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The Kansas State Capitol building. (File photo)

Kansas tenure bill stuck in committee, without enough votes to reach House floor

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor April 2, 2025

A Kansas bill that seeks to redefine tenure, removing the protection it provides higher education faculty, is unlikely to reach the House floor for a vote. The bill lacks enough support in the House Judiciary...

A screenshot of Sedgwick County's website showing information about the upcoming measles vaccination clinic on April 5.

Sedgwick County to offer measles vaccines on April 5

Megan Bailey, Reporter April 1, 2025

Sedgwick County will offer free measles vaccines to the community.  Adults and children 1 year old or older who need an MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine, can come to the vaccination clinic...

Parking lot 21N, adjacent to the Marcus Welcome Center, will be closed April 1 and 2.

Parking lot will close Tuesday and Wednesday

Sophia Best, Reporter March 31, 2025

The parking lot adjacent to the Marcus Welcome Center, Lot 21N, will close Tuesday, April 1, and Wednesday, April 2.  Red reserved and accessible lots may still be used during the closure. The lot...

Health professionals from Suspenders4Hope host a booth for mental health awareness at Open Streets ICT.

The severity of mental health cases handled by CARE Team has increased this year

Mya Scott, Assistant Editor March 31, 2025

A mental health service at Wichita State is seeing an increase in the severity of cases in comparison to previous years. Alicia Newell, vice president of Student Belonging in the division of Student Affairs,...

The Innovation Campus at Wichita State celebrated 10 years on Aug. 15, 2024. The campus is a university initiative to increase research and enrollment at the university.

Wichita State aims to reach a research designation that would create new opportunities. It didn’t hit the mark this year.

Riley Sipes, Reporter March 30, 2025

Last semester, John Tomblin, executive vice president for research and industry and defense programs at Wichita State, explicitly stated the university’s goal of becoming a Research 1 university. To...

Chairperson Adriana Owens, the parking resolution's primary sponsor, explains amendments made to the act during the March 26 Student Senate meeting.

Student Government asks for more leniency in parking enforcement on campus

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor March 29, 2025

Wichita State’s Student Senate passed a resolution — a nonbinding request — to ask for more leniency in regards to campus parking at its Wednesday night meeting. The 20 senators present unanimously...

Courtesy of the Student Government Association

Student Government will host a forum to meet student body president, VP candidates

Megan Bailey, Reporter March 28, 2025

Students will be able to hear from the candidates for student body president and vice president at the Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential forum on April 3, moderated by The...

Student Body President Kylee Hower listens to a speaker during the March 26 Student Senate Meeting. Hower introduced the legislation that provided funding for the ADHD, autism and learning disability scholarship.

SGA authorizes funding for ADHD, autism and learning disability testing scholarship

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor March 27, 2025

Wichita State’s Student Senate unanimously passed $10,000 of funding for its new ADHD, autism and learning disability testing scholarship. It will go into place next year. SGA will partner with the...

Senators listen to deliberations on the allocation of student fee funding during the Student Senate meeting on March 26.

Student Senate passes preliminary student fees funding, adds $9,000 for Tilford Commission

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor March 27, 2025

Wichita State's Student Senate passed its initial allocation of student fees for fiscal year 2026 in a Wednesday night meeting that went into the early morning hours of Thursday morning. The Senate added...

The lower level of Ablah Library after most of the carpet was removed due to flooding.

‘We’re lucky’: Ablah faces unknown timeline for restoration following flood

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor March 27, 2025

Brent Mai, Wichita State’s Dean of University Libraries, said that when Ablah Library flooded the Sunday before spring break, the water rose to four inches across the 50,000 square foot lower floor....

Monica Lounsbery, the recently named senior executive vice president and provost for Wichita State, introduces herself to the Faculty Senate on Jan. 13. Lounsbery recently released information about how DEI changes are impacting WSU.

Provost, vice president for Student Affairs release statements about how WSU is handling federal DEI changes

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor March 26, 2025

Wichita State’s provost released a statement on Wednesday via the university’s faculty and staff newsletter saying that WSU is making several changes to comply with federal challenges to diversity,...

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

Lot 5 along 21st Street will close Wednesday due to fireworks

Megan Bailey, Reporter March 25, 2025

A section of parking, Lot 5, located on 21st Street between the Corbin Education Center and Eck Stadium, will be closed on Wednesday due to fireworks that will be set off after the softball game, the university...

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