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Brogan Gillmore

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Brogan Gillmore was a writer for The Sunflower.

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Cool Breeze Pizza is located at 828 W 11th St N.

REVIEW: Another one bites the crust: Cool Breeze Pizza opens

Brogan Gillmore, Food Critic
May 9, 2020
Personal protective equipment sits in the loading dock of the Shocker Store in the Rhatigan Student Center. These boxes were donated to area hospitals and first responders.

Ad Astra Coalition designing, producing much-needed PPE during pandemic

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
May 5, 2020
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Wichita economy braced to ride out turbulent times

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
May 1, 2020
Screenshot of the playlist on Spotify.

Sunflower Soundtrack: A Quarantine Lifestyle

Kamilah Gumbs, Karen Galindo, Brogan Gillmore, and Noah Merrell
March 30, 2020
Screenshot of “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” which was released Friday.

REVIEW: ‘Animal Crossing’ undoubtedly the comfiest game you’ll play all year

Brogan Gillmore, Game Critic
March 26, 2020
Paintings of the character Squidward from the children television show "SpongeBob SquarePants", fills the walls of the Looking Glass at the Cadman Gallery in the Rhatigan Student Center.

Seeing yourself as Squidward

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
March 26, 2020
Volunteers work to fill in the gaps of information regarding Art and Feminism at the Ulrich Museum's Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon on Friday.

Ulrich’s Edit-a-Thon shines light on gender information gap

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
March 9, 2020
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OPINION: Ned’s declassified midterm survival guide

OPINION: Ned’s declassified midterm survival guide

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
March 5, 2020
Brian Amos’ exhibit, “Representation: Slaying the Gerrymander”, is on display on the first floor of the Ulrich Museum of Art.

Political science professor opens anti-gerrymandering exhibit at the Ulrich

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
February 19, 2020
OPINION: Debating the fate of Century II

OPINION: Debating the fate of Century II

Katie Smith and Brogan Gillmore
February 12, 2020
Julian Chee shows off the yo-yo skills that won him the 2017 and 2018 Malaysian Yo-Yo Championship.

Living the yo-yo life

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
February 10, 2020
President Jay Golden addresses fine arts students at a town hall on Friday.

President Jay Golden hosts student, faculty town halls

Brogan Gillmore and Kylie Cameron
February 3, 2020
Wichita State University students, Nina Khonsaythidet, a senior majoring in psychology, and Sarah Myose, a senior, attend the Women's March on Saturday at The Wave.

Ralliers take to the streets of downtown Wichita for 4th annual Women’s March

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
January 27, 2020
Left, the original animation of Sonic the Hedgehog. Right, Sonic after a $9.5 million renovation.

OPINION: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ should have stayed bad

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
December 2, 2019
Eldon Taskinen, president of the WSU Dungeons and Dragons Club, describes the setting of Sunday's game. As dungeon master, Taskinen's job is to make sure players understand the story as it unfolds.

Just roll with it: Collaborative storytelling drives the play at WSU’s D&D Club

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
December 2, 2019

OPINION: It’s time to give to yourself

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
November 18, 2019
"The Path to Heaven" promotional

REVIEW: ‘The Path to Heaven’ a harrowing Holocaust tale

Brogan Gillmore, Opera Critic
November 18, 2019
Students color pictures of various Pokemon as part of the Asian Student Conference’s Pokemon festival on Wednesday in the RSC. Participants at the event made their way through different stations to collect all eight gym badges and become a Pokemon Master.

Pokemon trainers become masters at ASC festival

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
November 14, 2019
Lucas Webb and Meghana Ravi work on their Rocket Designs for the NASA Student Rocket Launch Competition at the John Bardo Center on Wednesday, Oct 23.

WSU Launch team will test its rocket-designing skills at NASA contest

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
October 24, 2019
The Andover A's competes against the WSU team during the finals of the eSports Exhibition.

Gamers, industry leaders flock to WSU South for tech-filled weekend 

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
October 20, 2019
The commentator, during the eSports Exhibition, gave in-depth analyses on each role and ingame circumstance as the exhibition went on.

The eSports Exhibition on Saturday at WSU Tech gives high school teams a chance to compete against each other and the WSU teams.

Jesse Koza focuses as he gets used to his controls during a game of "Overwatch."

Nintendo Swicthes, Playstation 4's, and PC's are set up around the eSports Exhibition for audience members to use and play games like "Super Smash Bros Ultimate."

Andrew King tables for Legacy Book, an app company in Wichita, during the ICTechXpo.

Netapp's table waits for attendees to peruse their content at one of several business tables at WSU Tech's ICTechXpo.

Event goers walk through the lobby of WSU South during Friday's ICTechXpo was filled with local tech-based businesses, as well as some college recruiters.

Attendees listen to the presenter at ICTechXpo's afternoon general session.

OPINION: Fall into fall

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
October 17, 2019
REVIEW: ‘Joker’ isn’t funny

REVIEW: ‘Joker’ isn’t funny

Brogan Gillmore, Writer
October 8, 2019
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OPINION: Traffic is a nightmare

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
October 7, 2019
Dan Arndt reads his work to a crowd of friends and strangers during Mikrobrews on Sept. 26 at The Donut Whole.

Mikrokosmos brings Mikrobrews, a literary open mic

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 30, 2019
Kathlynn Short, president of FOCUS, speaks at their first meeting of the semester. The group focused on topics like abortion, "sex positivity," and equality.

Feminist student group advocates for ‘sex positivity,’ equality 

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 29, 2019
President of FOCUS, Kathlynn Short discusses the benefits of abortion access as well as the laws and history of abortion at the first FOCUS meeting.

Attendees to FOCUS's first meeting listen and discuss the weeks topic, this week's being abortion. From left to right: Annalee Pellicotte, Nathan Bales and Mady Baker.

Kathlynn Short and Katie Dakan are the president and vice president, respectively, of Feminists on Campus Uniting Students.

Kathlynn Short and Katie Dakan are the president and vice president, respectively, of Feminists on Campus Uniting Students.

Attendees of FOCUS' first meeting listen and discuss abortion access. from right to left: Mady Baker, Nathan Bales and Annalee Pellicotte.

Condoms, stickers and informational pamphlets were just some of the items given away at FOCUS' meeting.

Dan Art reads his work to a crowd of friends and strangers during Mikrobrew on Sept. 26 at The Donut Whole.

Dan Art reads his work to a crowd of friends and strangers during Mikrobrew on Sept. 26 at The Donut Whole.

The attendees of Mikrobrew wait patiently in the back of the Donut Whole for the event to begin on Sept. 26.

The attendees of Mikrobrew wait patiently in the back of the Donut Whole for the event to begin on Sept. 26.

The attendees of Mikrobrew wait patiently in the back of the Donut Whole for the event to begin on Sept. 26.

Cover art of NINE by Blink-182

REVIEW: ‘NINE’: Their older stuff was better

Brogan Gillmore, Music Critic
September 26, 2019
Trevor Seyl (Parker) stands beside Ciaran Schaedtler (Jesse) who thanks Seyl's character for giving him a typewriter during a rehearsal of "Love Me or Leave Me" on Sept. 16 at Welsbacher Theatre. Julian Cornejo (Paul) and Ariel Glorsky (Nancy) watch the couple as the memory unfolds in the play.

REVIEW: Weekend Preview Sept. 21-22

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
September 21, 2019
The Ulrich introduces the newest suite of exhibitions on display this fall at Wichita State. The opening reception was held on September 12, 2019 at Ulrich Museum.

Ulrich welcomes new season with focus on accessibility, faculty contribution

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 15, 2019
Ixy Esparza, a junior studying nursing, makes a WSU tile at the event held on Wednesday, January 30. The event was put on by Student Affairs.

SUNFLOWER SOUNDTRACK: Study Sounds

Ella Dominguez, Karen Galindo, Brogan Gillmore, Aileen Rueda-DaCosta, and Jeromiah Taylor
September 12, 2019
OPINION: Putting the fantasy back into fantasy football

OPINION: Putting the fantasy back into fantasy football

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
September 12, 2019
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‘It’s’ not that scary

Brogan Gillmore, Film Critic
September 10, 2019
Teresa Nguyen put on ICT Fest along with her fiance Matt Clay as they performed with their band Concubine. At the end of their set they asked for the audience to donate to the organizations that ICT Fest was helping raise funds for.

Music festival rallies for its 15th year

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 10, 2019
Sean Matson (left) and Katelyn Koch try on Shocker Sound Machine uniforms. Though she’s not a music major, Koch says it’s nice to continue playing her instrument after high school.

‘Brand new season, brand new groove:’ Shocker Sound Machine enters second year

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 9, 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.

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

Brogan Gillmore, Reporter
September 9, 2019
Festival goers at Saturday's ICT Fest gather around the stage as the band Whep begins to perform.

The band Concubine plays for the crowd at Saturday's ICT Fest. Concubine is the band consisting of ICT Fests hosts Matt Clay and Teresa Nguyen and their bassist Chelsea Monet.

PRND mimes the use of a violin as he creates soundscapes for the audience at Friday's ICT Fest.

Born Snapped plays for the crowd at ICT Fest as vocalist Alex Atchley jumps and moves erradicly on stage.

John Gillespie and Alex Atchley of Born Snapped showcase their brand of music at Fridays ICT Fest.

Annie Adams of Remains to be Seen sings dark sullen songs with an electronic beat played by her bandmate Mason Monigold.

From left to right: Cade Bundrick, Miles DeBruin, Donovan Ford. BHBK performs during the evening portion of Fridays ICT Fest.

Donovan Ford, guitarist for BHBK, rocks out as he performs at ICT Fest on Friday Sept 6.

Let’s be Planeteers: A Superhero Won’t Save the Planet

Let’s be Planeteers: A Superhero Won’t Save the Planet

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
September 6, 2019

Hot Take: The Chicken Sandwich War

Brogan Gillmore, Columnist
August 29, 2019
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