Students gathered at Yaeger Sta-dium on the morning of Saturday, April 25 to get ready for a day of service around the community.

The Washburn Student Govern-ment Association, in collaboration with Learning in the Community and the Bonner Leader Program, hosted the ifth annual Big Event at Washburn. This was the third time the WSGA had partnered with LinC and the Bonner Program to put on the event.

Students signed up for service sites and volunteered their time helping at sites doing mostly clean-ing and beautiication efforts.

“First and foremost I just want to get as many people out to help today just doing whatever com-munity service we can to help out Topeka after that I would love if like ten people could ind a site that they could volunteer at regularly throughout the year. Obviously I want more than ten but that’s the minimal goal,” said Dalton Hane, service director for the WSGA.

There were several service sites around Topeka that students were bussed to, including Shunga Nature Trail, the Topeka Zoo and Harvest-ers.

“We have Hope and Healing Academy which works with, I be-lieve, horses which is really cool and they’re going to be doing some beautiication up there. We have a lot of Keep America Beautiful sites this year, which are working around the community just bright-ening up the place and we also have several different organizations that

work with empowerment like the YWCA, we have the Kansas Youth Empowerment Association, just a lot of different really cool projects to work on,” Hane said.

There were 335 students prereg-istered for the event and several others who registered that day.

“We’ve become much more efi-cient this year than it has been in

the past, the Bonner Leaders have done their part very well in getting the sites and number of placements and the WSGA has done a really good job of rounding up students,” said Richard Ellis, the LinC direc-tor.

The LinC and Bonner Programs are programs at Washburn Univer-sity focused on human services and volunteerism in Topeka.

“Hopefully some of these stu-dents will get excited about volun-teering,” Ellis said.

While there were some difi-culties in the execution of the Big Event, including miscommunica-tions over busses and other issues, students had the opportunity to help out the community.

Students wishing to ind a site to volunteer at can visit the LinC or Bonner webpages at washburnen-gage.com. There are service oppor-tunities in the arts, environment, healthcare outreach, political in-volvement and more.

“There are 60 - 70 partners who have signed up on the site, looking for volunteers,” Ellis said.

Teams of Ichabods traveled to different locations around the Topeka community on Saturday to lend a helping hand. One group visited VIDA Ministry, 3168 SE 6th Ave., for some on-site TLC. While there, students repaired VIDA’s WiFi connection, put a fresh coat of paint on the nursery and installed a tractor tire on the site’s playground.

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News

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House planning vigil, fundraiser.

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marathon this weekend.

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The spring semester of 2015 is proving to be an eventful and rewarding season for recent-ly tenured Associate Professor Eric McHenry. The Kansas Hu-manities Council has announced McHenry will ascend to the po-sition of Poet Laureate of Kan-sas.

One of the many duties that will be required of McHenry includes fostering the develop-ment and sustention of the hu-manities and poetry across the great state of Kansas.

“I have an enthusiasm for poetry, which I try and share in the classroom. I want to take that enthusiasm and infect peo-ple across the state with it,” McHenry said.

Faculty and students alike share the excitement for McHenry’s newly appointed role as well. Assistant professor Vanessa Steinroetter says she was delighted to hear the news.

“Professor McHenry is not only a very talented poet, but also a beloved and engaging teacher. I am happy to know that, in addition to his students and colleagues at Washburn, other readers and writers across the state will beneit from his talents as he travels to readings, workshops, and other engage-ments,” Steinroetter said.

Senior English major Märtha Custis states that her interactions with McHenry were among her most positive and inluential ex-periences as an undergraduate student at Washburn.

“He never acknowledged

his own superior expertise and knowledge in writing, but rath-er was incredibly humble. I learned more in his classes than I had ever imagined possible. I am indebted to him forever,” Custis said.

“The currency of writing is ideas, and Eric has ideas. He practices what he preaches. He is precise with language, while not all poets are, and I respect that,” said Associate Professor Corey Zwikstra. “Good writing has to be about language, not just feelings and emotions. Peo-ple forget that. Eric does not. He is mindful of language and form.”

Peter S. Rocha, senior English major, agrees that McHenry is exceptional in his craft, and in conveying that craft to his stu-dents.

“Everyone who enters class is treated as a fellow poet. He inds the gold that hides in ev-ery poem. He is an expert in his ield, but still makes every per-son who walks through his door feel like part of the world of po-etry,” Rocha said. “It is that type of enthusiasm that inspires good poetry.”

While the achievement is an exciting benchmark in McHen-ry’s career, he says that he won’t be resting on his laurels. Instead, he feels invigorated in his future ambitions as Poet Laureate.

“This isn’t a time to relax, and cease being productive. I feel more like, okay, GO!” McHenry said.

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Chicanitas: Small Paintings

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Country: Prints by Charles

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Prairie Printmakers from the

Collection of the Mulvane Art

Museum

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Washburn University

Art Department Student

Exhibition

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Film screening: Everything

Comes from the Streets

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Planetarium Open House

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ashburn Campus Police ReportW

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On Friday, May 1, Downtown Topeka, Inc. will begin its free community outdoor concert se-ries.

The concert series includes concerts during the First Friday Art Walks and every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 2015 First Friday Summer Concert Series and the Noontime Brown Bag Concert Series will feature local as well as regional artists.

FFSCS is sponsored by Strathman Sales, BUDWEIS-ER, COX Communications, The Celtic Fox, The Ofice Bar and Lounge, and downtown an-nual sponsors. The event will be hosted in the one hundred block of SW Eigth St. in down-

town Topeka. Some seating will be avail-

able, but it is recommended that participants bring their own seating. There will be outdoor beer gardens and dancing as well as music. Jarrod Guth will kick-off the festivities at 5:30 p.m. and Monk’s Wine will headline around 8 p.m.

The current schedule for FFSCS is: Monk’s Wine (May 1), Aaron Kamm and the One Drops (July 3), and Top City Ramblers (August 7). Perform-ers for the June 5 show will be announced shortly.

NBBCS will begin on May 13 and end on August 26.

These events will be on the

west lawn of the Topeka Pre-forming Arts Center at 8th and Quincy.

Some seating will be provid-ed, and participants are encour-aged to grab lunch at nearby restaurants. NBBCS is spon-sored by Mize Houser and Com-pany, TPAC, and downtown an-nual sponsors.

Acts scheduled to appear over the summer include: CS Lux-em, Chris Aytes, Monzie Leo and The Big Sky, Slow Ya Roll, Kirk Drager, Tyler Gregory, KID JAM on TPAC LAWN, Big Harry and the Back Alley Blues, Nicolette Paige, Jacob Hodge, Judd Henry Mason, Ryan Willis, Greg Fox, Jessica Paige Band, Ashley Reynolds from Monk’s Wine and The Waterdog Nation.

Downtown annual sponsors are Capitol Federal, Clayton Fi-nancial Services, Parrish Hotel Corporation, Downtown Tope-ka, Inc., and Capital Business Improvement District.

For more, visit www.down-towntopekainc.com.

Summer concert series starts Friday

PT’s announces new cold brews for the summer

PT’s Coffee Roasting Compa-ny, a local coffee brewing compa-ny, has announced the release of several new cold brews that will be sold exclusively at PTs at Col-lege Hill and PT’s at the Cross-roads. The brews will be sold as singles and in four-packs called “Quadzilla.” The brews will include the Cold Front, PT’s signature brew,

and three other brews using the Kyoto method, which is steeping coarsely ground coffee beans in cold water for twenty-four hours.The Cold Front will sell for $3.75 per bottle or $15 in the Quadzil-la. The other brews will be sold for $4.50 per bottle and $18 in the Quadzilla. The brews will only be available for a limited time only.

Hate crime awarness

On Thursday, April 30, KTWU will air an episode entitled “Faiths in Action,” which will deal with hate crime aimed at people of faith. This episode will be in response to the recent shooting deaths of three Muslim students in North Carolina and three people at Jewish facilities in Overland Park, Kansas.

Guests will include Rabbi Debbie Stiel of Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka; Bassima Schbley, associate professor of social work at Washburn University; Ali Kahn, professor of law at Washburn School of Law; and Rabbi Moti Rieber, director of Kansas Interfaith Power and Light.

The episode, a part of KTWU’s “I’ve Got Issues” series, will air at 7:30 p.m. on KTWU-HD, Digital Channel 11.1. KTWU’s “I’ve Got Issues” series is hosted by Janet Thompson Jackson. More information about KTWU can be found on their website, ktwu.org.

Washburn hosting end-of-the-year water balloon ight

Washburn University is host-ing a water and paint balloon ight on the practice ield next to the Art Building on May 2nd at 3 P.M. The event is the irst of its kind, and is a new idea made to end the semester in a fun way. The balloon ight will also have multiple features and activities sponsored by Tribods Video and Productions Crew and WSGA, including snacks and drinks at the site of the event. The Tri-

bods Video and Productions Crew will also be ilming the event, so students are encour-aged to participate not only to have fun, but also to have the chance to feature in a Washburn video. Students are advised to wear appropriate clothing they are comfortable staining, due to color paint balloons being used in the ight.

A bill that would have required the ride-hailing service, Uber, to perform driver background checks passed with a wide bipar-tisan majority through the Kan-sas legislature but was vetoed on Monday, April 20 by Kansas governor, Sam Brownback.

The bill also would have ixed an insurance coverage gap that leaves drivers vulnerable in the time between when the drivers check in to the Uber mobile app but before they pick up their cli-ent.

In a statement, Brownback decreed the bill as anti-free market and stated that Kansas should be known as a state that embraces economic growth and innovation.

Bipartisan supporters of the bill from the Kansas legislature spoke to the beneits for riders and drivers alike, as the bill would have promoted a safer ride for both. With background checks, drivers that fail would not have been able to connect with Uber’s service and if the insurance gap were covered then drivers would be less sus-ceptible to accidental loss.

When asked about their opin-ion on the issue, the Washburn students who were familiar with the ride-hailing service ex-pressed their concern.

“I think its cool that it’s com-ing to Topeka but I’ve heard some bad things that have hap-pened to women when they’ve used it so I don’t particularly know if I would particularly use

the service,” said Megan Smith, a member of the Washburn orga-nization STAND.

Smith stated that she believed that the way the law stands she currently would not use Uber’s services.

“There should deinitely be background checks on the driv-ers,” Smith said.

Vanessa Nuñez, senior mass media major, shared Smith’s sentiment.

“I’ve never used the service. I don’t think we have a big enough town to really need it. I mean, I have heard things about a few issues, I guess regarding sexual assault and rape towards women through the Uber service. So, I guess I’d say not a lot of posi-tive towards Uber-that would be my feelings towards it.”

Nuñez also wasn’t pleased to hear about Brownback vetoing the bill that would have required Uber drivers to pass background checks.

“I think that deinitely may-be amps up that fear because you don’t know who’s possibly giving you a taxi ride. You don’t know if you’ll really end up at your destination or somewhere completely different, so I think that’s a little scary. Especially when you consider there have been reports of rape and sexual assault,“ said Nuñez.

Overall, Nuñez remained un-certain about Uber’s services.

“I would deinitely say maybe I wouldn’t use the service,”said. Nuñez.

The Himalayan area was struck with disaster April 25 when rocked by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake.

The largest nation affected by the disaster was Nepal. Ac-cording to national media, 3,954 people were conirmed dead as a result of the earthquake and aftershocks in Nepal, China and India as of April 27. At least 7,000 Nepali were injured.

Parixit Dahal, a Nepali Wash-burn student, said that “the cap-ital city is completely destroyed with all the ancient cultural her-itages blown into smithereens.” However, the rural villages are even worse off. Up to 90 percent of some villages have been de-stroyed, Dahal said.

Washburn has nine students from Nepal, according to Andy Vogel, International House stu-dent recruiter. None of the stu-dents’ families was harmed.

Rajeev Shrestha, a Nepali student from Kathmandu, the country’s capital, said that he

knows people who are “staying in temporary centers outside.”

The International Programs will raise money to help the Ne-pali people recover. One way they will fundraise will be to have a fundraiser at Washburn’s Celebration of Cultures in the fall. For those in the community who want to provide immediate help, donations can also be tak-en to the International House.

Vogel believes that Washburn students and the Topeka com-munity will make a positive im-

pact by fundraising. “Topeka knows tragedy, with

the 1966 tornado and the lood [of 1951]”, but was able to re-cover and rebuild thanks to co-operation and compassion from the community. He hopes that Topeka will support the Nepali people as they rebuild their lives and communities.

Money that the International Programs raise will be combined and sent Washburn’s partner in-stitute, the International School of Travel and Learning in Kath-mandu, Nepal. The school will directly distribute funds to rural villages that have been affected.

“Photos will be taken of the school disbursing the money and information will be shared with donors about how the mon-ey is spent,” Vogel said. These measures ensure that donations are not misused or wasted, “as they were in Haiti” or other recent disasters, he continued. The goal is for as much of the money raised to go toward the villagers who need it most.

“If in the case that we are not able to give the money to villag-ers, we will send the money to other organizations such as the UN or Doctors Without Borders who will help in the area’s re-covery.”

Utshab Niroula, another Ne-pali student, said that the stu-dents were searching for a se-cure website for people to do-nate online while knowing that their money will be put to good use. Niroula said that anyone wanting to donate could also donate to the Red Cross or WFP “so that people could reach out quickly and help via donating”.

The Nepali students also “are planning to organize candle light mourning and trying to reach out to other Nepalese in the vicinity to join us and make a collective effort,” Dahal said. The vigil will be at bell tower on campus at 5 p.m on April 29. At-tendees will pray and hope for “casualties and trapped people to withstand this disastrous sit-uation,” Niroula added.

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The months of May and June are typically when the most se-vere weather occurs in Kansas, so knowing what to do when wind starts sweeping down the plains are critical.

“Severe weather season can be a scary time of year,” said Paul Knightly, a certiied storm spotter. He follows severe storms to photo-graph them and uses social media to help keep people, as well as the National Weather Service, aware of what is happening on the ground.

Knightly said the best advice for people not from the region is to read up on what weather phenome-non affects their area and to under-stand the relative risks and safety measures that the should take if they are in danger.

“Most severe weather precau-tions revolve around getting inside a sturdy structure and keeping away from windows,” Knightly said.

Knightly urges that people take the threat of storms seriously. He said there have been a number of events where people lash out at me-teorologists for not getting a fore-cast exactly correct.

“A lot of variables can affect whether or not a severe weath-er event happens,” Knightly said.

“While enormous strides have been made in forecasting, there are still a lot of unknowns.”

Knightly said that when the weather service calls for a severe weather outbreak in the area, pay attention regardless of the previ-ously forecasted event’s outcome

“Staying weather aware is your responsibility, and it could some-day save your life,” Knightly said.

According to the National Weather Service, a thunderstorm is considered severe if it produces hail at least one inch in diameter or has wind gusts of at least 58 miles per hour. These thunderstorms can pro-duce heavy rain, which causes lash looding. While wind and hail can be extremely dangerous and dam-aging, more deaths are caused each year by looding and lightning.

The NWS advises people to head inside if they hear thunder or see lightning, since they are close enough to be in danger. Lightning strikes about 25 million times a year, and kills an average of 51 people in the United States.

Additionally, lash looding can quickly cause rivers to overrun and cause street looding. NWS advises to never walk or drive into a lood-ed roadway.

If you are driving, and severe weather strikes, NWS advises that you safely leave the roadway, park

and stay in the vehicle. If you are outside and are unable to reach a safe building, avoid high ground, water, isolated tall trees and metal objects. Structures such as picnic shelters, dugouts and sheds are not safe.

Tornadoes can occur anytime, anywhere, but most develop in the Central Plains and southeast United States. Tornadoes have been report-ed in all 50 states.

Knightly said some of the big-gest persistent weather myths are that geography or geographic fea-tures keep storms from affecting an area, causing some people to be-come complacent when weather is threatening their area.

“Just because storms seem to always avoid your town or weak-en before reaching it doesn’t mean that they will always do so,” Knightly said. “Even if you think you’re safe, make sure that you are. If there is a warning, take appropri-ate measures and seek shelter.”

It is important to note that there is a difference between a weath-er watch and a weather warning. When a weather watch is issued, it means conditions make it possible for severe weather to generate over the next several hours. A warning is issued when a storm is present and impacting a speciic area. If a warn-ing is issued, an area can expect to

be impacted within 30 minutes to an hour.

Knightly said storm chasing has become more popular in recent years, especially in light of hit TV shows that glorify storm chasing and the advent of mobile Internet access that puts Doppler radar in the hands of anyone with a phone.

“The reality is that it can be a potentially very dangerous hobby and those interested in taking it up should do their homework irst be-fore jumping in,” Knightly said.

Knightly advises those interested in storm chasing to go with some-one who is more experienced, or to go on a storm chasing tour. He said it is important that a chaser under-

stand the variables that can affect a storms course and intensity and be able to identify those factors while in the ield.

“In that sense, it is not enough to just know what a Doppler radar is saying, but to recognize changing environmental conditions that can alert you to potentially dangerous scenarios before radar even picks it up,” Knightly said.

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Photo courtesy of Paul Knightly

Salina Mothership: Stacked shelf clouds form as a storm near Salina, Kan., transitions from a lone supercell to a line of multiple storm cells.

The 2015 Big Event, in which Washburn students took to the streets to help local non-proit or-ganizations, was successful in many of its goals but for some of the students who participated, the organization of the event failed to live up to expectations.

Some of the logistical issues experienced included volunteers being sent to sites other than the sites originally indicated, some had too many volunteers, some didn’t have enough volunteers and one didn’t receive any at all. Some sites didn’t get the right supplies and some didn’t get fed, but Washburn Student Government Association (WSGA) sees opportunity to learn and improve with communications and logistics in the future.

“We just had some issues logisti-

cally. For instance, at one point the bus drivers disappeared. I wasn’t too happy about that,” said Dalton Hane, this year’s Big Event service director.

“But we’ve planned for next year to assign people to be with the bus-es all day. Honestly so that we can communicate more easily and get people to sites faster and more ef-iciently,” Hane said.

Student Activities and Greek Life (SAGL) advised WSGA during the Big Event and provided further in-sight into the situation.

“I would say that this year was sort of an anomaly,” said Jessica Barraclough, director of SAGL.

“This is an event planned by stu-dents and so every year is going to be a new learning opportunity and it’s a great event for the communi-ty,” Barraclough said.

“The incoming community ser-vice director on student govern-

ment already has plans in place to address some of the issues we faced this year so that, from a logistical standpoint there will be a little bit more organization and success for the event, for all that are involved,” Barraclough said.

Though there were issues, Hane feels that the current WSGA ad-ministration has learned from this year’s issues and he believes next year will be diferent.

“I think if we’ve learned any-thing it’s that there can never be too much preparation and we need to really analyze any event that we’re planning to make sure that we have every base covered. We need to make sure that bus drivers can’t go missing for half an hour. We need to make sure the food run is on time and that it is actually good food,” Hane explained, acknowlding the opportunity to improve the event for future volunteers.

“And I think above all else that we just really need to make sure that we pay attention to what stu-dents are looking for and what they want out of events like this,” Dal-ton said.

The Big Event happens yearly and is organized by WSGA and is supported with on-site coordination by the Learning in the Community (LinC) scholar/Bonner Leaders, the Leadership Institute and any other student organizations that wish to pledge their help.

For the last few years the part-nership between the WSGA and Bonner has worked smoothly. However, this year many of the on-site coordinators had concerns with how the event was organized and implemented.

Barraclough emphasized the need for further cooporation be-tween all organizations involved.

“I think that with Megan and her

position with student government I think that we’ll be ine. We’ll part-ner with the Bonner program again and work with those students and I think on both sides we have to learn and tweak things every year —that’s a part of the student expe-rience.”

Barraclough also wanted to em-phasize the fact that the Big Event was an overall success and students shouldn’t take some logistical er-rors to mean that the event isn’t worth attending in the future.

“It’s a great way for our students to connect with different organiza-tions in the community and learn a little bit more about giving back to Topeka.”

She also pointed out that some-times students ind a site they enjoy and stick with it.

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Farewell from the editor - Ryan Ogle

Farewell from the editor: Chelsea

Note from the editor: AdamAt the beginning of the school

year, I was thrown into a job with which I had no experience - from a leadership standpoint - with people who were virtually strangers to me and was expect-ed to work together to run one of the most prominent organiza-tions at the university.

My irst semester at The Re-view, in the spring of 2014, I simply came into the ofice on Monday’s got my assignment, and then emailed them on by Friday. Taking on a role as part of the executive staff forced ke to become much more involved

than I had ever been. But I could not have been more fortunate with who I would take this jour-ney with.

I had no idea when I started at the beginning of this school year, but it didn’t take long for me to realize I had been surrounded by an incredible amount of talent.

The two graduating executive members, Ryan and Chelsea, are top-tier when it comes to do-ing what they do.

Their abilities and their work ethic made this past year go more smoothly than I ever would have imagined, with all

three of us being new.But our relationship goes be-

yond professional.The challenges we’ve faced

together, both related to work and outside of it, have brought us closer together than I have ever been with a co-worker or classmate.

I ind it very safe to say our friendship will not end with their graduaton, or mine, or whatever we do and wherever we go here on out.

This year would have never been anything nearly as enjoy-able as it has been without the

people we have had, especially Ryan and Chelsea. Truthfully, they played a large role in my continuing with The Review at certain times.

I could not have asked for bet-ter co-workers and wish them the best in whatever comes next. We at Student Media will con-tinue on next year the founda-tion we have built this year.

I am grateful to call Ryan and Chelsea some of my best friends.

This is the last printed issue of the Washburn Review I will be art director, cartoonist, and graphic designer of. I leave my position in the hands of whoever wants to be the next art director for Student Media. The position deinitely isn’t easy. Heck, when I took the position I had no idea what it meant.

I was initially hired as a cartoonist, for I had been developing a comic strip in my head for several years. “Apathetic Wannabe: Because I wish I didn’t care.” The Washburn Review gave me the opportunity to develop it in the real world, but that was not all. I hit the ground running as art director, working on newspaper design and layout, Bod Magazine design and layout, and, my biggest project for the last two semesters, the 150th

yearbook.During Student Media last

semester, our group met together for the irst time. I didn’t know anyone. I had honestly never put any effort into knowing who did what and how student media worked in the past two years doing various things for the organization.

We were super small in the beginning. The entire irst semester working together we maybe had a team of 10 people total. On production nights, it was only about six or less of us trying to put together a paper.

I didn’t know the irst thing about any of the stuff we were trying to produce. I ended up studying professional publications and even got to represent Washburn at a mass media conference in Philadelphia. It wasn’t until we

met actual professionals when Ryan and I clicked at where we needed to go with our paper.

By that time, we worked very hard to produce a few good issues for the Kansas Collegiate Media Conference in Wichita where I swept a total of six awards. There was even a judge who found me to chat about my work since my name was called so often. That was an amazing feeling. There was also a student from another university who contacted me to view my art to igure out what he can do better for next year.

Unfortunately and fortunately at the same time, one of my entries he wanted to see was a comic I did over college pregnancy. I thought to myself, “I don’t know how he can possibly learn anything from looking at my work other than to

just read and hopefully laugh.” He did laugh and we chatted for a few days about the process of making a comic and Calvin and Hobbes.

Being on the newspaper has been fun and has also been not so fun. Whoever is selected to take this fascinating and frustrating position will have some of their best and worst college experiences. I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. I thank the entire editorial board, fellow staff, and the many people who have chosen to pick up this publication and read my comic every week for the last three years. Currently, I do not wish myself an apathetic wannabe, because, at this moment, I am glad I do care.

As I type my editorial swan song for a publication I have proudly been a part of in one form or another of since becom-ing an Ichabod in 2011 before stepping into the captain’s chair a year ago, I ind myself lost in a moment of sentimental relec-tion.

Over the course of the last two semesters, I become more im-mersed in campus life than I had ever imagined or intended. As a non-traditional student with a family, I never saw myself tak-ing on any extra responsibilities during my time here. Fortu-nately, I wasn’t given a choice. After spending the majority of last summer earning a few ex-

tra bucks in the Student Media ofice, I was informed by our faculty adviser, Regina Cassell, that I had been promoted from part-time contributor to Execu-tive Editor. I had no clue what I was doing and little room on my plate, but I knew that resis-tance would be futile. It didn’t matter if I wanted the job, Cas-sell planted my butt irmly in the chair and put me to work.

And I cannot thank her enough for forcing me to step outside of my comfort zone and realizing my full potential. I cannot thank her enough for putting me in room with a group of strangers who would quickly become some of the best friends

and colleagues I’ve ever had. And I cannot thank her enough for believing in us.

The last few months at Wash-burn have been an action-packed roller-coaster ride. It seemed that every silver lining was countered with a dark cloud. For every one of my fellow ‘Bods that rose to new heights, it seemed another would reach new lows. I’ll blame the nature of my job for the fact that those less than spectacular moments are the ones that stuck with me.

As my time here comes to an end, I’ve come to the realization that none of the drama will mat-ter. Ten years from now, nobody will care about frat boy texts or

WSGA’s squabbles. If you do, then you’ve wasted your time.

For everything I’ve picked up here, the most important things I’ll take with me came from the support of an instructor like Regina Cassell, from the cama-raderie and friendship of those listed in the masthead a few inches to the right of this sen-tence. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all. And thank you to everyone who showed their support (and even to those of you who didn’t). To all of you, good luck and good night. Thanks for tuning in...

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The Editorial Board: After Hours

Who are we? We are the workers of the night. We are WU.

Name: Adam Vlach

Hero Name:

The Bloodhound

Ability: Intelligence in-

creases the longer he

goes without sleep

Likes: Suits and autumn

Hates: When people in-

ish the carton of milk and

don’t replace it

Name: Derek Richardson

Hero Name:

The Rascalnaut

Ability: Made of nanoma-

chines which he can use

to transform any part of

his body to a super weap-

on

Likes: Space and Teslas

Hates: Liberals

Name: Ryan Ogle

Hero Name: Big Grumpy

Ability: When lashing at

others, his muscles bulge,

hardening him into an an-

gry unstoppable titan

Likes: Nothing

Hates: Everything

Name: Stephanie Cannon

Hero Name: Mr. Miss Mitten

Ability: To seduce others

and lull them into a false

sense of security before

the claws come out

Likes: Internet cat videos

Hates: Transcribing audio

Name: Chelsea Howe

Hero Name:

Power Positive

Ability: Strength and agil-

ity to swing around her

whipping lailLikes: Klingons and dark

chocolate

Hates: People who try to

control woman’s rights

Villain Name:

The Shadow Administra-

tion

Ability: Unknown

Likes: Being a blob

Wants: every person on

campus to be eliminated.

It is said these shadows

were left at Washburn af-

ter graduates found bet-

ter more hip shadows.

he entirely untrue tale of Student MediaBy day they are simple, hard-

working, news editors, but once the sun sets and production of the paper is complete these latex clad lads and lasses take to the streets as the unstoppable WU! A team of heroes with a passion for sleep (which they are often deprived of), journalistic integ-rity, and most of all justice, WU represents the best and brightest of the Washburn University Stu-dent Media Department.

After another grueling Tues-day night spent diligently com-pleting the paper, the Blood-hound A.K.A Adam Vlach lays down upon the in-ofice sofa for a well deserved rest, but just as our super companion begins to implement his super napping abilities he’s woken with a shout by Power Positive A.K.A Chel-sea Howe, the ever energized and highly motivated warrior. “Bloodhound!” shouts Power Positive “There is still yet work to be done, our supervisor (the mysterious Miss Castle) has just sent us an emergency no-tice marked urgent.” The notice reads as follows: WU Crew, sev-

eral students have been found half conscious and lethargic ly-ing around campus. Signs point towards a suspicious and malev-olent force being responsible. Investigate immediately, signed Ms. C. “Interesting,” stated the Rascalnaut A.K.A. Derek Rich-ardson, in a calculating tone, “I did notice attendence was down signiicantly in my orbital me-chanics lecture this afternoon,” he continued. “That’s probably just the class Derek,“ teased Mr. Miss Mitten A.K.A. Stephanie Cannon from the corner where she sat preener her hair. “Can we focus on getting this s$#@ done so I can get home?“ growled Big Grumpy A.K.A. Ryan Ogle from his cubible of solitude.

Off our brave heroes then em-barked into the cold, mid-April darkness, not yet aware what peril would be waiting for them. As the Crew walked along the moderately lit sidewalk they came across a igure slumped over on a bench several feet off the path. The heroes ran to as-sist the effected youth who lay there muttering half sentences

about lash cards and test taking tips. “The perpetrators must still be nearby,“ announced Power P. and at that moment out crept from the shadows a ominous and writhing mass of darkness. The Bloodhound closest to the mass was irst to feel the effect of the igures. With his powers fueled by lack of sleep he was quick to fall to the power of this whisper-ing villan. Once the shadow had passed him by the Bloodhound was left snoring, and incapaci-tated on the ground. “Don’t let them near you!“ shouted Mr. Miss as she darted away from the igures in an agile and fe-line fashion. “It’s impossible to ight what we can’t see!“ yelled Big G. as he picked up the stone bench and threw it at the villain. Unfortunately the prior seating option turned weapon passed right through the shadows with no ill effect. “Quick, Rascalnaut, can you increase the intensity of that street lamp?“ asked Power Postive. “Perhaps with the use of your whip I could amp up the voltage.“ Rascalnaut responded.

Then moving with the speed

and synchronicity needed to successfully publish a school paper, the team worked together to move the electrical cord up to the street lamp Mr. Miss Mittens climbing up Big Grump’s back and catch-ing the cord as Power Pos-itive threw it. Mr. Miss then delivered the power strip to Rascalnaut who was hard at work rewiring the street lamp.

The cord connected and the streetlamp blasted the area with an overabundance of light. Once the shining bril-liance struck the shadowy forms they dissapated into nothingness and Bloodhound and the fallen student woke with a start. The villain had been defeated at least for the moment, but something in the twilight warned that this was only the start of a much greater battle. Will our heroes triumph? Will Adam ever get a good night’s sleep? Will we ever acknowledge or address this sto-ry again? Your guess is honestly as good as mine.

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The Washburn Board of Regents last week ap-proved the addition of three new sports at Wash-burn, each with a men’s and women’s team.

Outdoor track, indoor track and cross country are being added to the list of sports Washburn offers, bringing the total amount of sports offered by the university up to 16.

With 16 varsity sports, Washburn could potential-ly move one or more of

its sports to the Division I level. However, Gene Cassell, sports informa-tion director, said there were no plans to do so to his knowledge.

The addition of track and cross country leaves Northeastern State Uni-versity and Missouri Western State as the only two schools in the MIAA that do not offer those sports.

According to a news release from the Wash-burn athletic department, the three-year goal is to have about 45 men and

45 women to make up the teams. The hiring for coaching positions will begin in fall of 2015 to prepare for the irst season a year later.

“We are excited about being able to provide stu-dent athletes coming to Washburn additional op-portunities to compete in intercollegiate atheletics,” said athletic director Lo-ren Ferré in the release.

The Washburn softball team inished the season with two losses.

Ichabod softball played Northwest Missouri State on Sunday and walked away falling in both games, putting their regular season record at 27-22.

The Ichabods wouldn’t score until the inal inning of game one. Kristen Bell would score off Megan Stegman’s ielder

followed by one last run from Alex Sweeney off of Marina Quimby’s ly ball.

At 3-2, Northwest Missouri State would take the irst win as they entered into game two of the doubleheader.

Lauren Thimmesch gave the Ichabod’s a 1-0 lead after her home run to left ield. The Bearcats would respond well as they captured ive runs in the second inning and two more in the third for a 7-1 lead.

Taylor Zimmerman

homered to center ield again in the ifth. Quimby and Cassidy Merriman would both hit home runs to left ield entering the sixth, but it wouldn’t be enough to win the game. A 7-4 score would send the Ichabods home with two losses.

The No. 7 seed softball team will take on No. 2 seed Pittsburg State University (33-17, 18-8 MIAA) this Thursday. This will be the Ichabod’s irst MIAA Tournament since 2012.

Sotball heads to tournamentAdrianne LaraWASHBURN REVIEW

washburnreview.orgsports 10 April 29, 2015

Baseball brawling adds excitement

Adam Vlach, adam.vlach@

washburn.edu, is a senior

English and mass media major.

People like sports, both play-ing them and watching them, because they like competition. People especially like action.

A leveling hit in football, a monster dunk in basketball, a grand slam in baseball – all of these are things that pump up not the teams but everybody watching it as well.

So with this fascination of cut-throat competition and this desire for action, it comes as no surprise that people, myself included, are loving this iery, scrappy (defending Ameri-ca League Champion) Royals team.

The Royals are third in MLB as far as winning percentage, but they took irst in another category.

Number of ejections.These nine ejections took

place over two games and in-cluded not only players but coaches as well, including man-

ager Ned Yost. Pitcher Yordano Ventura was

thrown out of both games, after allegedly intentionally beaming an Oakland A’s batter with a 99 mile per hour fastball, and again after instigating the bench-clear-ing brawl between the Royals and the White Sox.

While it’s always nice to see sportsmanship and everybody patting each other on the back because it’s all just fun and games, sometimes it’s fun to see some passion in sports. Clearing the benches epitomizes that pas-sion in any given sport.

Between America’s three most popular sports – football, basketball and baseball – baseball has the least physical contact between players. So it’s refreshing to see some of that pushing and shoving in a game in which that doesn’t occur as often.

The throwing of punches is a little different. While it might be exciting, it is a little too much. If a person did that anywhere oth-er than a sports venue, he or she would be arrested.

But on the other hand, there is a sport that is nothing but punching. So from a spectator’s point of view and as someone who grew up playing compet-itive sports year-round, seeing the punching and just that level of escalation in general is excit-ing, as long as nobody ends up in the hospital.

I don’t know what is said in the clubhouse after games like that with Oakland and Chica-go, but I feel with Kansas City

having been such underdogs last fall to go to game seven of the World Series has given them a huge chip on their shoulder.

And honestly, after all they overcame, they deserve it.

And, of course, the “extracur-ricular activity” that the Royals have been participating in have not come without consequences. Other than the ejections, there have been issued multiple sus-pensions, including a 7-game suspension for Ventura, and plenty of ines to go around.

But at the end of the day, no one was critically injured in the ight with the White Sox and those involved are being disciplined. MLB is not little league where you go to make friends and get a trophy for try-ing. MLB is a huge organization built around competition, so with all of this in mind, I don’t have a problem with a brawl time to time. Professional sports are meant to be highly competi-tive and that type of mindset in-evitably leads to high emotions - something a few of the sus-pended Royals players said led to their actions - and as a result ights occur. But that is simply the nature of it.

Teams leaving the benches to ight is nothing new, but it does seem to be new with the Royals, and that is the intriguing part: seeing our Royals show ire.

After all, this is all in the en-tertainment business.

Adam VlachWASHBURN REVIEW

The Ichabods split their last regular season doubleheader on Saturday against Nebraska-Ke-arney.

Washburn struggled in the irst three innings of game one as UNK took a 5-0 led with a triple RBI home run in the irst inning and a double RBI in the second.

Washburn started their come-back in the fourth with runs from Corey Gragg who scored off of Tanner Johnson’s home run. WU took control of the game putting 2 more runs on the board after David Gauntt homered to right ield followed by an RBI score from Cole Gardner.

The Ichabods scored another two runs in the bottom of the seventh as Parker Gibson made advances to third and was sent home by Kyle Carnahan’s two-run walk-off home run, ending the game with a 6-5 win for Washburn.

Dan Gabler walked away pitching 5 strikeouts followed by Hank Wellborn’s 3-inning shutout inish.

Game 2 ended with a double-header split for the Ichabods. Riley Krane started off the bot-tom of the irst with a solid left ield home run.

But Washburn lost their lead in a rough third inning with Eric Schmid on the mound pitching a

2-run double, two loaded walk, and an error that would give UNK a 4-run advantage.

The Ichabods would score once more in the sixth with Car-nahan’s second home run in the doubleheader and one last time with a home run to right ield from Dylan Turpin.

Wellborn, Greg Mason and Ryne Dowling each pitched an inning after Tanner Kilmer re-lief for Schmid.

Washburn scored all three runs through home runs, but UNK took home the 5-3 win.

The Ichabods will take on the No. 4 seed Missouri Western (29-19, 22-14 MIAA) as they begin the irst round of MIAA Tournament play on Thursday, April 30 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Washburn secured the ifth seed in the tournament after being tied for fourth.

“I’m really excited for the conference tournament,” said pitcher Reed Morton. It’s the playoffs and anything can hap-pen. It adds a special element to the game and with the top teams contending for a Regional bid, we expect nothing less than ev-ery game to be an outright dog ight, no matter who we play.”

Washburn will enter the tour-nament with a 30-18, 22-14 MIAA record.

Washburn splits series, heading to tournamentAdrianne LaraWASHBURN REVIEW

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mass media major.

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In ‘Vivian Apple At the End of the World,’ seventeen-year-old Vivian and her parents belong to an evangelical cult known as the Church of America, a group led by the fanatical Beaton Frick. The church believes that the Rapture is coming which will send all true believers to heav-en, leaving everyone left behind on Earth for six months until the subsequent end of the world.

As the countdown to the Rapture draws closer and mass hysteria arises, over 75 percent of the country – the President included – joins the cult and be-gins following Frick’s preach-ing.

The story opens at the inal moments before the Rapture where Vivian and her non-be-liever friends are having a mock end of the world party. When she returns home, she inds her parents missing and two holes in the ceiling. Not accepting that they and many others were really Raptured, Vivian and two of her friends embark on a road

trip to track down the truth of the matter.

The author, Katie Coyle, ob-

viously had a lot of fun with this story. She marries the dys-topian and contemporary road trip premises in an interesting, exciting way I haven’t seen done before. These two setups are used so frequently in litera-ture today, though, that at times it feels vaguely familiar and trope-ish, but the story itself still strikes this nice balance be-

tween adventure and comedy as the group investigates the mys-tery behind Frick.

At irst blush, I thought this novel would be an attack on modern organized religion, but it more or less leaves that top-ic well alone and zeroes in on cults, mob mentality and capi-talism for its criticism. It offered up a lot of interesting commen-tary on how terrifying Frick’s authority over both church and state is and all the ways a so-ciety can fall apart because of that.

And yes, it wouldn’t be a road trip story if there weren’t a ro-mance. I really enjoyed both of these characters and I wanted them to end up together, but the romance happened a smidge too quickly for my liking. It was sweet and all, but the payoff would have been better if the re-lationship had been more drawn out in its development. How-ever, that was the only aspect I wanted to take its time.

Even though the story dragged some for a portion in the middle of the novel, it was wonderfully fast paced as a whole and kept

me guessing and completely in-vested in Vivian and company’s journey. That did take some doing for me initially, though – caring about Vivian and her friends. They needed to grow on me for the irst hundred pages before I was anything but neu-tral about them, but when they came into their own as the sto-ry picked up, I had zero trou-ble connecting with them and I didn’t want our time on the road trip to end.

My two largest issues were how long it took for me to feel for Vivian and how quick-ly we’re thrown into her ro-mance. We’re left with quite a few questions by the end of the

novel, though to be fair, it was purposefully written that way to setup its upcoming sequel ‘Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle,’ coming out this September.

Overall, the plot was exciting, the mystery was well thought out and the ambiguous ending was surprisingly satisfying. I can’t wait to inish this series and see where Coyle and Vivian take me next!

Vivian Apple ights to ind parents during supposed RaptureColleen KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Colleen Kelly, colleen.kelly@washburn.edu, is a sophomore English major

“Daredevil” is Netlix’s latest hit TV series released on April 10 of this year. The series is based off one of Marvel’s most famous solo comic book titles. Unlike the 2004 abomination that was the Ben Afleck movie adaptation of the same name we don’t talk about for reasons, this adaptation is outstanding.

“Daredevil” follows Matt Murdock: ledgling attor-ney with big dreams for his crime-stricken neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen, New York by day, and badass vigilante stand-ing up to drug rings and corrupt corporations by night. Yet, this isn’t your typical idealistic-av-erage-Joe-slaps-on-a-suit origin story.

While saving an elderly man from being hit by a truck trans-

porting hazardous chemical waste, Murdock was splashed in the eyes by its spilled cargo and blinded at nine years old. The accident left him blind, yes, but his other senses became su-pernaturally heightened to the point that he can smell someone a block away, discern whether you’re lying from listening to your heartbeat and can sense the contents within a room better than any sighted person could hope to. That coupled with his years of mostly self-trained martial arts make for a potent combination when ighting evil, legally or otherwise.

Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock absolutely hits it out of the park. In an interview, he let slip that he hadn’t done any research for the role and had no idea the charac-ter was blind until a friend asked him the night before his audition how he would play that. I’m not sure how true to life that story is, but I hope like heck that it is.

Cox does a fantastic job of portraying a blind man without it ever getting unintentionally comical or heavy-handed. He has no trouble conveying the dry

wit and humor of his character, or delivering those more emo-tionally charged chunks of dia-logue (like when interrogating the head of the Russian maia in a warehouse with police circling outside). A key element of this character is body language. I like Cox’s ability to be silent in a room, yet still have presence.

Other standout performanc-es to note are Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, Murdock’s best friend and business partner; Ro-sario Dawson as Claire Temple, a no-nonsense, brilliant nurse who patches Daredevil up after ights; and Vincent D'Onofrio as our main villain Wilson “King-pin” Fisk, who strikes a nuanced balance between sympathetic and downright evil.

The cinematography is stun-ning. Every shot is framed beautifully. The color palette, lighting, sound mixing and cos-tuming (you really believe Mur-dock threw his suit together via eBay) are all evidence of show runner Steven S. DeKnight’s at-tention to detail and passion for the story.

The scene that sold me on the

show from a technical stand-point was during a ight scene at the end of episode two in which an already wounded Murdock confronts a human traficking ring to save a recently abducted child. The result? Three long, meticulous minutes of a single camera’s shot panning from one end of the hall to the other to catch the choreographed ight in its luid entirety. It’s kind of amazing.

“Daredevil” had a great irst season. The story is updated, cohesive, exciting, dark and full of heart. The series left itself a lot of room to grow thematically and in terms of characterization, and it’s that sort of focus and self-awareness that gives “Dare-devil” such a solid irst season to leave you wanting more.

There are thirteen one hour-long episodes all currently available on Netlix.

Coleen KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Daredevil's irst season does not turn a blind eye to justice

Colleen Kelly, colleen.kelly@washburn.edu, is a sophomore English major

The Topeka Metro bikes allow students to rent a bike and ride it around campus for $20 a year.

With the appearance of the new bikes on campus, the WU Glow Ride event was created to encourage students to grab their own bike, or a rented metro bike, and learn how to safely bike around the community. Glow sticks, prizes and snacks were provided to students who at-tended the event.

“[This event] was an amazing oppor-tunity, not only to experience a different type of community event, but also to show support of Topeka and the great op-portunities it’s providing,” said Veronica Diaz, senior mass media major and co-chair of WU Glow Ride.

WU Glow Ride, which took place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 28, had stu-dents bike from the Washburn Bell Tow-er to the Capitol Building. Students who registered for the event beforehand were given a water bottle and free subway sandwich. Over 80 students, community members and faculty signed up for WU Glow Ride.

Students taking Washburn’s Public Re-lations II class were highly involved with the creation of WU Glow Ride.

“The WU Glow Ride is our effort here at the cyclists of Washburn, who are

teaming up with Topeka Metro Bikes, to promote bike riding here on campus. I personally got involved in this because of my public relations class; we were to help promote the bike share program with students,” said Diaz.

Diaz said the class teamed up with the Cyclists at Washburn group to coordinate and create the event.

“[WU Glow Ride] was a chance for people to try out the metro bikes; to give [students and faculty] an incentive for signing up and to try out the program be-fore [students] leave for the summer. We wanted to give the opportunity for people to ind out the functions of the bike but also to get cycling more present on cam-pus and to just have a good time,” said Olivia Marshall, junior mass media ma-jor, co-president of Cyclists at Washburn, and chair of WU Glow Ride.

Live music and a speech from Karl Fundenberger, director of bicycle oper-ations at Topeka Metro, were provided once bike riders arrived at the Capitol Building. After spending some time at the Capitol, riders took the Shunga Trail back to Washburn.

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The ninth annual Godzilla & Friends Film Festival will be held this weekend, May 1-2, in Henderson Learning Center, Room 112. This year’s festival theme is Godzilla Battles.

The festival is sponsored by KTWU and campus departments including In-ternational Programs and Multicultural Affairs and is free and open to the public.

Members of the campus community may take a break from inals studies to enjoy some good old-fashioned monster movies and a discussion of their cultural signiicance.

“The audience grows every year, which is really cool to see. It’s very a family oriented event,” said Bill Shaffer, KTWU program director.

The festival will kick off at 7 p.m. on Friday,May 1 with “Gamera Vs. Gyaos” and will continue the next morning with “Son of Godzilla” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2.

At 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Bill Gud-mundson, a model maker known as The Resin Chef, will give a presentation on the creation of models including a slide-show of his remarkable works. Examples of Gudmundson’s models and artwork can be found on his website: bills-kitch-en.com.

Saturday afternoon will feature “Lati-tude Zero!” at 3:30 p.m. The festival will conclude with a surprise feature to be an-nounced just before its showing at 7 p.m.

The event will also see author and ilm-maker Ed Godziszewski introduce sever-al of the ilms with PowerPoints discuss-

ing the behind-the-scenes work that went into their making.

“He’s been to the place where these

movies were made and he’s even seen some of them being made,” Shaffer said.

The ilm fest will feature giveaways, a coloring contest and a roar contest.

“It’s just a lot of fun really,” Shaffer said, “And most everybody gets into the movies. I’m just astonished that even an old movie like ‘Son of Godzilla’ – they just really like them.”

Katie WadeWASHBURN REVIEW

Kenzie McCoyWASHBURN REVIEW

Katie Wade, katherine.wade@

washburn.edu, is a sophomore

history and mass media major

Kenzie McCoy, McKenzie

McCoy@washburn.edu, is a junior

mass media major

Godzilla to invade Washburn

Photo courtesty of Bill Shafer

Photo by Kenzie McCoy

Godzilla Attacks!: Ed Godziszewski poses

with one of cinema’s most iconic monsters. The

author and ilmmaker will visit Washburn for this weekend’s Godzilla ilm fest.

A Nice Night For A Ride: Washburn students, faculty and community members took part in Tuesday night’s WU Glow Ride. Cyclists of all ages adorned themselves with glow sticks and gathered in front of the Kuene Bell Tower for a nighttime ride from Washburn to the Capitol Building. Topeka Metro sponsored the ride to help promote their new bike share program.

Washburn cyclists glow during nighttime ride