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The student government associa-tions at Washburn and Emporia State are having a friendly competition. “Can Emporia” is going on right now through Feb. 21. Washburn students and faculty can bring canned dona-tions to the Washburn Student Govern-ment Association office. They are also accepting cash and check donations. All contributions go to help local food banks in the community through Proj-ect Topeka.

The winning school, with the most donations, will be announced at the Wa s h b u r n vs. E m p o r i a State bas-k e t b a l l game at Emporia State University on Feb. 22.

A s an incentive

for students to collect and do-

nate canned goods, both student goven-

ment presidents, Ashley Vogts, Emporia State,

and Taylor McGown, Washburn, have agreed that

t h e winning school will have the opportunity to pie the losing school’s student president.

“There is a lot of trash talk-ing on Facebook that goes on,” said McGown.

McGown also said that if a pie in the face to the losing school’s presi-dent is not enough incentive, WSGA has included a few more prizes for students. If 10 cans are donated, the student automatically gets a t-shirt. McGown said that often the t-shirts try to poke fun at the other school to add

to the competition aspect. Prizes for bringing in less than 10

cans include Sonic and Chipotle cou-pons. If students bring in 25 cans or more, they have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for two $200 visa gift cards and one $300 visa gift card.

Last year, WSGA raised over 6,300 canned donations and $6,000 through monetary donations. Since each dol-lar counts for three cans, last year, the program’s final can count was around 26,000 cans. This year, their goal is to raise more than last y e a r ’s figures.

W h i l e the

c o m -petition

is called “ C a n

Emporia ,” WSGA is

also welcoming other non-perish-

able food items such as cereals and jarred foods.

There will be a WSGA table ac-cepting donations at all Washburn bas-ketball games, as well. McGown said she hoped this would encourage com-munity members to donate. All dona-tions must be submitted by 5 p.m. Feb. 21, in order to count for the competi-tion.

Curently, WSGA has seen most monetary donations at sporting events.

“It seems like most people come to sporting events not realizing that we’re collecting,” said Eric Benedict, WSGA chief-of-staff. “So, we see most people donate money at our table once they realize we are collecting,”

Cari Howarter, a sophomore art and psychology double major, and Lexi Lemons, a freshmen art major, are both planning on donating to “Can Emporia.” Both believe it is a good way for Washburn to give back to the community. Lemons said that a univer-sity has a great opportunity for gather-ing more cans than most food drives because of the large student body.

Howarter and Lemons believe that Washburn will win in the

end. “Emporia is

going down,” said How-

arter.

To Lady Blues junior guard Laura Kinderknecht basketball is much more than just a game. Basketball is heart, hard work, family and the desire to win.

Kinderknecht, originally from Saint Marys, Kan., has been playing basketball for as long as she can re-member.

“I’ve been playing basketball pretty much since I started walking,” said Kinderknecht. “My dad was the high school coach so I would always go to the pracices and play around.”

Kinderknecht’s first year of com-petitive basketball, however, was not until her first year of junior high school. She then moved on to play competitive basketball at Saint Marys High School, where she began playing in two positions.

“I have always played either the point guard or the guard position, as I do now at Washburn University” said

Kinderknecht.In 21 games this season, six of

which she started, Kinderknecht has averaged 5.9 points per game and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 34 percent from the three point line in 20.2 minutes per game. On Jan. 11, she scored a season-high 14 points in a road game against Pittsburg State Uni-versity, going 2-for-4 from the three-point line and 5-for-11 from the field.

Last season, however, her scor-ing totals were considerably higher, as she started all 29 games for the Lady Blues, scoring 10.7 points per game while averaging more minutes per game than anyone in school history, at 34.8 minutes per contest. Her 63 made three-point field goals in 2010-11 rank seventh all-time in Washburn’s single-season rankings, and she is currently tied for ninth place in the school’s all-time rankings with 108 career three-pointers.

For Kinderknecht, Washburn

With the reopening of Washburn’s Mulvane Art Museum comes four ex-citing new exhibits which will be on public display on the First Friday Art Walk on Feb. 3, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. These four exhibits are coming after the museum’s three-month hiatus due to renovations to the museum.

Both show rooms of the first floor of the museum will display “Parallel Views,” a dual showing of the geo-metric works from Argentinean artists, Miguel Angel Giovanetti and Fernan-do Pezzino, who is also a professor at Washburn.

Giovanetti, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be showing paintings from his “Open Shapes and Ovals” series. Giovanetti, who has been creat-ing art for over 30 years, says that his inspiration for his work in the “Open Shapes and Ovals” series comes from the futurist vests of the artist Fortunato Depero, seen in Italy during the first part of the 20th century. His interpre-tations of these vests come together abstractly as bright colors and geo-metric shapes. His oval series parallels the other series in terms of geometric composition.

This is the first show that Giova-netti has done with one of his own stu-dents, Pezzino. Giovanetti serves as a mentor to Pezzino, and they have been

working together since 2009. The two kept in contact weekly through Skype, where Giovanetti could see Pezzino’s work through computer webcam and offer suggestions and guidance for his new project.

Fernando Pezzino has been an instructor in the department of mod-ern languages at Washburn, teaching Spanish courses since 2008, but many of his students are unaware that he is also an artist.

Pezzino will be showing selections from his “Cultural Fragments” series, which consists of 11 of 15 acrylic paintings on canvas, depicting his con-cepts of communication and Spanish culture. Pezzino conveys the message of each piece through the construction of geometric figures mixed with the use of crossword puzzles.

“I wanted to use the alphabet, but I didn’t want to write,” said Pezzino. “I was thinking ‘How can I use the alpha-bet without writing?’ And that’s how the crossword puzzles came about. You have the clue, you have the space and that’s how the games begin.”

In this way, Pezzino is able to ex-press the concept of communication without plainly stating it through in-teraction with those who see the paint-ings. At the same time, he is able to tie in fragments of Spanish culture into his work, with each painting represent-

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Despite the passing of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Ap-ple, Apple hasn’t given up the idea of throwing major unveil-ing events. With the advent of the iPad, the company has once again gone above and beyond to push their new product into the hands of eager teachers and students.

The latest product roll-out is a three fold approach to bringing Apple’s 21st century brand of educational technol-ogy into the classroom. In what is a move hauntingly similar to when Apple gave the masses iTunes, iBooks 2 is an ap-proach to educational textbooks that could lessen the need for voluminous backpack filling weights lugged around by stu-dents. The program is an ex-pansion of an already growing trend. With iPads already used extensively in the classroom by many students, nearly 20,000 different apps currently exist that are educationally focused.

With partnerships in the publishing arena of Pearson, McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, noted text-book manufacturers, iBooks 2 is poised to become the one stop shop for students at all levels of education. Not just content to corner the market in profes-sionally published textbooks, Apple is also rolling out a new program that will put the power of publishing in the hands of teachers in the classroom.

iBooks Author will be a new program that will allow teachers to create their own

textbooks. The highlights of the program are that first of all, it’s a free program that will allow even the most neophyte com-puter users to create interac-tive programs to keep students interested. The program will allow users to drag and drop photos and Microsoft Word documents into a program. For those that are Mac users, who take advantage of Apple’s pow-erpoint equivalent, Keynote, there will be options to insert presentations as widgets to add to the interactivity of the user created books. The books them-selves will have to go through the same app approval process that normal developers have to go through. Writers will also be able to offer their creations for free up to the price of $14.99—a far cry from the average price of a textbook, which is slightly more than $80.

Apple’s last prong in the educational package offered is an expansion of iTunes U. Un-til now, the program has been a successful way for teachers to offer podcasts of lectures. Now, the program will have its own app and will expand into a more multimedia platform. The program will feature areas where teachers will be able to post things like syllabi, a bio on them, a course description and much more. Those that use the service will also notice that the program will open up their downloaded textbook to the ap-propriate page that accompa-nies the podcast lecture.

Suffice to say, with this new system, Apple hopes to revolutionize the way teachers, students and publishers alike

approach the educational pro-cess. If successful, the educa-tional suite of programs could potentially revolutionize the

way students learn in class-rooms throughout the U.S.

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Spring Student Organization Fair: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Memorial Union- Washburn Room

OPEN Meeting:3 p.m., Memorial Union- Cottonwood Room

Social Justice League Meeting: 4 p.m., Memorial Union- Cottonwood Room

Washburn Board of Re-gents Meeting:4 p.m., Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center- Forum Room

Comedy “The Last Night of Ballyhoo”: 8 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre3028 S.W. 8th Avenue

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Tuesday, Feb. 7

You Are Here: Kansas on the Map:9 a.m.- 5 p.m.Kansas Museum of History6425 S.W. 6th Avenue

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Mulvane Opening Reception:5-8 p.m.Mulvane Art Museum

Topeka RoadRunners vs. Corpus Christi IceRays:7:05 p.m.Kansas Expocentre- Landon Arena

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After a long search, the new chief information officer (CIO) and director of infor-mation systems and services (ISS) at Washburn has been named. Floyd Davenport has filled these positions and has now been at Washburn for three weeks.

“In my past, I’ve worked at some larger institutions, such as Iowa State University and Illinois State University,” said Davenport. “Coming to a school that focuses on teaching has been refreshing for me, and I’m enjoying that immensely.”

Davenport was an IT (in-

formation technology) indi-vidual coming out of college, and with the United States Air Force on his mind, Davenport enlisted.

“I was in the Air Force for about eight years in information technology,” said Davenport.

The Air Force and the edu-cational community had some-thing in common to Davenport.

“Both communities’ tight knit experiences are what drew me into pursuing education,” said Davenport. “I enjoy that aspect of it.”

From there, Davenport and his wife moved to Illinois after he was hired by Illinois State University, and he stayed in a position for educational out-

reach for 10 years. Then, with a new oppor-

tunity, Davenport and his wife moved again when he was of-fered a position with Iowa State University, where he also stayed for 10 years.

Davenport saw this oppor-tunity at Washburn as a com-plete benefit.

“I saw this opportunity as being a good educational posi-tion fitting my background and the things I wanted to do in an educational environment,” said Davenport.

Jerry Farley, president of Washburn University, com-mended Davenport on being chosen for the position.

“We did an exhaustive na-

tional search to try and find the right person,” said Farley. “It took a long time.”

Farley described the posi-tion as both long and strenu-ous.

“We had an interim con-sultant during that long period of time that did a great job, but it also gave us an opportunity to see what kind of person we really wanted to have,” said Farley. “We interviewed the final candidates, and Mr. Dav-enport did a superb job in his interview. I think that when he walked away from campus, the people that I heard from were

all pretty much unanimous that he would be a great selection for us to have.”

Both the ISS staff mem-bers and Farley agree that Dav-enport is an excellent addition to Washburn.

“With everything that we expected him to be able to do, we’re real happy that he’s here and are looking forward to working with him now and more in the future,” said Far-ley.


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Apple launches interactive textbook program

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Under Fire: Firemen fight the blaze that consumes a house at the 1900 block of S.W. Navajo Road. The fire was caused by a natural gas explosion on Monday morning. Lucinia Tolliver, 81, was at home when the exposion shook her house. She was in serious condition and airlifted to The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was in stable condition as of Monday evening.

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Currently, there is an office space in downtown Topeka that not only has its front door open to the public, but is intended to get the public’s concerns and input on what they believe is best for the community as a whole.

Member of the Housing Neighborhood Development, Cody Bird, says that with The Downtown Design project cur-rently underway, time is of the essence.

The entire project, accord-ing to Bird, is looking at the downtown.

“The infrastructure is get-ting old,” said Bird. “The gas lines near the street are 100 plus years old. Each building may need maintenance on their utili-ties, and some of the city wa-ter lines are beginning to have problems breaking. We’re look-ing to see if we can address all of these problems at one time.”

The construction team and design team on the project was contracted by the city.

“They went through a re-quest for proposal process and that request for proposal went across the country,” said Bird.

Any firms interested in the project then submitted applica-tions or past project works and basically submitted ideas that they thought would be a pos-sible aspect for this project on the Topeka downtown.

Then, based on the propos-als, the city made a decision for the construction and design team and hopefully what they will be working on doing to the downtown in the future.

According to Bird, the project has three main phases that the team is hoping to ac-complish. Phase one, the coun-cil approving a $1 million grant for design and beginning construction, has already been complete.

Phase two is the conceptual design on what the end project will look like and is what the team is currently working on completing by the March 13th deadline, where the design will be submitted to be in front of a council.

Phase three will be the ac-

tual completion of the project and the final bills regarding the entirety of the project, although the project is not due to be com-pleted until 2015.

If interested about The Downtown Design Project or if interested in becoming a part of it, please visit www.activateth-eavenue.com for more informa-tion or look into attending one of the projects open houses, the latest, of which, was said to have hosted over 100 people.

On Thursday, Jan. 26, the Fast Forward organization hosted a networking event at Senate Suites, owned by Par-ish Hotel Property, located at 900 SW Tyler St. This event is one of many to come in the near future.

Fast Forward is a program from the G r e a t e r T o p e k a C h a m b e r of Com-m e r c e , w h i c h gives like-m i n d e d young pro-fessionals, b e t w e e n the ages of 20 and 40, oppor-tunities to n e t w o r k , learn from each other, grow and have fun.

“Once a month, they have a social, and the point of the social is pure networking,” said Kate White, general manager of the Senate Suites. “They have other programs that are more educational, and this is just a pure fun networking opportu-nity.”

White asked to host this social because Senate Suites has recently renovated their ho-tel rooms and their banquet hall in which the event was held. The young professionals from businesses all over town met in Senate Suites’ banquet hall to meet and greet and enjoy the food and beverages provided by the suites.

White gave a short speech about the history of Senate Suites Hotel once the social

was underway. The suites were designed by Nell Peters, an ar-chitect from Kansas City, in the 1920s. The hotel, now owned by Judy Row, was then made to be a luxury apartment complex, before being refurbished in the early ‘90s and turned into “To-peka’s Best Kept Secret” hotel that it is known as today. The hotel has 51 rooms available and is the only hotel in Topeka

to have Tem-pur-Pedic mat-tresses.

Social net-working events like this happen once a month, along with other miscel-laneous events and are free to all Washburn students. Fast Forward will continue their “Insider Se-ries” event on

Feb. 2, at Bimbo Bakeries, and they will resume their “Ignite Series” on Feb. 8, at Bartlett & West.

“We want WU students to come to our events and be a part of what is going on,” said Angel Romero, a Washburn graduate currently attending the Washburn School of Law.

Romero is a current mem-ber of Fast Forward and an active member of the Topeka community.

Romero is also part of Top City Live, a group of Wash-burn students, who, as stated by Romero, “have come together to get students better connected to the Topeka community.”

The group uses social net-working media, such as Fa-cebook and Twitter, to inform Topeka citizens about the hap-penings of the city.

“Topeka is an active com-munity with a place for every-one, and we’re working to help students discover the positive and great things Topeka has to offer,” said Romero.

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Zumba fitness is a new of-fering in kinesiology at Wash-burn, and Emily Lockhart, in-structor, is passionate about the subject and about its benefits.

“The beauty of Zumba is it can be very highly intense or low intensity,” said Lock-hart, who has been certified in the sport since 2006. “It works with any fitness level. I love it. It’s a lot of fun, and I get to be creative.”

Zumba is Latin dance aero-bics and was created in 2001 by Beto Perez, who accidentally invented it when he forgot the regular music for his aerobics class and decided to use the Latin music he liked to listen to. It caught on, and since then, millions of people have been having a lot of fun while get-ting in shape with Zumba, and Lockhart is thrilled to bring it to Washburn. Zumba incorporates such dance music as Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Flamenco, Hip Hop and Belly Dancing into the routines.

Lockhart, who grew up in McPherson, Kan., received a bachelor of science and master’s degree in physical education at Pittsburg State University. She has been teaching aerobics for 13 years. As the mother of two small children, Lockhart taught Zumba during her pregnancies, though not quite at the inten-sity that she teaches now.

She also used Zumba to lose more than 60 pounds after giving birth—twice.

Lockhart will be participat-ing in a “Zumbathon” fundrais-er on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on 3625 SW Wanamaker Rd.

She and five other licensed instructors will be there to fa-cilitate and teach Zumba to anyone interested. Any fitness

level is welcome.All donations received

from the event will be donated to organizations that support military families. More details

about how one can do-nate will be available at the event.

“Some of the things the groups does

is send care packages to the deployed troops,” said

Lockhart. “Nothing beats hav-ing the family—or anyone—sending things. It’s just exciting to get a package.”

Organizations like the Na-tional Guard’s Family Readi-ness Group hold activities dedicated to making life a little easier for everyone, though FRG’s activities are held on military posts.

“Maybe it’s as simple as the kids making Valentine’s Day cards, which is one thing we’re doing right now,” said Lockhart. “We had some of the pre-schools make valentines to send to the troops.”

While much of the funds raised go toward supporting troops abroad, a portion of the money also goes towards events for families at home who wait for their loved ones to return.

“We want to help boost morale and encourage families at home,” said Lockhart, “be-cause it is very hard to be away from a loved one.”

Zumba fundraiser benefits troops

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Fun Workout: Emily Lockhart, instructor at Washburn, leads her class in Zumba, a Latin dance inspired aerobic workout. Lockhart has been certified as a Zumba instructor since 2006 and she will be participating in a “Zumbathon” fundraiser that will support military families.

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What movie should win Best Picture at the 2012 Academy Awards?

Helmut Jahn was a Ger-man architect who came to the United States in the 1960s. He once famously said, “Transpar-ency is not the same as looking through a building: it’s not just a physical idea, it’s an intellec-tual one.”

Recently, Gov. Sam Brownback has been a social butterfly of sorts with a busy evening dance card at Cedar Crest, the governor’s mansion. Our esteemed governor has been busy taking politics into the back room, as he attempts to foxtrot his way around the Kansas Open Meetings Act.

For those that may not know, Brownback has been holding dinners since the be-ginning of the new legislative term. That, on the face of it, is not enough for anyone to raise question. The fishy smell, how-ever, coming from the mansion has nothing to do with what’s on the menu. In what has to be more than just a coincidence, each of the last three weeks, the administration has brought members of committees in the legislature in large enough groups to constitute quorum majorities to the mansion.

Proponents of Brownback might attempt to argue that the governor is merely attempt-ing to build relationships. If it weren’t for the fact that we now know, through the words of Kansas Senate President Steve Morris, that the governor ac-tively advocated for positions on issues that are under the di-rect purview of the audiences in question, then perhaps this might be more believable.

What we are sure of is that Morris, who is more of a mod-erate voice on the spectrum of state politics, was not origi-nally invited to the Jan. 9 din-ner which he speaks of. Were it not for the fact that Morris

showed up anyway, who knows if the content and intent of these meetings might have been dis-covered.

In that regard, Morris put the law before politics as he well should have. When later invited to a Jan. 23 dinner, Morris declined to attend. That a leading Republican in state politics will not be a party to an attempt to circumvent the open and fair process of governance that those others in attendance should have respected, speaks to a sense of relief for everyday Kansans. At least someone in the statehouse is willing to let people see what is coming in-stead of getting sucker punched with back room deals.

Brownback’s office, how-ever, isn’t backing down, de-fending the dinners as nothing more than social events. His of-fice is also defending the ano-nymity of members of the vari-ous committees. In what cannot be a positive sign for advocates of an open and transparent gov-ernment, the governor’s office responded to an open records request by The Topeka-Capital Journal for lists of who attend-ed these events with a denial saying that the governor’s of-fice, “did not locate any records of the lists of guests,” accord-ing to Sherriene Jones-Sontag, Brownback spokesman.

An interesting assertion since the invitations requested a RSVP by either phone call or email. One would think that the organizers of these so called dinners wouldn’t want to rely on memorization of the guest lists, lest they pick a back room not big enough to hold all of the attending committee members.

Moving forward, The To-peka-Capital-Journal has now sent an open records request for any emails related to the dinners, as well as information pertaining to the catering and funding of the events.

The Washburn Review sup-ports the Capital-Journal in its quest to uncover what is really going on at Cedar Crest. If the ideas discussed cannot stand the light of day, then perhaps they are something that shouldn’t be discussed at all.

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“They are not trans-parent. They like to play the perception game. ”

“I believe its not transpar-ent and the government tells a lot of lies to the people.”

“It’s as trans-parent as the lightsabers that the vampires use, you can see the decep-tion that they are using and I believe the Sith will take over!”

“I think they are not transpar-ent because they know a lot of stuff and they are trying to hide from us.”

“I believe its very covert”

“I don’t have much to say about it… well, Obama is very hand-some.”

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Topeka will soon host an internationally traveled team that is part three stooges, part sports powerhouse.

In their 86th year of exis-tence, The Harlem Globetrotters are known as one of the most recognizable sports entertain-ment franchises around. With more than 20,000 wins while losing less than 500 games, the team is easily one of the most winning teams around.

The Globetrotters will re-new their rivalry against the Washington Generals, the team that has traveled with them since 1952. Having won just twice in the history of the matchup, the team has the distinction of hav-ing one of the worst winning percentages in history.

Feb. 5 then will be an en-tertaining day for audience members in Landon Arena at the Kansas Expocentre. The team will feature a portion of their roster as the team features four different traveling squads. Currently, Anthony “Buckets” Blakes is in Topeka speak-ing with city youth at schools like Jay Schiedler Elemen-tary students who were visited Tuesday by Blakes as part of the educational outreach pro-gram which he helps work with in advance of Globetrotter ap-pearances.

The program is called, Character and celebrates the principles of C.H.E.E.R., which stands for cooperation, healthy body and mind, effort, enthu-siasm and responsibility. The program was developed in as-sociation with the U.S. Depart-ment of Education. It seeks to give young people a chance to see role models like Blakes in action while hearing a message of positive behavior.

The Globetrotters are set to tip off 1 p.m. Sunday in Landon Arena. Tickets range in cost from $17 to $100 plus fees and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com or through the Expo box office.


Trotters set for return to Expo

Ichabods rebound after home loss

Changing of the guard

The Washburn Ichabods basketball team had a per-fect home record going into a Wednesday night’s game against Northwest Missouri State University.

However, its biggest test was just arriving, as the MIAA conference’s top-ranked Bearcats came ready to play.

Washburn started the game with tenacious defense, keeping the Bearcats at only one point through the first three minutes of the half.

The Bearcats fired back, however, as they would go on to score the next 14 points in a row. With an eight point lead, the Bearcats continued to match shot-for-shot with Washburn.

“They went with a smaller lineup throughout that run,” said Bob Chipman, Washburn head coach. “Our big guys struggled to keep up with them and we were just out of sync.”

It was not until late in the first half that Washburn took a one-point lead. Yet, a layup for the opposing team put the Icha-bods down 33-32 at half.

Northwest Missouri came out firing again, as they in-creased their lead to near double digits throughout the majority of early second half. However, the scoring run was answered later with back-to-back three pointers by the Ichabods. This cut the lead to four with 8:30 left to play.

With baskets going back and forth, it seemed as though Washburn was poised for the

comeback victory. With one minute left, Washburn made a free throw to bring the score within one point.

With two made free throws for the Bearcats, the Ichabods had the chance of tying the game up with seconds left in the game. The Washburn in-bounds pass was thrown high in the air, and the Bearcat defense took it away to lock up the win, 70-63.

“I thought they were trying to fail to not even let us get a three-pointer off,” said Chip-man. “I was surprised there was

nothing called on the inbounds pass.”

Will McNeill led the way for the Ichabods with 24 points.

Bobby Chip-man also had a big night, recording his first double double – 11 points and 10 boards.

It seemed as though the emo-tional loss to the Bearcats

would affect them the follow-ing Saturday against Missouri Western.

The Griffons came out hot scoring four of their first six three-pointers of the game. The Ichabods happened to be on the

negative end missing their first six attempts. In fact, Washburn was not able to successfully score until nearly 4:30 into the game.

With a maximum deficit of 10, the Ichabods seemed to wake up midway through the half and began their comeback. It took them a while to com-pletely catch up, but a field goal at the halftime buzzer put the Ichabods up by one.

The game continued to be tight, with both teams scoring in runs throughout the entire second half. However, Wash-burn would never give up the lead throughout the entire half. It was McNeill leading the team with 17 points alone in the half.

With the shot clock expir-ing with 1:30 left in the game, a

26-foot three pointer was nailed by McNeill to put them up by four. After a turnover by the Griffons, McNeill was able to ice the game with a pair of free-throws and the Ichabods came away with the win 64-55.

McNeill led the team with 26 points. Chipman added in 19 points and 8 rebounds.

The Bods (14-6, 8-4) re-turn to action tonight at 7:30 in Kirksville, Mo., against Truman State University (6-14, 4-9) be-fore returning home Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. showdown with Fort Hays State University (14-5, 8-5).

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Richard Kelly is a senior mass media and social work major. Reach him at [email protected].

Graphic by Katie Child, Washburn Review

Michael Vander LindenWASHBURN REVIEW

I thought they were trying to fail to not even let us get a three-point off.

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

BasketballNCAA DII MenNABC Top 25

School Record1. Bellarmine (8) 18-12. West Liberty 19-13. Tarleton State 19-14. Winona State 19-25. Colorado (Mines) 17-26. Alabama-Huntsville 15-37. Kentucky Wesleyan 16-38. Southern Indiana 16-39. Lincoln Memorial 18-210. Christian Brothers 15-311. Midwestern State 16-212. Metropolitan State 17-313. Indiana (Pa.) 15-314. Shaw (N.C.) 16-215. N. Kentucky 15-416. W. Washington 18-317. Bowie State 15-318. Hillsdale 17-219. W. Georgia 18-320. St. Cloud State 16-321. Alaska-Anchorage 15-422. NW Missouri State 16-323. Missouri Southern 16-524. S. Carolina-Aiken 15-425. King (Tenn.) 17-3*MIAA teams in bold

WU Men’s Schedule2/1 @TSU 7:30 p.m.2/4 FHSU 3:30 p.m.2/8 UCM 7:30 p.m.2/11 SBU 3:30 p.m.2/15 @MSSU 7:30 p.m.2/18 PSU 3:30 p.m.2/22 @ESU 7:30 p.m.2/25 Lincoln 3:30 p.m.3/2-3/4 MIAA TBA3/10-3/24 NCAA TBA

NCAA DII WomenUSA Today/ESPN Top 25

School Record1. UC San Diego (32) 20-02. Edinboro 18-03. Metro State 18-14. Wayne State 19-25. Clayton State 19-26. Ashland 18-17. Fort Lewis 16-28. Alaska-Anchorage 19-39. Bentley 17-310. Northeastern State 17-211. Washburn 18-312. Pittsburg State 18-213. Arkansas Tech 13-314. Rollins 15-315. Grand Canyon 15-216. S. Carolina-Aiken 16-317. Indiana (Pa.) 16-218. Florida Southern 16-319. Lander 15-320. Gannon 15-321. Dowling 16-322. Emporia State 14-423. Newman 17-224. Wisconsin-Parkside 15-425. Augustana (S.D.) 16-3*MIAA teams in bold

WU Women’s Schedule2/1 @TSU 5:30 p.m.2/4 FHSU 1:30 p.m.2/8 UCM 5:30 p.m.2/11 SBU 1:30 p.m.2/15 @MSSU 5:30 p.m.2/18 PSU 1:30 p.m.2/22 @ESU 5:30 p.m.2/25 Lincoln 1:30 p.m.3/1-3/4 MIAA TBA3/9-3/23 NCAA TBA

athletics is a family tradition. She first came to Washburn University because of her older brother, Steve, who was a pitcher and infielder for the Washburn baseball team and is engaged to Jordan Shefte, a for-mer defender on the Washburn soccer team.

“My brother attended Washburn University before I did, so I knew the program well,” said Kinderknecht.

Kinderknecht said Wash-burn, her first choice when choosing which college to at-tend, has been a great experi-ence.

“Playing basketball at Washburn has allowed me to gain so many new friends through the basketball team,” said Kinderknecht. “It has been so cool to be able to play with these girls over the past three years.”

Being a part of a team like the Washburn Lady Blues, to Kinderknecht, has meant more and more to her with every game.

“My favorite part about

being a Washburn Lady Blue has to do with the history of the program and its coaching,” said Kinderknecht. “The basketball team is good every single year and is always competing for championships.”

The one thing that is and will always be different for Kinderknecht though is the adjustment she was forced to make when moving on from her

high school coach to Washburn head coach, Ron McHenry.

“It was a difficult transi-tioning from high school to col-lege basketball because I had only ever been coached by my dad,” said Kinderknecht. “But now, I really enjoy playing for Coach McHenry. There is never a dull moment in our practice or even our games.”

She said transition was

made easier by her teammates over the years.

“Every game I get to play, I’m playing basketball with some of my best friends,” said Kinderknecht. “As a Washburn Lady Blue what else could pos-sibly ask for?”

Depth off the bench: Junior guard Laura Kinderknecht, who started all 29 games during the 2010-11 season, has been a spark off the bench this season. Despite playing 14.6 fewer minutes this season, she has still scored in the double digits in five out of her 21 games.

Kinderknecht shines despite limited rolePhotos by Richard Kelly, Washburn Review

Dribble drive penetration: Junior guard Laura Kinderknecht drives past a Northwest Missouri State University defender Jan. 25 in Lee Arena. Kinderknecht averages 5.9 points per game this season.


The Lady Blues basket-ball team was able to exercise the depth of their team last Wednesday, when they took on the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats. It was a to-tal team effort as three different players scored in double figures and a different player collected more than ten rebounds.

The game seemed mis-matched from the get-go as Washburn jumped out to an early lead. With 14 minutes left, they jumped out to a 10-point lead. Within another seven minutes of the game, the Lady Blues were pushing a 20-point lead.

This included 20 first-half points from senior guard Ebon-ie Williams, who went 4-for-5 from the field.

With a 23-point lead at halftime, it remained to be seen how the Lady Blues would play the sec-ond half, aggressive or conservative.

H e a d Coach Ron M c H e n r y talked to the team about taking pride in what they were doing.

“It’s definitely a learning process,” said McHenry. “When we get a big lead, we’ve got to learn how to put the pedal to the metal.”

However, the words were not effective, as the Lady Blues dropped from a shooting per-centage of 53 percent to 29 per-cent.

With the offensive decline, the Blues was relied on their de-fense to make stops to maintain the large lead. The lead never became in jeopardy as the team was able to hold the Bearcats with a minimum lead of 18 and a maximum lead of 29. Wash-burn won 81-56.

“The first half was excel-lent basketball for us,” said Coach McHenry. “The second half was a different story and we’ll have to change that.”

Williams finished with 22 points, while junior guard Laura Kinderknecht scored 12. Freshman guard Casyn Buch-man added 11 points and junior forward Tiara George collected 13 rebounds.

“Home court is a huge advantage,” said McHenry. “That’s where we’re most com-fortable and we just have the best atmosphere.”

With the bench coming up as vital to the Lady Blues suc-cess, it was the opposite story for WU’s win Saturday against Missouri Western.

The Washburn starters scored 54 out of the games 60 points, leaving only six points to the bench.

Williams and senior guard Stevi Schultz took turns leading the team to victory. The first half saw Schultz come alive and put in 14 of her points, while Wil-liams saw five.

In the second half, W i l l i a m s began mak-ing more of a splash. She was able to find 14 points, while Schultz only scored two.

After an 8-0 run by the Griffons to tie

the game, the Lady Blues were able to outmatch their oppo-nents and take the lead 60-55.

Williams led the team with 19 points, while Schultz scored 16. The two also led the team in rebounds, as Schultz had nine and Williams had seven.

With the two wins, the Washburn Lady Blues have an 18-3 record and 11-1 in MIAA play. Currently, they are the No. 11 team in the nation, the second highest ranked of any MIAA team, following only Northeastern State.

Junior forward Joseph Smith has more than a little experience playing basketball competitively.

Smith, a native of Mem-phis, Tenn., began playing the game at a young age.

“I was probably 6 or 7 when I first played on a com-munity center team,” said Smith. “I was playing with the Whitehaven Broncos.”

Smith graduated from White Station High School, then attended a State Fair Com-munity College in Sedalia, Mo. After two years playing there, Smith trans-ferred to Arkansas Tech Uni-versity.

“Personally, my dislike for Arkansas Tech is what made me decide to transfer to Wash-burn,” said Smith.

Smith then had to sit out as a redshirt for a year after trans-ferring, but he became eligible this season.

“I’m enjoying every min-ute of it,” said Smith.

According to Smith, his one and only position is and al-ways will be forward.

“I’ve always been a for-ward,” said Smith. “I try to be a guard, but that gets me into trouble with my coaches and my teammates.”

Smith then added in a jok-ing manner that junior guards Will McNeil and Martin Mitch-ell should watch out.

“I’m coming for your guard positions,” said Smith.

So far, though, Coach Chipman has Smith playing as a forward and that’s where Smith is the most comfortable.

“Coach is very knowl-edgeable and he is a proven winner,” said Smith. “I’m just grateful for the opportunity that I’ve been given to be taught by him and both Coach Brown and Nocito.”

Having traveled amongst schools in the past, Smith said he is at home in the Wash-burn community.

“I’ve enjoyed Washburn a lot,” said Smith. “It’s a bit dif-ferent than where I’m from, coming from a big city and all, but I’ve met a lot of good peo-ple here and have built some friendships that I think I’ll hold onto after my time here is said and done.”

Smith’s favorite aspect on being a Washburn Ichabod is his teammates.

“We’re a close-knit group of guys,” said Smith, “we all get along really well, and it’s been fun to be able to build re-lationships with guys like we have this year.”

According to Smith, the differences in the boys home

towns has aided in bringing them closer together.

“We’re like a real family, “ said Smith, “I can’t think of any other guys I’d want to go to war

with on the court every week.” Michael Vander Linden is a freshman biology major. Reach him at [email protected].

Blues ride nine-game win streak to Truman



Post presence: Junior forward Tiara George attempts a hookshot against NW Missouri State. George scored 13 points in the 81-56 Washburn victory in Lee Arena on Jan. 25.

A6 Sports • Wednesday, February 1, 2012

With a team-leading scor-ing average of 19.5 points per game, junior team captain Will McNeill has stepped up his game this season.

McNeill, originally from Alexandria, La., first began playing basketball between his fourth and fifth grade years of grade school while attending Horseshoe Drive Elementary school.

“It was a long time ago,” said McNeill, “but I actually played for a D.A.R.E. [Drug Abuse Resistance Education]team.”

Then, while attending Peabody Magnet High School, McNeill was forced to make a decision that affected his entire career as an athlete.

“I was always told that I was better at football rather than basketball,” said McNeill, “and that was the decision I had to make going into high school.”

McNeill’s high school of-fered a prestigious sports pro-gram, to succeed in one, the athlete had to be completely dedicated.

“I ended up choosing bas-ketball,” said McNeill. “I fully believe that it was the right choice.”

According to McNeill, his career at Washburn University to thanks to the man who re-cruited him during his senior year, Washburn’s previous as-sistant basketball coach, Ewan Auguste.

Auguste, two-time all-American and assistant coach to the Washburn Ichabods dur-ing the year of 2008, found Mc-Neill while playing on the road with his high school team.

“I was playing basketball in Florida when he first started contacting me,” said McNeill.

McNeill stayed in contact with Auguste over the months and soon, McNeill signed with Washburn University.

“I had decided that I want-ed to get away from home,” said McNeill. “As a momma’s boy, it seemed like a good chance to

grow up.” McNeill, still in contact

with Auguste, says that Au-guste was his mentor from the very beginning and still keeps contact with him.

“Auguste is currently working for IBM, but he still keeps up with Washburn athlet-ics,” said McNeill.

Last year, McNeill experi-enced a pain that as an athlete,

he refuses to let happen again. “I broke my foot during the

first practice last season,” said McNeill. “I had to watch a lot of games when I wanted to be

able to come back in, it was hard for me.”

Though, with hard work and vigorous prac-tices, McNeill prepared himself to return this season.

“I wanted to be able to

make a big statement when I came back this year as a ju-nior,” said McNeill. “I wanted to be able to help lead the boys to victory—so far, I’d say we’re doing fairly well.”

Michael Vander LindenWASHBURN REVIEW

That’s where we’re most comfortable and we just have the best atmosphere.

- Ron McHenryBlues head coach on Lee Arena

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Finally eligible: Junior forward Joseph Smith is finally seeing the court this season after sitting out a year as a redshirt. Smith had to sit out since he was a transfer from Arkansas Tech University.


PLAYER FEATURE

Smith gets fresh start with Washburn

McNeill scores bigJordan LoomisWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Jordan Loomis, Washburn Review

Will power: Junior guard Will McNeill prepares to shoot a freethrow against Northwest Missouri State University. McNeill leads the team with 19.5 points per game.


MEN’S BASKETBALL

A7Sports • Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Photos by Richard Kelly, Washburn Review

So far in the abbreviated 2011-12 NBA season, some players have stepped up in their respective positions as the top fantasy players. This five-week

series will investigate the top five players at each position, what they were ranked prior to the season and how their production will change in the future.

This week, the focus is on the shooting guard position.

5. Kevin Martin, Hous-ton Rockets (No. 6 Preseason Position Rank) – Martin’s play so far this season has slightly exceeded the hype, as he was picked to be the sixth best shooting guard this season. With an average of 20.1 points

per game, he’s been especially dominant as of late, scoring 25+ in his last five games (although he missed two straight games during that time span). In his latest outing against Minnesota on Monday, Martin dropped 29 points in his return from an injured foot and had four three pointers and three steals in 34 minutes of play. If he stays on his feet, expect his PPG num-bers to jump even higher.

4. Jason Terry, Dallas Mavericks (No. 17 Preseason Position Rank) – Despite the addition of Vince Carter, Jason Terry has been productive as ever. He has yet to start a single game this sea-son, but has logged 29.8 min-utes per game and been fairly efficient, with 15.0 PPG and 3.7 assists per game. Though most of his numbers are below his career averages, his free throw and steals per game numbers are slightly up, and he is turn-ing the ball over less often. He scored a season-high 34 points on Sunday in an overtime win against the San Antonio Spurs

and has been in double digits 11 of his past 12 games. Most importantly, he currently has the fourth-most three point field goals in the NBA.

3. James Harden, Okla-homa City Thunder (No. 15 Preseason Position Rank) – One of the front-runners for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award, “The Beard” has been a beast this season for the third highest-scoring team in the league. He is the third-highest scorer on the team (behind 2010 and 2011 scoring champion

Kevin Durant and point guard Russell Westbrook), aver-aging 16.9 PPG off

the bench, along with 4.1 RPG and 3.2 APG. He has also made the sixth most free throws in the league, which adds to his fan-tasy value.

2. Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks (No. 10 Preseason Po-sition Rank) – The 10-year pro from the University of Arkansas is currently the seventh-highest scoring guard in the league, av-eraging 18.6 PPG in 36.4 min-utes of play. He also averages

4.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists. He has made the fifth-most three pointers in the league this sea-son and has played the fourth-most minutes.

1. Kobe Bryant, Los An-geles Lakers (No. 4 Preseason Position Rank) – Kobe Bryant is in beast mode this season. He had four consecutive games with 40-plus points in mid-Jan-uary, averages a league-leading 30.2 PPG and the second-most minutes per game. The last time Bryant averaged more than 30 PPG was 2006-07 when he av-eraged 31.6 PPG. The season prior, in 2005-06, Bryant had the best season of his career from a scoring perspective, with 35.4 PPG. It appears Bry-ant may well be back in classic form this season, and so far he is the third-most valuable player in the entire league, following only King James and Durant.

Josh Rouse is a senior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected]

Bryant holds top spot for NBA shooting guards

Josh RouseWASHBURN REVIEW

As a whole, it wasn’t the Topeka RoadRunners night of-fensively on Saturday.

Fortunately, forward An-drew O’Leary didn’t get that memo.

O’Leary scored all five goals for the RoadRunners, in-cluding three in the third period, as Topeka (28-12-2) finished the weekend sweep of the New Mexico Mustangs, winning 5-1. With the goals, O’Leary doubled his goal total for the sea-son, bring-ing it to 10.

F o l -lowing his first goal at 16:53 of the first period, O’Leary felt he might have a spe-cial night. He ended the game with seven shots on goal, which was also miracu-lous, deeming that Topeka only had 19 shots on goal as a team.

“After the first shot I had, which was a goal, I felt like I had a hot stick,” said O’Leary. “I felt like I could put the puck where I wanted to. I just kept rolling and got more confident as the game went on.”

Topeka head coach Scott Langer said it’s hard for him to remember a player who had as monumental of a game as O’Leary did on Saturday. The player to score five goals for the RoadRunners was forward Andrew Johnson, in December of 2004. The team was still lo-cated in Santa Fe, N.M., at that

time.“It couldn’t have happened

to a better kid,” said Langer. “It was just unbelievable. It’s tough to get two, let alone five.”

Early in the second peri-od, at 4:23, O’Leary scored to make it 2-0. At 14:29, defense-man Tate Rusk put New Mexi-co on the board, but that was as close as they came to tying the contest.

Despite only registering six shots on goal in the third period as a team, O’Leary was finish his hat trick at 6:22 when

he snuck a wraparound shot past New Mex-ico goal-tender Jake S t a f f o r d . At 9:27, O ’ L e a r y tried a simi-lar move and was re-warded, as he scored his fourth goal of the night.

H i s fifth goal seemed to only come off the success O’Leary had been having all evening. He fired a seemingly dangerous wrist shot from the left point that found its way into the net.

“It was just an act of God, I think,” said O’Leary. “The puck just went on my stick, and I threw it toward the net, hop-ing [James Ring] would get a tip. He had a nice screen, and it just went right between the goalie’s legs.”

O’Leary had a chance for a sixth goal late in the game but narrowly missed.

Much of the third period success, according to Langer, was due to New Mexico (13-

27-2) struggling to maintain the same intensity they played with early in the contest.

“In the first two periods, it looked like we just wanted to exchange rush for rush, and that’s not our game,” said Langer. “We refocused there in the third, and [New Mexico] spent most of the third turning pucks over to us, which helped our game because that’s usually how we play.”

In his first victory and complete game as a RoadRun-ner, Topeka goaltender Collin LeMay stopped 22 of 23 shots. In the loss, Stafford, who was pulled after the fifth goal and replaced with goaltender Ran-dy Graham, stopped 12 of 17 shots.

Topeka looks to continue their recent success tonight and Thursday night as they face the Corpus Christi Ice Rays at 7:05 p.m. in Landon Arena.

The games were resched-uled due to WWE event Friday, a Disney event Saturday and the Harlem Globetrotters on Sunday.

Langer said that his team will have to be aggressive on offense in order to beat the Ice Rays.

“They’ve got one of the best goalies in the country,” said Langer. “You’ll probably see him get drafted this year in the NHL draft. You have to get a lot of chances and stick around the net.”

Parking will be free for fans in both contests.

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a senior mass media and social work major. Reach him at [email protected]

Hats Off to You, Sir: Forward Andrew O’Leary (17) fights to push the puck into the net on Saturday. O’Leary was able to muscle the puck past New Mexico Mustangs goaltender Jake Stafford to give him his third goal of the night, known as a “hat trick” in hockey terminology. O’Leary ended the night with five goals as Topeka defeated New Mexico 5-1. He doubled his goals from five to 10 with the addition of Saturday’s tallys.

I felt like I could put the puck where I wanted to. I just kept rolling and got more confident as the game went on.

- Andrew O’LearyForward,

Topeka RoadRunners

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That’s Offensive: Defenseman Mick Bruce (27) carries the puck into the offensive zone for the Topeka RoadRunners. Bruce and the rest of the RoadRunners’ defensive unit held New Mexico to 23 shots on goal.

Can’t Touch This: Forward Andrew O’Leary (17) keeps the puck from New Mexico defenseman Eric Sade (22). O’Leary registered seven shots on goal through his puck possession skills on Saturday.

O’Leary nets hat trick, ‘Runners roll 5-1

Part two of a five-part series on top position players

SHOOTING GUARDS

Art is designed to cap-ture the soul of a society. With shrinking arts budgets, both at the state and federal level, Washburn students are working to keep the soul fed through the work of one organization.

Washburn Art Student As-sociation is a group of students whose mission is to understand and better themselves as not just artists, but also citizens. Some might wonder, however, if the club is just for students of the art department. Anyone who has a desire to flex their creative muscles are welcome, according to Mark Brenneman, WASA president.

“Well, we try to expose our members to a lot of different things,” said Brenneman. “We do a lot of different things that include visiting art galleries, helping out with events around Topeka and prepare our mem-bers for life after school.”

Indeed, with graduation right around the corner, WASA conducted a survey in the fall that was designed to give their members a better experience. Part of the survey’s purpose was to home in on what students are most interested in learning about. To that end, WASA has lined up several speakers for the semester that will expose

their audience to a variety of things important to artists. The first meeting, scheduled for Feb. 1, will feature Michael Allen, Mulvane Art Museum preparator and Jennifer Marsh, Catron Visiting Artist who will talk about proper art installa-tion techniques, the things that artists should know about what galleries expect for artists and other topics around getting their art displayed in a museum or gallery setting.

Aside from the monthly events hosted, students will also get a chance to help out the community through annual volunteer events. One in par-ticular is an opportunity to not only celebrate the art heritage of Topeka, but also reach out to a neighborhood in the form of the Aaron Douglas art fair. The event takes place sometime in September near the Aaron Douglas Celebration Mural at the corner of 12th Street and Buchanan Street. Funds from the event go toward assisting in the enhancement and preserva-tion of Central Topeka. Mem-bers of the neighborhood show up to take part in events like hanging wishes on the wishing tree.

“It’s a wonderful and at the same time heart rending event,” said Brenneman. “A lot of these kids put things on the tree like, “I wish my dad wasn’t in jail”

and stuff like that.”For the spring, WASA

will take advantage of another annual event, giving students a chance to see exhibits they might not otherwise get to. In past years, WASA, in associa-tion with the art department, has taken a trip to the Nelson Atkins Art Museum in Kansas City, Mo. This year, wanting to give students a more unique experience, WASA has plans to head north to Omaha, Neb., in March. There, the group will visit several museums, includ-ing the Joslyn Art Museum and the Bemis Center for Contem-porary Arts.

“Our members wanted to go out there and go somewhere where there are things we don’t get a chance to see,” said Bren-neman. “I think it’ll be a great experience. I know everyone is looking forward to it.”

With students who want to expand their horizons, WASA will continue to do what it can to give all who want to be a part of their organization a chance to push their boundries.

“We just want to make sure that everyone gets a chance to grow while they’re with [WASA],” said Brenneman.

On March 8-11, the Wash-burn University theatre de-partment will be putting on a special production of three stu-dent- written plays.

The accumulative title for the production is “Wet Ink” and will display the top three writings from Penny Weiner’s, associate professor, playwrit-ing class last fall. Weiner and Linda Smith, theatre secretary, will be directing these plays to allow their playwrights the op-portunity to be cast into roles and watch their own plays come alive.

For many of the bloom-ing playwrights, this will be the first of their writings to be produced.

“Auditions were surreal,” said Heather Ives, senior the-atre major. “Hearing something that you wrote being said aloud and acted by other people is such a strange and wonderful feeling.”

Ives has been an active part in the theatre department and is president of the theatre’s Play-ers Club. Her hopes for this production are simply that “the show is well received and that the actors, directors and crew have fun while producing it.”

Arissa Utemark, student playwright and a senior mass media major emphasizing in film and video, also has many goals for the production of her play as part of “Wet Ink.” Her main goal is to get the audience thinking about the situation evoked in her play and enjoy it at the same time.

Utemark shared a little about what really inspired the

idea for her play.“It was a Dr. Pepper com-

mercial actually…” said Ute-mark.

Utemark was a finalist in a theatre festival a few years ago with one of her previously written plays and is not new to writing.

“They couldn’t drag me out of the library when I was younger,” said Utemark.

Elise Barnett is the third student playwright that will be displaying her work in “Wet Ink.”

Like Ives, this will be the first time a play of hers will be produced for the stage. Barnett is a junior English major, em-phasizing in creative writing

and will be stepping onto the stage as a member of the cast for the first time.

“It’s been a long process writing this play, and it’s always a bit nerve racking surrendering it to be produced, but I have a lot of faith…” said Barnett.

“Wet Ink” will highlight each of these short plays as they hit the stage in March. Like many of Washburn’s pro-ductions, students are admitted for free with their Washburn ID, and it is only $8 for non-students.

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

Theatre Festival: Penny Weiner, associate theatre professor, recently participated in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Iowa.

Photo by Kelli Thomas, Washburn Review

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A & E A8Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Shelby AtadgiWASHBURN REVIEW

Shelby Atadgi is a sophomore psychology major. Reach her at [email protected]

They just act that way

A & E

Grieving out loudGrief. Sorrow. Pain. Avoid-

ance. All of these words and more are an attempt to describe the play I witnessed this week-end. I say “attempt” because it simply doesn’t cover it.

“The details will be differ-ent, but it will happen to you,” said Joan Didion, or rather Bar-bara Dingman, associate profes-sor of the Washburn University theater department. “That’s what I’m here to tell you.”

Dingman portrayed Didion’s character at WU’s theater produc-tion last weekend of “The Year of Magical Thinking.” The play is an adaptation of the best selling memoir by Didion, chronicling her thoughts after the sudden and shocking death of her husband and the struggles afterward with her daughter’s health, as well.

“Dr. Paul Prece suggested it,” said Dingman. “I read it, and I was flattered. I was challenged, and I said ‘yes’ because I trusted him.”

Throughout the plays en-tirety, about 95 minutes, you are a witness to Dingman’s character and her thoughts alone. No other actors and actresses were needed for a play like this to work, which is something intriguing in itself.

Throughout the struggles Didion’s character endures, she tries her best to understand what has happened, do everything she can to avoid dealing with it and

yet somehow make peace with it.

“It’s beautiful. It’s impor-tant, but it‘s not light-hearted by any stretch,” said Dingman. “It’s complicated. It’s raw. It’s ‘what you see is what you get.’”

Although it is a dark natured play, the snippets of humor were carefully crafted to lighten the mood. Upon being brought into a room with a doctor and social worker, Didion asks, “My hus-band’s dead, isn’t he?” To which, a social worker calls Didion a “cool customer,” in regards to telling her the news.

Dingman’s nearly flawless delivery of the lines are what drive the compelling story. It was like listening in on some-one’s thoughts that were crazy enough to be brutally honest, yet

almost unreal. With the heavy subject mat-

ter were hopes of a heavy reward. All proceeds from the weekend shows were to be put towards theater scholarships.

Overall, I think that the play had a purpose and deep meaning. It may not have been for the light hearted, but it was something real and as honest as you can get. It was truly a one woman show unlike any other. After all, as it’s stated in the play, “grief turns out to be a place none of us know un-til we reach it.”

Photo by Andrew Escandon, Washburn Review

Magical Year: Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking” chronicles the author’s life after her husband’s death and her daughter’s illness.

Kelly HurlaWASHBURN REVIEW

Kelly Hurla is a junior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

Students Audition: Students Sam Swoyer (left) and Ashley Vaughan (right) trying out for parts in the student-written production, “Wet Ink.”


During the week of Jan. 16, Penny Weiner, associate theatre professor and three theatre stu-dents participated in the Ken-nedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Iowa. The goal of the festival is to show-case the talents of theatre stu-dents in regions throughout the United States.

According to KCACTF, over 400,000 college theatre stu-dents have had the opportunity to participate in the showcase of their work and talent since the festival was first established in 1969. They have also catered to having over 16 million theatre-goers for approximately 10,000 festival productions across the nation. The ACTF also recogniz-es a variety of key goals, includ-ing enhancing professionalism, developing greater opportunity and strengthening not only the theatre skill of students, but also their insight into the theatrical world.

Participating students are

challenged to participate in 10-minute play festivals, vari-ous workshops and other award opportunities. Students are also encouraged to submit their own written plays for this festival in hopes of developing their scripts and improving them throughout the process of constructive cri-tique from the playwriting chair.

Overall, the festival is used to evoke the creative process in every student of theatre, no mat-ter their current level of skill or expertise in the field. The festi-val also works to encourage the colleges in which the students derive from to use student writ-ten and new plays in their own theatre productions.

“It is always a goal to in-spire creativity and expose the students to other students with the same passions as theirs but are from other places,” said Weiner.

Among the students who went were Kayla Rodgers, Jimmy Bert and Heather Ives. While Weiner herself worked as a mentor for the students going through the festival, the students

were able to compete in many plays and attend workshops.

“The biggest benefit to me was meeting all sorts of people from all over that have a passion for theatre, too,” said Jimmy Bert, sophomore nursing major. “I got to make some friends and hopefully, I made some impor-tant business contacts for later on.”

Each year, a group of the-atre students from Washburn go out to the American College Theatre Festival in Jan. or Feb. in hopes of gathering opportuni-ties and exploring theatre more in depth. It also offers a national festival for the four to six final-ists chosen by a group of three selective judges. The Washburn theatre department will continue in the aspiration of the benefits of this festival in the upcoming years and encourage students in-terested in theatre to sign up for the next trip to the nationwide festival. Shelby Atadgi is a sophomore psychology major. Reach her at [email protected]

Shelby AtadgiWASHBURN REVIEW

Art group open to anyoneRobert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Students participate in theatre festival

The Topeka Zoo, in the heart of Gage Park, is expect-ing an exciting new addition to its inhabitants early this May. What new addition is that? Pen-guins.

According to Sara Hall, the Topeka Zoo’s marketing assis-tant, the penguin exhibit, also entitled “The Penguin Plunge,” will officially be open to the public on May 10 and will be open until September.

“The exhibit will have any-where from four to six African penguins,” said Hall. “African penguins do not live in the cold, so the exhibit will feature their natural habitat with rocks and sand.”

The exhibit will be en-closed for the penguins’ com-fort and as a benefit to the pub-lic.

“It will be regulated and the exhibit will also feature a lot of educational, interactive stations,” said Hall.

The Topeka Zoo was prompted to give the commu-

nity something it’s never had before.

“With the exhibit actually being a traveling exhibit, it just worked out,” said Hall. “We’ve never had penguins, so we had to seize the opportunity.”

According to Hall, travel-ing exhibits are a good way to increase attendance and aware-ness.

“Penguins are fun, too,” said Hall. “We wanted to get something people would like.”

The Topeka Zoo also has reopened its second annual ice skating rink, “The Polar Ice Cap,” for the public.

“It’s a synthetic rink,” said Hall. “It’s completely environ-mentally friendly.”

The only additional cost to use the ice skating rink is $2 for skate rentals. The zoo en-courages visitors to bring their own.

The ice rink is simple for the staff members of the Tope-ka Zoo to maintain.

“It’s almost like a plastic cutting board,” said Hall, “We don’t have to keep it refriger-ated.”

Also, according to Hall, the most enticing aspect of the ice skating rink is the talent that comes with the skaters.

“We have a wide range of skaters from those who know what they’re doing and those who don’t,” said Hall. “We saw a lot of people last year who could definitely ice skate.”

Groups are encouraged to come out and use the rink for birthday parties or any special occasions, especially this up-coming Valentines Day.

“This year, it’s become a lot more popular because

people know more about it,” said Hall. “It’s still new, but it’s more popular, which is great.”

The Polar Ice Cap is open every day that the zoo is open: Mon. through Sun. 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and it’s also open ev-ery Saturday night throughout February.

When one usually thinks of Valentine’s Day, it’s thought of as a day of poetry, wine, candy and roses, or candlelight din-ners. Here are some other alter-natives that will bring back fond memories for years to come.

Bosco’s has a couple’s din-ner with a specialized menu that is priced at $75 a couple, or at $10 per item a la carte. T h e couple’s dinner menu starts out with shrimp martinis. The main courses are New York Strip Car-paccio, Bour-

bon pecan

chicken, p e s t o cream shrimp and a center cut filet mignon. Seafood choices include grilled diver scallops or grilled lobster tail. Dessert choices are the Meyer lemon or triple chocolate cake. Reserva-tions are required and need to be made in advance to ensure that there is a table available. To make reservations, please call (785) 232-6726 Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Bosco’s is located downstairs at 435 Kansas Avenue.

Release your inner zombie at the Zombie Valentine Massa-cre and Masquerade Ball at the Boobie Trap featuring C-Fouric Acid, Pirahna Gang, Evil In-tensions, Kloud Sity, Mental Breakdown, Wazteland War-

riors, Twisted Freak and Kan-sas Prairie Killaz on February 3 and 4 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Boobie Trap is located at 6th and Washburn. Prizes will be awarded at the masquerade ball as well.

Another Valentine’s Day twist is to go on a historic ghost tour in North Topeka where you could walk about and pos-sibly see some paranormal ac-tivity. At $17 per person, is a two-hour tour that starts at the

North Star Restaurant at 1100 North 25th

Street. Some of the sights that are listed on the tour in-clude the Great Overland Sta-tion, the Moose Lodge, and the Rochester Cemetery, where one could find one of Topeka’s most famous local urban legends, the ghost of an albino woman. To purchase tickets or to find more information about other ghost tours, please call (785) 851-0856, or visit their website at www.ghosttoursofkansas.com.

If romance, wine and roses are more one’s style there are many places to obtain these items. Porterfield’s Flowers at 3101 SW Huntoon, not far from Washburn’s campus, have plenty of fresh flowers. Matrot Winery at 6424 SW Huntoon provides free wine tastings on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Local wine and fresh flow-ers could be the perfect addition to anyone’s Valentine’s day.

A great way to start out your weekend on the First Fri-day of every month is to visit some of the 40 venues around Topeka participating in the First Friday Art Walk. Most galleries will be open froSome galleries are located in restaurants, bars and coffee shops, and some feature free live music, food and drinks, along with your art gazing experience.

In the new NOTO art dis-trict in North Topeka there are eight galleries alone that feature live bands. Most of the NOTO galleries are located on Kansas Avenue and the few that aren’t are right around the corner.

Rene Johnson, sculptor and artist of SS Design Concepts, is also the owner of the Eclec-tive Gallery in NOTO. The Eclective will have the band “Monk’s Wine” from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and there will be free wine, appetizers and soft drinks.

The Serendipity Gallery is a NOTO gallery that will be having their grand opening on the upcoming First Friday, serving free wine and bever-ages, with the live band “Mike Babb and S’more Blues” play-ing until midnight. They will be having a sit-down dinner, catered by Johnny Carino’s for a $10 charge that includes a full meal and a soft drink. There will also be a full bar.

The Flying Monkey locat-

ed at 1635 SW Washburn will feature new artist Greg Fitch. They will be serving free tapas and the “Vinyl Ambassador” will be there spinning music from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Barbara Waterman Peters is a local artist who graduated from Washburn University. She belongs to the group of art-ists who started the First Friday Art Walk 25 years ago.

“We were the only ones in town,” said Peters.

Many of her works will be exhibited at the Collective Art Gallery located at 3121 SW Huntoon, a location on the cor-ner of Oakley and Huntoon that feature other galleries, such as Beauchamp’s Frameshop and Gallery, SOHO interiors and Glass Expressions Gallery, where Kymm Hughes, Wash-burn teacher, displays some of her artwork.

“The Collective Gallery is a cooperative [that] opened in 1987, and I was one of the founding members,” said Pe-ters. “Originally, there were a dozen or so artists. The core group was all women, and we all had connections with Wash-burn University.”

Peters will have more of her paintings showing at Studio 831, a gallery she shares with other artists in the NOTO dis-trict. The exceptionally busy artist also has work hanging in several other venues, including the Mulvane Art Museum and the lobby of the Andrew and Georgia Neese Gray Theater on

Washburn’s campus. Her art is on the publicity posters and the playbill of the current play at the theater “The Year of Magi-cal Thinking,” which she also designed the set for and collab-orated with others to create.

“There’s definitely some-thing about the art department at Washburn,” Peters said. “However, the secret is that we have faculty who are each very interested in student success. There is maybe some kind of magical formula here, and the environment tends to send posi-tive people out. The faculty we had here were so encouraging, and we took that energy, en-thusiasm and knowledge and went ’ignorantly’ into forming a gallery. If we had known how much work it was going to be, we might have had sec-ond thoughts. Thank God we are still in existence 25 years later.”

Peters believes the art walk is for the Topeka community and.

“I think it’s a good oppor-tunity to get out and see friends and make new friends,” said Peters. “It’s a shared experi-ence. It’s a bond. It’s one of the things helping to give Topeka a more positive attitude about itself. This is something that everyone can come to. There’s no admission charged and it’s open to the public.”

Jordan Loomis Washburn revieW

Cindy Rose is a junior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

Valentine’s date ideas

Michelle Boltz is a senior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]


Michelle BoltzWashburn revieW

Fall Career and Graduate School FairSeptember 13, 2011

Participant list is available at www.washburn.edu/services/career

Don’t forget to bring:

copies of your resume

notepad & pen great interpersonal skills

knowledge of the organizations

Network to learn about careers, jobs, and potential employers!


10 a.m. - 2 p.m. FREE POPCORNAND SODA!

Job & Internship Seekers:Meet and talk with potential employers.Career Explorers:Ask questions about career opportunities in may fields.

Photos by Andrew Escandon, Washburn Review

A9Arts and Entertainment • Wednesday, February 1, 2012

First Friday Art Walk features local artists, bands and restaurants

All Mapped Out: To the left is a map of all the locations for February’s First Friday Art Walk. A few of the most popular ones include Collective Art Gallery, 2131 SW Huntoon, Serendipity Gallery, 820 N. Kansas Ave., The Break Room, 911 S. Kansas Ave., The Merchant, 913 S. Kansas Ave., Beauchamps Frameshop and Gallery, 3113 SW Huntoon St., Brown v. Board of Education, 1515 SE Monroe St., NOTO Community Arts Center, 922 N. Kansas Ave., The Eclective Art Gallery, 900 N. Kansas Ave., Black Bird Bistro, 4025 SW 10th St., and The Flying Monkey, 1635 SW 17 St. There are many more locations, and online you can find a complete list at [email protected]. and there should also be a map PDF available to print out.

Graphic by Kelly Hurla, Washburn Review

Topeka Zoo offers ice skating rink

Cindy Rose Washburn revieW

Polar Ice Cap: The Topeka Zoo has reopened it’s synthetic skating rink to Topekans. The zoo is encouraging people to bring their birthday parties and special occasions to the rink. It will only be open until the end of February, and is of no extra cost during the daytime hours.

Graphic by Katie Child, Washburn Review

Arts and Entertainment • Wednesday, February 1, 2012A10

Rob Burkett is a senior mass media student. Reach him at [email protected]

Bob Dylan is a songwriting ma-chine and an American icon. How-ever, I’ve always believed that his best songs were sung by “Anybody But Bob.” “Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan” continues this streak through four discs, 73 songs and over five hours of music. The massive compilation, which runs around $20 at retail, celebrates the 50th anniver-sary of Amnesty International, and all proceeds from sales of the album will benefit the charity.

Amnesty International, founded in London in 1961, advocates for human rights worldwide and was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1977 for the group’s campaign against torture.

Born May 24, 1951, as Robert Zimmerman, Bob Dylan is considered by many people to be the quintessen-tial songwriter of the 1960s, and many of his songs are now synonymous with civil rights and the anti-war movement. Songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’” became generational anthems. Origi-nally a coffee shop folk singer, the moment when Dylan turned electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 is a hallmark in the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Upon inducting Dylan into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Bruce Springsteen said, “Bob freed

your mind the way Elvis freed your body. He showed us that just because music was innately physical, did not mean that it was anti-intellectual.”

Even if you think you’ve never heard a Bob Dylan song, chances are you have. Guns ‘n’ Roses? They didn’t write “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Jimi Hendrix’s “All Along the Watch-tower?” That’s a Bob Dylan song. “Everybody must get stoned?” That’s Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35.”

Ranging from Adele to Ziggy Marley, the collection covers almost every genre of music imaginable; pop music, rock, punk, reggae, soul, coun-try and world music are all represented in Dylan’s music.

“Chimes of Freedom” offers something for every musical taste and the biggest surprises come from Miley Cyrus and Ke$ha. Cyrus trades in her pop leanings for a more traditional take on “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go,” and Ke$ha ditches the

auto-tune for a highly emotional ver-sion of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Al-right.” Rise Against turns “Ballad of Hollis Brown” into a thundering rage, and my personal favorites are Flogging Molly’s cover of “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and Gaslight Anthem’s

version of “Changing of the Guard.”The only drawback to “Chimes of

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The many faces of DylanThe many faces of DylanPop MusicAdele – Make You Feel My LoveMiley Cyrus – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You GoKe$ha – Don’t Think Twice, It’s AlrightMaroon 5 – I Shall Be Released

CountryJohnny Cash (feat. The Avett Brothers) – One Too Many MorningsDierks Bentley – Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)Kris Kristofferson – Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

Classic RockPatti Smith – Drifter’s EscapeJoan Baez – Seven CursesJoe Perry (of Aerosmith) – Man of Peace

Alternative RockQueens of the Stone Age – Outlaw BluesTom Morello (as The Nightwatchman) – Blind Willie McTellLenny Kravitz – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Punk RockRise Against – Ballad of Hollis BrownThe Gaslight Anthem – Changing of the GuardsBad Religion – It’s All Over Now, Baby BlueFlogging Molly – The Times They Are A-Changin’

Photos courtesy of bobdylan.com. Graphic by Ryan Hodges, Washburn Review

Gotta Serve Somebody: “Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan,” a benefit for Amnesty International sprawls across four discs and 73 different songs covering all genres of music. Above is a list of some of the diverse artists featured on the album.

With all actors, there is a movie that breaks molds and steps outside of what we expect of stars. With “McLin-tock!” the film is on the face of it, an-other in a long line of John Wayne western movies, but it stretches itself in many other directions.

The 1963 film is a movie set in the western frontier, revolving around a man in George McLintock, played by Wayne who is a ranching baron. Estranged from his wife Katherine, played by the estimable Maureen O’Hara, star of such films as “The Parent Trap” and “Big Jake,” George has been living the past two years in the life of a bachelor. With Katherine living “back east” with the couple’s daughter Becky, George attempts to live life in the meantime.

The film starts off with George in town and noticing new farmer settlers moving into the territory. After warn-ing the farmers of the harshness of life on the mesa, McLintock is approached by the young Devlin Warren, played by John Wayne’s son, Patrick. Warren sees which way the proverbial wind is blowing and wants to get a job with McLintock’s ranch gang. After ini-tially turning him down, George meets the young Warren’s mother, Louise, played by Yvonne De Carlo. George takes the Warren family in, giving both Devlin and Louise a job.

At the same time that George is

putting his home life in order, Kath-erine comes into town ahead of her daughter, who is returning home after finishing school. Katherine waits for George in the hotel where she eventu-

ally confronts him and asks for a di-vorce. George won’t hear it and thus the comedic and romantic bickering begins between the two.

After finding out that Matt Doug-las, a suitor for Becky’s hand in marriage played by Jerry Van Dyke, is in

town as well, the hilarity turns into full swing as Devlin is smitten with the young McLintock and a romantic rivalry between the two young men ensues.

While all of this is going on, the settlers from earlier in the film reenter the plot as Native Americans living in the area are accused of abducting one of the farmer’s daughters. The ensuing fight that takes place at the rock quarry outside of town lends itself to more comedic moments as most of the cast

literally takes a spill down the hill into a mud pit.

Eventually, on the Fourth of July, the final showdown between George and Katherine comes as the tension

explodes in the wake of a raid by the local Native American tribes. During the raid, Becky realizes she is in love with Devlin, and the two eventually end up together. George spends the

last part of the film chasing Katherine through buildings around the town. Fi-nally, after “putting her in her place,” the two resolve their dispute and the film ends with them back together.

For those looking for a cheap al-ternative to the movie theater and want to explore one of the original romantic comedy movies, this is a must see. For Western fans, this movie might not be quite what you are looking for, but it still lives true to the look and feel of the genre. Regardless, “McLintock!” is a great movie for a quiet evening at home

“McLintock!” is Wayne classicsculptures of moths and lichen, from Baltimore, Ohio, artist, Michelle Stit-zlein.

“She collects items that would normally be in the trash,” said Cindi Morrison, director of the Mulvane Art Museum. “[She] then makes these wonderful moths.”

The large, elaborate renditions of moths and lichen found in Stitzlein’s own garden are composed of anything, such as old Ohio license plates, piano keys, shower knobs, vintage bicycle seats and much more.

Stitzlein will be visiting Topeka and Washburn in March, first to help build a mural made entirely of bottle caps on the wall outside the Mulvane art lab, and then to help with a Bot-tle Cap Family and Community Day event at the Art lab, in which she will be helping kids make their own bottle cap art.

Also, on the second floor is an origami exhibit by Robert J. Lang of Alamo, Cal. The title of the exhibit, Ichi-mai Ori, is Japanese for single sheet origami. The paper sculptures are extremely detailed and realistic, ranging from animals like herons, ot-ters and life-like tarantulas, to flowers and intrinsic designs. Each individual piece is made from one uncut sheet of origami paper.

“We do have a couple books of his, and it’s as hard as it looks,” said Morrison.

The fourth exhibit to be shown on Feb. 3 is titled “Twist & Turn” and

is made up of around 1400 paintings, drawings and mobiles of Kansas birds made by hundreds of Topeka citizens, ranging from children in elementary school to the elderly in art classes. This project was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Education Invitational Grants Initiative. After the show is over, the artwork will be redistributed back to the kids and adults that made them.

“What you see here is what hap-pens when you send an arts educator to a classroom,” said Morrison.

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

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She collects items that would normally be in the trash and then makes these wonderful moths.

- Cindi Morrison director, Mulvane Art Museum

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