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The Mulberry Art Gallery is located on Central and Volutsia.

[Photo] Black-run art gallery highlighting multicultural artwork to open by the end of the year

Karen Galindo, Arts & Entertainment Editor
October 11, 2020
"Imploding the Mirage" album cover art. The Killers' latest album was released on August 21.

[Photo] REVIEW: The Killers “Imploding the Mirage” is the hopeful album that the world needs

Wyman Wheeler, Music Critic
August 29, 2020
Jeromiah Taylor, opinion editor

[Photo] From the opinion editor: Opinion writing is more important now than ever

Jeromiah Taylor, Opinion Editor
August 17, 2020
Sheilja Bhatt, left, is president of the WSU International Student Union. Her sister Divija, right, is trying to transfer to WSU from Rutgers because the school has had confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

[Photo] Despite ICE reversal, some international students still face tough decisions

Audrey Korte, Reporter
July 30, 2020
Applications for the 2020 Dreamer Scholarship are now open. The scholarship was created by Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity and the Student Government Association to help DACA recipients and undocumented students at Wichita State.

[Photo] Scholarships available for DACA recipients, undocumented students at WSU

Lindsay Smith, Reporter
June 25, 2020
Jo Jacobs wrote her memoir in "I Fly," a collection of true stories on overcoming adversity.

Jennifer Tozier is a nursing student at Wichita State.

[Photo] Nursing students face uncertainty, call to duty as they enter field during COVID-19

Lindsay Smith, Reporter
May 13, 2020
Jo Jacobs wrote her memoir in "I Fly," a collection of true stories on overcoming adversity.

Jo Jacobs wrote her memoir in "I Fly," a collection of true stories on overcoming adversity.

Sunflower reporter Austin Farber

[Photo] Farewell from Farber: News reporting showed me the power of storytelling

May 9, 2020
Sunflower sports reporter Matthew Goldsmith (second from right) poses with his family.

[Photo] Farewell from Goldsmith: Thank you, Wichita State

May 9, 2020
Graphic Design senior live exhibition event, Design Zoo, will be on May 1.

[Photo] Graphic design seniors to host virtual exhibition

April 30, 2020
Masters Level Psychology Intern for Wichita State's Counseling and Prevention Services program Samantha Fulcher discusses mindful eating during a Keep Calm and Breathe livestream on April 13, 2020.

[Photo] CAPS, Care Team offering virtual mental health services

April 15, 2020
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[Photo] SAC, Student Involvement to host TikTok Talent Show

Karen Galindo, Arts & Entertainment Editor
April 15, 2020
Movie poster of 2007's "I Am Legend".

[Photo] 10 pandemic-centric movies and films

Austin Farber, Movie Critic
April 8, 2020
William Groutas, a bioorganic and medicinal chemistry professor at Wichita State (center) and research assistants pose in Groutas's research laboratory at WSU.

[Photo] 'The impact can be huge': WSU professor part of team to discover compound that kills a coronavirus

April 1, 2020
William Groutas, a bioorganic and medicinal chemistry professor at Wichita State (center) and research assistants pose in Groutas's research laboratory at WSU.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announces a stay-at-home order effective Monday for the entire state.

[Photo] BREAKING: State of Kansas under stay-at-home order effective Monday

Kylie Cameron, Editor in Chief
March 28, 2020
Director of the Sedgwick County Health Department Adrienne Byrne confirms at a March 27 briefing that there is community spread of COVID-19 in the the county.

[Photo] Sedgwick County confirms active community spread of COVID-19

March 27, 2020
Screenshot of a tweet of rapper Swae Lee giving a free livestream concert on Instagram.

[Photo] We’re still partying, just online

Kamilah Gumbs, Reporter
March 26, 2020
Adobe Creative Cloud is offering it's software for free.

[Photo] Free resources for students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Katie Smith, Reporter
March 26, 2020
"After Hours" album cover.

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘After Hours’ recovers after first track

Noah Merrell, Music Critic
March 25, 2020
Justin Wagner, assistant county counselor from Sedgwick County, presents the stay at home order draft to the Sedgwick County Commissioners.

[Photo] County commission recommends county health director issue stay-at-home order

Kylie Cameron and Lindsay Smith
March 23, 2020
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at a media briefing on March 23 announcing the public gathering limit would decrease from 50 to 10.

[Photo] Kansas Governor announces new gathering limit, puts statewide stay at home order on hold

Lindsay Smith, Reporter
March 23, 2020
Screenshot of Sedgwick County's livestream where Chairman Pete Meitzner and Manager Tom Stoltz gave their daily briefing on March 20.

[Photo] Sedgwick County plans to open drive-thru testing center for COVID-19

Lindsay Smith, Reporter
March 20, 2020
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

[Photo] OPINION: Weinstein will die in prison and I couldn’t be happier

Olivia Babin, Columnist
March 15, 2020
Screenshot from Lady Gaga's "Stupid Love" music video.

[Photo] REVIEW: Lady Gaga hints at something special to come with ‘Stupid Love’ single

Hollis Hagenbuch, Music Critic
March 5, 2020
The Pro Bono Immigration Clinic is comprised of Wichita State students who give free legal aid to local immigrants. Sandrine Lisk (third from right) advises the group and is a local immigration attorney.

[Photo] Pro Bono Immigration Clinic offers free legal aid to local immigrants

March 5, 2020
Album art of Lady Gaga's new single, "Stupid Love."

Madeline Shonka stands in front of the castle at Disney World with her medals from running a 5k, 10k, and half marathon for three consecutive days.

[Photo] Student’s newly established nonprofit aims to serve chronically ill teens

Jeromiah Taylor, Opinion Editor
February 27, 2020
Diana Arterian's portrait

[Photo] Writing Now, Reading Now to host poet Diana Arterian

Austin Farber, Reporter
February 26, 2020
Positive Directions Executive Director Brett Hogan (left) and Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Kreutzer stand by a sign advertising free STI testing.

[Photo] Free on-campus STI tests aim to keep students healthy

Audrey Korte, Reporter
February 21, 2020
Album art for Oh Wonder's newest album, "No One Else Can Wear Your Crown".

[Photo] REVIEW: Oh Wonder falls short with repetitive album

Noah Merrell, Music Critic
February 19, 2020
Neil Terry, a manager for the Wichita State women's basketball team, holds a white board for Head Coach Keitha Adams as she draws up a play during practice. Terry's late mother was high school best friends with Adams.

[Photo] And you thought you were busy: Sophomore mayor of Geuda Springs embraces the ‘balancing act’

Matthew Kelly, Managing Editor
February 10, 2020
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[Photo] REVIEW: WSU Opera Theatre presents ‘Scenes and Songs’

Austin Farber, Reporter
February 9, 2020
Movie poster for "Birds of Prey"

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘Birds of Prey’ break-up story turned action film

Katie Smith, Reporter
February 9, 2020
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[Photo] Steve Arnold appointed Health Professions interim dean

Matthew Kelly, Managing Editor
February 3, 2020
Movie poster for "Miss Americana"

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘Miss Americana’ is Swift shouting at the world that she rightfully deserves everything she has

Karen Galindo, Arts and Entertainment Editor
February 2, 2020
Album art for FKA Twigs newest album, "Magdalene".

[Photo] REVIEW: FKA Twigs creates magic out of pain in new album, “Magdalene”

Noah Merrell, Reporter
January 27, 2020
Acting dean of the College of Health Professions Linnea Glenmaye.

[Photo] Health Professions dean resigns, Glenmaye named acting dean

Kylie Cameron, Editor in Chief
January 17, 2020
Album art for Harry Style's second solo album, "Fine Line."

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘Fine Line’ is an album everyone will love

December 13, 2019
Multimedia Editor Eduardo Castillo on the Newseum balcony during The Sunflower's trip to Washington D.C. for the fall national media convention.

[Photo] OPINION: Ight, imma head out

Eduardo Castillo, Multimedia Editor
December 12, 2019
Left, the original animation of Sonic the Hedgehog. Right, Sonic after a $9.5 million renovation.

[Photo] OPINION: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ should have stayed bad

December 2, 2019
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[Photo] SGA appoints 7 members to the Student Fees Committee 

Lindsay Smith, Reporter
November 14, 2019
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[Photo] Clark: No women, at least 1 person of color among presidential finalists

Matthew Kelly, Managing Editor
November 6, 2019
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[Photo] WSU revives ‘Anything Goes’ 

Reid Kurkerewicz, Reporter
November 2, 2019
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[Photo] WSU student spends Halloween season on the other side of a haunted classic

Karen Galindo, Reporter
November 2, 2019
Kanye West's latest album, "Jesus is King," was released Oct. 25. Opinion Editor Kevin Benavides says this album missed the mark.

[Photo] OPINION: Kanye’s lost the plot

Kevin Benavides, Opinion Editor
October 31, 2019
Album art of Tamagawa's "live in Japan" EP

[Photo] French electronic music on display at Kirby’s today

Reid Kurkerewicz, Writer
October 29, 2019
Movie poster for 'First Love'

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘First Love,’ a kung fu love story

Ryan Crews, Movie Critic
October 23, 2019
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[Photo] ‘Fly Like a Girl’ encourages young women to take to the sky

Becca Yenser, Movie Critic
October 22, 2019
Cover art for "Give Me Liberty"

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘Give Me Liberty’ provides glimpse at fragmentation in the Midwest

Reid Kurkerewicz, Movie Critic
October 21, 2019
Cover art of "Once Upon A River"

[Photo] Making a movie in three weeks: An interview with the producer of ‘Once Upon a River’

Becca Yenser, Movie Critic
October 21, 2019
Cover art of NINE by Blink-182

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘NINE’: Their older stuff was better

Brogan Gillmore, Music Critic
September 26, 2019
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[Photo] REVIEW: ‘Hustlers’ leaves the audience disappointed

Olivia Babin, Movie Critic
September 24, 2019
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On Saturday, Sept. 7, Madi Laughlin and Morgan Cusick of Green Group cleaned up trash at Great Plains Nature Center.

[Photo] The Green Group with a green thumb

Karen Galindo, Reporter
September 10, 2019
A student living at The Flats tweeted this picture of a murky, green pool at the residence hall Wednesday. The pool was cleaned by Thursday.

[Photo] Green pool cleaned at The Flats; basketball hoop still in the works

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 9, 2019
New club on campus, On the Reel, holds their first meeting on Friday, Aug. 23 in the Rhatigan Student Center.

[Photo] New film club focuses on diversity, representation

Audrey Korte, Reporter
September 7, 2019
Album art for Taylor Swift's latest album, "Lover."

[Photo] Swift’s new album an ode to personal growth

August 28, 2019
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[Photo] ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: A reminder of the classics

Olivia Babin, Columnist
August 27, 2019
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[Photo] Taylor: Sony should reverse course, avoid a Spider-Blunder

August 25, 2019
Album art from Kim Petras' single, "Do Me"

[Photo] Sunflower Soundtrack: Summer Stunners

August 22, 2019
Larisa Genin

[Photo] New business dean sold on Wichita State’s mission

Matthew Kelly, Managing Editor
August 14, 2019
Colleen Ostermann, a senior psychology major, will serve as interim SGA treasurer. Her appointment will need senate approval in the fall before she serves in a permanent capacity.

[Photo] Bearth appoints interim SGA treasurer

Daniel Caudill, News Editor
July 31, 2019
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[Photo] Ian Demory, high school educator, is running for mayor on arts and education initiatives

Audrey Korte, Reporter
July 30, 2019
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[Photo] Joshua Atkinson, political newcomer, is running to impact public schools

Daniel Caudill, News Editor
July 17, 2019
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[Photo] Third times a charm for Mork?

Drake Robinson, Reporter
July 17, 2019
Carol Konek poses for a photo at her retirement dinner in 2005 with Bill Bischoff, John Koppenhaver and Paul Magelli. This photo originally appeared in the LAS Newsletter in fall 2005.

[Photo] Remembering Carol Konek, co-founder of the WSU Women’s Studies Department

Audrey Korte, Reporter
July 9, 2019
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[Photo] NASA grant will fund WSU research to reduce aircraft noise

Daniel Caudill, News Editor
June 11, 2019
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[Photo] WSU will spend roughly $95,000 on presidential search

Kylie Cameron, Editor in Chief
May 26, 2019
Joseph Barringhaus holds up his bid card to Delta Upsilon.

[Photo] Barringhaus: Snap back to Texas

Joseph Barringhaus
May 2, 2019
Season 8 of Game of Thrones premiered on Sunday.

[Photo] ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 premiere: Family reunion and reunion and reunion

April 18, 2019
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[Photo] Gandu promoted to assistant VP of strategic enrollment management

Matthew Kelly, Editor in Chief
April 5, 2019
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[Photo] KBOR names Andy Tompkins Wichita State’s interim president

Matthew Kelly, Editor in Chief
March 28, 2019
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[Photo] Dominguez: ‘Us’ earns its universal terror through excellent filmmaking

March 25, 2019
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[Photo] Spring Essentials: The culture section’s spring starter pack

March 25, 2019
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[Photo] Director Larry Burks settles in, ensures student veterans receive GI benefits

March 21, 2019
Bardo teaching in 1976.

[Photo] From theory to practice: Working with Bardo meant ‘you were a part of something’

Andrew Linnabary, Digital Managing Editor
March 18, 2019
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[Photo] Darr: Wichita State’s After Judo builds a strong, jazzy foundation with ‘Harvard Ave.’

March 18, 2019
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[Photo] Dominguez: The Cavves’ ‘Holy Water’ drowns in, then transcends, its religious suffering

March 17, 2019
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[Photo] ‘Florida’ bears its fangs with wild stories of a wild state

Becca Yenser, Columnist
March 7, 2019
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[Photo] Wichita has a hidden secret for Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper fans

March 7, 2019
The lightning slapstick comedy of "Shakespeare Abridged" comes to life on stage as Jeremy Buoy directs off camera.

[Photo] Jeremy Buoy brings a dream to life with WSU’s first theatre tour in over a decade

March 17, 2019
The Reverend Cathleen Chittenden Bascom was ordained as the 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese at Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka on Saturday, March 2. Bascom was consecrated by The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

[Photo] Episcopal Diocese of Kansas ordains former WSU campus ministry director bishop

March 4, 2019
If next week's student fee referendum passes, more than half of the money raised by the fee hike would go towards the construction of a new business building, Woolsey Hall.

[Photo] New business building would house Koch-funded Institute for the Study of Economic Growth

Matthew Kelly, Editor in Chief
March 3, 2019
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[Photo] May: Trump’s national emergency is straight out of ‘House of Cards’

Austin May, Opinion Editor
February 26, 2019
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[Photo] Natasha Stephens out as WSU Title IX coordinator

Matthew Kelly, Editor in Chief
February 20, 2019
Javier Martinez of Kapaun Mt. Carmel and Jonathan Lozano of Shawnee Heights (Courtesy, WSU)

[Photo] Former Kansas governor, wife create scholarship aimed at helping DACA students

Andrew Linnabary, Digital Managing Editor
February 17, 2019
Kenon Brinkley (holding sign) is pictured in this photo from the Walk-a-Mile event. The event is held annually to raise awareness for rape, sexual assault, and gender violence.

[Photo] Brinkley accuser shares her story, intentions behind coming forward

Matthew Kelly, Editor in Chief
February 12, 2019
Trish and Bobby Gandu and their family (courtesy)

[Photo] A Gand-Wu love story: Trish and Bobby Gandu love each other, WSU

Audrey Korte, Reporter
February 15, 2019
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[Photo] 9 books to give your Valentine — or Galentine — this year

February 14, 2019
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[Photo] 'Love in Legal Mediums': A coming-of-age love story

February 14, 2019
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