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Music and poetry unite open mic night

Staff Reporter October 28, 2013

Finger snaps instead of claps.This is what about 40 people heard in the crowded Room 218 of Hubbard Hall last Thursday night.The event, called “Snaps,” was an open mic night for Wichita State students...

SGA passes numerous funding bills

Staff Reporter October 28, 2013

The Wichita State Student Government Association passed two funding requests for $3,517.50 on Wednesday.The first funding bill allocated $1,000 for a student to attend a conference in China and present...

Lecture addresses hunger awareness

Staff Reporter October 28, 2013

While the Amazon rainforest has an abundance of jungles and forests, it lacks an abundance of good, healthy food for the people living there to eat.This was the topic of Deborah Ballard-Reisch’s discussion...

Before the UNICEF Campus Summit, the group visited the United Nations building in New York to learn about peacekeeping, security and humanitarian affairs the United Nations is doing around the world.

UNICEF Trick or Treats for change

Staff Reporter Kassidee Lank October 28, 2013

Frisca Boentarahendro remembers seeing children on street corners in Indonesia asking for change to buy food or medicine, and she remembers seeing the UNICEF symbol on a small hospital in a village back...

Supporting the local entrepreneur

Staff Reporter October 28, 2013

Donations, like small businesses, come in all shapes, sizes and colors.With a $225,000 pledge, Meritrust Credit Union has partnered with Wichita State’s Center for Entrepreneurship to support the Meritrust...

Bardo makes case for WSU funding to legislators

Staff Reporter Jacob Knitig October 26, 2013

Your tuition costs went up this year and are likely to go up again next year.WSU and other universities are raising tuition and rolling back programs in response to cuts to the state budget, President...

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SAC’s Shocktoberfest to conclude with prizes for on-campus designs

Staff Reporter October 24, 2013

Wichita State’s Student Activities Council has been working hard to bring students another set of festivities for its annual Shocktoberfest.If you’ve checked out the calendar or website, you probably...

Shocktoberfest events offer fun for everyone

Staff Reporter Sarah Carlson October 24, 2013

ShockSOBERfest, an alcohol-free drinking party, and visiting Comedy Central comedian, Ben Kronberg, round out the end of this week’s events for Shocktoberfest, the yearly event organized by the Student...

A participant organizes slides for the “Art Through the Ages” exhibit, which will be featured in McKnight through December.

Going from slide to art

Staff Reporter October 24, 2013

Roman children with buckets on their heads, the work of Andy Warhol, Brazilian castles and Garbage Pail Kids will be mingling with one another from tomorrow until December, thanks to technological improvements.“Art...

New student lounge focuses on needs of veterans, military personnel

Staff Reporter Kassidee Lank October 23, 2013

After scrapping the outdated furniture and carpet that previously adorned the Lindquist Hall lounge, the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success is in what Sarah Sell called a “frenzy of activity”...

History professor brings attention to Paraguayan cultural scene

Staff Reporter October 23, 2013

Globalization is all the buzz, but technology can only maintain so much sense of connection. A true feeling of worldly connectedness can come from understanding a culture and its people.This sense of connection...

Ten buildings left without heat through Friday

Editor-in-Chief October 23, 2013

Those on the west side of campus might feel an extra chill this week.Central heating and cooling systems are closed for eight buildings on the west side of campus until at least Friday.The physical plant...

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