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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

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Students walk in front of the Rhatigan Student Center on Wednesday, Jan. 17.

Winter weather causes icy conditions around Wichita

Taliyah Winn, Reporter January 23, 2024

The second week of the spring semester at Wichita State met students with wet and icy conditions on their way to classes. The university has the responsibility and framework to decide whether to operate...

Wichita State students and community members make some smores in the Heskett Center during the Winter Welcome event in the Heskett Center.

Winter Welcome encourages interactions among students through skating, s’mores

Jennifer Anima, Reporter January 22, 2024

Due to icy, cold conditions, the Winter Welcome was moved from the President's Residence to Heskett Center. Students, staff and faculty gathered for various activities, including ice-skating, s'more...

This weeks news in brief — Jan. 20

This week’s news in brief — Jan. 20

Jennifer Anima, Reporter January 20, 2024

Esports team wins national championship The Wichita State Esports team ended their season with a national championship win at the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Shockers competed in Valorant,...

What Wichita State gets right when accommodating students with disabilities — and areas to improve

What Wichita State gets right when accommodating students with disabilities — and areas to improve

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor January 19, 2024

When social work student Ashlyn Wheeler experienced a health flare last spring, she switched to online classes and struggled to get accommodations in one of her courses. "It really impacted my class...

Students at Wichita State walk through campus bundled up on the first in-person day back to school. Wednesday, Jan. 17 was a cool 30 degrees Fahrenheit most of the afternoon.

Provost speaks on hazardous weather on campus

Allison Campbell, News Editor January 18, 2024

Students were welcomed to campus Wednesday after frigid temperatures Tuesday morning spurred university administration to suspend Wichita State’s in-person operations. Tuesday’s temporary transition...

Gigi Guzman, the SGA chief election commissioner, details the plan and procedure for the upcoming special election. Students will vote from Jan. 22-24 to determine if the composition of senate seats will undergo change next semester.

SGA announces special election for Senate seat modification

Allison Campbell, News Editor January 18, 2024

All degree-seeking students will have the opportunity from Jan. 22-24 to vote in a special Student Government Association (SGA) election that will determine the distribution of seats in the Student Senate. The...

ShelfCare Book Club members pose for a photo. (Photo courtesy of ShelfCare Book Club)

From classics to rom-coms: Wichita State book club invites readers of all kinds

Mia Hennen, Editor in Chief January 17, 2024

Book lovers on campus looking for their next book club can now join one at Wichita State. ShelfCare Book Club, started by pre-nursing student Promise Johnson last semester, aims to provide a space for...

Telly McGaha (Courtesy of Strategic Communications)

Telly McGaha announced as new Wichita State Foundation president, CEO

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor January 17, 2024

Following the search for new leadership since July, Telly McGaha has been announced as the new president and CEO of the Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement. McGaha’s most recent...

Snow covered the ground before the Rhatigan Student Center on Feb. 17, 2022. (File photo).

Wichita State will go remote first day of spring semester

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor January 15, 2024

Returning to campus for the start of the spring semester will wait a little longer. Wichita State University will operate remotely on Tuesday due to expected inclement weather conditions, according...

Madison (Maddie) Fields, a fall 2023 graduate, waits to have her picture taken before walking across the stage in Charles Koch Arena. Fields was the first student at Wichita State University to graduate with a bachelors degree in American Sign Language.

Student graduates with first American Sign Language bachelor’s at Wichita State

Mia Hennen, Editor in Chief January 15, 2024

When news first broke about Wichita State offering a bachelor’s in American Sign Language a year ago, Madison Fields and deaf studies instructor Lorita Slieter had no idea. “We hadn't heard about...

Lily Wu at the mayoral forum hosted at Wichita State on Oct. 18 (File photo).

Lily Wu, incoming Wichita City Council members sworn into office

Jacob Unruh, Reporter January 9, 2024

Lily Wu is officially the mayor of Wichita. Wu was sworn into her four-year term as the head of Wichita’s government, alongside city council members Becky Tuttle (District 2), Dalton Glasscock (District...

Brandon McClain speaks in a Student Government Association meeting on December 6 (File photo).

Student government adviser leaves Wichita State

Loren Amelunke, Reporter December 27, 2023

After serving over a year and a half at Wichita State, Brandon McClain is departing for a new position in his hometown. “There’s never a good time to leave,” McClain, the assistant director of Student...

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