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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Nancy Preston, an undergrad at Wichita State, smiles while in class. After completing her bachelors in creative writing, Preston will go on to graduate school where she hopes to become a  creative writing professor.

Creative writing graduate infuses experiences as ER nurse, mother, pilot, student into stories

Allison Campbell, News Editor May 7, 2024

Creative writing professor Margaret Dawe has been teaching students for decades how to capture the most intense, once-in-a-lifetime situations in their creative writing projects. Nancy Preston, one of...

Trinity Ramm

Ramm: How I found and left The Sunflower

Trinity Ramm, Managing editor May 7, 2024

During my isolated freshman year, my eyes darted around the wildly outdated MyWSU homepage and landed on a curious blue link called “The Sunflower.” I clicked on this link, which took me to the...

Avery Barnard and Madyson Espinosa skip back to the dugout during Wichita States game against UAB on April 20.

Softball ends regular season with series sweep against Memphis as Chloe Barber throws no-hitter

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor May 6, 2024

In Wichita State’s senior weekend, freshman pitcher Chloe Barber entered the record books with a no-hitter in the third game. The Shockers closed out its final series of the regular season over the weekend,...

Trey Freund, a Wichita State student and local drag queen, fixes his makeup during the intermission.

Creative writing student explores self-identity as a drag artist

Loren Amelunke, Reporter May 6, 2024

Trey Freund says he dreams of being a tenured English professor by day and a drag queen by night. “I want to do a manifesto of ‘what does queerness look like as an expression?’” he said. His...

Senior Seth Stroh rounds third base after hitting a home run on April 3 against KU. Stroh had two hits and one run.

Baseball outruns Roadrunners in series win at UTSA, snaps road losing streak

Owen Prothro, Reporter May 6, 2024

Over the weekend, Wichita State’s baseball team outscored the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 24-12, in a 2-1 series win against the Roadrunners, rounding out its five-game road trip. The...

Colombian street artist and muralist Nathalia Gallego Sánchez, known in the art world as GLeo, speaks to a media source at the unveiling of her Adelante Juntos-Forward Together Duerksen Amphitheater mural on May 3.

New WSU mural reflects ‘past,’ ‘present,’ and ‘even the unwritten future’ of Hispanic history in Wichita

Monique Bever, Reporter May 6, 2024

The Colombian street artist and muralist Nathalia Gallego Sánchez, known as GLeo, has likely reached every Wichitan who has driven past the Beachner Grain Elevator Mural on the north side of Wichita....

A screenshot of the KWCH Storm Team 12 weather alert issued Monday morning.

Wichita metro-area moved to Level 5 severe weather threat, Wichita State students to prepare to seek shelter

Jacinda Hall, Podcast Editor May 6, 2024

As of 8 a.m. on Monday morning, Wichita will be moving to a Level 5 extreme severe weather risk. A Level 5 extreme severe weather risk is the highest that can be issued. This level of severe weather...

Fabiola Ayarza, or Fabi, a Human Resources major, listens as her friend and fiancé applaud her work and involvement at WSU during an interview on Apr. 11.

‘We need more students like Fabi’: International student accomplishes dream to study in US

Jacinda Hall, Podcast Editor May 6, 2024

Fabi Ayarza came to Wichita State from Lima, Peru, with a childhood dream to study in the United States. In 2018, her dream came true when she arrived at Wichita State to start the Intensive English Language...

Senior Bailey Urban celebrates after hitting an RBI double on April 5 against Tulsa. Urban had one hit.

Bailey ‘the softball player’ Urban overcomes adversity in last season

Melanie Rivera-Cortez, Sports Editor May 5, 2024

Inside Wilkins Stadium, Wichita State softball fans can see redshirt senior outfielder Bailey Urban wearing the number seven on her jersey and a brace on her right knee. During her junior year, Urban...

Senior Nate Adler screams and celebrates after closing off the ninth inning on April 3 against KU. Adler had four strikeouts, three of which came in the ninth.

Nate Adler looks back on three years of WSU baseball and ahead to the future

Ainsley Smyth, Reporter May 5, 2024

Nate Adler describes himself as “a big family guy,” something that got him to where he is today. “(I’ve) got a big family,” he said. “All of us played sports growing up. So sports have always...

Student Government Association Acting President Sophie Martins gives the executive report during the SGA session on Feb. 7. Martins served as acting president from Feb. 2 to Feb. 12.

Sophie Martins jumps from graduation to law school

Courtney Brown, News Editor May 5, 2024

Sophie Martins said it was a “wild day” when she learned she’d been accepted into not one, but two law schools — just hours before she interviewed CBS News Anchor Norah O’Donnell. Martins,...

Jade Driggs responds to an interview question. She spoke about her plans of going back to work for the U.S. Airforce after graduation.

Jade Driggs balances military, machines, motherhood and more in doctoral work

Jacob Unruh, Assistant Sports Editor May 5, 2024

During her time in the Air Force, Wichita State doctoral student Jade Driggs has traveled around the country and the world. She’s studied at a few universities and lived a life of controlled chaos between...

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