By: Richard Kelly

Even with singer Kris Roe being the only founding member remaining, it’s been over ten years and alternative rock’s The Ataris are still alive and kicking. Recently they began on their Summer Tour across the U.S., with one of their first stop...

By: Regina Budden

Robert Lawson returned to Washburn’s campus this Thursday, but it wasn’t to grade papers or pass out exams. The retired professor of English came to promote a publication of his own, “The Bridge of Dreams,” which was being discusse...

By: Regina Budden

The Washburn Memorial Union took Scorch on the Porch to a whole new level last Wednesday, June 9, with its first ever summer Scorch. The Union normally hosts three Scorches per semester, and has for the past nine years. “We...

By: Rob Burkett

Despite the sweltering heat Saturday, Topekans flocked to Washburn University to see all that a local annual cultural event had to offer. The Mulvane Art Museum's Mountain/Plains Art Fair took place June 5-6 on the lawn outside the Memorial Unio...

By: Kate Hampson

By: Kate Fechter

Washburn alum Jake Schell, 31, has taken two of his passions, R/C racing and tattoo artistry, and combined them into a business. Schell opened Absolute Tattoo in September of 2009.  This business has a custom tattoo shop in the front and an R/C race ...

By: David Wiens

The first trailers I saw for “Kick-Ass” left me a little confused, I mean, if you heard there was a movie about ordinary people trying to be superheroes, and that one of them was under twelve years old, you would assume that it was a poorly...

By: Michelle Boltz

Washburn’s Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band left for Washington D.C. April 27 for a special performance at the Kennedy Center on April 28...

By: Kate Hampson

As Washburn Jazz prepared to go to Washington, D.C., they also prepared  for their last concert of the season, the WU Jazz Concert.  ...

By: Matt Wilper

  Most everyone has been this guy at some point in their college career. We all might not want to admit it, but its true.  The video that I picked is called Funny Drunk Guy Vs Sandals Coachella. This guy is a mess, something so simple and ...

By: Joshua Lehman

Andy McKee is no stranger to accolades or recognition. He’s taken third place at Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival. He’s had three of the most watched videos of all time on YouTube with more than 78 million combined views. He’s per...

By: Kate Fechter

Self described as “psychedelic, indie grunge,” Model Stranger is working to set the world on fire with its music, a fire that came to the Boobie Trap Bar last Tuesday as Model Stranger shared the stage with The Atlantic and Calamity Cubes. ...

By: Ashley Nadeau

Sam Fisher returns with a vengeance in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction. As the typically cool and collected Fisher has been transformed into a revenge driven killing machine, some of the games key mechanics have been transformed accordingly. ...

By: Kate Fechter

David Bury is a non-traditional student at Washburn who draws much of his writing from growing up in Ireland during the conflict between the Irish Republican Army and the loyalists from Northern Ireland.  His play “Secret Policemen” wa...

By: David Wiens

I imagine that the idea of casting Steve Carell and Tina Fey as the leading characters for a comedy was like the creation of Reese’s; something so natural that it makes a lot of people wonder why it took someone this long to put the two together....

By: Matt Wilper

It’s the infomercial that every woman wishes was real, a video by TotallySketch called, “You Need A ‘Boyfriend.’” This is set up in the basic infomercial, starting off by asking you a couple of “are you tired? or...

By: Robert Burkett

Last weekend one group of local performers took their audience into the world of H.G. Wells where, “In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man would be king.”...

By: Ben Fitch

It is butt-cheek and breast-crevice season on the Washburn campus, and some male students are getting their hunting license early.  ...

By: Matt Wilper

“Boom Goes the Dynamite” is this week’s YouTube Pick of the Week. This video is of an epic fail in news broadcasting. The reporter Brian Collins seems at first scared, or maybe just confused. The best part of this video is during his bro...

By: Bryce Grammer

A rainbow-colored Volkswagen Beetle isn’t something you see every day. Even less common is one with the word “Fagbug” written on the side of it.  ...