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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,...

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...

Community members tackle WSU’s future at town hall meeting

Staff Reporter November 7, 2012

Monday night, the Wichita State University Strategic Planning Steering Committee invited local community members to participate in a town hall style meeting, “WSU: Your Hometown University,” at the...

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,...

Obama Moves Forward

Web Editor November 7, 2012

I n a hotly contested election with numerous ups and downs, the final Electoral College vote has come in showing that President Barack Obama has won re-election. It was an incredible election with more...

Problems at the polls

Staff Reporter November 7, 2012

In a close election season like this one has been, the last thing voters want are problems when trying to vote. Unfortunately for some Wichita State students, that’s exactly what they encountered. ...

RSC Open House to be held today

Staff Reporter November 7, 2012

It might look like a post-election celebration today in the Rhatigan Student Center. It’s not. It’s an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. coinciding with the Grand Opening of Pizza Hut Express. “This...

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