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Shocker hunger 56%

67% International students

WSU students

KNOW AT LEAST ONE TO THREE OTHER STUDENTS WHO FACE FOOD INSECURITY

50%

100%

WSU students

International students

SAY THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A FOOD PANTRY ON CAMPUS

95%

100%

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Cybertron PC allows patrons to personalize their computers with programs and features. The company pledged a $2.5 million gift last week.

WSU students International students SUPPORT A FOOD PANTRY ON CAMPUS

WSU students

International students

WOULD USE THE FOOD PANTRY AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH

WSU students

International students

ADMIT TO SKIPPING A MEAL BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO EAT

Numbers based on an online survey of 100 students by Student Government Association

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Students facing hunger insecurity find help at Heskett food pantry CHANDLER OCHOA

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altine crackers and jelly.

That was dinner for Joseph Shepard and his two siblings growing up in a single-parent household.

“She was struggling as a single mother, and it was difficult to make ends meet,” Shepard said.

Shepard remembers his dad telling him to eat everything on his plate at school because he might not eat that night.

The familiar childhood memories came back Shepard’s freshman year at Wichita State when he saw students come to the Office of Multicultural Affairs—now the Office of Diversity and Inclusion—to get something to eat.

When Shepard became student body president, he did not want students going to bed hungry, and established plans for a food pantry on campus.

After polling 100 students with an online survey last fall, Student Government Association found that almost 50 percent of students that took the survey have had to choose between buying food and buying other items, and more than 30 percent of students have had to skip a meal because they could not afford to eat.

Eric Maki, director of Campus Recreation at WSU, offered the Heskett Center as a storage and distribution location once he heard of SGA’s plans to create a food pantry.

“After paying for academics and books and all the things that go with it, we had some students that just had a need, especially during the weekend when some of the dining is not available and they were just in a situation where they were going hungry,” Maki said.

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INSIDE: Closure of nearby grocery stores adds to the issue • PAGE 3 Photo by Manny De Los Santos

Sophomore Joey Oste organizes canned goods Friday at the Heskett Center for students who struggle with food security. The initiative started last semester

by Student Government Association leaders.

Wichita State’s Innovation Campus will be outfitted with new computers for use in the Experiential Engineering Building.

The WSU Foundation announced Tuesday that Cybertron International pledged to provide the new computers. The gift is estimated to cost $2.5 million.

“The $2.5 million is the value of computers … monitors and five years of desktop support,” said Royce Bowden, dean of the College of Engineering. “Every computer that’s in the [Experiential Engineering] Building, that’s part of a student’s education, will be provided by [Cybertron].”

There will be 25 instructional laboratories in the Experiential Engineering Building — which is scheduled to be complete in October — and Cybertron’s computers will fill those rooms, Bowden said.

Many of the computers will be gaming computers, one of Cybertron’s specialties.

“Realistically, gaming computers are able to handle very sophisticated software, similar to some gaming software,” Bowden said. “And, really, that’s what the Flight Simulation is. It’s like a game.”

The 2,000-square-foot Flight Simulation and Gaming Hub room will be one of the 25 labs in the Experiential Engineering Building. That room, in particular, will have gaming computers.

During the day, students can utilize the Flight Simulation for practice in aerospace-related engineering pursuits. In the evening, the room can be used as a Gaming Hub in which students can hang out and play PC games

on the computers.

“We want to be part of the campus,” Cybertron CEO Ahmed Aziz said. “We want to be able to be a partner for WSU … whether to supplement IT services or whether to supply the right computers in other buildings.”

WSU will place Cybertron’s name on the Flight Simulation and Gaming Hub room.

Freshman Eric Randall is familiar with PC gaming.

“Gamers that actually go here will have a place to hang out and meet new people [with the Gaming Hub]. So I think it’ll be great,” Randall said.

Randall said he plays PC games such as Smite and Hearthstone, and he’s part of the Wichita E-Sports Hearthstone group.

“I’ve heard of Cybertron before,” he said. “They supplied computers for the Wichita E-Sports competition.”

Cybertron has close connections to WSU. Their founders, Aziz, Shadi Marcos and Emad Mekhail met while studying at WSU. Aziz is working on his doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science.

“We really like the fact that we’re able to help the school that brought us all together, that gave us this education,” Aziz said.

“It’s been our home.”

Innovation Campus efforts continue to move forward, Bowden said. After the Experiential Engineering Building is completed this fall, it will be open for business about January of next year “Because of Cybertron’s vision and generosity, our students will have the best computing and tech support available to any engineering student in the world,” Bowden said.

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Portions of the southwest corner of campus have been under construction in the last semester, including the historic Fiske Hall south of McKinley, as well as Alumni Drive, which will become part of a pedestrian pathway from Shocker Hall to McKnight Art Center.

Fiske Hall stands firm in its original shape, but is now surrounded by construction equipment and mass piles of cinderblocks. Emily Patterson, associate director of Facilities Planningat Wichita State, said the plan includes adding an elevator and an exit stairwell.

“In addition to being the oldest

building on campus, Fiske Hall is also one of the last remaining buildings that is not wheelchair accessible,” she said.

The added wheelchair ramp and elevator allows for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) compliance. The building already has a stair-lift chair for the handicapped, but improvements will make it 100 percent wheelchair accessible.

Fiske Hall was built in 1904 and was originally constructed to be a dormitory fit to house about 70 men.

Now, it houses the departments of history, geography, philosophy and international programs. It is not only the oldest building on campus, but it is also one of the oldest buildings at any Kansas college or university.

The building has witnessed the

institution change its names from Fairmount College (1895), to Municipal University of Wichita (1926-64), to Wichita State University (1964-present). It was where the Phi Delta Theta chapter at WSU was founded, as well as being the home to an infirmary during the 1918 influenza epidemic.

Patterson said the main building additions are expected to be complete by mid-spring, but the renovation of a second-floor office into a bathroom will start in the summer.

As for Alumni Drive, construction equipment fenced in next to Duerksen Fine Arts Center parking lot will be the new pedestrian plaza.

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One of Wichita State’s oldest buildings, Fiske Hall, is getting an elevator and exit stairwell, which should be complete mid-spring.

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Canned goods fill the room Friday afternoon at the Heskett Center for students who struggle with food security. The food pantry was passed by SGA legislation last semester.

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Food pantry offers solace Last fall, Student Government Association received survey results from 100 students and found that almost 50 percent of those students had to choose between buying food and buying other items. Additionally, it found that more than 30 percent have had to skip a meal because they could not afford to eat.

Starting this week SGA will now allow students to fill out an order form to pick up pre-made food items at a newly established food pantry located at the Heskett Center’s equipment distribution location.

The plans to create a food pantry on campus, with help from the Heskett Center as a distribution site, allows those who have to skip meals and suffer food insecurity, the means to adequate and suitable nutrition.

It is the opinion of The Sunflower that a food pantry is

wanted and needed in order for students facing financial difficulties to meet basic nutritional needs. No student should be without food due to a financial hardship. The sad reality is average, high-achieving and involved students suffer from the dire circumstance. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean those students should endure the stigma.

It should also be commended that SGA intends to curtail the embarrassment or insecurity associated with partaking in the food pantry. SGA will allow students to provide only their ID numbers to sign up for a bag and remain anonymous while volunteers compile food.

The Sunflower applauds SGA’s initiative, creating a non-discriminate atmosphere where students can acquire suitable food; where no student will go to bed on an empty stomach.

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It was when Hillary Clinton’s Twitter account asked its followers COLUMN BY to describe ALEX PERRY their student loan debt using three emojis or less that I knew exactly what we were in for in this election cycle.

This brazen pandering to millennial voters isn’t surprising, but it’s annoying all the same.

Clinton exemplifies it, whether it’s her official Snapchat account, a major interview with Buzzfeed in October or (embarrassingly) hitting the dab on “Ellen.”

Despite those efforts, however, Bernie Sanders is the preferred Democratic candidate for president among young voters, according to recent polling data from Rock the Vote. Forty-six percent of those surveyed said they support Sanders, compared to Clinton’s 35 percent.

Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist (though he’s actually more of a 20th century liberal), has gained popularity among young voters by doing what he’s always done: ignoring the riff raff and getting straight to policy.

Sure, using emojis to express your distaste for exorbitant university tuition is fun, but it’s not substantive discourse. Tactics like that only serve to treat 20-something voters like children.

To her credit, it seems like Clinton has finally realized she has a viable opponent and is going in hard on Sanders’ universal health care and free college tuition plans, which are arguably not as realistic as her proposed incremental changes to the status quo.

Time will tell if it’s too late for her to swing young voters back in her

direction, though.

It’s also to Clinton’s credit that she’s trying at all, considering the active antagonism the right wing of American politics seems to have toward young voters. The aforementioned poll had Donald Trump at 26 percent, Ben Carson at 11 percent and the rest of the crowded GOP field in single digits.

It’s never been a secret that Republican candidates are always more appealing to older voters, but it’s frankly mind-blowing that they don’t do more to remedy that, considering how it’s hurt them in recent years.

If Mitt Romney had so much as achieved a 50-50 split among young voters in 2012, he would have won the election. Instead, Barack Obama got 67 percent of the youth vote.

With more than half of Americans in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage as of 2015 (according to Gallup), each and every viable Republican candidate has, at best, hesitated to support its recent nationwide legalization on some level. That stance makes it harder and harder to win national elections as time goes on, especially with regards to the millennial vote.

It’s also not remotely endearing to act like young left-leaning Americans are just slobbering dolts who are drawn to the promise of “free stuff,” when in reality, some of us just want to go to the hospital or get an education without going bankrupt.

Of course, not every young voter is going to make rational decisions (I wasted my first vote in 2012 on a regrettable third-party candidate), but to see both parties continue to treat that demographic like this is incredibly frustrating.

Left in the cold: Icy conditions a hazard on campus I think by now we all are aware that winter is here.

It came in droves, COLUMN BY dropping JOHN SMITH temperatures below-freezing for several days on end, not to mention huge blizzards battering the eastern seaboard.

While we have not seen any snow accumulations here in Wichita, the likelihood is that we will.

The Farmer’s Almanac reports several opportunities for snow through the rest of January into

February. So, is the university prepared to handle this? That remains to be seen.

Last year, we saw similar conditions of cold temperatures and snow accumulations of less than an inch early in the spring semester.

This is something that one would think could be handled easily by WSU when you consider they made over $220,000 on parking violations in 2014, over $1 million on parking permit revenue, and millions more on the simple cost of attendance, according to an article from the Wichita Eagle.

In theory, this would allow them

to afford expenditures such as completely salting or scraping every sidewalk and street around campus.

But, we learned last year that is not something we can expect. As someone who generally finds himself parking on the outskirts of the campus, I was able to learn all too well just how little the sidewalks and parking lots were cared for.

Two of the largest parking lots across campus were still covered with snow and ice when winter weather struck early in 2015. The parking area along Hillside was very slick, and the one that runs along 21st near the Heskett center

was just as bad. That said, now that the latter is strictly Shocker Hall parking, I would like to think it will be more cared for.

I remember a feeling of shock when I saw just how little care was given toward these areas, among others. It’s amazing to me that the university would put themselves in a position of potentially litigious reactions from any injuries incurred. Will there be any difference when winter weather strikes this year? We’ll have to wait and see. But it is undoubtedly in the university’s best interest, for everyone.

tee that recruits volunteers and restocks the pantry when needed.

She also hopes student organizations will volunteer to distribute food at the pantry. Those interested in volunteering can sign up on SGA’s website, and SGA is always accepting food or monetary donations.

Maki said he volunteered his staff to hand out the food, but SGA wanted to be involved as much as possible.

“The generation of students we have now are very civic-minded,” Maki said. “They love to give and help others.”

Food insecurity The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as not having access to adequate food because of financial reasons. Students can be four times more likely to suffer from food insecurity than the average American.

“A lot of students’ disposable income is not enough for them to cover a lot of their basic needs,” Duggins said. “So, there are students who skip meals, which is a form of food insecurity because they can’t afford to buy a meal.”

Amanda Johnson is a financial adviser with the Office for Student Money Management at WSU. She said the average income of the students who visit the office is $600 per month, and no matter how hard they try to make the money stretch, something has to give.

With the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Wichita at $540, some students only have $60 left for food, gas, electricity, Internet and clothes.

According to a USDA Food Plan that calculates the average cost of food in the United States as of February 2015, a college student on a “thrifty plan” can spend $160 to

$180 on food each month.

Johnson said the most vulnerable are international, first-year and minority students.

“International students are economically vulnerable coming to a new country, trying to find housing, jobs to fund their lifestyle,” she said.

But, even then, there is no “cookie-cutter” student.

“The students that will utilize the service are not the students you would profile needing to use the food pantry,” Johnson said.

Duggins agreed. Students who suffer from food insecurity are not homeless or are not always noticeably having a hard time.

“All of the students who came up to me or contacted me that were grateful about the food pantry, were students that I never would have guessed suffered from food insecurity,” Duggins said. “The students that I talked to are very involved, very high-achieving and look like the everyday, average student.”

Stigma Throughout the planning process, one of Duggin’s and Shepard’s main priorities was minimizing the stigma that goes along with not having food.

“Not having enough to eat can be a sensitive or maybe embarrassing situation for some students, and

so we did not want to further compound that embarrassment or sense of insecurity by advertising that they are participating in the food pantry,” Duggins said.

To sign up for a bag, students only need to provide their student ID number to ensure that their identity stays anonymous from volunteers assembling the food bags.

Duggins said she hopes the location where SGA decided to distribute the food will reduce the stigma, as well.

Students will pick up their bags at the equipment distribution center where students already check out items such as rock-climbing gear, tennis rackets and basketballs.

Duggins said she hopes the number of students using the space to check out other items will take attention away from people picking up their bags.

Now that the plans are in place and the food is collected, all SGA can do is wait for the students to come.

“The students that I know at Wichita State, specifically, who suffer from food insecurity, contribute so much to this campus, and so I think that it’s only a small thing that a campus as a whole can do to make sure they are eating and that their basic needs are met,” Duggins said.

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For students, by students Starting Thursday, students can fill out an order form on SGA’s website and pick up their pre-made food items from 2 to 4 p.m. the following Monday, Feb. 1 and Friday, Feb. 5 at the equipment distribution center at the Heskett Center.

“We have the form so that people can have a preference,” said Kiah Duggins, SGA chief of staff and organizer of the food pantry initiative. “So we are giving people food that they actually want to eat.”

The pantry will not discriminate based on income or limit the number of times visitors frequent the pantry. It is also centrally located on campus for those without reliable transportation.

“We have faith in Shocker Nation, that if you are coming to the food pantry it is because you need to supplement the amount of food that you have,” Duggins said.

Students can choose three items from the list of options on the online form: boxed macaroni, pasta, ramen noodles, canned meats, rice, beans, peanut butter, canned soups, dry soup mix, canned fruits and vegetables.

To start, SGA has a good amount of canned food, peanut butter and ramen donated by students for the opening day next week.

“We don’t know how much support we are going to have, so having the once-weekly set up helps us to gauge how active this food pantry is going to be,” Duggins said.

From the beginning, SGA has wanted the food pantry to be a student-operated initiative. Duggins said she hopes to create a commit-

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Food and money donations can be delivered to RSC 219, or mailed to 1845 N. Fairmount, Box 56 Make check or money order to “SGA food pantry” Food pick-up times

2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 1 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 5 Online forms finalized Thursday Every following Friday from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Boatright steps in as interim athletic director GRANT COHEN

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Darron Boatright has always wanted to be apart of collegiate athletics.

He started out as an assistant basketball coach, but decided it was not his desire to be a Division I head coach.

Boatright became the interim athletic director for Wichita State Athletics on Dec. 9, replacing previous AD Eric Sexton, who is now vice president of Student Affairs.

“Eric is doing important work in Student Affairs,” President John Bardo said in a news release. “ I’m glad we have Darron in place to run athletics.

This completes the transition begun last spring.”

For the past five years he has served as former deputy athletic director and chief operating officer.

Boatright is now responsible for all WSU athletic teams, contracts and personnel. He will also oversee marketing, fundraising, media relations and the day-to-day operations for the men’s basketball and baseball operations.

Boatright attends team practices and games, along with conversing with the coaches and student athletes.

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Interm Athletic Director Darron Boatright has a rich history with athletics before coming to Wichita State five years ago.

“Mr. Boatright is a great role model for all student-athletes at WSU,” said men’s basketball player Ron Baker. “He enjoys helping the student-athletes first.”

A 1998 graduate of Murray State University, Boatright served three years as a student assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at Murray State University.

He helped lead them to two NCAA appearances and one

National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearance.

After graduating for MSU, Boatright became the director of basketball operations for the University of Alabama men’s basketball team until 2004, when Boatright and his wife, Kim, had their first child, Fletcher. After their son was born, Boatright wanted to have a more flexible schedule but still be involved with collegiate athletics.

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With the mindset of wanting to help student-athletes, he went back to his alma mater in 2005 to serve as the associate athletic director for external affairs.

“The decision to go to the coaching side of things to the administration was one that was several years in the making,” Boatright said. “I found that I wasn’t really interested in becoming a head coach at the collegiate level, but I loved

On the brink of a food desert: Neighborhood grocery store closures dry up supply you do not have a car, how will you get food when [Shocker Hall] closes?”

Young and the Hunger The neighborhood Wal-Mart Awareness Initiative are on the corner of 13th and teaming up with Sodexo, Oliver will shut its doors Wichita State’s Community Thursday, leaving the neighService Board and the Food borhood surrounding Wichita State deprived of fresh produce Recovery Network to recover Sodexo’s leftover and living in a The more we can do to food instead of food desert. throwing it away. help college students The United Based out of States Departthat are hungry, the Maryland, the ment of better off we are as Food Recovery Agriculture a community.”

Network is the (USDA) defines Erik Young largest stua food desert as Hunger Awareness Initiative dent-run non“urban neighmember profit battling borhoods and food waste in America. rural towns without ready Partnering with Sodexo, FRN access to fresh, healthy, and has already recovered more affordable food.” The Food than a million pounds of food Access Research Atlas marks nationwide.

Wichita State as an area where After the food is recovered, almost 20 percent of housevolunteers will take it to holds are without vehicles and partner agencies, Paradise more than half-a-mile from a Baptist Church, 4401 E. 17th supermarket.

St. N., and the Union Rescue “Right now we could be looking at a food desert in that Mission, where it will be immediate area,” said Council- available to anyone in the community. woman Lavonta Willliams on “We are trying to keep it ksn.com. close to campus now so As healthy, economic food students can access the food resources diminish surroundeasily,” Young said. ing the campus, a new initiaPartner agencies must be tive to reduce food waste could nonprofits, agree not to sell help offset the disparity of the food and have a facility fresh food in the area. where food can be stored.

“If you are [not] within a Young said the first recovery mile of having access to will be Feb. 1. adequate resources, you are in “The more we can do to help a food desert,” said Erik college students that are Young, member of the Hunger hungry, the better off we are as Awareness Initiative at WSU. “If you are vegetarian or vegan a university community.”

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(ABOVE) Brian Krinke, a visiting assistant professor of violin and string pedagogy at Wichita State, performs a solo piece during a faculty recital Sunday. Before coming to WSU, Krinke trained students at the Special Music School in New York City, and has also taught classes at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Hochstein Music School, Lucy Moses School, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, Luther College and Florida State University.

(RIGHT) Gerald Scholl, a WSU faculty member, performs “Spinoff” Sunday, a collaboration of conga drums, bass and violin.

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college athletics. I decided that I would be more successful in the administration side of things.”

He spent three years at the University of Alabama-Birmingham as the associate athletic director for development.

Boatright’s job focused on donor relations while also managing the university’s priority seating program.

Boatright’s work helped raise funds for student-athlete scholarships, enhancing the sports programs and facility projects.

In 2010, Boatright was hired

by WSU to work as the senior associate athletic director for external operations.

“I had worked at institutions where you only had to be successful in a couple of sports,” Boatright said. “At the time, I felt like Wichita State was an emerging department set for future success no matter what the sport is.”

Having only been working a month in his new role, Boatright continues to help WSU emerge into a nationally relevant institution for athletics and academics.

Boatright said these changes not only benefit the university, but also create a positive impact for the community.

“This institution is emerging, and athletics plays a strong role in that,” Boatright said.

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SHOCKER STREET SPEAK If you won the $1.3 billion Powerball, how would you spend it?

“I’d like to think that I’d help my parents out with whatever debt they might have. Personally I would like to travel. I would spend a little bit it of on travel. And I would defiinitely save enough for the future, especially for my kids.”

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“First, I would hire some attorneys, probably some lawyers for myself just in case people try to come after me. And I would probably hire an accountant.

Mainly, I would to rescue some dogs and train them to be search and rescue dogs.”

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“I can’t even fathom that much money, so I think I would be donating a lot of it just because I wouldn’t know what to do with it.

I am pretty comfortable with my life. I wouldn’t want to change too much.”

“I’d travel the world ... I’d also donate to charities.”

Students and members of Sigma Phi Epsilon, left to right, Brandon Shinsato, Griffin Jones and Reid Williams look at booklets of past members Sunday at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house during the 100-year anniversary banquet of Pi Alpha Pi which is now called Sigma Phi Epsilon. The banquet featured alumni who spoke about the history of the fraternity.

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Sigma Phi Epsilon celebrates its beginnings with 100-year anniversary banquet Sunday NICK BEACH

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A group of young and old fraternity brothers gathered around Wichita State and Pi Alpha Pi memorabilia Sunday. Old photos, yearbooks and recruitment materials for the fraternity that recently turned 100-years old were scattered across tables.

Pi Alpha Pi, or what is now Sigma Phi Epsilon (Sig Ep), hosted an anniversary banquet to celebrate 100 years at WSU. Active members showed their appreciation for the alumni and shared what their fraternity has accomplished over the years.

“This new Pi Alpha Pi trophy case that the older members, alumni, passed items and memorabilia — it’s just really cool to see,” said Sigma Phi Epsilon President Wyatt Clark.

Sig Ep has had a rich history that current members continue to

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It just shows the strength of not only our alumni and their support and our undergrads, but also here in the fraternity.”

there’s something to come from these fraternities and Greek life in general,” active member Wes Haines said.

Several alumni from throughout the years spoke in front of the group and touched on some of their experiences while in the house.

“It goes in cycles,” said Denis Dieker, former Alumni Association president. “Sometimes they’re athletes. Sometimes they’re scholars and sometimes they’re a bunch of guys having a good time. So it’s stood out in a lot of different ways.”

Some of the alumni talked about traditions Sig Ep has carried out over the years.

“When you see these old photos, it makes you feel the tradition, something I’m not mad at,” alumnus Jeffrey Gates said. “I’m for growth. Every fraternity should be larger.”

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emulate.

“It just shows the strength of not only our alumni and their support and our undergrads, but also here in the fraternity,” Clark said. “It leaves such an impact on them that they continue to want to help out, volunteer and continue to want to help out throughout the years.”

They also paid their respects to Greek life as a whole.

“I think it definitely goes to show that we’re doing something right, and that obviously

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Coach Butler talks Shocker baseball JOSHUA DUNCAN

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With early injuries plaguing the depth of Todd Butler’s team last season, Shocker baseball got off to a rocky start. This year nine returning pitchers look to bring back experience the team spent a season searching for.

“We have nine pitchers back with experience,” coach Todd Butler said. “To have your weekend rotation back is huge.

It’s a big positive right there.”

With top national pitcher Sam Tewes and weekend starter Willie Schwanke both off the mound last season, the bullpen was stretched thin.

Injuries are a common facet to any baseball team, but having multiple guys of the same position plagued with injury is a winding situation Butler doesn’t often like to find himself.

Butler was faced with building a starting rotation comprised of his relievers.

Now with nine experienced players returning to the mound, Butler has a chance to create some depth.

“We tried to put more depth at the mound and in the field.”

The first practice of the season will kick off Friday.

From there, Coach Butler will get to see where he wants to spend time making final tweaks before opening day.

“Right now every coach thinks they have a chance to have a good season,” he said.

Butler said despite it being early, he remains poised with confidence looking ahead on the upcoming season.

“We do have more depth than we’ve had in the past,” Butler said. “The big key is staying healthy.”

The goal isn’t short-term for Butler. The second-year coach has his hopes set on a future as bright and cherished as the glory days of Shocker baseball.

“It’s time for us to do what we need to do,” Butler said.

“It’s time for our players and coaching staff to accept the responsibility of the Shocker tradition.”

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The Shocker bench errupts after a crucial score during the last minutes of Friday night’s game at Charles Koch Arena. WSU beat Southern Illinois 57-48.

Shockers capture first conference win, victorious in back-to-back home games EVAN PFLUGRADT

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It’s been more than three months since nine Shockers laced up for the first time to take the floor on Devlin Court.

Wichita State captured their first set of conference victories of the season, starting with a win Friday — a 57-48 win over Southern Illinois.

The team built on their momentum and won again Sunday, defeating Evansville 58-50.

Call it a rebuilding year for the Shockers. It was Dec. 29 the last time the Shockers chalked up a ‘W’ in the win column (a home exhibition win over Oklahoma Christian). The team entered the weekend with a record of a mere three wins and 12 losses.

But the record holds no stamp of approval for head coach Jody Adams, now in her eighth season.

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blocks in the pathway of Adams’ big dreams.

“Losing affects every competitor,” Adams said. “[The losses] have opened up our minds.”

The determination of Adams and her team was poised and ready to welcome the Salukis of Southern Illinois on Friday. The Shockers stopped a late rally and locked up the lead through the final minutes to give Adams’s team a spirit of hope with their first victory.

“Day-by-day we’re learning to be competitors,” said Rangie Bessard. “We’re now accepting the fact that we can compete on this high of level.”

The team carried the momentum of a heartening conference victory into a Sunday home matchup with Evansville. The Shockers drew a good match, Evansville entered Charles Koch with a mere two victories on the season, and one lone road win.

Though the matchup blew

Shockers finished the half on a 15-4 scoring run. They entered the half with a three point lead.

“Those shots give us a push in momentum and confidence,” said Stovall of her quarter-ending three-pointer. “[Those rallies] give us the belief that ‘this is our game, we can take it.’”

The Shockers continued to hold down the opponent. Wichita State continued to hold a lead on Evansville through the entire third quarter. Evansville battled to the end, cutting the lead back to four points in the final quarter, the Shockers ultimately prevailed for their second-straight victory.

The Shockers now hold a 2-6 record in the conference, and although it’s not in the top tier, they’re learning how to be competitors.

“Once you figure out how to handle tough times, and you handle them with class and dignity, great things happen,” Adams said.

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The women’s tennis team advanced to the championship of the ITA Kickoff Weekend Invitational after defeating No. 61 Minnesota, 4-1.

The No. 37 Shockers fell to No. 10 Texas A&M in the championship, 3-4. Wichita State fell short of pulling the upset victory when the Aggies captured victories in the final two matches of singles to claim victory.

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favorite to the Shockers, this youthful team learned that no team in the Valley can be taken lightly.

Though the Shockers got out to a fast 4-0 start, Evansville came running back with a rally of their own. The Purple Aces pushed ahead with a five-point lead only three minutes into the game.

“Every situation is not going to be great or in your control,” said Bessard.

The game would swing in favor of the Purple Aces through the remainder of the first quarter before the Shockers came battling back. The Purple Aces defended guards Aundra Stovall and Diamond Lockhart with double-team pressure outside the three-point line. The Shockers took to the post with Rangie Bessard to battle in traffic for baskets.

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match to hold serve and take a 5-4 lead. Yet the Aggies own Eva Paalma squared up the match, striking in do-or-die fashion to tie things up.

Paalma would ultimately closeout the final match, surviving 6-5.

The women next face Oklahoma State at 1 p.m Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The men recorded their first loss of the season, falling to Ohio State 4-0. The Buckeyes entered the match as the No. 9 team in the country.

Miroslav Herzan and Haru Inoue recorded a doubles victory against an Ohio State team featuring No. 24 Mikael Torpegaard. The Shockers

won 6-2, but Ohio State took the overall victory based on team points earned in the singles and doubles competition.

The men rebounded off their first blemish of the season, a 3-1 record, to strike up victory against South Carolina, 4-2. Three Shockers were victorious in singles competition.

In doubles, two Wichita State teams were victorious. Tin Ostojic and Jocelyn Devilliers won their match 6-2 and Miroslav Herzan and Haru Inoue also won, 8-2.

The men next take on Purdue at 4 p.m. Saturday at Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

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Wichita State junior Alex Durano stood watching a crowd of more than 10,000 as his heart rate raced.

Durano had been selected Saturday to participate in “Shock My Ride,” a contest sponsored by Mel Hambelton Ford.

Durano was challenged to make a free throw, three-point basket and a half-court shot all in under 60 seconds to walk away the owner of a 2016 Ford Mustang.

Nerves set in quickly, Durano missed four free throw attempts.

“I missed a lot of my free throws,” said Durano. “Once I saw my free throw go in I had a little more confidence.”

A boost of confidence after the free throw Durano felt like he might potentially make something of the contest.

After hitting the three-pointer Durano dashed to halfcourt, his nerves running at an all-time high. With under 15 seconds, Durano didn’t have much

opportunity. His first attempt grazed the side of the rim.

“It was a beat the clock type of situation,” said Durano. “I was just trying to get as many shots up as I could.”

Trying to race against the clock he launched another, the second caught nothing but the air.

With five seconds left, enough for one final shot Durano aimed and fired and turned around. Durano reached for another ball hoping to pull in one more attempt, but he didn’t need to.

The ball hit the back of the net and went in, a perfect swish.

Durano stood in disbelief and raised a hand to the sky in celebration.

“It didn’t feel like it happened,” said Durano. I tried to embrace the moment, though I couldn’t really process it.”

Durano will be given the keys to a 2016 Ford Mustang on a two-year lease.

“The weirdest thing is knowing I’m going to drive a brand new car for a couple of years,” said Durano.

“This is one of those things you dream about.”

The All-Americans took a backseat and in many ways earned a day off.

“It’s an invaluable experience to be in the presence of two of the best players in the country,” Taylor said.

“Just being around them day-to-day is a learning experience. They don’t take days off. They lead by example.”

Taylor understands the injury-plagued days of November are a bitter hint of the past that reminds the freshman how he and the other underclassmen are still growing.

Taylor, amongst others, will live in the glory of playing with the veteran All-Americans while their presence remains.

The Shockers entered weekend play ranked as the 19th team in the nation in bench scoring, averaging 29.6 points each game. Juggling playing time, it’s a problem Marshall enjoys pestering with. Fourteen of the Shockers’ 15 active players scored a basket; the bench combined for 38

points.

“We were able to get 10 guys double-digit minutes,” Marshall said.

“It’s very important. We were very balanced. Not that we’re trying to save our legs, but we weren’t taxed too much. It was a well-earned day off.”

VanVleet led the charge with 13 points and four assists, Baker scored 12 and Morris and McDuffie each had 10 points.

Two All-Americans stand just five more games in Charles Koch Arena.

The 41 game home-winning streak looks to be in safe sights as long as Marshall continues his reign over the Valley.

“I don’t think this train is going to stop anytime soon,” VanVleet said. “[The underclassmen] have an incredible amount of talent. The hardest challenge for them is people’s expectations. Do you give into that or do you try to break through and make your own footsteps?”

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Sophmore Zach Brown goes for the monster jam Saturday afternoon against Bradley at Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers won their ninth straight game dominating Bradley 88-54.

one loss since his return from an injured hamstring.

“Lead by example,” VanVleet said is his focus for his younger teammates. “Bring intensity from the opening tip. If Ron and I and the rest of the starting five can set the tempo and pace for the game early on, it is easier for everyone else to follow in.

Getting out to a 10-0 start was a great way to set the tone.”

Wichita State got out and running early to close out the Braves. A pair of free throws by Zach Brown at the 10:40 mark of the first half put the Shockers up by double-digits and the margin never turned back.

For much of the afternoon, the

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The first visit to Charles Koch Arena for the Bradley Braves head basketball coach Brian Wardle was not easy.

Bradley’s chartered plane faced technical complications that delayed the Friday evening departure out of Peoria, Illinois. The chartered flight was rescheduled for Saturday morning with an arrival into Wichita just two and a half hours prior to the 2 p.m. tipoff.

Bradley squared up against the Shockers as the nation’s youngest team. The first-time visit for 10 Braves showed that inexperience does not fare well in one of college basketball’s most premiere home courts.

WSU came out on top, 88-54.

Wichita State senior Fred VanVleet started the game with strong defensive pressure that led to a steal and got the Shockers running early.

Senior Ron Baker finished with a basket on the other end. VanVleet poked another loose ball that was snagged by Shaq Morris, who caught some open space and hustled down the floor for a dunk.

“I have to give credit to Fred for the ball pressure,” Morris said of the dunk. “I saw my chance at the open court, and I took it. It felt good.”

Trailing just 4-0 in nearly a minute into the game, Wardle was pressured to call a timeout.

“The environment got to us right away,” Wardle said. “Their team got to us. They not only have talent and talented players, but they’re tough.”

Wardle tried to relax his young team, but the matchups never turned in favor of the Braves. The Shockers ran a 10-0 run before Bradley scored.

“They don’t stop,” Wardle said. “I was focused on teaching my team about their determination through the second half.”

VanVleet showed talent and athleticism that has driven his team to an undefeated stretch lasting more than a month. The All-American point guard assisted or scored on six of the Shockers’ first 10 points. His contributions on defense led to two steals that produced the other four points.

Leading the league in steals, VanVleet tallied four steals in the first half. VanVleet is the ‘X factor’ for the Shockers as the team has recorded

game stood as a chance for WSU head coach Gregg Marshall to look into the future of WSU basketball.

Marshall ran rotations featuring the next generation backcourt including Conner Frankamp and Ty Taylor II. Alongside them was the addition of forward Eric Hamilton, who has been steadily developing outside the spotlight.

“It’s better for us to keep them out of the spotlight and develop at a more reasonable pace,” Marshall said.

“It’s tough to play a lot of freshmen.

It makes it more difficult. They’re able to get better in practice and learn how to do things our way without being called to do too much.”

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