grocery store would soon turn into a food desert. The USDA defines a food desert as “parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers’ markets and healthy food providers.”
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Art student organizations hold fundraiser
Washburn Art Student Association and the Washburn Art Team of United Potters will be selling artwork in the Memorial Union on Feb. 11 and 12 from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. on both days. The sale will function as a fundraiser for the two groups. For more information, please contact Nathaniel Jackson at nathaniel. jackson@washburn.edu.
‘This Is Our Youth’ auditions held this week
Auditions for “This Is Our Youth” will be held Feb. 11 and 12 in the Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre. Auditions will be held from 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Feb. 11 and 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 12. “This Is Our Youth” is about growing up and materialism in the Reagan Era and first premiered 1993 as a one act called “Betrayal by Everyone.” Scripts are available to preview for a $10 deposit in Garvey 133. For more information, please contact Penny Weiner at (785)670-1639 or penelope.weiner@ washburn.edu.
Panel to discuss gun-related issues
“Hallowed Absurdities: Work by Theodore Waddell” is a new exhibit in the Mulvane Art Museum. The exhibit discusses the usage of guns in America through road kill, animal skulls, body bags and other gun and animal
related things. Tuesday Feb. 16, David Carter, Farley Professor of Ethics and Leadership, will facilitate a panel discussion between Mark Peterson, professor in the political science department, and Chris Conner, assistant professor in the sociology and anthropology department. The panel will discuss several topics relating to guns, such as second amendment rights and hunting. The panel will be from 6-7 p.m. in the Mulvane Art Museum. For more information, please contact Delene Van Sickel at (785)-670-1124 or mulvane.infor@washburn.edu.
High and mighty pitch for annual King of Hearts competition
Free resume critiques offered before Career Fair
In preparation for the Spring Career Fair Feb. 17, Career Services is offering a free resume critique on Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, called Resume Roadshow, will take place in the Union near the Corner Store. The event works on a first come, first serve basis. Participants need to bring a completed resume for staff at Career Services to critique. For more information, please contact Kent McAnally at (785)670-1450 or kent.mcanally@ washburn.edu.
Law school to host clinic for veterans
Washburn Law Clinic is offering legal assistance to veterans Feb. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon on the first floor of Washburn University School of Law. The clinic will be staffed by law
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Royal Rhythms: The “Do Rei Three” inhale helium from balloons before singing. Kyle Breneman, left, Grey Thornburgh, center and Ben Hooper, right, suprised the audience by changing their low baritones to high sopranos at Alpha Phi’s “King of Hearts,” a drag competition fundraiser.
students, who will be working under the supervision of faculty, and will offer a variety of services. Participants must bring proof of service and must be financially eligible. For more information, please contact Shelia Summers at (785)-670-1784 or shelia.summers@washburn. edu.
Support group to meet on Tuesday
Services and Residential Living, meets every other Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the reading room in the LLC. The group is open to any students who attend Washburn University, Washburn Institute of Technology or Washburn University School of Law. The support group is for those who have lost a friend or loved one as well as those who
Something new that has been added to campus this semester is a grief and loss support. The support group, sponsored by Midland Care Connection in relationship with Counseling
Don’t forget! The FAFSA and scholarship application priority deadline is Feb. 15. For assistance or more information, contact the Student One Stop at (785)-670-2162 or sos@washburn.
Washburn Campus Police Report February 4 08:56 - Information report/Possible criminal activity. Washburn Institute of Tech. Report taken: Not able to determine if there was criminal activity: Investigation continues.
February 5 09:45 - Theft/Cell phone & cell phone case. Garvey Fine Arts Center. Report taken: Investigation continues
February 5 10:45 - Information report/Alcohol violation. Kuehne Hall. Report taken: Referred to the Associate Vice President of Student Life.
February 8 15:06 - Motor vehicle accident/Hit & run. Washburn Institute of Tech. Report taken: Photos taken, investigation continues.
will eventually lose a friend or loved one due to a terminal illness. The purpose of the group is to provide emotional support during the process of grieving. The next meeting will be Feb. 16. For more information, please contact Residential Living at (785)-670-1065 or resliving@washburn.edu.
The Washburn Review’s crime report follows crime trends on a yearto-year basis. This chart accounts for crime from Jan. 7-Feb. 8. Theft - 22% Alcohol Violations - 4% Burglary (Vehicle) - 26% Criminal Damage - 9% Drug Arrests - 9% Theft (Auto) - 22% Traffic Accidents - 9%
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Passionate Students: The protesters from universities across Kansas such as KU, Kansas State, Washburn and Fort Hays State held signs that said “#failcampuscarry” and “love guns? Take classes online.”
Silent protest against guns on campus draws crowd from all over Kansas Brenden Williams
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The University of Kansas campus was the location for an anti-guns-oncampus silent protest against a part
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Silenced: The protestors wore gags around their mouths that said ‘NRA’ and had signs opposing Gov. Brownback as well.
of the Personal and Family Protection Act that allows students and faculty to carry firearms on college campuses that took place on Monday, Feb. 8. Students and faculty from campuses around the state gathered in Lawrence on a cold day across the street from KU’s Strong Hall. They were part of a silent protest against the law that says in 2017 students will be able to conceal and carry firearms without permits for their protection, the act is already in effect for public places but college campuses were given an extension until 2017. The hashtag “#failcampuscarry” was used by protesters on social media. A first year doctoral student at the University of Kansas, Megen Youngdahl and her peers at the university organized the rally and invited different universities around the state. “We’re here to support legislation that would amend the law to exempt all institutions of higher learning in Kansas from having to allow conceal and carry,” Youngdahl said. “As it is right now,
as of July 17, our temporary exemption will expire. When I came here I wasn’t aware the situation existed. I wouldn’t dream this situation existed, so myself and some others felt that something needed to be done about it.” Students and faculty held signs that said “exempt us”, “let’s be gun free” and “love guns? Take classes online” as well as covering their faces with ties over their mouths that said “NRA”, representing the National Rifle Association. They also featured signs opposing Gov. Sam Brownback and held a large banner across the middle of the group that had “#failcampuscarry” written across it. Elizabeth Dobbs, an English professor at Kansas State, as well as three of her fellow professors at the university drove to Lawrence on Monday to join the protest. “One reason guns are such a bad idea on a campus is that it’s a community,” Hobbs said. “We need an assumption of mutual trust and respect, and in a classroom setting the assumption that
everyone is armed is going to be very offsetting. They’re bad for student safety, they’re bad for faculty safety, they’re bad for staff safety, and we want to unite with our colleagues and friends at KU to show support to make any kind of change.” Priscilla McKinney, a former professor at the University of Kansas, attended the rally because guns may limit free discussion in class. “We’re opposing the law that will go in effect July 2017 that will allow conceal carry guns on campus,” McKinney said. “As faculty, I can’t imagine teaching classes where students or anyone has the option to carry a gun into a classroom. It would very much stifle a free and open discussion, which is what university is all about: free thinking, free expression. To me, for it to even be considered is a black mark on our culture.” Brenden Williams brenden.williams@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.
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“We’re hoping that we can convince and be able to remove the stigma it currently has,” Jimenez said.
Jimenez hopes that removing this stigma will help legislators understand what bills would be detrimental to their state. “I have known a lot of former highschool students that have, years later, realized that they have reproductive issues that they were never told about, or never even knew were possible,” Jimenez said. There were also representatives from other women’s rights organizations such as Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri who spoke about services
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will continue and allow unregistered conceal carry on campuses starting July 2017. This includes anyone, regardless of criminal background, drug history or mental state. Those desiring to let their voices be heard about changing the law may start their own group or get involved with an existing one. “If people are interested in seeing that exemption, they need to get behind that and support that,” said Kerry Wynn, professor of history and a member of Cancel Campus Carry. Proponents of the law are firm supporters of the Second Amendment’s phrase “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” Cancel Campus Carry is the local Washburn group found @cancel_carry on Twitter. On Facebook there is a Kansas Against Campus Carry group. The Kansas Coalition for a Gun Free Campus is a Facebook group and an organization. KCGFC had a rally Feb. 8 in Lawrence on the University of Kansas campus. Faith Hadley, faith.hadley@washburn.edu, is a sophomore nursing major.
the organization provides that help women nationwide. After the press conference the students of URGE then had meetings with legislators to discuss a bill that would repeal a ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortion. This ban has made it extremely difficult for patients in rural parts of Kansas to access abortion. Students and advocates also visited legislators and asked them not to support the proposal to defund Planned Parenthood in Kansas. Andrew Shermoen, andrew. shermoen@washburn.edu, is a junior secondary English education major.
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Student Advocates: The members and students affiliated with the Kansas branch of URGE meet after the press conference to discuss the rest of the day’s events.
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Food Desert: The grocery store located at 1400 S.W. Huntoon St. will close Feb. 13. The store is the only place that many can access food. A food desert could be the result.
the grocery store,” Smalley said. “In [Topeka] there is public transportation, but there are certain times of the day where you’re not able to get food. If you work during the daytime, you’re not able to take public transportation.” The closest grocery store in the area is
a Walmart Neighborhood Market, but it is still several miles to get there and there are fast food places even nearer. “Even if you’re able to get the groceries, you still have to carry it all home,” Smalley said. The store is to be officially closed on
Feb. 13 and there are no official plans to replace it. Anna Ciummo, anna.ciummo@ washburn.edu, is a freshman English major.
WSGA lobbies at Higher Education Day Lisa Herdman
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Students in Washburn Student Government Association, along with students from nearby schools, lobbied for medical amnesty and level funding for higher education on Wednesday Feb. 4 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. outside of the Topeka Capitol Building for Higher Education Day. Around 12 to 14 students attended from each school that participated, including students from Emporia State University and Wichita State University. One of the main issues lobbied was SB 133, or Lifeline 911. SB 133 gives minors
immunity from criminal prosecution if under the influence of alcohol and are seeking medical attention. The bill could prevent injuries to minors that don’t want to be caught by police but need to get medical attention. This bill has passed through The House and is on its way to the Senate. WSGA sets aside one day a year during a legislative session to lobby for change, mainly for higher education. Other students from student government associations will come to participate together. On Wednesday, the students lobbied for level funding. “We are not asking for more funding,” said Blake Porter, President of WSGA, “Just asking for no more cuts to be made.” The members of WSGA set up a meeting
with legislators, appointing a student to attend each meeting to talk about the issues. Porter said he had sent a letter after finding out SB 133 was on the floor at The House. Letters can encourage a senator to vote positively on an issue. “I would encourage activism by students,” said Blake Porter, President of WSGA, “It never hurts to send your legislator or representative senator a letter bringing things to their attention.”
Lisa Herdman, lisa.herdman@ washburn.edu, is a senior English and mass media major.
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Valentine’s Day not Washburn sets great standard for colleges just for couples Abbie Stuart WASHBURN REVIEW
Valentine’s Day can be difficult for a single person. Although the day is meant to celebrate familial and platonic love in addition to romantic love, the holiday has recently come to emphasize romantic love over other types of love, which is perhaps why it has earned the nickname “Singles Awareness Day.” The problem with Valentine’s Day isn’t so much that we have a holiday celebrating love, but rather that we don’t seem to understand that it’s okay to be single, just like it’s okay not to be. Your value and worth as a person comes from more than your marital status. Single or not, you are an intelligent human being on this earth for a reason. You have the capacity to effect great change and you should not let anything, much less your marital status, keep you from being the person you should be. There’s no reason why people who are single can’t enjoy Valentine’s Day. Something that I have started doing recently is going out to dinner with my friends in the evening. After dinner, we usually go to
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someone’s house, eat dessert and watch a movie. It’s not an extravagant evening, but it’s a fun time and it reminds us that there are better things to do on Valentine’s Day than doing nothing because we don’t have a date. I don’t know what your situation is this Valentine’s Day, but I would encourage you to make the best out of it. Buy yourself flowers and chocolates if you want. Surround yourself with people you love and celebrate your friendship. But mostly importantly, realize that you are an incredible person full of potential and one day in the year can’t change that.
Abbie Stuart, abigail.stuart@ washburn.edu, is a junior English major.
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With recent media reports bringing to light yet more controversy at the University of Kansas–the administration approving the student government’s bill to cut their student media’s funding by half after it wrote a critical editorial–now seemed like a good time to reflect on the relationship between Washburn Student Media and the Washburn Student Government Association. The difference in the student media/ student government relationship at Washburn couldn’t be more different than it is at KU. The civility, professionalism, cooperation and, in some cases, friendships, that exist between Washburn Student Media and WSGA is something that is absolutely praiseworthy. Many would remember a time when those four words would be the last to be used to describe the two student organizations’ relationship. Over the past couple years, however, active efforts have been made on both sides of the dichotomy, which, while KU is the school in the spotlight right now, really exists among schools throughout the nation and has gone on for decades. However, those efforts made at Washburn, it would seem, have paid off. For one, the two organizations have developed a literal opendoor policy. Formal interviews aside, if a member of WSGA has a question for the Review, or vice versa, he or she just walks into the other organization’s office and asks. And everybody seems to be okay with this. In the past, members of Student Media have been asked to set up an official appointment through the WSGA public relations director to talk to the WSGA president–even if it was just a quick question–and the Review staff had seriously considered implementing the same policy if a member of WSGA wanted to talk to an editor. Those days are gone, though. Without ever explicitly discussing it, both organizations got rid of all the red tape. Both organizations are made up of students with the purpose of serving the students, and that tape was getting in the way. WSGA members are always willing to talk to the Review to help with a story, making reporters’ jobs a lot easier. The organization also brings story ideas to the Review. On the flipside, the Review has given the WSGA president and vice president a free slot in each issue of the paper to write
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to the student body (called President’s Corner), which WSGA in the past had to pay for. The Washburn Review also partnered with WSGA this past year to form a partnership with USA Today, bringing The Buzz app to Washburn–an opportunity only offered to select universities. A lot of credit also is due to the advisor of each of these two organizations. In both cases, the advisors do just that – advise. They don’t try to micromanage or control WSGA or Student Media. They let the students learn by both their successes and their failures; they give the students the opportunity to solve their problems rather than step in and fix them for them. Included in those problems is the friction between Student Media and Student Government (which has been well and alive since at least the 1970s, as can be seen in archived issues of the Review from that time). And yet, the students of Student Media and WSGA have reconciled (hopefully permanently) a feud nearly a half-century old. And of course, credit goes to the administration of Washburn for allowing students the irreplaceable experiences of participating in Student Media or Student Government, not setting WSGA’s agendas or forcing bills on them and not cutting Student Media’s budget when controversial topics are covered. Ultimately, the administration allows students to learn and grow, with the guidance of their advisors, without trying to take control. The University of Kansas should try to be more like Washburn. This piece has been primarily praise, but it is a call to action for other universities. As previously mentioned, there seems to be an unwritten rule that Student Media and Student Government must be at odds that is adhered to by those two groups at universities around the nation. But Washburn has proven that the rule is just that– unwritten, and it is far from fact. Other schools, specifically their advisors and administrators, should allow students to learn through their successes and their failures without taking complete control when there’s an inconvenience. That’s bad for students’ learning process. Don’t be like that. Be like Washburn.
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Ichabods drop in close battle with Missouri Southern Brenden Williams
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The Washburn women’s Basketball team fell in a close game to the Missouri Southern Lions 73-67, snapping the Lions losing streak and extending the Ichabods’ losing streak to three games. The Ichabods entered the game 12-9 (now 12-10) overall and 8-7 (8-8) in the conference, and the Lions were 14-8 (158) overall and 8-8 (9-8) in the conference. For the first few minutes the game was tightly contested, neither team gaining an edge, but the Lions took a five-point lead with six minutes left in the first quarter, 11-6. Washburn retaliated with basket after basket, bringing the game within one at 15-14 and held the Lions scoreless for the remainder of the quarter, finishing with a run of their own, Washburn in the lead 1815. Washburn held the lead for the entire second quarter, expanding their lead to six at one point, but the Lions weren’t giving Photo courtesy of Washburn Sports Information Department up. By the end of the quarter they brought Jump Shot: Alyxis Bowens taks a jumper over two Lions in Saturday’s loss. Bowen had 12 points, shooting six for 10 from teh field. the game within two, making the halftime lead of 51-55. remaining. That’s as close as the Ichabods field. score 31-29, Washburn. The Ichabods couldn’t score for three would come for the rest of the game The Ichabods will be back in action on The Lions tied the game coming out of half at 31 but quickly fell back down to minutes to start the fourth, giving the because they were forced to foul. The Wednesday, Feb. 10 at home in Lee Arena a four-point deficit as Washburn grinded Lions a few baskets and free throws, tying game ended 73-67, the Ichabods falling against the University of Central Missouri the game at 55 with 7:29 left in the game. by six. Jennies, who enter the game 8-13, 7-9 in out two shots in the next few minutes. The Ichabods then were in foul trouble Washburn had two players in double the conference–a key game for conference The Lions kept the game close through the third quarter not letting Washburn and free throws became the enemy as the digits. Erika Lane hit two threes, shooting standings. jump to a lead of more than five points Lions jumped to a seven-point lead with seven for 11, and three of four from the with 2:20 left in the quarter, 50-45. The 5:14 left in the game. They expanded it free throw line, giving her 19 points with Brenden Williams, brenden.williams@ quarter ended much the same as the others to as much as nine before the Ichabods an additional five assists. Alyxsis Bowens washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media with the Ichabods holding on to a narrow cut it to four with just under two minutes had 12 points, shooting six of 10 from the major.
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High-scoring Lions offense proves too much for Ichabods Brenden Williams
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The Washburn men’s basketball team lost a close game to the Missouri Southern Lions 95-103 as both teams put on an offensive display. Washburn entered the game 12-8, with an 8-7 record in the MIAA, while Missouri Southern started the game 13-9 overall, 11-6 in the conference. The Bods are on a three-game slide, all coming from close, tough losses. One was a triple overtime thriller, another with a rival and finally against Missouri Southern, who boasted one of the premier players in the league who shot a perfect game. Bob Chipman, the Ichabod’s head coach, was proud of the way the team fought back after multiple 12-point differences to tie the game up late in the second half before falling to a 12-point deficit in the end. The highlights for Washburn were threefold. Brady Skeens had 22 rebounds and 20 points, shooting seven of 11 from the field. Next was Randall Smith with 16 assists, setting his team up all over the court, and lastly was Javion Blake with a run of three 3-pointers in the second half, making six of 10 from beyond the arc and scoring 22 by the end of the night. “Brady, how about those rebounds,” Chipman said. “Randall, how about those assists. Javion, that run of threes, and we’re talking about two sophomores and a freshman.”
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Raining 3s: Javion Blake led the Ichabods in scoring in Saturday’s loss to the Lions with 22 points, 18 coming from six 3-pointers.
On the other side of the court, Missouri Southern’s star Taevaunn Prince literally did not miss. Hitting all 10 shots from the field and shooting a perfect 10 of 10 from the charity stripe as well, finishing with 32 points and six assists. “Tonight I was really proud of the guys,” Chipman said. “It’s the way we’ve been playing all year. It’s a young group, our first time through the league. We get down, we don’t quit, we come back, and we’ve been winning more than our share up until this week.”
Time to dust off the racquets Frankie Estanol
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The Washburn men’s tennis team went down to the wire in an intense matchup with No. 15-ranked Drury University on Friday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri. The match was a rematch of the doubles USTA/ITA Central Region Championship when 4th-ranked Kay Bartman and Maximillan Hepp defeated 22nd-ranked Alejandro Valarezo Plaza and Mark Hunter of Washburn in October. This time, Hunter and Valarezo Plaza escaped with the win, 11-9 in a tie-breaker. The match snapped Washburn’s 13-game losing streak to Drury as the Ichabods took down the Panthers 5-4 on Friday night in their spring opener. The win by the Ichabods was their first win over Drury since the 1997 season. Lance Lysaught, second-year Washburn head tennis coach, said that there was a huge crowd–well over 100 people screaming and hollering–that attended the match. A group of wild fans were trying to grab the focus away from the Ichabods, but it seemed to have no effect as the men’s team was poised enough to finish a match that
seemed to never end. “No we love it, we love it,” said doubles team of Hunter and Valalezo Plaza when asked if they wanted the crowd noise lowered. On the women’s side, they lost 1-8. The lone point came at No. 1 doubles when Ally Burr and Jodie Blackim topped Larissa Karl and Hadeil Ali 8-4. Lysaught believes it is more of a rebuilding process for them. They played very well but the experience of Drury seemed to be a little too much. “They competed well,” Lysaught said. He believes that a lot more players have bought in this season, which is a main reason for their nice start. “You see more leadership and success,” Lysaught said. When the whole team believes a certain game plan can produce more wins is when the wins will start coming. These next two matches should be competitive as Washburn will return to the court on Feb. 20 with the first of two NCAA Division I opponents when they will take on the Univeristy of Missouri-Kansas City. Frankie Estanol, frank.estanol@ washburn.edu, is a junior communication major.
Chipman said they needed to work on defense and being more physical without bringing the referees into the game. “Tonight I love the way the game was called,” Chipman said. “It’s supposed to be freedom of movement and it wasn’t a physical knock down, drag out game. We’ve been working on the physical part because the officials have reverted back to the old rules so we need to work on the physical stuff, the block out, the rebounding, the defense. I mean we gave up 103.” The game was not close to start as
the Lions took off on an offensive clinic for the first half, but Washburn stepped up to the challenge and worked back throughout the second half. With seven minutes remaining the game was tied for the first time since the start at 74. They fell after Prince took off in the second half taking and making his 10 free throws on the night. Brenden Williams, brenden.williams@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.
MIAA Men’s Basketball Records *Records are conference records. Pittsburg State
7-10 Central Oklahoma
8-8 Fort Hays State
9-7 Nebraska Kearney
8-6 Lincoln
Northwest Missouri
14-3 Missouri Western
6-11 Washburn
8-8 Missouri Southern
11-6 Southwest Baptist
10-6
4-12
Lindenwood
11-6 Central Missouri
7-9 Northeastern State
5-11 Emporia State
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Coen brothers triumph with ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Andrew Shermoen
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The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, are some of the most versatile men in Hollywood. Their niche is with dark crime comedies, but they have never been afraid to shy away from odd and unique settings. Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), head of production at Capitol Pictures, is what is known as a fixer. His job is to prevent the studio’s stars from falling into public ruin. He’s dedicated to his job but feels like quitting and taking another offer, which would offer easier work and is more suitable to his talents. When one of Capitol Pictures’ biggest stars is kidnapped, Mannix must deal with the publicity and also find the perpetrators. On top of this, he must also deal with other every day crises within the studio. The movie’s structure is enjoyably odd and rampant. The tones and scenes jump rapidly back and forth between locations and different subplots, but none of that detracts from what makes the movie so entertaining. The acting is phenomenal. Everyone gives enjoyable performances, despite their often brief screen time within the large cast. One incredibly funny scene occurs
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Lights, Camera, Abduction: The newest Coen brothers film does a wonderful job recreating 1950s Hollywood. The film referenced numerous famous actors from that time period.
when Laurentz, a high-profile director (Ralph Fiennes), slowly finds out that Hobie (Alden Ehrenreich), a popular Western star, is a painfully terrible actor. Brolin’s Mannix is both hilarious and endearing, bringing to life a character who loves and is devoted to his work despite the difficulty of the job. Alden Ehrenreich is a fairly unknown actor whose performance of Hobie is incredibly entertaining. Not only does he portray a good ol’ boy stuck in the glitz
and glamour of Hollywood, but he also proves that he is a talented performer whose role at Capitol is misunderstood. Scarlett Johansson only has a few scenes, but steals them by being a perfect 1950s femme fatale character. She portrays America’s sweetheart, not unlike Esther Williams, who is constantly being thrown into relationships by the studio to give her a good public image. Channing Tatum has a Gene Kelly-esque performance that is incredibly funny.
The man once again proves that he is a talented actor with more than just a pretty face. The reimagining of 1950s Hollywood will definitely entertain those who enjoy historical retellings of early Los Angeles and Hollywood culture. During this time studios attempted to create lighthearted escapist films during the Cold War. Studios also struggled shortly after the court case United States v. Paramount Pictures, as well as the emergence of the television. An incredibly fascinating time period in film history, “Hail, Caesar!” captures this perfectly in an incredibly entertaining, funny addition to the already outstanding Coen brothers lineup. ”Hail, Caesar!” may not go down as one the Coen brothers greatest films, but it is still an entertaining and incredibly captivating film. If it had come out last year, we certainly would be hearing some Oscar buzz.
Andrew Shermoen, andrew. shermoen@washburn.edu, is a junior secondary English education major.
Death Wish Coffee wins Super Bowl commercial slot Andrew Shermoen
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Intuit Quickbooks Small Business Big Game competition is a contest that allows small local businesses to advertise their product to a large audience by airing it during the Super Bowl. The company that wins gets a 30-second advertising slot during the famed football event. Many different companies made it as finalists in the contest. FreshPaper is a company based in Washington D.C. that is attempting to bring about change by encouraging people to not waste so much food. Sword and Plough employs veterans and uses old military fabrics to create stylish bags and backpacks. Chubbies Shorts wishes to bring back the fashion trend of men’s radical shorts that was prevalent in the ‘80s. Only one company came out on top though. Based out of Round Lake, New York, the winner was a company known as Death Wish Coffee. Marketed as the “World’s Strongest Coffee,” Death Wish uses a special mix of Arabica and Robusta coffee beans that
are blended to create the highest caffeine content possible. Mike Brown, the owner, said that he teared up when he received the news that Death Wish had won the grand prize. “I knew how much this meant to my team and my customers,” Brown said. The small ad the company created, which aired during the Super Bowl on Feb. 7, depicts a valiant group of warriors rowing a small boat through stormy seas. The leader of the Vikings calls out a speech to raise the morale. As the ship falls down a waterfall we discover that the stormy seas are in the mug of a man drinking Death Wish. The Vikings fall into his mouth as they give a final battle cry: “Death Wish Coffee, fiercely caffeinated.” Then the commercial ends. Brown opened a small coffee shop in Saratoga Springs in 2008. Even then he was experimenting with different blends. When his customers started asking for stronger coffee his idea for Death Wish was born, and he obsessed over creating the strongest coffee blend that he could. “Death Wish came from a gift my girlfriend bought me while she was on vacation in California,” Brown said.
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He knew instantly that it would be a great coffee name. The blend is said to contain notes of cherry and chocolate, which mixes well with the “fierce” caffeine content that the company boasts it has. Jared Walton, a business major, said that he thought the commercial was clever. “It was very intense, and then all of a sudden I find out it’s coffee,” Walton said. Walton said that despite the fact he isn’t a big coffee drinker, he might try it. “I’m tired sometimes, so you know what,
let’s see if this stuff is as much as they say it is,” Walton said. Death Wish Coffee is available on many different online stores, but its skull and crossbones logo should be appearing in stores very soon. Andrew Shermoen, andrew. shermoen@washburn.edu, is a junior secondary English education major.
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Senior presents ‘Only Human’ art exhibition Shayndel Jones
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The Washburn University art department hosted Tyler Quintin’s senior art exhibition entitled “Only Human” in the John R. Adams Gallery beginning at 6:30 p.m. The gallery will be on display Feb. 2 - 19. Fellow students, faculty and members of the community gathered to witness Quintin’s hard work. Quintin is a senior working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts in general studio arts. His gallery featured different media, such as drawings, photography, printmaking, ceramic and sculpture. He enjoys exploring human ideas like human psychology and human emotions. Freshman music major Callie McAskill has worked with Quintin in the past as a former art student. She explains that he has a deep focus on representing himself through his work. “He has taken his work to a new level with finding a way to implement it with himself more. He is making more of connection with himself now, which I think is nice.” Quintin titled his show “Only Human” for a few reasons. He explains that it was a lesson that he had to learn for himself. “I tackled way too many things during the semester and I think the piece ‘Something Had to Give’ was really my wake up call,” Quintin said. Quintin explains that he was in a position where he was rushing to get everything done. His piece “Something Had to Give” is what he calls a happy accident. He explains that he did not let the
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Breaking Point: Quintin’s photograph acts as a metaphor for stress and anxiety. He made a series of these photographs by overlaying images of shattered ceramic over his self portraits.
piece dry enough, he tried to fire it, and then it blew up. “I tried to create a series of work
where I was focusing on stress,” Quintin said. Quintin photographed himself and
then photoshopped images of remains from the blown up piece cracking over the body. The pieces were from the work “Something Had to Give.” He was inspired by how stress manifests itself physically such as around the neck and in the shoulders. He titled each piece in the series a temperature that was the starting temperature when he started to have problems in the kiln. “At 450 degrees I started hearing little explosions, and when it hit 577 I heard the final big explosion,” Quintin said. “It sounded like it was raining rocks inside the kiln.” Quintin explains the centerpiece for his show is the snow leopard entitled “Autonomy.” “It is special to me because it was a collaboration between me and my best friend,” Quintin said. The piece “Autonomy” has over 500 hours put into it because he created the entire piece out of clay, fired it and then they spent hours individually gluing plastic straws one at a time. Quintin explains that it was titled “Autonomy” because they were trying to figure as artists what they had in common other than art. “We both want to pursue our careers in ways that we are allowed complete freedom in our work and the autonomy of our work,” Quintin said. “That’s why the piece has a stance that is in mid-suspension. It has the ability to jump off the pedestal and be more than just a display.” Shayndel Jones, shayndel.jones@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.
Mulvane hosts annual student art show Shayndel Jones
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Washburn University’s art department hosted the annual student exhibition that features artwork from the department’s students, which opened Feb. 5 and goes until March 5. The reception began at 5:30 p.m. and went until 7:30 p.m., beginning on the main floor of the Mulvane Art Museum and then continued upstairs. The event was free to the public with hors d’oeuvres available for the attendees. The juror for the event was Michael L. Bradley, ceramic artist, graphic designer and a founding board member of the North Topeka Arts District. Washburn students were able to submit up to four pieces for the art show. A panel of judges decides which pieces will be displayed in the Mulvane Art Museum for the student exhibit. The judges choose from many different types of art pieces created from a variety of media. There is a variety of pieces ranging from drawings and printmaking to watercolor and ceramics, textiles and sculptures, photographs, graphic designs, mixed media and paintings.
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Student Exhibition: Christian Sauerman, senior art major, has displayed three of ten tapestries. Made from an intaglio ink process, they depicted the artist’s breakdown of the nuclear family as well as his coping with childhood trauma.
On the main floor the artwork on the left side was mainly prints and photographs and on the right side was a mixture of different types of media. On the upper level, the pieces were mainly large paintings, prints and mixed media projects. Senior art major Julie Velez explained her art project titled “Phantom,” which is a photography piece portraying a model covered in glitter
that appears to look like a phantom. She explains the exhibit as a great way for students to show off their hard work. “I’m really excited about this show because every year I feel like the work produced is some of the best to come out of the art department and it is great to see it all together,” said Velez. “You see it all being made but you don’t actually get to see the end product as of-
ten and that’s one of the most exciting things about art.” People from all around the Washburn community joined to witness the artwork that our fellow students produced. The art exhibition was busy with people of all ages reviewing the new Mulvane exhibit. The art students were there in formal attire to converse about their pieces and the event to the attendees. Senior art major Christian Sauarman commented on his experience with student exhibits while he has been a student. He explains that he has had several art pieces displayed in the Mulvane during his time at Washburn. “I have been part of the show for three years now,” Sauarman said. “ This year I have two pieces–a print piece and three tapestries with prints on them as well.” Several attendees commented on the artwork. They explained that the Mulvane Art Museum is one of their favorite places to visit because the art is good quality and created by talented students.
Shayndel Jones, shayndel.jones@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.