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An Office of Student Accommodations & Testing golf cart. OSAT has one golf cart and a van it uses for a mobility assistance program that transports students with disabilities across campus.
Mobility assistance program to expand at Wichita State with added golf carts
Mia Hennen, Managing Editor • April 24, 2025

More golf carts will soon be roaming Wichita State as the university begins to update a program that aids students with disabilities on campus. The...

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Eason Bryer, director of Facilities Services at Wichita State, opens his Earth Day presentation. Bryer discussed they ways WSU is trying to be more sustainable.
Wichita State has a goal of becoming more sustainable, but some challenges have slowed improvements
Ainsley Smyth, News Editor • April 24, 2025

Wichita State is working toward several sustainability goals, but setbacks, including recent tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump, put the university...

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Parking lot 19E on April 9.
Two parking lots to close this week
Sophia Best, Reporter • April 23, 2025

Part of Lot 19E on Wichita State’s campus will close from Thursday through Sunday. Lot 5 will be closed on Saturday.   The northern half of Lot...

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Spring graduation 2023. (File photo)
Wichita State commencement is quickly approaching
Megan Bailey, Reporter • April 23, 2025

Many students’ time at Wichita State is coming to a close this May. There are a few things graduating seniors should do before the May 16 and 17 graduation...

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Sports
(Photo courtesy of Wichita State Athletics)
A quarter century of Coach ‘Bolt: WSU track and field coach celebrates 25 years on campus
Evan Tong, Reporter • April 24, 2025
Sophomore guard Salese Blow, junior guard Princess Anderson and forward Jayla Murray wait to be introduced as starters against Rice University. The trio combined for 25 points in the win against the Owls.
Women’s basketball roster gutted by transfer portal as eight players leave
Jacob Unruh, Sports Editor • April 24, 2025
Freshman guard Zion Pipkin goes up for shot in the second half against Friends. Pipkin finished with two points.
Promising freshman Zion Pipkin is last WSU men’s basketball player to enter portal
Jacob Unruh, Sports Editor • April 23, 2025
The WSU baseball team meets at the end of the game on April 2. The Shockers fell short in their comeback attempt and lost, 13-10.
Wichita State pitching allows six home runs in 14-8 loss to Kansas State, losing streak now eight games
Jacob Unruh, Sports Editor • April 22, 2025
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Arts & Culture
Roy Moye III interviews WSU Tech President Sheree Utash and Mandy Fouse at the "Tech Tykes" book launch. "Tech Tykes" is an illustrated children's series meant to get students interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).
‘Igniting the spark of curiosity and exploration’: Wichita Tech staff launch children’s book series
Sophia Best, Reporter • April 24, 2025
Bianca Beck was born in Columbus Ohio in 1979 into a family of artists. Beck showed a love of art from the age of 4 years old.
Paint in their veins: How Bianca Beck painted their legacy with the human body, portraits and T. rex statues
Mya Scott, Assistant Editor • April 24, 2025
Elena Cianciolo holds out her arms and smiles creepily at the audience. Cianciolo was performing the musical number "Join Us (And Die)."
PHOTOS: ‘The Guy who Didn’t Like Musicals’
Mya Scott, Assistant Editor • April 18, 2025
Vincent Farwell flashes pretend money towards Mik Lathe during "No Hands" by Waka Flocka. Farwell and Lathe attended the Pride Prom hosted by Spectrum on April 12.
The one fairy ring safe to walk into: Fae-themed Pride Prom hosted on campus
Sophia Best, Reporter • April 17, 2025
Assistant professor Patrick Bondy plays his harp. Bondy has composed his own music on the harp.
One man band: WSU philosophy professor collects an eclectic array of instruments
Mya Scott, Assistant Editor • April 16, 2025
Opinion
The Peeps Sunflower staff tried.
‘Peeps’ this: Sunflower staff ranks Peeps marshmallows
Mya Scott, Assistant Editor • April 19, 2025
Stephanie Martin, a second shift custodial supervisor, shares why she joined the WSU Local 6405 union, which represents WSU facilities and maintence employees. Martin and other union members tabled in the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, April 15.
OPINION: It is bananas: WSU workers deserve more than the leftover peel
Piper Pinnetti, Opinion Editor • April 17, 2025
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OPINION: Amazon is a win for the job market, but at what cost?
Piper Pinnetti, Opinion Editor • April 11, 2025
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REVIEW: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ calls for a first watch, but not much more
Mya Scott, Assistant Editor • April 10, 2025
Former Sen. Michael Miller speaks to the Senate in March 2025.
Letter to the Editor: Writing for a better Student Government Association at Wichita State
Michael Miller, Former SGA senator • April 8, 2025
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