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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015

VOLUME 120, ISSUE 35

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Shepard remains in office, self-authored resolution doesn’t pass TJ RIGG

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With some senators abstaining from voting, Student Government Association unanimously voted against a resolution to remove Joseph Shepard as student body president during SGA’s meeting Wednesday.

The resolution — authored by Shepard and presented at the last

meeting Nov. 18 — came about after Shepard planned a protest last month against President John Bardo. The protest did not happen.

Strong feelings about the resolution were presented at the meeting. Several people spoke in the public forum before the resolution’s reading in support of Shepard.

“This is a loving man,” said Natalie Toney, program coordinator for the

Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

“Joseph, you are not alone.”

Shepard said the public forum overwhelmed him.

“When they started speaking is when I started to get emotional, because I never knew that I impacted so many lives here at Wichita State,” he said.

Shepard said he has experienced negative criticism in recent weeks because of his actions.

As the resolution was being voted on, a handful of senators abstained from voting on it. Sen. Paige Hungate was one of them.

Hungate said she abstained from voting because of potential backlash from her vote. She said she did not feel safe voting.

“I wanted to abstain because I don’t think this resolution was a good thing to go ahead with, anyway,” Hungate said.

Hungate said she is happy the resolution is off the table.

“I also think that there are several people at this university that have found that his actions were to be not in line with the student body president’s role is,” she said. “I think that some people think that rules were broken. I think there are issues that still need to be addressed.”

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Jaleel Al-Arbash to be honored with degree, room dedication CHANDLER OCHOA

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A member of the green team, left, smashes into her opponent during a match of bubble soccer Wednesday at the Bombardier Learjet Indoor Practice Facility. Competitors compete in a soccer match while surrounded by a large, inflatable “bubble.”

Bouncing fun in bubble soccer NICK BEACH

REPORTER

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Bumping competition took place Wednesday night at Wichita State.

Bubble soccer is a game in which students are enclosed in a large, inflatable “bubble” to fight for a soccer ball in order to score for their team.

The competition was hosted by Campus Recreation, and was part of its series of intramural sports each semester.

“Canoe battleship happened about a month or two ago, and then we have this [event], and those are our two big fun intramural events for the first semester,” Campus Recreation intern Ethan Pearson said.

Several Greek organizations competed in bubble soccer Wednesday. No matter their

athletic abilities, students said they were excited to run around in an inflatable ball just before finals week.

“None at all,” Tri-Delta sorority member Piper Reid said of her athletic abilities. “I’m kind of nervous because of that.

“I’m excited also because this my first intramural game with Tri Delta. I mean, I hope we win. I also hope we don’t get injured.”

Some participants have some real athletic experience, and whether it be from soccer or not, they had the confidence that their team would win the tournament.

“I played tennis competitively for five years before college,” Delta Upsilon fraternity member Matthew Hopper said. “I expect us to win because many Delta Upsilon brothers are very talented in soccer.”

Meanwhile, other students were

there simply to watch.

“I’m most excited to see a new sport and to see my friend play,” spectator Isidro Nieto said. “I’ve been looking forward to it.”

Although he said he was excited to be there, Nieto said the tournament wasn’t very well advertised.

“I actually didn’t know about this until very recently, like right before the game, basically, because of my other friends,” he said.

WSU’s first bubble soccer competition was last April, and Campus Reaction plans to keep it going. It’s become popular among students because of the different formats from other typical intramural, such as flag football or volleyball.

It also gives them the opportunity to hit somebody in a safe way.

“You just go out have fun, run into each other, and try to score a few points,” Pearson said.

Wichita State associate professor Preethika Kumar remembered when Abduljaleel “Jaleel” Al-Arbash and his cousin used to sit together in her electrical engineering class the semester before he died.

“You could just tell there was something different about him,” Kumar said.

On May 29, Al-Arbash was killed outside a Shiite mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, by a suicide bomber from the Islamic State terror group.

Al-Arbash, his brother and their cousin were volunteering as security guards and prevented the death of people inside the mosque.

“After he had passed away, I think we were just talking about what we could do to honor him given the contributions he made in Saudi Arabia and the contributions he made while he was here,” said John Watkins, chair and professor of the electrical engineering and computer science department.

Faculty and staff have worked since the beginning of June to name and dedicate the electrical engineering and computer science lounge in Jabara Hall in his honor.

“It is a very visible place where people can see the contributions that he made,” Watkins said.

A plaque with Al-Arbash’s name, photo and a statement describing his contribution to humanity will be visible for anyone who enters the lounge, said Royce Bowden, dean of the College of Engineering.

Kumar also hopes to put up a bulletin board with newspaper clippings and pictures to preserve Al-Arbash’s memory.

In order to seek approval for the room dedication, a letter was sent to university President John Bardo. Part of the letter read:

“This justification per the policy is that Jaleel gave his life serving the public and has been recognized regionally and nationally in both Saudi Arabia and the United States for doing so.

Honoring his extraordinary contributions in this way is fitting so that current and future Wichita State students, faculty and staff will know of his commitment to preserving life and prosperity.”

A ceremony to unveil the plaque is set for 3 p.m.

Dec. 11 in Jaleel Al-Arbash Room 255 of Jabara Hall.

Kumar, Watkins and a student will speak during the dedication, and Bowden will unveil the plaque.

“Part of the timing of this is that this is right before graduation, and he will also be honored at graduation,” Watkins said.

Two days after the dedication, Al-Arbash will be remembered during the fall commencement ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 13 in Charles Koch Arena.

Kumar said it was a unanimous vote by the electrical engineering and computer science faculty to award Al-Arbash with a posthumous degree.

According to the policies and procedures handbook, “to be eligible for a posthumous degree an undergraduate student must be degree-seeking and typically within 30 hours of completing the bachelor’s degree.”

“We would be proud to have him as one of our recorded graduates,” Bowden said. “It is an honor to receive a degree via that matter.”

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Students fired up for improved kilns MARISSA CAMPBELL

REPORTER

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For students in the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries, the tools are almost as important as the ability to create art.

Most of the time the students are required to have their own supplies, but it is cost prohibitive for each ceramics student to have their own kiln.

Kilns also require more maintenance and can provide more opportunities than a non-art person may realize. Since the ADCI kilns at Wichita State have experienced normal wear-and-tear from years of use, they have become energy inefficient, unreliable and are becoming costly, said Ted Adler, School of ADCI associate director.

Due to these problems, the school is in the process of raising money to buy four new, top-of-the-line Blaauw kilns.

“This kiln purchase makes sense for us financially and for the practical operations of a 21st century arts school,” Adler said.

“We want to go above and beyond for our students, and to do this, we need to reach beyond our current budget capabilities.”

Art and Design Advocates, a private WSU donor group for

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Scott Steder and Garet Reynek load the wood kiln in Henrion Hall. The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries will be receiving four new kilns next semester from to fundraising efforts.

ADCI, has raised $50,000 for the kilns so far. Although that is a large sum of money, the total cost, including transportation, installation and classes on working the kilns, costs around $150,000.

“We are getting four kilns total,” said Lindsey DeVries, ADCI coordinator of external affairs.

“Three of them are gas kilns and

the other is an electric kiln, which is a gradient kiln, which means you can set two different temperatures and that allows for material testing of the clay body itself and glazes.”

Engineering and art students can use the electric kiln.

“They are computer-operated and students will be able to understand the dynamics of what is

happening inside of the kilns,” DeVries said.

The arrival date is not set, but the tentative date is in spring of 2016.

When the kilns arrive, technicians from Blaauw will host training sessions to help the professors with the beginning usage. Afterward, there are plans of a celebration of the new kilns and of Tanya Tandoc,

owner of Tanya’s Soup Kitchen, who was killed over the summer summer and was a ceramics student at WSU. Not only was Tandoc a ceramics student, but she was a member of the Art and Design Advocates.

DeVries said Tandoc regularly supported the students with donations of food from the soup kitchen, was a friend to the faculty and was a student of Adler’s.

With support from Art and Design Advocates, Provost Tony Vizzini and President John Bardo, the school is excited for the technological advances in the ceramics department. “[The students] know this is going to be a huge step forward for the program,” DeVries said. “These [kilns] will allow them so many more opportunities in their artistic processes.”

The kilns are not only more advanced in technology, but they offer digital archiving, custom programming, data recording and printable documentation features.

“These kilns are more than just a means of production,” Adler said.

“They are teaching tools, something that is vital to the School of ADCI’s support of President Bardo’s vision of an innovative university.”

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Marissa’s Melodies Semester ends with soulful tunes, free album, crazy guitar riffs As the semester comes to an end, we finally have a quality week of music. Between COLUMN BY the last two MARISSA weeks, many CAMPBELL awesome albums have come out, including Adele’s “25,” a free Foo Fighters EP “Saint Cecilla” and an album by the rising punk band, Parquet Courts.

“25” by Adele

Released: Nov. 20 Genre: Pop On her third album, Adele does not disappoint. The queen of power ballads is back with an album that is sure to give you the chills. The hit single “Hello” starts off the album with her quiet, breathtaking whispers, which turn to her loud, powerful ballad chords. “When We Were Young” is yet another heartbreaking but wonderful song.

Luckily for Adele, she is able to make listeners relate and feel the music just as much as she does when creating them. “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” is a bit different than anything we’ve ever heard by her. It is more pop and less ballad-like but still catchy and fun like a Lorde song.

Overall, Adele remains on top of the charts and continues to make people feel some sort of emotion when listening to her music.

Download: “When We Were Young” “Saint Cecilia EP” by Foo Fighters

Released: Nov. 23 Genre: Rock With a countdown on the band’s website, Foo Fighter fans were a bit confused on why the band was counting down at all. As the countdown ended, the band dropped a new, secret EP. The five-track album is not only a great listen, but it is completely free. The album starts off with the title track “Saint Cecilia,” which has an upbeat and exciting vibe. The song is a classic Foo jam with interesting keyboard and synthesizer effects. As the album continues, it stays strong with classic rock songs that are sure to be hits for a while. This latest EP even lives up to the last album “Sonic Highway,” which was pure gold. Out of the five songs, “Iron Rooster” just misses the mark. The slow, dragging song doesn’t seem to go anywhere, and even Dave Grohl sounds bored singing it. On the bright side, the EP ends on a high note with “The Neverending Sigh.”

Download: “Saint Cecilia” “Monastic Living” by Parquet Courts

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Released: Nov. 27 Genre: Punk With the group’s first album of three dropping in 2013, Parquet Courts have clearly been busy.

Channeling their inner Clash, the band has a vibe that takes you back to the start of punk music. “No, No, No!” is full of lyrics you can’t necessarily understand but that make you feel like thrashing. With one song blending right into the next, you go from a minute-long song to six minutes of nothing but crazy

guitar riffs that make you feel a bit crazy, like listening to white noise (“Monastic Living I”). “Monastic Living II” replicates the same musical structure about halfway through the album. A majority of the songs are strictly instrumental (“Vow of Silence”) but remain fairly interesting. This music is definitely an acquired taste and most likely won’t appeal to many people, but the band deserves props for being creative.

Download: “Vow of Silence”

‘Mockingjay’ satisfying, imperfect ending to ‘Hunger Games’ saga One of two things needs to happen: either young adult authors need to write shorter COLUMN BY books, or ALEX PERRY movie studios should just make extremely long adaptations with intermissions in the middle.

I say this because the division of “Mockingjay” — the third and final novel in the “Hunger Games” series — into two films did nothing to help its cause.

Last year’s “Mockingjay Part 1” was decent enough, a collection of intriguing subplots about how propaganda fuels the ideological war machine between two opposing factions. But for most of its runtime, the main thrust of the narrative was pushed aside, making it feel like a two-hour trailer for the finale.

That finale is here with “Mockingjay Part 2,” which ties up all the loose ends you would expect in fairly satisfactory ways. It doesn’t quite stick the landing in the final 20 minutes, but its usually fine craftsmanship and surprising bleakness make it a thoroughly enjoyable installment.

It picks up right where last year’s film left off, with Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) recovering from his brainwashing at the hands of Snow (Donald Sutherland).

Meanwhile, the resistance is gearing up for its final push on the Capitol. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence)

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understandably wants to kill Snow herself, so she joins the troops as the movement’s forward-facing figurehead while Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) pulls the strings from behind the scenes.

While the last film featured a great deal of aforementioned intrigue about propaganda and such, this one ruminates more on the ethics of war’s physical violence. The war has taken a toll on Katniss, who is hardened and cynical now.

Especially near the beginning, she wonders about just whom it is justifiable to kill, who are the true enemies and who are just helpless pawns. One character sees a hypothetical Capitol janitor as still helping the enemy, while Katniss

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FROM PAGE 1 At-Large Sen. Tyler Bird also abstained from voting.

“The fact of the matter is in voting for or against the bill, or by voting on this bill at all, you are acknowledging the fact that his actions outside of SGA are means to use a resolution to force him to resign,” Bird said.

Bird also said a vote on the resolution was unprecedented. He said impeachment is the only suitable way to oust a student body president.

“If we’re not going to use

impeachment, then there’s no reason to vote for it at all,” he said.

Academics chairman Dalton Glasscock, a sponsor of the resolution, said he was happy to see Senate vote against the resolution.

“I think as a united front, we can move forward together,” Glasscock said.

Shepard said the vote caused him to cry, and he hugged Chief of Staff Kiah Duggins for her support. He said the debate of the resolution was healthy.

“I think debate always needs to occur,” he said. “I think that the individuals who were against it had a lot to say and I think that’s OK and I think that they had valid points.”

sees them as being in an unenviable position of Snow’s manipulation.

That theme of whether or not the people in this conflict have control of their lives permeates the story, and it’s one of the best aspects of “Mockingjay Part 2.” It’s merely just one aspect of the film’s general tone of despair.

The bulk of the action sees Katniss and Co. working their way through the Capitol, navigating a series of traps devised by the former game makers. The film drags at points during this part of the story, and it’s not always great.

The prime example would be an encounter with zombie-like creatures in the Capitol’s sewers. It goes on for a few minutes too long and the

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setting is often too dark to tell what is happening, the lone criticism I have of the film’s quality cinematography.

It also peters out somewhat for 15 or 20 minutes at the end, directly following Katniss’ final, climactic decision. The events that unfold are satisfying enough, but the presentation leaves something to be desired.

Overall, however, “Mockingjay Part 2” provides an entertaining closure to the saga. “Catching Fire” still remains the series high point by far, but we can all rest knowing the series never took any serious missteps along the way.

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FROM PAGE 1 Al-Arbash’s family from Saudi Arabia received a formal invitation to both events.

Bowden said the family has applied for visas and is waiting for approval to come.

Kumar spoke recently with Al-Arbash’s cousin, who she will have again next semester in class.

“He (the cousin) was saying that Jaleel would always want to do something different,” Kumar said.

“His cousin told me that he would try to keep himself fit and everything so that he could

protect people.”

Kumar’s office is next to the student lounge, and she looks forward to making sure students know Al-Arbash’s story.

“It’s important to have role models in your life so you don’t lose the big picture,” Kumar said.

“I mean, you are all here to study and everything, but there is something beyond that.”

Light flooded in through a large tree with red and gold leaves from the six square windows in the student lounge. Students sat quietly, preparing for final exams.

“I think that room will do a lot.” Kumar said. “So I think it’s a great way to keep telling the story.”

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Child Development Center revamps playground into nature-inspired space REPORTER

BRENNEN SMITH

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Wichita State’s Child Development Center (CDC) is in the process of replacing some of the old, plastic playground equipment with new, nature-based equipment mostly made of wood.

The CDC offers childcare and early child development to about 90 children of WSU faculty, staff, students and some community members. About three-quarters of the way done and with $60,000 raised so far, CDC director Jillian Hoefer expects the new playground to be finished around March or April at a cost of close to $85,000.

While a few of the larger, plastic pieces with slides and climbing areas will remain, much of the new playground will consist of what is called a “Nature Explore” outdoor classroom.

The new equipment on the CDC playground includes a messy materials area, which allows kids to inspect and stack giant tree cookies and other items; a music area, which includes multiple xylophone-like instruments, chimes and various slap drums, and a garden area full of miniature garden tools such as rakes, hoes, and various wooden bins and boxes for planting flowers and vegetables.

“They’ve loved it,” Hoefer said.

“We have seashells, animal skulls, different bugs that we’ve collected, leaves and acorns … [They] just go out there and explore in whatever way that they want to.”

A climbing area is also in the works, as well as an area for nature art, a small bike path and a wooden cabin.

The kids have particularly enjoyed the music area, Hoefer said.

As senior Dasneem Unwala picked up her daughter Umme-Kulsun from her room, her daughter exuberantly told her about how she liked playing the wind chimes.

“She absolutely loves it,” Unwala said. “She loves the musical instruments.”

Sophomore Katelyn Davis, lead teacher assistant at CDC, said the new equipment gives the kids more opportunities to use their hands and develop motor skills.

“It gives us more opportunities to help them learn different things,” Davis said.

While Davis was watching the toddlers play, almost all of them were huddled around the nature art table, touching and observing the various seashells and pinecones they laid out on the table.

Hoefer said the reason for the change in playground equipment was to work with the innovation

Photo by Manny De Los Santos

Children play Wednesday near a wooden bench, one of the many new renovations added to the Child Development Center located at 21st and Hillside.

movement initiated by President John Bardo, and also because of a big movement in the early childhood field to get kids more acquainted with nature.

Nature Explore, the collaborative program that supplies the nature-based equipment to schools, has been researching and designing nature-based classrooms since 1998.

As of 2014, more than 200 classrooms around the world have become Nature Explore certified.

According to a 2014 study, Nature Explore’s idea of nature-based

outdoor education are linked to positive learning and developmental outcomes.

CDC will become the sixth area in Kansas to be Nature Explore certified once the project is finished around springtime.

In order to raise the money for the playgrounds, Hoefer said they submitted a proposal to the Student Government Association for a one-time allocation of funds. The proposal was not approved.

“It was then that we decided this was something that we really wanted

to do, and we started saving for it,” Hoefer said.

Since 2013, Hoefer said they have accrued about $30,000 from SGA by saving up funds that usually go to playground maintenance. CDC members have collected the remaining $85,000 themselves.

“We’re trying to be the very best place in Wichita,” Hoefer said.

“We’re trying to be innovative. In order to do that, we need to make sure that we’re providing our kids the best and latest things that they need to have.”

Claycomb to retire as WSU Ventures director REPORTER

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Cindy Claycomb, Wichita State director of WSU Ventures, will start a phased retirement out of her position Jan. 4.

Mark Torline, director of WSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship, will take her place while keeping his position at the center.

“Phased retirement allows people to remain at the university, but they give less time to the university. It’s kind of like going part-time,” Claycomb said.

Claycomb also works as assistant to the university president for strategic planning, and she will continue to assist President John Bardo in that regard.

“I worked full-time for the university, and my time was split, half between WSU Ventures and half between assisting the president,” Claycomb said.

In her role, Cindy Claycomb Claycomb said she would work 20 hours a week as director of WSU Ventures and 20 hours a week as assistant to the president in a typical 40-hour week.

“Now, I’m just going to drop off that WSU Ventures piece of it and just work 20 hours a week as assistant to the

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Claycomb plays an active role in the Strategic Planning Steering Committee. The committee consists of representatives from each college who help make plans for their colleges that align with the university’s overall vision.

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Shocker Speakout gives students chance to practice communication, persuasive skills CONNER CLAPHAM

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A lot of talking will be happening Friday at Wichita State, and everyone is invited to listen.

This semester’s “Shocker Speakout” is set for 11:30 a.m.

Friday in the Campus Activity Center Theater. This activity provides public speaking students an opportunity to speak to a live audience about a policy persuasive topic of their choice.

This is the 17th year for the event.

Rebecca Nordyke, instructor and research coordinator for the ICRI (Interdisciplinary Commu-

nication Research Institute) at WSU, said a wide-range of topics are scheduled.

For example, audiences can hear students speak about local issues, including how Kansas should allocate more funds to higher education, or national issues, like how the U.S. should lower the drinking age to 18.

“There’s also a lot of international issues that will be heard,” Nordyke said, “like how China should add stricter rules about school violence, or how the Nigerian government should protect the laws set for freedom of speech for women.”

Students are judged on the organization of their speech and

the delivery.

Jacob Archer spoke last year about how the role of hydrogen-powered cars could benefit our society based on more effective cost and power.

“I really enjoy science and technology, and I would hear a lot of people talking about clean energy, but wouldn’t really inform themselves about it,” Archer said.

Archer said he understands WSU has a lot of engineers and wanted to give them something that they could potentially use.

“I wanted to talk about a topic that our students could use in their future to go out and make a difference,” he said.

Alpha Phi Alpha entertains crowd, celebrates new members

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(LEFT) Alpha Phi Alpha President Joseph Shepard entertains the crowd with a dance Tuesday during Neophyte Probate in the Rhatigan Student Center to showcase newly initiated members. (TOP RIGHT) New Alpha Phi Alpha members entertain the crowd with a dance Tuesday. (BOTTOM RIGHT) Multicultural Greek Council members chant with the audience.

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Kyle Kopecky will speak Friday about why WSU should change its on-campus tobacco policy. He said that he chose this topic because it would benefit students’ health.

“I feel like it’s important for the student body to have clean air because everyone’s entitled to the clean air that they breathe in,” he said.

Kopecky said he has been doing a lot to prepare for his speech.

“My instructor ... gave me some feedback, so I’m going to edit my speech a little bit and make it a little bit stronger, polish it up so that I’m ready to give a great speech,” he said.

Archer and Kopecky chose to speak on topics that have a personal meaning to them, much like a lot of the other speakers.

There will be four judges featured this year, including Kerry Jones, the director of the writing center in the English department, Pam O’Neal, who works in the Office of Adult Learning, Kathy Stewart, the assistant director of Disability Services, and Matthew Cecil, the director of the Elliott School.

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Entrepreneurship. Plus, Cindy won’t be fully retiring, and she’ll still have her office in Devlin with us.”

As director, he plans to continue in the direction that the organization was already headed.

“I think we (WSU Ventures) will focus a lot on commercialization as it relates to the development of new business enterprises, and we will focus a lot on opportunities with respect to the licensing of technology that originates within the university,” Torline said.

Claycomb said WSU Ventures has been at WSU for about 15 months. Claycomb has been the director of WSU Ventures since August 2014 and Torline has been director of WSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship since October 2014.

Claycomb said she looks forward to her new role at the university and devoting her time to the things she enjoys.

“I’m excited,” she said. “Just because maybe it’ll open up some time for me to do some things that I haven’t had time to do. And so, I serve on some boards now, and I don’t always get to devote the time to them that I would like to. I’ll have some time to do that and just time to relax a little bit.”

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Claycomb has been occupied with three main objectives for the steering committee. The committee has reviewed each of the colleges’ revised plans, is helping create a dashboard of metrics for the entire university, and will assist non-academic units on campus by reviewing or revising their strategic plans.

While Claycomb focuses more on assisting Bardo through strategic planning, she is also helping Torline prepare to be the director of WSU Ventures.

“Mark and I are working on this transition,” Claycomb said.

“We met every week before, and the next three weeks we’ll continue to meet and figure out what things need to go to him or somebody else or what the priorities are.”

Torline said he is prepared for the change.

“It will be a much easier transition for two reasons,” he said. “The first is that we have been collaborating with WSU Ventures already, and we really have kind of shared goals with WSU Ventures and the Center for

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Anton Grady recovering from spinal concussion Photo by Manny De Los Santos

Players celebrate their sweep against Evansville on Nov. 21 as they clinch the program’s sixth Missouri Valley Conference championship at Charles Koch Arena.

Volleyball takes MVC tournament, advances to NCAA competition MEGAN LOOPER

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Guaranteed an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament, weight was lifted off the squad’s shoulders as they waited in eager anticipation to hear who their opponent would be of the 64 selected to compete for the title.

“It’s definitely more of being excited than being anxious,” Reilly said. “It was fun knowing that we would see our name on the screen.”

The verdict was read, and Wichita State will face 17-11 Kansas State in the first round at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Bob Deveaney Sports Center.

The No. 28 26-8 Shockers will make their ninth NCAA Tournament appearance — the first since 2013.

“They have a lot of good athletes and play in a really great conference,” head coach Chris Lamb said. “They will be tough to score against, but at this point we are just excited to play in the tournament and go out there and compete. We’ve had a great season.”

Wichita State has an all-time record of 6-8 at the NCAA Championship, and are 5-3 historically in first-round play.

“K-state is going to be a good matchup for us,” Larson said. “We are going to get after it in practice and take it one game at a time.”

The match will be televised on ESPN3 and available online at goshockers.com/watch.

Freshman Anton Grady drives to the paint Nov. 13 against Charleston Southern at Charles Koch Arena as the Shockers defeated the Buccaneers 88-63.

For Wichita State volleyball, the Missouri Valley Conference Championship Tournament was filled with deficits, comebacks and thrilling victories.

The Shockers came back from an 0-2 start to defeat UNI in the semifinals 3-2 by scores of 15-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-11 and 15-7.

Game leaders included Katie Reilly with 12 kills, Mikalea Raudsepp with 11, Emily Hiebert with 35 assists and Dani Mostrom with 23 digs.

With an eighth appearance in the finals in school history, WSU came back from a 0-2 deficit to take down Missouri State in the championship match 24-26, 20-25, 27-25, 25-17 and 18-16.

With this win, the Shockers earned their third MVC Tournament title in school history.

Named tournament MVP, Jody Larson had 19 kills and 17 digs, all tournament-selection Shimen Fayad had 16 kills, five digs and four blocks, and also all-tournament selection, Hiebert had 66 assists and 13 digs.

Abbie Lehman received a career-high 21 kills in the match, while Mostrom contributed with a team-high 27 digs.

A selection show watch party was held when the team returned home Sunday.

Men’s basketball looks to regroup after disappointment in Orlando

Shockers end streak, beat FIU in Thanksgiving tournament

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For the first time in 42 weeks, Wichita State’s men’s basketball team stands ranked outside the AP Top 25 poll.

Coach Gregg Marshall’s team previously held the third longest active record of time amidst the rankings, broken after Sunday’s loss to Iowa. The Shockers suffered the first 0-3 record in a regular season tournament during the Marshall era in the AdvoCare Invitational with losses to Southern California, Alabama and Iowa.

“I knew coming in [here] we were going to have the shortest sword,” Marshall said. “It turned out to be a pocket knife.”

Sunday’s win for coach Fran McCaffery’s Hawkeyes marked the first Iowa victory over WSU since 1979.

Wichita State is now left with a 2-4 record and a 1-4 record against Division I opponents this season. Marshall said this is the first sense of adversity much of the team has faced.

In fact, it is more adversity than any ranked team had previously faced. WSU became the first team ranked in the AP poll to record four losses in November. The woes continue as the Shockers haven’t faced a three-game losing streak in three seasons. In addition they haven’t held a record under .500 since 2008-09.

Yet with all the adversity the team is facing, it’s not enough for Marshall to throw in the white flag.

“The calvary will be here,” Marshall said.

Senior All-American point guard Fred VanVleet is expected to return to play in Saturday’s game at St. Louis, although Marshall is yet to confirm whether VanVleet will suit up.

“I can’t predict when [Fred] is going to be healthy,” he said. “I want to make sure it’s the right time. I don’t want him to be nagging with this injury all year long.”

The Shockers have recorded just a single win with VanVleet sidelined. VanVleet has battled hamstring injuries off-and-on since the start of the season.

“I hope we’re done with additional injuries,” Marshall said. “It seems like we’ve been going backwards for a while.”

Freshman Landry Shamet, who suffered a stress fracture in his foot in the win over Emporia State had surgery last Wednesday and is anticipated to return in 10-12 weeks.

Senior forward Anton Grady, who fell to the floor in Orlando, suffered a spinal concussion and returned with the team to Wichita this week.

“I don’t know if he’ll play again, or if so, when,” Marshall said on Tuesday. “I’ll leave it up to the doctor’s decisions and ultimately him.”

Grady has been the second-leading scorer for the Shockers this season in addition to leading the team in rebounds.

In the wake of no bench depth, Marshall was challenged to play Sophomore Rauno Nurger against Iowa. Nurger had announced at the start of the season his interest in

redshirting this season as he continued to develop his skills. Marshall called out for Nurger to come off the bench and play after senior Bush Wamukota picked up two quick fouls against the Hawkeyes.

“It wasn’t a hard decision,” Marshall said.

“We only have X amount of guys who can play the five. Tom ‘Bush’ Wamukota gets two silly fouls within the first two or three minutes of the game. Shaq Morris can’t go 37 straight minutes.”

Nurger recorded one rebound and a turnover on a bit of a blank stat sheet. He played nine minutes.

“Rauno didn’t look great today, but he will help us win somewhere down the line,” Marshall said.

Cameras spotlighted WSU’s bench as the lead continued to grow for Iowa, they focused on the attention of sophomore guard Conner Frankamp and Fred Vanvleet. The wait eagerly grows closer.

Wichita State heads to St. Louis on Saturday with sights set on VanVleet returning to the floor, and it can’t come a minute too soon.

Without the assistance of VanVleet, the Shockers are shooting a combined shooting percentage of 34 percent from the field in the last three games. Freshman Ty Taylor II highlights the shooting woes for WSU; he’s recorded a combined shooting percentage of 21 percent on his 33 shot attempts in the last three games. “[The young guys] want to do so well and I don’t question anyone’s desire, but right now we’re probably asking some of them to do more than they’re capable of,” Marshall said.

Conner Frankamp will soon be eligible after serving a two-semester redshirt after transferring from the University of Kansas as soon as his final semester grades have been posted. Frankamp could potentially suit up for action Dec. 9 against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Frankamp will be eligible to start competing no later than Dec. 12 when the Shockers take on Utah.

With six games behind them, Marshall continues preaching to his team that it’s a long season and there’s still a long way to go.

They’ll need every day of it to get back on track.

“The last time we faced anything close to this was 2013,” Marshall said. “I think things turned out OK then.”

The team reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament that season.

“They say it’s easy to blame injuries [as the cause for losing],” said freshman Markis McDuffie. “We’re not going to sit here and say the [reason for the losses] was because of injuries. We’ll keep fighting and get better.”

Wichita State next returns to action on the road in St. Louis. WSU eyes its first road victory of the season. The Shockers are 0-4 away from Charles Koch Arena.

The Billikens are 4-2 this season and 3-2 at home thus far with their only loss coming to Louisville.

The game starts at 8 p.m Saturday and will be broadcast on ESPNU.

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After falling into a losing streak, the Wichita State women’s basketball team has finally come out of its slump with a 76-62 win over Florida International University in the last game of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic on Sunday.

But the biggest story from the FIU Thanksgiving Classic was junior TaQuandra Mike, who was named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week and selected to be on the All-Tournament team with her performances against Richmond on Friday and FIU on Sunday.

Against Richmond, Mike was one of three players with a double-digit score of 14 points. Mike stepped up her game in a major way with 28 points, one assist, two blocks and six steals against FIU. Overall in both games, Mike played 76 minutes and shot 58.6 percent (14-24) from the field, along with 50 percent (8-16) outside the three-point line.

However, Mike wasn’t the only Shocker with impressive performances over the holiday weekend.

In the first game against Richmond, the Shockers fell 63-50, but other team members aside from Mike contributed with double-digit points. Sophomore Aundra Stovall and freshman Jyar Francis each scored 12 points. Stovall also added three assists while Francis added two assists, one block and five steals.

Those three double-digit point scorers put up 38 points combined, but there was more

to be said for other Shockers. Sophomore Diamond Lockhart tacked on seven points and two assists, and freshman Ellie Lehne added five points and one block.

Overall, Richmond out shot the Shockers with 45.1 percent (23-51) to 34.7 percent (17-49) shooting from the field, but shooting from the three-point line was almost identical with Richmond shooting 34.8 percent (8-23) and the Shockers shooting 34.6 percent (9-26).

While the first game of the tournament didn’t seem to go too well, the second game turned the competition around.

The Shockers’ second game against FIU on Sunday ended in a 76-62 victory.

Mike led the team again, but was followed closely by Francis with 21 points, two blocks and one steal. Mike and Francis were the only two in double digits, but four other Shockers contributed to the victory.

Lockhart added eight points, seven assists and two steals; Lehne put up seven points; Stovall and junior Jaleesa Chapel each scored six points with Stovall adding two assists and one steal, and Chapel had three assists.

Overall, the Shockers proved their skills with 60 percent (27-45) shooting from the field compared to FIU’s 41.1 percent (23-56).

The Shockers also out-shot FIU from the three-point line with 43.8 percent (7-16) compared with 38.5 percent (5-13).

As of Wednesday, the Shockers sit on a 1-4 record, but there’s still plenty of basketball season ahead.

The Shockers’ next game is at 12:05 p.m.

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