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Homecoming royalty candidates announced

The 2012 Washburn Home-coming candidates have been announced, and the voting links are now open. Students can vote for their favorite king and queen candidate on the MyWashburn home page. The nominees were introduced during Monday night’s Homecoming Ball. Five king and queen candidates are this year’s Homecoming royal-ty, representing degree programs ranging from biology to elemen-tary education and criminal jus-tice.

“I feel very humbled to be a candidate,” said Caprice Cor-tez, senior radiology major. Cor-tez is the vice-president of the Washburn Student Government Association, and the ritual chair-woman for Zeta Tau Alpha. “I’m actually shocked that I was nom-inated. I know all of the other candidates, and I think they are amazing people,” said Cortez.

The process of nominating

and selecting Homecoming can-didates is a rigorous one. Wash-burn student organizations must first nominate their king and queen candidates, respectively. Those chosen students must then fill out an application and submit it to the Student Activities and Greek Life office.

“We want upstanding and high-character people for Wash-burn’s king and queen,” said Jessica Barraclough, director of SAGL.

Next, a committee of judg-es will interview the candidates, and rate them based on SAGL’s guidelines. All candidates must meet certain requirements:

*They must be a Washburn student in good standing, having earned a minimum of 72 cred-it hours, and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.6 or above.

*Upon completing the ap-plication, they must allow uni-versity personnel to verify all of their student information. This includes grades, credit hours and

conduct code status.*They must participate in

Homecoming activities such as Yell Like Hell and the parade, and participate in a personal in-terview with the committee of judges.

“The judges had a really hard decision this year,” said Bar-raclough. “I always joke that I’m glad I don’t have to be a judge. I wouldn’t know who to pick”

According to Barraclough, this year saw the highest amount of applicants ever, at 32, for Homecoming court.

“I’ve been doing court se-lection process for four years, and I’m definitely seeing an increase in participation,” said Barraclough. “I think the student body is catching on and partici-pating more. It gives their organi-zation more PR; they’re having fun and getting recognition.”

Voting is currently open on the MyWashburn home page. Candidates may vote for them-selves, but Cortez is placing her vote on someone else.

“I’m actually voting for one of my sorority sisters,” said Cor-tez. “All of the candidates this year are great people.”

For the entire week, can-didates wear a ribbon pinned to their clothing, announcing to the entire campus that they are Homecoming nominees. The Homecoming king and queen will be crowned on Saturday, Oct. 27, during the half-time cer-emony of the football game.

“I feel comfortable and con-tent,” said Cortez. “It makes this week that much more exciting.”

The Homecoming festivities continue for the rest of the week. For more information and a list of homecoming activities, visit www.washburn.edu/homecom-ing.

AJ DomeWASHBURN REVIEW

AJ Dome is a junior mass me-dia major. Reach him at an-drew.dome@washburn.edu.

Photos by Julian Mullican, Washburn Review

Glammin’ it Up: At the Homecoming Ball on Monday night, the homecoming candidates were announced. From Left. back row, Ryan Haverkamp, Michael Kitowski, Bear Hollins, Ryan Ladner and Eric Benedict are this year’s homecoming king candidates. For the queen candidates, from left to right, front row, Madelyne Martin, Bonnie D. Robson, Jessie McGown, Brooke Rollison and Caprice Cortez. Vote for them on your MyWashburn login page.

This week’s Homecoming Activities:*Wednesday, Oct. 24: “Houston, We Have Talent!” open-mic competition. 7 p.m., MabeLibrary main floor.

*Thursday, Oct. 25: Yell Like Hell Pep Rally, 7 p.m., Lee Arena. Dream Rocket Project, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., lower level of MemorialUnion

*Friday, Oct. 26:Alumni Fellows Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Bradbury Thompson Center. Admission is $15 for members of the Alumni Association,$18 for non-members.

Washburn After Hours. 5--7 p.m., Bradbury Thompson Center. Food and beverages will be served.

*Saturday, Oct. 27:Ichabods Parade, 10 a.m. The parade loops around the campus ofWashburn, starting from Macvicar Avenue.

Ichabods Football vs. Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, 1 p.m. inYager Stadium. Homecoming royalty will be crowned during halftime.

Struggling to Finish: Washburn’s Tia Stovall (30) slides in for a steal against a Western State defender. WU lost to the 0-13 Mountaineers 2-1.

Rallying Late: Washburn quarterback Mitch Buhler (10) had to rally his team late in the fourth quarter against Lindenwood for a 19-16 win..

All Eyes on WU: Senior Hillary Hughes (10) helps to direct the 24-1 Lady Blues. The No. 3-ranked Blues are tied for first in the MIAA.

Photos by Julian Mullican, Washburn ReviewPhotos by Julian Mullican, Washburn ReviewPhotos by Julian Mullican, Washburn Review

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Michelle Boltz is a junior mass media major. Reach her at michelle.boltz@washburn.edu.

This article is the first of two about higher tuition rates for online education at Washburn. This week, the Review will examine students’ perspectives. The sec-ond article, in an up-coming issue of the Re-view, will discuss the administration and fac-ulty’s take on the issue.

Washburn students who take online courses seem to have it easy. They can pour themselves a morning joe, fire up their computers and work from home in their shorts and flip flops.

Most universities charge a higher tuition for this study-at-home privilege, and Wash-burn is no exception. Students taking online courses here pay an extra $64 per credit hour, which can add up to nearly $200 for a typical three-hour course.

Some Washburn students are fine with the higher tui-tion. They see it as a conve-nience fee for the flexibility of online learning. Other stu-dents see it as a penalty for taking inferior online courses.

Joe Spinelli, a senior criminal justice major, is part of the first group. As a self-starter, he prefers the au-tonomy allowed by online ed-ucation.

“It really depends on the class,” said Spinelli. “A lot of it is self-motivation, because you’re not with other people. It’s you sitting with a laptop and reading the material, and you go from there. I actually like it that way, because I can do work on my own time.”

Students who commute long distances to Washburn feel that the online premi-um pays for itself. For Kris Antonetti, a senior computer

science major, both his job schedule and the commute to Washburn have shaped his de-cision to take courses online.

“I actually didn’t notice until last semester that there was a rate difference,” said Antonetti. “I was a little sur-prised, but not upset. Since I live in Lawrence, the amount of classes I can take where I don’t actually have to drive to Topeka are worth it in terms of the cost of gas I save that it takes me to drive back and forth. The convenience fee kind of pays for itself in the time you can be at work, in the time that you could be de-voting to other tasks, and in other parts of your life.”

Advocating for the other viewpoint, some students pre-fer traditional courses. For these students the online pre-mium simply isn’t worth the convenience. They prefer the live, in-person interaction of-fered by traditional courses.

Ryan Cordts, a senior communications major, feels he gets more value for his money from in-person cours-

es. He prefers not to take on-line courses when he has an option.

“I think the difference [in tuition rates] is definitely an added factor in why I don’t like to take online courses,” said Cordts. “I get a much better understanding attend-ing class and learning first-hand from the teacher. Not only that, but I like when the teacher sees me in class and knows that I’m attending and trying harder.”

Lindsay Taylor, a senior computer science major, con-curs.

“To me, the added charge isn’t worth it,” said Taylor. “I think you get much more out of an in-class course. But sometimes for convenience sake I have to take online courses.”

Chris Tollefson earned his bachelors (‘06) and masters (‘12) degrees from Washburn in nursing. Tollefson feels his online courses imposed an ex-tra cost and offered less value.

“In my graduate nursing program, some of the cours-

es were offered only online. So you were forced into pay-ing that higher cost,” said Tollefson. “When I attended on-campus courses to listen to lectures, I got more interac-tion, more questions answered and quicker feedback.”

For Roxy Johanning, a masters nursing student who graduates in December, on-line courses have saved her time and gas money otherwise required for commuting. At the same time, some of her nursing courses were listed as online in the course sched-ule but in fact required a few visits to campus during the semester.

“To me, that came as a surprise,” said Johanning. “It was a hardship for me, be-cause I was working full time and I was attending school full time, so it required asking off from work. Commuting to campus required more than 45 minutes of driving time each way, eliminating the savings I had expected. If the core req-uisite courses had been list-ed as hybrid at a cost some-

where between the traditional on-campus and online classes, I would have known what to expect.”

Tollefson felt he paid more and missed out on the Washburn experience which he expected when he chose to attend Washburn.

“I chose Washburn over KU for the small class size and the one-on-one interac-tions,” said Tollefson. “I be-lieved that if I had difficulty in an area, I could access my professor. But some of my online courses at Washburn were very difficult, particu-larly courses involving num-bers and informatics. It was okay as long as the instructors contributed to the discussion. When the instructors didn’t, I felt I was paying more mon-ey to get an online chatroom which lacked any direction.”

Students question online tuition ratesRahul VendkatWASHBURN REVIEW

Rahul Venkat is a senior computer science major. Reach him at rahul.venkat@washburn.edu

The Dia de los Muer-tos Street Fair takes place in the Downtown North Topeka arts district (NOTO), on Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Tonantzin Society. The Tonantzin Society is a non-profit organization dedi-cated to preserving, promot-ing and nurturing Latino arts and culture. Other sponsors for the street fair include the Kansas Children’s Discovery

Center, Heartland Visioning, Visit Topeka and others.

Featured music includes the Huitzilopochtli Aztec Dance Group, Mariachi Luna Azul, Trio Aztlan, DJ 151, Latino Sounds, and much more for everyone’s listening enjoyment.

There will also be two art exhibits on display at the Bal-let Folklorico/Justicia, Incor-porated, including an Ofrenda (Altar) exhibit, located at 814 N. Kansas Ave. Thirty booths will have food and Dia de los Muertos items available for purchase.

Mask making for Dia de los Muertos will take place at the NOTO Community Center from 1-3 p.m.

For more information about the Dia de los Muer-tos Street Fair, and other Dia de los Muertos events, visit www.diadelosmuertostopeka.com .

NOTO to host street fair

Graphic by Kelsey Wagers, Washburn Review

David Hartley Landscape Drawings: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Neese Gray Theatre Lobby, Garvey Fine Arts Center

Men’s Basketball at Kansas State University: 7 p.m., Away

Volleyball vs. Fort Hays State University: 7 p.m., Lee Arena

David Hartley Landscape Drawings: All Day, Garvey Fine Arts Center/Neese Grey Theater Lobby

Women’s and Gender Stud-ies Brown Bag: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Memorial Union/Stauffer Commons

Azteca Art Colorado (dance group): 12:30 p.m.- 1p.m., Memorial Union/ Stauffer Commons

Bryce Wood Senior Art Ex-hibiton (Multi-Day Event): All Day, Art Building

Leadership Assoc. Global Conf. (Multi-Day Event): All Day

Hope for the planet: Addressing climate change through carbon fee and dividend legislation: 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Stoffer Science Hall (Classroom-138)

Houston, We Have Talent! (Homecoming Talent Show): 7 p.m., Mabee Library

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Thursday, Oct. 25

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Monday, Oct. 29

Tuesday, Oct. 30

Alumni Fellows Luncheon: Bradbury Thompson Center

Women’s Soccer vs. Uni-versity of Central Oklaho-ma: 6 p.m., Location: Yager Stadium

After Hours: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 26

Homecoming parade: 10 a.m. Bradbury Thompson Center

Alpha Phi Open House: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Football vs. Northwest Missouri State University (HC): 1 p.m., Yager Stadium

Volleyball at Drury Univer-sity: 6 p.m., Away

The Official Homecoming After Party: 10:00 p.m., SW Van Buren Topeka, KS 66603

Saturday, Oct. 27

Sunday, Oct. 28

Women’s Basketball at University of KansasLocation: 2 p.m., AwayWomen’s Soccer vs. North-eastern State University: 2 p.m. Yager Stadium

Book Talk with Ralph Voss and Larry Welch: 4 p.m., Mabee Library

It is once again time to celebrate the annual Hal-lo-WU-een costume contest which will start at 2 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 31 in the Stauffer Commons of the Me-morial Union. It is sponsored by the Ichabod shop, Student Activities & Greek Life and the Campus Activities Board. Any student organization or student can participate by pre-registering or registering onsite.

The costume contest cat-egories are most creative, best group or couple, famous fig-ure, worst costume, scariest and spirit of Washburn. Cos-

tumes will be judged on orig-inality, quality, participant attitude and detail. Every cat-egory will have a first, second and third place winner and there will be an overall grand prize winner.

To pre-register stop by the Student Activities & Greek Life office to pick up a registration form. On-sight registration will begin at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 31 with the costume show starting at 2 p.m.

Another Halloween event to look for is Zombie Zumba which will be from 6:15 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Student Recreation and Well-ness Center.

Zombie Zumba gives stu-dents a chance to participate

in a Zumba class, which will be given by two Zumba in-structors, while being dressed in Zombie attire.

“This is our first time hosting Zombie Zumba,” said Erin Shurtz director for lead-ership and wellness of CAB. “I’m excited to see everyone dress up and see what kind of attire everyone comes out with, how creative people are going to get and to see the turn out.”

Zombie attire is not re-quired but is recommended. The first 50 people to arrive will receive a free T-shirt.

Hallo-WU-ween time is hereFatima OubaidWASHBURN REVIEW

Fatima Oubaid is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at fatima.oubaid@washburn.edu

It’s no secret that Mabee Library is one of the best re-sources of Washburn’s cam-pus. Not only is it good to get study habits on track, but it also has many other things to offer, such as personal help in finding sources for papers or just having a good time drink-ing a cup of coffee and watch-ing TV.

What makes the Mabee Library so different from ev-erything else? Why do stu-dents even choose to go to the library in the first place?

When asked about the best aspect of working at the library everyone was sure to include working with students in their answer.

“Our library is dedicat-ed to provide a place and re-source to support success to all who attend Washburn”, said Sean C. Bird, assistant dean of Mabee.

According to student workers at the library, they like working at the library because they get to interact more with the student popula-tion. The attitude of the staff and focus on student success is what they believe sets Ma-bee apart from other colle-giate libraries.

“As an alumnus, I get to see how the library is chang-ing to meet new standards” said Sean C. Bird.

Moving into the digi-tal age of information isn’t a problem at Mabee. Mabee has the environment to allow students to work in groups and research online as well as use in-house resources. Cal Melick, public services librar-

ian, explained how important it is to be able to find infor-mation.

“Research is a lifelong skill, we will always need to find new information” said Melick. “We research every-day whether we believe it or not.”

Being able to find infor-mation is key to personal and professional futures. Regard-less of a student’s major, stu-dents need to be able to find information on a variety of topics and be able to under-stand what they are learning in class, then apply it to the real world. The staff at Mabee is more than willing to help any major find the informa-tion they need, all that’s need-ed is the courage to ask.

Both Bird and Melick agree that working at the li-brary is never boring because information is changing all the time and they are actual-ly working in many different fields based on the research that they help students with from nursing to criminal jus-tice.

Student workers also agree that the Mabee Library is a valuable resource with ev-erything it has to offer.

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Exceptional staff at Mabee

Amanda Narverud is a junior mass media major. Reach her at amanda.narverud@washburn.edu

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10/10 at 14:55 in Memorial Union – Information report, Missing WU property - report taken, person of interest iden-tified, investigation continues.

10/10 at 22:00 in Parking lot 4, 1950 SW Mulvane – Bur-glary/theft/vehicle, wallet/iPod/ear phones - report tak-en, items not found, wallet found later and returned. In-vestigation continues.

10/11 at 00:48 in Warehouse 1 – Information report, alco-hol violation – report taken, individual referred to dean of students.

10/11 at 11:17 in Law School - disorderly conduct, obstruc-tion, notice to leave - report taken, 1 citation issued, notice to leave served, individual re-moved from campus

10/11 at 12:50 in Parking Lot 18, 1750 SW Boswell – Infor-mation report, conduct code violation – report taken, In-dividual refused to cooperate with university official, re-ferred to dean of students.

10/12 at 10:16 in Law School – Criminal trespass, assist outside agency warrant arrest - report taken, citation issued for criminal trespass, taken to DOC by WUPD on the war-rant.

10/12 at 11:22 in Morgan Hall – Criminal restraint - report taken, information received about possible criminal re-straint, investigation contin-ues.

10/12 at 14:08 in Law School - information report, possible harrassment - report taken, in-vestigation continues.

10/13 at 08:24 in Parking lot K, 1751 SW Mulvane - infor-mation report - report taken, ammunition found, placed in WUPD evidence locker, marked to be destroyed.

10/13 at 20:43 in Parking lot 9, 1851 SW Plass - theft, traf-fic cones - report taken, cones not found in the area, investi-gation continues.

10/13 at 20:29 in West Hall - information report, alcohol violation - report taken, alco-hol seized and destroyed, re-ferred to dean of students.

10/15 at 18:25 Off campus location, 1616 SW 17th - in-formation report, found prop-erty - report taken, checked the area for possible handgun, pellet pistol found, weapon made safe and secured.

10/16 at 16:27 in Petro Allied Health Center - information report, assist outside agen-cy - report taken, suspicious object found, TBD contacted, TPD removed the object for disposal.

10/17 at 14:15 in Law School - information report. electron-ic harrassment - report taken, web address blocked by ISS, no further harrassment report-ed at this time.

10/18 at 2:25 in Art Building - Information report, code of conduct violation - report tak-en, individuals not cooperat-ing with university official, referred to dean of students.

10/18 at 8:28 in Memorial Union - Information report, inrtusion alarm - report tak-en, cause probably malfunc-tion, maintenance called for

repairs.

10/18 in Law school - Infor-mation report, possible fire-arm - report taken, vehicle and person searched, no fire-arm found.

10/18 at 15:00 in Mabee Li-brary - theft/computer tablet and accessories - report taken, area checked, the computer and accessories not found

10/18 at 19:05 in Memorial Union - information report, intrusion alarm - report taken, area checked, no forced entry found, alarm cleared and re-set.

10/18 at 19:05 in Memorial Union - Information alarm, intrusion alarm - report taken, area checked, no forced entry found, alarm cleared and re-set.

10/19 at 09:02 in Carnegie Hall - Information report, sus-picious person - report taken, individual stated they wanted the information on file in case there was future contact with suspicious person.

10/20 on campus location - In-formation report, 911 hang-up call - report taken, individual leaving area was returning an individual to campus, no 911 call from their cell phones.

10/21 at 13:24 in Phi Delta Fraternity, 1810 SW Mul-vane - information report, fire alarm - report taken, probable cause burned plastic container on the kitchen stove, fumes cleared, alarm cleared and re-set.

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Washburn students and Topeka community members have been rehearsing since September to bring the pub-lic a groundbreaking musical. The Washburn University the-atre department and the Hel-en Hocker Center for the Performing Arts present, “Spring Awakening.”

Haunting and electri-fying, this alternative folk-rock musical is a re-visioning of Frank Weidekind’s 1891 controversial play of teen-age angst, sexual longing and coming-of-age.

“‘Spring Awakening’ pre-

s e r v e s the tone of the original work in-fused with a pop/folk rock score by Dun-can Sheik with book and lyrics by Steve Sater,” said Paul Prece, musical di-rector. “It is somewhat like a ‘mash-up’ of the late 19th century play and 21st century musical sensibility.”

According to Prece, “Spring Awakening” has won numerous awards and has only recently became avail-able for colleges to produce. Prece said it is a serious work and that the principle roles are those of young people.

“‘Spring Awakening’ is going to be a fantastic show, the cast is amazing and ev-eryone has become such good friends [which] is one thing that it takes to put on a show like this,” said Bryce Korf,

sophomore theatre major. “The show, however, isn’t for everyone due to its content.”

The production is not recommended for p e r -sons under the age of 16.

The musical dra-ma deals with teens discov-ering and dealing with their sexual-

ity in a world where adults that surround them refuse to answer their questions or to provide guid-ance.

“It presents and portrays the difficulties of growing up in a strict and restrictive soci-ety,” said Prece. “At its heart is a Romeo and Juliet story with tragic consequences.”

The Washburn theatre de-partment often partners with Helen Hocker Center of the Performing Arts. Musicals are expensive to produce and the collaboration brings two bud-get sources together. The two staffs also get to work togeth-er, allowing a mix of com-munity actors and students to

participate in the production. “Washburn has a special

connection to the city of To-peka and serves the Topeka community in many of its pro-grams,” said Prece.

There was a week of au-ditions and castings for the production and the crew and actors have been rehearsing since the third week of Sep-tember. Set and lighting de-

sign are by Tony Naylor, costume design by Sharon Sullivan, music direction by Nancy Scrinopskie Epoch, choreography by Sally Glassman, and di-

rection by Paul Prece. “Spring Awakening”

opens Nov. 2 and lasts f o r two week-

ends, advance tickets may be purchased by calling the Helen Hocker at 785-368-0191. General admission to the production is $14, Wash-burn students, faculty and staff tickets are $7 with a Washburn ID.

The musical will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 at Helen Hocker Center for the Performing Arts, 700 SW Zoo Parkway, Gage Park. The pro-duction will also be held at 2 p.m Nov. 11 at the same lo-cation.

“The cast is amazing, the music is amazing and the sto-ry is spectacular,” said Korf.

Amanda NarverudWASHBURN REVIEW

Spring awakens in WU theatre dept.

Valuable Workplace: Tess Wilson is a student worker at the Mabee Library. As a student who works in the library, she gets to interact with students, as well as learning more about researching.

Ask These Guys For Help: Cal Melick, (left) and Sean C. Bird, (right) and the people you need to talk to at the Mabee Library if you need help.

Kayla Quick is a junior mass media major. Reach her at kayla.quick@washburn.edu

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BOD STWith Halloween just around the corner, we want to know...

Shana Williams, cashier

Enzo Fustagno, junior, business

Caprice Cortez, senior, medical imaging

Micah Offermann, sophomore, creative advertising, sociology

“What are you going to be for Halloween?

Graphic by Maggie Pilcher, Washburn ReviewInterviews and photos by Kayla Norton

Ashley Hoosier, sophomore, elementary education

Blake Porter, freshman, business

Tricia Peterson is a junior mass media major. Reach her at patri-cia.peterson@washburn.edu

If you would like Raz’s ad-vice, email your question to re-alworldraz@gmail.com. Look for this column every week on this opinion page for your an-swer.

“I’m going to be a football player.” “A street

bum.”

“I am choos-ing right now. I’m thinking about being a rockstar.”

“Amy Pond from Dr. Who.”

“I’m going to get my old girl scout brownie sash and be a girl scout.”

“Trollface.”

This year will be the first year that I will get to experi-ence voting for the President of the United States.

I was old enough to vote the last time and the time be-fore, but I didn’t care. I didn’t think that someone like me, who didn’t know a damn thing about what was going on in this country, should be voting.

Since I started attending Washburn University my out-look has changed. Maybe it’s because I am getting older and now I am paying attention to different things, like news and current events. I think the big-gest change is that I am in col-lege. I don’t think I would care as much if I weren’t educated about why I should care. In many of my classes, the pro-fessor will reference something about the upcoming election or politics, and I didn’t get that in the past when all I was doing was working in a kitchen or as a waitress.

One class in particular that involves a lot of politics on environmental laws, and laws

concerning oil and coal compa-nies. This class, BI203 Human Impact on the Environment, taught by professor Kellis Bay-less, has made me care more about politics than any other single issue. Every class period I get so involved in the lecture that I leave class and talk about it all day. It makes me want to vote. It makes me want to pro-test by tying myself to a tree on a mountaintop and refusing to budge. It makes me care about what is going on in this country and what I can do to change it. It has made me want to vote.

This is also the first year that I have a sticker on my car advertising which candidate I plan to vote for and never be-fore have I had one of those. I was actually debating the de-cision whether to stick it on my bumper, for a week before I finally decided to slap it on there. I don’t like discussing who I plan to vote for because I don’t like arguing about it or being persuaded to change my opinion. I was only concerned about the sticker because then political people who disagree would try to argue with me – and this has happened on many occasions, I just choose to walk away and ignore the person.

All in all, I am looking for-ward to voting in two weeks. I can’t just sit in class and get angry and continue not to take action and do something about it. I am going to vote.

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Question: So with the election coming up, ev-eryone keeps telling me that I have to vote. But my vote doesn’t matter ul-timately so why is it that I should vote anyway?

This is a wonderful ques-tion, I’m glad you asked.

Here’s the thing: Amer-icans are entitled, privileged people. We don’t vote because we don’t “feel like it,” or it “doesn’t matter,” or whatev-er disempowered context we sell ourselves. That may sound harsh, but there are lots of coun-tries that don’t have elections, or if they do, women still can-not vote, or religious (or racial) minorities cannot vote. There are places in this world where people are fighting and dying to have access to the right to vote.

In this country, Afri-can-American men couldn’t vote until the 1860s. Women didn’t vote until 1920, after a century long battle for the

privilege. We’ve forgotten so quickly what our predecessors sacrificed and lost in order for us to have the ability to vote, have our voices heard, and be involved. We’re so disillu-sioned and resigned that noth-ing is ever going to change that we think our vote doesn’t mat-ter. That’s totally not true.

Kansas will be a red state during this election. However, although it is direly important that you vote for your presiden-tial candidate, the local elec-tions are where we really have power still. Some elections can come down to only a few hun-dred votes. We have real op-portunities as global citizens to stand up and be counted. It is vital that we exercise our abili-ty to influence the world around us. Use your voice. Whether or not you realize it, it matters.

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WU Ball: Washburn students danced the night away at the Washburn homecoming ball on Monday night. Students enjoyed the free refreshments, glow sticks and decor of the event. The event also included the announcement of Washburn’s homecoming court.

Chefs at Work: Washburn students decorated cakes during the WU Chef Competition, Tuesday. The event took place in the Memorial Union.

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Photo Madness: Washburn students

enjoyed a free photo booth Tuesday.

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Racing to Win: Members of Alpha Delta fraternity pose with the Ichabod on Tuesday night during the Ichabod

Race. The event featured multiple contests and trivia questions.

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Window Pane-ting: Washburn organizations took to downtown

to decorate businesses. Washburn OTA decorated one of them.

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Yay Cake: A cake from WU Chef

Competition is featured here.

Top (Hat) of the Morning to Ya: Organizations designed top hats in theme of the Washburn homecoming theme. Shown is one of them.

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WSGA Office Decor: WSGA prepared

appropriately for homecoming decorations.

Judging took place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday

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Raising the Cakes: The Washburn President’s Office posed with the Ichabod after winning first

place in the WU Chef Competition. The event included multiple teams of various decorating skill.Photo by Julian Mullican, Washburn Review

Photo by Andrew Escandon, Washburn ReviewWU Race: Washburn students blew up balloons for part of the Ichabod Race Tuesday night. Each group had to blow up 10 balloons in total before heading to the next station.

Painting to Win: Student media helped decorate downtown Topeka. Multiple organizations decorated businesses.

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The parking lot and all the ambient spaces surrounding the rough brick building were nearly all filled with cars when my sister, and I arrived at Warehouse 414 for the opening night of “Private Eyes,” written by Steven Dietz. We purchased our tickets and watched as the final two were sold before taking our seats. The show was officially sold out and the room buzzed with the nervous excitement of people about to see something new, something fresh and something different.

The room was set so that in order to reach the expanse of chairs set up for the audience one had to cross through the set of the play. It was simple. A messy desk and chair was set near the door. A vacant, round table was set near the middle of the stage. The walls were lined with artwork and images accentuating the gallery-turned-theater affect of the space.

“The holder of an Ad Astra Theatre Ensemble, Inc. ticket voluntarily assumes all risk and danger of personal injury (including death) and all hazards arising from or related

in any way to the event.” I read off the back of my

ticket as we waited for the lights to dim and the show to start.

“The play itself has been called a ‘comedy of suspicion’ and it does indeed have many twists and turns. Not only keeping the audience on their toes, but also the actors,” said Craig Fisher in his director’s note to the audience. “There is a thin line between what’s real and what isn’t in the world of this play and simply being able to discern between the two might mean the difference

between love and loss.” It didn’t take long for the

play to get started in a twisted direction. The lights rise and a scene begins. A stern Matthew, played by Dané Shobe, is countered by a spirited Lisa, played by Tess Wilson. The scene unfolds, the characters

banter and argue and role play when all of a sudden a voice speaks from somewhere behind the audience right as the two characters are about to enact a kiss. “Cut!” The voice shouts and Matthew and Lisa separate as the character of Adrian, played by Travis Lamb, joins the stage revealing the play within the play. The rest of the scenes carry on with similarly shocking twists revealing affairs, dark desires and therapy.

Though the play is supposedly a comedy, the issues of truth, honestly and

reality proved to be far much more dramatic than I had expected. The words were remarkably well written, almost so well written that at times they were a little unbelievable, but in the end that added to the play thematically, as did the play’s use of foreshadowing and its circular nature.

The play challenged the audience to decide what truth is with the ultimate revelation that truth is what you want it to

be. Truth is individual. Truth is perception and though one can find solace in it, one can also find disappointment.

The 15th Annual “Silents in the Cathedral” is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Topeka’s Grace Cathedral.

The evening will feature two short films and the feature film, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail.”

The first short film will be “Bewitched Matches,” a 1913 animated film. The ten minute film was directed by Emile Cohl, a French pioneer animator.

The second film is a 1927 comedy. “Eve’s Love Letter’s” which involves a woman being blackmailed by love letters from her past. The film was directed by Leo McCarey, and stars Stan Laurel and Agnes Ayres. “Eve’s Love Letter’s” is 20 minutes long.

“Blackmail” stars Sara

Allgood and Cyril Ritchard, and is 80 minutes. The silent version of this film has actually been a rare occurrence when shown in theaters. It was Britain’s first feature-length, talking motion picture.

Due to the length of the feature film, there will be a short intermission during the film.

Music for the evening will be played by Marvin Faulwell on the cathedral organ with Bob Keckeisen on percussion. Introductions will be made by Denise Morrison.

“Silents in the Cathedral” is sponsored by the Topeka/Shawnee County Public Library, with cooperation of the Kansas Silent Film Festival,

Inc. The event is free and open to the public.

Grace Cathedral is located at 701 SW 8th St.

More information on the event can be found online at http://www.kssilentfilmfest.org/cathedral/.

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There will be a book talk at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 on the main floor of the Mabee Library. The book talk will discuss the books “Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood” by Ralph Voss, a retired English Professor from the University of Alabama and “Beyond In Cold Blood” by Larry Welch, former director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

“They will talk about their books, and put our signed book in the context of the KBI and Capote, then they will

sign copies available at the gathering,” said Tom Averill, English professor.

The English department hosts many book talks for students, faculty, staff and the community to meet many different authors from Kansas and around the world.

“Larry Welch, former director of the KBI, wrote ‘Beyond In Cold Blood,’ a history of the agency and it has a chapter on the Clutter case,” said Averill. “Ralph Voss, a retired English Professor from the University of Alabama, is more interested in Capote’s time in Kansas, his writing of the book and the legacy of the

book in Kansas, hence his title, Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood.”

“In Cold Blood” can be considered a very well known book about the gruesome murders of the Herb Clutter family of Holcomb, Kan. in the early twentieth century. Both of these author’s books examine the case which is appropriate since Mabee Library has received the donation of a first edition copy of “In Cold Blood” signed by many KBI agents, as well as Capote.

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Over this last weekend, I saw the recently released 3D animated comedy, “Hotel Transylvania.”

I didn’t know what to expect when I headed in to the theater. I hadn’t seen any trailers and had only seen one of the minimalistic poster depicting a werewolf, mummy, Frankenstein’s monster and the Invisible Man in front of the castle. I went in with minimal expectations. I went to see the movie with my family, and it was my 7-year old cousin who chose the film.

Despite my hesitation, “Hotel Transylvania” was an enjoyable film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Dexter’s Laboratory, with music by DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh. The film had a lot of comedic moments, a few of which fell flat on their face, but as a whole was very funny.

In my opinion some of the funniest moments came from the Invisible Man. The writers really found some clever jokes that use his invisibility as a punchline, one of which was him acting out clues for charades. On paper that joke may sound very forced and unfunny, but it’s David Spade’s delivery that really sells it. The relationship between Dracula and his daughter is very believable as well, with Dracula

wanting to protect his p r e c i o u s d a u g h t e r from the o u t s i d e world.

I ’ m u s u a l l y against big name actors being used as voice actors, but in this film e v e r y o n e p l a y s their role very well. I instantly recognized the distinctive voice of Fran Drescher as the nagging bride of Frankenstein, but it wasn’t until the end credits that I recognized the other actors featured in the film.

Disney starlet Selena Gomez is the voice of Dracula’s daughter, Mavis, Andy Samberg was the clueless human, Johnny, Steve Buscemi was Wayne the Wolfman and David Spade was the Invisible Man. Though what shocked me the most was Adam Sandler, an actor I usually find infuriatingly annoying, portrayed Count Dracula himself. Unlike most of his performances, however, I actually enjoyed Sandler’s portrayal of the Count, though his Transylvanian accent occasionally slipped into something that I can

only describe as ambiguously Jewish.

One fun thing about “Hotel Transylvania” was the wide variety of monsters showcased. If you pay attention to what’s going on in the background, you can spot just about any notable monster you would care to name, from Bigfoot to the

Creature from the Black Lagoon. I swear I even saw the fictional entity Cthulhu at one point.

My one major complaint with the film is the unnecessary rap number featuring all the characters at the end of the story. It comes completely out of left field and served no purpose other than padding out the time until the credits rolled.

In conclusion, “Hotel Transylvania” is a fun film that pays tribute to common horror tropes and clichés. It has elements of romance, comedy and even a brief touch of tragedy. It won’t change the face of cinema and a few jokes fall short, but overall, it’s well worth the price of admission.

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"Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do some-thing. Not even me.

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The Bods played in a nail-biter on the road this weekend against the Linden-wood Lions.

With this win, the Ich-abods move to 7-1 on the sea-son and moved up nationally to No. 6 in the polls.

Washburn’s defense in this game left much to be desired as they gave up 265 yards on the ground with 228 of those going to a single player, running back Denodus O’Bryant.

Ultimately the Bods “bend but don’t break” mentality won out as they held the Lions to just 16 points on the day. For the majority of the game

though, the Ichabods played from behind and had to will themselves to victory, scoring a touchdown with 23 seconds left in the game to take the lead and ultimately capture the victory, 19-16.

“We were able to pull through as a team and keep our composure to come out with a win,” said Devon Connors, ju-

nior defensive back.Senior linebacker Jahmil

Taylor feels his team is very resilient.

“We showed that when the game is on the line we can pull together on offense and defense to get the job done,” said Tay-lor.

This type of victory brings with it many things to include heightened emotions.

“It was probably the most emotional game that I’ve been apart of,” said Steve Dieck-haus, senior offensive lineman. “It was great to go back home to St. Charles and get a win in front of my city. I was blessed to be able to have great support from my family and friends at the game. I was glad I was able to play in front of them and pull out the ‘W.’”

Quarterback Mitch Buhler ended the day 17 of 27 for 146 yards. Running back Hayden Groves recorded his second straight game of 100 plus yards as he went 116 yards on 19 car-ries and a score. Buhler also ran the final touchdown in for the win.

Pulling out a win against Lindenwood was crucial for the Bods to keep their playoff hopes alive. The MIAA has five teams in the AFCA top 25 and the last three games of the season for Washburn are against ranked foes. A misstep here could spell disaster for post-season play.

“These last few games will

be close,” said Jake Cervantes, junior defensive tackle. “It’s like we are already in the play-offs. We can’t afford to lose another one and that goes for a lot of other teams in our confer-ence and we know that.”

Washburn will play host to the No. 5-ranked Northwest Missouri State Bearcats on Sat-urday, at 1 p.m. The Bearcats currently have a seven game winning streak against the Ich-abods and recently beat Pitts-burgh State 31-21. This will be the biggest challenge of the

year so far for the Bods.“It should be a good

game,” said Cervantes. “They are big and physical, but so are we.”

The pressure won’t let up after Saturday, as the Ichabods

travel to St. Joseph, Mo. the following Saturday, to play No. 12-ranked Missouri Western State. The Bods finish regular season at home against unde-feated and No. 15-ranked ESU.

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A7Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Sports65Bods win nail-biter against Lindenwood

Bend but Don’t Break: Washburn linebacker Jahmil Taylor (23) makes a play on the ball against Truman State on Oct. 13. Taylor, safety Calvin Kenney (16) and the rest of the Ichbod defense struggled this past weekend to contain Lindenwood running back Denodus Bryant, but Washburn prevailed late with a 19-16 victory.

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Team Overall AFCA Ranking

1. Minnesota State Mankato 8-0 7 2. Henderson State 8-0 9 3. Harding 6-1 19 4. Emporia State 8-0 15 5. Northwest Missouri State 7-1 5 6. Minnesota Duluth 7-1 8 7. Winona State 6-2 NR 8. Sioux Falls 7-1 21 9. Missouri Western State 7-1 12 10. Ouachita Baptist 6-1 20

* Washburn is tied for 16 in the AFCA Coaches Poll but finds themselves on the outside looking in as the first regional standings came out.. The Ichabods will have a chance to sneak into the playoffs as their last three games come against No.5-ranked Northwest Missouri State, No. 12-ranked Missouri Western State and No. 15-ranked Emporia State.

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The Washburn Lady Blues played the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats last Friday night in Lee Arena. The Lady Blues came into the weekend matches ranked No. 3 in the nation af-ter Nebraska-Kearney lost two matches that enabled Washburn to move up one spot.

The Lady Blues came out strong in the first set, defeating the Bearcats 25-10. Northwest put up a good fight in the sec-ond set, but didn’t have enough as they dropped the set 25-17. The Lady Blues put on a strong showing early in the third set, as they rushed out to an 11-2 lead and eventually won 25-15 and finished the clean sweep of the Bearcats.

The Lady Blues never let Northwest get into a grove.

Senior outside hitter, Jes-sica Kopp led the Lady Blues with 10 kills while fellow se-nior outside hitter, Hillary Hughes, added 11 digs. Junior setter Abby Wittman had 24 as-sists and was able to setup her hitters well all night as the Lady Blues hit a combined .297.

“We came in really focused because we’re coming off a big win at Central,” said Kopp. “We knew we had to be focused and not have a letdown.”

Saturday afternoon, the Lady Blues returned to action as they hosted the Missouri Western Griffons. The Lady Blues earned another sweep beating the Griffons 25-13, 25-

22 and 25-13 at Lee Arena.The Lady Blues easily

took the first set, but struggled with the Griffons in the second set before eventually putting them away 25-22. The Lady Blues made some corrections in between the second and third sets, and came out and handled the Griffons and finished off the

weekend sweep.Four Lady Blues were able

to reach double-digit kills with Hughes leading the way with 11. Jessica Fey, Marrisa Cox and Kelsey Lewis each had 10 kills as well. Cox was also able to add four blocks.

“They came out the second game and hit really well and the

third game our goal was to just pound them so we could focus on next week with Emporia on Tuesday,” said Cox. “So we re-ally put our focus in and did it.”

Cox, a sophomore middle hitter, attributes the balance of the offense to how well they are doing.

Fey states that there was

definitely a let down during the second set which led to it being a lot closer than the other two.

“We just have to come out with teams like this and stay focused and stay intense,” said Fey. “That’s on us, not anyone else.”

The Lady Blues were able to outhit the Griffons in the

match .322 to .116. Washburn also had the upper hand in kills, 53-27, as well as digs, 65-43.

Tuesday night the Lady Blues travelled to Emporia to face the Hornets (16-7, 6-4 MIAA) of Emporia State.

Washburn won the first set 25-18 and claimed the second set 25-22. Not to be outdone on their home court, the Lady Hornets were able to win the third set 25-23. But Washburn managed to win the fourth set 25-20 to get a 3-1 victory over ESU. The win gave the Lady Blues a sweep over their rivals and leave the Blues in the driv-er seat to win the conference.

Washburn improves to 24-1 and 11-1 in the MIAA. Next up the Blues is Drury University (11-14) on Saturday. The Lady Blues return to Lee Arena on Oct. 30 to face Fort Hays State.

Stymied to find their of-fense, the Topeka RoadRunners made the most of a late oppor-tunity Saturday.

Following a checking from behind double minor and game ejection to Springfield forward Tom Cooney at 12:23 of the third period, Topeka (10-2-2) used the powerplay to advan-tage. Forward Drew Karofiles scored on a slapshot from the center slot at 16:03 and Tope-ka played strong defense late to preserve a 1-0 victory at Landon Arena.

Karofiles, the team cap-tain, had been dealing with a recent scoring drought prior to Saturday’s goal. Receiving an excellent pass from forward Tyler Poulsen to set up his shot, Karofiles said he just let it go and hoped for the best.

“I know he [Poulsen] made a good play,” said Karofiles. “I finally let one go, and good things happened.”

After not scoring a goal in Friday’s contest and being shut out for most of Saturday’s con-test, frustration began to mount. Topeka lost 2-0 in Friday’s game, firing only seven shots on goal in the first two periods.

They mustered 22 shots in the third period, but the damage had already been done at that point. Goaltender Matt Leon held strong for Springfield, earning his first shutout of the season.

RoadRunners head coach Scott Langer said Karofiles’ effort on Saturday was needed to give his team an edge. He is currently tied for third on the team with five goals.

“He’s just one of those guys that come up with big things when we need it,” said

Langer. “He just doesn’t give up. It’s easy in those games where things aren’t going well, to get frustrated and give up, and he just doesn’t do that.”

In the first period, Topeka had multiple opportunities to take the lead, firing 15 shots on goal. They then sent nine more shots on goal in the second pe-riod. Langer said it was import-ant his team didn’t get frustrat-ed by their offensive struggles.

“We tried to change a few of our sets because they were on to what we were doing,”

said Langer. “We were close. You don’t want to ever press, because once you do that, you may end up turning the whole game in terms of momentum.”

In the victory, Topeka goal-tender Spencer Viele stopped all 22 shots he faced, giving him his first shutout of the sea-son. Viele’s 1.49 goals against average is currently second in the North American Hockey League. Fellow Topeka goal-tender Mackenzie Sawyer is third in the league with a 1.63 GAA.

“His [Viele] focus lev-el was great,” said Langer. “There’s a reason why those two [Viele and Sawyer] are up at the top of the league.”

Topeka will now hit the road for the next four games. They head to Odessa, Texas Friday and Saturday to face the Odessa Jackalopes. Puck drop on both nights is at 7:05 p.m.

Last Thursday, Oct. 19, the Washburn Lady Blue soccer team traveled to Joplin, Mo., where they faced off against Missouri Southern University in their final road game of the season. With the MIAA tour-nament closing in, both teams desperately needed a win. The Lady Blues, after a strong fight, ended the match short against Missouri Southern 2-1.

Washburn fell behind ear-ly as Missouri Southern took to the board first with 2 goals consecutively five minutes apart from one another – this left the game at a 2-0 halftime lead over the Washburn Lady Blues.

In the second half both

teams were at a standstill of-fensively. Washburn junior middle fielder Lara Doesche was able to tack on a goal for the Lady Blues off of a free kick in the 58th minute. But the Blues were unable to tie up the game. The Lady Blues then played on O c t .

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h o m e a g a i n s t Wes te rn S t a t e U n i v e r s i - ty in a non-conference match that ended with the Lady Blues un-

fortunately falling once more 2-1 against the Mountaineers.

Western State was 0-13 coming into the game. The Lady Blues jumped out to anearly lead as senior for-

ward, Leah Talley, scored off of a Megan Buckley shot.

The Western State Univer-sity Mountaineer’s quickly re-turned with a vigor in the sec-ond half and scored two goals within seven minutes of each other, leaving the final score of the match a 2-1 title over the Washburn Lady Blues.

The Washburn Lady Blues, now 4-12 this season, will be

hosting Central Oklahoma this Friday at home at 6 p.m. in their second MIAA

match during this final week of the regular season. The Lady Blues dropped out of the top

eight in the MIAA rankings. With only two games left, both conference matches, the Lady Blues are in good shape to not reach the MIAA tournament for the second year in a row.

Picked to finish as a bot-tom feeder in the MIAA pre-season polls, the Blues have managed to turn heads as they continue to fight for a shot at the post-season. Washburn finishes off the season against Northeastern State University at home on Oct. 26.

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Split Decision: Dan Dupell (13) rushes up the ice Friday. Dupell did not score in the weekend’s contests, but he was able to fire four shots on goal as Topeka split its series with the Springfield Jr. Blues.

Senior Leadership: Seniors Jessica Fey, Jessica Kopp and Hillary Hughes continue to cause problems for opponents. The hard-hitting seniors, along with junior setter Abby Whitman, have the Blues ranked No. 3 and are in the top spot in the MIAA rankings.

Hard to Block: Washburn senior hitter Jessica Kopp (12) spikes against two defenders Saturday against Missouri Western. Kopp and the Lady Blues are standing atop the MIAA conference with a 10-1 record in league play. The 23-1 Blues moved up in the rankings this week to No. 3 after back-to-back home wins.

Kyle Kelly is a senior public relations major. Reach him at kyle.kelly@washburn.edu.

Photo by Kelsey Wagers, Washburn Review.

Richard Kelly is a senior dou-ble major in mass media and social work. Reach him at rich-ard.kelly@washburn.edu.

Lady Blues continue to win, tied for first in MIAA

Team Conf. Conf. Pts. Overall

Central Missouri x 8-0-2 26 12-1-3 Central Oklahoma x 7-0-3 24 12-1-3 Truman State x 7-3 21 11-4-1 Northwest Missouri x 6-3-2 20 8-5-3 Northeastern State 5-4-1 16 9-4-1 Fort Hays State 5-5-1 16 9-6-1 Missouri Southern 4-4-2 14 4-8-3 Nebraska-Kearney 4-5-2 14 9-6-2 Washburn 4-6 12 4-12 Southwest Baptist 3-5-2 11 6-8-2 Missorui Western 3-7-1 10 5-9-1 Lindenwood 1-8 3 5-8-1 Emporia State 0-7-2 2 4-9-2

x = Clinched spot in MIAA Tournament

2012 MIAA Women’s Soccer Standings

Jessica KoppKills 230Blocks 46

Jessica FeyKills 268Blocks 56

Hillary HughesKills 217serve Aces 34

Abby WhitmanDigs 231Assists 681

Washburn drops game at Missouri Southern, sees post-season hopes slipping away

Fab four leading the way RoadRunners score late, defeat Jr. Blues in close contest