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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

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Student reports rape at Wichita State, suspect not Wichita resident

Student reports rape at Wichita State, suspect not Wichita resident

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor January 12, 2018

A student reported they were raped on Wichita State's campus last month. The rape was reportedly committed at The Flats, an apartment complex on campus. The student is a resident of The Flats. The...

Mandy Hambleton, assistant vice president for student advocacy, intervention and accountability and deputy Title IX coordinator for students is resigning from Wichita State next month.

Student Conduct’s Mandy Hambleton resigning

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor January 11, 2018

Assistant Vice President for Student Advocacy, Intervention and Accountability and Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Students Mandy Hambleton is resigning from Wichita State. Hambleton will leave WSU...

Wichita and Sedgwick County officials cut the ribbon on the new Law Enforcement Training Center on Wichita States Innovation Campus.

City, county, university cut ribbon on Innovation Campus law enforcement training center

Andrew Linnabary, Reporter January 6, 2018

In the vein of Innovation Campus’s collaborative vision, a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning for WSU’s new Law Enforcement Training Center featured representatives of Sedgwick County, the city...

Provost and Senior Vice President Tony Vizzini discusses his past in his office for a profile in October 2017. Vizzini has taken authorized leave for the spring semester as he seeks a new job.

Bardo: Provost takes paid leave to ‘focus on his professional goals’; Muma moves into position

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief January 5, 2018

Provost and Senior Vice President Tony Vizzini will take "authorized leave during spring semester to focus on his professional goals," according to a statement released Friday by Wichita State President...

Kansas Board of Regents approve online degree in homeland security

Kansas Board of Regents approve online degree in homeland security

Evan Pflugradt, Opinion Editor December 26, 2017

Wichita State will offer a four-year, online bachelor's degree in homeland security, beginning in the spring. The Kansas Board of Regents approved the degree program at their December meeting Wednesday. The...

The parking garage located just south of the Rhatigan Student Center will transition to pay-by-hour parking May 13.

SGA announces parking garage changes for spring semester

Kylie Cameron, Reporter December 22, 2017

The parking garage located by the Rhatigan Student Center will remain open to students with green ePermits to park on the second and third floors, the Student Government Association announced. The original...

Survey measures Fairmount neighborhoods response to Innovation Campus

Survey measures Fairmount neighborhood’s response to Innovation Campus

Matthew Kelly, Copy Chief December 19, 2017

Ninety-four percent of surveyed Fairmount neighborhood residents say the changes taking place at Wichita State are making their neighborhood a better place to live in — but leaders say gentrification,...

Maureen Dasey-Morales (left), Chad Warrick (center), and Samantha Greenberg (right) are leaving Wichita State after the fall semester.

3 leaders leaving after this semester

Chance Swaim and Jenna Farhat December 15, 2017

Three student affairs leaders are leaving Wichita State. Maureen Dasey-Morales, associate vice president for student affairs and wellness, is leaving for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...

Matt Hamm, SJCF Architecture, answers questions and gathers ideas for the new YMCA on campus during a forum in the Rhatigan Student Center.

Student focus group discusses YMCA plans with architects

Matthew Kelly, Copy Chief December 8, 2017

A small group of students met with architects from SJCF — a firm that builds YMCA facilities around the greater Wichita area — to offer input Thursday on the joint YMCA and wellness facility set to...

Breck Towner, student body vice president, speaks to a senator during the meeting Wednesday evening.

SGA tables bill that would separate incoming and outgoing administration banquets

Daniel Caudill, Reporter December 7, 2017

Controversy erupted at May’s student government banquet, as incoming Student Body President Paige Hungate’s parents were accused of battery and anti-black, hate “fighting words” after an altercation...

Monroe Becker, owner of Unruh House Moving Inc. prepares the trailer with original Pizza Hut building as its moved to its permanent home on Wichita State’s campus. (Sept. 18, 2017)

Wage differences: Why construction workers may not make as much on Innovation Campus projects as other WSU projects

Ray Strunk, Reporter December 6, 2017

Although there is construction all over campus, not every construction job is treated equally. Construction on government-owned buildings or pieces of land — including public universities — is subject...

A focus group will be held Thursday for students to offer their input on what should be included in the YMCA and wellness facility set to be built on Innovation Campus within the next few years.

Students can offer input on YMCA at Thursday’s focus group

Matthew Kelly, Copy Chief December 6, 2017

A focus group will be held Thursday for students to offer their input on what should be included in the YMCA and wellness facility set to be built on Innovation Campus within the next few years. The...

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