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1970 plane crash subject of KMUW’s award-winning documentary

Conner Clapham April 7, 2016

Most people in Wichita have heard of, or even remember, the October plane crash of 1970. A plane carrying the Wichita State football team crashed into a Colorado mountain on its way to a game against...

Hugo Wall School’s new director has academic, practitioner experience

Madeline Deabler April 6, 2016

Wichita State’s Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs appointed its new director last month. Samuel Brown, who has a long list of job experiences in management of academic, nonprofit and health programs,...

Students play with color and water during the 2015 HOLI Festival of Colors. 

HOLI Festival of Colors to bring piece of Hindu culture to Wichita State

Fiona Kee April 6, 2016

Wichita State seniors Priessia Niswantari and Aniruddha Jadhav know first hand the meaning behind the HOLI Festival of Colors.The couple will celebrate their one-year anniversary at the annual HOLI event...

SGA passes second recommended student fees allocations

TJ Rigg April 6, 2016

Nearly a month after rejecting the original recommended student fees allocations, Student Government Association passed a revised recommendation Wednesday. The budget totals $9,203,284. Now the budget...

Joseph Shepard embraces his running-mate, Taben Azad, after their ticket was announced as the winning candidates for 2017-17 student body president and vice president.

Shepard, Azad win student body elections

TJ Rigg April 6, 2016

Cheers of triumph echoed Wednesday evening through the Rhatigan Student Center as Joseph Shepard and Taben Azad were announced as the student body president and vice president for the 2016-17 school year. Shepard...

Egg vehicle

Manny De Los Santos April 4, 2016

Student Dominic Scott from All Saints Catholic School adds final touches to his egg vehicle for the Scrambler event during the 29th annual Kansas Science Olympiad held at the Heskett center. The Kansas...

Six candidates running for student body president and vice president debate their platforms Friday in front of an audience of about 70 people. Voting begins at 8 a.m. Monday on myWSU and ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Winners will be announced during a reception at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Candidates voice platforms in debate, question format

Chance Swaim April 4, 2016

Wichita State Student Government Association held its annual presidential and vice presidential debate Friday.Candidates from the three competing tickets— Progress, Shockers United and Spark — debated...

Meet the presidential, vice presidential candidates

Sunflower staff April 4, 2016

The parties are organized alphabetically, by ticket, below:ProgressPresident: Joseph ShepardVice President: Taben AzadMotto: “Engage. Empower. Enhance.”Main objectives: Student safety, student health...

Campus printers victim of off-site hacking

Evan Pflugradt April 1, 2016

Printers on the Wichita State campus printed out anti-Semitic propaganda as the result of an off-site hacking, announced Monday in a news release.Printers are publically accessible if they are connected...

Students swap T-Shirts

Madeline Deabler April 1, 2016

Members of Shockers Forever Student Alumni Association sat in the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday and Wednesday collecting clothes for charity.Each student who donated then got to choose from a wide...

SGA hears revised student fees allocations, vote happening next week

TJ Rigg April 1, 2016

If the revised recommended student fees allocations are passed, Mikrokosmos, Wichita State’s literary journal, would receive $2,000 of the $6,000 it requested from student fees.Originally, the magazine...

Students help organize national AfterDark concert coming to WSU

C. Connor Clapham April 1, 2016

Four years ago, 2,000 Wichita State students gathered in Charles Koch Arena to watch the men’s basketball team win the NIT Tournament, followed by an AfterDark performance.Though the team is not playing,...

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