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Rick Mullen shows how to make a bowl at the Build-A-Bowl for Empty Bowls event on June 18. Mullen The annual event took place at the Henrion Hall.
PHOTOS: Build-A-Bowl for Empty Bowls
Garima Thapa, Photographer • June 20, 2025
An uprooted tree sits on the ground near Morrison Hall.
PHOTOS: Severe storms uproots tree, scatters debris on WSU campus
Taliyah Winn, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2025
TaLyiah Lewis gets crowned as Miss Juneteenth ICT at the 2025 scholarship pageant for Black high school girls. Lewis is a junior at Northwest High School.
PHOTOS: Miss Juneteenth ICT Scholarship Pageant
Garima Thapa, Photographer • June 10, 2025
Pride colors were placed in various vendors' tents for the Big Gay Market on June 8. The event takes place annually in Wichita.
PHOTOS: Big Gay Market
Garima Thapa, Photographer • June 9, 2025
Annie Cummings paints the Shockers statue for the Riverfest Plein Air Painting competition. Cummings paints for fun and sells them.
PHOTOS: Plein Air Painting Competition at Riverfest
Garima Thapa, Photographer • June 2, 2025
People walk down the street with a RiverFest banner to indicate the first day of the festival. Riverfest sn an annual festival hosted in Wichita.
PHOTOS: Riverfest Sundown Parade 2025
Garima Thapa, Photographer • June 1, 2025
Students smile together while looking at the crowd at the commencement ceremony on May 16.
PHOTOS: Spring 2025 Commencement
Garima Thapa and Zachary Ruth May 20, 2025
Sophomore Jacob Meyers makes the first turn of the men's 800-meter. Meyers ran time of 1:57.32 at the Shocker Open on May 9, good for second place.
Track and field’s men’s team takes second, women’s team takes sixth at AAC Championships
Mack Smith, Reporter • May 18, 2025
Beadworker Michelle Conine helps Araylius Coronado tie off his spiral stitch bracelet during the beadworking class on May 1. The event was one of four collaborative beadworking sessions hosted by the Indigenous Student Collective and the Office of Student Engagement & Belonging.
Healing, crafting and connection — all in one bracelet.
Allison Campbell, Editor-in-Chief • May 14, 2025
Sophomore Tyler Carroll jumps over a hurdle on May 9. Carroll finished the men's 110-meter hurdles in first place, with a time of 14.01 at the Shocker Open.
PHOTOS: From track and field’s Shocker Open
Mack Smith, Reporter • May 10, 2025
Josiah Titus, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, falls to the ground after being tossed from his chair. In the fraternity's performance, Titus and AJ Haynes are sent to detention and try to get kicked out by being too loud.
PHOTOS: Shockers showcase talents in the Shock the Yard Step Show
Allison Campbell, Editor-in-Chief • April 29, 2025
Mia Dennett and AJ Corbett practice a fight scene for "She Kills Monsters." The show opens May 1 and runs until May 3.
‘She Kills Monsters’ deals with the perils of grief and loss through the excitement and adventure of DND
Maleah Evans, Arts and Culture Editor • April 26, 2025
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