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Student Government Association International Sen. Aaron Haynes listens during the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night as several senators present bills for their first reads.

Funding allocations discussed at Student Government meeting

Loren Amelunke, Reporter March 1, 2024

Mitch Baker, Geology Club vice president, spoke about club fundraising during Wednesday’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. According to Baker, the Geology Club learns about natural sciences...

Chase Billingham, an at-large senator, speaks to the Faculty Senate at the meeting on Nov. 14, 2023.

Faculty member raises concerns about shared governance

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor March 1, 2024

During informal statements at the Faculty Senate on Feb. 26, Chase Billingham expressed his feelings about the Faculty Senate’s role in policymaking on campus. Billingham spoke about shared governance,...

A protester displays a sign with a quote by Palestinian author and politician Ghassan Kanafani. I would love to go to Gaza and help those children that youre starving, she said in response to a heckler.

‘I hate that man’: Students, community members protest Jordan Peterson tour, call for Gaza ceasefire

Allison Campbell, News Editor February 29, 2024

Protesters gathered outside Century II Performing Arts and Convention Center and down Douglas Avenue on Monday night to voice their support for Palestine and to oppose Jordan Peterson’s event, which...

Olivia Ramos and another Wichita State student hold up a banner reflecting the number of Palestinian lives lost since the start of Israeli bombings in Gaza. Dozens of community members, students and WSU faculty and staff assembled at the Student Senate meeting on Wednesday night to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Forty-five people gather to call for Gaza ceasefire resolution from Student Government

Courtney Brown, News Editor February 29, 2024

Wichita State students, faculty and alums urged the Student Government Association to pass a resolution supporting a ceasefire in Gaza, with at least 45 people in attendance during the Student Senate...

Photo courtesy of the Forensic Science Society at Wichita State

Forensic Science Society dispels myths about field, discusses club

Lydia Steeby, Reporter February 27, 2024

Forensic science is not just murder mysteries and true crime podcasts — it’s a distinct field that brings scientists into criminal justice. The Forensic Science Society at Wichita State has seen low...

This weeks news in brief — Feb. 24

This week’s news in brief — Feb. 24

Courtney Brown and Allison Campbell February 24, 2024

FAFSA priority date extended to April 1 Following the delay from the new 2024-2025 FAFSA process, Wichita State University has extended its FAFSA priority date to April 1. Current and prospective...

Photo courtesy of Amber Williams

‘I came here to do big things’: Engineering alum discusses starting her own company

Maleah Evans, Reporter February 24, 2024

By running her design business, Amber Williams, a Wichita State engineering alum, aims to support other women of color and disadvantaged community members. “I’ve known since the age of 5, I...

Kansas Board of Regents Chair Jon Rolph speaks during the Dec. 14, 2022, meeting of KBOR.

KBOR speaks out against proposed DEI legislation

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor February 23, 2024

Jon Rolph, chair of the Kansas Board of Regents, defended diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in his chair’s report at a KBOR meeting on Feb. 14. His report is in response to debates in the Kansas...

Racine Zackula, family literacy coordinator for the Wichita Public Library, organizes books on the Book Bus. The Book Bus is a library on wheels that bring various books to different communities or individuals in Wichita.  I love our mission, Zackula said about the WPL. We are to be out in the world and connecting with others where theyre at — and thats what its all about.

Wichita State alum infuses love for reading in ‘Book Bus’ work

Mia Hennen, Editor in Chief February 22, 2024

Racine Zackula had a lot of ideas about her future career before she landed on being a librarian; she wanted to be a French horn professor, a DJ, a French professor — she even dabbled in being a...

Nicholas Heald, a WSU alum, speaks to a student outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Heald expressed anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments to students and passers-by.

Anti-abortion preacher returns to Wichita State, attracts police attention

Courtney Brown, News Editor February 22, 2024

Please note that some aspects of this story and gallery could be triggering. An anti-abortion advocate stood outside the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday to “preach the gospel” and speak against...

Pamela ONeal responds to an interview question for The Sunflowers podcast. ONeal is the associate director of student engagement for the Office of Online and Adult Learning.

Sunflower Spotlight: Associate director of Office of Online and Adult Learning discusses passion for helping adult learners 

The Sunflower February 18, 2024

This week, we sat down with Pamela O’Neal, associate director of the Office of Online and Adult Learning at Wichita State. O’Neal discussed her recent achievement of earning the Adult Learners Advocate...

Kansas Leadership Center building located in downtown Wichita. The Kansas Leadership Center is holding a listening session on housing in Wichita on Feb. 26.

Wichita residents invited to discuss affordable housing

Ainsley Smyth, Reporter February 16, 2024

Editor’s note: This story comes from the Wichita Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of 11 organizations, including The Sunflower. Are you struggling to find quality affordable housing? Interested...

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