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February 13, 2019
Volume 145, Issue 18
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Alumnus and professor host art show Matt Self
Washburn Review matt.self@washburn.edu
Two Ponders: A Collaboration will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on March 1 at 935 N Kansas Avenue at the NOTO Arts Center in North Topeka. It promises to be an outstanding event and anyone who enjoys art shows should give some serious thought to attending. The region known locally as NOTO, located in North Topeka, has long been recognized for its historical connection to Topeka as a popular downtown hangout spot and, recently, as the thriving arts district of our city. A new event will be taking place this March that will feature the work of Dennis Etzel, a senior lecturer of the English department and a poet, and Barbara Waterman-Peters, a painter and Washburn alumni member, called Two Ponders: A Collaboration. Etzel’s beautiful poetry blends with Mrs. Waterman-Peter’s paintings in a colorful array of artwork that both photo courtesy of Barbara Waterman-Peters pleases the eye and opens the soul. Kansas River at Wamego: Artist Barbara Waterman-Peters uses the natural beauty of Kansas The NOTO area is home to many loto fuel her beautiful and vivid paintings. New artwork created by Mrs. Waterman-Peters will be cal businesses that are unique to Topeka featured at the upcoming art show Friday, March 1. as well as the monthly Artsconnect First Friday Artwalk event. The NOTO area ties in to his plans for his collaborative eternal, that it’s flowing. That’s what we realized was that time we had, time to was a center of entertainment in Topeka project. “I wanted to do something fresh and just sit down with a piece of paper and during the 1950s and was the place to new but I also knew I had the time to a pen, just to sit down and write withbe for many people living in Topeka at really examine if there is something out fearing an upcoming deadline,” said the time. After a flood in 1951 the area about water that’s archetypal, that’s Etzel. collapsed and the businesses became abandoned. But recently, the NOTO area has been revitalized and is once again a place to admire art, spend time with friends and so much more. Etzel and Waterman-Peters came up with the idea for a collaboration when the pair spent an afternoon together at Gage Park. The two artists were already acquainted with each other and had been considering a project for months. They had spent many afternoons discussing possible ideas at such places like PT’s photo courtesy of 150kansaspoems.com coffee shop just across the Waxing poetic: Rhonda Miller is State President of the Kanasas Authors Club. She has written three poetry street from Washburn before books. they finally decided to go to the rose garden pond at Gage Park. Waterman-Peters described lished and recognized by ry from her two books that the enlightening feeling that Matt Self Review their peers. she has published, “Moonshe had upon arriving at the Washburn matt.self@washburn.eduu The poetry reading will Stain” and “WaterSigns.” pond and how she drew inspiration from the scenery. Washburn University take place at Carole Chap- She will also read a few “Dennis suggested that we welcomes the esteemed el, located between Mabee poems from her latest book meet at Gage Park at the rose poet Ronda Miller to cam- Library and the Memori- “WindsOfTime.” She is a garden pond so that we could pus for a poetry reading al Union building, which KU graduate who briefly atsit and be in nature and see at noon Friday, Feb. 15 in is recognized as a place of tended Washburn and has a where things go. We decided Carol Chapel. Miller brings quiet thought and contem- long history of reading and that we were going to let na- with her selections of her plation. The tall pine trees writing poetry. She mentioned briefly ture dictate what we were go- own personal works to that surround the building ing to do,” Waterman-Peters share with interested stu- lend credence to the feel- about her past with poetry said. “Water became a theme dents who are looking for ing of solitude that one may and how she became inand we developed a theme inspiration for their own feel while in the mountains, spired to write. “I started writing poetry dealing with the past, present writing, mingling with making it a perfect place for and future around the scene of friends or simply listening a poetry reading, especially at my grandparents’ home this pond. The pond became to some stellar poetry for an when the poems will heavi- during grade school. Our a means of expressing our hour. The poetry reading is ly feature many themes as- house was located in Northideas.” an opportunity for students sociated with the forces of western Kansas where the land formed unique and Etzel described how he who hope to become poets nature. Miller will be reading beautiful natural formadrew inspiration from the themselves to learn how to pond at Gage Park and how it get their own writing pub- select pieces of her poet- tions. It’s a very serene part CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Poetry reading open to public
photo courtesy of Washburn Student Recreation and Wellness Center
Pulling an all-nighter: The Student Recreation and Wellness Center is holding their All Night at the Rec event on Friday, Feb. 22 from midnight to 3 a.m. Students need to bring their Washburn IDs for entrance into the event.
SRWC to hold All Night Dylan Babcock
Washburn Review dylan.babcock@washburn.edu
With the help of Residential Living and the Office of Student Involvement and Development, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be hosting their 11th annual All Night at the Rec from 11:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 22. Washburn students will be able to take part in a variety of activities at the SRWC, which are all free of cost. “We have a lot of active activities planned, but we’ll also have a room where there’ll be board games and some kind of craft that is something more low-key,” said Emma Wittmer, SRWC student marketing assistant. Of the active events, there will be a group exercise class, the rock wall will be open and several activities in the gym. In the works is also a photo booth and a possible escape room activity. The SRWC will provide free pizza, drinks, “All Night at the Rec” t-shirts and giving out prizes throughout the night. “We’ve gotten lots of prizes, like gift cards to The Pennant, vouchers to Chipotle, vouchers for free sandwiches from Jimmy John’s and items from a lot of the places around campus,” said Macy Howell, SRWC student group exercise assistant. While a big goal of the SRWC in hosting this event is to promote wellness and the mission of the SRWC, they are also hoping to provide an alternative event for a Friday night that involves socializing, fun and physical activity.
“We want to show students you can have a good time without alcohol,” said SRWC Director Whitney Slater. “There will be some aspects of alcohol awareness and participating in a safe break with our Safe Spring Break Pledge as we look forward to March, so hopefully there can be some education to go along with all the exciting things planned.” The SRWC, with the collaboration of Residential Living and OSID, have put in nearly a month and a half’s worth of planning for the All Night at the Rec event. Each of the student assistants have put work into the event and have reached out to local businesses to ask for the donations of the prizes being given out. “As the director of the SRWC, my role in this event has been to help execute the ideas that my student staff has come up with. I really wanted them to take ownership in this event, so I have been trying to let them come up with the ideas and then I have been there to just help guide them to complete all the tasks that need to be completed,” Slater said. “Our mission at the SRWC is to provide awareness, education, opportunities and support for healthy lifestyle habits and I think this event checks a lot of those boxes in a fun and engaging way.” Students wishing to attend All Night at the Rec must arrive before the doors lock at midnight. Washburn student ID’s will be required for entrance. If inclement weather occurs, the event will not be moved to another date.
Thieves continue stealing from Art Building DeyJa Cardenas
Washburn Review deyja.cardenas@washburn.edu
photo courtesy of washburn.edu
She will succeed: Kelly Thor is the new chair of the art department. She has her hands full with the current thefts.
Art can be mysterious and misunderstood but it was not a misunderstanding when the art in the Washburn University Art Building was mysteriously misplaced during the beginning of February. It has been reported that a mysterious snooper has been rummaging around students’ lockers in the Art
Building. The snooper is known to have fidgeted with multiple items that students kept in their lockers, initially turning their lockers upside down. Presumably, the reports have been made with the Washburn University Police department. The staff hesitated to share details at first, but eventually offered the media with the essential and known details that the staff is comfortable with sharing. According to Kelly Thor, chair of
the art department, the police have been a great help. “The police have been really helpful in helping us to try to come up with some strategies, like reducing the number of hours, like after hours or on weekends,” Thor said. Washburn University is considered to be a safe campus, however, students were understandingly alarmed following the incident because Washburn is a home to many students and faculty at the university. In the un-
fortunate occurrence when students question their initial safety, students begin to wonder where they are safe on campus. The Washburn campus is spotted with surveillance cameras in which the Washburn Police can monitor. When this happened, an anonymous source from the art department explained that when on the job, there is only visual of the front door. Unless staff leave their desks, there is no visual aid of the back door so CONTINUED ON PAGE 2