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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

SWAT (Student Wellness Action Team) members Meet on Monday in the Heskett Center to discuss plans to improve health on campus for this academic year.

Become the change for fighting breast cancer

Staff Reporter September 27, 2012

I didn’t understand the emotional and helpless feeling a family member has when their loved one is diagnosed with cancer until my grandpa was diagnosed with it last week. There seems to be nothing I...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ brings comedic twist to popular Shakespearean play

Staff Reporter September 27, 2012

The curtain rises on “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” at 7:30 tonight for the opening of the Wichita State University School of Performing Arts’ season. Based on “Hamlet,” “Rosencrantz...

The loudest voice is the one not spoken

Staff Reporter September 26, 2012

Having heard noises and some words here and there for most of her young life with a hearing aid, Lorita Slieter never knew there was an entire community full of professionals who were also deaf, until...

Financial Literacy Project to aid students

Staff Reporter by Kat Saunders September 26, 2012

The Office for Faculty Development and Student Success is offering a program online to help students learn to manage their finances while in college. “If you know how much it costs each year and you...

Electronic textbooks could one day replace the physical copy that is more expensive and difficult to carry around.

Electronic textbooks make their presence on campus

Staff Reporter September 26, 2012

Traditional hardback and paper textbooks may soon be a thing of the past if the testing of an e-textbook program merits a change. Wichita State is one of 28 colleges and universities across the country...

Rhatigan reopens, a little bit

Staff Reporter September 26, 2012

Fewer customers are eating, drinking and socializing at the wRECk Center on the second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State. That’s because the food court on the first floor reopened...

The Vietnamese Student Association preparing lanturns for their big traditional Mid-Autumn Moon Festival event Wednesday in front of Ablah.

Celebrate the Moon Festival today with VSA near Ablah

Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2012

The lanterns are more than just beautiful. For students like Vy Le, who comes from Vietnam, the lanterns mean so much more. “Whenever I look at the lantern, it reminds me of my childhood,” Le said....

The Wichita State community garden is located on the east side of the Rhatigan Student Center.

RSC construction puts future of Community Garden at risk

Staff Reporter September 26, 2012

Students walking around the construction fence surrounding the Rhatigan Student Center may have noticed something seemingly out of place amid the dirt piles and heavy machinery. Wichita State has its own...

WSU volunteers to raise awareness in Race for the Cure

Staff Reporter September 26, 2012

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. It’s a statistic that many students have heard before, but never sinks in until it’s too late. That was certainly the case for...

Tenure track takes many turns for professors

Staff Reporter September 24, 2012

Tenure is necessary on university campuses. Tenure allows a professor to exercise academic freedom in their research and their teaching. It gives them the liberty to decide how they want to teach their...

SGA approves $70,000 in funding

Staff Reporter September 24, 2012

The Wichita State Student Government Association approved more than $70,000 worth of funding requests at Wednesday’s Senate meeting without questions or debate.  Many organizations and individuals received...

Watching violence, calling for peace and understanding

Staff Reporter September 24, 2012

On Sept. 11, 2012, the world watched as violence erupted in Libya in response to a movie about the Prophet Muhammad. Most WSU students who watched did so with detached removal. For students like Muhammad...

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