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‘If you like freedom’: Wichita State alum and former employee runs for Congress
Ainsley Smyth, Reporter • May 18, 2024

With tattoos from his knuckles to his neck, Esau Freeman doesn’t look like your typical politician, although he may dress the part. Freeman is running...

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A graduate smiles while listening to the opening remarks on May 11. Wichita State hosted three commencement ceremonies throughout the day.
PHOTOS: Spring Graduation 2024
Kristy Mace, Allison Campbell, and Taliyah Winn • May 14, 2024

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Wichita State President Rick Muma and Governor Laura Kelly break ground on the Wichita Biomedical Campus during a ceremony hosted on Wednesday. The duo was joined by more than a dozen other Kansas policymakers, elected officials and university administrators.
Elected officials, university representatives break ground for ‘extraordinary’ Biomedical Campus
Allison Campbell, Editor in Chief • May 10, 2024

More than 100 people gathered at the intersection of Topeka and William on Wednesday morning to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Wichita Biomedical...

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Takota Jay, senior animation major, works on his coursework. Jay also does intramural sports and plays for the Shocker Sound Machine at Wichita State.
Animation major practices ‘playing God’ in studies
Cheyanne Tull, Reporter • May 9, 2024

Animation major Takota Jay bears a unique connection to Disney’s 2003 film “Brother Bear.” His name is inspired by the little bear named Koda, which...

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Sports
Brady Palen, a junior high jumper, attempts to clear the high jump bar at the Herm Wilson Invitational. Palen won the event, jumping seven feet, one-half inch, three inches off his career high.
Wichita State finishes fourth in outdoor AAC Championships
May 14, 2024
Dayvin Johnson hits a fly ball during a Shocker baseball game in April.
Baseball rolls past Charlotte in sweep
Jacob Unruh • May 14, 2024
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Corey Washington transfers to Wichita State basketball
Jacob Unruh, Assistant Sports Editor • May 14, 2024
Taylor Spinelli rows with her teammates in the Plains Regional Regatta on April 23 at Boats and Bikes on River Vista.
Shocker Rowing takes gold in seven events at Plains Regional Regatta
Jacinda Hall, Podcast Editor • May 12, 2024
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Arts & Culture
Takota Jay, senior animation major, works on his coursework. Jay also does intramural sports and plays for the Shocker Sound Machine at Wichita State.
Animation major practices ‘playing God’ in studies
Cheyanne Tull, Reporter • May 9, 2024
Senior Auryonna Webb will be the first of two students to graduate from Wichita State with a bachelors degree in acting for digital arts.
‘Soul work’: One of first to graduate with acting for digital arts degree looks toward future
Mia Hennen, Editor in chief • May 9, 2024
Ashley Thompson, senior mathematics major at WSU.
Untangling thoughts: Math major channels anxiety into podcasting
Piper Pinnetti, Reporter • May 7, 2024
Trey Freund, a Wichita State student and local drag queen, fixes his makeup during the intermission.
Creative writing student explores self-identity as a drag artist
Loren Amelunke, Reporter • May 6, 2024
Colombian street artist and muralist Nathalia Gallego Sánchez, known in the art world as GLeo, speaks to a media source at the unveiling of her Adelante Juntos-Forward Together Duerksen Amphitheater mural on May 3.
New WSU mural reflects ‘past,’ ‘present,’ and ‘even the unwritten future’ of Hispanic history in Wichita
Monique Bever, Reporter • May 6, 2024
Opinion
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Dua Lipa’s 'Radical Optimism' isn’t her best album, but it’s still filled with bops
Jacob Unruh, Reporter • May 12, 2024
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OPINION: McKnight is a disaster of a building
Makenzie Miller, Columnist • May 8, 2024
Trinity Ramm
Ramm: How I found and left The Sunflower
Trinity Ramm, Managing editor • May 7, 2024
Melanie Rivera-Cortez
Rivera-Cortez: You are in the room because you belong there
Melanie Rivera-Cortez, Sports editor • May 3, 2024
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REVIEW: ‘Dark Vacay’ is a relaxing cruise song just before summer vacay
Piper Pinnetti, Reporter • May 1, 2024
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