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Deadline: Sept. 22.

Buffet to kick off the holidays

Holidays are just around the corner.  With the upcoming holidays, there are a lot of different events that come about. The first event on campus was the Thanksgiving buffet. This was on Wednesday, November 18^th. The buffet was for everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving on campus before Thanksgiving break.

“ The buffet was really worth the money and was the best food I have ever had at Washburn,” Said Logan Runnebaum, a freshman Nursing major.

The buffet was 10 dollars at the door or nine dollars in advance. It was for all students and faculty. The food, was all traditional Thanksgiving food. Some of he food included was, Turkey, ham potatoes and cream corn. For desert there were a few different kinds of pie. The pumpkin pie was everyone’s favorite.

The buffet was a great hit with all students who attended. There was an abundance of people who attended. All of the seats were full from the start to the end of the buffet.  It is the best buffet that Washburn offers all year.

“I always miss the buffet and really wish I could have attended it.” Said David Cox a mass media senior.

Thanksgiving break starts Wednesday, November 25^th and class resume Monday November 30^th.  With holiday cooking and black Friday coming up it is nice to just be able to go and eat at a buffet and not have to do any of the work.

With the buffet being such a hit I feel that they should do more buffet like this in the future. Maybe a different buffet every month would be really nice and keep more people on campus. Also it makes student feel like they get their moneys worth. There are a lot of people on campus who feel that the food is over priced.

Washburn University had no response to the request to cancel classes for Royals parade (EDIT)

The Royals baseball team celebrated their 2015 World Series Championship win with a 2.3 mile parade beginning at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd in Kansas City, Missouri

For the first time in 30 years, the Royals brought home the crown. Schools and business all over the Kansas City area were closing down to allow students, faculty and staff the opportunity to celebrate this historical win.

When approached via Twitter by students asking Washburn to allow for the day off, Washburn had no reply.

"Favorite or retweet this to get @WashburnUniv to cancel classes for the parade tomorrow. Everyone else is... #TookTheCrown #BeRoyal," tweeted by Colby Taylor, a Washburn student.

According to 42 Action News, more than 30 school districts closed to attend the victory parade. This included colleges such as Johnson County Community College and the Metropolitan Community Colleges.

Most students were not surprised by the lack of response by Washburn though and believed it was a long shot to ask in the first place.

Aaron Childers, a Washburn student, made a tweet about the possibility of Washburn canceling classes. "2 yrs ago Washburn was the only university in Kansas not to close because of 3ft of snow. They're not closing tomorrow early."

The beauty of college though is that one does not need permission to skip class. Many students played hooky for the day to be one of 800,000 people to attend the victory parade. Cars were abandoned on the side streets and in the middle of the highways. Some people walked more than 10 miles just to reach the end of the parade at Union Station. Two people even pretended to be media journalists and were able to walk in the parade to meet Salvador Perez and get a hand on the World Series trophy.

People were willing to jump through hoops to attend and be a part of the Royals celebration. Students from Pittsburg State University, Mid-America Nazarene University, Emporia State University, the University of Kansas and Kansas State University were pleading for the day off with no luck.

Despite the lack of response from Washburn about canceling classes, they did show the live-viewing of the parade in the lower-level of the Union so students could watch and enjoy the celebration.

 

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