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Volume 142, Issue 10 October 28, 2015 Washburn University washburnreview.org Ribbon ceremony celebrates WU’s new ‘front door’ Lisa Herdman, lisa.herdman@ washburn.edu, is a senior English and mass media major. Lisa Herdman WASHBURN REVIEW After a quick ribbon ceremo- ny, Morgan Hall stands as the new front door to Washburn University. Alumni, donors and current students gathered around the front of the Welcome Center on Oct. 23 to watch the announce- ments made by the Washburn University Foundation, the Board of Regents and the Pres- ident of Washburn University, Jerry Farley. “A little over ive years ago we decided we needed a front door to the university,” said Bill Sneed, chairman of the Wash- burn Board of Regents. “It’s just an incredible experience. You walk around and see the chang- es. We will redesign this univer- sity for the next 150 years.” Sneed said that prospective students will be awed by the new structure. It will give students one place to get everything done and is very student friendly. He said that the building is warm and it will make students feel like they are coming home. “Students should know that Washburn is one of the greatest universities. If they come here, they will get a quality education and be rewarded,” Sneed said. Many donors were honored during the ceremony, especial- ly by the Washburn University Foundation. Donors are respon- sible for the sculpture on the east side of the building and the west side bench with Ichabod Washburn sitting down, as well as the 2000 bricks outside of Morgan Hall. “I get to talk about items we know will be standing well be- yond our lifetime, and we think they may still be here when they celebrate in another 300 years,” said JuliAnn Mazachek, presi- dent of the Washburn University Foundation. “Future generations have built on his dream and his vision. We will be able to greet prospective students and alumni in this location, in a place that is truly spectacular.” Mazachek mentioned that the new Ichabod statue was donated by the trustees to make it pos- sible for everyone that entered into this building to know what we stand for, and know that Ich- abod Washburn made this place possible. The ribbon cutting was part of Washburn’s 150th anniversary commemoration, and the Mor- gan Hall renovations are part of the many changes Washburn has been making to its campus. “Today we are the privileged ones that get to celebrate this anniversary,” said Farley. “We will remember these structures because they will be here for a long time. This welcome center is going to change the dynamic of the institution.” Farley said that this is the of- icial front door to the campus. It creates an ambiance that we can all take pride in. It also has created a gathering place for students. He said it’s function- ing already, the way they hoped it would. “I think it’s just a wonder- ful entrance to the university for current students and their families, or new students and visitors,” said Kathy Busch, di- rector of communications and annual giving at the Washburn Foundation. “They can see our Ichabod pride when they walk in the door.” Busch said that the Welcome Center will provide students a place to meet with friends and study. The current students are able to see the changes in the center already, and it makes a big difference. “We’re all here today be- cause of the signiicance of 150 years,” Farley said. “We’re here today to pass all this history on to the future.” INSIDE: Page 4: Yell Like Hell brings campus organizations together to show school spirit. Page 9: Washburn Volleyball sweeps Pittsburg State over the weekend. Page 6: Check out our photos from last week’s Grand Homecoming festivities. Page 7: Students are excited for Gilmore Girls series reboot. Page 11: Rita Blitt donates personal art collection to Mulvane Art Museum. Find us on social media! Facebook: ichabodshop Twitter: @ichabodshop Instagram: @ichabodshop Join us for the costume contest at 2:30 on October 30th in the Union Market of Memorial Union. PSST. WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? Did you know about the at the Ichabod Shop? Sign up for the Secret Sale and other valuable informtion with our ETMs at ichabodshop.com HalloWUeen SECRET SALE Photo by Brian Cervantez Staff Love: Washburn staff, including members from Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Student Activities and Greek Life and WU Counseling Services, circle up during their performance at Yell Like Hell. The team’s routine included a combination of comedy and dance accompanied by a music selection representing several decades. News Sports Campus Life Pop Culture Arts & Entertainment Photo by Katie Wade Baby ‘Bod: A young boy sits at the base of the newly installed Ichabod statue north of the renovated Morgan, hall.

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Volume 142, Issue 10 October 28, 2015Washburn University washburnreview.org

Ribbon ceremony celebrates WU’s new ‘front door’

Lisa Herdman, lisa.herdman@

washburn.edu, is a senior

English and mass media major.

Lisa Herdman

WASHBURN REVIEW

After a quick ribbon ceremo-ny, Morgan Hall stands as the new front door to Washburn University.

Alumni, donors and current students gathered around the front of the Welcome Center on Oct. 23 to watch the announce-ments made by the Washburn University Foundation, the Board of Regents and the Pres-ident of Washburn University, Jerry Farley.

“A little over ive years ago we decided we needed a front door to the university,” said Bill Sneed, chairman of the Wash-burn Board of Regents. “It’s just an incredible experience. You walk around and see the chang-es. We will redesign this univer-sity for the next 150 years.”

Sneed said that prospective students will be awed by the new structure. It will give students one place to get everything done and is very student friendly. He said that the building is warm and it will make students feel like they are coming home.

“Students should know that Washburn is one of the greatest universities. If they come here, they will get a quality education and be rewarded,” Sneed said.

Many donors were honored during the ceremony, especial-ly by the Washburn University Foundation. Donors are respon-sible for the sculpture on the

east side of the building and the west side bench with Ichabod Washburn sitting down, as well as the 2000 bricks outside of Morgan Hall.

“I get to talk about items we know will be standing well be-yond our lifetime, and we think they may still be here when they celebrate in another 300 years,” said JuliAnn Mazachek, presi-dent of the Washburn University Foundation. “Future generations have built on his dream and his vision. We will be able to greet prospective students and alumni in this location, in a place that is truly spectacular.”

Mazachek mentioned that the new Ichabod statue was donated by the trustees to make it pos-sible for everyone that entered into this building to know what we stand for, and know that Ich-abod Washburn made this place possible.

The ribbon cutting was part of Washburn’s 150th anniversary commemoration, and the Mor-gan Hall renovations are part of the many changes Washburn has been making to its campus.

“Today we are the privileged ones that get to celebrate this anniversary,” said Farley. “We will remember these structures because they will be here for a long time. This welcome center is going to change the dynamic of the institution.”

Farley said that this is the of-icial front door to the campus. It creates an ambiance that we

can all take pride in. It also has created a gathering place for students. He said it’s function-ing already, the way they hoped it would.

“I think it’s just a wonder-ful entrance to the university for current students and their families, or new students and visitors,” said Kathy Busch, di-rector of communications and annual giving at the Washburn Foundation. “They can see our Ichabod pride when they walk in the door.”

Busch said that the Welcome Center will provide students a

place to meet with friends and study. The current students are able to see the changes in the center already, and it makes a big difference.

“We’re all here today be-cause of the signiicance of 150 years,” Farley said. “We’re here today to pass all this history on to the future.”

INSIDE:

Page 4: Yell Like Hell brings campus

organizations together to show school spirit.

Page 9: Washburn Volleyball sweeps

Pittsburg State over the weekend.

Page 6: Check out our photos from last

week’s Grand Homecoming festivities.

Page 7: Students are excited for Gilmore

Girls series reboot.

Page 11: Rita Blitt donates personal art

collection to Mulvane Art Museum.

Find us on social media!Facebook: ichabodshopTwitter: @ichabodshopInstagram: @ichabodshop

Join us for the costume contest at 2:30 on October 30th in the Union Market of Memorial Union.

PSST. WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? Did you know about the at the Ichabod Shop?

Sign up for the Secret Sale and other valuable informtion with our ETMs at ichabodshop.com

HalloWUeen

SECRET SALE

Photo by Brian Cervantez

Staff Love: Washburn staff, including members from Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Student Activities and Greek Life and WU Counseling Services,

circle up during their performance at Yell Like Hell. The team’s routine included a combination of comedy and dance accompanied by a music selection

representing several decades.

News

Sports

Campus Life

Pop Culture

Arts & Entertainment

Photo by Katie Wade

Baby ‘Bod: A young boy sits at the base of the newly installed Ichabod statue north of the renovated Morgan, hall.

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washburnreview.org2 News October 28, 2015

October 22

21:38 - Burglary/Theft From A Motor

Vehicle, Parking Lot 4.

Report Taken: Investigation Continues.

October 23

16:53 - Information Report/Harassment/

Notice To Leave, Living Learning Center.

Report Taken: One Notice To Leave Served

For All Residence Halls.

October 25

00:06 - Information Report/Assist

Outside Agency, On Campus Location.

Report Taken: Assisted Outside Agency

In Checking A Suspicious Vehicle And

Person.

October 25

10:31 - Information Report/Fire Alarm,

Living Learning Center.

Report Taken: Probable Cause Burned

Food: Alarm Cleared And Reset.

Washburn Campus poliCe report

briefs

Of all crime this year, 31 percent has been thet. his chart breaks down the other 69 percent.

het (Auto) - 3%

Medical Calls - 27%

Criminal Damage - 15%

Assault - 5%

Burglary (Vehicle) - 9%

Domestic Violence - 2%

Burglary (Building) - 4%

Drug Arrests - 9%

Sex Ofense - 4%

Traic Stops - 16%

Alcohol Arrests - 4%

Campus safety

survey releasedThe Ofice of Equal Opportu-

nity/Title IX released a Campus Safety Climate survey Monday, Oct. 26.

This voluntary, anonymous survey was sent to a random se-lection of 1,800 students from Washburn University and Wash-burn Institute of Technology.

To be eligible to take part in the survey one had to be at least 18 years of age as of Oct. 1 of this year.

The survey’s purpose is to tar-get intervention strategies and reduce sexual violence incidents from occurring on campus.

By participating in this survey Washburn will be able to devel-op programming and policies to better suit the needs of all Wash-burn personnel.

Survey questions may in-clude, but are not limited to information involving gender, ethnicity and beliefs about sex-ual and physical violence.

The survey will take approx-imately 20 minutes to complete and all answers will remain anonymous.

Thank you in advance for tak-ing time to voice your opinion in this important survey.

If you have questions, call Pam Foster at (785) 670-1509.

WSGA to host screening of ‘Halloweentown’

As a way to cap Can Emporia, Washburn Student Government As-sociation is hosting a movie event. “Halloweentown” will start by 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29 in Hen-derson 100.

This event is open to all students, but Washburn IDs are required to attend. There is no admittance fee. However, a donation of $1 or 3 cans is suggested. Refreshments will be provided and will include popcorn, apple cider and hot chocolate.

“Halloweentown,” which orig-inally aired in 1998 as a Disney Channel original movie, follows the story of Marnie Piper (Kimber-ly J. Brown), who, after learning she’s a witch, is tasked with saving a mystical town of supernatural cit-izens.

For more information about the showing, contact the WSGA of-ice in the lower level of Memorial Union.

Hall-WU-Ween costume contest to take place

Washburn University’s Cam-pus Activities Board is hosting the Hall-WU-ween Costume Contest On Friday, Oct. 30.

The annual Hall-WU-Ween Cos-tume Contest will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the Stauffer Commons area of the Memorial Union. Anybody may participate, but only students can win in costume categories. These include most creative, group/couple, puniest, most cost-eficient and scariest.

A judging panel will consist of faculty and staff members with Sean Bird will be hosting. The best costumes in each category will be eligible for prizes donated by the Ichabod Shop. Along with the chance to win prizes, food will be

available for all participants.For more information, con-

tact Bree Zuchowski at [email protected] or con-tact CAB in the lower level of the Memorial Union.

Workshop discusses

graduate school

opportunities

The English department is host-ing the Graduate School Infor-mational Session for English and Humanities Majors, which will dis-cuss graduate school opportunities for English and other humanities majors. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 3-5 p.m. in the Vogel Room, which is located in the upper level of the Memorial Union. The workshop will cover information about pursu-ing a Master of Art, Master of Lib-

eral Studies, Master of Fine Arts or a doctorate in English or other areas of studies in the humanities. Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact the English department at (785) 670-1441.

Washburn dorms host Trick or Treat Off the Street

Washburn University will host its annual Trick or Treat Off the Street event today from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., and invites residents in the Living Learning Center, Kuehne Hall, West Hall, the Washburn Vil-lage, and the Lofts at College Hill to participate.

The event aims to provide a safe place for parents to take their chil-dren for a trick-or-treating experi-ence, and at the same time allow residents to get creative with dec-orating their residences and give back to the Topeka community. Guided tours will be provided to families interested in participating and getting candy. Free parking will be available off of 17th Street, and costumes are optional.

Bench Buddies: President Jerry Farley sits on the newly installed bench on the east side of Morgan Hall. The statue was dedicated at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 23, as a part of last week’s Grand Homecoming festivities. University alumni, trust-ees, faculty and staff were in attendence of the unveiling of the bench and the dedication of the Welcome Center later that day.

Photo by Derek Richardson

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washburnreview.org October 28, 2015 News 3

Sexual assault task force aims to promote campus safety

Professors seek campus advocateAnna CiummoWASHBURN REVIEW

Numerous members of the Washburn community are pushing for a trained, full-time staff member to assume the role of victim’s advocate on campus.

This staff member would be a conidential source avail-able to students who have ex-perienced sexual violence, harassment or rape. This advo-cate would also be a mediator for students who are not ready to report an incident to author-ities. As of now, if a student opens up to a faculty member or counselor about an incident, they are always required to re-port not only the incident, but the student’s name.

Sharon Sullivan, associate professor of theatre, says that many members of Washburn’s faculty would love to have a mediator between the student

and further counseling.“I always worry when

a student comes to me and

tells me what they’re going through,” Sulllivan said. “Any faculty member is required to report that student’s name. That’s betrayal.”

Sullivan believes that a victim’s advocate will help stu-dents regain power over their own lives.

Although she hopes that a student will end up report-ing a victimizing incident, she believes that opening up is a choice to be made by the stu-dent.

Kelly Erby, assistant pro-fessor of history, agrees that the university would beneit from a victim’s advocate.

“Having a victim’s advo-cate will enhance Washburn’s responsibility under the equal opportunity policy,” said Erby. “We are still getting feedback from people to igure out what they speciically want in a vic-tim’s advocate.”

On Nov. 11, a special Gen-der Brown Bag event will fo-

cus on a campus discussion about the need for a full-time victim’s advocate.

Both Erby and Sullivan are hopeful for the future of Wash-burn in light of a potential vic-tim’s advocate.

“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done in order to make sure everyone is protect-ed,” Sullivan said.

Erby strongly urges as

many students as possible to attend the Gender Brown Bag event in order for the adminis-tration to see the idea’s merit. The event will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Vogel Room.

Anna Ciummo, anna.

[email protected], is a

freshman English major.

Brenden WilliamsWASHBURN REVIEW

The Take Back the Night vigil Thursday Oct. 29 will bring students and communi-ty members as well as guest speakers together for a march and candlelight vigil to stand against sexual violence.

Ten cities across the U.S. were selected as a “point of light” and Topeka is one of the cities selected.

The vigil will start outside the Memorial Union at 6 p.m. for those wishing to attend.

This event supports WS-GA’s president Blake Porter plan to address sexual crime on campus.

Porter formed the sexual assault task force to look into how other universities and organizations have worked to prevent sexual assault, and is working to bring awareness regarding sexual assault to Washburn’s campus.

Porter appointed Mikayla Douglas, public relations di-rector, as the chair of the task force.

“The idea was that she would chair it, and there’s a few other members of stu-dent government on there, and they’re actually working with our campus affairs commit-tee,” Porter said.

Though the cause is im-

portant to Porter, he beleives it is important for the entire sen-ate to be involved.

“I don’t want to just push my own ideas, I want the sen-ate to hear these suggestions and decide what they think is the best plan to go forward,“ said Porter.

The chair for the sexu-al assault task force, Mikay-la Douglas, along with other members of the committee, collaborated with Sullivan on the organization of the Take Back the Night vigil.

Douglas is organizing the task force to promote overall awareness and safety.

“With recent events hap-pening in other colleges, we just wanted to make sure we were taking action in our col-lege. It was started to imple-ment procedures and safety precautions,” said Douglas.

“It’s my job to facilitate the task force, so I meet with Sharon Sullivan, who has been so helpful in this whole process,” Douglas said. “We collaborated with STAND and Campus Affairs.”

Sharon Sullivan Kelly Erby

Brenden Williams, brenden.

[email protected], is a

freshman mass media major.

Join the Conversation

Gender

Brown Bag

Event

November 11

Noon

Vogel Room

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washburnreview.org4 News October 28, 2015

Bow Tie Bash brings Bods together for music and ireworks’

Yell Like Hell sparks school pride for Grand Homecoming

Washburn held it’s irst ever Bow Tie Bash after the football game on Saturday, at 5:30 p.m., bringing many people together for the grand inale of homecoming week.

The band The Bop Daddies performed in the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center while BaliRoot played in the Washburn Room. Couples danced all night in celebration of the school. There was plenty

of food and laughs to go around as alumni who hadn’t seen each other in years reunited.

President Jerry Farley was among the many excited people in attendance.

“Today is a fun day; it’s been a fun weekend and it’s been a fun several years,” Farley said. “We’ve had many spectacular events, but none of them compare to what you’ve done yesterday and what you’ve done today.”

In his speech, Farley commended alumni for their

dedication to the school. “All of that is a result of you,

each one of you in here, because you decided to come and make new friendships and see people you haven’t seen in a while and celebrate your memories,” Farley said. “Celebrate the things that you recall about this institution. My bet is that many of you had a life changing experience when you came to Washburn.”

Farley continued by expressing his desire to not only celebrate old traditions, but to create new ones.

“We are celebrating some of the traditions from the past. Last night we had a bonire,” Farley said. “We haven’t had a bonire celebration on this campus for a couple of decades. Last night was fun. We had the band out there, we had the cheer squad, we had the dancers, we had the football team and we had a lot of students that came out for that event. That’s a tradition I think we ought to reestablish, why don’t we do that every year?”

There are many dedications from this year’s homecoming that will live on such as the new Ichabod statue on the west side of Morgan Hall. The statue

currently sits on a new bench that will more than likely be the site of many photo ops.

The night ended with discussions amongst alumni and current students alike. They discussed how much they loved coming back and love attending this university. The evening concluded with Farley addressing the crowd fondly and thanking them for their school spirit. Immediately following was a surprise ireworks show.

“You have seen people this

weekend, you have seen people tonight that you haven’t seen for a while,” concluded Farley. “Those relationships don’t deteriorate, those relationships only grow. We want students to have great memories of this institution, things that you will cherish forever.”

Nothing peps up a school more for homecoming than a lit-tle friendly intraschool competi-tion like Yell Like Hell, a dance competition for various student groups at Washburn that was held on Thursday, Oct 22.

Shaylee Fetters was the cho-reographer, dance instructor and one of the many dancers for Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, one half of the winning team for the Greek life division who was paired up with Alpha Delta fraternity. She said that the team put several hours in a week for about three weeks to prepare their Yell Like Hell routine.

“I had so much fun and it was so great getting to bond with ev-eryone and show everyone what we’ve been working hard on. Winning took all the hard work and stress we put in and made it feel amazing!” Fetters said.

“It was fun. There were some rough spots with people pulling off their stunts and stuff, but all-in-all we pulled together and did a good job,” said Austin Hen-drickson of Alpha Delta frater-nity, Fetters’ equivalent within the fraternity.

Spanning almost two hours, the homecoming event was one of this year’s highlights,

displaying talent and creativi-ty from organizations from all around the school. Most of the teams used mix-ups of modern music and ‘80s classics like “Don’t You Forget About Me” and even older ‘60s songs.

Some of them even pulled out annual performances, like the shirtless baseball team, or the soccer team who made fun of the baseball team by wearing baseball uniforms, making sure to point out that the baseball

team wins every year. This year, however, the softball team won the sports division of Yell like Hell.

Winners, losers or just plain college students having fun, Yell like Hell will always be a pep event to remember.

Dylan McManisWASHBURN REVIEW

With Spirit: The Washburn cheer team performs their routine at Yell Like Hell. The cheer team and Dancing Blues both performed but were not judged in the competition.

Photo by Dylan McManis

Photo by Dylan McManis

Kick Off: Washburn soccer mocks the baseball team by wearing baseball

jerseys during their routine. The mockery was inspired by the baseball team’s

yearly tradition to dance shirtless at the competition.

Dylan McManis, dylan.mc-

[email protected], is a

freshman English major.

Bash Dance: Couples dancing to BaliRoot in the Washburn Room. The band

performed at the Bow Tie Bash Saturday, Oct. 24, after the homecoming game.

Photo by Sophia Oswald

Sophia OswaldWASHBURN REVIEW

Sophia Oswald, sophiajoelle.

[email protected], is an

undeclared freshman.

“H o w W e A r e N o t L i k e M o n k e y s...”

C o n t i n u e T h e C o n v e r s a t i o n

Rainn Wilson began with the Baha’is of Topeka

S u n d a y s 1 : 3 0 p . m .

6 0 3 S W 8 t h

Light lunch provided

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washburnreview.org October 28 , 2015 OpiNiON 5

MARK MEETS WORLDWashburn Review Staff

Editor-in-ChiefStephanie Cannon

Managing EditorDerek Richardson

Advertising ManagerAriele Dutton

Design EditorJamie Schartz

Web ManagerEric Gorton Ofice ManagerJoelle Tchamlesso

KSWU DirectorMark Feuerborn

Senior News EditorKatie Wade

Senior A&E Editor Colleen Kelly

Copy Editing ChiefAdam Vlach

Senior Sports EditorAdrianne Lara

Senior Campus Life EditorKenzie McCoy

Campus Life EditorHallee Haar

Senior Pop Culture EditorKenzie McCoy

Pop Culture EditorAmy Reinhardt

Advertising & PromotionMaram AlsharifAllyson BurrTylor DeNoyaAriele DuttonStephanie FrayreTayler HawksTroy RussellCharlotte Tchamlesso

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Please visitwashburnreview.orgfor more news, stories and everything else that matters to WU.

Contact us at [email protected]

Yak of the Week

HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY

Some idiot put a water botle in the Pringles can holder on the treadmill

High school: “you guys beter stop cussing.”

College: *professor cusses every day*

Halloweentown is on Disney channel at 5, the

second one to follow, you’re welcome

Smells like someone stuck a used diaper in the air vents in the LLC

I always want to respond to “I like your tatoo” with I like your face but that seems too forward and I just end up saying thanks and sheepishly walking away.

WASHBURN

UNIVERSITY

After a long week of exciting activities and events, Homecom-ing 2015 drew to a close Sunday, Oct. 25. This year’s special celebra-tion was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Washburn University.

Student involvement was at an all time high with a wide variety of student organizations competing in a vari-ety of events, like WU Chef and Top Hat. These events, among others, helped promote school spirit across the campus.

Several homecom-ing events allowed stu-dents to interact and bond with their fellow Ichabods. Some of the ultimate highlights of the week were the Home-coming Dance Oct. 19, the Ichabod Race Oct. 20, Open Mic Night Oct. 21 and Yell Like Hell Oct. 22.

Students tore up the dance loor and en-joyed a free photo booth and a delicious buffet at the dance on Monday night. The Ichabod race allowed student orga-nizations to compete in a friendly atmosphere while solving riddles and

completing challenges around campus.

Students were able to showcase their tal-ents during Open Mic Night in Mabee Library on Wednesday. The pep rally known as Yell Like Hell on Thursday eve-ning gave students the chance to display their spirit as they cheered for performances by their peers.

School spirit spilled out into the Topeka com-munity thanks to Wash-burn alumni members. A large percentage of alumni joined in to cele-brate the anniversary by attending the Bow Tie Bash, the Grand Tailgate and the football game on Saturday afternoon.

Although the Ich-abods suffered a loss of 38-27 during the game, the fans were still able to watch stunning per-fomances by the March-ing Blues and hear the announcement of home-coming royalty.

The 2015 Home-coming King was Parker Gallion, senior nursing major, who was nom-inated by Alpha Delta. Catherine Steuart, junior elemnetary education

major, was nominated by Kappa Sigma and was this year’s Washburn Homecoming Queen.

The extensive alum-ni participation in these events inspired current students to continue their love and pride for be-ing a Washburn Ichabod even after they graduate.

Although the plan-ning associated with Homecoming week cre-ated a great deal of stress for many student organi-zations, the rewards out-weighed the chaos.

Students took pride in all their hard work with several of them col-lecting plaques and other prizes in the competition for inishing in irst, sec-ond or third place.

Overall, we believe that Homecoming 2015 was a memorable experi-ence for students, facul-ty, staff, alumni and oth-er community members. We’re looking forward to particiapting in next year’s homecoming fes-tivities.

Photo by Sophie Oswald

Alumni Celebrate: Streamers fall and ireworks blast during the Bow Tie Bash Oct. 24 as alumni and Washburn students celebrate our 150th anniversary.

– The Editorial Staff

Homecoming: A time nostalgia

Within the past two weeks, the Living Learn-ing Center, one of Wash-burn University’s resi-dence halls, has had ire alarms sound off three times, two of which were caused by residents cook-ing food incorrectly. Whenever the ire alarms are triggered, all resi-dents must evacuate and wait for the Topeka Fire Department to show up, investigate the alarm and give the all clear.

As an LLC resident my-self, I ind it annoying that the ire alarms are being set off by simple problems like residents leaving food unattended in the micro-waves and ovens. For ex-ample, around 10:30 a.m. this past Sunday, while many were planning on sleeping in, the ire alarm went off once again. The university police con-irmed that the probable cause was burned food.

Food-burning and smoking in the residence hall rooms should speak for themselves, but be-cause some have failed to use common sense so frequently in such a short span of time, let’s relect on ways to easily prevent

making smoke and caus-ing the ire alarms to go off.

To start, actually stay in the kitchen and pay atten-tion when cooking food. People not doing this have caused two of the three ire alarms that the LLC residents have endured in the last two weeks. Add-ing to this, remember not to use the popcorn button on the microwaves when making popcorn. The di-rections are on the bags. Read directions, people; they’re there for a reason.

This is a place to learn how to live on one’s own, so for the sake of saving oneself from embarrass-ment and enraging one’s neighbors, use common sense to avoid setting the campus ire alarms off.Mark Feuerborn, [email protected], is a sophomore mass media major.

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Netlix will host a “Gilmore Girls” revival series after sign-ing a deal with Warner Bros. This limited revival will consist of four 90-minute episodes di-rected by Amy Sherman-Palla-dino, series creator and writer, and Daniel Palladino, the series executive producer.

“Gilmore Girls” originally premiered on Oct. 5, 2000 on The WB before switching over to The CW in 2006, and the series inale aired on May 15, 2007. The show consisted of seven seasons with over 150 ep-

isodes. The show’s revival will be available on Netlix in 2016.

After a contract dispute with Warner Bros. in 2006, Sher-man-Palladino gave up her in-volvement with “Gilmore Girls” prior to the seventh season. Now that she’s in charge of creating the revival episodes, she will be able to tie up any loose ends in-volving the characters and plo-tlines.

“I’m looking forward to the revival to be able to follow up on the characters’ lives and see where they can take the show!” said Mikayla Douglas, junior mass media major.

In addition, fans will inally be able to learn those inal four mysterious words Sherman-Pal-ladino has planned since the be-ginning for the last episode.

During the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, the cast of “Gilmore Girls” reunit-ed. During the festival, they talked about the idea of a reviv-al for the series. Sherman-Pal-

ladino commented that if the opportunity for a revival pre-sented itself, it would have to be done correctly and with the right time, budget and format.

Nothing is inalized in re-gards to the cast’s return for the revival, but rumors are cir-culating that the main cast will include Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore), Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore), Scott Patterson (Luke Danes) and Kelly Bishop (Emi-ly Gilmore).

For those unfamiliar with the show, “Gilmore Girls” takes place in a ictional town called Stars Hollow, Connecti-cut. The show is centered on a mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai Gilmore her daughter Lorelai “Rory” Gilm-ore.

“Lorelai is my favorite char-acter because she’s funny, kind-hearted and has a magne-tizing personality that is always fun to watch,” Douglas said.

Other notable characters in

the show include Melissa Mc-Carthy, who plays Sookie St. James; Lorelai’s best friend and chef, Jared Padalecki, who plays Dean Forester, Rory’s irst Stars Hollow boyfriend and Liza Well as Paris Geller, Rory’s high school arch-nemesis.

Graham’s and Bledel’s char-acters interact with a surplus of spunky characters in the town of Stars Hollow. The show incor-porates a variety of pop-culture references and contemporary topics like relationships, educa-tion, ambitions and family.

“I like Gilmore Girls because of the small town, drama-illed and family-friendly aspects that the show brings,” Douglas said.

The show is primarily known for its upbeat humor and com-passion displayed in the rela-tionship between Lorelai and Rory, and their mutual love of coffee, junk food and spending time together.

“I love the fast talking, witty humor of ‘Gilmore Girls,’” said

Sara Escandon, senior social work major. “This is my sixth time watching the series all the way through. The characters are all so great and the show has an amazing plot behind it; I can’t help myself.”

While most are excited about the news of the show’s Netlix revival, a few fans exhibit con-cern given the length of time-al-most nine years-between the show’s series inale and the up-coming 2016 revival.

“I’m nervous about [the re-vival] not quite itting in with the original episodes,” Escan-don said. “It may or may not be a good idea, but you have to watch it anyway because you have so much invested in the story that you just have to ind out what happens next.”

Photo by Mark Feuerborn

Crowned: Parker Gallion and Catherine Steuart were crowned as the Homecoming King and Queen Saturday, Oct. 24, during Washburn’s homecoming game against the University of Central Oklahoma.

Amy Reinhardt, [email protected], is a senior mass media major.

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Open Mic: Left to right, Bryce Korf, Washburn Players, 3rd Place; Mary Bartell, Leadership Insitute, 1st Place and CJ Smith, Kappa Sigma, 2nd Place stand proudly with their plaques during the Open Mic Night competition.

WU Chef: Washburn students took to the Memorial Union lower level to show off their cake decorating skills while representing their student organizations.

Decade Dances: Greek Life fraternities and sororities team up to show off their decade-themed dance routines during the Yell Like Hell pep rally on Thursday night in Lee Arena.

Yell Like Hell: The women’s softball team pleases the crowd with their performance during the pep rally.

Icha-cake: The Ichabod mascot helps Olivia Marshall decorate her 1950s-themed cake during the WU Chef competition.

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The Ichabod volleyball team, ranked number 14, started off homecoming with a win over Pittsburg State on Friday, Oct. 23.

Washburn remains second in the MIAA standings, which also came along with Sarah Vico-ry, middle hitter, putting up her 300th career block.

Sarah Vicory, middle hitter, had 13 kills and two blocks for the night. Along with her team-mate Leanna Willer, who im-pressively put up 10 kills and two aces.

Liz Powell, setter, had 14 as-sists with nine digs and Taylor Selk, right side hitter, put up seven kills and one block.

Alyssa Carney, defensive specialist/libero, put up double digits with 14 digs on the night. Alongside Carney, Leanna Will-er, outside hitter, had two aces.

Jordan Hoffman, middle hit-ter, competed at the net with three blocks, along with Korie Thompson, outside hitter, with two blocks to tie with Vicory.

The Ichabods took an ear-ly lead of 8-2 in the irst game after Pittsburg State struggled to make a comeback. They in-ished it out with a inal score of 25-13.

During the second set, Pitts-burg State started to answer quickly. Neither team let the other pull away with a close score of 14-10. As the Ichabods started to pull away with a score of 21-15, Pittsburg State had seven consecutive points, putting Pittsburg on top with a score of 22-21.

At set point, a kill from Selk forced two situations with the Ichabods coming out on top for the win.

After intermission, the Ich-abods started the play off with seven consecutive points before Pittsburg State could score. With too big of a gap, Pittsburg State could not come back, allowing a win for the Ichabods with a a 25-8-set three victory.

Washburn also took on Cen-tral Oklahoma, ranked number 10, and took the win in straight sets.

Washburn fell behind in the irst couple of sets to keep the game close before racing ahead for late wins.

The Ichabods were down 10-6 in the irst game, as coach Herron called a timeout before working their way back up tak-ing a lead of 12-11. After the Ichabods had taken their lead, Central Oklahoma reclaimed control with a score of 14-12.

The Ichabods then made their way back on top with a score of 18-17. Behind late in the game,

Washburn came out on top with a inal score of 25-22.

With the second game under-way, both teams put up a ight with a very close game ahead of them. The Ichabods trailed at the beginning of the game with a score of 4-1, but then came back to tie the game at 9-9.

With back-to-back kills from Thompson, the Ichabods were leading at 16-13. At the end of the close game, Washburn came out on top with a inal score of 25-21.

After intermission, Washburn came out with a bang and lead Central Oklahoma with a score of 9-4. Central Oklahoma an-

swered back by taking a lead of their own making the score 14-9.

Washburn took the biggest lead of the night, nine, making the score 18-9. Although Cen-tral Oklahoma continued to play hard, answering with a score of

21-18, the Ichabods closed the irst game with a kill from Vi-cory. The inal score was 25-23.

Willer had 11 kills, while Vi-cory and Barrick had 10 kills. Barrick also had her irst dou-ble-digit career kill match, which tied Swan for the lead throughout the team.

Bates and Thompson each had 12 digs while Bates had 20 assists.

Washburn will face the Maryville University Saints (10-13) on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.

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Washburn volleyball sweeps during Homecoming WeekJordyn WellsWASHBURN REVIEW

Jordyn Wells, [email protected], is a freshman physical education major.

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With only one game left on their ive away game streak, Washburn ended the Oct. 23-25 weekend with two tied, 1-1 games that ended in double overtime.

On Oct. 23, Washburn played against Fort Hays State. Paige Swanson scored ten minutes into the game with an assist from Emily Stauffer, which would have won Washburn the game if Fort Hays State hadn’t scored three minutes before the end of the second half. The game ended without either team scoring a winning goal.

“While we scored early and held them for most of the game, they are a good enough team to ind a way to score and they did,” said Chris Jones, coach of the Washburn’s women’s soccer team. “Unfortunately, it was close to the end of the game. In overtime, both teams had a chance to win it, so I think a tie is a fair result.”

On Oct. 25, Washburn played Nebraska-Kearney to another 1-1 tie in double overtime. Earlier in the season, Washburn played against UNK and won 3-1. But this time, UNK scored an almost golden goal in the irst minute of the second half. While Washburn managed to tie the game 15 minutes later thanks to Stauffer (assisted by Swanson) the game ended at that even after having the necessary overtimes.

“The Kearney game was dictated by the fouling and was hard to gain a rhythm and momentum,” Jones said, referring to the numerous fouls that were directed at Washburn players, including a yellow card given to the coach himself.

“The difference between the irst [UNK game] and this time was our attitude towards the game. The passion wasn’t

always there, and our play wasn’t up to our standard,” Jones said.

“The only difference I want to see is to have the passion and desire to go out and show everyone that we can do this.”

With two more ties, Washburn’s total season record is 4-7-5, with their MIAA conference score being 3-4-2, placing them in a tie for eighth place. Only the top eight teams will go on to the tournament.

“We may have tied a lot this year, but it has kept us in the hunt for a conference spot and that is encouraging for everyone,” Jones said.

This weekend, Washburn will play at Emporia State University on Friday, Oct. 30, whom they lost to 0-3 early in the season. Then, on Nov. 1, Washburn will be back at home against Fort Hays State, whom they had just played to a 1-1 tie on Oct. 23. While the time difference is there for the Emporia game, Washburn will have to pull it together to turn these follow up games into wins.

“We have to win,” Jones said. “That is the only thing that needs to happen to get us a spot in the MIAA Tournament. The good thing is we control our own destiny. We only have to rely on ourselves and

get the job done.”

Dylan McManis, [email protected], is a freshman creative writing major.

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The Ichabods suffered a 38-27 loss in their homecoming match up against Cen-tral Oklahoma University Saturday eve-ning.

The Ichabod high-powered offense was quiet the irst quarter, with 6:12 left the Bronchos progressed to a 7-0 lead on a two-yard touchdown run from running back Darrack Hager.

After a struggling irst quarter the Ich-abod made an enormous turn around by Derrick McGinnis taking charge and throwing two touchdown passes, giving the Ichabods the lead before half.

With 13:52 to play in the second quar-ter, Derek McGinnis launched a 62-yard bomb to Bryce Chavis giving the Ich-abods a 7-7 game.

The Ichabods held the Bronchos to a ield goal giving them a minimal lead of 10-7 before McGinnis struck again to his second target freshman tight end Michael Lickteig for his irst touchdown catch of the season giving Ichabod 14-10 lead be-fore half.

In the third quarter, the Ichabods trailed by 10 points when Bronchos quarterback TJ Eckert threw a 54-yard touchdown pass connect to Myles Tease, which in-creased the lead to 17-14.

After forcing the Ichabods to punt the Bronchos struck again on the ground, pounding in a three-yard touchdown run from Clay McKenzie going up 24-14 with 10:41 left to play in the third.

The Ichabods capitalized on a 44-yard touchdown run from Hayden Groves cut-ting the gap to 24-20 after a failed extra point attempt.

After a three-and-out the Ichabods went back to what they do best with a dose of Brandon Bourbon scoring a 29-yard rushing touchdown giving the Ich-abods the lead 27-20 with 6:46 left to play. The drive went for four plays, yield-ing 35 yards in 20 seconds.

The Bronchos responded by scoring on an 82-yard touchdown pass from Eckert to Tease giving the Bronchos 27-21 lead going into the fourth quarter.

The Bronchos defense shut the Ich-abods down, not allowing them to score the entire fourth quarter, with 2:43 left in the inal quarter, Clay McKenzie found his way into the end zone, spoiling Homecoming 38-27.

“We need to concentrate on starting fast on offense and inishing. Usually we have inished well throughout the season and the start has been the issue. We need to keep everyone focused until the end,” said Bourbon.

The Ichabods rushed for a total of 229 yards between Bourbon rushing for 136 and one touchdown and Hayden Groves rushing for 93 yards and one touchdown. The defense allowed 175 yards rushing, three touchdowns and 304 in the air.

“Even though the defense gave up 175 rushing yards I believe we did a de-cent job against the run. All of their big run plays where just missed tackles and someone not doing their job,” said defen-sive end Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq.

The Ichabods will face Emporia State University at 2 p.m. on Oct.31. at Em-poria, who have the second best record (7-1 MIAA). Emporia is ranked 19 in the nation. This game will

be the 112th meeting between each oth-er, making the rival the most-played in NCAA division two football.

“Our guys always prepare and play hard. We will work hard in practice this week to give ourselves the best chance to win Saturday,” said co-defensive coordi-nator Zach Watkins.

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Damion Butler, [email protected], is a senior mass media major.

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Line Up: Wasbhurn defense holds the Central Oklahoma Bronchos to the ield goal before half time. The Bronchos took the win, 38-27.

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Hand Off: Derek McGinnis (left) hands ball to Brandon Bourbon for a 29-yard touchdown run. McGinnis threw for 129 yards and Bourbon rushed 136.

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The annual Faculty Showcase concert on Friday, October 23 in White Concert Hall showcased Washburn’s music faculty. It features a collection of both vo-cal and instrumental artists who are not only incredible musi-cians, but fantastic educators as well.

The concert was organized by Shiao-Li Ding, who has been coordinating the program for ive years. Her duties as orga-nizer are to collect programs from different faculty members and put them together in a cohe-sive manner.

She decided to take over orga-nizing the event in order to help the faculty show their musical skills outside of the classroom.

She felt it was important to share the faculty’s talents with the students.

The irst piece performed was a piece called “Celebra-tion” by Gordon McQuere, an organ piece in commemoration of WU’s 150th anniversary. An-other notable performance was from Andrea Garritano, the di-rector of opera music. With the help of Patricia Gibson on pia-no, Garritano performed “Ritor-na vincitor” from Giuseppe Ver-di’s classic opera “Aida.” Garri-tano recently directed the opera “The Medium,” performed by the WU Opera Studio. Garritano is not only an impressive teach-er and director, but graced with an amazing voice.

The concert ended with a se-ries of jazz songs performed by the WU Faculty Jazz Quartet,

made up of Craig Treinen, Tom Morgan, Gordon Lewis and Joe Schoonover. Their performance was clever and they had some great selections.

Inside the program for the concert was a small insert that gave a history of WU’s music program.

“Music has a long history at Washburn with many tradi-tions,” reads the insert. “But the faculty and students seek innovative and creative ways to learn, perfect and share their talents with the campus, the sur-rounding community and their profession. Here’s to the next 150 years!”

Andrew Shermoen, [email protected], is a sophomore secondary English education major.

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Faculty Talent: (From left to right) Gordon Lewis, Dr. Craig Treinen, Dr. Tom Morgan and Joe Schoonover prepare for their set. The quartet treated the audience to several smooth jams.

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Concert highlights faculty

Artist gives her artwork

Internationally acclaimed painter and sculptor Rita Blitt has recently donated a sizable amount of her life’s work to the Mulvane Art Museum.

The works Blitt has c o n t r i b u t -ed will sig-n i f i c a n t l y expand the c o l l e c t i o n held at Mul-vane, and are bringing about many new oppor-tunities for both students and the public. The donation is intended to be-gin the process of a new recital hall that will be built as an addi-tion to White Concert Hall.

Connie Gibbons, director of Mulvane Art Museum, is very excited about the potential this donation brings to Washburn.

“We are inalizing the build-ing process of the recital hall,” Gibbons said. “Our goal is to create a space to exhibit Blitt’s work and also to have educa-tional programs for students that are interested in doing creative research projects. The students will be able to utilize Blitt’s work.”

Gibbons explained that Wash-burn plans to build the gallery to display Blitt’s work, and then construct the recital hall after-ward.

“Rita has been a pretty ac-tive artist over the years, and collaborated with dancers and musicians,” Gibbons said. “It’s not uncommon to see her work along with music and dance. With the recital hall, visual arts and music can all intersect to create a unique program.”

There could now also be po-tential scholarship opportuni-ties in the works for Washburn students because of Blitt’s con-tribution. Gibbons expressed that she hopes to see a yearly research program that awards students for their hard work.

“This recital hall will become a place that students can be cre-ative,” Gibbons said. “The abili-ty to hold such a comprehensive collection really deepens our educational framework in terms

of how we engage students and the public.”

The recital hall’s comple-tion is tentatively scheduled by the university for December of 2017.

“The more I talk about it, the more excited I get about its po-tential,” Gibbons said.

It is expected to become an attraction for students, faculty and Topeka community mem-bers alike to come together in appreciation of art.

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Dance: According to a press release on her website, “Rita Blitt’s work bridges the world of visual art, music, and dance, and creates unique opportunities to explore and celebrate art where vision, sound, and movement intersect.”

New Opportunities: Artist Rita Blitt’s contribution to the Mulvane Art Museum brings potential scholarship opportunities for art students at Washburn.

Anna Cuimmo, [email protected], is a freshman English major.

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Music major stuns in junior vocal recital

Illusions reign in Civic heatre’s ‘Murdermind’

Be it primetime television, bestselling novels or the evening news, we are sur-rounded by tales of murder and investi-gation.

In this plethora of murder stories, we are driven to uncover not only the sensa-tional details, but the reasons behind that most heinous crime. It is that one same frantic search for answers that inspired the story of “Murdermind,” produced by Topeka Civic Theatre.

The play follows the Mayhews, a fam-ily with a long, noble Southern heritage. One day their reclusive lives are sudden-ly upset by the resurfacing of a decades old bank robbery that is discovered to in fact have been a murder as well.

Though the family, especially the pa-triarch Curtis Mayhew, clings to their past and reputation, upstart Sherriff Jon-athan Renfro does all he can to discover the truth amid their many secrets.

When judging a murder mystery, whether or not it keeps the audience guessing is paramount. “Murdermind” excels in this regard.

The detail-laden plot demanded my

full attention, and the actors’ characters enhanced the unpredictability of the sto-ry.

Each character had a very strong per-sonality or distinct function to serve in this play. This created a sense of security in who they are, but one that obscured the truth at times, too.

For instance, Dr. Delores May-hew-Braum, played by Maegan Bishop, appeared with the airs of a professional, if a little naïve at heart. This initial judge-ment of her character distracts the audi-ence from the truth to her which, as with the other characters, is far more intrigu-ing than irst believed.

Following the plot’s main theme of appearance masking reality, the set only served to enhance the action of the play.

All seen events take place in the par-lor of the Mayhew house, which appears to be a time capsule of the family’s long history.

The audience and the characters from outside the home are drawn into the strange, stagnant world of the Mayhews and served with a constant reminder of how important pride is to them.

Credit must also be given for the cos-

tume work of this show. The clash of 1950s and 1990s styles highlighted the oddity of situations, and character foils were made much more complex by virtue of their costumes.

As with many mystery works, the weaknesses of this play stem from the requirements of the genre.

Strictly deined characters, such as the mean elderly maid Ida Strome played by Mary E. Franz, helped to create the element of surprise as new information was discovered and everyone’s true char-acters were brought to light. However, not much in the way of personal devel-

opment is allowed.Similarly, the appearance of Clifford

Brownell, a nurse to help the family, was so convenient it made suspending dis-belief trying at times. However, theatre need not always try to recreate the world as we most often experience it or expect to experience it.

Rather, it takes liberties with the be-lievable for effect, and Gary Luke Foiles’ portrayal of Clifford certainly added dra-matic and chilling moments to the show.

Whether a fan of murder mystery or theatre in general “Murdermind” will keep you on your toes and watching your back. “Murdermind” will be showing un-til Nov. 7. Show times and ticket infor-mation can be found at www.topekaciv-ictheatre.com or by calling the box ofice at (785) 357-5211.

Lisa Herdman, [email protected], is a ju-nior English and mass media double major.

On Oct. 24, Marya Feldt’s junior vocal recital and recep-tion took place at White Con-cert Hall where she performed numerous opera pieces. Every performance major is required to do both a junior and senior performance recital. If they are a music education major, they can choose to only do a senior recital, although it is optional to perform both years.

“Recitals and concerts for music students are like game day to athletes,” said Marya Feldt, junior vocal performance major. “To see people out in the audience cheering us on and ex-cited for what we’re talented in is exciting.”

Feldt mentioned the hours of work put into these recitals by students. Both recitals for junior and senior year must use entire-ly different music to showcase their talent and growth. Many students will practice music for years before holding a vocal or instrumental recital for an audi-ence.

Ann Marie Snook, chair of the music department at Washburn University, was mentioned as a great mentor for Feldt.

“I have been taking lessons from Dr. Snook here for ive years now. I started in my junior year of high school,” said Feldt. “Snook told me you have to do

something that you’re passion-ate about, and especially that you are good at. Once she said that, I knew it had to be vocal performance for the rest of my life.”

Feldt explained that she start-ed singing around ifth grade in choir. Laura Smith was her di-

rector, and Feldt regards her as a fantastic teacher. Both teachers ultimately made her fall in love with music.

Some students, like Feldt, struggle with a major before i-nally declaring. She mentioned wanting to be a pharmacist at irst, but realized that it wasn’t

her passion. She plans to go on to graduate school to further pursue music.

“I want to get in with an opera company, and sing for as long as my voice will allow,” said Feldt. “I’d love to end up at a church somewhere being a music direc-tor.”

All students are welcome to attend recitals and watch their fellow students perform what they have learned on stage. Feldt wants to encourage students at Washburn to come to recitals and support their fellow Ich-abods. She says it is dishearten-ing to look out into the audience and see so many empty seats.

“Students put in so much work with rehearsals and a lot of time as well. I wish there was more attendance at shows,” said Feldt. “I wish every concert and recital was like today, with a lot of people in the audience and a lot of cookies and food taken from the reception area.”

Opera Queen: Marya Feldt, junior vocal performance major, powers through her recital, performing songs in French, German, Italian and English.

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Photo courtesy of Clarissa Davidow

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Michael Anschutz, [email protected], is a sophomore English education major.

Murder Mystery: A murder haunts the May-hew family legacy. Catch the show before it ends Nov. 7.

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