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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Left to right: Student Body President Paige Hungate, Student Body Vice President Breck Towner,  Chief of Operations Kylen Lawless, and Treasurer Marshall Johnson at a student senate meeting last semester.

SGA cabinet calls Bardo’s decision to open fees meeting ‘the pinnacle of cowardice’

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor March 7, 2018

Two days after Wichita State President John Bardo called for the Student Fees Committee to reconvene and hold its deliberations in public, executive members of student government sent an email to Bardo...

The crosswalk where a staff member was hit by a car on Perimeter Road near Wilner Auditorium.

WSU staff member hit by car on campus

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor March 6, 2018

A Wichita State staff member received injuries after being hit by a car at a crosswalk this morning. The staff member was hit while using the crosswalk on Perimeter Road near Wilner Auditorium. The...

Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center comes to WSU

Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center comes to WSU

Robert Hite, Reporter March 6, 2018

Mosaic Griffin thinks more Wichita State students would use the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center’s services if it had an office closer to campus than its downtown location. “Downtown can be intimidating...

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Student Fees Committee deliberations date set, organizations can give ‘supplemental presentations’

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief March 3, 2018

The Student Fees Committee will reconvene in public next Friday, according to an email from University Budget Director David Miller. Groups that want to give a "supplemental presentation" to their original...

The room SGA meets in every week was full to the brim with people on Wednesday, February 28 due to announcements about student fees hearing.

Want to see the entire student fees committee binder? Here it is.

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief March 1, 2018

The Student Fees Committee met behind closed doors last Friday to deliberate how to allocate student fees, and it's reconvening in public next week to reconsidering requests made by campus organizations...

Ryan Lynch, captain of BAJA SAE, talks about the impact a cut to the funding would have on the club during the SGA meeting.

Automotive engineers speak against potential funding cuts

Ray Strunk, Reporter March 1, 2018

Two automotive engineering student organizations are facing potential funding cuts. The Formula Team and BAJA, both affiliated with the Society of Automotive Engineers, were set to see their funds cut...

Aaron Bristow-Rodriguez, poetry editor of MikroKosmos, holds up a paper that has budget breakdown during the SGA meeting where student fees were supposed to be discussed.

Student fees committee recommends $0 for Mikrokosmos literary journal

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor March 1, 2018

The oldest literary journal in Kansas could cease to exist if the Student Fees Committee recommendations pass. The committee recommended that Wichita State’s literary journal, Mikrokosmos, receives...

Vice President for Student Affairs Teri Hall speaks at the SGA meeting Wednesday about tabling the student fees discussion until the fees committee reconvenes in public.

Bardo calls for public student fees deliberation

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief February 28, 2018

An hour before the student senate meeting where the student fees recommendation would undergo a first reading, Wichita State President John Bardo emailed a statement to Vice President for Student Affairs...

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‘I think it’s egregious:’ WSU faculty talk Sunflower funding threats

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor February 27, 2018

A group of Wichita State Faculty Senators are drafting a statement in support of The Sunflower after stories appearing in Monday's paper detailed a closed-door meeting for student fee allocations and threats...

FACT CHECK: Reasoning for Student Fees Committee cutting The Sunflowers funding in half

FACT CHECK: Reasoning for Student Fees Committee cutting The Sunflower’s funding in half

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief February 27, 2018

A committee charged with making recommendations about how to spend student fees recommended cutting The Sunflower's operating funding in half. Tuesday, a student senator released the presentation on Facebook. The...

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Student fees committee recommends cutting Sunflower funding in half

February 26, 2018

The Wichita State Student Fees Committee recommended cutting The Sunflower's funding to $55,000 for fiscal year 2019 Monday, after deliberating in a closed meeting Friday afternoon. The Sunflower requested...

These heavily redacted emails were obtained through the Kansas Open Records Act. 928 out of 2,102 pages had redactions. 539 of the pages were completely black.

REDACTED

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief February 26, 2018

 The Sunflower paid Wichita State $593 for a records request filed under the Kansas Open Records Act, and more than a quarter of the pages were completely redacted, black rectangles. Out of 2,102 emails...

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