2008-09 Issue 15 by Washburn Student Media

Washburn grad lands top job

Richard Kelly WASHBURN REVIEW

Some people set goals and never stop until they achieve them; such is the case for Beth Martino.

The Washburn University and University of Kansas graduate was hired as the new communications director and press secretary for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, and assumed her position on Jan. 26th. Martino came from the Kansas Department of Labor, where she was the deputy secretary. Prior to that, she was the communications director. She worked there for the past ﬁve years before this new job opportunity.

Martino received a bachelor’s degree in political science at Washburn. From that point she knew she could go much further. She continued with graduate studies at the University of Kansas, where she earned a master’s degree in journalism in 2005.

“I’ve always tried to some goals for myself,” said Martino. “It challenges me to work toward them. I’ve been fortunate that whatever I set my mind to, I seem to have an opportunity to reach it.”

The interview process for communications director and press secretary began with an initial interview, which led to a call back to meet with the governor for a second interview. At that point, the decision was made to hire Martino. She said her duties for the position include talking to the press and being the “voice of the governor’s ofﬁce.”

While at Washburn University, Martino spent time involved with the Washburn Student Government Association, which helped her earn leadership experience. She also was a member of the debate team and very involved with the communications department. Martino said she credits a lot of her success to Washburn.

“I don’t think at another school I would’ve had the same opportunities,” said Martino. “The size of the classrooms and the faculty at Washburn were really what helped me succeed in my time there. If I would’ve gone to KU ﬁrst, it would’ve been so much harder because I was coming from a small town.”

Now that Martino has begun her new career, she said she was excited and it made her feel good after how much hard work she’s put in. She also explained the value of her parents help.

“My parents have always been such a great support. They’ve always seen me strive to do the best I can. I know now that I’ve gotten here, they’re just excited to see all the hard work there’s been pay off,” said Martino.

Richard Kelly is a freshman mass media major. Reach him at richard.kelly@washburn.edu.

Debate team has sights set on capturing national title

James Ahrens WASHBURN REVIEW

Two years ago, the Washburn parliamentary debate team was ranked third in the nation; last year the team was ranked second; and this year, team captain Kevin O’Leary said the team is working to gain the national championship.

“[Those who support the team] really want to see Washburn students out there competing with top level

colleges and universities,” said O’Leary.

The debate team is a part of the communications department and consists of a number of teams. Each team is then scored and allotted points based on a system of judgment. Teams are ranked under the system National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence. Based on communication techniques, argumentative skills and oration, the teams compete with colleges and universities of merit from around the country.

that the problem is political.

O’Leary said this year Washburn will be in contention with the University of Oregon, Western Washington University and Western Kentucky. The team has competed against such prestigious schools as the University of California-Berkeley, Texas Tech, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Oregon and Washington University. Debate is a co-curricular activity

WSGA lls exec sta spots

Erin Wiltz WASHBURN REVIEW

Washburn’s Student Government Association executive staff has reﬁlled three of its seats. The WSGA staff advertised three available positions: budget director, special event director and technology director. The interview process began after a week of advertising. There were two applicants for budget director, three for special events director and four for technology director. The interview process for each

the director of special events, and William Biles, junior, is now ﬁlling the position of technology director. Their term is up April 10th this year.

Washburn University’s Center for Kansas Studies capped off the state’s birthday week with a “What’s Right With Kansas” presentation by Richard Wood, author of “Survival of Rural America.” A mixed audience of 40 faculty members, students and interested Kansans came to Henderson to attend the talk and book

The presentation focused on the struggles of small Kansas towns and what they are doing to survive. To explain the problem, Wood presented statistical graphs documenting how rural farming towns are losing residents at unsustainable rates.

“I was inspired to look into the subject when I read a story about small towns so desperate to survive they were giving away land,” said Wood.

He has read Thomas Frank’s “What’s The Matter With Kansas,” and disagrees with the basic premise

“I see what is happening in our small towns as more of an international problem related to peoples preference for city living,” said Wood. He pointed out how the phenomenon of rural populations migrating to urban centers is occurring around the world.

The migration is spurred by jobs lost to increased farm efficiency and a social desire for what city life can offer. But some rural towns in Kansas will not go quietly. Small but determined groups of citizens are reinvesting in their towns and fighting to keep their schools. As go the schools, so go the populations. To keep their own children around, the enterprising town of Tipton financed and built its own private school.

Another tactic is to increase tourism and interest in the town by creating a “purple cow,” as Wood calls it. The town of Lucas, for instance, has reinvented itself as the folk art capital of the world.

Thanks to modern shipping, some

towns have become hubs of specialized manufacturing and providers of unique goods, while the Internet can offer off-site work from home. Often, residents invest money in their towns to attract state and federal money for infrastructure.

Regarding his research, Wood said he came away from it with two things: As an asset, rural America is a better place to raise kids than in cities. Unfortunately, certain aspects of rural life don’t appeal to enough people.

“Youth migration is a problem without a solution,” said Wood. So it seems Kansas has some growing pains on its birthday, but many determined residents are ﬁghting to preserve these smaller homes on the range.

Reach him at brian.allen@washburn.edu.

“It’s nice that there are freshmen taking up two of the spots because it’s young leadership, and William is a junior, so [he’ll] be around,” said Whitney Philippi,

“Keenan is impressing us, he has been getting the budget organize and making sure things run smoothly because there have been many requests over the break,” said Amy Billinger, WSGA vice president. “Special Events Director Blake Bryant brings a lot of enthusiasm organizing events and bringing new ideas.”

Biles is busy updating the Web site to make it easier for students using it as a tool for better communication with WSGA, and he is also simplifying it.

“William was really in tune to student needs and actually told us that he read the packet every week that the WSGA gives to student organization presidents, which showed us that he had the knowledge of what WSGA needed,” said Philippi.

William Biles

Keenan Hogan

Brian Allen WASHBURN REVIEW

Brian Allen is a writer for the Washburn Review.

Graphic by ReAnne Utemark, Washburn Review

the argo

the argonauts

Argo Editor

Josh Rouse

Copy Editors

Leia Karimul Bashar, Kate Craft

Page Design

Andrew Dunlap, Josh Rouse, ReAnne Utemark

Advertising Manager

Andrew Dunlap

Faculty Adviser

Regina Cassell

Argo Writers

Leia Karimul Bashar, Regina Budden, Brandon Bills, Josh Rouse, Deana Smith, Nicole Stormann, ReAnne Utemark

Photo Editor

Aaron Deffenbaugh

Photos

Arissa Utemark, Matt Wilper

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V-Day is coming back to campus. See what they’ll be doing for the next two months.

Editorial

Page 6&7

Sex has a history. Just ask Adam and Eve.

The Argo will focus on the role of sex in the arts and entertainment areas of society.

out at the Boobie Trap Bar Friday night. Find out who they are.

America still taboo about sex

How to lose the finals blues

The Argo is a monthly insert published by the staff of the Washburn Review for coverage of Arts & Entertainment. To get in touch with the A&E newsroom, please call (785) 670-2506 or e-mail at theargo@washburnreview.org. We welcome letters to the editor. Please send them in e-mail format to joshua.rouse@washburn.edu. © The Argo

by Josh Rouse

For whatever reason, I have a feeling this issue of the Argo will receive the most criticism of any in my career here at the Washburn Review.

Sex is one of the major taboos in American culture, although this anathema has become far less prevalent perhaps in the past 50 years than it ever has been. Generally viewed as being dirty, improper and just plain evil throughout various areas of the nation, the fact that it is one of the oldest behaviors in nature seems to be forgotten. Churches, talk show hosts, older generations… they all have a way of turning it into something unwholesome.

We are not attempting to pull a W. on you. We will not shock and awe you with this Argo. We are simply going to take a look at the role sex has taken in our society. Whether it be rap videos, “Juicy” shorts or legalized prostitution, sex has taken on a whole new dimension within the entertainment world. It is no longer seen as something beautiful, like you

would see in an old painting. It can now be summed up in three words: skeet skeet skeet.

Without a doubt, Topeka knows how sex and, in particular, sexual preferences, can be vilified by certain groups. We will take a look at some of the different viewpoints religious groups have on sex and its role within the confines of said religion. We will also be previewing the V-Day events taking place on campus from now through March. The V-Day organization is set up to fight the evils of abuse against women, including rape and other varieties of abuse.

Of course, this issue also comes packed with all the A&E goodies that we’ve come to know and love. The entertainment calendar on page 10 and the puzzles and Sudoku on page 11 can keep you entertained for hours, and we have all of the top arts and entertainment news on campus covered on pages 8 and 12. Page 9 is specifically reserved for movies, where you can check on movie times and read a review of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Josh Rouse is a junior mass media major. Reach him at joshua.rouse@ washburn.edu.

Don’t be silly, wrap your willy.

Make sure to wait until AFTERWARD to light up a cig.

Cover photo by Leia Karimul Bashar, Washburn Review

Name-calling not endearing

Oh, how I remember the days of old when only mortal enemies and girls on trashy reality television called each other sluts and dirty whores.

Not anymore though, no, in today’s society it has become acceptable and fun for girls to refer to each other as whatever expletives pop into these women’s creative, conniving minds. It doesn’t matter if I’m walking down the hall to class or through the mall, it seems that lately everywhere I turn I hear girls calling their friends whores, sluts and the like. Is it just me, or maybe it’s not just the “Rock of Love” women who need some “Charm School.”

by NICOLE STORMANN OPINION COLUMN

Frenemy, a blend of the words “friend” and “enemy,” might be the best word to describe this name calling craze. Coined for years now in multiple movies and TV programs such as “Mean Girls” and recently “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF,” frenemy is defined by UrbanDictionary.com as someone who is both friend and enemy, a relationship that is both mutually beneficial or dependent while being competitive, fraught with risk and mistrust.

I admittedly laughed all through “Mean Girls,” (I mean come on, “fugly slut?”) but there will come a time when these insulting names hit a nerve and friendships will suffer. I know a lot of girls will say they don’t care that their friends call them these names because it’s just a joke, but what’s that say about your

Marshall Arts is an illustration by Christopher “We Are” Marshall. He would never call

at christopher.marshall@washburn.edu, especially if you want to be his

friendship. Moreover what does that say about you?

When did terms of endearment like “buddy” and “pal” get replaced with fugly slut? Okay, so I’m exaggerating, I would never call a friend “pal” but you get my point. The truth is real friends don’t call their friends whores. Let alone how

degrading and unintelligent it sounds to be saying it in the first place, you have to remember that it’s giving people who aren’t your friends the “OK” to call you that as well.

I have no groundbreaking solution except a simple call to arms. Abolish this Paris Hilton wanna-be vocabulary

and treat yourself and others with class and dignity because calling each other names is so not hot.

Nicole Stormann is an undecided freshman. Reach her at nicole.stormann@ washburn.edu.

What Washburn thinks...

Is name-calling amongst friends a bad thing?

Zach Morris (junior) — “If one uses the words all the time, I feel it can desensitize people to the word altogether. I’m not exactly sure how long that would/will take, but I think the process has already begun due to the fact that people are beginning to use said words and phrases as a term of endearment.”

Lauren Buser (sophomore) — “I think it’s OK for girls to joke around by using names like that. I don’t really

understand the concept of it, though. I know I’ve done it, but it’s always towards my close friends who know I’m kidding. But it’s one of those, almost ticks, that could disappear and there would probably be less conflict and definitely less controversy.”

Patrick Purkey (freshman) — “I think it depends where you’re at and who’s around. It’s not a big deal to me but if I had to put a label on it it’s definitely childish.”

Laura Weatherford (senior) —

“Well, honestly I used those terms a lot with my sisters and friends. I had grown up with these people my whole life and knew their pasts. I figured those terms were so far from the truth that it didn’t matter. I have since realized how many girls really look at themselves that way. So many girls already believe themselves to have no worth. Why would we as friends, sisters, or just fellow girls ever want to even jokingly put one another

down? We should want to encourage one another, not tear each other down. Words go deep, even when we don’t want to admit it.”

Soliel Charles (freshman) — “I know I say it to my friends, but I don’t actually mean that they are sluts. I just do it in a joking manner. I don’t see any harm in it. If someone was offended by a certain word I wouldn’t use it towards them.”

any gentleman a cootie queen. Chivalry is not dead. Reach him

Valentine.

Sex sells in advertising

the media has an enormous impact on our attitudes and behaviors,” said Dr. Sangyoub Park, a professor in the sociology department. “More importantly, advertising subconsciously affects us.”

SEX IN ADVERTISING

Given this knowledge, it is no surprise that big brand names are willing to pay millions upon millions of dollars for advertising, and pay even more for special circumstances like trying to get a 30second ad during the super bowl.

Advertisements in today’s world show on a base level what we might have as ideals. Although many things, such as stereo types and assumed traits, have gotten better through the years, some ads

sexy and virginal, thin and big breasted.” Park said. “The ideal beauty, not realistic beauty, puts an enormous pressure on young girls. It is no wonder that so many girls suffer from poor body image and eating disorders. Constant images from advertising and media encourage them to focus on looks. Beauty means ‘thin.’

Look at what’s happening to Jessica Simpson today. A few extra pounds put her in the headlines. The media continue to reinforce the importance of a thin body as a measure of a woman’s worth.”

This is a lot different than the subliminal tactics you may have heard about at some point, which are based on things you really

be of certain intensity for us to see it.”

But these are not nearly as effective as the point blank images we see in advertising every day.

In the end, here are a few underlying messages you may not know about: Covering someone’s (usually a • woman’s or girl’s) mouth can be seen as symbolically silencing them.

Portraying people as animals • (particularly women) can dehumanize them.

Deana Smith is a junior in English education. Reach her at deana.smith@ washburn.edu.

We have been online all year, YOU go online now.

We write the paper, we pick the stories, and we want to you read the paper. But it’s not all about us. Isn’t it time it was all about you? It’s your turn to get involved in what you read and in return we will have give aways, contests, and promotions just for you. The Review wants to hear from YOU.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NBC said on the eve of Sunday’s Super Bowl that it has sold the last two of the 69 advertising spots for the game, pushing total ad revenue for the event to a record $206 million.

The network said its total of $261 million in ad revenue for all of Super Bowl day also is a record, calling it an especially impressive feat in the middle of the economy’s steep downturn.

The Super Bowl is the premier advertising event with an U.S. audience of 100 million viewers, many of whom watch closely during game breaks for the debut of entertaining, big-budget commercials. The ads have sold for between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second slot this year.

ADVERTISING RECORD

“These advertising milestones show the power of the NFL brand and the strength of the Super Bowl as a TV property in this economic climate,” said Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co. “The Super Bowl has become one of our country’s biggest holidays, a uniquely American day, and advertisers recognized the value in being a part of it.”

Thirty-two advertisers in all will showcase their products during Super Bowl coverage.

NBC said the ads featured during the game also will be available for viewing almost immediately after they air at Web sites including NBC.com, Hulu.com and Superbowl.com.

V-Day visits vaticinated

by Regina Budden

It’s February again, which means the return of V-Day. In this case, V does not stand for Valentine or Victory. It stands for Vagina.

Although Valentine’s Day and Victory Day celebrations are limited to Feb. 14, V-Day makes an appearance throughout February and March. This year, V-Day events will focus on making people aware of atrocities such as rape and human trafficking that happen every year to women and children in the Congo.

Every event will include an opportunity to donate money to the V-Day cause. Profits will be split between the YWCA Battered Women Task Force, which will receive 90 percent, and the V-Day Women of the Congo, which will receive 10 percent.

Several V-Day events will take place at Washburn University, though some will also be offered at the Topeka Library and Shawnee County Public Library.

Brenda Blackman, a Washburn student majoring in theater and secondary education, is involved with the program every year and is ready to get started.

The Vagina Monologues, which are the culmination of the festivities every year, represent this message.

“They’re very interesting, a lot of people come see them every year,” said Blackman. “Some people only come see them once, just to see. Either way, it’s a neat experience.”

V-DAY EVENTS

“It’s all about the education of people,” said Blackman. “We’re trying to educate people to understand that men who treat women badly… it’s just not OK. That’s not the way life should be.”

The Monologues have received a great deal of criticisms, including claims that they make men look like they are the bad guys. Blackman said that is not a fair representation.

“That’s not what feminism is about,” said Blackman. “Men are not bad. The actions that some of them do to hurt women are bad, and that’s what we’re trying to say.”

Blackman is a supporter of the YWCA’s

use for the donated money, because it gives men another opportunity to get involved with the V-Day activities. Blackman said, rather than just using the money to help abused women and their families, the YWCA offers counseling to men who have been abusers, so they can work on their issues.

“It’s informative, and a good experience. We try to make [the V-Day activities] as laid-back and interesting as possible,” said Blackman, “not to mention, it’s a lot of fun.”

V-Day events

Feb. 2 —Film “Finding Dawn” 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mabee Library

Feb. 9 — Film “Men are Human, Women are Buffalo” 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Feb. 9 — Paraguay Partners in Concert

7:30 p.m., White Concert Hall

Feb. 16 — Film “What I want My Words to Do to You” 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mabee Library

Feb. 23 — Film “Human Trafficking in America” 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mabee Library

Feb. 26 — Week W/O Slavery noon, Mabee Library

Feb. 28 — Story quilt workshop

Mulvane Arts Museum

March 1 — Story quilt workshop

Mulvane Art Museum

March 2 — Congo Teach-In 7 p.m., Mabee Library

March 4 — Native Am. Dancers noon-1 p.m., Memorial Union

March 6 — Vulvapalooza

7-8 p.m., Garvey Center

March 6 — Vagina Monologues

8 p.m., Garvey Center

March 7 — Vulvapalooza

7-8 p.m., Garvey Center

March 7 — Vagina Monologues

8 p.m., Garvey Center

March 8 — Vulvapalooza

1-2 p.m., Garvey Center

Regina Budden is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at regina.budden@ washburn.edu.

March 8 — Vagina Monologues

2 p.m., Garvey Center

Sexuality has its own place in religion

by Brandon Bills

For every system of belief, one can find a different or more nuanced view of the role of human sexuality. Some of the biggest disagreements about sexuality tend to arise from the context under which sex should take place.

SEX AND RELIGION

“Compared to what the Canaanite religion was like, ancient Judaism was kind of straight laced when it came to matters of sexuality,” said Barry Crawford, professor of religious studies. “

Crawford said that an early example can be seen in the Old Testament’s description of the Israelites’ disapproval of the Canaanites’ use of temple prostitutes in worship.

“In the Bible, the prophets are scandalized by this kind of behavior,” said Crawford.

It’s best enjoyed and discovered

within the confines of God’s original design.

- Hank Nelson Pastor at Topeka Bible Church “ ”

Temple prostitution hasn’t recently been an issue here in the United States,.Still, religions’ viewpoints on sex often influence the way people

live their lives.

“Judaism sees sexuality as natural, a blessing to be enjoyed,” said Rabbi Debbi Stiel of Temple Beth Shalom.

“Something that’s meant to be done as part of a committed, covenanted, relationship.”

Though religions may differ slightly in their approach to sexuality, many emphasize commitment.

“Human sexuality was created by God for the preservation of mankind, but it’s also given as a gift by God to be enjoyed in its pleasure as well as in its ability to bring a whole new understanding of intimacy,” said Hank Nelson, college pastor at Topeka Bible Church. “It’s best enjoyed and discovered within the confines of God’s original design.”

Brandon Bills is a senior mass media major. Reach him at brandon.bills@ washburn.edu.

Then and now: changes in sexuality throughout history

When one attends a dinner party, the instructions are to avoid two topics: politics and religion. Another topic remains controversial in popular culture – sexuality. Human sexuality has been hidden from view and splashed across headlines and cameras – from the supposed lack of sexual behavior during the Victorian era to the Hustler v. Falwell trial, and Showtime shows like the “Tudors” and “Secret Diary of a Call Girl.” Sex sells. However, it goes much deeper than that and has been renewed as a serious political issue as of late in light of California’s constitutional ban on homosexual marriage.

As for those Victorians, a culture from around the

the history department, Victorian culture was very sexual, as opposed to asexual, as is usually portrayed. Indeed, pornography came shortly after the introduction of the camera and there was wide underground circulation of pornography. While homosexuality was kept underground for the most part, they still existed and had a role in the culture. As for heterosexual norms, men often had premarital sex, which was taboo for women of the era, particularly middle class women. Middle class men had more flexibility in terms of their sexuality, but middle class women were expected to remain chaste until marriage and not be aggressive in their sexual advances. For working class women, premarital sex was part of the average

experience and there was a proliferation of prostitution during the Victorian era. Women were not entirely without recourse if their husbands strayed, however, in 1870, the Divorced Women’s Property Act of 1870 was passed, which allowed women to maintain property following a divorce. In 1890, the New Women’s movement began, which culminated in the ratification of the nineteenth amendment in 1920, which extended the right to vote to women.

During the second wave of feminism, during the late 1960s and the early 1970s, a new field of philosophical study was born: the philosophy of love and sex.

“The women’s movement gives rise to thinking about traditional institutions that directly effect relationships and gender,” said Russ Jacobs, professor in the philosophy and religious studies department.

Jacobs teaches a course in the philosophy of love and sex, a self-selected course in the philosophy department. He said that most of his students are middle class or upper middle class and they discuss issues like homosexuality, pornography, prostitution, rape, marriage and adultery.

“I find a good deal more toleration and openness toward homosexuality, which is more than [there was] 15 or 20 years ago,” said Jacobs, who has taught the class for 16 years at Washburn.

Jacobs also said students are still intolerant toward adultery and, according to his students, what is permissible in marriage has not loosened up.

Jacobs said feminist thinking was central to many of the issues discussed in his class. The combination of feminist dialogue, philosophy lead to subjects like “queer theory,” which is a subset of gender studies that developed in the 1990s. Feminist scholarship has also led to changes in the study and discussion of pornography. Jacobs said that there was less talk of obscenity surrounding pornography and more of a discussion about the objectification of women.

According to Jacobs, one of the most surprising things about the students in his philosophy of

love and sex class is the lack of reflection, especially because in the case of many of his students, their sex lives and their love lives are so intense.

“Some have done little thinking or reflection,” said Jacobs. “They don’t seem to have questioned it for themselves.”

Jacobs said that his students have “strong, but unreflective” opinions about love and sex.

“I have to raise some issues and questions that would have thought a bright, 20-year-old would have thought of themselves,” said Jacobs.

Sigmund Freud developed the Oedipus complex in “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality” in 1905. The theory is based upon the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

Alfred Charles Kinsey founded the Institute on Sex, Gender and Reproduction in 1947. Kinsey was an American biologist who systematically studied human sexuality, beginning in 1933

Marilyn Monroe, preeminent sex symbol, was found dead in her Brentwood home in August 1962. Monroe won several awards and sang, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to president John F. Kennedy after popping out of his birthday cake.

Betty Friedan, an American feminist and author, published “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963. This book discusses, among many aspects of gender roles, women’s reactions to being full-time homemakers.

Harvey Milk became the ﬁrst openly gay man to be elected into ofﬁce in 1977. Milk served only eleven months before he was assassinated by a former city supervisor. Milk’s biography was made into a movie in 2008 starring Sean Penn.

Monica Lewinsky began working in the White House as an intern in 1995. Over the next several years, her relationship with former president Bill Clinton would ultimately lead to his impeachment in 1998.

Strip Aerobics and pole dancing become a new form of exercise around 2007. Led by celebrity fans like Carmen Electra, some women have gone so far as to buy pole kits to assemble in their homes.

In 2008, pop artist Katy Perry released her bi-curious single, “I Kissed a Girl,” and it was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for seven weeks. In the same year, California passed Proposition 8, a ruling that restricted the deﬁnition of

man and one woman.

marriage

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Milk: Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in the 2008 biopic, “Milk.”

Monica: Monica Lewinsky’s badge photo for her position at the White House.

Hy-Vee promotes healthy living

by Regina Budden

Twenty-two Washburn University faculty and staff members took a unique ﬁeld trip last Tuesday to the local HyVee, Inc., a health food store. The trip was scheduled by the university’s employee wellness coordinator, Celeste Ehrenberg, and included Washburn employees from departments all across campus.

The employees were treated to a guided tour of the store by Hy-Vee dietician Amber Groeling. The focus of the tour was the store’s newly developed nutritional scoring system, NuVal. Groeling explained the NuVal system is based on a nutritional scale from one to 100, where one is the lowest and least healthy option and 100 is the healthiest value achievable. The nutritional value is determined by several health factors. Foods with large quantities of ﬁber, proteins and assorted vitamins will have substantially higher scores, while foods that contain more fats, salts and artiﬁcial sweeteners will have their scores dropped down.

HEALTHY EATING

Because not every product has been scored, the store continues to receive new scores every two weeks. The plan is to have the entire stock scored by the end of year. Even the employees are looking forward to receiving the new scores.

“We’ll get the granola bar scores in March,” said Groeling. “I’m really excited for that.”

No one should be intimidated by the nutrient counting, even if it seems confusing at ﬁrst. When the items are rung up during checkout, the total NuVal score of a purchases prints at the bottom of the receipt. NuVal is not designed to be a rigid diet; rather, it is there to give a general idea of food’s health value.

Another interesting feature of the store mentioned during the tour was the “health market” section, which consists of varieties of completely organic and glutenfree foods. There are even all-natural nut dispensers where nuts can be bought unroasted, unsalted and unadulterated by the ounce. The health market is for anyone trying to eat healthy and organically, but it is speciﬁcally geared toward customers who have certain diet-related issues, such as diabetes or gluten allergies.

Ehrenberg, who lives blocks from the store, decided Hy-Vee was a great place to tour because she’d never shop anywhere else.

“I would live there,” Ehrenberg said.

The other participants were enthusiastic about the store, but somewhat more skeptical about whether they would shop there in the future. The distance from the university and employees’ homes presented a challenge for many of the tour attendees.

“If they made healthy food cheaper, maybe,” said Jewel Makda, a law school library employee.

Most agreed that although they may not choose to grocery there often, it was a worthwhile experience.

For more information about Topeka’s Hy-Vee, visit the store at its location at 2951 S.W. Wanamaker. To learn more about the NuVal nutrition scoring system or the nationwide chain of Hy-Vee, visit the store’s Web site at www.hy-vee.com.

Regina Budden is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at regina.budden@ washburn.edu.

Tantalizing tidbits

The cookie that scores the highest NuVal score is oatmeal raisin ﬂax at 40 points. (Groeling admitted they are dry and rather tasteless unless you dunk them in something. She suggested vanilla soy milk).

99 percent of Hy-Vee seafood is fresh.

The seafood includes (but is not limited to) alligator, squid and octopus.

Skim milk, fruits, vegetables and a few cereals score at the 100 mark.

“Reduced fat” or “lite” products often don’t score better because they usually reduce protein and good fatty acids when trying to get rid of saturated and trans

fats.

Photo by Matt Wilper, Washburn Review

Hy-Life: Hy-Vee, located at 2951 S.W. Wanamaker Rd., hosted a ﬁeld trip Tuesday for 22 Washburn faculty and staff. During the trip, which was scheduled by the university’s employee wellness coordinator, Celeste Ehrenberg, the employees learned about Hy-Vee’s nutrition scoring system.

‘Benjamin Button’ not entertaining

by David Wiens

When “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” first came out, I was staying in Phoenix with no car and time to sit down for almost three hours. By the time I got back it had been out for almost a month and I had already heard just about every bit of insight on it I could without ruining the plot.

While I couldn’t argue with the 13 Oscar nominations, several of my friends did. It seemed that with “Benjamin Button,” it wasn’t whether the movie was good, rather if it was entertaining.

playing I was just trying to recalculate what time the movie would be done with all the time lost.

MOVIE REVIEW

It reminded me of high school English class when we had to read a classic novel. Everyone knew it was good, but there was only a slight chance we were going to like it. So when I finally went to go see it I wasn’t looking to see if it lived up to the hype, I was looking to see if this was the kind of movie people were going to follow, or just fall asleep.

My initial reaction was shock and horror, but that was only because I had just sat through 20 minutes of previews to find out that the projectionist hadn’t switched out the reel for “Hotel for Dogs” yet. When “Benjamin Button” finally started

For the sake of brevity I’m not going to detail the entire 167 minutes for you, suffice to say that for once the trailers actually give you a pretty good impression of what this movie is about. The style played pretty heavily on movies like “Big Fish,” “Titanic” and “Forest Gump,” in the way it was told and the lifestyle of the characters. When it came down to it, “Benjamin Button” was a pretty standard big-budget film for awards season.

When it came down to it, yes, I really liked the movie, but that’s probably because I see movies every week. I’m the film equivalent of that kid who brought a book to read after he finished his English assignment.

So if you’re wondering whether to see this movie, I suggest you approach it the same way; if you go to see movies a few times a month, you’ll probably appreciate it. If you see a them a few times a year you’ll probably be bored out of your mind.

Movie times

Hollywood 14

New in Town

PG • 1 hr. 36 min.

1:45 4:45 7:30 10:00 Taken

PG-13 • 1 hr. 33 min.

1:30 4:15 7:15 9:45

The Uninvited

PG-13 • 1 hr. 27 min.

1:15 3:45 6:40 9:05

Inkheart

PG • 1 hr. 45 min.

1:05 3:50 6:35 9:10

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans R • 1 hr. 33 min.

1:20 4:20 7:05 9:40

Hotel for Dogs

PG • 1 hr. 40 min. 1:10 4:05 6:30

My Bloody Valentine 3-D R • 1 hr. 41 min.

1:25 4:10 6:50 9:25

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

PG • 1 hr. 27 min.

1:35 4:25 6:45 9:15

Bride Wars

PG • 1 hr. 30 min.

1:40 4:30 7:20 9:35

David Wiens is a freshman English major. Reach him at david.wiens@ washburn.edu.

The Unborn PG-13 • 1 hr. 28 min. 9:45 p.m.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button PG-13 • 2 hr. 47 min. 9 p.m. Gran Torino R • 1 hr. 56 min.

8:00

Slumdog Millionaire

• 2 hr. 0 min. 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:50

Prices

Adult — $9.25

Bargain Matinee (daily, shows before 6 pm) — $7.25

Child (3-11) — $6

Senior (62+) — $6

Up-Charge for 3D — $2

Upcoming shows

Feb. 4

Metropolitan Opera: Orfeo ed Eridice Encore (one-day only)

NR • 1 hr. 31 min.

7 p.m.

Feb. 5

Sword of the Stranger

NR • 2 hr. 5 min.

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 7

The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor

NR • 3 hr. 20 min. noon

Feb. 18

The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor Encore

NR • 3 hr. 20 min. 7 p.m.

Photo courtesy of www.benjaminbutton.com

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Prostitution big in Nevada

by leia Karimul Bashar

For anybody who visits Las Vegas for the first time, one of the things they will immediately notice are the prostitution advertisements that are located everywhere along the strip.

The signs are displayed on flashing billboards, on the sides of large vans whose drivers are paid to drive around the strip all day and night, and on the inside of the priciest hotels, such as the Venetian, where there was a billboard for Asian massage on prominent display which assured customers would receive “always a happy ending.” (I pondered the sign’s meaning for a while. Finally, I admitted to myself it couldn’t mean anything else besides what it obviously meant, and for some reason this made me smile.)

of Las Vegas, although prostitution on the strip is largely overlooked by law enforcement. I was soon seduced by Sin City, and after several days the call girls and street walkers seemed to become a part of Vegas, as integral as the flashing signs, ubiquitous slot machines, countless marriage chapels and myriad homeless people.

TRAVEL COLUMN

When one of our single friends was approached by a surprisingly hot hooker in the casino at the Stratosphere Hotel, we were all, “Go for it, man,” as casually as if we’d just told him to order the 9-ounce filet instead of the 7-ounce at Outback. He didn’t take the woman up on her offer, but my own nonchalance toward the entire situation surprised me. I’ve always considered myself something of a feminist, and here I was treating prostitution as a victimless crime.

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22Letters on many cars

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25Raised bubble

26Most remote, briefly

27R.E.Lee's nat.

30School grp.

31One of the Three B's

32Huber of tennis

34Cost per unit

35Press

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39Military command

40Catch redhanded

41Yale booster

43High dudgeon

44Ron of the hot corner

46Seat of power

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Prostitution is legal everywhere in the state of Nevada, with the exception

Visit www.washburnreview.org to read Leia’s conclusion on Vegas.

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Washburn students rock at Trap

by Josh Rouse

Three rock bands with ties to Washburn performed Friday at the Boobie Trap Bar, located at 6th and Washburn.

The lineup for the concert was Vagus at 9 p.m., followed by Burn Order and Atomic Blues. Guitarist/lead singer Rick Prato (Vagus) and drummers David Liston (The Atomic Blues) and Evan Thomas (Burn Order) are all current Washburn students.

Thomas, a junior in music education, particularly wanted to do the show as a way to get the bands name out. Being a relatively new band, the experience of playing shows with other bands is a helpful way to invigorate the rock within the area.

“We’re just a couple of rock bands doin’ what we do, doin’ what we love, and trying to get the local scene kickin’,” said Thomas.

The next show at the Booby Trap will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and will feature Part Deux, Adrian to the Rescue,

KANSAS 1-ON-1 with

Part one of a two-part series

by Brandon Bills

Interview with Je Glixman, Kansas

What has been your history with

My history as producer of Kansas is that I used to play with the guys way back when. Growing up I lived right across the street from Washburn on MacVicar, so we have a long history together. What big things do you have planned for this upcoming concert and

This is going to be a very special event as the band returns to the place we all started. I remember playing on stage there at White with Phil and Rich back in the early 70s when we were kids, so it has a lot of meaning to us that way. This is a fabulous production. On the 7th of February 2009, if you’re anywhere in the area, this is the place to be, White Concert Hall. I’ve done lots of recording, I’ve produced many, many projects. I’ve lmed many projects. I’ve done surround sound on Bob Marly recording, Allman Brothers’ “At Fillmore East” and this is going to be, hopefully, the best one yet. It’s really set up to be an event that everybody who’s there will participate in. We’ll be shooting camera work from the rear of the hall forward and everyone will be engaged in the performance itself, so it should be quite an event.

Q: What has it been like being involved with Kansas all these years?

A: Well, you got to remember that these are my friends that I spent part of my life growing up with. Obviously we’ve gone separate ways as well. Phil and I have continued to work together pretty continuously through the years; there was just a period of time in the 80s where we didn’t do much together, but starting again in 1992 we did a video with Kansas, “Live at the Whiskey.” We have never documented the band with a symphony. This is the rst chance to do that, which is very exciting. You know, it’s like you wonder where the time went. We still feel like the kids going down MacVicar from my house to Bobo’s to grab some burgers. It just doesn’t seem that long ago.

Come

Ascendancy and The Hand of Midas. Cover will be $5 ($6 for minors under 21).

Josh Rouse is a junior mass media major. Reach him at joshua.rouse@washburn. edu.

Drum battle: Drummer David Liston, of The Atomic Blues, is one of three Washburn students who performed Friday night at the Booby Trap Bar.

Brandon Bills is a senior mass media major. Reach him at brandon.bills@ washburn.edu.

On ﬁre: Drummer Evan Thomas kicked it Friday with his band Burn Order at the Booby Trap Bar, located at 6th and Washburn.

Photos by Matt Wilper, Washburn Review

ampus Calendar

Tuesday February 3

Mabee Library RAP session,

4 - 5 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Mabee Library RAP session, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Wednesday February 4

Blood drive, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., School of Law.

Comfort foods buffet, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Washburn Room.

Brown Bag International Lecture, Bruce Carolan, “Anatony of the Celtic Tiger: The Rise (and Fall?) of the Irish Economy,” International House.

Mabee Library RAP session, 4 - 5 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Mabee Library RAP session, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Thursday February 5

College Anxiety Disorders

Screening Day, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Henderson Room 111.

Crane Observatory Open House, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Crane Observatory, fourth ﬂoor, Stoffer Science Hall.

Mabee Library RAP session, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Friday February 6

WU Founders’ Day, all day.

Mabee Library RAP session,

4 - 5 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Opening Art Reception, “China Before Mao,” 5 - 8 p.m., Garvey.

First Friday Art Walk for Youth, 5 - 8 p.m., ArtLab, Mulvane Art Museum.

WU After Hours, 5 - 7 p.m., Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center.

Saturday February 7

Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 1 - 4 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

WU Orchestra/KANSAS rock band concert, 7:30 p.m., White Concert Hall.

Sunday February 8

Mulvane Art Museum exhibit, 1 - 4 p.m., Mulvane Art Museum.

Cyber Bowling, 9 - 11 p.m., Gage Center Bowl.

Monday February 8

Washburn Review at noon.

V-Day ﬁlm, “Men are Human, Women are Buffalo,” 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Mabee Library.

Mabee Library RAP session, 4 - 5 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Mabee Library RAP session, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., Mabee Library electronic classroom.

Don’t see your event in the calendar? Call the Review newsroom at 670-2506 to have your event included in an upcoming edition. It’s FREE.

For upcoming Washburn athletic events, go to www.wusports. com.

The Bod Beat

Comedian rescheduled

Comedy Central icon, comedian Kyle Dunnigan will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in the Washburn Room, Memorial Union, Washburn University. The event is free and open to the public. The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 17.

Dunnigan was most recently seen on his own half-hour stand-up special, “Comedy Central Presents Kyle Dunnigan.” He starred in the movie, “Reno 911 Miami,” as well as the award winning ﬁlm, “The Patriot Act.” Dunnigan has performed at numerous festivals and been on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live and CBS’ The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Campus Activities Board is sponsoring the event. For more information, call (785) 670-1222.

Friday ArtLabs

The Mulvane Art Museum is hosting free First Friday activities for children in the ArtLab from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6. Children age ﬁve and older are invited to spend the evening in the ArtLab and enjoy hands-on art activities.

Each child must be registered anpd signed in and signed out by a responsible adult. Children younger than ﬁve are welcome, but must be accompanied in the ArtLab by an adult. For advance registration, call Kandis Barker, 670-2420. Registration is also available at the door.

Future First Friday activities for children will be March 6, April 3 and May 1.

The Mulvane Art Museum is located on the Washburn University camps at 17th and Jewell Ave. Admission is free.

For information on programs and tours, call 785-670-1124 or go to www. washburn.edu/mulvane or e-mail mulvane.info@washburn.edu.

Country Artist to perform at WU

Singer-songwriter Natalie Stovall may be young, but she’s no newcomer to the music industry. She has lived her entire life in Nashville, performing as a child with OpryLand’s Kid’s Club and solo at the Grand Ole Opry, and now she will perform at Washburn University at 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, in the Washburn Room, Memorial Union, Washburn campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Stovall’s refreshing sound strikes a perfect balance of traditional country with high energy, soulful rock music. Wowing crowds with her ﬁddle playing, also helped land her a spot on

Show me some ‘Love’: Washburn University students cheer on the Ichabods during the men’s Missouri Western State University game. These fans show their signs of support for Garrett Love, sophomore guard. The next home game will be Wednesday, against Truman State University.

Oprah when she was 16, when she got to do her ﬁddle tricks live on one of Oprah’s ‘funniest viewers’ shows. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Stovall returned home to Nashville to start fresh. Her ﬁrst single, “If I Run To You Now” charted in the 50 of the New Music Weekly chart. In addition to having opened for Little Big Town and Josh Gracin, she is currently touring clubs, colleges, fairs and military bases. Campus Activities Board is sponsoring the event. For more information, visit www.nataliestovall. com or call (785) 670-1222.

WU night with Roadrunners

Wear your Washburn University gear and enjoy a night of hockey at the Puckabods, Washburn night at the Topeka Roadrunners, at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Kansas Expocentre, One Expocentre Drive.

The ﬁrst 150 Washburn students with a Washburn ID will receive a free ticket. All students, faculty and staff with a Washburn ID will receive a discounted ticket price of $5.

The Ichabod mascot and Dancing Blues will also be in attendance. Stay after the hockey game to skate on the ice.

Campus Activities Board is sponsoring the event. For more information, call (785) 670-1222.

Free cyber bowling for WU students

Free cyber bowling for Washburn University students will be available at Gage Center Bowl, 4200 S.W. Huntoon, 9 to 11 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8. You must have a Washburn ID to bowl.

Campus Activities Board is sponsoring the event. For more information, contact (785) 670-1222.

- Campus Announcement

Graduate reminder

If you are planning on graduating this Spring or Summer it is time to submit your Application for Degree to the University Registrar's Ofﬁce, MO 115. Applications are due no later than Friday, February 6, but it would be best to submit them as soon as possible. Application forms are located in the University Registrar's Ofﬁce, MO 115. They are also located on MyWashburn at the University Services tab, under WU Departments at University Registrar forms. You will receive notice of your candidacy for degree through your MyWashburn e-mail, not by U.S. mail.

- Campus Announcement

1/24/09 - Info. report, Pri-2 Alarm, Memorial Union, report taken, employees set off alarm.

1/26/09 - Info. report, medical call - slip on ice, Heat Plant, report taken, POV to St. Francis Hospital.

1/26/09 - Aggravated intimidation of witness or victim, Kuehne, report taken, refer to assistant district attorney Matt Patterson.

1/28/09 - Info. report, ﬁre alarm, Mabee Library, report taken, construction work caused alarm.

1/28/09 - Burglary, theft, criminal damage to property, parking lot 2, report taken, billfold recovered.

1/28/09 - Info. report, ﬁre alarm, Washburn Village, report taken, burnt food, TFD cleared.

Financial Aid reminder

Don't forget the Financial Aid Priority Deadline for Washburn University is Feb.15, 2009 for the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters. Complete your scholarship renewal application at https://secure.washburn.edu/ services/finaid/scholarshipapplication.html. Complete your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) before Feb. 15 to be considered for these programs: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Perkins Loan, and Federal WorkStudy. Go to: www.fafsa.ed.gov. Questions? Contact the financial aid office at 670-1151 or (800) 524-8447 or e-mail financialaid@washburn.edu.

1/28/09 - Info. report, asst. TPD, LLC, report taken, assist. TPD in reference counterfeit bill.

1/29/09 - Info. report, alcohol violation, LLC, report taken, alcohol seized.

1/30/09 - Info. report, Pri-2 Alarm, Garvey, report taken, area

checked, alarm reset.

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Around the globe in 15 minutes or less

Richard Kelly WASHBURN REVIEW

With billboards for foreign countries posted around Memorial Union, the Washburn Study Abroad Fair was in full swing Thursday.

Students had the opportunity to look into trips that would take them to all around the world. Trips to France, Japan, Germany, Mexico and other locations were the subject of many conversations.

However, many students worry about ﬁnances for a trip of such magnitude, because studying abroad can be very expensive. Fortunately, Washburn offers scholarships to pay for part of the cost of the trip. One of the ways is through the department that is offering the trip.

“Washburn has been quite generous with scholarships, and most students who partake in The Magellan Exchange receive about $2000 from the university and $800 from the school of business,” said Dmitri Nizovtsev, associate professor of economics.

Another reason to get involved in studying abroad is to incorporate the Washburn Transformational Experience. In this sense, a student is killing two birds with one stone.

“If you’re willing to commit the

money and have the openness and willingness to try new food and be faced with new situations, I deﬁnitely recommend incorporating studying abroad with the transformational experience,” said Lori Spurgeon, academic advisor. “It can really allow you a sense of what else is out there.”

If studying abroad during a school term isn’t what sounds right, other options are available. Service Learning and Volunteering was on hand at the fair and has options available for semester terms during the summer. Additionally, there is a study abroad program which travels to Japan annually during the summer. But because Japanese schools stay open year-round, it may be another possibility.

“I’ve never actually made the trip myself, but I’ve always wanted to,” said Errin Thompson, a junior at Washburn. “Even if you don’t know any Japanese, you should still go.” What it boils down to for most students is whether it’s worthwhile to travel abroad, both for ﬁnancial reasons and not being able to see family members. The message seems clear, though, that students always learn a lot about different cultures and enjoy their time in other

countries.

“Every student I’ve talked to who took part in the study abroad program says the same thing to me,” said Nizovtsev. “That they want to do it again and they have such a different perspective on things now. You really do learn a lot from studying abroad.”

Richard Kelly is a freshman mass media major. Reach him at richard.kelly@washburn.edu.

Don’t forget the underwear: Important things to pack when going abroad

• Emergency contact numbers

Passport and photocopy of passport

• Numbers to cancel credit cards if stolen

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• Itinerary with phone numbers and locations

DEBATE: Pair on team rank in top 20 nationwide

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meant to get students involved in activity outside the traditional academic catalog. O’Leary said the support of the ofﬁces of the president and the vice president of academic affairs were leading causes for Washburn’s success. O’Leary credits support from Jerry Farley, Washburn University president and Robin Bowen, the vice president of academic affairs.

Students on the team remain active in the university setting. Keenan Hogan, along with his teammate Andrew Lake are ranked 18th out of

643 teams.

“Parliamentary debate provides a competitive and intellectual atmosphere for people to have fun and discuss real issues affecting the international community,” said Hogan. Fellow debater Steven Mitchell echoed this sentiment.

“Washburn’s parliamentary debate team is awesome,” said Mitchell.

James Ahrens is a senior mass media major. Reach him at james.ahrens1@ washburn.edu.

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Sex in everything from exercise to Hannah Montana

In several articles, there was discussion of a movement that was petitioning to have pole dancing added as an Olympic sport. Their reasons included that it took grace, ﬂuidity and strength, just like gymnastics.

Most gymnasts don’t spend their time with lots of dollar bills.

The notion of trying to legitimize pole dancing as a legitimate form of exercise – even going so far as to say it is a sport is odd to us. Cheerleading requires strength and stamina and it is not an Olympic sport.

The pole dancing phenomenon is yet another attempt to make exercising fun for people who don’t like exercising in the ﬁrst place. There are also a series of videos that involve sexy chair dances. We’re sure that these give

you just as great a workout as riding your bike, going for a run or hitting the elliptical machine at the gym. For running, all you need is a good pair of shoes, for pole dancing, you need to add an awkward piece of decor.

Some studies have said that young people don’t think about sex as often as once thought. Then again, sex is still a booming business. Nothing sells beer, cars or furniture like hot women. Think about Mr. Clean, he may be bald and a cartoon, but he is muscular and he helps clean the ﬂoor.

REVIEW’S VIEW

Sex itself is not something terrible that is threatening to crumble our nation. However, the lack of knowledge about information surrounding safe sex is. The overt sexualization of almost

everything, think Barbie, Bratz, the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana, is also something to consider. Throughout history, people have had sex. You would not be reading this if they had not. Religion does not say sex is bad, most religions just put limitations on it. Even Puritans thought that sex was great – inside the realm of marriage, of course. Pastor Ed Young challenged married couples in his congregation to have sex for seven days straight. Many couldn’t quite make it, but said it made their relationship stronger. We decided to do another sex issue of the ARGO. It’s not quite as, uhm, stimulating as KU’s, but it is

informational. Professors on campus are talking about sex, the student health ofﬁce offers information and protection for free. Sex is all around. And it is central to many social issues currently facing the country.

This ARGO doesn’t have any tips or witty anecdotes, but it does point out that sex doesn’t just reside in bedrooms and dark corners of clubs, it’s everywhere. Oh, that said, pole dancing still shouldn’t be an Olympic sport.

The views expressed in the Review’s View are those of the Washburn Review editorial board, and not necessarily the views of Washburn University.

e rst bailout brings socialism back

I cannot stop myself from looking at iPod touches. The iPhone I can live without – I can’t text very well on them. Every time I surf apple.com, it takes a long conversation to talk myself out of it. The conversation gets shorter now that nearly 70,000 people have been laid off or fired in what is likely to be the first of many rounds of firing. The economy is a scary place right now and perhaps now is not the best time to fulfill my iPod dreams.

In an effort to help combat this everworsening situation, President Barack

Obama is pushing for a stimulus package, which is currently more than $800 billion, but with some additions from the Senate, could be closer to $900 billion.

$900 billion dollars is mindboggling. Oh, and do not forget the $700 billion bailout plan spent to help prop up banks and other ﬁnancial institutions at the end of last year – but that was mostly used for executives’ bonuses. The New York Times reported that $18.4 billion in bonuses were handed out. As it turns out, these executives on the ambiguous and villanized “Wall Street” wanted government money (taxes that would have been going to climate change or federal scholarship aid or anything except self-serving jackasses) so they could spend millions on redoing their ofﬁces and other obviously important things, like a $50 million corporate jet for Citigroup

FROM THE EDITOR

through legal, legitimate ways in the pseudo-capitalist society we live in, then good for you. If you make lots of money doing things that are legal, but on the edge of being ethical and then it blows up in your face, then asking the government bailing you out is both socialism and, frankly, a terrible thing to do. However, I know that so many people and businesses are dependent upon some ﬁnancial institutions that the government had to help them or (supposedly) the entire economy was going to implode. Well, ﬁrstly, the economy got worse. Secondly, executives are still getting millions of dollars worth of salary, perks and various other things on the taxpayers’ dime.

The taxpayers do not have a dime to spare.

disagree with banks offering $400,000 loans to people who obviously could never pay it off and then selling the debt to China. They never thought this would come back to bite them? Also, who is the socialist now? The people who want the government to pay for things that the government is supposed to pay for or the folks who want the government to pony up the funds for PRIVATE businesses?

That brings me to my third group of people that are at fault for this crisis and the subsequent spending of billions of dollars that NO ONE has: Americans. People who have eight credit cards in their wallet, who have more than one unaffordable mortgage and who took former President Bush seriously when he said that the way to support the wartime economy was to spend more.

Let me say that I am not a communist or a socialist, or a European socialist, although Rush Limbaugh would probably disagree. I agree that if you are wealthy and have made money

Letters to the Editor

Editorial

gave congressmen too much credit

In this week's editorial on the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison facilities, the editors write: "To their credit, Republican senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts are clearly speaking out against placing the detainees at Forth Leavenworth." But in so easily giving them such credit, the editors ignore the responsibility both Brownback and Roberts share in creating the problem of Gitmo in the ﬁrst place.

Every step of the way, from the authorization for the use of force through the establishment of the prison complex to the broad suspension of habeus corpus rights for the prisoners held there, Brownback and Roberts voted in favor of the administration's programs. About torture, lack of judicial process, lack of speedy trials, the detention of foreign nationals who have never been fairly accused or tried, or any of the other systematic abuses which made Guantanamo Bay's prison such an embarrassment to any American for whom the rule of law has any meaning whatever, Roberts and Brownback have been silent or fully supportive of the Bush administration line. Therefore, to give them "credit" now because they don't want the problems they helped themselves to create dumped onto Kansas soil is absurd. They deserve instead our condemnation for their failure to stand up to the Bush administration when it mattered. Their recent choruses of "not

in Kansas" are nothing but an attempt to evade their own responsibility for the embarrassment of Guantanamo Bay.

Thomas Prasch, Professor, history

Student enjoyed transformational experiences

My name is Derek Koenigsdorf; I am a Human Service major at Washburn University. I have completed two of the four Washburn Transformational Experiences and loved them both equally. My ﬁrst WTE was the community service aspect with the LEAP program, which partners student with children ages 3-5 and has them work on literacy skills with the children. I completed the 150 hours in one school year. I enjoyed doing the community service so much that I decided to commit to another 900 hours of service with the Bonner leader program. My second WTE was the study abroad aspect. I and 14 other students traveled to Nicaragua over the summer to do a service project and learn about the culture. The bonds I formed and the experiences that I had on this trip are ones that I will carry forever. The WTE has been one of the highlights of my Washburn Experience, and has taught me more about myself then I ever could have learned in the classroom

Derek Koenigsdorf, Washburn Student

The media and the American people justiﬁably railed against the car companies for ﬂying out in their private jets. Their crisis was partially their fault – lack of innovation and a constant churning out of gas-guzzling, road-hogging SUVs. Now it is time to take executives to task. I don’t disagree with the business itself, but I do

This country is spending itself into oblivion and part of the problem is that we (Americans, businesses, etc.) need it. The other part of the problem is that we don’t have it.

ReAnne Utemark is a senior history major. Reach her at reanne.utemark@washhburn.edu

Returning student re ects on Washburn then, now

Brian Allen WASHBURN REVIEW

I was in the library the other day and noticed an old dude thumbing through the periodicals. Did the gray haired gentleman know just how out of place he looked surrounded by students younger than his shoes? I looked closer, he was me! Seems the times they are a changing. In 1974 I came to Washburn to earn a degree and launch a career. I eventually walked away with two but now I’m back to study what I’m personally interested in. A much better deal I assure you.

Some things are different, more buildings, less parking and enough yard art to make the Guggenheim green with envy. We booed Nixon out of ofﬁce and you cheered Obama in. (Me too.) Procrastinating assignments to watch MASH has been replaced by Tivo-ing HEROs and I suspect the campus cops would sigh in relief if a disturbance call turned out to be old fashioned streakers.

Sigh, I lost my groovy mane while I was ﬁghting the man.

- Brian Allen Washburn Review Reporter

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Some things are much too familiar. We were trying to ﬁnd a way out of Viet Nam in 1974 and now we are trying to get out of Iraq. I’ve had brothers wounded in both wars so classmates do us all a favor and study your history so as not to repeat it. What really got my attention, besides the cost of tuition, is the technology on campus. The closest I got to a computer my ﬁrst year was a table sized game of blip bouncing electronic pong. Bill Gates had not dropped out of Harvard yet and if I had a nickel to invest it would have been in the burgeoning computer giant, Atrai. (Google it.) Not only are computers in the classrooms, they are in the halls, in your laps and in your ears. They even have their own building! Is this 2009 or Big Brother’s 1984? I would say look that up in the library but there are monitors watching us there too!

Some things are still familiar. We listened to the Rolling Stones back then; amazingly you can too. Tshirts and jeans are still the rebel’s uniform and a head of hair still shouts independence. Sigh, I lost my groovy mane while I was ﬁghting the man.

Paranoid jokes aside I’m impressed by the way Washburn has integrated computers into the university. You can communicate with the world and the knowledge of the ages is at your ﬁngertips, everywhere at any time. The digital revolution is old news to you modern college students but it makes one wonder what you might ﬁnd if you get the chance to return as a senior alumni.

ReAnne Utemark WASHBURN REVIEW

Historian revives spirit of the Underground Railroad

Erin Wiltz WASHBURN REVIEW

Washburn student of all majors and the general public were invited to attend a festive Kansas Day discussion and performance hosted by the history department and the Shawnee County Historical Society called “The Underground Railroad in Bleeding Kansas” on Thursday. The event was based on the activities of the Underground Railing in Bleeding Kansas. Anne Hawkins, a local historian and teacher, portrayed Mary Jane Ritchie, a Kansas abolitionist and suffragist.

Hawkins’ performance started off as a portrayal Mary Jane Ritchie during the 1860s, and she treated the audience as fellow abolitionists. She stated facts about the Underground

Railroad and discussed the trouble abolitionists endured to free slaves.

Hawkins informed the audience how to prepare a house for hiding slaves, and what abolitionists did if their homes were searched while they harbored fugitive slaves. Hawkins ended her performance with a personal story of Mary Jane Ritchie, and as Ritchie, she offered encouraging words to abolitionists as they embarked on their journeys to free slaves.

“It was an educational and entertaining way to [present] the facts,” said Jane Billinger, a freshman history major.

After the performance, Hawkins led a discussion with Bruce MacTavish of the history department on the topic of the Underground Railroad. They answered questions about how many slaves were kept in Kansas. They also explained that abolitionists used

quilts, candles in windows or articles of clothing hung out on clotheslines to signal that they belonged to the Underground Railroad. Hawkins said she had to do a lot of work researching Mary Jane Ritchie because very was little written about her until after she had died.

“To be able to experience through visual acts was very educational for all ages,” said Matthew Scates, a senior anthropology and biology major.

Hawkins entertained a full house of people of all ages. She encouraged everyone to check out Mary Jane Ritchie’s house at 1116 S.E. Madison in Topeka. The historical house is open every Saturday in April from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free to the public.

Trial scheduled for suit against Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey

David Crary ASSOCIATED PRESS

After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit ﬁled by animal welfare groups alleging that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus routinely abuses its performing elephants.

The plaintiffs‚ including the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Animal Welfare Institute‚ allege that trainers’ use of sharp tools called bullhooks and the prolonged use of chains on the Asian elephants add up to an egregious violation of the federal Endangered Species Act.

They seek an order from U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., halting these practices, which some activists hope would force Ringling Bros. to give up elephants altogether.

The non-jury trial before U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan is expected to last three weeks.

Ringling Bros. and its parent company, Feld Entertainment, have defended themselves aggressively since the suit was ﬁled in 2000, contending their treatment of all circus animals is state-of-the-art.

Circus ofﬁcials note that government regulations permit use of chains. They say the elephants are chained in place at night to keep them from foraging their companions’ food, and during train rides to prevent sudden weight

shifts that might derail their freight car.

The plaintiffs have asserted that Ringling Bros.’ own train records show the elephants are chained in railroad boxcars for an average of more than 26 straight hours, and often 60 to 70 hours at a time, when the circus travels.

The circus also defends the use of bullhooks, saying the sharp tools have been used for centuries in Asia to control elephants humanely. Activists say the implements‚ which resemble long ﬁre pokers‚ often inﬂict wounds that leave scars.

Michelle Pardo, a lawyer for Feld Entertainment, said the defense will prove that the elephants “are healthy, alert, and thriving.”

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“I really enjoy working with everyone so far this year and we have gotten a lot done just within a week and a half,” said Billinger.

Erin Wiltz is a freshman nursing major. Reach her at erin.wiltz@washburn.edu.

Mail the on the rise

ASSOCIATED PRESS the cooperation of law enforcement in several Kansas counties, the postal inspector’s ofﬁce, Kansas City area law enforcement and the Missouri Highway Patrol.

In another indication of the rough economy, law enforcement authorities in Kansas and Missouri are warning residents that mail theft is on the rise, particularly of mail containing checks and credit cards.

A group of local, state and federal authorities met last week in Oskaloosa, Kan., to map out their strategy as they confront a spike in mail theft in their northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas area.

“It’s hard to know that your mail has been stolen,” said Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig. In total, authorities said they’ve received 50 to 60 reported thefts and other crimes in their area, prompting

The group met to compare information about reported mail thefts, forgeries and vehicle break-ins that may be connected.

“It’s actually not that common for that many agencies to be involved,” said Donald Obritsch, a U.S. postal inspector in the Kansas City ﬁeld ofﬁce. Investigators said they believe one group of suspects is responsible for most of the incidents although they haven’t yet made any arrests. Herrig said one team of suspects is believed to be a man and a woman but others may also be involved.

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Erin Wiltz is a freshman nursing major. Reach her at erin.wiltz@washburn.edu.

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Blues make statement

With wins against Northwest Missouri and Missouri Western, Washburn made a case for a Top 10 ranking

Eric Smith and Chris Marshall WASHBURN REVIEW

For teams in the bottom of the MIAA standings, it’s not a good time to be playing the Lady Blues.

After being denied a spot in the Top 10 South Central regional rankings despite a No. 11 national ranking, the Blues’ schedule featured three straight games against teams with the MIAA’s worst records.

Last week, Washburn beat Northwest Missouri 66-57 and Missouri Western 77-64, two teams that are 2-11 in conference play.

The Blues take the court Wednesday for a match up against last place Truman State, and with a chip on their shoulder the size of a Funyun, the team isn’t likely to overlook any competitors.

Even if the three opponents have a combined 5-33 conference record.

“Right now, a lot of teams in our conference don’t respect us,” said guard Janice Bright. “A lot of teams will come out and make a little run on us. It kind of gives them some conﬁdence and they get their heads up.”

Saturday’s game against Missouri Western was close early, and the Griffons led ﬁve minutes into the game, but a 17-2 run gave the Blues a 12-point lead they held for good.

For the ninth consecutive game, Bright scored 20-plus points with 23,

a game-high.

“I’m just trying to go out there and lead my team to a win,” said Bright. “I’m just trying to continue to play well and score points for my team so we get the wins.”

Backcourt mate Karla Tailele stayed hot as well, hitting four 3-pointers to ﬁnish with 12 points coming off the bench.

Last Wednesday, 20 points from Bright and another double-digit scoring performance from Tailele were again the key in a road win for the Blues in Maryville, Mo.

The game was close for much of the ﬁrst half with a halftime score of 2319. However, the Bearcats gained their ﬁrst lead early in the second half and were up one point with 14:18 left.

That would be the last time the Lady Blues trailed though as Tailele came off the bench and hit a 3-pointer to regain a 33-31 lead. Tailele scored all 10 of her points, including two 3-pointers, in the second half during a key six minute stretch for the Lady Blues in which they outscored the Bearcats 16-6.

“[Tailele]’s done that. When we went to Florida, she had two really big halves and really carried us down there in points when we were struggling. Karla’s kind of our zone shooter so it was good to see her step in and hit some shots.”

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Bods move on, move up in MIAA

Sheldon Warmington and Chris Marshall WASHBURN REVIEW

The last time Washburn’s men’s basketball team won back-to-back games they were headed to Hawaii for a December tournament.

In the past two months, the team showed ﬂashes of brilliance but followed big wins up with close losses. More questions arose about how the team would recover after losing point guard Mario Scott.

While Covier Carter and James Williams were expected to be solid replacements, few expected that the team’s results would improve with the new starting lineup.

On Wednesday, the Ichabods traveled to Northwest Missouri for a 71-65 and came home Saturday to beat Missouri Western 79-78.

In the MIAA, which is competitive from top to bottom, the pair of wins is good enough to move Washburn into sole posession of third.

At 8-5 in MIAA play, the Bods hold a half-game lead over Fort Hays State, Emporia State and Nebraska-Omaha. Close games are a common occurence as the postseason race heats up, and Saturday’s 1-point win was no exception.

Attendance

Based on my ﬁve-plus years of experience at Washburn (I’m in grad school here, so I’m not that lazy) I noticed there was always a great disconnect between the students and the athletic administration. My participation on Washburn’s golf team, and previous experience with the Review as a sports writer has allowed me to see the good that Washburn’s athletics program has to offer.

The staff, coaches and players do a pretty good job of representing the school. However, when your school is stuck between two Division I schools, one of which is known for its legendary basketball program, and another that has been a perennial contender in football (until recently), it seems as though Washburn would want to provide incentives to their student body to attend their games. In years past, Washburn sporting events were highlighted by a free ticket and some dorky halftime contest. There were a few nuts dressed in blue, and everyone else was too afraid to cheer if nobody within a 15seat radius wasn’t cheering as well.

It seemed as though the department preferred that the student body support their teams because, well, it’s Washburn’s teams. That would have been a great strategy if Washburn wasn’t stuck between the two Kansas universities, and wasn’t a division two school whose competition isn’t against a North Carolina or USC program.

I knew of countless students who chose to stay at home to watch KU ball up against the likes of Colorado instead of attending an MIAA conference clash between Washburn and our most despied rival, Emporia State.

Luckily, some students have realized that this issue needed to be ﬁxed, and have taken measures to rectify the situation.

Bod Squad’s buzz on campus is signiﬁcant. If you happen to be one of those students who prefers a KU exhibition game over a Washburn non-conference game (like me), I highly encourage you to check out a Bod Squad sponsored event/game.

Although the Bods led from start to ﬁnish, MWSU had the ball in the ﬁnal seconds with a chance to win.

Dominique Thuston hit a three to bring the Griffons within one but Parker Leonard’s game-winning shot fell short and WU held on for the win.

Darnell Kimble led the team with 22 points on 7-for-7 shooting and missed just one of his nine free throw attempts.

Logan Stutz, who moved into the starting lineup after Scott’s dismissal, added 14 while DeAndre Eggins (14), Nate Daniels (12) and Lekheythan Malone (10) also scored in double ﬁgures.

The ﬁnal result was almost indentical to the 6-point road win earlier in the week: Kimble led a balanced offense in scoring and the team outplayed the competition in the second half to win a tight game. At the end of the ﬁrst half in Maryville, the Ichabods were down

29-28, but came back with a splash by scoring ﬁve unanswered points and dominated the ﬁrst 4:38 of the second half. The run pushed the Washburn lead to 45-37 as Nate Daniels scored a tip in and a pair of free throws for four quick unanswered points.

Following a seemingly endless array of lead changes and near misses, Eggins, who is the Bods’ leading scorer was fouled and his ﬁrst free throw to put the Bods up 64-57 with 1:05 remaining. With 36 seconds left, Mike Larson hit a desparation 3-pointer from 26 feet away to pull NWMSU with four points.

Kimble, who scored 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting, was fouled and hit both free throws with only 10 seconds remaining to put the game out of reach for the Bearcats and giving the Bods a 5-point cushion. The Bearcats did manage to score a layup, which was followed by two free throws by Williams to end the game.

“We needed a win,” said senior Moriba DeCoteau. “We played hard, and together and got a quality win against a very good team.”

Eggins had 14 points, followed by Daniels, who broke his career high for points in a game with 10 on Wednesday and 14 on Saturday.

“If Nate continues to play like he did this game I think we have a good chance for the post season,” said DeCoteau. Daniels, like Stutz, has seen his playig time and stats increase without Scott on the roster. The Bods improved to 6-0 on Wednesday night games, a trend they hope to continue this Wednesday against Truman State, the MIAA’s last place team.

Bod Squad does an excellent job in providing students with the opportunity to show off their Washburn pride, while also adding an enhanced value to the game itself. In a time where sporting events are aired live on television, can be TiVo’ed, replayed on YouTube, streamed in via website, or listened to on a radio, Bod Squad has done an excellent job of making it worthwhile to attend a live Washburn sporting event.

The next home games for the Bods and Blues are at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. are Wednesday against Truman State, a match up Washburn is likely to win. If you haven’t checked out a live WU basketball game yet this year, join me and let’s grab our free tickets and ask where we can ﬁnd a Bod Squad member.

Photo by Aaron De enbaugh, Washburn Review

Erica Brown drives to score two of her eight points against

Sheldon Warmington is a senior business ﬁnance major. Reach him at sheldon.warmington@washburn.edu.

The Carter 32: Guard Covier Carter has been a solid role player for the Bods since his arrival to the team. Along with Carter, Logan Stutz and Nate Daniels have seen their playing time and scoring increase. The lineup change resulted in back-to-back wins.

Photo by Aaron De enbaugh, Washburn Review

No. 11 Blues excluded from regional Top 10

teams ranked higher than the Blues, including No. 8 Northeastern State (10-6), No. 9 Southeastern Okla. (86) and No. 10 Texas A&M Commerce (10-6).

While the Blues are still ranked No. 11 nationally, the regional rankings are similar to the BCS rankings in college football: they are the ones that matter.

The Washburn Lady Blues are on pace to have another great season currently sitting with 17 wins and only three losses.

However, according to voters in the South Central region, they have not clearly proven themselves. When the Top 10 rankings for the region were released last week, the Lady Blues were excluded.

The three teams Washburn has lost to in the 2008-09 season, Emporia State, Central Missouri and Missouri Southern, are the three MIAA teams that made the rankings at No. 4, 6 and 7, respectively. Head-to-head results make those three MIAA teams

South Central regional rankings

1. St. Mary’s (Tex.)

2. West Tex. A&M

3. Tex. A&M-Kingsville

4. Emporia St.

5. Central Okla.

6. Central Mo.

7. Mo. Southern

8. Northeastern St.

9. Southeastern Okla.

“I understand the formula a little bit but the fans struggle with the it,” said Washburn coach Ron McHenry. “Because they say OK, we’re 16-3. Take off the NAIA games because they don’t count. So you go down to 14-3. And then in regional play we’re 11-3. But there are teams that are 8-6 that are ahead of you. So that struggles us a little bit. There is a formula, you can’t call the committee and get the formula. They’ll give you the formula but won’t give you the [breakdown].

10. Tex. A&M Commerce

I don’t understand that. Because really it’s hidden information about what we’re

Teams must be in the top eight at the end of the season or make the NCAA tournament. Even then it’s no guarantee for the No. 7 and 8 ranked teams because if an underdog wins their conference tournament, they get an automatic bid into the NCAAs, knocking out a team that would have had an at-large berth.

With seven games left to play in the regular season, the Blues have already clinched one of eight spots in the MIAA tournament, but the seeding is still up for grabs.

While Washburn would be seeded second if the season ended today, they still have games scheduled against all four of the conference’s other top ﬁve teams, including MIAA leader Empoira S

For the team, there is only one thing they can do.

“In the second half of the conference schedule, we just cannot lose any more games,” said Janice Bright, senior. “If we continue to win and go on a long stretch of a winning streak during the second half of

MIAA standings

Men’s

Results Jan. 31 WU 79, MWSU 78 UCM 73, PSU 62 FHSU

Women’s Results Jan. 31 WU 77, MWSU 64 UNO 88, Rockhurst 53

Elite Dance team to host pancake feed

Chris Marshall WASHBURN REVIEW

With the conclusion of football season, it is often difficult for Americans to find an alternative source of Sunday entertainment. Few things can compare to football, but pancakes definitely come close.

The Elite at Washburn University dance team is hosting a pancake feed from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday to help fund their trip to a national competition in Daytona, Fla.

Chris Cakes, the local pancake ﬂipper extrordinnaire, will be at the Fuzion School of Dance, located at 435 N.W. Independence Ave.

to serve breakfast and support the team’s goal to dance at nationals.

Tickets can be purchased from any Elite dance member for $6, or two for $10. Tickets will be sold at the door on Sunday for the same price, and the pancakes are all you can eat.

But only on one condition: keep your plate.

Chris Cakes charges $3 a plate, with the other three dollars going to the dance team. However, if someone throws their plate away and wants a second one, the dance team has to pay an additional $3 to the chef.

“We’re the ones who have to pay if you throw your plate away and want more,” said team member Steph Anspaugh. “So make sure you keep the plate. We’ll be guarding the trash cans.”

With the trip cost estimated at $1200 per dancer, the team is hoping for a big turnout.

All the team’s dancers are

students at Washburn, but the squad is separate from the Dancing Blues, which dances at games for the Bods and Blues.

This is the only competition the team travels to, so the trip to Daytona is crucial.

“Since we usually only go to one competition nationally, this is pretty big for us,” said junior Nicole Shurtz. “This is what we work for and practice for all year long.”

The team has attended several camps in preparation, and feels conﬁdent they will ﬁnish strong in Florida.

Now it’s just a matter of selling enough pancakes.

“Any help we can get would be great,” said Anspaugh. “We need to go to Daytona and we’re going to win.”

Chris Marshall is a senior mass media major. Reach him at christopher.marshall@washburn.edu.

Photo by Aaron De enbaugh, Washburn Review

Eric Smith is a senior mass media major. Reach him at eric.smith1@ washburn.edu.

Always Bright’s night: Janice Bright ripped Missouri Western’s defense for 23 points, leading all Washburn scorers for the 14th consecutive game. Eric Smith

Evening drive: Forward Stanecia Graham cuts through the Missouri Western defense. The Blues improved to 9-1 at home.

Photo by Aaron De enbaugh, Washburn Review

BLUES: 40-9 record against Northwest

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Bright chipped in 14 of her 20 points during the second half while grabbing seven rebounds. Senior guard Jessica Mainz added 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

“In the second half, we just told ourselves we’re going to come out here and we’re going to defend better and we’re going to get stops, and that’s what we did,” said Bright. “We picked up our defensive intensity and we were able to get a lot of fast-break points. So it allowed us to get on a good run.”

The victory moved the Lady Blues all-time record against the Bearcats to 40-9 including 14-5 in Maryville. While the Lady Blues have clearly dominated the series, coach Ron McHenry says the Lady Blues still have to work for their wins in Bearcat Arena.

“It’s a hard place to play, actually, and we always struggle up there but we always seem to find a way to win,” said McHenry.

“But it’s always a game of cat and mouse with the way they play their defenses against us. Their offense sets are a little different. They’re not a traditional MIAA team as far as what they run and play. We’ve just been fortunate enough to pull out some wins up there.”

Eric Smith is a senior mass media major. Reach him at eric.smith1@ washburn.edu. Hope Gregory

RoadRunners enter season’s

A year after winning the NAHL South Division and making a deep playoff run, the Topeka RoadRunners lead the league in points and are poised for another division championship.

The closest competition for the RoadRunners in the standings are the St. Louis Bandits, not just in the division but in the entire league.

After a weekend series in the ExpoCenter against the Bandits, the Runners increased their point margin from one to six.

The team may have been wearing pink, Valentine’s Day-themed jerseys, but there was nothing light-hearted about the performance.

On Friday, the teams battled for a backand-forth lead before heading to overtime, when Eric Artman slammed the gamewinner in for a 3-2 win.

And as if the first game wasn’t close enough, the next night’s match up went to a shootout before Topeka finally prevailed 2-1.

The Runners fell behind 1-0 after allowing a goal just 32 seconds into the game. Despite the quick score, neither team found the net again until Jordan George put in the equalizer with 37 seconds left in the third period.

In overtime, Topeka outshot St. Louis 4-0 but couldn’t score. Lyle Rocker, goalkeeper for the Runners, came up huge in the shootout, making four saves to ensure a victory.

The Runners won’t play at home again until Feb. 26 (which explains the

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Photo by Chris Hamm, Washburn Review

Love is in the air: Decked out in pink jerseys that

Knuckle puck time: With two wins in two days, the RoadRunners hold a six-point lead over all competitors in the NAHL. The team looks to repeat as South Division champions and build on last season’s playoff success.

Photo by Chris Hamm, Washburn Review

celebration:

RoadRunners celebrate a victory against the Bandits, thanks in large part to the overtime and shootout saves from goalkeeper Lyle Rocker.