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Allison Campbell

Allison Campbell, News Editor

Allison Campbell is one of the news editors for The Sunflower. Campbell is a junior pursuing a journalism and media production degree with a minor in English. Campbell hopes to pursue a career in writing or editing after graduation. They use any pronouns.
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WSU Director of Athletics Kevin Saal speaks to Student Senate members about the academic success of student athletes and survey results of the student athlete experience. Saal was joined on the Wednesday night meeting by Clayton Stoldt, the associate dean of applied studies.

Kevin Saal shares record-high student-athlete GPAs, other successful initiatives at SGA meeting

Allison Campbell, News Editor
April 16, 2024
Student Body President Iris Okere speaks in favor of the Thanksgiving Break Act, which would remove fall break and extend Thanksgiving break by two days. The act was denied after more than half of the Student Senate voted in opposition of the act.

Student Government rejects extended Thanksgiving break, approves sabbaticals for senators

Allison Campbell, News Editor
April 15, 2024
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine clap and cheer in support after the Ceasefire in Gaza resolution was passed by the Student Government Association. Free Palestine, members said, yelling in unison at the conclusion of the Senate meeting.

[Photo] Gaza ceasefire resolution meets criticism from Jewish Student Alliance president, passes anyway

Courtney Brown, News Editor
April 14, 2024
Taylor Craig directs Quilliam the African Crested Porcupine to do tricks for a Group of WSU students enticing him with bits of sweet potato.

[Photo] Tanganyika animals take over the Rhatigan Student Center

April 11, 2024
Student Government Association Sen. Gracie Lamb votes yes during the Student Services Fees Act proposed on Wednesday night. All 18 present senators voted in favor of the act, which determined how $10.5 million in student fees would be allocated among 36 programs.

SGA approves allocation of $10.5 million in student fees for 36 programs

Allison Campbell, News Editor
April 4, 2024
Jay Thompson, head of the government oversight committee, speaks on the Association Funding Regulations Act during the Student Senate meeting on Wednesday, March 27. The bill will supply all registered student organization (RSO) safekeeping accounts with $250 per year to help with startup costs

Student organizations allocated additional $250 per year

Allison Campbell, News Editor
April 2, 2024
Victoria Owens, a liberal arts and sciences senator in the Student Government Association, speaks on the Senate Structure Reorganization Act during the Student Session meeting on Wednesday, March 27.

SGA reestablishes weekly meetings, removes subcommittee seats

Allison Campbell, News Editor
April 2, 2024
Out of State Sen. Nathan Atkison expresses his support for the Senate Structure Reorganization Act during the Student Senate meeting on Wednesday, March 27. My subcommittee currently has two people, including me, Atkison said. It does not work.

Student Senate addresses several bills regarding funding for student orgs, pay in SGA and more

Allison Campbell, News Editor
April 1, 2024
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GraceMed CEO announces resignation amidst academic fraud allegations

Allison Campbell, News Editor
March 28, 2024

From ‘Disco Ho’ to ‘Ho No Mo’: Sister Cindy visits Wichita State to share religious views, personal stories

Allison Campbell, News Editor
March 21, 2024
Cindy Smock, more commonly known on TikTok as Sister Cindy, speaks to students Tuesday afternoon about the Bible, Christianity and her conversion from a ho to a modest woman. Sister Cindy has amassed almost half a million followers on TikTok, where she posts videos of her visiting and preaching on college campuses across the country.

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A WSU student records Sister Cindy while she preaches to university students on March 19. Her sermons centered on “good old fashioned slut shaming,” “the margarita message” and warnings about “feminazis.”

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Students laugh and take videos as Sister Cindy shares her messages of Christianity and modesty to Wichita State students. More than 50 students stopped to listen to Sister Cindys teachings during her sermons on March 19 and 20.

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Sister Cindy holds up her personal Bible, adorned with a Ho No Mo sticker on the front and a Obey Jesus sticker on the back. Sister Cindy visited campus on March 19-21 to share her messages of modesty and Christianity with students.

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Kobe Mathies, an RA in student housing, asks Sister Cindy to sign his Bible. The personalized message inside read Koby Read + obey the words of life and was signed Sister Cindy HoNoMo.

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Enrich Patdu laughs as Sister Cindy preaches to WSU students during Tuesdays sermon. More than 50 students gathered to listen to the TikTok sensation speak about her Ho No Mo Revolution.

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A trio of friends laugh as Sister Cindy reads the lyrics of One Margarita by That Chick Angel and CasaDi Music. Sister Cindy said men should not take Wichita State women to Mexican restaurants because they will ask for a margarita, which will lead to immoral behavior.

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Sister Cindy shows off a Ho No Mo button while speaking to students on Tuesday afternoon. Students who asked good questions or who were actively engaged in Sister Cindys teachings were given buttons signed by Sister Cindy to the recipient.

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Cindy Smock, more commonly known on TikTok as Sister Cindy, speaks to students March 19 afternoon about the Bible, Christianity and her conversion from a ho to a modest woman. Sister Cindy has amassed almost half a million followers on TikTok, where she posts videos of her visiting and preaching on college campuses across the country.

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TikTok sensation Sister Cindy visited campus on March 19-21 to share her views on Christianity, the Bible and indecency. You are not here to major in oral sex, Sister Cindy said.

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Sister Cindy asks WSU students Andre and Maddy what the difference is between a piece of ass in 1976 and a wet-ass pussy in 2024. According to Sister Cindy, there was no difference.

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Sister Cindy hands out one of her Ho No Mo pins to a student who answered one of her Bible questions. Sister Cindy offered to marry the student to his girlfriend after hearing that the two have been together for more than four years.

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A group of boys sit on a couch and cheer for Sister Cindy during her sermon on Tuesday afternoon. Hayden Hartung and his roommates brought the couch from their dorm on the second floor of Shocker Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday to listen to Sister Cindy in comfort.

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Sister Cindy pins a Ho No Mo pin onto the shirt of WSU student Garett Knight. I love the gays, but not the gay way, Sister Cindy said.

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Sister Cindy throws herself on the ground to demonstrate a ho laying down for a man.

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Sister Cindy reads Bible verses to a student during her speech on Tuesday afternoon. Students were invited to share a bench with Sister Cindy while she quizzed or questioned them on the Bible or issues of morality.

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Sister Cindy reads verses from her Bible to students while visiting campus on Tuesday. Students were asked trivia questions and, if they responded correctly, were given a Ho No Mo button.

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Sister Cindy shows off a Ho No Mo button while speaking to students on Tuesday afternoon. The Evangelical preacher traveled to universities across the country to share her religious views and her own experience with being a ho.

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Cindy Smock, more commonly known on TikTok as Sister Cindy, speaks to students Tuesday afternoon about the Bible, Christianity and her conversion from a ho to a modest woman. Sister Cindy has amassed almost half a million followers on TikTok, where she posts videos of her visiting and preaching on college campuses across the country.

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TikTok sensation Sister Cindy visited campus on March 19-21 to share her views on Christianity, the Bible and indecency. She passed out Ho No Mo pins to students who asked Bible related questions.

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Sister Cindy sits alongside Sister Kathy while preaching to students on Tuesday afternoon. The duo spoke in front of Wichita State students March 19-21 about Christianity, immorality and how to not be a hoe.

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A WSU student cheers as Sister Cindy retells stories of her scandelous past. More than 50 students gathered on Tuesday and Wednesday to hear what Sister Cindy had to say about God, the Bible and morality.

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TikTok sensation Sister Cindy visited campus on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to share her views on Christianity, the Bible and indecency. She passed out Ho No Mo pins to students who asked Bible related questions.

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Aaron Valentine poses for a photo. Photo courtesy of Valentine.

Graduate student shares Osage knowledge, Native American history with honors students

Allison Campbell, News Editor
March 14, 2024
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Real estate student works with OneRise campus to alleviate local mental health, substance and homelessness concerns

Allison Campbell, News Editor
March 4, 2024
Pete Nájera, the president and CEO of United Way of the Plains, speaks at the Wichita Journalism Collaborative event on Monday, Feb. 26. Nájera and United Way work to strengthen our pipeline of housing in the Wichita community through grants and investments.

[Photo] Wichita Journalism Collaborative creates space to listen to housing issues 

Courtney Brown, News Editor
March 4, 2024
A protester displays a sign with a quote by Palestinian author and politician Ghassan Kanafani. I would love to go to Gaza and help those children that youre starving, she said in response to a heckler.

‘I hate that man’: Students, community members protest Jordan Peterson tour, call for Gaza ceasefire

Allison Campbell, News Editor
February 29, 2024
Olivia Ramos and another Wichita State student hold up a banner reflecting the number of Palestinian lives lost since the start of Israeli bombings in Gaza. Dozens of community members, students and WSU faculty and staff assembled at the Student Senate meeting on Wednesday night to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

[Photo] Forty-five people gather to call for Gaza ceasefire resolution from Student Government

Courtney Brown, News Editor
February 29, 2024
A Wichita community member waves a Palestinian flag during the protest at Century II on Monday, Feb. 25. Pro-Palestine supporters gathered outside of the convention center and along Douglas Avenue to voice their disdain toward Jordan Peterson and to demand a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war.

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WSU students Kendah Ballout (center) and Easton Vogt (right) recite chants during the ceasefire protest at Century II Convention Center on Monday, Feb. 26. The group of Palestine supporters marched along Douglas Avenue and in front of Century II as guests filtered into the concert hall for Jordan Petersons We Who Wrestle with God event.

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A protester displays a sign with a quote by Palestinian author and politician Ghassan Kanafani. I would love to go to Gaza and help those children that youre starving, she said in response to a heckler.

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WSU students Kendah Ballout (right) and Sean Wentling (center) recite chants during the ceasefire protest at Century II Convention Center on Monday, Feb. 26. The group of Palestine supporters marched along Douglas Avenue and in front of Century II as guests filtered into the concert hall for Jordan Petersons We Who Wrestle with God event.

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11-year-old Ifram holds a sign while protesting with his family at Century II Convention Center. “People are dying in Palestine. I want to make them stop, Ifram said.

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11-year-old Ifram holds a sign while protesting with his family at Century II Convention Center. “People are dying in Palestine. I want to make them stop, Ifram said.

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Protest attendees hold a banner with figures representing the number of murdered Palestinians. More than a dozen students and community members gathered outside of Century II on Monday evening to call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinians.

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A 17-year-old protester waves the flag of Yemen while protesting outside of Century II on Monday, Feb. 26. Students and community members gathered at the convention center to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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Wichita State students and community members march outside of Century II during Jordan Petersons We Who Wrestle with God event. Protesters recited chants like 1-2-3-4, occupation no more, 5-6-7-8, Israel is a terror state.

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This weeks news in brief — Feb. 24

This week’s news in brief — Feb. 24

Courtney Brown and Allison Campbell
February 24, 2024
Nicholas Davis, one of the Spidermen of WSU, poses for photos and hands out fist bumps outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Wednesday afternoon. Davis said he decided to reclaim the spot after anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ activist Nicholas Heald protested at the spot on Tuesday. I want this (interacting positively with students) to serve as a pick-me-up, Davis said Im really out here to make people smile.

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Nicholas Davis, one of the Spidermen of WSU, poses for photos and hands out fist bumps outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Wednesday afternoon. Davis said he decided to reclaim the spot after anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ activist Nicholas Heald protested at the spot on Tuesday. I want this (interacting positively with students) to serve as a pick-me-up, Davis said Im really out here to make people smile.

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Sen. Roger Marshall prepares to shoot a basket during his visit with the womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the TreZure Jobe, a player on the womens basketball team at Wichita State. Marshall visited the university on Feb. 19 to give the team words of advice.

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Head womens basketball coach Terry Nooner speaks to a reporter at The Sunflower on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marhsall poses for a photo with the womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

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The womens basketball team listens to Sen. Roger Marshall speak on Feb. 19.

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The womens basketball team listens to Sen. Roger Marshall speak on Feb. 19.

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Sen. Roger Marshall talks to the Wichita State womens basketball team on Feb. 19.

[Photo] Sen. Roger Marshall visits Wichita State women’s basketball, gives words of advice

Melanie Rivera-Cortez, Sports Editor
February 22, 2024
Nicholas Heald protests outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. My ultimate goal out here is to glorify God, Heald said. And I see that on display today that people are wicked, they need a Savior, Heald said.

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Nicholas Heald protests outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. My ultimate goal out here is to glorify God, Heald said. And I see that on display today that people are wicked, they need a Savior, Heald said.

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Nicholas Heald, a WSU alum, speaks to a student outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. I was a student, now Im a teacher, giving people the gospel, the best news ... in the history of the world. And how will they hear unless a Christian brings them the good news? Heald said.

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Nicholas Heald preaches to students while protesting LGBTQ+ rights and abortion. Heald identified as an abolitionist. Were seeking to abolish child sacrifice from the land, Heald said.

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Nicholas Heald preaches to students while protesting LGBTQ+ rights and abortion. Heald identified as an abolitionist. Were seeking to abolish child sacrifice from the land, Heald said.

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WSUPD Officer Zachary Hendrich stands and watches as an anti-abortion protester stands on campus.

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Nicholas Heald, a WSU alum, speaks to a student outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Heald expressed anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments to students and passers-by.

[Photo] Anti-abortion preacher returns to Wichita State, attracts police attention

February 22, 2024
WSUPD Officer Zachary Hendrich stands and watches as an anti-abortion protester stands on campus.

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WSUPD Officer Zachary Hendrich asks anti-abortion activist Nicholas Heald if he has a permit for protesting. I paid my dues to be here because, not only do I have the constitutional right to be here ... but I used to be a student here and I gave the school thousands of dollars, Heald said.

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Nicholas Heald, a WSU alum, speaks to a student outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Heald expressed anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments to students and passers-by.

[Photo] Anti-abortion preacher returns to Wichita State, attracts police attention

Courtney Brown, News Editor
February 22, 2024
Wichita State University Police Department car parked outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Feb. 21.

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Nicholas Heald, a member of Abolitionists Rising, protested abortion and LGBTQ+ rights outside of the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20. My ultimate goal out here is to glorify God, Heald said.

[Photo] OPINION: Keep your ‘abolitionist’ rallies off my campus

Sascha Harvey, Opinion editor
February 22, 2024
Madyson Espinosa dances on the field after a teammate hit a grand slam in a Wichita State game from April 2023.

‘We need Mady’: Shocker softball’s ‘hype-woman’ speaks on positivity, legacy

Allison Campbell, News Editor
February 12, 2024
Acting President Sophie Martins and Speaker of the Senate Kylee Hower give the first read of Retention of the Rhatigan Student Center Bond during the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Feb. 7.

[Photo] Student Government passes resolution supporting distribution of emergency contraceptives

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor
February 8, 2024
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