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News in brief, Dec. 1

Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2014

Fall commencement ceremony scheduled for Dec. 14December graduates will walk across the stage Dec. 14 in the fall 2014 commencement ceremony.Check-in time for graduates is 1:30 p.m. The ceremony begins...

Free HIV testing available for World AIDS Day

Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

Students can take advantage of free HIV testing next week in accordance with World AIDS Day. Student Health Services and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion are co-sponsoring the testing, which will...

Candlelight concert brings cheer for 52nd year

Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

For Wichita State Choir Director Tom Wine, the annual Candlelight Christmas Concert is all about tradition.The WSU teacher expressed enthusiasm for the sold out show that took place Sunday night, which...

Black Friday jobs offer mixed experiences

Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

For some students, the idea of working a holiday is nothing new. From the 4th of July to Christmas, the world of commerce seems to never stop.However, having been a popular day to go shopping since the...

WSU, Wichita community react to grand jury decision

Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

Wichita State students and staff and about 50 other people met on the corner of Hillside and 21st Streets Tuesday in response to the decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed...

Wichita State hosts Kansas Dance Festival

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

After darkness loomed into Miller Concert Hall, a performer carried a single drum on stage. As his hand tapped into it, the lights revealed numerous dancers next to him.FEAST, a collaboration between Danish...

SGA hears from sexual assault group, passes resolution

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

In light of the national “It’s On Us” campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault, and due to the assult in Fairmount Park on Nov. 14, the Student Government Association heard from a group looking...

Alumna recalls skydiving accident

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

Nobody could talk Shonda Huber Haught out of skydiving back in October 1982.She was a junior at Wichita State when she and a few others started a new WSU-sanctioned skydiving club.Her mother wouldn’t...

The night everything changed

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

Dec. 4th is always a hard day for former Wichita State students Larry and Julie Breitenstein.It’s the day their 19-year-old son and student-athlete, Austin, almost lost his life in a car accident near...

Kansas schools defend student voice

Managing Editor November 24, 2014

Representatives from Student Government Associations of Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) schools defended a student referendum — or vote — against a KBOR proposal on Wednesday in Topeka.The proposal...

Shockerthon surpasses fundraising goal

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

As 13-year-old Hannah Lindner got on stage to sing the hit song, “Let it Go,” on Saturday, a crowd gathered around her, emanating cheers of encouragement and screams of her name.After the performance,...

Community, family, friends remember lost victim in Fairmount Park attack

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

About 50 people gathered at the site of the crime Sunday evening to remember Letitia Davis, the victim of an attack at Fairmount Park who died Saturday morning at Via Christi St. Francis.Fairmount residents,...

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