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The answer isnrsquot always crystal clear

One fact is certain Washburn Uni-versity has never regularly allowed the use of alcohol on campus since it was founded in 1865 However there have been events allowed to include alcohol on a case-by-case basis

The Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control division requires that events including alcohol on campus be ca-tered by a licensed organization At Washburn Chartwells Catering fills that role

ldquoChartwells is the provider that serves alcohol on campus Everything has to be done through them because they have the license to serve through the state Alcohol Beverage Controlrdquo said Kathy Reser director for the Me-morial Union

Reser added that catering through a licensed organization such as Chartwells is the only legal way to serve alcohol on campus and that there are no other legal options in terms of serving alcohol at approved events

In order to include alcohol at an event on campus a student or alumni organization must submit a request for alcohol at least 20 days prior to the event This process allows Chartwells the time necessary to acquire approval and permission from both President Jerry Farley and the Alcohol Beverage Control Division

ldquoDining services will generate an alcohol request form to be signed by the group making the request the office of the University President the Campus police Dining Services and we in turn send a request to the Kansas Alcohol Beverage Controlrdquo said Bruce Scoular catering director of Chartwells ldquoChartwells holds li-cense to provide alcohol service on the Washburn campusrdquo

Chartwells has hosted events that have included alcohol such as wed-dings corporate events and alumni events

Scoular added that Chartwells and the university would not approve the use of alcohol at an event in which alcohol is the main focus and that they limit their approval to events that merely use alcohol as an ldquoenhance-ment of the eventrdquo

ldquoIf alcohol is the sole focus of the event then we strongly discourage using Washburn for the eventrdquo said Scoular

Susie Hoffmann the director of the Washburn Alumni Association agrees that approval from the univer-sity depends on the amount of alco-hol intended to be served Hoffmann has coordinated numerous events on behalf of the association and is well aware of the process involved in gain-ing approval to serve alcohol

ldquoTheyrsquoll look at whether itrsquos a cash bar or whether itrsquos hosted wheth-er wersquore providing complimentary al-cohol based on how much alcohol you plan to serve and how many people are attending the partyrdquo said Hoffman ldquoYou canrsquot order three kegs of beer when 100 people are going to show up Thatrsquos just not a good idea Thatrsquos too much beer for 100 peoplerdquo

Hoffmann said the application for approval requires that the applicant specify The name of the event the date and time of the event the expected attendance contact information from the host the name of the organization providing the alcohol the type of alco-hol to be served and the approximate quantity of alcohol to be served

The applicant must also specify whether the event is to include a cash bar the cost is to include alcohol or the alcohol is to be provided without charge

Hoffmann also clarified that stu-dent organizations as well as other

Washburn organizations have gone through the same process as the alum-ni association in gaining approval from the university to serve alcohol on campus

ldquoEverybody fills out the exact same form They go through the same channels and ultimately that form goes to the presidentrsquos office for approval or disapproval of the university president There shouldnrsquot be any discrepancyrdquo said Hoffmann

Every event on campus that is to include al-cohol must also be submitted t h r o u g h Chartwells with the exception of tailgate par-ties

As stated in the Facilities Use section of the Washburn University Poli-cies Regulations and Procedures Manual alcohol may be permitted at tailgating ac-tivities but is not allowed to be carried into any of the athletic venues such as Yager Stadium It is also not permitted to sell alcohol at tailgate parties without permission from the university There must also be non-alcoholic beverages and food present in order for alcohol to be al-lowed

The Washburn alcohol policy has the support of many of the employ-ees and faculty at Washburn How-ever some of the students disagree with the policy and would like to see it changed These students feel that allowing alcohol on campus would

help the university to become more of a social environment and would give students incentive to stay in Topeka for their weekend activities

Washburn student Dave Clark is particularly passionate about the issue of alcohol not being regularly permit-ted at Washburn

ldquoI feel like Washburn is such a non-traditional campus in the first place that therersquos not a lot of opportunity for so-cial interaction and activity especially on the weekends because everybody goes home or theyrsquore just not aroundrdquo said Clark ldquoAlso therersquos not a whole lot to do in Topeka so it just doesnrsquot

m a k e sense to me why a col-lege campus would be

so anti-drinking when it would be better to

have policies in place that allow you to drink and allow you to regu-late it and make sure that itrsquos done in a safe wayrdquo

Clark also disagreed with exceptions made by the university with regards to alumni events and ar-gued that although this can help the university to raise funding through alumni do-nations this reflects poorly on the degree to which the uni-

versity values itrsquos students ldquoI can understand from wanting to

be able to have good relations with the alumni they raise money for the school and everything but they should care a little more for the students as well not just the alumni It should be dry all the time or wet all the timerdquo said Clark

Washburn University is home to nearly 200 international students When it comes to paying for school there is no difference between them and the rest of the student popula-tion

An interna-tional student can be classified as a foreign student that has obtained either an F1 or J1 visa These stu-dents are often part of exchange pro-grams with specif-ic universities in China Washburn students and the students from the Chinese universities essentially swap schools for semesters at a time benefiting both the students and the universities alike

The students gain perspective on

a completely new culture and the uni-versities gain students from different cultures that can broaden the learning experience of native students

Some might assume that these students receive scholarships to attend school overseas However Xuejing

Ran mass me-dia senior knows from experience that this is not the case

ldquoI have at-tended Washburn for four semesters nowrdquo said Ran ldquoIn those four se-mesters I have never received scholarships or funding for my ed-ucation All of my expenses are paid

by my family It is a choice you make to come to America and study We do not expect funding from the American universityrdquo

Heidi Staerkel coordinator of in-

ternational student services also said that it was rare for international stu-dents to receive scholarships initially

ldquoA vast majority of our interna-tional students do not receive schol-arships initially Students who have been a part of the program for several semesters are more likely to obtain scholarshipsrdquo said Staerkel

According to Staerkel the schol-arship availability among competing universities is nearly the same She said that the disparity between num-bers of international students among these competing schools is based on the courses available to the interna-tional student

ldquoSchools such as Emporia State University Fort Hays University and Pittsburg State University do have higher numbers as far as international students are concernedrdquo said Starkel ldquoHowever this is not due to the amount of scholarships given The dis-parity lies in the fact that these univer-sities offer more academic programs

It is a choice you make to come to America and study We do not expect funding from the American university

- Xuejing RanSenior mass media major

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Matthew KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Christian HallmanWASHBURN REVIEW

Washburnrsquos alcohol policy comes with loopholes

International students hold equal tuition responsibilities

Please see SCHOLARSHIPS page A2

Matthew Kelly is a junior mass media major Reach him at matthewkellywashburnedu

Graphic by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Photo illustration by Mike Goehring

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The Bod Beat News bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Donrsquot see your event in the calendar Call the Review newsroom at 670-2506 to have your event included in an upcoming edition Itrsquos FREE

For upcoming Washburn athletic events go to wwwwusportscom

alendarCBrown Bag international lectureInternational HouseNoon

Presentation ldquoCareers in the US Department of StaterdquoRuth Garvey Fink Convoca-tion Hall Bradbury Thomp-son Alumni Center1 pm

Catholic Campus Centerrsquos Theology of the BodyBlair Room Living Learning Center6 to 730 pm

Wednesday March 30

Thursday March 31

Grad FairWashburn Room Memorial Union930 am to 6 pm

Friday April 1

-paid for by WSGA-

Presidentrsquos Press

Hello Washburn Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break I know that mine went VERY quickly but was also relaxing

Applications are out for the Above amp Beyond Scholarships The pur-pose of the Robert L Gustavson Above and Beyond Award is to recognize outstanding performance by Washburn students This non-renewable award focuses on academic achievement service to Washburn and service to the community A minimum of three recipients will be awarded anywhere from $500 to $1000

QUALIFICATIONS1 Must be currently enrolled in six credit hours2 Must be returning next semester to take at least twelve hours3 Must have at least a 300 cumulative GPA4 Must demonstrate academic achievement service to Washburn and

service to the community APPLICATION PROCESSSubmit the application your resume detailing campus and community

involvement and a 1-2 page essay describing how you believe you have gone ldquoAbove and Beyondrdquo during your time so far at Washburn University You can pick up the applications in the Student Activities amp Greek Life office then the applications will be due there as well The deadline is next Friday April 8th at 500pm so make sure you turn in your application on time

For those of you who have not yet heard I just recently got engaged Very exciting-- to someone you may know Garrett Love who proposed to me on March 4th at Skies Restaurant in Kansas City There are pictures on my Facebook if you would like to find out more We are planning on having our wedding here in Topeka sometime this summer

Enjoy the rest of your week and as always GO BODS )Caley Onek

WSGA President

WUColeman Hawkins High School Jazz festivalWhite Concert Hall Garvey Fine Arts Center9 am to 6 pm

Ally Safe Zone trainingLincoln Room Memorial Union2 to 5 pm

SoftballSoftball complex Washburn University3 pm

Opening reception for Washburn art department student exhibitMulvane Art Museum Garvey Fine Arts Center5 to 8 pm

Celebrate KenyaUniversity United Methodist Church6 to 9 pm

Ichtus movie night and Indian tacosIchtus Campus Ministry house6 to 9 pm

WUColeman Hawkins High School Jazz Festival concertWhite Concert Hall Garvey Fine Arts Center730 pm

Student group loses foundersrsquo interest

This past fall five students at Washburn started the organi-zation TIKES This spring only one founding student re-mains actively involved

Teaching and Interacting with Kids of Educated Students started out as a hypothetical organization for a class project last semester but the students decided to make it a reality

The original goal of TIKES was to connect Wash-burn students faculty and staff who have children They want-ed to provide a way to help stu-dents who are juggling the roles of student and parent

ldquoAll the m e m b e r s agreed that they would like to make it a reality and every-one put their names down as membersrdquo said April Sumpter one of the origi-nal founders of TIKES ldquoUnfortunately I have been the only one of the original five to continue on with the organizationrdquo

There have been many roadblocks for TIKES and it has not taken off like the found-ers hoped it would They cre-ated a Facebook page and even used a website wwwwhen-isgoodnet to try to schedule meeting times for parents Of the 20 Facebook fans that re-sponded to the request none of their schedules matched up Scheduling has been a major is-sue for TIKES

Another problem that is looming in the future is the question of the organizationrsquos leadership Sumpter plans to graduate this spring with a de-gree in anthropology and her last semester at Washburn has proved to be very time con-

suming Sumpter said that she has not had time to organize TIKES this semester

ldquoI believe that the organi-zation is still active but it needs more people to keep it goingrdquo said Sumpter ldquoI would even be willing to come back next se-mester and help keep it goingrdquo

Larry Stone a sophomore in applied studies was also in the same class that Sumpter at-tended last semester He hopes to take on the TIKES orga-nization and reestablish it next semester

ldquoMy group in that same class created a campus charity called A Visit from Old St Ich a Christmas-Bureau type cam-

paign which T I K E S will over-seerdquo said Stone

S t o n e is trying to contact the m e m b e r s that were on the original roster and g e n e r a t e more aware-ness of the organization

His goal is to start putting up fliers and advertising on cam-pus to draw more attention to TIKES

ldquoIrsquom not necessarily the leader of TIKES I just want to get the members together first Then we can start thinking about who the leaders will berdquo said Stone

The issue of leadership is what Sumpter said will make TIKES successful or eventu-ally fall apart

ldquoI think that once TIKES gets a couple of committed of-ficers the organization will do greatrdquo said Sumpter ldquoBut until then it is to big of a job for one or two parents to handlerdquo

Awarded for service Dave Boose prepares to cut the cake made for his retirement ceremony on Tuesday in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union Boose the chief engineer for Washburn Information Systems and Services had worked at Washburn the last 28 years beginning in what was then called the ldquomedia centerrdquo

I believe the organization is still active but it needs more people to keep it going

-April SumpterTIKES

ldquo

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For example Pittsburg State offers a graduate program in engineering and many interna-tional students take interest in that program That something we canrsquot controlrdquo

International students do not expect scholarships from the universities they choose to attend Staerkel described that the international students are just as likely to obtain scholar-ships as traditional students

ldquoOur degree seeking inter-

national students in most all cases have the same opportu-nities for scholarship money as the universities degree seeking traditional students However many of our international stu-dents are not degree seeking and because they are not seek-ing a degree they are not able to obtain Washburn Univer-sity scholarships Many in-ternational students choose to spend shorter amounts of time abroadrdquo said Staerkel

Despite the fact that many international students do not receive scholarships to assist in the funding of their educa-tion based on degree seeking or non-seeking status the in-ternational house prides itself on broadening the education of their participating students in any way that they are able

SCHOLARSHIPS Equal opportunity

Saturday April 2

SoftballSoftball complex Washburn University1 pm

Sunday April 3

Dodgeball fundraiser tour-namentYMCA 421 SW Van Buren Ave1 to 5 pm

Honors concertWhite Concert Hall Garvey Fine Arts Center3 pm

Sunday MassCatholic Campus Center 1633 SW Jewell Ave6 to 7 pm

Ichtus Sunday dinnerIchtus Campus Ministry house6 to 8 pm

Christian Hallman is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced news-writing class

Megan BarfieldWASHBURN REVIEW

Megan Barfield is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced news-writing class

Buhler presents on 2010 visit to Haiti

ldquoUpdate on Haitirdquo will be discussed by Adam Buhler a business major at the Universi-ty of Kansas at the Brown Bag International Lecture at noon Wednesday March 30 at the International House Washburn

University Buhler has had a long relationship with Haiti and its people He and his wife were in Haiti when the quake hit in January 2010

Buhler returned a year later and will discuss the progress and obstacles of rebuilding the Western Hemispherersquos poorest

nation Washburn international

programs office is sponsoring the event

For information call 785-670-1051 or visit wwwwash-burneduiip

The event is free and open to the public

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Last semester a new student organiza-tion formed with a mission to debunk per-ceptions about the school of thought they represent

The Student Atheists of Washburn consists of Nick Taylor president Barbi Warhurst vice president and Sharla Blank faculty advisor Taylor and Warhurst are the founding members of the group

To get the word out about the group both members put flyers up around cam-pus The first few meetings had really high turnouts and students and teachers have showed curiosity

The purpose of the group is to provide students with the opportunity to socialize in an open and non judgmental environ-ment The group gives students the chance to have an open forum of conversation without feeling the need to censor oneself out of fear of offending someone

The members that have stuck around are ones that are looking to have intelligent conversation with their peers that challenge assumptions about ideas

ldquoWe disagree on a lot of things but when we do we justify our positions with reasoned arguments and not ldquobecause the Bible says sordquo or ldquoGod did itrdquo Itrsquos those kind of responses that are conversation killers and quite annoying to anyone look-ing to have their ideas really listened to and challengedrdquo said Nick Taylor

The official mission statement of SAW is a student group that seeks to

promote a positive awareness of atheism to oppose discrimina-

tion of all groups and to sup-port and defend constitution-

al first amendment rights of free speech and the principle of church-state separation In addition the group seeks to pro-vide an open forum to students where all ideas can be voiced and discussed in order to build a so-ciety of inclusion and understanding dedicated to the pursuit of reason and logicrdquo

The group meetings are open to many ideas but

doesnrsquot always pro-ceed in the same man-

ner Some nights consist of game nights commu-

nity service even commu-nity activism The group has

26 members on the Facebook group and eight members that at-

tend meetings on a regular basisldquoThe main message is to get people

used to the idea that not everyone believes

in god that there are a lot more atheists out there than most people think and that wersquore good people The word atheist is a term that most people run from Surveys have been done that have shown that athe-ists are among the least trusted groups in the United Statesrdquo said Taylor ldquoThere is a stigma associated with atheism and one of the biggest goals of the group is to ldquopro-mote a positive awareness of atheismrdquo and show people that atheists are normal ethi-cal people with the same hopes and dreams of everyone else in societyrdquo

Some responses to SAW have mani-fested itself in ways that the group per-ceives as negative Such as when the group posted flyers many of them were destroyed taken down and written on featuring writ-ing like ldquonew age liesrdquo ldquofascist liesrdquo and ldquoatheio-fasistrdquo This made the group avoid putting up posters

ldquoIn our experiences almost all self proclaimed agnostics are in fact athe-ists Free-thinkers are atheists Non reli-gious people are atheists They just donrsquot know it Our goal is to let more people realize the proper application of the term atheist and to get them to come out of the closet We are a group of freethinkers ag-nostics humanists and non religious and those are almost always synonymous with atheismrdquo said Taylor ldquoSo thats what we call ourselves Student Atheists of Wash-burn We chose this name to get people comfortable with the idea that there are atheists out there wersquore not afraid to say it and we are good peoplerdquo

The group will attend events such as debates and lectures that have relevance to Atheism Game nights and trivia nights are some things that the group enjoys rather than the traditional sit down meeting The group meetings take place every Wednes-day and last about an hour

ldquoI frequently meet with Craig Freerk-sen who helps run the Christian Challenge here at Washburn and we are working to-gether to do events that involve theist and atheist students debates panel discus-sions guest speaking at each others meet-ings He and I are in talks about co-hosting guest speakers for next semester but thatrsquos a long way awayrdquo said Taylor

Future plans for the group are focused on attracting more members getting more publicity and really just informing people on what the group consists of Hopefully be able to have debates lectures and any-thing to promote the group and the grouprsquos ideas

Seeing Washburn students wearing T-shirts that read ldquoChristian Challengerdquo on the front and in bold letters ldquoAt The Peakrdquo on the back is a frequent occurrence Usu-ally during the first week of classes every year the group Christian Challenge gives out these T-shirts to students who sign up for information about their group

When Craig and Janene Freerksen first started out as directors of Christian Chal-lenge in 1998 they were about 20 students involved This past year an average of 78 to 85 Washburn students attend their weekly large group meetings The group meets ev-ery Thursday night at 7 pm at The Peak 1930 SW Gage Blvd

ldquoOur purpose is to help students grow in the knowledge the wisdom and the per-spective of who God has made them to be and help them get thererdquo said Freerksen ldquoWe want to help train and send outrdquo

As well as their weekly meetings Christian Challenge also provides small group Bible studies one-on-one disciple-ship summer and winter mission opportu-nities student conferences and campus and community serving opportunities

Lora Biesenthal a senior psychology major and a leadership studies minor has been involved in many of these activities including a spring break service project to Greensburg Kan for disaster relief

ldquoI have been involved in Chris-tian Challenge for four years The experiences I have gained through the people I have met at Christian Chal-lenge have had a tre-mendous impact on who I am todayrdquo said Biesenthal ldquoIf you were to compare me to who I was four years ago I am a com-pletely differ-ent person I have been encouraged to consider deep ques-tions about my purpose and mean-ingrdquo

D a v i d Wingerson a junior in music education major said that he be-came a Christian in 2009 but this has been his first year involved in Christian Challenge Wing-erson became involved when he was asked to play drums for the worship band on Thursday

nightsldquoI was surprised to find such an open

and inviting community of believers that have fun and learn something of eternal im-portance every weekrdquo said Wingerson

Freerksen said that Christian Challenge is open to everyone and that Christian Chal-lenge is not affiliated with one denomina-tion

ldquoWe are really there for students from all different denominational backgroundsrdquo said Freerksen

Freerksen said that when he went to Emporia State University he was involved in a campus ministry much like Christian Challenge His experiences with that group caused him want to help develop a group like it at Washburn

ldquoJanene and I have learned so much from the leaders who invested time in us and we wanted to share that experience with students at Washburnrdquo said Freerksen ldquoWe continue to see God work dramatically in the lives of many students and it is a great joy to see thatrdquo

Every year millions of Christians around the world give up something for Lent known as a time for reflection and preparation for Easter

After Ash Wednesday people make promises for 40 days by abstaining from some-thing that simply is a type of pleasure It could range from giving up candy to giving up Facebook

This year Gabriela Beru-men sophomore gave up soft drinks and chocolate because they are two of her favorite snacks Berumen believes that by giving up something is a way to self-improve yourself

ldquoI also think that is a little taste of what God gave for us is a sacrifice we chose to dordquo said Berumen ldquoIf God gave up his life for us then by giving up

something is a little reminder of what he didrdquo

Dustin Haverkamp Wash-burn alumnus gave up carbon-ated beverages because he said that is a good way to start a healthy lifestyle Haverkamp usually drinks two to four car-bonated beverages a day

ldquoI think itrsquos important to stick with what I started and is also a way to keep following away from somethingrdquo said Haverkamp

Others are trying some-thing new Haverkamp said that today giving up something is half self-improvements half faith

JoVaughn Anderson and five other friends decided to do something new this year After hearing the ldquoLove Darerdquo on the radio Anderson talked her friends into doing it for 40 days

ldquoThere is a book and they

also make a movie about it ldquoFire Proofrdquo it helps strengths your relationship with some-onerdquo said Anderson ldquoEvery-one can do it not just you and your significant other

Anderson said that it is more like an inspirational book The book gives the reader a challenge to do every day

ldquoOn the very first day you are not suppose to say anything negative to your significant oth-er or to yourself If you are go-ing to say something negative is better to not say anything at allrdquo said Anderson

Anderson also said that with the Love Dare you focus more in God

ldquoItrsquos not like you are giv-ing up something just for no reason it has a meaning behind itrdquo said Anderson ldquoIt helps view our relationship in a better perspectiverdquo

Anderson and her friends

made a Facebook page where they talk about their experienc-es with the challenge

ldquoOne of the bad things is that it is very time consuming but at the end I know it will be all worth itrdquo said Anderson

Anderson said that this is a different way that you can improve yourself and your re-lationship It is also a way to get closer to God She also said that she believes many people say negative things about them-selves and that it is a hard habit to give up

ldquoI think that once Irsquom done with this challenge Irsquom just not going to try to say so many neg-ative things all the timerdquo said Anderson

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Pete NicklinWASHBURN REVIEW

Megan BarfieldWASHBURN REVIEW

Maria SigalaWASHBURN REVIEW

Maria Sigala is a member of Re-gina Cassellrsquos advanced newswrit-ing class

Pete Nicklin is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced newswriting class

Megan Barfield is a member of Regina Cas-sellrsquos advanced newswriting class

Student spirituality

Students go 40 days without luxuries

Group embraces faith Group questions faith

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Cameron Hughes is a sophomore art and graphic design major Reach him at cameronhugheswashburnedu

CAMERONS

CORNER

rsquo

In only the past few months the students of Washburn heard about war in Iraq and Afghani-stan and protests and revolt in Egypt and Libya In the past few years we raised money for Haiti This newest natural di-saster in Japan has also raised quite an international stir

However the reasoning for the hype is not because of the American humanitarian at-tempts nor is it solely because of the threat of radiation al-though that is part of it The radiation merely underscores what has been passed over in all of the other international situa-tions The theme is that we live

in not only a global economy but a global community

Wersquove all been raised hear-ing about the global economy and how we canrsquot live in isola-tion But it seems that Ameri-cans donrsquot take that very seri-ously let alone rely on the idea of a global community

Even with the wars that America is in al-though many of us have neighbors friends and relatives fighting itrsquos still easy to relegate the war to a foreign place and ignore troop movements and action

Haiti although it happened in Americarsquos front yard didnrsquot affect our daily lives either aside from our collective satis-

faction at being able to provide for those less fortunate

Egypt Libya and the other countries attempting democ-racy have appealed to our sense of identity as a democratic peo-ple Conversely these troubles have also made our gas prices rise and have put other Ameri-can interests in jeopardy These

are things that we can adapt to in spite of the inconveniences

Radiation poi-soning however isnrsquot something that

we can just learn to ldquoget overrdquo And thatrsquos why the incidents in Japan are finally bringing the point home As everyone be-comes more concerned about radiation poisoning reaching

the California coast people in the United States have started to take more issue with the events oversea Maybe one day we really will consider these disasters and events to not just affect one isolated country but also to be a part of a compre-hensive global history

Globalism isnrsquot a fad As the internet and social technol-ogy continue to defeat cultural barriers an attitude of isolation is no longer possible

A4 Opinion bull Wednesday March 30 2011

The Washburn

Review

Your source for all things WU Wednesday afternoons

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REVIEWrsquoS VIEW

Radiation makes global localUnique experiences reveal lsquothe face of loversquo

My mother passed away a little more than a year ago fol-lowing a lengthy illness She had been many things over her life including working as an operating room nurse But her most fulfilling job was work-ing as a librarian for the middle school in the town where I grew up

A friend of momrsquos and a former teacher at the school where she was a librarian re-cently asked me for suggestions about a book to donate to the library in her name Irsquove been thinking this over and trying to distill what mom meant to me into a single book hasnrsquot been easy

Irsquove had several ideas but I witnessed something recently that helped me decide Sister Helen Prejean author of ldquoDead Man Walkingrdquo was on campus recently talking about the death penalty I was familiar with Sis-ter Helenrsquos work mainly through the book and movie of the same name which starred Susan Sa-randon and Sean Penn

But I had never met her in person If you ever get a chance to hear Sister Helen speak or to meet her in person I absolutely recommend it After giving her presentation Sister Helen was available to sign autographs I purchased a copy of her book ldquoThe Death of Innocentsrdquo and asked her to dedicate it to my mother When I asked her to sign the book and told her why the way her face lit up was one of the most beautiful things Irsquove ever seen The inscription reads ldquoIn memory of Jeannie Foosmdashlibrarian and lover of booksrdquo It was Sister Helenrsquos idea to add the part about my momrsquos love of books

When you read the books (or watch the movie) you get a sense of her love and compas-

sion But face to face itrsquos over-whelming Shersquos the type of per-

son that could make me want to believe in god and hope that hesheit was modeled after her

The biggest lessons I took away from this experience have been in compassion and the power of human contact to change lives It doesnrsquot matter if someone on death row is guilty or innocent they are worthy of respect and when we treat them as human beings rather than monsters the death penalty be-comes much harder to swallow Because now yoursquore not just killing an uncivilized animal yoursquore killing a human being with a family and a story all his own

I shared this story with a group of friends and this is what one of them wrote back to me ldquoI get why this is emotional but in the end after the initial emotion of this subsides this is really a great and humbling thing 100 years from now Jean-nie Foos will be remembered if even for a moment by people she never even met because of the person she wasrdquo

I admit I cried quite a bit after that Just knowing that there are people in this world who have the capacity to love and empathize with someone they barely know brings me a great deal of inner peace

Bod streetthe

on

ldquo rdquo

Interviews and photos by Adam Stephenson

How do you feel about the possible

Judah Wayman JuniorldquoI donrsquot think itrsquos a good idea but I donrsquot know how Washburn is spending that moneyrdquo

Molly RondeauFreshmanldquoThatrsquos a lot of money for a small university to loserdquo

Alahnna MendezSophomoreldquoI think they need a better reason to cut so much moneyrdquo

Morgan HutchersonJuniorldquoThere is already enough money taken away from education we donrsquot need to lose anymorerdquo

A Kansas House committee is proposing to cut up to $55 million of Washburnrsquos state funding The Review went to search out student reactions to this proposal

Xin Jiang Junior

ldquoI hope Washburn doesnrsquot increase tuition and I hope it doesnrsquot cut student activitiesrdquo

Terry Dudley IIFreshmanldquoI think they should let Washburn keep what ever funding they haverdquo

Teng GeSeniorldquoI think education is such an important part of society so itrsquos not good to cut fundingrdquo

Scott RinehartJuniorldquoI think if anything we need more money to make Washburn a more enjoyable experiencerdquo

ldquo rdquoCut to Washburnrsquos state funding

GUEST COLUMN

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

Ryan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

The MIAA conference is just one in a line of conferences that have recently been discombobulated The University of Nebraska at Omaharsquos recent move to Division I sports was just another brick in the proverbial wall

UNOrsquos move has a few consequences that will affect Washburn in the near term Currently college athletic recruiting for this year is in large part over National signing day when players decide what school they are going to play for came and went with 29 players signing national letters of intent with the Ichabods for next year With the decision by UNO to drop football in their move to Division I sports many players who either play for UNO or signed letters of intent

to play there are now stuck without a team According to Washburn head coach Craig Schurig the players at UNO face a precarious situation

ldquoTheir players are going to be able to find some teams that have room still but like we signed a big class this year so some of their players might have to be patientrdquo said Schurig

At the same time Schurig does view this unique situation as an opportunity to possibly bring in players that the coaching staff is familiar with

ldquoIn the case of some players theyrsquove played one or two years so wersquove had a chance to see them a lot and know what kind of players they arerdquo said Schurig ldquoSome of them we recruited once already also so wersquoll make some phone calls and touch base with themrdquo

Beyond the recruiting situation Washburn now also faces another problem The 2011 football schedule was to open with a home game against UNO Sept 3 Washburn now is looking to fill the hole with whatever opponent they can find With the position of the game in the scheduling lineup

WU feels it is in a decent position to get a partner school that might also be looking

for an opponent at this late juncture

ldquoItrsquos the first week so we have a chance to fill that gamerdquo said Schurig ldquoA lot of teams keep that date open until pretty late We didnrsquot get our first game last season until around this time last yearrdquo

Beyond the immediate future Schurig also sees the realignment as somewhat in flux now With UNOrsquos departure for

Division I there are currently 14 football teams involved in the MIAA that will require a rework of a process that had been in place already

Lincoln University a current MIAA school in all its sports but football will add its program to the MIAA in the upcoming football season Southwest Baptist University which is in a similar situation will not join the MIAA in football until the 2013-14 season

ldquoThe change is going to bring about some challengesrdquo said Schurig ldquoWersquoll have to bring the process back in and work on it some morerdquo

The team preps for the game Members have watched the tape and analyzed their moves They have checked and double-checked the equipment making sure theyrsquore in sync A half hour until the clock starts they do warm-up shots and make sure they are listening to each other hearing each other correctly

Game time They follow the movement and are thrilled by the cheers of the crowd Someone cracks a joke over the headsets and the other mem-bers of the broadcast crew roll their eyes or laugh while stay-ing trained on the ball

The crew in many ways reflects the sports that it cov-ers Crew members report three hours before the game and are in position by warm-up time They operate as a team to coor-dinate shots for the best cover-age

However unlike the teams

they cover the majority of the Broadcasting Crew members are mass media majors

ldquoTypically I just go to mass media classes to recruitrdquo said Dale Rusche the Information Systems and Services coordina-tor of production ldquoMass media students need the experience and we can help with that We also put them in contact with other students who they go to class with and see everyday but wouldnrsquot otherwise normally interact withrdquo

Rusche along with Lyall Ford the ISS production as-sistant is in charge of the crew and ultimately its product The broadcast crew is responsible for filming football volleyball menrsquos and womenrsquos basketball home games Some games are contracted to other companies or picked up by KTWU but many fall through the cracks The crew films the remaining games and broadcasts them live through B2 Networksrsquo online hosting The games are also rebroadcast during the week

by Washburn University Cable Television station channel 13

There are six students on each crew three camera opera-tors one person to work the au-dio board one director and one character generator who is responsible for queue-ing packages for advertise-ments

Each po-sition plays an integral part said Rusche but often the director posi-tion is the one that is most sought after It is also the one that he reserves for students who have seniority on crew

Jared Wilson a junior mass media major has been on crew all three years and said that while he enjoys doing whatever position he is assigned being

the director is the most chal-lenging

ldquoI think director is very intimidatingrdquo said Wilson ldquoItrsquos probably the tougher one

Some people get scared of the audio as well as the CG Theyrsquore not hard itrsquos just a matter of getting used to themrdquo

It is the directorrsquos job to determine which camera shots are the best to use and tell the camera operators what to focus on The CG inserts

ad packages during timeouts and the audio board operator switches off and on the com-mentary of the game which is broadcast on radio by KTPK-FM 1069 Rusche and Ford are there to oversee the process and

help when needed but the pro-cess is largely dependent on the students because there is only about a 15-second delay before the footage runs on the B2 Net-worksrsquo website

The experiences gained while on the broadcast crew are the biggest draw for mass me-dia students who often use the crew to springboard onto big-ger projects

ldquoBroadcast crew is very much a you-get-out-what-you-put-in experiencerdquo said Rusche ldquoBut it can give real world ex-perience and a lot of places re-cruit right off the crewrdquo

Amy Horvath a senior mass media major is in her second year on the crew and said the promise of experience drew her in The experience she gained on the crew led her to a job filming the Topeka Road-Runners hockey games at the Kansas Expocentre

ldquoThe second I told them I had done sports production at Washburn they knew that I had the abilityrdquo said Horvath ldquoAl-

most everyone else on the crew for the RoadRunners did or has done sports production so they knew what I had been taught and what I have donerdquo

The job at the RoadRunners games is very similar to work-ing on the crew at Washburn Horvath said which is why it has become so easy for the Ex-pocentre to recruit its video op-erators Wilson also worked at the Expocentre for a time and agreed that getting a job there was made possible by his work with the broadcasting crew for Washburn games Since he al-ready had so much experience it saved a lot of time not having to worry much about training and operating equiptment

Rusche said that another prominent crew alumnus Justin Gutierrez now has a job work-ing for ESPN

ldquoI canrsquot take credit for Jus-tinrdquo said Rusche ldquobut I like to think that we helped him take it this farrdquo

One large part of helping

Wednesday March 30 2011

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Robert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Graphic by Josh Rouse Washburn Review Logos courtesy of the MIAA the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Twitter

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major Reach him at robertburkettwashburnedu

See CREW page A6

Madness at its maddest

In all the years Irsquove been watching March Madness and filling out my brackets this is one of the best I can remember

I donrsquot have many allegiances to college teams (being for Fort Collins Colo Colorado State has never really given me anything to cheer about and I was trained to have hatred toward Colorado) My one allegiance is to Gonzaga (used to live in Spokane) and I hoped for good things from them in this years tournament but wasnrsquot holding my breath

This yearrsquos tournament was impossibly unpredictable seeing as there were NO correct brackets out of the over 59 million filled out on ESPNcom and only 2 that had the correct Final Four My bracket is probably close to being one of the worst of the 59 million brackets My strategy was to pick a lot of upsets this year but my problem was that I didnrsquot pick any of the right upsets

I think having no chance to win my bracket pool from the horrible start I got off to made the tournament watching that much more enjoyable I didnrsquot find myself cheering for a team simply because I had picked them in my bracket I got to cheer for the team that I really wanted to win

Seeing as 70 percent of brackets donrsquot have any teams in the Final Four a lot of people are finding themselves in the same position as me I havenrsquot yet decided which underdog I am going to cheer for I know that living in Kansas most of the state is in a state of depression due to the recent loss by the Jayhawks They were my only hope for not getting last in my pool of more than 100 people so I feel a small part of their (probably your) pain

The only decision I have made about the team I am going to cheer for in this Final Four is I am going to cheer for

either Virginia Commonwealth University or Butler University in the National Championship game Both teams have pretty unbelievable stories

Who would have guessed that Butler would make two consecutive Final Four appearances Irsquom thinking only the Butler players and coaches When it came down to it their parents might not have even picked them twice in a row The Bulldogs have been nothing but clutch in this tournament an irreplaceable ingredient to winning the championship

Then you have VCU a team that had to play an extra game just to get INTO the tournament There were plenty of people upset when they were picked for the tournament and they have put the doubters behind them With the leadership of head coach Shaka Smart the Rams are in it for the long haul

U n i v e r s i t y of Connecticut and University of Kentucky are also surprises in the Final Four UConn wasnrsquot even ranked at the beginning

of the season and Kentucky hasnrsquot made a Final Four in over ten years despite high expectations With both teams being from power conferences they have the experience of tough competition and could be better for it

Ok Irsquove made up my mind Irsquom going with the Butler Bulldogs as the 2011 National Champions They will win both games in clutch fashion as they have the entire tournament But I think they have the perfect blend of athleticism talent and heart to put an exclamation point on their two-season Cinderella story

But has we all have come to find out anything is possible in the month of March (or April)

Kate Hampson is a senior mass media major Reach her at katelynhampsonwashburnedu

Kate HampsonWASHBURN REVIEW

MIAA set to realign againWith the sudden exit of UNO Washburn could capitalize

Broadcasting Crew committed to teamsRegina BuddenWASHBURN REVIEW

MARCH MADNESSMAYHEM

- Dale RuscheCoordinator of Production

But it can give real world experience and a lot of places recruit right off the crew

ldquo

rdquo

MIAA Realignment - 2013By 2013-14 the MIAA will look quite different It will consist of 15 members four of which join the MIAA from other conferences and two of which Lincoln University and Southwest Baptist University are current MIAA members in every sport except football Both will join by 2013

The MIAA is gaining four schools from different conferences in 2012 the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood University Central Oklahoma University and Northeastern State University

The University of Nebraska-Omaha is leaving the MIAA following the spring athletics season moving to NCAA D-I in the Colonial Athletic Association

MIAA REALIGNMENT

While many Washburn students spent spring break re-laxing the Ichabods and Lady Blues tennis teams travelled to Edmond Okla to face Camer-on and Dallas Baptist Universi-ty before heading to Oklahoma City against Midwestern State

The Ichabods beat Dallas Baptist 8-1 but lost their other two matches with the score re-versed The Lady Blues lost 7-2 against Cameron and 9-0 against Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State marking their first losses of the season

ldquoWe had the opportunity to go and play some very tough re-gional competitionrdquo said Head Coach Dave Alden ldquoThey are not regional matches By doing this it give all of my guys real-ly good experience It gives us the opportunity to gauge where wersquore at It also gives us a tar-get to shoot forrdquo

While the Ichabods came up short in two matches against strong opposition freshman Pascal Laucht stood out for Washburn with an impressive

performance by winning all of his singles matches

ldquoPascal had been playing a little lower in the line-up but I thought he had been playing exceptionally wellrdquo said Alden ldquoSo he ended up playing No 2 for me He beat Cameronrsquos No 2 guy which is a tremendous win beats Dallas Baptistrsquos No 2 guy and then he beats Mid-westernrdquo

The Lady Blues had trouble early on when team captain and No 1 player

Morgan Rainey suffered a leg injury causing the entire team to play one spot higher than usual including junior Annie Doole who usually plays dou-bles

ldquoFor us to be successful we need to go through and win our conference for us to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournamentrdquo said Al-den ldquoThe depths that wersquore facing down upon are much greater than what we have in our conference

ldquoSo the opportunity for us to play really play a tough match is great Not only did ev-eryone do that but everybody

had to play one spot higher than they normally did It was a great opportunity to get some great match experience for the girlsrdquo

Junior Whitley Zitsch stated that contingencies are in motion in case of another team-mate being injured or otherwise incapacitated

ldquoWe had a team meet-ing over break to talk about what we need to do because I donrsquot think many believe we are readyrdquo said Zitsch ldquoSo we have to kind of step up as a team and be more positive instead of being really negativerdquo

Both teams next head to Emporia State University and Zitsch is confident in many fu-ture Washburn victories based on past experience

ldquoWe beat [Southwest Bap-tist] and theyrsquore probably the best team in our conferencerdquo said Zitsch ldquoLooking forward to our conference matches we should be pretty good if we play the way we have been playingrdquo

One large part of helping members find jobs is that the broadcast crew is full of net-working opportunities

ldquoJustin helped me get on with ESPNrdquo said Wilson ldquoI got to work with them this sum-mer and itrsquos helped me know people in my classes who can help merdquo

While the personal rela-tionships are often the most fun part of the job since there are two crews per semester people often have to switch to different groups

ldquoWe use people from each crew to sub in the otherrdquo said Rusche ldquoAs they transfer to the new semester therersquos a bit of wanting to stick together but therersquos also their schedules that get in the wayrdquo

At the end of each session Rusche and Ford have a taped version of the game but B2 Networks does not release the number of viewers who watch the game online Wilson said the online option is not heavily promoted but he thinks it is be-coming more popular

ldquoLast year and this year Irsquove heard a lot more people like students and players talk about itrdquo he said ldquoI donrsquot know how much people watch but it seems like more people at least know about itrdquo

It costs $7 to buy the code to watch each game more to purchase a season pass for each sport or an all-access pass but Wilson said it is worth it be-cause having students on the broadcasting crew is a win all around

ldquoIt provides for the com-

munity to see the games and so it helps Washburn have that connection and it gets us ex-perience and networkingrdquo he said

With the basketball season at a close members of the crew have dispersed and wonrsquot meet with cameras in hand until next semesterrsquos football and volley-ball season begins

However the comraderie remains Rusche and Ford plan to treat the crew to a barbecue at the end of the semester

A6 Sports bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Continued from page A5

CREW Experience leads to jobs

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March 31st 930 am to 600 pm

After three consecutive frustrating games the Topeka RoadRunners put the pieces together on Thursday night

Aided by a 14-3 shot advantage in the first period and a solid effort the rest of the night Topeka (43-12-3) finished off their regular season with a 4-2 victory over the Amarillo Bulls at Landon Arena The victory assured Topeka the North American Hockey League Regular Season Championship and ended their recent three game losing streak

Following We n d e s d a y rsquos 3-2 loss Topeka head coach Scott Langer left Landon Arena without even addressing his team Langer instead allowed assistant coaches RJ Enga and Harry Mahood to handle

a lengthy speech in the locker room

The team responded positively to the coachrsquos actions

ldquoTheir focus level and their energy was a lot better tonightrdquo said Langer ldquoWe did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunner hockey is They bought in The

last three games it was tough buying in but we had to do it in a tough way and got it donerdquo

T o p e k a trailed early in Thursdayrsquos match At 718 forward Eric Millisor slipped a shot behind an out of position goalie Eric Rohrkemper to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead But

the RoadRunners responded quickly as forward Justin Hussar scored a powerplay goal at 920 putting a loose puck behind goalie Greg Gruehl

At 1312 forward Jordan

Davis made his way around a Bull defenseman and put a shot behind Gruehl to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 lead at first intermission

Early in the second period at 405 forward Davey Middleton fired a slap shot past Gruehl Amarillo responded with a goal at 542 by forward Brooks Behling

But Topekarsquos solid defense and offensive pressure proved to be the story Thursday as Amarillo developed few quality chances the remainder of the contest Middleton sealed the game with an empty net goal at 1952 of the third period

Middleton said the efforts made by Langer Enga and Mahood were what the team needed

ldquoIt brought us together as a teamrdquo said Middleton ldquoWe refocused and came out with a team effort here tonight It was a must-winrdquo

Goaltending was a weak point for Topeka over the losing streak but Rohrkemper stopped 18 of 20 shots in the victory

ldquoHersquos been in games like thatrdquo said Langer ldquoLast year he had to win a few of those

games for us and he did a great job when it countedrdquo

The contest was played without forward Michael Hill and forward Andrew OrsquoLeary who are each missing their

fourth straight contest Ryan White also left Thursdayrsquos game with an apparent shoulder injury

Topeka now begins postseason play at 705 on April

2 when they host the Wichita Falls Wildcats at Landon Arena

Photo by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-diasocial work major Reach him at richardkellywashburnedu

RoadRunners prepare for postseason

Going all out Topeka forward Jake Lynes dives for a loose puck on Thursday night Lynes and the RoadRunners defeated the Amarillo Bulls 4-2 in the contest to clinch the NAHL Regular Season Championship

Blues suffer first lossSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

Regina Budden is a senior mass media major Reach her at reginabuddenwashburnedu

The Washburn baseball team is in the midst of a seven game losing streak and is look-ing to turn its fortunes around when it faces Fort Hays State University today in Hays Kan

The misfortune started when the Ichabods lost back-to-back double headers to the Uni-versity of Nebraska at Omaha Before the series the Ichabods had a winning record of 6-5 and were looking forward to a win-ning season

After three more loses the Ichabods find themselves with a losing record at 6-12 including a close loss in a weather short-ened game to Missouri Western State University The Ichabods havenrsquot been able to come up with clutch hits when needed and havenrsquot been clutch on the mound

In many of the Ichabod loses the pitchers have seemed to be in a flow through the first few innings and then have bad inning the team canrsquot seem to recover from

Boone Plager has been a

standout on the diamond for Washburn this year The second baseman leads the team with a 308 batting average Andy Petz senior catcher and first baseman has a 286 batting av-erage and leads the team with 29 total bases including two homeruns

Review StaffWASHBURN REVIEW

Ichabods hit losing streak

- Scott LangerTopeka head coach

We did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunners hockey is They bought in

ldquo

rdquo

Reach the Review staff at wureviewgmailcom or visit our website at wwwwashburnrevieworg

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TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

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Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

ldquo

rdquo

Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

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The Bod Beat News bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Donrsquot see your event in the calendar Call the Review newsroom at 670-2506 to have your event included in an upcoming edition Itrsquos FREE

For upcoming Washburn athletic events go to wwwwusportscom

alendarCBrown Bag international lectureInternational HouseNoon

Presentation ldquoCareers in the US Department of StaterdquoRuth Garvey Fink Convoca-tion Hall Bradbury Thomp-son Alumni Center1 pm

Catholic Campus Centerrsquos Theology of the BodyBlair Room Living Learning Center6 to 730 pm

Wednesday March 30

Thursday March 31

Grad FairWashburn Room Memorial Union930 am to 6 pm

Friday April 1

-paid for by WSGA-

Presidentrsquos Press

Hello Washburn Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break I know that mine went VERY quickly but was also relaxing

Applications are out for the Above amp Beyond Scholarships The pur-pose of the Robert L Gustavson Above and Beyond Award is to recognize outstanding performance by Washburn students This non-renewable award focuses on academic achievement service to Washburn and service to the community A minimum of three recipients will be awarded anywhere from $500 to $1000

QUALIFICATIONS1 Must be currently enrolled in six credit hours2 Must be returning next semester to take at least twelve hours3 Must have at least a 300 cumulative GPA4 Must demonstrate academic achievement service to Washburn and

service to the community APPLICATION PROCESSSubmit the application your resume detailing campus and community

involvement and a 1-2 page essay describing how you believe you have gone ldquoAbove and Beyondrdquo during your time so far at Washburn University You can pick up the applications in the Student Activities amp Greek Life office then the applications will be due there as well The deadline is next Friday April 8th at 500pm so make sure you turn in your application on time

For those of you who have not yet heard I just recently got engaged Very exciting-- to someone you may know Garrett Love who proposed to me on March 4th at Skies Restaurant in Kansas City There are pictures on my Facebook if you would like to find out more We are planning on having our wedding here in Topeka sometime this summer

Enjoy the rest of your week and as always GO BODS )Caley Onek

WSGA President

WUColeman Hawkins High School Jazz festivalWhite Concert Hall Garvey Fine Arts Center9 am to 6 pm

Ally Safe Zone trainingLincoln Room Memorial Union2 to 5 pm

SoftballSoftball complex Washburn University3 pm

Opening reception for Washburn art department student exhibitMulvane Art Museum Garvey Fine Arts Center5 to 8 pm

Celebrate KenyaUniversity United Methodist Church6 to 9 pm

Ichtus movie night and Indian tacosIchtus Campus Ministry house6 to 9 pm

WUColeman Hawkins High School Jazz Festival concertWhite Concert Hall Garvey Fine Arts Center730 pm

Student group loses foundersrsquo interest

This past fall five students at Washburn started the organi-zation TIKES This spring only one founding student re-mains actively involved

Teaching and Interacting with Kids of Educated Students started out as a hypothetical organization for a class project last semester but the students decided to make it a reality

The original goal of TIKES was to connect Wash-burn students faculty and staff who have children They want-ed to provide a way to help stu-dents who are juggling the roles of student and parent

ldquoAll the m e m b e r s agreed that they would like to make it a reality and every-one put their names down as membersrdquo said April Sumpter one of the origi-nal founders of TIKES ldquoUnfortunately I have been the only one of the original five to continue on with the organizationrdquo

There have been many roadblocks for TIKES and it has not taken off like the found-ers hoped it would They cre-ated a Facebook page and even used a website wwwwhen-isgoodnet to try to schedule meeting times for parents Of the 20 Facebook fans that re-sponded to the request none of their schedules matched up Scheduling has been a major is-sue for TIKES

Another problem that is looming in the future is the question of the organizationrsquos leadership Sumpter plans to graduate this spring with a de-gree in anthropology and her last semester at Washburn has proved to be very time con-

suming Sumpter said that she has not had time to organize TIKES this semester

ldquoI believe that the organi-zation is still active but it needs more people to keep it goingrdquo said Sumpter ldquoI would even be willing to come back next se-mester and help keep it goingrdquo

Larry Stone a sophomore in applied studies was also in the same class that Sumpter at-tended last semester He hopes to take on the TIKES orga-nization and reestablish it next semester

ldquoMy group in that same class created a campus charity called A Visit from Old St Ich a Christmas-Bureau type cam-

paign which T I K E S will over-seerdquo said Stone

S t o n e is trying to contact the m e m b e r s that were on the original roster and g e n e r a t e more aware-ness of the organization

His goal is to start putting up fliers and advertising on cam-pus to draw more attention to TIKES

ldquoIrsquom not necessarily the leader of TIKES I just want to get the members together first Then we can start thinking about who the leaders will berdquo said Stone

The issue of leadership is what Sumpter said will make TIKES successful or eventu-ally fall apart

ldquoI think that once TIKES gets a couple of committed of-ficers the organization will do greatrdquo said Sumpter ldquoBut until then it is to big of a job for one or two parents to handlerdquo

Awarded for service Dave Boose prepares to cut the cake made for his retirement ceremony on Tuesday in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union Boose the chief engineer for Washburn Information Systems and Services had worked at Washburn the last 28 years beginning in what was then called the ldquomedia centerrdquo

I believe the organization is still active but it needs more people to keep it going

-April SumpterTIKES

ldquo

rdquo

For example Pittsburg State offers a graduate program in engineering and many interna-tional students take interest in that program That something we canrsquot controlrdquo

International students do not expect scholarships from the universities they choose to attend Staerkel described that the international students are just as likely to obtain scholar-ships as traditional students

ldquoOur degree seeking inter-

national students in most all cases have the same opportu-nities for scholarship money as the universities degree seeking traditional students However many of our international stu-dents are not degree seeking and because they are not seek-ing a degree they are not able to obtain Washburn Univer-sity scholarships Many in-ternational students choose to spend shorter amounts of time abroadrdquo said Staerkel

Despite the fact that many international students do not receive scholarships to assist in the funding of their educa-tion based on degree seeking or non-seeking status the in-ternational house prides itself on broadening the education of their participating students in any way that they are able

SCHOLARSHIPS Equal opportunity

Saturday April 2

SoftballSoftball complex Washburn University1 pm

Sunday April 3

Dodgeball fundraiser tour-namentYMCA 421 SW Van Buren Ave1 to 5 pm

Honors concertWhite Concert Hall Garvey Fine Arts Center3 pm

Sunday MassCatholic Campus Center 1633 SW Jewell Ave6 to 7 pm

Ichtus Sunday dinnerIchtus Campus Ministry house6 to 8 pm

Christian Hallman is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced news-writing class

Megan BarfieldWASHBURN REVIEW

Megan Barfield is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced news-writing class

Buhler presents on 2010 visit to Haiti

ldquoUpdate on Haitirdquo will be discussed by Adam Buhler a business major at the Universi-ty of Kansas at the Brown Bag International Lecture at noon Wednesday March 30 at the International House Washburn

University Buhler has had a long relationship with Haiti and its people He and his wife were in Haiti when the quake hit in January 2010

Buhler returned a year later and will discuss the progress and obstacles of rebuilding the Western Hemispherersquos poorest

nation Washburn international

programs office is sponsoring the event

For information call 785-670-1051 or visit wwwwash-burneduiip

The event is free and open to the public

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Last semester a new student organiza-tion formed with a mission to debunk per-ceptions about the school of thought they represent

The Student Atheists of Washburn consists of Nick Taylor president Barbi Warhurst vice president and Sharla Blank faculty advisor Taylor and Warhurst are the founding members of the group

To get the word out about the group both members put flyers up around cam-pus The first few meetings had really high turnouts and students and teachers have showed curiosity

The purpose of the group is to provide students with the opportunity to socialize in an open and non judgmental environ-ment The group gives students the chance to have an open forum of conversation without feeling the need to censor oneself out of fear of offending someone

The members that have stuck around are ones that are looking to have intelligent conversation with their peers that challenge assumptions about ideas

ldquoWe disagree on a lot of things but when we do we justify our positions with reasoned arguments and not ldquobecause the Bible says sordquo or ldquoGod did itrdquo Itrsquos those kind of responses that are conversation killers and quite annoying to anyone look-ing to have their ideas really listened to and challengedrdquo said Nick Taylor

The official mission statement of SAW is a student group that seeks to

promote a positive awareness of atheism to oppose discrimina-

tion of all groups and to sup-port and defend constitution-

al first amendment rights of free speech and the principle of church-state separation In addition the group seeks to pro-vide an open forum to students where all ideas can be voiced and discussed in order to build a so-ciety of inclusion and understanding dedicated to the pursuit of reason and logicrdquo

The group meetings are open to many ideas but

doesnrsquot always pro-ceed in the same man-

ner Some nights consist of game nights commu-

nity service even commu-nity activism The group has

26 members on the Facebook group and eight members that at-

tend meetings on a regular basisldquoThe main message is to get people

used to the idea that not everyone believes

in god that there are a lot more atheists out there than most people think and that wersquore good people The word atheist is a term that most people run from Surveys have been done that have shown that athe-ists are among the least trusted groups in the United Statesrdquo said Taylor ldquoThere is a stigma associated with atheism and one of the biggest goals of the group is to ldquopro-mote a positive awareness of atheismrdquo and show people that atheists are normal ethi-cal people with the same hopes and dreams of everyone else in societyrdquo

Some responses to SAW have mani-fested itself in ways that the group per-ceives as negative Such as when the group posted flyers many of them were destroyed taken down and written on featuring writ-ing like ldquonew age liesrdquo ldquofascist liesrdquo and ldquoatheio-fasistrdquo This made the group avoid putting up posters

ldquoIn our experiences almost all self proclaimed agnostics are in fact athe-ists Free-thinkers are atheists Non reli-gious people are atheists They just donrsquot know it Our goal is to let more people realize the proper application of the term atheist and to get them to come out of the closet We are a group of freethinkers ag-nostics humanists and non religious and those are almost always synonymous with atheismrdquo said Taylor ldquoSo thats what we call ourselves Student Atheists of Wash-burn We chose this name to get people comfortable with the idea that there are atheists out there wersquore not afraid to say it and we are good peoplerdquo

The group will attend events such as debates and lectures that have relevance to Atheism Game nights and trivia nights are some things that the group enjoys rather than the traditional sit down meeting The group meetings take place every Wednes-day and last about an hour

ldquoI frequently meet with Craig Freerk-sen who helps run the Christian Challenge here at Washburn and we are working to-gether to do events that involve theist and atheist students debates panel discus-sions guest speaking at each others meet-ings He and I are in talks about co-hosting guest speakers for next semester but thatrsquos a long way awayrdquo said Taylor

Future plans for the group are focused on attracting more members getting more publicity and really just informing people on what the group consists of Hopefully be able to have debates lectures and any-thing to promote the group and the grouprsquos ideas

Seeing Washburn students wearing T-shirts that read ldquoChristian Challengerdquo on the front and in bold letters ldquoAt The Peakrdquo on the back is a frequent occurrence Usu-ally during the first week of classes every year the group Christian Challenge gives out these T-shirts to students who sign up for information about their group

When Craig and Janene Freerksen first started out as directors of Christian Chal-lenge in 1998 they were about 20 students involved This past year an average of 78 to 85 Washburn students attend their weekly large group meetings The group meets ev-ery Thursday night at 7 pm at The Peak 1930 SW Gage Blvd

ldquoOur purpose is to help students grow in the knowledge the wisdom and the per-spective of who God has made them to be and help them get thererdquo said Freerksen ldquoWe want to help train and send outrdquo

As well as their weekly meetings Christian Challenge also provides small group Bible studies one-on-one disciple-ship summer and winter mission opportu-nities student conferences and campus and community serving opportunities

Lora Biesenthal a senior psychology major and a leadership studies minor has been involved in many of these activities including a spring break service project to Greensburg Kan for disaster relief

ldquoI have been involved in Chris-tian Challenge for four years The experiences I have gained through the people I have met at Christian Chal-lenge have had a tre-mendous impact on who I am todayrdquo said Biesenthal ldquoIf you were to compare me to who I was four years ago I am a com-pletely differ-ent person I have been encouraged to consider deep ques-tions about my purpose and mean-ingrdquo

D a v i d Wingerson a junior in music education major said that he be-came a Christian in 2009 but this has been his first year involved in Christian Challenge Wing-erson became involved when he was asked to play drums for the worship band on Thursday

nightsldquoI was surprised to find such an open

and inviting community of believers that have fun and learn something of eternal im-portance every weekrdquo said Wingerson

Freerksen said that Christian Challenge is open to everyone and that Christian Chal-lenge is not affiliated with one denomina-tion

ldquoWe are really there for students from all different denominational backgroundsrdquo said Freerksen

Freerksen said that when he went to Emporia State University he was involved in a campus ministry much like Christian Challenge His experiences with that group caused him want to help develop a group like it at Washburn

ldquoJanene and I have learned so much from the leaders who invested time in us and we wanted to share that experience with students at Washburnrdquo said Freerksen ldquoWe continue to see God work dramatically in the lives of many students and it is a great joy to see thatrdquo

Every year millions of Christians around the world give up something for Lent known as a time for reflection and preparation for Easter

After Ash Wednesday people make promises for 40 days by abstaining from some-thing that simply is a type of pleasure It could range from giving up candy to giving up Facebook

This year Gabriela Beru-men sophomore gave up soft drinks and chocolate because they are two of her favorite snacks Berumen believes that by giving up something is a way to self-improve yourself

ldquoI also think that is a little taste of what God gave for us is a sacrifice we chose to dordquo said Berumen ldquoIf God gave up his life for us then by giving up

something is a little reminder of what he didrdquo

Dustin Haverkamp Wash-burn alumnus gave up carbon-ated beverages because he said that is a good way to start a healthy lifestyle Haverkamp usually drinks two to four car-bonated beverages a day

ldquoI think itrsquos important to stick with what I started and is also a way to keep following away from somethingrdquo said Haverkamp

Others are trying some-thing new Haverkamp said that today giving up something is half self-improvements half faith

JoVaughn Anderson and five other friends decided to do something new this year After hearing the ldquoLove Darerdquo on the radio Anderson talked her friends into doing it for 40 days

ldquoThere is a book and they

also make a movie about it ldquoFire Proofrdquo it helps strengths your relationship with some-onerdquo said Anderson ldquoEvery-one can do it not just you and your significant other

Anderson said that it is more like an inspirational book The book gives the reader a challenge to do every day

ldquoOn the very first day you are not suppose to say anything negative to your significant oth-er or to yourself If you are go-ing to say something negative is better to not say anything at allrdquo said Anderson

Anderson also said that with the Love Dare you focus more in God

ldquoItrsquos not like you are giv-ing up something just for no reason it has a meaning behind itrdquo said Anderson ldquoIt helps view our relationship in a better perspectiverdquo

Anderson and her friends

made a Facebook page where they talk about their experienc-es with the challenge

ldquoOne of the bad things is that it is very time consuming but at the end I know it will be all worth itrdquo said Anderson

Anderson said that this is a different way that you can improve yourself and your re-lationship It is also a way to get closer to God She also said that she believes many people say negative things about them-selves and that it is a hard habit to give up

ldquoI think that once Irsquom done with this challenge Irsquom just not going to try to say so many neg-ative things all the timerdquo said Anderson

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Pete NicklinWASHBURN REVIEW

Megan BarfieldWASHBURN REVIEW

Maria SigalaWASHBURN REVIEW

Maria Sigala is a member of Re-gina Cassellrsquos advanced newswrit-ing class

Pete Nicklin is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced newswriting class

Megan Barfield is a member of Regina Cas-sellrsquos advanced newswriting class

Student spirituality

Students go 40 days without luxuries

Group embraces faith Group questions faith

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Get some Advertise with the Washburn Review Kaw Yearbook and Review Online

Cameron Hughes is a sophomore art and graphic design major Reach him at cameronhugheswashburnedu

CAMERONS

CORNER

rsquo

In only the past few months the students of Washburn heard about war in Iraq and Afghani-stan and protests and revolt in Egypt and Libya In the past few years we raised money for Haiti This newest natural di-saster in Japan has also raised quite an international stir

However the reasoning for the hype is not because of the American humanitarian at-tempts nor is it solely because of the threat of radiation al-though that is part of it The radiation merely underscores what has been passed over in all of the other international situa-tions The theme is that we live

in not only a global economy but a global community

Wersquove all been raised hear-ing about the global economy and how we canrsquot live in isola-tion But it seems that Ameri-cans donrsquot take that very seri-ously let alone rely on the idea of a global community

Even with the wars that America is in al-though many of us have neighbors friends and relatives fighting itrsquos still easy to relegate the war to a foreign place and ignore troop movements and action

Haiti although it happened in Americarsquos front yard didnrsquot affect our daily lives either aside from our collective satis-

faction at being able to provide for those less fortunate

Egypt Libya and the other countries attempting democ-racy have appealed to our sense of identity as a democratic peo-ple Conversely these troubles have also made our gas prices rise and have put other Ameri-can interests in jeopardy These

are things that we can adapt to in spite of the inconveniences

Radiation poi-soning however isnrsquot something that

we can just learn to ldquoget overrdquo And thatrsquos why the incidents in Japan are finally bringing the point home As everyone be-comes more concerned about radiation poisoning reaching

the California coast people in the United States have started to take more issue with the events oversea Maybe one day we really will consider these disasters and events to not just affect one isolated country but also to be a part of a compre-hensive global history

Globalism isnrsquot a fad As the internet and social technol-ogy continue to defeat cultural barriers an attitude of isolation is no longer possible

A4 Opinion bull Wednesday March 30 2011

The Washburn

Review

Your source for all things WU Wednesday afternoons

The views expressed in the Reviewrsquos View are those of the Washburn Review editorial board and are not necessarily the views of Washburn University

Editorial BoardWASHBURN REVIEW

The Washburn Review is published every Wednesday throughout the academic year excluding holidays and some other dates Copies are free for students faculty and staff and can be found at numerous locations around the campus of Washburn University Subscriptions to the Washburn Review are available at the following rates 13 issues for $20 or 26 issues for $35 For more information please visit our Web site at wwwwashburnrevieworg or call (785) 670-2506

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Robert Burkett bull ReAnne Wentz

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Brian Dulle

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Stephenson

Advertising StaffAnna Henry bull Stephanie

Wilhelm bull Elisa Gayle

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Adviser

Regina Cassell

REVIEWrsquoS VIEW

Radiation makes global localUnique experiences reveal lsquothe face of loversquo

My mother passed away a little more than a year ago fol-lowing a lengthy illness She had been many things over her life including working as an operating room nurse But her most fulfilling job was work-ing as a librarian for the middle school in the town where I grew up

A friend of momrsquos and a former teacher at the school where she was a librarian re-cently asked me for suggestions about a book to donate to the library in her name Irsquove been thinking this over and trying to distill what mom meant to me into a single book hasnrsquot been easy

Irsquove had several ideas but I witnessed something recently that helped me decide Sister Helen Prejean author of ldquoDead Man Walkingrdquo was on campus recently talking about the death penalty I was familiar with Sis-ter Helenrsquos work mainly through the book and movie of the same name which starred Susan Sa-randon and Sean Penn

But I had never met her in person If you ever get a chance to hear Sister Helen speak or to meet her in person I absolutely recommend it After giving her presentation Sister Helen was available to sign autographs I purchased a copy of her book ldquoThe Death of Innocentsrdquo and asked her to dedicate it to my mother When I asked her to sign the book and told her why the way her face lit up was one of the most beautiful things Irsquove ever seen The inscription reads ldquoIn memory of Jeannie Foosmdashlibrarian and lover of booksrdquo It was Sister Helenrsquos idea to add the part about my momrsquos love of books

When you read the books (or watch the movie) you get a sense of her love and compas-

sion But face to face itrsquos over-whelming Shersquos the type of per-

son that could make me want to believe in god and hope that hesheit was modeled after her

The biggest lessons I took away from this experience have been in compassion and the power of human contact to change lives It doesnrsquot matter if someone on death row is guilty or innocent they are worthy of respect and when we treat them as human beings rather than monsters the death penalty be-comes much harder to swallow Because now yoursquore not just killing an uncivilized animal yoursquore killing a human being with a family and a story all his own

I shared this story with a group of friends and this is what one of them wrote back to me ldquoI get why this is emotional but in the end after the initial emotion of this subsides this is really a great and humbling thing 100 years from now Jean-nie Foos will be remembered if even for a moment by people she never even met because of the person she wasrdquo

I admit I cried quite a bit after that Just knowing that there are people in this world who have the capacity to love and empathize with someone they barely know brings me a great deal of inner peace

Bod streetthe

on

ldquo rdquo

Interviews and photos by Adam Stephenson

How do you feel about the possible

Judah Wayman JuniorldquoI donrsquot think itrsquos a good idea but I donrsquot know how Washburn is spending that moneyrdquo

Molly RondeauFreshmanldquoThatrsquos a lot of money for a small university to loserdquo

Alahnna MendezSophomoreldquoI think they need a better reason to cut so much moneyrdquo

Morgan HutchersonJuniorldquoThere is already enough money taken away from education we donrsquot need to lose anymorerdquo

A Kansas House committee is proposing to cut up to $55 million of Washburnrsquos state funding The Review went to search out student reactions to this proposal

Xin Jiang Junior

ldquoI hope Washburn doesnrsquot increase tuition and I hope it doesnrsquot cut student activitiesrdquo

Terry Dudley IIFreshmanldquoI think they should let Washburn keep what ever funding they haverdquo

Teng GeSeniorldquoI think education is such an important part of society so itrsquos not good to cut fundingrdquo

Scott RinehartJuniorldquoI think if anything we need more money to make Washburn a more enjoyable experiencerdquo

ldquo rdquoCut to Washburnrsquos state funding

GUEST COLUMN

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

Ryan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

The MIAA conference is just one in a line of conferences that have recently been discombobulated The University of Nebraska at Omaharsquos recent move to Division I sports was just another brick in the proverbial wall

UNOrsquos move has a few consequences that will affect Washburn in the near term Currently college athletic recruiting for this year is in large part over National signing day when players decide what school they are going to play for came and went with 29 players signing national letters of intent with the Ichabods for next year With the decision by UNO to drop football in their move to Division I sports many players who either play for UNO or signed letters of intent

to play there are now stuck without a team According to Washburn head coach Craig Schurig the players at UNO face a precarious situation

ldquoTheir players are going to be able to find some teams that have room still but like we signed a big class this year so some of their players might have to be patientrdquo said Schurig

At the same time Schurig does view this unique situation as an opportunity to possibly bring in players that the coaching staff is familiar with

ldquoIn the case of some players theyrsquove played one or two years so wersquove had a chance to see them a lot and know what kind of players they arerdquo said Schurig ldquoSome of them we recruited once already also so wersquoll make some phone calls and touch base with themrdquo

Beyond the recruiting situation Washburn now also faces another problem The 2011 football schedule was to open with a home game against UNO Sept 3 Washburn now is looking to fill the hole with whatever opponent they can find With the position of the game in the scheduling lineup

WU feels it is in a decent position to get a partner school that might also be looking

for an opponent at this late juncture

ldquoItrsquos the first week so we have a chance to fill that gamerdquo said Schurig ldquoA lot of teams keep that date open until pretty late We didnrsquot get our first game last season until around this time last yearrdquo

Beyond the immediate future Schurig also sees the realignment as somewhat in flux now With UNOrsquos departure for

Division I there are currently 14 football teams involved in the MIAA that will require a rework of a process that had been in place already

Lincoln University a current MIAA school in all its sports but football will add its program to the MIAA in the upcoming football season Southwest Baptist University which is in a similar situation will not join the MIAA in football until the 2013-14 season

ldquoThe change is going to bring about some challengesrdquo said Schurig ldquoWersquoll have to bring the process back in and work on it some morerdquo

The team preps for the game Members have watched the tape and analyzed their moves They have checked and double-checked the equipment making sure theyrsquore in sync A half hour until the clock starts they do warm-up shots and make sure they are listening to each other hearing each other correctly

Game time They follow the movement and are thrilled by the cheers of the crowd Someone cracks a joke over the headsets and the other mem-bers of the broadcast crew roll their eyes or laugh while stay-ing trained on the ball

The crew in many ways reflects the sports that it cov-ers Crew members report three hours before the game and are in position by warm-up time They operate as a team to coor-dinate shots for the best cover-age

However unlike the teams

they cover the majority of the Broadcasting Crew members are mass media majors

ldquoTypically I just go to mass media classes to recruitrdquo said Dale Rusche the Information Systems and Services coordina-tor of production ldquoMass media students need the experience and we can help with that We also put them in contact with other students who they go to class with and see everyday but wouldnrsquot otherwise normally interact withrdquo

Rusche along with Lyall Ford the ISS production as-sistant is in charge of the crew and ultimately its product The broadcast crew is responsible for filming football volleyball menrsquos and womenrsquos basketball home games Some games are contracted to other companies or picked up by KTWU but many fall through the cracks The crew films the remaining games and broadcasts them live through B2 Networksrsquo online hosting The games are also rebroadcast during the week

by Washburn University Cable Television station channel 13

There are six students on each crew three camera opera-tors one person to work the au-dio board one director and one character generator who is responsible for queue-ing packages for advertise-ments

Each po-sition plays an integral part said Rusche but often the director posi-tion is the one that is most sought after It is also the one that he reserves for students who have seniority on crew

Jared Wilson a junior mass media major has been on crew all three years and said that while he enjoys doing whatever position he is assigned being

the director is the most chal-lenging

ldquoI think director is very intimidatingrdquo said Wilson ldquoItrsquos probably the tougher one

Some people get scared of the audio as well as the CG Theyrsquore not hard itrsquos just a matter of getting used to themrdquo

It is the directorrsquos job to determine which camera shots are the best to use and tell the camera operators what to focus on The CG inserts

ad packages during timeouts and the audio board operator switches off and on the com-mentary of the game which is broadcast on radio by KTPK-FM 1069 Rusche and Ford are there to oversee the process and

help when needed but the pro-cess is largely dependent on the students because there is only about a 15-second delay before the footage runs on the B2 Net-worksrsquo website

The experiences gained while on the broadcast crew are the biggest draw for mass me-dia students who often use the crew to springboard onto big-ger projects

ldquoBroadcast crew is very much a you-get-out-what-you-put-in experiencerdquo said Rusche ldquoBut it can give real world ex-perience and a lot of places re-cruit right off the crewrdquo

Amy Horvath a senior mass media major is in her second year on the crew and said the promise of experience drew her in The experience she gained on the crew led her to a job filming the Topeka Road-Runners hockey games at the Kansas Expocentre

ldquoThe second I told them I had done sports production at Washburn they knew that I had the abilityrdquo said Horvath ldquoAl-

most everyone else on the crew for the RoadRunners did or has done sports production so they knew what I had been taught and what I have donerdquo

The job at the RoadRunners games is very similar to work-ing on the crew at Washburn Horvath said which is why it has become so easy for the Ex-pocentre to recruit its video op-erators Wilson also worked at the Expocentre for a time and agreed that getting a job there was made possible by his work with the broadcasting crew for Washburn games Since he al-ready had so much experience it saved a lot of time not having to worry much about training and operating equiptment

Rusche said that another prominent crew alumnus Justin Gutierrez now has a job work-ing for ESPN

ldquoI canrsquot take credit for Jus-tinrdquo said Rusche ldquobut I like to think that we helped him take it this farrdquo

One large part of helping

Wednesday March 30 2011

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Robert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Graphic by Josh Rouse Washburn Review Logos courtesy of the MIAA the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Twitter

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major Reach him at robertburkettwashburnedu

See CREW page A6

Madness at its maddest

In all the years Irsquove been watching March Madness and filling out my brackets this is one of the best I can remember

I donrsquot have many allegiances to college teams (being for Fort Collins Colo Colorado State has never really given me anything to cheer about and I was trained to have hatred toward Colorado) My one allegiance is to Gonzaga (used to live in Spokane) and I hoped for good things from them in this years tournament but wasnrsquot holding my breath

This yearrsquos tournament was impossibly unpredictable seeing as there were NO correct brackets out of the over 59 million filled out on ESPNcom and only 2 that had the correct Final Four My bracket is probably close to being one of the worst of the 59 million brackets My strategy was to pick a lot of upsets this year but my problem was that I didnrsquot pick any of the right upsets

I think having no chance to win my bracket pool from the horrible start I got off to made the tournament watching that much more enjoyable I didnrsquot find myself cheering for a team simply because I had picked them in my bracket I got to cheer for the team that I really wanted to win

Seeing as 70 percent of brackets donrsquot have any teams in the Final Four a lot of people are finding themselves in the same position as me I havenrsquot yet decided which underdog I am going to cheer for I know that living in Kansas most of the state is in a state of depression due to the recent loss by the Jayhawks They were my only hope for not getting last in my pool of more than 100 people so I feel a small part of their (probably your) pain

The only decision I have made about the team I am going to cheer for in this Final Four is I am going to cheer for

either Virginia Commonwealth University or Butler University in the National Championship game Both teams have pretty unbelievable stories

Who would have guessed that Butler would make two consecutive Final Four appearances Irsquom thinking only the Butler players and coaches When it came down to it their parents might not have even picked them twice in a row The Bulldogs have been nothing but clutch in this tournament an irreplaceable ingredient to winning the championship

Then you have VCU a team that had to play an extra game just to get INTO the tournament There were plenty of people upset when they were picked for the tournament and they have put the doubters behind them With the leadership of head coach Shaka Smart the Rams are in it for the long haul

U n i v e r s i t y of Connecticut and University of Kentucky are also surprises in the Final Four UConn wasnrsquot even ranked at the beginning

of the season and Kentucky hasnrsquot made a Final Four in over ten years despite high expectations With both teams being from power conferences they have the experience of tough competition and could be better for it

Ok Irsquove made up my mind Irsquom going with the Butler Bulldogs as the 2011 National Champions They will win both games in clutch fashion as they have the entire tournament But I think they have the perfect blend of athleticism talent and heart to put an exclamation point on their two-season Cinderella story

But has we all have come to find out anything is possible in the month of March (or April)

Kate Hampson is a senior mass media major Reach her at katelynhampsonwashburnedu

Kate HampsonWASHBURN REVIEW

MIAA set to realign againWith the sudden exit of UNO Washburn could capitalize

Broadcasting Crew committed to teamsRegina BuddenWASHBURN REVIEW

MARCH MADNESSMAYHEM

- Dale RuscheCoordinator of Production

But it can give real world experience and a lot of places recruit right off the crew

ldquo

rdquo

MIAA Realignment - 2013By 2013-14 the MIAA will look quite different It will consist of 15 members four of which join the MIAA from other conferences and two of which Lincoln University and Southwest Baptist University are current MIAA members in every sport except football Both will join by 2013

The MIAA is gaining four schools from different conferences in 2012 the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood University Central Oklahoma University and Northeastern State University

The University of Nebraska-Omaha is leaving the MIAA following the spring athletics season moving to NCAA D-I in the Colonial Athletic Association

MIAA REALIGNMENT

While many Washburn students spent spring break re-laxing the Ichabods and Lady Blues tennis teams travelled to Edmond Okla to face Camer-on and Dallas Baptist Universi-ty before heading to Oklahoma City against Midwestern State

The Ichabods beat Dallas Baptist 8-1 but lost their other two matches with the score re-versed The Lady Blues lost 7-2 against Cameron and 9-0 against Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State marking their first losses of the season

ldquoWe had the opportunity to go and play some very tough re-gional competitionrdquo said Head Coach Dave Alden ldquoThey are not regional matches By doing this it give all of my guys real-ly good experience It gives us the opportunity to gauge where wersquore at It also gives us a tar-get to shoot forrdquo

While the Ichabods came up short in two matches against strong opposition freshman Pascal Laucht stood out for Washburn with an impressive

performance by winning all of his singles matches

ldquoPascal had been playing a little lower in the line-up but I thought he had been playing exceptionally wellrdquo said Alden ldquoSo he ended up playing No 2 for me He beat Cameronrsquos No 2 guy which is a tremendous win beats Dallas Baptistrsquos No 2 guy and then he beats Mid-westernrdquo

The Lady Blues had trouble early on when team captain and No 1 player

Morgan Rainey suffered a leg injury causing the entire team to play one spot higher than usual including junior Annie Doole who usually plays dou-bles

ldquoFor us to be successful we need to go through and win our conference for us to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournamentrdquo said Al-den ldquoThe depths that wersquore facing down upon are much greater than what we have in our conference

ldquoSo the opportunity for us to play really play a tough match is great Not only did ev-eryone do that but everybody

had to play one spot higher than they normally did It was a great opportunity to get some great match experience for the girlsrdquo

Junior Whitley Zitsch stated that contingencies are in motion in case of another team-mate being injured or otherwise incapacitated

ldquoWe had a team meet-ing over break to talk about what we need to do because I donrsquot think many believe we are readyrdquo said Zitsch ldquoSo we have to kind of step up as a team and be more positive instead of being really negativerdquo

Both teams next head to Emporia State University and Zitsch is confident in many fu-ture Washburn victories based on past experience

ldquoWe beat [Southwest Bap-tist] and theyrsquore probably the best team in our conferencerdquo said Zitsch ldquoLooking forward to our conference matches we should be pretty good if we play the way we have been playingrdquo

One large part of helping members find jobs is that the broadcast crew is full of net-working opportunities

ldquoJustin helped me get on with ESPNrdquo said Wilson ldquoI got to work with them this sum-mer and itrsquos helped me know people in my classes who can help merdquo

While the personal rela-tionships are often the most fun part of the job since there are two crews per semester people often have to switch to different groups

ldquoWe use people from each crew to sub in the otherrdquo said Rusche ldquoAs they transfer to the new semester therersquos a bit of wanting to stick together but therersquos also their schedules that get in the wayrdquo

At the end of each session Rusche and Ford have a taped version of the game but B2 Networks does not release the number of viewers who watch the game online Wilson said the online option is not heavily promoted but he thinks it is be-coming more popular

ldquoLast year and this year Irsquove heard a lot more people like students and players talk about itrdquo he said ldquoI donrsquot know how much people watch but it seems like more people at least know about itrdquo

It costs $7 to buy the code to watch each game more to purchase a season pass for each sport or an all-access pass but Wilson said it is worth it be-cause having students on the broadcasting crew is a win all around

ldquoIt provides for the com-

munity to see the games and so it helps Washburn have that connection and it gets us ex-perience and networkingrdquo he said

With the basketball season at a close members of the crew have dispersed and wonrsquot meet with cameras in hand until next semesterrsquos football and volley-ball season begins

However the comraderie remains Rusche and Ford plan to treat the crew to a barbecue at the end of the semester

A6 Sports bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Continued from page A5

CREW Experience leads to jobs

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After three consecutive frustrating games the Topeka RoadRunners put the pieces together on Thursday night

Aided by a 14-3 shot advantage in the first period and a solid effort the rest of the night Topeka (43-12-3) finished off their regular season with a 4-2 victory over the Amarillo Bulls at Landon Arena The victory assured Topeka the North American Hockey League Regular Season Championship and ended their recent three game losing streak

Following We n d e s d a y rsquos 3-2 loss Topeka head coach Scott Langer left Landon Arena without even addressing his team Langer instead allowed assistant coaches RJ Enga and Harry Mahood to handle

a lengthy speech in the locker room

The team responded positively to the coachrsquos actions

ldquoTheir focus level and their energy was a lot better tonightrdquo said Langer ldquoWe did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunner hockey is They bought in The

last three games it was tough buying in but we had to do it in a tough way and got it donerdquo

T o p e k a trailed early in Thursdayrsquos match At 718 forward Eric Millisor slipped a shot behind an out of position goalie Eric Rohrkemper to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead But

the RoadRunners responded quickly as forward Justin Hussar scored a powerplay goal at 920 putting a loose puck behind goalie Greg Gruehl

At 1312 forward Jordan

Davis made his way around a Bull defenseman and put a shot behind Gruehl to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 lead at first intermission

Early in the second period at 405 forward Davey Middleton fired a slap shot past Gruehl Amarillo responded with a goal at 542 by forward Brooks Behling

But Topekarsquos solid defense and offensive pressure proved to be the story Thursday as Amarillo developed few quality chances the remainder of the contest Middleton sealed the game with an empty net goal at 1952 of the third period

Middleton said the efforts made by Langer Enga and Mahood were what the team needed

ldquoIt brought us together as a teamrdquo said Middleton ldquoWe refocused and came out with a team effort here tonight It was a must-winrdquo

Goaltending was a weak point for Topeka over the losing streak but Rohrkemper stopped 18 of 20 shots in the victory

ldquoHersquos been in games like thatrdquo said Langer ldquoLast year he had to win a few of those

games for us and he did a great job when it countedrdquo

The contest was played without forward Michael Hill and forward Andrew OrsquoLeary who are each missing their

fourth straight contest Ryan White also left Thursdayrsquos game with an apparent shoulder injury

Topeka now begins postseason play at 705 on April

2 when they host the Wichita Falls Wildcats at Landon Arena

Photo by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-diasocial work major Reach him at richardkellywashburnedu

RoadRunners prepare for postseason

Going all out Topeka forward Jake Lynes dives for a loose puck on Thursday night Lynes and the RoadRunners defeated the Amarillo Bulls 4-2 in the contest to clinch the NAHL Regular Season Championship

Blues suffer first lossSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

Regina Budden is a senior mass media major Reach her at reginabuddenwashburnedu

The Washburn baseball team is in the midst of a seven game losing streak and is look-ing to turn its fortunes around when it faces Fort Hays State University today in Hays Kan

The misfortune started when the Ichabods lost back-to-back double headers to the Uni-versity of Nebraska at Omaha Before the series the Ichabods had a winning record of 6-5 and were looking forward to a win-ning season

After three more loses the Ichabods find themselves with a losing record at 6-12 including a close loss in a weather short-ened game to Missouri Western State University The Ichabods havenrsquot been able to come up with clutch hits when needed and havenrsquot been clutch on the mound

In many of the Ichabod loses the pitchers have seemed to be in a flow through the first few innings and then have bad inning the team canrsquot seem to recover from

Boone Plager has been a

standout on the diamond for Washburn this year The second baseman leads the team with a 308 batting average Andy Petz senior catcher and first baseman has a 286 batting av-erage and leads the team with 29 total bases including two homeruns

Review StaffWASHBURN REVIEW

Ichabods hit losing streak

- Scott LangerTopeka head coach

We did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunners hockey is They bought in

ldquo

rdquo

Reach the Review staff at wureviewgmailcom or visit our website at wwwwashburnrevieworg

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TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

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Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

ldquo

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Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

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Last semester a new student organiza-tion formed with a mission to debunk per-ceptions about the school of thought they represent

The Student Atheists of Washburn consists of Nick Taylor president Barbi Warhurst vice president and Sharla Blank faculty advisor Taylor and Warhurst are the founding members of the group

To get the word out about the group both members put flyers up around cam-pus The first few meetings had really high turnouts and students and teachers have showed curiosity

The purpose of the group is to provide students with the opportunity to socialize in an open and non judgmental environ-ment The group gives students the chance to have an open forum of conversation without feeling the need to censor oneself out of fear of offending someone

The members that have stuck around are ones that are looking to have intelligent conversation with their peers that challenge assumptions about ideas

ldquoWe disagree on a lot of things but when we do we justify our positions with reasoned arguments and not ldquobecause the Bible says sordquo or ldquoGod did itrdquo Itrsquos those kind of responses that are conversation killers and quite annoying to anyone look-ing to have their ideas really listened to and challengedrdquo said Nick Taylor

The official mission statement of SAW is a student group that seeks to

promote a positive awareness of atheism to oppose discrimina-

tion of all groups and to sup-port and defend constitution-

al first amendment rights of free speech and the principle of church-state separation In addition the group seeks to pro-vide an open forum to students where all ideas can be voiced and discussed in order to build a so-ciety of inclusion and understanding dedicated to the pursuit of reason and logicrdquo

The group meetings are open to many ideas but

doesnrsquot always pro-ceed in the same man-

ner Some nights consist of game nights commu-

nity service even commu-nity activism The group has

26 members on the Facebook group and eight members that at-

tend meetings on a regular basisldquoThe main message is to get people

used to the idea that not everyone believes

in god that there are a lot more atheists out there than most people think and that wersquore good people The word atheist is a term that most people run from Surveys have been done that have shown that athe-ists are among the least trusted groups in the United Statesrdquo said Taylor ldquoThere is a stigma associated with atheism and one of the biggest goals of the group is to ldquopro-mote a positive awareness of atheismrdquo and show people that atheists are normal ethi-cal people with the same hopes and dreams of everyone else in societyrdquo

Some responses to SAW have mani-fested itself in ways that the group per-ceives as negative Such as when the group posted flyers many of them were destroyed taken down and written on featuring writ-ing like ldquonew age liesrdquo ldquofascist liesrdquo and ldquoatheio-fasistrdquo This made the group avoid putting up posters

ldquoIn our experiences almost all self proclaimed agnostics are in fact athe-ists Free-thinkers are atheists Non reli-gious people are atheists They just donrsquot know it Our goal is to let more people realize the proper application of the term atheist and to get them to come out of the closet We are a group of freethinkers ag-nostics humanists and non religious and those are almost always synonymous with atheismrdquo said Taylor ldquoSo thats what we call ourselves Student Atheists of Wash-burn We chose this name to get people comfortable with the idea that there are atheists out there wersquore not afraid to say it and we are good peoplerdquo

The group will attend events such as debates and lectures that have relevance to Atheism Game nights and trivia nights are some things that the group enjoys rather than the traditional sit down meeting The group meetings take place every Wednes-day and last about an hour

ldquoI frequently meet with Craig Freerk-sen who helps run the Christian Challenge here at Washburn and we are working to-gether to do events that involve theist and atheist students debates panel discus-sions guest speaking at each others meet-ings He and I are in talks about co-hosting guest speakers for next semester but thatrsquos a long way awayrdquo said Taylor

Future plans for the group are focused on attracting more members getting more publicity and really just informing people on what the group consists of Hopefully be able to have debates lectures and any-thing to promote the group and the grouprsquos ideas

Seeing Washburn students wearing T-shirts that read ldquoChristian Challengerdquo on the front and in bold letters ldquoAt The Peakrdquo on the back is a frequent occurrence Usu-ally during the first week of classes every year the group Christian Challenge gives out these T-shirts to students who sign up for information about their group

When Craig and Janene Freerksen first started out as directors of Christian Chal-lenge in 1998 they were about 20 students involved This past year an average of 78 to 85 Washburn students attend their weekly large group meetings The group meets ev-ery Thursday night at 7 pm at The Peak 1930 SW Gage Blvd

ldquoOur purpose is to help students grow in the knowledge the wisdom and the per-spective of who God has made them to be and help them get thererdquo said Freerksen ldquoWe want to help train and send outrdquo

As well as their weekly meetings Christian Challenge also provides small group Bible studies one-on-one disciple-ship summer and winter mission opportu-nities student conferences and campus and community serving opportunities

Lora Biesenthal a senior psychology major and a leadership studies minor has been involved in many of these activities including a spring break service project to Greensburg Kan for disaster relief

ldquoI have been involved in Chris-tian Challenge for four years The experiences I have gained through the people I have met at Christian Chal-lenge have had a tre-mendous impact on who I am todayrdquo said Biesenthal ldquoIf you were to compare me to who I was four years ago I am a com-pletely differ-ent person I have been encouraged to consider deep ques-tions about my purpose and mean-ingrdquo

D a v i d Wingerson a junior in music education major said that he be-came a Christian in 2009 but this has been his first year involved in Christian Challenge Wing-erson became involved when he was asked to play drums for the worship band on Thursday

nightsldquoI was surprised to find such an open

and inviting community of believers that have fun and learn something of eternal im-portance every weekrdquo said Wingerson

Freerksen said that Christian Challenge is open to everyone and that Christian Chal-lenge is not affiliated with one denomina-tion

ldquoWe are really there for students from all different denominational backgroundsrdquo said Freerksen

Freerksen said that when he went to Emporia State University he was involved in a campus ministry much like Christian Challenge His experiences with that group caused him want to help develop a group like it at Washburn

ldquoJanene and I have learned so much from the leaders who invested time in us and we wanted to share that experience with students at Washburnrdquo said Freerksen ldquoWe continue to see God work dramatically in the lives of many students and it is a great joy to see thatrdquo

Every year millions of Christians around the world give up something for Lent known as a time for reflection and preparation for Easter

After Ash Wednesday people make promises for 40 days by abstaining from some-thing that simply is a type of pleasure It could range from giving up candy to giving up Facebook

This year Gabriela Beru-men sophomore gave up soft drinks and chocolate because they are two of her favorite snacks Berumen believes that by giving up something is a way to self-improve yourself

ldquoI also think that is a little taste of what God gave for us is a sacrifice we chose to dordquo said Berumen ldquoIf God gave up his life for us then by giving up

something is a little reminder of what he didrdquo

Dustin Haverkamp Wash-burn alumnus gave up carbon-ated beverages because he said that is a good way to start a healthy lifestyle Haverkamp usually drinks two to four car-bonated beverages a day

ldquoI think itrsquos important to stick with what I started and is also a way to keep following away from somethingrdquo said Haverkamp

Others are trying some-thing new Haverkamp said that today giving up something is half self-improvements half faith

JoVaughn Anderson and five other friends decided to do something new this year After hearing the ldquoLove Darerdquo on the radio Anderson talked her friends into doing it for 40 days

ldquoThere is a book and they

also make a movie about it ldquoFire Proofrdquo it helps strengths your relationship with some-onerdquo said Anderson ldquoEvery-one can do it not just you and your significant other

Anderson said that it is more like an inspirational book The book gives the reader a challenge to do every day

ldquoOn the very first day you are not suppose to say anything negative to your significant oth-er or to yourself If you are go-ing to say something negative is better to not say anything at allrdquo said Anderson

Anderson also said that with the Love Dare you focus more in God

ldquoItrsquos not like you are giv-ing up something just for no reason it has a meaning behind itrdquo said Anderson ldquoIt helps view our relationship in a better perspectiverdquo

Anderson and her friends

made a Facebook page where they talk about their experienc-es with the challenge

ldquoOne of the bad things is that it is very time consuming but at the end I know it will be all worth itrdquo said Anderson

Anderson said that this is a different way that you can improve yourself and your re-lationship It is also a way to get closer to God She also said that she believes many people say negative things about them-selves and that it is a hard habit to give up

ldquoI think that once Irsquom done with this challenge Irsquom just not going to try to say so many neg-ative things all the timerdquo said Anderson

A

Pete NicklinWASHBURN REVIEW

Megan BarfieldWASHBURN REVIEW

Maria SigalaWASHBURN REVIEW

Maria Sigala is a member of Re-gina Cassellrsquos advanced newswrit-ing class

Pete Nicklin is a member of Regina Cassellrsquos advanced newswriting class

Megan Barfield is a member of Regina Cas-sellrsquos advanced newswriting class

Student spirituality

Students go 40 days without luxuries

Group embraces faith Group questions faith

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Get some Advertise with the Washburn Review Kaw Yearbook and Review Online

Cameron Hughes is a sophomore art and graphic design major Reach him at cameronhugheswashburnedu

CAMERONS

CORNER

rsquo

In only the past few months the students of Washburn heard about war in Iraq and Afghani-stan and protests and revolt in Egypt and Libya In the past few years we raised money for Haiti This newest natural di-saster in Japan has also raised quite an international stir

However the reasoning for the hype is not because of the American humanitarian at-tempts nor is it solely because of the threat of radiation al-though that is part of it The radiation merely underscores what has been passed over in all of the other international situa-tions The theme is that we live

in not only a global economy but a global community

Wersquove all been raised hear-ing about the global economy and how we canrsquot live in isola-tion But it seems that Ameri-cans donrsquot take that very seri-ously let alone rely on the idea of a global community

Even with the wars that America is in al-though many of us have neighbors friends and relatives fighting itrsquos still easy to relegate the war to a foreign place and ignore troop movements and action

Haiti although it happened in Americarsquos front yard didnrsquot affect our daily lives either aside from our collective satis-

faction at being able to provide for those less fortunate

Egypt Libya and the other countries attempting democ-racy have appealed to our sense of identity as a democratic peo-ple Conversely these troubles have also made our gas prices rise and have put other Ameri-can interests in jeopardy These

are things that we can adapt to in spite of the inconveniences

Radiation poi-soning however isnrsquot something that

we can just learn to ldquoget overrdquo And thatrsquos why the incidents in Japan are finally bringing the point home As everyone be-comes more concerned about radiation poisoning reaching

the California coast people in the United States have started to take more issue with the events oversea Maybe one day we really will consider these disasters and events to not just affect one isolated country but also to be a part of a compre-hensive global history

Globalism isnrsquot a fad As the internet and social technol-ogy continue to defeat cultural barriers an attitude of isolation is no longer possible

A4 Opinion bull Wednesday March 30 2011

The Washburn

Review

Your source for all things WU Wednesday afternoons

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REVIEWrsquoS VIEW

Radiation makes global localUnique experiences reveal lsquothe face of loversquo

My mother passed away a little more than a year ago fol-lowing a lengthy illness She had been many things over her life including working as an operating room nurse But her most fulfilling job was work-ing as a librarian for the middle school in the town where I grew up

A friend of momrsquos and a former teacher at the school where she was a librarian re-cently asked me for suggestions about a book to donate to the library in her name Irsquove been thinking this over and trying to distill what mom meant to me into a single book hasnrsquot been easy

Irsquove had several ideas but I witnessed something recently that helped me decide Sister Helen Prejean author of ldquoDead Man Walkingrdquo was on campus recently talking about the death penalty I was familiar with Sis-ter Helenrsquos work mainly through the book and movie of the same name which starred Susan Sa-randon and Sean Penn

But I had never met her in person If you ever get a chance to hear Sister Helen speak or to meet her in person I absolutely recommend it After giving her presentation Sister Helen was available to sign autographs I purchased a copy of her book ldquoThe Death of Innocentsrdquo and asked her to dedicate it to my mother When I asked her to sign the book and told her why the way her face lit up was one of the most beautiful things Irsquove ever seen The inscription reads ldquoIn memory of Jeannie Foosmdashlibrarian and lover of booksrdquo It was Sister Helenrsquos idea to add the part about my momrsquos love of books

When you read the books (or watch the movie) you get a sense of her love and compas-

sion But face to face itrsquos over-whelming Shersquos the type of per-

son that could make me want to believe in god and hope that hesheit was modeled after her

The biggest lessons I took away from this experience have been in compassion and the power of human contact to change lives It doesnrsquot matter if someone on death row is guilty or innocent they are worthy of respect and when we treat them as human beings rather than monsters the death penalty be-comes much harder to swallow Because now yoursquore not just killing an uncivilized animal yoursquore killing a human being with a family and a story all his own

I shared this story with a group of friends and this is what one of them wrote back to me ldquoI get why this is emotional but in the end after the initial emotion of this subsides this is really a great and humbling thing 100 years from now Jean-nie Foos will be remembered if even for a moment by people she never even met because of the person she wasrdquo

I admit I cried quite a bit after that Just knowing that there are people in this world who have the capacity to love and empathize with someone they barely know brings me a great deal of inner peace

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Interviews and photos by Adam Stephenson

How do you feel about the possible

Judah Wayman JuniorldquoI donrsquot think itrsquos a good idea but I donrsquot know how Washburn is spending that moneyrdquo

Molly RondeauFreshmanldquoThatrsquos a lot of money for a small university to loserdquo

Alahnna MendezSophomoreldquoI think they need a better reason to cut so much moneyrdquo

Morgan HutchersonJuniorldquoThere is already enough money taken away from education we donrsquot need to lose anymorerdquo

A Kansas House committee is proposing to cut up to $55 million of Washburnrsquos state funding The Review went to search out student reactions to this proposal

Xin Jiang Junior

ldquoI hope Washburn doesnrsquot increase tuition and I hope it doesnrsquot cut student activitiesrdquo

Terry Dudley IIFreshmanldquoI think they should let Washburn keep what ever funding they haverdquo

Teng GeSeniorldquoI think education is such an important part of society so itrsquos not good to cut fundingrdquo

Scott RinehartJuniorldquoI think if anything we need more money to make Washburn a more enjoyable experiencerdquo

ldquo rdquoCut to Washburnrsquos state funding

GUEST COLUMN

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

Ryan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

The MIAA conference is just one in a line of conferences that have recently been discombobulated The University of Nebraska at Omaharsquos recent move to Division I sports was just another brick in the proverbial wall

UNOrsquos move has a few consequences that will affect Washburn in the near term Currently college athletic recruiting for this year is in large part over National signing day when players decide what school they are going to play for came and went with 29 players signing national letters of intent with the Ichabods for next year With the decision by UNO to drop football in their move to Division I sports many players who either play for UNO or signed letters of intent

to play there are now stuck without a team According to Washburn head coach Craig Schurig the players at UNO face a precarious situation

ldquoTheir players are going to be able to find some teams that have room still but like we signed a big class this year so some of their players might have to be patientrdquo said Schurig

At the same time Schurig does view this unique situation as an opportunity to possibly bring in players that the coaching staff is familiar with

ldquoIn the case of some players theyrsquove played one or two years so wersquove had a chance to see them a lot and know what kind of players they arerdquo said Schurig ldquoSome of them we recruited once already also so wersquoll make some phone calls and touch base with themrdquo

Beyond the recruiting situation Washburn now also faces another problem The 2011 football schedule was to open with a home game against UNO Sept 3 Washburn now is looking to fill the hole with whatever opponent they can find With the position of the game in the scheduling lineup

WU feels it is in a decent position to get a partner school that might also be looking

for an opponent at this late juncture

ldquoItrsquos the first week so we have a chance to fill that gamerdquo said Schurig ldquoA lot of teams keep that date open until pretty late We didnrsquot get our first game last season until around this time last yearrdquo

Beyond the immediate future Schurig also sees the realignment as somewhat in flux now With UNOrsquos departure for

Division I there are currently 14 football teams involved in the MIAA that will require a rework of a process that had been in place already

Lincoln University a current MIAA school in all its sports but football will add its program to the MIAA in the upcoming football season Southwest Baptist University which is in a similar situation will not join the MIAA in football until the 2013-14 season

ldquoThe change is going to bring about some challengesrdquo said Schurig ldquoWersquoll have to bring the process back in and work on it some morerdquo

The team preps for the game Members have watched the tape and analyzed their moves They have checked and double-checked the equipment making sure theyrsquore in sync A half hour until the clock starts they do warm-up shots and make sure they are listening to each other hearing each other correctly

Game time They follow the movement and are thrilled by the cheers of the crowd Someone cracks a joke over the headsets and the other mem-bers of the broadcast crew roll their eyes or laugh while stay-ing trained on the ball

The crew in many ways reflects the sports that it cov-ers Crew members report three hours before the game and are in position by warm-up time They operate as a team to coor-dinate shots for the best cover-age

However unlike the teams

they cover the majority of the Broadcasting Crew members are mass media majors

ldquoTypically I just go to mass media classes to recruitrdquo said Dale Rusche the Information Systems and Services coordina-tor of production ldquoMass media students need the experience and we can help with that We also put them in contact with other students who they go to class with and see everyday but wouldnrsquot otherwise normally interact withrdquo

Rusche along with Lyall Ford the ISS production as-sistant is in charge of the crew and ultimately its product The broadcast crew is responsible for filming football volleyball menrsquos and womenrsquos basketball home games Some games are contracted to other companies or picked up by KTWU but many fall through the cracks The crew films the remaining games and broadcasts them live through B2 Networksrsquo online hosting The games are also rebroadcast during the week

by Washburn University Cable Television station channel 13

There are six students on each crew three camera opera-tors one person to work the au-dio board one director and one character generator who is responsible for queue-ing packages for advertise-ments

Each po-sition plays an integral part said Rusche but often the director posi-tion is the one that is most sought after It is also the one that he reserves for students who have seniority on crew

Jared Wilson a junior mass media major has been on crew all three years and said that while he enjoys doing whatever position he is assigned being

the director is the most chal-lenging

ldquoI think director is very intimidatingrdquo said Wilson ldquoItrsquos probably the tougher one

Some people get scared of the audio as well as the CG Theyrsquore not hard itrsquos just a matter of getting used to themrdquo

It is the directorrsquos job to determine which camera shots are the best to use and tell the camera operators what to focus on The CG inserts

ad packages during timeouts and the audio board operator switches off and on the com-mentary of the game which is broadcast on radio by KTPK-FM 1069 Rusche and Ford are there to oversee the process and

help when needed but the pro-cess is largely dependent on the students because there is only about a 15-second delay before the footage runs on the B2 Net-worksrsquo website

The experiences gained while on the broadcast crew are the biggest draw for mass me-dia students who often use the crew to springboard onto big-ger projects

ldquoBroadcast crew is very much a you-get-out-what-you-put-in experiencerdquo said Rusche ldquoBut it can give real world ex-perience and a lot of places re-cruit right off the crewrdquo

Amy Horvath a senior mass media major is in her second year on the crew and said the promise of experience drew her in The experience she gained on the crew led her to a job filming the Topeka Road-Runners hockey games at the Kansas Expocentre

ldquoThe second I told them I had done sports production at Washburn they knew that I had the abilityrdquo said Horvath ldquoAl-

most everyone else on the crew for the RoadRunners did or has done sports production so they knew what I had been taught and what I have donerdquo

The job at the RoadRunners games is very similar to work-ing on the crew at Washburn Horvath said which is why it has become so easy for the Ex-pocentre to recruit its video op-erators Wilson also worked at the Expocentre for a time and agreed that getting a job there was made possible by his work with the broadcasting crew for Washburn games Since he al-ready had so much experience it saved a lot of time not having to worry much about training and operating equiptment

Rusche said that another prominent crew alumnus Justin Gutierrez now has a job work-ing for ESPN

ldquoI canrsquot take credit for Jus-tinrdquo said Rusche ldquobut I like to think that we helped him take it this farrdquo

One large part of helping

Wednesday March 30 2011

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Robert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Graphic by Josh Rouse Washburn Review Logos courtesy of the MIAA the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Twitter

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major Reach him at robertburkettwashburnedu

See CREW page A6

Madness at its maddest

In all the years Irsquove been watching March Madness and filling out my brackets this is one of the best I can remember

I donrsquot have many allegiances to college teams (being for Fort Collins Colo Colorado State has never really given me anything to cheer about and I was trained to have hatred toward Colorado) My one allegiance is to Gonzaga (used to live in Spokane) and I hoped for good things from them in this years tournament but wasnrsquot holding my breath

This yearrsquos tournament was impossibly unpredictable seeing as there were NO correct brackets out of the over 59 million filled out on ESPNcom and only 2 that had the correct Final Four My bracket is probably close to being one of the worst of the 59 million brackets My strategy was to pick a lot of upsets this year but my problem was that I didnrsquot pick any of the right upsets

I think having no chance to win my bracket pool from the horrible start I got off to made the tournament watching that much more enjoyable I didnrsquot find myself cheering for a team simply because I had picked them in my bracket I got to cheer for the team that I really wanted to win

Seeing as 70 percent of brackets donrsquot have any teams in the Final Four a lot of people are finding themselves in the same position as me I havenrsquot yet decided which underdog I am going to cheer for I know that living in Kansas most of the state is in a state of depression due to the recent loss by the Jayhawks They were my only hope for not getting last in my pool of more than 100 people so I feel a small part of their (probably your) pain

The only decision I have made about the team I am going to cheer for in this Final Four is I am going to cheer for

either Virginia Commonwealth University or Butler University in the National Championship game Both teams have pretty unbelievable stories

Who would have guessed that Butler would make two consecutive Final Four appearances Irsquom thinking only the Butler players and coaches When it came down to it their parents might not have even picked them twice in a row The Bulldogs have been nothing but clutch in this tournament an irreplaceable ingredient to winning the championship

Then you have VCU a team that had to play an extra game just to get INTO the tournament There were plenty of people upset when they were picked for the tournament and they have put the doubters behind them With the leadership of head coach Shaka Smart the Rams are in it for the long haul

U n i v e r s i t y of Connecticut and University of Kentucky are also surprises in the Final Four UConn wasnrsquot even ranked at the beginning

of the season and Kentucky hasnrsquot made a Final Four in over ten years despite high expectations With both teams being from power conferences they have the experience of tough competition and could be better for it

Ok Irsquove made up my mind Irsquom going with the Butler Bulldogs as the 2011 National Champions They will win both games in clutch fashion as they have the entire tournament But I think they have the perfect blend of athleticism talent and heart to put an exclamation point on their two-season Cinderella story

But has we all have come to find out anything is possible in the month of March (or April)

Kate Hampson is a senior mass media major Reach her at katelynhampsonwashburnedu

Kate HampsonWASHBURN REVIEW

MIAA set to realign againWith the sudden exit of UNO Washburn could capitalize

Broadcasting Crew committed to teamsRegina BuddenWASHBURN REVIEW

MARCH MADNESSMAYHEM

- Dale RuscheCoordinator of Production

But it can give real world experience and a lot of places recruit right off the crew

ldquo

rdquo

MIAA Realignment - 2013By 2013-14 the MIAA will look quite different It will consist of 15 members four of which join the MIAA from other conferences and two of which Lincoln University and Southwest Baptist University are current MIAA members in every sport except football Both will join by 2013

The MIAA is gaining four schools from different conferences in 2012 the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood University Central Oklahoma University and Northeastern State University

The University of Nebraska-Omaha is leaving the MIAA following the spring athletics season moving to NCAA D-I in the Colonial Athletic Association

MIAA REALIGNMENT

While many Washburn students spent spring break re-laxing the Ichabods and Lady Blues tennis teams travelled to Edmond Okla to face Camer-on and Dallas Baptist Universi-ty before heading to Oklahoma City against Midwestern State

The Ichabods beat Dallas Baptist 8-1 but lost their other two matches with the score re-versed The Lady Blues lost 7-2 against Cameron and 9-0 against Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State marking their first losses of the season

ldquoWe had the opportunity to go and play some very tough re-gional competitionrdquo said Head Coach Dave Alden ldquoThey are not regional matches By doing this it give all of my guys real-ly good experience It gives us the opportunity to gauge where wersquore at It also gives us a tar-get to shoot forrdquo

While the Ichabods came up short in two matches against strong opposition freshman Pascal Laucht stood out for Washburn with an impressive

performance by winning all of his singles matches

ldquoPascal had been playing a little lower in the line-up but I thought he had been playing exceptionally wellrdquo said Alden ldquoSo he ended up playing No 2 for me He beat Cameronrsquos No 2 guy which is a tremendous win beats Dallas Baptistrsquos No 2 guy and then he beats Mid-westernrdquo

The Lady Blues had trouble early on when team captain and No 1 player

Morgan Rainey suffered a leg injury causing the entire team to play one spot higher than usual including junior Annie Doole who usually plays dou-bles

ldquoFor us to be successful we need to go through and win our conference for us to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournamentrdquo said Al-den ldquoThe depths that wersquore facing down upon are much greater than what we have in our conference

ldquoSo the opportunity for us to play really play a tough match is great Not only did ev-eryone do that but everybody

had to play one spot higher than they normally did It was a great opportunity to get some great match experience for the girlsrdquo

Junior Whitley Zitsch stated that contingencies are in motion in case of another team-mate being injured or otherwise incapacitated

ldquoWe had a team meet-ing over break to talk about what we need to do because I donrsquot think many believe we are readyrdquo said Zitsch ldquoSo we have to kind of step up as a team and be more positive instead of being really negativerdquo

Both teams next head to Emporia State University and Zitsch is confident in many fu-ture Washburn victories based on past experience

ldquoWe beat [Southwest Bap-tist] and theyrsquore probably the best team in our conferencerdquo said Zitsch ldquoLooking forward to our conference matches we should be pretty good if we play the way we have been playingrdquo

One large part of helping members find jobs is that the broadcast crew is full of net-working opportunities

ldquoJustin helped me get on with ESPNrdquo said Wilson ldquoI got to work with them this sum-mer and itrsquos helped me know people in my classes who can help merdquo

While the personal rela-tionships are often the most fun part of the job since there are two crews per semester people often have to switch to different groups

ldquoWe use people from each crew to sub in the otherrdquo said Rusche ldquoAs they transfer to the new semester therersquos a bit of wanting to stick together but therersquos also their schedules that get in the wayrdquo

At the end of each session Rusche and Ford have a taped version of the game but B2 Networks does not release the number of viewers who watch the game online Wilson said the online option is not heavily promoted but he thinks it is be-coming more popular

ldquoLast year and this year Irsquove heard a lot more people like students and players talk about itrdquo he said ldquoI donrsquot know how much people watch but it seems like more people at least know about itrdquo

It costs $7 to buy the code to watch each game more to purchase a season pass for each sport or an all-access pass but Wilson said it is worth it be-cause having students on the broadcasting crew is a win all around

ldquoIt provides for the com-

munity to see the games and so it helps Washburn have that connection and it gets us ex-perience and networkingrdquo he said

With the basketball season at a close members of the crew have dispersed and wonrsquot meet with cameras in hand until next semesterrsquos football and volley-ball season begins

However the comraderie remains Rusche and Ford plan to treat the crew to a barbecue at the end of the semester

A6 Sports bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Continued from page A5

CREW Experience leads to jobs

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After three consecutive frustrating games the Topeka RoadRunners put the pieces together on Thursday night

Aided by a 14-3 shot advantage in the first period and a solid effort the rest of the night Topeka (43-12-3) finished off their regular season with a 4-2 victory over the Amarillo Bulls at Landon Arena The victory assured Topeka the North American Hockey League Regular Season Championship and ended their recent three game losing streak

Following We n d e s d a y rsquos 3-2 loss Topeka head coach Scott Langer left Landon Arena without even addressing his team Langer instead allowed assistant coaches RJ Enga and Harry Mahood to handle

a lengthy speech in the locker room

The team responded positively to the coachrsquos actions

ldquoTheir focus level and their energy was a lot better tonightrdquo said Langer ldquoWe did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunner hockey is They bought in The

last three games it was tough buying in but we had to do it in a tough way and got it donerdquo

T o p e k a trailed early in Thursdayrsquos match At 718 forward Eric Millisor slipped a shot behind an out of position goalie Eric Rohrkemper to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead But

the RoadRunners responded quickly as forward Justin Hussar scored a powerplay goal at 920 putting a loose puck behind goalie Greg Gruehl

At 1312 forward Jordan

Davis made his way around a Bull defenseman and put a shot behind Gruehl to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 lead at first intermission

Early in the second period at 405 forward Davey Middleton fired a slap shot past Gruehl Amarillo responded with a goal at 542 by forward Brooks Behling

But Topekarsquos solid defense and offensive pressure proved to be the story Thursday as Amarillo developed few quality chances the remainder of the contest Middleton sealed the game with an empty net goal at 1952 of the third period

Middleton said the efforts made by Langer Enga and Mahood were what the team needed

ldquoIt brought us together as a teamrdquo said Middleton ldquoWe refocused and came out with a team effort here tonight It was a must-winrdquo

Goaltending was a weak point for Topeka over the losing streak but Rohrkemper stopped 18 of 20 shots in the victory

ldquoHersquos been in games like thatrdquo said Langer ldquoLast year he had to win a few of those

games for us and he did a great job when it countedrdquo

The contest was played without forward Michael Hill and forward Andrew OrsquoLeary who are each missing their

fourth straight contest Ryan White also left Thursdayrsquos game with an apparent shoulder injury

Topeka now begins postseason play at 705 on April

2 when they host the Wichita Falls Wildcats at Landon Arena

Photo by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-diasocial work major Reach him at richardkellywashburnedu

RoadRunners prepare for postseason

Going all out Topeka forward Jake Lynes dives for a loose puck on Thursday night Lynes and the RoadRunners defeated the Amarillo Bulls 4-2 in the contest to clinch the NAHL Regular Season Championship

Blues suffer first lossSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

Regina Budden is a senior mass media major Reach her at reginabuddenwashburnedu

The Washburn baseball team is in the midst of a seven game losing streak and is look-ing to turn its fortunes around when it faces Fort Hays State University today in Hays Kan

The misfortune started when the Ichabods lost back-to-back double headers to the Uni-versity of Nebraska at Omaha Before the series the Ichabods had a winning record of 6-5 and were looking forward to a win-ning season

After three more loses the Ichabods find themselves with a losing record at 6-12 including a close loss in a weather short-ened game to Missouri Western State University The Ichabods havenrsquot been able to come up with clutch hits when needed and havenrsquot been clutch on the mound

In many of the Ichabod loses the pitchers have seemed to be in a flow through the first few innings and then have bad inning the team canrsquot seem to recover from

Boone Plager has been a

standout on the diamond for Washburn this year The second baseman leads the team with a 308 batting average Andy Petz senior catcher and first baseman has a 286 batting av-erage and leads the team with 29 total bases including two homeruns

Review StaffWASHBURN REVIEW

Ichabods hit losing streak

- Scott LangerTopeka head coach

We did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunners hockey is They bought in

ldquo

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Reach the Review staff at wureviewgmailcom or visit our website at wwwwashburnrevieworg

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TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

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Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

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Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

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Cameron Hughes is a sophomore art and graphic design major Reach him at cameronhugheswashburnedu

CAMERONS

CORNER

rsquo

In only the past few months the students of Washburn heard about war in Iraq and Afghani-stan and protests and revolt in Egypt and Libya In the past few years we raised money for Haiti This newest natural di-saster in Japan has also raised quite an international stir

However the reasoning for the hype is not because of the American humanitarian at-tempts nor is it solely because of the threat of radiation al-though that is part of it The radiation merely underscores what has been passed over in all of the other international situa-tions The theme is that we live

in not only a global economy but a global community

Wersquove all been raised hear-ing about the global economy and how we canrsquot live in isola-tion But it seems that Ameri-cans donrsquot take that very seri-ously let alone rely on the idea of a global community

Even with the wars that America is in al-though many of us have neighbors friends and relatives fighting itrsquos still easy to relegate the war to a foreign place and ignore troop movements and action

Haiti although it happened in Americarsquos front yard didnrsquot affect our daily lives either aside from our collective satis-

faction at being able to provide for those less fortunate

Egypt Libya and the other countries attempting democ-racy have appealed to our sense of identity as a democratic peo-ple Conversely these troubles have also made our gas prices rise and have put other Ameri-can interests in jeopardy These

are things that we can adapt to in spite of the inconveniences

Radiation poi-soning however isnrsquot something that

we can just learn to ldquoget overrdquo And thatrsquos why the incidents in Japan are finally bringing the point home As everyone be-comes more concerned about radiation poisoning reaching

the California coast people in the United States have started to take more issue with the events oversea Maybe one day we really will consider these disasters and events to not just affect one isolated country but also to be a part of a compre-hensive global history

Globalism isnrsquot a fad As the internet and social technol-ogy continue to defeat cultural barriers an attitude of isolation is no longer possible

A4 Opinion bull Wednesday March 30 2011

The Washburn

Review

Your source for all things WU Wednesday afternoons

The views expressed in the Reviewrsquos View are those of the Washburn Review editorial board and are not necessarily the views of Washburn University

Editorial BoardWASHBURN REVIEW

The Washburn Review is published every Wednesday throughout the academic year excluding holidays and some other dates Copies are free for students faculty and staff and can be found at numerous locations around the campus of Washburn University Subscriptions to the Washburn Review are available at the following rates 13 issues for $20 or 26 issues for $35 For more information please visit our Web site at wwwwashburnrevieworg or call (785) 670-2506

The Washburn Review is a member newspaper of the Associated Press (AP) the Kansas Associated Press (KPA) and the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press (KACP) The Review was the 2009 winner of the All-State award given to the best four-year public university newspaper in the state of Kansas

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copy The Washburn ReviewCopyright 2011

The Washburn Review

Contact Us

Phone (785) 670-2506Fax (785) 670-1131

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Print Editor-in-ChiefRegina Budden

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Josh Rouse

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Jordan Shefte

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Brian Dulle

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Stephenson

Advertising StaffAnna Henry bull Stephanie

Wilhelm bull Elisa Gayle

Business ManagerScott Moser

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Regina Cassell

REVIEWrsquoS VIEW

Radiation makes global localUnique experiences reveal lsquothe face of loversquo

My mother passed away a little more than a year ago fol-lowing a lengthy illness She had been many things over her life including working as an operating room nurse But her most fulfilling job was work-ing as a librarian for the middle school in the town where I grew up

A friend of momrsquos and a former teacher at the school where she was a librarian re-cently asked me for suggestions about a book to donate to the library in her name Irsquove been thinking this over and trying to distill what mom meant to me into a single book hasnrsquot been easy

Irsquove had several ideas but I witnessed something recently that helped me decide Sister Helen Prejean author of ldquoDead Man Walkingrdquo was on campus recently talking about the death penalty I was familiar with Sis-ter Helenrsquos work mainly through the book and movie of the same name which starred Susan Sa-randon and Sean Penn

But I had never met her in person If you ever get a chance to hear Sister Helen speak or to meet her in person I absolutely recommend it After giving her presentation Sister Helen was available to sign autographs I purchased a copy of her book ldquoThe Death of Innocentsrdquo and asked her to dedicate it to my mother When I asked her to sign the book and told her why the way her face lit up was one of the most beautiful things Irsquove ever seen The inscription reads ldquoIn memory of Jeannie Foosmdashlibrarian and lover of booksrdquo It was Sister Helenrsquos idea to add the part about my momrsquos love of books

When you read the books (or watch the movie) you get a sense of her love and compas-

sion But face to face itrsquos over-whelming Shersquos the type of per-

son that could make me want to believe in god and hope that hesheit was modeled after her

The biggest lessons I took away from this experience have been in compassion and the power of human contact to change lives It doesnrsquot matter if someone on death row is guilty or innocent they are worthy of respect and when we treat them as human beings rather than monsters the death penalty be-comes much harder to swallow Because now yoursquore not just killing an uncivilized animal yoursquore killing a human being with a family and a story all his own

I shared this story with a group of friends and this is what one of them wrote back to me ldquoI get why this is emotional but in the end after the initial emotion of this subsides this is really a great and humbling thing 100 years from now Jean-nie Foos will be remembered if even for a moment by people she never even met because of the person she wasrdquo

I admit I cried quite a bit after that Just knowing that there are people in this world who have the capacity to love and empathize with someone they barely know brings me a great deal of inner peace

Bod streetthe

on

ldquo rdquo

Interviews and photos by Adam Stephenson

How do you feel about the possible

Judah Wayman JuniorldquoI donrsquot think itrsquos a good idea but I donrsquot know how Washburn is spending that moneyrdquo

Molly RondeauFreshmanldquoThatrsquos a lot of money for a small university to loserdquo

Alahnna MendezSophomoreldquoI think they need a better reason to cut so much moneyrdquo

Morgan HutchersonJuniorldquoThere is already enough money taken away from education we donrsquot need to lose anymorerdquo

A Kansas House committee is proposing to cut up to $55 million of Washburnrsquos state funding The Review went to search out student reactions to this proposal

Xin Jiang Junior

ldquoI hope Washburn doesnrsquot increase tuition and I hope it doesnrsquot cut student activitiesrdquo

Terry Dudley IIFreshmanldquoI think they should let Washburn keep what ever funding they haverdquo

Teng GeSeniorldquoI think education is such an important part of society so itrsquos not good to cut fundingrdquo

Scott RinehartJuniorldquoI think if anything we need more money to make Washburn a more enjoyable experiencerdquo

ldquo rdquoCut to Washburnrsquos state funding

GUEST COLUMN

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

Ryan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

The MIAA conference is just one in a line of conferences that have recently been discombobulated The University of Nebraska at Omaharsquos recent move to Division I sports was just another brick in the proverbial wall

UNOrsquos move has a few consequences that will affect Washburn in the near term Currently college athletic recruiting for this year is in large part over National signing day when players decide what school they are going to play for came and went with 29 players signing national letters of intent with the Ichabods for next year With the decision by UNO to drop football in their move to Division I sports many players who either play for UNO or signed letters of intent

to play there are now stuck without a team According to Washburn head coach Craig Schurig the players at UNO face a precarious situation

ldquoTheir players are going to be able to find some teams that have room still but like we signed a big class this year so some of their players might have to be patientrdquo said Schurig

At the same time Schurig does view this unique situation as an opportunity to possibly bring in players that the coaching staff is familiar with

ldquoIn the case of some players theyrsquove played one or two years so wersquove had a chance to see them a lot and know what kind of players they arerdquo said Schurig ldquoSome of them we recruited once already also so wersquoll make some phone calls and touch base with themrdquo

Beyond the recruiting situation Washburn now also faces another problem The 2011 football schedule was to open with a home game against UNO Sept 3 Washburn now is looking to fill the hole with whatever opponent they can find With the position of the game in the scheduling lineup

WU feels it is in a decent position to get a partner school that might also be looking

for an opponent at this late juncture

ldquoItrsquos the first week so we have a chance to fill that gamerdquo said Schurig ldquoA lot of teams keep that date open until pretty late We didnrsquot get our first game last season until around this time last yearrdquo

Beyond the immediate future Schurig also sees the realignment as somewhat in flux now With UNOrsquos departure for

Division I there are currently 14 football teams involved in the MIAA that will require a rework of a process that had been in place already

Lincoln University a current MIAA school in all its sports but football will add its program to the MIAA in the upcoming football season Southwest Baptist University which is in a similar situation will not join the MIAA in football until the 2013-14 season

ldquoThe change is going to bring about some challengesrdquo said Schurig ldquoWersquoll have to bring the process back in and work on it some morerdquo

The team preps for the game Members have watched the tape and analyzed their moves They have checked and double-checked the equipment making sure theyrsquore in sync A half hour until the clock starts they do warm-up shots and make sure they are listening to each other hearing each other correctly

Game time They follow the movement and are thrilled by the cheers of the crowd Someone cracks a joke over the headsets and the other mem-bers of the broadcast crew roll their eyes or laugh while stay-ing trained on the ball

The crew in many ways reflects the sports that it cov-ers Crew members report three hours before the game and are in position by warm-up time They operate as a team to coor-dinate shots for the best cover-age

However unlike the teams

they cover the majority of the Broadcasting Crew members are mass media majors

ldquoTypically I just go to mass media classes to recruitrdquo said Dale Rusche the Information Systems and Services coordina-tor of production ldquoMass media students need the experience and we can help with that We also put them in contact with other students who they go to class with and see everyday but wouldnrsquot otherwise normally interact withrdquo

Rusche along with Lyall Ford the ISS production as-sistant is in charge of the crew and ultimately its product The broadcast crew is responsible for filming football volleyball menrsquos and womenrsquos basketball home games Some games are contracted to other companies or picked up by KTWU but many fall through the cracks The crew films the remaining games and broadcasts them live through B2 Networksrsquo online hosting The games are also rebroadcast during the week

by Washburn University Cable Television station channel 13

There are six students on each crew three camera opera-tors one person to work the au-dio board one director and one character generator who is responsible for queue-ing packages for advertise-ments

Each po-sition plays an integral part said Rusche but often the director posi-tion is the one that is most sought after It is also the one that he reserves for students who have seniority on crew

Jared Wilson a junior mass media major has been on crew all three years and said that while he enjoys doing whatever position he is assigned being

the director is the most chal-lenging

ldquoI think director is very intimidatingrdquo said Wilson ldquoItrsquos probably the tougher one

Some people get scared of the audio as well as the CG Theyrsquore not hard itrsquos just a matter of getting used to themrdquo

It is the directorrsquos job to determine which camera shots are the best to use and tell the camera operators what to focus on The CG inserts

ad packages during timeouts and the audio board operator switches off and on the com-mentary of the game which is broadcast on radio by KTPK-FM 1069 Rusche and Ford are there to oversee the process and

help when needed but the pro-cess is largely dependent on the students because there is only about a 15-second delay before the footage runs on the B2 Net-worksrsquo website

The experiences gained while on the broadcast crew are the biggest draw for mass me-dia students who often use the crew to springboard onto big-ger projects

ldquoBroadcast crew is very much a you-get-out-what-you-put-in experiencerdquo said Rusche ldquoBut it can give real world ex-perience and a lot of places re-cruit right off the crewrdquo

Amy Horvath a senior mass media major is in her second year on the crew and said the promise of experience drew her in The experience she gained on the crew led her to a job filming the Topeka Road-Runners hockey games at the Kansas Expocentre

ldquoThe second I told them I had done sports production at Washburn they knew that I had the abilityrdquo said Horvath ldquoAl-

most everyone else on the crew for the RoadRunners did or has done sports production so they knew what I had been taught and what I have donerdquo

The job at the RoadRunners games is very similar to work-ing on the crew at Washburn Horvath said which is why it has become so easy for the Ex-pocentre to recruit its video op-erators Wilson also worked at the Expocentre for a time and agreed that getting a job there was made possible by his work with the broadcasting crew for Washburn games Since he al-ready had so much experience it saved a lot of time not having to worry much about training and operating equiptment

Rusche said that another prominent crew alumnus Justin Gutierrez now has a job work-ing for ESPN

ldquoI canrsquot take credit for Jus-tinrdquo said Rusche ldquobut I like to think that we helped him take it this farrdquo

One large part of helping

Wednesday March 30 2011

washburn university

review sports

Robert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Graphic by Josh Rouse Washburn Review Logos courtesy of the MIAA the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Twitter

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major Reach him at robertburkettwashburnedu

See CREW page A6

Madness at its maddest

In all the years Irsquove been watching March Madness and filling out my brackets this is one of the best I can remember

I donrsquot have many allegiances to college teams (being for Fort Collins Colo Colorado State has never really given me anything to cheer about and I was trained to have hatred toward Colorado) My one allegiance is to Gonzaga (used to live in Spokane) and I hoped for good things from them in this years tournament but wasnrsquot holding my breath

This yearrsquos tournament was impossibly unpredictable seeing as there were NO correct brackets out of the over 59 million filled out on ESPNcom and only 2 that had the correct Final Four My bracket is probably close to being one of the worst of the 59 million brackets My strategy was to pick a lot of upsets this year but my problem was that I didnrsquot pick any of the right upsets

I think having no chance to win my bracket pool from the horrible start I got off to made the tournament watching that much more enjoyable I didnrsquot find myself cheering for a team simply because I had picked them in my bracket I got to cheer for the team that I really wanted to win

Seeing as 70 percent of brackets donrsquot have any teams in the Final Four a lot of people are finding themselves in the same position as me I havenrsquot yet decided which underdog I am going to cheer for I know that living in Kansas most of the state is in a state of depression due to the recent loss by the Jayhawks They were my only hope for not getting last in my pool of more than 100 people so I feel a small part of their (probably your) pain

The only decision I have made about the team I am going to cheer for in this Final Four is I am going to cheer for

either Virginia Commonwealth University or Butler University in the National Championship game Both teams have pretty unbelievable stories

Who would have guessed that Butler would make two consecutive Final Four appearances Irsquom thinking only the Butler players and coaches When it came down to it their parents might not have even picked them twice in a row The Bulldogs have been nothing but clutch in this tournament an irreplaceable ingredient to winning the championship

Then you have VCU a team that had to play an extra game just to get INTO the tournament There were plenty of people upset when they were picked for the tournament and they have put the doubters behind them With the leadership of head coach Shaka Smart the Rams are in it for the long haul

U n i v e r s i t y of Connecticut and University of Kentucky are also surprises in the Final Four UConn wasnrsquot even ranked at the beginning

of the season and Kentucky hasnrsquot made a Final Four in over ten years despite high expectations With both teams being from power conferences they have the experience of tough competition and could be better for it

Ok Irsquove made up my mind Irsquom going with the Butler Bulldogs as the 2011 National Champions They will win both games in clutch fashion as they have the entire tournament But I think they have the perfect blend of athleticism talent and heart to put an exclamation point on their two-season Cinderella story

But has we all have come to find out anything is possible in the month of March (or April)

Kate Hampson is a senior mass media major Reach her at katelynhampsonwashburnedu

Kate HampsonWASHBURN REVIEW

MIAA set to realign againWith the sudden exit of UNO Washburn could capitalize

Broadcasting Crew committed to teamsRegina BuddenWASHBURN REVIEW

MARCH MADNESSMAYHEM

- Dale RuscheCoordinator of Production

But it can give real world experience and a lot of places recruit right off the crew

ldquo

rdquo

MIAA Realignment - 2013By 2013-14 the MIAA will look quite different It will consist of 15 members four of which join the MIAA from other conferences and two of which Lincoln University and Southwest Baptist University are current MIAA members in every sport except football Both will join by 2013

The MIAA is gaining four schools from different conferences in 2012 the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood University Central Oklahoma University and Northeastern State University

The University of Nebraska-Omaha is leaving the MIAA following the spring athletics season moving to NCAA D-I in the Colonial Athletic Association

MIAA REALIGNMENT

While many Washburn students spent spring break re-laxing the Ichabods and Lady Blues tennis teams travelled to Edmond Okla to face Camer-on and Dallas Baptist Universi-ty before heading to Oklahoma City against Midwestern State

The Ichabods beat Dallas Baptist 8-1 but lost their other two matches with the score re-versed The Lady Blues lost 7-2 against Cameron and 9-0 against Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State marking their first losses of the season

ldquoWe had the opportunity to go and play some very tough re-gional competitionrdquo said Head Coach Dave Alden ldquoThey are not regional matches By doing this it give all of my guys real-ly good experience It gives us the opportunity to gauge where wersquore at It also gives us a tar-get to shoot forrdquo

While the Ichabods came up short in two matches against strong opposition freshman Pascal Laucht stood out for Washburn with an impressive

performance by winning all of his singles matches

ldquoPascal had been playing a little lower in the line-up but I thought he had been playing exceptionally wellrdquo said Alden ldquoSo he ended up playing No 2 for me He beat Cameronrsquos No 2 guy which is a tremendous win beats Dallas Baptistrsquos No 2 guy and then he beats Mid-westernrdquo

The Lady Blues had trouble early on when team captain and No 1 player

Morgan Rainey suffered a leg injury causing the entire team to play one spot higher than usual including junior Annie Doole who usually plays dou-bles

ldquoFor us to be successful we need to go through and win our conference for us to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournamentrdquo said Al-den ldquoThe depths that wersquore facing down upon are much greater than what we have in our conference

ldquoSo the opportunity for us to play really play a tough match is great Not only did ev-eryone do that but everybody

had to play one spot higher than they normally did It was a great opportunity to get some great match experience for the girlsrdquo

Junior Whitley Zitsch stated that contingencies are in motion in case of another team-mate being injured or otherwise incapacitated

ldquoWe had a team meet-ing over break to talk about what we need to do because I donrsquot think many believe we are readyrdquo said Zitsch ldquoSo we have to kind of step up as a team and be more positive instead of being really negativerdquo

Both teams next head to Emporia State University and Zitsch is confident in many fu-ture Washburn victories based on past experience

ldquoWe beat [Southwest Bap-tist] and theyrsquore probably the best team in our conferencerdquo said Zitsch ldquoLooking forward to our conference matches we should be pretty good if we play the way we have been playingrdquo

One large part of helping members find jobs is that the broadcast crew is full of net-working opportunities

ldquoJustin helped me get on with ESPNrdquo said Wilson ldquoI got to work with them this sum-mer and itrsquos helped me know people in my classes who can help merdquo

While the personal rela-tionships are often the most fun part of the job since there are two crews per semester people often have to switch to different groups

ldquoWe use people from each crew to sub in the otherrdquo said Rusche ldquoAs they transfer to the new semester therersquos a bit of wanting to stick together but therersquos also their schedules that get in the wayrdquo

At the end of each session Rusche and Ford have a taped version of the game but B2 Networks does not release the number of viewers who watch the game online Wilson said the online option is not heavily promoted but he thinks it is be-coming more popular

ldquoLast year and this year Irsquove heard a lot more people like students and players talk about itrdquo he said ldquoI donrsquot know how much people watch but it seems like more people at least know about itrdquo

It costs $7 to buy the code to watch each game more to purchase a season pass for each sport or an all-access pass but Wilson said it is worth it be-cause having students on the broadcasting crew is a win all around

ldquoIt provides for the com-

munity to see the games and so it helps Washburn have that connection and it gets us ex-perience and networkingrdquo he said

With the basketball season at a close members of the crew have dispersed and wonrsquot meet with cameras in hand until next semesterrsquos football and volley-ball season begins

However the comraderie remains Rusche and Ford plan to treat the crew to a barbecue at the end of the semester

A6 Sports bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Continued from page A5

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After three consecutive frustrating games the Topeka RoadRunners put the pieces together on Thursday night

Aided by a 14-3 shot advantage in the first period and a solid effort the rest of the night Topeka (43-12-3) finished off their regular season with a 4-2 victory over the Amarillo Bulls at Landon Arena The victory assured Topeka the North American Hockey League Regular Season Championship and ended their recent three game losing streak

Following We n d e s d a y rsquos 3-2 loss Topeka head coach Scott Langer left Landon Arena without even addressing his team Langer instead allowed assistant coaches RJ Enga and Harry Mahood to handle

a lengthy speech in the locker room

The team responded positively to the coachrsquos actions

ldquoTheir focus level and their energy was a lot better tonightrdquo said Langer ldquoWe did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunner hockey is They bought in The

last three games it was tough buying in but we had to do it in a tough way and got it donerdquo

T o p e k a trailed early in Thursdayrsquos match At 718 forward Eric Millisor slipped a shot behind an out of position goalie Eric Rohrkemper to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead But

the RoadRunners responded quickly as forward Justin Hussar scored a powerplay goal at 920 putting a loose puck behind goalie Greg Gruehl

At 1312 forward Jordan

Davis made his way around a Bull defenseman and put a shot behind Gruehl to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 lead at first intermission

Early in the second period at 405 forward Davey Middleton fired a slap shot past Gruehl Amarillo responded with a goal at 542 by forward Brooks Behling

But Topekarsquos solid defense and offensive pressure proved to be the story Thursday as Amarillo developed few quality chances the remainder of the contest Middleton sealed the game with an empty net goal at 1952 of the third period

Middleton said the efforts made by Langer Enga and Mahood were what the team needed

ldquoIt brought us together as a teamrdquo said Middleton ldquoWe refocused and came out with a team effort here tonight It was a must-winrdquo

Goaltending was a weak point for Topeka over the losing streak but Rohrkemper stopped 18 of 20 shots in the victory

ldquoHersquos been in games like thatrdquo said Langer ldquoLast year he had to win a few of those

games for us and he did a great job when it countedrdquo

The contest was played without forward Michael Hill and forward Andrew OrsquoLeary who are each missing their

fourth straight contest Ryan White also left Thursdayrsquos game with an apparent shoulder injury

Topeka now begins postseason play at 705 on April

2 when they host the Wichita Falls Wildcats at Landon Arena

Photo by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-diasocial work major Reach him at richardkellywashburnedu

RoadRunners prepare for postseason

Going all out Topeka forward Jake Lynes dives for a loose puck on Thursday night Lynes and the RoadRunners defeated the Amarillo Bulls 4-2 in the contest to clinch the NAHL Regular Season Championship

Blues suffer first lossSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

Regina Budden is a senior mass media major Reach her at reginabuddenwashburnedu

The Washburn baseball team is in the midst of a seven game losing streak and is look-ing to turn its fortunes around when it faces Fort Hays State University today in Hays Kan

The misfortune started when the Ichabods lost back-to-back double headers to the Uni-versity of Nebraska at Omaha Before the series the Ichabods had a winning record of 6-5 and were looking forward to a win-ning season

After three more loses the Ichabods find themselves with a losing record at 6-12 including a close loss in a weather short-ened game to Missouri Western State University The Ichabods havenrsquot been able to come up with clutch hits when needed and havenrsquot been clutch on the mound

In many of the Ichabod loses the pitchers have seemed to be in a flow through the first few innings and then have bad inning the team canrsquot seem to recover from

Boone Plager has been a

standout on the diamond for Washburn this year The second baseman leads the team with a 308 batting average Andy Petz senior catcher and first baseman has a 286 batting av-erage and leads the team with 29 total bases including two homeruns

Review StaffWASHBURN REVIEW

Ichabods hit losing streak

- Scott LangerTopeka head coach

We did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunners hockey is They bought in

ldquo

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Reach the Review staff at wureviewgmailcom or visit our website at wwwwashburnrevieworg

Wednesday MaRCH 30 2011

washburn university

review aampe

TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

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Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

ldquo

rdquo

Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

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The MIAA conference is just one in a line of conferences that have recently been discombobulated The University of Nebraska at Omaharsquos recent move to Division I sports was just another brick in the proverbial wall

UNOrsquos move has a few consequences that will affect Washburn in the near term Currently college athletic recruiting for this year is in large part over National signing day when players decide what school they are going to play for came and went with 29 players signing national letters of intent with the Ichabods for next year With the decision by UNO to drop football in their move to Division I sports many players who either play for UNO or signed letters of intent

to play there are now stuck without a team According to Washburn head coach Craig Schurig the players at UNO face a precarious situation

ldquoTheir players are going to be able to find some teams that have room still but like we signed a big class this year so some of their players might have to be patientrdquo said Schurig

At the same time Schurig does view this unique situation as an opportunity to possibly bring in players that the coaching staff is familiar with

ldquoIn the case of some players theyrsquove played one or two years so wersquove had a chance to see them a lot and know what kind of players they arerdquo said Schurig ldquoSome of them we recruited once already also so wersquoll make some phone calls and touch base with themrdquo

Beyond the recruiting situation Washburn now also faces another problem The 2011 football schedule was to open with a home game against UNO Sept 3 Washburn now is looking to fill the hole with whatever opponent they can find With the position of the game in the scheduling lineup

WU feels it is in a decent position to get a partner school that might also be looking

for an opponent at this late juncture

ldquoItrsquos the first week so we have a chance to fill that gamerdquo said Schurig ldquoA lot of teams keep that date open until pretty late We didnrsquot get our first game last season until around this time last yearrdquo

Beyond the immediate future Schurig also sees the realignment as somewhat in flux now With UNOrsquos departure for

Division I there are currently 14 football teams involved in the MIAA that will require a rework of a process that had been in place already

Lincoln University a current MIAA school in all its sports but football will add its program to the MIAA in the upcoming football season Southwest Baptist University which is in a similar situation will not join the MIAA in football until the 2013-14 season

ldquoThe change is going to bring about some challengesrdquo said Schurig ldquoWersquoll have to bring the process back in and work on it some morerdquo

The team preps for the game Members have watched the tape and analyzed their moves They have checked and double-checked the equipment making sure theyrsquore in sync A half hour until the clock starts they do warm-up shots and make sure they are listening to each other hearing each other correctly

Game time They follow the movement and are thrilled by the cheers of the crowd Someone cracks a joke over the headsets and the other mem-bers of the broadcast crew roll their eyes or laugh while stay-ing trained on the ball

The crew in many ways reflects the sports that it cov-ers Crew members report three hours before the game and are in position by warm-up time They operate as a team to coor-dinate shots for the best cover-age

However unlike the teams

they cover the majority of the Broadcasting Crew members are mass media majors

ldquoTypically I just go to mass media classes to recruitrdquo said Dale Rusche the Information Systems and Services coordina-tor of production ldquoMass media students need the experience and we can help with that We also put them in contact with other students who they go to class with and see everyday but wouldnrsquot otherwise normally interact withrdquo

Rusche along with Lyall Ford the ISS production as-sistant is in charge of the crew and ultimately its product The broadcast crew is responsible for filming football volleyball menrsquos and womenrsquos basketball home games Some games are contracted to other companies or picked up by KTWU but many fall through the cracks The crew films the remaining games and broadcasts them live through B2 Networksrsquo online hosting The games are also rebroadcast during the week

by Washburn University Cable Television station channel 13

There are six students on each crew three camera opera-tors one person to work the au-dio board one director and one character generator who is responsible for queue-ing packages for advertise-ments

Each po-sition plays an integral part said Rusche but often the director posi-tion is the one that is most sought after It is also the one that he reserves for students who have seniority on crew

Jared Wilson a junior mass media major has been on crew all three years and said that while he enjoys doing whatever position he is assigned being

the director is the most chal-lenging

ldquoI think director is very intimidatingrdquo said Wilson ldquoItrsquos probably the tougher one

Some people get scared of the audio as well as the CG Theyrsquore not hard itrsquos just a matter of getting used to themrdquo

It is the directorrsquos job to determine which camera shots are the best to use and tell the camera operators what to focus on The CG inserts

ad packages during timeouts and the audio board operator switches off and on the com-mentary of the game which is broadcast on radio by KTPK-FM 1069 Rusche and Ford are there to oversee the process and

help when needed but the pro-cess is largely dependent on the students because there is only about a 15-second delay before the footage runs on the B2 Net-worksrsquo website

The experiences gained while on the broadcast crew are the biggest draw for mass me-dia students who often use the crew to springboard onto big-ger projects

ldquoBroadcast crew is very much a you-get-out-what-you-put-in experiencerdquo said Rusche ldquoBut it can give real world ex-perience and a lot of places re-cruit right off the crewrdquo

Amy Horvath a senior mass media major is in her second year on the crew and said the promise of experience drew her in The experience she gained on the crew led her to a job filming the Topeka Road-Runners hockey games at the Kansas Expocentre

ldquoThe second I told them I had done sports production at Washburn they knew that I had the abilityrdquo said Horvath ldquoAl-

most everyone else on the crew for the RoadRunners did or has done sports production so they knew what I had been taught and what I have donerdquo

The job at the RoadRunners games is very similar to work-ing on the crew at Washburn Horvath said which is why it has become so easy for the Ex-pocentre to recruit its video op-erators Wilson also worked at the Expocentre for a time and agreed that getting a job there was made possible by his work with the broadcasting crew for Washburn games Since he al-ready had so much experience it saved a lot of time not having to worry much about training and operating equiptment

Rusche said that another prominent crew alumnus Justin Gutierrez now has a job work-ing for ESPN

ldquoI canrsquot take credit for Jus-tinrdquo said Rusche ldquobut I like to think that we helped him take it this farrdquo

One large part of helping

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Robert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Graphic by Josh Rouse Washburn Review Logos courtesy of the MIAA the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Twitter

Robert Burkett is a senior mass media major Reach him at robertburkettwashburnedu

See CREW page A6

Madness at its maddest

In all the years Irsquove been watching March Madness and filling out my brackets this is one of the best I can remember

I donrsquot have many allegiances to college teams (being for Fort Collins Colo Colorado State has never really given me anything to cheer about and I was trained to have hatred toward Colorado) My one allegiance is to Gonzaga (used to live in Spokane) and I hoped for good things from them in this years tournament but wasnrsquot holding my breath

This yearrsquos tournament was impossibly unpredictable seeing as there were NO correct brackets out of the over 59 million filled out on ESPNcom and only 2 that had the correct Final Four My bracket is probably close to being one of the worst of the 59 million brackets My strategy was to pick a lot of upsets this year but my problem was that I didnrsquot pick any of the right upsets

I think having no chance to win my bracket pool from the horrible start I got off to made the tournament watching that much more enjoyable I didnrsquot find myself cheering for a team simply because I had picked them in my bracket I got to cheer for the team that I really wanted to win

Seeing as 70 percent of brackets donrsquot have any teams in the Final Four a lot of people are finding themselves in the same position as me I havenrsquot yet decided which underdog I am going to cheer for I know that living in Kansas most of the state is in a state of depression due to the recent loss by the Jayhawks They were my only hope for not getting last in my pool of more than 100 people so I feel a small part of their (probably your) pain

The only decision I have made about the team I am going to cheer for in this Final Four is I am going to cheer for

either Virginia Commonwealth University or Butler University in the National Championship game Both teams have pretty unbelievable stories

Who would have guessed that Butler would make two consecutive Final Four appearances Irsquom thinking only the Butler players and coaches When it came down to it their parents might not have even picked them twice in a row The Bulldogs have been nothing but clutch in this tournament an irreplaceable ingredient to winning the championship

Then you have VCU a team that had to play an extra game just to get INTO the tournament There were plenty of people upset when they were picked for the tournament and they have put the doubters behind them With the leadership of head coach Shaka Smart the Rams are in it for the long haul

U n i v e r s i t y of Connecticut and University of Kentucky are also surprises in the Final Four UConn wasnrsquot even ranked at the beginning

of the season and Kentucky hasnrsquot made a Final Four in over ten years despite high expectations With both teams being from power conferences they have the experience of tough competition and could be better for it

Ok Irsquove made up my mind Irsquom going with the Butler Bulldogs as the 2011 National Champions They will win both games in clutch fashion as they have the entire tournament But I think they have the perfect blend of athleticism talent and heart to put an exclamation point on their two-season Cinderella story

But has we all have come to find out anything is possible in the month of March (or April)

Kate Hampson is a senior mass media major Reach her at katelynhampsonwashburnedu

Kate HampsonWASHBURN REVIEW

MIAA set to realign againWith the sudden exit of UNO Washburn could capitalize

Broadcasting Crew committed to teamsRegina BuddenWASHBURN REVIEW

MARCH MADNESSMAYHEM

- Dale RuscheCoordinator of Production

But it can give real world experience and a lot of places recruit right off the crew

ldquo

rdquo

MIAA Realignment - 2013By 2013-14 the MIAA will look quite different It will consist of 15 members four of which join the MIAA from other conferences and two of which Lincoln University and Southwest Baptist University are current MIAA members in every sport except football Both will join by 2013

The MIAA is gaining four schools from different conferences in 2012 the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood University Central Oklahoma University and Northeastern State University

The University of Nebraska-Omaha is leaving the MIAA following the spring athletics season moving to NCAA D-I in the Colonial Athletic Association

MIAA REALIGNMENT

While many Washburn students spent spring break re-laxing the Ichabods and Lady Blues tennis teams travelled to Edmond Okla to face Camer-on and Dallas Baptist Universi-ty before heading to Oklahoma City against Midwestern State

The Ichabods beat Dallas Baptist 8-1 but lost their other two matches with the score re-versed The Lady Blues lost 7-2 against Cameron and 9-0 against Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State marking their first losses of the season

ldquoWe had the opportunity to go and play some very tough re-gional competitionrdquo said Head Coach Dave Alden ldquoThey are not regional matches By doing this it give all of my guys real-ly good experience It gives us the opportunity to gauge where wersquore at It also gives us a tar-get to shoot forrdquo

While the Ichabods came up short in two matches against strong opposition freshman Pascal Laucht stood out for Washburn with an impressive

performance by winning all of his singles matches

ldquoPascal had been playing a little lower in the line-up but I thought he had been playing exceptionally wellrdquo said Alden ldquoSo he ended up playing No 2 for me He beat Cameronrsquos No 2 guy which is a tremendous win beats Dallas Baptistrsquos No 2 guy and then he beats Mid-westernrdquo

The Lady Blues had trouble early on when team captain and No 1 player

Morgan Rainey suffered a leg injury causing the entire team to play one spot higher than usual including junior Annie Doole who usually plays dou-bles

ldquoFor us to be successful we need to go through and win our conference for us to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournamentrdquo said Al-den ldquoThe depths that wersquore facing down upon are much greater than what we have in our conference

ldquoSo the opportunity for us to play really play a tough match is great Not only did ev-eryone do that but everybody

had to play one spot higher than they normally did It was a great opportunity to get some great match experience for the girlsrdquo

Junior Whitley Zitsch stated that contingencies are in motion in case of another team-mate being injured or otherwise incapacitated

ldquoWe had a team meet-ing over break to talk about what we need to do because I donrsquot think many believe we are readyrdquo said Zitsch ldquoSo we have to kind of step up as a team and be more positive instead of being really negativerdquo

Both teams next head to Emporia State University and Zitsch is confident in many fu-ture Washburn victories based on past experience

ldquoWe beat [Southwest Bap-tist] and theyrsquore probably the best team in our conferencerdquo said Zitsch ldquoLooking forward to our conference matches we should be pretty good if we play the way we have been playingrdquo

One large part of helping members find jobs is that the broadcast crew is full of net-working opportunities

ldquoJustin helped me get on with ESPNrdquo said Wilson ldquoI got to work with them this sum-mer and itrsquos helped me know people in my classes who can help merdquo

While the personal rela-tionships are often the most fun part of the job since there are two crews per semester people often have to switch to different groups

ldquoWe use people from each crew to sub in the otherrdquo said Rusche ldquoAs they transfer to the new semester therersquos a bit of wanting to stick together but therersquos also their schedules that get in the wayrdquo

At the end of each session Rusche and Ford have a taped version of the game but B2 Networks does not release the number of viewers who watch the game online Wilson said the online option is not heavily promoted but he thinks it is be-coming more popular

ldquoLast year and this year Irsquove heard a lot more people like students and players talk about itrdquo he said ldquoI donrsquot know how much people watch but it seems like more people at least know about itrdquo

It costs $7 to buy the code to watch each game more to purchase a season pass for each sport or an all-access pass but Wilson said it is worth it be-cause having students on the broadcasting crew is a win all around

ldquoIt provides for the com-

munity to see the games and so it helps Washburn have that connection and it gets us ex-perience and networkingrdquo he said

With the basketball season at a close members of the crew have dispersed and wonrsquot meet with cameras in hand until next semesterrsquos football and volley-ball season begins

However the comraderie remains Rusche and Ford plan to treat the crew to a barbecue at the end of the semester

A6 Sports bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Continued from page A5

CREW Experience leads to jobs

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After three consecutive frustrating games the Topeka RoadRunners put the pieces together on Thursday night

Aided by a 14-3 shot advantage in the first period and a solid effort the rest of the night Topeka (43-12-3) finished off their regular season with a 4-2 victory over the Amarillo Bulls at Landon Arena The victory assured Topeka the North American Hockey League Regular Season Championship and ended their recent three game losing streak

Following We n d e s d a y rsquos 3-2 loss Topeka head coach Scott Langer left Landon Arena without even addressing his team Langer instead allowed assistant coaches RJ Enga and Harry Mahood to handle

a lengthy speech in the locker room

The team responded positively to the coachrsquos actions

ldquoTheir focus level and their energy was a lot better tonightrdquo said Langer ldquoWe did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunner hockey is They bought in The

last three games it was tough buying in but we had to do it in a tough way and got it donerdquo

T o p e k a trailed early in Thursdayrsquos match At 718 forward Eric Millisor slipped a shot behind an out of position goalie Eric Rohrkemper to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead But

the RoadRunners responded quickly as forward Justin Hussar scored a powerplay goal at 920 putting a loose puck behind goalie Greg Gruehl

At 1312 forward Jordan

Davis made his way around a Bull defenseman and put a shot behind Gruehl to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 lead at first intermission

Early in the second period at 405 forward Davey Middleton fired a slap shot past Gruehl Amarillo responded with a goal at 542 by forward Brooks Behling

But Topekarsquos solid defense and offensive pressure proved to be the story Thursday as Amarillo developed few quality chances the remainder of the contest Middleton sealed the game with an empty net goal at 1952 of the third period

Middleton said the efforts made by Langer Enga and Mahood were what the team needed

ldquoIt brought us together as a teamrdquo said Middleton ldquoWe refocused and came out with a team effort here tonight It was a must-winrdquo

Goaltending was a weak point for Topeka over the losing streak but Rohrkemper stopped 18 of 20 shots in the victory

ldquoHersquos been in games like thatrdquo said Langer ldquoLast year he had to win a few of those

games for us and he did a great job when it countedrdquo

The contest was played without forward Michael Hill and forward Andrew OrsquoLeary who are each missing their

fourth straight contest Ryan White also left Thursdayrsquos game with an apparent shoulder injury

Topeka now begins postseason play at 705 on April

2 when they host the Wichita Falls Wildcats at Landon Arena

Photo by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-diasocial work major Reach him at richardkellywashburnedu

RoadRunners prepare for postseason

Going all out Topeka forward Jake Lynes dives for a loose puck on Thursday night Lynes and the RoadRunners defeated the Amarillo Bulls 4-2 in the contest to clinch the NAHL Regular Season Championship

Blues suffer first lossSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

Regina Budden is a senior mass media major Reach her at reginabuddenwashburnedu

The Washburn baseball team is in the midst of a seven game losing streak and is look-ing to turn its fortunes around when it faces Fort Hays State University today in Hays Kan

The misfortune started when the Ichabods lost back-to-back double headers to the Uni-versity of Nebraska at Omaha Before the series the Ichabods had a winning record of 6-5 and were looking forward to a win-ning season

After three more loses the Ichabods find themselves with a losing record at 6-12 including a close loss in a weather short-ened game to Missouri Western State University The Ichabods havenrsquot been able to come up with clutch hits when needed and havenrsquot been clutch on the mound

In many of the Ichabod loses the pitchers have seemed to be in a flow through the first few innings and then have bad inning the team canrsquot seem to recover from

Boone Plager has been a

standout on the diamond for Washburn this year The second baseman leads the team with a 308 batting average Andy Petz senior catcher and first baseman has a 286 batting av-erage and leads the team with 29 total bases including two homeruns

Review StaffWASHBURN REVIEW

Ichabods hit losing streak

- Scott LangerTopeka head coach

We did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunners hockey is They bought in

ldquo

rdquo

Reach the Review staff at wureviewgmailcom or visit our website at wwwwashburnrevieworg

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TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

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Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

ldquo

rdquo

Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

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While many Washburn students spent spring break re-laxing the Ichabods and Lady Blues tennis teams travelled to Edmond Okla to face Camer-on and Dallas Baptist Universi-ty before heading to Oklahoma City against Midwestern State

The Ichabods beat Dallas Baptist 8-1 but lost their other two matches with the score re-versed The Lady Blues lost 7-2 against Cameron and 9-0 against Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State marking their first losses of the season

ldquoWe had the opportunity to go and play some very tough re-gional competitionrdquo said Head Coach Dave Alden ldquoThey are not regional matches By doing this it give all of my guys real-ly good experience It gives us the opportunity to gauge where wersquore at It also gives us a tar-get to shoot forrdquo

While the Ichabods came up short in two matches against strong opposition freshman Pascal Laucht stood out for Washburn with an impressive

performance by winning all of his singles matches

ldquoPascal had been playing a little lower in the line-up but I thought he had been playing exceptionally wellrdquo said Alden ldquoSo he ended up playing No 2 for me He beat Cameronrsquos No 2 guy which is a tremendous win beats Dallas Baptistrsquos No 2 guy and then he beats Mid-westernrdquo

The Lady Blues had trouble early on when team captain and No 1 player

Morgan Rainey suffered a leg injury causing the entire team to play one spot higher than usual including junior Annie Doole who usually plays dou-bles

ldquoFor us to be successful we need to go through and win our conference for us to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournamentrdquo said Al-den ldquoThe depths that wersquore facing down upon are much greater than what we have in our conference

ldquoSo the opportunity for us to play really play a tough match is great Not only did ev-eryone do that but everybody

had to play one spot higher than they normally did It was a great opportunity to get some great match experience for the girlsrdquo

Junior Whitley Zitsch stated that contingencies are in motion in case of another team-mate being injured or otherwise incapacitated

ldquoWe had a team meet-ing over break to talk about what we need to do because I donrsquot think many believe we are readyrdquo said Zitsch ldquoSo we have to kind of step up as a team and be more positive instead of being really negativerdquo

Both teams next head to Emporia State University and Zitsch is confident in many fu-ture Washburn victories based on past experience

ldquoWe beat [Southwest Bap-tist] and theyrsquore probably the best team in our conferencerdquo said Zitsch ldquoLooking forward to our conference matches we should be pretty good if we play the way we have been playingrdquo

One large part of helping members find jobs is that the broadcast crew is full of net-working opportunities

ldquoJustin helped me get on with ESPNrdquo said Wilson ldquoI got to work with them this sum-mer and itrsquos helped me know people in my classes who can help merdquo

While the personal rela-tionships are often the most fun part of the job since there are two crews per semester people often have to switch to different groups

ldquoWe use people from each crew to sub in the otherrdquo said Rusche ldquoAs they transfer to the new semester therersquos a bit of wanting to stick together but therersquos also their schedules that get in the wayrdquo

At the end of each session Rusche and Ford have a taped version of the game but B2 Networks does not release the number of viewers who watch the game online Wilson said the online option is not heavily promoted but he thinks it is be-coming more popular

ldquoLast year and this year Irsquove heard a lot more people like students and players talk about itrdquo he said ldquoI donrsquot know how much people watch but it seems like more people at least know about itrdquo

It costs $7 to buy the code to watch each game more to purchase a season pass for each sport or an all-access pass but Wilson said it is worth it be-cause having students on the broadcasting crew is a win all around

ldquoIt provides for the com-

munity to see the games and so it helps Washburn have that connection and it gets us ex-perience and networkingrdquo he said

With the basketball season at a close members of the crew have dispersed and wonrsquot meet with cameras in hand until next semesterrsquos football and volley-ball season begins

However the comraderie remains Rusche and Ford plan to treat the crew to a barbecue at the end of the semester

A6 Sports bull Wednesday March 30 2011

Continued from page A5

CREW Experience leads to jobs

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After three consecutive frustrating games the Topeka RoadRunners put the pieces together on Thursday night

Aided by a 14-3 shot advantage in the first period and a solid effort the rest of the night Topeka (43-12-3) finished off their regular season with a 4-2 victory over the Amarillo Bulls at Landon Arena The victory assured Topeka the North American Hockey League Regular Season Championship and ended their recent three game losing streak

Following We n d e s d a y rsquos 3-2 loss Topeka head coach Scott Langer left Landon Arena without even addressing his team Langer instead allowed assistant coaches RJ Enga and Harry Mahood to handle

a lengthy speech in the locker room

The team responded positively to the coachrsquos actions

ldquoTheir focus level and their energy was a lot better tonightrdquo said Langer ldquoWe did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunner hockey is They bought in The

last three games it was tough buying in but we had to do it in a tough way and got it donerdquo

T o p e k a trailed early in Thursdayrsquos match At 718 forward Eric Millisor slipped a shot behind an out of position goalie Eric Rohrkemper to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead But

the RoadRunners responded quickly as forward Justin Hussar scored a powerplay goal at 920 putting a loose puck behind goalie Greg Gruehl

At 1312 forward Jordan

Davis made his way around a Bull defenseman and put a shot behind Gruehl to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 lead at first intermission

Early in the second period at 405 forward Davey Middleton fired a slap shot past Gruehl Amarillo responded with a goal at 542 by forward Brooks Behling

But Topekarsquos solid defense and offensive pressure proved to be the story Thursday as Amarillo developed few quality chances the remainder of the contest Middleton sealed the game with an empty net goal at 1952 of the third period

Middleton said the efforts made by Langer Enga and Mahood were what the team needed

ldquoIt brought us together as a teamrdquo said Middleton ldquoWe refocused and came out with a team effort here tonight It was a must-winrdquo

Goaltending was a weak point for Topeka over the losing streak but Rohrkemper stopped 18 of 20 shots in the victory

ldquoHersquos been in games like thatrdquo said Langer ldquoLast year he had to win a few of those

games for us and he did a great job when it countedrdquo

The contest was played without forward Michael Hill and forward Andrew OrsquoLeary who are each missing their

fourth straight contest Ryan White also left Thursdayrsquos game with an apparent shoulder injury

Topeka now begins postseason play at 705 on April

2 when they host the Wichita Falls Wildcats at Landon Arena

Photo by Richard Kelly Washburn Review

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

Richard Kelly is a junior mass me-diasocial work major Reach him at richardkellywashburnedu

RoadRunners prepare for postseason

Going all out Topeka forward Jake Lynes dives for a loose puck on Thursday night Lynes and the RoadRunners defeated the Amarillo Bulls 4-2 in the contest to clinch the NAHL Regular Season Championship

Blues suffer first lossSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

Regina Budden is a senior mass media major Reach her at reginabuddenwashburnedu

The Washburn baseball team is in the midst of a seven game losing streak and is look-ing to turn its fortunes around when it faces Fort Hays State University today in Hays Kan

The misfortune started when the Ichabods lost back-to-back double headers to the Uni-versity of Nebraska at Omaha Before the series the Ichabods had a winning record of 6-5 and were looking forward to a win-ning season

After three more loses the Ichabods find themselves with a losing record at 6-12 including a close loss in a weather short-ened game to Missouri Western State University The Ichabods havenrsquot been able to come up with clutch hits when needed and havenrsquot been clutch on the mound

In many of the Ichabod loses the pitchers have seemed to be in a flow through the first few innings and then have bad inning the team canrsquot seem to recover from

Boone Plager has been a

standout on the diamond for Washburn this year The second baseman leads the team with a 308 batting average Andy Petz senior catcher and first baseman has a 286 batting av-erage and leads the team with 29 total bases including two homeruns

Review StaffWASHBURN REVIEW

Ichabods hit losing streak

- Scott LangerTopeka head coach

We did a lot of things prior to the game to get back to what RoadRunners hockey is They bought in

ldquo

rdquo

Reach the Review staff at wureviewgmailcom or visit our website at wwwwashburnrevieworg

Wednesday MaRCH 30 2011

washburn university

review aampe

TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

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Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

ldquo

rdquo

Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

ldquo

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Wednesday MaRCH 30 2011

washburn university

review aampe

TSCPL event honors National Quilting Day Quilts are utilitarian as

well as artistic but arenrsquot often displayed in galleries or other public venues So the Topeka Shawnee County Public Li-brary remedied that

On Saturday March 19 in honor of National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150 year of state-hood the TSCPL had an event displaying many colorful quilts and talking about Kansas quilt-ing history Patti Poe supervi-sor at the library and evening president of Kaw Valley Quil-ters helped organize the event

ldquoWe were brainstorming ideas for Kansasrsquos 150th birth-day and decided on Kansas quilting history and National Quilting Dayrdquo said Poe who has been quilting for 33 years ldquoItrsquos always the third Saturday in March This year is the 20th annual National Quilting Dayrdquo

That morning Lawrence quilter and author Deb Row-den gave a presentation on 150 years of Kansas quilts and quil-ters Rowden went decade by decade and used Powerpoint and slides to help illustrate

Linda Frost author of ldquoHappy Birthday Kansasrdquo also spoke and had work on dis-play Most of the arearsquos quilting guilds were involved as well

ldquoCapital Quilters here in Topeka and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence did all the demos and quilts on displayrdquo said Poe ldquoThe library has hundreds of quilting books So we also promoted the col-lectionrdquo

Bennettrsquos a sewing supply store in Topeka brought their long arm quilting machine for demonstrations as well

Dorothy Stevenson and

Rosie Mayhew both of Topeka explained many of the quilters are involved in more than one guild In addition to Kaw Val-ley in Lawrence and Capital Quilters in Topeka there is also Country Quilters in North To-peka

ldquoIrsquom a member of both guildsrdquo said Mayhew ldquoA lot of the members of the Topeka guild also go to the Kaw Valley meetingsrdquo

Mayhew and Stevenson also commented on how much things have changed in the quilting arena from when they first started

ldquoI had little knowledge and not many books availablerdquo said Stevenson ldquoThe amount of fabric now was not available back then and was not the same quality My first quilt is so bad but I still have itrdquo

Poe still has her first quilt

as well and even brought it to the event along with some of her more current work The fabric and the relaxing qualities of quilting are Poersquos favorite things about quilting

Mayhew and Stevenson talked about the creative as-pects when asked what they loved about quilting

ldquoI love being creative and making something usefulrdquo said Mayhew ldquoThe designing of the

quiltrdquoStevenson enjoys taking

liberties with her patterns and the process involved

ldquoI enjoy the process of cut-ting it and piecing it togetherrdquo said Stevenson ldquoI take patterns and put it together in my own wayrdquo

For more information on local quilting guilds check out the Kaw Valley Quilters at wwwkawvalleyquiltersguild

org or Capital Quilters at wwwkscapitalquilterscom Also for upcoming events at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library go to wwwtscplorg

Kate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

For the love of quilts The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library recently hosted an event honoring National Quilting Day and Kansasrsquos 150th birthday It was opportunity for quilters in the arena to share their passion and to learn about Kansas quilting history

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Billy Vanilly formerly known as Daddy Cakes has a variety of flavors for everybody I learned that immediately when I stepped in the little shop which is bigger than their last location and was confronted with tons of flavor and size combinations It was hard to choose so I de-cided to get one of each of their ldquoPreemie-Cakesrdquo These are bite-sized cupcakes and are per-fect if you are like me and enjoy a variety

Of course there are other sizes available ranging from ldquoBig Kid Cakesrdquo which are the little monstrosities in them-selves to ldquoBaby Cakesrdquo which are closer to the single-serving cupcake most people are accus-tomed to baking at home For all you frosting lovers out there the buttercream is made from scratch daily in a variety of fla-vors Each cupcake has its own special frosting sometimes with a special topping In particular the red velvet cake has crumbles of candied pecans on the top of the vanilla flavored buttercream frosting and the Cookies-and-

Cream cupcake has a piece of Oreo on top of their Oreo cream swirled buttercream frosting The combinations seem endless at Billy Vanilly

If you have a major sweet tooth like me this is the best place in Topeka and surround-ing areas to get a gourmet cup-cake Although it is a little ex-pensive for example for twelve Preemies it cost me almost $10 the fact that they are baked fresh daily and the buttercream is real is enough for me But if you donrsquot have a sweet tooth and you donrsquot enjoy frosting the cup-cakes may be a little too much for you Never fear as I said before there is something for ev-erybody at Billy Vanilly Perfect for people who dislike frosting ldquoNaked Cupcakesrdquo are the cakes without the frosting If you are the other way around they also sell frosting shots which are exactly what they sound like a shot of frosting

So on to the flavors I got one of each of what was avail-able in the preemies when I was there which in other sizes there were many other flavors The

important thing about shopping at Billy Vanilly is to remember these cupcakes take a lot of time to prepare so what you see is what you get Come early to have first pick

The first one I tried was the Southern Style Red Velvet cup-cake which is a deep red color with white frosting and candied pecans sprinkled atop It was

rich buttercreamy and the nuts added a much needed crunch I found my favorite right away or so I

thought A strange one that I never

heard of and had to try was called Apple-Bacon I was im-mediately intrigued I made sure to have other cupcakes left after I tried this one in case it was extremely awful I was a little intimidated by this flavor I was surprised that it actually worked the savory saltiness of the bacon blended well with the sweet apple flavor They blended well together in an unexpected way

The Peanut Butter Cup cup-cake was chocolate cake with peanut butter swirled butter-cream with crumbled pieces of

the candy on top The Strawber-ry Shortcake cupcake is a straw-berry flavored cake topped with strawberry buttercream and pink sprinkles The German Choco-late was exactly what is states it is and has little chocolate sprin-kles on the top of chocolate but-ter cream with the caramel and coconuts and pecans underneath the frosting in an interesting and refreshing way

Overall I was impressed with the flavor selection flavor combinations and the frosting is to die for Not only can you buy single cupcakes Billy Vanilly also does special orders for par-ties of all sorts

Rest assured there are many flavors other than the ones I have talked about I just canrsquot fit them all in so go in check them out and try them yourself You wonrsquot be sorry you did

For more interesting fla-vors and the special flavors of the month check out their web-site at wwwbillyvanillycup-cakescom There you will find what Billy Vanilly has to offer beyond their cupcakes

Billy Vanilly sweet treats with pizazz

RESTAURANTREVIEW

Tricia PetersonWASHBURN REVIEW

Tricia Peterson is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at patriciapetersonwashburnedu

Performing at White Con-cert Hall on March 17 back by popular demand was Daniel Narducci a classic American baritone accompanied by pia-nist Scot Woolley

His concert was part of the 80th season of the Topeka Com-munity Concert Association The Washburn Flute Ensemble performed for the audiencersquos pre-show entertainment

Opening the show for Nar-duccirsquos introduction was Deb Johnson first vice-president for the Topeka Community Con-cert Association

ldquoTCCA remains to be the best deal in townrdquo said John-son

Narducci has performed once before at White Concert Hall in 2009 along with Wool-ley Woolley arranged many of the pieces performed for the evening

ldquoWe had a lot of fun put-ting together tonightrsquos perfor-mancerdquo said Narducci Woolley and Narducci have performed together for nearly 100 perfor-mances

Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music He had also portrayed the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere of Leonard Bernsteinrsquos ldquoPeter Panrdquo

The theme of the perfor-mance was ldquoHeroes and Vil-lains From Broadway to Hol-lywoodrdquo Narducci enjoys singing songs from legendary heroes and villains from Hol-lywood to Broadway in a way that captures the audience and keeps them entranced with each

individual roleNarduccirsquos biggest musical

influence was Robert Goulet He had the rare opportunity of performing alongside Goulet in the Broadway version of ldquoCam-elotrdquo He sang ldquoIf Ever I Would Leave Yourdquo in Gouletrsquos honor

During intermission cop-ies of Narduccirsquos CDs were available for purchase His debut recording ldquoTimeless Broadwayrdquo appears on the Ar-chaeus recording label Nar-duccirsquos most recent release is called ldquoChristmas Once Morerdquo a collection of classical and tra-ditional songs

Woolley had performed his solo medley from Hollywood Heroes and Villains as well Woolleyrsquos biggest musical in-fluence was his great-aunt Dor-othy who once played piano for silent movies

Woolley shared a brief and fascinating history about vari-ous popular musical scores

ldquoIf yoursquore going to steal someonersquos music make sure itrsquos going to be a big hitrdquo Wool-ley was referring to the original ldquoDragnetrdquo theme which was originally written in a different score by someone else

Narduccirsquos personal favor-ite villain to perform is Don Quixote from ldquoMan of La Man-cha as he closes his set with ldquoThe Impossible Dreamrdquo

ldquo80 years I wish you 80 morerdquo said Narducci again thanking the Topeka Commu-nity Concert Association for the evening performance

ldquoHeroes and Vil lains

Michelle BoltzWASHBURN REVIEW

Michelle Boltz is a sophomore mass media major Reach her at michelleboltzwashburnedu

A sweet surprise Local sweet shop Billy Vanilly offers gourmet treats for every sweet tooth The prices are reasonable for the quality with a wide variety of sizes and creative flavors

From Broadway to Hollywoodrdquo

Photo by Mike Goehring Washburn Review

Daniel Narducci Brings Hollywood to Topeka

A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

THE LOFTS AT COLLEGE HILL

The Lofts At College Hill bull 1425 SW Lane bull 785-232-5555

1 BR start $6002 BR start $695

3 BR start $9504 BR start $960

NEWLOWER

PRICES

Immediate Availability

Ask about our by-the-bedroom specials

Check out the Review ONLINE

Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

and Treasures

ldquo

rdquo

Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

ldquo

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A8 Arts amp Entertainment bull Wednesday March 30 2011

THE LOFTS AT COLLEGE HILL

The Lofts At College Hill bull 1425 SW Lane bull 785-232-5555

1 BR start $6002 BR start $695

3 BR start $9504 BR start $960

NEWLOWER

PRICES

Immediate Availability

Ask about our by-the-bedroom specials

Check out the Review ONLINE

Caped crusaders Jedi Knights pirates luchadors and masked adventurers made the trip to the Overland Park International Trade Center on March 26 and 27 for Planet Comicon Kansas Cityrsquos larg-est pop culture and comic book convention

Fans packed the halls of the convention for a costume contest live entertainment from the Damsels of Dorkington and the chance to meet their fa-vorite comic book creators and media personalities in moder-ated panels and at their tables to sell merchandise

Local comic creators in-cluding ldquoScalpedrdquo and ldquoWol-verinerdquo and ldquoProofrdquo writer Jason Aaron writer were in attendance as well as special guests such as Canadian ldquoBat-man Incorporatedrdquo artist Ya-nick Paquette and Australian ldquo30 Days of Nightrdquo artist Ben Templesmith

Fans of science fiction on television had the chance to meet prolific voice actor and Kansas City area native Tom Kane of ldquoStar Wars the Clone Warsrdquo and numerous other car-toons and video games as well as the original Bionic Woman Lindsay Wag-ner

One of the few guests who is active in both comic books and film was Olathe Kan-raised Michael McMillian of ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo

ldquoMy first comic conven-tion was the KC Comicon when I was a kidrdquo said McMil-lian ldquoSo when Planet Comicon invited me to attend I jumped at the chance The circle as they say is now completerdquo

In addition to roles in ldquoTrue Bloodrdquo and ldquoFireflyrdquo McMil-lian also established himself as

comic book writer creating the series ldquoLucidrdquo for Archaia with Anna Wieszczyk illustrating

ldquorsquoLucidrsquo is a pop-fantasy action story about Matthew Dee a secret agent working for

the government who is trained in magic and sorceryrdquo said McMillian ldquoHe protects the US from supernatu-ral terrorismrdquo

Fans of Har-ry Potter Star Wars and James Bond should get a kick out if it Itrsquos weird fun

stuff and the first 4-issue mini-series is out nowrdquo

McMillian is also co-writ-ing ldquoTrue Blood Tainted Loverdquo with Marc Andreyko and art by Joe Corroney and Stephen Mol-nar for IDW Publishing Both series sold well at McMillianrsquos table with little to no copies left at the end of the convention

ldquoSomeone has contami-

nated bottles of Tru Blood with a mysterious ingredient that makes vampires go feral and at-tack humans without restraintrdquo said McMillian ldquoJessica falls victim to it and attacks Bon Tempsrdquo

ldquoAs Bill tries to stop her Sookie and Eric set out to solve the mystery of whorsquos behind these attacks And hopefully discover an antidote Marc and I have worked hard to make it feel like an episode of the showrdquo

McMillian enjoys meet-ing fans who are unable to at-tend bigger comic conventions in Sand Diego and New York especially when hersquos close to where he was raised

ldquoIf everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be goodrdquo said Mc-Millian ldquoAlso I plan on buy-ing a few comics for myselfrdquo

Topekarsquos art scene is be-ginning to thrive One new gallery helping to promote local artists is the Keyoka Galleria and Treasures

Owned and created by Kenny Ralph Keyoka is lo-cated on Eighth Street near Kansas Avenue and opened last December According to employee and Washburn alumnus Chris Waugh Ralph wanted to open a place to show his collection of figu-rines and invited local artists to help fill the space

ldquoMuch of the artwork we have on the walls here is from local artistsrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Digrazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Ger-manyrdquo

One of the local artists on display at the Keyoka is current student and bachelor of fine art major Michael Allen Allen has some of his ldquoWet Paint Photographyrdquo se-ries on display at the Keyo-ka

ldquoHe has taken objects dropped wet paint on them and taken pic-turesrdquo said Waugh ldquoIt fascinates me It is so differ-ent from what anyone else is doingrdquo

Kathleen Cobb is another Keyoka artist and Washburn alumna with dual degrees in an th ropo logy and fine art The Keyoka website displays Cobbrsquos many achievements as an artist and also her in-volvement in the Topeka Art Guild

Some of the other art-ists on the Keyoka website are Staci Dawn Ravenous and Karol Sutherland These

three artists gained their skill outside formal education and give proof that there are dif-ferent ways to learn about

artFor those

interested in buying a work of art by any of these lo-cal artists the Keyoka web-site shows some of the pieces on dis-play and the price of these works

ldquo P r i c i n g depends on the artistrdquo said Waugh ldquoWe get a percent-age of what is

sold here but they put the price on itrdquo

Although there is one piece priced at $12000 most of the work ranges from $90 to $1000 Friday is April Foolrsquos Day and also the night of the First Friday Artwalk Keyoka Galleria and Trea-

sures will be one of the many galleries participating

ldquoWersquoll open up and be here until 830 or 9 pmrdquo said Waugh ldquoWersquoll have coffee and cookies for folks who want to come by We are very pleased to support local artistsrdquo

For more information on the Keyoka Galleria and

Treasures and its artists check out keyokagalleriawebscom or find them on Facebook

Keyoka promotes local artistsKate FechterWASHBURN REVIEW

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Part of the scene Kenny Ralph owner of Keyoka Galleria and Treasures stands before a collection of works by local artists Keyoka located near Eighth Street and Kansas Avenue opened in December

Photo by Kate Fechter Washburn Review

Picture in a frame Keyoka features art pieces from several local artists Pieces may be purchased through keyokagalleriacom

We have seven or eight local artists on display here We also have Di-grazia prints and some Hummel prints which are from Germany

-Chris WaughKeyoka Galeria

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Planet Comicon unleashes inner geekSam SaylerWASHBURN REVIEW

Once upon a time Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had a Robert Plant-esque voice that could peel the paint from walls but the rock lsquonrsquo roll lifestyle has a way of taking its toll on a singerrsquos vocal cords

Soundgardenrsquos new album ldquoLive on I-5rdquo released March 22 was recorded near the end of the bandrsquos 1996 tour in support of the ldquoDown on the Upsiderdquo album and was scheduled to be released in 1997 But the bandrsquos implosion in April of that year meant these recordings were left sitting in a vault somewhere gathering dust The bandrsquos reunion last year unlocked that vault and ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is the result

Guitarist Kim Thayill bass player Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron are at their peaks In fact Cameronrsquos performances just highlight how much his talents have been wasted during his stint behind the drum kit with Pearl Jam But the most shocking thing is how bad Cornellrsquos vocals sound in places When compared with their studio counterparts the singing on ldquoLive on I-5rdquo ranges from strained to anemic and in some cases just plain sad

Thatrsquos not to say that ldquoLive on I-5rdquo is necessarily a bad album It is what it is and there are several standout songs hidden amongst the sludge The whole band shines on tracks like ldquoBurden in my Handrdquo ldquoBoot Camprdquo and ldquoDustyrdquo all of which hailed from the bandrsquos current album And the band manages to turn their cover of The Beatlesrsquo ldquoHelter Skelterrdquo into a dirge-like moan Itrsquos only on some of the songs from the bandrsquos early catalog like ldquoNothing to Sayrdquo from 1987rsquos ldquoScreaming Liferdquo that Cornellrsquos voice really shows the strain

A nice touch comes when Cornell dedicates ldquoRusty Cagerdquo to ldquothe man in blackrdquo

Johnny Cash who released his own version of the song in 1996

ldquoBlack Hole Sunrdquo presents an interesting performance with just Cornell and a guitar Cornell has been playing the song this way at many of his recent solo shows but here it feels somewhat out of place You want to hear Thayillrsquos screaming guitar and Cameronrsquos pounding drums

Cornellrsquos vocal problems become painfully clear on

the last song ldquoJesus Christ Poserdquo When compared with a live version from 1993 that

was released last year on the deluxe edition of the greatest hits package ldquoTelephantasmrdquo the difference is stark In the span of three years Cornellrsquos went from hydrochloric acid to vinegar Unfortunately this album shouldrsquove remained in the vault where it has been stored for the past 15 years

For a truer sense of what Soundgarden sounded like in their prime try to find a copy of the rare 1990 promo album ldquoLouder Than Liverdquo

The edition of ldquoLive on I-5rdquo exclusive to Best Buy includes a DVD featuring performances from the bandrsquos performance at last yearrsquos Lollapalooza festival Purchases made via iTunes also include four bonus ldquosoundcheckrdquo tracks and the cover of The Doorsrsquo ldquoWaiting for the Sunrdquo is exceptional with Cornellrsquos voice coming across better than almost anywhere else on the album

Album should haveremained in vaultRyan HodgesWASHBURN REVIEW

Image courtesy of soundgardenworldcom

Ryan Hodges is a junior social work major Reach him at ryanhodgeswashburnedu

MUSICREVIEW

Kate Fechter is a junior art and psychology major Reach her at katefechter-stamperwashburnedu

Sam Sayler is a sophomore Eng-lish major Reach him at samuelsaylerwashburnedu

If everybody walks away happy Irsquoll be good Also I plan on buying a few comics for myself

-Michael McMillianActor

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