Washburn Review - Apr. 20, 2016 - Issue 25

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Volume 142, Issue 25

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April 20, 2016

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Ali Dade

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Human Impact: As part of the Earth Week celebration, the Topeka Zoo’s education specialist, Rachael Rost, and her animal companions spoke to students of all ages about the impact they have on the world around them. Together they emphasized the small, everyday solutions that people can integrate into their daily lives.

Earth Week underway Students encouraged to get involved through sponsored activities Derek Richardson

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In addition to gardening in Memorial Union courtyard and showcasing live animals from the Topeka Zoo, more activities continue for Washburn’s Earth Week.

“We wanted to highlight what the campus is doing, what Topeka is doing to sustain our Earth, ending with a bang on Earth Day,” said Becky Bolte, Memorial Union director.

On Tuesday students were invited to help “dig up” the ichabodshop @ichabodshop @ichabodshop

Union courtyard to transform it into an inviting “zen” space.

Bolte said the first step is to excavate the area and lay sand and pebbles for the Zen garden.

“We have lots of ideas for the rest of the space,” Bolte said. “We want to completely redo the space and have it as an event space for concerts and relaxing for students. Today was meant as a community day for clean-up and to make our world beautiful.”

Bolte said they are in the beginning stages of redoing the space and students have had

lots of input of what they are looking for.

“Hopefully students will see the impact of gardening here and will have fun,” she said.

The project will later expand to include lounge and rocking chairs for meditation and relaxation.

The next Gardening Day will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 18.

The week will end with the Earth Day fair Scorch on the Porch. The East Lawn will have food, games and entertainment, including a six-foot Earth ball

students can bounce around and take selfies with. There also will be sustainability booths as well as Ichabod Shop deals.

Additionally, the Topeka Zoo will be continuing its Earth Week activities Saturday with “Party for the Planet.” It will be celebrated at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 23 at the Zoo. Throughout the week, the Ecobods, a student organization focused on environmental issues, will have its annual plant sale. It will have a table EARTH: continued on page 3

Scorch on the Porch: Earth Day Join us Friday the 22nd for food, fun, and shopping while learning about conservation and recycling!

A popular class will be returning to campus in the fall of 2016. “Kansas Studies” will be available for students to take as an upper-level general education course in social sciences or just as an elective. The class will be taught separately by 11 different faculty members from 11 different areas of interest.

There will be 11 different topics dealing with Kansas that will be discussed in the class: anthropology, archaeology, art, geology, geography, history, literature, Native Americans, natural resources, politics and religion. Varying professors on the topics will include Tom Averill, who will teach about Kansas literature and English; Rachel Goossen, who will teach overall Kansas history; Kelly Erby will discuss specifically John Brown and the state’s involvement in the history of the Civil War; Bob Beatty will be teaching about Kansas politics; Marguerite Perret, who will be covering the art of Kansas; and Tom Schmiedeler will be teaching about the geography of Kansas.

“If [students] like the idea of being taught by 11 distinguished faculty here at the university, to get all these different styles of teaching about different subjects in Kansas, then students will really enjoy this class,” Schmiedeler said.

“I think [this class] would be eye-opening, because not everybody knows all that much about all of those topics dealing with Kansas. They may know a lot about one specific topic, but definitely not all,” said sophomore biology major Brandon McPhail.

This class was first offered a few semesters ago, but due to the fact that the class was not KANSAS: continued on page 3

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Briefs CAB organizes event

Campus Activities Board (CAB) is hosting Humans vs.

Zombies, a game of tag that will last all week.

Participants, who will start out as humans, will be given a bandana to wear by CAB and must wear that bandana throughout the week unless in a situation that keeps them from doing so, such as a presentation for a class. Yellow bandanas represent humans and orange bandanas represent zombies. In addition to tagging other people if you are a zombie, there will be other activities throughout the week.

There will be an informational meeting about the event on April 21 from 11 a.m. to noon in Washburn B. The event will be from April 25-April 29 and the organization that has the most participation, based off percentage, will win $100. If a person wishes to participate, but cannot make the informational meeting, they can register at hvzsource. com. For more information, please contact Kaylee Erickson at kaylee.erickson@washburn. edu.

Candidates to present

Two candidates, Diana Boyd McElroy and Eric Grospitch, have been chosen by the search committee for the Vice President of Student Life and will be interviewing on campus soon.

Students are invited to attend one of the two open sessions where students will have the

opportunity to hear a presentation by the candidates and participate in a Q&A session following the presentation. The presentation dates for Boyd are April 21 from 3:30-4:15 p.m. in the “W” Room, in the Memorial Union, and April 22 from 10:4511:30 a.m. in the Vogel Room, also in the Memorial Union. The presentation dates for Grospitch will be May 4 from 3:30-4:15 p.m. in the “W” Room and May 5 from 10:45-11:30 p.m. in the Vogel Room. Students can give feedback to president Jerry Farley once both candidates have visited campus. Comments must be submitted by May 9.

Classes and carnivals combine

Sexual assualt forum

On April 27, Mabee Library will be hosting a panel about sexual assault on Washburn’s campus, including prevention and support for victims. Joel Bluml, Associate Vice President of Student Life, will be mediating the panel and following Q&A session. The panel will take place at noon in Mabee Library. Free pizza will be provided.

WU, community to perform requiem

The Washburn choirs will be partnering with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, Topeka Festival Singers and four guest soloists to present Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass. The performance will take place April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in White Concert Hall. For information about tickets, please see the Topeka Symphony Orches-

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Timber: Washburn’s course registration carnival featured carnival games the students could play such as inflatable obstacle courses, Jenga, a cakewalk, Connect Four and many more. Prizes were available to win ranging from FitBits, Beat headphones to gift cards to various stores. Alongside the fun, students could also meet with an advisor at the carnival to enroll in courses.

tra website. For more information, please contact Kevin Kellim at (785) 670-1513 or kevin.kellim@washburn.edu.

Applications for leadership retreat

Student organizations who wish to participate in this year’s leadership retreat can now register. The retreat will take place May 17-18 and allows the executive staff of various student organizations to collaborate with each other as well as plan for the upcoming year. Participants have the opportunity to stay on campus

and engage in the activities planned throughout the day.

Applications are available through Student Activities and Greek Life (SAGL) and are due by May 4. For more information, please contact SAGL at (785) 670-1723 or getalife@washburn.edu.

Presentation by Biology alumnus

The biology department is hosting a presentation by Washburn alumnus J. Anthony Ware. The presentation, entitled “Alzheimer’s Disease: General Overview and Ther-

Washburn Campus Police Report April 11 09:35 - Criminal damage: graffiti.

Washburn Insitutute of Tech.

Report taken: investigation continues.

April 12 09:34 - Battery, criminal deprivation of property.

Alpha Delta Fraternity.

Report taken: case referred to District Attorney.

April 14 12:18 - Information report: possible stalking.

Morgan Hall.

Report taken: investigation continues.

April 16 00:52 - Alcohol violation.

Living Learning Center.

Report taken: alcohol seized and destroyed: referred to the Associate Vice President for Student Life.

apeutic Prospects,” will be at noon in Room 138 in Stoffer Hall on April 22. Ware, who graduated from Washburn in 1974, completed his M.D at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1977. He has since then been employed at Baylor, Harvard Medical School, and currently Eli Lilly as the Senior Vice President of Lilly Bio-Medicines Product Development. Ware also previously spoke at the Tri-Beta National Honor Society’s Induction Ceremony.

The Washburn Review’s crime report follows crime trends on a yearto-year basis. This chart accounts for crime from Jan. 7 to Apr. 18.

Alcohol Violations - 6% Assault - 3% Burglary (Vehicle) - 9% Criminal Damage - 15% Domestic Violence - 1% Drug Arrests - 9% Harassment - 12% Theft (Auto) - 7% Traffic Accidents - 19% Theft - 18%

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Cherry Blossom Time brings history, culture to children Jena Dean

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The Mulvane ArtLab hosted Cherry Blossom Time on April 16 in celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. This event, which welcomed children of all ages to try their hand at painting cherry blossoms, represented a historical event that brought a sense of solidarity between the U.S. and Japan.

“In 1912, Japan sent 3,000 cherry blossom trees to D.C. as a peaceoffering,” said Theresa Scott, ArtLab specialist. “So today we are celebrating it by using different mediums and allowing children and adults to create their own cherry blossom.”

Cherry Blossom Time has become an annual event for the ArtLab, drawing in parents and children of all ages from the Topeka community to Washburn’s campus. The event was a part of Family Days, which included multiple events throughout the spring.

“The ArtLab holds events to celebrate something that is not only an important event of peace for our country, but also to also educate children to realize art

can come from a variety of sources, like historical events,” said Scott. “Art is for all ages and all people.”

Assistants at the ArtLab created templates for children to follow at the event, as well as instructed attendees on how to design the trees. Children chose from a variety of mediums such as painting, drawing and paper mache to create artwork.

“Cherry blossoms connect to something else, something larger in Washington, D.C.,” said Christian Sauerman, senior art major. “This is a way to give kids culture.”

Sauerman, ArtLab assistant, has worked at the Mulvane ArtLab for three years and has seen the impact such events contribute to culture in the community.

“The ArtLab teaches different ways of thinking about values and culture.

There’s a lot of events that help with that, like Day of the Dead or the major art fair that’s held in June,” said Sauerman.

In addition to Cherry Blossom Time, the Mulvane ArtLab hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including I Heart Art held in February and A Carnival of Color held in March. Additionally, “Summer Razzle Dazzle Classes” are offered during the summer, including

Photo by Jena Dean

Peaceful Painting: ArtLab assistants designed templates for attendees to draw inspiration from using different mediums.

drawing classes, mosaic classes and mixed medium classes.

“We have a number of art classes that are for children, teenagers and adults that cost a fee,” said Scott. “But the ArtLab is always cost free and is open to the public.”

For more information on classes and events at the Mulvane ArtLab, visit www.washburn.edu/mulvane/education/ classes or call (785) 670-2420.

Jena Dean, jena.dean@washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

EARTH: Student organization promotes environmentalism set up in Stoffer Hall near the observatory.

There will be a lot of plants and a donations jar. They will also have a table set up with information about the group at Scorch the Porch.

Lauren Zeller, president of the Ecobods, said the group will also have its community garden included in the Washburn Big Event where students can volunteer to clean up and till the soil from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Big Event will be on Saturday, April 23.

“To our knowledge, there is only one planet like Earth in our galaxy, and preserving and enhancing it is essential for every living being that resides here,” Zeller said. “I feel that Earth Week and Earth Day are both extremely important in raising awareness and disseminating critical information about the state of our

KANSAS: Course to teach aspects of Sunflower State registered to be a class until late into the semester before it was offered, many students had already enrolled and had a full load of classes. It is to be noted that this class is considered an Inter-Disciplinary class and could be helpful to transfer students, as well as just an elective for any student interested. This class can also count toward a minor in Kansas Studies.

Schmiedeler, said he feels that this class would be beneficial for students to take.

“This is a very diverse course that will teach students about every aspect there is to know about Kansas.

If you’re going to reside in the state,” which most Washburn students do, he noted, “it’s important to know the background. Plus, it is a very integrative course, so you will see these different aspects of the state, but also how they are all inter-related together.”

Schmiedeler noted how important he feels it is for students to learn about as many different aspects of Kansas as possible in order to get a better view of the state.

The class, officially called “Kansas Studies” or IS 340, will be offered only once throughout the semester; every Tuesday evening from 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

For more information on, or any questions about the class, please contact Schmiedeler at tom.schmiedeler@washburn.edu, or at (785) 6701559.

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

planet, the climate and the future of our environment.”

Zeller said Earth Day not only seeks to show people the reality of Earth’s environment and how humans have affected it, but also to show any effort, large or small, can be made to create a positive impact.

“We, as human beings, have a responsibility to right the wrongs we’ve

committed against our beautiful Earth,” Zeller said.

Jena Dean and Stephanie Cannon contributed to this story.

Derek Richardson, derek.richardson@ washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

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President Farley, students discuss civility Ali Dade

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President Jerry Farley and his wife Susan hosted their annual Roundtable Dinner and Discussion at their house April 14.

About 25 students were in attendance, all from varying grades, areas of study and backgrounds.

There was a guest speaker present at the event, Leslie Reynard, who led the night’s discussion.

Reynard is in her 10th year of teaching communications at Washburn University, but in the past has worked many different jobs in the communications and legal fields. She received her bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Kansas, as well as a master’s in creative writing and a doctor of philosophy in communications. Her focus within communications was politics. This being known, the topic of discussion for the night was civility and civil discourse.

“Civility doesn’t mean politeness or political correctness. It is the ability to engage in open and vigorous discussion of topics that are important to a democracy,” said Reynard.

The night’s discussion began with approximately 25 students gathered around Reynard, President Farley and Mrs. Farley.

Then all students were separated into three different groups, led by either Reynard, President

Farley, or Mrs. Farley where, while enjoying dinner, they discussed openly and individually what civility meant to them.

After dinner and individual discussion, the group came back together to express their final thoughts and wrap up the evening’s discussion.

Throughout the night, many subtopics of civility were discussed, specifically civility and freedom of speech in social media as well as the civility, or lack thereof, that the upcoming 2016 presidential campaign seems to be holding.

“American democracy is really becoming stifled, or at-risk, in the ability to come to a consensus on some of the hot-button topics,” Reynard said. “In the U.S., I’m going to say the ability to engage in civility and civil discourse is something that can and should be undertaken at the college level. It’s something that can be taught and learned and that should be taught and learned.”

Participants briefly discussed the “Trump 2016” chalk that appeared and was highly discussed on campus a few weeks back.

“I wasn’t paying as close of attention as I probably should have, with not recognizing that ‘Trump 2016’ became an issue and not a slogan. To some, it was a code word for something else that I didn’t notice until too

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Civil Discourse: Students from one of three groups sit in a side room of the Farley household discussing and challenging each other on certain topics.

late,” said President Farley.

President Farley wrapped up the night’s discussion.

“Our discussion tonight was about those things you think you can and can’t say and what may offend someone, and maybe you don’t intend to offend someone.

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you can’t express yourself because it might offend someone else,” President Farley said. “If all of us felt the exact same way, we wouldn’t be talking about that tipper topic. Civility comes down to the way you approach people. There’s nothing wrong with disagreeing with someone

else, or being passionate about what you think and believe, but you have to do it in a way that you, hopefully, learn as much as you’re teaching.”

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

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‘Land of Oz’ holds a dark secret Abbie Stuart

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On Feb. 7, The Topeka Capital-Journal published a letter to the editor from Barry Feaker, director of the Topeka Rescue Mission (TRM) where he described the work that the TRM has been doing to combat human trafficking in Topeka. According to the letter, TRM rescued 45 women last year, but Feaker stated that he suspects these women were only a fraction of the total number of victims in our city.

There are some estimates that as many as 400 victims, mostly women and children, are being trafficked into Kansas every year.

Some theories as to why include Kansas’ central location and our highway system.

In 2011, Polaris Project, a front-

runner in the fight against modern slavery, ranked Kansas as one of the worst states in the country in regard to legislation concerning human trafficking. In three years, Kansas rose to be ranked among many states that have “very good human trafficking laws,” even though some reports indicate the human trafficking is a growing issue in Kansas.

On the Polaris website, the Kansas City area, Wichita and Topeka were identified as high areas of human trafficking. Last year, dozens of Kansans, both men and women, were arrested for their part in sex-trafficking operations, including seven Topekans.

But what do numbers mean if you don’t see it with your own eyes? I say this as someone who has lived too long in ignorance of the severity of this problem.

The truth of the matter may be that you are indeed encountering victims of human trafficking but don’t know the signs to recognize them.

Awareness is the first step in the process of change. Victims of human trafficking often have both physical and psychological indicators of trauma, including bruises, malnourishment, anxiety and fear. Victims of human trafficking usually avoid giving details about their living situation or appear to have rehearsed their responses and are often accompanied by a third party. Victims of human trafficking may have a tattoo of a barcode or of a word, such as “Daddy” or another male name that they are not comfortable discussing. They usually have no or limited funds and restricted access to medical attention.

While it’s possible that a person may exhibit some of these behaviors and not be a victim of human trafficking, if you ever encounter a person who you think is a victim it is best to call for professional help. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center’s 24/7 hotline, which is confidential, is 1 (888) 373-7888, Local Topeka resources include Alden’s House 1 (970) 325-2267 and the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment’s 24-hour help line 1 (888) 822-2983. You can also text “HELP” or “INFO” to BeFree 233-733, which is also confidential.

Abbie Stuart, abigail.stuart@ washburn.edu, is a junior English major.

“In Review”A weekly editorial Quality vs. quantity important issue in education

The standard amount of time for a student to complete college has been and still seems to be four years. Graduating in a shorter amount of time than that is quite an accomplishment, and who wouldn’t want to graduate in three or three-and-half years?

The sooner students graduate, the sooner they can start chasing their dreams in the real world. The “Think 30” campaign prevalent at the recent Registration Carnival at Washburn promoted

taking 30 credit hours a year so that, with just a couple summer classes, students can graduate in four years or less.

While many students look forward to graduating as soon as possible and landing that first job, it’s important to remember that the quality of education and college experience is more important than the quantity of students graduating each year.

It is much better to graduate in five years with good grades, lots

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of experience in co-cirrucular activities and organizations and perhaps even an internship or two completed than to graduate in three and a half years with mediocre grades and having completely missed out on what Washburn and college life in general have to offer.

Some students are able to do both - experience much, earn good grades and graduate early - but for a lot of students, that isn’t the case, and those students

need to remember they are in college for their benefit. They should take college at whatever pace best fits their lifestyles, job demands and abilities.

Students should always aim for the best, but they shouldn’t feel pressured to get through college quicker than they are comfortable with, or at a pace that would be detrimental to their grades.

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Senior explores passions with supernovae research

Photo courtesy of Emily Engler

Supernova Smile: Emily Engler looks forward to her future career possibilities as she finishes up her senior research.

Derek Richardson

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Nearly two years of supernovae research is coming to a close for Emily Engler, a Washburn student set to graduate this semester with a degree in physics.

Engler, also minoring in mathematics and leadership studies, has spent the better part of the last two years researching supernovae with professor of physics and astronomy Brian Thomas as her research advisor.

She is trying to simulate what would happen if a star were to explode within a mere 326 light years from Earth. For comparison, the 250,000-mileaway moon is only about 1.3 light seconds away.

The research project, titled “What’s that Light in the Sky? Investigating the UV and visible light from a nearby supernova,” aims to understand whether or not an exploding star this close would affect life, the environment, and how.

“The last time [the planet] did experience this, no humans were on the earth,” Engler said.

“What we’re trying to see is, are humans—or plants or any type of life—in danger from an event like this.”

Engler has been interested in physics and astronomy since she

was a child.

“I was that little tiny stargazer that had her own little telescope that always hung out at night with her parents looking at the stars,” she said.

She was always strong in math and physics and pursued it all the way through high school and college.

“And here I am about to graduate with a physics degree,” Engler said.

With the simulation, Engler said she hopes to understand what type of supernova could penetrate Earth’s atmosphere and even reach the ground.

Earth is protected by a magnetosphere, but a powerful enough supernova could damage the ozone layer and ionize the atmosphere, potentially changing its chemistry.

That said, however, Earth is not in any imminent threat of being near a supernova explosion. “[Engler] took on the task of collecting and analyzing observational data that astronomers have collected about supernovae, which meant learning about the data and then developing methods to convert it into a form we could use,” Thomas said.

When she started, she said it took a long time to collect as much data as possible.

That included going into a large database to find about six recorded observations of supernovae.

In particular she looked at the data recorded from a 2012 explosion that occurred 38 million light years away. That data, combined with geologic information from a supernova that hit earth 2.5 million years ago. The goal was to input the data into a computer and scale the effects to the set distance.

“We thought it would be just as simple to take that observational data and run it through our [Tropospheric Ultraviolet and Visible radiation] model,” Engler said. “It’s never that simple.”

there was too much noise and too much variation.”

She said they thought maybe the mathematical calculations and the code of the program weren’t understanding what they were trying to tell it.

“It was confused and we were confused,” Engler said.

To fix this problem, each observational data point was averaged in order to get a more realistic average number. She said it took a while to make sure all the units were right and everything was scaled correctly.

What they thought would be accomplished in a couple of meeting times turned into months and months of work.

“We had to make sure we had all the right observational data possible,” Engler said. “From there we had to make sure all our parameters in the program were correct.”

Engler ran all the data and it came out with no errors. The next step is for her to determine how realistic they are.

Her research doubles as her senior thesis as well as her capstone project for the Honors Program. Additionally she will present her work April 29 at Washburn University Apeiron.

While she will graduate in May, she will continue her work through the end of the summer.

“Some people don’t understand that this type of research takes forever to do,” Engler said. “It was a lot of numbers and Excel spreadsheets, but nothing can beat that feeling when the program runs and

“ I was that little tiny stargazer that had her own telescope that always hung out at night with her parents looking at the stars.

- Emily Engler, physics major

The computer model they were using kept skewing all the data. It got to the point where the program would not even run.

“It would just spit out the same numbers over and over again,” Engler said. “We decided that

it executes and there are no errors.”

She said the biggest thing this project did was teach her what research was really like and how much dedication someone has to have—not to mention an

interest in the subject matter— in order to do this.

“I never would have learned anything like this in my standard physics courses,” Engler said.

“There is not a supernova 101.”

When she started the project, the hardest part was the steep learning curve.

“I never had to work with this type of program, called Fortran,” Engler said. “I had not had that much experience with HiPACE. I had no experience with code.

I didn’t understand the syntax, some of the terminology that [Thomas] was telling me. It took me an entire semester to get comfortable telling people what I was researching.”

According to Thomas, Emily is a bright and hardworking student.

She successfully balances many other activities with her school work.

After graduation, and the completion of her research, she plans to pursue a degree in higher education administration.

With her experience in helping students in leadership and the Washburn First Year Experience she discovered this was what she was passionate about and wanted to go back to that.

“Don’t be afraid to explore your interests and your passions,” Engler said. “I was a high school senior that thought the only thing that I could do well was physics or mathematics, and here I am a college senior wanting to do something completely different and completely opposite of that of physics.”

She said people have to ask themselves at the very end of the day about what they find meaningful in life.

“Will it give me energy at the end of the day rather than sucking me dry?” she said. “You have to ask yourself that very important question or else you won’t truly be happy in what you are doing.”

Derek Richardson, derek. richardson@washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

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Professor researches ‘gayborhood’ necessity

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Acceptance: Boystown, Chicago was the first officially recognized gay community in the United States and celebrates gay and lesbian sexuality. The neighborhood also features rainbow sidewalks.

Kenzie McCoy

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When he’s not teaching one of Washburn’s introduction to sociology classes, Chris Conner, assistant professor of sociology/anthropology, is spending his time researching the gayborhoods around the United States. Conner is focusing on what will become of these long-developed neighborhoods with rainbow-painted sidewalks and flying rainbow flags after same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in June 2015.

Gayborhoods are collections of cultural and social institutions in different metropolitan cities. This topic of gayborhood evolution has entered Conner’s mind for years and Conner said he personally connected with his developing research.

“I’m gay, so this topic interested me because I never really felt like I fit into the mold,” Conner said.

Conner first began teaching at Wash-

burn in August 2015 and also started gathering information about gayborhoods in the same year.

“My project is asking the question, where are we now?” Conner said.

“Most of the research on gay culture died out in the 1970s, so I’m updating that older research and am brining to the light the issues now. My research is very timely and focuses on what will come about in these neighborhoods.”

Conner has gathered much of his material through informal and formal interviews, asking his contacts, as well as people who live in these gayborhoods, if gayborhoods are still necessary after marriage equality.

“Everyone is saying now that we have marriage that we are equal,” Conner said. “Minorities are still getting left behind because if you fit into this idea about what being gay should look like, then this idea of assimilation is really good for you. However, if you are a minority, a transgender person or maybe a lesbian, then the idea that ev-

eryone is equal after marriage doesn’t benefit you.”

Conner said he has found that although marriage equality has been a progressive movement, there is still much discrimination and other issues surrounding the LGBT community.

Major issues still surrounding LGBT minorities are homelessness and wage gaps.

“The largest group of homeless people are LGBT and transgender youth,” Conner said. “People are unaware of other social issues that gay folk have to deal with. There’s also a wage gap between heterosexuals and LGBT persons.”

Conner has traveled to many gayborhoods around the United States, but his most recent trip was to Boystown, Chicago, the first formally recognized gay settlement. Boystown includes over 30 gay and lesbian bars and nightclubs, as well as shops and residential living areas.

“In Boystown, there’s these pylons

that are rainbow colored and they have different gay historical figures; for example, Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay politicians,” Conner said.

“It’s one of the longest running areas that’s been openly gay. It’s a whole kind of ecosystem.”

Conner’s research also includes ethnographic experiences, which consists of Conner’s participation in the Kansas City gay pride festival. This year’s festival will take place June 3-5.

Conner said that his learning experiences through his gayborhood research have also provided him with great teaching material for his sociology classes.

Conner will be presenting conference papers on his developing research at the 2016 American Sociological Association Meeting in Seattle, Washington, in August.

Kenzie McCoy, mckenzie.mccoy@ washburn.edu, is junior mass media major.

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Ichabods secure game with crucial catch Frankie Estanol

WASHBURN REVIEW

The Washburn mens baseball team (25-13, 20-8 MIAA) has been on a tear as of lately, sweeping a tough Lindenwood Lions team over the weekend.

Due to weather conditions the three-game series was moved to start Thursday, April 19. The Ichabods are in a two-way tie for 2nd in the region. With 10 games left in the season they look to push for a top seed in the MIAA tournament.

The Bods currently hold a five game winning streak heading into this weekend's contest.

Washburn struggled on offense to start the series off, but took the first game 4-2 on another solid start from pitcher Nick Silva. He earned his eighth win and still remains undefeated, throwing seven complete innings with two runs allowed and three strikeouts. The Ichabods would only scatter four hits but used aggressive baserunning to help ignite some momentum on offense.

Center fielder Parker Gibson would single in the first inning then steal second and third. He would then score on a throwing error by the Lions. A double steal in the top of the second inning by Lindenwood tied the game 1-1. Payton Soichers deep sac fly in the same inning snatched the lead back for the Ichabods 2-1

scoring Tanner Triggs who finished 2-3 on the day. WU would not hold the lead as Lindenwood scored in the third to tie it up again at 2-2. Momentum would stay on Washburn's side, however, in the third inning as they score dtwo unearned runs to take the lead for good.

After Riley Krane reached on a dropped third strike to open the inning, he scored on a triple by David Gauntt. Gauntt then scored on a sac fly by Lance Barkley. Barkley also earned his fifth save of the season.

The Bods clinched the weekend series on Friday pitching their way to a win. Again Lindenwood would have more hits (6), than Washburn who finished with five. But tough pitching and good defense helped squeek out a win. Mike Hefferan (6-2) pitched 5.1 innings with six strikeouts while giving up four hits, six walks and one run. WU Pitchers Jaren Kutzke, Greg Mason and Dan Gabler would each contribute on the hill until handing the ball to Lance Barkley for his sixth save. With the game scoreless through three innings, the Ichabods were able to get some momentum going while Payton Soicher broke up Lindenwood's no hit bid on a single up the middle.

He then advanced to third on two throwing errors by the Lions.

However in the fourth inning, great at-bats for the Ichabods drew three walks and a pair of hits that featured the first two runs of the

game and the lead. David Gauntt and Lance Barkley drew back-toback walks before Triggs, who finished with two hits for the second straight game, lined a single to right field to load the bases for WU. Payton Soicher then faced an 0-2 count before drawing an RBI walk. Zane Mapes, who got hit-by-pitch but was overturned by the umpire, took the next pitch into center field to score Barkley. The Lions would get one in the sixth off a bases loaded walk, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Payton Soicher drew his second walk in the game, then scored the Ichabods final run when Riley Krane hit a dribbler to third base and beat out the throw to first after sliding.

There were certain points in the ball game where things seemed to be really confusing for the umpires and brought both head coaches from both teams to come out and argue.

Washburn was able to keep composure very well finishing the game 3-1."As long as they're not completely getting us down in the dugout, we stayed up, we stayed positive," said Soicher of how the team was able to stay focused. "We knew we were going to piece it together and get the win."

With a three game win streak and a chance of sweeping an MIAA series for the third time, Washburn themselves in a hole on Saturday but stay in the game to pull off the victory.

MIAA Baseball Records

*Records are regular season conference records.

Pittsburg State

5-23 Central Oklahoma

15-12 Fort Hays State

11-17 Nebraska Kearney

11-15 Lincoln

Northwest Missouri

16-12 Missouri Western

20-8 Washburn

20-8 Missouri Southern

16-12 Southwest Baptist

0-28

12-16

Lindenwood

14-13 Emporia State

The Lions held a 6-4 lead but two straight runs sent the Bods to extra innings. RBI from Parker Gibson and Zane Mapes tied the game at 6-6 for a shot at the sweep. In the bottom of the 11th, catcher David Gauntt hit a walk-off single to win 7-6. Ultimately the Bods would use five different pitchers and scatter 10 total hits to earn their ninth win in their last 10 games.

Washburn is back in action this weekend for another MIAA series against Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Starting Friday at 3 p.m., they begin the stretch of the last 10 games of the regular season.

Frankie Estanol, frank.estanol@ washburn.edu, is a junior communications major.

*Records are regular season conference records.

Pittsburg State

17-5 Central Oklahoma

16-6

23-5 Northeastern State

Winning Grab: Ichabod catcher David Gauntt recomposes after getting a crucial out at home plate against the Lindenwood Lions. The play kept the game tied 6-6 through the 10th inning allowing Washburn to score the winning run during the 11th inning driven in by Gauntt.

MIAA Softball Records

10-18 Central Missouri

Photo by Scott Stormann

Fort Hays State

11-13 Nebraska Kearney

9-15

20-8 Lincoln

Northwest Missouri

17-5 Missouri Western

19-3 Washburn

8-14 Missouri Southern

9-13 Southwest Baptist

4-18

9-13

Lindenwood

6-16 Central Missouri

11-11 Northeastern State

13-9 Emporia State

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Ichabod men’s tennis takes Newman in match 5-1

By Washburn Sports Information Department The No. 25-ranked Washburn Ichabod tennis team picked up a 5-1 win over Newman on Sunday afternoon at the Washburn Tennis Complex.

Washburn returns to the court wrapping up the regular season with Nebraska-Kearney on Thursday and Southwest Baptist on Sunday.

Washburn (13-4) open the match jumping out to a 3-1 lead as the nationally-ranked No. 16 team of Blake Hunter and Alejandro Valarezo Plaza beat

Eduardo Santos and Jose Enrique Coiras 8-4 at No. 1. Matt Barlow and Zach Hampton beat Max Pyle and Alejandro Gonzalez 8-4 at No. 2 doubles.

In singles, Valarezo Plaza knocked off the No. 43-ranked singles player in the nation in Santos winning 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Barlow topped Gonzalez 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Hunter beat Andre Ebinal 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.

Matches four through six were not finished as rain was entering the region.

Photo by Scott Stormann

Sportsmanship: Blake Hunter and Alejandro Valarezo Plaza shake hands with their Newman opponents after winning their doubles match 8-4.

Photo by Scott Stormann

Backwards Swing: Matt Barlow makes a behind the back play during the doubles match against the Newman Jets.

Photo by Scott Stormann

Gearing Up: Dario Munoz-Poletti winds back to return the ball in the singles match against Newman.

Photo by Scott Stormann

Prepared Return: Alejandro Valarezo Plaza prepares to return a play during the Washburn match against the Newman Jets. Valarezo Plaza was named MIAA Athlete of the Week for the second time after his perfomance of 4-0 in both No. 1 doubles and singles.

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April artist of the month showcases Venitian masks Lisa Herdman

WASHBURN REVIEW

Anastasia Jessalee Bell is a freshman bachelor of arts teaching and graphic design double major and has been named Artist of the Month in April by the leaders of the Washburn Art Student Association.

Bell’s work will be featured in the Kaw River Rustics Gallery in North Topeka starting April 22, showcasing her work on Venetian masks, paintings, charcoal drawings and graphic designs.

The main feature of the gallery will be Bell’s work on her Venetian masks, an art that she was first recognized for.

“I had to teach myself how to make the masks,” Bell said.

“The art of making Venetian masks is a lost one, and I had to learn as I go and take it my own direction.”

Five major masks that Bell created will be in the gallery.

They are mainly a mixture of three forms of art: painting, gluing cloth and silversmithing. Each mask has its own theme, including steampunk or a specific emotion.

“I want my audience to feel empathy, which is so underrated,” Bell said. “It’s a key part to being human and being social, looking at something and feeling something. Even creating something in the artwork and dissecting it.”

Bell originally wanted to be a marine biologist, but, she found herself drawing a lot and creating pictures of the sea, hermit crabs or dolphins.

It wasn’t until high school that an art teacher influenced her to change her mind. Encouraging her to take four years in ceramics and two years in silversmithing – a class which she used later to create her Venetian masks.

Bell would like to go on to become a teacher and implement her graphic design classes wherever she can.

“I think being a teacher would be a noble thing to go for,” Bell said. “I feel like I would have a real purpose.”

Her most recent projects have been inspired by ancient art. She created projects based off of cave paintings, trying to

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Photo by Lisa Herdman

Self Taught: Anastasia Bell is nominated for Artist of the Month in April 2016. Her gallery will be on display in the Kaw River Rustics Gallery in North Topeka for a month.

get the realistic texture of rock through wooden boards and emulate other kinds of drawings.

“Everyone is an artist in some way or form,” Bell said.

“Humming under your breath, writing a poem, saying something kind, even speaking is a form of art. Take what you are good at and turn it into something greater than it is now.”

For more information on viewing the gallery, call Kaw River Rustics at (785) 207-7858.

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

Gallery displays American printmaking Faith Hadley

WASHBURN REVIEW

Washburn’s Mulvane Art Museum is currently featuring “Boom: American Printmaking 1960-2000.” This historic set of works features pieces from artists of varying styles, backgrounds and times unified through print and country.

Every work hanging in the Maxine J. Anton gallery is selected from the museum’s permanent collection. “We had quite a challenge selecting down from that to the 43 that are in the exhibition,” said Julie Meyers, the curator of collections and exhibitions at the museum.

In selection the goal was to display the metamorphoses of the art movement in the last 40 years of the 20th century.

Walking into the gallery, the first piece visible is “Open”

by Herb Jackson. A structured and symmetrical piece in subtle blue and browns. A geometric lithograph acts as a middle ground between the non-objective pieces and the photorealism portrayed in “Harvest Scape” by David Bernard. The etching portrays fragmented sepia scenes of various harvest time activities.

A 20th century art history class visited after reviewing the various art movements on display in the gallery. After a lecture, the students were invited to view the works for themselves, which Meyers sees

Photo by Faith Hadley

Popping: Emma Williams’s screenprint jumps brightly off the wall of the gallery. It utilizes primary colors to create a minimalist depth of field.

as a great benefit of the Boom exhibit.

“Instead of just seeing works of art as slides or pictures projected on a screen they’re able to see the actual work of art and appreciate it at the right scale,” Meyers said.

This highly varied exhibition offers a snapshot not only into the art movements spanning more than 40 years, but also the history of the nation in which the pieces were made.

The cynicism and worry of the Cold War era are rampant in William L. Haney’s piece, “C.A.T. Scanner.” The etching depicts an inner room full of switches and sinister medical workers looking out onto

patients strapped into medical machines. These now common machines had recently emerged for clinical use when Haney produced this print.

This gallery is its own version of a time machine, whether one is interested in art, history or both. Head to the second floor of Mulvane Art Museum to check out this exhibition, which will be featured until May 30.

Faith Hadley, faith.hadley@ washburn.edu, is a sophomore nursing major.

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English teacher bids Theatre puts a farewell to Ichabods Spanish spin on Shakespeare

Lisa Herdman

WASHBURN REVIEW

At the close of this semester, Washburn will say goodbye to Benjamin Beier of the English department. Beier has taught a gamut of English classes at Washburn University over the past three years, including Freshman Composition, World Literature, Shakespeare and British Literature.

Little known facts about him, though, include what made Beier want to teach and his year of seminary school.

Preceding Washburn, Beier taught as an assistant at the college level while earning his Ph.D. He also taught some middle school and high school level courses as well.

Before deciding to pursue becoming an educator, Beier attended the University of Kansas where he received his bachelor’s degree.

“I went to college with no idea what I wanted to do other than having an obligation to continue school and propel my own self advancement,” Beier said.

Beier explained that his love of learning bred the desire to teach. What inflamed that was a powerful religious experience. He attended a Catholic seminary, and after a year, found it was not for him and left the great experience there to build cubicles.

“I built cubicles, which wasn’t exactly a fun job, as you can imagine,” Beier said.

“Among other things I was still insatiably hungry to learn more about a number of things, like history and literature, so I

Michael Anschutz

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Photo by Lisa Herdman

Michigan Bound: Beier plans to roam the United States again, this time to the Great Lakes State, to spend more time on his writing. He has worked at Washburn for three years, and wants to continue to teach English at Hillsdale College.

attended school to put off figuring out what I really wanted to do.”

It was then that Beier attended the University of Texas in Dallas for his master’s degree.

He decided to start teaching, and while teaching, earned his doctorate. “[Teaching] is a different sort of service, but I found it was a better fit for me [than seminary],” Beier said. “I hope that students walk away from my class having found some little tidbit of wisdom.”

Beier said he leads his classes by both lecture and dialogue between students to better the learning experience with each other.

This is Beier’s last semester at Washburn before he will

teach at Hillsdale College, a liberal arts college in Michigan.

“Teaching in Michigan is a good professional opportunity. I’ll have a chance to teach fewer classes each semester and work on my writing,” Beier said. “I will miss Washburn.

It has truly been great. My hope is more or less ambitious.

Follow your dreams. Riches and wisdom can be found by anyone,” Beier said. “We have the potential for excellence we may or may not actualize.

Students’ education as a whole should encourage them to live excellently.”

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

Topeka Civic Theatre is endeavoring to conquer the challenge of Shakespeare with their production of “Much Ado About Nothing.”

The play’s five acts tell a tale two couples finding love despite the forces of villainy and their own pride.

This production is set during Spain’s 1939 civil war.

The choice fit well with the play’s themes and plot in several ways. Notably, it provided a context for soldiers as in the original which was appreciated continuity.

Aesthetically the Spanish culture added to the dramatic, heightened type of romantic love of the play. A vibrant villa courtyard mirrored the idealized sort of love the characters fall into.

The quick witted duo of Beatrice and Signor Benedict, played by Maeghan Bishop and Danny Lassley, respectively, delivered with their physical comedy and haughty interactions with each other.

Especially funny was the crew of the night watch. Led

by Dogberry, played by Ted Shonka, they each played the bumbling peasant well by adding their own quirks and Shonka’s performance really embraced the character’s ridiculousness.

These lighthearted scenes also provided a nice contrast for a surprisingly impactful

Photo courtesy of Topeka Civic Theatre

Love and War: The play’s characters find love in a hopeless place– The Spanish Civil War. The war spanned from 1936-1939.

scene. I was surprised how uncomfortable I found myself during a scene where Leonato’s daughter is accused of sleeping with men other than her fiancé.

For any looking for an introduction to Shakespeare and/ or a fun show, this production delivers.

Michael Anschutz, michael. anschutz@washburn.edu, is a junior English major.

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Play 'This Is Our Youth' brings 1980s to Washburn Michael Anschutz

WASHBURN REVIEW

“This Is Our Youth” is a post-modern play. Such is the ambivalent spirit of Washburn’s latest production. Set in the early 1980s, the show shows around two days of thrills and contradictions of the lives of three young people.

The play’s action is all seen within Dennis Ziegler’s apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.

A believable studio apartment is created on stage that is at once cramped, gross and oddly captivating - like a small personality-filled world.

Warren Straub (CJ WilliamsHerrera) is the play’s protagonist and a great representation of the awkward time between high school and “real” adulthood.

The play tracks the

consequences, or lack thereof, of him stealing money from his wealthy father with whom he has a less-than-healthy relationship.

In the sequence of events that follows we learn about Warren, his drug dealing friend Dennis (Alex Laughlin) and Warren’s love interest Jessica Goldman (Darria Dennison).

The play’s first act was well paced and had a good number of laughs to help sustain this dialogue-heavy play.

The dynamic between Warren, a lanky embodiment of being in over one’s head, and Dennis, who has become a grungy scarface wannabe, made for an entertaining duo and one that raised interesting questions about privilege.

Act one also used music quite well to bring comedic and touching moments out between the characters. However, during

one sequence, the actors had to fight pretty hard to be heard over the music. Still, the songs were a nice fit for the time and for the mood being set up.

Another piece of technical work that should be credited is the costumes. Jessica’s costume in the first act was especially well done. It was a real visual transformation that at once established the time but also enhanced the character.

Her costume, busy and trendy, helped explain her dealings with men. She verbally keeps Warren at bay being understandably defensive, but clearly she is concerned for how people see her.

Act two incorporated multiple monologues by Dennis and Warren. Though the monologues were performed well, the writing was done with a tradeoff. What the audience gains in insight

into the characters, it loses in the feeling that the play was a believable interaction between the two.

The characters hold up a mirror to audiences 30-plus years removed from themselves and effectively ask questions of youth: Who are you? What do you want? Are you a good person?

“This Is Our Youth” will be showing in the Neese Gray Theatre at 7:30 p.m. April 22 and 23 and at 2 p.m. April 24.

Washburn students, faculty and staff get tickets free of charge with their IDs.

Photo courtesy of Washburn Theatre Department

Michael Anschutz, michael. anschutz washburn.edu, is a freshman English major.

Throwback: Material privilege does not satisfy the cast of “Youth” set in 1982. Originally produced in 1996, the play did not hit Broadway until 2014.

Nostalgia and character drive ‘The Jungle Book’ Andrew Shermoen

WASHBURN REVIEW

Disney’s animated version of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” was one of my favorite movies as a kid. This level of nostalgia drives the enjoyment to be had for older viewers when watching Disney’s liveaction remake of “The Jungle Book” directed by Jon Favreau.

Mowgli (Neel Sethi) is a young boy who was left in the Indian jungle to be raised by wolves. He is guarded by the pack and by his friend and rescuer Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), a black panther.

When a drought enacts the water truce, the animals convene at a communal watering hole and refuse to hunt until the rains come. When Mowgli arrives at the water hole the tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba), who despises

Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures

Monkeying Around: Director Jon Favreau mixed together elements of Disney’s animated film and Kipling’s original novel. Classic Disney songs like “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You,” but the book’s more violent nature also appears.

humans, threatens to kill Mowgli when the rains come. Bagheera attempts to help Mowgli escape but when they are separated Mowgli joins forces with Baloo (Bill Murray), a relaxed, conartist sloth bear.

The casting of the characters is spot-on. Murray’s relaxed

portrayal of Baloo is perfect for the character, he seems as though he was born for the role and I couldn’t imagine a better pick.

The same goes for Elba, whose iconic English accent baritone sounds like a low growl of a tiger. His portrayal is even more frightening and domineering

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than Sanders’s performance in the animated film. Walken’s iconic speech pattern is perfect for King Louie, who is clever and funny while still retaining his malicious power-hungry side.

The only questionable portrayals are from Sethi’s Mowgli. His status as a new actor is noticeable and Scarlett Johanson’s brief and unnecessary appearence as the gigantic python Kaa. . The film relies heavily on CGI for its animal characters but the effects are really wellbalanced. The animals both look real and never make the scene feel overburdened with computer generated effects. It is a balancing act that Favreau and his visual effects artists have been able to walk perfectly before. This movie is a great example of using a lot of CGI

but still using it as a tool. It adds to the movie’s quality instead of dragging the movie down by relying too much on it.

“The Jungle Book” has a perfect mix of nostalgia for adults and enhanced storytelling that never treats its adult or child audience as though they are dumb. It has a few low points, but its treatment of character, great performances and wellexecuted computer graphics make “The Jungle Book” an incredibly enjoyable film for all audiences.

Andrew Shermoen, andrew. shermoen@washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.