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A screenshot of the virtual town hall with Student Government and university leaders on April 10. Student Body President Kylee Hower and Vice President Mathew Phan posed questions for university President Richard Muma, Provost Monica Lounsbery and Vice President for Student Affairs Teri Hall.

Budget shortfall, DEI and changes to campus: Here’s what students asked university leadership at a recent town hall

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 13, 2025

Wichita State University leadership addressed several issues relating to campus in a virtual town hall with student government leaders on Thursday. The president, provost and vice president for Student...

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Lesly Hernandez addresses the student body during the State of the Student Body on Sept. 4.

SGA confirms chief justice for second term

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 11, 2025

Lesly Hernandez, a junior majoring in political science, serves as the chief justice for the Wichita State Student Government Association’s Supreme Court. After being confirmed by the Student Senate...

Student Government Association Sen. Evelyn Lewis answers questions from fellow senators about the resolution she wrote, condemning Russia in its war with Ukraine.

Wichita State Student Senate condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 11, 2025

The Student Senate at Wichita State passed an act condemning Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.  Sen. Evelyn Lewis wrote the resolution.  “What I hope to achieve is to show the U.S. federal government...

A screenshot of a YikYak post made by anonymous user coorslover.

Anonymous YikYak users receive 2% of total votes in student body president election

Kass Lewis, Reporter April 11, 2025

The night of Wichita State’s Student Government Association presidential forum, a user by the name of “coorslover” posted on the anonymous social networking app YikYak, hinting at a run for SGA president,...

Elections Commissioner Natalie Benjamin reads unofficial election results on April 9.

Thousands of students turn out in senator elections, several seats still left vacant

Allison Campbell, Editor-in-Chief April 10, 2025

Unofficial election results for Student Government Association senators show that every candidate on the ballot — as well as some write-in candidates — will be offered a seat for the upcoming year...

Treasurer Jia Wen Wang answers questions at Wednesday night's Student Government meeting. Wang told the Senate The Tilford Commition that SGA had been preparing funding for, no longer existed and hadn't since February.

Update: Tilford Commission is WSU entity, not discontinued by KBOR, board representative says

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 10, 2025

Update: Matt Keith, the director of communications for the Kansas Board of Regents, said in an email that while The Tilford Conference, an event hosted on a rotating basis by different KBOR universities...

Parking Lot 5 on Wichita State's campus on March 25.

Lot 5 along 21st Street to close over the weekend

Megan Bailey, Reporter April 10, 2025

A section of Lot 5, located on 21st Street between Corbin Education Center and Eck Stadium, will be closed on Saturday and Sunday for fireworks following the softball game.  “Because of the nature...

President Richard Muma speaks at an event about the new Heartland Environmental Justice Center on July 12, 2023.

DOGE cancelled environmental grant that went to university center, WSU confirms

Kass Lewis, Reporter April 10, 2025

Wichita State was supposed to receive $10 million over five years from the Environmental Protection Agency starting in 2023. Last month, however, the federal Department of Government Oversight cancelled...

One of the computer testing rooms belonging to the Office of Student Accommodations & Testing. The room includes several clocks for student reference and reminders that the room is one under video-surveillance.

OSAT implements new policies amid rise in academic integrity reports

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 10, 2025

Wichita State’s Office of Student Accommodations & Testing said it is catching more students cheating during tests. In response, the office sent out an email to students who use OSAT, and an announcement...

Jia Wen Wang and Amy Nguyen smile as the unofficial election results are read on April 9.

Wang, Nguyen win student body president, vice president election in unofficial results

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 9, 2025

Jia Wen Wang and Amy Nguyen, sole candidates for Wichita State’s student body president and vice president election, have won according to unofficial results announced by the Student Government Association...

Student Government Association Chief Elections Commissioner Bella Kilman announces unofficial results of the 2025 general election.

Student body overwhelmingly votes to allow SGA to appoint senators

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 9, 2025

Wichita State students voted 90% in favor of an amendment to allow the Speaker of the Student Senate to appoint people to fill empty Senate seats.  1,666 students voted for the change, 455 chose to...

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