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‘Changing the Tune’

Kansas historian revisits feminist music festival

BY AUDREY KORTE

In 1975, the legendary George Wein, producer and promoter of the Newport Jazz Festival, said he didn’t think women had the talent to carry an entire jazz festival. He was wrong.

Carolyn Glenn Brewer’s history of the Women’s Jazz Festival in Kansas City tells the story of the talented women jazz musicians who took center stage in the 70s and 80s.

These artists showed the world that they were as good as, if not better than, their male counterparts.

Brewer, a historian, music educator, and author, spoke to an audience in the Rhatigan Student Center Tuesday about the Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival. The festival survived for only seven years, but musicians around the globe felt its impact. It encouraged women in the industry to take their rightful place on the stage.

For Brewer, the history of jazz is personal and familial. Brewer’s

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Music educator, performer, critic, and Kansas historian Carolyn Glenn Brewer lectures Tuesday in the Rhatigan Student Center.

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family is comprised of jazz and classical musicians.

“I’ve been around jazz my whole life. My brother and my father both were jazz musicians.

My husband is a jazz musician,” Brewer said. Both her sons are

Anti-transgender violence is a fact of life for many transgender people. As of Nov. 20, Transgender Day of Remembrance, 22 homicides of trans-Americans have been reported in the last year. Worldwide, at least 310 transgender people were killed due to anti-transgender

also jazz musicians.

As for Brewer herself, she taught music to fourth to eighth graders for 22 years. She recently retired from teaching.

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violence in that span.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) honors those who lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence and brings attention to the ongoing problem of violence against people who are viewed as being different.

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TRAILER HYPE

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Students took to Twitter before WSU called off morning classes due to weather.

Movie trailers rack up millions of views, generate hype for better or worse.

The Shocker men beat Rice to pick up their first win at Koch Arena this season.

A disappointing season ended in fitting fashion for Shocker volleyball.

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In “I Love It,” a Sunflower culture writer talks about one of their favorite art pieces, what makes it special, and what it means to them personally. This week, Ella Dominguez discusses Alex Turner’s musical accompaniment to / soundtrack for indie film “Submarine.”

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lex Turner, front man for The Arctic Monkeys, penned a mini album to pair with 2011 indie film “Submarine.” This side project of his contains some of the best lyrics of Turner’s career.

Turner has a special talent of making a story out of the distinctly abstract. He creates a special universe with his writing that can be explicitly witnessed on “Submarine.”

This album follows the somber narrative path of the film it is paired with. Following a storyline that revolves around a sensitive adolescent named Oliver, both the album and the film are a testimony to the various relationships forged by anguished youth.

Squeaky guitar riffs and simple piano melodies define this album.

“Submarine” is both lyrically and sonically far from the sexually charged basement angst of most Arctic Monkeys songs.

Every single lyric of this project is a raindrop contributing to a larger storm. Imaginative and tirelessly poetic, “Stuck on the Puzzle,” opens the album with a lyric that’s instantly captivating:

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“I’m not the kind of fool who’s gonna sit and sing to you about stars, girl / But last night I looked up into the dark half of the blue / And they’d gone backwards.”

Vivid imagery condensed into few words is a signature quality of Turner’s writing style. The image of a girl so magnetizing that stars descend backwards from sky perfectly captures the intensity of both the soundtrack and the film.

“Hiding Tonight” stands out among the rest with a particularly dreamy chorus. “And I will play the coconut shy / And win a prize even if it’s rigged / I won’t know when to stop / And you can leave off my lid, and I won’t even lose my fizz.”

Turner makes use of familiar yet wildy underutilized words such as “coconut” and “fizz” to evoke memory and emotion.

Each song is a poem come to life. There is no trace of any sort of pandering to an audience in this project. There is no agenda. It’s a

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small album designed for a small film, and together, they form a beautiful little pocket of unadulterated artistry.

Turner’s languid vocals spill throughout the boundaries of “Submarine.” Each piece of this puzzle melds together to form a layered, melancholic creation.

This album, which clocks in just short of twenty minutes, is frail and fleeting. The whole album blends together in a beautifully sleepy composition. There is no high or low point of the album — simply a beginning, an end, and the tremulous journey in between the two.

I fell in love with this album for its subtle complexity. It’s so difficult to find a complete record that is as interesting lyrically as it is musically. When I listen to “Submarine,” I feel like I’m trying to decipher poetry. It keeps me engaged in the moment — demanding my entire attention.

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AMAL KASSIR – STORYTELLER AND SPOKEN WORD ARTIST Location: CAC Theater Time: 6 p.m.

Is your organization looking to increase outreach and work more effectively with the resources Wichita State has to offer? This RSO session is geared toward increasing and improving advocacy for your student organization. Be sure to send a club member or two to this event in order to gain valuable insight into how and why to advocate for your group.

Cost: Free for students, $3 faculty/staff, $5 general admission Seeking to heal the divide between ethnic groups in America, Syrian-American poet Amal Kassir’s work focuses on shared humanity and respect. She’s a spoken word veteran who has performed in 10 countries and nearly 50 cities. Be sure to catch her when she performs on campus this Thursday.

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Hype: A movie trailer’s one job With movie ticket prices going up and made-for-streaming movies increasing in quality, getting off the couch and to the big screen has become less enticing — unless a movie trailer is too interesting to pass up. Through social media, trailers can go viral.

The trailer for “On the Basis of Sex” came out in mid-July, but has been showing up before YouTube videos more and more. The movie is a biopic based on the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, or Notorious RBG as she has come to be memed. Ginsberg has become a household name due to the current administration, Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of her on SNL, and news outlets keeping a close eye on her health and workout routine.

Come December, the trailer for “On the Basis of Sex” promises viewers an uplifting and inspiring flick set to the tune of Kesha. Felicity Jones, no stranger to the inspiring biopic genre, will most likely give an Oscar-worthy performance. But this is a trailer that leaves me feeling like I’ve already watched the movie. So, will I see it in theaters? I’ll probably wait for it to show up on some streaming site.

Nostalgia has a powerful way of bringing audiences into a theater, no matter if the trailer is compelling or not. Recent trailer releases such as “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” and

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FROM PAGE 1 “I don’t play jazz but I write about jazz,” Brewer said. “Classical music is my meat and potatoes but jazz is dessert.”

Brewer’s book, “Changing the Tune: The Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival, 1978-1985,” published by the University of North Texas Press, sheds light on a chapter in jazz history and women’s history.

It details the many acts and performances that formed the backbone of such festivals. It also tells the story of the festival’s founders, Carol Comer and Dianne Gregg.

Comer and Gregg launched the festival project in 1978. Comer, a renowned singer and piano player and Gregg, host of “Women in Jazz” on KCUR, were talking in the car during the drive back to KC from Wichita about women in music. Out of that conversation was born the idea for an all women’s jazz fest.

According to Brewer, by the time the women made it to the tollbooth, festival planning had begun.

“Before they had even really digested the idea that they had decided to do this, the ball was rolling. Within six weeks, they had all kinds of stuff ready,” said Brewer. “They had incorporated, they had their lineup, they had a venue and board of directors, they had filed all the papers they needed to for a non-profit. They really got off to a great start.”

In March of 1978, the first Kansas City’s Women’s Jazz Festival kicked off at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. They chose to hold the event at a Kansas venue because Missouri hadn’t ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.

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The same student enrolled in 15 credit hours at Emporia State would pay $801.93 in fees but just $2,577.15 in tuition.

A student taking 15 credit hours at WSU this semester pays $3,354.30 in tuition and $781.18 in fees.

Earlier this month, WSU

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the teaser for “The Lion King” will entice large demographics. But for now, we only have the trailers.

As of writing this, the trailer for “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” has received over 49 million views on YouTube. It’s the live-action Pokémon movie no one asked for, but with 90s kids and the continued interest in Pokémon Go, it seemingly has a built-in audience. Despite the common complaints of Ryan Reynolds (the voice of Pikachu) seemingly playing a version of Deadpool and the Pokémon looking just a bit off, there’s no way this movie won’t perform well at the box office. The trailer leaves you curious.

Speaking of live-action, Disney released a teaser trailer for “The Lion King” just a few days ago. It is currently trending on YouTube with over 36 million views. However epic this new Lion King will be, this trailer brought up a major

issue with fans. Audiences were promised live-action, but the movie is CGI. Comments around social media — whether unfounded or not — theorize that the movie is simply re-animated.

Despite not living up to expectations, the only thing this trailer had to do to generate hype was play “Circle of Life” and flash the star-studded cast on the screen: Donald Glover, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, Beyoncé. With Jon Favreau directing, this cast, and impeccable graphics, there’s no question that this remake will be well done — or at least do incredibly well in theaters.

According to Brewer, one of the biggest festival highlights for Comer and Gregg was trombonist Melba Liston’s return to the stage.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Liston made a name for herself in California during the 1940s big band era.

Female arrangers and composers were unheard of at the time.

Liston fought a constant battle against rampant sexism and discrimination.

She worked with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones before leaving the U.S. for Jamaica. Liston had become disillusioned with the American music industry.

“She didn’t want to perform anymore. She didn’t want anything to do with the music business,” Brewer said. “She had gotten burned so many times.

Comer and Gregg really wanted her to be a part of the festival.

They spent six months calling her. They were determined to get Melba Liston to come to one of their festivals. And the second year, she did.”

Liston and her band headlined the 1979 jazz festival. She remained stateside and found her footing on stage once again thanks in part to the determination of Comer and Gregg who, “felt like that was a real success story — like they had really made a difference in the world and to jazz history,” Brewer said.

Brewer’s goal with her book was not just to tell an important story of women in jazz, but also to pay tribute to Comer and Gregg, she said.

“It was their vision, their direction, and they did an amazing thing,” Brewer said. “Though they had a lot of help, the festival was their idea and without them, it

never would have happened.”

The festival brought in many international players. According to Brewer, 36 states were represented in the first two years at the festival.

It was a major accomplishment.

Once Comer and Gregg stopped overseeing the festival, however, it quickly fell apart.

Acts were becoming more expensive to book.

Brewer said she thinks the people who took over the festival underestimated the amount of work and dedication it would take.

Though Comer and Gregg offered to stay on in an advisory role, their offer was firmly turned down. This ultimately cost Kansas City its festival.

Carolyn Elerding, assistant professor in the department of women’s studies and religion, remarked on the importance of publishing such histories.

“I think that Carolyn Glenn Brewer’s voice is really important right now because we’re at a pivotal moment where feminism — and what I mean by that is the struggle for equality — is more powerful than ever,” Elderding said. “And it’s receiving more resistance than ever.”

Brewer agreed about the book’s timeliness.

“With the whole #MeToo movement now, there’s a lot of controversies coming to light about what women have to do to get and keep jobs in the music business and other businesses,” Brewer said. “It’s helpful to see what another generation did and the dues that they paid.”

For Brewer, it ultimately comes down to equality, she said.

“Just because you’re a woman, it doesn’t mean you’re a better player. But it doesn’t mean you’re a worse player. That’s the thing.”

proposed a student fee hike to upgrade campus facilities. The fee would cost undergraduate students taking 15 credit hours an extra $90 a semester.

The university’s infrastructure priorities list says that “(w)hile infrastructure improvements used to be covered, in large part, by state funding, that funding has shrunk big time. Now, remaining funding for

these improvements must come from student fees.”

The state of Kansas’s contribution to higher education dropped from $657.4 million in fiscal year 2009 to $574.5 million in fiscal year 2010.

Since then, it has fluctuated from as low as $561.2 million to as high as $596.7 million. This fiscal year, Kansas is investing $584.7 million in state institutions.

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REMEMBRANCE FROM PAGE 1

From Wichita to Warsaw, thousands of people gather every Nov. 20 to commemorate the dead and encourage the living. About 80 people attended a remembrance ceremony in room 266 of the Rhatigan Student Center Tuesday.

The event was sponsored by Wichita State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion; WSU’s Spectrum: LGBTQ & Allies; Wichita Transgender and Community Network (WiTCoN); and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).

“People wanted to change their sexual identity because they feel like that’s who they were born to be, and they’re being murdered for it,” said Colby Blades, social chair for Spectrum. “I think it’s a pretty terrible thing.

“We want to make others aware — these people have lost their lives just being who they were always meant to be all along. We want to make other people aware that this is a real thing. It’s a real issue.”

Transgender people face high rates of physical violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, as well as daily aggressions. TDoR draws attention to the sometimes deadly world that transgender people have to navigate.

“Trans panic is still used as a defense in court for people who commit acts of violence, and what that says is, ‘Yes, I killed this person but I only did it because they were trans,’” said Bradley Thomison, WSU’s LGBTQ coordinator at the Office of Diversity and Inclusio.

“That way of thinking that the violence is somehow justifiable because of who the person is is unacceptable.”

During the ceremony, Blades and Abi Hurst, president of Spectrum, read the names of those who were killed in North America.

In addition, the countries where a trans person was murdered were read along with the number of people killed per country. The list is comprised exclusively of transgender people who died because of anti-transgender violence. It does not include those who died due to domestic violence, suicide, or natural causes.

Based on the data, the U.S. had the third highest number of anti-transgender homicides in the last year. Between Nov. 20, 2017 and Nov. 19, 2018 the countries with the most transgender homicides were: 1.

Brazil: 141 2.

Mexico: 62 3.

United States 4.

Colombia: 14 5.

Argentina: 8 During the reading of the names, people were encouraged to come forward and participate by dropping a pebble into a glass of water.

“This reminds us that the

people who lost their lives, they have stories and they have communities and families of their own and the loss of life leaves an impact and a ripple,” Thomison said. “We feel that here in Wichita.”

Claire Powell, communications chair for Spectrum, said the ceremony was about remembering people for who they knew themselves to be — regardless of how they were seen.

“I don’t feel like hiding myself is that much of a choice. I can be me and maybe not be accepted, but being somebody else and being accepted for that isn’t really a good life,” Powell said. “Tonight, we honor those who were brave enough to be exactly who they are for however brief a time it might have been.”

Liz Hamer, chapter director of GLSEN Kansas, spoke about the importance of educating the community — including educators themselves — about transgender people.

“Our whole national organization is founded on the principle of educating homophobia and transphobia out of our culture and out of our U.S. climate,” Hamer said. “We hope that someday we no longer have to have days of remembrance — that someday our community and culture will be so educated on these topics that transphobia is no longer a thing.”

Thomison said this kind of awareness has measurable effects on institutions and classrooms, including WSU. “One thing that I am proud of is that WSU does have a policy that protects transgender people,” Thomison said.

Thomison, who graduated from WSU in 2009, said WSU has improved its policies regarding transgender rights since he was a student.

“I think the most important thing is that a change has been made regarding the notice of non-discrimination,” Thomison said.

“Wichita State has a commitment to LGBTQ people and they demonstrated that in having gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation in our notice of non-discrimination here for several years and in the creation of my position about a year ago. It makes me feel very proud to work for an institution that values me and values us,” he said.

Thomison warned that it’s important not to become complacent when fighting for equality.

“I think that as we see progress being made, it’s sometimes easy to become complacent or be like, ‘Oh yeah, we solved that problem,’ and even though it’s great that our policies at Wichita State protect trans people, it’s not a protected class in the state of Kansas or the city of Wichita — even at the federal level,” Thomison said.

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Top: Wichita State’s Jaime Echenique goes up for a basket during their game against Rice Sunday at Koch Arena. Bottom left: Freshman Dexter Dennis looks to drive against Rice Bottom right: Senior Markis McDuffie prepares to shoot against Rice.

ichita State rebounded from a slow start to defeat Rice for their first home win of the season.

Newcomers stepped into the spotlight as the Shockers defeated Rice by 29, 90-61.

After shooting a mere 16 percent in the Charleston Classic a week ago, freshman Erik Stevenson erupted for a career-high 21 points off the bench.

He also recorded five rebounds and two assists.

“I was able to score the basketball with open looks,” Stevenson said.

“The rims are soft. I know the depth perception in the gym, so it’s a good shooting spot.”

Stevenson said this was the first time WSU “most-definitely” imposed their will right from the tip.

“Two games we responded well, and three games we responded well, but not well enough,” Stevenson said. “It was good to jump out on them early and get a big win for our home crowd.”

WSU held Rice to two points at the first media timeout. At one point, Rice committed turnovers on 10 straight possessions.

“If we hold teams to 24 points per half, we will have a good year,” Head Coach Gregg Marshall said.

Junior college transfer Jaime Echenique scored 14 points on six of nine shots. Marshall said he wanted to get more scoring through the post.

“The first two possessions were designed to run through him (Echenique),” Marshall said. “They don’t have a lot of depth in the post, so we continued to pound it down in there.”

Freshman Dexter Dennis had 11 points, six rebounds, and three assists, and posed a plus-minus rating of plus 34. Marshall called Dennis the “best player in the game.”

The Shockers snapped a two-game losing streak against Conference USA opponents. WSU lost to Marshall in the NCAA Tournament last season and dropped this year’s season opener to Louisiana Tech.

Sports in brief NOT READY TEDDY

The NCAA denied an initial eligibility waiver request for men’s basketball transfer Teddy Allen. Wichita State will appeal the decision, and is not expected to comment further on the issue.

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Women’s basketball won their fifth home game of the season Saturday. The team’s

only loss came on the road at South Dakota. They have four games remaining in their fivegame homestand.

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Senior volleyball player Tabitha Brown was granted another year of eligibility by the NCAA. Brown said she is undecided on whether or not she will continue her collegiate volleyball career next season.

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Left, Wichita State’s Kora Kauling digs the ball during their game against North Texas Saturday at Koch Arena. Right, Junior Jordan Roberts digs the ball against North Texas.

Shockers end season with loss, losing record

BY MARSHALL SUNNER

Wichita State’s season came to a dissapointing end Saturday.

Despite sweeping the Mean Green 3-0 earlier this season, the Shockers fell to North Texas 3-1.

“We had too many mistakes,” Head Coach Chris Lamb said.

“No matter who we schedule in non-conference or play in conference play, you won’t be rewarded with wins with that many unforced errors.”

WSU, originally picked to win the conference, finished the season four games behind .500 and seventh in the conference standings.

The team lost five out of their final six games of the season.

Throughout the rest of the

match, Lamb could be heard telling his girls, “We got this, we can win this thing.”

“I felt a lot of deflation,” Lamb said. “I don’t know where the battery power is. It’s been hard, and it seems like the only thing that motivates us is the scoreboard.”

Even with the woes, there were positives from the season finale.

Sophomore Regan Stiawalt, who has broken out in the second half of the season, had another eye-opening game for the Shockers. She recorded 16 kills on 43 attempts and had six digs.

“Regan (Stiawalt) has always had the athleticism to play, and this is that right level for her,” Lamb said. “This is where she belongs. Injuries have kept her

from being in long stretches, but she’s healthy and I’m happy to say that she’s flourishing right now.”

Tabitha Brown, who may have played her final game in Koch Arena, tallied a team-high 18 kills on 38 attempts. She also recorded 10 digs, giving her a double-double. Earlier that day, Brown and the Shockers received news that the NCAA will grant her another year of eligibility.

Brown is undecided on whether or not she will continue her volleyball career next season.

“Of course, I love my teammates,” Brown said. “We have a very close program, and what we got out of this season is that we didn’t execute. Saying that, a lot of us will know what to do this time next year to have that success.”

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Women’s basketball continued its impressive start to the season with a 14-point home victory over Louisiana Tech Saturday. Senior Sabrina LozadaCabbage had 16 points and 16 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. Second-year Head Coach Keitha Adams has led WSU to a 5-1 record. The team is undefeated at home and continues their five-game homestead Tuesday when they play host to Oklahoma State.