Washburn Review: October 31, 2018 -Issue 10

October 31, 2018

Volume 145, Issue 10

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High school seniors explore the life of a Washburn student Matt Self

Washburn Review matt.self@washburn.edu

For the past several years, an event known as Ichabods at Night has been giving high school seniors the opportunity to visit Washburn’s campus and spend the night at one of the many residence halls or Greek houses and find out what it’s like to live on campus for a day. This unique opportunity is filled with fun events to inspire would-be attendees to apply for Washburn University such as activities involving Washburn Students and their high school shadows as well as trips to exciting events around Topeka.

This year’s Ichabods at Night saw a total of 14 high school seniors from local schools attend the event with their student hosts who live on Washburn’s campus. The event began at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. The students were paired with their hosts on campus who proceeded to show the high school students what it’s like to be a Washburn student. Shortly afterwards, the students were treated to a free dinner at Lincoln Dining before being given the option of attending the Washburn Women’s Soccer team vs. Emporia game or exploring campus.

The event continued at 7:00 p.m. when students went to the local pumpkin patch at Gary’s Berries. Students got to take part in the festivities, which included the notable attractions at the fall festival: the corn maze, campfires, s’mores and a fireworks display.

The students were bussed out to the pumpkin patch and back to Washburn around 10:00 p.m., where they broke up into small groups for free time before heading back to the residence halls or Greek housing for some rest.

The following day, the planned events continued into Saturday morning with a pancake breakfast at 9:00 a.m. that was sponsored by the Washburn Residential Council. At 9:30 a.m., the students broke up for free time and a chance to explore the SRWC on campus.

The students were able to take one last look at Washburn’s campus before they had to

check out of the event at 11:00 a.m. The high school students were given the option of staying on campus to watch the Washburn vs. Emporia football game before finally heading home for the weekend.

The many fun activities provided by Washburn for the enjoyment and entertainment of its visitors this weekend goes to photo courtesy of Washburn University Marketing show how appreciative Washburn S’more Ichabods: Fourteen high school seniors pose by the campfire at Gary’s Berries. The students spent the night on Washburn’s campus is of high school Friday, Oct. 26. students who are considering a higher educa- Greek chapter houses. That’s where conver- as the trip to Gary’s Berries.

This is a great opportunity for campus restion at Washburn. Nicole Vavra, a member of sations happen that really share why current students chose Washburn.

The high school idents to show what it means to be an IchWashburn’s administration department and students are really able to connect with the abod and what it’s like to live on campus on a the planner of the event, listed off some of current students more so than they would not so ordinary day at Washburn. Even if the the many reasons as to why the Ichabods at with staff members.” students attending the event may not be fully Night program has such a great importance “I really enjoyed getting to see campus committed to Washburn, this is still a wonto Washburn. in a more personal way and learning about derful time to introduce high school seniors “We want them to have a really great exit from the students, not a teacher or Powerto college life. perience here at Washburn so that they can Washburn senior Ariel Petty has partipated see what it’s like to be on campus but also to Point,” said Keta Ewing, a senior from Lawrence, Kansas.

Ewing attends Insight School in Ichabods at Night for two years now, and be with students who are here right now to of Kansas, a statewide public online school. she really enjoys being a part of the opporsee the outside of the classroom and a typiTo sign up, high school seniors must fill out tunity. cal day,” said Vavra. “This is an exciting ex“I host because I want to welcome people perience for many high school students who a registration form at least two weeks prior to the scheduled time of the event and have to Washburn and make them feel like this is don’t get to see campus life during a regular a student host on campus who is willing to where they should come to school. I think it’s campus visit or at an Ichabod senior day. house them.

Aside from filling out a regisimportant for us to continue this tradition be“I think that the students are, hopefully, tration form, high school students need only cause it allows [high school] seniors to get more likely to attend Washburn after an event bring some bedding for their stay in one of a to glimpse of what it could be like if they like this because they’re able to see behind the residence halls or Greek chapter houses were to come to Washburn.

It gives them a the scenes of what life like a Washburn stuand they’re all set.

Washburn University will sneak peak to if they are going to like it here dent would look like and getting to spend pay for both dinner and breakfast the next or if they think that they would be better off some unscheduled time with current Washday, and they will sponsor some events such somewhere else,” Petty said. burn students in the residence halls or in their

Darkest Dungeon: Delving into the World’s largest single lottery prize won Charles Rankin psyche of adventures Washburn Review charles.rankin@washburn.edu

Natalie Croze Washburn Review natale.croze@washburn.edu

With Halloween approaching, I thought it was time to revisit one of my favorite scary games, “Darkest Dungeon.”

If you have never heard of Darkest Dungeon, the game is a 2D, turn-based, RPG created by Red Hook Studios. It was successfully kickstarted and released Jan. 19, 2016.

Since then, it won the PC: Gamer Best RPG of the year award in 2016 and has released two expansions. The game continues to have a positive score on Steam. photo courtesy of steam The setting for the game is that you are the Stress factor: Psychological strain features heavily descendant of a wealthy and irresponsible in Darkest Dungeon. The game was released Jan. 19 land baron who spent his youth and wealth on 2016. pleasure and vice. Eventually, he grew bored erything in Darkest Dungeon is designed to with this lifestyle and decided to use his re- ensure that the player feels the same fear as sources to dig under the family mansion to the characters. Everything about the game, uncover the dark secrets within. He was suc- from the eerie and subtle music that greatly cessful, but in doing so he released a terrible intensifies when a creature approaches, to the curse that brought forth monsters that now beautiful and intense gothic art style that is plague the lands and the family home. bleak and depressing remind the player of the Realizing his mistake, your ancestor wrote dire events they and their characters face. to you that you must return to the house, use Part of the love I have for the game is how what is left of the family income to hire ad- well the developers can control the tone for ventures and heroes to fight back the mon- each level. For example, when you wander sters and undo the curse he has brought upon through a dungeon with your party of four the family name. If that was not dark enough, adventurers, one of the many things you keep as soon as he finished the letter, your ancestor track of is the light level of your torch. If the killed himself. torch gets too low, the dungeon starts to dim For the rest of the game, you play as the and it becomes easier for monsters to ambush owner of this cursed estate who must use their you and your party begins to get stressed. If resources to cleanse the evil from the land. the light goes completely out, your party beWhat Darkest Dungeon is really about is the gins to panic, and believe me, so do you. physical and psychological strain that advenSpeaking of stress, this is a major compoturers go through when questing in dungeons. nent of the game, as all of your adventurers Most video games take you through a sto- have a stress bar underneath their health bar ry where it’s a given that you, the hero, will that you must keep track of. As you move win and have great adventures along the way. through dungeons and encounter traps and This design shies away from the realities of monsters, it’s understandable that you will putting your life in danger repeatedly and be fighting to keep your health bar in decent facing horrifying monsters. condition.

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Last week, one of the largest lottery jackpots in America’s history was awarded.

The $1.537 billion Mega Millions, which is the largest prize won by a single ticket in the world. The prize was won by someone in the state of South Carolina, although the public may never know who the winner or winners are. While many states require lottery winners to be identified, eight states, including South Carolina and Kansas, allow winners to remain anonymous.

Kansas statute 74-8720 h. states “The Kansas lottery shall not publicly disclose the identity of any person awarded a prize except upon written authorization of such person.” South Carolina has a similar law on the books.

Kansans got into full swing trying to win the prize. According to Sally Lunsford, director of public affairs for the Kansas Lottery, while the exact number of people who purchased tickets in Kansas cannot be determined, just under $4.6 million was spent on tickets in Kansas in the Mega Millions drawing. Another drawing for the Powerball lottery, which occurred Oct. 27 and had a prize of $687 million, saw Kansans spending another $1.7 million purchasing tickets.

Some Washburn students were among those Kansans that purchased tickets. James Gorman, a senior mass media student, said he doesn’t ever purchase tickets but this time was a little different.

“I guess it kind of gives you the imagine,” Gorman said. “It gives you the chance to dream.”

Gorman didn’t win, and wasn’t entirely sure what he would have done if he did but had a few ideas.

“I’d probably invest it and live off the interest,” Gorman said. “Maybe donate to some philanthropies.”

Another mass media student, Tyler Rottinghaus, also got in on the lottery action last week.

photo courtesy of Kansas Lottery

Chicken dinner: A billboard shows the record $1.6 Mega Millions jackpot and the also abnormally high $620 million Powerball. Kansans spent almost $6.3 million purchasing tickets to these two lotteries last week.

“My dad [bought one] last week and I figured, what the hell,” Rottinghaus said. “I might as well try it.”

Rottinghaus had a few more concrete ideas of what he would have done with the winnings.

“I probably would have bought a new truck, paid off college,” Rottinghaus said. “I probably would have bought a few more firearms than I already have.”

He did note that, like a lot of people, he might spend a lot of it at one time.

“If I was smart, I’d probably be able to live off of it,” Rottinghaus said. “But [my] human nature I’d probably blow it on something stupid like pull a Nicolas Cage and buy a dinosaur head and put a cape on it.”

Rottinghaus said he knew the chances were slim, but that there really isn’t much reason to not spend some money on buying one.

“It’s just a couple of bucks,” Rottinghaus said.

The money from these sales goes to a variety of different things, but the reason most states allow a lottery of some kind is for their own economic interests.

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Puzzles

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Tyas Martin

Washburn Student Athlete Advisory Committee raises money for MakeA-Wish with a sand volleyball fundraiser.

Our puzzle page has been temporarily moved to page 6 this week.

Ichabods get into the spirit of Halloween with multiple events on Washburn’s campus.

Senior forward Tyas Martin has Ichabod basketball as part of his family legacy.

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‘Get Out the Vote’ Open Mic Night

From 7-9 p.m. Nov. 1, Sigma Tau Delta will be hosting an evening for students to encourage others to vote Nov. 6 through short stories, poetry, raps, standup comedy and more at Carole Chapel. Annette Billings will be a guest speaker at the event.

‘The Pillowman’ by Martin McDonagh

At 7 p.m. Nov. 2 and 3, the Washburn University Theatre Department will be performing at the Neese Gray Theatre. The content is recommended for ages over 17. Tickets are $8 for the community and free for students, faculty and staff.

HallWUeen-Trick or Treat off the Street

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. At Memorial Union/Stauffer Commons. Bring your family and friends to Washburn to celebrate the Halloween spirit! There will be a haunted maze, pumpkin and face painting, ice cream, popcorn, goodie bags, and a photo booth.

Come enjoy some Halloween fun.

Washburn Pitch Competition

The history of trick-or-treating DeyJa Cardenas

Washburn Review deyja.cardenas@washburn.edu

As October comes to an end, we get to indulge in tricks and treats, However, the reconciliation of the entire historic belief of the orgin of Halloween deserves a brief spotlight to shed some knowledge for Bods who desire to partake in the events corresponding with Halloween, such as trick or treating. Read on to find out more about where Halloween got started and what cultures were a part of cultivating the holiday’s traditions.

The beginning of Halloween was many centuries ago, when a group of Celtic people gathered around a bonfire during a Celtic festival in Samhain. They decorated themselves in creepy masks because they believed that this act would ward off evil. Celtic people include Irish, Indo-European, Scottish, Gaelic Welsh, Breton Manx, Cornish and several other cultures with pre-Roman languages that have become extinct. The Celtic festivals were celebrated in fields of what is now Ireland. The United Kingdom and Northern Europe were the main participants of the celebrations that took place Oct. 31, the death of their year. These people celebrated their new year on Nov. 1, as this was the time for harvesting. Nov. 1 brought cold, long nights and illnesses to hundreds of people, animals and plants.

The Celtic people associated the winter with death, and they had assumed that the night before their new year was when the lost spirits of the middle-world would roam the Earth, taking with them the life of their trees, the life of their people and their food sources.

The Celtic people’s lives depended on the natural resources of the world, and when they thought that spirits deprived them from that, they turned to their gods. The Celtic people turned to their priests, who were known as Druids, for a sanctuary in the back of their minds.

Nov. 2. is the deadline to register. The Pitch Competition encourages students to explore and express their business ideas in a friendly and encouraging environment. The competition is open to all Washburn University undergraduate and graduate students and Washburn Tech students. You can compete alone or in teams of up to three people. $25,000 in cash prizes has been made available from Go Topeka to help students start a new business venture. The knockout round starts Nov. 8 and the finals round is Nov. 15.

Student Volunteer Registration

Nov. 1 to Jan. 26. Leadership Challenge Event student volunteer The Druids painted hope in the Celtic peoples’ minds registration opens. This is for any current Washburn University/ by predicting prophesies, which included brighter and Washburn Tech student who wishes to be involved in the 2019 greener days.

Leadership Challenge Event.

The priests spoke to the deities and came to an agreement to put the people’s hearts and minds at ease. The deities were offered an enormous bonfire by the Celtic peoples. As soon as the massive bonfire was lit, the Celtic people surrounded it, sacrificing their crops and their animals to the deities. The Celtic people surrounded the fire, decorated in animals’ skins. Some of the Celtic people wore animal heads over their own. They believed that using them as masks would scare the spirits from their land and save their crops and loved ones.

This celebration was believed to have worked, until many moons after, 43 A.D, when the Roman empires swept more than half of the Celtic territory free of their existence. After taking over, the Roman empire then combined their own two celebrations with the original Celtic festival. Feralia was the first celebration that the Romans had celebrated. Similar to the Celtics, they held their festival in late October, but the Romans celebrated the passing of the dead instead. The second festival, Pamoma, was to thank and celebrate their believed goddess of the fruits and trees. Pamona’s holy symbol is the apple. Today the goddess is unintentionally recognized as indulging in a caramel apple, or perhaps bobbing for them in Halloween festival games.

Therefore, caramel apples and apple bobbing have become current traditions.

Then Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in 609 A.D. to the Christian martyrs. The Pantheon was a large building in Rome where the Christian martyrs were buried and honored. A Christian martyr is a person who underwent death for renouncing or refusing SEE TRICK-OR-TREATING ON PAGE 3

Important Dates

Nov. 2 is the last day to withdraw from a course or change grade status to or from A/Pass/Fail.

Nov. 6 is the last day to vote. Please vote.

Tails on the Trail 2018

9 a.m. to noon Nov. 3 at 300 NE 43rd St. is Topeka’s favorite dogfriendly 5k run, one mile walk and family event! This is a fundraiser for Helping Hands Humane Society in Topeka, Kansas, and over the past eight years, they have donated $102,000. It will take place on the scenic Shawnee North Nature Trail with a free photo booth (dogs welcome in the booth), vendors, a silent auction, food, music and more. Note that the trail is a mix of flat terrain and hills. It includes grass and dirt surfaces.

Internship in the Kansas Legislature Class

Nov. 21 is the last day to apply for this internship. Go the political science department and ask for an application or get it online and email it to Bob Beatty. Every spring, the political science department coordinates internships in the Kansas Legislature. Students are matched with legislators according to student preference for party and chamber. They are able to receive course credit for the internship by taking PO 307 or HN202 (a gen ed class). Students do not have to be a political science major to take the class and do the internship.

Three to four of the internships come with $1,500 stipends.

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City renamed ‘ToPikachu’ Savannah Workman Washburn Review savannah.workman@washburn.edu

Events on August 1998 will happen once again Saturday, Nov. 3, according to Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla during a council meeting last Tuesday.

Making this the second time in history, Nintendo is bringing two trucks to sit outside the Topeka or “ToPikachu” Zoo to promote their new game “Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu/ Eevee” modified for the Nintendo Switch.

This experience will be offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Topeka Zoo at Gage Park. The movement of “ToPikachu” is only offered in seven other cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Seattle and San Francisco.

“Pokemon Go,” an augmented virtual reality game where people around the community walk to catch Pokemon, has morphed into a community of people to play the game and also challenge each other in battles to be the champion of Pokemon.

To honor the nerds of Topeka and the most popular Pokemon, Pikachu, is a day full of free games to connect and to try the new game Nintendo is featuring. This exploration is called “Pokémon Let’s Go Road Trip.”

Houston Gonzales, double major in music and performance, comments on the fun and experience of playing Pokemon and what this

day means for many people in the community.

“It’s actually a cool concept. It’s a fun thing to just bond over and hang out,” Gonzales said. “It’s an easy way for people to kind of look into Pokemon even though they may not know a lot about Pokemon so it’s easily accessible. It’s kind of cool for fans and nonfans.”

July 6, 2016, Nintendo released “Pokemon Go,” which was a booming success. Now, the company struggles to retain the same profit as it did before. For “Pokemon Go,” Nintendo continues to add more features to gain more audiences.

Da’Vaun Elrod, music education major, believes the event is important to the Pokemon community, but not for everyone.

“I just stopped caring for it to be honest.

It was a lot to do so I just stopped playing.

It was very time consuming,” Elrod said. “I think people are going to go out and do it. It will be a lot of fun. I know that [for] Saturday there will be a lot of hype about it.”

Pokemon is an interactive game that promotes creativity and community involvement that started with the comics. What started as card games, Nintendo now has the capability to move mountains, bring people together and change names of cities even if it’s for one day.

World’s largest lottery won STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 have a lottery. Approximately 28.9 percent goes to the state.”

Lunsford said that the agency transfers money every month to the state to be used for varying funds for Kansas. According to the lottery’s website $80,000 from the first $50 million earned from sales is transferred into the Problem Gambling and Addictions Grant Fund and then the rest is divided into three funds; 85 percent going to the Economic Development Initiatives Fund, 10 percent to the Correctional Institiutions Fund and 5 percent to the Juvenile Detention Facilities Fund. If the money received exceeds $50 million, the

rest goes into the general fund of the state.

Last year, the lottery transferred a total of $74.7 million to the state.

“Then you have cost of sales... the administrative and retailer earnings as well,” Lunsford said.

These costs account for about 14 percent of the revenue.

By far the largest amount, about 57 percent of the sales earnings go to the prize pool. This pool is used for statewide and national prizes, including the Mega Millions drawing from last week. Kansas is one of 44 states, along with Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands that takes part in the Mega Millions.

Boys & Girls Club plans to open five new locations in Topeka Matt Self

Washburn Review matt.self@washburn.edu

The Boys & Girls Club of Topeka will be opening four new locations next year which will greatly benefit many young men and women in the community who lack quality after school care or active planning in their futures. Not only will K-12 students benefit from these new locations but older kids will also be given new opportunities to participate with the Boys & Girls Club of Topeka by volunteering or finding jobs with the club to help the youth of our community. These new locations will no doubt have a positive impact on the community as the club furthers its goals of providing quality after school activities and planning options for participants educational futures.

The Boys & Girls Club is an organization that has been active since the early 1900s.

The organization gained prominence when several Boys Clubs joined together in 1906 and later became known as the Boys & Girls Club of America in 1990. The Boys & Girls Club first came to Topeka in 1956 at its location on Washington Street and did not expand until 1977 when it opened its Adams Street unit which is now their main office location.

The four new locations that will be opening in Topeka will be at Auburn Elementary, Wanamaker Elementary, Jay Shideler and Farley Elementary. The addition of these four new locations will be adding to the ten locations that are already active in Topeka to make a total of 14 locations scattered around the Topeka area.

According to Krystal Wiltz, the marketing director of the Boys & Girls Club in Topeka, the program has much to offer to students.

“The program serves over 3,000 children and young adults in Topeka and has 700 volunteers. The programs we offer are meant to enhance the education that children receive as we want them to get good grades as they go through the school year. Our primary goal is to make sure kids have a plan and a place after school and make sure they are living a healthy life so that they can become successful citizens,” said Wiltz.

Children and young adults who participate

in the Boys & Girls Club are shown to be more physically active, more academically successful and less likely to take part in drugs or alcohol use. A total of 91 percent of ninth-grader club members are reported to abstain from alcohol or marijuana use, several points above the national average of other ninth-graders. Seventy-three percent of low-income club members that are between the ages of 12 and 17 who are regular attendees of the club receive mostly As and Bs compared to 69 percent of their peers nationwide. Another 68 percent of 12th-graders who attend the club volunteer at least once a month compared to 39 percent of twelfthgraders nationally. The club offers children after school care from the time their classes end to as late as 7 p.m. including care for students in the hour before their classes begin.

The club introduces K-12 students to friendly employees and volunteers who are dedicated to helping younger kids excel in their early education. Those who work for the club leave a positive impact on the kids they help and in turn are rewarded for their services by seeing the kids they help grow and become capable young adults.

There are many great volunteer opportunities at the Boys & Girls Club of Topeka as well and many benefits that coincide with membership in the organization. Volunteers will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of the children they work with and can assist the club in a variety of ways: helping coach a game, show kids how to do an art project, help kids with their homework and more. Children who stay with the club for several years can even qualify for several different scholarship opportunities including the Youth of the Year award and receive $100,000.

Washburn students can take part in either the volunteer opportunities offered at the Boys & Girls Club or seek a career at the organization and, by helping the Boys & Girls Club, help Topeka become a better place. If students at Washburn have younger siblings who are in need of good after school care or help with their academics then the Boys & Girls Club is a great place to look into.

Trick-or-treating unmasked: The history of Halloween customs to advocate a belief by the majority people.

This was the time that the Pope Boniface IV, commenerated a feast and celebration to honor Christian martyrs. Later, Pope Gregory III, decided to expand the festival to observe all saints and martyrs, as well as moving the date of All saints day to Nov. 1 around 1000 A.D. The All Saints’ Day celebration followed the similar structure of the ancient Celtic festivals, including large bonfires and costumes.

The costumes were saints, and angels, as apose to sacrificing of animals and dressing in their skins and heads. As some still followed that custom, others stuck to celebrating the passing life of saints that walked the Earth. This was also the time that angel and

devil costumes were introduced. This day was known as All Saints’ Day as well as, ‘All-hallowsmas.’ The Romans keyed the term, Alhallowmesse, meaning, ‘All Saints’ Day.’ This term eventually became all hallows eve and is now known as Halloween.

Long before, the celebration of Hallows Eve was limited to the colonial part of New England, as this was most commonly expected to be celebrated mostly in Maryland.

Until American Indians and different ethnic groups of Europe joined together, combining their different beliefs to celebrate in the events of festivals and parties. The parties were celebrating their last harvest of the year, food was shared amongst neighbors, as was dancing, songs, and stories of the people who had passed. By the middle of the nineteenth

century, those who celebrating in Halloween would invite their neighbors over, and everyone would partake in sharing fortune telling, stories of those who passed and partaking in mischievous acts throughout the night. Still, Halloween had yet to be celebrated all over the nation. Towards the end of the 19th century, millions of Irish Immigrants fled to America to escape the Irish Potato Famine, which was a fungus that infected most of the Irish potato crops in Ireland. During the nights that Hallows Eve took place, Irish immigrants, adopted the ancestral accustoms by dressing up in costumes, but this time, they had dressed in costumes, and paraded from door to door asking for money and food, hence the wellknown belief of expecting a treat on Hallows Eve. The tricks that were performed were by

fortune tellers, who were believed to of had performed an apple bearing magic trick that would bestow a maiden’s future husband’s name across a mirror.

The 1800s is when pranks were performed by trick-or-treaters. The sometimes-grotesque pranks included witchcraft and animal sacrifices, now, tricks include jumping out and scaring kids with creepy clown masks.

The fundamental turn that Halloween took to become what it is today, is extraordinary.

The celebration of Halloween is expected to be fun with many tricks and hopefully more treats than that.

“We always went trick or treating for candy, I never really knew the significance behind why we were doing it,” said Marisa Bermudez, member of the Washburn community.

Ghosts wandering the halls

Stranger danger

TFD responded.

Accident report

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Medical report

12:44 a.m. Oct. 16. A motion alarm report 2:35 p.m. Oct. 17. A suspicious person report 3:24 p.m. Oct. 23. A non-injury accident 11:14 p.m.

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A medical report was was filed from WIT Bldg A. Alarm was was issued from Lot 5. Report of suspicious report was made from SW 21st St and SW made from the LLC. Report of a request for triggered, building secure. person, subject located arrested on warrant.

Washburn. Non-injury accident involving transportation to have a ongoing medical ‘Safelite repair, Safelite replace’ Domestic report three vehicles. condition checked out.

Transported to hospital 4:13 p.m. Oct. 16. A criminal damage report 9:39 p.m. Oct. 17. A domestic report was Ummm...no thanks by AMR. was issued from Lot E. Individual reported made from Lot 16. Domestic dispute ending 5:03 p.m. Oct. 23. A suspicious person Fall leaves blowing in the wind damage to the windshield of their car. in arrest. report was noted from Mabee Library. Subject 12:22 a.m.

Oct. 22.

A alarm report was I was only borrowing it Creepy much? reported a suspicious person asking people noted from 1313 at 1300 BLK SW 21st.

Fence 5:14 p.m. Oct. 16. A theft report was made 12:28 a.m. Oct. 18. A suspicious vehicle to join a religious group. Unable to locate motion, area secure. from Memorial Union. A bean bag chair report was noted from Lot 7. Driver slumped individual.

I want to ride my bicycle was reported missing, suspects indentified. behind wheel in parked vehicle. Subject Accident report 6:07 p.m.

Oct. 22.

A theft report was placed Property returned. arrested.

5:25 p.m. Oct. 23. A non-injury accident from Law School.

Subject reported bicycle Take my hand Accident report report was placed from SW 21st St and SW stolen near Law School.

6:12 p.m. Oct. 16. A medical report was 10:58 a.m. Oct. 19. An non-injury accident Washburn. Two vehicle non-injury accident.

Medical report noted from Lot 2. Individual fell and had cuts was placed from Lot 9. Past hit and run Driver cited and released.

11:53 p.m.

Oct. 22.

A medical report was on his hands, individual refused AMR. accident.

Where’s my hog? filed from Lincoln Hall.

Subject having panic Who brought the skunk?

Robbery report 9:56 p.m. Oct. 23. A stolen vehicle report attack, refused medical assistance.

11:10 p.m. Oct. 16. A drug report was placed 1:37 p.m. Oct. 19. A robbery report was filed was filed from 1700 BLK SW College Ave. Medical report from Lincoln Hall. Odor of maijuana reported from Morgan Hall. Subject reported being Subject reported their motorcycle stolen.

11:26 a.m.

Oct 23.

A medical report was multiple times. Search warrant executed. robbed at gunpoint off campus.

Harassment report issued from 5700 BLK SW Huntoon St. Locked out and locked up If you can’t handle the heat...

1:01 a.m. Oct. 24. A report was issued from Subject needed medical assistance, transported 11:53 a.m. Oct. 17. A citizen assist report 8:07 p.m. Oct. 19. A fire alarm report was Lincoln Hall. Possible phone harassment and to local hospital. was filed from Washburn Tech. Vehicle unlock issued from Linclon Dining. Fire alarm cause alleged illegal activities by known subjects. resulted in subject arrested on felony warrant. located in the dining area with damage present.

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Ask Smalls, the ‘know-it-all’ Ichabod

Dear Smalls, I am increasingly concerned for my mental health but am super self-conscious about talking to anyone about it, is there anyone or any place you would recommend for me to go to?

Thank you.

-Sticks Dearest Sticks, I’m sorry I couldn’t get back to you sooner, and I hope you’re hanging in there. I understand how you’re feeling. I remember that feeling of immense fear of my own mind. I remember people would tell me, “you’re not alone,” even though I felt like I was the only person in the world and the world didn’t seem to care. Years back, I was “not alone” in my mind, that I tried to take my own life. I’m sharing that with you so that you can understand that I’ve been where you are and I know how your shoes feel.

You’re very brave for noticing that there’s a kink in your thoughts and for coming forward like this. There are so many people walking around and letting these feelings intoxicate them to the point of no return.

I would recommend that you contact the counseling services at Washburn, you can call their 24-hour hotline while keeping your confidentiality concealed. I’ve met the counselors and I recommend them over the national suicide hotline.

Visit Kuehne Hall, suite 200, 785-670-3100, or drop in during their hours Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

I’ve grown to appreciate every laugh and smile I share and every bumpy detail about the road I’ve travelled, and you will as well. Sticks, this is where I offer you a conversation. If I would have had a conversation, I feel that things would have gone differently. If you want to continue this conversation please email me; smallsknowsitall.wu@gmail.com Sincerely, Smalls

Dear Smalls, I have a crush on an older guy, (26) at my internship but I don’t know if we can date because of our positions, help?

-Intern in love Dear Intern in love, I had a brief affair with my boss at my old workplace. It ended because I found out they were actually married. Oops. I resigned. I am the kind of person who will straight tell them, “Yo, I’m digging on you. Is it mutual?” I have learned that being direct will always be the best bet. You are young and you don’t need to be wasting your youth daydreaming about some hot guy you work with. If he doesn’t already know you like him, let him know. Then if he digs you back, take it a step further. Straight up tell him that you don’t want the interaction to affect your internship. As hard as it may be, restrain from any PDA at work. If, however he’s some whacko who isn’t into you, at least now you know you can move on.

Good luck, Smalls

Savannah Workman News Editor Oriana Perez photo by Dylan McManis

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NoBODy around: Student spirit and participation continues to decline with time. The stands were not even half full at the football game in this photo.

DeyJa Cardenas

Editorial: Where are all the college students?

From high schools to colleges, school spirit appears to be declining.

It seems as time goes on, students and people in general have stopped going to events or participation continues to decrease. Instead, society has found the comfort of their own home. Surrounded by endless TV shows and movies on demand, we have let our minds be controlled by a fantasy.

We have noticed at Washburn there are always events happening on campus but no one knows about them or no one decides to show up. Why? There is typically a sporting event every weekend, yet where is the student section?

Even if the student section is there, there is no longer the atmosphere that the student section once was. In fact, if you see the student section, the students are most likely sitting down. The cheers have gotten lost in the years and usually the band is better than the student section.

Part of the reason may be the social media that we have at our fingertips. Social media may either help us decide that we are going to an event because everyone else is or no one is so we aren’t going either.

Or maybe instead, people would rather watch the event from a distance. One click on social media and you can find out who attended the event and what happened at the event through photos and videos.

Perhaps it’s the American education model that is ruining the creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship of individuals. Studies show that all aspects of creativity are declining. People are less emotional, expressive, talkative, passionate and even less understanding.

Opinion: Should there be a max age on trick or treating?

Charles Rankin Washburn Review charles.rankin@washburn.edu

It’s that time of the year again. Halloween is upon us and you are probably asking yourselves, “Am I really too old to go trick-ortreating?” Well, hopefully, I can answer that question for you.

Dear Smalls, LOL! SOS! HAHA! Before making the decision of whether to How do I cope with all of the stress that trick or treat, you should ask yourself why comes with graduating in two months? you want to. You really need to determine what your motivations are. If, for instance, -A weltering senior you want to go out just so that you have some Dear weltering senior, extra candy lying around the house for a few Enjoy as much of college life as you can, days or, let’s be honest a few hours at most, you only have two months of it left. Remember then perhaps you are not in the right mindset this new-found life could go two ways, you can to partake in this yearly tradition. On the othbe super successful or homeless. Don’t let the er hand, if you are wanting to go out and engraduation parties guide you in the wrong way.

Start thinking of all the great things you can buy joy the essence of the holiday, creating from with your first paycheck as a college graduate scratch the greatest costume you can think of, and just hang in there. not just putting a sheet over your head and calling it a ghost, then maybe you still posCongratulations, sess the right attitude to go out and embrace Smalls your inner child for a few short hours and enjoy some candy as a bonus.

Whatever your motivation, you need to remember a few things as a college student goWashburn Review Corrections ing trick or treating. First, you need to realize that this activity is something that a lot of people think you are too old for. It doesn’t matter how elaborate your costume, if you walk up to someone’s house, ring the doorbell and ask for candy, people are going to give you a few weird looks. Second, you have to be sure that stand out for the right reasons. There is Corrections should be emailed to you a story that comes up every few Halloweens about a group of college guys who go door to wureview@gmail.com. If you have other door reverse trick-or-treating. They ring the doorbell and hide behind their own door that they’ve brought with them, with a sign that concerns please call us at says “please knock.” When their door is inevitably knocked, they’ll “open” it and, dressed (785) 670-2506 as old ladies, give candy to the people who knocked.

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From a young age, we have been taught to conform to society. Every mistake that we make or every time we are told “no” decreases our confidence and ability to take risks.

Life would be so much more fulfilling if we didn’t allow other people to control our happiness or influence our decisions.

The pressure of grades heavily weighs down on students because we believe that we have to get an A or a B. Or maybe by the time you got to college you just wanted to pass because of academics, events and the school spirit has become your last priority, however, school spirit is what unites the student body and creates a positive environment for students.

We encourage you not to be ordinary and don’t stay within the lines. Your GPA isn’t going to define you and your major isn’t going to decide where your life will lead you.

The possibilities are truly endless.

Obviously, we all have lives out of school.

Some of us are working one to three jobs and trying to find time for homework and maintain our social lives.

We aren’t telling you that your whole life has to revolve around Washburn. However, the spirit of Washburn is what the students make it.

School spirit defines the culture of our campus so we are asking you, are you proud to be an Ichabod?

If so, we challenge you to try to go to at least one event a week to support WU athletics at a game, participate in an organization on campus or an intramural at the SRWC or attend a Greek life philanthropy event. You matter and are important to making Washburn the amazing campus it is.

This story is one of the greatest things I have ever heard. The first time I heard it, I thought to myself, “Charlie, that is something you could totally get a group of guys to go do.” It is unexpected, funny, playful and completely in line with the real spirit of the holiday. This is just one example of a way that you can still go trick or treating as a college student or adult and make is as enjoyable and not at all awkward for the people you go to.

Maybe you want to find a way to go trick or treating and help people. Maybe it’s by going to a children’s hospital or pediatric wing of a hospital and visiting kids who can’t go trick or treating themselves. You can hand them candy while dressed up in some kind of superhero costume. This is still a way to trick or treat while maintaining your status as not a juvenile.

Maybe you can think of another way to make trick or treating a fun and more adult way to enjoy your Halloween. If you’re of age and up for dressing up for a night, your trick or treating might be to go on a pub crawl to the plentiful local bars and pubs doing costume parties on the night of or around Oct. 31. If you do decide to do this type of trick or treating, do yourself a favor and don’t do the ultimate trick of driving drunk. There are plenty of ways to get home, including calling an Uber or Lyft, or even using the free for Washburn students Safe Ride, a service available from WSGA which will give you a ride home from any drinking establishment in Topeka. If this is something you need for Halloween or any other night for that matter, just call 785-267-3777. It could literally be a lifesaver.

Whatever you do this Halloween, trick or treating, hanging out with friends, passing out your own candy to children, make sure you are doing it for the right reasons, and as always, make sure you are staying safe.

Charles Rankin Matt Self Features Editor Samuel Cox Features Reporters Yash Chitrakar Natalie Croze Nicholas Solomon Sarah Miller Arts and Living Editor Samuel Cox Arts and Living Reporters Alicia Muniz Mingzhu Zhu Sports Editor Alex Landwehr Sports Reporters Seth Burdick Brandon Brownlee Bryan Grabuskaus Design Editor Cody Dannar Designers Joshua Irsik Online Editor Joelle Conway Web/Social Media Joelle Conway Online Freelance Videographer Amira Linson KAW Editor in Chief Maggie Gile Designer Joelle Conway Anna Marie Lauppe Bod Mag Editor Rachel Ciummo Chief Copy Editor Shayn Jones Copy Editors Shelby Hanson Adam White Abbie Barth Kendra Wicks Ads Manager Josey Trimble Ad Sales Kodee Christianson Victoria Smith Paper Delivery Mingzhu Zhu Josey Trimble General Photographers Ying Liu Freelance Lou Collobert Steven Dennis Wes Tabor Dillon Babcock John Burns Administrative Assistant Bailey Sater Executive Editor of Student Media Kraig Dafoe Director of Student Media Regina Cassell

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SAAC makes a difference Reilly stated that as student athletes, their schedules don’t always allow for much campus involvement outside of sports due to morning classes and afternoon practices. One Partnering with Make-A-Wish Foundation, of the solutions SAAC has to this is hosting the Student Athlete Advisory Committee held their own Career Fair and Resume Roadshow one of their many charity events last Sunday, for athletes.

Oct. 28 at the Phi Delta Theta sand volleyball “We bring in professionals from all differcourt. ent areas, not just sport-related careers. For The event, a charity volleyball tournament, example, a couple of our members are in fois in its third year of existence as a part of rensic science, so we make sure to cater to SAAC’s efforts to involve student athletes in them as well,” Reilly said. “We just host it at community service. Student athletes compet- a time that is more convenient for our scheded against each other for an afternoon of fun ules.” and community with each other.

SAAC works throughout the year to pro“The weather was perfect,” said SAAC vide volunteer opportunities for student athpresident Daniel Reilly. “We’ve been doing letes. In October, SAAC puts on a “reverse this tournament for three years now, and it’s trick-or-treat” for children at Stormont Vail always a fun time to get together and meet Hospital in which they bring candy to hand team members from sports other than our out to the kids at the hospital. own.”

“Our student athletes got to hand out candy Money raised from the event through par- and decorate the floor to help get everyone ticipation fees go directly to a child in need into the Halloween spirit,” said Brittany Lauthrough the Make-A-Wish Foundation. ritsen, assistant athletic director.

“As student athletes, we are required to In December, they hold a toy drive or have so many community service and volun- participate in Project Warmth by gathering teer hours in a year. One of SAAC’s missions clothes to donate to local shelters. In the is to go above and beyond that call by orga- Spring, SAAC partners with Sheltered Livnizing events and fundraisers throughout the ing to put on Bowling with Bods, an event to year,” Reilly said. “I’ve been a member for connect Washburn student athletes with kids three years, and it’s a great way for student in the Topeka community who have intellecathletes to support each other.” tual or developmental disabilities.

“We get to pair up with these kids and hang out with them for a night just having fun. They can win prizes while we bowl and really love getting to spend time with us.” Reilly said.

Later this November, SAAC will be hosting a charity dodgeball tournament at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

“The volleyball tournament was a tune up for our biggest fundraiser of the semester, which is our Dodgeball Tournament,” said Lauritsen.

The proceeds from this upcoming and larger tournament will be going to the same child receiving funds raised from the volleyball tournament. While participation is reserved photo courtesy of wusports for student athletes, the public is welcome to come Paying it forward: SAAC members help decorate the children’s pediatwatch. ric floor at Stormont Vail for Halloween earlier this fall. SAAC holds many Kodee Christensen

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events where proceeds go to charity.

photo by Mingzhu Zhu

Work it: “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” raises awareness about sexual assault. Male participants wore pumps and got ready for the course around campus.

Walk a Mile in her Shoes Mingzhu Zhu

Washburn Review mingzhu.zhu@washburn.edu

Washburn’s Inter-Fraternity Council hosted “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” at 10 a.m.

Oct. 27 on the Union lawn. Men and women were invited to participate in the walk. Male participants put on a pair of pumps to walk in, in support of women. There was a suggested donation of $5.

“All donations go to the Washburn Student Advocacy Support Fund for sexual assault reasons,” said Sam Pomeroy, vice president of the Inter-Fraternity Council.

After participants donned the heels, they walked a while to adapt to them. The event began with messages from coordinators who helped organize the event.

“The first and only rule is not to twist your ankle,” said Jessica Barraclough, director of student activities.

About 15 people participated in the event.

They took off on a mile-long course around campus wearing heels.

“I used a lot of my arms to walk, surprisingly,” said Jack Siebert, junior communications major and vice president of recruitment for Inter-Fraternity Council. “I was almost running.”

Siebert and his friends started to run in the second half of the course. They were the first group to get back before collapsing to the ground.

“I feel good,” said Matt Willis, senior finance major. “I feel I got a lot of work out, [but] my feet were killed.”

All of the participants successfully completed the course in time with cheers from organizers, students and staff members there to support. They released their feet from the pumps as they got back.

“My feet hurt really bad,” said Siebert.

“The shoes didn’t really fit me right, and it hurts a lot more than I thought.”

For some participants, it was their first time walking in heels.

“It brought up an alternative chapter,” said Willis. “Walking on high heels is not as easy as it looks.”

It was the first “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” hosted by IFC. The IFC is the governing body for the Washburn fraternities. It’s made up of delegates from each fraternity and an executive board. It aims to further the interests of fraternities at the university through representation in the community and interest in matters of common concern.

“We had to organize how to get all those shoes, and reserve the time, all the crowd and police,” said Pomeroy. “It was not a huge amount of work, but it was still a good amount of work.”

The event was rescheduled from the original date.

“The Kansas weather was not cooperating,” said Pomeroy. “We originally planned it for three weeks ago but the weather wasn’t good.”

“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” is the international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Participants walked a mile in high heels to raise awareness about the serious causes and effects of sexualized violence against women.

“There is another side to these shoes,” said Pomeroy. “Not just women are victims of them [heels]. People see how the other half has to do with it, because a lot of the time we can’t feel what they’re [women] feeling.”

For more information about “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” visit walkamileinhershoes.org

Darkest Dungeon: Delving into the psyche of adventures STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Another thing monsters can use to attack your party with are stress attacks. This is the level the hero is psychologically affected in their time throughout the dungeon. If a monster with stress attacks freaks them out and fills up the stress bar, it can cause them to either fight through their fear or become terrified. Terrified characters may show signs of paranoia and begin to accuse their fellow heroes of plotting to kill them. Attempting to keep all of this under control adds a lot of

stress to the player.

Once you complete a dungeon, you can take your stressed heroes and send them to places like the church or tavern to de-stress and become ready for the next dungeon. This is the other half of the game and the reason you send your heroes into the dangerous dungeons to begin. Whenever you successfully complete a dungeon you bring back various forms of loot and use them to upgrade not only your heroes, but also the town you are trying to save. It is here that you must carefully keep track of your resources and use

only enough to clear out the next tier of a dungeon you need to complete, making sure not to use too much or too little.

The real charm about the game is that “Darkest Dungeon” makes the player feel every choice and action they make by greatly rewarding success and harshly punishing failure. The game is a grind and each step taken must be carefully calculated and measured.

You can never plan only for the moment in any stage of the game. Instead, you must be constantly thinking three moves ahead.

What keeps bringing players back, even af-

ter being out for two years is the skill it takes to not only manage enough resources to keep things running smoothly, but also managing heroes who are constantly unreliable due to their psychological state. This is one of the few games I would recommend having a guide handy as you complete it as mistakes early on can place you into a hole from which it is nearly impossible to escape.

If you’re looking for a game to play in the dark and to keep you up all night, I highly recommend “Darkest Dungeon,” but don’t plan on sleeping well after.

Do you plan on trick or treating?

By Mingzhu Zhu

Yosh Wagoner Freshman Mass Media “I am taking my boys to trick or treat. I will do it in Lawrence. I feel excited. This is one of our favorite holidays for our family because you get dressed up and have fun with each other. It’s more so like a family event for me.”

Carli Sommerla Junior Occupational Therapy Assistant “I plan on trick or treating in a neighborhood close to here with a girl that I babysit. I am excited to go and get some of the candy.”

Roge Lagahid Sophomore Communications “I don’t plan to trick or treat because I don’t have many friends. The costumes are scary and spooky. I will probably just give out candy on Halloween and watch some movies.”

Mary Johnson Senior Music and Special Education “I don’t plan on trick or treating on Halloween and it’s more because of my age.

I just don’t really feel up to doing it, and I don’t really want to walk around in my Winnie the Pooh onesie.”

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Halloween Haunt provides spooky fun for all ages Sarah Miller

Washburn Review sarah.miller6@washburn.edu

Halloween Haunt is an event that is put on by Worlds of Fun theme park in Kansas City. The event is from 6 p.m to midnight Fridays and Saturdays in September and October. It features many spooky haunted houses and paths.

The park was chilly, spooky and exciting the night of the event. The entrance to the park donned the words “Fear is waiting for you” to set the mood for the evening. The park set up eight haunted houses and four scare zones with various creepy themes. Also, during the event there were three shows based on the various houses. It was a night full of frightful fun.

This year included four scare zones, including CarnEvil, Hexed, Outlaws Revenge and The Boneyard. Eight houses were also offered named Blood on the Bayou, Bloodshed, Chamber of Horrors, Condemned, CornStalkers, Lore of the Vampire, Khaos Unleashed, Ripper Alley and Zombie High.

The houses were the main attraction of Halloween Haunt so they had the longest lines. Waiting in line amped up the suspense for the house.

Blood on the Bayou is a New Orleans voodoo-themed house complete with Ouija boards and a giant alligator. Bloodshed was set up as a haunted butcher shop with crazy pig-head characters and homicidal hillbillies that chase you through the house.

Chamber of Horrors had a classic movie monster vibe, and it was the most interactive experience. At the beginning you were given one flashlight per group to navigate through the dimly lit rooms. One of the scariest rooms was the one with creepy, faceless mannequins. This was a favorite among many of the guests, including Sophia Perez, a teenager who attends Shawnee Heights High School in Topeka, Kansas.

She came to Halloween Haunt with her friends.

“I love Halloween. Its my favorite holiday and I love to be scared,” Perez said. “Chamber of Horrors was the scariest house for me because of the animatronic monsters. It was hard to tell which ones were machines and which ones were

actors that were going to try to scare me.”

Cornstalkers was an outside maze, and the name gives you a clue that you are going to be dealing with evil scarecrows on a haunted cornfield.

The maze, Ripper Alley, focused on the main character Jack the Ripper and it was set in the Victorian era with many chances for the actors to give the guests a jump scare.

The next two houses were Zombie High and Lore of the Vampire, which were centered around zombies and vampires. These two were the least popular because these themes are overly played out in media.

The final house was brand new this year. It was named Khaos Unleashed.

This house was based on everything photo by Sarah Miller occult. This house was more about a Spooktacular: The entrance to Halloween Haunt filled up fast as excited visitors lined up to enter psychological thrill but there were still the park. The sign above read “Fear is waiting for you” to prepare them for what was in store. several good jump scares from the acwitches on broomsticks. This was the most family friendly tors. The flashing strobe lights, loud music and mirror walls rendered you very disoriented so it attraction of the event.

The Boneyard was scary, but the theme was a bit confusing. was easier to lose yourself in the experience. This new house The characters seemed to be overgrown hairy vikings. The was a smash hit with the guests, although the flashing strobe actors gave me a few frights but it wasn’t terrifying like some lights were somewhat controversial as they could be seen as of the other events. a seizure hazard.

Halloween Haunt is a great way to get your adrenaline “I really liked the concept of the house, cults are very pumping and spend some times with your friends. The tickets scary,” said Madison Strobel, junior legal studies major. “I are inexpensive at $38 for 6 p.m. to midnight Friday night and just ended up being disappointed because the flashing lights $39.99 for 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday night. For the price, made were too confusing and I couldn’t even focus on the it makes spending money on gas and food worth it for a night scary parts at all.” of spooky fun.

The scare zones were smaller, outside paths. These didn’t Overall, this event is a fun way for teenagers and adults to take as much time as a house or maze, and there were no lines get into the Halloween spirit and enjoy a fun weekend with to wait. friends and family.

CarnEvil is a carnival-themed zone with clowns and circus performers. Hexed was the least scary zone. It included

Prof. Tambra Eifert: She rocks Annie Cygan: English student Tomoki Moriyama: Kinesiology Yash Chitrakar

Kodee Christensen

Alicia Muniz

Tambra Eifert is Washburn’s primary lecturer of geology. Her interest in rocks and fossils started early. As a child, whenever she travelled with her parents, she would make her father stop the car so she could pick up rocks and minerals to her already-voluminous colphoto by Yash Chitrakar lection. Her father would Trained for fame: Tambra Eifert, lecrequest her to stop after a tures in Geology, Physics and Astronomy. She began teaching at Washburn while.

“You could see the car in August of 2009. tipped just a little to one side because of the weight of the rocks,” Eifert said. “My mom tried to dump some of my rocks since my collection had gotten so large. I got so upset. I later went and picked them back up.”

Some rocks from her childhood have even made their way to her classroom, a testament to her love for rocks and the attachment she has to them. According to Eifert, what really got her interested in the subject was the fascinating explanations of her grandfather about geology-related phenomena, such as the existence of sea-creature fossils on land.

“My grandfather was very much my mentor,” Eifert said.

She came to Washburn August of 2009 after completing her doctorate in May of 2009, teaching at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

“Everything fell into place,” she said. “I had applied for a job in Iowa, but Washburn replied to me first. I like the smaller setting here because I get to interact with students on a much more personal level.”

She has always liked teaching as well. As a child, she would get her cats and dogs in a row just to teach them.

Her attitude concerning teaching reflects her love for teaching and for seeing her students foster an interest in science.

“Many students come to college having had a bad high-school science experience. I want them to come to class and do well.

I want them to engage in class. I want my students to develop confidence in their abilities,” she said.

She gives students opportunities to learn and grow through self-tests and review sheets.

She would rather have them learn and work in class than burden them with homework. She focuses on lab and fieldwork.

She believes that people, students especially, have to be concerned about the environment and the geological forces that influence environmental changes as the environment is our future. She would definitely like to teach environmental geology at Washburn.

Volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics and more go into understanding the earth. This, according to Eifert, is what geology is about. That is what students will get out of her classes.

Annie Cygan is a sophomore nursing student turned English major with an emphasis in secondary education. Her passions and humorous take on life are what led her to where she is now.

Cygan’s first trip to Washburn University was on her birthday, a rainy photo by Kodee Christensen but promising day. Washburn was an inexpensive Passionate and humorous: Annie and otherwise appealing Cygan, sophomore English major, switched her major from nursing to option for Cygan.

Cygan’s Instagram is @annie“There are no commu- English. cygan. nal bathrooms at Washburn, and I’m not about sharing a bathroom with other girls. That was honestly one thing that really hooked me on coming here,” Cygan said.

Bods Feeding Bods is one of the campus organizations that Cygan is involved with. As a student worker there, she had the opportunity to work behind the scenes of Can Emporia this year.

“Over 80,000 cans were donated, and I help organize those in the Food Pantry.” Cygan said. “If there are too many cans for us to keep here on campus, we will deliver them to other food pantries around the Topeka area. It’s a good way to help out the community.”

Originally a nursing student, Cygan recently changed her major to suit her passions better.

“I realized that I was in nursing for the title and respect, not for the job.” Cygan said. “But I can go on and on about the importance of continuing education. I thought about it, and being a teacher is something I can really do and feel passionately about.”

However, if teaching doesn’t work out, Cygan noted that her friends tell her she could always be a comedian.

“She is witty and uses her humor to brighten people’s day.” said Brook Harper, sophomore criminal justice major and friend of Cygan. “She is very kind and caring and has a great personality.”

Her senses of humor and realness contribute to the lens through which she views life. These attributes have bled into Cygan’s social media presence, especially through her Instagram profile. Cygan is in the last couple months of a commitment to “365 Days of Body Positivity” through daily Instagram posts.

“I’ve struggled a lot with loving my body and now that I finally do after years of self-hate, I want to inspire other people to love their body too because life it too short to be hard on yourself,” Cygan said.

Cygan’s post from day one of her 365 days gives insight into Cygan’s desire to help others by sharing her newly-found confidence.

Tomoki Moriyama is a sophomore Japanese international student.

“I try my best with English in order to communicate better with those around me,” Moriyama said.

Moriyama has one older brother and one older sister. They are both successful in their fields with his photo by Alicia Muniz brother being an engineer In the cards: Tomoki Moriyama, and his sister being a cos- sophomore kinesiology major, likes to encourage others. He has many big metic surgeon.

Moriyama’s major is plans for his future, including training professional boxers. kinesiology. He enjoys working out by himself and with friends. He likes encouraging them to push their limits, become healthy and get in better shape. His main goal is to utilize kinesiology to help people get in shape and better their lives.

“Kinesiology is very important,” Moriyama said. “I know that exercising and being fit is hard and takes time and endurance. I want to be the one to encourage and help them to be the best person they can be.”

Moriyama chose to attend Washburn because he found that he enjoyed the classes and the people he met after taking some courses. He thought Washburn was cheaper than the college he originally wanted to go so it was not a hard decision to make.

He also likes that there aren’t a lot of places or things to do around the college for fun, so he can spend more time studying than partying, which will make his parents happy.

“I am the only Japanese international student to be pursuing a kinesiology major, as far as I know, which is kind of strange considering most Japanese like to work out,” Moriyama said.

“Most pursue business, so I guess it makes sense.”

He likes how helpful other students are to the international students, as well as the fun events that Washburn hosts to help people have fun and make friends. Meeting new people is one of his favorite things to do. One aspect he doesn’t like about Washburn is that he has to travel to get groceries or do fun activities because there isn’t a lot to do in the immediate vicinity of campus. Another is the food cafeterias being too expensive, along with living off campus.

Moriyama’s most interesting class this semester is his intensive English classes because it gives him an opportunity to improve his English. It is very difficult for him because his English is developing at a fast pace. He is excited to take a boxing class next semester because he will be able to exercise.

Moriyama’s goal is to train professional boxers. He desires to start a business in America then move back to Japan as a professional personal trainer for upcoming boxers.

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HallWUeen is going to spook it up Yash Chitrakar

Washburn Review yash.chitrakar@washburn.edu

It is that time of the year again. It’s the time for the resurgence of spooky costumes, pumpkin-flavored everything, trick or treating and, most importantly, Spooktober memes. Halloween is here and people are always pining for fun things to do. With that in mind, Oct. 31, Washburn’s business services department, in collaboration with WSGA, CAB, Residential Living, Ichabod Shop and the Theatre department is organizing HallWUeen to “celebrate the Halloween spirit,” according to their brochure. Residential Living is organizing a Trick or Treat event in the residential halls to coincide with the event.

HallWUeen starts at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m. in Washburn A/B in the Memorial Union and Trick or Treat Off the Street starts at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m. in the residential halls.

Becky Bolte, director of the Memorial Union, has been working hard to get everything together for the return of this event after a two-year hiatus.

“We are making the event bigger this time around,” Bolte said.

There will be a haunted maze in Washburn B with festive black curtains forming the walls. What will be within the walls is a mystery.

“We aren’t giving the surprises away,” said Bolte.

People will also get chances to sweeten their teeth as WSGA will hand out ice cream and goodie bags with candy and other surprises. Popcorn is also an option for people who want to tone down the sweets. The Ichabod Shop has put coupons that will buy people various items from the store in the goody

photo by Samuel Cox

You’re having a giraffe: Sarge the giraffe, peers behind the #TOPCITY photo booth sign. The Topeka Zoo hosts an annual event which attracts thousands of families for Halloween and other fall activities.

Samuel Cox Washburn Review samuel.cox@washburn.edu graphic by Cody Dannar

bags as well.

For people looking to accent their costume with extra spook, the theatre department has installed a face painting and costume booth.

People drawn to arts and crafts can go paint pumpkins, the quintessential Halloween vegetable. CAB will set this up.

Of course, with any event, people will be wanting to capture memories. Residential Living will help with that, as they will put up a photo booth. Not only that, Residential Living’s Trick or Treat will run parallel to HallWUeen. Ghouls and the undead will walk through the residential halls to get the candy they so crave. The idea is to have people alternate between the two events and have the maximum amount of fun.

“Come and be spooky,” Bolte said. “Or be spooked. Get your sugar fix for sure.”

By Sarah Miller

What is your favorite Halloween candy?

Nikki Bolinger Freshman Math and Music Education

Joanna Hoff Sohomore Medical Coding and Spanish

Hershey’s Kisses

Fruit Gushers

Jack Williamson Senior English

Stephen Anderson Freshman Undeclared

Fun Dip

Isaac Murphy Senior Mass Media Strawberry Laffy Taffy

Sour Patch Kids

Madi Weidenbach Senior English Butterfinger

The Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center had their annual Boo at the Zoo Oct. 20 and Oct. 27.

Thousands of families came to see the animals and partake in fall activities. Over 30 businesses and community service organizations were in attendance and passed out candy and goodies. Lunch was served at a discounted price and available for the public to enjoy as well.

Animals in their enclosures enjoyed the sunshine and cool fall breeze. Some animals even stopped to study all the young guests who were there in Halloween attire.

Recently, the Topeka Zoo has made some big changes to its landscape. More exhibits are used to instruct the public on advantageous conservation habits. Enclosures have been made more visible to the guests so that animals can be seen even when they are taking their afternoon nap.

Early next month, they plan to begin construction on Kay’s Garden. This new addition will allow visitors a place of quiet contemplation and reflection while in the heart of the revamped local zoo. The garden will also be used by the new storm water drainage system to keep the people and animals in the gage park area safe.

Many have said the zoo does not have any

new exhibits and hasn’t changed in forever.

One little trip to the zoo will prove otherwise.

Hannah Singleton, Washburn alumni of the elementary education department, spoke about Boo at the Zoo. “The zoo provides families an opportunity to slow down and spend time together in nature, observing animals that we wouldn’t be otherwise able to see close-up,” Singleton said. “We have been excited to take our son to the zoo since before he was born, and Boo at the Zoo was the perfect opportunity for his first zoo-going experience.”

It is important to support not only the local business for economic success, but it is important to support the organizations that deal directly with the people of Topeka and provide them with a higher quality of life.

Zoos teach people about the importance of nature and why we should treat the world with respect. They provide scientists easy access to study patterns of behavior among wild animal. They also keep many species from imminent extinction due to their inability to survive in their natural habitat. Saving these rare and beloved endangered species is one of the purposes of modern zoos.

The Topeka Zoo has been an advocate of conservation and wildlife education since Gage Park’s founding in 1899.

Boo at the Zoo is another great location in Topeka and it gives families a chance to bond while taking in views of some of the world’s most majestic wildlife.

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‘Haunting of Hill House’: Season 1 Myers returns in ‘Halloween’ reboot Sarah Miller

Washburn Review sarah.miller6@washburn.edu

Welcome to Hill House, the creepiest house to grace my television screen in a long time.

“The Haunting of Hill House” is a Netflix original following a family living through a literal nightmare.

The show itself is a masterful blend of horror, trauma, mental illness, drug addiction, dysfunctional families and the supernatural.

It plays on the fears we have as children and adds psychological torture, showing how it affects the children in adulthood and how it follows them well after they escape Hill House.

The story follows the Crain family: five adult siblings and their parents. The show flashes back to 1992 when the family lived at Hill House and gives scary context to the character’s lives. The family consists of parents Olivia (Carla Gugino) and Hugh (Henry Thomas) and (Timothy Hutton) on the present timeline. They had five children, Steve (Michiel Huisman), Shirley (Elizabeth Reiser), Theodora (Kate Siegel) and twins Luke (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and Nell (Victoria Pedretti).

Flashbacks show that the young twins felt the effects of the house’s ghostly inhabitants more than any of the other kids. It is Nell’s apparent suicide that kicks off the present storyline. At first glance the oldest siblings seem well-adjusted. Steve is a successful writer who is in denial about his past. Shirley is a mortician who “fixes dead people,”

and Theo is a player who can’t commit to a girl because she is empathetic and can’t face sensing other people’s pain.

The show takes its time to develop. The first five episodes focus on a specific sibling and their time in Hill House and how the events of the present have happened from their perspective. The last five episodes start unraveling the mystery surrounding the mother and Nell and how Hill House still controls all of them.

Hill House becomes a character and is where all the mystery is centered, as we spend the whole series trying to understand what happened in 1992. Although there are some jump scares and some horrific imagery, most of the story is based around mystery and psychological thrill.

Overall, “The Haunting of Hill House” is not the most traditionally scary story, but it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

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Frightful: Young Nell Crain (Violet McGraw) has been plagued by the same apparition for the entire show. The bent-neck lady looms over her as she is paralyzed with fear.

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The iconic horror franchise returns with a stellar reboot of “Halloween.”

In 1978, the iconic slasher flick “Halloween” was first released in theaters. Directed by cinema legend John Carpenter, also responsible for films such as “They Live” and “Escape from New York,” “Halloween” is one of the most iconic films ever, and it popularized the slasher film genre.

Many people know the film’s iconic plot line: Michael Myers (Nick Castle) escapes from a psychiatric hospital as an adult after murdering his teenage sister when he was a boy. He partakes in a killing spree in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, where Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), the central protagonist, lives.

“Halloween” is one of my favorite films ever. It has a great simplicity to it. The film has a classic score by Carpenter, and it has a great aesthetic.

The first sequel, “Halloween II,” released in 1981 and was directed by Rick Rosenthal.

Carpenter and his writing partner, Debra Hill, were involved in the film’s production.

It took place immediately after the first film, focusing on Laurie and Myers once again.

Then, there is “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and produced with Hill and Carpenter. Looking back at original reviews for this film, it was not well received. This was mainly because it didn’t have Myers and was its own self-contained story, but not hav-

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Psycho killer: The storied slasher franchise returns to what made the original film so iconic. Nick Castle, returns to portray the iconic Myers.

ing Myers doesn’t necessarily discount this film from being great. It has that Halloween season aesthetic with an iconic Carpenter soundtrack, and I certainly love it.

After three films, Carpenter and Hill had pretty much no further involvement with the sequels. There are five in total, not including the two remakes directed by Rob Zombie. These are all considered not to be near as good as the original movie, and they had some pretty laughable aspects.

“Resurrection,” the eighth installment, is known as the one where Busta Rhymes uses kung-fu to fight Michael Myers. “Resurrection” had Curtis return to the series, and so did the seventh, “H20,” which is considered to be one of the better films of the series.

That leads to the 2018 reboot, which is definitely one of the best that the franchise has made. It tells its story as if only the events of the first film actually happened. The new film is directed by David Gordon Green, with Carpenter returning to work on the score.

‘Castlevania’ season 2 successful Tenacious D’s new album flops Nick Solomon

Washburn Review nicholas.solomon@washburn.edu

After decades of spotty videogame adaptations, “Castlevania” does its namesake justice.

The iconic game series’ television adaptation returned after ages of being off screen.

The first season was short, lasting only four episodes at just over 20 minutes each. After watching the first season, I was hyped for season two. An adaptation of “Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse” continued the story and focused on the son of Dracula (Graham McTavish), Alucard Tepes (voiced by James Callis), Sypha Belnades (Alejandra Reynoso) and Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage).

“Castlevania” season two certainly does not disappoint. Vlad Dracula Tepes returns as a likable antagonist whose motivations are immediately understood. He is hell bent on destroying humanity in the nation of Wallachia with Alucard, Sypha and Trevor, since Alucard and Trevor are skilled warriors, and Sypha is a mage-type.

The cast expands significantly, as a group of Dracula’s Vampire and human underlings inhabit the teleporting castle with Dracula.

Standout characters are the two “forgemasters” working for Dracula, Hector and Isaac.

They are portrayed by Theo James and Adetokumboh M’Cormack, who reanimate monsters and other corpses to fight under Dracula’s horde.

At the start, I was more invested in Dracula and the trio’s stories, but the series had a large focus on Hector, Isaac and Carmilla. I

quickly warmed up to Hector and Isaac, and I found Carmilla a likable presence.

Just like the games’ gameplay loop, there is action, which is all well animated and energetic. It consists mainly of grotesque monsters that are dispatched by the central trio in many violent ways.

What I like most about this series is how it takes the concepts of the game and in its own direction. Written by Warren Ellis, known for writing comic series such as “Transmetropolitan” and a wonderful, but short, run of “Moon Knight,” makes this story compelling right away.

Overall, “Castlevania” has to be the best adaptation of a videogame I have seen yet.

It has a cast of memorable characters that leave you wanting more in the end. I never thought I would live to see the day where an adaptation of a videogame was good, but “Castlevania” ended up being excellent. I’m excited and hoping for a “Castlevania: Season 3.”

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Dracula’s Curse: Castlevania provides a great continuation of an already promising Netflix series. Season 2 did not disapoint after its release Oct. 26.

Alicia Muniz Washburn Review alicia.muniz@washburn.edu

Throughout most of the Tenacious D album “Post Apocalypto,” I wondered about how and why it was created. I found myself in a state of confusion and distaste- I especially hoped they didn’t get stuck in my head. This album came as a shock to my music taste.

I have listened to Tenacious D before, and I have watched their videos. I enjoyed the rock concept when I was younger, but, this time, the concepts are radically different from those before. Before, the videos and lyrics matched, yet the lyrics in “Post Apocalypto” seemed to be over the top. In one of the songs “Daddy Ding Dong,” the lyrics are composed of various curse words that don’t explain the song. I’m not a huge fan of excessive cursing in the music I listen to, so this was jarring and a little disappointing.

The emotions that are being shown in each of the songs seem to vastly differ rather than having a common theme. “Making Love” seems to be overtly sexual. The excessive sexual content is off-putting, and, although the tempo and melody going on in the background is pleasant to hear, the lyrics themselves detract from what could be a great song. Whereas with “Robot,” the song starts out slow, but progresses from sad to a line about killing evil with references to the Nazis and the KKK, then back to being depressing.

The next song was “Take Us Into Space,” which is a song about going into space to save the Earth. It then evolves into never coming home and experiencing space life. It is prob-

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J.B. and K.G.: Tenacious D’s album poses lots of mixed messages. Jack Black helped create the album.

ably the strangest song on the album next to “Daddy Ding Dong” and “Hope.”

“Hope” sounds like a great song that would likely be inspiring and beautiful, but it’s not.

The song itself is so strange that it made me wonder what was going through their minds.

The lyrics say “hope is a doggy, a sweet doggy, standing next to a rose.” Then they talk about a rose growing to survive a nuclear Holocaust. I understand that Tenacious D is a sort of parody-style duo, however, the album is one that I did not enjoy at all. The content itself is not funny, and I the mentions of serious historical issues seemed in bad taste.

I used to enjoy their music, knowing that it was only meant in good fun, yet I wondered where one draws the line. This album is very different from their other albums, and I feel that Tenacious D crossed the line. I don’t recommend this album for people to listen to because of these reasons. If you are an easily offended individual, I recommend staying far, far away from this album.

Around this week in history Snippets from past issues of The Review

By Natalie Croze

It would not be a Halloween party without a good old-fashioned witch and her cat.

This ad was taken Oct. 27, 1989.

Why are these costumes a thing? These interesting outfits were advertised Oct. 28, 2006.

Sometimes there are things around Halloween that are scarier than witches and vampires. This comic was published Oct. 29, 1982.

I don’t think it matters much what the message is, this guy is going to make anything seem scary. This picture was put up Oct. 20, 1971.

Even though it’s Halloween, masks are still creepy. This image of movie masks Washburn can make top hats do anything, was taken Oct. 28, 1988. even be scary. This homecoming schedule was taken Oct. 27, 2004.

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Briefs Cross Country

Senior forward Tyas Martin follows legacy Alex Landwehr Washburn Review alexandria.landwehr@washburn.edu

The cross country runners will compete For senior forward Tyas Martin, basketball in the MIAA championships Nov. 3 in is more of an assumed inheritance rather than Emporia, Kansas.

Men’s Basketball Men’s basketball kicks off Nov. 1 with their annual exhibition match against the University of Kansas. Then, the junior varsity team has their first game of the season against Ottawa University Nov. 3.

Women’s Basketball

a hobby.

Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Martin is the oldest of three siblings. His mother, Nicole Childers, runs a JAG program as a consultant, and his father works at Spirit Aerosystems. He says his siblings are taking after the family athleticism, as his younger sister is heavily involved with volleyball, and his younger brother plays basketball.

Although running track in middle and high school, Martin said that his choice to pursue

The season begins Nov. 1 for women’s basketball. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams will compete. The junior varsity team will face Cowley Community College, and the varsity team will then compete against the University of Missouri in an exhibition match. The varsity team will then play the University of Kansas in another exhibition mach Nov. 4. The junior varsity team will play Kansas City Community College Nov. 5.

Ending records Tennis Washburn took home third at the ITA Nationals for both men and women’s tennis.

Golf

photo courtesy of WU Sports

A skilled athlete: Martin goes in for a layup while playing against Fort Hays. He has been honing his skills for years.

Cross Country Jacob Klemz won MIAA athlete of the week three times this season and was named Division II Men’s National Athlete of the Week in September.

Volleyball

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Washburn Review seth.burdick@washburn.edu

won 26-20. This year’s installment of the rivalry was just as close as last year’s with the game going into overtime.

Before the game even started, as the two teams took the field, both teams got after each other before the officials stepped in to separate the players.

Both teams had troubles getting their offenses started. Washburn and Emporia traded multiple punts before Emporia State broke the tie with a 14-yard passing touchdown,

Seth Burdick

James Brania-Hopp is leading the team in receiving, racking up 992 yards and seven touchdowns on 54 receptions.

He could potentially finish the season as Washburn’s first 1,000-yard receiver since Dajuan Beard in 2011. Austin Tillman and Derrick McGreevy lead the team in tackles with 83 and 78 tackles, respectively. Tillman also has 2.5 sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery while McGreevy has 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble.

Soccer Olivia Grasso leads the team in goals, scoring six goals on 20 percent of her shots.

Tennis Paul Haase and Alejandro Valarezo won the ITA Regional Championship and placed third in the ITA Nationals. Logan Morrissey and Alexis Czapinski also won the ITA Regionals and placed third in the ITA Nationals.

Golf Blake Allen earned MIAA Athlete of the Week in September after his performance in the Watkins Invitational, which the Ichabods took first place in.

bringing the Hornets’ up 7-0.

A little while later at the start of the second quarter, Washburn finally got their offense going as they marched the ball down the field. Sophomore quarterback Mitch Schurig would find senior wide receiver James Brania-Hopp for a 20-yard touchdown that would tie the game 7-7.

The Hornets answered on the very next drive. Emporia State only took 1:35 to drive 69 yards and complete a short 2-yard pass to give themselves a 14-7 lead.

Washburn could not answer the Hornets, as they punted the ball, but senior punter/kicker Perry Schmiedeler would punt pin the Emporia State offense at the 1-yard line. The Ichabod defense kept the Hornets from gaining much ground by forcing them to punt.

The Ichabod offense got the ball back and they tied the game by converting on multiple third-downs throughout the drive. Brania-Hopp faded back and made a spectacular one-handed catch to haul in the touchdown pass from Schurig. Schmiedeler tacked on the extra point for the Ichabods and tied the game, 14-14.

The next drive by Emporia State would start poorly for the Ichabods. The Hornet return man muffed the kick, and then he returned the ball all the way to the 43-yard line,. However the WU defense stepped up and stopped the Hornet offense again after sophomore defensive back Dwane Simmons, forced out a Hornet receiver on third-down.

specifically coaching basketball. Capping it off, my senior year we got to go to the Final Four which was a terrific feeling. It was easily two of the best years of my life.”

Ballard started his coaching career at Kansas as a volunteer assistant. After a year, he then transitioned to the head of film and video for the Jayhawks. Ballard was then named the director of operations. His first head coaching job was at Baker University, where he coached for two years.

Following that, Ballard went to the University of Tulsa, where he was an assistant coach under a former Jayhawk great, Danny Manning. Manning and Ballard left Tulsa after two years to coach at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

There, Ballard spent two years as Manning’s assistant. When the head coach position became available here at Washburn, Ballard left Wake Forest to seize the opportunity.

“I knew a lot about Washburn’s tradition and their history, so I had a pretty good feel for how good this level was. I knew this was an incredible opportunity, I knew that I wanted to run my own program,” Ballard said. “I knew the mind set they had here, the facilities were great and the leadership was great. For me, it was really a no-brainer.”

There are two main reasons that Ballard loves to coach. One is his passion for competing and the other is his love for the game.

“Basketball has given me incredible opportunities in my life, so I love being around the game of basketball. I know I am being biased, but I think that it is the greatest sport in the world. I love being around it every day. I love helping young people develop and grow as people and as players and I love to see players come in and have a growth mind set. I also like the environment of college athletics in general and I enjoy being around that every day, too,” Ballard said.

Even though coaching has its challenges, Ballard enjoys facing them head-on.

“I like that every day is different, and depending on the time of the year, your job is different. I enjoy the different aspects of

problem solving that come with being a basketball coach,” Ballard said.

After spending most of his day focusing on basketball, Ballard uses the remainder of his time on the things that he loves the most.

His main hobby photo courtesy of WU Sports is spending time with his chil- Dedication: Brett Ballard is dren. Outside of preparing for the upcoming Before becoming a his kids, he en- season. coach, he played at KU. joys golfing.

For Ballard, the upcoming season calls for new goals.

“First and foremost, how hard can we compete and how tough can we be? We will focus on ourselves more than anything. Then I will challenge our guys to get better every day. I know its coach speak, but we are just trying to grow a little bit better every day, as people, as players and as a program,” Ballard said.

Each new season brings the challenge of losing graduating players and bringing in new ones.

“Specifically, as a team, we have to replace Brady Skeens who was an All-American. Brady was incredible on both ends of the court, specifically on the defensive side, so have to have guys on the defensive end step up and rebound the ball. Offensively, we have to take better care of the ball this year, we had too many turnovers a year ago. Finally, we have to step up and make shots when we have the opportunity,” Ballard said.

Ballard and the Bods will kick off the season Friday, Nov. 9, against Oklahoma Baptist in Bethany, Oklahoma. They will play their first home game Wednesday, Nov. 14, here at Lee Arena against Rockhurst University.

“A hidden talent that I have that really only my teammates know is that I make music. I don’t really rap or anything but I like beats and production and stuff like that,” Martin said. “I don’t really tell anyone, but I know a lot of people who work in the music industry. I don’t have enough time to pursue it right now, so it’s more of just a hobby, but once I’m done with basketball I’m hoping to dive deeper into it.”

Martin will lead the Bods into this season beginning Thursday, Nov. 1 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence.

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Brett Ballard: from being a Jayhawk to coaching the Ichabods

Review Shayla Conner has earned MIAA Washburn seth.burdick@washburn.edu Athlete of the Week four times this As the fall athletics season begins to wrap season. The volleyball team won 22 games before suffering their first defeat up, the winter season is just beginning.

Thursday, Nov. 1, the men’s basketball team this season.

Football

As for family support for his basketball dreams, Martin said he gets plenty.

“My mom comes up a lot.

She tries to make every home game since I’m close to where we live.

My real dad is from Topeka so we have a lot of photo courtesy of WU Sports family here... It’s like a reunion evLegacy: Martin is continuing ery time I play in his family’s legacy of playing a game,” Martin basketball. His father was his high school coach. said.

Although still still keeps in contact with former Washburn players that he’s competed with, Martin said no love is lost with the new 2018-19 roster.

“We’re all really close already. We’re all like brothers instead of teammates. We spend so much time together, you bond a lot,” Martin said.

Outside of the basketball court, Martin has a hidden talent that few people know about: making music.

Football team falls to Emporia State in overtime

Saturday, Oct. 27, the football team took on The golf team finished their season rival Emporia State in one of the final home with five top-10 finishes, another top-five games for the year. Last year, the Hornets finish and three top finishes.

To p a t h l e t e s

basketball wasn’t a decision to make at all.

“Everyone, most of my family has played basketball. Basketball has been the main focus of my family pretty much,” Martin said.

As for the decision to attend Washburn, he said that was also sort of a family inheritance.

“My grandpa actually played here at Washburn and he happened to call Coach Chipman [former head coach] and asked if he was interested in any players for the upcoming [2015] season, so I came to play a pickup game and he offered me right there on the spot. The rest is history,” Martin said.

As a communications major, Martin plans on using his degree to become a successful businessman after finishing up his basketball days.

“I’ve thought about playing professionally or if that doesn’t work out, I plan on going into the corporate world to start a different career path,” Martin said.

Since choosing Washburn to further his basketball path, Martin said he has no complaints or regrets about his decision.

“I like the culture [at Washburn]. Nothing is given to you, you have to earn it. You’ve got to earn your sport and your playing time.

It keeps you busy,” Martin said. “When you think about all the things you have to do for a basketball team, it prepares you for life because you have to balance basketball and school. When you transfer into the real world, it’s sort of an easy transition.”

As for basketball inspiration, Martin said he chooses models that display good talents both on and off the court.

“I don’t have a favorite basketball team.

I have more of favorite players instead because teams always switch, people leave or get traded,” Martin said. “My favorite player would have to be Lebron James. Not just because he’s good on the court but he’s also an icon and positive role model off the court too.”

will take on the University of Kansas in an exhibition matchup. Leading the Ichabods is a former Jayhawk himself, head coach Brett Ballard.

Ballard met his wife, Kelly, at KU. Kelly was also an athlete there, competing in crosscountry and track and field. They have three children: Breagan, Kaden and Brooks. The oldest of the bunch is Kaden, who is in sixth grade, then Brooks, who entered third grade this year, and the youngest, Breagan, is in kindergarten. To Ballard, being a coach cannot compare to what it means to be a father.

“Being a coach is terrific, but being a father is an amazing experience. Most of my free time is chasing them around. They are all playing sports now, so I like to be able to do things with them and be involved in their activities,” Ballard said.

Ballard is originally from Hutchinson, Kansas, where he attended Hutchinson High School. At Hutchinson High, his mother was a teacher, and his father was the basketball coach. From there, he went to Hutchinson Community College to play basketball for two years.

Ballard had many options to continue his basketball career, but his main goal was to coach. He was offered scholarships by multiple NCAA Division II schools and some smaller Division I schools. Ballard decided to reject those offers and take a Preferred WalkOn offer to play at KU, where he eventually was given a scholarship and entered on the roster. His time at KU held some of the greatest moments of his life.

“Playing at Kansas, in general, was incredible. Coach Williams was great. Even though I was a walk-on, he treated me like I was one of the top players; he treats everyone the same way,” Ballard said. “I learned so much from him about how to run a program, and

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photo by John Burns

Fight to the finish: Freshman defender Jesyca Lopez prepares to pass the ball upfield. Washburn only allowed one goal in each half, but the team failed to score their own.

Soccer loses to rival Emporia Seth Burdick

Washburn Review seth.burdick@washburn.edu

Friday Oct. 26, the women’s soccer team entered Yager Stadium for Senior Day as they took on nearby rival Emporia State.

It did not take long for the action to begin, as the Hornets were quick to attack, and their first attempt sailed wide right.

After multiple changes of possessions, the Hornets were granted a free kick after a foul by senior forward Kelsi Smith. The shot was nowhere close, and the Ichabods regained possession.

The Bods were quick to attack, but a pass went out of bounds. The Hornets got back to pressing the Ichabods, as the Emporia State offense almost pushed ahead 1-0. But, a save by freshman goalkeeper Bailee Russell stopped the Hornets.

With 37 minutes to go in the first half, the Ichabod offense forced Emporia State into a foul, but the ensuing free kick was blocked by a Hornet defender. Right after that, the Hornets were back on the attack, but after multiple tries for a goal, Russell blocked a cross from the Hornets to give the Ichabods the ball again. Back on the attack, sophomore midfielder Tera Lynch had a shot, but it sailed wide right.

After a failed corner kick by the Hornets, the Ichabods pushed the ball down the field only for a shot by freshman forward Josie Rimmer to go right into the hands of the Emporia State goalkeeper. The Hornets then got the ball back and took it all the way down the field, but their shot was a bit outside.

At the 22-minute mark, senior forward Paige Swanson checked in for Smith.

At the 29-minute mark, the Ichabods had the ball and were on the attack, but, after a great pass to junior forward Olivia Grasso, she stepped up and took a shot at the goal.

Her shot was high.

The Hornets broke the scoring drought, as a shot from five yards out made it past Russell. Then, after multiple tries, the Hornets came close to tacking on another goal, but the Ichabod defense stopped their attempts.

Following that, senior midfielder Mackenzie Heiman attempted a corner kick that gave junior forward Olivia Grasso a great attempt to score, but her header went out of bounds.

At the end of the first half the Hornets were up 1-0.

The Ichabods would open the second half with the ball, but it was the Hornets who were

the first to attack; their shot was wide.

While both teams would have troubles pushing the ball up the field, the rivalry was showing as the physicality of the game increased with each pass.

Fifteen minutes into the second half, the Hornets were awarded a corner kick. The ensuing kick was placed well, but the following header went too high. Later, the Hornets had a sure-fire goal, but sophomore defender Whitney Bockover hustled down the field to make an incredible block to keep the game 1-0.

A few minutes later, the Hornets were awarded a penalty kick after they were fouled near the goal. The Hornets added to their lead, as their kicker sent the shot just over the hand of Russell.

After a save by Russell, the Ichabods were on the prowl to get back within one. The Ichabods were fouled and set up close to the goal for a free kick, but the kick was too high.

Soon after, senior midfielder Mackenzie Heiman took a shot that was sent too wide as the score remained 2-0 in favor of the Hornets.

The Hornets had a couple more chances to add to their lead but were stopped by Russell.

The Ichabods had a chance to score, but the shot from Rimmer would be sworn off by the Emporia State goalkeeper.

The Ichabods were not able to break the Emporia State defense, and the game ended in a 2-0 loss. The Bods fought hard the whole game through physical defenders and seemingly lenient officials.

“We expected that they were gonna be a physical team coming into tonight. We can never count on the refs to keep the game from getting out of hand,” Bockover said.

“Every team we play there is a different set of refs, we just have to match up as best as we can, and that college soccer is a physical game,” said sophomore defender Jenna Shortridge. “We just have to push through it and play to the best of our ability.”

The loss moves the Ichabods to 7-8-2 for the year. They will finish their regular season Sunday, Oct. 28, at Fort Hays State where they hope to get a spot in the MIAA Tournament.

“The conference is always pretty closely matched up, so we just know whoever we are up against, it’s gonna be a battle,” Shortridge said. “We are gonna come in with the same mindset that we are gonna battle it out a full 90 minutes. It doesn’t matter who we play we are going to be ready to go into the tourna-

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Let it roll: The punt team surrounds the ball to pin Emporia State deep in their own territory. Unfortunately, special teams would not contribute to a victory, as kicker Schmeideler only made one of his three field goals.

Football team falls to Emporia State STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 The Ichabods got off to a fast start as Schurig found Brania-Hopp open again for an 80-yard gain. After a play, Schurig would find junior tight end Marcus Meier open in the end-zone, but it took a diving effort to reel the ball in for a touchdown. The Ichabods would gain the lead for the first time 21-14.

The Hornets got their offense rolling again, as their first play of the drive went for 51 yards to put them deep inside Washburn territory. The Ichabod defense made it difficult for the Hornets, forcing the Hornets to convert a fourth down, but the Hornets punched the ball in from one-yard out to tie the game, 21-21.

Following the touchdown, the Ichabods obtained the ball with 47 seconds left in the half. The Ichabods marched into Hornet territory. They made it to the 20-yard line with one second left, but the ensuing field goal from Schmiedeler was no good.

At the end of the first half, the score was tied 21-21.

Emporia State would get the ball to start the second half. The Hornets then drove into Washburn territory and convert on fourth and short to put themselves in the red-zone, but Corey Ballentine had stopped the Hornets’ drive by intercepting a pass in the end-zone and returning to the Washburn 40-yard line.

The Hornets then got inside the Washburn red-zone after, but a penalty pushed them outside the red-zone. The Washburn defense would hold the Hornets to two fourth downs, but the Hornets converted on both, and the second was a one-yard rushing touchdown to give the Hornets a 28-21 lead.

Washburn took over at the 35-yard line after the ball went out of bounds during the kickoff. On fourth down at the Emporia State 46-yard line, Schmiedeler was going to punt the ball, but he saw an opening and gained 31 yards on a keeper to gain a first down. Later, Schurig found Brania-Hopp again in the end-zone for a touchdown. After Schmiedeler made the extra point, the score was then tied 28-28.

The Hornets looked to put together a drive after the Ichabod touchdown, but freshman defensive end Braden Rose sacked the quarterback to force the Hornets to punt.

After trading punts, the Ichabods took over at their own one-yard line, but Brania-Hopp made another catch to bring the Ichabods to the 32-yard line.

On a drive, the Hornets found wide-open senior wide receiver Jordan Reed, for a 25yard pick up at the Washburn 10-yard line.

On the pass, Kevin Neal tipped the pass and intercepted the ball for a touchback.

In the fourth quarter, Schurig found redshirt-sophomore tight end Jace Williams for a 22-yard gain. Williams then made a play on the ball as he pinned it against his defender before gaining full possession of the ball.

Three plays later, Brania-Hopp made another great catch after he hauled in a 27-yard pass that was for 27 yards. The Ichabods would run the clock down to the last seconds to set up a field goal, but the field goal was blocked by the Hornets to force overtime with the score still tied.

The Hornets won the coin toss and elected to defend the first possession.

On third down, Schurig found Williams for a 26-yard gain to put the Ichabods at the four-yard line. After missing two other field goals, Schmiedeler came through and nailed the field to give the Ichabods the lead, 31-28.

Down by a field goal, the Hornets needed to score to stay in the game. On the first play of their drive they rushed the ball to the 8-yard line. Then, they found an open receiver to get a victory against the Bods.

Schurig was happy with the way the team played and prepared, but he was unsatisfied with how the game ended.

“We had some good practices this week and we prepared well, as always. I thought the offense ran good as a whole. We stuttered a little bit in the third quarter... We can’t score seven points in the second half and expect to win football games,” Schurig said.

As for Brania-Hopp, he was happy about his career day against rival Emporia State, but knows he and his team have to improve to prepare for their following games.

“We knew this game was gonna be a really heated game considering the history between the two teams,” Brania-Hopp said. “I just tried to play the way I always do. I have been practicing with all of my guys, there have been more guys that are working just as much as me, it just landed on my shoulders today,” Brania-Hopp said.

The loss moves the Ichabods to 4-5 overall.

They play next at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Pittsburg State. The final home game of the year and regular season game of the year will be at 1 p.m. the following Saturday, Nov. 10 against Nebraska-Kearney.

Volleyball team looks toward conference despite loss Brandon Brownlee

Washburn Review brandon.brownlee@washburn.edu

The seventh ranked Washburn volleyball team returned to Lee Arena this weekend to battle the no. 15 ranked Jennies of Central Missouri.

Both sides traded the first several points before Washburn was able to get a little separation with three straight points to grab a 7-5 lead. The Jennies fought back to take an 1110 lead.

A long rally and a kill by UCM gave them a slight advantage at 14-13, but a kill by outside hitter Taylor Antonowich tied the set at 14 all.

Tied at 17, outside hitter Genna Berg came up big with a block to give the Bods a onepoint lead. A 5-3 spurt from UCM gave them a 22-20 advantage and forced the Ichabods to take a timeout late in the set.

After cutting the deficit to one, at 22-21, a kill and an ace by the Jennies forced Coach Herron into another timeout facing set point.

A controversial final point that was called in gave the point to UCM and with it a first set win at 25-22.

Washburn came out firing in the second set with an early 5-2 lead. The Jennies proceeded to find a rhythm, going on an 8-3 run before an errant serve slowed the run and made the score 10-9.

After a long rally won by Washburn, they drew within 16-13. Another scoring run of 3-1 left Washburn a 5-point hole, forcing a

timeout to regroup and avoid going down two sets to none.

Coming out of the timeout, the Bods converted on three of four points to make the score 20-18, which caused Central Missouri to take their first timeout of the match. UCM finished the set keeping Washburn at an armslength away to take a two-set lead winning the second set 25-22.

Washburn led early in the third set at 5-3 before back to back points for UCM tied the match at five all. After a 4-1 run by the Jennies, the Ichabods responded quickly with seven straight points, gaining some separation at a 13-9 advantage and causing a UCM timeout to slow the momentum.

The timeout did in fact slow the Washburn momentum as Central Missouri scored the first three points out of the timeout before a Makayla Maxwell kill made the score 14-12.

UCM caught fire again to scratch and claw back into the lead at 17-16 sending Washburn into a timeout.

In a set that featured many runs, Washburn had another one with a 4-1 run to regain the lead at 20-18. UCM snatched the lead back at 23-21 before three straight points by Washburn brought about set point, but the Bods could not convert. After tying the set at 24, the Jennies fired back with two kill shots to take the set 26-24 and the match three sets to zero.

Despite dropping their second game of the year, Washburn is excited and ready to finish the season in a special way.

Junior outside hitter, Erica Montgomery, said the Bods aren’t letting this loss affect all of the hard work they’ve put in.

“If we play hard and win these next two games, we can be conference champs and then be able to host the MIAA tournament at home, which would be huge for us. We are having a great year so far, but we are not done with it yet. We were talking in the locker room how we’re not wanting this great record of 26-2 to be the peak of our season,” Montgomery said. “We didn’t come this far just to come this far. We have a great shot of making the tournament and doing very well, we just have to show up to every game and play the way we know we can play.”

Senior outside hitter, Olivia Powell, agreed with Montgomery’s positive outlook. photo by Ying Liu “Losing is never fun, however, when it happens that is the time Serve it up: Outside hitter Taylor Antonowich serves the ball. Deto regroup as a team and look spite suffering just ther second loss of the season, Washburn stills forward. We have a chance to fin- sits at the top of the MIAA. ish this season on a very positive Washburn will stay at home this weeknote. I am looking forward to a week of hard end to finish out the season at 7 p.m. Friday work and competition in practice with my against Central Oklahoma and Pitt State at 2 family to prepare for our last two conference p.m. Sunday. Their record is currently sitting games,” Powell said. at 26-2 overall and 14-2 in the MIAA.