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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

A screenshot of the myWSU homepage on July 24. 2024. Screenshot courtesy of mywsu.wichita.edu.

myWSU portal to get facelift next month

Mia Hennen, Copy Editor July 24, 2024

After a delayed start to revamping the portal, Wichita State recently announced plans to roll out a temporarily modernized myWSU platform. Beginning Monday, Aug. 5, WSU’s Information Technology Services...

Darral Willis Jr. blocks Andre Robersons opportunity to score a bucket. Team Colorado beat the AfterShocks, 65-61.

‘I want to spend more time with them’: AfterShocks lose a nail-biter against Team Colorado in TBT Wichita Regional semifinals

Owen Prothro, Assistant Sports Editor July 23, 2024

The $1 million The Basketball Tournament (TBT) prize won’t be coming to Wichita. The one-seeded AfterShocks, Wichita State’s team of primarily alumni, were knocked out of TBT in a tightly-contested...

Members of the AfterShocks team high-five during Saturdays game. The AfterShocks advanced to  the TBT regional semifinal after beating Midtown Prestige,  86-71.

AfterShocks advance to TBT regional semifinal after win against Midtown Prestige

Owen Prothro, Assistant Sports Editor July 21, 2024

The AfterShocks, a team comprised primarily of Wichita State basketball alumni, advanced one game closer to The Basketball Tournament’s (TBT) $1 million prize after kicking off the 2024 Wichita Regional...

Members of the 2022 TBT AfterShocks team. (File photo)

AfterShocks answer Q&A ahead of TBT 2024

Owen Prothro, Assistant Sports Editor July 16, 2024

On Tuesday afternoon, members of the AfterShocks, Wichita State’s alumni team for The Basketball Tournament (TBT), answered questions during a press conference before TBT play begins on Saturday, July...

Caden Favors throws the ball to home plate to finish off the top of the ninth inning on March 26 against OSU.

Baseball’s Caden Favors selected in sixth round of MLB draft

Jacob Unruh, Sports Editor July 15, 2024

Caden Favors, Wichita State baseball’s starting pitching ace from last season, has found a new home in the Cleveland Guardians organization. On Monday afternoon, Favors was selected in the sixth round,...

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Wichita State union hopes to increase pay for university employees

Maleah Evans and Jacinda Hall July 15, 2024

Some staff at Wichita State could see an increase to their pay this coming fall after members of the WSU Local 6405 union, a union representing Wichita State’s maintenance and landscaping employees,...

Spirit AeroSystems on the Wichita State Innovation Campus. (File photo)

‘We just don’t know how that will look yet’: Boeing bought Spirit AeroSystems. What does that mean for Wichita State?

Jacinda Hall, Reporter July 12, 2024

Spirit AeroSystems, which has had a partnership with Wichita State and has offered learning opportunities for students since 2018, recently announced that Boeing had purchased the aerosystem company for...

Corbin Education Center on May 4, 2023. (File photo)

Corbin Education Center will not reopen for fall semester. What does that mean for students?

Ainsley Smyth, Reporter July 11, 2024

The Corbin Education Center, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, won’t reopen before the start of the fall semester according to Wichita State University. The center became temporarily...

Wichita State University Richard Muma proposes a 3.9% tuition increase to the Kansas Board of Regents during its meeting on May 15. The approved proposal will see undergraduate, in-state tuition increase by $9.43 per credit hour.

Tuition to increase by almost $10 per credit hour at WSU

Allison Campbell, Editor in Chief July 10, 2024

Tuition at Wichita State University, as well as five other public universities in Kansas, will be going up once again this upcoming year.  Wichita State University proposed a 3.9% tuition increase...

Max Wheeler, the assistant coach for the womens tennis team at Wichita State, watches the match against Tulsa on April 8, 2024. Wheeler was recently arrested for aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy with a child and electronic solicitation.

Former WSU assistant tennis coach booked for child sex crimes

Allison Campbell, Editor in Chief July 9, 2024

Wichita police reports show that Max Wheeler, who was arrested and booked last weekend for multiple charges of sex crimes against a child, engaged in the alleged acts at the Wichita Country Club sometime...

Wichita States Alec Bohm celebrates scoring against Central Arkansas on April 17, 2018. (File photo)

Former WSU third baseman Alec Bohm voted 2024 MLB All-Star starter

Owen Prothro, Reporter July 7, 2024

Philadelphia Phillies player and former Wichita State third baseman Alec Bohm has become the most recent former Shocker to be selected for the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star game.  The 27-year-old...

Steve Clark YMCA and Student Wellness Center on Monday, March 23, 2020. (File photo)

Student Health to reduce out-of-pocket expenses for students, offer new services

Allison Campbell, Editor in Chief July 6, 2024

Wichita State University students will now pay a reduced rate for general medicine provider office visits at Student Health Services (SHS). While office visits, on paper, will appear to increase in...

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