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The Sunflower, v.129, no.24 (April 3, 2025)
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College newspapers and periodicals,Student publications,Wichita State University -- History,Wichita (Kan.) -- Newspapers,Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,Eichhorn, David,Eitle, Tamela,Estes, Sarah Beth,Diversity, equity and inclusion,Lounsbery, Monica,Research,Student organizations,COVID-19,Student Engagement and Belonging,CARE Team,Student Government Association,The Tilford Commission,March Madness,Men's basketball,Track,Community garden,Kansas legislature,Shocker Store,Shockers Got Talent,Aerospace engineering
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The Sunflower: Official student newspaper, v.129, no. 24, Wichita, Kansas, April 3, 2025. - 8 pages
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Article(s): Three candidates vie for liberal arts and sciences dean. Since the departure of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Andrew Hippisley in June, the search for a new dean of Wichita State's largest academic college has been narrowed down to three candidates. -- David Eichhorn -- Tamela Eitle -- Sarah Beth Estes -- Provost on DEI-related changes: 'We are currently out of compliance' -- Wichita State aims to reach a research designation that would create new opportunities. It didn't hit the mark this year. Here's why. -- WSU hasn't awarded enough doctorates to attain R1 status this year -- DEI from page 1 -- After post-COVID lull, student organizations are back on the rise -- Severity of mental health cases handled by CARE Team has increased -- SGA learns Tilford Commission no longer exists, revokes funding and passes student fee allocations early -- Men's basketball lands first transfer: Defense-first forward Karon Boyd -- How Wichita State students, faculty helped run college basketball's biggest tournament -- Third men’s basketball player enters transfer portal -- 'Look good, play good': Wichita State track and field jumper starts fashion brand -- Baseball comeback attempt falls short against No. 22 Kansas State -- WSU community garden finally gets the sunlight it deserves -- Letter to the editor: Writing for a better Student Government Association at Wichita State University -- Kansas bill that aims to ban chosen pronouns would place strain on children trying to find themselves in this world -- Shockers Got Talent. Students at Wichita State University showcased their talents at the Student Activities Council's Shockers Got Talent on March 28. -- Scribbles, sketches and signatures: Make your mark in a Shocker Store journal -- Visiting scholar offers WSU students new ways of thinking about art -- Ready, set, fly. Aerospace class tests plane projects before competition
Photograph(s): Portraits of the three finalists for liberal arts and sciences dean: David Eichhorn, Tamela Eitle, and Sarah Beth Estes. p. 1 -- Monica Lounsbery, senior executive vice president and provost at WSU, speaks about the changes in diversity, equity and inclusion policies on campus. p. 1 -- Wichita State's Innovation Campus. p. 2 -- Graph: Change in number of student organizations over 10 years. Data collected by The Sunflower and provided by Student Engagement and Belonging. p. 3 -- Executives of student organizations work together to build a tower out of spaghetti, marshmallows, tape and string at an event in September. p. 3 -- Chart: How Wichita State's student organizations compare. p. 3 -- Inside of INTRUST Bank Arena before the start of the Texas Tech vs. Drake game on March 22. p. 4 -- Mike Ross and Brad Pittman stand together at midcourt of INTRUST Bank Arena. p. 4 -- Corey Washington faces off with a Memphis defender at the top of the 3-point arc on March 14. p. 4 -- Volunteers at the 2025 March Madness Wichita Regional help set up before the start of the event. p. 4 -- WSU track and field jumper Kielon McQuarters. p. 5 -- Kaleb Duncan slaps the outfield wall in frustration after a home run. The Shockers fell to Kansas State, 13-10. p. 5 -- Portrait of opinion editor Piper Pinnetti. p. 6 -- An onion bulb thrives despite breaching the soil surface. Various materials are mixed in the soil including leaves, mulch and pine cones for optimal nutrients. p. 6 -- Romaine lettuce sprouts next to the Rhatigan Student Center in the community garden plant beds on April 2. p. 6 -- Three trees in the community garden blossom flowers as the April showers begin. p. 6 -- Emma Glover drenches plant beds in the community garden as part of the Shocker Locker's new responsibilities following the move. "Now that the garden is right next to us, this has become sort of like a babysitting gig," Glover said. "I think the idea now is all the vegetables planted in here will help contribute to the Shocker Locker." p. 6 -- Former Sen. Michael Miller speaks to the senate on March 12. p. 6 -- Portrait of Mya Scott, assistant editor. p. 6 -- Illustration of name tag: "Hello my pronouns are ???" p. 6 -- Kodi Baxter performs her original house song "I Never Could Let Anyone In" at Shockers Got Talent. Baxter won first place, leaving the CAC Theater with a $1,000 prize. p. 7 -- Toomaj Amiri, a graduate research assistant at Wichita State University, sings Faramarz Aslani's "Age Ye Rooz." Amiri said he dreams of becoming Iran's next singing star. p. 7 -- Best friends and members of Neighbors with Guitars Hannah Schwemmer and Kennedy Fisher sing and strum to Schemmer's original song, "If You Buy Me Flowers." The performance marked the first time the duo has publicly performed the song. p. 7 -- Taylor Sims sings "Listen" by Beyoncé at the March 28 Shockers Got Talent show. Sims is from Kansas City and has participated in gospel choirs and used the Student Activities Council event to showcase her solo singing skills. p. 7 -- Kailer Megrail sings Stephen Schwartz's "No Good Deed," as performed in Broadway musical Wicked. p. 7 -- A guitarist with band Skylar and the Strings performs an original song at Shockers Got Talent. Their song "The Person You've Become" was written by lead singer Skylar Isenegger. p. 7 -- Fitzsimmons flips through the pages of the display journal in the basement of the Shocker Store. p. 7 -- Student Darsh Choksi grins with his group's plane after completing a successful test flight on March 29. Students, in groups, were required to build planes and test them for flight as part of professor Jielong "Jacky" Cai's Aerospace Design II class. All of the planes that attempted flight during the Aerospace Design II test flight session were able to successfully take off. p. 8 -- Julia Buie, an aerospace engineering student, makes modifications to her plane's wiring ahead of their scheduled test flight time. Students had to connect their planes, made for the Aerospace Design II class, to a controller to practice a controlled flight as part of their final project. p. 8 -- Aerospace engineering student and undergraduate lab assistant Aiden Holt holds up a hand heart after her team's successfully achieved liftoff. p. 8 -- Laura Paige Nobles gasps after a team's plane crashes into the concrete wall of the Heskett Center. The plane was left in pieces after veering off course and colliding into the gym's far wall. p. 8 -- Jordan Glover makes modifications to his plane's left wing ahead of his group's practice flight on Saturday, March 29. Students were able to test their planes ahead of the next flight test session, which will be held on Saturday, April 12. Students in the class are required to build a plane and test it over three different flight test days before submitting their planes for a final flight in the Bronze Propeller competition, held on May 3. p. 8 -- Team 4 members Anubhav Pant, Pedro Cupertino and Yuto Minami carry their Aerospace Design II plane to the testing area during the practice flight session on March 29. p. 8 -- Team 10 members Caleb McDaniel and Marion Jackson adjust their plane's wiring with the help of professor Jielong "Jacky" Cai. The group's plane successfully achieved take off and flew on March 29. p. 8
Photograph(s): Portraits of the three finalists for liberal arts and sciences dean: David Eichhorn, Tamela Eitle, and Sarah Beth Estes. p. 1 -- Monica Lounsbery, senior executive vice president and provost at WSU, speaks about the changes in diversity, equity and inclusion policies on campus. p. 1 -- Wichita State's Innovation Campus. p. 2 -- Graph: Change in number of student organizations over 10 years. Data collected by The Sunflower and provided by Student Engagement and Belonging. p. 3 -- Executives of student organizations work together to build a tower out of spaghetti, marshmallows, tape and string at an event in September. p. 3 -- Chart: How Wichita State's student organizations compare. p. 3 -- Inside of INTRUST Bank Arena before the start of the Texas Tech vs. Drake game on March 22. p. 4 -- Mike Ross and Brad Pittman stand together at midcourt of INTRUST Bank Arena. p. 4 -- Corey Washington faces off with a Memphis defender at the top of the 3-point arc on March 14. p. 4 -- Volunteers at the 2025 March Madness Wichita Regional help set up before the start of the event. p. 4 -- WSU track and field jumper Kielon McQuarters. p. 5 -- Kaleb Duncan slaps the outfield wall in frustration after a home run. The Shockers fell to Kansas State, 13-10. p. 5 -- Portrait of opinion editor Piper Pinnetti. p. 6 -- An onion bulb thrives despite breaching the soil surface. Various materials are mixed in the soil including leaves, mulch and pine cones for optimal nutrients. p. 6 -- Romaine lettuce sprouts next to the Rhatigan Student Center in the community garden plant beds on April 2. p. 6 -- Three trees in the community garden blossom flowers as the April showers begin. p. 6 -- Emma Glover drenches plant beds in the community garden as part of the Shocker Locker's new responsibilities following the move. "Now that the garden is right next to us, this has become sort of like a babysitting gig," Glover said. "I think the idea now is all the vegetables planted in here will help contribute to the Shocker Locker." p. 6 -- Former Sen. Michael Miller speaks to the senate on March 12. p. 6 -- Portrait of Mya Scott, assistant editor. p. 6 -- Illustration of name tag: "Hello my pronouns are ???" p. 6 -- Kodi Baxter performs her original house song "I Never Could Let Anyone In" at Shockers Got Talent. Baxter won first place, leaving the CAC Theater with a $1,000 prize. p. 7 -- Toomaj Amiri, a graduate research assistant at Wichita State University, sings Faramarz Aslani's "Age Ye Rooz." Amiri said he dreams of becoming Iran's next singing star. p. 7 -- Best friends and members of Neighbors with Guitars Hannah Schwemmer and Kennedy Fisher sing and strum to Schemmer's original song, "If You Buy Me Flowers." The performance marked the first time the duo has publicly performed the song. p. 7 -- Taylor Sims sings "Listen" by Beyoncé at the March 28 Shockers Got Talent show. Sims is from Kansas City and has participated in gospel choirs and used the Student Activities Council event to showcase her solo singing skills. p. 7 -- Kailer Megrail sings Stephen Schwartz's "No Good Deed," as performed in Broadway musical Wicked. p. 7 -- A guitarist with band Skylar and the Strings performs an original song at Shockers Got Talent. Their song "The Person You've Become" was written by lead singer Skylar Isenegger. p. 7 -- Fitzsimmons flips through the pages of the display journal in the basement of the Shocker Store. p. 7 -- Student Darsh Choksi grins with his group's plane after completing a successful test flight on March 29. Students, in groups, were required to build planes and test them for flight as part of professor Jielong "Jacky" Cai's Aerospace Design II class. All of the planes that attempted flight during the Aerospace Design II test flight session were able to successfully take off. p. 8 -- Julia Buie, an aerospace engineering student, makes modifications to her plane's wiring ahead of their scheduled test flight time. Students had to connect their planes, made for the Aerospace Design II class, to a controller to practice a controlled flight as part of their final project. p. 8 -- Aerospace engineering student and undergraduate lab assistant Aiden Holt holds up a hand heart after her team's successfully achieved liftoff. p. 8 -- Laura Paige Nobles gasps after a team's plane crashes into the concrete wall of the Heskett Center. The plane was left in pieces after veering off course and colliding into the gym's far wall. p. 8 -- Jordan Glover makes modifications to his plane's left wing ahead of his group's practice flight on Saturday, March 29. Students were able to test their planes ahead of the next flight test session, which will be held on Saturday, April 12. Students in the class are required to build a plane and test it over three different flight test days before submitting their planes for a final flight in the Bronze Propeller competition, held on May 3. p. 8 -- Team 4 members Anubhav Pant, Pedro Cupertino and Yuto Minami carry their Aerospace Design II plane to the testing area during the practice flight session on March 29. p. 8 -- Team 10 members Caleb McDaniel and Marion Jackson adjust their plane's wiring with the help of professor Jielong "Jacky" Cai. The group's plane successfully achieved take off and flew on March 29. p. 8
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v.129, no.24
v.129, no.24