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Volume 145, Issue 23
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Triple threat: The Dancing Blues traveled to Denton, Texas, to compete in the American Drill Team National Competition. The team brought home two category championships and were named overall Division 2 champions.
Dancing Blues make history Joelle Conway Washburn Review joelle.conway@washburn.edu
The Dancing Blues have brought home championship trophies for three consecutive years. The Blues’ two routines placed them first in jazz and hip hop at the 2019 American Drill Team National Competition. The team scored a total of 288, placing them first overall for Division 2. This is the first year there was an overall category in the American Drill Team National Competition. Due to a tie in points, the 2019 national champion title is shared with another university. Although the team dances at home football and basketball games, nationals are the Blues’ main focus during their season. Learning both routines in a total of four days, the Dancing Blues put dozens of hours into perfecting their championship dances. Both Kassandra Hogan, a senior social work major, and Abby Price, a senior sociology major, feel honored to be national champions. “Nationals was surreal. Being my last year, it was sad, but very exciting,” said Hogan. Price added, “It just feels really good to end my 20-year dance career with a national championship.” “Being on the floor, holding hands with everyone and hearing
them call every single one of the runner-ups… We were just looking at each other shocked, waiting to hear our name,” explained Hogan. “Once they called us, we were crying and shaking and just so happy that all our hard work paid off.” Hogan transferred from the University of Kansas her sophomore year of college to become a member of the Dancing Blues. She has been a Blue for three years, serving as captain two of those years. Price has been a member of the Dancing Blues for three years. She is one of the three captains. Hogan feels she’s grown both as a dancer and a person since becoming a Dancing Blue. “It has taught me a lot about responsibility and what it takes to be a good leader,” explains Hogan. Now led by their former studio dance coach, the three captains, Michaela Trobough, Kassandra Hogan and Abby Price, have danced with Angie Price since they were young. Prior to 2018, the Dancing Blues competed at nationals only every other year. After lots of fundraising and hard work, the team made it a goal to attend nationals three consecutive years. To compete at nationals takes about $10,000. Thus, the Dancing Blues held fundraisers throughout their season to attain the funds. “During our season, we do all
kinds of fundraising to pay for nationals. We sold sponsorships, doing car washes, clinics and did a lot of other fundraising,” said Price. “We work hard. Not only in dance, but to fund our way to nationals.” They practice three times each week during their season, which spans from July to March. Being a Dancing Blue takes dedication, responsibility and hard work. During practices, the team tackles new dances for half-time performances while also perfecting their two national routines. “We put in hours and hours of work for those 3 minutes on the [dance] floor,” said Hogan. During basketball season, the Dancing Blues sometimes dance 16 hours a week because of double-headers and having multiple games in a week. Hence, dancing is a part-time job itself. All of the team members are full-time students, along with being dancers and working jobs. Although life can be busy at times for everybody, the team still maintains great chemistry, on and off the floor. “This year’s team has a really good relationship with each other. We have such a great team dynamic,” cheerfully stated Price. “I think [it’s] probably the best one I’ve ever had on a team here at Washburn!”
In the occurrence that a mission statement is born, the founding parents of that mission statement take into realization that a promise and expectation is being born with it. Washburn University’s mission statement concludes with “We develop and engage in relationships to enhance educational experiences and our community.” Executive Director of Enrollment Management, Richard Liedtke started his dedicated services to Washburn as the vice president of enrollment services, admissions, enrollment services and one-stop and worked his way up to the official director of enrollment management. As a North Carolina native, Richard Liedtke simply stated his reason on why he chose Washburn, he said, “Washburn is about opportunity and access.” Richard Liedtke emphasized his dedication by stating, “I believe in the mission and the vison of this institution and I wanted to work for somebody that had a great vision and Dr. Farley seemed to be that person, and Dr. Farley has done wonderful things at Washburn.” In 2011, the enrollment at Washburn was at the all time peak, reaching the almost record-breaking number, 7,303, which was only 3 enrollment applicants shy of the unsurpassed record breaking enrollment count of 7,306 that Washburn has held. “Each year, we want to grow a little bit, we try and grow. It de-
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pends on the environment we’re in. We try to exceed last year’s numbers.” Liedtke went on, “That hasn’t been the case recently.” As the peak of Washburn’s enrollment sat with comfort in the year 2011, following years, 2012 though 2015 the numbers that Washburn held for enrollment fell and in 2016, the enrollment at Washburn University slowly climbed back up. In the year 2017, enrollment jumped from 6,615, to 6,636. In the year 2018, Washburn University’s enrollment took a steady dip, it is unclear where the upcoming enrollment at the university will coast in the year of 2019. The challenges that Washburn faces determining whether enrollment spikes and plummets is the essential competition that Washburn faces against the universities, one of the biggest challenges that Washburn has discussed, focusing on the past 10 years, is the initial retention of students. Richard Liedtke explained, “One of the focuses we have is trying to retain more students and we’ve done a great job with first year and second year retention and growing at over 10 percentage points, which has the university sitting at 72 percent right now.” When the university takes into consideration that they are essentially a business upholding a service to thousands of paying customers, the pressure steepens as does the competing universities. Essentially, when putting this concept into the university’s STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Students attend UN conference to discuss global status of women Kodee Christensen
Washburn Review kodee.christensen@washburn.edu
This past week, a group of seven Washburn and Washburn Law students had the opportunity to attend the United Nations as delegates for the Commission on the Status of Women in New York City along with faculty Sharon Sullivan and Lindsey Moddlemog. Joined by 10,000 registrants of all ages from all over the world, the group got to be a part of a global meeting of people with a shared conviction to address women’s issues. “I’ve wanted to go since my freshman year,” said junior Bayley Baker. “This just happened to be the year that it worked out for me to go. I was waiting for the opportunity to present itself, and when it did I was really excited, so I enrolled in the class with Dr. Sullivan.” For the undergraduate students, this trip was a part of their WTE class with Sullivan. The students received funding from WTE in the amount of half of their total trip cost. Students can attend most of the conference events for
free. However, the delegate status allows people to attend side events and higher-level discussions and debates not open to everyone else. The way this is done is through non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, sponsoring attendees by giving them passes to these events. Sullivan recently became the president of the International Public Policy Institute, the NGO that sponsors Washburn students. One mission of the IPPI is to develop young world leaders in their global understanding. “The first year that I brought students, the IPPI gave me a pass for one student,” said Sullivan. “Then the next year they said, ‘wow, your students are really smart,’ so they gave me a second student pass. The following year they gave me five passes. This year they said, ‘your students first; how many passes do you need?’ That says a lot about our students who have chosen to go.” “It meant so much to me as someone who is really passionate about empowering women and girls.” said Baker, “I learned a lot of really valuable information that
I can take back with me to campus and hopefully work towards creating a better campus climate for women and girls at Washburn. It meant so much to hear from so many different women from around the world; it gave me a new perspective.” Within the conference, attendees can go to panels, observations and question and answer sessions. Some of the topics discussed were how to create an environment for empowering women and the effects of climate change on women across the world. “Something I feel like I can take back to Washburn’s campus is how to create an environment to empower women and girls and give them the tools that they need to empower themselves and the women around them,” said Baker. “It made me look at my own problems as firstworld problems. I was hearing about the lived experiences from women and girls who live in very different communities than my own, and it made me recognize my privilege and inspired me to want to help people and create a change starting at our own campus. People like you and me making small chang-
photo courtesy of Bayley Baker
NYC Bound: (From left to right) Laura Politi, Brooks Whitney, Rosie Nichols, Bayley Baker, Ashley Hotchkiss and Sharon Sullivan were among those from Washburn who travelled to NYC for a conference at the UN. The group was a part of a international discussion on the status of women across the globe.
es can be really impactful.” In her years taking students to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Sullivan has seen the benefits that students receive from attending. “I get such joy from taking students,” said Sullivan. “And I really try to stay out of their way. I love seeing them really go after it on their own; their energy and
curiosity and desire to learn makes me so grateful to be able to offer them this opportunity. And I’m so grateful to Washburn and the WTE for supporting us; because that’s what makes students able to go.” To hear more about this year’s trip to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York City and how you can get involved
in the future, the group will be presenting through the Gender Brown Bag series on April 11 at 12:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Room of Memorial Union. Additionally, you may contact Bayley Baker or Sharon Sullivan by email at bayley.baker@washburn.edu and sharon.sullivan@washburn.edu.
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Matt Self
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The forensic science department at Washburn University has attracted many students who share common interests in solving puzzles, developing excellent investigative skills and analyzing crime evidence. But what is the forensic science department all about and who are the heads of this supposedly sequestered part of Washburn? Our university currently offers four different forensic science programs to choose from which include: digital forensics, forensic anthropology, forensic chemical ccience and forensic investigation. Each program has its own experts who teach select classes that give students the space they need to hone their forensic skills in their chosen fields. Students learn everything from being able to conduct crime investigations to following a person’s footprint in a digital database by using highly sophisticated tools in lab environments and classrooms on campus. Professor Holly O’Neill is one of the prestigious members of the forensic chemical science department at Washburn who teaches a variety of classes such as Advanced Forensics Chemical Lab and Intro to Forensic Chemistry. She works in the Kansas Bureau of Investigation building on Washburn’s campus where she teaches several of her forensic classes. “The degree program is designed to train forensic chemists in lab environments, such as in identifying unknown drugs and
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Center of forensics: The KBI building on campus hosts many forensic classes at Washburn. Students learn how to handle and examine criminal evidence here.
substances. It gives them information about law enforcement and collecting evidence. It makes them qualified to do analytical work and makes them familiar with forensic chemistry in general,” said O’Neill. Jessica Voegeli, one of O’Neill’s students, is a senior at Washburn who is pursuing a major in forensic chemical science and a minor in biology. She spoke about how much she appreciated O’Neill’s teaching abilities during her time at the university. “She is amazing, she has such a passion for everything she does,” Jessica said. Bruce Mechtly is also an expert in the field of forensic science; he focuses on the subject of Digital Forensics. When he is not occupied with working on personal coding projects he can be found helping students learn how to uti-
lize cutting-edge technology to perform tasks such as identifying computer files and monitor computer network traffic. In today’s world, professionals with a keen eye for detail and a knack for computers are needed in the field of digital forensics to help solve important criminal cases. Mechtly spoke more about the courses he teaches at Washburn which include Digital Forensics I and II, which are cross listed with criminal justice. He went on to say that he encouraged criminal justice students to take his courses as electives to expand their horizons. “The idea of digital forensics is can we find things that are what we call artifacts, digital artifacts, browser histories, cash, cookies, restoring passwords,” Mechtly said. “All this stuff is there it’s just that sometimes it’s in a binary
format and it’s not obvious where to find it but there are many tools at our disposal that we use to uncover that data.” Each forensic program offers something a little different to students at Washburn. These programs are sure to attract any students who have an interest in crime or solving puzzles but be warned, the field of forensics is not always filled with harrowing stories that are often seen on TV. If you have an interest in the fields of digital or chemical forensics, be sure to contact O’Neill or Mechtly. Tune in next week for more information regarding the other two programs in forensics as well as a growing fifth program that will soon be added to the registry in the coming year.
perspective, the institution has to face the challenge that other universities essentially have the same focus, which is first and second-year retention. Initially, Washburn receives transfer enrollment from 19 different community colleges in Kansas. If the competing colleges are doing a better job at retaining their students, then Washburn’s numbers for transfer enrollment declines. However, of those 19 universities, only 3 of them have obtained a positive enrollment incline. Richard Liedtke and his team take each students application is processed and then further sorted into a category or type of student. After the students are sorted into types of students that are enrolled then then those numbers can be further input to an overall census of the university, which includes numerous categories in which students are separated, such as, transfer, international, returning, continuing, undergraduate, etc. The highest type of student enrollment at Washburn is the continuing student, which is a significant reason as to why the universities emphasize on the retention of students. Richard Liedtke concluded with stating that the significance of education is something that everyone should promote. He encourages students to share their experience at Washburn. Richard Liedtke emphasized that every student has an individual story that may or may not produce a ripple effects and if students chose to share their personal experience their inspiration could influence another to take that leap to better their education, whether that be at Washburn or another university, he believes education is something that has stood the test of time and should remain growing in that way in a similar way that the Washburn mission statement explains.
Pagan Student Union opens discussion about religion
Kelly Yenser reads poetry at Carole Chapel
Matt Self
Matt Self
A new student run organization has come to our campus that focuses on some different perspectives on religion that are quite unique in today’s world. The Pagan Student Union gives students at Washburn a chance to explore a wide variety of religions that are not widely known and creates a space for discussions on these different faiths that encourage participants to ask questions and receive honest answers from their peers. The Pagan Student Union was created by two Washburn students on Feb. 28 this year. Austin Weaver, a junior who is working towards a major in religious studies, and Kimberly Woodworth, a senior who is also pursuing a religious studies major, both had the idea of forming the union after taking a class on Paganism together and realizing that many of the other students in the class had difficulty understanding what Paganism was. Woodworth associates with the practices of Wicca while Weaver practices Asatru, which is a Norse revivalist movement. Weaver expressed how many people didn’t know enough about Paganism to understand what their organization was about. “Honestly it is difficult (to describe Paganism) as it varies from person to person. If you were to ask a Christian what Paganism was, they would say anything that’s not Christian. Everything that’s not Abrahamic is Pagan. Essentially, Paganism is just other,” said Weaver. Woodworth went on to describe more about what Paganism is in today’s world. “There are traditions that have come up in Paganism that are more structured but it started out as kind of a reach around to get through Christianity back to pre-Christian traditions. A lot of Paganism is reclaiming or reviving traditions from different cults,” Woodworth said. “The practice of magic and the belief in this old religion became so popular but there were other traditions that began coming up and new ones that no one had ever seen before.”
Washburn university will have the pleasure of hosting a prominent Kansas poet by the name of Kelly Yenser who will be reading from his new book of poetry “The News As Usual” next month. Yenser’s poetry is known for creating vivid scenes that reflect the natural environment of Kansas and weave such scenery in the mind’s eye of those who hear his work or read it. He is also a success story for those who wish to one day have their own work published, as Yenser displayed great commitment to his work and worked tirelessly in order to see his poetry published. Yenser currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but he was born in Wichita in 1945 where he spent the first 22 years of his life. He would later go on to graduate school in 1967 to the University of Washington where he received a master’s degree in English and a minor in French. He recalled his time with the English Department at Wichita State nearly fifty years ago. “Fifty years ago it was just an English Department with a few writers. The program did not have much support from the university,” Yenser said. “I’ve always enjoyed writing poetry. There hasn’t been a time when I wasn’t writing something down. Poems were always primary for me.” Much of his work he credits to another writer by the name of Michael Van Wallaghen who acted as a source of inspiration for Yenser when he was attending Wichita State. Michael’s class is where he first began to seriously write poetry and considered creating a book as his instructor had done. Michael’s class is also where Yenser met his wife, Pamela, who is a writer as well. “The News As Usual” is Yenser’s latest work and contains much of his early poetry works as well as his newer writings. It is a compilation that is separated into three sections that roughly follow his life. The first section focuses on poetry concerning his
Washburn Review matt.self@washburn.edu
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photo by Matt Self
Looking to the past: Kimberly Woodworth and Austin Weaver are the leaders of the new Pagan Student Union. They look forward to bringing open discussions on religion to our university.
In short, Paganism has many niches within it for a plethora of different religious, faithbased, magic-based or cult-like groups that each have unique traditions that often reach back to belief systems that have long been dormant in society. Paganism itself, it would appear, is easier to experience than to simply hear about and that is what the new student union is trying to achieve. By allowing students to openly discuss their beliefs with each other and ask questions Woodworth and Weaver hope to spread more knowledge about what Paganism really is about. “We’re all here for you and there is no wrong answer to any of these questions that we all have,” Woodworth went on to say. “We’re all here to learn from each other and that’s the big thing I wanted with this group; that we can have these meetings and these discussions and just learn about each other and get a better grasp on everyone and a better grasp on what we believe in.” If you are curious about the practices of different Pagan groups then the Pagan Student Union may be for you. The group is always open to new members and is looking forward to not only gaining more members in the future but also is working towards creating open discussion forums for students on campus to talk about Pagan practices. The organization meets weekly and can be contacted through Woodworth’s or Weaver’s email addresses: kimberly.woodworth@washburn. edu and austin.weaver@washburn.edu.
photo courtesy of Kelly Yenser
Inspired by Kansas: Kelly Yenser brings with him a career of experience in writing poetry, mostly centering on the environment of Kansas. His latest poetry book has a collection of some of his best poems over the past fifty years.
time growing up in Wichita and living in Kansas. The second section focuses on his life in Idaho and the neighborhood he was living in at the time. The third section is a summation of several different themes that are traditionally lyric and many are short. He also has a few poems focusing on his travels around the U.S. and the world. His poems not only focus on the environments that he has experienced but also with the themes of coping with sickness and just trying to stay alive. He also writes a lot about memories from his distant past. He put emphasis on the importance of poetry and the difficulty of writing it. “Poetry is a discipline. It takes time and effort to write it and many don’t understand that today,” said Yenser. Yenser will be on a short reading tour that will take him through Topeka next month. He plans on traveling to Wichita and stopping in Topeka on April 17 so that he can read from his new book of poetry at 4 p.m. at the Carole Chapel. All students are encouraged to attend the event so that they can hear some stellar poetry and learn a little from someone with good experience in writing poetry and getting published. His book is also available for purchase at the Ichabod Shop.
March 27, 2019
AROUND CAMPUS Briefs
Pause for a Cause Week
Washburn Student Government Association is sponsoring Pause for a Cause Week which brings awareness to mental health April 1-5. Noon Monday, April 1 in the Union Underground: Relax with a free group music therapy session. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 at Mulvane Art Lab: Paws for a Cause and play with furry friends from Helping Hands Humane Society. 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 in the Union Underground: Join WSGA for mental health panel discussion. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 in the Kansas room: The Washburn community is invited to attend WSGA’s weekly senate meeting for a public forum on mental health awareness. 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4 in the Union Underground: Enjoy a free showing of Big Hero 6 and free popcorn. 11 a.m. Friday, April 5 in the Union Underground: De-stress with origami.
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Up a creek...: The Review featured the Washburn Women’s Rowing Crew in the March 21, 1973 issue. The Rowing Crew has paddled its way through decades of skilled competitors with its practice field being Lake Shawnee.
FYE Debate
Fashion biz: The Review featured a profile on Terry Dudley on March 9, 2011. Dudley recieved the Young Entrepreneur of the Year from The Kansas Department of Commerce in 2013 and has been running his business ever since. He was and still is a fashion designer who promotes empowerment on campus and in the community. Dudley is the founder of T.R.E.A.L. Fashions, and has been designing his whole life. T.R.E.A.L means Together Risin’ Equally And Lovin’it! Their Mission is: “Our products are designed for the street-wear scene and the business casual crew, as a way to promote a proliferation of positive energy. Our products are priced for profit and growth, without digging too deep into YOUR pockets.”
Wednesday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Washburn A, Washburn faculty members will debate why a certain discipline is best and students participate in several rounds of voting to determine the winner.
The Mental Music Scene
Want to go to a concert and raise money for a good cause? Hope Through Headphones is a student organization and a movement dedicated to bring mental health awareness and support to students using music. Starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at The Landing Grille & Bar (2920 SE Croco Rd.), Hope Through Headphones will start The Mental Music Scene concert and it will end at midnight. Tickets are $10 and ends on April 6.
Kappa Sigma Philanthropy Week
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 1: Kappa Sigma will be tabling in the Union 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 2: Percentage night at Blue Moose on Wanamaker, mention Kappa Sigma. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 3: Donate $5 and receive a free queso at Henry T’s. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4: Late night breakfast in the Union Market. $3 for one plate, $5 for two and $8 for unlimited. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Aprill 5: Car bash at the parking lot south of the KBI Building. $2 for one hit or $5 for three. For real, T.R.E.A.L.: Terry Dudley poses with the Chair of KS Dept. of Commerce, Office of Minority & Women Business Development in 2013.
Crime Report Early morning snack
Birds are fighting back
7:10 a.m. March 20. A report was made from 1300 SW 21st Street. A gate alarm was set off on the northeast side of the building. No cause was found.
2:03 p.m. March 21. A report was made from parking lot 1 at Washburn. A staff member came in to report possible damage to their car in the parking lot.
Oops my bad everyone
Accident Injury Report
11:02 a.m. March 20. Simultaneous alarms were set off in the admissions’ office, cashier’s window and the president’s office. No cause was found.
3:09 p.m. March 21. There was a two-vehicle accident with minor injuries at 2000 SW Washburn Avenue. One driver was transported to the hospital by American Medical Response.
Words hurt
2:06 p.m. March 20. An individual Take a hint wanted to report concerns about a 12:30 a.m. March 22. A driver was classmates comments in Morgan stopped at the SW 19th Street and Hall. SW Washburn Avenue traffic light. The drivere was cited for possession Acting shady there bud? of marijuana. 3:29 p.m. March 20. A report was made from Washburn Institute of Accident Report Technology East. Staff reported 10:52 a.m. March 22. There was a possible suspicious activity from a two vehicle non-injury accident at student. SW 17th Street and SW Jewell Ave.
Medical Report
Hitting the ‘Invisible Boat Mobile’
4:02 p.m. March 20. Report of a player injured during practice at 12:01 a.m. March 22. There was a Yager Stadium. The patient was one vehicle non-injury accident in transported to the hospital by parking lot 9 at Washburn. American Medical Response.
Just playing some ‘Mario Kart’ with my friends
Lock your doors people
6:24 a.m. March 24. An individual reported their vehicle was 8:51 a.m. March 21. A report was burglarized and items were taken in made from Washburn Institute of parking lot 9. The investigation is on Technology. A report of vandalism going. was burglary to a vehicle and criminal damage. Two WIT owned The law wins again vehicles were damaged on WIT 8:59 p.m. March 24. An officer property. stopped a vehicle at SW 21st Street and SW Potomac Drive. The driver had an active warrant, was arrested and taken to DOC.
Taxing responsibilities: The 1040EZ Tax Form released on March 3, 1989 in The Review. Filing taxes is something everyone has to do, but so many people have absolutley no idea how to even pay their taxes. The Review designated a section to tell readers what happens to their tax forms after they fill them out and send them in.
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OPINION
Letter to the editor: Diversity and Seclusion? Washburn University, a university that prides itself on cultural diversity, open-mindedness, education and above all, the freedom to engage with others and learn from one another, or at least that’s what the fundamental ideology of Washburn is supposed to be about. What do we do when due to political agendas, opinions and beliefs of others are so outspoken they do not afford the same respectful courtesy for others to speak their minds and opinions on matters because that group has separate beliefs from those who claim they are entitled to more of an opinion than others because of their class? You should ask the students who attended the enlightenment rally on Monday, March 18, 2019, with the result being people walking out because they felt the environment they were in was nothing short of, “hostile and so aggressive they thought they needed security there.” A cultural group on campus showed nothing but disrespect towards others in the meeting, for starters showing up late in the middle of a faculty member speaking, and then addressing the issue at hand with a hostile voice, and finally cutting others off from speaking their viewpoint. One student in particular was singled out from the crowd when [that person] wanted to ask a question regarding a recent incident involving a student video that showed the individual quoting song lyrics that the group found “offensive.” (This video in question was actually the reason behind the rally.) The response? The student was met with discrimination and otherwise, disdainful comments aimed at his ethnicity while he remained unpolitical and unaffected otherwise, his attempts at speaking to say that he agreed with the hostile group’s position on the manner in particular were shunned out and he and a friend left the assembly under the fear of retaliation and aggression. This has since become too often a response that many people feel is wrong and calls for accountability measures. Or at the very minimum, a reality check. But what can someone do when faculty members feel the group in question had the right to speak their minds without any regard
for the thoughts or opinions of others? For starters, let’s consider some basics. First, be respectful. Yes, everyone has the right to have a voice, but nobody deserves to have their voice shut out because people do not agree with what they have to say. Plus, to not show respect to others violates the Student Code of Conduct Core Values. Second, consider your appearance. How you treat others in a debate or a conversation is a reflection of yourself as a person. If you are rude, aggressive, combative and interruptive, what does that say about your personality and character, or the people who raised you for that matter? Would your behavior make others want to be associated with your group or would they be too embarrassed? Third, back your opinion up with facts. If you disagree with an opinion, that’s fine, but explain why you disagree and come up with an educated response other than, “I don’t agree with you because you’re [a member of a protected class].” Some of the most innovative minds come from all ethnicities. Also, don’t raise your voice. Creating a hostile environment for others does not just make the conversations more difficult and less educated, but it violates the Student Code of Conduct Core Values regarding Collaboration and Innovation. Collaboration is working toward common goals with others in the University and the community while valuing teamwork, participation and diversity of ideas and perspectives, and innovation is encouraging, considering and supporting development of ideas by fostering individual ingenuity and creativity, and creating an environment with opportunities for growth and change. So with that in mind, let’s consider when we have a group of students yelling and cutting other students off during a peaceful assembly to address recent grievances. Are we really reflecting our university core values? And what about the core value of accountability by not taking action against said individuals. Now, time for a reality check. First, employers aren’t going to offer you a “safe space.” In the real world, when someone says something that offends a person, they will most likely tell you just to let it
go or get over it. We are adults. If someone says something that offends you, unless it’s preaching to advocate violence or a criminal threat, get over it. It’s just the dog-eat-dog world we live in. Second, you are not entitled to anything. On a college campus, there are some specific protections, grants and freedoms that a student is entitled to because they fall into a specific group of students. In the real world sometimes you get offered the short end of the stick and you can take it or leave it because there are plenty of college graduates who would just be thankful to have that job. Third, we are all the same. Take away the backgrounds, the socio-economic status, the political positions and everything that we think defines us, in the end we are all the same, flesh, bone, blood, we live, we breathe, we die. We can all lose everything we gain in an instant, and nobody should feel different just because they belong to a specific class of people. Fourth, you will not be offered a job preference based on which group you identify with. Employers look at your level of work experience, educational background, your successes in college and your student standing at the university. If you participate in an event that can leave you with a black mark on your record, everything else won’t matter. You will only be noticed for being associated with a group that was known to “cause trouble.” Don’t believe it? You should go back to philosophy or a sociology class and ask about the effects of labeling and social control theory in society. Fifth, the world does not conform to how you want it to be. Just because you don’t agree with how things are in the real world does not mean that it will change. If you are offered a government job but in a couple years you hate the presidential candidate, are you going to quit your career after everything you accomplished? What if you have a family to consider? How will that make you look? What are the consequences? Lastly, our motto is “Non Nobis Solum,” not “Et Aliquamdiu.” These are just a few things to consider from someone who has lived a while.
Opinion: Whatever happened to forgive and forget? Kraig Dafoe
Washburn Review kraig.dafoe@washburn.edu
More and more, people are losing their jobs, their ability to support their families, due to past moments of indiscretion. It’s one thing to do something currently and lose your job, especially if whatever it is reflects poorly on your employer. There are clear-cut guidelines to define a code of conduct, but it’s something else altogether to fire someone for something they did 10 to 15 years ago while not even affiliated with the company. To do this is to say that this person should be condemned for life and shouldn’t be allowed to ever work again in this country. Look at some of the transgressions committed by celebrities over the years who still have a career, Snoop Dogg drove the getaway vehicle after his bodyguard killed a man, Mark Wahlberg used to beat up minorities, endless celebrities have worn blackface, yet it’s the people with no money and no power that are forced to live on welfare for something they did years ago and that’s just not right. Americans are quick to hate. Just like the prosecution of minorities, women and homosexuals, now the hate is focused on those who had a lack of judgement. I’m willing to bet most of these acts of stupidity have no ill
intent, though I’m sure there are exceptions, but we don’t give them any opportunity for explanation or apology. Instead, we take away their careers, their dignity and whatever hopes they had for a future. Another man has lost his job to the blackface movement. This time, the individual was a police officer for the University of Missouri who, in the past, dressed as Flavor Flav for Halloween. I’m not condoning blackface, but should an individual lose his livelihood, the means to support a family and in this case a career, and probably the only thing he is qualified to do, because of an act of stupidity done prior to his employment with the university? The continuing effort to fire people for past discretions only perpetuates a cycle of ignorance in this country. If an individual can’t support the family, can’t give the children an education and has to live on welfare or even as a poor family making minimum wage, the lack of education for the children will push them into minimum wage jobs and we all know there is some correlation between living poor and higher crime rates, though there are exceptions. Maybe education is a better alternative. When people have issues, they go to classes such as anger management, sexual harrasment, alcoholics anonymous and so on. When people have racial issues, maybe a program
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Dear Smalls, I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb, yet Washburn preaches about ‘diversity,’ what do you think about the freedom of self-expression focusing on diversity at Washburn? -tall mocha Dear Tall Mocha, Because I am anonymous, I feel safer sharing my open opinion with you, the fact that I used the word ‘safe’ when expressing my open opinion says an amount of what I feel about the ‘freedom of self-expression’ when focusing on diversity at Washburn. I will say that I recognize that Washburn does try to express diversity and freedom of culture, to the best of their ability. Washburn doesn’t naturally express the cultural diversity, as someone who also feels like a sore thumb, I think Washburn tries, but the effort isn’t natural, it almost feels
would work to show them how their actions affect others. We need to stop the cycle of ignorance through education, not extremism. In all this talk about diversity and inclusion, we seem to forget about compassion and forgiveness. We are quick to condemn and stalled in the consideration that anyone can make mistakes. I am not a religious man, but isn’t there something about casting the first stone? We all have a past and for those of you who don’t, you will. I think it’s time people start to remember the old motto, forgive and forget. Because one day, maybe 15 years from now, the shoe may be on the other foot and you would want to be forgiven for your indiscretions. I’m sure some reading this may think they are perfect and would never do anything that would cause yourself or your family or your company embarrassment. Well, if you live any kind of life worth living, you most likely will. For all these people losing their livelihoods for past indiscretions, we the taxpayers, the complainers and bigots, can pay for their families to live on welfare. All because we would rather hang someone out to dry instead of show a little forgiveness. Desmond Tutu, human rights activist and South African theologian, once said, “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”
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Bods on the Block By Morgan Holloway
What are your thoughts on the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal?
Lauren Mulanax Senior Marketing Management “I believe that for the students that have experienced the scandal, it is an unfair advantage. But we also have to look at even though it is a ‘side door,’ we also have to look at students who are coming in through the back door. College admissions scandals have been going on for years and this isn’t anything new that we’re experiencing.”
Z’Mariah Lee Sophomore Liberal Studies “Personally, I just feel like it’s sad. Your parents had so little hope in you that they had to bribe the whole entire college. That’s like saying, ‘Guys, my daughter’s a little stupid, so if you could just help her out.’ She [Lori Laughlin] just had no hope in her own child and I think that’s what makes it worse. Yeah, it was wrong in the first place and someone lost their place because they did that but the daughter’s going to look at it and be like, ‘Wow, my mom just thinks I’m stupid.’”
Emily Wilson Sophomore Psychology “I don’t think it’s right because a lot of us work hard for the grades that we get. People put in countless hours to get involved and have everything right on their resumes, and the fact that someone can just pay their way in isn’t fair.”
Ask Smalls, the ‘know-it-all’ Ichabod forced and that hurts the sense of comfort that culturally diverse students feel when trying to express themselves. -Smalls
Dear Smalls, When the booths are set up in the Union, how can you tell what’s up for grabs and what costs money? -CATrini
Dear Smalls, Are there any bathrooms on campus I can use? I am transgender. -T-baby
Dear CATrini, When approaching a table full of goodies, straight out ask, “what’s for free here?” It might be nerve wrecking at first, but seriously, the tables are set up for student awareness, they are purposely seeking to get rid of their swag to promote awareness for their organization, just ask. -Smalls
Dear T-Baby, Personally, I believe you should use which ever bathroom you identify with. However, if you are asking for a gender-neutral restroom, I know that there is a uni-sex restroom on the first floor in Morgan hall, other than that one I really am not sure. -Smalls
Gavin Steinhoff Senior Computer Science “It’s kind of messed up how people can just get into college without trying and don’t have to put in all the effort that other people have to. And all the donations that people are getting, don’t go to the other students, it just goes to people’s pockets.”
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‘A Peace of My Mind’: Compassion through words and pictures Nick Solomon
Washburn Review nicholas.solomon@washburn.edu
If you were in the library midday last Wednesday, you probably noticed a gentleman with camera equipment taking photos of students, faculty and staff. That man is John Nolter, a photographer based out of Bloomington, Minnesota, that has travelled extensively as part of the project he started, “A Peace of My Mind.” In which he goes to various places, getting photos and quotes, and sometimes interviewing people adding to what he calls a shared experience, and a timely dialogue exploring the human condition. On Thursday evening, Nolter spoke to a group of students and faculty about the project, and gave them a presentation. Showing the photos he took and the personal quotes people gave regarding when words changed their lives, and documenting his travels and the people he has interviewed. Nolter discussed some of the reasons he chose to start this project: “Part of this is that I’m curious about the world, and this is just part of my process of how to learn about it. I read a lot, and really appreciate firm knowledge and statistics, one of the richer experiences for me is being able to attach human personal experience,” said Nolter. Expanding on that idea of human experience, he talked about an inspiration he looked to regarding this. Studs Terkel, a Chicago-based oral historian who wrote about the Great Depression, with a book called “Hard Times.” He interviewed normal people: bus drivers, farmers, baseball players, that gave the integral human experience.
“It helped give some color to it. Personal stories can illuminate some universal truths in a way that facts and statistics can’t,” said Nolter. He also talked about how he went from being a normal photographer, to focusing on “A Peace of My Mind.” “I had always worked as a freelance photographer, and I always had little side projects going at any time, but just before I started doing this I started feeling a little frustrated. The assignment stuff wasn’t enough to keep me interested…I felt some sort of inner desire to do a bigger project,” said Nolter. “For a long time I balanced the two. I would shoot assignment work, and when I had a free day or a free week I would do some interviews. Then I would do more assignment work to make money, then I would do more interviews. The assignment work supported and subsidized the other stuff I was doing, but as I went on that balance kept shifting. I kept on getting more and more interested in doing another interview, I started turning down some paying work, then I had to figure out how to sustain the project…It took me a while before it became sustainable, but now for the last three years, this is all that I do.” Nolter also made it clear what the mission was of “A Peace of My Mind.” “My main goal is to encourage people to see past labels. My main goal is to encourage people to recognize the humanity all around them, maybe especially in their adversaries, and to be willing to understand the complexities of life. I think it’s really tempting to simplify things and vilify the people we
photo by Eriko Hiranoi
A thousand words: ”What does peace mean to you?” Award-winning Minnesota photographer, John Noltner, speaks to students and faculty about his efforts to capture people in moments of peace. “A Peace of My Mind” came to campus as a WU-mester event.
disagree with, but I think to be patient with difference, to be willing to hear other opinions, and see that whole humanity is the goal. I think we all have some good and some bad in us…We will acknowledge the bias in somebody else, we will acknowledge the bad behavior in somebody else, but we’re blind to see it in ourselves. There is a need for critical examination that doesn’t happen very often regardless of the issue,” said Nolter. Then, Nolter ended with reflecting on some of the personal impact the project has had on him. “Someone asked me the other
the day if this project has changed my opinion on any given issue, and I’m not sure that it has, and I’m not sure that that’s the goal of the project, but what it has done is it’s let me sit down with people who see the world in different ways, and get to know them in a personal way and to recognize that I don’t have to hate them, and that’s the goal to recognize the humanity. In a project about peace, I think it’s unreasonable to expect that we could ever live in a world without conflict, and I’m not sure that’s the goal We’re always going to butt heads, we will always have differences of
Event preview: Fourth Amendment lecture Nick Solomon
Washburn Review nicholas.solomon@washburn.edu
This week, March 28 at 12:10 p.m., Associate Professor Matthew Tokson from the University of Utah/S.J. Quinney College of Law will be giving a lecture titled “Unreasonable Search and Seizure,” organized by the Washburn School of Law, the “Washburn Law Journal” and the Foulston Siefkin law firm. Jeremy Koehler, Editor-in-Chief of the “Washburn Law Journal” summarized Professor Tokson’s background. Tokson has served as a law clerk for two different Supreme Court Justices, including Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and the Supreme Court case he is discussing. “He wrote an article that was discussed during oral arguments over a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Carpenter v. United States, which is a case about whether a search warrant is required for cell site location information, like how you’ve got the location on your cell phone, the cell company knows where you
were, so the case was about whether police needed a search warrant to get that information, and the court held that they did,” Koehler said. He then expanded on how he is going to incorporate it to the discussion. “He is going to come here to discuss a little bit about that case and the aftermath of that case, and then also how the Fourth Amendment will apply to government surveillance technologies like drones, smart home devices like Alexa and Siri and web tracking and stuff like that,” Koehler said. “His lecture is going to sort of inspire an article he is working on that will be published in the ‘Washburn Law Journal,’ along with four other articles by experts in the area, so that will be published next fall.” The Washburn Law School has this kind of lecture every year with professors coming from the country and all over the world, and with Foulson Siefkin sponsoring it, with Tokson’s being the 42nd iteration. Koehler then explained how they choose the topic and the professor
to speak about it. “We set it up as a group...We find a topic we as a journal want to hear someone come talk about and then we find an expert in that field, and we think that the Fourth Amendment and criminal procedure can affect anyone’s lives. It is always relevant. You might get pulled over and searched any time. Learning about criminal procedure in our law school classes, we see how our technology changes the way the courts interpret the Fourth Amendment from the FBI listening in on payphone calls to someone brings a recorder into a conversation with a friend and turns it over to police,” said Koehler. The goal of the event is to educate the attendees on their Fourth Ammenment right and what that means. “We were excited to bring in an expert like professor Tokson, and it’s a topic that the journal as a whole found interesting, not just to ourselves but the rest of the Washburn and Topeka community,” said Koehler.
opinion, but to me there are always these moments of tension: these moments of conflict. Where we can make a choice about making it better or about making it worse,” said Nolter. Nolter has visited 48 states, the exceptions being Alaska and Hawaii. He is also going through the convoluted process of going outside of the U.S., and interviewing people all over the world. His refreshing amount of idealism and sincerity is what drives this project and makes him successful, and his presentation at Washburn made that clear.
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New senators are appointed to WSGA Mingzhu Zhu & Angela Gray Washburn Review mingzhu.zhu@washburn.edu
Washburn Student Government Association is a student organization that was established in 1909. It helps Washburn students create an academic and extracurricular environment to benefit them through programs. In February and March, WSGA took votes for the upcoming election. The result was announced at the Spring Break Kickoff Event on March 8. Nineteen senators were elected, including two newly filled seats, Kimberly Korber and Devin Lampen. Tonyce Jackson is a write-in candidate that got enough votes to become a senator on a write-in campaign. The feature of the new
senators is based only on votes submitted by Washburn University students. Jim Henry is the Vice-President of WSGA. “I think the biggest benefit really is just building on leadership skills,” said Henry. “Other than that, networking is the biggest thing I’ve seen people gain from being a senator and being a part of WSGA in general.” The voting process for president, vice president and senators include three weeks of campaigning. There is a two-round vote. First, it goes to the Nomination Committee, which is comprised by a handful of senators and less than a handful of executive staff members that then vote on whether to give their bills favorable status or gaining a seat. “Once that piece of legislation
has favorable status then the entire senate will vote,” Henry said. The senators can run throughout their time at Washburn, even graduate students can run for senate. There are five designated seats for freshmen in the fall semesters. Currently, there is only one specific seat for international students. A person can be the senator as long as he or she is admitted to Washburn University. The motto of WSGA is “Students Serving Students.” The goal of WSGA members is to give back to the other Washburn students. “In general, just having a passion for wanting to make a difference and give back to campus,” said Henry. “I think a lot of people take that [WSGA motto] hard when they come into WSGA.” The transition date for the new
senators will be April 17 and all members of the new administration will take their seats. Zachary Surritt is the current president of WSGA. “The elections are meant to be a time for students, whether they are involved in WSGA or not, to speak up about what they want to see on campus,” said Surritt. “The more students that run, the more competitive it gets, and then we really start to generate some ideas.” Michael Guerrero, current administrative assistant and technology director, will take Surritt’s torch and be the new president of WSGA starting in April. The new WSGA senators are more than Washburn students. They help other students make a difference in their life and help students become involved with Washburn.
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What is something WSGA has done that you agree or disagree with?
Rosie Marquez Freshman Political science
Mayela Campa Sophomore Political Science
Zachary Surritt Senior Public Administration
Paul Mismaque Junior Marketing
James Leo Henry II Senior Finance
“I think that the conversations within the past couple weeks regarding the meetings they had about what WU can do better, I think that what I’ve heard, they’ve been really succesful and people are coming to agreements that there is an issue and how they’re trying to solve it, so I like the steps they are taking.”
Jack Williamson Senior English and history double major Abigail Trautman Sophomore Biology
Kayli Goodheart Junior Forensic Investigation
Melissa King Junior Political Science
Kimberly Korber Junior Mass Media
Maggie Durkin Sophomore Exploratory
Dylan Babcock Sophomore Accounting
Jaron Caffrey Sophomore Economics
Charles J. Thompson Sophomore Political Science
“I know they’ve raised student activities fees recently, and being involved in different student organizations I agree with it. $55 from one student isn’t a huge amount but in terms of student organization funding, I support that.”
Saige Peebler Sophomore Psychology and occupational therapy “The forum they had last week, I definitely think was a good thing. I saw all the posts on social media the second it happened... so I think that was a good thing to do to get people’s opinions out there and here from them about it.”
Jason Haberkorn Junior Accounting
Kyle Kersten Freshman History
Trevor Beurman Sophomore Computer Information Science
Adam Thew Junior Finance
Pierce Hayden Freshman Enviromental biology Devin Lampen Senior Chemistry
Isaac Jones Freshman Forensic Investigation
Tonyce Jackson Freshman Law Enforcement
“I think they could do better in distributing funds for organizations. With a $3,000 cap, some clubs may need more and some may need less.”
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Ibanez discusses ‘The Reputation Game’ in Nicaragua Kodee Christensen
Washburn Review kodee.christensen@washburn.edu
As part of her NSF-funded dissertation research, Assistant Professor Lindsey Ibanez, sociology, traveled to Nicaragua to study the job search patterns and context of the people there. Ibanez presented some of this research through the Gender and the Job Search in Urban Nicaragua discussion, Friday, March 22 in the Lincoln room of the Memorial Union. Her project is to write a book over her research and experiences. “I went to Nicaragua with an OSU research team to study food insecurity,” said Ibanez. “However, I soon got bored with that. My questions were, ‘why don’t these people have money for food?’ and ‘how do they get the money they do have?’” Ibanez discussed how these questions translated into her own research project surrounding the job search. She explained that while Nicaragua is the second poorest
country, it is relatively safe and stable compared to other impoverished nations. Nicaragua has both a market economy and market society. This played a large role in Ibanez’s research, as it meant that the government doesn’t do much to intervene in the market. “People are really going it alone to find work, which is so different from the United States,” Ibanez said. “They don’t have job search websites and resources. They instead rely on personal networking.” Ibanez listed three of the main factors of gender and the job search in Nicaragua. First was gender segregation of occupations, or the overwhelming presence of fields largely dominated by one gender over the other. The second was network formation and mobilization and the role of these in personal networking. The third factor was worker vulnerability and public scrutiny. Because the job search is largely dependent on relationships, women especially would be subject
to questions about the relationship that got them their job. She cited the top three jobs for women as domestic worker, which is the lowest paid and the standard to which people hold themselves, cashier and factory worker. For men, these were security guard, driver and construction worker. Ibanez gathered that people were more likely to trust women in their homes over men, resulting in the top job for women to be domestic worker. “Most of my eight research team members were college educated women,” said Ibanez. “However, they were otherwise unemployed, and it was apparent that they and other women were making a hustling out of living.” Ibanez spoke of this job search as “the reputation game.” The people of Nicaragua, largely relying on personal networking to find jobs, have to constantly be on their game around neighbors and community members if they want to be recommended for a job.
photo by Kodee Christensen
Reputation discussion: After presenting her research, Ibanez opened up the floor for those in attendance to ask questions. The group was interested in Ibanez’s experiences and interactions with her research participants.
“It’s a game of reputation, but the game doesn’t look the same for everyone,” said Ibanez. “Women are actively resisting the reputation game. One of the ways they do this is through a college education; however, having a college degree
doesn’t necessarily help you in this context.” While many women resist, some are still trying their best to play the game, finding work where they can and trying to maintain face while doing so.
photo by Mingzhu Zhu
Let’s eat: Food is a valuable staple in Brazilian culture. Celebration of Brazil introduced Brazilian culture to Topeka community.
photo by Mingzhu Zhu
Aware of diaper dilemma: Jessica De la Rosa, Monica Beltran, Yusuke Ito, Ian Fluke and Paige Fryback are students in Sangyoub Park’s Social Class in the U.S. class. They worked on the Diaper Drive as a project.
ICT celebrates Brazil at WU Tech Raising awareness of a diaper dilemma Mingzhu Zhu
Washburn Review mingzhu.zhu@washburn.edu
International Center of Topeka (ICT) hosted the Celebration of Brazil at Washburn Institution of Technology on Friday, March 22. It introduced Brazilian culture with presentations, cultural performances, art works and food sampling. As the Brazilian population in Topeka expands, there are 14 Brazilian students studying at Washburn currently, while there were only two Brazilian students in 2017. Ana Lima, a graduate student clinical psychology major at Washburn, is an international student from Brazil. As a Presidential Ambassador for International Student (PAIS), helped to host the Celebration of Brazil. “Because we’ve been having an increase in Brazilian population, we wanted to bring attention to that, and have the locals know Brazilians,” said Lima. “It was really a way for us to formally introduce ourselves as Brazilians to Topeka community.” The Celebration of Brazil is an opportunity to show people in Topeka about Brazilian culture and make a connection. Lima gave a presentation about cultural differences and similarities when interacting with Brazilians living in the U.S., Alzirene Santos, a Brazilian, presented about Brazilian cuisine, which originated from a combination of different cultures such as Africa, Europe and the Brazilian natives. People had the chance to taste a variety of Brazilian dishes prepared mostly by the WUTechnology’s Culinary Program and some
prepared by local Brazilians. Kye-Asher Carter, a junior secondary English education major, attended the Celebration of Brazil. “I think the event was wonderful and very informative,” Carter said. “I really enjoy learning about Brazilian culture and the culture through food.” Local Brazilians Gabriel Piola, a freshman kinesiology major, and Marcos Jugarta, a freshman, performed live Brazilian music. In addition, there were Brazilian artifacts on display, and some Brazil-inspired pieces created by local artists. Ryan McIntosh, a senior computer information science major, went to the celebration with his Brazilian friends. “It makes me want to go home and look up more about Brazil,” said McIntosh. “I like the music and the food. I always think that I need to try everything. I asked my Brazilian friends what they were made of and how to make the food, so it’s really cool.” ICT hosts the cultural festivals and highlights a different country or region each year to raise cultural awareness, like Getting to Know Korea 2, Middle East Cultures, Naturalistic Nepal, Sensational Scotland. Sangyoub Park, associate professor of sociology at Washburn, is a member of the ICT. He helped organize the Celebration of Brazil. “We have many students from Brazil, we want them to stand out, we want to support them,” said Park. “We try to bring a cultural diversity to the Topeka community. Food is always an easy way to learn about the culture and a way to experience a different culture.”
Mingzhu Zhu
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Students in Associate Professor Sangyoub Park’s Social Class in the U.S. course will hold the Diaper Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 through Friday, March 29 in the Memorial Union. One of the biggest problems that families face when welcoming and raising a baby is trying to provide the diapers that the baby needs. Babies on average need 50 changes per week, costing $70 to $80 per month, and 1 in 3 American families cannot afford to buy diapers, according to researchers. Diapers cost families about $1,000 each year. “They [students] are always shocked by No. 1, diaper is expensive, and a lot of students aren’t aware of how expensive it is,” said Park. “A lot of families have to find a way to use diaper over and over, [and] sometimes they reuse. Students are shocked by the fact that they [family] have to reuse the diaper.” Sangyoub Park is a sociology and anthropology professor. He has recruited his students from his course about Social Class in the U.S. to plan the Diaper Drive and help the young children in the Topeka community. It’s the second year they have had the Diaper Drive as the class project and it’s a real-life example of how social class makes a difference in the community. “We are not just studying it, we can go beyond the textbook and the classroom,” said Park. “I want our students to know there are
things they can do to help the low-income families and they can utilize what they learn in class.” Soiled diapers can cause illness in infants, and cloth diapers are not a viable alternative because many low-income families can’t afford a washer and a dryer. In many places, it’s illegal to wash them at public laundry facilities. In addition, daycare establishments require the use of disposable diapers. Monica Beltran, junior spanish and sociology major, is one of the students in Park’s class. She runs the social media part of the project, and she created the Facebook page and the GoFundMe page. “It’s something we need to raise more awareness for,” Beltran said. “One of the articles that we were reading, it was saying that they washed the reusable diapers and they use other methods to try to use plastic bags as diapers. That was extremely impactful for me, because I didn’t think about that before.” Any funds collected through the campaign will be used to purchase diapers that will then be donated to families and children in need. People can drop off or donate at the Diaper Drive. If people would like to donate but are unable to physically provide diapers, online donations are accepted. For more information, visit the Washburn University Diaper Drive Facebook. “Just raising awareness of the issue is an achievement for our students,” said Park. “We know people struggle with not having jobs or housing, but they don’t see the diaper dilemma because it’s hidden.”
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Craig Carter prepares future teachers Professor Hull on investment success Mingzhu Zhu
Samuel Cox
Craig Carter is the field placement director and a lecturer of education at Washburn. He helps education majors gain career practice and hands-on classroom experience while they are in school. “I tell people that I’ve always been a teacher and always want to teach,” Craig Carter said. “Even here at Washburn, my main job is student field experiences. I am a teacher in heart, and that’s what I love to do and that’s what gets me excited.” As the director of field experiences, Craig Carter conducts the placement of students into schools. Education students at Washburn will have to complete over 100 hours of practicum experience in schools before they get to student teaching. In Fall 2018, Craig Carter placed over 200 teachers in the department in different observations and practicums throughout the community. In Spring 2019, there’s a large group of 40 student teachers ready to gain experience. “It’s the greatest thing in the world to see them [students] as they grow, as they learn, as they become teachers,” Craig Carter said. “Basically, I tell them at the beginning they are teachers. If they are truly meant to be a teacher, they have passion and energy, and that’s all that they want to do. They want to be a teacher.” A major benefit of student teaching is to get students exposed to the classroom while they are still earning their degree. When Craig Carter was a student teacher 47 years ago, he had never been in a classroom before. Then he became a teacher and liked his job, however, some people find out they don’t actually like the job when they finally get into a real classroom. At Washburn, education students can find out if they like teaching in the first year before they become too invested in the major. According to Craig Carter, if the teachers have a passion to teach, the kids will learn because the teacher has the most important role in a student’s learning. The ones that are excited about teaching are the ones that you
College presents a battle for the once children entering adulthood. It’s the time of assuming one’s responsibilities. These new responsibilities can often cause individuals to slip up and make mistakes. It is, however, the duty of a college student to learn from those mistakes. Mistakes are a part of the nature of human existence, but repeating the same mistake over and over again parallels the definition of insanity. Personal Finance is in a world of its own. People of all ages make some of their biggest mistakes with handling their own money. Professor Rob Hull, Clarence W. King Endowed Chair in Finance with Washburn University’s School of Business, spoke about keys to living financially smart as a student now to better invest in a student’s future tomorrow. Hull earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas and has taught at Washburn for about 30 years. “You should not make life decisions based on money. I would much rather meet people that are happy while living within their means and budget,” Hull said. Hull teaches a class called Personal Finance, BU 180, where students are taught personal and family financial planning. They learn practical and applicable knowledge of ways to spend and invest their money. Some topics covered include consumer legislation, consumer finance, family budgeting, estate planning, insurance, individual income tax, home buying, mortgages, retirement pensions and investments. Financial literacy is not commonly at the forefront of any 18 to 21-year-old’s mind, when independence is staring them in the face. This particular literacy is not only vital to a person’s success now but also when it comes time for them to work or even to retire. “The decision students make when they’re young will have serious ramifications for their future,” Hull said. “The typical stock investment doubles every eight years. So for every dollar you invest at the beginning of
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Teaching the future: Craig Carter is the field placement director and a lecturer of education at Washburn. He helped students gain classroom experience.
learn the most from. Craig Carter is teaching classes at the beginning and end of the degree. One is ED150, EPIC, Education Professionals in the Community, which is an introduction to education classes. He also teaches ED 400, Understanding the School, which is the education seminar for students and teachers. “I get to see these students at the beginning and then I see them throughout the department,” Craig Carter said. “It’s interesting to see how they grow and progress.” Kye-Asher Carter, a junior secondary English education major, took the EPIC program class with Craig Carter. She plans to be a teacher and teach English in a foreign country. “It’s a really good class to determine if you really want to be a teacher,” said Kye-Asher Carter. “I think education is a huge part of people’s lives. Teachers can influence their students in a lot of ways. If a teacher provides warm, nurturing environment for students to learn in, the students will flourish and grow as individuals.”
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Managing your money: Professor Hull teaches Personal Finance for the student looking to get ahead.
your career will turn into about $32 when you are ready to retire.” Some practical advice from Hull was for younger people starting out in their career to make investments for retirement in something like a Roth IRA, which is ideal in order to capitalize on compound interest. Saving for retirement through a Roth IRA will provide the individual with an after-tax income. Mutual funds have proven to be a great option for retirement investing as well. You don’t need to have a lot of money to get started and, thanks to their diversity of investments, you can invest confidently because all of your retirement eggs aren’t in one basket. If the market goes down, it will be okay. “I recommend that younger people invest mostly in stocks as that will insure a greater return in the long-run.” Hull said. “Don’t worry if the stock market goes down, you have a plan so stick to your plan.” The key to financial success is getting educated on the variances of where to save and invest. Also, it is important for everyone to seek financial advisors or people who have been successful making investments in the past. Most companies you work for will have people to talk to about saving for retirement, but having the basic knowledge of what you want to do with your money is key for success on any level.
Geography professor presents in Vermont Spencer Brown Washburn Review spencer.brown@washburn.edu
Jia Feng, geography lecturer at Washburn University, traveled to Middlebury College in Vermont with all expenses paid to present his research over the migrant recycling enclaves in Beijing, China. The conference was at Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and took place March 7 - 9. Feng was selected to present his research, along with 14 other lecturers at the 7th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference. This particular conference takes place once per year in Middlebury and the topic changes every year. This year the topic was Migration, Displacement and Belonging: Challenging the Paradigms. Feng’s presentation was over his Ph. D. field work study in Beijing, China, that took him three summers and a separate year to conduct and complete. Feng’s research studied a group of people that had a monopoly recycling waste in Beijing. The people are so successful at recycling that they have pushed formal business and government recycling out of place
so much that the government put policies against them. “The government doesn’t want them to be there, so they put a lot of discriminatory policies against them. These people no longer want to be seen on the street, they don’t want to be seen,” Feng said. “So that’s why they set up these enclaves by themselves to wall themselves in.” Feng admitted that the process was a lot of work, but he also mentioned that it was also interesting to uncover the lives of these particular people. Senior Holly Long, a student of Feng’s, was excited to see Washburn’s lecturer go to this conference. “It’s very exciting for him to attend this conference and to present because you don’t always know how widely known your work is,” Long said. “Professors may be accepted to present after submitting their research, but it isn’t as common to have their expenses paid.” Feng’s presentation went according to plan, noting that his lecture spiked interest within the students and was an overall success. Only admitting to going a little over his time allot-
ted. Feng also stayed to watch all of the other lecturers presenting at the conference, stating that it was very educational and inspiring. “There were people from all over the world at this conference, which made it very inspiring. I learned a lot about displacement and belongings in Germany, Spain, Myanmar, Canada, Arkansas and Lebanon. All the cases that were presented shared great similarities,” said Feng. Overall, Feng’s trip was a success, as he admits to not knowing much about the state of Vermont before his trip. ”I actually learned a lot about Vermont, which I didn’t expect. Vermont, as a rural community, is most famous for maple syrup and their cheese [mostly dairy farms], and interestingly given the high latitude, Vermont has a lot of solar panels on people’s houses,” said Feng. Middlebury College changes their conference topics every year so he won’t have the opportunity to lecture in the state of Vermont any time soon, however, he enjoyed the state and experience so much that he hopes to visit again in the summer.
photo by Spencer Brown
Travel to Vermont: Jia Feng standing in his office in the Henderson building. Feng was hired at Washburn in 2017.
By Kraig Dafoe
Do you stick to a budget? Why?
Taylor Thurman Junior Pre-law “Yes, I do. I’m currently working two jobs and I have to pay for everything out of my own pocket. It’s a tough expense and I have to set everything on a strict schedule and I cannot budge from it.”
Ankita Bhattarai Freshman Undecided “No, right now everything is just going right out of budget. I’m new here. I just came to America three months ago and I’m not really familiar with spending on my own because I’ve not been doing that back home.”
Sakchhi Sharma Freshman Accounting “Right now, this semester I have been because I learned from my past semester. Last semester it was all a mess. I spend wisely so next month I have something to spend.”
Steven Anderson Freshman Outdoor wildlife management “No, I don’t have really a set work schedule so I spend money whenever I have it.”
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Dave Ramsey podcast: Live like no one else Samuel Cox Washburn Review samuel.cox@washburn.edu
Money can make you feel free or trapped in the life you are living. “The Dave Ramsey Show” is a three-hour radio program and podcast, hosted by the show’s namesake, well-renowned finance author and speaker, Dave Ramsey. As a real estate investor, Ramsey faced personal bankruptcy as Ramsey Investments, Inc., worth more than $4 million, went under in 1986 when he could not pay. The advice he provides his listeners is, as he claims, nothing he hasn’t had to do himself. Ramsey climbed his way out of bankruptcy and back into the 1 percent, now netting somewhere around $60 million. In his podcast, Ramsey takes live calls on the theme of finance as it pertains to navigating the treacherous waters of student loans, car payments and home mortgages. “Too often, our money problems grow into some kind of monster hiding in the closet, growing bigger and badder and scarier every day that we keep them hidden, but if we want to change the behaviors that get us into trouble, we’ve got to kick the monster out of the closet and laugh at him,” Ramsey said. Ramsey gives no-nonsense advice to folks who have gotten in over their heads, and helps them to find their way out, in a responsible
way. If you’re afraid of hard work, you may want to look elsewhere for your advice. In addition to his best selling books and radio and TV shows Ramsey also teaches “Financial Peace University” at huge live events, and the 7 Baby Steps are an offshoot of the FPU class. Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps include, - Baby Step 1, Put $1,000 to start an Emergency Fund. - Baby Step 2, Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball. - Baby Step 3, Three to six months of expenses in savings. - Baby Step 4, Invest 15 percent of household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement. - Baby Step 5, College funding for children. - Baby Step 6, Pay off home early. - Baby Step 7, Build wealth and give. According to The Pew Charitable Trusts, a full 80 percent of Americans have some form of debt. People take on debt for all kinds of reasons, whether it’s going back to school, paying for a house or dealing with one of life’s emergen-
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The debter is slave to the lender: Dave Ramsey cuts credit cards as a symbol of his philosophy to avoid debt. Ramsey encourages his listeners to avoid debt at all costs. Those who can live like no one else today can live and give like no one else later.
cies. Regardless of your individual circumstances, being in debt can be tough on your wallet and more importantly the relationships with God, family and friends. In the Bible, Proverbs 22:7 (NIV) states, “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.” Ramsey has made constant ref-
erence to this verse throughout his 27 years of service. He speaks to the relevance of this verse in all seasons of life. Borrowing money that you do not have, whether with loans or paying with credit, is off limits in the world of Ramsey. This outlook on life that Ramsey gives his listeners is refreshing. I never would have thought that I
would be listening to 10 hours a week of financial advising from this hick in Nashville, Tennessee, but I am hooked. The lifestyle and state of mind Ramsey presents his listeners with day in and day out is contagious. I give this podcast 5 out of 5 top hats.
Monica Hesse’s ‘The Girl in the Blue Coat’ thrills Kraig Dafoe
Washburn Review kraig.dafoe@washburn.edu
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Nazis in Amsterdam: This mystery is a different look at World War II. This was an interesting perspective on the war and a good read.
For those at all fascinated with World War II, this book takes on a new perspective as it delves into the mystery of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance in Amsterdam. This novel does well with the mystery aspect of the story, though at 301 pages, the story seems a little long and drawn out. While the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam is growing stronger, more Jewish people are being rounded up to be removed from the city and the resistance is working hard to find hiding places for them. One young girl, after losing her family, finds hiding with an elderly lady who was the wife of her father’s boss. After staying with the woman for a while, the young girl disappears and the woman has no idea how she got out of the house undetected. Worried, the old woman hires a delivery girl, who delivers black market items, to look for her, figuring she might have connections that could help. The writing did not keep me interested enough where I felt I wanted to return to reading it after taking a break. Not that it wasn’t well written, it just didn’t seem all that inspired to me. Monica Hesse did her research for this
novel in order to bring the area to life, and though the characters were fictional, this story was partially based on true events, which gives the writing a more non-fiction feel. I found the characters in this book a little two-dimensional. I didn’t feel any of them were particularly brought to life in a way where I could sympathize with them beyond them being in a Nazi run city, though most dutch citizens didn’t feel like the Jewish population. Even the main protagonist seems a little underdeveloped. As I write this, the day following my finishing of the book, I have already forgotten the lead character’s name and must thumb back through to find it, Haneke. One character I thought to be a little more realistic and sympathetic in this book was Haneke’s mother. I felt like finally we had a worrying mother who had the right to worry and that, in itself, is more a comment on the setting than the character. Though the setting wasn’t overly produced in description, there was enough to picture it and given the history of the place and World War II, it was unnecessary to over produce for visualization. The reveal of the mystery aspect truly comes toward the end of the book, which
is the way it should be in my opinion. This novel gets you up about two thirds of the way through and you think the mystery is about to be solved when another roadblock occurs. With mystery comes, to some degree, confusion. Subtle confusion will add mystery and Hesse does this by introducing letters from girls with different names than the girl our main protagonist is looking for. It’s hard to explain how this works, but in simple terms, trying to keep track of who’s who, diverts brain power from what may be more obvious clues. This allows the mystery aspect an opportunity to draw out. This was a good novel overall with interesting aspects. The history was accurate and therefore intriguing and the plot was based to some degree on real events, making the story more interesting. It was simple enough, written to follow easily, yet advanced enough in style to not be boring. This doesn’t change my earlier comment on how I did not feel like continuing to read it. It just lacked that cliff hanger feel. I give this novel 4 out of 5 top hats.
‘The Division 2’ review: An unexpectedly excellent shooter, for now
Nick Solomon
Washburn Review nicholas.solomon@washburn.edu
As I grow older, the more cynical I get about video games. I have become busier, have my livelihood to deal with and in effort to meet my goals, they have been put on an increasingly put-off backlog. It is a combination of that and the industry’s increasing anti-consumer practices. Unfinished games, cash grabs and over-monetization plague the industry with Ubisoft being not the worst offender, but still a corporation hell-bent on implementing annoying monetization practices. That is why it surprised me upon seeing the impressions, and finally “The Division 2,” that it is a complete experience. Developed by Massive Entertainment, the first iteration of the franchise had an awful launch and was met with mixed reactions. “The Division 2” is the opposite. It is a genuinely great game with so many aspects that are going well for it. The first thing that really took me back about this was the setting. Set in an overgrown or derelict Washington D.C., your character, or with friends or randoms with matchmaking, will be walking around
an amazingly done version of the city. It has this springtime look to it, a stark contrast to all the chaos. The sheer aesthetic is just so strong and inspired. I could compare it to Eidos Montreal’s “Deus Ex,” or Naughty Dog’s “The Last of Us.” The game contains interesting, immersive worlds that you genuinely
want to explore. In addition to the visuals, the sound is also wonderful in adding to tension and immersion, particularly Ola Strandh’s ambient score, which accentuates the both peaceful and violent moments you’ll have in the game. The gameplay loop is also incredibly addicting. It is loot done right.
You are constantly getting rewarded with new gear that rewards you just for playing. That is an excellent pairing with the action. You’ll get guns, protective gear like plate carriers and every now and then new clothes. “The Division 2,” especially solo, is a very challenging time if you don’t play it correctly. Where-
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Seek and destroy: Thus far, “The Division 2” has blown me away. I fully expected it to be a lazy soulless bore, but it is a refreshing, wonderful game. Pictured is a player character, the division agent, combating some hostile enemies.
as in some other shooters you can sprint around steamrolling enemies like John Wick, Doomguy or Frank Castle, in this one you can’t. Since you aren’t a bullet sponge, you have to be more tactical with your approach: clinging from cover to cover, you have to plan ahead. The AI is not afraid to go head on and flank to damage you, so you have to stay on your toes. My only really issue is the story. While the premise of the game is interesting, I never found myself caring very much what was going on in cutscenes. Even that can be forgiven, because I was too distracted with the awesome, refreshing level design paired with the frantic gameplay. I honestly have a hard time not recommending “The Division 2.” While it has some flaws to it, this game is so strong as a whole that you can forgive them. It is sad that you really have to search for a complete experience on disk for games these days, but “The Division 2” delivers and then some. I give this game 4.5 out of 5 top hats.
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Blake Allen: Father goals first, golf goals second Brandon Brownlee Washburn Review brandon.brownlee@washburn.edu
The Washburn golf is coming off a strong performance their last time out when they captured a meet victory at home for the Washburn Invitational. Many players had strong showings, but none were better than that of junior Blake Allen. Allen finished first in the individual standings, defeating his teammate, junior Andrew Beckler, by two strokes. Allen is from Lenexa, Kansas, where he attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. His mother, Dana, is a real estate agent and his father, Bret, works in the home loan industry selling mortgages. Blake is the youngest of three brothers who are all within four years of each other. Garrett is the oldest and graduated from Washburn in May 2017. Colton is a year older than Blake and is on track to graduate from Washburn this spring. Both Colton and Garrett played golf during their time at Washburn. Allen and his girlfriend, Amanda Conway, recently welcomed a baby boy named Grayson Cash Allen into the family March 10. Conway ran track during her freshman year at Washburn before leaving it behind after she started nursing school. The decision to come to Washburn was made somewhat easy for Allen after seeing the experiences his brothers had. “I knew basically after my junior year of high school, maybe even before then, that I wanted to pursue
golf at least to college and possibly after college,” said Allen. “So, I came on a visit here, and obviously, my brother had already been here, so I knew how great the school was and I loved the campus, loved the classroom sizes and just thought this would be a perfect fit for me.” At Washburn, Allen is studying entrepreneurship and finance. His first goal after graduation is to see where his golf game is at and hopefully pursue playing professionally if the opportunity arises. If that doesn’t work out, he wants to start his own business. Allen has had a couple different ideas with one in particular standing out that he may pursue. He wants to try his hand at having a liquor store, a gas station and a car wash business all in one. “I just think those three things are something that’s never going to go out of style,” said Allen. “Everyone’s always going to buy booze, everyone’s always going to need gas for their car and your going to need to clean your car, so I think there’s high demand for all three of those things.” Innovation is always something Allen has excelled in. He said he may not be creative in the artsy sense, but that he’s always been good at coming up with different business ideas. “I may not know all the blueprints and all the steps to get into the ultimate idea, but I can come up with the big picture and if I have a little help along the way to figure out all the small things I think I can make it work,” said Allen. Golf has never seemed like a job
for Allen. He doesn’t really have a day where he dreads going to the course thinking “oh man I have to go play golf.” As a result, he enjoys playing golf in his free time, in addition to his competitive game. Allen said he may not come out and really focus and grind and try to get better all the time, but he enjoys playing 18 holes with his buddies. Skydiving is something Allen is looking forward to doing in the next few years. He really wants to jump by himself but doesn’t want to spend the money it would take to go through classes to jump by himself. Allen has always enjoyed heights and thrill-seeking activities, specifically roller coasters because of the exhilaration he gets from it. Two summers ago, Allen had the experience of a lifetime when he played in the Watson Challenge golf tournament put on by Tom Watson who is considered the greatest golfer from Kansas and one of the best ever overall. During the second morning, Allen and his brother were eating breakfast in the cafeteria when Watson approached them and asked if he could sit and eat with them. They said yes and were just amazed that they were sitting face-to-face eating breakfast with one of the best golfers ever. It was a different side to Watson than what Allen had seen the day before playing with him on the course. “He’s not the most talkative guy,” said Allen. “Maybe that was just because we were on the golf course and it was a tournament, so he was playing to beat everybody and play
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Watch it fly: Junior Blake Allen follows through a swing and watches the flight of the ball. Allen has started the spring season strong, winning the Washburn Invitational.
as good as he can.” Nevertheless, it was an experience that Allen said he would never forget, especially given the fact that he ended up beating Watson by a couple strokes that day. In his own career, Allen started to realize his ability when he won the Kansas Junior Amateur Championship and the Kansas Amateur Championship in the same summer. That accomplishment made him one of only three players to ever win both tournaments in the same summer. “That was probably the biggest summer of my life,” said Allen. “It just kind of made me realize that
I’ve got the ability to compete at that level.” Allen has put in a lot of work behind the scenes to elevate his game to that level of play. “His hard work has contributed to his success by being prepared,” said teammate Ian Trebilcock. “Nothing surprises him on the golf course. When he finds himself in a tough spot, he knows he’s put in the practice which gives him the confidence to pull off the shot.” Blake and the Ichabods will be back in action on April 5 when they travel to Kansas City to play in the NSIC Preview.
Czapinski finds the success she’s been longing for Brandon Brownlee
Washburn Review brandon.brownlee@washburn.edu
It has been an exceptional start to the spring tennis season for the Ichabod women’s tennis team. They are currently 13-1 on the year and remain unbeat in the MIAA at 4-0. A big part of the early season success has been the play and leadership of senior Alexis Czapinski. Czapinski is a native of Lawrence where she attended Lawrence Free State High School. Her mother is Sara Czapinski and her father is Mark Czapinski. It was a successful high school career for Czapinski who placed at state all four years. Her best finish came as a senior when she played for a state title but fell to finish second. Tennis has always been around Czapinski. Both of her parents play recreationally, but it was really her grandparents on her mother’s side that played a ton of tennis. They both played competitively as adults in tournaments at different clubs. Czapinski’s younger brother, Erik, is a tennis player as well, but he plays at Ottawa University. The beginning of Czapinski’s college career did not play out exactly as she envisioned. She began her career with two years at the University of Kansas. At the time she was lower in the lineup and was looking for something more. “I realized that what I wanted out of my college experience wasn’t going to be just tennis,” said Czapinski. “The level of talent and commitment required at the D1 level, especially as good of a school as KU is and
was, I wasn’t going to get that full experience that I wanted.” At the time, Czapinski began to explore other options. When she found out that now junior Logan Morrissey was going to attend Washburn she saw an opportunity. Her and Morrissey have trained together and known each other since they were young. Czapinski was given an opportunity by coach Lance Lysaught and ran with it. “I had a great visit,” said Czapinski. “Everyone was super friendly. I knew people on the team, so I took a chance to see if I still wanted to play tennis or not.” Washburn was the exact environment Czapinski was looking for to help her succeed and enjoy her time in college. “I just wanted more time to learn and get more out of my education,” said Czapinski. “I wanted to make more friends, I had no social life at KU.” The educational environment has been much better for Czapinski at Washburn. At KU most of her classes had over 500 students in them and she wasn’t able to get the hands-on learning that she needed to succeed. At Washburn, her biggest classes had maybe 150 students in them and she only had a couple of those. Czapinski is now majoring in Sports Management after starting as an engineering major and later a design major at KU. She chose this path after discovering her passion for coaching. She has gotten her feet wet in the coaching field by working with junior players at the Jayhawk Tennis Club where she played growing up. After she graduates in May, Czapinski has a job lined up to be an assistant coach at West Point, so she is excited to coach for the first
time at the collegiate level and determine what age group of players she likes coaching the most. Czapinski’s love for coaching comes from several motives. “I think my skillset as a tennis player lends really well for coaching,” said Czapinski. “I’m not necessarily the best athlete or stroke producer, but I do have an analytical mind where I’m playing chess on the court and I have enough tools that allow me to do that, so when I coach that’s what the players need.” When it comes to coaching junior players, she loves to see the young kids fall in love with the same game she fell in love with as a kid because at their age tennis is not a job. For them it’s just fun and she loves playing a part in their development. At the collegiate level, Czapinski likes watching players compete and want to succeed so bad. She likes helping them on that journey and seeing everything come together and be successful on the court. Czapinski experienced success of her own last fall when she and Morrissey avenged a tough loss the previous year at regionals to breakthrough and qualify for the national cup. It was an extremely special moment for both players. “This year we came out really wanting to win,” said Czapinski. “And we did, and to do it with my best friend, the girl I’ve known since middle school and trained with, it was a really special experience.” The relationship Czapinski and Morrissey share is a special one and a relationship that both women have gained so much from. “She pushes me in the best way possible,” said Morrissey. “When we play she’s more of the thinker on court and she really challenges
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Tennis anyone?: Alexis Czapinski poses for her tennis headshot. Czapinski is a native of nearby Lawrence but she has found a home at Washburn.
me to think more on the court. She just pushes me when I’m down and really brings me to be my best.” Morrissey and Czapinski are currently the sixth-ranked doubles team in women’s D2 tennis and along with their teammates, who are currently ranked No. 8 in the nation, will be on the court again at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 28 in Emporia to battle the Hornets.
Briefs
Baseball After traveling to Warrensburg, Missouri, over the weekend, the baseball team fell 2-1 in a threegame series against the University of Central Missouri. They return to action with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 to play their first home game of the season against Baker University.
Softball After a few cancellations due to weather and other circumstances, the softball team was able to get some swings in at the MWSU Regional Crossover in Emporia, Kansas, over the weekend. This means they will enter into their home double headers against both Missouri Southern State University and Pittsburg State University this weekend with a 14-16 record.
Track and Field The Bods competed in the ESU spring invitational over the weekend to start off the outdoor season. Both the men and women found success with the women’s team racking up 17 top-10 finishes while the men had eight. There were 17 personal records and four athletes who set an NCAA provisional. Both teams will return to action beginning Friday, March 29 in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the Adidas Raleigh Relays.
Tennis
Golf
Tennis competed at home Saturday, March 23, where both the men and women’s teams picked up wins against Augustana University. The women’s team headed to St. Joseph, Missouri, Sunday, March 25 and found success with another win for the weekend and this time against Missouri Western State University. The men’s record stands at 7-4 overall. The women’s record stands at 13-1 overall, while remaining undefeated in conference play, 4-0. Both teams return to play with the women’s team starting at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 28 and the men’s team at 2 p.m. beginning Friday, March 29 in Emporia, Kansas.
After placing first in the Washburn Invitational last week, the Ichabod golf team will have a short break before they compete again. Their next competition is scheduled for Friday, April 5 in Kansas City, Missouri, for the NSIC Preview.
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March 27, 2019
Duke 85 16 N. Dak. St. 62
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VCU 9 UCF 8
58 73
Miss. State 76 12 Liberty 80
77 76
Duke 9 UCF 1
Va. Tech 66 Saint Louis 52
63 9 Oklahoma 51
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Duke 4 Va. Tech 1
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Liberty 4 Va. Tech 12
58 67
Maryland 11 Belmont LSU Yale
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79 77 79 74
Louisville 76 10 Minnesota 86
Maryland 3 LSU 6
Michigan St. 76 15 Bradley 65
Virginia
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Oregon
East
Oregon 73 13 UC Irvine 54
South
Villanova 3 Purdue
LSU 2 Michigan St.
3 2
Ole Miss 72 9 Oklahoma 95 8
Wisconsin 54 12 Oregon 72 Kansas St. 64 13 UC Irvine 70 4
61 87
Purdue Tennessee
6 11
Purdue
3 14
Minnesota 50 2 Michigan St. 70
Iowa 2 Tennessee 10
Cincinnati 72 10 Iowa 79
77 83
Tennessee 15 Colgate 2
How is your March Madness bracket doing?
Jessica Sheble Graduate student Occupational therapy
“It started off not great, but it’s doing better now. I’ve got 14 of my 16 predicted teams in the sweet sixteen”
Gonzaga 87 16 F. Dickinson 49
“My champion is still in the tournament since I have Duke winning, but unfortunately I’m still in last in all of my leagues right now.”
Malachi Butler Freshman Cyber Forensics “It’s still pretty accurate because I did call the Kansas/Auburn game. I have Duke winning it all though.”
Mitchell Miller Freshman Biology “It’s doing okay I think. I only have two teams that didn’t make the sweet sixteen, so other than that it’s doing fine. I have Virginia and Florida State in the championship with Virginia winning it all.”
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Syracuse 9 Baylor 8
69 78
Marquette 64 12 Murray St. 83 Florida St. 76 Vermont 69
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Gonzaga
Baylor
83 71
81 9 Washington 59 1
1 4
Murray St. 62 4 Florida St. 90
Texas Tech 72 14 N. Kentucky 57 Nevada 10 Florida
61 70
Michigan 15 Montana
74 55
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Florida St.
1 5
N. Carolina
Auburn
West
Midwest
Buffalo 58 3 Texas Tech 78 Texas Tech 2 Michigan Florida 2 Michigan
49 64
Auburn 4 Kansas
Auburn 78 12 N. Mex. St. 77
89 75
Ohio St.
Houston
59 74
Houston 2 Kentucky 3
Kansas
87 53
Iowa St.
59 62
Houston
84 55
4 13 6
3
3
Utah St. 61 9 Washington 78 8
5
11
6
10
N. Carolina
5
6
3
Gonzaga
12
13
Buffalo 91 11 Arizona St. 74
N. Carolina 88 16 Iona 73 1
5
4
77 70
By Alex Landwehr
Johnny Clausing Freshman Undecided
“It’s not doing so hot, but my final four is still there. I have a couple brackets but in all of them, my final two are still in. I have North Carolina or Gonzaga winning.”
61
Old Dominion 48
7
10
Bradley Koch Sophomore Accounting and marketing
61 Saint Mary’s 57
Villanova
6
3
71 56
5
67 69
7
2
1
Virginia
12
13 6
Virginia 16 G-Webb 1
1
11 3 14
Northeastern
Ohio St. Georgia St.
Wofford 84 10 Seton Hall 68 7
Wofford 2 Kentucky 7
56 62
79 15 Abilene Chr. 44 2
Kentucky
12
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