August 28, 2019
Volume 146, Issue 2
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New Face in Administration Could Mean Big Changes for Washburn Finance Office here on campus, where he has been working at for the past ten months. He has been working for over 30 years in the field of higher education and wants to bring his experience, engaging personality and other financial
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During the past two weeks, two candidates for Vice President of Administration and Treasurer have given a public presentation on describing their approach to strategic and financial planning, as well as considering the challenges higher education faces. The two candidates applying for the position are Gina Cregg and Chris Kuwitzky. Both candidates are experienced with the role of acting as senior administrators in a university setting and handling the financial requirements that are necessary for the role. The position of Vice President of Administration is currently held by Jim Martin who has been at Washburn for several years. Some of the qualifications that are required for the position include working collaboratively with the executive team in the areas of strategic planning, financial planning and forecasting, telecommunications, professional development and internal financial policy development. In short, this position will handle much of the budgeting for Washburn on a yearly basis, including how the university’s funds are spent and how income is collected for Washburn. Gina Cregg is a Kansas native who has experience in working at a university from her time at The University of Kansas. She worked with the financial department at KU and the state of Kansas early on in her career. She received her master’s degree in accounting from Kansas State University and graduated with something that many students are familiar with: student loan debt. This was a primary concern for her when she graduated and still remains one to this day, but presently that concern has shifted to the students attending Washburn. She hopes to increase opportunities for students on campus so that they can get the most out of their time
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Chris Kuwitzky:
Responsibilities
-Current Controller and Director of Accounting at Washburn -Worked for 24 years at the University of Oklahoma -Certified Public Accountant -Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
-Collects all income for all funds for Washburn University. -Assures that sufficient funds are available for the University to maintain a positive cash flow. -Directs the supervision of the construction and payment for equipping new buildings, major renovations or major projects. -Provides leadership in planning for and the application of technology to serve University needs.
Gina Cregg: -Graduate of K-State: Masters in accounting -Works at KU for the financial department -Hopes to increase opportunities on campus at the university while not having to rely completely upon loans to pay for their education. “Making sure that we stay in touch with what the student’s needs are and giving the students those venues and the ability to voice their concerns. We need to hear what the students have questions about and what they’re passionate about,” said Cregg. “One thing I am passionate about is having student ambassadors sit in budget meetings so that they can be part of the budgeting process.” Chris Kuwitzky currently holds the title of Controller and Director of Accounting at our own
skills to the foreground with this new position. Much of his experience comes from the 24 years he spent at the University of Oklahoma. One of his primary concerns for our campus is the rising costs of tuition; he envisions finding ways to combat this slow increase by finding new sources of income and keeping a tighter budget. “I want to find ways to work with student leadership on campus at the university, like WSGA, that would be a great start and just go from there.” said Kuwitzky. New candidates may be considered for the position if they step forward but, at the moment, Cregg and Kuwitzky are the only candidates. The new VP will be chosen once a suitably qualified candidate has been selected, there is no set date for when this will occur.
Sing along: Students stand and sing along to Washburn’s alma mater sung by music education major Marisol Chavez. Chavez performed the song towards the end of convocation to send off the students.
Does convocation matter Nick Solomon Washburn Review
Every new school year, during the overwhelming first week of classes, students who are new to campus, professors and other faculty members gather in White Concert Hall to celebrate the new school year and what it has in store. Since convocation is a WU101 requirement, many of the students attending probably want to be anywhere else. Although it wasn’t voluntary for students, it was for faculty, and dozens came. Faculty members came to show support for their students. Professor in Criminal Justice Erin Grant spoke on the significance of faculty voluntarily attending convocation and the importance of the event. “To see that faculty are actually there to support them, because they don’t necessarily know that. Whether it’s now or somewhere down the line,” Grant said. “We are not required to do this. This is an optional thing.” One of the attendees, junior student orientation counselor Alex Yelland, believes that convocation is important for new students because it will help get them excited for the new school year. “There’s a lot of students from my perspective, who lose sight over the summer of why they’re going to college. Obviously, they are there to get a degree, however they get all excited about moving in, they get all excited about that first week, meeting all these people, maybe going
out to the events and activities, and they kind of forget, school is still a thing. It refocuses them, right the beginning of school just to make sure they’re focused on academics, and living healthy and being an adult and adapting to college,” Yelland said. Chris Jones, professor in religious studies, described his thoughts on convocation as well. “I like convocation, because as a professor of religion, it’s a ritual. It’s the thing we do to mark the beginning of the year and to reaffirm our values to re-establish our identity to integrate students into the collective, you know. I think it’s important for us to share that space together to do those things. I like the way that at Washburn, we have professors lined up and cheer on the students as they go in and come out. I think that’s a good way of ritually letting them know that we’re supporting them that we like them, we care about them that we are here for the students,” said Jones. The intention of professors coming to convocation and cheering on the students is to encourage students to talk to their professors and show them that they genuinely care about their students. Convocation gives students a refocus point as they enter into the school year. It essentially is a reverse graduation. Instead of telling students to go have a great life, and celebrate the success they had here, the goal is to celebrate the success they will have while they are here.
The new dorm experience unfolds Savannah Workman Washburn Review
As the doors of summer begin to close, students are opening a new door full of change and wonder called “the academics”. There is much to learn. As parents depart from their children, students are overcome with the rush of freedom. How are they going to decorate their room? What are their roomates like? This is the beginning of the first dorm room experience, which will continue to unfurl for the next nine months by how their perspective changes. The dorm rooms, a seemingly good option for freshman to stay in their
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first year, is now a requirement. Student Residential Living enforces mandatory on campus living for all freshmen. Those who choose to stay off campus must sign a special form that allows them to still attend Washburn. Residental Living did this in hopes of incorporating a study of students’ first year experiences which suggests a promising start to a new way of living. Freshman year is especially hard. Professors’ expectations increase and students are acclimating to a completely new environment. Then there’s the issue of getting enough sleep when a roommate stays up until 3 a.m. exuding a ca-
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cophony of sounds when there is a 9 a.m. test to be taken the next morning. So, what does living on campus do for an incoming freshman? According to nss.indiana.edu, academic challenges, learning with peers, experiences with faculty, and having the opportunity to learn about the campus environment are important topics to observe when any student transitions into a college-life setting. “This is kind of two things: Washburn has data that supports that students who live on campus perform better in the classroom and persist at higher rates than students who live off campus,” Jack Van
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From best friends to roommates: Roommates and bestfriends Anna and Taylor have help from family moving into their new digs.
Dam Resident Life Coordinator said. “And then there is national data that supports that as well. Students who live on campus tend to get involved more. What we want to do here at Washburn is support students.” There are close to 2560 students per RA, and this is a large operation Washburn Sorority fall recruitment begins
to make sure everyone has their own space. The student residential living dorms have increased from 756 to 810 since last year. Senior Giovan Rodriguez, who majors in exercise and rehab science, and who helped some freshmen move in on moving day,
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The Perfect Party educates new students
Do the recent shootings around campus make you feel unsafe?
Alyssa Storm
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The Perfect Party was an hour of fun, games, food and education about how to party safely while you’re in college. Perfect Party took place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21 in the A/B room in the Memorial Union. SOCS, campus police and panhellenic members were at different stations around the room helping to educate students about safety on campus, alcohol and sexual violence, safe sex, imformation about sexual diseases and drinking laws and regulations. Hannah Alleyne, a junior majoring in history, has attended this event in the past. She enjoys how informational and fun all of the volunteers make it. “It’s a good way to teach safety and fun, not just for the first year students, but everyone,” said Alleyne. WUPO was at the event to educate students on how alcohol effects you and how it impairs your bodily functions while under the influence. They made posters and flyers educating students on the consequences you could endure if you get caught drinking, or even intoxicated, by the police. WUPO also had drunk goggles for students to put on and try to walk on
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Bottoms up: The bartender teaches attendees how to pour the perfect shot. The Perfect Party was the main Wednesday welcome week event.
a straight tape line. Many students took part in this activity and many said how interesting it was to try and walk with the goggles on. Gabriela Gonzalez, freshman nursing major, thought it was crazy how easy it is for someone to drug your drink or how trusting people are to take drinks from complete strangers. As a freshman, she didn’t know what the perfect party was going to be like, but she thought it was a cool way to get educated. “It’s crazy how many people are educated on campus and how willing they are to educate others,” said Gonzalez. The students not only got
informed about the risks of drinking, unprotected sex and violence, they got to do activities and games to help them learn how to party safely. The life size game of cup pong was a hit and students got to estimate how much a shot was and learned about the alcohol percentages of liquor and their limits. The dancing, music and food was a perfect way to finish the party. If you were lucky, you even got “drugged” which meant that someone “tampered” with your drink and your straw would change color. For Destiny Pulliam, a freshman whose major is undeclared, this was one of her favorite parts of the
Don’t touch my car 12:46 p.m. Aug. 22. A report was made from Henderson Learning Center. A suspicious activity concerning vehicle tampering was reported.
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6:30 p.m. Aug. 23. A report was made from Lincoln Hall. An information report was made concerning comments that were made.
Whatcha doing?
12:45 a.m. Aug. 24. A report was made from parking lot 9 at Washburn. Suspicious activity was reported.
Drive safe please
4:41 a.m. Aug. 24. A report was made from SW 19th and SW Washburn. A traffic
night. “I got drugged,” Pulliam said. “It was very interesting. It was just another way tonight helped us learn to stay safe at parties.” Kaleb Young, a freshman sports management major, enjoyed the informational aspect as well as the social side of it. “It was fun and informational. It was a nice way to get to know people and spread the information,” said Young. The party you may attend might not always end perfectly, but with the help of everyone who volunteered their time and money, it showed people how to make any party the perfect party.
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asked this question: Does this put freshmen at a better advantage for success rates by living on campus? “Partly it does. Because it gives students the opportunity to see what all is on campus itself.” Rodriguez said. “With the opportunity of living on campus, it sounds kind of awful, but you’re forced fed all the events that are going on at Washburn so you have more opportunities to go out. You see more organizations and see different things. There are cons against this because living on campus makes it a little bit more expensive regarding tuition at least.” photo by Anna-Marie Lauppe Rodriguez believes that the LLC is the best Getting the party started: place to live on campus because it hits the Freshman Paeton McCarty middle range in regards to price, and there put the ‘perfect’ in “Perfect is more diversity. Giovan says that by livParty’” as he showed off his head turning dance moves to Micheal Jackson’s song: ‘Billie Jean.’
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ing in the LLC there is a mix of everyone. Whereas the Lincoln Hall is primarily for student athletes. So, what is best for the students? A teacher will instruct freshmen to take course work more seriously, while seniors think back to their first year and wish they took more of the opportunities that were in front of them. For this idea to intertwine like a grape vine around the young, growing adults, one must consider what is obtainable. How is a person going to grow in the next nine months of their college career? What are the limits of the motivated mind? And can it help a student as they slip deeper into the soil? Living on campus may put first year students at ease knowing that there is still much more in life to learn.
David Dennis Junior Law Student
“On campus itself, I generally feel pretty safe but, just off campus that starts to fall off fairly quickly.”
Logan Torkelson Junior Undecided “I’d say I probably still feel the same way. We have a police department on campus and I feel safer with them here.”
Crime Report stop with a city citation for driving while suspended was reported.
You are banned
6:31 a.m. Aug. 24. A report was made from Lincoln Hall. A banned individual was arrested for criminal trespassing.
Well done, please and thank you
7:34 p.m. Aug. 24. The fire alarm smoke detector was set off at the LLC. The alarms were set off due to burnt food. The alarm was reset.
Medical report
12:41 a.m. Aug. 25. A report was made from Lincoln Hall. An intoxicated student was reported at Lincoln.
Non-injury accident 10:49 p.m. Aug. 25. A report was made from SW 21st St. and SW Jewell Ave. A single vehicle noninjury accident occured.
Somethin strange
12:18 a.m. Aug. 26. A report was made from the Alpha Delta Fraternity. A report of suspicous activity was reported outside of the residence.
Again.....elevator
12:53 a.m. Aug. 26. A report was made from the Law School. An individual reported they were stuck in an elevator.
You done messed up
10:07 a.m. Aug. 26. A report was made from
Morgan Hall. An individual was arrested for a warrant.
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11:14 a.m. Aug. 26. A report was made from Washburn Tech. A former student returned to campus and started an argument with instructors and current students.
Zoe Hayes Freshman Nursing “When I’m in a group, yes [I feel safe], but not when I’m alone.”
Late night art
6:20 p.m. Aug. 26. A report was made from the Mulvane Art Museum. The intrusion alarm was set off.
Non-injury accident
8:05 p.m. Aug. 26. A report was made from parking lot 2 at Washburn. A possible hit and run occured.
Madison Funk Junior Chemistry and Spanish major “I think it’s disappointing. Yeah, its scary and yeah its annoying...and it effects everyone. Everyone should have the right to feel safe, especially on campus. But it’s mostly just disappointing that we’re not doing a better job controlling it...As far as I know, no one’s really doing anything about it. I don’t like coming to campus and do not want to stay on campus late at night, and don’t want to study here in the library anymore.”
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Opinion
August 28, 2019
Letter from the Editor
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“Vote with your money”
It seems like every few weeks there ting their gyms is no different than a is a new company that people suggest person supporting LGBTQ rights by boycotting because of a recent scanchoosing not to eat at Chick-fil-a. It dal or discovery of unethical behavmight not make one bit of difference ior. The people who tend to start the to a company’s bottom line or create boycott-bandwagon are celebrities lasting change, but at least you know and then it grows with their band of your money isn’t contributing to the trusty fans following suit. problem. SoulCycle and EquiCompanies like Amazon get away nox, two popular highwith underpaying and overworking end fitness boutiques, their staff because not enough people have joined the boytake the time to find out how cott list because ethical companies actually a chairman are. Until people put their of the comown personal convenience pany who aside and boyowns these cott, comtwo gyms panies like is hosting a Amazon campaign can simfundraiser ply do as for Presithey please. dent Donald Some may Trump. Now wonder why with every boycott they should even bother to graphic by Erica Faulklinbury comes people who try to make the world better agree with it, and those who hate it. for anyone else, considering most of In this case, Twitter celebrity Chrissy the time it does not seem to matter Teigen, as well as Sophia Bush and at all. Imagine if bus riders in MontBilly Eichner, retweeted in support gomery, Alabama, in 1955 never of the boycott, among other brands boycotted public transit because they that supported Trump. Then Candace didn’t think it would do anything. Owens, an author and anti-DemocratTheir determination helped guide ic activist, tweeted “Multi-millionAmerica out of segregation aire celebrities cutting ties with their and inspired a legacy of 400 dollar-a-month gym because the fighting for change. We billionaire owner won’t do what they can’t let something say is peak first-world problems.” as minuscule as the Now, this incident has inspired fear of not making many Twitter users to agree with Owa difference stop ens, that you can’t boycott a compaus from actuny just because you don’t like their ally trying to policies or how the CEO spends make a diftheir money, because its their choice ference. and they don’t have to listen to you. We have this However, the beauty of capitalism, same mentality even with its flaws, is that it allows when it comes to consumers to vote with their monthe 2020 election. ey, so you can decide not to spend Are we, as a nation, money with a company for any reareally willing to vote son you choose. Millionaires boycotfor candidates we don’t
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believe in solely because we want to side with the winners? We should vote for the person we believe will be the best for our nation, not just the person we think will win. For example, if you want to vote for Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren, but instead choose former vice president Joe Biden solely because you think he’s the Democrats’ only chance of beating Trump, then you really haven’t let your voice be heard. It sounds ridiculous to hear doesn’t it? So why can’t we have that same mentality towards all aspects of America. By choosing to spend your money at a certain business, store or restaurant, you are effectively giving that business your own stamp of approval. So, I am asking you as a fellow American, vote with your heart and for your ideals, and not just on election day. Every choice you make as someone living in this country impacts this country. Every vote counts, every dollar matters and every person has the ability to stand up for what they believe in regardless of the crowd around them. You are voting with your money whether you want to or not, so I hope that it matches what you believe.
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Why you should add voter registration to your back to school to-do list If you’re not registered to vote, it’s relatively easy to get that way for most students. As long as you meet the requirements, I like to think of the dawn of a new there’s no excuse not to be regisschool year as a fresh start. It’s a new tered. You can register to vote year with new people and new posonline or by mail. A simple sibilities. But getting started on Google search will take you the right foot takes some work, to an online form where you and what better foot to start on can register. than a politically informed If you moved away from and active one? It may seem home for school, you have bothersome, but adding one options. You can choose more task to your back-toto register to vote in either school to-do list won’t hurt: your hometown or Toperegistering to vote, or checkka, but you can’t be reging your voter registration istered in both locations. status online. If you decide to register in Registering to vote and stayyour hometown, you’ll need ing that way at a younger age to plan on signing up for an has long-term benefits because absentee ballot on Election Day. voting behavior is habit-forming. If Why should you be registered you vote, you will likely keep voting. to vote in the first place? Because photo courtesy of Bayley Baker If you don’t vote, you probably won’t your vote is your voice. It’s one of the start. It’s important for us as young adults most effective ways to communicate with to create a habit of voting and civic engagement. your government, and it matters. For example, loAdding voter registration to your back-to-school checklist cal offices are often on the ballot and can be decided by a helps create that habit and establishes a routine of making matter of a few votes. Local governments have a direct imsure your name is on the rolls. pact on things like student debt, your college community, If you’re already registered to vote, checking your regfunding for higher education and the economy. istration status online takes less than two minutes. There You have the power to make a difference, and an importare many websites that make the process simple and quick, ant way to do so is by making your voice heard at the polls. my favorite is vote.org. This online tool will also tell you Taking the time to register to vote or check your voter regthe address you’re currently registered to vote at, which istration status this back-to-school season is a surefire way you may need to update if you’ve recently moved. to start the year on the right track. Bayley Baker Contributor
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Top photo: Project of distinction: The Washburn Village is an impressive piece of architecture. It recieved an award in 2005. Left photo: Breaking a sweat: The work does not stop in the summer. Farley has worked through the heat for years.
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ARTS & LIVING
August 28, 2019
A senior exhibition
photo by Yue Li
Artist: Senior Jason Hanna stands by his painting. Hanna’s art talk has been scheduled for Aug. 28.
Yue Li
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Jason Hanna is a senior art major student with an emphasis in general studio. He is holding his senior exhibition in the John R. Adams Art Gallery during the last two
weeks of August 2019. The exhibition is loosely about the end of the world. He described his art as “the result of frustration.” “I think most of it came out of my frustrations from seeing so much bad stuff going on, everywhere. It seems like collectively humanity is just acting foolish. They (humans) are ruining the earth. They’re ruining politics. The people that rule the world are corrupt. It’s kind of just like me, over the past 10 or 20 years, just watching the world fall apart. It gets pretty depressing at times,” Hanna said. “Art allows me to vent about it or to get that out. Because if you leave all that
trapped inside, it becomes like a heavy load. You need to let it go sometimes. So that’s why there’s a lot of pictures of me screaming.” Rauschenberg is one of many artists who have inspired Hanna. One of his paintings, Self Portrait as David and Goliath, is inspired by Caravaggio. “It’s based off his (Caravaggio) David with the Head of Goliath. But with mine, I’m holding my own head. So I’m David and Goliath. It’s kind of like a weird thing to where you can choose whether you want to be a good guy or bad guy. Everyone has that choice,” said Hanna. There are numbers of collage works in the exhibition. Every collage work is well-designed. “It (collage) is not randomly put up there. I spent hours and hours arranging all that just like I wanted it. I don’t know how many people will stand there and look at it long enough. But it actually tells a story. There’s all kinds of hidden stuff in there,” said Hanna.
Danielle Head, the assistant professor of the art department admired the complexity of the exhibition. “Looking at it (exhibition) I thought what was really unique is all the different media that he’s using. It seems like he uses collages and combining either photographs or combining painting in a mixed media,” Head said. After graduating from Washburn, Hanna will continue pursuing art. He wants to make a name for himself. “I want to make a difference in the world. I want to try to make it a better place. And part of what this is doing so far is kind of the beginning stages of that, where you have to point out what’s wrong before you try to fix it. So right now, I’m pointing out what’s wrong,” Hanna said. Hanna encourages students to be open-minded and pay attention to everything in the world. To listen to Hanna talk about his art, join his Art Talk on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at noon in the John R. Adams Art Gallery.
Yeqiang Wang Yue Li
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photo courtesy of Linda Hawkins
Art in Progress: Wang is painting at Fontainebleau in Paris, France.
Yeqiang Wang is an associate professor of the art department at Washburn University. He has been teaching at Washburn for 12 years. Wang received the Sweet Sabbatical Award from the university, which is a fund for art faculties offering them the financial support to do art research nationally and internationally. This fund supported Wang to do research on impressionism. For this trip he stayed in China for 36 days, from May 24 to June 30. In Europe he stayed for 36 days as well, from July 7 to Aug. 13. He visited five countries in Europe including France, Serbia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Greece. “I have planned my trip for the purpose of doing research on Impressionism. I want to compare the French Impressionism with those socialist and all previous associated countries. So, China is the associated country, and the eastern European countries like Czech, Hungary and Serbia used to be socialist countries. So, I want to see what’s going on there.” said Wang. During the trip, Ye painted 39 watercolor paintings and visited many art museums. “It’s a very nice experience to follow the footsteps of French impressionists. For instance, Monet’s garden and Rouen, where Monet painted 30 paintings of the cathedral there,” said Wang. “It’s a wonderful experience to actually paint where
they used to paint and to get the spirit or inspiration from them.” During his trip to China, Wang joined in an art organization and painted outdoors with other artists. He wanted to find out why these artists are so enthusiastic about painting outdoors. He was amazed by the quality of work they do, and learned where the paintings would go. “I spent three or four days painting together with those plein air painters, and interviewed the person in charge of that organization, which is quite interesting. The answer is now, the economy is better and better, and people can afford to buy cars, to travel wherever they want to go, and they have money to support themselves in painting. They don’t care if they sell or not. They just want to paint for fun,” said Wang. “I found that this kind of purpose of painting is not practical because you don’t really make money from it. That’s better for art. I guess, at the very beginning of the impressionist movement, nobody was really thinking about making money from it. I think now, the Chinese artists are doing it.” Wang wants to pass his knowledge and skills to students and hopes more and more students can grow into better artists. “Be a wise learner. There are always things you can learn and improve yourself. Being humble is being smart. Even if you are the great artist, you never stop learning,” said Wang. “And ask questions. Ask a lot of questions of why. So you can really learn from these, and then you’ll be very impressed by what you have found or discovered there.”
Inside BFA drawing and painting Kodee Christensen Washburn Review
The Art building on Washburn’s campus is home to many art majors and concentrations within those majors, Bachelor of Fine Arts with drawing and painting being one of them. Senior drawing and painting major Kyra Miller said, “I want to be an illustrator for books or magazines or textbooks. I really would like to do children’s books, but I’m open to all kinds of books that need some kind of graphic or story told through illustration.” The Bachelor of Fine Arts has requirements including 86 hours of art credits, and at least two entries into the juried student exhibition during their academic career. Drawing and painting professor Ye Wang speaks on some of the challenges that come from being an art major and the qualities of a good student.
“[Developing] the concept of your work, then executing it in a good way,” said Wang. “Then you also have the technical part, your skills. If you can perfectly combine these two, then you would be the best. A lot of people would either be good at this part or that part. To be good at both will take a lot of talent and training, but we have a lot of talented students.” Wang has been able to see both extremes of these two ideas of creativity and skill. He observed that when creativity is lacking, the art is lacking in uniqueness. When skill is lacking, even a good concept can be executed poorly. “We just think imagination is very important in the solution of some problems,” said Wang. “And not only in art, but in life too; because in life, if you don’t use a creative part, the imagination to do it, a lot of times you get stuck. So after you have learned art, this can be applied to problem solving in daily
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Who is your favorite artist?
Meredith Lewis Freshman Drawing & Painting “Ana Godis, shes an artist on Instagram that does digital illustration.”
Mitch Cathcart Junior Graphic Design & Digital Art
photo by Kodee Christensen
Natural light: Isaac Bird concentrates on his drawing of a skull from a different angle. Professor Wang dimmed the lights to allow for more natural light in the room during class.
life too. If you don’t dare to imagine a lot of new things, ideas cannot come out.” In addition to the constant need for new ideas, art majors are also asked to double their time spent in the classroom by spending the same amount of time working outside of class. “Studio class usually lasts almost three hours and is held twice a week,” said Miller. “So we’ll do the work in class, but then he [Wang] wants us to come into the studio outside of class. It’s on our own time, and it’s to actually take time out of our day to practice stuff,
get better...because two class periods a week is not enough to get to the level expected of us.” Amid rigorous expectations and a call to creativity is a community seeking to learn from and support one another. “Get yourself out there and do stuff outside of class. Go to gallery openings and first friday art walks. Talk with people and other students. It’s easy to want to be on your own and it’s scary to talk to other artists, but participating and getting out there in the community has been the best thing for me as an artist.” said Miller.
“Jim Lee, the current creative director for DC. Its really inspiring, I want to get into comic books myself and graphic novels, so he’s a good person to look up to”
Sabrina Flanigan Freshman Photography “Louis Daguerre, because he developed one of the first processes of developing any sort of image and recording it”
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A desire of many years in the making has been brought East campus strikes feelings of awe at first to fruition through the opening of Washburn Tech East on sight. A large brick chimney which was once used for an on-campus boiler was Friday, June 21. Long before the ground-breaking chosen to remain as a physical memory of in March of 2018, the east Topeka community Washburn Tech’s history. has been dreaming of something exactly like this. The new campus brings opportunities photos by Kodee Christensen Students Christopher Gallegos and Rafaela Roand resources to a community otherwise driguez who are both pursuing their GED at Washjust out of reach from such things. Welcome in: The modern design of the burn Tech have been encouraged by the install“It’s really beneficial to the students new lobby creates a very professional ment of the new campus. who live on this side of town,” says environment. A projector was installed “I live two blocks down the street,” said Galin this front room for announcements Washburn Tech director Chaz Havens. legos. “It means a lot because there’s really not a and various other purposes. “Previously the students would have to take lot of things like this for people to attend on this a two-hour bus ride to go from their house to side of town, so it gives people a better opportuWashburn Tech on the Huntoon campus. nity to see what’s out there and achieve whatever So by the time you even got to school, goal they have.” you’re exhausted. Now, we have students Gallegos plans to finish his GED in December who can walk here, ride their bikes. It’s Computer lab: The new then continue his education in auto tech classes in computer lab is able to serve helped out tremendously.” January. multiple purposes for stuHaving spent the previous semester at An“After I get my GED, maybe I will do interior dedents and faculty. The one tioch Family Life Center, students and staff here on Washburn Tech East’s sign,” said Rodriguez, who is also taking English as are thankful to be at the brand-new campus. new campus was designed a Second Language courses. “The colors in the new The campus is already half-way to their goal to be bright and airy. building are very nice; I like the grey and blue. Havof 400 students enrolled per year, with an ing the new campus I think is really powerful. It gives anticipated 30 more students coming to new people a chance to come here and learn a lot of things.” student orientation this week. “The city of Topeka did a feasibility Interim dean of Washburn Tech, Gerald Bayens, is among A new purpose: The carstudy when we first started, and they pentry room at Washburn the staff who have been able to observe the results of similar found that the largest concentration Tech East is a large and open thoughts in Washburn Tech students. of non-HS/GED citizens were in the space allowing ample space “Watching students walk through the doors of this new fafor woodworking and other 66605 and 66607 zip code, which is cility is such a gratifying part of our jobs at Washburn Tech,” projects. The room was once right here,” said Havens. “So that was said Bayens. “Many of these students now have easier access used as a Marine and Navy one reason why we put the campus over drill hall. to educational opportunities that will change their lives. Enhere is to be able to be in the neighborrollment is growing daily, and we are thrilled to be a neighhood and help more people attain those debor in the East Topeka community.” grees.” Some of the programs offered at Washburn Washburn Tech East extends their gratitude to the ToTech East are CNA, CMA, HHA, carpentry, CDL, Behind the walls: This peka community and their partners who have donated ESL and GED. The GED program can be paired open design in several or supported the new campus in any way, such as GO with the AOK Pathway, which allows students to of Washburn Tech East’s Topeka, Shawnee County, JEDO and Antioch Miseasily transfer from GED classes into career path- ceilings and walls is insionary Baptist Church and more. Partners GO Topeka ways for a reduced price at Washburn University. tentional. It is a way to give students an inside and JEDO donated $5.5 million to the completion of The carpentry program is partnering with SENT, look at the building’s inWashburn Tech East. or Strengthening and Empowering Neighbors To- nerworkings. “I’m glad that we’re finally able to fulfill the dream gether through the High Crest community to help that’s been going on for this community for the last 10 build houses. years or more,” said Havens.
‘Mindhunter’ blows minds in season 2
subjective) weaknesses. Ford has always been the protagonist of the show, with Carr and Tench taking a back seat. However, that changes this season. Tench himself Sometimes a series comes along and curb stomps is my favorite character of the bunch. An unbigoted you with how good it is. Amazon’s “The Boys” did hard nosed guy with the greatest flat-top I’ve seen it, and not even a month later, Netflix has done it since Schwarzenegger’s, Tench is easily the most with “Mindhunter.” While its been a while since preferable character of the entire trio. He is given I’ve watched the first iteration of “Mindhunthis own expansive storyline, and it made me so er,” I was excited to see where it would go happy to see McCallany’s Tench get the spotnext, and while sometimes a series goes down light over Holden. in quality compared to the first, The Punisher However, Torv’s Carr is given the short end of season 2, and True Detective season 2 as well, the stick. While she is given her own subplot as “Mindhunter” season 2 is absolutely one of those well, the show manages to shove her aside, keeping rare times where it surpasses the first. her character static, and when it does show her scenes, “Mindhunter” is about Bill Tench (Holt McCallathey feel out of place at times. ny), the cocksure Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), and To continue on this problem of Carr’s of not progressphotocourtesy of decider.com Dr. Wendy Carr (Anna Torv) two special agents who piing as a character, the same thing befalls Holden. In oneer the FBI’s behavioral science unit, focusing on Watch this show: “Mindhunter” season 2 the first season he was an unlikable character, and in serial killers and mass murders, and a psychology surpasses the great first season to make the second, while he makes some strides, he still rethrilling TV. Pictured is Holt McCallany as Bill professor who is part of the BSU. Based on a John E. Tench, with his phenomenal flat-top haircut. mains his, I’ll say again, cocksure self. Douglas novel “Mindhunter,” the trio met with quite You are probably asking how the Manson perfora gallery of interesting folks in the first season, Ed Kemper (Cameron Brit- mance is, and oddly enough the actor Damon Herriman has also played ton) the “Co-ed killer” for instance, to interview among others. This season Manson in this year’s Margot Robbie Tarantino flick “Once Upon a time in though, taking place a very short time jump afterwards, goes deep into the Hollywood” (which I will review at some point). If you compare the scenes Manson family rabbit hole, as well as into other things I don’t want to spoil. he is in with Manson interview footage, the performance is phenomenal. Just like the first season, “Mindhunter” season 2 is brimming with a palOverall, while I have seen mixed reactions on the internet of this second pable aesthetic and atmosphere that immerses you and absolutely never lets season, I personally loved it. While there are some slight pacing issues, the go. This is always a strength with shows like these, and it is especially true show more than makes up for it with how interesting it is. As I get older it for “Mindhunter.” is harder and harder for shows to hook me, but “Mindhunter” has done it Another thing I appreciate is the way the show has recognized its (very again, and I can’t wait for the next iteration. Nick Solomon Washburn Review
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Amanda Zoetmulder Washburn Review
College is a thrilling roller coaster with many ups and downs. It can be difficult to navigate at times, but buckle up and get ready to ride. Here are nine simple steps to succeed in your first year of college: Ask for Help – The first step to success is asking for help. It comes naturally to some, while others get anxiety just thinking about it. However, asking for help is one of the most beneficial things you can do in your first year. Emily Unruh, a junior at Washburn University said, “The number one thing is become friends with your professors early on because as soon as you need help you feel comfortable enough to talk to them. Make yourself known because they are more likely to give you assistance if something is late or if you’re having a rough time.� Get Involved – The second step for success is to get involved. Involvement on campus is an important ingredient for success. It comes with many opportunities such as resume builders, new connections, friendships, a chance to market yourself and many more. Turn your hobbies
into ways to get involved. There are also clubs, organizations and Greek life. You can follow university social media pages like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates about events on campus. Unruh said, “It’s one of the single most important things to do in college.� Utilize Resources – The third step to success is utilizing your resources. There are many resources provided to students such as professors, the library, peers, writing center, math lab and many more. Andrea Thimesch, the information literacy librarian said, “Tutoring and the writing center is a huge tool for success. Utilizing free tutoring services. Utilizing the library in general is a good practice because if you are in the library you are more than likely to study and meet people.� Study, Study, Study – The fourth key ingredient for success is to study. Thimesch said, “I wish I had known that you can study for math. You study for math classes by practicing the problems over and over again. It is a matter of redoing it over and over again. A
lot of practice and a lot of making sure that you understand basic formulas.� Plan/Manage Time – The fifth step to success is planning your schedule and utilizing time management. Plan out your schedule and know what times you are busy, what times you must do homework. College can get busy and feel overwhelming, but if you plan out your schedule it can get easier. Unruh said, “It’s really important to have a planner. Being able to look at things, you know what you’re doing during a time. But also know that it’s okay if your plans change.� Leah Jamison, a Peer Education for Washburn First Year Experience said, “Be really flexible and open.� Stay Healthy – The sixth step for success is to take care of yourself. Staying healthy includes getting enough sleep, eating right and drinking lots of water. Unruh finds that eating right, drinking water and working out helps her relieve stress. Go to Class – The seventh step to success is going to class. Jean Marshall, the instructional librarian said, “The one that stands out to me most, is if they hit a rough patch in their class or classes. Very often they stop going to class.� Take Notes – The eighth step to success is to take lots of notes. Thimesch said, “I came from a high school where I could pass a class by just showing up. Never thought I had to take notes. Really wish I had known to take notes in class starting day one.� Expect to Change – The ninth step for success is to expect change. Thimesch said, “They can expect things to be pretty different from what they’ve come from in high school especially. They can expect to grow and change a lot because this is the first time in their life that they may have to be accountable, and that they are going to probably figure out more about themselves, the things that they like and don’t like, and end up finding themselves quite a bit in their first year of college. It’s okay to change.�
How to choose a major at Washburn Shelby Hanson Washburn Review
Starting college is an exciting time with new opportunities, independence and planning for the future. A great place to start is choosing a major. Many students come to college with some kind of plan of what they would like to do when they graduate, but there are plenty of students who begin college without any idea of where to start. Washburn offers a series of programs, and students can begin taking advantage of them by declaring an exploratory major. Jeannie Cornelius is the director for academic advising, which aids many students in their search for academic success, but also works closely with exploratory majors to help them select a plan. “Our office actually has quite a few things. We do what we call a major meetup, so every couple of weeks we invite faculty from a discipline over to talk kind of informally with students about career opportunities or ways to get involved on campus,� said Cornelius. Cornelius also mentioned that talking with other students in various majors is a great way to explore different fields. Washburn offers a myriad of introductory courses that can show students what being a particular major is like. “Deciding on a major is a really active process. I think rarely is it some epiphany; there’s no bolt of lightning that comes down. One of the things that I ask students to do is just to start looking around at all the people they come into contact with, and what they do for a living. If you think graphic by that’s something that you might like to do, go ask them.� Erica Faulklinbury said Cornelius. Another resource for students is Washburn Career Services. They can help students with career development, which involves choosing a major that fits each student, just as director Kent McAnally explained. “We don’t tell you what major to do, but [Career Services] will kind of help match what people like you tend to choose as majors and occupation. We do career counseling sort of in reverse, so we look at ‘what do you want to do after college?’ and that may be general or it may really narrow-focused-- we can come at that from either direction-- and
then ‘what are majors that might lead to that?’ Often there’s more than one, and you still have to make a decision.� said McAnally. There are also many things that students themselves can do to figure out which path to take. Online services such as Navigate and FOCUS2, which can be found through career services, offer personality and interest quizzes, as well as tell students what majors match searchable careers. Career services can help students set up shadowing opportunities with Washburn alumni for an inside look at particular careers. Cornelius also had great advice for students searching for a calling. “I also have students ask the people around them. Sometimes we don’t see qualities in ourselves that other people do, so, people who know you, ask them ‘what do you see me as being good at?’ or ‘what do you think I would excel at?� said Cornelius. Washburn does require students to select a major by their junior year, or after taking 60 credit hours. Although, the consensus from both directors is that changing majors is perfectly fine, but changing early on is best. It is also good to only switch majors between one and three times, as changing majors late in time or too many times can add time to a student’s graduation date. One key to choosing a major and a career path, is being able to identify personal traits and strengths, as well as interests. Many working adults do deviate from their college major at some point in their career. Though choosing a major and career path does not have to last a lifetime, it is important to get started in the right direction. “Happiness is a big part of the game, so major in something that you’re going to enjoy, and that you’re going to be successful with, that’s probably the most important thing to remember. But, at the same time, you have to analyze ‘what is it that’s going to get me where I want to be in terms of work?’... What do you want to get out of the work? How do you want it to make you feel?� said McAnally. Choosing a major can appear to be a monumental task, but it doesn’t have to be. Visiting Washburn’s website or centers like Academic Advising and Career Services can be stepping stones to success. Not to mention, students just may find new talents and interests along the way.
BODS ON THE BLOCK By Abby Gaschen
What advice do you have for new students?
Gage Greenfield Senior Criminal Justice “Have a great time. It goes fast.�
Rachel Ciummo Senior Mass Media “Try to have your work schedule on a separate day from school to keep your mind clear. Everything can just be overwhelming. And always take a class pass fail.�
Mystery Prieto Sophomore Business “Go to school and take advantage of tutoring; they’re great! And sleep!�
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Ichabod volleyball practice on August 26 2019 Practicing the set: Sophomore Alaina Dunlavy works on her skills to set the ball near the net. During a practice session on Aug. 26, 2019 at Washburn’s Lee Arena. Alaina in her freshman year appeared in 16 sets across 19 matches for the Ichabod’s. photos by Lou Collobert
Words of wisdom: Head Coach Chris Herron discusses the current practice and hands out news to the team. During a practice session on Aug. 26, 2019 at Washburn’s Lee Arena. Head Coach Herron is entering his 18th season as head coach for the Ichabod’s. During Coach Herron’s time as head coach, he lead the team to five MIAA titles and 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament.
Passing forward: Freshmen Rece Rainey works on her skills in the backfield. During a practice session on Aug. 26, 2019 at Washburn’s Lee Arena. The 2019 volleyball season is the first one for Rece, and we are looking for great things to come.
Volleyball team finds success through teamwork Lillian Holmberg Washburn Review
Picked as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association conference favorite in the coaches preseason poll and polling fourth in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) preseason poll, the Washburn volleyball team is surrounded by what head coach Chris Herron calls noise. “It means that we had a good year last year and people are basing everything on what we did last year, not what we’re doing now. We’ve got a lot of work to do.” said Herron. Herron has been coaching volleyball for 37 years, 18 of which have been spent at Washburn. In his time coaching Washburn volleyball, Herron has established an overall 504-103 record and a 23459 MIAA record. His success as a coach, he says, is partly due to the players he recruits. “When you coach, the biggest part of coaching is recruiting,” Herron said. “You have to recruit the kinds of kids that best fit you as a person and as a coach, so I think that’s the biggest thing I have done fairly well. I’ve recruited smartly and gotten the kind of players that best fit how I want to run things.”
Additionally, Herron considers culture and team chemistry vital to a successful team. “There’s nothing more important than the team chemistry. Nothing. The environment that we have here is a cultural thing. It’s the type of culture that I, as the head coach here, have tried to build in all my years,” said Herron. Playing three seasons of volleyball at Washburn, junior and health and fitness promotion major Genna Berg, also believes team chemistry is integral to maintaining the success of the team. “That’s the biggest part of who we are as a team. It always has been,” Berg said. “Last year it was awesome, so just with getting new people every year, we have to find that new chemistry and finding that chemistry and our vibe is going to be really important for us.” While the team strengthens relationships with one another on the court through their daily practices, the team also spends time bonding off the court to build chemistry, said Berg. “Anything we can do together will help us learn about each other and find that chemistry and relationship,” Berg said. While recruitment and team chemistry are important to Her-
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ron and Berg, Herron says there is nothing more important than academics. “So, here, we have to take care of academics first and foremost ... so that means more to us than anything,” Herron said. “Volleyball doesn’t pay for your mortgage. It doesn’t pay for your car. Volleyball is second.” Under coach Herron, the Washburn volleyball team has been named to the AVCA Academic Award four years, two of which have been consecutive. In the 2018- 2019 school year, the Ichabods averaged an overall 3.478 GPA. Berg says the team holds high expectations for themselves for the upcoming season. “At the beginning of every season we make goals and we made it really far last year, so we have high expectations for ourselves,” said Berg. “One of them being conference champs. We were so close last year. We want to be outright conference champs for regular season and we’d also like to win the tournament.” Herron says because his team has “been there, done that,” Washburn has become a target for any team they play against. “Our target on our back is really
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Success: The volleyball team is ranked highly. They have been practicing hard.
big. We’ve got a nice big target on our back. Everyone wants to stick knives in it and crawl up it,” said Herron. “We’re going to get everybody’s best shot every single night and we know that here.” Herron encourages fans to come to the games, as he says the fans are able to make a difference. “The attendance that we have here, It intimidates other people. It intimidates other teams because they don’t play in front of those kind of crowds,” Herron said. “They’re playing in front of 200 people, we’re playing in front of 900 people. So we need their [the fans’] support. Their support has helped us be successful.”