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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Letter to the Editor — The rent is too damn high!

July 14, 2017

The rent is too damn high! Several changes have taken place at WSU over the past couple of months, majority of which several students don't understand, or agree with. It seems as though once the administration...

Miss Black and Gold Elizabeth Oshakuade holds her crown.

Letter to the Editor — Oshakuade goes after National Miss Black and Gold title

Brandon Vann, President, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, Delta Mu Chapter July 11, 2017

In less than 24 hours, Miss Black and Gold, Miss Elizabeth Oshakuade, will travel to the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated General Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, to compete for the National Miss...

Mystery Blood plays a show at Kirbys Beer Store.

REVIEW: Mystery Blood is ‘High on Death’

Matt Cooper, Columnist July 5, 2017

Late June, under the misty blue stage lights at Kirby’s Beer Store, three former Wichita State students — cumulatively known as Mystery Blood — played a somber, dissonant, original brand of doom...

Letter to the Editor — Jesse Allen

May 18, 2017

Dearest Shockers, It is abhorrent to see the lengths the current Student Government Association along with the administration of Wichita State University will go to silence the deeply rooted issues...

Kiah Duggins is featured on the cover of the Wichita State Student Involvement spring 2017 calendar.

Letter to the Editor — ‘Diversity is more than just a pamphlet’

Kiah Duggins May 10, 2017

On the night of May 4th, at approximately the same time that Student Body President Emeritus Joseph Shepard was reportedly called a n*gger and his mother was reportedly assaulted, I gave a speech to some...

Staff Editorial: Now is not the time for silence

Staff Editorial: Now is not the time for silence

Editorial Board May 8, 2017

The events that transpired Thursday and spurred a police investigation have incited discussions of racism on campus and brought to the attention of students a seeming lack of timely and sufficient responses...

Letter to the Editor — Dr. Ron Kopita, former WSU VPs

Letter to the Editor — Dr. Ron Kopita, former WSU VPs

Dr. Ron Kopita, Letter to the Editor May 7, 2017

We have been watching from afar as current students, former students, faculty, staff and even former President Emeritus Gene Hughes have been affirming Christine Schneikart-Luebbe's dedicated service to...

Members of The Sunflower staff pose with certificates earned at the Kansas Collegiate Media conference, held last month in Wichita. The staff collected 42 awards at
the conference.

What a journey it’s been

TJ Rigg, Reporter May 4, 2017

So, here it is. The one thing I have dreaded my entire collegiate career: my goodbye column for The Sunflower. Ever since I found out about this tradition, the idea of writing a goodbye column has terrified...

Hannah Roberts sits courtside as she photographs Wichita State in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship game in St. Louis. (March 5, 2017)

I finished the damn thing

Hannah Roberts, Reporter May 4, 2017

From photographing Shockers basketball courtside to traveling to D.C. for a journalism conference, college has given me more incredible experiences than I could have ever imagined. The irony is...

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

Hannah Bothner, Reporter May 4, 2017

I have a lot of regrets. They are mostly small regrets that don’t matter too much, but I do have one big regret. I regret not making Wichita State my home sooner. My first year of college I went to William...

FILE PHOTO: Wichita State student Evan Pflugradt blissfully scoots his way into graduation.

There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things

Evan Pflugradt, Editor-in-Chief May 4, 2017

What a long night. I could hardly convince myself to brave the stairs, let alone hold the door open much longer. Routine after-midnight productions had chipped away at the eagerness I strolled into...

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