By: Regina Budden

A four-day retreat that features all aspects of percussion playing and technique, this camp is in its sixth year running under the direction of Washburn’s Tom Morgan, director of percussion studies in the music department. The 47 attendees ranged gr...

By: Regina Budden

Yager Stadium at Washburn University has seen many workouts over its career, but none at the level of Thursday evening’s “Shawnee County’s Largest Workout.” With 500 pre-registered participants, the workout coordinators expected ab...

By: Press Release

The 19th Annual Topeka Pond Tour will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 26 & 27, and will feature 12 water gardens in the Topeka area. The Topeka Area Water Garden Society sponsors the tour. Proceeds from the tour are used to benefit ...

By: Robert Burkett

In Topeka, when people talk about picketers, you might see the average citizen cringe or make a sarcastic comment about a certain church and their colorful signs. Last month, though, a different kind of statement has been popping up on the...

By: Regina Budden

During the June 11 new student orientations, ten new students were asked a series of questions about themselves and their choice to come to Washburn. The questions asked were: 1) What high school did you go to? 2) What is your anticipated major? 3) Wha...

By: 1LT Kathleen Argonza, PAO, OCS, 235th Regiment, KSARNG

On June 14, 2010, soldiers in the Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Salina, Kan., woke up 4:30 a.m. to the not-so-soothing sounds of their company platoon trainers cajoling...

By: Josh Rouse

There are currently 13,239 Westar Energy customers without service in northeast Kansas. The outages were caused by high speed winds during a severe storm Sunday night and into Monday morning. The highest number of outages were in Sedgwick ...

By: Kate Fechter

In a proactive move to save Washburn University money, the Board of Regents approved a proposal May 28 to refinance bonds that were used for renovations and construction on campus. Bonds issued in 2001 were used to remodel the Memorial Uni...

By: Josh Rouse

The city of Topeka has spent the last year just trying to earn a little bit of respect. On Tuesday, it finally got its wish. Topeka, Kan., was named to the Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine’s Top Ten Best Cities for the Next Decade list as the No....

By: Regina Budden

In a vote of 4-3, the Washburn University Board of Regents chose to raise tuition once again at its meeting last Friday. Tuition increased by 2 percent last year in an effort to retain Washburn’s facilities services as opposed to outsourcing th...

By: Washburn Review

The Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences is undergoing several changes this summer. Gordon McQuere, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced Friday, May 14, by e-mail that Mo Godman, director of the Master of Liberal Studies program...

By: Mikki Burcher

With summer right around the corner, many students are looking at a little more free time than normal. Some students may want to use this extra time to volunteer in the community. ...

By: Kate Fechter

Nirvana was a grunge band in the 90s. It is also the name for when a Buddhist reaches Enlightenment. The fourth largest religion in the world, Buddhism, originated in India but is now mostly practiced in China, Japan and other parts of southeast Asia....

By: Julie Jacobsen

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Topeka is in the market for some volunteers. It provides kids ages 5 to 18 one-on-one mentoring matches with an adult that has a little time to spare. It does not take much. BBBS offers two volunteer options. Traditional or...

By: Lauren Eckert

As always, the end of the year brings a great deal of change. Change is already underway within the Washburn Student Government Association as the 2009-2010 administration has officially handed over the reins to the administration for the 2010-2011 academ...

By: Ben Fitch

At the end of the spring semester, McDonald, 62, will be retiring from his work at Washburn. He has been employed at the university since the fall of 1990....

By: Julie Jacobsen

The 24,000 feet of retail space hidden under the College Hill Apartments continues to remain vacant....

By: Tim Hrabe

April 26 through May 1 marks the first AIDS Awareness week on Washburn campus. The week is sponsored by the Black Student Union and the Topeka AIDS Project, and will feature several events throughout the week to bring awareness of the disease to Washbu...

By: Josh Cauthon

Into the Streets for Washburn University has a new look this year from the past.  This year for the 15th annual Into the Streets will be towards the Haiti relief fund on May 2 at 10 a.m. at Agriculture Hall at the Expocentre....

By: Kate Fechter

Islam is the second-largest religion in the world. According to religioustolerance.org, Islam is practiced by 21 percent of the world’s population. It is second only to Christianity at 33 percent of the population. Islam may also be one of the mo...