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Corrigan: Life’s greatest mysteries

Corrigan: Life’s greatest mysteries

Agnes Corrigan, Columnist April 17, 2018

Sometimes I forget that the world is a magical and mysterious place. That sentence makes me want to barf, but bear with me. I get so caught up in my day-to-day routine that I forget to be curious and wonder...

Letter to the Editor -- From the history department faculty

Letter to the Editor — From the history department faculty

April 12, 2018

The faculty of the history department write to express our dismay at the decision to cut The Sunflower’s budget. The funding reduction represents both a threat to the independence of the newspaper and...

KVFW Frequency 100.5 FM The Flight went live to the greater central Kansas region this December.

Cooper: The Flight 100.5 Offers Glint of Rock Radio Hope

Matt Cooper, Columnist April 11, 2018

A new addition to the Kansas Airwaves is shaking things up. Thurs. Dec. 28, 2017 — KVFW Frequency 100.5 FM The Flight went live to the greater central Kansas region with its opening track: “I Won’t...

Corrigan: Seven signs you're growing up

Corrigan: Seven signs you’re growing up

Agnes Corrigan, Columnist April 9, 2018

The other day, I had a friend ask me if I pick up the ice cubes that accidentally fall to the floor when I’m getting ice, or if I let them melt on the floor with the excuse “it’s only water”, or...

Pflugradt: How The Sunflower and others are already feeling the effects of budget cuts

Pflugradt: How The Sunflower and others are already feeling the effects of budget cuts

Evan Pflugradt, Opinion Editor April 9, 2018

Thanks to a rubber stamp by Wichita State President John Bardo, The Sunflower will receive $80,000 in student fee allocations, thus shrinking The Sunflower’s budget to a new low. Those unfamiliar with...

Good luck, Kenon and Shelby

Good luck, Kenon and Shelby

Staff Editorial April 4, 2018

Kenon Brinkley and Shelby Rowell won the SGA president and vice president election Wednesday night, and, while they ran unopposed, The Sunflower hopes they’re successful fulfilling their mission of combatting...

Letter to the Editor -- It’s time for Kansas

Letter to the Editor — It’s time for Kansas

April 4, 2018

It’s time for what? You may ask. A group of four social work graduate students think it’s time for the Kansas legislature to move forward with the legalization of medicinal marijuana. For the past...

Letter to the Editor — Lynn Stephan

Letter to the Editor — Lynn Stephan

April 3, 2018

A small but important book by Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny/Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," identifies the dangers the WSU student body has brought upon itself, along with the fine reputation...

Pflugradt: Vote like you mean it

Pflugradt: Vote like you mean it

Evan Pflugradt, Opinion Editor April 2, 2018

Now’s the time to cast your ballot. Elections for the next session of the Student Government Association open today and close at 5 p.m. Wednesday. This year, the only ticket on the ballot is...

Letter to the Editor — Sandy West

Letter to the Editor — Sandy West

March 31, 2018

As a Wichita State alumnus, who worked closely with the university administration and Student Government Association in a variety of capacities as a student, including as a reporter for The Sunflower,...

Letter to the Editor -- Amy DeVault

Letter to the Editor — Amy DeVault

March 30, 2018

As the faculty adviser to The Sunflower, I am beyond disheartened that the Student Government Association has decided to slash the funding for the student newspaper to only half of what the paper requested,...

Corrigan: The island of lost snacks

Corrigan: The island of lost snacks

Agnes Corrigan, Columnist March 28, 2018

The other day, I was perusing the aisles of Dillon’s for snacks, (because really, what is the Final Four without the proper snacks?), when I stumbled across an old friend: Cheetos Puffcorn in the butter...

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