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Editor-in-chief Regina Budden and staff cover the downsizing of the WTE budget.TRANSCRIPT
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Students may find it strange that there are two student orga-nizations arranging for guest speakers to make appearances at Washburn University.
Both the Washburn Student Government Association and the Washburn University Cam-pus Activities Board are charged with the task of setting up events involving guest speakers. How-ever, some feel this is not the most efficient way to get the job done, despite the fact that both organizations have been known to help one another with their respective events.
The Washburn University Board of Regents grants funding for both organizations’ events. The funding is taken from stu-dent activity fees, and divided amongst WSGA, CAB, the Washburn University Dancing Blues, Washburn Student Publi-cations and Washburn University Cheerlead-ing.
“In 2006, WUBOR [Washburn Univer-sity Board of Regents] met with represen-tatives from WSGA, from CAB, Dancing Blues, and also cheerleaders,” said Rizki Aljupri, talks and topics director for CAB. “They agreed to have a percentage for each organization, and that’s when WSGA started getting the biggest amount of the student ac-tivity fee money.”
Aljupri said WSGA was granted a dis-proportionate amount of funding for guest speakers when compared to CAB, especially considering that, he feels, CAB is intended to be the primary student programming board for the university. Part of the issue involves the fact that WSGA has $30,000 designated to speakers alone.
“CAB is the programming board here on Washburn campus,” said Aljupri. “WSGA is student government of course. Last year WSGA allocated $30,000 for their speak-ers. On the other hand CAB; we are only allocated $25,000, and we have to divide the $25,000 for speakers, providing enter-tainment, for live music, and for marketing. They have $30,000 for speakers alone.”
Currently, Aljupri is serving as a senator for WSGA, in addition to working for CAB. Having worked for both organizations, he understands both sides of the issue. However he feels the amount of funding allotted to
each section of CAB is relatively small. “For talks and topics, which is my area
in CAB, we only have $7,000 per semester. That is our budget to bring speakers to cam-pus. We want to bring at least two speakers every semester, so each of our speak-ers only cost be-tween $3,000 and $4,000.”
The WSGA Lecture Series, started in 2007, was created to bring big-name speakers to Washburn, and with their relatively large amount of fund-ing, they have been able to so, whereas CAB, with a more limited budget, has to work hard to find speakers that will attract students to events without exceeding their budget.
CAB has arranged the appearance of many well renowned speakers, but some of the members of CAB feel that these events had fairly small turn outs simply because the speaker’s names were not commonly recog-nized compared to other speakers.
“Many people have said: ‘when CAB plans an event they only have 50 to 100 students coming, but when WSGA plans an
event, they have 1000 people coming,’” said Aljupri. “That’s true, but let’s face it, when Eric Alva came, who stood next to Barack Obama when he signed the [Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell] repeal into law, we had 85 to 100
people there, but how much money did we spend on him? Not even $4,000.”
Aljupri said that both orga-nizations should serve the students in their own ways. He believes that CAB should serve students by pro-viding events that will benefit the students, whereas WSGA should serve students by
listening to their concerns and ideas as they determine the most appropriate way to gov-ern the student body.
Many members of WSGA feel that there is plenty of room for both organizations to invite their own guest speakers, as this would lead to more high quality speakers appearing at Washburn, and with hard work and deter-mination both organizations can be equally successful.
“I think that there is a place for both, and
I don’t think that we should be limited to where CAB is the only one that gets to invite speakers, and WSGA is the only one that gets to plan homecoming,” said Jenna Seematter, chief of staff for WSGA. “If CAB wants to bring a big-name speaker, and wants our help with it, then that would be fine. If they want to put as much work into it as we put into our lecture series, then I think that there’s plenty of room. There’s nothing wrong with hav-ing more speakers of high qual-ity at Washburn.”
Since both organizations have different connections within the community, they ultimately bring speakers for different rea-sons. CAB has four sections that they focus on: Talks and Topics, Variety and Entertainment, Mar-keting and Technology, and Live Music. In other words, CAB is limited in the events they focus on, according to Seematter.
Seematter believes that as long as the two organization’s schedules are not conflicting with one another, there is no reason for there to be any conflict between them.
“We have all these awesome leaders at Washburn, and if we can combine their forces and get them to work together as op-posed to conflicting, then that’s the best so-lution,” said Seematter. “That’s one of the reasons we have the university calendar, so that when you go out and plan your event, you can make sure there’s nothing else hap-pening on that day.”
Regardless, both organizations benefit Washburn by bringing speakers to the univer-sity, regardless of who organized the events. Although some members of CAB would like to see more name recognition for their orga-nization, many members of WSGA feel that name recognition is not of any consequence.
“As a student, I am of the opinion that, I don’t really care who the events are being planned by as long as they’re doing a good job with it,” said Seematter.
The continually shrinking budget gutted one of Washburn’s most unique programs last year.
The Washburn Transformational Experience was removed as a manda-tory graduation requirement and made optional for students in the hopes of reducing the number of participants and the cost associated.
The effects of the change have not been uniform. The leadership transfor-mational experience has not experi-enced much reduction in participation according to WTE leadership program director, Jeff Mott. The WTE interna-tional program, however, experienced an approximate 10 percent decrease in participation according to the direc-tor of International Programs, Baili Zhang.
“We still have students going,” said Zhang. “However, since it became optional we saw a dip in participation level. We are not overly concerned. We feel like we have gained enough traction that the program will repair itself.”
The WTE program allows students
to work on a project backed by up to $1,000 of funding. Students are able to pursue projects in any of the four proj-ect areas of the WTE: scholarly or cre-ative, community service, leadership and international education. Funds can be made available through the program to pay for supplies or transportation in pursuit of a research project meeting the program’s guidelines.
“We think about them as four amazing, incredible opportunities for students to do something that they probably never thought about doing before,” said director of WTE scholar-ly or creative area, Dr. Mike Russell.
“The WTE is the dream program. You’ve got a dream; there is something you’ve always wanted to do. This is your chance to do it.”
The WTE is unique because many other universities are unable to main-tain similar such programs, according to Russell. The relatively small size of Washburn makes the administrative tasks more manageable than larger neighboring schools.
Students, through the WTE pro-gram, have worked on a wide range of projects.
Immersing international stud-
ies are offered in dozens of countries throughout the world through the in-ternational branch. The leadership WTE has paid for internships and ser-vice projects, giving some students the ability to learn first hand about leader-ship from political figures such as cur-rent Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.
The community service and schol-arly or creative branches have allowed students to engage in similar projects of their own choosing and design, such as one group of students that pooled their funds to create a professional music album.
“We had to figure out how much we were going to spend on CDs: art-work, producing, the actual record-ing costs, the studio and then actually buying the CDs,” said David Hess, a Washburn student who completed the WTE program. “You have to get ev-erything lined up and have all of your ducks in a row. It was a great opportu-nity and I think if other students have projects or any ideas, they should go for it.”
Matthew Kelly is a junior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected]
Nicholas Birdsong is a senior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected]
Matthew KellyWASHBURN REVIEW
Nicholas BirdsongWASHBURN REVIEW
WTE?The Washburn Transformational
Experience: One year later
We have all these awesome leaders at Washburn, and if we can combine their forces and get them to work together as opposed to conflicting, then that’s the best solution.
- Jenna SeematterChief of Staff, WSGA
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WSGA, CAB try to agree on planning
The great debate: Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons and Camille Cooper are two speakers brought to Washburn University last fall. While each promoted a positive message and discussed ways to better yourself as an individual and student, discrepancy between the events, hosted by WSGA and CAB respectively, was in how many students attended these events.
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alendarCBrown Bag international lectureInternational HouseNoon
Webinar: “Know Behavior Styles to ACE Your Inter-view!” Kansas Room, Memorial Union2 p.m.
OPEN meetingHenderson Learning Re-sources Center 1073 p.m.
Sociology/Anthropology Club Henderson Learning Re-sources Center 1073 p.m.
Wednesday, April 13
Thursday, April 14
Fast Forward educational luncheonBianchino Pavilion, Moore Bowl12:15 p.m.
WU Tech Job FairWashburn Institute of Tech-nology conference center, 5724 S.W. Huntoon Ave.2 to 6 p.m.
United Way event - Waste-basket decorating partyStudent Activities and Greek Life office, Memorial Union6 to 7 p.m.
Planetarium open housePlanetarium, Stoffer Science Hall7 to 8 p.m.
Inscape readingBlue Planet Cafe, 110 S.E. 8th St.7 p.m.
Friday, April 15
-paid for by WSGA-
President’s Press
Hello Everyone,
I wanted to take this time to welcome Taylor McGown and Michael Kitowski as the next President and Vice Presi-dent of WSGA! This week I have had the honor to transition with them and their new executive staff that will be sworn in next Wednesday.
I am proud to say that I look forward to coming back as an alumni to see all the amazing things they will accomplish in the year to come!
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions for Taylor or Mike, e-mail them at [email protected] OR [email protected].
As Always--Go Bods!
Lucas MullinVice PresidentWSGA
WTE luncheonKansas Room, Memorial UnionNoon
Scrubbing up for Diabetes fundraiserCollege Hill Apartments Clubhouse, 1425 S.W. Lane St.
Photo by Regina Budden, Washburn Review
Photo by Molly Adams, Washburn Review
Excellence award presented to Paul
You’re grounded, mister: Jerry Farley, Washburn University President, hands an iPad II to Trent Snyder at Mabee Library’s “Study Grounds” coffee kiosk ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday. Snyder, a Washburn junior biology major, won the iPad by coming up with the kiosk’s new name in a Facebook competition.
Saturday, April 16
Workshop: Self-care for Clinicans and ClientsKansas Room, Memorial Union8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
April Flute’s DayGarvey Fine Arts Center, Washburn University9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Spring football scrimmageYager Stadium, Moore Bowl10 a.m.
Washburn Tech open houseWashburn Institute of Technology, 5724 S.W. Huntoon Ave.Noon to 4 p.m.
BaseballFalley Field, Washburn University1 p.m.
AIDS week promotes awareness
We are extremely classy here at the Washburn Review. To read our articles: washburnreview.org
The Student Life Achiev-ing Excellence award recog-nizes the faculty, staff member or community leader who dem-onstrates excellence in working with individual students, stu-dent groups and organization.
This year it was awarded to associate professor of sociol-ogy, John Paul.
“I love teaching and in-teracting with students, espe-cially those who are intellec-tually curious and who care about the world around them,” said Paul. “I love the creative freedom and the open forum for discussion that the class-room provides, and I love wit-nessing the ‘ah ha’ moment in students when they experience or perceive something new about their world for the first time.”
Born in Oklahoma, Paul earned his doctorate in sociol-ogy from Oklahoma State Uni-versity and a master of fine arts from Goddard College.
Paul has been with Wash-burn for the last seven years and typically teaches classes in criminology/deviance, soci-ology of religion, sociology of sport and this spring he started
teaching a drawing class for the art department.
“I am proud of the mentor-ship that Washburn provides in the crafting of creative inquiry and in working with students to find their academic passions – and I am proud that I have con-tributed to that in a small way,” said Paul.
According to Paul, there are frustrations with any job but elements of his job that bother him the most are the external cultural and policy frameworks of anti-intellectualism; the hos-tility and mistrust of research, scholarship, and critical think-ing.
Ideally, Paul would like to see his department grow by adding several scholarship tracks or programs for students, adding additional faculty mem-bers, and growing the depart-ment into a graduate degree-granting program.
“I love being in the class-room. So, as far as the fu-ture goes, I hope to still be teaching and working with dedicated students. Beyond that, who knows.” said Paul.
Human interactions: John Paul, associate professor of sociology, teaches subjects such as criminology and makes a strong connection with students. He recently won the Student Life Achieving Excellence award.
Jalisa LovingWASHBURN REVIEW
Jalisa Loving is a member of Re-gina Cassell’s advanced newswrit-ing class.
Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is talked about all over the world. Ev-ery year, millions of people die because of lack of informa-tion provided. When people think of AIDS they think of third world countries, but no one really thinks it is a big concern in the United States.
For the second con-secutive year, the Washburn Black Student Union will have AIDS awareness week from April 17 to April 21. The organization is hoping to raise awareness among Washburn students by providing different events dur-ing the week.
“We just want to spread the word. There are people who still don’t know a lot about
AIDS,” said Porchia Brown, WBSU president. “We want to give them knowledge about things that are available in case they need help.”
The WBSU, which has 15 active members came up with the idea last year after a meet-
ing they had. “We no-
ticed that so-rorities, fra-ternities and other organi-zations had their own phi-lan thropy,” said Brown. “We wanted to have our own philan-thropy, and we knew that AIDS was s o m e t h i n g that affects
our community.”During the week donations
raised will go to the Topeka AIDS Project which works with HIV- infected people and their relatives. TAP also works on educating people to try to minimize the amount of people getting infected.
“We are not looking for a certain amount to raise, we just want to help out,” said Brown. “If it’s a big amount then great, but if it’s small, we know that we are helping by providing in-formation.”
The BSU is focusing on targeting Washburn students for now but plan to get the word out to the community such as churches and different busi-ness.
Brown said that students should plan on attending the rapid testing on April 21. The testing only takes about 15 min-utes and it will give students the confidence on knowing that they are Okay.
“I just want to encourage everyone to come out and get as much information you can. Even if you think you know ev-erything, there is stuff you don’t know,” said Brown. “Things change and different informa-tion comes out.”
Maria SigalaWASHBURN REVIEW
We just want to spread the word. There are people who still don’t know a lot about AIDS.
-Porchia BrownPresident,
Black Student Union
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Maria Sigala is a member of Re-gina Cassell’s advanced newswrit-ing class.
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Hurley mesmerizes WU audience
As students enter Washburn looking to earn a bachelor’s of arts, they will eventually need to take at least one course in a foreign language.
The thought of attempting a new language can be very daunting, but there are numer-ous students who attack the lan-guages with vigor, deciding to complete a major emphasizing on a foreign language.
One such major, Spanish, has become more popular in re-cent years.
Miguel González-Abellás, professor of Spanish, and de-partment chair of modern lan-guages, said that many students who pursue a major in Spanish do so accompanying another major.
“Around 70 percent or so of the Spanish majors we have are double majors in areas, varying from nursing, to busi-ness, to history, to biology,” said Gonzáles- Abellás. “Span-ish is an ideal compliment to other majors.”
González-Abellás also said that foreign language studies are at the highest level they’ve been since the 1960s. Wash-burn currently has 39 students working toward a degree in Spanish.
Three Spanish majors, Bridget Walter, junior, Lindsay Edwards, junior, and Hilary Larson, senior, all agreed that they chose to pursue the ma-
jor because they took Spanish courses in high school and fell in love with the language.
Many readers may be won-dering what it means to actually major in Spanish. According to Washburn’s Spanish cur-riculum, there are three compo-nents, or learning objectives, to a Spanish major, which include oral communication, language grammar and knowledge of the history and literature of Span-ish-speaking countries. The de-partment provides classes such as Spanish grammar review, civilization of Latin America, and conversation to fulfill these objectives.
As graduation nears, Span-ish majors are also required to complete a course called senior thesis, which is a capstone proj-ect, where students can combine the three aspects of the major, along with their other major if they wish to do so, to create a work or presentation in an area that interests them.
Each Washburn professor or advisor expects his or her students to be at a certain level upon graduation. González-Abellás said that he expects that they are able to get a cer-tain degree of ability to not only understand Spanish, but also be able to communicate, as well as get a deeper knowledge of the cultures and the countries where Spanish is spoken. In terms of an exact level at which González-Abellás would like to see his students, he follows the American Council for Teaching
Foreign Languages standard.“Our goal for each student
is to be at the intermediate high level which allows for students to understand speech, as well as diverse topics and different texts. It also means that stu-dents will proficiently be able to take part in a discussion or debate, putting forth their own ideas and opinions. They will be able to orally present a topic understandably, and follow a narrative and be knowledgeable in the subjects within it.”
Both Larson and Edwards have been given the opportuni-ty through the department to put the skills they have acquired to the test. Larson spent this past summer in Spain, while Ed-wards was able to do the same in Peru.
Larson said that her trip was one of the most rewarding experiences of her college ca-reer, and it really made Spanish click for her.
González-Abellás de-scribed learning a language as a question of love, taking a lot of time and patience to master it. He explained that this is the idea that separates Spanish from other majors. There are equations and dates to memo-rize for subjects like mathemat-ics and history, and laws and medications to know in politi-cal science, but Spanish is a dif-ferent story.
“One thing that sets any language apart from other sub-jects is that it’s not something you can learn overnight. You
have to work at it every day, little by little. In the long run, the only way to be proficient in the language is to stay strong in your persistence, and if you can, go abroad and put your skills to the test,” said González-Abel-lás.
Walter had similar ideas as to how much work Spanish takes compared to other sub-jects.
“Learning a new language is much harder than any other subject I’ve studied because it takes a lot of practice, and you can’t really take a break be-cause it would be very difficult to pick up where you left off,” said Walter.
Students graduating from Washburn have used their Spanish degrees in a wide vari-ety of ways. Some are teaching the language, both as Spanish teachers and as English as a sec-ond language courses. Others have gone on to gradu-ate school, where they are now teaching as lecturers. In a completely op-posite direction from teaching, one student has found himself in the field of law as a bilin-gual lawyer, spe-cializing in immi-gration law.
With all the issues re-volving immi-gration currently
taking over society, González-Abellás said the importance of knowing Spanish really gives people seeking jobs an advan-tage above the rest.
“Many branches of com-panies based out of the United States have branches in Latin America, and sometimes [these companies] send people there to recruit bilingual people,” said González-Abellás. “If people here in the United States are bi-lingual, they will have an edge and there won’t be a need to go out of the country to fill jobs.”
This idea is exactly what made a Spanish major so entic-ing for Larson.
“My favorite part of the major is simply the language; I just love it,” said Larson, “But also, I think Spanish is incred-ibly useful in most jobs. My hopes [in getting the major] are that my resume will be
strengthened and I will have an
advan
tage over other applicants.”There are also places
still within the United States where there is a strong need for those who are bilingual, the southwestern part of the US being a prime example. González-Abellás said that he has witnessed numerous occa-sions, where being bilingual is a requirement for basic jobs in states such as Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.
“I am working toward a Spanish minor as well as an International Business minor,” said Campbell, “And, I can take that education to a job in anoth-er country or within a company which has many international relations.”
Although there are innu-merable aspects of Spanish that give graduates a step up in the job market, González-Abellás emphasized that there are every day activities that Spanish can also help with.
“It will open a lot of doors for the student majoring
in Spanish, because he or she will have access
to more resources by be-ing able to master another lan-guage,” said González-Abellás. “This can be in the subject of sports, politics, or even science, and the information will be firsthand, with no need to wait for a translation.”
Jennie LoucksWASHBURN REVIEW
Minds were completely blown away last Wednesday as hypnotist and comedian Kevin Hurley performed at Washburn
University. Hurley hypnotized 15 different Washburn students making them dance, fly an air-plane, drive a car and other hi-larious things.
Washburn student Ryan Caldwell was one of the fifteen
students hypnotized and said that it was unlike anything he had experienced before.
“All I remember is wak-ing up and I was lying down on the floor,” said Caldwell. “It felt like I had just slept for 10
hours.”Caldwell said that he would
do it again as long as he did not do anything weird during the hypnosis.
“I do some meditations here and there and I thought it would be like that but I was wrong,” said Caldwell
Hypnotist Kevin Hurley said that most folks think that it was an interest in psychology that started his involvement in hypnotism but in fact it was his love of standup comedy and magic and growing up as an in-stigator.
“I was always the guy that could get my cousin to do crazy stuff and get into trouble so I thought what better way to bring this to everybody,” said Hurley
Hurley had formal training through Ormond McGill, “The Dean of American Hypnotism,” who traveled the world and was about 90 when Hurley caught up with him and had published over 70 books on the topic of hypnosis.
Hurley said that he has been performing across the United States for eight solid years and that he does about 150 to 200 shows a year, 100 of which are performed at colleges and uni-versities.
“Colleges and universities have the best audience because students are willing to try any-thing,” said Hurley
The first time Hurley hyp-notized someone was at the age of 21 at a sports banquet.
“I was reading off the cue cards making sure I got the rec-ipe right,” said Hurley
Mary Bannwarth, the vari-eties and entertainment direc-tor of Campus Activities Board said that CAB first saw Hurley in October at the National As-sociation for Campus Activities Convention that brings a variety of entertainers to one location.
“He was one of the enter-tainers at the conference and we thought it would be a great idea to bring someone like him to Washburn,” said Bannwarth
Bannwarth said that about 150 to 200 students came to the event making it a big success and that CAB has already start-ed looking at performers for the upcoming semester.
“We just want to bring a variety of different entertainers to Washburn’s campus,” said Bannwarth. “We are trying to satisfy all Washburn students’ needs and entertainment. We have two shows lined up for the fall and we want to make sure all Washburn students can get the full potential out of the Campus Activities Board.”
Hurley said that the reason he thinks hypnosis is important is because anytime a person can learn mastery, whether it be physical or mental condition-ing, it can be beneficial.
“My CD is a hypnotherapy thing and has techniques that I hope people will remember, said Hurley. “I’m 6 ft’ 4 and al-ways get crappy airplane tick-ets in the back so I do some of the exercises in my head to help me relax.”
Hurley said the power of hypnosis can help a person take a leap to make a change in their life like losing weight or stop-ping smoking. If a person first changes their way of thinking through hypnosis, Hurley said it can change their circum-stances.
“It’s all perception and if a person can alter that perception and hypnosis can help a little bit and that person can get the results they want and become a better person than I think that is cool,” said Hurley
Hurley said that he would love to come back and visit Washburn again and that he has a secret love for the great taste of barbeque.
“As soon as I landed in Kansas City, I asked where a barbeque place was at the ready, so I had lunch at Boss Hawgs, so I am a local and I am coming back,” said Hurley.
Brian DulleWASHBURN REVIEW
Dazed and confused: Kevin Hurley lulls a crowd to sleep at his show April 6. Hurley literally captivated students with his hypnosis and made them perform stunts such as dancing.
Photo by Brittany Pugh, Washburn Review
Brian Dulle is a senior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected]
Jennie Loucks is a member of Re-gina Cassell’s advanced newswrit-ing class.
Language degree opens international doors
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Civil War anniversary brings to mind racial conflicts
As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, our politicians are still debating the same issues that separated the North and South back then. These focus on how big the government should be and how involved it should be in the average citizen’s life.
We’re also still facing the racial issues that were so divi-sive back then. In education, there are still several achieve-ment gaps that are associated with economic and racial di-vides. Plus, frustration with im-migration has led to some in-herently race-oriented policies because of stereotyping and relying on language barriers.
Clearly the United States
is not a perfect melting pot. From the very beginning, with the treatment of the Pilgrims toward the native peoples through the issues of slavery, European migration, Japanese internment and anti-Hispanic migration, this country has only half-believed in the ideals that the Statue of Liberty holds em-blazoned on her base.
Europe has al-ways been quick to point out the red, white and blue hypoc-risy. During the Civil War, the States’ European allies pointed fingers at their bastard child. How naughty its racial is-sues have been. Hitler himself modeled some of his anti-Jew propaganda off of U.S. perse-cution of blacks. The U.S. still has some serious racial and eco-
nomic skeletons in its closet. But Europe can get off its
high horse any time now. After all, it was European cultures that founded this country. Be-tween treatment of the Roma, the Troubles in Ireland and the Holocaust, it’s easy to see that European powers have quite a few race issues. In fall, the Ger-
man chancellor, Ange-la Merkel, announced that, “the approach [to build] a multicultural [society] has failed, ut-terly failed.” Europe at
one time invited foreign work-ers in to take over German labor jobs that Germans didn’t want.
Merkel admitted that Ger-mans expected the foreign labor to leave after the jobs left. How-ever, since they haven’t left, there have been heavy pushes
against them because many of the migrants have been slow to learn German language and follow other cultural customs. The point Merkel was trying to make was that migrants had to quickly adapt or they wouldn’t be tolerated.
A new law in France pro-hibiting the burka that is tra-ditionally worn by Muslim women shows that bigotry isn’t limited to Germany. The fine is $200 to wear a burka in public. The justification for this law is that terrorists might use burkas as covers to transport weapons. Although that is true, are they planning on banning back-packs, luggage, baby bassinets and grocery bags as well?
The answer is no, of course not, that would be para-noid. However it’s interesting
that although nude and topless beaches seem to be a noncha-lant thing in that country, they suddenly feel the need to make laws about how many layers you are allowed to wear. Con-sidering how much this in-fringes on human expression, it is evident that this is a racially based policy.
No matter how liberal and accepting any of these coun-tries claim to be, as long as they continue to make policies that target and discriminate against specific populations, they will never be free of the conflicts of racism with human rights.
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Wikileaks was the topic of discus-sion at a lecture last Wednesday on the Washburn University campus. Profes-sors from several different departments provided an academic perspective on the recent controversy that was trig-gered after the release of over 250,000 diplomatic cables in November 2010.
New information continues to leak out. Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, decided to release the infor-mation in waves in order to maximize the impact and allow the media time to process the information.
The leaks prompted widespread criticism from governments around the world including the United States. Ma-jor news organizations such as the New York Times and the UK Guardian have written extensively about the possible impacts of the releases.
The uprisings currently occur-ring in the Middle East and Northern Africa may have been caused by the leaks, according to Bassima Schbley, a Washburn associate professor. The in-formation released to the public had a catalyst effect after decades of oppres-sive governments in countries such as Libya. Cables showed diplomats or world leaders discussing issues unpop-ular to their civilian populations.
“It really opened a Pandora’s box,” said Schbley. “Wikileaks shows
a lot of Arab leaders saying that the United States is our friend as long as we have oil…It opened the eyes to the people.”
The information that came from the cables had widespread effects but the news wasn’t new to academics. There were no exciting revelations but theories on international relations were given supporting evidence, according to Tom Prasch, a Washburn professor of history.
“It’s an amazing resource in which there are no real surprises,” said Pra-sch. “Mostly what Wikileaks is useful for is providing some sort of backup, or bolstering to what we already know or suspect. Still, it’s an amazing trea-sure trove of material.”
Effects of the leaks extend beyond the United States and the Middle East. The website lists information sensitive to governments in Germany, China, Australia, Iceland and many others.
Information about Venezuela was uniquely enlightening, according to Kim Morse, professor of history. The cables gave a clear look into the com-plex political situation between the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the national oil company, Petró-leos de Venezuela, S.A.
“The [PDVSA] budget and the national budget are in many cases one and the same, but it’s a situation where the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing,” said Morse. “You have
Chavez saying things about Venezu-elan oil and making deals with China or Russia for example, but [PDVSA] isn’t involved in making these poli-cies… These cables confirm our suspi-cions… China is getting this oil for five dollars a barrel, which is also causing problems for [PDVSA] and Venezuela. There is no money.”
Suspicions about the poor state of the Venezuelan infrastructure have implications for the country’s nuclear ambitions, according to Morse. Cables showed the lack of the technology and equipment to process the oil within their own country, a practice far less complicated than refining nuclear ma-terial. This runs contrary to the sabre rattling Chavez engaged in over the years with his threats to the United States.
The talk ended with considerations on the future effects on diplomatic dis-cussions effected by the leaks. Future diplomatic communications are likely to be more tightly controlled which could have negative effects on the abil-ity for frank discussions, according to Prasch.
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After a hard fought series between the Topeka RoadRunners and the Wichita Falls Wildcats, it’s only fitting the game would be decided in the final minutes.
With 1:03 left, to be exact.During the final game of
their North American Hockey League South Division semifinals, Topeka received a timely goal from Jordan Davis, forward, with just over a minute to play as the RoadRunners defeated the Wildcats 4-3 on Monday night.
D a v i s had not had a goal during the five-game series prior to his late-game tally. He found himself with an open shot from the blue line and ripped it on net as it sailed past Matt Green, Wildcat goaltender.
“I honestly just wanted to get it on net,” Davis said. “I saw [Kyle] Sharkey and [Davey Middleton] going to the net and I just wanted to get a rebound. It went right post and in.”
Despite several chances to bury a shot behind Rasmus Tirronen, RoadRunner goaltender, Wichita Falls could not muster a goal in the final minute to tie the contest.
The game contrasted Saturday’s, where Topeka led 3-1 with less than three minutes to play and surrendered two late goals, including one with 27 seconds remaining, to send
the game to overtime. Topeka eventually lost the contest 4-3, which set up Monday night’s game.
Early in Monday’s game, Topeka struggled to find a flow to their offensive attack, despite outshooting the Wildcats. At 9:42, Jason McAloon knocked a shot behind Tirronen to put Wichita Falls up 1-0. Early in the second period, at 6:01, Tirronen attempted to clear the puck but it was intercepted and put into the net by Richard Young to make it a 2-0 lead.
But Justin Hussar cut the lead in half at 9:53 when he scooped up a rebound from a Bob Marx shot and put a backhander behind Green. After also not scoring a goal in the prior games of the series, Davis knew the goal would come for Hussar.
“[Justin] Hussar’s been
struggling to score the four prior games in the playoffs,” said Davis. “I kind of had a talk with him and told him it’s going to come and so when he scored, it was a big boost for the guys.”
Following the goal, Hussar felt like the team was able to relax and just focus on trying to take control of the contest.
“We were all a little nervous before the game, because we didn’t want it to end here and we didn’t want to get embarrassed going into the Robertson Cup,” said Hussar. “I think it was a big-time goal. We had a line change and came
out with energy, and it went in and definitely changed the momentum.”
This momentum carried over to their only powerplay of the contest when Middleton knocked a loose puck behind Green at 11:51 to tie the contest. Less than three minutes later, at 14:01, forward Zach Scrotenboer redirected a Trevor Campbell shot that found its way past Green to give Topeka a 3-2 lead.
“We knew if we got one goal, they’d start to come in bunches,” said Scott Langer, Topeka head coach. “I didn’t think we’d get up that quick,
but we just play like that.”It didn’t take long to return
to a tie game. At 14:37, Ryan Frost, who had the game-tying and game-winning goal for the Wildcats on Saturday, capitalized on a turnover and buried a shot between Tirronen’s legs to tie the game.
The rest of the game included tough saves made by Green and Tirronen. Langer knew their fourth goal was going to eventually come.
“We stuck to the game plan,” said Langer. “We started turning (the Wildcats) over in the neutral zone, and every time they tried to make a play,
we were coming up with it. I just thought it was a matter of time.”
As they move on to the NAHL South Division finals, Topeka will face the Amarillo Bulls, who they went 5-4-1 against during the regular season. Amarillo defeated the Texas Tornado 3-1 in their first round series. After a tough series against Wichita Falls, who had lost 15 straight games to Topeka coming into the playoffs, the RoadRunners know not to take competition lightly.
“There’s no black and white in the playoffs,” said Langer. “It’s always been that
way. It doesn’t matter who you’re playing, it’s always a tight series. So, the good thing is, the guys that haven’t played in the playoffs, they have a sense of how tough it is now.
“It’s good adversity. We’ll get better.”
Topeka opens the series against Amarillo at home on Friday night at 7:05 p.m.
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‘Runners advance in thrillerRichard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW
Greeks team up for intramurals
In ancient Greek culture, fitness was emphasized for warriors. The Spartans only accepted the paramount of physical perfection into their ranks as soldiers.
While the methods of increasing membership have changed, many still want to be the very best, like no one ever was, and many have traveled across the land, searching far and wide to join the fraternities and sororities participating in intramurals at Washburn.
“For Sig Ep at least, it’s something we pride ourselves on,” said Dave Clark, a member of Sig Ep. “Being balanced men of sound mind and sound body, so participating in athletics and intramurals, we’re obligated to do it, and it’s something we enjoy doing.”
The intramural activities offer a light-hearted break from studies and time for the participants to enjoy each other’s company, but they still participated in as many of the sports and games as possible.
“There are a lot of guys who are athletes in the house that have played sports in the past, and it’s a way for us to continue on in a way that’s fun and not as competitive,” said Clark.
For one houseless Greek group, intramurals are a way to stay connected to each other and the organization.
“We don’t have a house,” said Lauren Van Patten of Kappa Alpha Theta. “For us, getting together and playing
intramurals is a way to see each other outside of meetings and other functions. It’s kind of a fun way to get together, and we don’t take it as fraternities do.”
Since the inception of intramurals at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, there has been a strong Greek presence, though participation can often be one-sided.
“We do have more fraternities participating than sororities,” said John Cummings, assistant director in charge of intramurals. “I think that every chapter is at least represented in the event calendar.”
While many of the intramurals have single-gender participation, there has recently been a surge of co-rec sports teaming men and women, like Sig Ep and Kappa Alpha Theta, such as softball, indoor soccer, and volleyball.
“That also increases Greek participation,” said Cummings.
While only one Greek organization has won the all campus championship, that has not stopped current and future groups from playing as much as they can.
“I know most of the chapters do a lot of the team sports that we have,” said Cummings. “I think they encourage their members to participate in individual sports as they have time or as they have interest.
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Slap happy: Topeka RoadRunners captain Jordan Davis, right, and his teammates celebrate after taking a 4-3 lead with only 1:03 left in the contest on Monday night. Davis’ slap shot from the blue line wound up being the game-winning goal, as Topeka now advances to the south division finals.
Photo by Richard Kelly, Washburn Review
Lady Blues’ struggles continueThe Lady Blues softball
team went on the road this past week in conference play with mixed results.
Starting out the road swing in Pittsburg, Kan. Washburn took on the Lady Gorillas of Pittsburg State University. The Lady Blues went about their business in convincing fash-ion, as they swept out Pittsburg
State in a double header without allowing a run in either game.
In the first game, Kelsie No-votny, sophomore pitcher went the distance in seven innings of play, racking up six strikeouts on the way to her seventh win of the year. Novotny was supported by Wash-burn’s offense led by Lindsey Moore, junior infielder/pitcher as she went 3-3 from the plate including a three-run homerun
and two RBI’s. The Lady Blues took the win 3-0.
The second game was much of the same as Washburn jumped on the Lady Gorillas early, taking advantage of two
first-inning errors, scoring two runs off the miscues on their way to a 7-0 win.
The Lady Blues leaned on the pitching of Danielle Fox, fresh-man pitcher who went seven in-nings, striking out three. Moore
continued her offensive perfor-mance as well in the second set, leading Washburn with a 2-3 effort at the plate, including two RBI’s and two runs scored.
After the sweep of Pitts-burg State, the Lady Blues traveled to Joplin, Mo. to take on Missouri Southern State University in another double-header. MSSU was a different tale than PSU had been in the previous set of games. MSSU snagged an early 1-0 lead in the game before asserting itself in the third inning, sending 13 batters at Novotny, who lasted 2 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs. Fox came in and finish out the game giving up two runs in 1 2/3 innings of work. Wash-burn would lose the first game 9-0 in five innings.
The second game of the day went much the same way as Washburn remained scoreless through 4 1/3 innings of play before breaking up a potential no-hitter with a home run from Britny Cushing, junior utility player. The run was the only score of the game for the Lady Blues though as MSSU would take them down in five innings, 9-1. Fox and Moore split the pitching duties going 1 and 3 1/3 innings of play respective-ly.
Washburn returns to ac-tion April 15 in Kirksville, Mo. for the opening of the MIAA Crossover Tournament.
Just short: A Washburn softball player is called out at first base after a ground ball. The Lady Blues have been slumping at 12-24 and are looking to turn things around at the MIAA Crossover Tournament this weekend.
Photo by Tesa DeForest, Washburn Review
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Koyotes left with ‘things to work on’It may have started opti-
mistically, but when the Kansas Koyotes concluded their recent home opener, they would have rather just forgot about most of it.
Outmatched against a team that recently made the jump to the American Professional Football League, the Koyotes struggled to muster any flow to their offense as they fell 54-13 this past Saturday to the Sioux City Bandits.
Kansas (0-2) began the contest with a touchdown after a pass interference penalty in the endzone set up an opportunity from the two yard line. Kaito Miller, running back, carried a handoff from Josh Freeman, quarterback, and snuck into the end zone to give the Koyotes an early 7-0 lead after an extra point from John Cox, kicker.
It was downhill from there. Having so many players new to the arena football game may have led to some of the difficul-ties.
“The indoor game is just different from the outdoor
game,” said Troy Biladeau, Kansas head coach. “It’s tough for them. The only way you get that experience is by playing in games. Practice is one thing but it’s so hard to simulate that game speed and it’s especially hard with a 25-man roster.”
Following their 7-0 lead, the Koyotes surrendered 34 un-answered points the remainder of the half, going into halftime trailing 34-7. While they were presumably out of contention by that point, Biladeau saw his team show a lack of fight to keep the game competitive.
“Early on we were right there and it just kind of snow-balled and they definitely took advantage of us,” said Bi-ladeau.
In the second half, Sioux City (2-0) continued to pour on the points, as quarterback Scott Jensen connected for two touchdown passes to Damon Mothershead, wide receiver. Jensen finished the contest with 15-18 pass completions with 174 yards and six touchdown passes.
Jensen is a veteran for his Bandit team and Biladeau knows his team can learn from
that experience.“[Jensen is] a veteran
quarterback and their O-line and receivers are really good,” said Biladeau. “You can tell those guys have been around awhile.”
Two weekends ago, Sioux City knocked off the two-time defending APFL champion Iowa City Blackhawks.
“The first day we met I said, ‘I think [Sioux City] is go-ing to be in the championship game,’ before I even saw them play a game,” said Biladeau. “It didn’t surprise me. They’re a good team, no question. But obviously we have some things we need to work on.”
Kansas finished off the contest with a 29-yard comple-tion to Terrence Lowe with roughly one minute remaining. The Koyotes have a bye week and return to action on the road against the Springfield Wolf Pack on April 23.
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Blues continue streakWashburn tennis continued
play this past week. Starting with a trip to Maryville, Mo. on April 6 where the Ichabods lost to Northwest Missouri State 7-2 and the Lady Blues 6-3, then headed to Kansas City, Mo. April 8 with the Lady Blues de-feating Rockhurst 5-4 while the Ichabods lost 6-3, before head-ing home April 9 for the Icha-bods to dominate Truman State 8-1 and the Lady Blues 6-3.
While the Lady Blues may have suffered their first confer-ence defeat to Northwest, ev-erything is still going in their favor for the time being.
“If we win out the rest of our matches, we’ll be in first place in the conference,” said Dave Alden, Washburn tennis head coach. “We have one loss with Emporia, but with head to head we get a tie breaker, so we’ll be first in conference going into the tournament. We absolutely still control our own destiny.”
The Lady Blues have set their sights on winning confer-ence and are taking the proper precautions to insure victory.
“We fought through some adversity against Truman,” said Alden. “I think it showed us some things we need to try to fine-tune before we get to the conference tournament.”
While the Ichabods, com-posed mainly of freshmen, have not been as successful as their female counterparts, they have been making strides throughout the season.
“I think they’re progress-ing, quite frankly,” said Alden. “They’re playing well against teams that they should play well against.”
Alden cites playing Rock-hurst as a prime example of the fledgling Ichabods’ progress over the course of the season.
“We won three matches,” said Alden. “We probably could have won another dou-bles match, and we lost another close singles match. That could be a match that goes 5-4. I think if we played that earlier in the
year, we’re not as competitive.Alden takes pride in how
the team has grown and com-peted over the year.
“We’re playing pretty good singles,” said Alden. “Our dou-bles, it really comes down to chemistry and experience and everything that we can get out and play a tough match. We got a couple weeks left, but I like where we’re at. The guys are competing and fighting hard, and that’s all you can ask for.”
After the Lady Blues play Missouri Western State Univer-sity at home on April 12 as part of Think Pink to raise breast cancer awareness, Washburn next travels to Joplin, Mo. April 15 to play the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. April 16 sees the Lady Blues play Fort Hays State in the morning and the Ichabods playing Johnson County Community College in the afternoon at home.
Topeka offers activitesAs spring starts to bloom,
Washburn community members are looking to wake from their long winter slumber.
While activities were available throughout the winter, a growing number of people are beginning to look for ways to get outside to enjoy the weather. One way to do that is to take advantage of opportunities through the Parks and Recrea t ion Department of Topeka.
“ W e offer a lot of different p r o g r a m s for people of different ages and skill levels in a variety of sports,” said Nancy S h a r p l e s , r e c r e a t i o n specialist at Parks and Recreation of Topeka. “Some of our most popular programs include volleyball, soccer and softball.”
Most of the sports require an entry fee to participate but most of the sports guarantee a certain number of games.
The Parks and Rec department also features some alternative activities for those wanting to do something individually. Yoga classes led by a pair of instructors are among the popular alternatives
to the traditional team sports.“Our yoga classes are
schedule friendly,” said Sharples. “A lot of people enroll in those classes to help with flexibility.”
For those that can’t leave the technology behind, there are a couple of new classes that Parks and Rec is offering this year. A relatively new phenomena known as “geocaching” is offered this year. The activity involves using GPS devices to locate hidden caches of
“ t r e a s u r e ” around Gage Park. The first three groups to finish can win a prize.
The other class requires a digital camera to accomplish its task. The Great Topeka S c a v e n g e r Hunt is a race to find all the different locations that the game gives
you. All of the team members must to appear in photos at the locations involved in the game. The city offers the class as a way to introduce citizens to some of the hidden gems of the Topeka landscape.
In addition to the different city-provided activities, many organizations are hitting “running season” with a bevy of 5k, half and full marathons offered throughout the region. Starting this upcoming weekend with the FMWR/Rocks, Inc. 5k
race in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. and continuing into the summer. One of the local highlights of the season will be the Kansas Half Marathon held April 17 in Lawrence.
For the spectator at heart, there will still be opportunities this season with Washburn athletics currently in the middle of their spring schedule. The men and women’s tennis teams are in conference play with both teams have a winning record in he MIAA.
Baseball also is in the midst of its conference schedule as the Ichabods look to get back above .500 after having overcome some early struggles in the season. The Lady Blues softball team is also in action as a tough run through the conference has seen the team struggling near the bottom of the MIAA. All the spring sports are free and open to the public.
Regardless of interest, Washburn students have much to look forward to as the seasons change and the days grow longer.
“We just hope that we’ll get a chance to see everyone out enjoying what Topeka has to offer,” said Terry Bertels, director of Parks and Recreation of Topeka. “It’s going to be another great year to get out and have some fun.”
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We just hope that we’ll get a chance to see everyone out en-joying what Topeka has to offer.
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Run for it: Kansas Koyote Morgan Dewey, former Washburn football player, runs the ball against the Sioux City Bandits on Saturday night at the Expocentre. The Koyotes were outmatched and lost 54-13.
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It may not be 04/20, but for music fans, it’s just as good. Sat-urday, April 16 is Record Store Day 2011, which honors the more than 700 independent mu-sic stores in America.
With the advent of iTunes and other music download sites, as well as the rise of Amazon.com, the local ‘mom and pop’ record stores are rapidly becom-ing an endangered species. Even the rebirth of vinyl amongst hip-sters and audiophiles has done little to stem the tide of shrink-ing independent stores. Record Store Day brings together artists and independent record stores to celebrate the culture of vinyl.
“For the younger audience, they’ve grown up in a digital world, where everything’s bina-ry,” said Steve Wilson, manger of Kief’s Downtown Music, in Lawrence. “It’s assigned a zero or a one and whether they’re
conscious of it or not, they’re re-belling against that.”
On the Record Store Day website, Ziggy Marley writes, “record stores keep the human social contact alive. It brings people togeth-er. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers.”
Also on the Record Store Day Website, Bruce Springsteen writes, “I hate to see record stores disappear, and I’m old-school in that I think you should pay for your music. But what my kids do is download a lot of things, pay for them, and then if they love something, they’ll get the CD. That may be the future.”
Since 2007, when the event was conceived by Chris Brown, Record Store Day has been
highlighted by special vinyl and CD releases made exclusively for the event, many in quantities of less than 1,000. This year’s event will feature releases from
Flogging Molly, Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones and many more. One of the many highlights will be The Foo Fighters’ “Medium Rare,” a collection of cov-ers, which will in-
clude their infamous version of Prince’s “Darling Nikki.”
“Having something older, tactile that requires care is ap-pealing to them [the younger generation],” said Wilson.
Sisters of Sound, 1214 C Moro St., Manhattan, will be opening an hour early for the special occasion and will have refreshments for customers. The store will also host in-store per-formances by different bands.
“There’s a band out of To-
peka, Interior Seed, that will be the main feature. And they are awesome,” said Sarah Cunnick, co-owner of Sisters of Sound.
The store will also be hold-ing a special 20 percent off sale on Saturday.
For those that want to have their cake and eat it, too, there are many options. Many new vinyl releases come with a download card which can be re-deemed for digital versions suit-able for iPods and other devices. Some turntables have the ability to burn music straight from an LP to a CD and there are also devices which allow listeners to connect their record player directly to a computer via USB cable.
“People [aged] 40 and up are rediscovering records, at first, by buying USB turntables and converting their records into digital files. But in the process, I think they also find out playing records is kinda fun occasion-ally,” said Wilson.
Record Store Day is cel-ebrated every year on the third Saturday in April, but as Wilson said, “record store day is every day for us.” More information about the event, as well as a
complete list of special Record Store Day releases can be found at recordstoreday.com.
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review a&eOften, at one point or an-
other, a person will ponder on the meaning of their gender role, male or female. One Washburn art major turned her question of what it means to be a woman into a work of art.
Deedra Baker, senior bach-elor of fine arts major, is currently working on a project that she has titled “Woman: A Photographic Study.” Baker, who is doing the project for a workshop class in the art department, is asking women between the age of 20 and 30 to pose for her in a way that shows what being a woman means to them. Baker explained the details of this project.
“Basically, 20 to 30 years of
age is what I am looking for,” said Baker. “And I want them to pose in a manner that exemplifies their idea of being a woman. They are environmental portraits and basi-cally I am inviting myself into their home; most of them are done in the home. It’s important where in the home we photograph, what they’re wearing, what kind of props or objects are in the photo-graph, but really one of the biggest and most important parts is that I am asking them to do some writ-ing for it. So the writing coupled with the photographs is what has made the project.”
The topic of what it means to be a woman is one that Baker has come to, through self-questioning and study. The project itself also meshes well with much of her past work.
“A lot of my work has dealt with females and their roles—their physical-ity and sort of psychological aspects,” said Baker. “I think lately I have been thinking about for my-self ‘what does it mean to be a woman?’ And ‘how do I feel about my own definition? Can I even form one and how do stereotypes play into that?’ I know that there is more than one answer.”
Five women have partici-
pated so far in the project. Pinning down subjects to actually partici-
pate has been one struggle Baker has en-countered. She says this proj-ect has been a good challenge but not without its frustrations.
“ I ’ v e asked people face to face; or via Facebook, is what I’ve done a lot be-cause you’re friends with people on there
that are acquaintances, but maybe you don’t know so well and may-be some of that vulnerability will
come out more from that,” said Baker.
Baker sees the project as a work that is still in progress and says she can see this project evolv-ing into other directions.
“Really I am finding now that I am almost more interested in the writing, just their ideas,” said Baker. “And I could see this project going away from the pho-tography, which is mostly what I do, and moving into a collection of information; sort of archiving the ideas.”
Although she was originally going to do a book format, for the final critique Baker will display the photographs matted and will display the writing as well. Baker is always looking for more par-ticipants and sends out a formal proposal letter to explain the proj-
ect, as well as questions or sug-gestions to help subjects plan their writing and photo-shoot.
‘Woman: A Photographic Study’ has its own Facebook page and Baker has a website with her resume and some of her work, at www.deedrabaker.com. Baker, who is heavily involved on cam-pus and is president of the Wash-burn Art Student Association, will be graduating at the end of the semester.
“My goal now is to continue photographing and going about the project as I had originally set out,” said Baker. “But I think once the semester comes to a close and the class is done, I’ll sort of branch out and do it differently.”
Oh, the variety of olives, Ice and Olives has, and you can sample one if you are indecisive on which kind you want. I love trying things before I buy them, especially ol-ives, especially if they are stuffed with various ingredients.
Ice and Olives at 29th Street and Croco Road, specializes in gourmet olives, both in bulk and jarred. The business offers its own private selection in the dry good sections of the little market - rang-ing from almond stuffed, to ancho-vy stuffed, to bleu cheese stuffed.
The olives sold in bulk in-clude the roasted garlic stuffed olive, which I thought would be overpowering but ended up being quite pleasant. The saltiness of the olive combines with the garlic to blend together into one flavor. The Italian olive is the bright red one with the pit still in it. Now, don’t be scared of the pit, as long as you know it is there it should do you no harm. This olive reminded me of a milder black olive, and would be good to give salads color, or maybe even to cook with fish in replace-
ment of capers. The last one I tried was a garlic jalapeño one, which I was scared of because I don’t like overly spicy things. This was a sur-prise in that it was crunchy because of the jalapeño, but the garlic toned it down, as well as the saltiness from the olive. This one ended up being my favorite because of the texture and the flavor combined.
All of the meat Ice and Olives uses is a brand called Boar’s Head and is completely gluten free, which means there are no fillers, customers are paying for the meat and the meat only. You can buy this by the pound as well as order sand-wiches from their menu that have Boar’s Head deli meat.
The cheeses are impressive as well. Musser’s Artisan “Prairie Breeze” aged sharp white ched-dar—which won the Gold medal for 2010 World Cheese Awards—is offered, and worth a try. Some cheeses they add fruit to, like the Blueberry Stilton, and the Cran-berry Wensleydale. My favorite is the Humboldt Fog which is a blue veined goat’s cheese and dif-ferent than your typical crumbly goat cheese. It is a little creamier, and the flavor is outstanding. You
can melt this cheese into a fondue or even crumble it on top of salads, appetizers or entrees. The possi-bilities are endless.
Ice and Olives has a website which will tell you which olives are available in bulk at any given time. There is also a list of the spe-cialty cheeses it has because they get cheese from all over the world so they change it up sometimes.
Ice and Olives is a combina-tion food-mart, deli and restaurant; and on the other side they offer PT’s Coffee Roasting Company coffee and dessert, as well as an area to eat your deli sandwich or drink your coffee. They call this the Java Bar but it is operated by the same proprietors.
It hsd way more than olives, the list could go on and on. If you are a lover of gourmet foods you cannot get at Dillons or Wal Mart, this is the perfect place, and the pricing is reasonable. The website is www.iceandolives.com where they also list special events.
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The Washburn Univer-sity opera theatre presented Carmen Condensed Friday April, 8, and Saturday April, 9.
Carmen is a French Opera comique written by Georges Bizet from the late 1800s. It is a story of a se-ductive gypsy woman who falls in-and-out of love with the men in her life and the drama that ensues.
Because the original op-era is almost four hours long, Ivalah Allen, stage director, vo-cal director and editor, decided to cut it down. She took the second, third and fourth acts and con-densed them into one final act—by tak-ing out a few songs and adding some dia-logue, she was able to create a smooth flow.
Traditionally, French opera also includes some ballet, but that was taken out as well. There is some danc-ing in the show, including a performance by the dancer, Josie Price, sophomore voice performance major who per-formed both Friday and Sat-urday.
“This was very difficult, and as an undergraduate
program we don’t have the older voices that can sus-tain the length of the show,” said Allen. “We cut it down to something our students could handle here at Wash-burn, and that they would be able to sing well.”
The leads in the cast were different both nights, giving more students a chance at performing the lead roles. On their off night, they sang in the chorus.
“We had enough sing-ers who were capable for the parts,” explained Allen. “It
gives the stu-dents more of an oppor-tunity.”
T h e budget was low for this p r o d u c t i o n and the stu-dents were r e spons ib le for creating their own w a r d r o b e s as well as the set. The chorus was
made up of gypsy girls who wore long, flowing skirts of various bright colors. The soldiers wore borrowed band uniforms which were easily disguised as army uniforms. Each Carmen chose to accent their outfit with bright red, and a red rose in their hair. The set was simple and con-sisted of the same platforms moved around in various ar-rangements each scene.
“We want to get more funding for next year,” said
Lauren Buser, senior vocal music performance major, and Friday night’s Carmen. “It really [would be] a great thing for the music produc-tion. Last spring we had more money and we were able to build a set and we had a lot of costumes pro-fessionally made for us. If we had that kind of money every semester it would ben-efit the department a lot.”
Both Friday and Sat-urday had a good audience turn-out, consisting of both students and non-students. Saturday night the cast asked Allen, Christopher Kelts, orchestral conductor, and Pat Gibson, accompa-nist to the stage for a round of applause and to present them with bouquets of flow-ers. This was Allen’s ninth and final production in her fourteen years of working at Washburn.
“The ability to be all together to make music on the stage,” said Rick Huff-man, senior vocal major and Saturday night’s Don Jose, when explaining what he thought was the best part of the performance. “Just be-ing able to make music and bringing all these people together to make music on stage with the orchestra.”
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A lot of my work deals with females and their roles—their physicallity and sort of psycho-logical aspects.
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Olives: Ice and Olives specializes in gourmet olives, sold in bulk. They also offer a variety of exotic meats and cheeses.Photo by Anthony Richardson, Washburn Review
Just being able to make music and bringing all these people together to make music on stage with the or-chestra.
-Rick Huffmansenior vocal major
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Patricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]
Patricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]
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Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major. Reach him at [email protected].
Washburn Student Media hopes to raise the roof on Jay-hawk Theatre Revival Concert.
Washburn Student Media is hosting the “Jayhawk The-atre Revival Concert” on April 16 to raise money for the resto-ration of the Jayhawk Theatre. The Jayhawk Theatre was orig-inally built in 1926 and was de-signed by the Boller Brothers. It was one of the first theatres to have air conditioning that kept the building at a constant 70 degrees.
In 1976, the theater shut its doors to performances and the building was converted into the Jayhawk Tower in 1982. The first major steps to renovate the theatre were taken almost 15 years ago.
“The Jayhawk Theatre has been struggling to raise money for a long time,” said Brianna Holmes, senior in mass media and promotions manager for Washburn Student Media. “Re-storing the theatre is a big step to restoring downtown Topeka. A lot of people think that if we get the theatre done it will spark more downtown restoration.”
Organizers hope to cre-ate more interest in the theater and raise money towards the restoration in their event “The Jayhawk Theatre Revival Con-cert.” Local bands will perform and coordinators hope to get
sponsors for door prizes as well. Donations will be accepted at the door. The bands that will play are: Monks Wine, Chris Aytes and the Good Ambition, Bowinero and That Damn Sas-quatch.
Student media was in-volved in a similar event in 2009 that was hosted at the Jay-hawk Theatre itself. This year the event will be held at The Break Room at 911 S. Kansas Ave.
Josh Rouse, online editor-in-chief for the Washburn Re-view and a senior in mass media was involved in the last event.
“Last time we did this event it was very fulfilling to get so many Topekans involved,” said Rouse. “But it’s really interest-ing that I’m from Topeka and I had never even seen the Jay-hawk Theatre until we had the event there.”
Rouse said that those who will not be able to attend the event can still donate money to-ward the restoration by going to the Jayhawk Theatre’s website, www.jayhawktheatre.com.
“It’s a really big part of our history and I think we need to preserve that,” said Rouse. “Keeping it for future genera-tions is important.”
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“PHENOMENALLY WOMAN,” Mikki Burcher
“I’m a womanphenomenally
phenomenal womanthat’s me.”
~Maya Angelou
Skinny women want my secret.Where does my confidence lie?
It’s the fire behind my eyes.All of these poor women let
Others dictate their self-worth and image.They eat so many lies.
Often I am criticized for being meBy those who don’t understand this confidence.
I don’t think they like my size.But if you are what they call perfection,
What causes your intimidation?Look at me!
My generous body and oversized clothesDon’t bother me. Why are you so critical?
I am free.My swinging hips knock into counters,
My clumsy large feet are always tripping.Yet my reflection likes what is sees.
I am Miss Maya’s phenomenal woman,Beautiful, bold, ready to pounce.Phenomenally woman. That’s me.
“The Choice,” Codi Spiker
There you were staring at meas if I were some magnificent creature
but with a longing of suchgargantuan feverish need.The spell you were placing upon me was asphyxiating.
I wish I could break freeand let you show me
who, what, and why you are.So you must stay here with me afar.Your fresh-rained eyes speak to me
as the chaos battles upon the violent shore.Why do we bleed, you and I?
Why can’t we just be, you and I?Just toss your inhibitions on the groundand listen to that intoxicating sound.
It rushes through us like anunexpected tide which pulls us under.
The heart, it burns an image intomine; the one of your hand in mine.So who are you? So what are you?
So why are you here? Whisper it near, dear. Your smirk waltzes with the fire
of the internally unknown frontier.Is it wrong or is it right, to feel this way?
Whom do you listen to? The angel or devil?Finally I subside and make my way
to your rescued arms where I plan to stay.
“We’re only Human,” Richard Kelly
I fucked up.Fell apart.
–––and out of fear, separated myself from what I once held so dear.
We’re only human.
Can’t pay child support,I can’t even pay my own rent.
She’s living in the slums,and I’m living in regret.
It’s a constant battle I’ve fought,since the moment she gave birth.Let this all just pass away please,
let me fade into the Earth.
We’re only human.
And my friends can’t keep away from pain.The troubles they have cannot be put to rest.
But I cannot even begin to help them,for there is still this ever-growing pain inside my chest.
I cannot ask for help, for forgiveness.Hope is not a word in my native tongue.
But forever I will contemplate,is there something different I could have done?
We’re only human.
It started when I was oh so young,parents fighting, and I could hear the glass breaking.
But little did I know this would scar my life now.Little did I know the impressions it was making.
And my little girl sits, with a mother who sells herself for cash.
Her second job after her nine to five.Her mom sometimes asks herself,whether she should even be alive.
But my daughter, oh she needs me,and daddy is so far away.
I can’t let her mother throw herself to the wolves.So, I’ll make my way home today.
I’ll salvage what’s left for the sake of a whole,make this right for the sake of my baby girl.
Because as much as I fight and scratch and tear,she’s what keep me at peace in this world.
We’re only human.
Our cognitive minds will someday see the difference between right and wrong.
I’m only human.
Raising the roof on Jayhawk Theatre
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