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Students returning this semester have no doubt noticed the loud noises and chain-link fence that now surrounds Morgan Hall. The reason for this is undoubtedly clear, as Morgan Hall is currently under construction.

Morgan Hall will become Washburn’s new welcome center and will allow students to register for classes, meet with advisors, apply for admission, learn about scholarships and even pay their tuition.

According to Steve Kesl, the superintendent of the construction site, McPherson Contractors Inc. will be doing the actual work, which has been split into four phases: Phase 1A, Phase 1B, Phase 2 and Phase 3. Phase 1A and 1B began at the start of the year.

“Phase 1A and 1B are an interior remodel of the southeast wing area of the building,” said Kesl. Phase 2 will be the demolition of the northwest corner of Morgan Hall to make way for a new plaza and entrance area of the Welcome Center. This demolition will be handled by McPherson Wrecking Inc., and will begin over spring break. Finally, Phase 3 is the remodeling of the existing southwest wing.

“The project schedule lasts 18 months and started Jan. 1,” said Kesl, which means that the project will be completed in June of 2015.

Kesl also stressed that students should not use the Morgan Hall exit facing 17th Street, as that area is part of a construction zone.

“At no time should anyone ever enter the construction area that is quite clearly defined by a chain-link fence, nor should they ever enter the staging area at the north side of the building,” said Kesl.

According to Zelda Gaito, Washburn’s university architect, the company designated to design and oversee the construction of the welcome center is Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc.

“Students can keep track of the

construction at washburn.edu/construction, which is updated through University Relations,” said Gaito.

Unfortunately, the construction isn’t without its drawbacks, as many classes that would otherwise take place in Morgan Hall have had to relocate in different buildings across campus.

It’s not just classes that have evacuated Morgan, either. Many of the offices that would otherwise be in Morgan Hall have relocated as well.

There are a few exceptions though, as Carly Willis, a junior mass media major and student worker in the Student Life office, is still working in Morgan in the office’s original location and has had a rough couple of weeks.

“Some days it’s just really dusty and I sneeze a lot. Other days it’s just really loud,” said Willis. “I think the loud work environment and stuffy work environment will be worth it in the end for the new welcome center.”.

Students looking to keep abreast of the developments in the welcome center construction can visit the previously mentioned washburn.edu/construction, which will soon host a live feed from a construction camera that is to be mounted on the roof of White Concert Hall.

Warning: construction zone Colton GoeffertWASHBURN REVIEW

Colton Goeffert, colton.goeffert@washburn.edu, is a junior associate of science major.

Hallway Construction: The first phase of four phases that are taking place on the Morgan Hall construction. The 18-month project can be viewed on the Washburn Foundation website that allows everyone to see a virtual tour of what it will look like when it is completed.

photos by Scott Stormann, Washburn Review

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Students visiting the Mabee Library this semester will not only experience the new look, but find a new way to connect with the community.

Micaela Sands, High Impact intern with the Learning in the Community office, is excited about the new kiosk located on the wall right before the stairway leading to the third floor of Mabee library.

According to their website, LinC is the central unit of the Center for Community and Civic Engagement at Washburn University, responsible for developing, organizing, supporting, integrating and assessing all community service and civic engagement activities.

Sands says the kiosk, a 42-inch touch screen, is available for anyone at Washburn to access but is especially valuable to students. A student can look to volunteer in the community by just walking up to the kiosk, touching the screen to access the “Washburn Engage” website and typing in an interest or major. Opportunities appear on the screen that closely match those interests.

“And then if they click one of those it will bring up opportunities in the community that they can volunteer with,” said Sands. “They can do internships, volunteer positions and leadership positions within the non-profits we have.”

Sands said the LINC office has

always had a good relationship with their community partners and students, but this is a step to make it more campus wide.

“Mainly this is for service learning so we can connect our community partners with the Washburn campus,” said Sands.

The system is looking to eventually include a counter software so that the number of students which visit the site can be evaluated. Communication with community partners will also determine if volunteers were acquired from ‘Washburn Engage.’ Student faculty will be among those

to help work on this aspect of the new system it progresses.

This system can also be used for service learning aspects in the classroom. For example, last semester the First Year Experience class participated in community service: a food packaging event in the union which was a great success.

Sands explains if a professor chooses to incorporate service learning at Washburn they may go to the Kiosk at Mabee or simply access ‘‘Washburn Engage’ on their computer. ‘Washburn Engage’ is an independent website connected to the Kiosk that can be accessed elsewhere. It is expected to eventually be available through MyWashburn as well.

This has the potential of being a resource for anyone at Washburn desiring to link to the community.

“For professors, for students, for faculty, or everything at Washburn,” Sands said.

Check out the new kiosk at Mabee Library or access “Washburn Engage” at: washburnengage.com/

Kiosk links students to communityJennifer LauberWASHBURN REVIEW

Jennifer Lauber, jennifer.laub-er@washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.

Photo by Mallory LuneyGetting lassy: A new touch screen kiosk is now available to anyone at Washburn. Located on the Mabee Library main floor, it’s an interactive way for anyone to get more active in the Topeka community.

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Qiujie Li/Mairui LiWASHBURN REVIEW

Mabee Library changes look to better student success

January 1922:18—Information report, Fire Alarm; Living Learning Center; report taken: Probable Cause Burned Food: alarm cleared and reset.

January 2112:45—Information report, Notice to leave; Memorial Union; report taken: 1 Notice to leave served for The Bookstore only.

JANUARY 2008:25—Information report campus travel; Morgan Hall;

report taken: campus related travel.

JANUARY 2210:25—Motor vehicle accident; Parking lot 1; report taken: phote’s taken.

JANUARY 2218:30—Information report, suspicious phone calls; Morgan Hall; report taken: informationrequested about email: investigation continues.

JANUARY 2223:08—Information report,

Fire Alarm; Living Learning Center; report taken: Probable Cause Burned Food: alarm cleared and reset.

JANUARY 2500:06—Information report disturbance; Washburn Institute of Tech.; report taken: area checked: no sign of forced entry: alarm reset.

JANUARY 2614:18—Information report medical call; Garveyy Fine Arts Center; report taken: treated at scene by AMR:

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Wednesday, JANUARY 29

CLinnzi Fusco, BFA Sr. Art Exhibition, “Personal Collection:” January 20-31, 2014 in the Art Building Gallery.

Union Daze: Stop, Shop, & Dine in the Union. (11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)

National Brand Night featuring Chick-fil-A: Memorial Union from 5:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, January 30

Friday, January 31

Make & Take craft table: Memorial Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Creating the Family-Friendly Campus Gender Brown Bag Presentation: at memorial Union from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Women’s Basketball at University of Nebraska at Kearney. (5:30 p.m.)

Crane Observatory Open House : on the 4th floor in Stoffer Science Hall from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at University of Nebraska: at Kearney starts at 7:30 p.m.

Grocery Bingo: Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, FEBRUARY 1

Last day to enroll with out a late fee: All Day.

Chinese New Year Buffet: in Memorial Union. (11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)

Union Daza: Chinese New Year Buffet in Washburn Room A (11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)

Personal Collection: in Art Building. End Time: 5 p.m.

Washburn campus police report

Woman’s Basketball at Fort Hays State University starts 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at Fort Hays State University starts 4 p.m.

Qiujie Li, qiujie.li@washburn.edu, is a senior, mass media major. Mairui Li is a junior accounting major.

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The Mabee Library has been changed a lot over the years to help students be successful at Washburn. In honor of the library’s success there will be an open house tour Feb. 5.

According to Alan Bearman, dean of libraries, Mabee Library will now be open 24 hours, five days a week, beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday until 6 p.m. on Friday. Because the library’s open hours have been extended, students now have the option to study at their convenience.

“Until November 2013, there were over 600 students being tutored in our library,” said Bearman. “And we moved over

6,000 books away to have the nice space for students to be tutored.”

Two more classrooms can also be used for studying in the library. One is a conference room and the other is a seminar room.

We added 25 computers in each room for students, and everything we do is for student success,” said Sean Bird, the assistant dean of libraries for Washburn.

The computers are brand new and the writing table can be adjusted for students’ different needs.

There are 534 seats, 133 computers and 120 iPads for students now, while there were only 419 seats and six computers in 2008.

“We also created different zones for different study styles this year,” said Bearman. “Many students prefer quiet and private spaces when they are studying, so on the second floor, we offered many individual writing tables for those students, and sofas in the hall are for the students needing comfort seats. The basement is mainly for group studying.”

According to a survey, 75 percent of all students’ printing occurs in the Mabee Library and many of them spend most of their time in the library. Bearman also said the library has installed more outlets for students who stay for long hours in the library.

The Mabee Open House will have food available and share

more information with the students who are interested in touring the new additions of the library. Tours will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Mabee Library.

Rockin’ 90s: Pretty sure Fred Flinstone used those computers. Mabee now has all new computers and laptops available to students.

ThenPhoto coutesy of Mabee Library

Chill space: Students studying away in the upper level of Mabee. It features a variety of places to study, as well as Washburn’s Tutoring Center.

NowPhoto by Qiujie Li

Q: I’m having a hard time with balancing spending time with my family and school, and my job. I’m finding myself getting stressed out all the time. Advice please?

A: College is probably the busiest time of our lives. In high school most of us only really worried about school. As adults, we will only have our career to focus on. As college students we have to learn to balance the two.

Being a full-time student, working two jobs, being involved on campus and still finding time to have a social life is something I struggle keeping up with as well. What helps the most is staying on top of things. If you fall behind with school work it can get overwhelming to the point where

you don’t feel like ever catching up.

It’s the beginning of the semester so try stay on top of your coursework. Keep a planner or journal to mark down when assignments are due, that way you never forget to turn a n y t h i n g in. Most t e a c h e r s provide a syllabus that says when upcoming major assignments are going to be due and exams throughout the semester.

Just because it’s months away doesn’t mean you can’t at least start planning. I’m not saying you have to start intense

researching or studying but at least get in the mindset that you’re going to do it. That way your brain isn’t surprised when it comes time to really buckle down.

I don’t know how close you are with your family but I know it’s hard to not see them all the time, especially if they’ve been your backbone all your life.

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it’s just for a quick lunch or coffee, it can

make all the difference. I can’t stress how helpful it is to

have a planner and actually utilize it. Write your work and school schedule down at the beginning of

each week that way you can plan when you’re going to have time to do assignments and when you’ll have free time for other things like seeing family, friends, or attending a campus event.

I know it sounds silly to find a time to “pencil” people in but trust me it will help you keep a calm mind knowing everything in your life has a place.

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“I work in the bookstore, and they didn’t have heat in the stock room for quite some time, but the worst day was when it was really cold and the sprinklers ended up going off and we all had to go outside in the cold.”

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“One of my classes was supposed to be in Morgan, now it’s in Henderson so I have to walk way further than I had to.”

“Because of the construction, the Garvey parking lot outside the LLC is being used by a lot more students”

“I can’t use the entrance/exit to cross 17th Street when walking to and from home.”

Gavin Romery, sophomore, undecided

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With the introduction of Senate Bill 302 in the capital Wednesday to ban all surrogacy in Kansas, one senator effectively shut down one of the few avenues for many people to ever achieve the ability to have children.

While the bill is still in its infancy and we are sure there will be much discussion and changes to it, we must ask why this bill was introduced in the first place. Has there been an onslaught of surrogacy cases recently that have turned negative? Was there damage done to the fabric of the American family by having surrogacy in Kansas?

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee will be hearing arguments for and against the bill that was copied and pasted from the law currently in place in the District of Columbia, where, admittedly, they will be softening the law due to opposition.

The bill outlines financial and potential jail time for those found to have broken the law (as written now) and not much else is present in the bill. While the verbiage is not extensive, the intent is clear: no one will be able to achieve parenthood with the help of a surrogate in the state of Kansas.

While this may not affect a large population of Washburn students now, there are several on campus that can and will be affected by this bill being put into law in the future. Becoming pregnant can be quite difficult and there is a large (and growing) number of men and women who are finding it challenging to become parents. With the rise in infertility, many are looking to outside sources to be able to reproduce.

One of our staff members on the Washburn Review is intent on becoming a parent by using a surrogate, and the ban on surrogacy will mean that she will not be able to be the parent that she so desperately wants to be. What we don’t understand is why this form of pregnancy is being banned when there are

so many families and single people that are in need of this service.

Much of this bill’s introduction has to do with same-sex marriages and parenting that has become the focus of the media lately. Especially with the judgment of the current same-sex child support case in Topeka, much of the conservative side of the political powers feel that the brakes need to be applied to the ability for people who normally would not be able to achieve parenthood.

What some people forget is that those that actively try to become parents through infertility treatments and surrogacy truly want to be parents and will do and spend almost anything to achieve that goal. When you have young mothers abandoning newborns at hospitals or children being locked up, beaten and killed by their parents that achieved those pregnancies the “normal” way, what does it say about our culture when that is acceptable but for those that have to work harder and in a different manner than “normal” are being penalized or banned from becoming parents?

The ban on surrogacy is one step further into the lives of people that the government does not need to take. We do believe there needs to be guidelines and precautions put in place for those that decide to take the surrogacy route to protect themselves and the surrogate, but an outright ban means that there will be a lot of out-of-state pregnancies. By regulating instead of banning, the field remains open to people who want to achieve a family without the fear of jail time or fines.

Kansas tries to ban surrogacy

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Ask several players on the Washburn softball team and they will tell you that this year’s team has team chemistry. The Ichabods not only have team chemistry on the field, but also in the classroom and the community.

The softball team received the highest GPA last semester out of the other Washburn athletic teams. They were recognized during the halftimes of last Saturday’s basketball games, with a cumulative 3.31 GPA.

“It feels pretty good just because we know that we put in the work and we are in the library almost every night working on everything,” said Lauren Thimmesch, junior pitcher/infielder.

The Washburn softball team was 13-33 overall last season and

9-19 in the MIAA conference. This year, the team and its coaching staff believe that is going to be a better season.

“Definitely just getting better than last year,” said Skyler Gentry, senior. “ I definitely think we have made a step forward from last year.”

And with classes, schoolwork, practices and community work the team still has time to enjoy other Washburn sports as well.

“Honestly in my free time I’m going to the other Washburn sports games,” said Marina Quimby, sophomore pitcher/infielder. “I really like to go out there and support them. I was a big soccer fan in the fall and now coming to these games [basketball]. When we have free time we are together. So basically our whole team just migrates to other sports and just watches them together and hangout, and we enjoy that.”

Even with the chilly winter

weather, it doesn’t slow the team down in preparing for their season.

“I’m a big offensive coach,” said Vanessa Becerra, third year head coach. “If it is in the 40’s we try to get out there as much as we can. I believe that our pitchers need to pitch every day and so we have Lee Arena for our pitchers and catchers to get their workouts in and we have our cages.”

The Ichabods returned to school five days early to start practicing for this season. According to Becerra the team has its eye on the prize and is focused.

“I try not to set too high of expectations, but with how hard this team works, they really, really should be successful this year with the amount of work they have put in,” said Bacerra.The Bods will begin their season play in the Southeastern Oklahoma State Tournament

against Cameron University at 10 a.m. Feb. 7 in Durant, Okla.“What we really talked about is that we want to play Washburn softball,” said Becerra. “And so whether we are playing Emporia or playing somebody who’s not even in our conference, we want to play Washburn softball. That’s what they really focus on, being the best that they can be and playing their role and with everyone doing that we will be successful.”

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Kara Protasio, kara.protasio@washburn.edu, is a junior mass media major.

Kara ProtasioWASHBURN REVIEW

Softball Upcoming Events

School Date Locaton/Time________Southeastern Okla. State Univ. 2/7-2/9/2014 Durant, Okla.Ottawa University 2/12/2014 Topeka, Kan. 1 p.m.SBU 2/22/2014 Topeka, Kan. 1 p.m.Mo. Southern Tournament 3/1-3/2/2014 Joplin, Mo.MWSU 3/7/2014 Topeka, Kan. 2 p.m.NWMSU 3/8/2014 Topeka, Kan. 12 p.m.Texas A&M International Univ. 3/12/2014 Topeka, Kan. 2 p.m. FHSU 3/15/2014 Topeka, Kan. 1 p.m.UNK 3/16/2014 Topeka, Kan. 11 a.m.

Make sure to go out and support all the spring sports!Good Luck to all the athletes! Go Bods!

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The Washburn men’s tennis team is starting off the season on a high note as they are ranked No. 31 in the nation. They are also ranked second in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll behind Northwest Missouri State University.“This is the year that we need

to be good. You know you work three years to get to this point and these guys have put in a lot of time and effort,” said head coach Dave Alden.

Last season the Ichabods went 13-8 overall and 5-1 in the MIAA conference play. The men also made it to the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

“We finished third regionally and last year you know we were second in the conference regular season and then we lost to Southwest Baptist University in the semi-finals of the conference tournament. We’d beaten SBU a week and half earlier,” said Alden.

The Bods will begin their season play against No. 24 Drury University Feb. 1 in Springfield,

Mo. The following day, the men will take on East Central University also in Springfield, Mo. The times for these matches are still to be determined.

The wind and the cold have prevented the Bods from practicing outside on the

Washburn courts. Luckily for the Ichabods, the team has a place to practice despite the weather.

“We are fortunate in the fact that we have access to Wood

Valley,” said Alden. “That’s where we practice and all of our matches will be inside until the

Ouachita match at the end of February. We are playing that one down in Oklahoma and we are hoping it will be a little warmer. But with this weather

and the wind, it’s ridiculous. You can’t get a whole lot done, but we get to play inside.”This year’s team consists of nine players. Four of the players are seniors, two of the players are juniors, one sophomore and the rest are freshmen. The four seniors this year are Steven Fletcher, Bobby Florence, Chance Joost and Arek Kozaczuk who will be leading the team. The expectations are high for this older group of men.

“I would be ecstatic to see us, at the very least, finally win our conference and make the NCAA

round of 16, which we will certainly be striving for,” said Fletcher.

“There’s three teams that are very close and our job is to go out there and see if we can beat those guys and win conference,” said Alden. “We have a good men’s team. We’re deep and experienced. These guys have worked awfully hard in the off season.”In March, there will be four home matches in a row. Three out of the four will be non-conference games; however, the Bods will take on Emporia State University as their first conference for the season.

“My hope is to make some truly unforgettable memories with teammates who have grown to my life friends, but being the competitor I am, those memories better include victories rather than defeats,” said Fletcher.

Kara Protasio, kara.protasio@washburn.edu, is a junior mass media major.

Kara ProtasioWASHBURN REVIEW

Men’s tennis debut season on national ranks

Men’s Tennis Upcoming Events

School Date Location Time Drury Univ. Feb. 1 Springfield, MO. TBDEast Central Feb. 2 Springfield, MO. TBDWichita State Feb. 22 Wichita, KS. 2 p.m.Ouachita Baptist Feb. 27 Lawton, OK. 10 a.m.Johnson County March 1 Topeka, KS. 1 p.m.Cameron Univ. March 8 Topeka, KS. 2p.m.Emporia State March 12 Topeka, KS 2p.m.

Upper Left: Senior Steven Fletcher prepares to back hand the ball during a game last season. Fletcher is a Topeka native going 5-0 in the MIAA during the 2012-13 season.

Above: Senior Arek Kozaczuk braces himself as he prepares to hit the ball last season. Kozaczuk had honorable mention in the MIAA in the 2012-13 season.

Left: Sophomore Thilo Schlenker gets ready to receive the ball while going 8-12 in singles in the 2012-13 season.

Photos Courtesy of Gene Cassell

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North points team in right directionCoaches in any sport will always

covet versatility. Junior forward, Alex North, is the definition of versatility. At 6 feet 6 inches tall, his natural position is small forward, but with a lack of size on this year’s roster, he has played power forward and center all year. Most other teams start centers that are 6 feet 10 inches or taller, which is an obvious mismatch for North on both ends of the floor.

On the defensive end he is forced to cover players that typically have much more height and length, but he credits the team’s strength-and-conditioning coach with his ability to make up for that discrepancy.

“Our weight coach has done a great job at making our whole team stronger,” North said. “I think that’s definitely part of it, but I just try to play hard and go after every rebound.”

After sitting out last season due to a head and knee injury, North has returned with a vengeance. He has nearly tripled his career averages of 5.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game before this season and has become one of the team’s best passers as well. While playing the most minutes on the team, he’s second in scoring, first in rebounding, and second in assists.

That versatility allows him to make an impact in every game, even if he isn’t scoring at his normal rate of 15 points per game. After breaking his career high for rebounds in his last game against Northeastern State, pulling down 20, he now averages

9.6 per game. Even though he only scored 10 points, he was still a major factor in the team’s win.

“I just try to outwork them,” said North. “When rebounding, I try to get better position by using my quickness.”

To a d d t o h i s near

double-double average, he’s also making his teammates better. His 3.3 assists per game are good enough for second on the team. That ranking would be impressive for a small forward, but is far more impressive now that he is playing center on a regular basis.

North has turned his injury into a positive, rather than letting it hold him back.

“I was honestly just happy

to be back playing after sitting out last year,” North said. “I mostly worked on my face-up game once I was cleared for activity, but I also did a lot of shooting and ball handling.”

That work has been evident as he’s shooting an outstanding 50.6 percent

from the field so far this season. Any time a player is shooting near 40 percent from behind the arc, they’re considered a great shooter. North is more than that. To this point he is shooting a mind-boggling 46 percent. To put that in perspective, that would be good enough for fifth best in the NBA.

That three-point shooting ability has been much needed in order to space the floor for the team’s

leading scorer, junior guard Kyle Wiggins, and due to the lack of inside scoring for the Ichabods.

With the Bods off to a solid 14-3 start for the year, North has big aspirations for this year’s squad.

“Conference champion is a very achievable goal and getting a good seed going into regionals is important,” said North. “From there, making a late season run at a national championship is next on the list.”

The sharpshooter looks to live up to his Twitter bio “#ZoneBuster” this Thursday on the road when the team takes on the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

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The Washburn women’s tennis team was picked sixth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll out of 11 teams. The top three teams in the poll are Southwest Baptist, Northeastern State and Central Oklahoma. This season, the women’s team will have to do less traveling because there are 12 matches scheduled at home. Seven of those are conference matches, which including playing the top three teams at home.

Dave Alden, head coach for both the men’s and women’s Washburn tennis teams, encourages fans to come watch them as the weather gets nicer.

“We have lots of home matches in Topeka and I would love for people to come out,” said Alden. “If they have never experienced or watched a college tennis match, it’s a pretty cool deal and it helps when we get people out there. You can actually be a little bit rowdy at the right time, but we got big matches this year against Northwest Missouri State and Southwest Baptist here.”

Last season the WU women’s

tennis team finished 6-16 overall and 4-7 in the conference. The team started with a 10-match losing streak before getting its first win.

“ W e stumbled out of the gates a little bit. Lots of pressure and I had six new girls last year,” said Alden.

T h i s season the team has one senior, two juniors, five sophomores and one f r e s h m a n . After her first year on the team, sophomore G w e n Shepler says she feels o p t i m i s t i c about the

upcoming season.“I feel a lot more relaxed because

last year we were all new and we

didn’t know what to expect at all. This year we have a feeling on what our competition is going to be and

how much work we have to put into it,” said Shepler.

Washburn will start its season with an away game Feb. 1 against Drury University and then to East Central University Feb. 2 to Springfield, Mo. After that, the team will have a month break and begin a series of home matches with both non-conference and conference teams.

“Our season is just beginning. We just have to start out and see where it takes us,” said Shepler.

Shepler was 11-18 in singles and 9-19 in doubles last year. She has goals for her team and herself personally. Shepler also says her team has a big reason for wanting to have a good season this year.

“It’s actually our coach’s last year coaching us and so I feel like our team is going to have high expectations, or higher than the past years, because we want to end on a good note for our coach,” said Shepler.

Head coach Steve Anson is leading the Washburn baseball team into his 35th season at Washburn. Anson is considered the winningest coach active in the MIAA with 818-774-3 record at WU and is looking forward to this year’s season with his players.

“I know it’s going to be a competitive year again in the MIAA,” said Anson. “There’s a lot of good teams, probably more balanced than any other time we have been in the league. We added four teams last year and that created even more competition in the league and created a more balanced league because the four teams we brought in all good baseball teams.”

The Ichabod’s season this year is packed full of MIAA play. With less than 10 non-conference games and no tournaments until play-offs, the Washburn baseball team has high expectations for this season.

“We have a number of players who have worked really hard. We have a lot of competition in about every spot, which is good. I think we have an opportunity for a lot of guys to have really nice years and they have worked really hard,” said Anson.

One of those players is senior second baseman Taylor Herrington. Herrington originally from Wichita, hit .345 last season and was second on the team in hitting. He also led the team and MIAA and tied for NCAA II with eight triples and scored 35 runs last season.

“I look forward to a good season, hopefully a winning season,” said Herrington.

The Bods have been practicing since they got back to campus. Even with the chilly temperatures this winter, the team has practiced outside more than last season.

“Well to this point compared to a year ago, we have had a lot more time outside,” said Anson. “We kinda get outside for a few days and then we get back in. So it’s kind of fluctuating. It’s baseball in the Midwest. It’s the way it is.”

Last year, the WU baseball team went 11-33 overall and 9-32 in the MIAA conference. The Bods ended with a two-win streak against Lindenwood University, 10-9 and Rockhurst University, 17-8.

“Well, I think last year we had

some growing pains and several injuries that really decimated our pitching staff. We had kind of a young team, so I think the fall we had this year compared to a year ago is about a 180,” said Anson.

The Ichabods will play their first game at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at Falley Field on campus. They will take on

the Lindenwood Lions four times that weekend to start off the season. The Bods went 1-2 against the Lions last season.

“One thing they are going to do, they are going to play hard,” said Anson. “I think they have pretty much from day one since when we started this they have come out and worked hard. I think the chemistry is so much better than it was a year ago and we are going to carry on and continue to improve.”

Baseball getting work done for spring

Women’s TennisUpcoming Events

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Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies on the Nintendo 3DS is the latest in Capcom’s long running Ace Attorney series. The first three entries in this series follows Phoenix Wright, a defense lawyer who deals in murder cases, as he grows from a rookie lawyer into an experienced legal representative. The fourth game however, has Phoenix disbarred after he being accused of falsifying evidence, and instead follows his apprentice, Apollo Justice.

Dual Destinies, the fifth game in the series, sees Phoenix return to the courtroom after retaking the bar exam and proving he actually hadn’t falsified evidence. Apollo and a new character, Athena Cykes, join him in the game, where the player will play as any of the three depending on the case.

Anyone who’s previously played an Ace Attorney game before will notice a major change between the older games and Dual Destinies upon starting the game. That change comes in the form of high-quality 3D models that have replaced the pixelated images that were used to represent characters in the older DS games.

The models bring more life and expression to the characters and are definitely a big improvement. While I’m still a firm believer that good graphics don’t necessarily make a game good, they can be the icing on the cake, and that’s definitely the case with Dual Destinies.

Dual Destinies doesn’t really do anything much different with the actual main mechanics of the game, largely sticking to the text-based gameplay and storytelling of the first four games.

The touchscreen still plays an integral role in the game, as players can present evidence or press witness statements with it when in court, as well as use it to investigate crime scenes when not in court.

The main thing players should be on the lookout for in this game is contradictions. These are used to cast doubt on a witness’ testimony or even invalidate said testimony all together.

Contradictions can be proven by presenting evidence or by using one of three systems exclusive to each character. The first of these systems, the Psyche Lock system, has been around since the second Ace Attorney game and is used by Phoenix to let him know when a person is “locking up” or intentionally trying to keep

information from him. The second system, the Perceive

System, which was debuted in the fourth game, is used by Apollo and lets him identify a “tell” when a person is lying. These “tells” can be very hard to spot as they’re usually innocuous things like a twitching eyebrow or clenched fist.

Finally, Athena, being a new playable character, brings with her a new system called the Mood Meter that allows her to sense a contradiction between a person’s testimony and their feeling. All

three of these systems are very fun and intuitive, making it impossible for me to choose a favorite.

For such a text heavy game, an underwhelming plot can be a death sentence. Luckily, though, the writing and story are still top-notch, adding drama, humor and intrigue in equal parts.

My only story complaint would be that the opening cut scenes for the first two cases explicitly shows the player as the murderer, removing the fun and challenge of figuring it out for yourself. I won’t

go any further into the story, though, because it is the main attraction in this game and I wouldn’t dare spoil that.

Overall, Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies is a great game and well worth the prices. Unfortunately, if you’re looking to go out and buy a physical copy, you’ll be in for a rude awakening.

Due to the American audience’s lack of interest in the fourth game, Dual Destinies is only available as a digital download on the 3DS eShop. Despite that, it’s still worth picking up as the dialogue is well written, the plot is interesting and the graphics have been significantly upgraded. Dual Destinies is a must-own for any 3DS owner.

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Attorneys at Law: (from left to right) Apollo Justice, Phoenix Wright and Athena Cykes make up the trio of playable lawyers, each of whom brings a

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Military band performs at WashburnThe Topeka Community Concert

Association hosted the United States 1st Army First Infantry Division Band on Jan. 26 at the White Concert Hall.

As part of its concert season, the association added a state-based performance this year by contacting the band in Ft. Riley. The original schedule for the season consisted of only five performances. The band was included as a bonus concert for the year.

“This was a nice way to bring in the new year,” said Gary Johnson, president of the Topeka Community Concert Association.

Johnson’s board of directors was able to book the 1st Infantry Division Band because of their mission to serve the local communities. The band has performed in other cities like Junction City, Manhattan and Kansas City.

“This is our way of saying thanks to the serving men and women,” said Johnson. “Everyone loves marching bands.”

The army band displayed diversity in song choice throughout

the performance. They began with traditional songs like the “National Anthem”, “Home on the Range”, and “Amazing Grace.” The band then shifted into a vocal centered trail of songs. The songs “Summertime” and “All of Me” introduced the vocal range of staff sergeant (SSG) Jennifer

Champagne. “The audience’s reaction was my

favorite part of the performance,” said Champagne. “The song from Jackson 5 was my favorite one to perform.”

Intercut between the performances were video segments from the band members explaining

why they performed in the 1st Infantry Division Band.

“The band allows us to span out with music,” said SSG Jason Ford.

The band even moved away from traditional band instruments as members brought out a keytar and bass guitar during their rock and medley version of the show. The

medley featured famous songs of Motown which featured songs from artists like The Temptations, Jackson 5 and Bruno Mars.

Near the end of the performance the band urged everyone to salute the veterans in the audience with the song “Armed Forces on Parade.”

“I was surprised at how many soldiers were in the audience,” said Jeffrey Price, chief warrant officer. “Songs like ‘The National Anthem’ displayed our

country’s national musical legacy.” This is the 83rd season of the

Topeka Community Concert Association, deeming themselves the oldest nonprofit organization in Topeka. The association will finish off the rest of the 2013-2014 season with performances from the Borealis Wind Quintet, Jesse Lynch Jazz 101 and Yang & Olivia Liu.

Subscription packages for tickets to the rest of the season will be $50 in total. Washburn students can enter the concerts for free with their student identification cards.

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Marching Band: The 1st Army Infantry Division Band graced Washburn with a performance at White Concert Hall on Jan. 26. The concert was free and open to the public.

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I hope I’m not stereotyping too much when I say that most kids go through an obsessive phase with horror movies in middle school or early high school. However, I will go so far as to say that most teens have seen, or at least heard of, the popular horror film “The Grudge.”

A lesser known fact is that “The Grudge” is actually an American remake of the Japanese horror film “Ju-On: The Grudge.” Naturally, I had to watch it to find out if it was as scary as I remembered “The Grudge” to be. And yes, “Ju-On” is in Japanese.

The original film was made by a Japanese film student and is based on the story of a man, Takeo Saeki, who suspects his wife, Kayako, of having an affair. In a fit of anger, Takeo kills Kayako, their young son Toshio, Toshio’s cat and finally himself.

According to legend, when a person is killed with a deep and powerful rage, their spirit remains in the place they were killed. All who enter the place,

or interact with the people who enter the place, will be cursed as well. In this way, the curse can spread to an infinite number of locations. The curse begins with the victims seeing and hearing cats, then seeing Toshio, and finally seeing Kayako, at which point they are killed or simply vanish.

First of all, “Ju-On” and “The Grudge” are identical scene

for scene until the last half hour of “Ju-On” which extends beyond where “The Grudge” left off. The extra 30 minutes didn’t actually help much. Both movies are confusing as they skip around randomly and cut between characters, not always with a clear connection between them. I also suspect that it has some amount of “Premonition”-style time warp, although I do

not swear to that because, like I mentioned, I didn’t think the movie made much sense.

An unfortunate result of not being able to follow the storyline is that by the end of the movie I was barely paying attention.

However, I don’t think I’ve ever left a series unfinished, so I did have to watch “Ju-On 2,” and I feel confident in saying this is the only time I’ve ever liked a sequel better than the original.

I think I was more freaked out by the first 10 minutes of the second movie than I was in the entire first movie, and I was watching it in a room with the lights on and several other people in the room. (For clarification, they were not watching with me; but movies are typically less scary with other people nine out of ten times.)

The sequel was a continuation of the curse, but it was still scarier than its predecessor. The methods of stalking and haunting the victims are much more elaborate and much less believable, but I think that is what makes it the superior story. The entire concept is so insane and far-fetched that the weirder everything is, the better it all fits

together. Overall, I would give the

first movie 1.5 out of five stars. I could justify giving it two if it was being compared to the American movie. The Japanese (from what I could gather) were much more thorough in the story line. However, that still doesn’t qualify it as a ‘good movie’ in my book.

The second movie I would rank at three out of five stars. The plot lines were easier to follow and I could more easily remember which character was which.

I also would not say that “Ju-On 2” could be classified as a ‘good movie,’ however I would definitely say it is a better movie than its predecessor. You can check out “Ju-On: The Grudge” and “Ju-On 2” on Netflix. “The Grudge” and its two sequels can be found at local movie rental places.

Japanese horror becomes American favoriteJamie SchartzWASHBURN REVIEW

Jamie Schartz, jamie.schartz@washburn.edu, is an undecided freshman major.

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The Grudge: Kayako Saeki haunts people who visit her former home. Both “Ju-On” and its sequel are rated R.