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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....

WSU students, faculty learn together in new book club

Brennen Smith November 5, 2015

Eric Maki, director of Campus Recreation, said he loves Mondays and hates the word “just.”Mondays are full of opportunity and people often use “just” to diminish their role by saying, “I’m...

WSU Jazz Arts Ensemble to feature guest performer

Amanda Hansen November 5, 2015

While drawing inspiration from the Great Plains and traditional Latin tunes, saxophonist Arthur White will take the stage at Wichita State for the annual Jazz Arts Ensemble and Banda Hispanica performance,...

Literary festival hosts WSU grad, other Kansas authors

Alex Perry November 5, 2015

Armand Fruge originally enrolled at Wichita State undecided on a major to pursue.It was not until midway through his sophomore year that he started studying English with the goal of becoming an author.Now,...

Active shooter training provides options for potential situations

Chance Swaim November 5, 2015

Wichita State offers free, one-hour training sessions on what to do in response to an active shooter on campus for faculty, staff and students. The next session is scheduled at 9 a.m. Dec. 16.An active...

Audience members enjoy the production of “Morning Joe.”

More than a cup of Joe

Danielle Prewitt November 5, 2015

MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ broadcast brews excitement on campusIt was just after 5 a.m. Tuesday when every television monitor in the Shocker Hall dining hall displayed student Larry Harmon waving a large...

Communication lecturer commended by SGA for ‘outstanding performance’

TJ Rigg November 5, 2015

Sandy Sipes has been a familiar face in Elliott Hall for 11 years.Sipes started as a graduate teaching assistant in the Elliott School of Communication, teaching public speaking courses, in 2004.“It...

Engineering student Rayan Ibrahim Baba was found Aug. 8 in a Fairmount Towers parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds.

Suspect charged with murder in student’s death

Chance Swaim, Reporter November 2, 2015

A suspect in the Aug. 8 shooting death of Wichita State student Rayan Ibrahim Baba made her first appearance last Wednesday at the Sedgwick County Courthouse.  Eboni Fingal, one of two suspects initially...

Man, Woman of the Year: Meet two finalists

Conner Clapham November 2, 2015

Taben Azad is a senior studying mechanical engineering with a minor in political science. A native of Wichita, Azad doesn’t consider himself anyone special. “It is really surreal…I honestly consider...

Gamma Phi Beta receives recognition for success in philanthropic efforts

Brennen Smith November 2, 2015

Senior Clare Stewart said she got a figurative slap in the face four years ago when a Buckner Elementary student arrived to the after-school running program she coached as part of Girls on the Run (GOTR)...

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