Skip to Main Content
Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Student health discusses measles policies

Staff Reporter March 4, 2015

In recent weeks, measles has been making headlines nationwide.In an outbreak that originated from trips to Disneyland in California earlier this year, measles has infected more than 150 people across 17...

Wichita State political science professors Kenneth Ciboski and Melvin Kahn debate policy on Feb. 20

Political science greats: Q&A

Staff Reporter March 4, 2015

Professor Melvin Kahn and Associate Professor Kenneth Ciboski, both of the political science departmen, sat down with the Sunflower recently.Ciboski has been teaching at Wichita State for 47 years, specializing...

Letter from the student body president: On nonacademic misconduct transcript notation

Student Body President March 4, 2015

Earlier this semester, the Wichita State Student Senate passed a resolution in support of a policy proposal that would establish a non-academic misconduct transcript notation.The purpose of the resolution...

Shesha Shox celebrates diversity

Staff Reporter March 4, 2015

Wichita State students who are looking for a group to relax, smoke hookah and appreciate middle eastern culture now have a home away from home.Shesha Shox, a group that formed around the notion that students...

Nerd Union turns RSC into a dungeon

Staff Reporter March 4, 2015

A sword-wielding pixie was pinned under the foot of a monster on the second floor of Wichita State’s Rhatigan Student Center Friday night.It was a “giant, hulk-ogre-zombie thing,” said freshman Caleb...

Use of wristbands at College GameDay unfavored

Staff Reporter March 4, 2015

It’s not every season that ESPN’s College GameDay comes to your university to broadcast a show. Having a basketball program ranked among the top 15 teams in the nation’s standings calls for an invitation...

Wichita State professors invent Google Glass camera attachment

Staff Reporter March 4, 2015

Between Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens and the litany of smartwatches from companies such as Samsung and Apple, the tech world is going to be drowned by a wave of gadgets for wearing, not holding, in...

TOMS to be sold at RSC for charity

Staff Reporter March 2, 2015

Starting today, Wichita State students have an opportunity to purchase a pair of TOMS shoes in preparation for “One Day Without Shoes,” a national initiative which aims to raise awareness for children...

SGA reviews ’15-16 student fees budget

Staff Reporter March 2, 2015

The Wichita State Student Government Association read the proposed $9.5 million student fees budget for the 2015-16 school year during its meeting Wednesday.Student fees are included in the price of tuition....

Distinguised Professor Weems dicusses his passion of African American history

Opinion Editor March 2, 2015

With a clear passion for African-American history, Chicago native Dr. Robert E. Weems Jr. comes to the Wichita State campus as the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History in a discussion...

Hugo Wall School issues assessment of Wichita Police Department

Staff Reporter February 25, 2015

Wichita State’s Center for Urban Studies at Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs released a detailed, 227-page assessment last week of the Wichita Police Department.The report was commissioned after the...

Group presents tobacco free policy to Faculty Senate

Staff Reporter February 25, 2015

Junior psychology and communication major Eden Vierthaler brought her third Parliament Light of the day to her lips and inhaled.The cigarette glowed. Smoke wafted slowly past her fingers and face and dissolved...

Load More Stories