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WSU HALO (Hispanic American Leadership Organization) host an event called Sí, Se Puede day which invites Latino high school students in the Wichita community to come visit the Wichita State University campus and learn more about higher education offered by the university.

HALO brings high schoolers to WSU

Staff Reporter April 1, 2013

Wichita State’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization’s motto of “yes, it can be done” extended to the turnout at its event last week. Only in its second year, HALO’s Sí Se Puede (Yes, It...

Fans cheer at a watch party at Fox and Hound for Saturday's WSU game. The Shocker's defeated the Ohio State University Buckeyes 70-66 to earn a spot in the Final Four.

Watch parties give Shocker fans the full experience

Staff Reporter April 1, 2013

For the Wichita State men’s basketball Elite Eight matchup against Ohio State, the WSU Alumni Association hosted a watch party at Fox and Hound. The event offered Shocker fans a completely different...

Free pizza on the line in NCAA championship

Staff Reporter March 30, 2013

For Gregg Marshall and the Wichita State men’s basketball team, more is on the line than bragging rights, t-shirts, professional careers and million dollar endorsements. Free pizza is on the line. Pizza...

Shocker’s success is causing team shirts to fly

Staff Reporter March 29, 2013

Almost 500 Wichita State Elite 8 T-shirts sold in less than 90 minutes at the university bookstore in the Rhatigan Student Center today. Do not fret, a second printing of 864 Elite 8 T-shirts will be for...

WSU’s Pride Week to conclude with third annual drag show

Staff Reporter March 28, 2013

A little or a lot of gender bending is going on at Wichita State. It depends on your point of view. A drag show is set for 8 p.m. Friday at the Campus Activities Center Theater to celebrate the end of...

Student artists showing best work at Final Friday

Staff Reporter March 28, 2013

Final Friday is a monthly art event that takes place on the last Friday of every month. Art galleries, museums and other places that feature and support the visual arts stay open later than usual while...

Leave enlightened: spring health fair about awareness

Staff Reporter March 27, 2013

Get healthy! Run (or walk) to the free Wichita State health fair! The 2013 Spring Health Fair is kicking off from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Heskett Center gymnasium. Sally Beckett, health fair...

Brian Ulrich, a well know photographer focusing on landscape of American consumer culture speaks in 210 McKnight Art Center Tuesday afternoon.

Photographer speaks on American consumerism at Ulrich Museum

Staff Reporter March 27, 2013

Wichita State students had the opportunity to get an artist’s take on consumer culture during a talk by photographer Brian Ulrich on Tuesday night at the Ulrich Museum of Art.  Ulrich currently has...

SGA looking to ban smoking on campus

Staff Reporter March 27, 2013

According to a 2010 National Interview Health Survey, nearly one in five American adults smoke cigarettes. To help lessen the impact of public smoking, college campuses across the country have taken measures...

News in Brief – March 27

March 27, 2013

Ablah hosts Managing Your Digital Identity workshop Wichita State Libraries will host a workshop at noon Thursday called Managing Your Digital Identity. The workshop will provide strategies for developing...

Fraternity showing improvement

Staff Reporter March 27, 2013

Students who belong to university Greek communities are sometimes ridiculed for the party animal lifestyle that’s perceived to accompany the organizations. But members of Wichita State’s sororities...

Lt. Dan Choi, an LGBT activity come to speak at WSU campus on tuesday afternoon in Hubbard Hall.

LGBT activist visits campus, cited as the highlight of Pride Week

Staff Reporter March 27, 2013

Lt. Dan Choi, who was discharged from the military after his “coming out” on the Rachel Maddow show in March 2009, spoke to a group of around 300 students, faculty, staff and community members Tuesday...

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