Washburn Review - Technology

A transfer made in cyber heaven

Angel platform receives praise

Online courses are a big deal at Washburn University. Of the 6,652 students announced by Washburn University as the total enrollment in the fall 2009 semester, 3,610 of those are enrolled in at least one online course. Type those numbers into a calculator and the results are a bit mind boggling, 54 percent of Washburn students have taken at least some portion of their learning to the Internet. Perhaps even more incredible is the fact that many of those students signed into Washburn’s new online course management system, the Angel Learning Management Suite, for the first time this semester. Full story

News

SRWC restructures

A new title is about the only thing changing for John Cummings of the student recreation and wellness center. Full story

Sports

Orange you glad they sold 500 tickets?

RoadRunners lose against St. Louis on MS night

The Topeka RoadRunners may have only picked up two out of the four points this past weekend in a two-game series with the St. Louis Bandits, but none of the players are hanging their head. Putting up a valiant effort on the offensive and defensive side of the game, the RoadRunners earned a split against the Bandits, who now trail Topeka (39-8-5) by four points with a game in hand in the race for the North American Hockey League South Division top spot. Full story

A&E

YouTube Pick of the Week: Sandy Balls Resort

Before I start into this week’s YouTube Pick, I want everyone to know that the commercial that you will see is real. After watching the video I went to the Web site. It is a fully functional Web site with information about the resort.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor:

Two cheers for societal partisanship

Partisanship, in polite society, is regarded in the same manner as paper cuts, long red-lights, and the ever ubiquitous pothole in the streets of Topeka.

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