Free from the oppressive shackles of academic study, the Washburn Uni-versity Lady Blues basketball team ex-ploded past all adversaries, never losing a single game over winter break.

Victims to the Tao of WU over the past month include Fort Hays State, Truman State, Missouri Western State, Central Missouri, Southwest Baptist, Missouri Southern State and Pittsburg State Universities.

The most recent casualty of the Lady Blues before returning for the spring semester was the Emporia State University Lady Hornets this past Sat-urday, 73-66.

A key component to WU’s victo-ries has been Tiara George, junior for-ward, who has shot 77 percent over the past six games.

“We brought in Tiara George at mid-semester,” said Ron McHenry, Washburn head coach. “It was good for her just to go in and practice and play and really focus. She’s starting to be-come a bigger part of the team.”

While McHenry typically doesn’t look forward to winter break as a time to improve on basketball, he feels it was beneficial for the girls on the team.

“We have a lot of kids with some difficult degrees,” said McHenry. “Cassie and Dana are in nursing. That takes a lot of time and energy. To be at the level they are, sometimes that takes a toll on you. When we go out there fresh, and school’s not going on, we can concentrate more on what we want to do.”

According to McHenry, the time away from studying makes no differ-ence, as his team always has basketball on their minds.

“Every day, it’s the same time, and

it’s the same routine,” said McHenry. “You can work on a lot of things. You can put new things in, and you can work new kids into your system.”

Despite what McHenry called great rebounding and defense, the coach said

that the Lady Blues have to bring a high level of competition, especially against a formidable opponent like ESU.

Some changes have taken place for the spring 2012 semester in the admis-sions office at Washburn University. Last semester, Morgan Boyack moved into another position within the office of academic outreach.

Richard Liedtke, director of enroll-ment managment for Washburn, said Boyack chose to move to a different position. This created an opportunity for Liedtke and his team to go into a search for someone to take the position of director of admissions on an interim

basis.“What we are doing is bringing in

an interim director so that we can do a national search, and I need someone in the director of admissions position while we do that search,” said Liedtke.

That search led to Susan Smith be-coming the interim director of admis-sions at Washburn University.

“Smith has a wonderful back-ground and experience in admissions to take us through this next semester while we search nationally for a new director of admissions,” said Liedtke.

Smith earned her undergraduate degree at Northwest Missouri State Uni-

versity, receiving her bachelors degree in Psy-chology/Sociol-

ogy. She

doesn’t have a masters but is working toward a masters in public administra-tions.

Smith started working at the Uni-versity of St. Mary in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1984 as an admissions coun-selor, and worked there until 1986, when she moved to Park University in Parkville, Mo.

“At Park University, I started as an admissions counselor,” said Smith. “I did just about everything, from being the event planner for student orienta-tions, registrations and scholarships. At one point I was the admissions coun-selor for the international students, and then I was in charge of communi-cations, handling outgoing letters and newsletters.”

Smith said at one point she was re-sponsible for all of the work-study stu-dents in the admissions offices at Park University.

“At one time, I had 19 students re-porting to me and it was like herding

cats, but it was one of the most fun experiences that I had while I was a supervisor for those students,” said

Smith.Liedtke said that Smith has strong

business-analysis skills, and she will help him and his team review their processes and their systems so that they can become more streamlined and serve students in a quicker and better fashion.

“If we are taking 20 steps to do one thing and we can reduce it to 10, and that reduces my time sitting on a file so that I can work on another file, it just helps us process that much more,” said Liedtke.

Liedtke said applications are up for the fall 2012 enrollment. Overall appli-cations are up 15.7 percent, while fresh-men applications are up 17.6 percent and transfers are up 12.7 percent.

“Our goal is to continue enroll-ment growth on a positive track,” said Liedtke. “We are currently experienc-ing great success from year-to-date, but we always have to be careful because we have to finish. We’ve introduced people to the Washburn Experience and now we have to maintain those relation-ships throughout the process, so when it

comes time and those students are com-paring us to other institutions, we are at the front of their thoughts.”

Smith worked at Park University long enough to retire. Her other profes-sion since August 2010, is selling real estate with her husband, Ken Smith, as well as consultant work for Ottawa University with their admissions and advancement office.

“I’m excited to be here at Wash-burn, and I am still learning and asking a lot of questions so that I can give feed-back,” said Smith. “Something I hope I can do is give a different perspective on the process of things.”

Smith said her favorite part of working with admissions is the oppor-tunity to do something different every-day.

“Just seeing the students coming in and hearing what their hopes are for the future makes it a fun environment,” said Smith.

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Hussle and Tussle: Washburn’s Ebonie Williams battles for a loose ball during the first installment of the 2012 Turnpike Tussle against Emporia State. Washburn won 73-66.

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Topeka Civic Theatre is the place to go for a night of improv, games and shenanigans, provided by the mem-bers of Laughing Matters Improvisa-tional Comedy Troupe and Laughing Matters Junior.

Laughing Matters, Laughing Mat-ters Junior and The Senior Class offer comic sketches and games based on audience suggestion.

Laughing Matters was started in 1993 by TCT’s artistic director Shan-non Reilly, and Laughing Matters Ju-nior began in 2008. Laughing Matters Junior is directed by Dorianne Rees, who has also been involved in Laugh-ing Matters for 10 years.

“I take what I learn in Laughing Matters and apply it to [Laughing Mat-ters Junior], only keep it cleaner,” said Rees. “We use Laughing Matters Jr. as a kind of training ground for Laughing Matters.”

To join, the junior show indi-viduals must be at least 14 years old and can be up to 19 years old, which means Washburn students can partici-

pate. High schools from around the area such as Washburn Rural, Topeka High, Topeka West and Seaman also have students participating.

It’s a good way to get experience for future acting and also to move up to Laughing Matters some day.

“All these kids come every Sun-day and are willing and ready to work,” said Rees. “We rehearse, go over the rules of improv and learn the games.”

All shows feature audience partic-ipation, skits and improvisational bits. For example, last Saturday they did a skit called “Speed Dating.” One actor leaves the room and three other come to the stage. The audience then decides who each actor will be and what kind of problem they have. One was Willie Wonka with diabetes, two was Arnold Schwarzenegger with a high-pitched voice and three was Waldo with a gas problem. The first actor returns to the stage and proceeds to go on three speed dates and when she is finished, she must guess who each one was sup-posed to be. This is just one example of the games they play for the audi-

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Recent talk around Topeka may mention the news about larger corporations shutting down their businesses locally.

Among these businesses are Hastings Entertainment Inc., Macy’s department stores and Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts.

The environment in Hast-ings may best be described as chaotic. Most of the back area of the store is empty. The remain-ing items were organized at their best but still a little crazy. The business is no longer renting movies, as all sales in the store are final with no returns.

Hastings has a wide array of merchandise, as they sell DVD’s, Blu-rays, video games, candy, books, comics, movie

posters and T-shirts, along with other apparel.

The business had the high-est clearance prices. The major-ity of items were 50 percent off. Hastings is slated to close Jan. 23.

Before entering Macy’s, it’s easy to spot the huge “Closing” and “Clearance” banners on each side of the entrance from the mall. Upon entering the de-partment store, a sign displays disclaimers such as “coupons will no longer be honored” and “As of Jan. 8, all sales in the store are final.”

Throughout the store, there are also signs that boast “20-50 percent off everything” and “Nothing held back!” In actual-ity, most items were 20 percent, but a selection of fur items in the store were up to 60 percent

off. All sales currently don’t include fragrances, cosmetics or selected vendors. Even with the higher clearance, the cheap-est item found in the fur section was a jacket originally priced at $695, offered at $345.

According to the compa-ny’s website, there are currently six Macy’s stores in Kansas with around 700 employees. The To-peka location is slated to close in about nine weeks.

At Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts, signs on the door read “Adver-tised offers do not apply at this store,” along with the usual “All sales final” sign. Most of the fabric ran for 33 percent off, and the best deals were toward the front of the store. Christmas and Valentine’s Day items were up to 50 percent off.

There are other deals, like

25 percent off specialty pat-terned or colored duct tape.

Frances O’Dooley’s Irish Pub & Grille and Lucky Dog’s Sports Bar both shut down in December as well. Lucky Dog’s

closed it’s door forever after al-most eight years in Topeka.

Doors close behind several Topeka businessesKelly HurlaWASHBURN REVIEW

alendarCLunch and Learn—Assisted Reproduction Technology: 12 p.m., School of Law, Room 100

Fast Forward—Extreme Recycling: 5:30 to 7 p.m., 7215 SW Topeka Blvd., Building 3.

Washburn Tech’s Fine Dining: 5 to 8 p.m., Chef’s Corner cafe At Washburn Tech, Building A

Polar Ice Cap Ice Skating Rink: 5 to 8 p.m., Chef’s Corner cafe At Washburn Tech, Building A

The Last Night of Bally-hoo—Comedy by Alfred Uhry: 7 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre, 3028 SW 8th Av-enue.

12 Artist to Watch in 2012 Art Exhibit: 10 a.m to 6 p.m., SouthWind Gallery,3074 SW 29th Street. (Display through 2/18)

Polar Ice Cap Ice Skat-ing Rink: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Topeka Zoo & Gage Park635 SW Gage Blvd. (Open Saturday, Sunday & Friday through 2/29)

Men’s basketball vs. University of Nebraska at Omaha: 3:30 p.m., Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center

Polar Ice Cap Ice Skating Rink: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Topeka Zoo & Gage Park635 SW Gage Blvd. (Open Saturday, Sunday & Friday through 2/29)

Polar Ice Cap Ice Skating Rink: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Topeka Zoo & Gage Park635 SW Gage Blvd. (Open Saturday, Sunday & Friday through 2/29)

Academic Success with ADD/ADHD: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., Morgan 122 , confer-ence room. Event is free and open to public.

Melissa Villasenor—Comedian: 7 p.m., Memo-rial Union, Washburn Room, CAB event.

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Closing time: Macy’s stands decorated in final sales and closing signs. Macy’s and other locals stores will be closing in the coming weeks.

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A representative from Rock Springs will be in the Union February 1, 2012!

Rock Springs 4-H Center, a nationally recognized Camp and Conference Center, is seeking 45-50 Summer

Staff employees for the coming summer. Must be energetic, enjoy working with youth and spending time

outdoors. Most positions are for recreation instructors in areas including teambuilding, horses, environmental

education, rifles, trap, archery, canoes, crafts, disc golf, and lifeguards. Positions are also available in foodservice,

maintenance and custodial departments.

Located south of Junction City, Kansas on the edge of the Flint Hills. Rock Springs, in addition to salary, housing

and meals, provides staff with free wireless internet, free laundry services, use of the activities when groups are not

in session, friendships to last a lifetime and the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of youth that will last

beyond your lifetime.

For an application please visit our website at www.rocksprings.net or for more

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As the fall semester of the 2011-12 school year drew to a close, students living on cam-pus packed their belongings and headed home to celebrate the holidays with family and friends.

Now, most students are back in Topeka for the second semester. However, some big news occurred around Topeka during the students’ absence.

A recent story in the Topeka area is the death of Corey Brown, the vice president of J&J Devel-opers. On Jan. 3, Brown, 39, was determined missing when he did not pick up his son from daycare. On Jan. 5, Brown’s body was discovered in north-west Douglas County along the Kansas River banks.

The unordinary factor dis-covered was that hours after Brown went missing, a car be-longing to a Monroe Lockhart, a managing member of Mo’s Express Convenient Store, was found burning on a nearby street. Mo’s Express is a part of the Hudson Crossing, where Brown was managing the property.

Police officers are still working with those who have information to determine and arrest those responsible for the death of Brown. However, two familiar situations in Hudson’s Crossing may be intertwined with the fatality.

In late November, two clerks were shot multiple times. Also, at Hudson’s Liquor Store, 41-year-old father of three Mat-thew Hill was fatally shot during a burglary attempt. Police have charged Matthew Myers, 44, with this act.

Ron Miller, Topeka Police Chief, determined it was not a safe time to tell who the police were talking to and what infor-mation they were getting, but a few days later, it was confirmed by Lockhart’s attorney that po-lice have contacted him and that Lockhart has given all informa-tion possible.

Arson was another big headliner in Topeka. On Jan. 5, the abandoned building that the WIBW-TV studios once resided in was destroyed. Michael Mar-tin, Topeka fire department in-vestigator, made the ruling that the fire was arson.

Witnesses reported seeing two unidentified people on top

of the building before the fire. The studio has been unoccu-pied since 2001. No arrests have been made in connection with the fire.

Another big storyline is the trial of a Stephen Alan Macomb-er, 44, who was convicted of second degree murder of Ryan K. Lofton, 26, and criminal pos-session of a firearm.

After spending 23 years in prison for six counts of aggra-vated robbery and criminal pos-session of a firearm, Macomber had been out on parole for just nine months at the time of Lof-ton’s shooting.

Macomber represented himself in court, and was sen-tenced to more than 80 years in prison for crimes he committed in Marshall County. He is also being charged in the U.S. Dis-trict Court with a June 4, 2010, bank robbery in Bellevue, Neb.

Though the trial still con-tinues, the latest theory from the defendant said that the gun, due to being dysfunctional and being damaged, had a hairline trigger. This opens up the pos-sibility that the gun may have been shot during a struggle with the deceased.

A n o t h e r c o n t r o v e r y emerged after Allen Bradshaw, the former Topeka Fire Depart-ment Chief, retired on Dec. 24 from his duties.

Greg Bailey was appointed interim fire department chief.

Although there were many qualified applicants, the chief had already been appointed for the position.

However, not everyone was extremely thrilled by the process used to determine who the chief would be.

The executive board of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 83 could not ex-press complete excitement for Bailey when it looked into how he was appointed.

Eight candidates were eval-uated by a diverse committee of city leaders who subjected these individuals to rigorous testing and questioning.

However, Bailey was cho-sen as fire chief even though he did not apply for the job.

Michael Vander Linden is a freshman biology. He can be reached at michael.vanderlinden@washburn.edu.

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“America’s Got Talent,” “Family Guy” and “FrankTV” are just a few of the shows in the repertoire of a comedian coming to Washburn next week.

Melissa Villasenor, stand-up comedian and impression-ist, will entertain Washburn at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24 in the Washburn Room of the Memorial Union. The Washburn University Cam-pus Activities Board will be sponsoring the event.

Growing up, Villasenor’s dream was to be a comedian, and she started stand-up when she was 15, attending the “Laugh Factory Comedy Camp.”

Villasenor first received na-tional recognition last year when she competed in season six of “America’s Got Talent.” She

is one of the few comedians to make it into the semifinals. Al-though her advancement ended with the semifinals, the show helped transform her career from a retail saleswoman into a

fulltime comedian.Some of celebrities she is

known to impersonate are Kathy Griffin, Owen Wilson, Brit-ney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Zooey Deschanel and Sharon Osbourne.

Villasenor wrote and pro-duced her own one-woman comedy show titled “I’m Not Myself,” and performed it in the L.A. area. The main premise behind the show is Villasenor is isolated in a mental hospital and she does different impressions to entertain herself.

Washburn is stop number three on her 2012 college tour. The show is free and open to the public.

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Megan Hash is a senior double majoring in mass media and music. Reach her at megan.hash@washburn.edu.

Villasenor’s ‘got talent,’ bringing it to WURecap: Topeka news

Funny girl: Melissa Villasenor travels the U.S. on her 2012 college comedy tour. The impressionist will entertain Washburn students on Jan. 24 with her stand-up comedy.

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On Tuesday, the Associ-ated Press reported that Kansas tax payers who make $25,000 or less per year will be receiv-ing a 5,100 percent tax increase beginning in 2013 under repub-lican Gov. Sam Brownback’s new tax plan, while Kansas tax payers and some businesses with incomes of more than $250,000 will see a tax decrease of 18.5 percent.

Low-income Kansans un-der this new tax plan would lose the Earned Income Tax Credit; a move which child ad-vocacy group Kansas Action for Children said would put an additional 4,000 children into poverty. The group said in a press release that more than 90 percent of EITC dollars go to families with children. The governor’s budget proposal also allows less than $40 million in funding for the Children’s Ini-tiative Fund, far below the $56 million suggested by the Kan-sas Children’s Cabinet.

“Elimination of the Earned Income Tax Credit would have a devastating impact on Kan-sas children and families,” said

Kansas Action for Children President and CEO, Shan-non Cotsoradis, in the release. “Governor Brownback made a commitment to reduce child-hood poverty in his Roadmap for Kansas. Doing away with the EITC flies in the face of that.”

Brownback’s plan also proposes keeping the state sales tax at 6.3 percent, rather than dropping it to the currently scheduled 5.7 percent in July 2013. For a member of a party that is historically against rais-ing taxes, a 5,100 percent tax increase for the lower class and an increase in the state sales tax seem to be the wrong direction to head. Brownback also wants to eliminate income tax deduc-tions for charitable contribu-tions and interest payments of home mortgages, according to the Associated Press.

Personally, I loved what Anthony Hensley, Kansas State Senate Minority Leader, had to say in the AP article.

“It’s Robin Hood in re-verse,” said Hensley, a Topeka democrat. “This is stealing from the poor to give to the rich.”

For an administration sup-posedly taking a page out of

President Ronald Reagan’s economic agenda, perhaps he should take the advice of Rea-gan’s vice president, George H.W. Bush.

“Read my lips: no new taxes.”

Then again, Bush didn’t exactly stick to that plan, either. Instead, Brownback will con-tinue to push his social Darwin-ist agenda, relying on the lower and middle class electorate for support while giving them none in return and actually harming them to help out the wealthiest.

And for some recent history on how that works out, look at The Boeing Company. Brown-back and other representatives gave huge tax breaks and fi-nancial support to Boeing, only to have the company close its Wichita factory to relocate its operations to other states. The loss of the plant caused 2,160 unemployed Kansans, just a bit more than the 2,050 Brown-back cut last year, according to the Washington Post.

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“Went to Colorado to go skiing.”

“Saw Beauty and the Beast in 3D.”

“Saw Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.”

“Spent time with my father who was in the hospital in Wichita.”

“Just hung out with friends.”

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Class warfare in Kansas begins at executive level

Who are you planning onvoting for in the 2012 election?

Recently East Carolina University followed in the tra-ditions of other schools that have trampled on freedom of press.

Paul Isom, the now former faculty advisor for student me-dia at the university, was let go due to a decision made by the editorial staff of the newspaper. In the Nov. 8 edition of the East Carolinian, a photo appeared on the front page of a student streaking across the football field during the previous week-end’s game. In the picture, full frontal nudity was prominently displayed.

While this might be in poor taste, it is still the independent voice of student journalism that made the decision to publish something like that. The result of the decision to publish the photo was a press release from the university.

“We will be having con-versations with those who were involved in this decision in an effort to make it a learning ex-perience,” said Virginia Hardy, vice chancellor for student af-fairs, in a statement shortly after the photo was published. “The goal will be to further the students’ understanding that with the freedom of the press comes a certain level of respon-sibility about what is appropri-ate and effective in order to get their message across.”

Two months later, Isom found himself in his office fac-ing director of marketing and communications Chris Stanbury and a member of the human re-sources department. They were there to inform Isom that he was being let go because according to Isom, “they were moving in a different direction.”

Along with the Student Press Law Center, The Review

calls upon East Carolina Uni-versity to produce an actual reason for the dismissal. The re-moval of Isom is a strike against first amendment rights and is a disturbing step in the trend of the muzzling of student pub-lications across the country. If supposed institutions of higher learning aren’t able to conduct themselves in a way that honors the fundamental laws of the na-tion then what kind of lessons are they really passing onto the students that pass through their halls?

Our own editorial staff faced an issue similar to this earlier this year with an info graphic that appeared in our first issue of the 2011-2012 year. As some will recall an image appeared on the opinion page of The Review depicting through a satirical picture the events surrounding the dismiss-al of Vershon Moore from the football team.

The only thing that oc-curred in our case was a little pushback on the issue of taste of the way we treated the sub-ject matter.

Just as an aside, Wash-burn’s administration never once raised issue with what we did. The administrations stead-fast refusal to infringe upon our first amendment rights as prac-ticing journalists is something that we as an editorial staff thank them for.

That said, we would hope that if an issue of content stan-dards was in conflict with what the university feels is appropri-ate, that administration comes to the editorial staff first.

Regina Cassell has been and continues to be a dedicated faculty advisor for Washburn Student Media. All of the edito-rial staff feel secure in the fact that Cassell will back us up and we in turn feel an obligation to speak up and make known that we appreciate that support. Cassell has been a supportive advisor who always gives her perspective on our decisions but allows us to grow by mak-ing decisions that we have to live up to and own.

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Constantly working is a mantra used in sports. Road warrior is another that is heard often.

Both of these statements ring true when talking about the Ichabods basketball team over the break.

Since students left, Wash-burn’s mens basketball team has been busy. With six games on the slate the team spent the break competing and growing.

“We worked hard in prac-tice every day,” said Bob Chip-man, head coach. “We had a lot of guys really compete hard and we just came together as a team to get better.”

With impressive wins against the opening slate of the MIAA conference schedule, the team seems to have solidified themselves at home. Averaging a roughly 20 points per game margin of victory at home, the Ichabods defended Lee Arena, making it a tough place for teams to get anything going.

“Our league is a very com-petitive group of teams,” said Chipman. “Every night you have to play well. You can’t

just stumble around the court and expect to win.”

This proved true in the road half of the six game stretch in which the team went 1-2. The two losses came against South-west Baptist University ( 3-6, 10-8) and Pittsburg State Uni-versity ( 6-4, 10-6). Both games were tightly called games as Washburn was called for a com-bined 52 fouls in the games. A resulting disparity in free throw shooting combined with the Ichabods struggling themselves from the charity stripe were too much for the team to overcome in both games. The one win however came against the Uni-versity of Central Missouri by eight points.

The win came on the efforts of a hot shooting offense as Washburn shot 50.9 percent from the floor and 45 percent from beyond the arc. The Mules currently are in a three-way tie with Washburn for second place in the conference standings.

“Getting that win on the road was big for us,” said Chipman. “That keeps us right there in the hunt for a conference title.”

With standout performances over the break by junior guard Will McNeill,

who is currently averaging 19 points per game, the team has also started to turn to a few other players who are stepping up their roles on the team.

“[Sophomore guard] Jared Henry and [freshman forward] Christian Ulsaker have really stepped up their game in practice,” said Chipman. “I’m old school that way. I think that if you work hard in getting yourself ready that you earn that time on the court. So those guys are really starting to step up and give us a lot of quality minutes.”

Washburn will be in action again at Lincoln University of Missouri Wednesday. The Ichabods have dominated the matchup historically having won 20 games in a row en route to a 20-3 all time record against the Blue Tigers.

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McHenry captures 300th winTo have heart is defined

as having compassion and a compassionate person is defined as someone who sees and cares for all they’re responsible for.

Here, amongst the students and staff members of Washburn University, Ron McHenry, head women’s basketball coach, in which this title falls true. A compassionate coach who, with years of experience and endurance, has recently earned his 300th win as the Lady Blues basketball coach.

McHenry has been the head coach of the Washburn University women’s basketball program for 12 years. Although, when McHenry first began to work for Washburn University as a coach, he was the assistant coach of the men’s team.

“I was the men’s assistant coach for 11 years,” said McHenry. “So, when the opportunity presented itself to apply for the women’s head coaching position, I did.”

McHenry’s method with his players is for one thing to be a constant throughout the season.

“I love players that want to compete who want to use competition as a fuel,” said McHenry

Having earned his 300th

win hasn’t altered McHenry’s state of mind as the head coach.

“It really doesn’t feel any different than win 10 did,” said McHenry.

Coaches are expected to keep an eye on the next pos-sible win.

“You don’t keep track of those numbers,” said McHenry, “You keep track of the losses instead, not the wins.”

A coach always keeps his eye on the area where improve-ment could be needed.

Overall, McHenry heart is still just in the game and his

players. “Even with 300 wins, I just

really enjoy coaching,” said McHenry.

With his 12 years experi-ence McHenry’s passion for the game has continued to grow.

“I really enjoy being around young people that like what they do,” said McHenry, “It has kept me feeling young as I continually get older.”

Now, after a consecutive win against the Emporia Hornets, McHenry is preparing his team for their next opponents.

“We have gotten better,” said McHenry “We can still improve, and that is always exciting.”

With a good group of players and a good crowd, McHenry is hoping to continue his season with his career win of game 301.

Reflecting on the past seasons, McHenry is more anxious than ever before.

“Every team has specific kinds of memories, both good and bad,” said McHenry.

It’s probably the little things that as a coach you really remember more than some of the other major events and according to McHenry his team is one to be remembered.

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Take it to the house: Bobby Chipman, junior forward for the Ichabods, attempts to deposit the ball at the hoop. Washburn came out of winter break with an 11-5 record. They next hit the road for Jefferson City, Mo. tonight to face the Lincoln University of Missouri Blue Tigers.

Bods come out of break bittersweet

In an NBA fantasy league, just as in most other fantasy leagues, the players who get drafted the highest are typically players who put up stellar num-bers the prior season - guys like Kevin Love, LeBron James and Dwight Howard.

Because of this, many rookies may have fallen through the cracks of your league’s draft and may be available in free agency. Several rookies have already shown they have a significant role on their team, and most likely that role will continue to grow as the season wears on. Here are the top five NBA rookies worth adding to your roster.

1. PG Ricky Rubio, Min-nesota Timberwolves - The rookie Spaniard was originally drafted with the fifth overall pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft, but contin-ued to play in Europe until this season. He is one of the most highly touted rookies for his amazing passing abilities, but has shown so far this season that he has a decent shooting touch. As of Monday, he was averaging the sixth most points by a rookie with 11.0 PPG, and was dominating the rookie as-sists category with a whopping 8.3 per game, but he also leads all rookies in turnovers with 3.3 per game. By comparison, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, Kyrie Irving, has the second most assists per game with 5.1 and the second most turnovers per game with 3.2. Defensively, Rubio has been a monster, snaring 2.0 steals per game. Rubio is also the only

rookie with multiple double-doubles this season (he’s had five so far) and averages more minutes per game than any oth-er rookies with 31.3.

2. PG Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers - The former Duke Blue Devil leads all rookies in scoring with 17.0 PPG and is second in assists with 5.1 per game, but his high scoring totals don’t really make up for what he lacks compared to Rubio. His assist-to-turnover ratio is pathetic compared to Rubio, he isn’t as strong de-fensively and doesn’t go after rebounds the way Rubio does. He’ll definitely be considered a rookie of the year candidate for his scoring, but Rubio is the better all-around player, which shows up big time in fantasy games.

3. SG Iman Shumpert, New York Knicks - Shumpert has been the big surprise in the Big Apple this season, scor-ing an impressive 11.8 PPG (fourth best among rookies) to go along with 3.2 assists per game (fourth best among rook-ies) and 3.4 rebounds per game (17th best among rookies). The former Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket also has fewer turnovers per game than Rubio, Irving and Detroit Pistons point guard Brandon Knight (2.7 per game) and leads all rookies with 2.33 steals per game. He plays the second most minutes per game of any rookie and can contrib-ute significantly when he stays out of foul trouble.

4. PF Markieff Morris, Phoenix Suns - One word can describe the way this guy’s rookie season has been so far: efficiency. As a big man, the former Kansas Jayhawk has

the third best three point per-centage out of all the rookies in the league right now at a stel-lar 51 percent. The only two players with a better percent-age are Darius Morris from the Los Angeles Lakers and Nikola Vucevic from the Phila-delphia 76ers, and they’ve only shot two apiece. Morris, on the otherhand, was 16-for-31 from behind the arch as of Monday, which gives him the third most made three-pointers of all rook-ies and the eighth most three point attempts. He is also the top rebounding rookie in the league with 5.5 per game and has the fourth best efficiency rating. He doesn’t get as many minutes per game as the others on this list, but he definitely makes the most of his minutes, averaging a decent 9.1 points per game. Without a doubt, he has been the best and perhaps most surprising big man in his class so far. His biggest flaw is getting in foul trouble, as he is currently averaging 6.7 per-sonal fouls per 48 minutes and has the second most personal fouls in the rookie class with 36 (Washington’s Chris Singleton takes the cake with 40 personal fouls).

5. SG MarShon Brooks, New Jersey Nets - The former Providence Friar is a score-first type of guard, which limits his fantasy value somewhat, but he does wrack up the points pretty well. With 14.6 PPG as of Monday, he is the second-highest scoring rookie in the league. But as I said, his major drawback is the assist category, in which he averages only 1.3 per game, only the 17th best in the rookie class. He has the third best efficiency rating of all rookies, however, and makes up for his lowly assist numbers with 4.4 rebounds per game.

Honorable mention: PG Brandon Knight, Detroit Pis-tons; PG Norris Cole, Miami Heat; SF Derrick Williams, Minnesota Timberwolves; PF Jon Leuer, Milwaukee Bucks; PG Kemba Walker, Charlotte Bobcats.

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The big 300: Ron McHenry, Lady Blues head basketball coach, debates with a referee. Over winter break, McHenry celebrated his 300th career win. So far this season, WU has a 15-3 record..

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All great achievements require time. This saying truly reflects the amazing run Dane Simoneau, senior quarterback has had here at Washburn Uni-versity.

After sitting out his rookie season in 2007, 2008 would be the beginning of a record break-ing career for the QB. Simo-neau started the final six games of the 2008 season completing 62 of 130 passes for 788 yards and five touchdowns.

Entering 2009, Simo-neau was a starter in all 11 games, throwing for a record 2,955-yards, completing 186 of 309 passes with 26 touch-downs. His outstanding perfor-mance set single season records for passing efficiency, passing yards per game, total offensive yards, total offensive yards per game and total offensive yards per play.

He ended the season earn-ing the Ichabods offensive player of the year award and second team all-MIAA.

His junior year Simo-neau became a more seasoned veteran. surpassing his previ-ous passing yards record with 3,459-yards, making him the

first Ichabod in history to pass for more than 3,000 yards as a junior in a single season and sixth in MIAA history.

For a student, the objective of senior year is not only to fin-ish, but go out with a bang., For an athlete, the goal is no differ-ent.

This past year was one of greatest for Simoneau as he once again broke his own sin-gle season record throwing for 4,089-yards becoming the first Ichabod senior to throw for at least 4,000-yards setting the third best record in MIAA his-tory.

Simoneau lead the Icha-bods to a 10-3 record, scoring their first playoff win in Wash-bun history against Abilene Christian. On his career, Si-moneau has started 42 games playing in 43 career games and is the Ichabods’ all time leader in passing with 11,291-yards, which is the 12th ranked season best total in NCAA Division II history.

Simoneau finished second on the MIAA’s career passing chart and total offense with his 102 touchdowns ranking 15th on the Division II career chart. Simoneau owns 35 Washburn career, season and single game records including: pass comple-

tions, pass attempts, comple-tion percentage, passing touch-downs, total offense yards and total offensive yards per game. As one might assume Simoneau may be leaving campus physi-cally, but his presence will for-ever be felt etched in the history books of Washburn University.

“Experience is the biggest thing,” said Simoneau. “I was lucky enough to play as a fresh-man and stay healthy until my senior year.”

Stepping on the field, there seems to be an unexplicable force that takes over assisting Simoneau in his pursuit of per-fection. Call it skill, talent or maybe even luck, this QB re-mains humble and credits much of his accomplishments to those around him.

“I have always had a great offensive line blocking for me,” said Simoneau. “I’ve had good receivers to throw to and we’ve always had a good running game and good game plan. I credit all those guys for every-thing.”

Just last month, Simoneau traveled to Alabama where he was one of three finalists se-lected for the prestigious Har-lon Hill award. This award is granted to the most valuable player in Division II football.

The winner is decided after a voting process by the region’s sports information directors. Simoneau fell short on making history yet again, by being the first Ichabod to receive such an award by a mere three points losing to Mars Hills running-back, Jonas Randolph.

“It was a great experience that I’ll never forget,” said Si-moneau. “They had us doing a bunch of things. I met a lot of people, and everyone was very nice. The hospitality was great and I had a great time. I had about twenty family members that came and supported me. I thought that was awesome that they made the long drive. It was a great time. Even though I didn’t win, it was a great honor to be there.”

Over the last four years, Simoneau has seen four of his former teammates find them-selves living out their childhood dreams in the NFL. Trey Lewis, defensive tackle was signed to the Atlanta Falcons in 2007, de-Cary Williams, defensive back, went the following year to the Tennessee Titans and currently holds a starting position with playoff contenders, the Balti-more Ravens. Most recently, wide receiver, Joe Hastings and linebacker, Michael Wilhoite

have reunited in San Francisco acquiring positions on Jim Har-baugh’s 49er’s practice squad. With the 2012 NFL draft right around the corner, most believe that the idea of Simoneau ex-tending his talents into the pro-fessional arena could become a reality.

“It takes years for us com-ing from Division II to play,” said senior linebacker, Jahmil Taylor. “If he gets a shot, he’ll make it happen.”

However, the chips may fall this current year. One thing is certain, resilience seethes ex-

cellence. Time in and time out, this QB has proven that you can’t keep a good man down.

“My goal is to be on a ros-ter next year,” said Simoneau. “I’m going to train hard this spring and we’ll see what hap-pens. I’m going to work hard and give it my all.”

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Dynamite diving Dane: Senior quarterback Dane Simoneau goes out of bounds with the pigskin. Simoneau led the Ichabods to a historic 10-3 record this past season. He now plans to take his game to the NFL.

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“Both teams are normal-ly ranked in the top 20 in the country,” said McHenry. “We have to line up and compete very heavily and compete when it doesn’t feel good. I think that’s the biggest thing in sports is you compete all the time.”

The Lady Blues next head to Jefferson City, Mo. today to confront the Lincoln University of Missouri Blue Tigers.

“Lincoln’s very talented this year,” said McHenry. “They picked up some wins and surprised some people. They got a nice talented group. Our group’s been pretty mature

about that. It’s one of our first over-nighters in the middle of the week. We’ll go out there and get ready to go to work.”

Lady Blues go undefeated over break

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With a fresh batch of new treadmills from last semester, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center at Washburn has been working hard in prep-aration for the spring.

While most of the work has been done internally for the staff to better communicate with student workers, Joe Bluml, di-rector of the SRWC has some new changes to entice students into improving their wellness.

For instance, similar to WU’s Most Fit in the fall, the SRWC will hold a mini-triath-lon on bicycles, treadmills and ellipticals on a time scheduled by the student.

“You’ll schedule a time because we can’t monopolize a bunch of equipment,” said Bluml. “Instead of how far can you go within this much time, it’s going to be how fast can you get these distances done.”

While the mini-triathlon may be a new addition, Bluml feels content sticking with many of the same group ex-ercise classes as last semester since they proved so popular.

“We had some classes where we actually reached our limit,” said Bluml. “Some people couldn’t even take them because so many people were coming, which is a great prob-lem to have.”

Because of students’ sched-ules often shifting, Bluml be-lieves that though classes may seem old to regulars, students with new openings in their schedule may try classes for the first time.

The classics like yoga, cy-cling and pilates are all being offered. The most widespread class from last semester Zumba aerobic dancing will also re-

main offered with more space added because of its popularity.

“We’ve moved Zumba out onto Court 3 in the gym be-cause we’ve had upwards of 40 people taking that class,” said Bluml.

While intramurals had its cutoff for registration, the SRWC is offering a late regis-tration for its most popular sport basketball by 5 p.m. tonight for new students and those who did not participate.

According to Ben Saathoff, assistant director of fitness and wellness, the biggest change to the SRWC in this semester is their Spring Break Boot Camp with registration opening soon.

“Instead of a group exer-cise class where you can come and drop in at any given time, this’ll be something we take

registrations for, like a class roster,” said Saathoff. “It’s meant that you’re at least at the intermediate level to start and then to challenge you and be progressive throughout the semester, kind of culminating before Spring Break.”

For students to maintain enrollment in the class, par-ticipants are required to attend two to three classes per week. To boost morale, a networking system is being implemented into the class.

“We’re trying to collect people’s cell phone numbers and create a group where they can support one another,” said Saathoff.

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Case of the Blues: The Lady Blues stomp the sting of the Emporia State University Lady Hornets, winning 73-66. They have won nine of their last 10 games, giving them a record of 15-3.

Photos by Richard Kelly, Washburn Review

Pump it up: Senior Courtney Wallman performs some pectoral exercises at the Student Recreational and Wellness Center. The SRWC offers several group exercises, including Zumba. They are also planning a Spring Break Boot Camp and mini-triathlon.

Photo by Nevada Millis, Washburn Review

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The Great Overland Sta-tion of Topeka is showing off a grand collection of Kansas’ railroad history. The Station will be showing the exhibit “The People’s Kind of Rail-road: The Santa Fe, the City, the State, and the Nation,” in the Fink Exhibit Gallery through Jan. 28.

The Great Overland Sta-tion, located in the North To-peka Arts District, is a preserved historical landmark of Kansas history, as well as a museum and education center. It hosts many exhibits, programs and activities such as senior proms for local high schools. The sta-tion first opened in January of 1927 and reopened in 2004 as The Great Overland Station Museum, with over 125 trains still passing through every day.

On the upper level of the station is where you will find the Fink Exhibit Gallery. This exhibit shows the history of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which is now the Bur-lington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, throughout its 152-year history.

The exhibit, which takes up the entirety of the space allotted, is a room full of rich Kansas history. The exhibit was made possible by a grant pro-vided by the Kansas Humani-ties Council.

“This is an exhibit I’ve wanted to do since before the station even opened,” said Beth Fager, campaign director and exhibit coordinator for the Great Overland Station. “It’s important to the livelihood of Topeka.”

Fager also said that Topeka was once a railroad town, with a lot of Santa Fe History. The

railroads were important to To-peka because many of its citi-zens have ancestors and family members that once worked for the railways, claiming about 25 percent of the top workforce at one point. Fager stated that much of the Hispanic commu-nity in Topeka was brought here by jobs offered on the railroad.

The room is full of articles and artifacts such as ancient posters and paintings, old rail-road ties, a preserved conduc-tor’s uniform, antique train sta-tion chairs and more. Among the memorabilia, there is a poster of William Allen White, legendary editor of the Em-poria Gazette, stating that the Santa Fe railroad is “One of the best things that ever happened to this land...”

“It’s really great,” said Todd Belway, 46-year-old con-struction worker who visited the exhibit with his wife, Viv-ian. “It really puts Kansas’s history and agriculture into per-spective.”

Another vital part to the ex-hibit is the collection of paint-ings mounted along the tops of all four walls in the room.

The collection, called the “Santa Fe Calendar Exhibit,” consists of 84 original calendar

paintings ranging from the year 1907 to 1993. These paintings, which are on loan from collec-tor Harry Brisco, were commis-sioned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and sold throughout the country, dis-playing scenes from the Native American culture. The calendar paintings were used to attempt to attract more passengers and tourists by displaying the beau-ty of the countryside and Native American customs.

Fager stated that once this exhibit comes down, there are plans to have it on display per-manently for the general public in one of the baggage cars, but such a project will not happen for a while. Once enough mon-ey is raised, the “People’s Kind of Railroad: The Santa Fe, the City, the State, and the Nation,” will be open for everyone to see Topeka’s rich railroad history at all times.

“The railroads really en-riched the fabric, culture and economy of our community,” said Fager.

Washburn Institute of Technology will be holding a fine dining event this Thursday to raise funds for educational competitions through SkillsU-SA. The three course meal will give visitors a chance to sample the work of Culinary Arts Pro-gram students, while putting money toward their education.

SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization that al-lows trade students to compete in various skill-based events for scholarships based on their performance in local, state and national tournaments.

“Students can compete in areas like carpentry, weld-ing, cabinet making and office technology,” said David Prais-water, SkillsUSA lead advisor and commercial construction instructor at WIT. “There are all kinds of contests, and it’s a good way for us to compete and raise money.”

All proceeds from the dinner will go toward paying costs associated with students’ participation in the SkillsUSA program. Fundraisers such as Thursday’s fine dining event will allow students to travel, register and compete without costs that may have otherwise prevented them from having the opportunity.

Washburn Tech’s fine din-ing event serves more than one purpose for the students. Be-sides raising funds, the event gives Culinary Arts Program students the chance to connect with members of the communi-ty and show some of the skills learned through their educa-

tion. “We set this particular

fundraiser up to one, showcase what the students can do and two, raise money so they don’t have to pay out of pocket ex-penses,” said Brett Mahorney, instructor of culinary arts at Washburn Tech. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s a lot of fun to see what my students can do.”

Fine dining events have been held once a month for the past two months. Thursday’s event will be the third service. Although the fundraiser is a dinner, many WIT stu-dents out-

s i d e of the c u l i n a r y p r o g r a m contribute.

“It’s students from child care, stu-dents from construc-tion and students from auto,” said Mahorney. “We have students with no culi-nary background whatsoever.”

Buffet style dinners or mixed buffet and served fine dining experiences have al-lowed volunteers to adjust to working in a restaurant atmo-sphere. Thursday’s fundraiser will be the first full service din-ner.

The $15 donation will in-clude an entrée choice of either pork chops or steak served with

roasted red potatoes, a house salad and dinner rolls. Choco-late cake will be available for dessert. Reservations may be made by calling 785-273-7140.

-ience’s amusement.Abby Price, a member of

Laughing Matters Junior and a freshman at Seaman High School, loves making people laugh.

“I love spending my Sunday afternoons [rehearsing] here with all these people,” said Price. “I just like performing for ev-erybody, and everyone’s favor-ite part is making other people laugh.”

Audience member Amber Tarrant decided to bring her family when she received an e-mail about it.

“This is my second time

and I love it. It is wonderful, it’s the best and it’s good for [the kids],” said Tarrant. “My son is a clown and he loves this kind of stuff. We will probably be at every one as long as they are around.”

The next show for Laugh-ing Matters Junior will be

March 3 at 7 p.m. and tickets are $5. The next Laughing Mat-ters shows are on Feb. 10-11 at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10.

The Senior Class has a show coming up at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. The Senior Class features actors who are 55 and older and defines life in the golden years as a terrifically

fun-filled trip.They will be performing

in the newly renovated Old-father Theatre, complete with improved air conditioning, wheelchair access and padded seats. Tickets are $6. For more information check out topeka-civictheatre.com.

It is often said that waiting is the hardest part. The stress involved in anticipating con-firmation or failure is almost enough to kill those stuck in the waiting limbo.

This culture behind wait-ing, specifically in a women’s health clinic, was expressed this past weekend in the one-act choreoplay “Tick Tock” writ-ten by Marcia Cebulska, with shows at the Topeka and Shaw-nee County Public Library and the YWCA.

“I think that most of us are waiting for something,” said Cebulska. “We’re waiting for life to happen in some way. The waiting room for me is also symbolic of our lives. Instead of creating the world we want, we wait for it to happen.”

Part of the inspiration for the play was Cebulska’s own time as a young woman in the 60s, a time of civil and social unrest with a strong desire for reform. Cebulska states that it was a time when revolution seemed to be a likely possibil-ity.

According to Cebulska, not nearly as many female diseases are researched as male ones and that if the women in the play were men, their problems may have already been solved and cured.

“When I wrote this play, I wanted to think not only about the problems of the women waiting in the health clinic,” said Cebulska. “Taking this into their own hands and doing something together, going from being separate individuals in a corporate medical world, then finding something in common and showing that they don’t like what they have been sub-jected to.”

As a choreoplay, “Tick Tock” features dance routines

that Cebulska described as cel-ebratory and a way to express oneself.

“At the beginning, ev-eryone is sitting in their own world,” said Cebulska. “They’re barely moving. The idea of go-ing from immobility to mobil-ity to dance, which is a bigger expression, is part of the idea.”

“Tick Tock” also sees the return home of Eleanor Goud-ie-Averill, daughter of Wash-burn writer-in-residence Tom Averill, as choreographer and dancer in Topeka for the first time in two years.

After graduating from Topeka High School, Goudie-Averill danced in Lawrence while attending the University of Kansas. She then sought her graduate degree in Iowa before dancing in New York before staking a claim in her current

home of Philadelphia, PA.Nonetheless, there is al-

ways a special place in Goudie-Averill’s heart for her home-town.

“I think there’s something special about growing up in To-peka,” said Goudie-Averill. “In some ways, there’s a lot going on here in pockets. You have to find them. In other ways, you really want to get out of here, which I think can be positive because it makes you go plac-es.”

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Goofy Group: Laughing Matters consistes of 16 members who volunteer to perform sketch comedy, improv, and audience suggested skits.

Photo courtesy of Topeka Civic Theatre

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Dancing around: “Tick Tock” addresses the issue of long wait times in doctor’s offices for women.

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As soon as I read the first page of “Windfall Nights,” I knew I had come across some-thing unique.

The author, William Clay-pool, tells an unconventional story of a friendship that be-gins late in the main character Julian’s undergraduate college career.

The first page drew me in, although the first two chapters were a little slow and hard to follow. After this point how-ever the plot picks up.

The story starts with Ju-lian and his wife on a cruise ship outside of Vietnam. Julian spends time reminiscing about an old friend. You’re then taken back to an earlier time in Viet-nam where Julian meets his friend, Thomas. The timing of these events left me slightly confused. In the third chapter though, the reader is taken to the beginning of this friendship and get to watch it develop.

Julian takes a job working nights as a hotel bellman. Al-though Thomas works days as the hotel handyman, they be-come close. Both characters bond easily because they have faced struggles in their lives.

It’s interesting because it’s an unlikely, but at the same time, believable story. The characters are relatable, even with Thomas’s unpredictability, his struggles are what keep the book going.

After a climactic chapter, the timing jumps around slight-ly again. And in the end, you’re brought back to the beginning with Julian and his wife.

It’s truly a story of the peo-ple that stay with us long in life, even if only by memories.

I felt like I really knew who the characters in the book were. I found myself wanting to stop by the hotel and have a chat with the few residents or employees. While I knew what they were thinking or feeling, I wasn’t always sure of their ap-pearance. I actually enjoy how the characters’ descriptions are never developes, which allows me to envision my own charac-ters in my head.

As I mentioned earlier, the order of events in the story may be confusing at times. Never-theless, I believe this is truly how someone would look back at events, especially about how we can’t always forget our memories no matter how much we want to.

“Examining the old scars

of memory is always risky and not my particular talent,” Julian narrates. “Even happy recollec-tions are dappled with the real-ity that their time is gone.”

Overall, I think that this was a great read. It might be a little slow to start out, but it’s definitely worth it to stick it out and keep reading. There’s a hint of mystery, a lot of hoping for the best and just rooting for people to do the right thing.

A8 Arts and Entertainment • Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Everyone has been talking about Mr. Stirfry. the huge 100-item fresh Chinese buffet, sushi and hibachi bar located east of the Pizza Hut at S.W. 17th and Wanamaker Rd.

I thought I would see what was the big deal, and “big” and “deal” are two words that could be used to describe it. The food was pretty tasty too.

Immediately after entering, payment is received and the smiling staff seats you in one of the many tables or booths. Some people don’t like paying first, but I do because when I am done, I can leave whenever I want to without waiting on the server to bring my check. An-other advantage to this is for the business. Mr. Stirfry is huge and this helps reduce the number of “dine-and-dash” customers they would potentially attract.

The buffet is extremely ex-tensive and offers something for every palate. Even if you don’t like Asian food, there are selec-tions available. For example mac and cheese is a selection, as well as ribs, fried shrimp, tater tots and various cold sal-ads. The salad bar is pretty basic but there are a va-riety of composed salads. The fruit selection is large as well and includes bananas with strawberry sauce, fresh pine-apple, canned peaches, canta-loupe and oranges.

Mr. Stirfry also provides fresh sushi, which is made right in front of the customers by their sushi chefs. Their se-lection is standard, including California rolls, Kansas rolls, spicy tuna rolls, and rainbow rolls. The chefs keep up with the crowd too, constantly roll-ing and putting out a variety of rolls. They are a little smaller and have less meat than places where you buy by the roll, but it is a buffet and you get what you pay for. The nori wasn’t chewy like you find some places with buffet sushi, and the sticky rice was sticky but still tender and

delicious. The hot food buffet was

what one might expect from a Chinese buffet, but included other interesting things to try. For example, peanut butter chicken, baked shrimp with some sort of pork mixture and fried dumplings with pork

were available. The white rice, fried rice, lo mein, beef and broccoli and

sesame chicken were all good, but nothing special. The egg rolls were good, and with the large amount of people there, they were always fresh and crispy. The crab Rangoon were good but might be better if they changed the wonton wrap.

In addition to the hot buf-fet of the norm in Asian restau-rants, there is a hibachi grill. Don’t mistake it with HuHot. The selections are limited and the sauces are few, but if you do it just right, you can get a good dish. They offer one type of egg noodle, pork, chicken, beef and shrimp, various vegetables and raw eggs. There isn’t a wide variety of sauces, but I thought I would just use a little bit of everything and my dish came

out quite delicious. The hibachi chef has one long grill where he cooks up to six dishes at once, and is constantly cooking. Half the fun is watching him work.

Of course there is an entire buffet bar for dessert, as well as an ice cream machine with vanilla, chocolate and swirled ice cream, with cones or bowls. There are cakes and candies, pudding and doughnuts, - as with everything else provided at Mr. Stirfry the selections are many. The doughnuts were my personal favorite of all the des-serts, because they were still warm and crispy on the outside with a light coating of granu-lated sugar and light, and fluffy on the inside.

I have already eaten here two times in less than one week, and I forsee myself returning again in the near future.

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Kelly Hurla is a sophomore mass media major. Reach her at kelly.hurla@washburn.edu

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Dead to Me: Bassist and vocalist Jesse Ells performs during the Dead Sevens’ show Saturday night at the Boobie Trap Bar at 6th and Washburn. The band is preparing to release its first album, “Alienated.”

Dead Sevens rock the Trap

The Dead Sevens played live Jan. 14, 2012, at the Boo-bie Trap Bar at 6th and Wash-burn, alongside Jolly Roger and The Broken Divide.

The show was the Dead Sevens’ last one before the re-cord release party for its first album, “Alienated,” with Cross Creek Records. The album was recorded at Rundown Studios at 2515 S.W. 6th St. in Topeka, and is set to be released soon. The album was preceded by the release of the band’s first music video Oct. 31, 2011, which was shot and edited by OriginalPro Films, for the song “South to Summer.”

The Dead Sevens formed in 2003 in St. Marys, Kan. Check them out on Facebook or Twitter.

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Josh Rouse is a senior mass media major. Reach him at joshua.rouse@washburn.edu.

Rock the Boob Out: The Dead Sevens, Jolly Roger and The Broken Divide performed Saturday at the Boobie Trap Bar at 6th and Washburn. The Dead Sevens covered “You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive.

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Stirfryin’ It Up: Sushi, hibachi grill and much more is available at Mr. Stirfry. Everything is made fresh and the customer is invited to watch.