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New out-of-state senator, adviser join SGA

TJ Rigg November 12, 2015

Two new faces joined Student Government Association during its meeting Wednesday night: Freshman Eric Kromidas as an out-of-state senator and Marché Fleming-Randle as SGA’s new faculty adviser.Kromidas...

New Fellows recognized for innovation

Levi Yager November 12, 2015

Five students were named the first Wichita State University Innovation Fellows by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) earlier this month. Bearing the new title, they...

Wichita Police crime scene investigators study the scene where Letitia Davis, 36, was found in a fire Nov. 14 at Fairmount Park.

One year later: Remembering the Fairmount Park attack

Chance Swaim, Editor in Chief November 12, 2015

It was a night that would later shape the community’s and university’s attitudes toward campus safety and community engagement. Saturday is the one-year anniversary of the attack at Fairmount Park,...

Guest choreographers contribute to Kansas Dance Festival

Conner Clapham November 12, 2015

In the first week of the school year, while the average student was getting ready sharpening their pencils and packing their backpack, dance students hoping to perform in the annual Kansas Dance Festival...

The ins and outs of ticket pickup

Reece Burns November 11, 2015

With another basketball season underway comes a whole different season of subsequent student ticket pick-ups.This season comes with a change to the number of tickets that can be retrieved per pick up....

Kavya Natesan crowned in Miss Black, Gold pageant

Danielle Prewitt November 9, 2015

Sophomore Meenakshi Kavya Natesan stood with nervous eyes and a humbled smile as she and fellow contestant Amy Vuong held hands on stage. They waited patiently under a single spotlight when host, Joseph...

Taben Azad, Amanda Johnson named Man, Woman of the Year

Conner Clapham November 9, 2015

Man and Woman of the Year winners were announced Friday, and with so many differences between the two winners, their biggest similarity is that they both did not expect to win. Both Taben Azad, Man of...

Bobby Fleetwood

Photo Courtesy of Zach Carbiener November 9, 2015

Senior Bobby Fleetwood, First Class Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy, said veterans have become reclusive over time and live in fear of negative confrontation. Fleetwod and other student veterans at Wichita...

The changing face of veterans: military students discuss reversing stereotypes

Amanda Hansen November 9, 2015

Correction: Sarah Sell is in the Air National Guard. Erin Rust was a sergeant in the Army. An article in the Nov. 9 paper had incorrect titles. We regret the error. Jerald Ashton wore a black leather...

Wichita State allows Tulsa, Oklahoma City residents to pay in-state tuition

Grant Cohen November 9, 2015

Wichita State continues to live up to its reputation as one of the most affordable public research universities in the country. The university announced last week that residents in Tulsa and Oklahoma...

Candlelight vigil sheds light on suicide

Brennen Smith November 9, 2015

A suicide last month at Wichita State drew solemn faces of students, faculty and staff as they lined the Rhatigan Student Center east patio and stairs and filling three rows of available chairs Friday...

Couple donates scholarship to honor daughter’s memory

Grant Cohen November 5, 2015

Kathy Brown and her family moved to Wichita when she was 11 years old, but she became  involved with Wichita State long before she was a student.“Wichita was her home,” said her father, Charlie Brown....

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