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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

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A phish in the water: Phishing attempts can be hard to avoid, detect, WSU officials say

Andrew Linnabary February 25, 2016

Wichita State traffics 3.3 million emails a day to students, faculty and staff, but only 10 percent are valid, said David Wright, chief data officer at WSU. “That just tells you the magnitude of how...

Student volunteers connect with local seniors

Manny De Los Santos February 22, 2016

Wichita State students play Uno Saturday morning with patients at Regent Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare during Senior Saturday. The volunteer effort was hosted by WSU’s Community Service Board, a...

Jedd Beaudoin, award-winning KMUW host, reads the “Wichita Vortex Sutra” Sunday to celebrate the anniversary of honored poet Allen Ginsberg and his visit to WSU in 1966.

WSU celebrates 50 years since Ginsberg’s visit to Wichita

Chance Swaim February 22, 2016

The news threw Wichita State into a swirl.Students and professors had been whispering about it over coffee in the student union for days. Most students, like Eddie Tejeda, a sophomore studying psychology...

Follow-up diversity forum focuses on progress, community development

Marissa Campbell February 21, 2016

The discussion about diversity at Wichita State continued Friday with a forum led by President John Bardo, as a follow-up to the forum held in November.Strides toward a more diverse campus are being made,...

Hillary for Kansas opens Wichita office

TJ Rigg February 18, 2016

Hillary for Kansas, part of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, expanded its efforts in Kansas on Wednesday with the opening of its Wichita office.According to a news release from Hillary for Kansas,...

SGA swears in new engineering senator

TJ Rigg February 18, 2016

During a quick meeting Wednesday, Student Government Association appointed a new engineering senator, senior Tyler Laudick.Laudick transferred from the University of Kansas in fall 2014, and said he had...

Volunteers advocate for presidential nominee Bernie Sanders in new downtown Wichita office

Alex Perry February 18, 2016

In a small retail space next door to The Donut Whole in downtown Wichita, the official campaign office for the “political revolution” has opened for Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders.The...

Students participate in science activities with Wichita State engineering students as part of the annual “Noche de Ciencias” on Tuesday at North High School.

Parents, students get excited about science

Chandler Ochoa February 18, 2016

Engineers straight out of college can make a starting salary of more than $50,000 a year, but that is not what Joaquin Delgado, an elementary school student, thinks about.“You do not know how badly I...

Anti-racist activist, Tim Wise, talks about white privilege and the Black Lives Matter vs. the All Lives Matter movements Wednesday night at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Wise has spoken in all 50 states and at more than 800 colleges across the nation.

Anti-racist speaker Tim Wise fills the Metroplex

Chance Swaim February 17, 2016

Nine people in one house.One cooks gumbo and leaves it on the stove. Twenty-four hours pass and the smell starts to drift into bedrooms. The other eight people in the house don’t want to clean out the...

Student Health Services to offer free STI testing

Chance Swaim February 16, 2016

Both infections can be cured with proper treatment, according to the Center for Disease Control.  The effects of both diseases are better mitigated when caught early, Stafford said.“The earlier we can...

New royalty crowned to cap-off homecoming week

Conner Clapham February 16, 2016

Wichita State has a new queen and king.Though the men’s basketball fell to Northern Iowa on Saturday, seniors Tim Eichler and Whitney Wilson won king and queen for this year’s homecoming royalty.“I...

WSU study: Kansas population forecasted to transfer to metro areas

Grant Cohen February 16, 2016

Wichita State’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR) saw the need for a study to predict a possible sizeable shift of residents from rural areas to metropolitan areas across...

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