2011-12 Issue 9

Washburn school pride was in high gear Monday night as students dressed to the nines and awaited the announce-ment of the 2011 nominations for homecoming king and queen.

The nominations and candidates were announced during the annual homecoming ball in the Memorial Union. This year’s homecoming theme is “Fear the Bod,” in conjunction with Halloween.

Some of the highlights of the ball for students included dancing under black lights surrounded by fog.

Jessica Neumann, director of stu-dent activities and greek life, kicked off the announcement of the candi-dates. Neumann commented on the size of the ball’s turnout.

“We are super excited to see so many people dancing,” said Neumann. “This is the largest turnout to a home-coming ball since I’ve been here.”

Student or-

ganizations nominate students for Homecoming Court candidacy and then the list is narrowed down to 10 candidates. The 24 students who had been nominated by organizations took the stage.

Then the 10 candidates who had been selected for homecoming king and queen were announced.

Claire Crawford is a junior so-cial work and Spanish major, and was nominated by the Dancing Blues. Crawford is the vice president of Delta Gamma and has been very active in volunteering in organizations like: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Hu-manity and Brewster Place.

Ashley Persinger, nominated by Beta Alpha Psi, is a senior accounting and finance major. Persinger is presi-dent of that organization and is also the treasurer for Circle K, as well as being a member of Phi Kappa Phi and a recipient of many scholarships.

Daphne Phillips is a senior mass media major and was nominated by the Mortar Board, an organization of which she is the communications

director. She is also on the student media board

and community and alumni director for

the leadership in-stitute on cam-pus, in addition to being a vol-

unteer at organizations like TARC. Brooke Rollison was nominated

by Bod Squad. The junior mass me-dia major is a senator for WSGA and a resident assistant for residential liv-ing. She is also the communications director the leadership institute, a co-captain for the Dancing Blues and vol-unteers with animals.

Joni Wiley is the president of Alpha Phi and was nominated by the Future Alumni Network. A senior so-cial work major, Wiley was named the 2011 Greek Woman of the Year and is interning at the Kansas Children’s Ser-vice League, in addition to extensive volunteer work.

The homecoming king candidates are just as involved as their female counterparts.

Senior corporate communications major Blake Bryant was nominated by Sigma Phi Epsilon. For that fraternity he is the vice president of program-ming and membership development and has done much volunteering in the community, including: Easter Seals Capper Foundation, Race Against Breast Cancer and 20 Under 40 selec-tion committee.

John Henderson was nominated by Delta Gamma and is a senior Eng-lish education major. He is president of Alpha Delta and an officer on many other student organizations, and has also been involved with Americorps

and the American Diabetes Associa-tion.

David Hrabik was nominated by Beta Alpha Psi, an organization for which he serves as vice president. A senior accounting and finance major, he is treasurer for Mortar Board and involved in a number of other clubs on campus, in addition to being a resi-dent assistant for Washburn University Residential Living.

Senior Brett Johnson was nomi-nated by Zeta Tau Alpha and is a se-nior kinesiology major. Johnson is the student affairs advisor for WSGA and pledge educator for Kappa Sigma, for whom he has done volunteer work, as well as doing volunteer work with other organizations.

Jason Kealy is a junior criminal justice major and was nominated by the criminal justice association, of which he is the president. Kealy will be pledging Delta Chi and has been ac-tive in volunteering on and off campus, and has been a reserve police officer.

Voting for homecoming court will continue through Friday at 1 p.m. Stu-dents can vote on my.washburn.edu.

The winning candidates will be crowned on Saturday during the Homecoming Football game.

Natalie Wang’s senior art exhibit “West Meets East” is currently on dis-play in the Art building, until this Fri-day, Oct. 28.

Inspired to try a different form of tie-dyeing while visiting her in-laws in China, Wang added some of her newly found art to her senior show. She had been experimenting with silk dyeing for four years before taking this trip to China, and when she found out they way they tie-dye is completely differ-ent from the way it’s done in America, she was instantly intrigued.

“I instantly became fascinated with the Chinese culture after marry-ing a Chinese man,” said Wang. “Last summer I got really interested in [Chi-nese] art and wanted to see different things from American art.”

Americans, while tie-dyeing, merely tie pieces of fabric together in various spots, dye it, then opens it up after it’s done drying. The result is col-orful patterns that could not be created any other way. According to Wang, in China they use stitching to create the white lines that resist the dye and cre-ate the pattern, which could be any-thing.

“I didn’t realize you could make actual animals or anything you want,” said Wang. “America kind of lost that step.”

Wang decided to incorporate Chi-nese culture into her art since she was using a Chinese medium and chose to do some Chinese zodiac signs. She didn’t want to just replicate the generic zodiac signs so she did research so her paintings wouldin’t in turn be generic.

“I thought it was very important to tie the culture into the patterns so it’s not just the Zodiac animals,” said Wang. “I researched the Chinese folk art patterns and incorporated that into the design, and they look flat because they are like Chinese paper-cuts.”

As an art education major, Wang’s exhibit includes many different forms of art, from throughout her college career at Washburn. Art education

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Homecoming Ball: Nominees for the 2011 homecoming king and queen attend the Washburn homecoming ball on Monday night. The 10 finalists to be voted on by the student body were announced during the ball. Students were selected based on their involvement in campus activities and the community and for high academic achievement.

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More powerful than a locomo-tive, the Washburn University Lady Blues volleyball team added two more checks in the win column this past week.

On Friday Oct. 21, WU took down heated rivals the University of Central Missouri Jennies 3-1.

“We knew coming in we had to shut down their [middle hitters] and [outside hitters],” said Hillary Hughes,

junior outside hitter. “They took re-gional hosting from us last year and that was a huge blow to us. We came back this year, we just want to kill them for that.”

Last night, WU continued their winning ways with a 3-0 victory over the Northwest Missouri State Univer-sity Bearcats.

UCM played a close match, but they were unable to keep up with WU thanks to junior outsider hitter Hillary Hughes’s 17 kills.

The Bearcats may have kept the score close as each set began, but the Lady Blues took little time to gain and extend each lead with scores of 25-18 25-15, and 25-20 with senior middle and outside hitter Mollie Lacy leading kills at 14 on her birthday, giving her the third highest attack percentage in WU history.

“Our ball control was good ini-tially,” said Coach Chris Herron. “We were in system, so our hitting percent-age was way up. Our offense was roll-

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Prasch teaches social history of vampires

The Washburn Interna-tional Club is an organization dedicated to building fiendships and understanding between stu-dents of different cultures.

There are members from 36 different nations from around the world.

“These are students who are very enthusiastic, and they want to share their culture and be involved at Washburn and be leaders when they return to their own countries,” said Kelly McClendon, lecturer and co-ordinator. “They’re embracing globalization.”

The main objective of I-club’s current president, Bin Bin Wu, junior accounting and

marketing major, leadership minor, is to get international students involved on campus.

“Most students are here for one year, and I want them to experience authentic American culture,” said Wu.

She has been a part of the club for two years.

“During my first semester, I didn’t get involved with many campus activities,” said Wu. “I-club helped me get more in-volved on campus.”

International students will be sharing their culture during “The Celebration of Culture” on Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in White Concert Hall.

“The Celebration of Cul-ture” is I-club’s biggest event. “There is a fashion show, magic show, singing, Indian and Ko-

rean dance.”Admission is free, but do-

nations are appreciated. Stu-dents who attend will get a free T-shirt and refreshments are provided.

This is the club’s 10th year anniversary and they will be holding a logo contest open to all students. The winner will be announced during the event.

“It is a good opportunity for international students to show off their talents and cul-ture,” said Wu. “I want students to have good memories when they go back.”

When looking at the Icha-bod logo, one notices many objects. First, the long stride of the Ichabod represents enthusi-asm and courage. He is truthful and knowledgeable, as shown by the book in his hand. Finally, he is courteous and democratic as shown by tipping his top hat as he walks by.

This top hat has been a part of the graphic design since 1934. However, it was not un-til 2002 when Denise Ottinger, vice president of student life, came up with the idea to have a top hat decorating contest. The first year had about 40 partici-

pants and since then, they have had at least that number of hats in the competition.

Vickie Baer, secretary to Ottinger, takes a big part in or-ganizing this event.

“This event is sponsored by a homecoming committee that is made up of 25-30 vari-ous organizations around cam-pus,” said Baer.

To be eligible for the com-petition, the teams must sign up and turn in their forms to the student life office. Once they are provided with a hat, they may decorate it based on a Washburn Ichabod theme or the official homecoming theme. This years is “Fear the Bod.”

Once Monday rolled

around, the hats were due, and the judging began.

“Judging is based on origi-nality, color, creativity, crafts-manship, durability, and use of theme,” said Baer.

The judges not only give points based on their opinions, they also give plaques to spe-cial sections. These include: most creative, best homecom-ing theme and best Washburn spirit.

In addition to the judge’s vote, the community has the ability to vote in the form of penny votes. Whenever the hats are on display, typically from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the week of homecoming, students and community members can put

money into the jars correlated with each hat. The top three get point totals as well.

The overall winners, in-cluding first, second and third, will receive plaques for their efforts and creativeness. How-ever, the hats go to a greater cause as well.

“Throughout the week, a silent auction goes on for each hat that is created,” said Baer. “The accumulation of all of this money is directly donated to the United Way of Greater Topeka.

There is the option of buy-ing them outright for a $50 price at WUBAY.

Baer and Ottinger do not only help organize this activ-ity, but also participate in the

event.“Typically, we focus on

the homecoming theme that is designated for that year,” said Baer. “But sometimes, it is just the idea that we can work best off of.”

In fact, along with Otting-er’s ideas, Baer takes four to six hours to put together a hat to submit for the competition.

“We love supporting all of Washburn’s activities,” said Baer. “But putting together a good hat is also something we love to do.”

With Halloween lurking around the corner, the Wash-burn University History De-partment plans to exhibit one of the most infamous creatures of the night.

Thomas Prasch, Washburn History Department chair, will be giving his annual lecture to-night, entitled “The History of Vampires.”

Prasch has been doing the lecture every year since he started at Washburn University as a pro-fessor in 1997. The presentation will trace the history of the evolving vampire image from Lord Byron’s vampire in 1816 English literature to to-day’s vampire television shows and movies like “True Blood” and “Twilight.” Prasch will supplement his information with film clips.

“The image of vampire con-stellates three key motifs: a fas-cination with the exotic ‘other,’ the promiscuous character of modern urban life and sexual exchanges,” said Prasch.

Prasch has long been inter-ested in how the shifting image of the vampire corresponds to changing cultural circumstanc-es while still preserving the three key motifs.

As a distraction during his

dissertation writing, Prasch be-gan doing film commentaries. His first project was the chang-ing trends in blood sucking. He focused on movies like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Inter-view With the Vampire” and Coppola’s “Dracula.”

“The sheer longevity of the vampire means that we can use vampire representations to trace the shifting concerns of pop culture,” said Prasch.

According to Prasch, the images of vampires have shift-ed since the 1990s. Recently,

vampires are no longer lone out-siders hiding from humans. Rather, they have become

a full-fledged subculture with rules for interacting with out-siders.

The presentation will be tonight, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in Henderson 112. Due to the vio-lent and sexual nature of most vampire films, the presentation is for adults only.

Top hats voting and WUBay auction: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (also runs Friday)

WU chef cake decorating challenge: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., lower level, Memorial Union

WU String Orchestra concert: 7:30 p.m., White Concert Hall, Garvey Fine Arts Center

Yell Like Hell pep rally: 7:30 p.m., Lee Arena, Petro Allied Heath Center

alendarCHomecoming royalty candidate voting (students only) 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., main level, Memorial Union (runs through Friday, with online voting ending 1 p.m. Friday)

Top hat decorating contest: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., main level, Memorial Union

Scorch on the porch: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Memorial Union

“The Social History of the Vampire”: 7 p.m., Hender-son 112

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Fall choral concert: 3 p.m., White Concert Hall, Garvey Fine Arts Center

“Effect” Michael D. Allen—Opening senior BFA exhibition: 5 to 8 p.m., John R. Adams Gallery WU Art Building (also runs Tuesday)

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Michael Vander Linden is a freshman mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

Hats off: Washburn’s student organizations prepared an array of “Fear the Bod” themed top hats for the Washburn Top Hat Competition, as part of Homecoming. The hats were voted on during the WU Ball and the winners will be announced Friday and auctioned off as part of WUBAY.

Homecoming royalty candi-date voting (students only) 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., main level, Memorial Union (online vot-ing also ends at 1 p.m.)

GRE workshop: 1 to 2 p.m., Henderson 205

Halloween Makeup: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Memorial Union, C-Store lobby

Hallo-WU-een costume contest: 2 p.m., Memorial Union, Stauffer Commons

Friday, Oct. 28

Phi Delta Theta alumni board tailgate: 10 a.m., North of Moore Bowl

Phi Delta Theta open house: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1810 S.W. Mulvane Ave.

Homecoming parade: 10 a.m., Washburn University campus

Leadership Institute tail-gate party: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Memorial Union lawn

Student Recreation and Well-ness Center tailgate: 11 a.m.

Criminal justice tailgate: 11:30 a.m., north side of Yager Stadium

Alumni Association tail-gate: 11:30 a.m., Memorial Union lawn, north of Yager Stadium

Football vs. Fort Hays State University (Homecoming): 1 p.m., Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl

Saturday, Oct. 29

I-Club kicks off logo contest

Every year, Washburn University dedicates one week to the homecoming candidacy and ceremony, and during that week, a variety of celebratory events take place. Whether it be the top hat decorating con-test, the Ichabod Race or the homecoming parade, one event in particular always stands out to the student body—Washburn Univer-sity’s annual Greek life competition “Yell like Hell.”

Sponsored by the Washburn Stu-dent Government As-sociation, the “Yell like Hell” competition is a se-ries of synchronized dances between the members of the greek community.

This year, like the previous years, the fraternities and so-rorities paired up. One of those pairings is the fraternity Alpha Delta with the sorority Zeta Tau Alpha.

Hunter Showalter, a fresh-man nursing major from Alpha Delta, believes that every aspect of the competition has been fun so far. With a constant practice regime, Showalter says “Yell like Hell has really been a great experience.”

Margeaux Seymour, a sophomore psychology major from Zeta Tal Alpha, agrees with Showalter.

“The competition is sup-posed to be a collaboration of creative ideas between the fraternity and sorority,” said Seymour. “I’ve really enjoyed working on those ideas with my group this year.”

Both Showalter and Sey-mour have been working hard with their combined group practicing in the Fairlawn Mall’s Dance Studio.

Another pairing consist of the fraternity Kappa Sigma and the sorority Delta Gamma, who, like Alpha Delta and Zeta Tal Alpha, have also been hard at work.

Jared Dechant, an undecid-ed freshman from Kappa Sig-ma, thinks that “Yell like Hell” has been a great experience.

“I’ve really enjoyed be-ing able to get to know the

Delta Gamma girls better,” said Dechant.

Bradi Jensen, a sophomore nursing major from Delta Gam-ma, also agrees with her group partner.

“It’s been a lot of fun get-ting to know our homecoming partners,” said Jensen. “I hope

it all plays off in the end and that everyone has fun.”

Jensen is especial-ly excited to see the other routines.

Don’t expect the competition to be limited to only Washburn Uni-versity students though—Topeka

High School will also be attending.

The Cruz Line un-der the direction of Sal

Cruz consist of both ju-nior high and high school

students who have performed at “Yell like Hell” every year.

All fraternities and sorori-ties at Washburn University have spent weeks in prepara-tion for the eagerly anticipated competition that they hope will entertain the student body. “Yell Like Hell” will take place tomorrow night on Oct. 27 in Lee Arena from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

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Top hat competition maintains popularity

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Jordan Loomis is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at [email protected].

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Whitney Eastwod is a senior Eng-lish major. Reach her at [email protected].

Niel Thompson is a junior the-ater major. Reach him at [email protected].

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From eastern Texas to south of the border to Wash-burn, Wally Thompson has traveled a long and winding road that has finally landed him in the Sunflower State.

For Thompson, life started in Tyler, Texas, where his par-ents both grew up. His father became a career member of the United States Air Force. As a result, according to Thompson, he was raised all over the world, but still lived his high school years in east Texas. Eventually after his parents retired to San Antonio, Thompson followed them.

However, upon graduation from high school, Thompson embarked on a way of life that many youth took in those days. With the mandatory draft still in effect at that point, Thomp-son made a choice.

“[For] my generation, if you could see lightning and hear thunder, you went into the military,” said Thompson. “We didn’t have a choice. In the draft, a huge percentage of people were given the choice of [going] to the military or [go-ing] to jail. I chose the Navy and avoided the draft that way.”

After serving his time in the military, Thompson went back to school. Having com-pleted the first year and a half of classwork, he was taking his last required English course.

“I had never really liked English before, but I had a great professor,” said Thomp-son. “He encouraged me to get a degree in English. So I went to Stephen F. Austin University as an English major. Within a year, I had a family to support. So how do you support a family with an English degree? Well, you teach.”

Thompson at one point had thought about getting involved in some sort of social work and through his studies had come to be taught that teaching in effect was giving back to the com-munity. As a result, Thompson became quickly involved in the teaching profession.

“I graduated and then went to San Antonio and got a job and taught for a few years be-fore taking some time off,” said Thompson.

For 10 years after that

Thompson pursued a career path in other fields that ranged from working as a consultant to AT&T to working in the social work field to running a tourism business in Mexico.

“I learned to ride a motor-cycle and I went crazy,” said Thompson. “I left the consul-tant job to start a business tak-ing tourists through Mexico on motorcycles. It was a lot of fun, I didn’t make a whole lot of money, but it was a lot of fun.”

Thompson then decided to take a look at his career path future at that point, considering his background of social work. According to Thompson, there was no real choice, he wanted to go back to teaching.

“I picked up a job as an English teacher at the school I had left until I went to Mexico,” said Thompson.

Thompson then ventured south across the border to take on a teaching position at a school there. For three years, he taught fifth and sixth grade in Mexico.

“I went from teaching elev-enth grade English to teaching fifth graders that couldn’t speak English,” said Thompson. “That was a cultural shock. They do schooling differently. A lot of things are different there.”

The school he taught at was considered the “American school” and was where privi-leged students went. The only

reason that he came back was a result of Mexican politics. The president at the time left office, taking every peso he could out of the national treasury on his way out. As a result, the value of the currency fell dramatical-ly. The resulting impact on his standard of living forced him to return to the United States.

“One month I was making $1,000 a month, which I could live comfortably on,” said Thompson. “The next day, it was $500.”

After returning, Thompson went back to work in the Texas public school system, teaching middle school science along the border. About that time, Thompson started to think about the end of his career. His passion for teaching brought him to the decision to spend his remaining working years teach-ing teachers.

That decision took him to the University of Texas-Brownsville to work through the masters program. That de-cision in turn led him to Texas A&M University where he then began his doctoral work. While at TAMU, he became a teach-ing assistant for three years. As that wound down, a position came open to become a lecturer back at UT-Brownsville. He spent four semesters there until the position was erased due to budget cuts.

When the position dis-

appeared, Thompson began searching again and came upon his current position at Wash-burn. Currently, Thompson holds a lecturer position in the education department but is committed to staying at the uni-versity.

“I really like it here,” said Thompson. “Its just the right size, and you have what ap-pears to be a highly motivated student body. They want to be here at this university, and they want to be successful. I’m re-ally impressed with the quality of the [education department] program. Its different than any education program I’ve seen, and its much more thorough in its preparation of teachers, what we call pre-service teachers. So really, I’m learning a lot and growing as a professional.”

In coming to Kansas, Thompson’s friends back home advised him that the sunflower state wouldn’t be anything like Texas. According to them, Kan-sas was flat, windy and brown.

“When I came here for the interview, I drove in from Kan-sas City,” said Thompson. “It was beautiful, with rolling hills, woods and pine trees. The peo-ple here are incredibly friendly. I’m having a good experience here.”

Professor takes long road to WU

Rob Burkett is a senior mass media major. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Happy to be here: Wally Thompson has led an adventurous life on his path to the English department here at Washburn University. At one point, Thompson served as an English instructor in Mexico.

Washburn’s Kappa Alpha Theta sorority held several events Oct. 17 to 21 to sup-port their chosen philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advo-cates (CASA).

Theta had a table set up in Memorial Union all week. They were selling t-shirts for

$10, cookies and buttons for $1 and hair flowers for $2. Mon-day, they did tie-dye on the Me-morial Union lawn and had a speaker from CASA who spoke about the history of the orga-nization and how the commu-nity can get involved. Tuesday, Theta held a kite-flying event on the Memorial Union lawn.

Friday was a big event. The sorority held a taco feed in the

College Hill Apartment lobby. The cost was $5 for all-you-can-eat tacos. Pop and baked goods were an extra charge.

“The taco feed went great,” said Betsy Sloop, Kappa Alpha Theta chapter president. “A lot of people from the Topeka com-munity came out to support, as well as the Washburn student and Greek communities.”

CASA is an association

that has court appointed volun-teers. The volunteers are trained to help and advocate for abused and neglected children. Their job is also to make sure the children don’t become invisible in an overburdened system and unhelpful foster homes.

Last year, more than 75,000 CASA volunteers helped 240,000 abused and neglected children find safe and perma-

nent homes. “CASA is a great organiza-

tion because it allows children to have a voice in the court systems,” said Sloop. “It helps children have someone stable in their life that helps get them where they need to be to have a safe and happy life.”

During their CASA fund-raising week, Kappa Alpha Theta raised almost $1,200. For

more information or to donate to the cause visit their website www.CASAforchildren.org.

Kappa Alpha Theta adopts CASA as beneficiaryWhitney EastwoodWASHBURN REVIEW

Whitney Eastwood is a senior English major. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Having a ball: Students dance through black lights, fog machines and laser lights. These effects were some of the highlights of the Washburn Homecoming Ball on Monday night. The Washburn Room was packed with dancing students throughout the evening. The candidates for homecoming king and queen were also announced during the ball.

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Halloween is just around the corner, and the costume contest is already underway.

For the last few weeks, the Republican party has been par-ticipating in the tradition that usually takes place every time there is presidential election ap-proaching with no sitting presi-dent.

In what can only be re-ferred to as a bunch of clowns arguing over things that range from the relevant to the absurd, the field has dressed up and gone to debate season.

That’s right folks, its time for the least sexiest mud wres-tling contest on earth.

With such distinguished members of the conservative spectrum of politics, like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, throw-ing dirt over the issue of illegal immigration, what more could you ask for?

Perry, as many will remem-ber, is the governor of Texas, a state that has, according to the San Antonio Express-News, an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrants currently residing within its borders.

So, of course, with this kind of track record, Romney decided to question Perry’s re-cord on the issue of immigra-tion and border security.

Perry has historically been a moderate on the issue of il-legal immigrants. He famously supported a Texas bill that ex-tended in-state tuition prices to children of illegal immigrants

Perry has also referred to the building of a wall across the southern border of the country as “idiocy.”

Perry’s comeback to all of this? Instead of pivoting to what he thinks is a way to fix the issue, he pointed to an in-cident reported in 2006 by The Boston Globe.

In that article, it was found that Romney, while serving as governor of Massachusetts, em-ployed a lawn care service that turned out to have just one of its four employees able to work legally in the country.

Almost a full year after the article broke, Romney finally fired the company.

Romney claims to have never inquired about the legal status of the employees, that re-ally is besides the point.

The two candidates that many believe will be the lead-ing choices in the Republican party decided to play the “any dirt you can throw, I can throw better” defense.

I am not so naive to believe that the process of weeding out the fringe candidates and figur-ing out who these candidates really are won’t come without some contentious discussion.

That said, can we please stick to the script and talk about something that might actually matter?

While he will never be seriously considered for presi-dent, at least former-Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, has a platform which he articulates well, even if it’s just a slightly updated regurgitation of his original “Contract With Amer-ica.”

Gingrich’s only fault is that he is too smart for his own good. While Perry and Rom-ney try to outdo each other in the contest of who can be more relatable to the average voter, Gingrich is doing what he does best, attempting to show how smart and over qualified he is to be president.

While this is probably true, it won’t win him too many points in a popularity contest. As some like to say, “no one likes the know-it-all.”

Then we come to the can-didate who has been a tale of two minds.

Herman Cain, former head of Godfather’s Pizza, has been questioned on a variety of is-sues. Apparently, along with a 9-9-9 plan, which, it turns out, is a 9-0-9 plan, Cain is follow-ing the “why answer it right the first time when I can look stu-pid?” playbook.

The 9-9-9 plan, for those who don’t know, is Cain’s eco-nomic plan, which outlines a 9 percent sales tax, 9 percent fed-eral income tax and 9 percent corporate tax.

While this sounds good, what Cain failed to mention is that if someone lives at or be-low the poverty line, under his plan, a person wouldn’t have to pay any federal income tax. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, it might have been good to mention at the start.

Cain’s economic plan isn’t the only house of horrors that has led him up to this point.

On the issue of abortion, Cain claimed originally that he was opposed to abortion under any circumstances. After mak-ing such a strong statement that surely engendered love from the conservative base of the Re-publican party, Cain then turned around and during an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan,” claimed that “It gets down to the family. And whatever they decide, they decide. I shouldn’t have to tell them what decision to make for such a sensitive is-sue.”

So, on the one hand, he is hardcore pro-life, and on the other, he is intimating a pro-choice stance? Perhaps he should clarify his position.

So, these are the candidates for the nomination for president from the republican party. As Halloween approaches, I’m not sure I know what’s more fright-ening, the sugar shock from all that candy out there or the lack of intelligence, character and integrity on display. So to all you voters out there, “Trick-or-Treat!”

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ing tonight. That’s the big-gest thing.”

Though the early goings of the match with the Bearcats had the Lady Blues on the ropes, Herron was never worried that his team might not come out on top.

“I just felt like that we’re a better team,” said Herron. “As long as our ball control was

what it was, I felt comfortable with what we were doing.”

As Herron has stated be-fore, he firmly believes that ev-ery victory sees his team play poorly in certain areas, while ever loss has WU admirably holding their own and making the right moves.

“You have to try to accen-tuate those things,” said Her-ron. “Winning’s always a lot more fun than losing.”

According to Herron, what

really matters to him is when the team leaves the court feel-ing as though they put forth a great effort and gave a lot out of themselves.

“I thought we played hard [last night],” said Herron. “The last two matches, I’ve been happy with the effort our team’s given. The four matches prior to that, I was not happy with the effort my team has given.”

Going forth with the sea-son, WU hits the road on Fri.

Oct. 28 in Kirksville, Mo., fac-ing the Truman State University Bulldogs.

“It’s been a great season,” said Herron. “That’s a tough match. We’re just going to have to prepare well the next couple of days. Hopefully, we can con-tinue on like we’ve been do-ing.”

It’s been said that all good things must come to an end.Un-fortunately, the Washburn Icha-bods were witness to that this past Saturday when they dished their first loss of the season against the Northwest Missouri Bearcats, 52-28.

“Northwest played very well,” said Washburn head coach, Craig Schurig. “They executed really well on offense. We made some mistakes and we didn’t play our best. That’s a game where we needed to play a lot better. I think we’ll learn from it and use it as something to make us better, I hope.”

Northwest’s offense ignited their fire early. Bearcats senior quarterback Blake Christopher made a 41-yard connection to junior wide receiver Tyler Shaw for a touchdown on the first drive of the game. After a big third down stop on Wash-burn senior running back Jus-tin Cooper the Ichabods were forced to punt.

The Bearcats tacked onto their lead after a 71-yard touchdown by NWMSU senior wide receiver Jake Soy, mak-ing the score 14-0. Midway through the first quarter, the WU offense came to life with a 17-yard touchdown run by Washburn senior running back, Justin Cooper. The next drive the Bearcats offence attack was refused by the Washburn de-fense, causing them to call out their punting unit for the first time in the game.

The Ichabods built on their momentum from their previous play by Washburn senior quar-

terback Dane Simoneau hook-ing up with sophomore wide receiver DaJuan Beard for a 40-yard TD reception, tying the score 14-14. Simoneau, with another great performance, was 25 of 34 with one interception for 372 yards and three touch-downs. Christopher gave the Bearcats their third score with a 3-yard rushing TD, ending the first quarter.

The second quarter began with yet another TD reception by Beard for 6 yards, tying up the score for the second time in a row, 21-21. In pursuit of the end zone, the Bearcats advanced to the WU 21-yard line only to have their effort fail with a fumble after a 5-yard reception by Bearcat junior running back Jordan Simmons, recovered by Washburn freshman free safety Calvin Kenney.

The Ichabod offense would make great strides go-ing 58 yards into Bearcat terri-tory until a Simoneau intercep-tion by NWMSU sophomore cornerback Travis Manning. He returned it 38 yards to the WU 33-yard line. The Bearcats would capitalize off the Wash-burn turnover with a 3-yard TD reception by senior wide re-ceiver Jake Soy. The Ichabod’s next drive after two first downs ended in a sack for negative three yards by NWMSU junior defensive end Matt Meinart. In response, the Bearcats marched down to the WU 5-yard line, but settled for a field goal by ju-nior kicker Todd Adolf further-ing their lead to 31-21 before the half.

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Going Deep: Senior quarterback Dane Simoneau unleashes a pass during a recent home game. Washburn went on the road last weekend falling in defeat to Northwest Missouri State University 52-28.

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Bearcat Revenge: Mollie Lacy, senior right side hitter, attacks during the game against the University of Central Missouri. Lacy and her fellow Lady Blues won against UCM 3-1 on Friday then turned around Tuesday and defeated Northwest Missouri State University 3-0.

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NWMSU senior lineman Aaron Terry and sophomore defensive end Ricky Bailey. After a silent beginning to the third, the Bearcats were the first to break through with a 1 yard rushing touchdown by NWMSU sophomore running back James Franklin. The Ichabods would respond with a touchdown of their own on an 11-yard recep-tion by Beard, his third of the night. Beard had seven catches for 122 catches with three TD’s on the game.

“I just felt like we needed to make a play,” said Beard. “I needed to step up to make a play to help our team and get us going.”

The Bearcats extended their lead early in the fourth on a 3-yard rush for a touchdown by Franklin, putting the Ichabods in a 17 point deficit. Washburn

tried to build some type of of-fensive rhythm late, but failed after a sack for negative seven yards by NWMSU senior defen-sive tackle, Josh Lorenson. The Bearcats furthered their lead with their last touchdown of the night by Franklin making the final score, 52-28. Saturday’s game would be the fourth game for Washburn being completely shut out in the fourth quarter. The Ichabods earned a total of 442 yards of offense with nine penalties for 75 yards and 18 first downs versus NWMSU’s 28 first downs.

Washburn’s next game will be at Yager Stadium against Fort Hays State homecoming weekend on Oct. 29, at 1 pm.

On Oct. 22, the Lady Blues traveled to Omaha, Neb., to play against the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks after landing a tie against Em-poria State in double overtime on the 20.

The Lady Blues were out-shot consistently by the Mav-ericks, who put up 30 shots to Washburn’s six during the course of the game. Lauren Henry, a senior midfielder, led Washburn with two shots on goal.

Although they were great-ly outshot during the match, Washburn did see a great ef-fort on the part of the defense, which shut out any attempts at scoring by the Mavericks all the way up to the whistle, and then to double overtime when they changed their formation to a more aggressive play. Tori Fuglister, a freshman, played goalkeeper during the first 45 minutes and made eight saves. She was replaced by Mallorie Monhollon, also a freshman, who picked up six saves during the second half.

After neither team racked up any points during regular game time, the match proceed-ed into overtime and then to double overtime.

At this point, Amber Bilo-deau of the Mavericks scored her second goal of the season, assisted by a pass from Ka-

tie Pickinpaugh, to squeak out a 1-0 victory over the Lady Blues.

“I think this was one of our best tactical games so far.” said Tim Collins, Washburn head coach, “We really brought ev-erything we had to the game and did much better than we expected.”

Collins remarked that Fuglister did an excellent job in goal, as did redshirt fresh-man Monhollon, and that while defense as a whole was great during the game, he believed sophomore defender, Megan Buckley, and senior defender, Kelsey Raiman, both really stepped up.

Monhollon said that the Blues played very well together and became even more orga-nized during the second half in order to continue to keep the Mavericks from scoring.

“Our defense played amaz-ingly well and our mids and offense really connected,” said Monhollon. “We put up a great-er fight than I think any UNO people expected. I think we even surprised our coach with our abilities on Saturday.”

Following the game against the Mavericks, the Washburn season record currently stands at 1-12-3. The Lady Blues will play next against Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 27 at Spratt Stadium.

Gettin’ Downfield: Sophomore midfielder Danielle Curtis moves down the field during a recent match at Yager Stadium. Washburn dropped their most recent match to move to 1-12-3 on the year.

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Time is a heavy burden to a college student. Whether it be the time period required to turn in a homework assignment, the stressful moments before a date, or the hours ticking away until graduation—with every good beginning comes an even greater end. Senior soccer captain, Lauren Henry, is steadily watching her final year of college fly by as her final season on the soccer team begins to slow down.

The years seem to have flown by according to Henry whose carrier in soccer has been a long and successful one.

“I first began playing soccer in kindergarten,” said Henry. “I was only four years old.”

Henry first played on a parks and recreation team in Manhattan, Kan. She would drive to Manhattan from her hometown, Randolph, Kan, because her school didn’t offer a soccer team.

“I played on that team for a couple of years,” said Henry. “That’s where I fell in love with soccer.”

As an eighth grader in an even more competitive league, Henry began playing on a team with boys.

“It definitely makes you a lot faster,” said Henry.

When playing in the boys’ league, every aspect of the sport changed for Henry.

“I had to become more aggressive and train harder,” said Henry. “It really helped me in the end when I played with a few different boys teams.”

Henry moved to Kansas City soon afterwards and began driving three hours to make her practices.

In high school, Henry didn’t have a soccer team. So,

while the girls in her class were playing their sport, she was playing soccer on a boys club team. Henry also competed in The Olympic Development Program, which is league soccer, state soccer and national team soccer.

“That’s where I was first recruited,” said Henry.

As a junior attending Blue Valley High School, Henry was planning to go to college in Nebraska, but soon tore her lateral collateral ligament in her knee. Being injured changed a few aspects in finding a college for Henry, and she decided to look into University of Kansas instead.

“That’s where coach Collins found me,” said Henry. “He really sold Washburn to me.”

According to Henry, multiple aspects in choosing a college changed after meeting Collins.

“It wasn’t a hard decision for me at all in the end,” said Henry.

Collins saw Henry’s

potential from the very beginning.

“She’s set a pretty high bar to being a good human being,” said Collins, “as well as a good teammate to the rest of the girls.”

During her freshman and sophomore year, Henry played on both the Lady Blues’ soccer team and basketball team.

“I would miss the first exhibition games in basketball while playing soccer,” said Henry. “I didn’t play last year though because of a broken

ankle.” Now, as a Washburn

University senior, Henry’s final college season of soccer has been a tough one. Henry was injured in the beginning of the current season with cracked ribs.

“You don’t realize how much you actually use your core until you break a rib,” said Henry.

According to Collins, Henry’s pride helped her towards healing.

“She’s really come back and given 100 percent,” said Collins. “I think that she’s always had a great mindset for the game; a great soccer I.Q.”

Collin’s pride in Henry is evident.

“I’m going to be especially sad to see her go,” said Collins.

Currently, Henry has had 23 shots, 11 shots on goal and 31 corners this season.

Henry’s current title of senior captain is teaching her more this season than she originally thought it would.

“I’ve had to carry a lot more responsibility in bringing the girls together,” said Henry. “We’re a family on and off the field.”

Having a rough season has taken a toll on the girls, but Henry said it has given the opportunity to encourage each other even more.

“We’ll always stick by each other,” said Henry. “We’re here, we’re family and that’s what we pride ourselves in as Washburn University athletes.

Team captain leads through example

Feisty Fighter: Washburn senior midfielder Lauren Henry fights for position during a recent match. Henry had to overcome cracked ribs this season as the Lady Blues compete in MIAA conference play.

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When one thinks to defen-sive superstars in professional football today, typically names of linebackers and defensive backs will be brought up. How-ever, not many names of defen-sive linemen would be.

On the contrary, the “men in the trenches” represent the tough drawn out battles that go on during a football game. They are extremely important to the football team.

“Our job is to fill gaps for our assignments, put pres-sure on the quarterback during passes and stopping the runs that come our way,” said senior Dakota Palan-Johnson.

Palan-Johnson is one of the starting defensive ends for the Washburn football team.

The ends are lined up on the outside part of the line while the tackles are in the middle. All together, they are consid-ered the defensive line.

The defensive line has many obligations. The line-men can force pressure on the quarterback just by being in the right spot and mess everything up.

“Whether we sack the quar-

terback to force a punt or strip the ball and recover a fumble, we can change the game in a heartbeat,” said Palan-Johnson.

However, this is not as easy as it sounds. Imagine a 300 pound man trying to get in the way of everything Palan-Johnson does. This is grueling and exhausting process that

takes mental and physical prep-aration leading up to the games. For Palan-Johnson, he has his own routine of working out to prepare.

“I lift three times a week,” said Palan-Johnson. “Tuesday is a heavy lift, Thursday is a medium and Sunday is just to relax after the games.”

The mental preparation takes just as much effect on the game as the physical side. When the adrenaline is kicked in and the play is about to start, this can be an anxious time for the defensive linemen.

“The hardest thing is try-ing to stay perfect on your as-signments,” said Palan-John-son. “It’s so easy to mess up an assignment when the only thing on your mind is beating the man in front of you.

They do have fun, though. There are certain opportunities throughout the game to make the “big play” that can change the momentum of the game en-tirely. The more they prepare, the more opportunities there are.

“I love the opportunity to punish the ball quarterback for a sack,” said Palan-Johnson. “Especially if he doesn’t see it coming.”

Whether it is sacking the quarterback or just doing the little things to fill assignments, the defensive linemen are al-ways ready to fight their way to help the Ichabod football team be successful.

Pile it on: The Washburn Ichabods defensive linemen come together to bring down a rival opponent of the Missouri Western State University Griffons. Washburn’s defense has been a key in their 7-1.

An athlete can spend their entire lifetime building a legacy for the following generations to come. But how long can the new gen-eration hold onto that legacy?

T h e Wa s h b u r n Lady Blues b a s k e t b a l l team will take on that question this season after being the number one in the MIAA p r e s e a s o n poll on Tues-day Oct. 25.

H e a d coach Ron McHenry was pleased with the poll results, but at the same time, he believes that his team has a long way to go to earn it.

“I think that it’s always nice that our players are recog-nized,” said McHenry. “But it’s not a title for us.”

According to McHenry, the Lady Blues will earn the number one title with their time on the basketball court.

“We’ve earned it by paper voting only,” said McHenry, “We now have to work on earn-ing it by the end of the season with a lot of hard work and de-termination.”

McHenry believes that with his senior players and their teammates, the girls’ ambition will help them in earning the

ranking. “We have two senior con-

ference players on the team,” said McHenry.

Senior Stevi Schultz was on the first team and senior

Cassie Lombar-dino was on the second team.

“ W i t h those kids com-ing back, it was probably one of the reasons we were chosen for the number one ranking,” said McHenry. “With the se-niors and their teammates, we have a great team.”

The wom-en’s basket-

ball program has won a lot in the past according to McHenry. “I’m sure our current

four seniors want to continue their legacy and make their last year a great year all around,” said McHenry. “That will never change with these girls; they’re strong leaders.”

With the season set to be-gin, McHenry and the Lady Blues have a long way to go in defending their ranking.

“You’ve got to tell them that the number one ranking does nothing to them,” said McHenry. “Most of our play-ers want to be the team to beat, they strive hard for it—now, we just have to put it all together.”

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Bernard Scott-RB Cin-cinnati Bengals (Yahoo! 17% owned): Cedric Benson will be out this week with some legal issues so Bernard Scott looks to get most of the carries this week for the Bengals. The Bengals play at Seattle this week and the odds are good that Scott finds the end zone at least once.

Forecast-18 carries 88 yards, 3 receptions 21 yards, 1 touchdown

Antonio Brown-WR Pittsburgh Steelers (Yahoo! 33% owned): Antonio Brown is looking better and better ev-ery week. Last week he had a team high 9 targets and turned them into 7 receptions for 102 yards. He plays at home this week against the New England Patriots and I imagine that the Steelers will continue to throw the ball. Hines Ward is hurt-ing a little so his action may be limited again this week, which should provide opportunities for Brown.

Forecast-6 receptions 114

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Forecast-5 receptions 77 yards

Plug n’ Play Defense-Cin-cinnati Bengals (Yahoo! 32% owned): The Cincinnati Ben-gals travel to Seattle this week to play the Seahawks. The Seahawks have been a mess of-fensively so this looks to be a great matchup for the Bengals D. Last week Seattle was only able to put up 3 points against the Cleveland Browns.

Forecast-4 sacks, 2 INT, and 1 fumble recovery

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Few people ever get the opportunity to experience their deepest and most pas-sionate desires in life, and if they do, most of the time, they take them for granted.

Life is far too short to just let passions slip away. So, instead of letting passions simmer, why not try to bal-ance them together? Wash-burn’s director of opera, Syl-via Stoner, has.

Stoner grew up in a small, polish American neighbor-hood in Kansas City, Kans.

“We had a lot of cultural activities,” said Stoner.

Church was very impor-tant to Stoner because she be-longed to the choir and folk dancers.

“There’s a certain level of musical awakening that happens to people while experiencing it for the first time,” said Stoner. “This is where I was first

s w e p t up into music.”

Stoner’s grandmother taught her how to play the piano and sing because ac-cording to Stoner, it was very appreciated in her family. Stoner’s mother also took her to see musicals, the orchestra and the ballet.

“I always felt like I was given the opportunity to find

my voice,” said Stoner. “So, naturally, I hope that I can help give that same opportu-nity to my students.”

Later on, Stoner received her undergraduate degree at a small rural art school in New York called Skidmore Col-lege.

“I was a double major in music and theater,” said Stoner. “I participated in lots of plays at that school. It was absolutely wonderful.”

Then, shortly after, Stoner decided to receive her masters degree, followed by

her doctorate from the University of Kansas.

As a woman of many professions, Stoner is a profes-sional opera sing-er, as well as a stage director.

“I’ve pre-d o m i n a n t l y

done opera,” said Stoner. “But I’m also

a part of Actor’s Eq-uity, so I’m a pro-

fessional actress as well.” Stoner has worked with sev-

eral theater com-panies, including the Kansas City Repertory Theater, the Metropolitan Ensemble and the New Theatre.

In terms of opera, Stoner has worked with the Lyric Opera in Kansas City. Along with working with companies in New York, Stoner has also done national tours.

Beyond life on the stage, Stoner discovered that she has

a passion for teach-ing.

“I feel very lucky to have been hired here at Washburn University as the new direc-tor of opera,” said Stoner. “Already I can see a lot of good, raw talent in my stu-dents.”

Stoner’s passion for her music is an outlet she wishes to share with her students.

“If I’m going to ask my students to get up and per-form in front of people, I feel like I should keep doing it also,” said Stoner.

Music is such an exciting outlet to Stoner; any creativ-ity that she can help her stu-dents learn to control would be enough for her.

“That is my challenge to my students,” said Stoner. “To make their music mean something to other people means a lot to me.

Even though Stoner spends a large amount of her time right now teaching and performing, she’s also bal-ancing an entirely new pas-sion—parenting.

“I have an 11 month old newborn,” said Stoner. “My husband and I are both musi-cians and teachers, so we’re trying to alternate between schedules to be with her.”

Stoner is also expecting some upcoming productions later this year. Even though it may be hard to believe, Ston-er is still performing.

“I have an opera that I’m doing in December and I’ve also got a play coming up in February,” said Stoner.

According to Stoner, a person cannot be happy when they forget what they truly love.

“I will probably always be performing,” said Stoner.

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WU welcomes new teacher

Senior explores Chinese art of tie-dying

Tricia Peterson is a junior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

The New Inhabitants, an indie-pop band based in Law-rence, just released its debut album, “Shot Across the Bow” on Sept. 10.

Washburn students and Topeka residents may know the band from its many gigs in Topeka and Lawrence, no-tably at last year’s Shawnee County’s Largest Workout at Yager Stadium. The band con-sists of Topeka natives Tyler Jenkins and Zach Johnson on guitar and vocals, Adam Norris is on piano and backup vocals, Daniel Webb on bass guitar and Joshua Frisch on drums. John-son, a new addition to The New Inhabitants, originally played in the band Yard Art Project, a To-peka-based band which opened for Eddie Money in Oct. 2006 at the Burnin’ Downtown Street Festival.

The album begins with “Second Thoughts,” an upbeat song driven by a somewhat distorted guitar rhythm. In the verses, the guitar cuts out and is replaced by a cool piano melody as Jenkins’ lines cut in. For the chorus, the heavy guitar comes back with more volume from the drums, as well. The song ends with what sounds like an accordion playing along with the music.

If you’ve seen The New Inhabitants live, you’ll surely remember the next song on the list, “Sunburn.” It’s very up-tempo and driven by a repetitive piano riff and the chorus “The only memory I have is a sun-burn, and even that will slowly fade away, the only memory I have is a sunburn, and it’s peel-ing a little more each day.” It has a somewhat cheesy sound compared to some of the other songs, but it’s supposed to be a very light-hearted song that will make you smile.

“Moving Boxes” is a somewhat different style than I’m used to hearing from TNI. It starts with heavy effects on the vocals and guitar, and it’s

definitely one of my favor-ite songs on the album be-cause it’s just so different. It sounds like it also includes bongos or some sort of tribal drum lat-er in the song. It continues to build through-out the song that continues with a heavy guitar solo be-fore going al-most silent and fading out.

“Such Great Heights,” is another song you’ve prob-ably heard at the band’s live performance. It has a repetitive three-note rhythm by the piano, similar to “Sunburn,” and is very light-hearted. It has pretty decent lyrics, and with the background singers, it has an almost Beatles feel to it.

“Get You Wrong” begins with a drum beat that reminds me of a faster version of Echo Lake’s song, “Summer Grove.”

There are definitely differ-ences between the two beats, but I found it funny since Jen-kins and Johnson went to high school with the founding mem-bers of Echo Lake, Scott Stor-mann and Matt Mirsch. This is another one of my favorite songs from the album. The rhythm guitar in many of TNI’s songs reminds me of Rod Stew-art’s rhythm guitarist.

Track No. 8, “Leave You,” is another slow, acoustically-driven song that stands out on the album. The piano is much less repetitive in this song than in “Sunburn” or “Such Great Heights,” which I enjoyed. The band is so strong on its slower songs and they always seem to have parts to break up the mo-notony of the same chords be-ing played throughout the song.

This song includes a terrific piano solo and a bridge.

“Washed Away,” which made its radio debut Oct. 11, goes back to the TNI-style of a high-pitched, repetitive piano hook in the beginning, but then switches it up in the chorus. I’d like to hear more bass, but for TNI’s upbeat and up-tempo style, it makes sense not to have a heavy bass.

The final song, “Alone,” begins with a cool piano riff, which cuts off to leave just the bass and drums playing during the first verse. I love it when songs take a break from all the other instruments and just let the bass and drums hammer down, so thumbs up for this song.

This album, which is avail-able on iTunes, is definitely worth taking a listen to if you like upbeat music driven by piano and acoustic guitar.

You can check the band out live tonight at 7 at Abe & Jake’s Landing in Lawrence as it opens for Parachute, or check them out online at www.newin-habitants.com.

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Dr. StonerWelcome

Local band releases debut album

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New Music From Local Band: The New Inhabitants release their first album which features upbeat songs as well as slower acoustic songs.

majors are expected to know various mediums and forms of art so they can ef-fectively teach students about them. This includes printmak-ing, painting, and pottery, as well as other forms. Students are also expected to add art-work from outside of their col-lege courses, which is where the tie-dyed artwork came in.

“It’s a weird mix and it’s hard to do it as an education major because we have to be advanced in everything,” ex-plained Wang.

Wang started off as an Ac-counting/Finance major, and when she got up to the higher level courses she decided to change her major to art because that is what she always loved to do. Because of the economy she had decided to go into busi-

ness, but as she got further into her college career she decided she couldn’t ignore her love for art.

According to Wang, if it wasn’t for her marrying her husband she would never have gone in this direction. It was one of his colleagues that taught her the tie-dye technique and about the different dyes they use.

“You can be inspired by the smallest things and you never

know what is going to hap-pen in the future,” said Wang. “Without Washburn I never would have gone in the direc-tion I did.”

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Senior Art: Visitors explore Natalie Wang’s Chinese inspired tie-dye art-work. The exhibit will be diplayed in the Art building until Friday, Oct. 28.

Sometimes, bands have interesting ways of becoming an accustomed part of my play-lists.

The back storyIn November of 2010, I

was introduced to a band called States. I listened to the song “Time to Begin” a few times and really enjoyed it, but with the magnitude of music I listen to, I didn’t listen through their debut EP Line ‘Em Up more than several times up until about a month ago.

What happened a month ago, you ask? While searching for upcoming concerts, I saw that Circa Survive was going to be playing in Omaha, Neb. at The Slowdown. Excited as I was, I also wanted to know a little about the openers, so I

checked out Maps & Atlases and States.

As soon as I revisited Line ‘Em Up and heard “Anxious,” I knew they were going to be a fantastic opener at the show. Doing a bit of research, I found out that vocalist Mindy White was formerly a member Lydia and that Bryan and Stephen Laurenson were formerly mem-bers of Copeland. With a love for both of those bands, my ex-citement level kept going up.

The showNow, let’s fast forward to

Sept. 30, the day of the show. States was the first band to go on to the stage at The Slow-down. I realized after arriving and listening to their first song that they had a new album com-ing out on Oct. 18 titled Room to Run. Through their set, they mixed both new and old songs into their setlist including the

aforementioned “Anxious.”The best news during their

set came when they announced that although their album was not set to be released nationally until Oct. 18, they had copies of it with them for sale. Follow-ing the show, I approached the band and talked music for a few minutes, bringing up Copeland (who was on the shirt I was wearing) and Lydia and how much I appreciated their per-formance that evening.

I was able to purchase their CD following our chat and popped it in as I drove around Omaha that night with one of my good friends.

The reviewNow that I’ve explained

the context for this review, I’ll get to the actual reviewing. The album opens with “Time-bomb.” After listening through the song, I would contend that

the song title could easily be an alliteration of this band’s poten-tial to explode onto the music scene in a matter of time.

The song is one of the grit-tier songs on the album, but it still maintains the ambience and melody that also accom-pany States’ songs. First listen reminded me a bit of Deas Vail or The Material. “Timebomb” plays a similar role to “Anx-ious” in that it gets the listener immersed in the album from the get go.

From this point on, States meticulously crafts an album that varies its sound with each song. One of my favorite songs “Right or Not” takes to our ears on the third track of the album and satisfies the sound of a song I’d listen to on a late night drive with bright stars above. One lis-ten by anyone else would likely help back up my statement.

Another favorite is “Wait-ing (For Too Long).” This is the next to last song on the album and shines based on its constant melody changes. White show-cases her vocal range late in the song as she sings “and the wa-ter was swallowing your neck but I couldn’t see it/I guess rob-bery is what I get/believing in something for too long.”

Clocking in at just over 35 minutes, Room to Run is an impressive and mature re-lease. After seeing them live, there is no doubt that they live up to their CD performance. Following a cover of “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley when I saw them live, the crowd cheered loud for White as she hit notes even Anthony Green wishes he could hit.

When Oct. 18 comes, make sure to check out this release. You will not be disap-

pointed. States will only go up from here.

rating: 8.5/10For fans of: Deas Vail,

Weaver at the Loom, The Mate-rial, Edison Glass, The Gradu-ate

Facebook: https://www.fa-cebook.com/statesmusic

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States popularity has ‘Room to Run’ after new album

Those in attendance at The Mer-chant on Thursday night were given a nice treat that included fashion, food, prizes and belly dancing, as well as an absence of any tricks.

Lisa Boyd, owner of The Mer-chant, located in downtown Topeka on Kansas Avenue hosted a fashion show displaying costumes and other reasonably priced fashions avail-able in her bou-tique. The event, “Ghoul’s Night Out” was part of Top City Thursday, an important part of the effort to revital-ize the downtown area.

The event lasted from 5 to 8 p.m., and the fash-ion show began at 7 p.m. Prior to the fashion show was a tribal belly dancing performance from Cyreignas Irie Tribal, owned and run by Cyndi Cyreigna Elliot.

Wine and hors d’oeuvres were served, a keyboardist played inside the store and prizes were given away dur-ing the fashion show. Prizes included gift cards to: The Merchant, Kan-san Grill, Lloyd Zimmer Books and Maps, Warehouse 414 and Personally Yours as well as a personal tribal belly dancing lesson from Elliot was given away.

“We decided to do an adult friend-ly night out,” said Boyd, who is donat-ing 10 percent of her sales on Top City Thursdays to Let’s Help, a non-profit organization in Topeka.

“Next Thursday is ‘Boo It Down-town,’ a candy crawl for kids. We are having cotton candy, a clown and a face painter.”

Boyd has collaborated with Mar-tha Pierce, owner of Vintage Van in Lawrence, who helped Boyd organize the show. Both ladies sell used clothing that is unique and fashionable. Pierce

is a Washburn alum and is married to David Pierce, a professor at Washburn Law School.

“She does classy, cool stuff,” said Boyd. “We are wanting to work to-gether on a fundraiser in the future.”

Pierce’s shop is on Massachusetts Street, a business she runs with two partners. She also works with fashion design students at the University of

Kansas and John-son County Com-munity College.

“I mostly do vintage designs,” said Pierce. “Any-thing from turn of the century through the 1980s. Lisa and I have become ac-quainted and want to help each other.”

Pierce uses her fashion shows in Lawrence to raise money for local charities there.

“We usually raise $2,000 to $3,000 at the replay for our charities,”

said Pierce. “The students in Lawrence are always very interested in coming out and showing support.”

Pierce says that she and Boyd’s stores are in line with recycling and the green movement.

“We give pieces of clothing a sec-ond chance at life,” said Pierce. “This show tonight definitely highlights The Merchant.”

During the fashion show, Boyd priced the items that the models were wearing. Entire outfits with acces-sories and purses were usually under $30. The Merchant hopes to open up an area in the basement for people to drink coffee and hang out in the near future.

For more information on The Merchant, including store hours and merchandise, check out their website at www.themerchantonline.com.

Every year during homecoming week someone will eventually taste the sweet flavor of victory on the grid-iron. While that is one competition taking place this week, so too is an-other pastry-inspired test of wills.

During the festivities of this year’s homecoming week, different orga-nizations from around campus will compete in the annual cake-decorating contest. In the past Washburn commu-nity members have come up with an array of interesting ideas based on the theme for homecoming week.

Two years ago when the theme was a island vacation type of theme,

students used items ranging from rice crispy bars to candy that looked like rocks to create idyllic beaches and pi-rate ships on the high seas.

Students this year have the chance to create their spooky interpretation of this year’s theme, “Fear the Bod” which will focus on the approaching holiday of Halloween as the theme. Blank cakes will be provided for each team to bring their creations to life upon.

Each team has to submit a design prior to the competition in order to make sure that nothing they use can possibly be dangerous to creators and spectators alike. Going into the com-petition some of the competitors will undoubtedly be looking to flex their

creative muscles, expectations are open for those competing however.

“I’m not really that creative of a person,” said Michael Kitowski, WSGA vice president. “I’m easily im-pressed so anything better than a stick figure and I’ll be like, ‘that’s cool.’”

Students who attend will also be able to partake in the festivities as well. This year students will be able to decorate their own cupcakes to get into the spirit of the event.

The decorating contest will take place at 11 a.m. on Oct. 27 in the base-ment of the Memorial Union.

Arts and Entertainment • Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Kate Fechter is a senior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

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With fall-time comes changing colors, warm drinks, fuzzy scarves, and the annual Fall Choral Concert, brought to the community by the Washburn University Department of Music, featuring Washburn’s Women’s Chorus, Choir and Singers and special guest, Shawnee Heights High School T-Bird Voices and Choraliers.

Led by director Kevin Kellim, a professor of music at Washburn and a director of choral studies, the Fall Choral Concert is a tradition that has been ongoing for “...more years than I even know,” said Kellim.

This year’s performance will be take place Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m. at White Concert Hall.

The department of music typi-cally gives two or three concerts per semester, which are free to the public.

Although the admission is free, it is recommended that donations be made upon entrance, but it is not required. Any donations received are put toward music scholarships for the students of the department. Anywhere from 400 to 600 attendees are anticipated for the performance.

Keeping up with previous year’s traditions, Kellim has invited a local area high school choir to be a special guest in the Fall Choral Concert. This year’s special guest comes from the Shawnee Heights High School. Last year’s guest choir was from Topeka High, and the year before was from Emporia High School.

It is also a prominent event for the singers themselves because it gives them a chance to show off their voices and the songs that they have worked so diligently to perfect.

“It gives us a goal, something to work towards,” said Kellim.

Kellim said that he considers one of the highlights of the performance to be the Latin song “Nigra sum” by Pab-lo Casals. This song, as well as others that are not in English, are translated and printed in the concert’s programs for the audience to read along. An-other song Kellim said to look for-ward to is “Zadok the Priest” by G.F. Handel, Kellim said it was performed “especially well” in rehearsals. Kellim also highlighted “Band of Angels,” arranged by Jester Hairston, and is ending with “Wanting Memories” by Ysaye M. Barnwell.

“You might want to Google that title or find it on Youtube,” said Kel-lim about “Wanting Memories” by Ysaye M. Barnwell. “It’s a nice clos-ing piece.”

Fall Choral Concert unites WU with local schoolsTanner BallengeeWashburn revieW

Tanner Ballengee is an senior English major. Reach him at [email protected]

Every community has its heritage to celebrate. With Topeka, the tapestry of the capitol city is synonymous with the Hispanic-American community. A small sliver of this heritage is on dis-play at the Brown v. Board of Educa-tion National Historic Site downtown.

From Mexico to America: Through the eyes of Kansas artists is a special exhibit on display inside one of the rooms of the site. The art dis-played inside are representation of the struggle and personal history of one artist, while the other artist used his skills to highlight some of the leaders of the Mexican-American struggle for equality.

Andy Valdivia is an artist who grew up in Topeka. His mural, titled “HIStory,” depicts all the different aspects of life growing up in the capi-tol city. From depictions of grandpar-ents that made the trip from Mexico to his brother’s service in Vietnam, Valdivia’s mural is a snapshot of the Hispanic-American experience in the United States.

“One of the things that the Park Service prides itself on is working to showcase the local culture,” said Dave Schafer, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, chief of inter-pretation and education. “The Hispan-ic-American experience is one that fits well here with their story of struggle for equality.”

Joey Rocha, also of Topeka, has a mural, as well, that holds up the life of such seminal Hispanic-American lead-ers as César Chavez as examples of the plight of Hispanic-Americans in their attempts to interweave themselves into cultural tapestry of American history.

“Many people have come here and notice that there is so much that relates to them so well,” said Schafer. “Everyone usually notices some of the landmarks of Topeka and some of the early Hispanic-American leaders that are depicted in his work.”

While the artwork is the center-piece of the exhibit, some photos of Valdivia’s family from early on in his life are also on display. The photos give site-goers a view of the family

that helped to nurture his talents while living in Topeka.

The site administrators also are working with the artists to allow mem-bers of the community to take a piece of the exhibit with them.

“Some of these pieces are going to be available for purchase soon,” said Schafer. “We’ll sell it through our gift shop, which is a non-profit portion of our site.”

The exhibit is open to the public and can be viewed during normal busi-ness hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be on display until Nov. 30.

Historic site celebrates Mexican heritage

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

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Robert BurkettWashburn revieW

Fall Tradition: Kevin Kellim, director of choral studies at Washburn University invited Shawnee Heights High School to be a special guest at the Fall Choral Concert on Sunday. Each year Kellim chooses a different high school in the Topeka area to be guest singers.

From Mexico to America: Brown v. Board is currently featuring art from local hispanic artists. The photos tell of the Hispanic-American’s struggle for equality.

The Merchant Hosts “Ghouls Night Out”Kate FechterWashburn revieW

Ghouls and Goblins:The Merchant, located in downtown Topeka, hosted a fashion show featuring costumes, formal vintage attire, and casual vintage attire.


Photo by Anthony Richardson Washburn Review


Student orgs have their cake and eat it too

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

We usually raise $2,000 to $3,000 at the replay for our charities. The students in Lawrence are always interested in coming out and showing support.

- Martha Pierceowner, Vintage Van

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