April 4, 2016

the SUNFLOWER MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016 VOLUME 120, ISSUE 55

Make it count.

MEET THE PRESIDENTIAL, VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

Progress

Shockers United

Spark

President: Joseph Shepard Vice President: Taben Azad Motto: “Engage. Empower. Enhance.”

Main objectives: Student safety, student health and student life Running inspiration: Students are given the same kind of opportunities Shepard and Azad have been given.

Meet Shepard: Shepard is currently student body president.

He is a senior majoring in criminal justice with a minor in psychology. Originally from San Diego, Shepard said he came to Wichita and fell in love with the university.

Shepard has previously served as an at-large senator for SGA. He is a member of the Black Student Union, has been a Student University Inclusion ambassador since 2013 and has been president of Alpha Phi Alpha since 2012. Shepard has been accepted into the Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) program at WSU for the fall.

Meet Azad: Azad, a native of Wichita, is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in political science. This is his first year in SGA, serves as an engineering senator and was recently appointed Campus Issues Committee chair. He is also involved in Muslim Student Association, the Global Awareness Student Project and the Model United Nations. Azad has also been accepted into the MPA program this fall.

President: Ruben Lebron Vice President: Matthew Brinkmeyer Motto: “Uniting all Shockers behind a common goal.”

Main objectives: Communication, safety and Shocker Advancement Running inspiration: Lebron and Brinkmeyer said their reason for running is passion.

Meet Lebron: Ruben Lebron was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He enjoys working out and staying fit and spending time with family and friends. He is a senior double majoring in economics and political science and serves as Organization Outreach Committee Chair in the SGA senate.

Meet Brinkmeyer: Matthew Brinkmeyer is a junior double majoring in international studies with a focus in Latin America and political science. He is involved in Beta Theta Pi and Student Involvement and is an executive on the Interfraternity Council. A two-term student government senator, Brinkmeyer resigned as Campus Issues Chair during winter break because of “the discourse and disconnect” within student government.

President: Michael Schultz Vice President: Mariah Smith Motto: “Your Voice. Your Mission. Our Purpose.”

Main objectives: Enhancing the student experience, increasing outreach and growing association education.

Running inspiration: Both Schultz and Smith said they are passionate about serving the student body.

Meet Schultz: Michael Schultz is a senior majoring in finance and marketing, with minors Voting begins at 8 p.m. in sociology and Monday and ends at 5 p.m. personal selling. He is Wednesday. from Wichita and has been involved with SGA Login to wichita.edu/myWSU and find the link for the for two years, serving as election. a business senator for The winning ticket will be the 57th and 58th announced at a reception at 7 sessions. He serves on p.m. Wednesday in the the academics commitRhatigan Student Center. tee for the 58th session.

Schultz is involved with Beta Theta Pi and has served in several capacities in that fraternity, including president, new member educator and scholarship chairman.

Meet Smith: Mariah Smith is a junior majoring in finance.

She is from Newton, Kansas and has been involved in SGA for three years. She was appointed as a Liberal Arts & Sciences senator during her first year, serving on the budget and finance committee, and has served as Senator At-Large, Legislative Director and now treasurer. Smith is also involved in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, the National Society of Leadership and Success, general education committee for the faculty and is an officer for Conduct Board.

Joseph Shepard and Taben Azad say they are not afraid to use their voices to raise students’ concerns.

“I think all the presidential candidates are great, honestly, but I think that’s what sets us apart,” Shepard said. “When we look at where our state legislators are going, we need leaders who are vocal.”

Azad expressed a similar sentiment.

“I want to make sure students know they have leaders in office who are willing to stand up for them and make sure their voices are heard,” Azad said.

Presidential candidate Shepard and vice presidential candidate Azad are running mates on the Progress ticket.

Azad said Progress has three main objectives — student safety, student health and student life.

As the campus issues committee chair, Azad said safety is something he has and will continue to focus on next year in regards to concealed carry. In January, the Kansas Board of Regents approved a law requiring public universities to allow concealed weapons, coming into effect July 1, 2017.

Ruben Lebron and Matthew Brinkmeyer said they want to change the student government status quo at Wichita State.

“We feel that while SGA did a good job this year of getting student voices heard, there are still groups that are not represented and feel they don’t have a voice in student government,” Lebron said. “As a Hispanic, for instance, I do not feel represented.

“That’s why we’re Shockers United. We want to unite everybody and have productive and professional conversations with the administration so we can get things done.

We can’t make great things happen if we are divided.”

Lebron, a senior majoring in economics and political science, is the Shockers United candidate for student body president. He said what sets Shockers United apart from the other candidates is that they represent the largest, most comprehensive ticket that includes the most student groups.

“As organization outreach chair this year, I sometimes joke that I’m a de facto member of all student organizations,” Lebron said. “I reach out and communicate with every student group, I know what their issues are, and I will bring that ability to communicate and make sure everyone is represented.”

SEE PROGRESS • PAGE 3

HOW TO VOTE

Wichita State senior Michael Schultz added an extra major and minor just so he could run for student body president.

Schultz is majoring in finance and marketing and minoring in sociology and personal selling.

“I was just planning on doing one major and minor, but I decided when this whole thing came up that I wanted to stay another year and help the student body,” Schultz said. “So I added another major and another minor so I could extend a year to run for this.”

SEE UNITED • PAGE 4

SEE SPARK • PAGE 3

Candidates voice platforms in debate, question format CHANCE SWAIM

REPORTER

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Wichita State Student Government Association held its annual presidential and vice presidential debate Friday.

Candidates from the three competing tickets— Progress, Shockers United and Spark — debated Friday in the Rhatigan Student Center in front of about 70 people. Eric Sexton, vice president of Student Affairs, served as the moderator.

Each ticket was given two minutes to give an opening statement and explain their platforms, and later responded to questions from Sexton and from the audience.

Progress, which includes incumbent Student Body President Joseph Shepard and vice presidential candidate Taben Azad, said their ticket is focused on three pillars which serve as their campaign’s motto: engage, empower and enhance. Their primary objectives include student safety, student health and student life.

“We want to engage students and empower students, making sure everyone has a seat at the table to voice their concerns, and we want to enhance the student experience at Wichita State,” Shepard said.

Shockers United, a ticket including presidential candidate Ruben Lebron and vice presidential candidate Matthew Brinkmeyer,

said their focus will be serving students on three key issues: communication, campus safety and Shocker advancement.

“We think it’s important to maintain a healthy dialogue with the administration and to open communication with the Kansas legislature to be able to get things done,” Brinkmeyer said. “We have high expectations for Wichita State students, and we have specific solutions to issues on campus.”

Spark, a ticket including presidential candidate Michael Schultz and vice presidential candidate Mariah Smith, said they are focused on running a values- and integrity-based campaign. They want to

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enhance the student experience, increase outreach, and grow association education.

“The thing that really differentiates us is that it’s not just about our experience, but that we’re focused on how to create a team that’s going to do the best job. We’re going to create a team and train them correctly to do that,” Smith said.

SEE DEBATE • PAGE 2

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Six candidates running for student body president and vice president debate their platforms Friday in front of an audience of about 70 people. Voting begins at 8 a.m. Monday on myWSU and ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Winners will be announced during a reception at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

@WichitaStateSGA I’m disappointed with the limited questions allowed for the tickets during this debate.

One each is not representative.

5:13 PM - 1 Apr 2016

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A new era of agriculture is emerging, and Kansas is not among the states embracing it.

Under a provision in the 2014 Farm Bill, states are authorized to grow hemp for research purposes.

More than half of all states have implemented legislation allowing universities to conduct research, but Kansas has not. HB 2329, a bill to create a research program in Kansas, died early in March in the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Other states have passed hemp bills unanimously. The Pennsylvania Senate approved a bill for hemp, 49-0, and Virginia’s General Assembly legalized the manufacturing of

industrial hemp 138-0. The overwhelming bipartisan support in other states should indicate to Kansas legislators that industrial hemp is common sense.

Hemp does not contain the psycho-active ingredient THC, like marijuana. Hemp grows with less water and pesticides than crops like cotton, and would be beneficial to our farmers as a rotation crop.

Many eco-friendly products can be made with hemp ranging from paper to biodiesel. It may fight our carbon problem.

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On Innovation Campus updates If you have driven by the Barton School of Business and a Innovation Campus recently, possible residence hall — will be you’ve seen all of the construction located along this pedestrian way. that is underway. I thought it The pedestrian way will also cover would be useful to give you an underground utilities and update. accommodate emergency vehicles.

If all goes according to plan, the Food truck center: campus will be transformed in The construction across from significant ways by the end of NIAR and near the physical plant 2016, with more changes still to is for the food truck center. This come. Below is a summary of the will involve a pull-in area that can major projects that accommodate up to have begun. Just as a four food trucks and reminder, the base a small plaza with university budget is not picnic tables so being used for any of patrons can eat this construction. outside during nice Experiential weather.

Engineering and the Parking, parking, Airbus Buildings: parking: Several The first two new lots are under buildings for the development and are campus are under expected to be construction near 17th completed during the University President John Street. The one closest Bardo summer and fall, to 17th is the Experiproviding 869 new ential Engineering Building and parking stalls: GoCreate maker space. This Marcus Welcome Center lot building will house 24 hands-on expansion: laboratories as well as unique The lot in front of Marcus will advanced manufacturing equipbe closed this summer to allow its ment, which will highlight new redevelopment and expansion technologies changing industry. toward 21st Street. The improved The other building will house the lot will be much more attractive, Airbus engineering center, which integrate greenery and provide will bring professional engineers parking and outdoor spaces to to campus and offer unparalleled support a coffee house expected to applied learning opportunities for be built next to 21st Street. our students. Both of these Parking for Airbus and the buildings should be completed in Experiential Engineering the fall and be ready for occupanBuilding: cy by the spring semester.

Lots will be built to the west of Basic infrastructure: Innovation Boulevard to accomSewer, water, gas, electric and modate the needs of these fiber all are being installed. These buildings. are the “trunk lines” to which Greenery: future buildings will be attached.

Landscaping including trees, Water detention: shrubs and other plantings will be To keep runoff from draining placed along the roads and into the storm sewers, a series of walkway to begin creating the three detention ponds have been campus atmosphere that will created. These ponds will become define the Innovation Campus. part of the environment of the With these projects all underInnovation Campus, so they are way, there is a great deal of activity treated in the landscape as lakes on many parts of the Innovation rather than utility ponds. They Campus. You also should be aware should become attractive outdoor that there are a number of features of this part of campus, negotiations underway that include add to a feeling of openness and a coffee house, hotel, restaurants, provide places for students and recreation facility and other others to enjoy time outdoors. partnership buildings. If any of Two new roads: these negotiations are completed Innovation Boulevard will run successfully, they will be anfrom 17th Street to the baseball nounced to campus. stadium. It will be the core Please also remember that the north-south artery for this part of Innovation Campus is not a campus. A second road, 19th short-term project. It could be Street, is under construction. It completed in the next five to 10 will connect Oliver to Innovation years, or it could take 30 or more Boulevard. years to mature. There is no Pedestrian way: timeline established, and the intent A new pedestrian way will run is to provide opportunities for our from the Experiential Engineering students to enhance their educaBuilding to the Marcus Welcome tion and for faculty and staff to Center. It is the primary organizdevelop research partnerships that ing walkway for the campus, and can make a difference. new buildings — such as the new — University President John Bardo

The strange case of attachment parenting In recent years, a phenomenon known as attachment COLUMN BY parenting VICTORIA has come HENDRICKS forth as a way to raise children, and it hasn’t been without its controversies.

These include three of the most debatable tendencies — breastfeeding into toddlerhood and even sometimes further, co-sleeping, or sharing a bed with the parents until much older, and “baby wearing,” meaning the infant is forever attached to the mother in one of those baby slings you see new moms toting their newborns in.

Other aspects are helicopter patrol (which is basically just being overbearing) and even moms chewing food in their mouths first and then spitting it into their child’s mouth, because of mom’s saliva health properties.

If you ask me, it is all very strange. Yet, people may think it strange for me that I will choose not to use corporal punishment (i.e. spanking) on my children or that I refuse to get them a phone that does anything but call and text until they’re 18 years of age.

However, these seem to be tame parenting policies compared to those attachment parenting incorporates. I understand the benefits of breast milk and will choose myself to breastfeed my babies, but into toddlerhood?

That just seems exhausting and inconducive to my being a career woman some day, obviously. For one, I want my

breasts back.

This may be an unpopular opinion, and I have a very limited perspective considering I am not a mother, but watching those around me, I can say this — the joys of parenting outweigh any potential cons, but that doesn’t mean being a mother takes a little bit away from you. You lose your time, your routines, your sleep and a lot more. The least I want to be able to get back are my boobs.

Also, while most attachment mommies are stay-athome, most women nowadays don’t have that luxury. Most families today rely on income from dad and mom. So clearly, having my 5 year old in a baby sling would be most inappropriate in my future workplace.

The helicopter aspect of attachment parenting is also cause for concern. Children need room to learn, develop and grow on their own so they can become resourceful, independent adults one day.

Children need to be able to try and fail, make mistakes, and then make more mistakes so they know what they want and what they don’t. I understand the need to want to be with them and protect them and even make decisions on behalf of them sometimes, but this reinforces numerous negative behaviors all the while wearing the parent out.

Let’s trust our kids will turn out well.

I am no expert on attachment parenting styles, or any for that matter. I have yet to become a mother and do not intend to pass judgment. I even think I understand the theory behind what it proposes, but in practice, it needs work.

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Maira Salim, president of Muslim Student Association, asks a question Friday about how candidates would address students’ safety concerns.

DEBATE

FROM PAGE 1

After the debate, the candidates had mixed emotions about the format of the debate. Spark said this year’s debate was more organized and respectful than previous years. The Progress and Shockers United tickets were disappointed they were not given more time to answer questions from the audience; there was only time for three questions.

“I think it’s important that we allow this opportunity to speak and ask questions, especially of me,” Shepard said. “I thought I was going to get a lot more questions — I wanted more questions.

There are lots of stereotypes and misconceptions associated with me that I want to dispel.”

Shockers United was frustrated by the limits of the formatting, but felt they had a good showing.

“I think there are a lot of things being said and thrown around, but not a lot of action being shown and not a lot of proposals being shown, and that’s something that the debate should have hopefully cleared up, but was unable to do tonight,” Brinkmeyer said.

“Other tickets had very broad pillars and we actually have very specific policy proposals that we discussed, and I thought the other

tickets should have been pressed further,” Lebron said.

Progress thought, despite the limited questions, they were able to address many concerns students might have.

“I think we did a great job dispelling many myths,” Shepard said. “One of the myths is we don’t have a good working relationship with the administration, which is a myth. President Bardo and his team and I work on a consistent basis regularly. We meet and sit down and just talk about life sometimes.”

While Progress and Shockers United went back and forth in a brief exchange about the success of the current administration, Spark focused on issues.

“We didn’t want to take any low-blows at anyone,” Schultz said. “We were fortunate enough to not have anyone ask us specifically any hard questions during the debate so we are blessed to really be able to share our vision with everyone.”

Sexton said he thought the debate was a success.

“We saw three great tickets who have passion for the student experience and that’s what’s neat about each one of the tickets,” Sexton said.

“And I’m just excited about a good election next week and I want to encourage everybody to come out and vote because it’s their decision who represents them in student government and it’s an important role to play.”

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WSU hosts 29th annual Kansas Science Olympiad

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(LEFT) A participant adds final touches to his egg vehicle Saturday for the Scrambler event during the 29th annual Kansas Science Olympiad at the Heskett center. The Kansas Science Olympiad consists of various events in areas of engineering to promote innovative and analytical thinking. (RIGHT) student Carolyn Herman from Oregon Trail Middle School prepares to launch a ping pong for the air trajectory event. Wichita State hosted the competition.

PROGRESS FROM PAGE 1

Shepard said student health has a component that is oftentimes ignored — mental health.

“We’ve realized nationally there’s been an issue where we see students suffering from low self-esteem and lack of self-awareness,” Shepard said.

“We want to use SGA to help those students by connecting them to the Counseling and Testing [Center] and Student Health Services.”

Shepard said he wants to further student life by making new organizations, platforms and systems to make students proud to be Shockers.

“The freshman retention rate is about 71.8 percent, so we’re not too far away from other collegiate institutions, but it’s also ‘satisfactory,’” Shepard said.

“Taben and I don’t want to be a ‘satisfactory’ college.”

Both Shepard and Azad said they have family members who have helped motivate their SGA bid.

“I have a 7-year-old nephew,

SPARK

FROM PAGE 1 Schultz is the presidential candidate on the Spark ticket. His running mate is junior finance major Mariah Smith.

Schultz and Smith are serving in the 58th session of Student Government Association.

Schultz serves as a business senator, and Smith is the treasurer.

Schultz said he and Smith work well together.

“I really feel like Mariah and myself make a fantastic team really in just overall making the student body a better place and making Wichita State a better place,” he said.

Smith said the ticket’s name is about finding out what students’ passions are and what drives them every day.

“We really want to know that from students because we feel like if we’re going to represent students, we need to see what they value to create an experience that benefits them,” Smith said. “We need to make sure we’re catering that experience toward their passions and toward their values.”

One goal of Spark’s, if elected, is to make SGA and the people involved with SGA more personable.

“We feel that oftentimes students don’t want

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Azad has a brother who is a freshman at Wichita East High School.

“I want to make sure that if he comes to WSU, that he comes to a campus that is inclusive of all people,” Azad said.

to come to student government because sometimes they feel that we’re talking at them, and we’re not talking to them,” Smith said. “We really want to focus on changing that dynamic.”

Schultz said students sometimes view SGA as being akin to university administration.

“We’re still students and we want to connect with students on that student level,” Schultz said.

Smith said part of her inspiration for running for executive office is Gordon Parks. When Smith began in SGA three years ago, she said the first meeting was held at the Ulrich Museum of Art and meetings were held about gathering the Gordon Parks collection. She said Parks stood for giving people a voice when they didn’t have one.

Parks, born in Fort Scott, Kansas, was the first African-American photographer for Life Magazine and first African-American movie director in Hollywood. He also wrote music and poetry and many books.

For Smith, student government helped give her a voice.

“Student government gave me the ability to learn about myself, about leadership, to learn about resources to really fall in love with this campus,” she said. “I think that student government has the tools and the resources to do that with every student. That’s why we’re running.”

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Both Shepard and Azad — who are currently seniors at WSU — have been accepted into the Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) program for this fall, allowing Shepard to run for re-election.

Shepard said his presidential term has been a success and he wants that success to continue into next year.

“We’ve done several things I’m proud of during my term, but I’m most proud of the food pantry that we created to combat food security students have struggled with,” Shepard said.

Shepard said anyone who doubts his relationship with university administration should not worry.

“I think what the administration respects about me is the fact that I’m not a ‘yes man’ and I challenge the status quo,” Shepard said. “I think that as you look at the presidential candidates you will find one that has been vocal, whether he is standing alone or is standing with other people. And I think that individual is me.”

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Errors cost Shockers softball sweep Three errors in seventh inning allow Illinois State to steal win

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Illinois State was down to their last out on Sunday and was looking for a miracle after giving up a 5-2 lead to Wichita State in Normal, Illinois.

The Shockers cut the lead 8-7 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Shockers gave the Redbirds three gifts off of their own mistakes in the final inning, with an E-3 and E-6 scoring the final two runs for ISU that cost the Shockers the game 9-8.

Wichita State, whose eight-game winning streak was snapped on Sunday, climbed back into the game during the fifth inning after being down by three runs. After Mackenzie Wright scored off a Redbird error, Liz Broyles hit a double to left field that brought in the two tying runs for the Shockers.

Laurie Ann Derrico’s double allowed Cacy Williams to score the lead run, and Derrico was brought in from second off a single by Brittany Fortner. Kelli Spring added an insurance run with an RBI single that scored Ashley Johnson from second base.

With the bases loaded, an Illinois State batter was hit by a Jenni Brooks pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning, cutting the Shockers lead to 8-7. The Redbirds scored off two errors by Wichita State that ended the game for the Shockers in defeat.

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Junior Kelli Spring attempts a bunt in the bottom of the third inning against Oklahoma State Wednesday at Wilkins Stadium.

In Saturday’s first game, the Shockers came out firing with eight first inning runs. Williams and Derrico’s singles brought in the first three runs of the game, while Cassidy Kelsheimer was hit by

a pitch to score another Shocker run.

After a Spring walk scored another Wichita State run, an error by Illinois State brought in two more Shocker runs and later the damage would be added by a

groundout from Wright that scored the eighth run of the inning.

The Redbirds scored six unanswered runs through the seventh inning, but Katie Malone came onto the mound to pitch the final two-thirds of the inning for the Shockers, not allowing a hit with one strikeout to get the save in the Shockers’ game one win 8-6.

A high scoring first inning on both sides left the score tied 5-5 at the top of the second inning of the second game in Saturday’s doubleheader. A solo shot by Fortner and a three run home run by Williams quickly gave the Shockers the lead back in the second inning.

Solo shots by Paige Luellen in the fourth inning and Derrico in the fifth gave the Shockers an 11-5 lead in the second game. Later in the fifth inning, Luellen added a single that sent in two WSU runs. Macklin Hitz scored the final run in the Shockers’ game two victory by hitting a single that would score Luellen from second.

WSU only allowed one more Redbird run to score in the fifth inning, ending the game in victory 14-6 in five innings Saturday.

The Shockers (20-13) travel to Norman, Oklahoma, on Wednesday to take on No. 14 ranked Oklahoma, and will then travel to Evansville, Indiana, for a three game conference series against Evansville, beginning with a doubleheader Saturday.

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Heading into the fourth inning Saturday afternoon in Game 2 of Wichita State’s series against No. 6 Texas Christian University, WSU led 3-0. They looked as though they were poised and ready to bounce back from a late-game, Friday night loss to a marque opponent.

TCU scored two runs in the fourth inning, in the fifth inning they added two more, and in the sixth inning they gained the lead. With scores in each of the remaining innings, TCU racked up 17 runs. And from there on out, the series belonged to the Horned Frogs.

TCU avoided struggle with the WSU pitching rotation on the mound, and brought in 32 runs in three games to sweep the series, leaving Wichita unscathed.

Game 1 Redshirt junior Willie Schwanke entered as the weekend-starter for the Shockers.

Through four innings, despite allowing six hits, Schwanke kept the box score empty for TCU. Schwanke pitched a complete game, throwing five strikeouts and one walk. He allowed nine hits, and threw 109 pitches in nine innings of play.

Despite being out-hit by the Horned Frogs, nine to three, the WSU defense left batters on base, limiting action at home plate.

In the fifth inning, TCU pulled in help from the geographic area, when TCU senior Dane Steinhagen sent a fly-ball sailing high into center field. The strong-blowing Wichita winds carried the ball past centerfielder Mikel Mucha and the outfield wall for a solo-homerun, with that, TCU gained the

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A passion for public service binds Lebron and Brinkmeyer together. Both want to join the Peace Corps after graduation and eventually start their own nonprofit organizations.

Lebron said Shockers United is focused on three key issues for SGA: communication, campus safety and Shocker advancement.

“We have high expectations for the student government,” Brinkmeyer said.

“We hear a lot of talk, but we don’t see as much reaching for the stars. That’s what we want to do.”

Shockers United took issue with the way the student fees budget was handled this year. Several campus organizations faced cuts to their proposed budgets, but Student Government Association retained the same level of funding for its own organization.

“Our student government is one of the highest paid student governments in the nation,” Brinkmeyer said. “I think when you can’t fund an organization even a few thousand dollars, but as a student who is supposed to be serving the university and trying to make the university better and you’re getting paid over $10,000, up almost to $20,000, I feel you could cut your pay a little bit. You could make those sacrifices for the university.”

Lebron said he was disappointed by some of student government’s budget decisions.

lead and never let go.

TCU freshman Josh Watson tripled over the reach of WSU senior Ryan Tinkham, scoring two batters to extend the lead to 3-0 in the sixth inning, enough to solidify the win.

Tinkham recorded two of Wichita State’s three hits, with batters on base through four walks, WSU never rounded to home plate.

Game 2 WSU locked into the driver’s seat, with an early 3-0 lead in the first three innings.

Tinkham and sophomore catcher Gunnar Troutwine each added a run with sacrifice flies, scoring Mucha and Jenista both in the first inning. In the second, Jenista returned the favor with a fly-out to center field scoring Vickers.

In the fourth inning, Mucha grounded out, scoring Vickers, and with two runners on base, Troutwine brought in freshman Dayton Dugas for the fifth run of the game.

WSU continued to hold a three-run into the top of the fifth inning.

But things took a quick switch as TCU pounded into the WSU bullpen, forcing six Shocker pitchers to 248 pitches.

Redshirt junior pitcher John Hayes recorded the loss, after redshirt sophomore Cody Tyler allowed four runs as the starter.

Cody Tyler gave up four runs on five hits and four walks. In the loss, he recorded five strikeouts.

Game 3 Junior Zach Lewis allowed eight runs in four innings in the series finale. The Shockers rotated four pitchers, allowing the Horned Frogs to score double-digits for the second straight day. TCU won 12-5.

Sophomore pitcher Tyler Jones and freshman pitcher Clayton McGinness each allowed two runs in relief. Hayes kept TCU

“We need to lead by example,” Lebron said. “We’re telling all of these organizations that we’re going to take their money away, but we’re keeping the same salaries and resources for ourselves, and, moreover, they’re used very ineffectively, let me tell you.”

Brinkmeyer, who was involved in this year’s campus safety walks with students and University Police, said one of his primary focuses for next year would be solving the jurisdiction issue between campus police and Wichita Police.

“I think something that separates us from the [other candidates] is that we have real changes we want to make, instead of just talking about safety in general,” Brinkmeyer said.

For example, University Police does not respond to calls off campus.

“We want to work together with UPD Chief Sara Morris and the new Wichita Police chief and the administration to solve these problems. Kansas University and Kansas State have both solved these issues and we need to do that here,” Brinkmeyer said.

“Ruben and I both have plenty of things that make us look good on our resumes.

But this year I decided to run for student body vice president, but not because I needed a resume builder, not because I wanted the money — because they get paid so much — but because I really, really, really want to change this university and I have a passion to serve this university,” he said.

— Chance Swaim of The Sunflower

scoreless in the ninth, but by this time the game was out of reach.

TCU had multiple-run innings in the fifth and eighth innings to put surmount a margin the Shockers couldn’t match.

Dugas led an eighth inning rally with a solo homerun to right field, and Troutwine doubled, bringing home two batters in the ninth to bring the score, 12-4.

Dugas recorded two hits in three at-bats.

Troutwine recorded three RBIs with a homerun and a double.

Freshman Alec Bohm added an RBI with a double on a line drive down the third base line.

TCU closed out the game striking out the

final two WSU batters, and capturing the three-game sweep.

The Horned Frogs had seven extra-base hits, including five doubles.

WSU had three fielding errors.

In eight straight home games, Wichita State has recorded three wins. The Shockers stand at No. 7 in Missouri Valley conference rankings.

Wichita State hosts (16-10) Oral Roberts, victors of 10 of their last 12 games, in a single-game series at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eck Stadium. They host Evansville on Friday to start conference-play.

— Contributing: Joshua Duncan of the Sunflower

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