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Senior Caroline Tallent stretches to try and make an out against Oklahoma State University. Wichita State did not commit an error in the 11-2 loss against the Cowgirls on Feb. 27.

Caroline Tallent shows off hard work for WSU’s softball team and in the classroom

Mack Smith, Reporter May 13, 2025

Caroline Tallent forged a path to Wichita State softball that is distinct from most other players. Instead of being recruited, she reached out to WSU head coach Kristi Bredbenner as a high schooler to...

Sophia Best

Best: Working at The Sunflower taught me the true meaning of ‘Ad astra per aspera’

Sophia Best, Reporter May 12, 2025

I have always loved to write, but sharing my writing was another story. I was always awful at taking criticism, and I could never finish my personal projects because I kept coming up with different ideas...

Sascha Harvey

Harvey: You’re an impostor until you’re not

Sascha Harvey, Reporter May 12, 2025

When I was in high school, The Sunflower seemed like the best of the best. In my mind, the editor-in-chief was constantly in intense press conferences with high-profile people, sworn to secrecy alongside...

Abby Ausherman turns around while sewing fabric for her exhibition. Ausherman is graduation spring 2025 with a major in Arts.

Tackling new artforms with familiar concepts

Kass Lewis, Reporter May 11, 2025

As Abby Ausherman delves into a new medium in her art, she draws from something familiar. It’s something we all have, whether by blood or by bond — something simple in concept, but complex in nature....

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OPINION: Leave the white for the weddings 

Mya Scott, Assistant Editor May 10, 2025

White on graduation day is practically asking for a disaster to happen.  On the day of my high school graduation, I had a white gown. I hadn’t put it on at my house, for fear I would have managed...

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OPINION: Embrace history and wear white to graduation

Aubri Baker, Reporter May 10, 2025

Wearing white isn’t just some random trend people follow for the aesthetic; it has been a tradition followed for decades.  It’s a meaningful tradition that goes back over a century, showing us...

Megan Bailey (cropped)

Bailey: The Sunflower, a special experience to never forget

Megan Bailey, Reporter May 9, 2025

When I first majored in communication during my freshman year at Wichita State, I had no idea what the major entailed. I thought it was about helping people — which it is — but I wasn’t interested...

Senior Mauricio Millan writes in the turf before the game on April 12. Millan has started every game this season after missing the first 11 due to injury.

Mauricio Millan nearly gave up baseball. Now he’s leaving a legacy at Wichita State.

Owen Prothro, Assistant Sports Editor May 5, 2025

Mauricio Millan’s senior season of high school baseball and first season at El Paso Community College were cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He’d already stopped playing football to focus on...

(Photo courtesy of Lathe Cobb / Wichita State Athletics)

Despite lack of playing time, baseball’s Logan Kreske makes an impact

Jacob Unruh, Sports Editor May 5, 2025

Logan Kreske hasn’t received much playing time in his two seasons at Wichita State. Still, every chance he has, he picks the brains of his coaches and tries to contribute to the baseball team in any...

(Photo courtesy of Emily Phung)

Archeology rekindled his passion for learning after 50 years, brain cancer didn’t stop him

Taliyah Winn, Podcast Producer May 5, 2025

When 17-year-old Arland Wallace first came to Wichita State University in the 1970s, he left after his first semester, realizing he wasn’t ready for college. After he retired from his job as a deacon...

Social work student Robin Monroe poses for a photo in the Online and Adult Learners office. Monroe said that OAL helped her throughout her time at WSU.

‘Nowhere to go but up’: How a WSU student went from addiction, incarceration and homelessness to crossing the graduation stage

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor May 4, 2025

Robin Monroe walked into the Online and Adult Learners office at Wichita State “almost by mistake.” “I went to the advising office in Grace Wilkie (Hall) and on the way there, I went in the wrong...

Adriana and Victoria Owens in New York City at the National Model United Nations conference in April. The two are fraternal twins. (Courtesy of Tyler Dorsch)

Twins with interconnected advocacy journeys prepare to diverge paths at WSU — but only somewhat

Mia Hennen, Managing Editor May 4, 2025

When you speak to Adriana and Victoria Owens, you might notice the twins say “we” and “us” a lot. And those first-person plural pronouns often fit the pair, whose lives blend and weave together. From...

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