Photo courtesy of Tom Harrington

Art For the Community: (From Left) Rob Peters, Samantha Hays and Katie Child stand in front of the box van used by COACH. The van provides outreach and simulation training for smaller hospitals and rural areas.

A & E A8 Wednesday, April 11, 2012

AJ DomeWASHBURN REVIEW

AJ Dome is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at andrew.dome@washburn.edu

Sam Sayler is a junior English major. Reach him at samuel.sayler@washburn.edu

Battle Of The Bands!Jayhawk Theater Revival Presents:

Friday, April 13th. From 7pm - midnightCapital Plaza hotel, regency ballroom

$15 for admission and t-shirt

Featuring:Monk’s Wine New inhabitants

chris aytes & the good ambitionThe plugged-in band jolly roger

Dance, Drink & rock on!

Washburn graphic art stu-dents and the School of Nursing have teamed up to create a new look for Collaborative Outreach Advancing Community Health (COACH). COACH is a mo-bile unit--a large box van--used by the nursing program to pro-vide outreach and simulation training for smaller hospitals and rural areas.

“We mostly provide help and training to critical access hospitals,” said Kathy Ure, di-rector of mobile simulation and community education. “Hos-pitals like the ones in Holton and Hiawatha are considered ‘critical access.’ They’re small and don’t have the same kind of staff on hand that bigger hospi-tals like St. Francis does.”

The new $3,000 vinyl wrap for the mobile unit comes from a grant from St. Francis Hos-pital. Ideas for the new design started in early March, and the van is expected to be finished by April 28.

“We had a very aggressive timeline,” said Ure. “I thought, ‘how do we make this program very interdisciplinary?’ First, we sat down with the students and just brainstormed. They came up with some really great ideas, took those home and pro-duced this wonderful design.”

The three students who

worked on this project are graphic arts major Katie Child, mass media major Rob Peters, and fine arts major Samantha Hays. Child and Peters are se-nior, and Hays is a junior.

“It was pretty neat working on this project,” said Peters. “I think it will look really good. I think the community will like it.”

After the designs were re-fined, they were presented to a board of hospital officials, in-cluding the C.E.O. of St. Fran-cis Hospital for the final word.

“They loved it,” said Ure. “I don’t think a team of pro-fessional graphic designers could’ve done a better job. It looks fabulous.”

The vinyl wrap is sched-uled to be finalized on Satur-day, April 28. On the 28th is a “Day of Dance” event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lee Arena. The event will “be an opportunity for families to come and learn about cardiovascular issues, and heart disease.” The event is sponsored by St. Francis and Kansas First News. Vendors, contests and special videos will be part of the day’s events.

“We’re premiering the van’s new look then, because we want to give Topeka and surrounding areas a picture of what we’re doing,” said Ure.

According to Ure, a good community base is impor-tant, especially with a health

care outreach provider such as COACH.

“To me, it’s very important that this mobile unit is an ex-pression and validation of the collaboration at Washburn that happens every day,” said Ure.

Ure said she couldn’t have accomplished this project with-out a little bit of help.

“This whole program has been a joy to work on,” said Ure. “The students have an op-portunity to go out and be part of the community, and the com-munity looks back positively at Washburn. It’s a win-win.”

Ure had a few people to thank by the end of the COACH project.

“A huge thank you goes out to [Child], [Peters] and [Hays],” said Ure. “They took a chance and ran with it. It’s not easy presenting to hospital and school administration and lead-ers. They did a fantastic job all-around.”

Ure would also like to thank Tom Harrington, a pho-tographer for the group work-ing with the mobile unit.

Art and nursing students team up

Ryan OgleWASHBURN REVIEW

Ryan Ogle is sophomore mass media major. Reach him at ryan.ogle@washburn.edu

Out of the ashes of local rockers Smokin’ Joe comes one of Topeka’s most sonically di-versified acts going today: The Rob Wade Band.

Consisting of founder/guitarist/vocalist, Rob Walt-man, singer Janelle Parr, bassist Hudson Hamilton and drummer Nico Williams, The Rob Wade Band was given a name that Waltman felt would be more ac-ceptable across different genres of music, which falls right in line with the band’s approach to their music. Combining ele-ments of classic and modern rock, rap, funk and country, The Rob Wade Band offers a mixed bag of sounds and styles for their audience to enjoy.

“I’m a fan of all styles of music,” Waltman said in regard to his band’s varied approach. “I like a little bit of everything; it caters to whatever mood I’m in at a given time. I like some rap, so that works its way into the music. There are a few songs that we play live that have some funk elements, and I’ll throw a bit of rap in over the top of that, which people really love. You’ll hear a song with a classic-rock kind of vibe, too. People will hear a song they like and stick around for more. We’ll appease their needs.”

Waltman’s ability to blend so many genres comes from a lifetime of inspiration from a cornucopia of artists that spans multiple generations.

“My folks were into the old AC/DC, Queen, Van Halen and classic rock stuff, so a lot of that stuff breathes into my mu-sic,” said Whitman. “As I got older, I really got into Eminem, Dr. Dre and all those guys. Even the new country stuff that’s out there. You’ll catch me for two or three months, I’ll be on a classic rock kick, and after that, it’ll be modern rock for awhile or even progressive rock. That’s probably why you hear so much diversity in our music. I’m re-ally influenced by guitar-driven songs, songs that are centered on great guitar playing. You don’t hear much of that in the mainstream anymore.”

It’s more than just the gui-tarist’s eclectic taste that gives The Rob Wade Band their

wide-ranging sound; the mem-bers themselves contribute to the array, as well. The addi-tion of Parr, who joined in the summer of 2010, adds what Waltman describes as “a differ-ent dynamic that a lot of other bands don’t have.” Parr’s pres-ence has opened up an entirely new realm of possibilities that Waltman and company contin-ue to explore.

“There are so many dif-ferent things we can do with a female singer,” said Waltman. “We do a lot of originals, but add some covers into the set. With the female vocals we can do an Adele or Lady Gaga song.”

RWB’s newest recruit is Williams, who is currently studying music performance at Washburn and is a member of the drum line. He has Waltman particularly excited. Williams first came to the band around six months ago as fill-in drummer for one show, but that quickly turned into a full-time gig.

“Nico stepped in and add-ed his own dynamic to the old songs,” said Waltman. “At first, I was thinking he’s destroying the song, but once I really lis-tened to what he was doing, I found it was much better than the original. I really believe that if he sticks around, within a year he’ll be one of, if not, the finest drummers in town. He’s

got great chops.”The culmination of this

vast array of talent and influ-ence can be heard on the band’s album, “Basement Chronicles,” which was given its name in tribute to the band’s basement rehearsal space. Edgy and energetic rockers like “Cold Hard Bitch” and “Bad Mo’s” rest comfortably alongside the steel drum-flavored toe-tapper “Good Times” and anthemic “Highway.”

While the band’s entertain-ing live performance, complete with a light show and flamboy-ant stage garb has been an ef-fective means to promote the album, RWB is attempting to see their tunes go viral via a series of pro-shot music videos. With videos for “Good Times” and “Cold Hard Bitch” posted on their website, the band’s most recent foray into the world built, and then abandoned, by MTV will be debuted on April 28th at Skinny’s Sports Bar & Grill, 4016 SW Huntoon St., during a video release party for the song “Summer.”

Themed around its title, the video was filmed at Lake Perry and during a pool party, the band played and featured Washburn cheerleaders.

Band blends genres, unique sound

As one watches one of the most historically great movies of all time, Titanic, they may not realize the historical impact the real event had on the entire world.

In 1912, the real Titanic embraced the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, only to never make it to its destination.

One hundred years later, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is doing their part to commemorate this event and bring history back to life for at least a weekend.

Two years ago, Brian Ad-ams, a public service specialist at the library realized that the 100th anniversary of the event would be coming up soon.

“One hundred years is a big deal for anything,” said Ad-ams. “I knew we really needed to do something.”

This is when he got Mi-chelle Stottlemire on board and really began planning the Titanic commemoration. Over the last year, this event has been their main focus, as they’ve planned two days to hopefully educate and entertain people with the history of the tragic

date. “We’re always looking for

new and fun but informative programming ideas that interest as many people as possible,” said Adams.

On Friday, April 13 at 6:30 pm, the library will be hosting a showing of the 1997 version of Titanic, the classic that ev-eryone remembers. However, it will not just be an ordi-nary show- ing. Adams

and

Stottlemire, along with two other comedic actors will be wearing microphones to com-ment on different aspects of the movie as it shows.

“When the movie is at its most ridiculous, hopefully we can be funny,” said Adams. “However, when it gets serious, we will too, and hopefully add a little more to the movie.”

They will not be the only ones talking about the movie as Adams mentioned there would be many opportunities to chime in and engage in the movie more than just watching.

Saturday will be a bit dif-

ferent, as the Exhibit room in the library will be transformed in to Titanic central. When the library opens at 9 am, different areas will be set up with differ-ent information that people can learn that is not exactly shown through the movie.

Exhibits available vary greatly, including a Morse code table, history of Titanic section, a panel to answer questions, crafts for kids, models of the

ship, and even an ice tub for kids to get in that shows a degree of how cold it was in the Atlantic that awful night.

Then at 3 pm that afternoon, the 1953 ver-

sion will be shown. This movie was a hit back in the day, but has seemed to a little forgotten. Both movies will be in Marvin Auditorium.

“We encourage everybody to come, and hey, it’s free,” said Adams. “Everyone is welcome, and it’s just as much their li-brary as it is ours. Bring the family and bring the kids and remember the Titanic.”

Library celebrates the Titanic

Graphic by Kelsey Wagers, Washburn Review

Michael Vander Linden is a freshman biology major. Reach him at michael.vanderlinden@washburn.edu

Michael Vander LindenWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo courtesy of Joe Russell

A Little Bit of Everything: (From left) Rob Waltman (guitar/vocals), Janelle Parr (vocals), Nico Williams (drums), Hudson Hamilton (bass). The Rob Wade band prides themselves in combining elements of various genres of music.