Washburn Review - March 7, 2018 - Issue 21

Providing a voice for Washburn students since 1897 Volume 144, Issue 21

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Ask, listen, refer WU implements 20-minute online suicide prevention course for faculty, staff, students Julia Eilert Washburn Review julia.eilert@washburn.edu

A shift in values has allowed for a more open discussion about topics that affect our peers and how we can help.

Washburn is helping its students talk about hard issues, like suicide, with its online training program “Ask, Listen, Refer.”

“It’s an awesome program- it’s designed to help prevent suicides, so it gives us some great tools to recognize warning signs, and it gives us some of the risk factors for suicide,” said Emily Meyerhoffer-Kubalik, university counselor. “It also does well with talking about how we actually talk to people we’re concerned about.”

The course takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, and must be completed in one session. It is open to all students and faculty, and gives important lessons on suicide and factors leading up to it.

“I just did the training recently, and I thought it was really good. There was broad information, but there was also specific information relating to Washburn and the area,” said Katey Staatz, sophomore, psychology major, “It was really useful because on campus everybody can be affected, so knowing how those things directly apply is important.”

Starting off with hard-hitting statistics, the “Ask, Listen, Refer” program dives right in with its intention to educate. It includes numbers for college students,

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as well as other age groups.

According to the program, over 50 percent of college students have reported thinking about suicide at some point during their life, and during the 2015-2016 academic year, around 9.6 percent of college students reported “seriously considering” suicide.

The curriculum is very inclusive, as it stresses that some of the main risk factors can be enhanced in minority groups, veterans and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

“One of the strengths of the program is that it does allow us to get specific statistics on Washburn’s campus, so what our risk factors would look like based on statistics and stuff like that,” said Meyerhoffer-Kubalik, “We know that it’s happening, and we know that students and people in general deal with suicidal thoughts around us.”

Following the informational portion, the program goes over ways to reach out and help those that might be struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.

There are short videos outlining conversations and tips on bringing the subject to light.

“Being able to tie things together and know these risks is a huge benefit of the program,” said Staatz, “Being able to see this in other people, so maybe if they can’t come to you, you can instead come to them and be able to help.”

This program acknowledges that talking about this sensitive topic can be hard, but being prepared can save lives. There are resources available on campus and off, starting with counseling services and support systems. Training can help students be more prepared and comfortable with helping others through thoughts of suicide.

“I love this program because it applies for students, it applies for faculty and staff, we all work with people, so I think being able to have those conversations and recognize those warning signs is helpful for everybody,” said Meyerhoffer-Kubalik, “It’s okay to express concern for someone and ask that person if they’re okay or thinking about suicide.”

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A massive beach ball decorated the sidewalk in front of the Union March 6.

“It [the beach ball] is in the name of Freedom of Speech,” said Shyanna Burns, president of Young Americans for Liberty. “Freedom of Speech should be anywhere and everywhere in the United States, because it is our constitutional right.”

Many students wrote on the ball, and were given the freedom to write whatever they pleased.

“They can write quotes, they can draw images, they can write a movement hashtag — whatever they want,” said Burns.

One student even drew an elaborate illustration of Albert Einstein.

“I would love for Washburn students to continue to spread the word of freedom of speech,” said Burns. “And to continue to let anyone and everyone know that—no matter what their views are—that they should feel free to say whatever they want and shouldn’t hold back.”

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Mercader honored for outstanding work Steven Dennis Washburn Review steven.dennis@washburn.edu

The Student Life Achieving Excellence Award is a monthly award given by Student Life celebrating a faculty or staff member.

“We give it out once a month, September through May, we don’t give it out in the summer months,” said Jackie Askren, executive assistant to the vice president of Student Life. “It is an award that we give that recognizes a faculty or staff Photo by Steven Dennis member who demonstrates Mercader of Washburn’s excellence in working with our Rodrigo biology department stands proudly students or student groups or having won February’s Student Life Achieving Excellence Award. organizations.”

All Washburn faculty and what drove me to biology: staff members are eligible so understanding how species long as they fit the criteria and interact,” said Mercader. “It have not won the award in the kind of starts out with looking last five years. Any member of at a community, then you the community may nominate notice a community is just a faculty or staff member made of multiple interactions either by submitting a form between creatures. So, to online or to the Student Life understand how a community office in Morgan Hall. is put together, how “We have some criteria,” communities said Askren. differ, you need “Enjoying “We ask how the to understand person that you student their are nominating interactions.” interactions is helps educate what got me into notInteractions the students, only teaching. When brought how that person helps engage you start talking Mercader to the, whether to students, you the field of on campus or biology, but get completely also to a career the Topeka community, different versions in teaching. and then how “Enjoying of how the that person has world works. It is student enriched their interactions is experience here very exciting… what got me at Washburn, into teaching,” It is not one whether that said Mercader. directional at be leadership “When you skills, classroom all; you get start talking to or community this really cool students, you work.” get completely dynamic with Mercader different your students.” versions of is an associate professor of the how the world -Rodrigo department of works. It is Mercader biology, focusing very exciting… primarily on the It is not one organismal level and above like directional at all; you get this entomology. really cool dynamic with your “My primary areas of students.” teaching are organismal, and In addition to receiving ecology and evolution,” said the Student Life Achieving Mercader.

Excellence Award, Mercader is In addition to teaching now eligible for the Muriel D. in lecture and lab classes, Clarke Award, which is given Mercader performs research. out toward the end of each “I study plant and insect academic year. interactions,” said Mercader.

“Out of the recipients each “So, I am primarily interested month, we have an overall in how herbivores… evolved winner.” with plants, how those Nominations for the interactions evolved and “Student Life Achieving also [I] look quite a bit at Excellence award” are taken management implications of at all times of the year and are those interactions, particularly accepted for all Washburn staff with looking at invasive and faculty. species. So, I look at how to Any member of the try to control invasive species community can nominate an and what their management outstanding staff or faculty needs, conservation… or city member by either submitting or agriculture.” a form online found in Mercader finds these the achieving excellence interaction between organisms announcement emails or inand species both pivotal to person to the Student Life nature and fascinating to study. office in Morgan Hall.

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‘When they go low, we go high’ Julia Eilert Washburn Review julia.eilert@washburn.edu

This Gender Brown Bag talk began with a simple question from a student, and ended up in a conference paper and even in a soon to be published book.

“It really just started with Sarah walking into my office one day and saying ‘I want to know more about rhetorical criticism, tell me more,’” said Jim Schnoebelen, associate professor in communication studies, “So, I set up a directed study and she analyzed the speech in her own way. It was a really cool experience for me, and for her as an undergraduate, to get that

experience.”

Schnoebelen and Sarah Dweik, senior communications major, held their Gender Brown Bag talk from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 in the Lincoln Room.

The two discussed First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech in October of 2016 in New Hampshire. This specific speech was in response to the Access Hollywood tape that had been released involving President Trump and the things he said during the video.

“The Access Hollywood tape was Donald Trump talking really terribly about women,” said Schnoebelen, “And some of the comments, people thought, were

tantamount to him saying that he’s engaged in sexual assault, and non-consensual things.”

Showing clips to emphasize their points, the duo took turns speaking about how Michelle Obama handled the topic in a way that she would be heard and respected.

“Although it is extremely gendered, we notice in the political scene that women do have to use that in order to been seen as credible and having a good understanding of things in politics,” said Dweik, “By building that bond with her audience, she was able to prove that sexual assault is a cultural issue, not just a women’s issue.”

The focus of the analysis was on Michelle Obama’s

use of feminine style, and the other tactics she used to relate to her audience, such as sharing personal stories and convictions.

“Her use of the feminine style, which made her look more feminine, more culturally acceptable, was used in a way to let her talk about a very taboo, troubling subject matter in a public, political space,” said Schnoebelen, “We look at that speech as an outstanding example of a first lady address on a fairly controversial subject.”

Dweik and Schnoebelen’s participation in this studentfaculty collaborative research won’t just end with this talk.

Next month they will be presenting their research at the

Central States Communication Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

They have also submitted their work to be included in a book about Michelle Obama’s time as First Lady that is set to be published by the end of this year.

“I think that one goal is that people will appreciate the speech- because it was a good speech,” said Schnoebelen.

“After that video came out, we didn’t feel good about a lot of things. And it was a speech that made you feel good. It is a good example of also how a political speech can be used to empower an audience if you let it.”

#PressforProgress: Washburn and Women’s Day Emily Unruh Washburn Review emily.unruh@washburn.edu

With the recent scandals in Hollywood, the accusations against high ranking politicians and the #MeToo movement still going strong, this year’s International Women’s Day is bound to cover a lot.

Every year on March 8, global women’s organizations, movements, charities and businesses band together in marches, performances and rallies for the fight toward gender equality. According to the UN, the first National Women’s Day was observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909.

Other nations steadily added their own Women’s Day, often as a mechanism for protesting World War 1. In 1975, the UN officially celebrated Women’s Day on March 8, making it an International event.

This year, the theme is

#PressforProgress, and the official International Women’s Day website argues, “We can’t be complacent. Now, more than ever, there’s a strong call-to-action to press forward and progress gender parity. A strong call to #PressforProgress. A strong call to motivate and unite friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender inclusive.”

The 2017 theme, #BeBoldForChange, was used by the US women’s hockey team to press for fair wages.

The women said they would boycott the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship unless they could make progress in negotiations with USA Hockey. The women shared messages on social media asking to be paid the same, and receive the same treatment as the men’s team.

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A press is necessary when in 2017, the World Economic Forum found that at the current rate of progress, the global gender gap will take 100 years to close, with an estimated 68 percent of the gap closed currently. This number includes gaps across health, education, politics and the workplace, and 2017 was the first time, since 2006 that the gap grew wider.

In 2016, the gap was estimated to take 83 years to close, but the pillars of economic opportunity and political empowerment saw a widening in the past year.

These widening areas bring particular concern because they have always been the largest, and until this year, the World Economic Forum registered them as the fastest to progress.

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believes that the widening gap can partly be attributed to “the fact that we have a lot of leadership right now, that has a lot of sexist tendencies. He [President Donald Trump] in turn is putting other people in power with the same ideals.”

Dressman said that one of the implications for the widening gap could be that “wages for women would go down [and] our nation is starting one of the first trade wars in forever between Trump and China, so prices go up because our leadership has taken that direction.”

Washburn University is helping to continue the conversation on International Women’s Day by hosting a Coffee Talk from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 in the Union Underground.

Freshman biology major, Evelyn Martinez said she hopes that they discuss equal

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Martinez spoke about how when students graduate, they want to get jobs, but the pay gap is of concern for many young female students.

“If they do the same work they should be paid the same,” said Martinez.

Lewis says that college women should campaign in order to guarantee a better future for women everywhere.

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Patron to the arts, inspiration to all Julia Eilert Washburn Review julia.eilert@washburn.

From social work, education, ceramics and everything in between, Michael Bradley is leading a busy life.

“I really like interacting on a direct, one-onone basis as a peer to younger people. These are kids that are going to have great careers if they pursue ceramics, or Photo by Julia Eilert they’re gonna Patron of the arts: Michael Bradley, an auditor of Washburn have a great life classes, demonstrates how an individual can make a big doing ceramics impact on the Washburn art community. part time,” said for.

Bradley, “Being another one “He is so reachable, and it of the ‘studio rats’ is just what is so comfortable talking to I want to do.”

Born and raised in Wichita, him- if you need to space or anything you can talk to him,” Bradley received a degree at said Kritika Shelly, senior art KU and completed graduate work on elementary education. major. “As a mentor, he will give us good advice, and he Following that, he went and taught classes for several years does things for people without any benefit for himself, which in Australia. After Australia, I think is the greatest quality Bradley earned a ceramics about him.” degree and went into social Along with being a student, work for 28 years.

Bradley is involved with “Right now, some of it is WPC and helps students with just learning stuff that I didn’t community outreach. learn as an undergraduate.

“He’s one of the leaders in Part way through my the community as far as art is undergraduate, I had an injury concerned, and I’ve never met and couldn’t lift more than anyone who doesn’t absolutely five pounds, I couldn’t wedge, I couldn’t throw, I couldn’t do love him,” said Harvey anything that a typical ceramic Flowers, senior art major. “He has a really good connection artist does,” said Bradley. with people in general, and His injury didn’t slow he’s a phenomenal artist.” him down, as he went on Bradley is involved with with a different, but no less printmaking, and rents a studio exciting path in the art world, in NOTO in Topeka with his with several pieces making partner. At Washburn, Bradley their way into exhibits and has helped install murals, find museums. business opportunities and “I’m getting back into pots. helped students in a variety of Most of what I was doing ways. before was sculptural, so I’m “He’s always looking out relearning the basic ceramics for helping us find a good stuff that everybody oughta know,” said Bradley. “I’m also deal on equipment, and he’s been very willing to give tons doing some sculptural things, of his time,” said Monette sort of talking about things Mark, ceramic professor. “He’s I’m concerned about, things helped us create associations that I’m embarrassed to be with different places here in leaving to the next generation town where we’ve been able to to be solved, like the energy go out in the community and issues, and global warming spread artwork with kids.” and race relations. A whole Within his time here, variety of things that I think Bradley has deeply impacted my generation has really f--the Washburn art department, -- up.” and opened up many While Bradley started off possibilities for the entire with an unlikely beginning, community. He is helping with he is currently a patron of and working on a few projects the arts here at Washburn. As at the moment. Currently, he part of the over-60 program, Bradley has been taking classes is preparing to make pieces for NOTO’s ‘Artists Speak’ exhibit for the last five semesters, that happens every two years and is currently enrolled in a before elections. ceramics class.

“There’s so many things “This was a way, after that could go wrong, that retiring, to get back into clay, we all must be totally crazy which I really enjoy, and it’s a great program that Washburn to try to make this medium work for us,” said Bradley. has,” said Bradley. “It allows us to use the facilities and take “There’s a long way to go from conceptualization to product, a class, continue learning, but the reality is that whenever participate with the young people just starting out in their people have come together historically, when people work careers- which keeps us all together and interact with young, I think.” each other, that’s when the His camaraderie with the greatest achievements have traditional students is also something Bradley is admired been made.”

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By 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, all midterm grades will be entered and finalized.

TSCPL Bookmobile

The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library will be parking their bookmobile from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Thursday, March 8 at the Quincy Street Station.

The bookmobile is open to anyone in the public.

Participants can browse books, movies and music for all ages. Library cards can also be given and items checked out.

Coffee Talk

The Memorial Union will be hosting a Coffee Talk from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8 in the Union Underground.

The talk will be focused on International Women’s Day. There will be coffee and other beverages available. The event is free to all Washburn students.

Getting to Know Korea

The International Center of Topeka is hosting the cultural event “Getting to Know Korea” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, March 9 at the Washburn Institute of Technology on 5724 SW Huntoon St. There will be food samplings, music, educational programs and other activities.

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Active Bystander Training

Washburn will be hosting active bystander training from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 9 in Mabee Library, Room 105.

Participants will be able to increase awareness, develop safe intervening skills and help create change on the WU campus. This event is free to all Washburn students. To sign up for a spot, visit www.Facebook.com/ WUstandtogether.

All Night at the REC

Washburn’s Student Recreation Center will be hosting a night of activities from 11:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., Friday, March 9 at the SRWC. There will be food, bingo, archery tag and other games.

Participants can win prizes and use the photo booth. This event is free and open to all Washburn students.

Bees & Butterflies

Washburn will be hosting an expert talk given by a K-State researcher from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 10 in the Mulvane ArtLab. The talk will highlight the vital connection that bees and butterflies play in gardening and the world. Participants can also make a Community Gardens art project. This event is free and open to all Washburn students.

Spring Education Interview Day

Career Services will be hosting an Education Interview Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 13 in Washburn Room A. This event is intended for graduating Washburn students who are interested in obtaining a teaching or support position within K-12 education. The event is free.

CAB Grocery Bingo

CAB will be hosting another Grocery Bingo night from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 14 in the Union Marketplace.

Participants will have the chance to win useful prizes.

The event is free and open to all Washburn students.

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Washburn will be hosting Bary Crawford as the 36th Thomas L. King Lecturer from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 14 in Washburn Room A. Following his philosophy talk, Crawford will be there for the reception. This event is open and free to all Washburn students.

Leadership Institute All-Institute Meeting

The Leadership Institute will be hosting a meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 14 in the Kansas Room.

This meeting is for any students that are interested in learning more about the Leadership Institute.

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WSGA met for its weekly meeting Feb. 28 in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union.

Victoria Toothaker, the marketing and public relations director, reported that she is working on promoting the elections that are currently underway, with voting taking place March 12-14.

Zach King, special events and diversity initiatives director, reported that

a lecture series was also underway, with the next lecture, March 29, featuring Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL. Erasmo Nunez, campus and community affairs director, reported that planning for the Big Event, taking place April 21, are in the final stages, with senators contacting potential sites in the next few weeks.

Three allocation bills were approved at the meeting.

The Chemistry Club was allocated $2,812.50 for the Kansas Academy of Science’s annual meeting, which will be April 6-7 at Washburn.

The January 28th marked the 60th anniversary of the Grammy Awards. Astonished viewers witnessed Bruno Mars take home Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Album. That’s right, he took home an award in every category he was nominated for. Music lovers, like myself, are furious at the Recording Academy for selecting “That’s What I Like” instead of “1-800273-8255”. Personally, I believe Bruno shouldn’t have swept the Grammys, but not for the reason you might think. As my roommate commented, “Isn’t he a thing of the past?” That is what we all thought (or hoped).

Some listeners refer to Bruno as the new Michael Jackson.

However, Michael’s songs never got old and were not overplayed.

Bruno has some catchy lyrics

The Washburn Police Cadet Program was allocated $401.53 for an end of the year recognition. Beta Beta Beta, the biological sciences honor society, was allocated $750 for food at their initiation ceremony. In addition to the three new allocation bills, an amendment to a previous bill was made, adding an additional person to attend the Maynooth Law Conference.

The end of the meeting saw WSGA go into a public forum to discuss its nominations for the Student Organization Achievement Recognition awards, due by March 7.

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and exceptional beats, but I can only listen to his songs once or twice before I become annoyed and want to throw my iPod at the wall. I appreciate songs that keep me trapped in the moment, but don’t consume my mind for an entire day. Because I think everyone would prefer if I didn’t speak in song lyrics.

Back to the point though, people are upset that songs of struggle and sacrifice took a backseat this award season.

Although performances at the show reflected the empowerment of women and gave more awareness to sexual assault victims, the results of the show counteracted the artists’ efforts. We live in an age where music, books and videos are the best outlets for expression, whether that be hate or love.

However, if I were an artist, I would be disinclined to produce

such powerful lyrics, knowing that a typical, happy-go-lucky song was going to take the cake.

Winning songs should contain deep lyrics and a unique melody.

For this reason, the Recording Academy should contemplate their nominees more intensely, rather than choosing a song based on how many times it plays on the radio.

I look forward to the rest of the award season though. Hopefully, the people’s choice will appear as the shows go on. Because in the end, we are the fans that buy their music and support our artists through thick and thin.

It’s time that the critics take a seat, and the people get the final word.

Sincerely, Senator Alison Helget

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Opinion: Movie Adaptions Other than the whole struggling with tuition payments thing, I have at least two things in common with every other college student: I check up on my social media accounts regularly and I like movies.

Revolutionary, I know.

The thing is, when you go back to, “I’m in college, so Washburn sucks up my money like a little Roomba,” you can probably deduce that I don’t see all the movies I want to. So, when I do decide it might be worth it to deal with Wanamaker traffic and the cost of a ticket, I check social media to fish around for information about the movie.

Hollywood is pretty aware that this routine exists, so much so that it pumps the equivalent of the net worth of a small country into filling up my feed with the release dates of the newest movie. That said, sometimes I think the average 14-year-old has something figured out about social media that the movie business hasn’t: social media is a bit of a double-edged sword.

For every “Deadpool,” where the ads in tandem with Ryan Reynold’s twitter

reassured fans of the foulmouthed antihero that they would be getting a faithful adaptation, you have the “Ghostbusters” reboot, which made the monumentally asinine choice to publicly get involved in political drama during an election year, guaranteeing that half of an already riled upAmerica didn’t buy tickets out of sheer spite, months before the first trailer even dropped.

This is more of an argument centered around adaptations. Heck hath no fury like a fan scorned by a bad adaptation. I mean, we are still bitter about that whole “The Last Airbender” debacle and it’s been years, YEARS. Original movies can still win awards based on how pretentious it is, but adaptions, sequels and prequels are so much more reliable to put butts in seats.

It used to be that after a movie company wrote a script based off the back cover of a beloved book, people would still wander out to see the movie, and it took a few days of chatting over the water cooler for the general public to know if they were getting a ticket to a masterpiece or a

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flaming train wreck.

Now, entire sites write up posts dedicated to a shadow that could indicate a set piece seen in the background of the boom guy’s Instagram post. Every frame of the latest Marvel trailer in analyzed.

The point is, thanks to social media, people know months in advance if they will be seeing a movie or not. I mean, Disney sort of shot themselves in the foot when they told people three years in advance that their Mulan adaption would make Shang super arrogant and wouldn’t have “I’ll Make a Man Out of You.” The easy answer to this would be to just make good adaptions of beloved properties, and then people wouldn’t stay home due to everything that the internet spoiled instead of seeing a movie they would have originally seen. I don’t have that kind of faith in Hollywood though, so it might be easier to just tell movie marketers not to act like that one irritating person who takes 10 pictures detailing how they eat a granola bar. If you can’t make good movie adaptations, don’t give fans on social media years of ammo to get upset about it.

Editorial: Midterm Season It’s that time of the year when the library gets fuller, the coffee gets stronger and the bags under our eyes get darker. It’s midterm season.

This time of year requires a little bit of an extra push and an additional burst of energy in order to succeed and nail those tests.

However, students often have more help during midterms than they believe.

There are more people surrounding you who want to see you succeed than want to see you fail.

It’s easy to buy into negativity and indifference this time of year. There is Netflix to watch, and spring break to plan, but in order to ace those tests, all of those things need to take a back burner. How do you not buy into the negativity and become lazy? It’s easier said than done, but remember why you came to college and what you are striving for.

Degrees take time, money, sweat and tears, but they are worth it. It is worth it in order to get a job and add whatever your passion is to the world.

If you need to stare into a lake of water and have a Lion King, “Simba,

remember who you are” moment, then have it, but don’t forget why you came to college. Remember that every test, even the general education classes, will help you complete your degree.

Practice some self-care and drink more water. Eat your meals with friends and make sure you aren’t disconnecting completely.

Studying alone is good, but breaks with interaction are necessary. And don’t be afraid to tell someone no if you can’t pick up that extra shift if you need a break.

Make sure to get some sleep. All-nighters won’t do you any good and tests get harder when you can’t even stay awake long enough to focus on the question.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Every professor at Washburn wants to see you succeed. It’s easy to take the bait and buy into the mindset of laziness, but there are so many people here to pull you out of the hole of mediocrity.

Midterm season is the time of the year when you have to stick it out just a little longer, push a little harder and remember the people around you are rooting for you and cheering you on.

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How do you handle the stress of midterms?

By Natalie Croze

Yuxin Fu junior English

Tracy Young junior finance

Lili Dumas junior undecided

Melissa Cooper freshman art education

Joshua McCabe sophomore computer science

“Last semester, how I dealt with midterms, and the stress was by eating. That’s definitely not a healthy way, so this term, I think If I get really stressed at something, I will try to leave it for a little while.

I don’t think working on something for a long time is a good way to do it, cause that only drags you backward.”

“Eat, eat a lot of food! So at that time [Midterms] I get a whole box of snacks and I just, sitting in front of a computer and desk and then [I] like eating while I am doing an assignment and stuff.”

“I am not stressed. Before I was stressed, because I wanted my degree [very] much, but now I [have] life goal[s], and I know, if I have or if I have not my degree, [they] will not change. So I am enjoying more what I could learn here, just to learn not to [about having] a degree. So I don’t have stress for Midterms, I am just trying to learn as possible, anything interesting for me.”

“Well I haven’t really found a way yet. It’s been stressful, I mean this is my first semester, so. But basically what I have been doing, in my sociology class, [is] meditation and so I’m using that now as a daily thing that I’m doing everyday on a regular basis. And I found that its actually relieved a lot of my stress.”

“I make sure to take breaks, adequate breaks, usually goof off for a little while, try studying again. So you know, I’ll study for a while, then I’ll goof off for a while, go back to studying. You gotta try to give yourself a chance to just relax.”

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SEEDS OF THE WEEK

Washburn lands No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament

Washburn softball starts the season 13-6

After storming through the MIAA conference tournament, the Ichabods added to their impressive resume from the season with tournament wins against University of Nebraska at Kearney and Fort Hays State. Washburn then fell to the Bearcats in a tight MIAA championship game over the weekend. Later in the day, the Ichabods were selected by the NCAA committee to be the seventh seed in the Central Region facing off against the second seeded Northern State Wolves in Maryville, Missouri March 10 at 2:15 p.m.

Washburn faced the Wolves earlier in the season and ended with a 57-69 loss. Tickets for the Central Regional can be bought at nwmissouri.universitytickets.com.

After going through the first stretch of the season, the Washburn softball team was high-rolling into their current series against Rockhurst University and the University of Central Oklahoma. The Ichabods were 10-5 heading into these series landing an at home match-up against the Hawks and the Bronchos. Washburn put away the Hawks by an impressive full series win, while the Ichabods fought off the Bronchos in the first game with a walk-off win. For the second game the Ichabods fell scoreless to the Bronchos 4-0.

Washburn track and field end indoor season

No. 21 ranked Washburn men’s tennis continues hot start

The Ichabods ended their indoor season at the MIAA Championships as they were not selected for NCAA Nationals at Pittsburg, Kansas. With their impressive performance at the MIAA Championships, breaking multiple school records, the Ichabods will start preparing for their outdoor season with conditioning and training.

The Ichabods will begin their outdoor season with a Pre-Spring Break meet against Emporia State in Emporia, Kansas March 17.

By Trevor Beurman

After starting off the season with a loss, the Ichabods have now won five straight matches as they cap off their match against Newman University with a victory setting their record at 5-1. The tennis team looks to face off against Northwest Missouri State as they continue their season.

Washburn hopes to climb up the ITA rankings this week with their current wins.

Infographic by Rachel Ciummo

Player of the week March 1 game against the

Rockhurst University Hawks:

Savannah Moore

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Four at bats One run Three hits Two RBIs

March 2 game against the University of Central Oklahoma: • Four at bats • Three hits • Three RBIs • One double Information and picture courtesy of Sports Information

At the plate: Junior, Taylor Kirk dives into third base to avoid the tag from Rockhurst University at the Washburn Softball Complex.

From the mound: Senior, Kelsee Henry pitches a softball right at the plate against Rockhurst University at Washburn University Softball Complex.

Hitting the mark: Junior, Taylor Kirk hits away at a fastball up the middle against Rockhurst University at the Washburn Softball Complex.

Photos by Ling Liu

Washburn softball bests Hawks, splits UCO series Trevor Beurman Washburn Review trevor.beurman@washburn.edu

With a series against Rockhurst University, March 2, and another series against the University of Central Oklahoma, March 3, the softball team was stacked with quality games over the weekend.

After starting the season 10-5, the Ichabods came off a hot start and only hoped to get hotter.

Washburn started off early with a 2-0 lead over Rockhurst after junior, Samantha Stallbaumer scored off a single from junior, Savannah Moore plus a throwing error from the Hawks. The at bats were not the only factor in Washburn’s hot start as junior, Megan Dieter pitched five out of six possible strikeouts.

Important players in the first game of the double header March 2, were players like junior, Emilee Baker who recorded four at bats with two hits and junior, Ashley Ruder who was up for three at bats with two hits and one run.

Rockhurst eventually tied the game in the fourthinning with a two run half, but Washburn answered back with two runs of their own. After that, the bats went silent for both sides following the fourth-inning.

Washburn ended up with the win, besting the Hawks by a score of 2-4 at the Washburn Softball Complex.

This put Washburn’s record at 11-5 with another game against Rockhurst.

The second game started off almost identical to the first with Washburn coming

out with an early lead in the third-inning as they put up two runs on the board.

Notable players in this game were Stallbaumer with three at bats, two hits and one run and Moore with four at bats, three hits, one run and three RBIs. “We definitely built off of already playing them and knowing what to expect from us and them as teams,” Moore said.

Washburn never surrendered their lead and swept the Hawks, recording a 0-2 win. The Ichabods then waited for their turn to take on the Bronchos March 3 for their third series of the week.

This time Central Oklahoma started out with the early lead as they recorded a run in the top half of the second-inning.

Significant playmakers

in this contest were senior, Alyssa Carney with three at bats and one hit, Baker with four at bats and one hit, Stallbaumer with three at bats, two hits and three runs and Moore with four at bats, three hits and three RBIs. The most notable part of this game, however, came in the bottom of the seventhinning with Washburn down by one. The Ichabods fought back with one run and then another with a walk-off walk from junior, Taylor Kirk. “[This season] has been an incredible amount of different. This year’s team just has a lot more fight and they are more tenacious and just have more of a desire to win,” senior, Maddie Anderson said.

The Ichabods ended with a win against the Bronchos as they advanced beyond

UCO in the seventh-inning.

The finals score was 3-4 as Washburn prepared for the second game on the day.

Game two was less of an event. Washburn ended up scoring zero runs the entire game as the Bronchos shut out the Ichabods. The Bronchos scored runs in the second and third-innings with three runs and one run, respectively.

The Bronchos won this contest with a final score of 4-0 in the final game of the week. Washburn escaped out of this week with a 13-6 record and a 1-1 conference record.

Up next for the Ichabods is a series against Missouri Southern State University starting March 9 at 2 p.m.

The Ichabods look to keep their it going as they dive into conference play.

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Hand in hand: Freshman, Bradley Eidenmueller (left) and Raul-Alin Dicu (right) congratulate each other after winning a point during their doubles match against Newman.

Ready stance: Freshman, Bradley Eidenmueller jumps for a volley during his doubles match against Newman on Saturday, March 3.

Photos by Kendra Wicks

Washburn tennis defeats Newman University Kendra Wicks

Washburn Review kendra.wicks@washburn.edu

The tennis teams earned victories over Newman University March 3 in Wichita.

The women went 6-3 and the men went 8-1 overall.

In doubles, junior, Alexis Czapinski and sophomore, Logan Morrissey bested the Jets’ No. 1 team 8-1. Juniors, MaKenna Gonzales and Ally Burr won the No. 3 spot, 8-6.

Sophomore, Jacqueline Engelbrecht demolished her No. 3 singles opponent with two 6-0 sets. Czapinski defeated Newman’s No. 1

player, Liza Gerasimova, 6-2 both sets. Morrissey battled in a tight match, finishing with 6-3 and 3-6 sets and a 1210 tiebreaker. Gonzales also fought through an up-anddown match, going 6-2, 2-6 and 10-2 in the tiebreaker.

Overall, the women held their ground well against the Jets and are now 4-2 this season.

“We played a pretty tight game,” said Burr. “We didn’t have a lot of unforced errors.”

As they continue, the players are focused on improving and building a strong record.

“I think we have a really

good shot at being top four in the conference again and being right back in the national tournament,” said Burr.

The men also played close matches against Newman.

Senior, Blake Hunter and junior, Alejandro Valarezo smashed their doubles competitors 8-2. In the No. 2 slot, sophomores, Chase Brill and Paul Haase fought the Jets for a 9-7 win. Freshmen, Bradley Eidenmueller and Raul-Alin Dicu also played a tight match and pulled out a 9-7 win.

“We came out strong in

doubles,” said Brill. “After we got up, we kept putting pressure on them and were able to come away with the win. Overall it was a good match.”

In singles, Valarezo defeated Newman’s No. 1 slot, Lauri Soome, with 6-1 and 6-4 sets.

Hunter took the No. 2 slot with 6-3 and 6-2 sets. Brill was up 4-0 in the first set when his opponent retired and forfeited the match. Haase was at 6-3 and 2-1 when his opponent also retired. Dicu finished the match by quickly defeating the No. 6 spot with two 6-1 sets.

The men now have a 5-1

overall record and are feeling strong.

“As a team, I think we bring a lot of energy to every match,” said Brill. “We are a very close-knit group of guys and you can definitely tell when we walk out on the court together.”

Both teams are preparing to face the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats this Wednesday, March 7 on Washburn’s home courts.

“We haven’t had a win over them in a while,” said Brill. “I think we’re all excited to get a shot at them this year.”

The benefits of weight training for men and women Kendra Wicks Washburn Review kendra.wicks@washburn.edu

The weight section of the gym is intimidating to almost every beginner. The different exercises and machinery can be overwhelming and we’re often afraid of looking foolish while we try to figure out something new. However, weight training could be well worth the venture outside your comfort zone.

Lifting weights will help your body gain more muscle and beyond, will improve many aspects of your health other than just your strength. A larger percentage of muscle mass helps you burn more calories. Doing lots of cardio will eventually allow you to lose weight, and it burns off

fat as well as builds muscle.

Maintaining muscle gives your body a leaner look in the long run.

“Finding the right combination of lifting weights and cardio is better for a person who actually wants to lose weight and achieve some sort of healthy lifestyle,” said Trent Smith, assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Smith encourages everyone to work weightlifting into their workout routine. For women, becoming too bulky is often a concern, but looking like a bodybuilder from lifting a few times per week is nearly impossible.

“I would say that one, I don’t think you’ll be working out enough to have that type of physique,” said Smith.

“Two, you’re probably not

eating enough.”

Professional bodybuilders and Olympic athletes dedicate their entire lives to their training. They work out several times a day using a variety of different exercises. Their diets are carefully structured to ensure that they eat enough to fuel their bodies. Simply adding some weight training to your fitness routine won’t make you huge, but it can tone your muscles, increase your strength and help you burn calories.

For beginners, it can be difficult to know where to start.

Smith said that the internet is a great resource for learning exercises, but cautions against people who pretend to be trained professionals. Instead, he recommends men’s or women’s health and fitness

websites as a starting place.

Weight training is a great way to push your limits, build strength and burn fat. It’s just a matter of getting outside your comfort zone and giving it a shot.

“The best advice I can give someone who actually wants

to start lifting or try to live a healthy lifestyle is, it’s a lot of trial and error. You have to find what works for you,” said Smith. “That’s the number one thing, just finding what you like.”

Infographic by Rachel Ciummo

Men’s basketball rolls to MIAA championship, loses in finals Bryan Garbauskas Washburn Review byran.garbauskas@washburn.edu

The men’s basketball team could started postseason play as they traveled this weekend to play in the MIAA tournament.

Their first opponent was the University of NebraskaKearney. These two teams were very familiar with each other as they played earlier in the regular season for home and away matches. Washburn came away with wins in both of the previous outings, with scores of 78-71 and 87-83.

The game started out fairly even, as both teams were putting up points. The Lopers had a bit of a lead throughout

the first half, but the Ichabods consistently kept the score within one or two shots. Then, with eight minutes left in the first half, Washburn pushed the pedal all the way down and started to take off. After a 19-19 tie, the Ichabods left the Lopers behind, outscoring them 18-10 to close out the half. Washburn kept the pressure on Nebraska as the second half started, eventually getting ahead by 16 points.

The Lopers tried to fight back but Washburn had built too much of a lead. Led by senior, Cameron Wiggins’ 27 points, Washburn won the game by a final score of 75-65.

The next round saw another familiar opponent, Fort Hays State. Washburn defeated

them 69-58 and 76-70 earlier in the season.

Washburn started off hot in this game, taking an early 14-4 lead over the Tigers.

Fort Hays State continuously attempted to dig themselves out of the early hole they found themselves in, but Washburn kept pushing them back, consistently scoring and maintaining a seven to eight point lead. That is, until the Ichabods pushed even harder.

Within the last four minutes of the first half, Washburn went from a 24-14 lead to a dominant lead of 41-20. The Ichabods came out of the second half swinging, hitting a peak of a 29-point lead. They kept up the dominant play and skated to a victory. Washburn

won 77-53 behind senior, Brady Skeens’ 24 points.

After two victories, Washburn had to face Northwest Missouri State, a team that had stolen victory from them in both meetings this season.

Washburn got off to another fast start, jumping out to a 6-1 lead. However, the Bearcats weren’t phased. They fought back to try to even the score, cutting it to 10-9. They pushed even further to take the lead.

They managed to build up a 21-12 lead through the opening half.

The Ichabods rallied back to get the score within three, at 21-24, but Northwest Missouri State charged their way to another big lead before the

half was over. The half ended with the Bearcats ahead, 4128.

The Ichabods attempted to rally their way back into the game, but the Bearcats could not prevail.

As time wound down, Washburn managed to cut the deficit, coming within three points of the Bearcats four times, but never regained the lead. The Bearcats became MIAA champions with an 8074 victory over the Ichabods.

Up next for the Ichabods is a NCAA tournament match against the Northern State Wolves in Maryville, Missouri.

Washburn will be the seventh seed in this two and seven seed matchup of the tournament March 10 at 2:15 p.m.

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March madness explained for dummies As Washburn's Men's basketball team enters the NCAA tournament as the seventh seed in the central region, many of the not-so-sports-savvy people have some questions to clear up as they get ready to cheer on the team. While Washburn fell to the Northwest Missouri Bearcats Sunday, March 4, they were still seeded high enough in their conference to get a spot in the NCAA regional tournament.

What is a seed?

What are automatic bids?

A seed is a rank. Every region in the tournament gets their own seed for each team which is why there are four seeds for each rank. I have am not sure why they call them seeds, but it has something to do with “planting” teams in the tournament.

Automatic bids are given to the champions of conference tournaments, the one exception to this rule is the Ivy League in Division I that does not have a conference tournament. This method of tournament selection is special because it means that even a team that performs poorly throughout the season can potentially trump the higher teams in the tournament and receive the automatic bid. Most of the time this is the only way that mid-major conferences can send a team to the tournament. Every conference gets an automatic bid.

What are mid-major conferences?

Mid-major conferences are conferences that hold teams that usually do not receive at-large bids. It is nearly impossible for a mid-major conference to become a major conference unless major schools move to the aforementioned conference. Mid-majors are usually called out for their potential to upset major teams in the tournament.

Why is the Ivy League a certain exception to the automatic bid rule?

The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, therefore they award their automatic bid to the best record in the conference season.

Who gets selected into the field in the NCAA What is an at-large bid?

Tournament?

How does the NCAA select at-large bids?

In previous years the NCAA made selections based on rating percentage index, or RPI. This year the NCAA is using a quadrant system that bases wins and losses off of location and the team’s rank. This then determines a quadrant one win or loss and so on and so forth.

An at-large bid is a bid awarded to a team that has had a quality season but did not win their conference tournament. Most of the time these bids are only awarded to major conferences that have teams with better resumes. This is where the NCAA can be criticized the most because not every team can make the tournament and they mostly base the hard decisions completely on statistics.

The NCAA Tournament is derived from automatic bids and at-large bids. The field also varies from division to division, for example, the Division I tournament yields a field of 68 teams (with four play-in games), while the Division II tournament yields teams that make up a field of 64.

By Trevor Beurman

Picks from the sports editor Virginia St.

West Liberty Shippensburg

To fill out your own bracket: www.ncaa/ interactive-bracket/ basketball-men/d2l/

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Truman

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WU Advanced Sculpture class takeover in NOTO

Photos by Jessica Knieff

Top left and Bottom Left: “Glass Memories” Abby Miller, junior art, painting and drawing major created her piece through a process of layered and fused glass heated in a kiln and projects the work on an overhead projector. The images depict some of the sights she saw traveling and exploring Europe.

Top middle: Kritika Shetty, senior, sculpture and ceramics major created this mixed medium work to symbolize some of her own experiences. Shetty moved here from India and has a wide mix of experiences in her life that have led to who she is. Her artwork is also a mix of many materials and involves an interactive element. Cameragrams, or cameraless photography development was used to create the unique visuals on the sliding squares of her piece.

Right: “Giant Knitting” Alexandria Henderson, senior, sculpture and ceramics major, created oversized knitting supplies, complete with oversized needles and yarn. This piece represents deep pressure therapy, often in the form of heavy, weighted blankets, used to provide therapeutic relief to individuals who may be suffering from a variety of mental health issues.

Bottom middle: “You/Me,” sculpture and ceramics major, Stevie Haley’s work is intended to accompany a performance. Haley says she struggles to connect with others and writing poetry is her way to open up and share who she is. She performs her spoken word poetry under this chandelier and says that it is a way to show who she is and it acts as “a gateway between the creator and the viewer.”

Coffeecoffee shopsshops of Topeka: FindFind thethe perfect cup Favorite of Topeka: perfect cup Blackbird

Classic Bean

Fleming Place

Fairlawn Plaza

Blackbird approaches the coffee shop market with a focus on having good food. Customers praise the food at Blackbird more than the coffee. The bistro serves mostly soups and hot sandwiches, making it a prime spot for studying and stress eating.

Classic Bean is a couple miles down the street from campus.

It is the largest of the coffee shops, and has plenty of comfy nooks for a quiet conversation with a friend or a calm place to study. Classic Bean has plenty of items on the menu ranging from pastries to pasta.

Lazio’s

PT’s

21st and SW Belle

College Hill

Lazio’s is well known for its peaceful patio and inexpensive menu items when compared to other coffee shops. Customers reported spending around $15 between coffee and food.

Coffee shops are notorious for over-charging for food items, so customers find the prices reasaonable.

PT’s has a strong hipster culture and even stronger coffee.

Sit down and get to work while the caffiene buzz is at its peak.

PT’s also has a variety of breakfast and lunch items for those long days spent studying.

World Cup

The Steam Engine

21st & SW Washburn Ave

Barrington Village

Formerly known as Cara’s Cup, The Steam Engine’s brags on its artisan coffee and high quality menu items. Customer reviews praise the fast service and friendly atmosphere.

World Cup regularly boasts about their crepes, which come in a variety of fruit flavors.

One of the most notable features of World Cup coffee is the availabity of the laundromat right next door, a college student’s dream.

Photos courtesy of Yelp and Google Maps

Infographic by Allie Dellinger

Q Photo courtesy of HBO

&A

By Randi Dofat

What is your stance on gun violence?

Caleb Lamp senior English

Gannon Tayrien senior political science

Chief Chris Enos Director of WUPD

Bill Henry Sergeant WUPD

Anastasia Donley sophomore art history

“Gun control needs to be taken more seriously. Right now when something like Florida happens, people say a lot of things they want to get done and nothing happens. The biggest thing that would help would be the monitorization of gun ammo.”

“The AR-15, they might need to get rid of that, you can mess with a pin inside in and it goes from semiautomatic to fully automatic and then you can gun people gun. Maybe they need to get rid of guns like that or ban those kinds of gun.”

“I think it’s important that our students know that they do have a police department here that is armed and ready to respond to an active threat if something like that were to happen on our campus”

“We don’t have a gun problem in the country, we have a people problem. We have people who believe that the answer to their problems is to go out and kill innocent victims. We have a society that is declining in our morals and our ability to treat humans with respect and not kill people. That’s where our problems lie.”

“We need to take a look and acknowledge the fact that these are teenagers shooting other teenagers and we don’t know why.

Yeah. They’re saying it’s mental illness, but that’s so broad. That might be a reason, but unless they are going to do something to help people with mental illness or a way to recognize it, they have to look at the fact that it’s sill teenagers shooting teenagers and that shouldn’t be something that’s happening.

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90th Academy Awards breaks several records Andrew Shermoen Washburn Review andrew.shermoen@washburn.edu

The Academy Awards once again brings contentious awards season to a close with a lavish night of stars and film appreciation.

The ceremony brought plenty of surprising and inspiring wins which highlighted the Academy’s constant push towards equality and diversity.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 90th Academy Awards, often called The Oscars, and during his host gig, Kimmel often turned to The White House for jokes.

In speaking on the critically acclaimed film “Call Me By Your Name,” which tells the story of a 17-year-old boy coming to terms with his homosexuality and falling in love in Italy in the 80s, Kimmel made a joke that was both praised and derided on social media.

“We don’t make films like ‘Call Me By Your Name’ for money,” Kimmel said. “We make them to upset Mike Pence.”

This, of course, references Vice President Pence’s antiLGBT views which clash very much with the story being told in “Call Me By Your Name.”

Later in the night, James Ivory, the screenwriter of “Call Me By Your Name,” went on to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. It was the 89-year-old’s first win after four previous nominations, three of which were for Best Director. This win also made Oscar’s history as Ivory became the oldest man to ever win a screenplay award.

In a shirt emblazoned with the star of his film Timothee Chalamet’s face, he spoke on how “Call Me By Your Name” can be a story for people of all

Photo courtesy of ABC

Making history: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Remember Me” in the animated film “Coco.” This was the second win for the couple who also won Oscars in this same category back in 2014 for “Let it Go” from “Frozen.” The night was an even bigger accomplishment for Robert Lopez though who is now the only person to receive a double EGOT, meaning he has won all of the four big entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) twice. His total count is now two Daytime Emmys, three Grammys, two Oscars, and three Tonys.

types.

“Whether we’re straight, gay or somewhere in between, we’ve all gone through first love, I hope, and come out the other side mostly intact,” Ivory said.

This wasn’t the only recordbreaking award handed out Sunday night. Jordan Peele won the coveted Best Original Screenplay award for his celebrated debut feature film “Get Out.” This horror film featured a young black man’s worst fears come to life when meeting his white girlfriend’s family. Peele is the first black man to win the award. Peele was also nominated for Best Director and his film (and himself since he is a producer of it) was nominated for Best Picture. Both of those awards were lost to Guillermo del Toro and his film “The Shape of Water.”

This is the second nomination and first win

for del Toro who has been a prominent figure in the film world for quite some time now. “The Shape of Water” nabbing Best Picture is also significant because the film’s roots as a monster film had many labeling it as the first win for a science-fiction film.

There’s some pushback from this because the film is officially listed from multiple sources as a romantic-fantasy film. This is still impressive since it would be one of only two fantasy films to win the Best Picture, the other being “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.” The reason it is likely often referred to as a sci-fi film is because saying it is the first one to win an Oscar gives the genre much more prestige than the Academy regards it with.

“The Shape of Water” also won the most awards of the night with four, including the two aforementioned awards

as well as Best Production Design and Best Original Score, the latter being won by Alexandre Desplat, who has been nominated a total of nine times and won twice.

Other notable wins from Sunday night include Netflix’s first Oscar for“Icarus,” a documentary about the Russian state-sponsored doping program, won Best Documentary.

Kobe Bryant won his first Oscar for writing “Dear Basketball,” which won Best Animated Short Film. During his speech, Bryant referenced a now infamous speech from Laura Ingraham.

“As basketball players we’re supposed to shut up and dribble,” Bryant said. “I’m glad we did a little bit more than that.”

One of the biggest wins that excited many movie fans online was heavily-praised and beloved cinematographer

Roger Deakins. After being nominated 14 times, Deakins finally won the Best Cinematography statuette for “Blade Runner 2049.” Deakins has been putting his visual mark on films for a while now, crafting the shots and visual tapestry of some of cinema’s most iconic films. His work includes, but is not limited to, “Skyfall,” “Sicario,” “No Country for Old Men,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Fargo.” His award finally arrived after more than 40 years in the business.

The Academy Awards is considered by many to be a lengthy and tedious affair.

A night where Hollywood can look upon itself and feel mightier than the world around it. Although one moment during the 90th ceremony captured why so many tune in to watch what they consider a fruitless endeavor of Hollywood selfindulgence.

Jimmy Kimmel, with several big name actors and actresses in tow, walked across the street to interrupt and excite several moviegoers and remind them how the Oscars and movies would be nothing if it wasn’t for the excited, movie-loving audiences who support the art of filmmaking.

As Armie Hammer and Ansel Elgort launched hot dogs at excited theater patrons, and Emily Blunt eagerly handed out candy, over the roar of excitement Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman herself, cheered loudly. “This is so much better than the Oscars.”

At the moment, Gadot captured what’s truly important about The Oscars.

It’s not the gowns or the people you picked in your poll predictably winning what they were nominated for. It’s about the movies.

‘What We Saw’ reveals the scary side of smalltown life No one here doesn’t have a fundamental understanding of the concept of the small town; a community where the cows outnumber the people five to one, high school sports are the chosen water cooler topic, and a lonely Dairy Queen that hasn’t been updated since Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated serves as the town social scene.

Aaron Hartzler’s “What We Saw” takes the traditional feel of a typical small town, but instead of having the stereotypical hidden darkness be a Steven Kingesque creation, the monster is all too human: a rapist, protected by a school that put a championship title ahead of their responsibility to protect.

As a book, my feelings on the overall work are mixed.

On one hand, the pacing was fantastic. Stories that explore current issues have to be gripping and make you feel the urgency that the main character is feeling, and the book did a great job ruthlessly driving the plot forward without ever losing steam.

Hartzler’s casual prose draws

the reader in from beginning to end, and he does an excellent job of using quick, repetitive phrases to mimic how girls can think when they are panicked for several days.

The uncomfortable, tense tone is nice. Even when the plot shifts to the love story, the reader never loses the feeling that something is about to happen to bring everything crashing down.

My main issue with the book was the characters. For most of the book, I thought the characters were perfectly serviceable to the plot, nothing memorable, but most were developed and hints were dropped throughout the story that most had lives outside of the plot. The rapist was a smug disgusting stain on humanity, and the reporter had dual interests.

However, all the hard work put into the characterization of the friend group was wiped away about three-fourths of the way in, and for a book with a plot that relies on relations within a small-town community, this became a massive problem.

Until the three-fourths marker, most of the characters seemed to have varied reactions toward the rape.

Some felt the girl shouldn’t have been drunk enough to pass out. Some were mad that people were upset at the girl at all, while others wanted to wait for proof before accusing anyone. It became clear toward the end that each female in the friend group wasn’t in the story for any reason except to present a specific argument about rape for the main character to knock down. Once their point of view about rape or the situation surrounding the rape had been discredited by the narrator, they did not do much more for the rest of the novel.

As a result, by the end of the novel, most characters had been whittled down into nothing more than their opinion on one subject. This is a massive disservice to their characters and to the understanding between the author and the reader that human beings are too complex and dynamic to be reduced to one opinion on a single topic.

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Overall, your feelings toward “What We Saw” will differ based on what you read it for.

As a thriller and an exploration of the way social media has affected rape cases, it’s a good book.

As a book to open discussion, I feel like some of Hartzler’s dialogue choices hinder discussion by being too partisan in the aspects of the book that did Photo courtesy of Harper Collins not involve rape, which See no evil: Based on the 2012 Steubenville High rape case, could make put “What We Saw” discusses how rape cases affect small towns. some readers The book focuses in on the discussion about the role that on edge and less bystanders have in sexual assault cases. willing to share their entire opinion. As a book it provides a decent enough outline to help emphasize the points the art show will be making.

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Anime club organizes visit to Naka-Kon Randi Dofat

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“We are they Nakama Anime Club,” Miller said.

“We meet Tuesdays and Fridays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. here at the Myriad Room in the LLC. What we do as a club is we meet for the two hours and during the first 30 minutes of club we talk about business stuff. We are actually taking a group to Naka-Kon this year for St. Patrick’s Day weekend. So, we’re currently in the process of planning out carpooling, who is riding with who, and when we are leaving.”

The Nakama Anime Club is excited to go to the NakaKon Anime Convention between March 16 and 18 at the Overland Park Convention Center.

Naka-Kon is home to many activities and events such as karaoke and art contests, the charity ball, fan panels, a vendor room, a gaming room and more. This year, the Nakama Anime club will be able to join the convention,

and some will be experiencing it for the first time.

“I’m very excited for NakaKon,” said Collin Holthaus, senior, history major “I probably won’t cosplay. I don’t have enough money to cosplay. That stuff is pretty expensive. Most likely will just wear a green shirt so I won’t get pinched. If I could cosplay, since it’s going to be on St. Patties Day, Rock Lee or Might Guy from Naruto would probably be my best bet since they are literally head-totoe green.”

The club is lead by president Michaela Miller, junior, forensic chemical science and forensics investigations major.

She discusses her plans for the convention and what the club does on a normal day.

Half way through the club, the members play games or do a craft activity. At the end of every meeting, they watch one episode of a new anime.

“It’s not just us streaming anime for 2 hours,” Miller said. “The reason we are called Nakama Anime Club is because we are trying to provide that family

Photo taken by Randi Dofat

environment where everyone can be accepted, can talk about their favorite stuff, have a place where people who are a bit more anti-social, have a place to come and talk with people with the same interests.

Just have fun. We are acceptive of anybody. You don’t have to know any anime or anything to be a part of the club.

Anybody is welcome anytime, all the time.”

Naka-Kon started selling tickets in October. Those able to buy them early on were able to get a full three-day pass for

$30. You can still purchase tickets at the door, but depending on the day, tickets cost between $20 and $35.

Cera Taylor, senior, communications major and a club member, commented on why she loves the club.

“I definitely come here more for the people than I do for the anime because we only watch one episode a day,” Taylor said. “It’s fun being able to come here and talk to people who generally have the same sort of interests, not the exact same interests. It’s a lot

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easier to make friends here in a group like this than it is to just make them in general, randomly throughout campus because we have that common interest.”

Naka-Kon with the Anime Club could be the way to start your spring break and the club would be delighted to have you. If you are wanting to join the Nakama Anime Club on their trip, you can contact Michaela Miller at michaela. miller1@washburn.edu.

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Aaron Lytle freshman nursing

Bradley Eidenmueller freshman sport management

Gabrielle Maloney junior forensic investigation

Aushaneah McCready freshman psychology

Rachel Alexander senior philosophy and economics

“‘Game of Thrones,’ it pretty much combines all the best things in a show you can possibly have. It has all of these form of politics with family ties and it has lots of violence and of course for all adult audiences there is sex and stuff.

It pretty much just has every genre there is for an adult tv show.”

“‘Hawaii Five-0,’ because it keeps me interested and there’s so much action. It’s a cop show and I really like cop shows.”

“Probably ‘Bones,’ she [Temperance] has a dry sense of humor. She’s a forensic anthropologist and I want to be a forensic scientist. I wanted to be one at one time because I like ‘Bones,’ but I just knew it wasn’t a clear representation but I do want to do forensic science. I want to work in a lab actually.”

“‘Charmed,’ I just kind of grew up around it and I’ve watched it my entire life. I just really like it because of the storyline and it’s really funny because its 2018 so the effects on it look awful.”

“‘Firefly,’ it’s syfy, it’s about a future where we’ve terraformed other planets and then theres a centralized government alliance. It follows this story of this ship captain, he doesn’t agree with the alliance. He fought on the other side of the war. It follows him and them trying to stay out of the alliance’s reach. I like it because the story writing is well written on it and the character development.”

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‘Red Sparrow’ fails at subverting tropes The femme fatale is a frequently recurring side character type in many spy and espionage films, especially in “James Bond” films. The new Jennifer Lawrence vehicle “Red Sparrow” looks to switch the focus and tells the story of the troublesome origin that many of these femme fatale women have had to endure.

Dominika Egorova (Lawrence) of the Bolshoi ballet experiences a debilitating accident and when she is unable to provide for her sick mother (Joely Richardson), she takes on a new job her uncle Ivan (Matthias Schoenaerts) offers her. She is immediately sent to a remote school where she must learn the tricks of seducing targets and enemies of the Russian government. When she is assigned to CIA agent Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton) the two find that they might be better suited to work together and maybe bring down their common enemies in the Russian government.

“Red Sparrow” takes a different approach to the slowburn espionage thriller genre, and make no mistake, it is the slowest of slow-burn movies.

The trailers would have you believe that “Red Sparrow” is going for the sort of actionthriller that “Atomic Blonde” or “The Bourne Identity” might offer. “Red Sparrow” has very little action, in fact it’s almost better to compare it to “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” but without the nuance or interesting mystery to solve.

In fact, this lack of purpose

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One key difference: Before starting production on the film, Francis Lawrence (the director of the film) and the film’s star met to discuss if she would be comfortable performing the nude scenes after nude photos of her were leaked online. Lawrence decided she would perform the scenes because the difference between the leaked photos and the film was her consent in the latter. In an interview with Variety Lawrence said “The insecurity and fear of being judged for getting nude, what I went through, should that dictate decisions I make for the rest of my life?”

that the film muddles itself through is what makes “Red Sparrow” such an uninteresting watch. At nearly two and a half hours, “Red Sparrow” is needlessly long for most movies, not just one that draws out truly dull moments, but speeds through interesting material.

It’s not just the length of the film that makes “Red Sparrow” a slog to get through, its the content within that runtime. If you’re going to make a film more than two hours you must make sure that all of that time is used wisely. In “Red Sparrow” more than 30 minutes of material left in the theatrical cut could’ve been removed

in favor of a shorter runtime or other more interesting settings and sequences. The most fascinating events of the movie happen at the Sparrow school (the absolutely stunning Festetics Mansion in Hungary) and yet that portion of the film is only about 20 minutes in length.

The movie works fine, but there really isn’t much to be said about it that makes it a must-see addition to the spy-thriller canon. The performances are good, but nothing spectacular. Lawrence does a great job of keeping her character’s depths and motivations hidden. When we see the relationship and partnership blossom between

Dominika and Nash it’s hard to tell, even as an audience member, if she loves him or not, which really captures what the actual role of a sparrow is supposed to be: deception at all corners. If there’s one thing that’s lacking in Lawrence’s performance, it has to be the accent. It is painfully inaccurate and inconsistent to the point of utter distraction.

Edgerton is formidable as Nash. He’s been in better things before, but he does take what is a pretty average and thinly-written CIA agent character and fills him with passion and drive to keep his contacts in Russia safe. He’s really not driven by outright love of Dominika, but of

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a love of democracy and diplomacy. Early on in the film he compromises his position as an agent because he knew that if his contact in Russia was caught, they would torture and kill him. It’s a secret agent type you don’t see in movies a lot.

One that values the mission above his own personal gain and safety. In terms of recent comparisons Steve Trevor from 2017’s “Wonder Woman” comes to mind. Nash doesn’t have all the natural charm of Chris Pine to rely on though.

Other than the good performances, there isn’t much going for “Red Sparrow.” It’s overly long, the plot focuses too heavily on uninteresting parts of the story while cutting the good moments short and most of the film is just about a woman being mistreated and abused in every way possible.

“Red Sparrow” is the kind of spy movie that could’ve been left behind. It tries to create a new approach to the spy genre by casting a female lead, yet the movie falls on its face. It failed by not utilizing a more feminine outlook to this experience, but by constantly abusing and humiliating its main character. Add on the fact that the film is an overly long and meandering exercise in patience and you’ve got an end result that isn’t awful, but definitely isn’t something worth rushing to the theater for.

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