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April 17, 2019
Volume 145, Issue 25
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The heart of Paris will beat again Morgan Holloway Washburn Review morgan.holloway@washburn.edu
Around 6 p.m. Monday, April 15 the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, was on fire. Officials consider the fire to be an accident relating to construction. Before the fire started, the cathedral was working on renovations. Due to the renovations, many of the treasures of this historical building have been saved. Some of the relics that were saved during the fire include the Holy Crown of Thorns, the Great Organ, the tunic of Saint Louis, True Cross and Holy Nails, the Rose windows, and Descent from the cross. Many of the artworks and sculptures were taken to the Paris town hall. The Notre Dame Cathedral has been the heart of Paris for over 800 years on Île de la Cité in the middle of Seine, France. The historical monument draws in about 13 million visitors per year, even more than the Eiffel Tower. The cathedral was built in 1163 during the reign of King Louis VII and was completed in 1345. Tony Silvestri, history lecturer at Washburn University, discusses the significance of the cathedral. “It’s been called the soul of France. It has so many centuries of history and that cathedral has stood and witnessed the coming and going of kings and armies, the French Revolution, the coronation of Napoleon, all of the revolutions of the 19th century. It withstood a bombing during World War II, Nazi occupation and liberation after World War II and it’s been the iconic sym-
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I’m a survivor: This time map shows the overall damage of The Notre-Dame Cathedral. The Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire Monday, April 15.
bol of the city of Paris before the Eiffel Tower was created,” said Silvestri. With the 1831 novel, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” by Victor Hugo, the interest and love for the cathedral was revitalized. After the novel re-popularized the cathedral, people began to notice and raise money for the cathedral. Paul Mismaque, junior double major in marketing and economics, is an international student from Homblières, France. Homblières is about two hours from Paris. “It’s a pretty big deal. I’m Catholic and it’s a big part of our education. Every time you go to Paris,
you go there because it’s the most visited monument in Europe. Every time we have the pope that comes, he goes there because it is the biggest [cathedral] in France,” said Mismaque. Silvestri explains that Notre Dame Cathedral is also one of the earliest and possibly the greatest examples of Gothic architecture. “It wasn’t the first Gothic building, but it was among the first great Gothic buildings. Students of architecture and art historians, medievalists and people who just love European culture, have been fascinated by that building and by its history. The vault is the ceiling that you see
when look up from the inside and its made of stone. It was made in the Middle Ages and it’s almost all there. Two or maybe three portions of the vault collapsed and one of them was right in the center in the crossing where the spire was. That’s where the fire was greatest and so that whole area collapsed,” said Silvestri. Four hundred firefighters, seven firetrucks and 15 hours later, the fire was extinguished. “Paris has some of the best firefighters in the world. Nobody died, however one firefighter was injured. The spire of the cathedral was made of wood and lead. Some stories say
the lead was actually raining and melting lead. One of the firefighters happened to be a priest and he ran through the melting Cathedral to get the crown,” Mismaque said. After this catastrophic event, many people have come together to talk about rebuilding the cathedral. Several people and organizations have already donated millions of dollars to rebuild it. “President Macron came out publicly and said, ‘We’re going to do this and we’re going to do it in five years, and it will be better than it was before.’ He has to say that as the leader of the French people, and I think they’ll come together,” said Silvestri. Mismaque explains that the president is also planning to establish a national subscription or government website for donations. The Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the many designated UNESCO world heritage sites and have received a lot of support from them during this time. In one of their recent Twitter posts, UNESCO states that they are ready to make their expertise available to authorities, contribute to a rapid damage assessment and support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Notre Dame Cathedral. “The damage was significant and it was catastrophic, but as damage to a medieval cathedral goes, this wasn’t a very serious thing. Most of the precious stuff was all saved. Most of the interior is intact and so on. So the kind of doomsdayers, that are like, ‘Oh, poor Notre Dame, it’s lost.’ No, it’s not. It’s not lost,” Silvestri said.
Washburn School of Law launches third year anywhere program
Students to present at Apeiron
Spencer Brown
It is an exciting time at Washburn this spring, especially as the semester nears its conclusion and the annual Aperion forum draws near. Apeiron is a great opportunity for students to showcase their academic research, scholarship, creative activities, and community engagement in a professional setting similar to the ones they will encounter in their future academic and professional careers. The forum offers students the chance to gain experience and confidence while presenting their research, performing artistically and reporting on their community engagement in a public venue. Apeiron will be featuring 102 students who will be performing or presenting on the day of the event, creating a space where a wide variety of different skill sets and research findings will be on display for much of the day. Apeiron is set to occur on April 19 at Washburn University. The events will begin in the A & B room in the Memorial Union at 10 a.m. where student registration and poster setup for later events will occur. From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. there will be Fine Arts presentations at the Mulvane Art Museum and the Rita Blitt Gallery. Lasting from 12:35 p.m. to 3 p.m there will be oral presentations at the Henderson Learning Center in rooms 118, 203, 205 and 217. At 3 p.m., Bruce Mechtly will welcome in the remaining speakers. Mechtly is a professor at Washburn and he is also the Chair of Computer Information Sciences. He has helped to plan Apeiron for the past
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Washburn University School of Law brings new opportunities as the school is launching a new Third Year Anywhere enrollment option for future law students. The new program will start to take effect in the Fall of 2019. In August of 2018, The American Bar Association Council on Legal Education voted to change the amount of distance education a student could participate in in Dean of Washburn School of Law: Carla Pratt photo by Spencer Brown Law schools across the country. stands in front of her bookshelf in her office. Pratt The number of credit hours allowed joined Washburn in the fall of 2018. went from 15 to 30, and for Washburn’s school of law, it now meant enhance Washburn’s already strong that a full year could be dedicated reputation for creating practice ready lawyers.“ Pratt said. “I’m to distance education. This means that law students who hoping that this option will bring start in the fall of 2019 are able to students great experiences and that start the process of the program. supervisors will speak highly of our Students will have to express inter- students.” Pratt was also hopeful that this est within their first year, from there they will be assigned an advisor to opportunity would make it possible work with to find externship oppor- for the students to make connectunities in the locations that the stu- tions with alumni all over the world. “We have a very broad alumni base dent is interested in. Law students who participate in who are very enthusiastic about this this program are able to go any- opportunity and are excited to take you don’t have that at every law where they want in the state, coun- a Washburn law student under their school.” Pratt said. “In most cases, faculties at other institutions try, or around the world as long as wing.” Pratt said. However, if there isn’t an alum- are very much entrenched in doing its where the student plans to live nus in the students preferred loca- things in the traditional way.” and work after graduation. Some law professors have al“This new option will definitely tion, the law student’s advisor will influence students who are looking work with the student to find the ready begun to learn and integrate new online courses to tend to the at different law schools for their fu- right fit for them. Pratt also praised the faculty and future law students who are particiture.” Senior Jackson Haltom said. Carla Pratt, Dean of the Wash- their decision to make this an op- pating in the externship. “I was really thankful to join burn University School of Law says tion for students as many instituWashburn, because the faculty here that she is excited for the potential tions aren’t as willing to do so. “We have a great student-cen- is willing to think outside the box. of this new option. “I think this option is going to tered faculty that really was open They are willing to be leaders in leto reimagining the curriculum, and gal education.”
Matt Self
Washburn Review matt.self@washburn.edu
photo courtesy of Courtney Sullivan
Forum for the ages: Apeiron is all about giving students a chance to present their findings and research that they have participated in while pursuing their education at Washburn. Every department on campus partakes in the forum.
17 years and is filling in for Courtney Sullivan, who usually handles much of the planning, this year. He spoke of the meaning of Apeiron in its relation to a forum focused on presenting student research. “The Apeiron is an ancient term offered by Anaximander of Miletus in the 6th century B.C. that embraces the spirit of this forum. As with the Apeiron, which is infinite and boundless, all inclusive, eternal, and unaging, this forum is designed to be inclusive with respect to student research, scholarship, creative activities, and community engagement,” said Mechtly. Mechtly went on to emphasize the magnitude of this event and the difficulty he and others face every year when they try to set it up. STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2