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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Let’s all be colorblind

Columnist December 1, 2014

It has been a dominant talking point in the past few months. A topic stirred by new emotions, wrought with violence and protest and sparked by the killing of a young African-American man.I am talking about...

All lives matter

Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

I have heard many people comment that they do not understand why people are so angry about the situation in Ferguson. Let me be frank in saying that what happened was a travesty. It was a travesty because...

Deals abound on Black Friday

Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

Following a substantial Thanksgiving dinner, a friend blasted me with a question I’d dreaded for days: “So, wanna come shopping with us?”I planned to take part in the Black Friday tradition; I just...

Retiring legendary Kansas journalist will be missed

Editor-in-Chief November 24, 2014

Tuesday evening will see the end of an incredible era in Kansas journalism when Larry Hatteberg signs off the 10 p.m. KAKE-TV broadcast.Hatteberg spent 51 years at KAKE. He’s held nearly every position...

Despite some violence, our city remains the same

Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

I’ve always felt safe in Wichita.Despite the recent occurrences around WSU campus (and quite frankly all over town), I still don’t feel as if my safety is in jeopardy. I don’t feel threatened or...

Parking disruptions more than a nuisance

Managing Editor November 24, 2014

Parking has been in the forefront of Wichita State students’ minds for years.The Sunflower can’t stop writing about it and students can’t stop complaining about it. The former probably has a lot...

Change needs to come

Columnist November 24, 2014

Nearly three weeks have passed since the Nov. 4th Election Day, and liberal democrats in Kansas are still just as bitter.As the GOP took control of both chambers of Congress, the trying grumbles of those...

‘Dumb & Dumber To’ is just plain dumb

Movie Reviewer November 20, 2014

There was an image floating around the Internet recently that showed a calendar of all the superhero movies we’ll see in the next decade or so.While the idea was to drum up excitement, it also showed...

Paulo’s perfect playlist: Revisiting ‘Band on the Run’

Album Reviewer November 20, 2014

I will never attend a show akin to the one Paul McCartney put on in Kansas City.The spectacle, the lights and the energy only a former member of the Beatles could extrude delighted the attendants in a...

Letter from the student body president: On Hippodrome

Student Body President November 19, 2014

The purpose of this article is to communicate my thoughts on the university’s longest running student tradition and to offer my vision for the event in years to come.Hippodrome is the oldest campus tradition,...

Doug Gottlieb: CBS personality, ‘college basketball expert’

Sports Editor November 19, 2014

Let me start off by saying I can’t believe I’m writing this column.To give Doug Gottlieb any attention whatsoever is the wrong thing to do. My only advice is that you don’t listen to his show and...

Campus safety more than ‘campus’

Managing Editor November 19, 2014

Wichita State hosted a forum along with Wichita Police to address the sexual assault, beating and burning of a woman at Fairmount Park last week, along with other area crimes. While some community members...

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