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Even without a major threat from a new strain of influenza, the flu sea-son is still approaching, which means a renewed push for getting vaccinated against the flu bug.

Pat Schneider, R.N. for Wash-burn Health Services, said there is only one flu shot this year. This vaccine works against the swine flu, as well as the common influ-enza virus. The health clinic is planning on a flu clinic in Me-morial Union to help make the vaccination process faster and easier for students.

It is important for students to get vaccinated that are at higher risk including those with asthma or aller-gies.

“You may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick,” said Schneider. “Most healthy

adults may be able to infect others beginning one day before symptoms develop up to five to seven days after becoming sick. Some people, especial-ly children and people with weakened immune systems, might be able to in-fect others for an even longer time.”

Andrew Herbig, assistant profes-sor for the biology department believes this prolonged infection is because of more health problems concurrently

occur for older age groups and young children compared to col-lege students.

C a m p u s c o m m u n i t i e s have a lot more people in close proximity. Her-big had a small suggestion to keep the flu from spreading while at Wash-burn.

“As we get in the season of sniffles and sneezes, one of the best practices, is cough-ing into the elbow, not right into the hands,” said Herbig.

Herbig would also say that with stress and lack of sleep, students’ im-mune systems are weakened, making it easier to catch a sickness. But Sch-

neider also pointed out that physical health does not mean students can ne-glect getting the shot.

“While exercise and proper nutri-tion do make a student healthier, and decreases the chance that people will get the flu, it does not give a complete prevention of the flu,” said Schneider.

According, to Schneider, it is also important that students know that the flu is not a gastrointestinal issue. The flu is a respiratory virus, and symp-toms include a headache, sore throat, and cough.

“There is a small percentage that people can have a reaction, but its so minute to what can happen if you have the flu, its well worth getting the shot,” said Schneider.

The health clinic at Washburn University will start giving vaccines on Oct. 1. Schneider said the shot will be $12, and students will have to sign a consent form. More information re-garding costs and what students need to bring will be on their website.

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For people that suffer from anxi-ety disorders, the fear of dealing with social situations can cause trembling, blushing, sweating, or feeling ill. One Washburn department has a solution to assist those suffering with these feelings.

The psychology department at Washburn University operates the Psychological Services Clinic.

This fall in addition to targeting anxiety, the clinic also provides as-sistance with other problems such as depression.

“It is staffed by therapists who are in our master’s program, with an em-phasis on clinical skills, so these are people studying to become master’s level psychologists,” said Cynthia L. Turk, assistant professor and anxiety clinic director. “The clinic serves as the area where they do their training and each therapist is under the super-vision of a licensed psychologist, this semester I am the licensed psycholo-gist who is supervising in the clinic.”

According to Turk, the emphasis will be on recruiting people who have problems with anxiety and also might be dealing with another linked issue..

“A lot of times people who have anxiety are also depressed,” said Turk. “Depression and anxiety go together a lot.”

While the clinic does accept peo-ple with various issues, they do not serve children or adolescents.

“We see Washburn students, we see faculty and staff at Washburn, we see people from the community,” said Turk. “The focus [of the clinic] is on adults.”

The clinic actually has a small enough number of clients that the ther-apists are able to only see two to three at a time. This allows the therapists to devote their time and attention to each of the sessions.

They are also able to get super-vision on how they should help work with their clients in the future and gives them experience that will serve beyond their training experience.

Turk believes that patients may even receive more attention at Wash-

burn than in a clinic where the ther-apists have a higher workload.

The process for a patient to visit the clinic starts by contacting the clinic. The clinic doesn’t have a secretary devoted to the anxiety clinic; the secretary at the psychol-ogy department takes a message.

A therapist will then contact the individual and asks a few screening questions. Finally, they schedule an initial appointment. At the appoint-ment the individual fills out a ques-tionnaire and a consent form.

“The consent form helps [pa-tients] to understand the role of the clinic when it comes to confidenti-ality,” said Turk. “We go over the clinic rules, fill out a few question-naires, and then we do a structured clinical interview with them.”

The interview the clients end up going through is designed so that everyone who comes into the clinic receives the same set of questions to answer. It’s with the idea in mind of making sure that there is no missed information.

The following session allows for the client to receive feed-back about their in-terview and also look

over a treatment plan that has been proposed.

The rules for confidentiality are similar to any therapist. The clinic’s release of any information, even to a spouse or medical doctor would only be allowed if the individual gives written permission for the physician to share information with another party.

If the individual does not sign the form, the clinic doesn’t release any information, not even that the person attended, to any third party.

The only exceptions are involv-ing safety issues or legal matters in which a court subpoenas the records. A safety issue could involve the safety of a child, another person or the person themselves.

The clinic tries to accommodate to each client but there is are treatments that are used commonly which are part of nearly every clients’ sessions.

“We focus on empirically sup-ported treatments; that is kind of a big thing in the psychological field and in the medical field now,” said Turk.

“That means the kinds of things we recommend in terms of things that might be helpful to the people com-ing into our clinic are based on the re-search literature.”

So if a student coming in has prob-lems with panic attacks, the treatments that we recommend will be tailored to their individual situation, but the main aspects of their treatment will be drawn from techniques that have been shown to be helpful from scientific studies.

This technique is not used every-where, though this is the way the field

is moving.After graduation many of the mas-

ter’s level therapists serve the Topeka community in facilities such as Com-munity Mental Health Centers, Family Service and Guidance Center and other facilities in and around Topeka.

“The program has been around long enough that it has really had a pretty profound impact on a lot of oth-er organizations through our graduates who work there,” said Turk.

So for students, faculty, or com-munity members who are suffering

from anxiety disorder or any other form of phobia, depression, or oth-er problems, and seeking help, call Washburn University’s Psychological Services Clinic which can be reached at (785) 670-1564.

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Timothy Lake is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at [email protected]

Christina Butler is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

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COPING WITH ANXIETY

Between balancing tests, work and other obligations, stu-dent wellness sometimes goes to the backburner. The Wash-burn Wellness Fair geared to-wards changing that.

Washburn hosted the one-stop shop on Sept. 15 in the Washburn Room.

While most people think of wellness as going to the gym, the fair indicated staying well ac-tually consists of much more.

The Wellness Fair had several participants, ranging from information about sports medicine, massages, can-cer walks, and respiratory ther-apy. While the fair was geared towards wellness of people, some organizations also came just to show their gratitude to Washburn.

“I feel it is important to come back where you started from,” said Jayme Washie, an employee of Helping Hands

Humane Society. “I’m alum of Washburn and I participated in the fair to get students into volunteering at Helping Hands Humane Society. It[the Hu-mane Society] is really a ben-eficial experience and you will like it.”

Also available was infor-mation about the annual Race Against Breast Cancer walk/run at Washburn, but the presenta-tion at the fair was about more than just that specific walk. Kris Omni, also an alum of Wash-

burn University, is a coordinator of Save a Life, a cancer support organization.

“Washburn has a wonderful relationship in the Topeka area and it really helps especially for the walking program,” said Omni.

The organization will also be hosting “Light the Night,” a walk that will be held for can-cer survivors and people who have dealt with cancer. It will be this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on the Washburn Campus.

Washburn students and

faculty who visited the vari-ous booths learned about the broad range of wellness from the sponsors.

“I liked how the fair had a sonogram to see inside the body and if someone had blood clots,” said Toiya James, soph-omore. “I thought that was in-teresting. They also had a up-coming herbal store here. That was nice to actually get free samples.”

The fair also emphasized that if the information desired wasn’t available, there are areas in Topeka that can coordinate with students to get it. Overall, Celeste Hajek, Washburn Em-ployee Wellness Coordinator, had strong beliefs the event’s worth it.

“The fair is really impor-tant to bring wellness to Wash-burn,” said Hajek. “Attending the event provides all aspects, physical, religious, massage to the mind and body and the whole body spirit.”

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Brown Bag LectureInternational HouseNoon

Sociology/Anthropology ClubRoom 205, Henderson4 p.m.

Quick Journey Through The BibleBlair Room, LLC6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 22

Thursday, Sept. 23

Diversity Matters “Amreeka”Room 118, Henderson7 p.m.

Thursday Night Live (Chi Alpha)1520 S.W. 17th St.7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 24

Saturday, Sept. 25

Lady Blues soccerYager Stadium, Moore Bowl6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 26

Monday, Sept. 27

Sunday MassCatholic Campus Center, 1633 S.W. Jewell Ave.6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 28

School of Business research seminarRoom 104, Henderson12:30 p.m.

Faculty ColliquiumMabee 1052:30-4 p.m

Wednesday, Sept 29

Quick Journey Through The BibleBlair Room, Living Learning Center6-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 30

Lady Blues soccerYager Stadium6 p.m.

Comedian Eric O’SheaWashburn Room, Memorial Union7 p.m.

Thursday Night Live (Chi Alpha)1520 S.W. 17th St.7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 1

Lady Blues Classic (vol-leyball)Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center2 p.m.

Lady Blues Classic (vol-leyball)Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center6:30 p.m.

Anjelica WillisWASHBURN REVIEW

Fair gives Washburn students advice towards basic wellness

Anjelica Willis is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at [email protected].

The Ichabod chapter of Mortar Board at Washburn University was among the out-standing chapters to be honored for its excellence at the 2010 Mortar Board National Confer-ence, July 23-25 in Chicago.

The group was one of 77 chapters to receive the Sil-ver Torch Award, presented to chapters meeting chapter man-agement standards while exem-plifying the ideals of scholar-ship, leadership and service.

Chapter Vice President Ni-

cole Stejskal, Bison, Kan., was present to accept the chapter’s award.

Mortar Board is the pre-mier national honor society recognizing college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and ser-vice. Since its founding in 1918, the organization has grown from the four founding chap-ters to 228 chartered collegiate chapters with nearly a quarter of a million initiated members across the nation. The Ichabod chapter at Washburn University was chartered in 2006 and cur-

rently has 51 members. Mortar Board provides op-

portunities for continued lead-ership development, promotes service to colleges and univer-sities and encourages lifelong contributions to the global com-munity. Some notable Mortar Board members include distin-guished politician Condoleezza Rice, Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees and Suzy’s Zoo creator Suzy Spafford.

Learn more about Mortar Board at students.washburn.edu/organizations/mortarboard/ or mortarboard.org.

Washburn Mortar Board gains national recognition for academic acheivementsPRESS RELEASE

The Music Man: Jeff Dunn, sophomore, plays his tuba for the Washburn Wind Ensemble, which performed at Scorch on the Porch last Thursday. The Washburn Faculty Brass Quintet also performed at the event.

Diplomas now available for summer graduates

For students who complet-ed their degree requirements in July, their diplomas are ready to be picked up at the Office of the University Registrar.

You will need to show a photo ID before you receive your diploma. If you have any holds on your account you will not be able to receive your di-ploma. If you have work out-standing (incomplete grade, course yet to be completed,

etc), you have not yet met your degree requirements and there will not be a diploma for you.

If you would like to have your diploma mailed, there is a $5 fee.

You will find the Diploma Mailing Form on the Registrar website at: www.washburn.edu/registrar.

Please note that University policy prohibits issuing diplo-mas to any student with finan-cial or other unmet obligations to the University.

PRESS RELEASE

“Creations of Hope: An exhibit by artists experiencing mental illness” is an annual jur-ied art exhibit sponsored by the CARE program at Valeo Be-havioral Health Care.

The exhibit will be dis-played through the months of October and November in celebration of Mental Illness Awareness Week.

Selected entries will be ex-hibited at the opening reception

at 5:30-8 p.m. on October 1 at the Upstage Gallery located at 720 Jackson St.

Through “Creations of Hope” the aim is to provide an accessible and empowering op-portunity for artists experienc-ing mental illness to enter the art community.

Additionally, Valeo strives to raise awareness and widen views of mental illness in the public by providing an event that celebrates creativity, strength, and hope.

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Art gallery showcases Valeo program’s work

Harvard alumni to speak to WU students regarding his business

Morgan Hermand-Waiche will be the guest speaker for the Washburn Ad Club Thursday Sept. 23 at noon in the Kansas Room, Memorial Union.

Hermand-Waiche, who will be in town for a business engagement, is the CEO of his own online startup, www.matchvenue.com and a Harvard

Business School alumni. He will share his experi-

ences regarding fundraising, being a CEO, and the Internet, among other subjects.

His website is a students- only social network, which he hopes will interest fans of Fa-cebookand Twitter.

He created his idea while at Harvard, due to having to be able to communicate with other students via a video chat. He

also knew it would be impor-tant to broadcast live clubs and association’s meetings.

If students who attend the meeting sign up for his website prior to attending, they may have a chance to win an all ex-pense paid four-day trip to Bos-ton and Paris.

“My Ideal Employee” will be the topic of a presentation by Bernie Becker, vice presi-dent and chief human resources officer at Stormont Vail Health-Care.

The 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, meeting will be in the

Vogel Room in the Union and is open to everyone. Becker will talk about what character-istics are most desirable to land a job.

Washburn’s Society for Human Resource Management is sponsoring the talk. For more information, call Dan Schultz at 785-580-5300.

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President’s Press-paid for by WSGA-

Hello Washburn! Hope you are having a great week so far!!

Tonight is a commit-tees night for us, so we will be meeting with each com-mittee to continue to work on upcoming projects and events. Last week, our Spirit Committee did an excellent job with Traditions Night and I’m sorry if you didn’t make it in time to get a shirt, but we had 700-800 stu-dents there, so it was a great turnout! Also, a big thank you to Vice President Mul-lin, Board of Regents Chair-woman Marquardt and our Communications Committee on all of their hard work for Constitution Day on Friday. Congratulations to Jared Lauber for winning the free iPad during the Constitution Day Giveaway!

Last week, Vice Presi-dent Mullin and I met with the other University Presi-dents at different institutions within the KS Board of Re-gents and discussed ideas on the upcoming year. We also had breakfast with the Kan-sas Board of Regents mem-bers and discussed their vi-

sion for higher education in Kansas for the future.

Join the Bod Squad if you still haven’t yet! Con-tact Taylor McGown at [email protected]. It is only $10 for a t-shirt and free food at all the different athletic events this year!

Enjoy the rest of your week, let us know if you have any ideas to make Washburn a better place, and as always, GO BODS!!

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Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-dia/social work major. Reach him at [email protected]

For more campus events, check: www.washburnreview.org

In 2009, the Topeka City Council banned smoking in all public locations and establish-ments, excluding smoke shops. Many attempts were made to reverse the ban but none were successful.

After universities and col-leges across America also im-plemented bans, many Wash-burn students may have been left asking if Washburn is go-ing to ban smoking completely and why it really matters if they smoke on campus.

The issue of smoking in college has been tracked for many years. According to the National Lung Association’s Tobacco Policy Project, in 2006, approximately one out of every five college students smoked.

That was the lowest per-cent of smokers in college since 1980. In 2006, it was 19.2 percent, which is a number relatively lower than the 30.6 percent of college students who smoked in 1999. Though this was a dramatic decrease in smokers

among college students the, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services set a lower goal for 2010 of only 12 per-cent of adult smokers..

The TPP said that research shows that most of the college students who smoke began in high school. It also reported that about half of college stu-dents who smoke were “social smokers” which means they generally only smoke when with other smokers.

A study done in 2005 showed than one fifth of “so-cial smokers” became daily smokers over a four-year time frame.

Smoking itself is not the only problem. TPP reported that for some college students, smokingis an indication of stress or de-pression. They also found that students who smoke were more likely to use alcohol and drugs.

In 2007, USA Today re-ported that at least 43 universi-ties and colleges throughout the U.S. had banned smoking on campus.

“If you’re not allowed to smoke on campus, if you can’t buy tobacco products on cam-pus, it will definitely deter some students from smoking,” said Betsy Foy from the American College Health Association.

By 2008, New York had passed legislation prohibiting smoking in dorms/residence halls in “all state and private colleges and universities.” In 2009, Illinois State University went smoke free on campus. Portland [Oregon] Community college became a completely tobacco free college in 2009.

According to the TPP, at Ozark Technical Community Col-lege the fine for smoking on the 100 percent tobacco-free campus is to pay $15 or spend two hours of picking up tobacco trash.

Additionally, more than 130 colleges and universities across the nation have smoke free policies that ban smoking on the entire campus including indoor and outdoor areas.

At least an-other 500 cam-puses prohibit tobacco use in student residen-tial housing, reports the TPP.

Deborah Swank, deputy mayor of Topeka and a sup-porter of the no smoking bill passed in Topeka, shared her insight into university smoking bans and the possibility of one at Washburn.

“Right now you have to be ten feet from any door even on campus, and, of course, all of the indoor spaces,” said Swank. “I do know that Washburn has number of students who have been working on [no smoking on campus] for a few years. I am in total support of that. If [the University] wants to do that, it’s a great idea.”

Washburn University, how-ever, has not made any plans to impose a ban.

“I don’t know that we have talked about that,” said Bob

Storey, chairman of the Wash-burn Board of Regents. “I am sure we will discuss [a possible ban] at some point.”

Not everyone agrees with the change of smoke/tobacco free universities and colleges. The anti-ban groups throughout the nation believe if they have the right to make decisions like vot-ing in elections they should be al-lowed to smoke when and where

they choose. The Indiana Daily Stu-dent referred to the proposed ban as an “infringement on

personal liberties” saying that for the students living in dorms the smoking ban was especially hard considering that 30 feet around the dorms was said to be smoke free.

Those in favor of the ban argue that they are content to be able to go to class without hav-ing to fear second hand smoke inhalation.

To read the full report on smoking in college visit the Na-tional Lung Association page at www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/tobacco-control-advocacy/re-ports-resources/tobacco-policy-trend-reports/college-report.pdf.

Last Thursday, Camille Cooper came to campus with a message in mind.

Cooper made her presen-tation, “The American Beauty Myth,” in Henderson Learning Resources Center room 100 last week. The Campus Activities Board sponsored the presenta-tion.

According to Cooper, the purpose of her speech is to make people really start to think about beauty and what ideas of beauty are and why society has those ideas and how the media and advertising can have an im-pact on the way people look at themselves.

However as she showed through slides, most of the pic-tures in ads and in the media are touched up and women do not really look like the ones in the picture.

“In the same way you would go to school and read a classic novel and dissect it and analyze it, I want people to do the same thing with advertise-ments,” said Cooper. “I want people to really look at them and study them and analyze them and question what they’re seeing.”

However, she does agree that it is not entirely the media’s fault. People do have a role in what they see and buy.

“I totally agree with that, we participate in our own ex-ploitation 100 percent you know like buying the magazines that just put out this trash that just totally talks down to us and is condescending and they’re in-sulting us,” said Cooper.

In addition to question-ing ads and the media she also wanted the audience to ques-tion our their own perspective on beauty and what is held as beautiful.

“If you find that you have a narrow idea of what’s appeal-ing to you or what represents attractive to you start to ques-tion that, why you have that, and maybe you can break down some of that,” said Cooper.

“Maybe some of that has an in-fluence.”

While the majority of the presentation focused on how the media and advertising in-dustry is affecting women and girls, she also talked about the effect it has on men and boys. Cooper cited toys like GI Joe dolls giving the wrong ideas to boys about how they have to look.

“I think the same thing ap-plies for guys, and I think guys are increasingly, because of the media attention on you and your looks, becoming more ob-jectified in the reverse. And it probably feels really bad when it comes out, right? So multiply that by a billion and that’s what we [women] go through every day,” said Cooper.

Cooper’s presentation has been inspired by her work as an actress in Hollywood on proj-ects like the television series, “General Hospital” and various major motion pictures.

When she was younger she really thought acting was what she wanted to do.

Eventually Cooper awoke to the realization that she didn’t like the person she was. That was when things started to change for her. Cooper start-ed talking to the film industry about their impact on the way women view themselves. She then started branching out and talking to other people.

“When I started no one was really even talking about it. So then it became kind of trendy to talk about it,” said Cooper.

Cooper travels to of uni-versities and community groups and occasionally goes to high schools and middle schools. Her main goal is to reach stu-dents and get this message to them.

“The primary purpose first and foremost is to reach those young women and men who are in crisis,” said Cooper.

Her message certainly seemed to have an impact at Washburn.

“She’s so fabulous. It was really good, so interesting and very informative. A lot of things

I didn’t notice about the world, very eye opening,” said Molly Rondeau and Grace Roberts, freshmen.

It wasn’t just the girls who got something out of the speech.

“I enjoyed it. I thought it presented a different and unique view on the way we hold beau-ty and the way we view ev-erything,” said Alex Sonnich, sophomore.

Cooper also works as the legislative affairs director for the National Association to

Protect Children. “We go and we lobby po-

litically to make sure there are better laws and better protec-tion and resources for abused children,” said Cooper.

Cooper also worked to help pass the Virginia educational diversity and equity bill.

“The bill required the state to rewrite the entire K-12 his-tory curriculum to be inclusive of people of different races, eth-nicities, gender and disability,” said Cooper.

Cooper hoped her presen-

tation had an impact on Wash-burn students.

“The one thing that each of you should know that for every single person that reaches out, that sends a letter, or an email or makes a phone call to whom-ever it is you want to target,” said Cooper. “You represent a hundred people so if you get a hundred people to do that you represent a lot of people.

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For years, students who worked in the basement of the union saw the smiling face of Gary McDonald.

McDonald, a recently re-tired janitor from Washburn, struggled at first with working on campus after finding out he had prostate cancer in February. But it soon turned around.

“To be truthful, I was pretty upset and depressed in Febru-ary, but I had such a good sup-port base out here at Washburn from all the people who work here and all the students,” said McDonald.

In fact, many faculty mem-bers and students cared so much about what was happening to McDonald that they brought him pans of food.

Some people from Wash-burn even asked if he and his wife needed any other help while getting through the dif-ficult time.

“I’ve got a tremendous support system,” said McDon-ald. “I deeply appreciate it. Not only from the students, but from the people who work out here. I think I could count on anybody that works in the union to help me, too, if I needed it.”

Washburn’s disability ser-vices are dedicated to helping with problems such as this. They encourage students deal-ing with a problem such as McDonald’s to contact the uni-versity if any concerns arise in regards to disability issues on campus.

Jeanne Kessler, director of student services, said she con-siders everyone at Washburn an advocate when it comes to campus life, whether things are going good or bad.

McDonald is almost cer-tain that he could call on any-one at Washburn to help him if he ever needed it.

“I’m blessed. I really am to have such a great work sys-tem,” said McDonald. “Work-ing at Washburn was a great experience for me; not only all the students, but all the people that work out here. I loved ev-ery single minute of it.”

And as he’s now recovred after removing the cancer in surgery, McDonald offered his final advice to anyone living with a disability.

“Never get down on your-self. Always take a positive ap-proach. Always rely on your friends, because we all need each other in life.”

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‘American Beauty’ explores media andcultural perceptions of ‘what is beautiful’

Beauty can be a beast: Camille Cooper has gone from an actress on popular shows such as General Hospital to a speaker who presents the fake images popular culture presents. Cooper was well received by attendees.

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Jaimie Luse is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at jaimie. [email protected]

Christina Butler is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

Childcare at Washburn University is, quite simply, a disaster.

The University Childcare Development Center, currently located inside University Unit-ed Methodist Church at 1621 S.W. College Ave., currently holds only 41 children, not all of whom are children of Wash-burn students. The Washburn Student Government Asso-ciation allocates $30,000 each year to the UCD, and the cen-ter charges students additional weekly charges of $160 for an infant, $145 for children ages 1-3 and $135 for children 3-6. For community and Washburn staff, the rates go up $15 per week. Comparatively, Emporia State’s Center for Early Child-hood Education charges weekly rates of $122.50 for children ages 1-3 or $105 for children ages 3-6, offers educational ser-vices and is able to house about twice as many children.

This editorial is by no means an argument against having childcare for Washburn students. Quite the opposite: if we are paying substantial sums of student money each year to provide childcare to Washburn students, they need to be the ones reaping the benefits. In the first part of our three-part se-ries on childcare, which is run-ning online this week at www.washburnreview.org, we take a look at the UCD’s funding. In this article, Assistant Director Cathy Gad-dis says the UCD is turning a lot of people away, and Direc-tor Cecelia Courter said around 80 percent of the children are either children of students, fac-ulty or staff. In March 2009, however, Gaddis was quoted in a Washburn Review article by Travis Perry as saying that 90 percent of the children in the UCD were children of Wash-burn students.

During the 2009-10 WSGA elections, president and vice

president candidates Will Law-rence and Charity Hockman set forth a goal to have Washburn host its own facility, whether it be in a new or existing build-ing, that can provide childcare for 140 children. We whole-heartedly agree with this idea, and think we need to make it a reality. Rather than providing $30,000 a year in student fees to a center that doesn’t meet our

needs and charges ad-ditional sums of mon-ey per week, we need to offer cheaper or even rate-free child-

care directly on campus. The Washburn University

Foundation and the different schools on campus need to get involved with raising money for the project, and I’m even OK with raising the student ac-tivity fee a little bit if it benefits a larger ratio of Washburn stu-dents. The UCD also received a grant recently to expand, but because of the building it was located in, had to give the grant back and not expand. If the

UCD moves to campus and uti-lizes funds from all of these dif-ferent avenues, there is no rea-son why a 140 child maximum is unattainable.

While the university is certainly taking steps toward becoming a more traditional university, there will always be students who need to utilize childcare on campus. That’s just the name of the game. We hope the Washburn administra-tion will do the right thing and make achieving quality, inex-pensive on-campus childcare a high priority.

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Regina Budden is a senior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected]

I had 40 people in my graduating class. The closest we came to having a journal-ism class was a class where we alternately decorated the trophy cases and put together a monthly excuse for an online newsletter.

Three years later, I’m hold-ing my own with people who have been involved with jour-nalism since junior high. Yet, I am still concerned by the Kan-sas State Department of Educa-tion’s decision to cut funding for high school journalism.

I understand it won’t kill students to be stripped of that elective as a privilege in high school. However, I am still con-cerned about what that means for the well being of all high school electives.

With American teens’ aca-demic achievements sinking in comparison to other countries’, it is understandable that many states may want to refocus on the basic areas of education, such as English, math, science and social studies. What is most troubling is the idea that it won’t be across the board. It is pretty evident that arts are the first things to go when budget cuts rear their ugly head.

For years, the march-ing bands, art classes, theater troupes and debate teams have held bake sales and car washes to stay afloat. I’ve never seen football players going door-to-door selling cookie dough. Yes, sports can help build teamwork, but try to visit the Review on deadline night, and tell us we don’t have to work just as much as a team as any defensive line.

Not everyone can play in the NFL or NBA, and some-times I think it is the lack of exposure to enough electives that has added to the amount of college students that switch majors more times than they have shoes. I always thought that high school electives keep students engaged so they are motivated to continue in some career path. It seems this re-cent decision says instead that electives are nothing more than a way to entertain high school students until they can be moved through the system, and journalism is a waste of time.

Journalism didn’t make the cut because the state doesn’t think the market has much po-tential for job growth. “Jour-nalism didn’t meet the high demand material,” according to Kathy Toelkes, a spokeswoman for the Kansas State Education Department.

I disagree. Guess what skill almost every graduate school and career prizes over any oth-er? The ability to write clearly, concisely and accurately. With GO Topeka, Think Big Topeka, Visit Topeka, Downtown To-peka and the many other re-newal projects that are bringing Topeka back to life, the events are coordinated, promoted and sustained by media personnel.

People have been outraged at the idea of losing talented students from serving in the “fourth estate,” a watchdog of the government. The involve-ment of the media holds our government together in that without informed citizens, the entire spirit of democracy is unattainable. Therefore, an educated, experienced class of journalists is directly neces-sary to the correct formation of a functional and successful society.

But I am glad the football team got new uniforms. Again.

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The Washburn Theatre De-partment is warming up for its new season and is set to start some “Rumors” this fall.

Theatre brings art, culture and expression to a community but brings even more to those involved.

“I was in a class with Tony Naylor, [associate professor in the theatre department] and they needed help on a show and he mentioned it,” said Brenda Blackman, stage manager for the upcoming show “Rumors.” “I started doing [theater] and it just kind of became my life without [me] even knowing it.”

The case for many incom-ing students can be an over-whelming fear of unfamiliar faces and strange places, but once the ice is broken the fear will like-ly be gone.

“I did the-atre in middle school and I did theatre in high school,” said Black-man. “Com-ing into a col-lege level it was different because I didn’t know anybody. We’re all really accepting peo-ple. We’re in theatre. There’s not a lot you can do that’s going to surprise us.”

Having an open schedule is not a requirement to be in-volved in theatre as many of the rehearsals are in the evening or worked around schedules.

“You can be as involved as you want to be,” said Black-man. “It really just depends on what you want to do and what you get selected to do.”

Most actors have to be at rehearsal every day, as does the stage manager, but there are technical positions that only require about four or five days of practice during the “tech week,” the week before the show opens, and then working during the shows.

Despite what many people may think, theater is not just for theater majors. Although participation is required for many scholarship students, the department is open to anyone with a passion.

“Auditions are open to the entire Washburn community,” said Paul Prece, chair of the theatre department. “We wel-come and encourage participa-

tion from students, faculty and staff across the campus.”

Once the show gets going it’s hard to tell who is a theater major and who has come from other departments or the Tope-ka community.

“There are a lot of people involved in the theatre depart-ment that aren’t actually theater majors,” said Brandon Blick, a philosophy major involved in both acting and tech at Wash-burn. “It’s really hard to tell who is a theatre major and who isn’t just because of how ex-cited the entire department is. So many people are so fond of what they’re doing whether it’s for fun or for school.”

For all the effort and stress that is put into theatre, Blick said there are great rewards.

“You’ll find it to be a very rewarding and enjoyable expe-

rience,” said Blick. “You will form real-ly strong rela-tionship with people. That is one of the best ways to get involved in school. You find such an automatic list of close f r i e n d s . ”

Blackman added that the friendships and connections made through theater can last a lifetime.

“These are people that I’ll probably talk to for the rest of my life because I genuinely care about them as a person,” said Blackman. However, in-volvement with the theater de-partment doesn’t have to be a long term commitment.

“For some people this isn’t their life and that’s ok,” said Blackman. “You don’t have to make it your life in order to have some fun with us. You can come in and work a show here and there or one show. It just depends on what your interests are.”

Auditions for Neil Simon’s “Rumors” have recently been completed and technical crews are being assembled. “Rumors” is currently the only show lined up for the fall semester and is set to open Nov. 12.

“We may be trying to put together a small children’s show, but that’s undecided at this point,” said Prece. “We had another show that was supposed to open next week, but we had

Maybe it was because I still had the bitter taste of gore left in my mouth from “The Expendables,” maybe my ex-pectations were too high, or maybe I was just in a rotten mood, but “Machete” was just not that great.

Normally, I am a huge fan of almost anything Robert Ro-driguez makes; I have not only seen “Desperado,” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” but the Spanish-language prequel, “El mariachi,” Rodriguez’s first feature length film. As a matter of fact, I actually lis-tened to the commentary on “Planet Terror” where the orig-inal fake trailer for “Machete” came from and heard him men-tion that he hoped the fan re-sponse to it would be so strong that people would demand he

turn it into a real movie. Yet, “Machete” lacked a certain zeal; the cartoonish exaggera-tion of old exploitation movies and film noirs that Rodriguez clearly enjoys felt disingenu-ous.

It was difficult to nail down exactly what it was that bothered me about “Machete.” It seemed to have all the hall-marks that I expected to have: laughably graphic violence, corrupt villains masquerading as upstanding offi-cials, a textbook action movie pro-tagonist capable of inhuman badassery and equally inca-pable of feeling pain, and, of course, several oversexed young women kicking ass or gunning down their enemies wearing as little clothing as possible. Unlike some mov-ies I have seen recently, the

heavy-hitters listed in the opening credits actually have characters that are part of the storyline and appear more than once over the course of the film. Robert De Niro actually has one of the most dynamic and lively performances I have seen him give in years. So what was it that felt so underwhelm-ing about this movie?

The most obvious answer is the film being so centered

on immigra-tion; the twisted blood lust and dark agenda of the anti-immi-

gration faction, as well as the barely-explained yet relentless drive of the pro-immigration faction make any suggestion made about the issue indeci-pherable. But while that may be the easiest answer, it was not the right one. It may be a somewhat insufficient answer,

but it all just felt forced. The rhythm of shifting focus from one character to the next felt somewhat aimless, especially when it came to Sartana (Jes-sica Alba), who had multiple scenes researching alone or trying to consolidate evidence that made the focus on Machete (Danny Trejo) more uneven. Since Rodriguez has handled this so well in previous movies like “Sin City” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” it forces me to question how much he really cared about making this movie.

Overall, “Machete” works well enough. It does all the things “The Expendables” was supposed to do, but the next time you get in the mood for a Rodriguez flick, this will probably not be the one you choose.

Last Saturday children rocked and bopped in the aisles, to the music of “Mr. Stinky Feet.”

Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove and the Hiccups per-formed live at Washburn Uni-versity’s Andrew J. and Geor-gia Neese Gray Theatre as the opening act in the Performing Arts For Children’s 41st season opener. They’ve been perform-ing at Washburn for five years.

“We love playing at Wash-burn, and have a nice fan base,” said Cosgrove.

Hiccups members include Mark “Stinky Pete” Thies on bass guitar, and Patrick “Icha-bod” (also known as “Ichy”) Conway on drums. Thies has performed with Cosgrove for 11 years.

“I originally started out as the tall drummer on a tiny little drum set,” said Thies.

Jim Cosgrove got his start 13 years ago when he wrote funny songs for his nieces and nephews, just for fun.

“He [Cosgrove] originally started out with himself and a piano player,” said Thies.

Cosgrove performed for the first time at Barnes and No-

ble Booksellers in Kansas City, Mo.

After several requests from parents after the show, Cos-grove was inspired in 2006 to record his first CD in a friend’s garage in Lawrence, titled “Stinky Feet.” Fans at his per-formances started calling him “Stinky Feet” after his CD re-lease.

Cosgrove describes their music as “Free Range Family Rock.”

“Mr. Stinky Feet” and the Hiccups have performed at two of the annual White House Easter Egg Rolls at schools on military bases in Germany, and performed in England, Spain, Canada and Mexico. They have also played with the Kansas City Symphony with an 80-piece orchestra, combining eight of Cosgrove’s songs.

The group averages 230-250 shows a year, and have played at the Topeka and Shaw-nee County Public Library, in Oklahoma City, and at the Smoky Hill Festival in Salina.

“Mr. Stinky Feet” and the Hiccups have the opportunity to be one of the first performers to play at the new performing art center that is due to open in Kansas City, Mo., in 2011.

Cosgrove travels with

his wife, Jeni, and their two daughters. He is originally from Kansas City, Mo. and cur-rently resides in Prairie Village, Kan. He attended University of New Mexico where he got his master’s degree in Mass Me-dia. Cosgrove is also a former newspaper reporter from the Albuquerque Journal

“Mr. Stinky Feet” and the Hiccups have a new CD that is coming out Oct. 5, called “Swimming in Noodles.”

Two songs featured at their performances included “Chips and Salsa” and “Cool Daddy,” in which Cosgrove invited all the “cool daddies” to come down and join their children and grandchildren on the stage with the band while playing in-struments.

“Mr. Stinky Feet” and the Hiccups have eight CDs and two DVDs available for pur-chase.

For more about “Mr. Stinky Feet” and the Hiccups, to order their CDs and DVDs or to find out their performance schedules, check out www.jim-cosgrove.com or www.mrstink-yfeet.com.

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Theatre department produces ‘Rumors’Elise BarnettWASHBURN REVIEW

‘Mr. Stinky Feet,’ the Hiccups kick off Performing Arts for Chi ldren season

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

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

For The Kids: “Mr. Stinky Feet” (Jim Cosgrove) performs at Gray Theatre as part of the Performing Arts For Children program. The program had kids rocking out.

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David WiensWASHBURN REVIEW

David Wiens is a senior English major. Reach him at [email protected].

Photo courtesy of www.vivamachete.com

Gorefest: Danny Trejo plays Machete, the title character, in the latest film by director Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez has made a name for himself with films like “Desperado” and “El Mariachi.”.

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Machete seen as a gory, immigration centered film Machete viewed as a gory, immigration-centered film

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In the late 1990s Sara Keckeisen, a book-store employee, started the Washburn Book Club. A core group of people has kept the book club going ever since.

“We kept the book club going because we like discussing books together and being chal-lenged to read new genres and authors,” said Martha Imparato, a Washburn Book Club member. “Some of us like to read Kansas authors’ works.”

The Washburn Book Club meets at 1 p.m. Thursdays, in the Crane Room of the Memorial Union. The members meet every four to six weeks to dis-cuss the latest book they have been reading.

“The book club is a group of people who like to read and are interested in expanding their horizons and learning about books they don’t normally read,” said Imparato.

At the meetings, the book club members

discuss the book chosen for that month. The meetings are an open group discussion but are generally led by one person.

“Each person who comes fairly regularly takes a turn choosing the book and leading the group discussion,” said Imparato. “To keep it straight we have an attendance sheet and gen-erally rotate in alphabetical order.”

Most of the books are fiction, but the book club is open to reading all genres of books. So far, the book club has read contemporary and classic works of literature such as: “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks; “Naked Came the Phoenix ed.” by Mar-

cia Talley; “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald; “The Big House” by George H. Colt; and this month’s book, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett.

“Anyone may participate in the Washburn book club,” said Imparato. “People general-ly come because they know someone in the group or have heard about it from someone.”

Some of the books that the book club reads are from Washburn alumni or faculty such as Debra Stufflebean who wrote “At This Time, In This Place”. Stufflebean is from Topeka and is a Washburn alumna. An-other local author is Bob Lawson who wrote Bridge of Dreams and is a faculty emeritus and current member of the Washburn Book Club.

“We have invited many of the Kansas authors to speak and discuss with our group when we read their book,” said Imparato.

The Washburn Book Club is advertised in the Alumni Magazine and it’s on the Washburn events calendar.

There is not a set amount of pages to read before each meeting but the book club mem-bers generally try and finish the book before the meetings. If the members don’t finish the book, they go and discuss the book anyway.

“Right now we have faculty, staff and community members in the Washburn Book Club, but students are welcome,” Imparato said. “Students generally don’t have much time for leisure reading during the semester I expect.”

One organization will be hosting an upcoming event to benefit a cause close to the hearts of some Washburn community members.

The American Adver-tising Federation of Topeka will be sponsoring “Booze for Boobs,” a Pub Crawl, starting at 5 p.m. October 9, at Quinton’s Bar and Deli. All the proceeds will be donated in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and AAFT will be contributing all the money they make to the Race Against Breast Cancer, Inc.

The AAFT is comprised of many different groups of advertising agencies and lo-cal media. Brie Engelken, account manager for adver-tising agency Jones Huy-ett Partners, in Topeka is in charge of handling day-to-day activities of the group as well as the “Booze for Boobs” pub-crawl.

The RABC is a 501C (3)

non-profit organization that since 1991, has been com-mitted to fighting breast can-cer in Shawnee County. They are the only group that pro-vides free mammograms to qualified women who work and live in Topeka and the six surrounding counties. They also host an annual 5K walk, and receive donations from various organizations and individuals. RABC is a

separate organi-zation from Su-san G. Komen or the American Cancer Society,

who are their own indepen-dent group in the Shawnee County area.

“[It’s] a really good way to support breast cancer and have a good time,” said Sar-ah Laing, junior. “It’s also a good way to get young peo-ple involved.”

Sign in begins at Quin-ton’s Bar and Deli who is the sponsor bar at 4:30 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. so don’t be late. The crawl will involve two additional locations, Skin-ny’s Sports Bar and Grill, and

Bullfrog’s Live. Each partici-pant will receive their t-shirt, drink tickets, and their rota-tion agenda which will tell you where to be and when you need to be there. For a list of specific times check out the AAFT Facebook page, there you can also join the group and get updates on the differ-ent events they sponsor. The crawl will go until about 8:30 p.m. and will end at Quin-ton’s Bar and Deli where awards will be distributed for the challenge winner(s).

“I am always happy to serve people here at Quin-ton’s,” said sophomore Washburn University student Morgan Peacock, who is a waitress at Quinton’s Bar and Deli. “Especially any-thing for a good cause is al-ways fun!”

The cost is only $30 per person, and $200 for a group of eight people. Registration will include a T-shirt and three drink tickets each person, and a schedule for the various ad-vertising-themed challenges along the way. You can con-tact her at bengleken@jhpadv.

com if you have any questions about the pub crawl. AAFT holds regular luncheons on trends in advertising and is currently trying to grow mem-bership, move forward and provide information on media trends in the industry. “I don’t think some people can un-derstand how fast paced you move during the day.” Brie Engelken said when asked about her job with Jones Huy-ett Partners. “If you are impa-tient [like me] that is great!”

The sunlight streamed brightly through the windows of the Blackbird Espresso Bar and Bistro Saturday Sept. 18 as patrons gathered to share the afternoon with two local Kan-sas poets.

Thomas Fox Averill and Steven Hind are both members of the Top City Poetry Read-ing Series organized by Den-nis Etzel. The Top City Poetry group hosts live readings in the Topeka area and features local and native Kansas poets. Aver-ill and Etzel are both faculty in the English department at Washburn University.

Etzel introduced each reader and the first to preent was Hind, a native Kansan and accomplished poet with four published volumes and a CD. Hind was relaxing and a light-hearted spirit as soon as he took the microphone. He began with the three poems that will be fea-tured in the next issue of sev-eneightfive magazine.

The first was a found poem, or poem composed using other written work, phrases or even speech. This particular found poem was created using lines from a book about the history of cigarettes entitled “Ashes to Ashes.”

Between poems, Hind dis-cussed his methods, inspirations and poetic style. The crowd was engaged and listened intently as Hind mused on the process of creating poetry. Hind enter-tained the crowd, joking about his poetry, his missteps and un-intentional mis-interpretations. At one point Hind recited one of his favorite poems. “I wish I’d written that,” said Hind as laughter emanated from the gathered listeners.

“His poetry is true to a Kansas heart and details mo-ments, atmospheres and moods really well,” said Emily Blake-Braun, a culinary student at Johnson County Community College.

To close the afternoon Washburn creative writing professor and Writer in Resi-

dence, Averill, took the stage. Although Averill may be better known for his numerous works of short fiction and novels, he is an avid writer of poetry and has a collection of poems to be released next summer.

Averill began with three ekphrastic poems, or poems inspired by visual works of art. The first of which was about a retired farmer starting to paint. It seemed to instantly capture the crowd’s attention with its humor and quick wit. Aver-ill went on to read a series of short prose poems, poems that have literary rhythms instead of poetic meter, about gardens. Gardening is a hobby of Aver-ill’s and appears regularly in his poetry, but is certainly not his

only subject. “I’ve written about places,

about time, about other hob-bies, athletic activities, wil-derness walking, music,” said Averill. “Words themselves in-spire me toward poetry. Seeing where the language takes me.” Averill closed his reading with an excerpt from his upcoming novel inspired by the country song, “Tennessee Stud.”

Etzel led the group in hearty rounds of applause for the au-thors as well as for the baristas of Blackbird who served during the event.

“They’re both terrific readers and writers,” said Eric McHenry, Washburn professor and Top City poet. “Those two things don’t usually go togeth-er. I was marveled the whole time.”

To stay connected with the Top City Poetry Reading Series you can join the group on Face-book or follow the Top City Po-etry blog at www.topcitypoetry.blogspot.com.

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Taylor Jaimes is a freshman nursing major. Reach her at [email protected].

Washburn Book Club allows members to expand interests

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to postpone it because of technical difficulties.”

A guest director will take the helm of “Rumors” this fall and it is a light-hearted turn for the Washburn department. “I am very excited about ‘Rumors’,” said Blick. “Washburn does wonderful intense dramatic plays that really get you thinking, but I would love a lighthearted farce and I’d love to be involved with that. It’s such a big cast.”

Even if the next few months may not be the perfect time for you, it’s never too late to start get-ting involved. “There’s always something going on and there’s always stuff and we always need people and we always need help,” said Blackman.

Blick and Blackman advised to not let fear or scheduling dis-suade anyone from trying out or otherwise getting involved.

“Try your best all around,” said Blick. “The audition pro-cess never gets easier.” The fear of wasting time or not being the best choice for a particular role is an ongoing battle, but despite fear Blick was cast in the Washburn production of “Rabbit Hole” last year and continues to audition for acting roles here at Washburn.

“The directors are pretty easy going,” said Blackman. “They un-derstand that you have lives. We

all have lives and things going on. Just come over and give it a shot.”

Blackman said a good way to find out what’s going on in the department is to talk to one of the professors involved.

“If you just come over and say ‘I’d love to do this’ or ‘I’m re-ally good at this’,” said Blackman. “They’ll send you to the professor that will find you something to do.”

There is also a website for the department and a message board of upcoming events near the de-partment’s office.

“The best source of informa-tion for production activity, audi-tions and special performances is to check the Callboard outside of Garvey Fine Arts Center Room 133,” said Prece.

Whether theater is a life’s passion, a hobby, or just an oc-casional interest, there might be a spot open here at Washburn for those interested.

“The one thing that combines us is that we love what we do,” said Blackman. “If you come and you want to get involved and you are serious about what you do and you are willing to do the work that it requires, then we are more than willing to party with you and have fun.”

Rumors: Play performanceContinued from page A5

Elise Barnett is a sophomore English major. Reach her at [email protected].

Patricia Peterson is a sophomore Mass Media major. Reach her at [email protected].

Patricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW Booze for Boobs

Quinton’s Bar and Deli (4121 S.W. Huntoon)

Skinny’s Sports Bar and Grill (4016 S.W. Huntoon)

Jeremiah Bullfrogs Live (4115 S.W. Huntoon)

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

Washburn went into Saturday night’s game looking to correct mistakes from its disappointing loss last week to Abilene Christian. Unfortunately in the first half, the demons of the season thus far, came back to haunt them.

Washburn struck with what was hoped to be an early big play from Ichabod Ronnell Garner, punt returner. Garner took advantage of a bad punt by Missouri Western State University and ran it back for a touchdown.

“We came out early and I thought, set the tone for the game with a punt return early and then things kinda got away from us,” said Craig Schurig, Washburn head coach.

Indeed it did with Missouri Western responding less than two minutes later with a 52-yard touchdown pass from Griffons

quarterback Drew Newhart, to wide receiver Micheal Hill.

The big plays in the first half, combined with 10 penalties for 70 yards on the Ichabods, allowed the momentum to swing in the Griffon’s favor. Washburn struggled the rest of the first half to get anything going.

Despite a sloppy first half, Washburn, down 21 points at the half, still felt they were right in the game.

“We had a plan and we did what we could to keep ourselves c o m p o s e d , ”

said Joe Hastings, senior wide receiver.

The second half began with Washburn receiving the ball and moving down the field to put a field goal on the scoreboard.

Washburn’s defense, having made adjustments at half time, came out and made decisive plays throughout the third quarter, recovering two fumbles, one returned for a

touchdown and the other setting up an offensive score to bring the Missouri Western lead to just three at 28-25.

With just over five minutes left in the third quarter, the game was stopped due to lightning in the area for approximately 84 minutes. The time gave Missouri Western, who were reeling from the turnovers, a chance to regroup themselves and settle back down.

Washburn, momentum slowed by mother nature, attempted to keep things rolling in the fourth quarter. Managing to put together a small lead with five minutes left to go in the game, Missouri Western responded with a clock-chewing drive that ended with a touchdown to take the lead back.

Washburn’s last attempt to get back the lead ended with roughly 39 seconds left in the game with Dane Simoneau, quarterback, being intercepted.

The Ichabods now set out on a two-game road trip,

facing Central Missouri State University this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Warrensburg, Mo., and Fort Hays State University the following Saturday at 7 p.m. Washburn will return home Oct.

9 to take on the University of Nebraska-Omaha at 1 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Game. Inductees will be former basketball star, Jordan Canfield; former three-sport athlete, John Waltz and

former Topeka Capital-Journal sportswriter, Pete Goering.

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Heartbreaking loss

Down time: The Washburn football team’s offense takes a knee for an injured Missouri Western player. The Ichabods made an attempt to comeback from a 28-7 deficit at hafttime and a 84-minute rain delay but fell short to the #11 ranked Griffons, losing 36-33.

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Ichabods comeback falls shorts against No. 11 Missouri Western after rain delayRobert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

‘Superfans’ dedicate time to teams

ICHABOD FOOTBALL

Among Washburn University sports, as with several other college and professional sports institutions, there is a growing number of “superfans.”

“I can think of two people right off the top of my head who come to everything,” said Summer Harris, Washburn sports marking director. “They’re kind of retired, older guys, so they have the time to do that.”

Some superfans not only attend every game but also come to practices of their favorite teams.

Tom McClure is a perfect example. He attends every volleyball practice during the season.

The superfans aren’t limited to home games though. Much of the time, the dedicated fans will follow the teams to away games.

Some of these fans go beyond just attending games and practices and support the teams by making goodie bags for the them as they take to the road.

“They want to get to know the actual student-athletes,” said Harris.

McClure, a superfan of the Lady Blues volleyball team in his own right, attended Washburn from 1960 to 1965 and graduated with a degree in mathematics.

“I just love volleyball,” said McClure. “When I was young, I was sort of raised at the YMCA, where both my parents worked. Volleyball,

back in the fifties and sixties, volleyball was a YMCA game before they played it in schools. I got started there.”

McClure said although he was not big enough to spike or block well, he was good enough that when he was in high school he was not allowed to play on the intramural sports teams.

McClure is also a benefactor for the Washburn University athletic department and focuses on donating to women’s athletics.

“I give them probably about $5000 a year through the Washburn Endowment Association,” said McClure. “It used to be the Ichabod Cup, but I can’t keep up with it.”

Not solely a volleyball fan, McClure attends other Washburn sporting events, both home and away. While attending all the home games, McClure decides which away games he will go to.

“I go to, like, a basketball game when they’re home,” said McClure. “I go to basketball games on the road if I can get more people to come with me on the road.

Usually though, McClure will choose a volleyball or soccer game first if there is a choice to be made.

“One great thing about volleyball is when they changed it from the side-out scoring to rally scoring, a lot more people became interested in volleyball, because with side-out scoring, the people didn’t score half the time.”

Superfans may be viewed as heroes or fanatics, but one thing is for certain: they know something about dedication and school spirit.

Sam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is an undecided sopho-more. Reach him at [email protected].


SUPERFAN: Tom McClure waits after the volleyball game for the stands to clear. He attends every home volleyball game and practice to support the team.

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Stuever chases passions

In some cases, big packages come in small containers. Such is the case of one stalwart of the Washburn Lady Blues soccer team.

Stefanie Stuever, a sophomore midfielder for the Lady Blues, has pursued things always with determination and passion. One of the things that has been intertwined in her life has been soccer. Starting in kindergarten, Stuever began playing the sport as it started to develop into a passion for her. While other children play a variety of sports, she focused in on soccer as the one sport that she dedicated her time and efforts toward.

“It’s really the only thing I’ve played seriously,” said Stuever.

After deciding that soccer was something that she wanted to really dive into, she began playing for one of the club teams that was playing in

her hometown of Lawrence. This additional playing time helped Stuever to hone her skills as a player and gave her an opportunity to compete to represent her country in a program called the O l y m p i c Development Program.

D u r i n g her stint in the ODP, S t u e v e r ’ s performance brought her to the attention of one of the people there serving as a coach in the program, Tim Collins, who is also Washburn’s head soccer coach.

“I really noticed her and her sister who were the two best players at a training session for the [Olympic development program] I was coaching at,” said Collins.

Washburn became the

logical choice for Stuever after Collins offered a scholarship to play soccer while at the same time offered her the chance to pursue the one other passion

in her life, photography.

A p a r t from being a successful a t h l e t e , S t u e v e r has also maintained an artistic side of her life that m a n i f e s t e d itself through her early c h i l d h o o d with school

activities. “I was just very fortunate

and blessed to have great art teachers early on that helped to give us a lot of different things like ceramics, jewelry and other kinds of stuff,” said Stuever.

Eventually Stuever fell into the medium of photography

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Traditions Night is a way for new students to connect with the traditions of classes past.

This year’s Traditions Night was planned for Yager Stadium, but mother nature had other plans and the event was moved into Lee Arena.

Cheering fans can encour-age an athlete to a win, and Traditions Night invites fans to be a part of the sporting-event experience to support their fellow students.

Mike Wilhoite, a senior linebacker, spoke at Traditions Night to pump up the student body and to get them revved up about their next home game. Wilhoite expressed the importance of Traditions Night.

“Getting the student body together with the athletes to work toward a common cause: Winning. That’s what Tradi-tions Night is all about,” said Wilhoite.

Approximately 700 to 800 students attended the Tra-ditions Night festivities.

Caley Onek, president of the Washburn Student Gov-ernment Association, played a huge role in organizing the event. The goal was to show

the student body what Wash-burn spirit means while let-ting the student body get to know the student-athletes on a more personal level. This years event was basically all about sports and some about the Bod Squad but in future years there may be much more incorporated in the event.

“If Traditions Night was about other activities like clubs, organizations, frater-nities, and sorority I think it could be an even bigger suc-cess and bring the student body together even more,” said Wilhoite.

Wilhoite said that he would want more students to know about Traditions Night and the good atmosphere for new and returning students it provides. It aimed to bring students from all walks of life across campus together to support the Washburn spirit.

“This year was more of a pep rally where we could en-courage students to come by offering free shirts and pizza while also energizing the stu-dent body for the athletics,” said Onek. “Come out and support out sports teams, we have amazing athletes.”

Hannah CockerillWASHBURN REVIEW

Hannah Cockerill is a freshman social work major. Reach her at [email protected].

WU celebrates traditions

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Get loud!: The Washburn Dancing Blues perform with the Washburn cheer squad in Lee Arena for Traditions Night.

Search on for new Ichabod mascotThis year, Washburn

University has a new costume for its mascot and is looking for a student to give it some life.

While it was thought that a new, clean costume would be a good recruitment tool, turnout has been slower than in previous years, with only six students auditioning.

“There’s a new look to him,” said Amanda Hughes, assistant director of university relations. “He’s not as smelly as he was before, so that’s a huge appeal if you’re a performer. The other face was kind of falling apart and everything.”

The Ichabod costume has gone through several

modifications in order to appeal to a larger crowd of students and Washburn fans.

“The old head was more of a plastic-type Halloween, more upscale, obviously, than that, but more of a plastic-type head,” said Hughes. “This one is more of a Muppet-type feel, so it definitely has some felt on it.”

Even with superficial changes on the outside of the Ichabod, it takes the same effort underneath the contemporary attire to make someone standout at auditions, both in physical ability and in quality of character.

“It takes a certain special, unique type of personality who wants to be a mascot,” says Dena

Anson, director of university relations. “It’s not for everybody, but the people who want to do it love it.”

A n o t h e r important factor in the equation of making an Ichabod is entertainment value from the

performer and the reaction from the crowd. The Ichabod mascot is expected to entertain the crowds, greet fans, participate in events outside of games and represent Washburn in a positive light.

“Definitely knowing how to work a crowd and, obviously,

we do give some training when it comes to that, but wanting to get out and interact with the crowd,” said Hughes. “Washburn excitement, to be proud of Washburn and to want to be the mascot is a huge honor to do that.”

Not just amusement at Washburn sporting events, the Ichabod is a symbol for all to recognize.

“Even off campus, the Ichabod serves as a representative of Washburn,” said Anson. “So it [the mascot] needs somebody who understands some of those obligations.”

Sam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a freshman unde-cided major. Reach him at [email protected].

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

and found that she enjoyed that particular aspect of art the most. Her passion for art will allow her to springboard into a semester abroad as she prepares in the near future to spend time in the Dominican Republic.

“I’ll be helping to plan art lessons for a Christian school in the Dominican Republic’” said Stuever. “With such a wide range of ages, it’ll be a fun challenge to get together a lesson plan.”

While in the Dominican Republic, she also plans on using her time to keep herself involved with the sport that has helped bring her far in life.

“The school I’ll be helping at has a soccer team so I’m hoping to get to kick the ball around a little to stay in shape,” said Stuever.

Staying in shape is not something new for her as her conditioning along with the rest of the team has proved useful in the physical play that they have faced so far this season.

“With her slight stature she has taken a beating this year but has really stood up well to the punishment, especially from the Texas schools we’ve played so far,” said Collins. “I think that her performance thus far this year really speaks volumes to her heart.”

With the season in full swing, Stuever said the rest of the season will continue upward for the Lady Blues.

“We are just looking at moving forward in the season, we have started slow the last couple of years and still come back to have a strong season,” said Stuever. “We are just looking to work hard and hold each other accountable while we work to get better.”

Lady Blues win 3-2

The No. 9 Washburn Lady Blues (11-1, 3-1) cruised to a victory Tuesday night against the University of Nebraska-Omaha (8-4, 1-2) in five sets.

The Blues started off strong with a 25-17 victory in the first set, which included six kills by Jessica Kopp. UNO battled back in the second set, winning 25-23 as UNO’s Natalie Ebke had seven kills of her own.

Washburn rallied back in the third set with a 25-22 vic-tory, largely thanks to five at-tack errors by Nebraska-Oma-ha. Washburn scored four of its first six points off service errors, which prompted a tim-eout from UNO head coach Rose Shires. In the fourth set,

Washburn jumped out to a 5-1 lead early on, but UNO tied the game at 6-6 after three con-secutive Lady Blues errors, in-cluding a ball handling error by senior libero Molly Smith and two attack errors. UNO won the set 25-23.

In the fifth set, Washburn finished off UNO 15-7. Wash-burn’s Hillary Hughes had a double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs and Breanna Lewis had 10 kills, five digs and four blocks.

Washburn travels to War-rensburg, Mo., Friday to take on No. 7 University of Cen-tral Missouri at 7 p.m. before returning home for the Lady Blues Classic.

Josh RouseWASHBURN REVIEW

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


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