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Dion Samuels listens as other ISU executive position candidates make their pitches during the group's May election meeting. Samuels won the presidential vote, but the results were later overturned.

International Student Union election results voided by Student Government courts

Kass Lewis, News Editor August 11, 2025

The Student Government Association (SGA) Supreme Court voted unanimously to void the last International Student Union (ISU) election. Due to concerns about the election, SGA took a closer look at...

Coach Colin Foster plays tennis with a youth at the free clinic. (File photo)

Shocker women’s tennis coach Colin Foster steps down

Owen Prothro, Reporter August 11, 2025

Colin Foster has resigned as Wichita State women’s tennis head coach and accepted the position of director of tennis at the Wichita Country Club, WSU Athletics announced Monday morning. The announcement...

A model house created by late Clark Britton. Loved ones gathered in Clinton Staples on Aug. 7 to celebrate Britton.

Exhibit honoring Clark Britton now open in Clayton Staples gallery

Maleah Evans, Summer News Editor August 9, 2025

Clark Britton, professor and former chair of the graphic design department at Wichita State University, was known for his dedication to visual storytelling and for continuing to work on his art well after...

WSU Tech on Oct. 19, 2022. (File photo)

WSU Tech partnership opens work opportunities for students in Southeast Kansas

Maleah Evans, Summer News Editor August 7, 2025

A new partnership between WSU Tech and the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) geared toward enhancing and expanding career and training opportunities for high school students and adult learners...

Joseph Shepard explains his intentions to improve emergency services in Wichita. Shepard is campaigning for the District One City Council seat left vacant by Brandon Johnson due to term limits.

Joseph Shepard, LaWanda DeShazer move to general election for District 1 City Council

Taliyah Winn, Editor in Chief August 6, 2025

Joseph Shepard, former Wichita State University student body president, and opponent LaWanda DeShazer won the popular vote in the Aug. 5 race for the District 1 City Council Seat. The two will face...

Demolition of Brennan Hall began on July 21. Lot 17 has permanently been closed due to the demolition.

Demolition of the last legacy dormitory on Wichita State’s campus has begun

Maleah Evans, Summer News Editor August 6, 2025

The demolition process of Brennan Hall III, the last legacy dormitory on Wichita State’s campus, has begun across the street from the 17th Apartment complex. Brennan Hall has been part of WSU’s...

Justin Favela smiles as he gets introduced to the audience on July 31. Favela is a Las Vagas born artist.

Institutional critique to inclusion: Justin Favela breaks the mold with unique medium

Mya Scott, Reporter August 5, 2025

Justin Favela grew up in Las Vegas in an evangelical Guatemalan and Mexican house. But shortly after starting his art career, he realized that Mexican was the default label to many museums.  Favela...

AfterShocks fans gather in Koch Arena to watch the TBT championship game on Aug. 3. The crowd broke the TBT championship attendance record with 9,029 in attendance.

More than 9,000 showed up as the AfterShocks threw down for $1 million

Owen Prothro, Reporter August 4, 2025

A crowd of 9,029 stood shoulder to shoulder inside the confines of Koch Arena. Except, it wasn’t on a mid-winter day. It was on a weekend in August. The number of fans at Sunday’s title match...

The AfterShocks pose for a picture with a check for $1 million after winning the championship game of The Basketball Tournament. The AfterShocks won six straight games to claim their title.

Seeking fortune, finding family: AfterShocks win big

Owen Prothro, Reporter August 4, 2025

Win six games in The Basketball Tournament, and your team wins a million bucks. But how does the money get split up? For the AfterShocks, they’ll split the purse among the 14 members listed on...

AfterShocks guard Marcus Keene points to the TBT bracket asking to celebrate the AfterShocks championship game win on Aug. 3. The AfterShocks had never played in the TBT championship.

AfterShocks win TBT’s $1 million prize, break championship game attendance record

Owen Prothro, Reporter August 3, 2025

The AfterShocks have done it. Wichita State’s team of alumni has survived the six-game summer gauntlet that is The Basketball Tournament to claim their first crown and $1 million grand prize. “Six...

Plywood sits on a box of screws in the construction site of a new combined biomedical campus. The campus will combine program from WSU’s College of Health Professions, WSU Tech and KU and is expected to be fully operation in the summer of 2027.

Phase one of the Wichita Biomedical Campus is in progress. Here’s what we know.

Mya Scott, Reporter July 30, 2025

Phase one of the $222 million, 350,000-square-foot biomedical campus began in May of last year and is expected to be fully operational by the summer of 2027.  The project will combine WSU’s College...

Joseph Shepard walks up to the crowd to begin his opening remarks at the District One City Council Candidate forum on July 15. Shepard will run in the City Council primary election on Aug. 5.

Former Wichita State Student Body President Joseph Shepard runs for District 1 seat

Taliyah Winn, Editor in Chief July 30, 2025

A decade after serving in one of Wichita State’s top student leadership roles, Joseph Shepard is now running for Wichita City Council. He’s one of five candidates running for the District 1 seat.  Shepard...

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