In order to make room for the construction of the recently approved new residence hall and dining facility, certain sacrifices had to be made.
The most noticeable of said sacrifices saw the obliteration of Parking Lot 2, located behind Stoffer Science Hall. Access to Parking Lot 1 has also been restricted.
The changes, which will last for the duration of the construction project - an estimated 16 months - have been a cause for concern amongst a number of students.
With the lack of on-campus parking already a point of frustration, closing what many considered to be premium parking real estate has only intensified the daily dog fight
for the last open spot.
As the chorus of bickering from students, plagued with sore feet and aching backs caused by the treacherous hike from car to campus, echoed across university grounds, officials sat down and came up with a solution.
To ensure that each and every student is afforded the right to park within a reasonable distance to their destination, officials have decided to turn the entire campus into a giant parking lot.
The plan, while controversial, will see every building on campus razed to make way for more than 70,000 freshly paved parking spaces, complete with bright and bold yellow lines to help guide students into their spot.
The extra parking will guarantee
students, faculty, staff and visitors easy access to classes and events throughout the year. Due to the lack of physical structures, exactly where those classes and events will be held has yet to be determined.
However, a committee has been formed that will appoint a committee to address this issue.
While the Review has made no attempt to contact anyone for a comment on the plan, one official has come forward with a statement.
“We’re no fools,” said April Day, Director of Parking Lots and Pavement. “We know what the students want and that’s exactly what we’re going to give them.”
Ryan Ogle, ryan.ogle@ washburn.edu, wishes you all a happy April Fools’ Day
The history of April Fools’ Day
Derek Richardson WASHBURN REVIEW
April 1 has become synonymous with outrageous and ludicrous claims, announcements for things that never come to be, and things that are downright impossible. April 1 is a day to fool.
How did this tradition ever come to be? Nobody knows. There are a number of origin theories, some as far back as the 1500s, from a whole range of countries. In particular, British folklore points to the village of Gotham in Nottinghamshire to the origin of the foolish holiday. In the 13th century, it was traditional for any road the King placed his foot upon to become public property. According to legend, when the people of Gotham heard King John was traveling and would be coming through their village, they refused him entry, as they didn’t want to lose their main road.
Furious, the king sent his soldiers into the town, but they found a town full of lunatics conducting foolish activity including drowning fish and caging birds in roofless fences. While it was an act, the King fell for it. He declared the town too foolish to warrant punishment. Ever since then, so the legend goes, April Fools’ Day honors their trickery.
Know of a good April Fools’ gag? Tell us about your best pranks at WUReview@gmail.com
Derek Richardson, derek. richardson@washburn.edu, is a junior mass media major
Students take a stand against sexual assault
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Washburn students and community members marched and chanted around campus on March 26 to display their want to end rape culture.
“As we marched, we chanted ‘yes means yes, no means no, whatever we wear, wherever we go,’” said Misha Reed, a sophomore exercise physiology major and the current Miss Greater Topeka.
“That particular chant was easy for the group to learn and it plainly states that regardless of the setting or what someone
is wearing, consent is the only thing that matters. During my year of service, I want to do as much as I can to raise awareness about rape culture and consent and this was a great opportunity to do so.”
The march was put together by members of Washburn’s Students Together Advocating Non-Violence in Dating, organization, which works to eliminate dating violence through awareness and education. STAND has previously helped organize events for rape survivors, such as the vigil to honor victims of sexual abuse at Carole Chapel.
“Sexual assault is too common and it affects everyone, which is why it is important for students to participate in these events,” said Megan Smith, a junior political science major and vice president of STAND.
“The more people that get involved and speak up, the closer we get to creating social change and having a safer community.” Reed took to Facebook and Twitter to let people know about the march. Reed also says there will be similar events in the near future because she wants people to know that sexual assault is a serious issue.
“It was inspiring to see a large group of people united to end sexual violence,” Smith said. “What was especially encouraging was that an almost equal number of men and women participated in the march.”
Smith says that students can help end rape culture by getting involved with STAND. The group meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union, Lincoln room.
Kenzie McCoy, mckenzie. mccoy@washburn.edu, is a sophomore mass media major
No Parking Zone: A lonely, blue “2” is all that remains of what was once Parking Lot 2 behind Stoffer Science Hall. The parking lot met its demise last month to allow for the construction of two new buildings on campus.
Page 3: Washburn’s Mock Trial reaches national semi-finals.
Page 11: Ad Astra Theater to rock the house with ‘Things to Ruin.’ Sports
Page 9: Women’s tennis squad returns to action at home.
Page 6: Phi Delta Theta gets pie-faced for ALS fundraiser.
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alendar
Wednesday, April 1
W Alex Skorija, BFA Sr
Exhibition: Illuminations
God’s Bods
Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Country: Prints by Charles Capps and Tom Huck
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Prairie Printmakers from the Collection of the Mulvane Art Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DiversiTEA @ 3
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, April 2
Wake Up With Washburn: Alumni Association Breakfast
7:30 AM
Country: Prints by Charles Capps and Tom Huck
10:00 AM -5:00 PM
Employee Recognition Ceremony
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Laci Green
7:00 PM
Crane Observatory Open House
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Friday, April 3
Last Day to Withdraw All Day
Prarie Printmakers from the Collection of the Mulvane Art Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Washburn University Art Department Student Exhibition
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Philosophy Club Meeting
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Opening Reception: Three Exhibits at Mulvane
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 4
WU Easter Egg Hunt
9:00 AM -12:00 PM
Men’s Tennis vs. Harding University in Cooper Tennis Complex
12:00 PM
Artist’s Talk, Marguerite Perret
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
One professor to rule them all Briefs
Washburn University’s First Year Experience program will be sponsoring a Game of Thrones style faculty debate on April 1 at 6:30 p.m. in Washburn A&B. The topic of conversation will be the practicality of the discipline that each professor represents in the real world.
Linsey Moddlemog, Political Science; Erin Grant, Criminal Justice; Amy White, Nursing; Tony Silversti, History; Drew Vartia, Chemistry; and David Sollars, Economics, will be the
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representing their respective disciplines. The contest will follow a three-round pool system. Professors will advance to the next round based on student votes.
Students are allowed to dressup in medieval style apparel, but are not allowed to bring any weapons. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 100 attendees and the student organization with the most members present at the event will receive $250. Snacks will be provided to all regardless of house affiliation.
Anniversary Miscalculated
Washburn University announced on April 1 that they miscalculated the date for the 150 Anniversary founding of the University. The announcement came about after the discovery that the date of the founding had been read incorrectly.
Washburn was actually founded in 1885, not 1865. Due to time, the ink on the documents pertaining to the founding of Washburn had faded to the point where the 8 was mistaken for a 6. According to the new date,
campus blood drive
WMarch 24
13:47 - Motor Vehicle Accident, Parking Lot 7. Report Taken: Report taken, photos taken.
March 24
14:00 - Information Report, Medical Call, Memorial Union. Report Taken: Individual treated at scene, taken to the hospital by AMR ambulance.
The Halo organization is hosting their annual blood drive through the Community Blood Center for Cesar Chavez Day. The event will be held in Petro Allied Health Center on April 8 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sign up in the Union between March 30 through April 7 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. You can also walk in and donate.
Cesar Chavez Day is a nationally recognized event that is held to commemorate Chavez and the contribution he has made in the United States. Chavez was a Mexican American farm worker who was known as one of the best Latino civil rights activist who founded the National Farm Workers Associations (NFWA). The foundation was created to protect farm workers from harsh work environment and financial inequalities by using non-violent techniques such as boycotts, pickets, and strikes.
the sesquicentennial will take place in 2035.
A history student who was researching the founding of Washburn for a project discovered the mistake. The student immediately contacted the administration, and after much debate, it was finally decided that the correct date for the founding of Washburn is 1885, not 1865 as previously thought.
However, all sesquicentennial events will proceed as scheduled.
Yearbook photos
On April 1 from 9 AM until 4 PM, Student Media will be taking yearbook photos in the Student Media office.
Students who have not gotten their photo taken yet for the yearbook should come by the Student Media office. Students who choose not to participate in getting their photo taken are doing so at their own loss.
Transfer student
On April 15, there will be a Transfer Student Orientation resource fair in Washburn Room B from 12:30 p.m. until 1 p.m. Departments and programs who would like to have their offices represented at the fair are to contact Mckinlaye Harkavy at mckinlaye.harkavy@washburn.edu by April 8 to reserve a table. Tables are available on a first come, first serve basis and space is limited. For more information, please contact Harkavy at the email address above.
ashburn Campus Police Report
March 25
13:40 - Criminal damage to property, footwear, Washburn Village. Report Taken: Possible suspect identified: Investigation continues.
March 27
11:56 - Information Report, Check Welfare, Living Learning Center. Report Taken: Individual called concerned for a friend: The friend was located at place of employment, all was okay at that time.
March 29
19:34 - Theft, Bicycle, Living Learning Center. Report taken: No suspect(s) at this time: Investigation continues.
March 30
15:10 - Theft, Billfold and Contents, Garvey Fine Arts Center. Report Taken: Investigation into the theft is ongoing.
Washburn mock trial closes out season at national semifinals
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The Washburn mock trial team had a long season this year, making it to what were essentially the national semifinals.
The journey began in August when the American Mock Trial Association distributed the case that all mock trial teams would be arguing over the course of the season. More than 200 universities compete in mock trial.
Washburn took part in three tournaments in the 2014 fall semester.
“The first semester of every year is usually working out the kinks of the case,” said senior Devon Tarantino, treasurer of Washburn’s mock trial team. “AMTA’s also going to release some case changes to make some minor corrections to smooth the case out evenly [and] make sure both sides are weighted evenly.”
Washburn’s mock trial program is split into two teams: team 1118 and 1119.
Tarantino said both teams were “equally stacked.”
“There was not an A team or a B team, a varsity or JV team,” she said.
Washburn law students, assistant professor of communication studies Jim Schnoebelen and attorney Danielle Hall coach the teams.
Tarantino said the teams begin preparing for regionals in November and continue through January. During this time, the team fine tunes its strategies and solidifies who will be playing which role during the tournament.
In the tournaments, each team has three students acting as attorneys and three students acting as witnesses. Both teams must argue both sides of the case that was released by AMTA at the beginning of the school year.
“Basically, second semester is when you start to hammer down,” Tarantino
said. “That’s when, you know, teams are in preparation mode because regionals is right around the corner. So regionals happens – it starts in February. It could be any weekend in February. Washburn hosts it every single year the third week in February.”
This year, Washburn saw great success at regionals, with team 1118 pulling off an 8-0 sweep over schools such as Kansas State, Creighton and Air Force.
Both Washburn teams earned a bid to go to the Opening Round Championship Series, which was held March 13 through 15 at Hamline University in Anoka, Minnesota. There, Washburn met up with Creighton again, but the tournament also included schools such as Gonzaga University, Drake University and Florida State University.
The Ichabods were less fortunate in the ORCS with both teams unable to earn a berth to nationals.
“It didn’t go as well as we had hoped,” Tarantino said about the ORCS. “Yeah, it was disappointing. However, for the seniors, it won’t be the last time they’re in a courtroom, most likely, and for the juniors and sophomores and freshmen we have on the team, they will be able to compete again next year and hopefully get to nationals.”
Tarantino said mock trial is something that all aspiring attorneys or0 anyone who wants to be an advocate should be a part of.
“Anyone who wants to do trial advocacy and be in a courtroom and wants to advocate for clients, and has a passion to advocate, then they should definitely do it, because it gives you great first-hand experience like no other,” she said.
Adam Vlach, adam.vlach@washburn.edu, is a senior English and mass media major.
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VICTORY: The Washburn Mock Trial teams celebrate after their victorry at regionals, hoisting their trophies high.
Panel discusses climate change Program offers financial tips
Group meets to speak on a potentially bleak outlook for local environment ahead of visiting climate change expert.
A panel of environmental experts met on Wednesday, March 25, in the Henderson Learning Center to discuss pollution and the impact of an altered global environment on Kansas.
Noteworthy experts that took seats at the event included Washburn biology professor Kellis Bayless, Climate and Energy Project member Dorothy Barnett, Westar Energy representative Brad Loveless and Environmental Protection Agency representative Mark Smith. The discussion was moderated by Kansas Public Radio personality Kaye McIntyre.
“The big issue with climate change is the carbon dioxide emissions primarily from the burning of our fossil fuels,” Bayless said.
Bayless said the more carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere, the warmer the average temperature ends up being on the Earth. He said the big deal is the melting of the ice, and that ends up inundating the coastlines.
Bayless expressed great concern over what climate change could mean for the future of the Midwest.
“We are safe in Kansas from a direct impact of flooding from sea level rise, but we are not immune to having to pay to move society away from the coastline,” Bayless said.
If climate change really does start taking off Bayless said we would have to move every single human being that live in areas such as the southern third of Florida and New York City.
Aside from the economic aspect of moving the population away from the coastline, Bayless also pointed out the potential for an economic impact due to the environmental changes that could come to pass in Kansas.
Pushing For Eco-change: Henderson Learning Center hosted a panel of energy and environmental experts last week who discussed how climate change could impact the future of Kansas.
Bayless said that by the year 2100, corn yields in Kansas are expected to drop close to five percent.
“The evaporation of water and the increased temperature are going to make Kansas’s climate feel something more along the lines of south Texas,”
Bayless said. “The agricultural infrastructure we have built in Kansas will have to be rebuilt in southern Canada.”
The panel also concluded that there is no more room for debate scientifically about climate change.
“I guarantee that you will still hear individuals in the press and in the State House here that want to debate it. It’s not a debate in the scientific community though,” Bayless said.
“I would agree that there is broad consensus, it is clear there’s a change going on,” Loveless said. “We know that the earth is always changing.
The concern now is is that rate increasing? Are we humans and other organisms able to adapt to that great of a change?”
Barnett suggested that economics could be a better method of encouragement than environmental protection as a means to help curb climate change. He said he often works with really
American Student Assistance is offering a free, non-profit financial education and aid program called SALT.
SALT offers advice to students and graduates about student loan and finance issues. The program also has a website that offers resources and information about scholarships, jobs, internships and money advice. As students look for different and creative ways to pay for college, the SALT program provides opportunities and solutions to becoming a financially literate student or graduate.
Users can also calculate a monthly budget geared toward paying back student loans in a timely fashion, as well as comparing dif-
terrific people on making investments in renewable energy or energy efficiency.
“A lot of times they’re not doing it because they want to protect the environment or because they believe in or care about climate change, but I don’t really care,” Barnett said. “They’re making investments, and as we think about more renewable energy, that’s less fossil generation. It’s good for Kansas, it is making jobs, and it’s reducing greenhouse gases.”
Barnett said that renewable energy use in Kansas has gone up to twenty percent.
The panel agreed that fossil fuels and coal plants have been contributing to environmental concerns, and that renewable energy is key in solving the issue.
New York University Environmental Studies professor Dale Jamieson will also be making an appearance to talk about climate change on April 6, in the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center at 7:30 p.m.
Mark Feuerborn, mark. feuerborn@washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major. Student Media jobs available! Apply online at washburnreview. org.
ferent loan options. In addition, SALT features a car loan calculator equipped to compare rates based on an individual’s credit and an app that allow users to estimate anything from net worth to savings.
“SALT is a great program that is free to all Washburn students,” said freshman Hillary Ronnebaum. “It allows you to find all sorts of jobs, scholarships and internships to fit your needs. The loan calculator makes it so convenient to figure out how to pay back your loans and the online courses will help you learn the basic steps to become financially responsible and knowledgeable.”
For more information, visit www.saltmoney.org.
Emily Kobzar, emily.kobzar@ washburn.edu, is a freshman English major
Law students praised for pro bono work
A group of law students, under the guidance of visiting professor, Joseph McKinney, have been commended for their work on a veterans benefit case.
The students represented a veteran who was injured during the Cold War and is appealing the Department of Veteran’s Affairs for their denial of his disability claim.
Law students Courtney Kelley, Joe Pilgrim, John Nichols and Anastasia Willy all participated with this case. Pro bono volunteer Suzanne Lueker and students Melissa Leach and Jordan Clothier were also instrumental in assisting with this case.
“The students did the bulk of the work,” McKinney said. “I was very proud. They surprised me and at first I underestimated the students, but they really care about what they are doing. Many students go to law school because they want to help people and this [was] their first opportunity to practice what they came to law school for.”
Helping with this case was not
an easy task. It was extremely time consuming, the students spent many hours going through veteran’s regulations, files and paperwork.
“This case presented a unique challenge because of the complexity and unfamiliarity of the veteran benefit system,” Kelley, a third year law student, said. “In addition to having to learn an entirely new body of law, we had to read hundreds of pages of medical records and military reports. We also conducted a significant amount of outside research both scientific and legal.”
McKinney says the court system is notorious for taking years to determine cases similar to this one, so the group will have to wait on the outcome.
“The course is only a semester long so our group transferred the case to a new group of students in January,” said Kelley. “Professor McKinney gives us updates as the case continues to develop.”
Kenzie McCoy, mckenzie. mccoy@washburn.edu, is a sophomore mass media major.
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Kansas Senate strips financial aid from students
Two hundred forty-five Washburn students face losing $320,000 in financial aid.
That is just the tip of the more-than-$5 million iceberg of financial aid melting away from students that attend public universities in Kansas.
The Kansas Senate recently passed a bill, that if backed by the House and signed by Gov. Brownback, will strip $5.3 million in financial aid to public universities, including Wash-
burn, and reallocate the funds to private universities.
If this bill passes, 3,500 students at public universities will lose financial aid, and 1,500 private students will gain from it. Let it be clear that $5.3 million helps less than half the amount of students when given to private universities than if it is given to public universities.
But financial inefficiency and irresponsibility aside, there is also the issue of using public
When it comes to rock bottom in regards to basic decency, look no further than Wichita East High School (not that you could if you tried).
Putting itself, and Kansas, on the national stage, Wichita East High School recently ordered a special education student to remove the varsity letter from his jacket after it had been given to
him.
The school’s principal, Ken Thiessen, said that the school had considered allowing varsity letters to be worn by special needs students, but decided against it because that would be “not appropriate.”
It must take an incomprehensible amount of pride, arrogance, stupidity or a combi-
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money to fund private, mostly religious, institutions.
Should taxpayer money go toward private grade schools and high schools?
It is just appalling (although maybe we should be calloused to these type of stunts by now) that more than $5 million of public money can be given to religious organizations, not only because of the principle of the matter, but because doing so throws 3,500 students under the
bus and helping out less than half that, many of whom are already well-off to begin with.
Private schools, specifically universities, being for the rich or gifted is not a stereotype without reason. If a person wants to shell out incredibly more money to go to a private school, that is his or her prerogative. But should everybody else have to make sacrifices to ease the burden they willingly put on themselves?
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nation of the three to feel so offended at the thought of a student with special needs wearing the oh-so-precious varsity letter that a person—or in the case, as it seems, a school—to outright refuse to let the poor student do so.
Unless Wichita East High School’s varsity letter is the Medal of Honor, I’m not sure how letting him wear a varsity
letter after competing in a sport - even if not on a regular basisis such an “inappropriate” thing to do.
Maybe all of those with varsity letters should live up to the concept of sportsmanship and dignity and remove their own letters until the victim student’s is returned. But who knows - at a place so backward, perhaps that would get one expelled.
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Phi Delta Theta’s philanthropy week fundraises for ALS
This week the Phi Delta Theta fraternity is hosing a variety of events this week to awareness and money for ALS research.
“This is our philanthropy week. We’re raising money for the ALS association in honor of Lou Gehrig, he was a member of our fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, in the early 1900s. As many people know, ALS was named Lou Gehrig’s after him. We’re throwing a week of events in support of ALS research. This is a Pie-a-Phi event where our members can get pied in the face for a dollar,” said Jake Gregg, President of Phi Delta Theta. Later this week Phi Delta Theta will be hosting a variety of other events, besides Pie-aPhi, to further bring awareness to their campus community in a way they feel will appeal to college students.
“We’re tabling at a baseball game on Tuesday and we’re having a pasta dinner night at our house on Thursday. And a Dunk-a-Phi slash fish fry on Friday. So it’s a week of fun activities for you guys,” Gregg said. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is believed to affect around 30,000 Americans, with 5,600 new cases being diagnosed each year.
According to the ALS Association’s website, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The symptoms not only progress with time but they’re devestating to those who have the disease. The ALS Association addresses the symptoms, stating that theprogressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the neurons die, a person’s brain is no longer able to respond and can no longer move
muscles. In the last stages of the disease a person may no longer have any control of their muscles, leading to total paralization.
Last year another ALS fundraiser gained global attention when many people participated in the ALS ice bucket challenge. Youtube was flooded with videos of people dumping ice over their heads while pledging donations for research and then challenging their friends to do the same.
Dyllan Calderwood, Charlie Shuck, Benjamin Talley and Colby Woodland were running the Pie-a-Phi event on Monday. afternoon.
“I feel bubbling in my ears. But it’s for a good cause,” said Dyllan Calderwood.
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BARBARSOL FACIAL: Above, Brianne Holthaus redies two pies to be thrown at Kristin Huffman and Dyllan Calderwood. Brianne Holthaus and Kristin Huffman donated $1 per pie to be donated to Phi Delta Theta’s ALS charity drive. On the right, Kristin Huffman and Dyllan Calderwood share a victory pose in the aftermath of getting shaving-creamed in the face.
Photos by Stephanie Cannon
THE FINAL LECTURE: Professor Eric McHenry and Colby Woodland square off while their audience, Dyllan Calderwood, cheers excitedly, encouraging the confrontation.
FOR THE CAUSE: Benjamin Talley and Dyllan Calderwood, members of the Washburn chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, do their part to help fundraise for ALS research.
SPLAT: Dyllan Calderwood plants a shaving cream filled pie squarely onto Charlie Shuck’s face.
Stephanie Cannon, stephanie. cannon@washburn.edu, is a junior mass media major.
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Gorillas sweep Ichabods in doubleheader
GROUNDER: Taylor Zimmerman fields a ball from second base.
The Ichabods started off strong March 28 in their doubleheader against Pittsburg State with a solo home run in the first inning from freshman infielder Cassidy Merriman.
But that was the only point the Gorillas would gave up in game one.
Pittsburg State went on to score a run in the second, third and fourth innings, putting them on top, 3-1. They did not score after that, but it was enough of a boost to give the Gorillas the win in game one.
The first two innings of the second game went scoreless for both teams. The drought was broken in the third inning
when Pittsburg State racked up three points.
Washburn responded in the bottom of the inning though, scoring three runes of their own.
The game saw no more runs until the eighth inning, when the Gorillas added two. Washburn responded, but could only muster up one point and ultimately fell, 5-4. The Bods face Arkansas Tech at home Wednesday, April 1 at 2 and 4 p.m.
Washburn women’s tennis returns to action at home
After a long, two week break from action, the Washburn Ichabods’ women tennis team (1-6, 1-1 MIAA), was presented a golden opportunity to improve their overall record as well as their MIAA standings this past week while they played host to Missouri Western Griffons (6-3, 2-2 MIAA) and Concordia University Bulldogs at WU Tennis Complex in Topeka, Kansas.
The energy at the WU Tennis Complex was positive and electrifying to see the women’s’ tennis team back in action as, “Lets Go Bods” cries echoed from the crowd onto the court, signaling the start of the second half of the season and Casyn Buchman’s last half of her storied Washburn athletic career began.
Although the atmosphere was optimistic, the realistic possibility of a slow start for the (1-6, 1-1 MIAA) Washburn Inchabods was unavoidable against the Griffons of Missouri Western who came into the game (6-3, 2-2 MIAA).
The Inchabods quickly found themselves down 2-1 at the end of the doubles matches as many of the players seemed sluggish from the break as many points the Griffons earned was from unforced errors. Washburn’s lone doubles win came from the duo of junior, Jodie Blackim and freshman, Maggie Plum, who although let their emotions get the best of them at times battled tough to a 8-2 win. The singles competition was not a victorious affair either for Washburn as five o the six matches ended in loses including, two sport star athlete Casyn Buchman, who competed furiously but lost in 3 sets. The lone victory from the singles competition came from Gwen Shepler 6-4, 6-4. With the loss Washburn fell to (1-7, 1-2 MIAA) which was a major blow in the conference standing as the Inchabods fell 3 spots from 3rd to 6th Day 2 of Washburn’s back to back against Concordia University Bulldogs was a landslide victory for the Ichabods as they looked much more sharp than the previous day. All 9 matches resulted in wins for the Inchabods as the team only lost 14 games in both singles and doubles combined. The turnaround started with the dominating play from doubles duo Casyn Buchman and Jodie Blackim who overpowered their opponents from Nebraska with numerous net slams including one that left the complex. Matching the senior’s effort was freshman Maggie Plum who capped a long traveled, high energy, volley with a furious net slam
that got the crowd at WU Tennis Complex on their feet as the duo including Gwen Shepler cruised to an 8-1 victory. The leadership of senior Casyn Buchman was much needed, junior Nzingha Banks stated on Buchman’s leadership skills, “I believe you have to credit Casyn’s calm emotions while the younger players at times seems to unravel. “ Casyn’s calm, competitive fury was displayed in her singles match. After the senior was swept on point for her only loss, Buchman overmatched her opponent and bullied her way past the last two point, finishing the game with a beautiful ace for the win.
Unfortunately Concordia is not a MIAA rival so Washburn’s standing in the conference did not change, however the Inchabods (2-7, 1-2 MIAA) are now building momentum and will continue to lean their star senior and young team to sustain their recent success and work to a positive 2015 season.
Missouri Western 7 vs. Washburn 2 March 26, 2015 at Topeka, Kansas (WU Tennis Complex)
Singles Competition
Sarah Giraldo (MWSU) def. Casyn Buchman (WU) 6-1, 7-6 (9-7)
Sofia Aguilera (MWSU) def. Jodie Blackim (WU) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
Kristen Holle/Ashlynn (WU) def. Hannah Boe/Amanda VonSeggern (CNCW) 8-1
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SWINGING FOR THE FENCE: Cassidy Merriman takes a swing. Merriman had one home run.
Suspense increases as dancing nears end
The Final Four is the goal of every team in college basketball. Making it to the semifinals in the Division I tournament seems to have taken precidence over making it to the finals. This has come, no doubt, from having the semifinals and championship at the same site. Doing that makes it into almost another tournament. Nonetheless, we have a good one setting up for us in Indianapolis this weekend. In one matchup we have two of the best coaches in the history of college basketball. In the other game, we have a team that could finish off the best season in history with a National Championship victory. Lets take a look at what we have to look forward to and what is going to
make Saturday and Monday special. It will be not only about the men in the jerseys, but it will be equally about the men in the suits on the bench when Duke takes on Michigan State on Saturday night.
For Duke, you have players on the floor that may be in the headlines as often as head coach Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils are trying to win the championship, like they did in 2010, when the 2015 team’s star players were in junior high. Three Freshmen lead the way for Duke as Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones and Justise Winslow try to make the most out of what will be the last chance for one, two or all three of them.
For Michigan State, it is going to mostly be about head coach Tom Izzo and how he took a seven seed to the
Final Four. The Spartans last won the championship in 2000, but have not missed a tournament since then. On top of making the tournament, they have won more than one game in all but five tournaments in those 14 years. It will be senior guard Travis Trice leading the way, along with junior guard Denzel Valentine.
In the Second game of the night, we will see if Kentucky can make it to the championship and finish off a perfect season. It was a tough game for the Cats against Notre Dame last Saturday, and they are going to have another tough one with the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Badgers will throw out two guys that can flat out dominate a game in Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker. The two combined for 56 of the team’s 85 last
Saturday.
The big problem, big being the key word here, is going to be the towers down low for Kentucky. Although Kaminsky and Dekker are tall, 7’0 and 6’9 respectively, they will have to go up against Willie Cauley-Stein (7’0), Dakari Johnson (7’0) and Karl-Anthony Towns (6’11). This will be the matchup to watch, along with whether or not Aaron and Andrew Harrison can dominate at the guard position.
Ultimately, my predictions are Duke and Kentucky in the National Championship with the Wildcats ending the season a perfect 40-0 and Kansas native Cauley-Stein as the MVP.
Trevin Edelman, trevin.edelman@ washburn.edu, is a junior mass media
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Laci Green to visit campus
YouTube blogger and advocate for sex education, Laci Green, will speak on campus
Thursday April 2nd at 7p.m.
The event is free and open to the public and will be held in Neese Gray Theatre in Garvey Fine Arts Center. It is co-hosted by campus organizations C.A.B. (Campus Activities Board) and
'We
STAND (Students Together Advocating Non-Violence in Dating).
Green graduated from University of California Berkeley in 2011. There she studied legal studies with an emphasis in rape and sexual assault. Since then she has dedicated herself to being a catalyst for open dialogue about sexuality and works to remove the stigmas associated with sexuality. She has led peer education groups, crisis counseling and contributed to several reproductive health programs. She created her YouTube series Sex Plus as a response to what she sees as an epidemic problem across the United States – the lack of serious, open, and inclusive sex education.
“I started the project in response to what I believe to be a nationwide failure to provide comprehensive sex education and to adopt healthy, realistic attitudes about sexuality,” Green said on her website, lacigreen. tv.
With over 10 years of video production experience, Green has worked for Discovery News as a host and writer for the channel’s YouTube presence. She is now the host and a writer
for MTV’s first original YouTube channel, “Braless,” where Green discusses the topics of sexuality, gender, race and feminism in today’s media and pop culture.
Members of C.A.B. and STAND are excited to host this event on campus and hope that Green will have a positive impact on the atmosphere on campus surrounding rape culture.
Damian Barron, marketing director for C.A.B., believes that Green has a lot to offer Washburn in terms of creating an open diologue for discussion and improvement.
“As a feminist, I am super pumped to have her here. I think that this conversation is very necessary to have at Washburn…There’s always room for improvement and I think that Laci Green can do a lot to teach people about what consent means and what feminism means because there’s a lot of misperceptions around those issues,” Barron said.
Katie Wade, katherine.wade@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore history and mass media major
Local rapper readying mixtape
Following the release of his 2014 iTunes Single “Wanna Get Down”, local Topeka rapper Grizz Lee has now taken down all of his songs that were originally available for streaming on the website Soundcloud, and has started a campaign on the GoFundMe website for funding to have his tracks professionally mastered.
Mastering, in audio engineering, is a process in post-production where a final mix of a recorded song has various frequencies finely tuned to the proper levels before being made into a final product that all other copies of the tracks are made from.
While “Wanna Get Down” is still available for purchase on iTunes, Grizz Lee, alter ego Washburn student Derek Montgomery, is hoping to have more of his content released in a mixtape that will be mastered by highly esteemed audio engineering studio Sing Mastering, who has worked on tracks by artists such as Mastodon and Ludacris. Lee expressed confidence in Sing when asked about
exploring other free mastering options.
“Free isn’t good. It’s $1300, and it’s the guy who mastered a 2 Chainz and Migos mixtape,” Lee said.
Lee hopes to have the mastered songs released in a compilation that has been dubbed “The Grizz Lee Mixtape”, which will be entirely free to download upon release.
Anyone interested in donating can visit www.gofundme.com/ grizzlee.
Mark Feuerborn, mark.feuerborn@washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major
Should Hang Out Sometime' delves deep into relationships
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For those unaware, Josh Sundquist is a successful youtuber, paralympic skier, cancer survivor, motivational speaker and self-proclaimed math geek. In his debut nonfiction novel ‘We Should Hang Out Sometime’, Sundquist chronicles his various failed romances from childhood through college - emphasis on “failed.” The entire premise behind this book came about when Sundquist was twenty-five years old and realized that he had never had a girlfriend before. Sure, he had been on dates and kissed people before, but he had never been in an actual relationship, and he decided to figure out what was wrong by revisiting girls from his past.
wrong and finally reconnecting with each girl to ask them their opinion.
I’ve never quite read a book like this before, its format is not something you see everyday, which is a huge part of its quirky charm.
Sunquist focuses on the six main almost-relationships of his life in order, first by detailing the gist of his account of what happened between them, offering a brief hypothesis of what went
This was a strange change of pace for me because this book is so engaging and well-written and I kept forgetting that this wasn’t fictional. All of these people are real (save for name changes for privacy's sake) so I can’t fairly critique how a real person’s story arc played out because Sunquist makes it clear from the get-go that he is giving us full-disclosure into his every awkward misstep, misread signal, disastrous date and terrible first kiss. He seriously spent twenty whole minutes talking to a girl about kissing her before just bucking up and doing it! What really sold me was how mature he was in all of this and ready to accept the brunt of the blame. It would have been so easy to say “Poor me, girls are all the same!” but he treats them
like human beings and accepts that he is the common denominator in all of these failed relationships and that we all have room to grow. The story does get somewhat repetitive as we keep getting our hopes up, watch him crash and burn and see a pattern he couldn’t until it was too late.
I really enjoyed myself reading this! I could seriously identify with some of Sunquist’s experiences, and even the ones I couldn’t I still enjoyed reading about, like his transition from homeschool to public school and the difficulties of having only one leg. He struck
this great balance of frank humor and sobering honesty, and while I would have liked better closure from each relationship’s story, that’s not what this book was about.
It’s about putting yourself out there and accepting our mistakes with humor so we can find our own happily ever afters -whatever they may be.
Colleen Kelly, colleen.kelly@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore English major
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Local theater group set to rock the house with musical
does contain adult language and content,”
The Ad Astra Theatre Ensemble will continue its sixth season with the theatrical rock concert, “Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis.”
Ad Astra’s Facebook page states that the play features “songs by famed musical theatre and rock composer Joe Iconis.
‘Things to Ruin...’ is a journey through the lives of some people who might just make some terrible decisions tonight. Too much whiskey, too much sex, and too much rock and roll.”
“The actors portray their strories theought songs in a concert format,” said music director Andrea Graham. “My favorite part of this experience has been getting to learn the songs and seeing how the singers interpret them. They really bring the songs to life. We have had some challenges with scheduling but when we’re all together, man watch out. They are powerful as a group and each hold their own very well.”
The production will include Keegan Cole, Melissa Smith, Aaron Senne, Skye Reid, Blane Brungardt, Alisha Bolz and Carmelle Hayes as well as the musical talents of; Jason Degenhardt, Jason Finson, Mark Pudwill and Sawyer Treinen.
“This show is presented in a concert style,” Graham said. “So there are no set changes and very little dialog. The actors portray everything with their voices and emotions. ‘Things to Ruin...’ is an edgy show filled with talented artist. The show
The production opens on Thursday, April 9 and runs through Saturday, April 11 and will be held at Serendipity, located in Topeka’s NOTO Arts District at 820 N. Kansas Ave.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door or online. Tickets may also be reserved over the phone by calling, (785) 409-3207.
Later this season, the ensemble will also put on productions of “Visions of Right” and the critically acclaimed musical “Into the Woods.”
The Ad Astra Theater Ensemble does not have a permanent theatre space and instead rents spaces around Northeast Kansas.
“We do not own a permanent theatrical venue and instead like to rent and help promote other non traditional theatre spaces in our area. These business owners have opened up their spaces and their doors for us and we’d like you to also see what they have to offer,” explains the Ad Astra website.
If there is ever difficulty finding the venue for a performance patrons can call (785) 969-4257 to get directions to the venue from their current location.
For details on upcoming shows and ticket information, visit Ad Astra online at www.adastratheater.com or at www. facebook.com/adastratheatre.
Grace Foiles, grace.foiles@washburn. edu, is an undeclared freshman
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Rock and Ruin: The Ad Astra Theater Ensemble will rock NOTO with their production of the rock opera, ‘Things to Ruin.’
