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Brian Petrotta’s journey back to Kansas

Sports Reporter November 14, 2012

For much of Brian Petrotta’s early career, he was always on the move, never staying in one place for too long. Petrotta spent five years making stops across the country, working with the Vero Beach Dodgers,...

A Wichita State dancer performs at the men's basketball game against North Carolina Central on Nov. 10.

For the dance team, the real show starts at halftime

Staff Reporter November 14, 2012

In a stadium with 13,000 people, 12 women brave nerves and butterflies to perform at halftime during Wichita State home basketball games.  “It’s a rush,” sophomore Sarah Van Asdale said. “I have...

Spaghetti dinner brings WSU fraternity together

Spaghetti dinner brings WSU fraternity together

Staff Reporter November 12, 2012

Huxley the Hippo might remember past Wichita State students eating at spaghetti dinner’s hosted by fraternity Phi Delta Theta in years past, especially since Phi Delta Theta’s event is being hosted...

News in Brief – Nov. 12

November 12, 2012

Spring 2013 registration starts today for seniors   Online registration for spring semester began today at 7 a.m. for seniors, honors program members and graduate students. On Tuesday, students with at...

Philip Gaunt poses with his novel, "The Blane Game."

Elliott School professor gets first novel published

Staff Reporter November 12, 2012

In the mid to late 1980s, scientists examined the idea of sending telepathic messages, known as “Extra-Sensory Perception,” or ESP. At the same time, America experienced an influx of UFO sightings,...

SGA takes action against global warming issues

Staff Reporter November 12, 2012

The Student Government Association Senate took a step outside of its usual boundaries at Wednesday’s meeting when it passed a resolution concerning global warming. Introduced by at-large Sen. Casey Donnell,...

Darts player brings a new level of the game to WSU

Staff Reporter November 12, 2012

Richard Cranford can often be found playing darts in the Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State.  He started playing darts in 2001 and recently founded a darts sports club at WSU.  “I was basically...

Cindy Nguyen an auctionee at Asian Student Conference's annual date auction, plays a song on her piano.

Cultural date auction raises money for a local charity

Staff Reporter November 12, 2012

Fifty dollars for Thao! $75! Sold! $25 for Malcom! . . . $50 . . . going once, going twice . . . all the money raised during the Asian Student Conference’s 8th Annual Date Auction last Friday will be...

Lonely? Look no further

Staff Reporter November 8, 2012

‘Tis the season to be jolly, falalalalala, and if Wichita State students are not happy then maybe going to auctions offered by the Asian Student Conference and Sigma Alpha Epsilon might just be the thing....

Food, food and more food

Staff Reporter November 8, 2012

Huxley the Hippo might remember past Wichita State students eating at spaghetti dinner’s hosted by fraternity Phi Delta Theta in years past, especially since Phi Delta Theta’s event is being hosted...

Feeling Blue identifies with real people and events

Staff Reporter November 7, 2012

For stage director Sandy Cabrera, the play by Milta Ortiz, “Feeling Blue,” has personal meaning, reminding her of the stories her parents told her of the El Salvador Civil War in 1980.  “My mother...

Voting for the first time

Staff Reporter November 7, 2012

Rachel Dejmal is not a professor or even a graduate teaching assistant at Wichita State. Even so, she said she would like to lecture to some students – those who don’t vote. “If you don’t vote,...

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