The Sunflower, v.127, no.31 (May 4, 2023)
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2023-05-04
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College newspapers and periodicals , Student publications , Wichita State University -- History , Wichita (Kan.) -- Newspapers , Williams, Kian , Thornton, Mary Elizabeth , Malone, Nora , Student Government Association , Sexual harrassment allegations , WISE clinic , Graduation , Jones, Delaney , Feminists on Campus Uniting Students , Andover tornado , Jean, Helen , Gales, Sam , Saal, Kevin , Rodden, Brock , Wedge, Eric , Adams, Keitha , Nooner, Terry , Bohm, Alec , Brown, Isaac , Mills, Paul , Asinde, Jane
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The Sunflower: Official student newspaper, v.127, no. 31, Wichita, Kansas, May 4, 2023. - 16 pages
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Article(s): Logging out -- Speaker of Senate voted out after sexual harassment allegations -- Therapy dogs free to anyone in community -- Graduation OOTD guide -- From studio to Senate: Studio art major offers advice, reflects on school -- Feminist VP talks overcoming challenges and finding community -- Quick grad facts -- A year later: An EF-3 tornado hit Andover, Kansas on April 29, 2022 -- Student reflects on nearly losing family to Andover tornado -- ‘Improve our commuting experience’: Professor and student look to estimate university carbon footprint -- Photographer finds passion for optometry -- ‘You can learn something from everyone’: Student talks going to college while battling cancer -- Theater student embraces change, finds community -- Escape, adventure, exploration: Curator visits Wichita to talk the 1960s paper dress phenomenon -- Born, raised, staying: Theater major hopes to show what Wichita has to offer -- ‘I want to try everything’: Film major embraces opportunities at Wichita State and to come -- ‘I’m just gonna take my chances’: Former agriculture major explores identity in her artwork -- Street speak: "What advice would you give to incoming freshmen?" -- Five reasons you should study abroad -- Goodbye WSU: You may not know me, but I know you -- Preparing for the grand finale: Graduation -- ‘The Graduate’ perfectly displays post-grad crisis -- Assuming I pass Spanish, this is goodbye -- My last Sunflower byline, Crist signing off -- Letter to the editor: Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened -- Year in sports --‘It’s really a lifetime sport’: Megan Lucas plans to carry golf with her beyond graduation -- Jane Asinde follows Adams to UTEP with one year of eligibility remaining -- This week in softball
Photograph(s): Illustration of ace car reaching finish line and a computer mouse logging out of the computer window. p. 1 -- Senator Nathan Atkison puts his head in his hands during the debate about Kian Williams being vacated from the Speaker of the Senate position. During the debate, Atkison revoked his nomination for Academic Affairs subcommittee chair, which was appointed by Williams. p. 2 -- Senate Clerk Nora Malone goes in to hug At-Large Senator Mary Elizabeth Thornton, following their speeches to the Student Senate about experiencing sexual harassment. p. 2 -- Therapy dogs Rex and Cumin sit outside. The WISE Clinic offers community members to interact with Rex, Cumin or Sam, a third therapy dog. p. 2 -- Graduation out of the day guide illustration. p. 4 -- Self Portrait by Jade Warden. Warden used mixed media to create the piece of art in 2022. p. 5 -- Jade Warden poses for a photo. p. 5 -- Senior Delaney Jones paints a tote bag at the FOCUS group meeting on April 24. Jones plans to graduate in the spring with an English degree. p. 5 -- Dr. Jim Farha Andover YMCA after the tornado struck Andover, Kansas on April 29, 2022. The EF-3 tornado struck several parts of south-central Kansas, most notably Andover. p. 7 -- The Andover YMCA on April 28, 2023, almost a year after it was hit by a tornado on April 29, 2022. Construction is underway and the center’s waterpark will be open by the summer. p. 7 -- A student and associate professor at Wichita State are working together to gather data on carbon emissions produced by the university. Illustration. p. 7 -- Portrait of Jaden Wood. p. 7 -- Senior Piper Prichard, graduating as a filmmaking major, participated in Take36, a 36 hour film competition. p. 8 -- Alexys Porter, the stage manager for the Wichita Contemporary Dance Theatre Concert and Film, marks through the run sheet for Friday’s showing. Porter is graduating this spring with a BA in theatre and a certificate in stage management. p. 8 -- Helen Jean visited the Wichita Art Museum on April 28 for a discussion of paper dresses worn in the 1960s. p. 9 -- Playbill illustration. p. 9 -- Alyssa Pfeifer works on a photography project on April 28. Pfeifer served as Director of Media for Wichita State’s Student Government Association. p. 10 -- Senior Alyssa Pfeifer works on a project for her photography class. Pfeifer will graduate in December, obtaining a Bachelor of Media Arts with a concentration in filmmaking and a minor in graphic design. p. 10 -- Sam Gales explains her piece on display at McKnight. Gales incorporates multiple media forms for her artwork. p. 10 -- Street speak portraits. p. 11 -- Shelby Parscale during a sunset in Santorini, Greece. p. 11 -- Portrait of Natalie Nolte, Sunflower designer. p. 12 Illustration of graduation cap. p. 12 -- Promotional photo of "The Graduate." p. 12 -- Portrait of Trinity Ramm, sports editor. p. 10 -- Portrait of Sarah Beauchamp, reporter. p. 12 -- Portrait of Kyran Crist, reporter. p. 12 -- Kevin Saal from Murray State University will take over for interim director Sarah Adams starting mid-July. p. 14 -- An 8-0 run in the first quarter set the pace for the women’s basketball team. The women led for the rest of the game and beat No.1 seed South Florida 65-53 in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. p. 14 -- After the Oakland Athletics selected infielder Brock Rodden during the 10th round in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft in July 2022, the sophomore infielder has decided to return to WSU. p. 14 -- The Shockers beat No. 2 Oklahoma State 8-7 at Wilkins Stadium in front of a sold out crowd. p. 14 -- Director of athletics Kevin Saal announced Wedge’s departure from the program on Dec. 8 in a press release. In October, Wedge stepped away from the program temporarily to focus on personal health related matters. p. 14 -- Men's golf played in the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, which was their first home tournament in 10 years, at Crestview Country Club. p. 14 -- Head women’s basketball coach Keitha Adams is leaving Wichita State to take a head coaching job at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). p. 14 -- Terry Nooner was officially introduced as the program’s tenth head coach on April 20th at a press conference held in Charles Koch Arena. p. 14 -- Softball is ranked No. 18 in the country, the highest in school history in May 2023. The team has only ever been ranked as high as No. 20. p. 14 -- The Shockers will return to postseason play for the first time since 2018 after being selected to play in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NVIC) Sunday evening. p. 15 -- The women’s tennis team finished the season with a 7-0 record at home. The Shockers spent 67% of their season on the road including six straight matches during March. p. 15 -- WSU Athletics announced today that Isaac Brown has been removed as head men’s basketball coach “after a thorough evaluation and review of our Men’s Basketball program.” p. 15 -- Alec Bohm is the first baseball player from Wichita State to play in the World Series since Andy Dirks in 2012. p. 15 -- Along with Paul Mills, university president Rick Muma and athletic director Kevin Saal gave remarks about Mills’ hiring and the future of Wichita State’s men’s basketball program in Koch Arena on March 23. p. 15 -- Senior Megan Lucas is practicing her swing at Creastview Country Club on Sep. 21. Lucas was Wichita State’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. p. 16 -- Lucas had two top-10 finishes during the 2022-2023 season. She competed at all five of the Shockers’ fall tournaments. p. 16 -- Jane Asinde follows Adams to UTEP with one year of eligibility remaining p. 16 -- Shortstop Sydney McKinney (#25) catches a line ball. McKinney’s catch gave ECU their first out of the inning. p. 16
Photograph(s): Illustration of ace car reaching finish line and a computer mouse logging out of the computer window. p. 1 -- Senator Nathan Atkison puts his head in his hands during the debate about Kian Williams being vacated from the Speaker of the Senate position. During the debate, Atkison revoked his nomination for Academic Affairs subcommittee chair, which was appointed by Williams. p. 2 -- Senate Clerk Nora Malone goes in to hug At-Large Senator Mary Elizabeth Thornton, following their speeches to the Student Senate about experiencing sexual harassment. p. 2 -- Therapy dogs Rex and Cumin sit outside. The WISE Clinic offers community members to interact with Rex, Cumin or Sam, a third therapy dog. p. 2 -- Graduation out of the day guide illustration. p. 4 -- Self Portrait by Jade Warden. Warden used mixed media to create the piece of art in 2022. p. 5 -- Jade Warden poses for a photo. p. 5 -- Senior Delaney Jones paints a tote bag at the FOCUS group meeting on April 24. Jones plans to graduate in the spring with an English degree. p. 5 -- Dr. Jim Farha Andover YMCA after the tornado struck Andover, Kansas on April 29, 2022. The EF-3 tornado struck several parts of south-central Kansas, most notably Andover. p. 7 -- The Andover YMCA on April 28, 2023, almost a year after it was hit by a tornado on April 29, 2022. Construction is underway and the center’s waterpark will be open by the summer. p. 7 -- A student and associate professor at Wichita State are working together to gather data on carbon emissions produced by the university. Illustration. p. 7 -- Portrait of Jaden Wood. p. 7 -- Senior Piper Prichard, graduating as a filmmaking major, participated in Take36, a 36 hour film competition. p. 8 -- Alexys Porter, the stage manager for the Wichita Contemporary Dance Theatre Concert and Film, marks through the run sheet for Friday’s showing. Porter is graduating this spring with a BA in theatre and a certificate in stage management. p. 8 -- Helen Jean visited the Wichita Art Museum on April 28 for a discussion of paper dresses worn in the 1960s. p. 9 -- Playbill illustration. p. 9 -- Alyssa Pfeifer works on a photography project on April 28. Pfeifer served as Director of Media for Wichita State’s Student Government Association. p. 10 -- Senior Alyssa Pfeifer works on a project for her photography class. Pfeifer will graduate in December, obtaining a Bachelor of Media Arts with a concentration in filmmaking and a minor in graphic design. p. 10 -- Sam Gales explains her piece on display at McKnight. Gales incorporates multiple media forms for her artwork. p. 10 -- Street speak portraits. p. 11 -- Shelby Parscale during a sunset in Santorini, Greece. p. 11 -- Portrait of Natalie Nolte, Sunflower designer. p. 12 Illustration of graduation cap. p. 12 -- Promotional photo of "The Graduate." p. 12 -- Portrait of Trinity Ramm, sports editor. p. 10 -- Portrait of Sarah Beauchamp, reporter. p. 12 -- Portrait of Kyran Crist, reporter. p. 12 -- Kevin Saal from Murray State University will take over for interim director Sarah Adams starting mid-July. p. 14 -- An 8-0 run in the first quarter set the pace for the women’s basketball team. The women led for the rest of the game and beat No.1 seed South Florida 65-53 in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. p. 14 -- After the Oakland Athletics selected infielder Brock Rodden during the 10th round in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft in July 2022, the sophomore infielder has decided to return to WSU. p. 14 -- The Shockers beat No. 2 Oklahoma State 8-7 at Wilkins Stadium in front of a sold out crowd. p. 14 -- Director of athletics Kevin Saal announced Wedge’s departure from the program on Dec. 8 in a press release. In October, Wedge stepped away from the program temporarily to focus on personal health related matters. p. 14 -- Men's golf played in the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, which was their first home tournament in 10 years, at Crestview Country Club. p. 14 -- Head women’s basketball coach Keitha Adams is leaving Wichita State to take a head coaching job at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). p. 14 -- Terry Nooner was officially introduced as the program’s tenth head coach on April 20th at a press conference held in Charles Koch Arena. p. 14 -- Softball is ranked No. 18 in the country, the highest in school history in May 2023. The team has only ever been ranked as high as No. 20. p. 14 -- The Shockers will return to postseason play for the first time since 2018 after being selected to play in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NVIC) Sunday evening. p. 15 -- The women’s tennis team finished the season with a 7-0 record at home. The Shockers spent 67% of their season on the road including six straight matches during March. p. 15 -- WSU Athletics announced today that Isaac Brown has been removed as head men’s basketball coach “after a thorough evaluation and review of our Men’s Basketball program.” p. 15 -- Alec Bohm is the first baseball player from Wichita State to play in the World Series since Andy Dirks in 2012. p. 15 -- Along with Paul Mills, university president Rick Muma and athletic director Kevin Saal gave remarks about Mills’ hiring and the future of Wichita State’s men’s basketball program in Koch Arena on March 23. p. 15 -- Senior Megan Lucas is practicing her swing at Creastview Country Club on Sep. 21. Lucas was Wichita State’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. p. 16 -- Lucas had two top-10 finishes during the 2022-2023 season. She competed at all five of the Shockers’ fall tournaments. p. 16 -- Jane Asinde follows Adams to UTEP with one year of eligibility remaining p. 16 -- Shortstop Sydney McKinney (#25) catches a line ball. McKinney’s catch gave ECU their first out of the inning. p. 16
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Wichita State University
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The Sunflower
v.127. no.31
v.127. no.31