Washburn Review - Mar. 9, 2016 - Issue 21

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Trialin’ Bods funding cut Ali Dade

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Group Study: Haylee Marsteller, left, and Samantha Stegman study for midterms in the lower level of the library. Both think that mentoring for first-generation students would be helpful for students at Washburn. Students without parents that can help them through the process of signing up and enrolling in college will now have someone to turn to.

Mentoring program to launch Mentors sought for first-generation college students Anzhelika Tolstikhina WASHBURN REVIEW

Washburn University is launching a unique program dedicated to providing dual benefits to first-generation students and retired faculty.

Five years ago, Washburn delegates participated in the First-Year-Experience Conference where they learned about mentoring programs that exist in many universities across the country.

Inspired by the Emeriti Mentor Program from University of California San Diego, which has a variety of mentoring programs based on matching different individuals to improve academic success, Washburn acknowl-

edged the importance of bringing in a similar project.

Last week, the Center for Student Success and Retention, located in Mabee Library, began the recruitment of mentors that will be preparing the up-coming first-generation students for a successful college career.

The first-generation student project is meant to be beneficial to the alumni professors as well because of an opportunity to continue their active involvement at Washburn University.

The program is yet to be named, but the kickoff is scheduled for the summer of 2016.

The Center of Student Success and Retention are utilizing their first volunteer alumnus in the recruitment process, which

has resulted in about a dozen retired faculty who have eagerly signed up to become men-

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It is going to be a lot of training, a lot of conversation about just being a friend, helping students develop grit.

-Alan Bearman

dean of university libraries

Fake Patty’s Day

tors during just the first day.

Rick Friedstron, a Washburn graduate, dedicates every Tuesday morning to prospecting the potential Washburn alumni through telephone calls.

At UCSD, the Emereti Mentor Program fits students with retired professors based on academic interest. Successful matches provide knowledge to the first-generation students in regard to their future growth in academic, personal and professional dimensions.

The project was founded in 2006 by Melvin Green, former biology professor at the University of California San Diego.

The founder wanted to helpMENTOR: continued on page 4

Wednesday, March 9th: Stop, Shop, and Dine with the Ichabod Shop 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Memorial Union Spring Break Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday - Sunday CLOSED Have a fun-filled and safe spring break, Ichabods!

Shortly after Washburn’s Mock Trial team, the Trialin’ Bods, began celebrating their sweeping 8-0 win at their regional tournaments and discovered they would be heading to the Open Round Championships, they received news that their funding from the school was being cut from the university budget.

“It was disappointing to the coaches as well as the students, especially the timing of it,” said Danielle Hall, one of the mock trial coaches. “We had just went 8-0 at our regional tournament. As we were about to prep for the first round of nationals, and the students get this bomb placed on them.

Unfortunately, while we have done our best to not let it be a distraction, many of the students, as well as the coaches, are worried about the future of the program.”

Hall also emphasized the support the team has received as they try to determine what the best plan of action for their future would be. They have received a great deal of support from alumni encouraging them to become a student-run organization, which would return the group to how it was run when Hall first began coaching the team, almost nine years ago.

If the Trialin’ Bods were to become a student-run organization, this would mean they would need to start creating their own forms of funding through fundraising and contributions from alumni.

One thing that may prevent the team from becoming a student-run organization is a letter from their governing body, the American Mock Trial Association, which would require the university that the team is competing for, to sign CUT: continued on page 4

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the presentation, a reception WSGA, SAGL, will take place in the art gallery Union host Spring for the India Trip show at 5 p.m.

Break kick-off Art community Washburn Stuopens exhibitions dent Government Association, Student Activities and Greek Life and Memorial Union are hosting a Spring Break kick-off at 1 p.m. Friday, March 11 in the lower level lounge in Memorial Union.

The event will first announce the new WSGA staff, including president and vice president, and the name of the lower level lounge as well as the winners of that naming contest. Students who participate will have the opportunity to receive a free t-shirt and do tie-dying on the Union lawn after the announcements.

Photo gallery details WTE trip

The Photographic Exhibition covering the sociology and anthropology department’s trip to India during Winter Break began on Feb. 29 and will run through March 11. This exhibition covers the experiences of students who traveled to India.

The event will feature photos of their first-hand experiences as well as stories describing their time traveling. The exhibition will be available for the public daily.

The WTE presentation, which covers each students International Education achievement, will be presented on Friday, March 4, at 4 p.m. in the Art building, room 118. Following

In honor of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Kansas City from March 16-19, several members of the Topeka art community are hosting special ceramics exhibitions.

The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library has already opened their exhibition in their Alice C. Sabatini Gallery. The exhibition, Work by Founding Members of NCECA, showcases the work of Paul Soldner, Peter Voulkus, Rudy Autio, Warren MacKenzie and Nan McKinnell, who have each served as president of the NCECA at some point within the last 50 years. The exhibition is open until May 1.

The Mulvane Art Museum is hosting two exhibitions, both opening March 19 and closing on May 14. The 2016 Mulvane Art Museum Juried Ceramics Exhibition will showcase the work of 36 artists from 11 Midwestern states. The exhibition, which was juried by Robert Harrison, will feature ceramics from a variety of styles.

The second exhibition in the Mulvane Art Museum will honor the memory and work of Glenda Taylor, a Washburn art faculty member who was killed in a bicycling accident last June.

The exhibition, titled Prairie Memories: The Art of Glenda Taylor, will showcase Taylor’s work and will center around Taylor’s love for Kansas.

NOTO Arts Center is hosting an exhibition in its Morris Gallery.

Candidates visit Topeka area ahead of ‘Super Saturday’ caucuses

Photo courtesy of Gavin Wade

‘Yuge’ Turnout: Focus on campaigning in Kansas was greater this year by presidential candidates of both parties.

Bernie Sanders visited Kansas City and Lawrence; Marco Rubio visited Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita. Other candidates also spent time on Kansas soil and many Kansans flocked to see and support their candidates of choice before the caucuses on Saturday. The evidence is in the attendance numbers at the parties caucuses on ‘Super Saturday’. 72,253 people were present at the Republican caucus and 39,043 at the Democratic.

The exhibition, called Five Friend Ceramics, will be open from March 5–April 22. The exhibition will feature the work of Chris “Arnie” Arensdorf, Michael Lou Bradley, Ryan Caldwell, Monette Mark and Larry Dean Peters.

There is no charge for admission for any of the exhibitions. There will be a reception at both the Mulvane Art Museum and the Topeka and Shawnee Country Public Library from 2–5 p.m.

March 19.

For more information about the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library exhibition, contact Zan Popp at (785) 580-4586 or zpopp@tscpl.org. For more information about the Mulvane Art Museum exhibitions, contact

Julie Myers at (785) 670-2425 or julie.myers1@washburn.edu.

For more information about the NOTO Arts Center exhibition, contact Larry Peters at (785) 4088996 or larry.peters@att.net.

Grad fair coming to campus

Students who are graduating in May 2016 have the opportunity to visit the grad fair on March 29 in order to purchase caps, gowns, tassels, announcements and other graduation supplies. The fair will take place from 4–6 p.m. in the Washburn

Washburn Campus Police Report March 2 11:25 - Motor vehicle accident.

Parking Lot 7.

Report taken: Photo’s taken.

March 2 09:37 - Information report/Fire alarm.

West Hall.

Report taken: Probable cause burned food: Alarm cleared and reset.

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A Room. For more information, contact Becky Bolte at (785) 6701454 or becky.bolte@washburn. edu.

League of Women Voters sponsors debate watch party

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a watch party for the Democratic debate. The watch party will take place from 7–9 p.m. March 9 in Mabee Library. For more information, contact Sean Bird at (785) 670-1550 or sean.bird@washburn.edu.

The Washburn Review’s crime report follows crime trends on a yearMarch 7 to-year basis. This chart accounts for crime from Jan. 7 to Mar. 7.

13:04 - Information Report/Medical call.

Alcohol Violations - 5% Living Learning Center.

Report taken: Treated at scene: Taken to the Assault - 3% hospital by AMR ambulance.

March 7 20:19 - Information report/Intrusion alarm.

Facility Services.

Report taken: No forced entry: No one found: Alarm cleared and reset.

Burglary (Vehicle) - 15% Criminal Damage - 15% Drug Arrests - 8% Harassment - 8% Theft (Auto) - 13% Traffic Accidents - 20% Theft - 15%

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Students express concern over Lincoln Hall parking adding nearly 400 students in on-campus housing. The concern by most students, those who live both on and off campus; With Washburn adding the new dorm is that they won’t have any room if a new Lincoln Hall, scheduled to be finished by parking lot isn’t added in the near future.

Associate director of construction the fall of 2016, students have become concerned about a possible issue of services at Washburn, Aaron Epps, said there are three projects currently parking on campus.

Lincoln Hall is scheduled to be finished for new parking lots, two of which are and ready for students by next semester, being worked over with contractors and one more currently under design.

How many parking spots will be added has not yet been determined because one of the projects is under design, but with recent spots set aside for the new parking lots, it should be sufficient to hold the new students that will be living on campus.

Ian Fluke, a freshman business major that lives off campus, has trouble finding a spot for his early morning classes and it makes his wake up time even earlier.

“More parking on campus would help me because a lot of the time I have early morning classes.

I have trouble getting up Photo by Brenden Williams and getting to campus, Braving the Cold: Construction workers brave the rain while walking the long distance building the new dorm Lincoln. The new dorm is scheduled to be from wherever I happen to finished by the Fall 2016 semester. find the spot. Also for mid-

Brenden Williams

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Next-door Neighbors: The new dorm Lincoln Hall will be built next to the Phi Delta Theta house on the northeast end of campus. The new dorm is set to hold nearly 400 students.

and I can’t find a place to park during the day. If we were to add a whole other residence hall that’s supposed to carry somewhere around 380, 400 students, without adding any parking, it would create a total mess.”

Lewis went on to say the other parking lot will be a much needed addition to Lincoln Hall.

Brenden Williams, brenden.williams@ washburn.edu, is a freshman mass media major.

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morning classes there’s never parking.

It’s always full and I sometimes have to park off campus and walk a ways.

Sometimes I’m on the other side of campus from my class by the time I find a spot, and when I’m running a little late at first, it turns into very late.”

Joe Lewis, a freshman athletic training major living in Lincoln Hall next year, already has trouble finding places to park.

“It would make it easier living on campus,” Lewis said. “As it is right now, there are times with just the LLC, Kuehne and West parking lot, it fills up

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Washburn updates process for declaration of major Anzhelika Tolstikhina WASHBURN REVIEW

A conversation took place Tuesday, March 1 in the Vogel Room in Memorial Union to discuss the objective goals to retire the current process of major declaration while launching a new and improved version.

Later, on Thursday, March 3, the public met again in Kansas Room to discuss the upcoming changes with Bob Stoller, director of academic advising, Jeannie Cornelius, an academic advisor, and Alan Bearman, dean of university libraries.

Both of the discussions briefly introduced the new system of major declaration, which will closely resemble the old system that the university happened to deviate from. The new program will be consistent with Kansas Board of Regents institutions’ ideals.

Guest speakers identified areas of needed improvement and specified the importance of the

declaration of bers in the demajor process partment they itself in terms are interested of enhancein before they ment of stucan declare dent success. their new maA significant jor. part of the The correct conversation attachment of was dedicatIchabods to ed toward their departdevelopment ment advisors of student unis one of the derstanding main goals in regard to of the new major/minor system that requirements, will serve to required increase onworkload and time graduaexpectations tion. as well as “Students Photo by Ali Dade about specifcan make betic entrance Non-traditional Advising: Jeannie Cornelius, director of academic advising, helps ter decisions, requirements Chris Bowers, a senior history major, choose his classes for next semester. The new and through for programs system for declaring a major may make it easier for students to learn what classes that they can such as the they need to graduate. save time by Nursing not changing School or the physical therapy number of changes in majors. their major so frequently to gradThe decrease will be implement- uate on time,” Bearman said. assistant program.

Another goal that was dis- ed by requiring students to have After the system officially cussed was a decrease in the conversations with faculty mem- launches, My.Washburn will

implement Degree Works along with Degree Audits programs of major declaration that will replace the existing CAPS. “While today’s system is passive and relies very much on already completed requirements without telling a student much of where they headed, Degree Audits will help students in developing a graduation plan and Degree Works will make sure to automatically attach a student to their department advisor.,” Bearman said.

Students will have a chance to find out more information about the new system of major declaration starting at the New Student Orientation during the upcoming summer.

Depending on the progress of the new arrangement, Degree Works and Degree Audits electronic systems are planned to be implemented in 2017.

Anzhelika Tolstikhina, anzhelika.tolstikhina@ washburn.edu, is a junior exercise physiology major.

MENTOR: 100 students involved New organization for students with children low-income students that are new to a college experience. As of today, the Emeriti Mentor Program has grown to have almost 50 mentors and close to 100 students that are getting career guidance.

On the other hand, alumni faculty view their service as worthy and satisfying.

The process will begin with local high school students who get nominated by their schools after being determined to be the first generation students in their family.

“After the summer we will turn our attention to the full semester,” said Alan Bearman, dean of university libraries.

With the Ichabod Success Institute, students will participate in the first academic camp during

the upcoming summer that will proceed for five weeks.

Washburn University is now looking for additional alumni professors who would like to dedicate three to four hours per month toward this endeavor.

The mentorship program is purely volunteer-based and does not involve academic tutoring.

The matching process will occur through developing a set of criteria rather than through random assignment.

Additionally, Washburn will provide new mentors with a training program for guidance and support in their service.

Alumni who are interested in volunteering for this project or know other alumni professors, especially who retired recently, can

contact James Barraclough.

“It is going to be a lot of training, a lot of conversation about just being a friend, helping students develop grit. In other words, teaching them that when the going gets tough, it is not time to give up,” Bearman said.

“My expectation is that this program will improve student success and retention, will help first-generation students feel more comfortable at Washburn, have a better sense of what the university degree leads to and have support from mentors when the going gets tough,” Bearman said.

Anzhelika Tolstikhina, anzhelika. tolstikhina@washburn.edu, is a junior exercise physiology major.

CUT: Department sponsor needed

the letter. To get the letter signed, this would mean the group would need to find a department to function under and that would be willing to sign the letter to enable the Trialin’ Bods to continue to compete and succeed in the way they have been.

Two current members of the Trialin’ Bods, Chase Pumford and Nikki Rodriguez, voiced concern about the cut of funding from the group. Although this is their first year participating in mock trial at Washburn, they both expressed how much it has affected, helped

and will continue to help them in their college experience, but more importantly with their future careers.

“We all want to see the team saved, because we all feel like it’s something that really prepares us well for what we want to do. All of us want to go to law school and be attorneys some day,” said Pumford, a junior psychology major.

Both students expressed their continued interest and dedication to the group. Rodrigez, a junior political science and Spanish double major, also voiced her support.

“We definitely know that we will continue to be a presence on campus next year, and hopefully we can persuade the administration that we are worthwhile,” Rodriguez said.

Despite this roadblock the team will still be heading to their championships later this week in Minnesota to attempt to defeat teams from across the nation and secure their title.

Ali Dade, alexis.dade@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore English major.

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A new organization is coming to campus that will focus on giving students with children resources and support that will be called “Students with Children.”

Their goal is to help serve those students who are parents, guardians and parents-to-be, along with their supporters.

The group plans to connect parents who are students to offer support, discover resources and learn how to manage the demands of their busy lives.

Marissa Coyle, junior history major was encouraged to create this group after realizing that despite daycare services being available for parents and guardians on campus, there were not any groups to support and provide a place for them to thrive.

Coyle’s mother was a non-traditional student at Washburn when Coyle was a child in elementary school, and she fondly recalls spending time watching her mother in the classroom and hopes to provide other children and parents with similar experiences. She explained that watching her mother go back to school helped her see how beneficial it would be to have another resource to help with the transition.

Coyle said that it can be difficult for students who double

as a parents, most of whom are non-traditional students.

Students with Children hopes to provide many resources on campus, including: seminars to help deal with stress management and financial aid, childcare and babysitting, resource and lactation rooms on campus and providing child activity kits through the library.

“The main goal of this group is to help students balance their roles as both parents and students and succeed in both roles,” Coyle said.

Britiany Robinson, treasurer of the group, feels strongly about the effects of the group, not only at Washburn, but in the Topeka community as a whole.

“Getting the local businesses involved that offer child care is important,” Robinson said. “Also, letting people know that there is a group to support and help.”

The group will meet again Thursday, March 10, and hopes that many students will show up, if not those with children, also those who are interested in a career in childcare. The group is planning on providing many great resources, and hope that students as parents will find it helpful.

Ali Dade, alexis.dade@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore English major.

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MARK MEETS WORLD

Voters should not settle for the lesser of two evils Mark Feuerborn

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This year’s presidential election has been a rollercoaster, Ichabods. We’ve seen the rise of a Troll doll-haired, wannabe tyrant with a talent for bringing out the worst of America, the wife of a former President and Guinness World Record holder for number of times switching stances to win voters, a very angry democratic socialist whose wispy white hair gives that fascist a run for his money, and even the Zodiac Killer running for the big seat in the Oval Office. (Yes, I went there.)

With all of the extremes in play here, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents are all getting a little nervous for their respective parties. Many Democrats supporting Bernie Sanders

were terrified when Hillary Clinton won big during Super Tuesday. The entire GOP also erupted in panic when Donald Trump crushed the opposition during the same primary voting day. It was a time when many began to seriously consider switching sides, disgusted by the thought of ever voting for their party’s frontrunner, and some even considered abstaining from the democratic process altogether.

I believe that we all need to push these kinds of thoughts out of our heads. We are much too far away from nomination time to even consider dropping our respective beloved candidates. Just four days after Super Tuesday, we saw another round of primaries that yielded much more pleasant results. Trump no longer exhibited dominance over the Republican

delegates as Ted Cruz swooped in for a string of victories, and Bernie Sanders also had a comeback in three states, including our state of Kansas. Kansas, you did great.

It’s not enough to root for your candidate from the sidelines. Get in the game, get educated and help get them from the primaries to the general election. Kansas’ caucus may be over, but one can still volunteer for their candidate’s campaign to help rally their support.

We are far enough into the elec-

tion to know which candidates will compete for the nomination, but not far enough to know which one of those will secure it. We must keep supporting our chosen candidate. Their chance for nomination dies when our support does. I believe that all of the candidates at this point have a healthy chance. Except for Trump; Trump supporters please stay 50 yards away from your nearest voting precinct. Granted, Republicans at this point are choosing between a fascist and a serial killer, so I don’t know what to tell them.

(I’m kidding.)

Mark Feuerborn, mark. feuerborn@washburn.edu, is a sophomore mass media major.

“In Review” A weekly editorial Failed Kansas experiment needs logical solution Kansas’ state revenue for February came up short, but is that really a surprise to anyone?

The state’s tax receipts were $53 million short of estimates for the month. Individual income taxes were down by $27 million and sales taxes down $12 million according to the Kansas Department of Revenue.

Governor Sam Brownback claimed the shortfall was more to do with economic problems and less to do with his administration’s tax policies and that may be true. The oil and agriculture economies have seen a downturn and other Midwestern states are seeing some economic pains too. But the fact that we are this volatile in the budget shows that we are continuing toward a precipice in funding.

Among the “fixes” for this shortfall was to cut $17 million in funding from the state’s six universities. Additionally, the newest budget bill empowers the governor to make specific cuts in the event unexpected shortfalls like this one.

This whole situation is a symptom of a bigger problem. The tax policy. The governor won’t concede to the fact that the income tax exemption for 330,000 businesses is really hurting the state.

The administration says this is a “one-month blip” but what if it isn’t?

While the budget passed in

February repairs a projected $200 million shortfall, it only leaves a reserve of $6 million.

Additionally, the state has yet to address the issue of K-12 funding.

A recent Kansas Supreme court ruling ordered the Legislature to adequately fund schools constitutionally by June 30 or school system will face a shutdown for the 2016-17 year. By some estimates, this could require an additional $100 million.

To add to that, lawmakers have also been talking about reducing even more taxes in the form of the grocery tax.

When will they understand that this is less to do with an economic problem and more to do with a tax policy problem – the reverse of what the governor claims? Sure, spending needs to be addressed. But the solution is not to slowly gut the education funding of the state.

The fact that every month – it seems – there is a report about Kansas budget not being adequate shows that the policy is unstable at best. We are the only state facing this type of revenue volatility. That should tell lawmakers something, but instead they keep pressing forward like nothing is wrong.

As the governor and legislature continue to put ideology ahead of practicality, we as citizens of Kansas should understand that

we too have a part to play in the blame. We had a chance to change course in 2014 during election season. The majority of the state chose the status quo.

While we should continue to put pressure on our elected officials to bring back sanity to the budget, we should also start

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supporting politicians that have their heads on straight: ones that put the welfare of the state ahead of ideology. This tax experiment has failed. Let’s work to fix that in 2016.

- The Editorial Staff

This is a water level problem, not a buoyancy problem

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Baseball drops series to NSU, 2-1

Ichabods set to face off against William Jewell March 9 in four-game home stand Frankie Estanol

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The baseball team (7-7) traveled to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for an MIAA three-game series against Northeastern State University. This was Coach Harley Douglas’ first outing against NSU as the two teams did not play each other last season.

The Ichabods are now 3-3 in the MIAA after dropping two of three games against the RiverHawks. They lost in a close one the first game Friday, 8-7. Saturday, Washburn’s bats came to life while scoring 15 runs and scattering 16 hits. However, the Ichabods went cold falling 9-1 Sunday.

The first game saw a 7-5 washburn lead dissipate after three straight runs

by Northeastern State and eventually lost the game, 8-7.

The RiverHawks struck first in the bottom of the third inning with a twoout double breaking a scoreless game making it 1-0.

Another single put runners on first and third with two outs. Washburn pitcher Mike Hefferan could not find a way to get out of the jam as the next Northeastern hit was a three-run home run pushing the NSU lead to 4-0.

Washburn responded scoring seven

runs over the course of three straight innings.

Parker Gibson got the first Ichabod hit of the game after a single up the middle.

Two costly back-to-back errors

by Northeastern in the fourth inning allowed for Gibson and Kyle Carnahan to score off sac-flies and cut Northeastern’s lead to 4-2.

The momentum was beginning to change in the top of the fifth inning as Kasey Clark walked, putting Washburn’s only second baserunner of the game on base.

Zane Mapes then doubled, scoring Clark to reduce the deficit to 4-3.

In the bottom of the fifth the RiverHawks took advantage of an Ichabod error getting one run off a twoout RBI, pushing Northeastern’s lead back up to 5-3.

The sixth inning consisted of more scoring for both teams. Washburns Riley Krane singled for only the third hit of the game followed by Carnahan’s clutch 2-run blast that tied up the game 5-5.

WU ultimately took the lead 7-5 in the inning after Payton Soicher’s sac fly scored David Gauntt, and Lance Barkley scored from third on another fielding error by NSU. However three

*Records are regular season conference records.

0-6 Central Oklahoma

4-2 Fort Hays State

3-3 Nebraska Kearney

5-1 Lincoln

Northwest Missouri

4-2 Missouri Western

3-3 Washburn

Missouri Southern

3-3 Southwest Baptist

0-6

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Lindenwood

2-4 Central Missouri

5-1 Northeastern State

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enough as Washburn sealed the ball game with seven straight runs, winning 15-6.

On the final day it was a game that featured leaving runners on base for Washburn and a couple big-run innings for Northeastern State.

A solo home run by the RiverHawks put Washburn down 1-0 in the second, and it grew to 2-0 in the third off a twoout RBI single by NSU. It was a close game through six innings with NSU up 2-0, but Washburn could just buy a run, putting runners in scoring position in six innings and coming up empty every time.

Two three-run home runs in back-toback innings increased Northeastern’s lead to 9-0 and diminished Washburn’s hopes of a comeback. The Ichabods got on the board in the ninth innning when Wes Jones’ single up the middle scored pinch runner JB Early.

The Ichabods lost 9-1.

Next up for baseball is a four-game home stand, starting with William Jewell on March 9.

Frankie Estanol, frankie.estanol@ washburn.edu, is a junior communication studies major.

Softball goes 2-2 on road

MIAA Baseball Records Pittsburg State

straight runs from the RiverHawks ended the Ichabods chances as they fell 8-7.

On Saturday the Ichabods evened up the series as they had a field day scoring 15 runs and scattering 21 hits.

It marked the fifth game where the team has scored more then 10 runs including a 5-0 record.

Kyle Carnahan started the game off being hit-by-pitch, then scored off David Gauntt’s double. Gauntt raced home on Lance Barkley’s single while Tanner Triggs followed with an RBI single of his own, increasing Washburn’s lead 3-0, before being thrown out at second to end the inning.

In the bottom of the first Northeastern scored only one after a double and single made the score 3-1.

Back-to-back doubles by Zane Mapes and Payton Soicher pushed the the Ichabod lead back to 4-1. Parker Gibson’s base hit sent Soicher home adding to the score, 5-1.

A Northeastern home run in the third inning cut the Washburn lead to 5-2.

The Ichabods continued the scoring as Gibson’s sac-fly scored one in the fifth and Payton Soicher’s 2-run home run in the sixth put Washburn ahead 8-2.

NSU would score four more times in the bottom of the sixth but it was not

3-3 Emporia State

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The softball team (6-7, 2-2 in MIAA play) took a four-game road trip over the weekend to open up MIAA conference play.

The team drove into Jefferson City , Missouri Friday, sweeping a two-game series against Lincoln University of Missouri.

On Saturday Washburn traveled to St. Charles, Missouri for another twogame MIAA series against Lindenwood University.

In game one, the Bods scored the game’s first five runs, taking the lead and never looking back with the Blue Tigers only putting up one run in the game total.

The Ichabods struck first when Erin Keeney doubled to send Megan Stegman home. Marina Quimby then singled in Sierra Kemp in the second inning making the score 2-0.

Washburn’s next three innings were big, scoring two or more runs in every inning, which was too much for Lincoln to handle.

Taylor Zimmerman’s three-run shot in the third inning pushed WU’s lead to 5-0.

In the fourth, the Ichabods exploded for six runs.

Zimmerman ended the game with her third home and seventh RBI leading Washburn to a 13-1 win. She tied a school record with 7 RBI and hitting three home

runs.

The second game WU scored four firstinning runs from sac-fly RBI from Cassidy Merriman and RBI double from Keeney, followed by Zimmerman’s fourth multirun home run of the day.

Lincoln scored its only run in the second inning, cutting the Ichabod lead 4-1.

Washburn would score five more runs and take game two, 9-1.

Saturday, WU was swept by Lindenwood.

In the first game Washburn did not get their first hit until the fifth inning when Haylee Marsteller singled with one out, the scored remained 3-0 Lindenwood.

The Lions would add two more runs before the Ichabods finally put two runs up in the sixth inning, cutting the deficit 5-2.

Lindenwood would score two more runs and win the game 7-2.

In game two, Washburn led 1-0 after the first when Cassidy Merriman was able to steal home. Two runs by the Lions helped snatch the lead before the Ichabods took the lead back in. Lindenwood took the lead for good in the third inning scoring two more runs of its own.

With the score 5-3, the Ichabods tried for a rally in the seventh but came up one run short. Washburn fell 5-4.

Frankie Estanol, frankie.estanol@ washburn.edu, is a junior communication studies major.

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Ichabods take game 5-4 against Cowley College Lisa Herdman

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The Washburn men’s tennis team won against Cowley County Community College 5-4 in an exhibition match March 6, winning two of

Photo by Lisa Herdman

Strong Serve: Zach Hampton poses to serve the ball in a doubles match.

three doubles matches and two of three singles matches.

The matches began at noon and were subject to fast winds leading to a lot of balls missing their mark and turning over points to the other team. In the last doubles match the Cowley Tigers fell due to multiple balls deflected by the net back to their side.

This is the Ichabods’ fifth meet this semester, and a third win after two losses. A crowd of over 20 people, including players’ families, came to watch the event. The number slowly grew as the games went on, turning into more than 30 attendees.

A total of six singles games and three double games were played.

Two points for Washburn were won in the doubles and three points in the singles, narrowly winning against Cowley.

The first point was accumulated by Washburn in doubles after Alejandro Valarezo Plaza and Blake Hunter defeated Lucas Frejtas and Nick Liddy 8-3.

Another point was picked up when Matt Barlow, who has an overall season score of 10-4 in his previous games, and Zach Hampton defeated Lukas Michenka and Toby Timms 8-3. These two matches stayed pretty one-sided, taking less than 45 minutes to complete.

In the heat of a doubles match on court No. 2, a Cowley Tiger fell over the net, spun and missed the ball,

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Standing Tall: The Washburn University men’s tennis team getting ready to face Cowley County Community College.

leading to a point for Washburn.

In the singles games Valarezo Plaza defeated Lucas Frejtas 6-3 earning a point for Washburn. Barlow won against Vincent Bernaw 6-4 in a closer match, but was able to make a comeback. Hunter won his match in singles 6-3 and 6-0 over Jose Castro, earning Washburn a third point in singles.

The scoring was fairly tied up until Washburn was able to pull a third point in singles matches and take the

game. Washburn’s current season has an overall record of 4-2 including their last home game.

The Washburn men’s tennis team will play another home game at noon Saturday, March 12 against Hastings College.

Lisa Herdman, lisa.herdman@ washburn.edu, is a senior Enlgish and mass media double major.

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Music faculty, students join together in concert Anna Ciummo

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Students and faculty from the Washburn Music Department held a recital March 2, featuring strings and woodwind instruments.

“A Chamber Music Concert” was hosted at White Concert Hall and featured three different classical ensembles. The Washburn Honors Woodwind Quintet performed Gustav Holst’s “Wind Quintet in A-flat Major.”

Next, the Meadowlark Faculty Trio, another woodwind ensemble, performed “Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon,” by Julius Rontgen.

Finally, the Fetter Honors String Quartet finished the recital with Dmitri Shostakovich’s “String Quartet 1 in C Major.”

Bridget Minellono is the bassoonist for the Washburn Honor’s Woodwind Quintet, and is a junior computer science major.

“It’s one of the higher-up groups at Washburn,” Minellono said about the quintet. “It’s a high honor to be in the group.”

The quintet is also composed

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Fine Tuned: From left to right, Zachary Cope, Samantha Silver, Brett Lytle and Ryan Masotto stand as the Fetters Honors String Quartet. Cope has also studied as a Scholar Singer, and Masotto in the violin in addition to the viola.

of Colleen Dilmore on the flute, Jillian Kincaid on the oboe, Allison Budke on the clarinet and Mary Johnson on the horn.

“Washburn has a great pro-

gram,” Minellono said. “They teach us well. I love it and enjoy my time.”

The Meadowlark Faculty Trio was a group of Washburn

Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), who is tricking people into buying repurposed foods at a higher price than where he bought them. Later, she is approached by the wife of one of the missing predators, and much to Bogo’s chagrin, she takes the case.

She allies herself with Nick to help find the missing animal and as they uncover more clues they find that the disappearances might lead to a bigger conspiracy than they could have imagined.

The cast should be praised in its entirety. Most characters only appear in one or two scenes, but the performances are incredibly memorable and entertaining.

Although the two cast members that should be highly praised are Goodwin and Bateman. Both give some of the best voice acting I’ve ever heard. Their characters are flawed and interesting

and there are plenty of moments with them where you feel their pain and sadness, all this thanks to the terrific actors behind the microphone.

The real charm and brilliance of “Zootopia” is in its underlying themes. Despite being a talented police officer, Judy is constantly belittled for her status as a rabbit. Replace the word bunny or rabbit at any time with the word woman and you will realize the parallels between Judy’s difficulties trying to become a police officer and the difficulties placed upon women who try and take on traditionally “male” professions.

Nick and other predators within the film are often stereotyped as dangerous or savage. Replace “predator” with the word “minority” and you can see the films brilliantly comments on the stereotyped view of racial

music faculty with Dr. Rebecca Meador, flute; Dr. Katherine Woolsey, oboe; and Leigh Munoz, bassoon.

The Fetter Honors String

Quartet finished the recital. The two violinists were Zachary Cope and Samantha Silver, Ryan Masotto on the viola, and Brett Lytle playing the cello. Yu-Fang Chen, violinist and assistant professor of music at Washburn, is the quartet’s coach.

“I’ve worked with the group for around a half a year,” Chen said.

The group is fairly new, with the cellist, Brett Lytle, as the newest member.

“They have become much more mature musicians,” Chen said. “Not only verbally, but musically as well. [Being in this group] is helping to shape them.”

Chen said that the quartet is planning on visiting Italy in the summer for the International Music Festival. She is assured that the string quartet is good enough to take on the challenge.

“They will all do really good in the future,” she said. “No matter what they decided, they will have a great career.”

Anna Ciummo, anna. ciummo@washburn.edu, is a freshman English major.

‘Zootopia’ comments on race in terrific action, mystery Andrew Shermoen

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“Zootopia” will go down as one of Disney’s finest. Disney is at its best when their kid-friendly films are able to seamlessly include satiric commentary that resonate with adult audiences.

This doesn’t mean that children will not understand the subtle undertones of “Zootopia.” In fact, my assumption is that kids and adults alike will take a lot away from this movie.

Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) is the first rabbit cop for the city of Zootopia, a city of promise where Judy hopes she can finally achieve her dreams. Police Chief Bogo reveals that the top priority case is a large amount of missing animals, all of them predators, but he assigns Judy to parking duty. On her first day she meets a con artist fox named

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All of these brilliant themes are wrapped into an incredibly entertaining animated film with a great mystery as well. Great performances, loveable characters and an important message for both kids and adults makes “Zootopia” not only one of my

favorite Disney films, but a film that everyone should see.

Andrew Shermoen, andrew. shermoen@washburn.edu, is a junior secondary English education major.

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Euphonium, tuba recital held Comedy ‘Whiskey by professor from Washington Tango Foxtrot’ leaves audiences wanting Andrew Shermoen

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Dr. Chris Dickey, a clinical assistant professor of music from Washington State University, entertained attendees at a concert Thursday, March 3, at White Concert Hall.

The concert was attended by citizens of the community, Washburn music students and professors to hear the musical ability of the low brass master.

Dickey has had a long career in the performing arts, and his current workload at Washington State is proof of this. He teaches undergraduate and graduate studios for euphonium and tuba. He is a conductor for the university’s brass ensemble, and he is a teacher of music literature and theory courses. He also performs in the faculty’s brass quintet. He’s also involved outside of Washington State, has served as a clinician throughout the Pacific Northwest, is on the board of directors for the International Tuba-Euphonium Association and has judged many collegiate music festivals.

When it comes to teaching there are many different points that Dickey focuses on. He is dedicated to “expanding the repertoire for the tuba and euphonium,” an insert provided at the concert said.

The professor spends his sum-

mers teaching at the Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana.

Dickey has also had an illustrious performance career as well.

He serves as the principal tuba in the Washington-Idaho Symphony, is a founding member of the Northwest Brass and has performed in several different symphony performances. The man has also soloed with many different Northwest groups and has served as co-host of the Northwest Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference in 2013.

Dickey opened with Walter Ross’ “Concerto for Euphonium,” a three-movement piece. The first movement, titled “Fantasia,” was a boisterous celebration of music.

“Chorale variations,” the second piece, had a slower tempo, giving a sense of contemplating the power of music and poetry itself.

The final movement in the concerto was titled “Scherzo,” which is Italian for “joke,” which matched the upbeat and jovial sense of the music. The sound of the euphonium matched perfectly with the song’s tone almost sounding like a boisterous and hearty laugh.

Another movement that audience members seemed to enjoy was an adaptation of George Gershwin’s song “Someone to Watch Over Me,” which appeared in the musical “Oh, Kay!” The song has

lyrics which normally accompany it, that normally suits a lower voice such as a baritone or an alto. This makes the euphonium a perfect substitute for replacing a voice with an instrument.

Dickey’s re-creation of this jazz standard was not only beautiful, but got a lot of applause from the audience.

He ended the concert with another multi-movement piece called “Sonata for Tuba and Piano” by Benjamin Thomas. The first movement titled “Allegro Moderato,” which means moderately fast, gave the tone of a person traveling at a fast pace, the rush of modern life, and how time does not seem to slow to compromise with our packed schedules.

Dr. Dickey plans to continue to move forward with his teaching at Washington State University. Teaching students to master their craft, as well as write pieces of music for his instruments of choice. His performance at White Concert Hall impressed both Washburn faculty and music students alike.

Andrew Shermoen, andrew. shermoen@washburn.edu, is a junior secondary English education major.

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When someone wants to switch up their routine, they might take a new route to work or change their hair. They don’t generally take an assignment in the Middle East on a whim.

In Tina Fey’s latest pet project, journalist Kim Baker does just that without any prior experience with or knowledge of the culture. Quickly finding herself overwhelmed as a war correspondent, she befriends fellow journalists Tanya and Iain and immerses herself in the experience.

This movie brought a lot of charisma to the table. Based on Kim Barker’s memoir “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” producer and lead actress Fey gives the role due humor and seriousness. She gives a solid performance against the backdrop of the violent, chaotic war setting, and made a respectable effort in the film’s direction to keep it as unoffensive to the culture as possible.

The story follows her as she learns from Tanya (Margot Robbie) and Iain (Martin Freeman), enjoying the high-adrenaline lifestyle that the job brings as well as learning about the country and the war from an Afghani perspective. Between the partying and the comedy comes some ugly realities, such as the violence and inhumanity of war and how morally wrong it is to exploit that for the high ratings.

What the film lacked was focus. After Baker initially arrives in Afghanistan, the story becomes choppy. As with Fey’s typical style, her films are funny and smart, but lack fluidity scene-to-scene, often flipping between dialogue-heavy drama and absurdist physical comedy.

Not every joke hits home either. The satire could have been better fleshed out and poignant.

When given the choice, the film chose light-hearted, sillier jokes instead of opting for cleverer, less obvious punchlines.

This film was fun, but too much so for the setting and subject matter. Our main cast spent the vast majority of the story partying on par with characters from “The Hangover,” so when those more dramatic scenes began to unfold in the second half of the film, it came off clunky

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Read All About It: Tina Fey’s interest in the film stems from reading a 2011 New York Times book review of the source material. In it, reviewer Michiko Kakutani compared the author to Fey for her brand of tonguein-cheek comedy.

and disjointed. The plot is based off of true events, but it’s obvious what was genuine and what was reworked or added in for the big screen.

My favorite aspect of this movie was the characters.

Amidst a choppy plot with questionable direction, Fey, Robbie, and Freeman brought the charm and humanity to a flailing story.

I particularly enjoyed the friendship between Fey’s and Robbie’s characters, Kim and Tanya. These were two intelligent, likable women in a strange situation, and their easy banter and lively dynamic kept me invested when the plot often failed.

There wasn’t any shortage of laughter in “Whisky Tango Foxtrot,” nor did it lack action or intrigue. It had a strong main cast and characters worth getting to know. However, it was thematically unclear, paced awkwardly and not as relevant as it wanted to be. This is film is a good time and worth checking out with your friends, but you’re better off renting it.

Colleen Kelly, colleen.kelly@ washburn.edu, is a junior secondary English education major.