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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

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Wichita State drops banner investigation

Wichita State drops banner investigation

Andrew Linnabary, Reporter September 14, 2017

Wichita State will not discipline two students who hung a banner advertising “free house tours” from the side of a fraternity house, an incident that created a social media storm and opened university...

A $3.64 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation will help create an Institute for the Study of Economic Growth at Wichita State.

Koch money moves institute forward

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief September 14, 2017

A $3.64 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation will help create an Institute for the Study of Economic Growth at Wichita State. The institute will be part of the Barton School of Business. The...

Inconsistency surrounds alcohol policy at The Flats

Inconsistency surrounds alcohol policy at The Flats

Ray Strunk, Reporter September 14, 2017

WSU police filed a report of a “loud party with alcohol present” at The Flats apartment complex in the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 10. Unlike Shocker Hall and the now defunct Fairmount...

Suspicious notes allegedly left for Shocker Hall residents

Suspicious notes allegedly left for Shocker Hall residents

Matthew Kelly, Copy Chief September 11, 2017

Shocker Hall residents reported receiving suspicious notes last week according to a Wednesday entry on the WSU police crime log. A Shocker Hall resident who wished to remain anonymous said she and her...

Iraqi student and family arrested while depositing check

Iraqi student and family arrested while depositing check

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor September 11, 2017

Sattar Ali, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at Wichita State, said he and his family were racially profiled and arrested while depositing a check Wednesday. Ali, who is originally from...

2 Phi Delta Theta members suspended by fraternity for Free House Tours banner

2 Phi Delta Theta members suspended by fraternity for ‘Free House Tours’ banner

Andrew Linnabary, Reporter September 11, 2017

A banner encouraging new sorority recruits to visit for “free house tours” was hung from a window at Phi Delta Theta fraternity Friday, the first day of Greek recruitment, leading to the suspension...

Shelby Reynolds poses for a senior portrait. She graduated from Wichita State in the spring of 2016.

‘This is part of my job.’

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief September 9, 2017

Shelby Reynolds is no stranger to storms. She grew up in Wichita, where high winds and hard rain can spring from nowhere, but her 22 years in tornado alley didn’t prepare her for this. Reynolds,...

Wichita State Students Karen Segura and Jaime Segura hold up a sign and applaud during the #HereToStay support event held at the Historical County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. (Sept. 5, 2017)

Here to stay: DACA student speaks out

Ray Strunk, Reporter September 7, 2017

Tony Ibarra calls the United States home. The sophomore mechanical engineering major is one of nearly 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients nationwide. The DACA program,...

SGA stands in solidarity with DACA students

SGA stands in solidarity with DACA students

Ray Strunk, Reporter September 7, 2017

The Student Government Association unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night in support of students affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program at Wichita State and across...

An employee at The Flats reported that mulch on the west end of the building was smoldering Saturday afternoon.

UPDATE: Sexual battery reported at The Flats

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor September 5, 2017

A sexual battery allegedly occurred at The Flats last Thursday evening, according to a university police report. The University Police Department crime log describes the alleged offense as “unwanted...

Police Chief Sara Morris retires

Police Chief Sara Morris retires

Jenna Farhat, Managing Editor September 1, 2017

University Police Chief Sara Morris will retire Sept. 29, Wichita State announced Friday morning. Morris is taking ten days off beginning Sept. 1, the day her retirement was announced. UPD Captain Guy...

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