Washburn Review: October 17, 2018 -Issue 9 by Washburn Student Media

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Washburn encourages use of open resources Charles Rankin

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With rising costs of school materials, students sometimes find themselves spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars every years. Oct. 22-28 is Open Access Week and Mabee Library is hosting several events dedicated to free academic resources and to helping people find ways of getting information for free. The main event will be the showing of, “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship,” a free film about the need for open access to research and science, specifically in journal access. “It’s an open access film about… what they call the antiquated system, this pre-internet system [that] doesn’t work anymore,” said Amanda Luke, open access and public services librarian at Mabee. The film will be shown at noon Oct. 24, on the main floor of Mabee. Luke said that they will be providing snacks to encourage people to show up. There will also be an information booth set up at multiple times throughout the week, including during the showing of the film where students and faculty can learn more about open access resources and how they can be used in their lives. “We’re also doing a video booth that day,” Luke said. “[It’s] a video booth to record, for students, why students need open access and open education. Specifically open textbooks in their courses. [Students] spend hundreds

of dollars a year on textbooks.” Luke said she hopes faculty will record why they think open access is beneficial in their classrooms too. One way faculty are being encouraged to use these types of resources is by applying for a grant. Sean Bird, associate dean for Mabee Library and the Center for Student Success and Retention, said that faculty are very busy and switching to a whole new system for their class is something that takes time and money. “As budgets become tighter and there is a lot more to be done, people have more and more things on their individual list that they’re responsible for,” Bird said. “In order to wedge a new thing into that already full docket, sometimes we need to incentivize that.” Bird also said that the grant is a way to show that Washburn is being serious about open access. “There’s a lot of truth to the idea that if you want to know how an individual or an organization views a particular endeavour, look at how the money is being spent,” Bird said. “If you claim that something is important to you, there’s an obligation on your part as an individual or an organization to make sure that the funds are allocated in a way to show that importance.” One of the primary goals for Bird is to make students successful and this “endeavour” plays into that goal. “Open educational resources are important,” Bird said. “They’re important from a student success perspective. As more and

New art statues on campus bring new life to art lovers Mingzhu Zhu

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Washburn’s campus is home to many sculptures and art features. The 23rd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition is from Sept. 2018 to Aug. 2019. Since 1996, Washburn has hosted a yearly outdoor sculpture competition, hosted by Washburn Campus Beautification Committee. “Art inspires us to think about our world in a whole new way,” said Connie Gibbons, director of Mulvane Art Museum. “When I live somewhere, it’s usually art that I remember about the place, which defines who we are.” The exhibit has seven pieces, including “To Focus” by Ben Pierce, “Butterfly Brigade” by M.J. Lanberson, “Navajo Lady” by Robert Lamberson, “Gentle” by Shohini Ghosh, “Miller II” by Rollin Karg, “Lake Cloud Sky” by Kathyrose Pizzo and “Sea Glade I” by Cathy Perry. “Artists submit art works with photos and description every year around May 31 from Kansas, around the country and occasionally abroad,” said Rugena Hall, member of the Campus Beautification Committee. “One artist can submit up to five pieces of work which

photo by Mingzhu Zhu

Artistic arrival: Seven new art pieces are now on campus. The art was installed September 2018.

must be completed.” The jury selects seven works to be exhibited. This year, it includes five pieces on Washburn’s campus and two pieces on Washburn Tech’s campus. The jurors include chair of the Washburn art department, professors from Kansas State University, professors from University of Kansas and artists from Dallas. STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Lawrence lightens marijuana penalties

DeyJa Cardenas

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States all over the United Nations have favored in legalizing the use of medical and recreational marijuana. Kansas is not one of them. The criminalization of marijuana tracks back all the way to 1937, since then, a dynamic wave of change has commenced 30 states to legalize the use of medical marijuana and nine have legalized the use of recreational marijuana. The first state to legalize medical marijuana was California in 1996. Years later, Colorado legalized the use of medical marijuana in 2012, and Washington followed shortly after. Medical marijuana can be purchased by those who hold a red card. A red card is a medical marijuana license that must be prescribed by a health care physician. Candidates who hold a red card can legally smoke marijuana, consume medicinal edibles and use THC oils

freely, as it is used for medical use only. Card holders can be younger than 18 to obtain a prescription. Recreational use of Marijuana is the use of purchasing and photo courtesy of pixabay.com using marijua- Never a bud time: Many states na freely, with- are decriminalizing the use of out having to marijuana. The U.S. government worry about outlawed marijuana in 1970. all the bylaws that follow medical marijuana usage. In the states that freely legalize recreational marijuana, anyone 21 years or older can liberally indulge in the many benefits of marijuana. STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

more students come to college as first generation students, as more and more students come to college seeking educational attainments without the preparation or resources that they need, the cost of textbooks is one of those factors that we need to be able to address.” Bird said that they are hoping that this grant will help students succeed more. “Ideally we will be able to identify a handful of instructors that can make a wholesale switch,” Bird said. “[Faculty] who can find the textbooks that they need, the resources that they need for class can all be gained through open resources. We photo by Samuel Cox also know that in order for them to do the research to Unlocked: Open Access Week is scheduled for Oct. 22-28. Mabee do to make a thoughtful and Library will be hosting many events throughout the week including intentional decision, they’re showing a film on the need for openness of scholarly and scientific journals. going to need to be incentivtechnology, and technology is a part of educaized for that.” The Open Textbook Grant will award 16 tional change. It hasn’t been that many years faculty $500 each to move from using re- ago that classrooms were rows of chairs and sources that students have to buy and switch desks with chalkboards and roll-up maps. We to resources that are openly available for free. have mediated classrooms now that allow us Bird said that these changes in the way ed- to use the technology that’s available to engage students in a new way...in a more robust ucation is done is nothing new. “Education is in a constant state of change,” way and allow them multiple avenues for Bird said. “It’s as dynamic, in some ways, as learning.”

WU shows documentary on Anita Hill Charles Rankin

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In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, the Office of University of Diversity and Inclusion at Washburn hosted a viewing of the documentary film, “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power,” Oct. 16. The film chronicles the hearing of Anita Hill, an attorney and law professor who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his own Supreme Court nomination in 1991. Melissa Posey, the program coorphoto courtesy of Gage Skidmore dinator for Diversity and Inclusion said that the decision to show the Truth to Power: Anita Hill speaks at an event in 2018. Hill made allegations against Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas during his film was an easy one to make. “Recently Dr. Christine Blasey 1991 confirmation hearings. Ford went and testified in front of the month,” Steffes-Herman said. Senate [Judicial] Committee,” Posey said. “I As an advocate, Steffes-Herman felt that it was...alive for the Anita Hill incident was was hard seeing two women of accomplishhappening, but I don’t really have any recolment and high education testify without seelection of it.” ing the results they hoped for. Posey said that she knew that the Ford “Both of these women are in roles that peohearing was similar to the Hill hearing and ple would hold in high esteem,” Steffes-Heralso that some students might not know about man said. “What they say people usually bethe 1991 incident. lieve. If an attorney was talking to me... I’m “I know that the traditional age college stugoing to stop and listen. If a doctor talked to dent wasn’t alive when Anita Hill testified,” me I’m going to stop and listen. If we can Posey said. “I thought this is and important look at women who have accomplished so thing to learn about, because history will much in their lives, if they can’t be believed, repeat itself if we’re not trying to educate than why would anyone [be believed]. It’s ourselves on what has happened and where just two people that are pretty amazing on pawe’ve come from and how we want to move per. If they’re torn down why would I believe forward.” that I wouldn’t be.” The film was made in 2012, six years beThe film talked about these accomplishfore Ford’s allegations against Kavanaugh ments of Hill, with one of the corroborating and her testimony before the same commitwitnesses of Hill’s testimony stating that he tee Hill testified to. The similarities between thought if he saw Hill testifying before the the two testimonies and the events shown in Judiciary Committee it would be as a potenthe documentary were evident to those who tial Justice herself. attended. “If they look this good on paper and they’re “I think it’s timely and it’s sad to watch still doubted, what does this mean for the it,” said Molly Steffes-Herman, Washburn’s manager at Burger King who [makes these campus advocate and current graduate stuclaims],” Posey said. dent in the social work department. “To think Diversity and Inclusion has other events this was made and I can watch [it] and feel coming up including a showing of “The hopeful maybe before Dr. Ford had to testiRocky Horror Picture Show” on Nov. 7 put fy.” on by Queers and Allies and an upcoming Steffes-Herman went on to say that after panel discussion on agnostics, atheists and the Ford testimony the film takes on a differnones, people who do not identify with any ent meaning. religion, with a date to be announced later. “Now you watch it with a very different lens after what happened over the last

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