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The crowded 17th Street during Open Streets ICT. The street was blocked off from traffic to allow for vendors, local organizations and artists to table. Event goers were able to bike, walk and mingle while browsing tables.
PHOTOS: Open Streets ICT
Garima Thapa, Photographer • April 16, 2024
Last to perform at SACs Shockers Got Talent event was the student band Tall Glass of Root Beer. The group performed their rendition of Paranoid by Black Sabbath.
PHOTOS: Shockers Got Talent
Kristy Mace, Photo Editor • April 13, 2024
Dance instructor Amy Pollard Yarberry dances among her students.
PHOTOS: Hip-hop dance class
Garima Thapa, Photographer • April 8, 2024
Rebecca Oh, second year student, talks to another student during the Flavors of Asia food sale in the RSC. Oh is a member of the Thai, Lao, & Cambodian student association (TLC).
PHOTOS: Flavors of Asia fundraising event
Garima Thapa, Photographer • April 6, 2024
Calypso Jetè Balmain accepts cash tips from the audience at the 14th annual drag show at Wichita State. The drag performer won the first season of the HBO Max show Legendary. Calypso Jetè Balmain focuses her career on activism, community, education, and health care.
PHOTOS: Wichita State's 14th Annual Drag Show
Mia Hennen, Editor-in-Chief • April 6, 2024
The cast of Smokefall, put on by the student-run Empty Space Theater, bows to the audience at the end of the show. The production took place at the Hughes Metroplex Complex and presents a family drama with themes of magical realism.
PHOTOS: Empty Space Theatre presents 'Smokefall'
Muhammed Ghais Saleem and Charith Surya Kotti April 2, 2024
CC Wong screams and runs to home plate after hitting a home run against UTSA on March 23.
PHOTOS: Softball vs. UTSA
Bryan Chavez, Photographer • March 27, 2024
Wichitans follow contemporary dance director Mina Estrada in movement as they participate in her Dancing Docents event at the Ulrich Museum.
PHOTOS: Dancing Docents with Mina Estrada
Monique Bever, Photographer • March 26, 2024
The Shockers celebrate their win versus No. 5 Memphis by holding a mocking thumbs down. The gesture is in reference to a video of Memphis played earlier in the game.
PHOTOS: Men's basketball vs. Memphis in AAC tournament
Kristy Mace, Photo Editor • March 14, 2024
Redshirt sophomore forward Isaac Abidde cheers with the mens basketball team and university Spirit Squad after a successful play by the Shockers. WSU defeated Rice University by seven points, 88-81.
PHOTOS: Men's basketball vs. Rice in AAC Tournament
Mia Hennen, Editor-in-Chief • March 13, 2024
DJ McCarty runs past the South Florida defense during the AAC tournament second-round match. The senior scored four points on March 10 and a total of 171 points throughout her final collegiate season.
PHOTOS: Women's basketball vs. South Florida in AAC tournament
Kristy Mace, Photo Editor • March 12, 2024
Barry Badgett, associate professor of sculpture media at Wichita State, talks about the process of creating Untitled (Female Nude) by artist Charles Grafly.
PHOTOS: Bronze Pouring Workshop
Garima Thapa, Photographer • March 11, 2024
Daniela Abies adds the Wichita State badge to the round two bracket following the Shockers win on March 9. Wichita State advanced to round two and will face South Florida.
PHOTOS: Women's Basketball vs. Florida Atlantic in AAC tournament
Kristy Mace, Photo Editor • March 10, 2024
Arzu Ozkal speaks about her collaborative exhibition on view in the Clayton Staples Gallery at the McKnight Art Center on March 6. The exhibit is called San Diego/Wichita Mail Art/Design/Play. Ozkal is a Turkish born, San Diego-based artist, designer and researcher.
PHOTOS: Arzu Ozkal Artist Talk
Garima Thapa, Photographer • March 8, 2024
Members of the Vietnamese Student Association dance group end their dance by showcasing fans at the annual VSA Tet Show on Feb. 24.
PHOTOS: VSA Tet Show
Garima Thapa, Photographer • March 5, 2024