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‘The same set of issues’

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Jedd Beaudoin, award-winning KMUW host, reads the “Wichita Vortex Sutra” Sunday to celebrate the anniversary of honored poet Allen Ginsberg and his visit to WSU in 1966.

WSU celebrates 50 years since Ginsberg’s visit to Wichita CHANCE SWAIM

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The news threw Wichita State into a swirl.

Students and professors had been whispering about it over coffee in the student union for days. Most students, like Eddie Tejeda, a sophomore studying psychology at the time, had no idea who poet Allen Ginsberg was in 1966.

“I knew it was something hip — something the hip professors and students were talking about,” Tejeda said. “And then I saw it in the newspaper and I knew it was actually happening.”

Sunday marked the 50-year anniversary of Ginsberg’s first reading of his anti-war poem “Wichita Vortex Sutra” at Wichita State.

Historians and witnesses of the reading held a panel discussion in front of a packed crowd Sunday in the Beggs Ballroom in the Rhatigan Student Center about the history and importance of Ginsberg’s visit to Wichita and the first reading of his anti-Vietnam War poem.

Extra chairs were brought in, and some still had to sit on the floor or stand against the wall at the back of the room.

Panel members included Roger Irwin, a retired philosophy professor who was instrumental in getting Ginsberg on campus

in 1966; Jay Price, Wichita State history professor; Dan Rouser, a former reporter for the Wichita Eagle who followed Ginsberg’s visit to Wichita; and James Johnson, an independent curator.

KMUW commentator Jedd Beaudoin performed a reading of the poem.

Defining the significance of Ginsberg’s writing proved problematic.

“We can all get up here and tell you something about the reading that was important to us, from our own intellectual angles,” Irwin said. “But it’s like the story about the blind men and the elephant — everyone touches the elephant in a different way and everyone comes to a different conclusion.”

Irwin said Ginsberg’s visit strengthened his Buddhism.

Price compared Ginsberg to Carry Nation, an outsider who has been absorbed into Wichita mythology.

Rouser questioned how much Wichita has changed in 50 years.

Johnson covered the timeline of events of Ginsberg’s journey to Wichita.

A clear thread in each account was how Ginsberg, a key figure in the “Beat Movement” of the 1950s, was in many ways fascinated by Wichita.

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President John Bardo addresses an audience Friday during a diversity forum in the Rhatigan Student Center. The forum gave students, faculty and staff an opportunity to discuss diversity at WSU as a continuation of the forum in November.

Follow-up diversity forum focuses on progress, community development MARISSA CAMPBELL

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The discussion about diversity at Wichita State continued Friday with a forum led by President John Bardo, as a follow-up to the forum held in November.

Strides toward a more diverse campus are being made, Bardo said to an audience of about 50 people Friday.

The first forum at WSU came after racial tensions at the University of Missouri in Columbia led to student protests and the resignation of its president.

Although the buzz has quieted on the WSU campus since fall, Bardo said he wants students to realize progress has been made, including the appointment of Marché Fleming-Randle as an assistant to the president for diversity, new Title IX coordinator Natasha Stephens, and Bardo’s recent involvement on the National Urban League board.

“We are all about the same set of issues,” Bardo said about the National Urban League. “At the

end of the day, Wichita can only be strong. Kansas can only be strong. If we have a reasonable opportunity for everybody to have access to education, and for that access in itself to be reasonable.”

By joining the League — a civil rights organization that advocates against racial discrimination — Bardo said he wants anyone who comes to WSU — whether for educational purposes or as a visitor­— to feel welcome and be safe. He also wants current and incoming students to be able to move forward academically and achieve their goals.

Besides following up on the topics discussed at the last forum, Bardo said the forums have continued the dialogue to consider what other topics need to be addressed.

Concurrent enrollment As WSU has returned to concurrent enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses for credit, the Kansas Legislature has pushed back. WSU is seeking low-cost ways to offer that option so participating students have

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We are all about the same set of issues.

At the end of the day, Wichita can only be strong. Kansas can only be strong.”

JOHN BARDO

WSU president

started their college track before graduation. Bardo said he hopes waiving the fees for students on free and reduced lunch encourages students in lower-income demographics to attend college.

“If we’re going to do concurrent enrollment, we have to do it at high quality,” Bardo said. “It has to be a collegiate experience and not just awarding credit for high school work, because that doesn’t prepare the student for college.”

The goal is to help the incoming students overcome the financial challenges they face at home in order for them to achieve in their studies and get accepted into a university.

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Art, local history mix at Family Fun Day

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(LEFT) Ulrich Alliance member Gretchen Postiglione holds up a plastic slide of a face portrait Saturday afternoon during Family Fun Day at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Family Fun Day was held to let children explore the photographs of Kansas-born Gordon Parks through art activities.

(ABOVE) A young child reaches for a colored marker Saturday afternoon.

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Local media scorned for doing their jobs, covering breaking news Local media is “feeling the Bern.”

Bernie Sanders’ COLUMN BY campaign DANIELLE PREWITT opened an office in Wichita last week and a loyal band of Sanders supporters — purportedly 900 of them — gathered for a rally Saturday night at Abode, a venue downtown.

Around the same time Saturday night, a power line went down causing a house fire and destroying a home near Valley Center, prompting local media outlets to cover the fire, leaving the political gathering unreported.

Thus, the embers of Sanders’ fans began to burn aggressively.

Angered by lack of coverage, the group “Sedgwick County for Bernie Sanders” voiced their frustration the next morning on the rally’s event listing, on the place where virtually everything garners an audience —Facebook.

“It is situations like this that require us to keep speaking up.

The media is not on our side, they have done us absolutely no favors, and they seem absolutely focused on making sure that no one notices us taking ground,” wrote the group.

Ardent Sanders supporters commented their concerns and attack on local media, hinting the incident as political bias.

“I’ll tell you one thing, I don’t see any Hillary Clinton rallies with over 900 people around here. I don’t see any Trump rallies with that many people. No Cruz or Rubio rallies,” posted the group. “This is absolutely nonsense and it’s incredibly

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The Bernie Sanders office opened earlier this month on East Douglas in Wichita. Sanders’ supporters became outraged when news coverage of a rally Saturday night was neglected. Limited weekend reporters responded to a house fire, instead.

disrespectful that something this newsworthy can’t even be mentioned.”

And they were peeved that Clinton got a mere fraction of news coverage earlier in the week, from her campaign office opening in Wichita, as well.

Comments loomed from: “Good ‘ole selective news coverage!” to “This is absolutely pathetic. I would love to see a massive blitz of letters to the media outlets showing our

disappointed in their ability to present the news.”

The commentors are angered that local news stations, committed to journalistic values and integrities, decided to report breaking news rather than cover a band of trusty supporters rooting for someone who, let’s face it, will most likely fail in the state’s caucuses, anyway.

The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics states journalists must, “deny favored

treatment to advertisers and special interests and resist their pressure to influence news coverage.” Wherein it also states to “encourage the public to voice grievances against the news media,” allowing those from the rally freedom to express their concerns. However, no political bias was demonstrated by any news outlet.

It is the discretion of the news organization and news director what is newsworthy. Not to assume this rally wasn’t newsworthy — indeed, a few news pegs exist — but breaking news takes precedence.

One commentor posted a screenshot image of an email thread with KWCH news director Brian Gregory. She writes to Gregory, “… an event of any kind in Wichita where 900 people show up is newsworthy.”

Gregory responded, “If I had to cover every event that drew 900 I’d be running people out non stop.”

A few commentors on the post were skeptical that a news outlet only had one reporter during the weekend. Their opinions were valid, they had a right to be mad, and some form of media should have been there, but newsrooms are scarce on the weekends, typically sheltering one reporter or photographer on a Saturday night. I was an intern at KSN for five months and sat alongside a lone producer for several weekends in an abandoned newsroom.

A producer can create a newscast featuring a political rally at the top of a show, but the minute the dispatch radio sounds off reporting a house fire, the flames of a political rally simply don’t burn as bright.

‘Raise your voice’ over censorship

My boyfriend recently got a job at an art gallery. One of the COLUMN BY interview VICTORIA questions was HENDRICKS what he would do and how he would respond if a visitor approached him offended by the art that was displayed.

This got me thinking about censorship.

Ever hear of the banned books list? It is an entire text that names all the supposedly “immoral” pieces of literature written — classics like “The Great Gatsby” or (a favorite in this state) the Bible. The fact that the concept

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The concurrent program would not supply funds for the university because the fees would be waved.

The program is being set up strictly to improve relationships and access within the community, Bardo said.

Along with concurrent enrollment, said he wants to target middle school students so they can make better choices and have goals after reaching high school.

Concurrent enrollment is making the change from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) learning in order to add the arts.

“On TRIO day, one of the USD 259 teachers used that acronym when talking to some of the students,” said Darryl Carrington, community liaison between WSU and its surrounding neighborhoods. “Art can sometimes bring students into other departments, as well, so how do you feel about taking that step?”

Bardo said he agrees with the idea of STEAM. He also mentioned an upcoming project in the School of Art Design and Creative Industries.

“The School of Art Design and Creative Industries is currently proposing what they are calling an ‘Ideas Lab,’” Bardo said. “This Ideas Lab will bring together engineering students and artists into the same space so they are working on the same machines and

of banned books still exists infuriates me. It is a disservice to us and our children to not expose ourselves to all types of literature, ideas and beliefs.

Many people have lost their lives for simply believing in what they do and expressing those beliefs. People have lost their lives for voicing their opinions, their creativity and their ideas.

They have been excommunicated, tortured, outcast and scorned.

The most recent case of this was Charlie Hebdo, in which journalists in Paris lost their lives depicting Muhammad in their satirical publication. It was, in short, a terrorist attack on a literary entity that simply spoke their minds and showcased their creativity and humor.

The fact of the matter is that we are not all the same nor should we aspire to be. It sounds cliché, and you would think that by now, everyone would know it and accept that fact, but we don’t.

We all are unique right down to our DNA. We all come from different backgrounds, go through different experiences and have different tastes. We will be confronted and uncomfortable with things that we don’t like or agree with, and that is OK. It is not OK to make threats or kill because someone doesn’t bow to your whim and wishes or because you don’t fit their mold, their expectations or their standards.

We can no longer be afraid to say what we think for fear of our lives. We must respect the views

and opinions of others without thinking it is a blatant disrespect towards us and our differences.

My best friend of more than a decade is an atheist, and I am devout Christian. It can work. It does work because we have a mutual respect and love for each other and see each other as uniquely made human beings that teach and challenge each other.

Granted, words hold a lot of power, and they must be delivered with respect — there is no doubt about that. Censoring ourselves and others goes against democracy and freedom.

So raise your voice. Be loud and be proud. Stick up for others.

Learn to embrace other things.

Keep an open mind and an open heart.

sharing information, which is already being done on a trial basis.”

Through this Ideas Lab project, incoming and current students would have an opportunity to interact in ways different from other universities. Overall, the estimated cost of the lab is about $7 million.

Diversity Council One of the questions that came out of the forum was about the selection process of the Diversity Council. Many attendees Friday wanted to know how the members were chosen and why it was not an open application process.

“This process was not about egos,” Fleming-Randle said. “It was about who we could put at the table that could do the job. The color of your skin is not what got you in [the council]. Members were chosen by the qualifications that they can bring to the table.”

Fleming-Randle and Bardo said they want people at WSU and in the community to know the conversation of diversity will continue.

One goal of the council is student retention, not just minorities and diversity training for the faculty and staff. The conversation about diversity changed tones to include not only race, but also gender and sexual orientation.

Much of the forum was directed at incoming students, but current students are still a focus.

“The students have a voice,” Fleming-Randle said. “We just need more people to show up at these meetings, be involved and let us know what is going on.”

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(TOP) Doctoral professor of psychology Rhonda K. Lewis asks President John Bardo a tough question about discrimination during the diversity forum Friday afternoon. (BELOW) Marche Fleming-Randle gives a passionate speech during the Diversity forum., assistant to the president on diversity, gives a speech to the audience Friday.

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Student volunteers connect with local seniors

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(LEFT) Wichita State students play Uno Saturday morning with patients at Regent Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare during Senior Saturday. The volunteer effort was hosted by WSU’s Community Service Board, a student organization that works to address issues of public concern through service and active citizenship in the community. (ABOVE) Junior nursing student Jami McVay talks with a patient Saturday.

Shockers slam way to victory; Shockers claim back-tosophomores post career-highs back-to-back MVC titles EVAN PFLUGRADT

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If basketball rims were alive, the cylinders in Charles Koch Arena would be nearing their graves after Thursday night.

The Shockers jammed a season-high 10 dunks as Wichita State defeated Missouri State 99-68.

“We turned up the energy on defense and got the building rocking tonight,” sophomore Rashard Kelly said.

From the opening tip, the Shockers focused on attacking the rim, and 14 seconds into the game, sophomore Shaq Morris opened the floodgates by slamming an alley-oop from senior Fred VanVleet.

WSU dunked seven times in the first half. Brown slammed three in the first half; he had a career-high 16 points. He stuffed the stat sheet, tallying four of the Shockers’ 10 dunks.

“I tell Zach before every game to go out there and have fun, no matter what goes on,” Kelly said.

“If we have fun, everything else will speak for itself.”

Brown’s second dunk gave him 13 first-half points. He scored nine straight points in the middle of a 19-4 WSU run that gave the Shockers a 20-point lead.

“That’s really special,” Brown said. “It’s a special one for me. It’s a special one for all of us.”

Kelly contributed a career-high 12 points. He scored on five baskets and slammed three dunks.

“I like to see an equal opportunity for everyone to showcase their talent,” Kelly said. “I thought everyone did that tonight.”

The Shockers scored 50 points in the paint, and posted a season-high 59 percent shooting percentage. They also scored 14 fast-break points and had 29 points off turnovers.

“It’s rare you get a free-flowing game like that in the Missouri Valley Conference,” WSU head coach Gregg Marshall said. “In the MVC, that game equates to an all-star game for the NBA.” VanVleet and Ron Baker each scored 15 points. Baker scored 11 of his points in the second half.

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Sophomore Zach Brown smashes a slam dunk Thursday night against Missouri State at Charles Koch Arena. Brown finished the night with a career-high 16 points and provided four of Wichita State’s 10 dunks as the Shockers went on to defeat the Bears 99-68.

Baker made all four attempts in the second half, including two three-pointers.

Morris snagged seven rebounds and scored eight points. He did’nt commit a personal foul through 17 minutes of play.

Show-stopping dunks swiftly piled on top of another as the offense collected their highest numbers of the season. WSU shot 64 percent in the second-half and 57 percent from three-point range in that span.

“We enjoyed the fruits of our labor,” Marshall said.

Marshall said he credits the offensive efforts to an aggressive defensive style, picking passing lanes and deflecting passes.

WSU had 24 deflections at

halftime, a season-high.

The sophomore trio of Brown, Kelly and Morris combined for 35 points, 13 rebounds and five assists.

Brown has posted double-digit points in each of the last two games. In the two wins, he’s shooting a combined percentage of 60 percent.

“I owe it to the older guys to do whatever I can on both ends of the floor to help us try and win it,” Brown said. “I feel like it’s time for all of us underclassmen to step up and do whatever we can to help them.”

Wichita State captured win No. 20 on Thursday. The Shockers have a two-game lead on the Valley.

Back-to-back and back again.

Wichita State claimed the Missouri Valley Conference Title for the third straight season — the fourth in the last five seasons — with a 33-point blowout victory over Indiana State on Sunday.

Gregg Marshall’s team clinched a share of the MVC title after Illinois State fell to Northern Iowa on Saturday.

They claimed it outright after defeating Indiana State 84-51 on Sunday. The Shockers hold a three-game lead on the Valley with two games left to play.

“Our goal was to win the next five games after losing to Northern Iowa,” Marshall said.

“We’re 60 percent to that mark now. We’ve won two at home convincingly, now we’ve won one on the road convincingly.”

Wichita State defeated Indiana State in Terre Haute by their largest margin of victory; their 33-point margin topped a previous record of 20 points.

“More importantly, we’re playing at a very high level,” Marshall said. “Even though it’s not our ultimate goal, it’s nice to have an outright [MVC] title.”

The Shockers have defeated their last three opponents by an average margin of 31 points.

In 16 conference games, five opponents have scored 60-plus points. None have scored 70.

WSU leads the NCAA in defensive efficiency, according to Kenpom.com. They forced

the Sycamores to 14 turnovers and 18 made baskets.

The defense continues to bother opponents, but the offense has stepped up their efficiency to give their team the winning edge.

“We looked back at the UNI game and noticed the ball was sticking too much,” senior guard Ron Baker said. “Today the offense was clicking. We had a lot of confidence from the get go.”

WSU shot 45 percent from the field and knocked in six three-pointers. Baker led with 14 points — ­ 12 in the first half. Zach Brown, Markis McDuffie and Shaq Morris each scored 11 points. Fred VanVleet recorded eight assists to one turnover.

After a scoreless first-half effort, Zach Brown scored double-figure points for the third-straight game. His 12 point-average over the last three games makes him the second leading scorer behind Baker over that stretch.

“Everyone sees the light at the end of the tunnel with March quickly approaching,” Baker said. “These last three games, the guys are seeing how good we can be.”

The Shockers’ depth rocked the Sycamores. WSU scored 34 points off the bench; senior forward Anton Grady scored six straight points in the first half, he knocked in his first three shots of the game.

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The Shockers put up 31 runs in a three-game series against Northern Colorado over the weekend.

Wichita State took the series with two wins and one loss after coming short Sunday, a 4-3 loss.

Northern Colorado put 15 pitchers on the mound in the series, finally finding some success in game three.

Wichita State looked to sweep the series from Northern Colorado going into game three.

The Bears back on their heels, two games behind the Shockers.

Northern Colorado pitched their best game in the series with 13 strikeouts and four walks, leaving the Shockers with 12 runners left on base.

Shocker closer John Hayes recorded his first loss after a rough ninth inning. With a one-run lead in the ninth inning, Hayes walked two batters and allowed two hits resulting in two late run. The Bears took a 4-3 lead and ultimately secured the win.

WSU had a chance steal the game in the bottom of the ninth. Shocker outfielder Mikel Mucha reached second base, after being hit by a pitch and stealing second base.

Game 1, Friday: W 11-0

Game 2, Saturday: W 17-2

Game 3, Sunday: L 3-4

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Sophmore Tyler Jones releases his pitch against Northern Colorado Sunday afternoon at Charles Arena. Jones pitched 2.2 innings as the Shockers lost in late-innings 4-3 to the Bears.

Wichita State put the winning-run on base after the Bears walked Troutwine.

With two outs, head coach Todd Butler called for a double-steal sending Mucha to third base and Troutwine to second.

The play confused the Bears’ catcher, paying off big for the

Shockers.

With the tying-run on third base and the winning-run on second, a base hit would end the game and sweep the series. But no Shocker would tag home plate, the last batter striking out looking.

Sam Tewes got his first win in

game one pitching six innings with six strikeouts.

Willie Schwanke would also get his first win pitching four innings with five strikeouts in game two.

Wichita State shut out Northern Colorado in the season-operner, scoring 11 runs.

Catcher Gunner Troutwine hit a three-run home-run in his first at bat for season giving the Shockers an early lead.

Freshman Alec Bohm added a two-run home-run in his first collegiate at-bat. In game two, Bohm added two hits and two RBI’s. In game three, Bohm would be intentionally walked at his only at bat appearance.

Shockers would take game two as well, putting up 17 runs to Northern Colorado’s two runs. The bottom of the third inning would end after 16 plate appearances resulting in seven hits, four singles, three doubles and nine runs. With bases loaded, Northern Colorado walked back-to-back hitters, allowing two Shockers to tag home plate.

The Shockers are next on the road to play at 3 p.m. Tuesday against Oral Roberts.

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Wichita State fell short of their five-win expectations, but left Las Vegas with multiples wins.

WSU started out with a 13-2 win over San Jose State in six innings. Liz Broyles and Cassidy Kelsheimer hit home runs while Mackenzie Wright and Kelli Spring got three hits in four at-bats each Friday.

Kelsey Sterneker earned her first win, pitching four innings and only giving up one earned run.

San Jose State got it close, tied 1-1 in the third inning, until Wichita State went on a 8-0 scoring run through the top of the fifth inning. The Shockers

scored six of its 13 runs during the top of the fifth inning. Their 14 hits led WSU to the third win of the season.

Later that night, the Shockers faced the University of Hawaii and struggled to hit the ball, having a hitting percentage of .174. Hawaii’s starting pitcher, Kanani Aina Cabrales, made things tough. Aina Cabrales struck out five Shocker batters, gave up two earned runs, and recorded her third win of the season after pitching a complete game of seven innings.

Broyles and Spring managed to have their second-straight game batting in runs, each getting one in the Shockers’ defeat.

Wichita State came back

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State early, hitting two home runs that would put the Beavers out in front 3-0 after the third inning. Macklin Hitz would answer back in the fifth inning with a two-run home-run in the top of the fifth inning to cut the deficit 2-3.

Lovie Lopez scored for Oregon State in the bottom of the fifth off a sacrifice fly to extend the Beavers’ lead 4-2 after five innings played. Broyles would hit her second home run of the showcase in the top of the sixth inning to cut the lead 3-4, but the Shockers would fall short and lose its third straight game.

Beavers pitcher Meehra Nelson pitched a complete game and won her fifth straight game.

She managed to strike out nine

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FROM PAGE 3 “We don’t give up too much in terms of talent, skill and size when we come off the bench,” Marshall said.

Wichita State locked up the top-seed in the MVC Tournament for a third straight season. They play their final road game of the regular season at Loyola on Wednesday.

“We have a regular-season championship in our back pocket, but obviously we have larger goals in mind,” Marshall said.

There are six days remaining in the regular season for Marshall and company — a home finale for seniors Baker, VanVleet, Wessel, Grady and Wamukota is set for Saturday.

“We’re focused on winning on Wednesday and setting up for a big day — senior day — on Saturday,” Marshall said.

Saturday morning and gave up eight straight runs to Cal State Northridge, and fell short to the Matadors 3-9.

Cal State Northride’s Katie Hooper hit a home run and tallied four at-bats.

Paige Luellen and Cacy Williams hit home runs, with Luellen’s coming in the fourth inning and William’s in the fifth.

Katie Malone struggled on the mound through six innings Saturday morning. Malone gave up five earned runs and struck out one batter.

The Shockers would come right back around two hours later to try and get a victory over Oregon State.

OSU’s Natalie Hampton made the game difficult for Wichita

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Ginsberg used money from a Guggenheim Fellowship to buy a Volkswagen bus and travel across America. During his travels, he used a tape recorder he bought with money he borrowed from Bob Dylan to record the poem that would become “Wichita Vortex Sutra.”

Known as “The Vortex” to San Francisco Beats, Wichita had a reputation as a place that produced extraordinary creative talent, but then stifled it with its conservatism and identity as a key producer of wartime aircraft.

“The only way to end the brain drain of artists and other free thinkers is to make an end of present politics, invite the wild ones back and give them lots of money and set them loose on the town,” Ginsberg told The

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The crowd, which gathered for the Vortex anniversary, watches a short film Sunday about Allen Ginsberg before listening to speakers.

Sunflower on Feb. 23, 1966.

Fifty years later, Ginsberg’s solution to Wichita’s problems got a good laugh out of the audience.

About 10 people who attended the first reading 50 years ago were present for the panel discussion and reading Sunday.

“To understand what this all meant,” Tejeda said, “you have to

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understand what it was like around here back then.

“Wichita, as the biggest city in Kansas, had what all bigger cities had. It had hip people. It had psychedelics. But on the flipside of that, we had this older generation telling us how we were supposed to do everything,” he said.

Tejeda, who went on to get a

Shocker batters in the process.

Sunday morning seemed as if the Shockers were going to go home on a four-game losing streak, with Boise State going up 3-0 at the end of the first inning.

Wichita State would rally back due to a five-run fourth inning led by Luellen and Derrico Eachhit, who had two RBI’s each in that inning. Even with Boise State scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, WSU held on for a 7-5 win to finish the tournament with a 2-3 record.

The Shockers travel to Mobile, Alabama, next for the South Alabama Invitational. They will compete against Dartmouth, South Alabama, and Bowling Green twice. master’s degree in clinical psychology from Wichita State, said in the ‘60s, Wichita made people “almost bipolar” in their behavior.

“During the day, people would dress in their dress shirts and ties and go to their jobs or school or whatever, but Wichita was just big enough that they could disappear and be who they really wanted to be at night,” Tejeda said.

Tejeda wore a McConnell Air Force Base T-Shirt with a peace sign pin to the panel discussion.

During the question-and-answer session at the end of the panel discussion, he asked audience members to raise their hands if they were from Wichita.

Around two-thirds of the audience raised their hands.

“Then you understand,” Tejeda said. “Wichita really is a vortex of people being pulled in so many opposite directions. This poem was really a homerun with people here.”