Providing a voice for Washburn students since 1897 Volume 144, Issue 25
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Know the law, enforce the law: dual degree offered are interested in the science aspect of criminal justice and the law. No general education classes or prerequisites are required to be admitted to the Washburn Washburn School of Law. In addition University School to the criminal justice joint degree of Law is now program, the law school also offers a offering a new variety of other dual degree programs dual degree proand opportunities. gram with the “One thing I love about Washburn Criminal Justice is the law clinic,” said Lowry. Anyone Department. The attending the law school who has program allows students to get a J.D. completed the basic courses can apply from the School of Law and a Master for a license and actually represent of Criminal Justice (M.C.J.). Students clients with the supervision of a noted pursuing this plan will professional. “This degree is take one full year of law “This opportunity is often very helpful for school, which includes a beneficial for clients because students that are they get people to represent required curriculum of law courses. After the interested in high them who have more time first year, students can level investigative to commit to their case, and take a mix of law and work or want to provides students with hands criminal justice courses work with the KBI on training with a safety net” and, within just three or FBI,” said Lowry. years, obtain a degree. - Jalen Lowry, Lowry encourages stu“This degree is very dents of all areas of study to Dean of Student helpful for students that consider the law programs Affairs for WU are interested in high offered at Washburn. “You School of Law level investigative work can get a job almost anyor want to work with where with a law degree, and the KBI or FBI,” said Jalen Lowry, most businesses are always looking for Dean of Student Affairs for the Wash- someone with a law degree because burn University School of Law. The everything is bound by the law,” said program is also great for students who Lowry. Autumn Lamp
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Make yourself at home: Village to stay open through school breaks Matt Boland Washburn Review mathew.boland@washburn.edu
The Washburn Village apartments at Washburn University recently announced that there will no longer be break checkouts starting next year. Students staying at the apartment-style residence will no longer be asked to move out during winter and spring recesses as the village will be open the entire academic year. “There has been a lot of call for it from students in previous years. They’ve not wanted to check out to go home, they’ve wanted to stay here. These are usually upperclass students or upperclassmen that stay there and they have jobs and activities to attend on campus. So we looked at the cost benefit analysis to everyone involved, and we decided it would be for the best,” said Cody Burggraff, assistant director of residential living. The cost for keeping the Village open year round will be reflected in the increased price students pay for housing at the Village. The increase is due to the Village’s per-day rate. For example, a double room for next year will have a rate of $19.09 a day, but since the Village will be open more, there are more days to pay for compared to the previous year. The price increase will take effect starting August 16, 2018 for both new and current student residents.
Greek Week April 18 - 21 Tuesday: Dodgeball Tournament 7 p.m. SRWC Wednesday: Trivia Night 8 p.m. Henderson 100 Thursday: Lip Sync 7 p.m. Lee Arena Friday: Greek Olympics 5:30 p.m. Yager Stadium Photos by Lou Collobert
Nicole Engelken from Zeta Tau Alpha throwing the winning ball in a head-to-head dodgeball against Blair Fowler from Alpha Phi. TOPEKA VIOLENCE
Saturday: The Big Event 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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Mixed reactions after Top city ranked one of US’s most violent Emily Unruh Washburn Review emily.unruh@washburn.edu
In an April 2018 Business Insider article, FBI crime statistics were used to rank the most violent cities in the nation. The data included the number of violent crimes committed in these cities including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Business Insider then used those statistics to compile and rank the most violent city in each state. Of the 40 cities named, Topeka, Kansas, was ranked 32 and had 29.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents. This ranking seems shocking, and to the Topeka Police Chief Bill Cochran, a little unfair. In an interview with the Topeka Capital-Journal, Cochran said, “my first reaction when I read it was, ‘seriously?’” he said when asked about the ranking of Topeka. “The article is a headline grabber. Once you read into it, the substance is very, very poor.” Cochran pointed out that the article was misleading, largely for the fact that 10 states and Kansas’ two largest cities- Wichita and Kansas City- didn’t report their violent crime statistics to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Division. Even the FBI makes note that
TOPEKA VIOLENCE Ranked No.32 most violent city in America according to Business Insider
According to Business Insider: •Topeka is the most violent city in Kansas •29.2 violent crimes per 10,000 people •This includes violent crimes such as murder, rape, assault, and robbery.
According to our police chief: •Not that bad. Kansas City and Wichita along with ten states did’t report their statistics to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Division which is where the Business Insider retrieved their information. •Violent crime has decreased 37% in the first quarter of 2018 •Most of the violent crimes committed in 2017 were between people that already knew eachother, not random acts of violence. Infographic by Rachel Ciummo
reporting is voluntary and comparisions between cities leads “to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communties and their residents.”
Topping the list was Baltimore, Maryland, while at the bottom was Honolulu, Hawaii, holding the place at 40. While the Business Insider included that fact that crime is socially and economically com-
plex, and the raw crime rates were not indicative of the whole picture, the ranking could be worrisome to Topeka residents, especially as they look to encourage new infrastructure and development.